The Business Times, 29 October 1992

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    16 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER EOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Thursday, October 29, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      US durable goods orders down for third month
      97 1 WASHINGTON Orders for major consumer goods dropped for a third straight month in September, the US Commerce Department said yesterday, showing the longest string of monthly declines since the beginning of 1991. Steady weakening in the US industrial sector dampened positive news
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      Bids for HDB tenders
      35 1 A TOTAL of 32 bids were received for four separate tenders to upgrade a total of 4,212 flats in Telok Blangah. Ang Mo Kio, Lorong Lew Lian and Clementi Page 2
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      Diet straits
      36 1 JAPAN'S governing Liberal Democratic Party failed to resolve a fierce power struggle yesterday, raising fears that crucial actions to stimulate the sagging economy may be delayed in the new session of Parliament Page 9
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      Protection plan
      29 1 A FOUR-YEAR programme aimed at upholding intellectual property rights will be drawn up by the United Nations Development Programme for the Asia-Pacific region in December Page 9
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      Stricter entry rules
      44 1 AUSTRALIA has introduced stringent new criteria to reduce the number of visas issued to Chinese students. The rules are aimed at cutting back on the number of Chinese students trying to bypass immigration procedures to stay in the country Page 9
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    • Article
      Landed commitment
      30 1 KELANG Container Terminal, to be listed on the Kuala Lumpur bourse next month, will spend MS 10 million in 1994 to develop a 10-hectare site Shipping Times 1
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  • MARKET SUMMARY
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      Dow lower
      29 1 WALL STREET stocks yesterday opened lower, as expected, after US durable goods orders for September proved weaker than expected. The Dow was off nine points to 3,226.
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    • Article
      Footsie lower
      44 1 LONDON share market was down yesterday, disappointed by the results of a repurchase arrangement at unchanged rates by the Bundesbank. At noon, the Footsie index of 100 leading shares was down by 19.2 points or by 0.7 per cent at 2,650.6 points.
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    • Article
      NatSteel selling mill
      36 1 GIANT Nat Steel Ltd of Singapore is close to clinching a deal to sell a second-hand steel rolling mill worth about US$4 million to Vietnamese steel maker Thainguyen Integrated Steel Co Page 3
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      STOCK INDICES
      29 1 Wednesday Change BT-MGA 661.35 +1.38 Kuala Lumpur ....633.31 -0.01 Tokyo 17.068.41 -116.85 Hongkong 6,126.98 -91.03 Sydney ..1.418.2 -18.2 Tuesda) Change New York 3.235.73 -8.38 London 2.669.8 -+-8.2
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      CURRENCIES
      22 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1.6135 100 Yen SS 1.3225 MS SS 0.6436 Money market rates Overnight 1-1/2% +1/2 3-month 1-15/16% -1/4
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      COMMODITIES
      37 1 London Gold AM fix USSS338.20 -US$0.90 Rubber S'porc Nov l43.50Vkg +1.00 M'sia Nov 222 '/kg unch KL Tin Turnover 36tonnes -18 Spot MS 14.24/kg +0.05 Crude palm oil Turnover 809 lots -228 Nov MS902 /tonne -1
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    Nine topics in Trends
    84 1 15EH5 Trends ISSUE No 26 of Trends, a publication of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, appears with today's BT. This month's Trends is a bumper issue that focuses on nine topics: Singapore: written word versus visual culture An assertive China? Get serious! Political issues behind
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    Bangkok room glut set to squeeze Asean hoteliers
    563 1  -  Indonesian officials fear price war with Thailand By I Loh Hui Yin, Hong Lee Tiam SINGAPORE Hoteliers in the key tourist destinations in Asean, already upset by sharp discounting in Thailand, can expect fiercer price cuts in the new year when more
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    Lock icon LET Pacific pumping $400m into three Asean projects
    430 1  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Hongkongbased LET Pacific is spending about $400 million on three property projects one each in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia to cash in on the rapid growth in the region. The projects, all retail-cum-ofTice developments in prime locations, mark
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    S'pore firms should focus on region: BG Lee
    451 1 Move right now is more realistic than going global SINGAPORE It would be more realistic for Singapore companies to focus within the region than to globalise and try and carve a niche in Europe or the US, Trade and Industry Minister Lee
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    HK bourse hit by jitters again
    157 1 SINGAPORE A revival of political jitters about Hongkong's future sent share prices there lower yesterday. The Hang Seng Index lost 91.03 points to 6,126.98, shedding much of the 155.54 points it gained on Tuesday. Brokers attributed the fall to worries about Hongkong's future following
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    China won't gain by hurting S-EA economies, says Alatas
    348 1  -  By Yang Razali Kassim SINGAPORE While China as a future economic power could be a threat to South-east Asia, Indonesia doubts that Beijing sees its interest served in this manner, said Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas. China's modernisation programme would turn
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    Lock icon KL freezes building of high-rise condos, offices
    117 1 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The government will no longer approve applications to build high-rise condominiums and office-blocks in the city, with immediate effect. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Suleiman Mohamed yesterday said that with the decision. all applications already received for such
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      150 1 Asia-Pac nations upgrading tourism infrastructure, Pg 2 New ball game, Pg 10 Butterfly by yojA cR olbfzzote M Model RTTEKFLY, designed by gobeno Lazzaronl. An unique design available in armchair, 2-srat sofa and matching B table*. A real work of art. Never before has there been such a Rossi di
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      52 1 NEW IJITRA AR432 Adds an extra 5.7 yards ICC. |I I i TO N A premier line from ROYAL SPORTING HOUSE PTE LTD Asean agrees on need for US presence, Pg2 A vision of peace in S-EA, Pg II Hock Lock Siew: Shakey's has a fighting chance with PSC's help,
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
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      South Africa stands at critical crossroads: Lee
      519 2  -  SM Lee's visit to South Africa Country can rise to greater heights or fall into chaos, he says From Salil Tripathi in JOHANNESBURG MAGIC WANDS may exist in fairy tales but not in the real world. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew carried this
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      Asean member-states agree on US presence in region: Alatas
      615 2  -  By Yang Razali Kassim SINGAPORE Ascan states share a common view that the United States should remain in the East Asia and Pacific region, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Ali Alatas says. In an cxclusivc interview with Business Times here yesterday, Mr Alatas
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      Asia-Pac nations upgrading tourism infrastructure
      368 2  -  By Hong Lee Tiam SINGAPORE Several Asia-Pacific countries are spending big bucks upgrading tourism-related infrastructure and selling their attractions overseas. Hongkong, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea and China Singapore's main rivals for the tourist dollar have announced plans to build new airports or upgrade existing ones
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      Bids for remaining HDB upgrading tenders
      316 2  -  By Colin Tan SINGAPORE There were fewer bids from contractors to upgrade flats under the demonstration phase of the Housing and Development Board's upgrading programme, but offers for the Telok Blangah. Ang Mo Kio and Lorong Lew Lian tenders remained competitive. Only those for
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      Kan Seng at Asean-EC meeting
      65 2 SINGAPORE Foreign Minister Wong Kan Seng will attend the 10th Asean-EC Ministerial Meeting in Manila today and tomorrow, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. The meeting will review Asean-EC cooperation and set new directions for the development of relations. Issues for discussion include the political and
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
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      NatSteel set to sell rolling mill to Hanoi steel maker
      424 3  -  Japanese and Korean firms keen to set up plants By Harish Mehta HANOI Giant Nat Steel Lfd of Singapore is close to clittching a deal to sell a secondhand steel rolling mill worth about US$4 million (556.4 million) to a
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      San Teh to redirect $5m to keypad business
      231 3 SINGAPORE Silicon key pad manufacturer San Teh Ltd. which had originally earmarked $5 million for making rollers for facsimile machines, has decided to spend most of the money on its keypad business. J San Teh yesterday said it had invested $500,000 to
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      Shakey's has a fighting chance with PSC's help
      574 3  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN Restaurant's tattered image needs a quick repair By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Food distributor Provisions Suppliers Corporation's proposed acquisition of the Shakey's pizchain in Singapore has taken many by surprise. PSC is best known as the franchisor of
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      GFW's silence fuels talk of general offer for CSH
      401 3  -  By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE The chief executive of the firm that controls Cold Storage Holdings zipped into town yesterday, then out again without giving a hint of his company's plans for the listed food (ctailcr. Goodman Fielder Wattie chief executive
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      Morgan Grenfell analyst voted region's best in poll
      200 3 SINGAPORE Morgan Grenfell Asia was voted top broking house in Singapore and its head of research, Quek Peck Lim, was chosen as the best analyst for the region, according to a poll conducted by a finance magazine, Asia Money Finance. Morgan Grenfell
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        UOL unit raises stake in UIC to 7.1pc
        66 3 SINGAPORE UOL Equity Investments Pte Ltd, a whollyowned subsidiary of United Overseas Land, bought 589,000 more shares at $0.94 apiece in United Industrial Corp (UIC) on Tuesday. Last Friday, it bought 153,000 shares at $0.93 apiece. With the two acquisitions, UOL's stake
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        Keppel ups stake in Fels
        49 3 SINGAPORE Keppel Corporation has bought more shares in rigbuilder Far East Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd (Fels). The purchase of 40,000 Fels shares for $111,367.05 was made on Tuesday and raised Keppel's stake in Fels to 79.73 million shares, or 56.51 per cent of the company.
