The Business Times, 15 April 1992

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  • 17 1 BUSINESS TIMES at sim ss iwn.R for s-i: asi MITA (P) 35/12/91 Wednesday, April 15, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 61 1 BRUSSELS Seven European Free Trade Association (Ella) states and the European Community initialled an accord yesterday to I'orge the world's biggest common market, saying they hoped it could open on schedule in 1993. The European Economic Area (EEA), a free-trade zone of around
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    • 70 1 MANILA A Philippine court said yesterday that it had ordered the release of a major block of San Miguel Corp shares to presidential candidate Eduardo Cojuangco. The shares had been seized by the government. The Supreme Court may hear an appeal against the anti-graft
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    • 37 1 A SOUTH African delegation including companies from two leading South African groups. Anglo-American and Barlows will arrive in Singapore on May 8 on the first leg of a blitz through Southeast Asia Page 2
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    • 37 1 CORPORATE bankruptcies in Japan jumped 47 per cent in March from a year earlier. The rise for the 18th consecutive month was attributed to the sluggish economy, said a private credit research agencv Page 2
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    • 32 1 HOME-GROWN Heshe Holdings, which is seeking a listing on Singapore's secondary market. hopes to work with local designers and jointly promote their brands in Singapore and abroad. ''age 3
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    • 21 1 SINGAPORE-based Sincere Watch chain plans to open shops in Jakarta, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur within five vears Rage 4
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    • 37 1 THE Uruguay Round of trade talks is still paralysed by ditTcrences over farm subsidies, the head of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) told ambassadors at the 108-nation talks Rage 13
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    • 35 1 STEAMERS Maritime Holdings Ltd is increasingly dependent on non-operating income to sustain profitability as the group's shipping-related business continues to weaken in the face of depressed external factors. Shipping I imes, Rg 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • 41 1 US STOCKS remained stronger in light trading, boosted by IBM's first-quarter earnings, which topped many analysts' expectations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose nine points to around 3279. Advances led declines by about nine to five in early trade.
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    • 41 1 SHARE PRICES were higher at midday yesterday, on continued hopes tor economic recovery. Traders said that cautious buying lifted the broad-based market. At 1115 GMT, the FTSE 100-share index was up 8.1 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 2.599.1.
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    • 31 1 SHANGRI-LA Hotel Ltd will pay 515.6 million for a stake in Midpoint Properties Pte Ltd. a property developer and investment holding company owned by the Kuoks. Page 5
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    • 29 1 CONSTRUCTION firm Low Keng lluat (Singapore) Ltd has won a 5139 million contract to build the Port of Singapore Authority's (PSA) Keppel Distripark Page 5
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    • 35 1 EX-AUSTRALIAN entrepreneur Alan Bond was declared bankrupt yesterday by a Sydney court. Federal Court judge Trevor Morling appointed a trustee to the estate of the former Australian ot the Year Page 6
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  • 609 1  -  Ficorinvest plans to be one of first to make the conversion From William Chia in JAKARTA WITH their traditional money and capital markets invaded by banks and stockbroking companies. Indonesia's non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) are taking advantage of favourable legislation to convert themselves into
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  • 88 1 THE Growth Triangle is gaining strength as investments pour into the Riau islands and Johor. And elsewhere in Asia, the triangle concept is taking root. In a special supplement today, BT looks at the strides that have been made in the Growth Triangle
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  • 426 1  -  Reports by Catherine Ong in HONGKONG HSBC Holdings pic is offering Midland Bank shareholders a mixed bag of shares and bonds in a £2.6 billion takeover (557.6 billion) which values each Midland share at 378 p. The takeover terms announced yesterday for
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  • 291 1 HONGKONG'S best-kept corporate secret is out. The territory's biggest banking group, HSBC Holdings, has revealed its inner reserves which analysts said should caused a re-rating in its share price today. Along with its announcement on the merger terms for Midland Bank, HSBC yesterday disclosed group inner
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  • 287 1 ARMONK. New York International Business Machines Corp yesterday reported improved earnings for the first quarter and said its recent restructuring has put it back on track. The world's largest computer maker said it earned USSS9S million (*****.4 million), or US$l.O4 per share,
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  • 197 1 SINGAPORE Regional stock markets heaved a sigh of relief as the Japanese stock market staged a mild rebound yesterday, after the Nikkei Average dipped below the 17.000 mark in the morning session. The Nikkei ended 202.93 points higher at 17.439.58 yesterday,
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    • 210 1 s<? w \M»i A v> Ma.uO '/.iI.W CONTENTS Aircraft Schedule 31 Commodities 30 Company News 58 Cryptic Crossword 31 Editorial 14 Financial News 10,11 Futures Options 29 HK Tokyo Stocks 26 Interbank Fore* Rates 29 Jakarta Stocks 25 KLSE 23 Law 16 Money Changer Rates 30 Money Market 29 Regional
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    • 123 1 MM) (Q am% High jashionfahrk* from holy %> 7 Available at all leading tailors IBM begins new round of job cuts, Pg 8 Tokyo's slump may boost buyouts by foreigners, Pg 2 They can set their sights Now businessmen nouri k^. Where every room is recoming to Singapore have something
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
    • 468 2  -  Captains of industry to be part ot group looking for niche markets Reports from Salil Tripathi in JOHANNESBURG DEPRIVED for nearly 30 years of any legal access to international markets. South African businessmen are arriving in Singapore on May 8 on the first
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    • 516 2 ALAN HOFFMANN is a man in a hurry. He is chairman and managing director of Hoffmann Industrial Group, a medium-size South African group with interests in engineering, machining, tooling and components. For 30 years, he had to make clandestine enquiries, pay hefty commissions
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    • 478 2 Reuter TOKYO Corporate bankruptcies jumped 47 per cent in Japan in March from a year earlier, a private credit research agency reported yesterday, blaming the rise for the 18th consecutive month on the nation's sluggish economy. The number of corporate failures reached 1,134, topping
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    • 250 2 Reuter TOKYO A drastic slump in Tokyo share prices and a domestic economic slowdown are whetting the appetite of foreign firms seeking stakes in Japanese companies, merger and acquisition (M&A) specialists say. "We're getting a lot more inquiries because of the market
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    • 378 2  -  Greater consumer confidence, so first quarter volume up 20pc By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE The Chicago Board of Trade, whose trading volume fell 10 per cent last year, expects a record performance in 1992, its director John Benjamin told BT yesterday. Trading volume on
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    • 549 3  -  Garment firm wants to design and make casual wear for Italy s Benetton in the Far East By Sangeeta Mulchand SINGAPORE Heshe Holdings, which will be listed on Singapore's secondary market, Sesdaq, plans to tie up with local designers and jointly promote their
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    • 475 3  -  By Sangeeta Mulchand and William Chia SINGAPORE Two Sesdaq share offers that closed this week Heshe Holdings Ltd and PCI Ltd seem to have fallen victim to the recent sharp declines in Tokyo's Nikkei Index. Heshe Holdings' offer of 35.7 million
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    • 243 3 AFP MANILA South Asia, the poorest performer in a booming Asia-Pacific, will continue to lag behind other areas of the region in economic growth. The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) said yesterday that South Asia, which posted 2.7 per
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    • 221 3 Bernama JOHOR BARU The Sultan Ismail Airport in Senai near here can accommodate more DC-10 aircraft when it is upgraded at a cost of MS93 million (5560.4 million) by 1994, its manager Abdul Rahim Abu Bakar said yesterday. Work to upgrade the terminal and
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 105 4 PRIME MINISTER Goh Chok Tong has sent a congratulatory message to British Premier John Major. Winning a fourth term for the Conservative Party in the midst of a prolonged recession had been no mean feat, said Mr Goh. The Conservative Party's record "is due
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      • 74 4 SIR Javier Perez de Cuellar, the former secretary-general of the United Nations, will visit Singapore on July 9 to give a talk on "Asian Leadership", as part of Citibank's 90th anniversary celebration. Citibank, the principal subsidiary of bank holding company Citicorp, launched its "Citibank Leadership
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      • 44 4 A TEAM of Singapore Armed Forces officers who left for Africa on a nine-month stint as military observers in a United Nations mission will return home tomorrow. The eight-man team was part of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission.
