The Business Times, 8 October 1993

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Friday October 8 1993 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
    • Article
      Lock icon Dutch to import electricity from Norway
      78 1 Reuter ARNHEM, Netherlands Dutch monopoly electricity combine SEP has reached agreement with a local electricity distributor on two 25-year deals to import a total of 1.2 giga watts of electricity from Norway. SEP spokeswoman Irene Carsouw said last night the deals with Dutch distributor
      Reuter  -  78 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Iraq promises to give list of nuke suppliers
      62 1 AFP BAGHDAD Iraq has promised to give the United Nations a complete list of its suppliers of nuclear and chemical weapons technology. The head of the UN Special Commission (Unscom) to disarm Iraq, Rolf Ekeus, said last night he expected to receive
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    120 1 C us aaL A4 I M JJ a A A 9tocK mirKii inoivcs Thursday Change STII 2,037.41 -1.71 K.LSE Composite 874.34 8.57 Nikkei 20.265.63 -234.62 Hang Seng 8.066.79 +25.22 SET Index 1,088.5 +30.28 Jakarta Composite ...436.49 -2.93 CLSA China B 1.054.62 5.02 Aust All Ord 2.022.-5 +3.7 FTSE
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    Time for bold Afta move now that tariff plan is in place: Goh
    557 1  -  By Yang Razali Kassim SINGAPORE Asean must move on boldly with Afta now that a fresh plan for the 15-year Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) scheme is in place. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday. Opening
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  • Article
    Singapore stock market falters as region powers ahead
    297 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE All regional stock markets except Singapore continued their upward march yesterday on the back of strong foreign buying. Although trading here was hectic altogether 472 million units worth $880.44 million were done on the main board and Clob
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  • Article
    Currencies stay in narrow band ahead of US job figures
    165 1  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Currencies traded in a narrow range on Asian markets yesterday as dealers awaited the release of US employment figures today. The US dollar traded between 1.6190 and 1.6225 German marks before ending at 1.6210. Trading in
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  • Article
    Two firms to offer covered warrants based on hotel stocks
    396 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE GK Goh stock brokers and investment bankers Merrill Lynch yesterday announced the first steps by financial houses here to boost interest in the fledgling derivatives market. Merrill Lynch said that from Oct 18, sophisticated investors will
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    Lock icon Japan unveils basic trade policy, pledges to boost imports
    442 1 Knight-Ridder, Reuter, AP TOKYO The Japanese government unveiled its basic trade policy yesterday with a pledge to take "appropriate" action regarding macroeconomic policies to boost domestic demand and imports. The draft outline of the policy plan, approved by a government trade
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    Lock icon China repeats threat to strip HK legislators of office after '97
    437 1 Reuter, AFP, The Straits Times BEIJING China reiterated yesterday that Hongkong legislators elected before 1997 faced being stripped of office after the colony reverts to Chinese rule if Beijing and London failed to agree on electoral reforms. In a
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      60 1 Advertising: Pg 27 Chinese ads get creative SPECIAL BT REGIONAL MARKET SURVEY, Pg 10 Malaysian stocks poised to hit new highs this month Hongkong share market shakes off political fears Laggard Thai market bursts into life Australian shares get a triple boost Benazir snatches fySpW closely-fought Pakistan elections but Nawaz
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Fewer vacancies in finance sector
        314 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling DEMAND for manpower in the financial sector especially for senior positions softened considerably last month compared to previous months. The number of job advertisements placed by the banking and finance sector in The Straits Times' Appointments section fell to 146 last
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      Lock icon Fort Canning site up for lease, bidder with best ideas secures
      319 2  -  By Lilian Ang THE National Parks Board (NParks) has put up the former Singapore Command and Staff College (SCSC) building in Fort Canning Park for lease by tender. The move is part of a larger plan by the board,
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      Euro-Asia economic forum to be held here
      263 2 SINGAPORE has, for the first time, been chosen as the venue of the Europe/East Asia Economic Forum. The forum, which will be held here in October next year, is the Asian counterpart of the famous World Economic Forum (WEF) seminar, which is held
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      Two more plots available at Kew Dr, Holland Grove Dr
      209 2 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority is offering two more sites for landed property development. The sites, in Kew Drive off Upper East Coast Road and in Holland Grove Drive, can accommodate almost 250 houses. The tenders are part of the government's
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • Article
        Semiconductor firms bound for China
        74 2 THE Economic Development Board and SGS-Thomson Microelectronics is leading a group of 14 local companies on a mission to China today. The mission, involving firms in the semiconductor industry, will explore business opportunities in Wuxi. Suzhou. Shaoxing. Shanghai, Tianjing and Beijing during a 13-day visit.
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        Takashimaya crowd shrinks
        80 2 THE daily average number of visitors to Takashimaya. Singapore's largest department store, fell to about 60,000 last month, about half the figure during the first few days of the mega-store's opening in August. According to Takashimaya president and chief executive officer Hiroshi Hidaka, about 50,000 visited the
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      • Article
        Lock icon S'pore stake in US banking group
        87 2 Reuter WASHINGTON The government of Singapore says it holds a 6.73 per cent stake or 1.015,940 common shares in Margaretten Financial Corp. a New Jersey mortgage banking company. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Singapore says that it paid U5516.99 million for the
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        Corrections & clarifications
        44 2 Corrections clarifications THE PHOTO purported to be Gregory Clark in our Bottom Line column yesterday is actually that of Gary Clark, the South-east Asian marketing manager of papermaker Arjo Wiggins. We reproduce here Mr Gregory Clark's photo. Our apologies to both the Mr Clarks.
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  • THE REGION
    • Article
      Thailand to reforest areas depleted by illegal logging
      444 3  -  From Alan Boyd THE Thai Cabinet has given the green light to reforest areas depleted by illegal logging. These areas would be replanted with fast-growing eucalyptus trees in place of traditional hardwoods. The eucalyptus trees are meant to be harvested later to
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      Lock icon IMF's US$223m loan to Vietnam marks return to global economy
      229 3 Reuter WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved a US$223 million (***** million) loan to Hanoi, the first such aid in 12 years, marking the return of Vietnam to the global economy. The assistance was approved by the IMF
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      Raffles Hotel operator may win deal to refurbish Royal Hotel in Phnom Penh
      336 3  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE Cambodia reportedly is pulling out of a deal with a French firm to refurbish Phnom Penh's Royal Hotel and wants to hand over the project to Singapore's Raffles International Ltd. Cambodian sources say
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      Growth triangle study gets US$70,000 grant
      280 3  -  From Al Labita in MANILA THE Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday approved a US$7O,OOO (S$ 109,480) grant for preparatory work for a study on the proposed Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand growth triangle. In a statement, ADB said the preparatory work will be handled by an international
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      Bintan Industrial Estate gets first MNC investor
      283 3 SINGAPORE The Bintan Industrial Estate (BIE) has won its first multinational corporate investor a Japanese sporting goods company which plans to sink in at least 551.65 million in the first year. Mizuno Corporation signed a letter of intent yesterday with the BIE developers
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • Article
        Lock icon Hosokawa may visit South Korea
        81 6 Reuter TOKYO japan's Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa is considering an unofficial visit to South Korea later this year for talks with President Kim Young Sam. A government spokesman said yesterday that there was no specific date yet for the visit. Japan is concerned about growing
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        Lock icon Ghafar as senior minister?
