The Business Times, 15 October 1988

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 95/12/87 Weekend Edition, October 15-16 1988 75 CENTS
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  • 253 1 AP Dow Jones up WALL STREET stocks gained ground yesterday morning in a broad advance led by International Business Machines shares. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 13.33 points to 2,146.69 in the first hour of trading. Gainers outnumbered losers by more than five to two, with
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  • 135 1 SHORT-COVERING by dealers pushed up the US dollar against major currencies in the Asian foreign exchanges yesterday. They said the greenback was oversold before the US August trade deficit was released on Thursday. Although market sentiment remains bearish, fears of central bank intervention below 126 Japanese
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  • 248 1 REGIONAL MARKETS, except for Singapore, closed higher yesterday following the overnight recovery in US stocks. In Singapore, share prices slipped on a lack of buying interest and light selling. Investors ignored the positive responses of regional markets to the US trade deficit figures and Wall
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  • 595 1  -  Hotel once the prized possession of Ng Quee Lam By LEE HAN SHIH, Property Correspondent THE PRESIDENT MERLIN Hotel, once the prized possession of former rubber magnate Ng Quee Lam, has been put up for sale by his creditors. Sources said a group of
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  • 523 1  -  By BRIAN GOMEZ PETROL PUMP PRICES have dropped to their lowest level in nine years with three major oil companies slashing their price for premium grade petrol by 4.6 cents to 85.4 cents a litre. Shell, Mobil and Singapore Petroleum announced
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  • 242 1 Reuter AMERICAN Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter says that the European Community is drafting regulations that will shut out some foreign goods when the EC lifts internal trade and investment barriers in 1992. "The 64,000-dollar question is whether or not it will
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    • 244 1 Nikon Th« World's Finest Photographic System. Full report, PAGE 16 Regional mkts, PAGE 18 World mkts, PAGE 19 BT on Saturday: 6 A funny kind of tragedy Stave Jobs 6 The latest dream machine of the personal computer pioneer Japan 6 Medical foods expected to be big business Home News:
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    • 7 1 EC's assurance to davaloping nations, BACK PAGE
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    • 306 1 t Show and tell Page 7 N——l mm A new morality upon us? Pag* 7 Game for the hunt Page The best gets better Fag* I should have been a mean machine Pag* TV programmes for today and tomorrow Pag* 10 Smitten by a Dove Pag* 12 Please respond emotionally
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 1016 2 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES VNNi Arrival Otparlurt KEPPEL WHARVES Bongkok Nov** IC35 alongside 15.10/1500 Equator IN K23 alongside 15.10/0700 Gooyong KI5 alongside 1510/0600 PCoh«og IC27 alongside 1710/1800 Koto Berlion K32 alongside 15.10/2330 Roto Batna <31 alongside 2010/0600 Ned Nogosoki KI6 alongside 15.10/2300 Qinghecheng K29 alongside 17.10/1500 Silver Eagle
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    • 155 2 THE Vocational and Industrial Training Board needs to look into courses for training highly-skilled process workers for the plastics industry. VITB chairman Or Tay Eng Soon said yesterday. Or Tay briefed the press after leading a team from the board on a visit to Hoi Peng
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    • 85 2 THE NAMES of those who did not vote in the Sep 3 general election will be removed from the registers of electors. The lists of names from 50 out of 55 contested wards are now open for inspection at certain community centres, HDB area offices, two
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    • 57 2 Corrections clarifications IN AN article headlined "Applied Magnetics's local plant pays off" on Thursday. we were told by an official of the company that the Singapore plant contributed to 25 per cent of the group's gross profits in the last financial year. The company has since clarified that the official
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    • 519 2  -  Total volume of contracts rose by 2.5 pc this year By GENEVIEVE CUA THE construction industry will see a rise in building activity if present economic conditions a robust US economy, low interest rates and relatively buoyant stock prices hold out. Construction Industry Development
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    • 380 2 A NUMBER OF construction industry leaders have called for greater professionalism, more specialisation among practitioners. and more in-depth training for students in tertiary institutions. They were speaking at the Construction Industry Development Board seminar, Construction Crossroads, yesterday. RSP Architects, Planners Engineers partner Ho Pak Toe
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    • 239 2 EMPLOYEES of Public Utilities Board (PUB) can now retire at 60 instead of at 55 under a new collective agreement announced yesterday. The agreement, signed between the PUB and the Public Utilities Board Staff Union (PUBSU) representing 3,712 employees. takes effect
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    • 157 2 A CLUB catering to the needs of Japanese travellers to Singapore was officially launched yesterday by Mr Joseph Chew, director of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB). The Merlion Club, which hopes to sign up 10,000 members in its