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    • 314 4  -  By Hong Lee Tiam THE locally-based Sincere Watch chain plans to open shops in Jakarta, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur within five years. Executive director Tay Liam Wee says the four-store group, which sells exclusive watch brands such as Audemars Piguct,
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    • 322 4 SINGAPORE will seal a bilateral agreement with Vietnam tomorrow to foster greater cooperation and strengthen shipping links between the two countries. Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Lim Boon Heng will sign on behalf of the Republic while Vietnam's First Vice-Minis-ter
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    • 369 4  -  By Clarissa Tan THE Institute of Technical Education (ITE) will be implementing an adult apprenticeship scheme to help raise the skills level of the Singapore workforce. Senior Minister of State (Education) Dr Tay Eng Soon, who is also the Minis-ter-in-charge and chairman
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    • 343 5  -  By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE Publiclylisted Shangri-La Hotel Ltd, in a further move to diversify and expand its business, will pay $15.6 million for a stake in Midpoint Properties Pte Ltd. The Kuok-controlled group said yesterday it was buying
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    • 308 5 SINGAPORE Material Handling Engineering Ltd (MHE) has acquired a 51 per cent stake in Australia Safe Company (SEA) Ltd for S$ 175,000 in cash from Safecorp Group Pty Ltd. MHE company secretary Chong Lan Fong said: "The acquisition is in line
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 120 5 KUALA LUMPUR Planergo Limited, a Malaysian major-ity-owned consortium, is to develop and operate a US$25 million (5541.25 million) Hotel Equatorial in Ho Chi Minh City. Planergo has obtained a 30-year lease on the land where the hotel will be developed, with an
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      • 80 5 KUALA LUMPUR Sarawak Oil Palms Bhd raked in a pre-tax of M 58.02 million (555.2 million) in 1991, a 92.8 per cent increase from M 54.16 million in 1990. This was achieved on the back of a 45.1 per cent rise in turnover to M
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      • 55 5 KUALA LUMPUR Cables group Leader Universal Holdings Bhd revised its voluntary takeover offer for Federal Cables, Wires Metal Manufacturing Bhd, following Ekran Bhd's entry into the fray. The revised voluntary general offer is for all 68.20 million FCW shares and all its .8.92 million irregular shares
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      • 73 5 KUALA LUMPUR Tanjong pic said its subsidiary Pan Malaysian Pools Sdn Bhd's totalisator business acquisition does not involve any tangible assets and, thus, the purchase price will be classified as an intangible asset in Pan Malaysian Pool's balance sheet and the group's consolidated balance
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      • 38 5 SINGAPORE Summa Investments Ltd has announced the appointment of l>oh Chee Wah as manager of the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Summa Impex Pte Ltd. Mr Loh's responsibilities include taking charge of the trading division.
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      • 23 5 SINGAPORE Intraco Ltd said an additional 100.000 shares will be listed tomorrow, following an exercise of options.
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      • 46 5 SINGAPORE United Overseas Land Ltd has announced that its shares will be converted to a hook-entry scripless trading system from May 25. The company has advised stockholders to deposit their stock certificates with the Central Depository not later than May 22.
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    • 294 5  -  Contract to build Keppel Distripark By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Homegrown construction firm Low Kcng Huat (Singapore) Limited has clinched a $139 million job to build the Port of Singapore Authority's (PSA) Keppel Distripark. Tenders for the contract, which forms the single largest
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 122 6 J AKARTA Indonesia will allow construction of an olefin complex suspended last year provided it is entirely financed b\ foreign investment and does not require foreign loans. State Secretary Murdiono said. The U552.25 billion (553.71 billion) PT Chandra Asri project in West Java was
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      • 55 6 JAKARTA Indonesia's state oil and gas company Pertamina said on Monday it had found onshore gas in West Java. The Rengasdengklok N-l exploration well, some 60 km east of here, yielded 4.33 million cubic feet of gas per day at a choke of half an
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      • 121 6 MANILA Newly privatised Philippine Airlines (PAL) lost UK) million pesos (556.4 million) in the first three days of the air traffic controllers strike here, a PAL official said yesterday. The strike by the country's 320 air traffic controllers, which began on April 4, paralysed domestic
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      • 127 6 KUALA LUMPUR Hutchison Paging has invested more than Mslo million (556.5 million) in information technology in Malaysia since it started operation in July last year, its General Manager, Morris Livesley said yesterday. He said the company's know-how and service expertise in the paging industry could
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      • 64 6 SEOUL The Sunkyong group has chosen the Vodafone Group, GTE and Hutchison Telecom as partners in a consortium to bid for a licence to form South Korea s second cellular telephone company. Sunkyong said in a statement it had chosen the three "in view of
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    • 444 6  -  Star Technology in first joint venture in Russia to mine gold, silver From John Helmer in MOSCOW AN Australian consortium. Star Technology Systems, has secured permission for the first joint venture in Russia to mine gold and silver, despite opposition from within the
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    • 516 6 Reuter AUCKLAND New Zealand investors cast doubts over the success of a slew of future share floats by queueing to sell supermarket operator Progressive Enterprises when it listed on the stock exchange yesterday. More than 60 per cent 100 million
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    • 308 6 AFP WELLINGTON ANZ Banking Group may keep its minority interest in New Zealand Steel despite Australia's BHP lifting its stake to 81 per cent, ANZ general manager for planning and development JelT Pitt said on Monday. ANZ. owner of the other 19
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    • 333 6 Reuter SYDNEY Former high-flying Australian entrepreneur Alan Bond was declared bankrupt yesterday by a Sydney court. ending a year-long battle by the tenaeious businessman. Federal Court judge Trevor Morling said he rejected all arguments put forward on Mr Bond's behalf and appointed a
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    • 282 6 BANGKOK Bangkok Land is battling to allow more than 100 Hongkong and other foreign investors to retain property investments in Thailand, said a South China Morning Post report. If successful, the campaign will also help maintain investor interest in Bangkok Land's mammoth property development
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 93 8 AKRON, Ohio Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co does not expect any more major asset sales after it completes a group of such sales that it has either recently completed, or is currently negotiating, the company's chairman Stanley Gault said. "We'll probably get into
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      • 62 8 PARIS Michelin was to report 1991 results yesterday that show the French group, the world s biggest tyre maker, slashed its losses last vear and is aimed towards profitability in 1992, share analysts say. They expect Cie Generale des Ets Michelin to report a net attributable
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      • 37 8 BRUSSELS Societe Ste Generale de Belgique SA (SGB), Belgium's largest holding company, will focus on restoring profitability and reducing its exposure to the business cycle, after cutting back its debts in 1991.
