The Business Times, 7 April 1992

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    16 1 Business Times MITA (P) 35/12/91 Tuesday, April 7, 1992 lIIE BUSINESS PAPER EOR S-E ASIA 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      Italian govt seen heading for election defeat
      67 1 ROME Italy's centre-left government was heading for a defeat in general elections that ended yesterday, aceording to an exit poll conducted for state television. Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti's Christian Democrats, in power since 1945, were forecast to get their worst-ever result, sinking to
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      Sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov dies
      53 1 NEW YORK Isaac Asimov, prolific writer of science fiction and fact, has died in New York, CBS News reported yesterday. He was 72 years old. The Russian-born author wrote more than 400 books, the best-known being science fiction novels depicting the futuristic world of robots
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      Retail sales index up
      36 1 A SURGE in motor vehicle sales in Singapore pulled the retail sales index up sharply in January, maintaining the strong rebound seen in the last six months of last year Page 2
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      Call for tougher line
      26 1 THREE US senators are joining forces to press for stronger American government action against the ruling military junta in Myanmar Page 6
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      Pro-China party in HK
      26 1 A PRO-BEIJING political party will be set up in Hongkong in two or three months by some 50 founding members Page 6
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      Germany gets warning
      35 1 GERMANY'S public deficit must be cut and excessive pay increases avoided if western Germany is to get inflation back under control and escape further tax rises, leading economists have warned. Page 7
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      Reforms for Georgia
      29 1 GEORGIA'S acting Prime Minister has outlined sweeping economic reform plans and says the Transcaucasian country is counting on help from major Western financial organisations Page 7
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      ALR offers new system
      22 1 ALR International is offering a computing system which combines two current trends in the computer industry. Page 11
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      Berthing delays
      39 1 PORT USERS, especially feeder operators, have been hit hard by berthing delays in the last couple of months as the Port of Singapore Authority struggles to meet an unexpected surge in intra-Asia trade. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Dow higher
      26 1 SHARE PRICES opened higher yesterday, with the Dow Jones index of leading industrial shares up 10.28 points at 3,259.39 five minutes after the opening.
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      Footsie higher
      34 1 SHARE PRICES were higher in quiet trading on the London Stock Exchange yesterday morning. At 1100 GMT, the FrSE 100-share index was up 12.5 points at 2395.2. Volume was 192.3 million shares.
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      C'way plans divestment
      27 1 CAUSEWAY Investment Ltd intends to divest its rubber gloves and air-con manufacturing businesses because they have failed to live up to expectations Page 3
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      OUB surprise
      31 1 IN SPITE OF fears that OUB would crumble after the departure of the highly respected Fock Siew Wah. the bank has gone from strength to greater strength Page 3
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      Peregrine profit up
      33 1 PEREGRINE Investments Holding. Hongkong's fastestgrowing financial services group backed by tycoon Li Kashing, has announced a 146 per cent surge in net profits to HK5302.9 million (5564.7 million) Page 4
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      RBC shows the way
      39 1 AS recessionary woes continue to batter the home economy, Canadian banks have counted on international performance to boost the bottom line and leading the pack in global markets is Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) PageS
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      Good start in Seoul
      34 1 THE financial system in South Korea may still be suffocating under government controls, but the country's second attempt to deregulate interest rates has got off to a good start PageS
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      Market holidays
      27 1 MARKETS in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta were closed yesterday for the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holiday, while the Bangkok markets were closed for Chakri Day.
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      STOCK INDICES
      22 1 Monday Change Tokvo 18,436.37 -123.34 Hongkong 4.896.90 -19.80 Sydney 1.576.7 +10.9 Friday Change New York 3.249,11 +14.99 London 2.382.7 -22.7
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      CURRENCIES
      29 1 London Gold AVI fix USS340.50 USS0.25 Exchange rates USS SS 1.6550 100 Yen SS 1.2392 MS SS 0.6420 Money market rates Overnight 3-1/2% -1/8 3-month 3 5/16% -t-l/16
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    Profits of S'pore listed companies edge up 7.1pc
    684 1  -  Only half of those surveyed posted higher earnings in 1991 By Alvin Tay SINGAPORE Despite a creditable performance by financial institutions and ma-rine-related companies, the combined group earnings of Singapore's publicly-listed companies rose by a mere 7.1 per cent to $2.37 billion
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    Lock icon Accord reached to open up Japan's paper market
    232 1 Reuter WASHINGTON US and Japanese negotiators have agreed on measures to open up Japan's US$27 billion (5544.2 billion) market for paper to foreign suppliers, US Trade Representative Carla Hills said on Sunday. "For too long, the globally competitive US paper industry has
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    Japanese burger chain makes foray into S-E Asian market
    507 1  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE MOS Food Services Inc. Japan's answer to Mac Donald's. is making its first foray into the booming fastfood market in Southeast Asia with a venture in Singapore. The Tokyo-listed group, now internationalising its homegrown MOS Burger chain,
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    Lock icon Suchinda agrees to be premier, says Thai paper
    378 1 Reuter, AFP BANGKOK The leader of Thailand's armed forces and the coup that toppled a democratically elected government last year appeared set to become the next prime minister despite public cries of betrayal. General Suchinda Kraprayoon, who vowed during a fight last
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    Lock icon Former Viet party chief visiting Singapore
    219 1 Reuter HANOI Nguyen Van Linh. a former head of the Communist Party of Vietnam, has left for Singapore in search of economic tips while former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has accepted an invitation to visit Hanoi, official sources said yesterday. Mr Linh,
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        TDB mission to promote ornamental fish in Japan
        117 2 THE Trade Development Board (TDB) is leading a 17-mem-ber mission to Japan this week to promote Singapore as a source of ornamental fish. Last year, Singapore exported $5.9 million worth of ornamental fish to Japan. This was about 10 per cent of
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        Concert for culture fund
        95 2 POLITICAL and union leaders led by Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong will lend their voices at a concert on May 3 to raise $2 million for a culture fund set up by the Singapore Labour Foundation. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will be the guest-of-honour
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        Officials for surveyor group
        82 2 THE Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers has elected Wee Soon Kiang as its president for 1992/93. Nineteen other officers for its new council were also elected at the institute s annual general meeting in late March. The instltut d would be holding two major conferences
