The Business Times, 22 February 1994

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    12 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Tuesday February 22 1994 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Bosnian Serbs in effective compliance
      47 1 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton last night said Bosnian Serbs were in "effective compliance" with Nato's demand that they withdraw their heavy weapons from around Sarajevo, but he said any violation would bring a "certain and swift" response from the West.— Router
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      Lock icon EU may rescind market-opening offer
      45 1 AP BRUSSELS The European Union could rescind its offers to open some markets if Washington does not fulfil commitments it made during the Uruguay Round of world trade talks. France's Minister for European Affairs. Alain Lainassoure. said last night. AP
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    161 1 Stock market indices Monday Change STII 2.350.87 +16.60 KLSE Comp 1.086.91 +0.18 Nikkei 19.393.94 +434.34 Hang Seng 10.456.45 -369.43 SET Index 1.446.87 -9.21 Jakarta Comp 543.76 -11.02 CLSA China B ....1.243.92 -11.47 Ausi All Ord 2.178.5 -44.7 FTSE 100 3.350.3 -32.3 Monday Previous close Dow Jones closed 3.887.46
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    S'pore economy posts 9.9pc growth for full year
    730 1  -  Ministry forecasts broad-based growth this year of 6-Bpc Reports by Anna Teo SINGAPORE The economy grew 10.7 per cent in the 1993 fourth quarter to turn in at 9.9 per cent for the full year. Growth this year, while expected to slow
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    Productivity growth at near 10-year high
    346 1 SINGAPORE Productivity growth reachcd 6.4 per cent last year, the highest annual growth in almost a decade and surpassing real wage gains for the first time since 1988. Nominal average monthly earnings rose 6.3 per cent last year, lower than the 7.5 per cent
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    S'pore stocks stage mini-rally, HK and Thai markets falter
    340 1 SINGAPORE The release of strong economic figures and a late surge in Malaysian share prices sparked a mini-rally here yesterday. But fears of higher interest rates depressed stock prices in Hongkong and Thailand. Analysts said foreign institutions bought in Singapore on
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    Dhanabalan is senior adviser to investment firm linked to Nursalim
    269 1  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Former Trade and Industry Minister S Dhanabalan has joined an investment company linked to the Indonesian Nursalim family as a senior adviser. Sources say Mr Dhanabalan joined the company. Nuri Holdings, this month. Nuri. incorporated in
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    Lock icon Pairin strengthens his grip after being sworn in
    616 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KOTA KINABALU JOSEPH Pairin Kitingan survived a brief, but intense, power struggle to emerge as the chief minister of the Malaysian state of Sabah after a bitterly fought election over the weekend. Mr Kitingan's confirmation as chief minister
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  • FOURTH QTR 93 ECONOMIC SURVEY OF SINGAPORE
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      Manufacturing expands by strong 9.8pc
      685 2 THE manufacturing industry expanded by a robust 9.8 per cent last year, spurred by a 23 per cent surge in the electronics sector which traditionally accounts for more than a third of the industry's output. Other indicators were also bright: The industry attracted investment commitments
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      Entrepot trade helps push commerce sector growth to 8.5pc
      347 2 STRONG growth in entrepot trade helped the commerce sector almost double its rate of growth in 1993. The sector grew by 8.5%, compared with just 4.5% in 1992, as entrepot trade surged 17%. The rebound in entrepot trade was fuelled by
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      Sharp upward revision in quarterly growth rates
      344 2 LAST year's quarterly growth rates, cspccially those of the financial and business services sector, have been revised sharply upwards. In particular, the thirdquarter growth has been jacked up by a full point from the 9.2% announced last November to 10.3%. The adjustments to
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      Retailers feel the pinch
      298 2 RETAIL sales were lacklustre, growth in visitor arrivals was lower and revenue from hotel rooms and food and beverage operations was only marginally higher last year. The 1993 economic survey shows that despite stronger economic growth, the retail sales constant price index rose by 4.9 per
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      Lock icon Growth of construction sector slows to 8pc
      302 2 THE construction sector, which grew by a slower pace of 8% to S 10.5 billion last year, is expected to continue levelling off this year. A Ministry of Trade and Industry official said at yesterday's economic survey briefing that the volume of contracts
      Source: Urban Redevelopment Authority/ Construction Industry Development Board  -  302 words
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      Operating surplus increases by 40pc
      230 2 THE Budget surplus widened last year. While the government's operating revenue rose 13 per cent to 519.5 billion, spending rose just 2.2 per cent to $12.6 billion, the latest economic survey shows. The result was an operating surplus of $7 billion an increase of $2
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      Transport & communications: 10.1pc growth in last quarter
      301 2 Transport communications: 10.1pc growth in last quarter THE transport and communications sector grew 10.1% in the last quarter, just a notch below its revised third-quarter growth of 10.2%. The strongest performance was, however, in the second quarter when it grew by 10.7%. For 1993 as a whole, the sector expanded
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      Financial & business services sector up 13pc
      506 2 Financial business services sector up 13pc THE financial and business services sector more than doubled its growth rate last year, expanding 13% compared with 5.3% in 1992. But analysts say the spurt is unlikely to be repeated this year. The sector was the strongest growth component in the economy last
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    • SURVEY SNIPS
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        Lower foreign rates slow GNP growth rate
        141 2 LIKE the domestic wing, the external economy grew last year. Nominal gross national product (GNP), which takes into account foreign operations, grew by 12% in 1993, slightly slower than the 13% rise in nominal gross domestic product. This was due to lower foreign
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        Demand jumps 15%
        86 2 SURGES in both domestic and external demand last year, thanks to the stronger domestic and United States economies and buoyant growth in East Asia, contributed to a 15% increase in total demand. Growth in total demand in 1992 was just 6%. External demand, which accounted for three-quarters
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        Savings rate slips slightly
        144 2 THE NATIONAL savings rate dipped marginally from 47.3% of GNP in 1992 to 46.9% last year. Still, the $42.3 billion gross national savings up by 11% in the year was more than enough to finance stock and capital build-up. As a result, the current account was
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        Lower labour costs lend an edge
        143 2 SINGAPORE became more competitive vis-a-vis the other Asian newly industrialising economies last year judging by the manufacturing relative unit labour cost (RULC) index. Measured against the NIEs. Singapore's RULC index in US dollar terms fell by 2.2% last year following a 9.4% jump in
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        More factory jobs get the chop
        176 2 A TOTAL of 6,040 workers were retrenched last year, according to a survey of 6,000 private sector companies. In 1992, the number of workers axed was 5,950. Most of those retrenched last year were from the manufacturing sector (4,670), particularly in the electronics, fabricated
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        Business services on the rise
        80 2 THANKS to higher growth in real estate and housing projects, the business services sub-sector rose by 7 per cent last year compared with 5.6 per cent in 1992. Investments in services totalled $470 million in business spending and 5352 million in fixed assets. Activities relating
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        Consumers pay more
        66 2 OF THE 2.4% rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) last year. 2.3% points were due to domestic factors and 0.1 point to external factors. Inflation inched up to 3% in the final quarter last year. An MTI spokesman declined to forecast the 1994 inflation rate beyond
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        Prices edge upwards
        57 2 THE GDP deflator, which measures the price level of total economic output, also rose 2.4% last year, up from 2.1% in 1992. Thanks to the stronger domestic and regional economies, the deflators for most expenditure groups (consumption, capital spending, exports and imports of goods and services) showed
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Unlikely research head saw data at meeting: Shanmugaratnam
      607 3  -  The OSA Trial By Ramesh Divyanathan A SUBORDINATE Court heard yesterday that it was "highly unlikely" that a stockbroking research head charged under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) could have seen secret data during a meeting in June 1992 with a government
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      Simex reviewing laggard MSCI contract
      200 3 THE Singapore International Monetary Exchange is reviewing the Hongkong-based Morgan Stanley Capital International contract. Simex chairwoman Elizabeth Sam said yesterday the performance of the contract, launched last March, had been disappointing. "We are reviewing the contract but have no predetermined view on whether it should
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      Lew Syn Pau joins Banque Indosuez as deputy general manager
      250 3 LABOUR MP and former NTUC Fair Price executive Lew Syn Pau has joined Banque Indosuez in Singapore as deputy general manager. It is a new position and he is widely seen as the eventual successor to general manager Jean-Herve Monier.
