The Business Times, 25 June 1992

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  • 16 1 Business Times MITA (P) 35/12/91 Thursday, June 25, 1992 THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 72 1 LONDON The recession which began in Britain in the summer of 1990 continued into the first quarter of 1992, with gross domestic product falling 0.5 per cent, according to official figures released yesterday. Excluding oil and gas production, gross domestic product
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    • 62 1 BEIJING China's military, which has pledged itself to be the "escort" of Deng Xiaoping's economic reform policy, admitted yesterday that worries about the breakneck speed of the programme have hurt morale. The signed article in the Liberation Army Daily, the armed forces' official newspaper,
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    • 32 1 THAILAND'S interim prime minister has ordered an official investigation into last month's political crisis in which troops loyal to the promilitary government fired on demonstrators in Bangkok. Page 2
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    • 31 1 KEY advisers of Presidentelect Fidel Ramos said on Tuesday the new government will pursue export-oriented economic policies and oppose unilateral limits on foreign debt repayments Page 2
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    • 29 1 MALAYSIA'S plans to move rapidly and enhance its own development and upgrade its technology-related industries may be hampered by slow de-cision-making by some authorities Page 7
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    • 33 1 US companies are establishing a stronger foothold in China because of the open-door policies in southern provinces and the largely untapped Chinese domestic market, a survey concluded Page 10
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    • 30 1 TAG Heuer is confident its new range of $4,000 sports timepieces launched this week will sell strongly, despite the slump in demand for luxury goods Page 16
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    • 33 1 THE Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement (TWRA), a grouping of carriers of which Neptune Orient Lines is a member, has announced sharp hikes in its bunker surcharges. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • 24 1 WALL STREET stocks edged upwards yesterday morning. The Dow Jones average rose 4.01 points to 3,289.63 in the first hour of trading.
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    • 23 1 LONDON shares were mostly lower at midday yesterday. At 1130 GMT, the FTSE 100 index was down 13.2 points at 2,547.4.
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    • 33 1 AMALGAMATED Steel Mills Bhd (ASM) is seeking to raise MSSO7 million through a one-for-three rights issue of shares and a rights issue of cumulative redeemable preference shares Page 4
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    • 34 1 MALAYSIAN Airline System Bhd (MAS) successfully raised US$l7O million from offshore banks yesterday, more than enough to make up for a setback in the capital markets earlier this year Page 4
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    • 32 1 LIANG Court Holdings Ltd, whose new share offer was 62.7 times subscribed, has alloted a generous 48 per cent of its 64.8 million shares to small applicants Page 4
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    • 42 1 THE Thai Danu Bank, in which DBS Bank and Tat Lee Bank of Singapore have interests, plans to engage in more fee-based activities to capitalise on a new law which gives Thai commercial banks wider operational scope Page 6
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  • 545 1  -  Expected drop in orders is bad news for Singapore exporters By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE In a bleak assessment of any early economic recovery, American manufacturing and construction companies have forecast a drop in new orders and production in the next three months.
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  • 468 1  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE The Hanoi government may soon extend land leases in Vietnam to 99 years, a move which Singapore companies venturing there have welcomed. The move, now under active high-level discussion, follows a barrage of complaints from foreign investors
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  • 322 1  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Singapore's private-sector property and construction bodies have agreed to work with the Vietnamese government to promote investments there. The Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (Redas) and the Singapore Contractors Association Limited (Seal) yesterday signed two memoranda of
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  • 69 1 IN an outcome that confounded the pollsters, stunned the nation and raised hopes for peace in the Middle East, Israelis have voted in the opposition labour Party and its allies. But for the man who brought about the labour victory and who
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  • 462 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG ONE of seven men acquitted of stock exchange bribery-re-lated charges is believed to have been awarded HKSIO million (SS2.I million) legal costs by a High Court judge in chambers yesterday after the press was barred
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  • 108 1 THIS MONTH'S issue of Trends, a publication of the Institute of South-east Asian Studies, appears in today's Business Times. In this issue are: The place of welfarism in affluent Singapore by Liew Kim Siong. The geopolitics of the Pacific by S Rajaratnam. Singlish as a language
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    • 226 1 I Bu rberrys; „W» jf i Reigns when it pours Aircraft Schedule 29 Jakarta/Bangkok Stocks 23 TV Radio 14 Ad Market** 16 KLSE 21 Unit Trusts 20 Commodities 28 Money Changer Rates 29 Weather 29 Company News 4,5 Money Market 27 World News 10 Cryptic Crossword 29 Regional News 7
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    • 29 1 Page 3 Kditorial, Pr 12 Hock Lock Siew: Milano a drag on Hour Glass, Pg 4 Business Times comes in three sections today. Make sure you get them all.
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
    • 442 2 Reuter BANGKOK Thailand's interim prime minister has ordered an official investigation into last month's political crisis in which troops loyal to the pro-military government fired on demonstrators in Bangkok. Touching a raw nerve in Thai politics, pro-democracy groups have demanded that military leaders
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    • 192 2 AFP BANGKOK The Stock Exchange of Thailand has suspended trading in shares of Shinawatra Computer and Communications and one of its subsidiaries, an exchange spokesman said yesterday. The move against the telecommunications giant and its subsidiary, Advanced Information Service, follows a major restructuring in
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    • 303 2  -  By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE The stalled multi-million-dollar Talvas Golf Club and Resort project on Batam Island is to be revived soon, probably on a much smaller scale than its developer had envisioned, sources say. They told BT that talks were
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    • 419 2 Key advisers say new president will also oppose foreign debt repayment limits AP MANILA Key advisers of President-elect Fidel Ramos said on Tuesday the new government will pursue exportoriented economic policies and oppose unilateral limits on foreign debt repayments. Central bank governor Jose Cuisia
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    • 552 2 Reuter MANILA After six years of disasters and coup attempts in the Philippines, President-elect Fidel Ramos offers the chance of a fresh start in a country that has floundered under dictatorship and free-wheeling democracy. Politicians say Mr Ramos, a free
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    • 735 2  -  From Evangeline Gamboa in MANILA AMELITA RAMOS, whose husband Fidel is five days away from becoming the next Philippine president, is an advocate for national unity. "Let's get the (political bickering) over with. Let's get started," the diminutive First-Lady-to-be said in an
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    • 539 3 Israeli general election Reuter JERUSALEM Labour leader Yitzhak Rabin swept Israel's left to a shock election win yesterday, clearing the way for a nudge to slowmoving Middle East peace talks and warmer ties with Washington. The victory dealt a body blow to
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    • 459 3 AFP JERUSALEM Yitzhak Rabin, a 70-year-old former armed forces chief of staff and a hawk offering a territorial compromise with the Arabs, is set to return to the post of Israeli premier that he lost 15 years ago. His political career has focused on
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    • 615 3 Reuter CAIRO Arab diplomats welcomed the defeat of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir in Tuesday's elections but reserved judgement on the man who beat him, Labour's Yitzhak Rabin, until after the resumption of slow-moving peace talks. Mr Rabin's surprise win sparked memories of the early
