The Business Times, 12 October 1993

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  • 14 1 Business Times WE KNO W ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Tuesday October 12 1993 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
    • 60 1 Knight-Ridder MILAN Italian Industry Minister Paolo Savona, who quit last Sunday in a dispute over the issue of privatisation, said yesterday he was considering Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi's request to withdraw his resignation. "I am thinking about it." the Italian news agency ASCA quoted
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    • 67 1 Reuter FRANKFURT Talks between German steel giants Thyssen AG and Fried Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp could eventually lead to much broader cooperation than previously expected. A Thyssen spokesman described talks about cooperating in the production of tin plate as "positive", but said they were not yet
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    • 41 1 Bloomberg Business News INDIANAPOLIS Eli Lilly Co, battered by stagnating prices for prescription drugs, said yesterday it planned to cut 4,000 jobs, or 12.5 per cent of its workforce, and discontinue some cancer research.
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  • 118 1 Stock market indices Monday Change SI II 2,046 57 +15.12 KLSE C omposite 895.15 +10.53 Nikkei closed Hang Seng 8,192 18 +186.62 SET Index 1123.74 +25 10 Jakarta Composite ...440.41 1.86 CLSA China B 1.044.99 f8 05 Aust All Ord 2.039.8 13.6 FTSE 100 3,102.2 -6 4 Monday
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  • 565 1  -  Singapore Telecom share offer Reports by Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Caught up in the excitement over Singapore's biggest share offering, analysts appear to have shaken off their initial misgivings over Singapore Telecom's $2 price tag for its shares. They are now talking about
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  • 551 1 SINGAPORE Quality stocks on the Singapore bourse are being re-rated upwards following the aggressive pricing of Singapore Telecom's share offer, and this sent the market's blue-chip indicator to a new high yesterday. With 581.13 million units worth a stunning $1.11 billion
    Source: Bloomberg  -  551 words
  • 408 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG JAMES FU, the recently-re-tired press secretary to Singapore's Senior Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. will be joining Sally Aw Sian's Sing Tao group of newspapers in Hongkong. It is not clear what his position will be.
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  • 306 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Strong foreign buying of blue chips continued to push four regional stock markets to record highs yesterday. In Singapore, the market hit a new peak as a result of a re-rating of blue chips and frantic punting on Malaysian speculatives
    Source: Bloomberg  -  306 words
  • 334 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN businessman Lim Thian Kiat is once again restructuring his diversified Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd group. This time, analysts are puzzled by his moves. In an announcement to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, Dunlop Estates
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    • 19 1 Property: Pg 29 Cambodia is open for business Robert Kuok"s South China Morning Post faces new rival. Page 4
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    • 42 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 9 The transformation of Metacorp MORE TELECOM REPORTS, Page 9 Six local banks to finance applicants of Telecom Group C shares at a common interest rate of 4.75 per cent. Singapore Telecom International loses bid for Hungary' projects
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
      • 346 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming THE Singapore dollar will keep rising against most major currencies into next year. Merrill Lynch, in the October issue of its Asian Economic Commentary, says it expects the local unit to gain 6-7 per cent against the US dollar in
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    • 427 2  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE'S non-oil domestic exports expanded by 15.7 per cent in August over the same month last year, confirming the moderation in growth that economists had forecast for the second half of the year. Stripping away the $200 million worth
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    • 240 2  -  By Joseph Rajendran DISK DRIVE maker Integral Peripherals has just raised US$6 million (559.42 million) from investors in the AsiaPacific region, one-fifth of it coming out of Singapore. The American firm, which operates a major manufacturing facility here, will use the fresh
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    • 225 2  -  By Bernard Chew HEWLETT-Packard Singapore has secured a $17 million contract to develop a campus-wide computer network for Singapore Polytechnic (SP) supposedly the biggest IT project ever undertaken by an institute in the region. Called the Singapore Polytechnic Intelligent Computing
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    • 315 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming TOP civil servant J Y Pillay, who is due for retirement in March next year, will be reemployed by the government and will remain as permanent secretary in the Ministry of National Development. Mr Pillay, 59, was due to
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    • 110 2 US-BASED hotel management systems supplier Computerized Lodging Systems plans to tie up with regional high-tech firms to help it expand in the Asia-Pacific. "There are many small companies in the region with excellent three to four-man teams working on emerging technologies." visiting
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  • THE REGION
    • 523 3 AFP, Knight-Ridder KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has indicated that it would cut aid for business enterprises in its 1994 budget, with spending to be directed towards infrastructure to support the booming economy. "Except for infrastructure, there will be more cutbacks." Finance Minister
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    • 366 3  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE Record highs in the Philippine stock market and other recently released bullish indicators point to an improving economy. Philippine shares yesterday breached the 2,000 barrier as they soared to a record closc of 2,026 on institutional and foreign buying. This surpassed
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    • 261 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has warned its small and medium industries, which form the backbone of its industrial plan, to expand and find markets aggressively as they could face stiff foreign competition at home. Uncompetitive local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) could
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    • 424 3 The Straits Times JAKARTA Faced with an on-going decline in foreign investment, the Indonesian government is moving to allow the first listing of a private company abroad to attract fresh investment and capital. Jakarta is also maintaining the pace of promotional
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    • 252 3 Oana-TNA BANGKOK Thai government troops had mounted battles with Muslim separatists in the deep south during the weekend, leaving at least three people dead, a police source said yesterday. The source said a rebel leader of the Pattani United
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    • 508 4  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG MALAYSIAN Sugar King Robert Kuok's bid for the South China Morning Post (SCMP) has speeded up plans by the Oriental Press, publisher of Hongkong's best-selling newspaper, to launch a third English language newspaper here. Oriental
