The Business Times, 28 April 1994

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    13 1 Business Times MIT \(P) 010/12/93 Thursday April 28 1994 i: KSOW ASIA 75°
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Syria, Russia sign military accord
      50 1 AFP DAMASCUS Syria and Russia yesterday signed their first military cooperation since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Syrian Defence Minister General Mustafa Tlass said relations between Damascus and Moscow should return to the same levels as before the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. AFP
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      Lock icon Seagate sales could more than double
      64 1 Bloomberg Business News SAN FRANCISCO Seagate Technology chairman and chief executive Alan Shugart yesterday said the disk drive maker's revenue could more than double to US$7 billion (SSIO.B billion) by 1999. fuelled by growth in the personal computer industry. He did not see a
      Bloomberg Business News  -  64 words
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    168 1 Stock market indices Wednesday Change STII 2,290.71 -23.56 KLSEComp 1,053.35 -0.12 Nikkei 19,729.15 100.22 Hang Seng 9,113.25 -215.39 SET Index 1,274.71 +10.92 Jakarta Comp 461.73 +6.81 CLSA China B 982.16 +1.96 Aust All Ord 2.059.7 -9.7 FTSE 100 3,150.00 +24.70 Wednesday Previous close Dow Jones closed 3,699.54 Average
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    Most regional bourses close lower
    110 1 SINGAPORE Most regional stock markets closed lower yesterday in featureless trading. In Singapore, stocks succumbed to profit-taking after an 82.98-point rise over the previous three trading days. As a result, the Straits Times Industrials Index fell 23.56 points to 2.290.71. In Malaysia, the Kuala Lumpur
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    Lock icon Alan Yeo says he has 47pc support for Wing Tai offer
    729 1  -  By Lee Han Shih, Lilian Ang SINGAPORE The Yeo Hiap Seng takeover saga took another turn yesterday, with YHS chairman Alan Yeo breaking his silence to say that he had garnered almost enough support 47 per cent of votes
    Source: Bloomberg  -  729 words
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    M'sian, Indon firms tie up to build US$1.6b power plant
    545 1  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE In a pathbreaking joint venture, two Malaysian firms have joined hands with an Indonesian company to build a USSI.66 billion (552.6 billion) coal-fired power plant in Sumatra which will export some of its electricity to
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    Lock icon Americans spend more on taxes; collection to top US$2 trillion
    353 1 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Americans spend more money paying their taxes than they spend for food, clothing and housing combined, according to a survey by the lax Foundation. Tax collections will top the USS2 trillion (SS3.I trillion) mark this year,
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    Lock icon Hata to be sworn in as PM today without a Cabinet
    339 1 AFP AP Reuter TOKYO Japan's powerful bureaucracy yesterday stepped in to fill the political void by announcing that newly-elected Premier Tsutomu Hata would be sworn in by Emperor Akihito today without a Cabinet. The announcement by Nobuo Ishihara. deputy
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    POSBank to up savings rates by 0.25 point
    305 1 SINGAPORE POSBank will lift its savings rates by 0.25 of a percentage point from May 1 a m«sve some analysts say could lead to an increase in interest rates for housing loans. The bank said yesterday the new savings rates would be
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Export prices steady in March
        343 2  -  By Genevieve Cua PRICES of Singapore's exports held firm in March after slipping steadily for more than a year. March's export price index stayed at the February level of 83.4. compared to 83.7 in January and 84.3 in December. It was, however. 4.7 per cent
        Source: Dept of Statistics  -  343 words
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Regards to former king, successor
        96 2 PRESIDENT Ong Teng Cheong and Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday sent messages to the outgoing King of Malaysia, Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak and his successor, Tuanku Ja'afar Ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman of Negri Sembilan. In his messages to Sultan Azlan, the Ninth
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        SRC awarded ISO 9002
        101 2 SINGAPORE Refining Co (SRC) became the first oil refinery in the Asean region to be awarded the ISO 9002 certification for its refining operations yesterday. "The achievement of ISO 9002 certification will help us in gaining marketing commercial advantage over our competitors as well as provide
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        Auction of heavy vehicle parking lots
        79 2 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday sold all seven lots in the first auetion of sites for heavy vehicle parking. The auction, at the World Trade Centre, drew a crowd of about 300. Most bidders were end-users such as transport companies. Strong bidding for some
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      ITE launches system of on-the-job training centres
      469 2  -  Reports by Juliette Walker THE Institute of Technical Education (ITE) has launched a system of Certified On-the-Job Training (OJT) Centres to upgrade the skills of some 500.000 existing workers. ITE chairman Eric Gwee said at yesterday's launching ceremony: "Singapore has an effective pre-employment
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      Lock icon On-the-job training needed to upgrade workers9 educational profile: report
      325 2 On-the-job training needed to upgrade workers 9 educational profile: report Compatriots in developed countries spent more years in school ON-THE-JOB training (OJT) is crucial to raising the educational profile of Singapore's work force, which "compares unfavourably'" with those in developed countries and newly industrialised economies (Nits), according to a study
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      Protectionism in West, rising income gaps could threaten S'pore workers: Boon Heng
      259 2 RISING protectionism in the West and growing income gaps around the world could threaten the jobs and welfare of Singapore workers, labour union chief Lim Boon Heng has warned in his May Day message, issued yesterday. To protect
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      TDB-Pico venture sets up exhibition centre in Vietnam
      309 2  -  By Corinne Kerk A JOINT venture between the Trade Development Board and the Pico group will build an international exhibition and convention centre in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam. The joint venture company. Intertrade Vietnam, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intertrade
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      99-year-lease, $700 psf Bayshore condos snapped up
      214 2 THE Far East Organisation has received a strong response to phase one of its Bayshore condominium project, which had its soft launch yesterday. The group said that the site office opened for bookings at 9am and more than half of the 548 available
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon KL's new investment firm to start operations in June
      400 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR A new investment firm to manage government investments and assets, Khazanah Holdings Bhd, will begin operations in early June. Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday said the proposal to set up the firm was approved by the Cabinet
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      Lock icon Foreign bankers dispute S&P report on Indon banking system
      289 3 KnightRidder, Reuter JAKARTA Foreign bankers working in Indonesia criticised a report by international credit rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) that said the outlook for the country's banking sector was relatively uncertain and unstable. "Some of the conclusions are not balanced,"
      Knight- Ridder,; Reuter  -  289 words
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      Lock icon Kuantan, Kemaman to be free ports
      200 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Cabinet yesterday agreed in principle to make Kuantan and Kemaman free ports. Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said. The free port status would further accelerate import and export activities and create more employment opportunities in Pahang and Terengganu, he added.
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      Lock icon M'sia extends freeze on hiring of unskilled foreign labour
      269 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has extended by two months a ban imposed in January on the recruitment of unskilled foreign workers pending a study on their link to social and health problems. Local newspapers yesterday quoted Deputy Home Minister Megat Junid
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      Lock icon Petronas has 25pc share of Zimbabwean petrol market
      203 3 Bernama HARARE Petronas now controls 25 per cent of the Zimbabwean market for petroleum products following its success in securing the tender for the supply of 300.000 tonnes worth about US$55 million (SSBS million). The first shipment of 40.000 tonnes of petroleum
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Malaysia may lift ban on UK deals
        88 3 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Foreign Minister Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan dropped the strongest hint yet that Malaysia may eventually lift a ban on public contracts for British firms, describing the lack of bad news lately in the British media as "a good beginning
        Reuter  -  88 words
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        Lock icon Teh Tarik on skates
        52 3 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Mohamad Asheek Sharif, the skating waiter, serving Malaysia's favourite tea, the teh tarik, at a hawker centre in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Mohamad Asheek, entertains his customers with his skating prowess and fast service. He claims to be the only skating waiter in the
        Reuter  -  52 words
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        Lock icon Jakarta to ease rules on investments
        80 3 Knight-Ridder SINGAPORE The Indonesian government will review its foreign ownership restrictions on direct investments, especially in industries such as commodities soon, said the State Minister for Development Planning Ginandjar Kartasasmita. The move will be part of the government's next deregulation step, Mr Ginandjar said.