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    • 352 2  -  By SHOEB KAGDA THE Metal Industries Workers Union's (MIWU) executive committee will meet next week to discuss the fate of Mr M Ramasamy, its branch chairman and the secretary-general of the Singapore Justice Party. Mr Ramasamy stood as a candidate for
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 368 3 AFP EMPEROR HIROHITO'S long illness has affected the Japanese economy so much that projected annual growth of the gross national product could be reduced by at least 0.25 per cent, according to economists in Tokyo. Thousands of festivals, trips, banquets, conventions and marriages have
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    • 278 3 AFP THE ADMINISTRATION of President Ronald Reagan has presented its report card on Japan s efforts to pay its way. The verdict: "doing well, but can do better". Both Deputy Assistant Secretary of State William Clarke and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence
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    • 874 3 ARRIVALS Operator Service Local From number time SU SQ105 1105 KUL RBA BI421 1130 BWN TMA TL361 1130 BEY/SHJ su SQ201 1145 CGK GU GA940 1150 MES THA TG403 1155 BKK SU SQ191 1155 PEN SIA SQ238 1155 MES THA TG407 1205 8KK/H0Y GiA GA900 1210 PKU
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    • 197 3 UPI POLISH Prime Minister Mieczyslaw Rakowski. in his first setback, introduced a 22-member cabinet on Thursday that failed to include any opposition members. and threatened a "strong hand" backed by the army and police to maintain order in Poland. In a speech to
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    • 204 3 AFP FORMER British prime minister Edward Heath has issued a strong appeal for European unity, warning fellow Conservatives at their annual conference in Brighton that the rest of Europe was "going ahead with, or without us". Speaking of the lifting of remaining trade
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    • 219 3 Reuter THE JAPANESE are far ahead of American manufacturers in the critical area of factory automation, an edge that seriously threatens the ability of US industries to compete internationally, according to a Harvard University study. A 1987 survey of the metalworking sector
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    • 617 3 Reuter GEORGE BUSH and Michael Dukakis may never be as nice to each other again. In their second and final presidential debate on Thursday night a lacklustre event filled more with stock speech lines than with aggressive approaches or biting barbs the Republican Vice-President
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    • 8 3 Lawson forecasts lower inflation naxt year, PAGE 5
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 701 4 SINGAPORE: The US dollar yesterday closed mixed against most major currencies. Against the Singapore dollar, the US dollar closed easier at 2.0230/40 in hectic trading. It traded within a range of 2.0228 and 2.0246. It opened initially at 2.0245/55. The dollar rose to 1.8180/90 marks from New York's
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    • 188 4 Indicates the tvcrsQt of IhA .I J-, i. m in® pnmt *****1119 > llvl of 12 ma|or banks In B'pon Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on Oct 14 us$ DM SWFC Y«n 7 day* 5/1* 3/1* II 13/16 11/1* 4 13/1* 11/1* 3 S/« 1/3 4 7/1* 5/1*
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    • 213 4 IMM currency futures finished sharply higher on Thursday after traders established long positions ahead of the close in anticipation of another steep drop in the dollar overnight. Traders reported widespread speculation that the US currency would continue to weaken against the yen when Tokyo markets have a chance to
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    • 161 4 Gold futures on Oct 13, 1988 100 troy ounces. USS par troy ounce Opan Lam MM* Oct 408JO 408 60 ***** 406.90 -1.30 Nov ***** -1.70 Dk 4)1.10 ***** 408)0 41 0.40 -140 Fob 417.40 41&70 41X30 413.60 -140 42X00 423.00 420.00 ***** -140 km 426.00 426.00
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    • 208 4 ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates yesterday ended at opening levels in quiet pre-weekend trading. US$ Off€» WO 7 doyt 8 5/16 8 3/16 1 monrtt 8 3/8 8 1/4 2 tnumhi 8 3/8 8 1/4 3 8 5/8 8 1/2 6 moratn 8 5/8 8 1/2 9 moc&n
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    • 477 4 DECEMBER Eurodollar futures opened two ticks higher on Simex yesterday from previous Chicago closing levels at 91.35 following a dollar recovery and lower oil prices. Speculation that there will be no 30-year long bond auction in November prompted short covering and buy-stops were triggered. The December contract traded within
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    • 58 4 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore money market rose 7/8 point to close at 5% per cent yesterday. Short term rates were unchanged across the board. S$ Interbank rates at the dose yesterday: orm mo Ow3 1/1 3 l-mon* 3 3/1* 3 1/1* 1-mo** 5 1/4 5 1/t
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    • 100 4 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's dosing Day's code Maturity MO KNGH LOW 3 main 8Q*****S 15.01.89 4.43 4.38 4.42 4.41 6 niomtn BY*****Z 23.0349 4.70 4.65 4.67 4j67 1 yaor BY*****S 20.07.89 4.71 4.66 Government notes and bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday's dosing Day's code rate
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    • 1420 4 CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS FrkJoy, Ocf 14, 1988 DEUTSC HE MARK (MMEX) N KRffc ov 66 caM* Law SaS a M0| kn 66 paw Law taa 52 53 54 ss M 1 1371 27 1 MM 27 >ac 99 cam Lav 141 27 42 1 HU| ISA 42 DacMpali Law
