The Business Times, 26 January 1994

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  • 13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA |j MITA(P) 010/12/93 Wednesday January 26 1994 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
    • 40 1 AFP NEW YORK Wall Street stock prices fell back further in mid-day trading yesterday as profit-taking set in and long-term interest rates rose. The Dow was down 18.86 points at 3,893.93 at Ipm EST. AFP
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    • 66 1 AFP IRVING, California Exxon, the United States' largest oil company, said yesterday that its profits were up 7.1 per cent for the fourth quarter. Profits were US$l.5 billion (552.4 billion) against US$ 1.4 billion for the same quarter one year ago. Quarterly revenues were
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    • 57 1 Reuter WASHINGTON The United States federal government will ask Congress to approve US$7.3 billion in disaster relief aid for earthquake-stricken California, Budget Director Leon Panetta said yesterday. "Our hope is that we can complete action on this emergency relief Bill before the (next
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  • 109 1 Stock market indicts Tmday Change STI! 2.256.05 -62.22 KLSE Composite ..1.011.80 -52.75 Nikkei 18.648.3* +295.12 Hang Seng 11.490.94 -109.15 SET Index 1.447.60 -13.99 Jakarta Composite. .586.57 -1.48 CLSA China 1.302.05 +5.38 AM AH Od 2.221.9 -2.6 FTSE 100 3.444 0 -37.4 Taes4a\ Prniois I pm close Dow Jones
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  • 186 1 AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian central bank, Bank Indonesia, is currently consulting judicial authorities in a bid to retrieve the country's bad bank loans which have reached USS2.IB billion (553.49 billion), bank governor Sudrajat Jiwandono said yesterday. "It is true that we, as
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  • 526 1  -  From Walton Morais in NEW DELHI THE Singapore government is setting up a SlOO million venture capital fund to help nurture budding entrepreneurs and boost the Republic's regionalisation drive. Trade and Industry Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said here yesterday
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  • 451 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG INVESTORS will soon be able to trade the warrants of China's most famous beer company, Tsingtao Brewery, on Singapore's over-the-counter market. Citibank will cover warrants on Tsingtao H shares from Jan 28, on Gob International, the section of
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  • 421 1  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK BANGKOK Bank yesterday rejected the resignation of its president and instead gave him six months' leave. Citing ill-health, Vichit Supraphongchai, 48, handed in his notice after little more than a year as president of Southeast Asia's biggest bank.
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  • 134 1 AP NEW YORK International Business Machines Corp yesterday reported its first quarterly profit since the summer of 1992. saying it earned US$3B2 million (*****.2 million) in the final three months of 1993. The profit had been widely forecast and chiefly resulted from deep spending
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  • 374 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Forced selling, smarting investors and lack of foreign and retail support sent share prices sliding around the region yesterday. Brokers in Singapore and Malaysia said buying was weak throughout the day. As a result, the Straits Times Industrials
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  • 227 1  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE The Malaysian ringgit slid below 58 Singapore cents for the first time yesterday as market players continued to cut their ringgit positions. The currency ended at 550.5797 (MS 1.7251 per SS) against the Singapore dollar, compared
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    • 169 1 (MISSONI) UOMO Made In Itaiv CONTENTS News CwßMato* S pore News 2 S poreHTsa 17 20 Reponal News 3,4,5 Financial 21.22 World News ASJT*. 15 cSiS. SES 26-28 Edrtortal 14 fegwnal 24 Sports 9 Wortd 25 TV/Lrfestyte 11 Currencies 22 World Focus 8 Simej/Commo 22,23 Tel 1800-*****77 Fa *****75 «T
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    • 44 1 Regional Analysis: Pg 12 Tango with the Indian elephant EDITORIAL: S'pore leads the way to India, Page 14 New Delhi urged to let SLA fly to more Indian cities, Back Page China: We will not be liable for new HK airport debt, Back Page
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    • 130 1 /The Bottom Line: Pg 16 Rise of new reactionary wave Jm ■k v v mti-f. 4 China's supremo of the economy outlines details of his plan to streamline the nation's unwieldy banking and tax systems as well as overhaul the state industry Analysis. Page 15 Maybank profit surges 50pc, listing
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
      • 401 2  -  By Anna Teo THE CLIMATE for business was good last year: the number of new companies formed grew almost 22 per cent to a record 8,781, while the number of firms made defunct fell by a third to 2,966. As a result, net
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    • 352 2  -  By Sylvia Wong THE 5900-million Bugis Junction project will be completed on time and within j budget, says property group j Straits Steamship Land. Its chairman, Sim Kee Boon, said yesterday that the 15-storey office block as well as the
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    • 391 2  -  By Conrad Raj JURONG Town Corporation has terminated its contract with a Canadian engineering firm after delays to its port computerisation programme. Exasperated, the corporation sacked Howe International from Jan 3 after the firm asked for a two-year extension of its
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    • 231 2  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan A SINGAPORE company raided by the police for alleged copyright infringements in fabric designs has been cleared of all charges in the High Court. A subsequent appeal against that decision in the Appeal Court has also been dropped. Lance Court
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    • 195 2 PROPERTY GROUP First Capital Coiporation said yesterday that it had secured land parcels at Bukit Merah and Kew Drive to develop housing It won the 10,542 sq m Bukit Merah site in a Housing and Development Board tender which closed
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 127 2 1 PUBLIC UjfiHtfes Boorllsaid yeSftrXy it had aWHttieti a SI B#. mat km eon Tract loMlMui Engineering nut Shipbuilding tft build a new gasworks in SenOko to replace the ageing facility. The existing Kallang plant, which has been thetf since 1862, will make way for
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      • 71 2 TOYOTA Motor Corporation and its Singapore dealer, Borneo Motors, have donated two more training packages to the Institute of Technical Education under their $240,000 programme to upgrade the skills of local motor vehicle technicians. Th&training packages, first set up at the ITE's Ang Mo
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  • THE REGION
    • 414 3 AP, Reuter MANILA The government and representatives of the International Monetary Fund have failed to reach agreement on a new economic programme for the Philippines. Acting Finance Secretary Emest Leung yesterday said negotiations reached a deadlock over the fund's doubts about
      AP,; Reuter  -  414 words
    • 261 3 AFP MANILA The World Bank expects a dramatic increase in foreign investment in the former US naval base at Subic Bay but has warned the Philippine government to keep it a free port. "The mission was extremely impressed by the free
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    • 251 3 Reuter JAKARTA President Suharto, saying that nuclear power would become increasingly important in Indonesia, has strongly urged officials to grasp the technology. In a speech yesterday during an exhibition of the Indonesian Atomic Energy Agency (Batan), Mr Suharto said alternative power sources
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    • 379 3 AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian armed forces is preparing for social unrest and possibly even a coup attempt, says the new head of the military's socio-po-litical department. Major-General Hartono, appointed chief of the military's (Abri's) social and political affairs department on Jan
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • 86 3 AFP JAKARTA The European Community and the Association of South-east Asian Nations are to officially launch the EC-Asean Patents and Trademarks programme here today. The programme is aimed at enhancing trade, investment and technology e** changes between the EC and Asean through the strengthening of the intellectual
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      • 67 3 AFP MANILA The Philippines may invoice a mutual defence treaty (MDT) with the United States if its forces are attacked by other claimants in the disputed Spratly islands. Defence Secretary Renato de Villa said yesterday that the 19S1 treaty, which calls for assistance against a
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      • 65 3 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia yesterday denied plans to cooperate in aerospace with Taiwan, saying this would be unrealistic because of differing interests. The Antara news agency quoted a minister and officials at the state-run aircraft plant PT IPTN as denying talks had been held on the issue
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      • 89 3 Reuter HANOI Vietnam's ruling Communist Party voted 20 new members onto its executive Central Committee yesterday, inctud* ing the minister in chaige of relations with the United States. The new members were elected on the last day of a party conference in Hanoi. Inclusion of
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      • 71 3 Reuter SYDNEY A warrant was issued yesterday for the arrest ot failed Australian entrepreneur Christopher Skase, who has lived on the Spanish island of Majorca since his empire crashed. The District Court of Brisbane ordered the warrant to ensure Skase attend trial to face 32
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    • 275 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's largest independent union yesterday said it had complained to the United Nations' labour body of government harassment, less than a month before a US decision on whether to penalise Jakarta over its labour policy. Mochtar Pakpahan, chairman of
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    • 464 4 Reuter BEIJING Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin has ordered China's propaganda machine to tighten its grip on public opinion, saying control of the media is essential to party power and successful market reforms. Mr Jiang said the instilling of "ideological rectitude"
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    • 459 4 AFP BEIJING Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev is due to arrive here today for high-level talks with Chinese leaders about bilateral political and military cooperation and Russia's changing situation. Russian and diplomatic sources said. Mr Kozyrev, who last visited China in December
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    • 301 4 Reuter BEIJING The head of China's securities watchdog, Zhu Li, has denied rumours that Beijing is ready to permit foreign firms to list domestic A shares on the Shanghai stock market, saying it is not yet time for the move. Mr
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    • 222 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The China National Offshore Oil Corporation said that it is willing to cooperate with Taiwan to explore and develop offshore oil fields, the official China Daily reported yesterday. Chen Bingqian. CNOOCs vice-president, told a group
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    • 344 4 Reuter, China Daily SHANGHAI Shanghai is keen to become the first Chinese city to open local currency business to overseas banks, but no timetable has been set, the city's top banking official said yesterday. "If China opens renminbi business to
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    • 562 5 Reuter BANGALORE In India's Silicon Valley, the country's major computer companies are tying up with international giants as the battle for one of the world's biggest developing markets heats up. Industry analysts in Bangalore, which is compared to America's Silicon Valley
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    • 318 5 Reuter TOKYO Japan's embattled Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa is still fighting to revive his rejected political reforms and is not yet considering dissolving Parliament or resigning, the top government spokesman said yesterday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Masayoshi Takemura said: "We are not thinking
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    • 398 5  -  Fran Sohn Jie-Ae in SEOUL SOUTH Korean companies continue to vie for position in the final days of the selection process to form a private consortium that will tap into one of the country's most lucrative markets the cellular phone business.
