The Business Times, 3 March 1995

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    13 1 Business Times IkE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 194/12/94 Friday March 3 19 85 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow Jones down 30 points
      98 1 Reuter NEW YORK Blue-chip stocks fell yesterday as fresh economic data left investors worrying whether the economy was slowing down as much as some initially expected. The stronger-than-expected data raised fears of another hike in interest rates by the Federal Reserve. The dollar's fall to
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    169 1 Stock market indices Thursday Change ST1I 2,133.00 +4.58 KLSEComp closed Nikkei 16,963.18 344.47 Hang Seng 8,253.33 -43.63 SET Index 1,281.91 -5.79 Jakarta Comp closed Manila Comp 2,490.91 +12.68 Taipei WPI 6,450.39 +112.56 SeodComp „....903.43 +17.74 Bombay BSE30 ....3,502.14 +42.33 CLSA China B 819.62 +3.14 Aust All Old 1,915.7
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    Lock icon Leeson caught in Frankfurt,S'pore seeks extradition
    588 1  -  By Conrad Raj, Neil Behrmann FUGITIVE derivatives trader Nick Leeson was caught yesterday at Frankfurt Airport when German police, acting on a request by Singapore police, boarded a Royal Brunei Airlines plane on its arrival from Kota Kinabalu early in the morning. Singapore officials
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    Barings' open positions almost liquidated
    374 1  -  From Anthony Rowley in TOKYO LIQUIDATION of open positions held by Barings on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange is almost complete. Daiwa Securities first made the announcement in Japan, fuelling a cautious rebound of the Tokyo stock market yesterday. The Nikkei-225
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    Budget a non-event for S'pore market
    157 1 SINGAPORE The local stock market reacted indifferently yesterday to the Singapore budget, with prices closing slightly weaker despite a firming in blue chips. The Straits Times Industrials Index finished a quiet day 4.58 points higher at 2,133.00. But the main board recorded just 61
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    80,000 CPF members make $235m profit from shares
    349 1  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Almost 80,000 Central Provident Fund members realised some $235 million in net profits from investment in shares last year. This was announced yesterday by the CPF Board, which added that 268.900 other members incurred net realised losses
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    ING holding exclusive talks to buy all Barings units
    368 1  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON THE Dutch bank Internationale Nederlanden Group NV (ING) is in exclusive negotiations with administrators to acquire all units of collapsed British investment bank Barings pic, the administrators Ernst and Young said last night. "The administrators announced
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      8 1 S'pore News: Pg 2 Non-oil exports up 25%
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      49 1 Market Watch: Pg 9 A bottom-up view of KL stocks ON PAGE 3 Barings bosses said to have kept Leeson fed with cash London merchant banks confident Simex members hail govt move Sabah paper scoops world media on Leeson's flight to Frankfurt Trials and tribulations of a Leeson lookalike
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Non-oil exports in January up 25% despite signs of slowing trade
      577 2  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE'S non-oil domestic exports remained strong in January with a year-on-year growth of 25 per cent in real terms, despite indications that external trade was set to grow at a relatively slower pace this year. Latest
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      Trade links between S'pore and Guangxi growing fast
      318 2  -  By Rahita Elias TIES between Singapore and Guangxi in Southern China are growing rapidly. Trade Development Board chief executive Barry Desker said yesterday Singapore's investments in Guangxi jumped 56 per cent last year to US$334 million (SS4B4 million). Singapore companies have invested
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      Environmental services firm makes Republic its regional HQ
      301 2 WHEELABRATOR Technologies Inc, a leading environmental services companies in the United States, has decided to base its Asia-Pacific regional headquarters in Singapore. The company, which is listed on both the London and the New York stock exchanges, announced yesterday plans for a
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      Lock icon S'pore firms sign Cambodian deals worth US$100m
      260 2 AFP PHNOM PENH Four major investment projects worth some US$lOO million (SSI4S million) were formally approved by the Cambodian Investment Board (CIB) yesterday to coincide with the official visit of Singapore officials and business representatives. The projects by Singaporebased companies are an inland
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      IRAS elaborates on property tax proposals
      309 2  -  Singapore Budget '95 By Lilian Ang THE Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) yesterday said that developers who started on the foundation work for their property projects hefore yesterday will still he eligible for the tax exemption given for land under development. The tax
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      Lock icon Staying tip-top at the top
      95 2 Text and photo by Arthur Lee IT MAY be 33 degrees Celsius up there 50 metres from the ground but the job has to be done. To keep the aluminium and glass facade of Suntec City nice and clean, nothing beats a pair of hands
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      593 2 I STRAIGHT TALK (A i —You shouldn't have to read iP between the lines to get the full picture. IJ* *\±i? Companies Markets. Everyday. nn ~Y Business Times WEKNOWASUi BUSINESS TIMES Visit The Most IOFFICEI Comprehensive Office Furniture ■WSBI Exhibition A must (or architects, interiof designers, wholesalers, retailers and others
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  • THE BARINGS DEBACLE
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      Lock icon Barings bosses said to have kept Leeson fed with cash
      403 3 FT, AFP LONDON Directors of Barings, the UK merchant banking group, advanced large sums ot cash to Nick Leeson. the derivatives dealer who caused its collapse, in the belief that he was trading on the bank's own account in the
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      Lock icon UK merchant banks declare confidence
      531 3 But some investors re-evaluating their lending positions FT LONDON The heads of London-based merchant banks issued a declaration of confidence in their sector on Wednesday after a crisis meeting to discuss the repercussions of the Barings collapse. John Manser, chairman of the London Investment Banking
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      Lock icon Sabah paper scoops world on Leeson's flight to Frankfurt
      432 3  -  By Agnes Wee SINGAPORE As some of the world's best journalists tried to track down fugitive rogue trader Nick Leeson, it was a family-owned Sabah daily newspaper that broke the story of his flight to Frankfurt from the East Malaysian state.