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 364 5 AFP INTERNATIONAL banking supervisors have called for the immediate increase in shareholders' funds agreed to in the Basle accord in July. The Fifth International Conference of Banking Supervisors in Tokyo called on international finance banks to comply with the Basle agreement by increasing shareholders' funds
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    • 219 5 AFP BORROWING on world capital markets rose 20 per cent year-on-year during the first nine months of 1988 to a total of about US$27B billion, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Thursday. Activity on the markets picked up sharply last
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    • 573 5 NYT MAJOR American banks have reported improved earnings that analysts said indicated that the rebuilding from last year's difficult times is continuing. In the first bank earning reports for the third quarter, the Bank of New York Co, The Security Pacific Corp and
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    • 137 5 AP THE LUXEMBOURG government has pledged cooperation with a probe of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International for alleged drug-related money-laun-dering, but said it has not been asked to play a role in the investigation. "The investigation, which seems to have been carried out for two
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    • 113 5 AFP SIX OF JAPAN'S seven leading life insurance firms posted dou-ble-digit year-on-year rises in new life insurance contracts, measured by death benefits, in the first half of the current fiscal year between April and September, the companies have announced. According to statistics released
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    • 237 5 Reuter TAX-CUTTING Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson said on Thursday that British interest rates would stay high as long as needed to cool the overheating economy but forecast a drop in the inflation rate next year. Mr Lawson, regarded by many Conservatives as
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 237 5 SINGAPORE: Rubber prices rose further in the afternoon, extending yesterday morning's gains, on weekend short-covering following firmer Japanese rubber markets. Trading was moderate. November RSS 1 buyer was quoted at 203.00 cents a kg. TSR-20 Award prices closed higher on light buying but trading was thin. November buyer was
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    • 77 5 (cann/kg) BS NOVEMBER 1988 DECEMBER 1988 (currant month) (forward month) RAS NOON NOON Buyeri S«ll*rs Buyer* Seller. SS> 30 195.00 197.00N 195.00 197.00N SSR 50 193.00 195.00N 193.00 195.00N MRELB Bu yen Sellers Buyers Sellers SMS CV 396.00 398.00N 398.00 300.00N SMR I 386.50 388.50* 388.50 390.50N
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    • 290 5 RAS prices in s cmmq. fob m b*i» B NOON CLOSE Buyers S*ll*rs Buyers Sellers Inf 1 RSS Prompt 199.00 200.00N 202.00 203.00N Int 1 RSS Nov 88 200.00 201.00N 203.00 204.00N Int 1 RSS Dec 203.00 204.00N 206.00 207.00N Int 2 RSS OP 198-50 200.50N 201.50
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    • 190 5 UPI OPEC Secretary-General Subroto says oil prices will continue to slide unless cartel members and nonmember producers engage in a broader dialogue to arrive at a fair price. The Indonesian official told a conference of international oilmen on Thursday that prospects for a
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    • 173 5 SELLERS' reserve and renewed strong overaeaa demand puahad tha tin markat up anothar 14 cants to doaa at M 519.50 a kg yaatarday. Miners again ha id back in anticipation of flrmar pricaa in view oI tha upward trand. Tha rtea alto reflected a tachnical adjustment to tha
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    • 269 5 HONGKONG: Gold yesterday closed unchanged in quiet and directionless two-way trading. Bullion ended at U*****.50/407.00 an ounce against an initial U*****.00/50. On the local market, gold closed at HK53,812 a tael. Coins ended lower with the Krugerrand falling to HK53,170. The Maple Leaf and the Australian Nugget shed
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    • 215 5  -  By DEXTER LEE A SIX-MAN delegation will leave tomorrow for Japan to promote Singapore's second rubber hedging contract, the TSR-20 Award Contract. In a statement yesterday, the Rubber Association of Singapore said its chairman, Mr Ling Lee Hua, will lead the delegation
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    • 158 5 Source: Telerate FUEL oil prices remained steady on the Singapore market in light trade. Buyer-seller indications were still lower around Thursday's closing levels of US$55-US$57 per tonne (fob Sing). In the short term, prices are expected to stay stable with the forthcoming GCC Opec meetings early
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    • 398 5 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices closed higher on light covering and speculative buying yesterday, aided by a rise in palm oil futures and an unexpected rally in overnight Chicago soyoil futures. Oct south region rose Mss to M 51.002.50 per tonne while Nov south was up M 52.50
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    • 49 5 SOYBEAN FUTURES rallied sharply late in pursuit of a surprisingly strong soymeal market to close with gains of 22 to nine cents per bushel on the CBT on Thursday. November settled above the US$6.OO technical resistance point at US$B.l2 per bushel, turning the chart picture positive from negative.
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    • 46 5 WHEAT FUTURES recovered from morning lows in sympathy with the unexpected strength in the Soycomplex, but managed to end only mostly higher on the CBT on Thursday. Closings ranged from up one cent per bushel in March to down two cents in new crop September.
