The Business Times, 25 December 1991

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    16 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Wednesday, December 25, 1991 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      French dockers union calls for port strikes
      67 1 PARIS The communist-led CGT French dockers union yesterday urged members to strike in ports around France tomorrow and on Friday in protest against government plans to reform working rules for their profession. Authorities say French ports are steadily losing business to Spanish and
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      Chinese minister visits Israel
      60 1 BEIJING China confirmed yesterday that a senior Foreign Ministry official was in Israel, fuelling speculation that Beijing was poised to establish diplomatic ties with the Jewish state for the first time. "ViceForeign Minister Yang Fuchang is paying a private visit to Israel as the guest of
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      Call for greater effort
      47 1 THE European Community has called for redoubled efforts to achieve a breakthrough in world trade reform talks, but has made clear that any agreement will have to take account of the way- in which it is reforming its farm subsidies regime Page 3
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      Good indication
      46 1 A 1.2 PER CENT rise in the value of imports into Britain last month is being viewed by economists as an encouraging sign that domestic demand is picking up and Britain may in fact be in the throes of an economic turnaround Page 3
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      Evans gives assurance
      27 1 AUSTRALIAN Foreign Minister Gareth Evans has said that outbreaks of violence in Cambodia do not mean the country's peace plan had failed Page 3
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      New direction
      31 1 JAPAN, confronted with chaos in the former Soviet Union and heightened tensions with the US, is ending the year searching for strengthened diplomatic ties within the AsiaPacific Page 3
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    • Article
      Nepal poser
      32 1 NEPAL appears to be enjoying the relative calm of a democratic system, but the question uppermost in the minds of many there is how long this will last Page 4
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    • Article
      Nedlloyd takeover
      24 1 NEDLLOYD Lines has taken over the shipping agency that used to serve the Scan Dutch consortium in Singapore. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Market indices
      16 1 THE Dow Jones and FTSE indices were not available due to early press time.
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      Market holidays
      28 1 THE Singapore rubber market was closed yesterday together with the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange. There was also no trading at the Stockholm, Frankfurt and Zurich bourses.
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      Tanjung comeback
      31 1 TAN JUNG pic, Malaysia's latest gaming operator and listed vehicle of fast-rising tycoon T Ananda Krishnan, yesterday staged a strong comeback on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Page 2
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    • Article
      Pooling expertise
      28 1 TWO European-listed companies with interests in Singapore have combined their expertise in a bid to revolutionise the way banks manage cash in their branches Page 2
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    • Article
      Sumitomo in merger
      25 1 SUMITOMO Metal Industries Ltd has said it will merge with Nippon Stainless Steel Co Ltd as of Oct 1, 1992 Page 2
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      Retirement age raised
      33 1 US electronics firm AT&T, which employs 4,000 people in its four operations in Singapore. has raised the retirement age for its workers from 55 years to 60 years Page 2
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      Watch out for Manila
      35 1 MANILA was among Asia's best-performing stock markets this year and fresh gains are seen in the run-up to elections next May, with interest further fuelled by several major listings Page 2
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      STOCK INDICES
      29 1 Tuesday Change BT-MGA 707.53 +5.06 Kuala Lumpur ....549.78 +4.26 Tokyo 21.664.53 -112.59 Hongkong 4,192.76 +46.64 Sydney 1,575.1 +6.8 Monday Change New York 3,022.58 +88.1 London 2,345.4 -12.7
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      CURRENCIES
      24 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1.6260 100 Yen SS 1.2758 MS SS 0.5947 Money market rates Overnight 3 1/2 +1 3-month 2 13/16 unch
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    Lock icon Hotels to freeze rates despite expected rebound
    540 1  -  By Sangeeta Mulchand SINGAPORE Hoteliers will keep room rates down and spend more on food promotions next year despite upbeat projections of an 8 per cent increase in tourist arrivals during Visit Asean Year 92. Most hoteliers told BT they will maintain 1991
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    Lock icon US stocks soar in rate-cut rally
    382 1 White House stokes speculation with hints of further cuts Reuter WASHINGTON US stocks soared in a dramatic rally on Monday after the White House said it believed there was room for further cuts in US interest rates. The White House statement fuelled speculation that
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    Lock icon Sing$ hits record high against US$, set to climb further
    309 1 Reuter SINGAPORE The Singapore dollar, which was at a record high of 1.6250 to its US counterpart in early Asian trade, is aiming even higher in New Year in tandem with a weakening US dollar, dealers said. Singapore's currency has
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    Singapore businessman buys A$13.8m Aussie property
    344 1  -  By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE Another Asian bargain hunter has picked up a property in Australia. This time, the buyer is Ho Whye Chung, who has snapped up a choice property in the heart of Queensland's Gold Coast for AS 13.8 million (about S$
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    Jakarta obtains US$400m revolving credit
    327 1  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE The Indonesian government has obtained a US$4OO million (Ss66o million) revolving credit facility from a group of 33 international financial institutions, but the response was far from overwhelming. The deal, signed last week in Frankfurt, was arranged by a group
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    Regional markets surge, Tokyo dips
    171 1 SINGAPORE The holiday season began in the Far East on a merry note yesterday as investors in Hongkong. Kuala Lumpur and Singapore pocketed gains at the close of half-day trading sessions. The rise of all three markets came on the back of the sharp 88.1-point
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      185 1 Zegna_ at leoding tailors Aircraft Schedule 17 Money Changer Rates 17 World Stock Markets 15 Commodities 16 Money Market 16 For market indices editorial, Company News 2 Region World News 3 advertising and circulation exCryptic Crossword 17 Regional Stock Markets 14 tensions, call Business Times Editorial 4 SES 8-10 Information
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      7 1 Special BT Christmas crossword contest on Pg
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      178 1 M > m i r j rr Jahhcsfivmhafy m r- 1 -M\* .\\y. ,\\\u v v »Y.\* Available at ail leading tailors The Prime Minister wishes all Christians a Merry Christmas. V: i Editor and KI staff of BT \j wish all reoders a Merry Christmas There will be no
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Minolta to make auto focus cameras in M'sia
        106 2 TOKYO Minolta Camera Co Ltd will shift part of its domestic output of auto focus single-lens reflex cameras to its Malaysian subsidiary Minolta Malaysia Sdn Bhd in Selangor in early 1992, a company spokesman said yesterday. Minolta currently produces 40,000 of these
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        Public Bank's chief wins award
        97 2 KUALA LUMPUR Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow, the founder and chief executive of Malaysia's Public Bank, has been named "Asia's Commercial Banker of the Year for 1992" by Asia Money and Finance, the region's financial monthly. An Asia Money and Finance statement said yesterday that
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        Interest in Thai stocks down
        75 2 BANGKOK Foreign investment in Thai stocks plunged during the first 11 months of this year when brokers said most foreigners were sidelined by political uncertainty following a military coup here last February. Bank of Thailand spokesman Pisit Lee-atham said on Monday that a net inflow
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        Qantas sees dark skies
        81 2 SYDNEY State-owned Qantas Airways Ltd said it expects the difficult trading environment which produced an operating loss in the year to June 30 to continue in 1991/92. Qantas made an operating loss of A$ 158.6 million (***** million) in 1990/91 from a A 5119.7 million loss
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      Lock icon KL to allow Peugeot 10pc stake in car deal
