The Business Times, 18 February 1995

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    14 1 Business Times MITA(P) 194/12/94 Weekend Edition, February 18-19 1995 Wli KNOW AY/* 85 c
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  • Article
    Death of Malaysia's Mr Honda sparks takeover talk
    427 1  -  From Ho Kay Tat ORIENTAL HOLDINGS Bhd stock surged 30 per cent yesterday on speculation that the company would become a takeover target now that its 78-year-old patriarch, Loh Boon Siew, has died. The stock, which ended the morning session in quiet
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    MPHB says it can't verify talk of Hong Leong takeover interest
    311 1  -  From Ho Kay Tat HOT stock Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd (MPHB) yesterday said it was unable to verify rumours that the Hong Leong Group was buying up its stock for a takeover bid. MPHB gave a brief reply to a
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  • Article
    Overnight Wall St rise fails to fire regional markets
    162 1 SINGAPORE Activity on regional stock markets cooled yesterday, despite another re-cord-breaking overnight session on Wall Street. In Singapore, dealers said the market was not excited by the Dow Jones Industrial Average having risen 1.35 points to a record close of 3,987.52.
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  • 2am LATEST
    • Article
      Lock icon Dow down 8.4
      79 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stocks climbed off their lows at midday yesterday, but remained depressed by a struggling dollar and bond market and a sell-ofT in shares of high-tech giant Motorola Inc. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 8.41 at 3,979.11 at Ipm EST, after
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    Bimantara group to build US$1.5b oil refinery in East Java
    398 1  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA INDONESIA'S Bimantara group announced yesterday that it was planning to construct a US$l.5 billion (552.17 billion) oil refinery in East Java. Bambang Trihatmodjo, who controls the group, told a news conference that the company planned
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  • Article
    Credit card spending hits record $1.5b, but growth is slowing
    431 1  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE Spending on credit cards reached a record Si.s billion in the fourth quarter of last year, figures released yesterday show. And outstanding balances which attract interest of at least 24 per cent a year hit a
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  • Article
    Report on COE double transfers expected today
    318 1  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE The Committee to Discourage Double Transfers of Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) is expected to release its findings today. The Registry of Vehicles said yesterday that the committee, headed by Government Parliamentary Committee (Communications) chairman Heng Chiang Meng. will hold
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    Lock icon Dollar rallies by midday after talk of central bank intervention
    321 1 Reuter NEW YORK The dollar gained against major eurrencies at midday yesterday following a morning filled with rumours of central bank intervention, dealers said. The morning rally brought the dollar to the brink of 1.49 marks. Despite the widespread intervention
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  • Article
    MARKET SUMMARY
    173 1 Stock market indices Friday Change STII 2,137.13 +4.06 KLSEComp 995.24 +5.25 Nikkei 18,020.51 +239.92 Hang Seng 8,043.01 -90.33 SET Index 1,304.27 -3.95 Jakarta Comp 453.14 -2.45 Manila Comp 2,609.76 -23.20 Taipei WPI 6,646.25 -0.3 Seoul Comp 910.23 -13.26 Bombay BSE30 ..3,383.89 -25.80 CLSA China B 824.89 7.89 Aust
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • Article
      Renovation loans exempted from new MAS rules
      582 2  -  By Quak Hiang Whai HOME renovation loans arc excluded from the recent stringent guidelines introduced by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to check the sharp rise in unsecured loans to individuals. In its third set of waivers since the guidelines were introduced
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      HP picks M'sian sales MD to replace Alex Chan
      210 2 HEWLETT-Packard Singapore has decided to replace outgoing managing director Alex Chan with the managing director of sales in Malaysia. Chcah Kean Huat. Mr Chan is leaving Hew-lett-Packard next month to join food and beverage company Yeo Hiap Seng as managing director
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      Convenience main reason for getting credit card: survey
      208 2 A SURVEY has shown 70 per cent of people cited convenience as the main reason for applying for a credit card. Other prominent reasons given were credit terms and the status of owning a card. The poll carried out by final-year banking
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    • Article
      New postage rates from April 1
      117 2 SINGAPORE Post will charge revised postage rates from April 1. On the domestic front, the company will raise the cost of the first 20 grams to 22 cents from 20 cents currently. The hike is aimed at offsetting some operating costs, which have risen
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    • Article
      Before you bid next month...
      88 2 March COE Prevailing quota Total bids Highest Lowest COE quota price premium received bid bid Small cars (1000cc i under) 271 22,230 25,033 522 28,000 1 Medium cars (1001cc -1600 cc taxis) 1724 35,250 41,864 4,502 70,020 1 Big cars 1601cc 2000cc) 430 38,888 65,740
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      M'sian financial weekly The Edge gets nod to circulate in S'pore
      220 2  -  From Ho Kay Tat MALAYSIA'S latest financial weekly The Edge has been given the go-ahead to circulate in Singapore. The glossy tabloid-size magazine has appointed Market Asia Distributors (S) Pte Ltd its Singapore representative after obtaining approval from the
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      Applicants have 1-in-20 chance of getting mature estate flats
      376 2  -  By Abdul Hadhi APPLICANTS of flats in mature estates stand a l-in-20 chance of being successful under the first-quarter booking exercise, which closed on Jan 21. Acting Minister for National Development Lim Hng Kiang yesterday said that "demand for flats in
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      Lock icon S'pore and Malaysia form group to tackle illegal tanker cleaning
      283 2 SINGAPORE and Malaysia have set up a working group to tackle illegal tanker cleaning in their waters. The Malaysia-Singapore Joint Committee on the Environment announced the formation of the group yesterday after a special meeting here. The committee will look
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon Chinese trade, inflation numbers signal soft landing for economy
      562 3 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Chinese trade and inflation figures for January have many economists and investors convinced that the economy is heading for a soft landing. Consumer prices in 35 major cities rose 22.5 per cent on the year in January,
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      Lock icon Caged existence
      54 3 Reuter HONGKONG Residents of a run-down apartment which houses 20 people looking through their iron security door in Hongkong yesterday. A prestigious Hongkong charity has denied operating the old people's home where residents live in caged beds and share one toilet and kitchen in conditions described as worse
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    • Article
      Another US$48m for Yaohan's Shanghai project
      222 3 SINGAPORE A Yaohan joint venture in China has raised US$4B million (5569.5 million) more for its department store project in Shanghai. The company, Shanghai No 1 Yaohan Co Ltd, raised US$4O million in December last year. Both amounts arc bank loans. Shanghai No I
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      Lock icon China unveils plans to rebuild its Silicon Valley
      342 3 Reuter BEIJING China unveiled an ambitious blueprint yesterday to rebuild Beijing's Zhongguancun district, known as China's "Silicon Valley", and will open the projects to international bidding, Xinhua news agency said. Prof Zhou Guangzhao, president of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences, and
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      Lock icon Guangdong to halt new property development
      285 3 AFP HONGKONG The governor of Guangdong province announced yesterday that a halt would be made to new property development projects in a bid to curb inflation, reports here said. In his government work report delivered at the opening of the provincial People's Congress in
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      Lock icon Jakarta and KL reap M$260m each from swap deal
      307 3 NST KUALA LUMPUR The swapping of 2.500 Proton cars and 20 SME MD3-160 acrobatic trainer aircraft for six Indonesian military transport aircraft and maintenance of the Indonesian air force's CN-235 and Hercules C-130 transport aircraft by a Malaysian aircraft servicing company
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      Lock icon Beijing aims to take profit out of property speculation
      447 3 Reuter, Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China yesterday hailed plans to assess val-ue-added tax on transfers of real estate, saying the reform would take the profit out of property speculation and leave the market to genuine investors. A deputy director of the
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      Lock icon Japan car talks with US, EU end without agreement
      369 3 Reuter TOKYO Japan rebuffed American efforts to pry open its car market on Friday as the European Union fended off I okyo's attempts to ship more ol its cars to Europe. A round of talks between the United States and Japan,
