The Business Times, 3 May 1995

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    11 1 Business Times WEktipM' ASIA MITA(P) 194/12/94 Wednesday May 3 1995 -B's«
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow up 3 points
      62 1 Reuter NEW YORK Stock prices were mixed in cautious dealings yesterday as the market paused after its recent recordsetting run. At Ipm EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 3.12 points at 4,319.20. In the broader market, declining and advancing issues were about even on
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      Lock icon Croatia aborts military offensive
      38 1 AFP ZAGREB Croatia yesterday called off a military offensive against separatist Serbs after a 48-hour strike for control of a key highway in eastern Croatia prompted fears of a bloody escalation of violence. AFP
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    171 1 Stock market indicts Tuesday Change STII 2,070.51 -0.76 KLSE Comp 944.57 -7.23 Nikkei 17,088.66 +277.20 Hang Seng 8,212.11 -13.93 SET Index 1,249.57 +40.88 Jakarta Comp 420.16 +4.84 Manila Comp 2,448.16 -17.71 Taipei WPI 5,771.81 -18.17 Seoul Comp 906.04 9.04 Bombay BSE30 ..3,015.07 -118.21 CLSA China B 747.82 -1.19
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    Sing $ hits new high against US$
    183 1 Sing hits new high against US$ SINGAPORE The Singapore dollar reached a new high of S$ 1.39 against the greenback yesterday. Currency dealers attributed the strength of the local dollar to Japanese firms buying ahead of their Golden Week holiday which starts today and to the strength of the Malaysian
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    Lock icon 1st quarter CPF housing loan applications down 17.5%
    447 1  -  By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE Sentiment in the private residential property market may be weakening faster than thought judging by a 17.5 per cent year-on-year slump in the number of Central Provident Fund loan applications for the first quarter of this year. And
    Source: CPF  -  447 words
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    Lock icon S'pore seen among top 5 competitive economies in 2030
    344 1  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Singapore will be one of the world's five most competitive economies in the year 2030, according to a poll of business leaders by two Swiss-based groups. The Geneva-based World Economic For;;m (WEF) and the Lausanne-based International Institute
    Source: IMD World Economic Forum  -  344 words
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    S G Warburg's share price soars on talk of takeover by Smith Barney
    232 1  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON SHARES of UK investment bank S G Warburg Group soared in early trading yesterday on speculation that Smith Barney Inc, a US investment bank, will shortly mount a takeover. Both Warburg and
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    Lock icon US to borrow billions to finance govt debt
    284 1 Reuter WASHINGTON The Treasury Department said on Monday that it needs to borrow billions of dollars more between now and the end of June to finance the government's debt rather than paying off some debt, as it had expected. The department said
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    Lock icon Leeson ordered to stay in jail as formal extradition move begins
    475 1 AFP, Reuter, Bloomberg FRANKFURT, Germany Nick Leeson. the British futures trader accused of causing the collapse of British merchant bank Barings pic two months ago. was ordered by a Frankfurt court yesterday to remain in prison as formal extradition
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    Lock icon Indian court allows Pillai to travel within country while on bail
    319 1 Reuter TRIVANDRUM, India Fugitive Indian tycoon Rajan Pillai, wanted by the Singapore police, was allowed yesterday to travel within India during his bail period, court officials said. They said local magistrate CD Anil allowed Pillai to travel from the
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      19 1 Regional Analysis: Pg 13 Focus on Philippine elections Bottom lines of S'pore firms hit by currency turmoil, P| 15
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      32 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 15 Asian utilities lose sparks Fall of 15% in CPF money withdrawn for investment, Pg 2 US allies fail to back plan on Iran trade embargo, Pg 14
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon JP Morgan sees 8.8% GDP growth
        334 2  -  By Ven Sreenivasan INVESTMENT bank J P Morgan expects Singapore real gross domestic product to grow 8.8 per cent this year. The forecast which is higher than the government's forecast of 7.5 to 8.5 per cent is based on bullish external demand and favourable
        Source: JP Morgan  -  334 words
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      President Ong calls for more ventures with Australia
      204 2 AUSTRALIA and Singapore should work together to explore burgeoning business opportunities in the region, President Ong Teng Cheong said yesterday at a dinner he hosted for visiting Australian Gover-nor-General Bill Hayden. Mr Ong said a cooperation that draws on the strengths of
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      ST Logistics to build $60m Jurong warehouse
      311 2  -  By Genevieve Cua THE logistics subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation (STIC) is gearing up to invest more than $60 million in a warehouse facility in Jurong. Singapore Technologies Logistics, formerly called Chartered Materials Services, will also look into setting up another warehouse
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      Fall of 15% in CPF money withdrawn for investment
      297 2  -  By Paul Leo THE bearish stock market resulted in less activity under the Central Provident Fund Board's basic and enhanced investment schemes in the first quarter. Figures from the CPF Board show a net $434 million was withdrawn under the two
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      Beach Rd office block back on the market
      230 2 HEXAGON House, a five-sto-rey office building in Beach Road, has been offered for sale again barely six months after DBS Land sold it to a joint venture between Transco Holdings and the Budhrani Group for $33.3 million. The 999-year leasehold building is
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      Property agency Ginza wants to set up franchises in M'sia
      259 2 HOMEGROWN real estate agent Ginza Property hopes to set up franchises in Malaysia and China. Managing director Charles Yue said yesterday Ginza was looking for master franchisees overseas but had not appointed any yet. At present, Ginza operates only in
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      Deacon Chili's firm buys units in Parkway Builders' Centre
      255 2 A PROPERTY investment company controlled by Hongkong tycoon Deacon Chiu has agreed to buy 60 office units in Parkway Builders' Centre for $40 million. The firm is Hongkong-listed Far East Holdings International. which said yesterday it was buying the units through
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      US financial broker opens offices in S'pore, HK
      171 2 CARGILL Investor Services (CIS) has set up offices in Singapore and Hongkong to expand its Asia Pacific operations. The financial broking company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cargill Inc, America's largest privately-held commodities conglomerate. CIS* local subsidiary Cargill Investor Services (Singapore) was
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      Asian semicon equipment orders jump
      414 2  -  By Claire Leow SEMICONDUCTOR equipment suppliers are rushing to meet orders as semiconductor makers boost their output to meet rising demand. Most of the demand was coming from Asia, the trade body Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International said yesterday. At the official opening of the
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      Sicom to extend coffee futures trading hours
      185 2 THE Singapore Commodity Exchange (Sicom) will extend the trading hours of the Robusta Coflee Futures Contract in a bid to boost volume. Sicom said yesterday that from May 16, the afternoon trading session in robusta contracts would be extended by an hour to
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      S'pore criticised for not giving to soft-loans arm
      554 3  -  Asian Development Bank meeting Reports by Anthony Rowley in AUCKLAND SINGAPORE was criticised yesterday at a meeting of Asian Development Bank governors in Auckland, NewZealand, for failing to join other economically advanced Asian countries in donating money to the ADB's softloans arm.