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    • 268 3 SINGAPORE Du Pont Singapore Pte Ltd has taken another step in its 10-year plan to make nylon in the region. It has signed a $60 million agreement with a Dutch company, Van Ommeren Tank Terminal (SP) Pte Ltd, under which
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    • 365 3 Part of proposed changes in corporate rules NYT WASHINGTON In a far-reaching effort to make America's companies more accountable to shareholders, the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday proposed major changes in corporate rules, including a requirement that companies
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    • 440 3  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Two giant consumers of rubber have signed up as clearing members of the RAS Commodity Exchange, giving the new exchange a big boost in terms of liquidity. An RAS official confirmed yesterday that they were Michelin and
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    • 380 3 SINGAPORE The life insurance industry in Singapore saw a 23.2 per cent jump in annual premiums last year as the proportion of Singaporeans covered by life insurance reached 53 per cent, a jump of 6 percentage points. The average Singaporean paid $500
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • 485 4  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Amalgamated Steel Mills is seeking to raise MSSO7 million (*****.8 million) through a one-for-three rights issue of shares and a rights issue of cumulative redeemable preference shares (CRPS). Its adviser, ArabMalaysian Merchant Bank, said in a statement that the
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    • 445 4 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government has agreed to increase domestic air fares by 15 to 20 per cent from July 1. However, the fares of the rural air service operated by the national carrier for flights
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    • 244 4 SINGAPORE Trading company Intraco Ltd has set up a joint-venture firm to import fertilisers and resources from the Commonwealth of Independent States, while sending back much sought-after consumer goods. The joint venture, Agrosin Pte Ltd, has already applied to the Singapore
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    • 278 4 SINGAPORE Eltech Electronics Pte Ltd, which is aiming for a listing on the second board, is launching its initial public offering today. The company, a contract manufacturer for, computer and telecommunications equipment producers, has a paid-up capital of $2 million and reported a net
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 60 4 SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) has informed the Stock Exchange of Singapore that Tradewinds Tours Travel Pte Ltd on June 4 increased its paid-up capital from $2 to $4 million with the allotment of $3,999,998 additional shares to its holding company, Silk Air (Singapore)
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      • 58 4 SINGAPORE Metro Holdings Ltd said yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Metro Pte Ltd, has purchased a fashion retailing company Saga Pte Ltd for $2. The group intends to increase the paid-up of Saga, which was incorporated in February this year, from the existing $2 to $2
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      • 70 4 KUALA LUMPUR Development and Commercial Bank Bhd, which is making a rights issue of 254.25 million shares, has forecast a group consolidated pre-tax profit of M$ 148.6 million (5596.5 million) for the year ending Dec 31, 1992. In its rights issue prospectus released yesterday, D&C
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      • 76 4 KUALA LUMPUR Hotel operator Asia Pacific Land Bhd yesterday announced a 6 per cent increase in its group pre-tax profits to M$ 12.72 million (558.14 million) for the year ended Jan 31, 1992 from M$ 12.04 million previously. Group turnover increased 8 per cent to
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      • 65 4 SINGAPORE Inchcape Bhd has written to the Stock Exchange of Singapore to clarify an error which appeared in an announcement it made on Tuesday. It said yesterday that 30 per cent of the net tangible asset value of Rolex Singapore was about $22 million as at Dec
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      • 38 4 KUALA LUMPUR Sateras Resources (Malaysia) Bhd yesterday announced a 87 per cent drop in group pre-tax operating profit to M 564,000 for the year ended March 31, 1992 from M 5495,000 previously.
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    • 451 4  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) successfully raised US$l7O million (***** million) from offshore banks yesterday, more than enough to make up for a setback in the capital markets earlier this year. In May, Malaysia's national carrier attempted to raise
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    • 306 4  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Liang Court Holdings Ltd, whose new share offer was 62.7 times subscribed, has alloted a generous 48 per cent of its 64.8 million shares to small applicants. A stockbroker said the property group was also fair to
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    • 608 4  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE The marriage between Hour Glass and Milano is incongruous to say the least. On the one hand is this well-run watch and jewellery seller thriving remarkably in the face of a
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    • 366 5  -  Company optimistic about life insurance business in S-E Asia By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE UAP International, the global arm of French insurance firm UAP, plans to venture into the life insurance business in Singapore and South-east Asia. Despite tightening regulatory restrictions on
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    • 351 5 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong's stock market launched a new electronic system yesterday to settle share deals, the last major step in its rehabilitation from a series of corruption scandals after the 1987 global crash. The colony's Secretary for Monetary Affairs, David Nendick, pressed a
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    • 344 5 Reuter SYDNEY The days of bil-lion-dollar profits for The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd (BHP) are over, at least until 1994, as sluggish world markets peg earnings growth, analysts said. BHP watchers expect Australia's biggest company to announce tomorrow a profit fall of
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    • 616 5 MARKET Reuter BANGKOK The weak tourist industry and tics to disgraced Thai air force chief Kaset Rojananil after last month's political unrest threaten to weaken Thai Airways International Ltd's debut on the Thai stock exchange. Market analysts said on Tuesday
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    • 382 5 Reuter DALLAS Texas Instruments Inc has said that it will sell its computer systems and services business to HewlettPackard Co and concentrate instead on other computer markets where it has a better competitive edge. The company, whose product lines range from computer
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    • 262 5 Reuter NEW YORK United Press International, which appeared headed for extinction just days ago, was sold for U553.95 million (556.4 million) on Tuesday to an Arabic-language television network that promised to keep the ailing news service alive. The Middle East Broadcasting Centre Ltd
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    • 185 5 AFP BANGKOK Thai Airways International may fly people free to Bangkok one day this year as part of a promotion to revive the nation's badly mauled tourism industry, an airline spokeswoman said yesterday. Thai Airways is considering the free flights as part
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 101 5 TOKYO Konica Corp, Japan's second biggest photo film maker, forecast group current profit of 8.50 billion yen (S$ 108 million) in the year to April 30, 1993, up from an actual 2.62 billion yen a year ago. The expected sharp profit recovery was
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      • 93 5 BANGKOK The US telephone firm Nynex has signed an agreement with a Thai conglomerate to form a partnership for a two-million-line project in Bangkok, industry sources said yesterday. Construction of the network is to begin next month, with the first line installation to be completed
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      • 66 5 PARIS The French Cabinet announced on Tuesday that Bernard Pache, chairman of Charbonnages de France, will succeed Francis Lorentz as chairman of state-owned comput-er-maker Groupe Bull. The government said it wanted to ensure management continuity wherever possible and needed to avoid worrying other shareholders at
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      • 74 5 TORONTO Canadian real-estate giant Olympia and York (O&Y) is putting a third of its office buildings in the US up for sale to avoid bankruptcy, the Toronto Globe and Mail newspaper said on Tuesday. The move is part of a new restructuring plan for
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      • 86 5 STOCKHOLM Swedish household appliance group Electrolux has agreed in principle to buy 10 per cent of AEG Hausgeraete AG, the household electronics subsidiary of the German AEG group, Electrolux said on Tuesday. Electrolux had an option to take up to 20 per cent of