      209 2 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said it will allow French car maker Peugeot SA a 10 per cent stake in a proposed venture to produce a mini-car locally its second national car project. The government has identified cars with a 900 cc
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      Lock icon Manila bourse a top performer in Asia despite national setbacks
      551 2 Reuter MANILA Manila was among Asia's best-performing stock markets in 1991 and fresh gains are seen in the run-up to elections next May, with interest further fuelled by several major listings. After rising 77 per cent this year, brokers see
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      Tanjong makes strong comeback on KLSE
      354 2  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR TANJONG pic, Malaysia's latest gaming operator and listed vehicle of fast-rising tycoon T Ananda Krishnan, yesterday staged a strong comeback on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). It opened at M 56.15 (553.70), a premium of M 54.15
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      De La Rue buys Swedish firm
      494 2  -  Companies combine expertise in cash machines technology By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Two Euro-pean-listed companies with interests in Singapore have combined their expertise in a bid to revolutionise the way banks manage cash in their branches. British-based De La Rue, the printer of Singapore's currency
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      Lock icon Accor says capital base solid, cashflow at 2.5b francs
      246 2 Reuter PARIS French hotel-and-tourism group Accor says its capital base is solid and its financial structure will not be undermined by its bid for and need to modernise Belgium's Wagons-Lits. Accor's bid for Cie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et du Tourisme SA
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      Lock icon Sumitomo Metal, Nippon Stainless to merge
      327 2 Reuter TOKYO Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd said it will merge with Nippon Stainless Steel Co Ltd as of Oct 1, 1992. The two companies are both listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's first section. The two firms said in a joint statement that the
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      AT & T's S'pore units raise retirement age
      270 2 AT T's S'pore units raise retirement age SINGAPORE American electronics firm AT&T, which employs 4,000 people in its four operations here, has raised the retirement age for its workers from 55 to 60. This is in line with the government's efforts to encourage employers to raise the retirement age as
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      Indon kretek maker runs out of duty bands, closes plant
      356 2 JAKARTA Indonesian kretek (clove) cigarette maker Retjo Pentung has been forced to close down for the next two weeks as it has run out of excise duty bands, the Jakarta Post reported on Monday. The company, located in east Java,
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      HK unit of Chinese bicycle maker to go public next year
      335 2 HONGKONG China Bicycle Co's one-third shareholder and distributor, Hongkong (Link) Bicycle, plans to go public in Hongkong next year after China Bicycle lists on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, according to a South China Morning Post report. The move was
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  • THE REGION/THE WORLD
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      Lock icon EC rejects Gatt solution to farm subsidies row
      454 3 Community says Dunkel draft has to be modified FT BRUSSELS The European Community on Monday night called for redoubled efforts to achieve a breakthrough in world trade reform talks, but made clear that any agreement would have to take account of the
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      Lock icon Premature to say Cambodian peace plan in tatters, says Evans
      410 3 Reuter CANBERRA Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans said yesterday that outbreaks of violence in Cambodia did not mean the country's peace plan had failed. "I think it is far too premature to say that the peace plan is in tatters,"
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      Lock icon UK imports rise seen as sign of turnaround
      398 3 Reuter LONDON A 1.2 per cent rise in the value of imports into Britain last month is being viewed by economists as an encouraging sign that domestic demand is picking up and Britain may in fact be in the throes of an
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      Lock icon Ukraine faces shortage of bureaucrats
      243 3 Reuter KIEV Ukraine's sudden transition to independence from Moscow has revealed a paradox after more than 70 years of communist rule, the country has too few bureaucrats. Western experts and advisers say that after decades in which all decisions were made in Moscow, Ukraine's government
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        India sending trade, defence team to Moscow
        121 3 NEW DELHI India said it would send a team of high-1 level officials to Moscow next month to start sorting out economic and defence ties plunged into chaos by the collapse i of the Soviet Union. Foreign Minister Madhavsinh Solanki told a news
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        Vietnam inflation hits 60-70pc
        134 3 BANGKOK Vietnam's inflation rate has shot up to 60-70"; per cent this year due to loss of Soviet trade, skyrocketing fuel prices, crop losses and tax evasion. The Voice of Vietnam,' monitored in Bangkok, said the government was implementing fiscal and other measures it hopes will
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        HK may keep capitalist system
        114 3 HONGKONG A senior Chinese official has said Hong-. Kong may be able to retain its capitalist system beyond the 50,. years after 1997 promised in the Sino-British pact on the.territory. Lu Ping, head of the State Council's Hongkong and,. Macau Affairs Department, told the China
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        France may invest more in M'sia
        64 3 KUALA LUMPUR France has expressed greater interest to accelerate its investments in Malaysia. Currently, French investments in Malaysia were relatively small and ranked 18th among foreign investors, said the Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Sen Rafidah Aziz, after meeting the former French
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        Australia sees record tourists
        68 3 SYDNEY Despite a decline in air travel during the Gulf War and a global recession, Australia will attract a record number of foreign tourists in 1991. The Australian Tourist Commission chairman John Haddad said Australia is likely to record more than 1.35 million tourists by Dec
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        Bangkok revokes firm's licence
        66 3 BANGKOK Thai Finance Minister Suthee Singhasaneh' t has approved the revocation of the operating licence of financially ailing Panich Finance Co. This means the Fund' for Rehabilitation and Development of Financial Institutes will lose about 2,000 million baht (S$ 128.5 million) in its placed with the
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        GCC urged to strengthen ties
        85 3 KUWAIT CITY Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah called here on Monday on members of the sixnation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to strengthen their ties after the Gulf War. In a brief opening speech marking the, 12th GCC summit, Sheikh Jaber underlined the need bolster
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      O little town of Bethlehem
      49 3 BETHLEHEM, Israel Each Christmas, the tiny post office of Bethlehem b overrun by bundles of holiday greeting cards sent to receive the symbolic "Bethlehem" postmark. The usual workload of 600 pieces of mail jumps |n about 15,000 pieces a day during the holiday season
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      Lock icon Japanese govt sees need to boost regional ties
      262 3 AFP TOKYO Japan, confronted with chaos in the former Soviet Union and heightened tensions with the United States, is ending 1991 searching for strengthened diplomatic ties within the Asia-Pacific. While in past years Japan has placed itself in the "Western" camp of
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      Lock icon Thais expect $66b in earnings from tourism in next 5 years
      325 3 BANGKOK The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has projected a total income of 1.028 trillion baht (about 5566.2 billion) in foreign exchange from the tourism business during the Seventh National Economic and Social Development Plan, starting in 1992. TAT
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      Lock icon Polish Parliament approves new government
      315 3 FT WARSAW The Polish Parliament has approved a new centre-right government led by Jan Olszewski, a 61-year-old lawyer. The vote brought to an end two months of post-elec-toral political manoeuvring. The new government, formed against the wishes of President Lech Walesa, was approved on Monday
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    Time to rejoice and hope
    466 4 EDITORIAL EVEN hardened cynics may feel that some divine hand is at work. Look at the world today and compare it with the world of just five years ago. A magic wand seems to have been waved, taming bushfires and quelling tempestuous conflicts, thawing decades
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Your money or your life?