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    • 178 5 Reuter SYDNEY Surprisingly low Australian inflation data yesterday quelled fears the country's improved economy would stoke inflation. The figures also dampened speculation interest rates would rise later in the year after six month's stability. The consumer price index (CPI) for the December quarter rose
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    • 210 4 I Jin Du Mansion/ li Companies in Beijing are paying about USS3,OOO4JSS4,OOO a month to accommodate i their expatriate staff. By bunching its Jin Du I Mansion Easy Payment scHeme, fallows an A employer or its expatriate to own lb if nign class Vly apartment exclusive to foreigners. Amenities of
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
      • 66 6 Reuter VIENNA Austrian President Thomas Klestil will continue to live apart from his wife, and his mistress has asked to be posted abroad, the presidency said yesterday. The Austrian news agency APA said presidential aide Margot Loefller, 39, named in the press as the
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      • 98 6 AFP BRUSSELS The European Community has launched its second "democracy programme" here to fund the activities of nongovernmental organisations in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The EC's executive European Commission said on Monday that 12 million ECU (Ss2l million) would be made available to
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      • 39 6 Reuter LONDON Protesters greeting Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd upon arrival at Lord Justice Scott's "Arms to Iraq" inquiry yesterday. Mr Hurd said that he was not briefed on government guidelines on defence sales to Iraq. Reuter
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      • 95 6 Bloomberg Business News LONDON UK construction companies are more optimistic about output over the next 12 months than at any time since 1989 according to a survey by the Building Employers Confederation, the Financial Times reported yesterday. Some 31 per cent of the 600 companies
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      • 86 6 AP MOSCOW Pravda, the Communist newspaper founded by Vladimir Lenin in 1912, suspended publication yesterday because of a dispute with its Greek business partners. Editor-in-chief Viktor Linnik said businessman Yannis Yannikos wanted a "total right of ownership over the newspaper, interference in personnel matters, possible replacement of
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    • 495 6 Reuter, AP WASHINGTON The cost of employee benefits such as healthcare rose at the lowest rate in six years, helping to hold the increase in compensation for American workers to a modest 3.5 per cent in 1993. The Labour
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    • 219 6 Reuter FRANKFURT Germany should use its upcoming stint as European Union president to harmonise tax laws and nip tax evasion in the bud, a top bank official said. "Germany should use the European presidency to harmonise European withholding tax laws,"
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    • 372 6 Reuter GENEVA World trade expanded by less than 3 per cent last year, far less than the projected 4.5 per cent, economists at the Gatt trade body said yesterday. But recent signs of recovery' in major West European economies. coupled
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    • 58 6 Renter GORAZDE, Beuia A Bositel Serb Musing on Sunday an anti-personnel mine placed by Mhßb forces in a forest near the s—lnn Bosnian Muslim-controlled town of Gorazde. Hosnbin Muslims have told the UN and European negotiators they would use force to take back Muslim lands
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    • 292 6 Reuter PARIS The Fr'ench government will unveil a new package of measures .on Sunday to boost the economy and cut the country's record jobless rate, Prime Minister Edouard Balladur said yesterday. "We have debated a certain *number of measures and the package
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    • 453 6 Reuter DUBAI Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat left Saudi Arabia yesterday after a landmark visit that should start the gradual revival of the PLO's previously strong links with the wealthy Arab oil states of the Gulf. Diplomats in the region said the
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    • 575 8 IHT PARIS Effective unemployment levels in the world's five leading industrial countries are substantially higher than current figures show, a study released by American Express Bank in London has concluded. But in a forecast that contrasts with the view of a number
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    • 410 8 AP BERLIN The near collapse of Mctallgescllschaft AG, one of Germany's biggest conglomerates. has sparked a barrage of criticism of the way German companies arc supervised. There is too much overlap between firms' directors, creditors and big shareholders, and the same people
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    • 439 8 NYT, Reuter WASHINGTON In a sharp change of tone, the Clinton administration's top specialist on Russia, testifying on Capitol Hill, sternly warned that the government of President Boris Yeltsin must press full speed ahead with economic reforms or risk an
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    • 366 8 Reuter WASHINGTON US President Bill Clinton's new nominee for defence secretary has legions of admirers in the Pentagon and Congress but even Bill Perry's fans wonder if he is politically suited for the highly demanding cabinet post. "Perry's
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    • 140 8 Reuter MOSCOW Monetarist Finance Minister Boris Fyodorov stubbornly refused to resign formally from the government, pushing President Boris Yeltsin towards a showdown with his centrist prime minister. Political commentators said the Fyodorov affair had exposed an emerging rivalry between Mr Yeltsin
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    • 302 8 Reuter BONN Finance Minister Theo Waigel has called for a review of Germany's contribution to European Union coffers and opposition Social Democrats says Britain's generous rebate on its payments should be scrapped. Bonn has long been Europe's main paymaster, contributing around
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    • 257 8 AP WASHINGTON The royal family of Abu Dhabi has dropped claims to some US$4OO million (SS64O million) in US assets, complying with part of its agreement in the Bank of Credit and Commerce International scandal not to
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    • 397 8 In the matter of the Companies Act. CAP 50 Pursuant to Section 290 (2) (b) SINGAPORE INDUSCO HOLDINGS (PTE) LTD (in Members' Voluntary Winding-Up) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 150 South Bridge Road. #11-04 Fook Hai Building. Singapore 0105 on Friday.
