The Business Times, 22 November 1994

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    12 1 SINGAPORE BusinessTimes WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Tuesday November 22 1994 75«
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow unchanged
      52 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stocks yesterday turned mixed at midday, with continued strength in energy and some oil stocks. At II am EST, advances topped declines 927 to 859 among the NYSE issues. Volume was about 93,890,000. At Ipm EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was unchanged
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      Lock icon Fed may have raised rates far enough: official
      39 1 Reuter WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve may have raised short-term interest rates far enough to slow economic growth down to a sustainable pace, Treasury Assistant Secretary Alicia Munnell told reporters yesterday. Reuter
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    163 1 Stock market indices Monday Change STII 2,321.99 -32.68 KLSEComp 1,045.38 -3.50 Nikkei 19,121.72 -180.84 Hang Seng 9,303.24 -124.20 SET Index 1,440.59 -16.90 Jakarta Comp 506.66 -3.18 CLSA China B ....1,085.86 -17.28 Aust All Ord 1,909.5 -12.5 FTSE 100 3,121.0 +10.0 Monday Previous 1pm EST close Dow Jones 3,815.26
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  • Article
    OCBC lifts prime half point to 6.25%
    206 1 SINGAPORE Oversea-Chi-nese Banking Corp yesterday raised its prime lending rate half a point to 6.25 per cent, effective today. The move comes days after United Overseas Bank lifted its prime by the same amount to the same level, and a day after Keppel
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  • Article
    Telecom, PUB ventures pursue Indon projects worth $985m
    537 1  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Singapore Telecom and the Public Utilities Board have teamed up separately with an Indonesian engineering group to bid for telephone line and power plant contracts in Indonesia with a combined value of almost US$67O million (Ss9Bs million). If
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    Lock icon S'pore growth likely to slow to 7-8% next year: Dr Hu
    531 1 Reuter SINGAPORE Singapore's high growth is likely to slow next year and over the long term, high wages and labour shortages could be a constraint. Finance Minister Richard Hu said. Singapore's ability to maintain its current annual economic growth
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    Lock icon Beijing asks McDonald's to make way for new building
    290 1 Reuter BEIJING China said yesterday it has asked the US hamburger chain McDonald's to vacate its largest outlet in the world on prime land in central Beijing to make way for an office and shopping complex. McDonald's said last week it
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    Malaysia's Binariang takes US giant as telecom partner
    499 1  -  From Amy Balan in KUALA LUMPUR BINARIANG, soon to become Malaysia's only satellite-based broadcaster and telecommunications player, has roped in Denver-based US West as a 20 per cent partner in its telecommunications operations. The strategic alliance was scaled yesterday by the two
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    Lock icon Regional bourses slide further
    261 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE All regional stock markets yesterday continued to crumble under the inflation and interest rate worries that have shrouded equities for the past nine months, with blue chips here dropping almost 1.5 per cent. In what traders here said was one of the
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      8 1 Property: Pg 14 Tg Rhu condos shaping up
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      22 1 Hock Lock Siew: Px 21 /^y Can Ting fix Granite Industtki? Pr Bukaka looks to S'pore subscribers for its IPO, Pg 22
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Electronics, pharmaceuticals fuel output
        290 2  -  By Genevieve Cua THE manufacturing sector shone in September with output surging a hefty 16.8 per cent, its strongest monthly growth so far this year. The September monthly index of industrial production, released yesterday by the Economic Development Board, has already been factored into the third
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      Lock icon American firms boast US$20b in S'pore, employ one in 16 locals
      390 2  -  By Juliette Walker AMERICAN companies have invested nearly USS2O billion (SS3O billion) here and employ more than 91.000 Singaporeans or one out of every 16 local workers, US ambassador to Singapore 1 imothy Chorba said yesterday. Mr Chorba. speaking
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      Mitsubishi plans $20m CD-recordable plant
      283 2 MITSUBISHI Chemical is to set up a S2O million plant here which will make compact-disc recordable (CD-R) media for use in computers and consumer audio products. The CD-R plant, the company's first as well as the first built by a Japanese company outside Japan, will
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      Doctor struck off register for misconduct
      169 2 THE Singapore Medical Council has found Veoh Sin Hock guilty of "infamous conduct in a professional respect" and removed him from the Register of Medical Practitioners. The doctor, a general practitioner working with the group practice of Gethin-Jones. Liow Partners, pleaded guilty to the
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      PM Goh arrives in NZ on 5-day visit
      116 2  -  From Alvin Tay in WELLINGTON PRIME MINISTER Goh Chok Tong arrived here yesterday on a five-day official visit to New Zealand. He was received at Wellington airport by New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger. Mr Goh had stopped over at Christchurch where
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    • NEWSROUNDUP
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        SDP faction gets new-party approval
        98 2 THE breakaway faction of the Singapore Democratic Party received approval from the Registrar of Societies yesterday to form the Singapore People's Party. Protem secretary-general Sin Kek Tong said it wished to establish itself as a credible party with Singapore's long-term interests at heart. Mr Sin
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        5,500 grads apply for 600 PSD jobs
        69 2 ABOUT 5.500 undergraduates applied for 600 jobs under the first Public Service Division co-ordinated graduate recruitment exercise more than double the applications over the last two years. The exercise closed on Saturday. The most popular choices were the Administrative Service and the Foreign
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        Up to nine more hotels for standard
        56 2 UP to nine more hotels are expected to adopt international standards of management next year. The Singapore Hotel Association said they are in line for the ISO 9002 certification by the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research. Hotel Phoenix received the standard
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Anwar refutes criticisms that budget is expansionary
      491 3  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR FINANCE Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday refuted criticisms he had presented a 1995 government budget that was unnecessarily expansionary. "There was an argument that the budget was expansionary. It is not expansionary at all," Mr Anwar said
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      Lock icon Malaysia to speed up public agency sell-offs
      508 3 AFP Bernama MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia, which has saved almost US$24 billion (5535.2 billion) a year through privatisation measures, said yesterday it will step up the sale of public agencies to trim bureaucracy and build infrastructure. "We should go at a faster pace
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      Lock icon Jiang, Qian hold more talks with Vietnam leaders on economic ties
      321 3 AFP Reuter HANOI Chinese President Jiang Zemin yesterday got down to the mostly ceremonial schedule of his first state visit to Vietnam after talks that carefully sidestepped the deep rifis and territorial disputes between the two countries. Mr Jiang
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      Lock icon Regional exports expected to help Bangkok top 8.7% growth
      382 3 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Thailand's economy will grow by about 8.7 per cent next year, led by an 18.4 per cent rise in exports, Siam Commercial Bank president Olam Chaiprawat predicted yesterday. Exports to South-east Asian neighbours will lead the way.
