The Business Times, 28 August 1990

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    10 1 Business Times MCI (P) 170/12/89 Tuesday August 28 1990 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      Opec seeks consensus on higher oil output
      88 1 OPEC yesterday debated a draft declaration which would sanction oil production increases to ease gaps in world supply arising from the Gulf crisis. On the third day of informal talks in Vienna, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries sought to close a divide
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      Arafat suggests peacekeeping force
      50 1 PALESTINE Liberation Organisation chairman Yasser Arafat yesterday proposed that an Arab peacekeeping force be deployed in Kuwait for six months to replace Iraqi troops while elections are held. Mr Arafat made his proposals in meetings with senior Iraqi officials, according to sources close to the talks.
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      Conversion to hotel
      34 1 A PARTNERSHIP between three Sindhi business concerns which recently bought Asia Radio Building for $23m will be spending more money to turn the Bencoolen Street property into a hotel Page 2
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      Fishing for more
      25 1 VIETNAM has proposed that Thailand should broaden fishery joint ventures to cover seafood processing instead of merely seeking fishing concessions Page 8
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      US tool orders down
      29 1 NEW orders for Americanmade machine tools dropped by 11.9 pc in July, according to a monthly report by the Association for Manufacturing Technology Page 9
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      Testy genius
      32 1 WHEN people in the theatre or the music business talk about Irving Berlin, the words most often heard are likely to be recluse, temperamental and, of course, genius Page 15
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      Likely move
      30 1 HONGKONG company Tai Chong Cheang Steamship, which is onthe prowl for property investments in Singapore, may shift its entire shipping operations here by 1993 Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Dow up 78 points
      46 1 WALL STREET stock prices staged a strong rally yesterday as hopes increased for an orderly resolution of the showdown in the Middle East. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials shot up 78.71 points to 2,611.63 in the first hour of trading.
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      Higher dividends likely
      26 1 SHAREHOLDERS of Singapore Land can expect higher dividends despite a proposed bonus issue that will substantially enlarge the company's capital base Page 3
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      HK$ 98m acquisition
      28 1 POLYTEK Wearnes Holdings has agreed to acquire Polytek Engineering International Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Polytek Engineering Company Ltd, for a maximum HKs9B.4m Page 3
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      Centrepoint profit up
      29 1 CENTREPOINT Properties achieved a five-year best with a 68pc jump in after-tax group profit to 14.45 m for the year ended June 30, 1990. Page 3
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      Gulf crisis fallout
      39 1 THE economic fallout from the prospect of an oil war in the Mideast Gulf is beginning to cause concern over British insurance companies, not least over the likelihood of continued growth in dividend payouts Page 3
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      CURRENCIES
      21 1 Exchange rates US$ S$l.7735 Yen S$ 1.2261 MS SS0.6579 Money market rates Overnight 6 1/2 5/16 3-montn 6 13/16% unch
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      COMMODITIES
      35 1 London Gold PM fix Closed Rubber S'pore Sep.... l63.50Vkg -5.00 M'sia Sep M245.50«/kg -2.50 KL Tin Turnover 76 tonnes +10 Spot M$l5.65/kg -0.05 Crude palm OH Turnover 682 lots -97 Sept MS686 /tonne +11
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      STOCK INDICES
      28 1 Monday Change BT-MGA 622.40 +22.02 Kuala Lumpur ....521.46 +31.81 Hongkong Closed Tokyo 25,141.76 +976.00 Sydney 1477.3 +10.4 Friday Change New York 2,532.92 +49.5 London 2,086.4 +11.4
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    Mobil, BP, SPC raise wholesale prices
    201 1 THE REMAINING three oil companies Mobil, British Petroleum (BP), and Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) have joined Shell, Esso and Caltex in raising their wholesale prices for petroleum products. The move will hasten a probable 20 cents per litre increase soon in petrol pump prices.
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    SIA-led group 'to raise airfares from Sep V
    494 1  -  The Gulf Crisis By John Tan AIRFARES, which have been holding steady for the 27 days since the Iraqi invasion, will go up this Saturday, sources say. They say Singapore Airlines has decided to increase its excursion (discount) fares by 7 to
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    Lock icon Egypt does not rule out use of force
    350 1 Agencies DESPITE two pcace initiatives one by Perez de Cuellar, the United Nations secretary-general, and the other by President Hussein of Jordan undertaken over the weekend, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt has said that he would not rule out the use of
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    Stocks rally in Asian markets
    219 1 STOCKMARKETS in Asia rallied yesterday on hopes of a peaceful settlement of the Gulf crisis. This followed news that United Nations Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar will meet Iraqi Foreign Minister Tareq Aziz on Thursday to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis. In
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    Three airlines impose war risk surcharges
    345 1  -  By Selva Kumar THREE AIRLINES Cargolux, UTA and Lufthansa have imposed war risk surcharges to cover higher insurance premiums for cargo destined for the Middle East. Other carriers, including Singapore Airlines, are looking at higher cargo rates to offset fuel increases. A Cargolux official
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    CPF in talks with Telecom on discounted shares
    407 1  -  By Conrad Raj THE Central Provident Fund Board has started talks with Singapore Telecom on the allocation of discounted Telecom shares to CPF members when the statutory board goes public in about two or three years. But discussions were at a preliminary
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    Executive Style Supplement
    157 1 HOW CAN you be stylish without resorting to being hip? Find out in "Aspects of Style" a 26-page special free with your copy of Business Times today. Read about: What Genghis Khan had to do with the origins of style The Yuppie does this label still apply?
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      31 1 Rethink in corporate America, Pg 6 Insurers fear economic fallout, Pg 7 Asian nations reassess economies, Pg 13 Opec expectations, Pg 13 Suez canal a big loser, Shipping Times Pg 2
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  • HOME NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Polish state mission visiting Singapore
        116 2 A POLISH delegation comprising members of its Senate arrives in Singapore today for a three-day visit at the invitation of the Speaker of Parliament, Tan Soo Khoon. The five-member team, all from the Upper House of the Polish Parliament, will call on the Minister of
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        Award for software package
        122 2 A SOFTWARE package developed by Singapore Telecom has clinched this year's top award for the most outstanding specialised application software at the recently-ended Comtec '90 exhibition. The software, called Teleview PCAccess, enhances the usefulness of PCs by allowing users to gain access to a wide range
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        Craniofacial surgery
        75 2 SINGAPORE General Hospital (SGH) is to set up a Division of Craniofacial Surgery by January next year. On Friday, the hospital's department of plastic surgery will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Australian Cranio-Facial Unit, Adelaide Medical Centre for Women and Children, South Australia. The agreement will
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      Asia Radio Building to be turned into a hotel
      449 2  -  By Sangeete Mulchand A PARTNERSHIP between three Sindhi business concerns which recently bought Asia Radio Building for $23 million will be spending more money to turn the Bencoolen Street property into a hotel. The hotel will have about 160 rooms and
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      Dotting life into a Haw Par Villa symbol
      195 2 HAW PAR VILLA'S 60-metre dragon came alive yesterday, breathing Are amidst the hypnotic beating of Chinese drums. The life-giving force was a red dot on each eye, ceremoniously applied on to a miniature by Times Publishing chairman Lim Kim San (above right)
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      S'pore to sign bilateral accord on Riau development today
      299 2  -  By Suzanne Soh A NEW bilateral agreement on the economic development of Indonesia's Riau province will be signed in Batam today. In addition to the agreement, which covers tourism, industrial development and water supply, a reciprocal agreement on investment promotion and
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      UK bought $129 m worth of textiles
      191 2 THE UK overtook West Germany last year to become Singapore's largest European importer of textiles and apparels with imports of $129.7 million. The figure was 5 per cent higher than that for 1988, said the Trade Development Board of Singapore yesterday. In the
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  • SINGAPORE – MALAYSIA COMPANY NEWS
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      Higher dividends likely for Singland shareholders
      352 3  -  By Amy Balan SHAREHOLDERS of Singapore Land can expect higher dividends despite a proposed bonus issue that will substantially enlarge the company's capital base. In a shareholders' circular released yesterday, Singland's new board of directors said it intends to recommend a gross dividend of
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      Polytek Wearnes to pay up to HK$ 98m for firm
      504 3  -  By Lim Mui Khi POLYTEK WEARNES Holdings (PWH) has agreed to acquire Polytek Engineering International Ltd (PEIL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Polytek Engineering Company Ltd (PECL), for a maximum HKS9B.4 million. The price is based on six times the average
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      Transmarco invests in M'sian property venture
      316 3  -  By Lim Mui Khi UPMARKET RETAILER Transmarco Ltd has diversified further into property, this time into Malaysia. Through its wholly-owned Hongkong subsidiary, Transmarco (Hong Kong) Ltd, the company has entered into a joint-venture agreement with a Hongkong company, Bystrong Ltd, to invest in Sabre
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      Will SSE ride the shock waves?