        89 6 Bernama KUANTAN Selangor Chief Minister Muhammad Muhamad Taib has suggested that Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba be allowed to continue to serve and contribute to the country by being appointed senior minister. He said yesterday: "If in Singapore, former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was
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        Lock icon Corporate America fetes Viet leader
        117 6 AP WASHINGTON Phan Van Khai may not be a household name in America. But when he speaks, corporate America listens. Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister the man expected to become the communist country's next premier was the featured speaker at a US$35O-a-plate dinner last night at
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        Lock icon Fujii rejects income tax cuts
        57 6 Reuter TOKYO Japan must not cut income taxes to boost the stagnant economy because that would increase the government's debt. Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii said yesterday that the only reliable way of financing income tax cuts would be to issue deficit-financing bonds, "which will have
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        Lock icon China officially detains HK reporter
        81 6 Reuter BEIJING China's state security apparatus has officially arrested a Hongkong reporter who was detained on Sep 27 on charges of espionage. State radio said yesterday that Xi Yang of Hongkong's Ming Pao newspaper and Tian Ye, a clerk at the People's Bank of China,
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        Lock icon Indon lawyers demand judicial review
        92 6 AFP JAKARTA A team of lawyers yesterday lodged a demand to the Supreme Court for a judicial review of two ministerial decrees deemed to restrict workers' freedom to organise. Claiming to act on behalf of four women workers from Surabaya, East Java, six lawyers of
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      Lock icon S Korean economic growth likely to be at 13-year low
      453 6 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's central bank, reflecting gloomy forecasts from independent economists, said yesterday that economic growth this year would hit a 13-year low of between 4 and 4.3 per cent. The Bank of Korea (BoK) previously predicted South Korea's
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      Lock icon Beijing claims success in recovering funds from fraud
      252 6 Reuter BEIJING China has claimed success in protecting small investors ensnarled in a one billion yuan (***** million) fraud, but has given few details of how it managed to recover 90 per cent of their money. Investigators into the misdeeds of Great
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      Lock icon Zhu says he will quit if Chinese economy does not cool down
      146 6 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG Chinas Vice-Premier and central bank governor Zhu Rongji has said he would resign if his 16-point economic plan failed to cool the country's overheating economy, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. But Mr Zhu said
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      Lock icon China may be Hongkong's biggest investor bank
      264 6 AFP HONGKONG China is believed to have overtaken the United States and Japan as Hongkong's biggest investor, with between US$l2 billion (S$ 18.7 billion) and US$2O billion sunk into the territory. The Hang Seng Bank said in its monthly report, released yesterday, that
      AFP  -  264 words
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      Lock icon Taiwan's main opposition party demands early presidential-polls
      227 6 Reuter TAIPEI main opposition VndKtic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday demanded that the next presidential elections, due in 1996, be brought forward to the end of next year. "The president no longer has a mandate from the people. It is a flaw in our
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      Lock icon Chinese airlines opt to lease planes as aviation boom continues
      249 6 AFP BEUING Chinese airlines will opt increasingly for leasing aircraft to meet growing demand and count on foreign banks to finance their projects, delegates to the Second China Aircraft Finance Conference said yesterday. About 240 people representing banks, leasing organisations
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      HK govt refutes Mahathir's allegations about media ownership
      392 6  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG HONGKONG government officials and legislators have criticised Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad for not getting his facts right before launching an attack on the colony's proposed law on cross-media ownership. Dr Mahathir had alleged, on Tuesday, that
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      Lock icon Plan unimpressive but offers long-term solutions
      603 7 Japan's new trade policy Knight-Ridder TOKYO The government's basic trade policy will surely be criticised for not promising quick results, but the plan offers a long-term blueprint for reducing some of the invisible barriers critics often cite when deriding Japan for its closed markets.
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      Lock icon EC preparing to start trade talks with Japan
      193 7 Reuter TOK.YO The European Community is preparing to start trade talks with Japan parallel to the continuing USJapan discussions on their economic relations. "We are very worried that strong pressure from the US will have a disadvantage for European products coming into
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      Lock icon US urges Japan to replace rice ban with import tariffs
      427 7 Reuter, AFP TOKYO US Ambassador Walter Mondale called on Japan yesterday to replace its foreign rice ban with tariffs on imports and said he sympathised with Japanese farmers devastated by a poor rice crop. A wet, cold summer has shattered
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      Lock icon NZ election focuses on style and personality
      455 7 AFP WELLINGTON With both Labour and the ruling National Party offering similar centrist policies, the focus is on style and personality rather than substance Jim Bolger versus Labour's Mike Moore. Both come from humble backgrounds without university education. Mr Bolger, farmer and father
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      Lock icon Data shows Aussie economy growing
      252 7 Reuter CANBERRA Prime Minister Paul Keating says recent data shows the Australian economy is growing. "The country is growing. That is being reflected in today's September labour force data and the All Ordinaries Index." Mr Keating told Parliament yesterday. Figures released earlier showed unemployment fell
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  • 4TH AFTA COUNCIL MEETING/25TH ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS MEETING
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      Private sector glad, but wants govt help
      409 4  -  Asean govts urged to assist industries in adjusting to 15-year tariff reduction exercise By Schutz Lee ASEAN'S private sector, welcoming the fresh agreement sealed by the Afta Ministerial Council on Wednesday to bring the Asean Free Trade Area back on track, called on
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    • Article
      CEPT list will be 10kg and 60cm thick
      177 4 SINGAPORE The Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) scheme, when launched, will be a heavyweight project literally. The CEPT list to be announced on Nov 1 will weigh 10kg and will be about 60cm thick, Asean officials told BT. It will be made
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    • IN SHORT
      • Article
        Meet Gatt deadline, urges Asean
        103 4 TAKE a pragmatic and constructive approach to wind up the Uruguay Round of global trade talks by the mid-December deadline set out by the Gatt chief. Asean said yesterday in a statement aimed largely at the major players. Further delay can only hurt world trade,
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      • Article
        Direct access to Dialogue Partners
        62 4 ASEAN economic ministers decided yesterday that they should have direct access to the Dialogue Partners instead of going through the Asean foreign ministers, according to the leader of the Thai delegation. Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi. After all, the economic ministers noted, much of the
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        We can go further, says Dhana
        68 4 ASEAN still had some way to go in regional economic cooperation, Singapore Trade and Industry Minister SDhanabalan said yesterday. But having built a strong network for consultation on economic issues, the Asean economic ministers and officials have laid the foundation for cooperation. "We can
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      • Article
        Offer to house secretariat
        65 4 ASEAN governments have offered to house the proposed secretariat of the Asean Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the Asean Secretariat premises in Jakarta, but Asean-CCI has yet to accept the invitation. George Abraham, director of the Asean-CCI Study Group, said Bangkok was a possibility. "But
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      First EAEC meeting could take place next year
      287 4  -  By Yang Razali Kassim SINGAPORE Asean ministers yesterday finalised plans to launch the East Asia Economic Caucus (EAEC), an official attending the 25th Asean Economic Ministers Meeting said. During morning discussions yesterday, ministers approved the membership composition of the caucus as well
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Quick response to bombs
        34 8 Reuter LONDON A metropolitan police officer displays an electronic pager which alerts businesses and residents in the City of London to suspect bombs. Pager Alert was developed by British Telecom
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      • Article
        Lock icon Kohl's candidate rapped for views
        89 8 Reuter BONN Chancellor Helmut Kohl's controversial candidate for the presidency, Steffen Heitmann, came under fire on Wednesday for the first time from a member of the chancellor's own conservative Christian Democrats (CDU). Friedbert Pflueger. a CDU parliamentary deputy, echoed liberal and Jewish criticism of Mr