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon China sets up import-export bank
        90 4 Reuter BEIJING China has set up its second policy hank, the Import-Export Bank of China, the Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The new bank will be responsible for providing import and export credit for exports of capital goods, including large machinery and electronics. It will
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        Lock icon Taiwan's economy picking up
        62 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's economy is showing signs of improvement, with the government's key economic barometer Hashing an encouraging "green light" for March, a government agency said in a report yesterday. "The economy in March remained promising despite the composite ratings sliding to 23 points from 27
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        Lock icon In defence of HK deposit rates
        87 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG In a spirited defence of Hongkong's fixed bank deposit rates before the territory's Parliament, the head of one of Asia's largest banks yesterday painted a catastrophic picture of warring banks and a ruined economy. David Li. chief executive of the
        Bloomberg Business News  -  87 words
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      China Merchant plans S'pore listing: report
      265 4 SINGAPORE Beijing-con-trolled conglomerate China Merchant Holdings plans to list one of its shipping companies in Singapore, said its executive vice-chairman and managing director. Jiang 80. A report in the Chinese language daily, Hongkong Economic Journal, yesterday quoted Mr Jiang as saying that the groundwork
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      Lock icon US in secret deal on arms sales to Taiwan
      410 4 Accord a compromise to prevent more strain with China LAI WASHINGTON The Clinton administration and Congress privately reached an accord last week that will open the way for hundreds of millions of dollars in new American arms sales to Taiwan. Although
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      Lock icon China completes draft law on use and circulation of bills of exchange
      306 4 AFP. UPI BEIJING China is set to pass a law governing the use and circulation of bills of exchange. amid moves to standardise commercial transactions in the country's developing market economy, the China Daily said yesterday. The Law
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      Lock icon A fowl protest
      63 4 Reuter HONGKONG A policeman trying to put two chickens back into their cage after they were thrown out on the streets by angry protesting farmers outside the Legislative Council here yesterday Ihe council is going to pass tough new anti-pollution laws which require pig and chicken farmers
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      Lock icon Beijing plans strong measures to curb rising unemployment
      346 4 UPI BEIJING China plans to start penalising firms resorting to illegal layoffs and prevent the firing of aging workers in a widespread bid to curb soaring unemployment, said the official Xinhua news agency yesterday. /hang Xiaojian. head of the Labour Ministry's Employment
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Aussie govt urged to speed up plans to trim budget deficit
      587 6 Reuter CANBERRA Ihc Australian government should speed up its detieit reduction plans if it wants to avoid another sell-off on financial markets and sta\e off an earl> tightening of its monetary polic\. economists said yesterday. "If the government is
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      Lock icon Former head of Coles Myer charged with theft
      178 6 Reuter MELBOURNE The former head of Australian retail giant Coles Myer Ltd. Brian Quinn. appeared in court yesterday charged with 49 counts of theft and one count of conspiracy to defraud. Melbourne Magistrate's Court was told the charges re- lated to alleged
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      Lock icon India sees strong capital inflows continuing
      279 6 Reuter WASHINGTON Capital inflows into India have swelled in recent months, bolstered in part by demand from foreign investors for Indian stocks. C Rangarajan. governor of the Reserve Bank of India, yesterday said inflows in the period January-March 1994 totalled roughly USS4.I billion (556.3
      Reuter  -  279 words
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      SM Lee's visit receives wide coverage in Aussie media
      579 6  -  From Brian Gomez in SYDNEY SINGAPORE'S Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew generated an unprecedented amount of publicity during his recent visit to Australia partly because of rising Australian interest in the Asian region. Generally the Australian media has accepted his theme
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      Lock icon Sales down 3pc at major Japanese retailers
      221 6 AFP. Knight-Ridder TOKYO Sales at Japan's major retailers fell 3 per cent in March from a year earlier to 1.759.5 billion yen (5526.5 billion). for the 22nd straight month of year-on-year decline. A government report yesterday said sales at 420 department stores across
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Brittan's joint EU-US plan to open Japan's markets rejected
      443 7 Reuter, Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON European Union Trade Commissioner Leon Brittan said his plan for a joint EU-US drive to open Japan's markets had been rejected. Sir Leon has repeatedly sought to step between the United States and Japan in their trade wrangling,
      Reuter,; Knight-Ridder  -  443 words
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      Lock icon Winning the war against smuggling
      56 7 Reuter TURKEY Culture Minister Fikri Saglar sitting with a victory smile before a US$3.5 million (555.4 million) smuggled Roman sarcophagus on Tuesday at the archaeological museum in Istanbul. The return of the Garland sarcophagus, dating back to AD 180, from the US represents a victory
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      Lock icon G7 to involve Russia in political issues
      159 7 NYT GENEVA The Group of Seven industrial countries will invite Russia to work formally with them as they develop positions on a range of political issues, US Secretary of State Warren Christopher said on Tuesday. Mr Christopher told Russian Foreign Minister Andrei V
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      Lock icon US lawmakers urge Fed chief to stop rate hikes
      343 7 AP WASHINGTON Forty-four members of Congress wrote to Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan on Tuesday calling on the central bank to stop raising interest rates or risk killing job growth. So far this year, the Fed has nudged up short-term interest
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    • Article
      Lock icon Rich, poor countries face off to find ways to increase aid
      462 7 Reuter, AFP WASHINGTON Rich and poor countries faced off on Tuesday to explore ways to increase assistance to the developing world and make certain economic reform remains on track. The meeting of the joint Development Committee of the International
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Head of Venezuela's central bank quits
        85 8 Reuter CARACAS Venezuela's financial crisis deepened on Tuesday when the central bank president resigned in a clash with the government over its strategy for bolstering an ailing banking system and an economy in recession. Ruth de Krivoy submitted her resignation to Venezuelan President Rafael
        Reuter  -  85 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Wasteful process
        75 8 AP WASHINGTON The Pentagon spends more money processing travel orders than it does on the travel itself. Vice-President Al Gore's National Performance Review of wasteful government practices found that the Pentagon spends US$2.3 billion (553.5 billion) per year to process USS2 billion worth of travel vouchers. The Pentagon
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        Lock icon Yeltsin orders review of Intourist sale
        130 8 AFP MOSCOW Russian President Boris Yeltsin on Tuesday ordered a review of the government's privatisation of the former state travel group Intourist, Itar-Tass news agency said. A presidential decree signed on Tuesday asked the government to "present within a month their conclusions on the
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        Lock icon Threats to stability of Arab states
        90 8 AFP ABU DHABI Arab states are still suffering from high unemployment and illiteracy rates despite economic reforms and educational campaigns, and the problem is threatening stability in the region, an official Arab report said yesterday. While illiteracy is expected to decline in the near
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        Lock icon CBI rejects UK rate cut proposal
        74 8 Reuter LONDON The British industrial lobby's almost unprecedented statement that there is no need to cut interest rates will make it even harder for the government to make a politically inspired cut in rates, economists said. Some analysts expect a cut to offset tax
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      Lock icon Flexible labour policy key to more jobs: OECD chief
      386 8 AFP WASHINGTON Easing labour laws such as those governing minimum wages is one of the keys to raising employment in many industrialised nations, according to OECD chief Jean-Claude Pave. That is one of the conclusions of a report on work and
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      Lock icon Demonstrating for peace
      38 8 Reuter SARAJEV O Sarajevo children signing a big banner to protest against the division of Sarajevo in the besieged capital yesterday. Some 280 children participated in a symbolic demonstration for peace in the country. Reuter
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      Lock icon Saudis seek private investors to tap non-oil mineral resources
      362 8 Reuter JEDDAH Saudi Arabia is inviting private investors to put in more than USS2 billion (SS3.I billion) of new money for projects to tap its non-oil mineral resources. The kingdom already mines gold. It now wants to extract iron ore. phosphates
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      Lock icon Russia wants Syria to repay loans
      181 8 Reuter DAMASCUS A high-rank-ing Russian delegation is visiting S>ria to tr> to get back billions of dollars lent to Syria by the former Soviet Union to pay for arms supplies. Russian officials said the delegation led by First Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Soskovets met
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      Lock icon Swiss banks ordered to freeze accounts of fugitive German
      494 8 FT. Reuter. ZURICH Justice officials have ordered 19 banks to freeze any accounts belonging to fugitive German property tycoon Juergen Schneider. The Swiss news agency yesterday said that the Zurich district prosecutor's office believed the banks, including major Swiss banks and
