The Business Times, 4 August 1990

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  • 11 1 Business Times MCI (P) 170/12/89 Weekend Edition, August 4-5 1990 75'
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  • NEWS & MARKETS SUMMARY
    • 34 1 THE US stock market sold off sharply for the second straight session yesterday. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials tumbled 57.92 points to 2,806.68 in the first hour of trading
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    • 42 1 LONDON share prices were slightly higher at midday yesterday, helped by bargainhunting At about 12.1S pm (1115 GMT), the FT-SE 100share index was up 2.7 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 2,307.2. Volume came to 290.3 million shares at midday.
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    • 82 1 UNEMPLOYMENT in the United States climbed in July to 5.5 per cent from 5.2 per cent the previous month, reaching its highest rate in two years, while the number of new jobs created shrank, the Labour Department said yesterday. Payrolls outside the farm
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    • 47 1 THE demonstration phase of the Housing and Development Board's massive upgrading programme is estimated to cost around $200 million. The Ministry of National Development yesterday announced that it had selected six demonstration precincts to be designed by both HDB and private architects Page 2
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    • 37 1 GOLDEN Plus Holdings Bhd (formerly Dayapi Industries) is planning to purchase 28 shop and office units at the Fu Lu Shou Complex in Rochor Road in Singapore for M 529.29 million (5519.7 million) Page 3
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    • 20 1 Exchange rates uss SSI.8080 Yen SSI.2106 MS SS0.6695 Monty Market rates Overnight 5 3/4 1/2 3-montn 6 7/8 1/4
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    • 33 1 Ltwflon Cold PM fix US$380.00 -US$0.70 STpcreSep 154.00*/kg -0.75 NfsiaSep M232.50«/kg -0.50 KL Tin Turnover 52 tonnes -21 Spot M$16.28/kg -12 Cnrfi pain oil Turnover 229 lots -120 Aug M$660 /tonne unch
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  • 564 1  -  Iraqi invasion of Kuwait KIO tells brokers worldwide all sales orders will be illegal By Conrad Raj THE MONETARY Authority of Singapore (MAS) is keeping a close watch on the impact of the Middle East crisis on Singapore's financial institutions following the
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  • 236 1 Agencies SHELLING and gunfire shook sections of Kuwait's capital yesterday as Iraqi troops sought to consolidate their hold on this oil-rich Gulf nation and some officials feared Baghdad might try to invade Saudi Arabia. The fighting was reported by Gulf-based
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  • 191 1 CONTINUED instability in the Middle East drove prices in regional stockmarkets further downwards yesterday. In Tokyo, the Nikkei index fell 729.42 points to 29,515.76. Market participants were also affected by the weakening yen which closed 0.45 yen lower at 149.35 yen to the US dollar. The
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  • 210 1  -  By Lilian Ang OIL PRICES in the spot market have shot up by some 15 per cent since the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. In extremely volatile trading, the prices for Dubai and Brent crudes climbed by between US$3 and US$4 a barrel
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  • 167 1 HEDGING of oil prices have cushioned Singapore Airlines and Neptune Orient Lines from the impact of rising fuel prices as a result of the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait. An SIA spokesman said the company's fuel expenditure will be unaffected in the
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  • 450 1  -  By Magdalene Ng UNITED OVERSEAS Bank (UOB) has reported a 10.2 per cent rise in group net attributable profit to $139.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 1990, a level that is at the low end of analysts' forecast. The
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    • 200 1 Tokyo, Bonn freeze assets, Pg 7 Tokyo considers economic sanctions, Pg 7 New alignment in Arab power, Pg 7 Shock waves through oil market, Pg 7 Investors flee to market havens, EL 9 Is the US dollar a good buy? EL 9 There Are Those Who Recognise The Crafl Of
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  • HOME NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 62 2 SINGAPORE TELECOM is launching three phonecards with optical fibre designs to mark the Republic's 25th anniversary. From today, a total of one million pieces of these $10 denomination phone cards will be available. The optical fibre thane was chosen to reflect Singapore's achievement in having
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      • 84 2 APPRECIATION OF ART should begin in schools, said Ho Kah Leong, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Communications and Information). Mr Ho said Singapore had achieved many of its nation-building goals, but one area which could be improved was the appreciation of art and culture. He said Singaporeans were beginning
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      • 78 2 A GRADING SYSTEM will be introduced to 442 members of the Good Retailers Scheme in an effort to promote and uphold quality and reliable service within the industry. The system, involving a total of 851 retail outlets, will be implemented on Jan 1. It is jointly
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      • 47 2 THE SINGAPORE MRT has raised $500,000 for the 25th Anniversary Charity Fund through the sale of MRT commemorative tickets. Dr Yeo Ning Hong, the Minister for Communications and Information, will present this cheque in a ceremony to be held on Aug 16.
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      • 28 2 MALTESE Prime Minister Dr Edward F Adam is paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew today at the Istana.
