The Business Times, 28 December 1992

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    17 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER EOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Monday, December 28, 1992 75 4
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  • NEWS
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      7 missing after Bangkok floating pier capsizes
      63 1 BANGKOK Seven people were missing yesterday after a floating pier being used by a Japanese company for a staff party capsized in the Chao Phraya River, plunging hundreds of revellers into the murky and fast-flowing waters. Police said the pier was overcrowded with
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      Green light for Russian diamond mine
      55 1 MOSCOW Authorities in Russia's far northern region of Arkhangelsk have approved plans to develop a vast new diamond field north of the Arctic Circle, Itar-Tass news agency said yesterday. Geologists say the Lomonosov diamond field could produce onetenth of the world's rough diamond output
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      Hurdles for Clinton
      49 1 DEEP divisions in the Democratic Party over how aggressively to confront foreign countries on trade issues produced unusual infighting during President-elect Bill Clinton's search for a new US trade representative and could stymie his efforts to push sweeping trade agreements through Congress next year. Page 2
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      Viet trade surplus
      31 1 VIETNAM has this year chalked up its first trade surplus, on the back of a freer trading regime and higher exports of crude oil and rice Page 6
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      Clinton in charge
      34 1 THE most striking thing about US President-elect Bill Clinton's Cabinet is not so much the jobs he has assigned others, but rather the jobs he has reserved for himself. Page 7
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      Man of the Year
      41 1 TIME magazine on Saturday named US President-elect Bill Clinton as its 1992 "Man of the Year", saying his election makes him the most powerful man in the world at a "radically unstable moment in history" Page 7
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      Life of Monica Dickens
      35 1 A LOOK at the life and work of Charles Dickens' great grand-daughter and one of England's most popular novelists, Monica Dickens, who died at the age of 77. Page i 1
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      Mitsui OSK revamp
      36 1 SHIPPERS using Japanese megacarrier Mitsui OSK Lines will benefit from the carrier's plan to revamp its serv ice between Asia and the United States east coast next April Shipping l imes Page 1
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  • MARKETS
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      Capital investments
      25 1 UNITED Overseas Bank group's first venture capital firm, UOB Venture Investment. has made three investments since it started operations in July Page 3
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      KL bourse beckons
      28 1 THE impressive growth of the Malaysian securities industry has not only attracted more foreign funds but also the participation of foreign stockbroking firms Page 3
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      Fast-growing division
      41 1 SIME DARBY'S oil and gas division is set to become one of the fastest growing in the group, given the high level of exploration and production work and the increasing demand for support services in the industry Page 3
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      Hands off, please
      28 1 TWO top economists from the Thailand Development Research Institute have callcd on the financial authorities to refrain from meddling in the stock market Page 4
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      US$10m settlement
      39 1 THE Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has agreed to pay USSIO million (5516.4 million) to settle a class-action lawsuit involving Standard <£c Poor's 100 (OEX) Index options traded during the 1987 US stock market crash. Page 4
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      Clouding chemicals
      35 1 AMERICA'S chcmical manufacturers arc ringing out 1992 on a bearish note as a deepening slump in Europe threatens to dampen the effects of a modest US recovery foreseen for next year Page 4
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      Forex policy to stay
      33 1 THE Bank of Thailand will maintain its foreign-exchange policy next year to further support the country's exports and to stabilise the exports system, the Bangkok Post reported Page 5
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      US banking woes
      34 1 DIRE predictions of a surge of bank failures failed to come true this year as the US banking industry instead enjoyed record profits while the pace of failures slowed Page 5
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      STOCK INDICES
      29 1 Thursday Change BT-MGA 698.70 +1.46 Kuala Lumpur ....646.39 +1.35 Tokyo 17.648.85 -41.82 Hongkong 5.442.01 +124 02 Sydney 1.536.2 +11.4 New York ...1 3.326.24 +12.7 London 2.827.5 +0.1
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    S'pore firms expected to see better earnings growth
    788 1  -  Good outlook for banking, industrial, transport sectors next year By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Singapore companies will see earnings per share growth of between 10.8 per cent and 13 per cent next year, say analysts. They expect companies in the banking, industrial, motor,
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    Lock icon Li admits Chinese economy exceeding growth target
    312 1 AP BEIJING Premier Li Peng, who advocates go-slow economic growlh, has had to concede for the second time this year that the Chinese economy is growing faster than he had planned, according to official reports. He acknowledged at a national work conference on
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    Lock icon Beijing to offer better protection to Taipei investors: report
    208 1 AFP TAIPEI China is to otTer better protection for Taiwanese businessmen in a bid to boost economic ties and attract investment by Taiwanese conglomerates, the United Daily News reported yesterday. To provide Taiwanese investors with "a fair and reasonable environment for