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        UN appointment for SAF officer
        69 2 A SINGAPORE Armed Forces officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Neo Poh Chuan, is to be appointed by the United Nations as Chief Military Personnel Officer in the United Nations IraqKuwait Observer Mission headquarters. LTC Neo will be responsible for all manpower matters and policies involving the more than
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        Singapore-India trade talks
        63 2 A DELEGATION of the Indian Merchants' Chamber, Bombay, (IMC) visited Singapore last week and explored with various government agencies and business groups the scope for greater cooperation between Indian and Singapore businesses. IMC signed a memorandum of understanding with the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
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      Strong vehicle sales drive retail sales index up sharply
      522 2  -  January figure higher in value, volume terms By Anna Teo A SURGE in motor vehicle sales pulled the retail sales index up sharply in January, maintaining the strong rebound seen in the last six months of 1991. But for motor vehicles,
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      Best Western seeking 3 local hotels to join system
      403 2  -  By Sangeeta Mulchand INTERNATIONAL marketing and reservations system Best Western is keen to bring up to three more Singapore hotels into its fold by yearend. The new members will join the system through Best Western Southeast Asia, the regional master franchise
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      Imaging technology to go on display at AsiaPac show here
      218 2 NINETY per cent of the world's information is still paper-based, which suggests enormous growth potential for products which convert and store paper documents in digital form. Imaging or electronic document management uses information technology (IT) tools such as optical discs,
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
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      Lock icon Causeway to divest rubber glove and air-con businesses
      447 3  -  Both have failed to live up to expectations By William Chia SINGAPORE Causeway Investment Ltd, the former Dah Yung Investment whieh is going through a restructuring exercise, intends to divest its rubber glove and airconditioner manufacturing businesses because they have failed to
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      Lock icon Firmer palm oil prices lift Padang Senang's pre-tax
      276 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Firmer palm oil prices helped push the group pre-tax profits of Padang Senang Holdings (PSH) up to £55.374 (*****,923) from £41,898 previously. Chairman E HadsleyChaplin said in the company's latest annual report that the pre-tax profits would have been
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      Acma shareholders approve sale of two units to Gold Coin
      330 3  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Acma Ltd shareholders voted in favour of the sale of 100 per cent of Proteq Technologies and 80 per cent of LJ Investment Holdings to Gold Coin Ltd at an extraordinary general meeting on Saturday. However,
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      A myth is laid to rest at OUB
      516 3  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN Bank didn't falter after Fock Siew Wah's departure By Quak Hiang Whai up EKTRA cpfcH, L/>(RCecHO«Jk<, 6F SINGAPORE Overseas Union Bank, the smallest of the Big Four, took the market by surprise when it announced its results
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Toyota denies reported plan to cut spending
        115 4 TOKYO Japan's largest car manufacturer yesterday denied a newspaper report that it would slash capital spending by 20 per cent over the next five years. Toyota Motor Corp had not decided on its level of spending on plant and equipment in 1993 and
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        Glass maker in Singapore venture
        76 4 BRUSSELS Leading Belgian glass maker Glaverbel SA, a unit of Japan's Asahi Glass Co Ltd, has formed a joint venture in Singapore with Asahimas Flat Glass Co to market and sell pyrolytic coated glass products in Asian markets The new company, Glavermas, is based in
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        Brewer studying tie-up: report
        85 4 LONDON Whitbread pic, the UK brewer and retailer is considering a European partnership and the favoured candidate is the Dutch group Heineken NV. The Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported: "Senior company sources say a share deal with Heineken could be a means of loosening the connection with
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        Black planning TV bid: paper
        153 4 LONDON Conrad Black, Canadian owner of Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper, plans to launch a consortium bid for Channel 5, a television franchise to be auctioned off by the Independent Television Company. The In^ peT on Sunday newspaper reported: "The bid would absorb some of the
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        Bad news for Laura Ashley
        111 4 LONDON British-based clothing and home furnishing retail group Laura Ashley Holdings pic is set to plunge deeper into the red due to reorganisation costs and poor sales hit by recession on both sides of the Atlantic. Analysts expected pre-tax losses due yesterday for the year
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      Peregrine earnings surge 146pc to HK$302.9m
      436 4  -  Group proposes one-for-five bonus issue From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG PEREGRINE Investments Holding, Hongkong's fastestgrowing financial services group backed by tycoon Li Ka-shing, yesterday announced a 146 per cent surge in net profits to HK5302.9 million (5564.7 million). Chairman Philip Tose told a press
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      Lock icon Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton dies
      742 4 Reuter ARKANSAS Sam Walton, 74, the legendary retailer who built Wal-Mart Inc into the biggest chain store in the United States and ranked among the world's richest, died on Sunday after a lengthy battle with bone cancer, the company said. Walton had entered a hospital
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      Lock icon BA resumes merger talks with KLM: paper
      301 4 Reuter LONDON British Airways pic and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have resumed talks about a possible merger, the Sunday Times newspaper said. "However, industry sources believe the renewed contacts between BA and KLM are tentative," said the paper. But KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
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      Lock icon Caterpillar and union in major showdown
      315 4 Reuter. UPI PEORIA, Illinois Caterpillar Inc and more than 12,000 of its striking workers faced off yesterday as a deadline lapsed for workers to return to their jobs under a company-imposed contract or face replacement. Police braced for feared violence at Caterpillar factory gates
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      Lock icon Hyundai's creditor bank to discipline five group units
      258 4 AFP SEOUL The Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), in the latest skirmish between the Hyundai group and the government, said yesterday it would discipline five group affiliates for buying land or buildings without its permission. KEB executive chairman Kim Yon Jo told a
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
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      Asia a key growth market for Royal Bank of Canada
      581 5 TOKYO As recessionary woes continue to batter the home economy, Canadian banks have counted on international performance to boost the bottom line. Leading the pack in global markets is Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), The Asian Business Has reported. By
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      Lock icon Will Seoul's bankers know how to lend?
