The Business Times, 7 January 1992

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  • 16 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Tuesday, January 7, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 85 1 BELGRADE, Yugoslavia The latest ceasefire in Yugoslavia's savage war was holding yesterday despite what a Croatian commander called "minor violations" and a bizarre incident in which Croatian forces reportedly fired at their fellow troops. UN special envoy Cyrus Vance indicated in New York
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    • 62 1 JERUSALEM Palestinian delegates hinted yesterday that they would attend the Middle East peace talks reconvening in Washington if the UN Security Council condemns Israel's decision to expel 12 Arabs. But having postponed their departure to protest against the deportation orders, they were unlikely
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    • 33 1 CDL HOTELS International has an option to buy 43.0 per cent of Euro-National Corporation, an ailing publicly-listed company in New Zealand, for NZ$l7 million (SS 15.1 million) Page 2
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    • 20 1 GRANITE prices, which have been climbing steadily for more than a year, are easing up Page 3
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    • 25 1 THAILAND seeks to include seven sectors in the first stage of the initial implementation of the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) Page 10
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    • 33 1 AUSTRALIA yesterday revealed the worst monthly balance of payments for a year, a day before the Cabinet meets to consider measures to boost economic activity and improve employment Page 10
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    • 30 1 FUJI XEROX Singapore has introduced two new colour copier machines which, it hopes, will help it achieve US$5O million (SsBo million) in revenue this year. Page 15
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    • 38 1 HONGKONG-BASED IMC Holdings, which has a secondary listing in Singapore, has ordered a new Handymax bulk carrier at a cost of HKS2OI million (Ss42 million) from Sumitomo Corporation of Japan. Shipping l imes Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • 29 1 PRICES of leading shares opened marginally lower on Wall Street yesterday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 6.94 points at 3.194.54 five minutes into the session.
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    • 24 1 LONDON share prices were mixed at midday yesterday. At about 1200 GMJ". the FTSE 100-Share Index was down 1.1 point at 2503.0.
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    • 28 1 LITYAN Systems Malaysia Sdn Bhd, the wholly-owned subsidiary of electronics group Acma Ltd. is seeking a listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Page 4
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    • 21 1 MALAYSIAN car manufacturer Proton is likely to offer 150 million shares at MSS (552.99) each Page 4
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    • 32 1 THE Sembawang Engineering group is allowed to carry forward tax losses totalling 527 million against its future profits following the transfer of ownership to Sembawang Shipyard Page 4
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    • 30 1 SEVERAL foreign banks, in response to the Reserve Bank of India's liberalisation of its branch licensing policy, have announced plans to set up new branches Page 8
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    • Article, Illustration
      29 1 Monday Change BT-MGA 730.11 +10.1 Kuala Lumpur ...557.34, +4.35 Tokyo 23,801.18 +817.41 Hongkong 4,306.97 -0.16 Sydney 1,675.1 +15.7 Friday Change New York 3.201.48 +29.07 London 2,504.1 +11.3
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    • 24 1 Exchange rates LISS SS 1.6245 100 Yen SS 1.3064 MS SS 0.5990 Money market rates Overnight 2 1/2 -3/4 3-month 2 3/4% +1/16
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    • 36 1 London GoM AM fix USS35I.15 USS1.25 Rubber S pore Feb 129'/kg +0.75 M'sia Feb 213*/kg +1 KL Tin Turnover 93 tonnes Spot MSl4.57/kg -0.26 Crude palm oil Turnover 1066 lots -921 Jan MS920 /tonne 5
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  • 539 1  -  President stresses national unity in speech at opening of Parliament By Anna Teo SINGAPORE Singapore cannot but continue to restructure and upgrade to keep up with other countries. But the government will help Singaporeans adapt to change and ensure that all segments
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  • 203 1 SINGAPORE The Straits limes Industrials Index rose 19.56 points to close at 1,500.45 yesterday, backed by strong rallies in Tokyo and New York. In Tokyo, the Nikkei Average surged 817.41 points to end a half-day session at 23,801.18. The stock market was
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  • 201 1 SINGAPORE Infrastructure! bottlenecks, rising business costs and lack of trained staff are becoming major problems for American companies doing business in the region, says the US-Asean Council for Business and Technology. Three members of the council which deliberated for
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  • 521 1  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Local yards, while welcoming the expected shift of the US Navy logistics command to Singapore, are uncertain about the impact of the move on their business. Tan Mong Seng, Sembawang Shipyard's managing director, told BT: "We need
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  • 580 1  -  Indonesian Budget '92 From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA PRESIDENT Suharto yesterday presented a cautious balanced budget for Indonesia's 1992 fiscal year, projecting an 11 per cent increase in spending to 56 trillion rupiah (about 5544.8 billion), funded by better tax collection, a reduction
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
    • 427 2  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG CDL HOTELS International yesterday announced it has an option to buy 43 per cent of Euro-National Corporation, an ailing publicly-listed company in New Zealand, for NZ$l7 million (5515.1 million). The option agreement entered into
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    • 253 2  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Singaporelisted City Developments Limited has appointed a successor to Ricky Goh, who resigned last November from his position as the group's general manager of the hotel division. A CityDev statement yesterday said Albert Henry Fink assumed responsibilities as
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    • 271 2  -  By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines and Air Canada are meeting today in Los Angeles to try to resolve an air dispute between the two countries. The Canadian government gave notice last August that it intended to terminate its airservices agreement with
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    • 747 2  -  Indonesian Budget "92 From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA INDONESIA'S exports of manufactured goods are booming, despite recession and slow growth in many markets, chalking up growth rates of as high as 38 per cent in key sectors such as textiles and
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    • 617 2 Some economists fear targets may be too ambitious Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's Budget for the coming year is tight enough to appeal to the most parsimonious economist but some worry the targets may be much too ambitious and that tax changes could encourage capital to fly
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    • 318 2 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's current account deficit, seen surging to M 513.6 billion (558.14 billion) in 1992 from Msll.B billion in 1991, is manageable and not a major cause for alarm. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. He
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    • 202 2 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The declining trend in the national savings rate is of urgent concern as Malaysians are traditionally big savers, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said here yesterday. The savings rate had declined to just under 30 per cent in 1990 from
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 104 3 THE final stage of the two-year government programme to phase out rent control has begun. Owners of about 2,260 rent-controlled premises will be able to recover their properties, provided the Urban Redevelopment Authority has approved their development plans. This last phase, which began on
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      • 38 3 THE January tender for vehicle entitlements will close today at 4pm. The tender box will be opened at 8.30 am sharp the next day in the conference room of the Registry of Vehicles.