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        Guthrie TSRs get in-principle nod
        62 3 SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore has given its in-principle approval for the listing and quotation of Guthrie GTS Limited's rights shares and new transferable subscription rights (TSRs), due 1994. Guthrie has proposed a renounceable rights issue of up to 297.79 new shares of 20
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        Haw Par unit to sell UHE stake
        70 3 SINGAPORE Haw Par Brothers International Ltd's whol-ly-owned subsidiary USE Enterprises Pte Ltd has reached an agreement with Hainan Huitong International Trust and Investment Co Ltd to sell off its entire stake in United Hainan Enterprises (UHE) Pte Ltd. The shares, comprising 510,000 shares
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        Innovest's financial adviser
        37 3 KUALA LUMPUR Innovest Bhd, in a statement to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, said it has appointed Asian International Merchant Bankers Bhd as the financial adviser for its proposed equity and financial restructuring exercise.
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        Pengkalen unit shifts business
        67 3 KUALA LUMPUR Pengkalen Holdings Bhd today announced that its subsidiary, American Global Assurance Co Ltd. incorporated in Bermuda, has transferred all its business operations and undertakings to its wholly-owned subsidiary. Central Reinsurance Ltd. In a statement to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange here, it said CRL,
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      Lock icon Hutchison outlook bright, say HK analysts
      442 4 Investors welcome moves to cut back ventures Reuter HONGKONG Hutchison Whampoa has not completely cleared the air about plans for its global telecommunications business but Hongkong investors are welcoming moves to scale back the costly ventures, sending its share price soaring. Hutchison, a diversified
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      Lock icon Mitsubishi to buy Orion TV rights: report
      344 4 UPI LOS ANGELES Mitsubishi Corp, in the latest move by foreign companies to invest in the US movie industry, plans to spend US$26 million (5541.6 million) for the Japanese television rights to part of Orion Pictures Corp's film library, it was reported earlier
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      Lock icon Shareholders praise FCL despite share slump
      173 4 Reuter AUCKLAND Investors in New Zealand's Fletcher Challenge (FCL), far from calling for blood at having the value of their shares halved in just four months, rounded off yesterday's annual meeting by applauding the board. FCL, the world's biggest methanol producer and second biggest
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Tubemakers eye Asia for offshore growth
        58 4 SYDNEY Steel products, piping and communications group Tubemakers of Australia Ltd said it plans offshore expansion, particularly in Asia. "We have our sights on Asia and now have interests in eight different ventures in five countries, from which we intend to develop our Asian
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        India's Reliance sales set to treble
        65 4 HAZIRA Reliance Industries Ltd, India's diversified petrochemicals and textiles producer, sees sales turnover tripling within four years, as new capacity comes onstream. Company officials said exports would grow to a target level of 10 to 15 per cent of sales over the next four
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        Nod for Allied probe extension
        68 4 HONGKONG A Hongkong government-appointed inspector has been given permission to extend his examination of the shuffling of assets and other dealings by one of the 10 companies caught up in the Allied Group investigation. The inspector said he will now examine the affairs of Paragon
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        PosGold posts A$21.6m profit
        54 4 ADELAIDE Poseidon Gold Ltd said its consolidated net profit rose to A 521.6 million (5524.8 million) in the first quarter to Sep 30, from AsB.2 million a year earlier. "The excellent results are significantly above budget and reflect the strong operating preformance of PosGold's operations during
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      Lock icon Arnotts fires broadside against Campbell bid
      216 4 Bloomberg SYDNEY Arnotts Ltd. Australia's leading cracker maker, has fired another broadside against the unsolicited takeover bid by Campbell Soup Co. claiming the US food company has made misleading statements about its intentions. Arnotts rejected Campbell claims that it has supplied Arnotts with new
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      Lock icon American computer makers begin sales push in Japan
      349 7 AP TOKYO After years of listless sales in Japan, US computer makers are powering up their efforts and directly challenging Japanese computer companies on their home turf. ;Until recently, American computer companies generally priced their models to match the notoriously expensive Japanese
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      Lock icon Strong foreign sales lift Nabisco's 3rd-qtr earnings
      299 7 NYT NEW YORK RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp reported a sharp 48 per cent increase on Tuesday in third-quarter net income, helped in large part by strong foreign food and tobacco sales. The consumer products giant, whose brands include Camel and Winston cigarettes, Oreo
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Freia shareholders say aye to tobacco firm's bid
        69 7 OSLO US tobacco and food giant Philip Morris said on Tuesday that nearly all shareholders in Scandinavian chocolate maker Freia Marabou A/S had accepted its US$l.5 billion (552.4 billion) takeover bid. Freia, with 5,500 employees, is tlie biggest chocolate, sugar confectionery and
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        Maxwell funds' dumping ground
        101 7 LONDON Employee pension funds in the late Robert Maxwell's media empire appeared to have been used as a dumping ground for inferior assets owned by his private companies, a British parliamentary committee learnt on Tuesday. Only two of the 20 properties owned by the pension finds
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        CBT clears trading house
        99 7 CHICAGO Lee BStern Co, the trading and clearing house that processed a barrage of suspicious Treasury futures trades that briefly rocked bond markets around the world last Thursday, was cleared on Tuesday by the Chicago Board of Trade to resume trading The board also lifted its
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        US steel group incurs loss
        78 7 PITTSBURGH USX-US Steel Group posted a third-quar-ter loss of US$7 million on Tuesday and said the poor earnings results were due largely to start-up costs of a new slab caster for its Mon Valley Works near Pittsburgh. The results equal to a loss of 13
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        Drugs giant hiving off division
        82 7 tfEW YORK Bristol-Myers Squibb, the world's third biggest pharmaceuticals company, is selling its Drackett household product business for US$l.l5 billion in cash to SC Johnson and Son, a privately-held consumer products company. Bristol-Myers announced in July it intended to sell Drackett in a move to
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        Xerox earnings up 11pc
        67 7 STAMFORD, Connecticut Xerox Corp said on Tuesday its earnings rose 11 per cent in the third quarter, thanks to strong sales of document processors. The company said it earned US$l35 million, equal to US$l.lB a share, compared with US$l2l million, or US$l.O6 a share, in the
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      Lock icon Panasonic launches DCC player
      287 7 Reuter NEW YORK Panasonic Co launched its first digital compact cassette player on Tuesday, getting an early start on what promises to be a noisy battle among electronics companies next year. The new machine, priced at about US$l,OOO (S$ 1,600) and marketed under the Technics label,
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      Lock icon Kuwait investigates huge investment losses in Spain
      261 7 AFP KUWAIT CITY Kuwait has ordered an investigation into apparent huge losses on its multi-billion-dollar Spanish investment portfolio after an inquiry charged that investment laws had'been broken. Kuwaiti Finance Minister Nasser al-Rudhan said on Tuesday the Attorney-Gen-eral would lead an investigation to identify