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      • 64 2 THIS YEAR'S Tan Kah Kee post graduate scholarships are open for application until Aug 31. The scholarships were set up in commemoration of the late philanthropist Tan Kah Kee's contributions to education. The scholarships, worth $5,000 each, are open to Singapore citizens and permanent residents. For
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    • 248 2 THE DEMONSTRATION phase of the Housing and Development Board's (HDB) massive upgrading programme is estimated to cost around $200 million. The Ministry of National Development yesterday announced that it has selected six demonstration precincts to be designed by both HDB and private
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    • 311 2 JAPANESE-LISTED con-tractor-cum-developer JDC Corporation will develop three upmarket housing projects in Singapore and a fourth in Malaysia for a total of $60 million. For one project, it will team up with Malaysianlisted property group IGB Corporation's construction associate, IJM Corporation, to build a 14-storey 37-unit
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    • 191 2 THE PUBLIC Utilities Board and the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) will see new faces at the helm next month. The Chief of Army, Briga-dier-General Boey Tak Hap, will leave the Singapore Armed Forces next month. He will join the PUB as a deputy chief
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    • 345 2 NTUC FAIRPRICE has scored yet another year of record sales and profits due mainly to the growth of its supermarket and retailing activities. For the year ended March 1990, sales surpassed the $400 million mark and profits before contributions reached an all-time high
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  • SINGAPORE – MALAYSIA COMPANY NEWS
    • 346 3  -  William Chia GOLDEN Plus Holdings Bhd (formerly Dayapi Industries) is planning to purchase 28 shop and office units at the Fu Lu Shou Complex in Rochor Road in Singapore for M 529.29 million (5519.7 million). Golden Plus said it had
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    • 506 3 NST BOLTON PROPERTIES has proposed to buy a 5 per cent stake in Bolton LYL and several pieces of properties for a total of M 514.8 million. At the same time, it is making a one-for-four bonus issue and a one-for-four rights issue at
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    • 163 3 NST NIPPON PAINT (M) Sdn Bhd which is 40 per cent owned by Wuthelam Holdings (M) Sdn Bhd (which is part of the Wuthelam group headed by Singapore businessman Goh Cheng Liang) is considering a listing on the main board of the Kuala Lumpur
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    • 764 3 MARKET TALK Bernama NO MATTER how its bid to take over Boustead Holdings Bhd turns out, Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAp is determined to have a bigger say in charting the future course of the diversified group whose interests include plantations, property investment, shipping, trading,
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    • 357 3 Bernama KEMAYAN OIL Palm Bhd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Zhen Investment Pte Ltd, has agreed to purchase 53 per cent of the issued and paid-up capital of LK-NES, an engineering and manufacturing firm, for 554.5 million. Kemayan said Zhen Investment would buy
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 106 3 KEPPEL Corp confirmed yesterday that listing approval had been obtained from the SES for the placement of new shares 7. under Rule 144 A of the US Securities Act of 1933. All 15 million Keppel shares have now been successfully placed at $7.50
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      • 88 3 AMTEK Engineering Ltd is subscribing for an additional 1.05 million new shares of Msl each in Kris Components Sdn Bhd, a 70 per cent owned subsidiary in Malaysia. The allotment will raise the group's interest in KC to 85 per oent but will revert
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      • 91 3 TONG MENG Industries Ltd, the listed vehicle of Malaysian banker Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow, reported yesterday group after-tax profit of $137,000 ($192,000) on turnover of $2.77 million ($2.89 million) for the six months ended June 30, 1990. Earnings per share was 2 cents (same).
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      • 66 3 SELANGOR DREDGING Bhd said directors at their recent board meeting have deliberated on the report reoeived from Subsurface Engineering Sdn Bhd which was commissioned to* carry out prospecting works in the District of Lahad Datu in Sabah. The finding of Subsurface Engineering reveals that, there is
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    • 301 3 MBT INTER-PACIFIC Development (IPD), the property arm of the Inter-Pacific Industrial Group, is looking into the possibility of acquiring more land in the Klang Valley in Kuala Lumpur. Senior manager Tan Chin Hian said the company has identified several pieces of land in the
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 74 4 JAPANESE PLANT engineering company Chiyoda Corp expects to win a 50 billion yen order for a fertilizer plant from Saudi Arabia. The plant; to be built for the state-run Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Co, will be capable of producing 500,000 tonnes of ammonia and
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      • 61 4 WEST GERMAN chemical firm Hoechst AG said it signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture with East German synthetic fibres manufacturer Chemiefaser Guben GmbH. The venture will aim at joint production and sales of synthetic fibres and technical yarns. Hoechst aims to acquire
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      • 51 4 CHEVRON CORP denied a Tass News Agency report that it signed a joint venture agreement with Soviet officials to develop the Tengiz oilfields at the north end of the Caspian Sea. A Chevron spokesman said no development agreement has been signed with the government of Soviet
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      • 56 4 MITSUI AND CO Ltd president Naohiko Kumagai told a news conference the company is considering a wood products joint venture with the Soviet Union. Mr Kumagai said Mitsui has obtained permission to establish offices for the venture in Riga in Latvia, Kiev in the Ukraine, Minsk
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      • 40 4 BRISTOL-MYERS Squibb Co and Beiersdorf AG said they completed acquisitions in the medical speciality markets. Beiersdorf completed its purchase of the Jobst Institute Inc and its Irish subsidiary, Jobst Ireland Ltd, for an undisclosed amount of cash.
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      • 48 4 T BOONE PICKENS, continuing his fight with Toyota Motor Corp for representation on the board of Japanese auto parts maker Koito Manufacturing, called on Toyota to immediately open its US tax records for inspection "to avoid tarnishing its image in the United States".
