The Business Times, 7 September 1991

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  • NEWS & MARKETS
    • 54 1 BONN New industrial orders in the former West Germany fell 0.5 per cent in July from the June level, the economy ministry said here yesterday. The fall was largely due to a 2.5 per cent drop in orders from within Germany, with foreign orders
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    • 55 1 SEOUL South Korea's exports are declining in profitability faster than in Japan and Taiwan, the Korea Foreign Trade Association said yesterday. The profitability of South Korea's exports fell 3.3 per cent in the first half of the year, a sharp drop from a 0.4
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    • 55 1 WALL STREET was mixed in early trading yesterday in a wary reaction to the latest data on US employment. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 10.07 points in the first half hour but then recovered some ground to show a 6.93-point loss at 3,001.57 by 1430
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    • 32 1 SHARE PRICES were firm on the London Stock Exchange yesterday morning with steady buying interest. At 1300 GMT, the Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index was up 11 points at 2,674.3.
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    • 32 1 REVENUES from hotel room and food and beverage sales in June recorded their first growth figures for the year, signalling a turnaround in the tvfc) industries Page 2
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    • 32 1 OEI HONG LEONG, the former boss of United Industrial Corp, has resigned from the boards of two Hongkong companies, Tomson Pacific and Bond Corp International Ltd. Page 7
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    • Article, Illustration
      29 1 Friday Change BT-MGA 694.54 -0.33 Kuala Lumpur ....557.92 -4.58 Tokyo 22,692.60 +192.95 Hongkong 3,970.91 -19.25 Sydney 2,413.9 -1.6 Thursday Change New York 3,008.50 unch London 2,663.3 -1.3
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    • 22 1 Exchange rates USS ss 1.7170 100 Yen S$ 1.2606 MS SS 0.6181 Money market rates Overnight 5-1/4 +|/2 3-month 5-1/8% +1/16
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    • 37 1 London Gold AM fix US$347.00 USS-0.30 S'pore Oct l37.25«/kg -0.25 M'sia Oct— 225.00Vkg -0.50 la Tin Turnover 80 tonnes +21 Spot MS 13.15 /kg unch Crude palm oil Turnover 2,031 lots +565 Sep MS797 /tonne +9
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  • 763 1  -  Analysts predict bruising battle between Khoo and Vincent Tan From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYAN United Industries (MUI) struck back at its main predator, Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun, yesterday by launching a takeover bid for his flagship Inter-Pa-cific Industrial Group
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  • 314 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG THE high-profile chief executive of the Stock Exchange of Hongkong, Francis Yuen, has quit to head the company that is shaping up to become China's pre-eminent trading arm here. The move is expected to provide a
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  • 288 1 MEMBERS OF Singapore's top private club, the Singapore Island Country Club, feel very strongly about their right to manage their own affairs. They feel so strongly about it that last night they threw out their landlord's proposal to appoint key management officials, a move
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  • 383 1 EDUCATION MINISTER Tony Tan, who is leaving the government at the end of the year, will join Oversea-Chi-nese Banking Corporation as chairman and chief executive officer on Jan 2, 1992. He will replace Mr Teo Cheng Guan, 69, who will be
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  • 119 1 Reuter WASHINGTON The US unemployment rate held at 6.8 per cent in August, but a large number of unemployed workers dropped out of the labour force, the Labour Department said yesterday. The closely watched number of non-farm payroll jobs rose by a modest 34,000
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  • HOME NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 101 2 CLOUDY WATER in some areas of central Singapore did not pose a health risk, the Public Utilities Board said yesterday. The problem was caused by bubbles which would settle when the water was allowed to stand, the board said. The situation would
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      • 68 2 ESSO has announced an increase of 3.5 US cents in the wholesale price of diesel, from 63.5 US cents to 67 US cents per US gallon. The move is in line with similar increases by other oil companies, which have announced wholesale diesel price rises
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      • 73 2 THE Singapore Labour Foundation wants nominations for the 1991 SLF Educational Tours for Model Workers. The awards aim to recognise workers who have contributed significantly to their companies' productivity. The scheme is open to union members, non-bargainable staff of unionised establishments, or employees (earning not more
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      • 101 2 THE HEALTH MINISTRY and Central Provident Fund have reached in-principle agreement to launch another scheme to enable kidney transplant patients to pay for a drug, cyclosporine, through Medishield. The average cost per patient using cyclosporine is $550 per month, and the MOH subsidises 75 per cent
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      • 54 2 A PUBLIC FORUM will be held on Sep 15 on ways to improve the quality of life of women over 45. Organised by the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Singapore, the forum is part of a world congress of gynaecology and obstetrics. A major theme will be
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      • 51 2 THE Singapore Broadcasting Corporation will cease extended transmission of CNN International from today now that the political situation in the Soviet Union has stabilised. From Monday, SBC will revert to the normal transmission hours of CNN, from 7am to Bam, and 7pm to Bpm on
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    • 247 2 YET another residential property project is sprouting up in the Tanjong RhuMeyer Road area. Yesterday, a joint venture between Goh and Goh Holdings and Hup Seng Development launched a 69-unit condominium development called Fort Gardens. Located in Fort Road, it is just within
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    • 139 2 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority has awarded the shophouse at No 15 South Bridge Road to Poh Cheok, whose bid of $705,000 (or $10,217.39 psm) turned out to be the highest. The two-storey shophouse is in the Boat Quay conservation area, and has a total land
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    • 883 2 Prtew as at 06.09.91 Conversion terms Premium/ Ex&irv (discount) *2? OP«on«'* < using Company wrt shjre Cash Cash Loan Gearing. Date Mths stock ratio price nom 1 Stk_ 4 value I 0urw 11 115.2 0.140 0.650 1.00 1 00 75 icj n/n c /M 7T WCWt
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    • 461 2  - Hotel room, F B earnings up for first time this year Higher tourist arrivals, aggressive promotions jack up figures By Sangeeta Mulchand REVENUE from hotel room lettings and food and beverage sales grew in June for the first time this year, signalling a possible turnaround. Room revenue rose 9.3 per