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      Lock icon Growth triangles key to Asian cooperation
      509 3 GROWTH "triangles" arc the key to future economic cooperation among Asian countries, the Asian Development Bank believes. To back up its belief, the Manila-based ADB intends to finance a number of "pilot projects" to promote economic cooperation among its member countries. The idea of
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      Lock icon M'sian manufacturing sales up 28% in first two months
      218 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's leading manufacturing industries chalked up a 28.6 per cent increase in sales to M 523.8 billion (S$ 13.41 billion) in the first two months of the year over the same period a year ago, a government report
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        Lock icon 488 more Thais stripped of land titles
        81 3 Reuter BANGKOK The Thai government yesterday announced that a further 488 people have been stripped of the right to own land allocated to them under a controversial land reform scheme. The cabinet approved an Agriculture Ministry decision to revoke the ownership titles at
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        Lock icon Dismissed Indon MP vows defiance
        48 3 Reuter JAKARTA An outspoken member of Indonesia's parliament pledged yesterday to continue to defy the government after his party dismissed him from parliament. "I will keep fighting. There is nothing to lose," Sri Bintang Pamungkas, from the Muslimbased United Development Party, said. Reuter
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        Lock icon Philippine foreign minister sworn in
        59 3 Reuter MANILA Former Philippine ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon has taken over as foreign minister, replacing Roberto Romulo who resigned following a furore over the hanging of a Filipino maid in Singapore. Mr Siazon was sworn in by President Fidel Ramos at the presidential palace
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        Lock icon Seoul accepts US trade talks offer
        39 3 AFP SEOUL South Korea has accepted a US offer for trade talks this week in Geneva to resolve lingering disputes over anti-import regulations here on farm products, the foreign ministry said yesterday. AFP
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon New patrol unit pounds Beijing streets
        53 4 AFP BEIJING Two members of the new 2,000-strong patrol police unit hitting the streets here for the first time on Monday. The new patrol policemen, who are armed only with billy clubs, will patrol the capital to maintain public order and control Beijing's rising
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        Lock icon Beijing transients total 3.3m
        61 4 AFP BEIJING Beijing's transient population often vilified in the press as criminals and freeloaders has reached 3.29 million, according to a survey published yesterday. The survey, carried out last November, found that the vast majority came from other provinces and cities while three-quarters of the capital's
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        Lock icon Leon Richardson dies at 77
        72 4 AFP HONGKONG Financial pundit Leon Richardson, who survived kidnapping in Guatemala, an atomic bomb test and Hollywood, was found dead at his home here on Monday. He was 77. Mr Richardson, an American-born Australian known in Hongkong for his radical financial advice, was found dead
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      Shanghai still a draw for Asean banks, says DBS report
      451 4  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Shanghai is still an attractive place for Asean banks seeking a presence in China despite strong competition from American, Japanese and European banks, DBS Bank said in a report circulated yesterday. However, Asean banks must act
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      Lock icon China to scrutinise HK civil servants for post-'97 era
      418 4 KnightRidder Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The territory's top civil servants may have to travel to Beijing before the Chinese takeover in 1997 to be interviewed about their suitability to remain in office after the transition, according to China's Xinhua news agency.
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      Lock icon Ties with HK depend on territory staying free, US tells China
      303 4 AP HONGKONG Hongkong must remain free after China takes over in 1997 if it is to preserve its relationship with the United States, the US con-sul-general said yesterday. China has promised Hongkong "a high degree of autonomy." If the
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  • ASIA
    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Grollo Tower to be world's tallest
        90 6 AP MELBOURNE, Australia Plans for a 500-metre high office tower, proposed for Australia's second largest city, were unveiled yesterday. If built, the proposed 120-storey, ASI.S billion (SS 1.51 billion) Grollo Tower would be the world's tallest, topping the Sears Tower in Chicago by 50
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        Lock icon Posters to boost image of battered Rao
        75 6 Reuter NEW DELHI A cyclist and his pillion rider going past a huge poster of Indian Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao at a busy junction here yesterday. Rao's supporters have put up hundreds of such posters across the city to boost his
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        Lock icon Seoul rethinks policy on defectors
        90 6 AFP SEOUL Faced with an unprecedented number of defectors from North Korea, Seoul is rethinking its policy of welcoming them with free apartments and cash, the South's Yonhap news agency reported yesterday. Since President Kim Young Sam announced a policy swing last year allowing North
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      Lock icon Canberra under pressure to slash budget deficit
      390 6 AFP SYDNEY The Australian government is under pressure to slice billions of dollars from its budget as it braces for a record current account blowout this week, economists said yesterday. Mounting concerns about the economy's slide into the red have forced Treasurer Ralph
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      Australia keen to boost investment by Asean, says trade chief
      259 6  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY AUSTRALIA'S trade chicf Ralph Evans told business leaders here yesterday that Australia was keen to encourage investment by Ascan companies. Mr Evans, managing director of Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), told a meeting of company financial
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      Lock icon Economic dominance of Japan overstated: Perc
      559 6  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Inappropriate economic measurements have given an inaccurate picture of Asia's economic landscape, says Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc). Traditional measurements of national output using cur-rency-exchange-based GDP have overstated the dominance of the Japanese economy and understated the size of
      Source: PERC  -  559 words
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      Lock icon Politics expected to stand in way of South Asia trade pact
      248 6 Reuter NEW DELHI Seven South Asian nations starting a summit meeting here yesterday have agreed on a preferential trade arrangement and are studying the setting up of a regional free trade zone, officials said. They said leaders of the
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US keeps curbs on cheap clothing imports
      426 7 It will be 10 years before quotas are phased out AP WASHINGTON The Clinton administration announced plans on Monday to phase out quotas on foreign textile products, but kept curbs on imports of most low-priced clothing for another 10 years. The inter-agency Committee
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon US to fight fake greenbacks in HK
        103 7 AFP HONGKONG The United States is stationing a US Secret Service agent in Hongkong full-time to deal with a rash of counterfeiting. "Banknote counterfeiting and credit card fraud is in fact a growing problem," US Consul General Richard Mueller said yesterday, adding that
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        Lock icon Swiss bankruptcies fall 7.8%
        63 7 Bloomberg Business News BERNE, Switzerland Bankruptcies in Switzerland last year fell 7.8 per cent to 9,680, the first time since 1981 that the number of personal and business bankruptcies declined, the Federal Statistics Office said yesterday. The bankruptcies generated losses totalling 2.8 billion Swiss francs (553.39
        Bloomberg Business News  -  63 words
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        Lock icon UK official reserves up US$156m
        89 7 AFP LONDON Britain's official reserves rose by an underlying US$l56 million (Ss2l7 million) in April, seasonally adjusted figures from the Treasury showed yesterday. Analysts had expected a decline of about US$5O million after the figures for March showed a fall of US$95 million. On an
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        Lock icon Lack of charges angers Solomons minister
        105 7 AFP HONIARA, Solomons Islands Forests Minister Allan Kcmakeza wants to know why no criminal charges have been laid against 56 islanders who marched on a Malaysian company's logging camp last month in a bid to stop the strip logging of their island, Solomons Islands
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        Lock icon 100,000 protest against Zedillo plan
        49 7 AP MEXICO CITY More than 100,000 angry workers, teachcrs, scientists, students, farmers and housewives filled the streets here and in several state capitals on Monday, transforming the nation's traditional Labour Day celebrations into a huge protest against President Ernesto Zedillo and his economic policies.
