The Business Times, 9 November 1992

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  • 16 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER EOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Monday, November 9, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 63 1 BEIJING International talks on salvaging Cambodian peace accords collapscd yesterday, throwing a UN peacekeeping operation into disarray and raising the prospect of renewed bloodshed. The talks here were seen as crucial in the effort to persuade the Khmer Rouge to comply with the
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    • 54 1 TAIPEI Taiwan will give tax privileges for nine industrial projects worth NTSSIB6 billion (SSI2 billion) to help stimulate the economy. The Cabinet decided last Saturday to renew tax incentives for major investment projects approved by the government before 1990 but delayed by anti-pollution
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    • 35 1 THE flow of Japanese investments into Singapore continues to be strong, but the government will not ease its drive to draw more foreign money into the country, BG Lee savs Page 2
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    • 29 1 THAILAND is to review its policy of 'constructive engagement' towards the military junta in Myanmar and will take a softer line on exiled Myanmar students Page 8
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    • 35 1 BUSINESS failures in England and Wales have reached their highest level since the recession started more than two years ago, with companies collapsing at the rate of 76 a day Page 9
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    • 41 1 ALEXANDER DUBCEK, leader of the 1968 'Prague Spring' reform movement that was crushed by Soviet bloc armies, died in a hospital here last Saturday, his place in history assured and most of his hopes for democracy fulfilled. Page 9
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    • 35 1 AN AUSTRALIAN outplacement firm used by companies to help retrenched workers plans to set up an office in Singapore, betting on the Republic's ability to attract multinational corporations over Hongkong's Page 14
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    • 35 1 SENIOR MINISTER of State for Trade and Industry Lim Boon Heng has commended a proposal to create jobs for local seamen whose high wages have made them uncompetitive. Shipping l imes Page 1
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  • MARKET SUMMARY
    • 29 1 IN A surprise team-up, the Yaohan group has roped in Hongkong tycoon Li Ka-shing as a partner to develop a large property project in Penang Page 3
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    • 33 1 A MAJOR Sydney building owned partly by property tycoon Ong Beng Seng could be sold early next year and is expected to fetch more than A$ 150 million Page 3
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    • 39 1 IN A BID to tap cheap financing sources, mainland conglomerate China Resources has taken a 15 per cent stake in the Hongkong Chinese Bank less than a month after the Lippo-owncd local bank went public Page 4
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    • 33 1 A LANDMARK anti-smoking case that opened the door to personal injury suits against cigarette companies was dropped last week in a major victory for the tobacco industry Page 5
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    • 47 1 IN A SIGN that consumers may have pared debt down to manageable levels, the US Federal Reserve Board reported last Friday that consumer credit grew at a 2.7 per cent annual rate in September. It was the first increase in eight months Page 6
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    • 19 1 BZW FUTURES has recruited a 25-member trading and sales team from another futures firm here Page 7
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    • Article, Illustration
      27 1 Friday Change BT-MGA 673.54 -0.81 Kuala Lumpur ....654.60 5.75 Tokyo 16.869.81 -161.78 Hongkong 6.315.01 -32.76 Sydney 1,423.4 -8.9 New York 3.240.06 -3.78 London .....2,702.7 -8.4
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    • 22 1 Exchange rates USS S$ 1.6295 100 Yen S$ 1.3253 MS S$ 0.6474 Money market rates Overnight 1-1/2% +5/8 3-month 1-13/16% +1/8
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    • 30 1 Rubber S'porc Nov 144.50'/kg +0.50 M'sia Nov 222.50*/kg unch KL Tin Turnover 50tonncs +5 Spot MS 14.23/kg -0.12 Crude palm oil Turnover! 788 lots +64 Dec MS924 /tonne -3
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  • 743 1  -  Businessmen identify three areas for review By Helen Chang SINGAPORE Businessmen and local accountants have called for a detailed review of tax policies affecting the overseas operations of Singapore companies. Responding to the recent call by Finance Minister Richard Hu for
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  • 163 1 SINGAPORE The fear of social rejection, and not stifling business rules, is what stands in the way of Singapore entrepreneurs in trying out new ideas, in the view of Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. "It's not so much individual regulations which are onerous
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  • 413 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG SINGAPORE'S Ambassador to China has criticised the Republic's businessmen for not taking advantage of the political goodwill the country enjoys in China to break into the mainland market. Singapore businessmen had not done particularly well in clinching
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  • 564 1  -  Executive chairman among casualties Reports by Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S Finance Ministry has ordered a management shake-up in stateowned Bank Bumiputra Bhd. the country's second-largest commercial bank, ahead of a disclosure of significantly lower profits for the year ended March 1992.
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  • 289 1 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said that parties linked to Lorrain Esme Osman, the former executive chairman of state-owned Bank Bumiputra Bhd's Hongkong subsidiary, were planning to implicate him in a purported "scheme". They were doing so in an effort to
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    • 17 1 Drive for foreign capital will continue: BG Lee, Pg 2 KDB's decision baffles S'pon.* ans Pg 2
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
    • 459 2  -  Japanese investment in the pipeline as high as it has ever been By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE The flow of Japanese investments into Singapore continues to be strong but the government will not ease its drive to draw more foreign money into
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    • 321 2 SINGAPORE The Government could "keep everyone happy" by weakening the Singapore dollar. This may relieve some short-term ills, but in the long run the move will "turn around and bite you back", says Finance Minister Richard Hu. Most economic models
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    • 375 2  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG THE Singapore Economic Development Board's decision to close its Beijing office has baffied Singaporeans living in China. The move seems at odds with the government's effort to encourage the Republic's businessmen to invest in China. and
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    • 327 2 SINGAPORE Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong suggested last night that the clans take over the charity and welfare role of the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) and free it to focus on its original objective of providing self-help programmes for Chinese un-der-achievers.
