The Business Times, 30 July 1992

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    16 1 BUSINESS TIMES THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Thursday, July 30, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      Aussie govt rules out protest to KL over abduction
      62 1 CANBERRA Australia will not be protesting to Kuala Lumpur over the abduction of two children by their Malaysian prince father, Foreign Minister Gareth Evans said here yesterday. He told reporters he did not think the Malaysian government had done anything "by
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      BCCI: Ex-US defence secretary indicted
      57 1 NEW YORK Former US Secretary of Defence Clark Clifford, his law partner, Robert Altman, and others have been indicted by a New York grand jury for their roles in the BCCI Bank scandal, it was announced yesterday. The 85-year-old Clifford was confidante and adviser to
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Dow higher
      27 1 WALL STREET slocks swept ahead in active trading yesterday morning. The Dow Jones average climbed 38.09 points to 3,372.16 in the first hour of trading.
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      Footsie higher
      28 1 LONDON share prices were higher at midday yesterday. At about 1130 GMT, the FTSE 100-Share Index was up 29 points, or 1.2 per cent, at 2,402.4.
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      STOCK INDICES
      29 1 Wednesday Change BT-MGA 690.11 +3.85 Kuala Lumpur ....590.71 +4.94 Tokyo 15,095.95 -330.69 Hongkong 5,857.29 +74.66 Sydney 1,612.3 +6.9 Taeadajr Change New York 3,334.07 +51.87 London 1,785.6 +18.6
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      CURRENCIES
      17 1 USS SS 1.6120 100 Yen SS 1.2594 Mm* ■HMnita' 6448 Overnight 2-1/4 unch 3-month 2-1/4 unch
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      COMMODITIES
      35 1 Loadon Gold AM fix US$358.20 -USS1.05 S'porc Oct.... 143.50*/kg unch M'sia Aug 221 */kg unch KLTin Turnover 55 tonnes +10 Spot MS 17.05/kg +0.25 Cradt palm oil Turnover l,680(ots +168 Oct MS828 /tonne -4
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    Govt to partner local firms in new assistance schemes
    561 1  -  Boon Heng announces centre to help HDB retailers By Helen Chang SINGAPORE Government agencies seem set to play a new role in helping local businessmen: becoming their partners to help them modernise and expand overseas. One new scheme, aimed at retailers
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    Sumitomo to buy a third of The Quadrant in surprise deal
    379 1  -  By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE The listless office property market was given a fillip yesterday by news that developers Straits Steamship Land and DBS Land are selling one-third of their $360 million office block, The Quadrant, to Japanese trading
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    Strong export growth signals likely upturn for manufacturing
    453 1  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Singapore's non-oil domestic exports grew by a strong 12.6 per cent in real terms in June, indicating a possible upturn for the manufacturing sector. The performance can be traced to continued improvement in exports to the US and
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    STI Index jumps 17 points
    141 1 SINGAPORE Strong Investor interest in Sembnwang Shipyard and other indexlinked stocks faelled a minirally in Singapore yesterday. The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 17.06 points to dose at 1,*****, bat trading volumes declined from Tuesday's levels and secondliners languished in the market. Sembnwang Shipyard gained
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    Astra founder to step down, economist to take over at the helm
    452 1  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Indonesia's business patriarch William Soeryadjaya is stepping aside as chairman of the country's second-largest business group, PT Astra International, which he founded, after more than 30 years at the helm. He is expected to
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    Trends in BT today
    80 1 Trends ENVIRONMENTAL protection is now a major international concern, with South-east Asia shaping up to be a possible flashpoint. This month's issue of Trends, a publication of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies which appears in today's BT, devotes two articles to the environment debate. Also
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      566 1 CHMII RraMv C 9eriM FUJITSU TEN AMATEUR PHOTO STORES FTC LTD. Stafapan: Phont. *****33 Mi UMpar. Phone; 757 0233 Fmm«: Ptwne. 615 985/619 014 JalaitK Phone. 374 065/*****72 New bumiputra scheme THE Malaysian government officially launched on Tuesday a new entrepreneurship scheme to co-invest in bumiputra companies with a view
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      17 1 Hock Lock Siew: Who will help Inno-Pac? Pg 4 9Do Singapore investors need an association? Pg 10
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
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      S'pore firms urged to design more sophisticated PCBs
      286 2  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Local printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturers should design and manufacture more sophisticated products, four Japanese experts have advised. Led by executive director Teruo Kobari of the Japan Consulting Engineers Association, the Japanese team shared their observations after a
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      Lock icon Hopewell's Bangkok project comes under fire from Thai govt think tank
      201 2 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Hopewell Holdings' massive infrastructure plan for Bangkok has come under fire from members of a Thai government think tank, who claim the project will be late and are questioning Hopewell's financial assumptions. The claims
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      Enterprise Promotion Centres shows the way
      328 2  -  Reports by Helen Chang SINGAPORE When there's something wrong on the factory floor, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters? No, try Enterprise Promotion Centres Singapore's onestop shop for business advice. "Every firm needs something different at different stages of its growth," EPC general manager Lim
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      Compact Metal's Tuas factory makes a clean break
      303 2 A little help is a big boost for two companies SINGAPORE Local manufacturer Compact Metal Industries had big plans for growth. It wanted to double its local sales, expand in Malaysia and start projects in Taiwan and the South Pacific. But one
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      Yam & Son stamps its mark
      244 2 Yam Son stamps its mark SINGAPORE In a Jurong alleyway, in a factory without a signboard, up a set of concrete stairs, sits a big state-of-the-art computer. The imported Belgian device, which cost 1 million, is used to make colour designs for Yam Son Rubber Stamp Manufacturer (Pte) Ltd. In
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      Indonesia, M'sia enjoy big surge in venture capital
      403 3  -  Growth in S'pore fell from 121 pc in 1990 to only 10.2 pc last year Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE Indonesia and Malaysia have become the strongest regional magnets for venture capital funds, taking over from more established economies such as Singapore and Hongkong.
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      JTC planning second business park at Changi South
      351 3  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE With its first business park already off the ground, Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) has plans for a second this time at Changi South, close to the Tanah Merah Country Qub. JTC chairman Yeo Seng Teck said yesterday a
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      Master plan mooted to boost furniture industry
      463 3  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE The furniture industry, considered by many to be a sunset industry, will get a boost from a master plan being mooted to help it achieve greater efficiency and competitiveness. The Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) and the Economic
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      Tech Semicon chips won't miss boat, says official
      250 3  -  By Claire Leow SINGAPORE Tech Semiconductor, the US$3OO million (Ss4B3 million) venture of the Economic Development Board (EDB) and three foreign companies, will not miss the market for the 16megabit chips that it will begin producing next year. This assurance was given
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      Lock icon Bangkok threatens trade war as EC demands tougher stand on copyright
      393 3 AFP BANGKOK The European Community and Thailand began copyright talks here yesterday with the EC demanding a substantial cut in Thai pirated products and Thailand threatening a trade war if the dispute is not solved. The talks were to
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      Jakarta's proposals on traffic offences spark debate over graft
      448 3  -  Frm Maggie Ford irWAKARTA THE Indonesian government proposals to impose strict penalties for traffic offenders and to raise motorway tolls have sparked a heated debate about bribery and corruption. The new traffic regulations, due to be enforced in September, mete out
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      Indonesian economist sees 6 to 7pc annual growth this decade
      390 3  -  By Yang Razali Kassim SINGAPORE The Indonesian economy, driven by a spate of fairly successful reforms, will grow by 6 to 7 per cent yearly throughout the *****, said a visiting Indonesian economist, Dr I wan Jaya Azis, yesterday. But
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Genting companies raise stake in Lonrho
        67 4 LONDON Companies controlled by Genting Bbd have raised their stake in Lonrho pic to 4.3 per cent from 3.04 per cent previously, according to documents filed with the London Stock Exchange. Genting, which holds its Lonrho shares through three subsidiaries Powerstock Ltd, Genting Overseas
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        Berjaya Singer's profits up
        49 4 SINGAPORE Beijaya Singer Bhd's group earnings for the year ended April 30 grew 13.4 per cent to M 537.33 million (5524.1 million) from a year earlier. Pre-tax profit rose 9.3 per cent to $60.16 million and turnover climbed 26.3 per cent to M 5539.18 million.