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    • 333 2  -  It proposed to acquire Marina Village from Khamis Holdings recently By Sangeeta Mulchand and Dawn Tan TRIANGLE Development Holdings (TDH), which proposed to acquire Marina Village from Khamis Holdings two weeks ago, has finalised an agreement with Elyamani Khamis to take a 49
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    • 197 2 NUS Convocation '91 GRADUANDS were urged yesterday to play an active role in the community. Clinical Professor R Nambiar, master of the Academy of Medicine, College of Medicine Building, said: "No one is better qualified than the professionals to give the leadership
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    • 382 2  -  Singapore workplaces offering more space per person By Salil Tripathi CATHERINE TAN works at the Jurong factory of a foodprocessing company. Ten years ago, she had 30 colleagues cramped in a room where they handled packaging of food products. Today, she is one of
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    • 293 2  -  By Jaime Ee FROM Sep 15, cinema goers will have to be 21 years old and above in order to watch a restricted movie. The current 'R' rating will also be replaced by 'R(A)' where the 4 A' stands for "artistic" said the Ministry
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    • 253 2 TECHNOCRAT Chuang Kwong Yong has been appointed a director of POSBank, replacing DBS Bank boss Ngiam Tong Dow. Mr Chuang, whose appointment took effect on July 1, is second permanent secretary (Finance, Budget and Revenue) and is best known for the improvements he has
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  • FOCUS
    • 562 3 General Election '91 Bl Commentan IT IS tempting to say, let them go; they have served the nation well, accede now to their requests and let them return to the private sector. After all, both Dr Tony Tan and
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    • 908 3  -  Mr Dhanabalan and Dr Tony Tan yesterday met the media to explain why they are leaving the government. Margaret Thomas reports Margaret Thomas SIXTEEN YEARS. That is the time National Development Minister S Dhanabalan will have spent in politics
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    • 401 3 LIM BOON HENG will relinquish his post as deputy secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress when he assumes new duties as Senior Minister of State for Trade Industry on Monday. The new minister, who was returned as MP for Ulu Pandan
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    • 294 3 TO RECAP, Beri paints two pictures of Singapore's probable socio-political landscape in the next five to 10 years in a country report released last month before the General Election was called. Scenario One (80:20) has Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong winning his first
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    • 818 3 DR TONY TAN will remain ready, even when back in the private sector, to put the nation's interests above personal considerations. In his letter of resignation, he gave Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong his assurance that should there be a
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    • 713 3  -  The General Election could have turned out far worse for the PAP, Beri's president Dr F T Haner tells Anna Teo Anna Teo THE MOMENTUM of change was rolling; the 1991 election environment was more open than in 1988. A snap poll under
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • 921 4  -  Like gladiators, Khoo Kay Peng and Vincent Tan are bracing themselves for the most intense battle in Malaysian corporate history. But what do the arch-rivals hope to achieve? By William Chia SINGAPORE In a surprising turn of events, the brash and acquisitive
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    • 898 4  -  By SN Vasuki SINGAPORE It promises to be a monumental clash between two Malaysian corporate titans. Yesterday, Malayan United Manufacturing Bhd, a subsidiary of Malayan United Industries (MUI) controlled by Mr Khoo, launched a takeover of Inter-Pacific Industrial Group Bhd controlled by Mr
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    • 419 4  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR IN A COUNTRY where corporate rivalry hardly ever turns into warfare, the battle between Tan Sri Khoo Kay Peng and his younger rival Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun, may be a departure from tradition. Both
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    • 393 5  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Peter Oei Hong Leong, the former boss of United Industrial Corp (UIC), has resigned from Tomson Pacific and Bond Corp International Ltd (BCIL), the two Hongkong companies he had joined soon after quitting UIC in Singapore late last year.
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    • 331 5 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The deputy chairman and managing director of Mega First Corp Datuk Lim Keng Kay has been appointed the group managing director of Palmco Holdings in place of Datuk Robert Chan Woot Khoon, who has relinquished his duties. Datuk Robert Chan,
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    • 294 5 Reuter HIGHLAND PARK, Michigan Chrysler Corp's dynamic chairman Lee lacocca said on Thursday he would retire on Dec 31, 1992, after more than a decade at the helm. As recently as Aug 27, the 66-year-old Mr lacocca, who was instrumental in rescuing Chrysler
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    • 573 5 MARKET TALK Reuter HONGKONG Stocks investors see China-backed Citic Pacific Ltd as a dynamic Hpngkong company that will one day replace British-run trading giant Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd, analysts say. Citic Pacific's ultimate parent is state-run China International Trust
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    • 229 5  -  By Genevieve Cue SINGAPORE GP Batteries International unveiled a healthy set of accounts in its annual report for 1990. Its figures, however, were not comparable with the previous year as the company, the first to be listed on the main board this year, has
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    • 400 5  -  FELS has a 42pc stake in the HK construction group By Magdalene Pang SINGAPORE Contech Holdings Ltd, in which Far East Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd (FELS) holds a 42 per cent stake, set up shop in Singapore last month in a bid to expand
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    • 193 5 Reuter BUERGENSTOCK, Switzerland The Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) is having negotiations with two London-based futures exchanges on collaboration in the trading of futures contracts, Simex chairman Francis Yeo said. He said the talks were being held with the International Petroleum Exchange
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    • 170 5 JAKARTA A private company, which will manage the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSE), is likely to start operation next month as scheduled, the Jakarta Post reported earlier this week. Revealing this, Mr Sjahrizal, chairman of a special committee in charge of setting up the
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 82 5 SINGAPORE Tat Lee Finance's one-for-one rights issue, which aims to raise $28.5 million, will increase the company's share capital from $18 million to $36 million. Its net tangible asset backing will be adjusted to $74.5 million, yielding a net tangible asset
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      • 29 5 SINGAPORE Mr Lim Hng Kiang has resigned as director of Singapore Automotive Engineering following his appointment as the Minister of State for National Development.