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        Lock icon Earthquake hits Irian Jaya
        68 3 Reuter JAKARTA An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the open-ended Richter scale hit the eastern Indonesian province of Irian Jaya early yesterday, injuring 28 people, the official news agency Antara reported. Some were seriously hurt as buildings collapsed in Serui, the capital of Yapen Waropen district, but
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        Lock icon KL seeks Interpol help to nab hijackers
        79 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police were reported yesterday as having enlisted Interpol's help to nab two foreigners, believed to be Filipinos, who had hijacked a rubber shipment headed for China last month. The MS 12 million (Ss7 million) consignment on the Windsor I
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        Lock icon KL hits out at attacks on timber trade
        95 3 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia yesterday accused Western groups of trying to undermine its multi-million-dollar timber export trade by raising unfounded ecological concerns. Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik said this was a renewed campaign by private organisations whose similar attempts three years
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        Lock icon East Timor to promote tourism
        60 3 AFP JAKARTA East Timor provincial authorities have earmarked 16.3 billion rupiah (SSII million) to promote tourism in the former Portuguese colony. The Antara news agency yesterday quoted the head of East Timor's tourism office, Thomas Corriera, as saying that the funds will be used to
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      Lock icon Philippine polls likely to boost consumer stocks
      149 3 Reuter MANILA Philippine stock analysts said yesterday they were betting on consumer and construction-related issues posting strong gains next year as spending for the 1995 national elections was likely to boost these sectors. "Election spending is likely to set the tone, at least
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      China Capital to invest US$320m in projects
      449 4  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Local fund management and investment firm China Capital will invest US$32O million (Ss47o million) in China by end-1995, starting with three deals of about US$BO million in Changchun city. China Capital yesterday signed the three contracts with visiting government
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      Lock icon Beijing targets high growth, low inflation
      462 4 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING Two top Chinese think tanks said the best of both worlds is possible for China's economy in 1995 fastpaced growth and single-digit inflation. The 1995 Economic Blueprint, to be published by the State Statistics Bureau and the Chinese Academy of
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      Lock icon Hainan province auctions 130 luxury cars in austerity drive
      213 4 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING The government of China's southern province of Hainan has auctioned 130 luxury cars in response to a Finance Ministry belt-tighten-ing programme, the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Hainan governor Ruan Chongwu's Mercedes-Benz was among 17 cars sold
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      Lock icon Taiwan's export orders up 13.4% last month
      180 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan garnered US$B.4l billion (S$l2J6 billion) worth of business orders from abroad in October, up 13.4 per cent over the same period last year, the Economic Ministry said yesterday. It attributed the advance to a continued global economic recovery, which spurred
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      Lock icon Taiwan to limit firms' investment in China
      251 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan is planning to slow down increasing Chinabound investment by barring heavy funding of individual mainland projects to avoid damage to the island's own economic development, press reports said yesterday. The Economic Daily News said that the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC),
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      Lock icon Beijing is 2nd biggest investor in HK
      63 4 Reuter HONGKONG Chinese investment in Hongkong has reached US$25 billion (5536.7 billion), surpassing the United States and Japan and trailing only Britain, the Beijing-backed Hongkong China News Agency reported yesterday. An increasing number of the 1,658 Chinese-invested firms here were using Hongkong to
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      Lock icon HK inflation fell in October
      73 4 AFP HONGKONG Hongkong's year-on-year inflation rate eased further to 7.9 per cent in October, signalling a further moderation in the colony's consumer prices, the government said yesterday. The Census and Statistics Department attributed the fall in the composite consumer price index A, from 8.6 per
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      Lock icon China plans cable link to Lhasa
      58 4 Reuter BEIJING China yesterday pledged to lay a 2,000 km fibre optic cable across forbidding terrain between western Qinghai province and Tibet's telecom-starved capital of Lhasa, Xinhua news agency said. The high-capacity Xining-to-Lhasa link would be built with World Bank financing by the Ministry
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      Lock icon China crop prices to rise
      84 4 Reuter BEIJING Higher demand is expected to boost prices of China's major agricultural products in 1995, forcing the government to increase imports, the China Trade News said yesterday. Farmers in some areas have been reluctant to sell their crops to the government at state-set prices,
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      India seeks foreign bids for nine expressways
      421 6  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE Even as the Indian government puts the finishing touches to an inves-tor-friendly national road policy, the country's surface transport ministry has identified nine expressway projects to be built and managed by foreign investors. The expressways connecting major cities
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      Lock icon N Korean trade slid in politically tense first half-year
      215 6 AFP SEOUL North Korean trade with the outside world dropped sharply in the first half of the year, a period marked by tension and threatened economic sanctions over its nuclear programme, according to South Korean figures issued over the weekend. In
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    • NOTEBOOK
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        Lock icon Japanese economy recovering: minister
        79 6 Knight-Ridder OSAKA Japanese Vice-Finance Minister Jiro Saito said yesterday the economy "has gotten out of the worst stage". Mr Saito. speaking to reporters at the Osaka Mint Bureau, said that personal spending, as well as public and housing investment, "has been in a recovery trend". But
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        Lock icon Japan's household spending up 2%
        126 6 Reuter TOKYO Japan's household spending in September increased 2.0 per cent in real terms from a year earlier to an average 314,790 yen (554.720) per household, the government's Management and Coordination Agency said yesterday. In the July-Sep-tember period of 1994, household spending increased 0.5 per
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        Lock icon S Korean electronics exports soar
        93 6 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's electric and electronics exports totalled U5525.06 billion (5536.8 billion) in the first 10 months of this year, up 26.3 per cent from a year earlier, the Korea Foreign Trade Association said yesterday. The 10-month figure was higher than the U5524.23 billion
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        Lock icon Visa-free visits to N Korea trade zone
        71 6 AFP TOKYO North Korea plans to allow visa-free visits by foreigners to its free-trade /one bordering China and Russia from early next year, a Japanese municipal official said yesterday. Hiroaki Kaneko. of the Niigata municipal office's international division, said the plan was disclosed
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      Lock icon US bans Aussie beef imports due to chemical scare
      366 6 Bloomberg Business News Knight-Ridder CANBERRA The US has halted all imports of Australian beef because of a chemical scare, a move the industry describes as "extremely damaging". Australian Primary Industries Minister Bob Collins last Friday contacted all Australia's international beef customers
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      Lock icon Sea shells on the sea shore
      41 6 Reuter PAN JIM, India Villagers turn out to search for cockles in the sea at the tiny village of Chicalim, 19 km from here,gh Sunday. The cockles are later sold on the roadside. Reuter T
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      Lock icon Japan lifetime employment weakens firms: Moody's
      224 6 Reuter TOKYO The lifetime employment system, which functioned relatively well in postwar Japan, may now be weakening a number of Japanese companies' credit fundamentals, Moody's Investors Service Inc said in a report. Many Japanese companies may be suffering rather than benefiting from the traditional
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      Lock icon Rao looking for some magic to win state polls
      188 6 Reuter HYDERABAD. India India's ruling Congress Party, predicted to lose key southern state elections, is seeking help from a popular Hindu cult chief to help swing its fortunes. Congress campaigners said. They said Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, a devotee
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Berlusconi's party battered in Italian local elections
      359 7 Reuter ROME Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi suffered a first electoral setback yesterday as his hard right National Alliance coalition partner made gains in local polls. With two thirds of the votes from major centres in Sunday's local elections counted, support for Mr Berlusconi's
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      Lock icon Meeting to discuss halving of German regional bourses
      296 7 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT The heads of Germany's eight regional bourses are meeting here to discuss their response to a leaked strategy paper that suggests halving their number. Earlier in the month, business daily Boersen-Zeitung reported that a proposal drawn up by
