The Business Times, 16 July 1993

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    14 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12 92 Friday July 16 1993 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Bhutto calls off march on Islamabad
      73 1 Reuter ISLAMABAD Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has ealled ofT a threatened mareh by tens of thousands of supporters on Islamabad aimed at toppling Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, saying a "deal on elections" had been made. Ms Bhutto had said she would lead supporters in
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      Lock icon Italy will not recall UN head in Somalia
      71 1 AFP ROME Dcfcncc Minister Fabio Fabbri has rcjcctcd outright a "disconcerting" UN request to recall the head of the Italian military contingent in Somalia, General Bruno Loi. Mr Fabbri said that Gen Loi had followed orders from Rome and had "behaved in
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    112 1 Stock market indices Ikarab) Change STII 1.762.95 -12.16 KLSE Composite 714.23 -5.07 Nikkei 20.158 02 +18.91 Hang Seng 6.978.54 +23.04 SET Index 890.05 -2.93 Jakarta Composite ...356.58 -0.61 CLSA China B 862.19 13.98 Aust All Ord 1.805.9 +1.4 FISE 100 2.831.7 -0.6 llmrsday Pioiom 1 pm close Dow
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    Singapore judiciary plans big move to Marina Bay complex
    638 1  -  Boost for government's larger project for a new city centre By Lilian Ang, Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Singapore's judiciary is planning to shift to new premises in Marina Bay, a move which would kickstart a larger government project to create a new
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    Lock icon Japan's voter dissatisfaction at new high
    519 1 Reuter TOKYO Voter loyalty to Japan's established parties has hit an all-time low, according to a poll released yesterday, three days before a general election that could break the post-World War II political mould. Only about one in four respondents said they backed the
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    Lock icon Bundesbank leaves rates unchanged in face of foreign pressure
    451 1 Reuter FRANKFURT The Bundesbank stood firm in the face of foreign hopes for a cut in its official interest rates to rescue the ailing French frapc, and left its credit policy unchanged yesterday. Hopes for a fresh Bundesbank rate cut just
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    Tsingtao makes HK market debut with a 28pc premium
    411 1  -  From Stephen Vines in HONGKONG TSINGTAO Brewery, the first Chinese state-owned corporation to gain a listing on the Hongkong stock market, made a notable, but not recordbreaking debut on the exchange yesterday. The new counter topped the market's most active trading
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    Oei Hong Leong reaps US$30m paper gain for China venture firm
    472 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG INDONESIAN-BORN tycoon Oei Hong Leong has reaped a paper gain of U5530.75 million (5549.8 million) for China Strategic Investment (CSI) a vear after expanding into China. The public flotation of China lire Holdings (CTH)
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      198 1 I CONTENTS S>xe News J 9.10.11 Regional News 3.4.5 Inancial 15,16 World News 8 Features Markets Analysis 29 Oob/lllSl. SIS 21.22 Editorial 28 Regional 19 Sports 23 World 20 IV/tilestyte 25 Currencies 16 Regional focus 1 Simex/Commo 17.18 Subscription Tel 180&/*****7 Fa> *****75 BT Editorial Tel *****18 Fax *****71 The
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      10 1 Hock Lock Siew: rg 9 Second look at shipping stocks
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Rate of new business formations up
        299 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling I UK RATE of new business formation grew strongly in the April-June quarter. figures from the Registry of Companies and Businesses show that 2.280 new eompanies were formed during the three months, up 30 per eent on the same quarter
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      Entrepreneurship growth falling
      161 2 Tilt NUMBER of entrepreneurs per economically active person has been tailing in most countries around the world, including Singapore. Professor El-Namaki, of the Netherlands International Institute of Management, told a conference here yesterday that entrepreneurship growth in Singapore, as in most other countries, had not kept paee
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      Lock icon Batam Industrial Park continues to attract investors
      483 2  -  From Genevieve Cua in BINTAN THE BATAM Industrial Park has continued to draw strong response from investors this year, despite the growing attraction of neighbouring investment sites. This was pointed out by Cioh Song How. director of the Riau projects division at Singapore
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      Residential sales keep property market buoyant
      527 2  -  C IDB Construction Property Update Seminar Reports by A J Leow PRIVATE property transactions soared to 51.61 billion in the first half of the year exceeding the 51.54 billion achieved for the whole of last year, said property consultant Richard tllis yesterday. And in
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      Pace to pick up in second half
      344 2 SINGAPORE'S construction industry is expected to pick up after moderate growth in the past three quarters. The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) said yesterday that although quarterly growth in the past nine months had eased to an average of 9 per cent, it
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      Apple lays off more than 30 workers
      298 2 APPLE Computer Singapore laid oft" more than 30 employees yesterday. But the start" who left were not from the manufacturing side, said managing director Pete Schcrtler. This underscored the importance of Singapore as a manufacturing support centre, he said. Instead, the jobs were
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      Aug 7 date for Biscuit King
      92 2 A SUBORDINATE court yesterday set Aug 7 as the pre-trial conference date for "Biscuit King" Rajan Pillai's case. Mr Pillai was the former boss of Brittania Industries, part of the Brittania group that manufactures and sells biscuits, and other foodstuffs. He faces 22 charges
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      64 2 ffi Keppelßank of Singapore Limited ANNOUNCEMENT FOREIGN SHAREHOLDINGS Pursuant to article 44(4) ol Ns Articles oi Association, Keppel Bank ol Singapore Limited hereby announces thai as at 30 June 1993, the percentage ol loretgn shareholdings in its issued share capital was 9 33% This includes the shareholdings ol shareholders whose
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  • THE REGION
    • Article
      Dhana urges Asean businessmen: speak up against protectionism
      486 3  -  Getting Afta going Reports by Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE Asean businessmen who have a stake in free trade should speak up against protectionism. Trade and Industry Minister S Dhanabalan said yesterday. This should help to get the Asean Free Trade Area moving
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      M'sians fear S'pore, Brunei may be dumping points for non-Asean goods
      405 3 SINGAPORE Malaysian manufacturers fear that Singapore and Brunei will serve as dumping points for non-Asean products to enter the proposed Asean Free Trade Area at preferential tariff rates. Some products, especially bulk cargo such as cement, from a third
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      Lock icon No early ministerial role for Khmer Rouge in new govt
      375 3 Reuter PHNOM PENH Cambodia's co-prcsidcn!s, under pressure from Franee and the United States, yesterday ruled out any early ministerial role for Maoist Khmer Rouge guerillas in a new unified government. Nun Sen. who led the former Vietnam-installed government. and royalist
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      Lock icon Malaysia threatens to stop early tariff cuts under Afta
      355 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has threatened to stop tariff cuts to expedite a free trade area in the Association of South-cast Asian Nations (Asean) if others in the group maintain trade barriers. "The problem in Asean is that so far there
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      KL poultry producer developing Malacca resort
      249 3  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE Malaysia's largest poultry producer Leong Hup Holdings is developing a 5320 million integrated resort in Simpang Ampat. Malacca. Two of the group's companies, Amalan Tepat Sdn Bhd and A'Famosa Golf Resort, will take on the project comprising a 27-hole
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      Lock icon Call for high-tech focus in KL industry
      338 3 Bernama. Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malavsia must focus iis investment efforts on capital-intensive and high-technologv industries that have higher value-added and linkages. I his is in view of increasing competition for investments from newly-emerging capitalimporting countries such as Vietnam. China and Indonesia, says the
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      Lock icon Asean yet to discuss Clinton's call for Apec conference in November: Alatas
      436 3 AFP, Reuter JAKARTA Washington's suggestion for a conference of Asia Pacific economic leaders has not yet been discussed by countries of the Association of South-east Asian Nations. "This matter has not yet been discussed within Asean itself." Indonesian
