The Business Times, 30 November 1994

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    13 1 SINGAPORE Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Wednesday November 30 1994 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow down 1.34 points
      47 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stocks yesterday recouped some of their losses at midday. Losers led gainers narrowly. About 97 million shares changed hands at 11 am EST. At 1 pm EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 3,738.22 down 1.34 points.
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      Lock icon US economy to post 2.5-3% growth: Bentsen
      50 1 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen yesterday said this month's sharp increase in consumer confidence had not prompted him to change his estimate that the US economy will grow between 2.5 per cent and 3 per cent in 1995. Bloomberg
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    167 1 Stock market indices Tuesday Change ST1I 2,232.80 -5.17 KLSEComp 1,003.69 -1.54 Nikkei 18,926.49 +115.13 Hang Seng 8,658.26 -4.11 SET Index 1,353.34 +11.21 Jakarta Comp 485.42 -1.42 CLSA China B ....1,011.29 -13.07 Aust All Ord 1,891.3 -20.3 FTSE 100 3,061.1 +14.0 Tuesday Previous lpm EST close Dow Jones 3,738.22
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    Govt revises foreign worker levies, relaxes quotas
    773 1  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE The government has revised foreign worker levies for various sectors and relaxed the dependency ceilings on foreign workers in the manufacturing, service and marine sectors. From April 1 next year, the foreign workers levy will be raised by 10
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    Lock icon Price fears as US consumer confidence soars
    492 1 AP Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Consumer confidence in the United States economy rocketed this month to reach a four-year high, with more households optimistic about jobs and income. The Conference Board yesterday said its Consumer Confidence Index climbed 12.2 points in November
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    Lock icon Sing dollar eases six basis points from record high against US$
    220 1 SINGAPORE The Singapore dollar ended at 5i.4611 against the US dollar yesterday, six basis points lower than its all-time high of 5i.4605 per US dollar reached on Monday night. Dealers said commercial demand would continue to keep the local
    Source: Bloomberg  -  220 words
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    Regional stock markets head lower
    238 1 SINGAPORE It was another quiet day on regional stock markets yesterday, with prices drifting lower despite an overnight firming in US equity prices. Brokers said that although the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 31 points on Monday, investors were still hesitant about putting their money
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  • Article
    POS Bank to raise savings rate by quarter percentage point
    319 1 SINGAPORE POSBank will raise its savings rate by a quarter of a percentage point from tomorrow a move that will be followed by its housing finance arm Credit POSB. POSBank said yesterday that for balances up to Sioo.ooo the new
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    Oei Hong Leong fails to get backdoor listing on NYSE
    478 1  -  By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE Plans by Oei Hong Leong to secure a backdoor listing for his Chinese brewery interests on the New York Stock Exchange have fallen through. Mr Oei's hopes were dashed when the NYSE said last week
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      8 1 World Focus: pk Norwegians say no to EU
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      24 1 Hock Lock Siew: p* 19 M io i Irl Petronas Gas looks like a hqrilPO Foreign worker levies for harbour craft industry, Pg 2
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Slowdown in port shipments
        296 2  -  By Rahita Elias GROWTH in shipments through the Port ot Singapore continued to decline in the first nine months of the year. Figures just released by the Port of Singapore Authority show its terminals handled 214.6 million tonnes of cargo up just 5 per cent year-on-year.
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      Govt unveils $80m new Parliament complex to be completed by 1998
      342 2  -  By Lilian Ang THE Government will spend $80 million on a new Parliament complex, which will be ready by 1998. Three blocks will be built and the former Attorney-General's Chambers building restored. The existing Parliament House and annexe will
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      S'pore-Russia trade, investment pact hailed as springboard into E Europe
      274 2  -  By Juliette Walker AN AGREEMENT signed yesterday to promote trade and investment between Singapore and Russia has been hailed as a possible springboard for Singapore firms into Eastern Europe. The Singapore Manufacturers' Association signed the cooperation agreement yesterday with the
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      Marriott to open in Feb after $40m facelift
      305 2  -  By A J Leow THE Singapore Marriott formerly the Dynasty Hotel is scheduled to re-open on Feb 21 next year after a sixmonth closure and $40 million facelift. The hotel's director of marketing. Jim Peebles, said yesterday that except for the four
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      Foreign worker levies for harbour craft sector
      313 2  -  By Ven Sreenivasan EMPLOYERS in the harbour craft industry will have to obtain work permits and pay levies for their foreign \%orkers with effect from Jul 1. 1995. The Ministry of Labour said that in including harbour craft workers within the ambit of
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      Callzone users to get $2 of free calls a month
      164 2 FROM tomorrow. Callzone users will get up to $2 of free calls every month. Announcing the move yesterday. Singapore Telecom Page Link said it translated to as much as 40 minutes of free talk time each month if used during
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • Article
      Lock icon Indon state power firm plans to float new units
      346 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's state-owned electricity company Perusahaan Umum Listrik Negara (PLN) will set up subsidiaries and prepare them for listing in Indonesia and overseas, a company official said. "President Suharto said PLN will become a holding company and should set up
      Reuter  -  346 words
    • NOTEBOOK
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        Lock icon Malaysian industries' sales up 22.7%
        77 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The total value of sales of 58 industries in Malavsia in the first nine months of 1994 amounted to MS93 billion (5553.2 billion), up 22.7 per cent from M 575.8 billion in the same period last year. Malaysia's Statistics Department said yesterday
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        Lock icon KL may set up monopoly watchdog
        69 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The government may set up a single regulatory commission to supervise industrial monopolies. Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister's Department Haji Othman Abdul said yesterday this would include privatised government agencies. But the time was not ripe yet to have the
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        Lock icon Jakarta to protect small, medium firms
        61 3 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian authorities are preparing a law that would protect small and medium-sized enterprises, the official Antara news agency said here yesterday. Antara quoted Coordinating Minister of Trade and Industry Hartarto Sastrosunarto, who said on Monday that the bill would be submitted to
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        Lock icon Asean to counter social clause issue
        62 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Asean member countries are expected to formulate steps to counter the international campaign on social clause issue when their labour ministers meet in Phuket in March next year. The decision in Phuket will form the basis of Asean agreement when the
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      Pakuwon may develop resort with S'pore developers
      262 3  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Indonesian listed property group PT Pakuwon Jati. which is developing a residential project with DBS Land, may team up with other Singapore property groups to develop a resort in Indonesia. Alexander Tedja. president director of PT Pakuwon, said
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      Lock icon Ahead for heights
      60 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR The 88-storcy, 450-metre high Petronas Twin Towers taking shape in the heart of the city here. The towers, which will be the headquarters of Malaysia's state oil company Petronas, will he one of the world's tallest buildings when completed in 1996. The Mss billion
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      Lock icon KL to restructure land settlement schemes
      181 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The government is planning to restructure all land settlement schemes in an effort to redress the growing imbalance in income levels between the agriculture and industrial sectors. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. "We have to change our approach in the
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      ADB staff to focus on project quality
      254 3  -  From Al Labita in MANILA THE Asian Development Bank will undergo a major reorganisation of personnel early next year, ADB president Mitsuo Sato said yesterday. He told a forum that more officers would be involved in project implementation and that bank staff would