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      Lock icon Organised crime a threat to democracy: UN
      233 7 Reuter NAPLES, Italy UN Sccrc-tary-Gcncral Boutros BoutrosGhali branded organised crimc a threat to democracy yesterday and urged governments to join forces to fight ofT the growing menace of the world's mafias. Opening a three-day ministerial conference on cross-bor-der crimc, he told delegates from
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      Lock icon Haiti to get US$600m aid
      71 7 Reuter PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti is to get US$6OO million from international donors to carry out vital assistance projects over the remaining 15-month term of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, senior international banking officials said on Sunday. The huge surn was decided after a visit here by representatives from
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      Lock icon Saudis reschedule Russian debt
      79 7 Reuter MOSCOW Saudi Arabia has agreed to reschedule Russia's US$23O million debt to the kingdom, Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Prime Minister and chief debt negotiator Oleg Davydov as saying. The agreement would mean Moscow could defer until 1996 repayment of the first US$lOO million,
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      Lock icon Mexico's trade deficit widens
      77 7 Bloomberg Business News MEXICO CITY Mexico's trade deficit widened 49 per cent in September to US$l.57 billion, from US$l.O6 billion in the yearago month, the finance ministry said. Mexican exports rose 13 per cent to US$5.O3 billion in September, while imports rose 20 per cent to
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      Lock icon Germany's big black economy
      78 7 Knight-Ridder HAMBURG The black economy in Germany is growing and is causing tax losses estimated at 150 billion marks per year, said the monthly financial magazine Capital. A survey carried out in 956 workshops by the magazine showed that every other worker was prepared to do
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      Lock icon EU fund to settle disputes proposed
      59 7 Reuter PARIS France, the next president of the European Union, yesterday proposed creating an EU fund to help potential future members in central and eastern Europe settle border and minority disputes. Prime Minister Edouard Balladur told a seminar at the French parliament that good
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      Lock icon Secret report warns Tories of deep public resentment
      387 7 Reuter LONDON A secret report prepared for Prime Minister John Major yesterday warned Britain's ruling Conservatives that they must take harsh measures to avoid defeat at the next election. "The Conservatives have let voters down: they have been in government too long,
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      Lock icon Only 2% of European manufacturers are world class: study
      399 9 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Half of Europe's manufacturers have the potential to become "world class", but only 2 per cent have reached that point, a study of 650 European businesses concludes. "In too many countries, and sectors in all countries, inertia
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      Lock icon Bullish sentiment
      45 9 Reuter BARCKIX)NA Standing tall (and headless) in the Montserrat mountains is the silhouette of a giant black bull. Ninety-seu-n of the roadside landmarks will be protected as symbols of Spain and excluded from a law banning billboard advertisements on roads outside cities. Reuter
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      Lock icon Quebec govt ditches controversial hydroelectric plans
      317 9 AP lORONTO The government of Quebec has abandoned plans to build the largest hydroelectric power project in North America, the controversial US$lO billion (5514.7 billion) Great Whale network of dams and dykes in remote northern Quebec. "We don't need Great Whale," Quebec Premier Jacques
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      Lock icon Saudi Arabia acts to cut power consumption
      247 9 Reuter DUBAI Oil giant Saudi Arabia, strapped for cash and unable to meet a dramatic rise in power consumption, is telling its people that saving electricity is a patriotic duty. The Gulf country, whose coffers were hard hit by the Gulf War and
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      Lock icon White House rejects Dole's trade pact bargain
      353 9 NYT WASHINGTON Seeking to wring concessions from a politically weakened White House, Senator Bob Dole said on Sunday he told administration officials that he would be more inclined to vote for a worldwide trade pact if the White House dropped certain objections to
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    In a class of its own
    269 10 Q ANT AS First Class has received many accolades from its passengers. They tell us that the electri-cally-operated sleeper seats in Qantas international First Class remain ahead of the competition, with touch-button recline, lumbar support and foot rest. They also enjoy all the benefits
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    Have a holiday...on us!
    344 10 Qantas Frequent Flyer programme IMAGINE flying to a relaxing hideaway in the Pacific Islands, a trip to Australia's Red Centre, an adventure in the Orient or a romantic rendezvous in Europe... and all this for free! For each kilometre flown, the Qantas Frequent Flyer programme helps
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    Qantas launches a new era for Business Class Qantas launches a new era for Business Class
    528 10 Exciting changes at Qantas have begun, and business travellers will be pleased to know that the airline is creating new standards of luxury and comfort with the relaunch of its Business Class. In Qantas'
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    The international carrier
    54 11 HAVING operated here for 60 years, Qantas is now the second largest carrier into and out of Singapore*. This means an extensive network for the airline that flies you to Europe as well as Asia, New Zealand, the Pacific, and of course, all over Australia. *Based on
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    The Australian Experience
    717 11 WITH sweeping changes to its products and services since August, a new lease of life has been given to Qantas and a fresh, uniquely Australian experience is now yours: Distinctly Contemporary Australian A brand new interior design and colour scheme that reflects Australia's kaleidoscopic landscape as viewed
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      1019 13  -  Move over Casablanca, the new generation celluloid junkies have their own movies to watch and quote obsessively, says Vernon Silver Vernon Silver NYT Their parents know each line from the 1942 classic Casablanca. Their older siblings can join in with every bit of audience participation
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      493 13 CHATTERBOX AP Reuter AP AP AP Reuter BRIGUTE BARDO T has a fashion tip: Fur is not sexy. The actress-turned-activist led about 400 people in a Paris parade past some of France's biggest fur-stocking stores in an animal rights demonstration on Saturday. Bardot's supporters
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      1193 13 I TV RADIO Sacrificed, I After so many years of eivilisa- tion, can Europe have any tru- I ly wild regions left? Vuotos still Finnish Lapland struggling against civilisation. I ther sink under the waters ot a .J? reservoir, or become the victim of *rural development'. Jf National Programme Of
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
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      Lock icon Tanjong Rhu condos shaping up
      404 14  -  CityDev's Parkshore, one of five projects, will be ready for occupation next year, reports Abdul Hadhi Abdul Hadhi THE transformation of Tanjong Rhu into an upmarket residential district is well underway but not as quickly as had been expected. Five condominium projects, spread over 10
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      Vacant CBD shops up in Melbourne
      270 14  -  By Markos Tando EMPTY shops are on the rise in the Melbourne Central Business District (CBD) despite recent reports of higher store turnovers. According to the Australian Financial Review, the core CBD retail area, bounded by Swanston, Collins and Elizabeth streets, saw a rise
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      PROPERTYWATCH
      328 16 Selected transactions in the past week Dtteof T BuWInaiW Sateprtet trwaactlon 0Mrkt Hod mm (»g ft) Jmn (SS) s<^,f PRIVATE Nov 14,1994 1542 StiH Mansions Walk-up Apt I 1140 1 999 466,000 408 Nov 14,1994 0511 Normanton Park CondoApt f 1330 99 t 500,000 375 Nov 15 1994 I
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      Thai custom homes firm set to tread listing path
      717 16  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK AT the small suburban sales office of Noble Holding Development Co, prospective clients are invited to sit at a computer screen and effectively assemble their own home. Group managing director Kitti Thanakitamnuay calls it the third
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      267 14 BECAUSE YOU'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED A CAREER SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED WITH RESULTS, NOT TITLES. In a world of short cuts, cut corners and easy-ways -out, there are still those But you can also feel good about being in the Toyota Camry 2.2GL for another willing to go the duttance. To them,
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      Lock icon Sampras bounces back despite injuries, defeats
      497 17 IBM/ATP Tour World Championships AP FRANKFURT, Germany Two Grand Slams, eight other titles, record earnings, top ranking safe. Not a bad year, but Pete Sampras thinks it could have been better. Sampras won the Australian Open in January, Wimbledon in the summer, and the
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        American Football
        287 17 NEW YORK NFL Sunday: Buffalo 29 Green Bay 20: Chicago 20 Detroit 10; Cincinnati 13 Indianapolis 17; Dallas 31 Washington 7; Kansas City 20 Cleveland 13; New England 23 San Diego 17; Pittsburgh 16 Miami 13 (OT); Arizona 12 Philadelphia 6; Denver 32 Atlanta 28; LA Raiders 24
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        19 17 NEW YORK NBA Sunday New Jersey 98 LA Clippers 97; Sacramento 96 Cleveland 88: Portland 98 Detroit 96.
