The Business Times, 5 July 1995

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  • 11 1 Business Times WE KNOVAj&I/ MITA(P) 194/12/94 Wednesday July 5 1995 85*--«
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  • 73 1 UPI GAZA CITY Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres announced yesterday that they will sign a deal within three weeks probably in Washington to extend Palestinian self-rule throughout the West Bank. Under the deal, Israel will pull
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  • 170 1 Stock market indices Tuesday Change STII 2,121.48 +27.43 KLSE Comp 1,033.53 +10.02 Nikkei 14,755.74 +270.33 Hang Seng 9,182.47 +44.26 SET Index 1,407.15 +27.06 Jakarta Comp 492.82 +1.27 Manila Comp 2,791.57 +23.28 Taipei WPI 5,320.25 +7.31 Seoul Comp 907.68 -6.42 Bombay BSE30 .3,164.24 -18.16 CLSA China B 779.63 +3.31
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  • 428 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in JAKARTA INDONESIA declared yesterday that companies controlling at least half of the country's huge domestic market must sell some of their shares to the public. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with President Suharto, Minister of State for Investment
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  • 534 1  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE Poaching of staff has led the Association of Banks in Singapore to issue a warning against such "undesirable practices". In a circular to member banks dated May 9, the ABS said: "Instigation of staff to leave en bloc would be
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  • 269 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Regional stock markets all gained ground yesterday. In Singapore, the Straits Times Industrials Index added 27.43 points to pierce the 2,100 barrier once again at 2,121.48. Trading centred on locally traded stocks, prompting dealers to say this could be a sign of
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  • 469 1  -  From K P Nayar in NEW DELHI FORMER Asian "Biscuit King" Rajan Pillai has been arrested, ending a manhunt for the tycoon whose extradition is sought by the Singapore government. Pillai, 47, who was arrested late Monday night at a five-star hotel in the
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  • 465 1  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THE seven-party Thai coalition has agreed on the allocation of posts in the next government, while Chart Thai leader Banharn Silpa-archa is expected to become prime minister. Several party leaders including Amnuay Virawan of the
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    • 22 1 Regional Analysis: Pg Tapping the Mekong's riches m John Major wins decisive victory for leadership of Tory party Full report, Pg 12
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
      • 302 2  -  By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE Buoyed by another strong performance from the manufacturing sector, the potential supply of factory space rose 11.6 per cent to 5.57 million sq m of gross floor area in the first three months of the year. Statistics from the
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    • 376 2 SMALL and medium-sized companies from Singapore and Japan can cooperate effectively in third countries, reducing costs and maximising complimentary strengths, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry managing director Michio Sugimoto said here yesterday. Mr Sugimoto was speaking ahead of a one-day seminar
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    • 474 2  -  By Agnes Wee A HIGH-TECH theme park, to be built here jointly by a Hongkong company founded by casino tycoon Stanley Ho, Safe Enterprises and Japanese giant Sega Enterprises, plans to replicate its concept worldwide. The $50 million E-Zone Sega, a state-of-the-art
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    • 450 2  -  Sri Lanka office may go too; firm to beef up presence in some other countries By Abdul Hadhi INTERNATIONAL property consultants Jones Lang Wootton (JLW) is closing its lossmaking business in Taiwan, and possibly <that in Sri Lanka, its move to streamline its operations.
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    • 357 2 LIFE policyholders unable to settle their disputes with insurance companies can now bring up their claims to the Insurance Ombudsman Bureau (IOB). The duties of the 108, which previously handled only general insurance disputes, have been extended to cover life insurance cases. The 108,
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    • 415 2  -  By Michelle Low PRIVATELY owned EuroAsia has beaten listed groups Sime Singapore and Malayan Credit to clinch two back-to-back Newton Road sites for a total of $56.6 million. The price works out to $537 per square foot per plot ratio for the
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    • 287 2 THREE more freehold apartment sites will be put on the market this month for collective sale Shanghai Court, Shanghai Residence and 1115G Jalan Mutiara all in the River Valley area. All three properties are off River Valley Road, with a combined area
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    • 63 2 ALL 92 office units of Beijing's Junefield Plaza Tower 1 released for local sales were taken up at its launch last weekend, fetching the developer about $30 million. Marketing agent ERA Realty Network said yesterday that due to the overwhelming response, the developer, Beijing Junefield
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    • 53 2 THE Ministry of Defence, advising the public not to be alarmed, said aircraft from the Republic of Singapore Air Force would fly over the Woodlands, Sembawang and Paya Lebar areas on their way to the Padang today from 3.40pm to 4.20pm for the Natipnal Day
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    • 86 2 PERU'S First Vice-president Ricardo Marquez Flores, here on a four-day visit as a guest of the Trade Development Board, said yesterday that the TDB could be a model for the Lima government's efforts to harness private enterprise to national development. "We're very, very
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 358 4 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Britain and Malaysia agreed yesterday to boost two-way trade and seek business ventures together in South Africa as bilateral ties improved to new levels after a trade rift last year, officials said. "Ties between us are very,
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    • 299 4 AFP MANILA The Philippine government's chief negotiator yesterday rejected Muslim guerillas 1 demands that constitutional restrictions be set aside to speed up the creation of a provisional government in a proposed autonomous area in the south. The rebels' mainstream group Moro National Liberation
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    • 143 4 AFP SYDNEY Lt-General Herman Mantiri could stand down from his appointment as Indonesian ambassador to Australia if it would ensure good bilateral relations. Lt-Gen Mantiri told the Australian Broadcasting Corp radio that it would be "no problem" for him to stand aside,
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    • 103 4 NST KUALA LUMPUR Electricity supply will be fully restored to all parts of Penang island tomorrow. Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday. Mr Anwar said the government would build another two submarine cables to prevent a recurrence of the power crisis. After visiting
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    • 92 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian cement manufacturers are expected to face a cement deficit of 300,000 tonnes or an average of 50,000 tonnes a month over the next six months. The pressure on supply could continue up to early next year, depending on when Kedah Cement's new
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    • 95 4 AFP MANILA A Philippine firm yesterday won government approval to set up a 1.2 billion peso (5565.4 million) haven for foreign senior citizens in the former US military facility of Clark Air Base, north of Manila. Under an agreement, signed yesterday by RN Development
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    • 85 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian cabinet will discuss last Friday's landslide tragedy in Genting Highlands at its meeting today, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. He said the meeting would study a report on the incident to find out the cause of the landslide