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      Lock icon Rafidah to skip Apec meeting for golf
      189 3 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Rafidah Aziz, Malaysia's Minister of International Trade and Industry* will skip this year's AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meeting because it conflicts with her Florida golfing holiday. "I'm not inclined to go as it interferes with my holiday," Ms Rafidah told
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Japan's industrial output down 2.6pc
        72 4 AFP TOKYO Japan's industrial output in May fell 2.6 per eent from the previous month, revised from a 2.4 per eent drop in a preliminary report. The International Trade and Industry Ministry said yesterday that produeer shipments in May were also revised to a 4.8
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        Lock icon Vietnam adopts new farm law
        73 4 AFP HANOI Vietnam's National Assembly has adopted a new agriculture law. which stops short of recognising private ownership but liberalises land holding rights for the country's 55 million peasants. According to the law passed during the assembly session which ended on Wednesday, peasants will be
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        Lock icon Hanoi reaffirms claim to islands
        115 4 AFP HANOI Vietnam yesterday reaffirmed its claim to sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly Islands and said that the construction of air bases there by China or Taiwan would worry Southeast Asia. "I am of the idea that not only Vietnam but all the other
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        Lock icon Jakarta sees no threat in defence
        108 4 AFP JAKARTA The purchase of fighters by Australia and any countries of Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) was not a threat to Indonesian defence nor for an arms race in the region. "Any purchase, such as fighters of any type, is reported to
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        Lock icon Thailand posts low inflation
        63 4 Reuter BANGKOK The central bank yesterday released healthy economic figures on Thailand's record foreign reserves, lower than projected inflation, and a big cashflow surplus enjoyed by the government. Central bank spokesman Phisit Lee-atham said Thai foreign reserves rose to a record US$24 billion (5538.8 billion) at
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        Lock icon Payments to victims of factory fire
        95 4 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Kader Industrial (Thailand), owner of a doll factory where a fire in May killed 188 workers, has agreed to compensate families of the dead with an additional 100,000 baht (556.480) each as part of a final settlement. The company has
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        Lock icon Manila to sue politicians
        66 4 AFP MANILA The Philippine government plans to prosecute several local politicians and conservation officials for their alleged involvement in wide-scale illegal logging operations. The presidential palace said yesterday that evidence turned up by raids in six provinces in the northern and southern Philippines over the past
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      Lock icon China urges France to right wrongs over Taiwan ties
      252 4 AFP BEIJING China says the French government must take practical steps to right the "wrongful doings" of the previous administration in its dealings with Taiwan if strained bilateral relations are to he improved. In talks this week between Jacques Friedmann, special
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      Lock icon S Korea's graft-busters to question Daewoo chief in arms scandal
      536 4 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's anticorruption investigators will question the founder of the mighty Daewoo Group in connection with a spiralling arms procurement scandal, state radio said yesterday. A Daewoo spokesman, however, denied the reports, which were also carried by the
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      Lock icon Call for US contingency plan on N Korea
      206 4 AFP WASHINGTON A Republican congressional task force has advised the US government to draw up a plan for intercepting nuclear arms or missile shipments by North Korea. "We have to deter the proliferation of these nuclear weapons and any thought the North
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      Lock icon S Koreans glimpse life in the North
      488 4 Reuter SEOUL Thousands of South Koreans have been glimpsing the Cold War from the other side, flocking to a Seoul department store to see how their arch-enemies live in the isolated, communist North. "North Korea seems really different from us. Seeing the clothes
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      Lock icon China must allow 'through train' in HK deal: Patten
      351 4 Reuter HONGKONG Governor Chris Patten has said any agreement with Beijing on electoral reform would be unacceptable without a parallel deal allowing legislators to serve their full terms past the colony's 1997 return to China. Mr Patten also told the Legislative
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      Lock icon Beijing threatens to dismiss disobedient provincial officials
      518 4 Reuter BEIJING China's central leaders, trying to cool down an overheating economy, are threatening to dismiss provincial officials who oppose economic control plans. A Beijing-controlled newspaper said yesterday that, at the same time, a member of the Chinese Communist Party's powerful politburo standing
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      Lock icon Japan's trade surplus climbed to US$9.97b in June
      359 5 Reuter TOKYO Japan's trade surplus ballooned in June, giving Tokyo's economic partners more cause to press for action to reduce an imbalance that has become a serious irritant among nations that are otherwise firm allies. Japan's customs-cleared trade surplus with the world
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      Lock icon More Japanese firms go bust
      325 5 Reuter TOKYO More Japanese companies went bankrupt in the first half of 1993 than a year ago as the sagging domestic economy dragged down smaller firms and the trend is unlikely to change in the shortterm, analysts say. The Tokyo Commerce and Industry Research Co
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      Lock icon Russia's sale of rocket engines to India: US may drop objections
      291 5 UPI WASHINGTON The administration of President Bill Clinton may be willing to drop objections over the sale of Russian rocket engines to India provided that specific steps are taken to prevent New Delhi from learning enough about the technology
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      Lock icon Pakistan unveils new trade policy
      357 5 AFP KARACHI Pakistan has announced a new trade policy which aims to uphold the country's liberalisation and free-market thrust with added incentives to boost stagnant exports. Commerce Minister Malik Naeem Khan announced on Wednesday concessions to industrial and agricultural sectors and set an export target
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      Lock icon Banished from city
      57 5 Reuter BOMBAY Lakshmi, a temple elephant sentenced by a judge to be banished from the city for trampling to death two men who had burnt her trunk with lit cigarettes, struggling to rise at an animal hospital where she is recovering from wounds suffered when attacked by
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      Lock icon Aussie economy forecast to grow 4pc in '94
      131 5 Reuter CANBERRA Australian economic growth will remain slow in 1993 but accelerate to 1.0 per cent per quarter in 1994, Access Economics forecast yesterday. More business investment is needed to boost recovery. Access said in its monthly Eco- nomics Monitor publication, adding
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      Lock icon US won't put Pakistan on international terrorism list
      160 5 Reuter ISLAMABAD Pakistan will not be placed on the US list of countries sponsoring international terrorism despite reports of official Pakistani support for militants in Kashmir, a State Department spokesman said in Washington on Wednesday. Secretary of State Warren Christopher's decision was
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      83 4 Hi *1® CONVERSATIONS I RAFTTJS "You can't expect government to spend money quickly to acquire art. They probably have some sort of committee to approve things. That is fatal for collecting. Whereas when Igo somewhere, it's a joy, it's a holiday." EARL LU, surgeon, painter, and art collector, explains why
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      121 6 9 Some Statements Are More Powerful Than Others. lt SAFRANE "The Best Executive Car On The Market Today." This is what the highly regarded British car magazine, "What Car" had to say about the luxurious Renault SAFRANE in its 1993 Special Awards Issue. Comparing the SAFRANE to such widely regarded
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
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      Capitalist lessons from cold beer and hot transformers
      1222 7  -  Reports by Harish Mehta HANOI Doi moi, the Vietnamese battlecry for economic renovation, has hammered the stuffing out of scores of state-run enterprises, which were denied subsidies. The last few years have seen enterprise after enterprise going down the tube in Vietnam.