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        150 17 AP Reuter HOBART, Australia Australian selectors yesterdday recalled wicketkeeper lan Healy and batsman Steve Waugh for the first Ashes test against England but ignored the claims of burly fast bowler Merv Hughes. Healy and Waugh. who missed the third and final test against Pakistan three weeks ago because of
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        136 17 AP DORTMUND, Germany Romania turned in strong performances in every event on Sunday to win the women's title at the World Team Championships. But a surprising US team overcame the loss of world champion Shannon Miller and held on to edge Russia for second place. That showing established the
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        112 17 AP LEEDS, England Australia scored three second-half tries through Rod Wishart, Steve Walters and Dean Pay against a tired British defense as the Kangaroos retained the Ashes with a 23-4 victory Sunday in the third rugby league Test. The victory gave Australia a 2-1 series victory, foiling Britain's attempt
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        Golf
        180 17 THOUSAND OAKS, C alifornia Fred Couples and Brad Faxon combined for an eagle on the 16th hole Sunday and went on to win the USSI.I million Shark Shootout by two strokes. The pair began the day with eight consecutive birdies and finished their round at 14-un-der-par 58 for a
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      Lock icon Sabatini finds winning form to end 30-month title drought
      549 17 Virginia Slims Championships Reuter NLW YORK Gabriela Sabatini found her long-missing winning touch at the seasonending Virginia Slims Championships and not a moment too soon for a women's tennis tour facing an uncertain future. The extremely popular Argentine ended a 30-month,
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      Lock icon Dallas Cowboys hit by long list of injuries
      513 17 National Football League UPI NEW YORK With the Thanksgiving holidays approaching, the National Football League did its best to bring its family a little closer on Sunday. Throughout the NFL, races for division titles became more cozy thanks to efforts by Kansas
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      246 17 BOOM TOWN While Singapore's residential property market may be peaking, Malaysia's Klang Valley is still booming, fuelled by new money, new housing forms and new infrastructure. eS* ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: j The remaking of Yeo Hiap Seng Malaysia's hottest property stocks Gold: Heading for new high? Mr/MrVMiss/Ms: ryrptfru,. J
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  • Article
    The Fed may need to rethink
    456 18 WHEN the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest by 50 basis points for the fifth time this year in August, the world's financial markets cheered, although there were some murmurings of hope that it would be the last increase for a while. The three-quarter
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    No need for shopping blues
    431 18 THERE is magic still in the Singapore marketplace. The point has to be emphasised because the brilliance of the Christmas illuminations does not appear to have relieved the gloom that seems to prevail in some shopping areas, especially Orchard Road. But the complaint of a
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    Making better use of bus lanes
    129 18 IT IS good that the police are cracking down on motorists who hog bus lanes during peak hours. But at the same time, the enforcement means the traffic jam on other lanes will get worse. It is really a question of road management. It
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    Concerns over S'pore grads
    192 18 THE NUS and NTU graduate job-hunt survey raised some issues worth paying attention to. Although graduates can afford to be demanding in their job search in a fully employed society, we should be concerned about whether young people are adopting an easy-going attitude towards finding a
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    Jakarta must set an example
    97 18 DUE to the fact that Indonesia, as the chair and host of the recent Apec conference, took much of the initiative in getting the timetable for free trade and investment agreed upon at Bogor, it is duty bound to set an example in moving towards
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    Sanctions should continue
    82 18 THE sanctions imposed on Iraq and Libya have hurt innocent citizens of two nations, without doubt. But the harm and potential harm that presidents Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi presented is worse. Their actions took the lives of equally innocent people. No purpose will be served in
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    Apec's survival shaky
    186 18 TRICKED out in Indonesian batik camouflage gear, the 18 leaders of the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation group beamed broadly at the camera, happy, no doubt, that the worst thing to emerge from the summit is having to turn out in public in their host's choice of attire. On
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    Will the Republicans live up to their stereotypes?
    1051 18  -  Vikram Khanna considers what the Republican Party's new-found control of the US Congress will mean for Asia Vikram Khanna The writer is Business Times' Regional Economics Editor Bloodbath. Blowout. Landslide. Earthquake. These are the sort of terms being used to describe the
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      271 18 For more than a century and a half, Patek Philippe has been known as the finest watch in the world. The reason is very simple. It is made differently. It is made using skills and techniques that others have lost or forgotten. It is made with attention to detail very
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      A stronger Japan Inc in the making
      1300 19  -  Tomorrows AsmTodavs Issues Japan, having lost none of its collectivist will to survive, will meet the challenge of a succession of high yen in the second half of the decade and emerge more competitive than ever, says Michael Morris Michael Morris Michael Morris
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      Lock icon Conservation treaty stands at a crossroads
      1083 19 Cites members are beginning to agree that the 'sustainable use" concept is the key to protecting endangered species AP SITTING at opposite ends of a cavernous auditorium in Florida, Brazil and the Netherlands waged a polite but emotionally strained debate over a tree that
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    Lock icon US must raise rates substantially to keep inflation in check: OECD
    527 20 Reuter AFP WASHINGTON The US must raise interest rates substantially over the next year to help contain rising inflation and keep the economic expansion on track, the OECD said yesterday. In its annual survey of the US economy, the
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    Lock icon Opec to tackle two thorny issues today
    455 20  -  Focus on production quotas, appointment of new secretary-general From Leslie Lopez in DENPASAR, Indonesia MINISTERS from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) meeting here will today grapple with the thorny issues of production quotas and the appointment of its secretary-general. Yesterday being
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    Lock icon HK awards HK$5.3b deals for rail link to new airport
    236 20 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkong's Mass Transit Railway Corp has awarded the first batch of contracts, worth HKSS.3 billion (SSI billion), for the rail link between the colony's new airport and its central business area. A joint venture between German
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    Lock icon Japanese corporate earnings set for first rise in 5 years
    338 20 Reuter TOKYO The bulk of corporate Japan has reported its results for the half year ended Sep 30 and, judging from the figures so far, earnings are poised to mark their first rise in five years. Analysts said yesterday that
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    Lock icon Nato planes hit Serb airfield in response to raids on Bosnia
    238 20 Reuter SARAJEVO Nato launched a massive 30-planc attack on a Serb-held airfield in Croatia yesterday which it called a "necessary response" to Serb air raids into Bosnia. British, Dutch, US and French warplanes took part in the attack on
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    It's time for Australia to explain flip-flop media rules
    645 20  -  The Bottom Line MOHAN KUPPUSAMY MOHAN KUPPUSAMY The writer is a BT journalist AUSTRALIA'S media ownership rules, always something of a mystery, seem to have become even more opaque in recent months. Certainly, things have moved on from the time in
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    Lock icon Tokyo admits Pearl Harbour blunder
    192 20 Reuter TOKYO Japan has acknowledged for the first time that it blundered in not delivering a diplomatic cable to the US signalling the start of war until its forces had already attacked Pearl Harbour. Foreign ministry documents from the period released over the weekend blamed
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    Lock icon Japan parliament enacts new voting system to clean up politics
    397 20 Reuter TOKYO Japan's parliament yesterday enacted a set of long-awaited measures designed to clean up the country's scandal-prone politics, clearing the way for possible early general elections next year. The passage of the electoral reform bills, the first overhaul of
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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        MARKET MOOD
        49 21 Weak Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, hased on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday Overnight events may alter sentiment Brokers polled Allium e, /taring. Daiwa, Fraser, (JK Ooh. Kay Hum. Morgan Grenfell. OngCo, Nomura. Phillip. Smith New Court, II I i 'arr and S(J Warburg.