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      Lock icon Brazil's priority remains S American trading bloc
      273 8 Reuter RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil might eventually join the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) hut its priorities remain the introduction of the Mercosul trading bloc and further economic integration within South America, a senior Brazilian trade official said on Tuesday. "We've finished
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  • SPORTS
    • Article
      Lock icon Favourites abound in NBA playoffs as all claim the crown
      592 9 AFP WASHINGTON Several top National Basketball Association players are confident today's league playoff openers signal the start of their club's march to a championship. Trouble is. the crown fits only one team. "This is our year. Quote me." New York
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      Lock icon Foul ball makes a good catch
      56 9 AFP NEW YORK California Angel rightfielder Jim Kdmonds going up high for a foul ball in vain during the second inning action on Tuesday here. Kdmonds left the game on a stretcher after being struck by a ball while running to first. The Angels
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    • Article
      Lock icon Holyfield calls it a day on advice of his doctor
      383 9 NYT NEW YORK Evander Holyfield. who fought 12 gruelling, bruising rounds last Friday night and lost his heavyweight titles to the younger, faster-fisted Michael Moorer, said on Tuesday that he would retire on the advice of his physician. Dr Ronald
      NYT  -  383 words
    • SPORT SHORTS
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        Lock icon Baseball
        71 9 Reuter NKW YORK Major league luesdav American: Baltimore 10 Oakland 4; NY 3 California 6: Cleveland 11 Minnesota 3; Chicago 3 Milwaukee 0: Kansas City 6 Toronto 8: Tevas 6 Detroit 1; Seattle 4 Boston 3 (in 10). National: Cincinnati 8 Chicago 2: Montreal 7 SF 3; NY 3
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        Lock icon Boxing
        193 9 AP INDIANAPOLIS Former heavyweight champion Mike Tvson says he will fight again. Tyson, speaking to Cable News Network's Larrv King on Tuesday, said he had been working out twice a day. However, he docs not want a bout with Riddick Bowe because he has no interest in fighting his
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        Lock icon Cricket
        129 9 AFP LAHORE, Pakistan Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan dismissed allegations on Tuesdav about his role in the recent dissolution of the Pakistan cricket board, and the removal of Javed Miandad from the captaincy. "It is a figment of imagination in some people's mind that I was responsible for the
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        Lock icon Ice hockey
        41 9 Reuter NKW YORK Stank) Cup first round plavofTs iuesdav Western Conference: Toronto 1 Chicago 0 (Maple Loafs lead best-of-scven series 3-21: Calgary I Vancouver 2 (Oi l (Flames lead series 3-2); San Jose 6 Detroit 4 (Sharks lead 3-2).
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        Lock icon Sumo Wrestling
        141 9 AP lOKYO Hawaiian-born wrestler Konishiki weighed in at 269 kilogrammes on Tuesday for the May tournament, setting a sumo record, the Japan Sumo Association said. Konishiki's stable master. Takasago. said the 30-year-old former oA:ki (champion) is "in good shape" for the 15-day tournament starting on \la> 8 in
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        Lock icon Tennis
        172 9 Reuter Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian Open first round luesdav (Indonesian unless stated): Nana Mivagi (Jpn) b Jeri Ingram (US) 6-1 6-1: Linda Nicmantsvcrdriet (Neth) b Ann Henricksson (US) 6-0 7-5: 3-Yavuk Basuki b Natalia Soetrisno 6-2 6-1: Dinky N an Rensburg (SA) b Minima Chernov ita 6-3 6-0: Andrea Strnadova
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      1242 11  -  Bennett is back and when he croons, slackers listen. After 45 years he is again popular this time with a new generation of listeners. John Marchese writes John Marchese NYT IT SEEMS there is nothing that could keep Tony Bennett from having a happy day. As
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      641 11 CHATTERBOX Reuter Reuter AP AP JUST OVER two weeks after actor Michael Moriarty stepped in to replace Richard Chamberlain as Professor Henry Higgins in the hit revival of My Fair Lady, the producers posted a closing notice on Tuesday evening. The
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      1281 11 TV RADIO The Squeeze, 8.30pm, SBC 5 JFI a I ;r B to the corpse The box by hoods who t 1 to on rookie Chong to un- IjJll^lfj^^K■ elaborate ij I Count Basie: Swingin' the Blues, 8pm, SBC 12 rf ■nBml I iMPi^^^B one most popular ii^ proWilliam Basie
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
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      US goes flat out to help private firms win market
      527 12  -  USSIb aid to take on Japan in making display screens. Claire Leow reports Claire Leow THE US government will spend up to USSI billion (551.55 billion) to help US companies compete with Japan in making advanced Hat-panel display (FPD) screens.
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      462 12 AP Scientists at the Fermi National Laboratory in Illinois announced on Tuesday that they had detected strong evidence of an elusive particle at the heart of all matter in the universe, providing the best proof yet of
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        High-tech monitoring
        97 12 SINGAPORE German firm Peter Lancier is offering what it calls a new generation of monitoring systems said to be "extremely cost-effective" in monitoring pressurised cables, climatic data and equipment alarms, for example. The equipment includes its own CPU and modem, and has 16 measurement channels which accept data
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        Lock icon Your PC speaks, with feeling
        80 12 NYT WASHINGTON Inventor and pianist Manfred Clynes has patented a computer voice technology which can be used to sculpt specific phrases by giv ing the computer's voice an inflection made up of volume, pitch, timing and tremor that is the shape of a given emotion.
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        Lock icon Bait stick with a whiff of sex
        76 12 AP WASHINGTON A bait stick that lures boll weevils with sex attractants and kills them with insecticides will get its largest test to date this summer in Mississippi. Scientists from the Agriculture Department and about 20 cotton growers will try out the sticks
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        Lock icon Doubling life of lithium batteries
        65 12 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO A team of Japanese researchers led by Tetsuya Osaka, a Waseda University professor, has discovered a method of prolonging the lifespan of rechargeable lithium ion batteries. Nikkei English News reported. By producing lithium metal anodes in the presence of carbondioxide. the
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      562 12 Reuter THE world's ultimate secret code a 129-digit combination designed by mathematicians to take trillions of years to break has been cracked in a mere 17. But it took 600 people on five continents using 1.600 computers working for eight months to do it. scientists said
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      Asians prefer to negotiate rather than sue
      906 13  -  Americans slug it out first and talk later, says Japanese arbitration expert. Ramesh Divyanathan reports. Ramesh Divyanathan ASIAN businessmen are less litigious than their counterparts in the US and Europe, says an arbitration expert. They prefer to negotiate, before suing. But Americans prefer
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      559 13  -  AT THE BAR By Ramesh Divyanathan Members of the public wanting to find out about what goes on in the Subordinate Court, can now use computer kiosks at the courts. The terminals, known as Justnet Autopoint. look like ATM machines and are
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    Watching Ozawa's next move
    555 14 EDITORIAL DISRAELI once said that the practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word dissimulation. Whatever the truth of this, the concealment of motives is certainly the hallmark of Ichiro Ozawa, the man now guiding the course of Japanese politics in truly
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Train for gain or feel pain
      181 14 LIFE. THEY SAY. is an endless learning process. This must be the guiding philosophy of workers today if they are to survive the upheavals from global economic liberalisation and accelerated technological advances that have eroded the permanency of their jobs. Singapore's labour movement understands
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      Losing out to Singapore
      126 14 THE PARTY is over for Hongkong business. After two years of booming profits, rising residential and office rent, the increase in interest rates combined with the growing local skilled labour shortage is squeezing profit margins here. Alarm bells are not ringing yet, but Hongkong's traditionally friendly
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      Catch the big offenders
      198 14 EARLIER THIS MONTH, the Songkran festival came and went. Pleas that revellers remember the drought and enjoy themselves without using too much water to splash away the sin of the preceding year went unheeded as, indeed, everyone predicted they would. It did not make that much
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      Nixon's legacy
      175 14 THE WORLD may remember Richard Milhous Nixon as one of America's leading statesmen who helped shape the world, especially during the Cold War period. By strengthening the so-called Pax Americana, Nixon was able to influence international relations by opening up China with his brilliant ping-pong diplomacy while Mao
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      Tumultuous debut for Hata
      174 14 THE VOID left by Morihiro Hosokawa was filled on Monday when Tsutomu Hata of Shinseito (Japan Renewal Party) was voted in as the new Japanese Prime Minister. On the very night, however, the Socialists the largest faction in the ruling coalition announced that they were quitting
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      A no-win situation
      120 14 THE GREAT WEIGHTAGE given to assessment under the New Remuneration System (SSB) to determine salary increments and promotions means that it will always be fraught with controversy. Translating a whole years's work performance, attitude, personality, among other measurements, is a difficult enough exercise without the burden of
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    1017 14  -  Paul Krugman says Europe's economic woes are primarily domestic in origin and have little to do with international competition Paul Krugman The writer is a professor of economics ai the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a member of the Group of Thirty and
