The Business Times, 25 January 1994

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Tuesday January 25 1994 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow Jones up 15 points
      47 1 AFP NEW YORK Wall Street's leading indicator fell after profit-taking and the slide of the Tokyo market, but came back to break into new territory in afternoon trading yesterday. The Dow stood at 3.929.95 points, up 15.47 points, at Ipm EST. AFP
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      Lock icon Merrill Lynch earnings rise to US$347m
      80 1 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Merrill Lynch and Co. the United States' biggest securities firm, said fourth-quarter earnings advanced to USS347 million (*****.2 million) from USS22I million a year ago. For all of 1993. Merrill's earnings advanced to a record USSI.36 billion from U*****.8
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    112 1 Stock market indices Monday Change STII 2.318.27 +36.54 KLSE Composite ...1.064 55 +0.79 Nikkei 18.353.24 -954.19 Hang Seng 11.600.09 140.72 SET Index 1.461.59 +53.13 Jakarta Composite ...588.05 +2.28 CLSA China B 1.296.67 9.26 Aust AIIOrd 2.224.5 -25.8 FTSE 100 3.481.4 -2.8 \loadav Previous I pm closc Dow Jones
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    S'pore, India seal economic pacts
    380 1  -  From Walton Morais in NEW DELHI SINGAPORE and India kicked off a "fruitful era" of economic tics yesterday with a slew of agreements on taxation, shipping and tourism. The pacts set in concrete what officials on both sides agree has been a true "meeting of
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    Lock icon Ringgit sinks to new lows against S$ and greenback
    408 1  -  By Paul Leo, Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR THE Malaysian ringgit sank to a new low against the Singapore dollar yesterday following further measures announced over the weekend to stem offshore speculation in the ringgit. The currency ended at MS 1.7202
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    Ringgit undervalued by 50pc: Morgan Stanley
    141 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG THE Malaysian ringgit is "deeply undervalued" by about 50 per cent and is likely to stage a strong recovery by year-end. predicts American brokerage Morgan Stanley. The firm's Hongkongbased economist, Michael Taylor, expects that the ringgit could appreciate to
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    CPF members withdrew record $3.4b for shares in 4th quarter
    210 1 SINGAPORE Singaporeans withdrew a record $3.44 billion in CPF funds in the last quarter of 1993 for share investment much of it going to Telecom's offer in October. The market's bull run was another contributory factor for the surge in
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    Lock icon Applications for CPF property finance hit record high
    295 1  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Demand for private residential property last year lifted loan applications for Central Provident Fund finance to a record 14.092. This was an 18.8 per cent increase over 1992, when brisk buying resulted in 11.857 applications under the board's
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    Tokyo stocks dive 5pc, further losses predicted
    453 1  -  From Anthony Rowley in TOKYO TOKYO stock priccs plunged by nearly 5 per cent yesterday as investors dumped stocks in the wake of the Japanese government's defeat last Friday on the vital issue of political reform. And analysts predicted last night that the
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    Japanese funds help shore up regional stock markets
    281 1 SINGAPORE Foreign funds, particularly from Japan, helped Singapore stocks make a modest recovery yesterday, and the Straits Times Industrials Index rose 36.54 points to 2.318.27. Brokers said the funds found their way back to the Asean markets after the Tokyo bourse was
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      218 1 sgmmk fresh EXTRA \k STRONG REFRESHING Soli AgMit Shriro (Singapore) Pto. Ltd. CONTENTS News 2 19.20.21 Regional News 3,4.5 Financial 23.24 florid News 7.8 Features Markets Analysis 17 Ctob/KISE. SES 2830 Editorial 16 Regional 26 Sports 9 World 27 TV/litestyle 13 Currencies 24 Property 14,15 Smw/Commo 24.25 Subscription Tel 1800
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      21 1 Property: Pg 14 Saigon cashes in on colonial legacy Sarawak state to take 55pc stake in Dun lop Estates Page 20
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      22 1 Hock Lock Sien>: pk 19 L J 2 5 jam What lies ahead in stocktirdking? EDITORIAL: Bank Negara's costly fight. Page 16
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      8 1 India clarifies rules for property investment, Back Pg
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      123 1 The Botfom Line: Pg is Mekong: river of opportunities EgT Investors should not treat stock markets as casinos Q S'pore Finance Minister Richard Hit KIMhH •See Page 19 Greed can create JL a fragile bubble economy Q t Malaysian DPM Anwar Ibrahim jjm See Page 3 BL. .^Jz9 BALLY x.
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Business liquidity still firm
        364 2  -  By Anna Teo BUSINESS liquidity remained strong in 1993, although there was a pick-up in the Central Provident Fund default rate in the last three months of the year. Figures released yesterday by the CPF Board show that on average. 1.3 per cent of employers, or
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      Caterpillar wins US$60m deals from VDH and Fels
      163 2 CATERPILLAR Far East in Singapore has won contracts worth USS6O million (5596.6 million) to supply generators for three power barges in the Philippines. The orders from Van Dcr Horst Ltd and Far East Lcvingston Shipbuilding Ltd arc for 39 generators. Late last
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      URA to auction off 20 plots of land at Kew Drive
      369 2  -  By Sylvia Wong THE government will hold a second auction of state property around March, when it will sell about 20 plots of land for residential development in Kew Drive, off Upper East Coast Road. Property sources say the
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      TAS acts to bring down cost of video-conferencing
      264 2 THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore plans to allow more suppliers of videoconferencing facilities to operate here. The authority plans a study of the video-conferencing market, aimed at stimulating competition so prices will fall and more people will use such services. There arc
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      Women managers urged to take lead in meeting needs of female workers
      273 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling ASEAN women leaders were challenged last night to lead the way in being more understanding of the needs of their female workers. Throwing down the gauntlet at the Ist Asean Women Leaders* Forum was
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon Greed, ineptness may abort region's growth: Anwar
      474 3 Reuter, Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Greed and ineptness may create bubble economies in Asia and abort the region's rapid economic growth, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim warned yesterday. In a keynote address at the International Symposium on Asia in the 21st Century, organised
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      Lock icon Jakarta against turning Apec into formal, structured organisation
      369 3 Reuter JAKARTA President Suharto told visiting Malaysian Minister Rafidah Aziz yesterday that Indonesia did not support turning the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum into a formal and structured organisation. According to the Jakarta Post, Mr Suharto told Ms Rafidah, Malaysia's Minister
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      Lock icon Indon labour record still blemished, says US human rights group
      364 3 Reuter JAKARTA The US human rights group Asia Watch, catalyst for Washington's assault on Indonesia's labour record, yesterday said that Jakarta still fell far short in its treatment of workers despite recent reforms. The Clinton administration is three weeks away
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      Ramos wants reports of hidden Marcos gold checked
      427 3  -  From Al Labita in MANILA PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos yesterday ordered the Philippine embassy in Switzerland to check reports that the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos had hoarded gold at a Zurich airport warehouse. "We would like to find out the truth about this
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      Lock icon Ranariddh calls for end to protests against investor
      284 3 AP PHNOM PENH Cambodia's First Premier has urged merchants to stop demonstrating against a Hongkong-based company for fear they will scare off much-needed foreign investors. Prince Norodom Ranariddh, speaking on government television on Sunday, appeared to be taking the side of the
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      Lock icon First Philippine satellite project to be under BOT scheme
      244 3 AFP MANILA Philippine Transportation and Communication Under-secretary Josefina Lichauco told journalists yesterday that the country's first-ever satellite project would be under the government's build-oper-ate-transfer (BOT) scheme. Under the BOT system, private consortiums totally finance and oversee the construction of a project
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      Lock icon Manila to go ahead with set-up of petrochem complex
      297 3 AFP MANILA The state-owned Philippine National Oil Co (PNOC) plans to go ahead whh the establishment of a petrochemical complex near here and expects the construction of a downstream unit by the end of the year. The presidential palace yesterday said
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      Lock icon Viet communist party divided over economic reforms
      240 3 AFP HANOI A conference of Vietnam's ruling communist party, which started last week, has revealed divisions among its delegates on the country's economic reforms. The party daily Shan Dan yesterday reported that most of the 647 delegates expressed their support for the results
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      Lock icon China's three-pronged reforms proceeding smoothly: Zhu
      483 4 AP, Reuter HONGKONG Chinas "economic czar" Zhu Rongji said yesterday the threepronged reforms designed to transform a socialist centrallyplanned economy into a pub-licly-owned market economy had encountered no major problems so far. In a two-hour interview with the US magazine Business Week, Mr Zhu
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      Lock icon Cigarette firms want Taipei's help to fight illegal brand
      578 4 Smuggling business gives contraband 14pc market share NYT PARIS Perhaps only in Tai.pei would Western tobacco salesmen battling a local monopoly urge the government to allow even more competitors into their small and static share of the market. But foreign cigarette
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      Lock icon Taiwan's arms purchase scandal escalates
      335 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's multi-bil-lion US dollar arms purchase scandal has escalated as an arrested arms dealer confessed that he had bribed a former vice commander-in-chief of the navy, prosecutors said yesterday. The arrested. Cheng Chengkuang. an agent for Italy's state-owned Fincantieri shipyard, admitted that he
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      Lock icon Patten defends reform push in HK
      414 4 Reuter, AFP LONDON Hongkong Governor Chris Patten yesterday defended his plan to beef up democratic mechanisms in the British colony ahead of a meeting with Prime Minister John Major and his Cabinet. "When (the first stage of reforms are) out of the way, we
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Listed Japanese firms cut 88,000 jobs
        70 4 AFP TOKYO Some 740 Japanese companies listed on the Tokyo stock market cut their work forces by 88.423 last year to tide over the business slump, a credit research institute said yesterday. A survey by Tokyo Shoko Research Co found that 738 of the
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        Lock icon Gentle as a kitten
        39 4 Reuter PAGSANJAN. Philippines Imee. a mother of two cubs, is sedated by Filipino veterinarians to case her transfer to a Manila zoo. Fifteen abandoned Siberian tigers were moved from this southern Luzon town yesterday. Reuter
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        Lock icon Asean FTA a welcome move: Jetro
        51 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR More than 50 per cent of respondents from among Japanese companies operating in the Asean region have welcomed the formation of the Asean Free Trade Area because of its positive benefits, a survey by Japan External External Trade Organisation revealed yesterday.