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    • 343 2  -  From Salil Tripathi in MAURITIUS THE central question presi-dent-elect Bill Clinton will face is the role the United States seeks to play in the world, says Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. "The US is at a turning point in
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    • 160 2 The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is Usually Via Seoul. It is our good fortune that Seoul happens to be located almost precisely half-way between the centers of trade in the Eastern and the Western hemispheres. But what is no lucky chance is the carefully planned timetable of routes and
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • 452 3  -  By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE In a surprise team-up, the Yaohan group has roped in Hongkong tyeoon Li Ka-shing as a partner to develop a large property projeet in Penang. Press reports in Malaysia o\er the weekend suggested that the MS 100
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    • 426 3 SINGAPORE A Hongkong company connected with the Parkway Holdings group in Singapore is about to be listed. South China Brokerage Co Ltd, half owned by Lee Hing Development Ltd, a Parkway associate company, will list 35 per cent of its shares, said
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    • 250 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR London Pacific Insurance Co (LPI), on the way to becoming the fourth insurance company on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE), expects to generate about Msso million (Ss32 million) in gross premiums in the current year ending Dec 31, 1992. This
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    • 174 3 SINGAPORE Riding on the "Chinese factor", MultiPurpose Holdings Bhd (MPHD) made Malaysian corporate history last Friday when a record 65.9 million of its shares were traded last Friday on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. This far exceeds the previous record held by listed utilities
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    • 612 3  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN Troubles will linger without strong commitment to profit-making By Leslie Lopez KUALA LUMPUR State owned Bank Bumiputra's expected poor profit showing for its last financial year is not likely to rattle Malaysia's banking sector. which is enjoying strong growth on
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    • 381 3  -  By Hong Lee Tiam SINGAPORE A major Sydney building owned partly by property tycoon Ong Bcng Seng could be sold early next year and is expected to fetch more than AS 150 million (SSI7O million). The 44-storey Capital Centre comprises
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 92 3 KUALA LUMPUR Sime Darby Bhd group chief executive officer Ahmad Tunku Yahya (left) will be appointed to the post of executive deputy chairman, with effect from July 1 next year. Sime Darby chairman Ismail Mohamed Ali announced at the company's 14th AGM last Saturday
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      • 78 3 KUALA LUMPUR Arab-Malaysian Corp (Amcorp), through indirect subsidiary Distrepark (Bangi), has entered into an agreement with Brencoway to invest in Distrepark Warehousing Services. Distrepark (Bangi) will subscribe for 204.000 MSI shares at a price of MSI per share for a 51 per cent stake in Distrepark
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      • 124 3 KUALA LUMPUR Kuala Lumpur Industries Holdings has revised the utilisation of the proceeds amounting to M 550.9 million (5532.9 million) from its proposed special issue. Under the rev ision. MSS million will be used for KLIH Group's (KLIHG) future investment. MS2O million for retirement of KLIHG's
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      • 36 3 SINGAPORE Temasek Holdings announced that it bought another 85.000 Sembawang Shipyard Ltd shares on Nov 3 and 4 for a total of $678,480. Temasek now owns 42.63 per cent of Sembawang Shipyard.
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 87 4 BANGKOK The Canadian state oil company Petro-Cana-da is pulling out of Myanmar because exploration there has proved disappointing. In a statement received in Bangkok last Thursday, Petro-Canada said it had informed its partners and the Yangon government of its decision. "Our three-year exploration
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      • 100 4 TOKYO Toyota Motor Corp, the largest car maker in Japan, is expected to report current profit of 150 billion yen (S$ 1.98 billion) for the six-month period ending Dec 31, down 28 per cent from a year before, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said. The company is
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      • 100 4 TAIPEI Acer Inc, Taiwan's largest computer manufacturer, has seen record sales to China, the newest market for the island's high-tech products, a company spokesperson said on Friday. "Our shipments (to China) have reached 500 per cent growth over last year," said Brian Chong, Acer's marketing director.
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      • 91 4  -  from Thailand,Malaysia TOYONAKA, Japan National House Industrial Co, a major Japanese maker of prefabricated homes, said last week that it will shift its main source of lumber imports from North America to New Zealand, Thailand and Malaysia. The plan calls for establishing a subsidiary in Rotorua,
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    • 499 4 Deal circumvents stock exchange South China Morning Post HONGKONG In a bid to tap cheap financing sources for its extensive trading and other business activities, mainland conglomerate China Resources (Holdings) has taken a 15 per cent stake in the Hongkong Chinese Bank
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    • 513 4 Tribal group invokes ancient fishing rights NYT WELLINGTON A unique corporate deal designed to honour a treaty signed with native Maoris 152 years ago will, in the next couple of days, reach a climax when the owners of New Zealand's biggest fishing company
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    • 294 4 NYT TOKYO The president of a computer software development firm who announced in late August that his company was financing clinical testing of a potential Aids vaccine acknowledged on Nov 6 that no such tests have been conducted and that he
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    • 527 4 NYT TOKYO Japanese game machine maker Sega Enterprises Ltd is threatening the once-overwhelming dominance of Nintendo Co, particularly in the overseas home video game machine market. At a time when most Japanese industries are retrenching in a slumping economy, the home
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    • 341 5 Reuter NEW YORK A landmark anti-smoking case that opened the door to personal injury suits against cigarette companies was dropped last week in a major victory for the tobacco industry. The decision to drop the case was made by the plaintiffs, who
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    • 154 5 Reuter NEW YORK Major US steel makers have tried and failed to push through a series of price increases over the past two years, but a 5 per cent increase the industry is planning for January is expected to stick. "I think it
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 76 5 NEW YORK R H Macy Co Inc has outlined a five-year business plan that completely revamps the way it buys merchandise and slashes advertising spending. The plan, it is hoped, will help the bankrupt retailer shed its US$5.2 billion (about SsB.3 billion)
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      • 56 5 WASHINGTON The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to give public utility holding companies more leeway in how they handle their money. The agency proposed a series of rule changes that would expand existing exemptions for utility holding companies wanting to invest in other businesses, purchase or
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      • 37 5 BASEL, Switzerland Ciba-Geigy Ltd, a pharmaceutical and industrial chemicals company, said its Ciba-Geigy Vision unit had acquired the remaining shares in Ricky Contact Lens of Japan. Terms were not disclosed.
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      • 73 5 FREEPORT, Maine Japan's outdoors enthusiasts and those who just want to look the part began to share in a big piece of Americana when US retail giant L L Bean opened a store in Tokyo yesterday, the first of five planned for Japan.
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      • 40 5 MUNICH Sports goods maker Adidas AG, majority owned by France's Bernard Tapie Finance, said last week it planned a 24 million mark (about 5524.7 million) increase in nominal capital which would raise 150 million marks.