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    • 270 5 JAKARTA Public companies based in the Indonesian province of East Java are likely to be forced by the local administration to list their shares on the Surabaya Stock Exchange (SSE), the Jakarta Post reported over the weekend. The
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    • 156 4 I:;: IN THE MARKET PAGES Tokyo sinks below 16,000 24 Singapore stays cautious 18 Seoul hits a new low 25 AUCTION International Auction of U.S. Commercial Real estate The Largest Selection of Prime Commercial Properties Ever Offered This collection of income properties with a total value in excess of $500
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 91 6 JAKARTA Astra Life, a subsidiary company of Indonesia's huge Astra business group set up in 1990, yesterday entered a technical cooperation agreement with Hongkongbased Jardine CMG Life. The agreement, signed by executives of the two companies here yesterday, will provide Astra Life with
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      • 102 6 WASHINGTON The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp on Tuesday proposed new rules that require regulators to take prompt action against weak banks, forcing them to bolster their capital and operating procedures or face closure. The board agreed unanimously to seek 45 days of public comment
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      • 82 6 MADRID Deutsche Bank AG is considering a listing on Spanish bourses next year through its Banco Comercial Transatlantico SA-Bancotrans unit and doubling its 110 offices in Spain over the next five years, a bank official said. According to existing plans, the bank will launch a public
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      • 68 6 WASHINGTON A federal judge appointed a trustee on Tuesday to handle the sale of First American Corp and sever its ties to the scandal-plagued Bank of Credit and Commerce International. US District Judge Joyce Hens Green appointed former New York state banking superintendent Harry W
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      • 70 6 DHAKA The Bangladesh central bank has relaxed its control of foreign exchange handling by commercial banks, saying the banks would no longer require permission to open letters of credit (LC) and remit savings, dividends or capital gains of foreign nationals or investors. Bangladesh Bank, the central
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      • 78 6 FRANKFURT BfG Bank AG, the German bank, on Tuesday said it expected to need some 450 million marks (***** million) in new shareholders' funds by 1994 if it was to meet future capital adequacy requirements and achieve 5 per cent growth in its business. "To
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    • 506 6  -  New law gives banks in Thailand wider operational scope By Loh Hui Yin SINGAPORE The Thai Danu Bank, in which DBS Bank and Tat Lee Bank of Singapore have interests, plans to engage in more feebased activities to capitalise on a new
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    • 243 6 Reuter LONDON UK insurance companies suffered a record trading loss of £331 billion (Sslo billion) in 1991 compared with a £1.47 billion loss in the previous year. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) in its annual report said the trading loss was
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    • 332 6 Reuter NEW DELHI Four more people were arrested in India's stock and securities scandal on charges of defrauding two banks, investigators said yesterday. Two stockbrokers and two bank officials were arrested late on Tuesday night after the Central Bureau of Investigation
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    • 243 6 Reuter TOKYO Profits at Japan's top foreign brokerages are reported to have soared in the last fiscal year, but many others are joining the ranks of battered Japanese houses. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on Sunday that foreign brokerages' current profit
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  • THE REGION
    • 333 7 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's plans to move rapidly and enhance its own development and upgrade its tech-nology-related industries may be hampered by slow deci-sion-making by some authorities. Despite the federal government's push and stress on science and technology, and the private
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    • 235 7 Reuter MANILA A joint team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank met presidentelect Fidel Ramos yesterday to discuss future borrowing to underpin the economic revival of the Philippines. "I was briefed about the programmes in the pipeline," Mr Ramos
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    • 164 7 AFP TOKYO Japan is preparing to send soldiers to Cambodia as part of United Nations peacekeeping operations in November at the earliest, government sources were quoted as saying by the Mainichi Daily News yesterday. The sources said the troops would
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    • NOTE BOOK
      • 76 7 SYDNEY The premier of the only non-Labor government in mainland Australia, Nick Greiner of New South Wales, announced his resignation yesterday after a tribunal last week found him to have behaved corruptly. His resignation ended a five-day political crisis which Mr Greiner said could have
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      • 54 7 SYDNEY Australia's economic recovery is patchy and slower than hoped, Reserve (central) Bank governor Bernie Fraser said yesterday. Mr Fraser told an Australian Institute of Bankers meeting in the north-eastern city of Townsville that the central bank's priority was to keep inflation low and secure
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      • 60 7 WELLINGTON New Zealand should revive its securitv alliances in the face of a military build-up in South-east Asia along with Korean, Japanese and Russian problems, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon said yesterday. While New Zealand took part in the political dialogue of the Asia-Pacific region, it
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      • 70 7 BANGKOK Myanmar's opposition alliance yesterday rejected as a "complete sham" discussions between the military regime and some opposition politicians on forming a national convention to draft a new Constitution. "Only a genuine democratic government of representatives having a mandate from the people has the legal right
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
      • 126 10 LONDON Britain is set to push for early moves towards the enlargement of the European Community at the EC summit in Lisbon this weekend in spite of the Danish "no" vote on the Maastricht union treaty. Britain, which takes over the EC
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      • 80 10 BRUSSELS The European Community will not change its farm reform any further to suit the US, European Farm Commissioner Ray MacSharry told US Farm Bureau President Dean Klechner on Tuesday. "We're not reforming reform," a commission official quoted Mr MacSharry as saying. He said
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      • 106 10 WASHINGTON Canada has some big problems in free trade talks with Mexico and the US and could be left out of the North American Free Trade Agreement now being negotiated, US congressman Jim Kolbe said on Monday. A leading lawmaker in trade matters, he said
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      • 98 10 WASHINGTON House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski has proposed a five-year, US$2.5 billion (Ss4 billion) "enterprise zones" package as part of a larger tax bill. President George Bush has championed tax breaks within special designated poverty zones as a way of helping
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    • 363 10 Reuter TOKYO There was good news and bad news for Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa ahead of national elections next month, according to three opinion polls released yesterday. A survey in the daily Mainichi Shimbun showed support for the Miyazawa government
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    • 295 10 Open-door policies and untapped domestic market drawing Americans AP HONGKONG US companies are establishing a stronger foothold in China because of the open-door policies in southern provinces and the largely untapped Chinese domestic market, a survey released on Wednesday concluded. But many
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    • 344 10 Major Taiwanese firms pressuring Nationalist government AFP HONGKONG Booming indirect trade between Taiwan and China could prod Taipei to resume official contacts with the mainland within two years, Chinese sources said yesterday. Taiwan's major companies such as Formosa Plastics are believed to be
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    • 573 10 Reuter BRUSSELS While debate rages over the Maastricht Treaty, the European Community is quietly advancing towards its goal of becoming a barrier-free single market by the end of the year. When EC leaders meet in Lisbon this week, they will review progress
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    • 364 10 Reuter BEIJING China has rejected Britain's warning not to meddle in Hongkong affairs, saying yesterday that Beijing had both the right and the responsibility to make its positions on the territory known. A Foreign Ministry statement defended Guo Fengmin, its
