The Business Times, 29 May 1992

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  • 16 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Friday, May 29, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 60 1 WASHINGTON The number of new claims for jobless benefits fell 4,000 in the week to May 16 to 403,000, the lowest in seven months, the Labour Department said yesterday. The fall came despite 1,400 new claims in California in
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    • 70 1 TAIPEI Taiwan's central bank will lend US$245 million (***** million) of its foreign exchange reserves to finance two petrochemical plants built by the island's Formosa Plastics Corp in Texas. A central bank spokesman said the funds were the first allocated by the central bank from
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    • 35 1 TAIWAN'S frustration over stalled negotiations with Malaysia on an investment guarantee agreement could have prompted controversial remarks by a senior Taiwanese official warning his country's businessmen against investing in Malaysia Page 2
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    • 32 1 MARKETING of the Batamindo golf and country club in Batam is set to go full swing in August, when the Japanese economy is expected to stage a recovery Page 3
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    • 34 1 SOUTH KOREA'S economic growth slowed during the first three months of this year after years of overheating that caused high inflation and large deficits, the central bank said yesterday Page 9
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    • 36 1 AMID rising job losses in the electronics industry, Washington will scrutinise Japan's record in opening its markets to foreign semiconductor sales, US Trade Representative Carla Hills said on Wednesday. Page 10
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    • 19 1 AUSTRALIA and Hongkong have started forging closer economic links, to their growing mutual benefit Page 13
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    • 37 1 MEMBERS of the Straits-New Zealand conference are reviewing a plan to increase freight rates following the unexpected entry of NZ-Orient Lines into the South-east Asia-New Zealand trade route last month. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • 32 1 WALL STREET stocks moved upward yesterday, getting support from lower interest rates. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 8.03 points to 3.378.47 in the first hour of trading.
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    • 28 1 LONDON share prices were lower yesterday morning. With 284 million shares traded at 1120 GMT, the broad-based FTSE 100-share index was down 5.4 points at 2,693.2.
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    • 36 1 SG WARBURG, the United Kingdom financial services group behind the international placements of shares for Singapore Airlines and Sembawang Shipyard, is eyeing a seat on the Stock Exchange of Singapore Pag* 4
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    • 44 1 DBS BANK and its Thai partner Thai Danu Bank are angling for a slice of the financing needed if front-runner Loxley group of Thailand wins the megabuck contract to install one million telephone lines in the country's provinces P*g® 6
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    • 32 1 THE South Korean government has announced a set of special measures aimed at propping up the slumping stock market and saving three investment trusts, officials said Page 8
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    • Article, Illustration
      29 1 Thursday Change BT-MGA 731.65 +10.18 Kuala Lumpur 600.17 8.97 Tokyo 17.931.25 +108.69 Hongkong 5,988.13 -94.57 Sydney 1,676.5 +10.6 Wednesday Change New York 3,370.44 +6.23 London 2,698.6 -6.0
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    • 30 1 London Gold AM fix US$337.20 USS-1.25 Exchange rates USS SS 1.6375 100 Yen SS 1.2596 V« SS 0.6480 Money market rates Overnight 2 13/16% +3/16 3-month 3 1/8 +1/8
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  • 463 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S state-con-trolled power company, Tenaga Nasional Bhd, made an electrifying debut on the local bourse yesterday to emerge as the country's secondlargest company in terms of market capitalisation. But financial analysts said the power surge which sent Tenaga's
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  • 591 1  -  USs2som project includes industrial, residential estates By Genevieve Cua, Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Listed Chemical Industries Far East Ltd (Cifel) has teamed up with a homegrown shipyard operator and an Indonesian pirty to develop a US$25O million (Ss4os million) minicity in the
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  • 430 1  -  Carrier also announces 43pc profit drop to M$ 113 m By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Despite a poor set of full-year results for 1991/92 which shocked the market, fast expanding Malaysian Airline System Berhad (MAS) is raising M 51.75 billion (551.14 billion)
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  • 420 1 Reuter, AFP BANGKOK Thailand remained in the grip ot political uncertainty yesterday as i pro-democracy activists warned of more demonstrations while disgraced generals sent out signals to their opponents to back off. The Democracy Confederation. which organised last week's protests,
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  • 121 1 SINGAPORE Boosted by a flow of funds from the Hongkong market, Singapore's Straits Times Industrials Index surged 21.61 points yesterday to close at 1,528.15. The rally into its third day yesterday was initially triggered by rumours of interest rate cuts on Tuesday. In
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
    • 526 2  -  By Walton Morais SINGAPORE Taiwan's frustration over stalled negotiations with Malaysia on an investment guarantee agreement could have prompted controversial remarks by a senior Taiwanese olticial warning his country's businessmen against investing in Malaysia, sources say. Taipei government sources told BT yesterday
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    • 451 2 Reuter NEW DELHI India has begun a crackdown on banks implicated in a stocks and securities scandal, closing down one bank and replacing the board of directors of another, Indian press reports said yesterday. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the central bank,
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    • 448 2  -  Sign of confidence but any failure could balloon From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG THE massive HKS3.B billion (SSBOB million) purchase of prime Hongkong real estate by China earlier this week is seen by businesses here as a mixed blessing. Businessmen say Tuesday's purchase
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    • 448 2  -  Aftermath of Thai military crackdown By Sangeeta Mulchand SINGAPORE Trouble in Thai capital Bangkok may be over but the wounds inflicted on the tourism industry are going to take some time to heal, travel agents say. Bookings from Singapore tourists going to Thailand
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    • 666 2  -  By Yang Razali Kassim SINGAPORE Despite the political truce in Thailand, regional analysts say it will be some time before the country achieves anything close to stability. Among the reasons cited for this tenuous state are the choice of yet another
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    • 251 2  -  By Salil Tripathi SINGAPORE The premium on a foreign exchange instrument created for foreign investors is fast running out and the time to invest is now, a South African official says. Visiting Johannesburg city councillor Collin Wright said the gap between the financial rand
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    • 436 3  -  Marketing timed to coincide with expected Japanese upturn By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Marketing of the $120 million Batamindo golf and country club in Batam aimed mainly at Japanese members is set to go full swing in August, when the Japanese economy is
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    • 368 3  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Japanese electrical giant Matsushita will continue to invest in South-east Asia, despite the 50 per cent drop in its worldwide profit last year. The senior managing director of Japan-based Matsushita Electric Works (MEW), Yukinobu Nishida, said
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    • 380 3 SINGAPORE The Urban Redevelopment Authority will release more land this year for heavy vehicle parking. In a statement yesterday, it said demand was strong, judging by the number of bids it received to develop two heavy vehicle parks along Old Toh Tuck Road.
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    • 236 3  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE An underground road network planned for the city area will now cost $3.8 billion, more than double the original estimate of $1.5 billion. Lim Hng Kiang, Minister of State for National Development, yesterday said the Public Works Department (PWD) has
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    • 372 3  -  By Dexter Lee, Rajendra Bajpai SINGAPORE Telecommunications Pte Ltd (Singapore Telecom) is eyeing a licence to provide paging service in India, barely a month after it sought to operate a mobile telephone network in that country. India's regulator of public telephone networks, the
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    • 405 3  -  By Colin Tan SINGAPORE The first slice of the $400 million pie set aside for the demonstration phase of the Housing and Development Board (HDB) upgrading programme is expected to be up for grabs at the end of July. An
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    • 355 3  -  By Kenneth James SINGAPORE Businesses opposed to the removal of protective tariffs under the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) initiative will soon find the region's premier grouping of business representatives ready to fight fire with fact. And the wall of facts
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 47 4 SINGAPORE Cycle Carriage Ltd purchased an additional 300,000 Malayan Credit shares at $2.22 each on Wednesday. The company and its concert party. Hotel Properties Ltd, now hold a combined stake of 161.59 million shares or 50.25 per cent in Malayan Credit.