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    Lock icon Seoul woos foreign investors in software, telecom with tax breaks
    253 1 AFP SEOUL In a bid to boost dwindling foreign investment, South Korea will offer tax holidays to foreigners investing in high-tech computer software and telecommunications. press reports said yesterday. Starting in March, foreign investors would be exempt from corporate, income,
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    Lock icon Big blast in Guangdong set to rock HK, Macau
    111 1 AP BEIJING Asia's largest man-made "earthquake" will rock south China. Hongkong and Macau today when construction crews dynamite a small mountain as part of an airport expansion project, according to an official report. The Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday that 11.120
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    New medical fees are just a pinprick to us, say companies
    510 1  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE Higher fees spelt out in the new guidelines for private doetors are not likely to hit corporate pockets hard, but many employers figure they will still feel the pinch. "Any increase in costs will
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      119 1 THE VISIBLE r V DIFFERE^ ce S IN PROFESSIONAL EYE CARE (WTKJI E PARIS\IIKI Plaza Singapura Liang Court Manna Square Scotts Clifford /vViWX Daimani Sunglasses Counter Aircraft Schedule 19 Interbank Fore* Rates 18 Unit Trusts..... 15 The Arts 11 KLSt 16 Weather 19 Commodities 18 Market Reviews 17 Work) News
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      7 1 Treat farmers properly, says Jiang, Back Page
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      135 1 There's no place like home with Dulux. THE WORLD S NO 1 PAINT Hock Lock Siew: Overseas expansion best bet for Singapore retailers, Page 3 The Bottom Line: Local firms need help to exploit China market, Back Page Remember when flying made dreams come true? Once, an aeroplane flight opened
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
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      Lock icon Party rifts pose hurdles for Clinton's trade policies
      572 2 Divisions may even threaten Nafta Reuter WASHINGTON Deep divisions in the Democratic Party over how aggressively to confront foreign countries on trade issues produced unusual infighting during Presi-dent-elect Bill Clinton's search for a new US trade representative and could stymie his efforts
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      Lock icon Little known of new trade representative's views
      345 2 NYT WASHINGTON Mickey Kantor, President-elect Bill Clinton's choice to become the next US trade representative. will be the latest of several people who have taken the job with very little background in trade issues. A long-time friend of Mr Clinton, he was the
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      Lock icon Japanese minister rules out further stimulus measures
      312 2 Knight-Ridder. Reuter TOKYO Japanese Finance Minister Yoshiro Hayashi has ruled out any fiscal stimulus measures beyond the budget for fiscal 1993-94 (April-March). Speaking to reporters last Saturday after the Cabinet approved the government's budget plan. Mr Hayashi emphasised that the budget contained sufficient
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      Indian nationals criticise M'sia's new visa rules
      549 2  -  By Salil Tripathi SINGAPORE Businessmen and professionals earning passports from the Indian subeontinent have criticised the new visa regulations announced by the Malaysian government recently. Under new rules announced on Dec 14, the Malaysian foreign ministry said that from Jan 1 people holding
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      Seagate building third Penang plant as part of expansion
      450 2  -  By Claire Leow SINGAPORE Barely four years after it started manufacturing in Penang. Californian disk drive company Seagate Technology is adding a third components plant, bringing its assets there to more than US$72 million (SSI 18 million). Once the plant is
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      Celebrating old tradition in foreign land
      37 2 IAKEO, Cambodia Japanese troops in the LIS peacekeeping contingent celebrating Mochitsuki, the traditional new year rice ceremony, at the weekend. More than 600 Japanese soldiers are serving as peacekeepers in ambodia.
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      Lock icon 6 killed as heavy rains hit southern Philippines
      135 2 AP MANILA Torrential rains have killed six people, forced thousands from their homes and caused substantial damage in the southern Philippines. officials disclosed yesterday. The National Disaster Coordinating Council said the rains began five days earlier in three eastern provinces of Mindanao
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      19 2 Cabinet line-up puts Clinton in charge. Pg 7 Clinton can do little to boost manufacturing jobs: economists, Pg 7
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
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      UOB venture capital arm makes three investments
      397 3  -  15 more projects in the pipeline By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE United Overseas Bank group's first venture eapital firm. UOB Venture Investment, has made three investments since it started operations in July. UOB Venture Management (UOBVM), which manages the firm's SIB million fund,
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      Lock icon ASM sees at least M$339m from issue
      231 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Amalgamated Steel Mills (ASM) has estimated minimum proceeds of M 5339 million (*****.6 million) from its proposed one-for-two rights issue of up to 210.79 million shares of 50 sen each at MS 1.65 per share. These would be used to
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      Lock icon Suniwang plan to give Cash new lease of life
      215 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Construction and Supplies House (Cash), which is the target of a takeover by Labuan-based company Suniwang, will get a new lease of life through a capital injection and a team of professional managers. Newly-appointed chairman Abdol Mulok Awang
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      Overseas expansion best bet for Singapore retailers