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      197 14 BUSINESS TIMES/SUNVIC PRODUCTIONS JOINT PROMOTION I The Gambler' in concert! I I MAY 15,1994 BPM SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM I I 9 pairs of $120 tickets and 18 pairs of $100 tickets l| b I Igf I It's a hard act to follow. Kenny Rogers, voted I I "Favourite Singer of
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      89 14 ue Hf\D to sotr Pedal because: Get OM UITH W<>* UJORC, w ~v ue could SGE. I UAS LOSING PT/ LAXV GOOD ro£ NOTHING u*£tH.'.7 tUHCltltOMmNKKtire.lwnM 9)T6 DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU 71 TM GIVING MY MUGHTOZ srrAFEO- BORING'WS HI, THBFB, POC! Ch A TOUR. OF TUB PLANT! COULD I CONTAINS NEARLY6OOQUALITY
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      Deal with Vietnam without the 'dragon' label
      2177 15  -  Erich Spitaller. the Hanoi-based senior resident representative of the International Monetary Fund in Vietnam, talks to Harish Mehta about how Vietnam recovered from an economic crisis, and the battles looming large for the economy Harish Mehta Business times: Vietnam is often metaphorically labelled
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      12 15 MAKE THE STOCK MARKET WORKFORYOU with Personal Finance and Investment on Saturdays
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      255 15 The Da Vinci in ladies' and Proceed carefully before One glance at the Da Vinci and you are The gentlemen's model is not without captivated. Its appearance promises its complications. The automatic inner qualities sought in a companion Da Vinci chronograph with its for a lifetime. The object of your
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    Lock icon Zulu chief threatens to pull out of S Africa elections
    589 16 Reuter JOHANNESBURG Zulu chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi threatened to quit South Africa's historic elections yesterday, midway through the poll in which a flood of first-time black voters has stretched voting arrangements to breaking point. The Inkatha Freedom Party leader's threat added
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    Lock icon Clinton to Saudis: pick US firm for phone deal
    317 16 Reuter RIYADH US President Bill Clinton has leapt into the fray by urging Saudi Arabia to give an American company a US$4 billion (556.4 billion) telephone deal hotly contested by rivals from Canada. Sweden and Japan. US officials said yesterday that
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    Lock icon Clinton will carry out threat on China: official
    406 16 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton will carry out his threat to downgrade China's access to US markets unless Beijing meets his human-rights conditions, a senior administration official said on Tuesday. "Without China doing that that is achieving significant overall progress the president
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    Lock icon Bundesbank sanctions cut in key money market interest rate
    350 16 Reuter FRANKFURT The German central bank yesterday sanctioned another drop in a key money market interest rate, underlining Bundesbank president Hans Tietmeyer's message that the bank would continue to test the scope for rate cuts. German stocks and government bonds took
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    Lessons from the labour unrest in Indonesia
    838 16  -  The Bottom Line MAGGIE FORD MAGGIE FORD The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent FOREIGN investors, particularly those of Chinese origin, have been given pause for thought in the past week as a labour dispute in Indonesia flared into racial rioting. The unrest comes
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    210 16 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has warned that it will stop news telecast to RTM if the Malaysian station cuts any part of its bulletin. Information Ministry Parliamentary Secretary Fauzi Abdul Rahman said yesterday the BBC
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    Lock icon Jakarta, Hanoi agree to speed up settlement on border, boat people
    275 16 AFP The Straits Times JAKARTA Indonesian and Vietnamese leaders agreed yesterday to expedite the final drawing up of their eommon border in the South China Sea and the repatriation of some 8.000 Vietnamese boat people. The Indonesians also expressed
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      174 16 KAISER KITCHEN SYSTEM Kleinwort Benson Research (Asia) is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Kleinwort Benson Securities, one of Europe's leading stockbrokers and equity research firms. Its regional research headquarters are in Singapore, covering all the stockmarkets of the Pacific Rim from South Korea to Pakistan. Contrary to theconventional country-by-country approach, we
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        MARKET MOOD
        43 17 Mixed Market Mmtl bulimics the likely trading sentiment today. t\i\cd on brokers /Milled at 5-ftpm yesterday Owrmght events may alter sentiment brokers /tolled Alliance. Datna. trascr. Ctk (Jolt. Ongco. Phillip. lat lax\ Smith Sen Court. 11/ C'arr and SG M arburg.
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        HOT STOCK
        194 17  -  By Teh Hooi Ling Wearne Brothers Ltd has been trading between 54.80 and $4.90 in the last one week. It fell four cents to close at 54.86 yesterday. Short-term technicals do not look good. Yesterday the shares were traded to a high of 54.98 but closed at the
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      S'pore Telecom 2nd-largest firm in E Asia excluding Japan
      455 17  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Singapore Telecom is the second-largest company in East Asia outside of Japan, and the only Singapore company in the top 20 list in a survey by the Chinese edition of US-based Forbes magazine. Topping the list of
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      Still no sign of Sunright's public offer
      326 17  -  Company delayed launch twice in February and March By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Semiconductor firm Sunright's planned initial public offer seems to be in limbo, with no sign of a launch in the near future. The company, which in January announced that the Stock
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      Lien Hoe to buy A$14.8m Sydney property
      265 17  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR HOPING to gain from the relatively cheap real estate prices in Australia. Malaysian property group Lien Hoe Corp Bhd (LHCB) is buying a John Fairfax property in Sydney for AS 14.8 million (5516.5 million). The company
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      Lock icon Absence of China deals would render Magnum's prospects less exciting
      818 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Agnes Chen SINGAPORE Will Magnum boss Lim Thian Kiat ever manage to scrape the egg off his face? Almost a year after the Malaysian gaming company first said it had entered into a joint venture to
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      NOL sells stake in Intraco Warehousing to Intraco for $1
      336 17  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE National carrier Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has sold off its 24 per cent stake in Intraco Warehousing (S) (IWS) to Intraco for just Si. According to a joint statement issued yesterdav. NOL will also be repaid
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      SCS bags US$1.1m China deal
      102 17 SINGAPORE Singapore Computer Systems (SCS). a subsidiary of listed Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation. has clinched a USSI.I million (SSI.7 million) systems integration contract in China. The project, with the Network Information Centre of the Chinese Academy of Science, calls for SCS to supply and install
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          Winfoong Inv subsidiaries buy firm
          69 18 SINGAPORE Winfoong Holding (WH) and U-Kwong Holding (UKH) have acquired a new subsidiary. Winfoong China Real Estate (WCREL), with a paid-up capital of HKS2 (550.40) and authorised capital of HKSIO.OOO. The main activity of WCREL. which is currently dormant, is property investment. WH and UKH
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          Van Der Horst on sale of power barge
          146 18 SINGAPORE Van Der Horst yesterday told the Stock Exchange of Singapore that the sale of a power barge to East Asia Power Corp last month accounted for $82.6 million of its interim earnings of $111.3 million. About 75 per cent of first-hall
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          Amcol buys rest of shares in firm
          110 18 SINGAPORE Amcol said yesterday it has acquired the "remaining 49 per cent stake in Amcol-SEI Warehouse and changed its name to Amcol Warehouse to reflect its 100 per cent holding. Amcol has also increased its stake in Distar Electric Corporation Public Company in
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          Lock icon Jakarta bourse delists three companies
          90 18 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's Jakarta Stock Exchange said that it had from yesterday delisted three companies from the exchange for failing to meet its listing requirements. The companies are PT Pfizer Indonesia, PT Unitex and PT Prodenta Indonesia. The exchange said that after evaluating the number
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          Lock icon Pilecon, E&E Equipment in Viet tie-up
          85 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Pilecon Engineering Berhad and E&E Equipment Sdn Bhd have formed a joint-venture company to set up a pre-mix plant for the purpose of construction and repair of infrastructure facilities in Ho Chi Minh City. The capital investment of the joint venture
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        Creative Technology posts 1st quarter profit of US$28m
        435 18  -  By Bernard Chew SINGAPORE Creative Technology yesterday continued to impress both its critics and advocates alike, posting strong earnings of US$2B.O million (5543.5 million) for the quarter ended March 31, 1994. In the same quarter last year, Creative's sales totalled U5574.5 million,
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        Lock icon KUB to list two subsidiaries on KLSE soon
        327 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Koperasi Usaha Bersatu Bhd (KUB) plans to float two of its subsidiaries on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange soon. Executive chairman Hassan Harun yesterday said the two KUB Microelectronics Sdn Bhd (Kubme) and KUB Development Bhd were established companies
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        Lock icon KUBH takes full control of Ladang KUB-KEB
        365 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR KUB Holdings has raised its stake in Ladang KUB-KEB to 100 per cent following its purchase of a 51-per cent stake from Kumpulan Emas Bhd for M 54.5 million (552.5 million). It previously held 49 per cent in Ladang KUB-KEB.