      481 5 Economist SEOUL The financial system in South Korea may still Hbe suffocating under government controls. But the country's second attempt to deregulate interest rates has got off to a good start. The first deregulation in 1988 flopped when officials balked at the increase
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    • SMALL CHANGE
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        S Korea to tighten money supply
        74 5 SEOUL South Korea will tighten its M 2 money supply in April by between 150 billion and 500 billion won. "We will cut money supply this month in order to meet the target of keeping the annual M 2 rise at 18.5 per cent,"
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        Mitsubishi, Fuji to cut prime
        60 5 TOKYO Mitsubishi Bank and Fuji Bank said they will lower the short-term prime rate by 0.625 percentage points to 5.25 per cent, effective April 10. The cut is in response to declines in short-term money market rates after a 0.75 point cut in the key
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        Yamaichi improves disclosures
        56 5 TOKYO Yamaichi Investment Trust Management Co Ltd, the investment trust arm of Yamaichi Securities Co Ltd, will offer improved disclosure of its investment trust funds, a company official said. Starting with a fund the firm plans to launch this month, it will disclose the fund's performance and
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        Loan firm seeks cut in interest
        47 5 TOKYO Japan Housing Loan Inc has asked for a reduction of interest on some of its borrowings from the Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd and Nippon Credit Bank Ltd as part of a restructuring plan, a Japan Housing Loan spokesman said.
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      Lock icon Real estate loan problems still dog US banks
      361 5 MARKET NYT NEW YORK The rally in bank stocks, which doubled the share price of many companies last year, has stalled in the last month, as investors wait for first-quarter earnings reports to be issued this week. They hope to see evidence
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      186 5 CEoH UH E NEW CROWN lntroducin 2 the all-improved ffffffliin new Crown. The Crown has always been an exceptional car for exceptional men. And the all-improved new Crown goes even further in being an exceptional statement of Success. With its modern and refined good looks. No wonder those CEOs who
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
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        KL urges serious review of UN Security Council
        86 6 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has called tor "a serious review" of the structure, composition, and function ot the United Nations Security Council, following the emergence ot new powers like Japan and India in Asia and Germany in Europe. Addressing the 87th Inter-Parliamentary Union
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        Ramos calls for more Japan aid
        95 6 MANILA Philippine presidential candidate Fidel Ramos said here yesterday that Japan should further expand assistance to other Asian nations, but must not undertake any militarv role in the region. The former detence secretar> said "helping to police" the Middle East may have been been
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        Indian minister on Tokyo visit
        84 6 NEW DELHI Indian Finance Minister Manmohan Singh flies to Tokvo today on a three-day official visit, hoping to boost Japanese aid and investment. Singh s visit, which includes a two-dav stopover in Hongkong on his return home, will also lav the foundation for a planned
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        Graham's happy with visit
        47 6 HONGKONG US evangelist Billy Graham, hailing his visit to North Korea as a success, said yesterday he came out of Pyongyang with a secret message for Pope John Paul II and a sense that Kim II Sung wants to end his country's isolation.
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      Lock icon Three senators seek tougher US stand on Myanmar
      443 6 Bid to place arms embargo and trade ban NYT WASHINGTON Two liberal Democrats and a conservative Republican on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee are joining forces to press for stronger US action against the Myanmar military junta, charging it with "horrifying
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      Lock icon Pro-Beijing political party to be formed in HK
      356 6 AFP HONGKONG A pro-Bei-jing political party will be set up in Hongkong in two or three months by some 50 founding members, press reports here said yesterday. Tam Yiu Chong. head of the pro-China Hongkong Federation of Trade Unions, was quoted as
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      Lock icon Try urges Indon military to work closely with East Timorese
      278 6 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's military chief has told members of the armed forces stationed in the former Portuguese colony of East Timor to listen to the aspirations of the local population, Antara news agency said yesterday. "Listen to the pulse of
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      Lock icon French business team on scouting trip to Vietnam
      213 6 AFP HANOI A delegation of French businessmen is visiting Hanoi to examine business prospects in Vietnam once the US lifts its economic embargo imposed on the country 15 years ago. "France is readying itself for the post-embargo period," said a delegation member,
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      145 6 Last Year, Korean Air Cargo Was Delivered On Schedule 99% Of The Time. We Apologise. We may have worked through the night 365 days a year, added to our flight schedules (now up to 100 pure cargo flights weekly), speeded up processing with a worldwide computer network and line-tuned (light
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Germany urged to cut public deficit and rein in pay rises
      499 7 Economists call for action to curb inflation and avoid tax increases Reuter FRANKFURT Germany's public deficit must be cut and excessive pay increases avoided if western Germany is to get inflation back under control and escape further tax rises,
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      Lock icon High wage, high tech policy dooming east Germany
      366 7 Reuter BERLIN Eastern Germany could soon be a land of busy industrial robots and unemployed humans, say economists Gerlinde and HansWerner Sinn. They warn that Germany's "high wage, high technology" strategy will doom the economy of the formerly communist East. Cold Start,
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      Lock icon Killing raises question of corruption in China
      564 7 NYT HONGKONG The only < fact that everyone agrees on is that some gangsters visited Tang Rimei's home in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen one day last year and beat her brother to death in front of her. Miss Tang, a slender
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      Lock icon Georgia's PM outlines economic reform plan
      413 7 Reuter TBILISI Georgia's acting Prime Minister Tengiz Sigua outlined sweeping economic reform plans on Sunday and said the Transcaucasian country was counting on help from major Western financial organisations. "The political situation is progressing well, but domestic economic problems are severe." he said. "Industry
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    A lesson from the Swiss
    503 8 EDITORIAL THE SWISS, long the paragons of economic success and product quality, are plagued with pangs ot worry. They tear the good times, days of enjoying the world's highest living standards, are coming to an end. Unemployment has shot up; the tranc is teetering; Swiss
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      No safeguard against folly
      229 8 SUBSIDIES should not be dirty word, to be spoken only in hushed tones. Rather, intelligent debate about how and to what extent the nation s reserves can be used constructively should continue. In tact, the Health Review Committee did just that when it recently recommended that
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      Spirit of cooperation
      179 8 FOR the first time in 17 years. Muslims in the region, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, are celebrating Hari Raya on the same day. This is made possible because o| the close cooperation between religious leaders ot the tour countries. This cooperation augurs well for future
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      Turning point for reform
      84 8 IT is popularlv believed that the most important objective of the recent meetings of the National People's Congress was to create favourable condition for Deng Xiaoping's line. This objective nas largelv been met. The so-called Deng's line which centres on economic development and pragmatic reform now
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      A railway revolution
      191 8 THE appointment of a new SRT governor. Mr Sommai Tampathai who took office at the beginning of last month, may usher in a new era for railways in Thailand. But whether the initiative comes from the SRT or the Ministry of Transport and Communications is not important.