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China's central bank appeals for help to fight record inflation
      467 4 Reuter BEIJING The vice-gover-nor of China's central bank appealed yesterday for help in the battle against record inflation levels fuelled by excess money supply, soaring wages and capital construction. The People's Daily published a lengthy analysis by Dai Xianglong. representing
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      Lock icon Hongkong-Shenzhen's seamless integration worries Beijing
      356 4 AFP HONGKONG China's "one-nation, two-system" concept for bringing Hongkong back into its fold after 1997 is being eclipsed by a booming economic exchange that is obliterating differences between the colony and its surrounding area. "The two sides are already fusing," said lan K Perkin. chief
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      Lock icon HK$3OO-400b needed to fund new projects in HK: report
      227 4 KnightRidder HONGKONG Funding for Hongkong's new infrastructure projects and related developments will amount to HKS3OO- billion (5556.7-75.6 billion) between this year and 1997. according to a report released yesterday by Hongkong Bank. The report examined the funding needs for projects that
      Knight- Ridder  -  227 words
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      Lock icon Stocks, Taiwan dollar hit if opposition wins polls: analysts
      289 4 But no big changes expected in economy whatever the results Reuter TAIPEI Stocks could tumble and the local currency plunge if an opposition party advocating Taiwanese independence from China wins Saturday's elections, analysts said. But for this island, long frozen out
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Highway revenue below expectations
        79 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Revenues on southern China's GuangzhouShenzhen super-highway have been 20 per cent below what the developers had originally expected, the highway's manager said. Huang Lijia, general manager of the state-controlled Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Zhuhai Expressway Company, said the fact that onlyhalf the exits on the highway
        Bloomberg Business News  -  79 words
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        Lock icon 1995 HK banking outlook good: report
        66 4 Reuter HONGKONG The outlook for Hongkong's banking sector is favourable for 1995 as opportunities for business growth are good, said the Hongkong Bank's monthly Economic Report. Six listed banks surveyed by the report also reported a 15 per cent increase in consolidated profits in
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        Lock icon Chaoyang seals 12 contracts
        56 4 Reuter HONGKONG Officials from the southern Chinese city of Chaoyang said they had signed 12 contracts with overseas investors worth 970 million yuan (SSI66 million). The contracts, signed between the local authorities and 12 privately owned companies from Hongkong. Taiwan and the US. included eight factory
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        Lock icon China's debt soars due to weak US$
        91 4 Reuter BEIJING China, faced with added payments to Japan because of the soaring yen. wants to repay new loans in US dollars but Japanese officials are refusing, adding that liina should find new ways to generate more yen. China's accumulated debt to Japan
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        Lock icon 233 die in disco blaze
        48 4 AFP BEIJING A total of 233 people were killed on Sunday in a blaze which destroyed a disco in the town of I uxin. l.iaoning province, in north-western China, the Liaoning Daily reported yesterday. It was China's worst tragedy in a public establishment.
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Aussie exchange in talks with China on tie-up for listings
      541 5  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY CHINESE and Australian authorities are to start discussions this week on an arrangement to include the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) as an official overseas exchange for Chinese companies. China already has an agreement with Hongkong
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      Lock icon Korean time capsule to be opened in 2394
      64 5 Reuter SEOUL Workers positioning a bell-shaped time capsule into a hole on Mount Namsan, a hill in central Seoul, yesterday. The capsule, buried as part of celebrations commemorating the city 's 600 th anniversary as national capital, contains a wide variety of
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      Lock icon Japan's October jobless rate still at 3% for 4th straight month
      295 5 Reuter TOKYO Japan's unemployment rate stayed high in October and government officials said yesterday that no immediate sign of recovery was in sight despite growing indications that the economy was on track for recovery. The October rate stood at
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Russia expects better ties with Japan
        101 5 Reuter TOKYO Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Soskovets, with economic deals in his pocket to take home, forecast yesterday a new and brighter era of relations with Japan. Mr Soskovets, the highest-ranking Russian official to visit Japan since President Boris Yeltsin in October
        Reuter  -  101 words
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        Lock icon Japan retail sales fall 2.6%
        62 5 AFP TOKYO Japanese retail sales declined 2.6 per cent from a year earlier to 1,807 billion yen (5526.8 billion) in October for the third consecutive ycar-on-ycar decline, the International Trade and Industry Ministry said yesterday. Ministry officials attributed the decline to slow sales of autumn
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        Lock icon Canberra urged to raise taxes
        82 5 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE The Australian government must consider raising taxes as well as trimming spending if it's serious about cutting the nation's multi-billon-dollar budget deficit. Governor of the Reserve Bank, Bcrnic Frascr, a persistent critic of the deficit, yesterday said: "Attempting to manage the
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      Lock icon Call for Tokyo to double science research investment
      295 5 AFP TOKYO Japan's Science and Technology Agency warned yesterday that investment in basic science research must be doubled or the country will be overtaken by other Asian countries. "Within the context of Asian nations catching up. Japan needs to continue to make
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
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      Crunch-time for those at home on the range
      854 6  -  Australia's pastoral sector By Peter Osborne IMAGES of life on the land in Australia the rigours ot the muster and shouts ot stockmen shrouded in dust herding cattle and sheep to the stockyard are ingrained in the Australian psyche and define the
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      Sizzling protest over US beef not in Apec spirit
      497 6  -  From Peter Lynch in SYDNEY PR IMF Minister Paul Keating returned from Bogor. Indonesia. proclaiming the virtues of free trade in the wake of the successful conclusion of the Apec summit. Well and good. But powerful lobbies within Australia may not
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon ABC's parent in US$ 200m venture
      463 8 It will join forces with Spielberg, Katzenberg and GefTen to create a TV studio FT NEW YORK Capital Cities/ABC. owner of the US television network ABC. is to join forces with the newly formed Hollywood trio ol Spielberg, Katzenberg and GefTen to create a
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      Lock icon US firms plan to hire workers at fastest rate in six years
      377 8 AP NfcW YORK American companies plan to add workers to payrolls early next year at the fastest pace in six years, the temporary employment company Manpower Inc said in a quarterly survey released on Monday. The findings substantiated
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      Lock icon Kidder introduces separation agreement
      280 8 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Kidder. Peabody Co doesn't intend to be embarrassed by any of its departing employees as it wraps up its USS67O million (SS9B2 million) sale to Paine Webber Ine. By the time Kidder completes the agreement in January, a couple of thousand
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      Lock icon Major wins EU vote but pays big price for victory
      394 9 Reuter LONDON Prime Minister John Major faced budget day yesterday at the head ot a minority government after he won a key vote on Europe and carried out threats to expel rebellious right-wingers from his Conservative Party. Mr Major was
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    • Article
      Lock icon French minister maps new blueprint for EU institutions
      287 9 AFP PARIS French European Affairs Minister Alain Lamassou re proposed a far-reaching reform of European Union institutions, in an opinion column published in yesterday's Figaro newspaper. Mr Lamassourc called for further "democratisation of procedures" and for a limitative definition of EU fields
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      Lock icon Never too old to hit the jackpot
      63 9 Reuter LONDON Members of an old age pensioners s>ndicate from Buckinghamshire posing with their cheque worth £1,760,966 (Ss4 million) after becoming co-winners of the National Lottery's jackpot draw on Monday. From left: Gladys I homas, 75, Vera Litchfield, 79, Laura Moseley, 79, Fred
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon US small businesses see better prospects
        77 9 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Nearly two-thirds of small business owners rated the prospects for the US economy better in 1995 compared to 1994. according to a survey released on Monday. Of the 1,017 small business owners who took part in the informal survey, 30 per
