The Business Times, 21 September 1990

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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 58 1 ITALIAN computer maker Olivetti is planning further cuts in its workforce in 1991. The company plans to cut "a few more thousand" jobs in addition to the 3,500 positions being eliminated this year, Olivetti managing director Vittorio Cassoni said in an interview
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    • 28 1 A data base that is used as an investigative tool is being developed in the US to help investigators track down insider trading suspects Page 2
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    • 29 1 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has sold 14 shophouses in Chinatown to seven parties, three of whom are associated with veteran contractor Liu Cho Chit Page 2
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    • 33 1 THE Philippines, pleading it cannot pay, has toughened its stance on debt relief, calling for a negotiated write-off of interest payments to commercial creditors for the next five years. Page 8
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    • 29 1 ARGUMENTS that ended the Cambodian peace talks in Bangkok will soon be converted into spilled blood on the country's battlefields, diplomats and guerillas said yesterday Page 8
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    • 40 1 THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged the US to refrain from hasty cuts in interest rates when its executive board discussed the US economic outlook earlier this month, international monetary sources said on Wednesday Page 9
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    • 43 1 THE president of the Bundesbank, Karl Otto Poehl, heid his ground on Wednesday in rejecting early moves towards European monetary union, keeping the central bank on a collision course with officials in Bonn who are pushing for rapid union Page 9
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    • 30 1 CATS are leaping over dogs to become man's best friend. Is it because men's attitudes towards cats are changing, or because men themselves are changing? Page 15
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • 34 1 US BLUE CHIPS showed widespread losses yesterday in an atmosphere of gloom about the economic outlook. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 36.39 to 2,521.04 after one hour of trading.
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    • 44 1 THE London stock market took a dive yesterday afternoon, with the Footsie index of ICiO leading shares showing a 2.26 per cent drop over Wednesday's close. At 2:40 PM (1340 GMT) the Footsie was down 46.6 points over Wednesday's close at 2,019.2.
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    • 37 1 NEPTUNE ORIENT Lines has turned in flat results for the first half of the year, with group profit after tax and minority interests rising a mere 1.8 per cent to $34.39 million Page 3
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    • 30 1 HOCK LOCK SIEW examines prospects for Juara Perkasa Corp Bhd which is set to be transformed by US giant RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co.. Page 3
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    • 40 1 THE head of the US Federal bailout of the savings and loan industry asked Congress on Wednesday for USsloob to USsllob for the new fiscal year, which begins next month, to continue the rescue programme Page 6
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    • Article, Illustration
      29 1 Tbarsday Change BT-MGA 598.55 -3.00 Kuala Lumpur ....518.58 -6.60 Hongkong 2,984.54 3.59 Tokyo 23,602.98 -123.19 Sydney 1447.5 -2.4 Wednesday Chair New York 2,557.43 -13.86 London 2,065.8 +1.8
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    • 19 1 ExckangB ntn US$ S$ 1.7650 Yen S$ 1.2893 MS SS0.6537 rjtos Overnight 6 +1 3-montn 6 1/2 unch
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    • 34 1 London Gold PM fix USS386.95 US$0.45 S'porc Oct.... 153.00*/kg -2.50 Wsia Oct 237.50*/kg -2.00 KL Tin Turnover I04tonncs -29 Spot M$l5.35/kg -0.02 CnMit palm oil Turnover 313 lots -70 Oct M$674 /tonne -1.00
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  • 654 1  -  Conference on the Regulation of the Markets By Amy Balan SINGAPORE'S leading commercial crime buster has outlined a case for specialist courts and specialist judges to deal with white collar crime. The dynamic changes in the marketplace, the complexity of issues, and the
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  • 419 1  -  By A J Leow GERMAN carrier Lufthansa has been given the green light to operate the first scheduled air service between Singapore and Vietnam. Full rights have been given by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore to the airline to drop off and
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  • 247 1 The Gulf crisis Agencies AMERICAN President George Bush vowed he was ready to take "additional steps" if the UN trade blockade and diplomacy failed to force Iraq out of Kuwait but Iraq's President Saddam Hussein said he was ready to wage war against the US
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  • 38 1 WHEN most airlines are aggressively pushing for new routes and destinations, Japan Airlines is looking inwards to grow. JAL's manager for route marketing (Asia, Oceania, International Passenger) explains. Plus: Plans to make Moscow its European hub.
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  • 607 1 IMF Report Reuter THE INVASION of Kuwait by Iraq and the jump in oil prices will weaken the global economy this year but not push it into recession, the IMF said on Wednesday. Unveiling a reworked report on the economy being prepared for the annual
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    • 23 1 Sustaining output, Pg 9 500 foreign firms hit, Pi 9 Waiting for total collapse, Pg II Tankers deals falling through, Shipping Times 1
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  • HOME NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 89 2 PRESIDENT Wee Kim Wee yesterday said that affiliations with such international bodies like the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists will keep Singapore's postgraduate medical education on the right track, and in the mainstream of scientific information and technology. As orife of the overseas centres
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      • 50 2 THE BRITISH Engineering Industries Association (EIA) will be organising a trade mission for 14 companies to visit Stogapore from next Monday to Friday before going on to Indonesia. The mission will be led by EIA export director, Anna Small, and EIA trade director, Ken Baldry.
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      • 97 2 THAM KHAI WOR, the group general manager (marketing) for Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), announced yesterday the standards that SPH will adopt and set for the advertising industry through AdNet. AdNet, SPH's computerised advertisement bookings and finance system, has been in use since the beginning of
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      • 57 2 SAFE Superstore, one of the largest electrical and electronics department stores in Singapore, will open its new showcase this Saturday at Sims Drive. BG (Res) George Yeo, Minister of State for Finance and Foreign Affairs, will be the guest-of-honour. The 24,000 sq feet showcase will house
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    • 558 2  -  Conference on Regulation of the Markets By Amy Balan IMAGINE a comprehensive data base of personal particulars of directors of companies including the schools they attended, even the dubs they now belong to. In the event of suspected insider trading, the relevant data
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    • 300 2  -  HI Lee Han Shih THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has sold 14 shophouses in Chinatown to seven parties, three of whom are associated with veteran contractor Liu Cho Chit. Tender results announced by the URA yesterday showed that it raked in some $14.3 million from
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    • 295 2  -  By Conrad Raj TWO WEEKS after it said that it was to restart normal operations here, Kuwait Petroleum International has yet to take delivery of its oil from the Shell refinery in Singapore. This is because Shell still .has not received permission
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    • 430 2  -  Br Loh Hui Yin IS HISTORY about to repeat itself in the international petrochemicals industry, where supply will outstrip demand when new projects come onstream in the next couple of years? This concern about possible over-capacity, which would lead to an industry downturn, like it
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  • SINGAPORE – MALAYSIA COMPANY NEWS
    • 382 3  -  Bj Dexter Lee NEPTUNE ORIENT Lines has turned in flat results for the first half of the year, with group profit after tax and minority interests rising a mere 1.8 per cent to $34.39 million. At half time, the national carrier
