The Business Times, 9 September 1994

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Friday September 9 1994 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon DOW up 18.8 points
      54 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stocks rallied yesterday. At I pin EDT, in the broader market, advances led declines by a !2-to-7 margin on volume of 164 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange. At 2pin EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 3,905.09
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      Lock icon New hope for compromise on abortion
      42 1 AFP CAIRO Officials have worked out a new compromise formula in a bid to settle the abortion row which has held up a UN conference's plan to curb soaring birth rates, a European delegate said yesterday.
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    162 1 Stock market indices Thursday Change STI1 2.304.23 -22.78 KLSEComp 1.181.17 +18.02 Nikkei 19.917.78 -106.02 Hang Seng 10.150.98 -14.89 SET Index 1.525.56 -6.85 Jakarta Conip 532.84 +0.79 CLSA China B 1.224.82 +4.01 Aust All Ord 2.089.1 -15.3 FTSE 100 3.180.0 -23.9 Thursday Previous 2pm close Dow Jones 3.905.09 3.886.25
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    Rao's economic reforms compare with Deng's: SM
    655 1  -  India's PM defends reform pace, welcomes foreign businessmen By Vikram Khanna SINGAPORE India's Prime Minister Narasimha Rao "has launched fundamental changes that can be as lasting as those of Deng Xiaoping's in China", Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday. Praising Mr Rao
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    Jurong Engineering venture studies $240m China plant
    474 1  -  From Teh Hooi Ling in CHENGDU JURONG Engineering will lead a consortium, which includes the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), to look into building a $240 million cement factory in China's Sichuan province. The listed engineering and construction company yesterday signed a
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    Lock icon Another near-miss at KL airport
    154 1 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Kuala Lumpur's trouble-prone airport saw another near-miss when a pilot was forced to abort landing his Boeing 737-400. aviation officials said yesterday. A Malaysian Airlines (MAS) pilot pulled up just before touching down after a Singapore Airlines (SIA) Airbus 310, which had
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    Four groups declare bids for cellular, paging licences
    549 1  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE The race for the second mobile phone and paging licences is getting hot, with three consortia announcing yesterday that they had put in their bids in the pre-qualify-ing round of tenders which closes today. A fourth consortium involving
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    Lock icon Nikkei sinks below key 20,000 mark
    243 1 TOKYO The Tokyo stockmarket index fell below the psychologically important 20,000 level yesterday, the first time since May. By the close of trading, the Nikkei-225 average had fallen by 106.02 points to 19,917.78 after having shown some recovery in early trading, apparently on the
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      210 1 E_ CONTENTS 1 S>xe News 2 £p0r5Ta*19.20,22 Regional News 3.4.5 Financial 24.25 World News 9.10 Ftitifvs Miriwts Analysis 17 CW)/USE. SES 28-30 Editorial 16 Regional 26 Sports 15 World .27 TV/Ufestyte 13 Currencies .24 Adverbs** 14 Simej/Commo ...24,25 SofcscriptiM TH 1800-*****77 Fu *****75 BT NmdMk Tel *****18 F» *****71 STIC
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      16 1 Advertising: Pg u Changing Cathay Pacific's image Beijing draws up plan to isolate Taiwan, Pg 4
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      49 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 19 I9J f Ll L H <af str Int'l Factors worth a cfaW took More reports, Pg 6: QAK, Inno-Pac sign deals Infrastructure is key area for S'pore firms Asia-Pac will gain from partnership with India: Rao Minister proposes four areas of cooperation, Pg 18
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Ringing up growth
        280 2  -  By Claire Leow FIVE months into this year the $2 billion telecommunications industry was on track to repeat its startling performance of last year, with most categories posting strong growth over the yearago period, the latest trade statistics show. The industry grew by 43 per cent last
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      Corrections and clarifications
      56 2 IN our Aug 20 article headlined "How you can bid for a COE", we said that heavy goods vehicles have to pay double the quota premium in their category. This is incorrect. The double quota premium requirement for heavy goods vehicles has been removed since April 1994.
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      Affluence in S'pore grows, and grows
      285 2  -  Singaporeans now want luxury cars, club membership and ownership of a company By Shiv Taneja MOBILE phones and lap-top computers have become old hat for executive types in Singapore. The most desired "accessory" now is a luxury car, followed by membership of a swanky
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      Indian firm Bloomsbury wins approved-trader status
      270 2 INDIAN firm Bloomsbury Trading Pte Ltd (BTPL) has been granted Approved International Trader (AIT) status, making it the 38th company to join the AIT league. It is the third Indian company to win AIT status. The other two are ITC Global Holdings Pte Ltd
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      Argentina trade team visits Republic
      270 2 AN Argentinian delegation has arrived to promote trade with Singapore. The delegation, led by Argentine Minister of Economy and Public Works and Services Domingo Cavallo and three undersecretaries, also paid a visit to Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, during which Dr Cavallo extended Mr Lee
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      67 2 I Our heartiest welcome I I The Honourable Prime Minister of India I I Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao I I and his delegation to the I I Republic of Singapore I I BEST WISHES '—I I Information Technology Park Pvt ltd (ITPL) H Bangalore Q I 15 SCOTTS ROAD, THONG
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Indonesia to raise wages nationwide in April
      352 3 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian wages will be raised across the country in April. "The government plans to increase the current minimum wage level for all provinces at the same time in April," Manpower Ministry spokesman Hermanto said yesterday. The government raised wages in the
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      Lock icon Tamby Chik on leave from all posts until probe is over
      215 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik has gone on leave from all political and government posts until police investigation into his alleged affair with a schoolgirl has been completed. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Mr Abdul Rahim applied
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      No euphoria in Britain over lifting of KL ban
      392 3  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON SHARES of British companies that will benefit from normalisation of trade with Malaysia surprised the market by tumbling yesterday. Analysts said that the share price declines were mainly due to an overall slide on the London
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      Lock icon European firms urge Ramos to help resolve petrochemical row
      315 3 Reuter MANILA Top European businessmen in the Philippines have urged President Fidel Ramos to push ahead with a German-backed petrochemical project which has been stalled by bickering Filipino politicians. The European Chamber of Commerce, representing 750 companies, issued the appeal as
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      Lock icon Call to punish those behind Indon strike
      86 3 The Straits Times JAKARTA President Suharto said yesterday that the people who were behind this week's strike by mini-bus drivers should be punished for causing commuters to suffer. Jakarta Governor Soerjadi Soedirdja quoted the Indonesian leader as saying that if drivers did not
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      Lock icon Cambodian editor killed
      51 3 Reuter PHNOM PENH The wife of newspaper editor Nong Chon grieving over the body of her husband who was shot dead by an unidentified gunman here on Wednesday. Mr Nong Chon's news-; paper was known for criticising the government and for publish- ing attacks on prominent politicians.
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      Lock icon Bapepam plans rating agency
      65 3 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's Capital Market Supervisory Board (Bapepam) has laid the groundwork for a securities rating agency to provide accurate information on shares and encourage more transactions. In a news release obtained on Wednesday from Bapepam, the board said it had issued a regulation defining the
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      Lock icon Viet border police seize ship
      52 3 AP HANOI Border police have seized a foreign ship, its 22 crew members and its cargo of contraband cigarettes. Police captured the ship when it approached the central Vietnamese coast, Lao Dong newspaper said yesterday. The ship was 13,000 cartons of American brand Kent cigarettes.