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      Simex members hail govt steps to beef up exchange
      223 3  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Many Simex members said yesterday that steps announced by Finance Minister Richard Hu to beef up the exchange would boost confidence in the futures industry. The measures include: the appointment of a panel of experts to
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      Lock icon Trials and tribulations of a Leeson lookalike
      266 3 AP HONGKONG With a receding hairline, Canadian John Hall bears only a passing resemblance to the rogue trader who brought down Britain's oldest investment bank. But for a few moments, Thai authorities and the media seemed to think they'd found their man. While
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      909 3 >BR HOLDINGS LIMITED ABR HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Directors are pleased to announce the unaudited results of the Group and the Company for the year ended 31 December 1994: 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS OF THE GROUP AND THE COMPANY GROUP COMPANY 31 Dec 31 Dec Change
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  • THE REGION
    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon US weighing options against Japan
        72 4 Reuter WASHINGTON The Clinton Administration is weighing its next move in a dispute with Tokyo over autos and auto parts trade after talks on opening Japan's markets failed to make progress, a top US trade official said on Wednesday. Mr Clinton's National Economic Council, headed
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        Lock icon Ramos on confidence-building tour
        66 4 Reuter MANILA President Fidel Ramos sets off for Europe and the Middle East this weekend to reassure potential investors the Philippines is not about to do a Mexico and that its economic recovery is still on track. "We worried about this for one day," he said
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        Lock icon The flip side of reforms
        55 4 AFP BEIJING A young resident of a shanty town that is 15 minutes' walk from one of Beijing's international hotels catching up on his reading on Wednesday. The town, and others like it, are held up by leftists as examples of what China's economic reforms
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        Lock icon Aussie retail sales up 2.8%
        64 4 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Australian retail sales in January rose a largcr-than-cxpcctcd 2.8 per cent to a record, fuelling expectations that interest rates may be increased by April, analysts said. "We haven't really turned the corner yet," said an economist. "Certainly, growth is quite strong
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        Lock icon Taiwan acts to check inflation
        60 4 Knight-Ridder TAIPEI Taiwan, concerned about a sharp rise in import and wholesale prices in January and a variety of transportation and consumer pricc hikes in recent days, has announced a broad-rang-ing plan to case inflationary pressures. Vice-Economics Minister Yang Shih-chien said he will use extra
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        Lock icon Pinning faith on satellite TV
        40 4 AFP NEW DELHI Satellite dishes dotting a roof-top here contrasts sharply against a 17th century mosque in the background. Satellite TV has made a major impact on Indian society in the past four years. AFP
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        Lock icon Cambodia loses US$100m to graft
        54 4 Reuter PHNOM PENH Corruption, graft and tax evasion in Cambodia could be costing the state as much as US$lOO million (SSI4S million) per year in lost revenue. Finance Minister Keat Chuon said. "According to estimates, 30 per cent of Cambodian imported goods don't pay import
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        Lock icon India's trade deficit doubles
        54 4 UPI NEW DELHI India's trade deficit doubled to more than US$l billion (551.45 billion) in the first 10 months of the current financial year ending March, officials said yesterday. The US$l.B3 billion deficit during April to January was up from US$5B2 million during the same period
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      Tokyo holds back 30b yen for bailout of credit unions
      279 4  -  From Anthony Rowley in TOKYO THE Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly yesterday decided to freeze a promised 30 billion yen (*****.9 million) contribution to the highly controversial plan to bail out two effectively bankrupt local credit unions. The rescue plan, which is
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      BMW sets up its own distribution arm in Seoul
      346 4  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE BMW has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary in Seoul to distribute its cars, making it the first foreign car maker to establish its own distribution company in Korea. BMW Korea Corp will take over the job from Korean
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      Lock icon Jiang fires a broadside at corruption in high places
      380 4 AFP, Reuter BEIJING Chinese Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin has issued an urgent call to fight official corruption, warning that failure to counter its spread would threaten the party's hold on power. In a speech to the party's Central Disciplinary Commission
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      Bank of China unveils multi-billion fraud bid
      246 4  -  From Steve Vines in HONGKONG FEARFUL of further damage to its reputation, the Bank of China has taken the unusual step of publicising a massive attempted fraud, despite claims that the fraudsters have yet to make any money from their crime. Using the
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      Lock icon Beijing gets US$1b credit from World Bank
      368 4 AP, AFP WASHINGTON The World Bank on Wednesday announced US$l.O2 billion (551.48 billion) in loans and a guarantee to China, its biggest borrower. The largest credit was a US$4OO million loan to increase electric power in Zhejiang province, the fastest growing area in
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      Lock icon Charitable feat
      58 4 AFP HONGKONG Four celebrity hikers preparing for an 18km fund-raising walk with a foot bath on Wednesday. From left: Belgian Consul-General Piet Steel, William Philleps of Salomon Brothers. Dede Huang of the Asia Society and liongkong Secretary of Housing Dominic Wong will be joining in the 'Hike the
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      Lock icon Thai central bank raises discount rate to 10.5% to spur domestic savings
      367 4 Bloomberg Business News, Reuter BANGKOK The Bank of Thailand, the nation's central bank, has raised its official bank rate by one percentage point, to 10.5 per cent, to encourage domestic savings, effective today. The central bank last raised
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      Lock icon China says HK spending beyond means in budget
      327 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The No 2 Chinese official in Hongkong has accused the territory's government of spending beyond its means in its budget for the 1996 fiscal year, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The budget for the year to
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      Lock icon Taiwan heads for direct shipping ties with China
      190 4 AFP Knight-Ridder TAIPEI Taiwan has worked out a four-stage plan for direct shipping with China, with a goal of eventually opening its ports io Chinese vessels, reports said yesterday. Under the first stage of the plan, foreign vessels and Taiwanese ships registered
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon Fed remark pushes US$/yen to post-War low
      309 5 Bloomberg Business News, Reuter NEW YORK The US dollar fell below its post-War low against the yen after US Federal Reserve Board governor Lawrence Lindsey expressed a lack of concern about the US currency's decline. The dollar-yen rate was not at "critical levels"
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      Lock icon Americans saving more even as wages edge up
      479 5 AP, Bloomberg Business News Reuter, WASHINGTON Americans earned more in January but they also spent less and saved more, the government said yesterday. In its report on income, the Commerce Department said earnings from wages, salaries and other sources climbed 0.9 per
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      Lock icon A bolt from the Blue Planet