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      • Article
        Lock icon British hopes for EC bank dashed
        75 8 AFP LONDON The European Community summit in Brussels later this month is likely to decide to locate the future European central bank in Germany, Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez said in an interview appearing here yesterday. He told the Financial Times newspaper the expected
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      • Article
        Lock icon Consumer index gives no comfort
        74 8 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Americans grew more pessimistic in September about the future of the national economy, according to the ABC News/Money Magazine Consumer Comfort Index. The index fell three points to -39, its summertime average and lowest level in five weeks. The index
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        Lock icon Bundesbank holds rates unchanged
        66 8 AFP FRANKFURT The central council of the German Bundesbank held its key interest rates unchanged yesterday. The discount rate remained at 6.25 per cent and the Lombard rate at 7.25 per cent as set on Sept 10. Economists and financial markets had not expected the bank
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      • Article
        Lock icon China's garments lose market share
        82 8 Reuter BEIJING Chinese garments, which in recent years have accounted for nearly half Japan's imports, are losing market share to Vietnam and the US, the China Commercial News said. It said that in the first five months of this year, Japan's imports of garments from
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    • Article
      Lock icon Paris and London differ on need to meet Gatt deadline
      345 8 Reuter PARIS France and Britain disagreed yesterday over whether Gatt world trade talks needed to be completed by a Dec 15 deadline. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said that while he would prefer to finish the talks by mid-December, he
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      Lock icon Thatcher storms Tory conference, Major gets rival Clarke's support
      480 8 Reuter BLACKPOOL, England Margaret Thatcher received a rousing welcome yesterday from the Conservative Party conference, but no kiss from Prime Minister John Major who was greeted with more warmth by party activists. Mr Major, struggling to rid himself of Mrs Thatcher's
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      Lock icon California acts to avert tax war with Britain
      303 8 Reuter SACRAMENTO, California California's Governor Pete Wilson signed sweeping tax reform legislation on Wednesday aimed at averting the threat of a tax war with Britain while giving a shot in the arm to the recession-bound California economy. "This package is a grand
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    • Article
      Lock icon Russia threatens to pull out of arms treaty over tanks demand
      439 8 Reuter BRUSSELS Russia is threatening to withdraw from a key European arms pact unless it can station more tanks and other military hardware close to conflicts in the war-torn Caucasus, Nato sources said on Wednesday. Moscow has demanded that
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article, Illustration
      Econ Int'l IPO on a Saturday, CPF savings won't be tapped
      499 9  -  By Agnes Chen SINGAPORE Econ International has taken an unexpected decision to launch its initial public offering (IPO) on a Saturday and will also not extend the offer to investors using Central Provident Fund savings. The Saturday launch believed
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    • Article
      Jakeplan bid for HTP has long-term gains
      223 9 SINGAPORE HTP Holdings' shareholders with a shortterm view and concerned about risks linked with Jakeplan Holdings Ltd's plans for their company should sell their stakes if the price is higher than Jakeplan's offer price. So says independent HTP directors on Citicorp Investment Bank's
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    • Article
      United Pulp & Paper explains profit shortfall in subsidiary
      326 9 United Pulp Paper explains profit shortfall in subsidiary SINGAPORE United Pulp and Paper Company yesterday issued a statement to explain the profit shortfall of its wholly- owned subsidiary Modern Packaging Industries. Modern Packaging Pte Ltd was acquired from Muda Holdings Bhd and Hartaban Holdings Sdn Bhd in May last year.
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    • Article
      Keppel's Philippine investment trebles
      278 9 SINGAPORE Keppel Corp's increased involvement in the Philippines over the past eight months has trebled its assets there to nearly 6.8 billion pesos (*****.2 million). This was revealed by Keppel senior executive director Loh Wing Siew during a speech at a recent roadshow in the Philippines.
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      Lock icon Some shine beneath the rust for CMB investors with stamina
      873 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Over the last two to three weeks, shareholders of can maker CarnaudMetalßox Asia (CMB) were dealt two blows. First came news of a 58 per cent fall in interim earnings. Then CMB dropped
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    • Article
      Apollo to raise $40m through 1-for-2 rights issue
      397 9  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Hotel and property group Apollo Enterprises yesterday announced plans to raise about S4O million through a one-for-two rights issue. The company said the money raised will be used to reduce bank borrowings and enlarge its capital base.
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    • Article
      Liang Court wrapping up deals to buy two Sydney properties
      344 9  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Liang Court Holdings is about to complete the purchase of two Sydney properties in its drive to become a major regional real estate player. Sources say one deal is for a mansion built in 1887 called
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      310 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stacks Oct 7 Lax Shm Mi Stack >ak Char (actor bows <*) 71) Avimo 1.900 -0.010 1.32 8 33 CAC 1.030 -0.100 5 61 S3 33 Ccrebos 6.350 4)350 4 43 ***** FAN 14.500 0.100 10.10 -83.33 OF Asia 3.020 2.10 GenMag
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Hang Seng hits new high again with 25-point gain
        414 10  -  Record-breaking week on the region's stock markets From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG THE Hongkong stock market again shattered all records despite an imminent breakdown in Sino-British talks on the territory's political future. The Hang Seng Index, which has scored five successive
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        Lock icon KL bourse likely to hit new highs this month
        331 10 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's stock market is expected to hit new highs this month on expectations of a generous 1994 budget and Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim's confirmation as heir-apparent to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, analysts said yesterday. Kuala Lumpur's bull market,
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        Thai bourse bounces back with a vengeance
        381 10  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THE Thai stock market, a laggard among South-east Asian bourses this year, burst into life this week and set new records. Huge orders poured into the Stock Exchange of Thailand. powering turnover to a massive 26 billion
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        Lock icon Investments and Olympics behind Aussie bulls
        336 10  -  From Brian Gomez in SYDNEY STRONG investment flows from Europe, corporate profit growth and a psychological fillip from Sydney's forthcoming role as host to the 2000 Olympics have been cited as contributors to the bull run on the Australian Stock Exchange. The All Ordinaries
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        Lock icon Taiwan plans to relax foreign funds rules as boost for bourse
        461 13 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan plans to ease restrictions on movements of foreign investment funds and take regulatory steps to support its slumping stock market, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Thursday. Foreign institutions which have received approval to
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        Lock icon Thai Airways in fund-raising issue
        319 13 KnightRidder BANGKOK Thai Airways International's new president said late on Wednesday the firm will issue debentures with attached warrants or convertible bonds to raise funds for operations. Thamnoon Wanglee also said the Thai national carrier plans to set up a separate carrier to take over
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          VK joins US communications venture
          72 13 SINGAPORE VK Electronics Trading, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sesdaq-listed Vikay Industrial Ltd, has set up a joint venture with US-based Verma Labs Inc. Verma develops wireless communications products. The joint venture firm, WI Pte Ltd, will have a paid-up capital of US$5O,OOO (5579,000) with VK
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          Sembawang's new appointment
          54 13 SINGAPORE The Sembawang group of companies has appointed Lai Chun Loong managing director of the industrial division in Sembawang Holdings. He is expected to diversify the group into areas such as manufacturing, industrial automation, construction, trade, aviation and financial services. The appointment took effect on Oct 1.
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          L&M's latest subsidiary
          52 13 SINGAPORE L&M Group Investments Ltd said yesterday that Khai-Wah Ferco Pte Ltd has become a subsidiary company of the group. Khai-Wah is a printing company with operations in Singapore and Malaysia and has two subsidiaries. A new management team has been appointed at Khai-Wah to turn the
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          Jurong Cement additional shares trade
          28 13 SINGAPORE Jurong Cement said yesterday that an additional 8.81 million shares of $1 each arising from the one-for-four bonus will start trading today.
