The Business Times, 9 March 1992

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  • 16 1 BUSINESS TIMES THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Monday, March 9, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 52 1 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia wants Myanmar to stop oppressing Muslims and allow the return of those who have fled to Bangladesh. Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday his ministry would soon summon the Myanmar ambassador to protest the oppression of Muslims in
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    • 63 1 Reuter KUWAIT Central Bank governor Sheikh Salem Abd-ul-Aziz al-Saud al-Sabah said yesterday that a plan to rescue the emirate's banking system using government bonds to buy billions of dollars in bad debts was close to implementation. "Without tackling such a problem comprehensively,
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      27 1 Fri Change BT-MGA 696.53 -6.07 Kuala Lumpur ...590.94 -2.99 Tokyo 20,992.99 +128.57 Hongkong 4,908.90 -55.39 Sydney 1,604.7 -3.6 New York 3,221.60 -19.90 London 1,968.6 -2.0
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    • 24 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1.6570 100 Yen SS 1.2586 MS SS 0.6459 Money market rates Overnight 3 1/8 +1/4 3-month 3 7/16 unch
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    • 30 1 Rubber S'pore Apr 134.25«/kg -0.25 M'sia Apr 209.00«/kg -1.00 KL Tin Turnover 43 tonnes +17 Spot MS 14.10/kg unch Crude palm oil Turnover 864 lots +359 Apr MS905/tonne +7
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  • 633 1  -  Group sees role in strategic planning, human resources development By William Chia SINGAPORE Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), Malaysia's largest trust fund with an investment portfolio of Msl2 billion (557.7 billion) and 2.4 million members, is taking a more active
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  • 194 1 Reuter TOKYO Koko Sato, a ruling party leader, said the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will lower the official discount rate from the current 4.5 per cent later this month, according to media reports. Mr Sato, one of the ruling party's three
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  • 474 1  -  By Hong Lee Tiam SINGAPORE Hongkong has emerged as the number one tourist destination in Asia for last year, followed closely by Malaysia, which topped the charts in 1990. Singapore remained in third position. By the end of 1991, a total of 6.03
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  • 223 1 IHT FRANKFURT Otmar Issing, the Bundesbank's chief economist, warned on Friday that the future European Central Bank should not settle for anything less than zero inflation as a goal. Even as he spoke at a symposium in Innsbruck, however, several German
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  • 602 1  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE DBS Bank chalked up a healthy 10 per cent growth in group net earnings for 1991, despite slower loan growth and softer interest rates. Boosted by better results from most subsidiaries, lower provisions for bad debt and lower taxes,
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    • 18 1 Cold Storage plans to sell Tuas bottling plant, Pg 3 Sydney as a regional financial centre, Pg 10
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 85 2 THE ECONOMIC Development Board is to lead a 14member team to UK to recruit Singaporeans and other nationals to work in Singapore. The mission, which begins its visit to London on March 14, is the first recruitment mission by EDB's International Manpower
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      • 117 2 COMMUNICATIONS Minister Mah Bow Tan announced several moves on Saturday to improve the service of the Registry of Vehicles (ROV). Chief among them is the introduction of electronic bidding for Certificates of Entitlement (COEs). This means that motorists and motor distributors will be able to bid
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      • 58 2 THE URBAN Redevelopment Authority and the Housing and Development Board said in a joint statement on Saturday that they have introduced a $9 full-day parking coupon. The new coupon can be used in URA or HDB carparks that charge 40 cents per half hour but not in
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      • 32 2 BP HAS officially opened its latest new-look service station in Bedok. The station was rebuilt at $1.5 million from a previous one at the same site which was razed.
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    • 198 2 CREDITORS of the debtridden former developer of Johor's Desaru resort are unhappy that the company has decided to accept compensation from the Johor government. In a statement issued yesterday, the creditors of Desaru International Resorts Sdn Bhd (DIRSB) said the decision was made although
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    • 480 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming DIRECTORS and managers tend to job-hop more often because of their mobility and the higher pay they can command, say two local academicians. In a new book called The Singapore Worker A Profile (Oxford University Press), Chew Soon Beng
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    • 234 2 COMBINE the pension and CPF plans to build loyalty to the job and the country, two local academicians suggest in a study. Chew Soon Beng and Rosalind Chew of the Nanyang Technological University, in a new book called The Singapore Worker A
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    • 279 2 LIKE Singapore, Malaysia is studying the introduction of a value-added tax, said Dr Mukul Asher, associate professor at the National University of Singapore's economics and statistics department. That is one of the reasons why local retailers should not worry unduly about any
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    • 315 2  -  By Ang Wan May THE WORLD'S third largest elevator manufacturer, Kone Elevators of Finland, hopes to tap further into the fastgrowing Asian market by increasing sales and manufacturing of components. Out of the US$2.3 billion (Ss3.B billion) worldwide turnover figure for 1991, over
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    • 168 2 THE Minister of State for National Development, Lim Hng Kiang, said on Saturday that the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) was taking steps to upgrade construction management skills. Mr Lim said the CIDB would introduce two programmes this year one to upgrade management and
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • 412 3  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Just two years after shifting its bottling plant from Upper Bukit Timah to Tuas, Cold Storage Holdings Ltd (CSH) is now looking for buyers to take over the 110,000 square feet facility. Mr John Lim, the chief
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    • 360 3  -  By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE The marine industry in Singapore remains attractive because of high prices for new ships, tight credit and the fact that more than half the world's tanker fleet is older than 16 years. Speaking at a reception to mark his appointment
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    • 383 3 SINGAPORE Keppel Corp yesterday denied agency reports that it was negotiating with the American government for one of the two remaining drydocks at Subic Bay. However, a company spokesman said that the Singapore marine-based conglomerate was still interested in investing in the US naval
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    • 800 3  -  Lawyers outline three-pronged defence to dismiss suit in the US From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S Bank Bumiputra Bhd outlined a threepronged defence over the weekend to dismiss a US$3billion (554.9 billion) lawsuit in the United States for allegedly "looting" the assets of
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    • 234 3 SINGAPORE Cold Storage Holdings Ltd (CSH) will add 55,000 square feet of retail space to its profitable supermarket business in the next 18 months. CSH, which now operates about 100,000 sq ft at 10 locations, will add 10,000 sq ft at Siglap
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 109 3 SINGAPORE Lum Chang Securities Pte Ltd director Tan Kay Miang was fined $4,000 last Saturday for causing the securities firm to buy 3,335 shares directly from its holding company Lum Chang Holdings Ltd. The ofTence, which breached the Companies Act, was committed on or
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      • 80 3 SINGAPORE Idris Hydraulic Ltd managing director Ishak Ismail said last week that his company is in the midst of restructuring the board and management of Talasco Insurance. Mr Ishak said the revamp was taking longer than expected. Until the exercise was completed, it was unwise for
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      • 73 3 SINGAPORE Metrojaya Ltd said last week in a statement to the KLSE that none of its directors or substantial shareholders have any interest in the acquisition of Laguria and Weathermaster Airconditioning except for Ismail Mohamed, who is a director of Metro Multiples. Metrojaya also said that both
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      • 39 3 SINGAPORE The Malaysian Armed Forces Superannuation Fund (LTAT) has sold 5,000 Resorts World Ltd shares, reducing its stake in the company to 35.57 million units. The transaction was done on Feb 21, 1992.