      873 3  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN By Alvin Tay SINGAPORE Retailers Metro Holdings and The Hour Glass reported higher earnings for the six months ended September 1992. C K Tang and Isetan did not do so well during that period; their earnings fell about
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      Lock icon Booming M'sian bourse draws foreign brokers
      397 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The impressive growth of the Malaysian securities industry has not only attracted more foreign funds but also the participation of foreign stockbroking firms. Foreign stockbrokers have either gone into partnership with local firms or have representative offices in the country. A
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Ayer Hitam sets profit target
        88 3 KUALA LUMPUR Aver Hitam Tin Dredging Malaysia Bhd hopes to get hack on the profit path by the middle of next year following the start of its timber business venture in Papua New Guinea, director John Low Nyap Heng said last Saturday. He added that
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        Mun Loong in the red
        67 3 KUALA LUMPUR Mun Loong Bhd has slipped into the red with a M 52.38 million (SSI.S million) group consolidated pre-tax loss for the six months to Sep 30. 1992. from a profit of M 54.21 million in the previous corresponding period. Mun Loong said group
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        Maybank opening third centre
        56 3 GEORGETOWN Malayan Banking Bhd is setting up a commercial financial centre in Butterworth to meet the commercial needs of the whole of Penang. Sungai Petani and Kulim in Kedah. Managing director Ahmad Mohamad Don said the centre would be the third of its kind after the
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        STMB to diversify further
        65 3 KUALA LL'MPUR Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Bhd (STMB) will continue to explore more avenues of diversification to improve and stabilise its earning base, says chairman Mohamad Noor Yusof. Its acquisition of a 71 per cent equity interest in First Malaysia Property Trust would provide a stable source
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      Lock icon Sime Darby's oil and gas division set to take off
      563 3 High level of exploration and production work among factors seen boosting unit MBT KUALA LUMPUR Sime Darby's oil and gas division is set to become one of the fastest growing in the group, given the high level of exploration and
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Japanese broking firms applying for TSE seat
        95 4 lOKVO Two Osaka-based securities companies arc applying tor a seat on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). the Sikkei English Sews lias reported. The seat is vacant due to the withdrawal of County Nat West Securities. The two firms. Nakai Securities and Eiwa Securities,
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        India reduces holdings in firms
        99 4 NEW DELHI The Indian government has said it will divest itself of 310.6 million shares in 12 state-owned companies to raise 11.84 billion rupees (***** million). "I he shares were divested on the basis of bids called through tenders. Successful bidders included state-owned mutual funds
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        Iacocca to retire from Chrysler
        97 4 WASHINGTON Lee lacocca, the larger-than-life symbol of the American ear industry, will retire on Thursday from Chrysler, the ear giant he twice saved from disaster on one occasion a disaster of his own making. After 13 years at the helm of the third-largest US ear
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        MIM's big, low-grade gold find
        90 4 SYDNEY MIM Holdings Ltd has completed deep drilling for gold in the Ravenswood Mount Wright exploration area of north Queensland state, and has indications of a large but low-grade gold mineralisation. MIM said it had drilled 11 holes since Oct 22. when its first deep
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        Saudi franchise from McDonald's
        86 4 MANAMA McDonald's Corp has concluded its first contract to set up a franchise in Saudi Arabia, in the western part of the country that includes Jeddah. Mecca and Medina, the Jeddah-based Arab News reported. It said the Alireza Group, which signed the deal in the US
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      Authorities urged to avoid meddling in Thai bourse
      436 4 Moves actually violate insider trading law. say two top economists BANGKOK Two top economists from the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) have called on the financial authorities to refrain from meddling in the stock market, particularly in their effort to "shore up"
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      Lock icon European slump clouds outlook for US chemical industry
      229 4 Reuter PHILADELPHIA America's chemical manufacturers are ringing out 1992 on a bearish note as a deepening slump in Europe threatens to dampen the effects of a modest US recover> foreseen for next year. The industry has been hoping a rebound in the
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      Lock icon Carolco to get US$120m in new financing deal
      217 4 Reuter LOS ANGELES Carolco Pictures Inc will reccivc USSI2O million (SSI97 million) in new financing in a deal that includes USS6O million from its three existing strategic partners and USS6O million from Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer Inc (MGM). sources close to the deal said. MGM
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      Lock icon CBOE to pay US$10m to settle options lawsuit
      319 4 Reuter CHICAGO The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has agreed to pay US$lO million (5516.4 million) to settle a class-action lawsuit involving Standard Poor's 100 (OEX) Index options traded during the 1987 US stock market crash. The CBOE said last week that
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      Lock icon Thomson SA sells unit to Franco-Italian group
      180 4 AFP PARIS Governmentowned Thomson SA Group's board of directors has decided to authorise the sale of group subsidiary Thomson Electromenager to a FrancoItalian consortium, the French Industry Ministry announced last week. It said the consortium was 66 per cent held by Italy's Elettrofinanzarda
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