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    • 239 5 Chinese Produce Exchange Sellers' noon dosing prices on Oct 14 (S$/100 kg) Coconut oil M> FOB 118.00 OW drum FOB 128.00 New drum FOB 132.00 Copra Mixed (loose) 69 sellers Pepper MuMok white FOB NIW 542.50 Sarawak whhe FOB foq NIW 532.50 Sorawak special Mack FOB NIW 312
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    • 299 5 London Commodity Exchange Buyer/Seller closing prices on Oct 13, (£/tonne unlets specified). Previous dosing prices in parenthesis. Coffee tosh In-store London, sellers option OF London Nov 1124/1125 (1129/1130) High/Low 1129/1110 ion 1126/1127 (1129/1130) High/Low 1130/1112 Soles (3203) Cocoa Dec 758/760 (768/770) High/Low 796/770 Mar 749/750 (767/768) High/Low 793/749
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  • PERSPECTIVE
    • 461 6 TRAGEDIES can never be more cruel than when they are funny. Sexual stereotypes are built around distinctions between virile size and the weaker sex; bread-winning and the home front; the intellect and the heart. These stereotypes are mostly to women's disadvantage. Domineering women, however, illustrate
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    • 1079 6  -  This week's launch of the Next Computer has been described as "the event of the decade, the Woodstock of the computer industry". LOUISE KEHOE reports on the latest brainchild of computer whiz kid Steve Jobs. Industry analysts meanwhile give rave reviews, plus a few
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    • 495 6 Agencies AFTER a demonstration capped by a duet featuring the Next computer and a violinist for the San Francisco Symphony, the audience gave Steve Jobs a standing ovation. Mr Jobs has brashly promised that his long awaited Next computer will revolutionise higher education. By
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    • 645 6 Reuter AS ANTIDOTES to Japan's high-pressure, hard-drinking and insomniac urban life, companies are preparing to market medical foods. "The next consumer priority will be healthiness," a report from one major securities house said. "We believe that therapeutic foods will serve as
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • Executive Lifestyle
    • 271 7 THE NEXT president of the US would, by Chinese reckoning, either be "it isn't so" or "present calling card overcomes secret', according to Charles Berlitz, author of about 200 books on language. The linguist notes that the names of US politicians or for that matter any
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    • 959 7  -  With MONICA GWEE I HAVE a discomfort, doctor. It has to do with my peers, my wonderfully liberated peers. I am confused, occasionally upset and sometimes completely bewildered by their public private lives. I find it hard to be indifferent to the "new" morality
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    • 1187 7  -  By WALTON MORAIS LONG AFTER the models left and the lights went out, everyone was still talking about the "walking socks". At the This Is Dunhill fashion extravaganza in Tokyo recently, the socks set the tone for the US$l million computeraided splash at the New
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    • Executive Lifestyle: Entertainment & Pursuits
      • 518 8  -  FOOD By THE FOOD TEAM YOU CAN JOIN the hunt and bag a mallard duck or a couple of wood pigeons. Or perhaps deer is more your game. But whatever your choice, you won't have to fly to Scotland for your pheasant. The present game season
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      • 731 9  -  MOTORING By JEFFREY TSANG LAST YEAR, Executive Lifestyle voted the Saab 9000 Turbo the best car in the two-litre executive saloon class for its unbeatable power, styling and luxury. But while all the attention was lavished on its engineering and style, there was one serious
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      • 608 9  - Sigh to think all I needed was a coat of Armour-All MEN By JAIME LYE "MABEL and I parted ways today." He stared moodily into his cup of Milo, stirring it listlessly. "I'm still wondering if I did the right thing." Hmmm. It's going to be one of those conversations.
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      • 462 9 CHARITY EAT. SHARE. CARE. It happens tonight. Heartstrings get pulled officially at 9.30pm, but expect the action to begin way before then, like just after breakfast. Spread out all over Marina Square the idea is to get fun for your money, and do your
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      • 567 9  -  Bridge By Mike Thumba DURING the Inter-College Bridge Tournament held at the National University of Singapore Society (NUSS) Guild House during the last weekend, defending champions NUSS graduates were badly mauled by the NUSS Students' 'A' and B teams. Most of the NUS students who participated
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      • 941 10  -  SWITCHING —j With LAWRENCE TAN WEALTH. What is it about it that can cause people to lose track of who or what they really are? What is it which, even before greed has had its day. can cause alienation between men jealousy or insincerity on one
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    • Executive Lifestyle: Pursuits
      • 570 11 NOBEL PRIZE Agencies THE WINNER of the 1968 Nobel Prize for Literature is a habitue of bazaar coffee shops who considers his writing "probably fourth or fifth rate". Although he ranks among Egypt's most popular writers, Naguib Mahfouz's realistic, almost-Dickensian portrayals of the wretched conditions under which
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      • 568 11  -  MOVIES By LAWRENCE TAN SO THIS IS what normal life is like. We had almost forgotten. A bridegroom's anxieties. The goodbye-Sam best man. A family wedding. Grouchy father-in-law. House-warming, house painting. Getting a job, making it work. Dealing with the mundane. True love. She's Having My
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    • Executive Lifestyle: Entertainment & the Arts
      • 504 12  -  PERSONALITIES By MONICA GWEE THE "CONVICT from Alcatraz" who eased himself on stage with a slightly battered but sweet sounding alto sax at Club 392 the other night played Misty for me. He read my mind, that stranger in his Alcatraz baseball cap who came to