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      • 60 3 SINGAPORE Telecom is introducing seven new designs for phonecards this month. Three of these designs make up the Youth Revelry Phonecard series depicting activities such as kite-flying and children playing with sparklers. These phonecards will be in $10 and $20 denominations. The other four designs are
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    • 333 3 THE Matterhorn Building in Phillip Street has been put back on the market by mortgagee Hong Leong Finance, which tried to sell it two years ago. This time, the asking price for the leasehold building with almost 45,000 sq feet of
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    • 427 3  -  By Lilian Ang GRANITE PRICES, which have been climbing steadily for more than a year, are easing up with local producers reducing prices by about 10 per cent in the past month. Industry sources say prices could weaken further as cheaper supplies from neighbouring
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    • 531 3  -  By Anna Teo CONSTRUCTIVE comments on how things can be better done will be well received, but views that are "plainly wrong" will be strongly countered. House Leader Wong Kan Seng told Parliament at its
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 103 4 SINGAPORE Lim Kah Ngam Ltd is currently evaluating the Vietnam market with a view to investments in the future. Confirming an earlier Business Times report, Lim Kah Ngam Ltd disclosed yesterday that its units will be involved in the construction and
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      • 117 4 SINGAPORE ICB Finance Ltd, the Hongkong subsidiary of Industrial Commercial Bank, has surrendered its licence as a deposit-taking company in Hongkong because it has not been active in deposit taking and related financial business since early 1990. However, the unit remains a property investment
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      • 67 4 SINGAPORE OCBC Bank disclosed yesterday that the percentage of foreign shareholding in its issued share capital, including that whose status is being clarified, was 40 per cent as at Dec 31, 1991. The percentage of foreign holding in the bank's Warrants '94 was 31.9 per cent,
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      • 37 4 SINGAPORE Tat Lee Bank announced yesterday that the beneficial ownership of the bank's issued share capital held by foreign parties comprises about 7.87 per cent, according to declarations received last December.
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      • 55 4 SINGAPORE In response to a query from the SES, First Capital Corporation Ltd (FCC) said A-Z Holdings Pte Ltd's pre-tax profit was $1.02 million for the year ended March 31, 1991. Property-based FCC agreed to purchase the entire issued capital of A-Z Holdings Pte Ltd
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      • 53 4 SINGAPORE Reinsurance Management Corporation of Asia Pte Ltd, the managing agent of RMCA Reinsurance Ltd, has appointed Seow Kheng Hee to direct and supervise the administration of the run-off of RMCA Re's liabilities. Mr Seow, an accountant by training, has about 14 years' experience in the
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    • 513 4  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Fast-mov-ing electronics group Acma Ltd is seeking a listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange for its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lityan Systems Malaysia Sdn Bhd. Sources said that Aseambankers Malaysia Bhd. which is advising Acma on the listing. submitted an
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    • 398 4  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE The Sembawang Engineering group could save up to $8.4 million in taxes if it generates sufficient profits. This is because it is allowed to carry forward tax losses totalling $27 million against its future profits following the transfer of ownership
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    • 258 4 SINGAPORE In a surprise move, former Minister of State for National Development and Home Affairs Peter Sung m\\ join property group Tuan Sing Holdings as chairman and chief executive officer from Jan 15. Industry observers had earlier speculated that Mr Sung might join
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    • 540 4 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) reported total pre-tax profits of MsB.9 billion (about 555.3 billion) for the year 1990-91 compared with M 56.4 billion previously. This is based on the latest annual reports released up to
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    • 269 4 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian car manufacturer Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional (Proton), which will issue its prospectus this month, is expected to offer 150 million shares at Mss (552.99) each, raising MS7SO million in the process. At Mss a share. Proton will have a market
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    • 230 4 MBT KUALA LUMPUR JamiSwilynn and Swilynn Malaysia, which currently have a combined video cassette tape production of more than 40 million pieces a year, are set to make Malaysia one of the world's largest producers of the product when they expand their annual
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    • 385 6 HONGKONG Property developer and watch manufacturer Stelux Holdings which is listed in Hongkong has raised HKS4BO million (S$ 100.4 million) from the recent conversion of 68 per cent of its 1991 warrants, the Sunday Morning Post reported. The company plans to use these
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    • 370 6 BANGKOK Thailand's Malee Sampran Factory Co Ltd has raised its registered capital from 100 million baht (556.4 million) to 125 million baht and applied for listing in the country's stock exchange to help fund a new investment project. The Nation reported over the weekend
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    • 631 6 Rebound in corporate earnings will underpin growth Reuter SYDNEY Australian stocks could edge higher in 1992 as the economy struggles out of recession, but any advance will be dwarfed by last year's surge, propelled by low inflation and falling interest rates. Market
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    • 271 6  -  From Shirish Nadkarni in BOMBAY ATV PROJECTS India Limited could well be the first Indian company to benefit from the changes proposed by the ruling Congress (I) government, to help Indian companies set up joint ventures overseas. The company, which is considered a specialist
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    • 368 6 FT PARIS Silvio Berlusconi, the controversial Italian media mogul, has indicated an interest in taking charge of La Cinq, the collapsed French television station in which he is a major shareholder. La Cinq, which has for some time been struggling to resolve its
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 70 6 TOKYO Fujitsu Ltd plans to sell in Japan personal computers developed and made by its 80 per cent-owned British subsidiary International Computers Ltd (ICL), a Fujitsu spokesman said. The personal computers will be compatible with International Business Machines Corp's PC/AT personal computers and
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      • 69 6 PRINCETON Berlitz International Inc has said it may record fourth quarter charges of US$2.5 million (Ss4 million) to US$3.5 million related to alleged claims against Berlitz due to its relationship with Maxwell Communication Corp pic. The company said US$l.B million of the possible charges come
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      • 75 6 SEOUL South Korea's giant Daewoo business group has won a US$957 million (S$ 1.55 billion) contract for a highway project in Pakistan. The company announced yesterday that the contract was signed by Daewoo Corporation's Construction Division and Pakistan's Ministry of Communications in Islamabad on Dec 31.
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      • 50 6 LONDON Building materials maker Steetley pic, setting out its defence against a hostile bid by Redland pic, has said it would maintain its current dividend level for 1992. The dividend forecast was contained in a defence document published on Saturday that rejected the Redland bid.