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      Thailand to stick to foreign exchange policy
      360 5 B \NGKOK The Bank of Thailand will maintain its foreign exchange policy next year to further support the country's exports and to stabilise the exports system, the Bangkok Post reported last week. The bank's assistant governor. Chaiyawat Vibulsawasdi. as manager of the Exchange
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      Lock icon French banks ready for 1993 capital rules
      418 5 Reuter PARIS France's big league banks will comfortably meet international requirements on capital adequacy that come into force on January' 1. despite suffering from a huge burden of bad debt, banking analysts say. Under rules drawn up by the Basle committee of central
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      Lock icon Spanish bank seeks injunction against court order
      236 5 Reuter MADRID Banco Santander SA has sought an injunction against a high court ruling which ordered the bank to post an 8 billion peseta bond to cover alleged financial irregularities in past loan transactions. Santander said the case was outside the jurisdiction of
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      Lock icon Austrian banks see better times next year
      271 5 Reuter VIENNA Record business insolvencies, high real interest rates until autumn, and bankruptcy proceedings against a bank have made 1992 a grim year for Austrian banks. But the banks see signs of better times in 1993, with interest rate cuts expected to help
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      Lock icon Arab National Bank plans to double share capital
      293 5 Reuter MANAMA Saudi Arabia's Arab National Bank plans to double its share capital to 1.2 billion rivals (***** million) by issuing new shares to existing holders, says its chairman. Kashed al-Rashed said the bank's board of directors had appro>ed the move but
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      Lock icon Problems remain in US banking despite gains
      335 5 Reuter WASHINGTON Dire predictions of a surge of bank failures failed to come true this year as the US banking industry instead enjoyed record profits while the pace of failures slowed. As the year opened, the industry envisioned ever larger banks collapsing, severe
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    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Kuwait has guarantees for US$6.5b bad debts
        72 5 KUWAIT Kuwait central bank has loan guarantees covering around US$6.5 billion (5510.4 billion) of the US$lB.6 billion debts it bought from troubled domestic banks this year, the central bank governor. Salem Abdulaziz al-Sabah. was reported as saying in al-l\'atan daily newspaper. Kuwait's government
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        Sumitomo Bank to open branch
        48 5 TOKYO Sumitomo Bank will upgrade its representative office in Guangzhou. People's Republic of China, to a branch tomorrow, the bank said in a statement on Friday. Southern China is the fastest growing region in China and is attracting increasing amounts of foreign investment.
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        Thin Christmas trade in Tokyo
        28 5 TOKYO Money brokers sit around a table in a dealing room of a brokerage on Christmas Day. Dealers said trade was extremelv thin.
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        Ford unit files US$1.5b shelf debt
        47 5 WASHINGTON United States Leasing International Inc. a Ford Motor Co unit, filed a shelf registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission for up to US$l.5 billion of debt securities and warrants. US Leasing will use net proceeds for general corporate purposes.
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      Lock icon Bundesbank chief urges moderate pay deals
      260 5 Reuter HAMBURG Bundesbank president Helmut Schlesinger has said moderate wage settlements and further savings in public expenditure are vital if German interest rates are to be reduced. "A cautious wage policy as well as determined savings in public-sector budgets are imperative if room is
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  • THE REGION
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        KL busts illegal workers syndicate
        66 6 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian authorities yesterday said they believed they had busted a Thai-based syndicate supplying illegal foreign workers to construction sites in Kuala Lumpur with the recent arrest of 50 Bangladeshis. The Bangladeshis, aged between 20 and 35, were arrested in three vans in
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        End to trade with Khmer Rouge
        86 6 BANGKOK Thai Interior Minister Chaovalit Yongchaiyudh has ordered an end to cross-border trading with Khmer Rouge guerillas in compliance with United Nations sanctions against the insurgents. A statement released yesterday said he signed the order last Friday with effect from Dec 31. The order
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        Incentives for sawmillers
        51 6 KUALA TRENGGANU Sawmillers in Trengganu who actively venture into downstream timber industries will be given special incentives. Menteri Besar Wan Mokhtar Ahmad said yesterday. He said the incentives included relaxing conditions for the sawmillers concerned to open up new logging areas under the supervision of the state
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        Backing for Thai tourism group
        100 6 BANGKOK The Thai government will fully support private tourism groups' initiative to establish a purely private tourism council, the Bangkok Post reported over the weekend. It said Prime Minister's Office Minister Savit Bhodivihok. in his capacity as chairman of the Tourism Authority ot Thailand, said
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        14 missing after boats' collision
        100 6 JAKARTA Some 14 people were missing after two boats collided off the East Java port of Gresik, the East Java Search and Rescue Agency said yesterday from Surabaya. The Fomini «/>//. carrying passengers and goods from Gresik to the island of Baw'ean north of East
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        Dhaka to continue repatriation
