The Business Times, 5 September 1995

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    12 1 SINGAPORE Business Times WE KHOWASIX MITA(P) 194/12/94 Tuesday September 5 1995 85*
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    Lock icon Serbs offer truce
    48 1 Reuter BELGRADE Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic rehooded yesterday to UN demands to lilt the siege of Sarajevo or risk air attack hows before the deadline expires. He renewed a ceasefire offer but failed to meet the UN's terms to pull back heavy weapons. Reuter
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    KL eases curbs on merchant banks with two-tier system
    612 1  -  Qualified banks allowed to trade forex and derivatives, take deposits Fran Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN merchant banks will be allowed to accept savings deposits from individuals and carry out foreign exchange dealings under Bank Negara's step-by-step liberalisation of
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    Asiamatrix share, warrant prices soar
    305 1  -  Paul Leo SINGAPORE The shares and warrants of Asiamatrix went through the roof yesterday as trading resumed after a three-day suspension. Asiamatrix shares surged 31.8 per cent or 40 cents to $1.66 on a volume of 16.41 million shares, while its warrants shot up 67.1
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    Petronas Gas makes lively debut but fails to close above M$ 9
    369 1  -  Frm Ruth Wong PETRONAS Gas Bhd shares failed to live up to analysts' predictions in their first trading day on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. But yesterday's generally weak market was also to blame. While most analysts tracking
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    KFC (M) exec director remanded
    341 1  -  Fran Ho Kay Tat POLICE yesterday obtained a six-day remand order against KFC Holdings (M) Bhd executive director Kevin Lau Eng Guan to help them in their probe into alleged death threats made over a boardroom tussle. Last night, the TV3 television station showed an
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    Nikkei dives 372 points on fresh worries about banks
    351 1  -  Fran Anthony Rowley in TOKYO TOKYO stock prices fell sharply yesterday as concerns surfaced among investors over the health of Japanese financial institutions and as government bond prices rallied in expectation of a possible further cut in official interest rates. The
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    Privately-held Singapore firms to be ranked in top 50 list
    365 1  -  By Chan Siow Ling SINGAPORE The top 50 of Singapore's most enterprising, private-held local companies will soon be honoured in a new ranking to be compiled by Andersen Consulting and Business Times. The ranking, to be called Enterprise 50, is
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      29 1 Property: Pg n What exec condos mean for Pidemco Foreign listings in S'pore BT takes a look at the plans of Unocal Total Access Communications UDL Holdings SeePg 17
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      11 1 Hock Lock Siew: Pg 17 Tractors Malaysia on the right track
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Factory occupancy down 0.6%
        352 2  -  By Shiv Taneja WITH supply ahead of demand, the occupancy rate of factory space decreased 0.6 per cent to 96.9 per cent at the end of the second quarter, compared with 97.5 per cent at the end of the first quarter, says the Urban Redevelopment Authority.
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      Denka to pour $65m into two chemical projects
      179 2 JAPANESE-owned chemicals producer Denka will invest more than $65 million in two new chemical projects in Singapore, both of which will start operations in the second quarter of 1997. One of its companies, Denka Singapore Pte Lid, is investing three billion yen
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      Tanglin Place may be put up for sale
      420 2  -  By Jenny Lam TANGLIN Place may be put up for sale by the Kuok group, which announced last Thursday that it was closing its two-year-old store in the four-storey building by the end of this month. Contacted at Tanglin Place last night,
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      Number of tourists to Bintan on the rise
      205 2 TOURIST arrivals to Bintan are rising steadily each month, and officials of the Bintan Beach International Resort expect the numbers to grow even more rapidly when more hotel projects come on stream. Arrivals to Bintan grew from 739 in January to 3,175
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      German engineering group opens regional HQ in S'pore
      298 2  -  By Kevin Sullivan PREUSSAG AG, the German engineering conglomerate, opened its regional headquarters in Singapore yesterday as part of a strategic bid to expand its operations in the AsiaPacific region. Preussag chairman Michael Frenzel said the company has sought over the last
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      New foodcourt operator serves up cheaper rent to lick rivals
      385 2  -  By Siow Li Sen THE new foodcourt operator in the Orchard Emerald Building has lowered the rent per stall as a way to combat stiffer competition. Food Chain Management Pte Ltd, which beat more than 10 other bidders for the
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      Pacific vows simple rate scheme
      376 4  -  New public Internet licence-holder won't have peak and off-peak fees Reports by Lee Wai Leong WITH only days to go before it receives the Internet public access licence to begin operations, Pacific Internet formerly Technet has revealed that it will offer users simple subscription schemes.
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      TAS says Telecom cannot cross-subsidise Sing Net
      233 4 THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore said yesterday it was not possible for Singapore Telecom to crosssubsidise the international leased lines used by Sing Net for its overseas Internet connections. TAS dismissed a suggestion by Internet expert Tommi Chen in Business Times yesterday that
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      Occupancy levels for private properties steady in 2nd qtr
      464 4  -  By Abdul Hadhi OCCUPANCY levels for private residential property were stable in the second quarter, figures from the Urban Redevelopment Authority show. The occupancy rate edged down to 94 per cent from 94.1 per cent in the first quarter. There was
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Extra train on MRT westbound line
        92 4 THE Singapore MRT has put an additional train on the westbound line to ease the passenger squeeze during morning peak hours. The move is in response to recent findings that train loads in the mornings on the line had reached close to maximum point.