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      Lock icon Indonesian military sees its place behind civilians
      415 3 The Straits Times JAKARTA The Indonesian military sees its present role on the political stage as that of a supporting player with the lead being taken by civilians, the newly-installed chief for sociopolitical affairs has said. Maj-Gen Mochammad Ma'ruf. 52, told the local
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon India plans bill on trade disputes
        74 3 Reuter NEW DELHI India, under pressure from foreign investors, plans to streamline its cumbersome commercial dispute-settle-ment system to speed up cases and cut costs. Supreme Court Chief Justice A M Ahmadi said yesterday. Justice Ahmadi said the government was drafting a bill that would
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        Lock icon Read my plight
        67 3 Reuter BEIJING A disconsolate Liang Yanghua, 18 and unemployed, begging for money in a street here yesterday. The sign around her neck tells onlookers of her plight her family abandoned by the father who has a mental illness, her family's house and belongings destroyed by fire and
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        Lock icon Damper on inter-Korean trade links
        116 3 Reuter SEOUL An inquiry into claims that South Korean firms bribed potential North Korean partners has put a brake on growing business links between the hostile neighbours, government and company officials said. A Unification Ministry spokesman said results of an investigation into several firms which
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      • Article
        Lock icon Apstar crash may benefit Japanese
        94 3 Reuter BOMBAY A Japanese satellite may pick up business following the launch failure of the Apstar 2 satellite from broadcasters targeting the large South Asian market, satellite experts said yesterday. Tadashi Wakasa, chairman of Lios Planning, told Reuters that his Tokyo-based company has leased eight
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon US posted worst merchandise deficit of US$166b in 1994
      502 4 But total trade gap in December narrowed AP, Reuter, Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The United States posted its biggest merchandise trade deficit in history last year as a surge in imports swamped a record level of exports, the Commerce Department reported
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      Lock icon Kantor says trade talks with China measured and progressing
      508 4 Bloomberg Business News, Reuter, AFP WASHINGTON US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said trade talks between the US and China were "measured, professional and progressing", but declined to give further substantive details. The talks on intellectual property rights are to continue through
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      Lock icon US copyright firms lose US$17b a year to pirates
      337 4 Reuter WASHINGTON Movie makers, musicians and other creators of copyright works make up one of the fastest growing sectors of the nation's economy, a new study shows. But the copyright industries, which include the vibrant US computer software arena, estimate that
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      Lock icon US, Mexican ministers discuss credit package
      472 4 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Mexican Finance Minister Guillermo Ortiz yesterday began a crucial meeting on hammering out final details of a USS2O billion (SS29 billion) US financial rescue plan. The Mexican peso fell nearly 2 per cent on
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      Lock icon Bankers worry Italy could be the next Mexico
      509 4 The Washington Post, AFP ROME An ominous scenario has been sweeping Rome and other continental capitals this week, titillating political analysts and provoking shivers of anxiety among bankers: Could Italy, the suggestion goes, soon become the next Mexico? A troubling financial situation
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      AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      Lock icon German metals industry teeters on brink of strike
      211 4 Reuter FRANKFURT Germany's IG Metall Engineering Workers' Union yesterday rejected a management offer of last-ditch weekend pay talks and said a strike in the industry was now inevitable. IG Metall president Klaus Zwickel told a news conference nothing in the management's position
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      Lock icon UK court approves sale of Wellcome stoke to Glaxo
      238 4 Reuter LONDON The London High Court yesterday gave the go-ahead for the Wellcome Trust to sell its 39.5 per cent stake in drugs company Wellcome pic to hostile bidder Glaxo pic. But the court modified the original terms of the Trust's
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  • THE WORLD
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      Inflation in industrialised nations at lowest level in 30 years: OECD
      450 5  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON INFLATION in the leading industrialised countries has fallen to its lowest level in three decades, says the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). It said in its monthly inflation report on Thursday that
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      Lock icon Ecuador-Peru war takes toll on food supply
      48 5 Reuter HL AQLILLAS, Ecuador Ecuadorans and Peruvians smuggling fruit at the border between Ecuador and Peru on Thursday. The two countries are locked in a border conflict and people are not allowed to bring food into or out of Peru. Reuter
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      Lock icon EU official says TV quotas should exclude new media
      252 5 Reuter STRASBOURG, France Revised European Union TV and film quotas should be time-limited and should exclude new media products such as video-on-demand systems, EU Culture Commissioner Marcelino Oreja said on Thursday. The Spaniard said he favoured retaining, with revisions, the 15-country
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      Lock icon Embattled Major slaps gag on cabinet over Europe policy
      394 5 Reuter LONDON British Prime Minister John Major slapped a gag on his cabinet ministers on Thursday to stop a rash of damaging public disagreements over European policy. Mr Major, battered by splits in his party and by record poll lows, told
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      Lock icon Brazilian president announces reform plans
      240 5 Reuter BRASILIA Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso announced economic reform proposals on Thursday that include easing the state oil and telephone monopolies and lifting restrictions on foreign investment. Mr Cardoso said the six constitutional reforms he was sending to Congress were vital to the long-term
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      Lock icon US Justice Dept opens preliminary inquiry into Brown's affairs
      323 5 Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON The Justice Department has opened a preliminary inquiry to decide il Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown's financial practices should be investigated by an independent counsel. Attorney-General Janet Reno. who ordered the 90-day inquiry opened on Wednesday, did not
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      Lock icon Collapse of top US law firm points to shakeout
      622 5 NYT NEW YORK It has finally happened: law firms are going through the same wrenching changes that their corporate clients have endured. Big firms are getting bigger, small firms are finding niches, mediumsized firms are feeling squeezed. And the legal world
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      Lock icon Trump sues for control of Empire State Building
      402 5 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Donald Trump has gone to court in a bid to wrest control of the Empire State Building from Harry Helmsley and others who hold a long-term lease on the famed Manhattan skyscraper. Mr Trump, who last summer
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Dear October
        35 5 Reuter NEW York The 19th Century classic October by James Jacques Joseph Tissot sold for U553,082,500 (554,438,800), nearly twice the expected price, during an auction at Sotheby's auction house in New York. Reuter
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        Lock icon US, Canada initial open skies pact
        88 5 AFP OTTAWA US and Canadian negotiators on Thursday initialled an "open skies" agreement liberalising airline access to both markets, a deal that is expected to be signed next week during US President Bill Clinton's visit. The agreement will allow Canadian carrier unlimited access from
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      • Article
        Lock icon Vote to cut US peacekeeping payments
        77 5 Reuter WASHINGTON Defying a presidential veto threat, the Re-publican-controlled House of Representatives voted on Thursday to cut and even eliminate US payments to UN peacekeeping operations. The House rejected by voice vote an effort to eliminate a requirement in a Republican "Contract With America"
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        Lock icon No 1 computer hacker held
        58 5 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a man alleged to be the world's leading computer hacker, the British Broadcasting Corp reported. Kevin Mitnick is accused of stealing sensitive company information and sabotaging computer networks. The FBI chased Mitnick through the Internet
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article
      New GFA owners expected to buy non-food businesses
      537 6  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE The new owners of listed food group Goodman Fielder Asia (GFA) are expected to dip into its cash pile of $195 million to acquire non-food businesses such as financial services and property, say sources close to the deal.