        58 6 DHAKA Bangladesh, which returned 374 more Muslim refugees from Myanmar last Saturday, has denied US and UN allegations of involuntary repatriation and said the process would continue. Foreign Secretary Reaz Rahman said "the repatriation would continue since it is purely on a voluntary basis and none
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      Easing of controls leads to Hanoi's first trade surplus
      401 6  -  Tax breaks, other incentives cited for rise in exports From Harish Mehta in HANOI VIETNAM has this year chalked up its first trade surplus, on the back of a freer trading regime and higher exports of crude oil and rice. The
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      Lock icon Trade between Vietnam and Japan seen hitting US$1.15b
      195 6 AFP HANOI Trade between Vietnam and Japan climbed 4.7 per cent to US$l.l5 billion (Ssl.9 billion) in 1992, with crude oil exports making V ietnam one of a few countries enjoying a trade surplus with Japan. Vietnam had exported US$BlO million worth
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      Lock icon Philippine rightists ready for peace, but Reds still a threat
      251 6 AFP MANILA Top military renegades have emerged from hiding to assure Philippine President Fidel Ramos that he need not fear the coup attempts that plagued his predecessor, but peace with communist insurgents remains less certain. While the rightists gave up
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      Thailand's electronics industry growing fast
      482 6 BANGKOK Thailand's electronics industry is forging ahead but its growth pales into insignificance compared to the performance in South Korea. Singapore and Hongkong. says a report in The Nation. In fact, industry leaders say that any comparison is ludicrous, the paper pointed out. Most companies
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      Boost to Indon urea fertiliser output
      205 6 GRESIK., Indonesia Indonesia's urea fertiliser output will increase to around six million tonnes a year with the establishment of new urea plants by two stateowned fertiliser companies, the Jakarta Post has reported. P T Petrokimia Gresik here and PT Pupuk Sriwijaya (P T Pusri)
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      Lock icon Painful transition for Chinese business families in Indonesia
      590 6 Outside help brought in for ailing conglomerates Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's powerful Chinese business families are undergoing a traumatic transition which is forcing patriarchs to give up favouring their sons and take on professionals to manage their conglomerates. Their problems were highlighted last
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      496 6 GB HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic ot Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at 26 Jalan Terusan, Singapore 2261 on 13 January 1993 at 9.00
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      156 6 GB HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF CLOSURE OF TRANSFER BOOKS AND REGISTER OF MEMBERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Transfer Books and the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 22 January 1993 to 26 January 1993 (both dates inclusive) for
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Cabinet line-up puts Clinton very much in charge
      455 7 US president-elect seen as hands-on leader NYT WASHINGTON The most striking thing about US President-elect Bill Clinton's Cabinet is not so much the jobs he has assigned others, but rather the jobs he has reserved for himself. The way that Mr Clinton
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      Lock icon Time picks Clinton as 1992 Man of the Year
      279 7 Reuter NEW YORK Time magazine on Saturday named US President-elect Bill Clinton as its 1992 "Man of the Year", saying his election makes him the most powerful man in the world at a "radically unstable moment in history". The magazine also
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      Lock icon Clinton can do little to boost manufacturing jobs: economists
      370 7 NYT NEW YORK Over and over. US President-elect Bill Clinton has said that creating more manufacturing jobs is at the top of his agenda. But even staunch supporters in the economics profession say he is doomed to frustration on that score.
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      Lock icon Taiwan polls may harden China's stand on HK democracy
      257 7 Reuter HONGKONG Taiwan's elections may have proved a Chinese society can move peacefully to democracy, but the message will be lost on Beijing as it tries to strangle Hongkong democracy at birth, analysts say. While last week's elections the first in
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Socialist Party's No. 2 man tipped to win
        89 7 TOKYO Sadao Yamahana, the No. 2 man in Japan's largest opposition party, may be elected unopposed as the new chairman early next month to succeed Social Democratic Party chairman Makoto Tanabe, sources said yesterday. The election to select Mr Tanabe's successor will
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        Kohl sees treaty taking effect in '93
        83 7 BONN German Chancellor Helmut Kohl says he is confident the Maastricht Treaty on European union will take effect next year. Mr Kohl, in a column for the newspaper Welt am Sonntag, said the European Community would proceed with political and monetary union even
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        50pc tobacco duty for 6 Gulf states
        94 7 DUBAI Six Gulf Arab states have agreed to apply a uniform customs duty of 50 per cent on cigarettes, tobacco and tobacco products as of March, a Gulf newspaper said. The duty was previously 30 per cent. The Khaleej Times quoted officials as
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        No to leniency for Hyundai
        74 7 SEOUL South Korea's President-elect Kim Young Sam has rejected a request for leniency for employees of Hyundai Business Group accused of illegally campaigning for the group's founder, Mr Kim's aides said at the weekend. Mr Kim met Hyundai Group chairman Chung Se Yung and harshly
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        Peace mission to Angola
        83 7 HARARE Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe began a peace mission to Angola yesterday as the head of a three-member delegation. Mr Mugabe's team includes Organisation of African Unity (OAU) secretary-general Salim Ahmed Salim and Cape Verde President Antonio Mascarenas Monteiro. It was chosen at an OAU meeting