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      • 570 12  -  By WALTON MORAIS THE KEY to understanding Cheryl Berdell is listening to the lyrics of her songs. This black American singer from Chicago defines herself in the words of her tunes. She says it's the lyrics that make a song. And she just can't understand why
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      • 915 12  -  Compiled by Sakina Dhilawala CINEMA: Poltergeist 111 starring Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Heather O'Rourke and Zelda Rubinstein. Showing at Cathay: 11; 1.30; 4 6.30; 9.15. Surrender— starring Michael Caine, Sally Field and Steve Guttenberg. Showing at Orchard: 11; 1.30; 4; 6.30; 9.15. And God Creeled Women starring Rebecca De
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      • 525 12  -  EXHIBITIONS By SANGEETA MULCHAND ARTIST JEAN-PHILIPPE Jenere has 17 free-roaming lions as "pets" on his 37-hectare estate near Paris. "I have a passion for animals. I have no visitors." he growls. Privacy tops Jenere's list of priorities but he will emerge now and again when he is
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      • 167 12 THIS EYE-POPPING DIAMOND (left), all 407.48 carats of it, will be the largest diamond ever auctioned when offered for sale at Christie's in New York next week. Flawless, with a rich golden hue and shield-shaped, it measures over two inches long, 1.4 inches wide and 1.1 inches
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    • Executive Lifestyle: Personal Investment
      • 650 13  -  WORLD MARKETS By ROSIE TAN THE TWIN EXCHANGE of Singapore and Malaysia, which was ranked the best performing bourse in US dollar terms during the first six months of the year, has slipped to fourth place as at the end of September. According to
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      • 902 13  -  FUND MANAGEMENT In an interview with BT, fund managers Timothy Guinness (right) and James Leslie of UK's Guinness Mahon put forward a strong case for increased investment in international bonds. SOH TIANG KENG reports SOH TIANG KENG TWO LONDON fund managers have suggested that under the
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      • 1136 13  -  BEGinnEFTB^ camEH Pf by ROSIE TAN ONE OF THE MOST frequently given pieces of advice by professionals and novices alike is: Buy low and sell high. This implies entering the market at or near the end of a bear market and
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      • 263 13 miifl [PIIIM DBS Investment Research THE FAILURE of the Straits Times Industrial Index (STI) to breach the resistance level of 1080 during the technical rally at the beginning of September reflected the sentiment prevailing in the market at that time. It was therefore no
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      • 328 13  -  COMPETITION "7 by MAGDALENE NG WITH ABOUT one more month before the Great Investment Race ends. Paul Morgan Associates (Securities) has recaptured its place among the top three competitors. In the latest results, the third-placed local stockbroker chalked up an 11.9-per cent
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    • Executive Lifestyle: Sports
      • 614 14  -  GOLF By WALTON MORAIS FOR YEARS, they've been calling this the friendly championships. Last year, we saw why. When Douglas Beaton fired his first hole-in-one after 46 years of golf to win a gleaming Mitsubishi Galant, charity rather than profit was on his
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      • 471 14  -  By CHARLES SAVAGE WITH FOUR of Singapore's best golfers away at the Ounhill Cup in Scotland, the professional line-up for the Business Times Advertising 12th Anniversary golf tournament has been depleted but sometimes, less is more. In this case, the 15 pros stand better chances
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      • 278 14 TENNIS AFP WIMBLEDON CHAMPION Stefan Edberg of Sweden staved off a spirited challenge from American teenager Michael Chang to move into the quarter-finals of the US$2OO,OOO Hongkong Tennis Tournament on Thursday. The 16-year-old ChineseAmerican battled bravely before losing 6-7 (4-7), 4-6, to the topseeded Swede in
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      • 622 14 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Cofflpmy Ixpkyl Coupor I Convonton period Interest Conversion teem lot one ocdhtsfy nioluilty <%) peyetote ehere dot* CK Tang Wrti *****990 Anytime to May 31. 1990 1 warrant plus (2.25 cosh Oman Hup Wrti 1991 Anytime on or alter Mar 1987 1.6 warrants plus $1.60 cash until
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      • 192 14 RACING AFP MASSIMO BIASION threw caution to the wind in a bold attempt to clinch the Rally Drivers' World Championship in San Remo on Thursday. Biasion needs only to finish in the top six to become the first Italian world champion but he was determined
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      • 379 14  -  Oh TMCk With Jerome Fandor THE CLASS 2 Div A Totalisator Board Feature Stakes tomorrow will provide the horses with a good race. To be run over the Penang 1200-m course, it features up-and coming horses knocking on the door of topclass racing. In that race
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    • 1647 10 Tennessee Williams, Reagan, Joyce Movies A dream holiday for a group of friends at an island resort turns into a nightmare when a pack of wild dogs turn bloodthirsty. Joe Don Baker, Hope Alexander-Willis, Richard B Shull and R G Armstrong star in The Pack, a predictable but fairly wellmade
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    • 759 12 mimmm CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 9 Given to the editor of the moment (9) 10 The criticism of the toast is rather too much! (1. 3. 5) 12 Reassuring answer to Are you in trouble?' from the corner (4) 13 Snaps beggars! (6) 14 He's free to compete (7) 15 Hinted
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    • 23 13 BT welcomes investment ideas and viewpoints from readers. Address correspondence to: The Editor, Personal Investment, Business Times, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore 0923.