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        Indian station on Cable Vision
        119 4 SINGAPORE Cable Vision (SCV) has added Zee TV, India's most popular satellite TV channel, to its programme line-up, the company announced yesterday. Zee, which broadcasts its Hindi programmes from Hongkong, will be available on SCV, Singapore's only cable TV station, ofi Sep 11. The Indian
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        Builders urged to be global players
        123 4 LOCAL construction companies will have to face up to the challenges of international competition by becoming international players themselves, Minister for National Development Lim Hng Kiang said yesterday. Speaking at the opening of the construction management conference organised by Nanyang Technological University and Stanford
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      387 2 Asiogfeemier Events For iM Ekrfric Power'll*fash-yl POWER-GEN 951 September IPA/PSM '951 ■OBIOMDMnB 1995 The Global Electric Power Exhibition SINGAPORE Conference Exhibition on Distribution Conference for Asia Automation Dernoftd" Side ManoQefnent Exhibition Centre JBBIHWIIBIHW POWER-GEN ASIA *95 is the leading event in Asia for the expanding electric power industry. More than
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      365 3 v|_ BREITLING 1884 y >•■ -Jfijg ,«A ,h v tf gi-- ifis' &\i*Jz -rVf'" -Wif ~'i*i f.ftiv'^fe'"' vJjSpjnE^HH&f AEROSPACE Multifunction quartz electronic instrument watch with hybrid displays. Altitude. Speed. Time... All shown by a u j i_ Hours and minutes shown by conventional pointer or needle on an indicator, even
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      724 4 Kay Hian James Capel Holdings Limited ANNOUNCEMENT INTERIM RESULTS The directors of Kay Hian James Capel Holdings Limited (the "Company") wish to announce the following results:UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE 1995 Halt Year Ended Half Yew Ended Change 30/06/95 30/06/94 Company Group Company Group Company Group
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      275 4 X For moiMten a century and a half, Patek Philippe has been Iqnown a£ the finest watch in the world. The reisfttfcis very simple. It is ifiade 1 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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      109 5 l ng# >*--' jHj Over 150 flights a week, overnight, over Asia. Introducing Asia One from FedEx, a planes to provide complete control of your BB^MHMHBTBWBBWBBniHfImBBI revolutionary new intra-Asian express shipments, door-to-door. And our highly delivery service, made possible by our new efficient night-flying schedule means reimU£&t~f* Asia bub at
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Thailand's inflation seen soaring beyond projections
      481 6 Reuter BANGKOK Thailand's annual inflation rose an average 5.3 per cent in the first eight months of 1995, which likely means August prices rose more than 6 per cent, far above the government's projected inflation growth for 1995. C)eputy Commerce Minister Pairote Suwanchawee said
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      Lock icon Thailand, Cambodia endorse border panel
      275 6 AFP PHNOM PENH Thai Foreign Minister Kasem Samosom Kasemsri and his Cambodian counterpart Ung Huot yesterday formally endorsed the creation of a border commission and agreed in principle to the signing of an extradition treaty, a Cambodian official said. But the two sides were unable
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      Lock icon Tourism forecast to generate M$ 15b in the year 2000
      116 6 Bernama PETALING JAYA The country's tourism sector is expected to generate MS 15.2 billion (SSB.7 billion) in the year 2000, Culture, Arts and Tourism Minister Sabbaruddin Chik said yesterday. The figure was not impossible to achieve since the tourism sector
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      Lock icon Vietnam bans all casinos except one
      217 6 AP HANOI The Vietnamese government has outlawed all casinos, backing oflf from its earlier receptivity to foreign investment in a business once identified only with decadent capitalism. The ban was approved by Le Xuan Trinh, chairman of the prime minister's office, the state-run Vietnam
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        Lock icon 10,000 flee Nina mudflow
        54 6 AFP BACOLOR, Philippines Tropical storm Nina tore into Luzon island yesterday, causing a three-metre avalanche of mud from the Pinatubo volcano that displaced about 10,000 people in six surrounding towns, local officials here said. Rescue officials said nearly 2,000 people were plucked by military helicopters from
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        Lock icon Thai king in good condition
        55 6 AP BANGKOK Thai King Bhumipol Adulyadej is in good condition and recovering from a surgical procedure to open a constricted artery to his heart, doctors said yesterday. The king is still hospitalised and being given oral medication, they said. They did not say when the
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        Lock icon Indonesia approves two new refineries
        40 6 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board has approved the development of two new oil refineries in East Kalimantan and East Java at a total cost of about U553.52 billion (Sss billion), Bisnis Indonesia reported. Reuter
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        Lock icon Civil servants may get traffic break
        54 6 Reuter BANGKOK Thai authorities are considering making civil servants work a four-day week and stagger their office hours to try and ease Bangkok's traffic jams. A government spokesman said yesterday it was hoped the plan would cut the number of cars on Bangkok streets
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      1138 6 ASIAMATRIX LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors of Asia Matrix Limited ("AsiaMatrix" or the "Company") wishes to announce that it has been informed that a sale and purchase agreement was entered into on 2 September 1995 between Crandeur Holdings Re Ltd ("Grandeur") and Henswin
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      226 6 Think BIG You need to think big and boJdty when moving your production facility and you need to think ahead. "V.. iv. 'I-. > m I tjk mrs. TWo storey terrace factory (Typo Q Act QUIETLY The future strategic importance of Tuas is something few people will tell you about.
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  • CHINA/ HONGKONG/ TAIWAN
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      China bans use of rural land for property development
      495 7  -  By Lu Ning SINGAPORE China has taken measures to stop agricultural iand from being used for property development the first time that the country has regulated the use of rural land. According to a report by the semi-official China News Agency,
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      Lock icon 5 convicted in China's biggest stock fraud
      384 7 Reuter SHANGHAI Five people were convicted yesterday of embezzlement and corruption in China's biggest stock fraud involving more than US$22 million (Ss3l million), court officials said. One said the Jiaxing Intermediate People's Court in the city in eastern Zhejiang province would sentence the
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    • BRIEFS
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        Lock icon State companies lost 20b yuan
        85 7 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING Some 45 per cent of China's state-owned companies covered by the state budget are losing money, with loses amounting to 20 billion yuan (553.4 billion) this year, the official Beijing Youth Daily reported yesterday, citing a director of China's Academy of
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        Lock icon Israeli minister tours farm
        38 7 Reuter BEIJING Israeli Labour Minister Ora Namir (right) visiting the Sino-Israeli demonstration farm at Yongledian outside Beijing yesterday. The farm, established earlier this year, is designed to demonstrate agricultural technologies developed in Israel. Reuter
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        Lock icon Taiwan cabinet to resign in February