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      Integrating Laos with regional economies
      946 7 Indochinese economies VIENTIANE Career diplomat Phongsavath Boupha is a marked man: the foreign affairs establishment in Vientiane had singled him out for big things several years ago. It came as no surprise when he was appointed a deputy foreign minister last December. after serving for
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      196 7 Like Taiwan, We Know How to Take Care of Business Taiwan has emerged as one of the world's foremost enjoy the extra leg room. Then, choose from economic players. With this has come extensive delicious Asian or Western cuisine such as dim sum business contacts all over the world. Thus,
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lady T loses battle to block Maastricht treaty
      440 8  -  From Neville Stack in LONDON LADY THATCHER fought desperately to win her last great political battle and lost. She was out manoeuvered by her successor, John Major, over the ratification by the House of Lords of his Maastricht treaty. Although as prime
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Italy threatens to pull out of Somalia
        86 8 Reuter ROME Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi warned yesterday that Italy could pull its troops out of Somalia unless a solution was found to its escalating row with the United Nations over the conduct of the UN mission there. Mr Ciampi's statement followed
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        Lock icon Israel suggests new approach to talks
        68 8 Reuter JERUSALEM Foreign Minister Shimon Peres has proposed Arab and Israeli negotiators at talks on the occupied territories agree the goal is a Jordanian-Palestinian entity, two Israeli newspapers reported. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's spokesman Gad Ben-Ari reserved comment on reports by the newspapers Haaretz
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        Lock icon Serb opposition leader vows to fight
        79 8 Reuter BELGRADE Serbian opposition leader Vuk Draskovic was released from hospital yesterday, vowing a renewed fight to oust hardline President Slobodan Milosevic (right), blamed by the West for the Bosnia conflict. Mr Draskovic, who staged a jail hunger strike, and his wife were beaten
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        Lock icon Russia to curb foreign religious groups
        102 8 UPI MOSCOW The Russian parliament voted on Wednesday to restrict the activity of foreign religious groups in Russia, a move one liberal lawmaker denounced as "discriminatory and antidemocratic." Amending an earlier law on freedom of confession, lawmakers included a new section banning foreign religious
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        Lock icon US vehicle sales jump 14.6pc
        62 8 Reuter DETROIT The auto industry's long-awaited recovery continued to gain momentum in early July as sales of North American-made cars and trucks surged 14.6 per cent ahead of the year-ago period. Domestic car sales rose 6.6 per cent to 164,377 units while light truck, minivan
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      Lock icon EC approves Vietnam trade pact proposals
      212 8 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Commission approved proposals for a trade and cooperation pact with Vietnam. The commission said in a statement that it would recommend that European Community member states give it a mandate to negotiate the agreement for an initial period of five
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      Lock icon Russia, Ukraine, Belarus press for economic union
      359 8 NYT MOSCOW The three main Slavic states that dominated the Soviet Union and effectively dissolved it in December 1991 have decided to press ahead with an economics and customs union, including coordinated economic policies. Last weekend, after secretive meetings in a rest house
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      Lock icon European Community fails in bid to cut Japanese car imports
      335 8 IHT BRUSSELS European Community negotiators failed on Wednesday to win an agreement to further reduce imports of Japanese cars into the depressed EC market, disappointing Europe's ailing manufacturers. EC officials claimed that Japan tacitly agreed on the need for a
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article
      CDL Hotels group takes 70pc stake in NZ hotel chain
      440 9  -  Move is part of group's plan to expand mid-priced hotel operations By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE The Hong-kong-listed CDL Hotels International (CHIL) group yesterday sealed an agreement to buy a 70 per cent stake in one of New Zealand's largest hotel
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      Sunshine Allied to take 40pc stake in Indian chocolate maker
      243 9 SINGAPORE Food group Sunshine Allied plans to go into a joint venture with the Indian confectionery company Lotus Chocolate Company Ltd, which is listed on the Bombay and Hyderabad stock exchanges. It said in a statement yesterday that it entered
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      Clipsal raising US$25.7m to buy 50pc stake in Gerard Industries
      392 9  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Electrical parts manufacturer Clipsal Industries (Holdings) plans to raise U5525.75 million (5541.8 million) to acquire a 50 per cent stake in Australia's Gerard Industries, which owns the Clipsal trademark. The funds would be raised through
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      Give shipping stocks a second look, lest you miss the boat later
      731 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Investors have been giving shipping stocks the cold shoulder lately, judging by the sharp corrections that some of them have registered in the last two months. Not too surprising, of course,
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      Goldtron posts 47pc rise in earnings, proposes bonus and rights issues
      384 9  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Electronics group Goldtron lifted group earnings 47 per cent to $11.16 million for the six months to June 30. The company, which released its interim results yesterday, also plans a one-for-four bonus issue and a
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      International Factors' fixed price portion subscribed 29 times
      248 9  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE International Factors' initial public offering yesterday closed with a subscription rate of 29 times for its fixed-price portion while the tender shares drew a subscription rate of seven times. The government-linked company offered 17.082 million 50-cent shares to
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      342 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Jul 15 Laal Scwc Index *«ock sale Char factor M»m <$> Avimo 2.050 1.65 CMC 6.800 5.46 Cerebos 5 450 0 100 4 37 -11.63 TAN ***** 0100 1043 -1163 OF Asia 2 800 -0 010 2.25 I 16 GenMag I
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Li Ka-shing in China power projects
          100 10 Reuter HONGKONG Tycoon Li Ka-shing is negotiating with China over two power plant projects in Heibei worth four billion yuan, first vice-governor of the northern province Chen Liyou told a news conference. "We are negotiating details like how much stake Mr Li will take
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          Rashid Hussain ups CAF stake
          66 10 SINGAPORE Securities firm Rashid Hussain has bought another 450,000 shares, or 30 per cent, of CAF Information (Malaysia), making it a wholly-owned subsidiary. Hussain paid M5385,l 10 for the stake, which it obtained from minority shareholders. It said CAF had ceased to provide computer software
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          Goodwood appoints executive director
          67 10 SINGAPORE Goodwood Park Hotel has appointed Jacqueline Khoo Kim Geok executive director. Ms Khoo, 31, is the daughter of Goodwood chairman Khoo Teck Puat and the sister of two other Goodwood directors. Mavis Oei and Eric Khoo. She has been group executive officer since 1991. In
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          Lock icon ICI relocates technical centre
          83 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Belgium-based ICI Polyurethanes, a global business of chemical producer Imperial Industries pic, has relocated its Asean Technical Service Centre from Singapore to Selangor, to provide local service to customers and in view of the growing prospects in the region. The company said in
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          Lock icon Landmarks plans buyout
          97 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Landmarks Bhd has proposed to acquire the entire equity comprising two shares of MS 1 each in Bangunan Peremba Sdn Bhd for MS 137 million. A Landmarks statement here yesterday said Bangunan Peremba held the entire equity interest of Office Park Development Sdn Bhd
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        473 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Maaaan' prtcw <$) Jul is Insurance Fund n w Income Bond Policy 3.31 3.43 wlnjjporc UMi I nKI The Commerce 1.32 1.39 Pi iKICIIUW The Savings Fund 1.19 I 25 PniLink Mgd Fund 1.13 1.19 S pore Prog Fund 0.55 0.58 S pore Sec Fund 0.88 0.92
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        S'pore investment firm takes stake in Thai private hospital
        535 10  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK BANGKOK A Singaporebased investment company which counts merchant bank Morgan Grenfell among its shareholders has acquired a stake in a private hospital, a growth business in Thailand. Asean Strategic Capital Fund has a 20 per
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        Lock icon MMC's Ashton will have M'sian investors in Aurora
        202 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Mining Corporation Bhd's 47 per cent owned associate diamond and gold producer, Ashton Mining Ltd. will have Malaysian individuals to participate in the flotation of its Mt Muro gold assets under a new company called Aurora Gold Ltd.
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        319 10 Reuter HONGKONG At least three of the nine mainland Chinese firms scheduled for listing on the Hongkong Stock Exchange will not enter the market until 1994. the head of China's Securities Regulator) Commission said. Beijing was never
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        HK Telecom and Cable & Wireless to invest in Asian telecom projects
        349 10  - HK Telecom and Cable Wireless to invest in Asian telecom projects By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Hongkong Telecom and its parent company. UK-based Cable Wireless pic, will be scouting tor infrastructure investments in Asia's rapidly growing telecommunications sector. Hongkong Telecom's director of regional development, Peter Moulsen, told Business Times that "substantial
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        Fels wins deal to build US$40m floating dock for HK yard
        287 10  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Listed rigbuilder Far East Levingston, now facing a dearth in rigbuilding contracts, has clinched yet another major contract outside its traditional business. This time, the yard has won a USS4O million (Ss6s million) deal to
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        482 11 Reuter BANGALORE, India Global computer firms arc using tieups and joint ventures to jockey for a share of a fledgling Indian market which is already worth more than a billion dollars. "With stagnating markets in the United States and Europe, many multi-nationals are
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        480 11 AP CINCINNATI Procter and Gamble Co. one of the world's biggest consumer product companies, said yesterday it will close 30 plants and eliminate 13.000 jobs worldwide oves three to four years to cut costs. Edwin L Artzt, chairman and
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        Lock icon UK market makers seek delays in revealing largest share trading
        280 11 NYT LONDON The largest trades conducted on the London stock market will not have to be made public until up to a week after they have taken place, if a proposal to be put to the stock exchange's board is
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        Lock icon Sanyo Electric interim profit down 77.27pc
        227 11 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Blaming a sluggish domestic economy and the high yen, Sanyo Electric Co announced a fall of 77.27 per cent in current profit to 2.168 billion yen (SS32 million) in the half-year period which ended on May 31. The company said