      288 4 THE National Kidney Foundation (NKF) deserves high praise for its good work in getting the retail price of Cyclosporin lowered. Drug companies do good work. But they are also big business and the more life-supporting their products are, the bigger is the prospect of profits.
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      What happens now?
      119 4 IT is the end of the Soviet Union and a new beginning for the commonwealth of independent states. But the formal end of the Soviet Union does not mean an end to all its problems. Despite promises for a better future, the Soviet people still face the
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      The real problem
      122 4 THE one thing which Cambodians should avoid now is another political coup or armed struggle. Prince Sihanouk has suggested that if events in Phnom Penh went out of control, then the United Nations peace-keeping force should take over the capital city. The fate of Cambodians is the
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      A sensitive relationship
      193 4 NO one will deny that relations between Australia and Indonesia never among the rest of the world are at present once again at a low point as a result of the recent developments in East Timor. However, it is not our intention here to add any further
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      Fighting corruption
      102 4 CORRUPTION in Thailand, according to Prime Minister Anand Panyararchun, has developed into a sophisticated "art" of deception and cheating. But we are afraid that it will grow into a national terminal cancer if no effective measures are taken to stop it now. The Anand administration has a golden
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      Avoiding an imbroglio
      184 4 THE row between the Guangdong and Hongkong authorities over what exactly happened in territorial waters off Nim Wan last month threatens to turn into a diplomatic imbrojglio. The Hongkong government is standing by its story that two Guangdong military vessels entered Hongkong territorial waters, intercepted local marine
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    A bid for democracy
    1479 4  -  Opinion in Nepal differs over the direction the Himalayan kingdom is taking. Said Abdullah, who was there recently, reports on the mood in the country Said Abdullah, A YEAR and a half after pro-democracy riots that saw 500 deaths and the razing down of the Police
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      134 4 UP. LIVING IT EACH WEEKEND, put up your executive feet, and let us shuffle through your imagination. We usually tread lightly, but even when we don't, youll know you're alive after that exciting, exacting or simply emaciating week of work. So don't throw in the high-flying towel, or take shots
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon The year LeMond cracked
      758 5 AFP PARIS In the world of professional cycling, 1991 will long be remembered as the year Greg LeMond finally cracked. The American who won the Tour de France in 1986, 1989 and 1990, and who was idolised as a cycling superman for his strength and determination,
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    • SIDE LINES
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        Paris-Cape Town rally hits the road
        161 5 PARIS Several hundred people braved a frigid winter dawn on Monday at the Chateau of Versailles to watch drivers take off on the world's longest rally, ending on Jan 16 in Cape Town, South Africa. The roar of revving engines filled the air as
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        Hanging in the air
        109 5 MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica Fred Couples had three quick questions immediately after his runaway victory in the World Championship. Even before he signed his card for a 66 or collected his U*****,000 prize, Couples asked: "Does this qualify me for the tournament next year? And where and
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        More events for Tour
        123 5 VIRGINIA WATER, England The PGA European Tour, has added a new tournament for 1992 and two other events have confirmed they will return to the golf tour next year Executive director Ken Schofield said on Monday that the Turespana Masters will be staged in Spain from
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        Meyer gets record back
        76 5 CAPE TOWN Elana Meyer, South Africa's brightest medal hope if Springbok athletes do get to the Barcelona Olymr pics, wrested back the African record in the women's 10,000 metres here on Monday. The Stellenbosch University athlete clocked 31min 33.465 ec at the Green Point stadium in
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        Witt loses footing
        76 5 ATLANTA Two-time Olympic gold medallist Katanna Witt had double trouble with the double axel and lost a skating competition for the first time in five years. Her two falls while attempting the jump on Sunday before a crowd of 6,795 at The Omni cost her the International
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      Lock icon Kankkunen claims a piece of rallying history
      640 5 AFP PARIS Flying Finn Juha Kankkunen furnished a fitting flourish to a magnificent season in 1991 when he snatched a record third world title with victory in the final event, the epic RAC rally. The farmer's boy became the first triple world champion
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      Lock icon Testing time for Indian cricket team
      269 5 AFP BRISBANE Two former Australian Test stars have predicted hard times ahead for India despite the tourists' itforale-boosting win over Queensland on Monday. -Jeff Thomson, feared speedster of the 1970s and current Queensland coach, does not read too much into hi team's 39-run defeat
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      818 5 BT Christmas Baubles CRACK your brains and win some bubbly. It's BTs Christmas Baubles, a bite-sized crossword for you to mull over after last night's huge dinner. For your efforts, a giant bottle of champagne will be awarded for the first all-correct entry Consolation prizes will be given to the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Drinking on the job: firms blamed
      712 7  -  Ronald Smothers on moves to make bosses pay for fatal accidents caused by staff who drink at company functions Ronald Smothers NYT BR E N D A GREENBAUM and Donna Waldrop are not financiers, corporate raiders or giants of industry. But the mere mention