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      Reducing greenhouse gases
      160 8 MINISTER of Science, Technology and Environment Law Hieng Ding said at the second world climate conference in Geneva last November that some developed countries seem to be coordinating their efforts to circumvent decisions on the need to control and reduce emission of greenhouse gases, in particular carbon
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      A vicious circle
      162 8 WHAT is being seen now is a continuation of the vicious circle that had developed between Washington and Tripoli. This cycle of vengeance retaliation in the name of justice began with a bomb explosion in a Berlin discotheque in 1985 that took the lives of a few
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    Lock icon The myth called Japan Inc
    1033 8  -  Japan the economic superpower is changing as it seeks its proper role in a much altered world. Dan Biers assesses the myths and realities Dan Biers AP AS SWIFTLY as the Soviet empire collapsed. Japan has risen as the new menacc in the minds of
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    Lock icon Good government or competitive companies?
    699 8  -  Michael Hirsh looks at the path that post-war Japan took to get to where it is today Michael Hirsh AP EXPERTS still differ about the source of Japan's rise after World War II from devastated pauper to dominant economic power. Some say the ability of
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Thrown from a war into recession
      2895 9  -  It's that time of the year again as Alvin Tay reports on the financial results of Singapore's listed companies Alvin Tay The crop of 1991 fi- v nancial results re- t leased by Singapore's i publicly-listed compa- t nies in the past two c
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      165 10 flkk We Probably Know More About Aircraft Than Any Other Airline. (We Also Build Them, You See.) Time was when our technical abilities extended merely to the ma.intena.nce of aircraft. Till one day, when the manufacturers, rather pleased with our quality of work, paid us the ultimate compliment: They asked
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      Powerful system in a small package
      454 11  -  .Clarissa Tan looks at Adecs, a new tool that allows the humble PC to do the jobs of bigger computers for company-wide use Clarissa Tan A LR Internation--22 al, a local per- sonal computer producer owned 2A. JAk. by publicly3sted Wearne Brothers of ingapore,
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      Lock icon Shedding new light on skin cancer
      288 11  -  Malcolm Ritter talks about the genetically-based hypothesis Malcolm Ritter AP SUNLIGHT may encourage skin cancer, partly by impairing the immune system in genetically susceptible people, new stud- ies suggest. If so, a genetic test may tone day be able to detect people at particular
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      Telecom introduces IDD call detective
      245 11  -  Ang Wan May checks out the new telephone facility Ang Wan May Employers who want to keep tabs on overseas phone charges can now do so with more success by using the Telcon IDD Phone Controller, which identifies those making the overseas calls. A caller
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    • TECH TAKES
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        Microsoft Singapore appoints new reseller
        72 11 SINGAPORE Microsoft Singapore has appointed Automated Systems as its new value-added reseller. Automated Systems is a subsidiary of publicly-listed Computer Systems Advisers (CSA) Holdings. Under the agreement. Automated Systems will market and support the complete line of Microsoft's networking products, including LAN Manager, SQL Server
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        MIT gets US$2.5m R&D deal
        88 11 NEW YORK BT. the British telecommunications company, has awarded a US$2.5 million (554.2 million) fiveyear contract to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Laboratory to develop new computerised tools to "see" and "understand" visual images. Such advanced technologies are becoming vital as multimedia computing, video
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        Talking walking stick for blind
        106 11 WASHINGTON Taiwanese inventor Hsieh Chi Sheng has patented an electronic "talking stick" for blind peopte that can detect obstructions and warn users with words uttered through a voice synthesiser. The new stick amount to a sophisticated variation of the canes that blind peopfe use today.
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      Canon, Olivetti team up to corner European market
      283 14  -  By Claire Leow CANON and Olivetti, leading players in the field of imageprocessing and office automation, have joined forces to corner the European market tor bubble ink-jet technology. The low-impact technology is used to make printers based on quick-drying ink with a
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      Lock icon Moves to blend copiers and computer technology
      322 14 Xerox beefs up strategic team with industry veteran NYT Xerox corp has announced that it had hired a computer veteran from Olivetti, Vittorio Cassoni, as an executive vice-president to spearhead the company's effort to blend computer technology and office copiers. Xerox has been
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      444 14 Scientists are catching on about the neem, a wonder plant that Indians have known about for generations AP IN ITS native India, the neem tree has long been believed to have miraculous powers. And scientists around the world are beginning to agree. For
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      289 11 M a ny Are J Will Their Gamble Pay Off f Banking, garment manufacturing, hotels... Singaporeans rII 1 rfll are fearlessly plunging into the Cambodian economy and I ft 1M V I Mill lakin? part in ils rebuildin But lhe >' face an uneas >' P eace X UIVIIIS A
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    Saab: on the cutting edge of technology
    651 12 BT Special Advertising Feature SOMEONE once remarked that "Saab doesn't build cars, it builds Saabs". This statement provides a clue to the Swedish car manufacturer's reputation in the automobile world and the loyalty it attracts from customers. In sheer numbers, Saab may not
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    Important Saab developments and technical innovations
    285 12 1949-50 First Saab car Saab 92 reflects aircraft heritage with pioneering body design based on aerodynamic and safety considerations plus front-wheel-drive for safer and predictable handling. 1964 Diagonally divided brake circuits as standard. 1969 Automatic headlight switch-off via ignition, aimed at encouraging use of
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    A vital link in the regional sales chain
    451 13 EARLY last year. Saab Automobile AB established its regional representative office in Singapore, signifying the importance that the Swedish car company attaches to Asia. The Singapore office of Saab, however, does not only service the fast growing markets of South-east Asia. Its
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    A distributor with impeccable credentials