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      55 3 I IN THE MARKET PAGES 1 Small issues boost SET 23 Shanghai A gains 172 pts 23 /qiff .< Seven ways to say three words. Diamond, emerald, ruby and sapphire rings from Tiffany. Tiffany Co. SINGAPORE: RAFFLES HOTEL. TEL 3340 168 NEW YORK TORONTO LONDON MUNICH FRANKFURT BERLIN ZURICH MILAN
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      999 4 THE ASAHI BANK, LTD. (INCORPORATED IN JAPAN) (Formerly The Kyowa Saitama Bank, Ltd.) NON-CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS NON-CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME Km at March 31, 1992 and 1991 Tears ended March 31, 1992 and 1991 Million* of yen Millions of yen 1992 1991 1991 1992 1 991 1991 Kyowa Saitama Kyowa
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      544 5 Building i A World Class Energy Business |WR|r*i British Gas, the largest private integrated gas company in the world, jT[» > •IF officially opens a regional office in Singapore today. O •••'< 1 J4JB \sC l Jm J t (K U 1 "With the setting up of our r —''"V
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Banks, securities change focus to local markets
      345 8 IHT LONDON Globalisation of the banking and securities markets has seen its day, with the trend now being towards an ever greater re-emphasis on local markets. That was the message conveyed by a series of speakers at the opening, on Tuesday, of the
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      ADB launches second Dragon bond issue
      370 8  -  Pricing to take place today By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE The Asian Development Bank has launched its second Dragon bond issue, after a delay caused by unsettled conditions in the US dollar bond markets ahead of the American presidential election. The ADB launched the US$3OO
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      DBS Bank likely to co-lead with Daiwa for Sumitomo's note issue
      309 8  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE DBS Bank is tipped to be the co-lead manager with Daiwa Singapore for Sumitomo Electric Industries' 10 billion yen floating-rate note issue. The issue, to be launched next month, will be the first yen-denominated
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      Lock icon Citicorp sees more cost cuts next year
      177 8 Reuter NEW YORK Citicorp expects to continue to cut costs in 1993, though less drastically than in 1992, chief executive officer John Reed told investors at a conference given by Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette. Mr Reed said more, unspecified, layoffs will be involved. He
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    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Inquiry into underwriters
        43 8 SYDNEY The Australian Securities Commission said ilis investigating the capital adequacy of about 40 investnfienl institutions, including several of Australia's largest funds? which were among the 150 sub-underwriters of the recejiQy failed AS 1.2 billion Westpac Bank rights issue. 1
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        Mitsubishi to unveil joint unit
        54 8 TOKYO Mitsubishi Bank Ltd will soon unveil a ,l awaited draft framework of a joint unit to be set up by banfo to buy bad debts and real estate held by financial institutfdWS as collateral against bad loans, Federation of Bankers tion of Japan chairman
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        Dollars for your pounds
        50 8 BEIRUT A Beirut foreign exchange dealer, with piles-of Lebanese pounds in front of him, trading US dollars forlocad currency. Appointment of billionaire Rafik al-Hariri as Rrigk Minister has driven up the value of the pound and prompted a rush by optimistic Lebanese to unload their dollars.
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        Reinsurance shortage expected
        64 8 LONDON Reinsurance will become scarcer and primaey insurers will have to concentrate on underwriting for cover the costs of protection they buy, a senior official of t&£ Lloyd's of London insurance market predicted. Lloyd's deputy chairman Richard Hazell said that primary insurers should cut back on their
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  • THE REGION/THE WORLD
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      Lock icon LDP still embroiled in power struggle
      420 9 Fears that action to stimulate economy may be delayed AP TOKYO Japan's governing party failed to resolve a fierce power struggle yesterday, raising fears that crucial actions to stimulate the sagging economy may be delayed in the new session of Parliament. Members of the
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      Lock icon Denmark unveils plan to end Maastricht impasse
      352 9 Reuter COPENHAGEN Denmark has unveiled a "national compromise" plan to reverse its people's rejection of the Maastricht Treaty, saying it wanted to opt out from the aim of a joint European currency and defence. The carefully-phrased proposal, released on Tuesday, also expressed reservations
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      Lock icon Gatt concerned over US charges of steel dumping
      456 9 Reuter GENEVA Major trading nations, including Japan and the. European Community, have expressed concern over US investigations into the alleged dumping of steel by 21 foreign nations. Gatt sources said that it the first time that the case has been brought before
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      Lock icon UNDP drawing up intellectual property plan
      224 9 AFP MANILA A four-year programme aimed at upholding intellectual property rights will be drawn up by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the Asia-Pacific region this December, an official said yesterday. UNDP deputy chief Benjamin Brown said the programme will be carried out
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      Lock icon Perot not a real threat
      195 9 Analysts do not see dent in Clinton's lead Reuter WASHINGTON Independent presidential candidate Ross Perot will lose next Tuesday's election without making a dent in Bill Ginton's critical state-by-state lead over President George Bush, say political analysts. "If it were a closer race, then Mr
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      Lock icon Canberra slashes intake of students from China
      249 9 AFP SYDNEY The number of Chinese students trying to bypass immigration procedures to stay here has forced Australia to close its door to many trying to gain entry next year, the government announced yesterday. Stringent new criteria will reduce the number of visas
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      Lock icon Germany is already in recession: Lambsdorff
      228 9 Reuter BONN German liberal leader Otto Lambsdorff, whose Free Democratic party is in coalition with Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Christian Democrats, said yesterday Germany was already in recession. He also said his party would not agree under any circumstances to increases in taxes before 1995.
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Russia can only repay fraction of foreign debt
        104 9 MOSCOW Russia can afford to repay only a fraction of its US$5O billion (5580.7 billion) foreign debt in 1992 and 1993, a government official said on Tuesday, appealing for creditors to understand the country's dire economic situation. Russia will make only US$2
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        Fine for pirating Mao tunes
        81 9 BEIJING A Beijing court has ordered a publisher who pirated Maoist hit tunes to pay damages to the heirs of the composer in one of China's first copyright cases, an official newspaper said yesterday. The family of Li Jiefu, late composer of "The East is
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        Aid for Vietnam to resume
        89 9 WASHINGTON Japan will resume economic aid to Vietnam after the Nov 3 US presidential election, further weakening the US embargo against the communist nation, The Washington Post reported yesterday. An unnamed US official told the daily that Japan could announce its decision on Nov 6
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        False statement charge
        86 9 IPOH Former Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker D P Vijandran was yesterday charged in the Sessions Court here with making a false statement in a judicial proceeding related to allegations that he acted in an alleged pornographic video tape. Vijandran, 49, also former MIC secretary-general, was charged with
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        China's car of the future
        39 9 GUANGZHOU A Chinese woman inside the "MTSO mini car" which is on display for the first time at the Guangzhiu Trade Fair. The futuristic car is made by China's Qiong Gang Qinqi Motorcycle Factory.