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        Lock icon Manila plans 31b peso Subic link
        49 4 Reuter MANILA The Philippines will build a 31 billion peso (551.78 billion) highway to link Manila to an industrial zone and free port, a senior official said. The road will link former US military bases Subic Bav and Clark airbase to Manila. Reuter
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      Lock icon 4 foreign groups bid to supply Taiwan's first satellite
      187 4 Reuter TAIPEI Four foreign groups have submitted bids to supply Taiwan's first satellite, scheduled to be launched at the end of 1997. The government's National Science Council yesterday said that the bidders were TRW lnc and Space Systems/Loral of the US,
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      Lock icon Western TV programmers go local to survive in Asia
      549 4 AFP HONGKONG The days of slapping a few subtitles on some warmed-over American television series and calling it Asian programming arc over. Television programmers from around the world who descended on Asia's burgeoning market hoping to make big profits are realising
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      Lock icon Strong Taiwan-China trade shows signs of slowing down
      191 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan-China trade through Hongkong rose strongly in the first 10 months of 1993 but growth showed signs of slowing because of recent measures by China to restrict imports, the Board of Foreign Trade said yesterday. Two-way trade totalled US$7.l6 billion
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      Lock icon Japan may make fewer cars than US this year
      510 5 Reuter TOKYO For the first time in IS years, Japan is likely to make fewer cars in 1994 than the United States because of falling exports and slow domestic demand, a senior analyst said here yesterday. Hiroshi Suemasa, of the Nankaku
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      Lock icon Chun Doo Hwan's relative arrested on fraud charges
      376 5 Reuter SEOUL A relative of former South Korean president Chun Doo Hwan was arrested yesterday on charges of massive fraud while on parole from conviction in the largest financial scam in the nation's history, state prosecutors said. Cluing Yong Ja, SO, a
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      Lock icon Cost spiral wears down Pusan shoe-makers
      462 5 Reuter PUSAN, South Korea Shoe-makers in Pusan, hub of South Korea's once-booming footwear industry, fear their days are numbered. With wage costs soaring and fierce challenges from overseas competitors, production and employment levels in the multi-billion dollar industry have plummeted dramatically since 1990. "During
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      Lock icon Seek China's aid over N-row, Seoul urges US
      361 5 Reuter SEOUL South Korea asked the United States yesterday to muster Chinese aid in persuading the communist North to accept inspections of its suspected nuclear facilities. In a meeting between South Korea's Foreign Minister Han Sung Joo and Deputy US Secretary of
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      Lock icon South Korea plans to sell Thailand F-5 jets
      162 5 AP SEOUL South Korea is negotiating with Thailand the sale of an unspecified number of F-5 Phantom fighter jets. A Defence Ministry spokesman yesterday confirmed reports by local newspapers concerning the planned sale but declined to disclose details, including the number of
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      236 6 Introducing the first Regional China Fund. Because there's one word on the minds of over one billion people. That word, of course, is wealth. But it's not unique experienced and recognised fund managers in Asia-Pacific to the people of China. In fact, anyone with as little as today and available
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon IMF unlikely to free promised US$1.5b credit to Moscow
      560 7 Reuter TOKYO The International Monetary Fund looks unlikely to release a promised US$l.5 billion (552.4 billion) credit to Russia any time soon as the country seems set to backtrack on its economic reforms, a senior United States Treasury Department official said
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      Lock icon Blast in French zinc refinery
      44 7 Reuter NOYELLES GODAULT, France Firemen attending to workers barnt ap to 98 per cent at a blast ia the Northern France zinc refinery Metalenrop yesterday. A similar accident last Jaly killed 10 workers ia the same industrial complex. Renter
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      Lock icon Austrian president battles love-affair scandal, calls crisis meeting
      361 7 Reuter VIENNA Austrian President Thomas KJestil, battling a love-affair scandal, called advisers to crisis talks yesterday amid pressure to ditch his mistress or resign. Mr Klestil's wife Edith said at the weekend she had left her husband of 37 years because she
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      Lock icon Mirror plans to join bid for ailing Independent
      330 7 Reuter LONDON British tabloid newspaper publisher Mirror Group announced a plan yesterday to rescue ailing broadsheet The Independent, whose initial success in the late 1980s has been tarnished recently by falling circulation. Mirror has joined forces with existing major shareholders of The
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon China, Russia torn takeover centres
        81 7 Bloomberg Business News LONDON China and Russia emerged as centres for international takeover activity with some US$22 billion (5535.2 billion) being invested there in the past year, the Financial Times reported, citing accountants KPMG Peat Marwick. In China, the value of partial acquisitions and joint
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        Lock icon Britain's executives get 4.6pc pay hike
        92 7 Reuter LONDON The average salary increase for Britain's executives was 4.6 per cent over the six month period ending Dec 31, 1993 said a report by consultants Sedgwick Noble Lowndes. This is way above the level of inflation, currently running at a year-on-year 1.9
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        Lock icon UK on course for growth, says survey
        96 7 Reuter LONDON Orders and output over the past four months have risen at the strongest rate for nearly five years, the latest quarterly industrial trends survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) showed. Business confidence has increased for the fifth quarter in
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        Perry willing to be defence secretary
        110 7 WASHINGTON Deputy Defence Secretary William Perry has told the White House he will accept the job of defence secretary if President Bill Clinton asks him to replace outgoing secretary Les Aspin, a senior Administration official said yesterday. "He would take the job if offered,"
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      Lock icon European recovery not expected to create new jobs
      400 7 Reuter BOMBAY Industry in Western Europe is becoming increasingly uncompetitive because of high labour costs and there is little prospect that a recovery from recession will create new jobs, the chairman of one of Europe's largest companies said yesterday. In a speech
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      Lock icon Foreign investors in Russia get jittery
      485 7 Reuter MOSCOW Foreign companies in Russia, sifting through the debris of weeks of political instability, dislike what they see and some are getting cold feet about investing. One of their major concerns is the inhospitable tax climate, which could keep some major projects in
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      Lock icon US, Japan agree to revamp patent laws
      579 8 Deal makes patents valid for 20 years after invention NYT TOKYO The United States has agreed to change its patent law to prevent patent holders from seeking royalties long after they first made their inventions. In an agreement with Japan that was signed,
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      Lock icon World leaders to discuss economic problems at forum
      228 8 AFP GENEVA Hundreds of political and business figures are to meet in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday for the annual World Economic Forum to discuss problems including unemployment and economic stagnation. About 60 international leaders will gather in the northeastern Swiss resort, near
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      Lock icon Food for Afghans where war never stops
