The Business Times, 25 August 1994

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    13 1 Business Times MITA(P) 010/12/93 Thursday August 25 1994 WE KNOW ASIA 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
    • Article
      Lock icon Dow up 24.93 points
      51 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stock prices racked up large gains yesterday. At Ipm EDT, advancing issues led declines 11-8 on active volume of more than 160 million shares on the NYSE. At 2pm EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 3,800.76 up 24.93 points.
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      Lock icon Gatos to sell 1.23m Microsoft shares
      43 1 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Microsoft Corp chairman and chief executive Bill Gates intends to sell about 1.23 million shares of Microsoft stock, according to Securities and Exchange Commission papers. The sale is valued at about US$6B million.
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  • Article
    MARKET SUMMARY
    161 1 Stock Market indices Wednesday Change STII 2,278.82 -24.06 KLSEComp 1,141.57 -4.78 Nikkei 20,511.60 +130.82 Hang Seng 9,238.69 +4.63 SET Index 1,474.58 +2.73 Jakarta Comp 498.54 +2.11 CLSA China B ....1,129.84 +3.00 Aust All Old 2,061.1 +9.5 FTSE 100 3,205.2 30.1 Wednesday Previous 2pm dose Dow Jones 3,800.76 3,775.83
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    Mr Charity dies
    137 1 SINGAPORE He Peng Liang, affectionately known to Singaporeans as Mr Charity, died yesterday afternoon of a heart-attack. He was 81 years old. A past-president of the Community Chest and Singapore Council of Social Service, Dr Ee had spent more than half a century dedicated to voluntary work.
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  • Article
    Hong Leong plans to list unit on New York exchange
    478 1  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The Hong Leong group plans to list a major subsidiary said to be Hong Leong Asia on the New York Stock Exchange, sources say. Plans are said to be at the preparatory stage, but if
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  • Article
    Singapore's corporate heavies team up for Myanmar venture
    464 1  -  From Loh Hui Yin in YANGON SMILE, Myanmar here we come. It's not a campaign to encourage the Myanmar people to smile. SMILE stands for Singapore-Myanmar International Leisure Enterprise, a company being set up by some of Singapore's heavyweight listed and non-listed
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    Lock icon Manila and Jakarta stocks shine, Singapore market slides
    238 1 SINGAPORE Regional stock markets yesterday closed mixed, as profit-taking continued to hit prices here while the strong buying was concentrated in the Philippines and Indonesia. In moderate trading that was focused mainly on Malaysian stocks, the Straits Times Industrials Index dropped 24.06
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    Lock icon M$2.5b Batam container port planned
    270 1 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia wants to jointly develop a M 52.5 billion (551.45 billion) container port with Indonesia in the Batam tourist island ofT Indonesia. Officials said yesterday the proposed port would be able to handle up to 20 million containers, general cargo and petrochemicals
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  • Article
    OCBC raises housing loan rates by 0.75 point
    421 1  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE OCBC Bank has raised its housing loan rates for its Easi-Home Loan scheme by 0.75 point to between 6.25 and 6.5 per cent. With this larger than expected increase, OCBC's rates, calculated on a month-ly-rest basis, are now
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  • Article
    Tibs set to narrow lead of rival SBS with more routes
    423 1  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Trans-Island Bus Service (Tibs) looks set to narrow the lead of its larger rival Singapore Bus Service (SBS). The government has earmarked a number of new bus routes for Tibs to operate and will also
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      10 1 Innovation: Pk 8 Robots take a dive Obituary, Pg 2
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      18 1 fe Hock Lock Siew: pg 17 Rothmans is glowing Nat Steel earnings slip 3pc to $24m, Pg 17
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      13 1 Editorial: M van mar must catch up. Pg 14 Market reports, Pg 24-28
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Wired for growth
        300 2  -  By Claire Leow THE eleetronies boom is keeping local manufacturers of printed circuits and integrated circuits busy, according to figures from the Trade Development Board. Printed circuits and integrated circuits are used in electronic equipment, from computers and telecommunication products to televisions and other consumer products. In
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      Govt eyes wafer fab park to woo investors
      474 2  -  By Claire Leow THE government is studying a few sites for a wafer fabrication park for the semiconductor industry to lure investments, industry sources said. A site in Woodlands, said to be over 10 ha, and one of unknown size in Tampines
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      Lock icon Dispute stalls Kuok's $400m Great World City
      310 2  -  By Lilian Ang THE Kuok group's $400 million Great World City project in Kim Seng Road has been held up by a dispute with a contractor. But the delay could be brief, with construction work likely to resume by midSeptember. Sources say sub-structure
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      URA and Redas come up with home office plan for Geylang East
      237 2 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority, helped by the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore, has produced a "home office" plan for the Geylang East area. The concept is basically an extension of the condominium idea, the big difference being
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      Call for S'pore to develop own technology
      223 2 SINGAPORE must work at developing its own technology and products. Minister of State for Finance and Defence, Teo Chee Hcan, said yesterday: "We need to encourage more of the new breed of tech no-entrepre-neurs. who possess both technological know-how and the entrepreneurial drive
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      S&P plans S'pore, HK offices by next year
      271 2  -  From Florence Chong in NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL credit rating agency. Standard Poor's Corporation, is planning to open offices in Singapore and Hongkong within the next 12 months to expand its coverage of Asia. The Singapore office will oversee business in South-east Asia
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      A champion for charity
      322 2 Obituary EE PENG LIANG, who died yesterday, earned the nickname "Mr Charity" for a lifetime of voluntary service. For over half a century, he had championed the cause of the needy from ex-lepers to unwed mothers, and the disabled and underprivileged of all descriptions. Mr Ee.