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    • 315 4 AP BEIJING An opinion survey published yesterday indicates a solid majority of urban residents believe inflation is serious and calls into question government claims that living standards continue to rise despite spiralling prices. The survey by one of China's few non-official market
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    • 306 4 AFP BEIJING Japanese Minister of International Trade and Industry Hiroshi Kumagai assured Chinese Premier Li Peng yesterday of the new government's desire to continue developing friendly bilateral relations. Mr Kumagai, who arrived on Sunday on the first visit here by
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • 69 4 AFP SEOUL A senior US congressman visiting Pyongyang to avert a crisis over North Korea's nuclear weapons programme reached an agreement with officials there on a series of issues yesterday, press reports said. Pyongyang radio said Gary Ackerman, chairman of the House Subcommittee on
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      • 43 4 Reuter KUNSAN, South Korea Victims of South Korea's worst ferry disaster waiting to be taken away yesterday, one day after the ferry sank in high waves, leaving 44 dead and more than 100 missing. Sixty-seven people survived. Reuter
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      • 69 4 AFP OSMACH, Cambodia Khmer Rouge guerillas used Thai territory to attack and partially occupy this former UN checkpoint on the border with Thailand, killing at least 16 civilians, a Cambodian general said yesterday. At least 16 Khmer Rouge and two Cambodian soldiers were also
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      • 97 4 Reuter BOMBAY Indian police yesterday filed a new batch of charges against 15 people involved in India's biggest financial scandal, including the main accused, broker Harshad Mehta. The Central Bureau of Investigation, filing the charges before the special judge hearing cases related to the scandal,
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      • 67 4 Reuter TOKYO A strong undersea earthquake measuring 6.6 on the open-ended Richter scale and centred far off beneath the Pacific Ocean shook the city early yesterday but there were no reports of damages or casualties. The US National Earthquake Information Centre said the Japanese earthquake occurred
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      • 72 4 UPI SEOUL Prosecutors demanded a seven-year sentence yesterday for billionaire Chung Ju Yung, founder of Hyundai business group, on charges of violating the presidential election law and embezzling official business funds for private political purposes. The prosecution accused Chung, former honorary board chairman of
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    • 506 6 Reuter SINGAPORE India, facing soaring energy demand, is increasingly wooing foreign investors to stave off an energy crunch, spawning a host of new oil and gas projects and even oil exploration overseas, Indian officials say. "The key challenge is
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    • 499 6  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY AUSTRALIA has approved concessional finance for China valued at As3oo million (Ss3o7 million), following talks with Wu Yi, the Chinese Minister for Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, in Canberra yesterday. This is part of an agreement reached between
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    • 150 6 Reuter, Knight-Ridder TOKYO Japan has decided to help finance public works projects in industrialised countries as a means of reducing its massive current account surplus, the Japanese business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported yesterday. First to benefit will be a British
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    • 427 6 Reuter ISLAMABAD Benazir Bhutto, leader of the biggest party in Pakistan's hung parliament, and rival ex-premier Nawaz Sharif held frenetic meetings with potential allies yesterday to be first to form a coalition government. "I think we have the centre sewn up," said
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    • 215 6 Reuter SYDNEY The majority of Australians do not consider their country part of Asia despite the push by Prime Minister Paul Keating to integrate into the region, according to an opinion poll published yesterday. The Saulwick Poll in The
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    • 466 6 Plans to end public access to coastline, rivers, lakes threaten ruling party's chances AFP WELLINGTON New Zealand's ruling National Party is being spooked a month ahead of general elections by growing opposition to plans to end the "Queen's Chain", which
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  • THE WORLD
    • 354 7 Reuter LONDON Britain's trade deficit worsened much more than expected to £1.5 billion (553.6 billion) in July, from £1.2 billion in June. The deterioration reflected weak demand for British goods across recession-hit Europe and casts a question mark over the sustainability of Britain's longawaited
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    • 283 7  -  By A J Leow SINGAPORE The Raffles Hotel has been voted one of the world's top hotels. It has been ranked number 18 one spot ahead of Shangri-La in the latest survey by Institutional Investor magazine. The annual survey, which has been produced
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 82 7 AFP LONDON British output prices were unchanged last month from the figure in August, showing that prices had not changed for two consecutive months, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) said yesterday. During the year to September, output prices rose by 4.2 per cent. In August, output
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      • 42 7 AFP PARIS The Eurotunnel group plans to open the tunnel beneath the Channel by stages from March but the launch of passenger services in May might be delayed by litigation, the operator said yesterday. AFP
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      • 48 7 AFP CAIRO Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is to meet President Bill Ginton in Washington on Oct 25, the official al-Ahram daily said last Sunday. The talks will focus, among other things, on the Middle East peace process, particularly on Israeli-Syrian and Israeli-Lebanese relations. AFP
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      • 53 7 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The Norwegian publisher whose company translated Salman Rushdie's book. The Satanic Verses, has been shot in Oslo, the British Broadcasting Corp reported yesterday. Police said William Nygaard of the Aschehoug Forlag publishing house was shot three times in the back outside
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    • 382 7 AFP, Reuter TOKYO Japan and the United States agreed here yesterday to seek a compromise to bring the Uruguay Round of global trade talks to a successful end, a news report said. The accord was reached at a meeting between the US
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    • 276 7 Reuter ROME Italy's tortuous privatisation process claimed its first cabinet victim on Sunday when Industry Minister Paolo Savona resigned after being overruled in a public row over how to sell off state assets. A ministry statement noted that Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi had
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 378 9  -  Singapore Telecom share offer By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The six local banking groups will finance applicants of Singapore Telecom Group C shares at a common interest rate of 4.75 per cent. A joint statement from the banks yesterday
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    • 46 9 SINGAPORE The CPF Board has reminded members that they must have enough balance in their CPF Ordinary Account to pay for Group A Telecom shares. Members who have inadequate balance are advised to top up their CPF Ordinary Account early.