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      • 90 3 SINGAPORE Postmix Sdn Bhd, a member of the Lion Group, has bought 10,000 sqm of land in Penang for M 538.5 million (5524.8 million) to develop a shopping complex and hotel. The land is located beside the Komtar complex and Shangri-La Hotel in Penang.
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 128 4 HONGKONG Grande Holdings Ltd and Semi-Tech (Global) Ltd said they have abandoned a joint bid to buy 32 per cent of Japan's Sansui Electric Co and would acquire separate stakes instead. The two groups, both consumer electronics groups in Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho's
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      • 86 4 HONGKONG China's special economic zone of Shenzhen plans to set up a stocks fund to regulate share prices which authorities fear fluctuate too wildly, it was reported here last Saturday. The fund will come from contributions from successful applicants for a listing and would
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      • 70 4 TOKYO US ratings agency Standard and Poor's announced here last Thursday that it had placed office equipment maker Ricoh Co Ltd on a creditwatch for a possible downgrade. The photocopier, telecopier and camera maker said recently that for the financial year ended March 31, it expected
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      • 71 4 BANGKOK State-owned Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) has awarded Bredero Price (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd a 670 million baht (5543.2 million) contract to seal and coat 340 kms of undersea gas pipelines in the Gulf of Thailand. The agreement called for Bredero Price, a unit of
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    • 378 4 Reuter TOKYO Minolta Camera's multi-million dollar set- tlement with Honeywell and worse than expected sales will push the Japanese cam- era-maker into the red again in the year to March 31, 1992, the company said on Friday. The forecast came
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    • 620 4  -  By Said Abdullah SINGAPORE Japan's leading food and beverage group Suntory, which took over Cerebos Pacific in 1990, is moving its Asia-Pacific operations base from Tokyo to Hongkong, in a bid to capture a bigger share of the consumer market in the
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    • 403 4 HONGKONG Shun Tak Holdings has posted a 38.1 per cent increase in net profits before extraordinary gains to HK5431.4 million (5592.2 million), from HK5325.7 million, for the year ended December, 1991, the South China Morning Post reported over the weekend. The satisfactory results
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    • 422 4 Reuter SEOUL When South Korea announced tighter results reporting requirements last month, local speculators responded by sending the stock market plunging. "They feared all sorts of skeletons would emerge from the cupboard," said a broker at a Seoul securities house. But stocks analysts and foreign
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    • 307 4 BANGKOK The Central Group, Thailand's largest department store chain, has already completed a restructure under the group's plan to list all of its properties on the stock market in the near future, The Nation reported late last week. According to Sudhitham Chirathivat, the group's executive
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    • 563 4  -  MONTHLY ROUNDUP By Ben Davies FIRST it was the listing of Bangkok Land, then the unprecedented rise in banking and property shares, now the Securities Exchange (SET) is basking in some of the highest turnovers for years. Volume alone reached a daily average of 9.05 billion
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    • 478 5 Group making massive cash call to finance purchase Reuter LONDON Thorn EMI pic said it will buy Virgin Music Group for £560 million (S$ 1.59 billion), including debt, and will fund the purchase with a £516 million rights issue. Thorn said
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    • 406 5 Reuter LONDON Richard Branson, the entrepreneur who founded a worldwide music empire from a phonebox during his school lunch hours, sold it on Friday to concentrate on his new love, the airline industry. Mr Branson's £400 million (S$ 1.14 billion) share
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    • 469 5 £100 m raised is still minuscule compared to USssb claims Reuter LONDON Three months after the collapse of Robert Maxwell's publishing empire, the army of accountants and lawyers picking up the pieces have sold 13 businesses and are estimated to have raised over £100 million
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    • 464 5 Reuter ZURICH Swiss drugs firm Sandoz AG will report a 1991 profit rise that proportionally exceeds its sales increase, chairman Marc Moret said in a newspaper interview. Asked by the Schweizerische Handels Zeitung if profits would rise more than
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    • 415 5 FT PARIS The labyrinthine struggle between Nestle and Italy's Agnelli family for control of Source Perrier, the French mineral water company, has swung in favour of the Swiss food multinational. A commercial court in Nimes, near Perrier's spring in southern France,
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 116 5 AMSTERDAM Europe's largest brewer, Heineken NV, on Thursday reported 1991 net profit of 409.7 million guilders (*****.4 million), 12 per cent higher than the previous year's 365.7 million. The figure was in line with share analysts' expectations. The net profit excluded an extraordinary
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      • 89 5 SAN FRANCISCO Continuing a turnaround, National Semiconductor Corp on Thursday reported results at the high end of Wall Street analysts' estimates. Reduced operating costs and a special pre-tax gain of US$B.5 million (Ssl4 million) from patent licensing fees helped National Semiconductor's net income. For the third quarter
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      • 83 5 ROME Italy wants to subscribe to its share in the recapitalisation of microchip producer SGS Thomson Microelectronics NV, but is looking for a suitable private sector partner to share the burden. Michele Tedeschi, a director of state holding Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industrial (IRI), said
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      • 80 5 BEVERLY HILLS MGM Grand Inc, citing the recession, reported on Wednesday a fourth-quarter loss of US$4.7 million (557.79 million) compared with a loss of US$l2.7 million in the fourth quarter of 1990. Revenues for MGM Grand, which operates MGM Grand Air and the Desert Inn,
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    • 344 5 Reuter LONDON Britain's Ladbroke pic, which runs Hilton International hotels and a chain of betting shops, said on Thursday its profits fell 29 per cent in 1991 as a result of the Gulf War and deepening recession. Pre-tax profits slumped to £210.4 million (*****.9
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 152 6 TOKYO Japan's Fuji Bank Ltd said on Friday it had slashed its net profit forecast for the year to March by two thirds to reflect the impact of a loan fraud and a protracted slump in Japanese share prices. The world's fourth-largest
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      • 69 6 THE HAGUE The Dutch Ministry of Finance has warned investors against dealing with 12 securities brokers operating in the Netherlands without a licence. A spokesman said publication of the Ministry of Finance blacklist was part of a continuous monitoring process of securities companies operating in