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS 1
    • 554 6 First rise in eight months NYT NEW YORK In a sign that consumers may have pared debt down to manageable levels, the Federal Reserve Board reported last Friday that consumer credit grew at a 2.7 per cent annual rate in September. It was the
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    • 385 6 UPI NEW YORK American International Group, the largest underwriter of commercial and industrial insurance in the US, has reported an 8 per cent drop in net income for the third quarter to U*****.6 million (SsssB million), or US$l.62 a share, from
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    • 267 7  -  Discount Corporation of New York Futures staff join Barclays unit By Sob Tiang Keng SINGAPORE BZW Futures, recently granted clearing membership of the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex), has recruited a 25-member trading and sales team from another futures firm here. The team
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    • 203 7 AFP CANBERRA Westpac Banking Corp is "essentially sound". Treasurer John Dawkins said yesterday, two days after the Australian Securities Commission (ASC) and Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) said they were reviewing the bank's operations. Interviewed for commercial television's Sunday programme, the Australian Finance Minister dismissed market
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    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 73 7 SEOUL South Korea will stay on the course of gradual financial market liberalisation, but it has much to learn from the experiences of Latin America, Germany and other countries, officials and experts agree. Finance Minister Rhee Yong Man told an international seminar which ended
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      • 82 7 BEIJING China's foreign exchange reserves rose to US$45.l billion (5573.5 billion) in the first half of the year, the equivalent of about eight months' imports, an official newspaper reported yesterday. The reserves rose US$2.4 billion from the end of last year, the China Daily said. State
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      • 70 7 TOKYO Major Japanese commercial banks and long-term credit banks will ask Thai government and central bank officials for permission to open branches in the country, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said. If the request is approved, they are likely to set up branches in the country by
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      • 86 7 TOKYO Japan will resume yen-denominated loans to Iran for the first time in 17 years, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said. Japan will soon extend a little over 30 billion yen (*****.7 million) to Iran to help the country finance the construction of an
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    • 306 7 Government to introduce legislation: Treasurer AFP CANBERRA The Australian government will bring in legislation to force banks to reduce the interest charged on credit cards. Treasurer John Dawkins said yesterday. Mr Dawkins told a television interviewer he would consult with banks and consumers
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
      • 98 8 BANGKOK Thailand's central bank predicted in a report last week that next year's rate of inflation will be 4.7 per cent and the current account deficit will be 7.2 per cent ot gross domestic product. But a senior minister immediately warned that both inflation
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      • 75 8 JAKARTA Germany's Siemens is seeking US$l.3 billion (Ss2.l billion) in loans to finance the development of the Paiton 2 power project in East Java. The Jakarta Post daily last Saturday quoted Tachriel Sapie, vice-president of Siemens' local partner Bimantara Citra, as saying that Siemens was negotiating with
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      • 94 8 HANOI American experts who have spent years searching for clues of US servicemen who never made it home from the Vietnam War say they have found in exhaustive investigations here since 1988 that servicemen described for years by the US media and some senior officials
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      • 96 8 BANGKOK Myanmar will keep up the battle against Karen rebels in spite of a suspension ordered in April, a senior member of Yangon's military junta said, quoted by Myanmar radio. Thai army sources say the Myanmar government has deployed thousands of fresh troops in its eastern
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    • 361 8 Softer stand on exiled students Reuter BANGKOK Thailand is to review its policy of "constructive engagement" towards the military junta in Myanmar and will take a softer line on exiled Myanmar students, says a highlyplaced government source. Bangkok has been criticised by Western governments and
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    • 208 8 BANGKOK The Thai Commerce Ministry is devising measures to promote cement exports, including barter trade with its Indochinese neighbours, according to a report in The Nation. Sompol Kiatphaibool, di-rector-general of the Internal trade Department, was quoted last Friday as saying that cement importing countries
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    • 304 8 BANGKOK The fever of privatisation of power utility sectors in Asia is spreading to the small, formerly socialist country of Laos. One of Laos' key economic policies is to attract private investment to the development of new power generation capacity in the country, with
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    • 373 8 Reuter HONGKONG Dedicated socialite David Tang hopes to get communist China's heavy cigarette smokers to switch to cigars. Preferably Havana cigars. He wants to boost annual consumption of cigars in Asia from a current 1.5 million to five million, with booming southern
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    • 221 8 AFP SYDNEY Australia has categorically ruled out building a high-temperature incinerator for chemical waste, only two months after it ran into a storm of protest for shipping toxic waste to France for disposal. Receiving here last Friday the final report of a panel of
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  • THE WORLD
    • 387 9 Seventy-six companies go bust every day FT LONDON Business failures in England and Wales have reached their highest level since the recession started more than two years ago, with companies collapsing at the rate of 76 a day. Figures for the third quarter
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    • 421 9 Reuter LONDON The government's recent switch to a growth stance is likely to dominate next week's Confederation of British Industry (CBI) annual conference, analysts say. The policy vacuum following sterling's crisis and its exit from the European exchange rate mechanism has given
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    • 305 9 Bloomberg BEIJING The People's Republic of China will soon open part of its potentially huge western inland oil fields to foreign oil exploration, according to the Business Weekly newspaper, published by China Daily. China first allowed exploration by foreign