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    • 324 9  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Singapore Telecom International (STI) has lost a bid for a billion-dol-lar project to provide nationwide telecommunications projects in Hungary. STI chief executive Sung Sio Ma, however, remains unfazed. He told Business Times yesterday that the group is looking into further expansion
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    • 349 9  -  By Conrad Raj THE financial controller of the Jumbo group and two of its companies were yesterday fined a total of $25,000 after pleading guilty to five charges of cheating through multiple share applications. The three parties were Tan Lee Gek, 36, Jumbo
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    • 731 9  - Metacorp from modest chemical company to major toll operator HOCK LOCK SIEW By William Chia SINGAPORE In less than a year, Malaysian second board counter Metacorp Bhd has undergone a remarkable transformation from a small chemical company into a fast-growing toll and transport operator. Metacorp achieved this through the reverse
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    • 234 9 Bernama KUALA TERENGGANU Three company directors who pleaded guilty to short selling Union Paper Holdings Bhd's shares recently have been barred from holding positions in any company, Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Abu Hassan Omar said. According to the
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    • 260 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Three publicly-listed companies South Malaysia Industries Bhd (SMI). Samanda Holdings Bhd and Innovest Bhd were yesterday reprimanded by the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange for failing to disclose timely information. KLSE executive chairman Nik Mohamed Din Nik YusolT said the
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    • 203 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Securities Commission has publicly reprimanded directors of adhesive tape maker Samanda Holdings Bhd for misusing proceeds from a rights issue and failing to meet its profit forecasts. The ticking off by the commission, the fledgling watchdog of the securities market,
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    • Article, Illustration
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 78 10 SINGAPORE Companies in the United Overseas Bank group yesterday announced the percentage of foreign shareholdings in the issued ordinary share capital of the respective companies, as at the end of the third quarter. The proportion of foreign ownership in United Overseas Bank Ltd is 39.63
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        • 46 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Nanyang Press (Malaya) Bhd said the Securities Commission has approved its various proposals, including a bonus issue of 17.42 million MSI ordinary shares. The bonus shares are on the basis of two ordinary shares for every five held. Bemama
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        • 89 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Issuing House (MIH), Malaysia's second share issuing house, will kick off operations this month with Prolexus Bhd as its first client. A statement from MIH yesterday said it would handle the issue of prospectuses and application forms for Prolexus which
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        • 38 10 SINGAPORE Sincere Watch yesterday announced that it has successfully acquired shop premises on the ground floor of Lucky Plaza from Tay 800 Jiang, a director of the company, for 53.15 million on Sep 30.
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        • 29 10 SINGAPORE Lee Kim Yew has retired as a director of Singapore Land since the company's annual general meeting on June 2, the company said yesterday.
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        • 48 10 SINGAPORE The Insurance Corporation of Singapore said yesterday that its UK subsidiary. The Insurance Corporation of Singapore (UK) Ltd, has applied to the UK court to be woundup. ICS UK carried out the business of international reinsurance until late 1991.
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      • 290 10 Bernama PETALING JAYA George Kent (Malaysia) Bhd expects its negotiations with the authorities in China to be concluded before the end of this year, chairman Tan Kay Hock said yesterday. He refused to elaborate on the venture but said the
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      • 397 10 Reuter MANAMA The Arab Banking Corp BSC, one of the Middle East's biggest banks, has announced an agreement to sell 20 per cent of its wholly owned Hongkong subsidiary to a Chinese group. ABC chief executive Abdulla Saudi said ABC
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      • 290 10 Reuter HONGKONG The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is investigating share trading in companies whose Hongkong floats involved members of the Standard Chartered group. Standard Chartered Asia Ltd said. Standard Chartered Asia's chief executive David Stileman said that he was unaware of any
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      • 196 10 SINGAPORE Drandeur Holdings. a w hoi l>-owned subsidiary of Chinese shipping giant China Ocean Shipping Co (Cosco), yesterday completed its purchase of a 60 per cent stake in Singapore listed Sun Corporation. Accordingly, under the rules of the Singapore Code
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      • 282 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Yangtzekiang Bhd (YGM) has formally entered into an agreement with all the minority shareholders of Sabah Shipyard Sdn Bhd. except for one shareholder holding one share of MSI. to acquire the shareholdings aggregating in total 78.51 million shares. A YGM
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      • 271 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR MalakofT Bhd, which recently announced a proposal to acquire a 75 per cent stake in Sikap Energy Ventures Sdn Bhd (SEV) and a disposal of a major portion of the group's estates. will dispose of its estates for MS2I4 million
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      • 444 13 Reuter NEW YORK US brokers' third-quarter results were beefed up by hefty trading, chart-breaking underwriting and a resurgence of mergers factors that should land 1993 in the record books, say analysts. Low interest rates, strong demand for investment alternatives and all-time
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      • 287 13 Reuter LONDON Life as a mobile phone salesman looks set to become a lot tougher next year as Hongkong-backed Hutchison Microtel gears up to stake its claim in the highly competitive British mobile phone market. Microtel is convinced that when it enters
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      • 150 13 FT FRANKFURT Hoechst, the troubled German chemicals group, is bidding for its first stake in the North American generic drugs market with a US$55O million (5586.9 million) offer for 51 per cent of the Copley group of the US. Copley, which last
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      • 300 13  -  From Nirmal Ghosh in NEW DELHI UNITED STATES oil major Caltex. whose assets in India were nationalised 20 years ago, is moving back into the country with an initial venture to manufacture fuclcfficient lubricants. The Dallas-based company has formed a
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      • 114 13 Reutcr MELBOURNE Foster's Brewing Group Ltd says it does not expect a significant short-term rise in beer sales volumes in Australia. Britain and Canada. The company,. 36.6 per cent-owned by The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd. said in its 1993 annual report the
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 57 13 Knight-Ridder TOKYO The Japanese Ministry of Finance and the Securities Exchange and Surveillance Commission arc likely to conclude an agreement next year with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on monitoring illegal cross-border securities trading, the Milton Kcizai Shimbun reported. The two sides have already agreed
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        • 108 13 Reuter NEW YORK Paramount Communications Inc said its board has authorised the company's executives to meet for informational discussions with QVC Network Inc, which has made a takeover ofTcr for it. Paramount also said in a statement it is proceeding with its planned merger
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        • 63 13 Knight-Ridder BOMBAY Issue underwriters in India must now have a minimum net worth of 2 million rupees (S$880,000) under new rules from the Securities and Exchange Board. The rules follow a crisis earlier this year when some underwriters failed to fulfil their obligations on at least
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        • 55 13 Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON Mitsubishi Corp and China National Petroleum Corp have established a joint venture in Hongkong to enter the city gas business in Beijing, reports the Nihon Kogyo Shimbun. The Hongkong company, capitalised at USSSOO.OOO (SS780,000), is said to be studying the feasibility of constructing a
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    • FINANCE
      • 249 15 JAKARTA Indonesian Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad has pledged to avoid adopting "shock therapy" policies in stabilising the country's monetary situation. The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. Speaking to bankers at a ceremony over the weekend to celebrate the 38th anniversary of Bank Niaga
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      • 256 15 Knight-Ridder MANILA The Philippines can't afford to guide money market rates much higher to defend the faltering peso because such a move could deter investment, say bankers, brokers and analysts. Inducing higher rates to boost the peso against the US dollar would make
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      • 273 15 Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON Congressional banking committee leaders have introduced legislation allowing regulators to block entry into the US of foreign financial institutions from countries that discriminate against US bank and securities firms. The legislation is similar to bills introduced in the last congress, which
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      • 209 15 Knight-Ridder SEOUL The deadline for all South Koreans to register financial accounts under a real name may come not with a bang but a whimper, analysts said yesterday. With only one day to go. many South Koreans holding false and borrowed name accounts appear
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      • 202 15  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE The US dollar will improve against the Japanese yen but remain vulnerable against the European currencies, said Carl Palash, the chief economist of McCarthy, Crisanti Maffei (MCM) yesterday at a seminar on the US Economy, Internal and External Balances.