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      Lawsuit against Pac Can adjourned again
      188 2 THE lawsuit brought by Edward Goh Kim Hai against his former employer. Pacific Can Investment Holdings, was adjourned yesterday to Oct 12. The case will reopen under a different judge. After a morning's deliberation. High Court Judge Warren Khoo said that he was unable
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • Article
      Textile group Kanindo in danger of being unravelled
      593 3  -  From Leslie Lopez in JAKARTA UNLESS a white knight emerges soon, one of Indonesia's most prominent textilebased groups is likely to come under the hammer. Banking sources say the Finance Ministry has ordered debt-ridden Kanindo Group to settle immediately several hundred million
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      Lock icon Jakarta may lift ban on three weekly magazines: Alatas
      336 3 Bloomberg Business News CANBERRA The Indonesian government has signalled that it may reverse its June ban on three weekly magazines. "It was not a decision relished by the government," Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas told journalists at the end of two
      Bloomberg Business News  -  336 words
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      Lock icon Suharto discharged from hospital after tests
      225 3  -  -By Leslie Lopez JAKARTA President Suharto was discharged yesterday after spending Tuesday night in an army hospital where he underwent tests for kidney stones. State secretary Murdiono said yesterday the 73-year-old president was in "good health" but his ailment would prevent him from attending
      AFP  -  225 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Bank Negara plans to set up consumer complaints bureau
      267 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's central bank, Bank Negara, wants to establish a banking mediation bureau to help resolve public complaints impartially and effectively. The proposal was made during the bank's annual dialogue with finance companies in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, according
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Indon capital market funds up
        101 3 JAKARTA The volume of funds mobilised through Indonesia's capital market is expected to nearly double to 12 trillion rupiah (SSB.3 billion) this year from 6.8 trillion rupiah in 1993, the Jakarta Post on Tuesday quoted the president of the Jakarta Stock Exchange as saying. Hasan
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        Lock icon Foreign capital in Indonesia soars
        62 3 AFP JAKARTA Approved foreign investment in Indonesia in the first eight months of the year rose to US$l5.9 billion (Ss24 billion), 96.29 per cent more than for the whole of 1993, Investment Minister Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo said yesterday. Japan was the leading investor with US$lB billion,
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        Lock icon Merger of satellite groups proposed
        102 3 Reuter MANILA Philippine Transportation and Communication Secretary Jesus Garcia has proposed the merger of two consortiums planning to launch separate satellites. The proposal followed last week's announcement by Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) that it was joining the satellite project of Philippine Communications Satellite
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      S'pore pours US$400m into Shanghai
      448 4  -  Four-fold increase in year makes it Shanghai's fastest growing investor in the first seven months By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Singapore was Shanghai's fastest growing investor in the tirst seven months of the year, having poured in four times the amount of funds compared with the
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      Lock icon Chinese province devastated by typhoon
      167 4 Reuter BEIJING China's prosperous eastern province of Zhejiang has been devastated by a killer typhoon, with the city of Wenzhou alone saying that its worst storm in 160 years has killed at least 1,000 residents. The province as a whole faces economic losses that provisionally
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      Lock icon Chinese leaders meet to discuss financial legislation
      303 4 AP BEIJING Chinese lawmakers yesterday met to discuss major financial legislation. During its eight-day session the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. China's top legislature, is expected to vote on draft laws on commercial banks, advertising, arbitration and auditing. Zhou Zhengqing. deputy
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      Lock icon Guangdong cracks down on travel firms sending criminals abroad
      216 4 AFP HONGKONG Authorities in southern China's Guangdong province have started to crack down on travel agencies suspected of sending criminals abroad on group tours. The China-backed Wen Wei Po yesterday reported that the Guangdong Provincial Tourism Administration and the provincial Public
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon China to launch Aussie satellite
        70 4 AP HONGKONG China will launch an Australian communications satellite this Sunday, the Wen Wei Po newspaper said yesterday. Optus 83, owned by the Sydney-based company Optus Communications Ltd, will relay television signals and telephone calls to Australasia. Technicians from Hughes Space and Communications Co, the
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        Lock icon Kin of dead China fishermen in Taiwan
        87 4 AFP BEIJING Relatives of 10 Chinese fishermen killed in a typhoon in the Taiwan Strait in July have left for Taiwan, pledging to find out "the truth of the incident", the China Daily said yesterday. The group of 10 relatives left on Tuesday
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        Lock icon Chinese cultural mission to HK
        69 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China is sending a team of officials to Hongkong to be briefed on Hongkong's broadcasting, culture, education. recreation and information policies. The delegation will be led by Yin Zhiliang. director of the Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan Affairs Department of the Ministry
        Bloomberg Business News  -  69 words
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        Lock icon Taiwan eases finance rules further
        81 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan has lifted a ban on the establishment of new bill finance companies and eased curbs on the handling by banks of commercial paper business. The Finance Ministry announced rules, effective yesterday, on supervising bill brokers and requires a minimum NTS 2 billion
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  • REST OF ASIA
    • Article
      Lock icon Japanese supermarket sales shoot up 2.8 per cent
      369 5 First increase in 23 months as consumers re-emerge Bloomberg Business News TOKYO In a clear sign that Japanese consumers are spending more money, sales at Japanese supermarket and general merchandise chains rose 2.8 per cent last month from a year ago, the
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      Lock icon Drought forces Mitsubishi Oil to import water
      246 5 AFP TOKYO Drought has forced Japan's Mitsubishi Oil Corp to import water from Alaska to relieve a serious shortage at its refineries in western Japan. A company spokesman yesterday said a tanker carrying 6,500 tonnes of water left Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday for
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Aussie govt sidesteps airport sale block
        89 5 Reuter CANBERRA The Australian government will slash spending to protect deficit targets if the ruling Labor Party's left-wing blocks plans to sell the national airport network, finance minister Kim Beazley said yesterday. "The government's deficit reduction target remains in place," Mr Beazley told parliament.
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        Lock icon Sri Lanka opposition elects new leader
        90 5 AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka's main opposition party yesterday elected a former dissident, Gamini Disanayake, as its parliamentary leader, the general secretary of the United National Party (UNP) said. The 94 UNP legislators held a closed-door session to elect 52-year-old Mr Disanayake. The vote sidelined
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        Lock icon Japan may raise capital gains tax
        96 5 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO The Japanese finance ministry is considering raising the capital gains tax as part of a tax reform package for fiscal 1995, said the Nikkei newspaper, Japan's leading financial daily. The ministry and some ruling coalition goverriment members favour increasing the
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      Lock icon Hyundai dispute over
      52 5 Reuter ULSAN, South Korea The 61-day labour dispute at Hyundai Heavy Industries ended on Tuesday. Company president Kim Jung Kuk (left) and union leader Lee Kap Young shook hands yesterday to mark the end of the long dispute. Workers were told they could return to work from
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    • Article
      Lock icon Evans' bid to succeed Keating one day sparks political row in govt
      396 5 AFP SYDNEY A campaign by Foreign Minister Gareth Evans to become prime minister some time in the future has provoked a damaging political brawl for Australia's Labor government. Mr Evans has unofficially declared himself a candidate for the
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      Lock icon India gives foreign drugs firms bigger foothold: reports
      264 5 Reuter NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, reviving, stalled economic reforms, approved a medical drugs policy allowing a majority stake for foreign firms and cutting price controls, newspapers said yesterday. The pharmaceutical industry is one of the key sectors still
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US may end remaining sanctions on China: Brown
      315 6 Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON The Unitfed States administration is weighing a possible end to most remaining sanctions that the US imposed on China for crushing the 1989 democracy protests in Tiananmen Square, despite President Bill Clinton's assurances three months ago that he
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      Lock icon Credit Lyonnais to sue former execs of IBSA
      209 6 FT PARIS Credit Lyonnais, the troubled state-owned French bank, has confirmed that it is preparing criminal charges of financial impropriety against former executives of its lossmaking associate company. International Bankers SA (IBSA). The bank's action is expected to take the form of
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      Lock icon The whole world's in her hands
      77 6 AFP LONDON Anne Carragher of Christie's auction rooms had the world at her fingertips as she displayed on Tuesday one of the finest collections of celestial and terrestrial globes to be exhibited in Britain later this month. Assembled over 40 years by Prof Rudolf
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon First Lady no more
        106 6 Reuter LIMA President Alberto Fujimori is stripping his wife. Susana Higuchi, of her official functions as Peru's First Lady, saying unscrupulous advisers have skilfully fed her political ambition. "I have decided to separate my wife from her functions of First Lady, a job which she. on
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        Lock icon Cuba eases entry/exit curbs
        116 6 AP MEXICO CITY Cuba yesterday said it had eased restrictions on legal entries and exits from the island and insisted it still tried to discourage people from leaving illegally. "We try to dissuade as much, as much as possible, candidates from emigrating in rafts," said Jose
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        Lock icon Theft of uranium-238
        120 6 AP MOSCOW Authorities have arrested two unemployed men and seized 9.5 kg of uranium-238 that had been stolen from a secret nuclear centre. Itar-Tass news agency yesterday quoted a source in the Russian Interior Ministry as saying this was the latest in a series of cases involv
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        Lock icon German inflation rises to 3pc
        118 6 Reuter FRANKFURT German intlation probably bounced back up to 3 per cent in August from 2.9 per cent last month. Price data from two key west German states published yesterday show that in July, inflation fell below 3 per cent for the first time in
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      Lock icon Inflation a real fear despite encouraging data on Russian economy
      457 6 Reuter MOSCOW The figures on inflation are good, the rouble is stable and the president says the slump in industrial output has finally come to an end. But figures, like everything else in Russia, do not tell the whole story.