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      Lock icon Loss of faith in communism opens door for Christmas in China
      519 7 The spirit of a consumerist Christmas is making its presence felt. Is this a nail in the coffin of communism? Reuter THE Christmas spirit is taking root in China, nourished by Beijing's open-door policy and a loss of faith
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      Stress doll dubbed UK's worst-taste gift
      414 7 WOMEN'S groups have branded a doll designed to be ripped apart by husbands as Britain's worst-taste Christmas gift. The "Relief from the Wife" doll, with detachable head and limbs, is one of a range of adult "Stress dolls" on sale that includes a "Relief
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      Lock icon A return to the family at Christmas
      272 7  -  Yuri Kageyama on why families; are drawing closer together Yuri Kageyama AP CHRISTMAS in this non-Christian nation used to be another excuse for workers to get smashed in the name of social obligation, or the big night for lovers splurging on an expensive
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      132 7 NEW YEAR'S EVE 1991 AT nT\(3* MARINA BAY V NISHIKI JAPANESE RESTAURANT r\ si S^;.. Set Dinner Karaoke countdown at $68/ person (with complimentary sake A party set) EE -OFF CAFE Set Dinner Karaoke countdown at $42/ person !J (with complimentary wine party set) Tom don't kav* to ham mmmbtr
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Market starts holiday season on a high note
      3151 8  -  By Carolyn Lim TIS THE season to be jolly and certainly Wall Street's upsurge and Hongkong's Hang Seng Index's robust climb gave reason for none to be dismayed. The New York market witnessed heavy blue chip buying spurred on by a delayed
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      HOT STOCK
      67 8  -  By Chew Eng Han Comment SHORT-TERM indicators are supportive of a further rally, as long as support at $2.00 holds. A break above $2.20 confirms an eventual rise to $2JB-$2.40. Beyond that, the next target is at $2.45-$2.48. Suggest taking profits from $2.40 upwards, as the longer term
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 2
    2658 9 OCBC Foreign 1080 30 2.9% DBS Foreign 1160 20 +1.8% SPH Foreign 1330 20 +1.5% BAT 21« 530 +15 +2.9% CAC 575 +15 +2.7% OUE 830 +15 +1 8% Roth Inds 50* 730 +15 +2.1% Serob Shipyard 820 +15 +1.9% CMB Packaging 456 +14 3.2%
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 3
    2714 10 Gen tings 50* 670 +10 fl.5% M Cement 50* 222 +10 4.7% M Banking 410 +8 +2.0% GIL US$0 10 7IYi +4W +6.7% KL Kepong 218 +7 Oriental Hldgs 515 +5 +1.0% Uniphone Tel 165 +5 +3.1% Beriaya Leisure 131 +4 +3.1% MAA 99 +4
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Prices close firmer on strong overseas leads
      4862 11 Bernama STRONG overseas leads plus buying interest for index component stocks took share prices here to a firmer close in a half-day trading session yesterday ahead of the Christmas holiday today. The KLSE Composite Index at the close firmed 4.26 points to 549.78,
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF THAILAND
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      Lock icon Stocks end higher in quiet trade
      2036 12 Reuter SHARE prices closed firmer in quiet trading Christmas Eve as investors were sidelined ahead of the year end, brokers said. The SET index ended 2.98 points higher at 683.36 on a thin turnover of 1.30 billion baht. "This has been usual at the
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    JAKARTA STOCK EXCHANGE
    911 12 Price Change AJPPutra ***** +1250 Tjilatjap Pelle 3500 +1000 Asuransi Dayin 5000 +1000 Sucaco ***** 900 H Prapatan 3400 650 Kurnia Kapuas U 5400 500 Price Change Hotel Prapatan 2950 -1200 Astra Intl ***** -500 Great River Gar 3600 -400 Rimba Niaga Ind 1800 -400 Branta Mulia
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Prices lose ground despite Dow's rise
      2558 13 AP THE US dollar finished sharply lower against the yen yesterday, though it recovered slightly from its opening, while stock prices fell. The dollar closed at 127.25 yen, down 1.07 yen from Friday's close but higher than its overnight finish at 126.65 yen in
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      2478 13 Agencies STOCKS closed the half-day Christmas Eve session near the intraday high, boosted by Wall Street's 3 per cent surge overnight. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index surged 46.64 points, or 1.1 per cent, to finish at 4,192.76. The broader Hongkong Index jumped 30.45
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        AUSTRALIA
        777 14 AUSTRALIAN share prices closed higher yesterday ahead of the Christmas break, helped by an overnight rise on Wall Street and a weaker local dollar. Brokers said light turnover hampered trade and gains did not meet expectations. "We thought the All Ordinaries would gain 17 points," Dicksons broker Diane Jenner
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        MANILA
        576 14 Philippine shares closed mixed to firmer yesterday with New York's overnight rally inspiring some buying. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index inched up 9.66 points to finish at 1,125.12, a day before the market closes for the Christmas holiday. It will resume trading on Thursday. "The Dow (Jones index)
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        206 14 Close Piwliw Dec 24 AUSTRALIA All Ordinaries Index 1.575.1 1,56* 3 +6.8 All Industrials Index 2,495.1 2,488.2 +6.9 All Resources Index 875.8 869.4 +6.4 Turnover (million) 49.5 84.8 -35.3 NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital unav 1,455.75 MANILA Composite Index 1,125.12 U|5j6 +9.66 Turnover (million) 537.9 1,180 -642.1 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index
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        TAIPEI
        466 14 THE Taiwan stock index rose at the opening yesterday on expectations of lower interest rates but profit-taking soon pulled it down. Brokers said narrow trade would continue for the rest of the week. The weighted index ended 10.17 points lower at 4,449.58 from Monday's 4,459.75. The industrial sector rose
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        SEOUL
        821 14 SHARE prices rebounded sharply on the Korea stock exchange in brisk trading yesterday. The composite index of the exchange, which plunged 14.51 points to the year's low of 586.50 on Monday, climbed 24.08 points to close at 610.59. Advances pummelled declines 719 to 83 among the 880 issues traded.