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      • Article
        Lock icon Tiffany loses sexual harassment suit
        84 9 Reuter NEW YORK Renowned Fifth Avenue jeweller Tiffany has been ordered to pay more than USS3SO.(XK) (SS511.000) to a former employee who sued for sexual and religious discrimination. In an order released on Monday by New York State Division of Human Rights administrative law judge
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      • Article
        Lock icon French GDP likely to rise 3.5%
        76 9 AFP BRUSSELS French real gross domestic product should rise by about 3.5 per cent this year compared with last year. Bank of France governor Jean-Claude Trichet said in Brussels on Monday. He told a European Parliament committee that French GDP had risen by 2.8
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bundesbank seen keeping supply target
      246 9 Reuter FRANKFURT Hans-Georg Fabritius. deputy president of Hesse's state central bank, said there are no genuine alternatives to a policy of money supply targeting and that the Bundesbank would continue to maintain money supply as its most important indicator. Mr Fabritius. in the text of
      Reuter  -  246 words
    • Article
      Lock icon European hard-sell derivatives brokers under probe
      252 9 Bloomberg Business News AMSTERDAM The Securities Board of the Netherlands, the financial industry watchdog. yesterday launched a criminal investigation into hard-sell derivatives brokerages across four European countries. I"he board published a list of suspect companies, including 22 brokerages in Germany, the Netherlands. Switzerland and
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  • WORLD FOCUS
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      Lock icon Nay to union as Norwegians guard independence jealously
      1285 11 Norway's referendum on the EU NYT OSLO Bucking a trend set by its Nordic neighbours, Norway on Monday night became the only country to turn down membership in the expanding club of nations known as the European Union. With almost 90 per
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Scrambling for Oscar nominees
      771 13  -  Studio executives tell Bernard Weinraub it's tough finding films worthy of the Oscars Bernard Weinraub NYT S TUDIO executives plotting their strategies for the Academy Awards have reached some unsettling conclusions. The first is that once again there were surprisingly few powerful roles for actresses this
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      403 13 CHATTERBOX UPI AP AP AP FILM STAR Richard Gere has left London and his latest Pretty Woman behind. Gere reportedly became involved with 22-year-old actress Laura Bailey while making First Knight. in which he plays the role of Sir Lancelot. Bailey reportedly told London
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      502 13 AFP CHINA'S attempts to restructure its crisisridden film industry are foundering amid bitter official infighting and an escalating dispute over foreign film imports. The main protagonists state distribution companies say they are struggling to preserve the future of the domestic film sector,
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Aussie cricketeers bowl England over
      622 14 AP BRISBANE Devastating leg-spinner Shane Warne finished with a career-best haul of eight wickets for 71 yesterday as Australia rolled to a 184-run victory over England in the first cricket Test at the Gabba Ground. Warne took six of the eight England wickets to fall
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      210 14 AP SYDNEY Floris Jan Bovelander struck three times yesterday as defending champions The Netherlands downed South Korea 4-2 and sealed a place in Friday's semifinals of the World Cup hockey tournament. Top seeds Australia also clinched a semifinal berth by defeating
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      Lock icon 49ers overwhelm Saints
      92 14 Reuter NEW ORLEANS Steve Young went 24-for-30 for 281 yards and four touchdowns to lead the San Francisco 49ers to their third straight NFC Western Division title with a 35-14 trouncing of the New Orleans Saints on Monday. The 49ers have won the division title in eight
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      78 14 AFP ROME Italian police have named 28 top businessmen in connection with illegal betting syndicates in football and Formula One motor racing. Newspaper and television chiefs along with company directors are among those under investigation for organising lotteries in competition with the official betting
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      67 14 Reuter LONDON Robert Allenby's victory in the Australian Open on Sunday has earned him the final place in the 24-man field for golfs World Championship in Jamaica next month. Allenby survived an erratic finish to capture the title in Sydney by one shot from fellow
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      Lock icon Bill Walsh quits as Stanford coach
      107 14 Reuter STANFORD, California Bill Walsh, architect of the high-fly-ing San Francisco 49ers team that won three Super Bowls in the 1980s, stepped down as Stanford head football coach on Monday. "I just felt that at this time in my life, and at this particular
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      Lock icon Korean finally gets triathlon gold
      102 14 AFP WELLINGTON A 76-year-old South Korean who was last in Sunday's World Championship Triathlon here on Tuesday has finally won a gold medal for coming first in his age group. Lyn KJap of the triathlon's organising committee said Gyu Lee missed out on his medal
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      Lock icon Unexpected twists put most NFL teams on equal footing
      604 15 AP NEW YORK With four weeks left in the regular season, parity has taken over the National Football League. Take Dallas and San Francisco out of the mix and the NFL is the ultimate parody of former commissioner Pete Rozelle's vision
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        193 15 NEW YORK NBA Monday: Seattle 118 Indiana 99; San Antonio 93 Minnesota 88. Standings (wins, lotses, winning percentage, games b*fc) Eastern Conf, Atlantic Dh: 1 Orlando 9 2 .818 2 NY 6 4 .600 2Vi 3 Boston 6 6 .500 3Vi 4 New Jersey 6 8 .429 4 x
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        187 15 BRISBANE Scoreboard on the filth and final day of the first Test between Australia and England at the Gabba on Tuesday: Australia Ist innings 426 (M Slater 176. M Waugh 140. M Tayloi 59, D Gough 4-107). England Ist innings 167 (M Atherton 54. C McDermott 6-53). Australia 2nd
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        Hockey
        127 15 SYDNEY Eighth men's World Cup seventh day Tuesday Grp A: Australia 2 England 0; Argentina 2 Spain 1. Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): I Australia 5 4 0 19 4 8 2 Pakistan 4 3 0 1 8 4 6 3 England 5 2 2
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        Squash
        82 15 DOHA, Qatar International Squash Championships Ist rd Monday: Jansher Khan (Pak) b Adrian Davies (Wales) 15-11 15-10 15-11; Amir Wagih (Egy) b Zarak Khan (Pak) 15-9 15-6 15-11; Ross Norman (NZ) b Fahcem Khan (Pak) 15-11 15-7 15-7; Simon Parke (Eng) b Peter Marshall (Eng) 15-7 10-15 15-10 15-12;
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      Lock icon Close encounter
      34 15 AFP KARLSRUHE, Germany Regina Halmieh (left) of Germany and Cherryj Robertson of England clashing on Sunday during their women's professional European title bout here. Halmich won the match and the title. AFP
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      Lock icon China attacks Japanese official for revealing 11 failed dope tests
      524 15 AFP BEIJING The sccrctarygcncral of the Chinese Olympic Committee, Wei Jizhong. yesterday angrily condemned a Japanese spoils official for revealing that 11 Chinese had failed drug tests last month at the Asian Games in Hiroshima. Wei said he could not
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    Heading for New Zealand
    510 16 EDITORIAL I T WAS a bumpy flight into Wellington last Monday for Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his delegation. But that turned out to be the only hiccup in his four-day official visit to New Zealand. With no thorny bilateral issues between the two small
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      Shelter in a storm
      293 16 LAST week's sharp correction suffered by the Stock Exchange of Singapore in sympathy with the tumbles in New York, London and in the region provided persuasive argument that a lid has been placed on equity prices for the time being. Vet the year had begun with
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      On being "gentle1 investors
      193 16 On being "gentle 1 investors IN ITS regionalisation drive, Singapore's leadership has shown the way to China, India, Australia and, most recently. New Zealand. The Republic's ties with New Zealand is an old one since the British colonial times, but that pertained more to defence and, to some extent, the
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      Still room for rooms in NZ
      208 16 EVER since Britain became a member of the European Union, New Zealand has had to accept the fact that it is no longer a part of Europe. In the same way. New Zealand cannot rely on its traditional agricultural economy to obtain growth. As
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      The fight against prostitution
      84 16 ALTHOUGH Jakarta has yet to gain the reputation of being a sin city like Bangkok and is not likely to do so within the foreseeable future, this does not mean that prostitution is not a problem. Certainly, the number of women involved in prostitution in the
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      An exercise in muscle-flexing?