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      Lock icon Clinton's powers in trade fast-track plan watered down
      210 7 NYT WASHINGTON US trade officials are nearing the end of intricate discussions with Congress that will give President Bill Ginton a six-year authority to negotiate new trade agreements but weaken US efforts to bring labour and environmental issues into future pacts. The
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      Lock icon Treaty proposes international fishing controls
      147 7 AP NEW YORK United Nations delegates have began circulating a draft agreement for the world's first legally binding treaty to regulate fishing in international waters. Environmental groups praised the draft, which pro- poses conservation measures aimed at reducing overfishing and allows the boarding of certain
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      Lock icon Nigeria's woes pile up
      49 7 AFP LAGOS Women carrying refuse on Tuesday to a dump here that has not been emptied for the eight weeks that people have been on strike in Nigeria. The country reportedly has almost no fuel and most of Lagos has come to a stop. AFP
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    • Article
      Lock icon SEC prepares plan to regulate US debt-rating agencies
      328 7 Reuter WASHINGTON Wall Street's influential debt-rating agencies could be subject tc regulatory oversight under a proposal being readied by the Securities and Exchange Commission. SEC Commissioner Richard Roberts says the agencies are generally doing a good job but "there are instances where
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    • Article
      Lock icon Romanians may get to swop vouchers for shares in state firms
      405 7 Reuter BUCHAREST Under pressure to speed up privatisation, the Bucharest government is about to launch a controversial scheme aimed at making Romania a nation of shareholders in thousands of companies by the end of this year. The plan, unveiled
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    • Article
      Lock icon Alleged insider trader Archer gives up political plans
      124 7 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The British novelist turned politician Lord Archer has told senior colleagues he has abandoned all his political ambitions because of controversy surrounding his alleged insider dealing that netted an £80,000 (S$ 186,000) profit. The Guardian said. Meanwhile, Trade
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
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      Robots dive into big business under water
      854 8  -  Diana Oon discovers a thriving regional market in underwater robots and checks out a new model Diana Oon WITH underwater robots being used incrcasingly in the region over the past 10 years, the race is on to offer more sophisticated machines to cope
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    • IN TAKES
      • Article
        Wonder fibre to go on show
        94 8 SINGAPORE Intex '94, the International Textile and Trim Exhibition to be held here from Sep 20-23, will feature a hightechnology fibre which has won top awards in two recent international shows in China and the US. Bioenergy Fiber, marketed by US-China joint-venture firm Bioenergy
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        Lock icon Foolproof fingerprint recognition
        109 8 London Press Service HAYES. England A British firm has developed a fast and reliable identity verification system based on fingerprints. The Verdi security system from CRL, a Thorn-EMI company, uses a scanner (above) to enter the fingerprint of a forefinger four times. The four "pictures" are then
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      • Article
        Lock icon Now even driving licences get smart
        113 8 NYT TOKYO The National Police Agency is considering introducing IC "smart card" drivers' licences that could be used as identity cards or even to start a car. The data storage capability of cards with integrated circuits, agency officials said, could make it possible to
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        Lock icon Music strikes a note in maths, chess
        94 8 AFP L.OS ANGELES Young children who take music lessons may be on their way to doing better in maths, chess and even reading maps later on. a study suggests. It found that three-year-olds who took keyboard and singing lessons for just a few
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  • THE LAW PAGE
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      Lock icon Where electronic legal eagles flock
      954 9 Lawyers with log-ons are sampling the Internet smorgasbord NYT A GROUP of lawyers were arguing the legal aspects of the O J Simpson case. It was a lively, sometimes heated discussion, with each tidbit of the case chewed over endlessly. The lawyers, however, were in
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      Conveyancing lawyers seeking alternatives
      545 9  -  AT THE BAR By Conrad Raj THE DAYS when conveyancing was the bread and butter of most law firms may be nearing an end. This follows the recent decision by the government to set up a committee to look into the fees charged by lawyers for
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Christie's 40 seconds on the track nets two golds, promoters' gratitude
      780 10 AP VICTORIA, British Columbia Linford Christie's quick visit to the Commonwealth Games was just about everything the event's promoters hoped it would be. The biggest name at the Games, the man whose picture was featured in much of the
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      Lock icon Unknown Dove-Edwin runs race of his life for silver
      672 10 AP VICTORIA, British Columbia In the middle of the track, in lane six, was the towering figure of England's Linford Christie, the Olympic and world champion in the 100 metres. In lane one, was the slender figure of Sierra Leone's Horace
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    • Article
      Lock icon Battle for Aussie sporting dollars moving to the airwaves with 24-hr pay TV channels
      743 10 Reuter SYDNEY Australia's armchair sports fans will have even less reason to drag themselves away from the television when two of the world's largest sports broadcasters start beaming into their homes within the next 12 months.
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      Lock icon Norman qualifies to defend PGA title in US
      180 10 Golf Reuter PALM BEACH GARDENS. Florida Australian Greg Norman has qualified to defend his title at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in November. thanks to some help from his good friend Nick Price of Zimbabwe. The two-day PGA Grand Slam of
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    • SIDE LINES
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        Lock icon Simpson in Ail-Time team: report
        151 10 AP PITTSBURGH O J Simpson has been named to the National Football League's All-Time Team, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. although the league refused to comment. The list was published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but it won't be released officially until next Tuesday when the
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      • Article
        Lock icon Ivanisevic retires from 1st-round match
        121 10 Reuter COMMACK, New York Top seed and world Number Two Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia suffered a hip injury and retired from his first-round match with unseeded American Richie Reneberg at the U*****,750 (*****.625) Hamlet Cup on Tuesday. Rcneberg beat Ivanisevic, a Wimbledon finalist this year,
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        Lock icon Renault, Benetton team up for racing
        69 10 AP PARIS Two of the top forces in Formula One racing, Renault Motors and the Benetton team, are joining up in a three-year contract, with Renault supplying the team's motors, the companies said on Tuesday. "For Benetton, it's a fantastic day," said Flavio Briatore,
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        Lock icon Rio de Janeiro bidding to host Olympics
        96 10 Reuter RIO DE JANEIRO Rio de Janeiro intends to bid to host the 2004 Olympics and could build an Olympic enclave, cut off from the rest of the city, to avoid exposing competitors and visitors to the city's notorious crime-rate, mayor Cesar Maia
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        Lock icon NBA promoting basketball in S Africa
        142 10 Reuter JOHANNESBURG A party of players, coaches and officials of the US National Basketball Association (NBA) arrived in South Africa on Tuesday at the start of a week-long trip to promote the game. Players in the party include John Crotty, the Utah Jazz guard,
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      M'sian equestrian event leads up to Asean showjumping competition
      285 10 SINGAPORE The Equestrian Association of Malaysia (EAM) will wave the opening flag today for a five-day equestrian meet, highlighted by the 3rd Asean Showjumping Competition on Saturday. Over 100 riders and 150 horses from around South-east Asia will travel to Awana
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        Commonwealth Games
        520 10 VICTORIA Selected Finals: Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles: I Colin Jackson (Wales) 13.08 (ties Games record) 2 Anthony Jarrctt (Eng) 13.22 3 Paul Gray (Wales) 13.54. 100 m: 1 Linford Christie (Eng) 9.91 (GR) 2 Horace DoveEdwin (Sie) 10.02 3 Michael Green (Jam) 10.05. 400 m: I Charles
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        60 10 CAPO D'ORLANDO, Sicily World Road Cycling Championships W omen's 50-km team time trial: I Russia 2 Lithuania 3 US. Road race: 1 Monica Valvik (Nor) 2 Patsy Maegerman (Bel) 3 Jeanne Golav (US). Men's 100-km amateur team time trial: 1 Italy 2 France 3 Germany. Road race: i Alex
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        Tennis
        357 10 NEW YORK Seeds for the US Open to be played Aug 29 to Sep 11 at the L'STA National Tennis Center in Hushing Meadow Men: 1 Pete Sampras (US) 2 Goran Ivanisevic (Cro) 3 Sergi Brugucra (Spn) 4 Michael Stich (Ger) 5 Stefan Edberg (Swe) 6 Michael Chang (US)
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      Lock icon Quirky book on Dali is surreally something
      727 11  -  Its subject is the painter, but its pages expose another talent, writes Gary Schwan Gary Schwan NYT WHAT do Salvador Dali and Timex have in common? Their watches melt, but they keep on ticking. Dali, the sassy surrealist painter, is being rewound this
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      Lock icon Holy smoke, Batman, is this the work of the Joker?