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      • 57 8 TOKYO Japanese audio equipment manufacturer Aiwa Co has acquired 26 per cent of Core International Inc, a manufacturer of computer peripheral equipment based in Boca Rotan, Florida, an Aiwa spokesman said on Monday. He said Aiwa signed an agreement on the share acquisition and paid
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      • 64 8 PLEASANTVILLE, New York Reader's Digest Association Inc Chairman Geroge Grune said advertising sales at his group's flagship US magazine were improving and that the worst of the US advertising slump was probably over. The company also said earnings for the fiscal year ending June 30 were
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    • 540 8 Reuter AP TORONTO Olym»a York Developments Lt, the world's largest real estae developer, began restruciring some US$l2.2 bi 1 ion (5520.1 billion) in det on Monday, in negotiation with about 100 of its bankei. The company, whia has major property holdigs in New
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    • 393 8 Reuter NEW YORK International Business Machines Corp announced a new round ol job cuts on Monday on the eve of what analysts believe will be the computer giant's return to quarterly profits. IBM. which was expected to report first-quarter earnings yesterday, said the
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    • 233 8 Reuter PARIS French telecommunications to engineering group Alcatel Alsthom said it plans to sell two million existing shares in the US through a public offering of American Depositary Shares (ADS). Alcatel Alsthom said in a statement that it filed a registration statement with
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    • 205 8 Reuter LOS ANGELES LA Gear Inc on Monday reported a stunning 30 per cent drop in sales and a first-quarter loss, triggering a chain of events that will give investor Roy Disney majority control of the troubled footwear company. The company said
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    • 64 6 KEPPEL FINANCE LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT Pursuant to Article 23 (4) of the Articles ot Association of the Company, it is hereby announced that from declarations received by the Company as at 31 March 1992. 0.78% of the issued share capital of the Company is beneficially owned or controlled
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS 1
    • 743 10 Targeted clients include tycoons in China, Philippines and Indonesia Reuter HONGKONG East Asia's economic boom has spawned a small but elite class of staggeringly wealthy people, and private bankers are vying to manage their fortunes. While the self-made 1 longkong tycoon has become
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    • 409 11  -  By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE Siam Cement Co Ltd, Thailand's largest cement maker, has awarded a string ot mandates exclusively to Japanese banks for a US$2OO million (SS33O million) loan it is seeking, sources in Singapore said. Included in the pool of about 10
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    • 462 11 NYT AP NEW YORK Chemical Banking Corp cut its prime lending rate to 6.25 per cent on Monday from 6.50 per cent. The cut, which put the rate at its lowest point since May 1976. followed last Thursday's move by the Federal
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    • 381 11 NYT NEW YORK J P Morgan Co and Wachovia Corp. two banking companies renowned for avoiding loan losses, both announced strong gains in first-quarter earnings on Monday. Besides extremely low losses from bad loans, both eompanies benefited trom reductions in their
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    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 78 11 KUALA LUMPUR The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation will incorporate locally as a wholly-owned subsidiary of a foreign bank in order to comply with Malaysian banking laws, its top executive was quoted as saying yesterday. Christopher Langley, the bank's chief executive otticer for
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      • 90 11 BANGKOK Finance companies may not be required to adopt Bank for International Settlements (BIS) standards, according to the director ot the Bank ot 1 hailand s financial company supervision and examination department. Chusri Daengpra-pai. In a Bangkok Post report, she said. "According to information
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      • 81 11 LONDON Lloyd's of London, the world's largest insurance market, said on Monday that it was considering plans for a fund to help members facing ruin Irom heavy losses. A move to limit members' losses could mark a significant step towards so-called mutualisation of insurance
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      • 77 11 SEOUI. China and South Korea will allow their respective foreign exchange banks to open offices in each other's capital to boost bilateral trade, officials said here on Monday. The Finance Ministry said in a statement that Beijing had recently informed Seoul of its decision to
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      • 78 11 ATLANTA Visa USA Inc. the financial industry's largest credit card association, said on Monday that it had signed letters of intent with four major banks which plan to use the Visa Net automated clearing house as a private-sec-tor alternative to the Federal Reserve System later
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      • 81 11 NEW YORK Aetna Life and Casualty Co is discussing the sale of its American Re-Insurance Co unit with Kohlberg. Kravis, Roberts Co in a leveraged buyout that could run as high as US$l.4 billion (552.3 billion). The sale, some experts said on Monday, would
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    • 1430 10 %l#esfcpac Banking Corporation STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 1991 Westpac Banking Corporation and its subsidiary companies Balance Sheet as at 30 September 1991 (All figures quoted in Australian dollars) Group Assets Cash and cash at bankers Bullion Money at short call Due from other banks Trading securities
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    • 500 11 SING INVESTMENTS FINANCE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 96 Robinson Road, SIF Building, Singapore 0106. The Directors of Sing Investments Finance Limited and its Subsidiary Company (The Group) are pleased to make the following announcement (I) The Company The Group AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
      • 134 12 M \NII.A The government rolled back prices of four fuel products regular and premium petrol, diesel and kerosene by an average of 27 centavos (1.6 Singapore cents) per litre yesterday, less than a month before national elections. President Cora/on Aquino's chief aide,
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      • 136 12 CANBERRA Visiting Malaysian Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Najib fun Razak has warned that Australia s media could obstruct Prime Minister Paul Keating s ambitions for Australia to "embrace Asia Mr Najib. the first Malavsian minister to visit this country in three years, said that
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      • 81 12 MANILA The Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is drafting a new forestry code which is expected to stop the operations of large-scale commercial loggers. Under the proposed code, punishment for illegal logging will be stitTer from the present maximum of 12
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      • 103 12 JAKARTA The National Team of Investigation (KPN) has submitted its final report on the Dili massacre to Indonesian President Suharto, but its content was not made public, the official Antara news agency said yesterday. Antara quoted KPN chairman Jaelani as saying that the 45-page report,
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      • 63 12 JAKARTA More than 2.000 soldiers will be deployed in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta during general elections on June 9. the Jakarta Post newspaper said yesterday. The troops would be part of a special task force raised for the parliamentary poll and presidential elections in
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    • 587 12 Govts should persuade people to stay in countryside: expert Reuter LOS BANOS. Philippines Asia's teeming cities will expand to breaking point, triggering riots and attacks on the rich, unless governments persuade people to stay in the countryside, a leading agronomist predicted. Klaus
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    • 291 12 Reuter WELLINGTON Growth statistics published yesterday confirmed New Zealand's economy bottomed out in 1991 and indicated it is slowly emerging from a prolonged and politically damaging recession, economists said. "We've had two quarters of growth so we have to hope that we've
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    • 326 12 THAILAND Difficult economic conditions will continue to affect Japan's trade and investment with Thailand in the coming year, the Bangkok Post reported on Monday. Small-scale Japanese operations in Thailand may be put up for sale if the situation continues to deteriorate.
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    • 348 12 HONGKONG The average occupancy of Hongkong's top hotels jumped to 80.65 per cent last month from a low of 68.55 per cent in February and 78.5 per cent in January, the South China Post reported on Monday. Statistics provided by 32 hotels also
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  • THE WORLD
    • 544 13 Uruguay Round still stalled over farm subsidies Reuter GENEVA World trade negotiators on Monday gave a glum assessment ot the Uruguay Round ot trade talks, still paralysed by differences over farm subsidies 16 months after they were meant to end. Arthur Dunkel. head
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    • 344 13 UPI BEIJING China is moving to abolish meddling by government agencies in workers' wage structures that has helped drive over onethird of state-run industries into the red. an official newspaper reported yesterday. "Various government ministries, in addition to local governments
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    • 286 13 UPI NEW YORK American manufacturing and construction executives remain optimistic about the second quarter, while construction companies reported a decline in current industry conditions, an industry report said on Monday. The Dun and Bradstreet Corp surveyed 200 construction companies and 1.000 manufacturers nationwide in March. The
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    • 434 13 Reuter NYT WASHINGTON The Bush administration continued on Monday to sharply criticise President Alberto Fujimori of Peru tor suspending democracy to bring order to his Andean nation. But Washington stopped short of calling for economic sanctions to force
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  • 509 14 EDITORIAL EVERY VOTE carries a message from voter to would-be ruler, though it remains at best close conjecture just what exactly the whole ballot says. Prime Minister Cioh Chok Tong has now, in no less controversial a move, defined it around the public housing refurbishment programme each vote
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 231 14 IN a move that was directed against the country's radical economic reforms, Russia s supreme legislature, the Congress of People's Deputies, last week voted to curtail President Boris Yeltsin's powers. It bodes ill. True, Mr Yeltsin's "shock therapy" for the economy has provided more shock than
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    • 128 14 NUTRITIOUS and yet delicious. This is no easy combination as far as school canteen food is con- cerned. A Strait Times preliminary survey shows that eight out of 17 principals complained that canteen operators failed to provide nutritious food to children. But canteen operators have a good
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    • 128 14 DR Ow Chin Hock. MP for Long Kee, has suggested that the Singapore Federation of Clan Associations set up an arbitration team to help clan associations resolve disputes. Following up on his suggestion, Zaobao gathered views trom various clan associations. A few of them felt the word
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
    • 132 14 IT IS to be hoped that the election results have provided the West with a valuable lesson. The stubborn notion that all Islamic fundamentalists are radicals inclined to turn to violence at the slightest provocation is not baseless, but can be counter productive. To be quite correct,
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    • 173 14 IT IS widely known that illegal logging tycoons have cultivated close relationships with corrupt government officials who prefer to turn a blind eye to the illicit activities in exchange for financial gains. Some are known to be major contributors to political parties. The fact that not
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    • 186 14 THOUGH the latest official census still puts Bangkok's population at below six million, it is widely believed that over 10 million people live or work in the capital and its suburbs. And more are moving in from the provinces to find jobs and other opportunities in
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  • 1014 14  -  Parliamentary elections in Iran have resulted in what seems to be an overwhelming victory for President Hashemi Rafsanjani. But as Elaine Sciolino discovers, that victory may be a two-edged sword Elaine Sciolino NYT PRESIDENT Hashemi Rafsanjani is emerging from Iran's parliamentary elections with both a
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    • 52 14 DOONESBURY THANKS FOR COMING <MR, 9P. SORM MOJTTte SHORT NOTICE. NOPROBLM)! BUT WHAT BROUGHT KJERt ARGUING ALL THIS ON* 1 (MRuwseiAsr NAMBHBUOUU? urn... r' m > l» BY GARRY TRUDEAU ANP THEN rr HIT US-iOB SHOULV JUST 6BT MAR- SOUNDS F£V. ANPLBTHIM TAKE RBASONTHB FATHER'S LASTNAHB, ABLB--UKBOTHBIKJPS. > I t.