      464 3  -  MARKET TALK By Magdalene Ng IT MAY BE TRUE, most of the time, that market timing has little impact on the response to a share offer and its debut on the exchange. But at a time such as this, when a Middle Eastern megalomaniac's
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      Lock icon Missing scrip problem resolved, says Nik Din
      505 3 Bernama THE 'missing scrip' issue has been resolved and the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's Securities Clearing Automated Network System (Scans) has replaced 5,041 share scrips previously unaccounted for. KLSE executive chairman Nik Mohammed Din bin Datuk Nik YusofT told a news conference in
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      Centrepoint after-tax profit rises 68pc
      293 3 CENTREPOINT Properties achieved a five-year best with a 68 per jump in after-tax group profit to $14.45 million for the year ended June 30, 1990. The group's balance sheet also received a $137.2 million boost from a revaluation of its flagship property, Centrepoint Shopping Centre.
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        KIO raises stake in C&C
        87 3 THE Kuwait Investment Office continues to increase its stake in motor car dealer Cycle Carriage despite the freezing of its assets by many governments including the US, Britain and Japan. C&C disclosed yesterday that the KIO had bought another 142,000 of its shares at $3.3503
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        Dragon & Phoenix now DNP
        38 3 Dragon Phoenix now DNP DRAGON AND PHOENIX Berhad, a Malaysian member of the Wing Tai stable, will be traded as DNP Holdings Berhad from today on Clob International. Certificates bearing the old name will still be valid "indefinitely".
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        Malayan Credit warrants
        46 3 MALAYAN CREDIT yesterday warned that its TSR 1990 will lapse on Sep 28 and accordingly trading in them will be suspended from Sep 18. They will be removed from the SES official list from Oct I. The subscription price is $1.54 a share.
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        Stake in Tong Meng Ind
        76 3 FARIBANKS HOLDINGS (Pte) Ltd now holds 75.6 per cent of Tong Meng Industries. This followed acceptances of nearly two million shares or 25 per cent of Tong Meng on its takeover bid. Parties related to Tan Sri Dato' Teh Hong Piow, acting in concert with
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      Lock icon Pernas plans listing of three more units
      236 3 Bernama PERNAS has identified three more of its companies for listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by the end of next year, Perbadanan Nasional Berhad president and group chief executive Tunku Datuk Shahriman Tunku Sulaiman said yesterday. "It is my hope that
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      144 3 "Take me away from all of this." m To take over or not to take over; that was the question. And the reason why every company report since 1869 was on his desk. Figures danced in his head, hunger rumbled in his stomach. He could only make one decision right
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  • REGIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Kobe Steel unit buys US engineering firm
        72 4 KOBE STEEL Ltd's wholly owned US steel engineering subsidiary, Midrcx Corp, has acquired Trimark Engineers Constructors Inc, a US engineering firm, to boost sales, a Kobe Steel spokesman said. Trimark, founded in 1983, has been selling steel, chemical and electric power plants, according
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        Matsushita opts for Motorola
        90 4 MATSUSHITA Electric Industrial Co Ltd plans to buy more semiconductors from Motorola Inc of the United States, a company spokesman said. Matsushita's group purchases, now some 220 million chips a month, will rise to 250-300 million next year, and to about 350 million in 1992, he
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        Coles buys ANZ travel agency
        73 4 COLES MYER Ltd said its Coles Myer-Ansctt Travel Pty Ltd joint venture has bought the travel business of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd ANZ for an undisclosed sum. ANZ Travel operates 48 agencies in Australia. Coles Myer-Ansett Travel has 45 agencies in Sydney.
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        Komatsu revises forecast
        84 4 KOMATSU LTD said it has revised upward its forecast for current profit to 50 billion yen in the year ending March 31, 1991, from a May forecast of 45 billion. It posted current profit of 39.85 billion in 1989/90. It has also revised up its parent company
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        Mitsubishi raises stake
        112 4 MITSUBISHI Motors Corp has increased the capitalisation of Mitsubishi Motors Sales of America Inc, its US sales unit in Cypress, California, to USSB4 million from US$2l million, a parent company spokesman said. Mitsubishi Motors' stake has risen to 85 per cent from 66.7 per cent. The stake
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        Benguet's net income falls
        86 4 BENGUET CORPORATION, the largest Philippine mining firm, suffered a 22.8 per cent drop in its consolidated net income in the first half of this year, the firm's accounting office said Manila yesterday. Benguet also incurred a 6 per cent drop in its gross income and a
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      Cecil Chao may list private firm in HK
      426 4 CECIL CHAO Sze-tsung may list his privately-owned property development company Yan Yin in Hongkong, following the failure of his listed vehicle Cheuk Nang Properties to launch a HKS2O3 million rights issue. Mr Chao, former managing director of Wah Kwong Properties and son
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      Macau Club keeps Stanley Ho at bay
      333 4 THE CASH-STRAPPED Macau Jockey Club has staved off for the time being a takeover bid involving casino magnate Stanley Ho. The STDM empire controlled by Mr Ho runs Macau's gambling outlets and the struggling Taipa racetrack has been targeted for a takeover by
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      Huey Tai listing part of a wider plan
      251 4 THE SPIN-OFF from the Huey Tai group of International Tak Cheung Holdings Ltd (ITQ is part of group chairman Peter Chan Boonho's strategy to build a broad-based construction group in Hongkong. By joining the operating companies within ITC, Mr Chan has tried
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      Lock icon Burns, Philp expects record profits
      263 4 Reuter BURNS, PHILP and Co Ltd is confident of a record fuUyear profit although its European expansion programme would result in an abnormal charge in the 1989/90 year of As4o million. "Despite some difficulties, 1989/90 will be another record year for Burns, Philp," chief executive
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      89 4 This announcement appears as a matter of record only 28 August 1990 4* TONG MENG INDUSTRIES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Unconditional Cash Offer by Fairbanks Holdings (Pte.) Ltd. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) to acquire all the issued shares in the capital of Tong Meng Industries
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      248 4 This announcement appears for the purpose of record onfy August 1990 I Singapore Shipbuilding Engineering Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 8 I Singapore I a member of Technologies I Invitation in respect of I 46,000,000 Existing Ordinary Shares of $0.25 each I at $1.20 for each Ordinary
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Bayer expects lower profits
        98 6 BAYER AG said it expected 1990 results to fall below the record level achieved in 1989. Developments in the first seven months of the year indicated that profits would not reach 1989 levels, Bayer said in its interim report. However, its board was confident that 1990
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        Daimler to be listed on TSE
        99 6 THE Tokyo Stock Exchange said it plans to list shares of Daimler-Benz on its foreign section in mid-September. The West German firm has no plans to issue new shares with the listing, the exchange said in a statement. Nikko Securities Co Ltd is managing
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        Hero eyes stake in French firm
        62 6 SWISS food company Hero Herz said it agreed to buy a controlling majority stake in French fruit juice maker Les Vergers d'Alsace SA (LVA) from Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel, subject to French Finance Ministry approval. LVA employs around 260 workers and had a
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        Proventus buys into TDG
        65 6 SWEDISH investment group Proventus International AB said it acquired a 10 per cent stake in Britain's Transport Development Group (TDG) for 320 million crowns. Proventus said in a statement that the investment made it the biggest single share owner of TDG. TDG made a pre-tax profit
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        Viag optimistic
        100 6 DIVERSIFIED industrial group Viag AG, which earlier announced its group net profit rose 10.4 per cent in the first half of 1990, said it expected to achieve a good result for the whole year. "For the entire year 1990 Viag expects the group to develop satisfactorily. With continued
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        UK manufacturers squeezed
        81 6 UK MANUFACTURERS' export order books have weakened markedly since last month and overall orders are down, the latest Confederation of British Industry (CBI) survey showed. The CBI said compared with a year ago orders now show a significant deterioration and that manufacturers are expecting a slight fall
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        Anti-AIDS vaccine venture
        38 6 AN experimental vaccine developed by Biocine Co, a joint venture between Ciba-Geigy AG and Chiron Corp, stimulated the production of cells the body needs for effective immunity against the AIDS virus in tests, Ciba-Geigy said.