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    • 418 10 AFP SEOUL The European economies will significantly benefit from the integration of the European Community (EC) but the rest of the world may suffer minor adverse effects, said a study released here. Douglas Nyhus, an economics professor at the University of
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  • 456 12 EDITORIAL THE stunning upset win by Yitzhak Rabin's opposition Labour Party in the Israeli elections was unquestionably a vote for peace by a populace grown weary by a history of conflict with Arab neighbours. In the 70-year-old war hero, Israelis saw a man who could move
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 271 12 SO NEXT it is Czechoslovakia. Students of the evolution of nation states would have noted a systemic connection between the removal of Moscow's iron grip and the dismemberment of countries that used to be coloured red. Boris Yeltsin told his American hosts last week recall what
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    • 108 12 THE pledge of 1.4 billion in aid to rebuild Cambodia is a very significant move that gives hope to the nation wrecked by war. The generous assistance pledged in the international conference in Tokyo attended by 33 nations is far exceeding the earlier expectation. The assistance reflects the
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    • 128 12 AFTER six weeks of vote counting, the Philippine Congress finally proclaimed Fidel Ramos president elect. However, Gen Ramos' presidency is fraught with many difficulties. He has taken over a hot potato; the complexities and failings in the political, economic, even the whole social system may
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
    • 163 12 THE decision reached by Slovak nationalist leader Vladimir Meciar and Czech conservative Vaclav Klaus might have left many Eastern Europe observers asking: "Are there reasons other than those announced for the split, and will their agreement take the Czechs and Slavs to a better future?" A "velvet divorce"
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    • 154 12 THE potential danger that lurks around Malaysian waters, in the form of tankers carrying oil or highly inflammable chemicals, is a reality that has been brought home once again, this time with the blaze on a tanker and at facilities at the Shell jetty in
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    • 195 12 PRESIDENT FW de Klerk of South Africa has been so sure-footed in leading his country out of international isolation and ignominy that at times it has been possible to lose sight of the difficulty of his goal of ending apartheid. The Pretoria regime has for decades been
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  • 1107 12  -  The imbalances underlying the Chinese economy will not allow it to grow healthily for long unless comprehensive reform is taken further. Alexander Nicoll reports. Alexander Nicoll FT CHINA'S economy has an alarming propensity to boom and then bust. Twice in the 1980s, the
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 1058 13  -  There is growing criticism in the US of the Japanese way of doing business and of Tokyo's trade and industrial policies while the Japanese, for their part, are fed up with the feeling that they are being made the scapegoat for America's own economic failings. Stephen
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    • Article, Illustration
      1068 13  -  Businessmen of Indian origin have succeeded in South Africa in spite of a rather unfriendly environment. Salil Tripathi, who was in Durban recently, talks with a few of the prominent businessmen there. Salil Tripathi KANTIBHAI Mehta was looking for an electronics engineer for his state-of-the-art Universal Printing Works.
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    • 617 13  -  Corporations in the United States are calling on security consultants and taking steps to prevent the abduction of their senior staff. Seth Faison reports. Seth Faison NYT IT SEEMED a harmless enough adornment: a personalised licence plate with three letters to identify
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    • 724 14 TELEVISION AND RADIO Munch-able treat OUR CHOICE Munchies, 10.30pm, SBC 5 1987 comedy that is almost entirely similiar to Gremlins, except the Mogwais were a lot cuter. Here, aliens from outer space that multiply when they are chopped up get brought back to America where they wreak havoc and strike
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 592 15  -  Singapore Festival of Arts 1992 Ladysmith Black Mambazo has brought the elemental sounds of Africa to Singapore for the Festival. Nirmal Ghosh reviews Nirmal Ghosh WITH a resonance and rhythm that shook the Singapore Conference Hall, a capella Zulu group Ladysmith Black Mambazo swept the audience off their
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    • 671 15  -  Jaime Ee gives her verdict on Pan Asian Repertory Theatre's play Jaime Ee AT THE outset, Letters to a Student Revolutionary veered dangerously towards being an embarrassing tribute to the concept of American democracy. After all, the Tiananmen Squre massacre would have been the perfect device to plug
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    • 431 15 CHATTERBOX SOME Cambridge, Massachusetts, residents are upset that the Crown Prince of Denmark, Frederik Henrik Christian, will be living in a rent-controlled apartment when he attends Harvard University in the fall. The 23-year-old future king will be taking residence in a Harvard-owned, threebedroom,
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    • 393 15  -  Cheryl Liew talks to the strumming troubadors of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Cheryl Liew THE GUITAR has been described as the most intimate instrument there is, but when legendary classical guitarist Andre Segovia first began performing in the *****, he was ridiculed
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    • 512 16  -  Hong I ah? Tiam finds out why the upmarket watch maker isn't worried about the slump in demand for luxury goods Hong Lee Tiam Real men don't worry about recessions. Which is why upmarket watch maker Tag Heuer is confident that its
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    • 416 16 A NAME like Fleish-man-Hillard Scotchbrook Asia (F-HSA) may not hold much local flavour, but specialised knowledge of the Singapore business is one of the assets offered by the new public relations firm set up earlier this month. The company is a joint venture
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    • 565 16  -  Hong Lee Tiam Hong Lee Tiam sizes up a new brand of upmarket children's shoes GONE, it seems, are the days when shoes were just something to walk about in. Any marketing man will tell you that people can tell a lot about
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    • 397 16 NYT WITHIN MONTHS, Nissan Motor Co will roll out a replacement for its slow-selling Stanza compact with the ambitious goal of winning over car shoppers inclined toward Honda Motor Co's popular Accord and Toyota Motor* Corp's Camry. Nissan faced an equally daunting challenge in 1987
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    • 765 16  -  Deirdre Carmody discusses Glamour magazine's success formula Deirdre Carmody NYT WHEN Glamour won the 1992 National Magazine Award for public interest for two articles on teenage pregnancy and abortion, a tall, elegant woman threaded her way through the audience to accept it. "It is a special thrill," she
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    • 423 16 CHO HUNG BANK (INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA) CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET December 31,1991 and 1990 1991 1990 (M*ons of Won) BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STANDING AUDITOR Executive Directors Oong *on Lee T a Doo fcc Cfmn Hut tee CMpMdk Wn Kyoon Sup LM Man O Pad Dong *ng Kim
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    • 639 17 Wimbledon NYT, AP WIMBLEDON Jeremy Bates has spent a decade as Britain's foremost hope and, not so coincidentally, as Britain's resident tennis whipping boy. He's been required to do perpetual public penance for having never won a major singles title, not to mention
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    • SIDE LINES
      • 116 17 SINGAPORE Twenty amateur golfers have qualified for the next step of the Volvo Amateur Open Golf Championship, to be held in Malaysia. Following two days of competition which ended yesterday at the Raffles Country Club's Palm Course, the 20 emerged from a field
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      • 105 17 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana Banned world record holder Butch Reynolds ran the fastest 400 m times in both the first and second round heats at the US Olympic selection trials on Tuesday. He followed up his afternoon time of 44.58 sees with an apparently easy 44.68
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      • 49 17 ALBANY, New York Tracy Harris Patterson stopped Thierry Jacob in the second round on Tuesday to take the WBC super bantamweight championship away from the Frenchman. The victory made Patterson and his father, two-time heavyweight champ Floyd Patterson, the first fa-ther-son team to win championships.