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        Manila looking at help for Associated Bank
        360 18  -  From Al Labita in MANILA MONETARY authorities will discuss tomorrow a plan to extend financing to Associated Bank which was bought recently by a group led by Malaysia's Westmont Holdings. Up for discussion is a proposal of the state-run Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        505 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' price* Apr 28 US Or Fund 101 1.05** Singapore Unit Trust UMB Invest Mgt Ltd The Commerce 174 I 83 n,^ nd J The Savings Fund 1.60 168 J n,ho r^ c S pore Prog Fund 073 0 77 I nited Or Fund 67 IJ4 Spore
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        Lock icon San Miguel may sell HK brewery site, move production to China
        274 18 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The territory's largest beer producer. San Miguel Brewery, may sell or redevelop its Hongkong brewery site, opening up the possibility that it could shift production to China. San Miguel yesterday said it was looking at
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        Lock icon Mayban accounts problem led to KLSE action
        240 18 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The disciplinary action being taken against Mayban Securities Sdn Bhd is due to some outstanding items in its accounts in relation to bank reconciliation and clients and brokers reconciliation. an industry source said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange had on
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        Lock icon Advanced Packaging's shares oversubscribed
        245 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Advanced Packaging Technology's offer for sale of 2.544 million ordinary shares made available for public subscription was oversubscribed by 95.24 times. MIDFCCS director Darwis Mohamed Daek. speaking at the balloting of the bumiputra portion of the company's shares yesterday, said 147,979 applications for
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        Lock icon Hallmark Cards to buy movie producer RHI for US$365m
        470 19 Bloomberg Business News KANSAS CITY Hallmark Cards Inc on Tuesday said it will acquire RHI Entertainment Inc, the nation's largest made-for-TV movie producer, for US$365 million (***** million) in cash. RHI shares jumped 9'/», or 34 per cent, to 35% after
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        Lock icon PepsiCo's first quarter earnings up 8.6pc
        315 19 Bloomberg Business News PURCHASE, New York PepsiCo Inc's fiscal first-quar-ter earnings increased 8.6 per cent, in line with analyst expectations, as the company's international operating profit surged 36 per cent. The beverage, snack food and restaurant giant yesterday reported profit from operations of U*****.8
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        Lock icon Mercedes-Benz posts loss of almost 1.2b marks
        44 19 Reuter STUTTGART, Germany Helmut Herner, managing btiard chairman of German luxury-car maker Mercedes-Benz, announcing the loss of 1.198 billion marks (SSI.IOB billion) in the 1993 net income of the company during a news conference on Tuesday. Reuter
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        Lock icon Bayer's first-quarter pre-tax up 18pc to 755m marks
        214 19 Bloomberg Business News COLOGNE German chemicals and pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG says first-quarter pre-tax profit rose 18 per cent to 755 million Deutschemarks (***** million) on the back of expanding overseas business. Group sales in the first quarter of 1994 rose 6.3
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        Lock icon 2 biggest US steel firms post dismal 1st qtr results
        426 19 Bloomberg Business News PITTSBURGH USX-US Steel Group and Bethlehem Steel Corp. the largest domestic steel producers, on Tuesday reported disappointing firstquarter results despite price increases and a sharp rise in shipments and orders. Both companies said they were socked hard
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          Lock icon Allied's profit up 30pc to HK$575m
          78 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Real estate group Allied Properties said its net profit rose 30.3 per cent in 1993. It said it earned HK5575.3 million (S$ 115.9 million), up from HK5441.4 million in 1992. The figures were after taxes and payments to and from
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          Lock icon Lion Nathan may move into China
          84 19 Reuter AUCKLAND Australasian brewing group Lion Nathan Ltd. announcing a 42.2 per cent rise in its first half year net trading profit, said it was looking at mov ing into China but would choose its partner carefully. "We are putting increasing focus within the
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          Lock icon Formosa shareholders back bond sale
          82 19 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Shareholders of the Formosa Plastics Corp, one of Taiwan's largest industrial companies, at an annual meeting on Tuesday approved a management plan to raise US$35O million (***** million) overseas through the sale of convertible bonds, the company said. Funds raised through
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          Lock icon Kodak reports US$82m 1st quarter profit
          45 19 AFP NEW YORK Eastman Kodak, the top US manufacturer of photographic supplies, announced on Tuesday first quarter earnings of US$B2 million against a net loss of US$2.Ol billion a year ago. Per share earnings stood at 25 cents. AFP
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        Lock icon China's Bohai to list in HK
        141 19 Reuter HONGKONG China's Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry Co Ltd plans to float its shares in Hongkong on May 17 in an offer that will raise HKS4IS million (5583.6 million), securities sources said. "The company will issue 340 million *H' shares for the Hongkong listing
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        Chinese computer maker on expansion path
        251 19 HONGKONG Chinese computer maker Stone Electronic Technology is launching five new projects this year requiring an investment of USSS million (557.7 million). The company's vice-chair-man, Duan Yongji. yesterday said: "We believe that starting from this year. Stone will undergo rapid expansion." But he declined
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        Lock icon HB Int'l to raise HK$102m through public offer
        177 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG HB International Holdings intends to sell 112.5 million new shares at HKSI each to raise HKSIO2 million (5520.4 million) after expenses through an initial public offering. HB International is a designer and maker of telecommunications equipment. The company
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        Lock icon China cracks down on its chaotic futures markets
        493 20 Reuter SHANGHAI Beijing is cracking down on some of its chaotic futures markets, ordering a halt to trading in dozens of commodities contracts in a battle against speculators who are fuelling inflation. Key commodities affected are steel, sugar and coal. In addition.