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    • 1190 15  -  Cheong Choy Wai and Juliana Ng give potential Singapore investors some tips on Batam s legal and tax framework Cheong Choy Wai and Juliana Ng he writers arc tax partners of an international ai ton mint; lirni The Indonesian r island of Batam has been
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    • 1194 15  -  The Mandelas' separation is a culmination of the pressure on Nelson Mandela to break free from his controversial wife. Salil Tripathi reports from Soweto Salil Tripathi UT F NfcLSON drops her, man. I she is done for," said Meshak JL Mekoena. veteran TV news cameraman who
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    • 323 15 AUSTRIA STYLE '93 SINGAPORE May 20th 22nd, 1992 2.00 p.m. 6.30 p.m. ANA Hotel Singapore Fabrics Garments Embroideries Accessories For the thirteenth consecutive yeor, leading designers and manufacturers from Austria will present the latest fashion materials and accessories to buyers and agents in South East Asia please indicate the companies
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  • THE LAW PAGE
    • 799 16  -  There are certain advantages to be gained by choosing arbitration over litigation to settle disputes, says David Gabriel, in the second of a series of five articles on arbitration issues. David Gabriel SINGAPORE companies doing business in the international arena can now seriously consider
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    • 501 16 CASE. CANADIAN PACIFIC (BERMUDA) LTD V. NEDERKOORN PTE LTD AND ANOTHER High Court of the Republic of Singapore, Suit No 224 of 1991 Judicial Commissioner CP Selvam. A MAREVA injunction is an asset-freezing order against a specific person, yet which binds all those who may be
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    • 228 16 DBSL PROPERTIES PTE LTD V. HONG LEONG FINANCE LTD Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore, Originating Summons No 170 of 1989 Yong Pung How, Chief Justice, Justices Chan Sek Keong and Goh Joon Seng. THIS matter was an appeal against an order by Justice
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    • 240 16 i r F Fin a nci a ■Bp 3id u si fie Ss o V* <7 S> ■v S v UADRANT UV S^REE^ Z^7 S T P»EET GOLDEN SHOE CA*f»A*K C 7 —J STBEE T MULTV im 5^ at ROBINSON ROBINSON ROAD The Quadrant A 28-storey intelligent office building standing
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  • SPORTS
    • 706 17 America's Cup Reuter SAN DIEGO Dennis Conner beat the odds on Monday to make it through to the America's Cup defenders' finals. On what could have been his last day in America's Cup XXVIU, Conner pulled off a must-win v ictory in a sail-oft
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    • 333 17 Reuter JOHANNESBURG A top South African soccer official said on Monday that the republic planned to apply to host a range of international tournaments following its expected re-admittance to world competition this year. Secretary-general Solomon Morewa of the South African Football Association said:
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    • SIDE LINES
      • 112 17 LONDON Jansher Khan had to survive a ferocious battle with Australian Chris Robertson before extending Pakistan's domination of the British Open squash men's title with a 9-7 10-9 9-5 triumph in the final on Monday. New Zealand Susan Devoy won the women's crown for the
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      • 106 17 ST JOHN'S. Antigua Former West Indies cricket captain Viv Richards says he has been approached to take up a career in politics after his playing days are over. "There are quite a lot of things around here that need to be addressed." he said in an interview
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      • 36 17 JOHANNESBURG South Africa has named 71 athletes to take part in its return to international competition at the African Unity Games next weekend, including women's long-distance stars Zola Pieterse and Elana Meyer.
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      • 70 17 PARIS Barcelona and Sampdoria are virtually set to meet in the European Cup final in Wembley, barring major upsets in today's final round of games in the semi-final series. The Spanish and Italian champions are both a single point clear at the top of their respective groups
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    • 716 18 TELEVISION AND RADIO Manhunt OUR CHOICE Rich Men, Single Women, 10.30pm, SBC S Can one reall> live on love and fresh air? Su/anne Somers. Heather Locklear and Ocborah Adair think otherwise. they scheme to each trap a rich bachelor. As usual, they soon find that money can t buy happiness.
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 709 19  -  Judith Schoolman tells why businesses must respond to the special needs of women to keep a competitive edge Judith Schoolman Reuter Ma ny Amer i c a n women being interviewed for corporate jobs take off their wedding rings, pretend they do not want children,
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    • 568 19 Reuter NAZI SS guards, ducking under a hail of artillery shells, haul the bodies of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun out of the Berlin bunker but cannot set them alight with matches alone. "Throw petrol over them," shouts an SS officer as he sheds his sinister black
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    • 475 19 CHATTERBOX ACTOR James Brown, who starred in the long running television series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin. has died, his daughter said on Monday. Brown. 72. one of the classically handsome leading men who came out of the Hollywood movie mill
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 854 20  -  By Kooi Cho Teng BUOYED by Tokyo's gains yesterday, the Straits Times Industrials Index eked out a 3.46-point gain to 1.377.32, but the rise was registered amid shrinking market volume. Total turnover contraeted to 19.67 million units valued at $44.88 million, the second-lowest
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    • Article, Illustration
      72 20  -  if iru By Chew Eng Han Comment WITH 13-day RSI at 80, Ganda is badly in need of a short-term correction, which might take it down to 72 cents. Provided that level holds, a subsequent rise to 84 to 86 cents should follow and. after some consolidation, another
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  • 198 21 rprwn All shares Quoted have a par value of $1 and traded in lots of 1.000 shares each LtUQrftJ unless otherwise specified ABN shares quoted in dollars information on Nasdaq stocks, other than that given above, was not available Currency traded SJ unless otherwise specified
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  • 102 22 rprKin Quoted have a par value of SI and traded n lots of 1000 shares each LtutrlU unless otherwise specified ABN shares quoted doltars Information on Nasdaq stocks other than that given above was not available Currency traded S$ untess otherwise specified Adjusted foe scr*)/r«hts
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 464 23 Bernama SHARE PRICES here closed lower yesterday, extending Monday's fall on selling and laek of interest. Dealers said eontinued bearishness on the lokyo market depressed sentiment and impeded activity. The KI.SE Composite Index which fell 3.80 points on Monday, dipped another three points
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    • 28 24 Forecast futures are contributed by Baring Securities. Crosby Securities. DBS Securities. <JK (ioh Securities, Hoare Covet t Securities and Kay Hian James Capel. EPS are annualised.