        76 7 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's Premier Lien Chan said the cabinct will resign in February at the start of a new session of what will be a newly elected parliament. Elections for a new Legislative Yuan, or parliament, are scheduled for Dec 2. The first session.after
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        Lock icon Time-table for reunification
        92 7 Reuter TAIPEI A former Taiwan government spokesman said yesterday that China would seek to reunify with Taiwan within 15 years, local newspapers reported. Shaw Yu-ming, director of National Chengchi University's Institute of International Relations and a former government spokesman, made the comment in a report to a
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      Lock icon Plan for Shanghai to replace HK if it falters
      129 7 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China's state council plans to invest billions of yuan to develop Shanghai to replace Hongkong as a financial centre if uncertainty around the territory's handover to China in 1997 derails its economy, the Hongkong Standard reported. A
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      Lock icon Taiwan party's investment plan under fire
      171 7 Reuter TAIPEI A senior official in Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party said its management of its huge assets damaged its image, a local newspaper reported. Hau Pei-tsun, a party vicechairman and former premier, criticised a plan within the party to establish a holding company for
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      505 7 COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT 291 SERANGOON ROAD Property A 6-storey commercial r"* building with basement J finmmmm carpark Srummmr I Tenure Freehold f ~ft jjjS K Zoning Commercial v tiwspfiVu Land Corner P* ol S 4ss SI Building Storey Ufifi Net Lettabte Ama f #01 Banking HaN 1336 sf ■MhU #02/06
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      163 8 J I /y PROUDLY PRESENTS 1 i -j-t,-v i •-.r BASIC UNIQUE DESIGNS FOR frf >■ S V t I^^NUBS II I Bbh I Bill «•«**<* awppr f(ite i,l mr r m HpS TERRACE HOMES iia fliJ <* Discover paradise righthere in our Fi//os a/A>w. Zl H cH Azure blue
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  • ASIA
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      Security still at core of foreign policy, says US official
      378 9  -  Reports from Anthony Rowley in TOKYO UNITED STATES assistant defence secretary Joseph Nye yesterday refuted assertions by other members of the Ginton administration that economics was at the core of Washington's foreign policy. In an important policy address, he reaffirmed
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      US warns against its exclusion from proposed EAEC
      236 9 WHILE reassuring Asia that the US will not link its military presence to trade access, US assistant defence secretary Joseph Nye yesterday declared that "we would probably withdraw our security presence" if the proposed East Asian Economic Caucus were to exclude the
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      Lock icon Striking a blow against economy
      79 9 AFP AP DHAKA Bangladesh's main opposition A warn i League leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed waving to a post-strike anti-government rally on Sunday before announcing more protests against the government of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. Bangladesh lost about US$l75 million (SS24B million) in production and exports
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      Lock icon Enron may be asked to cut price
      83 9 UPI NEW DELHI India's Maharashtra state government is likely to ask US-based Enron Corporation to reduce the price of its US$2.B billion (553.9 billion) power project by IS to 20 per cent, The Economic Times reported yesterday. The government is also likely to
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      Lock icon Optus doubles pay TV target
      46 9 Reuter SYDNEY Optus Vision said it plans to double the number of homes planned for connection to its pay television and telephony services to 2.3 million homes by the end of 1996 compared with a previous target of 1.1 million. Reuter
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      Lock icon Japan's insurers urge easing of foreign currency fund-raising
      419 9 Financial markets wait for second yen-curbing package Reuter TOKYO Japanese life insurers want more deregulation of fund-raising in foreign currencies, and expect this to be a major feature of Tokyo's second package to curb the strong yen, insurers said yesterday. Financial markets
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      1243 10 B Budweiser H I rnmv/rn n iEI aebse* ii where to wine, dine and entertain WORLD S LARGEST SELLING J "»fc- <~/ LUNCH OR DINNER, J I FEAST ALL YOU 1 fCAN! That's over 50 delightful dishes in all! Featuring the best talked about seafood -jf and Cantonese cuisine. 72L
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      314 10 IdjJ 40 f Heavenly Mooncakes at Mandarin Singapore From 6th August till 9th September Savour this year's divine creation, the Shandong Mooncake. Traditional favourites like our famous Golden Ingots, snow skin mooncake and 7 stars with white lotus paste are also available. Win lots of valuable prizes in our Grand
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Epson tees off for golf tourney
      116 11 EPSON Singapore is to sponsor the Epson Singapore Open Golf Championship for a sixth consecutive year. The company has sponsored the US$4OO,OOO (*****,000) championship for the last five years and last week signed up for another round with the organisers, the Singapore Golf Association
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      Lawyer by day, playwright by night
      966 11  -  Susan Tsang talks to Eleanor Wong about her latest effort, Wills And Secession Susan Tsang THE law office where Eleanor Wong works is in a smart, happening part of Shenton Way. The building is formal and businesslike a fitting atmosphere for a law firm
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      Lock icon Emma: It was not a Hugh mistake
      225 11 CHATTERBOX AP AP EMMA THOMPSON the Academy Award-winning British actress said Hugh Grant's notorious liaison with a Sunset Boulevard prostitute was "wonderful, absolutely wonderful" in an interview published on Sunday. M I don't think it was a mistake at all," she told The
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      273 11 ■msHflff-mmißgaaasMWi—■■«»■ HBHMMwisii 13 14 September 1995 1 Chem Asia/Instrument Asia9s Hall 3, World Trade Centre, Singapore I international conference I 13 14 September 1995 World Trade Centre, Singapore Staying Ahead Through Integrated Information j Please complete and h l 0 339 s^, Control Systems I —J Please send me more
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      1046 11 TV RADIO 1 Come See the Paradise, 10pm, rremiere u nese American wife, Tamlyn ''***£?■P^^2§B& Tomita, to an internment camp during World War 11. A 'vjHHff 1990 Alan Parker film that A Nightmare On Elm Street, L "i*** r u j 1 More special effects and grue- I 4 some
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  • Article
    Time to look forward
    507 12 CHINA marked the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II in Asia with a huge rally in Beijing on Sunday. Speaking to a rare assembly of the entire top Chinese leadership, President Jiang Zemin denounced the "Japanese aggressors" for the "unprecedented" suffering they inflicted
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    Sisters of the world, unite
    245 12 THE DRAFT document for discussions at the Fourth World Conference on Women highlights poverty as a key obstacle to their emancipation. Not only are women a majority of the one billion people who live in poverty worldwide, they bear the brunt of its harshness in
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    Islamic body must review role
    181 12 THE statement of the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIQ that the United Nation's arms embargo on Bosnia-Herzegovina is illegal and immoral reflects the impatience of 52 member countries towards the impunity with which Bosnian Serbs have been allowed to continue their cruelty against Bosnian Muslims.