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG /TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Beijing acts to isolate Taipei
      402 4 'War plan' commits China to using all its resources to thwart Taiwanese independence: report Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The Chinese government has devised an aggressive plan to isolate Taiwan internationally and thwart Taiwanese independence, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. The plan was conceived
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      Lock icon Clinton to go to China? No invite yet, says White House
      278 4 AFP WASHINGTON President Bill Ginton has not yet received an invitation to visit China, the White House said yesterday after the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Mr Clinton had indicated he would go there. White House spokesman Dee Dee Myers
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      Lock icon Back in business
      41 4 Reuter BEIJING Customers thronging the Giordano store here, which reopened yesterday. The shop had been closed for a month following criticism of China's Prime Minister Li Peng by Giordano's Hongkong chairman Jimmy Lai. Mr Lai subsequently resigned. Reuter
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      Lock icon China raps Vietnam for building jetty on Spratly isle
      166 4 AFP BEIJING China hit out at Vietnam yesterday for building a small fishing jetty on one of the disputed Spratly islands, labelling the move a "gross encroachment" on China's sovereignty. Vietnam recently completed the building of the 75-metre jetty on the
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      Lock icon Taiwan govt in NT$18b venture with 13 firms
      245 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's economic ministry yesterday signed a joint-venture agreement with 13 local firms to build an NTS 18 billion (551.02 billion) semiconductor plant. A ministry official said the cooperation agreement was signed by Economic Minister Chiang Ping-kun and private sector representatives
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      Lock icon Serious crime in China up by 20pc
      185 4 AP BEIJING Serious crime in China rose by 20 per cent in the first six months of this year, the official press reported yesterday. Overall, the crime rate was up 5.9 per cent compared with the same period last year, the China Youth
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      Lock icon Paris bans demos against Jiang
      83 4 Reuter PARIS French authorities have banned demonstrations planned for the visit of Chinese President Jiang Zemin, mindful of the protests which forced his premier to curtail a tour of Germany in July. Paris police chiefs issued a decree saying a protest against China's human rights
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      Lock icon Protest by Taiwan sugar cane farmers
      72 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwanese sugar cane farmers yesterday protested against government plans to open the island's markets to cheaper foreign imports and demanded guarantees of minimum st&te purchases. About 500 farmers rallied at the Legislative Yuan (parliament) a day after the government announced plans to
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      Lock icon Illegal earnings up 64.4 pc
      81 4 AP BEIJING Auditors have uncovered more than US$l million (SSI.4 million) in illegal profits by Chinese firms in the first six months of this year. The State Auditing Administration said the firms earned a total of 10.25 billion yuan (SSI.7 million) illegally in the first
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      Lock icon More jailed in vote-buying scandal
      80 4 Reuter TAIPEI A Taiwan district court has sentenced 18 more city councillors to up to 27 months in jail for offering or accepting bribes in the island's worst vote-buying scandal, a court spokesman said yesterday. Among them was Hsu Tsai-li, Speaker of the northern Keelung
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      Lock icon Chinese chemical sector set to grow
      62 4 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China says the output and sales value of its chemical industry should grow 8 per cent this year, making it a world market leader. Gu Xiulian, Minister of Chemical Industry, said yesterday the industry would expand faster in 1994 than
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      200 4 Beijing blasts Washington for upgrading Taipei ties, Pg 10 While inspecting an Opel Astra, the human senses come in quite handy. As you pace around the car, for example, your sight will tell you this is a shape destined to age well Your hearing will be reassured by the solid
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Robust economic growth boosts merger bids in S Korea
      428 5 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's brisk economic growth has prompted a rash of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) which, analysts said yesterday, would improve the nation's competitiveness. But they said the increase in M&As, particularly in the financial and info-tech sectors, posed the
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      Lock icon Airlanka to go ahead with Airbus deal
      96 5 Reuter COLOMBO Sri Lanka will go ahead with a controversial aircraft deal, negotiated by the previous government, to buy three jetliners from France's Airbus Industrie. "We have no alternative but to take delivery of the three A 340-300 aircraft as per the legally
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      Lock icon The cost of Korean reunification
      74 5 AP SEOUL If impoverished North Korea were to suddenly collapse, South Korea would need to spend US$l.53 trillion over the next 10 years to bring its economy up to a par with the South's. If, however, the two Koreas were to gradually merge, with unification
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      Lock icon India's export growth slows
      86 5 Reuter NEW DELHI India's export growth slowed between April and July, the government reported yesterday, dealing a blow to hopes of a surge in economic expansion. Exports rose 8.3 per cent to USss7.49 billion (SS 11.16 billion) from U556.92 billion in the same four-month period in
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      Lock icon Tokyo rethinks ODA bidding procedures
      72 5 Reuter TOKYO Japan's foreign ministry has ordered an agency in charge of dispensing the nation's Official Development Assistance (ODA) foreign aid to examine its bidding procedures, a ministry spokeswoman said. The Japan International Cooperation Agency was instructed on Wednesday to review its procedures, one day
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      Lock icon Daewoo head visited N Korea: report
      83 5 AFP SEOUL Daewoo Group head Kim Woo Choong made secret trips to Pyongyang in July, the first visit by a South Korean businessman since the death of North Korean president Kim 11 Sung, Yonhap news agency said. During his stay in Pyongyang, Mr Kim
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      Lock icon Memoirs of an ex-premier
      29 5 Reuter LONDON Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke was all smiles during a book signing session for his newly-released memoirs on Monday at Harrod's. Reuter
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      Lock icon NZ Reserve Bank forecasts soft landing for economy
      332 5 Reuter WELLINGTON New Zealand's growth will ease off gradually in the next two years, with inflation staying in check as the economy heads for a "soft landing". The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) yesterday said it saw no need for any
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      120 5 "f If you want to venture abroad like other Singaporeans Ifyouarc awcious about bewgUfi behind when others are motnng on to better career opportunities If you wish to own a FOOD COURT, AMUSEMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE (even if you have no such experience) Ifyou have S $31,000 or even ifyou
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      96 5 JAKA RTA BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR DINNER? I M AT SILKAIR, WE GO OUT OF OUR WAY FOR YOU. For the regular traveller to Jakarta, Silk Air offers some food for thought: three convenient flights a day. And long before you land at Jakarta, each flight gives you a taste of
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
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      QAF, Inno-Pac food deals among list lined up for Indian firms
      492 6  -  Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao s visit to Singapore By Paul Leo TWO locally-listed companies, QAF and Inno-Pacific Holdings, are poised to enter the Indian food market with the signing of contracts with their Indian counterparts today. The
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      Lock icon Asia-Pacific countries will gain from partnership with India, says Rao
      618 6  -  By Vikram Khanna THE COUNTRIES of the Asia-Pacific will find in India "a reliable partner and a vast market", Indian Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao said yesterday. Delivering the 13th Singapore lecture on the theme "India and the Asia-Pacific:
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      Infrastructure is key area for S'pore firms
      362 6  -  By Shiv Taneja INDIAN business leaders yesterday identified infrastructure particularly air and sea ports as a key area in which Singapore could contribute to their country's development. And the executives part of the delegation accompanying Indian Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao on
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      Economic cooperation off to a promising start, says PM Goh
      519 6  -  Shiv Taneja PRIME MINISTER Goh Chok Tong said last night that although economic cooperation between India and Singapore had just begun, the results were encouraging. Speaking at a dinner he hosted in honour of visiting Indian Prime Minister P V
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      326 6 "I TODAY'S SPECIAL PROGRAMMES Function Room Hall I, WTC 4JO pm SJO pm "Investigating Science at Home" A talk by Jannie Tang 6.00pm 7.00pm A Forum on "New Opportunities in Writing and Publishing Tamil Books" Panelists: Mr K Raju of Jaya Bakti, Malaysia Mr C Valusamy of Saravanavhavan Publications, Malaysia
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Fed governor pledges hard line on inflation despite positive signs
      553 9 Reuter AFP WASHINGTON A top Federal Reserve policymaker said on Wednesday that the central bank could not afford to lower its guard against inflation, despite signs that the US economy might be cooling off. Fed governor Edward Kclley said the
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      Lock icon EU finance ministers to be told to manage debts
      516 9 Reuter BRUSSELS European Union finance ministers will be told bluntly this weekend that unless they get their public finances in order they risk seeing high long-term interest rates throttle the emerging economic recovery. "For next year there are two uncertainties," European
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      Lock icon Row over pace of European integration flares up again
      470 9 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Union's row over whether a hard core of countries should set the pace of integration reflects a fundamental question that has dogged the bloc for 40 yean and will not spoi» go aw*y„ /<; v* .V The
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      Lock icon Getting ready to leave
      51 9 AFP HAVANA People thronging around a large raft as it is being secured on top of a truck before heading for a beach near Havana to carry more refugees away from the country. By Wednesday, the US Coast Guard had intercepted almost 900 Cubans at sea.