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      • 104 17 BEIJING Officials are offering cash bonuses for people who learn a foreign language as part of efforts to improve Beijing's chances of hosting the 2000 Summer Olympics, an official report said yesterday. The China Daily said the municipal government began the foreign language campaign
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      • 104 17 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia yesterday said it will protest to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) over what Kuala Lumpur says is an unusual cash offer by the Australian city of Adelaide in its bid to host the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Malaysian officials said at the
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      • 91 17 AUCKLAND Two leading competitors in next year's Whitbread round-the-world yacht race will shortly swop details of the boats they will use so their battle is even, New Zealand skipper Grant Dalton said here yesterday. "If we have the same boat, we believe we are good
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    • 383 17 Reuter LONDON Steve Redgrave may soon be Britain's most successful modern Olympian but, for most of his compatriots, he is something of a mystery man. Even to those who know about rowing, he and coxless pairs teammate Mathew Pinsent are the odd couple. How else
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    • 41 17 TOKYO US movie star and pro-boxer Mickey Rourke (right) sending a left against compatriot Darrell Miller in the first round of their super-middleweight bout on Tuesday. He knocked Miller out in two min and eight sees.
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    • 445 17 Reuter RABAT, Morocco Morocco believes it is ready to take the World Cup to Africa for the first time in 1998. Having missed out on the 1994 finals to the US, a nation devoid of any serious soccer history, Morocco doubled its efforts
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    • 199 17 PERSONAL INVESTING FINANCE SUPPLEMENT <92 A Special Business Times Survey July 83,1992 The alternatives to low-yielding bank deposits 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 sire not even enough to
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 858 18  -  By Sylvia Wong ALMOST like a self-fulfilling prophecy, local market players' fears of another dive in the Tokyo market came true yesterday as the Nikkei sank below the 16,000 mark again. The effect on Singapore was a marginal fall in the benchmark
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      68 18  -  By Quak Hiang Whai Comment UNITED Engineers touched the $2 resistance three times this year and broke through it on the fourth attempt this month. A decisive break above $2.20 could signal a still higher jump, possibly to $2.60. If not, a pullback is expected, with support at
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  • 185 19 I CPCWn All shares quoted have a par value of $1 and traded tn lots of 1.000 shares P/E ratio Reflect last annual consolidated results Foreign shares P/Es are ad|usted for LLULIIU each unless otherwise specified currency differences ABN shares quoted in dollars Gr Y'ld
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  • 92 20 rprun Al shares quoted ha* a par value o» J1 and traded m lots ot 1.000 shares each P/E ratoo Hefcet test nwal cmmtt&A FwF P/^s V JU Fowgn shares adjusted (or currency deferences stocks, other than that pwn above was not a«Hat* Marew state
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    • 37 20 And talks about the Four Singapore Superstars w ho have succeeded him as he prepares lor his two concerts here on Friday and Saturday. Today. At lunchtime. The Alan Tam Interview M W M W S. W
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 506 21 Bernama CAUTIOUS SELLING yesterday afternoon pared earlier gains and share prices in Kuala Lumpur were seen spiralling downwards to a mixed close. The upturn on the local bourse was cut short when the Tokyo market, which had moved on firm ground in the
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    • 75 22 Figures in brackets are for the previous corresponding period L: Loss, Tfc Tax Exempted. N: Net NU: Not Yet Available. Adjusted for scrip issues, (b): In million Dutch, Ftonns. (c): ProM after tax, (i): In mriton HKJ, Company's profit, (f): **on rn.nor.ty .nterests, (ta): Includes 4% bonus div,
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    • 134 22 Al shares quoted haw a par value of $1 unless otherwise specified; NYA Not Yet AvadaMe. M Interest I Menm. N Net TE Tax Exempt S Special (tortend, (a) Adpsted tor scnp issue, (b) First and Final; (c) Includes 4% speed divxtend, (d) Includes 6* special dmdend; (e)
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    • 220 22 Jun 22 GP Batteries has acquired a European battery making plant for Ss6 4 million from Danish GN Great Nordic to expand its alkaline battery production facility. The acquisition makes it one of the world's largest independent suppliers of 9 volt alkaline batteries. Lion Land Bhd is buying
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    • 138 22 Khonf Guan Hoidncs Malaysia Bhd: 22nd AGM at the Malacca Room, Lower Lobby, Shangri-La Hotel Kuala Lumpur, 11 Jalan Sultan Ismail, ***** Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday, June 25, at 12.00 noon George Kent (Malaysia) Bhd: 41st AGM at the Registered Office, No 2, Lorong 19/ A ***** Petaling
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    • 54 22 Mam an prica traatfi aa Mm wtfi auiar stock awitati at cafcaiata* fey Margaa ttaalay Capital tttraaOaaai PiiDatti, twm Meat earta* «Wi a an tafcaa fcaai a baaa aflM at al IMS Tfca atkar Mtoaa an tafcaa Iraai a kaaa af 1M at Copyright© 1991
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  • 610 22 Moving Averages: A moving average curve shows at any one time the mean of the prices over a specified time frame. A five-day moving average, for instance, is the average of the last five days' prices. Moving averages (MA) are normally plotted with the prices, and serve as
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF THAILAND
    • 165 23 Reuter SHARE PRICES in the Bangkok stock market ended mixed yesterday in active Hading, with investors speculating on small-capitalisation stocks, brokers said. The SET Index ended 2.45 points higher at 754.75 on a turnover of 7.37 billion baht. Advances led declines 111
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  • JAKARTA STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 103 23 JAKARTA stocks closed easier yesterday in fairly quiet trade which was dominated by profit-taking. The official index fell 3.34 points to 322.52 on turnover of 5.19 million shares. i "Foreign interest seems to be easing and the price trend look uncertain. This has
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 239 24 Reuter TOKYO stocks gave up morning gains to close sharply down yesterday. The Nikkei Average fell back below 16,000 to a 68-month low, losing 253.32 points to 15,853.67. Program and dealer selling hit prices as investors retreated to the sidelines in the absence
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
    • 255 24 Reuter HONGKONG shares closed firmer yesterday on followthrough buying which alternated with profit-taking in active trading, brokers said. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index rose 67.35 points to finish at 5,965.21. It jumped about 90 points, to a day's high of 5,987.91, before prof-it-taking at noon