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    • 64 24 Net Profit represents consolidated earmngs after proven for depreciation teresl.charges axatwnand minority interests. I Interim; F: Final; (a): In miihon yen. (b): to Australian dollars (e) to m*« guilders, (d) In HKVn. (e) In USJm. Period of 16 mths EPS annuateed, <g) Period of 91 mths &EPS
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    • 13 24 footnotes Deemed Interest (a Enlarged share capital na Not Available
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    • 136 24 All shares quoted have a par value of SI unless otherwise specified. NY A Not Yet Available, lot interest I Interim N Net. TE lax Exempt. S Special divrfend. (a) Adiusted for scrip issue (b) First and Final (c) Includes 41 special dividend, (d) Includes 61 special dividend
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    • 126 24 I Figures in brackets are for the previous corresponding period L Loss. IE: Tai Ewmpted N: Net, NYA: Not Yet Available, (a): Adjusted for scrip issues, (b): In million Dutch Florins, (c): Profit after tax. (d): In million HK$. Company s profit. In million yen Profit after ta«
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    • 220 24 Apr 13 Sembawang Maritime Ltd has clinched a $20m contract to install an oil pipeline near the Taoyuan Refinery in Shalung, Taiwan. GoW Coin Ltd. the first main board counter to be relisted on Sesdaq. intends to split its shares on a five-for one basis. Following the split
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    • 3 24 RECORD HIGHS LOWS
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    • 65 24 fctove arc price trend* on the wortd s ma«K stock market! a* calculated by SUe KTaiSl WernatteMt Per**cM*e. Geneva. Indices mark* with are Uh~ fro* tase oTIOO at tt«c begmmni of 19M. The other indices are taken from a bate «l 100 at the beginning
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  • JAKARTA STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 105 25 THE stock market slipped further yesterday in quiet trade, brokers said. The official index fell 2.36 points to 274.98. "There is no significant movement on the market, one broker said. Turnover dropped to 3.43 million shares compared with Monday's 3.71 million volume. Indah
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    • 14 25 The Bangkok market was closed yesterday and on Monday. Below are last Fridays prices.
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    • 296 25 BUSINESS T I MES International Factors (Singapore) Ltd A member of The ECICS Group 5525,000,000 Series One Floating Rate Notes Due 1994 In accordance with the provisions of the Notes, notice is hereby given that for the three-month period from 15 April 1992 to 15 July 1992, the Notes will
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    • 37 25 Managers must manage. Business Times shows you how every Monday. "It was plain sailing selling my cabin cruiset" £TiAlp t [C«&gSg&sa I orer moo.: nn «UIM« I J"**-J Call today for results tomorrow. CAT-S. rj7 1 iw
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 245 26 STOCKS ended moderately firmer yesterday after a seesaw day. Futures-linked programs and bargain-hunting combined to lift prices, but brokers said trade remained thin and volatile, with most investors still lacking confidence in the market's direction from here. "No one is really convinced the market
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
    • 284 26 Reuter SHARES ended little changed in dull trade yesterday as an Easter holiday mood prevailed in the market, brokers said. The announcement of HSBC Holdings' terms for merging with Britain's Midland Bank came after the market closed. In London. Midland fell sharply as the
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  • AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 236 27 Reuter AUSTRALIAN investors sat back and watched the local share market limp alongside Japan's nervous Nikkei index yesterday in the quietest day's trade in over a year I which started and ended in negative territory. Prices opened weaker, fell as the Nikkei plunged
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Seoul stocks close lower in weak trade
      • 168 27 STOCKS closed lower yesterday after fluctuating in a narrow range all day in wfeak trading as investor sentiment remained depressed, brokers said. "Although low price/earnings ratio and low-priced shares supported the market to some extent, investors took a wfit-and-see stance to large capitalisatidb shares, which sent the composite index
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      • 129 27 SHARES wavered but closed higher after bargain-hunters bought at the lows yesterday, brokers said. The weighted index rose 56.54 points to close at 4,461.98 compared with Monday's 4,405.44 finish. Turnover fell to NTS 17.56 billion from NTS 18.96 billion. Stock prices rebounded slightly in early trade but investors unloaded
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      • 108 27 PHILIPPINE share prices mostly climbed in cautious trading yesterday after the government announced domestic fuel price cuts, brokers said. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index gained 13.15 points to end at 1,149.24. The Makati index rose 29.44 to 1,172.80. "We had a rather strong market, but buying was limited
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      • 190 27 A DEARTH of overseas investors left the New Zealand share market directionless in a quiet day's trade yesterday, with the listing of Progressive Enterprises the main focus for activity. Trade in Progressive was reasonably heavy but at lower prices than expected, brokers said. "A few people were going
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      • 57 27 INDICES TURNOVER Close Previous Apr 14 NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital 1.393 54 1.392 29 1.25 MANILA Composite Index 1.149 24 1.136.09 -•-13.15 Turnover (million pesos) 946 96.2 -1.6 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index 4.461.98 4.405 44 56.54 Turnover (NTS billion) 17.56 18 96 -1.4 SEOUL Composite Stock Index 575.56 578.19 -2.63
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Dow ends 15 points up in sluggish trade
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        323 28 STOCKS closed with modest gains in sluggish trading on Monday, managing to extend last week's rally as investors shook off initial worries about Tokyo s continued weakness. Trading was further dampened by the suspension of futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
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        247 28 SHARES closed higher on Monday as post-election euphoria continued to drive the market. The FTSE 100 Index closed at 2,591.0, up 18.4 points from Friday's close, helped by domestic and overseas buyers. In early morning trade, it had leapt by nearly 30 points. The FT-30 Index was up 4.4
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      • 89 28 THE stock market was weak on Monday due to the Russian government crisis, operators said, as the DAX spot trend index ended the day at 1,727.74 points, down by 8.33 from the Friday close. The Commerzbank indicator fin- ished almost unchanged, at 1.992.40 points, up a mere 0.1 point
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      • 132 28 DUTCH shares were barely shaken by tremors in Europe and Japan and closed slightly ahead on Monday after a quiet session dominated by professionals, dealers said. The EOE index ended up 0.85 points at 305.70. Dealers said Amsterdam seemed poised between Tokyo's jitters and London's buoyancy, with a watchful
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      • 182 28 TOKYO'S steep drop and the Russion government's offer to resign dragged on the bourse on Monday, but dealers said trade was light and low liquidity exaggerated the decline. The CAC-40 index fell 10.79 points or 0.55 per cent to 1.963.27 after hitting a low of 1,952.55. Volume was 1.62
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      • 98 28 STOCKS closed little changed from Friday in a dull trading session on Monday with volume estimated well below 100 billion lire, brokers said. "There was not one stock able to give some spark to the market." one operator said. The MIB share index ended provisionally unchanged at 986. Brokers
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      • 118 28 SWISS shares ended a moderately active session lower on Monday after news that the Russian government had offered to step down depressed market sentiment, dealers said. The all-share SPI index fell 3.2 points to 1,137.9 and the SMI index of leading share lost 7.5 to 1,840.5. The SMI index
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      • 131 28 SHARE prices closed lower on Monday as investors showed nervousness over political turmoil in the Russian government. The downturn followed the Russian government's resignation offer to President Boris Yeltsin, who asked ministers to stay, in a dispute with the supreme legislature over economic reforms. The bourse general index fell
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      • 184 28 BELGIAN shares closed flat in directionless trading on Monday, with the market focussing mainly on blue chip stocks. Traders said the market lacked new impulses, while the international stock market environment with a new 3.5 per cebt loss in Tokyo in the morning did not encourage new buying. The
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      • 79 28 THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange closed mixed in quiet and directionless trading on Monday as the holiday mood took over, dealers said. The firm financial rand, weak gold price and uncertainty about world equity markets after the sharp drop in Tokyo's Nikkei index, were also added factors. The industrial index
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      • 148 28 STOCKS firmed from midday to finish higher on Monday in moderate dealings as the heavily weighted bank sector bolstered the index. Dealers said the strength in the bank sector was caused in part by a technical retracement following last week's jitters. The traders blamed last week's fall in bank
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      • 80 28 INDICES TURNOVER NEW YORK (low Previous Apr 13 Dow Jones S& P 500 Turnover (million) 3.269.90 406.08 143.14 3.255.37 404 29 199 53 14.53 1.79 -56.39 LONDON Financial Times 30 ftse 100 Turnover (million) 2.005.5 2.591 0 627 2.001.1 2.572.6 1.342 4.4 18.4 -715 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1.727." 74 1.736.07
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • 1172 29 REPORTS ASIA TOKYO: The US dollar ended lower against the mark on a technical correction after overnight strength and unchanged against the yen in quiet Tokyo, dealers said yesterday. "The dollar surged last night on worries over Russian political developments
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    • 10 29 Source: UOB Source: Astley Pearce Source: OCBC
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    • 37 29 Rates quoted by Astley Pearce Rates quoted by NatWest Sole Bused on latest issues Source: The Monetary Authority of Singapore entral f\ink distiiinl rates It(Tuwirf ('/vwfv ***Html Source: National Westminster Bank Source: National Westminster Bank
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    • 373 29 Reuter FRANKFURT Germany's leading economic institutes on Monday added their voice to foreign calls for the Bundesbank to abandon its high interest rate policies and help trigger a global economic revival. In their annual spring report. which predicted a sharp slowdown in
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    • 568 29 uct Ctowng range: May 02: 2.VOUN. Jun 92: 22.90 N. Jul 92: 22.97 N. Aug 92: 23 I7N Sep 92: 23.37 N. Oct 92: 23.67 N. Note: Open interest and actual volume are for previous day trading Source: Singapore International Monetary Exchange Apr 14 Sep 92 calls Sep
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 446 30 Reuter SINGAPORE South Korea. which has supplanted Singapore as owner ot the third largest refining capacity in Asia, is well placed to play a key product supply role in north Asia but probably not until later this decade.