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    Retail industry gloom
    201 12 IN the midst of the gloomy retail industry, Tanglin Place announced its closure. The company's management officer said the retail industry will weaken in the next two or three years. In April, another major retailer said it would slash its retail space by 80 per cent after
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    Teaching Serbs a lesson
    160 12 IN REACTION TO Serb defiance of UN resolutions and the will of the world community, Nato warp lanes raided Bosnian Serb positions around Sarajevo, the 10th time the alliance has resorted to use of force in the f6ur-year Balkan war. Just two days after a brutal
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    Shevardnadze's gift to Georgia
    157 12 EDUARD Shevardnadze could have retired from public life in 1991 as a revered statesman, savouring the appreciation of a world he helped remake as the last Soviet foreign minister. But early retirement was not his style. The world was reminded of that last week by news
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    Algeria's bloody dilemma
    159 12 THERE was carnage on Thursday in the working class district of Algiers. A car bomb exploded, killing seven people and wounding 100. It was the latest in a growing number of car bombs blamed by the authorities on Islamic fundamentalists, who oppose presidential elections due on Nov
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    Lock icon The great divide between perception and reality
    757 12  -  We are busy preparing for a techno-age of virtual worlds when we have been living in one for some time, says Peter Aspden Peter Aspden Financial Times ALONG, long time ago, the world held its breath over an incident which became known as
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      648 12 SINGAPORE OIL WEEK 1995 The most important event In Asia's oil calendar, the Singapore Oil Week is back September. The focal meeting point for more than 2,000 top level executives from Asia, Australia, Europe and the USA, Singapore Oil Week 1995 is a must for anyone in the oil, energy,
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
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      Exec condos: Pidemco gains not just profits
      676 13  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN By Lee Han Shih AND the winner in the exec condominium scheme is... Pidemco Land! Well, maybe the exclamation mark is a bit overdone. After qjl, it is only to be expected that Pidemco will make some money building exec
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      S'pore now world's 10th most costly city for office space
      275 13 SINGAPORE now ranks among the top 10 most expensive cities for office space, says a Richard Ellis report on world rental levels. Richard Ellis puts Singapore's office occupation costs at US$B63 (SS 1,225) per sqm per annum, a figure which
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      Admiralty terrace factories snapped up
      312 13  -  Sale success shows strong demand for industrial space, writes Abdul Hadhi Abdul Hadhi IN another indication of healthy demand for industrial space, the first batch of terrace factories comprising 12 units at Admiralty Industrial Park at Woodlands is almost all sold. Marketing of the units,
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      Sydney makes room for 2000 Olympics
      389 15  -  The Sydney Olympics is years away, but Surinder Singh finds it's keeping the New South Wales government busy Surinder Singh THE New South Wales state government, fearing a shortage of hotel rooms in the run-up to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, has unveiled a plan
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      PROPERTY WATCH
      231 15 SitocM transactions in tha past waak Aug 28,1995 1995 Chittem Park Condo 947 L99 620,000 655 Aug 28,1995 2159 Ctementi Paik Condo 1076 FH 638,000 593 Aug 28,1995 1545 Eastern Lagoon II Condo 1055 FH 765,000 725 Aug 28,1995 2880 |NimPari< Condo-mais 2120 FH 950,000 448 Aug 28,1995
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      Lock icon S-E Asians warm to Aussie Gold Coast as Japanese sell off
      551 15 Reuter REAL ESTATE agents working on Australia's sun-drenched Gold Coast say that while Japanese investors are rushing to sell their properties, buyers from South-east Asia and South Korea are only too eager to move in. Estate agents on the
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    Lock icon Spending bill standoff may lead to US govt shutdown
    458 16 AP Washington President Bill Ginton and the Republi-can-led Congress are heading inexorably for clashes over spending priorities that some analysts fear could end up forcing the government to shut dbwn critical services by the £id of the year, as well as
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    Lock icon Compaq leads PC pack in region: research group
    120 16 AFP &ONGKONG Compaq has ttmained the best-selling personal computer brand in AsiaPacific for the third consecutive quarter on the strength of ite Presario product line. I US market research group ttaquest Corp said yesterday t the US manufacturer sold 128,000 units in
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    Lock icon US group says Nafta has failed to deliver the jobs promised
    302 16 Reuter WASHINGTON The North American Free Trade agreement has failed to live up to the promise of creating more jobs for Americans made by President Bill Clinton and corporate backers of the trade pact, a public interest group has
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    Lock icon ECU meant to serve Germany, France only: EC official
    327 16 Reuter BRUSSELS A senior British official at the European Commission has sparked a furore by claiming in his controversial book that the planned European Currency Unit (ECU) was designed to serve Fiance and Germany's interests and could ultimately lead to another
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    Brighter outlook for Taiwan bourse — but can it last?
    775 16  - Brighter outlook for Taiwan bourse but can it last? The Bottom Line MOHAN KUPPUSAMY MOHAN KUPPUSAMY The writer is a BT correspondent TAIWAN'S Securities and Exchange Commission seems to be in a frenzy. A 5-part plan has been announced that, among other things, would: lift the trading ban on individual
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    Lock icon US warily watching widening trade gap with China
    321 16 Reuter WASHINGTON The United States is keeping a wary eye on a mounting trade deficit with China, but hopes to tackle the growing imbalance by bringing Beijing into the global trading system and unlocking its vast markets. Negotiations to bring China into
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    Lock icon Clinton asked France not to carry out nuclear tests
    93 16 Reuter PARIS US President Bill Clinton asked France not to carry out the first of its controversial nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific while he was in Hawaii this weekend. A defence ministry spokeswoman said yesterday: "Mr Clinton did make
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    Lock icon UK govt's privatisation losses
    84 16 Reuter LONDON The UK government has sold off public sector companies for about £7.6 billion (5516.7 billion) less than they were worth, said a survey in The Observer newspaper yesterday. It valued shares in the companies just before and within a month of privatisation to evaluate
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    Lock icon NEC, Packard finalise deal
    89 16 AP NEW YORK NEC Corp and Packard Bdl Electronics Inc yesterday Finalised a deal under which NEC acquired a 19.99 per cent stake in Packard Bell for US$l7O million (SS24I million). The investment deepens the relationship between Japan's top personal computer maker and the leader in
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    Lock icon Microsoft's talks with Turner on hold
    79 16 Reuter PARIS Microsoft Corp said yesterday that its talks with Turner Broadcasting System Inc on making a more than US$l billion (551.42 billion) investment in the company were on hold, since the Atlanta-based cable television programmer announced it was discussing a merger with Time
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      Unocal to list today; unveils ambitious investment plans
      481 17  -  Share listings in Singapore By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE Unocal Corporation, which will receive a secondary listing on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) today, has ambitious investment plans in Asia's oil and gas sectors. The American Firm
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      Thailand's TAC gets SES nod for listing
      425 17  -  By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Thailand's Total Access Communications (TAC), a cellular phone service provider, has been granted in-principle approval for a primary listing on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Singapore. TAC will not only be the first Thai company to
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      HK marine group plans SES flotation
      344 17  -  Fran Quak Hiang Whai in HONGKONG HONGKONG-LISTED marine engineering and shipbuilding group UDL Holdings is planning to list part of its business in Singapore. A senior official said yesterday that the group planned to expand its business in the region and a listing on
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      Tractors Malaysia rides on economic boom
      731 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW -By William Chia SINGAPORE Malaysia's burgeoning economy will help ensure that Gob-traded Tractors Malaysia Holdings Bhd continue to do well in its core areas of heavy equipment distribution and luxury automotive sales. Tractors was among the best performing subsidiaries of Malaysian
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      F&N to stop S'pore Coke exports to Vietnam by year-end
      313 17  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Fraser Neave will stop exporting made-in-Singapore Coca-Cola to Vietnam by the end of the year, as its joint-venture bottling operations in the Indochinese country start to take off. A spokesman for FAN Co-ca-Cola said exports to
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      Orchard Parade ups YHS stake
      178 17 SINGAPORE Orchard Parade Holdings has bought more Yeo Hiap Seng shares, raising its stake in the listed beverage group to 43.43 per cent. In a statement yesterday, Orchard Parade said it bought another 703,000 YHS shares at $S.3S a share, or a total cost of
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      MARKET MOOD Mixed
      50 17 'Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled: Alliance, Barings, Credit Lyonnais Securities, Daiwa, Fraser, GK Goh, Kay Hian, Morgan GrenfeU. Ong Co, Nomura, Phillip, Smith New Court, Wl Can and SG Warburg.