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      Lock icon Giving the cold shoulder
      40 7 Reuter BOULOGNE, France French fishermen throwing out boxes of cod from a truck, which originated in Norway, at the harbour here yesterday. They are protesting against the import of fish from outside the European Union. Reuter
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      World disk drive output up 35% in 1994, says survey
      291 7  -  By Claire Leow SINGAPORE Global shipments of disk drives grew 34.8 per cent last year to 69.3 million, says California-based consultancy firm Dataqucst. Strong sales of personal computers to homes and small offices drove demand, it says. It expects shipments
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      Lock icon Banker to plead guilty in Whitewater case
      162 7 AFP, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON A banker accused of conspiring to hide cash transactions related to Bill Clinton's 1990 Arkansas gubernatorial campaign was to plead guilty in the Whitewater case yesterday, sources close to the probe said. Arkansas banker Neil Ainley, the former
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      Lock icon US outlines new trade strategy for Europe
      374 8 AP, AFP WASHINGTON The United States' new European trade strategy will aggressively promote US exports and investment in Europe, Russia and central and east European countries, US Under-Secretary of Commerce Jeffrey Garten said on Monday. While Europe is America's "critical and essential" trading
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      Lock icon Falling dollar curbs US firms seeking to expand abroad
      366 8 NYT NEW YORK For all the advantage to exporters in US, the sharp decline of the dollar in recent months is beginning to hurt US companies in their efforts to expand abroad. It also threatens to reverse the gains they have
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      Lock icon Hear ye, hear ye
      45 8 Reuter LONDON Standing on a traditional soapbox, British Prime Minister John Major addresses guests during a reception for the South African Sports Council at 10 Downing Street. Monday's function was aimed at promoting sports and trading links with South Africa. Reuter
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      Lock icon US, Japan expected to review defence issues
      272 8 AFP WASHINGTON Japan's role in peacekeeping and US ballistic missiles were expected to figure in talks yesterday between Defence Secretary William Perry and his Japanese counterpart, Tokuichiro Tamazawa. experts said. The Defence Department refused to disclose an agenda for the talks, which have
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon The Price of preoccupation
      520 9 I've had a lot on my mind, says 1994's Player of the Year who is now 83rd on the money list AP THIS was not the same Nick Price who won the British Open and PGA Championship last year, along with four other tour events. Or
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      Lock icon Becker casts doubt on Muster's miracle comeback
      280 9 AFP MUNICH, Germany Monte Carlo loser Boris Becker found himself caught up in controversy here on Monday after throwing doubt on Thomas Muster's "miracle" comeback win at the tournament on Sunday. The German, who lost the five-set final to the Austrian a day
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      Injured Horan's back in Australian squad
      405 9 Rugby World Cup SYDNEY Tim Horan capped a magnificent comeback from a career-threatening knee injury to be included in a 26-man Australian squad announced here yesterday for rugby union's World Cup, kicking off in South Africa later this month. Horan, rated the game's premier
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        Lock icon Baseball
        174 9 AFP SAN FRANCISCO Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo's major league debut has whipped up such a storm of interest that manager Tommy Lasorda threw all photographers out of the Dodgers' locker room on Monday. Nomo. whose unorthodox style earned him the nickname "The Tornado", started for the Los Angeles Dodgers
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        Lock icon Basketball
        246 9 UPI Reuter .NKW YORK The New York Knicks. an overwhelming favourite to brush aside Cleveland in their opening-round playoff series, came within a few inches of falling one game behind the Cavaliers. But when the last-second, three-point attempt by Danny Ferry came up just short. New York escaped with
        UPI; Reuter  -  246 words
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        Cycling
        76 9 ROANOKE, Virginia lour DuPont 36.85 km fifth stage Roanoke Valley l ime Trial Monday: 1 Lance Armstrong (US) Motorola 56 mins 32 sees 2 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) at 8 sees 3 Andrea Peron (Ita) 34 4 Zenon Jaskula (Pol) 1:06 5 Norm AJvis (US) 2:04. Overall standings: 1 Armstrong
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        Golf
        104 9 LONDON World rankings Monday (US unless stated): 1 Nick Price (Zim) 20.92 pts ave 2 Nick Faldo (GB) 18.66 3 Greg Norman (Aust) 18.32 4 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 1478 5 Ernie Els (SA) 14.44 6 Fred Couples 13.19 7 Colin Montgomerie (GB) 12.96 8 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spn) 12.91
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        Rugby
        64 9 SYDNEY 26-man Australian World Cup named yesterday Backs: Matthew Pini. Matthew Burke; David Campese. Damian Smith. Joe RofT; Jason Little. Tim Horan. Daniel Herbert: Michael Lynagh (capt). Scott Bowcn: George Gregan. Peter Slattcry. Forwards: Tony Daly. Ewen McKenzie. Mark Hartill. Dan Crowley: Phil Kearns. Michael Foley: Rod McCall. John
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        Tennis
        75 9 ATLANTA *****8.000 AT&T Challenge tournament Ist rd Monday (US unless noted): 4-Todd Manin b Andrew Sznajder (Can) 7-6 (8-6) 6-4; 6-Aaron Krickstcin b Richcy Reneberg 6-3 7-5; 8-Chuck Adams b Karim Alami (Mor) 7-6 (7-2) 4-6 6-4; Jared Palmer b Jamie Morgan (Aust) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4: Wade McGuire b
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        Lock icon Yachting
        107 9 AP SAN DIEGO Dennis Conner and the mermaid boat Young America are officially an America's Cup couple. Team New Zealand, which apparently would like to see Conner saddled with his slower sloop Stars and Stripes, asked the America's Cup Trustees' Committee to keep the veteran skipper from using Young
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      Lock icon Firm selling game plan for life after sports
      800 9 AP WASHINGTON The pay of professional athletes is the stuff of legends. Million-dollar signing bonuses and contracts in the tens of millions of dollars are noted regularly in the sports pages. Getting much less attention, however, is what these athletes do with
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      226 9 AP CHRISTOPHER Franklin advises client athletes to use their first cheques from a sports contract to build a base of solid, income-producing investments, such as Treasury securities and top-rated corporate and municipal bonds. Then, after that is established. perhaps with their second pro
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      370 9 wherever you are. rp I Ihe Straits Times Weekly Edition offers you a crisp summary of the week's major happenings in Singapore and in the Asean region. You can stay in touch with the social issues, politics, business and economy at home wherever you are studying, working or staying overseas.