      60 8 AFP KABUL A Red Cross crew member (right) supervising the unloading of about 12 tonnes of flour on Friday, which were delivered to civilians trapped in the Old Microrayan housing estate where Afghan families had been cut off from the rest of Kabul
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      Lock icon State of the Union address to focus on health plan
      376 8 NYT WASHINGTON In his State of the Union Message today, US President Bill Clinton will try to defuse criticism of his health care plan and make a new bid for middle-class support by emphasising themes like the need for more
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      Lock icon Battle lines drawn in patent test-case against Microsoft
      393 8 NYT WASHINGTON The stakes are high in the first patent- j infringement case against the Microsoft Corp ever to reach < trial. < Last week. Federal District > Judge Edward Rafeedie impanelled a jury in the patent dis- < pute between Stac
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      Lock icon Group of Seven keeps a low profile
      746 8 G-7 nations in recent years have focused on their own domestic economic problems first FT LONDON A year ago. Lloyd Bentsen. freshly installed as US Treasury Secretary, was champing at the bit to breathe new life into the Group of Seven countries, comprising
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      1171 8 "P w w (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors of ASEAN Fund Limited wishes to make the following announcement: AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 1993 110*91 31 Oct 92 mm mm n*i I. Investment and Other Income 30.774 isflf *101.20 Dividend! and
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Washington ends Wilander's run with five-set triumph
      670 9 Australian Open AP MELBOURNE MaliVai Washington outlasted Mats Wilander in a five-set marathon last night, ending the veteran Swede's fairy-tale run at the Australian Open. The American dominated the final set after the two had traded stroke for stroke, error for error. The
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      Lock icon Davenport and Date aim to shake up established order
      420 9 Reuter MELBOURNE Two contrasting figures, both culturally and physically, will try to overhaul the established order in women's tennis at the Australian Open today. American teenager Lindsay Davenport and Japan's Kimiko Date are the newcomers chasing a semifinal berth at this
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      Lock icon Forsbrand keeps Swedish flag flying in Moroccan Open
      425 9 Golf AFP AGADIR, Morocco Anders Forsbrand won the Moroccan Open here on Sunday as Swedish golf again showed superb form on the European Tour. Forsbrand took his seventh title by four strokes from England's Howard Clark with a closing round of 69
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      Lock icon Cowboys deal deadly blow to 49ers
      960 9 Super Bowl play-off NYT IRVING, Texas About the only bad news for the Dallas Cowboys came when the knee of a San Francisco defensive end. Dennis Brown, smacked quarterback Troy Aikman in the head in the third quarter. Aikman had to leave the game
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        Lock icon Basketball
        15 9 AP NEW YORK NBA Sunday: NY 92 Philadelphia 99; Miami 113 Washington 80. AP
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        409 9 AP AFP AFP Reuter TUCSON, Arizona Andrew Magee's errorless five-under-par 67 final round gave the American his first US PGA Tour victory since 1991 on Sunday, holding off the field by two strokes to win the Northern Telecom Open. Magee, 31. in his 10th season, earned his fourth career
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        Lock icon Tennis
        53 9 AFP MELBOURNE Australian Open yesterday Men's singles 4th rd: Thomas Muster (Aus) b Alexander Volkov (RuS) 6-3 6-3 6-2; Stefan Edberg (Swe) b Lars Jonsson (Swe) 6-4. 6-4. 6-4; Malivai Washington (US) b Mats Wilander (Swe) 6-7, 6-2. 6-7. 6-4. 6-1; Todd Martin (US) bt Xavier Daufresne (Bel) 6-7.
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      Lock icon Everything went white for Joe
      781 9  -  Dave Anderson recalls the day when Dave Anderson NYT NEW YORK Just after throwing the pass, Joe Montana was triple-teamed by the Bills' pass-rushers caught from behind by Phil Hansen, pounded from his left by Bruce Smith, crushed from his right by Jeff Wright. As
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      22 9 HHF**. -/"..< Braised Noodles with jj/v r 630pm-10.4Spm |v%MAPLE LEAF Restaurant 390 Victoria Street #01-01/08, Golden Landmark Shopping Centre Singaporeo7lB Tel: *****15./6 7
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      154 10 Page 10 A Today, history is created. For it marks the Topping-off of a truly unique colourful attraction, if not the most famous. But the old Bugis pales in entertainment experience with food coiH development. Bugis Junction. When finally completed in mid 1995, Bugis comparison to what you'll experience at
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      140 11 mous. But the old Bugis pales in entertainment experience with food courts, sidewalk glass-covered development will be the 5-star Inter-Continental Hotel and an i new Bugis Junction. Simply witness cafes, restaurants, bazaars and boutiques adding to the BHBBbH exclusive office tower. Both reflecting prestige and luxury. There's direct first ever
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      294 12 ggjfl Nothing BeatsAßucL HlHffiiil to wine, dine aw entertain Or I Princess Terrace introduces Penang Supper, aJfii the popular Penang lunch, dinner and high tea. y K With some 19 items available from the menu Jj ■k surely there's something for everyone. From a fM 81. bowl of congee to
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Billy Crystal calls it a day at Oscars
      454 13 CHATTERBOX WHAT motion picture academy officials have feared for months has come to pass. Comedian Billy Crystal is bowing out as host of the Oscars ceremonies after four years, leaving the academy with the task of finding someone to take his place
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      Giving Broadway a run for its money
      656 13  -  Harish Mehta reviews Gaslight, an English play put up by Bombay's Prithvi Players Harish Mehta SOME English plays produced by Bombay's top theatre groups are considered as good as their Broadway and West End counterparts, some surprisingly better. Last week's production of Gaslight,
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      At the end of a tunnel
      509 13  -  Playwright John Clifford focuses on India's poor in Light in the Village. Claire Leow previews Claire Leow INDIA is a hotbed of contrasts and conflicts and both have a way of nurturing creative work. Like many before him, playwright John Clifford of Scotland has
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      189 13 lAmstSE R£SWLKANT SUSHI TEPPANYAKI BUFFET THE GINGA Feast on exotic Sushi and Maki creations KS while our chefs whip P|¥ v up a sizzling teppanyaki all treat Scallops, Jr\> II Prawns, Chicken, Beef sj and Mushrooms. Xx N. Inclusive of fresh Salad Greens. Miso Soup and Desserts. Available for lunch
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      1363 13 TV RADIO f ttj saga about the queen «A 9 of the Nile. Elizabeth Taylor 9 (Queen Cleo) marries Rex Har- iO ff U .9 rison (Caesar), then moves on |JT iB 'II tony). Lots of spectacle that j J 1' can put most travelogues to /"v K shame and
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
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      Saigon Tourist cashes in on colonial legacy
      915 14  -  Harish Mehta reports on the expansion plans of a major Vietnamese hotel operator Harish Mehta THE head of Vietnam's biggest hotel operator, Duong Van Day, enjoys telling the story of how he thwarted a plan by over-zealous officials to demolish the 114-year-old Continental
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      PROPERTY WATCH
      295 14 JonesLang Sstodsd market transactions in to past week 1—H n— i *yjr iw I *y mikit Jan 17,1994 0409 Haitoour View Tower Apt 1615 FH 830,000 S14~ Jan 22.1994 0612 FdberHiCoodo Mais 1850 FH 668,000 361 Jan 18,1994 J 0922 Seabed Tower Apt 3000 FH 1,280,000 427 Jan
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    • REGIONAL SKYLINE
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        Lock icon Biggest Sino-Aussie venture in Tianjin
        98 14 The Australian Financial Review SYDNEY In a development touted as the largest Sino-Austra-lian joint venture, Goldspear Australia Pty Ltd signed a contract with the Heping district of Tianjin city to invest 850 million yuan in renovating two areas in the old part of the city.