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon US warns Pakistan, China
        97 9 Reuter WASHINGTON The US State Department warned China and Pakistan they would face new US economic sanctions if it was established that China had shipped M-l I ballistic missiles to Pakistan. Washington Times newspaper reported on Wednesday that US spy agencies have fresh evidence of Pakistan
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        Lock icon Switzerland coming out of recession
        81 9 Reuter ZURICH The Swiss economy will shake off the last vestiges of recession this year and grow significantly in 1995, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said yesterday. Switzerland. which has been grappling with its longest recession sincc World War 11, will have gross
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        Lock icon Armenia to reopen nuclear plant
        70 9 Reuter MOSCOW Energy-short Armenia is due to reopen its controversial nuclear power plant next spring, after signing a protocol with Russia on financing repairs. Russia's First Deputy Atomic Energy Minister Lev Ryabycv told Reuters by telephone that a protocol he signed two days ago with
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        Lock icon Bonn urged to reform media law
        92 9 Bloomberg Business News GUTERSLOH, Germany Mark Wocssncr, chicf executive of German media and publishing company Bertelsmann AG, is calling for a reform of the German media law to allow one company to hold full ownership of a television channcl, German daily Handclsblatt reported. In
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        Lock icon Barbados opposition wins polls
        85 9 Reuter BRIDGETOWN, Barbados Barbados got its first new government in eight years on Wednesday after the opposition Barbados Labour Party won a historic two-thirds majority in the nation's House of Assembly. In balloting on Tuesday, voters on the island nation awarded 19 out of 28 seats
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        Clarification
        53 9 WE carricd a picture on Wednesday, headlined "Blast in Chilean Financial District", which showed a Chilean bomb squad member standing guard outside a devastated building. The Chilean Embassy in Singapore has written to point out that the explosion was not caused by a bomb but by a gas leak
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      Lock icon German economy posts strong growth in 2nd quarter
      476 9 Good economic news likely to boost Kohl's re-election bid Reuter WIESBADEN, Germany The west German economy grew strongly in the second quarter of this year, providing a welcome boost for Chancellor Helmut Kohl in his bid for re-election next month. West German
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      Lock icon Beijing blasts Washington for upgrading ties with Taipei
      495 10 Reuter Los Angeles Times BEIJING China blasted the US yesterday for upgrading ties with Beijing's rival, Taiwan, saying it would deal a blow to improving Sino-US relations. In a further show of its resolve to keep Taiwan diplomatically isolated, China also said
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      Lock icon US extends US$20m agri-business aid to Russia for food processing
      401 10 Bloomberg Business News MOSCOW US Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy has announced a new US$2O million (SS3O million) programme of export credit guarantees for Russia to pave the way for joint US-Russian agriculture and food processing facilities. Representatives of US agribusiness
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      Lock icon Fonda takes centrestage on population issues
      66 10 Reuter CAIRO Actress Jane Fonda making a speech at the UN population conference here on Wednesday. A UN goodwill ambassador on population issues, she lectured on the importance of women's health programmes, family planning and economic development to curb the world's population boom. Asked
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      Lock icon Mexican Opposition snubs president-elect's invite to form govt
      407 10 NYT MEXICO CITY Snubbing an invitation by President-elect Ernesto Zedillo to help plan a new government, the two major opposition parties have shown no sign that they are ready to work with him or even accept his victory two weeks after the
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      Lock icon Neo-fascist spokesman quits post over Clean Hands probe
      235 10 AFP ROME A senior member of Italy's governing coalition stood down from a committee post on Wednesday in an internecine row over proposals by judge Antonio Di Pietro to speed up the processing of corruption cases. Francesco Storace, spokesman for the neo-fascist
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      174 9 AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROSPER IN A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR MARKET. Hie six countries of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and UAE that together comprise the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) states. The GCC is the fastest growing market in the Arab region with one of the highest per capita income and
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Master storyteller
      1011 13  -  James Gavell, the author of novels like Tai-Pan and Shogun, has died. William Grimes looks at his life and his works William Grimes NYT JAMES Clavell, the author of Tai-Pan, Shogun, Noble House and other richly detailed historical novels set in the Far East, died on Tuesday in
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      The nitty gritty of putting your money in film-making
      425 13  -  Audrey Tan reports on a seminar that those who have dreamt of making a movie will not want to miss Audrey Tan INVESTORS keen on putting their money in the movies will get frank advice from movie financiers and advisers in
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      Lock icon Zubin Mehta to fulfil dream with India visit
      394 13 chatterbox" UPI UPI UPI AP ORCHESTRAL conductor Zubin Mehta, who has been associated with the Israel Philharmonic for 25 years, will realise a long-held dream when he takes the orchestra to his native India late in November. Mehta will perform at New
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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      1020 13 MMBF TV A RADIO This 1988 John McTiernan Kiefer Sutherland (left) and Lou Diamond Philips are movie is a real blast. Renegades, Bpm, SBC 5 ecir» 19 10.00 Only In Hollywood. SBcenanmiiz SBC Channel 8 10.30 First worhs. 6.00 PM Sesame Street me yy tw u, n 1100 I Witness
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      Lock icon Changing Cathay Pacific's image in one stroke
      558 14  -  Alec Almazan reports from Hongkong on Cathay Pacific's new corporate logo Alec Almazan COMPANY legend has it that the green and white striped design of Cathay Pacific's original logo was doodled by an employee during a particularly long meeting. That was in the
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      HK$100m ad campaign to promote airline's new look
      224 14 CATHAY Pacific, which unveiled its new logo last week, is launching a HKSIOO million (SSI9 million) four-month advertising campaign to promote its new look. Using the slogan, "Cathay Pacific, the Heart of Asia", the advertising created by McCann-Erikson Worldwide aims to position
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      Lock icon New York Times to offer on-line classified ads
      185 14 NYT FOR THE first time. The New York Times will offer its help-wanted classified advertising electronically late this year. Executives of the newspaper said on Wednesday that New York Times would begin a six-month test during which help-wanted advertisements that appeared in
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        S'pore to host Asia-Pac PR conference
        56 14 SINGAPORE The Asia-Pacific Public Relations Conference is to be held here starting Oct 11. Organised by the Institute of Public Relations of Singapore, the two-day conference, a first, will be opened by National Arts Council chairman Tommy Koh, and aims to discuss ethical and
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        DDB Needham S'pore in Winners Circle
        64 14 SINGAPORE DDB Needham Singapore has joined the company's illustrious Winners Circle, and now rubs shoulders with DDB Need ham's top performers worldwide. The relatively new agency was quick to rise to become Singapore's number four agency last year, bringing in more than $65 million
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        Football heroes head TNT campaign
        62 14 SINGAPORE Local football heroes Fandi Ahmad and Abbas Saad are to become TNT Express Woridwide's newest couriers. The express company has signed up both players for one year to put across TNTs message in local campaigns. Fandi and Abbas will also contribute to TNT Express'
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        Fong Haque and Soh beats big boys
        66 14 SINGAPORE Homegrown agency Fong Haque and Soh (FH&S) has again proven its mettle against the big boys. A series of wins has brought total agency billings to SIS million. FH&S beat Bozell to land an Am col residential development contract; bested Lintas to
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      Lock icon Agassi's flawless form puts him in semis
      785 15 US Open AP NEW YORK Andre Agassi's improbable journey through the US Open landed him in the semifinals on Wednesday night, thanks in part to a gesture of sportsmanship by Thomas Muster at a crucial juncture. Unseeded and unexpected to do much in
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      Lock icon Novotna overwhelms Pierce to face Graf in long-awaited rematch