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          70 11 Knight-Ridder SANTA CLARA, California Intel Corp said it had been notified that the US Federal Trade Commission has closed its investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices by the com-puter-chip giant. The agency said in a letter to Andrew S Grove. Intel's chief executive officer. "Upon further
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          66 11 UPI BUDAPEST Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch might soon pull out of two Hungarian media properties he bought from the government three years ago. the newspaper Nepszabadsag reported. In 1990. Murdoch's News International paid the Hungarian credit bank USS3 million for 50 per cent of the
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          Lock icon Becker new chief of US securities body
          70 11 Reuter WASHINGTON Brandon Becker was named as head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission unit that oversees the stock markets. Mr Becker, a 16-year veteran of the SEC. was appointed by acting SEC chairman Mary Schapiro to lead the agency's Market Regulation
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          54 11 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE Broken Hill Proprietary Co disappointed investors with weaker-than-expected results from its first oil flow test at the West Muiron-5 exploration well off the Western Australian coast. BHP Petroleum, an arm of the resources giant, has a 71.4 per cent interest in the
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        165 11 Reuter TOKYO Japan's biggest computer maker, Fujitsu, has announced plans to shed around 6.000 of its 54,400 parent company staff over the next two to three years to try to cope with falling revenues. Fujitsu posted a consolidated net loss
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        Domestic underwriting takes a turn for the worse
        398 15  -  Insurance Commissioner s Annual Report Reports by Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE The underwriting performance of the domestic insurance business has taken a turn for the worse last year, according to Insurance Commissioner Lim Shu Chiau. In her 1992 annual report, Mrs Lim
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        Duties of 'appointed actuaries' spelt out
        324 15 SINGAPORE Insurance Commissioner Lim Shu Chiau has spelt out the specific duties of "appointed actuaries" which all life insurance companies must have from January next year. In her 1992 annual report, she says the role of the actuary will no longer be confined to
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        385 15 FT LONDON Jacques Attali. president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will be severely criticised in a report on financial mismanagement at the hank to he published today. Following a two-month investigation. the hank's audit committee is putting the
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          70 15 AFP SYDNEY A special general meeting of Australia's Westpac Banking Corp shareholders yesterday approved by a strong show of hands its proposed Assoo million (*****.5 million) converting preference share issue. The floor vote means the proposal will not have to go to proxy votes and the
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          109 15 Reuter LONDON The Banking. Insurance and Finance Union (Bifu) said on Wednesday it would ballot its 12,000-strong membership of Lloyds Bank pic employees on a series of one-day strikes over pay. Bifu said in a statement it was calling the ballot, which starts
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          Lock icon Japanese underwrite Swiss bonds
          79 15 Knight-Ridder ZURICH Swiss subsidiaries of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank. Mitsubishi Bank. Nomura Securities. Industrial Bank of Japan and Yamaichi Securities have joined an underwriting consortium for a Swiss domestic bond issue. It was the first time for Japanese financial institutions to do so. related sources said. CS
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          62 15 Knight-Ridder ZURICH The Swiss National Bank yesterday set its daily Lombard rate at 6.750 per cent, up from 6.625 per cent on Wednesday, the central bank said. The Lombard rate is valid for I day and is calculated at 2 percentage points above the
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          94 15 Reuter WELLINGTON Citibank New Zealand, a unit of Citibank NA. said it had launched a series of three Citibank retail bonds with one. three and five-year maturities. The one and three-year bonds offer 6.75 per cent per annum, with the five-year bond offering 7 per
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        260 15 Reuter BOMBAY Indian banks are heading for difficult times as bold economic reforms force them to account for bad debts and asset losses, economists and bankers said yesterday. The pressure on commercial banks comes mainly from stiff provisioning rules set by the central
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        Salomon's S'pore office linked to its network
        250 16  -  By Paul Leo and sending six here reflects its belief that Singapore is a growing market that demands a substantial presence. Besides proprietary trading. the office will build up its customer business in the Asia Pacific region outside Japan. "From Singapore, with its
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        212 16 Reuter LONIX)N Lloyd's of London. the loss-making insurance market, is offering an olive branch to its battered "Names" in a move that eould secure the survival of the market. C hief executive Peter Middleton said he had invited leaders of action groups of financially
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        157 16 The US dollar was lower across the board yesterday morning, having succumbed to selling pressure overnight as market hopes for a cut in German rates began to wane. Having inherited a lower dollar from the American market, the USS/SS market struggled in tight and directionless
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        176 16 UPI LONDON The decision of the Bundesbank to leave the main German interest rates unchanged yesterday made little lasting impact on currency markets, and the dollar ended the day slightly stronger. Following the German central bank's announcement, the dollar immediately slipped on profit-taking, but later recovered its opening levels.
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        90 16 AFP NEW YORK The dollar firmed against the German mark and yen but slid against the French Franc and pound sterling in very calm trading early Thursday. Gold was selling at U*****.80 an ounce, up 80 cents from closing on Wednesday. At 1330 GMT, the dollar was trading
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        Lock icon M'sian palm oil output likely to hit 7.1m tonnes
        174 16 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's palm oil production couid rise to a revised 7.1 million tonnes a record high (previously 6.82 million) in calendar 1993 from 6.37 million in 1992. crop forecaster Ivan Wong said on Wednesday. The upward revision followed strong
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        Lock icon US crude oil's first half output lowest in 35 years
        290 16 UPI NEW YORK US crude oil output fell to its lowest level in 35 years during 1993's first half, but petroleum imports rose to their highest volume since 1990. the American Petroleum Institute reported on Wednesday. The API said domestic
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        Lock icon Oil prices hit 29-month lows on fears of a new glut
        523 16 Reuter SINGAPORE Fears of a new glut have hammered world oil prices to 29-month lows and traders say only swift action by Opec can turn the tide. "This can get extremely messy, especially if Opec can't take decisive action."
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        Lock icon China's crude oil imports resume with stronger yuan
        267 16 Reuter SINGAPORE The recent intervention of China's central bank to keep the renminbi stable against the US dollar is well-timed, according to oil company officials and traders. They said the move allowed more crude oil imports just when China's coastal refineries were
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        Lock icon M'sia Mining Corp wants ATPC scrapped
        310 17 Association of tin producers has failed, says MMC chief Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Mala\sia Mining Corp Bhd (MMC). once the world's largest tin mining company, called for the disbanding of the seven-nation Association of Tin Producing Countries (ATPC). "The association has failed it's not working."
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        Lock icon Moscow agrees to take part in Caspian oil project
        262 17 Platts LONDON Russia's Supreme Soviet has quietly ratified Russia's participation in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) early this month. Oilgram .Witv learns from sources close to the project. Although the Russian government agreed to join the project in July 1992. the
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        Prices drop further as supply glut overshadows suspended talks
        362 17 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Crude futures prices continued to plunge on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday, as traders said a continued glut of supplies overshadowed the temporary suspension of oil sales talks between the United Nations and Iraq. Prices were
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        Lock icon Copper, aluminium chart paths could diverge: analysts
        500 17 Reuter LONDON Copper and aluminium may have moved in a similar fashion over the last week, falling sharply from significant highs, but their chart outlooks differ markedly, technical analysts raid yesterday. Copper's recent rise to three-month highs on the London Metal Exchange (LME)
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        1472 18 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar futures ended quietly mixed yesterday after profit-taking eroded gains chalked up earlier on firm US Treasuries and consumer prices overnight. Contracts traded narrowly with most traders citing no clear trend ahead of yesterday's weekly jobless claims. December Eurodollars
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        Tin edges down in heavy selling
        678 18 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin THE tin price slipped one sen to MS 12.79 per kg yesterday after heavy selling activity in the absence of fresh factors. A dealer said the metal price shrugged off the higher London Metal Exchange overnight. On the KLTM. at the
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          97 18 TOKYO Japan's production of zinc galvanised steel fell 6.9 per cent in June from a vear earlier to a preliminary 983.400 tonnes, the Japan Iron and Steel Federation said yesterday. Production of tinplate also fell 13.2 per cent from a vear before in June to
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          Aussie sugar project guidelines
          114 18 SYDNEY Guidelines for project submissions under Australia's AS4O million joint state and federal government sugar industry infrastructure package were released on Wednesday. The project is expected to "ensure confidence and growth" of the sugar industry in Australia, according to govern- ment officials. "It's a positive move
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          Start-up of Total's Thai gas field
          73 18 PARIS French oil company Total announced yesterday the start-up of operations of a natural gas field in the Gulf of Thailand, company officials said. The Bongkot field, located about 644 km south of Bangkok, is expected to produce 4.2 million cubic metres of natural
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1689 18 Rubber July is MS Commodity Exchange (futures dosing as at 1pm) MS (physical prtcos) RSS1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Boyors Sellers (kNC volume (Scents/kg) Month High Low Sett (tonne*) Interest RSS 2 Aug 93 ***** I3200N Aug 93 132.75 132.25 132.25 950 1975 Sep 134.25 134 00 134 00
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        Australia
        1035 19 1.4 Australian shares closed barely higher yesterday as an earlier rally ran out of steam after key stocks and the gold sector lost ground. Brokers said the All Ordinaries opened higher after a 27 point gain on Wall Street's Dow Jones Index overnight to 3.543, but the market eased
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        Manila
        596 19 +7.09 Share prices rose on the back of market leader Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT), but trading in other issues was mixed. PLDT crashed through its previous close of 1,000 pesos to finish at 1,005 pesos. The Manila Stock Exchange Index rose 7.09 points to end at 1,624.07.