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        461 13 ■m«m' whom Oct 8 Insurance Fund Singapore Unit Trust income Bond Policy 3.67 3.80 The Commerce 154 1.62 riMllWllill The Savings Fund 1.45 1.52 PruLink Mgd Fund 1.27 1.34 S pore Prog Fund 0.63 0.66xd S pore Sec Fund 0.93 0 98 MARA-Bvmipiltra S port Invest Fund 1.10 1.16 First
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        Lock icon Japan companies step up cost-cutting
        449 13 Reuter TOKYO Japanese companies are stepping up efforts to slash labour costs, and workers used to lifetime employment are bracing themselves to ensure they can hold on to their jobs. One worker, 43-year-old Kazuko Kobayashi, who is employed by the subsidiary of a trading house,
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        Indian credit rating agency eyes regional market
        507 15  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE Credit Rating Information Services of India Ltd (Crisil), India's first credit rating agcncy, has ambitious plans to impart technical know-how and training for similar institutions across the region. The five-year-old Crisil is conducting a feasibility study for the
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        423 15 Reuter BOMBAY India's central bank announces its credit policy for the next six months on Monday but bankers say it may find it difficult to meet demands from industry to cut interest rates further. But with one eye on crucial elections
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        Lock icon Major Japanese banks look to booming Asia to expand lending
        404 15 Reuter TOKYO Major Japanese commercial banks, faced with slow demand for funds at home, are looking to booming Asia as the best place to lend fresh money, bankers said. The banks, seeing little vigour in the US economic recovery and
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        169 15 THE USS/majors again traded within quiet ranges yesterday with some stop-loss sell orders being triggered in the US$/ycn and selling in the AS/yen. The US$/S$ market took centrcstagc in the regional currencies market yesterday. Offshore demand for USS coupled with profit-taking lifted the USS from
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        186 15 AFP LONDON The German mark was again on an uptrend yesterday on the London foreign exchange market, while the dollar was little changed and gold rose to US$35B an ounce in late afternoon against U*****.25. The mark was particularly firm against the lira, the French franc and the peseta,
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        88 15 AFP NEW YORK The dollar dipped against major currencies except the French franc early yesterday in a quiet market ahead of the publication of US unemployment figures for September. At about 10am, the dollar was trading at 1.6210 German marks, down from 1.6235 late Wednesday, and at 105.43
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        1554 15 Trade- nrigtued index calculated against Spore's lop 14 trading pan ten Bate yew. !9ti US$/S$ forward rates Noon Oct 7 SS N Offer 1-month 1.5626 I 5641 2-monch ***** ***** }-mon(h 1.5615 1.5630 6-mooth 1.5605 1.5625 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at 1«m m Oct 7 Singapore dollars
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        Lock icon Societe Generale's net profit rises by 9.2pc in the first half
        420 17 Reuter PARIS Societe Generale wrapped up another downbeat reporting season for France's banks on Wednesday, its profits, like others, capped by hefty provisions for exposure to the crisis-torn real estate market and recession-hit companies. But the bank said its
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        213 17 Platts MIAMI Ecuadoran Energy Minister Acosta said that "plans to push ahead with the formalisation of Giplacep (Informal Group of Latin American Petroleum Exporting Countries) are gathering strength". An Energy Ministry source told Oilgram News that Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico and Trinidad Tobago have all
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        Lock icon BNP shares 13 times subscribed by institutional investors
        291 17 FT PARIS The sale of shares in Banque Nationale de Paris to institutional investors has been more than 13 times subscribed, causing the French government to close the offer after only two days. The Economy Ministry said that the "strength and speed"
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        Lock icon Oil prices rise on disruption to Nigerian oil exports
        198 17 ENERGY REPORT Reuter LONDON World oil prices rose yesterday on disruption to Nigerian oil exports after community disturbances on Monday forced the closure of an oilfield in the south of the country. An official of French-based Elf Aquitainc said that the
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        Lock icon Credit Suisse/Swiss Volksbank merger will close 62 branches
        303 17 Bloomberg Business News ZURICH Credit Suisse and Swiss Volksbank will close 62 retail branches, as the two banks move to streamline their retail network following the merger last January. Credit Suisse president Josef Ackermann said at a joint press conference in Beme,
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        228 17 Reuter LONDON The Intcmation- < al Energy Agency (lEA) has i again shaved its forecasts of < 1993 global demand and the i upcoming call on crude oil I from Opec and stocks. Demand is now predicted 1 lower than 1992 by almost i
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        Lock icon World's biggest pension fond wants to shape up corporate boards
        271 17 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK The world's i largest pension fund wants companies in which it invests i to shape up their boards by adding more outsiders and mi- norities. The US$l25 billion (SS2OI billion) Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association
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        202 17 AP KUALA LUMPUR The Association of Tin Producing Countries will take up China's request for membership at a ministerial conference opening on Oct 18, the group's executive secretary said. China, the world's leading tin producer, now holds only observer status. Executive
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        Lock icon Euros end steady ahead of US job data
        1398 18 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar interest rate futures ended steady as traders continued to hug the sidelines ahead of the release of pivotal US employment data today. "Essentially everyone is being cautious ahead of the figures." said one US commission house
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        KL tin extends rises on London gains
        622 18 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN prices extended this week's rally and ended firmer after a strong run-up on LME overnight, aided by news of a Brazilian miners' strike. Dealers said the metal finished 12 cents higher at M 511.13 a kg, lifted by renewed
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          Palm oil stocks low at Indon ports
          101 18 KUALA LUMPUR Although palm oil stocks are low at the ports of Dumai and Belawan in Sumatra, supplies of Indonesian palm oil are available, traders in Malaysia and Singapore said. Traders put combined stocks at Dumai and Belawan at under 50,000 tonnes, compared
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          Japan roasters seek coffee shipment
          90 18 TOKYO Japan's roasters, attracted by the recent drop in prices, arc actively seeking coffee for shipment mostly from January through June 1994, trade house dealers said. "Most roasters are going to be in the market," said one trader. "They arc thinking seriously to buy new-crop"
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          Aussie firm wins Venezuelan oil deal
          71 18 SYDNEY Australia's Ampolex Ltd said it wit one of four companies to be awarded the Quia-marc-La Ceiba oil producing unit in the Eastern Venezuelan Basin. Quiamarc-La Ceiba was one of the most sought after of the 13 units offered by Corpoven SA. an affiliate
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          China considers using Oman crude
          74 18 TOKYO China's Fujian refinery is considering the use of Oman crude oil for processing from next year, a Hongkong trading source said. "They're not so willing to try new crudes," said the source, who visited the refinery last week. At least a quarter of the
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      1667 18 Rubber HAS CMM Mdlty Exdiaago <l« iIWM dot Jug as at lpa) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Nov 93 128.25 128 00 127.75 1.450 2.250 Dcc 127.00 126.25 127 50 175 3.475 Jan 94 ***** 128 00 127.50 425
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        Australia
        1092 19 3.7 After a slow start to the day. the Australian share market recovered to close at a post-crash high for the third consecutive day. "The market has been quite volatile and is continuing its uptrend." a broker said. The All Ordinaries Index ended 3.7 points higher at 2,022.5, off
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        Manila
        596 19 12.35 Share prices closed higher as domestic investors shopped for bargains, brokers said. Domestic institutions continued to be active. Fastfood chain Jollibee Foods Corporation also rose, inching up 25 centavos to 19.50 pesos. The Manila Composite Index jumped 12.35 points while Makati advanced 14.81 points. Brokers said they expect
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        Seoul
        429 19 +0.92 Stocks managed to remain in positive terrority after a day of dull narrow-range trading in moderate volumes, brokers said. "It seemed for a while as if the index would fall into the negative, but continuous and steady buying among individuals and institutions across the board kept the index