      73 5 Reuter CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida The space shuttle Endeavour blasting off from the Kennedy Space Centre early yesterday with seven astronauts aboard. The shuttle, laden with a US$l95 million (*****.8 million) cargo of exotic space telescopes, is bound for Earth orbit and nearly 16 days
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      Lock icon Lamont joins opposition forces in crucial parliamentary vote
      310 5  -  From Neville Stack in LONDON THE former chancellor of the exchequer (finance minister), who was sacked by British Prime Minister John Major, launched a self-destructive kamikaze attack on his former friend by voting with the opposition on a crucial parliamentary vote on
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      Lock icon Beijing reaffirms hope of joining World Trade Organisation
      378 5 Reuter BEIJING China reaffirmed its desire to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after a Sino-US intellectual property rights deal signed last week marked a turning point in relations with the US. "For its part, China has never closed the door to
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      Lock icon S Korean bid for WTO job boosted by Salinas' pullout
      450 5 Bloomberg Business News, Reuter. SEOUL Ihe withdrawal of former Mexican President Carlos Salinas from the race to head the World Trade Organisation is seen by South Korean analysts and officials as a crucial boost for South Korean candidate Kim Chul
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Bavaria employers ready for wage talks
        65 5 Reuter FREISING, Germany Engineering employers in Bavaria, chosen as battleground to push through pay rises for the whole country, said yesterday they were prepared to resume wage talks with Germany's IG Metall union. Employers stressed talks could begin immediately and without any preconditions but
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        Lock icon Even pigs have their day
        59 5 AFP BROOKFIELD, Illinois Trained Ossabaw Island pig, Oreo, performing tricks for a crowd gathered on Wednesday for National Pig Day celebrations at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago. National Pig Day was first conceived in 1972 by two sisters to show appreciation of pigs as one
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        Lock icon Yes, Mexico's in recession: minister
        40 5 Reuter MEXICO CITY Finance Minister Guillermo Ortiz on Wednesday acknowledged that Mexico's economy has lurched into recession but he denied US-backed crisis measures have driven it there. He was addressing a congressional finance committee. Reuter
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        Lock icon France to close six embassies
        57 5 Bernama PARIS France will close six embassies and 15 consulates for budgetary reasons, Foreign Ministry spokesman Richard Duque announced here yesterday. As the parliament-approved 1995 government budget has been partially frozen, the Foreign Ministry has to reduce costs by cutting a number of diplomatic missions,
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      Lock icon Lonrho sacks Tiny Rowland after row
      175 5 Reuter LONDON Conglomerate Lonrho pic dismissed founder Tiny Rowland yesterday following a row over allegations in a German magazine concerning chief executive Dieter Bock's business dealings. Mr Rowland was summarily sacked during a board meeting in the moming and will not now become honorary
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      Lock icon Clinton hits isolationists, pushes nuke pact
      216 5 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton urged Americans on Wednesday night to reject the entreaties of "new isolationists" and tried to energise a US-led effort to keep nuclear weapons from spreading. In a major speech at a conference sponsored by the Nixon Library, Mr Clinton
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      969 6 pn Nothing Beats A Bud. where to wine, dine and entertain BsKraZK L Homoeookftd Ifj 10 Varieties of Pasta j||| gg§ SO different sauces a. And all-time Italian favourites A antipasti, pizza and puccia. L PASTA FRESCA DA SAIVATORE PTC LTD M I •30 Boat Quay, S(0104) (Open S4 hounl
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Newcomer, old-timer bag top Grammys
      654 7  -  The Grammy night saw a blend of old and new, reports Jon Pareles Jon Pareles NYT A NEWCOMER, Sheryl Crow, and a pop trouper, Tony Bennett, won the top awards at the 37th annual Grammy Awards, which were presented on Wednesday night at the Shrine
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      Accountant wins BT contest with a timely vision
      477 7  -  Susan Tsang talks to Lifestyle's February winner Susan Tsang MORE than 680 readers took part in February's BT Lifestyle Exclusive competition, which promised a $7,000 Audemars Figuet watch, and a trip for two to Switzerland to visit, among other things, the Basel
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      220 7 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN Cairnljtll plouse Open Daily Lunch 11.30 am 2.30pm Dinner 6.30pm 10.30pm (Last order 10pm) Western Japanese Set Lunch at $1150+ Monday to Saturday 160 Orchard Road #81-01, Orchard Point, Singapore 0923. Tel: 737 4564,734 4956 Fax: 736 1922 KARAOKE: It's Performance Time Join Ihe
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      1034 7 L».1II:«!MI« rV~^ Liam Neeson plays a womanis- &W ing ex-policeman who scratches \i rM—-— out a living as a private investigator in seedy divorce cases. A routine case ends when his M wife and client are murdered. w Neeson is prime suspect. This 1991 drama, set in the 50s, has
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Doral Open draws top golfers gearing up for Masters
      467 8 Reuter PM MIAMI Although U559.75 million (S$ 14.1 million) in official prize money already has been awarded in the first two months of the US PGA Tour season, for many top players the golf year begins this week here at the
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    • SIDE LINES
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        Lock icon Top contenders for Indian Open
        106 8 Reuter NEW DELHI Carlos Espinosa of Mexico, winner of the Philippines Open at the weekend, was among the favourites for the Indian Open golf tournament starting yesterday. Other top contenders in the U*****,000 tournament are Americans Lee Potter, Aaron and Eric Meeks, Australians Craig Mann
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        Lock icon Sanchez begins reign as No 1 in style
        132 8 AFP INDIAN WELLS, California Arantxa Sanchez swept to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Indonesia's Yayuk Basuki to reach the quarterfinals of the Evert Cup here on Wednesday two days after regaining the world number-one ranking. "It feels great to come back and
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        Lock icon Olympics team in Beijing for dope probe
        97 8 AP BEIJING Top officials from the international swimming federation arrived in Beijing yesterday to probe a major doping scandal that resulted in seven Chinese swimmers being banned from competition for two years. The FINA delegation is expected to meet with officials of the
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        Lock icon Telecast of West Indies tour in doubt
        153 8 AFP SYDNEY A row between Kerry Packer's Nine Network and new pay-TV operator Australis threatens to prevent cricket followers here from watching what's been dubbed as the world championship of cricket Australia's tour of the West Indies. Australis, which began transmission in late
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        Lock icon Upset at Mexican Open
        123 8 AP MEXICO CITY Top-seeded Alberto Berasategui of Spain was upset by grasscourt specialist Mark Petchey of Britain, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 on Wednesday in the second round of the U*****,000 Mexican Open clay court event. Petchey, who reached the quarterfinals of the event last year, is ranked
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      Lock icon Australia, NZ bent on taking mud off rugby money
      632 8 AFP SYDNEY Money has been a dirty word in rugby union for 100 years but the sport's nouveaux riche, Australia and New Zealand, are determined that will change at a meeting of the governing body next week. The Southern Hemisphere powers
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    • SCORE CARD
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        Basketball
        32 8 NEW YORK NBA Wednesday: Boston 124 Washington 125 (OT2); Detroit 92 Indiana 79; Chicago 111 Miami 85; Golden State 85 Utah 98; LA Lakers 93 Phoenix 101; Sacramento 87 Minnesota 98.
