The Business Times, 2 June 1994

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    14 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA M ITA(P) 010/12/93 Thursday June 2 1994 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow down 10.45 points
      49 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stocks fell yesterday. On the broader market at Ipm EDT, declining issues edged out advances on trading of more than 151 million shares on the NYSE. At 2pm EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 3,747.91, down 10.46 points
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      Lock icon A prince to rescue Euro Disney
      48 1 Reuter PARIS Saudi Prince AlWaleed Bin Talal has agreed with Euro Disney SCA and Walt Disney Co to buy 13 to 24 per cent of Euro Disney stock from Euro Disney's underwriting banks and Walt Disney Co, Euro Disney said yesterday. Reuter
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    162 1 Stock market indices Wednesday Change STII 2,267.88 -13.79 KLSE Comp 982.80 -10.93 Nikkei 21,053.11 +79.52 Hang Seng 9,512.07 -41.49 SET Index 1,368.35 +11.48 Jakarta Comp 494.33 -7.46 CLSA China B ....1,085.46 -3.78 Aust All Ord 2,097.2 +15.4 FTSE 100 2,931.90 -38.6 Wednesday Previous 2pm close Dow Jones 3,747.91
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    Ong Beng Seng strides into retail fashion with Armani deal
    701 1  -  By Amy Balan SINGAPORE Hotel-to-entertainment tycoon Ong Bong Seng has taken a bold new step into the retail fashion business with his purchase of loss-making US chain Armani A/X, the downmarket line of Italian fashion czar Giorgio Armani. Mr Ong
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    S'pore salaries up in first quarter: poll
    428 1  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE The continuing tight labour market has driven up salaries in the first three months of the year to levels set by high-paying employers, according to a survey by Remuneration Data Specialists. The most wanted workers technicians now command
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    S'pore set to stay as major lender to HK banks: official
    423 1  -  From Lim Soon Neo in HONGKONG HONGKONG banks will continue to borrow from Singapore, their largest net external lender last year, said David Carse, deputy chief executive (banking) of the Hongkong Monetary Authority (HKMA). Hongkong borrowed HKSI22 billion (SS24
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    Lock icon S'pore Post in E-mail deal with German firm
    87 1 AFP MUNICH, Germany Sic-mens-Nixdorf is to set up a joint venture in Singapore to handle the printing and sending of electronic mail and data by postal service users, the German information systems company said yesterday. Singapore Post Pte Ltd will have the
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    Thailand reviews perks to woo foreign component-makers
    580 1  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK THAILAND is reviewing its investment incentives for foreign component-makers so as not to miss out on an expected second wave of factory relocations in South-east Asia. More tax breaks are being offered in rural areas targeted for joint
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    Lock icon US purchasing managers' report raises inflation fears
    251 1 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The purchasing managers' report, a gauge of US factory orders and other manufacturing activity, stoked inflation concerns yesterday when it showed higher prices for raw materials. The overall index was unchanged at 57.7 in May from a month earlier
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Major banks coining it from fees
        361 2  -  By Shiv Taneja THE fee-based income of major banks has been on the increase and is expected to grow even faster this year as a result of more initial public offerings. According to a Vickers Ballas Investment Research report, banks have been placing more
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      1.4pc more private residential units in first quarter: URA
      400 2  -  Occupancy rate improves to 93.4 pc By Abdul Hadhi THE COMPLETION of some major condominium projects added 1,026 units to Singapore's stock of private residential properties during the first quarter of this year raising the total figure by 1.4 per cent
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      Castrol's Hillview site may set new benchmark
      276 2 THE Castrol factory site at 6 Hillview Road is believed to have attracted bids which will set new benchmark prices for residential land in the Bukit Timah area. A brief statement from Castrol Singapore yesterday said that six major local developers had tendered
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      TAS aims to level playing field for telecom providers
      296 2  -  CommunicAsia94 By Juliette Walker THE TELECOMMUNICATION Authority of Singapore aims to ensure a level playing field for telecom providers as the industry wades its way through liberalisation, the head of TAS said yesterday. Director-general Lim Chuan Poh said TAS recognises that
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      96 countries expected to buy US$500m capacity in major undersea fibre optic cable system
      313 2 ABOUT 96 countries are expected to buy at least US$5OO million (***** million) worth of capacity in the world's longest undersea fibre optic cable system even before construction has begun. The vice-president of Fibreoptic Link Around
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      UK firm sinks $22.4m into submersible maker
      275 2 Move paves way for RacaFs entry into offshore services market BRITISH data communications company Racal Electronics has bought an 80 per cent stake in a Singapore company for $22.4 million cash. The local firm is Techno Transfer Industries, which makes and operates remotelyoperated
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      ATS Land in tie-up with Chinese firm to develop industrial park in Jiangsu
      326 2 ATS LAND Ptc Ltd. part of the ATS group that is involved in software development, has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with a Chinese company to develop and promote an industrial and technological park in Jiangsu
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      279 2 You may have been unable to get your Business Times, Straits Times, Sunday Times, LianHe Zaobao and other daily newspapers from your usual newsstand because of the higher demand lately. To ensure a daily copy, call Customer Sen/ices Section on 1800-749-2577, and ask for home or office delivery service. The
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Jakarta assures foreign fund managers of level playing field
      448 3  -  From William Chia in JAKARTA -INDONESIAN Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad has reassured foreign fund managers that the government would set a level playing field and ensure that the rules of the capital market are fairly enforced. He also called on players
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      Lock icon New player Satelindo to provide overseas telecom services soon
      283 3 AFP JAKARTA PT Satelindo, a private Indonesian company linked to one of President Suharto's sons, is expected to start providing international telecommunication services in September, a company executive said yesterday. "According to our president director, we are planning to open international
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      Lock icon Yangon growth figures 'overly optimistic'
      100 3 AFP BANGKOK A British market analyst and Chamber of Commerce representative said here yesterday official economic growth figures espoused by Yangon are misleadingly optimistic. "They are not the figures you find in Burma," said Peter Snell of Asia Market Intelligence. He gathered figures from primary
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      Lock icon Indonesia needs US$330b investments in 1994-99
      356 3 Reuter, AFP JAKARTA Indonesia will need investments totalling US$33O billion (SSSOS billion) between 1994 and 1999 if its economy continues to grow at an anticipated 6 per cent a year. Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad yesterday said the government also needed to create 2.5 million
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      Lock icon M'sia wants CNN to clarify Bosnia arms supply report
      138 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Cable News Network (CNN) will be asked to clarify its news report claiming Malaysia is among three Muslim countries supplying arms to Bosnian Muslims in violation of a United Nations ban. "We want to know their intention
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Jakarta satisfied with Manila's reaction
        70 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia said yesterday it was satisfied with the Philippine government's reaction to a conference on East Timor in Manila despite the Philippine Supreme Court ruling which allowed it to go ahead. Susilo Sudarman. Coordinating Minister for Politics and Security Affairs, said Indonesia, which
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        Lock icon S'pore among top investors in Vietnam
        103 3 AFP HANOI Hongkong. South Korea. Singapore and Taiwan are well in the lead of foreign investors in Vietnam, leaving other countries trailing in their wake, according to new statistics. Of the U554.24 billion (556.49 billion) of foreign investment in Vietnam. 52 per cent has
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        Ex-air force chief named in land scam
        44 3 JAKARTA A former air force chief and ex-adviser to President Suharto has been questioned over an alleged Jakarta land deal scam, Antara news agency said. The Jakarta Post daily named the man as Mohamad Saleh Basarah Suradiningrat.