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        Berjaya Textiles earnings down
        54 4 SINGAPORE Bcrjaya Textiles Bhd's net earnings for the year ended in April tumbled 28.3 per cent to M 55.36 million (553.46 million) from a year earlier. Pre-tax profit dropped 7.8 per cent to M$ 18.69 million in spite of a 2.8 per cent rise in turnover
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        Land & General earnings surge
        49 4 Land General earnings surge SINGAPORE Land General Bhd said group net earnings for the six months ended in June jumped 82 per cent from a year earlier to MS 18.96 million (S$ 12.23 million) on the back of a 26 per cent rise in turnover to M 5204.99 million.
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        Temasek associates cut SIA stake
        59 4 SINGAPORE Companies associated with Temasek Holdings sold 15,000 Singapore Airlines shares for 5190,404.75 on July 24. On July 27, companies associated with Temasek sold 108,000 SIA shares for $1,482,091 and another 2,000 SIA shares for $27,480. Temasek now has direct and deemed interest of 54
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        SIA subsidiary increases capital
        28 4 SINGAPORE Cargo Community Network Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIA, increased its paid-up capital from $3.06 million to S6 million on July 23.
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        Green light for S Island listing
        45 4 SINGAPORE South Island Garments Sdn Bhd has received approval from Malaysia's Capital Issues Committee for the flotation of its shares on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's main board. South Island Garments is a 35.7-per-cent associate of Berjaya Textiles Bhd.
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      KL government launches entrepreneurship scheme
      530 4 Plans to invest in bumiputra firms with a view to listing them SINGAPORE The Malaysian government officially launched on Tuesday a new entrepreneurship scheme, Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Bhd (Punb), to coinvest in bumiputra companies with a view to listing them later. Punb, which has an
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      SiS International to raise HK$63m through HK flotation
      375 4  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG SINGAPORE-OWNED SiS International, one of Southeast Asia's largest computerproducts wholesalers, is planning to raise HK$63.B million (5513.6 million) through a public share flotation in Hongkong next week. At a closed-door fund managers' presentation yesterday, SiS directors announced
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      Clipsal offers 10.3 m new shares in two tranches
      440 4  -  Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Hongkonglisted Gold Peak Industries yesterday offered 10.3 million new shares of its subsidiary Clipsal Industries (Headings) Ltd for subscription in two trendies. The first tranche, which will be offered to the public, comprises 5.67 million shares (with par
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      Singapore's top 10 companies included in new World Stock Index
      407 4  -  By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE Singapore's top 10 corporations have been included in a new World Stock Index published by the International Herald Tribune and compiled by Bloomberg Business News. Starting from a base point of 100 on Jan 1, 1992,
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      Will KMP come to Inno-Pac's aid with white knight gone?
      630 4  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN By William Chia SINGAPORE When it sold off its 19.8 per cent stake in Innovest Bhd, Malayan United Industries Bhd (MUI) dashed hopes that it would use its deep pockets and management expertise to engineer
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Indonesian cement producer to go public
        62 6 JAKARTA Another Indonesian state cement producer, P T Semen Tonasa, will go public. A company ofTicial yesterday said it would float 43.8 million shares, 29.63 per cent of its capital, on the Jakarta stock exchange in September. "We're still working on the price," he
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        PT Inco's profits fall
        73 6 JAKARTA PT International Nickel Indonesia (PT Inco) announced yesterday that unaudited net earnings for the second quarter of this year were US$B.6 million (5513.8 million), or four US cents a share, down from US$l9.4 million or eight US cents a share in the second quarter of
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        Toyota appoints new president
        104 6 TOKYO Japan's biggest car maker, Toyota Motor Corp, said yesterday that Tatsuro Toyoda, vice-president of the car giant, will become president, succeeding his brother, Shoichiro Toyoda. Mr Shoichiro Toyoda, 67, has been president since July 1982 when Toyota merged with the sales company it created in
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      Lock icon Severance payments to cost IBM US$1b this year
      520 6 Greater-than-expected number of employees taking retirement offers AP Reuter NEW YORK IBM will slash its earnings by up to US$l billion (Ssl.6 billion) this year to pay for a greater-than-expected number of employees taking its generous early retirement offers. IBM originally thought
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      Lock icon Higher sales seen boosting Siam Cement earnings
      318 6 Reuter BANGKOK Improved sales boosted The Siam Cement Co Ltd's earnings, in spite of smaller profit margins due to higher industry output, analysts said yesterday. The construction materials giant earlier reported a sharp increase in net after-tax profit for the April-June quarter to
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      CP Pokphand's profits up 51pc
      272 6  -  From Andrew Cooke in BANGKOK C P POKPHAND Ltd (CPP), the international business arm of the giant Charoen Pokphand group, said net profit rose a robust 51 per cent to U5536.04 million (5558.02 million) in 1991 from U5523.84 million in 1990, helped largely by profits
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      Lock icon Chinese energy firm to go public in largest share issue
      182 6 AFP HONGKONG Ah energy company taking part in Shanghni'a aauive Pudoug orbun development project is to go public later this year in Chinu'a largest share offer, Xinhaa news agency said on Tueadny. Sbenneng Co Ltd ia to offer 2.4 billion
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      Lock icon Shenzhen bourse to issue more stocks next month
      320 6 AP HONGKONG China's bustling Shenzhen stock exchange plans to issue at least 10 million yuan (about Ss3 million) worth of new stocks on Aug 8, a leading Chineselanguage newspaper reported here yesterday. According to the independent Ming Pao, tens of thousands of
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      Lock icon Groupe Bull seen making progress in open systems business
      402 6 Bloomberg PARIS French state computer company Groupe Bull SA, which on Tuesday reported a narrowing in its net loss in the first half of 1992, is making progress in its open systems business although a restructuring programme still weighs on its
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      369 4 I IN THE MARKET PAGES i Mini-rally in S'pore 16 Nikkei nears 15,000 22 e Hang Seng rises further 22 ProPak ljPAsia92 The 6th Asian International Food Processing Packaging Technology Exhibition Conference 1-4 September 1992 World Trade Centre Mo ve Ahead Of Competition with !Pro(Pakflsia92 Indeed, today's consumers are faced
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Aussie inflation rate tumbles to 1.2pc, its lowest in 28 years
      529 7 Surprise figure raises market expectations of another interest rate cut soon Reuter SYDNEY Australia's inflation rate has tumbled to its tpwest point in 28 years, reinforcing market expectations that interest rates will be cut again soon. Economists were taken
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      Insurance institute plans to offer higher-level courses
      271 7  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE To promote higher insurance education sad upgrade professional training, the Singapore Insurance Institute plans to launch associateship and fellowship courses and examinations sometime in the future. William Goh, director of the institute (SII), told BT (hat as the
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      Lock icon Rise of regional giants reshaping US banking
      254 7 Reuter NEW YORK US bank rankings by asset size have mostly stabilised for now, but with another wave of mergers coming, industry stalwarts will find more competition Ttom upstart regional giants like Banc One Corp. "There is a reshaping goi*g on in US
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    • SMALL CHANGE
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        POSBank cuts savings rates by quarter point
        54 7 'SINGAPORE The Post Office Savings Bank will cut its •'interest rates on savings accounts by 0.25 percentage point /from this Saturday. The new rate for balances up to $100,000 -will be 2.75 per cent per annum, while that for balances above $100,000 will