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        Lock icon Skytrain depot to cost 3 billion baht
        64 14 The Nation BANGKOK The group working on the long-awaited Bangkok Metropolitan Administration skytrain project estimated that the development of the skytrain depot at the Mor Chit site would require an investment of 3 billion baht (SSIBB million). The money would go towards the
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        Lock icon Bids planned for Thai tollway
        64 14 The Nation BANGKOK The Highway Department is seeking private sector investment in a five-kilometre extension of the Don Muang-Din Daeng tollway from the domestic terminal of Don Muang airport to the Air Force headquarters. The extension is to alleviate congestion between the terminal and northern
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        Lock icon M'sian group takes control of Collings
        78 14 The Australian Financial Review SYDNEY Monarch Pacific Pty Ltd, a Malaysian group with extensive Australian property interests, has taken a controlling stake in Australia's only listed real estate agency, Collings Ltd. in line with its plans to expand in the Asia-Pacific. In the pipeline
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        Hutchison to buy out contract with Hilton
        73 14 HONGKONG The Hutchison Whampoa group announced on Saturday that it was buying out its USSI2S-million (SS2OO million) management contract with the Hilton Group, says the Sunday Morning Post. Analysts in the financial community speculate that Hutchison will demolish the building to make way
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      80pc of Joo Seng Warehouse units taken up
      232 15  -  By Joycelyn Shu JOO SENG Warehouse a Hong Leong Group project proved a hit when 80 per cent of its units were snapped up at its launch on Saturday. The eight-storey building in Aljunied/Macpherson was marketed on its accessibility, proximity to other
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      HKR plans resort living for Shanghai
      1000 15 Far-fetched? HKR provided HK with some leisurely life on Discovery Bay Hongkong property developer HKR International Limited wants to bring the good life to Shanghai. The crumbling infrastructure and congestion of China's most populated city would make that seem far-fctchcd, but HKR is the
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      Somprasong sticks to middle-class housing
      785 15  -  Despite a move into low-cost housing by competitors, the Thai developer is convinced demand is still high for quality units, writes Alan Boyd in Bangkok Alan Boyd Developer Somprasong will invest another 771 million baht (5548.7 million) in eight projects in the Thai capital of
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  • Article
    Bank Negara's costly fight
    558 16 IOVTOtttAL THE Malaysian central bank. Bank Negara, has had a pretty rough 1994 so far. And things may get rougher yet. When the ringgit fell sharply at the end of last year, speculators who were still bent on betting on the currency picked up windfall profits
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • Article
      More than a family affair
      224 16 WHEN ELECTIONS were held in Pakistan last October, the expectation was that the country would, at long last, achieve stability and begin devoting itself fully to economic reform and growth. The family feud that erupted recently between Ms Benazir Bhutto and her mother, Begum Nusrat
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      Venturing into India
      150 16 THE Prime Minister's visit to India signals the beginning of a new chapter in bilateral relations between the two countries. Except for differences in dealing with the Cambodian issue in the past, the relationship between India and Singapore has always been good. Now that the Cambodian issue
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      Better than expected
      203 16 PRESIDENT Bill Clinton has completed his first year in office. In a self-assessment, he appeared enormously proud of his performance. An opinion poll also showed that 54 per cent of Americans thought he did well, a rating commendable by US standards. The test that Mr Clinton will
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      Bad omen for reform
      148 16 THE SURPRISE DEFEAT of Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa at the hands of his coalition partners bodes ill for political reform. Mr Hosokawa faces the prospect of a humiliating climb-down to reach a compromise with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), whose corruption he was elected to
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      Brought down to earth
      147 16 FOR Morihiro Hosokawa, the hard bump of being brought down to earth last Friday was not solely due to the novice's lack of preparation. Very few thought that the unity of the coalition's purpose to break the money-greased pork-barrelling closed shop of LOP political hegemony could
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      Time to fight — and hard
      125 16 Time to fight and hard PRIMARY Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik says he will begin his main assault on the West in March when he drops what he refers to as the "hydrogen bomb," referring to the hydrogenation process for other oils which has a damaging effect on health for
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    Lock icon No way but to cut some deals with the opposition
    751 16 Financial Times said in an editorial yesterday that Morihiro Hosokawa must urgently overcome last Friday's defeat of his electoral reform proposals FT WHEN Morihiro Hosokawa became Japan's Prime Minister last summer, ending 38 years of unbroken rule by the Liberal
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      More than a cheerleader but less than a cop
      1701 17  -  Leon Hadar examines the issues as the Clinton Administration decides what traffic rules to set up for the Information Superhighway Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington Correspondent THE interstate highway system that the US Federal Government built a generation ago
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      Lock icon The US National Security Agency jostles for civilian turf
      1478 17  -  John Markoff finds enormous resistance to the plan to have US government and civilian computer users employ a standard approach to scrambling John Markoff NYT THE National Security Agency (NSA), the American agency responsible for electronic surveillance of global communications, has
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    Lock icon Hosokawa threatens to call new vote over reform bills
    560 18 Bloomberg Business News, Reuter, The Straits Times TOKYO Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa and his ruling coalition, scrambling to salvage their political reform bills, yesterday threatened to call a new vote in Japan's Parliament if the opposition balked at compromise. Mr Hosokawa,
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    Lock icon India clarifies rules for foreign investment in property sector
    367 18  -  PM Goh's visit to India Reports by Walton Morais in NEW DELHI INDIA'S officials yesterday clarified that foreign investment in property development would be restricted to companies whith were at least 60 per cent owned by non-res-ident Indians (NRIs) or foreigners
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    Industry group picks S'pore over Bangkok for regional push
    248 18 INDIA'S largest industry grouping has pickcd Singapore over Bangkok to be its launching pad for a thrust into East Asia. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), which represents more than 3,000 Indian corporations from listed engineering giants to small and me-dium-sized
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    Lock icon Did Cartland get Major all fired up over moral values?
    253 18 AFP LONDON Dame Barbara Cartland, the novelist known for her vast output of romantic fiction, claims to be the inspiration for Prime Minister John Major's troubled plans for a return to traditional values. The 92-year-old writer claimed that she inspired
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    Lock icon Boeing profits take a tumble as aircraft sales keep dipping
    427 18 Reuter SEATTLE. Washington Boeing Co yesterday reported lower profits for the fourth quarter and all of 1993, and said it saw no turnaround in declining aircraft sales until the middle of next year, when its new 777 model would get
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    Lock icon Clinton to seek at least US$4b in quake relief
    355 18 AP AFP Reuter LOS ANGELES The Clinton administration will ask Congress for at least US$4 billion (556.4 billion) in earthquake relief and officials say the figure could go much higher. The Los Angeles Times yesterday reported that White House aides had
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    The Mekong: rippling with economic opportunities
    988 18  -  The Bottom Line HARISH MEHTA HARISH MEHTA The writer is a BT correspondent specialising in Indochinese affairs THERE IS a common thread running through the economies of Indochina the mighty Mekong river. It is this commonality among the Indochincse states Laos. Cambodia and Vietnam
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    Lock icon Nynex posts US$1.2b loss, plans to cut 16,800 jobs
    372 18 AP NEW YORK Nynex Corp yesterday said it lost US$l.24 billion (551.98 billion) in the fourth quarter after taking a huge charge for a restructuring of its phone operations that would result in the elimination of 16.800 jobs by end-1996. The
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      294 19 Source: Bridge Info PavfH-MMM «f STM's hrfn stacks Jan 24 Last Sun lain Stack sale Oat factor awnn <S) w *vimo 2 2 30 0 020 1.41 0 «0 CAC 8.200 0.300 5.19 12.05 CWT 3.140 IW C'crebos 7 400 0.100 4.68 4.02 FAN 17 500 0 800 IIM
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      Richard Hu warns investors: Don't treat stock market like a casino
      607 19  -  Corporate governance conference Reports by Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE Investors should not treat the stock market like a casino. Finance Minister Richard Hu said yesterday at a one-day conference on corporate governance at the Westin Hotel. Rather than buying and
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      STII to hit 2,600 this year, says Yamaichi
      431 19  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The Straits Times Industrials Index will reach 2,600 this year, says Yamaichi Securities. The Japanese broking house believes the Singapore market will continue to be supported by its solid economic fundamentals, which will produce a GDP growth
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      Changes in stockbroking business provide clues to what lies ahead
      871 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Joyce Quek SINGAPORE Events since the first listing of a stockbroker in 1990 reveal the changing face of the local stock market and provide clues to what lies ahead. The first, Kim Eng Securities, was followed
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      SES has vital role in raising standard of governance
      353 19 SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) can play a vital role in helping to raise the standard of corporate governance in listed companies as well as promoting the companies' accountability to their shareholders. Finance Minister Richard Hu said yesterday. Dr
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Seiyu, Wing On in Bugis Junction tie-up
          76 20 SINGAPORE Japan's third-largest supermarket chain operator, Seiyu Ltd, said yesterday that it has formed a joint venture with Hongkong department store operator. Wing On International, to operate a retail outlet at Bugis Junction, a retail, office and "hotel project at Victoria Street. The
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          Indon's Bunas Finance to issue rights
          47 20 JAKARTA Publicly-listed multi-finance company, PT Bunas Finance Indonesia, will issue rights shares next month with an estimated value of 33.5 billion rupiah (5525.1 million) which will help double its current equity, The Jakarta Post newspaper reported yesterday, quoting a company executive.