      83 16 WHAT is Thai Foreign Minister Thaksin Shinawatra up to, after barely warming his chair in Saranom Palace? Is the new kid on the block trying to flex his muscles? Indeed, his forthcoming trip to Cambodia does not seem important to him. Instead of planning a good
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      A difficulty policy to defend
      191 16 SIX years ago a young lawyer by the name of Daniel Fung flew off to Europe, accompanied by two tellow leaders of the pro-democracy camp, to lobby the Hongkong and British governments over the introduction of direct elections. Last week, a slightly older Mr Fung
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    It's all a matter of timing
    926 16  -  It is essential that investors in Asian hotel stocks time their purchases well, given the highly cyclical nature of the tourism industry, says Marc Faber Marc Faber The writer is an investment adviser. This article is excerpted from his fortnightly The Gloom. Boom and
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      356 16 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF QKK HEAVY EQUIPMENT PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINOING-UP) SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1864 At an Extraordinary General Masting at the Company held at 86 Play)air Road #06-02 Tong Yuan Building Singapore
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      From political allies to economic partners
      1020 17  -  Vietnam-India relations HARISH MEHTA HARISH MEHTA The writer is BT's Indoehina correspondent INDIA and Vietnam recently struck a slew of business deals ranging from overhauling Vietnam's MiG-21 tighter aircraft engines to an Indian firm's plans to generate electricity from garbage in Vietnamese cities. In
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      1131 17  -  Vietnam-China relations Harish Mehta reports on the rising fortunes of Vietnam's ethnic Chinese Harish Mehta VIETNAM-BORN Hang Vay Chi exemplifies the new breed of young ethnic Chinese businessmen who have made it big in Vietnam, a country which has a love-hate relationship with
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      177 17 chance to take part in Asia's only event-dedicated to the development of the cruise industry: The Westin Stamford Westin Plaza, Singapore A full scale exhibition and conference of international participants to promote this fast growing industry including a ship inspection programme at the Singapore Cruise Centre OPENING TIMES: Wednesday, 7th
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    448 18  -  From Neville Stack In LONDON IN AN upbeat account of Britain's economic recovery as "the best in Europe", Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke resisted in his budget yesterday the temptation to go for raising the government's popularity. In a budget
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    Lock icon Thai Airways posts higher profit of US$ l24m
    210 18 AFP BANGKOK Thai Airways International (Thai) has posted a net profit of USS 124.6 million (SSIB2 million) in fiscal 1993-94 on the strength of increased passengers and flights. The national flag carrier's board yesterday said the revenues, measured from October 1993 to
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    Lock icon Nafta lures more US investors, but Europe still top choice
    367 18 AP NEW YORK The North American Free Trade Agreement encouraged more US manufacturers to invest in Mexico in 1993, but favourable exchange rates helped Europe remain the most popular foreign investment destination. A study by Ernst and Young, released on
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    US House expected to say aye to Gatt accord
    259 18  -  From Leon Hadar in WASHINGTON THE US House of Representatives. convening yesterday for a special session, is expected to pass the world trade accord. Most political analysts predict that the trade agreement, negotiated under the auspices of the General Agreement on
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    Lock icon Rahim pleads not guilty to graft charges
    271 18 The Straits Times MALACCA Malacca's former chief minister Abdul Rahim Ihamby Chik yesterday pleaded not guilty to two charges of corruption in the High Court, which has set the trial to take place in April. Judicial Commissioner Suriyadi Halim Omar allowed a prosecution
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    Lock icon Raw materials, parts and fuel cost more in Japan than in US: survey
    257 18 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Prices that manufacturers in Japan pay for raw materials, parts and fuel arc an average 1.14 times higher than in the United States. A survey by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
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    About time that Malaysia has alternative price indices
    740 18  -  The Bottom Line HO KAY TAT HO KAY TAT The writer is BT's Kuala Lumpur correspondent CLIFFORD HERBERT, the usually unflappable secretary-general of Malaysia's Finance Ministry, was a little hot under the collar when he fielded a question on inflation at a
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    Lock icon M'sian firm buys Aussie property worth A$ 150m for A$ 20m
    358 18 Bernama MELBOURNE A Malaysian family company paid AS2O million (5522.3 million) for a Melbourne central business district property which took AS 150 million to develop. The vendors. Tokyo-based Shimizu Corp. like several other Japanese conglomerates, had invested millions ol
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    278 18 Reuter BOMBAY Growing demand, higher margins and cheaper finance have contributed to a surge in profits for Indian corporates in the six months ended September, analysts said yesterday. The strong results were expected because the economy had overcome an earlier recessionary period for many industries
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      KLSE wants full-year results reported within 3 months
      328 19  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR THE reporting period for preliminary full-year results of all listed companies in Malaysia has been cut to within three months of the end of their financial year. The cut was announced yesterday as part of
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      Eng Wah to demolish Jubilee theatre
      383 19  -  By Claire Leow CINEMA operator Eng Wah Organisation has received permission to demolish the Jubilee Theatre at Ang Mo Kio. Work will start this week and is expected to take about a week. It will pave the way for a S$ 15 million four-storey
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      Hotel Properties to pay US$ 38m for Four Seasons Mexico
      285 19  -  By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE Hotel Properties Ltd, the listed flagship of tycoon Ong Beng Seng, will expand its Four Seasons chain with the acquisition of Four Seasons Mexico for U5537.9 million (5555.7 million). HPL said yesterday it would buy a
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      Most Broadway applicants to get full allotment
      165 19 SINGAPORE Almost all applicants for Broadway Industrial Group shares will get their full allotment. With investors applying for 15.1 million shares against 14.4 million shares on offer, Broadway's initial public offering achieved a subscription rate of 1.05 times following its close yesterday. All
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        47 19 Mixed 'Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled: Alliance, Baring. Daiwa. Fraser. G K Goh. Kay llian. Morgan (Jrenjell. OngCo, Nomura. Phillip, Smith A'w Court, IVI Carr and SG Warburg.
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        HOT STOCK
        106 19  -  Quak Hiang Whai KLI Holdings looks ripe for a minor technical rebound, having lost more than half its value in two months. It is currently sitting nicely at a base of $2.40 with daily stochastics and RSI near zero. In the short term, the stock is badly oversold.
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      Petronas Gas: A hot IPO in the making
      718 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By S N Vasuki PETRONAS GAS, the wholly owned subsidiary of the Malaysian national oil company Petronas, will be floated on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) in June next year. Besides being another milestone in Malaysia's privatisation drive,
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      DBS Securities Holding ups capital to $76m
      260 19 SINGAPORE DBS Securities Holding Pte Ltd has raised its issued and paid-up capital by $17 million to $76 million in what could be a move in preparation of a public listing or to expand further in Southeast Asia. The wholly-owned subsidiary of listed
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          UOB-Lee Wah Bank merger on Dec 5
          61 20 SINGAPORE The United Overseas Bank Group has got the go-ahead to merge United Overseas Bank and its subsidiary Lee Wah Bank. The merger will take effect on Dec 5, when all Lee Wah Bank's undertakings will be transferred to UOB. The three branches
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          IPC arm sets up US unit
          63 20 SINGAPORE Computer firm IPC Corp said yesterday its subsidiary IPC Peripherals has set up a company in the US to develop and market computer peripherals to original equipment manufacturers. IPC Peripherals lnc has an initial paid-up capital of 5550,000 and is wholly owned by
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          Venture ups stake in subsidiary
          36 20 SINGAPORE Electronics firm Venture Manufacturing has subscribed for an additional 2.5 million ordinary shares of $1 each at par in the capital of Cebelian Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company.