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      • 62 4 SINGAPORE Wing Tai Holdings Ltd said it will use the net proceeds of $29.62 million from its private placement to reduce bank borrowings and to subscribe for the proposed rights issue of DNP Holdings Berhad. When completed, the placement of 17.6 million new shares
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      • 81 4 KUALA LUMPUR Setron Malaysia Bhd has reported a group pre-tax loss of M 516.17 million (5510.3 million) for the vear ended Dec 31, 1991, compared to a profit of M 54.23 million previously. Group turnover, however, increased to M 5201.66 million from M$ 184.52 million,
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      • 68 4 KUALA LUMPUR Cement Industries of Malaysia Berhad reported a 31 per cent rise in group pre-tax profit to M$ 14.97 million (559.5 million) for the three months ended March 31, 1992, against M 511.44 million in the same period last year. Group turnover declined 5 per
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      • 69 4 KUALA LUMPUR Southern Bank Bhd sees a moderate profit growth in the current year from narrowed margins as pressure mounts on expenses in view of the increasing competition and a deregulated environment. Its chairman Tan Sri Osman Cassim said in the company's latest annual report
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    • 526 4  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Malaysian Airline System Berhad (MAS) yesterday shocked analysts and investors when its group net earnings plunged 43 per cent to M$ 112.9 million (5573.16 million) for the year ended March 31. This works out to earnings of
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    • 145 4 Bernama PENANG The Malaysian government is expected to approve Malaysia Airlines' (MAS) application for an increase in domestic fares in a few months' time. Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said yesterday. Agreement for a raise had been reached, only the percentage
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    • 468 4  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG SG WARBURG, the United Kingdom financial services group behind the international placements of shares for Singapore Airlines and Sembawang Shipyard, is eyeing a seat on the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES). Colin Bucan, managing director of SG Warburg
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    • 278 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Asiatic Development Berhad will spend Ms4s million (5529.16 million) to finance its plantation, expansion as well as manufacturing projects this year, said its joint chief executive Baharuddin Musa yesterday. He said: "About MslB million will be used for the company's plantation
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    • 269 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Wall and floor tiles manufacturer Kim Hin Industry Berhad is projecting a group pretax profit of M 530.43 million (5519.7 million) for calendar 1992 from M 523.70 million (S$ 15.3 million) a year earlier. Its gross earnings per share
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    • 359 4  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR TENAGA Nasional Bhd's surprisingly strong debut on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday has sparked speculation that strong buying interest was prompted by brokers caught in ofT-market transactions gone awry. Market sources said most of
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    • 503 4 SINGAPORE 1992 is likely to go down in Chemical Industries (Far East) Ltd's history as a benchmark year. The low-profile but very profitable group with a cash pile of almost $50 million is making potentially highyielding investments in Thailand and China in
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    • 496 4  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE SIA now seems to stand for "Secret Information for Analysts". Or so it seemed to journalists who went to a briefing by the national carrier at the Dynasty Hotel on Tuesday. They
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 68 6 TOKYO C Itoh and Co Ltd's net profit plunged 62 per cent to 12.14 billion yen (S$ 152.6 million) for the year to March 1992 from 31.54 billion yen. It cited poor operations in its financial subsidiaries and overseas units for the lower
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      • 89 6 TOKYO Japan's top polyester maker Teijin Ltd and leading acrylic producer Mitsubishi Rayon Co Ltd announced on Wednesday steep falls in group earnings for the year to March and forecast further declines this year. Teijin said its consolidated pre-tax profit plunged 19.6 per cent from a
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      • 63 6 TOKYO Japan's biggest drugmaker Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd said on Wednesday its pre-tax profit fell 3.1 per cent from a year earlier to 71.3 billion yen (*****.45 million) in the year to March. The company said sales grew 1.8 per cent to 561 billion yen although
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      • 73 6 NANSHA, China Hongkong's Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd has signed a letter of intent to redevelop the Nanfang Department Store in China's southern city of Guangzhou. "Our vision is to build a landmark" in the city, said Sun Hung Kai vice-chairman and managing director
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      • 56 6 NANSHA, China Hongkong's stock exchange chairman Charles Lee said on Wednesday he will discuss the possibility of listing Chinese "B" shares for foreigners on the local market during a visit to Beijing in June. But the high price/earnings ratio of some shares could present
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      • 77 6 WELLINGTON Fletcher Challenge Ltd is close to another NZ$lOO million in asset sales which will bring up its target of raising NZ$75O million through divestment by June 30, an FCL spokesman said. However, the company will not achieve its goal of a 50/50 debt-equity
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    • 454 6  -  By Loh Hui Yin SINGAPORE DBS Bank and its Thai partner Thai Danu Bank are angling for a slice of the financing needed if front-runner Loxley group of Thailand wins the megabuck contract to install one million telephone lines in the country's
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    • 261 6 Reuter NANSHA, China Hongkong's Hopewell Holdings Ltd said the signing of a foundation eontract for its Thailand elevated rail project could be delayed for one month because of last week's bloody anti-government protests. "We were supposed to sign on Tuesday and the shooting started on
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    • 282 6 AFP TOKYO Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) announced yesterday its first pre-tax loss since the crippling jumbo jet crash of 1985, while rival AH Nippon Airways Co Ltd (ANA) said profit before tax tumbled almost 12 per cent. Japan Air System Co Ltd
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    • 283 6 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong Telecom, buoyed by booming telephone traffic with neighbouring China, yesterday announced a 12 per cent rise in annual profit to HK55.67 billion (551.19 billion). Amid media speculation that the company will lose its domestic monopoly, chief executive Michael
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    • 433 6 Financial Times BEIJING The Chinese, who have embraced share trading with wild enthusiasm, are having to get used to the concept of prices going down as well as up. Prices on Shanghai's stock exchange have dropped 19 per cent in the past two
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    • 404 6 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong analysts yesterday welcomed a second bid by billionaire Li Ka-shing to buy out Cavendish International (Holdings) as a sound move and predicted that the move would find favour with minority shareholders. They also forecast that the
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    • 233 6 AFP TOKYO Japanese electrical machinery giant Hitachi Ltd said yesterday that its consolidated pre-tax profit plunged 33.3 per cent from a year earlier to 375 billion yen (554.6 billion) in the year to March. The company, Japan's biggest manufacturer of electrical machinery,
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    • 499 7 FT LONDON The managements of British companies would have to defer more decisions to non-executive directors and give more information to shareholders, under proposals unveiled on Wednesday, after a far-reach-ing review of corporate governance. The committee on financial aspects of corporate governance
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    • 500 7 The collapse of Olympia York Reuter LONDON The British government's ambitions to rejuvenate London in a grandiose partnership with private enterprise were dealt a severe blow yesterday when its star project foundered. Canary Wharf, centrepiece of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret
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    • 348 7 FT MILAN Negotiations are underway for the sale of Del Monte Foods, the United States tinned foods group formerly part of RJR Nabisco, to Cragnotti and Partners Capital Investment (CANDP), the Italian financial concern trying to create an international foods operation. Some industry
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    • 381 7 Reuter SEATTLE Nintendo Co Ltd's North America unit on Wednesday projected it will control 82 per cent of the nation's estimated US$5.4 billion (SSB.B billion) video game market this year, as it steps up aggressive marketing of its newest product line. Nintendo
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 90 8 JAKARTA Bank Indonesia, the central bank, said it was optimistic that Bank Summa, a major private bank linked to PT Astra International, could solve its troubles. "The bank is facing difficulties but within a short time these will certainly be solved," the official news
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      • 74 8 JAKARTA Lippo Pacific Finance plans to diversify into financial services, insurance, property development, information technology and manufacturing. The company will seek approval of the plan during its coming extraordinary genera shareholders' meeting, scheduled for June 26. Lippo Pacific s president, Charles de Queljoe, announced the plan
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      • 73 8 KUALA LUMPUR Pacific Bank Bhd, which is spreading its wings into Sabah and Sarawak, will be spending more than ~Msl million (*****,000) to open two new branches and install 10 new automated teller machines this year. The new branches one each at Shah Alam, Selangor, and Kuching,
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      • 61 8 SYDNEY Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd said its outlook was gradually improving and its profits would be boosted when conditions improve. ANZ earlier announced a 63 per cent rise in net profit after abnormals to ASI7LO million (SS2I2 million) in the six months to March
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      • 56 8 FRANKFURT Commerzbank reported on Wednesday that consolidated operating profits for the first four months of the year were up by 17.1 per cent from the figure for the same period of last year. Partial operating profits, excluding operations for clients, rose by 9.3 per cent to
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      • 43 8 HONGKONG Macau's government has rejected a joint Taiwanese and Portuguese offer to buy the liquidated local branch of the disgraced Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), the Portuguese news agency Lusa quoted officials as saying on Wednesday.