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        Bank taps S'pore market for funds
        85 7 SINGAPORE PT DBS Buana Tat Lee Bank (DBT) has tuccessfully tapped the Singapore capital markets for US$l5 pillion through a two-year revolving credit facility. DBT is a feint-venture between Tat Lee Bank, DBS Bank and PT Bank Ruana Indonesia. The facility arranged by NDC
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        Saudi pleads guilty in BCCI case
        75 7 WASHINGTON The former head of Saudi intelligence find a key figure in the 1982 takeover of First American ftankshares by Bank of Credit and Commerce International, Kamal Adham, has pleaded guilty to violating the New York Bank holding company act. The newspaper said Mr
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      Lock icon US dealers gear up for struggle on swap law
      350 7 Reuter NEW YORK The International Swap Dealers Association (Isda), meeting here this week, is in the midst of a key rearguard action to save legislation that will ensure US swaps remain exempt from the controls on futures. The legislation, the Commodity
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      244 7 THE MERITS OF BEING BOTH A HARE AND A TORTOISE. What would you think of an Air Express company that believes they should meet your business schedule and not you theirs? Slightly unusual? That would go to the extent of offering over 100 scheduled flights departing Singapore daily with multiple
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
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        Rise expected for Indon electronics exports
        62 8 JAKARTA Indonesia expects its exports of electronic products to reach US$6OO million (***** million) next year, the Kompas daily said here yesterday. The newspaper quoted Junior Industry Minister Tungky Ariwibowo as saying that the forecast was based on the fact that several foreign electronic
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        Thai document fees abolished
        60 8 BANGKOK The Thai Cabinet agreed on Tuesday to abolish immediately all government fees for the processing of import and export documents to promote trade, the Prime Minister's Office said yesterday. The fees, imposed in 1979, were impeding Thailand's international trade, and bring in average annual revenue
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        Plan to boycott Mitsubishi
        78 8 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian environment group, which has accused Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi of being party to radioactive pollution here, is initiating a worldwide boycott of the company's goods. Hew Yoon Tat, chairman of the Perak Anti-Radioactive Committee, said on Tuesday that the boycott was to protest
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        Suharto names new chief justice
        65 8 JAKARTA Indonesian President Suharto has named Deputy Chief Justice Purwoto Suhadi Gandasubrata as the new chief justice to replace the recently retired Ali Said, the official Antara news agency said yesterday. Mr Purwoto, 63, was chosen from four candidates proposed by Indonesia's legislature and would
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        KL to ban cigarette ads in papers
        103 8 KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Health Minister Mohamed Farid Ariffin said yesterday that Malaysia will extend the current ban against cigarette ads on television to include the print media. Laws, which will go in effect from the end of this year, would penalise violations with
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      Lock icon Chamlong: No place for army in business, politics
      354 8 He vows to end military participation if appointed as PM Reuter TOKYO The man who led Thailand's antigovernment demonstrators in May vowed yesterday to drive the military out of business and politics if he becomes prime minister after national elections in September.
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      Lock icon Hanoi approves three locations for Malaysian investments
      325 8 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Vietnamese government has given the nod for Malaysians to undertake investment projects in three localities in that country. Two of the areas in the provinces of Kuang Ninh and Baria Vung Tau have been approved for tourism projects, while
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      Lock icon Creditors said to be upbeat about Manila's economic outlook
      417 8 Reuter MANILA Senior Philippine officials have told President Fidel Ramos that the country's foreign creditors are optimistic about the country's economic outlook and say the worst is now behind it. In a joint memorandum to Mr Ramos, Manila's chief debt negotiators
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      Lock icon Reward offered to nab Thai vote buyers
      296 8 AFP BANGKOK Thais who turn in politicians offering to buy their votes in the upcoming election can earn up to 120,000 baht (557.600) from a group trying to wipe out the practice, reports said yesterday. The cash would be paid from a three-million-baht
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      Lock icon HK shifting to more services-oriented economy: HSBC report
      287 8 AFP HONGKONG Hongkong is shifting towards a more services-oriented economy, in spite of cost pressures on limited economic resources, especially labour and property, an economic report said yesterday. The report of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp said the major service industries appeared
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      Lock icon S Korean deficit highest among Asia's dragons
      166 8 AFP SEOUL South Korea posted a trade deficit of US$4.B billion (557.7 billion) during the first five months of the year, the highest among Asia's four "dragon" economies, trade officials were quoted as saying yesterday. The Yonhap News Agency quoted Trade and Industry
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      536 8 I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I INTERIM RESULTS 1992 THE DIRECTORS OF SEMBAWANG SHIPYARD LIMITED ANNOUNCE THE UNAUDITED RESULTS OF THE I COMPANY AND THE GROUP FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1992 AS FOLLOWS: I COMPANY fifIQUE I 1902 1981 %W- 1992 1881 I sstx» SstX»
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      78 8 This announcement appears aa a matter of record only DBS BUANA TAT LEE BANK U5D15,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility Arranged by JT NDC MERCHANT BANK LTD Lenders The Daiwa Bank, Limited, Singapore Branch The Fuji Bank, Limited, Singapore Branch The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Limited, Singapore Branch The Nippon Credit
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Maastricht pact to slow down EC growth: IMF
      508 9 Study predicts Italy will be hardest hit IHT PARIS Stoking a controversy with wide political implications in several European Community (EC) countries, a report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that moves to achieve economic and monetary union will be a
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      Lock icon Economic reforms give China clout, says military chief
      307 9 Reuter BEIJING China's most powerful military leader has said Deng Xiaoping's programme of economic reforms will give Beijing both the military and the economic muscle to begin acting like a big power. Yang Baibing, secretarygeneral of China's Central Military Commission, said in
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      Lock icon US investors gleeful about fall in consumer confidence
      338 9 NYT NEW YORK In another setback for the struggling US economic recovery and President George Bush's reelection campaign, consumer confidence dropped sharply in'. July, the Conference B<&rd reported on Tuesday. 'The business group's widely followed confidence index fell 16 per cent, erasing
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      Lock icon UK govt policies under fire from usually supportive CBI
      323 9 IHT I LONDON The British gdvernment's economic policies took a pair of body blows on Tuesday from one ol its erstwhile staunchest defenders, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). •Not only did the CBl's quarterly industrial trends reveal a sharp downtijn
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      Lock icon Germans blame rates policy for delayed recovery
      267 9 FT BONN German engineers, retailers and economists on Tuesday warned that the expected economic recovery would be delayed and placed most of the blame on the Bundesbank's high interest rates policy. Domestic orders for plant and machinery in June were 22 per cent
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      India aims to become top software exporter
      536 9  -  Strategies of Ireland, Singapore to be adopted From Neel Patri in NEW DELHI IN A BID to become the top software exporter, India will set up so-called centres of excellence and adopt some of the strategies that Ireland and Singapore have successfully implemented.