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      • 81 5 SINGAPORE CSA Holdings yesterday announced that some of its subsidiaries' directors have sold CSA shares: Automated Systems executive director Sunny Tan sold 195,000 shares; CSA executive director Seow Chuan Bin sold 300,000 shares; ACS International managing director Tony Moo sold 520,000 shares; CSA Malaysia general
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      • 102 5 SINGAPORE Under a new manufacturing and distributorship arrangement with chocolate maker Van Houten, Sunshine Allied Investments will sell to Van Houten all Van Houten products that it makes according to specifications. Van Houten will take over the regional marketing for parts of Asia and Australia, although
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 107 6 TOKYO Japan is not considering lowering its official discount rate so much at the moment, although it is allowing money market rates to decline. Finance Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto told a news conference after a regular Cabinet meeting yesterday. Asked whether the latest moves
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      • 111 6 LONDON Lloyd's of London said its capacity to write insurance will be more than sufficient in 1992 despite an expected large number of resignations from the market. Lloyd's chief executive Alan Lord told a news conference on Thursday that capacity will be "quite large enough to
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      • 96 6 LONDON Recession hit UK's largest general insurer, Sun Alliance Group pic, in the first half of the year, reducing the value of its property portfolio and increasing claims for repossessions and crime, analysts said on Thursday. Sun Alliance announced a pre-tax loss for the six
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      • 164 6 AMSTERDAM Internationale Nederlanden Groep NV, born in Europe's first full merger of a bank and insurer six months ago, is confident its strategy will pay off. "We've had a very good start and not just in our results. I am convinced we will become
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      • 83 6 WASHINGTON US savings and loans that remain in private hands earned U*****.8 million (*****.6 million) in the second quarter of 1991 after a revised US$6lO.l million profit in the first quarter, the Office of Thrift Supervision said. It was the first time the thrift industry has
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      • 98 6 OSLO Den norske Bank (Dnß), Norway's biggest bank, said on Thursday that it had reached an agreement in principle to sell 85 per cent of a fully-owned subsidiary in Amsterdam to the Dutch Nationale Investeringsbank NV. Dnß, struggling with heavy losses, said it would
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    • 140 6 SINGAPORE Life insurance underwriters from regional countries plan to forge closer ties, said Mohammed Amin, the president of the Life Underwriters Association of Singapore, yesterday. Mr Amin was speaking at the first Asia-Pacific Life Insurance Congress, attended by more than 5,000 delegates from
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    • 636 6 The BCCI collapse FT WASHINGTON The US on Thursday indicted six officials of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), along with a leader of the Medellin cocaine cartel in Colombia and Capcom Financial Services Ltd of London on charges of
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    • 366 6 Reuter GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands The offshore arm of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International posted US$63B million (S$ 1.097 billion) in losses in 3'/ 2 years, a report by courtappointed liquidators shows. The previously undisclosed report was prepared by the accounting firm
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    • 556 6 DBS Bank weekly currency review US$/Dm: Potential head and shoulder pattern seen It was consolidation week as the US dollar remained within a narrow 170-point range, reaching a high of 1.7490 deutschemarks on Monday before drifting to a low of 1.7320 on Wednesday. A breakout
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    • 568 6 Japan's financial scandal NYT TOKYO The broking houses involved in Japan's widening financial scandal engaged in many more bogus securities transactions than previously acknowledged and also rigged trades involving US Treasury bonds, according to a newspaper report that was confirmed by
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    • 473 6 NYT NEW YORK In a stunning break with the past, Salomon Brothers Inc announced on Thursday that it would pay no compensation, severance or future legal expenses stemming from the Treasury markets scandal to senior executives who have resigned, including John
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  • THE REGION/THE WORLD
    • 543 7  -  He leaves colony without promise of more reforms From l Catherine Ong in HONGKONG WHILE he appeared to have scored political points for his tough stance on human rights in China, British Prime Minister John Major left Hongkong on Thursday without
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    • 267 7 FT Reuter BONN A slowdown in western Germany's economy is not a harbinger of a recession, Economics Minister Juergen Moellemann said, repeating that gross national product (GNP) growth would slow after an expansion of 4.5 per cent in the first
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    • 867 7 Crisis in the Soviet Union NYT MOSCOW The future of the Soviet nation under the new emergency law upending central Soviet power may be open to doubt, but Mikhail Gorbachev's resilience as national leader is not. He has once again displayed his talent in
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    • 46 7 KEDUNG OMBO, Indonesia Peasant women, forced by a severe drought to temporarily give up farming, carrying ceramic pots on Tuesday across a dried-up dam here in the Central Java province to a town 5 km away from their home to get water.
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    • 532 7 Support grows for payments mechanism to revive trade Reuter PARIS The fear that disintegration of the Soviet Union will deepen the economic plight of Eastern Europe is sparking Western interest in the idea of a special payments mechanism to revive trade in the former
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    • 397 7 Reuter MOSCOW Soviet republics, tasting some political independence after last month's failed coup, will be free to create their own currencies under a proposed economic pact, radical economist Grigory Yavlinsky said on Thursday. "I have been working on the economic treaty for
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 88 7 LONDON A survey in the Economistmagpzine published yesterday shows Canada releases the most reliable economic statisics and Italy the least. The survey put Germany, the United States and Japan in the lower half of the table at sixth, seventh and eighth place respectively.