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      • 62 6 MELBOURNE Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd said it would start exploratory offshore oil drilling in the Otway Basin, south-west of the Australian state of Victoria in the Southern Ocean, around mid-year. BHP Petroleum, whollyowned by BHP, said its decision came after Resources Minister Alan
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 119 8 TOKYO Orix Corp will securitise the income from part of its leasing business in the domestic market to diversify ways of acquiring cash, a spokesman for the major Japanese leasing firm said. This will be the first time that a non-bank is to sell
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      • 71 8 NEW ORLEANS Congress is not likely to pass legislation this year permitting interstate banking. Federal Reserve Board Governor Wayne Angell said. "I don't think it will pass in 1992," Mr Angell said during a panel discussion on bank regulation at a conference here. "It's very
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      • 106 8 KARACHI The president of the Karachi Stock Exchange said problems lie ahead of Pakistan's booming stock market, the biggest of them being the handling of the rising share volume. "The task ahead is immense." Jahangir Siddiqui said in b»s review of the KSE performance in 1991
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      • 122 8 WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady has told Congress that the Resolution Trust Corp is hemmed in by conditions of a US$25 billion appropriation to help it close troubled thrift institutions. The money, far short of the US$BO billion requested by the administration, must be
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      • 126 8 KUALA LUMPUR Banks should practise innovative banking, without undue sacrifice of traditional banking prudence, to support local entrepreneurship, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. As custodians of public funds, bankers were expected to be conservative, but there were times when bankers need to
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    • 591 8  -  By Shirish Nadkarni in BOMBAY THE Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) recent policy change in the matter of branch licensing for foreign banks has received enthusiastic response from a do/en foreign banks operating in the country. The liberalisation, which comes after
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    • 394 8 Reuter MILAN A new group of brokerages began trading on Italy's stock exchanges last week as part of a series of reforms aimed at luring investors back to a market depressed by scandals and declining turnover. The new brokerages Societa di Intermediazione
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    • 319 8 Reuter NEW YORK The New York Stock Exchange, which traces its roots fo 24 businessmen who gathered to trade stocks and bonds under a buttonwood tree in Manhattan, had every reason to celebrate as it launched its bicentennial year yesterday. The
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    • 278 8 NYT NEW YORK Recessions have never been kind to banks, and the current economic downturn is no exception. But even when the economy recovers, the scars in the banking industry will remain, and bankers are vowing not to return to
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    • 359 8 NYT NEW YORK At a time when many real estate developers are cutting back, Edward S Gordon Co, a leading New York brokerage and real estate services company, is aggressively expanding its operations. The company is expected to announce the appointment of
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    • 771 9 52. Excavation of the Suez Canal. 75. Manned mission to Mars. What can 6,000 research scientists „,„d,.w«nd--54. The dawn of antibiotics. wide famine and drought. hope to achieve in 12 years? TK L J 55. Record the speed of light. 77. The remote possibility of 56. Synthesize plutonium. locating some
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  • THE REGION/THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
      • 84 10 NEW ORLEANS US Federal Reserve Board governor Wayne Angell believes the current US inflation rate of about 3 per ceni is "totally unacceptable", and should be brought down further. "There is room between 3 per cent and zero for it to come
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      • 92 10 LONDON Productivity growth in Britain's manufacturing industry is expected to accelerate this year while pay settlements should fall, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said yesterday. Manufacturers who made pay awards in the third quarter of last year reported annual productivity gains averaging 5.5 per
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      • 81 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia and Denmark have signed an investment protection and promotion agreement. The pact would give investments involving the two countries some protection against nationalisation and expropriation and ensure adequate compensation should either occur, said Malaysian International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz yesterday.
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      • 104 10 TOKYO Japan will send an official delegation to Vietnam this month as a first step towards resuming official aid. a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said yesterday. The 10man delegation of officials from the ministries of finance, foreign affairs, and international trade and industry will visit Hanoi
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      • 76 10 MANILA Philippine President Corazon Aquino vowed yesterday that a multi-million-dollar package of major highway projects will be completed in the congested capital by the time she steps down in five months. Finishing touches are now being applied to an interchange in Manila's busiest intersection, in suburban
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      • 68 10 BEIJING China will soon pass a product quality law and launch a nationwide drive to reduce widespread manufacturing of fake and shoddy goods. The State Council (Cabinet) had approved a draft of the law and it would probably be passed by Parliament this year, the
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    • 334 10 AFP HANOI Italy will grant Vietnam a US$7O million (S$ 114 million) aid package in 1993 and 1994. About one-fourth of the sum would be in outright grants while the rest would be made up of loans, visiting Italian Foreign Minister Gianni de
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    • 408 10 AFP SYDNEY The new Australian government of Prime Minister Paul Keating suffered a further setback yesterday with the release of data showing the worst monthly balance of payments for a year. Bureau of Statistics figures showed the seasonally adjusted current
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    • 563 10 Reuter SYDNEY Australian property agents desperate to take down "For Sale" or "For Lease" notices on office blocks across the recessionhit country are moving into Asia with the message that it's bargain time for buying Down Under. The property market
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    • 135 10 Reuter HANOI Thailand's supreme military commander, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, arrived in Vietnam yesterday seeking to end years of mistrust between the two long-time enemies. Diplomats said his visit could lead to the establishment of military ties between the two nations. Gen Suchinda was
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    • 302 10 Bangkok hopes to get 7 sectors included in initial implementation BANGKOK Thailand will try to persuade other Asean member countries to endorse seven sectors for inclusion in the first stage of the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta), at the Asean Summit in Singapore this month,
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    • 504 10 Reuter WASHINGTON US President George Bush will urge a tax cut if possible this year but does not want to do anything to disrupt an orderly recovery from the US recession, savs his Chief of Staff. Mr Bush is struggling
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    • 358 10 NYT NEW ORLEANS Leading American economists are advising Russia and the other former Soviet republics to move more swiftly than Eastern Europe has in tackling economic changes, especially as they attempt to sell off 45.000 state-owned factories to private owners. They are
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    • 617 10 But some say it is not really opening up its market NYT TOKYO For weeks. Japanese newspapers have been filled with reports of trade concessions Japan will offer President George Bush on his visit this week, most of them aimed at increasing
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  • 488 12 EDITORIAL WHEN THE iron curtain melted, old threat perceptions collapsed. Asia's export-oriented economies, which had long taken for granted a benign American presence in the region, had to get accustomed to a new reality when the Philippine Senate chose not to renew the bases treaty
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 267 12 DECLARING the Cold War over and the arms race at an end, the men behind the Doomsday Clock it gives an indication of how close the world is to nuclear catastrophe set it back to 11.43pm last November. The former Soviet Union has collapsed; the two Koreas declared
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    • 103 12 IN his New Year's message. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong extolled the crucial importance of strengthening Singapore's national reserves. With its limited land size and lack of natural resources, Singapore will find it extremely difficult to cushion any impact of economic hardships without sufficient national reserves. Singapore's rate
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    • 111 12 THE US, through its Command Task Force and bilateral defence arrangements with countries in this region, hopes to continue to maintain a visible and credible presence in the Asia-Pacific. Helping to accommodate the US logistics facility in Singapore is in the interest of the Republic and the US
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
    • 193 12 IT is established that Telekom, even after its listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, continues to receive directives from the government. The privatisation move demands changes in attitudes on the part of officials in the government as well, not just of those in the entities concerned.