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    • 100 4 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia yesterday denied reports it had captured the leader of East Timor's underground resistance to Jakarta's rule in the territory. The London-based human-rights group Amnesty International reported on Monday that Pedro Nunes Sabalae was captured in the capital, Dili, on suspicion of
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    • 67 4 Reuter HANOI They did not have any invitations, but it didn't matter they were there just to gawk. As Americans at the former US consulate in Hanoi celebrated their country's 219 th Independence Day, these Vietnamese men took in the revelry from the other side of the
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    • 342 4 Bloomberg Business News, AFP KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government has lashed out against trade barriers set up by other countries, particularly the largest economic powers. "If people preach about level playing fields, they should make sure their fields
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    • 310 4 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's external trade will remain in deficit this year but the shortfall is expected to narrow by half that of 1994, International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz said yesterday. Malaysia's trade deficit for 1995 was projected to narrow
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
    • 435 5 Reuter HONGKONG Chinas communist leaders are in the throes of an unprecedented debate on how to feed more than one billion people into the 21st century, economists, diplomats and traders say. "Debate is going on at the highest levels of government
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    • 325 5 AFP BEIJING The Chinese government yesterday vehemently denied a report published in the United States claiming that Beijing had sold medium-range missiles to Pakistan. A foreign ministry spokesman branded as "groundless" the allegations made on Monday in the Washington Post that M-l 1
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    • CHINA WATCH
      • 94 5 Reuter TAIPEI A senior Taiwan official said Beijing needs more time to work out details on direct voyages between Taiwan and China before the island's transhipment centre plan can go ahead. Liu Chao Shiuan, Minister of Transportation and Communications, yesterday denied local media reports
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      • 81 5 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan said it will set up a trade representative office in the Czech Republic to boost economic ties after Premier Lien Chan made a landmark visit to the East European country last month. "The Czech Republic has one of the most vibrant economies
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      • 73 5 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI News reports on Monday that China was staging military exercises off its south-east coast were incorrect, the China Times reported. The semi-official Central News Agency said it had published incorrect reports that China was conducting large-scale military exercises, the paper reported.
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      • 63 5 Reuter BEIJING Bad medicine is a major killer in China, where substandard antibiotics have also left one million children deaf and dumb, the People's Daily said yesterday. The number of people who die each year after taking poor quality medicine is several times higher than the
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    • Article, Illustration
      54 5 Reuter HONGKONG Women constables (from left) Chui Fung Sum, Joanna Lee and Leung Siu Wai posing with their new weapons after they became the first of the territory's general service uniformed policewomen to be issued with firearms yesterday. Fifty policewomen will be given guns by the end
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    • 371 5 AFP BEIJING China yesterday rejected Washington's allegations that it had violated consular agreements over the case of detained US citizen Harry Wu and instead accused US officials of acting without authorisation. "As far as we are concerned, we have all along honoured the Sino-US
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    • 410 5  -  From Steve Vines in HONGKONG THE Hongkong government's most senior ethnic Chinese official, Anson Chan, has quietly visited Beijing, where she met Vice-Premier Qian Qichen and the head of the Hongkong and Macau AfTairs Office, Lu Ping. Mrs Chan disclosed
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    • 186 5 Bloomberg Business News, Reuter BEIJING China said yesterday it was formally investigating ousted Beijing Communist Party boss Chen Xitong for corruption, thrusting an antigraft campaign into China's ruling party politburo. The party central committee said Mr Chen, one of 20 politburo members, was
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  • ASIA
    • 563 6 Reuter, Bloomberg Business News TOKYO The Japanese government is expected to inject a note of gkx>m into its regular report next week on the state of the economy, reflecting growing fears of a renewed slide towards recession. But the revised outlook was
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    • 42 6 Reuter TOKYO Sooth African President Nelson Mandela (left) being escorted by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at a welcoming ceremony at the Akasaka state guest house yesterday. Mr Mandela is on a five-day official visit to Japan. Renter
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    • 419 6 Bloomberg Business News WELLINGTON New Zealand's growth slowed but remained strong in the first quarter of this year, vindicating the central bank's tight fist over interest rates, economists said yesterday. "We're doing pretty well, I think. I see growth as moderating
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    • 166 6 Reuter ISLAMABAD Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's government has announced a new trade policy allowing exporters to borrow money abroad. The trade policy for fiscal 1995/96 (July/June), announced by Commerce Minister Ahmad Mukhtar on Monday, offers a variety of export and import incentives. Mr
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    • 237 6 Reuter LONDON Bangladesh's businesses are looking to the estimated two million-strong "non-resident Bangladeshi" community worldwide for capital and investment to speed up economic development and compete in world markets. A mission organised by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI)
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    • 91 6 AP SEOUL South Korea suffered its first six-month fall in domestic auto sales in IS years, the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association said yesterday. But exports continued to boom, rising by 54.7 per cent in the first six months of this year
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    • 70 6 AFP BOMBAY The cabinet of the Indian state of Maharashtra will make a decision soon on a report by the panel reviewing the Enron power project, Maharashtra Chief Minister Manohar Joshi said yesterday. "The report of the review panel will be accepted by
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    • 72 6 AP SEOUL Three South Korean relief ships prepared yesterday to leave for North Korea after the government decidcd to resume emergency food aid to the impoverished communist country. Seoul suspended shipments of rice on Friday pending resolution of a dispute in which the first South
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    • 54 6 AFP TOKYO Japan's exports of both colour television sets and video cassette recorders (VCRs) continued falling in May, due to an increase of offshore production by Japanese manufacturers, an industry group said yesterday. The Electronics Industries Association of Japan said imports of TVs
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  • SPORTS
    • 414 7 AP, AFP, Reuter WIMBLEDON Defending champion Conchita Martinez withstood a late rally from Gabnela Sabatini to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals yesterday with a 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) ryThe scoreline, however, did not tell the full story. The third-seeded Martinez rallied from 1-4 down in the first
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    • 498 7 Wimbledon AP WIMBLEDON Pete Sampras does not suffer foolishness gladly. Thus, he was in an unusually serious mood before his fourth-round match on Monday against Greg Rusedski, striding determinedly onto Centre Court. His grimness was viewed as a result of the incessant hype surrounding Rusedski,