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      Lock icon Exhibition, display set to live up to their reputation
      448 3  -  Asian Aerospace '94 Reports by Juliette Walker ASIAN Aerospace '94 takes ofT today, with record attendance and participation to mark the steep flight path of the regional aerospace industry. The show's manager. Reed Exhibitions, expects the sixday exhibition to attract more
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      Hughes sees Asia as its biggest market in coming years
      330 3 SINGAPORE Hughes Aircraft Co aims to boost its activities in the Asia-Pacific area by setting up joint ventures and other alliances with companies here, the US aerospace giant's senior vice-president of marketing said yesterday. Gareth Chang, also president and chief
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      SIA bags 20th Year Excellence Award
      80 3 SINGAPORE Airlines has been awarded the 20th Year Excellence Award in the category of international service b\ the US-based trade journal, Air Transport World (ATW). SIA won the award last night at a dinner-cum-awards ceremony to celebrate ATWs 20th anniversary. The other winners of
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      Multiple share application trial begins
      277 3 THE trial on a multiple share application case of Kim Eng Securities remisier Ang Lay Leong began in a district court yesterday. The prosecution tendered 10 amended cheating charges against Ang, 44. The original charges he faced were punishable with up to seven years' jail,
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      Corrections & clarifications
      50 3 Corrections clarifications TRANSCO Holdings Ltd has pointed out that it paid NZ$5.l million for a 50.3 per cent stake in New Zealand's Property Link Holdings Ltd, and not NZ$l7.7 million as reported by BT last Saturday. Transco's investment in Property Link comprised 17.7 million shares, and debentures worth NZ52.25 million.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon The Hawk has landed
        117 4 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR The first of 28 British Hawk fighters, which Malaysia bought in an arms deal that has caused problems for both governments, arrived in Malaysia yesterday. Malaysian Air Force officials said the first Hawk 100 landed at Butterworth Air Force Base, across from the
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        Lock icon N Korea lays down conditions
        97 4 Reuter VIENNA North Korea is linking a date for the promised inspection of its suspect nuclear facilities to negotiations with the United States, the International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA) said yesterday. Pyongyang's latest condition appears to put a further hurdle in the way of the
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        Lock icon KL to amend Building Act
        72 4 Bernama KLANG The Malaysian government will amend the Roads, Drainage and Buildings Act 1974 to have more people bear responsibility should a building collapse. Housing and Local Government Minister Ting Chew Peh said here on Sunday. He said existing provisions stipulated that only the project
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        Lock icon Vietnam faces cement shortage
        106 4 AP HANOI Vietnam may not be able to meet the increasing demand for cement which has been spurred by a construction boom in recent years. Production rose from four million tonnes in 1992 to 5.2 million tonnes last year, but demand this year is expected to
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        Lock icon Viet diesel engines for S-EA
        92 4 AP HANOI A Vietnamese diesel engine factory located in the Bien Hoa industrial complex a major American military centre during the war will export 2,000 engines to the South-east Asian market this year, a government report said on Sunday. The government-run Vietnam News Agency said
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        Lock icon M'sian industrial production index up
        104 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's industrial production index rose 9.5 per cent last year to 165.9 points from 1992 on the back of increases in all three divisions surveyed manufacturing, electricity and mining. The index for the manufacturing division rose by 12.8 per cent over the
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      Thailand's Petroleum Authority backs LNG power plant project
      312 4  -  From Andrew Cooke in BANGKOK THE state-owned Petroleum Authority of Thailand is throwing its financial might behind a planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant project to meet the country's surging electricity needs. The authority is negotiating with LNG suppliers in Indonesia,
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      Lock icon Vietnam, Asean in talks on full membership
      167 4 AP HANOI Asean secretarygeneral Ajit Singh and Vietnam's Foreign Minister Nguyen Manh Cam began talks yesterday on full membership for Vietnam in the association. Vietnam now holds observer status as the only communist country in Asean. Since switching to a free market in
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      Lock icon Indon, M'sian ministers meet on ways to boost oil price
      426 4 Reuter. AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia and Indonesia were discussing ways to boost world oil prices. Syed Hamid Albar. minister in the Malaysian prime minister's department said yesterday before a meeting with the Indonesian Mines and Energy Minister Ida Bagus Sudjana.
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      Lock icon Suharto reaffirms commitment to Batam development
      281 4 The Straits Times JAKARTA President Suharto has underlined his government's commitment to continuing the development of Batam. saying its growth would in turn spur growth in other parts of Indonesia. The island, part of the Riau province south of Singapore, would also play an
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      Lock icon Jakarta to finish scandal-hit firm's projects
      186 4 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian authorities would take over three chemical plant projects belonging to a company involved in a USS43O million (SS6B2 million) credit scam, the Indonesian Finance Minister said yesterday. Antara news agency quoted Mar'ie Muhammad as telling a parliamentary commission here that the
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      Lock icon Philippine govt says it won't stop management change at ailing PAL
      342 4 AFP, Reuter MANILA The government will not stop the new majority owners of Philippine Airlines (PAL) from replacing the mon-ey-losing airline's management, the Philippine president's executive secretary Teofisto Guingona said yesterday. Mr Guingona said President Fidel Ramos has called
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      Lock icon Ramos pledges to revitalise ailing coconut industry, maintain world status
      241 4 AFP MANILA President Fidel Ramos yesterday vowed to revitalise one of the Philippines* economic pillars the ailing coconut industry and to hold onto the nation's position as the world's top coconut-oil producer. "The coconut industry is a major pillar of
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      Lock icon Razaleigh denies he was the mastermind in Cardan scheme
      369 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian finance minister Razaleigh Hamzah denied in the High Court yesterday that he was the mastermind of a scheme using the defunct Carrian Group in Hongkong and its former chairman George Tan to carry out business ventures
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Chinese polyester demand set to outstrip supply
      396 5  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE China's demand for polyester is expected to outstrip domestic supply by 300,000 tonnes this year, and by varying amounts in years to come. However, foreign firms are unlikely to benefit much from this situation in the near future. This
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      Lock icon US, China meet to discuss Beijing rejoining Gatt
      353 5 UPI BEIJING As Chinese and US negotiators began discussing China's bid to rejoin the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) yesterday, Beijing said it would consider additional concessions in an effort to bolster its bid. China has already drastically reshaped its
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Inflation soars in Guangzhou
        77 5 Reuter HONGKONG Consumer prices in the southern city of Guangzhou are rising even faster than last year despite plans to clamp down on inflation, the China News Service said yesterday. It quoted a municipal official as saying: "It is certain that the rise is higher than
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        Lock icon Forbidden welcome
        38 5 AFP BEIJING Visiting Slovak Premier Vladimir Meciar (right) talking to Chinese officials during a tour of the Forbidden City yesterday. Mr Meciar's visit is to further diplomatic, trade and economic ties between the two countries. AFP
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        Lock icon Zhu on trade visit to Japan
        73 5 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Zhu Rongji, China's vice-premier and top economic planner, will meet with corporate leaders during a visit to Japan that begins tomorrow, said a Chinese official in Tokyo yesterday. On Friday morning, Mr Zhu will be have breakfast with Mitsubishi Corporation
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        Lock icon Shanghai to attract foreign banks
        72 5 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Shanghai intends to introduce preferential policies aimed at attracting international banks, investment groups and multinational companies to set up their regional headquarters in the city, the semi-official China News Service (CNS) reported on Sunday. CNS said the Shanghai authorities hoped that
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        Lock icon Festive spending aggravates inflation
        87 5 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING A consumer spending spree during the Chinese New Year holiday may undermine government effort to curb inflation. Retail sales rose 22 per cent in January from a year earlier, the Financial News said yesterday. Wang Shiyuan, vice-minister of the State Commission for
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      Lock icon China gives foreign mining firms more access to reserves
      189 5 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China will expand access that international mining companies have to its mineral reserves, the official China Daily said on Sunday. China welcomes foreign investment in prospecting and exploitation of its energy and mineral resources, said Zeng Shaojin,
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon ADB: Asia's economic outlook will stay bright for many years
      396 6 AFP, AP MANILA Economic prospects of developing Asian nations will remain bright for "many years" to come, but more effort is needed to attack poverty and other problems, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said yesterday. ADB president Mitsuo Sato said
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      Lock icon Safer than staying at home
      52 6 AFP MEDHI, India Two toddlers eating grapes yesterday inside a relief tent. For the last six weeks, some 1,500 residents of this village, 165 km north of Bombay, have been sleeping under the stars or in relief tents rather than in their homes because of
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      Lock icon S Korea bets on China's booming market
      141 6 AFP SEOUL South Korea is betting its economic future on China's booming market as the two former adversaries become among Asia's most crucial trading partners only 18 months after the normalisation of diplomatic tics. China has emerged as South Korea's third-largest trading partner