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    • 281 30 Reuter TOKYO Japanese oilseed crushers may double their use of Brazilian soya beans while reducing their US soya bean consumption in calendar 1992. oilseed traders here said on Monday. Thev estimated that 600.000 to 800.000 tonnes of Brazilian soya beans would be
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    • 819 30 REPORTS TIN price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market eased tour sen to MS 14.62 a kg on higher offerings yesterday. Dealers said the trend was in line with the lower London Metal Exchange price which was down by US$3O
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  • 83 30 Source: UOB Crude Oil Products Apr 14 CRUDE (fob origin) USS/barrel 5.15pm close Change W11 (Junl Brent blend (Juni Dubai fateh (Jum Minas i Mj> i Tapis blend iMa>> 18.85/18 90 16.50/16.60 17.50/17 60 1905/14.15 -O.I2/-O.I2 ■O 05/0.05 -4I.M/0.20 ooo +0.15/0 15 1 PRODUCT (fob S pore) USS/tonne 5.15pm
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  • 326 31 AIRLINE CODES: ai< Air miia IAtC) AY Fmnair Ov (FIN) AZ Alitalia (AZA). BA Britisfi Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW). BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC). Bl: Royalßrunei Amines BR EVA CA: aSm (CCA CI: China Mines Ltd (CAL). CV: Cargo*,* Airlines International SA (CLX). CX Cathay
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  • THE TRAVEL PAGE
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 279 31 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Serve a quick pint, but cheat (4,1,4,3) 8 Missile blows poor Ted to pieces (7) 9 The highest price to get gas (3,4) 11 Subjugate East Balkan inhabitants in the north-east (7) 12 Be proud to produce a plan (7) 13 Penny goes into the attack
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    • 41 31 WEATHER Singapore Outlook: Showers over a few areas in the afternoon. Report: Maximum temperature 32.9 Assoc humidity 63% Minimum temperature 25.5 Assoc humidity 98% Hours of sunshine 4.70 Rainfall in mm Nil Rainfall this month 126.4 Rainy days this month 7
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  • 423 32 Cabinet hardliner takes swipe at Chinese leader Reuter BEIJING In a clear sign that Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms are running into opposition, the People's Daily newspaper yesterday revived hardline communist rhetoric. A front-page article by Yuan Mu, director of the Research Office
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  • 268 32 AP LONDON Former trade secretary John Smith announced yesterday that he will run for the leadership of the defeated Labour Party following the resignation ot Neil Kinnock. "I am today announcing that I will be standing for election as leader of the Labour
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  • 400 32 Drive launched for referendum to retain his powers Reuter MOSCOW The powerful liberal mass movement Dcmoeratic Russia, with branches across the country, yesterday launched a drive to hold a referendum in support of Boris Yeltsin's radical economic reforms. Democratic Russia said it had begun
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  • 398 32 AFP Reuter BEIJING UN SecretaryGeneral Boutros BoutrosGhali, warning of possible world recession, called yesterday for urgent steps to boost global economic cooperation. "The situation is critical and requires urgent action," Mr Boutros-Ghali told the opening here of the UN Economic and Social
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  • 362 32 AFP AP TAIPEI Taiwan will adopt a set of concrete measures to protect foreign intellectual property rights in a bid to avert possible trade retaliation from the United States, trade officials said yesterday. And President Lee Teng Hui has instructed the government
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  • 198 32 AFP Reuter NICOSIA Libya has offered to turn over to Malta two men sought for a United States airline bombing over Scotland, but Washington rejected what it saw as a manoeuvre to forestall United Nations sanctions due to hit
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  • 347 32 Figures show worst drop in seven months AP WASHINGTON Retail sales in the United States dropped 0.4 per cent in March, the worst decline in seven months, the government said yesterday in a report viewed as a sign ot the stop-and-go character of
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 366 33  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Steamers Maritime Holdings Ltd is increasingly dependent on nonoperating income to sustain profitability as the group's shipping-related business continues to weaken in the face of depressed external factors. Last year, group interest income and associate companies' contribution exceeded Steamers' group
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    • 377 33 Reuter WASHINGTON The US said on Monday it was satisfied with Japan's plan to ship a tonne of plutonium from Europe this year, despite warnings from various experts that it poses serious risks. "We the United States government are satisfied with the plan and
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    • 329 33  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE The Russian government has set aside US$7B million (Ssl2B million) in foreign reserves to repay overdue shipping debts accumulating since last October. But, industry players argue. these funds may be just the tip of the iceberg. Since the
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    • 242 33 UPI NEW YORK Lockheed Corp and American Telephone and Telegraph announced on Monday they have formed a partnership to develop systems to enhance electronic highway toll technology. The joint venture between Calabasas, California-based Lockheed and AT&T addresses a burgeoning highway technology to help
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    • 218 33 AFP PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania The old shipwreck tradition of women and children first in the lifeboat has fallen by the wayside, a newspaper found in a survey published on Monday. The Pittsburgh PostGazette decided to find out if men are as chivalrous today as they were
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    • NEWS SUMMARY
      • 32 33 THE Chinese government ended its parliamentary session recently with calls for bold economic reforms. Edward lon examines how this could affect the country's mantime industry. Page 2
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      • 43 33 DELTA Airlines, one of several US carriers scrambling to gain a foothold in Vietnam, has invited the head of Vietnam Airlines and the Minister of Trade and Tourism to visit the United States. Back Page
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      • 41 33 FORD Motor Co announced a USS3 billion (554.95 billion) investment in new machinery and plant space on Monday, some of which will be used to build a new mini-van in late 1993 Back Page
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      • 44 33 A US scientific vessel has embarked on a US$6-million (559.9 million) mission to test Gulf waters for the ecological effects of a massive oil slick left by the Gulf war. an official here said on Monday Back Page
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      • 28 33 BUSES returned to the streets on Monday and negotiators returned to the table after a court order ended a month-long transit strike Back Page
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    • LOG BOOK
      • 75 34 SINGAPORE Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp made its l'.OOOth sailing from Hamburg since it started liner services to Europe in 1979. During the 13 years of its European activities, the line has moved almost 1.3 million 20-footer equivalent units (TEU). The vessel which made the
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      • 85 34 SINGAPORE The Multiport Ship Agencies Network has opened its own office in Norway to look alter members and clients' interest in the country. Commenting on the need for a Norwegian office, Multiport's president Frank Overlaet said. "'Not having appointed a Multiport member in this area
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      • 61 34 SAN FRANCISCO Boeing Co said on Monday that Cathay Pacific Airways would order 11 of the new 777 mid-size twin-engine airliners, with options on an additional 11, for a total value of US$3.4 billion. The Hongkong-based carrier's order brings to 99 the number of 777s
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      • 84 34 DJIBOUTI Djibouti said yesterday it was lifting all trade and travel restrictions on South Africa due to "very positive developments" there. A statement said the Council of Ministers had agreed to lift the boycott on all goods for or from South Africa and on
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      • 38 34 FREDERICTON, New Brunswick A twin-engine plane carrying Liberal Premier Frank McKenna of New Brunswick and two pilots made a belly landing on Monday after its landing gear malfunctioned in flight. No one was hurt.