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      Lock icon Exchange takes chairman of Polly Peck to task
      426 6 FT THE LONDON Stock Exchange last week strongly criticised Asil Nadir, chairman of Polly Peck International, for the way he announced and then withdrew his intention to bid for the company earlier this month. The exchange said it was sending its 10-page
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      Lock icon Saddam forces rethink in corporate America
      424 6 NYT THE BEST of Wall Street's merger experts in the 1980s specialised in determining how much debt their target companies could take on in a leveraged buyout. To do so, they made assumptions about the future, including the direction of interest rates, economic growth,
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      Lock icon European tyre makers squeezed by demand, costs
      620 6 Reuter FALLING DEMAND, higher costs and intensified competition have caught Europe's tyre makers in a squeeze which will have a long-term impact on profitability and could force cuts in capacity, analysts said. "We've seen some consolidation in the industry. Perhaps there has to
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      Lock icon French show their flair for corporate takeovers in US and Europe
      478 6 AP EVOKING images of boardroom Napoleons, French executives have struck out beyond their borders to wage the most aggressive corporate takeover campaign in Europe. The conquests extend far beyond the continent to the New World the United States. Some
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
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      Gulf Bank to continue operations in Singapore
      358 7  -  By David Chew THE KUWAIT-BASED Gulf Bank KSC will continue its operations in Singapore despite the freezing of its accounts by the many governments including the US, Britain and Japan following the Iraqi invasion on Aug 2, two bank representatives said yesterday. Special
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      Lock icon UK insurance companies fear economic fallout from Gulf crisis
      502 7 Reuter THE economic fallout from the prospect of an oil war in the Mideast Gulf is beginning to cause concern over British insurance companies, not least over the likelihood of continued growth in dividend payouts, share analysts said. High inflation and
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      Lock icon NSW State Bank to be sold within five years
      285 7 AFP AUSTRALIA'S New South Wales (NSW) State Bank will be sold within five years, state premier Nick Greiner said yesterday. Mr Greiner was speaking a day after Treasurer Paul Keating announced that the Federal government-owned Commonwealth Bank would pay Asl.6 billion
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    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Fed should lower rates, says Mosbacher
        65 7 US Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher said that interest rates should be lowered to help avoid recession. "I think we have a slow growth period in US and we can keep it from going into recession, but easing interest rates would certainly help a lot,"
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        Clarion to issue bonds
        51 7 CLARION Co Ltd will issue 150 million Swiss francs worth of convertible bonds priced at par and maturing on Sep 30, 1995. The bonds will be issued on Sep 12, with Swiss Bank Corp acting as lead manager. Other details will be decided later, the company
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        Toho to make US$ 70m issue
        70 7 JAPAN'S Toho Zinc Co will issue US$7O million in bonds with equity warrants due Sep 13, 1994 and priced at par. Lead manager is Nikko Securities Co (Europe). Payment is due on Sep 13, 1990 and exercise period is from Sep 28, 1990 to
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        Public critical of Bush: poll
        177 7 THE US public has grown increasingly disenchanted with President Bush's handling of the savings and loan crisis, but most Americans still place ultimate blame on the managers and owners in the industry, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. The high negative ratings
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      Lock icon M'sian bank association expects rate rise
      139 7 Bernama THE Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) expects a rise in the base lending rate (BLR) of one petcentage point in Hew of the recent increase ia the cost of funds, ABM chairman Ahmad Mohd Don snkl yesterday. Mr Ahmad, Malayan Banking Blid's
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      Lock icon Japanese bank profits squeezed
      327 7 Reuter SOARING short-term interest rates and sharp drops in local stock and bond prices shrank Japanese bank profits by 10 per cent or more in the half-year ending Sep 30, financial analysts said. Total profits at Japan's 12 city banks are likely to decline by 1
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      144 7 Why does one of the most vibrant technological economies produce the developed world's fewest Nobel Prize-winning scientists? j H September's cover story, BACK 10 BASICS, examines why Japan's scientific establishment HHI mH lags so far behind that of the US and Europe. And in a related story, THE TECHNOPOLIS GAMBIT,
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
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        Thailand thanks PLO for help with evacuation
        72 8 THE PALESTINIAN Liberation Organisation (PLO) has been instrumental in arranging for the evacuation of Thai workers from Kuwait to Iraq. Thai deputy Foreign Minister Prapas Limpabhandu, in an interview on his arrival in Bangkok from Amman on Sunday, expressed his gratitude for the
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        Jakarta to end press censorship
        77 8 INDONESIA said at the weekend it was ending press censorship unless national security was at risk. "Reporters are no longer restricted. They can write any news as long as it does not violate the code of ethics of the Indonesian Journalists' Association and national interests,"
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        Indonesia relaxes visa rules
        70 8 INDONESIA HAS WAIVED visa requirements for tourists from six more countries in a move to boost further its tourism industry. The official Antara news agency yesterday quoted an immigration official as saying that tourists from Yugoslavia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela no longer needed visas
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        Johor board's contribution
        80 8 THE JOHOR State Economic Development Corporation will contribute 10 per cent of its annual net profits before extraordinary items to the state government beginning from 1989, JSEDC chairman Tan Sri Haji Muhyiddin Mohamad Yassin said. The 1989 contribution of M 59.6 million has also made the JSEDC
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      Hanoi seeks to broaden joint ventures with Thais
      375 8 VIETNAM has proposed that Thailand should broaden fishery joint ventures to cover seafood processing instead of merely seeking fishing concessions. The Bangkok Post reported on Saturday that Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Nguyen Trung said Hanoi preferred fishery ventures that would involve the
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      Talks on Sino-Thai project
      222 8 THAILAND'S Board of Investment will meet soon to discuss a Si no-Thai project to produce ten-wheel trucks for the Thai market, 80l secre-tary-general Chira Panupong said. According to the Bangkok Post, he said the 80l board chaired by Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan, would discuss the extent
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      Lock icon Philippines leaking like a boat: Ramos
      293 8 AFP DEFENCE Secretary Fidel Ramos, likening the Philippines to a leaking boat with people rowing in different directions, yesterday appealed for national unity amid persistent rumours of a fresh coup bid by rebel troops. Mr Ramos was speaking hours after the 16th bomb attack
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      Lock icon Manila limits fuel sales
      137 8 AFP IN A BID to check hoarding and speculation, the Philippines' Energy Regulatory Board (ERB) yesterday said it had ordered oil firms to limit the amount of fuel they sell to industrial customers and retailers. Some petrol stations started rationing fuel to make supplies last, but
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      Japanese switch to buying Aussie buildings
      265 8 A RECENT sensationalised headline in an Australian daily could suggest a change in Japanese investment strategy in Australia, according to the Japan Economic Journal. "Japan is buying Sydney's spirit," the Sydney Morning Herald reported recently. The leading local paper said that Japanese companies have
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      Vietnam grapples with serious unemployment
      326 8 RETURNED boat people, demobilised veterans of the Cambodian war and school leavers are creating major headaches for officials charged with finding job openings for Vietnam's six million unemployed. More than one million people will flood onto the job market every year, Ministry of Labour, Invalids
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US machine tool orders down
      331 9 Lower corporate profit leaves its mark NYT NEW ORDERS for Ameri-can-made machine tools dropped by 11.9 per cent in July, according to a monthly report by the Association for Manufacturing Technology. Economists said last Saturday the figures showed that the nation's economy had begun slowing
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      Lock icon Japanese economy healthy despite crash
      269 9 Reuter INTEREST-RATE worries and the Middle East crisis have sent the Toyko stock market into a tailspin, but Japan's economy is unlikely to follow it down and could emerge from the turmoil relatively unscathed, according to analysts. Fears of rising interest rates and slower corporate
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      Tokyo acts to keep inflation at bay
      198 9 THE JAPANESE authorities are starting to take steps to ward off a possible resurgence of inflation brought on by the crisis in the Middle East, according to a Japan Economic Journal report. The Agency of Natural Resources and Energy kicked off the inflation-fighting
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      Lock icon Exports boom fails to bring China back from economic brink
      358 9 AP CHINA'S economy is sluggish, verging on recession, but exports are booming. Foreign investment has lagged since the brutal crackdown on dissent more than a year ago. Business people still worry about political instability and are put off by numerous
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      Lock icon If music be the fodder of love, play on
      54 9 Or so this pair of giraffes seem to be saying. The long-necked mammals were enjoying a performance by 12-year-old David Sundstrom, who was playing his saxophone on Sunday at Sydney's Taronga Zoo during a break in competition in the local eisteddfod.