      216 11 AP Eighty-one storyboards planning scenes for an upcoming Batman movie were stolen from a locked room at Warner Bros studios, prompting an internal investigation at the lot. The 81 pencil sketches, valued at about US$4,OOO (556.000), were on B'/2 by
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      Lock icon Axed musical director suing Paris Opera
      179 13 Myung-Whun Chung says his contract was terminated illegally AFP Myung-WHUN Chung, fired as musical director of the Paris Opera, sued the organisation for breach of contract on Tuesday. Chung, bom in South Korea and now a US citizen, is seeking recognition from a Paris
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      Lock icon Exercises can alter body chemistry to dissolve fat
      539 13  -  Paul Raeburn on why some people stay slim even when they overeat Paul Raeburn AP PEOPLE who exercise then reach for more snacks might not lose weight, but they will alter their body chemistry in a way that burns up more fat,
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      Lock icon Whitney lashes media at glitzy concert
      449 13 CHATTERBOX UPI Reuter UPI AP UPI POP DIVA Whitney Houston got rave reviews for her performance last Sunday in Anaheim. California, a show that was a raincheck for a concert Houston had to cancel last July because of throat problems. The concert was a
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    Myanmar must catch up
    490 14 ifeffOMAL SINGAPORE businessmen and professionals must be among the most frequent visitors to Myanmar. And they have done more just than fill up airline seats. While the early visitors had been more interested in the quick trade, the more recent ones have sunk in, or plan
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      Some spine, Mr President
      244 14 PRESIDENT Bill Clinton deserves credit for the commitment he showed in grappling with a problem that is at the root of much of the social turbulence in the United States. As originally conceived, his crime bill would probably have been even more effective in cleansing society
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      An achievable target
      158 14 IN HIS National Day speech in Malay, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong set a target for the community to achieve in 10 years' time. By that time, he hoped that the percentage of Malay students passing at least 5 O-level subjects will be increased to 60 per
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      Don't abandon thrifty habits
      136 14 RECENTLY, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) prudently asked local banks and finance companies to exercise caution when approving loans, especially when HDB fiats are used as the second mortgage. We should never forget that all HDB flats are built with government subsidies. Mortgaging flats and
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      Ease labour woes urgently
      171 14 MANPOWER SHORTAGES are bad news. Soon after the recession in the mid-1980s, industries were told to shift out of labour-intensive areas because, apart from the need to go hi-tech to realise Vision 2020, there were just not enough workers to go around. Wages are also no
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      Time to play tough
      182 14 THE CONSEQUENCES of a war on the Korean Peninsula are almost too horrid to contemplate, but Pyongyang's continuing brinkmanship is making peace a little hard to stomach also. For more than two years. North Korea has played games with the West over its nuclear programme: promising
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      A vote for peace in Sri Lanka
      168 14 UNLESS new Sri Lankan Prime Minister Chandrika Kumaratunga makes a deal with the Tamil rebels, she might be saddled indefinitely with an opposition president who is in a position to scuttle her political agenda. That is one reason why many Sri Lankans saw
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    951 14  -  Advertising on European airwaves remains decidedly national despite the creation of the European Union. Erik Ipsen describes how MTV the pioneer of pan-European broadcasting is reorienting itself accordingly Erik Ipsen IHT FIVE YEARS AGO, when Bill Roedy came to London to head MTV
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      Whacking a few to keep the others in line
      1333 15  -  While Hongkong Correspondent Lim Soon Neo discusses the way the Securities and Futures Commission is coming down hard on insider dealing and other market malpractices, Louise Lucas finds the colony's attention directed towards an allegedly rigged land auction Louise Lucas FIRST,
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      Lock icon Hanky-panky at the property auction?