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        Lock icon Jakarta plans US$26b power upgrade
        47 3 Knight-Ridder JAKARTA Indonesia is seeking USS26 billion in investment to boost power generation capacity by 13,000 megawatts in the Sixth Five-Year Development Plan. State Minister of Research and Technology BJ Habibie said planned projects would double the country's total electricity capacity. Knight-Ridder
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      Lock icon Malaysia drops troubled Skyhawks from air force
      230 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's air force has decommissioned its US-made Skyhawks, which made up its fighter fleet for eight years, and will use British-made Hawk 100s exclusively. the chief of Malaysia's air force said yesterday. "Apart from its age and inability to meet
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon China to hold telecom conference
        122 4 AFP HONGKONG China is to host its first international conference on telecommunication next week in a move analysts see as a start to drawing in foreign help in planning key policies in the sector, organisers said here yesterday. Leading telecommunication companies from Japan, South Korea,
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        Lock icon Taiwan's April forex turnover up
        72 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's foreign exchange market had an average daily turnover of U552.79 billion (554.3 billion) in April, up 10.3 per cent from U552.53 billion in March, the central bank said. The Taiwan dollar/US dollar trade accounted for 36.4 per cent of the total turnover,
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        Lock icon China plans HK daily Communist paper
        87 4 AFP HONGKONG China is planning to set up a Communist Party newspaper for Hongkong after taking over the British territory in 1997, and is drawing up guidelines for the media, a monthly magazine said here yesterday. The China-watching monthly magazine Open said in its
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        Lock icon US$6b deals for China from trade fair
        75 4 AFP HONGKONG China signed 474 contracts worth US$6 billion (Ss9 billion) during a just-concluded trade fair here, it was reported yesterday. A total of US$45.B million worth of goods was traded during the Hongkong '94 China Trade and Investment Conference, which opened on
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        Lock icon Taipei lifts barrier to China imports
        42 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan will resume a review of applications for the importation of semi-finished Chinese products following a twomonth suspension sparked after 24 Taiwanese tourists were robbed and killed on a Chinese lake, officials said. AFP
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      Lock icon Tokyo lends Beijing a hand in Gatt bid
      275 4 AFP TOKYO Japanese Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa said yesterday he hoped for progress in tariff talks with China to pave the way for China's admission to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt), officials said. Mr Kakizawa made the remarks while
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      Lock icon China wants to settle key HK issues before 1997
      395 4 Vice-Premier Zhu reiterates needs for Beijing-London cooperation AFP HONGKONG Chinese Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji has reiterated that China wants to cooperate with Britain on Hongkong economic matters, but it takes "two hands to make applause". Emphasising the need to maintain Hongkong's position
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      Lock icon Mind your Ps and Qs
      48 4 Reuter HONGKONG South Korean delegates examine a public toilet here as part of the Public Toilets 1994 seminar held yesterday. Delegates from across Asia and the Pacific gathered to exchange ideas on how to make public toilets cleaner, sweeter smelling and lovable. Reuter
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      Lock icon Shenzhen woos Hongkong flat buyers with border passes
      234 4 AFP HONGKONG China's special economic zone of Shenzhen is trying to attract flatbuyers from Hongkong, where property prices are among the world's most expensive, by offering them easy cross-border access. Shenzhen vice-mayor Li Guangzhen said on Tuesday that Hongkong residents who spent
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      Oil products lifted S'pore's 1st-quarter exports to China
      507 4  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE I he Chinese economy may have begun to slow down in the first quarter, but Singapore's industries continue to improve their sales to that market, particularly in exports of petroleum products which jumped 63 per cent in value
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      Lock icon Beijing to step up price-monitoring campaign
      339 4 AFP BEIJING A senior Chinese official has urged local governments to intensify a two-month-old price monitoring campaign aimed at curbing high inflation, the China Daily said yesterday. State Planning Minister Chen Jinhua told a conference here on Tuesday that officials should focus on key
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      Lock icon Canada says trade expansion with China takes top priority
      305 4 AFP OTTAWA Canadian Foreign Minister Andre Ouellet has said his country would continue to expand its trading relations with China despite criticisms of Beijing's human rights record. Addressing the Canadian Institute of International Affairs. Mr Ouellet said on Tuesday that while
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  • REST OF ASIA
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Fed lifted rates to defuse stock bubble: Greenspan
      467 7 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Federal Reserve policymakers were concerned in February that high securities prices had formed a speculative bubble that might burst, according to Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan. That was one of the reasons, though not the main one,
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      Lock icon Sentinels of the fallen soldier
      58 7 AFP SI JAMFS, Kranee Some 4,000 ehildren standing next to the graves of US soldiers killed during the Allied Forces' D-Day landing in France half a centur> ago. The children were preparing on Monday for the anniversary celebrations of the June 6, 1944 event at
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      Lock icon Major calls for multi-layered approach to Europe
      409 7 AFP LONDON British Prime Minister John Major has called for a new "multi-speed, multilayered" approach to Europe, saying he did not believe European Union members had to be unanimous on every issue. His remarks, which come in the run-up to next Thursday's election
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      Lock icon Chairman of Italy's giant state holding firm IRI resigns
      455 7 Reuter MILAN Romano Prodi, one of the driving forces behind Italy's privatisation programme, has resigned as chairman of the country's mammoth state holding company Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale, the company said on Tuesday. Prof Prodi, a former industry minister, was
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon US construction spending up 0.6pc
        78 8 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON US construction spending increased a smaller-than-expected 0.6 per cent in April, restrained by weaker spending on streets, highways and other government projects. The gain, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of U*****.5 billion (Ss77B billion), followed a 1.9 per cent increase
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        Lock icon Iraqi dinar firms, food prices stabilise
        104 8 Reuter BAGHDAD "Hie Iraqi dinar firmed slightly against the dollar and food prices stabilised in the week that President Saddam Hussein sacked his prime minister and took personal charge of the economy. The dollar was trading at 435 dinars yesterday morning, after plunging to
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        Lock icon Israel's property boom seen continuing
        128 8 Reuter JERUSALEM Israel's commercial real estate boom is likely to continue despite a government move this week to curb spiralling house prices, Israeli and foreign real estate developers said. A bull economy, optimism due to the Middle East peace process and a shortage of land
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        Lock icon Call for EU to liberalise telecoms
        97 8 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Union must act urgently to promote private investment in information highways by liberalising telecommunications markets and unifying its regulatory framework, a group of industry leaders said. The 19-member group, asked by EU government heads to propose a strategy for promoting
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      Lock icon Bundesbank officials say money policy on hold for now
      423 8 Reuter FRANKFURT Bundesbank officials yesterday said German monetary policy was "on hold" for now but there was a chance of further interest-rate cuts later this year if M 3 money supply growth slowed by then. The central bank officials said M
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      Lock icon OECD jobless report offers no global cure: diplomats
      465 8 Reuter PARIS An OECD report on unemployment in the world's richest industrial nations offers country-by-country remedies but no global cure, diplomats said yesterday. The document, which member governments commissioned from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development two years ago, will be
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      Lock icon Volkswagen seeks 800m marks to pay for Seat costs
      402 8 Reuter HAMBURG Volkswagen AG needs 800 million marks (***** million) in financial aid from Spain to pay for restructuring costs at its loss-incurring Seat subsidiary or else it will reduce the size of its investment in Spain. Volkswagen managing board chairman
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      Lock icon EU to announce broad tariff review plan today
      288 8 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Commission is due to announce today the basis on which it will review tariff concessions to developing countries, a move that could lead to fewer benefits for some newly industrialised states. The Commission was scheduled to hold a
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      Lock icon OECD's European members split over new chief
      406 8 Reuter PARIS Division among European members of the OECD is holding up a decision on which of four candidates will head the rich world's economic think-tank, diplomats said yesterday. "The delegations are not ready for a decision." a source at the 25-nation Organisation
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      Lock icon Schneider chairman appears in Belgian court on fraud charges
      342 8 Reuter BRUSSELS Leading French industrialist Didicr PineauValencienne appeared in a Brussels court yesterday chargcd with fraud and swindling in a case that has shaken the business establishment. "The ease has started." a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office said. Pineau-Valencienne, the
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Two non-seeds to meet in semis
      373 9 French Open AP PARIS Alberto Berasategui routed No 5 seed Goran Ivanisevic and Magnus Larsson saved six match points while rallying from a two-set deficit as the two unseeded players won French Open quarter-fi-nals yesterday. Their match-up tomorrow will be the first semi-final here
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      Lock icon Sampras defeat makes holy grail an impossible dream
      324 9 Reuter PARIS The men's tennis "holy grail" of four successive Grand Slam titles looks more remote than ever after Pete Sampras was subdued by fel-low-American Jim Courier at Roland Garros on Tuesday. The failure of the world No 1 to add the