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        HOT STOCK
        107 21  -  By Paul Leo STRONG selling pressure pushed Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation lower in the past three trading sessions to end at $1.70 yesterday a total decline of nine cents. Volume surged from 51,000 units on Wednesday to 226,000 shares the following day and a strong 447,000 units on
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      Big Four banks' earnings tipped to grow 32% for year
      505 21  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE The Big Four local banks will have another bumper year, says the research department of a local broking house. DBS Investment Research says in its October sectoral review that the quartet DBS, OUB, OCBC and UOB
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      Koh Bros lands $47m Kaki Bukit factories contract
      205 21 SINGAPORE Construc-tion-based Koh Brothers has clinched a $46.8 million contract to build three factory blocks at the new Kaki Bukit Tech Park. The group said yesterday the contract, secured through wholly owned subsidiary Koh Brothers Building and Civil Engineering Contractor, was awarded
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      Food group QAF turns in a fatter half-year profit of $7.5m
      330 21  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Food group QAF has reported a 9 per cent increase in earnings to $7.5 million for the six months to Sep 30, from $6.86 million in the previous first half. QAF, which is being stalked
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      UEL unit shareholders to build specialist hospital in Malacca
      260 21  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Shareholders in The Southern Hospital Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of United Engineers Ltd, signed a joint venture agreement yesterday for The Southern Hospital Melaka. A statement from listed United Engineers said the agreement marked a commitment by
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      Holders of Granite stock waiting for Ting's magic touch
      780 21  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Ho Kay Tat KUALA LUMPUR Punters who have banked their money on Granite Industries must be hoping that Ting Pek Khiing, who carved his name building resorts in double quick time, has a quick-fix solution to the
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      M Grenfell raises $27m in S'pore for second unit trust
      403 21  -  By Shiv Taneja SINC.APORL Despite poor conditions in the stock market. Morgan Grenfell Investment Management has raised $27 million from local investors for its second unit trust the Asia Premier Trust, which will invest in regional equities. Morgan Grenf ell's
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          Sincere Watch 1-for-2 issue gets nod
          100 22 SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listed Sincere Watch Ltd's proposed special anniversary one-for-two bonus issue was approved by shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting yesterday. The niche retailer celebrated its 4()th year in the watch business in July. It received approval in September from the stock exchange for
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          JC-MPH unit in China magazine deal
          85 22 SINGAPORL Publishing and property group Jack Chia-MPH is expanding into publishing in China. a statement yesterday, the company said its subsidiary, MPH Alliance Publishing, signed a copyright and publishing agreement with China Light Industry' Press (CLIP) on Nov 15 to launch a series of
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          Pioneer status for Hwa Tat Lee plant
          77 22 SINGAPORE Furniture maker Hwa Tat Lee Holdings has been awarded pioneer status for its leather tanning/tinishing plant. The plant is operated by subsidiary Hwa Tat Lee Leather Pte Ltd. The pioneer status is for a period of five years. The $8 million plant,
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          Lock icon Topgroup US business buy approved
          99 22 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Topgroup Holdings Bhd's proposed acquisition of the heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and refrigeration businesses of US-based Dunham-Bush Inc and DB Holdings Inc has been approved by the Securities Commission. Topgroup. an air-conditioner manufacturer, plans to buy the businesses for U5541.57 million (5561.1
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        M$1b reverse deal catapults AISB into timber league
        333 22  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR AMALGAMATED Industrial Steel Sdn Bhd (AISB) will join the growing league of timber players after unveiling yesterday a reverse takeover deal valued at MS 1.095 billion (***** million). The company will issue 365.094 million new
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        YTL proposes one-for-two bonus issue
        314 22 KUALA LUMPUR YTL Corp has proposed to give shareholders a bonus of one new share for every two that they own. This is the third bonus issue by the company with the last one a one-for-five completed only in May. YTL shares rose 70 sen
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        Lock icon Malaysia Smelting to diversify out of tin sector
        407 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Smelting Corporation Bhd plans to diversify out of tinsmelting and into nickel and zinc smelting, privatisation projects and property development. chairman Ibrahim Mcnudin said yesterday. Malaysia Smelting had conducted a study on the possibility of venturing into zinc
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        Lock icon Siam Commercial Bank forecasts 15%-20% rise in profit next year
        354 22 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Siam Commercial Bank pic's profit will rise by between 15 per cent and 20 per cent next year. President Olam Chaiprawat added yesterday: "Whether or not that's above or below the industry average is not important.
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        Indon construction machinery firm offers 10m shares in IPO
        427 22  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Indonesian construction equipment company PT Hexindo Adiperkasa is offering 10 million new shares to raise 38 billion rupiah (5525.46 million) in an initial public offer (IPO). Gunawan Jusuf. executive director of PT Makindo which is the managing
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        PT Bukaka eyes S'pore subscribers for its IPO
        219 22 SINGAPORE Indonesian engineering group PT Bukaka Teknik Utama is to launch an initial public offer (IPO) of 40 million new shares on the Jakarta and Surabaya stock exchanges next month. PT Bukaka president Fadel Muhammad told Business limes that the group hopes
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        Lock icon Public Bank ups stake in HK taxi financier Winton
        182 22 Bloomberg Business news HONGKONG Malaysia's Public Bank Berhad has increased its stake in Hongkong taxi financier Winton Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd to 34.42 per cent from 20 per cent with the acquisition of 60.5 million shares for HK5151.3 million (5528.8 million). In
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        558 22 Managers' pncw Nov 22 Mendaki Or Fund I IS 118 llnif Tru«t US Or Fund 0 I.Othd** SfXSL TS uoe nn Ltd The Savings Fund 1.64 1.74 Unifund 1.51 1.58 S pore Prog Fund 0.63 0.67 I mbond 1.045 1.07 S'pore See Fund 1.00 1.06 United Or Fund' 1.77 1.85
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        Lock icon Wary Indian investors hang on to cash
        502 24 AFP BOMBAY Indian bourses are experiencing a slump analysts predict will stretch into next year, as wary investors guard against political uncertainly and hope for good news in next year's budget. Prices on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSH), where 70 per cent of
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        Lock icon HK food distributor Guangnan to list 440m shares
        305 24 Bloomberg Business news HONGKONG Guangnan Holdings. Hongkong's sole authorised distributor of live and fresh foodstuffs imported from Guangdong, will list 440 million shares on the Stock Exchange of Hongkong to finance projects in China. Guangnan is majority owned by Hongkong-listed Guangdong Enterprises,
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        Lock icon Shenzhen market cuts clearance fees for foreign trades
        152 24 Bloomberg Business News SHENZHEN Shenzhen's securities authorities yesterday cut the minimum settlement fee for foreign investors by 58 per cent in a bid to revive comatose trading. In a circular, the Shenzhen Securities Regulatory Office said the minimum fee for each transaction
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        Lock icon Aussie pay TV group secures movie rights from US studios
        288 24 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Australian pay TV group Australis Media yesterday announced it has formed a partnership with three Hollywood studios and US cable giant Tele-Communi-cations Inc to secure movies for its satellite and microwave services. Under the agreement with
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        Lock icon Morgan Stanley to recast Hongkong Index on Dec 1
        247 24 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) will restructure its Hongkong Index on Dec 1. The restructured index will better reflect the evolving industry profile of Hongkong and will also reflect the impact of the delisting of the Jardine Group
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          Lock icon Two foreign firms to delist Tokyo shares
          77 24 Knight-Ridder TOKYO Two overseas companies yesterday applied to the Tokyo Stock Exchange to delist their shares from the exchange, according to a statement released by both firms. The shares of US-based Monsanto Company and PPG Industries Inc are scheduled to be delisted on
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          Lock icon Strong yen hits Nintendo profit
          96 24 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Nintendo Co, the world's top video game maker, yesterday blamed the strong yen and a price war overseas for a 16.4 per cent fall in current profit to 51.05 billion yen (***** million) in the six months ended Sep 30. The
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          Lock icon Rolls-Royce to buy Allison Engine
          35 24 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Rolls-Royce pic yesterday said it is buying US rival Allison Engine Company from Clayton Dubilier Rice Inc and its management for US$525 million (*****.5 million). Bloom-
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          Lock icon Strike closes Aussie meat processor
          36 24 Reuter BRISBANE A strike over wages and working conditions has closed down Conagra Inc's Australian Meat Holdings Pty Ltd, Australia's biggest meat processor and exporter, an industry spokesman said yesterday. Reuter
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        Lock icon UBS expected to win motion for share change at EGM
        483 26 Knight-Ridder ZURICH The Swiss establishment will close ranks around the beleaguered Union Bank of Switzerland at its extraordinary general meeting today and give the ÜBS a slim majority in a motion to simplify its existing share structure, analysts said yesterday.