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      311 10 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN r VIETNAM ITS AS SENSATIONAL AS YOU IMAGINED IT TO BE 17 April 6 May 1995 Dont' just imagine Come experience sensational of Vietnam in Cafe Plaza. Serving a Vietnamese lunch and dinner buffet at $19 (Adult) and $12 (Child). A la carte Vietnamese
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Dance legend Graham lives on
      665 11  -  Martha Graham's final creation Maple LeaJ Rag brings forth her unique genius, says Lisa Lee Lisa Lee HER MUSIC director dubbed her "Mirthless Martha". But, even in her twilight years, Martha Graham proved that she could from the belly of her being bring forth the
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      208 11 CHATTERBOX AFP UPI UPI AP ACTOR Paul Newman is channelling some HK$ 2 30.000 (5542.000) of profits from the sale of his brandname popcorn and salad dressing to Philippine street children, the French humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontiers said yesterday. P ROD UCER-di rector-actor Kenneth
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      388 11 I CRYPTIC 19 Blimey, soldier has a dog 25 Young touch cover on a chimney in Glasgow (7) JL I I I I I I I I I I 26 Learned landlords? (3,2,7) io What one might expect to YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION DOWN earn from a firm (6,6) 1 Discharge from
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      687 11 TV RADIO Jacques Coulon and his team n ent sse^ va 1 us to observe the wisdom of I beasts. It looks at what animals Jfr A' and whether their perceptions Streetcar Named Desire, JwSg^Bß Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer HUH Prize-winning play about R^K£K£^HHM§Hgg^^^^ Blanche Dußois. a faded teacher with lots
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    Air fares: Free at last
    478 12 EDITORIAL AFTER almost two decades, the Intra-Ori-ent Marketing Programme (IMP), which grouped some 20 major airlines and about 300 travel agents, finally decided to deregulate airfares from May 1. During all that time, the IMP had been setting minimum selling prices for air tickets and
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Feedback on feedback
      256 12 THE GOVERNMENT appears intent on leaving no stone unturned and no channel untapped to coax Singaporeans to share with their leaders what is on their minds. This is reflected in its Feedback Unit's plan to extend its current hotline to take calls around the clock and make
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      ITE needs to reinforce discipline
      85 12 EDUCATION is always seen as the key for a brighter ftiture. In line with this spirit, the Institute of Techni'♦cal Education (ITE) is making all efforts to improve its image by revamping physical facilities, courses and teachings. While uplifting its image through revamping facilities and
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      Upgrade or risk redundancy
      179 12 A VERY clear message underlines Labour Day speeches by our political leaders and the National Wage Council this year, and that is the need to give more importance to training and upgrading of skills. With the booming of Asian economies comes opportunities as well as challenges.
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      A clear case of incursion
      189 12 WITH justifiable, if belated anger, the government has demanded that Yangon explain repeated violations of Thai territory by a marauding group of ethnic guerillas which is sponsored by the Burmese military. Branding the border incursions "a violation of Thai sovereignty", Deputy Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan
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      No choice but to adapt
      161 12 THE FALL of Beijing party secretary Chen Xiong marked the high point of the biggest political clean-out in China since the wave of sackings which followed the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989. More than 60 middle and high-ranking Beijing municipal party and government cadres are
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      List threatens Afta
      188 12 THE LIST of products for the exclusion from tariff cuts under the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) has more than 800 items. Ideally, for a free trade area there should be no restrictions. But with Asean countries at various levels of development there will be arguments favouring
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    South stuck in slow lane
    936 12  -  Too many conflicting projects and too little interest are stunting growth in Thailand's southern provinces, reports Alan Boyd Alan Boyd The writer is a Bangkok-based journalist who contributes to BT IN the southern Thai province of Satun, planners are working on a deep-sea port designed
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      64 12 (UIHPCT ON EARTH...7J [,T* Pa*T ITS DO-B/^I /FRANKS, I DON'T KNOW V VOWfe J u& can) DO A&OUT IT.) v f c *Moa»no h«w»aw» ltd, whw POONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU IDUNNO, 8.P., 111 1M NOT SURBHOMMUCH MAf9err*jusT icfitrnuLvou so my 6Ulf ASUeil-ThAT VON ICOUCP HAVE TAKEN. HOW6OOP rTF&tS AREN7WU MAR I
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      Poll holds key to Ramos' political ambitions
      996 13  -  It is said the Philippine president wants to stay in power after 1998. A 1 Labita has the details Al Labita The writer is BT's Manila correspondent PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos' six-year term ends in 1998, but Manila is already abuzz with speculation whether
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      Step closer to Asia-Europe link
      943 13  -  k M ASIAN ki VIEW By Yang Razali Kassim THE first tentative step linking Asia and Europe has begun. It's taking place right here this week in Singapore. The fruit may be more than good political ties. A shared prosperity between two of the world's
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      230 13 o-sponsored by the Asian Society I 7/ ~1 of Trichologists and Svenson International, the SINGAPORE HAIR EVENT must not be missed by anyone with any kind of hair or scalp problem. Free hair and scalp examinatLQns b£professbmal trichologists, a ff free trichological shampoo and a free HL service are available
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    Lock icon US allies fail to back plan on Iran trade embargo
    462 14 AFP BRUSSELS President Bill Clinton yesterday failed to garner international support among Washington's trading partners for the US economic embargo against Iran. The European Commission said it would not join the United States in halting trade with Iran over its
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    Lock icon In a tight spot
    59 14 AFP NEWFOUNDLAND Whale researcher Sean Todd applying sunscreen and water on the nose of a whale trapped near Brownsdale, Newfoundland, on Monday. The whale has been wedged in between heavy ice and the shoreline for more than a week now. Researchers are hoping the ice will
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    Lock icon Japan, China expected to reaffirm ties with Murayama's visit
    231 14 AFP BEIJING Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama arrived here yesterday for a five-day visit, with China's official media marking the occasion with lengthy articles recalling the horror of World War 11. Mr Murayama's visit his first to China as premier is
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    Lock icon US official warns of wider war in Balkans
    445 14 Reuter LONDON A senior US official said yesterday there was a real danger war could spread in the Balkans after Croatian forces attacked rebel Serbs and a Bosnian ceasefire expired, but he said UN peacekeepers should stay. "We're clearly at a very
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    Lock icon Japan abandons bailout plan for troubled credit body: report
    261 14 AFP, Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japan's Finance Ministry and the Bank of Japan have abandoned a bailout plan and have decided to let a financially troubled credit association in northern Japan liquidate, a newspaper said yesterday. The nation's largest circulation daily
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    Lock icon US sales of new homes up 3% in March
    306 14 AP WASHINGTON Sales of new homes rose 3 per cent in March, reversing February's 12.5 per cent plunge, as mortgage rates continued to fall. But the market was mixed, with sales simultaneously rising by double-digit figures in the mid-west and west
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    Lock icon India upbeat on trade after posting record exports
    271 14 Reuter NEW DELHI India yesterday announced record exports for March and predicted it would control a growing share of world trade in coming years as it tore down decades-old barriers to commerce. Exports soared to U552.92 billion (554.06 billion) in March, up
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    Time for EU to consolidate gains, plan common policy
    809 14  -  The Bottom Line SHADA ISLAM SHADA ISLAM The writer, a Brussels-based correspondent, contributed this article to Business Times EUROPE'S key policy-makers have always predicted that 1995 will be a year of reflection. After years of planning for a single currency and
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    Lock icon A$5.4m gold heist at Kerry Packer's magazine headquarters leaves police baffled
    205 14 AFP, Reuter SYDNEY Police investigating the theft of A 55.4 million (555.45 million) of gold from Australia's richest man made a public appeal for clues yesterday, calling the robbery a very professional operation that left no leads. Gold bars
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    Lock icon Bonn to sell rest of stake in Lufthansa by 1996
    176 14 AP FRANKFURT, Germany The German government will sell its remaining 2.5 billion mark (552.5 billion) stake in Lufthansa German Airlines by 1996, Transportation Minister Mathias Wissmann was quoted as saying yesterday. It was the first time a deadline has been
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Bottom lines of many S'pore firms hit by currency turmoil
      558 15  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE More than two dozen companies of varying sizes, listed at different times and operating within different borders, have said with the release of their unaudited 1994 results that the turmoil in the foreign exchange market affected