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      HOT STOCK
      81 17  -  By Shiv Taneja A REVERSAL for Datapulse could be setting in. It has run up about 30 cents in the last month, and with daily and weekly RSI and stochastics considerably overbought, this is a good time to sell. But the stock should find some support at 65
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        • Article
          Lock icon EON posts 53% profit rise
          66 18 Bernama •KUALA LUMPUR Edaran Otomobil Bhd has recorded a 53.2 per cent increase in group pre-tax profit for the six months ended June 30, 1995, to M 5227.4 million (SSI29 million) from M$ 148.48 million previously. Turnover rose 22.3 per cent to M 52.48 billion
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          New partner for PPP
          99 18 SINGAPORE Pan Pacific Public Company (PPP) has roped in a new partner in its acquisition of Channel KTV Pte Ltd. The partner, High Speed Video B V a subsidiary of Carlton Communications pic of the UK will also subscribe for one million Channel KTV convertible preference
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          Aztech founder cuts stake
          55 18 SINGAPORE Aztech Systems Ltd founder-director Michael Mun has sold 11 per cent of his stake in the computer company. Aztech said yesterday that he sold 4.08 million shares for about $4.5 million on Thursday, cutting his stake to 9.14 per cent of the issued share capital
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        Hong Fok to revamp associate Winfoong
        400 18  -  By Claire Leow SINGAPORE Hong Fok has proposed to restructure its Hongkong-listed associate, Winfoong Investment, using a newly-incorporated holding company which will also take over a second Hongkong-listed company, MKI Corp. The holding company is Sui Chong Holdings (SCH), incorporated in Bermuda, which will
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        Telkom listing may be delayed if conditions not good: minister
        385 18  -  From Leslie Lopez THE international listing of Indonesia's domestic telephone company, scheduled for later this year, could be delayed if conditions are not favourable. Tourism, Postal and Telecommunications Minister Joop Ave said PT Telkom is working towards listing its shares
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        Apollo Enterprises earnings fall 31%
        225 18  -  By Michelle Low SINGAPORE Hotel-based Apollo Enterprises yesterday reported a 30.9 per cent drop in interim earnings to 51.79 million despite a 74.4 per cent surge in turnover to $25.17 million. Earnings per share halved from 2.2 cents to 1.1 cents, while net tangible asset
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        Indon suitor files Econ takeover notice
        216 18 SINGAPORE NM Rothschild Sons, which is advising the directors of takeovertarget Econ International, has received a notice of takeover on behalf of Indonesian-owned ofTerer Yenville Pte Ltd. United Overseas Bank, which is advising Yenville, said in the document lodged yesterday with Rothschild that Yenville
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        Lock icon Berjaya plans share placement, land buy
        386 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Beijaya Group Bhd is proposing a private placement of 77.07 million new ordinary shares and an acquisition of 6,580.4 ha of plantation land in Selangor for M 5600.46 million (Ss34l million) cash. The proposed private placement, representing 10 per cent of
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        Grand Central Group buys Melbourne hotel for A$ 7m
        336 18  -  From Surinder Singh in SYDNEY SINGAPORE'S Grand Central Hotel and Property Group, which already has an extensive portfolio of properties in New Zealand and Australia, has added another Australian hotel to its stable. The group has paid A 57.3 million (Ss7.B
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        Lock icon APT Satellite launches US$ 232m loan
        385 18 Reuter HONGKONG APT Satellite Co has launched for general syndication a US$232 million (***** million) limited recourse financing facility for the funding of the Apstar 1A and Apstar 2R satellite project. Arranger and global bookrunner Credit Lyonnais said yesterday that APT had commissioned the
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        Lock icon Sacked director takes Coles to court
        572 19 He claims he was dumped after his probe into Aussie retailer's corporate propriety Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE Philip Bowman, who was sacked by Coles Myer after only three months as finance director, is taking Australia's largest retailer to court, claiming he was dumped because
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        Lock icon BHP eyes steel stake: paper
        180 19 Reuter CANBERRA The Broken Hill Pty (BHP) Co Ltd is in talks to buy a large stake in a AS 1.6 billion (SSI.7 million) steel plant being planned by Indonesia's state-owned steel producer, PT Krakatau Steel, The Australian Financial Review (APR) said. The report said
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        Lock icon Japanese corporate income inches up 0.7%
        236 19 AFP TOKYO Japanese corporate income edged up 0.7 per cent from a year earlier to a combined 12.734 trillion yen (SSIB6 billion) in the year to March, the first upturn in five years. The National Tax Administration Agency said yesterday that Tokyo Electric Power
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        Lock icon Merrill aims for equity top slot with Smith New Court deal
        341 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Merrill Lynch Co aims to do in the world's equity markets what it did in bonds: rise to the top. When it completes the US$B42 million (Ssl.2 billion) purchase of Smith New Court pic later
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        Lock icon Fast food for hungry delegates
        64 19 AFP BEIJING A Sudanese delegate to the Women's NGO Forum, Lubaba Alfdl, has a laugh with the Ronald Mac Donald statue near the dining area at the forum site on Sunday. The fast-food giant is helping to feed the thousands of delegates taking part in
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        Lock icon Pacific Dunlop buys clothing firms
        81 19 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE Pacific Dunlop Ltd yesterday said it has bought two clothing businesses, Boydex International Pty Ltd in Melbourne, Australia, and Holeproof Corp (New Zealand). It didn't disclose the price it paid, but said the acquisitions will add more than ASBO million (5584.6