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        Golf
        66 8 VIRGINIA WAFER, England PGA European Tour money leaders after six tournaments (x-denotes non tour member): I x-Fred Couples (US) US$2BO,OOO 2 x-Nick Price (Zim) 143,845 3 Colin Montgomerie (Scot) 108.800 4 Jarmo Sandclin (Swe) 105,858 5 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 103.760 6 x-Ernie Els (SA) 90,333 7 Michael Campbell (NZ)
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        Soccer
        39 8 PARIS European Cup quarter-fi-nals Ist leg Wednesday: Hajduk Split (Cro) 0 Ajax Amsterdam (Hoi) 0; Baycrn Munich (Ger) 0 IFK Gothenburg (Swe) 0; Barcelona (Spn) 1 Paris Saint Germain (Fra) I; AC Milan (Ita) 2 Benfica (Por) 0.
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        Tennis
        224 8 ROTTERDAM US$6OO,OOO World Indoor Ist rd Wednesday: Sjcng Schalken (Neth) b Karol Kucera (Slov) 6-4 6-7 (2-7) 6-3; 4-An-drei Medvedev (Ukr) b Tomas Carbonell (Spn) 6-4 6-4; Kenneth Carlsen (Den) b 6-Jacco Eitingh (Neth) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3); 5-Rich-ard Kxajicek (Neth) b Ronald Agenor (Hai) 6-1 6-4; Paul Haarhuis
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      Lock icon Racing driver gets 1-week driving ban
      47 8 AFP BICESTER, England British Eormula 1 driver Damon Hill being driven by a friend from the magistrate's court here on Wednesday after being banned from driving for a week and fined £350 (SsBos) for driving at 165 km per hour. AEP
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      Lock icon Point guard Hardaway shows he's dangerous on offensive too
      252 8 NYT ORLANDO, Florida On a team with fewer offensive options, Anfernee Hardaway could well be averaging 30 points a game. "He's definitely got that kind of offensive ability," Pat Williams, the general manager of the Orlando Magic, said on Wednesday. "But
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      Lock icon Grapplin' for 'honour' and big bucks the day after April Fools'
      771 8  -  Dave Anderson attends a circus hyping up Lawrence Taylor's bid to get Bam Bam Bigelow to 'respect' him Dave Anderson NYT IF everybody's dignity has a price. Lawrence Taylor's price apparently is US$5OO,OOO (*****,000). In a black-and-blue leather jacket
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      Lock icon Mighty Mary takes on Stars and Stripes
      415 8 America3's successor is lighter, with more power for forward motion AP SAN DIEGO The first women's crew in America's Cup history hopes it finally has the great equaliser. After two months of chasing its competition around the race course with a three-year-old yacht,
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        MARKET MOOD
        19 9 For next weeks expected market sentiment, see HI Sentiment Index on LL2 (Personal hnance Investment section) tomorrow
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        HOT STOCK
        83 9  -  •By Quak Hiang Whai WHILE the daily and weekly charts for kamunting look neutral, the stock appears likely to test $1.20 soon, which would bring its daily indicators into the oversold region. Based on its current patterns, the stock looks likely to trade in the h;inH nf SI
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      UMG, ASB get restructuring approval despite censure
      440 9  -  From Ruth Wong in KUALA LUMPUR BARELY 24 hours after issuing a stern public reprimand to United Merchant Group Bhd (UMG) and Advance Synergy Bhd (ASB) for the lack of disclosure over their proposed restructuring exercise, the Securities Commission (SC) has surprisingly approved
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      UOB Securities holds D&D in Gold Coast
      169 9 SINGAPORE Fancy having your company's annual dinner and dance in Australia's Gold Coast, all-expenses paid? That s exactly what UOB Securities has arranged this weekend. About 300 employees of the broking arm of United Over- seas Bank mostly dealing and backroom staff flew
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      Lock icon Hearing on Leong Hup's petition adjourned
      392 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The hearing into Leong Hup Holdings Bhd's petition to seek a court order to retain its nominees' positions on the board of KFC Holdings (M) Bhd has been adjourned to Monday. When Justice Richard Talalla suggested that KFC's Extraordinary General Meeting,
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      Buying KL stocks? Take a bottom-up approach
      649 9  -  MARKET WATCH By William Chia SINGAPORE The closure of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange for the Hari Raya holidays and the weekend ahead offer a timely pause for investors in Malaysian shares to reflect on their investment strategy in the coming months. Although
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      Chuan Hup's interim profit falls 25.8% on poor oil performance
      271 9  -  By Agnes Wee SINGAPORE The weaker oil sector of the marine business and some higher-than-normal gains in the previous period accounted for marinebased Chuan Hup Holdings' 25.8 per cent dip in net profit for the half vear ended Dec 31,
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      PCI interim up 67%, buoyed by telecoms demand
      169 9 SINGAPORE Telecommunications demand has helped boost Sesdaq-listed PCI Limited's interim net earnings by 66.8 per cent to $3.98 million. Turnover climbed 40.8 per cent to 5i20.3 million for the half-year ended Dec 31, 1994. Earnings per share came to 1.7 cents. The
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          Chemical Ind shareholders sell stakes
          69 10 SINGAPORE Tecity Management Pte Ltd has ceased to be a substantial shareholder of Chemical Industries (Far East) Ltd. Tecity sold its 8.8 per cent stake of 2.34 million Chemical Industries shares on Tuesday at $4.50 apiece. Kambau Pte Ltd also ceased to be a substantial
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          Parkway forms subsidiary
          35 10 SINGAPORE Parkway Holdings yesterday said it has incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary Parkway Development (China) Pte Ltd. The company has an authorised share capital of $100,000 and a paid-up capital of $2.