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        302 14 hfKTanScy^^hal %*qr %year IHajr year *J *V** Dec 13 lm*ex ch—t ctmm §t d—r cha—e <*—t chaa«e World 386.6 0.2 8.0 -0.3 2.3 0.6 9.4 1EAFE 478.4 -0.3 1.8 -0.1 -2.2 0.8 4.5 Europe 392.0 -0.5 7.6 -0.1 -1.5 0.8 5.3 Pacific 762.8 0.0 -2.6 -0.1 -2.8 0.8 3.9 Far
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        178 14 A BULLISH wave swept the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Monday ahead of the end of calendar 1991. "It was a typical bull day," said broker Anand Diwan. "The bears went into hiding." The BSE Index leapt 41.84 points, or 2.24 per cent, to 1,915.12. The National Index firmed
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        1407 15 STOCK prices leaped on Monday in what traders saw as a continued reaction to Friday's sharp cut in the discount rate and, hard on its heels, a cut in many banks' prime-lending rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged past the 3,000 barrier for the first time in
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        797 15 HEAVY early losses incurred after a tightening of monetary policy across Europe left London shares depressed on Monday were sharply reduced by the close. Spain. Italy and France all increased rates on Monday following Thursday's 0.5 per cent increase in German rates, prompting concerns that British rates would have
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        74 15 Dec 23 CIom Prrriow NEW YORK Dow Jones 3.022.58 2,934.48 88 10 SAP 500 396 82 387.04 +9.78 Turnover (million) 229.2 318.4 -89.2 LONDON Financial Times 30 1,781.4 1,791.9 -10.5 FTSE 100 2.345.4 2.358.1 -12.7 Turnover (million) 567.8 710.8 143 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1,539.62 1,543.19 -3.57 AMSTERDAM EOE Index 269.87
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        AMSTERDAM
        262 15 DUTCH shares closed broadly weaker on Monday but off earlier lows after a thin session in which airline KLM bucked the trend by adding 0.50 guilders in active trading to 40.20. dealers said. The shares were helped by persistent hopes that talks between KLM and British Airways will result
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        FRANKFURT
        145 15 THE Frankfurt stock market slipped slightly on Monday, as the DAX spot trend index ended the session at 1,539.62 points, down by 0.23 per cent from Friday evening. The Commerzbank indicator slipped by 0.41 per cent to end at 1,767.0 points. Operators said volume was very thin and featureless
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        PARIS
        224 15 ALTHOUGH widely expected, a rise in French official interest rates dragged the bourse to its lowest close in more than ten months in quiet, pre-holiday trade on Monday. The CAC-40 index fell 14.93 points, or 0.91 per cent, to 1,633.57 on volume of 2.48 billion francs, its lowest close
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        MILAN
        174 15 ITALIAN stocks ended slightly lower on Monday in light trading volume ahead of the Christmas holidays, which will close the market for three days. The MIB index at the end of floor trading was down 0.2 per cent at 946. Trading volume was estimated below Friday's meagre 67 billion
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        ZURICH
        302 15 SWISS shares closed steady to slightly lower in very thin trade on Monday as most investors were absent from the market, dealers said. Prices fluctuated in a narrow range due to a lack of orders ahead of Christmas and the year-end. The all-share SPI index shed one point to
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        43 15 STOCKHOLM shares rose initially in brisk pre-holiday trade on Monday characterised by investor interest in selected blue-chips including Skandia and Ericsson. The Stockholm Bourse general index rose 0.18 per cent to 867.87 while the top-16 index firmed 0.62 per cent to 799.43.
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        126 15 BELGIAN shares ended a touch lower in moderate trading on Monday, spurred by institutional buying in blue chip stocks, traders said. They called it "a typical end-of-year" trading day. The Bel-20 index closed down 1.49 points to 1,071.41 and trading in Belgian shares was worth 750 million francs. Brussels
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        434 15 JOHANNESBURG gold shares closed firm on Monday in an otherwise lethargic market as trading dwindled to a trickle ahead of Christmas and New Year festivities, dealers said. The JSE all-gold index ended the day firmer at 1174 versus Friday's 1160 close as share prices got a lift from slightly
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        267 15 TORONTO stocks surged ahead in late trade on Monday, pulled along by the biggest gain on Wall Street since the end of the Soviet coup, renewed enthusiasm over the economy due to Friday's discount rate cut in the US and the usual year-end short-covering rallies, traders said. "The market
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        44 15 Vienna Dec 23 Ascb Akg Holding 2148 -113 Bank Austria (P) 660 15 E Allgem (P) 2055 unch Jungbunzl 9950 -30 Lenzing 1098 -68 Leykam 355 5 Montana Oesterr Brau 3450 Semperit 98 2 Steyr 222 9 Veitscher 277 13 Source: Z-Landerbank Bank Austria
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      385 16 Cross rates Dec 24 USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr A$ NZS USS 1.6310 2.7300 1.5175 127.10 0.5322 1.34*0 1.3123 1.8315 SS 0.6131 1.6738 0.9304 77.9277 0.3263 0.8265 0.8046 1.1229 MS 0.3663 0.60 0.5559 46.5568 0.1949 0.4938 0.4807 0.6709 Dm 0.6590 1.0748 1.7990 83.76 0.3507 0.8883 0.8648
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      605 16 Government securities Dec 24 Treasury bilk Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's closing Day's code Bid Offer High Low 3 months BQ91I49T 26.03.92 1.25 1.20 1.30 1.10 6 months 1 year BY*****Z 19.11.92 2.75 2.70 Government notes and bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Close Day's code rate Bid Offer High
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      Lock icon Cocoa planters in M'sia turn to clonal budding
      530 16 Method can boost output by up to three times Reuter TAWAU, Sabah Many Malaysian cocoa growers hit by recent low prices are using clonal budding to cure pooryield trees to raise pod output and quality. "This process has saved my crop and
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      318 16 Present two-point gap is too great, dealers say Reuter HONGKONG A local interest rate cut is ail but a foregone conclusion in the next two weeks, following the one-point cut in the US discount rate to 3.5 per cent on Friday, economists
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      US$ firmer against yen, unchanged against mark