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    • 104 12 IN a world where ideological barriers are crumbling, maps are being redrawn and power equations being rewritten, the Asean countries are staunchly holding onto their unique unity and solidarity. Visit Asean Year (VAY) 1992 is the result of such unity and solidarity. While we have no doubts about
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  • 825 12  -  A recent report on America's baby boom generation has split it into two an older, more successful baby boomer, and a younger, less fortunate one. Felicity Barringer reports Felicity Barringer NYT THE outsized baby boom generation, whose attitudes and angst have been fodder for
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 1053 13  -  As the world awaits the formation of a common market in Western Europe. Tom Redburn discovers there's still some more work to be done Tom Redburn IHT THE planned completion of the European Community's single market in 1992 may be the longest anticipated event since the
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    • 1102 13  -  The US-Asean Council for Business and Technology was part of the entourage that swept through Singapore on US President George Bush's 39-hour whirlwind visit to the Republic. Salil Tripathi, together with Shoeb Kagda, interviewed the council's president, Robert Driscoll. In the second article, he finds out if
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    • 177 13 THOMAS White is the vice-president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand and heads Phelps-Dodge. He denies the perception that Americans had allowed Japan to dominate foreign investment in Asia. "Of course not," he said. "To begin with, in reporting numbers American authorities are
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    • 543 13 PERISH the thought that American corporations have surrendered to Japan in terms of investment in Southeast Asia. While Japanese investments in the region are far more visible, being in sectors like automobiles and consumer electronics which are traditionally well-adver-tised, American involvement in core sectors like telecommunications,
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  • FOCUS
    • 1180 14 Investors shun stocks of US film and entertainment companies as Hollywood faces a difficult year IHT WILL IT BE a happy new year in Hollywood? Film and entertainment companies were less than a hit with investors in 1991. Even the best, such as
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    • 257 14 BETWEEN AMANAH-CHASE MERCHANT BANK BERHAD, 19th Floor, Bangunan Kompleka Kewangan, No. 82, Jalan Raja Chulan, P.O. Box *****, Kuala Lumpur Plaintiff AND GOLDEN HORNBILL SDN. BHD., Suit 2001, 20th Floor, Wlsma Hamzah-Kwong Hing, 1, Laboh Am pang, Kuala Lumpur Defendant In pursuance of the Order of Court dated 28th day
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
    • 406 15  -  Joseph Rajendran finds out what a copier machine maker is doing to raise revenue by 50pc Joseph Rajendran FUJI Xerox Singapore has launched two new colour copier machines which it hopes will help it attain its goal of US$5O million (about SsBo million)
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    • 222 15  -  By Claire Leow SINGAPORE When your plate of oyster-sauce kale smells of Shelltox, who do you call? The Pesticide Residue Unit (PRU), of course. The Primary r Production Department's Veterinary Public Health Laboratory has been designated the PRU, according to
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    • 360 15 SINGAPORE The Singapore Polytechnic has been appointed by the local subsidiary of US-based software company Borland as its Associated Training Centre to conduct computer language training. This is the first time the Singapore Polytechnic has entered into such an agreement with a major software vendor where the institution
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    • 421 15 New generation thinner and faster than all previous types NYT Scientists at Cornell University have developed a new generation of lasers that are not only incredibly small no thicker than a human hair but also the fastest ever developed. They operate at 28 gigahertz. which
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    • 575 15 H kl~ shih Only these days, the warfare a little different. Which means there's also a change W Like for instance the EISA 486. A hardware built on a 32-bit EISA bus architecture. T j£MI J F comes two models, the desktop 4/25 D and 4/25 T. i I 1
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  • 685 16 Lexmark Singapore offers its customers a comprehensive range of more than a dozen printers, such as laser, inkjet and dot matrix printers. In fact, since opening its doors for business, Lexmark Singapore has introduced 11 new printers that's a hefty achievement for a six-month period. So,
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  • 108 16 At the heart of the success of these printers is, of course, the latest technology, backed by Lexmark's marketing expertise and extensive distribution network. In Singapore, Lexmark sells the printers directly and through nine authorised dealers. One of them. Challenger Micro Pte Ltd,
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  • 657 17 WHILE THE Big Blue is reeling from a shakeout, a little part of the IBM heritage is already up and running, bravely taking on the world. That little part of the IBM heritage, now independent, is Lexmark International, an IBM alliance company.
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  • 451 17 IBM typewriters alive and thriving CONTRARY TO popular belief, the typewriter is not dead yet! And Lexmark International which designs, manufactures and distributes IBM typewriters has sales figures to prove this. This year, about half of Lexmark's revenue is expected to come from the IBM typewriter, keyboard and supplies business.
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    • 995 18 Nothing Beats A Bud. fcffiifll where to wine, dine OF K^BBfiara/ GENUINE PENANG FARE LET OUR PENANG CHEF INTRODUCE HER NEW RECIPES AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED PRINCESS TERRACE CAFE THE PLACE FOR AUTHENTIC PENANG SPECIALITIES. A RENDEZVOUS FOR FINE MEALS AT CAFE PRICES. OR LIGHT SNACKS WITH GOOD FRIENDS. KING'S
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    • 645 18 TELEVISION AND RADIO r iltltlV SBCI2 I reo!™ (See Our Choice. Ste- IM. runny rdriiicra 7 AM c NN n iu, m,pu a 8.30 Clow. 11.50 PW Ck«. 12.30 AM Clo*. 7 °s«n 1.30pn. 5 05pm. 105 am 6.55 PM Opening and Programme World Business Report ~oo cSPBSrth«I,U gCB TV2
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 714 19  -  Penelope Hocking-Vigie reports on the difficulties of agreeing on classification in Europe's film world, where tastes rarely coincide Penelope Hockine-Vigie Reuter AS EUROPEAN Community countries move to harmonise film classification, different attitudes to sex and violence on the screen are proving a major stumbling
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    • 385 19 The Economist WHAT DO British ski instructors have in common with British lamb, Italian wine and French turkeys? They are the target of an import ban by an EC country. Fresh from burning lambs at their ports, the French are now trying to ban British ski
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    • 339 19 CHATTERBOX LIFE IS SHEET. Mike Leigh's gastronomic view of family life in an English suburb. was voted the best film of 1991 by the National Society of Film Critics, a 35member group representing critics from New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and other