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      Lock icon New Yorkers tighten their belts
      181 9 NYT CONFRONTED with a fragile economy and haunted perhaps by the slide of the *****, consumers in New York are cutting spending and delaying purchases. "We're talking about net declines of a magnitude that we have not seen since the last recession," said Isaac Lagnado,
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • Article
        Gulf crisis takes its toll on US farmers
        112 9 THE MIDDLE EAST crisis is confronting farmers, the US Treasury and taxpayers with costs that go far beyond the nsing price of oil. For farmers, rising oil prices take a heavy toll because petroleum is not only their fuel but the basic
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        Suez Canal will be hard hit
        100 9 THE SUEZ CANAL, a major source of hard currency for Egypt, would be hard hit if the Gulf crisis continues, a canal official said on Sunday. Already the waterway linking the Mediterranean with the Red Sea stands to lose US$56 million on a yearly
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        Brazil feels shock waves
        66 9 SHOCK WAVES from the crisis in the Persian Gulf are rippling through Brazil's economy, swelling the bill on oil imports, threatening an anti-inflation programme, deepening a recession and freezing a close trade relationship with Iraq. The rise in oil prices, to more than US$3O a barrel
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        Irish beef farmers in hot stew
        67 9 THOUSANDS of Irish beef farmers are facing economic ruin as the UN embargo against Iraq and fears of "mad cow disease" cut into exports to the Middle East, according to professional associations. The government has decided to call parliament back into session today to
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  • Article
    The marathon man
    490 10 EDITORIAL THE REPUBLIC has been running a marathon of marathons for the last 25 years and it is still in the race. This has a lot to do with the stamina of its leading marathoner Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who has shepherded the nation through troubled
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Burmese way to ruin
      224 10 IT LOOKS like the military regime in Burma will be able to cling to power for some time to come. But for how long? More important, how long can the economy endure the troglodyte regime? Already one of the world's poorest nations after three decades of
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      What might have been?
      141 10 WAR BETWEEN the United States and Iraq appears inevitable if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein remains intransigent. Undesirable as the consequences of war are, if it leads to the downfall of the Hussein regime and Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait, then force can be justified as a positive
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      Destiny and responsibility
      132 10 THE DREAM of a united Germany will soon be a reality. In six weeks' time, Mr Helmut Kohl, the man who pushed for unification harder than anyone else, will lead the world's third industrial power. With a population of 80 million a united Germany will be a
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
    • Article
      Give democracy a chance
      156 10 WHILE PUBLIC attention continues to focus on the Social Action Party, the military has subtly reminded the premier that he has yet to deal with PM's Office Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung, whom the military views as a loose cannon on the ship of state. The premier tends
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      Working towards peace
      187 10 THE JOINT communique issued by the leaders of the three Cambodian resistance factions in Beijing after three days of talks seems to indicate that they have agreed to come to Jakarta for a meeting with Phnom Penh's Prime Minister Hun Sen. The most important point... concerns how
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      Learn from Japan
      146 10 FORTY-FIVE YEARS after the liberalisation of Hongkong, the territory's relations with Japan have never been better or as mutually beneficial. Though Japanese bashing in East Asia is not as visceral as that taking place in America and Australia, envy of that country's success has nevertheless arrived as
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    Lock icon The price of Europe's dithering
    913 10  -  The response seemed united enough. After all, European countries 'put their ships where their votes are' and sent military aid to the Gulf. But for those who would espouse a single European Community foreign policy, the lack of speed at which a collective response was
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      140 10 Australian Australian Australian Australian Australian Australian Ai Bf.F.F Bkf.F i, BRI.F Bef.F BF.EF BEFF^ Ai .trauaN w A r\ I \JJIwA A. AUSTRALIAN Ai >i I.IAN AUSTRALIAN 1-31 August 1990 5-COURSE SET MENU FOR LUNCH A DINNER Includes: Soup of the Day Toasted Garlic Bread Choice of Main Course Dessert
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon What can the Gulf bank on after the invasion?
      885 11  -  The financial panic in the region is just the tip of the iceberg, writes Steven Prokesch. Steven Prokesch NYT HUGE withdrawals of deposits and the cutting of vital Western and Japanese credit lines have dealt severe blows to the banking systems
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      Rocking the boat to China
      1262 11  -  Hongkongers do not look kindly on those who bend over backwards to please China as 1997 nears. The ensuing acrimony and incidents suggest a testing time ahead, reports •Catherine Ong in Hongkong. Catherine Ong IN Hongkong, a dominantly Chinese society which will become part of
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      Lock icon Beijing power struggle comes to the boil
      787 11  -  As each day becomes more electric, the man in the street in China prepares for the worst, Guy Dinmore reports. Guy Dinmore Reuter SWIMMING in the balmy waters of their well-guard-ed summer resort, China's aged leaders can look back with some satisfaction on
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      210 11 ONE PRICE SALE REGARDLESS OF ORIGINAL PRICE ALL SAME BRANDED ITEMS ARE ONE PRICE! ONCE IN A LIFE TIME OPPORTUNITY TO BUY DESIGNER GOODS AT BELOW TAILOR PRICE. PRINCIPE SUITS Ss69o MR. VAN SHIRTS Ss6o AUSTIN REED SUITS Ss69o STEPHENS BROTHERS SHIRTS Ss9o EXAMPLE SUITS Ss79o STEPHENS BROTHERS SHORT MISSONI
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon Computer companies have hard time in Thailand
      596 12  -  Jeremy Wagstaff finds out what ails the industry in Bangkok and how traders are coping Jeremy Wagstaff Reuter THE THAI computer industry has attracted some of the world's biggest players in the last two years but remains hamstrung by government apathy and Thai
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    • Article
      BSA clarifies anti-piracy 'code of ethics'
      285 12  -  By Claire Leow BUSINESS Software Alliance (BSA), an organisation against software piracy, has clarified that its Software Code of Ethics is not a legally-binding document. Rather, it is a sample policy statement for companies to ensure the use of original software. The BSA statement
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      The new 'de-bugged' dBase IV
      281 12 SOFTWARE GIANT Aston-Tate launched an improved version of the dßase IV at a demonstration and seminar last week. Version 1.1, a product of two years of research and development, is partly issued in response to wide discontent over its predecessor, the 1.0 version. Aston-Tate county
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      Lock icon Computer makers home in on a vast, new market
      728 12  -  Kenneth James exmaines what computer companies have to offer what's touted as computing's last great frontier MATORS Kenneth James Like Teleview WANTED: A true-blue home computer; but who will deliver? The field up to now has belonged to the likes of
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      TECH TAKES
      143 12 LOGICRAFT Products Manufacturing has won a $100,000 grant under the Trade Development Board's Design Venture Programme for designing and developing its latest Logi 386sx laptop. The product was launched in March at CEBIT 90, the world's largest computer show, in Hanover. It was also awarded the 11th International
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Opec expected to pledge more oil at meeting
      680 13 Impact of the Gulf crisis Reuter OPEC oil ministers meeting in Vienna yesterday seemed likely to agree to produce more oil if the Gulf crisis threatens shortages. But the cartel faces the problem of whether to make that a formal promise to
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      Lock icon Asian nations reassess their economies
      665 13 AFP Three weeks into the Gulf crisis, Asian countries are scrambling to reassess their economic prospects as the price of oil tops US$3O a barrel. And while oil-exporting countries in the region stand to make short-term gains, most economists agree that all will lose if