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  • SPORTS
    • 494 9 Australian Open AP MELBOURNE Tennis in Japan may never be the same again. Kimiko Date's progress into the semifinals of the Australian Open was cheered yesterday by a large group of Japanese supporters with their faces painted in the colours of the Japanese flag
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    • 418 9 UPI MELBOURNE Few fans at Flinders Park here this week would bet against an American winning the men's title at the Australian Open tennis championship. Such is the dominance of players from the US at this year's championship, only Sweden's Stefan Edberg holds
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    • 432 9  -  By Shahiron Sahari IT IS the bane of every golf or motor racing fan you decide to go and watch the event, follow one group or sit in one part of the track, and then have no idea what's happening with the
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        93 9 AFP CHELTENHAM, England Singles grand prix placing* after two events Men: 1 Hcryanto Arbi (Indo) 500 pts 2 Thomas StucrLauridsen (Den). Ardy Wiranata (Indo) 300 4 Jens Olsson (Swe). Park Sung Woo (SK) 245 6 PoulErik Hoycr-Larscn (Den) 205 7 Sompol Kookasemkij (Thai) 160 8 Joko Suprianto (Indo) 145.
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        23 9 Reuter NEW YORK NBA Monday: Boston 110 Dallas 102: Detroit 86 Chicago 92: Indiana 88 Milwaukee 96: Utah 95 Seattle 90. Reuter
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        89 9 AFP TEHRAN An Iranian newspaper on Monday called for boxing to be outlawed, five years after a ban was lifted since the 1979 Islamic revolution. The paper, which is close to islamic radicals, criticised the boxing federation for their "lack of concern about the economic. cultural and social costs"
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        59 9 AP SYDNEY Mark Waugh claimed his first major international cricket award as Australia thrashed South Africa by 35 runs to win the oneday finals in the third and deciding match yesterday. Waugh followed his 107 from Sunday night with 60 from 53 balls as Australia amassed 223-8 from its
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        70 9 AP BORDEAUX France Italian Francesco Moser said on Monday he was abandoning his attempts to break the world one-hour record and retiring from competitive racing. Moser. 42, had arrived on Monday at the Bordeaux-Lac velodrome io test equipment and make trial runs in preparation for his latest assault on
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        41 9 Reuter NEW YORK NHL Monday: Florida 8 Montreal 3; Hartford I Boston 2: Tampa Bay 4 Buffalo 0; Dallas 2 New Jersey 6; Edmonton 4 Vancouver 5 (OT); Calgarv 3 L 31 (OT); Anaheim 2 St Louis 3 (OTJ.
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      • Article, Illustration
        48 9 AP MELBOURNE Australian Open Tuesday Women's singles, quarter-finals: Steffi Graf (Ger) b Lindsay Davenport (US) 6-3 6-2: Kimiko Date (Jpn) b Conchita Martinez (Spn) 6-2 4-6 6-3: Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spn) b M Malccva-Fragniere (Swi) 7-6 6-4; Gabricla Sabatini (Arg) b Jana Novotna (Czech Rep) 6-3. 6-4. AP
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        115 9 AFP. Reuter LONDON World rankings released Monday: 1 Nick Faldo (Eng) 20.65pts 2 Greg Norman (Aust) 18.90 3 Bemhard Langer (Ger) 17.19 4 Nick Price (Zim) 16.37 5 FrcdCouplcs (US) 15.61 6 Paul Azingcr (US) 14.51 7 lan Woosnam (Wales) 11.41 8 David Frost (SA) 10.39 9 Corev Pavin
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        32 9 AP SEOUL President Kim Youngsam threw his support yesterday behind plans by civilian South Korean groups to make a joint bid for the 2002 World Cup soccer with North Korea. AP
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    • 819 9  -  Dave Anderson believes nobody deserves a fourth monkey on their back, so he is rooting for the Buffalo Bills to win this Sunday Dave Anderson NYT NEW YORK Some people call it the Super Bowl rematch "nobody wanted", but the Bills wanted
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 434 11 Reuter Hollywood producer Steven Spielberg's movie Schindler's List is the best Holocaust film ever made, according to veteran Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal. "It gave me goosebumps over my whole body," said Wiesenthal, who recently saw a preview of the film in a special screening. "Of
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    • CHATTER BOX
      • 248 11 THE SAMUEL Goldwyn Co has made the first deal of the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, acquiring worldwide rights to the film Go Fish. The film, directed by Rote Troche and produced and" wrmbt and Guinevere Turner, is an off-beat comedy about friendship, dating, love
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      • 355 11 Reuter JOHN Gielgud, one of the century's great classical actors, says he is working hard, reading thrillers and often thinks about death as he approaches his 90th birthday. In a rare interview, Gielgud, regarded as the finest speaker of Shakespearean verse in the history
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  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
    • 1225 12  -  Singapore-India relations Special to BT BILVEER SINGH BILVEER SINGH The writer is a senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science. National University of Singapore SINGAPORE Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's visit to India marks a new era of relations in the
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    • 1218 13  -  Economic potential of Asean-SAARC links Special to BT MUKUL ASHER MUKUL ASHER The writer is associate professor. Department of Economics and Statistics, and a senior fellow. Public Policy Programme, at the National University of Singapore ASEAN is relatively
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    • 767 13  -  Special to BT VAPAI PANANDIKER VAPAI PANANDIKER The writer is director of the Centre for Policy Research, an independent, AVh Deihi-based think-tank THERE are cogent reasons for Asean and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to draw closer during the next
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  • 542 14 r==T r. INDIA is a good place to be in right now. The tide has turned in favour of liberalisation in that giant economy, reckoned to be the world's sixth largest in terms of purchasing power parity. It is fortunate that Singapore's Prime Minister,
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  • 217 14 ONE fundamental problem with both Medishield schemes is that coverage stops at 70. Many Singaporeans are expected to live beyond 70. By 2030, those over 75 will number about 250,000. At the current cut-off point, they will have no health insurance when they require it
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  • 187 14 THE RESULTS of the AMP survey on the performance of the top 10 per cent Malay students reveal some worrying indicators. Generally, there is a steady decline in the performance of these top PSLE achievers in terms of English, science and mathematics. Are the AMP findings conclusive?