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        Lock icon Burmah Castrol first-half net up 19%
        80 19 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Burmah Castrol pic, one of the world's largest lubricant makers, yesterday said net income rose 19 per cent in the first half, as chemical and motor oil businesses improved in Europe and Asia. Net income after minority interests rose to
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        Lock icon First Pacific posts HK$ 544m profit
        137 19 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG First Pacific Co, a diversified conglomerate based in Hongkong, has reported profits attributable to shareholders excluding exceptional items of HK5544.4 million (5599.7 million) for the six months ended June 30, up 30 per cent from HKS4IB.B million in the same period last
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        Lock icon Brierley Investments' profit likely to match last year's: analysts
        274 19 Reuter WELLINGTON New Zealand's Brierley Investments Ltd (BIL) is likely to at least equal last year's record NZS43O million (SS39B million) net profit when it reports its result on Thursday, analysts said yesterday. They expect the corporate raider to report an
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        Lock icon Commerzbank may take over Oppenheimer Capital soon
        421 20 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Commerzbank AG, one of Germany's leading international banks, is close to a takeover of Wall Street fund manager Oppenheimer Capital Corp, according to a published report. Frankfurt-based Commerzbank is now seeking permission for the buyout from the US
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        Lock icon HK to launch stock options on Friday
        427 20 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stock op- tons, the nearly übiquitous financial derivatives used in eq- tihy markets worldwide, will make their debut in Hongkong on. Friday. •The Stock Exchange of Hongkong will start trading op- jtions that day on HSBC Hotd- logs Ltd,
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        Lock icon Japanese trust banks'guarantee
        84 20 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japanese trust banks would guarantee the principal bf fund trusts to make them safer and more like bank deposits next April, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported yesterday. The banks will use their own assets to cover a loss if the market value of
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        Lock icon Ufet launch for US$-based global bonds
        52 20 Reuter TOKYO The Asian Development Bank is considering launching US dollar-based global bonds some time in October, under- 'writers in Toyko said yesterday. The volume is likely to be around US$7OO million (SS99I million) and the most likely maturity period is 10 years, they
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        Lock icon Tunisia picks book-runners for bonds
        64 20 Reuter TOKYO The Central Bank of Tunisia selected Nikko Securities Co and Nomura Securities Co Ltd as the bank's joint book-runners for planned yen-denominated bond issues, under- "Writing sources said yesterday. The issue amount of the samurai bonds is likely to be 10 billion yen
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        Lock icon QBE still rejects Goldfields offer
        75 20 Reuter SYDNEY QBE Insurance Group Ltd managing director John GLoney yesterday said QBE continues to reject Goldfields Ltd's offer for its 10.2 per cent stake in Pancontinental Mining Ltd. As result of QBE's rejection of the offer, which expired yesterday, Goldfields has been unable to
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        Lock icon HK exchange may scrap interest rate futures contract
        290 20 Eastern Express HONGKONG The Hongkong Futures Exchange (HKFE) is considering abandoning the interest rate futures contract in the near future. After ywiwiy of market players and following five yean' trading, HKFE chief executive Iver Riley said the interest rate futures contract had
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        Lock icon Largest gold mine float details soon
        214 20 Reuter SYDNEY Details of the world's largest gold float in 1995 will be unveiled this week when the prospectus for the USS4SO million (***** million) float of Papua New Guinea's massive Lihir project is released in Australia. A spokesman for the Australian Securities Commission
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        Lock icon Simex Brent volumes healthy despite fears
        367 20 Reuter SINGAPORE Interest in Brent oil futures on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) has been sustained despite fears of limited participation, but traders are completely ignoring fuel oil futures ahead of Simex's expected revamp. Simex Brent volumes in August hit a record 12,516
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        Lock icon Oil prices extend gains in quiet holiday trading
        229 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter LONDON World oil prices extended last week's gains yesterday but volumes were thin since the Labour Day holiday shut trading in the influential US market. October futures for benchmark Brent blend crude hit their highest levels since late June
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        288 20 Reuter LONDON The dollar ended little chained in thin trading here as dealers digested last week's US economic data and US markets stayed closed for the Labour Day holiday. A mixed bag of US economic reports on Friday, including the key August employment data, left the dollar directionless. Analysts
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        Lock icon Rate cut hopes keep Euroyen firm
        1314 21 Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures ended firmer while Eurodollars were easier in light trade, with market participants mostly sidelined because the US financial markets are closed for the Labour Day holiday. Dealers said the undertone for Euroyen continues to be firmly underpinned by expectations
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        Japan '95 wheal crop seen up slightly
        70 21 SINGAPORE Japan's 1995 (July-June) wheat crop is likely to increase slightly compared to last year, despite a decrease in planted area, an official at the Japan Food Afency said. The increase would be due to good growing temperatures this year, the official said.