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      • 83 6 WASHINGTON Alan Greenspan was sworn in on Friday for his second four-year term as chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board. Mr Greenspan, who was 66 on Friday, was sworn in by Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney. The Senate last week reconfirmed Greenspan, who had been
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      • 85 6 WASHINGTON The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Friday it will set up offices in eastern Europe to help develop those most capitalist of institutions, stock and bond markets, in the formerly communist nations. Chairman Richard Breeden told a news conference the SEC
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      • 120 6 NEW YORK First Iberian Fund Inc said it is seeking to replace its current investment manager, after three units of its manager's parent company have become entangled with Spanish banking regulators. First Iberian has advised fund manager Iberioncorp Gestion BV, a unit of Grupo Financiero
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    • 283 6 Reuter TOKYO The Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges will double brokerage commissions for stock index futures and options trading, effective from March 23, a Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) official said. This is the first revision in commissions since the exchanges launched futures and
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    • 652 6 Bank is bullish on 1992, despite Moody's downgrading Reuter ZURICH Credit Suisse, Switzerland's third largest bank, reported that consolidated net profit jumped 57 per cent to a record 848 million Swiss francs (*****.77 million) last year, despite soaring provisions for bad debts. Chief
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    • 305 6 Ernst Young: BCCI writs misconceived Agencies LONDON Accountants Ernst Young, former joint auditors of the collapsed Bank of Credit and Commerce International, said writs brought against it by the bank's liquidator were "totally misconceived". "There are circumstances where protective writs may be appropriate, but we believe these claims to be
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    • 307 6 UPI WASHINGTON The Resolution Trust Corp said on Friday it has charged two of the leading accounting firms in the United States with misconduct in their audits of failed thrifts and has filed suits seeking US$25O million (Ss4l4 million) in damages. The
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    • 197 6 UPI TOKYO Japanese commercial banks plan to set up resident offices in Moscow and Ho Chi Minh City to channel Japanese money to Russia and Vietnam, an economic newspaper reported yesterday. Quoting international financial sources, the Nihon Keiiai Shimbun said the Bank of
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    • 295 6 FT MUNICH Allianz, Europe's largest insurer, is likely to incur operating losses in excess of 1.5 billion Deutschemarks (S$ 1.49 billion) on Deutsche Versicherungs, its east German operation, before the business begins trading profitably early in 1996. The scale of the
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    • 565 6 Central banks must adopt hands-on approach: Bank for International Settlements IHT PARIS In a rare example of public discord in the closed world of central banking, the Bundesbank was rebuked on Thursday, without being specifically named, for playing too passive a role just as
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  • THE REGION
    • 600 7 HONGKONG Steady growth in private consumption boosted total retail sales by 23.4 per cent to HK$l3.5 billion (Ss2.B billion) in December, compared with the same month in 1990, according to figures issued on Thursday by the Census and Statistics Department,
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    • 403 7 HONGKONG The packaging industry here has experienced enormous growth over the past few years. One company which is a good example is Hung Hing, reported the South China Morning Post over the weekend. Formed in 1966, Hung Hing is one of Hongkong's largest printers
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    • 258 7 Reuter SYDNEY Australian Finance Minister Ralph Willis said he believed the fall in employment had bottomed out and that recovery should begin soon. "I think basically the fall in employment has now bottomed out, and we should be looking at recovery from
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    • NOTE BOOK
      • 78 7 LANGKAWI Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Saturday invited more companies to establish aerospace industries in Pulau Langkawi. The island is suitable for such industries because its duty-free status keeps cost of production low, he said when launching the Mofaz Air Flying School at
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      • 53 7 JAKARTA Indonesia earned US$3.3 billion (555.37 billion) from textile exports in 1991, the Antara news agency on Saturday quoted the chairman of National Export Development Board Rudy Lengkong as saying. "This makes textile exports stand as the top contributor to Indonesia's non-gas and oil exports,"
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      • 61 7 BANGKOK Laos and Myanmar have agreed to co-oper-ate with the UN to control opium planting and drug trafficking along their common border, the official Laos news agency KPL said on Saturday. The agreement is in line with a UN International Drug Control Programme encouraging
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      • 53 7 DHAKA Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves rose to US$l.3 billion (552.11 billion) at the end of February, from US$l.2B billion in January, Central Bank officials said. They said the rise in the reserves was mainly due to higher export earnings, remittances from Bangladeshis working abroad and disbursement
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    • 204 7 Reuter MANILA Philippine President Corazon Aquino said Filipinos may have to approve in a referendum a controversial deal to settle out of court a bribery suit against Westinghouse Electric Corp over a mothballed nuclear power plant. "This is just a preliminary agreement," Mrs Aquino
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  • THE WORLD 1
    • 571 8 Chip makers face dilemma over scaling down of investments NYT TOKYO Major Japanese electronics firms are bracing themselves for tough times to come in the semiconductor business. Some makers are investing less in plants and equipment, while others are reviewing their product lines.
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    • 293 8 Reuter BONN —-i Germany may have thought the battle was won wherf its European Community j>artners broadly accepted its Vision of a united Europe at Maastricht in December. But Bonn has since found itself fighting a rearguard action to
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    • 428 8 UPI TAIPEI The presidents of Nicaragua and Taiwan signed three bilateral accords on Saturday, but delayed signing an investment guarantee that could provide the foundation for large-scale Taiwanese investment in the Central American nation. Taiwan President Lee Teng Hui and Nicaragua President Violeta Barrios de
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    • 248 8 AFP WARSAW The World Bank has recommended Poland to adopt a series of tough austerity measures to prevent three-digit inflation wiping out two years of progress towards a market economy and exacerbating the recession, the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper said on Saturday. The
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    • 648 9 Statistical adjustments put dampener on the good news NYT NEW YORK The US economy started creating new jobs again last month, but a welter of statistical adjustments helped temper the good news on Friday, confounding financial markets and disappointing President George Bush's re-election campaign.