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  • 146 14 LAST NOVEMBER, some coffee-shops raised the prices of coffee and beverages, a move which the Consumers' Association and many consumers have reproached A 10-cent increase is hardly justified since the cost of ingredients has not increased. On the other hand, some coffee-shop owners argue
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  • 122 14 ALTHOUGH Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) the country's largest Muslim organisation has quit politics since 1984, NU chairman Abdurrahman Wahid seems to fully understand how powerful the temptation is to join a political organisation for the NU masses, not only because they are courted by three political contestants but
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  • 129 14 BORIS YELTSIN's predecessor, Mikhail Gorbachev was toppled from power when he balked in the face of pressure from the old communist bloc to halt his reformist leanings. In his aftermath, Yeltsin picked up the banner of change but he now appears to have made the same mistake
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  • 189 14 IN THE LIGHT of the Highland Towers collapse, the Cabinet-issued order to stop all hillside development projects pending an endorsed reappraisal of safety and construction standards had been cause for some bated breathing over the bones it might dig up. The close of the month-long deadline
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  • 895 14  -  Hobart Rowen says revising European labour laws and regaining control of the continent's economic future from the Bundesbank is essential Hobart Rowen The Washington Post UNEMPLOYMENT in Western Europe is stuck at or near double digits, and officials there appear unable to
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 3093 15 Zhu Rongji is implementing an ambitious reform package which will change the face of China if it succeeds. International Business Week wnters talked to the vice-premier recently to find out how he intends to turn China into a modern economic powerhouse. Y
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    • 939 15  -  Sipping coconut milk, a relaxed Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji fielded questions with ease at Zhongnanhai. a government compound in Beijing. He spoke for two hours with Business Week managing editor Mark Morrison, Hongkong bureau chief Joyce Barnathan and Beijing correspondent Lynne Curry. Business Week Q: What kind
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  • 434 16  -  PM Goh's visit to India Reports by Walton Morais in NEW DELHI SINGAPORE Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has proposed that Singapore Airlines be allowed to fly to more Indian cities under a joint tourism promotion scheme which will
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  • 475 16 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING A Chinese government report says a surge in urban wages could fuel more inflation-driven panic buying in cities this year, while rural incomes continue to lag. The official Economic Daily yesterday said the average annual income
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  • 253 16 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK American consumer confidence in the economy grew in January for the third straight month despite gnawing uncertainty about future job prospects. The Conference Board yesterday said its monthly index of consumer sentiment gained 3.4 points to 83.2. The
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  • 176 16 THE Trade Development Board has boosted its drive to give businessmen more access to information on overseas markets with an agreement on information exchange with six Indian organisations. TDB chairman Alan Yeo yesterday signed the memorandum of understanding with representatives from
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  • 498 16 Reuter, AFP, AP BEIJING China yesterday strongly protested against the financing of Hongkong's new airport and said it would not recognise debts or contracts unilaterally decided before it retakes the British colony in 1997. A spokesman for China's
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  • 499 16 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Rents for the colony's luxury apartments and houses will soar a further 25 per cent this year as more expatriates flood into the territory and put yet more pressure on an already tight market. Leading real estate
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  • 752 16  -  The Bottom Line LEON HADAR LEON HADAR The writer is BT's Washington correspondent WHAT do the following people have in common Russian nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, members of Mexico's Zapatista National Liberation Army (ZNLA), Texas billionaire Ross Perot, British financier Sir
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  • 180 16 AFP LONDON British conglomerate Lonrho yesterday said profits jumped by 50 per cent in 1993, and announced the departure of four close allies of group founder and co-chief executive Roland "Tiny" Rowland from its board. The group said it had seen a 50 per
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 475 17  -  Itaports by Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Malayan Banking Bhd yesterday announced a 50 per cent jump in interim earnings and said it plans to list its subsidiary Kwong Yik Bank soon. The largest banking group in Malaysia said it will apply
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    • 113 17 SINGAPORE The bullish stock market in the second half of last year helped lift the pretax earnings of Mayban Securities by 13 times to M 538.3 million (5522.1 million) for the six months to Dec 31, 1993. The star performer and
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    • 72 17 SINGAPORE Vying for a piece of the IPO action was this queue which formed outside UOB Plaza yesterday. Industrial hardware stockist Hup Seng Huat launched an initial public offer of 70 million shares on Saturday. The offer comprises 30 million fixed price shares of 55
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    • 259 17  -  NOL share-rigging case By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE A Subordinate Court yesterday called for the defence of the two men accused in the Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) share case. Tan Boon Chiang, 39, and Low Chin Yee, 29, were charged on Aug 7 under
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    • 699 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE It has been, for many years, the fondest but unrealised hope of the Kwek family to own a Hong Leong bank in Singapore. Now, in a twist of
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    • 370 17  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Local retailer Robinson Co yesterday reported interim net profit growth of 11.9 per cent to 513.1 million, making it the only major listed department store to have stayed in the black. The result was achieved
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    • 205 17 SINGAPORE Nat Steel Electronics, a member of the listed Nat Steel Group, is raising $85 million for its working capital. Deutsche Bank Singapore has launched a note issuance facility for the Singapore contract manufacturer in the capital market and is in the process of
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    • 95 17 SINGAPORE Amcol Holdings and Hongkong-based New World Development have signed agreements with Societe Generate Asia Ltd and the Singapore branches of five international banks for loans totalling US$3B million (5560.8 million) to finance a power project in China's Guangdong province. The borrower, Kastille Pte Ltd,
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    • Article, Illustration
      293 17 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII't Index stocks Jan 25 Last Sme Mt> S««ck Kb Ckft (actor inn (S> <f) Avimo 2.120 -0.110 I.3S 2.59 CAC 1.150 -0050 5.30 I.IS CWT 3.060 -00*0 199 |.«9 Ccrebos 7.350 -0.050 4.7S I.II FAN 16.100 -0.700 10.93 16.51 GenMag 1.170 -0.040 0.76
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 52 18 SINGAPORE Hotel Grand Central's (HGC) renounceable 'rights issue of 28,221,600 new ordinary shares has been oversubscribed by 18 per cent. The two-for-five issue was priced at 1.05 per share. The 152,603 rights shares not accepted by shareholders will be alloted to those who applied for excess
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        • 111 18 SINGAPORE Lee Kim Tah (Pte) Ltd (LKT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES-listed construction company Lee Kim Tah f Holdings Ltd, has agreed with Siam Syntcch Construction Public Co Ltd, Woh Hup Pte Ltd and Bricomp Development Sdn Bhd > to sell part of its
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        • 31 18 •SINGAPORE Shareholders of Summa Investments yesterday approved the change of the company's name to Seapower Asia Investments Ltd. This followed its takeover by Hongkong's Sea- .power group.
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        • 41 18 SINGAPORE SES-listed construction company SPP Ltd, -which is 61 per cent owned by the Tuan Sing group, is winding .up its wholly-owned Hongkong subsidiary Manus Development Co Ltd. No reasons were given for the move.
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        • 40 18 SINGAPORE Listed property group Tuan Sing Holdings has set up a new subsidiary called Sing-Hu International Pte Ltd. The new unit, which has an authorised capital of $100,000, lists its principal activity as property investment.
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        • 90 18 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Landmark Hotel Co of Thailand, which operates a property in downtown Bangkok, has bought the Royal Lancaster Hotel, an official says. The London hotel was acquired from the London-based Rank Organisation for US$lO6 million (S$ 169.7 million), said Lancaster's sales director William
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      • 56 18 IN a report on Saturday, Business Times said that Creative Technology's revenue for the quarter to Dec 31, 1993 rose 114 per cent to US$B5.6 million. This is incorrect. Revenue did rise 114 per cent but from US$B5.6 million in the previous corresponding quarter to U*****.4 million.
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      • 307 18 Bernama LUMPUR Golden .Hope Plantations GmbH, a subsidiary of r. Hope Plantations Bhd, k 'yesterday signed a joint-ven-[l-ture agreement with Paul- Joachim Tiefenbacher in HamGermany, to acquire Paul Tiefenbacher GmbH KCo KG. f K Paul Tiefenbacher Co is fa trading company in Ham"burg
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      • 416 18  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Food group Cerebos has finalised plans to expand the regional reach of its flagship Brand's chicken essence. The plans include a new factory in Taiwan and a "sizeable" upgrading of its production facilities in Thailand and Malaysia. The
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      • 692 18 BANGKOK Asea Brown Boveri Group (ABB), a US$3O billion (Ss4B billion) company based in Switzerland, plans to list some of its many "niai subsidiaries on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, the Bangkok Post reported on Monday. The Zurich-listed
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      • 346 18 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Japanesecontrolled retailer Jusco Stores (Hongkong) said that its initial public offer of shares here was oversubscribed 355 times meaning that for every share being sold to the public there were applications for 356. Applicants sought 22 billion shares and pledged
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      • 477 18 BANGKOK Foodland Supermarket Co Ltd, Thailand's oldest supermarket chain, has acquired a S3 per cent stake in Thai Flexible Pack Co, a leading packaging material producer. for 150 million baht (559.3 million). The Nation newspaper reported on Monday. The move is part of
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      • 196 18 Reuter BANGKOK Thai Farmers Bank pic affiliate Loxley pic debuted yesterday well above brokers' expectations in active trading in a market dominated by short-term speculators. The share, sold in December at an initial public offer price of 175 baht, closed at
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      • 157 18 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Building materials supplier Van Shung Chong Holdings Ltd plans to raise HK566.6 million (5513.8 million) through an initial public offering of 61.67 million new shares. The new shares, representing 25 per cent of the company's enlarged issued
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      • 664 18 MaaagHi' prtew Jan 26 Unibood-i- 1.02 1.043 e United Gr Fund! I S* 1.66 SMPPin UMt T***** United Asia Fund 1.9} 2.05* The Commerce 1.74 1.83 NTUC lacoMt 0J1 i Income Bond Policy 4.56 4.72 Sport Set Fund 1.06 I.II PnMU SSESSl oil i:." t.« MaUnttTrnt f1* Bpum 1 11.