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    • 215 8 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday approved the establishment of 11 new broking firms to attract institutional funds to local securities markets, a commission official said. The liberalisation move was part of Taipei's efforts to scale up institutional investment in
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    • 387 8 Measure will help to prop up slumping stock market and save firms AP SEOUL The government on Wednesday announced a set of special measures aimed at propping up the slumping stock market and saving three investment trusts, officials said. Investors
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    • 347 8 Reuter TOKYO A Japanese parliamentary panel has approved a Bill to create a securities watchdog, paving the way for a July start to more Western-style monitoring and crackdowns on wrongdoing. Ministry of Finance (MOF) policy-makers yesterday ensured the watchdog's potential power
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    • 630 8 Reuter TOKYO Japan's top commercial banks yesterday announced cautious earnings outlooks for the year to next March 31 after nine of the 11 big banks posted declines in net profits ranging from 1.1 per cent to 74.7 per cent in 1991/92. The 11 top banks
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    • 171 8 AP NEW YORK Warren E Buffett, the multi-billion-aire investor who led Salomon Brothers Inc out of its Treasury bond scandal, stepped down on Wednesday as head of the brokerage firm's daily operations. Mr Buffett remains interim chairman and chief executive of
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    • 433 8  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE Merrill Lynch is packing more punch into its private banking business in Singapore and the region. The US investment firm yesterday announced that it would be seeking approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to merge
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    • 392 8  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE The AsiaPacific region was the star performer for Mastercard International in 1991, with many countries registering triple-digit growth. At the company's annual meeting yesterday, president Pete Hart said: "TTie AsiaPacific region grew to 21.2 per cent of total world accounts
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    • 228 8 SINGAPORE Visa International will use Singapore as its marketing base for the Asia-Pacific region, thus relocating part of its Tokyo marketing operations here. "Singapore's business infrastructure and transportation links are the principal attractions for an international business like Visa's," said Steve Norris,
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  • THE REGION
    • 416 9 Analysts say slowdown can keep lid on overheating economy AP J J SEOUL South Korea's economic growth slowed during the first three months of this year after years of overheating that caused high inflation and large deficits, the central bank said yesterday.
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    • 480 9 Reuter PERTH Small oil explorers face tough times in Australia as the industry struggles to replenish dwindling reserves amid rising environmental hurdles and tougher financial markets, analysts and industry leaders say. "It's getting a bit desperate for the smaller oil companies. We
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    • 456 9 AFP HONGKONG Anyone who flies into Hongkong's Kai Tak Airport on a clear day is struck by the grandeur of Victoria Harbour and the thousands of skyscrapers towering over it. Most visitors are unaware, however, that some two million tonnes
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    • NOTE BOOK
      • 68 9 MANILA The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved small-scale technical assistance grants for Bangladesh, China, Malaysia and Nepal. China is to receive US$lOO,OOO (S$ 163,000) to prepare for the Hcfei-Jiujiang railway project which will improve the efficiency of the national transportation system. Malaysia
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      • 66 9 TOKYO Japan will seek fewer restrictions on exports to Vietnam and Mongolia during next month's meeting of the Coordination Committee for the Multilateral Control ot Exports (Cocom), officials said on Wednesday. But one of the officials said that during the annual meeting ot the
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      • 67 9 TOKYO Japan will pledge US$5O million (5581.5 million) in yen-denominated low-interest loans to Mongolia when it hosts a conference here this week on aid to Ulan Bator, a report said on Wednesday. Apart from official loans, Japan will share about one-fourth of US$75 million
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      • 46 9 PARIS The main Mvanmar opposition leaders have appealed to United Nations Secretary-General Houtros Bou-tros-Ghali and other world leaders tor help in ending repression by the Yangon military junta and gaining the release of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.
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    • 261 9 AFP HANOI The amount of foreign investment approved since Vietnam promulgated an investment code four years ago has surpassed US$3 billion (554.9 billion), the Quan Doi Nhan Dan newspaper said yesterday. It said that in the first four months of this year alone,
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    • 228 9 Reuter WASHINGTON Vietnam pushed for rapid normalisation of ties with the United States in a high-level meeting but Washington is adhering to its step-by-step approach, the US State Department said on Wednesday. The exchange came during a meeting on Tuesday between Undersecretary of
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    • 261 9 AP SYDNEY A developer has announced plans for an Australian industrial complex to be established as part of a Asl4s million (S$ 178 million) hotel-and-resort project in Vietnam. The resort complex will be built on seven hectares at Vung Tau, about
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
      • 82 10 ROME Oscar Luigi Scalfaro was sworn in as Italy's ninth president yesterday and immediately faced the task ol appointing a new government to tackle Italy s daunting economic and political problems. Mr Scaltaro, a 73-year-old Christian Democrat, swore loyalty to the Italian Constitution before a
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      • 91 10 PARIS France reported a record trade surplus on Wednesday in what government ministers and private economists alike said was further evidence of brightening economic fortunes. The surplus, adjusted for seasonal swings, leaped to 7.7 billion francs (552.31 billion) in April from 1.06 billion francs in March.
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      • 88 10 BRUSSELS The European Commission on Wednesday approved proposals for the phased introduction of a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, a communique issued by the Commission said. The tax will be set at US$3 (554.89) per barrel of oil equivalent, with a progressive raise of US$l
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      • 72 10 PRAGUE Czechoslovakia and Britain on Wednesday adopted a joint declaration pressing for closer ties between the European Community and the fledgling democracies in central and eastern Europe, CSTK news agency said. Relations were notably to be developped in the economic and political areas, according to
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      • 59 10 TOKYO Japan is studying the possibility of introducing sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro after the European Community decided to impose trade sanctions, a foreign ministry official said yesterday. "We are studying what specific measures we can take," the official said, adding that measures taken by other countries
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      • 76 10 HONGKONG China's prosperous Guangdong province announced on Wednesday a series of reforms to lure Chinese students who have studied abroad, the official Xinhua news agency said. Top among the new freedoms enumerated by Xinhua was the ability to travel abroad, a dream for many Chinese. Returned students
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    • 338 10 Reuter WASHINGTON Amid rising job losses in the electronics industry, Washington will scrutinise Japan's record in opening its markets to foreign semiconductor sales, US Trade Representative Carla Hills said on Wednesday. "We are extremely troubled by the lack of progress in improving access
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    • 241 10 Reuter NICOSIA Iran, making a pitch for foreign capital to revive its war-hit economy, has changed investment regulations to allow 100 per cent foreign ownership. "The present laws and regulations pose no restrictions or limitations on investment in Iran," Industry Minister Mohammad
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    • 388 10 FT BRUSSELS The European Commission warned on Wednesday that the Community's economy was growing more slowly than it had predicted just six months ago, revising its estimate ot this year's real growth downwards to 1.75 per cent from 2.3 per cent before. At the
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    • 414 10 Reuter LONDON Britain's economy is widely tipped to return to growth this quarter, but economists doubt whether the upturn can be both strong and sustained. "The economy is likely to register below trend growth for the next five years because
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    • 434 10 Reuter MOSCOW Russia's economic reform programme faced new criticism on Wednesday when a group of economists said the country was lurching towards hyperinflation. Komsomolskaya Pravda. once the newspaper of the Communist youth league, quoted economists from the independent EPlcentre research institute as describing Western estimates
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    • 600 10 Claim that US is leading campaign to destabilise country NYT AMMAN Iraq's economy is the target of an Americanled destabilisation campaign to pour vast amounts of counterfeit currency into the country, Arab and Western officials here say. The fake dinar notes are being smuggled across
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    • 263 10 I THE WINNING EDGE IN-DEPTH faMjfl BUSINESS fj TL TTHTT For over two decades Singapore Business has covered H W l the local and regional business scene with more depth and L iJU T t breadth from a perspective which is more relevant to local businessmen than any other publication.