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          Lock icon Lippo's Multipolar to run Kmart
          45 20 Bloomberg Business News TROY (Michigan) Kmart Corp. said it has signed an "expression of intent" with PT Multipolar Corp to have Multipolar operate Kmart stores in Indonesia. Multipolar, part of the Lippo Group, would operate Kmart stores under licence. Bloomberg
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          Lock icon KPJ Healthcare's fine start
          43 20 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR KPJ Healthcare Bhd debuted on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Main Board yesterday with a MS 1.50 premium over its offer price of M 51.70 and eventually ended its first trading day at M 55.75. Reuter
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        Lock icon Higher traffic helps Indosat ring up 14% rise in profit
        214 20 Bloomberg Business News JAKARTA Indosat, or Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Indonesian Satellite Corp, said net income rose 14 per cent in the third quarter on an increase in international telephone traffic and improved efficiency. The Jakarta, Indonesiabased telecommunications company reported
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        Modernland drops warrants with its bond issue
        398 20  -  By William Chia LISTED Indonesian property group PT Modernland Realty has dropped plans to issue warrants with its 299.2 billion rupiah (*****.46 million) mandatory convertible bond (MCB) issue. This was because the Indonesian capital market supervisory agency, Bapepam, had not approved the warrants
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        331 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is spearheading the formation of a consortium that will give local telecommunication players the muscle to bid for mega projects overseas. It is understood that Telekom has the support of the major players in the
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        138 20 The Jakarta Post JAKARTA Forestry Minister Jamaludin Suryohadikusomo said yesterday that timber companies intending to sell their shares to the public no longer needed to seek permission from his office. The Ministry of Forestry will instead publicly disclose the viability of any timber
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        195 20 Knight-Rid-der HONGKONG At least two Indonesian eompanies are facing substantial losses on derivatives transaetions, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Credit analysts in Hongkong and company officials at Indonesia's Sinar Mas and Dharmala confirmed that the companies had either booked losses
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        482 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' prices No, 30 UN Singapore Unit Trust U0B A$set Mgt LM Ok t ommcrcc 1 M '7 cy <PSs* fsi S'porc Invest FuaiJ I I* -5 United Asia Fund 161 l.70(« spare e«juh> Fund 0 7 0M UOB Life Assurance Kjj] Unit Trust LifcLiak Inv Fund
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        Thai firm Loxley making big investment push into Laos
        392 21  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK DIVERSIFIED trading group Loxley, which announced a strong nine-month performance yesterday, is stepping up investment efforts in neighbouring Laos. It plans to build an hydropower plant with South Korea's Daewoo group and set up a
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        Lock icon Ground-breaking ceremony at Hanoi Towers
        66 21 Reuter HAiNOI Officials shovelling sand at the ground-breaking ceremony yesterday of a US$6O million (5587.6 million) hotel and business complex being developed by a subsidiary of Singapore-based Liang Court Holdings in a joint venture. The Hanoi Towers project, which includes 204 luxury apartments, is on
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        Lock icon All eyes on Hang Seng as Jardines bows out
        539 21 AFP ♦HONGKONG AM eyes will be on Hongkong's Hang Seng Index today when seven firms led by one of the colony's most venerable corporate groups start bowing out and new companies join the blue-chip club. A' Five members of the Jar''fline
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        Lock icon Seoul paper maker raises stake in merchant bank
        354 21 Bloomberg Business News SEOUL Hansol Paper Co, in a tender offer rare for South Korea, has succeeded in a bid to become the largest stockholder of a merchant bank despite initial objections of another shareholder. Daewoo Securities Co, manager of the offer,
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        Charoen Pokphand picks Suchinda to chair subsidiary
        403 21  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THE well-connected Charoen Pokphand (CP) group has named disgraced premier Suchinda kraprayoon as honorary chairman of a telecommunications subsidiary in its sprawling business empire. General Suchinda was ousted in May 1992 when pro-democracy campaigners protested against his
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        173 21 Bernama NEW DELHI Japanese conglomerate Matsushita is seeking to enter India through its Malaysian subsidiaries. The conglomerate planned to set up a joint venture in India to make aiconditioners, said Ikuo Miyamoto, managing director of four Matsushita companies in Malaysia. The four companies
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        Lock icon NEC to invest another 100b yen in Japan semiconductor plant
        268 21 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO NEC Corp, Japan's top maker of semiconductors, will invest 100 billion yen (551.48 billion) in a production line for a new generation of memory chips by 1997. The new spending comes on top of the 95
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        293 21 Reuter BOMBAY India's National Stock Exchange's (NSE) average daily trades on its screenbased debt market should touch the 1 billion rupee (SS4S million) mark in the new year from the current 100 million to 150 million. Managing director R H Patil
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          Lock icon China bans pension funds from trading
          75 21 Reuter BEIJING Beijing yesterday issued a ruling barring pension funds and unemployment insurance funds from trading on China's stock markets and from direct investment other than in state treasury bonds. "These funds, as important ingredients of a fledgling social security network, should be risk-free
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          Lock icon Sino Land keen to convert HK hotel
          64 21 Reuter HONGKONG Property developer and investor Sino Land Co Ltd will apply to convert its City Garden Hotel in Hongkong's North Point district to office space. Chairman Robert Ng yesterday said occupancy of the 615-room hotel was more than 94 per cent for
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          Lock icon Adding to Coles Myer's sales
          51 21 Reuter MELBOURNE Coles Myer Ltd's capital expenditure programme will add A 52.7 billion (SS3 billion) to annual sales, said chairman Solomon Lew yesterday. Australia's largest retailer last year announced plans to spend AS4.I billion over five years to build new stores and refurbish existing stores.
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          Lock icon Mansion House falls 5.1%
          83 21 Reuter HONGKONG Mansion House Group Ltd fell four HK cents or 5.13 per cent to a year low of 74 HK cents in late morning trading yesterday, on thin volume of 90.000 shares. Brokers said investors might be liquidating their positions, seeing limited upside potential for
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          Lock icon Negligence caused JAL's forex loss
          81 21 AFP TOKYO Negligence and ignoring press warnings caused Japan Airlines Co (JAL) to suffer a huge foreign exchange loss. The Mainichi Shimbun daily yesterday said JAL, the largest Japanese airline, had confirmed press reports that losses from its futures trading on the foreign exchange market
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          Lock icon Swire Pacific expands bottling plant
          63 21 AFP HONGKONG Hongkong-based conglomerate Swire Pacific yesterday said it signed an agreement to build a new bottling plant in Zhengzhou. central China, to produce Coca-Cola and other soft drinks. The agreement to build the new US$lB million bottling plant was signed by BC Development Co,
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        Lock icon Volkswagen expecting lower profit of 2b marks in 1996
        453 22 Reuter HANOVLR Europe's largest car maker, Volkswagen AG, expects pre-tax profit ot around two billion marks (551.87 billion) in 1996, accelerating to 3.7 billion by 1999, its new five-year plan says. New excerpts from the internal document, obtained by Reuters on
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        Lock icon Bayer to switch research focus to innovative drugs: chairman
        435 22 FT LONDON Bayer, the German chemicals multinational, is to refocus its pharmaceuticals research away from crowded market sectors and step up spending on the hunt for treatments for allergies, rheumatic ailments and Alzheimer's disease, according to Mr Manfred Schneider, group chairman.