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      164 7 BY ARRANGEMENT WITH LUSHINGTON ENTERTAINMENTS PTE LTD TIBOR RUDAS presents sH BY: 0 V O A R 1 WITH THE SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR: LEONE MAGIERA SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM SUNDAY, 17 January 1993 at 7.30pm Part of the proceeds of the charity tickets will be in aid of National Arts
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  • ANALYSIS
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      The disastrous 21 st century
      3164 8 The Economist offers its view of the world in the next century as seen from the year 2992 A World History, by Dwight Bogdanov and Vladimir Lowell (University of California in Moscow, 640 pages or 2 sight-bites, published 2992), has one of the best accounts
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  • ENTERPRISE & MANAGEMENT
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      Lock icon Why training often gets low marks
      1025 9  -  Many managers are dissatisfied with the courses thev attend. Adrian Furnham looks at the factors that hinder the successful transfer of skills and knowledge Adrian Furnham The author is Professor of Psychology at University College London. FT MOST big organisations attempt to provide some
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      Lock icon Multinationals face game of snakes and ladders
      585 9  -  Christopher Lorenz on why companies must change the way they recruit and retain staff Christopher Lorenz FT THERE can hardly be a company in Europe, America or even Japan where employees are not fearful for their jobs because of current economic pressures and
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      EXECUTIVE MOVES
      473 9 GARUDA Indonesia has appointed R Prastyo general manager of the airline's Singapore office. He replaces Djoko Judojono. who has returned to the head office in Jakarta for a new posting. Mr Prastyo will be responsible for all aspects of Garuda Indonesia's operation in Singapore. Prior to his appointment.
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      Lock icon Writer Monica Dickens dies
      748 11  -  Edith Lederer looks at the life and work of Charles Dickens' great grand-daughter and one of England's most popular novelists Edith Lederer AP AUTHOR Monica Dickens, who followed in the footsteps of her great grandfather Charles Dickens and wrote more than 50 books, has died at
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      242 11 AND ENTERTAIN flew 'iJ&ap's~ Cve Clas-s-ics-Welcome the New Year at the llubertus Grill and enjoy our reputation for providing the traditional classics. Gala Dinner Dance $165 per person 8 pm to 1 am ANA HOTEL For reservations, please call SINGAPORE 732-1222 extension 1700 «-■»>■ >y~;og jy r M SANTA HAS
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      263 11 7 Dec to 31 Dec '91 dxperience exotic dining and partake in the goodness of snacks, padi birds, turtles, deers and ducks. Shredded snake meat with chrysanthemum baked padi sparrows stuffed with liver, sausage and braised turtle in claypot, just to name a few. Available for lunch and dinner. For
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        Coghlan out to set another mile mark
        151 12 NEW YORK Eamonn Coghlan (right), the world indoor mile record-holder, will try for another milestone becoming the first 40-year-old to break four minutes for the mile at the Millrose Games on Feb 5. Coghlan, who turned 40 on Nov 21, became the only
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        Daly's wife denies report
        92 12 CASTLE ROCK. Colorado Bettye Daly, wife of former US PGA champion John Daly, has denied pressing charges against her husband after an altercation. In a statement last Friday, she said: "1 was not struck or physically injured in the incident. I neither reported the incident nor
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        New Zealand ketch in lead
        66 12 SYDNEY Maxi-ketch New Zealand Endeavour held a six-mile (9.65 km) lead over its closest rival yesterday in the 630-nautical mile Sydney-Hobart ocean classic yacht race. The New Zealand ketch, skippered by Grant Dalton, held a commanding lead over Australian maxi yacht Amazon 24 hours after
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        Shearer strikes again
        64 12 LONDON England striker Alan Shearer scored twice as Blackburn Rovers beat defending champion Leeds 3-1 to close the gap on Premier League leader Norwich last Saturday. Norwich, held 0-0 by Tottenham after failing to find the net for the third match in a row, is just three
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        West Indies in trouble at Test
        92 12 MELBOURNE Burly Australian paceman Merv Hughes put the West Indies in deep trouble by snapping up the three top batsmen for only five runs on the second day of the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday. Hughes took Desmond Haynes (7), Phil
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      Lock icon A year to be remembered in golf
      1073 12 NYT BY ALL the measures that years in golf are remembered, 1992 was exceptional. It gave us lightning strikes of brilliance in winning shots by Corey Pavin and John Cook, and spring-time explosions like those of Fred Couples, Davis Love 111 and Lee
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      Lock icon It's not bull for Chicago
      990 12  -  Harvey Araton on Chicago coach Phil Jackson's psychological tricks Harvey Araton NYT MILWAUKEE It would not have been a good idea for the New York Knicks to look back to a game that got away from them last Friday in Chicago. They would have seen
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      Sluggish activity expected ahead of new year
      4428 13  -  By S N Vasuki THE Singapore stockmarket started last week with a bang with a wave of foreign institutional buying. But activity tapered off in the week as investors squared their yearend positions. Stockbrokers don't expect fireworks this week as foreign funds are
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      353 15 BUSINESS TIMES Toll free Tel No 737 0043 Fax No: 734 3698 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 BML COMPUTER DESIGN PTE LTD MEMBERS VOLUNTARY DOUIOATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company convened and held at 11 00 a m at 17 Jurong Port Road.