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      Acer Computer earnings rise 121% to US$17m
      231 6 SINGAPORE Acer Computer International said net profit more than doubled to US$l7 million (5524.6 million) in calendar 1994, thanks to successful joint ventures in the region and speedy shipment of products. Acer Computer, 85 per cent owned by Taiwan's Acer Inc, said net
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      CPL to begin building seven-storey extension to Centrepoint this year
      338 6  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Listed Centrepoint Properties Ltd (CPL) plans to start building a sevenstorey extension to the Centrepoint Shopping Centre at Orchard Road this year. Sources say the new extension, which has been under consideration for the last two
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      Brazilian frosts turn Prasidha into hot stock
      836 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Maggie Ford JAKARTA When Indonesia's biggest coffee trading company started to plan a listing on the Jakarta Stock Exchange early last year, its executives had no idea Mother Nature would smile on their company's fortunes so soon. Just three
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      HSBC pre-tax profits to rise 16%: analysts
      333 6  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON LONDON HSBC Hojding's pre-tax profits will rise by 16 per cent to £3 billion for the year ended Dec 31, 1994. according to The Estimate Directory. The average forecast for earnings per share is 75.4 pence, up from
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      Heshe sells Centrepoint outlet to repay loans
      130 6 SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listed Heshe Holdings has sold a property in Centrepoint, Orchard Road, for about $4.25 million to repay loans from substantial shareholder First Capital Corporation. Heshe said yesterday that the property a 99-year lease retail outlet with built-up area of about 103 sq
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    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        Market Mood
        20 6 For next week's expected market sentiment, see BT Sentiment Index on FA A (Personal Finance A Investment section)
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        HOT STOCK
        152 6  -  By Paul Leo MALAYAN Credit has been trending upwards steadily for the past eight years on the monthly charts and the uptrend is still very much intact. From 37.4 cents in May 1986, it has surged more than 10-fold to its all-time high of $3.92 in October 1994.
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    • COMPANIES
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        Ekran gets high-level nod to proceed with Bakun project
        487 7  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR EKRAN BHD has cleared another hurdle over the MS 15 billion (SSB.B billion) Bakun hydroelectric dam project after receiving clearance from the Prime Minister's Department to start preparatory works. A letter of intent was
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        Lock icon Bangkok Land suffers sharp fall in profit
        508 7 AFP BANGKOK Troubled property developer Bangkok Land Co (B-Land) suffered a sharp drop in profit for the three months to December as it struggled to cope with difficult operating conditions, analysts said yesterday. The main spokesman for the conglomerate could not be reached
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      • Article
        Lock icon Ucom to turn phone unit into joint venture
        375 7 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK United Communication Industry pic (Ucom) says it has agreed to change its cellular phone unit from a wholly-owned business to a joint venture with a state agency. Ucom said yesterday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding
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      • Article
        Kelanamas director silent on rumours of reverse takeover
        378 7  -  From Ruth Wong in KUALA LUMPUR KELANAMAS Industries director Mohamed Hashim Mahmud Hashim has refused to comment on rumours linking the company in a possible reverse takeover by Rozali Ismail via the injection of a state water privatisation project in Selangor. "We
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        Lock icon Thai highway builder to file new data for listing
        190 7 Reuter BANGKOK Bangkok Expressway Company pic told the Securities and Exchange Commission it would soon file revised financial data as part of its bid to float the company. BECL through its financial adviser, the Industrial Finance Corporation of Thailand, is expected
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      • Article
        Lock icon Rival bidders for Satelindo said to have teamed up
        157 7 AFP JAKARTA Deutsche Telekom is ready to tie up with rival Cable and Wireless for a joint stake of at least 40 per cent in Indonesia's satellite communications company, PT Satelindo, sources close to the deal said yesterday. PT Satelindo shortlisted
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        Lock icon PNB to invest in fast-growing Asian markets
        524 7 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Permodalan Nasional Bhd will focus on the emerging markets of Asia for investment this year as it is increasingly seen as an area with investment potential, said its chief executive officer Hilmey Mohd Taib. Saying that PNB would not ignore
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          SAe proposes name change
          27 7 SINGAPORE Singapore Aerospace yesterday proposed changing its name to Singapore Technologies Aerospace in line with the restructure of parent company Singapore Technologies Holdings.
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          Lawry's PRC takes stake in HK firm
          42 7 SINGAPORE Lawry's PRC Investment has acquired a 60 per cent stake in Kennedy's (China) Investment, a Hongkong firm that will be involved in investment holding and acquiring rights related to the ice-cream and restaurant business.
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          Wepco grants option on property
          41 7 SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listed Wepco has granted Duraco Industries an option to buy its property at No 9 Fourth Lokyang Road for 52.85 million. The $1.36 million proceeds of the sale will be used to reduce bank borrowings.
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          Wepco executive director quits
          19 7 SINGAPORE Tan Lian Seng has resigned as an executive director of Wepco because other commitments.
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          S'pore National Printers changes name
          29 7 SINGAPORE Singapore National Printers has changed its name to SNP Corp and its shares will be traded under the new name from Feb 22.
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          China cement deals approved
          29 7 SINGAPORE Jurong Cement and Sea View Hotel have obtained approval from the Chinese authorities for their investment in two cement manufacturing plants in Zhejiang province.
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          Hotel Props takes Obstar stake
          46 7 SINGAPORE Hotel Properties has acquired 30 shares of SSI each in Obstar Telecoms. Obstar is being used by a consortium HPL (30 per cent), Vickers Ballas Holdings (25) and Join Asia Investment (45) to tender for a radio paging licence here.