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        Cambodian imports double
        75 9 PHNOM PENH Cambodia's imports of foreign goods doubled during the first nine months of the year while exports shrank, compared with the same period last year, the official SPK news agency said. Two-way trade was worth US$567 million (Ss9ls million) in the first nine months of 1992,
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    IT's not so bleak after all
    471 10 EDITORIAL A "COLD SHOWER" was how Apple Computer chairman John Sculley described what the 1990s so far has been like for personal computer (PC) makers. That imagery can be extended to the information technology (IT) industry in general. Even IBM, that Big Blue icon
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      281 10 THE case of Mr Ramachandran Suppiah, who made legal history here by being the first to escape death row after being acquitted by a second Court of Appeal, must have caused some unease among Singaporeans. It must be emphasised, however, that this is an unfortunate isolated
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      Follow-up mission
      98 10 THE lack of follow-up action is the main problem of the Islamic missionary movement in Singapore. This is clearly seen in the recent seminar held at the Islamic Centre. It was no different than the first seminar held almost seven years ago. It is crucial for the Islamic
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      115 10 EMPEROR Akihito's visit to South-east Asia and China is a major turnaround but it avoids the important and dwells on the trivial, making cursory mention of Japan's invasion of Asia. For instance, during his recent visit to Beijing, Emperor Akihito said Japan inflicted "great sufferings" on the
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      A strong case for Afta
      188 10 WHAT is remarkably consistent about the sluggish and unending talks in the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) is the rhythmic ways the talks surge up and down like a yo-yo. It is the economic powers of Europe and the
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      188 10 WHILE the Budget is an annual plan, it undoubtedly also takes into account the medium- and long-term plans for the country. In this respect, projects and objectives of the Sixth Malaysia Plan and the country's plans to reach developed nation status by the year 2020 will have
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      Asean and Afta
      129 10 JUDGING from the strong determination shown by economic ministers to patch up differences, we are more confident that Afta is now back on the right runway towards its take-off despite the many operational details that have yet to be ironed out within the next few weeks. The
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    773 10  -  The Hongkong stock exchange is no longer the same bourse that was closed for four days during the crash in 1987. Alex Lam reports Alex Lam Reuter FIVE years on and a string of drastic reforms later, the Hongkong bourse is a
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      791 11  -  US software company Microsoft is enjoying record revenues as its competitors languish. John Markoff reports John Markoff NYT MICROSOFT, America's largest software publisher, has been on a roll recently. In the past 12 months, its stock has shot up 50 per cent, making William
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      2295 11  -  Ali Alatas, the Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs, talked about the Emerging Security Environment in East Asia and the Pacific in his address to the National University of Singapore Society. We reproduce below I extracts of the speech Ali Alatas, "T* E ARE at
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      1292 13  -  Suzanna Andrews looks at Hollywood's double standard when it comes to male and female nudity Suzanna Andrews NYT IN THE MOVIE Innocent Blood, a female vampire, trying to stay cold in the night, strips off her clothes and stands completely naked. When her male counterpart gets too
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      458 13  -  Bernard Holland discusses the Pavarotti caper Bernard Holland NYT THE BBC, by all reports, is not happy with Luciano Pavarotti. The British broadcasters bought the rights to a Sep 27 concert in Modena, Italy, and discovered that the Italian tenor had silently moved
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      A royal spoof: seen through servants' eyes
      667 13 CHATTERBOX BRITAIN'S royal family, rocked this year by a succession of marital upsets, will suffer further indignity in a television satire looking at the monarchy through the eyes of its servants. The Granada television company said on Tuesday it planned to screen the
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      707 14  -  Clyde H Farnsworth discusses the implications of the referendum Clyde H Farnsworth NYT Toronto The failure of Canadian leaders to persuade voters to accept their constitutional reform plan has left the country still groping for a solution to its most longstanding problem: reconciling French-speaking Quebec
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      Lock icon Jansher underlines supremacy with win
      362 15 Dutch Open Reuter AMSTERDAM Jansher Khan confirmed his status as world number one with an emphatic 15-12 15-10 15-13 victory over second ranked Chris Dittmar of Australia in > the final of the Dutch Open championship on Wearing the kit and using rackets which had
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      Lock icon Edberg struggles to overcome rising star Medvedev
      359 15 AP STOCKHOLM Stefan Edberg overcame a second- set lapse to defeat rising ten- nis star Andrei Medvedev 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) in the Stock- holm Open on Tuesday. The US Open champion, ranked second in the world •and seeded No 2 in the US$l.3
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      Lock icon Former boxing champion eyes another title fight
      838 15 If all goes well, Floyd Patterson could become the first former world champion to train a heavyweight world champion Reuter THIRTY years ago, Floyd Patterson lost his undisputed world heavyweight boxing title for the second and last time. He donned the false beard
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      Lock icon Bacher guides S Africa to new Test era
      576 15 Reuter LONDON Ali Bacher, man of vision, has brought South African Test cricket to the threshold of a fascinating new era in the republic. Bacher, who almost singlehandedly guided the sport in his country through its international boycott, sees the culmination of
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        Chinese runner wins Jerusalem Marathon
        97 15 JERUSALEM China's Shangyan Cai won the first Jerusalem Marathon by almost 20 minute% on Tuesday, as hundreds of runners trotted past the city's ancient and holy sites and snarled traffic for hours. The 30-year-old Chinese runner covered the hilly course in a time of two
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        Call to block transfer
        115 15 NAPLES Napoli has again asked Fifa to block Diego Maradona's transfer to Sevilla until a row over the transfer payments for the former Argentine captain is settled. Napoli president Corrado Ferlaino insisted that guarantees on a US$4.5 million payment to be paid over two years have
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        Windies in Australia
        90 15 PERTH The West Indies cricket side arrived in Australia early yesterday and immediately pledged to work towards a tour free of the acrimony which soured Australia's Caribbean visit last year. "I don't see any reason why we cannot be friends, even on the field," team captain Richie
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        Feathers in their caps
        189 15 PINEHURST, North Carolina Pro golfs major, seasonlong awards are still out there; more of them, in fact, than there used to be. They're still eagerly sought to fill the trophy cases of the game's leading players. "You're trying to accumulate as many of those little feathers
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      Singapore-made? It's a shoe-in
      582 16  -  Quality leather goods made in Singapore are attracting buyers from Europe to China. Suzanne Soh finds out more from some successful exhibitors at a recent trade fair in Hongkong Suzanne Soh Suzanne Soh. a freelance writer, contributed this article to Business Times. Recessionhit buyers are turning
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      An unleaded guarantee for motorists
      264 16  -  By Hong Lee Tiam ANY CAR can run on unleaded fuel, claims the oil company Caltex. And to back its claim, the firm has guaranteed to pay the cost of repairing any older vehicle that is damaged by the use of Caltex Techron lead-free petrol.
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      Women's magazine aiming for $3m slice of ad cake
      351 16  -  By Chuang Peck Ming THE SINGAPORE edition of the French top-selling women's magazine, Marie Claire, aims to take a $3 million slice out of the local advertisement market every year. Stanley Tan of Magazines Inc, who holds the licence to publish
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        New name tells world Lloyd Martin's business
        113 16 SINGAPORE Lloyd Martin Creative Consultancy Pte Ltd, tired of being mistaken for a consultancy firm, has changed its name to Lloyd Martin Advertising Design Direct. Lloyd Martin, formed by advertising veteran Stuart Lloyd and Peter Martin, entered the local market in May 1990
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        Courts ad for listing support
        75 16 SINGAPORE Courts Singapore Ltd, the furniture retail chain, is using a television commercial to woo support for its public share offering. The TV ad, using Jim Reeves' Welcome to Our World as a theme, is aimed at attracting smal| investors, said Albert Ephick, managing director
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        LaSalle, Shangri-La in tie-up
        59 16 SINGAPORE Shangri-La's Rasa Sentosa Resort, which will open in March next year, has teamed up with LaSalle International Fashion School to design uniforms for almost 80 per cent of its 465 staff members. The colourful uniforms set to reflect the resort's casual image will be designed
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        Ketchum expands into Asia
        62 16 SINGAPORE Ketchum Public Relations worldwide haa.j expanded its international base into Asia by purchasing a£! equity stake in Prap Japan Inc, the fourth largest publicrelations firm in Japan. Prap, with headquarters in Tokyo,has annual income of US$5 million (SsB million) and a staff" strength of 80.
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        Ads seen becoming redundant
        103 16 NEW YORK In the not-too-distant future, commercial* may disappear from television and radio as audiences tuiflE out seductive ads and seek product information from indflj pendent sources. That prediction, contested by many in the» advertising industry, is made by James H Snider, an experT on the
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        Revlon seeks ad agency
        62 16 NEW YORK Revlon is talking with agencies about assigning its US$5O million (SsBo million) irternational account, according to the trade magazine Advertising Age. It said among the agencies which has met with the company are Bozell and CME KHBB. a member of the Saatchi Saatchi group.
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      Will Feeling Good do even better?