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Lower liners, speculative stocks dominate trading
      5711 16 Bernama PRICES on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange were traded mixed to steadier over the holiday-shortened week. Interest was selective with the lower liners and selected speculative stocks dominating. The higher-priced stocks and blue-chips were generally quiet as many fund managers were already on
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      Lock icon Market gets boost from bond market, IBM
      436 17 AFP NEW YORK BUOYED by a drop in long-term US interest rates and year-end trading, share prices rose slightly on Wall Street during Christmas week. The Dow Jones Index of 30 blue chips closed at 3,326.24 last Thursday, up 12.97 points or 0.39
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      Lock icon Stocks end lower in dull trading
      365 17 AFP &>^>TOKYO SHARE PRICES finished lower last week on the Tokyo Stock exchange in dull, directionless trading as players refrained from active investment ahead of the yearend holiday. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225-selected issues in the first section, a 239.72 winner the previous
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      ASIAN MARKETS ROUNDUP
      780 17 SHARE PRICES skidded to a three-month low during the holiday-shortened week, prompted by worries over heightened political confrontations on the island. The 316-issue Weighted Price Index plunged 201.99 points, or 5.5 per cent, to settle at 3.456 points last Thursday. The market got off to a bearish
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      Lock icon Shares buoyed by lull in UK, China dispute
      215 17 AFP HONGKONG HONGKONG share prices soared 4.8 per cent during the holiday-shortened week, buoyed by a lull in the row between London and Beijing over the colony's political future. The Hang Seng Index gained 249.35 points to close at 5.442.01 on Thursday.
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      Strong savings habit a mixed blessing
      853 17  -  LONDON By Ray Heath IF Britain's store-keepers were raising their glasses to anyone o\er the Christmas holiday, it would he Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario, and the companies which make the video-games of which the characters are heroes and rivals. Nintendo and Sega games
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      Lock icon Act to unify forex rates, Chinese party paper urges
      376 18 Reuter BEIJING China, which has said it ultimately plans to make its currency freely convertible, should take the first step by unifying the official and unofficial exchange rates, the official People's Daily said yesterday. The Communist Party newspaper said domestic inflation
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      Lock icon CFTC likely to exempt swaps from regulation
      550 18 Bloomberg NEW YORK Interest rate and currency swaps, a US$4 trillion (556.5 trillion) financing market, probably will remain exempt from federal regulation when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission decides the issue next month, analysts said. At stake is control of a major business
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      Lock icon EC launches push to revive use of ECU
      294 18 AP BRUSSELS The European Community has unveiled a three-pronged strategy to revive its fledgling joint currency which has been buffeted by recent currency market turmoil. The Community said last week that it would continue to borrow in European Currency Units, start paying
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      Lock icon Firm year-end close seen for rubber prices
      462 18 Reuter SINGAPORE South-cast Asian rubber prices are likely to end the year on a firm note with sentiment for 1993 underpinned by hopes of rising demand from China and the US. say Asian traders. "We should see more demand from the US." said
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      Lock icon Greenback firms up against most Asian currencies
      540 18 REPORTS AFP THE US dollar strengthened against almost all Asia-Pacif-ic currencies in a week of trading that in most markets ended on Thursday, ahead of the Christmas holiday. Dealers said the greenback was stronger on expeetations the US economy would continue to recover,
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      715 19  -  POSTCARD FROM THE SAHARA By Sara Webb I T was the writer and traveller Paul Bowles who said there are probably few accessible places on the face of the globe where you can get less comfort for your money than the Sahara. For a man
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    154 19 As at 10am on Thursday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.1246 1.1405 Canadian dollar 1.2872 1.3132 NZ dollar 0.8356 0 8600 Sterling pound 2.4908 2.5260 US dollar 1.6340 1.6420 l>ocal dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian
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      257 19 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 HI-POINT FURNISHING PTE LTD A( an Extraordinary General Meeting of HI POINT FURNISHING PTE LTD duly convened and held on the 22nd December 1992 the following special resolution was passed SPECIAL RESOLUTION THAT the Company be wound up voluntarily pursuant to Section 290 (l)b of
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      250 19 Bemoaning the faulty alignIndicator seen in pL. _BH—.BflL_JHi^H 11 Some slackness exposed by the cricket team (5) BB^^J—,^ 12 Get to know name 13 Refashioned 'Levi's* can I I I I I still be worn (5) L|J— 17 System used by yours truly i6~~^ does not completely deceive I 18
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      166 19 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the late morning and in the afternoon. Report: Maximum temperature 27.4 Assoc humidity 87% Minimum temperature 24.2 Assoc humidity 97% Hours of sunshine 0.00 Rainfall in mm 1.3 Rainfall this month 485.2 Rainy days this month 20 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland