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      273 14 TELEVISION AND RADIO -a the mysterious kidnapping of Ul fair Pliyi Cat. BUSINESS ON ft ACso* Trunk road to extinction r^JSsrseen Circumstances. drawing him closer to her, 535 T «tfqr In NMwy. N<w Bt ft.oo Hwy Wan. (See Our Choice). and out of the ordeal m Nam. nMa r mancial
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Miserly, testy, but a genius
      825 15  -  An unauthorised biography of Irving Berlin has become the subject of some debate. Alex Witcnel reports Alex Witcnel NYT WHEN people in the theatre or the music business talk about Irving Berlin, the words most often heard are likely to be recluse, miser, temperamental and,
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      Lock icon New instruments share the stage with conventional ones
      871 15 NYT JOHN CAGE'S assertion that any sound "can become musical by taking its place in a piece of music" was a declaration of musical war. For Cage, the humblest sound sources, from brake drums to flower pots, were equal in value to
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      Rothschild to pay taxes with art collection
      556 15 CHATTERBOX BARON EDMOND de Rothschild, head of an international banking and business empire, is to pay inheritance taxes to the French government with an art collection to be exhibited in the Louvre museum, the Finance Ministry said in Paris last week. Rothschild agreed
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      153 15 TnAII/A Restaurant and 1 KUIIV/% Karaoke Lounges FINESr RUSSIAN AND CONTINENTAL CUISINE Authentic Russian Cuisine Amidst A View Of The Singapore Harbour Executive Set Lunch/ Set Dinner A ia carte Restaurant Hours o Karaoke Hours Mondays to Saturdays Daily: 1130 am to 230pm 7.00pm to 100 am Dinner Mondays to
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  • SPORTS
    • SIDE LINES
      • Article
        Asahifuji gets second highest ranking
        123 16 ASAHIFUJI will be ranked second in his first tournament since his promotion to yokozuna (grand champion), sumo officials in Tokyo said yesterday. The 30-year-old wrestler was named the West side yokozuna, sumo's No 2 position, by the Japan Sumo Association for the Tokyo Grand Sumo
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        Derbyshire triumphs
        112 16 DERBYSHIRE captain Kim Barnett guided his side to its first Fngiish Sunday League title and then predicted it would be the launching pad for further trophies. Derbyshire's triumph, secured with a five-wicket win over Essex in front of an ecstatic 6,000 crowd at Derby, was its first title
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        Persons captures Chattanooga
        81 16 PETER PERSONS became only the second rookie player to win a tournament this year when he shot a three-under-par 67 on Sunday to capture the Chattanooga Classic. Persons, a 27-year-old from Georgia, finished at 260, 20 under par for the 6,641-yard, par-70 Valleybrook Golf and Country Club
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        Muster, Saceanu suspended
        121 16 AUSTRIAN Thomas Muster and West German Christian Saceanu were dealt harsh 10-week suspensions on Sunday by the ATP Tour for having suddenly withdrawn from a recent tournament. Muster, ranked sixth in the world and seeded sixth at next week's US Open, was the top seed in Prague
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        Teenagers to the rescue
        116 16 A UNHERALDED pair of teenagers has saved Japan's reputation as the land of million-dollar cycle racing at Asia's first world cycling championships. Narihiro Inamura, 18, and Toshinobu Saito, 17, spent only two weeks training together for their first tandem race and won Japan's sole track medal,
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        He likes it hot
        84 16 CASH ASMUSSEN says France's top jockey award, the Golden Whip, is aptly named. Winning it four times has spurred him to even greater success. "It becomes an added pressure when you are expected to be champ," said the US jockey from Texas, who this year won
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        Athens adamant
        120 16 THE persistent efforts of a French aristocrat paid off in 1896 with the revival of the Olympic Games in Greece. Now, a century later, Athens is bidding to host the Olympic Games again, this time through its own endeavours. The Athens '96 committee, which directs the bid, calls
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        Vikings victorious
        56 16 JIM GALLERY, who missed a 25-yard field goal with 5:14 left, kicked a 24-yarder with one second remaining on Sunday, lifting the Minnesota Vikings to a 22-21 NFL pre-season victory over the winless Houston Oilers. The Vikings (2-1) won despite generally poor quarterbacking by Rich Gannon, making his
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      Lock icon Unser Jr wins Denver GP
      151 16 AP AL UNSER JR drove to his third straight victory on Sunday, winning another strategic battle with team-mate Bobby Rahal in the inaugural Denver Grand Prix. Unser, adding to his CART-PPG Indy-car series point lead, handled the 32 Celsius heat, the thin air of the
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      Lock icon Olazabal sweeps World Series
      709 16 Agencies JOSE-MARIA OLAZABAL shot a 3-under par 67 on Sunday and turned the final round into a victory lap, winning the World Series of Golf by 12 shots, the largest margin of victory in 15 years on the US PGA Tour. The last lingering doubt that
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      Lock icon Edberg lives up to ranking with triumph
      611 16 AP SWEDEN'S Stefan Edberg, the world's top-ranked player, warmed up for the US Open with a 7-6, (7-3), 6-3 victory over Yugoslavia's 18-year-old Goran Ivanisevic on Sunday in the Hamlet Challenge Cup. It was the 21st straight match victory for Edberg since he
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      Lock icon Senna strengthens hold on top world ranking
      367 16 AP AYRTON SENNA did not go to Spa Francorchamps for the waters, but he left the health resort a strengthened man. He won the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday for the third time in a row, has a new multi-million-dollar contract with McLaren-Honda
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      Lock icon Graf clinches Classic for third year
      405 16 Agencies WEST GERMAN Steffi Graf blew a match point in the second set and was extended in the third before putting away rookie pro Jennifer Capriati 6-3 5-7 6-4 on Sunday in the final of the US$l6O,OOO Women's Tennis Classic. Grafs victory over the
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Market sustains rally with a 40-point rise
      4595 17  -  By William Chia SHARE PRICES on the Singapore stock market continued to rally for the second straight day yesterday following a firmer close in Tokyo and a calmer Middle East situation. But profit-taking in the final 30 minutes of trading trimmed the gains
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 2
    3823 18 Main Board OCBC Foreign 825 80 +'0 ™> lsetan 50* 630 +60 +10.5* Spore Fodder 120 60 +100.0* FAN 730 55 8.1* SIA Foreign 1440 +50 +3.6* SPH 695 +45 +6.9* Shangn-La 675 +45 +7.1* SIA 200 1070 40 3.9* OCBC 770 +40 +5.5* Spore
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Shares rebound sharply on bargain-hunting
      3713 19 Bernama STOCK PRICES on the Kuala Lumpur stock market finished broadly higher yesterday on strong bargainhunting as the KLSE Composite Index jumped 31.81 points, or 6.50 per cent, to 521.46. The KLSE Industrial Index strengthened 61.7 points, or 6.34 per cent, to 1,034.78 while the
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      665 19 DnC Den norske Creditbank BALANCE SHEETS PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNTS DnC Group 000 Gf0 °P Amounts in NOK milbon 1989 1988 Amounts in NOK mtfhon 1989 '988 ASSETS Interest and commission income 12.223 13.826 Cash and deposits with banks 5,751 7.309 Other investment income '28 Negotiable certificates and bonds 11.718
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      102 20 CM*My Date Ymt Orw» »rt-tox N«t HnMp «m» mm to pr«llt/lMt (I) Hf »k« fOOt) (e«rt») M Am 24 km 90 $I.146($726) 254(160.6) 150(100) B«Mrta Am 22 Apr 90 W2.966KW10.047) -(23.1) 2(30) JofeM rtdp Aii| 22 tan 90 MJ6,498(183,2071) MM Am 22 Jun 90 MS370.594(MS185.442) 40(26) 20(18) SrfOn*
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      653 20 Carrwrt Ex Baaks Bate TafcriMr Tatal far farmMt data doM payaMa ItoyMr last yaar Mn IMp 6% Aug 28 Sep 7 Sep 26 6% 6% MOB 2.5% Sep 14 Sep 28 Oct 27 2 5% 2% MMB 10% Sep 21 Oct 5 No* 1 10% 7.5%(a) Mat 7.5%TE(I)
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      291 20 fmnnij Bate Haif-yaar toawpra-tax tetartei mm to (L) 4Mda«id (•MO) 06S Land Aug 24 Jun 90 $21,148($24,003) YHS Aug 24 Jun 90 $7,620(J9.052 5(5) Dwtoo Est Aug 23 Jun 90 mi.200L(M$18.299) -<7) Mudi Hdp Aaf 23 Jun 90 M$8,665(l«$7.518) H Ptaa Ami 22 Jun 90 $3,895 (r) Sff