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    • 343 3 Bernama BOUSTEAD Holdings Bhd yesterday reported that its group pre-tax profit for the year ended June 30, 1990, declined by almost half to M 532.50 million from M 560.108 million the year before. Chairman RM Alias has expressed caution about the prospects
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    • 80 3 Bernama RM ALIAS said yesterday he will be resigning as chairman of Boustead Holdings Bhd after the company's annual general meeting He said this was in view of Felda's recent sale of its shares in Boustead Holdings Bhd. In separate statements in announcing the results
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    • 550 3  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN By William Chia FOR A COMPANY named strong champion in Bahasa Malaysia, Juara Perkasa Corporation Bhd (JPC) has hardly lived up to its name. Started in 1970 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of UK thread and yarn manufacturer Coats
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    • 321 3  -  By Lee Han Shih BONVEST HOLDINGS has announced a set of interim results which is somewhat affected by its loss-making subsidiary, Tonhow Industries. While group turnover and attributable profit have improved over the same period last year, a different picture emerged when the comparison
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 54 3 PAN PACIFIC Publication Ltd, which was listed on Sesdaq in May this year, yesterday reported a group profit after tax and minority interests of $1.49 million for the year endqQ June 1990, up 27.1 per cent from 1988/89. Turnover rose 12.5 per
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      • 70 3 OYL INDUSTRIES Bhd, a leading Malaysian manufacturer of air-conditioners and refrigerators, is expected to increaae its export sales to the Asia-Pacific region through the opening of four new sales and marketing oftres in Hongkong, Singapore, Indonesia and Australia, chairman Tun Haji Ortiar Jr' n 9
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      • 79 3 High Low profits fall 45pc HIGHLANDS and Lowlands Bhd's group pie-tax profit fell by 44.87 per cent to M$ 19.53 million for the half year ended June 30, 1990, from M 535.42 million in the 1989 corf©' sponding period. This was despite an 11.48 per cent rise in group turnover
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      • 63 3 BATA (MALAYSIA) Bhd will invest about MsB million to MS 10 million to build its third production plant to cattr foe the increased demand for footwear product, managing diDoctor Keith Weston said yesterday. The company is looking fyf a suitable piece of land outside
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      • 59 3 BRITISH AMERICAN Life and General Insurance Bhd (BALGI) has reported a 23.6 per cent increase in group pre-tax profit to MJ3.93 million for the six months ended. June 30, 1990, against M 53.18 million in the previous corresponding period. This was achieved on a 5.8 per
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      • 69 3 KUMPULAN Guthrie Bhd has announced a 55.7 per cent decline in its group pre-tax profit to M 532.85 million for the six months ended June 30, 1990, from M 574.12 million in the same period last year. Turnover fell slightly to M 5412.44 million from
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    • 152 3 Bemama SAPURA Telecommunications Bhd has obtained all relevant approvals for the listing of its shares on the main board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The company will be the second publicly-listed vehicle of the Sapura Holdings Sdn Bhd group of companies, the first being
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  • REGIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 117 4 THE SUPREME COURT in Brisbane, Australia, yesterday allowed Christopher Skase, former chairman of the collapsed Qintex group, to keep his passport after the entrepreneur pledged to appear in court. Australia's corporate watchdog the National Companies and Securities Commission had the court to
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      • 94 4 A GROUP of Malaysian businessmen have paid between NZ$2O million and NZ$26 million (US$l2 million and US$l6 million) for a 16-floor office building in Auckland's central business district. Investment manager Alan McMahon of agents Jones Lang Wootton said late on Wednesday that details were subject to
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      • 90 4 HONGKONG hotel and property group New World Development Co Ltd will not be anected by the decision of US-based Prime Motor Inns Inc to file for protection under chapter 11 of the Federal bankruptcy code, brokers said. New World acquired much of the hotel
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      • 86 4 GOODMAN Fielder Wattie Ltd has agreed to sell two starch businesses in New South Wales and Victoria to Bunge (Australia) Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Goodman Fielder said: "There has been a need for some time to rationalise the starch business in Australia which has
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      • 52 4 THE NEWS Corp Ltd is planning to restructure its authorised capital. Chairman Richard Searby said: "There has been a series of discussions with the Australian Stock Exchange regarding the structure of the company's authorised capital, and an announcement of the proposed changes will be made
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      • 72 4 INCO Ltd's Indonesian subsidiary said it expects nickel production at its Soroako mine to fall by eight million lbs to 62 million lbs this year as a result of an explosion at one of its furnaces late last month. The explosion on Aug 31,
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    • 446 4 AFP, Reuter THE NEW Zealand government has reversed its previous hands-off role and is now part of a NZ$2.2 billion effort to pay off creditors of the collapsed DFC New Zealand merchant bank, press reports said in Wellington yesterday. Finance
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    • 289 4 INDONESIA'S Lippo Group plans to take control of the Hongkong Chinese Bank as a springboard for its expansion efforts, the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday. The group has a 65 per cent stake in the bank, which it acquired in 1984, and
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    • 248 4 HONGKONG-BASED GT Management (Asia) is going ahead with plans to open offices in Taiwan and Singapore, despite falls in regional markets in the last month. Two new regional offices were announced on Tuesday by GT Management's worldwide managing director Peter Stevens
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    • 50 4 Soay Corp irinted four new iribri andla tape (DAI) ■odds indadiag its first DAT Wdlaaaa at a New York press conference oa Wednesday. DAT players caa play and record sound wkh the high darity of cxNunact discs en cassettes two-thirds the size of standard analog i aswHn
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    • 540 4 THE CONTROVERSY surrounding construction of Thailand's oil refineries has taken another twist with the Subcommittee on Petroleum Policy suggesting a shareholding scheme that will complicate new and pending projects, according to a Bangkok Post report on Wednesday. The new arrangement
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    • 253 4 Reuter AUSTRALIAN stock exchanges are not what they used to be. Where onoe chalk-wielding youngsters scribbled on blackboards while floor traders shouted prices to them, computers now rule. Brokers sit in front of one of 500 multi-coloured screens throughout Australia, watching
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 441 5 Reuter TWO of the world's giant industrial groups, West Germany's Daimler-Benz AG and Japan's Mitsubishi group, have started to put some flesh on the global alliance they outlined in vague terms six months ago. Top officials of both groups announced agreement in Tokyo on Wednesday on
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    • 477 5 NYT GIANT RETAILER RH Macy Co is planning to buy a large chunk of its "junk bonds" to cut its US$6OO million in annual interest payments. The company has some US$4.7 billion in long-term debt, and an additional US$l billion in short-term borrowings
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    • 279 5 Reuter UK FOOD RETAILER Tesco ptc said it plans to continue its programme of rapid expansion and that a squeeze on consumers has failed to depress spending on food, despite cutbacks elsewhere. "Our food business continues to be resilient to the worst effects of the
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 105 5 SWISS-SWEDISH engineering group ABB Asea Brown BtfK eri said it had given final approval to a US$6OO millioh employee share ownership scheme which it believed to be of the world's largest such offers. Under the deal, most of ABB's 160,000 employees in 25 countries
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      • 112 5 CARGILL INC has announced plans to open offices, in Moscow and Warsaw as an initial step towards investing jp the Soviet Union and Poland. Minneapolis-based Cargill bats been trading with the two countries for more than 25 y&u» but has never had a physical presence there.