      901 15 FT IN the coming weeks, many of Hongkong's rich and powerful will be paying a visit to the dingy offices of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), the government body charged with stamping out corruption in the colony. The subject matter, privately described as "cheating
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    Lock icon US durable goods orders down 4.2pc in July
    511 16 Reuter, AP, Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Orders to US factories for big-ticket durable goods plunged 4.2 per cent in July, the biggest decline in two-and-a-half years, the government said yesterday. The drop in orders for durable goods, which includes everything from refrigerators
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    Lock icon IBM shaves up to 27pc off its PC prices
    360 16 Reuter SOMERS, New York IBM Corp yesterday slashed prices on selected models of its personal computers by up to 27 per cent, setting the stage for a much-anticipated price war with its closest competitors. The leading maker of mainframe and personal
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    Lock icon Japan SMEs may get incentives to invest in Manila
    357 16  -  From Al Labita in MANILA VISITING Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama told President Fidel Ramos yesterday that he would consider granting incentives to small and medium Japanese firms to encourage them to invest in Manila. The two leaders met for one-hour
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    Report on youth leader quitting sets Umno abuzz
    422 16  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR MALACCA chief minister Rahim Thamby Chik was expected to step down as head of the powerful Umno youth wing because of personal problems, the influential Malay daily Utusan Malaysia said in a front page lead
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    Lock icon Beijing sends urgent notices to curb soaring prices, social unrest
    208 16 AH BEIJING China's ccntral government, alarmed by skyrocketing prices and the possibility of social unrest, issued two urgent notices yesterday calling for stability in the marketplace. "Currently, the consumer price index and market prices are still going up at an
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    How the Fed can tame savage currency markets
    849 16  -  The Bottom Line RUDI DORNBUSCH RUDI DORNBUSCH The writer is professor of economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This article first appeared in Business Week IN 1944, the financial leadership of the free world met in Bretton Woods to map out a
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    Form win-win relationship with hosts, S'pore firms urged
    316 16  -  Reports from Loh Hui Yin in YANGON SINGAPORE companies expanding into the region were told yesterday to make sure their efforts benefit the host countries. "The secret behind Singapore's success and growth is our commitment to long-term relationships and our belief in
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    Lock icon US bourses told to tackle crooked brokers
    274 16 Los Angeles Times NEW YORK The Securities and Exchange Commission has taken the first step towards directing the nation's stock exchanges to impose harsher penalties and otherwise crack down on dishonest brokers at Wall Street firms. In letters dated Aug 4. copies of
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      NatSteel earnings fall 3pc despite 23pc turnover surge
      404 17  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Soft steel prices and high costs dragged down Nat Steel's net earnings 3 per cent to $24.23 million in the half-year to June 30 despite a 23 per cent rise in turnover to $706.97 million. Steel-based Nat Steel's
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      UOB plans KL listing for Chung Khiaw
      424 17 SINGAPORE The United Overseas Bank group plans to list its Malaysian subsidiary, Chung Khiaw Bank (Malaysia) Bhd, over the long-term, chairman Wee Cho Yaw said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The Malaysian Business Times quoted Mr Wee as saying the group would float Chung
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      Inno-Pac to bring Shakey's to India
      393 17  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Fast-food and paper trading group InnoPacific Holdings Ltd has entered into a joint venture to set up a chain of Shakey's pizza outlets in India. Inno-Pac managing director Gopinath Pillai told reporters yesterday that its joint venture partner was Pamnani
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      Lock icon Prospects of property windfall, expansion add glow to Rothmans
      868 17  -  v -#;.y HOCK LOCK SIEW f'li' w By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE The recent record price fetched by Tien Wah Press for a piece of land at the Bukit Timah Road area has led some analysts to reevaluate Rothmans Industries Ltd, which
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      Superbowl to roll down the public offer lane today
      287 17  -  By A J Leow SINGAPORE Sports and recreation centre operator Superbowl Holdings will launch a mainboard initial public offer today. Sources say about 50 million shares are likely to be offered at between 80 and 90 cents. There will be two
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      Rights trading at ATCs
      151 17 SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore has added rights to the list of counters which can be traded at its authorised trading centres (ATCs). ATCs were introduced last month to allow investors to buy and sell scripless Singapore shares at 12 designated bank branches and 26
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        MARKET MOOD
        38 17 Mixed Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled: Baring, Fraser. K Goh, Philip. Smith New Court, Tat Lee, and WI Can
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        HOT STOCK
        138 17  -  By Quak Hiang Whai Beijaya Leisure, the latest star performer on the market, would have to defy technical trends if it were to continue its upward movements. But the stock has evidently lost steam, losing five cents yesterday to $1.95 after having run up from 1.49 a few
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Hai Sun Hup buys 2 companies
          47 18 SINGAPORE Hai Sun Hup Group hav bought two newly incorporated companies to ease its acquisition of the Ramada Hotel North Ryde in Sydney. The companies are North Ryde Investments, incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, and Stamford Hotels, incorporated in Australia.
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          Ipco injects funds into Malaysian unit
          64 18 SINGAPORE Engineering group Ipco International has injected funds into its Malaysian subsidiary. Ipco Constructors, by paying cash for 4.9 million new ordinary shares of MS 1.00 par value each. With the purchase, Ipco International holds the subsidiary's entire issued capital of five million shares.
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          M Credit appoints 2 new directors
          33 18 SINGAPORE Malayan Credit has announced the appointment of two new directors, effective yesterday. They are Anthony Nightingale, managing director of Jardine Strategic Holdings, and V R Menon.
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          UIC renames subsidiary
          51 18 SINGAPORE United Industrial Corp said yesterday it had changed the name of its wholly-owned subsidiary UIC Petrochemical to UIC Resources. The company's articles of association have also been amended to reflect changes in its main activity, from the manufacture of petrochemical derivatives to real estate development and
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          Corrections and clarifications
          37 18 IN yesterday's company briefs column, we said Polytek Wearnes had agreed to buy 1.21 million shares valued at $77.33 million in Effort Holdings. The price should be $77,331. We are sorry for the error.
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        Granite in advanced discussions on S African race course stake
        513 18  -  Malaysian firm also eyeing numbers betting business there By Agnes Chen GRANITE Industries is in advanced discussions with the South African party which recently offered it a stake in a race course in Pretoria. The Malaysian company is also eyeing
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        Start-up costs eat into S'pore Computer Systems profits
        335 18  -  By Claire Leow SINGAPORE Singapore Computer Systems yesterday reported a 9.4 per cent rise in interim net earnings to $2.56 million. However, it chalked up a 49.7 per cent rise in turnover to $111.91 million for the period to June 30. A
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        Lock icon MIDF seeks stockbroking arm to be financial conglomerate
        472 18 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Bhd (MIDF) is still keen to have a stockbroking arm to complement its activities and help the group become a "financial conglomerate". Chairman Zain Azraai Zainal Abidin said after the company's annual general meeting here
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        Finance One enjoys 178pc rise in interim profit
        182 18 BANGKOK Finance One pic said its consolidated net profit for the six months ended June 30 was 1.18 billion baht (5570.8 million), or 9.34 baht per share, a rise of 178 per cent from the same period a year ago. Finance One
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        Lock icon Public Bank proposes issue of 100m new shares
        194 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Public Bank Bhd has entered into a conditional placing cum underwriting agreement with Rashid Hussain Securities Sdn Bhd for its proposed issue of 100 million new ordinary shares of 50 sen each. Under the agreement, Rashid Hussain Securities would
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        Lock icon Innovision invites Cash to develop PNG forest concession
        278 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Construction and Supplies House Berhad (Cash) has been invited by Innovision (PNG) Pty Ltd to develop the 300.000-ha Makapa timber concession in Papua New Guinea. Cash yesterday said its proposal to Innovision had been accepted in principle and it
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        Lock icon Tan Chong pre-tax up 17pc despite fall in turnover
        151 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Tan Chong Motor Holdings Bhd has posted a group pre-tax profit of M 561.18 million (5535.9 million) for the half year ended June 30, 1994, up 17 per cent from M 552.48 million in the previous corresponding period.