    481 13 IF car manufacturers are judged by the products they make, then car distributors are surely rated by the support and service they offer to customers. Each cannot do without the other and it is precisely for this reason that Saab Automobile AB makes sure that
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      335 14 ATTENTION j I General Managers Administration Managers 11 y• -fy if P The staff need to make overseas phone calls in the course of their work. You understand that. I M But you want them to be accountable for calls they make to pre-empt runaway phone bills. You want to
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      244 14 BANKING, FINANCE AND INSURANCE SUPPLEMENT 1998 A special Business Times Survey May 4) 1992 The theme for this year's supplement Is "Managing the Tiger" which focuses on the tremendous growth achieved In recent years hy Asia's banking and fiance industry and the constraints faced hy the region's regulators to encourage
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      286 15 15 OF SINGAPORE'S 20 MOST PROFITABLE COMPANIES RELY ON BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS FBOM TELECOM EQUIPMENT. PANKINC EARNINGS (SM) IST HALF 91 IST HALF'9O IST HALF '91 IST HALF '90 CHANGE J Singapore Airlines 380.10 590.30 (35.61) 2 2 United Overseas Bonk 145.36 ***** 4J5 3 3 DBS 140 06 130 42
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      682 16 television and radio live in Palm Springs. The 4.45 No One But You (Con't). BUSINESS ON RADIO M~ 1 SBC 12 catch is that she has to pose 5.30 CB Boars. -w T CX\ 700 rl 0170 \7/YI 1 as wife to an ex-cop from 6.00 NewsiM). BBC, 88.9 mHz
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      790 17  -  Steven Weisman reports on Japan's ambivalent attitude towards the endangered species Steven Weisman NYT WEATHER permitting, fishing boats cast off from the tiny harbours of the Japanese island of Shikoku with tourists to watch herds of humpback whales surge majestically through the choppy waters
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      507 17  -  The recent release of James Joyce's private papers reveals his paranoia about his masterpiece Ulysses. Paul Majendie reports Paul Majendie Reuter A COLLECTION of Irish author James Joyce's papers, unveiled in Dublin on Sunday, shows how the controversial author was obsessed about censorship of his masterpiece
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      Beach Boys to back UK fringe party
      449 17 CHATTERBOX THE Beach Boys rock group flew into London on Sunday to support a fringe party which wants to transform Britain with transcendental meditation and a spiritual lifestyle if it wins Thursday's general election. The Natural Law Party, inspired by Indian guru Maharishi
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      178 17 9-COURSE DELICACIES k 9 BONUS ITEMS O HQ Enjoy the following bonus «ems now! 1 ASSORTED COLO CUTS Lltali-nio.. S ?IS S dc N hST meat >' 2. 1 roll Kono 135-35 mm film I 'SoCaS a 3. Video recording service for dinner 6 4 red FISH W/SOYA BEAN 2
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      A showcase of talent and fighting spirit
      529 18  -  Susan Tsang reviews the Epson Singapore Super Tennis tournament Susan Tsang SINGAPORE As far as spectators go, the Epson Singapore Super Tennis tournament has been a relaxed, almost social event. No rabid cheering, painted faces or signs in the stands. Instead, there were
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      Lock icon The Masters — who will let fly the winning shot?
      732 18 The Masters who will let fly the winning shot? NYT NEW YORK The Masters, which always promises the first truly defining moments of the golf year, is being greeted with even more anticipation than usual as Thursday's opening round approaches. Will the 56th edition of the tournament provide the seemingly
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    • SIDE LINES
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        Belgian Stefan Everts wins Dutch Grand Prix
        116 18 VALKENSWAARD, Netherlands Belgian Stefan Everts took the honours in the opening Grand Prix of the revamped 250 cc motocross world championship on Sunday by winning two of the Dutch event's three 30-minute races. Defending champion Trampas Parker had nearly failed to qualify on
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        Canizares takes Roma Masters
        89 18 ROME Briton Barry Lane struck a course record 66 in the Roma Masters golf tournament on Sunday, then lost a playoff to Spaniard Jose-Maria Canizares. Lane missed from within a yard in the playoff to hand Canizares his first European title for nine years. "This proves
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        Liverpool fights to a draw
        110 18 LONDON Ronnie Whelan equalised three minutes from the end of extra time to give Liverpool a 1-1 draw with second division Portsmouth and earn them a replay after a pulsating Football Association (FA) Cup semi-final on Sunday. With Liverpool down to 10 men, the veteran
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        Garcia wins Rotterdam marathon
        138 18 ROTTERDAM Mexican Salvador Garcia came from behind to win the Rotterdam marathon in two hours nine minutes and 16 seconds on Sunday. Compatriot Isidoro Rico was 13 seconds behind with German Jorg Peter third, 46 seconds behind the winner. Garcia, 31, broke his personal best time
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      409 18 BUSINESS T I M_ES_ Toll free Tel No 737 0043 -Fax No: 734 3998 M THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP SO M THE MATTER Of OATAPREP (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD pnamnuMWMiMfi notice b hereby given luljl an Eatoanlnafy Gar»M j 1 Company waa oorwanto and riaM at 2 Maundra
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      430 19 Crnnpmy Date Half-year Creop pre-tax Intorlm ann to profit/loss (L) dividend COOO) H leong Credit Mar 31 Dec 91 MJ38 558(119.470) 3(4) Burwill Ma r 31 Oec 91 HK$14.779($11 169) 25(25) Insas Bhd Mar 31 Oec 91 MS2253L ($5211L > Material H Mar 31 Dec 91 $297l($549) Tongkah
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      628 19 Company Rights Issue Aftance Ttdi One-torone SI 00 per share B*dtord Issue of 1175 lm nominal amount of 5 b'. Bank Guaranteed Bonds 1992/97 with detachable transferable subscription (TSR) on the basis of one TSR tor every four ordinary shares (a M$0 195 for each TSR Bolter Issue
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      RESULTS FORECAST
      270 19 Mate Beari Last Fal Tear Feracast fate M Bet Pr««t EPS mmet Tear EPS Gran inflt Ra H* N« Cea** Parted tut jr m«H (cts) *> (S'lM) TtamP* I Apr 19 Aug 92 29 5 10 0 28.013 172-37 3 14 1-30 9 SP1 I Apr 26 Aug
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      SCRIPLESS CONVERSIONS
      63 19 Conversion Special Odg Scripless Conversion deadline Period Trading Companv starts (IDP) (ST) starts (entrepoint Mar 30 Apr 21 Apr 8 Apr 21 Apr 22 First Capital Mar 31 Apr 22 Apr 9 Apr 22 Apr 23 Hai Sun Hup Apr 1 Apr 23 Apr 10 Apr 23 Apr
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      RECORD HIGHS & LOWS