      782 16 REPORTS ASIA Tokyo: THE DOLLAR closed firmer against the yen and barely changed against the mark in Tokyo yesterday. Underlying sentiment for the currency is still downwards due to the widening gap in interest rate differentials, but the market is likely to be
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      Lock icon Platinum ends mostly higher
      203 16 REPORTS Reuter TOKYO Yen-based Tokyo platinum futures closed mostly higher yesterday, attracting active shortcovering by local investors and trade houses. Prices were three to 22 yen per gram higher, with benchmark December up three yen at 1,432. The exception was the August, which lost two yen
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    1149 16 Rubber Dec 23 tos (fcfc ftw) S cents/kg Noon Close Int I RSS Prompt 125.00* 126.00N 125.00/126.00N Int I RSS Jan 92 125.*****.00 125.50/126.00 Int 1 RSS Feb 126 00/126.50 126.00/126.50 Int 2 RSS OP 125.00/126.00N 125.00/126.00N Int 3 RSS OP I22.0Q/I23.00N 122.00/123.00N Int 4 RSS OP 120.50/121.50N 120.50/121.50N
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      939 17 Crty F%W ETA Fjgfct ETD torn DfcaM GA895 1235 GA974 0001 GA886 0010 Adoiaido QF81 2010 SQ227 2115 QF82 2115 Amttardam GA895 1235 GA974 0001 KL837 1340 SQ24 2215 Atfcont 0A471 0015 0A472 2240 SQ35 1650 Auckland NZ21 1700 NZ22 1820 SQ388 2035 MtfM B1421 1105
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      638 17  -  POSTCARD FROM VENICE By B J Fernandes THERE are some things a visitor to Venice must do. Stay at the Cipriani, have a drink at Harry's Bar, tea at Caffe Florian and get one's photograph taken with the pigeons in Piazza San Marco. None are
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      150 17 As at 3pm yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.2381 1.2550 Canadian dollar 1.3923 1.420S NZ dollar 0.8787 0.9142 Sterling pound 3.0496 3.0909 US dollar 1.6260 1.6320 Locml dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.90 1S.2I
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      73 17 Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Duration Title Venue Organiser Td !-> iq rvi. if .I. u v i Jan 14-18 International Valencia. Feria Muestra- ********** X IK h J h *****55.911 |992 Fair of Home Spain no Internaoo 1992 Trade Show Netherlands Nederlandse Textiles nal De Valenc.a
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      114 17 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/I/)* Cond. Auckland 24/16 Ooudy Bangkok 3(V20 Sunny Beijing -4/-8 Snow Hongkong 22/17 Cloudy Manila 33/22 Sunny Perth 26/17 Goudy Seoul 00/-4 Snow Sydney 27/19 Goudy Taipei 22/14 Goudy Tokyo 15/11 Goudy Europe Hi/Lo* Cond. Amsterdam 08/00 Goudy Athens 09/05 Goudy Brussels 08/00 Goudy Copenhagen 02/-4 Goudy
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    Lock icon US industry likely to see upturn next year
    523 18 Manufacturing, services will spearhead growth Reuter WASHINGTON US industry, both manufacturing and services, will revive and grow stronger next year after two years of weakness, the Commerce Department predicted on Monday. "The overall picture is one of moderate growth," Michael Farren, UnderSecretary
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    Lock icon Bush's Christmas speech promotes his political record
    329 18 Reuter WASHINGTON President George Bush turned his traditional Christmas message to Americans on Monday into a defence of his political record and a plea to his countrymen to have more faith in the US economic recovery. Mr Bush made a fiveminute speech that
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    Lock icon China stamp-ing out speculators
    185 18 Reuter BEIJING China yesterday announced plans to out-man-oeuvre illegal postage stamp speculators, a popular black market in a country where investment opportunities are few. The main strategy of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is to flood the market with new stamps, the official China Daily
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    Lock icon Cathay Pacific locked in pay talks, flight disruptions loom
    290 18 AFP HONGKONG Cathay Pacific Airways still faces the threat of service disruptions during the holiday period after pay talks with its flight attendants ended here yesterday with no sign of agreement. After a further meeting between Cathay Pacific's management and representatives
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    Lock icon Japanese economy slowing: agency
    121 18 Reuter TOKYO Japan's economic growth has been slowing, but its economic activity is still firm, an Economic Planning Agency (EPA) official said yesterday. The official, briefing reporters on the EPA's monthly report to economic ministers, said that Japan's economy is now heading for moderate and sustainable
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    Lock icon UAE wants arms dealers to invest in country
    459 18 Those unwilling to do so won't be given contracts Reuter ABU DHABI The United Arab Emirates hopes to attract millions of dollars of European and US high-tech investment from companies winning lucrative arms deals, according to a senior official. Amin Badr el-Din,
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    Supreme Soviet sets terms for dissolution
    585 18 MOSCOW The Supreme Soviet, parliament of the exSoviet Union, held a session here yesterday but refused to dissolve itself until all the republican parliaments had ratified the accord creating the new Commonwealth of Independent States. A draft resolution along these lines was outlined to
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    Lock icon Georgian opposition resumes shelling
    223 18 Reuter TBILISI, Georgia Georgian opposition forces resumed shelling President Zviad Gamsakhurdia's headquarters yesterday as the official death toll from two days of fighting rose to at least 26. Smoke billowed from around the besieged Parliament and government complex in this Transcaucasian republic's capital as artillery boomed
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    194 18 Agencies TOKYO Japan's Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa told Malaysian counterpart Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday that his government would soon halt aid to Malaysia as it was becoming more affluent, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said. Mr Miyazawa was quoted as saying
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    Lock icon Kevin, lan Maxwell resign from board of Daily News
    219 18 Reuter NEW YORK The youngest son of the late media tycoon Robert Maxwell, Kevin, resigned as chairman and publisher of New York's Daily News, the tabloid his father bought less than a year ago, the newspaper said on Monday. His brother,