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      • 71 5 BASF AG's information technology unit Comparex Informations Systeme GmbH said its earnings, turnover and oropp rose in the first half of 1990. Group turnover rose 2.2 por cent to 509 million marks, Comparex said, noting that domestic sales rose a sharp 16 per cent to
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      • 84 5 THE EUROPEAN Commission should decide within a wepk whether to launch an official enquiry into French plani ip grant Saab-Scania AB of Sweden a 300 million franc subsidy to set up a truck-making plant in the west of France, Commission sources said. Saab-Scania is
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      • 86 5 APPLE COMPUTER Inc shares will now be quoted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), the US company said -on Wednesday. President John Sculley said: "We believe Japan will become one of our largest markets in the coming yeatlF Apple Computer first marjketed its products in
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 66 6 BANKERS Trust New York Corp subsidiary Bankers Trust Co said it plans to consolidate its Hongkong data centre and telecommunications into Bankers Trust Australia Ltd based in Sydney. The transfer, which is expected to be completed by June 1991, is part of
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      • 62 6 STATE BANK of South Australia said it planned to bring together its two operations in New Zealand, which would result in State's Auckland branch and United Banking Group Ltd being managed as one business. The two banks will retain their separate names. State acquired United on
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      • 73 6 TWO wholly-owned units erf" Japanese trading firm Sumitomo Corp will launch a joint venture early next month in New York to start an insurance business as part of efforts to develop new business, a Sumitomo Corp spokeswoman said. The venture, yet to be named, will be
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      • 82 6 UNION BANK of Switzerland, commenting on a published report it was in talks about lending US$5OO million to the city of Philadelphia, said it has had no such discussions. A bank spokeswoman in New York said Union Bank has "had no discussions with the city of Philadelphia
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      • 74 6 THE newspaper El National reported that a Mexican credit bank was hit by a US$46 million fraud in the latest of a series of scandals to hit the state-run banking system. Ten people, three of them high-ranking bank employees, have been arrested in connection with
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    • 261 6 NYT THE head of the US Federal bailout of the savings and loan industry asked Congress on Wednesday for US$lOO billion to US$llO billion for the new fiscal year, which begins next month, to continue the rescue programme. Appearing before the
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    • 279 6  -  By Diana Oon A KEEN tussle is brewing between credit card giants MasterCard and Visa in Singapore with the official opening of the former's regional headquarters here yesterday. MasterCard International's Singapore regional office, which has been operational since Aug IS, is its first regional headquarters
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    • 320 6 Reuter TWO of the financial community's fiercest rivals took a step toward what has up until now been unthinkable in the futures industry a merger of the world's largest futures exchanges. The Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange said they have
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    • 276 6  -  ■y David Chew THE Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) yesterday launched its third interest rate instrument, the three-month interest rate futures Euromark contract The new contract will strengthen the exchange as an interest rate risk management centre, Simex chairman Francis Yeo said. He told
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
      • 107 8 PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino of the Philippines has approved a proposed budget of 20 billion pesos every year for a 10-year energy development plan to meet the country's power needs until 2000, the presidential palace said in a statement. The programme sees power demand rising
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      • 116 8 MALAYSIA's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said earlier this week that the government will encourage greater private sector participation in the development of heavy industries through privatisation or joint ventures between local and foreign investors. Up till now, he said, it was
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      • 75 8 THE United States and Vietnam planned to resume their dialogue on Cambodia at an upgraded level in New York yesterday, the State Department said in Washington on Wednesday. Yesterday's round the third between the two countries since Washington announced its new policy on Cambodia in July would
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      • 66 8 REPRESENTATIVES of Asean have urged Japan to open its market wider to Asean products, especially finished and processed goods, foreign ministry officials said in Tokyo on Wednesday. Speaking at the opening session of the 12th Asean-Japan Forum in Tokyo, the acting head of Asean
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      • 57 8 MACAU needs to depend less on Hongkong for investment and to diversify its textile-dominated economy, the Secretary for Economic Affairs Muteiri Nabo said on Wednesday. Mr Nabo cited a consultants' report as saying that Macau should adopt a development plan centred primarily on services and
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    • 402 8 Reuter THE Philippines, pleading it cannot pay, has toughened its stance on debt relief, calling for a negotiated write-off of interest payments to commercial creditors for the next five years. It is asking the United States in negotiations this week on the future
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    • 319 8 Reuter AUSTRALIA'S Treasurer Paul Keating yesterday narrowly survived a parliamentary censure motion prompted by his extraordinary attack on one of Australia's biggest banks. Mr Keating conceded he had been wrong in saying during a fiery parliamentary exchange that the National Australia Bank's savings
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    • 277 8 AFP AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Bob Hawke on Wednesday proposed that Japan set up an international advisory board on a Japan-Australian future city project, Japanese officials said. Japan's International Trade and Industry Minister Kabun Muto agreed to the proposal and recommended Eishiro Saito, chairman
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    • 470 8 Reuter ARGUMENTS that ended the Cambodian peace talks in Bangkok will soon be converted into spilled blood on the country's battlefields, diplomats and guerillas said yesterday. Hopes that the 11-year war was reaching its end were quickly dashed this week when warring
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    • 276 8 THAI BANKERS welcomed the appointment of Vijit Supinit as governor of the Bank of Thailand, saying that monetary policies of the central bank under the new governor will not change significantly. The Bangkok Post quoted Mr Vijit, currently deputy governor, as
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    • 207 8 TWO oieo chemical factories, totalling U5566.5 million in investments, are expected to be inaugurated by Indonesian President Suharto next month. The Jakarta Post reports that the two factories, which process crude palm oil (CPO) into fatty alcohol, a raw material for the
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  • THE WORLD
    • 330 9 Reuter THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged the US to refrain from hasty cuts in interest rates when its executive board discussed the US economic outlook earlier this month, international monetary sources said on Wednesday. Board members warned that the United States
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    • 261 9 Reuter THE European Community's strategy for world trade talks was thrown into disarray on Wednesday when EC commissioners declined to back a plan for cuts in farm support. EC farm commissioner Ray MacSharry could not muster a majority of his colleagues to
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    • 406 9 The Gulf Crisis Reuter SAUDI ARABIA and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), who boosted production to help the worid over the loss of Iraqi and Kuwaiti oil, can keep it up indefinitely, industry sources said on Wednesday. Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest
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    • 161 9 AP FEW US companies appear to be affected by Iraq's seizure of assets from countries participating in an embargo against it, experts and businessmen said on Wednesday. US assets in Iraq amount to "a few hundred million, certainly less than a billion dollars,"
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    • 260 9 NYT THE president of the Bundesbank, Karl Otto Poehl, held his ground on Wednesday in rejecting early moves towards European monetary union, keeping the central bank on a collision course with officials in Bonn who are pushing for rapid union. As Chancellor Helmut
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 74 9 BIG WESTERN corporations may be planning to invest up to' US$5O billion in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, accountants DRT International said on Wednesday after conducting a survey of its clients. DRT surveyed 128 of its corporate clients with assets or sales
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      • 69 9 BRITAIN'S Chancellor of the Exchequer called on Western governments on Wednesday to write off two-thirds of loans totalling U5527.46 billion to the world's poorest nations. In a speech to a meeting of finance ministers from more than 40 Commonwealth nations, John Major said: "I am convinced
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      • 42 9 SOUTH KOREA'S economy will grow over 8 per cent in real terms this year and domestic oil prices will not be increased if average oil prices remain under US$25 a barrel, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Seung-yun said.
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      • 57 9 CONSTRUCTION of new homes in the US fell 1.7 per cent in August, a seventh straight monthly decline that brought building activity to the lowest levels since near the end of the last recession, the Commerce Department said.. Last month's fall followed a revised 3.5
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      • 47 9 AVERAGE land prices in Japan have risen 13.7 per cent in the past year, registering the first double-digit year-to-year increase on record, the National Land Agency reported yesterday. The report was based on some 25,300 real estate prices registered on July 1.