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      Lock icon Japan's plan to deregulate interest rate runs into difficulties
      328 6 Reuter TOKYO Japan's interest rate deregulation, which could be a boon to individual savers, is caught in the crossfire of long-standing conflict between Japanese banks and the mighty postal savings system. The country's postal savings system is the world's largest public
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      Lock icon Pakistan to privatise 26pc of telephone company
      336 6 Reuter, Bloomberg Business News ISLAMABAD The government has decided to privatise 26 per cent of Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation (PTC) and to sell it to a consortium of private investors. Information Minister Khalid Ahmad Kharal said yesterday: "The Cabinet decided that PTC should be
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      Lock icon Seoul arms exports to Asian nations treble to US$75m
      148 6 AFP SEOUL Brisk sales of armoured vehicles to Asian nations helped South Korean arms exports treble in 1993 over the previous year to US$75 million (SSII9 million), military sources said yesterday. The biggest importer of South Korean weapons last year was
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      Lock icon Aussie minister looking into small tax increases
      266 6 Bloomberg Business News CANBERRA Australia's new Finance Minister says he's considering proposing small tax increases, but has ruled out recommending a large tax hike because of a stronger-than-ex-pected recovery in the nation's economy. The draft Budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US, Europeans set to clash over OECD's top post
      621 7 AFP PARIS The United States no longer wants a European to head the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which is set to assume wider tasks in a changing world economy with Asians and Latin Americans among the major players,
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      Lock icon Cold cash for a hot wash
      53 7 AFP MOSCOW Enterprising teenagers in Moscow have resorted to tapping the bowels of Moscow's underground central heating system for hot water. For 20,000 roubles (5520.65) a car, the youths brave the frosty weather to give the fancy cars of the Russian nouveau riche a
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      Lock icon US executives applaud Clinton's tougher stance against Japan
      400 7 NYT CHICAGO Business executives are praising President Clinton's decision to take a tougher stance with Japan over trade but are divided about how much the administration can improve the situation. "It's time the Japanese understood that this chronic deficit is intolerable," said
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon White House spells out crisis response
        93 7 Reuter NEW YORK The United States would take unilateral military action if its security was threatened or if an unstable country developed long-range nuclear weapons, Nensweek reported on Sunday, quoting a White House document. Newsweek said the Presidential Review Document 13 spelled out the
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        Lock icon Russian budget gap put at 5pc of GDP
        71 7 Reuter MOSCOW Russia's 1994 budget deficit might be within 5 per cent of the gross domestic product, Postfactum news agency quoted acting finance minister Sergei Dubinin as saying yesterday. Mr Dubinin expected budget income to be 118 trillion roubles (SSI2O billion), and
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        Lock icon First step in rebuilding Beirut
        77 7 Reuter BEIRUT Lebanon has invited contractors to offer tenders for a US$55O million (SSB74 million) rehabilitation of the infrastructure of Beirut's war-ravaged centre. The plan is the first practical step in a project to rebuild the capital's downtown area. In an advertisement in Beirut newspapers,
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        Lock icon Tories set to lose by-election: poll
        113 7 UPI LONDON The Conservatives are likely to lose another scat to the opposition Liberal Democrats in the British parliament when a by-election is held in the southern English constituency of Eastleigh, a poll found yesterday. The poll of Eastleigh voters for the Independent newspaper
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      • Article
        Lock icon Turkmeniya cuts gas to Ukraine
        44 7 Reuter ASHGABAT, Turkmeniya The former Soviet republic of Turkmeniya cut its gas supplies to Ukraine yesterday because of that country's non-payment of outstanding bills, a senior official said. He did not say by how much supplies were cut. Reuter
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      Lock icon Scorecard planned to spur EU nations over job action
      571 8 IHT BRUSSELS Fearing that its prescription for fighting Europe's employment crisis could die a quiet death, the European Commission plans to devise a scorecard to show how well each European Union mem-ber-nation is following its recommendations. The 12 nations' scores will
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      Lock icon Kohl trying to lift pre-election depression among party members
      467 8 FT BONN Chancellor Helmut Kohl yesterday faced one of the greatest challenges of his long career in German politics: to persuade his own Christian Democratic Union to shake off a mood of deep pessimism and believe that it can win the
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      Lock icon Mexico economy up 0.4pc in 1993, lowest rate in seven years
      365 8 Bloomberg Business News MEXICO CITY The Mexican economy grew 0.4 per cent in 1993, its lowest growth rate in seven years. That marks a sharp deterioration from government forecasts of just three months' back. In November, Finance Minister Pedro
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      Lock icon Electronic tax filing turns into a fraud nightmare
      239 8 NYT WASHINGTON Seeking to automate its way out of a morass of paper by encouraging the electronic filing of tax returns, the Internal Revenue Service now faces a costly threat from thieves using the technology to get fraudulent refunds. Officials say the
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Norway's Koss pulls off the impossible
      376 9 XVII Winter Olympic Games AP LILLEHAMMhR, Norway Johann Olav Koss said he was in shock. Norwegian fans were in delirium. In what a rival called an "impossible race." Koss completed a perfect sweep of the men's longdistance speedskating contests three gold medals and three
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      Lock icon From frustration to gold
      369 9 AP LILLEHAMMER. Norway Germany struck gold on Sunday in a duel between two ski jumpers returning to the heights from the depths of frustration Jens Weissflog and Norway's Espen Bredesen. Weissflog almost quit ski jumping in frustration after failing to win a medal in the 1992
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        Lock icon Harding storms out of CBS interview
        114 9 AP LILLEHAMMER. Norway Tonya Harding walked out of an interview with CBS television on Sunday after being asked questions about the fairness of judging she will face in the Olympic figure skating competition. Harding became agitated w hen correspondent Connie Chung persisted in asking
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        Lock icon Over 40, under four minutes
        71 9 Reuter CAMBRIDGE. Massachusetts After months of painful therapy. weeks of speed training and several near misses. Eamonn Coghlan of Ireland on Sunday achieved his year-long quest to become the first runner 40 years old or older to break the four-minute mile. Forty years after Roger
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        Lock icon British golfer wins Spanish tourney
        81 9 AP BADAJOZ. Spain England's Paul Eales shot a one-under-par 71 on Sunday and won the Extremadura Open golf tournament by one stroke over Sweden's Peter Hedblom. Eales had a total of 281. holding off Hedblom. who fired a closing 70. Eales. who played the front
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        Lock icon Paraguayan takes Philippine Open
        109 9 UPI CAVITE. Philippines Carlos Franco of Paraguay won the US$3lO,OOO (*****.900) Philippine Open golf championship on Sunday on the first play-off hole after he and South Korean Choi Sang Ho had finished with four-round totals of eight-under-par 280. Franco, the No 1 player on the South
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        Lock icon Hill shoots record to win Challenge
        146 9 AP NAPLES. Florida Mike Hill started his day wondering if muscle spasms would prevent him from defending his title in the final round of the Senior PGA Tour's IntelliNet Challenge. After receiving treatments for more than an hour. Hill went out and shot a
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        Lock icon Intrum Justitia takes narrow lead
        128 9 AFP AUCKLAND European yacht Intrum Justitia has a narrow lead 26 hours into the fourth leg of the Whitbread round-the-world yacht race as it heads from here to Punta del Este in Uruguay. Race headquarters here said that at (0200 GMT) Intrum. had 5.492 nautical
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        Basketball
        41 9 NEW YORK NBA Sunday: New York 86 Chicago 68; Indiana 101 Seattle 95: Milwaukee 104 Orlando 109: New Jersey 122 Washington 101: Charlotte 101 Cleveland 105 (OT): Denver 97 Atlanta 92: LA Lakers 107 Philadelphia 95: Portland 102 Boston 93.
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        Lock icon Golf
        170 9 AFP AFP INDIAN WELLS, California PGA Bob Hope Classic final round Sunday (All LSY. 334 Scott Hoch 66 62 70 66 70 337 Lennie Clements 67 69 61 72 68. Fuzzy Zoeller 70 67 66 68 66. Jim Gallagher 66 67 74 62 68 338 Pavne Stewart 67 69
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        Lock icon Ice hockey
        38 9 Reuter NEW YORK NHL Sunday: Washington 3 Buffalo 3 (OT): Chicago 1 New Jersey 1 (OT): Winnipeg 2 Calgary 5: Florida 3 Detroit 4 (OT): Tampa Bay 2 Boston 2 (OT): St Louis 4 Anaheim I.
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        Lock icon Tennis
        65 9 AFP AFP PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania LS Indoor Championships finals Sunday Singles: Michael Chang (US) b Paul Haarhuis (Neth) 6-3 6-2. Doubles: Jacco Eltingh/Paul Haarhuis (Neth) b Jim Grabb/ Jarcd Palmer (US) 6-3 6-4. AFP OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma UTA tournament finals Sunday Singles: Meredith McGrath (US) b Brenda Schultz (Neth) 7-6
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      Lock icon Scott Hoch wins Bob Hope Classic
      475 9 Golf AP INDIAN WELLS. California Scott Hoch. receiving little pressure from any of the contenders. shot a two-under-par 70 Sunday to win the Bob Hope Classic by three strokes his first victory on the tour in five years. The triumph was Hoch's fifth in
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      Lock icon Old boys and girls are not having it all their own way
      905 9  -  Professional skaters are returning to the Winter Games but George Vecsey knows the George Vecsey NYT HAMAR. Norway Welcome to the Rink of Dreams. If you build it. they will come. Welcome to the very temporary home of
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Penchant for detail
      966 11  -  Film director Francis Coppola tells David Rosengarten of his... David Rosengarten NYT FRANCIS Ford Coppola is stirring a spaghetti sauce that has been in his family's blood for generations. He has refused an apron, and around him is a scene of culinary carnage: a tomato-splattered backsplash, soiled
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      Lock icon Thatcher tittle-tattle
      641 11 AFP AFP AFP UPI MARGARET Thatcher handed over the job and the house in 1990, but she's still clinging to the prime ministerial diamonds. Or so says Tatler. the aptly named society magazine. Prime Minister John Major's office refused to comment on what a spokesman dismissed as "tittle-tattle".