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        Taiwan firm may cut oil prices
        69 21 TAIPEI Taiwan's Chinese Petroleum Corporation (CPC) may cut domestic oil prices before the end of the year, CPC said yesterday. Responding to reports in the local media on Saturday that oil price cuts were in order, a CPC spokesman said if international oil prices
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        China steel prices expected to be weak
        70 21 HONGKONG Prices on China's steel market are expected to remain weak because the government's tight credit policy has lead to five months of inventory overhang, SBC Warburg said in a recent research report. Beijing's tight credit policy -has dampened demand for steel and
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        Tin price unchanged in KL
        648 21 iLI-J." frcS"* 72 -5 iWWwIlf RVipp, a KL Tin TIN price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) was unchanged at Mi 16.24 per kg yesterday, due to the bullish sentiment on the London Metal Exchange last week. At the opening level, bids amounted to
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        Record grain harvest in China
        38 21 HONGKONG Total summer harvest of grains in China's Hebei province hit a record of 10.65 million tonnes, up 15 per cent from the.jape period last year, the Ta Kung Poo newspaper Reported. 4fM
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        Asian corn demand to slow
        63 21 TOKYO Rising international com prion pill slow Asian demand this week, regional traders paid. Japanese feed mills are up to 40 per cent coveted for their Jan-Mar shipment needs, and South 1 Korea, with open positions for Jan-Feb shipment, is eyeing almost a 20 US
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        Australia
        1032 22 •9.6 FURTHER weakness in resources stocks and a key staff change in retailer Coles Myer Ltd helped push down Australian share prices 0.4 per cent yesterday. "The US holiday this evening has got something to do with it and the fact that our market has been losing a bit
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        Manila
        546 22 -2.4 Philippine share prices closed 0.1 per cent lower on quiet trading yesterday as index stocks consolidated on lack of fresh news. The market was boosted by a rise in Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) on Wall Street on Friday but this was "offset by the drop of
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        Taipei
        480 22 +76.11 Taiwan share prices finished 1.6 per cent higher yesterday as investors actively pursued bargain shares, with all eight major categories posting sains. "In view of renewed buying interest among investors, the market has the potential to soon challenge the 5,200-point mark," said Shieh Hong-liang of Masterlink Securities Investment
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        Seoul
        383 22 +3.«S Stocks closed higher on a late surge led by relatively lowpriced construction and financial shares, but trading was slow due to lack of incentives, brokers said. The Composite Index closed 3.65 points higher at 922.47, after moving in a narrow range from 918.47 to 924.21. "Blue chips started
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        New Zealand
        284 22 +17.99 Stocks rose, led by gains in Telecom Corp of New Zealand, as lower domestic bond yields made Telecom's dividend yields appear relatively more attractive to investors, traders said. The Top 40 Index gained for a second consecutive day by 17.99 points to 2,120.68 points. Also in the
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        Bombay
        84 22 -19.02 Shares slid in subdued trading, undermined by renewed political uncertainty and a lack of buying interest, dealers said. The BSE 30 Index was down 19.02 points at 3,337.07. A broker said market sentiment will continue to be weak until the elections are decided. "Everyone is waiting for someone
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        London
        693 22 +133 London blue chips climbed back towards their all-time record closing high of two weeks ago, but volumes were thin as Wall Street was closed for a US holiday and investors await results due this week. The FTSE-100 Index of key UK stocks closed at 3,522.7, up 13.3, just
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        Paris
        147 22 +1&83 The Paris bourse surged yesterday as the CAC-40 Index finished the day just over the 1,900-point mark up 18.83 points at 1,900.52 up one per cent from the Friday close. September CAC-40 futures last traded IS.S points higher at 1,910. The closure of US markets led to a
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        Frankfurt
        254 22 +17.24 Share prices closed higher in quiet floor trading with the DAX future pushing the cash market upward as investors switched out of cyclical shares into less-volatile issues, dealers said. The DAX Index closed 17.24 points higher at 2,250.33, after trading in a range of 2,239.45-2,252.41. The DAX 100
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        Brussels
        231 22 -1-0.56 Belgian stocks ended little changed in a tightly traded session, searching in vain for a lead with Wall Street closed for a holiday and the dollar extending its recent consolidation phase. The Bel-20 Index of leading shares Finished just 0.56 points, or 0.04 per cent, firmer at 1,464.43
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        Milan
        184 22 -1.15 pc Italian stocks ended more than one per cent down although financial holding Gemma bucked trend on expectations it will pin from complex merger-snare swap plan which is set to turn it into second-largest private Italian company. Gemina ended up 6.22 per cent at 905.4 lire. Ferruzzi, to
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        Amsterdam
        265 22 +3.4 Dutch stocks rose, led by Philips Electronics NV and insurer Aegon NV, as a recovering dollar raised hopes for Dutch exporters' earnings. The Amsterdam EOE Index advanced 3.4 points, or 0.74 per cent, to 464.34 points. Among the index stocks, 18 rose, six fell and one closed unchanged.
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        Stockholm
        52 22 +15.70 In Sweden, the OMX Index rose 15.70 points *to 1375.27. Stockholm St* 4 Skr An M500 Am 240.00 5. JO ArinCopco 113.00 4130 QRlrahu B 31*00 -ISO EmnTdUIAII 1*1.30 t 3 50 lirtw JJJ0 0.30 SCF 146 00 >1.00 Saadv* 141.00 I 00 Skaadia 150.00 Ij00 VaJvo 147.00
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        Zurich
        245 22 +34.4 Swiss shares ended off their peaks but still at a record closing high for the year on strong demand for several blue-chips. Rising bond futures and technical factors helped the strong showing, dealers said. Volumes were moderate, they added. The blue-chip SMI Index advanced 34.4 points, or 1.18
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        Johannesburg
        323 22 •5.4 South African gold shares ended well down on a slump in the bullion price while industrials, helped by Friday's gains on Wall Street, rallied against bearish gold sentiment to end only slightly lower, dealers said. "Its been sort of slow, ticking over against all odds," said a dealer
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      2296 23 AFXAsia HONGKONG Share prices closed higher in active but uneventful trading, as overseas and local funds bought into local shares and took their money out of other regional markets, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed 56.48 points higher at 9,252.95 on turnover worth HKS2.7 billion. It reached a
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      470 23 CLSA THE Hongkong H market edged up 0.3 per cent on turnover of US$lO.6 million. Hai Xing Shipping recovered some of its losses of the previous week, gaining 5 J per cent on turnover of US$2.4 million. Other counters that staged strong recoveries included Northeast Electric, Tsingtao Brewery and
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      2385 23 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japan's main stock index fell more than 2 per cent yesterday as an absence of bullish US investors left the market prey to Japanese investors, pessimistic about their country's economic recovery. The Nikkei 225 benchmark tumbled 372.21 points, or 2.0S per cent, to 17,748.52 its
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      1372 23 AFP BANGKOK Thai shares plunged 1.9 per cent yesterday on news of hieherthanexpected inflation figures in thin trading. Today's sharp drop is attributed to domestic factors, mainly the jump in inflation and the current accounts deficit," Prascrt Tangprasert of Thai Financial Syndicate Securities said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand
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      1114 23 AFXAsia JAKARTA Share prices closed lower in quiet trading yesterday, with most investors sidelined in anticipation of PT Tdkom's listing. The Jakarta Composite Index closed 1.46 points lower to 500.544. Losers outnumbered gainers 42 to 28. "Everybody is sidelined, even the local investors. There is no positive factor to
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        1826 26  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The stock market struggled to find direction yesterday, with traders locking in profit and institutional money still sidelined after a relatively disappointing earnings season. Losses were comparatively more severe on the Second board, where an encouraging start soon gave
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      491 27 Knight-Ridder Reuter WORLD freight rates continued to drift lower amid a seasonal lull that kept charterers in the sideline, but brokers are bullish in their near-term outlook. The Baltic Freight Index (BFI) shed six more points to finish the week at 2,0%, with almost all of its 10
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      275 27 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Two upstart commercial insurers that many believed would never succeed are capturing a commanding portion of the market to provide motor cargo vessels with certificates of financial responsibility, according to a report in The Journal of Commerce.