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      • 168 15 A DISAPPOINTING payroll number on Friday resulted in a scll-ofT of USS against European currencies in a market caught a touch long on USS. With Tokyo out on holiday, trading in the Asian time zone was restricted to range trade. The USS/rcgionals also opened a
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      • 204 15 Reuter LONDON The dollar was shackled in a narrow range on the mark yesterday as investors marked time ahead of a German court ruling today over the Maastricht treaty. There was scant economic or political news for the US currency and, with holidays in JaKn and the US, dealers
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      • 91 15 Reuter NEW YORK The yen was briefly jolted by the tremor that shook Tokyo early this morning. The dollar traded around 106.30/40 yen when the news hit the market. Because of thin holiday trading in the US, the bid/ask spread was wide and dealings were sparse. The dollar
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      • Article, Illustration
        1468 15 Trade-weighted index calculated against I S'pore's top 14 trading partneri Base year 198} US$/S$ forward rates Noon Oct II ■U Offer 1-month I .SMI 1 56% 2-moWh I.M74 I 5689 3-mooth 1.5670 I 5685 6-momh ***** ***** Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at 11m m Oct 11: Singapore
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 341 17 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Southeast Asian palm and lauric oil prices will probably consolidate after tumbling in recent weeks because of high stocks and output coupled with turmoil in major purchasing countries, regional traders say. "We see the market consolidating at
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      • 347 17 AFP ABU DHABI Gulf Arab states are expected to reap fruits from the latest Opec outpot agreement that has restored relative stability to the oil market and removed the spectre of price collapse. The
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      • 400 17 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures prices rose yesterday after the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp, said it was cancelling all third party crudc sales contracts, cficctivc 90 days from yesterday, brokers here said. Present contracts have been canceled subjcct to review, although contract holders
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        • 94 17 BANGKOK The Bank of Thailand will intervene in the local bond repurchase market to keep the repurchase rate from falling below 2.00 per cent, yesterday's edition of the Bangkok Post newspaper quoted a senior central bank official as saying. The central bank would
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        • 123 17 Reuter OSLO Norway plans to sell some of its stake in Christiania Bank OG Kreditkasse this year to test the market ahead of a wider reprivatisation of commercial banks. Finance Minister Sigbjoern Johnsen told the Norwegian daily Aftenposten. Aftenposten said that the extent and timing
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        • 82 17 AFP BEIJING China's leading rural investment bank has become the largest source of finance for booming township enterprises with record loans totalling 53.4 billion yuan (5514.4 billion) this year, the China Daily said yesterday. By the end of the year, the Agricultural Bank of
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        • 66 17 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG The Shanghai Metals Exchange will open 5 days a week, up from 3 days previously, beginning this week, the official China Daily newspaper reported yesterday. The longer trading week is being implemented to meet buying demand for non-ferrous metals, and to allow the exchange
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      • 301 17 Reuter LONDON Prices of many industrial metals are at their lowest ever in real terms, taking the shine off annual "metals week" celebrations starting here on Monday. An estimated 3,000 to 4,000 industry executives, merchants, dealers and financiers from rich and poor nations
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 1371 19 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar interest rate futures finished marginally firmer yesterday on the back of spreads and in thin volume. Japan and the United States had public holidays. Sentiment remained optimistic for the contract, which could trade higher on perception of continuing weakness
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      • 596 19 COMMODITY REPORTS Tiii TIN slipped two sen to close at VIS 11.60 a kg yesterday due to falls in London market last week, after surging to four-week highs on Friday, traders said. "The metal is following the London's trend again." one said. "Today's prices
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        • 70 19 SINGAPORE The Indian Oil Corp has issued two tenders to sell a total of 70,000 tonnes of 180-centistoke grade fuel oil for Oct 25-27 loading, traders said. The first tender is for a 40,000-tonne cargo, loading from Bombay, while the second is for a
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        • 99 19 SAO PAULO Low world aluminium prices and rising production costs have forced Brazil's fourthlargest aluminium manufacturer to cut its annual rate of production by 27 per cent, a Valesul SA official said last week. Valesul has cut this year's annual rate of production to about
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        • 114 19 NEW YORK Magma Copper Co says it will cut its work force by 3 per cent before the end of the year and freeze salaries in a move to drop copper net cash operating costs 4 cents per pound to 60 cents by
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        • 77 19 LIMA Petroperu signed a 20-year oil production service contract with Peru-based GMP SA for Block V, on the north coast, said GMP Chairman Jose Grana. The contract, although small, is one more step in Pet rope ru's programme to hand over marginal oil fields to private