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        529 18 HUeagen'prices Aug 25 Mendaki Gr Fund 1.19 I 22£ > in n nr. Unit Tmtt US Gr Fund 100 104* Singapore unit nisi hmo y fl i aj The Commerce 166 I 76 WVOSl MSI IW The Savings Fund 1.57 1.66 IJnifund 1.53 1.59 Spore Prog Fund 0.71 0.75 Umbond+
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        Sime Darby HK's earnings fall 18.9pc
        330 19  -  Profit drop was partly due to lower interest income From Lim Soon Neo in HONGKONG LUXURY car dealer Sime Darby Hongkong, a major profit contributor to Malay-sia-based Sime Darby Bhd, yesterday reported an 18.9 per cent drop in profit attributable to shareholders for the
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        HK's Wing Lung Bank's interim profit up 12.6pc
        327 19 WING Lung Bank, in which DBS Bank acquired a 10 per cent stake in March 1992, yesterday reported a 12.6 per cent increase in interim unaudited consolidated profit after tax and transfer to inner reserves to HK$ 157.39 million (5530.5 million). The
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        Lock icon Going high-tech
        74 19 Reuter TOKYO Nikon Corp and Fuji Photo Film Co have jointly developed a single-lens digital electronic still camera E2s that stores images in a high-speed memory card EC-15, the two companies said on Tuesday. The 15-MB high speed memory card can store and process 43 images in normal
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        Lock icon Elec & Eltek share price up 11pc in past two days
        334 19  - Elec Eltek share price up 11pc in past two days By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE The share price of Hongkong-based Elec Eltek International Holdings. which will soon list its printed circuit board unit in Singapore, has risen 11 per cent in the past two days in heavy trade. The counter chalked
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Hagemeyer's interim profit soars
          80 19 Bloomberg Business News NAARDEN, The Netherlands Dutch diversified trading group Hagemeyer NV said yesterday that its first-half net profit nearly tripled thanks to a large one-time gain from the sale of its stake in a Singapore-based importer of electronic goods. The company said first-half net earnings
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          Lock icon News Corp shares up on profit forecast
          94 19 AFP SYDNEY Shares in Rupert Murdoch's media giant News Corp rallied to a three-month high yesterday on the eve of its annual profit result, forecast to be a record for the group. Shares advanced to A 59.16 each at the close, up 10
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          Lock icon Hoechst earnings jump
          51 19 Reuter FRANKFURT Germany's largest chemicals group, Hoechst AG. yesterday reported a sharp rise in first-half profit, boosted by foreign demand. Group pre-tax profit rose to 1.085 billion marks (551.06 billion) from 781 million marks a year earlier. Sales rose to 24.66 billion marks from 22.88 billion marks.
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          Lock icon Murata likely to post record profit
          59 19 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Murata Manufacturing Co. Japan's largest maker of ceramic capacitors, is likely to report a 10 per cent gain in current profit to a record 28 billion yen (SS42O million) when it releases earnings for the fiscal year ending March 1995,
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        Wearnes Tech denies Indian reports of joint venture
        219 19 SINGAPORE The technology arm of main board-listed Weame Brothers Wearnes Technology yesterday denied Indian reports that it had entered into a joint venture with a prominent Indian public sector group. A source close to Wearnes said "no one had signed on the
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        Lock icon Honda doubles 2nd qtr profit, helped by sale of Rover shares
        355 20 AFP TOKYO Honda Motor Co Ltd yesterday reported a doubling in group profits in the three months ended June 30 from a year ago. The improvement was boosted by the sale of its Rover Group pic shares, the company
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        Lock icon John Fairfax net earnings soar 176pc to A$185.6m
        531 20 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Big gains in advertising revenue helped boost newspaper publisher John Fairfax Holdings Ltd's net profit 176 per cent to AS 185.6 million (SS2O6 million) for the year ended June 30. The profit compares with A 567.2 million a
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        Lock icon Australia's biggest general insurer plans A$2.2b IPO
        283 20 Reuter SYDNEY Australia's largest general insurer and motorists organisation, NRMA Holdings Ltd, yesterday unveiled plans for an estimated A 52.2 billion (552.4 billion) public share listing for later this year. But unlike most public share floats, the Sydney-based group will issue its shares
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        Lock icon Citibank sets up global forex committee
        613 21  -  Move comes as hard times are predicted for currency market By Catherine Ong SINGAPORE Citibank, a major player in the foreign exchange market, sees hard times ahead for currency trading and has set up a global committee to boost its competitiveness in that area.
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        Lock icon Thai banks cut rates for offshore depositors
        406 21 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Thailand's commercial banks have reduced some deposit rates after a central bank warning that too much "hot money" is flowing into the country. The Bank of Thailand says it is worried that rapid inflows, lured by high interest rates,
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        Lock icon Falling fuel oil prices bring relief to utilities
        525 22 Prices slide 35pc from a high of 118 per tonne on fears of oversupply Reuter SINGAPORE Asian electric utilities are heaving sighs of relief after fuel oil prices plunged almost 35 per cent in the past two weeks and now look poised
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        Futures rise amid signs of improved demand in US
        183 22 fUoomtwr* ENERGY REPORT LONDON Crude oil futures extended Tuesday's gains amid signs of improved demand in the US, the world's largest energy consumer. At spm London time. Brent crude here was 22 cents higher at U5516.17 a barrel, while the comparable
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        Lock icon KL threatens palm oil suppliers with fines, loss of licences for overselling
        287 22 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian palm oil suppliers face the possibility of having their licences revoked or paying compensation if they are not able to honour their contracts, according to Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik. Dr Lim was
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        Lock icon US brokers group plans crackdown on abuses
        222 22 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) is proposing new rules to prevent abuses by brokers who sell mutual funds and variable annuities. The rules, which have not been adopted, would mean brokers could receive no sales incentives such
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        Lock icon Simex futures trading game attracts 374 teams
        331 22  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE The Simex Challenge, a simulated energy and financial futures trading game, kicked off yesterday with 374 teams, far exceeding the 100 teams that organiser Singapore International Monetary Exchange had planned for. The game is to allow members of the
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        Lock icon ABN Amro eyes Thai banking licence
        134 22 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK ABN Amro Bank NV, the largest bank in the Netherlands, is negotiating with the Bank of America Asia Ltd to buy the Thailand operations of Security Pacific Asian Bank, The Nation reported. The two banking giants have been negotiating the
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        Lock icon Tin supply adequate despite output falls: M'sian firm
        238 22 Knight-Ridder KUALA LUMPUR The global market is adequately supplied with tin despite output falls in Malaysia, Thailand and Brazil, Malaysia Smelting Corp said in a report. "On a global basis, falls in mine production... appear to have been offset by increased output
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        Lock icon Indon rice output to fall up to 4pc: official
        290 22 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's rice output is predicted to fall by up to 4 per cent this year because of a severe drought in the main rice-growing belt on Java, the Antara news agency said. Amrin Kahar, director general for food and
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        195 22 Reuter LONDON The doUar ended lower after a short-lived rally attempt stumbled on profit-tak-ing while the bearish mood continued to prevail in a dull session. US-Japan trade talks resumed in Seattle, giving the dollar an early boost as traders noted some indications that the two sides were eager to
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        81 22 AFP NEW YORK The dollar firmed against the major currencies yesterday here following strong buying during the night on the Asian markets. Around 1345 GMT, the dollar was trading at 1.5413 marks against 1.5315 on Tuesday and 98.43 yen against 97.80 yen. Earlier in London, it traded at
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        Lock icon Euroyen, JGB end lower on strong US$
        1338 23 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures ended lower following a rebound in the USS/yen exchange rate. There was a dearth of fresh news to guide the market, so investors looked to foreign exchange movements for direction. A
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        S'pore rubber down, in line with Tokyo
        684 23 COMMODITY REPORTS Rubber SINGAPORE: Rubber futures ended lower on balance and in line with declines in Tokyo after edging up slightly in the afternoon on Japanese buying. Brokers said there were some buying orders from Japanese dealers after the Tokyo market slumped to
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          Wire rod prices to rise 5pc in Nov
          98 23 TOKYO Turkish and Brazilian steelmakers, major suppliers of wire rods to Japan, have given notice that wire rod prices will rise by around 5 per cent for shipment in and after November, reflecting tightening supplies on global markets. This hike, following an
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          Drought cuts Aussie wool output
          87 23 SYDNEY Australia is expected to produce 735 million kg of wool in 1994-95 (July-June), down 3.5 per cent from the 1993-94 output of 762 million kg. industry officials said yesterday. The prospect oi unseasonally dry weather in the next three months is a key factor
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          HK buys 20,000 bales of US cotton