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      • 71 7 BRUSSELS The European Commission has proposed major concessions by the EC yesterday in talks on an association accord for Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. The concessions cover six areas: agriculture, textiles, financial cooperation, free movement of workers, coal and transit. The crucial points on agriculture involved dismantling tariffs
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      • 54 7 JAKARTA Indonesia yesterday awarded six new oil exploration contracts worth US$l54 million (***** million) to local companies and firms from the United States and Canada, the state oil firm Pertamina announced. The deals bring the number of contracts awarded since January to 22, a record
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      • 68 7 NICOSIA Iran has reached preliminary agreement on a US$l.7 billion (552.9 billion) project for exploration and exploitation of oil at the Hormuz Strait by a Japanese company, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported on Thursday. A letter of intent issued by the state-owned National Iranian
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    • 350 7 AP WASHINGTON The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims remained frozen at 421,000 in late August, the government said on Thursday a sign that employers, sceptical about whether a recovery has taken hold, are still letting workers go. In other
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    • 222 7 Reuter WASHINGTON The Soviet Union should be able to avoid defaulting on its foreign debt this year, but it will have to sharply curtail imports and sell US$5 billion (about SsB.s billion) worth of gold to do so, according to a
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 4833 8  -  B Sylvia Wong THE latest developments in Malaysia's best-known corporate battle took centrestage yesterday as the Singapore stock market continued its steady drift downwards. News that Malayan United Manufacturing Bhd (MUM) had proposed a takeover of Inter-Pacific Industrial Group Bhd prompted heavy trading in
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  • 4093 9 Main Board SPH Foreign 1360 +40 +3.0% DBS Foreign 1350 +30 +2.3% Asia Pacific 1060 20 +1.9% SPH 870 +20 +2.4% Spore BusF 500 750 +15 f2.0% SPC Foreign 420 +14 3.4% Jurong Eng 50* 293 +13 4.6% C&C 550 +10 +1.9% DBS 1200 +10
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 2189 10 Reuter TOKYO STOCKS yesterday closed higher in heavy trade but gave up afternoon highs following the release of the Bank of Japan quarterly economic survey. Prices had surged on speculation about an early cut in interest rates, but slumped immediately afterwards in a
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
    • 1828 10 Reuter AFP HONGKONG share prices yesterday ended down after sliding steadily through the day in extremely slim trade and poor sentiment, brokers said. "Wall Street was flat and we've had dull trade all week so I don't think anyone was hoping for much
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 4122 11 Reuter MBT SHARE PRICES on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange closed lower yesterday on selling of index-linked stocks on a day when shares of Inter-Pacific Industrial Group Bhd took centre-stage, brokers said. Inter-Pacific, the day's most active stock, surged 29 cents to M
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    • 95 11 PROPERTY CONSTRUCTION SUPPT.IffMENT 1991 A special Business Times Survey September 10,1991 How will the coming year shape up for developers and investors alike, now that the Gulf War is history? Will we see the long-expected Hongkong influx fill our new office blocks? And where are residential property prices heading? As
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • NZ shares end lower despite bond rally
      • 738 12 A LACK of fresh leads on the economic front resulted yesterday in the Australian share market ending another day virtually even in directionless trade. "Very little was happening, it was all dead in the water with no one trading in any particular direction," Baring Securities broker Bruce Rolph said.
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      • 299 12 THE NEW ZEALAND share market ignored yesterday's bond rally, which saw yields fall significantly after Thursday's well-supported bond tender, and instead focused on the firming New Zealand dollar, to end slightly lower. The kiwi was still sharply higher at 58 US cents, up from 57.5 at the close
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      • 83 12 INDICES TURNOVER Close Previous Sep 6 AUSTRALIA All Ordinaries Index 1,572.0 1,571.6 -0.4 All Industrials Index 2,413.9 2,415.4 -1.6 All Resources Index 926.3 924.6 +1.7 Turnover (million) 180.6 62.6 +118 BANGKOK SET Index 728.51 723.06 +5.45 Turnover (billion baht) 3.66 3.32 +0.34 JAKARTA Composite Index 300.54 301.09 -0.55 MAHILA Composite
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      • 641 12 THE Jakarta Stock Exchange wallowed in dull trading yesterday, as it recovered from a week of turbulence triggered by a leading textile company's sudden reduction of profit estimates, brokers said. The market closed at 300.54 points on the index, a drop of 0.55 from the previous day. Total turnover
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      • 727 12 STRONG gains in the finance and real estate sectors helped push the Thai stock index up yesterday and brokers said the market looks increasingly bullish. "Investors still showed high confidence in the market and buying signs are apparent," said a broker at Ekachart Finance and Securities Co. The SET
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      • 554 12 SHARE PRICES yesterday slid further as investors stayed away from the market ahead of next week's Senate vote on the new US bases treaty. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index fell 11.22 points to close at 1,003.22. "Right now the market is soft to directionless while people stay on
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      • 380 12 In local currency In S$ In US$ day yew day S year day year V P 5 Index change change change ckia§t <*-f World 407.4 0.3 13.8 0.1 8.0 0.0 9 3 fEAFE 520.8 0.2 10.8 0.0 3.0 0.0 4 2 Europe 441.0 0.0 21.0
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      • 812 12 SEOUL's rumour-ridden stock market closed yesterday a fraction higher on buying at the lows due in part by whis- pers the government may bail out small companies facing possible debt problems, brokers said. "Rumours that small manufacturing companies face a cash crunch have floated in the market recently, depressing
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      • 423 12 TAIWAN STOCKS yesterday closed sharply up on renewed rumours that the central bank would lower interest rates in order to curb the rise of the Taiwan dollar, dealers said. The weighted index climbed 109.46 points or 2.4 per cent to end at 4,624.83. Turnover was a light NTS 16.63
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      • 80 12 BOMBAY Stock Exchange (BSE) share prices on Thursday rebounded sharply after the exchange extended the current account, brokers said. The BSE index jumped 47.59 points, or 2.70 per cent, to 1,810.21. The national index rose 18.75, or 2.24 per cent, to 858.16. The exchange put off the close of
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • US stocks stall ahead of jobs figures
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        1207 13 APPREHENSION about the August employment data kept Wall Street stocks trapped in a range and buying interest thin on Thursday. Shares ended mostly weaker with the Dow registering no change from Wednesday's finish. "People are taking a cautious attitude," said Ronald Hill, investment strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman.