      507 15 AP NEW YORK The memory of The Choke, one of the most dramatic capitulations in tennis history, is conveniently tucked away in the dark recesses of Jana Novotna's mind. Wimbledon 1993. The championship match. One point from a 5-1 lead in
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      Lock icon China dominates water events again, wins four golds
      596 15 AP ROME With four gold medals and a world record, it was China's day again in the swimming pool and diving arena on Wednesday. Yet a Russian with an elegant swimming stroke allied to an air of invincibility stole the she# at
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      Five-time winner Ballesteros dropped from World Match
      368 15 Golf England Five ■mes Match Play winIfef Sevenano Ballesteros has out of this year's amid tierce critBi9n Of the event's organisers ■^Wednesday. It will be the first time the 37-year-old Spaniard, who fieard of his omission while preparing for Thursday's £600,000 (S$ 1.4
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      Lock icon Baseball strike impasse could see players, owners going their own ways
      392 15 NYT NEW YORK If you think the baseball strike has been ugly so far and it has been you haven't seen anything yet. This is the week that baseball threatens to go "over the edge", in the words of
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        Lock icon Asian Games
        178 15 Reuter BEIJING China yesterday warned of serious political consequences if the president of rival Taiwan attended next month's Asian Games in Hiroshima. China's foreign ministry spokesman stopped short of saying Beijing would boycott the games, as already threatened, if Lee Teng-hui makes the trip. But Shen Guofang appealed
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        Lock icon Golf
        306 15 AFP AFP WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia LPGA money leader [.aura Davies of England is excited about the European women's team she will lead against a US squad here next month in the bi-annual Solheim Cup matches. The European squad will in- elude England's Davies. Lora Fairclough. Trish Johnson
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        Lock icon Motor-racing
        137 15 UPI PARIS Formula One motor racing authorities on Wednesday cleared the Benetton-Ford team of charges it deliberately breached F1 regulations by removing a filter from a refuelling valve during the German Grand Prix. However, motor sports international governing body FIA rejected the appeal of Benetton's chief driver. Michael Schumacher
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        Soccer
        96 15 PARIS European Championship qualihing matches Wednesda* Group I: Romania 3 Azebaijan 0; Slovak Rep 0 France 0. Grp 2: Macedonia I Denmark I; Cyprus I Spain 2; Belgium 2 Armenia 0. Grp 3: Hungary 2 Turkey 2. Grp 4: Ukraine 2 Lithuania 0: Slovenia I Italy I. Grp 5:
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        Swimming
        120 15 ROME World Championships, Finals Wednesday Women's 400 m freestyle: I Yang Aihua (Chi) 4:09.64 2 Cristina Tcuscher (US) 4:10.21 3 Claudia Poll (Cos) 4:10.61. 100 m backstroke: I He Cihong (Chi) 1:00.57 2 Nina Zhivanevskava (Rus) 1:00.83 3 Barbara Bedford (US) 1:01.32. 4xloom freestyle relay: 1 China 3:37.91 (World
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        Lock icon Tennis
        292 15 Reuter NEW YORK I S$9J6-million US Open quarter-finals Wednesday Women's singles: Steffi Graf (Ger xl) b Amanda Coetzer (SA xll) 6-0 6-2; Jana Novotna (Cze xll) b Mary Pierce (Fra x 4) 6-4 6-0. Doubles: Gigi Fernandez (US>Natalia Zvercva (Bcla xl) b Katri- na Adams (US>-Manon Bollegraf (Neth x
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    China and the Korean imbroglio
    496 16 CHINESE Prime Minister Li Peng's proposed visit to South Korea next month to promote business ties and discuss security issues in the Korean peninsula could not be more timely. The visit will formally recognise the changing economic links which now underscore Beijing-Seoul relations. And it
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    Act now, argue later
    176 16 WHILE other goals like improving the rights of women and the education of mothers are important, the main aim of the current United Nations International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo should be to bring down the birth rate through conventional methods of contraception that
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    Time for peace in N Ireland
    164 16 TERRORISM is no longer applicable today with the end of the Cold War, the demise of the Soviet and communist bloc and the atmosphere of patching-up in the Middle East. Perhaps this one of the reasons why the Irish Republican Army took the bold
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    New challenges ahead
    216 16 SINGAPORE has been rated the second most competitive economy in the world, trailing only the United States, according to the 1994 World Competitiveness Report. To be ranked so high in the international community is something to be proud of, indeed. On domestic economic strength, six Asian newly
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    The media's prerogative
    141 16 IT IS MOST COMMENDABLE that the Election Commission has come up with a proposal empowering itself or others to determine a "fair and balanced" programme for broadcasts by all political parties through state-owned media. Whether that power should be given to the Election Commission or another independent
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    Deciphering airport-speak
    203 16 THE FIRST official admission that the new airport at Chek Lap Kok will not fully operational in time for the 1997 handover has been a long time coming. It must have been the worst-kept secret in town. Predictably, the news had to be squeezed out in a language
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    Help the poor slum-dwellers
    158 16 AS CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS continue in the KJong Toey Port slum district, and victims of the huge fire which swept through their homes early last week ponder their future, a few questions remain unanswered about the district's bleak history over the last three years. The blaze on
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    Lock icon French heavyweights beat the bell
    1047 16  -  The two right-wing rivals for the presidential nomination in France are locked in a battle yet to be officially declared. David Buchan reports David Buchan FT CIVIL WARS are often nastier than other conflicts and the battle now joined between French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur
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      236 16 TEEN WAVE From Levis 501s to Lifestyle 77 Pagers, teenagers here are n AISO IN THIS ISSUE: "Royal Brothers": The new deal makers Singapore ups stakes in chip market Computer fraud hits Wall Street House Hunt: Residential price check Get your copy of this month's Singapore Business i from your
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      Growth is the glue pulling China together
      2309 17  -  Vikram interviews William Overboil, China-watcher and author of the bestselling book China: The Next Economic Superpower. Inthe other story, he reports on the optimism of Hongkong broking houses about Be.jmg s efforts to cool the overheating economy Vikram Khanna The writer is BT's
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      Zhu's austerity medicine going down better than expected
      1044 17 HONGKONG-based China-watcher Pauline Loong recently returned from a visit to China's three north-eastern provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. "1 was amazed at how rapidly these places had advanced compared with just two years ago," she said. "There are awesome problems, but
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      130 17 1 FOR SALE BY TENDER I I 195,000 SQ FT OF PRIME BUNGALOW LAND I AT WHITEHOUSE PARK/DALVEY ROAD I On Behalf of the Australian Government I Title: I Freehold I Development Potential: I Retain building/buildings and the I surrounding land I J Potential to subdivide the excess I for
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    Lock icon US business investment plans strongest in five years
    546 18 Reuter Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Major US firms plan to raise spending on their plant and equipment by 8:8 per cent this year the biggest gain in five years, the Commerce Department said in its latest forecast yesterday. While the report portends
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    Lock icon Aussie port workers launch wildcat strike
    239 18 Reuter SYDNEY More than 10,000 Australian waterfront workers began an indefinite strike yesterday, bringing ports around the country to a virtual standstill. The national wildcat strike by the Maritime Union of Australia was a protest against the government's failure to provide restructuring plans for
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    Lock icon Joy of sax
    55 18 Reuter LONDON Jazz saxophonist Peter King playing the Grafton Acrylic Alto Saxophone that once belonged to jazz legend Charlie "Bird" Parker at Christie's yesterday. The plastic saxophone fetched a world record price of £93,500 (*****,050) and was the star lot of an extensive personal collection put on
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    Cheow Tong lists four areas of cooperation with Sichuan
    378 18  -  From Teh Hooi Ling in CHENGDU, China SINGAPORE'S Minister of Trade and Industry Yco Cheow Tong yesterday proposed four areas of cooperation between Singapore and Sichuan province. These arc airlines, land transport, management of factories owned by the military, and commercialisation