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          Tan Eng Liang made L&M director
          53 10 SINGAPORE L&M Group Investments has appointed Tan Eng Liang as a director. Dr Tan is currently executive vice-presi-dent of Wuthelam Holdings. He was a former senior minister of state for finance, and has received a number of awards such as the Public Service Star
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          G K Goh appoints director
          39 10 SINGAPORE G K Goh Holdings has appointed Tang See Chim as a non-executive director. Mr Tang is an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, and currently a director of 15 companies.
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          Superior Metal in China venture
          41 10 SINGAPORE Superior Metal Printing yesterday said its subsidiary Superior Metal Printing (HK) has incorporated a wholly owned company in China. The China company, Superior Metal (Huiyang) Co Ltd, will make and distribute metal pails and cans.
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        Lock icon Wharf in HK$6b challenge to break HK phone monopoly
        457 10 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkong conglomerate Wharf (Holdings) Ltd has set aside HK$6 billion (SSI. 12 billion) to develop a challenge to the colony's domestic telephone monopoly, the head of its telecommunications arm said on Wednesday. Leslie Harris, the president of
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        Lock icon Brierley Investments posts flat profit in first half
        427 10 Bloomberg Business News WELLINGTON Brierley Investments Ltd, New Zealand's fourth-largest company, yesterday said first-half net profit was little changed, as revenue from investment sales dropped and operating earnings rose. Profit in the six months ended Dec 31 rose to NZ5141.13 million (S$
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        Peso's rise against greenback drives PLDT earnings down 6%
        444 10  -  From Al Labita in MANILA THE RISE of the peso against the US dollar has dragged down the 1994 profit of Philippines Long Distance Telephone (PLDT). The company, which is listed in Manila and New York, said yesterday that net income
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        Lock icon TelecomAsia regains its lustre in Thailand on brighter outlook
        337 10 Reuter BANGKOK Telecom Asia Corp pic, which is partially owned by US-based Nynex Corp, is back in favour as investors react to good prospects for the company and a more positive outlook for the industry, analysts said. "There are many reasons
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        Lock icon Wall Street firms' earnings plunge 87%, hit by rising rates
        260 10 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Wall Street earnings plunged 87 per cent in 1994, the worst year since 1990, as rising interest rates hammered trading profits and sales of new securities, the New York Stock Exchange said on Wednesday. The
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        Lock icon Securities scam last year cost Prudential US$1.4b
        283 10 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Prudential Securities Inc says it incurred US$l.4 billion (Ss2 billion) of costs from its limited partnership scandal last year, confirming that its fraudulent securities sales have become Wail Street's most expensive debacle. Those costs drove the fifth largest
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        Lock icon Shanghai too has its own Barings problem
        552 11 Reuter SHANGHAI Like its British counterpart Barings. China's top brokerage firm stands humbled by reckless trades in the risky market for derivatives. So far. Shanghai International Securities has not identified its own Nick Leeson. the Barings trader whose trades went wrong. Nor has
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        Banque Indosuez here denies links with Barings
        347 11 SINGAPORE The Singapore branch of Banque Indosuez yesterday said it had "absolutely no connection with the Barings debacle and had no exposure at all to Barings". Speaking to reporters, the bank's Singapore general manager Jean-Claude Bergadaa, also reiterated that the losses incurred by
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        Lock icon Shanghai's biggest bond issue
        53 11 Reuter SHANGHAI Two elderly women joining a queue of people buying government bonds in the largest issue to date at the Industrial and Commercial Bank here on Wednesday. Desperate for an inflation-proof home for their nest-egg, Shanghai residents are snapping up the issue in banks and
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        Lock icon US futures markets say their wings clipped by over-regulation
        532 11 AFP WASHINGTON US futures markets are losing out to their foreign competitors because of over-regulation, and things will get worse if the government implements a planned new tax on transactions, operators said. "Our ability to compete with the foreign exchanges that
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        Lock icon Beijing draws up rules on treasury bill futures trading
        336 11 Reuter SHANGHAI China has formulated provisional rules on trading in treasury' bill futures effective immediately, banning overdraft and cash delivery. "Treasury bill trading floors should not allow any forms of overdraft in futures." according to the "Provisional regulations on management in
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        Lock icon Citicorp's derivative revenues halved to US$400m in 1994
        298 11 Reuter NEW YORK Citicorp's derivative revenues fell by half to US$4OO million (SSSBO million) in 1994 from 1993*s USSB(X) million. Citicorp said in its new 1994 annual report. Derivative revenues were also USS4OO million in 1992. Citicorp also said that its gross
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        1704 11 hadf imU'\ cak uiohn/ Sjmnr kip 14 nadmt partrur\ Haunt* 7W.< US$/S$ forward rates Noon /Mar 2 s$ Bid Offer 1-month I 445<» ***** 2-monlh ***** I 44 W 4-month I 4W2 1 4407 6-month I 4404 I 4424 Vwir (X m Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at
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        Futures rebound after petrol-led plunge
        310 11 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Crude oil futures rebounded on both sides of the Atlantic after plunging on Wednesday on the back of petrol. US petrol futures fell 1.83 cents a gallon on Wednesday as the price of a controversial petrol additive crashed, making petrol cheaper
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        189 11 Reuter LONDON The dollar drifted lower in morning Europe after failing to hold on to its early gains, and analysts said there was no sign of any imminent rescue for the floundering US currency. Sterling rallied briefly after the UK government narrowly survived a cliff-hanger parliamentary vote on
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        96 11 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was mixed against other major currencies here early yesterday in a quiet market after release of higher-than-expected figures on US personal income and spending in January. At about 1450 GMT. the dollar was quoted as trading at 1.4630 marks, up from 1.4623 late
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        Eurodollar, Euroyen end flat to lower
        1448 12 SIMEX REPORT SINGAPORE Clearing nerves over the Barings futures collapse and a firmer Japanese stock market eroded Simex Euroyen futures while Eurodollar futures were little changed ahead of US consumer data. Euroyen futures eased as prices of Japanese stocks rose, but higher Japanese bond
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        Tokyo rubber volume hits record high
        499 12 ENERGY REPORT Rubber TOKYO: The daily trade volume of rubber futures on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (Tocom) reached a record estimated 137.087 lots yesterday. The previous record was 126.926 lots, on Jan 31. Tight supply in rubber-pro-ducing countries has caused rubber futures trade to
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          China issues permits for edible oils
          118 12 HONGKONG China was said to have issued up to 500.000 tonnes of import licences for 1995 for soyoil and rapeseed oil. traders said. The commodities will be based on a full duty basis, a trader here said. The tariff for soyoil is 13 per
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          Kazakh oil production-sharing pact
          60 12 LONDON Kazakhstan's Karachaganak oil and gas condensate field, one of the largest in the world, was at the centre of a production-sharing agreement signed by British Gas chief Cedric Brown in the Kazakh capital. Almaty. yesterday. Co-signatories with British Gas were Italian state oil company Agip.