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    • 1656 19 Rubber HAS Commodity Exchange (Mures doting at at lpni) KSS I Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Nov 93 000 000 127.50 50 2.200 Dec 0.00 0.00 127.50 0 3.475 Jan 94 127.50 127.25 127.50 175 4.925 Feb 128.00 128.00 128 00
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      • 464 21 Taipei on II TS \oi Ml SirKerc Ind 2 65 unch Asm t ement 47*0 0 10 •Ml t alius Constr J9 to unch 479 Cathav Life Ins 124 00 I 00 785 hang llwa Rjnk IO» 50 0 50 592 <VmL««| 18 50 0 10 4486 Chia Hsin Cement
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      • 1284 21 -1-13.6 THE Australian share market maintained its momentum after last week's spectacular gains, and brokers expect the bull run to continue. "I think you will see it kicking on." said one broker. "There's a real lack of sellers." Continuing foreign interest and a rise in the gold price helped
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      • 597 21 +43.81 Manila share prices rode the sharp rise of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co's (PLDT) on Wall Street to close at another record high with the index seen going up further before pulling back on profit-tak-ing. brokers said. The Manila index climbed by over 40 points to crash past
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      • 434 21 +7.57 Stocks were volatile in late afternoon trade yesterday, surging again after a brief decline over rumours of a company default. "The market is volatile," said a broker at Tong Yang Securities. "Investors are quick to act on any disheartening information." The market had slid earlier from a seven-point
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      • 268 21 -6.65 New Zealand share prices recovered at the close after a weak opening but brokers see the market in a sideways shuffle ahead of the Nov 6 election. The NZSE-40 capital index ended down 6.65 at 2.010.09 after being down around 18 points at one stage. Volume of
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      • 78 21 17.17 Stock prices closed higher yesterday as an uptrend triggered by lower carry forward costs continued albeit at a slower pace because Reliance Industries Ltd's net profits were lower than expected, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share index closed at a 2,688.25. up 17.17 points from the previous
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      • 1062 21 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer Mim Cap Deposit 3* 6400 3K.6500 Mim Jcnev Gill 01 893 0 W Mim Max Income ****** *10*00 LSS Cash Inromc Phn Fund 10* WO II 4100 PS R«nt Fund 5 2200 5 2300 Sterling K<juit> Euro Performance ***** 0 4*.W Far Fund *2
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      • 631 21 -6.4 EQUITY prices, in tandem with FTSE futures, closed lower under the influence of light profit-taking after last week's strong advance and the relative lack of interest from the US due to the Columbus Day holiday. The FTSE 100 index ended 6.4 points down at 3,102.2 after posting a
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      • 109 21 -17.66 French shares extended losses during the afternoon as investors took profits after the market's recent rise, dealers said. Dealers said the CAC-40 index would most likely fall further this week, testing support at 2,100 points. The CAC-40 index ended down 17.66. or 0.82 per cent, at 2,138.72. Paris
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      • 134 21 +0.56pc Despite a weak afternoon without market moving news, Sweden's OMX share index set a closing all-time high. The OMX-index ended at 1,055.75. up 0.33 per cent, while the blue-chip top-16 index rose 0.31 per cent to 1.421.27. The all-share index climbed 0.56 per cent to 1.335.78 in healthy
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      • 141 21 +2.86 Belgian shares ended the second day of the two-week account mixed to firmer but below the session's best levels after profit-taking emerged in the wake of the market's recent rally. The Bel-20 index finished higher for the fifth consecutive day, gaining 2.86 points to 1,349.96. Dealers said buying
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      • 133 21 -1.15 pc Stocks were hurt by political uncertainties and concerns for the government's privatisation plans following the resignation of Industry Minister Paolo Savona. State banks Credito Italiano and Banca Commcrcialc fell 2 and 3 per cent, respectively, on fears the row over privatisations could delay or have a negative
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      • 270 21 1.34 Bank-insurer Internationale Nederlanden Grocp (ING) grabbed the limelight on a generally quiet Amsterdam bourse, setting another all-time high for the third consecutive session in active dealings. While Dutch shares closed quietly firmer. ING powered 1.90 guilders ahead to 79.80 in the aftermath of last Thursday's news that the
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      • 275 21 +9.21 Swiss shares closed at a record high in active trade vesterdav. Dealers said the rally should continue today as bourse indices closed at their highs. Interest rate sensitive shares led the market higher. Expectations that Swiss interest rates were likely to decline further should push banks and insurance
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      • 343 21 +9 Strong early gold share gains failed to spark a stronger rally as investors remained reluctant to commit major funds to the mar- ket amid continued nervousness. Dealers say the gold board has bounced back after recent lethargy but remains out of bounds to some investors still smarting from
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      • 890 21 +5.03 Wall Street stocks traded modestly higher at midday yesterday, but analysts said with bond markets closed for Columbus Day it was difficult to read too much into the stock market's performance. The Dow Jones Industrial Index was up 5.03 points at 3.589.77. Advances held a mild lead
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      2913 22 Reuter HONGKONG A foreign buying spree continued yesterday, pushing the market to another record close. Property companies were traded heavily as local investment institutions joined foreign houses in buying shares, brokers said. The blue chip Hang Seng index leaped 186.62 points or 2.33 per cent to end at 8,192.18.