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    • Article
      Lock icon No surprises in women's semi-finals
      435 9 NYT PARIS There may be some surprising occurrences in women's tennis, but they rarely happen on the court, and the field for the French Open's semi-fi-nal round that emerged from Tuesday's quarter-final matches proved no exception to that trend. Defending champion Steffi Graf, perennial semi-finalist
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    • Article
      Lock icon Rockets clinch Western Conference championship series
      582 9 NBA play-offs NYT HOUSTON What started out as a romp to the National Basketball Association Finals for Houston wound up as a thankful escape on Tuesday night after the Rockets nearly blew a 24-point lead but hung on to defeat Utah, 94-83, and win
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        Lock icon Baseball
        137 9 AFP l-ALSANNK, Switzerland Professionals will he allowed to play in the 19% Olympic Games in Atlanta. the International Olympic Committee indicated on Tuesday. A proposal to that effect is expected to be ratified by the International Baseball Association at its congress here on June 5 and 6. IBA president
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        Lock icon Cricket
        120 9 Reuter NOTTINGHAM, Knsland English captain Mike Athcrton was named as his country's player of the year on Tuesday, and then pledged to score more test hundreds in the coming 12 months. Athcrton emerged from the recent series in West Indies with 510 runs at an average of 56.44 to
        Reuter  -  120 words
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        Lock icon Golf
        292 9 AFP FAR HILLS, New Jersey Scvc Ballestcros will be playing in next month's US Open after all. The US Golf Association decided on Tuesday to give the Spanish star a special exemption. American Ben Crenshaw was also given a special exemption by the USGA. Earlier this week. Ballestcros. winner
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        Lock icon Rugby
        210 9 AFP Reuter kI.MBKKLKY, South Africa England crashed to their fourth South African tour defeat in five matches here on Tuesday, going down 16-19 to a makeshift South Africa A side. Once again, the tourists were outscorcd two tries to one and ultimately succumbcd to a late field goal that
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        Lock icon Soccer
        227 9 Reuter Reuter DUBLIN Irish women can now show their support for their World Cup soccer team by sporting the latest fashion item in the team colour emerald-green bras. Playtcx was to launch the limited green version of its Wonderbra in Ireland yesterday with two special slogans "Ooh Aah Wonderbra".
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        Lock icon Ice hockey
        178 9 Reutcr NEW YORK Vancouver goaltender Kirk McLean withstood a furious barrage of New York shots and Cireg Adams scored with just 34 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Canucks to a 3-2 victory over the Rangers in the opening game of the Stanley Cup Finals on Tuesday.
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Living legend of showbiz proves she's not too old to sing
      1233 11  -  Lena Home lays bare bitter memories in her new album writes James Gavin James Gavin NYT IN MAY 1993, Lena Home made a rare public appearance at a party for the 25th of the Studio Museum in Harlem. Then
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      Lock icon Disco queen Donna Summer wants to abdicate
      587 11 CHATTERBOX AP AP AP AP Reuter Reuter THE ORIGINAL disco queen is tired of the crown. Donna Summer insists there's another side to her music. "I don't mind the disco years," she told The Tennessean in an interview published on Tuesday. "Disco's been
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
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      High technology and the lowly ant
      754 12  -  British Telecom uses the industrious insect in its cybernetics research, but the group's main study focus is corporate survival. Genevieve Cua, who visited its R&D facilities, reports Genevieve Cua TO a layman, the theory that a colony of scurrying ants could teach scientists how
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      Science Centre theme park draws potential investors
      250 12  -  By Sean Ang MANY local and international investors and developers have shown interest in investing in a $80 million to $100 million theme park just launched by the Singapore Science Centre. Centre director Chia Woon Kim disclosed this yesterday but declined to name
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        A better way to deal with microfilms
        78 12 SINGAPORE Minolta Singapore has introduced an electronic image management system for microfilmed documents. The MicroDAX 3000 system includes a special microfilm scanner, and works with a personal computer operating Microsoft Windows. Scanned and digitised images can be easily extracted, printed, faxed or merged
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        Lock icon Green tea may protect against cancer
        118 12 AP WASHINGTON Green tea, the beverage of choice for millions of Asians, may help protect regular drinkers against cancer of the esophagus, according to a new US study. Building on findings that green tea reduced the incidence of oesophageal cancer in rats and mice,
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        Lock icon Scientists break fusion energy record
        116 12 AP PLAINSBORO, New Jersey Researchers at Princeton University have said they generated a record-setting 9 million watts of energy in a controlled fusion reaction that lasted four-tenths of a second. The level enough to power about 3,000 homes broke a record of 6.2 million watts
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      A case of signed but not necessarily sealed
      1208 13  -  Can a guarantor of a failed company escape liability when creditors come knocking on the door? Low Kee Yang explains Low Kee Yang The writer is a senior lecturer at the Nanyanx technological University's Schwl of Accountancy, anil the author of I
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      A law committee by any other name...
      495 13  -  AT THE BAR *jl By Conrad Raj WHAT's in a name? Plenty, especially if you are a lawyer. To assuage a large number of its members, the Society has reconstituted its sub-committee on small firms and renamed it the Legal Practice Review Committee.
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    Honeymoon for India's companies
    556 14 EDITORIAL IT IS tempting to credit the remarkable earnings growth of India's corporate sector this year to the three-year-old economic reform programme of Prime Minister Narasimha Rao. As at the end of last month, 231 Indian companies reported 72 per cent aggregate growth in net earnings
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      China, Russia forge new links
      333 14 AFTER decades of estrangement, Russia and China are moving towards a new era in their relationship. This process began with President Boris Yeltsin's visit to Beijing in December 1992, when the two countries pledged to eschew any agreement with a third party that could hurt
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      Tension in the Korean peninsula
      105 14 The world must be wondering how much longer will the cat-and-mouse game go on before a real solution can be reached to avoid military conflict in the peninsula. The war in Korea must be avoided at all cost. The stakes are too high, not just
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      N Korea's nuclear blackmail
      115 14 THIS is the umpteenth time that North Korea has gone against the International Atomic Energy Agency, choosing to adopt the strategy of nuclear blackmailing instead. However, this strategy seems to have lost its effectiveness now. It is no longer North Korea's international status but its unreliable
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      Concern over banks
      134 14 THERE WAS indeed a strong reason for President Suharto to personally address this year's national conference of the Association of Private banks (Perbanas) that convened last week. The banking industty is currently tied up in one of its toughest consolidation tasks ever to redress the sticky problem
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      New role as agents of change
      187 14 ANWAR IBRAHIM made two important, seemingly unrelated, remarks over the weekend. First, the Deputy Prime Minister underscored the importance of a government that leads by example in the crucial fight against inflation. Be it at federal or state level. Government and government agencies, he
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      Winai's controversial move
      146 14 THAI Communications and Transport Minister Col Winai Sompong is expected to seek Cabinet approval today for the removal of the chairman and a director of the Telephone Organisation of Thailand so that he can award contracts to two private firms to install 1.1 million phone lines. This
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    Europe drifts without sense of purpose and unity
    868 14  -  As the European Parliament election nears, Neville Stack sees a growing aversion to the idea of a federal super-state Neville Stack The writer is a political commentator based in London. He writes regularly for BT. The campaigns across the 12 states for
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      261 14 Growth vs Safety ill■ W The Chinese wave in Vietnam m|^Hh|^ Yeo Hiap Seng's land saga Hongkong's housing horrors I Get your copy of this month's Singapore Business I I from your nearest newsstand or, if you prefer the Mr/Mis/Miss/Ms Occu|mdoo j conven i ence G f doorstep delivery, send
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Penang-Singapore rivalry sharpens
      955 15  -  A Malaysian state is threatening to challenge Singapore's position as the maker of 40 per cent of the world's disk drives. Claire Leow reports Claire Leow PENANG is proving to be a formidable rival to Singapore as a hub for electronics investments. Indeed, the rivalry has sharpened
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      Lack of skilled workers, growing competition worry Penang
      1024 15 PENANG has come a long way from a free port to a centre for electronics investments, but the race for the Malaysian state, ironically, has just begun. Inevitably, success brings in its wake problems and pressures. Manpower shortage and freight difficulties threaten
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      454 15 I HONG FOK CORPORATION LIMITED I (locorponui la lb. R«|>uMk of I NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Twenty-Sixth Annual General Meeting of HONG FOK CORPORATION LIMITED will be held at the Company's Registered Office at 300 Beach Road #41-00, The Concourse, Singapore 0719 on
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    Lock icon US, Japan resume trade talks
    538 16 Negotiators expected to cover liberalisation of Tokyo's insurance market AFP. Reuter TOKYO Japan and the United States yesterday resumed tough bilateral trade talks, aimed at opening the closed Japanese market, following a four-month deadlock. During a working-level meeting here, Japanese and US negotiators were to
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    Lock icon Sticks and stones
    52 16 Reuter JAKARTA A military officer tries to stop an angry policeman from throwing a stone at residents here on Tuesday. News reports said dozens were injured and several cars damaged after residents clashed with security forces which tried to occupy a site that had been destroyed by
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    Lock icon US begins planning for sanctions against N Korea
    333 16 AP, AFP WASHINGTON The Clinton administration decided on Tuesday that North Korea is likely to continue to bar required international inspections at its main nuclear reactor, and senior US officials began detailed planning to seek punitive economic sanctions against the communist nation.