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      446 20 Aw 25 The CM Corporation of Aria (CCA), which is part of the world's largest private club operator group, plans to double its club facilities in Asia by opening another eight private clubs in Japan. Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan and China over the next few years. Ah II n—atanlro
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      RESULTS DUE
      595 20 StapHrt Stacks Last Frf Ymt C)mtm NM Date Tea MER bw M mmmui en* (a*) pnft w rt» (rooo) Lee* Mat Menm Ma 30 Dec 89 5351(h) EMS Menm Apr 26 M 90 9.3(a) 2 3TE<») 4.747 FM Mtnm Mi 23 Sep 90 356 18.0 62.868 Mm Men*
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      396 20 Company Rights Issue Mi Mh (H) Often tof site by of on Matt of Utd Enpracn (M) Bhd of 25 2m dares by way of a nghts ofter to enMed shareholders of KK on the baas of tour-tor-ow fe MSI 25 cadi Entote M 20 Books dose Aug
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS
      657 20 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS CM Rt Wort 28/4/53 1 warrant ptos $3.09 cash C— lain ba C— wit III 2/10/19 to 20/10/94 1 warrant plus $1 cad or 1 warrant plus SI mnml Mount ot loan stock Chan My Mat Omm ftp in Man* 17 to 31/12/91 155 warats plus $1.55
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
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      RECORD HIGHS & LOWS
      130 20 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index UNI* 1435 43 (16/7/90) UN 1607.12 (27/3/90) 1990 far 1084.43 (23/8/90) UN Inr 1127.89 (23/8/N) 190 Mt 1322.00 (28/12/89) 190 M* 1487.76 (26/12/89) 190 Sr 917.42 (4/1/89) UN Inr 1030 69 (4/1/N) 19N Mc 1043.86 (8/8/88) 190 N* 1177J7 (8/8/M) INS
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Technical buying gives a boost to prices
      2282 21 Reuter TOKYO stocks closed with their ninth-biggest one-day point gain, mainly on technical buying in thin trade after the plunges of last week. Bargain hunters chased stocks seen as undervalued or oversold, but concerns over the crisis in the Middle East kept major
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
    2021 21 Vol HK$ High Low C000) Allied PptW90 0.39 -.050 0.42 0.38 110 Allied Ppt W93 0.62 unch 0.63 0.58 736 Allied Ppt 1.21 +.010 1.22 1.13 893 Allied T.W 0.68 .020 0.68 0.60 3549 Allied Tw W92 0.161 .004 0.161 0.161 465 Amoy Properties 2.925 +.125
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
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        AUSTRALIA
        1047 22 THE AUSTRALIAN share market dosed firmer yesterday, with sentiment helped by substantial gains in Tokyo stocks, in nervous and quiet trade that was dominated by fears of a war in the Middle East. Industrial stocks led the way on the strength of bargain hunting. The All Ordinaries Index gained
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        BANGKOK
        679 22 THAI stocks rallied sharply yesterday on news of a major cabinet reshuffle which replaces Finance Minister Pramual Sabhavasu with popular technocrat Virabongse Ramangkura, brokers Sa SET Index rose 61.11 points to close at 756.92 on thin turnover of 1.09 billion baht. Gains led losses 181 to five. Thai Farmers
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        MANILA
        488 22 PHILIPPINE share prices continued to rise as bargain hunters returned to an oversold market, brokers said. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index closed at 726.05, up 29.29 from Friday. Investors were looking for fresh fundamentals in the market to counter the combined effects of a recent spate of bombings
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        TAIPEI
        436 22 SHARE prices on the Taiwan Stock Exchange staged a dramatic upsurge Monday with the Weighted Price Index chalking up a record 6.76 per cent sin-gle-day rise fuelled by Tokyo's rally in early trading. Following Saturday's 29.25-point increase, the 216-issue benchmark rebounded 213.89 points, or 6.76 per cent, in active
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        SEOUL
        790 22 SEOUL stocks closed well up yesterday after rebounding sharply immediately after opening in anticipation of market boosting steps from the government and on the perception that tension was easing in the Gulf, brokers said. The index closed up 26.91 points from Saturday at 614.29. Volume was very low at
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        NEW ZEALAND
        334 22 THE New Zealand share market day rebounded from Friday's five-year low in nervous morning trade, with the Barclays share index estimate the first session 32.17 points (2.09 per cent) higher at 1,570.07. But brokers" said volumes were thin and there was a>> lack of aggressive buying, as the
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        JAKARTA
        624 22 PRICES on the Jakarta stock exchangeclosed mixed, causing the composite index to fail 4.95 points to 546.83. Trading was fairly active on thei banking sector, with Bank Bali rising 1,000 rupiah to 12,000 on turnover rf 86,000 shares. Bank Umum NasionaJ rose 250 rupiah to 9,200, with 169,50Q shares
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        396 22 Ooac Preview A*r SYDNEY AH Ordinaries Index 1477.3 1466.9 +10.4 All Industriab Index 2210.5 2178.2 +32.3 All Resources Index 907.3 911.8 -4.5 Turnover (million) 169.04 148.86 20.18 BANGKOK SET Index 756.92 695.81 +61.11 Turnover (nearest "000) 1,090.0 NA JAKARTA Composite Index 546.83 551.78 -4.95 Turnover (nearest *000) NA NA ■MU
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      Lock icon 1lpc return on capital in just three weeks
      850 23  -  THE SANGKANOL By David Gabriel Uting technical methods, the Sung Kancil weekly report trucks the profit/lass position of. a 550,000 deposit, leverabed up to 10 times, for trading in a portfolio of deutschemarks, yen, sterling, Swiss francs, Nikkei Stock Indtfx Futures and
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      US$ down to six-month low against yen
      338 23 FOREX MARKET REPORTS 1,1 THE US dollar yesterday ended in Tokyo at a six-month low against the yen and more than a pfennig weaker against the marie, after active selling by fife insurance companies in the afternoon session. "I think there may be
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      390 23 Cross rates au«27 US$ S$ MS- Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS ***** 2.6950 1.5495 145.50 0.5144 1.2260 1.2005 1.5860 SS 0.5631 1.5175 0.8725 0.8193 0.2896 0.6903 0.6759 0.8930 I 1US 0.37H 65.90 0.5750 0.5399 0.I909 0.4549 0.4454 0.5885 Dm 0.6454 1.1462 I.7393 93.90 0.3320 0.7912 0.7748
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      MONEY MARKET
      558 23 Interbank rates <S> Bid Offer -Overnight 6 1/2 6 3/4 I-month 6 3/4 6 7/8 r 2-month 6 13/16 6 15/16 6 13/16 6 15/16 Owight mode: 6-5/8 US$ Bid Offer 7 days 8 1/8 8 1/4 '1 month 8 1/8 8 1/4 '2 months 8 1/4 8
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1268 23 SIMEX mumiM Open H# Lw Sett EA Vol Opflnt Vd Sep 90 91.82 91.82 91.80 91.81 1005 ***** 1993 Dec 90 91.77 91.78 91.73 91.77 4500 ***** 8153 Mar 91 91.60 91.70 91.60 91.67 1508 6296 2444 Jun 91 91.44 91.50 91.42 91.50 150 1424 744 Sep 91
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Manila importing more crude oil to ride out Gulf crisis
      286 24 Reuter THE Philippines will import four million more barrels of crude oil from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Malaysia and Indonesia this year to cushion the impact of the Gulf crisis, President Corazon Aquino said. The added oil stocks were also seen
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      Lock icon Soviet Union gathers in half its grain crop of 133 m tonnes
      267 24 Reuter THE Soviet 1990 grain harvest is half complete at 133 million tonnes, Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov told state television. Mr Ryzhkov said yields by Aug 22 were higher than in 1989, when the country produced a total
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      Lock icon Malaysia to revise rubber grades
      119 24 Reuter MALAYSIA will introduce improved Standard Malaysian Rubber (SMR) grades from Jan 1, officials from the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia (RRIM) said. The revised rubber grades are aimed at meeting the higher technical requirements of major consumers, RRIM director Abdul Aziz Kadir said at
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      Kuala Lumpur tin price goes down to M$ 15.65
      837 24 REPORTS THE tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) continued last week's downtrend to close at a new 1990 low of MS 1 S.6S per kg, down five sen from the previous low reached on Friday. At the opening
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    PRICES
    1303 24 Rubber Am 27 KM flafcla fcataa) S centi/kg Noon Clot Inl 1 RSS Prompt I65.00/166.00N 163.50/164 50N Int I RSS Sep 90 165 00/166.00 I63.WI64.30N lot I RSS Oct 16S.0tV166.00 163.7V164.75N Int 2 RSS OP I58.75/I60.75N 157.2VI59.25N Int 3 RSS OP 154.2VI56.25N 152.7V154.75N Int 4 RSS OP I50.2VI52.25N I48.7V150.75N
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      15 24 Read Chartpoint, a guide to investing in the stoek market. Every Saturday in Business Times.