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        Lock icon Sydney to fight equity products ruling
        115 26 Knight-Ridder SYDNEY The Sydney Futures Exchange will appeal against a federal court decision allowing the Australian Stock Exchange to trade new equitybased derivatives products. The SFE said it has appealed to the federal court over Justice Sackville's ruling on Nov 2 that the ASX's
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        Lock icon New Reuters service helps insurance execs tap risk info
        325 26  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Reuters Singapore yesterday launched an electronic news database system to help insurance executives assess and manage risk. The system, dubbed Reuters Insurance Briefing, combines current news from Reuters and Lloyd's with research data from a five-year
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        Lock icon Diversified Resources plans M$400m bond
        171 26 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian carmaker Diversified Resources Bhd (DRB) yesterday proposed a Ms4oo million (SS22B million) issue of bankguaranteed bonds with detachable warrants. The 3 per cent bonds will include warrants entitling shareholders to subscribe for 65.75 million new shares in the company,
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          Lock icon Salomon hires Merrill Lynch MD
          77 26 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Merrill Lynch managing director Yeow-Hang Chuah said he will join the Hongkong office of US investment bank Salomon Brothers in January after nine years in Merrill's debt capital markets unit. Mr Chuah, 38, joined Merrill in Tokyo in 1986 and came
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          Lock icon Indonesia raises key discount rate
          61 26 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's central bank. Bank Indonesia, raised its key discount rate for short term securities by three-quarter percentage point yesterday. The hike was the eighth in the last seven months. One-week money was raised to 14.50 per cent from 13.75 per cent. Two-week money
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          Lock icon Sino Land to raise US$50m
          89 26 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Real estate developer Sino Land Company Ltd plans to raise US$5O million through the sale of five-year floating rate notes. Standard Chartered Asia Ltd said it will be the lead arranger and underwriter of the financing, the proceeds of which will
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          Lock icon AMBB offers interest-free services
          48 26 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Arab-Malaysian Bank Bhd yesterday launched two services under its interest-free banking scheme. AMBB said in a statement here the A 1 Wadiah Savings Account and the A 1 Mudharabah General Investment Account represented the bank's initial offerings under the scheme. Bernama
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          Lock icon Japan insurers to set up reserve pool
          60 26 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Members of Japan's accident and property insurance industry have drafted a plan to set up a 30 billion yen (SS44B million) reserve pool as a lender of last resort, Jiji Press reported. Citing industry sources, it said each company
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        374 26 Reuter TOKYO A surge in copper cash prices, making nearby contracts more expensive than forward contracts, is causing a tax headache for Japanese users by making it hard to take advantage of a tax exemption on imports. "Prices have to be in
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        Crude gains on hopes of Opec freeze
        311 26 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Brent crude oil futures rose 2 per cent amid expectations Opec will freeze output at current levels, possibly for one year, in an attempt to boost prices. At 4.30pm London time, January Brent futures were 35 cents up at
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        1464 26 I rade-»nghled index inkuUued again*! S'parr's lop 14 trading partnm Bate year 198$ US$/S$ forward rates Noon Nov 21 a Bid Oder 1-month ***** ***** 2-roonth 1.4646 1.4661 J-monlh 1.4714 I.46SI 6-month 1.4750 IjtfM Sourtr OCBC Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at Sm m Nm 21: Singapore dollars
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        192 26 Reuter LONDON The dollar extended overnight gains in Europe with dealers still bullish after the recent Fed intervention and rate increase. "The dollar is looking well bid this morning." said a forex trader. He noted that there are still some around who do not trust the rally,
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        95 26 AFP NEW YORK The dollar fell against the Japanese and British currencies yesterday while rising against the other major European currencies in calm trading. Around 1430 GMT, the dollar was worth 1.5580 marks against 1.5547 on Friday and 98.37 yen against 98.55. In London, it traded at 1.5595
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        Lock icon Euroyen firmer on technical buying
        1304 27 Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures and Eurodollars closed firm. Dealers said investors continued to be bullish on Euroyen and were seen buying on technical grounds. "Euroyen got a boost from the weak Nikkei today," said a trader. He said Euroyen was poised to try higher
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        Tin ends down on London's losses
        694 27 COMMODITY REPORTS KL Tin TIN closed nine sen lower at MS 1 5.70 a kg after a lower close in London prompted a higher initial offering, traders said. "The market is easier and people are selling because of a lower London market." a trader
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        Pakistan may cut soyoil duty
        96 27 KUALA LUMPUR It was rumoured in Pakistan that the South-west Asian country may cut its soyoil import duty this week, Malaysian traders said. A trader, citing his agent in Pakistan, said the duty for soyoil could be reduced by between 1,500 and 2,000 rupees per
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        India's veg oil prices likely to ease
        108 27 NEW DELHI India's wholesale vegetable oil prices, which are currently trading about 30 per cent above levels this time last year, are likely to ease in the next few weeks, traders said. Oil prices have risen sharply in the past few weeks because
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        Tokyo firm lifts copper sales price
        52 27 TOKYO Japan's Nippon Mining and Metals Co said it had raised the domestic sales price of electrolytic copper cathode yesterday by 10,000 yen (Ssl49) per tonne to 330,000 yen, effective Nov 18. Nippon Mining and Metals is the recognised price leader for Japan's domestic
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        HK Flour Mills buys US wheat
        74 27 HONGKONG The Hongkong Flour Mills Co Ltd on Friday bought 7,500 tonnes of US wheat for Feb 8-28 shipment, a company official said yesterday. The purchase included 2,800 tonnes of white winter wheat, which was bought at around US$l63 (*****) per tonne FOB, the
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1359 27 Rubber (fatam dsstag as at S.3tpa) KSS 1 C—tract (S cents/kt) Close Volume Oocn Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Dec 94 I 197.00 700 850 Jan 95 197.00 196.73 196.00 350 2000 Feb 194.73 194.75 193.00 150 3950 Mar 192.75 192.75 191.50 150 2900 Apr/Jun 196.00 191.50
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        Australia
        1105 28 -12.5 STOCKS closed at a new 14month low yesterday with investors expecting a pre-Christmas lift in interest rates and noting Friday's drop on Wall Street and the rising Aussie dollar. The key All Ordinaries Index ended 12.5 points weaker at 1,909.5, the lowest level since Sep 16 last year.