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        Taipei
        604 19 -53.3 Taiwan's stock index finished below the psychologically important 4.000-point level, though above intra-day lows. Brokers said a recent technical rebound was over and the market would test lower in the near term. The weighted index ended 53.30 points or 1.3 per cent down at 3.969.17. off a low
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        Seoul
        436 19 -0.56 The stock market closed a shade weaker in a day of thin and featureless trading, brokers said. They forecast the market would remain just as dull today in the absence of fresh impetus. "Without reinforcing market elasticity, the lethargic trend is expected to continue for the time being,"
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        New Zealand
        258 19 +4.83 New Zealand shares ended only slightly firmer on improved turnover despite a more pronounced 27-point gain on Wall Street The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 4.83 points higher at 1,711.45. Lion Nathan recovered more ground after Wednesday's placement and some lower tier mining stocks were actively traded. Lion
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        Bombay
        51 19 -26.41 Stock prices declined further in after hours kerb deals as sentiment continued to be downbeat after the two-week account period in specified shares closed, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share Index closed at 2,158.83, down 26.41 points from Wednesday's close. The National Index dropped 7.86 points to
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        London
        654 19 -0.6 SHARES ended yesterday mixed after trading in a very tight range, with prices showing little reaction to encouraging UK jobs data and Wall Street unable to give the market much of a lead in the afternoon. "We know about economic growth already, and there's disappointment that the UK
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        Paris
        154 19 -28.07 French share prices ended lower, dragged down by profit-taking after the Bundesbank left interest rates unchanged at its council meeting and by the bond market's easier tone. Traders said there were fears that the Bank of France may have to tighten its monetary policy to protect the beleaguered
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        1136 19 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offirr Mim < ap nrpiKtl 6«ll W (<500 Mim Jew (nil 0 1X4) 0 1442 Mim Mil ....'lOim *1 (M<W l'S$ (ash IlKome Plus fund 10 4800 11 OM8) PS S Rewe Fund 5 2100 5 2200 Sicrlini tfili Euro Performance 0-4542 0 4418 Far
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        Stockholm
        177 19 +0.41pc Swedish shares closed higher, but below most intraday highs, with all indices reaching new year-highs on a day dominated by telecoms stock Ericsson. The blue-chip dominated top-16 index rose 0.49 per cent to 1,208.59, while the all-share index climbed 0.41 per cent to 1,129.42. Turnover was heavy at
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        Brussels
        162 19 +3.4 A fairly directionless day of trade saw Belgian stocks end just higher, with dealers saying that foreign institutions will probably provide the impetus for any further gains or losses in the near future. Further interest from domestic investors may come if short term interest rates fall further, meaning
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        Amsterdam
        213 19 -1 Dutch shares tumbled down from their opening highs as a technical sell-off began ahead of today's options expiry. The EOE index was down 1.00 point at 331.39 by 0820 GMT. The closing report was not available. Amsterdam J al\ 19 Kh \BN-\mro <9 10 I.I *<*on f 40
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        Johannesburg
        349 19 -6 South African gold shares slumped yesterday as investors saw little prospect of a substantial gold rally in the short term. However, a late bounce, a resilient performance from the futures market and generally thin volumes in gold shares underlined a belief that the market remained bullish in the
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        Toronto
        302 19 -10.02 Stocks opened flat in light trade yesterday as the market held steady following Wednesday's losses, traders said. Steel and gold shares continued to climb, following gains in commodity prices, while telecommunications shares suffered. The TSE 300 Composite Index was up 0.69 points at 3,942.35 on volume of 16.49
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        New York
        849 19 +27.11 Wall Street stocks declined yesterday, pressured by heavy losses in drug and technology issues while some investors also took profits on the previous session's rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 15.37 points to 3,527.18 at lpm EDT. In the broad market, declining issues outpaced gainers
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      3029 20 Reuter HONGKONG Share prices closed higher yesterday with trading active in market debutant Tsingtao Brewery, the first Chinese company listed in Hongkong, and other China-related stocks, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index gained 23.04 points to finish at 6.978.54 against the dav's high of 7.002.19. "Today is the day
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      CHINA
      485 20 SHENZHEN was very quiet yesterday with the CLSA B share index closing flat at 841.87. The biggest mover was CSG which shed over 10 per cent. Dazhong was suspended yesterday. In Shanghai the market traded less than USSI million. Chlor Alkali and Tyre and Rubber saw the highest volume,
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      2524 20 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended firmer yesterday but well off highs as day-traders cashed in on early gains. Hopes of credit-easing and an income tax cut hoisted prices earlier on, but the rally lacked momentum as investors remained cautious ahead of Sunday's general election, brokers said. "There was active trading
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      1821 20 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks traded in a tight range but lost their morning gains in the afternoon yesterday, brokers said. The SET Index dropped 2.93 points to close at 890.05 on thin turnover of 3.00 billion baht. During morning trade, it had climbed to a high of 895.70. up 2.72
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      1098 20 Reuter JAKARTA Trading was bearish at the Jakarta Stock Exchange with prices closing mixed yesterday. brokers said. The official index closed 0.61 point down at 356.58. "The regular market was dull, but block and cross trading was more active." one broker said. He added the lacklustre mood might continue
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2710 21 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume ldri% H\d MV IO.tU2.000 Kcnong Bhd Mh. 7.|<MOOO Promct 4.61 I (Ml)) Pogi Mm.) 2.136.000 Hcrjjvj (irxup 2 091(101) MtBHV I M >2.000 Asia P* I d Jfle l.6«*6.0U0 Bouslcad MV 1.647.000 MHr C apital I >47 000 Multi-Purpose
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        5496 21 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices continued to fall on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange on selling activity in fairly brisk trading yesterday. Dealers said the market was still dominated by retail players as the major institutional players were still absent. They said although volume
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        7845 22  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Local share prices dipped across the board yesterday on selling pressure as banks and brokers force-sold clients* stock holdings. A total of 231 counters fell, overwhelming the gainers (46) and unchanged counters (146). Market barometer the Straits Times Industrials
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        74 22  -  HOT STOCK Paul Leo PACIFIC CAN shares will continue to fall in the next few days. Support is at 90 cents and below that at 80. Resistance is at SI.OB. Investors should take any decline in price as an opportunity to build up positions. The stock is trading
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      Lock icon Norman, Calcavecchia and Senior share clubhouse lead
      419 23 British Open Golf UPI SANDWICH. England Two players whose finest golfing moments have come in the British Open, Greg Norman of Australia and American Mark Calcavecchia, shared the clubhouse lead with Peter Senior midway through yesterday's opening round of the US$l.5 million British
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        Lock icon Woosnam using heavy putter
        74 23 AP FORMHR US Masters champion lan Woosnam is using an extra-heavy putter this week in an attempt to rediscover his touch on the greens. "I've filled it with lead, glue and lead shot," revealed the World Number Nine, whose last win was over a year ago.