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    • 286 9 Reuter PRAGUE Alexander Dubcek, leader of the 1968 "Prague Spring" reform movement that was crushed by Soviet bloc armies, died in a hospital here last Saturday, his place in history assured and most of his hopes for democracy fulfilled. "Despite the best available care,
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 89 9 BEIJING Admitting that its prized ancient ceramics industry has fallen behind the times, China is now seeking overseas help for its china, the official China Daily said yesterday. It said Chinese ceramics manufacturers, acknowledging their processes have not kept up with modern techniques, were
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      • 68 9 SEOUL Growth in South Korea's gross national product is estimated to have slowed to a real 4.8 per cent in the third quarter from 7.8 per cent a year earlier, its worst performance in 11 years, according to news reports last Saturday. The influential Hankook
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      • 91 9 TAIPEI Taiwan retained one of the highest sovereign debt ratings in Asia in the latest evaluation by Standard and Poor's Corp, says a leading financial newspaper. The international ratings agency affirmed Taiwan's implied ratings of AA-I-plus for long-term debt and A-l-plus-I for short-term debt, the
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      • 90 9 TAIPEI A German-Taiwanese consortium plans to invest NT$6B billion (554.4 billion) to build industrial zones in western Taiwan, say government and company officials. They would be the first industrial zones built by foreign companies in the island, an official of the government's Industrial Development Bureau
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      • 97 9 WASHINGTON Telephone fraud is reaching enormous proportions in the US, costing companies hundreds of millions of dollars each year, experts say. The fraud is even more frightening because there is no failsafe way of keeping sophisticated computer hackers away from their prey, experts told a
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  • THE ARTS
    • 674 11  -  Great literature by little-known Latin American women writers has been compiled into an anthology. Anita Snow interviews the people behind the book s publication Anita Snow AP Among the names that come to mind when one thinks of Latin American writers are Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Carlos Fuentes and
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    • 335 11 Reuter A FLOATING theatre called the Ark will grace Antwerp's left bank next year when the port city takes over from Barcelona as Europe's culture capital. The Ark is being converted from an old chemical barge and is one of a string of projects
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    • 536 11 Women's Writing in Latin America was published by Westview Press and sells in the US for a suggested retail price of U5517.95 (about Ss29). nThe Grand Hyatt is undoubtedly one of the world's finest hotels. Located at the heart of Jakarta's key business district, it rises out of 3 hec
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    • 462 11 j Assorted cold cuts 3 7 Shark's fin w/crab a Im meat a Steamed chicken w/Broccoh t tii pi Iff mr *~i 1 jj Red fish w/soya K bean crumb Prawns in two flavours a •{S2«*diwei*y Pork rib w/sweet j ln tfiKt ft sour in pineapple 3 I e **2sW*
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 1026 12  -  The Malaysian prime minister has thrown up the suggestion that his deputy might not necessarily be his successor. This has added to the behind-the-scenes jostling by some Umno leaders. Yang Razali Kassim reports Yang Razali Kassim The writer, a senior BT correspondent, is on assignment in Kuala
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    • 767 12  -  Gerald Segal ponders whether the US will turn protectionist, whether it will cut its forces in East Asia and whether it will revoke China's most-favoured-nation status Gerald Segal The writer, a senior fellow at the International Institute For Strategic Studies In London and
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  • ENTERPRISE & MANAGEMENT 1
    • 1062 13  -  The best formal education and training cannot produce a first-class workforce. Fumio Ohtsubo, who runs one of Singapore's largest Japanese companies, tells Anna Teo what else is needed Anna Teo Fumio ohtsubo is frank when asked to evaluate the Singapore worker. The average assembly worker at
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    • 491 13 WHEN Fumio Ohtsubo was assigned from Osaka to Matsushita Electronics Singapore (Mesa) in early 1989, his boss set him a clear goal: turn Mesa from a labour-in-tensive company into the most advanced plant in South-east Asia. Before the year was up, Mr Ohtsubo introduced what's called
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    • 559 14  -  Helen Chang on why Aussie outplacement firm D&A has decided to set up its first overseas branch in Singapore rather than Hongkong Helen Chang AN Australian outplacement firm used by companies to help retrenched workers plans to set up an office in Singapore, betting on the Republic's
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    • 564 14 ASAD JUMABHOY has been appointed the director of the Jumabhoy family's business interests in retail and distribution. In his new capacity, Mr Jumabhoy will have the overall responsibility for retail and distribution activities of Scotts Weitnauer Retailing, Travellers Duty free, Aliph Holdings and Connoiseurs Pte Ltd which includes
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  • SPORTS
    • 485 15 World Cup of Golf AP MADRID Fred Couples overshot the 18th green and took a bogey-five on Saturday, enabling defending champion Sweden to pull within one shot of the frontrunning US team after three J rounds of the US$l.l million iJ!(SSI.7 million) World
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    • 228 15 AFP ADELAIDE Austrian Gerhard Berger, driving a McLaren, won the Australian Grand Prix motor race yesterday, the last race of the 1992 season and Berger's second victory this year. Michael Schumacher of Germany was second in a Benetton and team-mate Martin Brundle of Britain was
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    • 292 15 AFP KIEL, Germany Rodney Martin and Chris Dittmar were to clash in a showdown between two Australian squash greats in yesterday's final of the European Open. Martin, last year's World Open champion, beat Englishman Chris Walker 15-7,15-13, 15-6 and Dittmar, five
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    • SIDE LINES
      • 92 15 STATELINE, Nevada Azumah Nelson knocked down challenger Calvin Grove in the first round but had to settle for an unanimous decision to retain his World Boxing Council super featherweight championship over a lightly regarded challenger. Nelson, 36-2-1 with 26 knockouts, dropped Grove midway
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      • 75 15 COUNTRYSIDE, Illinois Top seed Bjorn Borg of Sweden defeated American Peter Fleming 6-4, 6-3 in semi-final play on Saturday at the US$lOO,OOO Advanta Tour of Chicago, setting up a re-match with 1979 Wimbledon finals opponent Roscoe Tanner. Tanner beat Eddie Dibbs of Miami Beach, 6-1, 6-7, 7-6.