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    • 278 9 Reuter LONDON Britain's trade gap with the world narrowed sharply in 1991, with the current account deficit shrinking to £4.4 billion (5512.5 billion), the smallest deficit since 1987, official data showed. The figures released on Friday are a mild boost to the ruling
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    • 242 9 Reuter LONDON Voters lack confidence in the British government's ability to manage the economy, according to a new opinion poll, which puts the opposition Labour Party one point ahead of the Conservatives. Half of voters thought the economy was unsafe in
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    • 331 9 Reuter OTTAWA Canada's unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage point to 10.6 per cent in February, the highest in almost seven years, the government said on Friday. Analysts said the continuing high unemployment rate shows the recession-hit economy is still weak,
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    • 198 9 Reuter WASHINGTON The Commerce Department has ruled that Canada was "dumping" lumber on the L'S market at unfairly low prices, laying the foundation for permanent duties on the exports. The lumber ruling on Friday was the second blow last week to relations between
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    • 266 9 Reuter YEREVAN, Armenia Bloody conflict in Transcaucasia is drawing a noose around Armenia, choking off 1 supply routes, closing schools I and industry, and crippling its economy. "The Azeris are playing a primitive political game with us. They are shameless no conscience at all,"
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 96 9 TOKYO Lithuanian leader Vytautas Landsbergis welcomed the new Council of Baltic Sea States but said it should not displace other regional groups. "The new Baltic council should be effective in promoting political and economic re* forms... but it should not go beyond or take
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      • 70 9 COPENHAGEN Russia. Denmark and Greenland signed an agreement on Saturday enabling the Russians and Greenlanders to fish in each other's territorial waters. The agreement takes effect immediately and allows Greenlandic trawlers to fish 8.500 tons of cod, plaice, shrimp and haddock in the Barents Sea over
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      • 109 9 TOKYO North Korea said it would hold the third session of the ninth Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) on Apr H to discuss nuclear issues and the state Budget. The agenda items at the SPA include the ratification of the safeguards accord with the International
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      • 82 9 LIMA The Government of the Netherlands forgave Peru 79.1 million guilders (5569.7 million) out of a total debt of more than 900 million guilders, the foreign ministry said. The move was part of a larger agreement signed by Peru last September with Paris Club lending nations.
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      • 87 9 TAIPEI Saudi Arabia has offered to set up an oil refinery in a joint venture with Taiwan, state-owned Chinese Petroleum Corporation (CPC) said. CPC chairman Kuan Yung-shih was quoted by local media on Saturday as saying the offer was made by an assistant to the Saudi
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      • 51 9 MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay The cost of living in Uruguay rose 2.42 per cent in February, the lowest monthly inflation rate in 38 months, the government said. Inflation for the 12-month period ending in February was 76.19 per cent, the general directorate of statistics and census
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    • 738 8 ©l DBSBANK I THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE LTD I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) H To: All Shareholders H 1. RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1991 I The Board of Directors of The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd announces that the audited results of DBS Bank
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 301 9 Arthur Andersen Investment in China Why and Where Recent events in China have highlighted the Chinese leadership's firm stand to accelerate its economic reform. What are the latest developments in foreign investment policies, approval, procedures, and Chinese commercial law and tax system? What is the degree of renewed interest from
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 1039 10  -  The acceptance of disciplinary measures against army officers and the success of a recent rally seem to indicate that a new era is beginning for Indonesia's security forces. Maggie Ford reports from Jakarta Maggie Ford THE SUCCESS of a Muslim rally in Jakarta on
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    • 1874 10  -  Sydney, positioning itself to be a major financial centre in the Asia-Pacific region, is viewing Singapore as its strongest competitor, reports Florence Chong Florence Chong Australia has fired the first salvo in what appears to be an emerging battle to position Sydney as an alternate financial
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • ENTERPRISE & MANAGEMENT 1
    • 735 11  -  Salil Tripathi looks at the burgeoning local market for creativity stimulation courses and 'Whole Brain Creativity' Salil Tripathi IF YOU BELIEVE creativity is not a natureendowed or genetically passed gift, but a skill to be learned and absorbed, memorised and mastered, there are plenty of
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    • 761 11 IMAGINE you have a 1000-megawatt nuclear reactor. If you generate only five megawatts of power daily, are you conserving your resources? Or are you under-utilising your power? The human brain is a bit like that, according to Ned Herrmann, the
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    • 1329 12  -  Christopher Lorenz unravels the latest business fashion being propagated by a charismatic MIT professor Christopher Lorenz FT PETER SENGE looks and sounds rather like a younger, slimmer and more respectable version of Jimmy Swaggart, the American revivalist preacher. He is one of the
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    • 406 12 dcuUnf i Y'G 9 AWARENESS WEEK S March 23rd 28th Singapore Computer crime has emerged as the number 1 threat facing the international business community in the *****. To ensure Singapore's business leaders are prepared to meet the challenge posed by the dangers of computer crime, companies comprising the worlas
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  • SPORTS
    • 534 13 Cricket: World Cup AFP AUCKLAND New Zealand, their World Cup credentials growing with each game, beat two-time champions West Indies by five wickets with nine balls to spare here yesterday. New Zealand, continuing an extraordinary return to form, now have a vice-like grip on a semi-final
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    • 532 13 Reuter SAN DIEGO A stunning win by France over top-rated New Zealand dominated the first day of racing in the Challengers' third round of the America's Cup competition on Saturday. In other races, Nippon beat Spirit of Australia, II Moro di Venezia (Italy)
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    • 399 13 Reuter LONDON Rob Jones' meteoric rise from the basement of English soccer to the national team bears all the hallmarks of a comic strip fantasy. Jones, no more than a promising full-back with fourth division Crewe at the start of the season, joined England's
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    • 269 13 AP ADELAIDE England's cricket melting pot has produced a team that is on course for a place in the final of the World Cup. Its own league of nations, England's squad has members born in South Africa, Hongkong, Zimbabwe, Guyana, Barbados and even