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        Taipei
        573 19 +80.32 Stocks extended early gains to end sharply higher and turnover expanded on hopes that a group of legislators would succeed in pushing a proposal to cut the stock transaction tax through parliament. The Weighted Index closed 80.32 points or 2.1 per cent up at its intra-day high of
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        New Zealand
        284 19 +36.42 A sharp bout of overseas buying saw New Zealand's share market bound further ahead in active trade, closing up near three-and-half year highs reached in late August. On Tuesday the government announced sharply lower deficit forecasts and plans to repay foreign debt with the proceeds, which triggered
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        Bombay
        91 19 +20.26 Shares closed slightly higher in low volume trade, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-Share Index closed provisionally at 2.646.44, up 20.26 points from its previous close, brokers said. The 100share National Index closed at a provisional 1,273.27, up 10.38 points from the previous close, they added. Share
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        876 19 Britannia Funds Stcriiac Cask Bid Offer Mim Cap Deposit 3*6400 3* 6500 Mim Jersev Gilt 0 114) 0 IWJ Mim Mai InconK >1 0300 *1 0700 L S$ Cask Income Plus Fund 10 7000 *****0 PS I Rnerve Fund 5 2200 5 2)00 Stcrliag tquit) Euro Performance 0 45*2 0
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        London
        624 19 -8.4 Stocks closed lower amid substantially lower volumes than in the two previous days that saw the FTSE-100 index hitting a new closing high on Tuesday. The FTSE-100 closed 8.4 points lower at 3.092.4 on a modest 568.9 million shares exchanged. Dealers said business had fallen off after recent
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        Paris
        124 19 -0.79 pc Shares remained slightly weaker at midsession in a technical correction after firming over recent sessions. dealers said. But Societe Generale bucked the trend and made up 10 per cent of the morning's business as the market welcomed its better than expected first-half results. The CAC 40 Index
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        Frankfurt
        247 19 +9.99 The Frankfurt stock market remained firm yesterday, as the DAX spot trend index gained 9.99 points on the day to end at 1,997.04 points. Traders said the DAX had briefly touched the symbolic 2.000-point level, but then immediately eased back. "Nobody had enough guts to push the DAX
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        Amsterdam
        232 19 -1.38 Shares closed with losses but dealers saw scope for the market to resume its uptrend after a five-day streak of gains. "The undertone is firm. The index could rise another five points or so." said a dealer at broker PBI Securities. The EOE Index finished down 1.38 points
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        Brussels
        151 19 +0.93 Shares closed virtually unchanged in quiet trade despite some profit-taking on the last day of the two-week trading account. Dealers said weakness of the franc and bullish short and long-term sentiment had supported the Bel-20 Index of leading shares. The Bel-20 closed up just 0.93 points, or 0.07
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        Zurich
        241 19 -1.10 Shares closed mixcd-to-low-er, prompting some dealers and analysts to say the market was consolidating gains in its recent rally. "We expect the market to move sideways after the recent rally." one analyst said. But interest rate-driven shares, like banks and insurers which closed higher today, may ignore the
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        Stockholm
        107 19 +o.9pc Shares ended the day higher despite a final weakening. The strong undertone managed to lift the bourse as it did on the Wednesday. The OMX-lndex was up 0.90 per cent at 1044.89. while the blue-chip Top-16 climbed 0.92 per cent to 1404.17. The All-Share Index rose 0.85 per
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        Johannesburg
        304 19 18 A combination of a stronger gold price, increased foreign interest and recent gains in world markets brought strong gains for local shares yesterday. But dealers said the market was likely to go off the boil today after the day's strong gains. The Gold Index was 78 points, or
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        Toronto
        346 19 +41.37 Stocks opened higher on strong metals and golds with gains expected to con- tinuc during the day, dealers said. Traders said export-rc-lated stocks arc receiving a boost from the weak Canadian dollar. The TSE 300 Composite Index opened 15.30 higher at 4070.78 in turnover of 5.30 million shares
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        New York
        819 19 11.73 Wall Street stocks were flat with a slightly downward bias at midday as concern over third quarter earnings disappointments and September unemployment data kept many investors on the sidelines. "If you are a buyer, the better part of valour is sitting on the sidelines and waiting to
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      2797 20 Reuter SHARE PRICES closed firmer after a day of volatile trading with the blue chip Hang Seng Index finishing at a record high for a fifth consecutive day, brokers said. The main index rose 25.22 points to 8,066.79 just below an intra-day high of 8,082.10 reached in late trade.
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      CHINA
      527 20 THE CLSA Shanghai 'B* Index surged 24.82 points to close at 825.45. Trading was thin in the morning but active in the afternoon. Vacuum and No 2 TM both outperformed the market, gaining 3.1 per cent and 3.9 per cent respectively. The most actively traded stock was Tyre and
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      2491 20 Reuter STOCKS ended lower. Significant dips were seen in the 225share Nikkei average on market speculation that new stock index futures will be announced very soon, brokers said. Large shares that led the market rise on Wednesday failed to do so yesterday. "Investors speculate the announcement of the new
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      1867 20 Reuter TRADING on the Thai stock exchange hit a record pace as foreign investors bought big banks and cement stocks and local traders were active buyers and sellers. Turnover reached a daily record high of 26.9 billion baht, well above the previous record 22.6 billion baht hit on Sep
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      1095 20 Reuter SHARE prices closed weaker led by a dip in Barito Pacific and Indocement local in moderate trading, brokers said. The Official Index ended 2.93 points lower to 436.49. "Foreigners were shifting to Thailand on its sharp rebound, while Indonesia was dampened by further correction in Barito." a foreign
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2394 21 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info Last V«l D.y Last Quote DW Di» YM N* MC«# Hi,* Low Com pan* Sale (WO) High Low Ba>« Seller Of P/E SOc l«» *<1 unch 3 188 188 180 188 SO 0.1 08 "MOO 192.8 127 l \MD8Wc M7 -2 7302
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        5225 21 Source: Bridge Info INPICm& fc Claw Pinlw Chaafr KLSEComposite ...174.34 865.77 8.57 NST Industrial 4771.97 4640 54 +131.43 NST Finance 6793 82 670® 29 +85 53 NST Properties -1874 08 1902.92 -28.84 NST Plantation una* 8952.74 NST Mining -1853.16 1571.25 +281.91 Imw COM) Total volume 657.234 940.2*1 -2*3,047 Total value
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        Lock icon Stocks end steadier on late profit-taking
        250 21 Bernama THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange closed about mixed to steadier yesterday on late profit-taking activities. The All-Share Emas Index gained 2.92 points to 256.12, but away from its high of 257.81. The Composite Index also closed off its high of 878.62 and settled
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        Lock icon Clob counters take a beating
        881 22  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Malaysian counters traded on Singapore's Gob market took a beating yesterday as punters cashed out their chips. But Singapore stocks showed more resilience. The Straits Times Industrials Index lost iust 1.71 points to 2,037.41 while the BT-MGA index rose 1.39 points
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        60 22  -  Quak Hiang Whai BEARISH signals are so overwhelming H seems foolhardy to buy DBS Land at current prices. The daily and weekly MACDs indicate an imminent reversal And the daily, weekly and monthly RSIs are in the heavily overbought region. In the short term, buyers should took for
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      515 23 Reactions to Michael Jordan's retirement NYT NEW YORK From the "Say it ain't so, Mike," headline in The Chicago Sun-Times to the special news report on Romanian TV, Michael Jordan's abrupt retirement sent shock waves around the globe. And in a world
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      178 23 AFP PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania Kim Batiste went from goat to hero with one swing of a bat. Batiste's run-scoring single down the left-field line in the 10th inning brought redemption for an earlier error and gave Philadelphia a 4-3 victory over Atlanta here on Wednesday in the opening game of
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      91 23 AFP DETROIT, Michigan Chris Webber, the first overall choice in the NBA draft last spring, was to have his appendix removed here on Wednesday, a hospital spokeswoman said. Webber, who was due to report to training camp with the Golden State Warriors today, was taken to the hospital Tuesday
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      Lock icon Golf