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    • 535 7 AFP LONDON The author who accused foreign-born England sports stars of lacking commitment when playing for England was unrepentant on Monday about the controversial views that sparked a storm in sporting circles. West Indian-born England stars Phillip DeFreitas and Devon Malcolm are
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    • Article, Illustration
      138 7 Reuter PARIS Noureddine Morceli broke the world 2,000 metres record on Monday, adding to his claim to be the greatest middle-dis-tancc runner ever and knocking rival Said Aouita out of the record books. Morceli, running the last two circuits of the five-lap race on his own, dockcd 4 min
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    • Article, Illustration
      65 7 NEW YORK Major Leagae Monday NL: Philadelphia 4 Atlanta 10; Florida 5 San Diego 2; NY 2 Chicago 4; Cincinnati 7 SF 8; St Louis 6 Montreal O, Colorado 15 Houston 10. AL: Chicago 4 NY 8; Detroit 4 Seattle 2; Cleveland 9 Texas I; Baltimore 9 Minnesota 4;
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      130 7 AP HOVE, England The West Indies were humiliated by an innings and 121 runs by county team Sussex on Monday, their first loss to a county dub in 19 years and just three days before the third Test against England starts. The West Indies were bowled out for 139
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    • Article, Illustration
      182 7 AFP VITRE, France Frenchman Laurent Jalabert found himself wearing the Tour de France's leader's yellow jersey on Monday, a year to the day after crashing out of the race. Jalabert was knocked out of the 1994 Tour in an accident when a policeman stepped out in front of the
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      71 7 AFP MOUNT JULIET, Ireland Jose Maria Olazabal has pulled out of this week's Murphy's Irish Open here, the organisers said on Monday. The Spanish Ryder Cup star is being treated for a small tumour on his right foot and does not want to aggravate the problem two weeks before
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    • Article, Illustration
      223 7 AP WIMBLEDON Murphy Jensen telephoned relatives yesterday to say he was safe and well, a day after the flamboyant tennis player disappeared from the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. The 26-year-old disappeared without explanation before a mixed doubles match on Monday and his worried family called police and local hospitals when
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 751 9  -  The queen of romance, Barbara Cartland, laments the passing of a more wholesome society. Lyndsay Griffiths reports Lyndsay Griffiths Reuter Dame barbara Cartland, the world's most successful romantic novelist, remembers a time when the only thing worse than having sex was talking about it. "It
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    • 296 9 CHATTERBOX AP AP UPI IT MAY be the performance of actress-model Elizabeth Hurley's career. Since her boyfriend Hugh Grant was arrested with a Hollywood hooker she's been hurt, bewildered, elusive and gorgeous. She's hung on to the hearts of Britons, the front pages of London
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  • 902 10 Like its figures on gross domestic product and inflation, Beijing's latest trade figures also show wide discrepancies IF BEIJING'S export figures are anything to go by, Chinese goods are flooding world markets. According to the country's Customs Administration, China exported U5555.9 billion
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  • 479 10 NOW that Thais have cast their vote for the Chart Thai Party and its allies, the politicians who will govern Thailand for the next four years must reciprocate the electorate's act of faith by getting down to work quickly. After all, the question facing voters in
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  • 480 10 SINGAPORE retailers have found it increasingly tough to attract customers. Cavernous shopping malls where sales staff and browsers outnumber actual shoppers are a common sight. But with the economy set to grow more modestly and workers asked to moderate their pay-rise expectations, it means the retail sector
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  • 119 10 AS the roads become more congested and cars become more unafTordable, motorcycles seem to be a good alternative form of transport. There is a pressing need now to ensure that motorcyclists are better trained and observe road safety. The decision to return to the former method
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  • 176 10 A SERIES of disasters have hit South Korea one of the Asian tigers over the last two years. The latest tragedy involved the collapse of the Sampoong Department Store, claiming the highest number of casualties in recent years. These disasters have shocked people into realising that careless
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  • 138 10 POSSIBLE political consequences aside, the latest spat between Jakarta and Canberra over the nomination of a new envoy is sure to raise a number of interesting questions among observers. The hassle began when a group of 17 parliamentarians, representing both the government and the opposition,
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  • 128 10 ENVIRONMENTAL critics bark up the wrong tree when they blame all bad things on rapid development it is becoming more obvious that a desperate lack of development puts the environment at even greater risk. Nevertheless, development when overdone is less defensible, and much less so when it proves
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  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
    • 1102 11  -  Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam put aside differences to work on a common strategy on using the river they share HARISH MEHTA HARISH MEHTA The writer is BT's Indochina correspondent THE four Mekong countries have sloughed off a 38-year political inertia that delayed
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  • 474 12  -  From Neville Stack in LONDON JOHN Major's gamble in putting his job on the line paid off handsomely last night when he won a decisive victory for the leadership of the ruling Conservative party. Mr Major is now secure in his post
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  • 373 12  -  From Leon Hadar in WASHINGTON THE United States Federal Reserve's top policy-making group is not expected to lower short-term interest rates during its two-day meeting starting today despite some signs of an economic slowdown and pressure from the White House, which
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  • 285 12 UPI, AFP BOMBAY A Bombay magistrate has ordered the arrest of Rupert Murdoch following a complaint over a programme aired on the media tycoon's Asia-wide television network, a newspaper reported yesterday. The magistrate issued a bailable arrest warrant against Mr
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  • 149 12  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON JAMES BAX, the former head of Baring Securities in Singapore. has been allowed to return to Britain for six weeks by the Singapore authorities. Mr Bax had his passport impounded when alleged losses by former
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  • 307 12 AP, Reuter TOKYO Japan's trade minister, fresh from a car-trade bout with the United States, yesterday sharply rejected US claims that the Japanese film market was closed and said that Tokyo would not negotiate under threats. Photo giant Fuji,
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  • 94 12 Reuter COLOGNE Germans, who have one of the highest savings rates in the world, doubled their wealth in the last decade as savings rose to 4.3 trillion marks (554.3 trillion) by the end of 1994. The German Banking Association yesterday said that despite the increase, Germans continued to
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  • 81 12 Reuter CAIRO Egypt's largest Muslim militant group yesterday said it tried to kill President Hosni Mubarak in Ethiopia last week and vowed it would never halt its battle to topple his government and set up a strict Islamic state. The Gama'a al-lslamiya (Islamic Group), which has waged
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  • 83 12 AFP WASHINGTON House Speaker Newt Gingrich said he would not rule out running for the White House next year "if a vacuum developed". "I said I probably won't run, but filing closes for New Hampshire on Dec IS," Mr Gingrich said during a television interview late