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      1347 11 TV RADIO Stealing Home, 11pm, SBC 5 Mark Harmon is a baseball player who reminisces about his childhood when he returns to his hometown for his babysitter's funeral. Jodie Foster is /fm H the sitter in this 1988 "coming *jf\ of age" telefilm, reputed to ySJjm B|F have the most
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
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      Six-digit postal code will take getting used to
      548 12  -  Estate agents will have to finds new ways of identifying locations, reports A J Leow A J Leow LOCAL estate agents will have to adapt to new ways of identifying the location of property when new postal codes come into effect. The
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      Lock icon HK office space hits high of HK$120 psf
      131 12 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG'S highquality office space fetched a monthly rent of as high as HKSI2O (SS24) per square foot, the newspaper Ming Pao reported. A foreign law firm has agreed to the two-year lease at that price to extend its current
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      PROPERTY WATCH
      286 12 ♦SS&jgSi Selected market transactions in the past week gggg,, jwrta Propty ITw T«w» I an PRIVATE Feb 18,1994 0316 Central Green Apt j 1808 99LH 868,000 480 Feb 17,1994 0511 Pas* View Par* Apt 990 4 FH 519,000 524_ Feb 20,1994 J 0512 J Park West Apt 1249
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      SIA is first tenant of SSL office block in Hanoi
      167 12  -  By Harish Mehta Singapore Airlines has signed up as a tenant the first of an office block being built by Straits Steamship Land Ltd (SSL) in Hanoi. Known as the International Centre, the eight-storey office block will offer 7,500 sq
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    • REGIONAL SKYLINE
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        Lock icon Kuok buys Sydney's Paddy Market site
        65 12 Australian Financial Review SYDNEY Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok has settled the purchase of Paddy's Market site in Sydney. A spokesman for the Hongkong-based Kuok Group confirmed that the purchase, from Kajima Corp, was completed on Jan 20. He would not give details, but observers
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        Lock icon Securities firm moves into property
        84 12 Bangkok Post BANGKOK Adkinson Securities is going into the property and amusement business. It will take a 10 per cent stake in property firm Phuket Paradise and a 1.18 per cent stake in amusement park Safari World for a total of 64 million baht (553.84
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        Lock icon Relocation row to delay airport
        93 12 The Nation BANGKOK Construction of Thailand's second international airport at Nong Ngu Hao is expected to be delayed at least a year. The first phase was to have been completed in the year 2000, but there have been problems over compensation due to villagers who
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        Lock icon Projects up for foreign bids
        57 12 AFP SHANGHAI Foreign bidders are being offered 10 major infrastructure projects as part of Shanghai's drive to make itself more attractive to overseas investors. The projects include a second underground railway for the city and an airport at Pudong. Shanghai has improved communications and transport
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        Lock icon Aoki sells hotel chain to Mexicans
        87 12 AP TOKYO Japanese developer Aoki Corp is selling part of its Wcstin hotels and resorts chain to Mexican company DSC, for US$7OB million SSI,IIB million). Aoki bought the US-based chain for $1.53 billion more than six years ago. Westin's brand name, business and operations
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      Far East set to make its mark as upmarket builder
      1580 13  -  Ng Teng Fong's property group is shedding its 'unfavourable' image after scoring top marks in a construction quality scheme, reports Lilian Ang Lilian Ang THE name is almost as familiar as the Housing and Development Board. Home buyers and developers
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      Lock icon Education link in Asians' purchase of property
      192 13 Bernama ANEW trend is emerging in Australia's property market with many Asians who had received their education there returning as foreign investors. Although the effect of educational ties on foreign investment is yet to be properly catalogued. examples are starting to show up
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      Lock icon Aussie govt lifts estimate of housing starts in active market
      124 13 Bloomberg Business News THE Australian government has lifted its estimate of housing starts for the fiscal year ending Jun 30 by 7 per cent to 168.000 units because of stronger-than-expected activity in the sector. The government's Indicative Planning Council said
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      240 12 Irlr OF EXCELLENCE... BLUE CANYON COUNTRY CLUB Sft\e just concluded Johnnie Walker Classic was indeed an event that will be remembered for a long time to come. Players and spectators alike B m were overwhelmed by the sheer beauty and tranquillity of Blue Canyon Country Club. You may not be
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      95 13 For Sale By Tender 1 Bungalow at Richards Avenue (Building Permit 5142/91) and 3 Pairs of Semi-Detached Houses at Surin Lane (Building Permit 5426/93,5641/934 5404/93) Freehold Land Under Construction Bungalow Site Area Approx. 5321 sf Built-up Area Approx. 4323 sf Expected TOP 31st Sept. '94 Semi-Detached Houses: Site Area Approx.
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      283 13 THE 1994 SINGAPORE PRODUCTIVITY LECTURE wV f'THE NEW JAPANESE WAY' presented by Mr. Yotaro (Tony) Kobayashi March 4th 1994, 4pm to 7pm The Mandarin Singapore Mandarin Ballroom The 1994 Singapore Productivity Lecture the Promotion of Administrative Reform (1991will be presented by one of Japan's most 1993). And, was recently assigned
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    A call for rapprochement
    528 14 IPITORIAL AFTER a 36-hour standoff, during which democracy took a back seat to political manoeuvring, Sabah finally got the results of weekend state polls validated with the swearing in of Chief Minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan for a fresh five-year term yesterday. The swearing-in, before Governor Mohamad
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Japan should open up
      189 14 JAPAN IS RIGHT to have rejected the demand by the United States that it accept numerical indicators to measure its progress in allowing more US goods into the country. Accepting that would have led to managed trade between the world's two biggest economies. It would have
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      Help the SMEs go regional
      142 14 THE Business Headquarters scheme is another piece of government assistance to spur our private sector to go regional. By enjoying a tax holiday, services firms can use their savings to finance their regionalisation drive. The scheme has benefited many foreign firms which, after establishing their
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      Not for selfish ends
      153 14 THE INTERVENTION by Russia has been instrumental in making the Serbs withdraw heavy weapons from Sarajevo. It this averts an imminent military confrontation between Nato and the Serbs, Russia would have scored an important diplomatic victory. What is apparent is that though Nato now has a
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      Clean up the environment
      186 14 AT FIRST, it began quite imperceptibly, but now there are beginning to be signs everywhere that Malaysians, and even the big players, the corporate sector, are taking more than a passing interest in keeping the environment clean, clear and livable. Actually there are no two ways
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      Mind your language
      132 14 HONGKONG has an essential asset in its development as an international city: the wide use of English, the main international language. But informal evidence from employers and academics people who deal with large numbers of young people suggests the standard of English here is falling. Next week
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    Lock icon A bubble borne along on a wave of money
    884 14  -  Emerging markets are booming at the moment. But their performance remains hostage to what goes on in the industrialised world, cautions Stephen Fidler Stephen Fidler FT BRAZIL'S market and others across Latin America. Asia and Eastern Europe are rising on the
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      128 14 tvvirfig- /Sour ot\ /PuTWMV O ASSOCIATED HfWAPfW LTD, IM3-19M TO? y. 9 DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU TH/SUAS THE SC&JB TODAY AS fHEADING UP MR. PEAPMAN'S 1 YHS.IUHTTNEY, VmLASTHEU^ fKJFeSSORJUUSPCADMANAR- DEFENSEA6AJNSTCHARGESOF I THE&STAIK RECTDESCENDANT HHOA'SOrTZ RNEDATCOURTIDT&IIFYINA 6RAOE OiAS WIDEN LAW I YOUICTRYX) OF SLAVES I FtEt A FJU- F.C- LSTSJUST SUTCVERASWDENP?LOU6RAPE. SCHOOLPROFESSOR7AMARA
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  • ANALYSIS
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      The second American wave hits Vietnam
      1765 15  -  When US President Bill Clinton lifted the trade embargo against Vietnam early this month, Harish Mehta was in Vietnam talking to country chiefs of American firms about their business plans Harish Mehta Motorola's country manager for Vietnam, Frank Marciano, can at last close a
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      US banks, lawyers and auditors hot on the Ho Chi Minh trail
      908 15 BANK of America's Indochina representative, Luu Le, was fast asleep in Hongkong when the phone rang. Friends from Washington were on the line. They told him that the US embargo had been lifted just minutes ago. The very
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    Washington to work closely with US firms to compete for Asian business
    675 16  -  Reports by Yang Razali Kassim SINGAPORE In a new approach to commercial relations with Asia, the Clinton administration will from now on work closely with American companies to compete for markets in the region outside of Japan. Visiting
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    US firms to focus on S'pore, Indonesia, China in new trade policy
    309 16 SINGAPORE US firms will concentrate on telecommunications, transportation and power generation in Singapore, Indonesia and China as part of America's new National Export Strategy. US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Jeffrey Garten, who disclosed this, described Singapore
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    Lock icon China invites liberals to join group of HK advisers
    222 16 AFP HONGKONG China is shifting tactics by adding some pro-democracy voices to its elite group of Hongkong affairs' advisers as Governor Chris Patten forges ahead with his electoral reform plans. Two leading members of the Hongkong Association for Democracy and People's
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    Lock icon German metal workers to vote on strike next week
    140 16 Reuter FRANKFURT Germany's big IG Metall union yesterday called on workers in the northem state of Lower Saxony to vote early next month on whether to hold the first strike in the crucial engineering sector since 1984. Union head Klaus Zwickel
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    Lock icon March of the merry-makers
    45 16 AFP BASLE, Switzerland Some 15,000 masked pipers and drummers wearing lanterns on their heads during a parade past the cathedral here yesterday. The merry-makers were taking part in the traditional 4am procession on the opening day of the Basle Carnival. AFP
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    Lock icon US tries to enlist EU in market-opening assault on Tokyo
    473 16 Reuter. AFP WASHINGTON The United States has opened a new front after failing to win its way with Tokyo on trade it is urging Europe to join in an allied market-opening offensive. Officials say the European Union is mulling over
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    Bludgeoning the Japanese will work against the US
    1093 16  -  The Bottom Line ANTHONY ROWLEY ANTHONY ROWLEY The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent PRESIDENT Bill Clinton may well go down in history as the man who sold out America's Pacific interests for a few talents of silver unless he can summon the
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    Lock icon Opposition parties stage walkout as Indian budget debate starts
    170 16 Reuter NEW DELHI Indian President Shankar Dayal Sharma opened a crucial Budget session of Parliament yesterday, saying the government's 31-month-old economic reforms programme had started attracting substantial foreign investments. "Global investors have shown growing confidence in the Indian market." he told
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Manila SEC throws out petition against Keppel unit
      336 17  -  From Al Labita in MANILA THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday threw out tycoon John Gokongwei's petition opposing a Keppel subsidiary's plan to raise fresh funds for its expansion. In its decision, SEC ruled that Mr Gokongwei's petition had no merit
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      Lock icon Aztech 7.9 times subscribed, strike price at $1.21
      279 17  -  By Bernard Chew SINGAPORE Aztech Systems' Sesdaq share offer which closed yesterday was 7.9 times subscribed, and the strike price for the tender shares has been provisionally set at $1.21, issue managers United Overseas Bank said. A further breakdown of the figures
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      Lock icon Falmac puts on 33 cents to $1.05 in debut trading
      169 17 SINGAPORE This year's second addition to Sesdaq, Falmac Ltd, made a strong debut when its shares gained 33 cents or 45 per cent to close at $1.05 yesterday. Some two million or onesixth of the newly issued shares were traded
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      Try F&B stocks for a taste of firms with regional exposure
      588 17  -  HOCK LOCK SiEW By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE Last December, broking house Kay Hian James Capel published a glossy 110-page report extolling the virtues of the Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation (STIC) group. The gist of its argument which, judging
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      Lock icon Lion's S'pore unit buys majority stake in HK's Walsin
      280 17 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG A Singapore subsidiary of Malaysia's Lion Group of companies is buying a controlling 56.56 per cent stake in Hongkong real estate and securities trading concern Walsin International Holdings. Lion-controlled Angkasa Marketing (Singapore) Pte will pay Taiwan's Walsin
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      Informatics Hldgs sets up R&D subsidiary
      170 17 SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listed Informatics Holdings Ltd has set up a subsidiary, Informatics Engineering Pte Ltd (lEPL), to develop value-added information technology and educational products. Informatics* director, Ong Boon Kheng, said yesterday: "The move to form lEPL is a strategic integration of Informatics' IT business, as
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    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        MARKET MOOD
        36 17 Firm Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled: Alliance. Barings, Daiwa, Fraser. Phillip. Smith Ne>v Court, and Ong Co.