      149 19 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index 1992 h«h: 1316 68 21/2/92) J* "g* (27/1/92) 1992 tow: 1215 77 (03/4/92) Jr 387 01 (03/4/92 1991 Nch: 1333 08 3/6/91) J* 565 58 3/69 1991 low: *****2 (16/1/91) »1 tow: ***** 16,1/91 1990 lifh: *****3 (16/7/90) 1990 607 12
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      OTHER RESULTS DUE
      209 19 Ujjg lilt Frf TMT Cmm PHM M m Jill m+* (cts) H* ivt JWI W Nov 6 W 91 3 0TE 17 878L T* Final Mar 28 Dec 91 14 9 9.5 5.056 «Of Final Mar 28 Dec 91 10.6 6.0 6.206 Stag to ft fii Final
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      MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      355 19 In local curr In S$ In ISS dy >t dy >r d> >t \pc 3 Index chRe chge chge chge chge chgc World 379.1 -0.1 -7.1 0.1 -8.7 0.1 -10.8 iEAFE 453.3 -0.3 -9.7 0.3 -13.2 0.3 -15.2 Europe 422.1 -0.6 2.6 0.2 -2.1 0.2
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      437 19 Current Ex Mu Date Tetal tor Tatal for payment Mi cfoM payaMe the r«* last year Acma 5* Jun 5 Jun 18 Jul 2 51 5* Amtak Enc 50c 6%TE(I) Apr 15 Apr 21 Apr 30 12%TE 12%TE Asean Find US10C(b) Mar 10 Mar 20 Mar 30 US10C
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      201 19 C*mpmr, Date Yaar Croap Mat Wt wmHp Crws ana to praflt/laM (L) par Oara dhMaatf (•000) (eaat*) Carisbere Mar 19 Dec 91 M$57,155($49.906) 63.5(48.9) 35(35) MU Mfg Mar 23 Dec 91 $14,461 (J11.899) 8 7(7.4) 12(12) Kmtas Mar 27 Dec 91 M$11,900(M$4.720) 108(9.1) 5(4.7) MUI8 Mar 27 Dec
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      299 19 Company Rights Issue Botton Refits issue of 3.5% Redeemable Unsecured Guaranteed Bonds on the bass of $2 00 nominal amt with one TSR tor every three shares held Tat Lm Bank R*hts issue of one-for-five 12.45 per share Two rights issued for one warrant at an exercise price
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      466 19 Company Date Yaar Groap prt-tex Nat aaratags Crest ann to profit/Km (L) par *har« <tMdaa<l ('000) (Mute) Sun Corpn Mar 31 Dec 91 $651($7821) 22(-) Swire A Mar 26 Dec 91 HK$5.649d($4 780d> 194(154.3) 104.3(108 8) UPf> Mar 31 Dec 91 $1,101(51.017) 12(1.07) 2(2) Wepco Mar 31 Dec
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      SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS
      417 19 Tram Radstarad Substantial Buy/ Sharos Amount Stawfc®Mtajs Stock Data Holder Shareholder/Diractor S«ll iavotvoil Bo fort Chga Altar Chga NatSteel 26/04/92 Street Names Temasek Holdings (pte) Ltd *b 20.000 74.037 40.501.698 19 05 40.521,698 19 06 Sime Spore 01/04/92 Street Names Chan Kong Leong t> 5,000 5.550 J
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      9 19 The Jakarta and Bangkok stock markets were closed yesterday
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      288 19 BUSINESS TIMES Toll fTM Tel No 737 0043 Fax No: 734 3686 tn ttw Matter (X THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 90 And In ttw Matter of TONG ANN REALTY PTE LTD At an Extraordinary General Meeting of TONG ANN REALTY PTE LTD. duly convened and held at 100 jalan Sultan,
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      252 19 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF CHIN CHEONG PTE LIMITED (In Members' VoMHary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act, Chapter 50, that a Final General Meeting of the abovenamed Company will be held at 9
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      353 19 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF NEWBURY TRADING PTE LTD (In Members Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 ot the Companies Act. Cap 50 that a Final Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Nikkei weaker in listless trade
      2058 20 Reuter THE Tokyo Nikkei succumbed to Monday blues and closed down in listless trade yesterday, though the broader market held on to modest gains. Brokers said index-linked selling pressured prices, while most investors stayed on the sidelines amid continuing doubts that the market has bottomed.
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      Lock icon Sharp losses pared by bargain hunters
      2328 20 Reuter SHARES finished moderately lower yesterday as bargain hunters slashed sharp morning losses triggered mainly by worries over the UK general election on Thursday. "The possibility of a Labour government in the UK is worrying the market," said Michael Ng, dealing manager at Sassoon
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  • AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Stocks close sharply higher on rate cut hopes
      2215 21 Reuter RENEWED optimism triggered by hopes of a cut in interest rates swept through Australia's finance markets yesterday with stocks closing near their highs. A sharp rally in the bond market in early trade fuelled the share market which opened firmly and
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Manila shares higher as election fears ease
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        53 21 INDICES TURNOVER Close Apr 6 Picvfatt NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital 1.401.3 1.398.78 2.52 MANILA Composite Index Turnover (million) 1.131 43 224.9 1.111.77 398.7 19 66 -173.8 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index Turnover (NTS billion) 4.652.10 11.8 4.733.96 15.4 -81.86 -3.6 SEOUL Composite Stock Index Turnover (billion won) 590.02 300.51 589.83 251.4
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        TAIPEI
        529 21 TAIWAN share prices ended lower yesterday in thin trade as market sentiment was dampened by falls in Tokyo and Hongkong, brokers said. The Weighted Index dropped 81.86 points or 1.7 per cent to close at 4 652.10 from Thursday's finish. Turnover was NT$ll.B billion, the lowest since last October,
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        SEOUL
        732 21 THE stock market closed mixed to a fraction firmer yesterday in moderate trading as large capitalisation shares, which gained momentum in the morning, faced profit-taking in the afternoon, brokers said. "The market started oflf with strong large-cap shares and weak low-PER (price/earnings ratio) shares, but institutional investors began selling
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        MANILA
        559 21 SHARE prices rose sharply yesterday as cash-flush investors bought shares while worries about violence in May's national elections eased somewhat, brokers said. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index climbed 19.66 points to end at 1,131.43. "The market is really going up and this is part of that rally. I
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        WELLINGTON
        298 21 OFF-MARKET purchases from overseas investors helped a thin New Zealand share market keep its head just above the NZSE-40's 1,400 level at the close yesterday. Volume was particularly light in the morning, with only NZ$4 million turnover. Brokers said off-market purchases in Fletcher Challenge and Carter Holt Harvey, which
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  • CURRENCIES/COMMODITIES
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      Russia reviews Sakhalin oil and gas concession
      627 22  -  From John Helmer in MOSCOW THE multi-billion-dollar Sakhalin Island oil and gas field concession is being reconsidered by the Russian government. This is good news for South Korea, whose companies Samsung. Palmco and Hyundai have so far been unsuccessful in bidding for concessions.