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    Lock icon Vietnam's cement demand to quadruple by 2000
    154 16 Reuter HANOI A construction boom will quadruple Vietnam's demand for cement by the turn of the century and national output will not be able to meet needs for several years. The official Vietnam News Agency (VNA) yesterday quoted Nguyen Van Thien, direc-tor-general of
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    Lock icon Manila growth figures point to strong recovery
    383 16 Reuter MANILA The Philippines reported strong growth figures for the first 1994 quarter on Tuesday and analysts said they indicated a solid economic revival was under way. "We are at the start of a sustained and strong recovery," said Manny Lim of Baring
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    HK citizens fear adoption of colonial laws after 1997
    851 16  -  The Bottom Line MOHAN KUPPUSAMY MOHAN KUPPUSAMY The writer is a BT deputy foreign editor ON THE face of it, there seems to be nothing unusual about what the Preliminary Working Committee is doing at its meeting in Beijing. China's policy-making
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    Lock icon Japan's central bank chief unable to confirm economic recovery yet
    399 16 Bloomberg Business News Reuter, TOKYO Bank of Japan governor Yasushi Mieno says the central bank needs more time to confirm whether Japan's economy is in recovery because the yen still seems unstable and Japanese companies continue to cut workers. Addressing
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    Lock icon Key Clinton ally indicted on corruption charges
    415 16 Reuter, Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Dan Rostenkowski, one of the most powerful members of Congress and a key ally of President Clinton, was indicted on Tuesday on corruption charges dating back 20 years and involving more than US$6OO,OOO (S$918.000). Prosecutors announced that a
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    Lock icon Japanese party leader to quit over split in ruling coalition
    209 16 Reuter TOKYO The head of one of Japan's ruling coalition parties yesterday announced he would resign to take responsibility for a recent split that brought about the country's first minority government in four decades. Keigo Ouchi. who is Health and
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Datacraft Australia to float 25pc of Asian subsidiary
      461 17  -  By Peter Osborne SINGAPORE Telecommunications equipment supplier Datacraft Australia Ltd will float 25 per cent of its Asian subsidiary, Datacraft Asia, on the Singapore stock exchange later this year. Datacraft Australia, a 20-year-old Sydney company, holds a 71 per cent shareholding in
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      Australian-listed JC-MPH unit exceeds forecast with A$4.6m profit
      354 17  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE In its maiden results since listing on the Australian Stock Exchange, Jack Chia-MPH's subsidiary Long Homes yesterday reported a pre-tax profit 30 per cent higher than forecast. Long Homes Ltd (LHL) weighed in with A 56.5 million
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      Sembawang Engineering to take 32pc stake in Shenzhen venture
      218 17 SINGAPORE Sembawang Corp said its Sembawang Engineering unit would hold a 32 per cent stake in a joint venture that will operate an engineering fabrication yard in Shenzhen. China. China Offshore Oil Bohai Corp. a unit of China National Offshore Oil
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      Lock icon Samanda ready to diversify
      223 17 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Samanda Holdings Bhd is now ready to venture more aggressively into other business areas and locations which will eventually lift the group to greater growth. Chairman Arshad Ayub, in his 1993 annual statement, said that manufacturing is the group's mainstay business. Manufacturing had
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        MARKET MOOD
        42 17 Weak 'Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment Brokers polled: Alliance. Baring. Dama. Morgan GrenJell. Nomura. Ongco. Phillip. Smith Mew Court. Tat Lee. W'/ Carr. W arburg.
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        HOT STOCK
        138 17  -  -By Quak Hiang Whai RENONG Berhad is showing patterns which are quite representative of all Malaysian speculative counters a sharp fall in the last few months with limited downside risks from here. The bullish signals that the stock is near the end of its heavy selling period are
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      Tri-M to take 15pc stake in Optics Storage
      186 17 SINGAPORE Electronics contract manufacturer Tri-M Technologies has agreed to take a 15 per cent stake in an optical storage product firm by giving the company an interest-free convertible loan. Tri-M said yesterday it had agreed to subscribe for 608,800 new ordinary shares
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      Lock icon Turbulence on the horizon for Malaysian Helicopter
      815 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Amy Balan IT IS amazing how gullible the investing public can sometimes be. The latest episode involves Malaysian Helicopter Services Bhd (MHS). On Tuesday, MHS shares surged 60 sen to M 58.30 just on the news that its proposed
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      Amtek pays $300,000 over valuation to buy neighbouring plant
      197 17 SINGAPORE Metal stamping company Amtek Engineering is buying a factory next to its Kian Teck Drive plant. It will pay United Central Engineering Works $4.4 million for the property. This is $300,000 more than a valuation by Knight Frank, but Amtek
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          New Pan Pacific Pub MD
          80 20 SINGAPORE Fan Pacific Public Company Ltd appointed Chong Huai Seng to its board of directors yesterday. The company said Mr Chong will be appointed the managing director of the company and chief executive officer of the group but did not say when. Seow Kui Lim,
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          OUB unit acquires OUBR
          52 20 SINGAPORE Securities Investments Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Overseas Union Bank Ltd, has acquired a wholly owned subsidiary in Malaysia known as OUB Research Sdn Bhd (OUBR). OUBR has an authorised capital of M 5500,000 (*****,000) and an issued and paid up capital of
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          MPD forms subsidiaries
          89 20 SINGAPORE Marco Polo Development Ltd (MPD) formed two wholly owned subsidiaries, Actbilt Pte Ltd and Firstbilt Pte Ltd, on December 1 and 10 respectively. Both companies have been dormant since their incorporation. The intended activities of the companies are property and other investments. The authorised share capital
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          National Kap in buy-out
          47 20 SINGAPORE National Kap Ltd said it had bought the entire capital of National Kap (China) Pte Ltd, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. The equity of National Kap (China) comprises two shares of $1 each. Singapore-incorporated National Kap (China) is an investment company
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          Pacific Can explains rise in profit
          47 20 SINGAPORE Pacific Can Investment Holdings explained yesterday that the increase in operating profit of $1.24 million for the half-year to March 31 1994 compared to last year was attributable to a contribution of about $810,000 from its specialised construction engineering division.