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    • 527 19  -  Magazines-on-tape may soon be as familiar as books-on-tape, reports Deirdre Carmoay Deirdre Carmody NYT IT IS the next century. New Age Person walks up to a latter-day newsstand. asks for her favourite magazine and is handed a tape. She pops it into her Walkman, adjusts
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  • SPORTS
    • SIDE LINES
      • 84 20 PEBBLE BEACH, California Loren Roberts overcame a two-stroke deficit with a 3-under-par 69 in surprisingly tranquil conditions at Pebble Beach Golf Links to win the Ben Hogan-Pebble Beach Invitational by two shots on Sunday. Roberts, a non-winner in 10 seasons on the PGA Tour, finished
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      • 52 20 REGGIO EMILIA, Italy World chess champion Gary Kasparov faced stiff competition from the young Indian prodigy Viswanathan Anand as he prepared to enter the final round of the Reggio Emilia tournament starting yesterday. After eight of the tournament's nine rounds, Kasparov and Anand were tied on
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      • 72 20 BOURNEMOUTH, England World snooker number one Stephen Hendry trounced Danny Fowler 5-3 in the Mercantile Credit Classic on Sunday and immediately drew scorn from the man he beat. Fowler, who was whitewashed 5-0 by Hendry in last year's Classic, doesn't rate the Scotsman's chances as he heads
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      • 71 20 PARIS Former Formula One world champion Alain Prost denied claims on Sunday that he had signed for the AngloItalian racing team Benetton. French Formula One team boss Guy Ligier, still in negotiations with his compatriot, said he had" telephoned Prost, who is holidaying in the US
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      • 75 20 SYDNEY Skipper Allan Border and Men' Hughes steered Australia to an exciting draw in the third cricket Test against India yesterday. Joining hands soon after tea with Australia struggling at 114 for six while chasing a 170-run deficit, Border and Hughes added 50 for the seventh wicket
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      • 117 20 SYDNEY Italian Stefano Pescosolido was defaulted from the New South Wales Tennis Open yesterday after a rare incident which left a spectator in hospital. Pescosolido, 20, from Rome, was playing Australian Johan Anderson in a qualifying match when he drop-kicked his racquet in anger after Anderson
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    • 846 20 Longest season in sports set to tee off AP CARLSBAD, California Only two weeks after the close of the 1991 PGA Tour, the longest season in pro sports begins its run into 1992 on Thursday. As usual, the elite, win-ners-only Tournament of Champions serves as the
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    • 409 20 UPI WASHINGTON President George Bush, rarely in a still life pose, has some predictable advice for youngsters: "Stop watching television so much and get outdoors." The 67-year-old United States President, regularly seen jogging around a track or casting a line, said he holds
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    • 289 20 AFP OYEM. Gabon Flying Finn Ari Vatanen pulled off a superb hat-trick in the Par-is-Cape Town Rally on Sunday, winning his third stage in as many days in the equatorial forests. But despite the Citroen driver's winning streak, Mitsubishi continues its stranglehold on the race,
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    • 461 20 Reuter BUENOS AIRES Argentina's fallen soccer idol Diego Maradona has said in an interview published on Sunday that he would take up residence in the US state of Florida this year. Maradona, who faces cocaine possession and trafficking charges in Argentina, told
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    • 145 20 PRIME LAND AT JALAN TAMPOI, JOHORE BAHRU Tender closes on 31 Jan 92 at 3 pm SUBJECT SITE I J|r LOT 1132 f/ TIO. Si<» r Ay I'u j/ yLOiiu /^^ll Km ~ss Freehold site of approximately 20 acres. 15 minutes drive from the causeway. Suitable for conversion to industrial
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    • 79 20 I ANNOUNCEMENT Boehringer Mannheim Singapore Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned company of Boehringer Mannheim (Far East) Pte. Ltd., has assumed all of Boehringer Mannheim's operation in Singapore, as from Ist January 1992. F.E. Zuellig (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. will continue to be the distributor for Boehringer Mannheim's products in Singapore. Boehringer
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 4102 21  -  By Chew Eng Han STRONG rallies in the New York and Tokyo markets gave a boost to the Singapore stock market yesterday. The Straits Times Industrials Index surged 19.56 points to close at 1,500.45 on a volume of 61.94 million
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      73 21  -  By Chew Eng Han Comment SUPPORT at $2.20 held well and Amcol now looks set for a test of the $2.60-2.65 area. Daily stochastics support an upmove, but take this rally as an opportunity to liquidate. A move to $2.65 will complete a series of Five waves starting
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  • 3238 23 Cientings 50* 700 20 2.9% Oriental Hldgs 530 +15 2.9% Esso 50* 382 +10 +2.7% MAA 107 +10 +10.3% Shell 448 8 H.8% Guinness 50* 299 +7 +2.4% CioWen Plus H 116 +6 5.5% M Banking 412 6 +1.5% M Cement 50* 236 +4 +1.7%
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    • 332 24 Company Data Yaar Group Nat Nat earnings Gross ana to profit/loss (L) par shara dividend ('000) (cants) S SPH Dec 24 Aug 91 $153.802($133,374) 62 6(54 3) 25(30) Ind (hygen Dec 14 lun 91 M$21.269($16,754) 4 7(6) 5(4 5a) Seal Inc Dec 13 Jun 91 M$648($8,476) 1 4(21
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    • 176 24 Company Rights Issue Asa Pac Land Four for seven M$0 50 per share Ex-date lan 3 Boohs dose lan 17 Acceptance Payment NYA City Dev RenounceaMe fights issue on the basis of onefor ten $2 85 per share Ex-date Dec 9 Books dose Dec 19 Acceptance Payment Jan
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    • 154 24 Company Date Yoar Group pro-tax Not earnings Gross ana to profit/loss (L) per share dividend (000) (cents) HI Kepong Dec 27 Sep 91 M$85.468($84.804) 15 3(14 8) 15(15) Pacific Can Dec 24 Sep 91 $138($1.387L) 02(-) Van Der Horst Dec 24 Sep 91 $2,960($2,800) 4.7(4 2) 1(1) Wearnes
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    • 557 24 Company Date Half-year Group pre-tax Interim »«n to profft/loss (L) dividend C000) Polytrt Dec 31 Sep 91 $4891 ($1,958) Sateras Res Dec 31 Sep 91 M$2,023($462L) FAC8 Dec 30 Sep 91 M$5.255($4.861) Sel Dredge Dec 30 Sep 91 M$2.391($579e) Imatex Dec 27 Sep 91 M$3.270l ($2.6151) KLIH Dec
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    • 129 24 Jan 2 Pertama Hotdmts the electrical and electronics goods retailer, is making a public offering of 10 million new 25-cent shares at 45-cents each An internal restructuring of Wharf Holdings and World International groups has resulted in the former paying HKJI.I billion for two of World's properties Jan
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    • 600 24 Current Ex Books Date Total lor Total for payment date dose payable the year last year AIS8 Me 121(b) Dec 30 Jan U Ian 21 121 101 Amal Steel 50c 101 Dec 9 Dec 23 lan 20 201 201 Asa Pacific 181N Jan 9 Jan 21 Jan 29