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      • 76 34 NEW YORK AT&T said on Monday it has joined a Japanese company and a small American technology company to develop computer chips for next-generation digital cellular phones. Digital phones would transmit conversations in computer language, such as that used to record compact disks. Today's cellular
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      • 63 34 CALGARY, Alberta TransCanada PipeLines Ltd is postponing its purchase of Pacific Gas and Electric Co unit Pacific Gas Transmission. The company had expected to complete the purchase, worth between Cs33o million and Cs4oo million, in the first quarter of 1992, but will now wait until natural gas
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    • 1089 34  -  The Chinese government ended its parliamentary session recently with calls for bold economic reforms. Edward lon examines how this could affect the country's maritime industry Edward Ion Lloyd's List CHINA'S normally docile parliament ended its annual session with some spectacular fireworks early this month. The
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    • 12021 42 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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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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      • 237 49 Www Pwl Berth: 1: Metaka Jaya 3; 2: Gso Maru No 8; 3: Crystal King; 4: Aghws Rafael; 5: Pernas Sekoi; 6: nil. 01 jattf Merity. OCfc Coral Gas. DW on Apr 14: Aykhal. NCC Madina. Nur Marina, Jati. Sri Nam Hua No 2. Juta Jaya. Shin
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      • 514 49 ■■■MB ESI 31 ■■1 Cartatan n tUbh 1 Aries 9231 13 04 92 0700 Kap V Trush 09CW92 OOO(EST) *****2 1500 T<(f Bndge Ms Asa Deo 199N 13.04.92 071S Tafcan 1 1791 COO(EST) 14.04.92 2030 9216 13.04 92 0915 Lexa Ml 9205 COO(EST) 1404.92 0700 Mont Btonc M
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    • 1017 50 Apr 16 (3.15pm-5.00pm): TeaTalk on "Shipping with Vietnam" by Mr Le Kha, Ist VicePresident of Transport, Communications Post, Vietnam, at the Amara Hotel, organised by Singapore National Shipping Association. For registration and more details, please contact SNSA at tel: 278-3464 or fax: 274-5079. May 8 (1 day): Implementing
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    • 617 50 PANAMAX rates in the Atlantic and the Pacific were higher on spot vessel supply tightness, pushing the Baltic Freight Index up eight points to 1,151, brokers said on Monday. The market coped well with the upheaval caused after the Baltic Exchange building was severely hit by a bomb
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    • 344 50 FREIGHT rates continued to fall last week, due to the world recession and lack of Japanese demand for minerals. On the futures market, the Baltic Freight Index (BFI) fell 27 points over the week, to close at 1,143 points The shipping futures market, located in the offices of
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    • 412 52 Reuter HO CHI MINH CITY Delta Airlines, one of several US carriers scrambling to gain a foothold in Vietnam, has invited the head of Vietnam Airlines and the Minister of Trade and Tourism to visit the United States. A Vietnam Airlines group
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    • 269 52 AFP ABU DHABI A US scientific vessel has embarked on a US$6-million (559.9 million) mission to test Gulf waters for the ecological effects of a massive oil slick left by the Gulf war, an official here said on Monday. The
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    • 216 52 AP MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay A few dozen coins and an ingot weighing nearly two kilos are the first treasures from a Spanish galleon that may hold US$6OO million (Ss99o million) in gold and silver, salvage workers said on Monday. The El Preaado was sunk by
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    • 142 52 AP PITTSBURGH Buses returned to the streets on Monday and negotiators returned to the table after a eourt order ended a month-long transit strike. The buses began rolling around 4am, four hours after the first of the 2,700 drivers, mechanics and other union
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    • 470 52 New machinery, plant space will also be used to build new van model NYT DETROIT Ford Motor Co announced a US$3 billion (554.95 billion) investment in new machinery and plant space on Monday, some of which will be used to build a new
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    • 29 33 CONTENTS Container Schedule 17 Daily Freights 18 Indei 1 Shipping Guide 10.11 Ships in Port 17 Singapore Tides 1' Transport Diary U Weather and Sea Conditions 17 Weekly 18
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    • 88 34 FOR SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF YOUR BUSINESS Stories on labour and its relationship with management, management concepts in practice, profiles of leading managers in Singapore and relevant book reviews. ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT, in Business Times every Monday, is must reading for managers who want the competitive edge. Plus an occasional look at
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    • 65 34 NOTICE NOTICE M V. GLORIA ACE Voy. 19 arrival date: 08 04/92. Consignees of all damaged oargoes ex the captioned vessel is hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the 16th April. 1992 PTIO 0900- 1200 hours. No further survey will be entertained thereafter. Agents: "K" I.ine
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    • 1556 37 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 15 Hoe Chiang Road #09-01 Sanford Building Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fa*: *****17 SERVICE TO SABAH SARAWAK BRUNEI SIRAIIS VtNIUKE RAIAH BROOK! SIRAIIS HOPt SIRAIIS WNIURI RAIAH BROOK! STRAIIS SIAR SIRAIIS HOPf V0"»t Mu»a. lib. KK VO9E Muaia Lab KK VOSE Muaia Sinn. law VlOl Muara.
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    • 531 38 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE CR NBR **********0-0 EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES TO EUROPE Si. VOY ■RIWI'AYA iHVB UTAI 2V.VF S'POtt lb 4 11 S KPAM ADAM H BURG BRtMtN ANIMRP .'9 5 /8 6 3 6 3 I I 6 in 10 6 10 I CACT TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING
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    • 1535 39 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 JCR NO:**********0E) *****22 *****69/*****96 *****53/*****50 BOOKINGS (TOLL FREE) USA SERVICE FAR EAST SERVICE UK/EUROPE SERVICE AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE *****82 *****31 *****89 *****32 NEPTUNELINK TEL TERMINAL OFFICE IMPORT CFS MB? EXPORT CFS MB2 P Kelang-(03) *****87, Penang (04) *****0. J Bahru (07) *****2/3/4 38^245/ (31)
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    • 1675 40 K 44 K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD AS AGENTS: MALAYSIA: INDONESIA: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD ICR No: **********0 M) TEL" *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****07/8/9 -K" UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD TEL" SA *****00 PK *****01/5 PENANG *****0 JB *****1 P.T. SARANA LAUT INTERNUSA TEL: JKT *****76. *****77.