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      • 53 4 MITSUBISHI HEAVY Industries Ltd (MHI) plans to produce turbochargers in the Netherlands ahead of European Community integration in 1992. MHI Equipment Europe BV (MEE) in Armere, a suburb of Amsterdam, will begin assembling turbochargers for use in cars in 1991 and will have an annual output rate
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    • 227 4 Reuter ANALYSTS WHO follow Sears, Roebuck Co said they were caught off guard by the company's announcement that it had had discussions on joint opportunities with Montgomery Ward Co. Both retailers said talks have ended, and they intend to remain independent. No
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    • 554 4 Reuter PROPERTY blue-chip Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd will sell its World Trade Centre office building in Causeway Bay to Bond Corp International Ltd (BCIL) for HKSI.72 billion, the two companies said in a statement. BCIL has paid a HKSSOO million deposit on
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    • 181 4 NYT NYNEX Corp, which faces criminal and civil lawsuits and regulatory penalties after accusations of impropriety, will create an office of ethics and business conduct, company officials said on Thursday. The eight-member ethics office will begin operating on Monday and will have a
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    • 213 4 NYT A NUMBER of analysts in the US are recommending food stocks to investors, or in stock market parlance to "overweight" their portfolios with those issues. During the 1980s, food stocks appreciated an average of 14 per cent a year, outperforming the market in
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    • 232 4 Reuter A ROW over control of a large hotel chain has marred the start of East Germany's ambitious privatisation programme. Steigenberger Hotels A, a family-owned West German group, claimed on Thursday it had a deal to take over the 34 hotels of
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    • 837 4 Reuter EUROPE'S mass carmakers, bloated by Five years of record sales, are finding profit margins squeezed as the business climate cools and production capacity outstrips demand. Car industry share analysts are scrambling to cut back profit growth projections as the manufacturers are forced
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    • 189 4 Tender Sale By The Receivers Managers of WALES FOOD INDUSTRIES (S) PTE LTD Seafood Processing Plant, Equipment And Stocks At Jurong Assets to be sold relate to specialised process for freezing of seafood products using liquid nitrogen. For sale as a whole and not separately. Assets include:1. equipment for Individually
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    • 97 4 FAB EASTERN FREIGHT CONFERENCE SARAH. RRUNEI AND SARAWAK FREIBHT CONFERENCE NOTICE TO SHIPPERS MT 90 CURRENCY ADJUSTMENT FACTOR A review of the latest currency values has resulted in a radical upward adjustment of the Currency Adjustment Factor from Singapore/Malaysia. The above Conferences, therefore, wish to announce that with effect from
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • 604 5 Reuter DEUTSCHE BANK AG said the first-time consolidation of its fully-owned subsidiary Morgan Grenfell Group pic accounted for 70 per cent of the 27.4 billion mark firsthalf 1990 increase in group business volume. Morgan Grenfell contributed 19.2 billion marks to the rise in group
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    • 622 5 Reuter MIDLAND Bank pic chairman Sir Kit McMahon said he expects an improvement in performance in the rest of 1990 after a disappointing first half. "They are obviously quite unacceptable results at this level," he said, but he expected a
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    • 270 5  -  Quak Hiang Whai TAT LEE Bank has joined Network for Electronic Transfers (Singapore) or Nets for short, making it the sixth member of the company. With Tat Lee Bank's participation, the paid-up capital of Nets has been raised to $1.2 million, with the six
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    • 264 5 Reuter WEST GERMAN insurer Allianz AG Holding is buying Fireman's Fund Insurance Corp of the United States for US$3.3 billion. Board chairman Wolfgang Schieren told a news conference the acquisition of the US insurance firm, to be finalised in January of next year, was
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    • 206 5 Reuter AMERICAN Express Bank said it would start operating in Poland this year and a finance ministry adviser said other foreign banks were poised to follow suit. American Express (Poland) Ltd will specialise in financial and other services geared to travel and tourism.
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    • 548 5 Reuter MORE JAPANESE firms, eager for funds to finance their capital investment, will be looking to equity-linked financing as a source in coming months, brokerage officials said. But concern over the ability of the fragile Toyko stock market to absorb any financing flood
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    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 75 5 MAJOR Japanese city and trust banks are likely to raise the short-term prime rate by 0.25 percentage point to 7.375 per cent a year beginning Monday, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said yesterday. The influential financial daily, quoting banking sources, said the increase was
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      • 69 5 BANK of Tokyo said it opened a representative office in Taiwan yesterday, becoming the first Japanese bank to establish a presence on the nationalist-held island in 31 years. The new office in Tapiei will gather information about the Taiwan economy and initially employ
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      • 65 5 HONGKONG has granted Denmark's Den Danske Bank af 1871 A/S, a banking licence to conduct business in the territory, a government spokesman said. The bank already has a deposit-taking company and a finance company there. The granting of the licence brings the total number of
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      • 40 5 CHICAGO Board of Trade directors said they named Neal Kottke as vice-chairman of the exchange, replacing William O'Connor, who was elected chairman on Wednesday. O'Connor replaced Karsten Mahlmann, who resigned as chairman of the exchange on Wednesday.
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      • 56 5 WESTPAC Banking Corp said that it would raise its New Zealand indicator lending rate by O.S percentage point to 16.2S per cent from August 6. New Zealand general manager George Stoopin said that the move followed two actions this week by the Reserve Bank of
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      • 72 5 SEVERAL local and foreign banks in Taiwan have lowered short-term lending and deposit interest rates between 0.25 and 0.50 percentage point yesterday in response to a credit easing by the Central Bank on Wednesday. Standard Chartered Bank reduced its one-month deposit rate to 10 per
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  • THE REGION/WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
      • 71 6 SOVIET Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze said on Thursday that President Mikhail Gorbachev intended to visit Japan next spring but declared Tokyo was still lagging behind Europe in its relations with Moscow. Talks on expanding ties with' South Korea, meanwhile, opened in Moscow between