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    • SIDE LINES
      • 146 13 INDIAN WELLS, California Unseeded Russian Andrei Chesnokov continued his string of upset results at the US$l million (551.65 million) Tournament of Champions here on Saturday, ousting third-seeded Michael Stich from the semifinals to reach a final showdown with Michael Chang. The former French Open champion overwhelmed
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      • 126 13 MIAMI, Florida Former US Ryder Cup captain Ray Floyd, who celebrates his 49th birthday later this year, fired his third consecutive 67 here on Saturday to take a three-shot lead in the Doral Open golf tournament. Floyd, who has been competing for more than 30
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      • 121 13 POWAY, California Judy Dickinson posted her third straight 3-under-par 69 here on Saturday to take a threeshot lead over Elaine Crosby at the Inamori Classic women's golf tournament. Dickinson started the day tied for the lead with Crosby and Meg Mallon, but quickly broke the deadlock
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      • 70 13 LISBON World champion Juha Kankkunen of Finland won the Portuguese Rally here on Saturday, steering his Lancia to victory more than a minute-and-a-half ahead of former team-mate Massimo Biasion of Italy, in a Ford. Kankkunen now leads the world championship standings with 32 points, followed by
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      • 69 13 BONN Kalrin Krabbe could not have cheated in the drug test which led to her four-year ban, according to team-mate Sigrun Grau-Woders, the Olympic 800 m champion. Grau-Woders, who was also training in South Africa in January with Krabbe, Silke Moller and Grit Breuer, told the newspaper
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  • THE ARTS
    • 605 15  -  The Washington Ballet's programme on Friday night highlights its brilliance in performing newly-commissioned works, says Lisa Lee Lisa Lee The washington Ballet should have taken its cue from the inspiring finale aptly titled Overstepping. For it was in this newly commissioned work that its dancing rediscovered
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    • 699 15 Swedish painter Carl Larsson is best remembered for his blissful, sunny scenes of family life. But a new exhibition presents his work in a broader context, with some shadows tnrown in. Reuter JUDGING by the long queues outside Stockholm's National Museum, Swedes are still enchanted by Carl
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    • 565 15  -  P Y Van reviews organist Gillian Weir's performance with the SSO last Friday P Y Van FRIDAY, March 6, was a strange day in which the world was held hostage by an electronic sleeper. But despite the threat of Michelangelo striking even as these last few minutes
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 4832 16  -  By Carolyn Lim THE Singapore stock market practically limped to a halt by the end of last week as investors waited on the sidelines for fresh leads. Analysts feel investors must shrug off the pessimism brought on by the government's forecast of a
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 5376 19 Bernama CONTINUED selling pressure and liquidity constraints led share prices to a lower elose last week in moderate trading activity. Despite some bargain-hunting in mid-week, the KLSE undertook a bearish undertone overall as second and third liners dominated the floor. Sellers' dominanee led
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    • 1058 20 Mam Board Last FhI Year Forecast Oate Net Net Profit EPS imcd Year EPS Cress profit Range Range Cwapany Penod last yr ending (cts) dn (S'OOO) (S$m) (cts) UT F Mai 4 Dec 91 338 152 4 30.404 290-31 4 322-34 9 DBS F Mar 9 Dec 91
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    • 928 20 Main Board L»st Fm« Year Company Period Date Year EPS Cms Net announced ending (cts) d* prett last year (SS 000) EMS Final No* 6 Jul 91 30TE 17.8781 UN Amro Final Mar 11 Dec 91 50 MO 1.325(c) Priaa final Mar 12 Dec 91 69 9
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    • 118 20 Company Date Year Croup Not Not earnings Gross •in to profit/loss (I) per share dividend (000) (CMts) Van der Horst Mar 5 Sep 91 $2 739(12.451) 17(42) 1(1) Pack Can Mar 4 Sep 91 1106(11 450L) 02( Cerebos Feb 13 Sep 91 $*****|<$38 911) 148(128 23 6TE(30TE) KL
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    • 178 20 Company Date Year Group pre-tax Net earnings Gross ann to profit/toss (I) per share dividend (000) (cents) Sup Metal Mar 6 Dec 91 $4 001(13.070) 6(4 7) 10(10) Focal Finance Mar 5 Dec 91 $6578<$4280) 108(86) -<-> Semb Shipyard Mar 5 Oec 91 S*****0<$***** 39 6(28 6) 19(17)
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    • 281 20 Company Dato Half-yoar Croup pro-U* Mf. 1 ann to proflt/lo«» (L) dhrkloiMJ (000) First Capital Mar 6 Dec 91 53.937(*****) FAi Ins Mar 5 Dec 91 A524 3631(548 7941) -<«0> Roth inds Mar 5 Dec 91 532.334(532.507) 22.5(22.5) Cons Plant Feb 29 Dec 91 M559 800($40.600) 10(8) DMIB
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    • 1655 20 Trans Registered Substantial Buy/ No. of Amount Shareholding Stock Date Holder Shareholder/Director Soli shares Before After SPC 04/03/92 COP-DBS Nominees (Pte) Ltd DBS Bank S 1.000 2.936 132,389,476 41 37 132,388.476 41.37 SPC 03/03/92 COP DBS Nominees (Pte) Ltd Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd *S 6.000 17,637 133.868.476
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    • 92 20 Mar 6 The shipbuilding arm of Sinfmarine Industries Limited.Singmarine Dockyard Engineering Pte Ltd, has launched a $9 million ore bulk carrier at its yard in Benoi Road. Atlantis Engineering Construction Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Neptune Orient Lines, has launched "Secil Angola", a $26 million contamership for Danish-owned
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    • 469 20 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date dose payable the year last year A sew Find USlOC(b) Mar 10 Mar 20 Mar 30 USIOc JS10C Anno 20c 12 5%TE Mar 3 Mar 13 May 15 17 5%TE 12 5%TE Berjaya Gr<M> 6%(l) Feb 21 Mar
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    • 52 20 Conversion Special Trdg Scripless Conversion deadline Period Trading (ompan> starts (IDP) (ST) starts First Capital* Mar 31 Apr 22 Apr 9 Apr 22 Apr 23 Hai Sun Hup* Apr I Apr 23 Apr 10 Apr 23 Apr 24 Semb Shipyard* Mar 20 Apr 16 Apr 3 Apr 16
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    • 108 20 Pubic Bank Bhd: 26th AGM EGM at The Ballroom, Hotel Equatorial, ialan Sultan Ismail. ***** Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday, Mar 11. at 11am Paramount Corpn Bhd: EGM at Bilik Kuliah, 11th Floor, Menara Maybank. 100 Jalan Tun Perak. ***** Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday. Mar 12. at 10am Hai
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    • 375 20 In local cuit In SS In US$ dy S yr dy yr S dy yr Mar 5 Index chge chge chge chge chge chge World 400.6 -0.3 -1.9 -0.5 -4.1 -0.9 -6.0 tEAFE 490.4 -0.7 -2.3 -1.0 -7.0 -1.4 -8.9 Europe 438.6 -0.6 6.6 -1.2
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    • 149 20 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index 1992 hifh: *****8 (21/2/92) }J* J*>: 1JJ5.92 "/l/92) 1992 low: 1232.84 (2/1/92) 5l Vfi/91 1991 hifh: 1333 08 3/6/91) 1991km: 1022.52 (16/1/91) »J J* 1990 Nfh: *****3 (16/7/90) g J* 2 3/90 1990 low: 981.07 09/11/90) {J 1 M-tme hijti: 1435.43
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    • 216 20 Company Rights Issue MCB rtdfs One-for ten (a MJ110 per share Ei-date Feb 24 Books close Mar 9 Acceptance I Payment NYA Tech Resources Four for-ftve M$1 30 per share Ei-date Feb 3 Books ctose Feb 19 Acceptance Payment Mar 31 Company Others Centrepont Renounceable preferential otter of