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      Move to main board fails to lift prices of Powermatic Data and GRP
      439 15  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Promotion to the main board yesterday failed to rekindle investor interest in Powermatic Data Systems and GRP shares. The two former Sesdaq counters, which made their debut on the main board yesterday, were
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      Aztech plans to spend $50m on R&D over three years
      231 15  -  By David Mok SINGAPORE Local multimedia firm Aztech Systems plans to invest heavily in research and development and expand its manufacturing capability in the next few years. In its annual report released yesterday, the Sesdaqlisted firm says that during the
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      Asian utilities lose sparks as power industry deregulation cuts margins
      626 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE Asian utility stocks, once coveted by fund managers for their solid capital appreciation and steady dividends, are rapidly losing their lustre. Ironically, the very factors that initially drew fund managers to them
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      MAS plans deal on domestic routes
      375 15  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) has no plans to put its unprofitable domestic operation under a separate roof but will likely "sub-contract" certain routes to Pelangi Air. "They will use their own planes and crew but will, of course,
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      Singapore Telecom to set up Tokyo office next month
      107 15 SINGAPORE Singapore Telecom will open a Tokyo office on June 1 to serve Japanese clients using its serv ices, a company spokesman said yesterday in an AFP report. But she declined to give further details, said the report. Quoting Nihon Keizai
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        MARKET MOOD
        52 15 Mixed Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled: Alliance, Barings. Credit Lyonnais Securities, Daiwa. Fraser. G K Goh. Kay Hian. Morgan Grenfell, Ong Co. Nomura, Phillip, Smith New Court, WI Carr and S
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        HOT STOCK
        99 15  -  -By Quak Hiang Whai WITH its 13-cent drop to $1.84, Multi-Purpose now looks attractive both as a short and medium-term buy. One of the most oversold stocks, the daily and weekly RSIs and stochastics have fallen below 2S, giving it limited downside risk. In fact, the stock is
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    • COMPANIES
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        Tenaga gets go-ahead to raise electricity prices
        524 16  -  By Amy Balan SINGAPORE Malaysian power giant Tenaga Nasional, which has just announced a revaluation surplus of MS 1.3 billion (SS73O million), has received the long-awaited nod to raise electricity prices. Energy, Telecommunications and Post Minister Samy Vellu said yesterday the government had
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        Lock icon Krung Thai Bank posts 63% profit rise in March qtr
        271 16 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Krung Thai Bank pic yesterday said its unaudited net profit for the quarter ended March 31 increased 63.4 per cent from the same period last year to 2.8 billion baht (SSIS7 million). On a per-share basis,
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        UOB, OUB are better bets among Big Four: UBS report
        398 16  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE Investors should buy United Overseas Bank and Overseas Union Bank shares, broker ÜBS Securities says in its latest research report on the Big Rour local banks. It recommends UOB and OUB on the basis of their
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        Lock icon Southern Bank to venture into insurance
        220 16 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Southern Bank Bhd, in a move to extend its financial services and products, plans to go into the insurance business in the near or medium term. Chief executive director Tan Teong Hean said after the company's annual general meeting yesterday: "We
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        Lock icon Challenge facing Grand United
        147 16 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Grand United Holdings Bhd, which has successfully turned around via a recent restructuring scheme, must compete against the best for future success. Executive chairman H'ng Bok San said in the company's 1994 annual report, released yesterday, that the assessment of its first year
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          Singmarine delivers Thai LPG carrier
          58 16 SINGAPORE Singmarine Industries has delivered a liquefied petroleum gas carrier to its owner. Thai Oil Company Ltd, two and a half months ahead of schedule. The vessel is called THAIOIL 5. A Singmarine statement yesterday said this was the fifth vessel that its subsidiary Singmarine
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          Datacraft Asia secures two orders
          47 16 SINGAPORE Datacraft Asia has secured two orders worth over $1 million for satellite circuit termination equipment through its subsidiary Datacraft Thailand. The orders were placed by SiamSat, one of Thailand's new satellite telecoms service providers, and Accumen, one of Thailand's telecommunications conglomerates.
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          ISO 9000 certification for Pokka
          47 16 SINGAPORE Pokka Corporation has been awarded the ISO 9000 certificate by the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research. The certificate is valid for three years from March 31. The award is a certificate of quality in the production of canned beverages.
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          Lock icon Affin posts 43% profit rise
          57 16 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Affin Holdings Bhd has posted a 43 per cent rise in pre-tax profit to MS 192.24 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1994. from MS 143.73 million a year earlier. An Affin statement yesterday said after-tax profit amounted to MS 172.54
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          Lock icon MUI ups stake in cement firm
          66 16 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malayan United Industries Bhd (MUI) has acquired an additional 9.61 million shares or 5.48 per cent in Pan Malaysia Cement Works Bhd for M 580.53 million cash, raising its stake in the cement manufacturer to 57.62 per cent. A MUI statement
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        595 16 Mwgfl' pricw May 3 Mendaki Gr Fund 0.97 I OOfe Tinirinnra Unit Trint US Gr Fund 099 103** K* n7 66 UOB Asset Mgt Ltd The Savings Fund 1.42 1.50 i.'nifund 1.32 I 38 S pore Prog Fund 0.57 0.61 Unibond 1.03 1.055 S pore See Fund 0.94 1.00 United
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        Lock icon Asia Pulp sees strong growth in 1995
        449 17 Sinar Mas unit's forecast comes in wake of derivative losses announced for 1994 Reuter, AFP JAKARTA The New Yorklisted Asia Pulp Paper, a member of the second-largest conglomerate in Indonesia, the Sinar Mas Group, expects strong earnings growth in 1995 despite being set
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        Lock icon Unilever eyeing Pacific Dunlop's food unit
        202 17 Reuter MELBOURNE AngloDutch consumer goods giant Unilever pic has expressed interest in the food business being sold by Pacific Dunlop Ltd. Jeff Fraser, executive chairman of the group's Unilever Australia Ltd unit, yesterday said his company had asked Pacific Dunlop for a memorandum of
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        Lock icon Sun Hung Kai to lead consortium in HK$1b Guangzhou project
        96 17 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd has signed an agreement to lead a HKSI billion (SslBo million) commercial project in Guangzhou in southern China. The South China Morning Post yesterday said the agreement was signed despite Guangzhou authorities' mora-
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        Lock icon ICI Australia shares surge after 64% profit jump
        291 17 Bloomberg Business News MLLBOURNh Shares in chemicals group ICI Australia Ltd surged to a four-month high after the company nearly doubled its interim dividend and announced a record 63.5 per cent jump in first-half profit. ICI Australia said the increase !n earnings
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        Lock icon Gates open to masterpieces of art
        468 18 Microsoft chief plans to market images from archive of 250,000 works of art Reuter BELLEVUE, Washington When Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates announced plans to acquire digital reproduction rights to some of the world's greatest works of art, the news was greeted with horror
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        Lock icon Outsider named new chief of Times Mirror
        375 18 NYT LOS ANGELES The Times Mirror Co, the media conglomerate that publishes the Los Angeles Times and Newsday, made a surprise announcement on Monday evening that it had named Mark H Willes, the vice-chairman of General Mills Inc, its next president and chief
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        Lock icon Body Shop's pre-tax profit up 13% as Asian sales soar
        260 18 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Body Shop International pic yesterday said pre-tax profit in fiscal 1995 climbed 13 per cent after a "tremendous" 86 per cent boost in Asian sales and a steady increase in the UK and Europe. Body Shop
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        Lock icon Telegraph buyout: Black's offering less
        353 18 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Telegraph pic chairman Conrad Black said he won't offer shareholders the 500 pence (SSI 1.20) a share hoped for in a buyout bid for the 41 per cent stake he doesn't already own in the UK newspaper company, the Independent on
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          Lock icon 3 re-appointed to HK securities panel
          41 18 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG The Hongkong government has re-appointed three non-executive directors to the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Financial Services Secretary Michael Cartland said yesterday. The three are: Roderick Chalmers, Vincent Cheng and Robert Kotewall. Knight-Ridder