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      • 80 6 TAIWAN will set up a new office this month to govern its booihing unofficial links with China, state radio said on Thursday. It quoted Taipei Premier Hau Pei-tsun as saying the "intermediary organisation" would be officially established in mid-August when details of its functions
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      • 79 6 THE US and the European Community on Thursday renewed pressure on Japan to allow in more foreign goods, sayiqg market opening moves in the last few years are only a start. Japan has achieved "impressive results" in cutting restrictions on imports of wine, alcohol
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      • 94 6 HORDES OF FOREIGNERS have flocked to Japan's affluence and job opportunities for work mostly in unskilled and manual labour knowing that they would be branded illegal workers. But among such foreigners, Peruvian and Brazilian citizens with Japanese heritage, who flock to the home of their
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      • 82 6 THE SOVIET UNION is ready to establish direct contacts with Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the leader of the Cambodian resistance movement, if the US establishes similar contacts with the Phnom Penh regime of Prime Minister Hun Sen, said Tass news agency on Thursday. The report follows
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      • 62 6 CENTRAL AMERICAN economic ministers on Thursday announced their support for a hemispheric free trade zone proposed by US President George Bush. Mr Bush on June 27 proposed the creation of a free trade zone that would eliminate commercial barriers and offered to remit some loans made
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    • 426 6 AFP THE US may heed growing calls for an end to its 15-year trade embargo against Vietnam if next week's US-Viet-namese talks on Cambodia make progress, US officials say. While in Jakarta for talks with his counterparts from the Association of
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    • 372 6 AP ORDERS to factories for manufactured goods slumped in June for the third time this year, the US government said on Thursday. The report added to analysts' fears of a possible recession that were intensified by rising oil prices resulting from
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    • 318 6 Reuter US TRADE Representative Carla Hills predicted on Thursday that more than half of the nations negotiating trade reforms in Geneva would walk away from the talks if no agreement was reached to end farm subsidies. She told a
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    • 375 6 Reuter THE US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a five-year US$54 billion 1990 Farm Bill that its supporters say will keep US agriculture on the mar-ket-oriented track, but give farmers more discretion in planting crops and add environmental protection. The House
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    • 351 6 Bernama MALAYSIAN businessmen should begin forging more joint ventures with their counterparts in European Community (EC) countries to be ready to grasp the greater trade opportunities that will arise when the single European market comes into being in 1993. The British High
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    • 464 6 AFP BOUGAINVILLEANS know that whatever the outcome of their ongoing peace talks with the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government, their island's secessionist war has changed their lives forever. "People have tasted blood," former premier Leo Hannett said. "They made the place (Bougainville) as
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  • FOCUS
    • 567 7 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait AFP JAPAN AND WEST GERMANY have joined other major world powers in freezing tens of billions of dollars in Kuwaiti assets in their countries to prevent Iraq from seizing them after its invasion of Kuwait. Italy and Belgium also
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    • 675 7 NYT IRAQ'S invasion of Kuwait ushers in a new alignment in which Iraqis, Iranians and Palestinian hard-liners appear to share an interest in subduing the oil-rich monarchies of the region and challenging United States influence in the Arab world. In ordering his forces to
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    • 540 7 AFP JAPAN, which froze an estimated US$2O billion of Kuwaiti assets in Japanese banks, said it was considering economic sanctions against Baghdad as more Asian countries expressed hope for peace after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Taizo Watanabe said Japan, acting in response
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    • 668 7 NYT A NEW ROUND of economic warfare seemed to be under way on Thursday, as the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait resurrected both higher oil prices and fears of Opec domination of the world oil market. But many ground rules have changed, both
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    • 282 7 Reuter THE Lloyd's of London insurance market is introducing a war risk premium for shipping in the Mideast Gulf with immediate effect from Thursday. Christopher Rome, a marine underwriter at Lloyd's, said in a statement the premium would initially apply for 48
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 4582 8  -  By Abdul Hadhi RUMOURS THAT Iraqi troops were advancing towards the Saudi border drove share prices on the Singapore stockmarket further downwards yesterday. Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait on Thursday after negotiations between the two parties broke down. Media reports indicate that Iraq now
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  • 3945 9 Main FAN 870 +25 +3.0% Spore Land 1480 +20 +1.4% ICB 540 +20 +3.8% Haw Par 300 +11 +3.8% Potytek 50* 151 +8 +5.6% YHSWt II +6 +8.0% UOB Foreign 700 +5 +0.7% FELS 50* 685 5 +0.7% OUB 545 5 +0.9% ICB Wits 218
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  • 812 10 Plans to further expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific P&O THE PENINSULAR and Oriental Steamship Navigation Company of the United Kingdom, more popularly known as P&O, has long been a household name in the AsiaPacific region. For example, in 1845, the first P&O service to call
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  • 651 10 P&O is more than just a shipping group, having?, diversified into a whole range of new and exciting activities. Last year, for example, over 60 per centf of its turnover came from non-shipping In fact, hqusebuilding, construction and development formed
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    • 179 11 I CONGRATULATIONS to on Its 145 th year In Singapore I WE GIVE YOUR VESSELS I I A NEW LEASE OF LIFE. I I At Sembawang Shipyard, we are fully Docks: Graving docks of 400,000 DWT and I I equipped to handle ship conversion and repair 100,000 DWT capacities. Floating
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 3735 12 Bernama, MBT SHARE PRICES in Kuala Lumpur lost further ground yesterday in the wake of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait but closed off their day's lows. The KLSE Composite Index ended 6.83 points down at 615.94 while losers led gainers by 128 to
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    • 153 12 BT SURVEYS Looking Wider, Thinking Deeper Some subjects are of such interest to our readers that they demand more space and more research than can be given In our dally reporting. As part of BT's overall service we have always recognised this and taken the necessary steps. Pilling the gap