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  • MARKET REVIEWS
    • 774 21 FT NEW YORK WHATEVER the flaws in the science of economics, it is hard to fault the laws of supply and demand. If a lot of people want something which is in limited supply, the price goes up. So it is with
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    • 495 21 AFP v •>TOKYO SHARE prices fell on the Tokyo Stock Exchange this week after three weeks of advances with the yardstick Nikkei Average ending the "week down 345.82 yen at v 20,992.99, hit by the stronger dollar. The composite Tokyo Stock Price Index
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    • 1021 21 ■Mnff ■MMHMMMItMIMitlMIMMMMi 'THE Australian share market eased in relatively quiet trading during the week, unmoved by offshore gains, or positive economic data, brokers said. The main market indicator, the All Ordinaries Index, finished last week at 1604.7, down 9.5 points on the previous week's finish. The All
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    • 902 21  -  LONPONfj By Ray Heath THE big gun of the Conservative Party's economic campaign was rolled out last week: a £3 billion (SSB.S billion) lottery! So Britain joins Ireland, Italy and Spain as a nation which relies on its citizen's love
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    • 728 21  -  Sun Hung Kai HONGKONG IN LINE with expectations, the Hang Seng index made an attempt to test the 5,000level psychological barrier last week but was checked at 4,984 points. The 1992-93 budget did little to stimulate the market. In fact,
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Jobs data sends mixed signals to Wall St
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        1366 22 STOCKS in New York slid for the third straight day on Friday in cautious trading as computer-driven sell programs exacerbated selling following the release of jobless data that gave mixed signals about the economy's direction. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which lost 27.06 points on Thursday, dropped 19.90
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        773 22 THE London stock market tracked the ups and downs of the equity futures market on Friday, following it lower at the close amid uncertainty about the budget and approaching general election. The blue-chip Financial Times Stock Exchange 100-share index was down 5.2 points to close at 2,533.1. The narrower
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      • 310 22 Other markets in Europe, South Africa and Canada Johannesburg Mar 5 Rand INDUSTRIALS A Alpha 4100 unch AECI 960 unch AMIC 7525 25 Abercom 125 Amaprop 710 unch BAZ 1300 Barlows 5350 unch Basil Strk 20 Blyvoor 600 CG Smith ***** unch Cnagalo 2675 unch Curfin 700 unch Edgars 5000
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      • 242 22 GERMAN shares lost their footing on Friday, slipping back by one per cent, but with lower interest rates and better earnings on the distant horizon, the assault on the 1,800-point peak could start again soon. The DAX index, based on 30 key stocks, dropped 18.85 points to a close
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      • 210 22 THE Paris Bourse was weak on Friday, and the CAC-40 stock price index finished at 1,966.91 points, off by 0.31 per cent from the Thursday close. The index had been down by 0.34 per cent at the Friday opening, and varied little during the trading day. Operators said the
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      • 274 22 ITALIAN shares closed lower for the eighth consecutive session with insurers sagging under the weight of Thursday's failure by parliament to approve a key Bill to reform motor insurance. The Bill, sent back to parliament last weekend by President Francesco Cossiga, would have allowed insurance companies to set their
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      • 355 22 PROFIT taking ahead of the weekend and worries about high Swiss interest rates sent bank shares down, dragging the rest of the market lower, dealers said. The all-share SPI index fell 10.2 points to 1,136.7 while the blue-chip SMI index lost 17.6 for 1,821.5. Dealers said volume was moderate.
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      • 117 22 THE strong dollar and hopes of an economic upturn lifted forestry and building industry shares, assisting a continued rally across the board in Stockholm. But US employment data announced after market close, showing an unexpectedly high increase in nonfarm payrolls, could exert negative pressure when the market reopens on
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      • 243 22 BELGIAN shares closed lower in slow trading as investors stayed at the sidelines before the end of the forward market account today, traders said. They added the market barely reacted to the news Jean-Luc Dehaene agreed to form a new government, because it had already been discounted. But some
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      • 393 22 TORONTO stocks fell for the second day in a row after a day of mixed trading. "The US unemployment figures were better than expected, but the market was still down," one trader said. Banks fell early in the day after prime increases but rallied later. "Domtar went very well
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      • 71 22 M*r 6 Owe Prukw NEW YORK Dow Jones 3.221.60 3,241.30 -19.90 SAP 500 404.44 406 51 -2.07 Turnover (million) 192.34 208.94 -16.6 LONDON Financial Times 30 1.968.6 1,970.6 -2.0 FTSE 100 2,533.1 2,538.3 -5.2 Turnover (million) 484.9 600 -115.1 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1,745.95 1,764.80 -18.85 AMSTERDAM FOE Index unav 308.82
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • 412 23 NEW YORK Reuter THE US dollar ended narrowly mixed on Friday after a day of volatility and confusion. The dollar initially rallied half a pfennig higher on news of a sharp rise in February US non-farm payrolls. But sceptics said the payroll gains
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    • 778 23 ASIAN CURRENCIES AFP WITH the Malaysian ringgit scaling new heights to strike a 47-month high against the US dollar, and the South Korean won dropping to a four-year low, the greenback had a mixed week in the Asia-Pacific region. The yen fell following further reports
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    • 658 23 Reuter LONDON The World Bank's debut yen global bond, scheduled for launch early next week, is expected to emulate the bank's six existing dollar-denominated global issues and receive a rapturous reception from investors. It is the first yen global bond and a
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    • 418 23 Reuter LAGOS The Central Bank of Nigeria slashed 41 per cent from the value of the naira on Friday before turning it loose on an unregulated market. Manufacturers dependant on imported parts and materials were horrified. Banks, for whom the old auction
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    • 418 23 Reuter TORONTO Canadian prime rates are poised to rise after an expected jump in Thursday's Bank of Canada key rate, sending a clear signal to financial markets that Canadian rate cuts are indefinitely stalled, analysts say. Prolonged Canadian dollar weakness has sent yields on
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    • 478 23 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NV 6H ANZ Banking Group 7 Allied Irish Bank PLC Amcncan Express Bank 7 Arab Banking Corp Vh Arab Bank PLC 6Vj BFCE 7 Ban Hin Lee Berhad 6V4 Banca Commerciale 7 Banco do Brasil 7Vi Bangkok Bank 6V« Bank Brussels Lambert 7V«