      175 23 AFP AP NEW DEI .HI India's Ali Sher has been invited to play in the US$4 million (556.2 million) Sarazen Cup championship in England next year. Sher, 31, is the first Indian invited to take part in the event, which features the world's top golfers. The invitation was in
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      46 23 Reuter NEW YORK Results of NHL games played Wednesday: New Jersey 2 Tampa Bay 1 Montreal 4 Hartford 3 Quebec S Ottawa 5 (OT) Winnipeg 6 Washington 4 Florida 4 Chicago 4 (OT) Vancouver 5 Los Angeles 2 Edmonton 3 San Jose 2. Reuter
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      64 23 AP CALGARY Alistair Murdoch scored a pair of five-point tries on Wednesday as Australia beat Canada 40-3 in a match that included a 29-point second-half streak by the world champion Wallabies. Australia led 11-3 at the half on Garrick Morgan's try and twopenalty goals by Marty Roebuck. The Wallabies
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      310 23 AFP Reuter AP PERTH John McEnroc will make an unexpected return to Australia early next year to partner Jennifer Capriati in the Hopman Cup, organisers announced here yesterday. Tournament chairman Paul McNamee said that the triple Wimbledon champion and Capriati will form a formidable US team for the mixed
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      Lock icon Jordan can have future in golf: Stewart
      288 23 Reuter LAKE BUENA VISTA, Ronda Retired basketball superstar Michael Jordan is not without a chance of succeeding as a professional golfer, according to Payne Stewart. Former US Open and PGA champion Stewart has played many rounds with Jordan, and has been impressed by
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      Get set for a world-class cricketing extravaganza
      435 23 TNT Express Worldwide Cricket 6s SINGAPORE Singapore is hosting its biggest ever international cricket tournament this weekend, with some of the world's greatest cricketers on display in the TNT Express Worldwide Cricket 6s. Ten international sides are taking part in the two-day cricketing
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      Lock icon Chinese athletes not on drugs: head of US sports sciences panel
      470 23 AFP WASHINGTON The first reaction to the recent recordsetting exploits of China's women runners was suspicion, but more and more athletics experts are revising their opinions. Sports scientist David Martin, chairman of USA Track and Field's sports sciences committee,
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      Lock icon It all began with a deal for an ugly, overpriced shoe
      757 23  -  By Harvey Araton NYT NEW YORK Magic Johnson once told of how he tried, early in his career, to persuade the sneaker company he had a contract with to market a basketball shoe in his very famous name. He
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      749 23 Jordan's advertising potential wont fade, Pg 28 BUSINESS T_L^M_JL_g__ TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1-800-7*l-1883 FAX:74I-129« I U5550,000,000 Floating Rale I Certificates of Deposit due I 30th March, 1998 I In accordance with the provision# of the I Certificates of Deposit, notice is hereby given that for the period from 30th September,
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      646 24 Nothing Beats A Bud. or ■llachine A good reason to visit Mischief the ftin pub: From SP" I to B P m <*«■* t>eer and house pouring drinks are at only $3.50+4 each. Mischief is open from 11 am to lam daffy /I (till 9am on Fridays, Saturdays A eve
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      317 24 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN Make Up For Every Meal You've Had To Skip This Week If you've been living on a solid diet of work-and-not-much-else lately, give yourself a well-earned rest and head for the Plaza Hotel's Seafood Theatre Restaurant this weekend. Select any item from our special
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      220 24 lY Os For reservations please call 7)4 6151. <fIK —i Ao**Tiw«Hfc* f' OIANCB tww iww«*rm.n *****1 l WI l ill H 'j PM I Coffee House is a weekend treat really VjZ7iNll_J/ worth waiting lor. This extravagant spread I j~~V j/ ol fabulous Singapore cuisine is yours lor I »*og»s
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      566 25  -  Fashionable Frenchwomen are realising that even fashion must bow to recession. Lee Yanowitch reports on boutiques that sell quality fashion for smaller budgets Lee Yanowitch Reuter AS RECESSION bites into the shopping budgets of fashionable Frenchwomen, a special breed of clothing manufacturers is beating hard
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      288 25 Reuter TONI MORRISON, an African-American woman writer, won the 1993 Nobel Literature Prize yesterday for work which the Swedish Academy said had given life to "an essential aspect of American reality". Morrison, 62, born into a black working-class family in Lorain, Ohio, was the eighth
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      153 25 THE FIRST ENGLISH NEWS PfM WEEKLY ON INDONESIA'S WJ ECONOMIC iw tike TO |l BUSINESS ""T"!! AFFAIRS —0 > The Trouble Dodgers ECONOMIC BUSINESS REVIEW INDONESIA In today's fast-paced, competitive business world, ECONOMIC BUSINESS REVIEW INDONESIA is published to give you an educated insight of the country. Published weekly in
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      1336 25 TV tk RADIO taws: The Revenge, 10.30pm, when we thought we'd seen the Sheriff Brody's son. Sean, has now daddy's job while Ellen Bordy (Lorraine >^| Ciar>) is re-building her life HNf; •?n^^'ss2!^B again (see previous Jaws mo\- H|V r ies for background). Then one BjK tfine day. while on
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      112 26 ifer PURVEYOR TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK GEOg<ygaSEN «^HRb DESIGNS WITH PASSION Celebrated as the greatest silversmith of the 20th Century, Georg Jensen was the legendary sculptor who gave Danish silver international acclaim. His extraordinary sensitivity to the possibilities of silver was matched by a sensitivity to form.
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      More creative Chinese ads in the offing
      603 27  -  Corinne Kerk reports on the spurt of interest in this previously neglected sector of ads Corinne Kerk MORE advertisements conceived and produced in Chinese can be expected in Singapore if the increased number of entries in the recent Creative Circle Awards (CCA) is
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      Saatchi's blueprint for innovative print ads
      236 27 SAATCHI SAATCHI has scored another first in the local print media. On Tuesday, the advertising agency ran a four-page ad for Hewlett Packard on blue newsprint. The ad, in Business Times. launched HP's Omnibook 300 Superportable PC the first mobile personal computer with ROM-based
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        Edelman acquires big China PR firm
        40 27 SINGAPORE US based Edelman Public Relations Worldwide has acquired Bei-jing-based Interasia Communications Ltd. which it says is the largest PR agency in China. Interasia has offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou and represents multinational companies.
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        RS to handle General Sports
        41 27 SINGAPORE RS Advertising has been appointed by General Sports to handle its press campaign. General Sports is the sole agent for Coleman coolers and jugs. The campaign will feature products for families and young, active people.
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        Tag Heuer's S-E Asia showroom
        46 27 SINGAPORE TAG Heuer has opened its first showroom in South-cast Asia at Ngce Ann City. Tag Hcucr agent Benny Ong of Welltime Singapore said the showroom will give better product exposure. The brand has showrooms in Japan and Hongkong to date.
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      Lock icon Emirates in all-out ad blitz
      496 28  -  A once relatively unknown airline is now advertising aggressively in Singapore. Corinne Kerk reports Corinne Kerk AN AIRLINE relatively unknown to Singaporeans has started an advertising blitz in Singapore. Emirates, the international airline of the United Arab Emirates, is eager to capture the market here,
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      Lock icon Ad potential won't fade
      468 28 Michael Jordan's retirement NYT MICHAEL Jordan's role as a celebrity endorser docs no! have to end with his announcement to quit pro basketball. By the book, the annual endorsement income of Jordan, which at an estimated USS32 million (SSSI million) dwarfs that of all other American
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      Lock icon Coke move rocks Lintas
      293 28 NYT NEW YORK CocaCola Co rocked Madison Avenue on Tuesday by moving its main Diet Coke account from the advertising agency that helped introduce the brand with great success in 1982. The account for Diet Coke advertising in English-speaking countries, estimated to be worth US$95 million
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      53 27 E. L"L E DECEMBER SINGAPORE EDITION :■> i: IF YOU'RE NOT ofil/RE E L I. E -THE BIGGEST SELLING FASHION MAGAZINE IN THE WORLD Singapore ELLE launches in December 1993. For advertising opportunities contact Melvyn Goh, Janette Kho or Rachel Poh at ACP in Singapore. Telephone (65) 337 0822 or
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      173 27 4 Sizztmq I (gzk MMm! I SINGAPORE'S FIRST! 1 g 12 new exciting Hot Stone Sets to tease your taste buds. Our Chef has I El created these sets from traditional Japanese Hot Stone Recipes. 3 Prices from $12.Q0 onwards (Maki) Silad hoiits Desserts Homa Made IceCream 3 2isssi 1
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      42 28 Remember the ad? Well, now you ean iry the beer. X.O.Beer is now exclusively available on draught, at Orang Utan. in Jiak Kim Street (at a rather wimpish 9% alcohol, owing to the extremely uncomfortable floor). X.O. Boer. Take it lying down.