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        HOT STOCK
        142 17  -  By Quak Hiang Whai Diversified Johan Holdings traded 9.65 million units and finished 14 cents up at $1.90. Despite the sharp increase yesterday, Johan could still test $2 within the next few sessions as it has broken out of the 51.70-Sl.Bo band. The daily and weekly RSIs show
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          2 LKN units raise stakes in Scientex
          52 18 SINGAPORE Lim Kah Ngam (LKN) Ltd said yesterday that LKN Development and its wholly-owned Malaysian subsidiary. Nirwana Properties Sdn Bhd. have taken up 2.45 million MSI shares each in Scientex Park Sdn Bhd, raising their investment from M 5700.000 (*****.000) to M 53.15
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          UIC's HK unit sells stake in Tandy
          51 18 SINGAPORE United Industrial Corporation's (UIC) whollyowned subsidiary in Hongkong. UIC Group Ltd. has sold its entire stake in Tandy Company Ltd and a debenture in Clearwater Bav Golf and Countrv Club to ABB Pacific Asia of Hongkong for HKSI.42 (about *****,000), UIC said
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          Sincere buys watch firm in HK
          29 18 SINGAPORE Sincere Watch Ltd has bought Centime Ltd in Hongkong for HKS2 (550.41) to start a watch distribution unit in the British colony.
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          SSE chief joins Sembawang board
          104 18 SINGAPORE Boon Swan Foo. the president of Singapore Shipbuilding and Engineering, is the latest Singapore Technologies addition to the Sembawang group. In a statement to the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Sembawang Maritime Ltd (SML) announced that Mr Boon has been appointed a director with effect
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          Lock icon TRI to issue US$400m bonds
          66 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Technology Resources Industries Bhd (TRI) will issue 10-year unsecured Euroconvertible bonds of up to USS4OO million (***** million) in nominal value. This will give the company access to the current favourable market for Asian Euroconvertibles and enable it to diversify its funding
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          Lock icon Time for third China bourse: official
          103 18 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING A top Chinese legislator says China must open a third stock exchange to stop the pile-up of companies waiting to be listed on existing markets, the official China Securities paper reports. The "time is ripe" for the government to consider
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          Lock icon Renong gets 50.06pc acceptances
          59 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Renong Bhd has received acceptances for 15.02 million shares or 50.06 per cent of the entire issued and paid-up capital in Park May Bhd following its voluntary general offer. Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bhd said on behalf of Renong that the offer, which
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        Indon capital markets could grow 10-fold, says Bapepam chief
        327 18  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Volume on the Jakarta Stock Exchange could increase 10-fold from US$lO billion (5515.9 billion) a year to USSIOO billion a year in the next few years, the country's chief capital markets regulator said yesterday. Capital Market Agency
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        Bangkok Bank raises U$400m from ECD issue
        461 18  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK BANGKOK Bank has raised USS4OO million (***** million) from its Euro-convertible debentures issue, which is at the lower end of the US$4OO million to US$5OO million range it had targeted. Executive vice-chairman Piti Sithi-Amnuai told BT yesterday
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        Lock icon EPE and Rolls-Royce in power transmission joint venture
        349 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Newlylisted. EPE Power Corporation Berhad. yesterday signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce Industrial Power (M) Sdn Bhd to establish a joint venture company to meet the demand for power transmission equipment in Malaysia. "This marks EPE's diversification into project-based businesses
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        CityDev's Kupe to buy vineyard for NZ$18m
        285 18 SINGAPORE City Developments Ltd's listed New Zealand subsidiary. Kupe Group, has offered to buy Appellation Vineyards for about NZ$lB million (5516.4 million). In a statement yesterday. Kupe said it has entered into conditional purchase agreements to buy over more than 97 per cent
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        Lock icon Mycom in talks to buy timber processing complex in Sabah
        253 18 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Cashrich Mycom Bhd appears to be jumping on the timber boat to East Malaysia, joining companies like Construction and Supplies House Bhd. Lien Hoe Corp. and the Lion group. Mycom is believed to be acquiring a timber
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        Lock icon Arab-Malaysian group looks forward to exciting year
        190 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Arab-Malaysian Banking Group is confident that 1994 will open an exciting vista for the group since its quest for a commercial bank has finally been approved. Chairman A/man Hashim said yesterday that with the purchase of the Malaysian operations
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        Lock icon Telekom M'sia unit in cellular phone tie-up with Lankan firm
        140 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Telekom Malaysia subsidiary Telekom Malaysia International (TMIS). is teaming up with a Sri Lankan company. Sunpower Systems (Pte) Ltd. to operate a cellular telephone network in Sri Lanka. Telekom Malaysia said yesterday TMIS had entered a joint
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        541 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS MMwgcn' prices Feb 22 UMB Invest Mgt Ltd i_u t_,,i I nifund 1.52 1.58 aagapofe unn irusi imbondf 1.0:5 105 Tkc C ommerce 1*3 l.« I 'mlcd (ir Fund 16* 175 The Savings Fund 1.67 1.75 United \sia Fund 1.11 2.01Spoiv l ro| tund 076 OHO S'porc
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        503 19 FT LONDON China's fledgling stock markets are set for another bumpy year while traders digest implications of a new tax law. a government credit squeeze limiting funds available for investment, and faltering attempts to conclude a new securitrcs law. Judging by
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        Lock icon Honda to sell Rover stake as BMW purchase sours ties
        230 19 AFP, Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japan's embittered Honda Motor Co Ltd said yesterday it would sell 20 per cent of Britain's Rover Group pie in the wake of plans by German rival Baycrischc Motoren Werke AG (BMW) to acquire the
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        Lock icon Australia's CSR cements A$45m Tianjin tie-up
        240 19 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Australian diversified building products and sugar group CSR Ltd has made its first big move into China with a joint venture to build a major concrete and quarry company in Tianjin, a large industrial and port city. CSR said it
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          Lock icon Telecom contract to Tokyu Construction
          67 19 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Tokyu Construction Co, a mid-sized Japanese general contractor linked with the Tokyu group, has been awarded a 6 billion yen (SS9I million) contract to construct a telecommunications centre in Singapore, Jiji Press reported yesterday. Tokyu won the contract to build the
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          Lock icon Mirror Group ups Independent bid
          87 19 Bloomberg Business News LONDON A group led by Mirror Group Newspapers pic has raised its offer for Newspaper Publishing pic to 350 pence per share from 261.6 p. The offer, the latest in a bidding war between the Mirror Group and Tony O'Reilly's Irish newspaper
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          Lock icon China Steel to sell 360 million shares
          85 19 Knight-Ridder TAIPEI State-run China Steel Corp will sell 360 million shares at NT521.71 (551.30) per share as part of its privatisation programme, a company official said yesterday. Eighty per cent of the shares will be distributed to domestic individual investors. The China Development
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          Lock icon Jinlin Chemical raising HK$2b
          90 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Jinlin Chemical Corp. one of the 10 largest enterprises in China, plans to raise HKS2 billion (SS4IO million) in an initial public oltering of "H" shares in Hongkong and "A" shares in China in July, the Overseas Chinese Daily News reported. Proceeds
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          Lock icon BMW's earnings per share figures lifted
          97 19 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Bayerische Motoren Werke AG's earnings per share estimates for the years 1993, 1994 and 1995 were raised at Credit Suisse First Boston Ltd. says a note to investors. The estimates increase follows a statement by BMW chief executive Bemd Pischetsricdcr
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        Lock icon China Everbright plans revamp of HK units
        246 19 Eastern Express HONGKONG China Everbright Group, the Hongkong arm of the Chinese State Council, has unveiled plans to restructure and boost the financial strength of three Hongkong listed companies it has acquired over the past 10 months. China Everbright has lined up several
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        Lock icon Indon state banks' bad loans at critical point: minister
        385 20 AFP JAKARTA Bad loans held by Indonesian state banks reached 14.97 trillion rupiah (5511.2 billion) in the year to October 1993 21.2 per cent of all loans issued, press reports said yesterday. The Jakarta Post quoted Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad as
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        Lock icon Japanese buyers unfazed by pact to cut aluminium output
        363 20 Reuter TOKYO Japanese aluminium buyers, who import some 15 per cent .of world output annually, have not been fazed by a multilateral agreement to cut primary production, industry sources here said yesterday. While they have begun buying for fiscal 1994 starting
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        198 20 AFP BEIJING China's production and imports of nonferrous metals surged dramatically last year to feed the demand unleashed by powerful economic growth, the China Daily said yesterday. The country imported US$2.4 billion (SS3.B billion) of non-ferrous metals in 1993, with imports of copper and
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          Lock icon HKBank's A$100m dragon bond sale
          67 20 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkongßank of Australia is selling Asloo million (S$ 113.2 million) in Australian dollar denominated dragon bonds, said a trading manager at Wardley Ltd yesterday. The bonds are priced at A 599.28, with a 6.625 per cent coupon to yield 6.80 per
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          Lock icon Shinkong to raise US$50m overseas
          60 20 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Shinkong Synthetic Fiber Corp, one of Taiwan's largest textile companies, has received permission to sell US$5O million (SSBO million) of convertible bonds overseas, the Securities and Exchange Commission said. Funds will be used to finance a new textile factory in Taiwan,
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          Lock icon Cagamas' third interest payment
          79 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Cagamas Berhad will be making the third interest payment on its Cagamas Bonds 7/92 on March 3. The company said yesterday that interest on the 7.97 per cent fixed rate unsecured bearer bonds is payable semi-annually. It said each M$ 100,000 nominal value