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    Lock icon US wants stronger greenback, says senior official
    263 18 Bloomberg Business News AFP Reuter WASHINGTON The United States wants the US dollar to strengthen against other currencies. Bowman Cutter, a top Clinton administration official, yesterday said: "We would like to see a stronger dollar." At midday yesterday, the dollar stood stronger at
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    Lock icon M'sian govt to push ahead with privatisation
    200 18 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government will continue with its privatisation policy in view of the numerous benefits to the nation, which include stronger government finances and a positive impact on the stock exchange. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said that as a
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    Off-Peak Car scheme — need to keep it running smoothly
    877 18  - Off-Peak Car scheme need to keep it running smoothly The Bottom Line RAMESH DIVYANATHAN RAMESH DIVYANATHAN The writer is a reporter on BT's transport and communications desk NEVER were there so many people reading newspapers with furrowed brows as the day the OfT-Peak Car scheme was announced. Some days after
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    Lock icon IMF says recession in industrialised states is over
    369 18 AFP WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund is more optimistic about the world economy than it was six months ago, and says that industrialised countries have emerged from a global recession. The IMF yesterday started a two-day meeting on the world economy as
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    Lock icon Mitterrand hopes to serve out term despite being cancer-stricken
    323 18 Reuter PARIS France's 77-year-old President Francois Mitterrand, who has cancer, says he hoped to serve out his term, which expires next May. But the Socialist leader also said he might have only a few months left to live in a discussion
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        MARKET MOOD
        37 19 Mixed Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled: Baring, Daiwa, Fraser. GK Goh, Morgan Grenfell, Nomura. Phillip and Smith Court.
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        HOT STOCK
        135 19  -  By Paul Leo Pacific Can Investment Holdings has fallen S8 per cent or $2.21 to $1.59 from its all-time high of $3.80 touched on Jan 5. It is a medium-term buy but investors need not jump in right away. Weekly Moving Average Convergence-Diver-gence Indicator has already signalled a
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      Higher turnover, investment income boost STIC's earnings
      378 19  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Singapore Technologies Industrial Corp yesterday announced a 43 per cent rise in interim net earnings, boosted by higher turnover and a surge in investment income. Earnings reached $17.4 million on the back of a 16 per cent rise in
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      Lock icon UOB group plans to expand further in the region
      329 19 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Singapore's United Overseas Bank group plans to expand further in Asean countries after integrating its credit-card operations in Singapore and Malaysia. Deputy president Wee Ee Cheong told reporters after the launching of UOB Visa and Mastercard here yesterday
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      Pacific Century happy with 45.7 pc stake in Seapower Asia
      309 19  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Richard Li's Pacific Century group is pleased with the 45.7 per cent stake it has amassed for effective control of Singapore's Seapower Asia Investments Ltd after mounting a takeover bid for the company. A spokesman
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      Singatronics' interim net exceeds 1993 full-year profit
      247 19 SINGAPORE Half-year results for consumer electronics manufacturer Singatronics Ltd, released yesterday, put its performance ahead of the whole of last year. It said its net earnings for the six months ended June 30 improved to $2.58 million from a loss of $674,000 in
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      IFS' success factor lies beyond Singapore's shores
      639 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Once again, International Factors (Singapore) Ltd has been left behind in the recent run-up in the prices of finance counters. As its name implies, IFS is a factoring company but for some strange reasons, it
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      Ipco in US$75m accord to develop Myanmar's privatised power plant
      279 19 SINGAPORE Ipco International Ltd has signed a preliminary agreement to be part of Myanmar's first privatised power plant project, expected to cost US$75 million (S$ 112.5 million). Ipco's wholly-owned subsidiary, Ipco Constructors Pte Ltd, sealed the joint-venture memorandum of understanding
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      SES trading screens to display expiry dates of stocks
      151 19 SINGAPORE Dealers wiU be given easier access to expiry dates for warrants, bonds and loan stocks, the Stock Exchange said yesterday. From next Monday, trading screens will show expiry dates in addition to the information already displayed. The additional data will
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    • COMPANIES
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        Barito need not revamp equity for logging rights: Jakarta
        483 20  -  From Leslie Lopez in JAKARTA INDONESIA'S Forestry Ministry said yesterday that the country's largest publiclylisted timber concern would not have to restructure its equity to get its concession licences extended. Clarifying earlier remarks by Forestry Minister Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo, government officials said
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        DBS Land takes 30pc stake in Thai development, its 20th overseas project
        445 20  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK DBS LAND yesterday entered into its 20th overseas project when it signed up for a 30 per cent stake in a 1.8 billion baht (S$ 107.9 million) property development here. Its Thai
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        Lock icon Cross-country connection
        51 20 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad swiping an electronic card through a reader to launch the country's privatised Ms 6 billion (553.5 billion) North-South expressway yesterday. The 848-km inter-urban road runs from the northern Kedah state fronting the Thai border to southern Johor, which faces Singapore.
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        Prime East tie-up lead manages Manila rights
        346 20 SINGAPORE BelsonPrime East Capital Asia, the Philippine joint venture of Singapore's Prime East group, has lead-managed a rights issue by the Kuok Group in the Philippines. The rights issue adds to the growing number of deals done in the region by the Prime
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        Lock icon Tenaga in talks with Tamil Nadu state to set up power plants
        328 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Tenaga Nasional Bhd (Tenaga) is in discussions with the Tamil Nadu state government in India for the setting up of power plants there. Executive chairman Ani Arope said yesterday that Tenaga was, however, in no
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        451 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' prfcM (S) Sep 9 Mcndaki Gr Fund 1.21 I 24*dfi Singapore Unit Trust ,35^ The Commerce I M 1.79 UMB lltVOSt Mgt Ltd The Sa vines Fund 160 1.69 Umfund 1.57 1.64 S nore Pre* Fund 0 72 0 76 Umbond 1.035 1 06 S'pore See
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        Lock icon Berjaya proposes to sell entire Star stake for M$59m
        190 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Berjaya Industrial Bhd proposes to dispose of its entire 20.52 per cent equity interest in Star Publication (Malaysia) Bhd for a total of M 559.67 million (5535.0 million) or Ms3o per share. Of the total 1,988,980 Msl shares,
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        Lock icon Mulpha to serve notice of voluntary takeover of HDC
        137 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Mulpha International Bhd intends to serve notice of a voluntary takeover (general ofTer) to acquire all the remaining ordinary shares each in HDC Group Ltd not already owned by Mulpha. HDC, a company incorporated in Australia and listed
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        Lock icon Hyundai bags M$283m Ekran deals
        52 20 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Ekran Bhd has issued a letter of intent to Hyundai Engineering Construction Co Ltd of Korea for infrastructure work worth Ms2B3 million (SSI66 million) in Langkawi an island at the north-western tip of Malaysia, the Star newspaper said yesterday. Bloomberg
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        Pan Pacific buys land in Kunming
        71 20 SINGAPORE Pan Pacific Public Company Ltd has signed a Transfer of State-owned Land Use Rights Agreement for two pieces of land in Kunming city in China's Yunnan province for a cost consideration of 21.8 million renminbi (Ss3.B million). The total gross land area is
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        Orix sells 1.35 m UOL shares
        37 20 SINGAPORE Orix Group sold 1.35 million United Overseas Land Ltd shares on Wednesday for $3.32 million, leaving it with a 7.99 per cent stake in UOL against 8.26 per cent previously.