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  • 467 10 EDITORIAL WORLD attention is focused on Saddam Hussein and the Middle East. The pending unification of Germany and the Soviet Union's economic struggles also draw readers' attention. One major story that should also be making compelling reading because of its ramifications is the mess the US government
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 228 10 THE GROWING scope and accelerated pace of America's global military retrenchment is of concern to the Asia-Pacific region. The US military presence here has not only provided a strategic umbrella but has also ensured regional security by allowing countries to devote resources to economic development that would
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    • 115 10 IN SINGAPORE, religion provides a sense of mission and direction in the fight against drug addiction. Because most ex-drug addicts in detention centres are relapsed cases, a well-formulated programme of religious counselling is essential to help them turn over a new leaf. There should be a comfortable
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    • 146 10 THE TWO American bases in the Philippines have directly created nearly 80,000 jobs for Filipinos. They also inject USslb into the Philippine economy each year. Though fully aware of this, President Corazon Aquino said, on the eve of talks on the bases' future, that they were "not
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
    • 176 10 THERE IS no denying that recent developments towards a final political settlement in Cambodia have taken a major positive turn. It would therefore be unfortunate if further progress in the peace process is bogged down by the sort of wrangling witnessed in Bangkok over the last two
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    • 205 10 MANILA'S decision to seek the orderly withdrawal of United States forces could prove costly. Although the Government has never sought the views of the populace on the US bases, the majority of Filipinos are clearly well-disposed to their former colonial masters, at least inasmuch as the
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    • 127 10 ALTHOUGH Germany's reunification has never been in doubt, especially with the dramatic crumbling of the Berlin Wall at the end of November last year, a series of agreements signed last week have made a united Germany gradually a de facto reality. Obviously, this united Germany will be
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  • 1050 10  -  Peter Peterson argues that it is time to rethink US budget deficits Peter Peterson The writer, a former US commerce secretary, is chairman of The Blackstone Group, a private investment bank. NYT AMERICA'S annual budget comedy is beginning to resemble a Greek tragedy,
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 907 11  -  Leigh Bruce on how long Saddam Hussein can hold out against the UN embargo Leigh Bruce IHT AS the effects of the United Nations sanctions against Iraq come into clearer focus, many international analysts now believe that if the embargo remains
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    • 1778 11  -  Consumers are getting more sophisticated. To cater to changing demand, an investment-linked insurance policy looks set to make its debut, reports Soh Tiang Keng Soh Tiang Keng THE best of both worlds. Breathing realism into this oftheard cliche is the goal of a sophisticated
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    • 567 11 Why America has lost out NYT LIKE the Berlin Wall, barriers to trade in high technology are falling to the riptides of political change in Eastern Europe. And not a momem too soon, says Robert Kuttner, an economist and journalist, whose study condemning Cold
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    • 353 11 It happens to all of us. We find ourselves unable to speak up when we really need to. We remain in the ranks of the "silent majority" the people who we never heard from while others dominate both thinking and action. And we don't always know why. But whatever the
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  • FOCUS
    • 601 12 IMF assessment of the world economic outlook NYT DESPITE oil price increases stemming from the Middle East crisis, the United States will avoid a recession next year and experience even faster growth than in 1990, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday. The global lending agency,
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    • 382 12 AFP CONTINUING economic reforms in Eastern Europe, German reunification and the planned push to a single market by the 12-nation European Economic Community in 1992 are likely to dominate much of the world's economic activities in the early 1990*8,
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    • 255 12 AFP THE developing countries of Asia are expected to continue leading the world's economic growth tables, according to the IMF forecasts. The IMF predicted "continued rapid rates of growth of about five per cent a year" for the Asia region in 1990-1991.
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    • 167 12 O C 3 fa ■BBByi^^^^»y <^fc BB The peppy new Lancer 12 valves are here. New front air dams, new What we suggest is a test drive. And if you come down to our choice of interior fabrics, new 4 spoke steering wheel, newly fitted with showrooms from today, you'll
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  • SPORTS
    • 482 13 AP WAYNE LEVI turned putting bock into a simple matter and himself into the PGA tour's most frequent winner this season. Levi's one-stroke victory at the Canadian Open last weekend was his fourth this year. Only once before in his 14-year
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    • 245 13  -  Jy. Cassandra How JENNIFER CAPRIATI, the 1989 French Open and US Open Junior Champion, flew in yesterday from San Francisco for an exhibition match against current French Open Champion Monica Seles on Saturday at the Kallang Tennis Centre. Only 14, this
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    • 147 13 AP AUSTRIA is banking on Thomas Muster and Horst Skoff to defeat the US team and reach its first Davis Cup final. The two Austrians will be battling Andre Agassi and Michael Chang in singles matches in the semifinal clash starting today. Chang is fresh
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    • 369 13  -  J* Paul Ramani ANDREW TAN, senior vice-president and general manager of AIA Co Ltd, captured the overall winner's position at the annual DHL Golf Challenge *90 which was held at the Tanah Merah Country Club. The three-year old tournament this year drew a total
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    • SIDE LINES
      • 97 13 MANCHESTER United foiled to make the most of a stunnint; start after storming into a two-goals lead in the opening 16 minutes in front of a 29,000 crowd Wdsh international: Clayton Blackmore Wasting home from 25 yards after nine minutes and England midfielder and new skipper
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      • 88 13 DOUG DRABEK became the National League's first 20-,* game winner and Barry Bonds hit his 30th and .31st homt£* runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates ended a six-game losing streals-; beating the Cubs 8-7 in Chicago on Wednesday. The victor|2 j increased the Pirates' lead to one
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      • 88 13 WEST INDIES skipper Desmond Haynes revealed the raw.* tension of the English County Championship race as sex strode towards the title against Sussex at Hove on* Wednesday. Haynes threw down his bat after edging a widaC* short ball from Rod Bunting to be out for 45.
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    • 199 13 J? j NUT MEG S i- .J 1 «'!< (It T.-'i W THE CHEFS AT NUTMEGS are now grilling, The classic cuisines of France, Japan, China &4 baking and thermidoring lobster at a price that's and Mexico have been combined in the most surprising ||f| jffjgF quite simply music to
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    • 186 14 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN... WHERE TO WINE. DINE AND ENTERTAIN.. WHERE TO WINE, DINE... Some like it hot f I I Spicv Szechuan dishes served at lunch and dinner dailv I in thie cool, inviting atmosphere of Szechuan Court. Reservation, 330 8310 or 338 8585 ext *****/6. Js!
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    • 333 14 HWT REGENCY SNGAPORE PROUOLY PRESENTS The Best of the RARRON KNIGHTS THE VERY SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL COMEDY ACT MONDAY. 1 OCTOBER 1990 TUESDAY, 2 OCTOBER 1990 at the Crystal Ballroom, 2nd floor DINNER AND SHOW $65.00 NETT PER PERSON CONCERT $30.00 NETT PER PERSON (LIMITED SEATS ONLY) Pre-dinner cocktails 7.30 pm
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    • 249 14 <<■■> It's The Street's anniversary Come karaoke and get a cassette recording of your singing Free! Happy Hours: 6—B pm First Drink Charge*: Mon Thurs $12++ Fri Sun $15++ Inclusive of 2 drinks ....«•«-1 Steamboat Huffet Feast on an array of 30 types of buffet tare. VAffiJl PickoBmuchB9 y o
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    • 346 14 WE'VE JUST BRED A NEW WINNER at The Stables The Businessmen's Derby Lunch A delectable choice at appetisers and soup. (s¥&&/. followed doacty by your pick from five delightful of\s? main dishes and a selection of desaerta.' Finish with coffee or tea. Only $28.00+ Closed for lunch on Sundays and
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    • 741 14 TELEVISION AND RADIO A SBC# i» ui S25 r (M)! nillll I |0f JQl"r| 111 iiim m i ivii iMii i hi' iii YftfriYiTi 11 miyii mi in thai Error (See Our Choice). %M Raaarfnt M» BBC. OS.S mKz hi VMF Band IfZ iVliaiaiVt »l» Ja Pray- 12.40 AM Ctaaa.