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    • 509 24 Company Rights Issue *fanct Ttdi One-torone SI 00 per share Bo*on Issue of $90 978m nominal amount of 35% Redeemable Unsecured Guaranteed Bonds 1991/96 with 45 489m detachable warrants on the bass of S2 nominal amount of Bonds tor every three existing shares held Every S2 nominal amount
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    • 167 24 Jacks International Ltd: EGM at 11 Jalan Lembah Kaliang, Singapore 1233, on Wednesday, Jan 8. at 11am. **onf Cement Ltd: EGM at 2 Finlayson Green #03-08, Asia Insurance Building, Singapore 0104, on Thursday, Jan 9, at 11am. Metroplex Bhd: EGM at Sabah Room, Level 3, Putra World Trade
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    • 104 24 Conversion Special Trdg Scripiess Conversion deadline Period Trading Compan) starts (IDP) (ST) starts City Dev Dec 26 Jan 16 Jan 6 Jan 16 Jan 17 H Negara Nov 25 Dec 12 Dec 3 Dec 12 Dec 13 HTP HMgs Sep 16 Oct 10 Sep 30 Oct 10 Oct
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  • 590 24 Relative Strength Index: This indicator measures the rate at which prices move up or down, and theoretically ranges between zero and 100. In practice, it normally fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: 100
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 4847 25 Bernama SHARE prices in Kuala Lumpur finished broadly firmer yesterday with a good number of counters posting double-digit gains as a further rally on Wall Street on Friday and sharp rises in Tokyo buoyed local sentiment. The benchmark KLSE Composite rose 4.35 points
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF THAILAND
    • 2184 26 Reuter GAINS by bank shares helped the index to close higher, though declines led advances by almost two to one across the board, brokers said. The SET index ended up 7.69 points at 719.50 on turnover of 5.04 billion baht, the largest
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  • JAKARTA STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 1035 26 Reuter JAKARTA share prices closed higher in active trade yesterday, pushing the index up 2.37 points to 249.76. The government announced that company bank deposits would be taxed at full corporate rate rather than the 15 per cent previously. Analysts expect the
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 2608 27 Reuter STOCKS jumped on Wall Street's record highs, December's discount rate cut and the firm yen. Brokers said sentiment was good but volume weak, with many investors afraid a short-term ceiling might be near. Trade was limited to the morning on the first day
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
    • 2645 27 AP SHARE priccs on the Hongkong stock exchange closcd mixed in increased trading yesterday. The Hang Seng Index, the market's key indicator of blue chips, slipped 0.16 of a point, closing at 4,306.97. Turnover amounted to HK$ 1.223 billion, up from last Friday's HKS966.
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  • AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 2400 28 Reuter AUSTRALIAN share prices slipped back from the day's highs yesterday but still managed to close higher with healthy gains across the board. The All Ordinaries Index finished the day up 15.7 points at 1,675.1 after rising 26 points in morning trade,
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Philippine shares close at 25-month high
      • 770 28 SEOUL stocks, which gained almost 40 points since the market was opened to direct foreign investment on Friday, ended the first full trading day yesterday slightly lower. Brokers blamed profittaking and a scarcity of issues attractive to foreigners for the reverse. The composite stock index ended 0.21 lower at
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      • 228 28 PENT-UP demand following Wall Street's strong performance drove the New Zealand share market up 2.07 per cent at the end of the first session of 1992 yesterday. The NZSE-40 capital index was up 31.08 points at 1,535.86 and turnover was a reasonably high NZ$25 million. Buttle Wilson institutional
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      • 479 28 RISING Philippine shares pushed the Manila index up to a 25-month high on the back of Wall Street's rally and local corporate optimism. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index gained 10.08 points to finish at 1,231.24, the highest since November 1989. But gains were pared by profit-tak-ing, triggered by
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      • 463 28 TAIWAN shares ended higher across the board on expectations of an interest rate cut as early as this week. Brokers predicted more gains in coming days. The weighted index gained 79.20 points to close at 4,692.17 compared with Saturday's 4,612.97 finish. Turnover rose to an active NT533.89 billion from
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      • 50 28 INDICES TURNOVER CIm Jaa 6 Pllli— NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital 1.535.86 1.504.78 3108 MANILA Composite Index Turnover (million) 1.231.24 1.260 1.221.16 1.650 1008 •390 TAIPEI Weighted Pnce Index 4.692.17 4.612.97 Turnover (NTS billion) 33.89 25.68 79.20 +8.51 SEOUL Composite Stock Index 630.10 Turnover (billion won) 440.0 649.89 229.0 -0.21 211.0
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • 1259 29 REPORTS ASIA Tokyo: The dollar was sharply lower against the mark yesterday, losing more than a pfennig in late Asian trade while short-covering pushed it above morning lows slightly against the yen but still lower than New York's Friday closes. Asian
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    • 321 29 Reuter WELLINGTON Reserve Bank of New Zealand Deputy Governor Dick Lang said the bank would be concerned if the value of the New Zealand dollar fell further. "The bank continues to watch monetary conditions closely," Mr Lang said in a
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    • 370 29 Reuter MOSCOW Ukraine will be ready to ditch the rouble next month and start introducing coupons to replace the former Soviet currency, the head of the Ukrainian National Bank has said. "Even now, the quantity of coupons is equal to
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    • 1064 29 SIMEX EUKOOOLUm Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/lnt Vol Mar 92 95 92 95.94 95.92 95.94 5015 ***** 3568 Jun 92 95.83 95.85 95.83 95.84 4050 ***** 2151 Sep 92 95.63 95.65 95.62 95.65 2000 8429 1629 Dec 92 95.19 95.20 95.18 95.19 1080 2165 1486 Mar
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    • 382 29 Cross rates Jan USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.6300 2.7210 1.5400 124.20 0.5388 1.3685 1.3158 1.8315 SS 0.6135 1.6693 0.9448 76.1963 0.3305 0.83% 0.8072 1.1236 MS 0.3675 0.60 0.5660 45.6450 0.1980 0.5029 0.4836 0.6731 Dm 0.6494 1.0584 1.7669 80.65 0.3499 0.8886 0.8544 1.1893
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    • 535 29 Interbank rates SS Bid Offer Overnight 2 1/2 2 3/4 1-month 2 11/16 2 13/16 2-month 2 3/4 2 7/8 3-month 2 3/4 2 7/8 Overnight mode: 3 ISS Bid Offer 7 days 4 5/16 4 7/16 1 month 4 3/16 4 5/16 2 months 4 1/8 4
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 436 30 Reuter JOHANNESBURG Demand for platinum is expected to increase marginally in 1992, but actual offtake will depend largely on when the US economy recovers from recession, said a top official with South Africa's Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Co Ltd, Peter van Zahn. "The extent
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    • 263 30 Reuter WASHINGTON The breakup of the Soviet Union is putting downward pressure on world sugar prices and may prompt Cuba to put more sugar on the free market, said a London-based economist. The former Soviet Union was the world's largest sugar importer.