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 2319 13 Reuter TOKYO stocks closed sharply lower yesterday for the second day after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on Thursday sent oil prices surging and aroused fears of inflation and interest rate rises. The Nikkei Index shed 2.41 per cent and fell below 30,000 points
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
    • 2377 13 Reuter HONGKONG stocks steadied in late afternoon trade yesterday, closing off their lows after market talk that Iraq had been moving its troops towards Saudi Arabia faded. The Hang Seng Index, down some 74 points to an intraday low of 3,341 at one
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Markets fall on Middle Eastern fears
      • 1026 14 THE AUSTRALIAN sharemarket closed sharply lower yesterday ahead of the weekend as nervousness and confusion due to the Middle East situation set in. The All Ordinaries index finished near its lows at ISBB.O, off 28.6 points, with most of the losses sustained in hectic afternoon trading. A Smith New
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      • 674 14 THAI STOCKS fell sharply yesterday in tandem with markets in New York and Tokyo and talk that Iraqi troops were approaching the Saudi Arabian border, brokers said. The composite SET Index fell 31.84 points to close at 1097.52. Most shares were down sharply. "The market opened lower and picked
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      • 89 14 Ooae Previous A«fMt 3 SYDNEY All Ordinaries Index 1588 0 1616.6 -28.6 All Industrials Index 2410.1 2462.4 -S2.3 AU Resources Index 953.2 964.6 -11.4 Turnover (million) 109.1 unav BANGKOK SET Index 1097.52 1129.36 -31.84 Turnover (nearest *000) unav unav JAKARTA Composite Index 613.49 612.22 +1.27 Turnover (nearest *000) 3,430 2000
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      • 494 14 MANILA SHARE prices fell across the board yesterday as jittery investors sold on fears that tension in the Middle East might escalate. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index fell 15.66 points to close at 922.33. The combined volume at the two bourses rose to 899.40 million shares worth 138.13
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      • 387 14 TAIWAN STOCKS closed sharply lower with the weighted index losing 321.69 points, or 5.9 per cent, to finish at 5,128.73 compared with Thursday's 5,450.42 close. Stock opened lower and the index fell throughout the day as nervous investors were buffeted by a variety of rumours about developments in the
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      • 447 14 NEW ZEALAND shares ended lower yesterday following Middle East-in-spired nervousness on world bourses and further NZ Reserve Bank tightening of monetary policy. The Barclays index estimate finished 18.84 points lower at 1,764.28 after sinking by as much as 30 points early in the session. "We are in nervous
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      • 289 14 Ia local carnacy la S$ la USS day year day year day year Aag 2 Mb dmm* dtmm ch—t day cfai* chu World 416.8 -0.8 -ia3 -1.8 -14.0 -2.0 -9.7' *EAFE 574.3 -1.3 -15.7 -2.6 -18.5 -2.8 -14.4 Europe 443.4 -1.4 -1.6 -2.1 2.8 -2.2 7.9 Pacific 960.9 -1.2 -24.1
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      • 775 14 SEOUL SHARE prices feU in active morning trade yesterday mainly reflecting disappointed investor sentiment as the ruling party denied rumours it will submit plans for market-boosting measures to the government, brokers said. The composite index stood at 681.51 near the close of morning session, dropping 6.77 points from Thursday's
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      • 566 14 PRICES ON the Jakarta stock exchange ended mixed yesterday, with the composite index edging up 1.27 points to 613.49. Brokers said trading was active in yesterday's half-day trading, with turnover rising to 3.43 million shares from two million all day on Thursday. Yarn producer Indorama on its first day
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Wall St sees heaviest trading in 18 months
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        1106 15 IRAQ'S invasion of Kuwait triggered a surge in oil prices on Thursday, reviving fears of inflation and sparking sharp drops in US share prices in the heaviest trading of the year. "It's been a whirlwind for most of the day," said Ron Doran, director of institutional trading at
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        850 15 LONDON SHARE prices finished sharply lower and at the session's minimums on Thursday, following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Excluding the oil sector, stocks were knocked broadly lower as the market interpreted the events in the Persian Gulf to mean that higher oil prices would boost British inflation beyond its
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      • 87 15 Aug 2 Close Previous NEW YORK Dow Jones 2,864.60 2899.26 -34.66 NYSE Financial 135.71 137.53 -1.81 SAP 500 351.48 355.52 -4 04 Turnover (million) 253.09 176.81 -76.28 LONDON Financial Times 30 1,811.4 1,852.8 -41.40 FTSE 100 2,304.5 2.3390 -34.5 Turnover (million) 561.5 419.2 +142.3 AMSTERDAM CBS General 199.3 199.1 +0.2
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      • 219 15 DUTCH SHARES slipped further in quiet midday trade yesterday with selling pressure weighing on prices of selected stocks, dealers said. "Sentiment is still cautious, but the market has clearly calmed down," one dealer said. The release of US jobs data later yesterday might, however, give the bourse a late
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      • 186 15 BELGIAN SHARES started lower in active trading, pressured by concern that higher oil prices as a result of the Gulf crisis could lead to a recession in the West and instability on world financial markets, dealers said. They said Kuwaiti assets there, which Belgium is freezing, were small and
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      • 187 15 ITALIAN STOCKS rebounded slightly yesterday after a weak start, but the market's tone remained depressed due to a combination of internal factors and tension in the Gulf, brokers said. The MIB was down nearly one per cent at 0900 GMT after Thursday's 3 per cent fall. Early volume was
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      • 370 15 JOHANNESBURG GOLD shares opened lower yesterday as the gold price eased to below US$376 an ounce, after surging well through the US$3BO an ounce level on news of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on Thursday. Heavyweight gold share Vaal Reefs fell 8.50 rand to 300 rand and Driefontein was
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      • 286 15 WEST GERMAN shares ended 1.5 per cent lower yesterday as worries about the consequences of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and growing concern about the costs of East German economic reform to West Germany unsettled the market. Dealers said British investors sold in low volumes early in the session. They
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      • 184 15 FRENCH SHARE prices eased further to hover just above the important psychological level of 1,900 in nervous midday trade yesterday triggered by Iraq's invasion of neighbouring Kuwait, dealers said. The CAC-40 index stood at 1,900.62 at 102S GMT, after opening at 1,906.67. "France is one of the worst-hit markets.