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      544 22 THE CLSA Shanghai B Index gained 0.99 point to close at 818.97 on light trading yesterday. The biggest mover was Jinqiao, closing 6.67 per cent. No 2 TM which closed unchanged was the most actively traded stock. Shenzhen B market was quiet with a total turnover of HK54.92 million
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      1793 22 Reuter BANGKOK Thai slock prices continued to surge in a bull run which has already lasted eight trading days, rising another 2.28 per cent to 1,123.74 yesterday, brokers said. The surge was driven mainly by heavy gains of major banks and property firms, the brokers said. Some brokers said
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      1094 22 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices closed firmer in moderate trading yesterday, with Barito still under pressure but managing to recover from lows, brokers said. The Composite Index ended 1.86 points higher at 440.41. "Barito Pacific remained under selling interest despite its recovery and later saw support at the 10.750 rupiah
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    • 2695 23 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOWdCltti votam Asia Pac Ld 50c 48.068.000 Kamunting 50c 42.887.000 FACB 50c 26.838.000 MUI 24.227.000 Faber Group 24.137.000 Pen Msia 21.892.000 Renong Bhd SOc 19.002.000 Bedford SOc 16.797.000 AMDB SOc 13.492.000 Metroptex SOc 13.267.000 Ind Oxygen 50c 13.265.000 MBf Hides SOc 12.155.000
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
      • 5765 23 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices here closed higher on brisk buying support yesterday, with the benchmark Composite Index hitting a new all-time high, in anticipation of a good National Budget due at the end of this month. The index erased last
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 8191 24  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Share prices here yesterday soared to record levels as investors re rated blue chips after details of the Singapore Telecom launch were released over the weekend. At the same time, investors also stormed the Malaysian market, buying frenziedly
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      • 65 24  -  hot mat Teh Hoot Ling PACIFIC Carriers is at the base of its consolidation pat tern at Si.6l, having Taller from its historic high ol $2.01. Directional indicatoi daily MACD has given a bu) signal. Daily RSI is also turning up, which is a bullish sign Immediate target
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  • SPORTS
    • 440 25 Golf AP KNOKKE. Belgium Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland birdied two of the last four holes on Sunday to hold off late charges from Nick Faldo and Vijay Singh of Fiji and win the £600.000 (S$ 1.4 .million) Dunhill Belgian Open
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    • 684 25  -  Baseball, says George Vecsey, has never been better as he watched the Blue Jays edge out the White Sox 5-3 George Vecsey, NYT TORONTO The next time you're at the health club and somebody on the exercise bicycle next to you says: "Baseball just isn't what
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    • 63 25 AP ATLANTA Danny Jackson and the Philadelphia Phillies managed to hold off Atlanta mostly because Milt Thompson held onto the ball. Jackson, battered by the Braves in last year's play-offs, pitched out of trouble throughout the game, but stayed cool in the clutch and pitched the
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        320 25 AP, AFP AFP Reuter AFP SINGAPORE Professional women's tennis returns to Singapore after a three-year break when the US$lO,OOO (S$ 15,700) Volkswagen Cup is held at the British Club from Nov 29 to Dec 5. The tournament, an International Tennis Federation Satellite tournament carrying computer ranking points, will feature
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        72 25 AFP PHOENIX, Arizona Charles Barkley, who lost feeling in his legs and collapsed while training with the Phoenix Suns, recieved an encouraging medical report on Sunday and could be back at training camp today. Barkley, the NBA's Most Valuable Player last season, collapsed suddenly while running sprints with his
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        188 25 Reuter Reuter AFP LONDON European circuit leading moneywiners (British unless stated): 1 Nick Faldo £467,713 (S$ 1.127,180) 2 Bernhard Langer (Ger) £416,794 3 lan Woosnam £407,253 4 Sam Torrance £379.428 5 Colin Montgomerie £365.682 6 Peter Baker £360,863 7 Costantino Rocca (Ita) £359,616 8 Gordon Brand Jr £333,299 9
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      • 59 25 Reuter NEW YORK National Football League Sunday: New York Giants 41 Washington 7; Chicago 17 Philadelphia 6; Miami 24 Cleveland 14; Dallas 27 Indianapolis 3; Kansas City 17 Cincinnati 15; Minnesota 15 Tampa Bay 0; Pittsburgh 16 San Diego 3; New England 23 Phoenix 21; LA Raiders 24
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        37 25 Reuter NEW YORK NHL results Sunday: Hartford 3 Buffalo 2; Toronto 5 Philadelphia 4; Quebec 7 Pittsburgh 4; Chicago 4 Winnipeg 3 (OT); NY Islanders 4 Anaheim 3 (OT); LA 5 San Jose 2. Reuter
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        50 25 Reuter LONDON Cameroon and Morocco joined Nigeria on Sunday as African representatives in the 1994 World Cup finals in the US next year. The continent's three berths were decided when African zone second round group action concluded with Cameroon beating Zimbabwe 3-1 and Morocco edging out Zambia 1-0. Reuter
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    • 495 25 AFP CLEVELAND, Ohio The Dolphins won, but another quarterback was lost here on Sunday as Dan Marino apparently tore his right Achilles tendon in Miami's 24-14 win over Cleveland in the National Football League. It was a bad day altogether for quarterbacks in Cleveland as Browns
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    • 77 25 in the heart of Singapore's genteel embassy district lies an organisation dedicated to bringing businessmen hack to life. Who have established a worldwide reputation for rejuvenating jaded bodies. And whose soothing qualities have resulted in many a traveller coming back again and again for more. The ANA Hotel. Where a
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 744 27  -  Germany's Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis has a huge death duty burden and the only way to raise money is to auction off more family treasures. Rolf Soderlind reports Rolf Soderlind Reuter GERMANY'S hard-up Princcss Gloria von Thurn und Taxis is selling family treasures
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    • 378 27 CHATTERBOX AP AP UPI POP queen Madonna may put on an extra Sydney concert, filling a void created when Michael Jackson cancelled his Australian tour. "I am coming to Australia and damn it, I am going to have a good time," Madonna was quoted
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    • 1309 27 I TV RADIO The 1 10.30pm, SBC 12 A travel writer tries to distance vj| Jk himself from everything after V. the death of his son. But he t RT cannot seem him- Jflß .^K from his dog trainer, an woman who to through his tN wall of self-imposed isolation.