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Drop in contracts for Japanese trading firms
        78 9 TOKYO Contracts signed for exports and imports in the first six months of 1992 fell on a year-to-year basis for the 19-member trading firms of the Japan Foreign Trade Council, a council spokesman said on Tuesday. Export contracts fell by 1.2 per cent
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        IMF extends deadline for loans
        61 9 WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund has extended for another year its deadline for very low interest loans available to 72 Third World governments, fund officials said on Tuesday. The countries, eligible because of their citizens' low incomes, are mainly in Africa but include China and
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        Pope discharged from hospital
        78 9 ROME Nearly two weeks after undergoing intestinal surgery, Pope John Paul II was discharged from the Gemelli Hospital on Tuesday to convalesce at a lakeside retreat south of Rome. Smiling and waving to about 250 wellwishers fellow patients, nuns and hospital workers the Pope, wearing his
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      687 9 S y Bayerische Landesbank f Girozentrale I CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 1991 (Figures in DM Millions) I ASSETS 1991 LIABILITIES 1 991 I Cash funds 474 8 Due to Bavanan savings banks 14,223 3 Bills of Exchange 700.6 Too« o1 I Due from Bavarian savings banks
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    Uniting small investors
    532 10 EDITORIAL IT MAY NOT have been quite a case of David taking on Goliath, but Mr Ng Kim Hoo's successful petitioning of Singapore Airlines for a bonus issue must be inspiration for the small investors who feel their interests have been ignored by listed companies. Some of
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      The power of Saddam
      299 10 WHAT keeps President Saddam Hussein in power? The question is not unimportant for being dated. Indeed, the latest fracas between Iraq and the United Nations over the inspection of the Agriculture Ministry, suspected of being used to hide weaponsrelated material, dramatises the question. Though Baghdad backed
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      The Olympic spirit
      102 10 IN many ways, the Barcelona 1992 Olympics is an historic event. It is the biggest and most expensive sports event. Barcelona also scores many firsts. For the first time, black and white athletes from South Africa will take part in Barcelona. Similarly, the Germans will compete as
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      Sheltered housing scheme
      121 10 THE sheltered housing scheme in old housing estates must be coordinated with the upgrading of the estate as a whole. Improv ing the living environment and the individual units are equally important. It the living environment is not improved, the other residents in the estates with sheltered
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      Offering alternative news
      182 10 WE believe the main goal of improving the mass media should be to offer the national audience alternative sources of news and information. Raising funds from selling the three TV licences for use in improving Channel 11, as some commission members have suggested, should only be a
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    • Article
      HK's split families
      163 10 BENEFICIARIES of the 1991 scheme automatically win British citizenship not only for themselves but also for their wives and children under 18. Yet some other children are denied citizenship unless they and one or both of their British citizen parents go to live in the UK for
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      Valuing a helping hand
      160 10 MALAYSIAN manufacturers have to show more appreciation for what Sirim (Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia) is doing and the assistance it is extending to them. They have to demonstrate more interest in product development, quality control and meeting standards. The ISO 9000 series of
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    Lock icon The pros and cons of cooperation
    1042 10  -  Strategic alliances between companies are in vogue but Christopher Lorenz warns that while they may give companies unprecedented flexibility, they can also render them unstable Christopher Lorenz FT STRATEGIC alliances are seen almost universally these days as a "good thing" like motherhood. But they
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      590 10 BUSINESS TIMES Toll- free Tel No 737 0Q43-Fax No: 734-3698 1 Hai Sun Hup Group Ltd I (Incorporated in tie Repubfic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT J I (1) PROPOSED FIRST AND FINAL DIVIDEND OF 10* (TAX EXEMPT) M RESPECT OF 9 THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 1992 ("PROPOSED DIVIDEND") I
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      36 10 DOONESBURY by garrv trudeau ~~~1 ÜBSOTN ACABIOGOSEE BUT fT UA6 FF6E2IN6 ON THE I SOHOWVOU GREAT! Ski TWO MAKE mHfIP 9fAKH6USH,SqHte**P 1 aJTTOWi* AUtAL URIOSTMmOOV*. 90Ut *22!? J MBtesT- PUNT&TH6*Vm,Ap*X>K au? AH T' Hsw rye scauay
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      The Pacific Century: fact or fiction?
      983 11  -  George Hicks writes that the idea of a Pacific Century should be buried. This article is in line with another which appeared in BT on May 20 in which he did not hold much promise for East Asia, saying that democracy in most of
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      Russia eyes the Asian arms market
      1540 11  -  Russia is competing with American and European defence companies for the lucrative military market in Malaysia and China. At the same time, Russia's decision to stay on in Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay is dictated both by security and business considerations, reports Harish Mehta Harish
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      824 12 Nothing Beats A Bud. where to wine, dine WmiG OF JOIN m IMS vV AND HAVE AMU Only at Subway can you play old English pub games like Push Penny, Table Skittles, Backgammon and Electronic Darts. What's more, our Happy Hour beer prices at $3 a glass and $12 a
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      184 12 faction of demanding diners To guarantee V IV your place amongst the discerning, make f your reservations early CTTTj f Lunch 12pm to 2 30pm i«7y Dinner: 7pmto 10.30pm jwiewi 15th floor f- 1 jgu mmm* 333 Orchard Road. Singapore 0923. Tel *****11 ttj. Y;-\ Chefs $26.00" ~4H ?4g succulent
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      690 12 j TELEVISION AND RADIO f* 1 ."J Sftfel* A Mi Om. I Buss of death fi&sSfeitZ!. IMc BrooMast Roport (Q 7.05 am, 1.36pm, 5.05pm, 1.05 am: ■MngßWl i 0 CkM 12,19 M amtm 12M 711 *">—" *Tl' World Business Report ■paaiiailliaa™ IJi }y^ f s^(Nl^lk ita* 1, *.5 in vhf
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Rocking through hard times
      1121 13  -  Dawn Tan catches up with Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen when he was in town recently Dawn Tan Fidgeting with the laces on his black suede boots in a plush suite in Singapore's Shan-gri-La Hotel, Rick Allen is a pensive figure in quiet repose. With no
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      Lock icon Partnership that's a labour of love
      789 13  -  Jane E Brody on what makes a long, happy marriage Jane E Brody NYT ASKING long-married couples why their marriages have endured while nearly half those around them have been torn asunder is like asking 10 blind men to describe an elephant. The answers
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      Bond paintings withdrawn from auction amid doubts
      655 13 CHATTERBOX LEADING auctioneer Christie's withdrew nine bird paintings from a sale of jailed tycoon Alan Bond's art collection after doubts over their authenticity, a spokeswoman said in Melbourne yesterday. Christie's Australia would do further research on the watercolours, catalogued as the work of
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      220 13 AND ENTERTAIN «•V M f IKb VSB i I The musical magic of FRANK ROBIN arrives at Ridleys. Catch their versatile act of country and western contemporary hits at happy hours. All drinks at half price utvt^ flnniui n hniirc ANA HOTEL during these hows SINGAPORE Mon to Thur 6pm
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      154 13 Mil I »»i |~J un e July Prom olio n j Experience the freshest from the sea at CHINA CHINA RESTAURANT Special set menus available for lunch and dinner from $68 (2 persons) to $338 (10 persons) I For reservations, please call 3224 228/9 Our mUmraut outlet! wrlcomt tk public
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      Cultural clash of colours
      714 14  -  Stacey Marcus and Nuala Slansky discuss the impact of colour in business Stacey Marcus and Nuala Slansky The writers are lecturers at the Nanyang Technological University Many people do not realise that something as basic as colour can be a component of international trade. Flip through
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      Learning can be child's play
      500 14  -  Jennifer Lien discovers this at a new shop in town Jennifer Lien GIVE a child five pages of arithmetic to do and the reaction could be a scream. Give it a game to play with and the reaction is likely to be a smile. Children
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      Ad Grand to handle Silik campaign
      149 14 ONE of Italy's largest furniture-makers, Silik, has appointed Ad Grand to handle its advertising campaign. The $400,000 contract will attempt to introduce Silik's range of Baroque and Rococo style furniture, which are crafted by master carpenters in Cantu, Italy. Silik is noted for furniture
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      Lock icon Levi's new ads tailored for two styles of jeans
      539 14 NYT NEW advertising for Levi's jeans takes a down-to-earth, back-to-basics approach, featuring earnest young men in charmingly inarticulate discussions of life's larger meaning as they wander through urban and rural settings. And new advertising for Levi's jeans also takes a glossy,
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      355 14 S*?' «!EL < <^6^tSi&. v OH dear, oh dear, it looks like Charles Would they have given us $4 million and Di and Fergie and Andy aren't the only couples doing the marital splits. Here to promote family life if they'd known at Adcom, after a lot of heart-searching (not
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon American washout
      427 15 Olympics AP BARCELONA Finally, the'biggest names in American'swimming got beat at the Olympics. Matt Biondi and Janet Evans the golden superstars of Seoul in 1988 were reduced to also-rans in gn Eastern European gold medal march. Biondi finished fifth in the 100 m freestyle on Tuesday. Evans, the
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      Lock icon No weight on winner Nairn's shoulders
      602 15 NYT BARCELONA The Pocket Hercules does not need to carry all that weight anymore. It was quite enough for Nairn Suleymanoglu to win another gold medal on Tuesday night. He is a two-time Olympic champion at the age of 25. He said he did
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      Lock icon US left with bronze as CIS gymnasts win women's team event
      355 15 AFP BARCELONA The Unified Team swept to its expected victory in the women's team gymnastics competition on Tuesday, but Romania caused the night's upset by denying the US the Olympic silver medal. The six winners, still wearing the communist
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      cool day to keep competitors happy at Raffles Country Club
      696 15  -  Business Times-Lancome Golf Tournament By Susan Tsang SINGAPORE The Business Times-Lancome 16th Anniversary Advertising Golf Tournament took place yesterday in nearly perfect conditions. The overcast skies kept things cool enough for the 155 competitors, who were invited to forsake a
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    • OLYMPIC FEATS
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        What's in a name?