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        Manila
        605 28 -13.07 Profit-taking and the absence of market-moving news clipped share prices yesterday, but mining stocks defied the trend. The PSE Composite Index tumbled 13.07 points to close at 2,899.79. Turnover was 1.63 billion shares valued at 2.25 billion pesos. Index heavyweight Petron Corp was steady at 24.25 pesos even
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        Taipei
        546 28 -45.06 Stocks lost momentum as a result of profit-taking, with pulp and paper, banking and insurance shares hit hardest. The 393-issue Weighted Price Index dropped 45.06 points to settle at 6,4,06.62. Turnover was 876 million shares worth NT531.77 billion. The market opened slightly higher, but bargain hunters soon jumped
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        Seoul
        473 28 -0.50 Share prices ended slightly lower for the third straight trading decline, brokers said. The Composite Price Index inched down 0.50 of a point to settle at 1,117.08, despite rising issues outnumbered falls by 618 to 261 with 101 counters unchanged. Volume recovered to an active 52.8 million shares
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        New Zealand
        321 28 -21.64 Shares declined to a four-month low after market heavyweight Telecom went ex-dividend. Telecom accounts for 23.6 per cent of the NZSE-40 Capital Index. Forestry stocks also declined on perceptions that world prices for their commodities have peaked. Traders said trading was otherwise subdued as investors waited for
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        Bombay
        100 28 -21.54 The 30-share BSE Index closed 21.54 points lower at 4,136.65 in a trading session reduced by an hour, brokers said. The broader 100-share National Index fell 2.87 to 1,961.86. The normal two-hour session was reduced to mourn the death of the late HT Parekh, the founder of India's
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        640 28 Britannia Funds Stertiag Ca*k Bid Offer Mim C ap Deposit *****0 M 6300 Mim Jersey GilT. .0.IW3 ***** Mm Mai Income .***** 0 9400 USSCMh Income Plus Fund 9 5300 10 0400 PS S Reserve Fund 5 3300 5.3400 S4erH«t Easily Euro Performance jO.4592 0 493« Far Im Fund *2.7650
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        London
        637 28 -10.0 STOCKS fell as optimism about corporate earnings was overshadowed by concern UK interest rates will rise before year end. The FTSE-100 index closed 10 points lower at 3,121.0. The decline was paced by British Telecom, Barclays and BP. Bank of England Governor Eddie George said on Sunday at
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        Paris
        137 28 +9.27 French shares closed higher supported by positive bonds and the dollar. Traders said the market was calm, with some cheap buying after recent weakness. But there were few big initiatives ahead of the closure of the November account tomorrow. The CAC-40 Index closed up 9.27 points at 1,935.77.
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        Frankfurt
        202 28 -8.09 German stocks closed mixed as the dollar's strength raised hopes for higher earnings at exportdriven companies. "The dollar's what's keeping us from going down," said a trader. "The cyclicals are up on the dollar and that's basically it." The dollar lately traded at 1.5596 marks, down from yesterday's
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        Milan
        163 28 +37 Italian shares dithered, uncertain over direction after a confusing outcome to elections on Sunday, while passage of the 1995 budget by the Lower House of Parliament highlighted the problems it faces in the Senate. With around half the votes counted, Forza Italia support slumped to near 10 per
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        Amsterdam
        253 28 1.34 Dutch stocks closed mixed as the strength of the dollar boosted companies that are active in the US. The EOE Index closed 1.34 points higher at 411.19. Financial stocks took the index higher. Thirteen out of the 25 index stocks rose, 11 fell and one was unchanged. Business
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        Johannesburg
        310 28 -4.3 South African gold shares reacted to a bullion decline yesterday in low volume trade, but late demand lifted prices off" their lows. Industrials finished steady as the sector shrugged off lower key world markets and dividend payments by key shares. Banking stocks were strong amid a lack of
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        Brussels
        178 28 +5.65 The index of leading shares closed just below the key 1,400 level on the strength of the dollar, higher bonds, firm demand for financial stocks and large block trading in non-ferrous metals group Union Miniere. The Bel-20 Index closed 5.65 points higher at 1,397.11, after hitting an in-tra-day
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        Stockholm
        121 28 +9.65 Swedish stocks rose, led by Skanska AB, as strong corporate earnings bolstered optimism in the market and took the benchmark index to a six-month high. "The strength of the results, which have been largely better-than-expected, has helped the market," said a dealer. "All the reports that are coming
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        Zurich
        267 28 +0.5 Swiss stocks were mixed as investors bought issues whose earnings will benefit from a stronger dollar and sold shares in Ciba-Geigy AG, which announced it will pay US$2.l billion for a stake in Chiron of the US The SMI Index closed up 0.5 point at 2,607.0. Thirteen shares
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        New York
        641 28 +7.74 The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which slid 12.79 points on Friday, was up 7.74 to 3,823.00 at 11am EST. The NYSE Composite Index edged up 0.14 to 252.44, while Standard Poor's 500-stock Index rose 0.72 to 462.19. Advances topped declines 927-859 among the 2,563 issues crossing the
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        Toronto
        251 28 1.70 Stocks edged higher in active trading with weak gold stocks expected to dampen gains in other sectors. The precious metals index tumbled as Comex gold prices sank to a three-month low in early trading. "Gold prices are under pressure and it's going to be damper on Toronto," one
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      2908 29 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stock prices dropped for the third successive day on expectations that an increase in bank deposit, prime and home loan rates will lead to a decline in real estate prices and make money-market funds more attractive than stocks. There was also concern the Federal Reserve
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      556 29 CLSA H SHARES slipped 1.7 per cent yesterday on turnover of HKS72 million. Profittaking dominated Haixing Shipping shares which ended the session down 2.5 per cent on volume of HKS3O.S million. In Shanghai, the B market turnover remained thin, down to just US$l.B5 million. The index shed 0.8 per
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      2490 29 Reuter TOKYO Stocks closed lower, depressed by Sony Corp's falling share price. Thursday's news that Sony had written off 265.2 billion yen of goodwill in its consolidated results for the July-September quarter weighed heavily on the issue. "The sharp drops in Sony made many investors very gloomy," said Hiroyuki
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      1725 29 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks closed lower on continued poor market sentiment but scattered buying by mutual funds and foreign investors kept the index above the day's lows. The SET Index closed down 16.90 points at 1,440.59. with just four billion baht worth of shares traded. The finance sector was the
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      1085 29 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices drifted lower at the close in slow trading weighed down by fears over deteriorating domestic market sentiment, brokers said. Brokers said foreign interests were focused on stocks with apparent good nine-month results to be released soon, including Indah Kiat and Indorayon. "Activity is expected to
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2433 30 MBf Capital J, 793.000 Ganda Hk%s 3.281.000 MAA 2.328.000 DtC Bank 50c 1,824.000 KL Industries 1.315.000 Idra Hyd 50c 1,285,000 Promd 1,276.000 Muipha Intl 50c 1,169.000 Pc«i Steia 1,079.000 FACB50c 831.000 MuKkP Wt 738.000 Salens Res 715.000 Bcnaya L Wt99 708.000 Mlfr JrtMl. itkmTE 1 Ganda Hldgs 11,107.000
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        Lock icon No relief for share prices in absence of election news
        5992 30 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks fell for a fourth day after a major political rally failed to generate promises of electionrelated spending. Umno completed its annual general assembly on Sunday night with no election news. The Composite Index fell
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        8198 31 Transaction date: Nov 21 b Cr M We 19*4 LM Vol Day Last Quote Ow Di» VM Nel < M A.g High Low Company Sale 000) High Lo« Bayer Seller S C S P/E Ml Price INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 720* 417.3* mt Acma SOc 505 unch IS 510 505 500
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        Lock icon Volume shrinks as market slides to close at day's low
        1843 32  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Interest in the local stock market dwindled to one of its lowest points in recent months, with prices on both sides of the Causeway ending lower in painfully thin volume. Dealers had expected another quiet day
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      Thome Ship Management wins 4 new contracts
      468 33  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE Local firm Thome Ship Management has landed four new contracts, bringing the number of ships it runs under full management to 26. The company is managing the 9,000 dwt chemical tanker Osprey Sky and the 41,570 dwt product/chemical tanker
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      Lock icon Solar recharge
      46 33 IN-Press BONN A 400-watt solar installation providing the necessary energy to charge a sailing club's electric motor boat. The eight modules are made from solar silicium disks manufactured by Bayer AG. The installation should be a welcome addition to any yachtsman's standard equipment. IN-Press
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      Two senior PSA officers retire
      188 33 SINGAPORE The Port of Singapore Authority will be minus two senior officers through retirement. The PSA says Lim Tian Leong, who was director of finance, retired on Nov 12 when he was 61. "When he reached the compulsory retirement age of 60 last year, he
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      Lock icon Sabah, Philippine firms sign ferry accord
      180 33 Bernama KOTA KINABALU Malaysian and Philippine companies have signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to start a passenger ferry service and furniture manufacturing. The MoU for the passenger ferry, which will serve Sandakan in Sabah and Zamboanga City on the Philippines' Mindanao island, was
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      739 33 Page Col Accord Group 8 1-3 •Ahlers Lines 13 5 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 4/5 •Appenship 4 4/5 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL 5 5 Astro Shpg 8 4 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 •Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 •Bank Line, The 9
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      High Court rejects appeal to lift corporate veil of one-ship firms
      569 33  -  This is a fortnightly column that highlights important shipping court cases. By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE The High Court has rejected an appeal by a creditor to pierce the corporate veil of one-ship companies. The case of the Skaw Prince,
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      Lock icon Tanker market sees slight Caribbean activity in dull trading
      294 33 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK There was a little activity in the Caribbean sector of the market in late trading last Friday which remained essentially dull. Lagoven opened with 71,000 tonnes for Nov 28-30 loading from La Salina to the UK, Continent or
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1848 34 rT was a buoyant end to the week on the freight market, with most sizes benefiting from firm freight rates, brokers said. A shortage of Panamax tonnage in the US Gulf forced Andre to switch its Panamax grain cargo for shipment from the US north Pacific J coast.