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        Stick to growth stocks: Paine Webber
        130 22 PALO ALTO, California PaineWebber chief investment officer Edward Kerschncr said investors should concentrate on buying growth stocks in 1995, and he named HewlettPackard Co as one company poised for growth. Hewlett-Packard, because of its dominant position in technology, was seen as being a leader
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        41 22 Reuter —J KUALA LUMPUR Chrysler's Viper RTIO on show at the Kuala Lumpur International Nlotorshow yesterday drawing a crowd of admirers. Specially flown in for the exhibition, the car comes with a price tag of U*****,000 (5»867,300). Reuter
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        Lock icon AT&T, MCI shares plunge on overspending fears
        464 22 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK AT&T Corp and MCI Communications Corp shares hit 52-week lows on Monday as investors continued to fret about whether AT&T will pay too much for an unproven wireless technology at a government auction on Monday. "There are major
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        Lock icon US govt proposes to let banks go into other businesses
        397 24 NYT WASHINGTON In a step that could lead to big banks selling real estate, computer services or possibly even securities, government regulators have proposed rules that would allow federally chartered banks to enter new lines of business. The proposal represent
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        Lock icon Swiss regulator urges banks to lift profitability
        303 24 Reuter ZURICH Swiss banks must focus more on shareholder value and improved profitability, especially in retail business, said Federal Banking Commission member Bruno Gehrig. "The average domestic banking operation does not make enough money to yield what shareholders require. It's necessary to focus
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        370 24 Reuter DAVAO Malaysia said it is willing to invest up to USS7OO million (551.03 billion) to set up palm oil plantations in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. "We hope to turn the Philippines into a palm oil centre." Malaysia Primary
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        Lock icon Mellon Bank to take US$ 130m charge, stung by higher rates
        358 24 Bloomberg Business News PITTSBURGH Mellon Bank Corp on Monday said rising interest rates would force it to take a charge of USSI3O million (SSI9O million) to protect its Boston Co clients from losses, wiping out most of the bank's
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          Lock icon Indon developer gets US$ 50m loan
          106 24 Reuter SINGAPORE Indonesia's property developer PT Pakuwon Jati has successfully tapped the offshore market for a syndicated term loan of US$5O million (Ss73 million), DBS Bank, one of the arrangers of the loan, said yesterday. But a DBS Bank spokeswoman declined to give details
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          Lock icon Public Bank ups deposit rates
          108 24 Knight-Ridder SINGAPORE Public Bank. Malaysia's third largest bank, raised its fixed-deposit rates effective yesterday, reflecting a general rise in interbank money market rates, according to an official at the bank. The hike in the rate is expected to be followed by other Malaysian banks. The
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          Lock icon Sakura Securities to underwrite bonds
          69 24 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Sakura Securities Co plans to enter the bond underwriting market next month, the first of six new securities companies affiliated with major Japanese commercial banks to do so, the financial daily Nihon Kcizai said on Monday. Sakura plans to help underwrite
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          Lock icon Japan's Big Four brokers rated stable
          103 24 AFP TOKYO The rating outlook for Japan's "Big Four" securities firms is mostly stable, although they still face some troubles. Moody's Investors Service said yesterday. Moody's vice-president Deborah Kin/er said: "The industry environment has not deteriorated over the past two years but it has
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        Lock icon Russia's Lukoil seeks merger with Urals producer Permneft
        339 24 Piatt's Oilgram MOSCOW Permneft. a 10-million-tonne-a-year (200.000 bpd) crude production association in the Urals, is considering amalgamation with Lukoil. Russia's largest semi-indepen-dent oil company. Permneft said last week that company officials and Lukoil vice-president Leonid Fedun had told journalists on a visit
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        Lock icon Japan's life insurers expect returns of below 4%
        387 24 Reuter TOKYO Japan's top eight life insuranee companies said on Monday that their returns on investment were depressed in the first halt' by the strong yen. a sluggish Tokyo stock market and low interest rates. The companies, reporting business results for the
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        Crude falls as supplies appear ample
        319 24 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Crude oil futures declined as traders perceived supplies were ample to meet any increased winter demand. Traders speculated last night's US inventory report from the American Petroleum Institute will show a rise in US refined product inventories. The size of
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        193 24 Reuter LONDON A busy day on the European events front left the dollar on the sidelines with little prospect of a break from its current narrow trading range ahead of key US economic data later this week. It lost a little ground following a mild bout of
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        89 24 AFP NEW YORK Ihc dollar lost ground ugainst most other leading currencies in early Wall Street trading yesterday despite a report showing consumer confidence sharply up in November. Gold, meanwhile, lost 0.20 cents compared to its Monday close and was at U*****.70 an ounce. Shortly after the opening,
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        1353 25 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollars and Euroyen futures closed barely changed. Dealers said the near-term outlook for Eurodollars was mixed and would look to the Dow Jones for direction. Market participants were looking to buy the tront months and sell the back months for
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        M'sia rubber firms on tight supply
        664 25 COMMODITY REPORTS Rubber KIALV ITJMPI R: Tight supply. caused mainly by seasonal monsoon rains, and continued consumer interest pushed rubber prices to a firmer close. "It is a weather-driven market. Sellers have the upper hand. They are just offering minimal quantities. Sellers archolding back
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          Brazil can now import all coffee types
          79 25 BRASILIA Brazil's government on Monday abolished Ihe last vestiges of restrictions against coffee imports. Commerce Minister Elcio Alvares has signed an order permitting import of all coffee types. Under a 1993 order, importers were permitted to bring certain high-grade coffee types into the
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          S Korea delays barley imports
          103 25 SEOUL South Korean grain buying groups are expected to indefinitely delay barley imports due to steep price hikes of up to USS2B (Ss4l) per tonne seen this year, grain traders say. The government opened the barley market in January this year, setting the 1994 import
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          Aussie beef exports expected to drop
          76 25 CANBERRA Australia's market share in Japan and South Korea could drop by 10 per cent in three years due to a fall in the cattle herd, the Cattle Council of Australia has warned. The council said drought caused numbers to fall by 500,000 head
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          Japan nickel demand up 10%
          70 25 TOKYO Japan's demand for nickel totalled 5,775 tonnes in August, up 10.1 per cent from 5.247 tonnes a year earlier. Demand from the specialty and stainless steel sector fell 0.5 per cent in August from a year earlier to 3,637 tonnes. Total nickel supply was
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1447 25 Rubber Singapore Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sell (tonnes) Interest Dec 94 202.75 225 Jan 95 200.75 200.75 201.75 25 1275 Feb 198.75 198 75 198.75 25 3725 Mar 196.75 196.75 197.25 25 2825 Apr/Jun
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        Australia
        1109 26 -20.3 SIOCKS fell yesterday despite the release of positive economic data and a rally on Wall Street. The key All Ordinaries Index closed at 1.891.3 points, down 20.3. The All Industrials Index closed 27.4 down at 2,731.1 while the All Resources Index slipped 15.1 to 1.264.2. Turnover was 148.2
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        Manila
        610 26 12.20 Selective buying gave a stocks a slight boost yesterday, but analysts saw no rally forthcoming. The Composite Index rose 12.20 points to close at 2,691.19. Turnover was 7.81 billion shares valued at 6.09 billion pesos. Analysts said that the 12point rise did not signify a rally for the
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        Taipei
        582 26 +3.9 Stocks scored marginal rises in light trading, mainly boosted by good performances of foods, banking and insurance shares. The 394-issue Weighted Price Index rose 3.9 points to settle at 6,388.1. Turnover was 748 million shares worth NT527.93 billion. Falls outpaced rises 154 to 101. with 139 issues unchanged.