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          Lock icon Chairman to adjourn KFC meeting
          41 7 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The chairman of KFC Holdings' proposed extraordinary general meeting to be held here today had been directed to declare the meeting adjourned as soon practicable after it began. KFC Holdings said yesterday. Bernama
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          Lock icon NTS Steel profit falls 78%
          34 7 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK NTS Steel Group has reported a 78 per cent fall in fourth-quarter net profit last year to 25.2 million baht (551.46 million). Bloomberg Business News
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        Lock icon PanGlobal sees big profit leap this year
        432 7 MBT KUALA LUMPUR PanGlobal Equities Bhd has forecast that a series of proposed acquisitions would bring its pre-tax profit to M 591.42 million (5551.9 million) for the year ending this Dec 31, a big jump from the MS 10 million estimated for last
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        DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
        290 7 Payment Ex Books Pay date close date Asia Pacific F 20N Feb 6 Feb 10 Feb 22 Avimo 20* F I2.5TE Mar I Mar 7 Apr 15 A/lcch 5* b 20TE May 11 May 16 May 31 Berjaya Group I 6 Mar 7 Mar 21 Apr 21 Bcrjaya
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        571 7 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' price* Feb 18 A 20 US Gr Fund I 00 I 04" Singapore Unit Trust UOB Asset Mgt Ltd The Commerce 1.61 1.70 I nitund 1.36 1.42 The Savings Fund 1.54 1.63 Unibond* 1.015 1.045 S'pore Prog Fund 0 58 0.62 United Gr Fund« 1.57 1.64
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Sun Hung Kai tie-up gets Route 3 deal
          90 8 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong will grant a "build, operate and transfer" franchise for the Route 3 expressway to Route 3 (CPS) Co Ltd, the government said yesterday. The company comprises Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd, Bank of China Group Investment Ltd, China Resources
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          Lock icon Sony teams up with Oracle
          61 8 AFP TOKYO Sony Corporation said yesterday it has signed an agreement with US software company Oracle to supply a multimedia electronics system for newsrooms. The system would help to "dramatically simplify and speed up the preparation of news broadcasts", they said. It would simultaneously handle
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          Lock icon Royal Crown keen on buying 7-Up
          75 8 Reuter FORT LAUDLRDALE. Florida Royal Crown Co Inc, trying to relaunch its slate of soft drink brands, is interested in buying 7-Up to make a big splash. Royal Crown chief executive John Carson said on Thursday. "We've made it clear that we're interested in
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          Lock icon IBM to auction off art collection
          91 8 Rcuter NEW YORK International Business Machines Corp's art collection, which has been developed since the *****, is about to go on the auction block, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. IBM purchased many of the works, which include American masters such as Winslow Homer,
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        Lock icon Hotel stock Tibet Pearl shines on Shanghai debut
        244 8 AFP SHANGHAI A hotel stock, the first company to go public from remote Tibet, made a sparkling debut on the otherwise dull Shanghai Stock Exchange. which closed some four points lower yesterday, brokers said. The Composite Index, the leading market indicator, fell
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        Lock icon Murdoch joins battle for Australia's Fairfax group
        545 8 Bloomberg Business News Reuter. CANBLRRA Rupert Murdoch yesterday increased his stake in Australia's largest newspaper group, joining fellow media moguls Conrad Black and Kerry Packer in a three-pronged attack on the government's media ownership rules. Stockbrokers said Mr Murdoch increased his stake in
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        Lock icon Intel has chip twice faster than Pentium
        396 8 AP SAN JOSE Intel Corp disclosed details of its next-gencr-ation microprocessor on Thursday, a computer brain the company is counting on to keep ahead of its growing competition. The new processor, for now called P6, will be shipped later this year, initially powering
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        Lock icon Shares in Sunkyong units plunge on tax probe rumours
        274 8 Bloomberg Business News SLOUL Shares in subsidiaries of the Sunkyong Business Group, South Korea's fifthlargest conglomerate, plunged yesterday on reports that the group is facing a tax probe. However, a spokesman for Sunkyong Ltd said he was unaware of any government
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        Lock icon Lehman didn't market Globalstar well: report
        255 8 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Lehman Brothers did a "lousy marketing job" as lead underwriter for Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd's initial public oflfering on Tuesday, said CNBC correspondent Dan Dorfman, quoting Globalstar stockholders and two people from Salomon Brothers Inc. another underwriter. The Hamilton, Bermudabased
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        Lock icon Japan stock market slump likely to dent bank profits
        724 9 Reuter TOKYO Japanese banks are once again at the mercy of Tokyo's slumping stock market as the end of their business year on March 31 threatens to saddle them with huge appraisal losses on their shareholdings. If Japanese stock prices on
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        Lock icon Royal Insurance, Guardian Royal set for record profit
        257 9 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Royal Insurance pic and Guardian Royal Exchange pic start the composite insurer earnings season next week, after a year when good weather and low claims fuelled record UK underwriting profit. As few earnings surprises are expected, analysts will
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          Lock icon Taiwan bank opens office in Manila
          82 9 AFP MANILA The First Commercial Bank of Taiwan has been granted authority to open a representative office in the Philippines, Central Bank governor Gabriel Singson said yesterday. The bank's major activity is financing international trade transactions and is expected to facilitate trade between the
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          Lock icon Credit Lyonnais' 30m call warrants
          75 9 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG Credit Lyonnais Financc has launched 30 million one-year "up and out" call warrants on Hongkong's Hutchison Whampoa for investors who are moderately bullish on the stock, a spokesman for the investment bank said yesterday. The warrants allow the holder to benefit from rises
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          Lock icon Taiwan's first M'sia country fund
          110 9 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI National Investment Trust Co yesterday said that on March 1 it will begin selling the first Malaysia country fund offered by a Taiwan mutual fund company. The NITC Malaysia Fund will be open-ended, so investors can sell the shares back to
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          Lock icon Vietnam trying to reduce foreign debts
          120 9 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Vietnam will package debts owed to foreign banks and issue securities backed by those debts, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said. The country has outstanding debts between US$7OO million and US$BOO million, about half of which was extended by Japanese banks
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        Lock icon BIS banks cut lending to Latin American nations
        265 9 Knight-Ridder ZURICH Bank for International Settlement reporting banks continued their apparent retrenchment from lending to Latin American countries in the third quarter of 1994. the BIS said in its latest report on international banking and financial market developments. BIS reporting banks are
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        Lock icon Credit card crimes slow after years of rapid growth
        466 9 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Credit card fraud, once one of the world's hottest growth industries, is taking it on the chin. After increasing at doubledigit rates in the late 1980s and early *****, credit card crime declined in 1993 and