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        11m new SPH Foreign shares
        35 20 SINGAPORE Singapore Press Holdings said 11 million new SPH Foreign shares of 1 each arising from a private placement at $26 per share will be listed from Monday, Sep 12.
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        Keppel Finance lists 13m new shares
        32 20 SINGAPORE Keppel Finance Ltd said 13 million new shares of 50 ccnts each to be placed out at $2.38 per share will be listed from today.
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        C K Tang fixes warrants price
        29 20 SINGAPORE C K Tang Ltd said yesterday that the exercise price for its warrants has been fixed at $1.85 for each new share.
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          Lock icon IBM to launch a more powerful OS/2
          133 22 NYT AUSTIN IBM, hoping to revive its desktop software business and exploit a delayed product introduction by the Microsoft Corp, is about to introduce a more powerful, consumer-friendlier version of the OS/2 software operating system for personal computers. Although IBM's OS/2 software has
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          Lock icon Jardine Strategics net assets
          62 22 Reuter HONGKONG Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd said yesterday its unaudited net assets per share amounted to US$7.O6 as of Aug 31 compared with US$6.B4 as of June 31. On a fully diluted basis, assuming conversion of all the outstanding 601,302 convertible cumulative preference shares, the net
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          Lock icon Cheung Kong bonds go on sale today
          89 22 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Cheung Kong Holdings will sell approximately HKS7OO million (Ssl3s million) worth of mortgage-backed bonds today, said several fund managers. US investment bank Merrill Lynch is underwriting the financing, the terms of which have been revised at least two times
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          Lock icon British Gas cuts 2Q loss to £77m
          64 22 Bloomberg Business News LONDON British Gas pic said its second-quarter loss narrowed this year as cold weather in spring increased natural gas demand. The company trimmed its loss on a current cost basis to £77 million (Ssl77 million) in the quarter from £80
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          Lock icon Campbell Soup's 4th quarter net up
          82 22 Bloomberg Business News CAMDEN, New Jersey Campbell Soup Co's net income in the fiscal fourth quarter jumped 16 per cent as cuts in selling and administrative expenses fattened profit margins. The maker of soups, baked goods and sweets said net income rose to US$l42
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          Lock icon Nine Network full-year net up 25.5pc
          70 22 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Nine Network Australia Ltd, the television arm of financier Kerry Packer's investment empire, said profit rose 25.5 per cent to A 588.3 million (5598.3 million) in the year ended June 30. The group declared a fully franked final dividend of
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          Lock icon Daimler-Benz's stake in Detroit Diesel
          75 22 Bloomberg Business News DETROIT A subsidiary of Daimler-Benz AG has exercised its option to purchase 2.4 million newly issued shares of Detroit Diesel Corp for US$3B.6 million, boosting its stake in the company to 20 per cent. The option to purchase the stock at 16
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        Lock icon Three directors of Seapower Int'l units quit, get compensation
        395 22 Reuter HONGKONG Three directors of companies controlled by Seapower International Holdings Ltd have resigned and been compensated, an official of the holding company confirmed yesterday. Observers say this paves the way for Francis Yuen and other major shareholders of the group
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        Lock icon Japanese firms' profits likely to rise despite strong yen
        464 22 Reuter TOKYO Japan's major research institutes have raised their 1994/95 profit forecasts for Japanese companies, saying domestic economic recovery and strong demand overseas would help them ride out the strong yen. Nikko Research Centre, affiliated with Nikko Securities, yesterday said it
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        Lock icon Samsung stays ahead in the race
        60 22 Reuter SEOUL A racing car developed by Samsung Heavy Industries going on a test run on Monday. Samsung claims that this Formula-3 racer is the first of its kind developed in South Korea. The car weighs 450 kg, is 4 metres long, 1.7 m
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        Lock icon San Miguel HK may team up with Li Ka-shing's companies
        418 22 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The territory's largest brewer, San Miguel Brewery Hongkong, yesterday said it may look into the possibility of forming partnerships with leading Hongkong companies controlled by tycoon Li Ka Shing. In January, Mr Li's main investment vehicle,
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        Lock icon Taiwan companies to raise US$1b in world markets
        428 22 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Taiwan companies expect to raise more than US$l billion (SSI.S billion) in international capital markets through bond and stock sales this quarter. Executives and analysts yesterday said companies involved included industrial blue chip Formosa Plastics, which planned to
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        Lock icon Yamaha Motor to set up China carburettor venture
        161 22 AFP TOKYO Yamaha Motor Co Ltd, the world's second largest motorcycle maker, said yesterday it would set up a joint venture in China next month for production and sales of carburettors to meet growing demand there. Chongqing Pingshan TK Carburettor Co Ltd,
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        Lock icon Nam Pei Hong shares soar 72pc on news of takeover bid
        290 22 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Shares in Hongkong-based Chinese medicine and health food company Nam Pei Hong (Holding) climbed 72.3 per cent yesterday morning on news that it was the subject of a HK$l37 million (5526.5 million) takeover bid by
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        Lock icon Rights issue causes Emperor stock to fall
        213 22 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The share price of real estate and investment group Emperor International Holdings fell yesterday after the company disclosed details of a plan to raise at least HKS6BO million (S$ 131.9 million) through a 1-for-l rights issue. Emperor said the
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        Lock icon Brierley's full-year net rises 58pc to record NZ$43O million
        668 23 Bloomberg Business News WELLINGTON New Zealand's Brierley Investments Ltd, which invests in hotels, airlines, casinos and forestry, lifted full-year net profit by 58 per cent to a record and promised to surpass that performance in the current year. New Zealand and
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        Lock icon US property insurers reeling from record catastrophe losses
        283 23 AP NEW YORK Property and casualty companies in the US saw their profits plummet 77.8 per cent in the first six months of the year, reflecting record catastrophe losses. Net income fell to US$2.l billion (553.15 billion) from US$9.5 billion during the
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        300 23 FT PARIS Total, the French oil and chemicals group, yesterday reported virtually unchanged first-half net profits of 1.98 billion francs (SSS6O million), in spite of weak crude prices and refining margins, compared with 1.93 billion francs a year ago. Chairman
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        Lock icon UK mining giant RTZ posts 30pc rise in interim profit
        261 23 Reuter LONDON RTZ Corp pic, the world's largest mining company, posted a 30 per cent rise in underlying first-half earnings on Wednesday, driven by higher volumes and metal prices and the best economic conditions since the 1980s. "We are looking
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        413 23 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK For General Electric Co, the fifth-largest US company, Kidder, Peabody Co may be a poisoned peanut. Four-and-a-half months after the GE unit reported a USS2IO million (*****.4 million) charge caused by fictitious trading,
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        Lock icon Robust growth in trading of regional currencies in S'pore
        494 24 Reuter SINGAPORE Offshore trading of South-east Asian currencies is undergoing explosive growth in Singapore on the back of spectacular volatility and rising investment flows into the region. Foreign exchange traders said in recent interviews that up to 90 per cent of