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      • 97 15 HONOLULU Chi Chi Rodriguez shot a 4-under-par 68 on Saturday to grab a one-stroke lead going into the last round of the Senior Invitational at Ko Olina Resort. The 57-year-old Rodriguez, who ranks fourth on the senior tour's all-time money list, has yet to win a
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      • 100 15 OAKLAND, California Top-seeded Monica Seles battled her way to a ninth successive final by claiming a 6-2 6-3 victory over third-seeded Anke Huber Saturday in the U*****,000 Bank of the West Classic. The match came down to a handful of important points with Seles coming up
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      • 168 15 BRISTOL, England South Africa's backs, having spared their forwards' blushes against the Midlands in midweek, came up trumps again here on Saturday to clinch a hardfought 20-16 win over England B. Wing Jacques Olivier scored the crucial try that turned the game when England B were leading 11-8
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    • 274 15 NOTICES NAMYANQ BRICK WORKS (PRIVATE) LIMITED (Incorporated irt the Republic of Singapore) |Mintf VolunUrtly Wlndktg-up) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 306 ol tha Companies Act, Cap. SO, tha Final General Maating at tha Company •hall ba held at 38-8 Hona Kong Straat, Slngapora 0105 on 12 December
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 4553 16  -  By Paul Leo EXPECTATIONS about the impact of the US presidential elections and continued optimism over the pro-business Malaysian Budget dominated activity on the local bourse last week. Blue chips were the biggest gainers in the runup to the US presidential election on Nov
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    • 356 18 NOTICES IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO ANO IN THE MATTER Of XXVI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS Of OPHTALMOLOGV PTE LTD (In M«mto«r» Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306(1) of the Companies Act. Chapter 50, that a Final General Meeting of the abovenemed Company will
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    • 358 18 UQUOR LICENCE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN dm. I.TmChinTiun of BlkBsAToaPayoh Lor. 4 #17-308, Singapore 1231, have applied for a Beer House, First Class licence in respect of premises at M/s Hokkien Tsing Tao ResUurant at 513 Geylang Road, Singapore 1438 and that this application will be heard in Court
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 5679 19 Bernama BULLS dominated trading on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange last week, chasing prices up sharply and lifting the benchmark Composite Index and volumes to unprecedented highs. Sentiment was charged by improved fundamentals, including the favourable outlook of the country's economy and the "kind"
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    • 225 20 Company Date Year Group Net Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss per share dividend ('000) (cents) SPH Nov 6 Aug 92 $186.682($153.802) 76*62 6) 27(25) GKGoh Nov 3 ton 92 $8.582($10.107) 4 3(5 1) 10(10) Jaya Hldgs Nov 3 Jon 92 $7.093($8.573) 11 IW( 5!l( Scotts Htdgs Nov
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    • 112 20 Company Date Year Group Net Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss per share dividend ("000) (cents) Faber Nov 2 Jun 92 M$33.305(M$32.435) 3.9(86) > H Leong Credit Nov 2 Jun 92 MS52.725(M$38 978) 24 1(21 5) 9(9) Renong Nov 2 Jun 92 MJ111.549(M$80.650) 77(56) Uniphoemx Nov 2 Jul
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    • 222 20 Company Date Half-year Group Net Interim ann to profit/loss dividend (000) Rothmans M Nov 2 Sep 92 60(50) As*a Pac Land Oct 29 Jul 92 M$8,321(M$5.367) 2(2) Esso Oct 29 Jun 92 MJ37.500(M$72.200> 20(20) Heua Oct 29 Jul 92 M$1,136(M$83L) LKH Oct 27 Jul 92 $2.519($3.105) Metroplex Oct
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    • 191 20 Main Board Last Full Year Forecast Date Met Net Profit EPS amcd Tear EPS Gross profit Range Range Company Period test jr ending (cts) dn 000) (SSm) (cts) Marco Poto F Nov 18 Dec 92 1 8 1.5 4,925 4 5- 75 1.2-2 0 Tines Pob F Nov
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    • 690 20 Main Board Last Full Year Company Period Date Year EPS Cross Net announced ending (cts) dm profit last year (SS 000) EMS Final Nov 6 Jul 91 30TE 17.878L Kings Interim Sep 10 Dec 92 5.3 50 4.436 Ctaa Ind Interim Nov 4 Mar 93 40 8
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    • 790 20 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year Bedford 50c 1". Nov 2 Nov 16 Dec 7 2% BMT J10 100", Nov 12 Nov 24 Nov 26 140 9% 150% Boustead 50c 10% Nov 20 Dec 4 Dec 30 175%
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    • 705 20 Nov 4 Scotts Hokfings Ltd has bought a 56-unit freehold serviced apartment building in central London for £11.8 million (5529.5 million). Pacific Can Investment Hokfings announced that it is selling its entire stake in Van Der Horst Ltd. Kay Hian James Capel Holdings Ltd has increased the share
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    • 398 20 Company Rights Issue Guthrie GTS Onetoi one JO 23 per share Ex-date Nov 26 Books close Dec 8 Acceptance Payment NYA 0C8C One lor five (3 00 per local share One lor live $4 19 per foreign share Ex4ate: Oct 8 Books close Oct 20 Acceptance Payment Nov
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    • 446 20 Company Rights Issue Wanee Itch Onefor-one fe SI 00 P« share Aral Steel One for three fei MJ2 20 per share Issue of *****m 50% Cumulative Redeemable Preterence shares of 10 sen each 1992, 97 (CRPS) with up to *****m Transferable Subscription Rights (TSR) tor an aggregate price
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    • 212 20 Irmo-Pacific Hoidnp Ltd: meeting of the Holders of Loan Stock at The Amara Hotel. Ballroom 1, Level 3, 165 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 0208, onMonday. November 9, at 9.30 am Tuan Sng HokSnp Ltd: EGM at the Gemini Room. Ist Level, Manna Mandarin Singapore. 6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina
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    • 190 20 Conversion Special Trdg Scripiess Conversion deadline Period Trading Company starts (IDP) (ST) starts Bonvests Nov 9 Dec 3 Nov 23 Dcc 3 Dec 4 Cerebos Oct 16 Nov 12 Nov 2 Nov 12 Nov 13 Chemical Ind Nov 9 Dec 3 Nov 23 Dec 3 Dec 4 CK
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    • 151 20 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index 1992 hifh: 1316.68 (21/2/92) 1992 h«h: 1545.92 (27/1/92) 1992 km; 1122.50 (18/8/92) 1992 low; 1310.95 (18/8/92) 1991 Nfh: 1333 08 3/6/91) 1991 Nth; 1565.58 (3/6/91); 1991 km-. 1022.52 (16/1/91) 1991 low; 1149.08 (16/1/91>1990 Nfh: 1435.43 (16/7/90) 1990 hifh: 1607.12 (27/3/90 y
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    • 614 20 Trans Registered Substantial Buy/ No. of Amount Shareholding Stock Date Holder Shareholder/Director Sell shares S Before After Ul Securities 03/11'92 U06 Group B 110,000 88,200 43.303.200 43.70 43.413 200 43 80 Ulteurfe 03/11/92 U0B Life Assurance B 110.000 88.220 70.000 0 00 180.000 0 00 Ul Securities
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    • 336 20 In local ctht In S$ In US$ dy S >t S d> >t dy yr Nov 5 Index chge chge chge chge chge chge World 381.5 -0.1 -6.6 0.0 -8.7 -0.5 -9.3 World 448 ,0.2 -10.8 -0.3 -14.2 -0 8 -14.7 TuVodc .....413.7 0.2 0.6
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  • MARKET REVIEWS
    • 801 21 FT NEW YORK POOR OLD George Bush. Not only did he lose his job last week, but no sooner was he voted out of office than the economic statistics started going the president's way what will be President Bill Clinton's