      679 17  -  Schutz Lee previews British Airways' new television commercial and ad campaign which is all about smiles Schutz Lee THREE years after British Airways put a face to its global business, the airline now seeks to bring a smile to the world as well. BA
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      284 16 BUSINESS TIMES Toll-free Tel No: 737-0043 Fax No; 734 3688 WING TAI HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in (he Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT RIGHTS ISSUE (THE "RIGHTS ISSUE*') OF 48,400,187 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.25 EACH (THE "RIGHTS SHARES") AT $1.05 PER RIGHTS SHARE PAYABLE IN FULL ON ACCEPTANCE OR APPLICATION AND
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Profit-taking pares morning gains
      3617 18  -  By Quak Hiang Whai PROFIT-TAKERS emerged yesterday and took the steam out of the Singapore market's short-lived rally. After three days of strong gains, the benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index finished only 0.97 point higher at 1,391.88. It had crossed the key 1.400 resistance level in
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      Lock icon HOT STOCK
      81 18  -  By Paul Leo HOTEL PROPERTIES' recent rally from $1.61 to its recent high of $1.89 is set for a correction. Daily and weekly stochastics are near 100, which indicates an overbought situation. However, weekly and daily RSI do not indicate an overbought situation yet. Resistance is at $1.95
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    3274 20 Tasek Cement 262 +12 +4.8% Shell 432 +10 +2 4% M Banking 640 5 0.8% Magnum Corp 50" 625 +5 +0.8% Sungei Way 292 +5 +1.7% Dunlop Est 396 +4 1.0% NST 324 +4 +1.2% Stme Darby 50" 306 4 +1.3% Uniphone Tel 342 +4
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      744 20 BUSINESS T LJd_JL_S_ Toll free Tel No 737 0043 Fax No; 734 3608 LIQUOR LICENCE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I KHOK CHA PU of BLK 248JURONG EAST STREET 24 *08-58 Singapore 2260, have applied for a RETAIL LIQUOR SHOP licence in respect of premises at KIM SOON MEDICAL
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Shares enjoy a breather as investors take profits
      5503 21 Bernama SHARE PRICES in Kuala Lumpur ended easier yesterday as investors sold to take profits from the sharp rises over the past two weeks. The KLSE Composite Index at the close dropped 0.01 of a point to 633.31, the Industrial Index 4.83
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      183 22 Company Data Yaar Group Hat Nat earnings Gross mr to profit/loss P«r shara dividaod (•000) (cants) E« Yan Sang Oct 27 Jun 92 J844(J459) 94W(5.1W) 1(1) FAI Ins Oct 27 )un 92 J49.381L(J143.905l) SeaVtew Oct 27 Jun 92 J7.769(J6.377) 358(25 5) 10(8) Beriaya Group Oct 16 Apr 92
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      93 22 Company Oat# Year Group Nat Net earning* Gross ann to profit/loss par share dividend ('000) (cants) SBS Oct 27 Jun 92 53.536(52.572) 13 8(101) 10(7) RMCA Re Oct 16 J«n 92 J82.2671 ($56.2161) -<-> Tongkah Oct 12 tan 92 MJ4.870l(MJ2.479l) -(-> Amal Steel Sep 30 Jun 92 MJ87.487(MS78.054)
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      186 22 Company 0*f Holf-yoar CrwftM M n to profit/k»» dividona (•000) LRU Oct 27 Jul 92 J2,519(53,105) Metroptex Oct 27 iut 92 MJ12,220(M$9.073) Nikko Sec Oct 27 Sep 92 612cL(25,865c) -(17 S1A Oct 27 Sep 92 $419,200(5530.100) 15(15) Land General Oct 20 Jun 92 M*18.826(M$46.514) 3(5) Uniphone Tel Oct
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      898 22 Currant Ex Books Date Total far Total fer paymont data doso payaM* tho yoar last yoar Bedford 50c 1% No* 2 No* 16 Dec 7 2% BMT $10 100% No* 12 No* 24 No* 26 140 9% 150% -liMlnlri 1*(D Oct 6 Oct 16 No* 2 1% ImM
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      387 22 26 Hong Leong Industries Bhd is aiming to diversify into cement manufacturing to broaden its earnings base while also strengthening its core ceramics and motorcycle divisions. Traditional herbal medicine seller, Eu Yan Sang Hokfings Ltdplans to expand its wholesale distribution business to East Malaysia and Brunei. Oct 25
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      410 22 Company Rights Issue MAS One-tor-one M$5 00 per share Ex date Sep 7 Books dose Sep 21 Acceptance Payment Nov 2 OC8C One tor hve fe {3 00 per local share One tor tore fe 14 19 per share Ex-date Oct 8 Books dose: Oct 20 Acceptance Payment
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      193 22 Nanyang Press Bhd: 35th AGM at the Conference Room, 14th Floor, Bangunan Hong Leong, 117 Jalan Tun HS Lee. ***** Kuala Lumpur, on Friday, October 30, at 11.15 am Chuxi Hup tfdgs Ltd: 22nd AGM at 322 Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim. Singapore 2262, on Friday. October 30, at 2.00pm
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      SCRIPLESS CONVERSIONS
      237 22 Conversion Special Trig Scriptess Conversion deadline Period Trading Company starts (IDP) (ST) starts Bon vests Nov 9 Dec 3 Nov 23 Dec 3 Dec 4 Cerebos Oct 16 Nov 12 Nov 2 Nov 12 Nov 13 Chemical lnd Nov 9 Dec 3 Nov 23 Dec 3 Dec 4
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      MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      361 22 In local curr In S$ In USS dy yr dy yr dy yr Oct 27 Index chge chge chg* chge chgt- chgt World 381.2 0.4 -6.6 0.0 -8.6 0.2 -8.6 $EAFE 446.4 0.5 -11.1 0.0 -13.8 0.2 -13.7 Europe... 410.6 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -8.2 -0.2
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    611 22 Moving Averages: A moving average curve shows at any one time the mean of the prices over a specified time frame. A five-day moving average, for instance, is the average of the last five days' prices. Moving averages (MA) are normally plotted with the prices, and serve as
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      422 23 CLSA AFTER two days of hectic sell-offs, the Shanghai A shares recovered yesterday on emergence of buying interest. The index jumped 172.19 points to close at 3,076.88. The Shanghai Municipal Government has openly expressed deep concern over the recent weakness
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      Stocks end mixed on active buying of industry shares
      962 23 SHARES ON the Jakarta stock exchange closed mixed yesterday, with both foreign and local investors actively buying industry shares, brokers said. The Composite Index dropped 2.37 points at 305.88. "It's still far from exciting, but there is some decent foreign buying
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      2061 23 Reuter MOST STOCKS traded higher yesterday afternoon, led by small, speculative stocks, while only a few major banks were active, brokers said. The SET Index rose 9.43 points to close at 917.89 on turnover of 10.39 billion baht. Advances led declines 160
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      2599 24 STOCKS IN TOKYO ended lower on futures-linked selling yesterday. Brokers said trade was dull and direetionless and a limited number of incentive-backed issues remained in focus, with most investors staying on the sidelines amid a flood of corporate earnings announcements. "Although people know that most
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      2484 24 Reuter SHARE PRICES in Hongkong slid in afternoon trading yesterday on rumours about a statement Governor Chris Patten is due to make after the market closes. The Hang Seng Index tumbled 91.03 points to finish at 6,126.98. All Ordinaries Index ended at 3,244.71, down
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      2064 25 Reuter AUSTRALIAN stocks finished sharply lower yesterday as concerns about a falling Australian dollar and news of Victoria's Budget blow-out spooked nervous investors. Early morning losses were triggered by a number of key stocks going ex-dividend and the falling dollar. The positive effect of
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
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        NEW ZEALAND
        298 25 THE NEW ZEALAND share market completed another dull session yesterday little altered and traders expect similar trading for the remainder of the week. The NZSE-40 closed down 2.66 points at 1,380.78 after NZ$l9 million of shares were traded. Market leader Fletcher Challenge eased three cents to NZ$l.73 to
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        TAIPEI
        492 25 LATE TECHNICAL buying pulled Taiwan share prices up to end higher across the board in sluggish trade yesterday, brokers said. The Weighted Index, which was down 25 points in early trade, finished 22.93 points higher at 3,670.90. Turnover was NT$7.B billion against Tuesday's NT$6 billion. Brokers said sentiment remained
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        MANILA
        541 25 LAST MINUTE bargain-hunting yesterday drove up Manila stock prices for the second straight day and raised hopes for renewed confidence in a market hurt by power blackouts, brokers said. The Manila Composite Index closed 9.21 points higher to 1,331.35. "Prices have strengthened on bar-gain-hunting," one broker said. "Investors are
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        SEOUL
        834 25 INSTITUTIONAL buying yesterday pushed the stock market to a slightly firmer close in active trading after fluctuating in a wide range, brokers said. They said the market lost ground on rumours the government was investigating whether units of Daewoo had subsidised the group chairman's political aspirations. Government officials immediately
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        BOMBAY
        84 25 BROKERS said stock prices in Bombay were expected to chart losses over the next few days as investors liquidate holdings to raise cash for a plethora of rights issues hitting the market soon. The BSE Index yesterday dropped 110.51 points to 2,876.70 and the National Index lost 39.99 at
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        54 25 INDICES TURNOVER Close Previous Oct 28 NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 C apital 1.380.78 1.383.44 -2.66 MANILA Composite Index 1.331.35 1.322.14 9.21 Turnover (mil pesos) 221 348 -127 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index 3.670 90 3.647.97 +22.93 Turnover (NTS billion) 7.8 6.0 1.8 SEOUL C omposite Stock Index 585.34 584.10 1.24 Turnover (billion