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  • 62 12 AP GENEVA UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali says the United Na- tion's peacekeeping operation worldwide faces "imminent bankruptcy" if member nations don't pay US$2 billion (SS2.B billion) in peacekeeping debts. Mr Boutros-Ghali told the Graduate Institute of International Studies on Monday that the growth in peacekeeping in
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  • 94 12 Reuter NEW YORK Bill Gates of Microsoft Corp, with an estimated worth of US$l2.9 biHion, heads Forbes magazine's ninth annual list of the world's wealthiest people, the first time an American has occupied the top spot. Warren Buflfett, with an estimated stake of US$lO.7 billion in
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  • 700 12  -  The Bottom Line LEE BOON KENG LEE BOON KENG The writer is a lecturer at the Nanyafig* Business School, MTU THE United States economy has g»ne from one of soft landing to one that is potentially crashing. It grew at 4.1 per cent last
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  • 150 12 AFP SAPPORO The Asia-Pacif-ic Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum plans to hold a special meeting in Hongkong in September to prepare for this year's summit in Osaka in November. Officials yesterday said the Hongkong gathering, devoted to the specific area of trade and investment
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 381 13  -  Sudden jumps in trading activity By David Mok SINGAPORE Four companies were queried yesterday by the Stock Exchange of Singapore on sudden jumps in the trading volumes of their respective shares. The companies concerned were CAM Mechatronic, Amcol Holdings, Inno-Pacific Holdings and Hwa Hong
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    • 370 13  -  By Jenny Lam SINGAPORE Trade Mart Singapore, reputed to be South-east Asia's first wholesale fashion merchandise mart, is up for sale at an asking price of $700 million, sources said. Its owners are Hwa Hong Corporation and Parkway Holdings, which have
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    • 298 13 SINGAPORE Sembawang Corp has sold 3.75 million Resources Development Corp (RDC) shares to the Indonesian Salim family's KMP Pte Ltd for a total of $23.4 million. Sembawang said in a statement issued yesterday that wholly-owned subsidiary Sembawang Industrial had sold the shares
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    • 306 13 SINGAPORE In what could be a sign of better times ahead for initial public offerings on the local bourse, shares of Yaohan group's IMM MultiEnterprise (IME) have attracted a subscription rate of 24.4 times. Business Times was informed last night that all the 15
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    • 691 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW -By Ho Kay Tat KUALA LUMPUR To Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, dealing with the financial markets must be at least as frustrating as accommodating the demands made on him by the various political interest groups. First, the stock market virtually
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    • 358 13  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Property and trading group Amcol Holdings said it was unaware of Indonesian businessman Henry Pribadi's intention when he bought a 5.11 per cent stake in the company last week. An Amcol director told BT yesterday that Mr Pribadi
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    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        51 13 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 Can and SG
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        86 13  -  By Paul Leo TUAN SING Holdings is a long-term buy at yesterday's close of 50.5 cents. Monthly Relative Strength Index is near oversold but the daily and weekly RSIs are heading into overbought region. Hence, the most likely scenario is range-trading between 40-55 cents followed by a breakout
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 72 14 SINGAPORE Liang Huat Aluminium has proposed to issue $50 million of 3.5 per cent unsecured bonds due 2000 with 54.5 million detachable warrants. The issue manager, Schroder International Merchant Bankers, will place out the bonds, in denomination of $250,000 each, mainly with financial institutions while the
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        • 53 14 SINGAPORE HTP Holdings said yesterday it was not aware of any substantial purchases of its shares by any party and hence a Business Times market report on Monday that "a property tycoon was looking at making a bid for it at $1.50" would appear
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        • 63 14 SINGAPORE Far East Levingston Shipbuilding has received a bonus of US$l.B million (552.5 million) from Read Bates Development Company for completing the $73 million conversion of a semi-submersible drilling rig into a Floating Production System (FPS) within a specified deadline. The FPS will operate
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        • 96 14 SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines, Swissair and Delta Air Lines have set up a joint purchasing agency in Zurich called DSS World Sourcing and intend to set up branches in Singapore and Atlanta. The joint venture has an authorised capital of 300,000 Swiss francs (*****,865) divided
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      • 189 14 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR The Securities Commission and the central bank have approved Amsteel Corp's proposed sales of securities worth as much as M 5639.8 million (*****.7 million), the company said yesterday. The proceeds from the sales of stock, warrants and debt
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      • 1739 14 MaMfN* «riew($) Jul 5 Sh Greater China Fd 0.96 1.00® n T Mcndaki Gr Fund 1.03 l.Oftffi Singapore unit irust us Gr Fund i.os 109" The Commerce 1.57 1.66 ham m iiai The Saving Fund 1.51 1.60 ASSOt Mgt LtO S pore Prog Fund 0.61 0.65 Unifiind 1.42 1.49 S'pore
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      • 126 14 Bernama PETALING JAYA The SungeiWay group is to float another two of its subsidiaries within a year on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE), says group president Dr Jeffrey Cheah. One of the two subsidiaries to be listed would be Bandar Sunway Sdn Bhd,
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      • 497 14  -  Listing of Singapore subsidiary will help to finance USs3om expansion into Asia By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Japan's Showa Plastics Group (SPG) plans to list its Singapore subsidiary on the main board here to finance up to US$3O million in new plants in Asia over the
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      • 346 14 SINGAPORE The Government of Singapore Investment Corp and Showa Plastics Singa pore have set up a joint venture to invest US$25 million (Ss3s million) in plastic injection moulding factories. Joint-venture Showpla International formally established under a deal signed yesterday signed at
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      • 520 14  -  By Lee Wai Leong SINGAPORE Sembawang Media may not go ahead with the Internet business if the price it has to pay for its public access licence will make its charges unafTordable. Disclosing this in an interview with BT, Sembawang
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      • 415 14 Reuter MANILA Philippine food-and-drink conglomerate RFM Corp's net income will hit one billion pesos (5554.6 million) in calendar 1996 on the back of strong sales and consumer demand, RFM president Jose Concepcion 111 says. Sales of its food, soft drink
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      • 242 14 SINGAPORE DBS Land's wholly-owned subsidiary, DBS Property Services, has been appointed project management consultant for Shenzhen Airtown a large commercial-cum-residential development in China. In a statement yesterday, DBS Land said the appointment came from Shenzhen Airtown (Eastern) Industrial Co. It added
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      • 426 15 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Giordano International Ltd's shares fell as much as 6 per cent after a local newspaper reported that the Chinese government had introduced limits on the China businesses of controlling shareholder Jimmy Lai. The Chinese-language Hongkong
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      • 273 15 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Nynex Corp said on Monday it reached an agreement with New York State regulators to remove a cap on the company's earnings in exchange for a seven-year freeze on local phone rates. The New