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  • AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 266 25 Reuter AUSTRALIAN shares closed slightly firmer yesterday, spurred by a firm futures market but the performance of individual shares varied markedly, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index closed 3.7 points up at 1,647.6, dragged off its highs by a downturn in the Nikkei
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Seoul share prices plunge to new low
      • 164 25 SEOUL STOCKS plunged again yesterday to close at their lowest point since President Roh Tae Woo took office in February 1988 as investors, including institutions, remained on the sidelines, brokers said. The Composite Stock Index fell 8.00 points to 551.99. The previous 1992 low was 558.32 on Monday. "Rumours
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      • 191 25 SHARES reversed early gains yesterday to finish lower across the board as prof-it-taking above the 4,700-point level was heavy. Brokers said trade was dominated by short-term speculation and the market was expected to remain volatile in the coming days. The weighted index ended 35.40 points lower at 4,655.08. Turnover
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      • 186 25 BUYERS took heart from stronger overseas bourses in busy trade to take the market 1.09 per cent higher at the close. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed 16.55 points higher at 1,532.90. Turnover in Brierley Investments with 18.9 million units traded made up over half the day's volume. Brokers
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      • 155 25 BROKERS continued their boycott of trading for the seventh straight on Tuesday, awaiting the clearing of shares sold by a top broker, whose assets, including shares, have been frozen. Bombay Stock Exchange president G B Desai and executive director M R Mayya left for New Delhi for talks with
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    • Stocks on Wall St stage mild rebound
      • 10 26 ex-dividend t not authorised in Hongkong Source: Z-Landerbank Bank Austria
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        460 26 NEW YORK stocks closed with modest gains in moderate trading on Tuesday, extending Monday's late recovery amid a respite from recent sharp losses in Tokyo and other overseas markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which slipped 4.55 points on Monday, rebounded 4.82 points to 3,285.62. Among the broad
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        267 26 SHARES closed up on Tuesday after early falls, bouncing back up off their lows on technical factors and on firmer sentiment on Wall Street. At the close, the Footsie Index of 100 leading shares was up 10.3 points from its Monday close to 2,560.6. The FT-30 Index closed up
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      • 92 26 SHARE PRICES closed little changed on Tuesday and the DAX Index ended at 1,771.14 points compared with 1,770.64 points on Monday, and the Commerzbank Index at 1,992.80 against 1,990.7. In a featureless market, traders continued to wait cautiously for news that might define a trend. Hoesch fell 15.50 marks
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      • 97 26 SHORT COVERING and foreign bourses helped Dutch shares to a higher close on Tuesday after the market had started off on a slightly easier note because of dollar weakness. The EOE Index finished up 1.78 points at 306.28 after slipping 3.19 on Monday. Among a handful of featured stocks
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      • 95 26 FRENCH share prices ended the monthly account on Tuesday slightly higher in what dealers called a technical recovery from Monday's steep sell-off. The CAC-40 Index ended 10.03 points higher at 1,895.80. But over the month, rattled by doubts over the strength of the economic recovery and the fate of
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      • 121 26 ITALIAN share prices drifted on Tuesday as the market awaited news of just how broad a governing coalition prime minister-designate Giuliano Amato would be able to put together. Fresh technical problems with the Telematic system also dampened interest. The allshare MIB Index closed 0.21 per cent down at 932
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      • 140 26 SWISS SHARES ended a slow Tuesday session slightly higher. Dealers attributed the marginal price rises to a techni- cal recovery after Monday's fall of more than one per cent. The SPI Index rose 2.9 points to 1,169.3 and the SMI Index of leading shares firmed 3.7 to 1,850.6. "Volume
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      • 84 26 SHARE PRICES on the Stockholm bourse eased lower in unsettled trade on Tuesday, looking for direction after Japan and other foreign markets showed more stability. The bourse General Index fell 0.27 per cent to 911.96 in light trade of 223 million kronor. "As long as nothing happens abroad, the
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      • 99 26 BELGIAN STOCKS closed mixed on Tuesday, the Bel-20 Index virtually unchanged. after a large group of shares fell after going ex-dividend and a few others rose weakly. The Bel-20 Index ended up 1.03 points at 1,173.48. Turnover was a weak 617 million francs, dealers said. While popular retail stock
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      • 217 26 SHARES ended mixed in steady trade on Tuesday as the market stabilised after Monday's sharp mark down, dealers said. Investors optimistic about the African National Congress' return to democracy talks came back to the market to pick up shares at the lower levels. But profit-taking curbed gains and saw
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      • 162 26 STOCKS drifted off from midday gains to end flat after a dull Tuesday session, dealers said. They said there was little corporate news or economic data to sway the market. The TSE 300 Composite Index closed up 2.4 points at 3,343.0. Declines led advances 294 to 276 on volume
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • 1237 27 REPORTS THE US DOLLAR ended lower in Tokyo yesterday on speculative mark buying triggered by technical factors. The dollar's fall was encouraged by reports President George Bush urged the Federal Reserve on Tuesday to lower interest rates further. Operators tested major
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    • 43 27 Source: UOB Source: Astley Pearce OCBC Exchange Rate Index June 24 The OCBC trade-weighted index for the Singapore dollar was unchanged from yesterday at 136.05. The index is calculated against the currencies of Singapore's top 12 trading partners. Source: OCBC
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    • 39 27 Rates quoted by Astley Pearce Rales quoted by NatWest Note: Based on latest issues Source: The Monetary Authority of Singapore entral hank discount rates Average of 12 banks; Float Source: National Westminster Bank Source: National Westminster Bank
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    • 392 27 Reuter MOSCOW Russia's central bank lowered its fixed "market rate" for the battered rouble on Tuesday, bowing to market pressures after banks drove the currency down. The change, outlined in central bank figures quoted by the Izvestia newspaper, values one rouble at one
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    • 42 27 Note: Open interest and actual volume arc for previous day trading. Source: Singapore International Monetary Exchange Grand total (calls puts) est voJ 1,872, act vol 1,701, open int 17,278 Note: Open interest and actual volume are for previous day trading.