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      • 482 19 Reuter BOMBAY India's international telecom company is planning to raise-US$l billion (SSI.6 billion) through a share issue on the Euromarket in the country's largest international equity offer, merchant bankers said. VSNL's (Vidcsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd) offer is the latest in a series of
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      • 239 19 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Tele-Communica-tions Inc (TCI) is negotiating to buy a stake in a Japanese cable television company affiliated with trading company Sumitomo Corp. Sumitomo public relations official Tetsuo Ono said yesterday the size of TCl's proposed stake in Suginami Cable
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      • 212 19  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE TNT Express Worldwide's joint venture in India kicked off its operations yesterday from centres in five cities. The $3.18 million joint venture makes TNT the first air express major to gain a direct foothold in India. The company, TNT
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      • 267 19 Reuter TOKYO Twelve Japanese companies have been ordered by the Kawasaki district court to pay compensation to residents near their factories who said they were the victims of pollution, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said. Judge Hisashi Nemoto ordered 12
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      • 373 19 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's Pohang Iron and Steel Co (Posco), the world's second largest steel producer, yesterday posted its biggest ever after-tax profit in 1993 and even better results are forecast for this year. "Soaring demand from China in particular and
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      • 174 19 Reuter TOKYO Honshu Paper Co Ltd and Takasaki Paper Manufacturing Co Ltd have agreed on an alliance to help them rationalise their operations, a Honshu Paper spokesman said. Under the alliance, which involves the companies taking mutual share stakes, they will supply each other with
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 105 20 Reuter HONGKONG Investors have taken in their stride a cut in the weighting of Hongkong stocks in a global portfolio managed by Nomura's London office, brokers say. "By the time we hear about it, it's done anyway," said a broker, referring to the selling
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        • 83 20 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkong's First Pacific Co is to buy controlling stakes in two Indonesian health-care companies for HKS3I million (556.4 million). The investment company said its Indonesian pharmaceutical unit, PT Darya-Varia Laboratoria, will buy 50 per cent of P T Central Sari
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        • 61 20 AFP kONGKONG Allied Industries International Ltd of Hongkong said yesterday it had obtained "prompt" approval from the Chinese authorities to set up three joint ventures in chemicals in northern China's Jilin province. Approval was given for three ventures with Jilin Chemical Industrial COrp for
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        • 76 20 Knight-Ridder TOKYO Toncn Corp, a Japanese firm controlled by major international oil suppliers, will again pay a relatively big dividend per share for 1993 for the second straight year, the Kyodo news agency reported. The Tokyo-based oil refiner was forced to make the
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      • 392 20 Computer maker outlines ambitious plan for the 21st century Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Taiwan's Acer Group, one of the world's largest manufacturers of computer equipment, plans to list 20 more affiliates on stock exchanges around the world by the year 2000, says chairman
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      • 356 20 NYT NEW YORK The recent decline in oil prices is proving to be more boom than bust to the nation's oil companies. Texaco, Amoco and Ashland Oil posted higher quarterly earnings on Monday, partially because the price of the gasoline and.home heating
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      • 269 20 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE Australian packaging and paper giant Amcor Ltd will lay off 11 per cent of staff and invest at least ASSI million (5557.6 million) in a major restructuring of its pulp and papermaking arm. Managing director
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      • 288 20 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The two main UK telecommunications companies. British Telecommunications pic and Mercury Communications Ltd. seem to be preparing for a price war. and with no clear immediate winner, analysts say investors should hang onto their shares. Mercury,
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      • 273 20 NYT NEW YORK In an effort to boost sluggish sales of its Newton hand-held computer, Apple Computer will begin offering the system with a paging service under a two-year lease programme with Mobilecomm, a subsidiary of Bell South that offers a nationwide
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      • 351 20 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court on Monday let stand a US$63O million (SSI billion) antitrust judgment against a former USX Corp subsidiary for its role in an alleged conspiracy to monopolise loading docks on Lake Erie. The justices, without
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      • 230 20 Bloomberg Business News CANTON. Massachusetts Copley Pharmaceutical Inc shares fell 10 per cent on Monday amid questions on how the company had disclosed details about the aftermath of a recall of an asthma medication. Copley shares lost 3 to 27, the daily low.
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 401 21  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THAI Danu Bank is placing greater emphasis on provincial banking as the finance industry becomes more competitive in Bangkok. Its 35-branch network in the provinces will be called upon to become profit centres by actively extending
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      • SMALL CHANGE
        • 92 21 Reuter MELBOURNE A firm of accountants yesterday agreed to pay Asl36 million (S$ 155 million) to the state of Victoria to settle a court case over the collapse of a merchant bank whose accounts it audited. The settlement is the biggest reported payment in
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        • 79 21 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Advance Bank of Australia Ltd said half-year profit rose 54 per cent on a strong gain in home lending and a reduction in bad debts. Profit in the six months ended Nov 30 increased to A 543.7 million, or 49.6 Australian
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        • 68 21 Reuter KARACHI The State (central) Bank of Pakistan devalued the rupee to 30.2600/30.4113 against the US dollar from 30.2300/30.3812 fixed on Jan 13. The bank gave no reason for the move. It fixed the forward buying rate at 30.2600 for six months and 29.3522 for
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        • 71 21 Reuter WELLINGTON Westpac Banking Corp said it was cutting its home lending rate by 0.35 of a percentage point to 7.4 per cent, making it the first of New Zealand's Big Four commercial banks to drop mortgage rates in the latest round of cuts.
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        • 38 21 Reuter MADRID The Bank of Spain cut its key interest rate, the marginal rate on securities repurchase certificates, or repos, by 25 basis points to 8.75 per cent at yesterday's regular auction.