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      • 215 15 Reuter MELBOURNE The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd said yesterday it would buy back 75 per cent of its converting preference shares after its buy-back offer closed on Monday. ANZ, which first announced the buy-back of its 1991 converting preference
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 76 15 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China Investments Holdings Ltd said yesterday its second-largest shareholder. Rich Fond Development Ltd, had been approached by Mighty Management Ltd of the British Virgin Island's to sell its 19.45 per cent stake in the real estate investment company. The talks were
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        • 61 15 Bloomberg Business News SHENZHEN The stock administration division of the Shenzhen People's Bank fined four Shenzhen brokers 100,000 yuan (S$ 16,727) each for delaying annual audits of company operations, Shanghai Securities News reported yesterday. The paper did not disclose names of the firms. The bank fined
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        • 78 15 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY International financier George Soros has raised his stake in Sydney Harbour Casino Holdings Ltd, which is setting up Sydney's first casino, to 11.77 per cent from 9.48 per cent. His Soros Capital Indonesia and its associates now control 40.6 million
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        • 77 15 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Australian food ingredients group Burns Philp Co said it has formed a joint venture in the yeast industry with Pilmico Foods Corp, a subsidiary of Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc of the Philippines. The venture will involve manufacturing baker's yeast and related products,
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      • 353 15 FT SEOUL Samsung was South Korea's biggest industrial group last year, in terms of both sales and profits, according to the country's Fair Trade Commission (FTC). Samsung beat Hyundai as the top conglomerate, or chaebol, for the second consecutive year with earnings of
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      • 411 15 Bloomberg Business News REDMOND, Washington Microsoft Corp said it bought back about US$69B million (Ss97o million) of its shares in fiscal 1995 and would continue to repurchase shares in fiscal 1996. The company acquired 11.7 million shares in the year
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 250 16 SINGAPORE Hongkonglisted groups Cheung Kong (Holdings), New World Development and Tem Fat Hing Fung (Holdings) have raised a dual currency loan of about $140 million for a property project in Johor Baru. The funds, raised from the Labuan offshore syndicated loan market
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      • 700 16  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE dealers are shying away from sterling and the dollar because of political uncertainty in Britain and confusion about US interest rate policy. In Britain, the mood of the ruling Conservative Party appears to be swinging away
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      • SMALL CHANGE
        • 60 16 Bloomberg Business News CHICAGO Trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell 1.8 per cent in the first half of the year, compared with the same period last year, according to the futures and options exchange. In the first six months of this year,
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        • 86 16 SINGAPORE Great Eastern Life Assurance has launched a new rider, known as Lifetime Hospital Benefits, to its basic insurance plan. This rider is designed to meet the needs of rising health costs and the ageing Singapore population. The rider provides guaranteed coverage throughout the
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        • 41 16 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia National Insurance Sdn Bhd is seeking approval from Bank Negara to merge its branch in Labuan via a joint venture with a foreign insurance company to sell foreign-denominated insurance products. Bernama
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        • 53 16 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina has obtained a US$97O million (Ssl.4 billion) loan from a syndicate of Japanese, French and US banks to build a seventh liquefied natural gas train in Bontang, on the Indonesian half of Borneo island, Antara news
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      • 61 16 AFP SAN JOSE, Costa Rica A worker shovelling coffee husks into a pile here on Monday to be used later as fuel for drying quality beans. Costa Rican coffee production is at a standstill as the National Coffee Institute has decided, along with Colombia, Honduras and
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      • 295 16 Reuter HONGKONG China and Hongkong yesterday signed a futures regulation cooperation accord designed to help their futures market regulatory systems and develop the markets themselves. Under the agreement signed by the Securities Regulatory Commission (SRC) of China and Hongkong's Securities
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      • 297 16 Reuter TOKYO The Japanese government bond (JGB) market is considering a shorter settlement period to help minimise problems caused by emergencies like major earthquakes or the failure of market participants, senior traders say. However, they say the biggest drawback to the plan, which would speed
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      • 355 16  -  By Siow Li Sen SINGAPORE Thai rice prices are likely to rise for another three months, continuing a six-month rally caused by demand outstripping supply, Singapore-based rice traders say. Thai rice 100 per cent grade B the trade's benchmark has gone
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      • 264 16 Reuter LONDON Oil prices continued their downward slide yesterday, hovering just cents above 1995 lows. Volumes were thin since markets in the US were closed for the for the Independence Day holiday. On the International Petroleum Exchange here, bellwether North Sea Brent
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      • 310 16 Reuter LONDON The dollar idled in mini-ranges at the European midday as the market was caught in a paralysing feeling of lethargy, traders said. Apprehension ahead of key events, such as the Federal Open Market Committee meeting today and tomorrow and Friday's US jobs report for June, has
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        1160 16 rode-weighted index cakulaird against S'parr's nip 14 trading partners Saw war /«*.< US$/S$ forward rates Noon /Jul 4 ss Bid Oder 1-month 1.3917 1.3932 2-month 1.3877 1.3192 3-month 1.3837 1.3852 6-month 1.3717 1.3737 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at 9aa m M 4 Singapore dollars to oae unit
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 1417 17 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar and Euroyen futures ended flat in a dull and tight range-trade. Activity was subdued by a market holiday in the US, a potential credit easing at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting today and tomorrow, plus the US June
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      • 669 17 COMMODITY REPORTS KL Tin CONTINUED surge in demand saw tin prices on the KLTM rise 16 sen to an almost threeyear high of M$ 16.42 per kg. Three-month tin, which gained US$BO on the LME. was continuing to aid the uptrend which began on
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      • KNIGHT-RIDDER COMMODITY SUMMARY
        • 88 17 MELBOURNE New mining production threatens to throw the world's supply of copper into a surplus situation, Jerry Ellis, general manager of the minerals division of Australia's Broken Hill Pty said yesterday. "We will see new production coming on stream in the next two years,
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        • 103 17 LONDON Crude oil output from the Norwegian sector of the North Sea is set to jump around 450,000 barrels per day in the last few months of 1995 to over 3.1 million bpd, as some key oilfields come onstream. In May, the Norwegian sector produced
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        • 48 17 NEW DELHI The Indian government's grain stocks were bulging at 29.% million tonnes as of May I, versus 25.97 million a year earlier. A government statement yesterday said the 29.% million tonne buffer stocks were higher than the minimum required level of 14.S million.