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        693 13 SHARE PRICES largely fell on the London Stock Exchange on Thursday. The Financial Times-Stock Ex- change 100-share index closed down 1.3 points at 2,663.3. Volume was 457.9 million shares, compared with 507.7 million shares on Wednesday. The Financial Times 30-share index closed at 2,092.2, down 2.0 points. The Financial
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      • 419 13 SWISS SHARES ended a quiet, uninspired session on Thursday. Dealers said the market lacked new factors and was waiting for the Swiss August inflation data. The all-share SPI index, which had fluctuated in a narrow two-point range, added mere 0.3 point to 1,115.0 The SMI index of leading shares
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      • 76 13 INDICES TURNOVER Sep 5 Cloac PrertoM NEW YORK Dow Jones 3,008.50 3,008.50 unch SAP 500 389.14 389.97 -0.83 Turnover (million) 169 156.77 +12.23 LONDON Financial Times 30 2,092.2 2.094.2 -2 FTSE 100 2,663.3 2,664.6 -1.3 Turnover (million) 457.9 507.7 -49.8 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1,647.17 1,647.91 -0.74 AMSTERDAM CBS Tendency Index
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      • 241 13 THE Frankfurt stock market marked time on Thursday, as the 30-share DAX spot trend index closed at 1.647.17 points, off 0.74 point or 0.05 per cent on the day. The Commerzbank indicator was up a mere 0.40 point to 1,923.50 points. Continental (tires), which was again in demand from
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      • 340 13 FRENCH SHARE prices ended higher on Thursday, consolidating their turnaround during the day, and oil shares bounced on strong results from Total, dealers said. The CAC-40 index finished 7.85 points or 0.42 per cent higher at 1,868.67 in turnover of 2.1 billion francs' worth of shares. It had opened
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      • 307 13 DRIVEN by spurts of activity, Dutch shares drifted up to a buoyant close on the Amsterdam bourse on Thursday, dealers said. The CBS Tendency Index closed at 92.5, up 0.7 points from Wednesday and higher than it has been for nearly two weeks. "I have a feeling that trade
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      • 384 13 GOLD SHARES in Johannesburg closed steady at their day's lows on Thursday, having shed a portion of their recent strong gains as hopes of a further rally in world gold prices failed to materialise. Gold prices are again lanquishing around US$347 an ounce after struggling to breach $350, which
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      • 224 13 BELGIAN SHARES closed mostly lower in thin trade on Thursday as investors stuck to the sidelines before the release of the US August unemployment figures, dealers said. The Bel 20 index of leading shares closed 0.35 per cent down at 1,140.05 with 433 million francs worth of Belgian shares
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      • 266 13 CORPORATE earnings and active issues were the only items keeping players attuned to the Toronto market on Thursday as equities ended an otherwise dull session unchanged, dealers said. The market remains focused on the release of US unemployment data for August. "Basically it's a treading water period. We've been
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • 1171 14 REPORTS Tokyo: The US dollar was higher against the yen and easier against the mark in slow late Asian trade yesterday as dealers kept their heads down before the US jobs data at 1230 GMT. Short-covering by speculators
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    • 385 14 Cross rates sep6 USS S$ MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS US$ 1.7190 2.7805 1.7390 135.85 0.5905 1.5270 1.2763 1.7277 S$ 0.5817 1.6175 1.0116 79.0285 0.3435 0.8883 0.7425 1.0051 MS 0.3596 0.62 0.6254 48.8581 0.2124 0.5492 0.4590 0.6214 Dm 0.5750 0.9885 1.5989 78.12 0.3396 0.8781 0.7339 0.9935
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    • 526 14 Interbank rates S$ Bid Offer Overnight 5 1/4 5 3/8 1-month 5 1/16 5 3/16 2-month 5 1/16 5 3/16 3-month 5 1/8 5 1/4 Overnight mode: 4-7/8 USS Bid Offer 7 days 5 5/8 5 3/4 1 month 5 11/16 5 13/16 2 months 5 5/8 5
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    • 423 14 Reuter NEW YORK Two American inter-dealer brokers in Treasury securities are contemplating doing business directly with retail customers, thereby competing with the dealers who usually handle such trades. RMJ Securities Corp, which tried unsuccessfully to open up to retail accounts two
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    • 330 14 Reuter NEW YORK Steve Briese's world is divided, mathematically, into "the smart money" and "the rest" of the investing crowd, and he makes a living by chasing the former. Following some 30 markets from his 80-year-old farm house south of Minneapolis, the maverick
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    • 1126 14 SIMEX EURODOLLAR Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/lnt Vol Sep 91 94.28 94.29 94.27 94.28 2132 ***** 2492 Dec 91 93.97 93.98 93.95 93.96 ***** ***** 3592 Mar 92 93.98 93.98 93.94 93.95 7129 ***** 1541 Jun 92 93.66 93.68 93.63 93.64 1103 2651 569 Sep 92
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 350 15 Reuter MEXICO CITY Mexico is unlikely to back a coffee retention scheme proposed by fellow Latin American producers and will instead seek to forge a common plan with the US. Jenaro Hernandez, president of the Mexican Coffee Exporters Association, said officials would
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    • 372 15 Reuter LONDON The next session of the council of the International Cocoa Organisation (Icco) should provide a solid base for future talks on a new cocoa agreement, but it is unlikely to make any concrete decisions, delegates said. "Member countries were
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    • 822 15 REPORTS MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices yesterday rebounded in thin trade to close higher on light covering and reflecting the trend on the futures market, dealers said. They said renewed talk that India would return to the market this month and
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  • 1344 15 Rubber se P 6 RAS (<■> In tak*) S cents/kg Noon Oose IntlRSS Prompt 136.50/137.50N 136.25/137.25N Int I RSS Oct 91 137.50/138.00 137.25/137.75 Int 1 RSS Nov 138.50/139.00 138.25/138.75 Int 2 RSS OP 136.75/138.75N I36.75/138.75N Int 3 RSS OP 135.75/137.75N 135.75/137.75N Int 4 RSS OP 131.25/133.25N 131.25/133.25N Int 5
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    • 6 15 Innovation Technology in BT every Tuesday
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    • 206 15 BUSINESS TIMES TELEPHONE: 730-5771/5772/5773 FAX: 734-4982 CORRIQENDUM RE: PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SHIPS NAME IN THE BUSINESS TIMES ON 31 ST AUGUST 1991 BY i FIRST UNITED LINES PTE LTD The address of Palmindo Marine Pie Lid is 10 Anson Road *24-14 International Plaza, Singapore 0207. IIOHT INVESTMENTS PTE LTD
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    • 228 15 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPARES ACT. CAP. 01 ANDWTVCMATTBIGF HEXCO ENQMEERMQ A HARDWARE PTE LTD INCORPORATED M SMQAPORq At an EjftauftSrey General Mae> got HEK3OO*3N®NG4WDWWE PTE LTD duly corvened and held pursuant to Seclon 170(B) of toe Compertes Act, Cap. 60 on toe Ist day of September 1001 .toe
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  • 460 16  -  By Lee Han Shih WITH some $3.5 billion in fixed deposits, statutory board Singapore Telecom is set to be a more aggressive investor in the region when it becomes a corporation in the next few months. Its priority will be to invest
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  • 428 16  -  By Dexter Lee BUOYED BY heavy international call traffic, Singapore Telecom has chalked up a record after-tax group surplus of $892.1 million to maintain its reputation as one of the Republic's most profitable statutory boards. For the financial year ending Mar
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  • 309 16 SINGAPORE TELECOM'S four subsidiaries, including one-year-old Telecom Equipment, contributed 6 per cent of group turnover in the last financial year. The amount, which works out to $133.8 million, was disclosed by Telecom chairman Koh Boon Hwee when he presented the latest annual report at