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          Low offer in India gas oil tender
          160 12 SINGAPORE The lowest offer in Indian Oil Corp's tender to buy gas oil for April delivery was made at US$l.6B (552.43) per barrel above Persian Gulf spot quotes, for delivery to the west coast of India, traders said. The offer was made by
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          HK, China buy US, Mexican cotton
          95 12 HONGKONG Record-high New York cotton futures have prompted Hongkong and China to cover comparatively cheaper new-crop cotton this week, traders said. In Hongkong. Tai Hing Cotton Mill continued to extend its coverage in the past two days, buying more than 25.000 bales of US
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          Mine acts to minimise strike damage
          109 12 SYDNEY Australia's Mount Isa base metals mining complex the target of a series of nowdaily rolling stoppages is taking steps to minimise costs and losses to production, the mine's new general manager Phil Wright said yesterday. Wright said nearly all overtime work at Mount
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1457 12 Rubber Singapore Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Apr 95 263.50 263 50 265 00 300 M75 May 264.00 2800 Jun 263.00 2250 Jul/Sep 266.00 261 00 261.50 1125 7050 Oct/Dee 263.50 260
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        Australia
        987 13 -1.4 SHARES fell slightly yesterday following a drop on Wall Street overnight as investors digested a rafl of company profit results. The All Ordinaries Index finished at 1,915.7 points, down 1.4. The All Industrials Index ended 1.6 lower at 2,875.4 while the All Resources Index lost 1.4 to 1,190.1.
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        Manila
        599 13 12.68 Stocks rose, despite high overnight rates, with last-minute buying of Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) pushing the index up. The PSE Index rose 12.68 points to 2,490.91. Turnover was 3.12 billion shares valued at 654.43 million pesos. "There was very little interest in the market since overnight rates
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        Taipei
        588 13 112.56 Share prices staged a comeback on bargain hunting as investors bought at lows, with all eight major categories regaining momentum. The 419-issue Weighted Price Index gained 112.56 points to settle at 6,450.39. Turnover was 860 million shares worth NT537.67 billion. Rises outpaced falls 291 at 33, with 95
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        Seoul
        436 13 17.74 Share prices bounced back, bolstered by rumours that the government would intervene to prop up prices. The Composite Price Index closed at 903.43 points, up 17.74. Trading volume was thin with 22.63 million shares valued at 377.69 billion won changing hands. Rises outweighed falls by 610 to 161
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        New Zealand
        291 13 -3.17 Stocks recovered from its session nadir to close slightly lower than the previous close, after a thin trading session. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed 3.17 points lower at 1.998.62, after bottoming at 1.990.75 during the day. Brokers said the day was a quiet one due to many
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        Bombay
        100 13 +42.33 Share prices closed slightly higher with most local speculators increasing their positions in active trade, brokers said. The 30-share BSE Index rose 42.33 points to 3.502.14 while the 100-share National Index rose 13.90 to 1,696.11. A leading broker said most operators expected the Securities and Exchange Board of
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        754 13 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer Mim jp Deposit )it 6400 M ftV*i Mim J«rw> Gih 0 1*4) 0 1442 Mim Mn Income 0 4100 Of WO ISS C ash Income Plus Fund *4 4*»W <>400 PS Reserve Fund 5 4000 5 4100 Slerling F quits Euro Performance 04W 049U
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        London
        640 13 -3.0 STOCKS closed slightly down, ending a session dominated by index futures, as traders reported modest volume in the wake of further losses on the Dow. Concerns over Barings and the Conservative Party's narrow win in the EU vote in Parliament on Wednesday added to the general nervousness, although
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        Paris
        128 13 -5.88 French shares drifted lower in lacklustre business, but managed to make up some of the morning's losses to stand above 1,800. Traders said the market was correcting from Wednesday's sharp gain. The CAC-40 Index closed down 5.88 points at 1,802.48. Of the CAC-40 stocks, 11 ended higher, 28
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        Frankfurt
        204 13 -11.16 German shares edged lower in thin late trading but above support levels. Brokers said trading was mostly technical and was confined to within a 2,1122,130 range with no breakout expected. The IG Metall strike was still dampening market mood but news that Bavarian employers were ready for talks
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        Brussels
        206 13 -5.67 Belgian stocks fell as the dollar plunged against major currencies, threatening the earnings of Belgian exporting companies. Union Miniere SA, which sells the 20 metals it refines in dollars, led the decline. falling 80 francs to 1.830. The stock has been hammered this year by falling metals prices
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        Milan
        189 13 -105 Italian shares ended at the day's lows after an edgy session when two of the country's three main unions said they were opposed to the government taking special powers to push through pension reform. Former premier Silvio Berlusconi's Freedom Alliance, whose decision to back Prime Minister Lamberto Dini
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        Amsterdam
        270 13 +0.65 Dutch shares closed a touch firmer but still looked pinned within their recent tight trading range. "We saw several strong shares but the market overall hardly moved," said one dealer. "The weakness of the dollar is holding the whole market back." The AEX Index closed at 409.13 points,
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        Stockholm
        142 13 -14.97 Swedish shares dropped sharply as rising bond yields and a weak crown pushed down the OMX Index 14.97 points to 1,145.32. Trade was nevertheless listless and turnover was moderate at 1.89 billion crowns. "There's uncertainty as to what is going to happen now. Bond yields are rising, which
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        Zurich
        267 13 •2.0 Swiss shares ended little changed. Volume was low as it was in most other European markets. The SMI Index, two points lower at 2,617.2, had fluctuated in a narrowing range for quite some time and chart experts said the index was now set for an outbreak either way.