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      • 368 21 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG A life insurance company recently acquired by Singapore-listed Summa Investments is negotiating to recruit sales agents who have defected in large numbers from Hongkong's sec-ond-largest life insurance company, National Mutual Asia. Summavest bought small Hongkong insurance concern New Zealand Life
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      • 171 21 Reuter AMSTERDAM Two Dutch investment managers are planning to launch a number of funds targeting emerging "jaguar" markets in Latin America after the monster gains made by South-east Asian "dragon" and "tiger" economies last year. Robeco. the largest private investment manager in
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      • 347 21 NYT NEW YORK The American Express Co said on Monday that it would pump more than US$l billion (SSI.6 billion) into its Lehman Brothers brokerage firm, then spin it off to its shareholders, finally closing the door on its unsuccessful effort to become a
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      • 156 21  -  •t Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE A critical illness plan to provide cover for the policyholder and his children under one policy has been launched by John Hancock Life Assurance in Singapore. The company says this scheme is a first in Singapore. Called Universal
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      • 550 22 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Lower-than-anticipated inflation figures sent the Australian dollar soaring and drove the 10-year benchmark government bond yield to a 20-year low. The government reported yesterday that consumer prices rose 0.2 per cent in the three months ended
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      • 365 22 Reuter NEW YORK United States copper demand, already underpinned by a strong domestic economy, was likely to get a further near-term lift as Los Angeles rebuilds infrastructure damaged in last week's earthquake. industry analysts said. "The California quake has already created demand
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      • 180 22 Reuter TOK\t> Indonesia's state oil concern Pertamina had allocated 3.2 million barrels of low sulphur waxy residue (LSWR) for February lifting to its affiliates, mostly in line with the market's expectations, traders said. Another 200.000 barrels were allotted to the British Petroleum Co pic. a
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      • 403 22 Reuter LONDON Prices for world benchmark Brent blend crude oil could fall to USSIO a barrel if Opec fails to cut production in the second quarter, European oil traders said. Prices came under pressure on Monday on a
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      • 373 22 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE Australian resources giant Broken Hill Proprietary Co said domestic steel shipments in December rose 11.7 per cent, the 17th consecutive monthly gain. Exports in the month were up 3.1 per cent. Domestic deliveries totalled 248.000 tonnes, up from 222.000 tonnes
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      • 219 22 Reuter UNITED NATIONS The world's oil reserves will last 75 years, according to a United Nations report on Monday. But the report said the more energy resources the world consumed, the more reserves were often being found, mostly due to
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      • 142 22 THE US$ was mixed yesterday, firming against the M$ and rupiah, but easing against the S$ and the baht. The US$ was sold down from an opening of 1.6060/70 against the S$ with the downside posing little support till 1.6020. It touched a low of
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      • 186 22 Reuter LONDON The dollar's range against the mark was a narrow 50 ticks at midday in Europe, with analysts and dealers saying there was little on the horizon to cause a major upheaval later yesterday. "Dollar/mark is trapped between the rock of good US data and the hard place
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        1559 22 I rode-*etihted index cakulaled awainsi S pore's lop 14 trading partners Base year 198.< US$/S$ fonmitl rates Noon Jan 23 ss BW Oder 1-month 1.6022 ***** 2-month I 6034 I 6049 3-month ***** 1.6061 6-month 1.6070 1.6090 Sounr OCBC Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES to at 11m m 1m
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      • 203 22 P lg-k mh■■ il DnXHTwGrg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Crude oil was trading unchanged to lower ahead of last night's American Petroleum Institute report which traders expected to show a drop in inventories. Last week, the API said heating oil stocks fell a
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      • 85 22 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was mixed against other major currencies on Wall Street yesterday despite a bigger-than-expected rise in home sales for December. At 1440 GMT. the greenback was trading at 1.7528 German marks against 1.7508 marks at Monday's close here. Against the yen. the dollar was
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 1320 23 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures eased again on profit-tak-ing, dampened by rises in the Nikkei Average yesterday. Contracts spiralled lower in a continuation of the market's recent downtrend as overseas buying and short-covering propelled the Nikkei cash index from its slump on
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      • KL tin steadier on weaker ringgit
        • 380 23 COMMODITY REPORTS Raw material supply in Malaysia remained tight afier recent heavy rains and ahead of holidays in February and the wintering season in March. The lnro five-day average price rose to 176.17 Malaysian/Singapore cents a kg from 175.52. The daily indicator price was 177.78 cents against 176.86. Tokyo: Rubber
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      • KNIGHT-RIDDER COMMODITY SUMMARY
        • 96 23 KUALA LUMPUR Vietnam and Thailand have indicated to Indonesian officials that they intend to withhold some coffee from the export market to help bolster prices, the Bisnis Indonesia newspaper reported yesterday. An Indonesian delegation visited the two countries last month to seek their cooperation in
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        • 119 23 SYDNEY Certain Australian cotton exporters are backing away from the market after heavy sales in the past couple of weeks. "We're not as keen sellers" as a month or two weeks ago. said one trader in the New South Wales centre of Moree. "Some individuals
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        • 144 23 WINNIPEG Inco Ltd reopened its Thompson, Manitoba, nickel operations yesterday, as expected, after a scheduled 4-week shutdown, while the Sud- bury. Ontario, closure continues until Feb 27, com-. pany spokesmen said. Bob Purcetl, manager of corporate public relations at Inco headquarters in Toronto, said although
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    • 1574 23 Rubber HAS Commodity Exchango (futures dosing as at lpa) tSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Feb 94 130.25 130.23 130 50 150 250 Mar 0.00 0.00 132.30 1.825 4.775 Apr 134.75 134.75 134.25 100 5.150 May 0.00 0.00 135.75 1.725
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    • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      • 1345 24 -2.6 THE Australian share market closed weaker yesterdav but off its lows for the day after being boosted by another low inflation figure and a strengthening dollar. Hangover from Monday's shares tumble in Tokyo and news of price cuts for Australia's coal exports to Japan dragged the local share
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      • 639 24 -23.07 Philippine share prices stumbled in slow trading yesterday as long-term investors remained on the fringes and other Asian bourses were also on a tailspin, analysts said. The composite price index at the Manila Stock Exchange declined 23.07 points, or 0.70 per cent, to close at 3,089.44, while the
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      • 550 24 -122.37 Taiwan stocks closed 2.1 per cent lower and turnover shrank on seasonally tight liquidity ahead of the Chinese New Year, brokers said. The weighted index opened slightly higher but soon fell and ended 122.37 points down at 5.835.51, near its intra-day low. Turnover fell to NT560.44 billion from
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      • 249 24 +8.55 A recovery in Australian share prices aided a 22-point turnaround on New Zealand's NZSE-40 capital index, the index ending the day 8.55 points higher at 2,280.69. The index had earlier gone as low as 2,260.35. Brokers said Australian shares, taken off their lows by a lower-than-expected inflation
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      • 383 24 +4.1 Bargain hunting in electricity monopoly Kepco and some banking shares pushed the market to close higher for a third consecutive session. Brokers said profit-taking took a toll on some blue chips and low-priced counters continued to lose ground. The composite stock index added 4.10 points to 892.06. Despite
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      • 33 24 +123.52 The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share index rose 123.52 points or 3.1 per cent to close at a provisional 3,978.% points. The 100-share national index rose 55.22 points to a provisional 1,888.85.
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    • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      • 697 24 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer Mim ap Deposit WMOO 3* 6500 Mim Jenes G* O.I*4J 0 194 2 Mim Ma« Income ****** ****** I SS ash Imnme Plus Fund 10 7700 IIWOO PNSRcscoefund 5 2400 5 2500 Sterling Kquift Furo Performance ***** 0491* Far Easl Fund *2.7650 *2 97
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      • 601 24 -37.4 Shares ended broadly lower as the lack of any economic news and a weak March FTSE futures contract, prompted mild profit-taking and led to widespread mark downs by market makers, analysts and dealers said. The FTSE 100 ended 37.4 points down at 3,444.0 while the FTSE Mid-250 index
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      • 124 24 +3.85 French shares ended little changed after giving up their gains as French and German bond markets turned negative, dealers said. Some reported talk in Germany that German December M 3 would show stronger than expected growth. The CAC-40 index ended up 3.85 points, or 0.17 per cent, at
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      • 151 24 +51 Italian stocks closed mostly higher, lifted by cyclical industrial stocks that are expected to benefit from falling interest rates. But some traders warned that market may be getting ahead of itself. The market's blue-chip Mibtel index ended up 51 points at 10,002, its fourth rise in a row,
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      • 134 24 •27.22 Swedish share prices fell sharply yesterday as negative company news triggered heavy selling from speculative investors, traders said. The OMX index dropped 27.22 points, to 1.175.29, with 27 of the 30 'stocks in the index falling in price. The declines were led by LM Ericsson, the telecommunications equipment
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      • 180 24 +46.77 German share prices held onto session gains to close higher on Tuesday buL traders were divided on Whether there is potential for more gains. The DAX index of 30 leading German shares closcd at 2,126.78, up 2.25 per cent, or 46.77 points, from the last session close and
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      • 156 24 +9.16 Belgian shares ended stronger after three consecutive days of falls, cheered by yesterday's 10 basis point cut in Belgium's central rate to 7.0 per cent, and follow- ing the trend on other European bourses. The Bel-20 index finished 9.16 points above Monday's close at 1,499.90 after touching a
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      • 258 24 +25.2 Swiss shares climbed 0.8 per cent to a record close as foreign investors snapped up Roche Holding AG and Nestle SA stock, and German shares recovered amid good inflation figures. The index of blue chip stocks, the Swiss Market Index, climbed before lunch to an intraday high of
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      • 287 24 +2 Gold shares led gains on the Johannesburg Stock Ex- change yesterday as the market warmed to bullion's bounce overnight, but dealers said investors remained nervous about prospects for the metal. The gold index ended the day 48 points better at 1,958, the overall index rose 23 points to
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      • 269 24 +3.45 Toronto stocks edged higher in early trading yesterday as prccious metals rebounded from Monday's heavy losses, traders said. The TSE 300 inchcd ahead 3.45 points to 4,469.25 in trade of 11.28 million shares valued at C 5151.85 million. Advancing issues led declines 190 to 169, with 239 stocks
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      • 735 24 -1.69 Stock prices moved lower early yesterday as weak technical factors and declines in bond prices weighed on equities. The Dow Jones average was off 7.88 points at 3,904.91 in the first hour of trading. Volume on the floor of the Big Board came to 40.40 million shares.