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    • 42 14 BIgINESSTIMES ADVERTISING pBUSiNESS^Ky/ h times M GOLF COMPETITION Sunday, October 16,1988. at Serapong Course, Sentosa Gotf Club. IMF: Ist TEE (Handicap (a) 90%) TIME 10th TEE (Handicap 90%) Participants art to be at the Registration Counter 30 minutes before their tee-off time.
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  • COMPANIES & STOCK MARKETS
    • 549 15 SIA What a great way to buy if... U §5?®eB»» By HOCK LOCK SIEW WHICH MAJOR Far East company is clearly undervalued in relation to comparable companies in other markets; undervalued in relation to other companies in its own markets; is a recognised world leader; has above average growth prospects
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    • 237 15 UNITED OVERSEAS Bank Ltd (UOB) has set up a joint-venture company in Hongkong with a Hong-kong-based lawyer. The agreement was entered into yesterday between UOB's wholly-owned subsidiary, United Overseas Securities Ltd (UOS), and Mr Robert Wei-Han Wang. The joint-venture company, to
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    • 351 15 UNITED MALAYAN Flour Mills Bhd: Group profit after tax and minorities of M52.47m (Msl.slm) on turnover of M562.11m (Ms4B 62m) for the year ended July 31. 1988 EPS is 41 cents (25 cents). A final dividend of 10 per cent less tax will be paid on Jan 12,
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    • 540 15  -  By AMY BALAN THE KUWAIT Investment Office has doubled its stake in public-ly-listed Singapore Land in the strongest show of confidence yet in the local property market. The much-awaited notice from Sing Land coming after two days of intense speculation confirmed press
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    • 277 15 Bernama THE MALAYSIAN government did not sell its shares in Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) as PNB already has an 8 per cent stake in MAS, Deputy Finance Minister Loke Yuen Yow said yesterday. He said this in the
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    • 319 15 Reuter HOTEL AND PROPERTY group Faber Merlin Malaysia Bhd, faced with the threat of foreclosure, is seeking more time from creditors to turn the company around. Over 4,000 creditors are threatening to sue Faber Merlin which has failed to redeem their
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    • 346 15 HAM M: Insider Trading IHol THE SES allowed Sealion Hotels Ltd in October 1986 to publicly announce its relisting application because its listings manager was confident that the application would be successful, the district court heard yesterday. Mrs Shirley
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    • 372 15 SAMTA INVESTMENT Re Ltd. a substantial shareholder of pub-licly-listed Apollo Enterprises, has raised its stake in the company by another 2.25 per cent to 20.6 per cent. A statement from Apollo yesterday said that 715,000 shares were bought on Oct 3 for a
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    • 968 15 Current b Books OM Total lor Total lor pormom data ctooo payaMe ttta yaar loat yaar Aslotic Dov 2%m Oct 12 Oct 26 Nov 21 2% 5% Austrol Amol 15% Oct 7 Oct 21 Nov 8 25% 15% Ayar Hitom Rub I7*%(bl Oct II Oct 25 Oct 31
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    • SES
      • 788 16  -  by LONG SHIH ROME SHARE PRICES weakened over a broad front in thin trading yesterday. The Straits Times Industrial Index remained below the 1,000 level mark in the absence of buying support but losses were marginal. The STI Index moved
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      • 143 16 INS AS Bertwd: 26th AGM at theChempaka Room, Hotel Equatorial, Jalan Sultan Ismail. Kuala Lumpur on Oct 17 at 11am. ROTHMANS OF PALL MALL (MALAYSIA) Berhad: 27th AGM at the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel. 2 Jalan Barat. ***** Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan on Thursday, Oct 20, at
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      • 306 16 Managers' prices MARA-Bumiputra for Oct 15 First B'putro Second B'putra 619 563 624 568 Singapore Unit Trust Tkkd B'putra 415 420 The Commerce The Savings Fund S pore Prog fund S pore Sec Fund S pore Invest Fund S pore Equity Fund o o o o o o
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      • 84 16 Company RIGHTS ISSUE Isetan One-for-two @(5 10 Ex-dot* Oct 7 Books close. Oct 19 per shore S N P One-for-one $1 20 Ex-dot* Oct IB Books dose: Oct 20 per shore Company BONUS ISSUE G E life Three-for-five Ex-dot*: Oct 5 Books close Oct 17 Company OTHERS N
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      • 295 16 Company RIGHTS ISSUE C 1 Holdings 27 million loon stocks in the ratio of $3 loon stock for •»«>> five ordinary shares held 0 C Bank One for two $0 75 per shore Duto Cons One-for-one $1 10 per shore F A C B One- for-one $0 60
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      • 5610 16 Gr Gr's 1988 Tel Last Dlv Dlv rid Nat Vol Day High Last Quote M Cap High Low Code Company Sale OT- C'ot P/E (•000) Low Buyer Seller Smll SESDAQ 187 114 t 4000 Amtek Eng 20c 125 1 10 ON 7.1 1.5 89 26 126 125
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    • KLSE
      • 2730 17 MBT DESPITE a rise on Wall Street overnight, share prices on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yielded to light selling yesterday to finish mixed to easier over a broad front in listless trading. Dealers said blue chips and quality stocks bore the brunt of the
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    • REGIONAL MARKETS
      • 565 18 Reuter JAPAN'S powerful securities houses are moving into the Gulf in force to tap the vast wealth that still flows from liquid crude and turn it into solid yen. A combination of typical Japanese willingness to endure losses in exchange for