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 353 28 Reuter NEW YORK In what observers called another bid to boost trading volume, Commodity Exchange Inc has applied to list jet fuel futures. That marked the fourth new-contract proposal this year for Comex, which saw its volume drop nearly 30 per cent
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    • 278 28 Reuter KAMPALA, Uganda Uganda, Africa's second largest coffee exporter, is hoping to reap more cash from a hardy, high-yielding hybrid that slashes production costs. "Despite efforts to diversify the economy towards nontraditional exports, this country cannot do without coffee,"
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    • 729 28 REPORTS THE TIN PRICE in Kuala Lumpur rebounded but closed off the day's high yesterday at M$ 16.65 a kg, up five cents from Tuesday on renewed overseas demand and a lower LME stock data, traders said. The price had peaked at a
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    • 958 28 BUSINESS TIMES Toll free Tel No 737 0043 -Fax No: 734 3698 IN THE MATTER OK THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF NOBLE FORWARDERS PTE ITD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING LP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of NOBLE FORWAR DERS PTE LTD duly convened and held
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    • 580 29 BUSINESS TIME NOTICES Toll free Tel No: 737 0043 Fax No: 734 3698 THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 ELIKA FURNISHING PTE LTD (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 16 Kranji Loop. Singapore 2573 on 7th June 1992 the following special resolutions were passed:i)
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    • 300 29 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 6 Elegant Lady Stanhope is to be found in Sussex (10) 8 Vehemently upbraid Billy (2,2) 9 Situation is poor for picturesque German spa (6,3) 11 Appeal to Turk and do what he says (4) 12 Piece of earth upset computer filing system (3) 13 Persistently request
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    • 165 29 WEATHER Singapore Outlook: Showers over many areas in the late morning and early afternoon. Report Maximum temperature 32.3 Assoc humidity 66% Minimum temperature 25.4 Assoc humidity 93% Hours of sunshine 8.05 Rainfall in mm 142 Rainfall this month 148.4 Rainy days this month 14 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland
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  • 495 30 Reuter, AFP JOHANNESBURG Nelson Mandela's African National Congress pulled out of democracy talks with the South African government on Tuesday, accusing it of waging a terror campaign against blacks. Following the announcement, South Africa's Cabinet was scheduled to meet in crisis session
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  • 382 30 Reuter BEIJING China's conservative Premier Li Peng, who this year urged caution over economic growth, has said gross national product (GNP) is likely to exceed the government's target and hit 9 per cent this year. "This year, GNP growth was originally
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  • 236 30 Reuter BEIJING China said yesterday that it would join two international copyright conventions and amend its patent law to comply with world standards and strengthen its bid to join Gatt. The communist party newspaper People's Daily said both issues had been sent
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  • 241 30 Reuter WASHINGTON Russia could obtain nearly US$l billion (S$ 1.62 billion) in loans from the International Monetary Fund in coming weeks under a compromise agreement being discussed by the two sides, Western diplomats said on Tuesday. The deal, which is still
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  • 208 30 HONGKONG Hongkong's mass residential property prices have now stabilised, the South China Morning Post has reported a leading securities company as saying. SG Warburg Securities, in its report on Hongkong's property market, said that the mass residential market had started to slow in February
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  • 286 30 Asahi News TOKYO The cabinet approved on Tuesday budget ceilings for the next fiscal year, which include the lowest increase in defence spending since fiscal 1961 and a 9.4 per cent increase in official development assistance (ODA). The ceiling for the entire
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  • 199 30 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR France called for possible sanctions against the Khmer Rouge to make the hardline group comply with a Cambodian peace accord even as Khmer Rouge soldiers were reported to be preparing to disarm. French Deputy Foreign Minister Georges Kiejman said in Malaysia
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  • 84 30 SINGAPORE The Singapore and Indonesian navies are expected to start coordinated efforts in August to patrol their territorial waters to combat piracy, a high-ranking Indonesian naval commander said yesterday. Rear Admiral Yusuf Eflendi t the commander-in-chief of the Indonesian Navy's Western fleet, said
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  • 847 30  -  The Bottom Line SN VASUKI SN VASUKI The writer is a BT journalist CHINA'S huge and inefficient state sector has been receiving the undivided attention of the country's leaders in recent weeks. Supreme leader Deng Xiaoping has just returned from Liaoning, the "Rust
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  • ISEAS Trends
    • 1183 31  -  Abdul Halim Ismail looks at ways of financing without contravening Islamic laws Abdul Halim Ismail Abdul Halim Ismail is managing director of Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad. This article is based on the keynote address presented at the recent ISEAS/Mendaki seminar on "Islam. Finance and Business in
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    • 917 31  -  Sergei Goncharenko on Russian policy in the Pacific Sergei Goncharenko Dr Sergei Goncharenko is a Senior Adviser and Research Fellow at a Moscow-based research institute I ussia is without doubt an Asiatic state. This means that whatever hap- pens in Asia is inevitably taken to heart
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    • 1024 32  -  Are the two like chalk and cheese? Liew Kim Siong examines the issues Liew Kim Siong THE inauguration of the Chinese Development Assrstance Council (CDAC). together with other ethnicbased self-help organisations like Mendaki and Sinda, are part of the Singapore government's new "many helping hands"
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    • 1052 32 Letter to the Editor -1 WOULD like to pay tribute to Dr Nazir Kamal for his timely article on the Nothem Territories, Kuriles: A Thorny Issue, published in the April issue of Trends (No 20, April 30, 1992). The Northern Territories
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    • 1269 32  -  Lee Gek Ling looks at the trendiness of a less polished form of English among Singapore's younger set Lee Gek Ling The writer is a Lecturer at the English Language Proficiency Unit at the National University of Singapore. WE ENGLISH-educated Singaporean professionals in
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    • 1264 33  -  Manu Bhaskaran does some crystal ball-gazing to indentify regional economic trends Manu Bhaskaran Manu Bhaskaran is Economic Research Director at Crosby Securities. The views expressed are entirely personal THE past few years have seen the Asean economies, except for the Philippines, moving into their most
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    • 252 33 THE net economic impact of investments by multinational corporations (MNCs) in Third World countries has long been a subject of debate in both the West and in developing countries. Such investments loom very large in the Asean context, with the consequence that for some time, it
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    • 397 35  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE The Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement (TWRA), a grouping of carriers of which Neptune Orient Lines is a member, has announced sharp hikes in its bunker surcharges. From July 1, shippers will have to pay three times what they pay
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    • 271 35 AFP WASHINGTON The hemisphere-wide trade embargo on Haiti has been broken 32 times in the past six months, with some boats docking repeatedly in Haitian ports, the Organisation of American States (OAS) said on Tuesday. Many of these boats were oil tankers, which delivered
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    • 279 35  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE As government and private interests lay the foundation for Singapore to become a global distribution centre, they must continually work towards higher standards of local logistics management, the MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC said. Dr S Vasoo hailed the
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    • 241 35 Reuter LUXEMBOURG European Community transport ministers on Tuesday struck an accord that will allow EC shipowners to ply for the first time for trade in each others' waters, Transport Commissioner Karel van Miert said. The deal phasing in a practice called cabotage
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      • 32 35 AT THE recent Posidonia forum held in Greece, Greek shipowners were up in arms against a growing jungle of regulations which threaten their survival Page 2
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      • 42 35 A NATIONWIDE railway strike in the US got under way early yesterday after a machinist's union decided to stop work, forcing most railway lines to shut down, the Association of American Railroads announced Back Page
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      • 133 36 SINGAPORE Cargo Community Network (CCN) formally announced on Tuesday the purchase of a $3 million computer system from Stratus Computer of the US and the Australian arm of UK-based Novus Systems. The system will form the foundation of "Spectrum", a cargo community system designed
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      • 63 36 SINGAPORE Dowty Aerospace Aviation Services Singapore has signed an agreement with China Aviation Supplies Corp for the landing gear repair and overhaul of China Northern Airlines' McDonnell Douglas MD-82 fleet. The carrier, formerly CAAC Shenyang, currently operates a fleet of 23 MD-82, five AN-24 and eight
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      • 78 36 TOKYO Nippon Yusen KK (NYK) has ordered a 95,100 dwt double-hulled crude tanker from Japan's Namura Shipbuilding Co Ltd, company officials said. Namura is scheduled to deliver what will be NYK's first double-hulled tanker in September 1993. It will start construction in January 1993 at its
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      • 47 36 LONDON The Greek-flag Anangel Hope was in collision with the North Korean-registered Be Gae Bong while manoeuvring in Khulna port, Bangladesh, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Service said. Both the 22,670 dwt Anangel Hope and the 14,000 dwt Be Gae Bong has reported damage.