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 775 15  -  Japan's master film artist Akira Kurosawa deserves the honorary Oscar he received last spring, whatever the reason the Motion Picture Academy may have had for bestowing it on nim, asserts Michael Price Michael Price NYT LAST spring, the Motion Picture Academy bestowed an honorary Oscar on Japan's master
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    • 603 15  -  Cats are leaping over dogs to become man's best friend. Is it because men's attitudes towards cats are changing, or because men themselves are changing? Georgia Dullea reports. Georgia Dullea NYT AT THE Beasty Feast store in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, the
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    • 525 15 CHATTERBOO^ A PAIR of booties has been sent to American actress Sigowney Weaver's five-month-old daughter Charlotte. They're from Roz Carr, slain American zoologist Diaa Fossey's closest friend, and are being hand-carried to the US by travellers who just visited Carr's 100-hectare nursery and tropical gardens
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    • 323 15 AND ENTERTAIN Yamagata Beef. The Exquisite Taste Of Japan. f 5"*% 1 jEgjjSj LUNCHI2NOON 'A kn™ imp* to 10 ism* f SPIOAI.TIPPANYAIU snuiNuiwxWr*&. per pfjuon Now you can enjoy one of the world's finest beef at the Yamagata Beef Promotion in Unkai Japanese Restaurant. Only from September 11 to 28.
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    • 165 15 1 SUNDAY I H FAMILY BRUNCH B $13 KB (S7*for children under 12) TEE-OFF CAFE |!JJ BAY COLFfr COUNTRY CLUB N9 6 MARINA CREEN SINGAPORE 0101. FOR RESERVATIONS PLEASE CAIJ. 221 2811/122 4221 Chinese cuisine, §best of Thai. Over 120 mouthwatering specialities and an array of irresistible Thai desserts. (eSt«PJ
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 4535 16  -  By Quak Hiang Whai MARKET sentiment on the Singapore exchange remained weak for the fourth consecutive session this week, with the Straits Times Industrials Index slipping another six points yesterday. Amid the lack of buying interest and thin trading volume, both retail
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  • 4169 17 Main Board S1A Foreign 1480 +20 +1.4% FELS 50* 645 +15 2.4% SIA 1120 +10 +0.9% Keppcl Corpn 565 +10 +1.8% Steamers 20* 129 8 6.6% DBS 940 5 +0.5% OCBC Foreign 755 +5 +0.7% FELSWt 259 +5 +2.0% Acma 185 +5 +2.8% Tibs 50*
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    • 103 18 AUDITED RESULTS («m»My Oat* Y«ar Grwp N«t N«t i»r»l»|i Cr*M aitn to (U P****** dM4**d ('000) (coats) 1 Cement Sep 10 Mar 90 $1,771(11.0191) 50(-) 2.5(0.5) Peg. Ms»a Sep 8 Mar 90 M$4.1261(12,5641) SelOredg Sep 8 Mar 90 M$725(|3,907l) 0.4(—) 2(1) OCB Hldgs Sep 5 Mar 90 M*3.724l(S1.071L)
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    • 541 18 Company Bights Iss— Mean One-tor two ft MSI 00 per share. Issue of 40m CumuWrv* Redeemable Preference Shares of M$0 10 each at MSI par share with 10m detachable TS8 Briton One tor tour ft MS2.00 per share Cauuway to* Capital reduction scheme to reduce par value of
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    • 112 18 OK B«* will make $31m through the sale of its entire block 011 90 89m Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) shares 40.89 m to NatSteH tor an extraordinary gain ot $14m, and 50m vendor shares to the public through Sits flotation exercise. DBS holds the shares through wholly owned
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    • 178 18 Company Date Year Grmip pre-tax Net aaniiags 6r«i ann to pr«flt/tost (L) par Uar« dividend ('000) (cents) (HC Sep 17 Jun 90 M$20.781 ($12,989) 24 1(185 20(18) First Capital Sep 14 Jun 90 $19,147($12.618j) 7.2(5.4) 1(1) FA) kts Sep 12 Jun 90 A$31,642($95.950) 8.0(27.1) 90(90) l&»»n Sep 5
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    • 1000 18 Current Ex Books Date Total Mr Totol tor piymul dite doM ptyiMf Um ytw Isst ytir lln Mdgs 6% Au| 28 Sep 7 Sep 26 61 6% MKS 2.5% Sep 14 Sep 28 Od 27 2.5% 2% MM 10% Sep 21 Oct 5 Nov 1 10% 7.5%<a) Mm
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    • 664 18 Shtfjpore Stocks Last Full Year CPertad Date Year M EPS Graes IW —(c«b) pre* M rear (rOM) leong Mat Mm Mv 30 Ok 89 5351(h) Una P* Mm Aug 11 Mar 91 4.0 2.1 1471(i) Ea Ta Swg Mm Aac IS Ok 90 16 5 8 4 1.480
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    • 466 18 Company Date Half-yew Grevp pre-tax Interim tp profit/Ims (L) dividend ('000) ODL Hotels Sep 15 Jun 90 HK$8,060t(—) Gty De* Sep 15 Jun 90 $28.955($22.197) lochcape Sep 15 Jun 90 $56.938($57.742) 10(25) Kings Sep 15 fan 90 $4.292($4,832) Harmau Sep U fan 90 $684($1.798) Hind Hotels Sep 14
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    • 681 18 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS CtHpMy CmmtsIm pirM CwwtnlM In hf mm mAmt tttm CAC Nt Before 26/4/93 1 warrant phis 13.09 cash. CgMMg Low C— —it HI 2/10/89 to 20/10/94 1 warrant plus $1 cash or 1 warrant pta $1 nominal amount of loan stock. CtaanffopNates aw Hm Nt March 87
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    • 430 18 Company Rights Issue MmW Oxygen One-tor one g MSO 80 per share issue of $100 nominal amount of 5% Redeemable Unsecured Loan Stock 1990/1995 with one Transferable Sutecnpbon nghts lor every two eiistong shares Md Ei4ate Aug 23 Books dose Sep 6 Acceptance t Payment Oct 19 MB
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    • 371 18 NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF ASG COLOUR SIGNS SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding Up) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of ASG Colour Signs Singapore (Pte) Ltd convened and held at 91-93 Macquarie Street, •Hobart, Tasmania
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    • 83 18 FOR BITS AND BYIES Geared to keep the busy business executive abreast of new technologies he can exploit to full advantage, INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY page provides news, reviews and features in the areas of information technology, biotechnology, electronics and just about everything high-tech. Although its primary focus is on local news,
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 3661 19 Bernama SHARE PRICES in Kuala Lumpur closed lower yesterday under continued selling pressure as major bourses overseas remained weak. However, some counters finished above their lows on light profit-taking. The KLSE Composite Index fell 6.60 points, or 1.3 per cent, to 518.58 while the
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    • 420 19 Competition in Leisure Industry Hots Up Leisure, pleasure, profits. Betting that these three go together, Singapore firms are falling over themselves to j build resorts, theme parks, marinas and golf clubs. Corporate strategists say the growing affluence in i" W p J, W South-east Asia is making the fun business
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 2257 20 Reuter TOKYO STOCKS closed lower after a day of directionless trade in moderate volume with the Nikkei average charting a new 1990 closing low for its second straight day. Declines slowed in late afternoon on market talk of a new Iraqi peace
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
    • 2366 20 HONGKONG stocks closed fractionally firmer in sluggish, uninspired trade, brokers said. Reaction to Iraq's August 2 invasion of Kuwait has pared daily turnover to less than HKSSOO million from HKSI billion to HK$2 billion a day before the invasion. The Hang Seng Index
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Aussie stocks sink to four-month low
      • 86 21 One Pnrimm SYDNEY AU Ordinaries Index 1447.5 1449.9 -2.4 All Industrials Index 2139.1 2146.9 -7.1 All Resources Index 906.1 905.2 +0.9 Turnover (million) 61.02 73.39 -12.37 BANGKOK SET Index 647.35 6*6.63 -39.21 Turnover (newest "000) NA 7,175 JAKARTA Composite Index 500.69 507.07 -6.31 Turnover (nearest "000) 134 143 +051 MANNA
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      • 931 21 BARGAIN-HUNTING in selected industrial stocks and fluctuations in the share prices of Adsteam group companies saw the Australian stock market settle at its lowest level in four months yesterday. Brokers said institutions were sidelined as smaller local investors took advantage of cheap bank and blue chip shares. The All