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          RDC incorporates Vietnam unit
          51 20 SINGAPORE Resources Development Corp has incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary, RDC (Vietnam), with authorised share capital of SI million and paid-up capital of $2. The company is an investment holdings company. Its directors are RDC general manager Tan Kim Hor and RDC Land general manager Heng Gee
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          SES queries Goldtron acquisition
          87 20 SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore has asked Goldtron to give more details on its acquisition of Australian company, Formulab International. Goldtron has to explain how it arrived at the cash figure for the purchase and how this will be met. The SES also wants to
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          Sun Corp incorporates Liberia firm
          39 20 Sun Corp has incorporated a company in Liberia called Serena Sky Shipping, to carry out shipping, ship owning and shipping-related activities. Serena Sky has authorised capital of US$5OO (SS800) and paid-up capital of US$l.
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          Nominees sell 1.9m Amcol shares
          35 20 SINGAPORE The nominees of the Bank of East Asia sold 1.9 million Amcol shares on Jan 18 for $8.25 million. The nominees still own 0.275 per cent of the group.
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          Lock icon Indon's Sumalindo to float 25m shares
          80 20 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian wood processor PT Sumalindo Lestari Jaya plans to float 25 million shares or 20 per cent of its paid-up capital. The move is expected to raise about 200 billion rupiah (S$ 150 million), to be used for setting up a fibre-board
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          Lock icon Ganda plans to buy Pacific & Orient
          71 20 Ganda plans to buy Pacific Orient Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Ganda Holdings intends to acquire the entire equity of Pacific Orient Insurance Co for Ms3so million (SS2O3 million). It also plans a special bumiputra issue of 38 million new ordinary shares of Msl each priced at Ms 2 per share. Ganda
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          Lock icon Gopeng unit wins M$67m airport deal
          56 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Gopeng says its wholly-owned subsidiary GB Construction has been awarded a M 567.67 million (5539.3 million) contract for earthworks at the new international airport at Sepang, near here. The contract, awarded by KL International Airport, is expected to be fulfilled within
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        Lock icon Rush continues for Hicom public offer forms
        209 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Response to Hicom Holdings Bhd's public offer of shares has been so good that MIDF Consultancy and Corporate Services (MIDFCCS), the handling agency, ran out of application forms for the second day running. Touts were having a field day selling
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        Lock icon Australia's Simsmetal in Thai copper joint venture
        235 20 Reuter SYDNEY Metal recycling group Simsmetal Ltd said yesterday that it is participating in a joint venture in Thailand with two other companies to produce extruded copper bus bars for the Asian market. Simsmetal said it and Australian metal fabricator G E Crane
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        Sarawak state to get 55pc stake in Dunlop Estates
        439 20  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR SARAWAK and cash-rich Dunlop Estates Bhd yesterday formalised an agreement under which the East Malaysian state will gain a 55 per cent stake in Dunlop and have it renamed Sarawak Enterprise Bhd. Dunlop will in
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        Liang Court enters £38m London property venture
        210 20 SINGAPORE Liang Court yesterday announced its first foray into the London property market a joint purchase of three blocks of Victorian terrace houses in the ofpnrket South Kensington distaff. The £38 million (Ss9l million) investment is a venture with Stanley Quek Liang Court's
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        Lock icon Foreign funds will remain in M'sia: equity fund chief
        290 20 Bernama PETALING JAYA The group chief executive of Permodalan Nasional Bhd. Malaysia's national equity fund, saidyesterday that he is confident foreign fund managers will continue to invest in Malaysia despite the current volatility of the local bourse. "1 don't think they
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        Lock icon Bull run in KL market not sparked by manipulation
        376 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The recent bull run on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) was not triggered by market manipulation and it is not true that manipulation is rampant in the market. Securities Commission (SC) chairman Munir Majid yesterday said there
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        PSC in joint venture to build US$5m complex in Harbin
        282 20  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Provision Suppliers Corporation (PSC) has entered into a joint venture agreement to build a 14storey complex in Harbin, north China, for about US$5 million (SsB million). PSC will invest US$2 million to take a 40
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        Goldtron names manager of $20m bond issue
        151 20 SINGAPORE Electronics company Goldtron has signed up the Singapore branch of Italy's San Paolo Bank to arrange and manage a SS2O million bond issue. The three-year, fixed-rate bonds will pay interest of 6.5 per cent. They will be privately placed with Singapore-based financial
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        Lock icon KLIH chief said to be buying into listed companies
        255 20 NST KUALA LUMPUR The president of Kuala Lumpur Industries Holdings Bhd (KLIH), Teong Teck Leng, is believed to have acquired stakes in several listed companies recently. Among the companies identified are Rahman Hydraulic Tin Bhd, U-Wood Holdings Bhd and Anson Perdana
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        Lock icon SEC chief seeks more training, scrutiny of stockbrokers
        654 21 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt plans to press for improved training and stricter oversight of stockbrokers. In an interview with the Washington Post. Mr Levitt said new standards were needed for brokers and investment advisers because
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        Lock icon Japanese rivals to jointly make flash memory chips
        240 21 Financial Times TOKYO Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric are linking to produce flash memory chips, in an unusual alliance between two Japanese competitors. The two companies will codevelop 16-megabit flash memory an advanced silicon chip which remembers what has been written on it
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        Lock icon Big Blue expected to go back into black
        474 21 Reuter NEW YORK International Business Machines Corp is expected to report its first quarterly net profit in almost two years, with strength coming from strong holiday sales of PCs and some improvement in mainframe sales. The company is set to report a
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        Lock icon British power companies await outcome of price probe
        310 21 Reuter LONDON Britain's two biggest power generating companies are waiting to find out whether they will face a monopolies probe over allegations they used their market clout to push up prices. The decision, expected as early as next week from Britain's power
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        Lock icon Shanghai B shares set to regain their glitter
        506 21 MARKET Reuter SHANGHAI After seeing their top billing snatched away by Hongkong's dazzling market in Chinese equities, Shanghai B shares for foreign investors are getting set to move back onto centre stage. This time the script will be better written, and the
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        Lock icon Hongkong stock exchange amends listing rules
        302 21 Reuter HONGKONG The Slock Exchange of Hongkong said it will amend its listing rules on company disclosure, effective Feb I, to step up investor protection. Herbert Hui, the head of the Exchange's listing division, told reporters the changes were in five areas. These arc
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          Lock icon HK firms in Swiss franc borrowings
          78 21 Reuter HONGKONG Two Hongkong-based construction companies Chinese-backed Shougang Concord Grand (Group) and Hoi Sing Holdings have set the terms for Swiss franc-denominated borrowings amounting to 120 million to finance projects in China and Hongkong. Shougang will sell 100 million Swiss franc (SSIIO million) worth
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          Lock icon China to sell T-bonds via exchange
          90 21 AP BEIJING China's central bank will begin selling treasury bonds through the Shanghai Securities Exchange this year, the official China Daily Business Weekly said on Sunday. All 2,600 trading seats on the exchange can apply to trade in treasury bonds. The exchange is preparing
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          Lock icon Pakistan stocks close sharply lower
          74 21 Reuter KARACHI Pakistan stocks closed sharply lower for the third straight session yesterday after crashing 128 points in Sunday's trading. The Karachi Stock Exchange 100-share index closed 68.08 points lower at 2,202.21, recovering slightly from a fall of 79.04 points one hour before the close.