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          New Kay Hian James Capel director
          48 20 SINGAPORE Kay Hian James Capel Holdings yesterday appointed Chong Meng Tak as its director. Mr Chong, 36, is a Malaysian citizen currently residing in Singapore. He is presently a director of Kay Hian James Capel Research Pte Ltd and James Capel Asia.
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        Lock icon Multi-Purpose to continue seeking gaming licence in China
        413 20 NST KUALA LUMPUR Multipurpose Holdings Bhd will continue to seek a gaming licence in China despite not making any headway since venturing there in 1992. Since announcing in July last year that its subsidiaries, Dunlop Estates Bhd (DEB) and Magnum Corporation Bhd,
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        Lock icon Philippine Telegraph & Telephone to buy 40pc of satellite link operator
        251 20 Philippine Telegraph Telephone to buy 40pc of satellite link operator AFP MANILA Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Co yesterday announced that it would buy 40 per cent of Capital Wireless Inc (Capwire), an operator of satellite communication links and an international telecommunications gateway. PT&T senior vice-president Gerardo de Leon said the
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        522 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers pricw Jun 2 US Or Fund 1.03 1.07" Singapore Unit Trust UMB Invest Mgt Ltd The Commerce 1.65 l .7S«J The Savings Kund 154 163 J n| btmd 1.025 05 S pore Prog Kund 0.69 0 73 IJoUcd Or Fund! 68 1.75 S pore See Kund
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        Lock icon Citroen in talks to supply diesel engines for Proton cars
        299 20 AFP KUALA LUMPUR French vehicle maker Citroen is negotiating a deal to provide diesel engines for Proton cars as Malaysia plans to reduce the vehicle's reliance on Japanese technology. The New Straits Times yesterday said Citroen was holding talks with
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        Lock icon Aussie-Indon venture wins bid to build private power plant
        215 20 AFP JAKARTA Energy Quity Corp of Australia has won a joint venture bid to build Indonesia's second private power plant, a news report said yesterday. Government approval was granted for the South Sulawesi project, clearing the wav for USSI4O million (*****.5
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        Lock icon Country Heights to buy land from I&P for M$55m
        243 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Country Heights Holdings Bhd has proposed the acquisition of 444.6 hectares, forming part of Pajam Estate in Ncgeri Sembilan, from Island Peninsular Bhd for M 555.58 million (5532.79 million) cash. A CHHB statement yesterday said the purchase comprises
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        Lock icon Post Publishing aims for broadcasting
        616 20 MARKET WATCH Reuter BANGKOK Post Publishing pic, owner of the Englishlanguage daily Bangkok Post. aims to boost its fortunes by diversifying into broadcast media. Managing director Nigel Oakins yesterday said a recent decision not to seek a television licence did not change that goal. He
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        Lock icon Yen's rise erodes Indon conglomerate PT Astra's margins
        285 20 Reuter JAKARTA The yen's rise against the rupiah helped to erode first quarter margins at Indonesia's PT Astra International. although the firm reported a jump in net profit of almost 50 per cent over the same 1993 period, analysts said. Astra recorded
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        Lock icon Larut expects Europlus to be major moneyspinner
        199 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Larut Consolidated Bhd expects Europlus Corporation Sdn Bhd to be its major earnings contributor once the asset injection scheme is completed, said a top official of the company yesterday. The official, who declined to be named, said Europlus, which is
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        Lock icon Furious shareholders threaten to derail K-mart spinoff plan
        495 21 NYT NEW YORK Furious shareholders are raising the heat on the K-mart Corp, threatening to derail its plans to spin off fragments of some of its specialty store units and lashing out at its management and directors for failing to stem slipping
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        Lock icon Fight for S Korean beer market hots up with launch of new brand
        396 21 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's "beer wars" hotted up yesterday with the launch of a new brand, backed by US giant Coors Brewing Co, which aims to break the market stranglehold held by two domestic brewers. Jinro Ltd,
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        Lock icon Peregrine Inv to sell Dragonair stake to related firm
        189 21 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Peregrine Investments Holdings will sell its 2.4 per cent stake in Dragonair to a private company connected to the investment bank for a HK$9l million (SSIB million) profit. In a statement on Tuesday, Peregrine Investments said it
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        HK Land looking at property projects in Shanghai
        240 21 HONGKONG Hongkong Land Holdings was pursuing property development projects in Shanghai and even possibly in Beijing, said managing director Percy Weatherall, according to the South China Morning Post yesterday. This is the first time the Jardincs property flagship has publicly revealed its
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        Lock icon Daimler-Benz to set price for rights issue
        274 21 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT Germany's largest industrial group Daim-ler-Benz AG said yesterday the price for its forthcoming global rights issue will be published next Thursday and the subscription period set for June 20-July 5. In a statement, Daimler said it intended to use
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        Lock icon Lehman offloads most of 22pc stake in Computervision
        315 21 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Lehman Brothers Holdings Ine began its first day as a publiely traded eompany by jettisoning one of its least successful investments a 22 per cent stake in Computervision Corp. A New York-based securities firm, Lehman, agreed on May
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        Lock icon Apple hopes launch of PowerPC in China will boost market share
        393 21 Reuter BEIJING Apple Computer launched its PowerPC Macintosh in China yesterday, hoping a combination of speedy machines and China-developed software will transform it from late-coming laggard to market leader. "We know we are behind in China," Apple Pacific division
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          Lock icon KDK to build plant in Guangdong
          116 21 AFP TOKYO Japan's KDK Corp plans to build an electrode foil plant in southern China's Guangdong province to meet growing demand from local electronics manufacturers, a company spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said the company, which relies on exports for more than 20 per
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          Lock icon Calbee in HK snack food tie-up
          125 21 AFP TOKYO Japan's Calbee Foods Co Ltd has set up a joint venture with Hongkong's Sizhou Trading Co Ltd to produce snack foods in the British colony fbr the local and Chinese markets, a spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman was unable to provide details
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          Lock icon Motorola enters S African phone market
          88 21 Reuter JOHANNESBURG Motorola Inc, launching its entry into the Southern African GSM cellular telephone market, said it hopes to achieve sales of US$lOO million (S$ 153 million) over the next two years. "This is a market that's going to take off," vice-presi-dent Parviz Mokhtari
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          Lock icon China Pharmaceutical offers shares
          98 21 AFP HONGKONG China-backed vitamin maker China Pharmaceutical Enterprise and Investment Corp, announced yesterday a public offer of new shares to raise HK$ 195.3 million (5538.7 million) on the Hongkong Stock Exchange. The new issue of 186 million shares, offered at HKSI.OS per share, by China Pharmaceutical
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        Lock icon Giordano may raise stake in Tiger to 51pc
        289 21 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Clothing retailer Giordano Holdings said it may raise its stake in Tiger Enterprises to 51 per cent when Tiger makes a pre-tax profit equivalent to 5 per cent of its monthly turnover for at least four months. Giordano
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        Lock icon Asian market regulators should allow short-selling: US expert
        517 22 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Capital market regulators in the AsiaPacific region should lose their fear of free market forces and allow accepted practices such as short-selling so that derivative markets can develop rapidly and efficiently, an American consultant advised. Stan Watt, managing director
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        Lock icon Insurers may cut California exposure in wake of quake
        277 22 Reuter NEW YORK Property and casualty insurers doing business in California endured worse-than-expected claims from January's earthquake, creating speculation that the industry will try to cut its risk exposure and hike premiums for the state, the New York Times reported. Steve