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    • 244 21 AFP »> TOKYO SHARE PRICES ended mixed in lukewarm trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange last week amid persistent concerns over Japan's economic doldrums, dealers said. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 blue chip issues finished at 16,869.81 on Friday, up 102.41 or 0.6
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    • 257 21 Sun Hung Kai Research HONGKONG THE MARKET continued to attract buying interest from both institutional and individual investors, and closed at a record high of 6,437 on Thursday before easing to end the week at 6,315, up 125 points. The victory of Bill Clinton
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    • ASIAN MARKETS ROUNDUP
      • 117 21 SYDNEY THE Australian stock market «dipped slightly over the week !as Westpac's nine-year low offset the all-time high for News Corp shares. The market indicator, the All Ordinaries Index, closed ;last Friday at 1,423.4 points, !down 2.4 points from the J previous week. The All Industrials gained 6.7 points to
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      • 84 21 AMID low interest rates and stable real estate prices, share prices in South Korea contin- ued their upward swing, adding another 7.9 per cent gain in value during the past week. The Composite Price Index closed Saturday's session at 664.35, up 48.8 points or 7.9 per cent in value
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      • 77 21 THE Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index dropped 3.95 points last Friday, but still gained 2 per cent for the week in heavy trading. The index closed at 959.08 points, up 18.73 points over its finish a week earlier. Daily turnover for the week averaged 380.86 million shares worth
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      • 84 21 SHARE prices on the Taiwan Stock Exchange continued their downward trend last week as most investors stayed away amid uncertain sentiment. Extending a 0.8 per cent loss the preceding week, the 305-issue Weighted Price Index dropped 99.12 points, or 2.7 per cent, to close on Friday at 3,532.61. Average
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      • 127 21 INDIAN stock prices tumbled further last Friday in a bout of panic selling sparked by poor half-yearly results announced in the week by market leader Tata Steel. The Bombay Stock Ex- change's Sensitive Index, which measures the movement of 30 blue chips, lost 182.7 points over the week and
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      • 56 21 A GOVERNMENT decision to allow foreigners to buy up to 49 per cent of bank shares boosted trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSE) last week. The JSE Index was down 3.042 points over the week to close on Friday at 304.535, but the market had high turnover due
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    • 955 21  - Political uncertainty gone for the time being LONDON! By Ray Heath BY THE THINNEST of margins. Prime Minister John Major's Conservative Party won through to fight another day in Parliament last week and the stock market breathed again. It was a week when much of the political uncertainty was removed
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Blue chips weighed down by bond market
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        1296 22 BLUE-CHIP stocks eased on Friday under the burden of a sagging bond market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 3.78 points lower at 3,240.06. Volume was 205 million shares, compared to 220 million on Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange. Advancing issues led declines 901 to 873.
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        768 22 SHARES fell in trading on the London Stock Exchange on Friday as the markets assessed the possibility of a full-blown trade war between Europe and the United States. At the close, the FT-SE Index of 100 leading shares was down 8.4 points on the day at 2,702.7 pence while
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      • 314 22 GERMAN shares ended a quiet session slightly higher on Friday, boosted by a smattering of buying in Schering, Mannesmann and Thyssen. The 30-share DAX Index climbed 6.23 points to 1,487.16. But traders said volume was exceptionally low, and the mood was still depressed by weak German economic data and
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      • 308 22 DUTCH shares ended a slow Friday session mixed, but selective short-cover-ing and dollar strength lent support in the afternoon, traders said. The EOE index finished 1.38 points higher at 277.70, making for a 4.34point gain over the full week. Consumer products group Unilever lost 2.00 guilders to 190.10 after
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      • 112 22 THE Paris bourse finished lower in afternoon trade on Friday. The CAC-40 Index ended 11.08 points or 0.61 per cent down at 1,793.62, relinquishing its hold just above 1,800 acquired on Wednesday. Over the week the index rose 2.93 per cent. Volume was a moderate 2.6 billion francs. Paris
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      • 382 22 ITALIAN shares closed mixed last Friday as excitement over leaked details of the state's alleged privatisation plans later gave way to technical trade before this week's close of the monthly trading account, dealers said. "There was a lot of interest and confusion early on, then it went back to
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      • 255 22 SWISS shares closed higher last Friday but below the day's high. The dollar's rise underpinned sentiment and triggered buying in the pharmaceutical sector, which was led higher by Roche certificates, dealers said. The broad SPI Index added 2.8 points to 1,166.3 after a high of 1,168 in mid-afternoon when
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      • 129 22 SHARES rose in extremely light trading on Friday as many investors stayed sidelined pending US unemployment figures, to be released after the market's close, and ahead of next week's ninemonth earnings reports. The free B-shares of telecommunications firm Ericsson, Friday's most traded share, rose three crowns to 125 on
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      • 327 22 SHARES ended mixed last Friday with firmer bias as the market continued to play the waiting game in line. The Overall Index was eight points higher at 3,033 versus last Friday's 3,017; and the Industrial Index, which closed at 4,013 last week, was up six points to 4,014 on
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      • 252 22 TORONTO stocks ended sharply weaker last Friday as rumours of troubles in the vast Bronfman empire of companies rippled through the market, but traders noted that the market made a half-hearted attempt to recoup losses once the rumours were denied. The TSE-300 Composite Index ended down 28.85 points at
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      • 186 22 Nov 6 Close Pretiotvi NEW YORK IX>w Jones 3.240 06 3.243 84 -3.78 S4P 500 417.57 418.34 -0.77 Turnover (million) 205 220 -15 LONDON FTSE 100 2.702.7 2.71 I.I -8.4 Turnover (million) 651.8 unav FRANKFURT DAX Index 1.487.16 1.***** +6.23 AMSTERDAM EOE Index 277.70 276.32 +1.38 PARIS CAC-40 1.793.62 1.804.70
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • 420 23 NEW YORK THE US DOLLAR closed on a strong note last Friday, gaining seven pfennigs on the week. Post-elect ion euphoria and perceived narrowing of interest rate differentials underpinned the dollar, dealers said. The dollar's strength was also enhanced by a weakening mark which retreated