        97 15 BARCELONA What's in a name? You never know, but there are some gems at these Games. Take the Ivanov contingent from Bulgaria: Ivan Dobrev Ivanov, the badminton player, Ivan lotov Ivanov, the archer, Ivan Yanev Ivanov, the gymnast; and Ivan Ivanov Ivanov, the gold-medal weight lifter.
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        Victorious debut for Savon
        56 15 BARCELONA Felix Savon, the Cuban heavyweight boxer who has won every major amateur title except the Olympics, made his Olympic debut on Tuesday with a second-round knockout of Krzysztof Rojek of Poland. Savon was the third Cuban to win on Tuesday, running their record to 7-0
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        And the latest medal tally is...
        108 15 BARCELONA Thanks in part to gymnastics, the CIS with eight golds was far ahead of the much-vaunted Americans in the medals tally after Tuesday's events. The Americans had only four golds, fewer even than China and Hungary with five apiece. In the overall tally,
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        Injured Aouita pulls out
        91 15 BARCELONA Said Aouita, Morocco's four-time world record holder, has pulled out of the Olympics after failing a fitness test on a pulled thigh muscle. "He is shattered," said Moroccan team official Ali Arazam. "He desperately wanted to run." Aouita, who had until yesterday to register for
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        South Korea wins shooting gold
        87 15 BARCELONA Lee Eun Chul came from behind to win the men's small-bore rifle prone position title and earn South Korea its second Olympic shooting gold. Harald Stenvaag of Norway took the silver and independent competitor Stefan Pletikosic the bronze after Germany's Hubert Bichler had led
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      TODAY'S SCHEDULE
      182 15 BADMINTON: Men and women, 4pm/ 11pm: Singles (2nd rd), doubles (Ist rd), Women BASKETBALL: Women's Group A, 7pm: CIS v Cuba, 4am (Friday): Brazil v Italy Group B: spm: Czechoslovakia v United States, 2am (Friday): China v Spain BOXING: Ist rd, 7pm/lam (Friday): Lightweight, light-wel-terweight EQUESTRIANISM: 11pm: 3-day
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Interest in selected stocks sparks mini rally
      3061 16  -  By S N Vasuki "IT WAS a mini rally, but certainly a hollow one," an analyst said yesterday as the Singapore stock market confounded the sceptics and the Straits Times Industrials Index bounced back above Monday's levels to close 17.06 points higher at
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      Lock icon HOT STOCK
      61 16  -  By Quak Hiang Whai Comment ALL THE CHARTS on Far East Levingston Warrants point to an imminent correction. Alter plunging from about $3 last year, the daily, weekly and monthly stochastics are now near zero. The weekly relative strength index is also approaching zero. Watch for a rebound
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 3
    2926 18 Gentingj 50" 805 +15 +1 9* Magnum Corp 50* 456 +6 +1.3% MISC Foreign 456 +4 +0.9% Landmarks Bhd 107 3 NST 271 +3 +11% Sungci Way 176 +3 +1.7% Berjaya Ind 63 2 +3.3% Fwn 50« 420 +2 +0.5% Hume M 344 2 +-0.6%
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      93 18 IwlSgl i 101 I IIIGI IP! 9 f "Do wiling out o( die ordinary now and then so it won't go stale. 1 9 J 'Sacrifice time to keep each other company. 1 J y 'Follow the French proverb: 'A good wile is one who is blind. A good y
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Share prices rebound on renewed buying interest
      5267 19 Bernama SHARE PRICES rebounded on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday on renewed buying support. The Composite Index gained 4.94 points to 590.71 and the Emas Index firmed 0.73 of a point to 144.13. The Industrial Index gained 1.08 points to 999.28. The
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      330 20 f llilfj Data Yaar CrMf N«t N«t aarniags Crass am to profit/loss (L) par shara #»Maa< ('OM) (carta) C* Tang Jul 23 Mar 92 S3.802(S6.S52> 92(168) 6(6) Causeway Jul 22 Dec 91 $3581(11.808) —(5.8) J Cement Jul 22 Mar 92 $10.044($3.126) 28 5(89) 12.5(7.5) Asia Pk Ld Jul
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      206 20 Company Daft Year Group pre-tax Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend (000) (cents) Rashid Hussain Jul 21 May 92 M568 2/9(568.223) 24 4(33) 5(5) YTL Corpn Jul 24 Jun 92 M$42.505($30.951) 17 3(136) 10(10) Sn Hartamas Jul 21 Dec 91 M$955l($14.874L) Khong Guan Jul
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      203 20 Cm»a«y Date Haff-yur Grmip pre-tax Interim mh to profit/loss (L) dividend (000) MU Mfg Jul 28 Jun 92 M$6.665($l3.581) 12(12b) Semb Shipyard Jul 28 Jun 92 $71.234($51.061) 8(8) Ul Securities Jul 28 Jun 92 $1.570(J1,839) Semb Maritime Jul 27 Jun 92 $8,025(57.146) Magnum Corp Jul 27 Jun 92
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      417 20 Jul 26 CK Tang Ltd expects its trading division to double its contribution in two to three years' time and is aggressively expanding both aspects of its business stores and trading. Eu Yan Sang Hongkong Pte Ltd is applying for a public listing on the Hongkong Stock Exchange
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      577 20 toim Ex Ms Mi T«Wlv Mfcr imwwt Mi cbM ftmymr Mjiar Mn Hdp 50c 6*(b) Aug 26 Sep 7 Sep 2* 6% 6* Anted 25c 10% Aug 21 Aug 27 S«p 10 10% 10% Asa Pac Ld 50c 2%<b) Jul 23 Au| 6 Sep 1 2% 2% Avro
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      405 20 Company Rights Issue MC Bart One fw two MSI 25 per share Ei-date Jun 2 Books dose km 17 Acceptance t Payment Jul 30 Eu T«i Sang Three-for-one (a SI 05 per share Ex-date Jun 17 Books Close Jun 27 Acceptance Payment Aug 3 MAA Three-tor tour at
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      113 20 Rothmans Murines Ltd: 13th AGM at the Registered Office, Virginia Par, 905 Buhit Timah Road, Singapore 2158, on Thursday, July 30 at 11.30 am km Pacific Land Bhd: 31st AGM at the Miami 111 Hall, Ferringhi Beach Hotel, 12.5 km Batu Ferringhi Road, ***** Batu Ferringhi, Penang, on
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      SCRIPLESS CONVERSIONS
      88 20 Conversion Special Trig acnpms Company Con version starts (IDP) Period (ST) Trading starts A moot Jul 17 Aug 13 Jul 31 Aug 13 Aug 14 ANA Hotels Jul 31 Aug 27 Aug 17 Aug 27 Aug 28 Harimaa Jul 17 Aug 13 Jul 31 Aug 13 Aug 14
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      MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      365 20 In local curr In S$ In IJS$ dy >t «l> yr dy yr Jwl) 28 Index chge chge chge chge chge chge World 368.9 0.5 -9.6 0.4 -9.7 0.6 -9.3 $E\FE 422.9 0.2 -15 8 0.5 -15.1 0.6 -14.8 Europe 397.9 0.5 -3.3 0.9 -0.3
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    Lock icon CHARTING SERVICE
    609 20 JMoving Averages: A moving average shows at any one time the mean •f the prices over a specified time SGrame. A five-day moving average, for instance, is the average of the last five •days* prices. Moving averages (MA) are normally jotted with the prices, and serve as Indicators
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF THAILAND
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      Lock icon Thai Airways' rally gives market a boost
      1822 21 Reuter THE four-baht rally of Thai Airways International helped push the stock index to a higher close yesterday, brokers said. The SET Index rose 4.01 points to 736.58 on moderate turnover of 4.89 billion baht. Advances led declines 110 to 98. Thai Airways,
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      Lock icon Stocks slip farther as investors wait for new factors
      958 21 STOCK prices slipped further in dull trade on heavy selling yesterday, brokers said. "Some investors are taking a wait and see attitude. Some others are selling their shares to avoid further losses," one said. Astra International fell 100 rupiah to 11,750
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      Lock icon Shares end mixed as exodus to Shenzhen continues
      333 21 Reuter CHINA SHARES finished mixed yesterday as investors continued to switch to Shenzhen from more sluggish Shanghai after a bout of prof-it-taking on both exchanges on Tuesday, Hongkong brokers said. In its daily report, Credit Lyonnais Securities said Shenzhen B shares aimed
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Nikkei drops nearer to 15,000 points
      2564 22 Reuter TOKYO Stocks etched new lows yesterday, with the 225-share Nikkei Average losing 330.69 points or 2.14 per cent to 15,095.95 after flirting with 15,000. Shrugging off Wall Street's rally, investors were preoccupied with domestic woes as rumours of bad debts again swept the
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
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      Lock icon Stocks surge for second consecutive day
      2496 22 AP AFP HONGKONG Share prices on the Hongkong stock exchange closed sharply higher for the second consecutive session yesterday, boosted by the overnight rally on Wall Street. The Hang Seng Index, the market's key indicator of blue chips, rose 74.66 points, closing at 5,857.29.