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        Johannesburg
        297 13 -1-43.1 South African gold shares tumbled further in afternoon trade while industrials rallied, dealers said. A dealer said industrials picked up yesterday after heavyweight US institutions were strong buyers overnight. Gold shares were forced down on renewed poor sentiment about the bullion price. The Overall Index added 8.7 points
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        Toronto
        232 13 -4.40 Stocks eased early in lacklustre trading as market players look for direction after Wednesday's sharp sell-ofT. The TSE-300 Index was down 4.40 points to 4,079.35 on light volume of 8.41 million shares valued at C 5102.00 million. Advancing issues edged past declines, 119 to 112, with 179 stocks
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        New York
        676 13 -19.72 The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which fell 16.25 points on Wednesday, was down 19.72 to 3,975.08 at Nam EST. The NYSE Composite Index was off 0.63 to 263.13, while Standard Poor's 500-stock Index was down 1.09 to 484.56. Declines topped advances 927-741 among the 2,594 issues crossing
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      3127 14 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks fell for a second day on concern over the results of forthcoming sales of apartments and land by real estate developers anil the government. "There are plenty of developers holding property sales soon and not all of them are going to go well," said
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      565 14 CLSA TRADING in Hongkong H shares remained thin, with turnover of just HK545.5 million. The H Index ended 0.3 per cent higher, shored up by continued buying interest in chemical stocks. Maanshan, accounting for the majority of market turnover ot HKSI7.S million, slipped 0.7 per cent. In Shanghai, interest
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      2553 14 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks gained, led by shares of leading exporters such as car and electronics manufacturers, as concern eased over the fallout from the collapse of British investment bank Barings. Dealers said the market's resilience despite the disposal of much of Barings' outstanding futures contracts was a
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      1781 14 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks closed lower in thin trade with the bourse still feeling the impact of several shocks overseas. The SET Index closed down 5.79 points to 1.281.91. Turnover was 54.3 million shares worth 3.5 billion baht. "Investors have lost confidence after the recent run of bad news," an
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        8352 15 (rf b M 1994,9* Ijtst Vol Day IM Qw>lt ■>•* l>i» VM Net Cap At| Huh Low (onpai, Sale >/- ('000) High Ixio Butrr Viler C'n P/E Sail Price INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 720* 388 mi s Ac ma 50c 410 -6 93 440 430 430 436 8 4.7 10 13
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        Lock icon Shares drift aimlessly in the absence of buyers
        1844 16  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Speculative trading in Malaysian stocks and second-liners cooled off considerably yesterday, leaving the local bourse to drift without direction in lower volume. The Straits Times Industrials Index spent the entire day in a tight band, finishing at 2,133
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        CLOB INTERNATIONAL
        2478 16 Gr Gr 1994/9S Lai Vol Day Last Quote Dh Df» VM Net M Cap High Low Coaipnay Safe Hi(li Law Bayer Seller Or P/E Sail MALAYSIAN STOCKS 410 73 m A1SB 50c 392 -10 1171 410 390 392 394 3.0 -2.9 0.2 40.2 206 77.5 m AMDB 50c
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      Lock icon US maritime commission, Taca in compromise deal
      365 17 Lloyd's List WASHINGTON The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has granted conditional approval to a negotiated settlement under which it will terminate three investigations involving the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement in return for a number of concessions by Taca and its members. The settlement
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      Lock icon China's scrapyards take a breather in 1994
      371 17 Fairplay SINGAPORE Chinese shipbreakers went on a spending spree in 1993, giving rise to expectations that the country was set to become the number one shipbreaker. The talk was all about setting up join ventures to improve dismantling, rolling and baling techniques. Every
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      Lock icon Unithai Line's profit rises 50%
      144 17 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Unithai Line pic. a shipping company, on Wednesday said its net profit in 1994 increased 50 per cent to 244.9 million baht (Ssl4 million). Earnings per share rose 16.8 per cent to 9.52 baht. The company attributed the increase to increased
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      Lock icon Begemann shipbuilding unit wins research order
      151 17 Bloomberg Business News ROTTERDAM Begemann's shipbuilding unit Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij BV on Wednesday said it won a research order from the Dutch Ministry of Defence for the development of a new submarine. The shipbuilding firm will also receive an order from the ministry for
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1031 17 Page Col ABC Containcrline 16 1 Able Shpg 7 4/5 Accord Group 8 1-3 •Ahlers Line 12 I Ahrenkicl Liner 4 1/2 •ANL 3 4/5 Antaco Mgmt 17 3 •APL 18 1/2 •Appenship 4 4/5 Arabian Express 15 4 •ASCL 5 5 Astro
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      Lock icon No role for Rita
      93 17 AFP STADE, Germany Captain Rita Wilkens the former Reinhold Wilkens from Stade posing at the helm of a vessel here on Tuesday. When Reinhold underwent a sex change operation in 1993 and became Rita, 'she* lost her job as a sea captain six months later because
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      Lock icon Subsidies mean APL should be US-flagged, says lawsuit
      269 17 AP SAN FRANCISCO Federal subsidies received since 1937 mean American President Lines is obliged to continue sailing its ships under the US flag, according to a lawsuit brought by crew members. The suit filed in US District Court is similar to earlier