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      127 27 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Howard Smith Ltd, the oldest shipping company in Australia, said net profit in the year ended June 30 rose 89 per cent to A 577.1 million (SsB2 million) The result includes a onetime loss of As4.l million. The year-earlier result included
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      102 27 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Growth rates at Hongkong's container terminals slowed to 6 or 7 per cent during the first half this year over the year earlier period, the Chinese-language Hongkong Economic Journal reported. Analysts were expecting a higher rate of growth, the paper
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      326 27 SES WO Sep 4 S$ Vol CWT Distribution 1.60 -0.09 772 Chuan Hup Holdings 1.32 -0.04 1138 Cosco Investment 2.22 -0.06 143 Far East Levingston 6.23 unch 664 Freight Links Express 0.87 -0.023 391 GB Holdings Ltd 1.22 +0.06 863 Hai Sun Hup Group 0.98 -0.013 1623 Hitachi
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      483 27  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE Heung-A Shipping Co Ltd, one of Korea's leading shipping conglomerates, is expanding its South-east Asian operations with the opening of its first overseas branch office here. Heung-A (S'pore) Pte Ltd will be formally launched tomorrow. It is expected
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      201 27 Reuter TOKYO The supply of fuel oil at Toa Oil Co Ltd's Kawasaki refinery outside Tokyo has not been disrupted by a collision between a coastal tanker and a freighter at the weekend, industry sources said... The 895 dwt tanker Senyo
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      297 27 TAIPEI First Steamship, the Taiwanese bulk carrier operator, is to raise around US$3O million (5542.6 million) to finance an ambitious fleet expansion. The company, which is listed on the Taipei Stock Exchange, is to use the money to acquire 10 handysize and handymax
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      324 27 Knight-Ridder LONDON Freight rates for very large crude carriers and other crude carriers should at least maintain the levels achieved in June during the winter months. This was one of the conclusions in a world tanker fleet review for the first six
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      270 27 HONGKONG Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is considering setting up a jointly owned and managed container and chassis pool with American President Lines, Mitsui OSK Lines and Nedlloyd Lines. The four partners of the so-called Global Alliance last week signed an agreement to exchange
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      653 27 Bloomberg Business News CANBERRA It figures that people living on one of the world's largest islands would be good at building ships. So it's only natural Australian vessels have been making more than their share of waves in foreign waters. The market for fast ferries
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      744 28 Growing demand for these versatile vessels but yards need to come up with right design and price Fairplay BIG, versatile tweendeckers have become the forgotten ship type amid the mesa containership Ifype. When the container business took off, back in the sevsrties, nearly everyone signed on
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        827 39 THIS 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 the individual
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        413 40 AFP MANILA Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL) chairman Lucio Tan has said he will not bail out of the financially troubled carrier amid a legal confrontation with the government and other shareholders. Corporate regulators have stymied PAL's 2.5 billion peso (***** million)
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        59 40 Reuter KINGMAN, Arizona A close-up view of the remain of a twin-engine plane front Adventure Airlines seen near Kinsman, Arizona on Saturday. Eight people, including four tourists believed to be Japanese, were killed as the plane went down la the Mojave desert, while enroute
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        439 40 Reuter TOKYO Japan's Kansai International Airport, which celebrated its first anniversary yesterday, has successfully brought money to the travel industry but failed to wipe out gloom over its own profits. "The number of our customers has increased sharply since the opening
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        143 40 Reuter BANGKOK Thailand's major expressway builder and operator Bangkok Expressway pic (BECL) said it is working on a plan to build a light railway network and road system beneath Bangkok's new expressway. BECL said in a filing to the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)
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        37 40 SINGAPORE This is the all-new Porsche 911 Targa. The 3.6-Utre six-cylinder car will be unveiled officially at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt this month. Its most outstanding feature is its electrically-operated glass roof.
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        314 40 Reuter SYDNEY Transport group TNT Ltd's earnings for 1994/95 are likely to be pounded by the poor operating performance of Ansett Airlines Holdings Ltd which it jointly owns with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Ltd. Transport analysts have continuously revised down earnings forecasts for TNT
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        209 40 Bernama-Xin-hua SHANGHAI Qantas has signed a contract to train 74 Boeing 737 pilots and 60 crew members for China's Yunnan Airlines in the next two years. The contract marks a new step in the cooperation with China's civil aviation industry, said a
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        248 40 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian flagcarrier Garuda Indonesia said yesterday it was temporarily halting services to four European cities and reducing flights to a variety of destinations in Asia, Australia, Europe and the Middle East. The state airline, also reviewing all purchase agreements, said in a statement the
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        68 40 Reuter WASHINGTON Total air cargo growth in July increased 0.7 per cent, compared to the same month last year, the Air Transport Association reported. The group said domestic freight declined 1.3 per cent, its first decline this year. Cargo has been increasing by smaller and
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        103 40 AFP TOKYO The Export-Import Bank of Japan said yesterday k had agreed to lend U*****.16 million (SS2I7.S million) to Food Motor CO of the United States to help promote the imports of Ford's right-hand drive vehicles to Japan. The loan will assist ia financing
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        90 40 AFP TOKYO Toyota Motor Corp affiliates Nippondenso Co and Toyoda Automatic Loom Works have developed a new air-conoi-tioner compressor with Mercedes-Benz AG of Germany, a Toyoda spokesman said yesterday. The compressor has been installed in air conditioners in Mercedes-Benz cars since April, the spokesman said, adding
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        112 40 Reuter KASSEL, Germany Thousands of workers at carmaker Volkswagen AG began token strikes yesterday to press home demands for higher pay and job guarantees before wage talks resume today. Some 8,000 workers at VWs Kassel plant downed tools from the start of their shift at
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        60 40 Reuter TOKYO All Nippon Airways Co said USAir Group Inc will join its frequent flyer programme on Oct 1, allowing members of ANA's Programme A to earn mileage on USAir flights. Other members of Programme A include British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways and Singapore
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        97 40 Reuter ATLANTA A Texas woman who was injured in last month's crash of an Atlantic Southeast Airlines plane has filed a US$l35 million lawsuit against the commuter carrier and its giant corporate affiliate, Delta Air Lines Inc, the Atlanta Journal-Constitu-tion reported on Sunday. The
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