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          Lock icon HK fines 10 for short selling
          96 18 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The Securities Futures Commission (SFC) yesterday said it reprimanded and fined five authorised traders and five others who pleaded guilty to short selling warrants on the shares of two firms. It said separately that it prosecuted and fined two people
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          Lock icon Kee Shing's net down 3.3%
          80 18 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Kee Shing Holdings, which trades chemicals, metals and machinery, yesterday said 1994 net profit dropped 3.3 per cent. Profit after taxes and payments to minority interests fell to HK576.67 million (S$ 13.49 million) from HK579.26 million in 1993. Earnings per share
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          Lock icon Profit at listed Taiwan firms up 30%
          66 18 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Strong export sales and global economic recovery lifted the pre-tax profit of companies listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 30.1 per cent in the first quarter from a year earlier to NTSSB.6 billion (553.05 billion), the Commercial Times
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Chase to axe 170 jobs in S'pore, US, Europe in futures business revamp
        347 19  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE Chase Manhattan Corp is to restructure its worldwide futures business a move that will cut a total of 170 jobs in Singapore, the US and Europe. According to a Bloomberg Business News report
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        Lock icon The sheer weight of money
        63 19 Business Wire LOS ANGELES C T Fletcher, 1993 and 1994 American Bench Press record holder, showing his strength as he lifts 500 pounds or US$lO,OOO of dimes on Saturday. Together with 1994 World Champion Bench Presser Harold Collins, they pressed the 500-pound barbell telephone five
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        Lock icon Visa to launch debit cards in Asia-Pacific
        103 19 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Visa international will launch its Interlink debit cards throughout the Asia-Pacific over the next 12 months. A Visa statement yesterday said the programme, first introduced in South Korea last November, will be made available in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Hongkong,
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          Lock icon HK seeks lower share futures margin
          96 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The Hongkong Secretary for Financial Services urged the Hongkong Futures Exchange Ltd to reduce the margin requirements on the exchange's month-old stock futures in order to foster trading, the Eastern Express reported. Secretary Michael Cartland said the two contracts, on
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          Lock icon Allianz life unit's profit up 11.4%
          57 19 Bloomberg Business News MUNICH Allianz Lebensversicherungs AG, the life insurance unit of Allianz AG, said net profit rose 11.4 per cent in 1994 to 142.6 million marks (*****.11 million) from 128 million marks the year before. Premium income in 1994 rose 9.4 per cent
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          Lock icon EBRD launches 5 billion yen bonds
          65 19 Knight-Ridder LONDON The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) yesterday launched 5 billion yen (5582.5 million) of dual currency 10-year Eurobonds. The paper, maturing on May 18, 2005, pays a coupon of 4.4 per cent in Australian dollars and has an issue price
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        Lock icon Shawmut feared merger partner Fleet would buy rival
        610 19 Bloomberg Business News BOSTON Shawmut National Corp hurried to merge with Fleet Financial Group Ine after discovering Fleet was in talks with another potential partner, which would help it dominate the New England banking market, a Securities and Exchange Commission filing said
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        Parking funds in DM, yen a risky move now
        671 19  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON LONDON Should dollar holders take the plunge and buy deutschemarks and yen at their present heights? Following such extraordinary appreciation in the past few months, such an investment strategy is fraught with dangers. While several Asian
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        US$150m credit deal for Japfa Comfeed
        241 19 SINGAPORE Feed mill firm Japfa Comfeed Indonesia has raised US$l5O million (*****.5 million) through a three-year revolving credit facility in Singapore. The deal, signed here yesterday, was arranged and leadmanaged by Deutsche Bank (Asia Pacific) and the Singapore branches of Banque Paribas, DKB Merchant
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        Lock icon Latin America turning more to derivatives to limit risks
        460 20 Reuter LONDON Players in Latin America are turning increasingly to derivatives as a way of limiting their downside exposure to wild gyrations in the underlying financial markets. "Judging from our own business, the turnover in derivative products has risen to 50
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        Lock icon Is there life after derivatives for big US banks?
        445 20 AP NEW YORK The biggest banks in the US found a recipe that really worked when they turned to financing corporations and managing their investments instead of concentrating solely on consumers with home loans and credit cards. But the formula went
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        Lock icon Tips on controlling derivative risks
        259 20 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Cathy Minehan, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, has urged organisations that use derivatives to focus on three key areas to control their risk exposures. She told a conference in Boston recently that derivatives users should focus on their investment
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        162 20 Reuter SHANGHAI China will conduct a sweeping investigation into non-bank financial organisations as part of efforts to streamline its financial system, the China Securities newspaper reported. All such institutions must apply to re-register and new licences will be given only after the
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        407 20 Reuter NEW YORK Forget the bonus cheque. MasterCard International Inc wants your employer to reward you with a big credit on a charge card so you can head straight to the store. Companies often prefer to give out "trophies" like a trip,
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        324 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter LONDON A blistering oil price rally paused for breath as traders took their profits following the recent surge which took crude prices near their highest levels in more than two years. Front month June Brent futures on London's
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        96 20 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was mixed in quiet early trading yesterday following the May 1 holiday in Europe and ahead of the long holiday weekend in Japan. The ounce of gold meanwhile was up US$l.9O at U*****.20 an ounce. At 1340 GMT, the greenback was at 1.3793
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        182 20 Reuter LONDON The dollar languished in quiet morning European trade, steady against the mark and yen and with markets awaiting news from USJapanese car talks and Friday's US unemployment data to give direction. Dealers said the dollar was expected to remain confined to tight ranges and trade
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        243 20 AFP BEIJING China's onshore oil fields pumped 34.35 million tonnes of crude in the first quarter of this year, as the gap between supply and growth-fu-elled demand widened, a report said yesterday. The first quarter figure registered a mere 0.3
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        1352 21 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen and Eurodollar futures ended a slow day little changed to slightly higher as most players were reluctant to take fresh positions over Japan's Golden Week holidays. The lead December Euroyen closed up to 98.40 from its previous settlement at
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        S'pore rubber futures close higher
        670 21 COMMODITY REPORTS Rubber SINGAPORE: Rubber futures surged by the close on shortcovering and bargain-hunting, fuelled by early Tokyo advances. The firm Indonesian prices on news of China buying provided some support. China was heard to have paid 71 US cents a pound exBclawan. China bought
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          M'sian palm oil exports to China double
          56 21 SINGAPORE Malaysia's palm oil exports to China in 1994 were 1.4 million tonnes, double the total in 1993. according to the Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council's chief executive officer Yusof Hashim. He attributed the rise to the council's marketing efforts and campaign aimed
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          US rice sale to Iran now in doubt
          65 21 WASHINGTON The new US ban on trade with Iran puts in doubt up to another 100.000 tonnes of US rice exports, in addition to those already reported to USDA. An official of the USA Rice Federation estimated that "as much as 75,000-100.000
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          Cotton shipment delays worry spinners
          86 21 HONGKONG Cotton shipment delays from West African countries are causing worries among Asian mills and may force them to return to the market to cover the shortage. Asian traders said. Spinners in Taiwan. Thailand and Indonesia have been experiencing one to two-month delays since the
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          Mauritius sugar exports up 37%
          45 21 LONDON Sugar exports from Mauritius in February totalled 54,058 tonnes, a rise of 37 per cent over the 39,400 tonnes in February 1994. Exports in January and February totalled 105,166 tonnes, up from 87,616 in the same period last year.