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          Lock icon Furniture retailer to raise HK$80m
          72 21 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Household products and furniture retailer Furniture and Households Square Ltd plans to raise HKSBO million (5516.4 million) through an initial public ottering, and will seek a listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. Details of
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        Two European banks make S'pore forex trading centre
        340 23  -  Credit Suisse and Societe Generale's local offices to manage currency options By Paul Leo TWO major European banks Credit Suisse and Societe Generale have made Singapore their regional centre for trading currency options. Foreign exchange options are contracts giving the beneficiary the
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        Lock icon BOJ worried politics might upset stocks
        479 23 Reuter TOKYO The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is worried that Japan's political developments might hurt business confidence by triggering a fall in Tokyo stock prices, Tatsuya Tamura, the BOJ's Osaka branch manager, told a news conference. He said the BOJ was closely watching to
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        Lock icon Aussie insurer claims HK unit is victim of smear campaign
        377 23 Reuter HONGKONG Australianbasqd insurance group National Mutual said yesterday that its Hongkong subsidiary has been the victim of a smear campaign that came to a head with the surprise resignation of its chief executive. Poison faxes to local Chinese newspapers,
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        Lock icon Massive rate cuts doomed to fail, says Bundesbank official
        224 23 Bloomberg Business News COLOGNE Any attempt to revive Germany's foundering economy through massive in-terest-rate cuts would be doomed to failure, said Edgar Meister, a member of the Deutsche Bundesbank's policymaking central council. Mr Meister, who has a vote on the central
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        Lock icon Belgrade launches super dinar
        143 23 AFP BELGRADE These are new "super-dinar" notes that went into circulation yesterday in the former Yugoslavia in a bid to stem hyperinflation, which hit one million per cent in December. The federal government of Serbia and Montenegro has said the new dinar will be backed by
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        Lock icon Taiwan bank said to be planning US dollar dragon bond issue
        330 23 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Taiwan gov-ernment-controlled Chiao Tung Bank is planning to sell USJ2OO million (SS32O million) to US$3OO million of US dollar-denominated dragon bonds, a bond trader and a Hongkong-based investment manager who are familiar with the planned
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        Lock icon Bank of Korea posts US$176m loss — first in six years
        414 23 Bank of Korea posts US$176m loss first in six years Reuter SEOUL South Korea's strict monetary policies imposed to curb inflation, coupled with falling international interest rates, pushed the central Bank of Korea (BoK) into the red for the first time in six years. Bank officials yesterday said that provisional
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        Lock icon Co-op to buy 2 trillion yen of bad loans
        195 23 Reuter TOKYO The Cooperative Credit Purchasing Co Ltd (CCPC), a joint unit of 162 financial institutions, is expected to buy more than two trillion yen (Ss2B billion) of bad loans for the second half of 1993/94 ending March 31, the Nikkei
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          88 23 Reuter SAN FRANCISCO Visa International Inc said competitors at the Winter Olympic Games will be among the first to test a new pre-paid card. It said 175 competitors will be given the Visa Olympic Money card to use for cash withdrawals in Norwegian crowns, 24 hours
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          58 23 Reuter OSLO Norway's Fokus Bank said it had taken the initiative to hold informal talks with the country's second largest commercial bank. Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, to look at a possible merger. Both Fokus and Christiania are state-controlled after a government rescue operation to save
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          64 23 KR NEW YORK US money market mutual fund assets rose by US$l.l9 billion (551.90 billion) to U*****.66 billion in the wiek ended Jan 19, says the Investment Company Institute. The ICI said the figure for the previous week was revised to U*****;47 billion
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          Lock icon Victoria agency sells A$125m in bonds
          119 23 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE Australia's Victoria state government borrowing agency sold Asl2s million (Ssl4o million) in two bonds series yesterday. The Treasury Corp of Victoria said it sold Asso million of the 12.5 per cent coupon bonds, due October 2003, at yields between 6.89
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        Lock icon New Asian refineries may pose initial challenge for S'pore
        455 24 Reuter SINGAPORE New Asian oil refineries could provide some challenge to Singapore this year, but its refiners will continue to be competitive in producing better quality products to meet rising regional needs, industry officials said. Indonesia's first export-ori-ented refinery and Malaysia's
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        Lock icon Malaysian tin output set to hit new low
        335 24 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Mine closures over the next few months may drastically cut Malaysia's tin output to 8,000 tonnes in 1994, the lowest level since World War Two, from about 11,000 tonnes in 1993, producers said. "We see production falling to about
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        91 24 AFP NEW YORK The dollar lost ground against other major currencies with the exception of the yen in quiet trading on Wall Street early yesterday. At 1430 GMT, the dollar was at 1.751S German marks against 1.7520 hours earlier in London and 1.7540 at Friday's close here. It
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        275 24 AFP BEIJING Mismanagement of China's gold industry resulted in a 40 per cent plunge in the amount of gold sold to the state last year as sellers flooded the lucrative black market, the China Daily said yesterday. Under state regulations, all gold produced
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        Lock icon Palm oil prices expected to remain firm
        196 24 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Southeast Asian palm oil prices are likely to stay firm on bullish export news and the anticipation of falling stocks in Malaysia, but the upside hinges on how well the soybean market performs, traders said. "The Chicago soybean market has
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        Lock icon Argyle mined record 41m carats of diamonds last year
        184 24 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE The Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia state, the largest diamond pit in the world, produced a record 41 million carats last year. Ashton Mining Ltd, a 40per cent owner of the mine, said yesterday that it
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        173 24 Reuter COLOMBO Sri Lankan tea production is expected to top 240 million kg this year, up from an estimated 225 million kg in 1993, primarily due to favourable weather conditions, industry sources said yesterday. "Good weather in the latter part of 1993 which
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        191 24 Reuter BRUSSELS Talks between the world's major aluminium producing nations on an oversupply crisis failed to produce an agreement on output cuts and the European Commission said on Sunday it had set a Jan 28 deadline for a deal. The United States,
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        230 24 Bemama TEHERAN The third largest gas field in Iran, with at least 20 trillion cubic feet of gas and one billion barrels of gas liquids, has been discovered in Iranian territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. Oil Minister Gholamreza Aqazadeh said here yesterday. He
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        143 24 THE US$ drifted lower yesterday against the major currencies especially the yen, after staging a strong rally over the weekend. The US$/M$ was again the focus on news of Bank Negara's measures to curb speculative M$ flows. Every offer that surfaced above 2.7600 was cleared
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        192 24 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The dollar ended lower against the deutschemark in Europe yesterday after failing to break its 29-month high of 1.7560 marks, above which traders believe the Bundesbank will buy marks. Traders said there was persistent speculation European central banks are keen to rebuild depleted mark reserves
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        222 24 AFP ABU DHABI An initiative by major Gulf oil producers to cut output to boost prices appears to be waning as prices stabilise and independent exporters are reluctant to help, oil sources in the region said yesterday. Omani Oil Minister Said bin
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        1520 24 Trade-weighted index calculated against S pore 's top 14 trading partners Base year 1985 US$/S$ forward rites I Noon Jan 24 a BU Offer 1-month 1.6065 1.6080 2-month 1.6074 1.6089 Vmonth 1.6084 1.6099 6-month 1.6110 1.6130 Sourer OCBC Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES A* at 1«M m laa 24:
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        1337 25 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen interest rate futures finished mixed yesterday, paring early gains after firming on a 1,000 point decline in the Nikkei and sluggish yen bonds. Dealers said parliament's defeat of the Japanese coalition government's political reform bills last Friday
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        KL tin ends unchanged at M$13.33
        607 25 COMMODITY REPORTS Tki TIN closed unchanged at last week's MS 13.33 a kg after a brief trading session yesterday as both buyers and sellers decided to close deals at the opening level, traders said. Despite a lower London market last Friday, buying was seen
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          Sugar farmers upbeat about prices
          112 25 NEW DELHI Delegates to the World Sugar Farmer's Conference here expressed optimism that the conclusion of the Uruguay round of Gatt trade talks will stabilise trade ties and improve sugar prices. "I think that most World Association of Beet and Cane Growers members feel that
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          NZ wins bigger share in beef deal