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      • 275 24 Dutch stocks closed lower as computerised charts of historical price movements indicated stocks are near perceived ceilings, traders said. The AEX index, composed of the 24 leading Dutch stocks, closed at 426.9, down 3.46 points. The index traded at a new all-time high of 431.21 during the morning. Dcclincrs
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      2759 25 Reuter HONGKONG Share prices closed lower, presured by late weakness on the futures market, after a day of seesaw trading, brokers said. The blue chip Hang Seng Index ended down 109.15 points or 0.94 per cent to 11.490.94. It was slightly higher in late morning trade and slid as
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      479 25 THE CLSA Shanghai B market remained dull with the index edging up 6.09 points to 982.5. Lian Hua and Rubber Belt added 7 per cent on light turnover. Other major gainers include Sanmao Textile, Forever and Erfangji edging up some 5 per cent. In Shenzhen, the CLSA B Index
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      2407 25 Reuter TOKYO Stocks shrugged off Monday's precipitous falls to end sharply higher yesterday, boosted by a late flurry of index-linked buying, brokers said. Persistent overseas demand and dealer buying of incentivebacked issues also propelled rises, as selling from corporations abated. Sentiment was cheered as the market seems to have
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      1620 25 Reuter BANGKOK Thai stocks finished the day lower, breaking 1.450 as investors took profits in textiles, property and banking, brokers said. The index fell 13.99 points, or 0.96 per cent, to 1.447.60. Turnover was back up at 18.9 billion baht. An executive at Securities One said the impact of
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      1125 25 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices closed mixed in slow late trading yesterday, with overall volume shrinking on lacklustre trading, brokers said. The Composite Index closed 1.48 points lower at 586.57. Sampoerna rose 700 rupiah to 13.100 on moderate volume. Jakarta International Hotel fell 50 rupiah to 5.375 on anticipation of
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      • 5850 26 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The benchmark Composite Index plunged 5 per cent to within striking distance of the 1.000 mark yesterday as the market entered its third week of consolidation after a year-long rally. The CI started at 1,061.41 but fell steadily
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      • 1481 28  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Another slide in the price of Malaysian counters dragged shares lower across the board yesterday, cancelling Monday's gains. Although the Straits Times Industrials Index gained a modest 36.54 points on Monday, analysts were not convinced that a rally had begun.
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    • 330 29 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Westmont Bhd (the former Yangtzekiang Bhd) plans to buy a 51 per cent stake in Perkapalan Mesra Sdn Bhd for M 522.95 million (5513.8 million) cash. A Westmont statement yesterday said 6.76 million Perkapaian Mesra shares of Msl each
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    • 179 29 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Criminal gangs are running "phantom" ships that plunder cargoes, smuggle illicit drugs and ferry illegal immigrants across the East China Sea, a senior maritime official said yesterday. "The gangs are capable of stealing ships when they have
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    • 218 29 Reuter HONGKONG Hutchison Whampoa Ltd has acquired an additional 17 per cent of the stock of Hongkong International Terminals Ltd (HIT), raising its stake to 77.5 per cent, HIT managing director John Meredith said yesterday. Mr Meredith noted that Orient Overseas (International)
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    • 921 29 Marine insurers aim for more professionalism in financial statements Fairplay LONDON The P&I (protection and indemnity) world reacted with some amusement recently when a leading firm of insurance accountants suggested, in an article in the shipping press, that the industry could benefit from
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    • 284 29 Lloyd's List HONGKONG Sea-Land Service is negotiating to order four 3,600 TEU capacity containerships with Japanese shipyard Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries. The yard has been singled out as the likeliest to secure the order after Japan appeared to edge out South Korean
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    • 339 29  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE The Port of Los Angeles, the leading container gateway on the US west coast, suffered only minor damage in the earthquake that hit the city last week. Los Angeles Board of Harbour Commissioners' president Frank Sanchez said: "Business
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    • 1402 45 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to 1.236 on Monday from 1.238 on Jan 21. It was a slow start to the week on the freight market with rates appearing to have eased on the key US Gult to Japan grain run. brokers
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    • 1150 46  -  Virgin Atlantic's new Asian service starts next month. Chairman Richard Branson talks to Andrea Rothman about his expansion plans Andrea Rothman Bloomberg Business News ASSENGERS flying I W from Europe to |Y Hongkong on selectI ed Virgin Atlantic JL~ Airlines needn't worry about wrinkling their clothes
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      • 529 48 NYT WASHINGTON The Supreme Court rejected on Monday an airline industry attack on airport landing fees in a ruling that could strengthen the hand of airports seeking to exact more revenue from commercial airline operations. The impact of the
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      • 239 48 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airlines has become the first carrier outside the European Union to be granted approval for maintenance work by the Joint Airworthiness Authorities (JAA). It has been awarded the Joint Aviation Regulation 145 (JAR-145) approval which allows the national carrier
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      • 329 48  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Nissan expects its corporate restructuring efforts to achieve a "suitable profit level even under low-growth conditions" in 1994. The world's fourth biggest car maker will also "exert every effort" to move out of the red in the
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      • 45 48 AFP KOUROU, French Guyana An Ariane rocket prior to its 63rd launching on Monday. The unmanned rocket crashed into the sea shortly after lift-ofT on Monday with a Turkish and a European telecommunications satellite aboard, space centre officials said. AFP
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      • 338 48 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON USAir Cargo and British Airways World Cargo on Monday said they would start an airport-to-airport express package service on Feb I. By taking small parcels runway to runway, the venture between the cargo units of USAir Group
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        • 65 48 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia yesterday denied it plans to cooperate with Taiwan on aerospace, saying it would be unrealistic because of differing interests. "We have different interests in the types of planes to produce. Taiwan's production interest is mainly military in nature, while Indonesia's is commercial." the
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        • 46 48 Bloomberg Business News SAN FRANCISCO Chevron Shipping has named Thomas Moore as president, replacing Douglas Wolcott, 62, who is retiring. The changes are effective April I. Mr Moore. 48, has been vice-president and general manager of operations since 1988. Bloomberg Business News
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        • 69 48 UPI BUDAPEST Hungary's Malev Airlines has signed an agreement with America's Delta Airlines to begin a new direct passenger service between Budapest and New York in the spring. Malev has lost US$2 million (553.2 million) since last May on its Budapest-Rome-New York route operated
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        • 50 48 Reuter KARACHI Pakistan's private Hajvairi Airline has temporarily suspended operations, general manager Attaullah Khan said on Monday. "We have suspended our flights for a week or 10 days from yesterday as our partnership agreement with Aeroflot Russian International Airlines ended on Jan 20," he said. Reuter