          64 23 HONGKONG Hongkong mills on Tuesday bought more than 20,000 bales of US Memphis-Orleans-Texas cotton following buying early last week, said local traders. One trader said mills still have open positions to be covered for November shipment onwards, but are not sure if the
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          India to export average quality wheat
          68 23 NEW DELHI The government has allowed the export of 500,000 tonnes of fair average quality wheat. A notification allowing exports is expected in a couple of days. Until now, the government had allowed the export of 300,000 tonnes of superior quality durum wheat with
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1489 23 Rubber Singapore Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 5.30p«) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Sep 94 207.00 204.00 205.50 400 1450 Oct 197.50 194.00 195.25 700 4600 Nov 187.50 184 00 183.25 350 5000 Dee 180.50 176.00 179.75 300
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        Australia
        1032 24 +9.5 OVERSEAS investors lifted the share market yesterday as encouraging company profits boosted sentiment. The All Ordinaries Index finished at 2,061.1 points for a gain of 9.5. The All Industrials rallied 11.0 to 2.996.2 while the All Resources increased 8.8 to 1,360.8. Turnover totalled 158.8 million shares worth A
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        Manila
        654 24 18.26 Stocks registered a slight rise yesterday borne by dollar-sensi-tive issues and optimism on positive second quarter economic figures, analysts said. The Composite Index rose 18.26 to close at 3,124.11 points. Turnover totalled 4.43 billion shares valued at 2.17 billion pesos. One analyst said the run-up in yesterday's trading
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        New Zealand
        295 24 +21.57 Shares rose as investors took their lead from the stronger US and Australian markets. "It held its ground, something a lot of us were cynical about this morning," said a broker. "When it's gone up in recent times the selling has come out but today that doesn't
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        Bombay
        109 24 -39.73 Share prices closed lower as mild selling by financial institutions could not be absorbed by the market while brokers were busy attending to cash shares settlement work, brokers said. The BSE 30-share Index closed at 4,429.05, down 39.73 points. The 100-share National Index fell 14.09 to 2,100.81. "Most
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        Taipei
        560 24 +63.95 Stocks staged a comeback yesterday in modest trading, with banking and insurance registering the largest gain. The 376-issue Weighted Price Index gained 63.95 points to settle at 6,862.14. Turnover was 1.98 million shares valued at NTS 100.3 billion. Rises outnumbered falls by 146 to 132, with 54 shares
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        Seoul
        464 24 -7.87 Share prices slid for the second straight day as a liquidity crunch continued on blue chips. The Composite Price Index lost another 7.87 points to settle at 943.64 during jittery trading. Turnover edged down to 32 million shares worth 620 billion won. Falls led rises 541 to 268,
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        London
        679 24 +30.1 STOCKS rose yesterday, led by soaring electricity shares and reports that US economic growth is slowing. The FT-SE 100 Index rose 30.1 points to 3,205.2, above the 3,200 for the first time since March 22, when it ended at 3,201.5. Shares surged at the end of the day
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        Paris
        176 24 +5.66 French stocks rose as weak-er-than-expected data from the US offset higher-than-expected inflation in a major German state. The CAC-40 Index rose 5.66 points to 2,006.29. The index declined earlier when the state of Baden-Wuert-temberg reported an acceleration in the annual rate of increase in consumer prices to 3.1
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        Toronto
        233 24 +21.12 Stocks continued to rally at midday as equities were carried aloft by firmer debt markets, positive bank earnings and higher gold prices. Losses in transportation were overwhelmed by gains in precious metals, financial services and pipelines. The TSE-300 Composite Index was up 21.12 points to 4,232.80 on volume
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        Frankfurt
        194 24 11.72 German stocks gained 0.6 per cent on the day amid a stronger dollar, good earnings at Hoechst and recovering Deutsche Bank shares. The DAX Index closed up 11.72 points at 2,132.97, extending gains into a second day as investors bought shares battered by a threeday sell-off. The upturn
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        Brussels
        138 24 +6.18 Belgian stocks rose for a second day as a stronger dollar and steadier bond market eased concern about corporate earnings. The Bel-20 Index of leading shares closed up 6.18 points at 1,456.93, its highest for a week. "There were two elements today, the dollar and a better trend
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        Amsterdam
        243 24 +3.21 Dutch stocks closed higher for the second day as investor confidence was boosted by the gaining dollar and a string of favourable earnings releases. The EOE Index closed 3.21 points higher at 414.04, led by Philips Electronics and financial companies like ABN Amro, Internationale Nederlanden Groep and Amev.
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        Stockholm
        127 24 +25.5 Swedish shares surged, led by export-driven companies that investors think will benefit from a stronger dollar. The OMX Index rose 25.5 points to close at 1,112.8. Traders said that a stronger dollar would strengthen profits for companies with a high proportion of sales from exports, like Electrolux. Volvo
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        Zurich
        265 24 10.2 Swiss shares closed higher as the dollar stabilised and markets elsewhere gave investors incentive to buy stocks that had fallen. The SMI Index of 23 leading stocks closed up 10.2 points at 2,541.1, its first advance this week. Ten stocks rose, two were unchanged and 11 fell. with
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        Milan
        172 24 +34 Italian stocks ended mixed to higher, with many investors betting that shares have already reached their lows and that there will soon be more details on the government's 1995 budget. The Mibtel Index closed up 34 points at 10.945, its fifth rise in a row. "Nothing fundamental has
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        Johannesburg
        320 24 +33 Shares registered strong gains yesterday as they reacted to gold price strength and firmer world equity markets. Dealers said sharply weaker local bonds had very little effect on prices despite earlier fears that negative sentiment could spill over into shares. "The market is firm. Volumes are steady and
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        New York
        780 24 The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which bounced back 24.61 points on Tuesday, was ahead another 13.27 points to ,3789.10 at 11am EDT. The New York Stock Exchange Composite Index was ahead 0.32 to 256.76. while Standard Poors Index was up 0.63 to 465.14. Advances edged declines 888-775 among
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      3160 25 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks were little changed after a fall in the morning as investors reassessed Tuesday's public land auction. On Tuesday, the market fell after a government land auction fetched low-er-than-expected bids. "People are rethinking the land auction and they are saying it wasn't really that bad,"
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      567 25 CLSA THE Shanghai B market edged up 2.21 points to 852.41 on turnover of US$B.2 million. Tyre Rubber fell 6.6 per cent on heavy turnover of US$l.5 million. Phoenix, on the other hand, rebounded 3.1 per cent on turnover of US$7OO,OOO after losing 20 per cent over the past
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      2512 25 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended higher amid last-minute buying after a day of directionless trade. Earlier, buying by public pension and insurance funds had underpinned the downside, but the topside stayed heavy because other investors were willing to move amid worries about currencies. "Recently it has seemed like the market
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      1877 25 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks closed the day slightly higher on buying of property and building material counters. The SET Index closed 2.73 points higher to 1,474.58. Falls led rises 172 to 113. Turnover was 12.36 billion baht. "The market is adjusting its support base and investors are consolidating," said a
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      1156 25 Reuter JAKARTA Stocks closed mixed in active trading with investor sentiment strong on consumer stocks while selected big capped shares and banking stocks were hit by profit taking. "It was really healthy trading today with some very impressive volumes. We had expected bank stocks to come ofT slightly but
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      2194 26 Ilf a -g AiVMil' a„ 4 i mm tCTfa. mm* \sia Pac Ld 24.85«> 000 Bcrja>a L Wt<W I2.5J6.000 Promct 7867 NBT 7,688.000 Mciroplc* 50c 6.WI.000 Mulpha Iml 50c 6.851.000 Bcga>a (iroup j"5S5 tdris Hvd 50c 6 047 *5 Multi-Purpose 5.640.000 Kulim (M) WiW 5.450.000 Kamunling MX" AMDB
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        Lock icon Shares end mixed; heavy trading on election talk
        3862 26 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks were mixed in heavy trading as large numbers of investors entered the market to bet on whether the prime minister would announce an election last night during the 20th anniversary celebration of the ruling Barisan Nasional
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        8371 27 MAIN BOARD Transaction date: Aug 24 Or tit M #t I ast Vol Day I-»4t Quote Di» Bit M Nrt I f )>( High Low Com pa ii) Sale (000) High low Buyer S«ll*r S t "»r P/E Smil Price INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1440 835 I 4 Aetna 985 -10
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        Lock icon Selling pressure pulls STII below 2,300 support level
        1853 28  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE A strong overnight performance on Wall Street was not enough to prevent the Straits Times Industrials Index from sinking lower for the third straight session yesterday, this time to below the 2,300 support level. Also dragging prices lower
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      455 29  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE Homegrown ship chandler Sinwa Ship Supply is setting up a subsidiary in Capetown, South Africa. Sinwa, reputedly among the five biggest ship suppliers in the country, expects the new company to be operational by next year.