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12190 42 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore £oi ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. IIfiEMP PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3038 47 A IiBC Containerline NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (SVManne Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SVAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albntros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte Ltd
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      COURIER SERVICES
      274 47 Abacus Couriers Td: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Travel Td: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144 Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: 542-3716. *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier Td: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Td: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Link International Td: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Cluster Link Supplies A Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1538 47 Abes Express Freight Td: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actiak Forwarder Td: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Td: 542-7822. Fax. *****20. Aeroliak Freight International Td: 545-8033. Fax: *****05. td°s42-59l 1. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax. *****06. Air Express International Td: 542-7666. Fax: *****74, *****50. Air Market
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2676 48 ARGENTINA Diamante, Santa Fe: No vessels Berthed, no vessels in roads, no vessels due. San Lorenzo: Five vessels berthed of which 2 loading soya bean meal pellets, 1 soyabean oil, I discharging benzene, I soyabean meal pellets, 3 vessels in roads, 30 vessels due at 9 terminals during
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      SHIP SALES
      353 48 VESSELS SOLD FOR FURTHER TRADING Bulk Carriers Mv Aztlan: built 1989 in Tsuneishi, sold for about US$2O.5 million to clients of Acomarit. Mv lhalassini Axta: built 1985 in Hitachi, sold to New York Greek interests for US$l7.OO million with special survey passed on delivery. Mv Consensus Pacific built
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      638 48 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS An Dep Name of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of Calls Port Agent Telephone NoNOVEMBER 22 22 Rcnaissancc I 1000 2000 Cruise to Nowhere Renaissance Cruises 222-3388 22 22 Delfin Star 1000 2100 Malacca Harpers Shipping 221-1388 22 22 Megastar Aries 1600 2030 Cruise to Nowhere
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      331 48 COURSES Title: Certificate in Logistics Management Duration: Nov 23 Dec 23 Organiser Singapore Institute of Materials Management Tel: For further details contact SIMM at 295-4427 or fax: 298-4012. Title: Certificate in Negotiation Skills Techniques Duration: Nov 23 Jan 3 '95 Organiser Singapore Institute of Materials Management Tel: For
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        556 49 Ve$s«l Voy Wo fcrjfc jggl Pggfcw Vmrt Voy W» twjh fcifral D«p«rtur» Jurong Port **<>• t« 2111 poia 2111/1300 Batam Batiagu )1 2211/0300 Yoi* Shut 9402 P01 atongsnfc 2311/1500 Batam Murra 110 abrade 22.11/2300 Batam Specd3 A4694* P01A 22.11/1200 22.11/1400 Ewb ftana, B 12/3 *ngade 22.11/2300 Batam
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1370 49 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rsits Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Acj Swan 145* 23/1500 1A 21/1500 21/1669 21/1900 2A 21/1700 22/0659 22/0900 4 22/1200 27/1459 22/1700 Ma Bhum 164ft 22/2300 IB
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        911 49 JTHIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
        475 49 Carbon Carton Nov IS Dmty Natar Rtadut Mi Nwvaan Se&nent Densty Natar RoMut fah ftaMn Sifcrt M M Exxoa E"» KG/**3 V/V M/M M/M PPM method RG/¥"3 V/V M/M M/M PPM method E«t«n USA 180 Aw 983 0 3 13.4 008 14 0.02 BO/Ctacttofe Spec £25
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      Lock icon Getting the bread and the butter
      1671 50  -  Mary Bond looks at the major commercial challenge facing the salvage market Mary Bond Seatrade Review Reviewing the state of the salvage market, Smit Tak manager Geert Koffeman says: "We have seen a slight improvement this year but this seems to be due to
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      760 51 Reuter WHEN a group of war veterans set up Taiwan's China Airlines 37 years ago, all they had was US$lO,OOO and contacts among former air force comrades in the government. "They didn't even have a licence to fly down the
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        445 52 Washington Post WASHINGTON USAir Group Inc on Sunday announced the appointment of a corporate safety official and ordered an independent audit of its flight operations as part of an effort to boost public confidence in the airline. Retired Air Force General Robert
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        323 52 Reuter BUENOS AIRES Argentina on Sunday announced a US$4OO million (SSSBB million) contract with US defence contractor Lockheed Corp to modernise a state-run aircraft facility and refurbish military jets. President Carlos Menem told reporters that the deal would be formally signed on Dec
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        266 52 AFP BEIJING China's aviation manufacturers, previously limited to producing military hardware, exported civilian goods worth US$532 million (Ss7B2 million) between January and October, the China Daily said on Sunday. The figure was up 28 per cent over the same period last year and
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        173 52 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan Aerospace Corp (TAC) and five local partners will form a NTS 2.7 billion (SSISI million) joint venture with US aircraft firm Swearingen Aircraft Inc by the year-end, TAC officials said on Sunday. The venture, to manufacture six-seat SJ-30 passenger jets
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          114 52 AP BRIGHTON, Ontario As many as 60 passengers were injured on Sunday when a train heading to Montreal from Toronto hit something on the tracks and caught fire. Sue White, an administrator at Trenton Memorial Hospital, said more than a dozen people were being treated
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        226 52 AP LONDON The trains taking passengers through the Channel Tunnel made it through their first working week with no major glitches, but they weren't quite a sellout, a spokesman said on Friday. "Loadings have been reasonable we wouldn't have expected
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        453 52 Reuter MEXICO CITY Mexico's troubled airline Aeromexico plans to increase its capital by US$l5O million (SS22I million) in order to win muchneeded breathing space from creditors to restructure its finances and operations. The fresh capital will be offered to shareholders in the
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      212 45 Ouarant—d Sailing* to: BANGKOK/LAEM CHABANG/LAOS|2«/U (SAT). 29/11 (TUE) TORT KELANG/PENANG 24/11 (THU). 27/11 (SUN) HONG KONG 25/11 (Ftl) lAKAIITA 21/11 (SAT) MANLA/CEBU/SUBC BAT 21/11 (MON) HO CM MM 25/11 (FW) SURABAYA 27/11 (SIM) BUSAN 21/11 (MON) MADRAS 25/11 (FW), 2/12 (FW) PONCNAMA LINEI COWTAIWWMP SERVfCO! I wAITt/BLy/WC/MN •raa (MB) m
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