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        Lock icon Cook steps up schedule
        79 23 AP JOHN COOK, second in two of the last four major championships. is to step up his schedule over the next three months in an attempt to peak for the Ryder Cup in September. "As far as my standing in the Ryder Cup points table is
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        Lock icon Daly cures chocolate addiction
        62 23 AP JOHN DALY, the larger-than-life American who gave up alcohol at the beginning of the year after being threatened with expulsion from the US Tour, now appears to have cured his addiction for chocolate. "I've now gone 11 days without eating it," he said. I hat's
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        Lock icon Nicklaus junior caddies for dad
        43 23 AFP NIC KLAUS is caddying for father Jack for the first time in the British Open. Gary, third son of the American master, has carried his dad's clubs several internationals before, but never in the British Open. AFP
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      Lock icon So many teams still in the running for championship
      398 23 NYT BALTIMORE In the past month and a half, four American League East teams had these stretches: The Boston Red Sox lost 13 of 16 games, the Detroit Tigers lost 10 in a row and 13 of 14, the Toronto Blue
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        164 23 AFP COLUMBUS, Ohio A federal judge may have reaffirmed a U5527.3 million (5544.4 million) award for runner Butch Reynolds on Tuesday but the head of the International Amateur Athletic Federation (lAAF) has made it clear that the athlete won't collect a penny. lAAF president Primo Ncbiolo. who is in
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        120 23 NEW YORK Roberto Duran. the 42-year-old who held four titles in his prime, could the main event in a possible return to Madison Square Garden. "We're just taking steps right now. just steps." said Ron Stevens. Stevens is the only full-time promoter left in New York with the Garden's
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        118 23 AP SERRE CHEVALIER, France Miguel Indurain destroyed the plans and maybe the hopes of the other contenders as he took the initiative in the Tour de France rather than waiting for others to attack. The Tour has one more day in the Alps before it heads across southern France
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        149 23 AP NEW YORK World rankings sanctioned by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (through July 11): 1. Nick Faldo (Eng) 22.41 pts 2. Bern hard Langcr (Ger) 16.49 3. Nick Price (Zim) 15.65 4. Greg Norman (Aus) 14.54 5. Fred Couples (US) 14.33 6. Paul Azinger
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        36 23 AFP PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania Women's Intercontinental Cup first round on Wednesday: Italy 2 France 1; Canada 1 Japan I; Argentina I India 0: Germany 0 USA 0; Scotland 3 Belgium 0; Russia v NZ (postponed). AFP
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        89 23 Reuter SYDNEY Former prime minister Bob llawke. who led fierce protests against the South African team when they last visited Australia in 1971. warmly welcomed the tourists back yesterday. Mr Hawke. who was leader of the Australian trade union movement at the time, said the Springboks' presence 22 years
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      167 23 What you see is not really what you get Because... when you want real Callaway* Golf Clubs, only Pan-West and other selected outlets have them. Some people believe that you can get so-called Callaway* Golf Clubs' anywhere and at any price. But that's just what these So, don't be taken
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      603 24 ENS Nothing Beats A Bud. M or I A "Heavenly" Feast Scrumptious Sichuan cuisine. Rich piping hot steamboat. Delicate Yangzhou Dianxian. Mon Sat 11 .30 am to 2.30pm Sun 10.30 am to 2.30pm KING'S B m King's Hotel Clarion. A Member of CDL Hotels. Havelock Road. Singapore 0316. Tel: 733
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      354 24 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN Make Up For Every Meal You've Had To Skip This Week ■w r* w n. s It vou'vo been living on a solid diet nf vvork-and-not-much-else lately, give yourself a well-earned rest and head for the Plaza Hotel's Seafood Theatre Restaurant this weekend. Select
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      269 24 Fancy Beijing? Then, we're delighted to suggest the Pine Court for a memorable dining experience. X Try our Beijing specialities such as Baked Tench, Beijing Duck and Marinated Lamb and our lunch menu of Beijing dian xin. To add to your enjoyment, all these are well within your reach. RESTAURANT
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Uncommon liaison
      799 25  -  Who's the 'man' and who's the 'wife'? Eleanor Wong's play. Mergers Accusations, contradicts the norm. Claire Leow shares her views Claire Leow THE topic of sexuality has touched Singapore theatre of late and lawyerplaywright Eleanor Wong's Mergers Accusations explores heterosexual and homosexual love through an "arrangement" (marriage of
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      512 25 CHATTERBOX Reuter Reuter Reuter Reuter THERE'S another separation of sorts in the scandal-plagued House of Windsor. Princess Diana is divorcing herself from her one-time stepmother. Countess Kaine Spencer, daughter of romance novelist Dame Barbara Cartland. Di and her siblings never liked Raine. the
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      233 25 City (KTV) Nite Club KARAOKE LOUNGE DISCO NITECLUB KTV+feOK^.# 42 East Coast Road #02-00 Lai Lai Complex, Singapore 1542 Tel: 348-1752,344-2987, 344-4995 11 private KTV rooms available for your singing pleasure AiV Cr Dancing Pleasure 1) 12 midnite 12.30 am 2) 2.00 am 2.45 am Ladies Nite Ist soft drink
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      1326 25 TV RADIO ■KTOCT3I39H imt: Forbidden Nights, SBC 5 Melissa Gilbert plays an American exchange teacher goes to China l| She promptly falls in love with llPf |^V1?|» a student. Never mind profes- iPv* JIuSS <L* B* V: tSaj^S Chinese government say about 1. Rtf' 11 IKC?*aJ this? 1990 telemovie. v
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      S'pore firms take on more post-production work
      936 26  -  Editing of ads and films used to be only handled overseas, but not now, reports Corinne Kerk Corinne Kerk MORE and more postproduction work for advertisements, documentaries and training films of Singapore-based companies and businesses is being done locally. The post-production industry assembles
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      Lock icon Listerine given a breath of fresh air
      350 26 NYT A BRAND born of anxiety. which found fame by persuading people it could cure a problem they never knew they had, is finding relief from anxieties of its own with a variation of its venerable formula. A year after the WarnerLambert Company
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      Lock icon California dream becoming a nightmare?
      353 26 NYT IF THE Mamas and the Papas were to re-record Cal-ifornia-Dreamin based on the findings of a survey by Young Rubicam on the state of that state, the song might become a plaintive ballad by a Californian eager to leave for any place where all
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      Banking on the twenty-somethings
      757 27  -  Schutz Lee examines Citibank's latest campaign blitz aimed at the material aspirations of the young Schutz Lee II PROBABLE takes a certain kind of indixidual to pursue art full-time, and another to choose a eareer in a hank. But if a person is in his 2(K.
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      Lock icon Magazines focus on special interests to draw readers
      534 27 NYT AS ANXIETY about the second half of 1993 replaces the optimism that swept the magazine industry earlier this year, publishers are fundamentally altering the way they woo advertisers and readers. The recession taught magazines that advertisers were fair-weather friends, quick to
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    • COPY LINES
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        Handy DHL reminder sticker
        64 27 SINGAPORE To make it easy for customers to keep the new DHL Express Freight Toll-Free Hotline handy, DHL placed a removable yellow "post-it" sticker on their Business Limes advertisement on June 21. Readers could peel it off and use it as a convenient reminder. The idea
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        S'pore Elle and Cleo to be launched soon
        89 27 SINGAPORE Singapore editions of two major international women's magazines Llle and C leo will soon be available here. The first monthly local edition of Llle. the world's largestselling fashion magazine, will appear on newsstands in December. It is currently available in IX
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        Saatchi for China pharmaceuticals
        58 27 SINGAPORE Saatchi Saatchi China has just clinched an account with Xian-Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd. a Chinese joint venture company set up in 19X5. The account is worth about HKS3O million (556.3 million) and involves Xian-Jansscn's consumer health care business. Xian-Janssen is one of the top three advertising
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        NKF donation is French finale
        84 27 SINGAPORE As France celebrated its 204 th National Dav on the 14th of July, the French Embassy here marked the occasion with a cheque presentation. The cheque of SS3OO.(HH) was presented by the French Embassy's Charge d'Allaires. Mr Nicolas Chapuis to Dr Khoo Oon Teik.