          107 25 SYDNEY Australia secured only 20.6 per cent of the grass-fed component of the latest South Korean beef tender after strong competition from New Zealand. The Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation said New Zealand was awarded 2,270 tonnes in the grass-fed section while Australian
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          Nippon Mining may cut copper output
          81 25 TOKYO Nippon Mining and Metals Co is poised to announce a 10-per cent reduction in refined copper output, said a senior source at the company yesterday. Nippon Mining has not officially disclosed plans to cut production for fiscal 1994-95 (April-March). "We are still studying
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          Taiwan's cotton imports down
          59 25 TAIPEI Taiwan imported a total of 241.948 tonnes of cotton from January through October 1993, down from 268.672 tonnes in the same period in 1992. according to the Cotton Spinners Association. Imports from the US accounted for the largest shares, totalling 53,564 tonnes. Ivory Coast was
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1585 25 Rubber HAS Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at lpa) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Feb 94 000 000 130 50 0 350 Mar 132.50 132.25 132.50 400 6.275 Apr 134.50 134.50 134 2 5 400 5.150 Ma\ 0.00 0.00
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        Australia
        1306 26 -25.8 The Australian bourse closed weaker here yesterday after a softer gold price combined with a plunging Japanese stock market. encouraged investors to sell local stocks and lock away profits. However, brokers said the outlook on the local market remained positive. The All Ordinaries index closed off its lows,
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        Manila
        577 26 +o.2pc The Philippine stock market marked time yesterday with traders forecasting a consolidation phase for some time. The Manila Stock Exchange Index inched marginally upward by 0.2 per cent to 3.112.51 points, while the barometer at the Makati Stock Exchange also pointed north by 0.2 per cent to finish
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        Taipei
        559 26 -12.15 Taiwan stocks finished slightly weaker in cautious trade. Buying interest remained generally low because of the high level of outstanding margin loans. The index wavered around 6.000 points before ending 12.15 points down at 5,957.88. Turnover fell to NT569.33 billion from NT575.94 billion in Saturday's shortened session. Buying
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        Seoul
        401 26 +10.21 Follow-through buying in some blue chips and renewed interest in asset play counters pushed the stock market up throughout the day. brokers said. But low-priced shares continued to lose ground on market worries of worsening liquidity. The composite stock index added 10.21 points to 887.96. Brokers noticed healthy
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        New Zealand
        297 26 -7.68 New Zealand shares ended softly after early buying interest failed to spill over into the rest of the session. Turnover, worth NZ$3l million, was reasonable given yesterday's holiday in Wellington, where most institutions are based. The NZSE-40 capital index eased 7.68 points to 2,272.14 after peaking at
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        Bombay
        55 26 112.93 Share prices rose further in after trading hours kerb deals buoyed by the recovery in the second half of the official trading session. brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share index was revised upwards to 3.865.44 points, up 112.93 from close on Thursday. The 100-share national index closed
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        793 26 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer Mini Cap Deposit M 6400 J* 6500 Mim Jerso (.ill O.IMJ Mim Mat Income «l (N00 ****** ISS Cash Income Plus Fund 10 11 WOO PS Re*rse Fund 5MOO < 2500 Sterliag Fquilv Euro Performance 0.4592 0.4418 Far Ea« Fund "J '650 *2 Man
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        London
        689 26 -2.8 Equities finished a nervous session slightly weaker yesterday as market makers, attempting to square short positions as inexpensively as possible, marked prices lower, analysts and dealers said. The FTSE 100 index, which set a record closing high last Friday, ended 2.8 points lower at 3.481.4 by the close.
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        Frankfurt
        198 26 +4.4 German share prices stabilised in the after market, with players retreating to the sidelines following a session shaken by technical factors, dealers said. The DAX index ended 4.40 points up on the day at 2.080.01. recovering strongly after a sharp drop in early trade. "It was looking totally
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        Paris
        136 26 +30.52 French shares finished the account period with a surprise gain of over one percent on the CAC-40 index, helped by short covering, traders said. One trader said news of lower than expected inflation in the German North Rhine-Westphalia state started a scramble for stock as operators did not
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        Stockholm
        130 26 +0.44pc Swedish shares ended the day higher after a volatile day. in line with other European bourses and late buyers swept in after early falls on profit-taking. "Right now it is volatile, but as soon as it falls buyers come into the market." a dealer said. The OMX-indcx closed
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        Brussels
        145 26 -1.67 Belgian shares ended off their day's lows as the market stabilised after an earlv fall. Further price gains were seen dependent on interest rates. The Bel-20 index of leading shares closed down 1.67 points, or 0.11 per cent, to 1,490.74 after falling to 1.486.04. Dealers said the early
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        Amsterdam
        251 26 1.23 Dutch shares recovered from a weaker start to close firmer in fair volume fuelled largely by professional short-covering. The AEX index of 24 leading shares closed 1.23 points or 0.29 per cent firmer at 429.75 after briefly breaking through the 430 mark in late afternoon trade. The pattern
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        Zurich
        233 26 -0.21 Swiss shares recovered from early losses to close steady. Dealers said rising share prices in Frankfurt supported sentiment. The broad SPI closed at 1.935.44 points, the day's high and a fraction below the previous close. The blue-chip SMI rose 2.5 to 3.041.8. just off the day's high. Roche
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        Johannesburg
        299 26 -33 Shares ended broadly lower amid gold price weakness and a softer futures market, but support had been found around the lows. The industrial market continued to lack clear incentives to bounce from lows. The gold index, after losing 120 points on Friday, was 33 points softer at 1.910.
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        Toronto
        240 26 -34.42 Toronto stocks tumbled early yesterday as players continued to grab profits after the market's strong performance in recent weeks. The precious metals index led the decline as gold prices weakened early in choppy morning trade. The TSE 300 composite index fell 34.42 points to 4.468.52 in early turnover
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        New York
        851 26 1.69 The Dow Jones industrial average, which climbed 22.52 points to a new all-time high of 3.914.48 on Friday, was ahead 1.69 points to 3.916.17 at 11 am EST yesterday. The key barometer was down 10.70 points shortly after the market opened. IBM. the sccond most active big
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      3140 27 Reuter HONGKONG Shareprices ended stronger yesterday but profit-taking trimmed early gains, brokers said. They said Japanese and US investment houses pushed prices higher in early trade as funds were diverted from a falling Tokyo market into other Asian markets. But profit-taking hit the market in afternoon trade as investors
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      CHINA
      493 27 THE Shanghai market recovered modestly yesterday after losing about 15 per cent in the past two weeks. The CLSA Shanghai B Index finished up 13.13 points at 976.41. The market was dominated by local investors as overseas players were still staying on the sideline. Dazhong and Chlor Alkali were
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      2514 27 Reuter TOKYO Share prices tumbled, sending the Nikkei average down over 900 points at the close yesterday. Sentiment was hard hit by Friday's rejection of the government's political reform bills by the Upper House of Parliament. brokers said. An estimated 360 million shares were traded. The Nikkei Stock Average
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      1830 27 Reuter BANGKOK Thai slocks gained 3.77 per cent in moderate trading to finish sharply higher yesterday as speculators concentrated on the finance sector in anticipation of bullish 1993 earnings, brokers said. The SET Index gained 53.13 points to close at 1.461.59. Turnover was 13.8 billion baht with rises outnumbering
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      1138 27 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices closed lower in moderate trading yesterday, with investors uninspired on weak sentiment, brokers said. The official index ended 2.28 points higher at 588.05. "There was not much interest in the market. Moderate profittaking nudged prices down as overall support seemed to be sideways." a foreign
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2704 28 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE votore kamunting 50c 5.671.000 Promet 4.656.000 Idns Hvd 50c 3.598.000 Faber Group 3.447.000 \MDB 50c 3.075.000 1GB Corpn 50c 2.788.000 Rcnong Bhd 50c 2.624.000 FACB 50c 2.580.000 Sn Hartamas 2.540.000 Lien Hoe TSR97 2.273.000 Metrople* TSR 1.980.000 Tan Cnong 50c
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        Lock icon Prices broadly weaker but index ends higher
        5861 28 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices here closed generally lower but gains in selective index-linked counters pushed the Composite Index to end slightly higher yesterday. The all-share Emas Index closed 3.21 points easier at 312.87 while the Composite Index inched up 0.79 point to
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        6859 29 MAIN BOARD Transaction date: Jan 24 Cr Cr 1993/94 List Vol Day Last Qaotc Di* Div YM Net M Cap >li|h La. Company Sale 000) High Low Ifaycr SHkr O P/E tail INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1440 260 l Acma 1270 -30 51 1280 1250 1250 1270 12.5 2.1 1.0 55.0
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        Lock icon STII ends firmer despite weaker Clob
        1699 30  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Singapore and Malaysian stocks went in different directions yesterday. The local main board rose on selective buying of Singapore blue chips, but Malaysian counters took another beating. Foreign funds were reported to be making a comeback to Asean countries.