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      Lock icon Shares of freight group NFC fall 7pc
      537 29 News of chief executive Peter Sherlock quitting stuns investors Reuter, Bloomberg Business News LONDON Freight transporter NFC pic stunned investors on Tuesday with news that chief executive Peter Sherlock had resigned, prompting shares to shed more than 7 per cent of their value.
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      Lock icon Sport fishermen cannot sue Exxon over spill
      411 29 Reuter SAN FRANCISCO Sport fishermen and environmental groups cannot sue Exxon Corp for loss of use of natural resources as a result of the devastating Exxon Valdez oil spill, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The Ninth Circuit Appeals Court said the
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      818 29 Page Col Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahlers Lines 13 S Ahrenkiel 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 2/3 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bank Line, The 9
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      Committee of Inquiry visits Sembeth
      245 29 SINGAPORE The Committee of Inquiry investigating the explosion at Sembawang Bethlehem shipyard visited the scene yesterday. In overalls and safety helmets and carrying torches, the three-man panel spent about an hour inspecting the stern block of the vessel Comship with officials from the Labour Ministry.
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      Lock icon Older vessels used for carrying crude oil: survey
      390 29 Reuter LONDON Most of the world's oil tanker charterers have used vessels more than 19 years old this year to transport crude oil, despite environmentalists' fears that older vessels may be a potential hazard, according to a recent survey. The survey by
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      693 30 Production to be increased for Adam Opel's small sporty wonder NYT NEXT month, the Adam Opel plant of General Motors Corp in the eastern reaches of Germany will expand production for the fourth time in a year of a car it was never
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      15751 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. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3327 43 ontainerline NV: Belsin Shpg Vgtncies Pic Ltd (SVMarine Handling SdR Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SJAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business orporation Philippine: alsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) AHrenkiel Liner Service: Kim Shpg Trflg (S). Alfentros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte LtJ(S). Alfted C
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      COURIER SERVICES
      281 43 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Travel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144 Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: 542-3716. *****80 Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Cluster Link Supplies Services Tel:
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1503 43 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Act i> air Singapore Tel: 542-7822. Fax: *****20. Aerolink 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.
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2892 44 ALBANIA Durres: Three vessels in port operating of which 1 loading chrome ore. 1 discharging tiles on pellets, 1 steel coils; 3 vessels waiting in roads of which 1 to discharge wheat Hour, 2 bagged cement. ANGOLA Luanda, Lobito, Namibe: City and port quiet; berth available with no
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      618 44 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES AFP AS the month of August progresses we are seeing a continued slackening in the level of interest in general in the sale and purchase market and this is expected to be the case for the remainder of the month and into September whilst many buyers
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      285 44 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Arr Dep Name of V«wl KTA ETD Ports of Calls Port Agent lelephone No AUGUST 26 26 Langkapuri Star 1600 2030 C ruise to Nowhere Jardine Shipping 224-1052 Aquarius Agencies 27 27 Leisure World 1000 2015 Cruise to Nowhere New Century Tours 227-8284 Corporation 28
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        636 45 VwmJ Voy Wo B«th Armal Dpafture Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Pepartue Juroflg Port Lampung laya 09/94 P04 alongside 24 08/1830 Age) 07/94 12 alongside 25 08/0800 Mahkota Exp 138/94 P01A alongside 2408/1100 Batam 8aru B345 J1 alongside 25.08/2300 Maribor 269W P01 alongside 26.08/2300 Dw Guna 08/03/94
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        1074 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookmf/Batance Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Acx Jade 200B 26/1100 2B 24/1700 25/0659 25/0900 4 25/1200 25/1459 25/1700 Acx Lotus 0556 26/2000 IB 24/1500 24/1659 24/1900 2B
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        941 45 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett 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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        591 45 Carbon Carton fc« It 0ens*? Watw Residue A* Nuririun Sedknent Dmity Water Read* Mi AknMurn Sedbnont MM */M Exxon lxon RG/KT3 V/V M M M M PPM method KG/»**3 V/V M/M M/M PPM method Eastern USA 180 Ave 983 0.3 14.3 0 09 10 0.02 BO/Qrac
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      1392 46  -  With so many liner companies setting up shop in Vietnam the potential for immediate overcapacity is evident. Francine Brevetti reports Francine Brevetti Seatrade Review SEEMINGLY in a flash, Vietnam has been transformed into a bustling centre of container shipping. Over 20 of the world's
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      Daily Freights
      1433 46 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to 1,503 on Tuesday from 1,506 on Aug 22. Trading remained sluggish in most sectors of the market with little concluded business emerging, brokers said. The 63,880-deadweight-tonne Peter L is said to have been fixed retroactively from
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        S'pore office of UPS awarded ISO 9002
        272 48  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE The local office of air express giant United Parcel Service has been awarded ISO 9002 certification. And other UPS companies in the Asia-Pacific are working towards this goal by 1996. Certification means that a business conforms to internationally recognised
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        424 48 Bloomberg Business News PARIS Passenger traffic at the world's airports was up 8 per cent in May from the yearago period, with Asian airports showing the strongest rise in passenger traffic, up 9 per cent for the period. Passenger and cargo traffic at
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        403 48 Reuter DENVER United Airlines and the city of Denver have agreed to settle a dispute over baggage handling that will allow the new Denver International Airport to open no later than Feb 28, Denver Mayor Wellington Webb said on Tuesday. "It's
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        195 48 AP WASHINGTON Coming and going set a record in 1993, the busiest year ever for air travel between the US and other countries. Some 92.5 million passengers flew between the US and other nations last year, up 5 per cent from 1992, the
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