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      125 26 COVER STORY Singapore Strikes Extrovert Pose Reccive the latest information on marketing and media developments in the Lion City. The July 16th issue of Asian Advertising 6c Marketing will eontain specific Singapore feature stories as well as advertising marketing news from throughout the Asian region. 'v.;;-'* "\n The July 16th
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      659 26 BUSINESS TIMES TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1-800-737 0043 FAX:734 3698 UQUOR LICENCE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai, I.TanSoh Toh of Blk 111 Bukit Merah View #02-516, Singapore 0315, have applied for a Retail Beer Shop Licence in respect of premises at M/s Impact MiniMait at Telok Blangah Height. Blk 57,
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      232 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP.SO AND IN THE MATTER OF CHOON HIN CONTRACTOR PTE LTD (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of CHOON HIN CONTRACTOR PTE LTD, duly convened and held at 57 Cashew Road, Singapore 2367 on the 15th day of
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  • Article
    In America's self-interest
    547 28 EDITORIAL PRESIDENT Clinton's advisory panel did not come to any startling conclusions when it told the US president that although no other part of the world was more important to future American prosperity, Last Asia had received scant attention. It has btx*n clear that not just Mr
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Never, ever, be smug
      300 28 AGAINST THE DRIVE of a people on the go China's "eager beavers", to Information and Arts Minister Brig-Gen George Yeo the striving of Singaporeans to get their second wind for a life of elegance would seem less spectacular. This does not diminish his observation, made on
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      Room for improvement
      170 28 THE FIVE-YEAR statistics on PSLE, O and A level results show marked improvements gained by Indian and Malay students. Generally, the gap between the performance of the three ethnic groups in Singapore has closed. The formation of Mendaki and Sinda may help to spur the Malay and
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      Take action for the future
      236 28 THE GOVERNMEN T CAN take comfort in the fact that its efforts in overcoming the three problems rise in percentage of single women over 35. rise in divorce rates: and decline in birth rates have not been entirely in vain. The government had set up
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      Tunnel compromise
      186 28 THE LIBERAL PARTY'S proposal on the Western Harbour Crossing offers all parties involved in what has beeome an emotive issue, a ladder to climb down. It provides the government and the consortium building the tunnel a compromise without having to alter the terms of the franchise agreement. It
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      Culturally poor
      181 28 THE NOTED ENGLISH poet of the 1800s. Alfred Tennyson, is said to have remarked. "Show me your library and I'll tell you who you are." To a certain extent we can measure someone's character by looking at what he or she reads and what his or her reading
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    Lock icon A point of law
    1241 28  -  Simon Holberton examines the challenges posed by listing mainland Chinese companies on the Hongkong Stock' Exchange Simon Holberton FT AN I:\PIKIMINI in marrying China's socialist civil law s\stem to I longkong's ersion of Uk common law is nearing completion, with the listing this month of the
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      61 28 1 ,*<< v f TM INKING fZ foRW..7} /ABooT cwpyPTF.c l feeT LOST 1 \c SG-VeNTy SIX OF y ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS LTD, IM2-19M V 'I J M#A DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU SUMtGRFANTASf HAS I SAW HIM POUJSR-ORSAKfASTIN6 AT J PI.! I 1 WUACRO9S CALL MIK5 3 BILL LA'S FOUR SeASONS HOTEL.
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Is Japan's political revolution a non-starter?
      1489 29  -  In the run-up to Japan's general elections on Sunday, S N Vasuki looks at why the ruling LDP could make a successful comeback. and profiles the major political parties contesting the elections S N Vasuki The writer is a BT correspondent specialising in Japanese
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      Japanese party politics
      698 29 JAPAN s rag-tag band of opposition parties will be competing fiercely for a slice of the action after the July 18 elections. It is obvious that politicians, uncertain about their party's prospects in this Sunday's elections, are shying away from forging formal alliances. However, it is safe
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      140 29 v S L MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM "The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of the man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste... what my dream was." Bottom in Midsummer Night's Dream. As dreams go, Trader Vic's Midsummer Night's Dinner will definitely be one to
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    Lock icon EC seeks new rules to curb airline price wars, unfair competition
    484 30 AP BRUSSELS Faced with an airline crisis that could add thousands of people to European Community unemployment lines, the EC Presidency yesterday called for new rules to curb a price war and unfair competition. Vice-Premier Ciuv Cocmc of Belgium,
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    Lock icon US business inventories up for eighth straight month
    341 30 Reuter AP WASHINGTON Inventories held by US businesses posted an eighth-straight monthly increase in May, the Commerce Department said yesterday, while business sales also rose. Total business inventories were up by 0.2 per cent to a seasonally-adjusted U*****.27 billion (551,400 billion) after
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    Lock icon Clinton urges congressional action on cutting US budget
    168 30 Reuter. AFP WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton has renewed his call for Congress to finish work on his budget plan, saying cutting the deficit is crucial for the United States to have credibility among its Group of Seven counterparts. "We must go forward.
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    Lock icon Gatt chief names three deputies for global balance
    367 30 Reuter GENEVA Irishman Peter Sutherland, new chief of the world trade watchdog Gatt. yesterday appointed three deputies to establish a balance of global interests at the head of the organisation. The three are Warren La\orel. a former US assistant trade representative, Mexico's
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    Lock icon UN envoy in Iraq in bid to defuse crisis
    204 30 Reuter BAGHDAD Top United Nations arms envoy Rolf Ekeus arrived in Baghdad yesterday in a bid to defuse a crisis over monitoring of missile sites that could lead to fresh attacks on Iraq. "I hope that we will have the possibility
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    Lock icon Is M'sian mission to Bosnia a holy war?
    127 30 AFP KUALA I.UMPUR Malaysia is seeking a ruling by religious officials on whether troops sent by Islamic nations to protect Bosnian Muslims qualify as a holy war. Defence Minister Najib Tun Ra/ak said yesterday: "The operation, which is aimed at saving lives,
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    Taiwanese prisoners of Kuomintang's squabbles
    863 30  -  The Bottom Line MOHAN KUPPUSAMY MOHAN KUPPUSAMY The writer is art associate foreign editor with AJusiness Times NO ONI: in Taiwan is surprised by the government's recent decision to prune the nation's huge infrastructure programme. Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of public affairs had
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    Lock icon Smooth skiing — all year long
    58 30 Smooth skiing all year long AFP TOKYO A bo> skiing at I lie opening of the world's first and largest year-round indoor artificial snow ski arena. Skidome SSAWS (which means spring, summer, winter, autumn, winter and snow) opened on Wednesday in Tokyo. More than 1,000 people took to the 490-m
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    Lock icon Indon lawmakers want tough stance against KL on islands
    264 30 UPI JAKAR I A Indonesian lawmakers have demanded a tougher government stance against Malaysia in a dispute over two islands oil" Last Kalimantan. saving Kuala Lumpur is ignoring a status quo pact. President Suharto will meet Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
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      More traders, forwarders launching liner services
      427 31  -  New operators cash in on cheaper secondhand ships, lower charter rates By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Trading companies and freight forwarders are cashing in on cheap secondhand vessels and low charter rates in Southeast Asia to start up new shipping services out of Singapore. The
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      APC's 2nd quarter income up
      404 31 SINGAPORE American President Companies Ltd's pre-tax income for the second quarter this year rose to US$32.O million (SSSI.B million), compared with US$27.l million for the same period last year. Both figures excluded a charge paid by the US government for the used of APC containers
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      Lock icon Evergreen pulls out of Panama project
      369 31 International Transport Journal BASEL, Switzerland Shipowner Evergreen International is pulling out of the terminal project in Panama, but is strengthening its commitment in Indonesia and its relations with China. At the request of the Panamanian government. Evergreen International SA has for some time been
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1116 31 Page Col ABC Containerize 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Africa Container 15 3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 3/4 Arabian Express 15 5 •ASCL 5 5 Asian Breakbulk 15 1 ASXCLShpg
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      Lock icon Japanese Navy on all-out search for quake victims
      65 31 Reuter OKL'SHIRI, Japan Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force's frigates and a helicopter carrying out rescue operations off Aonae on Okushiri Island, west of Hokkaido on Wednesday. The tiny island was hit by tidal waves following Japan's strongest earthquake in 25 years. As of
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      Lock icon N Korean ship heads home as HK agent denies attack
      230 31 AFP HONGKONG A North Korean cargo ship, which was reported fired upon and seized by armed men outside Hongkong waters, was early yesterday continuing its voyage home, a marine department spokesman said. But the ship's Hongkong agent denied anything happened.