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      468 29 I Redevelopment Authority! KEW drive CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR QUALITY HOUSING PHASE II sealed envelopes and deposited in The Urban Redevelopment I 0106 between 9.00 am and 12 noon properties. 's^I for sale I 1 INFORMATION leaflets Area, the site is close to a wide variety Storey of URA Building, 45
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  • Article
    Earnings rebound
    479 30 1 fIUpR B-' SINGAPORE'S corporate sector is reaping an unprecedented harvest from the marketplace. Stock market punters and institutional investors have been on a buying binge on the local bourse that has still not abated. And little wonder that the mood of the market is so buoyant the
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Protecting workers
      204 30 THERE ARE 850,000 Singaporeans with a primary education or less. A third of them are between 20 and 40 years old, which means that most of them will remain part of the workforce for the next 20 to 30 years. That is not all. No fewer than 320,000
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      Managing our debts
      152 30 PRESIDENT SUHARTO'S assurance last week that the government's foreign debts of about US$7O billion would not burden the next generation is not the first official statement deliberately designed to rebut ardent critics of the government's foreign borrowings. Economic ministers have often made such remarks on various public
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      Stick to your real mission
      173 30 DESPITE THE United Nations' determination to continue its mission in Somalia, many observers feel that the UN is making a mistake by involving itself in the power struggle in Somalia. By hunting down Somalian warlord General Mohamed Farrah Aidid, the UN committed its forces to
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      What will the neighbours think?
      193 30 CHINA carried out an underground nuclear test on Tuesday, breaking the temporary test ban treaty which has been maintained for about a year. In turning a deaf ear to American persuasion, China appears to want to become a major world nuclear power in the long
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      Time for Asean to grow
      159 30 MALAYSIAN Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday that the time is certainly propitious for the inclusion of Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in Asean. They must overhaul and revitalise their shattered economies or be left out of the mainstream in the next century. These
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      Yeltsin's action was inevitable
      145 30 THE STORMING of Russia's rebel parliament by troops loyal to Boris Yeltsin and the subsequent surrender of the two ringleaders of the hardline revolt seem to be a definite victory for the Russian president. Frankly, if the anti-Yeltsin hardliners had won the confrontation, a resurgence of
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    Lock icon Straight-talking Miti man
    952 30  -  Hiroshi Kumagai is trying to shake up the old order in Japan. Steven Brull reports Steven Brull IHT IG business in I W Japan is a hotbed of collu- V sion." "Wc need radical reform of the Japanese economy." "If Japan's trade surplus continues, it will be
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      312 30 BUSINESS TIMES TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1-800-741-1883 FAX:74I-1298 E-FATT HOUSING REALTY PTE LTD (In Membor*" Voluntary Winding-up) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company! convened and held at 865 Mounbatten Road #05-14; Katong Shopping Centre Sin-! gapore 1543 on Thursday 30 September 1993 at 10.00 a.m., the
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      295 30 M THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 90 AND IN THE MATTER Of ROSSBON PROPERTY INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Extract of the Minutes of an I Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of Roasbon Property International Pte Ltd held at t Phillip Street. *07-00 Lippo Centre.
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      360 30 C IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND M THE MATTER Of PONCHO (PTC) LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE Of FINAL MIETINO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act. Cap 50 that a Final Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed
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      248 30 FORM 11(1) NOTICE OF INTENDED SECOND FINAL DIVIDEND Name of Company Lai Seng Raady-Mix Pte Ltd (In Liquidation) Address of Registered Office 95 Sooth Bridge Road #09-00 Pidemco Centre Singapore 0105 Court Supreme Court Singapore Number of Matter Companies Winding up No. 136 of 1987 Last Day For Receiving Proofs
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
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      54 30 l...fc,m:Aßa«ggg (not me OM s ,Tg. ftT NlNt ZS> le/feRV noRNiHG... J DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU MR. BUTTS, IDUKB TOBS I (BUT M£ HAV£ HCARP 7HAT~)\ SURE, BLTTRBMEMBGR, SON, SURB! S&JHtMARLA GLAMOROUS MARLBORO U MfTHTHECURR&fTTRENP, THAV? NOT ALL SMOKBRS! ANtCDOT- BOROMAN tSAN MMNTH£STYL£OF OVER. 50MIUJ0N0F MY W MtCDOTAILY, YOU'LL PROB- ALLY*
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon A reminder of China's collision course with the West
      664 31  -  China exploded an underground nuclear device on Tuesday. While David Schlesinger discusses the Western dilemma in dealing with the Asian nuclear giant, an Asahi Shimbun editorial deplores the action. Gerald Segal, however, examines the risks in reacting too strongly. David Schlesinger
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      Thumbing its nose at the world yet again
      699 31 IN DEFIANCE of opposition from the international community and a warning from the United States, China carried out a nuclear test in Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu Autonomous Region on Tuesday. It is regrettable that China went ahead with the test when the world's
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      The need to gently talk Beijing into an arms control agreement
      679 31 CHINA'S decision to proceed with its underground nuclear test on Tuesday should come as no surprise. This is the country's testing "season." the fact that Western protests over human rights effectively kept Beijing from being awarded the 2000 Olympic
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      265 31 ESSjSSSS svp SOUTH EAST ASIA SDN BHD MALAYSIAN STRATEGICCONSULTANCYSDNBHD Asia's First Senior Management Seminar HBm STRATEGIC ALLIANCES^! ACHIEVING ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS IN THE CHALLENGING 90 s T hrough a strategic partnership or straA tegic alliance, the entrepreneurial company gains access to these markets, managerial expertise and capital. The large J corporation,
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    Lock icon Benazir's party wins Pakistani polls but lacks clear majority
    528 32 AP, Reuter ISLAMABAD Benazir Bhutto's liberal Pakistan People's Party won the closely contested national elections yesterday but lacked the clear majority needed to guarantee her return to power. Her slim victory means she must arrange a coalition government before she can
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    Lock icon Yeltsin suspends Russia's highest court pending new constitution
    421 32 Reuter, AFP MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin yesterday suspended Russia's highest court, saying it had helped push the country to the verge of civil war. Mr Yeltsin issued a decree saying the Constitutional Court would be suspended until the country adopted a new
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    Tycoon Cojuangco asks court to dismiss charges
    331 32  -  From Al Labita in MANILA MANILA Filipino tycoon Eduardo Cojuangco yesterday asked an anti-graft court to dismiss charges of ill-gotten wealth the government had filed against him. Mr Cojuangco said the government had failed to comply with a court order made on Jan
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    Lock icon Japanese economic slump has worsened: Hosokawa
    345 32 AFP TOKYO The Japanese economic slump has worsened, despite an additional recovery package adopted in mid-Sep-tember. Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa said yesterday. "It's worse than a month ago," he said at a budget committee meeting of the House of Councillors. The Hosokawa administration hammered
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    Lock icon Japanese chip makers sign deals with S Korean rivals
    266 32 Reuter TOKYO Japanese computer chip makers, hit by huge investment costs, low profitability and rapidly growing competition from Asia, signed agreements yesterday with former rivals in South Korea. Leading Japanese chip manufacturers Fujitsu Ltd and Hitachi Ltd announced yesterday production deals
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    Reproducing the Asian miracle worldwide
    691 32  -  The Bottom Line REGINALD DALE REGINALD DALE Reginald Dale is a staff writer at International Herald Tribune WHAT IF the Asian tigers start breeding like rabbits? Picture clones of Taiwan and Singapore popping up all over the world in Africa, in Latin America, in Eastern
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    Lock icon Malaysia to privatise 105 projects under action plan
    241 32 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Privatisation Action Plan, which forms an integral part of Malaysia's privatisation master plan, has identified 105 projects for privatisation this year and in 1994. The director-general of the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister's Department, Ali Abul
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    Lock icon US per capita income up 4.9pc last year