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    433 18 AFP DHAKA Tension mounted on the BangladeshMyanmar border yesterday as Yangon deployed tens of thousands of troops there following weekend violence, ignoring Dhaka's call for talks to find a political solution to the problem, officials and press reports said. A Foreign Office
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      Nedlloyd Lines forms new shipping agency
      372 19  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Dutch carrier Nedlloyd Lines has taken over the shipping agency that used to serve the Scan Dutch consortium in Singapore. From Jan 1, newly-formed shipping agency Nedlloyd Lines Singapore Pte Ltd will inherit the Singapore staff, office and operations of
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      Lock icon Storms delay Russian oil shipments
      235 19 Reuter AMSTERDAM Stormy weather is delaying shipments of Russian oil products from the Baltic ports of Ventspils and Klaipeda, sources close to the Russian shipping programme said. "There are up to 15 gas oil (diesel and heating oil) vessels stuck in Ventspils due to the
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      Lock icon Research team produces palm oil fuel
      219 19 UPI KUALA LUMPUR The Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia, Porim, working with a German firm, has succeeded in using palm oil as fuel for specially designed vehicle engines, officials said. The new palm oil engine, developed by Elsbett of Germany and used in
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      1200 19 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 I Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Anglo Orient 16 1/2 ANL 3 1/2 •APL 5 3 A.P.C. Lines A cWarehousing 15 4 Arrow Int 9 4 Asian Break-Bulk 16 3 ASXCLShpg 15 2 ASCL 5 1
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      Odfjell expanding fleet with six new tankers
      289 19  -  By Selva Kumar SINGAPORE Six new tankers will join the fleet of specialist chemical tanker operator Odfjell Tankers in about two to four years time. The tankers will be timechartered to Odfjell by the owners Storli group of Norway and the National Chemical
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      Lock icon Oil tankers unlikely to gain from low prices: Intertanko
      326 19 Reuter LONDON Oil prices may weaken in 1992 but this is unlikely to bring about satisfactory freight rates in the tanker market, a press release issued by the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko) said. "There is a possibility that
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        Business booms at Panama's FTZ
        41 19 CONTRIBUTING to Panama's economic comeback is the booming Colon free zone, the largest duty-free trade zone in Latin America and the sec-ond-largest in the world after Hongkong. Trade is approaching the US$7 billion mark Page 2
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        Proposed ban taking shape in Italy
        61 19 ITALIAN city officials and technical experts have met in top secret to work out details of a controversial plan to ban all private cars from the art city of Florence for the entire month of January in an effort to ease choking pollution. The
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        Norway's oilfields still producing
        40 19 NORWAY'S North Sea Statfjord and Gullfaks oilfields are currently producing as normal even though high waves forced two tankers to break off loading, operator state oil firm Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap A/S (Statoil) said. Back Page
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        United to expand Latin American service
        55 19 UNITED AIRLINES said it would exercise exemptions granted by the US Department of Transportation to expand its service to Latin America. The additional flights reflect an expansion of United's previously announced plans to launch in January service between the United' States and Venezuela. Trinidad,
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        Chittagong almost paralysed by strike
        89 20 foIITTAGONG, Bangladesh Chittagong port was almost a standstill on Monday with 350,000 tonnes of cargo piled iff) because of a strike by workers demanding higher pay and Job regularisation, port officials said. They said transport Operators, who stopped work early last week, were joined by
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        Bulker arrives in UK under tow
        52 20 LONDON The Isle of Man bulk carrier Durrington entered the river Tyne on Dec 21 under tow of the tug/supply fessel Mistral, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Service said. The fcl 990-dwt vessel reported on December 18 that an enginetbom fire had been extinguished off the
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        Cypriot ship has engine trouble
        39 20 fcONDON The Cypriot bulker Despina arrived at St Michael's in the Azores on Dec 18 with main engine damage, Uoyd's Shipping Intelligence Service said. The 55,596 dwt Vessel is bound for the United States.
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        Maltese ship grounded
        52 20 LONDON The Maltese registered ship Marsa is anchored fcest of Bremanger, Norway, after touching ground early on Monday, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Service said. A tug/icebreaker* will'proceed to the 8,000 dwt vessel, which had engine trouble, as soon as the weather moderates. The crew wlere earlier lifted off
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        Two vessels collide off UK
        58 20 LONDON The Chinese-owned bulker Jin Hai and the Norwegian-owned freighter Hamilton Trader collided on Dec off the south east coast of England, Lloyds Shipping Intelligence said. The Jin Hai. 36,701 dwt, was bound for ghina via Brixham to drop pilot, with a cargo of fertiliser.
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        KLM-BA tie-up logical: minister
        78 20 AMSTERDAM Dutch Economics Minister Koos Andriess*n said a merger between flag carriers KLM Royal Dutch Sirlines NV and British Airways pic would be a logical step fi Europe nears economic unity, a ministry spokesman s&Kjhe Dutch state holds a 38 per cent stake in KLM, which
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        Fire extinguished on bulker
        50 20 fcONDON The Panamania-registered bulk earner Kara Sea. loaded with coal, arrived at Cadiz on Dec 19 to report a fire in two cargo holds, Lloyds Shipping Intelligence reported. She holds were rendered inert with nitrogen and the 43,812jpwt vessel is expected to proceed to Iskenderun, Turkey.
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        Indian Airlines pilots end strike
        39 20 DELHI Indian Airlines pilots returned to work after tvtekiay strike that threw domestic air travel into chaos, an VirUtif spokesman said. "The pilots have agreed to restore Jormalcy with immediate effect." the spokesman said.