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    • 794 30 REPORTS THE Malaysian crude palm oil market reversed its recent trend yesterday to close higher on light covering that reflected gains on the futures market, dealers said. They said sentiment was aided by talk that India had bought palm olein and by a private
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  • 1380 30 Rubber jan6 talw) S cents/kg Noon Close Int 1 RSS Prompt I28.75/129.75N 128.50/I29.50N Int I RSS Feb 92 I29.2V129.75 129.00/129.50 Int 1 RSS Mar I29.7V130.25 129.MV130.00 Int 2 RSS OP 127.00/128.00N I2700/I28.00N Int 3 RSS OP 124.00/12 SOON I2400/I25.00N Int 4 RSS OP 122.50/123 50N 122.50/123.50N Int 5 RSS
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    • 1276 30 BUSINESS TIMES Toll free Tel No 737 0043 'Fax No: 734 3698 HTP HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) LOST CERTIFICATES The undermentioned certificates have been reported lost or destroyed Heme Certificate No. No. of Shares CamphiM Limited *****5 1 1000 CamphiN Limited *****6 *****7 2x 1000 Camphill Limited *****3 1
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  • THE TRAVEL PAGE
    • 1211 31 City FBjjM ETA Flight ETO WwJfcaW GA893 1225 GA892 0110 Adelaide SQ228 1910 QF82 2115 Amman RJ183 0030 RJ 183 0100 Amsterdam GA893 1225 GA892 0110 KL837 1340 SQ24 0115 SQ23 1815 KL838 2305 Auckland NZ35 1530 SQ388 2045 NZ36 2305 Bandar Sen BI421 1105 SQ182
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    • 607 31  -  LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO By Katherine Bishop THE motorcycle rider dressed in black leather or faded denim expertly guiding his monster Harley along endless miles of open road, hair blowing in the wind, teeth gritted against the elements, has been a symbol of personal freedom
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    • 150 31 As at 3pm yesterday; Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.2313 1.2485 Canadian dollar 1.40S7 1.4342 NZ dollar 0.8787 0.9145 Sterling pound 3.0368 3.0476 US dollar 1.6220 1.6310 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.87 15.17
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    • 67 31 Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Jan 12-19 Do-it-yourself Utrecht. Koninklijke *****55.911 Jan 14-18 International Valencia. Fena Muestra- ********** 1992 Trade Show Netherlands Nederlandse 1992 Fair of Home Spain rio InternacioJaarneurs Textiles nal De Valencia Jan 14-17 Aerospace NEC. Centre 021-*****18 Decoration 1992
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    • 7 31 Advertising Marketing in Business Times on Thursday
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    • 73 31 Eggsacting Feat Standing on eggs was good business the team recently Even Chow Yun Fatt and the hefty Lydia Sum have done Now, SBC star Li Haijie going to do it for the Lunar New Year show. BUT our writer beats And not an egg j^H broken. jlrT >+t<a fW
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 338 31 1 Polishes up the East Kent regiment j^H 4 Depressed, the great tsar is s—^^^ seen waving from a de- I I I I I I I I I I 1 J parting ship (4,5) M AM Mjf MM 8 Gnarled roots and trunk HB— 9 Where to get the
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    • 154 31 Singapore Outlook: Showers over a few areas in the afternoon. Report: Maximum temperature 31.5 Assoc humidity 68% Minimum temperature 24.5 Assoc humidity 93% Hours of sunshine 7.20 Rainfall in mm Nil Rainfall this month 2.1 Rainy days this month 1 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 22/16 Fair Bangkok 33/18
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    • 32 31 HC'S His mo»L ©.v.««* tTANMUIOCO iTO l»M IS (nR- 6RISTOW RefM-L-v) KN| fe., W GOING ON p\ UJINTCJi. Cf?D&R£D fO!XOU)€C\ /'S? cj>&l.VaJ£^S (f eD£LU«.SS V) Teu-Ui-TH M.m j If 111 I Bgg
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  • 570 32 Reaction to US naval proposal Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will not oppose an American plan to move its naval logistics command from the Philippines to Singapore, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad was quoted as saying yesterday. And in Jakarta, the Indonesian
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  • 246 32  -  By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE The US proposal to relocate its naval logistics command from Subic to Singapore was essentially to beef up the existing logistics presence in Singapore, said a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesman yesterday. The spokesman said MFA yesterday briefed Asean
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  • 585 32  -  Kitingan trial From Leslie Lopez in KOTA KINABALU THE corruption trial of Sabah's Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin Kitingan. got off to a rocky start yesterday when his lawyer demanded that the judge order the prosecution to provide the defence with
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  • 600 32 Bush and Roh fail to make progress on market opening AFP SEOUL US President George Bush and his South Korean counterpart, Roh Tae Woo, agreed yesterday to prod the North on nuclear inspections but failed to reach agreement on
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  • 247 32 Agencies TBILISI, Georgia Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia was under arrest here yesterday after briefly trying to flee from armed opposition forces who took over in Tbilisi. A leader of the opposition Military Council said Mr Gamsakhurdia had been intercepted in Kazakh, on the
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  • 849 32  -  The Bottom Line KENNETH JAMES KENNETH JAMES The writer is BT's Economics Correspondent WHEN US President George Bush praised Asean in his Singapore Lecture on Saturday, he also provided the best reason why his country should reverse its position on the
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  • Shipping Times
    • 317 33  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Hongkongbased IMC Holdings, which has a secondary listing in Singapore, has ordered a new Handymax bulk carrier at a cost of HKS2OI million (Ss42 million) from Sumitomo Corporation of Japan. This is the latest in a series of new ship orders
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    • 202 33 Reuter ANCHORAGE, Alaska Tankers loading oil from the trans-Alaska pipeline have been dumping dangerous wastes into the pipeline's water treatment plant at Valdez, the Environmental Protection Agency said. An EPA investigation revealed that ballast water sent to Alyeska Pipeline Service Co's Valdez terminal often contained
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    • 230 33 AP BALTIMORE The US Coast Guard on Sunday searched for five cargo containers loaded with arsenic that were lost at sea between New York City and Baltimore during the weekend's violent coastal storm. Where and when the containers slid overboard were not known,
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    • 259 33 UPI Washington A telephone survey shows the cost of air travel has replaced safety as the number one concern for travellers, the American Automobile Association said on Sunday in another signal of public worries about the economy. The AAA "hassle index," which
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    • 368 33 Breaking even goal of airlines, hotels this year NYT NEW YORK For a student, a grade of 65 per cent is nothing to write home about. But for the airline and hotel industries, filling 65 per cent of the seats or rooms is the difference between profit and loss. For
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    • 338 33  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Shipbuilder Singmarine Dockyard Engineering, a member of the Keppel Corp conglomerate, has clinched another $17 million contract from Thai Oil Company to build a liquified petroleum gas (LPG) carrier. Commenting on the contract. Loh Wing Siew, chairman of Singmarine
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      • 45 33 THE RECESSION, particularly in the US but also in Canada, some European countries and Australia and New Zealand, has affected shipping much more than the Gulf crisis. Fred Winkler takes a look at how the industry fared in 1991 Back Page
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      • 69 33 WHEN President George Bush and the chairmen of General Motors. Ford and Chrysler arrive today to cite the dismal sales of American cars in Japan as a symbol of what is wrong with Japan, they may meet a rude surprise: Tokyo
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      • 107 34 Jakarta Indonesia's national airline Garuda is buying 30 more wide-bodied aircraft to expand its overseas service, a company official said. The company planned to buy four new MD-11 aircraft, scheduled to arrive in the country later this year, followed by 10 Airbus A-300-600s and 16
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      • 71 34 TAIPEI Two of the four engines of a China Airlines Boeing 747-200 cargo plane malfunctioned before the plane crashed in Taiwan last week, killing all five crew, Taiwanese officials said on Sunday. "The cockpit voice recorder revealed two engines, and not just one as
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      • 55 34 LONDON The St Vincent and the Grenadines registered freighter Mars, 14,854 dwt, is being surveyed afloat in Singapore, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Service said. The vessel, originally bound for Singapore, the Philippines and Japan from Constantza, arrived at Singapore on Dec 4 and was subsequently discovered
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      • 26 34 LONDON The 27,049 dwt Cypriot bulker Fen was taken under tow to Rotterdam after engine failure, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Service said.