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  • AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Share prices end off day's high as Tokyo falls
      2065 23 Reuter AUSTRALIAN shares were pulled off their day's high yesterday as the push from New York's biggest one-day rise in three months was negated by falls in Tokyo. "When one major market goes up, and the other down you have to
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Manila stocks end higher in moderate trade
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        MANILA
        532 23 MANILA share prices closed higher in moderate trade yesterday as positive news in the oil sector drummed up buying interest, brokers said. The Manila Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 7.64 to 1,485.31. "Buying interest is building up mainly on account of exciting developments in the oil sector," said Conrad
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        NEW ZEALAND
        317 23 ANOTHER SHARP FALL in Fletcher Challenge's share price yesterday, coupled with Tokyo's inability to follow on from Wall Street's sharp rise, took New Zealand share prices marginally lower at the close. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 2.94 points down at 1,528.48. The 52point overnight rise on the Dow
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        TAIPEI
        476 23 TAIWAN'S Weighted Stock Index finished at a new 18-month low yesterday as overall sentiment remained gloomy, but paper shares were sharply higher on buying by institutions, including foreigners, brokers said. The index stayed in negative territory for most of the session and closed 11.78 points down at 3,947.32 on
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        SEOUL
        750 23 STOCKS remained in the doldrums for the fourth consecutive day yesterday as a lack of fresh news made investors turn away from the market, brokers said. The index fell 5.61 points to 508.84. Trading volume and turnover were weak as 8.45 million shares worth 98.99 billion won changed hands
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        BOMBAY
        143 23 SHARE PRICES finished mixed on Tuesday after an early surge triggered scattered profit-taking, brokers said. They said the selling came from financiers who were saddled with a large number of shares, against which they had advanced cash to big market players. The players ducked interest payments on the loans
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        53 23 INDICES TURNOVER Clw Jrijr 2» Pit ii— ICW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital 1.528.48 1,531.42 -2.94 MAMLA Composite Index Turnover (mil pesos) 1,485.31 243 1,477.67 235.9 +7.64 +7.1 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index Turnover (NTS billion) 3,947.32 21.47 3,959.10 22.1 -11.7* -0.63 SEOUL Composite Stock Index Turnover (billion won) 508 84 98.99 514.45
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Dow surges 51 points in heavy trade
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        73 24 INDICES TURNOVER m YOW My 21 dm PiiiIim Dow Jones SAP 500 Turnover (million) 3,334.07 3,282.20 +51.17 417.52 411.54 5.98 218.06 164.70 -1-53.36 L0N00N Financial Timet 30 FTSE 100 Turnover (million) 1,785.6 1,767.0 +18.6 2J73.4 2,348.0 25.4 445.2 562.0 -116.8 FMNRIURI DAX Index 1,610.59 1,618.09 -7.5 AMSTERDAM FOE Index 284.99
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        NEW YORK
        1522 24 SHARPLY HIGHER bond prices that drove interest rates to a six-month low and unexpected strong earnings by Chrysler ignited a rally in New York in heavy trading on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which slid 3.51 points on Monday, surged 51.87 to 3,334.07 for its second biggest
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        LONDON
        836 24 SHARES BRUSHED off their recent worries in London, posting their biggest rise for more than two weeks on Tuesday in reaction to the market's oversold condition and a good start on Wall Street. After nine weeks of losses, traders took in their stride a new gloomy report from the
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        122 24 Brussels July 28 Fraacs FORWARD MARKET Acec 2530 Arbed 3750 unch Astar 504 Brascan *44 unch Canpac 442 I Cock 155 I De Beers 600 8 Ebcs 7730 G Bdg(P) I 980 10 Gb-Inno-Bm 1446 16 Gevaat 6510 10 Gr Bru Lamb 3000 20 Hobok Petro ***** unch Ryl Dutch
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        FRANKFURT
        123 24 THE FRANKFURT stock market suffered a moderate loss on Tuesday, as the DAX Spot Trend Index ended the session at 1,610.59 points, down by 0.50 per cent from 1,618.09 at the Monday close. rranKiun J*y 28 DM Ac» 171.20 -4.30 BASF 220.50 2.50 BMW 527.00 -1.50 Bayer 262.10 -1.10
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        AMSTERDAM
        331 24 SHARES ENDED a shade firmer on Tuesday as a stronger tone in London persuaded a handful of players to pick bargains, but demand concentrated on chemicals stocks and the rebound was largely technical, dealers said. The EOE Index closed up 1.08 points at 284.99. Chemicals groups Akzo and DSM
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        PARIS
        207 24 FRENCH SHARE prices kept the lead they established early on and ended higher on Tuesday, encouraged by Wall Street's rise and fed by arbitrage, dealers said. The CAC-40 Index finished 13.65 points higher at 1,769.00. Some 1.6 billion francs' worth of shares changed hands during the day. As the
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        MILAN
        164 24 ITALIAN STOCKS posted moderate gains on Tuesday after seven sessions of losses, but volume was light as investors showed little enthusiasm for opening large positions. The MIB Share Index edged up four points to close at 784. Blue chips, which have been battered for several days, recovered slightly. Brokers
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        ZURICH
        264 24 A WAVE OF buying late on Tuesday led Swiss shares to a higher close in thin trade. The All-Share SPI Index rose 9.4 points to 1,122.8 and the SMI Index of leading shares put on 15.5 to 1,777.4. "Volume was not too big, there was a lot of to-and-fro
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        STOCKHOLM
        167 24 SWEDISH SHARES rose strongly for the second day in a row on Tuesday. Analysts agreed the lack of players made for volatility, but differed over whether they were looking at a technical rebound or a changing trend. The Bourse General Index rose 1.47 per cent to 843.38, while the
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        JOHANNESBURG
        375 24 SOUTH AFRICAN stocks drifted sidb-* ways in quiet trade on Tuesday as in*) vestors waited for fresh directions dealers said. "It appears this market ifc running out of sellers, but buyers are' also on the sidelines as well. But th«? downward momentum is slowing* down," one dealer said. The
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        TORONTO
        319 24 TORONTO STOCKS followed on tte, heels of the rally in the US and Canadian bond markets and on Wall Street to end moderately higher on Tuesday. The TSE 300 Composite Index closed 15.08 points at 3,411.54. Advances leddeclines 256 to 237. Turnover was re>stricted to 23.1 million shares valued
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      1227 25 REPORTS Tokyo: The US dollar closed firmer against the yen here yesterday when speculative yen sales emerged as Tokyo share prices came close to the key psychological barrier of 15,000, dealers said. But a stronger mark in yen-cross trade limited
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      384 25 Cross rates July 29 USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS uss 1.6130 2.5000 1.4720 127.40 0.5179 1.3015 1.3441 1.8332 ss 0.6200 1 1.5499 0.9126 78.9833 0.3211 0.8069 0.8333 1.1365 MS 0.4000 0.65 1 0.5888 0.2071 0.5206 0.5376 0.7333 Dm 0.6793 1.0958 1.6984 86.55 0.3518 0.8842
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      518 25 Interbank rates S$ Bid Offer Overnight 2 5/16 2 7/16 1-month 2 5/16 2 7/16 2-month 2 5/16 2 7/16 3-month 2 5/16 2 7/16 Overnight mode. 2-3/8 USS BM Offer 7 days 3 V16 3 7/16 1 month 3 5/16 3 7/16 2 months 3 5/16 3
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      Lock icon Higher rates, volatility set to benefit CME's Libor contract