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    • 595 23 HONGKONG Most Asian currencies lost ground against the US dollar in line with the worldwide trend following the election of Bill Clinton in last Tuesday's US presidential election. However, the US election did not have a major impact on all Asian currency
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    • 410 23 t Cross rates Nov 6 i USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.6300 2.5170 1.5800 123.00 0.6515 1.4180 1.4347 1.9011 SS 0.6135 1.5442 0.9693 75.4601 0.3997 0.8699 0.8802 1.1663 MS 0.3973 0.65 0.6277 48.8677 0.2588 0.5634 0.5700 0.7553 Dm 0.6329 1.0316 1.5930 77.85 0.4123
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    • 590 23 Interbank rates SS Bid Offer Overnight 1 1/2 1 5/8 1-month 11/2 1 5/8 2-month 1 11/16 1 13/16 3-month 1 13/16 1 15/16 Overnight mode: 1-1/8 US$ High Low 7 days 3 1/4 3 3/16 1 month 3 1/4 3 3/16 2 months 3 5/8 3 9/16
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    • 453 23 Reuter BONN The German government has dismissed suggestions by its chief auditor that spiralling government debt could mean the collapse of the mark and force currency reform. Heinz-Guenter Zavelberg, president of the Federal Audit Office, said in an interview published last Friday that
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    • 328 23 CFTC seeks public comment on proposals Reuter WASHINGTON The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed guidelines for exempting so-called "swaps" and "hybrid" products from commodities law. The agency put the plans out for public comment following a 5-0 vote. The rules essentially spell
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    • 520 23 NYT NEW YORK Rarely have so many bet so much, and with so much borrowed money, as is now being bet on one simple proposition: Short-term interest rates will not rise, or at least will not rise very much. The public
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    • 490 23 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NV 6 ANZ Banking Group 6'/; Allied Irish Bank PLC 6 l /i American Express Bank 6'/i Arab Banking Corp 6'/« Arab Bank PLC 6 Asahi Bank Ltd 6'/« BFCE 6% Ban Hin Lee Berhad 6% Banc a Commerciale 6'/i Banco do Brasil
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    • 154 23 COMEX Nov 6 GOLD FUTURES (100 oz) USS/oz Open High Low Settle Change Nov 92 355.70 -0.50 Dec 337.30 338.20 333.70 336.20 -0.60 Jan 93 336.90 -0.60 Feb 338.70 339.40 335.00 337.60 -0.60 Apr 340.50 340.60 337.00 338.90 -0.60 Jun 341.90 342.20 338.20 340.40 -0.60 Aug 343.00 343.00
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 394 24 Reuter MOSCOW Russian platinum output will fall as production slides in other sectors of the country's troubled economy, but the industry's long-term chances are good. "The long-term prospects are pretty good, but how soon they will be realised is another question," said
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    • 273 24 Reuter OSLO Norway says it could veto any future European Community rules on North Sea oil after it joins a new EC-Efta common market but Efta nations like Norway may find such threats toothless. An EC-Efta pact for a European Economic Area (EEA)
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    • 831 24 REPORTS LONDON: Fears of a trade war between the US and European Community dominated the week, slashing back the gains made on the victory of Bill Clinton in the US presidential election. Brokers fear that the higher US tariffs on EC produce. due to
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  • 1316 24 Rubber RAS Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 1pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Dec 92 145.00 145.00 144.50 1.250 2,500 Jan 93 145.50 144.25 144.75 1.600 4.275 Feb 145.75 144.50 144.75 500 4,750 Mar 146.00 144.50 145.00 325 5.250
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    • 741 24 BUSINESS TIMES Toll free Tel No 737 0043 'Fax No: 734 3698 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Ang Jia Fu Jenson of Blk 21 Balam Road #06-200 Singapore 1337, have applied for a Public House/Second Class licence in respect of premises at M/s Seoul Garden Korean Restaurant (B/T) Re
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  • THE TRAVEL PAGE
    • 627 25  -  LETTER FROM LISBON By Natasha Brown A POPULAR tourist guide describes Lisbon zoo as "one of the least inspiring of European zoos, exhibiting particularly unhappy captives in utterly miserable surroundings". But the zoo has been growing and making profits, in contrast to others such as
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    • 152 25 As at 10am on Friday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.1314 1.1473 Canadian dollar 1.2913 1.3175 NZ dollar 0.8480 0.8652 Sterling pound 2.4938 2.5445 US dollar 1.6250 1.6330 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling
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    • 346 25 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Lai Siew Wah of No. 10 Green Lane Singapore 1543, have applied for a First Class Beer House licence in respect of premises at M/s Wah Wai Eating House at No. 90 Guillemard Road Singapore 1439, and that this application will be
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    • 166 25 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the late morning and early afternoon ReportMaximum temperature 31.6 Assoc humidity 61% Minimum temperature 23.2 Assoc humidity 99% Hours of sunshine 6.60 Rainfall in mm 23.2 Rainfall this month 148.9 Rainy days this month 6 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 19/15 Cloudy
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  • 550 26 Reuter BRUSSELS The EC will try today to accelerate the resumption of trade negotiations with Washington to avert a tit-for-tat sanctions battle which could prove disastrous for the ailing world economy. At their regular monthly meeting in Brussels, EC Foreign Ministers
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  • 289 26  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno) would stick by tradition and his deputy, Abdul Ghafar Baba, would be his successor should he resign. "There is no change in
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  • 258 26 AFP MANILA Economic growth in South-east Asia is expected to decline slightly to 5.7 per cent this year from 6 per cent in 1991 because of high inflation and interest rates, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) study says. An ADB paper on
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  • 644 26  -  The Bottom Line MANO SABNANI MANO SABNANI The writer is managing editor of The Straits Times THE CURRENT low inflation rates in the major industrial economies would have been hailed as a major triumph a few years ago but the present mood of governments is such that
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  • Shipping Times
    • 344 27  -  Projects must nan on commercial basis, says Lim Boon Heng By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Lim Boon Heng commended a proposal to create jobs for local seamen whose high wages have made them uncompetitive. The
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    • 219 27 AFP ABU DHABI A US shipping company has announced plans to resume services to Iran after an absence of nearly 13 years caused by the American boycott imposed in the wake of the Islamic revolution. American President Lines (APL) will begin the
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    • 394 27 AFP SYDNEY Asian sailors on ships sailing to Australia are sexually abused, starved or otherwise mistreated by their European officers, a senior Australian MP alleged last weekend. Peter Morris, chairman of the House of Representatives Committee Investigating Ship Safety, said sailors from the Philippines.