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  • THE TRAVEL PAGE
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      AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      1021 25 CRy FWgX ETA gg np Ma DIMM GA893 1045 GA892 0010 GA886 0010 GA974 2359 SQ226 2035 QF82 2200 GA893 1045 KL838 2115 KL837 1430 SQ24 2200 SQ23 1810 GA974 2359 Qre 1830 AHmh Qf 16 1830 SQ24 2200 0M71 2205 AacMaarf TE25 1800 TE26 1920
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      A private sector boost for tourism
      704 25  -  LETTER FROM HUNGARY By David Lewis THE Gypsy Band strikes up. A moustachioed dancer slaps his high black boots. His brightly-costumed partner spins on her toes, her pleated skirt rising into the air through centrifugal force. It is folklore evening at the Kadarcsi Csarda
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      MONEY CHANGER RATES
      151 25 As at 3pm yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.4630 1.4930 Canadian dollar 1.5500 1.5700 NZ dollar 1.100 1.1400 Sterling pound 3.440 3.470 US dollar 1.7700 1.7800 Local dollars to 100 inits of foreign caicscy Austrian schilling 16.00 17.00
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
      33 25 Duration Title Venue Oggwr Td Duration Title Venue Orpnner Td Sen 10-16 International Spain Foirc 3/423 3101 Sep 7-17 International Switzerland Sdmiuer Muster 61/6*6.20.20 Sound De Bwcetooe Fair Mustermes* Electronics
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      744 25 CENTREPOINT PROPERTIES LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) The Directors announce the audited results of the Group and tie Company for tie year ended 30th June 1900 THE GROUP THE COMPANY 1990 1909 Change 1990 1999 Change rooo rooo rooo rooo RENTAL INCOME 20,608 17,490 +17.8 1,661 2,043 -18.7 PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION
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      267 25 1 Left with a suggestion of 1 P P P I I f_l 5 Volcanic dust and crude _JHL__ML_ mineral washed up? (6) *^H lO I 9 Shy one due for release af11 Like tears, they can be IBB" soothing (3-5) wardly but suffering inside ',14 At variance in clash
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      214 25 Singapore Outlook: Showers over a few areas in the late morning and early afternoon Report Max temp. 32.4* C Assoc humidity 69% Min temp. 27.1"C Assoc humidity 88% Hrs of sunshine 9.30 Rainfall in mm nil Rainfall this mth 125.3 Rainy days this mth 9 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond.
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    Two Tokyo companies plan luxury condos in Singapore
    470 26  -  From Koichi Ishiyama in TOKYO TWO JAPANESE companies have announced plans to build luxury condominium complexes in Singapore, with one of them saying it may build more condominiums at the rate of one a year. Tomen Corporation, the seventh largest trading house
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    Lock icon In the name of democracy
    50 26 Reuter Opposition members of Taiwan's parliament making off with speaker Liang Su-yung's ceremonial chair as part of what they call the democratisation of the legislature. In the centre is member Lu Hsiu-yi. To his left wearing an apron with slogans is legislator Hang Chi-chang. Reuter
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    Lock icon Chatichai's aim in Cabinet reshuffle
    356 26 Reuter A MAJOR reshuffle of ministers, announced yesterday, is aimed at boosting Thai Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan's image as a graft-free leader and strengthening his hold on key posts, government sources and diplomats in Bangkok said. The reshuffle, the biggest in his two-year premiership, brought
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    Saudi Arabia can raise oil output in just 2 weeks
    210 26 SAUDI ARABIA, the world's biggest oil exporter, could raise output by two million barrels a day (bpd) in just over two weeks, to help cover the loss in world supply since Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The kingdom, along with other
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    Lock icon Big Four banks likely to post lower profit growth
    731 26 Reuter SINGAPORE'S four major local banks, key players in the financial and stock markets, will probably record lower profit growth this year, analysts said yesterday. They said that it is unlikely the banks would improve on their lower half-year net profit
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    Lock icon NZ business raises inflation forecast
    150 26 Reuter NEW ZEALAND businesses have raised their predictions of annual inflation one year from now to an average of 6.8 per cent, the highest level since January, according to a National Bank of New Zealand business survey. "Fiscal irresponsibility, a lack of judgment in the
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    Lock icon Australian govt acts to avert crisis
    242 26 AFP AUSTRALIA'S Labor government has called a special meeting of all Labor MPs today to try to head off an ideological crisis that could end in its destruction. Prime Minister Bob Hawke needs multi-factional endorsement of a weekend decision to bulldoze through the partial
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    Lock icon Bangkok plans fuel savings
    135 26 Reuter THE THAI government may reduce television air time and ask department stores to. close earlier to save fuel during the Gulf crisis. Government radio said yesterday that the package of measures to cut fuel consumption could also include a request to cement plants to use
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  • Shipping Times
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      HK's Tai Chong Cheang may move operations here
      502 27  -  By A J Leow HONGKONG company Tai Chong Cheang Steamship, which is on the prowl for property investments in Singapore, may shift its entire shipping operations here by 1993. As part of its diversification overseas, the company recently acquired 9,000 sq ft
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      Aussie firm wins A$ 250m Viet telecoms contract
      313 27 OTC International, a whollyowned subsidiary of Australia's worldwide communications company, OTC Ltd, has won a contract worth more than As2so million to help in the development and management of the international telecommunications network in Vietnam. The 10-year contract, covering the largest overseas
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      Lock icon Work on Straits of Malacca buoys ends
      161 27 Bernama INDONESIA has completed regular half-yearly maintenance of nine night navigational bouys in the Straits of Malacca, often hit by supertankers taking a short-cut route. The Melaka Straits Council (MSQ and the Indonesian Directorate-General of Sea Communications jointly undertook the job in nine
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      Lock icon China starts Xiamen-Guiyang flights
      93 27 AFP CHINA has opened a new air route between the eastern coastal city of Xiamen and Guiyang in the south-west, an official report yesterday. The south-west China subsidiary of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAQ is serving the onehour, 4S-minute route every Saturday with Boeing
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      Indon minister gives assurance on customs change
      203 27 THE GRADUAL restoration in Indonesia of customs inspection authority to the di-rectorate-general of Customs and Excise Duties starting next April will not affect the smooth inflow of imports, assures Minister of Finance Johannes Sumarlin. "The quality of customs and excise duty services will
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      More SEA destinations for Tradewinds
      470 27  -  From Rahita Elias in KAOHSIUNG FAST-EXPANDING Singapore Airlines subsidiary, Tradewinds, is to launch services to "a few more places" in South-east Asia in the first quarter of next year, said a senior company official. Mr Yeo Loy Seng, Tradewinds general manager, declined to reveal the
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      US$ l.2b airport expansion
      105 27 TAIWAN'S dty of Kaohshmg will stpend some US$l2 button to expand its international airport facilities. Mayor Wa Tnn-Niea told BT that the expansfcm will sapport Kaohsinng's role as the second gateway to Taiwan. Kaohsiaag's airport director, General Hnaag Huei Ho, said later that cons traction of
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      Japan proposes to promote Thailand as telecoms centre
      260 27 JAPAN has proposed to promote Thailand as a telecommunications centre for South-east Asia, in return for its support for a second top seat in the Asia Pacific Telecom Association. The proposal was made by Japan's visiting Deputy Minister for Post and Telecommunication,
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        Return of the freight trains
        36 27 JAPAN'S railways, long deserted by shippen as a mode for transporting Mgbt, are making a comeback, aided by incentives to create a new freight system integrating railways and trucks. Page 2
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        E German yards must raise productivity
        31 27 EAST GERMANY'S shipbuilding industry must drastically raise productivity, cut jobs and cooperate with West German firms to survive beyond the next few years. Back Page
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        Fokker net profit soars
        40 27 DUTCH airline maker Fokker, rescued only three years ago by the government, announced on Friday that its first-half 1990 profits had trebled and said a return to dividends was likely in the full year. Back Page
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        Daimler unit sets sight on airplane leasing
        27 27 DAIMLER-BENZ Inter Services (Debis) AG plans to ex-; pand into new business areas, including airplane leasing and financing. Back ftp*
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        Brazil liberalises shipments
        36 27 BRAZIL abolished a 1968 rule requiring coffee and coooa to be shipped only in conference vessels, and said that from now on shippers could send their beans with whoever they wished. Back Page
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        South Korea, Iran sign telecoms accord
        88 28 SOUTH KOREA and Iran signed an accord last week to form a committee for joint telecommunications and postal systems development, officials said. The memorandum, signed by South Korean Communications Minister Lee Woo-jae and S M Gharazi of Iran, calls for South Korea to help
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        Japanese airport budget rises
        99 28 JAPAN'S Ministry of Transport said in an interim report that it plans a 3.22-trillion-yen budget for airport facilities in the fiscal period 1991 to 1995. This represents an increase of 1.30 trillion yen compared with the 1.92-trillion-yen budget for the fiscal period from 1986 to 1990.