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      • 127 34 WASHINGTON A Brazilian airliner en route from Brasilia to Washington hit severe turbulence just north of Puerto Rico on Saturday morning and 13 people were slightly injured, airline and government officials said. The Transßrasil Airlines Boeing 767 was carrying 110 passengers and 14 crew members when it
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      • 67 34 BANGKOK At least 197 people perished and 345 boats were damaged or destroyed as windstorms lashed coastal areas of central and northern Vietnam late last month, official news reports said. The Vietnam News Agency on Saturday said windstorms which hit the central province of Quang
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    • 495 34 DRY CARGO chartering on Friday was featureless as the New Year holiday continued, brokers said. The Baltic Freight Index slipped a further two points to 1,489, reflecting charterers' demands for lower rates, they said. A time-charter deal involving a late-January large handysize vessel on a trip from South
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    • 1294 34  -  It was the recession rather than the Gulf crisis which had a greater impact on shipping last year. Fred Winkler takes a look at how the industry fared in 1991 Fred Winkler International Transport Journal THE beginning of the year was overshadowed by the Gulf crisis,
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    • 1536 47 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84 Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7821 Fax: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Tel: 545-803j7Fax: *****05. Aeras peed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express International Tel: 542-7666. Fax: *****74, *****50 Air
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    • 3263 48 ARGENTINA Labour working normally. Buenos Aires: Port busy; no congestion except for vessels requiring deep draft berths; approximately 24 hours awaiting berth for these vessels. The new gantry crane on the north side of Basin D has been completed and is expected to start operating next week. In
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    • 557 48 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Flight Type ETA T From Op Flight Type ETD T To TODAY TODAY NCA KZ203 B747F 0145 I NRT SIA SQ802 B747F 0230 2 SYD/AKL KAL KE697 B747F 0150 I SEL NCA KZ204 B747F 0335 I BKK/NRT JAL JL617 B747F 0345 I TYO KAL
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    • 927 48 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES VESSELS ON OFFER Bulk Carriers Arisan: 135,748 dwt and built Sept 1974 Kawasaki Kobe, best offers invited. Mercedes Envoy: 75,450 dwt and built Nov 1976 Cockerill. on olTer for USSI3 million. Nusmas: 71,694 dwt and built Oct 1970 Nippon Kokan, on offer in excess of US$6.5
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    • 681 48 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Att rVp Name of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of Calis Port Agent MN 07 07 Shangri-La World 1000 1800 Sin-Jakarta Sembawang Johnson 07 07 Orient Sun 1000 1800 Sin-Jakarta Sembawang Johnson 08 08 Royal Pacific 1100 1930 Sin-Jakarta Ocean Trade Chartering 09 09 Orient Sun
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      • 209 49 lOfiOfc ron Berth 1: Kerry Express; 2: Myo Maywa: 3: Kota Indah: 4: Sea Concert; 5: Tnslar No 1; 6; ml. 01 jetty: Crystalventure L. DCJ: Seraya. Dim on Jan 6: Pathum Navee, Bunga Setawar, Singapore Bridge. Barge Josindo Satu. Out on Jan 7: Magic Lady. Bum
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      • 1101 49 DECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booknc/Babnce Rsits Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACX Jade S6A 06/1500 1 06/1500 06/1659 06/1900 2 06/1700 07/0659 07/0900 4 07/1200 07/1459 07/1700 Ad Goncharov ***** 07/1715 1 06/1500 06/1659 06/1900 Agostm Neto 22-91W 08/0900 1
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    • 159 50 Reuter LONDON British Aerospace pic said it expects further sales to Saudi Arabia above current commitments agreed through the multi-billion pound A 1 Yamamah defence project. "We are very hopeful of securing additional business in the near term," said a BAe spokesman. He
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    • 561 50 NYT TOKYO When US President George Bush and the chairmen of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler arrive today to cite the dismal sales of American cars in Japan as a symbol of what is wrong with Japan, they may
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    • 388 50 Reuter DETROIT More than 750 cars and trucks will be on display this week at the North American auto show but consumers may still have a little trouble finding a model they can afford. Topping the most expensive list at the show, which opened
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    • 257 50 Reuter GRIMSBY, England A British medical team took blood samples from the six-man crew of a Dutch ship on Saturday after fears that they might have been poisoned by a toxic gas cloud drifting over the North Sea. A helicopter flew a
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    • 1942 37 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD mL 15 Hoe Chiang Road #09-01 Sanford Building Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fa/: *****17 ACCtPTS 0« SAIS SPORE B'KOK t tb«it« yfl.c u. t M KGASUS PROGRESS V699S 07 01 lAN 11-12 JAN RAJAH BfHIOKE !o» 1 I****" V.166N 10-11 JAN 13-14 lAN 10-11 Jan 12
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    • 1849 39 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) NEPTUNELINK TEL *****00 (TOLL-FREE) UK/ EUROPE BERVICE *****19 UBA BERVTCE *****18 AU9T/INDWPAK SERVICE *****18 FAR EAST SERVICE *****48 TERMINAL OFFICE *****22 DOCUMENTATION DEPT *****44/*****14 CFS: MB2 ,MPORT *****360/*****06 CFS: MB2 EXPORT *****53/*****50 nepline son bhd Malaysia ffffi TW^M&^ESu" 8 3831TO
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    • 1567 40 K" "W AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD ICR No: **********0 M) W W TEL *****77 TELEX: KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****07/JV9 B4 MALAYSIA: "K" UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD 1 ,JL m. AJ All la/ TEL SA *****00 PK *****01/5 PENANG *****0 JB *****1 mmmm KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD INDONESIA: P.T.
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