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        Lock icon Arab Banking Corp's profit down 22%, dividend steady
        284 9 Reuter MANAMA Arab Banking Corp BSC (ABC), one of the Arab world's most powerful banks, reported on Thursday a 22 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit for 1994 but said it was recommending an unchanged dividend. The net profit fell
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        Lock icon M'sian treasury bills expected to draw cool foreign response
        471 10 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's central bank will issue another MSI billion (SSS6B million) in treasury bills next week but. like earlier issues, they are not expected to garner foreign interest because of unattractive yields, money market dealers said yesterday. Bank Negara
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        Bearish trend seen for US$ against major currencies
        302 10 DBS Bank weekly currency review LS$/D\l: heading lower The greenback fell to a low of 1.4865 on Thursday after breaking crucial support at 1.5150. A bearish USS/DM is expected, with initial support seen at 1.4855. A break of this level may confirm
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        Lock icon Exxon, Phillips chemical units plan to boost ethylene output
        319 10 Bloomberg Business News HOUSTON Exxon Corp's chemical division and Phillips Petroleum Co's chemical unit said separately they are either considering or starting to expand their ethylene plants to meet increased demand for the basic petrochemical. Exxon Corp's chemical division said it
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        Lock icon Indon plywood carters methods blamed for export fall
        272 10 AFP JAKARTA A government minister has blamed the monopoly of plywood output held by the Association of Indonesian Wood Panel Producers (Apkindo) for last year's fall in exports, news reports said on Thursday. "Data shows that plywood demand in the three major
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        Lock icon Uncertainty shrouds Asian cocoa bean export potential
        318 10 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR The outlook for cocoa bean exports from Asia in coming months looks uncertain as bad weather has hit the new Indonesian crop and rising local demand will cut Malaysian sales, regional trade sources said. "It looks certain that the Indonesian
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        Lock icon US says oil imports a security threat but rejects call for tariffs
        351 10 Reuter WASHINC.TON The Clinton administration said US dependence on imported oil may pose a threat to national security, but rejected imposition of a tariff to curb imports. Instead it called for continued investment in alternative fuels, new technologies
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        Lock icon Crude futures extend petrol-led rally
        318 10 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg LONDON Crude oil futures extended Thursday's pet-rol-inspired rally ahead of a three-day weekend in the US and the expiry of March crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Tuesday. Petrol futures rose amid low US supplies and speculation that the Environmental Protection
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        199 10 Reuter LONDON The dollar tumbled under its 1994 low against the mark in early European dealings after Mexican woes added to the dollar's troubles overnight. The mark's surge in cross trading has helped to push the dollar down nearly four pfennigs this week. It was trading at
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        90 10 AFP NEW YORK The dollar fell to 1.4830 German marks when trading on Wall Street opened yesterday after the Commerce Department announced a record US trade deficit for last year. That was slightly up, however. on the 1.4789 mark level set earlier in London which was the greenback's
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        Eurodollars, Euroyen end firmer
        1514 11 SIMEX REPORT SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures ended higher as the Nikkei Index dropped to its lowest level in three weeks, stealing the limelight Irom Eurodollar futures which edged higher but awaited US inflation data last night. Dealers said the fall in the Nikkei cash index below
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        HK gold ends at day's high
        661 11 COMMODITY REPORTS Gold HONGKONG: Gold yesterday closed at the day's high on late buying in quiet and narrow trading. Gold ended at U*****.80/ U*****.30 an ounce, up from New York's U*****.20/70 close and the local opening of U*****.40/90. "Gold was boosted by weakness of
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          Japan's aluminium output up 8.6%
          65 11 TOKYO Production of aluminium sheets and extruded products by Japan's seven major fabricators totalled 110.014 tonnes in January*, up 8.6 per cent from a year before. January production of aluminium sheets rose 6.4 per cent to 83.001 tonnes. Exports of aluminium sheets were 11.876 tonnes,
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          China buys sugar from Cuba
          57 11 HONGKONG China has reached an agreement with Cuba to import 400.000 tonnes of sugar this year, the China Daily newspaper reported jesterday. Cuba contracted to provide China 400.000 tonnes of sugar last year, but only 287.000 were shipped. Cuba promised to deliver the remaining portion
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          China crude oil imports dive §1%
          67 11 HONGKONG China's crude oil imports in December plunged 51.4 per cent from a year earlier to 3.59 million tonnes, from 7.39 million, figures published by the China Petroleum Data Monthly show. Import figures for December 1994 were halved year-on-year, because in December 1993 traders
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          Japan buys more Aussie beef
          50 11 SYDNEY Australian beef exports to Japan in January rose 15 per cent compared with the year before, but the impact of the drought caused a 22 per cent reduction in chilled grassfed exports, according to data released yesterday by the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation.
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          S Korea firms to lift canstock output
          46 11 SEOUL Three of South Korea's leading aluminium companies including Korea Aluminium Co are pushing their own canstock production in a bid to replace 30.000 to 40,000 tonnes now being imported every year from the United States and other countries.
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        COMMODITY PRICES
        1508 11 Rubber Feb 17 Singapore Commodity Exchange Physical Prices (futures closing as at 5.30pm) twutu laHan As at 12 noon (S cents/kg) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest 3 ar 247.00 248.00N RSS 4 Mar 95 241.75 242.75N 245 50 2»oi 122 50 ,00
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        Australia
        1009 12 -4.0 SHARES eased yesterday as investors stood on the sidelines with little guidance from overseas bourses. The All Ordinaries Index finished 4.0 points lower at 1,856.2. The All Industrials Index ended 4.5 weaker at 2,785.4 while the All Resources Index lost 3.7 to 1,153.8. Turnover was 208.8 million shares
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        Manila
        635 12 -23.2 The Dow Jones' new overnight record failed to lift share prices, which slid 0.88 per cent yesterday. The PSI Index dropped 23.2 points to close at 2,609.76. Turnover was 2.32 billion shares valued at 945.45 million pesos. "There was an absence of buying interest from investors, since the
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        Taipei
        571 12 -0.3 Stocks barely changed in modest trading, with textile and food shares topping the winning list. The 423-issue Weighted Price Index posted a negligible 0.3-point decline to 6.646.25. Turnover was 1.62 billion shares worth NT$66 billion. The market jumped to the day's high of 6.691 points from the outset
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        Seoul
        483 12 -13.26 Share prices plunged yesterday as pessimism prevailed in the market. The Composite Price Index retreated 13.26 points to close out at 910.23 in rollercoaster trading. Trading was dull with 20.71 million shares worth 380.4 billion won changing hands. Falls overwhelmed rises 608 to 147, with 85 issues unchanged.