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          BHP opens first steel plant in China
          42 21 SYDNEY Australia's Broken Hill Proprietary yesterday said it has opened its first steel plant in China manufacturing roll-forming products for the construction industry. The plant is located in the Kang Quiao industrial zone of Shanghai.
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1482 21 SICOM Futures Rubber (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jun I I 244 50 950 1875 Jul 239.00 350 1650 Aug 236.50 300 2050 Sep 234.00 300 1750 Oct/Dec 226.50 226.50 228.00 300 5100 Jan
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        Australia
        1027 22 -13.3 JITTERY investors forced shares lower yesterday amid concerns over the upcoming budget and the impending release of current account data. The All Ordinaries Index dropped to 2,026.3 points, down 13.3. The All Industrials closed 16.9 lower at 3,012.4 while the All Resources ended 10.9 down at 1,283.3. Turnover
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        Manila
        582 22 -17.71 Stocks closed lower in thin trading with many investors staying on the sidelines to await the results of Monday's elections. The PSE Index fell 17.71 points at 2,448.16, with only the property counters finishing higher. Turnover was 1.86 billion shares valued at 868.4 million pesos. A trader said
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        Taipei
        570 22 -18.17 Shares extended their losing streak amid weak market sentiment, dragged down by a 2.4 per cent drop in textiles. The 321-issue Weighted Price Index slid 18.17 points to finish at 5,771.81. Turnover was 852 million shares worth NT535.09 billion. The market opened lower and hit an intra-day low
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        Seoul
        479 22 4-9.04 Stocks closed higher on gains by medium-priced financial and construction shares while blue chips underwent consolidation. The Composite Index closed 9.04 points higher at 906.04. Gainers outpaced losers by 606 to 174. Trade volume totalled 29.13 million shares, sharply more than the previous week's daily average of 20
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        New Zealand
        334 22 -10.06 Shares fell on concerns that the central hank's determination to keep short-term interest rates high and the New Zealand dollar's continued strength will take their toll on corporate earnings growth. "When you have short-term rates at 9 per cent plus, it can hold back a market," said
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        Bombay
        80 22 -118.21 Stocks fell to a 52-week low, led down by India's largest steel company amid concerns over the government's stability, tighter credit and the coming monsoon season. "The market is going through a period of circular trading," said a dealer. "Investors sell now and buy back at much lower
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        710 22 +27.8 STOCKS soared to an eightmonth high as talk of a takeover bid for SG Warburg boosted bank issues. Renewed speculation that the Walt Disney Co will bid for Thorn EMl's music unit sent shares in the British entertainment company up 4.2 per cent to 1,188 pence. The FT-SE
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        Paris
        140 22 18.39 French stocks rose as investors anticipate the victory of Jacques Chirac in the final round of the French presidential elections. The CAC Index closed up 18.39 points at 1936.85. Oil stocks led the CAC higher after President Bill Clinton on Monday banned US trade and investment with Iran.
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        Frankfurt
        212 22 18.53 German stocks rose 0.92 per cent as investors bought shares of carmakers, machinery makers and insurer Allianz AG Holding on fading currency worries. "Auto stocks are coming back after being hit pretty hard last month," said a trader. "And the dollar, for the moment, is not much of
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        Brussels
        205 22 10.48 Belgian stocks rose for the ninth day amid optimism that the dollar will rally, boosting the shares of Belgian companies with sales in the US currency. The market was also buoyed by a 2.7 per cent rally in the stock of Petrofina. which benefited from higher oil prices
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        Milan
        153 22 101 Italian stocks climbed for a fourth day, boosted by a stronger lira and prospects that the government will succeed in reforming Italy's pension system. Pension reform will reduce the budget deficit, cutting the government's borrowing requirements and in turn leading to lower interest rates. The lira strengthened after
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        Amsterdam
        260 22 +2.08 Dutch stocks rose for the 10th day to a new eightmonth high amid earnings optimism and hopes of lower interest rates. A dollar that was stable against the guilder for most of the session also helped the EOF Index rise. The index rose 2.08 ppints to 422.5, the
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        Stockholm
        149 22 +5.96 Sweden's benchmark stock index was hoisted to a 64week high as LM Ericsson surged to an all-time high on US telecom news. Bond yields rose as the krona weakened against most major currencies. The yield on the benchmark 6 per cent bond due 2005 rose to 11.26 per
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        Zurich
        255 22 +24.2 Swiss indexes rose to an eight-week high as investors bought both export and financial shares amid fading earnings concerns and low interest rates. The Swiss Market Index of 23 stocks gained 0.93 per cent or 24.2 points to 2,621.4, the highest close since March 2. Nineteen shares rose
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        Johannesburg
        387 22 +76.9 Industrial shares extended gains by the close to end substantially better amid local and offshore demand and on the back of a strong London market, dealers said. Gold shares were mildly firmer as a weaker rand helped support stocks in the face of a fluctuating gold price. The
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        Toronto
        245 22 +5.50 Stocks edged higher in quiet early trading buoyed by strong gold shares offsetting losses in transport and base metals. The TSE-300 Composite Index rose 5.50 points to 4,297.90 on volume of 13.0 million shares valued at CSI22 million. Advancing stocks outperformed declines 174 to 163, with 242 issues
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        New York
        755 22 -4.84 Stock prices were slightly lower in quiet early trading as the market faced continued profit taking while waiting for Friday's key employment report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which eased 5.19 points on Monday, was down 4.84 to 4,311.24 at 1 lam EDT. The NYSE Composite Index
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      2929 23 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks were little changed as utility counters dropped, and property dipped on mixed signals from the real estate market before staging a weak comeback in the afternoon. Concern that a crackdown on corruption in mainland China may soon reach company executives also weighed down shares.