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      • 698 21 THAI stocks were battered across the board by political uncertainty arising from a conflict between two senior Cabinet ministers and prospects of further increases in domestic oil prices, brokers said. The SET Index ended 39.28 points, or 5.7 per cent, lower at 647.35. The indicator, falling for the eighth
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      • 734 21 SEOUL stocks retreated in moderate trading yesterday as selling by investors with unsettled accounts intensified during the afternoon, brokers said. The composite index closed at 585.19, down 7.61 points from the previous session. Turnover was 113.4 billion won compared with 191.2 billion at Wednesday's close. Seoul Woa COO) A
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      • 383 21 NEW ZEALAND shares withstood falls on most overseas bourses to end only slightly lower on small turnover. The Barclays Index finished 2.69 points down at 1,534.76 on turnover of 4.65 million shares, worth NZ$4.B9 mil- lion. Second-line stock Robt Jones Investments topped the turnover list at 1.38 million
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      • 393 21 TAIWAN stocks plunged yesterday, finishing at their lowest point since February 2, 1988, dealers said. The weighted index fell 202.55 points, or 6.41 per cent, to finish at 2,956.72. Turnover was NTS 16.2 billion against NTS 16.1 billion. Dealers said the market started lower on Tokyo losses, but then
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      • 530 21 PHILIPPINE share prices rose for the second straight day as selling pressure eased and bargain hunters returned to the market, brokers said. "It's technical but I think it (the market) will go up some more. Results of the (US military) bases talks may buoy sentiment," said Roy Nicolas, analyst
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      • 538 21 PRICES on the Jakarta stock exchange closed lower yesterday with the composite index down 6.38 points to 500.69 but turnover rose to 2.34 million shares from Wednesday's 1.83 million. Strong selling interest sent Bank Duta down 200 rupiah to 5,800, with 380,000 shares changing hands. Sampoerna fell 1,600 rupiah
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      • 42 21 PRICES eased on the Bombay Stock Exchange towards the close on Wednesday but both market indices were nevertheless ahead. The BSE index rose 17.48 points to 1,332.04 while the National Index closed at 676.30, up 7.96 points from the previous close.
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      • 297 21 la local cwraacy la SI la USS %4mj %ymm year day year Sap 19 lain cfca—» cha—* <*—» cfc— t cfcaage chaat World 357.0 -0.5 -23.2 -1.2 -25.6 -I J -19.9 ♦EAFE 477.5 -1.0 -29.9 -1.7 -30.1 -1.7 -24.7 Europe 373.3 -0.7 -17.2 -2.0 -13.4 -2.0 -6.8 790.6 -1.2 -37.6
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Blue chips lead Dow's 13-point drop
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        1022 22 WALL STREET stocks ended moderately lower on Wednesday, depressed by several high-profile stock casualties, fading hopes of an interest rate decline and further delays in a US budget agreement. But the market's decline was surprisingly restrained, indicating that selling pressure may be waning, analysts said. "What you're seeing
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        917 22 LONDON shares started modestly firmer yesterday as a batch of UK corporate results came out in line with or above market expectations. Turnover was very thin, however, as sentiment continued to suffer from yesterday's remarks by Bundesbank President Karl Poehl that countries with high inflation rates might find it
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      • 168 22 BELGIAN shares opened mixed and volume was low as trading hours were lengthened for screen-based share trading. Trading started at 0800 GMT yesterday, instead of 0900 GMt, extending the exchange's session by an hour. Brokers said volume at the opening was very small at 54 million francs as many
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      • 192 22 WEST GERMAN shares slipped 1.1 per cent in thin trading, as familiar factors continued to weigh on prices and keep many investors sidelined. The German market is suffering from continued uncertainty about the outcome of the Gulf crisis, and this has been exacerbated by worries about the cost of
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      • 383 22 THE Johannesburg stock market remained weak at midday yesterday after a brief attempt at a rally on Wednesday afternoon. The market continued vulnerable after the recent nervous sell-off, dealers said, noting that further falls can be expected if current economic and political uncertainties persist. At noon the JSE all-gold
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      • 319 22 TORONTO stocks closed mixed in slow trade as negative sentiment continued to weigh down the market, dealers said. "The bear has got a hold of the market and is pushing away the bulls more and more," one technical analyst said. The composite index rose 8.89 to 3,275.58 on a
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      • 143 22 FRENCH share prices drifted lower iit thin midday trade yesterday with tinuing anxiety about the Gulf keeping most players on the sidelines, dealers said. The CAC-40 index stood at 1,546.85, by 10.40 GMT, down 23.43 points from last night's close, after opening at 1,570.53. I LVMH fared better than
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      • 265 22 Reuter SWISS shares opened slightly lower in slow trade as Tokyo's new year low and last night's weak Wall Street weighed on investors' sentiment, dealers said The SMI index of le&ling shares feU 9.2 points to 1,459.1 after about 15 minutes of trading. Early trading saw banks mostly steady
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      • 359 22 DUTCH shares opened lower yesterday in slack trading as news of a friendly bid for leisure group Center Pares provided the main talking point. At 0930 the CBS all-share trend index was down 0.7 points at 98.8 after a fall of 0.4 points on Wednesday. Amsterdam reflected the picture
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      • 121 22 Milan Stp 19 Lire +>- Ass Gen ***** -600 Bastogi 247.00 -4 Fiat... 6501 -114 Finsider susp Hi Priv ***** +40 lukcmcnti Ord ***** -690 I taigas. 2760.00 -39 Magneti M Pf 990 -12 Mediobanca ***** -475 Miraknza. Mondadori Priv susp Montedison 1302 -49 Olivetti Ord 3941 -129 Olivetti Priv
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      • 91 22 Sep 19 Ctoae Pre* ions NEW YORK Dow Jones 2557.43 2571.29 -13.86 NYSE Financial 118.46 119.56 -1.10 SAP 500 316.60 318 60 -2.00 Turnover (million) 147.53 141.13 +6.4 LONDON Financial Times 30 1576.10 1576.80 -0.70 FTSE 100 2065 80 2064 00 +1.80 Turnover (million) 386.8 379.2 +7.6 AMSTERDAM CBS General
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • 1182 23 I FOREX MARKET REPORTS THE US DOLLAR yesterday closed lower against the yen, but higher against nugor European currencies after trading dominated by investor sales for the yen and active cross Tokyo trading, dealers said. "After the yen firmed in cross trading, life insurers
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    • 382 23 Cross rates Sep 20 USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr A$ NZS USS 1.7660 2.6973 1.3690 137.33 0.5298 1.3070 1.2063 1.6026 SS 0.3663 1.3273 0.8884 0.7777 0.3000 0.7401 0.6831 0.9073 MS 0.3707 63.47 0.3816 0.3092 0.1964 0.4843 0.4472 0.3941 Dm 0.6373 1.1236 1.7192 87.34 0.3377 0.8330 0.7688
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    • 547 23 Interbank rates 91 BM Offer Overnight 6 6 1/4 1-month 6 3/8 6 1/2 2-aonth 6 7/16 6 9/16 3-month 6 1/2 6 V8 Overnigfrt mode 6 1/4 im BM Offer 7 days 8 9/16 8 11/16 1 month 8 1/8 8 1/4 2 months 8 1/8 8
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 257 24 Bernama MALAYSIA has known reserves of natural gas totalling 52 trillion cubic feet, or sufficient to last 100 years, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Mr Abdul Ghafar Baba said on Tuesday. Opening a two-day symposium on the Malaysian Gas Industry, he added that
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    • 238 24 Reuter VIETNAM was one step closer to becoming an exporting member of the International Coffee Organisation (ICO) after a working group met on Wednesday to discuss its accession to the pact, delegates said at ICO talks in London. By the year 2000, Vietnam hopes production will