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    • 1419 41 a i«iv »w v uiiv auMj w PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 REGIONAL CONTAINER SERVICES I BANGKOK VESSEL KOTA SURIA ESTEBHUGGE G. KOZINTSEV KOTA BINTANG SRISAMUT (THAI FLAG) KOTA MAWAR KOTA SURIA KOTA BINTANG SRISAMUT (THAI FLAG) TAIWAN VESSEL BUNGA
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    • 210 41 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES MYANMA FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) MERGUI Vll3* HP* AN Vl76* MYOMA*** Vl4l* PAGAN Vll2* S'pore 16/17 Apr 16/19 Apr 22/24 Apr 30/1 May P.KIf In Port Pen PGdc THE BANK LINE (A service of Andre* Weir Shipping) SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE HEAVY LIFT
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    • 1987 44 c o s c o CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY s] C onventional Semi-Container Liner Services General Agents: Yick Fung Shipping Enterprise Co Ltd 62 Civil Slrtvl 11' I fiwldinu *02 00 Siihwmh! 0104 M *****66 (12 lines) I .ix 22!) 5215/225 MS/ llx YIIIISINHS ***** Yll US Yll lISIN lIS
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    • 361 45 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) MEDITERRANEAN SERVICE EUROPE MAIN CONTINENT JUS A CANADA AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT MIDDLE EAST STATES PORT KLANG PH: 03/*****66 (12 LINES) II PENANG: 04/*****7 (10 LINES) FARGO SHIPPING Call our TOLL FREE LINES
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    • 669 46 S'PORE EXPORT: *****22 IMPORT: *****11 PENANG (04) *****6 P.KELANG (03) MM?B7 SIBU: (084) *****9 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 KK: (088 *****0 KUCHING (082) *****3 TAWAU: (089) *****9 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 UK/SCAN/MED PORTS HKG/TWN/BKK 3 sailings per week 17 4 18 4 19 4 Hong Kong 20 4 214 22/4 Hong Kong
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  • The Growth Triangle
    • 520 53 There was little doubt that the Growth Triangle would succeed. It was borne of necessity, driven by an economic dynamism that was irresistible, infectious. Today, its fruits are clear rapid industrialisation in Malaysia's Johor and parts of Indonesia's Riau archipelago. And for Singapore, respite from the
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    • 1366 54  -  What is emerging in the Asia-Pacific is a regionalism based not on national boundaries but on economic complementarity. Dr Lee Tsao Yuan elaborates on this trend of global regionalism Dr Lee Tsao Yuan DIRECT foreign investment has long been a driver of economic activity
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    • 887 54 THE Asia-Pacific region is in the midst of the third wave of foreign investment where the name of the game is regional economic complementarity. The effective use of complementarity in regional economic zones results in many synergies. We can see these in the Hongkong-Guangdong regional economic zone
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    • 820 55  -  Anthony Goh suggests how industrial development need not harm the ecology Anthony Goh The writer is a senior environmental scientist with Dames Moore THE Growth Triangle encompasses industrial development, trade and tourism. But developing industrial and recreational sites close to each other presents conflicting environmental demands.
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    • 728 55  -  Size up prospects and arm yourself with market knowledge before you make tnat decision to invest in growth regions, advises Arun Subramanian Arun Subramanian The writer is the Senior Consultant of Corporate Advisory Services, Ernst A Young Consultants Pte Ltd THE IDEA of new growth
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    • 1182 56  -  Singatronics' SB Leow tells why the company chooses to invest in Batam and Johor, and has some advice for investors in the two places SB Leow TO BUILD a presence in another country, you have to adapt to the country. You cannot expect it to adapt
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    • 523 56  -  More Singaporeans are stationed at or travelling regularly to Johor and Batam. Andrew Jackomos looks at the tax implications Andrew Jackomos The writer is a director of an international accounting firm. JOE Tan, a Singaporean stationed in Johor or Batam, is paid $100,000 a year on which he
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    • 1114 58  -  Sree Kumar assesses the rapid development of the southern Malaysian state and highlights the challenges ahead Sree Kumar The writer is a Fellow of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. The views expressed are entirely his own. FOR much longer than one cares to remember, industries and
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    • 364 58 AT&T's Batam plant produced its first telephone set within three months of the company's move to the island AT&T CONSUMER Products' foray into J Batam marks a milestone in our pursuit of opportunities on a global scale. Our vision is to be a global leader in
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    • 754 58 JOHOR sees itself as a F pivotal point in the 1 Growth Triangle. It c hopes, for instance, to be- r come Malaysia's representa- c tive in discussions on the Triangle. Efforts are being made to j enable Johor to compete on an equal
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    • 1021 59  -  Johor's commercial property market is maturing, but demand for both office and retail space is expected to stay healthy, writes Ong Choon Fah Ong Choon Fah The writer is Senior Manager of JL W Research. Jones Lang W'ootton THE integration of Johor, Singapore and the Riau
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    • 506 59  -  But investors should still be wary of some factors, writes Eddy Wong Eddy Wong The writer is the Associate Director, Overseas Property Division, of Debenham Tew son International UNDERPINNING the Malaysian property market is a healthv economy which over the
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    • 879 60  -  John Dick and Tan Hock Lin provide potential investors with a few points on Malaysian and Indonesian investment laws John Dick and Tan Hock Lin The writers are lawyers based in the Singapore office of the international law firm. Freehill Hollingdale Page Substantial economic strides have
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    • 543 60  -  Ruyee How examines the efforts to promote Singapore's industrial property market Ruyee How The writer is the director of Richard Ellis AS LESS expensive industrial property comes up in Batam and Johor, Singapore faces the challenge of offering top quality industrial facilities at reasonable
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    • 882 61  -  Carolyn Lim provides an update on the various resorts on Batam Carolyn Lim TODAY. the visitor to Batam is almost always a day-tripper, there for duty-free liquor and his till ot seatood. Or a businessman dropping by. to look at his latest project. But in the
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    • 369 61  -  David Lee outlines facilities at the Kabil Industrial Estate David Lee The writer is corporate planning director. P I Kabil huhmusa Estate THE Kabil Industrial Estate (KIE) on Batam is designed tor entrepreneurs who are investing in Indonesia for the first time. Strategically located at
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    • 962 61 THERE is an exciting economic experiment underway, backed by the belief that Asean neighbours should build upon their complementarities, to create an attractive and conducive environment for enterprise. The Growth Triangle involves the vast resources and capabilities of Singapore. Johor and Riau
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    • 1166 62  -  Plans for a luxury resort and a huge industrial park on Bintan will make the island increasingly important to Singapore, writes Genevieve Cua Genevieve Cua Gazing at pictures of Bintan island, one can almost feel the blue waters, cool against the warm sun; or smell and
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    • 683 62  -  Liew Choon Wai looks at the opportunities Batam holds for the banking industry Liew Choon Wai The writer is a partner at an international accounting firm THE INFLUX of investors into Batam spells good news for bankers and financiers in Singapore. The Growth Triangle is a springboard
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    • 109 53 CONTENTS WAVES OF INVESTMENT A new global regionalism in the Asia Pacific "age 2 GOING GREEN Protecting the Growth Triangle r *ge THE SINGATRONICS STORY Advice from a homegrown investor r»ge JOHOR'S GROWING PAINS Coping with the pangs of rapid growth rage o ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY Demand for Johor property
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    • 321 56 The article was narrated to Genevieve Cua by SB Leow, who is Singatronics executive director and president director of PT Singatronics Batam gCMIUIC. <4 < iA-~ 44 "•>: NEW PHASE NOW O" HaKMMkBJMWBM j* 3D! 3tt 91 %*vl EX Otl r at del? ent Mo r A 9 View J
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    • 195 57 BAT A M An ideal industrial park. A park that combines the resources of two countries so that production is cost efficient and each country is able to attain its economic goals. A park where conditions for manufacturing are ideal. Batam: An island in Indonesia only 20km from Singapore. With
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