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  • 445 16  -  By Harish Mehta THE SINGAPORE and Hongkong subsidiaries of an American company have been indicted by a US grand jury, with the US parent and a Japanese aerospace manufacturer, for alleged illegal diversion of F-4 Phantom fighter jet parts to Iran. The
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  • 141 16 Reuter WASHINGTON China has turned the corner in its fight to contain growing population pressures and has a bright economic future, a World Bank official said in an article. "I believe that China can cope with current population pressures," said Shahid Javed Burki. World
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  • 609 16 MOSCOW The Soviet Union granted full independence to the three Baltic republics of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia yesterday as its first act following the destruction of central Kremlin power. "We have recognised their independence. These republics are now separate from the
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  • 226 16 AFP NEW DELHI India invited foreign and domestic companies yesterday to prospect for oil and gas in 39 offshore and 33 onshore blocks, in a move which throws open exploration to the private sector for the first time. Petroleum Minister Shankaranand issued
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  • 89 16 SINGAPORE The Singapore government has recognised the sovereignty and independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with immediate effect. Singapore is also ready to establish diplomatic ties with the states. In a statement yesterday, the Foreign Affairs Ministry noted that Estonia,
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  • 349 16 MBT KUALA LUMPUR JAPAN has regained its position as Malaysia's top investor with investments worth M 52.81 billion (551.74 billion) for the first six months of 1991, pushing Taiwan to second place with investments of $1.79 billion, official statistics show. Japan
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  • 246 16 AFP SEOUL South Korea's central bank yesterday launched a probe into the Seoul branch of Indosuez Bank on suspicion that it might have circumvented regulations on managing foreign exchange funds. Three supervisors from the Office of Bank Supervision and Administration (OBSA) were
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  • Executive Lifestyle
    • 1373 17 Devotees of the printed word may be a rare breed in Singapore, but neither are they on the endangered list. Nirmal Ghosh tracks down some avid readers IN FRENCH film director Francois Truffaut's science fiction classic Fahrenheit 451, a fanatical dictatorship abolishes books, burning them in heaps
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    • STRAWS IN THE WIND
      • 65 17 MUCH has been said about how some voters ignored Mr Goh Chok Tong's call for a personal endorsement in favour of bread-and-butter issues. It is a trifle ironical, then, that Gardenia bread raised the cost of each loaf by 10 cents the day after the election.
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      • 55 17 A CASE of too much free booze? The invitation said, come and share in the launch of a new premium scotch whisky at a grand hotel. The guests came, and yes they shared, but at least a few forgot about the alcohol content. Several guests were soon noticed
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      • 65 17 WITH the recent megamerger of Bank of America and Security Pacific Bank, the financial community is wondering whether more tieups will follow, possibly involving banks based in different countries. If so, the unfounded rumour of an impending merger between Japan's Nomura and America's Morgan Guaranty may
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      • 42 17 FOR those who don't have the foggiest idea where the electoral boundaries are, here's a little riddle to jog your memory: Where do Yishun and IGm Keat meet? Answer At Yuhua. Which is where (Yu-Foo) Yee Shoon met (Toh) Kim Kiat.
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    • OPINIONS
      • 847 18  -  Bangkok suffers from massive traffic jams and it has far too few phone lines. The result: the Thai capital is in danger of losing its appeal to foreign investors, says Andrea Borch Andrea Borch The writer is a BT journalist ANY business promoter
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      • 256 18  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR P J George I REFER to the news item "SIA takes tough stand over alleged 'illegal BA fares'" (BT, Sep 4). I am amazed that in these days of free-market economics and competition, SIA should have the
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      • 194 18  -  Henry Tan THE swing in votes to the opposition at the General Election is due to the SDP's by-election strategy and protests at rising costs which hit low income groups. For instance, the HDB carpark fee was upped 100 per cent
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      • 1203 18  -  Maggie Ford examines the reasons for the economic success of the Asian dragons Maggie Ford The writer is a Jakarta-based journalist who contributes to BT THE economic advance over the past decade of the four Asian dragons Singapore, Hongkong, Taiwan and South Korea continues to
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      • 852 18  -  A J Leow says contrary to popular belief, civil disobedience can lead to order A J Leow The writer is a journalist with BT's Foreign Desk THE rebel, particularly one of the political ilk, is often a figure viewed with suspicion. More often than
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    • SPORTS
      • 332 19 AFP NEW YORK Legendary Jimmy Connors continued to defy logic and wrote another glorious chapter for the record books here on Thursday when he stormed into the semifinals of the United States Open for an incredible 14th time. The 39-year-old American, five times
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      • 836 19 US Open AP NEW YORK Jim Courier's planets are orbiting just perfectly now that he's knocked off friend and willing foil Pete Sampras, the brooding defending champion, to reach the US Open semi-finals. Ivan Lendl, a master of his own universe in five-set epics, is just as
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      • 567 19 NYT NEW YORK The main lesson from Jimmy Connors is that there is no lesson at all. We learn nothing from him, except perhaps to be enthusiastic. We cannot imitate what his body has done at the age of 39, and we dare
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      • 392 19 AFP MONZA, Italy- Italy's fanatical motor racing fans, without a world champion of their own since Alberto Ascari killed himself here in 1955, will be urging Britain's Nigel Mansell to win today's Grand Prix. The Briton, known as "II Leone" in Italy, left
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      • SIDE LINES
        • 174 19 GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan When Arnold Palmer won the Western Open 30 years ago, he did it with his long game. His performance in this week's Senior PGA Tour depend on his short game. Palmer, making his first appearance in the First of America
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        • 72 19 ST ANDREW'S, Scotland -r- After a 13-year absence,. South Africa will add team golf to the sports in which it has ended its international exile when it debuts in the US$l.6million Dunhill Cup next month. Organisers asked the South African team led by veteran Gary
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        • 90 19 SAN FRANCISCO A 1938 jersey worn by New York Yankee baseball player Lou Gehrig fetched a record U*****,000 at an auction of sports memorabilia, a spokesman for Richard WolfTers Auctions Inc said on Thursday. The flannel jersey, which before the auction had been expected to
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        • 48 19 CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland Scottish golfer Gordon Brand Jr shot an 8-under-par 64 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead in the first round of the U*****,000 European Masters-Swiss Open tournament. Manuel Pinero of Spain and England's Glenn Ralph were tied for second at 65.