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    359 20 Walsh also likely to subpoena president's notes UPI, Reuter WASHINGTON IranContra special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh will seek to question President George Bush next month after reviewing Mr Bush's notes on the Reagan Administration's arms-for-hostages plot, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The newspaper quoted
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    312 20 AFP. Bloomberg BEIJING Communist party general secretary Jiang Zemin has called for better treatment of farmers, saying that China s stability depends on it. official press reports said yesterday. "The issue of feeding 1.1 billion people has always been a great
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    Lock icon Poll shows Hongkongers pessimistic about 1993
    261 20 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong residents are pessimistic about the colony's prospects in 1993, according to the results of an opinion poll published yesterday which focused on controversial plans for democratic reforms. Some 43 per cent of those polled said they expected next year to be
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    Lock icon Indian govt bid to join forces with left may slow reforms
    396 20 AFP NEW DELHI Key economic reforms may be slowed as India's ruling party attempts to draft the left into a joint fight against Hindu hardliners, but the reform programme is unlikely to be derailed, analysts say. The Communist Party
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    128 20 Reuter MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin has ordered the creation of a new state body to supervise state radio and television coverage of political developments in Russia. A decree by Mr Yeltsin last Saturday appointed Mikhail Poltoranin. a close ally who resigned last
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    846 20  -  The Bottom Line YONG POW ANG YONG POW ANG The writer is a BT correspondent w ho will soon complete a two-year attachment to the Institute of East Asian Political Economy SINGAPORE businessmen are venturing into China with little to guide them
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    264 20 Reuter MOGADISHU The leaders of Somalia's main warring factions have reached a landmark peace accord that promises to clear the way for an end to two years of devastating civil strife, US ambassador Robert Oakley said yesterday. He said the accord was reached
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      350 21  -  Fixed-day weekly sailings to start next April By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Shippers using Japanese megacarrier Mitsui OSK. Lines will benefit from the carrier's plan to revamp its service between Asia and the US east coast next April. The restructuring will take place once MOL's
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      584 21 The Akatsuki Maru saga AFP KUALA LUMPUR Japan came under fire last week from Asia-Pacific environmental groups for allegedly breaching a pledge that its plutonium-carrying ship would not enter the maritime zones of other nations. The Akatsuki Maru and its two naval
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      196 21 AFP TOKYO About 500 people on Saturday demonstrated outside a Japanese nuclear power plant due to receive 1.7 tonnes of highly toxic plutonium being transported from France by sea. "We will never let them unload plutonium here." the demonstrators shouted as they marched from an athletic
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      285 21  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Local Seacold Technologies has begun delivering its environmentfriendly clip-on refrigeration units to South Africa's national carrier Safmarinc. The Cape Town-based shipping line decided to go green by putting in an order for about 100 of the clip-on refrigeration units
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      223 21 Reuter HOUSTON The Houston ship channel remained closed last week following an accident when a container ship collided with a barge, according to a spokeswoman for the Port of Houston. "The ship channel is still closed," said spokeswoman Caleen Burton, who could
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      191 21 Reuter ISMAILIA, Egypt Suez Canal is trying to attract bigger oil tankers by encouraging them with new transit fees to transfer oil to smaller ships. A Suez Canal Authority (SCA) circular said if a very large crude carrier (VLCC) tanker or aboved
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      890 29 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD] ■■*■*»*■*<>l4o Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I CR NO *****6 *****E VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIN VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SIN EQUAToTrP si KSRSIN M/ 12 2/1 6/1 IaSAT O ™WK ?Ih M/ 12 2/1 l\ EQUATOR CRYSTAL 123N 30/12 2/1 6/1 KOTA
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      1653 29 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK-NORTH CONTINENT-SCANDINAVIA WEEKLY p P GUDANG PENANG P KELANG OCEAN VSL/VQV SIN SOU (1) RTM (2) HAM (3; GOT (4) 25 12 25/12 26/12 JUTLANWA 2512 29/12 15/1 17/1 18 1 20/1 E I 1/1 1/1 2/1 SELANOIA 2522 575 22n 24M 25? i 2771 D
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      263 34 BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SIN AKL LYT SIN PROSPtCI 22S 6/1 11/1 20/1 6/2 NZ STAR 5S 19/1 31/1 2/2 19/2 PREMIER 22S 29/1 10/2 12/2 1/3 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND. LYTTELTON. ACCEPTING FCL LCL FOR NEW PLYMOUTH, NAPIER. WELLINGTON.
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      690 35 REGULAR LINER SERVICE FIXED DAY SCHEDULE NAJD LINER SERVICE N«r PORT KLANG/ JAKARTA/ SINGAPORE/ PORT KLANG VOY EID PKG ETA MI ETA SIN M V IE UNA 92/1 1/12 5/12 S/12 M V LEONA 92/2 9/12 13/12 16/12 M V LEONA 92/3 17/12 21/12 24/12 M V lEONA 92/4 25/12
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