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        Seoul
        434 26 11.78 Share prices staged a considerable comeback yesterday, with buying orders awash on stocks that had experienced heavy falls, brokers said. The Composite Price Index climbed 11.78 points to settle at 1.081.26, with the trading volume remaining thin at 31 million shares valued at 710 billion won. Risers outnumbered
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        New Zealand
        338 26 -2.16 Stocks closed slightly lower yesterday after an early rally was snuffed out and weakness in the forestry sector and market leaders took their toll. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed 2.16 points lower at 2.004.65 after opening 11 higher. "Overall, it was a quiet day. made up largely
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        Bombay
        84 26 17.58 Shares, helped by select buying from domestic mutual funds, closed slightly higher after a series of fluctuations. The 30-share BSE Index closed 17.58 points higher at 4,149.86. The broader 100-share National Index gained 3.14 to 1.963.82. Brokers said some foreign institutions bought a few B group shares, especially
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        London
        630 26 STOCKS closed higher as Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke delivered forecasts of lower inflation and higher economic growth in his Budget. Mr Clarke held firm on planned tax increases announced last year to curb the UK deficit, while stressing policy to bear down on the inflation rate. Analysts
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        Paris
        133 26 -12.40 French shares closed lower as investors took profits after recent gains. Traders said an easier dollar and weak bonds also hemmed in equities, which last week strengthened on the rise of the US currency and a rallv in the long bond. The CAC-40 Index closed down 12.40 points
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        Frankfurt
        52 26 -14.17 German shares closed a lacklustre session down easing gradually in line with a weaker German bond market and fears the US market may edge lower. Turnover was thin, and dealers said the market was more receptive to bearish than bullish news. The DAX Index closed down 14.17 points
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        Brussels
        142 26 -4.31 Belgian stocks fell yesterday amid weaker bonds as investors spurned shares in Belgium's two largest holding companies. The Bel-20 Index of leading shares closed down 4.31 point to 1.402.21 with decliners outstripping advancers 14 to five. The yield on the Belgian 10-year government benchmark bond was last at
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        Milan
        194 26 5 Italian stocks closed mixed as domestic political developments and an unexpected surge in US consumer con- fidence unsettled investors. A US survey for November showed consumer confidence rose to its highest level since July 1990, rekindling concern that inflation would accelerate. A series of meetings over the next
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        Amsterdam
        241 26 -1.70 Dutch shares fell sharply at the close after a weaker open on Wall Street wiped out early optimism. Several big stocks, including Royal Dutch and defensives such as consumer products group Unilever and food and biochemicals company CSM ended higher, but these gains were swamped by heavy losses
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        Stockholm
        246 26 +0.48 Swedish stocks were mixed after late selling in Ericsson offset gains made by exportdriven companies as the dollar strengthened against the Swedish krona. The OMX Index rose 0.48 point to 1.170.04. Twelve stocks rose, twelve stocks fell and six were unchanged. "The market traded within a five-point range
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        Zurich
        259 26 5.3 Swiss shares ended firmer as the market was supported by buying in shares that have a heavy weight in the share indices, dealers said. However, they added that trading was quiet and volume low. Dealers said they were looking to US indicators for a lead in the absence
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        Johannesburg
        281 26 -30.3 South African shares declined yesterday on a softer bullion price and amid limited interest, dealers said. They said a firmer financial rand was undermining shares in slow trade. Losses for local shares in New York overnight were impacting on prices. The Overall Index ended 62.9 points off at
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        Toronto
        175 26 +7.70 Stocks edged higher in sluggish early trading as fears of rising interest rates continue to dampen investor confidence. traders said. Gains led by gold, consumer products and mining issues offset losses in pipelines and financial services. The TSE-300 Index rose 7.70 points to 4096.10 on volume of 8.4
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        New York
        812 26 -17.49 The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which climbed 31.29 points on Monday, was down 17.49 points to 3.722.07 at 1 lam EST. The New York Stock Exchange Composite Index was on 0.70 to 247.76. while Standard Poor's 500-stock Index was down 1.43 to 452.73. Falls topped advances 1.061-708
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      3018 27 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stock prices were lower as gains on Wall Street were offset by concerns about how much further interest rates will rise and about the credit risk of mainland Chinese companies. Worst hit was the Jardine Matheson (Moldings) group ahead of the removal of two of
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      601 27 CLSA TURNOVER in H shares was a thin HKS62 million. Maanshan Iron and Steel was the biggest loser, falling 4.1 per cent to HKSI.99. Hai Xing Shipping was also actively traded with its price remaining intact. The H Index eased 0.8 per cent. In Shanghai, the B market turnover
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      2505 27 Reuter TOKYO Stocks closed firmer with sentiment underpinned by another rebound on Wall Street, but buying was technical and trade remained sluggish. The 225-share Nikkei Average ended up 115.13 points at 18,926.49. Turnover was 168 million shares. The Topix Index closed up 11.40 at 1,502.82, while the Nikkei 300
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      1707 27 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks closed higher after New York's gains overnight, although profittaking surfaced during the day. brokers said. The SET Index closed 11.21 points higher at 1,353.34. Gainers beat losers 214 to 92. "Local investors have already cut their losses and are now staying away from the market." said
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      1117 27 Reuter JAKARTA Early gains were eroded in the second session after sentiment turned sour on the hack of selling pressure. "Some players were trying to pull the market up through Indosat because of price differentiation with New York." one broker said. But a string of forward selling orders outpaced
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      2521 28 MOST ACTTVt volume MBf Capital J. 724.000 kl InduMiiCN 2.721 COO IJiis H>d Stic I <m 000 hMU 1.905.000 Mulpha I nil S(V I 204 000 Kcnong Bhd SOc 1202.000 Bcrma I. Wi<W I.Ofcti.OOO MMm I «>!•»«**» (.olden t'lus H *»<*»•«**) kulim|M> WtW "»55.0I» MBI Hldgs SOc *>»•«*>
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        Lock icon Shares little changed, all eyes on Wall Street
        4843 28 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks were little changed as investors awaited a decisive sign from Wall Street that a global slide in equity markets is over. "New York holds the key," said an analyst. "In the meantime. I don't think there
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        6905 29 I main BOARD Transaction date: Nov 29 Gr G» M »l iutt Vol D*> Usl Quote Dn W> Net f »S uy Co«p«.> Nik (DUO) lllgh U» Bu>er Seller f P fc S 1 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL fcU1 720* 417.5* m I s Aetna 50c 460 10 308 472 458
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        Lock icon Morning gains wane as traders turn cautious
        1863 30  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE For the second day running, stock prices rose early yesterday after a firm overnight showing by US equities, then fell back to close lower in thin trading. The Straits Times Industrials Index started the same way as the Dow
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      404 19 NEWS VALUE Govt revises foreign worker levies, relaxes quotas (pg I) The biggest gainer will be marine companies which rely heavily on skilled foreign workers. POSBank to raise savings rate by quarter percentage point (pg I) Further rate hike can be expected next year. KLSE wants full-year results reported within
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      92 20 This announcement appears as a matter of record only I I INDUSTRIAL GROUP LIMITEDI I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 28 July 1994) Invitation in respect of I 28,647,000 New Ordinary Shares of $0.20 each I comprising the following:- I (a) 17,267,000 Invitation Shares at $0.72 for each
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      204 21 OYSTER B A R Meet the man who won an Oscar for his cooking. Jcatl Lenoir, December 2 m 10 1994. stars, the Maitre Cuisinier de la Mer, two toques and 16/20 Guest chef Jean Lenoir, proprietor/chef of the Hostellerie 1• I on the Gault Millau. Lenoir in the Champagne
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      52 23 UU311K93 1 lIIIC3 1 VTCUIIC9U ay IIUfCIIIUVI 17 7-f A Six hundred a g°' Admiral Cheng Ho led seven naval expeditions to Southeast Asia, India, Arabia and Africa armed with little more than a sense of adventure. If he had Shipping Times, his mission CkTiiwif; would have been crystal clear.