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        • 78 17 THE HAGUE European Commission moves to reduce wheat exports are hitting Dutch grain exporters. EU wheat stocks are at near record lows, thanks to the 1992 reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy. "Following the Commission's decision, wheat traders do not get export certificates to sell wheat
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    • 1496 17 SICOM Futures Rubber (futures dosing as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Aug 95 199.50 199 50 198 00 200 2225 Sep 194.00 1950 Oct 189.50 186.50 189 50 250 2225 Nov 189.50 186.50 189.50 250 2225 Dec
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    • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      • 1019 18 +8.9 SHARES closed 0.4 per cent higher yesterday, rallying in early trade following a strong performance on Wall Steet before tapering off in the afternoon. "I think there was probably just a little bit of keenness there first thing this moming with Wall Street a little bit firmer and
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      • 662 18 +23.28 Share prices closed 0.84 per cent higher as investors positioned themselves for an expected increase in liquidity. "People are just positioning for the expected release of liquidity on the listing of Piltel on Friday," said a dealer, referring to Pilipino Telephone, which is controlled by the Philippine Long
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      • 524 18 +7.31 Shares finished 0.13 per cent up while most investors stayed at the sidelines, with electricals posting the largest rise. The 321-issue Weighted Price Index advanced 7.31 points to 5,320.25. Turnover was 661 million shares worth NT526.62 billion. Falls outnumbered rises 202 to 114, with 93 issues unchanged. The
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      • 431 18 -6.42 Share prices fell back after a rally in the past five days. "This consolidation was expected after a 5 per cent increase in prices," said a broker. The Composite Price Index dropped 6.42 points to 907.68. Turnover was 35.24 million shares worth 584.48 billion won. Despite the fall
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      • 374 18 11.24 Shares rose for a third day as figures showing that the econo- my grew at a 6 per cent annual rate in the year to March 31 reduced concern about. slowed earnings growth. "We could have the best of both worlds with low inflation and still reasonable
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      • 109 18 -18.16 Shares on the Bombay Stock Exchange traded in a narrow band ending slightly lower. Dealers said volumes were high in blue chips Reliance and Tisco on the last day of the current account. Reliance ended steady at 256.75 rupees with 1.03 million shares traded. In Tisco, 531,000 shares
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    • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      • 1243 18 Britannia Funds Sterliag Cash Bid Offer MimCapDepout 3( 6400 it 6500 Mint Jersey GUI .O.IMJ 0 I9»2 Mini Max Income "0 9000 "0 9400 US$ Cask Income Plus Fund 10 5200 11 0*00 PS S Rnerve Fund 5 5200 5.5)00 Steriiaa L^iih Euro Performance .0 4592 0 49)1 Far East
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      • 785 18 +25.5 UK STOCKS rose, tracking government bonds, amid optimism Prime Minister John Major will win the vote for the leadership of the governing Conservative party. A win by Mr Major would be seen as benefiting British assets by reducing the risk of an early general election that could lead
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      • 181 18 +9.76 French shares closed higher, buoyed by remarks from both Bank of France governor Jean-Claude Trichet and Finance Minister Alain Madelin that conditions were ripe for a further decline in French interest rates, dealers said. Activity was thin, in part because of the closure of the US stock markets
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      • 228 18 10.45 Germany's main stock index rose one per cent, led by utilities and chemicals, amid hopes a slowing US economy would hasten cuts in global interest rates. The rise in the German market came on the eve of a meeting of US monetary policy-makers to decide whether recent signs
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      • 200 18 +4.66 Belgian stocks rose for the second day amid expectations interest rates will continue to fall, spurring higher earnings, analysts said. The Bel2o Index rose 4.66 points to 1,437.99, its highest close for two weeks. Sixteen stocks rose, four fell. "Both the interest rate and earnings outlook looks rosy,"
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      • 139 18 +165 Italian shares finish strongly, domestic-led buying pushing the market up with volumes increasing. Further gains seen possible today in largely technical bounce, but with no new fundamentals in the market the room for a rally is seen capped at around 630 on the BCI index. The Mibtel Index
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      • 295 18 +2.54 Dutch shares closed at the day's highs as investors once again turned their attention to firm domestic market fundamentals and talked once more about a nearterm assault on the 440.69 record AEX Index high. "The whole picture still looks good," said one dealer. "Diutch interest rates are lower,
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      • 167 18 10.55 Swedish bonds and stocks rose, with stocks reaching their third consecutive all-time closing high, after the central bank raised interest rates to curb inflation. The yield on the benchmark 6 per cent government bond due 2005 fell to 10.89 per cent from 10.98 per cent, and the krona
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      • 271 18 +20.0 Swiss indexes closed higher in thin business, tracking a rising German market, as shares of exporting companies gained amid a stable dollar. The SMI Index rose 20.0 points to 2,847.5. All shares rose. The broader SPI Index gained 12.0 to 1,876.8. "We mainly tracked Germany today," said a
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      • 372 18 12.7 South African shares pushed higher towards the close of a quiet day's trade, a move dealers said was in anticipation of the return of US buyers to the market after their Independence Day holiday. "The perception is that when New York kicks in tomorrow, the Americans will come
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      • 225 18 +3.90 Stocks drifted higher in sluggish early trading with most players sidelined ahead of a key US Federal Reserve policy committee meeting today. The TSE 300 composite Index rose 3.90 points to 4,531.10 on volume of 5.27 million shares valued at C 552.60 million. The New York stock market
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      2763 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks, buoyed by a rise in US shares, rose amid confidence that a slowing American economy will pave the way for lower interest rates. Property issues paced the advance and tempered an early slide in conglomerate shares. While there are doubts the Federal Reserve will
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      572 19 CLSA IN Hongkong, the H share index lost 1.4S points at 1,112.13 on turnover of HKS2.2 million. Maanshan Iron Steel and Shanghai Petrochemical remained the most active counters, accounting for 39 per cent of total turnover. The Shanghai B Index closed down 0.5 per cent on very poor volume
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      2540 19 Bloomberg Business TOKYO Japan's benchmark stock index climbed almost 2 per cent after investors interpreted statements by the Finance Minister to mean that the government is considering measures to shore up Tokyo's ailing market. "The Ministry of Finance is looking closely at the market and there's a degree of
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      1632 19 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks closed sharply higher on turnover of 8.2 billion baht, fuelled by improved market liquidity and an overnight bullish Wall Street performance. The SET Index finished up 27.06 points, or 1.96 per cent, at 1,407.15, its highest level in a month. Advances led declines 234 to 78.