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
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      • 62 28 SINGAPORE The AT&T Building at Lorong 5, Toa Payoh, has been sold to HB Media Holdings Pte Ltd for 559.2 million. The 81,000 sq ft building had been put up for tender by Jones Lang Wootton acting for AT&T Microelectronics Pte Ltd. HB Media will
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      • 102 28 SINGAPORE The Lian Huat group of companies has sold more than 65 per cent of its Sydney apartment project, Hyde Park Towers, to Australian, Hongkong and Singaporean investors. The 174-unit project was launched in Sydney the day after the city won its bid to
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      • 83 28 SINGAPORE UK property group, Savills pic, will be selling £100 million (***** million) worth of British property in Singapore at an exhibition on Saturday and Sunday. The exhibition, to be held at the Hyatt Regency, features properties costing between £85,000 and £5 million. They
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      • 55 28 SINGAPORE The office oversuppiy situation in Thailand may not be as bad as it seems, says property consultant firm Colliers Jardine. The company's Thailand office predicts that a slowdown in office construction and the country's strong economic growth will soften effects of the oversuppiy and
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      • 82 28 Bangkok Post BANGKOK Thai tycoon Oran Asvarithikul will concentrate on building Thailand's largest golf course in Phetchaburi over the next five years. His proposed Kaeng Krachan County Club is projected to boast three golf courses, 30 tennis courts, riding tracks, a mini airport,
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    • 1177 28  -  Quak Hiang Whai Quak Hiang Whai reports on the construction firm's bulk profits from stockbroking and property development INVESTORS who rate Lum Chang Holdings as a construction stock are very likely missing the point. While a huge chunk of the group's turnover comes from
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    • 705 29  -  Harish Mehta reports from Phnom Penh on the new projects coming onstream in a weak market Harish Mehta U-W- ook, they are digging trenches!" m j an appreh en s i v e businessman exclaimed recently when he spotted a group of men at work
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      257 29 Selected ERA transactions in the past week Sifcj "strict Project Type Teourt 8a^g <M SSptf PWVAT1 Oct 6,1993 1025 Jn Kembang Meteti Terrace 4097 (6820)' FH 1.5m I 219 Oct 6,1993 1232 Bales** Plaza Apt I 1410! FH 500,000 354 Oct 4,1993 1646 T Jin Umau Nipis 1
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    • 212 29  -  From Al Labita in MANILA TAIWAN-BASED FilipinoChinese property magnate Tan Yu has formed a new company to cash in on the current upswing in the Philippine residential sector. Capitalised at one billion pesos (5553.7 million), the Asia Cathay Realty Corp will construct
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  • 539 30 EDITORIAL SINCE mid-August, thinking Australians must have watched the antics of their politicians with growing despair. As soon as Treasurer John Dawkins presented his tax-laden budget, minority parties had a field day throwing rocks at it and delaying its passage. The Aug 17 budget included a record
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 174 30 WASHINGTON responded to the Chinese underground nuclear test last week by saying that it was reserving its options on resuming nuclear testing, and the other nuclear powers have made it clear that they find the Chinese move regrettable. Will a new arms race suit China,
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    • 95 30 THE Great Singapore Workout held last week, was a great success. It is indeed heartening to see that the prime minister himself took part in the workout. It clearly underlies the importance of exercise for Singaporeans. As life becomes more comfortable here, there is always the
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    • 132 30 GIVEN Singapore's size, chances are that its call for increasing the number of vetoes required in the United Nations security council will not be taken seriously by the more powerful member countries. However, times are changing and the UN cannot stand still and refuse to
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    • 210 30 THE SECRET of success in privatisation is never to look back. It is hard enough for any government to give up even a nominal sod of its turf. This, combined with the well-vested interests of the public sector, such as its unions, could riddle the privatised entity
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    • 218 30 "WE CANT just cut and run." The phrase echoed through the corridors of power in Washington all week. Even President Bill Clinton has joined in the clangorous din. Yes, if the US were to pull out of Somalia now, Clinton said, "our leadership in world affairs would be
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    • 214 30 BENAZIR BHUTTO, the leader of the Pakistan People's Party, once again seems to have clawed her way to an election victory only, in all likelihood, to face a second term as a powerless prime minister if she is not thwarted in her attempts to form a
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  • 960 30  -  Christopher Lyddon discusses the prospects of the Dec 15 deadline for the completion of Gatt's Uruguay Round being met Christopher Lyddon Knight-Ridder AFTER seven years, the conclusion of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) is, by common
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    • 1580 31  -  Leon Hadar finds a new aggressiveness surfacing in Washington, with three major initiatives heralding a bold new Industrial Policy Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington Correspondent SEPTEMBER 30. 1993, will probably be remembered in Washington as the day the Clinton Administration unveiled
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    • 1463 31  -  IN attempting to push through a new health care plan, US President Bill Clinton is said to be scaling "the Mount Everest of social legislation." What's the new plan all about? To find out, VIKRAM KHANNA interviewed Stephen W Schondelmeyer, who holds the Endowed Chair
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    • 612 31 E23 GRP LIMITED INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Notice Of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVER THAT the Annual General Meeting of GRP Limited will be held at 11 Tanjong Penjuru Crescent Singapore 2260 on 5 November 1993 at 3 pm for the following purposes 1. To receive,
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  • 497 32 UPI, Reuter PARIS The head of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade yesterday rejected French suggestions that a partial trade accord be reached by Dec 15 by leaving aside key areas such as agriculture and intellectual property.
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  • 218 32  -  From Lilian Ang in BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN SINGAPORE Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday exchanged views with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei on how Asean countries could work together to attract investments which might otherwise find their way to India and
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  • 457 32 AFP, Reuter TOKYO Russian President Boris Yeltsin, seeking to leave his domestic woes behind, arrived in Tokyo yesterday only to find more problems awaiting him as Japanese anger clouded the start of his first state visit here. The mood had soured even before
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  • 173 32 Reuter STOCKHOLM Two researchers in the US who first discovered that genes could be split, opening the way for better treatment of cancer and other diseases, have won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. British-born Richard Roberts, 50, and
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  • 579 32 AFP BEIJING China said yesterday that it was resigned to the failure of talks with Britain on democratic reform in Hongkong as both sides warned that the year-old dispute was "at a crossroads". Beijing and London had agreed the negotiations
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  • 303 32 FT GENVAL. Belgium There will be no early return to the old European Exchange Rate Mechanism, European Community finance ministers have agreed. Weekend talks among EC ministers, central bank governors and top treasury officials ended with a consensus that the wider fluctuation
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  • 762 32  -  The Bottom Line JACKIE SAM JACKIE SAM The writer is a Hongkong-based political consultant FORMER governor Sir David Wilson left Hongkong almost in disgrace. Even his enemies admitted that he had been shabbily treated by Prime Minister John Major. A smear
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  • 449 32 Reuter, AP BRUSSELS Greek Socialists won a sweeping victory in Sunday's general election, sending a tremor of unease through the European Community and Nato yesterday, with fears that Athens could now take a more hardline stance towards its partners. With 98
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  • Shipping Times
    • 436 33  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE All sectors of the shipping industry have done better in the first half of this year, but it is too early to say whether this will continue. In its latest Economic Report. Hongkongßank warns that there is still uncertainty
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    • 388 33 Reuter GALVESTON, Texas Officials on Sunday began allowing ocean-going traffic to use the Houston Ship Channel on a trial basis after a tanker explosion had closed the third largest port in the US. Two people died in the explosion. apparently set off by a
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    • 234 33 UPI MANILA International Container Terminal Services Inc (Ictsi) of the Philippines said yesterday it planned to manage part of a major port in Karachi with US carrier American President Lines and Pakistani firm Paramount Aviation. Enrique Razon Jr. general manager of the
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    • 286 33  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Three shipping companies have joined forces to launch a weekly, fixed-day Mediterranean-Far East service in January. They are France's Compagnie Maritime d'Affrctement (CMA). Japan's Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Taiwan's Yangming Marine Transport. NYK Agencies (Singapore) says the
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    • 266 33 AFP AUCKLAND New Zealand forestry officials yesterday were seeking government approval for emergency measures to be taken after a ship docked here was found to be infected with the potentially devastating Asian Gypsy moth. Ministry of Forestry' officials will also be asking
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      • 1615 34 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rstts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACX Swan 087A 13/1500 2 11/1700 12/0659 12/0900 4 12/1200 12/1459 12/1W0 Ai Manath C035C 14/1300 2 11/1700 12/0659 12/0900 4
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    • 13162 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 Pcnang after
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    • 3325 47 ./Vt* Containerline NV': Belsin Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (SVManne Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd **(BVAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenluel Liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albatros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte Ltd (S>.