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      • 102 36 HOUSTON The US rotary rig count, which recently fell to record lows, will not recover until the mid-*****, a Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas report said. The report, published in the July/August issue of The Southwest Economy, said the recovery will depend largely
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      • 74 36 LONDON The Mexican-flagged liquefied petroleum gas tanker Emiliano Zapata struck the north breakwater while entering Tampico on Jun 20, according to Lloyd's Intelligence. The 2,957 dwt tanker had a pilot on board when the incident occurred. Tugs assisted the Emiliano Zapata to berth and it moored at
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    • 1380 36 At the recent Posidonia forum held in Greece, Greek shipowners were up in arms against a growing jungle of regulations which threaten their survival GREEK shipowners are resisting the development of a legal environment for shipping to work in that they regard as a
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    • 501 36 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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    • 12788 44 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 at Penang after
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    • 278 49 Abacus C ouriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: *****98. Air Express I ravel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: *****44. Airborne Freight C orporation Tel: 542 8844. Fax: *****16. *****80 Airswifl Worldwide C ourier Tel: 278-0188 Fax: *****83. Tel 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: *****75. City-Link International Tc 344-3377. Fax: *****50. C luster
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    • 1515 49 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: 545-8033. Fax: *****05 Aerospeed 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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    • 3281 50 ARGENTINA As a result of the recent decree modifying many of the port-related labour regulations there has been "unrest and. although there was no strike, production was reduced several times mid-June due to conflicts. Buenos Aires: On June 12, stevedores staged demonstrations, hindering port operations. As a result,
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    • 955 50 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES The information was contributed by Simpson Spence Young VESSELS ON OFFER Bulk Carriers Belcargo: 110,444 dwt and built November 1975 Fredriksstad, on best offers including balance of 7year charter commenced since November 1989 with hire equating to U558,750 daily nett ballast bonus BSS (presently on sub
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    • 551 50 ARRIVALS Op High! l>pe ETA T Froa TODAY KAL KE697 B747F 01 SO 1 SEL SIA SQ827 B747F 1730 2 CPH/DXB CLX CV794 B747F 1845 1 LUX/DXB NCA KZ203 B747F 1930 1 NRT KAL KE685 A30F 2345 1 SEL/MNL TOMORROW JAL JL615 B747F 0240 1 TYO NWA
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    • 509 50 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Ait Dep Name of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of Calls Port Agent Tel JUNE 25 25 Andaman Princess 1200 1800 Cruise to Nowhere Lines Int'l Holdings 26 26 Cora Princess 1000 1800 Sin-Jakarta Harpers Shipping 27 27 Andaman Princess 0900 1400 Cruise to Nowhere Lines
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      • 534 51 I 3 CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS Sip Vvy No C< ntaai ■n rataMe 9# Voy No Contanen at laMit B Gelang 26E *****2 0755 Huashunhe 32W COO(EST) 24 06.92 1930 Seraya iaya 006SR *****2 0845 OOCl Fortune 33E COD(EST) *****2 1500 Enno B 73N 2306 92 0925 Setetar Jaya
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    • 1243 52 Sept 15-16: Asia-Pacific Digital Cellular Mobile Communications, organised by IBC Technical Services Limited at The Mandarin Singapore. For further details please contact IBC Technical Services at tel: 732-1970 or fax: 733-5087. Oct 5 6: Conference on Quality Control in Asian Shipping, organised by IBC Technical Services Limited at
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    • 609 52 DRY CARGO freight rates drifted lower but US Gulf/Japan grain continued firmer, brokers said on Tuesday. The key heavy grain route was fixed at U5519.25 and the Baltic Freight Index (BFI) level rose to $19.19 from $19.18 amid an overall fall of the BFI by eight points to
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    • 498 54 American, Delta, United, USAir settle charge of price-fixing NYT NEW YORK Lawyers estimated on Tuesday that up to 10 million airline ticket buyers could be eligible to share in a settlement by American, Delta, United and USAir, the carriers that on
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    • 376 54 AP NEW YORK (AP) The co-pilot and flight attendant of a USAir plane that crashed in a snowstorm at New York's La Guardia Airport testified on Tuesday about the plane's nightmarish takeoff and submersion in Flushing Bay. "I recall seeing the water and the
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    • 211 54 AFP JAKARTA The chairman of British Airways (BA) Lord King on Tuesday expressed his hope to see the airline serving a daily Jakarta-Lon-don route. "Our strategy on all lon-g-haul routes is to build up the frequency to a daily service," Lord King told
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    • 473 54 AFP WASHINGTON A nationwide railway strike in the US got under way early yesterday after a machinist's union decided to stop work, forcing most railway lines to shut down, the Association of American Railroads announced. All state-run freight lines and most passenger lines are
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    • 338 54 UPI FORT WORTH, Texas The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers will hold a rally today to protest against General Dynamics Corp's plan to eventually produce its F-16 planes in South Korea. The union, which represents 8,000 workers
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    • 543 54 MANILA Studies show that vehicle exhausts are dangerously polluting Manila's air, and pollution could double in the next decade if controls are not imposed. But reducing exhausts also would require lasting solutions to the transportation problems of the capital's eight million residents. Ramon Aguilar,
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    • 266 54 Reuter BEIJING China has opened passenger rail service between Xinjiang and the neighbouring former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, the first step in a rail link projected to stretch across Central Asia and Europe to end in Rotterdam. After an official ceremony on Tuesday,
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