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      • 183 18 Reuter WEST GERMAN pharmaceutical and chemical group Bayer AG is planning to invest 500 million marks in its Japan operations over the next five years, managing board chairman Hermann Stronger has announced. Mr Stronger said that the move emphasised the importance
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      • 253 18 Reuter JAPANESE FINANCE Minister Kiichi Miyazawa has admitted that he was linked to a share scandal that has shaken the government, but said he was blameless because shares were bought in his name without his knowledge. "I didn't know anything about it until I
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      • 589 18 Tokyo Reuter TOKYO SHARE prices closed slightly higher yesterday after fluctuating all day in dull trade with investors squaring positions ahead of the weekend, brokers said. "The demand and supply situation is worrying investors," said Hideyo Ueno, a broker at Goldman Sachs (Japan) Corp. "There are too
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      • 1395 18 Hongkong HONGKONG SHARE prices closed sharply higher yesterday on improved sentiment as investors were encouraged by gains in Wall Street despite the widened US August trade deficit, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index ended near the day's high and was 31.24 points, or 1.22
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      • 176 18 UPI KOBE STEEL Ltd, a major Japanese steelmaker, has established a wholly owned subsidiary in Malaysia to manufacture hard disk drive parts for sales to computer companies in South-east Asia, sources said. The company, based in the western Japanese port city of Kobe, said
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      • 569 18 Australia Reuter AUSTRALIAN SHARES closed stronger yesterday as investors turned their attention to industrial stocks. By the close of floor trading, the All Ordinaries Index was up 10.1 at 1.550.9. The All Industrials Index rose 19.1 to 2,557.7, the All Resources Index 3.5 to 795 7 and
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      • 169 18 Reuter THE SECURITIES Exchange of Thailand Index dropped 0.27 points to 442.90 yesterday on a turnover ot 3.830,938 shares worth 279.31 million baht. Reuter OCT 14 BAMT Ao Khwn Thai 416 unch Ayudhya Invaalmant 436 unch Bangkok Agro-ind 106 1 Bangkok Bank. 296 unch Bank Ol Ayudhya
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      • 302 18 Reuter SEOUL SHARE prices soared in heavy trading yesterday as investors welcomed government measures to fight inflation, brokers said. The composite index gained 13.49 points to finish at 699.2 on turnover of 174.4 billion won against Thursday's 156.4 billion. "Many investors were anticipating some favourable news," one
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      • 170 18 Reuter NEW ZEALAND share prices ended the week slightly firmer yesterday after two days of falling prices, but brokers said turnover was still thin and the outlook uncertain. The Barclays share index rose 16.26 points to 1.986.16. It began the week at 1.966.70. Brokers said there
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      • 362 18 Reuter TAIWAN SHARE prices plunged for the thirteenth consecutive trading day yesterday as sell orders continued to overwhelm the market, dealers said. The weighted index dropped 130.48 points, or 1.9 per cent, to close at 6,428.75 compared with Thursday's 6,569.23 finish. Turnover shrank to just NT$26O
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      • 141 18 Reuter MANILA SHARE prices held mostly steady yesterday in the lowest value turnover in a month as buyers remained on the sidelines, brokers said. "Some people are waiting cautiously for the anniversary of the Oct 19 market crash to pass." said share analyst Joseph Roxas of R
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      • 128 18 Reuter BOMBAY SHARE prices closed mixed yesterday on end-of-account considerations, brokers said. The exchange extended the current two-week account by a day to allow outstanding settlements from the previous account period to be completed. Brokers said stateowned financial institutions were the chief buyers in the market, while
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    • WORLD MARKETS
      • 861 19 New York Reuter WALL STREET stocks closed higher on Thursday after recouping some of Wednesday s losses as investors shrugged off news of a wider US trade deficit. The gap of US$l2.2 billion for August, up from July's US$9.5-billion shortfall, was not as pronounced as
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      • 1007 19 London Reuter LONDON SHARES mostly opened a few pence lower yesterday amid rumours of a sell programme taking place, after an 11-point gain on Thursday in the wake of US August trade figures. Dealers said yesterday's UK unit labour costs and retail price data would be closely
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      • 761 19 Global equity issues only 20pc of pre-crash level Reuter SECURITIES HOUSES in London are concerned that a new directive being considered by the European Commission could threaten their key role in the international equity market, which until recently boasted an annual new issue volume
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      • 1660 19 Reuter FRANKFURT: West German shares surged in active trading yesterday to hit the second new 1968 high in a week, spurred by the market's bullish mood and strong foreign demand. Dealers said position-squar-ing set in late in the session, taking prices just below their highs by the
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    • 83 18 Keep a date with Sevvy Ballesteros in "Play Golf the Sevvy Way" every Tuesday BT is not all hard core business and financial news. We take "Sports" rather seriously too. Our writers comb the sporting arena to furnish the well-informed professional with news on golf, horse-racing, tennis, bowling, etc. And,