    216 32 AP, UPI WASHINGTON Americans' per capita incomes jumped 4.9 per cent last year and outpaced inflation in all but seven states, the government said yesterday. The Commerce Department said per capita income for the nation was U5520,114 (5532.180), up from U5519,169 in
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      23 32 TY&n iwiMttinaifs Choice I Ul| tour Choice 4k£s*- 60 STORY UOB PLAZA 1. or fiftPLAZA Na 80 Raffles Places uy iMiinHi Singapore 0104
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      41 32 Prime Residential Site OFF HOLLAND ROAD Within 'Good Class Bungalow' area. Existing 10 apartment units. Site Area: 43,307 sf approx. Freehold. FOR SALE BY TENDER Closing Date 22 October 1993 at 3 pm. For further information, please contact Sole Marketing Agents:
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      55 32 Fortheufflffratoinvtow TV® Experience a rait I culinary odystey JLnP^JE, Reservation 533-3232 ■■SBJjMffi FREEHOLD SITE IN SERANGOON GARDEN G Existing petrol station. With provisional permission for 4 semi-detached 2 bungalows. O Site area 20,084 sf approx. FOR SALE BY TENDER Closing Date 21 October 1993 at 3 pm. For Further Information,
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  • Shipping Times
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      Bunker prices expected to soften
      495 33  -  Current price levels propped up by Opec move, Russian crisis By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Local bunker traders expect prices to remain stable, then soften in the next few weeks. World events and regional supply and demand have pushed prices up recently. Marine fuel in Singapore
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      Sales in first eight months up 5.3pc
      225 33  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Ships bought more than 11.15 million tonnes of bunker fuel in Singapore in the first eight months of the year, an increase of 5.3 per cent over the same period of 1992. The Port of Singapore Authority reported sales
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      Lock icon Cruises make waves in Malaysia
      437 33 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The cruise market in -Malaysia is making waves, thanks to the country's buoyant economy which helps to enhance the spending power of the population. The concept of "floating hotels" is catching up fast among local holiday-makers, shipping sources said yesterday. They said
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1126 33 Page Col ABC Containcrlinc 12 I Accord Group 8 1-3 Africa Container 16 I Ahrcnkicl Liner 4 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 I Alprimo Freight 16 3 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 3/4 Arabian Express 16 3 ASCL 5 5 ASXCLShpg
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      Lock icon Conditions unsuitable for replacing old ships
      210 33 AP NICOSIA. Cyprus A threeday international conference on* shipping fleet replacement ended on Wednesday with a warning that market conditions were preventing the scrapping of old vessels. "Much as owners might be willing, the market conditions are unfortunately adverse to fleet replacement," said C
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      TWRA lines cut fuel surcharge by one third
      454 33  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Member lines of the Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement (TWRA) arc cutting their fuel surcharge by one third in response to lower marine fuel prices in major supply markets. The group's nine carriers including Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines also
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      Asean shippers call for equal say in freight charges
      337 33 KUALA LUMPUR Ascan shippers have urged shipping conferences to face the reality of the dramatic changes in the world economic structure. The shippers are calling for an equal say in freight rate negotiations with shipping lines. Chairman of the Federation of
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        600 34 VttMi Voy Mi Beth Arrival Dtparturt Vend Voy Wo Berth hrntl Dtpartut Juronc Port sioocmi ia cg9?<* poia 0710/2300 Aepa .1 M/5 alongside 08.10/0200 Stonewal h WA432* P01A alongside 07 10/0600 Batam hdrt N74 alongside 08.10/2000 Thanatul 2 015 P01A alongside 07 10/2300 BaUm Murn. 10/02/93 J1
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1350 34 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rifts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Aa toy 446 08/2000 1 07/1500 07/1669 07/1900 2 07/1700 08/0659 08/0900 AU Bhur. 21 IS 09/1500 2 07/1700 08/0659 08/0900
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12622 42 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
      578 49 Carbon Carton September 30 Density Water Residue Ash Ak*rw*jm Sedment Density Water Residue Ash Mumnum Sediment MM M M Euon Euon KG/M*3 V/V o M M 1 M M PPM method KG/M'3 V/V 1 M/M M M PPM method ISO/Cm* Lmls Spec E25 991 1.0 15.0
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      336 49 THE absence of any major grain charters was citcd as the reason behind a four point drop in the Baltic Freight Index on Wednesday. The index has now fallen 14 points from its fixing at 1.416 on Friday Oct I. The US Gulf to Japan heavy grain route
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      Lock icon A rapid loss of height
      1050 50  -  Asian airlines face growing pressure as they confront rising operating costs and more aggressive competition, says Simon Davies Simon Davies FT IT SEEMED an unbeatable combination. For more than a decade, south-east Asia's airlines developed a worldwide image of exotic service to exotic locations, while
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    • AIR AND LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
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        Lock icon BA wants 600-passenger jumbo by 2000 to replace 747
        553 52 But manufacturers unsure whether market for a super jet is big enough Reuter LONDON British Airways said on Wednesday it was pressing aircraft manufacturers to produce a giant jet capable of carrying 600 passengers which niust be ready for takeoff in
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        Lock icon When motor executives have nothing much to do with cars
        673 52 NYT DETROIT The next chairman, president and chief executive of Ford Motor Co, a man with the ultimate responsibility for making and selling more than 3 million vehicles a year, does not own a car. Alexander Trotman, who will assume
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        Lock icon Aircraft giants racing to grab Saudi market
        515 52 AFP ABU DHABI Major aircraft producers are racing to grab a share of the growing Saudi market as the world's top oil producer presses ahead with plans to bolster its air force and civilian fleet. US giants Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, and European
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      • LOG BOOK
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          Lock icon China forms aviation conglomerate
          83 52 AP BEIJING China's first aviation conglomerate has been formed with interests in tourism, real estate and trade, an official newspaper said yesterday. The state-run China Eastern Air Group will be based in Shanghai and comprise 30 member companies, the China Daily said. It is an expansion
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          Lock icon 13 die in Turkey bus collision
          53 52 Reuter ZMIR, Turkey Police examining the wreckage of a bus which collided head on with another bus killing 13 people, including 4 Americans and one French national, and injuring at least 46. The bus was travelling from the resort town Kusadasi in western Turkey
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        • Article
          Philippines plans container terminal
          89 52 MANILA A plan to build what would be the Philippines' largest container port terminal is on the drawing board, according to FFCruz, one of the country's largest construction firms. Negotiations with Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Marubeni Corp to build the container port terminal on Manila Bay
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          77 52 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's Formosa Airlines (FA) and Sweden's Saab Aircraft International on Wednesday formed an Asian-Pacific maintenance centre for Saab planes in Taiwan, officials said. Saab will transfer technology to FA and send a five-member team here for technical consultation in order to upgrade and
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      212 40 Continental Pacific Shipping 'J TIMBER PLYWOOD SERVICE TO U.K./CONTINENT KKU S PORE PK LOADING FOR MARIA K SLD SLD SLD FLU/ROT/ANT/UK WORLD AEGEUS SLD SLD 9/10 FLU/ROT/ANT/UK WORLD AJAX 22/10 27/10 30/10 FLU/ROT/ANT/UK Loads Sabah/Indonesia C R NO. **********0H CONTIPAC SHIPPING PTE LTD Tel: *****32 Fax: *****49 P.K. MULTIPORT SDN
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      175 46 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD CM IT* 11* Sratt POUT KEIMG KMMG BLUE IMX n. 10 loadin| tor MjltRUVAI HUDHU 22/10 oKch*r|in( and lojdmf tor Bom bin 001 rHM 15/10 12/10 Loading For Mat* nOfttß SUPRfME 20 10 loMknf for Mac UMWEOH 12/10 lo»din» foi Mai* PROGRESS
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      323 47 13* GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********01* SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN V 18/10 20/10 25/10 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN VIII 25/10 27/10 2/11 *ALSO LOADING IN SINGAPORE FOR DISCHARGE KAOHSIUNG
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      559 47 PCSL WORLDWIDE WMI -tlOtt STIWtIS IKES REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKLY SAILING TO HUANG PU A SHANTOU Connecting Feeder to Huang PuSUI TUO CONTAINER NO 2 Connecting Feeder to Shantao LIAN BO NO 9 WE HV LEASING CONTRS FOR RENTAL SAILING TO PHNOM PENH' FORTNIGHTLY FCL/LCL SERVICE TO
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