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    • 264 27 Reuter JAKARTA South-east Asian countries are bracing themselves for the arrival in their busy sealanes of a Japanese ship loaded with radioactive plutonium after it sailed from France on Saturday. Local officials and environmentalists are worried that the Akatsuki Maru,
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    • 197 27 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian private company, PT Humpuss, is to double its shipping fleet with the purchase of four new vessels from Japan and Malaysia, the Antara news agency said here on Saturday. The company decided to purchase the ships in anticipation
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      • 97 28 HONGKONG China's regional airlines continue to increase flights into Hongkong, now averaging 30 scheduled and charter services a day. The carriers' Hongkong agent, China National Aviation Corp, plans to add about 20 stafT a year to handle bookings that had increased from US$64 million
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      • 130 28 MANAMA The Saudi Land Transport Company (Mubarrad), which floated its shares in June last year, said on Saturday it made a 3.2 million riyal (S$ 1.39 million) after-tax profit in the first nine months of this year. No direct comparison figures were available for the same
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      • 145 28 LONDON Swedish shipowner Wallenius is understood to be considering replacements to part of its car carrier fleet built in the *****. Shipping sources believe that the company is considering ordering up to five 6,000 vehicle car/truck carriers at a cost of some US$65 million each,
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      • 76 28 SINGAPORE Taiwan's Eva Airways last week took delivery of its first pair of Boeing 747-400 at the Boeing plant in Everett, Seattle. The jumbo jets, equipped with the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System, will seat 358 passengers in a four-class configuration: Super First, Super
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      • 102 28 BONN German shipbuilder Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft (HDW) has said it increased profits despite difficult trading conditions in its 1991/2 business year, which ended on Sept 30. But spokesman Juergen Rohwedder declined to give a figure saying that the company was still in the process of
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    • 1147 28  -  Jim Mulrenan analyses the strategy pursued by tanker owner Concordia Maritime Jim Mulrenan Lloyd's List IF ONE of Concordia Maritime's ageing tankers is ever involved in a major pollution incident there will be be little doubt about the company that will be in the firing line.
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    • 833 28 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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    • 8736 36 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure Irom the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      • 458 43 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Marina Wharves Batam Baru B194 M03 09.11/0900 1011/2300 Batam Ma.u *****2 M03 0911/1000 1011/0500 Batam Murm *****2 M04 0911/1000 1011/0500 Batam Sayang *****2 M04 0911/1000 1011/0500 Batamindo 1 1267S M02 0911/0800 0911/1900 Btm Bahagia *****2 M03 0911/1000 1011/0500 Garuda G86 M04
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      • 1740 43 DELIVERY OF FCL IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS SNp Voy No Containers avalable Ship Voy No Container* avalable Tafcar. IV 4080 00.00 92 0000 Thueringen WM237 COO(EST) 08.1192 0700 Dubai C9227E 07.11.92 0800 Hannover E 11/442 COO(EST) 08.11.92 1500 G Kozintsev 43N 07.11.92 0800 CGM Pasteur 3422 COO(EST) *****2
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    • 812 44 DRY CARGO freight rates on Thursday were boosted by grain chartering demand following recent Russian and latest Chinese purchases in the US, brokers said. The Baltic Freight Index (BFi) was up five points at 1,124, showing gains on all panamax and most capesize routes. Freight futures reflected the
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    • 415 44 Nov 10 11: Shiprepair and Conversion 92 Conference cum Exhibition to be held at Olympia London, jointly organised by BML Business Meetings Limited (UK) and Petamgas Maritime Services Pte Ltd. For details and registration forms, please contact Petamgas at tel: 223-6118 or fax: 223-9929. Nov 18 19: Ship
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    • 374 46 TOKYO Nippon Express Co and Yamato Transport Co squeezed out modest gains in current profit for the half year ended Sep 30 despite a decline in demand and lower freight rates. But earnings for the two trucking leaders may prove to be the brightest
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    • 257 46 AFP ABUJA African road safety experts, faced with staggering statistics on road deaths in the continent agreed at a recent conference on a series of measures which they hope will reduce the carnage, officials said here. Nigeria has the highest number
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    • 182 46 UPI SINGAPORE Singapore and Australia agreed during negotiations to increase air traffic between the two countries by 50 per cent over the next three years to boost tourism, trade and travel. The outcome of the talks means there will
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    • Article, Illustration
      41 46 CHERBOURG, France One of the controversial containers of plutonium being loaded aboard the Japanese freight Akatsuki Maru in Cherbourg harbour on Saturday. A total of 1.7 tonnes of plutonium will be shipped under tight security from France to Japan.
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    • 642 46 NYT NEW YORK Hannes Goetz, the chairman of Swissair, is in a quandary. He heads one of the premier well-run carriers in Europe, with a following of customers much larger than the small size of Switzerland might warrant.
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    • 1721 34 KT W* AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTEI LTD ICR No: **********0 M) W W TEL; *****77 TELEX: KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****07/^9 I I I f%| mi MALAYSIA: 'K'LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD 1 ABb ■M A 1 MmJ TEL SA *****00 PK *****01/5 PENANG *****0 JB *****1 ■■■1 KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA,
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    • 1066 35 agggPff PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD V MIHV 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 CR NO: **********0E I JAKARTA I I BANGKOK I vessel voy SIN bkk sin VESBEL VOY SIN JKT SIN KOTA BINTANQ KBT42N 10/11 U/11 17/11 KOTA INDAH 451 In Pt 11/11 15/11
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    • 2299 38 Full Container Liner Services Malaysia's Agents: Indonesia's Agents: General Agents: Booking Agents: Gun Gutn Skipping Sin BM Chung CMao Skipping Sin Bkd P.T. Ghkal Petra Indonesia Maritime Costar Shipping Pte Ltd Skipping Fretgkt InUk C«rtr» $4»BM 58 Persian Raja Muda Musa Lot 3.34. 3rd Flow. Jl IR H Juanda 111/14
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    • 635 39 (ft FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) LIM ASSOL/PIREAUS 15/tl ROTTERDAM 15/TI HAIFA/ASHDOD/ALEXANDRIA 15/11 HAMBURG/BREMEN 15/11 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 15/11 FELIXSTOWE/UK 15/tl BARCELONA/SPAIN 15/TI LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 15/11 GENOA/ITALY 15/TI GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 15/TI LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 15/TI SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 10/TI NEW YORK/EC 15/TI FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 12/TI VANCOOVER 15/11
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