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      Lock icon Business booms at Panama's FTZ
      835 20  -  Panama's Colon free trade zone is approaching the US$7 billion mark. But officials fear the zone is being used by traders to launder drug money. Joachim Bamrud reports Joachim Bamrud UPI CONTRIBUTING to Panama's economic comeback is the booming Colon free zone, the largest dutyfree
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      915 20 WEAK early 1992 fixings in slow charter market conditions undermined the Baltic Freight Index (BFI), which fell nine points to 1.500, brokers said. This was the lowest BFI level since August 14 (1,492). The Atlantic and Pacific voyage charter markets were in the doldrums and time-charters depressed, but
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      9451 28 This is a list of ships loading s at Singapore for ports around 3 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
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        1176 35 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rdb Sty Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From m A VMmc 02/245 26/0800 2 23/1700 24/0659 24/0900 A venture 3 wm 4 24/1200 24/1459 24/1700 AC* Jade 64A 25/1500 2 23/1700 24/0659 24/0900 4 24/1200 24/1459 24/1700
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      Lock icon Proposed traffic ban taking shape in Italy
      335 36 UPI FLORENCE, Italy City officials and technical experts have met in top secret to work out details of a controversial plan to ban all private cars from the art city of Florence for the entire month of January in an effort to ease
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      Lock icon Norway's oilfields still producing despite high waves
      196 36 Reuter OSLO Norway's North Sea Statfjord and Gullfaks oilfields are currently producing as normal even though high waves forced two tankers to break off loading, operator state oil firm Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap A/S (Statoil) said. "We had reduced output on Saturday morning,
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      Lock icon United Airlines to expand Latin American service
      336 36 UPI CHICAGO United Airlines said it would exercise exemptions granted by the US Department of Transportation to expand its service to Latin America. The additional flights reflect an expansion of United's previously announced plans to launch in January service between the United States
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      1686 25 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) #BOOKMQBc NEPTUNEUNK TEL *****00 (TOLL-FREE) UK/EUROPE SERVICE *****1# USA SERVICE :*****1S AUBTANDWPAK BERVICE *****18 FAR EAST SERVICE *****48 TERMWAL OFFICE *****22 DOCUMENTATION DEPT :*****44/*****14 Mf CF& MBS-IMPORT *****8388/*****80 CFS: MBS EXPORT -.*****83/*****04 NEPUNE SON BHD MALAYSIA K.L-f» *****33, P. KHm&M
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      780 30 J~S~ POjUSTftALIA/NEW ZEALAND IMr [it jNna |M* |M |M |WC If CNMJi Mwrtn m a/12 Ji/u 1/i 1/1 ivi ITTi Ic. mmus Hi 7/i~ ivi 35/5 m/i m/i 175 I J ««tarß) ST" iiTi vT" ivi 1575" 57T" 5/5 I «mth» m n/t ~rm E75 t75~ m/i Ivi ho USA/CANADA
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      1079 30 EVOtn ID HONGKONG. TAIWAN, MANUt I MPM "TMCE HEKLT" MALACCA STRAITS SERVICE low—— VOY wg KM Ml M lim UP »g TO «W W tEUB. VOY |8W lm PER MR ai »BIMI 22t 25 .12 27.12 31.12 4.1 61 18.1 11.1 11.1 12-1 AC» MBT 38A 29.12 38.12 1.1 31.12
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      533 31 (fr FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES LiIASSOL/PBEAUS 29/12 ROTTERDAM 29/12 HAIFA/ASHDOD/ALEXANORIA 29/12 HAMBURG/BREMEN 29/12 ;marseile/france 29/12 FELIXSTOWE/UK 29/12 BARCELONA/SPAIN 29/12 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 29/12 GENOA/ITALY 29/12 GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 29/12 LOS ANGELES/WC/Pt 28/12 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 30/12 NEW YORK/EC 28/12 FREMANTLE 28/12 VANCOUVER 28/12 BRISBANE/ADELAIDE
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      292 32 BLUE «TM UWE TO FROM /•NEW ZEALAND AND T/S TO FIJI TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND PORTS sm m u in MAHSURI Ml* Nrt NPJ- »/l »/l fROSfCCT ICS 4/1 W/l JJ/I «/I MAICAMA V 0512 IS/1 M/l NPI 30/1 W* FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGB DISCHARGING AT NEW PLYMOUTH LYTTELTON, ACCEPTING
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      1138 32 THDMB SOON UNES PTE. LTD. Ms 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16-00 StA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****8S FAX NO: *****11. *****22 WtßSm TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYBIA vessel fig In* Inn vessei m sure p. mm KIM SOON
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      422 33 IS PERINTIS LINEIII WEEKLY PULL CONTAINER SERVICE ACCEPTING ALL FCL CARGOES BETWEEN SINGAPORE JAKARTA SURABAYA VlB—L VOT W AT NY OERAJAT 966 26/12 28/12 PELOPOR 1020 28/12 31/12 DASA ENAM 806 31/12 03/12 TRADE LINK 007 16/01 20/12 TRADE LINK 003 01/01 06/01 TRADE LINK 005 08/01 12/01 General Agent*
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      675 34 W SEASON'S GREETINGS TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS ANGLO ORIENT SERVICES (S) PTE LTD "ACCEPTING FCI AND LCL %a TO THE FAR EAST" TAIWAN JAP AM VESSEL/VOYAGE SJM KHH KIE TOK OSA KO6 Sea Ranfer V.502 26/12 31/12 02/01 07/01 07/01 09/01 Asian Pegasus V.512 02/01 07/01 09/01 16/01 16/01 18/01
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      571 34 Bonteim J CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. OUAHANTKKO WICKLY CONSOLIDATION TOUB ran CHOICE TO:— AUCKLAND 24 DEC NEW PLYMOUTH, WELLINGTON, LYTTLETON, NAPIER, HAMILTON, CHRIBTCHURCH, DUNECXN, PORT CHALMERS BANGKOK 30 D«c EUROPE 29 Dm FREMANTLE 4 Jan PENANG 31 Dae PORT KELANG 29 Dm JAKARTA 31 Dm MELBOURNE 30 Dm SYDNEY
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      389 34 M ——N M MS—B— M l MS^>* SERVICE FROM ij PENANG KL: ALLtct>4.mK SINGAPORE: m *****722 *****8955 *****82(22 unesi S®);.. I E9 K,M SHIPPING I I Til: 222MH fn: 2247H1 V am*a/KHio/mEJiuuLK somen VCaSCL VOY I SM I DAM DUB JCO 1 SAUDI ABHA FEA 059 l 2S/12 I 06/01
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      362 34 MANILA ETA VIGOUR SWGAPORE 16KB 28/12 VIGOUR PACIFIC 53W8 4/1 ggggft 28/12 4/1 BUSAH 30/12 6 1 HONGKONG 28/12 4/1 DURBAH/PT LOUIS 28/12 12/1 KEELUNG 30/12 6/1 MSA 30/12 6/1 PT KELAWC 24/12 27/12 KOBE 30/12 6/1 PIRAEUS 23/12 12/1 OSAKA 25/12 1/1 T JAKARTA 24/12 26/12 OUBAI 28/12 12/1
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      329 35 yO c vO c Oc vO c vO c vQc vO c I VAN OMMEREN CETECO GROUP U >• TRANSPORT DIVISION > U VOTAINER CONSOLIDATION SERVICES: THE ONLY CONSOUQAIQRIffiIH WORLDWIDE NETWORK I J Weekly FCIACL Services g• V J > USA EUROPE FAR EAST V BaAimore: Votalner Consolklallon Services Hamburg:
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