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 272 24 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian palm oil millers were told on Saturday to expand their processing and distribution network overseas to strengthen the country's leading position in the international oils and fats market. Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik told the Malaysian Palm
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    • 388 24 AFP SINGAPORE Singaporebased rubber buyers on Friday expressed surprise and scepticism over Malaysia's proposal for a single outlet here to coordinate sales of natural rubber from the major producers. "It's a far-fetched plan. How can competitors get together and agree on this," said
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    • 900 24 REPORTS LONDON Nickel and aluminium prices, recently supported by delays in Russian deliveries, fell back last week on the London Metal Exchange (LME) as deliveries of cargoes that have clogged Russian ports over recent weeks returned to normal. Reports on Friday showed a
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  • THE TRAVEL PAGE
    • 685 25  -  LETTER FROM NAMIBIA By David Pilling PARTS of Namibia's Skeleton Coast are so ecologically fragile that Land Rover tracks take hundreds of years to heal. If man's presence threatens to scar the region, the Skeleton Coast pays back in kind. The area owes its
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    • 153 25 As at 3pm on Mar 6: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.2435 1.2603 Canadian dollar 1.3787 1.4065 NZ dollar 0.8960 0.9320 Sterling pound 2.8299 2.8683 US dollar 1.6500 1.6580 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian
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    • 167 25 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. Report: Maximum temperature 29.7 Assoc humidity 79% Minimum temperature 23.3 Assoc humidity 95% Hours of sunshine 0.55 Rainfall in mm 10.5 Rainfall this month 31.2 Rainy days this month 4 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 22/15 Sunny Bangkok 35/23 Goudy
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  • 341 26 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan will impose tariffs on imports from China when it eventually allows direct trade with the mainland, parliament decided at the weekend. The judicial, legal and interior affairs committees voted on Saturday to insert a clause imposing tariffs into
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  • 211 26 Bernama LABUAN More than 40 offshore companies have been registered here since the Federal Territory officially began International Offshore Financial Centre (IOFC) activities in October 1990, this was disclosed by a Bank Negara official yesterday. Speaking at a dialogue
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  • 248 26 Reuter LONDON Prime Minister John Major is ready to put his leadership to the test this week, calling what should be Britain's closest-fought election campaign in 30 years. Fresh opinion polls on Saturday showed the opposition labour Party failing to extend
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  • 388 26 CIS seen as too preoccupied with own problems to help end feud Reuter MOSCOW Despairing of effective action by the Commonwealth of Independent States, Armenia and Azerbaijan have turned to the world community in search of an end to their undeclared war in Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia
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  • 222 26 Reuter COLUMBIA, South Carolina President George Bush claimed victory on Saturday night in South Carolina's Republican primary election, but right-wing challenger Pat Buchanan made another strong showing. Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton easily won the state's Democratic primary, with former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas finishing
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  • 219 26 Reuter TOKYO Voters in northern Japan went to the polls yesterday in a crucial by-elec-tion test for the scandalplagued ruling party before national polls in July. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), humiliatingly defeated in a similar by-elec-tion a month ago, could be thrown
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    • 170 26 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times Survey shows UK voters doubt govt's handling of economy, Pg 9 11.57. $42 m 137. Prime Brisbane SYDNEY C.B.D. CBD Office TOWER MELBOURNE Fully leased modern office building. AAA Tfnantc SHOPPING CENTRE I Prominent location near to Chinatown. I CIN/\IN d Over 80,000 sf
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    • 489 27  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE TNT Express Worldwide is fast expanding its Indo-china network in tandem with the burgeoning business opportunities in the area. TNT, which has been in Indo-china since the mid1980s, plans to expand its operations in Vietnam, Mvanmar. Cambodia and Laos. Its
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    • 312 27 NYT TOKYO The Fukuoka High Court on March 6 ordered the government to pay compensation to residents living near the Fukuoka airport, acknowledging that noise from the airport is too great, but refused to impose a dusk-to-dawn ban on takeoffs and
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    • 1188 27 Page Col ABC Containerize 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 3-5 A.P.C. Lines 13 5 A cWarehousing 15 5 Arrow Int 9 2 Asian Break-Bulk 16 3
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    • 327 27  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE The chairman of the Singapore Freight Forwarders Association (SFFA) has called for standardised international procedures to protect owners from loss or damaged cargo. Mr Bobby Liau, also general manager of Freight Link Express, cited "a pressing
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    • 309 27  -  By Selva Kumar SINGAPORE A USbased manufacturer of aircraft fasteners will soon set up a network of agents in the Asia-Pacific as a result of discussions held at the recently concluded Asian Aerospace '92 exhibition. Mr Errol G Roy, the president of
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      • 161 28 SUVA, Fiji Fiji and Malaysia will establish shipping and air links later this year and thereby boost bilateral trade, a senior government official said here after talks between the two countries last week. Fiji's Foreign Secretary Robin Yarrow said on Saturday that
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      • 100 28 BEIJING Vietnam's Communications Minister has arrived in China to sign four agreements on resuming air, sea and rail transportation links and postal services, a Vietnamese source said on Sunday. Minister for Communications, Transport and Posts Bui Danh Luu arrived in Beijing on Saturday for
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      • 78 28 BANGKOK A passenger ferry collided with an oil tanker off Thailand's south-eastern coast early yesterday and at least 112 people drowned while 21 were rescued, news reports said. Police said the ferry, possibly carrying more than 150 Thai tourists, collided with a Thai-owned tanker in
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      • 81 28 LOS ANGELES A Chinese dissident who arrived in the United States as a stowaway aboard a freighter was released after months of detention in a motel room. Me Gya, an electrical engineering instructor who fled China after the pro-democracy movement was crushed in 1989, was released
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      • 94 28 DARWIN Planes bearing Indonesian colours have been buzzing a Portuguese "peace mission" ferry which plans to defy Jakarta's ban on visiting East Timor this week, mission organisers said yesterday. Paulo Veiga, one of the organisers, said he had spoken to Captain Luis dos Santos of the