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      Lock icon Gloomy outlook for aluminium despite upturn in prices
      343 22 Reuter TOKYO A surge in aluminium prices in the first months of 1992 will end once a tight market is overwhelmed by record inventories and unwelcome imports from the former Soviet Union, Tokyo traders and analysts have said. They said a possible
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      HK gold ends easier on light selling
      250 22 GOLD HONGKONG: Gold closed easier in narrow range trade yesterday due to early, light local selling, dealers said. "Most traders are sidelined due to market holidays in Singapore and there were no factors to stimulate the market, so gold stayed within a 50-cent
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      Lock icon US$ firmer against D-mark in Tokyo trade
      872 22 REPORTS Reuter THE US DOLLAK ended I firmer against the deutsche- mark, and barely changed against the yen in Tokyo after directionless trade yesterday, with the market closed in Singapore, dealers said. "Participants tried the downside of the dollar earlier in the day,
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      1132 22 BusiNESsmm A Fax No; 734 3698 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND MIDAS NOMINEES PTE LTD (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act. Cap 50 that a Final Meeting of the Members of the
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      373 22 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 VOLKER STEVIN DREDGING SINGAPORE PTE LTD MEMBERS VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company deemed to be held on 1 Apnl 1992 the following special resolution was duly passed "That the Company be wound up voluntarily and that
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  • THE TRAVEL PAGE
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      Savouring Barcelona in little bits
      686 23  -  LETTER FROM BARCELONA By Bryan Miller VISITORS to Barcelona during this summer's Olympic Games may find that the crowds in wellknown restaurants rival those in the spectator stands. The tapas bars in tourist neighbourhoods, too. may resemble the starting line of a marathon. Now for
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      FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      153 23 As at 3pm on Apr 3: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.2655 1.2835 Canadian dollar 1.3755 1.4035 NZ dollar 0.8958 0.9140 Sterling pound 2.8530 2.8920 US dollar 1.6530 1.6620 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
      57 23 Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel April-May International Fair Buenos Aires. Interexpo 541-*****1 on Construction Argentina Sudamericana Materials SA Technology May 4-7 Offshore United States USA-Richardson. (1)214/*****72 Technology US Conference Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel May 5-7 5th European Incentive Business Travel Meetings Exhibition, with conferences England Langfords
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      37 23 EXCLUSIVE 11 T\ f\ K The winners. The losers. I] 111 11/1 The surprises. The shoo-ins. II If I I 1/1 The thrills. The spills. 11\V/1U The 9 ,itz HONGKONG MHj VIVIEN CHIONG reports Hongkong Film Awards
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      164 23 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the morning. Report: Maximum temperature 32.1 Assoc humidity 62% Minimum temperature 23.9 Assoc humidity 100% Hours of sunshine 3.25 Rainfall in mm 5.2 Rainfall this month 7.0 Rainy days this month 2 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 18/15 Rain Bangkok 35/27 Clear
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    261 24 Reuter TOKYO Japan and China exchanged pandas and messages of praise when Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin arrived to a red-carpet welcome yesterday to mark 20 years of diplomatic relations. Japanese foreign ministry officials announced that agreement on a third package
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    720 24  -  The Bottom Line SN VASUKI SN VASUKI The writer is a BT corresfxmdent Derivatives futures, options. swaps and many other variations have blossomed from being a small niche market in the early eighties into an essential risk management tool of corporates and international financial institutions
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    369 24 AFP BERLIN Germany's main political parties, alarmed by a surge in support for the radical right, hurried into high-level strategy sessions yesterday to discuss what they had done wrong. Exploiting widening alarm over immigration, Germany's far-right had on Sunday crushed the majorities of the
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    328 24 Reuter LIMA President Alberto Fujimori dissolved Peru's Congress on Sunday night in what he said was a move to speed up needed reforms and sent soldiers to detain prominent politicians and guard newspapers and radio stations. In a televised speech, Mr Fujimori, elected 20 months ago,
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      521 25  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Port users, especially feeder operators, have been hit hard by berthing delays in the last couple of months as the Port of Singapore Authority struggles to meet an unexpected surge in intra-Asia trade. Container throughput shot up by
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      249 25 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Terminal One of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at Subang. temporarily closed following an earlymorning fire yesterday, was re-opened in the evening. Three security guards, two of them women, were killed in the fire. Police said the fire started at about 1.50
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      346 25  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Rigbuilder Sembawang Bethlehem has successfully launched its first semi-submersible rig. costing US$25 million (5541.4 million). Construction of the submersible drilling rig started in October last year. The vessel was launched recently on schedule despite unfavourable weather conditions at the start of
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      856 25 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 I -3 APL 5 3-5 APC Line 13 5 Arrow Inter 9 2 ASCL 5 9 ANL 3 1/2 Bait Canada Line 7 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Batamindo 19 3 Bangladesh Shpg
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      600 25 BANGKOK The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) will ask the new government to review the Anand administration's plan to privatise all three of the Laem Chabang Commercial Port's container terminals. Thai daily The Nation reported PAT director-general Somnuk Debaval as saying that PAT
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        102 26 BREMEN Shipbuilding and engineering group Bremer Vulkan AG. Schiftbau und Maschinenfabrik will not pay a dividend on 1991 results, its management board chairman said. "We first have to consolidate a little more." Friedrich Hennemann told the Bremen-based newspaper, II eserkurier. The last
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        121 26 KUALA LUMPUR Park May Bhd, the transportation group, has reported a 6.2 per cent rise in group pre-tax profit of MsB.7 million (555.6 million) for the half year ended Dec 31. 1991 from M 58.19 million in the previous corresponding period. In a statement
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        Bahama ship loses 72 containers
        62 26 LONDON The Bahamian vessel Med Trader, 20.349 dwt, was still en route to Haifa after losing 72 containers east of the US. Llovd's Shipping Intelligence reported last week. The Med Trader left New York on March 22 and the next day was reported to have
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        53 26 LONDON The Dutch Ro-ro vessel Nordic Link has completed bow repairs at Kiel and sailed for Philadelphia, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Service said. The 7,934-dwt vessel, carrying forestry products, hit a pier and crane in Kiel on March 15 as it tried to turn in
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        62 26 DORDRECHT, Netherlands About 40 Greenpeace protesters cut off rail shipments to the DuPont chemical company last week to protest its production of chemicals believed to harm the earth's atmosphere. The activists chained a cargo train to the railroad tracks that lead to the US company s
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        126 26 LISBON Fancy a frigate? Portugal is about to auction three of its ageing warships, but only scrap merchants or restaurant owners need apply. "The ships have been stripped of all their weaponry and communications equipment so they are only fit for scrap. There is just an
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      1415 26 Responding to President Bush's call to cut unnecessary regulations hindering the American shipping industry, APL and Sea-Land have come up with a package of recommendations American Shipper Elimination of unnecessary government regulations could save US Hag vessel owners a lot of money, the two largest intermodal
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      13131 34 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. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      264 39 Abacus C ouriers Tel: 545-8011 Fa*: *****98 Air Express I ravel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: *****44 Airborne Freight C orporation Tel: 542-8844 Fax: *****16. *****80. Airswift Worldwide C ourier Tel: 278-0188 Fax: *****83. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines), 747-7421. Fax: *****75. City-link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: *****50. Cluster
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      1532 39 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84 Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Tel: 542-781 l Fax: *****20. Aeroiink Freight International Tel: 545-8033 Fax: *****05. Aerospeed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18 Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06 Air Express International Tel: 542-7666. Fax: *****74. *****50.