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    • 318 11 SOME EXPRESS COMPANIES THINK THEIR VANS CAN FLY. l\ s <' 1." ,v '■> I" V > > 5s fe. -;i as sua*. Mifcftdfafe3«gS > ':•&>•'' -..s >■•■ t <-V, v > \'JSpy 1 J v' x ip i t F* <i -xif fw i> y; >, 4 HraKJ 5
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  • 499 12 EDITORIAL BEFORE the Singapore Parliament votes this afternoon on admitting nominated members (NMPs) for its present term, the debate will no doubt focus again on the question of whether non-elected Parliamentary nominees have a place in Singapore politics. This question was vigorously debated when the NMP
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 170 12 IT IS PERHAPS unfortunate that the issue of rising health costs in Singapore should be tied to public perceptions of how restructured hospitals are performing. Logically, the two issues are separate. Restructured or not, hospital charges will reflect rising labour costs, the use of more advanced medical equipment
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    • 156 12 AS EXPECTED, the NWC has called for moderate wage increases. This is a realistic proposal in line with the expected slower economic growth. Furthermore, the Singapore workforce must remain competitive; hence, wage increases should lag behind productivity growth. What is interesting about this year's NWC proposals is the
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    • 152 12 THE MOST IMPORTANT recommendation of the National Wages Council this year is not in reiterating that wage increases should be moderate; it is in how to make use of our human resources more efficiently and increase productivity. The council has noted two phenomena. Firstly, only 10 per
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
    • 229 12 THERE HAS long been talk about the limits of the existing government policy on the environment founded on the two pillars of the Basic Law for Environmental Pollution Control and the Nature Conservation Law, both of which were enacted at about the time the Environment
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    • 165 12 A FINAL BEQUEST from former Financial Secretary Sir Piers Jacobs was announced yesterday with the release of the three lowest monthly inflation figures since the first half of 1991. Enjoy the thrill while it lasts; most economists believe the inflation figures for April and May will
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    • 119 12 IT IS A PITY that the government's good intentions have not borne fruit, at least when it comes to voicing new ideas. Perhaps, building on experience acquired so far, it would be advisable for the authorities to allow greater leeway for election candidates to express their views
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  • 897 12  -  Simon Holberton looks at how Beijing's new, adventurous outlook on economic development is resulting in a growing desire for... Simon Holberton FT WHEN Deng Xiaoping, the 87-year old Chinese patriarch, travelled to Guangdong in January*, he was impressed with the pace of economic development. He
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    • 202 12 The Straits Times Vteekly Overseas I Edition. Acrisp summary of j happenings in Singapore. Politics, the economy, investment j opportunities,appointments... j And snippets on Malaysia and j Asean. j 1 i. A convenient tabloid delivered to you everyweek, whereever i youmaybe. Subscribe now. And be m touch. Making an issue
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 827 13  -  A new study examines the growing gap in earnings between US college and nigh school graduates. Peter Passell reports Peter Passell NYT EVERYBODY agrees that incomes were less equal by the end of the 1980s than at the beginning. There is hardly a consensus,
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    • 1240 13  -  Australia and Hongkong have started forging closer economic links, to their growing mutual benefit. Florence Chong reports Florence Chong The writer Hi s Sydney o'lrcs/wndiHt IT MAY BE a thriving financial centre and the 10th largest trading entity in the world, but Australians generally
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    • 737 13  -  In Vietnam, electricity shortages top the list of foreign companies' complaints, reports Victor Mallet Victor Mallet FT FORI ICiN companies seek- I ing to profit from Vietnam's economic reforms and its untapped potential as the next big growth market in Asia are beginning to
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  • FOCUS
    • 568 14  -  Pacific Basin Economic Council meeting Paul Gopal, reporting from Vancouver, finds out who else is trying to join Pacific club Paul Gopal, Asia-pacific nations are beginning to join forces in a way that will ensure that the region stays at the forefront of world
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    • 309 14 THE United States has set up a secretariat in Washington to implement and coordinate President George Bush's US-Asia Environmental Partnership Initiative announced in Singapore in January. Henrietta Fore, of the US International Development Agency's Asia Bureau, said the heads
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    • 488 14 Malaysia is not worried by the apparent slowdown in direct foreign investment, says Noordin Sopiee, direc-tor-general of Malaysia's Institute of Strategic Studies. Dr Noordin, while at the PEBC meeting, told BT the present pause in direct foreign investment after a deluge
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    • 170 14 THE new president of the Pacific Basin Economic Council, Koo Pyong Hwoi, aims to bring the private sectors of all Asean nations into the PBEC's fold by the time next year's general meeting is held in Seoul. Making the pledge in his
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  • SPORTS 1
    • 613 15 French Open AP PARIS Now that he and John McEnroe have completed quick and possibly final exits from the French Open, Jimmy Connors is wondering what tennis is going to do without them. After his draining five-set loss on Wednesday to fourthseeded Michael Stich, Connors,
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    • 343 15 AP PARIS Michael Chang says he's no longer just a baseline player and is ready to take the offensive in pursuit of the title he won as a 17-year-old in 1989. That may sound like bravado, but it comes from the player who
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    • SIDE LINES
      • 161 15 NEW YORK Llewellyn Starks, the world's fourth-ranked long jumper who is recovering extremely well trom a broken right leg, will not return to competition for at least another year. "I'll be laid up in a hospital for at least another
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      • 86 15 KUALA LUMPUR, The Commonwealth Games have always been held in the bigger countries, but Malaysia Sports Minister Annuar Musa feels it is someone else's turn. "So far none of the developing countries have made a strong bid. Now we are ready," Annuar said, adding that
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      • 56 15 SAN SEPOLCRO, Italy Spanish rider Miguel Indurain tightened his grip on the Tour of Italy on Wednesday, beating his rivals by more than half a minute in the day's 38-km time trial. Indurain's Banesto team-mate Armand de las Cuevas was second, 32sec slower, and another Frenchman
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      • 160 15 LONDON Muhammad Ali did his trademark shuffle around the hospital bed of brain-damaged British boxer Michael Watson on Wednesday and was rewarded with a smile. Watson, 27, suffered severe brain damage in a world title bout last September against another English super-mid-dleweight fighter, Chris Eubank, who won the
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      • 94 15 TORONTO The International Amateur Athletics Federation said on Wednesdav it will review the case of world sprint queen Katrin Krabbe, who was cleared last month of cheating in a dope test. The executive council of the IAAF meets here from today to Sunday, and top
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    • 435 16  -  By Susan Tsang SINGAPORE Come <3ct 2, Singaporeans ean look forward to another clash of tennis titans. Two of the game's most flamboyant characters, Andre Agassi and John McEnroe, will be the main attractions at the 1992 Super Tennis Challenge. < Local fans, who were anticipating
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    • 513 16 AP ONESTI. Romania The demise of communism may have undermined some Eastern European sports powers, but the town that produced Nadia Comaneci is still turning out Olympicclass gsmnasts. Diminutive young women whirl and flip on bars, beams and mats at the Oncsti Gymnastics Centre,
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    • 704 16 AP NEW YORK With the backdrop of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, Indy 500 winner A 1 Unser Jr drove a US$l million Maserati through the financial district at about 16 kph on Wednesday. The speed hardly resembled the
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    • 193 15 PERSONAL INVESTING FINANCE SUPPT.TgIUTRTJT >92 A Special Business Times Survey July 83,1998 Bank deposit rates have plunged to one of their lowest levels. Banks and finance companies in Singapore are paying peanuts for such deposits; In some cases they are not even enough to cover the rising cost of living.