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      • 222 15 A PULLBACK in oil and gold shares after an early, feverish rally weakened Toronto stocks on Thursday. Despite trimming their gains, oil stocks broke a major technical barrier following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and could continue their climb in coming sessions, they said. The composite index lost 22.18 to
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      • 275 15 SWISS SHARES extended losses around midsession yesterday after opening slightly easier. Dealers said Wall Streets lower close and yesterday's fall on the Tokyo stock market kept investors sidelined. "Uncertainty rules after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and foreign investors are selling shares of leading Swiss firms," one dealer said. Another
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      • 111 15 Other markets in Europe, South Africa and Canada Stockholm Aag 1 Krofior Alfa Laval B Free 280 +5 Asea B Free Aslra Free 580 +20 Atlas Copco 330 +5 Ericisson B Free 1357 +49 Esab Free 300 unch S. E. Ban ken 88.5 Sandvik B Free 356 +6 Skandia 200
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • 1201 16 FOREX MARKET REPORTS THE US dollar yesterday held steady around its opening European levels as concern over poor US economic fundamentals came to the fore in the absence of fresh news from the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait. But the troubles in
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    • 389 16 Crass rates Aug 3 USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.8080 2.7000 1.5960 149.80 0.5402 1.3570 1.2706 1.6835 SS 0.5531 1.4934 0.8827 0.8285 0.2988 0.7506 0.7028 0.9311 MS 0.3704 66.96 0.5911 0.5548 0.2001 0.5026 0.4706 0.6235 Dm 0.6266 1.1328 1.6917 93.86 0.3385 0.8503 0.7961
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    • 302 16 Reuter A DAY AFTER Australia announced an easing of monetary policy, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand tightened its monetary screws on the New Zealand economy. "It's an unbelievable move. They want to squeeze the economy to death," a money market dealer said after the
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 431 17 Reuter A FORECAST for a record Soviet grain crop of up to 260 million tonnes by Soviet agriculture official Vladlen Nikitin would drastically cut grain import needs in the upcoming 1990/91 season, US jjrain traders said. The record harvest of 237 million tonnes
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    • 327 17 Bernama WITH THE International Tin Council (ITQ officially dissolved, the tin industry should consider setting up a body to take over the job of collecting and compiling important statistical data, industry observers said on Wednesday. The London-based ITC, which grouped 23 major tin producing
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    • 835 17 REPORTS THE PRICE of tin slipped 12 sen to M 516.28 per kg on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) yesterday on poor demand and higher disposals. The weak overseas trend contributed to the bearish sentiment in Kuala Lumpur, traders said. On
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  • 375 18  -  By Martin Soong PREMIER-DESIGNATE Goh Chok Tong yesterday assured that second-genera-tion leaders had the political will necessary for Singapore's continued survival and success. "There will be life after Lee Kuan Yew," the First Deputy Prime Minister said in an interview on Singapore Broadcasting
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  • 305 18 SINGAPORE will be a loser, being small and vulnerable, if crucial trade talks ended in failure, and countries retaliated against one another bilaterally, Brigadier-General (Res) Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. Minister for Trade and Industry BG Lee said on the television programme Friday Background that
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  • 215 18 FORMER opposition leader J B Jeyaretnam was yesterday ordered by the High Court to pay $260,000 in damages and legal costs to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. In ruling against Mr Jeyaretnam in a defamation suit filed by the premier, High Court
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  • 241 18 THE GOVERNMENT yesterday released a further exchange of letters between First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Dow Jones' vice president/international, Karen Elliott House. i In a letter to Mr Goh dated July 30, Ms House stated that Dow Jones did not intend
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  • 404 18  -  SMA mission to Pahang Fro* Shoeb Kagda IN KUANTAN FOR PAHANG to have a comparative advantage over the other Peninsula Malaysian states in attracting foreign investors, it needs to create a free trade zone, said Mr Robert Chua, president of the Singapore
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  • 268 18  -  By Asad Latif THE South Commission, which was set up in 1987 to examine the deepening problems of developing countries, has proposed a six-point "global programme of immediate action". The commission's report, The Challenge to the South, calls for action to stop the net transfer
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  • Executive Lifestyle
    • 1123 19  -  Somebody is popping the giant star-shaped National Day balloons along Orchard Road. Everybody thinks a bus did it, or the wind. But no, discovers Jaime Lye, as she unearths a diabolical plot by a group of misguided mercenaries to thwart tne nation's efforts to celebrate its
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    • STRAWS IN THE WIND
      • 79 19 SOME CALL IT health consciousness, some call it being cheap. At a press conference organised by a medical clinic in the city area, the participants were rather surprised to find the aircon off in the 36th floor office. The explanation was: "Closed buildings are very unhealthy. This way,
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      • 38 19 DAVID COPPERFIELD was spotted at Ridley's on Wednesday night, which prompted someone to ask: "Doesn't he have a performance tonight?" "Yes," someone replied. "His audience is still at thr Indoor Stadium wondering where he disappeared to."
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      • 32 19 OVERHEARD in Raffto Place: "He's not from the main branch of the Kuok family. I think he's from one of the subsidiaries." They were talking about one of Robert Kuok's nephews.
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      • 58 19 HEARD OVER LUNCH: Is SIA a great way to fly? Horrors, no, said the SPGA when the national carrier wanted to have its girls release pigeons amidst the noise and commotion of the National Day parade during the march-part. Apparently, SlA's changed its mind and is thinking of
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    • OPINIONS
      • 329 20  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Wee Han Kim I REFER to the government's response to public disquiet over the use of earphones reported in The Straits Times (July 19) under the headline, "9 demerit points for careless driving". Careless driving is when a driver is not in
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      • 1140 20  -  David Gabriel tells why he is not in favour of the weekend car scheme David Gabriel David Gabriel is a senior correspondent with BTs economics and political desk THE MOTOR CAR is a wonderful machine. Its invention has changed the way we live dramatically.