      328 25 Reuter CHICAGO Solid signs of recovery would be the best news not only for the US economy but for a littleknown futures contract that observers think would thrive on a rise in rates and a revival of volatility. In the 27
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      1548 25 S1MEX 94 CTMOOOtUa Open High Low Sett Est Vol Act/Vol Op/lnt 9; o,„ iu <i QA 54 96.33 96.53 2900 3826 ***** »< Dec 92 %'20 96.22 96.20 96 20 5800 3646 ***** 9J Mar 93 96.12 96.15 96.12 96.13 3400 2616 ***** Jun 93 95.83 95.86 95.83
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      Lock icon Opec sees uncertainties that threaten oil outlook
      357 26 Reuter LONDON Petroleum markets arc entering a danger zone in which wild swings in oil prices may put a new strain on a fragile global economy. "Probably at no time in the history of the oil industry have there been so many uncertainties,"
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      290 26 Reuter NEW YORK Gold futures may briefly extend the gains of the past two months, but there are technical and fundamental factors that will soon tarnish the appeal of the metal, analysts said. Martin Murenbeeld, head of Murenbeeld Associates Inc, said
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      KL tin price rises 25 sen on speciilative buying
      760 26 REPORTS THE PRICE of tin on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market finished 25 sen higher at MS 17.05 per kg yesterday mainly on speculative buying. The performance on the local market was aided by the steadier close on the London Metal
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      1474 26 Rubber m dwmirntt cirtMji (h>«nw^ii«>ip) KS» 1 C—tract (ScentVkg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sen (tonnes) Interest Aug 92 144.50 143.50 143.50 2,300 925 Sep 142.50 142.00 142.50 1,900 3,975 Oct 142.25 141.75 142.25 375 3,825 Nov 142.25 141.75 142.25 675 3,875 Dec 142.25 141.75 142.25 375 3,800
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      565 27  -  POSTCARD FROM CARACAS By Gary Regenstreif The ghosts of February's coup attempt have kept some tourists away from Venezuela but officials expect to lure them back with a campaign promoting the country's Caribbean white sand beaches and other attractions. Tourist arrivals dropped by 25 per cent in
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      FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      152 27 As at 10am yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.1935 1.2097 Canadian dollar 1.3433 1.3705 NZ dollar 0.8691 0.8870 Sterling pound 3.1002 3.1425 US dollar 1.6100 1.6170 Local dollars to 100 anits of farciga can-eacy Austrian schilling 15.38
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      86 27 Duration Title Venue Organiser Te» Sep 6-9 Fine Food Melbourne Australian (61)3/867.79*1 Exhibition Services Sep 6-10 International Earls Court. Reed Exhibition 081-*****71 Watch, Jewellery and Silver Trades Fair London Companies Ltd Sep 6-9 International Dussddorf. IGEDO. (49)211-*****1 Fashion Trade Fair Germany Internationale Modemesse Duration Title Venue Organiser
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      158 27 1 Lodgings once a gold- 9 Usud to win nothing in 10 A in church pigeon? (5) 27 Drib 4*en of Castile? 28 Could be Lear's bunk? (8) course? (8-4) 14 Immature insect's rate of DoM(|l progress under city (5) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 2 Trespassing in August, "Fresh March Wind" say?
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      170 27 Singapore Outlook: Showers with gvsty winds over nay areas in the pre-dawn hows and earty rooming. Report Maximum temperature 39.8 Assoc humidity 74% Minimum temperature 23.4 Assoc humidity 97% Hours of sunshine 3.85 Rainfall in mm Trace Rainfall this month 279.3 Rainy days this month 17 wona report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo*
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    509 28 Exercises seen as warning to Iraq to comply with ceasefire terms Reuter WASHINGTON The US said on Tuesday that American troops will hold 17 days of war games in Kuwait beginning next Monday to emphasise its commitment to security in the Gulf.
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    Lock icon Chinese leaders' meeting will see Deng in control to push reform
    355 28 UPI BEIJING Chinese leaders are gathering for crucial meetings that will outline the country's direction for the coming years, with patriarch Deng Xiaoping taking direct command to enshrine his free-market economic reforms, Chinese sources say. Senior government and communist
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    Lock icon US seeks World Bank loan shift that may hurt China
    327 28 Reuter WASHINGTON The United States is pressing the World Bank to direct more of its very low-cost loans to the world's poorest countries in a policy shift that Bank sources said would reduce such financing for China. It is pursuing
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    Lock icon EC farm chief hopes to avert trade war with US
    348 28 Reuter DROMOLAND CASTLE, Ireland European Community farm chief Ray MacSharry said yesterday that he hoped the EC and the United States could avoid a farming trade war. "We do hope that we can find a way through this to avert
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    Lock icon Japan may cut overtime limit by 90 hours a year
    183 28 Reuter TOKYO A government advisory panel yesterday proposed cutting 90 hours a year from the maximum overtime limit as part of efforts to encourage people to work less. The Central Labour Standards Council proposed reducing the annual overtime limit to
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    Lock icon M'sian Parliament agrees to turn sex video over to police
    208 28 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Government and opposition MPs agreed yesterday that a sex videotape allegedly featuring a former deputy speaker be turned over to police. After a heated debate, the House kicked out an opposition motion to view the tape in
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    A gentlemen's agreement is meant for gentlemen
    759 28  -  The Bottom Line SREE KUMAR SREE KUMAR The writer is a fellow of the Institute of South-east Asian Studies. The views expressed are entirely his own THE SEASON of musical chairs is back with us, or so it seems. The Singapore Federation of
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    136 28 AFP KUALA LUMPUR British Foreign Minister Douglas Hurd said yesterday his country has no quarrel with a Malaysian-backed proposal for an East Asian economic grouping, strongly opposed by the US. "It is clear that it does not amount to a restrictive trade bloc
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      The road to and from Rio
      1925 29  -  Tommy T B Koh assesses the Earth Summit and its ramifications for sustainable development Tommy T B Koh Professor Tommy TB Koh, Chairman, Main Committee; Chairman, Preparatory Committee; Director, Institute of Policy Studies. The views expressed are his own and not necessarily those of
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      Environment and economics: Is there a conflict?
      1163 29  -  Lee Poh Onn examines the question Lee Poh Onn Lee Poh Onn is a Research Fellow at ISEAS specialising in environmental economics. SOUTH-EAST ASIA has now become a flashpoint of the environmental debate. With rapid rates of deforestation, and pollution caused by rapid
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      The concept of 'rights' in non-liberal, democratic Singapore
      876 30  -  Chua Beng Huat analyses Asian values and political culture In the Republic Chua Beng Huat Dr Chua Beng Huat is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore. ISSUES of human rights tend to be raised by Western
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      On defence spending and GDP figures
      222 30  -  Letter to the Editor Dr Hans Christoph Rieger IN his article, "Where economic indicators of military power can prove misleading" (Trends. No 22, June 25, 1992), Dr Derek da Cunha is right in pointing out the fallacies of using the percentage of GDP spent
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      Can authors keep body and soul together in Singapore?