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          83 20 AFP MANILA The Philippine government has put plans to reduce requirements on bank reserves on hold due to a high liquidity in the system which could trigger inflationary pressure. Central Bank governor Gabriel Singson said on Sunday. The Central Bank now requires that 20 per
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          Lock icon Burns, Philp to offer US$125m bonds
          72 20 Reuter SYDNEY Burns, Philp Co Ltd said it plans to offer US$l25 million of convertible bonds to refinance bank debt and lengthen debt maturities. Morgan Stanley Co International Ltd and Cazenove Co have been appointed joint lead managers for the issue which will be
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        Berli Jucker of Thailand raises US$40m loan
        261 20  -  By! Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE A group of 12 banks from Asia and Europe has extended a US$4O million (SS64 million) threeyear loan to Berli Jucker, a Thai trading and manufacturing group. Most of the funds, arranged by Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore), will
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        Lock icon BHP says steel shipments up 10pc in January
        369 20 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE Australian resources giant Broken Hill Proprietary said domestic steel shipments rose 10 per cent in January compared with January 1993. Export steel deliveries increased 24 per cent in the same period. Domestic deliveries totalled 276,000 tonnes compared with
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        279 20 Bloomberg Business News ORLANDO. Florida The US Justice Department's antitrust division is investigating whether some automated teller machine networks discriminate against small banks, says Attor-ney-General Janet Reno. While most ATM networks were open to all banks that met certain minimum criteria, some
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        161 20 THE USS traded a touch firmer yesterday, especially against the yen. Comments out of Tokyo about a rapidly rising yen being bad for the Japanese and global economy, coupled with rumours of BOJ intervention, allowed the US$/yen to remain bid throughout Far East hours. Over
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        266 20 Reuter LONDON The dollar drew itself up yesterday and managed to regain some of its recent lost ground against the yen as nothing new emerged on the trade row front. Some in the market were more relaxed about the US-Ja-pan squabble over trade but yesterday's upturn mainly reflected short-co\ering
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        1662 20 /rcuie-weighted index calculated against S'poee's top 14 trading partner* Base year IWi US$/S$ forward rates Noon Feb 21 ss Bii Offer 1-month ***** 1.SU5 :-month ***** 1 5883 3-month ***** I.5U3 6-month I 5868 1 5888 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES JU at IOmi m Fab IS: Singapore dollars
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        Lock icon Euroyen softens on dollar's move up
        1386 21 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simcx Euroyen interest rate futures finished weaker on liquidation yesterday as the dollar reversed its bearish stanee against the yen in currency markets. Bank of Japan dollar-buying intervention hoisted the dollar up to close at 105.23 yen in Asia, which
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        Weak ringgit limits fall in tin price
        617 21 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin MALAYSIAN tin closed one sen lower at MS 15.14 per kg on initial high otTcring yesterday, traders said. But a weak ringgit against the US dollar checked the fall. Despite a lower London market last week, sentiment was dampened by
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          Spot gold rises in Asian trading
          130 21 TOKYO Spot gold rose slightly in Asian trading yesterday on physical buying from Hongkong and Singapore, dealers said. "People took heart from the fact that gold closed above US$3BO an ounce" on Friday in New York, even though it had run into heavy selling
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          Thailand's 1994 total corn exports
          65 21 BANGKOK Thailand exported 1,414 tonnes of corn during Feb 11-17, bringing the total for the year-to-date to 15.494 tonnes, the Thai Maize and Produce Traders Association said yesterday. Shipments during Jan 1-Feb 17, 1994 totalled 16.274 tonnes. The Feb 11-17 exports comprised 1,100 tonnes sent
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          S Korea's rice production goal up 7pc
          44 21 SEOUL The South Korean Ministry of Agriculture. Forestry and Fisheries set the country's rice production goal at 5.08 million tonnes for calendar year 1994. a 7 per cent increase over last year, local papers reported on Sunday.
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          Crude prices near US levels
          103 21 TOKYO Cash forward crude prices were quoted near late US levels in quiet trading yesterday afternoon. market participants said. Tliey said the US Presidents Day holiday might have limited trading interest. After-hours crude trading on the Nymex electronic Access system was closed yesterday for the
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1622 21 Rubber Singapore Commodity Exchange (futures dosing as at 1»") RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Mar 94 138 50 138.50 138 50 100 U25 Apr 0.00 0.00 140.25 250 4.300 May 0.00 0.00 142.25 0 4.650 Jun 0.00 0.00 143.25
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        Australia
        1194 22 -44.7 A nervous Australian share market plunged to its lowest level in a month at the close yesterday, dragged down by sharp falls overseas and weaker futures and bonds. Brokers said drops in New York on fears of US interest rate hikes and in London on Friday sidelined investors.
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        Manila
        608 22 -I.spc Philippine share prices tumbled 1.5 per cent yesterday, pulled down by a decline in the Hongkong bourse and last week's slump in the Dow. analysts said. Brokers said investors were already in a selling mood as trading opened because of the drop in the Dow, but the decline
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        Taipei
        560 22 -29.93 The Taiwan stock market continued its downward swing yesterday in lacklustre trading, with investors concerned about upcoming trade talks between the Washington and Taipei. Following the previous trading day's 31.65-point drop, the benchmark 379-issue weighted price index dipped 29.93 points, or 0.5 per cent, to finish at 5.783.89
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        Seoul
        409 22 13.07 Buying focused on manufacturing blue chips pushed the stock market to close higher for the third consecutive session, brokers said. The composite stock index ended 13.07 points higher at the day's high of 946.00. Brokers said growing institutional activity boosted a followthrough buying interest. Shares with low price/earnings
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        New Zealand
        331 22 -42.76 New Zealand shares fell 1.9 per cent as local interest rates continued to follow US bond yields higher, brokers said. Higher fixed-interest rates make stock yields look less attractive. The New Zealand Top 40 capital index closed at 2.241.40. down 42.76 points. However, brokers noted that volume
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        Bombay
        68 22 +214.48 Stock prices in after-hours kerb deals were quoted slightly higher than their official close as the market continued to exult in the confidence that pushed prices up by over 5 per cent during the day. brokers said. In the official session, the Bombay Stock Exchange 30share index rose
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        1382 22 Britannia Funds ili i tog Cask Bid Oder Mim Cap Depot* St 6400 31 6500 Mim Jeney Gill ft 1143 0 1992 Mim Mat Income ***** I 1000 L SS Cask Income Ptus Fund <10:700 ******0 PS J Reierve Fund J 2400 5 2500 Steriiag Lqatt) Euro Performance 0.4)92 049)1
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        London
        641 22 •32.3 Share prices closed lower yesterday, dogged by concerns over the potential for higher US interest rates as attention focuses on US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony to Congress today. But turnover of 502 million shares was small due to the absence of the US markets out for
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        Stockholm
        154 22 -0.33 pc Swedish shares continued lower in listless trade while index-heavy Astra bucked the trend. Trade was cautious, in moderate turnover of 1.573 billion crowns, on the US holiday and concern over debt market yields. "There are several important 1993 results due this week which is why people are
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        Frankfurt
        179 22 -1.51 pc German share prices closed a low-volume, lacklustre bourse session lower across the board, with weak bund and DAX futures prices depressing the market, dealers said. Prices seen stable but taking cue from bunds. The DAX index ended at 2,119.53, down 1.51 per cent or 32.44 points on
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        Brussels
        215 22 -13.64 Belgian shares were weaker at the close after spending the session languishing at lower levels, under pressure from sharply lower bond prices and following the direction of other European stock markets. The Bel-20 index of leading shares finished 13.64 points or 0.89 per cent down at 1,512.55 after
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        Milan
        115 22 -O.Spc Shares ended easier overall as nervousness spread from other European bourses about the likely direction of US interest rates. But the good underlying liquidity still provides support and the Italian market lost less than others. The Mibtel index closed off 0.50 per cent at 10,918. Milan Feb 21
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        Amsterdam
        304 22 -1.33 Dutch shares closed slightly lower paring early losses as food and detergents giant Unilever rose on short-cov-ering ahead of today's 1993 results. But the market remains under pressure from worries Fed chairman Alan Greenspan may signal a further US rate increase in his Humphrey-Hawkins testimony before the House
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        Zurich
        303 22 •13.91 Swiss shares ended lower, led by slight pressure from futures and a weaker Wall Street on Friday, dealers said. However, there was little selling from retail clients or institutionals, which dealers said was helping sentiment. After a lower opening, the market found support at levels between 2.9V0 and
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        Johannesburg
        325 22 +9 Shares ended mixed in lacklustre trade as the market struggled to attract investor interest ahead of a New York holiday and minimal change in fundamentals. Dealers said only gold price weakness had provided any real direction through the day. The gold index finished 40 points lower at 1,862,
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        Toronto
        350 22 -11.23 Toronto stocks fell in early trade yesterday under pressure from weaker Canadian bonds ahead of the release of Canada's 1994/95 federal Inclines in financial services, conglomerates and mining issues outpaced gains in transportation and real estate. Canadian bonds sank across the curve in nervous early trading, while the
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      3248 23 Reuter HONGKONG Stocks finished sharply lower yesterday, pressured by iingering institutional selling, brokers said. The blue chip Hang Seng Index tumbled 369.43 points, or 3.41 per cent, to close the day at 10.456.45. It stood at 10.474.07 at midday after hitting a low of 10,439, a fall of 387
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      CHINA
      507 23 THE Shanghai market was volatile as the upside trend in the morning was reversed by profit-taking in the afternoon which pushed down the CLSA Shanghai B Index by 15.24 points to 939.42. Jinqiao also saw similar intra-day movement, sliding from day high of USS 1.044 in the morning to
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      2504 23 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended sharply higher as fears that the yen may surge again receded a little, brokers said. Dealers and individual investors bought back oversold issues, such as high-tech shares, and the Nikkei Average closed comfortably above 19,000. The 225-issue Nikkei Average closed 434.34 points or 2.3 per