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        • 65 48 AFP TORONTO Canada's Bombardier has sold a pair of passenger planes to Taiwan's Great China Airlines for Cs26 million (5531.7 million). The Dash 8 56-passenger planes will be delivered in April and May. a Bombardier statement said on Monday. Great China Airlines, which already has
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        • 73 48 Bloomberg Business News MADRID Spain's government and labour unions broke off talks on the operation of public transport during Thursday's general strike, allowing the administration to decree the level of services available. However, labour leaders said on Monday they could not guarantee workers will
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      • 251 48 AP WASHINGTON The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) directed car makers on Monday to equip new cars with canisters that capture toxic, smog-producing fumes during refuelling. The canisters will have to be phased in over three years beginning with 1998 models. Vans,
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    • 1008 37 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I CR NO: **********0E J VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIN VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SIN SJNO MARINE 32N 29/1 1/2 5/2 MAJAPAHIT 4141 30/1 212 8/2 roVa B.i D.a SL, I/, BUNGA TERATAI 4553 1/2 4/2
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    • 88 39 MARITIME 8 Naval Architects/Marine Engineers/Marine Surveyors, established in 1967, more than 20 years experience in international ships' registries. Specialise in: Ship registration under open registry countries Offshore business company formation Statutory survey and issuing of mandatory Load Line, SOLAS, MARPOL Certificates on behalf of the Governments of several open registries
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    • 669 41 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA. S PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 31/1 ROTTERDAM 31/1 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 31/1 HAMBURG/BREMEN 31/1 MARSEILLE/FRANCE V 2 FELIXSTOWE/UK 29/1 BARCELONA/SPAIN 30/1 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 29/1 GENOA/ITALY 3VI ANTWERP/BELGIUM 3VI LOS ANGELES/WC/PI 29/1 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 29/1 NEW YORK/EC 29/1 FREMANTLE/ADEUUDE 27/1 VANCOUVER 28/1
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    • 1746 42 PJkSMN CONTAINER LINES Bix-yVxrlAoents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 UNCB) »)v 'cAHkMRIMI SIBU (064) *****9 KUCHINQ (062) *****3 1 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****67 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANQ: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 r HKG/TWN/BKK GENOA/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 28/1 29/1 30/1
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    • 191 42 I SEAWARD SHIPPING AND I TRADING GO (S) PTE LTD IT» ETA El* SKXtE KMT KEIMG KNMK BIUE WOE 15/2 loadirt 'or *UVM HUDHU 20 2 OscFwginf and loj4>n( to» Bombay Dan* 107 Loadmi For Malt nONEQt SUMIEME 20 2 Loading For Mal« UMMEEOH M PORT loading For Ma* PROGRESS
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    • 718 43 WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPT* WMBULK/SOC CARGOES TO/FtOM KOBE. YOKOHAMA. NAGOYA, HOI. TO*TO*. MANIA*. OAVAO*. Penanf* P. Ketang Sin(apart E'Msia* IVYEVERETT V7E In PI/27 Im KARABEVERETT VISE 31Jan/01 Feb 05/06 Fed KAMALEVERETT VI9E 14/15 Fife 16/17 Ftfe ACCEPTMG MKAKBULK/FCI/SOC CARGOES TO/FKOM CMTTAGONG. CALCUTTA MB MONSLA* S«f apore
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    • 371 43 ft GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ft ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELAN6/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN VI 29/1 1/2 7/2 16/1 GLORY SELATAN IX 1/2 2/2 10/1 SP PKL HCM HK KAO TIBER TRADER XI 30/1 1/2
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    • 524 43 jdhfL PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK A CONTAINER SERVICE VtSStl WOT SM KMACH SM6OOHA IMHW 03/0? 12/02 M6HAB 106-HW 14/0? 23/02 MMgjg 1454W 0?_ £3 12/03 BQIM I»HW 11/03 27/03 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY TZTI —'u* Wt BSW OST" WAS TOO HYDERABAD 126 ON 18/02 24/02 01/03 07/03
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    • 616 43 FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN/ P. ELIZABETH VESSEL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH iIAN HE/SO 26/01 09/02 27/02 Ml* HE/102 11/02 24/02 14/03 VI HE/9® 26/02 09/02 27/02 ACCEPTS CARGO TO JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA VIA DURBAN BOOKING AGENT FOR COSCO SIN TO MADRAS VESSEL SIN MOS SIN KOTA MELATI V
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    • 243 43 SIN FAR EAST 2/02 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 29/01 BANGKOK V--31/01 MANILA/CEBU 31/01 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 1/02 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 29/01 BUSAN 29/01 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 29/01 HONG KONG SjN CHINA (+m*±mmn) 29/01 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN I'. FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU m DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIN EUROPE/UK 1/02 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 1/02 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN J; also accepting cargo to Austria/ J. Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech.
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    • 801 44 Handling System Co. Pte. Ltd. 136 138, Neil Road, #03-00, Singapore 0208 TT7 VT7 M CFS-20, Gul Road, Singapore 2282 Tel: 02-*****28 Handling System Co. Sdn. Bhd. N0.9 Lorong Cungah, ***** Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia 24th Floor. L'MBC Main Building, ***** Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Handling System (HK) Co. Ltd. Wing
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    • 378 44 y Con term CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 05 FEBRUARY (Accepting to all N*«r Zealand porta) PENANG 28 JAN JAKARTA 01 FEB PORT KLANG 31 JAN MANILA 30 JAN MELBOURNE 29 JAN SYDNEY 29 JAN FREMANTLE 30 JAN BRISRANE 30 JAN ADELAIDE 02 FER 'ACCEPTING TO ALL SCANDINAVIA PORTS
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    • 488 44 This Week's Sailings Singapore I To: ETD II ETD "^aTwaRDH? Singapore Singapore I so 9002 BY LRQA EVERY EVERY Bangkok SUN Jakarta SUN GXP, EVERY EVERY Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh FRI EVERY EVERY Colombo TUE Li mas so I THUR ItTERNATIONAL SEA FREIGHT FORWAMK Tel: Fax: AND LOOSTKS SERVICES
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    • 70 44 I I! NIPPON EXPRESS Arrow International (Worldwide Consolidation System) WEEKLY TO: TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/NAGOYA/KAOSHIUN'G/ HONG KONG/BANGKOK/KEELUNG/KOBE/ LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACHVNEW YORK/ CHICAGO/SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/HAMBURG/ FELIXSTOWE/ROTTERDAM/DUSSELDORF WE ALSO DEAL IN FCL CARGO WORLDWIDE ARROW EXPRESS (SERVICE TO MALAYSIA) MALAYSIA TRUCK CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore DAILY to K.L. BANGI. SHAH ALAM ARROW EXPRESS BONDED CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore
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    • 1229 45 f .|—g—y CRYSTAL FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD iJ332SAL-. 3$ MMWHm —Mwwwai n urifn i, AUCKLAND 5/2 ANTWERP 31/1 Imcaw 1/9 ADELAIDE 3/2 FELIXSTOWE 29/1 wnwrKnwr, ?g/i BRISBANE 3/2 HAMBURG 31/1 TAlaota 1/9 FREMANTLE 28/1 ROTTERDAM 31/1 SURABAYA 1/2 MELBOURNE 28/1 KEELUNG !!1 SYDNEY 2./1 KAOHSIUNG 28/1 kobe 30 1 OTHER
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    • 237 46 A VIGOUR PACIFIC LINES WORTH PHILIPPINES PULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA VIGOUR PACFIC 9405N 28/01/94 05/02/94 VIGOUR PACIFIC 9405 AN 31/01/94 05/02/94 IONm EVERY VIGOUR SINGAPORE 9406N 04/02/94 12/02/94 FRIDAY ANO MONOAY VIGOUR SINGAPORE 9406 AN 07/02/94 12/02/94 PORT KLANG/PENANQ FULL CONTAINER SERVICE 1 VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE PORT
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    • 981 47 A HYUNDAII MERCHANT MARINE CO. ITP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 VESSELS VOY PtW PKE PGO VESSELS VOY SIN HTM AWT* LEH* HAM BREt EEL HMM ADVANCE 036 A 24/01 25/01 27/01 NOR FRIBOURE 309W 31/01 11/02 11/02 19/02 20/02 20/02 22/02 NOR MALACCA 9405 A 31/01 01/02 03/02 H.
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    • 486 47 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS IRROURD VESSELS VESSEL w u COSBK NMUR IM »/t 31,1 ARIIIA *23 1/1 111 crammm trader »it Ml MANE MM Ml 1/2 MIKE SRT lIS 1/2 OUTBOUND VESSELS LOMHHC FPU SIM/MAC COSMIC PIONEER V 34 SIN 29/1 PK 31/1 LOMINC TOKYO
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