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        • 71 19 NEW YORK Robert Helmick, president of the US Olympic Committee, will discuss with the USOC's executive board on Saturday reports that he worked as a paid consultant to several companies with ties to the Olympic movement. USA Today reported on Thursday that Helmick, also a
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      • 264 19 Reuter NEW YORK- Former champions Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova renew their great rivalry while teenage sensations Monica Seles and Jennifer Capriati continued theirs in the US Open women's semi-finals yesterday. The top-seeded Graf and sixth-seeded Navratilova were to play for the first time in almost two
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      • 651 19 AP OAKVILLE, Ontario Craig Stadler and Jim Benepe had modest expectations for the first round of the Canadian Open. "I didn't expect to get out of bed," Stadler said on Thursday. "I got a cold in Japan last week and (then) it decided to escalate
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    • EPICURE
      • 609 20  -  Quek Swee Peng indulges in old favourites at Goodwood Park's Gordon Grill Quek Swee Peng THERE WAS no apostrophised 'n' at all. No Bangers 'n' Mash. No Fish 'n' Chips. No Steak 'n' Kidney. There was the obvious salmon: marinated Scotch salmon dressed in a caviar
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    • LIFESTYLE
      • 864 21  -  The Swedes are known for building safe cars. But fast cars? Stuart Marshall reviews the new Saab and discovers he's driving a Ferrari-chaser Stuart Marshall FT Above all, Saab's latest product, the 9000 CS, is an intelligent car. No, it is not stuffed full of computers. It
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      • 962 21  -  N K Yong writes about a famous but rare Spanish wine that is often uttered in the same breath as Chateau Petrus and Romanee-Conti N K Yong VEGA SICILIA, Spain's greatest and most famous red wine, is almost
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      • 361 21  -  Sybil Holloway reviews the Cavendish Invitational Pairs bridge tournament Sybil Holloway WHEN play ended in the Covendish Invitational Pairs at the Loew's Summit Hotel, 51st Street and Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, the victory went to a European partnership for the third time in four years. It is
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    • PURSUITS 1
      • 851 22 As Singapore's historic Raffles Hotel prepares to reopen its doors, Salil Tnpathi reflects on its past and present splendours HERE was a time I when young EuropeI an men were dying in trenches because all was not so quiet on Western Front. Gandhi was -tehirning to India
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      • 642 22 Backdrafi's predictable plot cannot be saved by the drama of its subject, observes Nirmal Ghosh KURT RUSSELL is Stephen McCaffrey, the son of a heroic fireman killed in action. A cowboy firefighter with the Chicago Fire Department and always on the verge of real recklessness, he has an
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      • 766 23  -  S N Vasuki meets Doris Lessing and finds her disillusioned with feminism and the politics of the left, but optimistic about the future S N Vasuki DORIS Lessing is the grand dame of fiction. The distinguished British writer was in Singapore last week, her first visit
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      • 645 23  -  CD Review By RINGO LIEW 808 SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND: The Fire Inside After a five-year hiatus since his last album, the king of American heartland rock is back to reclaim his throne. Assailed during his absence by pretenders like John Cougar Mellencamp,
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    • PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT 2
      • DON'T QUTE ME!
        • 173 24  -  Compiled by Lee Han Shih THE GUYS Down Under are trying to change their image, but do not be surprised if you have not seen any difference yet. So far the changes seem to be directed mainly at the Japanese, those rich yellow settlers they
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        • 88 24 WHATEVER the perception Japanese may have of Australia, nobody will deny that they do pump a lot of money there. Now, Daimaru is trying to get some money out of the country. Nfcxt Wednesday, Daimaru will launch the first full scale Japanese department store in Australia. The
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        • 130 24 REACHING the Japanese through Nikkei seems to be the hot tftmg to do nowadays. Soon after the Australia piece, a two-page feature on Singapore also popped up in the Aug 24 issue of Nikkei. The title, given the recent emphasis on foreign investment, is predictable. "Singapore gilds
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        • 49 24 IT IS interesting to see how statistics change. For example, in the EDB ad in Nikkei, Singapore is quoted as producing "60 per cent of the world output of hard disk drives". Inside Singapore itself, however, the figure most often quoted is actually only 50 per cent.