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  • 492 20  -  Expert expresses confidence in Simex By ALVIN TAY, Financial Editor THE MAN who was instrumental in developing the oil futures contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange said Singapore is the best location to launch such a market in Asia. Dr Arnold E
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  • 114 20 THE SINGAPORE Malay Chamber of Commerce (SMCC) will organise a half-day seminar here next week to help its Pulau Langkawi counterpart promote trade and investment. To be held on Oct 22 at the SMCC multi-purpose hall in International Plaza, the seminar will feature talks
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  • 369 20 Bernama, NST THE MALAYSIAN government does not intend to take action against former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam for his statement this week in Hongkong, which hurt Malaysia's image overseas. Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Dr Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan said yesterday. Datuk Musa
    Bernama,; NST  -  369 words
  • 336 20 Reuter US CENTRAL bank chief Alan Greenspan threw his support behind a stable dollar yesterday after the currency's sharp fall over the past week. "We seek stability in exchange rates," the Federal Reserve Board chairman told a news conference in Tokyo. The dollar has
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  • 380 20  -  By FOO CHOY PENG FROM NEXT month, home buyers can use their Central Provident Fund savings to pay for the full valuation of a private property The move will benefit not only new home buyers but also those CPF members who have
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  • 268 20 AP CHINA will freeze, or impose ceilings on, prices of a wide range of goods in an effort to curb rising inflation. It was the first government indication that it would actually roll back price reforms, rather than merely halt them, as previously
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  • 297 20 Reuter THE EUROPEAN Community has tried to reassure developing nations that their exports would not be harmed by the EC's internal market, which is due to start after 1992. "I can assure (them) we will not have a situation by which their access
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  • 208 20 AFP BURMESE shipping services. disrupted by civil strife in that country, have resumed with at least six freighters scheduled to arrive in Singapore in the next three weeks, shipping agents said yesterday. The Burma Five Star Shipping Corp. the national shipping line, resumed service
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  • 90 20 Reuter PRESIDENT Reagan jokingly threatened to shoot down a civilian plane on Thursday when noise from the passing jetliner interrupted a White House ceremony. "Anyone have a Stinger?" he asked tongue-in-cheek after the roar of the plane drowned out his remarks at an outdoor event held to
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  • 397 20 Agencies PHILIPPINE President Corazon Aquino wants the US and the Soviet Union to discuss withdrawing their military forces from the Philippines and Vietnam, the Bangkok Post said in its lead story yesterday. The Post said Mrs Aquino wanted the US to follow up
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  • LATE FILE
    • 49 20 AP SOVIET President Mikhail Gorbachev is ready to meet Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping at "any time, any place", but no date has been set for what would be the first Sino-Soviet summit in 30 years, according to Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennady Gerasimov. AP
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    • 59 20 Reuter CHINA has said that it plans a sweeping review of thousands of state companies as part of a campaign against corruption. It has also barred Communist Party and government officials from managing companies, banned government departments from setting up firms with their operating funds
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    • 60 20 Reuter US INFLATION at the wholesale level moderated last month as producer prices rose 0.4 per cent after a 0.6 per cent increase in August. The government said that, excluding the volatile components of food and energy, however, the producer price index rose 0.6 per
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    • 77 20 AFP JAPAN is set to become a major political and military power if not a super power, a top defence expert told a seminar at the Hague. Francois Heisbourg, head of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, told delegates that "Japan seems set,
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    • 41 20 AFP PHILIPPINE Trade Secretary Jose Concepcion has accused the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of failing to open the markets of developed countries and hinted that the Philippines may pull out of the organisation. AFP
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  • 91 20 Reuter COMEX silver futures yesterday were lightly traded in the first hour with the market showing little reaction to news of a 0.4 per cent rise in US producer prices in September against an increase of 0.6 per cent in August. December silver held at Thursday night's close
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    • 258 20 UK AND EUROPE AFTER 1992 THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY WILL BE ONE SINGLE MARKET. THE POTENTIAL CUSTOMER BASE WILL HAVE RISEN TO 320 MILLION PEOPLE. WE NOT ONLY HAVE TO BE READY TO MEET THE INCREASED DEMAND BUT ALSO TO PREPARE FOR THE RADICAL CHANGES AND FULL IMPLICATION OF EEC MEASURES
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