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    • 183 15 SALE OF CONSERVATION SITES AT SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD AND TRAS STREET I BRIDGE ROAD (2 UNITS) sale on a 99-year lease by public tender 2 shophouses at No. 277 and No 279 at South Bridge Road and a 3-storey building at No. 32 Tras Street. These buildings are to be
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  • LIFESTYLE 1
    • 876 17  -  The slaying of Italy's top Mafia hunter was a cruel blow to the country's law enforcers, reports John Follain John Follain Reuter WHEN Sicily buried its murdered anti-Mafia crusader Giovanni Falcone, mourners hurled their anger at Italian leaders. "Assassins", "Buffoons", "Mafiosi", they shouted angrily. The insults
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    • 659 17 CHATTERBOX NEVER MIND that he is gearing up for the Tony Awards ceremony on Sunday night. Gregory Hines, the star of Jelly's Last Jam, wouldn't think of missing the Aids Walk in Central Park that morning. "It's not like I'm being
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    • 589 19 A Japanese agency is doing just that. Clients include the busy executive, with no time for Mum or Dad, and lonely elderly parents AP THE front door swings open and the 60-year-old woman rushes into the hallway to greet her visitors a young couple
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    • 124 17 m The Swire Group CATHAY PACIFIC FIRST ■SSSS^SS I CATHAY PACIFIC w> ARE PROUD TO UNV E I L CATHAY PACIFIC FIRST. THE RENAISSANCE OF fe FIRST CLASS TRAVEL. k K. fr \U \i i I (^ynRST The new Cathay Pacific: First is a contemporary interpretation of j time when
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    • 612 18 TELEVISION AHP RADIO -a -a Co*d lighten« 11.30 Mden Classics KaiJ on BUSINESS ON RADIO TVi£k 7/~\i 1n cr Qnr| pcc SmVlosomki ho »m i lie young ana recKiess *s J m, SS,ST w sj! 2 wWuSr^T 900 ,#4S fe ir es^ _Po tod ».smm• »«*Bmdh Adventures I* BekyeUtillg. Convert
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    • 276 19 AND ENTERTAIN I I Hubertus Grill Goes Austrian Again; I The ever-popular Austrian Food Promotion is on I again at Hubertus Grill... I Come savour this annual affair of glorious Austrian I specialities... I Dinner only I 7pm to 10.30 pm I i Q "in Mav IQQ9 ANA HOTEL 19-30
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    • 344 19 a ,m 'f>' l(gjC) (jg) (jjQll 9-COURSE DELICACIES BONUS ITEMS Vgff I 8 Assorted co I HETV] S sf,nw/crab ;j S Steamed chtcken 3 g w/Broccoli I Euroa 35 on A jjj Red fish w/soya jjj amen crumb g Free flow of Mm* A beer jjj Deep fned salted 3
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 972 20  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE share prices advanced for the fourth consecutive day yesterday on renewed interest from foreign funds and institutional investors. The Straits Times Industrials Index surged from the opening bell and ended the day 21.61 points higher at
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    • Article, Illustration
      69 20  -  By Chew Eng Han Comment TAN CHONG should turn up any time now, after a 60-cent correction from its peak in March. Possible bullish convergence signals are showing on the daily stochastics. As long as $1.70 holds, a rise to $1.92$1.95 is likely, otherwise the downtrend extends to
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    • 2389 20 MAIN BOARD Gr's Gr's 1992 Tel C«t Last Vol Doy Last Qrnte Di* YH Nfl High Low Code Company Traded Sale +or- 0000) Higli Low Bayer Seller Cn P/E Smil H s INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL tttt 220 ,70 1000 Acma IM <« 57 l» >" 'JJ JJ i°j 58 11?
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  • 2737 21 DBS Foreign I -UX > t 50 3.7% OCBC Foreign 1330 50 +3.9% GE Life I WO t 40 +2.1% Jurong Ship SO* 1060 1 40 3.9% SIA Foreign 40 2 1% FAN 1080 U> 2.9% Keppel Corpn 835 30 t 3.7% Robinson 705 VI
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  • 3178 22 Magnum Corp 50* 382 6 1.6% UMW 277 6 22% M Banking 530 +5 +1.0% Guinness 50* 340 1 4 +1.2% Amal Steel 50" 2(W 3 1.5% NST 324 2 0.6% Tan Chong 50* 176 +-2 +1.1% Tractors 50* 197 +2 +1.0% Berjava Ind 64+1
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    • 48 22 4 t If mi > »:x:,w CAN THIS MAN STOP THE LIONS? Pahang defender Alan Edward Davidson is the man who can thwart the Lions tomorrow, says ABDUL SHUKOR. Find out about the former Australian captain in today's New Paper. SINGAPORE vs PAHANG At Kuantan ,%uY Tomorrow finer W
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 1129 23 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR stock prices ended lower as investors focused on newly-listed Tenaga Nasional which made an impressive debut while the other utility firm, Telekom. reached a record high price yesterday. In brisk trading, the KLSE Composite Index rose 8.97 points to 600.17.