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    • 273 47 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fa*: 545-1898. Air Express Travel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: 542-3716. *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines), 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Cluster Link Supplies A Services
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    • 1494 47 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171 Fax *****84 Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7821 Fax: *****20. Aeroliak Freight International Td: 545-8033. Fax: *****05 Aeroapeed Td: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Td: 542-5454. Fax: *****06 Air Express International Td: 542-7666. Fax: *****74. *****50 Air
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    • 2331 48 ALBANIA Duress: Seven vessels in port of which 1 discharging cement, 1 loading pig iron, 3 discharging bagged tlour. 1 discharging bulk wheat, 1 discharging general cargo, vessels in roads awaiting berth: 3 bagged flour. 1 cement, 1 coke. ANGOLA Luanda: Port working normally. Water available throughout city
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    • 1361 48 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES AFP DESPITE continued purchasing interest there are only a limited number of sales coming to light last week. Again on the dry cargo side the major interest surrounds the handy size sector where a number of sales have been reported. However buyers remain active in the
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    • 555 48 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Flight Type ETA T From Op Flight Type ETD T To TODAY TODAY NCA KZ203 B747F 0145 I NRT SIA SQ802 B747F 0230 2 SYD/AKL KAL KE697 B747F 0150 1 SEL NCA KZ204 B747F 0335 I BKK/NRT JAL JL617 B747F 0345 I TYO KAL
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    • 309 48 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SNIPS Ait Dtp Name of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of Calls Port Agent Telephone No OCTOBER 15 15 Coral Pnnccss 1700 2015 Cniisc to Nowhere Scmjom Agencies 227-8284 17 17 Caledonian Star 0700 2000 SEA Cniisc Harpers Shpg 221-1148 17 17 Coral Princess 1100 1800 Sin-Port
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    • 1143 49 THERE were reports of an upturn in rates in the handy and handymax bulk carrier market, brokers said on Friday. Rates have been firm this year for these sizes, but had begun to show signs of easing. Some shipowners suggested new business has been quoted in the last
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    • 716 49 COURSES Title: Air Traffic Control Supervisor Duration: Oct 18-29 Organiser: Singapore Aviation Academy, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Tel: For further details/registration contact Mr Ong Yew Leng/Mrs Pang-Neo Guan Hwa at 065-540-6247/065-540-6216 or fax: 065-542-9890. Title: Fundamental in Shipping Practice Procedures Duration: Oct 20 21 Organiser Traffic Management
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    • 847 49 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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    • 727 50  -  The Trans-Atlantic Agreement's attempt to talk business has been rejected by the French, Swiss and British councils, reports Elizabeth Canna Elizabeth Canna American Shipped THE Trans-Atlantic Agreement (TAA) wants to talk with the European Shippers' Councils (ESC) about next year's business. But some ESC members
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    • AIR AND LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 397 52  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Japanese airlines have received the green light to launch frequent flyer programmes at home, an All Nippon Airways (ANA) official said last week. Previously airlines were not allowed to offer such tickets-for-loyalty programmes in Japan. The law
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      • 356 52 FT LONDON The four European national airlines planning to create an alliance to challenge British Airways and Lufthansa have agreed on the controversial question of how to value their stakes in the partnership. The negotiations, which could eventually lead to a full merger
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      • 127 52 Reuter BRUSSELS Pressure is mounting on the four airlines Swissair, SAS. KLM and Austrian Airlines involved in negotiations to form a new partnership to resolve their differences over a US partner this week, at the latest. "They have reached agreement on everything except the choice of
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        • 71 52 AFP HONGKONG Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines has officially set up a listed conglomerate to become the second regional airline to do so after Shanghai-based China Eastern Air group. The China Southern Air Group was officially set up in the booming southern China metropolis
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        • 91 52 Reuter TAIPEI A Taiwanese shipyard is seeking a European partner to help it build offshore patrol boats, the semi-official Central News Agency (CNA) said on Saturday. Lien Ho Shipbuilding Co, in the southern port of Kaohsiung. has been asked by the Interior Ministry to negotiate with
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        • 75 52 Bernama TOKYO Suzuki Motor Corp last Friday said it has signed a three-year contract to supply motorcycle engines to Italian motorcycle maker Bimota SpA from this month. Suzuki, the world's third-largest motorcycle maker, will supply a total of 600 HOOcc and 750 cc
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        • 101 52 Reuter LONDON Eurotunnel plc/SA said it would start its services on Mar 7, 1994. about a year late, and would need at least another £965 million (552.3 billion) in funds. It added that its 220 banks, with which it is in discussion about
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      • 743 52 Are the cracks showing in a nation reputed for its technological prowess? NYT TOKYO Sleek, speedy and almost always on time, the bullet train has stood for three decades as a symbol of Japan's reputation for advanced technology and efficiency. But the newest
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      • 445 52 Reuter NEW YORK The US airline industry's latest fare discounts to Europe reflect persistent concern about overseas traffic even though business recently has improved, analysts said. Although carriers typically cut European fares to stimulate traffic in the slow winter travel
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