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      606 23 CLSA IN Hongkong, the H share index gained 15.16 points to 1,025.07 on turnover of HKS6O.3 million. Hai Xing Shipping attracted strong buying interest. The counter closed 4 per cent higher. In Shanghai. B shares closed 0.7 per cent higher as activity in selective counters boosted turnover to US$ll
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      2556 23 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks rose to a 10week high as a rise in crude oil prices lifted oil-related shares and over-the-counter issues rallied for the fourth day. The Nikkei Average rose for the second day, gaining 277.20 points to 17,088.66, its highest level since Feb 22. Gains in
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      1787 23 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks posted further gains in heavy volume and finished up 3.4 per cent on blue chip buying led by foreign institutional investors. The SET Index closed up 40.88 points to close at 1,249.57. Turnover was 164.3 million shares worth 14.76 billion baht. Rises led falls 302 to
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      1176 23 Reuter JAKARTA Shares were higher at the close, with foreign funds seen flowing into the market and boosting sentiment. "Active foreign buying in conglomerate-related stocks such as Tjiwi Kimia. BDNI. Smart and Gajah Tunggal triggered buying almost across the board." one broker said. Tjiwi Kimia rose 8.2 per cent
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2446 24 Cr Gr I9W UM Val Dn LmQmt Dtr Dfc YM Net M Cap l<%h Law Safe CM*) Hifh Low Bayer Sefcr CV P/E Sail MALAYSIAN STOCKS 471 1% m ABB 50C 298 -20 894 320 297 298 299 J O -2.9 0 3 30.6 127 77.J m AMDB
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        6707 24 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks fell amid concern credit may be tightened to reign in inflation, driving money out of equities. Analysts said foreign money has fled to find better capital gains in US stocks. The KLSE Composite Index fell 7.23 points
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        Lock icon Extended holiday mood sends prices drifting lower
        1899 26  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Local stocks drifted lower yesterday with market players still in a "holiday mood" after being back from a long weekend. Dealers said this mood was likely to persist throughout the week as Japanese investors will be absent from the
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      Sembawang Shipyard earns international safety rating
      405 27  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE Sembawang Shipyard has been awarded the highest international safety rating attained by a local yard. An Advance Level 3 safety rating was awarded to the yard after an audit by Det Norske Veritas Industry (DNVI) in February. "The three-star rating
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      Lock icon Fifth Malaysian boat show promises to be bigger, better
      327 27 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysia International Boat Show is back for the fifth year and its organisers, Protemp Exhibitions Sdn Bhd, expect the event to be bigger and better than its predecessors. "This year's show promises excitement with the strong presence
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      Lock icon China builds port to boost trade with Taiwan
      170 27 Reuter BEIJING China began construction on Monday of a 10,000 deadweight tonne port in south-eastern Fujian province to boost growing trade with Taiwan, the Xinhua news agency said. "The port will further promote the growing exchanges across the Taiwan Straits, play an
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      Lock icon Secondhand Panamax, handysize ships in demand
      158 27 Knight-Ridder LONDON Secondhand ship buyers showed almost limitless enthusiasm for Panamax and handysize units last week, with firm levels being paid, UK shipbrokers Galbraith's said. Shipbrokers Clarkson said Transocean Maritime Agencies took the 1990-built, 68,789-deadweight-tonne General Guisan for US$23 million (5531.9 million). Brokers said
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1017 27 Page Col ABC Containerize 16 1 Able Shpg 7 4/5 Accord Group 8 1-3 •Ahlers Line 12 1 •Ahrenkiel 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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      91 27 AFP MANILA A ferry caught fire south of the Philippine capital early yesterday, but all the 175 passengers and crew were rescued, the Coast Guard said. The pilot deck of the San Lorenzo Ruiz, a vehicle roll-on, roll-off ferry, burst into flames off
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      Lock icon Holiday dampens trading on tanker market
      315 27 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK The tanker market started the week on a very quiet note, especially in late trading, with most other centres except for London on holiday. In the Caribbean market, Saudi Petroleum quickly fixed the Wilomi Tanana for a May 14 134,000 tonnes
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1946 28 THE freight market saw a quiet start to the week owing to holidays in Japan and Europe but this did not stop the Baltic Freight Index (BFI) from gaining a new all-time record at 2,352 on Monday, up five points on Friday. Shipbrokers cited increased demand for Atlantic
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      212 28 COURSES Title: Sea Transport Course (SDF 70%) Duration: May 17 Aug 23 Organiser Singapore Freight Forwarders Association Tel: For further details contact SFFA Secretariat at 253-7550 or fax: 253-2303. Tide: International Freight Forwarding I (SDF 70%) j Duration: May 25 Aug 3 Organiser Singapore Freight Forwarders Association Tel:
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      Lock icon Project to end the paper chase in bills of lading
      829 29  -  The shipping document which can be traded before cargo delivery gets the electronic treatment. Joseph Bonney reports Joseph Bonney American Shipper AMID the rush to switch from paper to electronic communication, one shipping document has remained untouched: the negotiable bill
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11443 36 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the wortd. 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
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        629 39 Vwst< »oy Ho Berth km* Departure VetsH Voy Wo Berth Hrroii Pepartae P#ft Batam Speed ****** P01A 03 05/2030 03 05/2230 .Batam Bahagia 05/01/95 II alongside 03.05/2300 Batam Speed3 ****** P01A 03 05/2330 04 05/0030 •8atam Mail N193 C alongside 03.05/2345 Batam SpeaM 04/95* P01A 02.05/2030 0205/2230
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1560 39 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO -RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO r Record Booking/Balance Rslti Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From *Aa Me 2366 05/1100 4 03/1200 03/1459 03/1700 Ma 8hum 201S 05/0700 1* 02/1500 02/1659 02/1900 IB 02/1500 02/1659 02/1900
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        Lock icon FedEx expects Asian market to expand more rapidly
        421 46 Bloomberg Business News SUBIC BAY, Philippines Air courier Federal Express Corp said rapid growth in Asia will make the region its most promising area of expansion. Frederick Smith, FedEx chairman and president, said the world's largest express cargo company will acquire additional
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        Lock icon Aussie-HK air row may mean loss of 8,000 seats
        232 46 UPI SYDNEY A dispute between Australia and Hongkong has put more than 8,000 airline seats a week between Sydney and Hongkong in jeopardy, an airline official said yesterday. If threats by the Australian and Hongkong governments to cut services of Qantas,
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        47 46 Reuter BLACKBURN, England Specially-trained security guards trying to remove a protester from a tree at Stairoorth Valley near Blackburn on Monday. The demonstrators have buih an aerial village in the valley's tree tops in an attempt to stop construction of the M 65 motorway. Reuter
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        Lock icon MAS denies talk of ditching Airbus
        267 46 UPI KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airlines (MAS) yesterday dismissed rumours that it planned to withdraw its agreement with Airbus Industrie of France for the delivery of the remaining Airbus A 330-400 jets it has ordered, in favour of the twinjet Boeing 777. Managing director Wan
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        Lock icon Mobile urinal ads in bid to get Malaysians to car-pool
        173 46 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has intensified its bid to encourage car-pooling with new advertisements which suggest ugly mobile urinals would hit the roads unless motorists in traffic-choked Kuala Lumpur comply with the campaign, a report said yesterday. "The advertisements suggest
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        Lock icon Big jump in cargo, passenger traffic in world's airports
        325 46 Reuter GENEVA Airports around the world yesterday reported a strong surge in passenger and cargo traffic during the first month of this year, with Africa, Latin America and the Pacific regions leading the way. The Geneva-based Airports Council International (ACI) said
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        Lock icon Continental Air paid CEO US$1.5m bonus to make him stay
        346 46 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Continental Airlines Inc paid a US$l.5 million (552.08 million) bonus to chief executive officer Gordon Bethune last year to thwart a rival's attempt to lure him away. The Houston-based airline also raised Mr Bethune's salary and
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          Lock icon Emirates starts freighter flight to S'pore
          81 46 AFP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Emirates, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) international airline, has begun flying a weekly cargo flight from Dubai to Singapore, the company said on Monday. The first Boeing 747F, leased from the US-based Atlas Air, left Dubai international airport on
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