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      3328 40 ARGENTINA No report received. AUSTRALIA On Mar 23 at OWN) hours Dairy niple Ba> coal terminal unions had slopwork meeting resulting in strike action, but returned to work on Mar 23 at 1400 hours on recommendation of arbitration commisioner One vessel was loaded, locked in berth. 3 vessels
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      1167 40 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES VESSELS ON OFFER Bulk Carriers Aegean Lion: 72.044 dwt and built Feb 1977 Mitsubishi Naga. try excess of USS9 million. Rea: 60.107 dwt and built Mar 1973 Taiwan, try offer in region of USS6 million. Trans Effort: 42.637 dwt and built Dec 1987 Mitsui Tamano and
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        1582 41 DELIVERY OF FCL IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS 5" Container? S «P <***" 27/92 05 04 92 0725 Eagle W.nd 161 COD(EST) 0604 92 1500 SZ, AN 043 05 04 92 0810 L ?ura Ms 9205 COO(EST) 06 04 9 MO Eagle Sea 044 05 04 92 1010
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      974 42 Sept 15-16: Asia-Pacific Digital Cellular Mobile Communications, organised by IBC Technical Services Limited at The Mandarin Singapore. For further details please contact IBC Technical Services at tel: 071-637-4383 or fax: 071-631-3214. Oct 13-16: Seatrade Asia-Pacif-ic Cruise Convention, organised by Seatrade. The event will take place at The Westin
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      988 42 THE Baltic Exchange reported good charter volume but this did not boost rates, as supply still outstrips demand, dry cargo brokers said on Friday. Charter volume was up in the minerals and time-charter sector, while fixings were also agreed in smaller market niches such as metals and sugar
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      446 44 Reuter OSLO Norway's biggest shipping company, Bergesen DY, faces a difficult 1992 with freight rates and the sec-ond-hand price of tankers plummeting to record low levels in the first quarter. Analyst Tor Tiller at Sundal Collier, a leading Norwegian broker firm, has cut
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      413 44 Reuter BRUSSELS The Belgian government approved a deal on Sunday under which Air France will take a 37.5 per cent stake in the troubled state-owned airline Sabena. "I think we can say today 'Mission accomplished Sabena is saved'," Transport Minister
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      391 44 AFP COPENHAGEN A key manager of the Scandinavian SAS airline has strongly criticised the global ambitions of managing director Jan Carlzon and has denied that the airline is negotiating with Dutch KLM. Tage Andersen, the president of the Danish DDL aero company which
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      258 44 NYT TOKYO An international consortium led by a Japanese trading company and a US oil development firm will undertake a feasibility study for a major natural gas development project in eastern Siberia, the Japanese trading company said last Friday. The development
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      290 44 Reuter BRUSSELS EC regulators intend to dismantle cartels among shipping lines which should be competing freely, European Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan said. "Shipping is an industry in which cartels have traditionally been accepted as a normal business practice. I do not accept that
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      257 44 Reuter SYDNEY Australian aircraft refuellers and fuel tanker drivers were to begin a 24-hour national strike from midnight yesterday over lack of progress in pay talks, a spokesman for the Transport Workers' Union said. But airlines said the action would not cause the widespread
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      48 44 AP MANILA Air Force controllers helping to direct flights at Manila's airport on Sunday. The airport has been crippled by a two-day air traffic controllers' strike, stranding thousands of travellers. The strike is the fourth staged by the controllers since 1986. AF
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      249 26 BANKING, FINANCE AND INSURANCE SUPPLEMENT 1998 A special Business Times Survey May 4,1998 The theme for this year's supplement Is "Managing the Tiger which focuses on the tremendous growth achieved in recent years by Asia's banking and finance industry and the constraints faced by the region's regulators to encourage growth
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      1174 29 SINGAPORE AGENT: <' HO P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd 4 I (fv% 1 I .Oniainerh 15 Hoe Chiang Road #08-02 to 06 Sanford S^g*^.? 208 X «-r Te| 225 223 3 a Tetex RS 3456 4 pnOCSP Fax 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number **********0Z im ss!*i«»»» ;s. ;rs ss
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      1460 31 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPUHfc ifcL: zmwii nv; ujwiwwwcj J BOOKINGS-(TOLL FREE) NEPTUNELINK TEL *****00 (TOLL-FREE) USA SERVICE -*****82 DOCUMENTATION DEPT *****44/*****14 FAR EAST SERVICE *****31 TERMINAL OFFICE *****22 UK/EUROPE SERVICE *****89 IMPORT CFS MB2: *****69/*****96 *****32 EXPORT CFS MB2 *****53/*****50 SSSS NEPLINE SDN BHD MALAYSIA K L.-(03) *****33. P
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      793 31 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****06 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 KLO3-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 iOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES FASTBOUND-WSCHARONG WESTBOWD-LOAMg TRAHSHTfED WA ROTTERDAM wZi w |»w I*6 la.
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      684 33 EacßenV Ist1 st class container transport FEEDER VESSEL 1 PENANG P KELANG OCEAN VSL/VQY SIN SOU(D RTM (2) HAM 1 3) GOT (4) ANSON/TBN 3/4 4_4 ALSIA 2132 Z_l ANSON TBN io7T~ BEN AVON 2142 U_4 1/5 315 _I£| ANSON TBN 18/4 JUTLAND.A 2152 21/4 8/5 WS 11/S 13^_ ANSON/TBN
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