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    • 108 24 Reuter JAPANESE petrochemical firms will raise ethylene prices in October due to a sharp rise in naphtha prices because of the Mideast Gulf situation, petrochemical industry sources said. Naphtha is essential to the manufacture of ethylene, a feedstock chemical used to make a wide range
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    • 844 24 REPORTS THE price of tin dropped two sen to M$ 15.35 per kg on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) due to the weakening of the ringgit against other major currencies. Japanese and locals formed the main buyers, but the Europeans were not
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    • 1309 24 KBUKIM WH i' < Tinnwiiim«MW(i«Hiii>i iwm m> in H »w» —ww hhwmwh—ww Rubber sep2o MS(h»tiW») S centVkg Noon Clot ln( I RSS Prompt I$4.00/133.00N 50N Int I RSS Oct 90 154.3<yi55.00 153.00/153.50N lot 1 RSS Nov 155.2V155.75 I53.7VI54.2SN Int 2 RSS OP 149.50/151.50N 148.50/1 SO SON Int 3 RSS
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    • 816 24 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPAMES ACT, CAP. SO AND WTERCOMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT OVERSEAS PTE LTD At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company deemed to be held on Friday. 14 September 1990 at 108 Middle Road #07-02, Bright Chambers, Singapore 0718 the following resolutions were passed SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING-UP That
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    • 577 24 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 ARORI BUSINESS MACHINES (PTE)LTD (In Voluntary UqutoUon) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of ARORI BUSINESS MACHINES (PTE.) LTD. duly convened and held at 2 Alexandra Road #07-05 Delta House Singapore 0315 on the 20 day of September 1990,
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  • THE TRAVEL PAGE
    • 627 25  -  LETTER FROM BELGIUM By Eva Kaluzynska Running this village sounds like a bureaucrat's nightmare: there are two mayors, two police stations, two fire brigades, two telephone networks and two post offices. Baarle-Hertog, a Belgian village completely surrounded by Dutch territory, is one of Europe's last surviving
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    • 151 25 At at 3pm yesterday: Load dollars to one unit of ftiieigii onoqf Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.452 1.472 Canadian dollar 1.5160 1.5360 NZ dollar 1.085 1.125 Sterling pound 3.295 3.325 US dollar 1.7630 1.7730 Local Mm to 100 onto of etwey Austrian schilling 15.70 16.70 Belgian
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    • 292 25 1 A fire-prevention device 9No price is fixed, though j exactness is called for (9) 10 Sensational cover an- cient city housing (5) 11 Choice work. Turn it on 11 I I I I Name characters qualified cessions (8) 13 I 114I 14 I 13 Check the queen's canopy HHH
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    • 209 25 Singapore Oadoolc Showers over several ims in the afternoon. Report: Max temp. 31.5 Assoc humidity 71% Min temp..... 24.3 X? Assoc humidity 92% Hrs of sunshine. 5.85 Rainfall in mm Nil Rainfall this mth 110.1 Rainy days this mth 10 wona forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cowl. Auckland 15/05 Fair Bangkok 34/26
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    • 23 25 EgggCTSHBI fUjrnW UP my CUSHION TMPTT NCu)l©»iP IS LOSING NO? GRiP... J L 3 ir& L_ C EVCMMQ rrANOAMO CO LTD.. IN2-1«M 9£fasA
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  • 572 26  -  Hearing on the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Bill By Anna Teo A TIMELY preventive measure that's superior to existing legislation that's how five of the six religious organisations and individuals who appeared yesterday before the Select Committee on the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Bill, saw the
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  • 384 26 Bernama MALAYSIA, Singapore and the Indonesian island of Batam will all benefit from the establishment of a "triangle of growth" within Asean, contrary to criticisms from some quarters that only Singapore will benefit from such a development, Johor Mentri Besar Tan
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  • 235 26 HIGHER oil prices will probably hit Singapore's balance of payments (BOP) hardest among the net oil-im-porting economies in the Asia-Pacific, but this is unlikely to threaten the national economy since the BOP is healthily positive at present. Economist Shankar Sharma has estimated that the
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  • 117 26 Lifestyle Always wanted to produce a TV show but thought you had to join SBC to do it? Samuel Ee says no, not if you take the cue from one locally-based film company. Personal Finance Investment Currencies: The new breed of high yielders Singapore Petroleum Company:
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  • 355 26 THE PROPOSED legislation to maintain religious harmony should provide for judicial review of prohibition orders served by the government, in the view of the Graduates' Christian Fellowship (GCF). The organisation, represented by its president, Asso-ciate-Professor Ernest Chew; past president, Assoiate-Pro-fessor Lee Hin Peng; and Mr
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  • 275 26 AFP THE SECURITIES Exchange of Thailand (SET) has passed new regulations to prevent brokers from speculating with iateat to manipulate share prices on the volatile bourse, a bourse spokesman said. The spokesman said that as of the beginning of the month,
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  • 408 26 Reuter BRITISH tycoon "Tiny" Rowland started legal action yesterday to try to wrest control of the London department store Harrods from the Egyptian brothers who foiled his takeover attempts five years ago. The brothers, Mohamed, Ali and Salah al-Fayed, bought the luxury store and
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    • 538 27  -  Issue likely to be discussed next month By John Tan JAPAN AIRLINES, Asia's largest carrier, is considering using Moscow as an airhub for the massive European aviation market. Sources told BT the carrier has been gearing up operations at Moscow since late last
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    • 374 27 THAI Airways may be listed on the Thai stock market as early as next month or at the end of the year, as pressure mounts for the carrier to go public to raise funds for its massive expansion plan. The plan is also
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    • 363 27  -  By Khaidir Abd Majid THE Kemaman Supply Base (KSB) is ready to accept containerships at its east wharf. Container-handling facilities have been put in place recently, said a source, who expects the port to handle its first shipment of containers by next month
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    • 293 27 The Gulf Crisis TANKER DEALS are beginning to come apart as a result of uncertainty caused by the Gulf crisis, reported Seatrade Week. B&H Corp of the US has stepped back from its planned purchase of the Suezmax tanker Vasilikos because a five-year time charter from
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      • 48 27 BATTLING local rivals and a crucial shortage of time-slots for international flights, Asian giant Japan Airlines is ironically tapping its domestic market to stay ahead. It is improving its passenger loads for internal flights, which in turn will complement its international flights Page 2
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      • 50 27 A BILL regulating French telecommunications approved on Wednesday by the cabinet is part of government ambition to make France a world leader in telecommunications. The bill could become law by the end of the year, the French Post and Telecommunications Ministry said Back Page
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      • 53 27 SOME of the world's biggest manufacturers of telecommunications equipment are bidding to supply the Philippines with key components of its planned expansion of the cellular mobile telephone system. The expansion project calls for the installation of 40,000 additional CMTS lines to meet rising market