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        Lock icon US Senate passes Bill allowing banks to cross state lines
        472 20 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The US Senate on Tuesday passed a measure allowing banks to cross state lines, which would help banks cut expenses, speed industry consolidation and make banking more convenient for customers. In a move that loosens restrictions
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        Morgan Stanley opens Sydney office
        202 20 SINGAPORE Global financial services company Morgan Stanley Group Inc announced in New York yesterday that it had opened an office in Sydney. its second in Australia, in response to increased demand for its services. Morgan Stanley Group opened its first Australian office in Melbourne in
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        Lock icon Spinning a different yarn
        60 20 Reuter KARACHI Pakistani cotton yarn users staging a mock hanging of their colleague during a one-day token hunger strike on Tuesday to press for a total han on exports of cotton yarn, which have adversely affected the yarn's availability in the local market. Prices of yarn
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        Great Pacific to merge with DBS Finance
        234 20  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Great Pacific Finance will merge with DBS Finance this year to boost efficiency and cut operating costs. Both firms are part of the DBS Bank group. Great Pacific is a wholly owned subsidiary of DBS Finance, while DBS
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          Lock icon HK firm starting fund to invest in China
          62 20 Reuter HONGKONG ING Beijing Investment Co Ltd said it was establishing a close-ended fund to invest directly in medium-sized companies in the Chinese capital. ING will place 500 million new shares at HKSI.OB (550.22) each with professional investors to raise HKSS4O million,
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          Lock icon Australia's BankWest denies sale of unit
          85 20 Reuter SYDNEY The Bank of Western Australia Ltd (Bank West). formerly the R I Bank of Western Australia, denied a newspaper report that it was to sell its wholly owned Primary Industry Bank of Australia (Piba). A Bank West spokesman said Piba. which is
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          Lock icon USBancorp 1st quarter profit rises
          99 20 Bloomberg Business News PITTSBURGH USBancorp said its first-quarter profit rose, reflecting higher net interest income and lower provisions for bad loans. The Pittsburgh-based bank holding company had net income of USS3.O4 million (554.73 million), or 64 US cents a share, compared with a profit from
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          Lock icon UK's Premium Life gets record fine
          55 20 Reuter LONDON The UK financial watchdog said it has imposed a £300,000 (*****,950) fine on Premium Life Assurance Company Ltd after the life insurer admitted a serious breach of compliance regulations. This is the highest fine imposed by Lautro. which polices the Life Assurance
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        Lock icon Call for greater transparency in derivatives trade
        180 20 Bloomberg Business News BRUSSELS Companies should make their trade in derivatives more transparent in their accounts, says Alexandre Lamfalussy. president of the European Monetary Institute. That would give a clearer picture of a company's movement of money and the risks in investing in
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        142 20 THE US dollar opened lower across the board yesterday after comments the previous night by Bundesbank president Tietmeyer that inflation in Germany was still too high. The US unit opened close to its lows of the day against the Ss, at 1.5550-60 with ear- ly
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        188 20 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The dollar fell to four-week lows against major currencies here yesterday amid concern central bank intervention won't prevent the yen strengthening, traders said. "People waiting for the dollar rally hit a pain threshold and got out." said Alfonso Alejo. a trader at Sakura Bank in
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        Oil futures prices fall as US inventories rise
        155 20 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures prices on the International Petroleum Exchange declined yesterday following a report of an increase in US crude and refined product inventories, brokers said. On Tuesday night, the American Petroleum Institute reported a modest rise in crude
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        85 20 AFP NEW YORK The dollar fell against the major currencies here yesterday in quiet trading with the closing of the financial markets to mark the death of former president Richard Nixon. Around 9:35 am (1335 GMT), the dollar was trading at 1.6735 marks against 1.6765 on Tuesday and
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        1631 20 /rath'-xiiflihtl iikir* < uA nluu\l uvain\l S(Mr > hf U Irmliitf pariiiei\ Huh- lew /W US$/S$ forward rates Noon Apr 27 ss BM Offer 1-month 1.5559 1.5574 2-inonth 1.5562 1.5577 3-month 1.5567 1 5582 6-month 1.5571 1.5591 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at San an Apr 27 Singapore
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        Lock icon Euroyen finds support in yen, JGBs
        1359 21 BIMEX RCTOWT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures ended firmer, supported by strength in the underlying currency and a rise in Japanese government bond futures yesterday. Dealers said the demand for JGB futures was technically driven and followed the June contract's break above 112.0. Euroyen
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        KL tin slips on poor overseas demand
        606 21 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN closed one sen lower at MJ 14.30 a kg yesterday, mainly due to poor overseas demand and a prevailing high local premium over the London market, traders said. "It is cheaper to buy in Europe due to lower cash
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          Japan's copper wire, cable orders
          102 21 TOKYO Japan's domestic orders for copper electric wires and cables totalled a preliminary 92,400 tonnes in March, down 2.6 per cent from a vear earlier, according to an industry report released yesterday. But the figure is up 11.5 per cent from February's actual 82,883 tonnes,
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          Shortages in cocoa market: Nestle
          75 21 ZURICH Nestle, the Swiss-based international food and drinks conglomerate, yesterday said the cocoa market had entered a period of structural imbalance and market shortages. Cocoa prices strengthened in the latter part of 1993 as market participants realised the significance of a third consecutive year of
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          Platinum down despite S Africa blast
          115 21 TOKYO Platinum prices slid in quiet Asia trading yesterday on foreign exchange market movements, despite a bomb explosion that rocked the Johannesburg airport earlier yesterday and gave support to gold. South Africa is one of the world's largest producers of platinum and gold, and
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          S-E Asia soymeal market quiet
          55 21 SINGAPORE South-east Asia's soymeal market has been quiet this week, but some traders worried about possible late deliveries of Brazilian origins may be looking to pick up a few spot cargoes for prompt shipment. Malaysia's buyers are covered through May, and those in Indonesia through
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1489 21 Rubber Singapore Commodity Exdianga (futiirM dwleg m at lp) IBS 1 C—tract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest May 94 149.25 149.00 149 SO 20W 600 Jun 150.75 150.00 150.50 275 4.800 Jul ***** 150.50 151.00 150 2.000 Aug 151.50 1.600 Sep 152.00
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        Australia
        1238 22 -9.7 A HUGE arbitrage-related transaction helped swing the Australian stock market into negative territory' at the close yesterday, with bonds also finishing weaker. Traders said the play, brokered by Macquarie Equities on behalf of a single client, dominated trade from mid-morning. Macquarie said the transaction for an unnamed client
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        Manila
        615 22 -0.93pc Manila share prices fell at the close as the market paused temporarily to take profits after three days of gains, brokers said. The Philippine Stock Exchange's index fell 0.93 per cent to 2,840.98 points. Meralco A shares dropped about 2 per cent to 437.50 pesos while B shares,
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        Taipei
        596 22 +31.82 Share prices closed up in active trade on late buying in plastics and papers, but the consolidation between 5,800-6,000 is expected to continue. The index gained 31.82 points or 0.54 per cent to 5,882.98, off a low of 5,805, in active turnover of NT563.06 billion. Brokers saw late
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        Seoul
        417 22 +9.79 Stocks closed higher on the back of a strong blue-chip rebound in the afternoon, brokers said. The composite stock index closed at 897.43, up 9.79 points or 1.1 per cent. Buying interests switched in the afternoon from low-priced issues to blue chips, brokers said. Advances led declines by
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        New Zealand
        281 22 +11.17 Stocks rose after brewer Lion Nathan announced earnings in line with expectations and investors saw an improving outlook for forestry stocks. The New Zealand Top 40 capital stock index ended 11.17 points higher, or 0.52 per cent, at 2,141.35. Before the Lion Nathan profit was released just
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        Bombay
        61 22 ■12.11 Indian stocks fell on concerns the overseas telecommunications monopoly would fail to raise as much as planned from a share issue in the United States, analysts said. In Bombay, the stock exchange index fell 12.11 points, or 0.32 per cent, to 3,758.41 and the national index dropped 14.75
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        London
        685 22 +24.7 STOCKS rose amid a swirl of takeover speculation after Enterprise Oil pic said it might bid for oil company Lasmo pic. The reduction of a key German money market rate also pushed stocks higher on the belief that lower German rates could lead to lower rates throughout Europe,
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        Paris
        129 22 +16.41 French stocks rose as falling German interest rates had investors betting the Bank of France will move to lower its rates as well to stimulate the French economic recovery. The CAC 40 Index of stocks rose 16.41 points to 2.147.32, pulled higher by financial stocks such as Banquc
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        Stockholm
        118 22 +10.18 Swedish shares advanced for the third straight day, reflecting growing investor confidence after market interest rates declined. The 30-sharc OMX Index rose 10.18 points to 1,134.23 with 21 issues closing higher, four unchanged and five lower. White goods maker Elcctrolux AB led gainers on expectations the group will
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        Frankfurt
        237 22 10.37 German stocks rose in the official session, helped by a cut in the Bundesbank's money market interest rate. Chemical shares rallied on signs of a substantial earnings improvement in the industry. The DAX index of 30 most widely traded German shares rose 0.46 per cent, or 10.37 points,
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        Brussels
        146 22 +15.97 Belgian stocks closed higher as falling short- and long-term interest rates boosted investors confidence, analysts said. The Bcl-20 index of leading stocks closed up 15.97 points at 1,515.96. Yesterday morning, the Belgian central bank shaved its central interest rate by 10 basis points, to 5.60 per cent, and
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        Milan
        196 22 -86 Italian stocks closed lower as some investors sold to take advantage of the gains they have made after the market soared almost 6.5 per cent during the past three days. The Milan market's blue-chip Mibtcl Index fell 0.7 per cent or 86 points to 12,766. It has risen
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        Amsterdam
        267 22 -1.1 Dutch stocks closed lower as uncertainty about the future of the government here deterred foreign investors, traders said. The current coalition government isn't expected to win another four-year term at parliamentary elections next Tuesday. The Amsterdam EOE Index bucked the European trend and closed 1.1 points lower at
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        Zurich
        247 22 +15.1 Swiss stocks rose, with financial stocks lifted by a further fall in inflation, traders said. The Swiss Market Index, or SMI, which tracks the top 22 blue-chip stocks, gained 15.1 points yesterday to 2,791.3 points, with 18 stocks rising and four falling. Swiss consumer prices rose 1 per
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        Toronto
        350 22 +5.09 Toronto stocks edged higher in early trading yesterday led by gains in precious metals, real estate and mining issues, traders said. Dealers said the market will continue to focus on results from the current first quarter earnings period. "I think the action will be on the earnings today.