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        700 32 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departwe Jurong Port Raiati Brao*e i/i poj iso/, 1600 Breu Nipper 0193 MS alongside 160/ 0100 Sam Houston CGC29* P01B alongside ISO/ 2100 Eng Tou 173 B 11 alongside 160/ 2300 Sam Houston CGC16* P01B alongside
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1853 32 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rstts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Aci Daisy 41B 16 2000 1 15/1500 15 1659 15 1900 2 15/1700 16/0659 16 0900 AcTfetie iiii 16 1300 1
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10456 40 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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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      777 47 IKI Kill I futures attracted buying interest following jn uik'lunged Hallic Freight Index at 1.371 although the future direction remained unclear, brokers said. Ihe Hf I s key grain routes in the Atlantic and out of the US (iulf were lower hut rates for US North Pacific heavy
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
      635 47 Carbon Cation My 9 Density Water Residue Ash Alumum Sedment Density Water Residue Ash Murmur) Sedmnt MM MM Exxon Exxon KG M*3 V/V 'MM MM PPM method KGM*3 V/V MM M M PPM method 60/Cimac Lints Spec E25 991 10 15 0 0 10 30* 0
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      Lock icon When the Mississippi runneth over
      985 48 A look at how US agricultural exporters are coping with their barge shipments during the Midwest flooding KnightRidder US GRAIN exporters will probably face some shipping delays at the Gulf of Mexico due to the closing of major sections of US rivers, but slow export
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        Lock icon Fedex shares jump on news of 56pc rise in 4th quarter gains
        351 50 FT NEW YORK Shares in Federal Express jumped on Wednesday morning after the US' biggest overnight delivery company unveiled a 56 per cent increase in fourth-quarter profits, reflecting reduced international losses. At mid-session on Wednesday, shares in the
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        Lock icon Ford Canada, union begin talks on new labour contract
        429 50 Reuter TORONTO Ford Motor Co of Canada Ltd said shorter working time is one difficult issue in a package of union proposals the company labelled as "ambitious" as negotiations on a new labour contract opened. Canadian Auto Workers President Buzz Hargrove
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          Lock icon Tokyo orders 4th naval escort ship
          94 50 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, a major Japanese heavy machinery producer, has received a 120 billion yen (SSI.B billion) order from Japan's Defence Agency to build its fourth naval escort ship, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries had built the
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          Lock icon Saudi shipping firm to buy 5 tankers
          89 50 Reuter DUBAI The National Shipping Co of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) is studying bids from international shipyards for the construction of five crude supertankers worth around US$5OO million (SSBIO million), a company official said. The 250,000-280,000 tonne tankers are expected to cost between USSBO
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          Lock icon Sharkcats on the prowl
          44 50 Reuter SYDNEY Sydney Water Police's four new "Sharkcats" patrolling Sydney Harbour after their official launch on Wednesday. The locally-built 7.1-m fibreglass launches, powered by 150bhp outboard engines, will be used to police the harbour's 270 nautical miles of foreshore. Reuter
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      2145 35 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppef Towers Singapore 020» Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 IMiIIIIBIiIHiHIiHIIIHIUJM I t*mau—A paouc uii: Kt wa? (A MRVXX or CHINA NAVUATKM CO) accepts CARGO DUI SAILS ljfc i* M i? FCt. LCL CONTAMCR ANO BMEAKBULK SERVICE TO PAPUA NEW OUMEA RMS MEftUBI
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      2642 37 sex: 'CALIFORNIA MERCURY' 54E eta sgp 21/07/93 II II yg' II ARRIVING LOS AN6ELES 07/08/93 IN 16 DAYS HI n E2 II AEX: 'NEPTUNE CORAL' 10E ETA SGP 22/07/93 II II II ARRIVING NEW YORK 13/08/93 IN 22 DAYS HI |1 jr HI *81 Conmcttng C. Saturn Vaf 581 la
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      662 43 (j£ FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 19/07 ROTTERDAM 17/07 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 19/07 HAMBURG/BREMEN 19/07 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 17/07 FELIXSTOWE/UK 19/07 BARCELONA/SPAIN 17/07 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 19/07 GENOA/ITALY 17/07 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 19/07 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 18/07 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 17/07 NEW YORK/EC 18/07 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 18/07 VANCOUVER 21/07 BRISBANE
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      703 43 TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL Ivov ETA LOADING FOR SPORE ANCMNET 31WB 21 06 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA ABBAY WO HZ 37W8 23/09 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA g KIEN
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      836 44 THONG SOON UNES PTE. LTD.I 78 SHENTOH WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11 TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTION AL/CONTAtNER BOOKING LtWE: *****55 SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL j VOY S'PORE |p£ST VESSEL |VQY 1 SPORE |PEST EQUATOR 111 94/3E 17 JUL KUCHING EQUATOR
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      817 45 WgV EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN BAY Of BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTING BftEAKBULK SOC CMGOCS JO FROM K0« YOKOHAMA, NAGOYA MO*. TOKYO*. MANILA* DAKAO* Penanj* P. KeJanj Sintapore E Msia* IVYEVERETT VSE 22/23 Jul 24/25 Jul SHAPIAEVERETT VI6E 22/23 Jul 24/25 Jul KAMALEVERETT VI7E 23/24 Au( 25/26 Au( ACCEPTING BREAKBUK FCI SOC
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      357 45 M GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ft ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN VH 25/7 27/7 28/7 7/8 TIMBER TRADER V 13/7 19/7 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN 15/7 21/7 27/7 28/7
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      645 45 PGSL WORLDWIDE PAWAMA CLOIE STEAMERS LINES REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKLY SAILING TO HUANG PU A SHANTOU Connecting Feeder to Huang PuSUI TUO CONTAINER NO 2 Connecting Feeder to Shantao LIAN BO NO 9 WE HV LEASING CONTRS FOR RENTAL SAILING TO PHNOM PENH' FORTNIGHTLY FCL/LCL SERVICE TO
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      510 45 FORTNIGHTLY OIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN VESSEL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH SIN FENGMANGSHAN VS2/53 19/07 OS 08 OH OS 26 08 FUVUSHAN V 46/47 04 08 20 OS 23 08 11 09 FENG SHUN SHAN V 47/48 19/08 OS 09 08/09 26/09 ALSO ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA VIA DURBAN
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      296 45 SIN FAR EAST 20/7 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 24/7 BANGKOK 19/7 MANILA/CEBU 18/7 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 19/7 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 18/7 BUSAN 18/7 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 18/7 HONG KONG SjN CHINA 18/7 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LGL cargo SjN EUROPE/UK 19/7 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 19/7 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland Bulgaria/Czech SjN USA/CANADA 20/7
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      818 46 HONG KON6/CHINA 19/7 26/7 JAKARTA 23/7 30/7 BANGKOK 21/7 28/7 MANILA 23/7 30/7 BUSAN 19/7 ft 26/7 KEELUNG 21/7 ft 28/7 TOKYO/KOBE 23/7 ft 30/7 KAOSHIUN6 19/7 ft 26/7 PORT KELAN6/PENANG 23/7 ft 30/7 YOKOHAMA 23/7 ft 30/7 COLOMBO 21/7 ft 28/7 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBUR6 23/7 ft 30/7 CHITTAGONG/MAORAS 19/7 ft 26/7
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      433 46 y Conrerm CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. FREMANTLE 18TH JULY ACCEPTING TO ALL NEW ZEALAND PORTS PENANG 22 JULY PORT KELANG 22 JULY JAKARTA 18 JULY BANGKOR 17 JULY SURABAYA 20 JULY AUCKLAND 25 JULY MELBOURNE 22 JULY SYDNEY 22 JULY BRISBANE 30 JULY I^^gothSßUß?^ ,^^l7JllL^^^| 'ACCEPTING TO ALL SCAMOINAVIA
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      1359 47 ANNOUNCING INAUGURATION CC ONDOR LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND ""ONTS VOY BUENOS MONTEVIDEO I DURBAN [SINGAPORE HONG KONG KASHMA/ YOKOHAMA «sstn AIRES KOGOSHHUA N. KRUPSKAYA EBOI 2025/07 26-27/07 09 10/08 23/08 27/08 01-06/09 06/09 POIESSW EBO2 20-25/00 26 27/08 09 10/09 23/09 27/09 01-05/10 07/10 OEKABmST EBO3 18-23/09 24 25/09 07-OP/10
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      388 48 NORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERV CE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA VIGOUR PACFIC 22N8 16/07/93 24/07/93 FRD*Y°!S) MOM)A* VIGOUR PACfIC 22ANB 19/07/93 24/07/93 VIGOUR SINGAPORE 58MB 23/07/93 31/07/93 VIGOUR SINGAPORE 58ANB 26/07/93 31/07/93 PORT KLANG/PENANG FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE PORT KLANG PENANG MARINA MAS 9391N8 15/07 93 3: 17
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      753 48 ©APPENSHIP (3\ HAMBURG \T\) CONVENTIONAL INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA ANO FAR EAST VESSEIS LOADING PORTS DISCHARGE/ LOADING FOR LORELEY SZCZECIN 28/6 HAM 30/6 ANTW 5/7 SPORE BKK VITALITY HAM SLD SPORE 15/7 KAPITAN FOMENKO ANTW SLD SPORE 10/8 KOALA CONTAINER LINE STORE FIX HAM ROT LEH
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      339 48 cosco UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.G LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 28/06 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHINA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.G. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 15/06 20/06 Huangpu/Guangzhou COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO: CHINA/BANGKOK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI Please refer above mentioned services
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      1033 49 I HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VtSStLS VOY PWA I PKE PGP I VESSELS SIN HTM AW* LEH* HAM BREt fEI. HMM ADVANCE 22A 13/07 14/07 15/07 H. CHALLENGER 305W 19/07 06/08 06/08 07/08 08/08 08/08 10/08 NORASIA MALACCA 9324 A 20/07 21/07 22/07 OOCL CHARISMA
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