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      • 42 27 THE power of Australian unions on the waterfront and their ability to slow down the reforms in the shipping industry has surprised Nicholas Finney, who is himself not unfamiliar with the might of unions Back Page
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    • 292 27 THE THAI Cabinet has approved in principle the award of a 25-year telephone concession to a Thai-British group, which estimated that it will spend at least US$5.9 billion to install three million lines. The Charoen Pokphand Group and its partner British Telecom will in turn
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    • 197 27 Reuter PAN AM Corp chairman Thomas Plaskett said the airline has held talks with several foreign carriers and "there is some element of receptivity" to strengthening links between Pan Am and the carriers. Mr Plaskett, speaking to airline analysts, would not say
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    • 300 27 Reuter THE European Community plans to keep firm control of moves by Community airlines to forge bigger alliances by vetting the increasing number of joint ventures between European carriers, EC Commission officials said. A policy paper to be discussed on Tuesday is not legally
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    • LOG BOOK
      • 124 28 THE THAI Transport and Communications Ministry has set Oct 15 as the deadline for each of the four firms vying for a satellite project to submit a 100-million-baht bank guarantee. The four firms are Shinawatra Computer Co; Piyanant Co, a joint venture between
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      • 85 28 THAILAND'S Sattahip Port has reported its highest profit for 11 years, at 41 million baht, during the first 11 months of fiscal 1990. Sr Lt Pongsak Vongamoot, director-general of the Port Authority of Thailand, disclosed that during the period, Sattahip Port's profit exceeded a target
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      • 96 28 BELGIUM'S state-owned national airline Sabena, which last year established a joint carrier with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and British Airways pic, urgently needs a capital injection of six billion francs, the daily newspaper Le Soir said. It said an increase in staff and rising fuel
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      • 120 28 AIR FRANCE reported a loss of about 170 million French francs (about U5532.7 million) in the first half, compared with a net profit of 685 million francs for the whole of 1989, it emerged on Wednesday after a board meeting. Air France said in a
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      • 119 28 DENMARK'S Traffic Ministry is forming a new company, Koebenhavns Lufthavne A/S (Copenhagen Airports), which will have a 900 million crown share capital provided by the state. The new company will run Copenhagen International Airport at Kastrup, along with a small nearby airport at Roskilde, west
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    • 1033 28  -  Japan Airlines is tapping its domestic market to stay ahead. John Tan, in Japan recently, reports John Tan, Looking inwards to grow. That is Japan Airlines' strategy over the next few years. No, the Asian giant is not slowing down at a time when most airlines
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    • 1253 29 Page Col I ABC Containeriine 13 5 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiei Liner 16 I Albatros Sea-Air 14 5 Alfred C Toepfer 15 5 APL 5 3-5 A PC Line 14 4 AFS 15 I Arrow Lines 9 5 ASG 16 3 A cWarehousing 15 4 ASXCL
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    • 12072 36 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. Advanced dates are published for a maximum
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      • 608 43 frnd Hi Berth Pepartoe KmmI Wharves Bar 1 K32 alongside 2109/1130 BmGm 1A K34 alongside 22 09/0600 fee Ta Shan 8063 C09 alongside 2009/1600 Sdu Matsuya 4 K29 alongside 20 09/2100 m OhoadN 1 7 K30 alongside 20.09/1300 Yuh 1 K31 alongside 2209/0600 Ms Trust 2m C10
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      • 1071 43 RECEIVING Of EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCI CARGO Record MAg/Nton Mb SMp Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From talit IB 23/1900 3 21/0700 21/1159 21/1400 4 21/1200 21/1459 21/1700 Aka Bhum 59S 22/2300 2 20/1700 21/0659 21/0900 4 21/1200 21/1459 21/1700 An Chun S103 22/2300 3 21/0700
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      • 989 43 CHARTERING on the dry cargo freight market on Wednesday remained quiet but details emerged of two firmer grain fixings on the key US Gulf to Europe route, brokers said. Charterers paid a lump sum USSS4S,OOO for grain stowing SS ft from Mississippi to the Netherlands or U*****,000 to
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      • 328 43 Port King South Port on Sep 19: Botany Transcedent berth 1; Sanko Laurel berth 3; Jenwin berth 4; Pernas Safari berth 6; Mutia Hayu berth 7; Berjasa berth 7A. KCT: Anro Asia berth 8; Urn Mercy berth 9; Bunga Penaga berth 9; Toyama berth 10. North Port
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    • 664 44 AFP A BILL regulating French telecommunications approved on Wednesday by the cabinet is part of government ambition to make France a world leader in telecommunications. The bill could become law by the end of the year, the French Post and Telecommunications (PTT) Ministry said. It
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    • 238 44  -  From Al O Labita in MANILA SOME of the world's biggest manufacturers of telecommunications equipment are bidding to supply the Philippines with key components of its planned expansion of the cellular mobile telephone system (CMTS). The expansion project, to be carried out
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    • 266 44  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY THE power of Australian unions on the waterfront and their ability to slow down the reforms in the shipping industry has surprised Nicholas Finney, who is himself not unfamiliar with the might of unions. Mr Finney,
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    • 88 28 FOR SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF YOUR BUSINESS Stories on labour and its relationship with management, management concepts in practice, profiles of leading managers in Singapore and relevant book reviews. ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT, in Business Times every Monday, is must reading for managers who want the competitive edge. Plus an occasional look at
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    • 51 28 FAST EASTERN FREIGHT CONFERENCE NOTICE TO SHIPPERS AND RECEIVERS The Member Lines wish to advise that revised arrangements for Demurrage and Detention Freetime and charges for Singapore will come into effect from 1 November, 1990. Full details are available from the Member Lines, their agents and the Conference Secretariat. .4
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    • 1868 33 J NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: UK/EUROPE SERVICE— *****19 USA SERVICE— *****16 Mrn AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE— *****18 FAR EAST SERVICE— *****48 m -P- TERMINAL OFFICE :*****22 DOCUMENTATION DEPT: *****44/ *****14 CFS: M 2 —IMPORT: *****69/*****50 CFS:M2 EXPORT: *****53/*****04 NEPLINE SON BHD MALAYSIA K.L-(03) *****33, P.Kelang-(03)
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    • 1492 34 \jC\ K line KAWASAKI LTD. J EXPORT N. AMERICA PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST IMPORT N. AMERICA PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST j rsr fslsis'ns's.v ru. s s 7//ksk."^r~ it v is fsl MM wu mou. 1 2 m memv n bricEe 5 2i/io jglo »io george brioge »jm m m im Qnmn twT iwm wj
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    • 1320 35 2S»Off PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD Ifc P'l Building. 140 Cecil Strew XXHIO, Singaporeolo6. I JAKARTA I I BANGKOK VESSEL VOY SIN JUT SM VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIN EDEN 9030 21/9 22/9 27/9 KOTA SING A 27N 22/9 24/9 2S/9 KOTA MELATI 1»SB 22/9 2S/10 29/9 PEGASUS PROGRESS 435N
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