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        Lock icon Winners of Simex futures game made US$1.85m
        287 24 SINGAPORE Six Singaporeans made a total of US$l.B5 million (552.78 million) trading Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) contracts over 10 days. But they walked away sharing 5520,000 and a trip each to Chicago for five days. The six were from two teams that
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        Lock icon Exotic derivatives may still hurt US mutual funds
        463 24 Reuter CHICAGO Some exotic derivatives still on the books from the first half of the year could produce another round of losses as slack demand for these products stretches into 1995, some industry watchers believe. On Wednesday Michael Lipper, president of Lipper
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        Lock icon Silver surge sparks rallies in other precious metals
        229 24 Reuter LONDON Rising silver prices have spurred fresh rallies in other precious metals, which either break previous resistance levels or bump right against them, dealers said on Wednesday. Substantial buying interest from Switzerland sparked silver's good showing in the morning. However, there
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        272 24 Reuter BANGKOK Thai refiners have asked the Commerce Ministry for permission to import up to 30,000 tonnes of crude palm oil because they have less than one month's supply left. Palm Oil Refinery Association secretary Somsakdi Khositseth said stocks at end-July were about 17,000
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        393 24 Reuter LONDON The dollar, so often a victim of the tortuous US-Japanese trade talks, will rise against the yen if the two nations can slug out an agreement, analysts said. But an accord would pare only a fraction of the trade
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        202 24 LONDON Dollar buying in late European activity will allow players here to square positions into key US producer price data today, likely resulting in less volatile price moves than on recent Fridays. The dollar's rise was helped by a news agency report that a Bundesbank council member
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        Petrol futures rebound as supplies fall
        152 24 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT NEW YORK Petrol futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange rebounded from an almost 7 per cent skid this week amid signs supplies are lower than expected. US stockpiles of petrol fell 1.8 per cent last week, dropping 3.7 million barrels
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        77 24 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Bank of America, wholly-owned by the San Francisco-based Bankamerica Corporation, is to open an ofTshorc bank in Labuan. an international ofTshore financial centre, in four to six weeks. BoA group executive vicepresident, Kai Nargolwala. said today that internal approvals from BoA as well
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        86 24 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was mixed yesterday in active trading that ignored statements by Federal Reserve vice-chairman Alan Blinder on economic growth and US interest rates. Around 1420 GMT, the dollar traded at 1.5540 marks against 1.5508 on Wednesday and at 99.33 yen against 99.44. Earlier in
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        1271 25 Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen and Eurodollars ended firmer after trading in narrow ranges yesterday. Dealers said Euroyen ended higher in line with Japanese government bonds (JGB). "The market is just range trading. It does not know were it wants to go at the
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        HK gold higher but off day's peak
        687 25 J COMMODITY REPORTS GoM HONGKONG: Gold closed higher but ofT its intra-day high as late overseas buying offset early profit-taking and some producer selling, dealers said. Bullion touched a high of US$391.10/60 an ounce before closing at USS390.90/391.40, up from New York's US$390.00/50
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          58 25 NEW DELHI A significant quantity of imported white sugar is likely to reach India after the festival season that ends in November, derailing the government's plan to ensure ample sugar during festivals. Heavy monsoon rain, poor port facilities and a port strike in Brazil from which
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          Wholesale coffee up 20 US cents
          78 25 NEW YORK Nestle yesterday joined other major coffee roasters in raising wholesale coffee prices by 20 cents. The increase brines the price of Ncstle's regular, 13-oz can to US$3! 16 (54.75). Maxwell House earlier said it raised the list price of its ground coffees
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          China to import more sugar
          128 25 WASHINGTON China is expected to import 1.5 million tonnes, raw value, of sugar in 1994-95, up sharply from an estimated 575,000 in 1993-94, the USDA attache in Beijing said. In an Aug 31 report released yesterday, the attache also said "vastly reduced" Cuban sugar supplies
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          Chile-Canada copper mine venture
          60 25 SANTIAGO Quebrada Blanca, a joint-venture copper mine between two Chilean companies and two Canadian metals firms, will produce 15,000 tonnes by the end of this year, four months afterits start-up in August. They plan to produce 75,000 tonnes of high-grade copper cathodes in 1995, which will
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      1382 25 Rubber Singapore C»iwoilty ExduMige (firturta cte«tm aa «t i.39m) KSS1C—tract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Oct~94 ***** 2225 Nov 175.00 175.00 178.25 50 4500 Dec 174.25 174.25 175.00 100 3900 Jan/Mar 95 172.00 172.00 172.25 150 ***** Apr/Jun 171.00 171.00 173.75 150
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        Australia
        999 26 -15.3 SHARES fell yesterday as investor confidence was sapped by poor profit results from leading industrial company BTR Nylex. The bourse's key All Ordinaries Index ended 15.3 points softer at 2,089.1. The All Industrials Index shed 34.9 to 2,972.6 while the All Resources Index rose 0.6 to 1,433.2. Turnover
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        Manila
        679 26 -52.69 Investors continuing a frenzied shift to new stock market darling Petron and a fall in telephone stocks on Wall Street weighed down prices yesterday. The PSE Composite Index tumbled 52.69 to 2,987.63 points. Turnover was 5.11 billion shares valued at 2.18 billion pesos. An analyst said investors continued
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        Taipei
        569 26 +32.65 Share prices advanced 32.65 points to settle at 6,928.58 yesterday on rebounding electronics issues. Turnover was 969.5 million shares valued at NT$6O.l billion. Buying interest shifted to electronics and electrical appliances from the financial sector. Among electronic issues, which rose an average of 1.49 per cent, the country's
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        Seoul
        466 26 18.76 Share prices broke a new high for the year yesterdav on the strength of abundant funds. The Composite Price Index shot up 18.76 points to close out at 991.44, the highest since the index hit 1,000.98 on April 4, 1989. Turnover remained at 39 million shares worth 790
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        New Zealand
        302 26 -4.27 The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed 4.27 points off, which brokers said was a fair performance in the face of a weak bond market and nervousness about the political situation. Rumours that another government MP had resigned proved unfounded but the market remains nervous ab<put the government's thin
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        Bombay
        56 26 +25.99 Stocks closed higher on hectic buying by financial institutions with the 30-share BSE Index closing up 25.99 points higher at 4,556.32. The broader 100share National Index went up 6.88 to 2,146.68. Yesterday's trading marked the end of the current accounting period and brokers are happy that the market
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        751 26 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer Mim Cap Deposit 31 6400 38 6500 Mim Jersey Gill 0 IW) 0.1*92 Mim Ma* Income *0 9000 *0 MOO LS$ Cash Income Plus Fund *9 5200 *10.0100 PS Resene Fund *5 3000 5 3100 Sterling Euro Performance .0.4592 0 *938 Far East Fund
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        London
        655 26 -23.9 STOCKS dropped as industrial conglomerate BTR, one of Britain's biggest companies, said profit margins were being squeezed by rising raw materials costs. BTR's statement raised concerns that company earnings growth, which has been seen offsetting the threat of higher interest rates, may fall short of expectations next year.