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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        1114 26 PRICES ON Wall Street closed lower on Tuesday after a see-saw session, de- spite better-than-expected news on US J Economic growth for the third quarter. y The Dow Jones Index of 30 leading '-industrials closed 8.38 points lower at •3,235.73. The New York Stock Exchange Composite Index inched
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        LONDON
        800 26 LONDON STOCKS made a timid advance on Tuesday during an up-and-down session, as the Bank of England clearly indicated that no quick cut in interest rates is planned. That indica- tion put paid to the enthusiasm apparent in mid-session. There was an /insistent rumour in the morning that Chancellor
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        290 26 THE FRANKFURT stock market lost a little ground on Tuesday, as the DAX Spot Trend Index finished the day at 1,533.77 points, down 0.6 per cent by comparison with the Monday close. The Commerzbank indicator shed 0.1 per cent to end at 1,705.40. An analyst said the start of
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        AMSTERDAM
        349 26 DUTCH SHARES crept to a firmer close on Tuesday, reversing early losses in tandem with London stocks and on the back of an uptick in the dollar after strong economic data. The EOE Index finished 0.75 points up at 279.16. A stable bond market also lent support, one trader
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        PARIS
        200 26 EXPECTATIONS that German rates will fall kept the Paris bourse above water on Tuesday. The CAC-40 Index ended 3.74 points higher at 1,774.48 on volume of 2.13 billion francs, much of which was futures related. Dealers said that anti-inflation remarks by key Bundesbank members on Monday had not greatly
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        MILAN
        192 26 ITALIAN SHARES closed mixed on Tuesday after recovering from early lows in moderate volume, but trade was marred by technical problems on the screen-based market, where 35 shares are traded. The MIB All-Share Index eased 0.24 per cent to 827. Bourse regulator Consob suspended state food group SME for
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        ZURICH
        296 26 SWISS SHARES ended a slow Tuesday session little changed. Dealers said the market consolidated in the absence of major new factors. Hopes for lower interest rates supported basic sentiment, but there were no immediate factors to lift prices, they said. The broad SPI Index eased 1.6 points to 1,159.9
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        STOCKHOLM
        184 26 SHARES MANAGED to end Tuesday's trading slightly higher in moderate trade, encouraged by an easing off of credit market yields from earlier in the day. The All-Share Index edged up 0.21 per cent to 723.53 in moderate turnover of 402 million kroner. The Top-16 Index closed the day 0.41
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        JOHANNESBURG
        414 26 SOUTH AFRICAN shares eased in sluggish Tuesday trade on the back of a weaker gold price pulling the Overall Index down 26 points to 3,007. The Gold Index lost 35 to 822. The Industrial Index shed eight to 3,995. The falling bullion price below US$34O an ounce on Middle
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        TORONTO
        276 26 TORONTO STOCKS closed stronger, discounting the collapse of Canada's constitutional accord and focusing on drops in Canadian prime lending rates and strength in the country's credit and currency markets. Traders said they expect further advances Wednesday. The TSE-300 Index was up 10.5 points to 3,286.4 on volume of 38.2
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        BRUSSELS
        258 26 BELGIAN SHARES closed 0.43 per cent lower on profit-taking and losses among interest rate-sensitive shares as dealers said hopes of a new cut in German interest rates had diminished. The Bel-20 Index of Belgian shares closed 4.84 points down at 1,129.96, with a modest 809 million francs of shares
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        117 26 Oct 27 Close Preiious NEW YORK Dow Jones 3.235.73 3.***** 8.38 S&F 500 418.49 418.16 +0.33 Turnover (million) 201.73 188.12 +13.61 LONDON Financial Times 30 1.978.5 1.976.2 +2.3 KTSE 100 2.669.8 2.661.6 +8.2 Turnover (million) 549.5 452.4 +97.1 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1.533.77 1.542.49 -8.72 AMSTERDAM EOE Index 279.16 278.41 +0.75
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      US dollar tethers in tight range in early European trading
      1186 27 REPORTS THE US dollar crept up from early lows at a rather quiet European midsession yesterday but showed no sign of escaping its recent 1.52-1.55 mark range. Traders said buying from one large Swiss fund aided the recovery but whispers
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      Lock icon German exchange may add new futures
      354 27 Reuter FRANKFURT Germany's three-year-old futures and options exchange is reviewing its product range and may introduce some new contracts at the expense of its least successful products. In an interview, Deutsche Terminboerse (DTB) chief executive Joerg Franke said the exchange was consulting user banks
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1478 27 SIMEX EURODOLLAR Open High Low Sett Est Vol Act/Vol Op/Int Dec 92 96 41 96.44 96.40 96.40 7500 38% ***** Mar 93 96.38- 96.42 96.36 96.39 ***** 7580 ***** 96.36 Jun 93 95.92 95.95 95.92 95.92 6150 4229 ***** Sep 93 95.45 95.50 95.45 95.46 3000 1250 4281
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      397 27 Cross rates o^ 28 USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.6165 2.5060 1.5270 122.00 0.6337 1.3580 1.4164 1.8709 S$ 0.6186 1.5503 0.9446 75.4717 0.3920 0.8401 0.8762 1.1574 MS 0.3990 0.65 0.6093 48.6832 0.2529 0.5419 0.5652 0.7466 Dm 0.6549 1.0586 1.6411 79.90 0.4150 0.8893 0.9276
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      596 27 Interbank rates SS Bid Offer Overnight 1 1/2 1 3/4 1-month 1 3/4 I 7/8 2-month 1 7/8 2 j 3-month I 15/16 2 1/16 Overnight mode: 1-3/4 LSS Bid Offer 7 days 3 1/4 3 3/8 1 month 3 1/4 3 3/8 2 months 3 1/4 3
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      Lock icon Dubai gold trade expected to hit record levels
      374 28 Reuter DUBAI The thriving gold trade in Dubai is expected to hit a record high this year with an increase of 60 per cent in the volume of imports and exports, a senior official of the World Gold Council said. "I forecast
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      Lock icon Australia may soon start exporting refined white sugar
      277 28 Reuter BRISBANE Australia may export refined white sugar for the first time, with at least an annual 200,000 tonnes being exported in the next few years, allowing it to capture a share of the fastgrowing Asian market. Queensland Sugar Corp chief executive
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      KL tin rises 5 sen on technical correction
      739 28 REPORTS THE PRICE of tin rebounded to close five sen higher at MS 14.24 per kg on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market yesterday on some technical correction after the recent losses. Dealers said the slight uptrend was also attributed to renewed buying
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    1580 28 Rubber RAS Commodity Exchange (futures dosing as at 1pm) RAS (physical prices) I RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Buyers Sellers T As at 12 noon <s ccntvkg) i Qosc Volume Open I Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest rss 2 Nov 92 140.50 I4I.50N I Nov 92 143.00 143.00
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    AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    1187 29 LtliilD-LUlMMilllli City Flight ETA Flight ETO I City Flight ETA Flight ETD m rZTIZ iqqr ncoo oncn SQ105 1050 SQ106 1045 V MH642 1255 SQ108 1145 SQ228 2040 SO 107 1305 MH641 1315 Amman RJ183 0005 SQ109 1405 MH610 1415 0610 KL838 0040 MKS09 14|5 SQUO
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      Trekking through the Southern Alps
      764 29  -  POSTCARD FROM QUEENSTOWN By Angela Wigglesworth THAT, said Peter, our guide, pointing to the roof of a hut high up in the mountain ahead of us, is where we will have lunch. It seemed unlikely, but Peter was confident. We had set out early one
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      FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      152 29 As at 10am yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.136 1.146 Canadian dollar 1.296 1.396 NZ dollar 0.8540 0.8740 Sterling pound 2.5360 2.5460 US dollar ***** 1.6190 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.85
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      107 29 Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Duration Title Venue Onjanjser Td 7" Dec 26- Valencia Valencia. Feria Muestrano *****6.11.00 Nov 26-29 20th Antiques Geneva Orgexpo u„//v»uiw Jan 3 International Spain Internacional Fair ua w3 Trade Fair De Valencia Nov 26- Dakar Dakar. Centre Interna- 221/*****. 7 l0 Autosports
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      264 29 Harmful to be tired the mind (11) 9 European clear in this j Olympic event (4-5) —liM--12 Eccentric sort takes two 1 L_i—J—— Head keeps medal everyday set of clothes (6) *3"I 15 Light design of castle 18 Vera on US trip is insatiable 19 Keen to find some garden
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      169 29 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the pre-dawn hours and early morning. Report: Maximum temperature 30.1 Assoc humidity 70% Minimum temperature 23.0 Assoc humidity 97% Hours of sunshine 0.85 Rainfall in mm 14.2 Rainfall this month 201.8 Rainy days this month 16 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 16/12
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    UK releases papers to refute claim of secret HK deal
    446 30  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG IN AN unusual diplomatic move, Britain yesterday released confidential exchanges to refute China's claim of a secret deal over Hongkong's 1995 election. Seven messages between British and Chinese officials in early 1990 were made public
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    Lock icon Farm talks with US still not scheduled, says EC
    429 30 Officials backtrack on earlier announcement Reuter BRUSSELS The European Community, rowing back on an announcement that talks were imminent between EC and US farm chiefs to try to unblock world trade negotiations, said yesterday that no face-to-face meetings were yet scheduled.