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      1173 19 Reuter JAKARTA Shares ended higher in moderate trading due to light buying in blue chip stocks, but the overall market sentiment remained weak. The Composite Index rose 1.27 points to close at 492.82. Blue chips Barito Pacific, Gajah Tunggal and BDNI topped the active list, rising by between 75
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    • 2370 20 Gt Gr 1995 LjhI Vol Day Last Quote Oh 1*» YM Net M Cap High Low ompu) SaJt (TWO) life)) l-ow Bu>rf Seller Oi P/E Jmil MALAYSIAN STOCKS 478 m AISB 30c 376 +10 241 378 368 376 378 3.0 -2 9 0.2 38)6 127 77.5 m AMDS
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
      • 6950 20 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks rose, led by casino company Genting and other blue chip stocks. Gains on Wall Street encouraged investors to hope the US Federal Reserve will lower interest rates at its meeting today and tomorrow. "New York's performance last
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 8657 21 MAIN BOARD Gr Cf M Wl 19*5 Last Vol Day LM QwM* Dh Dh KM Nil Cap A.* High Lorn <oapaa> Sale COM) High Low Bayer Seller Or P/E Vail Prior INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 488 382 mis Acma 50c 438 -8 188 444 438 438 440 2X5 5 8 2.6
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      • 1857 22  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The confusion and dissatisfaction created by the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's latest guidelines on commission sharing was the main driving force behind the Straits Times Industrials Index regaining the 2,100 mark yesterday. Although institutions were said to be
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    • 516 23 KnightRidder, Reuter TRADING on the freight market was uneventful with little concluded business emerging ahead of the US holiday on Tuesday, brokers said. PANAMAXES: Ocean Associates was linked with the 64,896-dead-weight-tonne Menites with delivery Japan for a possible west Australian round voyage to China, at a rate rumoured
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    • 219 23 Reuter BEIJING Beijing said a freighter reported by its Singapore owner as hijacked had been taken into Chinese custody on suspicion of smuggling after entering China's waters illegally with no flag flying. "It was learned from the public security department that a freighter
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    • 92 23 Reuter BANGKOK Shipping firm Thoresen Thai Agencies Co Ltd has taken delivery of 10 new ships over the last nine months to meet growing demand. The 10 new ships, acquired at a cost of 700 million baht (5539.5 million), brings to 18 the firm's
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    • 325 23 SES '000 Jm 4 s$ TT- voi Cwt Distribution 1.61 +0.02 24 Chuan Hup Holdings 1.15 +0.01 37 Cosco Investment 1.76 -0.01 25 Cosco Investment A 1.74 Far East Levingston 6.7 +0.1 207 GB Holdings Ltd 0.72 -0.02 10 Hai Sun Hup Group 0.835 unch 382 Hitachi Zosen
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    • 351 23  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Total cargo volume through the port of Singapore jumped 6 per cent year-on-year in the first four months of the year to surpass 98 million tonnes. According to the latest Singapore Port Statistics, the port handled
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      71 23 SINGAPORE Kvaerner Ships Equipment of Sweden has designed a bow door it says will improve the safety of roll-on/roll-on vessels. It says the most popular solution for retrofits is a new type of inner bow door (above), which will be installed on three Irish Ferries including the
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    • 259 23 Bloomberg Business News SEOUL South Korea's shipbuilding companies received 3.26 million gross tons of orders during the first half of this year, up 65 per cent from a year earlier, the Korea Shipbuilders' Association said. An association official yesterday said local
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    • 264 23 UPI NEW ORLEANS The US coast guard has approved a salvage company's plan to separate a Greek-flagged and a Sin-gapore-flagged ship locked together by a weekend collision 112 km south of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico, a spokesman said on Monday. Petty
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    • 99 23 SINGAPORE Shipbuilding and engineering group Vosper Thornycroft will set up a company in Malaysia to focus on the East Asian market. It said the formation of Vosper Thornycraft (Malaysia) would mark the group's return to the region after a 15-year absence. VT (Malaysia)
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    • 602 23 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Vessel demand generated by the crude oil trade is expected to increase by over 13 per cent by the year 2000, Ocean Shipping Consultants said. The UK-based shipping consultant said: "The expected development of vessel employment in the
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    • 296 23 Reuter PHNOM PENH Cargo figures for Phnom Penh's port have fallen more than 50 per cent during the past eight months, the Port Authority director, Mom Sibon, said. Mr Sibon said the drop, from up to 30,000 tonnes
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    • 1021 24  -  Old players are forming new partnership agreements as they compete for the realigned Europe-Asia trade in the container snipping industry, reports Clive Woodbridge Clive Woodbridge Lloyd's List THE container shipping industry is going through a period of considerable changc. New partnership arrangements are being
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    • 514 24 P*ge ABC Cont 16 •ANL 3 •APL 12 Able 7 Accord 8 •Ahlers 6 •Ahrenkiel 4 Anlaco 13 •Appenship 4 Arowana IS Astro 8 Austral 9 Avant 6 B'tang Mas 12 BSA 9 BTL 16 Bangladesh 12 Batamindo 7 Bengal Br IS •Blue
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    • 10121 32 This guide lists the sailing destinations from Singapore. The first date indicates the ETA at Singapore followed, by the ETA at the destination. The page number refers to the location of the schedule advertisement ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Pi El Ml >Mrt Mmm Mm— I* SI