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        New Zealand
        323 12 +8.52 Share prices ended firmer but off their highs for the day after a string of positive first half results confirmed the trend of earlier in the week. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 8.52 points higher at 1,996.73. Turnover was NZ$5B million NZ510.75 million of which came in
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        Bombay
        78 12 -25.80 Stocks closed lower yesterday as market players unnerved by the virtual absence of new buy orders hammered prices down. The BSE 30-share Index closed at 3,383.89, down 25.80 points. The 100-share National index closed 28.01 lower at 1,638.91. "UTI has stopped buying. They are buying only in a
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    • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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        London
        810 12 -6.9 SHARES ended a bewildering week nursing further losses as currency and political concerns continued to dog what should have been a buoyant market as Wall Street lifted the Dow to record highs, traders said. "We've got all the fundamentals in place for some upside, but it looks like
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        Paris
        132 12 -10.16 French shares drifted lower in quiet trading, with weakness in the dollar and franc weighing on sentiment. But there was no aggressive selling, traders said. "It's Friday and people are bit shell-shocked," one trader said. The CAC-40 Index closed down 10.16 points at 1,824.84. Of the CAC-40 stocks,
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        Frankfurt
        187 12 +7.23 German shares ended slightly up from bourse closing level as traders square positions ahead of the weekend. Some weakeness seen from earlier Ibis high due to the weak dollar and losses on Wall Street. The growing threat of the IG Metall strike was not seen as market factor
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        Brussels
        151 12 -0.04 Belgian stocks were mixed amid concern the dollar's fall will reduce US earnings of Belgian companies. "The weak dollar and its effect on cyclical stocks was the focus of attention,"said an analyst. Seven of the 20 companies in the Bel-20 Index sell more than 10 per cent of
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        Milan
        244 12 +31 Italian shares closed higher after tumbling 2.1 per cent on Thursday as the lira's fall to a record low boosted earnings prospects of big exporters. Bank shares were also strong amid takeover news while telecommunications issues climbed as expectations grew of share sales to private investors. "What we
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        Stockholm
        137 12 -9.9 Swedish shares closed one per cent lower, pressured by blue chip Ericsson which suffered on news that competitor Motorola has an inventory buildup of cellular phones. Ericsson fell 14 crowns to close at 414. Banks also continued to depress the market after Thursday's news that S-E-Banken's 1994 results
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        Zurich
        271 12 -20.0 Swiss stocks fell for a third day as the weak dollar, down 3 per cent against the Swiss franc in a week, hurt exporters with substantial US earnings. "It's that currency with the S and two lines through it that dominated," said a trader. "We had strong buys
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        Johannesburg
        302 12 -15.7 South African shares ended mostly weaker in slow preweekend trade as buying in- terest remained low and few fresh factors emerged to offer support. Traders said volumes had been small and the market needed a shift in fundamentals to find clear direction. The Overall Index was 29.2 points
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        Toronto
        234 12 1.84 Stocks opened slightly higher with a stronger gold price offsetting spillover weakness from New York, dealers said. "Gold is one sector that should fare better," said one dealer. "But it's a fairly neutral, non-caring day." Toronto's key 300 index was up 1.84 points at 4,101.57. Volume was 12.57
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        New York
        802 12 -18.41 Stock prices headed solidly lower yesterday in fairly active trading, as dollar worries and volatility around the 'double-witching hour" dispelled investor hopes of challenging the Dow's 4000 level. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which rose 1.35 points on Thursday, was down 19.41 to 3.968.01 at Nam EST.
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      3089 13 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks dropped for the first time in three days after a wave of selling by US hedge funds spooked investors. Commercial and industrial issues led the decline, countering a rise in HSBC Holdings and other bank stocks. Property shares were mostly lower. Many investors were
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      620 13 CLSA H SHARES yesterday retreated 0.5 per cent on turnover of HKSBS million. Among the larger mar-ket-cap stocks, Luoyang Glass gained 4.3 per cent while Qingling fell 3.4 per cent. GZ Shipyard rose 13.9 per cent, correcting Thursday's severe plunge. Shanghai B shares, which had been tracking the performance
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      2552 13 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks rose as public funds and major institutional investors broke a four-day drop in the Nikkei by raising bids on shares heavily weighted in the benchmark index. The move came when the Nikkei fell to its lowest point in more than a year shortly after
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      1867 13 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks recovered from intra-day lows yesterday on buying of large capitalisation company Telecom Asia after light prof-it-taking in leading sectors. The SET Index closed down 3.95 points at 1,304.27 on 5.83 billion baht turnover. Grammy Entertainment, which made its debut yesterday, closed at 210 baht, 27 per
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      1185 13 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices yesterday closed lower in moderate pre-weekend volume on lack of fresh leads, with both foreign and local players taking profits. "The market lacked fresh incentives. Players were just following relatively weak market sentiment in most other regional markets, particularly Hongkong." one broker said. Property stocks
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        Lock icon Corporate developments push up prices
        6902 14 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks rose yesterday as investors bid up prices on news and speculation about corporate developments. Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd (MPHB) led trading, as it has for most of the past week, rising six sen to M 54.74 with 18.7 million shares
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        Lock icon Late rally pushes share prices into positive territory
        1921 16  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE A choppy trading session in the local stock market yesterday again reflected a greater retail presence than institutional, with Malaysian stocks still grabbing the limelight. Overall activity, however, cooled ofT after the heavy volumes seen on Thursday, although
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      The world according to Benetton
      1557 17  -  Tsang Shuk Wa meets Luciano Benetton, a stately businessman with a yen for the outrageous and a penchant for risk-taking Tsang Shuk Wa The writer is a Hongkong-based freelancer w ho contributed this article to Executive Lifestyle IT IS utterly inconceivable for an unequivocal capitalist
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        Passenger beware
        30 17 AN EXECUTIVE wasn't sure if his travel agent's spelling or sense of humour was bad when he was faxed his air ticketing details. It was headed: "Fright Schedule".
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        Poor dear
        23 17 HERE'S a remisier's favourite Valentine's Day poem: "Roses are red, violets are blue. I got no lunch money, how about vou?"
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        Name it right
        36 17 WHO SAYS that digging companies have no sense of humour? Last Tuesday was the first day of the Trenchless Asia 95 Conference. Guess who organised it? A company called No-Dig Conferences and Exhibitions.
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        Not so fast
        72 17 WITNESSED at a Chinese restaurant last weekend: A group of children were singing "Happy Birthday" to their grandmother. The overzealous family photographer, anxious to get a good shot, told the "birthday girl" to blow out the candles on the cake. The grandmother did so. The children, who
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        A city that's losing its soul to capitalism
        693 18  -  letter ficm SURABAYA The capital of East Java is changing too fast for some people there, making neighbouring regions wary LESLIE LOPEZ The writer is BT's Jakarta Correspondent LITTLE of this city's glorious and colourful past remains. A search for cultural and
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        No Islamisation process in Abri
        663 18  -  Amir Santoso says Gen Hartono's appointment as Indonesian army chief is based purely on merit and has nothing to do with the fact that he is a Muslim Amir Santoso The writer is a political science lecturer at the University of Indonesia THE APPOINTMENT of
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        Political correctness will ruin the BBC
        1026 18  -  Neville Stack says there are more important things than chasing broadcast ratings Neville Stack The writer is a political commentator based in London. He writes regularly for BT. IF IT isn't wrong, don't fix it, so the wise old saying goes. And another warning
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        China tax will not hurt DBS Land
        116 18  -  Lim Joke Mui I REFER to the article "Impact of China's capital gains tax on Singapore listed firms unclear" (BT, Feb 17). The article said DBS Land was "perhaps one of the hardest hit" of the listed property companies. We consider this a
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        GIA and LIA mentorship schemes for business students appreciated
        123 18  -  Leong Kwong Sin THANK YOU for covering the visit of our student ambassadors to key business supporters of the Nanyang Technological University's School of Accountancy Business. The report said Insurance Commissioner Lim Shu Chiau "played a key role in launching mentorship
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        Not all take loans to speculate
        94 18  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Manmohan Singh IT IS very unfair for the media to highlight the fact that the majority of those who obtain personal loans use them for speculative purposes. They may also be obtained to cover costs pertaining to the birth of
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        SES reviewing buy-in of odd lots
        226 18  -  Peter Chia WE REFER to Denis Distant's letter "Unfair to Scripless traders" (BT. Feb 4). The case Mr Distant cites of the buy-in order for an odd lot of UIS warrants at 34 cents each compared with the market price of 25 cents is
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        The shogun of Subic
        2968 19  -  aj£: THE RAFFLES j CONVERSATION A fortnightly series supported by Raffles Hotel Richard Gordon, chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, tells Vikram Khanna the dramatic story of how he and 8,000 unpaid volunteers worked to preserve the former US naval base and turn it into
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        From naval base to commercial powerhouse
        859 19 WHAT a piece of real estate to inherit. An area of land larger than Singapore with almost ten thousand hectares of virgin forest up in the mountains, pristine white-sand beaches down below, and one of the finest natural harbours in the Pacific. And US$B
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    • PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
      • BULLS EYE
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          Lock icon BT SENTIMENT INDEX (Feb 20-24)
          569 20 Those polled on their views of the Singapore stock market for the week ahead: Alliance Securities, Baring Securities, BZW, Daiwa Research, DBS Investment Research, Fraser Securities, G K Goh, Morgan Grenfell, Nomura Research Institute, Peregrine Securities, Phillip Securities, S G Warburg and Smith New Court.