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        Now York
        677 22 -6.24 Bluc-chip stocks closed slightly lower on Tuesday as investors took profits from the previous day's surge and prepared for the market's closing today to honour former President Richard Nixon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 6.24 points at 3,699.54 after soaring more than 57 points on
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        904 22 Britannia Funds Sterling Cask Bid Offer Mim Cap Deposit U 6-400 )I 6)00 Mint Jene> Gilt 0 IM) 0 IMJ Mim Mat Income *0 4HX) *1 0100 US$ Cash Income Plus f und 9800 10 5100 PS S Resent Fund J 2500 5 2600 Sterling Lqait) Euro Performance 0 4542
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      3113 23 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Share prices fell in light trading yesterday amid continuing concerns over the outlook for interest rates and real estate prices. The Hang Seng Index of 33 leading stocks fell 215.39 points, or 2.31 per cent, to 9.113.25. Decliners outnumbered gainers 29 to two. Two counters
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      CHINA
      550 23 THE CLSA Shanghai B index rose 3.08 points to 717.77 yesterday. The bourse recorded a turnover of USS3.B million. Buying was concentrated in the blue chips. Outer Gaoqiao was the most actively traded stock with a turnover of US$l.2 million. The stock rose 4.4 per cent. Shenzhen narrowed the
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      2542 23 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks rebounded from two days of losses yesterday as a rally in electronics company stocks and expectations that the government would shore up stock prices offset concerns about a stronger yen. Several new Japanese mutual funds aimed at cashing in on a much anticipated multimedia
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      1815 23 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Stocks rose 0.9 per cent yesterday as investors focused on large finance issues they predicted would post good first and second quarter earnings, analysts said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand Composite Index gained 10.92 points to 1.274.71 with advancing issues leading decliners 153-102. Just 3.7
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      1180 23 Reuter JAKARTA Shares closed firmer yesterday in active trading on local and foreign buying of blue chip stocks, traders said. The official index rose 6.81 points to close at 461.73. "The leads came from overseas and helped push up shares of paper and pulp and property companies." one broker
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2605 24 MOST ACTIVE volume M Resources 5.678.000 I Jus Hyd SOt 4.7<M.000 FAT® 50c 4.683 000 Mulpha I nil 50c 3.528.000 kamunling 30c 2.262.000 (k>ldcn Plus H 2.149.000 Promd 2.130.000 Bcrjaya Ind 1.802.000 Mwh-PWimc 1.786.000 Innovcsl Bh<l 1.753.000 Kcmayan 50t 1.6")1.000 Johan Hklgs 50c 1.505.000 Bcrjaya Group 1.443.000 MOST
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        Lock icon Stocks fall as brokerage restrictions curb buying
        5782 24 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks fell slightly yesterday as trading restrictions on two brokerages choked activity and a disappointing profit forecast by cellular phone operator Technology Resources Industries Bhd drained enthusiasm, analysts said. For a second day, Mayban Securities Sdn Bhd and
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        7082 25 MAIN BOARD Transaction date: Apr 27 lit U ,mj Last Val Dav Last Qwtt Nrt N High Low Cum pan) Sale 000) lli K h Lo» Ba>ef S*lkr Or K/t ">"il INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1350 206 I Vmi 440cd -10 73 1010 WO 975 -WO 17 5 **-J» 700 220
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        Lock icon Profit-taking steps in as takeover news wanes
        1967 26  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Local shares eased yesterday in the absence of new corporate developments. The Straits Times Industrials Index shed 23.56 points to 2,290.71 on profit-taking, while the BT-MGA slipped 6.30 points to 1.068.01 and the BT Composite fell 22.40 points to
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      451 19 f eFmk HARIMAU INVESTMENTS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company will be held at 65 Chulia Street, #19-00, Conference Room, OCBC Centre, Singapore 0104 on 18 May 1994 at
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      180 19 Jlp With effect from Ist May, 1994 jflls Baring Brothers Limited I will be located at W* 20 Raffles Place #14-04 Ocean Towers Singapore 0104 Our telephone and facsimile numbers remain unchanged: Telephone (65) *****55 Facsimile-(65) 532 5592 -wmmummJP IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAT 5# AND ACME
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      397 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 BMS SOFTWARE PTE LTD Al an Extaordinary General Meeting of BMS SOFTWARE PTE LTD duly convened and held at 50 Jalan Sultan #1605 Jalan Sultan Centre Singapore 0719 on 22nd April 1994, the following resolution was passed; SPECIAL RESOLUTION: That the
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      330 26 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO UNIVERSAL STATIONERY COMPANY (PWVATE) LIMITED (In Voluntvy Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of UNIVERSAL STATIONERY COMPANY (PRIVATE) LMTED duly convened and held at 10 Lucky Heigtts, Singapore 1646 on the 23 day of Apd 1994, the following
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      P&O unit fails to get exclusive rights for Philippine terminal
      332 27  -  From Al Labita in MANILA PORT authorities have thumbed down the request of an affiliate of shipping giant P&O Australia for an exclusive right to operate a grains terminal. The decision was made during a recent board meeting of the
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      Exporters oppose handling fee rise by Thailand-Japan conference
      381 27 BANGKOK Exporters came out strongly against the recent decision by shipping lines operating the ThailandJapan route to raise their overall terminal handling charge by 50 baht (SS3) per 20-foot equivalent unit container. According to The Nation on Monday. Viroj Amatakulchai. president of
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      Revenue at 2 Thai ports up 4.6pc
      285 27 BANGKOK The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) reported a rise of 4.58 per cent in operating gross revenue for its two ports in October to January from the same period a year earlier. According to The Nation on Monday, PAT had gross revenue
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      Lock icon MISC ponders over participation in new shipping line
      395 27 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian International Shipping Corporation Bhd (MISC) is evaluating the viability of participating in the shipping venture capital company. Global Maritime Services Sdn Bhd (GMS). on which it is yet to make a firm decision. MISC chairman Raja Muhammad Alias,
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      811 27 Page Col Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 3-5 •Appenship 8 4/5 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL 5 5 Assist Marine 6 I Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bank Line. The 9 5 Batamindo 7 3
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      PSA box cargo up 20pc in Jan-Feb
      382 27  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE The strong growth in containerised shipments through Singapore continued unabated in the first two months of this year. In January and February. Port of Singapore Authority terminals handled nearly 1.55 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) up almost 20 per
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      Port authority gets US university award
      186 27  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE The Port of Singapore Authority has won an award from a US university for contributions in the field of transport. The PSA is the first nonUS organisation to win the 1994 Harry E Salzberg Concept Medallion Award, given bv Svracuse
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        781 28 Vesiel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jumng Port Batam Speed A4894 P01A 28 04 1530 28 04 1630 Saba 34 2 J5 6 alongside 2804 2300 Batam Speed ***** PU1A 2804 0700 28 04 0800 3atam Murni 04 09 94 11
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        2171 28 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From *o too oiii 29 2000 li 27/1500 27/1659 27 1900 2A 27/1700 28 0659 28 0900 3 28 0700 28 1159
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10048 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. PN: ship calls at Penang after it
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3354 41 •/Vk Containerline NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (Sy Marine Handling Mn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (9VAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). AdMs Bwiwu Corporation Philippine: ("'aftource Shpg A Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Sen ice: Kim Shpg rtd^(S). Albatros Sen-Air Sen ice: Frata Shpg