      939 30  -  Triena Ong writes about the economics of publishing Triena Ong Triena Ong is managing editor <y the Publications Unit at the Institute 4f Southeast Asian Studi«£ THE YEAR 1992 has been a real treat for Singaporean theatre-go-ers. In the past six
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      The CIS: on the way to decay
      1222 31  -  Rolf J Langhammer looks at the bleak future of the new states presently riddled with strife Rolf J Langhammer Dr Rolf J. Langhammer is a Visiting Fellow at ISEAS, and Research Division Chief at the Kiel Institute of World Economics, Germany. IN THIS
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      Southeast Asian Affairs 1992
      177 31 THE MOST significant recent developments and trends in Southeast Asia, with particular emphasis on the Asean states, are chronicled in South-east Asian Affairs 1992 an annual review just published by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Containing 20 articles covering political. strategic, and economic developments in
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      The Malaysian economy in the 1990s
      1288 32  -  Mahani Zainal Abidin sets out the economic challenges feeing the country for the rest of this decade Mahani Zainal Abidin Mahani Zainal Abidin is a Lecturer lH n the Faculty of Economics crnd\" Administration at the University of Malaya. Kuala Lumpur IN THE Second
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      Oxford Prof to give ISEAS lecture on regional security
      183 32 PROFESSOR Robert O'Neill, the Chichele Professor of the History of War, and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford will deliver a public lecture on the subject of The Security Challenges for South-cast Asia after the Cold War. Professor O'Neill has been
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      Asean-Vietnam ties and the Chinese factor
      881 32  -  Sunn Maisrikrod looks at how the new 'Vietnam card' has changed the stakes in the regional game of politics Sunn Maisrikrod Dr Surin Maisrikrod is a Research Fellow of the Institute of Southeast ASM Studies, tohere he specialises on the politics of Indochina. SLOWLY
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      197 30 Trends Editors-ia-cMaf S. Rajaratnam K. S. Sandhu Editor Derek da Cunha Assistant Editor Pang Yin Wah International Advisory C—Htos Jose V. Abueva (Philippines) Stephen FitzGerald (Australia) Han Sung-Joo (Korea) Tommy T. B. Koh (Singapore) Mochtar Kusuma-Atmadja (Indonesia) Seiji Naya (USA) Kazuo Nukazawa (Japan) Sukhumbhand Paribatra (Thailand) Mokhzani bin Abdul Rahim
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      Issue far from resolved despite lull in attacks
      607 33  -  Piracy in South-east Asia From Juliette Walker in KUALA LUMPUR THE recent lull in reported piracy attacks in South-east Asia has temporarily smoothed the waters for regional shipping. But the problem is some way from being solved. As recently as July 22,
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      HK shipowners hit out at Asean
      501 33  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG THE Hongkong Shipowners' Association (HKSA) has blasted Asean ministers for ignoring the urgent problem of piracy in their territorial waters. Mr Michael Farlie, the association's director, issued a statement on Tuesday condemning the fact that the problem was not
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      Lock icon Indonesia, S'pore vow to end problem
      217 33 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia and Singapore, accused by shipowners of ignoring rampant piracy in their waters, are determined to eradicate the problem, according to Singapore's defence forces chief. Ng Jui Ping yesterday told reporters after meeting President Suharto that they had discussed recent cooperation to
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      888 33 Paise Col ABC Conlaincrlinc 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 APL 5 3-5 Arrow Inter 9 2 ASCL 5 9 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANL 3 1/2 Bait Canada Line 7 4/5 Bait Orient L.ine 7 4/5 Bank Line. The 9 5 Batamindo
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      Lock icon Intra-Asian traffic second highest after Pacific
      504 33 Japan biggest exporter, importer in region International Transport Journal TOKYO According to figures determined by Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Risen Kaisha (K-Line), intraAsian traffic amounted to almost three million TEUs in 1991. This puts it in second place after the Pacific with just under
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      Lock icon Queen Mary faces uncertain future
      201 33 Reuter LOS ANGELES The Queen Mary, the once stately ocean liner that is now a money-losing tourist attraction, will remain open to visitors until year-end but a report on Tuesday that it needs US$27 million (SS43 million) in repairs put its future in doubt. "It's
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        Turkey to build 10 bulkers for Azerbaijan
        94 34 ISTANBUL Turkish firm Marmara Transport Gemi Sanayi ve Insaat AS signed a letter of intent on Tuesday with Azerbaijan to construct 10 bulk carriers worth up to 140 million marks (SSIS3 million), a company official said. "The sizes of the ships are still
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        ISC gets US$120m navy charters
        104 34 NEW ORLEANS International Shipholding Corp, based here, has received USSI2O million (Ssl92 million) of steamship charters from the US Navy. The Navy's Military Sealift Command has chartered ISCs 49,059 dwt Atlantic Forest to move army ammunition for crises abroad. The charter is for US$57.l million
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        Honda's aluminium car on sale
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        Seoul airport staff vote to strike
        68 34 SEOUL, South Korea South Korean airport workers have voted to strike for a 20 per cent pay raise, industry officials said on Tuesday. In an almost unanimous decision, 96 per cent of the 2,730 unionised airport workers voted on Monday and Tuesday to strike
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        Salomon's study on Todd ready
        76 34 WASHINGTON Todd Shipyards Corp said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday that a Salomon Inc study it commissioned has been completed, showing valuation of the company linked to possible strategic alternatives. The five alternatives reviewed show that if the company continues as
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      792 34 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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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
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      3168 47 Shpg Agencies Pte Ud (SyMarine Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ud (SyAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ud (S) Ahrenkiel Uner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albntros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte Ud (S). Alfred C Toepfer Une:
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      258 47 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: *****98. Air Express Travel Td: 533-5771. Fax: *****44. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: *****16, *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier Td: 278-0188. Fax: *****83. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: *****75. City-Link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: *****50. Cluster Link Supplies St Services
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      1501 47 Abex Express Freight Td: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Td: 542-7822. Fax: *****20. Aeroiink Freight International Tel: 545-8033. Fax: *****05. Aerospeed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Td: 542-5454 Fax: *****06 Air Express International Tel: 542-7666 Fax: *****74. *****50. Air
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      PORT CONDITIONS
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      SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      794 48 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES VESSELS ON OFFER Bulk Carriers Feng Hui: 68.278 dwt and built Aug 1973 Nippon Kokan. need in cxcess of US$6-U556.25 million. Previously declined US$5 million. Young Senator 65.850 dwt and built Jan 1989 Namura. ideas USS22 million nctt. Co-op Grand: 61.491 dwt and built 1979 Hitachi,
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      185 52 UPI TAIPEI A delegation of high-ranking Taiwanese government officials will soon visit Vietnam in hopes of opening direct air links between Taipei and Ho Chi Minh City, state radio reported yesterday. The delegation, comprising officials from the ministries of transportation, economics and
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      181 52 AFP JAKARTA An Indonesian parliamentarian expressed his hope that the government would carry out airworthiness checks on old commercial planes still in operation, according to the Suara Karya daily yesterday. His comments follow a recent plane crash in which 70 people died. "I
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      387 50 WgV LIAN HUAT SHIPPING CO (PTE) LTD. I 10 Anson Road, #14-19/21 International Plaza, Singapore 0207. Tel: *****11 (16 lines) Fax: *****94 Tlx: RS ***** AB LENHUAT v( Daily receiving cargo at Pasir Panjang Terminal PT4 Tel: *****97 REGULAR FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO SHANTOU 2 SAILINGS PER MONTH VESSEL ETA
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