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          John Govett appoints new director
          57 22 SINGAPORE John Govett (Asia) has appointed Chua Teck Chye as director and chief investment officer effective yesterday. Mr Chua will head a team of fund managers in Singapore who specialise in listed equity investments in the Far East. He replaces Chong Huai Seng who is
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          Lock icon Krung Thai raises fixed deposit rates
          107 22 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Krung Thai Bank pic, the country's third largest commercial bank, has increased the rates it pays on most fixed deposits, effective immediately, a spokesman said. The bank will now pay 8.25 per cent on most three and six-month fixed deposits,
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          Lock icon Seoul to allow greater won fluctuation
          102 22 Knight-Ridder SEOUL The South Korean government will expand the daily permissible fluctuation in dollar-won trading from the current limit of plus or minus one per cent of the previous day's market average rate, the Korea Herald newspaper reported yesterday. Minister of Finance Hong Jae
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          Lock icon Nod for BankAmerica's purchase
          60 22 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve yesterday approved Bank America Corp's purchase of Liberty Bank, Honolulu. The vote was 4-0. Fed governor Lawrence Lindsey was absent and didn't vote. Bank America, the second largest US bank holding company, last October offered U5531.45 for each share
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          Lock icon New executive director for Maybank
          75 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malayan Banking Berhad announced the appointment of Salleh Harun as its executive director effective yesterday. With this appointment, Mr Salleh who was the group's senior general manager will serve as the group's board member, said a statement. Currently, Mr Salleh serves on
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        Lock icon No reason to curb growth of derivatives: BIS official
        237 22 Knight-Ridder ST GALLEN, Switzerland There is no reason why the growth of derivatives should be restricted, said the general manager of the Bank for International Settlements yesterday. In an address to the International Management Symposium here, Andrew Crockett said: "It is
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        Lock icon FDIC moves to spread profits from sale of mutual savings banks
        442 22 NYT WASHINGTON Under pressure from Congress to curb insider profits in the sale of mutual savings banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation made two proposals on Tuesday to assure that depositors benefit from these deals. The nation's 1,200 mutual
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        Lock icon Bank of Japan may lower call rate to 2pc
        196 22 Knight-Ridder TOKYO Using an expected large shortage of funds in the money market today as a cover, the Bank of Japan may take a more accommodative stance in its operation with an eye to lowering the key unsecured overnight call loan
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        10 22 Charts by Dow Jones Telerate
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        300 22 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The dollar was lower against the mark here after Bundesbank council member Olaf Sicvert said the central bank isn't poised to buy dollars and traders awaited tomorrow's US May employment report. Concerns about central bank buying below 1.64 deutsche marks has provided a floor for
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        Oil futures prices fall with low demand before report
        164 22 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil prices weakened as limited interest in immediate deliveries ahead of a key inventory report dampened futures trading yesterday. Many traders expect a further build in US crude oil inventories when the American Petroleum Institute releases its
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        141 22 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK The dollar was little changed against major currencies yesterday after the National Association of Purchasing Management said US manufacturing expanded in May at the same rate at which it grew in April. The NAPM manufacturing index was unchanged at 57.7 in May. Economists
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        1647 22 Irade-netifhted index calculated against S'pore's lop 14 trading partner*. Base year: 198* USS/SS forward rates Noon Jun 1 ss Bid Oflrr 1-month I.$309 1 5324 2-month IS306 1.3321 3-month 1.5301 1.5316 6-month 1.5290 1.5310 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES A* at 9am on Jun 1 Singapore dollars to one
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        1333 23 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar and Euroyen futures closed lower in moderate trade yesterday. Dealers said the market sentiment for Eurodollars was bearish ahead of the US May non-farm payroll data due tomorrow. Economists estimated that May payrolls would rise by 285,000 while
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        KL tin loses four sen to M$14.07
        579 23 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin MALAYSIAN tin closed four sen lower at MS 14.07 a kg yesterday after a lower London market triggered some selling activity, traders said. Initial high offers also eased prices. The market was not aided by a smaller premium of US$45
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          Mitsui's chemical output hurt by fire
          103 23 TOKYO A fire at Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co's Takehara plant in western Japan reduced the plant's overall output of manganese oxide by nearly 70 per cent, but did not affect copper or lead output, a company spokesman said yesterday. The fire, which erupted
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          China's need for copper stockpile
          133 23 HONGKONG A big stockpile of copper could curb China's import requirements this year, according to a senior government metals trader. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, estimates that about 50,000 tonnes of copper nearly one-sixth of China's official imports last year are being stored
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          Japan's February tin demand
          119 23 TOKYO Japan's demand for tin totalled 2,181 tonnes in February, down 6.8 per cent from a year earlier, but up 0.6 per cent from January, according to the Japan Mining Industry Association. Japan's total supply of tin rose 10.1 per cent to 6,288 tonnes in February
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1399 23 Rubber Singapore Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jul 94 I I 154.75 I 2925 Aug 153.50 100 1250 Sep 152.25 3425 Oct/Dcc 152.00 152.00 152.00 1350 8475 Jan/Mar 152.75 152.75 152.75 150
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        Australia
        1316 24 15.4 nit Australian stock market ended two days of falls to close higher yesterday, boosted by improved confidence, surging futures and stronger commodity and gold prices, brokers said. Brokers said the surprising economic growth of 1.9 per cent in the March quarter fuelled buying because of the prospect of
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        Manila
        590 24 +83.67 The Philippine stock market shot up to a five-month high yesterday, breaking the 3,100point resistance barrier in the continuation of a rebound President Fidel Ramos hailed as a sign of the improving economy. The composite index rose to 3,114.44 points, up 83.67 points or 2.8 per cent from
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        Taipei
        569 24 +69.89 Waves of buying in electronics pushed Taiwan stocks to end higher. Brokers said the index might test 6,000 points in coming days. The index advanced 69.89 points, or 1.19 per cent, to end at 5,961.45, off a high of 5,978.04. Turnover rose to NT563.03 billion from Tues- day's
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        Seoul
        418 24 -6.72 Share prices closed lower for the fourth consecutive session on worries about North Korea's nuclear programme and institutional inactivity. The composite stock index shed 6.72 points to 932.77. after hitting a day's low of 929.35. Brokers said news reports that an international sanction against North Korea was imminent
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        New Zealand
        271 24 -0.28 The New Zealand share market ended steady after a day of lifeless trading, in which volume and movement were noticeably absent. The NZSE-40 capital index closed at 2,136.21, only 0.28 point lower. The leaders were mixed, with the only significant trading being recorded in Lion, which regained
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        Bombay
        64 24 -6.1 Share prices moved both ways alternately to end nearly steady in a trading session bereft of volumes after expectation of better results from Associated Cement Cos (ACC) led to a mild mid-session rally, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share index closed at a provisional 3,823.26, down 6.10
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        London
        687 24 -38.6 STOCKS fell for the sixth time in seven sessions yesterday and the FT-SE 100 Index closed at a 10-month low as bonds plunged on concerns inflation will rise. The FT-SE 100 Index fell 38.6 points to 2931.90, its lowest level since Aug 4, when it closed at 2941.3.