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    • 815 28 COURSES Mar 10-Apr 21: Standard Trading Conditions course, organised by Singapore Freight Forwarders Association. (SDF: 70%). The course is also open to non-mem-bers. For course details and application forms, please contact SFFA at tel: 296-4645 or fax: 292-2504. Mar 12-Apr 16 (6 evenings): Course on Marine Insurance, organised
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    • 932 28  -  Denise Young on the problems in ending Cable Wireless' monopoly on Hongkong telecommunications Denise Young Reuter The monopoly on Hongkong telecommunications, a legacy of colonial privilege bequeathed to Britain's Cable and Wireless pic, is ripe for a break-up but the government can't figure out
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    • 843 28 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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    • 6678 36 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. Advanced dates are published for a maximum
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      • 597 43 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Marina Terminal 1 Jurong Port Bdtam Vaiu *****2 M04 09 03 1000 1003 0500 Alaska Trader 3 16 alongside 09 03 0500 Batam Murm *****2 W04 09 03/1000 10 03 0500 Hellenic C J12 alongside
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      • 162 43 Penang Port In the roads: Alfesam, Sin Loong, Rohas Ria. Crane Star, team N, Jui Lin Yang, Pernas Butane. Pernas Propane, Frota Rio, Tai Bah I, Swadaya. Eagle Sea. Sea Glory, Aries, ACX Jade. Due on Mar 7: Tasman Sea. Ocean Princess. Due on Mar 8: Lucky
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      • 1093 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rstts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACX Lilac 2A 10/0600 2 08/1700 09/0659 09/0900 3 09/0700 09/1159 09/1*00 Al Manakh 66 09/1700 1 08/1500 08/1659 08/1900 Alh America ***** 11/0900 3 09/0700 09/1159 09/1400 4
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    • 126 44 AP WASHINGTON American Airlines was the US air carrier most likely to arrive on time and least likely to lose its passengers' baggage last year, an aviation research institute reports. Trans World Airlines was in last place. The National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita
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    • 467 44 UK-led group's bid was HK$7O-sBom higher than the other 2 finalists Reuter HONGKONG China has demanded that Hongkong justify its choice of a British-led consortium to design the new airport terminal, its third challenge to the British colonial authorities in as many weeks. Lu Ping,
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    • 267 44 AFP WASHINGTON US Navy ships are prepared to stop a North Korean freighter reportedly carrying advanced Scud missiles to Iran or Syria, a top Pentagon official said. On a campaign swing through Florida, President George Bush stressed that no final decision had
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    • 316 44 UPI LONG BEACH, California Walt Disney Co announced on Friday that it has decided to stop running the Queen Mary and the Spruce Goose tourist attractions because they are not profitable. Disney said it has advised the city and port
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    • 291 44 UPI LONDON British Telecom. Britain's second largest public company, plans to cut up to 25,000 jobs, about 10 per cent of its workforce, in the next year because of growing competition and the recession, the Financial Times reported. British Telecom confirmed
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    • 23 27 Lin«« and sorvlcot reprosontod by Monitors of tfco Registry of Accroditod V Singapore National Ship- VftKipßy /•or mhrrliMnt; enquiries. contort Shipping limes /<■/ rM-20SV/74tt-2lHitt.
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    • 315 27 THE SPECIALIST IN: Wire Rope Slings Lathing a nMicnan testing lm j|*» FACILITIES Lifting |ME DffHUtABDIE BCmY 00. (PTE) LID. nL-MMMI IJCt) lUb MOCO 111 MM Mft SMC7 SUMMARY The time for a break-up THE MONOPOLY on Hongkong telecommunications, a legacy of colonial privilege bequeathed to Britain's Cable and Wireless
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    • 161 28 NOTICE Singapore, Port Klang and Penang to Australia Notice to Shippers TERMINAL HANDLING CHARGE Shippers are advised that the following carriers will be introducing Terminal Handling Charges (THC) tor all cargo from Singapore, Port Klang and Penang to Australia as follows effective 9 April 1992 From Singapore SSISO per 20ft
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    • 1706 29 TRANSPORT DIARY SEMINARS AND EXHIBITIONS Mar 10-14: Cruise Shipping 92 Conference Exhibition, organised by Seatrade at Miami Beach Convention Centre, Miami Beach, Florida. USA. Mar 19: New International Trade Terms and Rules of Shipping Practices Seminar, organised by Elim Management Services. For details, please contact tel: 292-5670 or fax: 298-1804.
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    • 1988 31 W Wj STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 15 Hoe Chiang Road #09-01 Sanford Building Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fac *****17 ACCEPTS 001 SAHS CARGO SPORE B'KOK RAIAH BROOKE Vo6£ Muau lib. KM WltollMir pfGASUS PROGRESS V 707N 12-13 MAR (DISCH ONLY) STRAUS HOPE VO3E Muara. Skan. Ta« 11-12 Mar 07 Mar
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    • 1975 33 j NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: (TOLL FREE) NEPTUNELINK TEL *****00 (TOLL-FREE) USA SERVICE *****82 DOCUMENTATION DEPT *****44/*****14 .JT&t FAR EAST SERVICE *****31 TERMINAL OFFICE *****22 Bma UK/EUROPE SERVICE *****89 IMPORT CFS MB2; *****69/*****96 AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE *****32 EXPORT CFS MB2 *****53/*****50 NEPLINE SDN BHD
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    • 1521 34 K 4 *W M AS AGENTS KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CR Wj£ W W TEL: *****77 TELEX; KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX *****07/^9 I I v I r\l MALAYSIA: "K" UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHO A 1 I v TEL SA *****00 PK *****01/5 PENANG *****0 JB ***** V HHHH KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA,
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    • 1205 35 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD SSSSS? HI 111 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 —CR NO; 1008Q*****QE. I JAKARTA 1 [BANGKOK I VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SIN VEBBEL VOV S,N BUNQA TERATAI 103 10/3 12/3 rwa KOT B,NTANQ KBT2IO 10/3 13/3 17/3 EQUATOR HAWK 37N 11/3
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    • 1266 35 EacßenV f CLASS CONTAINER TRANSPORT FEEDER VESSEL PENANG PKELANGI OCEAN VSL/VOY StN SOU (1) RTM (2) HAM (3) GOT (4) ANSON/TBN 6/3 7/3 TQYAMA 2092 10/3 27/3 29/3 30/3 uT~ ANSON/TBN 13/3 14/3 AROSIA 2102 17/3 3/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 ANSON/TBN 20/3 211/3 NIHQN 2112 24/3 10/4 12/4 13/4 15/4
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    • 518 35 tegk MYANMA \pßk FIVE STAR UNE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'pore P.KIf Pen P.Gdf MYOMAYWA VI4OW In Port SM AVA WIUW 13/16 Mar Pi HPAAN VI74W 12/14 Mar PAGAN VISOW 16/19 Mir THE BANK UNE (A mtvlc* of Andrew Wpir Shipping) \T SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE \1 HEAVY LIFT
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    • 1420 37 SMALL PARCELS NEDLLOYD HAS BIG SURPRISE FOR YOU FEEDER VESSEL PKG PEN OCEAN VESSEL SIN LEH RTM(I) HAM(2) B*V FLX SOU GOT WtSSEL Jkt PKg -Pen Sin ST>aya dockland F#(A) N PlymouthfA) Truru Lyttedon(B) D-iedr(B) Njpwt Tauranga W Bhum 562 B Sero.a/833 7/3 5/3 N Ameoca/2042 10/3 28/3 29/3 31/3
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