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      1822 23 Reuter BANGKOK Thai stocks wiped out the morning gains to close the day down 9.21 points to 1.446.87 on heavy profit-taking in the last 20 minutes of trade. Turnover was moderate at 9.96 billion baht. against Friday's 10.22 billion baht. "The market corrected itself. looking for a new floor,
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      1161 23 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices continued to full on overall bearish sentiment in slow trade yesterday. brokers said. The official index fell 11.02 points to 543.76. "Share prices were vulnerable for correction due to thin volume and lack of support." one broker said. Under such conditions a quick turnaround could
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2803 24 MOST ACTIVE votorn AMDB 30c 33.676.000 Kamunting 50c IS.592.000 Mulpha Inil 50c 10.244.000 Johan Hldgs 50c 9.651.000 Mm H»d 50c 9 083.000 FACB 50c 6.670.000 Sri Harlamas 6.453.000 SelDrcdg50c 6.321.000 Pegi M>ia 6.199.000 Fabcr Group 5.970.000 General Corp 4.908.000 Vlenang C'oro 4.833.000 IGB Corpn TSR 4.715.000 MOST ACTIVE
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        Lock icon Shares finish steadier after volatile movements
        5842 24 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices closed steadier in brisk trading yesterday as profittaking in blue chips trimmed sharp gains in selective lower liners. The Emas Index which tracks all main board shares firmed 3.91 points to 326.60 from last Friday's close while the Composite
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        7120 25 M/MN BOARD Transaction date: Feb 21 i Cr Gr 1993/94 Last Vol Da; Last Quote Di» Di» Net M Cap High Low (om|wa> Sale ("0001 High Low Buyer Seller S C »r S P/E tail INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1440 260 t Wma 1100 -20 84 1130 1100 1110 1120 12.5
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        Lock icon Prices boosted by positive economic figures and Clob
        1874 26  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Share prices rose yesterday, buoyed by the release of strong economic figures and firmer sentiment in Malaysian stocks traded on Clob International. The Straits Times Industrials Index, which spent most of the day drifting sideways, was boosted by
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      608 17 NEWS VALUE Hon today 's news might affect your stocks 1993 Economic Survey (pg I) Broad figures have been indicated previously. Look to sectoral breakdowns for pointers. Still, reaction should be muted as the Budget on Wednesday is what the market is awaiting. Pairin sworn m as Sabah chief minister
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      HK pips S'pore to be world's busiest container port
      498 27  -  Surge in cargo volume in second-half gives HK the title again By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Hongkong has done it again. It beat Singapore in the race to become the world's busiest container port in 1993 despite trailing behind Singapore for the
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      57 27 Reuter BANGKOK A Thai trawler sails for the deep sea as a Thai navy ship patrols to protect Thai trawlers from pirates at the sea near the Thai-Cambodian maritime border. Three trawlers, including one alleged Cambodian pirate boat, were sunk on Saturday in a battle between Thai
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      US oilfield operations specialist to expand services here
      253 27 SINGAPORE Oilfield operations specialist Baker Hughes intends to offer more services out of Singapore. "Baker Hughes (Singapore) will play an increasingly critical role in supporting the group's operations in the Asia PacificMiddle East area," says group president and chief executive James Woods.
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      842 27 Page Coi ABC Containciiine 12 5 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrcnkicl Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 3-5 Appenship 8 4/5 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bank Line. The 9 5 Barbican Line 4
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      Gulf feeder operator starts S'pore to Madras service
      213 27 SINGAPORE Dubai-based Integrated Container Feeder Serv ice (ICFS) has launched a Singapore-Madras service and based a representative manager here. The new service is the carrier's second link between Singapore and India. Last year, it launched a Singapore-Calcutta service. The Madras service, which
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      Claim for indemnity: shipowner must be at fault
      573 27  -  ADMIRALTY C ASIKOOK This column, w hich highlights important shipping court cases, will appear fortnightly from March 8 By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE An employer claiming indemnity against a shipowner for compensation paid to a worker must show fault on the shipowner's part.
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        525 28 »WHl VoyHo B«rtt Vrtvri iggtw Hurt Voy No Bwtt Arrival Jurong Port ANNA 2A/94 P04 22 02/0600 2202/2300 An Gtan( 02 2/94 16 Honpj* 22 02/0500 Hr* O 05£/94 P098 2202/1430 23.02/1900 AS 157/B 12/3 noflpxH 22 02/1200 Artta Pndi 2 P06 22.02/1900 24.01/0700 Batam Murn. 02/02/94
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1386 28 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Manco Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Piriod From To From to Sw« 106A 23/1500 2 21/1700 22/0669 22/0900 4 22/1200 22/14S9 22/1700 C052W 24/0830 1 21/1500 21/1659 21/1900 3 22/0700 22/1159
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10499 36 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3380 41 Coataiaeriine NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pre Ltd (Sl/Mannc Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SVAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippiae: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Xhrenkiel Liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg(S). Alba trot Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte Ltd (S). Alfred
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      COURIER SERVICES
      271 41 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Travel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: 542-3716 *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. Citv-Liak International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Cluster Link Supplies Services Tel:
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1489 41 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****54. Actinic Forwarder Td: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Td: 542-7812" Fax: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Td: 545-8033. Fax: *****05 Aerospeed Td: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Td: 542-5454 Fax: *****06. Air Express International Td: 542-7666 Fax: *****74. *****50. Air
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      1209 42 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES AFP THERE was a noticeable falling off in activity toward the end of the week, which was not surprising with the Chinese New Year holidays, coupled with a national holiday in Japan Friday and the on-set of Ramadan. The main movement this week has been in
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      845 43 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead or single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      1254 43 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to 1,133 on Friday from 1,140 on Feb 17. Although trading has been brisk on the freight market this week, rates have dropped substantially for Atlantic Panamax tonnage and very few new cargoes have been quoted, brokers
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      766 44  -  Hordes of US aerospace companies are here to compete for business in the Asia-Pacific's soaring aviation industry, says Dennis Donahue Dennis Donahue Dennis Donahue is director of the L'nited States Information Service here THE ASIA-PACIFIC region's growth in aviation and aerospace parallels its general economic growth.
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      318 44 THE US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has opened a regional office in Singapore to support American aircraft, components and equipment in their major Asia-Pacific markets. The FAA, an agency of the US Department of Transportation, established an International Area Office (IAO) in Singapore to
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        447 46  -  Aviation Insurance Conference in Asia By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Airlines and their insurers can expect more turbulent years ahead. Singapore Airlines director of corporate affairs Matthew Samuel said yesterday the airline industry was not expected to stage a dramatic turnaround this year. "Yield
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        226 46 AP GENEVA Switzerland on Sunday banned foreign trucks from using this Alpine nation as a commercial route, turning its back on closer ties with the rest of Europe for the second time in just over a year. In a national referendum, 51.9 per
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        423 46  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE The major commercial aircraft makers are likely to deliver fewer than 450 planes this year, down from 680 a year in the late 80s and early 90s. Boeing Commercial Airplane Group executive vicepresident Richard Albrecht said yesterday
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          103 46 AFP KARACHI National carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has increased its half yearly operational profits by mor£ than US$ 13.53 million (5521.6 million), a spokesman said on Sunday. Airlines revenues ended Dec 31 have shown an increase of 7.6 per cent over the same period
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          87 46 Reuter TOKYO Toyota Motor Corp said yesterday its vehicle exports fell 20.7 per cent worldwide in January from a year ago to 128,208. the eighth straight month of year-on-year declines, du< to slow shipments to North America and Asia. January exports comprised 97.393 cars,
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          77 46 AFP MANILA The Philippine government plans to engage the private sector in the set-up and operation of a rail link between Manila and the former US Clark Air Base north of here, the site of a new international airport. President Fidel Ramos said yesterday.
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          72 46 AFP HONGKONG An international aviation exhibition is being planned in southern China's Zhuhai special economic zone next year, it was reported yesterday. Some 600 aircraft will be on show in Zhuhai, when the exhibition opens on Nov 28, 1995, the Wen Wei Po said. Authorities
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        520 46 Reuter HONGKONG When Richard Branson flies into Hongkong this week, two of the world's select band of profitable airlines face a basic problem of aviation economics: more seats than passengers must mean lower fares on the lucrative London route. Today's launch of a Lon-don-Hongkong service by
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        234 46 Reuter ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia has ordered the restructuring of its national carrier Ethiopian Airlines, saying corrupt and inefficient management had pushed one of black Africa's flagship airlines to the brink of collapse. "A structural policy change which took 24 months to materialise should be implemented
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      2750 31 SINGAPORE AGENT: I'Xn I I .ATltjllllPfC P*o Container* (Singapore Aganciea) Pta Ltd X WLV/ VJVlll<llllCl9 lOHo.ChlJns ROM #0741 Keowl To«r."si^«»„'0208 P OCSP FM: 5 5327,222 7517 EXPORT IMPORT ssrsr T eb«ss« Hs r a ;rs ss MAERSKMONGKONQ MO4 25/02 20/02 20/02 23/03 20/03 21/03 #TOKYO BAY SJS I SIS 00/W
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      1092 34 ®APPENSHIP (OS HAMBURG ITTI CONVENTIONAL A INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA ANO FAR EAST VESSELS LOADING PORTS DtSCHARGE/LOADMG FOR UNISON HAM 31/01 ANT 05/02 SPORE 11/03 BKK. LAEM INZHENER PARKHONYUK KLP 09/02 TON 21/02 TRT 02/03 SPORE 02/04. HUANGPU/XINGANG HONESTY SZE 16/02 HAM 22/02 SPORE 22/03. LAEM.