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        Paris
        176 26 19.20 French stocks rose as Germany reported low-inflation economic growth that held open the possibility of another interest rate cut. "The figure is in line with what we were expecting, and it confirms the type of growth we've been seeing from other figures," said an economist. Encouraging company results
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        Frankfurt
        171 26 10.42 German stocks rose in light trading as a report showing moderate economic growth failed to stimulate strong buying. The DAX Index rose 10.42 points to 2,178.09 after the government reported second-quarter western German gross domestic product growth at one per cent, in line with expectations. That left open
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        Brussels
        134 26 -2.64 Belgian shares closed a little weaker, though above session lows after a firmer opening on Wall Street and slightly improved sentiment in the bond market. The Bel-20 index fin- ished 2.64 points lower at 1,459.65. Volume was 1.13 billion francs. "More and more buyers are emerging, after a
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        Milan
        172 26 115 Italian stocks rebounced as investors decided that seven days of losses had reduced shares to prices that looked attractive relative to likely earnings. "After so many days of losses, the market could hardly go any lower," said an analyst. The Mibtel Index closed 115 points higher at 10,635.
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        Amsterdam
        231 26 +0.67 Dutch shares put on a late spurt on overseas buying to end firmer, but the market remained thin, lacklustre and directionless. "It's extremely difficult to predict what the market is going to do all the trading is in small pieces," one trader said. The AEX index closed 0.67
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        Stockholm
        112 26 +1.61 Swedish stocks closed higher, amid US buying of shares in drugs company Astra. But bonds fell after one of Europe's largest fund managers said it's selling its Swedish bond holdings. The OMX Index closed 1.61 points higher at 1,122.17. Swiss fund manager Vontobel Asset Management said it was
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        Zurich
        245 26 1.6 Swiss stocks gave up an early rise to end little changed, as interest in drug and bank stocks was offset by investors locking in recent gains. The SMI Index closed up 1.6 at 2.664.10. The broader SPI Index rose 0.38 to 1,756.81. "There's still good intcr- est in
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        Johannesburg
        304 26 -39 Despite the stronger price of bullion, heavy profit-taking wiped part of the gloss 911 gold shares as cautious investors cashed in some recent sharp gains. "The market's run hard and it's taking a breather," a dealer said. The Gold Index shed 58 points to 2,476 by the close
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        Toronto
        271 26 12.11 Stocks gained in midsession trade, boosted both by a surprising Quebec pre-elec-tion poll and a surge of bar-gain-hunting. A CROP poll said the ruling Quebec Liberal party has pulled ahead of the separatist Parti Quebecois in popularity. "I think the result is positive. Now what's probably going to
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        New York
        755 26 14.80 A spillover from strong technology issues on the small-cap markets gave stock prices a boost early yesterday in otherwise lacklustre trading ahead of key reports on inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which retreated 12.45 points on Wednesday, moved ahead 14.80 points to 3,901.05 at 11am EDT.
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      2851 27 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks closed mixed yesterday as investors turned away from large capital stocks in favour of Chinese companies listed here. "The blue chips have had their run," said a dealer. "People are picking up the laggards." The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 14.89 points to 10,150.98.
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      473 27 CLSA THE B markets ended little changed, with Shanghai slipping 1.62 points to 928.96 on modest US$3.B4 million turnover. Phoenix Bicycle surged 2.7 per cent on low volume following Wednesday's lull. Rubber Belt shed 2.0 per cent on low turnover. Shenzhen B shares closed up 15.5 points to 1,225.03
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      2490 27 Reuter TOK.YO Stocks closed lower on arbitrage-linked selling, with the key Nikkei-225 Average ending below 20,000 for the first time in four months. It closed down 106.02 at 19,917.78 points, matching the May 10 close when it ended at the same 19,917.78. The broader Topix Index fell 3.75 points
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      1574 27 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks closed down but off the day's low after late buying of finance and communications counters yesterday. The SET Index closed 6.85 points lower at 1,525.56 after dipping as low as 1,512.88. Turnover was 11.01 billion baht. Losers led gainers 193 to 100. "Selling pressure surfaced when
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      966 27 Reuter JAKARTA Shares closed higher in active trading yesterday as the market continued its firm run but there was profit-taking on selected stocks. 'The market is still very firm and should stay this way for some time.," one broker said. Barito Pacific Timber, at the centre of a row
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        Lock icon Stocks at 8-month high as ban on Britain ends
        5650 28 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks rose to an eight-month high as investors read the government's lifting of a six-and-a-half month ban on awarding contracts to British companies as a plus for business. The government imposed the ban on Feb 25
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        7107 29 Cr C» M Wt Vgi On l —i Ovoif W> Di» Mi Nil Cii A»® Hi«k Low Cam, S*W COM) High l*m •»>«» Selle. Of P'E toil Price INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1440 .35 Acn» %0 -25 137 *0 940 940 945 .7 5 .5 3 461.7 9«. 800 400 I
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        Lock icon 'Buy M'sia sell S'pore' syndrome sends STII tumbling
        1828 30  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Analysts had expected it, but few were prepared for the extent of the weakness in local equities that yesterday sent the Straits Times Industrials Index tumbling 22.78 points. For some time now, a perception has been growing in
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      390 19 NEWS VALUE How today's news might affect your stocks Four-corner fight «or cellular, paging licences (pg I) Clearly very lucrative for the winners. Government-linked companies likely to get a general boost. Higher turnover, investment income boost STIC's earnings (this pg) Note that EPS rose just 9 per cent to 2.55
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      24 29 REVERSO. AVANT-GARDE SINCE i«>?i rSST|gj|PORT SHOTS \Vns^' The ,atest ,n sea a,r VjSpß an(i ,and trans P° rlat,on Shipping Times Monday to Friday. BusinessEmes
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      679 30 EVE RICH INTERNATIONAL COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Final General Meeting of the company wM held at 1 North Bridge Road *12-41/03 High Street Centre, Singapore 0617 on 10 October 94 at 10.00 am for the foflowng purposes' AGENDA (1)
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      Renaissance I returns to start cruise season to Penang
      307 31  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE The Singapore based-cruise ship Renaissance I has returned to Singapore from Sabah to begin her cruise season to Penang. The port agent for the cruise ship said that its return bn Tuesday was not related to a
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      Evergreen launches another R-class vessel into service
      186 31 SINGAPORE Taiwanese shipping major Evergreen Marine Corp has launched yet another R-class vessel into its service network. The company said on Wednesday the Ever Racer is the sixth such containership to join its fleet. The vessel and its sister ships each able to
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      178 31 AP MARSEILLE, France A strike paralysed the port of Marseille on Wednesday after five dockers were charged in the beating of a lawmaker who backed port operators in a bitter wage dispute. Authorities at the economically depressed port said 28 ghips were unable to load
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1097 31 Page Col ABC Containeriine 16 4 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahlers Line 13 S Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •ANL 3 1/2 Antaco Mgmt 17 4/5 APL 5 3-5 Appenship 8 4/5 Arabian Express 15 5 ASCL 5 5 Assist Marine 6 1 Avant
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      432 31 Knight-Ridder AMMAN The Jordanian cabinet has agreed to increase stevedoring charges on containers and other cargo discharged or loaded at its only outlet, the Red Sea port of Aqaba. rhe decision covers all cargo, except commodities arriving for the account of the Ministry of Supply,
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      449 31 Bloomberg Business News ANCHORAGE, Alaska Exxon Corp asked for a mistrial in part of the Exxon Valdez case after a federal jury reached a temporary impasse on deciding how much Exxon should pay as punishment for causing the worst oil spill in
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      Daily Freights
      1409 32 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1,471 on Wednesday from 1,459 on Sep 6. Rates for Panama* tonnage in the Atlantic were erratic, although brokers said cargoes are tight for prompt tonnage there is more business available for second half September shipment.
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      14594 40 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 ihe Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1248 48 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND La CARGO Deceiving of export fcl containers and lcl cargo i Record Bookitf/Babnce RsKs Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Poriod From To From f la On «68 09/2000 U 08/1500 08/KM 08/1900 IB 01/1*00 08/1859 08/1900 f 2A 08,1/00 09/0659 09/0900 aSi 10/0100
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