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      • 1422 24  -  Everyone knows that Malaysia's Genting group is a good investment. But exactly which company in the group? Magdalene Ng has the tips STOCK Magdalene Ng SO, YOU like the Genting group and want to invest in it. After all, it is one of Malaysia's bluest blue
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      • 663 24  -  CHART By Goh Hiang Fong TIMING is one of the key elements in successful investing or trading, whether you are a short-term or long-term investor. It is quite easy for investors to be whipsawed when they buy into the market thinking that it
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      • 961 25  -  Child care centres seem to be sprouting up all over Singapore. Kooi Cho Teng finds out what it takes to start one ON YOUR Kooi Cho Teng Many people are likely to be tempted by the investment prospect of what they see as
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      • 913 25  -  Want to take a peek into the future to find out where the market is headed? Arul Inthirarajah shows you how to do it Arul Inthirarajah The writer is a financial consultant with a US-based firm of investment bankers and brokers. The opinions expressed here are entirely
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    • JOBS
      • 1533 26  -  The CRG 1991 Singapore Compensation Survey reveals that the banking sector leads the pack once again in terms of total annual remuneration paid to its executives. But don't bank on a big raise this year. S N Vasuki reports S N Vasuki Management salaries
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      • 311 26 Mr Tan Bong Lin has been appointed Managing Director of the Singapore office of Smith Barney, Harris Upham Co, a leading US securities brokerage and investment banking firm. Mr Tan will be responsible for developing the securities brokerage, commodity trading and investment banking activities in South-east Asia. Prior
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    • 952 27 Flight ETA night ETO Abu Dhabi GA890 0050 Adelaide QF81 1820 SQ227 QF82 2200 2200 A&JMIN RJ183 0030 Amsterdam SQ19 KL837 0755 1255 SQ24 KL838 SQ38 GA890 0100 2240 2330 2350 Hmdtmi NZ21 SQ338 1820 2030 NZ22 1930 Bahrain GF148 1000 BiHHifMf! GA525/ 910 1755 B
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    • THE TRAVEL PAGE
      • 740 27  -  LETTER FROM SARAWAK By Yu Chin Fun DEEP in the jungles of Sarawak's Gunung Mulu National Park stand the Pinnacles, limestone needles that tower some 45 metres. Shaped by nature over five million years, they are a rare sight, believed to be found only in about five
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      • 152 27 As at 3pm yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.3453 1.3568 Canadian dollar 1.4892 1.5117 NZ dollar 0.9844 0.9993 Sterling pound 2.8986 2.9233 US dollar 1.7148 1.7188 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 13.91 14.12
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      • 48 27 Duration Title Venue Organiser Td j Sep 3-8 Furniture and Helsinki, The Finnish Fair *****5091 Interior Finland Corporation Decoration Sep 4-7 Cattle Asia *91 Bangkok Conference *****66 j Duration Title Venue Organiser fd Intl Beef Exhibition Dairy Cattle Management Equipment Services Technology Pte Ltd Conference <.
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    • TIME OFF
      • 124 28 SSO Concert Conductor Choo Hoey. Soloist: Oliver Eisenmann, (organ). Programme includes Mozart's Symphony No 41 in C: Guilmant's Symphony No I for Organ and Orchestra op 42; and Dvorak's Symphony No 5 in F op 76. Venue: Victoria Concert Hall. Today. 8.15pm. Jack and the Beanstalk Singapore Dance Theatre's
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      • Article, Illustration
        203 28  -  Compiled by Yasotha M Beijing Rong Bao Zhai's Original Paintings Exhibition Exhibition on original paintings from Beijing Rong Bao Zhai. Featuring 99 original works by renowned artists from China. Venue: Orchard Point Exhibition Hall. Ends tomorrow. llam-7pm. Exhibition: Frontiers of Chaos The exhibition views two new frontiers: the first
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    • Article, Illustration
      639 28 Duck Tales, The Movie. The movie to see if you can really convince yourself that it's not obscene for ducks to go around town without their pants on. For this movie, they go around in search of a lost lamp. This Walt Disney cartoon also features a naked dog.
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    • 42 18 OOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU HEY, MIKE, you seta HIM MIK3,NO6OW ACTUALLY, HE ,/yy, PIP I MENTION MHO&e> I SENT Horn* WHte> MMTSTD SEEMEPPFSITY ME UK ON A ZONKZR? HIM HOME. PARENTS* UVEWITH UPBEATAOOUT HXEP INCOME yOW& UJHERE HGPfIRCNIS! IT. C™ A**/* j
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    • 205 20 WHEBE TO WIHt, DIME MID ENTERTAIN WHERE TO WINE. DINE AND ENTHBTAIH WHfßi: Tn Mime mHf v PWHecss x EH grePcimAer M&0 .•••now on Fridays and Saturdays From now on, our Chinese Porridge Buffet will be served only on Fridays and Saturdays from 10.30pm to 3.30 am but at the
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    • 352 20 TOfLW ooime&jf SUNDAY TEMPTATIONS Every Sunday, Nutmeg's brings to you exquisite culinary surprises, fine wines and champagnes and the relaxing chords of our jazz musicians. Seafood delicacies, Sunday favourites, local specialities and even a touch of American, await the family for a peaceful Sunday. For $34.50++ per person and $17.26++
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    • 170 20 AW Why worry about breakfast or lunch on I Children's a Suncla y morning? Come down Vc^ for brunch with your whole family and Activities at feast on a delectable spread of hot f Fi in yT.amac dishes, soups, appetizers and run/vjames desserts, all prepared to I N Comer! T/j
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    • 369 20 The GEORGE ft ROBERT All Stars I Quartet j\J jazz group at the Kasbah a n The formed by Swiss saxophonist Gsorgs Robert ;<* commjpnorata ths 700 th snnlvsrssry of S«rfft«rf»nd on #i s lour around ths world, comprises flour gsorgs Robert (saxophone. clsrinst aiijlompasor), Edgsrdo Osdo" Moroni (pisno). Isis
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    • 176 26 Advertisement NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR 1991 SINGAPORE BUSINESS AWARDS DHL Worldwide Express notable contribution to corporate their own businesses or marv and Business Times have management and business agers of subsidiaries or divisions launched the prestigious 1991 achievement in Singapore. of large local or multinational Singapore Business Awards. The search is
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    • 41 27 Zurich fly to Europe with Finnair. (And the not so well-off too.) because Finnair flies a superb twice-weekly route from Singapore to Helsinki and then II over 30 European destinations. Call *****77 for details. We know Europe from start to Finnish.
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    • 6 27 Innovation Technology in BT on Tuesday
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    • 38 27 MY \M MP '■»J> < A^Mf paint their portrait of >tmh« the perfect representative. m^BSg Plus a quick review of what the election results ll3Bs2E*l mean. In our Post-election Special in NEWS NEWSY Weekender today from Monday to Saturday.
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    • 306 27 1111 ill *****1111BBMMM 1 A little bit of tobacco gets Hi^H— up one's nose (5,2,5) 8 Opposing Ernest, one hesi- j—^ tantly applying a short j I I I 1 I scale (7) """■■"""■■""""■H"" 9 Went round in par perhaps at coastal location 11 I I I I I I
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