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        Faber Group
        122 30  -  HOT STOCK By Quak Hiang W hai FABER Group shares fell another 9 cents to $2.33 yesterday to trade near shortterm support around $2.30. On the daily chart, the indicators are near the oversold region, which means the stock will soon move into bargain-hunting territory. Besides the daily
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      Bunker barge owners turning to newbuildings
      428 31  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Bunker shipping in Singapore will never be the same. Instead of buying secondhand vessels from Japan as they did for 20 years bunker barge owners are turning to shipyards to build new ones. The shift is in response to increasingly
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      280 31 Reuter ABU DHABI The United Arab Emirates' first federal environmental protection law will punish polluters, including tankers discharging oil residues into the Gulf and dumpers of toxic waste in the desert, officials said on Sunday. The law, currently being drafted to cover all seven
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      Lock icon Report blames oil tanker captain over Shetland grounding
      700 31 AP LONDON The captain of an oil tanker that ran aground in the Shetland Islands and threatened an environmental disaster showed "a serious dereliction of duty", an official accident report has concluded. Captain Alexandros Gelis, 46, should have tried to re-se-cure or
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      Tru-Marine gets quality certification from ISO
      192 31 SINGAPORE Local company Tru-Marine has become the first turbocharger repairer in the region to obtain ISO 9002 quality certification. The award, by Det Norske Veritas Quality Assurance Co, was given on Jan 10. Tru-Marine, set up in 1977, began working towards ISO certification in
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      Lock icon US says ship from China found with illegal chemicals
      163 31 AFP WASHINGTON A cargo ship sailing from China to the Middle East was recently found to be carrying illegal chemicals that can be used in weapons manufacturing, US officials said. The banned substances were found on the German ship during an
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      Shipowner liable for accidents in compulsory pilotage
      587 31  -  (ASKHOQk By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE An English court has ruled that a shipowner is liable for damage to his vessel caused by a negligent pilot during compulsory pilotage. In the case of Oceangas Ltd (Gibraltar) Ltd v Port of London Authority, reported in
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      Lock icon St Lawrence Seaway boosts discounts on '94 charges
      502 31 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK The St Lawrence Seaway Development Corp, together with its counterpart agency The St Lawrence Seaway Authority, has announced that they have agreed to expand discounts on St Lawrence Seaway charges for the 1994 shipping season. The decision, coupled with
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      832 31 Page Col ABC Containerize 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkid Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 3-5 Appcnship 8 4/5 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 •Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 •Bank Line. The 9 5 Barbican Line 4
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        537 32 Vtttd Voy Kb Bwtti fcmal Departat Wwwl ¥oy N» Berth Untwl PqMrtwt Jurong Port b*u Mured *****4 poia 2501/1020 2601/2300 Aula Setaya AS/04,94 17 alongside 25 01,2015 Batam SpeaU ****** P01A 24 01/1900 24 01/2300 Batam Batagia 01/06 94 11 *x«s«te 2501/2300 Batam SpeedJ ****** POIA 2501/1900
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1697 32 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Boating/Manet Rdtt Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Aci S** 102A 26/1500 3 25/0700 25/1159 25/1400 4 25/1200 25/1459 25/1700 Hatty* N104W 26/1100 1 24/1500 24/1659 24/1900 2 24/1700
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12113 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
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3336 45 Containerline NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (SVManne Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pre Ltd (SyAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg A Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahreakiei Liner Service: Kim Shpg A Trdg (Sk AHmtros Sea-Air Service; Frata Shpg Pte Ltd
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      COURIER SERVICES
      272 45 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Travel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: 542-3716. *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Ouster Link Supplies A Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1476 45 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actiaic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Acthak Singapore Tel: 542-7821 Fax: *****20. Aeraiiak Freight International Tel: 545-803lFax: *****05. Td:'*s42-5911. Fax: *****18. Ak Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express Interaatioaal Tel: 542-7666. Fax: *****74. *****50. Air Market Express Tel:
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      538 36 EKA JAYA AGENCIES >al|r TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE MYANMAW TWAM PAQgW I HANDPHONE/MMCY HMUM iHOW MMI/MIHM HQ CHI mwi CITY HMWVHOt 21*0*24 727WWWHM mumlsmmi tana mrnifmnn TO MYANMAR/YANGON 3EMI CONTAINER SERVICE M OCEANLINES m/m YAMGOW STOK TBH 15 2 20 2 2«/2 YANGON GEN.
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      1722 36 OHANJIN SHIPPING] BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****21-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 for vsi rSTImHAa sea m pox for sw lune haul sav u nyc HANK* SEATTLE 032E 28,1 DBECT 17/2 11/2 19/2 HAWK SEATTLE OJ2E 28 1 H. KEEIUNG MCE 3/3 4/3 «/3 HAN IN TONGHAt 103E
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      1563 38 AS AGENTS "K" UNI (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CR No: **********0 M) TEL- *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 MALAYSIA K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON MO m TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 1 INDONESIA: P.T. SAHARA LAIfT INTERNUSA. TEL: JKT *****08 (WMm N. wrmwm nrnsPHSS-s
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      932 39 I PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 1 1 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I I fll V CR NO '**********E I VESSEL VOV SIN CMS JIB JEO AQJ AOE MOO KU ASA KOTA INDAH IDHOO3 31/1 5/2 12/2 17/2 20/2 1«/2 14/2 20/2 23/2 KOTA WIRAWAN WRNO37
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      645 43 (ft FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) > GOTHENBURG/SCAN 31/1 ROTTERDAM 31/1 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 31/1 HAMBURG/BREMEN 31/1 MARSEILLE/FRANCE V 2 FELIXSTOWE/UK 26/1 BARCELONA/SPAIN 30/1 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 26/1 GENOA/ITALY 31/1 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 3VI LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 29/1 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 29/1 NEW YORK/EC 29/1 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 27/1
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      1580 44 ■ftABMN CONTAINER LINES kIV/VrlAflento; MAC-NELB SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) V > 'cm Mat mm SIBU (064) *****9 KUCHING (062) *****3 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (062) *****57 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANQ: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK I GENOA/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 28/1
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      129 44 ■ndojaVa J SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD I WEEKLY TO JAKARTA/SURABAYA 1 Vaaaai ETA/ETD DESTINATION J I Nantai I 27-21 Jan Jakarta/Patembang I Pinang Jaya 29-30 Jan Jakarta/Patembang i > Parita Intan 3- 4 Fab Jakarta/Patembang Ma*jay a 5- 7 Fab Jakarta/Patembang Nantai II I- I Fab Jakarta/Patembang i Waaian 15-17
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      218 48 J. VIGOUR PACIFIC LINES I VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA VIGOUR PACIFIC 9405N 28/01/94 05/02/94 VIGOUR PACIFY 940 SAW 31/01/94 PS/Q2/9* 22L, VIGOUR SWGAPORE 9406N 04/02/94 12/02/94 FKDAT w MW<MT ,IW cOHTAfclir atwvicE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE PORT KLANG PENANG SINGAPORE VIGOUR PACIFIC 9405N 28/01/94 30/01/94 31/01/94 PENANG JAYA 829 31/01/94 01/02/94
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      173 48 TITIMAS SHIPPING U TRADING SDN. BHD. TmMAtf. KELAMG «H>*****56 (H/Lm«) Fax: 03-3M0253 lis: MA SMIS TIMTA VESSELS VOY P KLANG POWT Of DESTINATION SCITRA VH 20/1/94 KUCHtNG/SIBU HUA KONG SATU 1/94 KJUjgg MILLION HI 1/94 22/1/9* LABUAN/SANOAKAN SENG LEONG 2/94 25/1/94 KUCHINQ/StBU 0J PINESEAS MARITIME VESSEL VOY SPORE PKLO K.K
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      156 48 REGULAR FCL SVS TO: VESSEL JIN AN; JIN JIN; JIN NING PORT :YICHANG; SHASHI; WUHU; NANJIANG VESSEL :JI QING; Jl RONG PORT :CHENLIANJI; ZHENJIANG; HANK Oil VESSEL :Jl XIANG; Jl PING PORT JIANYIN; HUANGSHI; CHENGJIANG VESSEL :Jl CHANG PORT JIUJIANG; NANTONG; ANQING; SHANGHAI LBflJ WORLD AGENCIES Kill PTE LTD iiWl
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      1002 49 4 HYUNDAI I MERCHAWTM ARINECO.LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 VESSELS VOY Pitt PKE PGP VESSELS VOY SH RTM ANT* lEH* HAM Bttj FEI HMM ADVANCE 036 A 24/01 25/01 27/01 NOB FRBOURE 309* 31/01 11/02 11/02 19/02 20/02 20/02 22/02 NO* MALACCA 9405 A 31/01 01/02 03/02 H. CHALLENGER
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