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    • 3660 23 1992 I-ast Vol Day Net Cap High Low Telcode Company Sale "OOO High Iw P/E Smil INDUSTRIALS ■>■»! AI SB 50* 174 -I 16 172 15.5 414 314 7004 ASM 50* 320 unch 194 320 316 16.8 13^5.8 650 530 7000 Acidchem 605 unch 3 605 605 -0.9 2 515
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF THAILAND
    • 1792 24 UPI, Reuter THE continuing political uncertainty and the possibility of higher interest rates pushed shares lower on the Thai stock market in light trading yesterday. The SET Index lost 10.92 points at 704.83. "We're short of positive news while the political climate is
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    • 102 24 The Jakarta stock market was closed yesterday. /J# I i lltI It could be a controversial deal between two stock market stars, a thought-provoking report by university researchers on the latest trans-European FOCUS zooms in on the news and issues of the day and looks at them in more depth
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 2514 25 Reuter TOKYO stocks closed firmer yesterday, buoyed by tutureslinked buying. But, with a lack of fresh factors and the continuing roll-call ot poor earnings announcements, most investors stayed away, brokers said. Incentive-back-ed issues remained the focus of trade. "Overall, the market is looking fragile
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
    • 2694 25 Reuter HONGKONG share prices yesterday ended sharply lower on a heavy sell-off of selected blue chip counters, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index slid 94.57 points, or 1.55 per cent, to close at 5,988.13. It hovered above 6,000 throughout the morning session until
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    • 474 26 Company Date Year Group Net Net earnings Gross ann to profit/toss (L) P«r sMare dividend (•000) (cents) Ctem Inds May 26 Mar 92 $9.848($8.714) 40 8(39 7) 15(15) lardineM May 26 Dec 91 US$270 8m ($229 8m) 32 2(29 7 210(80) JardmeS May 26 Dec 91 US$233 2m($212
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    • 177 26 Company Oat* Year Croup pre-tax Net earnings Cress ami te profit/loss (L) per share dividend (•000) (cents) Roth inds Ma, 25 Mar 92 $48.303n($66.877) 3*9(39 9) 50(65) Uniohoenu May 22 Dec 91 M$18.397($11.871) 5.4(4.2) 3(-) Rotfimans M May 14 Mar 92 M$326.578($303.607) 744(65 1) 110(85) Metroplex May 11
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    • 143 26 Company Date Half-year Mm sim to profit/loss (L) wwbmb <*•••) Ganda HWgs May 25 Mar 92 MJ2.M8($554l) Samanda Hldgs May 25 Mar 92 MJ7,006($5,558) 3( C4C Ltd May 22 Mar 92 J56.395($49.453) 5(5) St May 14 Feb 92 MJ46.248(*43.849) 5(10) Z 1 K K«.M3<$14 «3) H Msia May
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    • 1343 26 Current Ex Inks Date T*W fcf Wil tar I payment date dot* payahte the y#ar last year Aona 5% Jun 5 Jun 18 Jul 2 12 2% 10%1E I 25% Jun 3 k»b 16 Jul 23 251 1 B Raya 1% Jun 24 Jul 8 MM 3* 2%
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    • 469 26 May 27 Vfog Tai Hokfings Ltd released 17.6 m new shares, or 10% of its paid-up capital, at $1.72 apiece. May 25 Cyde ft Carriage Ltd (CCL) said it has secured approval to divest part of its stake in wholly-owned subsidiary Cycle Carriage Malaysia (CCM). CCL proposes to
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    • 385 26 Company Rights Issue Komi Franc* One-tor four (a, SI 10 per share Ex-date May 25 Books dose ton 4 Acceptance I Payment NVA Company Bonus Issue Itaal Onefor three Ex-date NYA Books dose HYA San Teh One-tor ten Ei-date ton 1 Books dose ton 5 Keppel Franc* One-tor
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    • 273 26 bitraco Ltd; 23rd AGM at the Registered Office, 456 Alexandra Road, #14-00 NOL Building, Singapore 0511, on Friday, May 29, at 10am Urited Overseas France Ltd: 25th AGM at the Board Room, 30th Storey, UOB Building, 1 Bonham Street, Raffles Place, Singapore 0104, on Friday, May 29, at
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    • 62 26 Conversion Special Trdg Scripiess Conversion deadline Period Trading Company starts (IDP) (ST) st*t» Gold Coin May 12 Jun 8 Jun 23 Keppri Finance Jun 10 Jul I Jun 19 Jul 1 Jul 2 UOL Apr 30 May 22 May 11 May 22 May 25 Keppri Corp Jun 12
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    • 288 26 In local cwt In S$ dy >t dy >t dy yr May n Index chge chge chge chge chge chge World 395.3 -0.2 -3.2 -0.8 -5.1 -1.1 -59 FAFF ...478.4 -0.7 -4.7 -1.6 -8.0 -1.9 -8.8 FuroDC ..454.3 -0.4 10.5 -1.5 5.6 -1.8 4.7 S?
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    • 619 26 Stock Traits tagMaratf Date Miliar Substantial SkarakaMar/Mractar Sail Skaras invahrad Anawrt SI B«fore Ckga Aft ar Ckga Ul Securities IN Securities 14/05/92 14/05/92 Chung Khiaw Bank Ltd UOB Group B B 15.000 15.000 12,075 12,075 10.554.000 41.521.200 000 4190 10.569.000 41,536.200 000 42 00 Jenture Mfg 13/05/92
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  • AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 2161 27 Reuter AUSTRALIAN shares recouped some of their recent losses to end higher yesterday, encouraged by stability in overseas markets and positive local economic data. Brokers said the market opened quietly but some solid buying emerged at midmorning and gains were recorded across
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Taiwan stocks close lower on late selling
      • 535 27 TAIWAN share prices finished lower across the board yesterday on late prof-it-taking in financials, and major players started to withdraw from the market, brokers said. The weighted index lost 40.36 points to close at 4,501.02. Turnover was NT$2l.9 billion after Wednesday's NT522.07 billion. Brokers said early gains in financials
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      • 838 27 A SELL-OFF stemming from investors' disappointment at the government's measure to help debt-ridden investment trust firms led the index to close 6.60 points lower at 578.63, brokers said. "Investors are disappointed. The news was much less than expected. It doesn't really put money into the market, thus no help
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      • 249 27 STRONG performances from three leading stocks countered the New Zealand share market's losses yesterday, boosting the NZSE-40 capital index to a new closing high for 1992. Brokers cited differing reasons for the buoyancy of the three leaders; Telecom, up six cents to NZ$2.O6, Fletcher Challenge, up eight to NZ$3.6B,
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      • 67 27 SHARE prices in Bombay tumbled in volatile trading on Wednesday, brokers said. They said the BSE asked 14 brokers to square up outstanding sale posi- tions in 20 stocks held by three brokers suspended for their involvement in a securities scandal. The BSE index opened at 3,307.02 before falling
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      • 573 27 ■TVP(|999!H|RnRff3*lll' Close Prrriow May 28 NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital 1.558 68 1.540.21 +18.47 MANILA Composite Index unav 1,421.83 Turnover (mil pesos) unav 315.07 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index 4.501.02 4,541.38 -40.36 Turnover (NTS billion) 21.9 22.07 -0.17 SEOUL Composite Stock Index 578.63 585.23 -6.60 Turnover (billion won) 325.5 275.7 +49.8 New
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Stocks in New York stage mild rebound
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        1428 28 MOST STOCKS on Wall Street rebounded in quiet trading on Wednesday as the energy sector and the rest of the market reversed directions following Tuesday's broad sell-ofT, which was fuelled by rising oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 6.23 points to 3,370.44. Among the broad gauges,
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        886 28 LONDON shares continued their downward drift on Wednesday, and the index of 100 leading shares dipped below the 2,700 level, depressed by bearish comments at various companies' annual general meetings. But shares closed at the day's highs, boosted by a firmer Wall Street opening. Earlier, concerns about the effect
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      • 269 28 GERMAN shares on Wednesday dropped further below the 1,800 level on the 30-share DAX index on rumours from abroad that German Chancellor Helmut Kohl would resign. A spokesman for the government in Bonn said Mr Kohl certainly had no plans to resign. Mr Kohl's Christian Democrats and opposition Social
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      • 73 28 DUTCH shares drifted down with foreign bourses on Wednesday in a calm session marked by anticipation of an effective four-day weekend from yesterday, dealers said. The EOE index closed 1.57 down at 316.27. Most mainstream stocks were narrowly weaker as recent demand ebbed and a few players took some
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      • 172 28 THE Paris bourse suffered a new loss on Wednesday, as the CAC 40 stock price index ended the day at 2,014.09 points, down by 0.76 per cent from the Tuesday close. The indicator had opened with a 0.40 per cent decline and was as low as 2,004.44 late in
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      • 165 28 ITALIAN shares closed broadly lower on Wednesday with light volume as the market waited for a government to be formed following Monday's election of Oscar Luigi Scalfaro as president. "It's a market that's neither going up nor down," one broker said. "We're waiting for a sign about the disastrous