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      COURIER SERVICES
      283 41 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898 Air Express I'nasel 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. CitvUnk International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Cluster Link Supplies Sen ices
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1502 41 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax *****84 Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833 Fax: *****42 Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7821 Fax: *****20. Aeroliak Freight International Tel 545-8033 Fax: *****05 Aerospeed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18 Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express International Tel: 542-7666 Fax: *****74. *****50. Air
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2205 42 ALBANIA Dunes: Eight vessels in port of which discharging: 1 gasoline. I bagged urea. 1 general cargo. 2 bagged sugar. 1 bagged Hour. I bulk coke; 1 vessel loading ferro chrome: no vessels in roads awaiting berths. ANGOLA Luanda: City quiet: port quiet with on berthing delays. Lobito:
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      721 42 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Ait Dtp Name of Vessel ETA t I D Ports of Calls Port Vjjent Telephone No APRIL 29 29 Renaissance' 2 1130 2030 Port Klang Lines Int'l Holdings 224-2763 Cruise to Nowhere 29 29 Delfin Star 1300 2030 Jakarta-Sin- Ocean Trade Chartering 299-0366 Port Rlang
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      SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      1311 42 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES THERE HAS been a surge of buying activity from the Greek market which encompassed several sectors, including various bulk carriers (such as handy/panamax/cape) and extending to an older VLCC. However. with the onset of both Greek Easter and Japan's Golden Week from April 29. it is
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        287 46 Bloomberg Business News FORT WORTH. Texas A US$l77 million (***** million) agreement between the parent companies of American Airlines and Canadian Airlines International does not violate American Airlines' contract with its pilots, an arbitrator ruled on Tuesday.' With less than 24 hours left
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      2433 29 OOCL (8) PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN. BHO. TEL: *****13 FAX: *****42 PETALING JAVA TEL: 03-*****76 FAX: 03-*****42 DOCUMENTATION TEL: *****55 (INWARD)/*****90 (OUTWARD) PENANG TEL: *****4 FAX: *****1 CFS TEL: *****6 BOOKINGS TEL: *****80 *****81/ *****82 IPOH TEL: *****3/4 FAX: *****6 CUSTOMER SVC TEL: *****92/*****91/*****93 P.GUDANG
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      2006 29 U. S. A. /CANADA 3 TIMES A WEEK SL VOYAGER V.212E ETA SIN 2ND MAY 1994 METTE MAERSK V.9404 ETA SIN 3RD MAY 1994 AXEL MAERSK V.9408 ETA SIN 4TH MAY 1994 Vessel Voy ETA ETO FeeOeced by s destinations This week METTE MAERSK V 9404 r k 1.8 JIH
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      1685 30 AQABA R OAM/1 il ALSO ACCEPTING FROM VESSEL VOY NO SPORE JEDOAH (VIA JED) S TON H BURG A WERP HAVRE WEST MALAYSIA HOECHST EXPRESS 14 316 30/4 9/5 16/5 16/5 21/5 23/5 25/5 Pofl Ke)ang p e nang DANUBE 13/117 4/5 21/5 24/5 22/5 Pasir Gudang STUTTGART EXPRESS 03/317
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      3250 31 SINGAPORE AGENT: MXtCI I AtltoillAfC P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd ■Pf: 9 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 Keppel Towers. Singapore 0208 ■r*- s T\ Tel: 225 2233 Telex RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 fT> CR Number: **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL VOV •PKQ SIN SOU ANT ROT HAM
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      629 32 ifA EKA JAYA AGENCIES TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE [~ho cmmwH city pager Ihamo^howk/piwect HEHHY HOC 2HM24 TrwM/mw4 MUM CHAM iltmi MBM—I MAMOJ I1lf" H TO VIETNAM/HCMC CONTAINER-FEEDER SERVICE i @umi.naw»» CENTER-POINT I Utt& 7 LINES i TOR DOT Clt STOW HOT ET> HOE '*■g»™
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      1780 32 0 HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****22-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 FM VSI SM lIK HAUL SH (i 101 FM HI 5 I Lit HAUL SAV IM HTC HAfUN SEATTLE 03* 30 4 WttCT 19/5 20/5 21/5 HAMN SEATTLE 0331 30 I M PROGRESS 032E 2/t
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      1240 33 I A I MULTILINE SHIPPING PTE LTD 7 ■V (a member of SINSOV Group) CR NO: **********0 C ENQUIRIES: *****33 BOOKINGS: *****64, *****51, *****31, *****13 BALTIC: INWARD *****97 OUTWARD *****10 T/S *****10 A BLASCO: INWARD *****65 OUTWARD *****28 T/S *****46 FESCO: BOOKINGS *****06 DOC *****07 MARINE INSURANCE: *****87 INVENTORY: *****59
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      1555 34 /i K- 44_ —99 AS AGENTS "K" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD <CR NO: **********0 M GST REG NO: M 2-*****99-6) B TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 IkT MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SDN BHO I U ■■V TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6
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      1114 34 @APPENSHIP HAMBURG VTvy"** CONVENTIONAL INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE V EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST ttSSEIS LOADING PORTS DtSCHAXGE LOADING FOR SUMMER HAM 20/03 SPORE IN PORT PAKHOM MAKARENKO HAM 10/04 SPORE 21/05 ECUADOR HAM 27/04 SPORE 02/06 4 KOALA CONTAINER LINE i STORE FIX HAM RIM LEH BARBAROSSA
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      927 35 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD] jggSS* l4o Cec street PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I K tm CR NO **********0E I VESSEL VOY SIN CMS JIB JEO AQJ AOE HOD PZU ASA KOTA WIRAWAN WRNO4I 2/5 7/9 13/5 IS/S 18/5 24/5 29/5 1/6 ■7 KOTA BERANI BRNOO3 10/5 14/5 20/5 24/5
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      576 35 M MYANMA five star line (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'pore P.KI( Pen P.Gdg MA NO AL AY V44W SID In Pt MAWI AMYMt V64W IN PT MERGUI VI23W 02/04 May PAGAN V2O9W 30/02 May HPA-AN V2O2W 05/07 May MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAD SHPPWG AGENCCS Ml TEI 03 *****00
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      639 39 (ft FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 01/5 ROTTERDAM 02/5 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 01/5 HAMBURG/BREMEN 01/5 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 03/5 FELIXSTOWE/UK 01/5 BARCELONA/SPAM 02/5 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 02/5 GENOA/ITALY 02/5 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 02/5 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 01/5 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 20/4 NEW YORK/EC 01/5 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 29/4 VANCOUVER 04/5
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      1754 40 pjkflMN CONTAINER LINES, INC bAZ/VvMAgents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINEB) UV VUc/R Noc IaowTSOOOM SIBU (064) *****9 KUCHINQ (082) *****3 PENANQ: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****57 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK I GENOfI/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 3/5
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      1143 40 JL THONG SOON LINES PTE LTD 1 I /W\ 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SHGAPORE 0207 I W\y TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I V TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOY SPORE PEST VESSEL VOY SPORE PEST EQUATOR 111 120/4E 29 APR KUCHING
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      469 44 VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA VIGOUR LUZON 9418N 29/04 (FRI) 07/05 (SAT) VIGOUR PACIFIC 9418 AN 03/05 (TUE) 07/05 (SAT) VIGOUR ATLANTIC 9418N 06/05 (FRI) 11/05 (WED) FRI AND MSO OPTIMA 9401N 10/05 (TUE) 14/05 (SAT) SOUTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE I GENERAL SANTOS DAVAO CEBU KRUSCHINA 9401E
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      825 45 i MERCHANT MARINE COLTP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 PHA* PKE* PGP* VESSELS VOY I SIN RTM ANT* LEH* HAM Bttt FEL 27/04 29/04 30/04 SI FREEDOM 310W 02/05 20/05 21/05 23/05 21/05 21/05 24/05 04/05 06/05 07/05 H. COMMANDER 309W 09/05 27/05 28/05 30/05 2S/05 21/05 31/05 11/05 13/05
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      508 45 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS VISSII *5? 5 M Hue M RMSHW *3» JO 4 l/l ]/l MM 1/1 SIHI MACOVA Ml IN FT IMU UH *3 l/S l/l OUTBOUND VESSELS 10AMN6 FOR TOKYO COSMIC LEADER V 44 SP t/i PK 4/5 LOADING FOB
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