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      • 838 20  -  What part should the state play in the national economy? Asad Latif analyses some answers suggested in the just-published South Commission report. Asad Latif THE ROLE of the state in economic development has taken on special significance in light of contemporary developments in the
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      • 666 20 THE Persian Gulf area is scorching hot, with few people out in the street during the day. An incident has occurred that seemed to blow away this heat. Iraqi troops invadeid Kuwait and have taken control of the entire country, including the capital. As
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    • PURSUITS
      • 659 21  -  CD REVIEW By Ringo Liew ENERGY CHARD—Energy Orchard Being an Irish band these days has its disadvantages as comparisons are invariably drawn with U2. But judging from its debut release, Energy Orchard a London-based group of six transplanted Belfast boys doesn't seem to be suffering from
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        501 21  -  By Richard Cook Punch Anita baker fans await her albums the way prisoners-of-war look forward to Red Cross parcels. Soul food has always been a scarce commodity; and by soul I mean the hard-core stuff the music critics wail about when they're sick of dance music. "What is
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    • EPICURE
      • 669 22  -  Quek Swee Peng samples Gordon Grill's executive special Quek Swee Peng THE ROOM was as intimate as I remembered it. Warm shades of peach and brown blended in with the richness of the dark green velvet drapes tied on either side to reveal glimpses of branches
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    • LIFESTYLE 1
      • 926 23  -  An automatic rack that arranges your neck-ties, the umbrella whose handle lights up, the ultrasonic dog repeller Simon Hinde, reporting from London, takes a look at some of the product ideas you never knew you needed Simon Hinde FT
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      • 860 23  -  WINE By N K Yong SPATLESE in German wine lingo literally means "latepicked", ie, the wine is made from very ripe grapes. They are sweeter, more full-bodied and more alcoholic than Kabinett wines which are one level lower in the QMP (quality with certificate)
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      • 417 23  -  BRIDGE By Sybil Holloway FOR THE NEXT 10 days the participants from twelve member countries of the Far East Bridge Federation will do battle for first place in the 1990 Far East Bridge Championships which are being hosted by the Singapore Contract Bridge Association at the
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      • 724 24  -  Samuel Ee finds a big car with bigger value in the Rover two-litre Samuel Ee A YOUNG MAN stares pensively out of the window at his car. Then, with seemingly firm resolve, he snatches the keys and runs out of the room. Jumping into
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      • 451 24  -  Samuel Ee now knows just what Rambo would do at Changi Airport Samuel Ee THERE IS something to be said for Die Hard 2. but it is difficult to remember what it is. In between recurring shots of bullet-riddled people and falling snow, you get the
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      • 556 24  -  Cassandra How meets a jolly swagman from Down Under Cassandra How ONCE upon a time, there lived a jolly swagman named Bluey who lived in the outback with only his Waltzing Matilda as his constant companion. If he was lucky to chance on the hollow
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      • 475 24  -  Jaime Lye has some queries for the Lord of the Flies Jaime Lye THERE'S one question I've always wanted to ask of film-makers who do movies about people stranded on remote islands sans basic amenities like a fridge, microwave and a
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    • SPORTS
      • 888 25 AP GOLF as the crow flies does precious little to stir the soul and it saves wear and tear on the nerves. Which might explain how Nick Faldo reached the pinnacle of the game with a pulse rate some people would guess was less than zero.
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      • 586 25  -  Golf is not for the faint-hearted, warns Cassandra How Cassandra How SO, you want to learn to play golf. Don't be deceived by the simple swing or how easy it is to sink the tiny ball from two feet into a hole
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      • SIDE LINES
        • 79 25 PROMOTERS ASM announced yesterday that the 1991 Festival of Tennis comprising both the DHL Women's Open and the Epson Super Tennis will be played back to back for the first time. The former, with a prize money of US$ 150,000 is scheduled
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        • 67 25 AMERICAN Becky Hart won her second straight endurance championship at the World Equestrian Games in Stockholm on a 12-year-old horse she got for free when she bought another horse. Hart, on the Arabian gelding Grand Sultan, arrived in Olympic stadium after a 12-hour ride over
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        • 82 25 THE AUSTRALIAN cricket team will go ahead with its proposed tour of the West Indies early next year, despite political unrest in the region. Australia's itinerary for the three-month tour includes four matches in the Trinidad capital of Port-of-Spain. Australia is scheduled to play
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        • 108 25 A NEW GENERATION of athletes have come forward to dominate the International Amateur Athletics Federation grand prix rankings after 14 meetings in the 1990 season. No previous winners appear in the top eight of the men's or women's rankings. Said Aouita, the Moroccan middle distance genius,
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        • 49 25 THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY would be boosted by US$ll.3 billion if Melbourne hosted the 1996 Olympic Games, a report said. Melbourne is campaigning against Athens, Toronto, Atlanta, Manchester and Belgrade. The host city will be decided by the International Olympic Committee in Tokyo on Sep 18.
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        • 74 25 FRANZ BECKENBAUER has been deluged with job offers since coaching West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup soccer tournament, but the former coach says the price of fame has its down side. He said he's had to heed his newfound stardom and watch
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        • 47 25 OUTSPOKEN CHELSEA chairman Ken Bates told the English Football Association on Wednesday to keep out of the debate on the size of the First Division. Bates wants the English top flight to be increased from 20 clubs to 22 for the 1991-92 season.
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        • 50 25 THE FLORIDA Athletic Commission is investigating the management team for Olympic silver medalist Roy Jones Jr in connection with an impostor Jones knocked out on July 14. State Attorney Curtis Golden has filed fraud charges against the manager for Anthony Waddles, the bogus boxer, and a matchmaker.
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      • 585 25  -  ON TRACK By Jerome Fandor THE FEATURE race this weekend is Sunday's $100,000 Adelaide Casino Sprint Classic. Queen Elizabeth II Cup hero Danzadancer is the topweight for the race but he cannot be considered a serious contender in this 1200 m sprint.