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      444 35 e ll IAI«U SHIPPING TEL: *****88 FAX: *****00 J DIRECT REGULAR SERVICE J JAKARTA SURABAYA ACCEPT CARGOES TO ALL OTHER MDONEMAN PORTS WITH TRANSHIPMENT AT JAKARTA OR SURABAYA DCSTIMTIOR ETA ETD VS. JAKAUTA 25/2 2C/2 P. JAWA I 2/3 3/3 P. KALMMfTAN I 5/3 1/3 P. SUMATDtA 15/3 11/3 P.
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      41 44 Rltl COMTJUHfII SBWICt VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SERAYA JAY A 134SR 25/02 27/02 SENTOSA JAYA 190S 20/02 23/02 SENANQ JAYA 166SN 23/02 26/02 ALL VESSELS BERTH AT "Wl" IN JAKARTA INDONESIA AGENT JAKARTA PT ANGGI OCEANINDO LINE TEL: *****75 FAX: *****86
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      5 46 [ANALYSIS Tomorrow in Business Times
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      Lock icon Gaining speed in Asian skies
      264 47  -  -By Juliette Walker INTERNATIONAL aerospace companies are zooming across Asian skies. Many regional companies are also gaining speed, while others have made quick take-offs. They all share one thing in common: their radar is zeroing in on the massive opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region. For
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      Lock icon Singapore aims to join global league
      2677 48  -  The competition is stiff but Singapore's aerospace industry should be able to ride out the turbulence, says Jenny Lam Jenny Lam The writer is a journalist for Singapore Business where this article first appeared AGAINST the backdrop of a continued world slump in civil
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      Leading the way to a brighter global market
      1265 49  -  Richard Albrecht looks at the prospects for the Asia Pacific's aviation and aerospace industry Richard Albrecht The writer is executive vice-president for Boeing Commercial Airplane Group THE PAST few years have been the most trying in modern commercial aviation history. Airlines sustained
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      Aerospatiale in Asia
      715 50  -  Francois Jouenne on how French aerospace giant Aerospatiale is spreading its wings in Asia Francois Jouenne The writer is Aerospatiale 's general representative for South-east Asia and Australia OVER the last 30 years, Aerospatiale has secured a number of footholds in the Asia Pacific region which it
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      Striving for even greater efficiency
      1000 50  -  McDonnell Douglas tackles drag reduction, engine performance and weight on its MD-11. Walt Orlowski explains Walt Orlowski The writer is vice-president and general manager of marketing and business development for Douglas Aircraft Company, the commercial aircraft arm of McDonnell Douglas LINGERING global recession is forcing
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      French aerospace industry zooms in on Singapore
      888 50  -  Serge Dassault tells how French aerospace companies have set their sights on the Republic Serge Dassault The writer is president of Gifas, the French Aerospace Industry Association SINGAPORE is drawing the enthusiasm of aerospace companies worldwide. Aside from its prime strategic location at
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      Power for the next generation of aircraft
      1093 52  -  GE Aircraft Engines describes the advanced-technology engine family, developed specially to power the new, larger birds the GE9O GE Aircraft Engines OVER THE NEXT five to 10 years, the aviation industry will face a host of critical issues. These will range from dramatic
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      Revving up for the Asian market
      1084 53  -  Stan Todd tells how Rolls-Royce won a regional market share of 60 per cent on the Airbus A-330 and 49 per cent on the Boeing 777 for its Trent engine Stan Todd The writer is project director for the new generation of high powered
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      When competition heats up
      999 54  -  Otis Chen maps out the direction Singapore aerospace companies need to take to stay in the race Otis Chen The writer is managing director of Turbine Overhaul Services WITHIN the vibrant Asia-Pa-cific region, Singapore has been playing a key role both as a major aviation hub
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      Lock icon How one company rides out the rough times
      1126 55 SIA Engineering Company reveals its formula for success in maintenance and overhaul IA Engineering Com- pany (SIAEC) has managed to buck the k aerospace industry's current slowdown. In financial year 1992/93, it turned in a creditable performance with revenue of *****.1 million.
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      India moves into commercial aircraft production
      1384 56  -  Hormuz Mama traces the history of the country's aerospace industry Hormuz Mama The writer is a senior editor for Airport Forum of Germany, Asia editor for Interavia Aerospace World of Switzerland, and South Asia correspondent for the International Defence Review INDIA is a subcontinent
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      Long climb for Asian aero manufacturing
      997 57  -  Juliette Walke looks at Asian efforts to address regional demand for mid-sized aircraft Juliette Walke The w riter is a journalist in Business Times ASIAN aerospace companies are trying to hop onto the tail of the region's fast-clim-bing aviation industry in a bid to
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      Have fun will travel
      1580 58  -  Fred Leenerts discusses the pains and gains of providing interactive inflight entertainment Fred Leenerts The writer is the Asia-Pacific marketing director for Hughes-A VICOM THE age of interactive inflight entertainment and communication (IFEC) is here, promising to revolutionise passenger aviation services worldwide. In less than five
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      Eyes of air traffic controllers
      725 58  -  The Asean region is a goldmine of opportunity for companies like Italy's Alenia that provide air traffic control systems, says Paolo Prudente Paolo Prudente The writer is head of Alenia !s radar and systems division AIR transport in highgrowth South-cast Asia is drawing a wide
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      Controlling Asian skies
      967 59  -  Providers of air traffic control systems are set to gain as the region's mushrooming aviation industry spawns demand for related services, says Colin Boardman Colin Boardman The writer is communications manager for Thomson-CSF/SDC Division Regional demand for air traffic control systems is set to sky rocket in
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      The F-16 — still fighting for a market share
      1291 60  - The F-16 still fighting for a market share The market for military aircraft is increasingly competitive. But Lockheed's F-16 has managed to keep its lead over rivals based on the fighter's capabilities, cost and firm order base, says Dwain Mayfield. Dwain Mayfield The writer is vice-presi-dent of marketing and strategic
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      An effective means of transportation
      422 60  -  Donald Key describes the positive market outlook for helicopters in Asia Donald Key The writer is chief pilot for Bell Helicopter Asia. Helicopters are becoming more popular with regional organisations as company executives are caught up in the whirl of activities inherent in boom economies
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      Helicopters hover over Asia
      1193 60  -  Andy Lewis explains why helicopters provide a flexible solution to the military, civil and national border patrol needs of Asia-Pacific governments Andy Lewis The writers is exfrrt sales director for Westieuid Helicopters Helicopters have become the focus of Asia Pacific countries in need of an adequate
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      More executives hailing air-taxis in region
      1324 61  -  Despite the boom in the Asia Pacific aviation industry, Mylene Khaski says corporate jets are still flying through rather bumpy but promising skies Mylene Khaski The writer is the managing director of Aeroleasing Far East IMAGINE taking commercial flights from Singapore to conduct business
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      400 47 Leading the way to a brighter global market What it takes to survive in the repair business Pgs t, 9 GE, Rolls Royce talk about their new engines Pgs 6, 7 Editor: Juliette Walker. Coordinator Peter Wong. Sub-editors: Samuel Ee, Magdalene Phang, James Quek and Yu Chin Fun. Artists: Allan
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      145 48 v 4 4 i h fcti f ji Asian Aerospace* Come See Us. Stand In the Exhibition Main r I, ATR. The people. The planes. The total service system. r* r I r, y With over 50 Today sees the introduction of the ATR 42-500. >* 1 r\* customers and
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      37 49 ,--> V Soaring With The Wind. <> Q r A r AiPPOPT POAD, PAYA If BAP, SINGAPORE 1953 TEI 78/ 1111 TEIEX PS ***** SAMKG FAX (65) ?80 9/13 280 8? I 3 A:: </ ollHj.iporo Tech nolo tj km.
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      205 50 THE JAPANESE DEFENSE AGENCY DIDN'T SELECT 30 OF THEM FOB THE WALNUT TRIM. Tha Japanaaa art parhaps the moat diacarning And this la|andary workmanship ia complemantbuyara on aarth. Thair atandarda for quality ara un- ad by tha Hawker's axpanaiva cabin nnd unmatched compromiaing. to any tha loaat. So it comoa
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      159 52 i.. Ariane 5 Exocet Building partnerships in aerospace technology. Aerospatiale's success is built upon technological and qualitative supremacy, plus the Group's unique ability to exploit the synergy which characterises its achievements. This is clearly shown by Aerospatiale's pioneering development of satellites with military and civil launchers such as Ariane. Cutting
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      339 53 Fifty Years Experience, $12 Billion in Financing over Five and a 100% Commitment to the Aerospace Industry in Asia and Around the WfoiicL t t UK 9 w TACA International Airlines, S.A. ■PSSiStlxlisl unrrcoAHtunct China Southern Airlines j China Southern Airlines M M iie*44A»a» HI :.1 ml International Lnm Finance
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      220 55 Giat Industries: The masters. Masters of our profession. Masters of Vehicles. Masters of Ordnance. Masters of Ammunition. Its expertise in Advanced Mechanical Engineering, More than 5000 armoured vehicles manufactured by Self-propelled guns, towed guns, guns for MBT's and APFSDS, extended range, cargo, "intelligent" the synergy of its subsidiaries, its ability
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      600 56 ADVERTISEMENT Mastering Aerospace Technologies with France FRENCH AEROSPACE COMPANIES French competence AT ASIAN AEROSPACE' 94 The French aeronautical and space industry is the second most important in the Western World. With its more than 200 member firms, it leads the European aerospace field with an annual AERAZUR revenue of 19
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