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        Paris
        120 24 •50.22 French investors wiped 2.47 per cent off the value of companies as concerns that European economic growth is priming inflation gripped financial markets across the continent. The CAC 40 Index of leading French stocks plunged 50.22 points to close at 1979.68 points. Paris Jua I Fr 47AirUquidc 757
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        Stockholm
        124 24 -4.19 {Swedish shares closcd lower for the third consecutive day after bond yields across Europe rose and the krona weakened, reflecting turbulence in international markets. The OMX Index of 30 stocks fell 4.19 points to 1,133.39. Twenty-two of the stocks were lower, one unchanged and seven ended higher. Construction
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        Frankfurt
        211 24 -24.04 German stocks sank lower in after-market trading as investors stood on the sidelines and tracked the plummeting German bond market. The IBIS DAX index of 30 key German stocks closed down 24.04 points at 2113.05, despite news of a lower repurchase rate and higher industrial output. The index
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        Zurich
        257 24 +8.6 Swiss shares were pulled higher by financial stocks and drug company Roche Flolding as other major European markets fell amid worries about interest rates. The Swiss Market Index of 21 stocks rose 8.6 points to 2,731.5, down from the day's high of 2,747.5. Eleven stocks advanced, two were
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        Johannesburg
        291 24 14 South African shares ended broadly firmer on Wednesday as they gained on the back of a firmer gold price and improved underlying sentiment. The overall index posted a 24 point gain to 5,420, the industrial index was 14 points better at 6,563 and the gold index made 31
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        Brussels
        142 24 -26.05 Belgian stocks dropped for the seventh consecutive day as high long-term money market rates threatened to slow profit growth, analysts said. The Bcl-20 index of blue chip stocks dropped 26.05 points, or 1.75 per cent, to 1,462.88, its lowest point sincc March 30. Markets in April were subdued
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        Toronto
        308 24 -31.3 Toronto stocks continued to fall at midday yesterday, pulled down by a suffering bond market and weakness in gold issues, dealers said. Only one of Toronto's 14 sub-groups, consumer products, managed to post slight gains at noon. The TSE 300 index was down 31.3 points to 4,295.40 on
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        Milan
        113 24 -53 Italian stocks closed lower, hurt by the concern over interest rates weighing on other European markets. The blue-chip Mibtel index closed down 53 points to 11,749.00 after having hovered at higher levels most of the day. Milan Jim I lire +7M it alia Ofd 1192 62 Aunalia *****
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        New York
        817 24 -14.77 Wall Street stocks fell yesterday as news that the nation's manufacturing sector expanded in May for the ninth consecutive month sparked new fears of inflation and a run-up in interest rates. At 1 pm EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 14.77 points at 3,743.60. On
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        Amsterdam
        264 24 -3.25 Dutch stocks closed lower as bond prices followed German bonds lower. The benchmark 10-ycar Dutch government bond lost 0.75 point to 90.30. The yield rose to 7.175 per cent from Tuesday's close of 7.058 per cent. Highcr-than-cxpccted industrial production figures in Germany led bond traders to believe that
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        719 24 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer Vim Cap Deposit 31 6400 31 6500 Mim Jersey Gill .0 1893 0 1992 Mtm Mai Income ***** 0 9700 LSS Cash Income Plus Fund 9 9100 10 4400 PS S Reserve Fond J 2600 J.2700 Slrrlin* laaitt Euro Performance 0 4592 0 49JH
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      3123 25 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks were mixed as investors waited for the next round of Sino-British talks on financing Hongkong's new airport, progress at which would boost confidence in the colony's future. The benchmark Hang Seng Index of 33 leading stocks closed down 41.49 points at 9,512.07 after falling
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      524 25 CLSA THE CLSA Shanghai B index dropped 5.63 points to 817.48 on modest profittaking activities. Turnover shrank from USS6.6 million to US$4.3 million. The biggest loser was China TM, down 8.7 per cent after Tuesday's gain of 13.9 per cent. Overseas buying pushed Steel Tube up another 1.4 per
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      2590 25 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stock prices rose for a fourth straight day on expectations that an economic rebound will lead investors to shift money from government bonds into equities, traders said. "As the economy improves, we should see money flow from JGBs to equities," said Ravi Nandigum, a salesman
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      1858 25 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Thai stocks rose 0.85 per cent yesterday as investors bid up finance issues, anticipating that a central bank ruling this week that increases shareholding limits of commercial banks will boost earnings and stimulate market activity, analysts said. "This gives banks a bigger variety of investment
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      1159 25 Bloomberg Business News JAKARTA Indonesian stocks slumped yesterday amid concern that US interest rates will rise further and decrease the attraction of equities. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 7.46 points, or 1.5 per cent, to 494.33. Trading totalled 15.96 million shares worth 67.153 billion rupiah. compared to
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2788 26 Mulpha I nil 50c 9.423.000 Kcnong Bhd MX. 4.425.000 J Idns Hsd 50c 4.223.000 fn>mct 2.645.000 Ramunting 50c 2,331.000 LAC B 50c 2.299.000 Labcr Ciroup 1.532,000 LWt< Bank 50c 1,509.000 Multi-Purpose 1.357.000 Bcrjava Ind 1.271.000 Lien Hoc TSR97 983.000 MBf Capital 928.000 Landmarks Bhd 856.000 Mulpha Inll 50c
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        Lock icon Stocks down as players quit to cut costs
        5897 26 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks fell as investors and brokerages paying interest on borrowed shares bailed out, deciding the costs were too high at a time when the market is showing no signs of turning around. The benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite
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        7643 27 I MAIN BOARD Transaction date: June 1 Or Or 1994 Last Vol Day List Quote IM» l>l> Md Net M C ap High Lo« Company Sale (000) High Low Buyer Seller S CVr P'K Smil INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1440 860 I s Ac ma 860 cd -30 145 880 860
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        Lock icon Prices fall after unencouraging Wall Street performance
        1878 28  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Share prices drifted lower for the third consecutive day yesterday, following an unconvincing overnight performance on Wall Street and increasing concerns surrounding the Malaysian market. The Straits Times Industrials Index ended a dismal day 13.79 points lower at 2,267.88,
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      150 17 NEWS VALUE How today's news might affect your stocks Tight labour market drives salaries up (pg I) Little impact on stocks as results not unexpected. Ong Beng Seng strides into retail fashion with Armani deal (pg I) It's Mr Ong's private interests, so no impact on Hotel Properties. HK banks
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      Global ship orders down slightly in first quarter
      378 29  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Shipping tonnage on order worldwide dropped slightly in the first quarter of this year. According to Lloyd's Register's latest Merchant Shipbuilding Return, new orders reported during the period totalled 5.5 million gross tonnes. Overall, 2,174 ships totalling 39.07
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      Lock icon Polish shiprepairer chalks up US$64m sales
      391 29 Lloyd's List LONDON Poland's largest ship-repair organisation, Gdanska Stocznia Remontowa, achieved total sales of US$64 million (5598.5 million) in 1993 from an increasingly diversified client base. In the space of only five years, that proportion of the yard's turnover deriving from owners and operators
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      Lock icon Nedlloyd back in the black in first quarter
      272 29 Lloyd's List LONDON Dutch shipping and transport conglomerate Royal Nedlloyd Group has returned to profit in the first quarter. Net profits to the end of March climbed to FlslO million (SSB.2 million) compared with a loss of 86 million florins, largely due
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      829 29 Page Col Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrcnkiel Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 3-5 •Appenship 8 4/5 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCI. 5 5 Assist Marine 6 1 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bank Line. The 9 5 Batamindo 7 3
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      Japanese shipbuilders threatened by rising yen
      194 29 SINGAPORE Japan's position as the world's leading shipbuilder is threatened by the rising yen and lower demand for new ships, says the marine publication Lloyds Shipping Economist. "Although confident about the long-term future, Japanese shipbuilders face considerable challenges in the short term," the journal
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      Lock icon Record year in sight for scrapping of large vessels
      444 29 Lloyd's List LONDON Four more very large crude carriers were sold for demolition last week and a record year could be in prospect for the scrapping of large vessels. So far this year. 17 large vessels have been committed to breakers.