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      Lock icon Cruise ship, tanker collide in Straits of Malacca
      449 31  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE The Port Klang-based cruise ship Empress' collided early yesterday morning with the Singapore tanker Ocean Success in the Straits of Malacca. All 60 passengers on the cruise ship were unharmed. The Bahamas-registered Empress sustained a three-metre wide hole
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      134 31 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK The St Lawrence Seaway Development Corp on Monday reported the following information about conditions affecting the closing of the navigation season. Water temperature at St Lambert is currently 2.6 degrees Celsius, compared with 2.8 at this time last year. At midnight on Sunday,
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1040 31 Page Cot ABC Containerline 16 I Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahlers Line 13 5 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 ANL 3 1/2 Antaco Mgmt 17 3 APL 5 4/5 Appenship 4 4/5 Arabian Express 15 5 •ASCL 5 5 Astro Shpg 8 2 Avant
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      Lock icon Asia-US LSWR arbitrage hampered by COFR rules
      398 31 Reuter SINGAPORE A tough US shipping regulation is limiting the potential arbitrage opportunities to move low sulphur waxy residual (LSWR) fuel from Asia into the US. industry sources said on Monday. Traders said arbitrage into the US has been capped by the new
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      Lock icon New freight business emerges in turgid trading
      518 31 Knight-Ridder LONDON Brokers said trading was turgid on Monday, although a reasonably healthy supply of new business emerged. Persian Gulf and Red Sea: Kyushu paid worldscale 52.5 for the Ocean Guardian to lift a Dec 19 cargo from the Persian Gulf to Japan.
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      Lock icon Dry cargo shipowners report more accidents
      260 31 KnightRidder LONDON Dry cargo shipowners association Intercargo said on Monday that this year has seen an increase in accidents involving dry cargo carriers, resulting in a large number of lives lost at sea. So far, 141 lives have been lost in four major sinkings
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      Lock icon US Supreme Court to set rules for arbitration
      301 31 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON A disputeabout whether foreign arbitration agreements can supersede a US maritime shipping law will be refereed by the Supreme Court. The justices on Monday said they will hear arguments challenging a Japanese shipping company's ability to require arbitration,
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1720 32 THE Baltic Freight Index reached an6ther record high Monday to stand at 1.911, five points up from Friday and although rates were still firm in most areas, little was reported fixed. Shipowners remained very buoyant and remained confident of the firm market holding. But some charterers brokers said
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12684 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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        577 48 Vessd Voy Wo Berth jniwi Departure Vessel Voy Ho Berth Arrival DggfcW luroftZ Port Balan Spwd4 ?M94* P01A 3011 2030 *****730 01 94 110 along** 3011/2359 Batam Speed5 *****" P01A 1612/2230 16.12/2330 AyrwUrHnw 94 1) alongside 3011 0900 Bechar 4CJW94 P08A 2911/1400 01 12/1400 CataSt* HI 112
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1555 48 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 l jflg 311 S:i% taS.in 146A 30 lbOO 1A 29/1500 29:1659 ?9,1900 An 90S 01/0300 ii 29 1500 "!*>9 2A 29/1/00
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      Lock icon Safety agency targets ro-ro ferries in the wake of Estonia disaster
      778 49 Reuter WIII'.N the litanic struck an Atlantic iceberg and sank in 1912 with the loss of 1,500 lives, world maritime powers drew up a convention tt) set standards for safety at sea. The same convention is still in force
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        Air cargo at Changi may hit lm tonnes by year-end: CAAS
        403 50  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE Air cargo handled at Changi could reach one million tonnes for the first time by the end of the year, the director for Air Management of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Goh Chin Ee.
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        Lock icon Iberia strike ends as unions reach preliminary deal
        519 50 Bloomberg Business News MADRID Iberia's principal unions ended a strike against the airline after reaching a preliminary agreement on a cost cutting plan early yesterday morning. Air traffic was returning to normal after the wildcat strike forced the cancellation of more than
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        Lock icon Asian airlines may face profit squeeze, says US banker
        351 50 AFP SINGAPORE Airlines in Asia could face a profit squeeze as more external carriers emerging from years of economic woes jockey for a share of the region's huge market potential, a senior US banker said here yesterday. "The keynote over the
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      719 48 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 Tel: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CELIA 5 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK VESSEL VOY~ SIN JAK VESSEL VOV SIN SUR < TWADIKA 1056 IN PORT 02/12 (FRI) LOMOSO 965 IN
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      294 48 AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., Mairatan, Torghundi, Islamqala (Doqharun) C.1.5./RUSSIA: Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, I Baku, Tashkent, Irkutsk, Alma Ata, Ashgabad, Dushanbe, Kiev N Korea: Pyongyang, Nampo Mongolia: Ulaan Bator LCL TO CIS EASTERN EUROPE FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO 1 NORTH/WEST AFRICA VESSEL SIN DKR Ned Asia V.2424 29/11 28/12 Ned Oceania
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      413 48 (A WHOtLY-OWHEO SUBSIDIARY Of NOL) MAIN LINE: 222 0255 AIRFREIGHT: 54S 4255 WEEKLY LCL CONSOLIDATION INDIAN SUB CONTINENT ETD ETD USA/EUROPE/AUST/NZ ETP ETD COLOMBO 5/12 12/12 USA (ALL INLAND POINT) 5/12 12/12 CHITTAGONG 5/12 12/12 EUROPE (ALL BASE PORTS) 5/12 12/12 CALCUTTA 2/12 9/12 NEW ZEALAND (ALL PORTS) 8/11 22/12
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      418 49 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 Tpke pgd vessels voy sS rtm ant leh ham brej fel "ioTli 02/11 03/ IT H. EXPLORER 314»T 05/12 23/12 25/12 24/12 25/12 25/12 27/12 07/12 09/12 10/12 SEA PROGRESS 314R 12/12 30/12 01/01 31/12 01/01 01/01 03/01 14/12 16/12
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      361 49 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE C SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS I INBOUND VESSELS VESSEL VOY V fl KUC KK MM BT EASTERN HAUL 35 1/11 4/12 FAR EAST EATRESS Vl2 J/12 ORANGE MOON 54 10/12 IJ/12 (B«> KEEHUN 35 12/12 11/12 14/12 17/12 COSMC LLAOER U 12/12 14/12 TRANS AUTO
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      587 49 JEDDAH/UK/COIsmNENT STORE lID S'TCM ffllt RDAM LEH •Mm Accqrtnf C«(t fu LEVERKUSEN 21/347 3/12 12/12 21/12 23/12 27/12 29/12 S—mnptw :liß UK MMN. Brf»l mi (Mfa RAMAKURA 37 144 1/12 24/12 27/12 29/12 Rrttvtoi :It B AnUrtip. Amsterdam. Oda IMMi KATSURAGI 24 344 IS/12 19/12 2S/12 30/12 3/1 Southampton :Itß
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      304 49 TODAY'S TIDES (height in metres) HOUR 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0800 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 1.5 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.2 1.7 1.3 09 08 0.7 0.9 1.3 18
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      72 50 TECHNOLOGY J Tomorrow in Business Times M.V. "INSAN KAMIL" VOY.I Arrived 22nd November 1994 M.V. "YAYASAN ENAM" VOY.2 Arrived 23rd November 1994 Consignees of all damaged cargoes e* the captioned vessels are hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the Ist December 1994 0900-1200 hours at PT6
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      6 50 I TECHNOLOGY Tomorrow in Business Times
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