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      • 227 28 SWISS shares closed broadly lower on quiet business on Wednesday. Trading ended early because of yesterday's holiday. The All-Share SPI Index fell 4.3 points to 1,198.4 and the SMI index of leading shares dropped 10.3 to 1,914.2. Dealers said weak bond markets and lower share prices on other European
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      • 91 28 SWEDISH shares ended lower on Wednesday ahead of yesterday's holiday in trendless trade. Banking shares recovered a third of Tuesday's 3.6 per cent fall in the only significant event. The all-share index closed 0.59 per cent down at 971.58 while top-16 index lost 0.78 per cent. Volume was 300
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      • 184 28 BELGIAN shares closed 0.25 per cent higher in moderate trade on Wednesday, building modestly on Tuesday's gains, before the four-day Ascension holiday weekend starting yesterday. Trading was interrupted for an hour because of a bomb alert at the bourse building. The Bel-20 index of leading shares closed 3.03 points
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      • 442 28 PROFIT-TAKING and squaring of po* sitions ahead of the Ascension Day holiday yesterday saw the Johannesburg Stock Exchange's industrial blue chips ease on Wednesday, but dealers said overall market sentiment was still strong. They said investors were taking 1 profits after Tuesday's rise which saw« the Industrial Index touch
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      • 333 28 TORONTO stocks ended barely changed from the day's opening, though" telephone utilities shares dipped and oil shares continued to climb, dealers said on Wednesday. Telephone shares fell on nervousness over an impending regulatory decision on long distance telephone service. Oil shares jumped as the market continued to factor in
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      • 123 28 May 27 (Imc Prrviom NEW YORK Dow Jones 3,370 44 3,364 21 +6.23 SAP 500 412.17 411.41 +0.76 Turnover (million) 182.24 197.70 -15.46 LONDON Financial Times 30 2,120 4 2,133.4 -13.0 HTSE 100 2.698.6 2,704.6 -6.0 Turnover (million) 607.9 402.8 -t-205.1 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1,794.00 1,806 66 -12.66 AMSTERDAM EOE
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    • 1217 29 REPORTS Tokyo: The US dollar yesterday closed lower against the mark and the yen from New York. Apparent Bank of Japan (BOJ) sales near 130.20 yen in mid-morning, though not confirmed by dealers, pulled the US dollar down, Tokyo dealers said. "1 don't
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    • 342 29 Reuter WELLINGTON The stability of the New Zealand dollar, once the darling of the so-called "exotic" currencies, is forcing foreign-exchange price makers out of the country. When the "kiwi" was floated in 1985, it was a speculator's dream come true here
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    • 376 29 Cross rates M« y 28 USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.6360 2.5310 1.6370 130.10 0.5571 1.4910 1.3175 1.8622 SS 0.6112 1.5471 1.0006 79.5232 0.3405 0.9114 0.8053 1.1383 MS 0.3951 0.65 0.6468 51.4026 0.2201 0.5891 0.5206 0.7358 Dm 0.6109 0.9994 1.5461 79.47 0.3403 0.9108 0.8048
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    • 917 30 BUSINESS TIMES Toll tree Tel No: 737 0043 -Fax No: 734- 3600 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER SO) AND IN THE MATTER OF TAN KIEM TIE (PRIVATE) LIMITED (Incorporated In Ihc iltpubHc of Singapore) (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306 of the
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    • 639 31  -  LETTER FROM COLORADO By Barry Meier IN MANCOS, the newest motel room also has its most spectacular view, a 360-degree vista that sweeps over the mesas of Arizona, across the deserts of Utah and back around to snow-capped Colorado peaks. But the lodging does
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    • 151 31 As at 10am yesterday: IxKal dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.2360 1.2527 Canadian dollar 1.3412 1.3684 NZ dollar 0.8684 0.8859 Sterling pound 2.9255 2.9650 US dollar 1.6320 1.6400 IjooU dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.05
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    • 152 31 PORTCULLISINVKSTMKNT PTK LTD (In Member*' Voluntary liquidation) NOTICE or FINAI. MKKTINCi NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant lo Section MIK of the Companies Act Cap. 50 thai the Final Meeting ot the members of the ahovenamed Company will he held at 8 Robinson Road «KN (K). Singapore 0104. on W June
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    • 363 31 IN THE MATTER OK THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THK MATTKR OF SKRKNK AGENCIES PTE I.TI) I Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore I At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of Serene Agencies Pie Ltd duly convened and held at 10 Anson Road #18-06 International Plaza
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    • 323 31 M THE MATTER OFTHECOMPANES ACT, CAP. 90 BAN LOONG COMPANY (PTE.) LMTED 0n Vofcutey UquMittori) Al an Extraordrary General Meeting of the members of BAN LOONG COMPANY (PTE.) LIMITED duly convened and hald at 6001, Beach Road, #1401. Golden Mia Tower, Singapore 0719 on the 26 day of May 1992,
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    • 274 31 IM .A I I i|m|l "j 1 To make sufficient to live requires 6 Add about a hundred for Jq—^^^" 10 Hollow but firm decoration BH~~ R^lli~ 11 Force the taking of exercise j manoeuvring 19 may be used them 21 The director is a good man 22 I p5
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    • 163 31 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. Report Maximum temperature 34.1 Assoc humidity 60% Minimum temperature 25.5 Assoc humidity 96% Hours of sunshine 8.40 Rainfall in mm 7.5 Rainfall this month 62.3 Rainy davs this month 12 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 14/04 Cloudy Bangkok 36/26 Cloudy
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  • 372 32 Reuter BEIJING China's paramount leader Deng Xiaoping has taken his battle for faster economic reform to the massive state industries that are the heart of the socialist system. Mr Deng, 87, last week inspected Beijing's Capital Iron and Steel Corp, with 185,000 employees one
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  • 232 32 Philippine election AFP, Reuter MANILA After the Philippines' slow "quick count", it is time now for the slow, slow count. Four days behind schedule, the Philippine Congress yesterday began the laborious process of tabulating votes to decide the winner in the May 11
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  • 215 32 UPI, Reuter MANILA The government has approved a U*****.4 million (SS2SO million) aircraft repair and maintenance project in what could be a major boost to the Philippine aviation industry, officials said yesterday. The Export Processing Zone Authority said Asia-Pa-cific Maintenance Inc, an Australian-British consortium,
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  • 206 32 AFP, Reuter, Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Asian countries will continue to receive the bulk of Japan's yen loans, although Tokyo's lending to countries outside the region is rising, a senior Japanese official said yesterday. "Traditionally, Asia takes about 80 per cent of
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  • 272 32  -  From Paul Gopal in VANCOUVER BUSINESS leaders attending the Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) meeting expressed concern over the future of world trade. In a joint conference statement, they noted that it slowed in 1991 and that prospects for near-term growth had been dampened
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  • 362 32 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong took a major step yesterday towards setting up a monetary authority as the parent of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. once the colony's de facto central bank, lays plans to move to London. The government's Office of the
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  • 757 32  -  The Bottom Line HARISH MEHTA HARISH MEHTA The writer is a BT correspondent VERY SOON after the two men tipped to be the next president and vice-president of the Philippines assume office. they are likely to fall out over
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  • 222 32 Reuter, AFP PERTH Bankrupt Australian businessman Alan Bond was convicted of dishonesty yesterday for his role in a rescue bid for collapsed Western Australian finance company Rothwells Ltd. Bond. 54. was found guilty by a jury of four men and eight women
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    • 15 32 Asia-Pac nations leading world economic growth; Investment slowdown a relief for M'sian economy. Pr 14
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  • Shipping Times
    • 383 33  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Members of the Straits-New Zealand conference are reviewing a plan to increase freight rates following the unexpected entry of NZ-Orient Lines into the South-east Asia-New Zealand trade route last month. The Straits-New Zealand conference comprises four carriers Nedlloyd Lines
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    • 327 33 AFP WASHINGTON The US administration plans to deny docking rights in US ports to all foreign ships that break the embargo on Haiti by conducting business there, the State Department said on Wednesday. Spokesman Richard Boucher said the US move
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    • 277 33 Reuter OTTAWA Canadian grain shipments to Russia have tumbled because the Russians are unable to find vessels to ship the grain, government officials said on Wednesday. The Canadian Wheat Board will cut the amount of grain it is sending by rail to both East