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    Lock icon Fears in Opec as world oil prices slide
    507 30 Reuter LONDON World oil prices are in retreat, down by more than a dollar a barrel in less than a week, on evidence of excess crude supply ahead of the northern winter. The precipitate decline yesterday led a worried Organisation of Petroleum
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    Lock icon Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Angela nears Thailand
    339 30 AFP BANGKOK The authorities in southern Thailand began evacuating people to safety yesterday as tropical storm' Angela again intensified into a full tropical typhoon as it nearcd the nation's eastern coast. About 400 tourists on the resort island of Samui were stranded temporarily
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    Don't write off George Bush just yet
    787 30  -  The Bottom Line SN VASUKI SN VASUKI The writer is a BT correspondent CALL IT wishful thinking or plain prophecy, but Harry Truman's stunning "come from behind" 1948 election victory over his favoured rival has been a major source of inspiration for US
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    Lock icon Police on alert as doomsday believers gather for final hour
    413 30 Thousands of Koreans sold property, abandoned families, quit schools and jobs, deserted militaty posts AP SEOUL Police were on nationwide alert yesterday to guard against a violent backlash at doomsday churches whose followers believe the end of the world will
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  • ISEAS Trends
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      Political issues behind Vietnamese reforms
      1694 31  -  Russell Heng examines the challenges facing Vietnam, while Tilak Doshi looks at the Indochlnese state's potential By Russell Heng The writer, who is a Fellow at the Institute, also included views gathered during his visit to Vietnam in August this year. SIX YEARS after the
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      1119 31  -  By Tliak Doshi VIETNAM has made a decisive break from decades of war, central planning and recurrent economic crises under a dedicated Marxism-Leninism which made the country one of the poorest in Asia, with an estimated per capita GDP of US$2OO (SS32O). Its
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      ISEAS' Indochina Unit
      198 31 THE Institute of Southeast Asian Studies* Indochina Unit, formed at the end of last year, had its first Roundtable conference earlier this month looking at issues of political economy in Vietnam. As part of the Unit's activities, three Vietnamese have been awarded fellowships at the Institute and
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      S'pore: written word & visual culture
      1680 32  - S'pore: written word visual culture Janadas Devan analyses the apparent clash Janadas Devan The writer is a literary scholar. The second part of this article, on how language and literature might be taught in a non-linguistic culture, will appear in a future issue o/Trends. NOTHING prompts more intense passions than
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      The damaging effects of eco-tourism
      1104 32  -  M Yaacob looks at the implications of a new and fashionable form of tourism M Yaacob The writer is a Fellow of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. IN RECENT years, as consumer in- i terest in the environment has < grown, a range of
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      A dispute resolution mechanism for Afta
      1084 33  -  Paul J Davidson suggests a methodology to oil the wheels of regional co-operation Paul J Davidson The writer is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and concurrently Associate Professor in the Department of Law, Carleton University, Canada. THE trend in
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    • CONTEMPORARY SOUTHEAST ASIA
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        A quarterly journal of international and strategic affairs
        183 33 INTO its fourteenth year of publication, Contemporary Southeast Asia is the leading international journal of its kind that focuses on the fields of domestic politics, international relations, and defence and security as they relate to Southeast Asia. Published four times a year
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        Forthcoming issue to focus on Indochina
        86 33 THE December 1992 edition of Contemporary Southeast Asia will be a special focus issue on Indochina. Subjects to be covered will include: Foreign investment in Vietnam Vietnam's political and economic reforms; Vietnam: development and conditions for success; Economic reconstruction in Cambodia; Thailand and Indochina.
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      An assertive China? Get serious!
      704 33  -  Lu Ning argues that contrary to popular perception, Beijing is not responsible for tension in the South China Sea Lu Ning Lu Ning is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies AND they (meaning the People's Liberation Army are authorised to use
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      Taiwan comes into Russia's view
      934 33  -  Sergei Goncharenko zeroes in on the changing ties between Moscow and Taipei Sergei Goncharenko Dr Sergei Goncharenko is a Senior Adviser and Research Fellow at a Moscow-based research institute. SEPTEMBER 1992 saw the creation of the Co-ordinat-ing Committee on economic and cultural co-operation between Russia
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      Atrocities and crimes against humanity
      1425 34  -  Myint Zan examines the international community's attempts at bringing to book war criminals and others who have committed genocide Myint Zan Myint Zan is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Malaya, 1 Kuala Lumpur THE recent UN Security Council resolution
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      Japan's East Asian investments
      903 34  -  By Wendy Dobson Dr Wendy Dobson is an Adjunct Pro fessor in the Faculty of Management at the University of Toronto, Canada. A MAJOR transformation is underway in the world economy. The recent surge of direct investment flows is linking economies ever closer together, as firms
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      207 32 Trends A monthly putoticatoun ofthelmtuu* of Southeast Asian Studies l «ha PMbHcaßoß Sfj Editors-in-chief S. Rajaratnam K. S. Sandhu Editor Derek da Cunha international Advisory Committee Jose V. Abueva (Philippines) Stephen FitzGerald (Australia) Han Sung-Joo (Korea) Tommy T. B. Koh (Singapore) Mochtar Kusuma-Atmadja (Indonesia) Seiji Naya (USA) Kazuo Nukazawa (Japan)
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  • Shipping Times
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      KCT to invest M$10m in new container yard
      572 35  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Kelang Container Terminal (KCT), to be listed on the Kuala Lumpur bourse next month, will in 1994 spend some Mslo million (556.4 million) to develop a 10-hectare site. More immediately, the company plans to launch a programme for
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      Lock icon All 290 saved from storm-tossed ship in Black Sea
      236 35 AP MOSCOW The Russian navy rescued all of the estimated 290 people aboard a fishing ship that had been swamped by a storm in the Black Sea, and then towed the vessel to the port of Sochi on Tuesday, media reports
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      856 35 Page Col ABC Containcrline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 •APL 5 3-5 Alpha Feeders 6 I •ANL 3 1/2 Asia Cont Lines 14 5 •ASCL 5 5 Avia Airways 9 3 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bangladesh Shpg 9 4 Bank Line.
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      Lock icon German demand unaffected by fall in oil freight rates
      486 35 Reuter AMSTERDAM This week's collapse in oil barge freight rates on the river Rhine is unlikely to prompt a surge in German gas oil demand. Traders and shippers say that German consumer heating oil stocks are comfortable and only lower gas
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      Lock icon Plutonium ship to leave France around Nov 11
      354 35 Reuter TOKYO A Japanese ship with a hazardous plutonium cargo will leave France for Japan "probably around Nov 11". Kyodo news agency reported yesterday, quoting an official of the International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA). The official told Kyodo the Vienna-based lAEA had
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        German customs seize ship over Serb link
        89 36 HAMBURG German customs police seized a Panamani-an-registered freighter loading potash in the port of Hamburg on Tuesday because of suspicions it was owned by Serbians violating a UN trade embargo. Peter Bender, a senior customs official, said prosecutors were investigating the Radnik to
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        Litton wins US$30m contract
        43 36 BEVERLY HILLS, California Litton Industries Inc said the US Navy awarded its lngalls Shipbuilding division a US$3O.3 million (5548.5 million) contract option. The award is to continue providing planning yard service support to the Navy's CG-47 class Aegis cruisers.