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        New Thai port tariffs
        82 28 THE PORT Authority of Thailand will meet port users on Sep 3 to inform them about a new tariff structure for Klong Toey and Laem Chabang ports. The new structure, which is based on cost evaluation conducted by other international ports, will make port duty collection
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        NZ approves fare hikes to US
        107 28 THE NEW ZEALAND Ministry of Transport has approved 10 per cent fare rises for next month by all airlines flying to North America except Canadian Airlines International. No application for rises has been received from Canadian, a unit of PWA Corp, or for other
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        Lufthansa plans E Berlin facility
        87 28 WEST GERMANY'S Deutsche Lufthansa AG airline said it is planning to build a maintenance facility at East Berlin's Schoenefeld Airport at an expected cost of about IS million marks. A Lufthansa spokesman said the plan is contingent on its ability to lease the needed land
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        Arcade sells Western Co stake
        41 28 ARCADE Shipping AS, a Norwegian company, sold its entire stake in Western Co of North America. Arcade said it sold 740,000 shares for U5519,125 per share, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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      Lock icon Return of the freight trains
      621 28 Japan's railways long deserted by shippers as a mode for transporting freight are making a comeback, aided by incentives to create a new freight system integrating railways and trucks NYT JAPAN'S railway freight service, once virtually deserted by clients, has recently begun a comeback because
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      Lock icon A big loser
      336 28 The Gulf Crisis Reuter THE SUEZ CANAL, a major source of hard currency for Egypt, will be hard hit if the Gulf crisis continues, a canal official said. Already the waterway linking the Mediterranean with the Red Sea stands to lose US$56 million on a yearly basis
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      Lock icon Where tankers dare
      443 28 Reuter DOZENS of oil tankers and freighters are busily plying Gulf sea-lanes despite soaring insurance costs and growing fears of war between Iraq and the United States, shipping sources said. US and British warships are patrolling the Gulf, ready to use force if required to enforce the
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      977 28 Aug 28-31: Offshore Northern Seas exhibition and conference, Stavanger, Norway. Sept 2-9: Famborough Air Show, Aerospace Establishment, Famborough. England. Sept 2-14: Anatomy of ship finance, Cambridge Academy of Transport course at Madingley Hall, Cambridge (Details: CAT 11 Hinton Way, Great Shelford, Cambridge CB2 SAX). Sept 4-7: Bait expo
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12812 36 This is a list of ships loading Pro at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by Ma destination, the name of the tn ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure n from the Port of Singapore. Advanced dates are
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3395 41 Agencies Pie Ltd (SyMarine Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PNV Accord Shpg: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SVAccord Coatr Line (M) Sdn Bhd (PKyAccord Coolr Line (PO) Sdn Bhd (PNV mill ITnl '"I Philippine: Caisource Shpg A Trdg Pte Ltd (S) AkrakM Liner Serrice: Kim Shpg Trdg (SV Hi>ii S»Alr Service
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      COURIER SERVICES
      237 41 Abacas C ouriers Td: 545-8011,448-6415. Air Express Service Td: 533-5771. Fax: *****44. AManc Freight Corporation Td: 542-8844 Fax: *****16, *****80. AJS Supplier Td: 748-6322 (2 lines), 747-7421. Fax: *****75. Clfy-Liak International Td: 344-3377. Fax: *****50. Claßlcr liak Supplies A Services Td: 296-5720. DHL lateraatioaal Td: 344-8911. Fax: 3454%1.
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1459 41 Abex Express Freight Td: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actiaic Forwarder Td: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. A a■ ml a 4J*! ACQYu NMgiport Td: 542-7822. Fax: *****20. Aeroiiak Freight latematioaal Td: 545-8033. Fax: *****05. Td:'"s42-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Td: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express lateraatkmal Td: 542-7666. Fax:
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2998 42 ARGENTINA Bmot Aires: Due to heavy arrivals during weekend, port congested; 6 vessels in roads awaiting berth of which 2 to load sugar, 1 to load soybean pellets, 3 general cargo; all general cargo berths occupied; vessels in roads expected to have 1-2 days berthing delay, possibly longer
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      Lock icon SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      559 42 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES Reuter AFP SINGAPORE buyers are reported to have paid US$7.3 million for the 1967-built Pasadena, tanker of 95,310 tonnes dw, for storage purposes. Turkish interests paid around US$6 million en-bloc for the two bulkers Praha, of 32,357 tonnes dw and built 1972, and Bratislava, of 31.8&1
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      516 42 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Flight Typt ETA Fro* Op Flight Type FTP T« TODAY TOOAY KAL KE697 B747F 0155 SEL FDX FM66 B747F 0200 NCA KZ205 B747F 0215 NRT NRT/ANC/ JAL JL6I7 B747F 0345 NRT °5P LCK/ CLX CV797I B747F 2115 LUX/DXB/KUL BOS S1A SQ802 B747F 0230 SYD/AKL
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      348 42 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES Ait Dc» N—e of Ve»>d ETA ETD Port Age* Porta of CaBs AUGUST 28 29 Andaman Princess 0800 1700 Andaman Cruise Cruise to nowhere 30 31 Andaman Princess 1500 1700 Andaman Cruise Cruise to nowhere SEPTEMBER 01 01 Andaman Princess 1300 2300 Andaman Cruise Cruise to nowhere
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      940 43 CHARTERING on the dry cargo freight market ended a quiet week's fixings with little business reported in all sectors of the market. Yesterday's talk that one grain house had secured two grain shipments from the US Gulf to Japan at slightly easier rates remained unconfirmed. But levels of
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      AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
      564 43 *mm< fey N1 Berth Mn1 Depvtura Vtuel Voy No Berth Arm* Dapartw* Mpptl Whj NYM 40WB C10 alongside 28.08/2300 Bras Tag) 04/90 P2D 28.08/2000 29.08/0600 Equator 3 28/90F P1A 28.08/0730 2908/0600 Kota Angkasa 37/90 K31 alongside 2808/0600 Gma 2 19E P2A 28.08/1930 2908/1100 Ma 20WB K18 alongside
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      CONTAINER SCHEDULE
      1070 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookie/Balance Rsfts Ship Voy No Period From To From Pot DbcBal Space to Lotos 3A I 27/1500 27/1659 27/1900 to Rose 2B 1 27/1500 27/1659 27/1900 4 28/1200 28/1459 28/1700 Men 205 1 27/1500 27/1659 27/1900 Anson *****H 3
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      IN MALAYSIAN PORTS
      322 43 MBg South Pert on Aug 27: Kris Merubi berth 4; Swee Long Satu berth 7. KCT: Thana Bhum berth 9. North Port; Ursus berth 11; tkan Tamban berth 12; Bangramard berth 14; Guan Shut berth 16. Andreas berth 17; Thai Ho No 1 berth 18; Ralu berth
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      Lock icon East German shipyards struggling to stay afloat
      394 44 Reuter EAST GERMANY'S shipbuilding industry must drastically raise productivity, cut jobs and cooperate with West German firms to survive beyond the next few years, the West German industry association said. East German shipbuilders have a high level of orders on hand, enough to
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      295 44 Reuter DUTCH airline maker Fokker, rescued only three years ago by the government, announced on Friday that its first-half 1990 profits had trebled and said a return to dividends was likely in the full year. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker
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      301 51 CHAMPION WITH A ECT SENSE OF TIME and mentally exacting of sports. In April, he made golfing history at the Augusta. Joining Jack :omprise a select few. Dedication and Nicklaus as the only consecutive US Masters title-holder. In July, ons from the challengers. he snatched his second British Open at
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