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    • 217 33 SINGAPORE Sembawang Maritime Ltd (SML) successfully salvaged $13 million worth of cargo on a medium sized bulk carrier that suffered a 17 degree list off the coast of Kuantan. The MV Golden Promise. a 26,610 deadweight tonne bulk carrier, was transporting a
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    • 1164 33 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrcnkicl Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Alpha Feeders Anglo Orient 16 1/2 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 Arrow Int 9 2 Asian Break-Bulk 16 4 ASXCL Shpg 15 2 ASCL 5
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    • 444 33  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE HapagLloyd's Far East liner service ranked as the German carrier's fastest growing market last year, with somewhat more stable rates and distinctly higher cargo volume. Olaf von Maydell, managing director for Hapag-Lloyd (Asia), told BT that AsiaEurope liftings accounted for
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      • 33 33 SHIPYARDS in the Commonwealth of Independent States may very well be a major contributor to the economic development of the region, according to a study done by APA Page 2
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      • 41 33 FINNAIR, Finland's domestic and international carrier, plans to capitalise on the country's proximity to Russia and the newly independent Baltic republics. It also sees Helsinki airport developing as a major hub in Europe Back Page
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      • 41 33 BRITISH Airways pic, in its goal to be one of the giant global carriers to survive into the next century, would like to find three partners, chief executive Colin Marshall said on Wednesday Back Page
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      • 35 33 JAPAN Airlines, the leading Japanese carrier in both international and domestic flights, is considering recruiting Russian pilots for its international routes, sources within JAL have said recently. Back Page
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      • 40 33 AMERICAN Airlines raised the stakes in the fare wars on Wednesday by announcing a 50 per cent cut in its lowest fares less than 24 hours after Northwest Airlines offered a two-for-one summer fare Back Page
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    • LOG BOOK
      • 115 34 CAPE CANAVERAL A 39-m unmanned Delta rocket blasted off on Wednesday with a satellite that will add telephone and colour television circuits to communications for Indonesia and other Asian countries. The 1,254-kg Palapa satellite, 2.7 m in diameter and almost 7 m in height when
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      • 101 34 BUENOS AIRES Argentine patrol boats Wednesday detained a South Korean-registered boat for illegally fishing in Argentina's territorial waters, officials said here. The Jaewon II was intercepted 199 nautical miles off the port of Quequen in the south of Buenos Aires province, and was found
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      • 96 34 WASHINGTON The US Coast Guard has fined a Saudi Arabian ship US$2O,OOO (5532,640) for dumping a bag of garbage into Delaware Bay last year, the Coast Guard said on Wednesday. The bag was picked up by a New Jersey State Police officer patrolling
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      • 150 34 HARARE Cuban officiate are trying to w in the release of a ship that was hijacked to Cuba while carrying emergency food aid to Zimbabwe, officials said on Wednesday. Cuban Ambassador Eumelio Caballelo said his government was negotiating in Havana with the Ecuadorian
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      • 46 34 LONDON The Maltese-flag bulk carrier Dimi has run aground off the Dominican Republic, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Service said on Wednesday. It is not known if the 19,513-dwt vessel has sustained any damage. The master said he believed the vessel had not been holed.
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    • 911 34 Shipyards in the Commonwealth of Independent States may very well be a major contributor to the economic development of the region, according to a study done by APA Fairplay SHIPYARDS in the ex-Soviet Union could be a catalyst for economic development, with the capacity to earn up
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    • 523 34 Cartoon I Mav 21 Density Water Residue Ash Alt minium S edanent Dens *1 Water Res idue Ash Mm nt M/M Fnon M/M Eaon 1 KG/M'3 V/V M M M/M PPM method KG/M*3 V/V M/M M/M PPM method QQC. 04 13.9 0.07 q un? ISO/Cimac Smrts
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    • 11524 42 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls al Pcnang after
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      • 728 49 V«m» Voy No Berth Arnval Departue Vessel Voy No Berth Arnval Departue Marina Terminal 1 La R»m 341B S03 .'9 (ft 1230 3105/2330 Batam Bjru Blbl MOb alongside 28 (ft 2300 Maersk Wave 83 SOI 290b 1500 .^(ftlSOO Batam Sayang *****2 M03 alongside 29 0b 2100 WW
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      • 237 49 klwr» Port Berth: 1 Bunga Mas, 2: ml. 3: Seatren: 4: Pan Liberty, 5 Barge Banto 262. Trista 1; 6: nil. 01 jetty: ml DC J: Sri Nam Hua No 2. Due on May 28: Gas Jaya. Otga Maersk. ieniki. Johan L, Oceania Express. Jupiter Unt Modest.
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      • 1646 49 DELIVERY OF FCL IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS fry No Contanm avaiable Shp Hoy No Containers avalaMe jr~~7TI *****2 0435 P Arthur 060W COO(EST) *****2 1500 9g3 *****2 0705 Tiger River 149CSB COO(ESI) 27 05 92 1500 (XXI freedom 43E 27 05 92 0845 Equator Crys 93N COO(EST) *****2
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    • 960 50 June 1-2 (2 da>s): Contract Formation I he Materials Management Way, organised by Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management. For more details, please contact SIPMM Executive Officer at tcl: 273-4172 or fax: 274-1132. June 4-5 (2 days): Advanced Inventory Management, organised by Singapore Institute of Purchasing and
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    • 830 50 TIME-CHARTERS were most prevalent in a quiet but declining freight market which ignored grain purchases by the former Soviet Union, brokers said on Wednesday. The Baltic Freight Index (BH) was off six points at 1.278. Charterers paid between USSB.2OO and 59.300 daily for Pacific time-charter trips and S
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    • 356 52  -  From S N Vasuki in HELSINKI FINNAIR, Finland's domestic and international carrier, plans to capitalise on the country's proximity to Russia and the newly independent Baltic republics. It also sees Helsinki airport developing as a major hub in Europe. Consequently airline officials
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    • 513 52 Move came about after Northwest's 2-for-l offer on Tuesday NYT NEW YORK American Airlines raised the stakes in the fare wars on Wednesday by announcing a 50 per cent cut in its lowest fares less than 24 hours after Northwest Airlines offered a two-for-one summer fare.
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    • 290 52 NYT TOKYO Japan Airlines, the leading Japanese carrier in both international and domestic flights, is considering recruiting Russian pilots for its international routes in response to a recent offer from Russian air travel authorities, sources within JAL have said recently. JAL plans to send
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    • 243 52 AP BARCELONA, Spam Downtown parking will cost US$65 (SSIO6) a day during the Summer Games, a tactic officials hope will discourage visitors from driving to Olympic events in the city. Parking in the city centre will be allowed only in special lots that will charge the
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    • 553 52 Reuter LONDON British Airways pic, in its goal to be one of the giant global carriers to survive into the next century, would like to find three partners, chief executive Colin Marshall said on Wednesday. "Ideally we would like to see a partnership in
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    • 586 52 Reuter NASSAU, Bahamas Although 1992 is no banner year, the tourism business, which represents 75 per cent of Bahama's gross domestic product and employs half its workers, is picking up late in the season. The slump began in 1990 and worsened in 1991
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    • 39 33 Yourson Is studying overseas. And you want him close to home -with news from home. To your principals and business associates overseas, it's assuring that Singapore is great for business. The Straits Times Weekly is like a country report.
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    • 95 33 the FAMOUS 'JiA/^AMAOA ■iMlll.'U Ml IM3 For more information please refer to Pg. 13 Container Schedule Daily 18 Index 1 Shipping Guide 10,11 Ships in Port 1' Singapore Tides 17 Transport Diary II Veritas Report 2 Weather and Sea Conditions 17 Someone dose has beenlving in Canada for some years.
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    • 95 34 A Wlr It could be a controversial deal between two stock 17 market stars, a thought-provoking report by ~xa( university researchers on the latest trans-European FOCUS zooms in on the news and issues of the day and looks at them in more depth and breadth. FOCUS is the news feature
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