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      • 411 25 AP ITS BEEN nearly three years since a plane crash wiped out the soccer team of 17-time Peruvian league champion Alianza Lima, and a current team member says the club still hasn't recovered completely. "This tragedy was very difficult for the whole country, but
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    • JOBS
      • 790 26  -  By Martin Soong JAPANESE personnel managers are getting increasingly intolerant of senior government bureaucrats parachuting into high private-sector positions, and corporate Japan's practice of family hegemony over companies. According to a Nihon Keizai Shimbun survey of personnel managers at 30 major Japanese corporations, the
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      • 201 26 ITS A tough life for Japanese university students looking for jobs. A typical recruitment session usually starts out with a nice French meal, a little bit of social tennis later, topped off by a few songs and some drinks in a
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      • 637 26  - Burning the midnight oil even at the top By Martin Soong THE Japanese are notoriously seen as a nation of workaholics, people for whom the hard-work ethic is the rule by which they live their lives. While all struggle, many labour in vain. But not Akira Nagashima, the Bank of
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      • 313 26 SMALL, independent Japanese companies are losing out in what is becoming an all-out war to recruit fresh graduates in the country's increasingly tight labour market. Japan's Foundation for Promoting the Welfare of Independent Enterprises says many of the 350,000 small businesses affiliated with the group
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      • 245 26 Frank Y C Yung has been appointed executive chairman of DTS Marketing Pte Ltd. Mr Yung formerly held several prominent appointments in both the public and private sectors. Dr Frederick Alan Catterall has been appointed managing director of Glaxochem (Pte) Ltd and Glaxochem Development Pte Ltd. He
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    • PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT 1
      • 623 27 Impact of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on woid markets US DOLLAR buying exploded on news of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, with investors seeking the shelter of the "safe haven" currency, but there are doubts as to whether it is a
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      • 612 27  -  So you want to protect your assets. What features of a trust must you look for, and where should it be based? John Ruddy gives some advice John Ruddy The writer is the managing director of Standard Chartered International Trustee Ltd (Jersey
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      • 535 27 NYT THE US DOLLAR rose, gold prices jumped and most of the world's stock markets fell as the news of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait spread around the world. From Tokyo to New York, investors fled on Thursday to the safe havens of the US dollar
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      • 762 27  -  Magdalene Ng looks at Superior Mtal Printing, which is seeking a listing on £sdaq Magdalene Ng THE NEW share issue by Superior Metal Printing (SMP), would provide an ideal slagging opportunity if the company had sought a listing on Singapore's mainboard instead of Sesdaq.
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      • 545 27 xta&asasssssR mm Mooaomomr Utom K J!»yvS» j mm Hi if ,w """'iitiifi IWtThI SiiisiviSfr'S* BHj mm. Wm 8!l6FB QXjI H Liwtk f i.i. Utt.. 1 |§p.; (m twite) i wag 4M|M mm m S3 E2 wm nSI 9 Bi u 9 HE IBS J: MR ctcm
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      • DON'T QUOTE ME!
        • 144 27 RAFFLES PLACE, Singapore's business hub, reacts fast in a crisis at least in black humour. Hours after Iraq invaded Kuwait, a number of jokes were going around stockbrokers' offices. Here are a few of them: Q: What is the new name of the Kuwait Investment
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        • 195 27 JUDGING BY the reaction of Hongkong's Trade Development Council chief Jack So, the topic of foreign passports is not something one brings up in polite company. Mr So wis one of six panel speakers from Hongkong at an invest-in-Hongkong seminar held on Thursday. Reassuring
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      • 934 28  -  While the Gcrm|n ;tp chalk up the 7 two skies of this^!iisiency Norbert Walter MM HE foreign a* change markets are di#OTW emren^Stsincere eeowomit mooMtiy iUsjftfcad irt the EurapeAl k K®IC rvaccninyn iribroductidn of in East dfenaay giJf no indEt&SSft^ into question as a result in fatuae.
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      • 721 28  -  TAKING By Alan Street Prof Street is with the Nanyang Technological Institute. This article was contributed by the Life Insurance Association of Singapore APART from the 11 companies which transact life insurance in Singapore, there is another important institution which accepts life
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      • 424 28 REAL ESTATE development companies seeking listings on the Securities Exchange of Thailand (SET) still have bright prospects at least for the next three years, The Nation reported last week. But the six firms already listed are dangerously over-valued, with price-to-earnings ratios
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      • 438 28 Reuter THE OSLO BOURSE, one of the world's top-performing exchanges last year, has surged to new highs and many dealers expect that a relatively strong Norwegian economy and higher prices for North Sea oil will mean further gains. The all-share index closed at a third
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      • 580 29 LETTER FROM MUNICH Despite the rapid development of this "magnetic" metropolis of southern Germany, Munich has, remarkably, remained an attractive and pleasant city. However, for decades, the capital of Bavaria was in a different time zone from those of Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf and Hamburg. That,
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      • 152 29 As at 3pm yesterday: Local Mim to oae mil of (uieifa currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.4130 1.43S0 Canadian dollar 1.5560 1.3760 NZ dollar 1.0380 1.0880 Sterling pound 3.330 3.360 US dollar 1.8030 1.8130 Local Man to 100 Mitt ft fcfrif UilUC) Austrian schilling 13.70 16.70
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      • 58 29 Duration Title Venue Organiser Td Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Sep 7-17 International Switzerland Sdiweoer Muster 61/6*6.20.20 Sep 15-18 International Pans Semaine 1/*****569 Fair Mustermesx Leather Week Internationale Du Cuir Sep 10-16 International Spain Foire 3/423.31.01 Sep 15-20 International Germany Munchener 89/***** TV, Sound and De Barodone
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    • TIME OFF
      • 144 30 British Film Festival '90 Organised by the British Council and the Singapore Film Society. The films will be shown today and tomorrow. Venue: RELC Auditorium, 30 Orange Grove Road. Saturday Time: 6.30pm (Distant Voices, Stilt Lives), 8.30pm (Zina). Sunday Time: 6.30pm (Dead of Night), 8.30pm (Aria) SSO Family Concert
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        376 30  -  Compiled by K Jayanti Art ft Sculpture Exhibition An exhibition of over 200 distinct sculptures will be on display. These three-dimen-sional works of art are from a collection represented by museum treasures, renowned sculptors, as well dynamic contemporary artists, such as Gusella, Albrecht Durer and August Rodin etc. It
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    • Article, Illustration
      521 30 Bay an 4 Cell. When a few cons start buying stock behind bars, the result is a verbal-slapstick comedy. Orchard 11; 1.30; 4; 6.45; 9.15. Cadillac Mm. The question is, can Robin Williams charm the movie audiences as much with a moustache as he does without? Tim Robbins also
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    • 509 26 GPP GP Batteries International limited, a leading Group in the development, manufacture, distribution and trading of battery related products, is recently granted the Operational Headquarters (OHQ) status by the Singapore Economic Development Board. We are the regional headquarters as well as the holding company of the Battery Division of the
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