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1222 18 THE FREIGHT market continues to firm in almost all parts of the world but rising rates seem to have resulted in strict secrecy clauses imposed by charterers. The Baltic Freight Index added six more points to 2,044, approaching the record level of 2,071 on January 17th. Futures also
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      575 18 COURSES I itle: Principles of Shipping Opertns Practices (SDF 70%) Duration: Mar 7 Apr 21 Organiser: Singapore National Shipping Association lei: For further details and application forms contact SNSA Secretariat at 278-3464 or fax 274-5079. I itle: Effective Written Communication in Shipping Management (SDF 50%) Duration: Mar 7
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      1118 19  -  Cruise holidays have always been popular in the West, but the future for this is in Asia. June Lim, who was at the recent Seatrade Asia Pacific Cruise Convention, tells us why June Lim Lloyd's List THE MOOD at the Seatrade Asia Pacific
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      13410 26 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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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        461 29 VeuH Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure Jurong Port Rhay m* 127 002 poia 0203 1630 0203,2300 03/01/35 II alongside 0203 2300 Rnsma 0103* P01A 0103/1/00 0103/1800 Wrt lasa 07/95 18 alongside 0203/0300 Mabkota Exp A46 96 P01A 0103 1530 0103/1630 Aspdolwos
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1836 29 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookie/Balance Rstts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From to lade 717B 037T8UC 7A Ul/l/UU 0Z***** UTTTBOD 28 01/1700 02/0659 02/0900 4 02/1200 02/1459 02/1700 to Rose 0638 03/2359 1*
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        Lock icon EU bans bilateral air travel accords with US
        319 36 Bloomberg Business News BRUSSELS The European Commission has told EU member-states that they can't negotiate "open skies" agreements with the US, dealing a potentially serious blow to US strategy for opening the European air travel market. EU Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock wrote
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        Lock icon EU launches probe into Iberia's US$1b bailout plan
        457 36 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Commission on Wednesday launched a probe into a US$l.O2 billion (Ssl.s billion) bailout plan for embattled Spanish airline Iberia, opening what is expected to be a drawn-out fight with Spain. The European Union executive specifically challenged Spanish government
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        Lock icon Japan's domestic vehicle sales seen recovering
        425 36 Reuter TOKYO Japan's domestic vehicle sales will rise in the year to March 31, 1995, marking the first gain in four years on robust demand for recreational vehicles and cheaper models, industry sources said on Wednesday. The Japan Automobile Dealers Association (Jada) also said
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        Lock icon China flights up 26% over new year period
        176 36 Reuter BEIJING China's airlines made more than 51.000 flights in a hectic seven weeks spanning the traditional new year festival, up 26 per cent compared with last year's holiday season, the China Daily said yesterday. Airlines carried more than five million passengers
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      1421 21 M STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****8S Fax: *****17 Afrgffv NEW QUINBA PACIFIC UNE j myBt (A SERVIC6 0F CH,NA NAVIQATiON CO) CARGO (XJE SAILS C I NASA U-22 V9501E Muari Lab. KK In ft 04 Mar FCL, LCL CONTAMER AND
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      3249 23 TO MOMBASA AMD par essalaam COSTM SHIPPING*PTE LTD IsSSMiff* c~.'.7.7L."VAV,!S' ZSZtX. gt. t .ZZfiF"™' 0 4 6 StmtM Wmy nITOS CR No: **********0 M Fa*: *****08 Breakbtilk Sre Doc*: *****50 DBS Bldg Tower 2 UCR No: CCSU JOMORE OFFICE: Fa*: *****15 Fam. 2Z* Singapore 0106 GST NO: M 2 *****0S
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      702 23 fit FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD. #22-02 SINGAPORE 0106 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 08/03 ROTTERDAM 08/03 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 08/03 HAMBURG/BREMEN 08/03 MARSEILLE/ERANCE 07/03 FELIXSTOWE/UK 08/03 BARCELONA/SPAIN 10/03 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 06/03 GENOA/ITALY 11/03 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 06/03 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 10/03 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 05/03 NEW YORK/EC 10/03 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 06/03 VANCOUVER 06/03 BRISBANE 05/03 TORONTO/MONTREAL
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      930 25 (jjSSSSS PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I SSSSSSSS I4O Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. SSSSSSS MtKK CR NO *****6 *****E VESSEL VOV SIN CMS JIB HOD JEO AQJ ADC PZU MSW ASA KOTA WIRAWAN WRNS3S t/3 13/3 19/3 21/3 25/3 27/3 1/4 5/4 4/5 J/4 KOTA BERANI BRNISP
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      201 28 FOOWG SUN V- SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. WHOLESALE CENTRE, BLOCK 1, #03-10 SINGAPORE 0511 BOOKING/ENQUIRIES CR NO: **********0W TEL: *****55 (12 LINES) FAX: *****16/*****25 TLX: R*****0/***** FSSHIP VESSEL WY O* OP DESTINATION SUN RAY 4/95 13/3 15/3 PLAJU/PALEMBANG NEE WAK I 5/95 16/3 H/3 PONTIANAK/SJNTETE SUN JAVA 4/95 13/3 15/3 BENGKUIU/PADANG
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      422 29 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. WW I 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIN/HKG/SHAI SPORE HKG SHAI VESSEL VOY ETA I ETD ETA ETP ETA ETD LATMOS 925/926 7/3 8/3 13/3 14/3 17/3 18/3 J.
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      620 35 JEDDAH/UK/CONTINENT I STORE lED RVANH-BURG BMH S lON LEH Aho Accept** Cirfo Far ISSEN lIPRISS 10/300 4/3 13/3 27/3 25/3 22/3 29/3 Souftanptan :toM UK dntiutm. Brftst and Mh lEDIIOTD EUROPE 3095 0/3 IC/3 30/3 29/3 20/3 27/3 Rottotfam to M Antwerp Aratcrdam Otis mm ELBE 1095 10/3 20/3 20/3
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      305 35 TODAY'S TIDES (height in metres) HOUR 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0800 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 ft 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.0 1.4 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.1 2.6 3.0 3.0 2.1 2.3 1.6 1.0 06
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