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          In my opinion...
          420 20  -  Christopher Day Investment director Thornton Management Asia ur: inancial bubbles rH have a nasty habit JL of bursting. But that can be a blessing in disguise. Asian stock market returns in 1993 were unsustainable, being derived primarily from equally unsustainable capital inflows. Now that some of these
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        Changes at Goodman Fielder Asia, Yeo Hiap Seng spell good news
        557 20  -  THE WEEK By Joyce Quek IMPENDING changes at the helm of food and beverage groups Goodman Fielder Asia (GFA) and Yeo Hiap Seng (YHS) Singapore spell good news for shareholders. GFA is being taken over by a consortium led
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        Lock icon How not to lose sleep over your investments
        1135 20  -  Christopher Poll recommends a little and often rather than a lot all at once Christopher Poll The writer is chairman of Micropal Limited The problem for most private investors is how they can benefit from stock market appreciation yet still sleep peacefully
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        Lock icon Will Lady Luck smile on Credit Lyonnais' Fortune Fund?
        767 20  -  Paul Leo on why he believes the CPF-approved unit trust is a good bet Paul Leo WITH "Fortune" in its name, an auspicious launch date, wet weather, and a psychic on hand, all Credit Lyonnais International Asset Management (Cliam) needs to
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        Asia markets should look good again after March
        1022 21  -  Kleinwort Benson Research advises investors to look to 1996 to understand 1995. Joyce Quek reports Joyce Quek Y THE sec- J ond quar»*t e r strengthened by good local results and with the peak of US interest rates in sight, it should
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        Bad luck omens and other nitty-gritties
        876 21 In this second .part of a six-part series on buying a property, A J Leow lists the salient points to note to avoid disappointment WHEN looking at a property to buy, it is useful to note salient points such as: Orientation A house with
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        688 21  -  Eve on the region Martin French takes investors through some valuable lessons from the last few weeks Martin French The writer is chief representative of Credit Lvonnais Securities Malaysia ONCE again the saying that smart investors always buy on a falling
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      Heritage in brown and gold
      583 22  -  Ong Poh Neo tells Jaime Ee why she decided to write a book on Peranakan furniture Jaime Ee WHY WOULD someone, with no exceptional interest in Peranakan furniture and who doesn't claim to be an expert on it. write a cofTee-table book about the subject
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      A tale of two Toyotas
      1335 23  -  Motoring By SAMUEL EE NO TWO cars could be more different than the Previa and the Celica. The two are stablemates from Japan's largest automaker Toyota and they are the latest additions to the Singapore motoring scene. The Previa is a people carrier, or as
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      Frankenstein goes to the opera
      700 22  -  Cinema Reviews By SUSAN TSANG MARY SHELLEY's Frankenstein was a Gothic novel that indicted man's inhumanity to innocent. ugly monsters. As interpreted by Kenneth Branagh. however. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is an extravagant piece of modern Gothic. The film gives purists lots to sniff at there
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      Staying on course despite some rocky patches
      572 22 MERYL STREEP gets physical in The River Wild. Putting her European accents behind her. Streep stars as Gail, a Whitewater rafter who gave it all up to become a suburban housewife. But her marriage to Tom (David Strathaim). a workaholic architect, has drifted
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        359 24 Golf AFP INDIAN WELLS, California Harry Taylor, never better than fifth in seven PGA seasons, fired an eight-under par 64 here on Thursday to grab a three-stroke edge after round two of the US$l.2 million (S$ 1.75 million) Bob Hope Classic.
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          Basketball
          33 24 NEW YORK NBA on Thursday: Miami 87 NY 96; New Jersey 100 Denver 94; Charlotte 89 Houston 105; Milwaukee 85 Cleveland 106; Utah 120 San Antonio 113; Sacramento 98 LA Lakers 82.