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        Harris in US$180m navy deal
        41 36 MELBOURNE Harris Corp said it received a US$lBO million (Ss2BB million) contract from the US Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to provide high-fre-quency radio-communication systems for surface ships. The contract is for six years.
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        HK container ship refloats
        39 36 LONDON The Hongkong flag container vessel Hibiscus has refloated under its own power after grounding 40km from Inchon, South Korea, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Service said. The 17,056 dwt vessel is returning to Inchon for inspection.
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        Rail strike disrupts Europe service
        69 36 BRUSSELS Train services across several EC countries were disrupted on Tuesday as rail unions staged the first Europe-wide strike to protest pressure for privatisation of some railway activities. Unions called an hour-long walkout ending at noon but trains in France were hit several hours earlier.
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        BA resumes Uganda flights
        75 36 KAMPALA, Uganda British Airways (BA) has resumed flight operations to and from Uganda's Entebbe international airport after a 16-year lapse, BA officials announced. They said the inaugural flight left here on Tuesday for London carrying 43 passengers and 500 tonnes of cargo, mainly fruits and vegetables.
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        Tug abandons reefer ship
        57 36 LONDON The tug Baltic Rescuer is believed to have"abandoned" the Moroccan-flagged refrigerated vessel lmilchil at Shama Beach, near Takoradi, according to Lloyd's Intelligence. The 7,563-gross tonnage lmilchil was last reported towed to Coco Solo on Aug 26, 1990 with water in the engine-room and was then
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      Lock icon US airlines meet head winds
      843 36  -  Japan, like other nations in Asia and Europe, is displeased with the strong position of American airlines, and is seeking to revise its air accord with the US, reports Steven Brull Steven Brull NYT US AIRLINES, whose strong position in transatlantic routes has already upset
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      828 36 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      9580 44 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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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3453 49 Container line NV: Belsin Shpg |Kj Agencies Pte Ltd (SVManne Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). I Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SVAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albatros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte
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      COURIER SERVICES
      261 49 Abacus Couriers Tel 545-8011. Fax: *****98. Air Express I ravel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: *****44 Airborne Freight C orporation Tel: 542-8844 Fax: *****16. *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier 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 link Supplies
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      1552 49 Abex Express Freight Fre Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84 Tel Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Fre Activair Singapore lelI el Tel: 542-7821 Fax: *****20. Fre Aerolink Freight International I*j Tel: 545-8033. Fax: *****05. Aerospeed -r> Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Fn Air Cargo Novo Express T Tel: 542-5454. Fax:
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      3388 50 ALBANIA Dunes: Six vessels in port of which 1 discharging milk powder, 1 bulk wheat. 1 fertiliser. I loading coal. 1 1 milk powder. I ferrochorome. < < ARGENTINA No report available. i I AUSTRALIA Queensland-Abbot Point: Coal: 2 vessels due by 8 Oct; 1 day delay expected.
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      557 50 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op night lype LTA I From Op Flight l>pc LID I To TODAY TODAY KAL KE697 B747F 0150 1 SEL KAL KE697 B747F 0440 1 BKK SI A SQ8"»7 B747F 1730 2 CPH/DXB SIA SQ/ B747F 0715 2 DXB/LON CLX CV 794 B747F 1845 1
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        607 51 Vessel Voy No Birth Aim* Dep*fcie Vessel Voy No Berth km* Pepartue Jurong Port Vietrans 1 04/92 P04 alongside 2810/1730 D Atalanta T J7 alongside 2910/1500 Abad Jaya 11/92 P04 2910/1830 3010/2300 Biskra 2CNA92 18/9 alongside 2910/1500 BotakL ****** P01A 2810/1000 28.10/1500 Eng Tou 8 J1 alongside
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        124 51 Johore Port Penang Port Berth; 1: nil; 2: Harmony Stove; 3: ml; 4: Di Ryu Gang; 5: h the roads: Valetta, Irwin Pioneer, Penbunker, Dassan, Eng Areti; 6: ml. Huat Hock, Cerusa, Pernas Sekoi, Hock Huat, Talana, 01 jetty: Antares. Esmalia, Warn Tenteram, Pernas Suasa, Admiral, Kyo Maru
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1577 51 DELIVERY OF FCL IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS Sty Voy Wo Contanm abatable Sty Voy Ho Containtn avafaMe Cape Ray IB 27.10.92 0740 Nordhght NL201S COO(EST) 28.10.92 1500 D Sentosa 90N 27.10.92 0800 Thana Bhum 03ST COO(EST) 28.10.92 1500 Kota Makmur 197 27.10.92 0800 Call Pegasus 08 COO(EST) 28.10.92
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      477 52 THE DRY cargo freight market received a further boost on Tuesday from a six-point rise in the Baltic Freight Index (BF1) to 1.107, brokers said. This week's SS&Y Atlantic capesize index showed its first increase in four weeks, by 62 points to 2,518, "perhaps the fiist hint of
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      385 54 AP DETROIT Toyota and other automakers violated voluntary Japanese export limits and the US government did nothing to stop it, costing thousands of American jobs, a Michigan congressman charged on Monday. US Rep John Dingell had been investigating allegations against Toyota
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      1475 48 PH4MAC-NELS GROUPAGE I K~/ IPENANG (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 v l V P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK I GOTH/U.K/MED PORTS PEN PKL SIN PEN PK SIN 1/11 2/11 3/11 Honf Kong Ldn/Fli/Rdm/Ant 29/10 30/10 31/10 4/11 5/11 6/11 Hong Kong G'burg/Chagen/Shofcn/Oslo
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      324 48 BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SIN AKL LYT SM PROSPECT 21S 7/11 18/11 20/11 6/12 N Z STAR 0532 17/11 29/11 1/12 17/12 PREMER 21S 30/11 12/12 14/12 30/12 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND, LYTTELTON, ACCEPTING FCL LCL FOR NEW PLYMOUTH, NAPIER,
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      1180 48 f THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD.) 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16 00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I CONVEMTTONAL/COHTAIWER j SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA VESSEL Ivor |S PORE IPEST VESSEL YOT SPORE P.
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      105 51 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 1 f relevant book reviews. (y V ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT, in TX Business Times every Monday, is must f li \T~~I7-y reading for managers who want
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      416 52 1 Such 3 market "for choice jobs, I -fresh evety day! J ANY JOB. ANY CAREER. e Jjl lp 9 AVAILABLE ANY DAY. ANY t,me Anywhere. The Straits Times The Sunday Times Business Times llj&\ I «||i||n> /< \v \1 The New Paper Lianme Zaobao lianme Wanbao If I I
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      308 52 i. cosco UKC COWVEWTWWAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOAONO FOP: A VESSEL 28/10 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHINA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNO P.O. LOADING FOR. A VESSEL 15/10 20/10 Huangpo/Ouanflzhou COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCU EXPORT TO: CWNA/BANQKOK/HONQKONQ EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN QULF/KARACM P I«ase refer above
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      566 53 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE I SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS I INBOUND VESSELS I nssu nt v n ue u I MOSTWUI 7 i ■rr M/ii I CIAMPMI TUMI i» 3/11 S/H I cosmk maluku s/n s/n I UK UKM V l/ll I USTtn NIT l/ll »/H I TIMS MTO
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      140 53 BINTAM MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 39 POL ROAD SMGAPORE 0208 TEL: *****U TLX: R*****5 SMMER FAX: *****64 accepts ports of CARGO STORE OESTWATIOR MERCURT JME *1* *t-30 Od Mora. labuar HftANG BELAH V23E 20-30 Oct 30-31 Od BM*. Mr! KMaR KOCURT fCARL *2IE 31-02 Not oj-04 Not Muara. labuan BMTAR6
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      64 54 Every Saturday in Business Times g i —-i The Executive Housekeeper -this hctel J O ivwv I wants is me. But I'll never rieglec-fe L. -iJniS house> baby Any Job. Any Career. Available Any Day. Any Time, anywhere. The straits Times The Sunday times Business Times The new Paper LIANHE
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      55 54 nam > M.V. "JULIE PACIFIC* VOY4 Arrived 19th October 1992 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessels is hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the 30th October 1992 *****200 hours at PTIO. No further survey will be entertained thereafter. Aa Agent*: "K" Una KMiai
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