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 550 41 Vend fg No Berth Mai Departs Jurong Port Batam Indah N209 J12 alongside 05 07/2300 Buana Aba* 12/95 12 alongside 05 07/2300 Chilean Express 001/95 12 alongside 05 07/1800 Dwi Guna 07/01/95 121 alongside 05.07/2300 Gut Im Yang 9506 115 alongside 05.07/1300 Heiy. 07/01/95 11 alongside 05
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      • 1450 41 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Boofcng/Balance Rsits SMp Voy No Etfa/Btr Period From To Fran Ac* Daisy 067A 07/1630 4 05/1200 05/1459 05/1700 Acx Jade 2456 07/1100 4 05/1200 05/1459 05/1700 Acx Ltfy 064B 07/2359 4 05/1200 05/1459 05/1700 Alia Bhum 209S 06/1900 1A
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      • 844 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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    • AIR & LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 316 42 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The long-delayed Msl.s billion (SSBSB million) double-track electric commuter train project is finally scheduled to run its first commercial service between Rawang and Kuala Lumpur on Aug 14. Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said yesterday the electric train
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      • 451 42  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE The Orient Airlines Association (OAA) has criticised the US government for hindering moves to standardise outdated airline passenger liability limits. During the recently concluded International Air Transport Association (lata) Airline Liability Conference held on June 19
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      • 79 42 Business Wire SEATTLE Alaska Airlines is turning the sides of its aircraft into running discussions between passengers and the familiar Eskimo that adorns the tails of the carrier's planes. He says Thanks' on the first planes with the new design that rolled out last week in Seattle. Coming
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      • 268 42 NYT WASHINGTON Air traffic controllers in Seattle and Salt Lake City last week swapped their outdated communications gear for a new, high-tech system made by Harris Corp, marking the first stage in a nationwide upgrade. The system lets a controller talk
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      • 384 42 Reuter TOKYO Vehicle sales in Japan are likely to fall short of expectations in calendar 1995, due to the continued frailty of* the economy and stricter regulations on truck emissions, industry sources say. x So far this year, vehicles sales have
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      • 83 42 Reuter HANOI Japan's Honda Motor Co has agreed to set up a US$l4O million (S$ 195 million) motorcycle plant in northern Vietnam, where its imported motorcycles are already market leaders, the Saigon Giai Phong daily reported. The plant, in which Honda will have
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      • 85 42 Reuter f-ORT WORTH AMR Corp's American Airlines said it set a traffic record for the day on June 30 with 377.3 million revenue passenger miles being flown yielding a load factor of 83.6 per cent. The previous record of 372.0 million revenue passenger miles was set
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      • 91 42 Bloomberg Business News SEOUL South Korea's auto sales at home and abroad rose 14.5 per cent during the first half of this year, thanks to brisk exports which made up for losses in domestic sales, car companies said. Total domestic sales of the nation's
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      • 74 42 Reuter TOKYO Nissan Motor Co will boost output this month at two plants to meet strong domestic demand for its luxury cars, a Nissan spokeswoman said. Nissan will buy four holidays from workers at its plant in Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo, and at
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      • 58 42 Bloomberg Business News SHANGHAI Shanghai Tyre Rubber Co, China's largest radial tyre maker, is producing five models at its new factory, said company secretary Gu Ying. She said the facility is able to make a total of 12 models. Of the five already being manufactured,
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      • 285 42 Bloomberg Business News DETROIT General Motors Corp said its US vehicle sales fell 3.9 per cent in June to 464,889 from 483,819 in the year-ago period, showing continued sluggish sales in the car industry. For the first six months of the year, GM's
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      • 1506 42 AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS DEPARTURES otjr mm n* mmen MhMmM OK 156 1735 GA964 0310 SQ442 2000 ok 157 aoao UtUttl SQ227 2030 RJI82 1440 RJI83 2225 Hailirii KL83I 0925 KL832 2300 GA893 0955 SQ328 2355 ***** 1566 HmMrnt NZ02I 1820 NZ022 1940 SQ288 2050 SQ285 2045 B Sari lipuii BM19 0900
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    • 1247 27 jVWsTRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD m/L 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 <a service of china navigation co) ACCEPTS Y k_ CARGO OU£ SAILS S J NIAGA 111-22 V9612E Miian Lab 06 Jul 0> Jul 07 Jul pec, LO. COfnuHKH AMP UMAKBUUt WWICi TO
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    • 834 28 EUROPE/UK/SCANDINAVIA/FINLAND/RUSSIA SGP ROM HBG THP ANW LHV LHV ANW THP HBG ROM PKL SGP E REFINE RW 001 0/7 29/7 30/7 1* 29/7 2* E. GIANT RE-060 12* 11/1 14/1 7/7 E GENERAL RW-042 16/7 6/8 7/1 9/8 7/1 E. GIFTED RE 060 19d 22/6 20* 23/6 21/6 11/7 21/7
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    • 2702 29 SAILING TO SOUTH AFRICA A EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA Sl*fio*rtt SmuH Aftatt Til (6t»trtl) ttHMI A/titcr Otfl COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD F £.J e^?'J„U^ sM cm*** tn -m. msui n cmmmt twit y I Hum wtf tun Tsiu:m>i c*SMir ctnMi*ui. ttisut o/ottts/u cwtmn tmru OtS no Ttmtri tela r»i tt*2tu
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