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      Lock icon Canada chases away pirate fishing ships
      197 29 Reuter OTTAWA Canada said on Tuesday it had chased all unlicensed or "pirate" fishing ships from international waters in the once-rich fishing grounds ofT its East Coast. Despite international criticism, Canada has enacted new laws that allow it to enforce fishing regulations outside of
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        489 30 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jurong Port f e nj.,. ?jeb w 03 os/1000 Calte« Eueftence 110 112 Jongs** 0206 0300 Gult Khakd 07 94 P04 alongs«fc 02 06 0600 Chariot 118,19 alongside 0206/1200 Iran Eshan 10/0 P08A alongside 0206/0600
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1320 30 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookinf/Balance RsJts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ha Jade 1388 03/1100 3 02/0/00 02/1169 02/1400 4 02/1200 02/1459 02/1 WO Ac» Lfr 05CA 04/1500 4 02/1200 02/1459 02/WOO
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12724 38 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. LEGENO PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3375 43 A Xm.lK C ontainerline NY: Bclsin Shpg Agencies Pic Lid (SVMarino handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord (.roup: Accord Shpg Ptc Ltd (SyAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). \dkris Business Corporation Philippine Calsourcc Shpg Irdg Pie Lid (S) \lirenkid Liner Service Kim Shpg i I rdg (S). Mbatros Sea- Air Sen
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      COURIER SERVICES
      283 43 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898 Air Kxpress Travel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844 Fax: 542-3716. S4"»isxo >*_i3ftu. Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Link International Tel 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. C luster Link Supplies
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1522 43 \bex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84 Aclinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7822. Fax: *****20 Aerolink Freight International Tel: 545-8033 Fax: *****05. Verospeed Tel: 542-5911. Kax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Td: 542-5454 Fax: *****06 Air FApress International Tel: 542-7666 Fax: *****74. *****50 Air
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2050 44 ALBANIA Durres: Two vessels in port of which 1 discharging bulk coal. 1 steel, 2 vessels in roads awaiting berths of which 1 to discharge bagged sugar, 1 beer/spare parts. ARGENTINA Santa Ke: No vessels berthed; none in roads, max draft 19 ft 8 ins. Diamante: No vessels
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      1175 44 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS An Dep Name of Vessel ETA t I D Ports of Calls Port Agent Telephone No JUNE 02 02 Club Med 2 0700 1900 Cruise to Nowhere Harpers Shipping 221-2763 02 02 Renaissance 2 0900 2015 Cruise to Nowhere Lines Intl Holdings 224-2763 02 02
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      1212 44 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES The information was contributed by Simpson Spence Young. AFP THERE has been a rush of activity and a large number of sales have been reported, however these mainly feature lower capital units of a varied nature, with only a few exceptions. Therehas also been a spurt
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      812 45 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockelt Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of 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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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
      592 45 Carbon Carbon May 26 Density Water Residue Ash Numriun Sedment Density Water Residue Ash Uimin Sedhwm M/M M/M Exxon Exxon KG/M*3 V/V M/M M/M PPM method *G/M*3 V/V 1 M/M M/M PPM method BO/Omac Limits Spec E25 991 1.0 15.0 0.10 30* 0.10* Eastern USA 180
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1629 45 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to 1.455 on Tuesday from 1.462 on May 27. Trading was sluggish after the long weekend here and in the US. but there were further signs of rates easing for Panama* tonnage, brokers said. There was some
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      Can European airlines keep up?
      1089 46 The worldwide aviation scene has changed dramatically during the past few years. Can the pampered state-owned airlines of Europe, with their low productivity, cope with the cut-throat competition? I T IS a platitude that the world's airlines have lost more money in total during the
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      725 46 COURSES 1 itle: Managing a Sales Team Duration: Jun 6-7 Organiser Alberton Management Centre Tel: For more information contact 336-2611 or fax: 338-9864. l itle: Port Management and Operations Duration: Jun 6-17 Organiser Port of Singapore Authority Tel: Kor further details/registration contact SPI at 321-1707/321-1824/321-1825 or fax: 321-1416.
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        Lock icon West European car sales will jump 8pc this year: forecaster
        273 48 Reuter NOORDWIJK, Netherlands Car sales in West Europe, which plunged by two million last year, will begin to recover sooner and display more vigour than previous analysis has suggested, according to economic forecaster Marketing Systems. In 1993, Western Europe's car
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        East European market expected to grow slowly
        258 48 SINGAPORE The East European car industry is set for slow growth in the next 10-15 years, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. There will be some improvement in a year or two as Western car makers lift investments in former eastern bloc nations
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        Lock icon US car makers plan 13.9pc increase in 3rd-qtr output
        183 48 Bloomberg Business News DETROIT US automakers now plan to build almost 3.27 million cars and trucks at their North American assembly plants in the third quarter, up 13.9 per cent from 2.87 million in the year-earlier period, Ward's Automotive Reports said
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        Lock icon Leave the car, take a bus instead
        57 48 Reuter LONDON Roads Minister Robert Key gets a helping hand from a driver as he climbs aboard a London bus to launch the government's 'Ease the squeeze' campaign on Tuesday. The plan is to encourage people to leave their cars at home for
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        Lock icon Chrysler raises finance rates, extends rebates
        375 48 Bloomberg Business News HIGHLAND PARK. Michigan Chrysler Corp on Tuesday raised finance rates on some loans through its Chrysler Credit subsidiary and added a USS2.OOO (553.080) discount to its luxury sedans, while extending cash rebates on some 1994-model cars and trucks. Chrysler raised the
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        Lock icon KLM to cut 139 jobs this year
        138 48 Bloomberg Business News AMSTERDAM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV will cut 139 jobs in the current fiscal year, its first layoffs in three years. Peter Wellhuner, a KLM spokesman, said on Tuesday the company is seeking other jobs for the 139, all of
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      836 32 T™™™T AQABA R DAM/ IE ALSO ACCEPTING FROM VESSEL VOY NO SPORE JEDDAH (VIA JED) S TON H BURG A WERP HAVRE VIfEST MALAYSIA KITANO 25/321 4/6 13/6 20/6 22/6 25/6 27/6 29/6 Pof Kelang, Penang KAMAKURA 34/122 8/6 25/6 28/6 26/6 Pasir Gudang ELBE 22/322 11/6 20/6 27/6 29/6
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      2945 33 0 SINGAPORE AGENT: Y3jlj4 m /\f|f P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd A 9 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 Keppel Towers. Singapore 0208 WT\-* i V\ Tel: 225 2233 Telex: RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 P* CR Number: **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL VOY 'WW *PKO MM SOU AMT
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      1839 34 OHANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****22-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 FMVSI SM IIME HAUL SEA YW POI FM Wl SM LINE HAUL SAV iim NYC HANIN LONGKACH 048f 3/6 ORICT 22/6 24/6 25/6 HANIIN LONGHACH 04tt 3 6 HUK LUNG 04K 7/7 1/7 10/7 HANJM ELUAMTH
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      1265 35 A MULTILINE SHIPPING PTE LTD ■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 AGENTS: Kl: 03-*****75/697
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      1515 36 KU v f f AS AGENTS: "IT LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CR NO: **********0M/GST REG NO: M 2-*****99-6) TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 I V MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD U Pi TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 1 INDONESIA: P.T.
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      790 36 @APPENSHIP (OS HAMBURG \T\J CONVENTIONAL INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST VESSELS LOADING POUTS WSCH/WGE/LOAONG FOR NOVIGRAO ANTW 20/05 SPORE 17/06 ECUADOR BIL 22/05 SPORE 29/06 KOALA CONTAINER LINE SPORE FIX HAM RTM lEH BALANDRA 4606 03/06 28/06 29/06 30/06 02/07 CS NEK* ZEALAND 4607
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      929 37 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I CR NO **********0E I a B VESSEL VOY SIN CMS JIB JED AOJ ADE HOD PZU ASA KOTA BERKAT BKTOII 8/6 13/6 20/6 26/6 22/6 2/7 5/7 KOTA WIRAWAN WRNO43 19/6 25/6 1/7 4/7 7/7 10/7
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      1612 42 IfcAAMN CbNTAINER LINES, INC I bKZ/VV 3 !Agents: MAC-NELB SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) CJ\/ VUc/n Not 11 ii 111 SIBU (064) *****9 KUCHINQ (062) *****3 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****67 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANQ: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK GENOA/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK
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      171 42 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD ii« m it* VOM Nil MIME KNMK »Ut l«K 27/6 loading toe Nhle RUVM HUOHU 20/6 loading to# Colombo DOUIW 18,6 IMdM« fOt Mjk? pukm sum* is/6 loading (at Male UKtIDH 6/6 loadinf ft* Mak PtOGKSS IKJtIV 8/6 loadmg toe Male POIUI
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      1152 42 THONG SOON LINES PTE LTD 1 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 I \y \y TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO 4 rwooK boom comtAr SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL Ivor Is PORE DEST VESSEL VOY S'POk""dEST EQUATOR ROYAL 104/4E 02 JUN KUCHING
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