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          85 24 AP NEW YORK Heavyweight Riddick Bowc is ignored by those who rank fighters for the various alphabetic sanctioning associations. Not by boxing writers, though. A curious public relations firm asked 50 American boxing writers and broadcasters to rank the top five heavyweights. Bowe came out No 1, selected as
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          121 24 Reuter SAN DIEGO Winds plummeting from eight to zero knots left boats dead in the water, forcing officials to abandon America's Cup trials racing on Thursday. In the challenger trials, one Australia was up against Rioja dc Espana and Nippon was racing Sydney 95 when the competition was halted
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          234 24 AFP MELBOURNE BEACH, Florida Major League owners are cracking down on youth teams which name their clubs after their favourite big-league clubs, forcing each child to pay US$6 (SS8.80) more for new uniforms. "It really stinks," said Jack Gibbs, age 12, who voted to name his Little League team
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          192 24 AP PALM DESERT, California US$l.2 million (551.75 million) Bob Hope Classic 2nd rd on Thursday (US unless noted): 130 Harry Taylor 66 64 133 Tommy Armour 111 66 67. Chris Perry 66 67 134 Keith Fergus 65 69, Mark Wurtz 67 67, Kenny Perry 63 71, Robin Freeman 64
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          115 24 AFP STOCKHOLM England could lose its bid to host the 1996 European championships as a result of the crowd violence in Dublin on Wednesday, UEFA President Lcnnart Johansson said on Thursday. "Football in England must be called into question," Johansson said in a radio interview with Radiosporten. Johansson said
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          303 24 AFP PARIS Top-seed Stcffl Graf handed Switzerland's 14-year-old Martina Hingis a lesson in power and tactics on the Coubertin Stadium's centre-court on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the U*****,000 Paris Indoor Open. The 25-year-old German, who has returned to tournament tennis this week after a three month injury
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        129 24 Reuter FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner being surrounded by the media on Thursday as he answered questions concerning the Major League baseball players' 189-day-old strike. Thursday was the opening training for pitchers and catchers. But while there were 28 players in Yankees uniform,
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        598 24 Five Nations Championship AFP, Reuter CARDIFF England faces Wales in the Five Nations championship here today and is determined that the Arms Park will not prove once again to be the graveyard of its Grand Slam ambitions. With emphatic victories over France, Ireland, Canada
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        575 24 AFP LONDON The all-too-fa-miliar problem of how to prevent a small hardcore of rightwing extremists from holding a whole sport to ransom has returned to haunt the English football authorities, following the violent scenes in Dublin on Wednesday. With some justification, English football
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        February debutante
        171 24 THE Singapore Golf Circuit 1995 made its debut with its first Pro-Am tournament early this month at Jurong Country Club. The first of a series of six tournaments, the first leg was named the Rover Golf Championship, with Intra Motors, the distributor of Rover cars in Singapore, as
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        Showcase of three talents
        749 25  -  Shahiron Sahari votes the concert by Reck and his Flecktones as one of the best he'd seen. He was also at Bryan Ferry's show Shahiron Sahari AFTER two hours and two rousing standing ovations, Bela Fleck said to the full-house at the DBS Auditorium: "This wasn't
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        Ferry's majestic tapestry
        544 25 BRYAN FERRY approaches music the way an artist would approach his work slowly, methodically and with a multitude of simultaneous possibilities in mind. This comes as no surprise, for Ferry best known as leader and lead singer for British band Roxy Music was once an art major
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        PERFORMANCES
        523 25 Best Foot Forward A new light-hearted play about what it means to be the "best" in Singapore by Action Theatre. What happens when an SIA girl falls in love with an RSAF pilot? How can one marry rich? And can an Asean scholar be only "mediocre" in Singapore? Until
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        CONCERTS
        435 25 Concert de SSO The SSO joins forces with Korean violinist Ju-Young Baek as they perform Brahms' Violin Concerto in D. Also on the cards is Wagner's Flying Dutchman Overture. Today. 8.15 pm at the Victoria Concert Hall. Tickets at $6. $10. $14. $20 and $30 available from Sistic. Student
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        FILMS
        218 25 Interdit Aux Moines de Treize Ans Directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli and starring Sandra Montaigu and Patrick Depeyrrat, this tells the story of Jean who. bored with his life, decides to hold up the supermarket his wife works for. (French with English subtitles). Feb 21: 7.15 pm; Feb 22: 9.15
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        EXHIBITIONS
        800 25 Instyle '95 Check out what's hot and what's not in this exhibition where new designs for furniture, furnishings and household appliances will be featured. Until tomorrow, at the World Trade Centre Hall 7. Flower paintings By artist James Rosenquist. No prizes for guessing the subject of this exhibition. Until
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        TALKS/COURSES
        158 25 Cutting Cancer and Managing Menopause For Mothers and Daughters Experts from various medical institutions will give a talk which will provide insight into the problems experienced by many menopausal women. Feb 25. 2 pm at the San Marco Ballroom. Marco Polo Hotel. Fee: $10. To register, call Shehli at
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        MISCELLANEOUS
        407 25 Lunar New Year at Asian Village The Thai Ei Wushu Dragon and Lion Dance Group will be performing at the Asian Village to ring in the New Year with several gongs. Enjoy a funfilled day and take part in the festivities. Today and tomorrow. Feb 25 and 26. 2
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        AT THE SUBSTATION
        232 25 Tao's Dance Theatre An independent dance company from Taiwan formed by Fu-Lann Tao, who combines traditional Chinese and Taiwanese theatre with modem and modern technique. Today, 8 pm at the Guiness Theatre. Tickets at $25. Abstraction Meets Calligraphy The 1994 UOB Painting of the Year winner. Hong
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        TICKETING
        142 25  -  Compiled by Christopher Toh Sistic outlets are at Forum The Shopping Mall, Ginza Plaza, Junction 8. Liang Court, Raffles City, Scotts, Specialists Centre, Takashimaya, Cold Storage at Jelita and World Trade Centre. Also at Victoria Concert Hall and the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Hotline: 348-5555. Ticket Charge outlets are at
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        Bresse is best for fowl that's fair
        755 26  -  Bon Appetit By JAIME EE GASTRONOMICALLY speaking, the French really know how to live. But if you think it's only the people, then you obviously haven't met a chicken from Bresse. Chickens from this French region have never seen a chicken coop. The
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        Good news for devoted carnivores
        618 26  -  By SUSAN TSANG MENTION US meat and we think of corn-fed beef. A promotion now on at the Marina Mandarin Singapore introduces the whole range of American meats beef, veal, duck, lamb and chicken. Accompanying these are a variety of peripherals from that country an
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        On the trail of two New World winners
        807 26  -  Winc By N K YONG IT USED to be said that if you built a top-class product which everyone wanted, then even if you were located at the remotest address, the world would beat a path to your door. Not true any
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      CINEMA
      1023 28 Blue Tiger. Virginia Madsen hunts down the yakuza killer of her son. He's got a blue tiger tattoo, so she gets a red tiger emblazoned on herself. R(A). Yangtze: 11.30; 3.30; 7.30. Death Machine. The new CEO of a weapons company finds herself up against the company's psychotic inventor
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      437 22 BUSINESS TIMES LIFESTYLE GJ EXCLUSIVE 1 A AUOe«A(*S M6JTT I watchmaKin^ 7 Audemarg &uet Mugeumj^v^D bailee de Joux in the Swiss Jura, some 50 km north of Top Prize: A fascinating SD/4N trip to Switzerland for two by Geneva, is the cradle of the watchmaking art. It was here Business
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      132 23 United Airlines sponsors an encore performance from New^^York's untraditional Frenchman. PAR.'' Jean-Georges Vongerichten, owner of three of New York's most exciting restaurants, JoJo's, Lipstick Cafe and Vong, has returned to Singapore by popular demand. Jean-Georges, who is renowned for his legendary French cuisine, will be at Maxim's from February 22nd-February
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      458 26 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN I itetew Jfosters H W&Xm rl S Olde English Eating House WJk i| 277 Orchard Rd #02-38 Specialists' Centre S (0923) I I $22 CBD PASS! 3 When you spend $25/- or more at Fosters for lunch J or afternoon tea from Mon-Sal, show
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      361 27 Celebrating Fish Let s drink to fish. Bouillabaisse or Tom Yam? Top of the M celebrates fish with a lunch buffet of •very imaginable fish recipe. Salmon, sole. snapper, sea bass... if K can be caught, it ccn be cooked. And we know oil the delicious wags, < Continental or
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      2603 28 TODAY'S TV 100 Forum pertuna Ehwai. 7.00 Extraordinary People 2.00 Pari Seberang Boss (See Our Choice). Semangat Membara, 1.25pm, Movie Magic, 6.30pm, Cti 12 7.30 Berita 12. v +0® Baba and Nyonya. Ch 12 c tl ,nK in films look excitine 800 Beyond 2000. 4.30 Umi. L Stunts in films
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