The Business Times, 24 November 1992

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    16 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Tuesday, November 24, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • Article
      China approves foreign investments worth US$30.6b
      55 1 BEIJING China approved foreign investments worth US$3O.6 billion (about Ss49 billion) in the first three quarters of this year, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. A total of US$6.6 billion had actually been spent, more than half from Hongkong and Macau, followed by
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      British trade deficit at £1.06b in October
      47 1 LONDON Britain's trade gap with the world in October amounted to £1.06 billion (about 552.6 billion) after a revised £891 million shortfall in September, Central Statistical Office figures showed Economists said the trade deficit had become a long-term structural problem.
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      KTM land deal
      26 1 KERETAPI Tanah Melayu Bhd and the Singapore authorities are finalising discussions on the development of KTM Bhd land in Tanjong Pagar Page 3
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      Easing the jam
      23 1 THE Thai government has moved a step closer to integrating three huge mass-transit projects planned for carchoked Bangkok Page 3
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      Nafta effect
      29 1 ASEAN exports to the US will fall by US$2 billion a year when the North American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect, say trade experts. Page 8
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      Clinton's priority
      24 1 REDEFINING American foreign policy will be a priority for President-elect Bill Clinton when he takes office in January, experts say Page 9
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      Iraqi plea
      37 1 IRAQI Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz and Foreign Minister Mohammed Said al-Sahaf were scheduled to appear before the UN Security Council to request an easing of economic sanctions imposed after the Gulf War Page 9
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      Good show
      23 1 MALAYSIA'S national computer show ITX '92, which attracted about 50,000 visitors, ended on a strong note over the weekend Page 15
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      Expansion plans
      35 1 THE Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is investing up to US$lO million to expand its railway terminal to handle up to 100,000 20-ft containers a year Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKET SUMMARY
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      Dow lower
      32 1 Wall Street stoeks turned lower in mid-morning after a mixed open. The Dow was ofT 11 to 3216 and declining issues led gainers in the broad market seven to five.
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      Footsie higher
      31 1 LONDON share prices were higher in early trading yesterday. The Footsie index ot 100 leading shares was up by 6.8 points or by 0.2 per cent at 2,739.2 points.
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      Renong Tech's moves
      35 1 RENONG Technologies, a subsidiary of publicly-listed Renong group, will tie up with Indian companies as well as expand into the region in response to the increasingly competitive Malaysian computer market Page 4
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      EMS restructuring
      35 1 CREDITORS of Electro Magnetic yesterday reiterated their support for the judicial managers' restructuring plans. Their vote will pave the way for the company's shares to be listed in the new year Page 4
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      Kelang's stock debut
      21 1 MALAYSIAN port operator Kelang Container Terminal made a spectacular debut on the Kuala Lumpur bourse yesterday. Page 4
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    • Article
      Hong Leong vouchers
      38 1 HONG Leong Finance will launch next month its Premium Gift Vouchers, which can be used for purchases at more than 1,000 outlets such as NTUC Fair Price, Shell petrol stations and 7-Eleven stores. Page 7
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      ST INDUSTRIALS
      28 1 Monday Change BT-MGA 670.10 +2.45 Kuala Lumpur ....643.79 +1.19 Tokyo closed Hongkong 5.894.97 +16.79 Svdney 1,446.4 +36.3 Friday Change New York 3,227.36 +17.83 London 2.732.4 +26.2
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      CURRENCIES
      23 1 Exchange rates USS S$ 1.6355 100 Yen SS 1.3163 MS S$ 0.6475 Money market rates Overnight I 3/8 -3/8 3-month 2% -3/16
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      COMMODITIES
      37 1 London Gold AM fix USS334.25 -US$1.30 Rubber S'porc Dcc 144.50*/kg -0.25 M'sia Dcc 223.00«/kg -0.50 KL Tin Turnover 70tonncs +53 Spot MS 13.99 /kg -0.13 Crude palm oil Turnover 627 lots +37 Dec MS945 /tonne -10
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    Banks set to reap $160m from card finance charges
    624 1  -  Profits will be substantial with cost of funds running at 3 to 4pc By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE More plastic card holders are living on credit, and that is good news for the issuing banks, which will rake in finance charges
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    Lock icon Black Wednesday feared as central banks brace for battle
    465 1 Compiled by staff from agency reports SINGAPORE The ghost of Black Wednesday, Sep 16, returned yesterday as European central banks began a battle with currency speculators following a weekend realignment of currencies in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM). Central banks
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    Lock icon More young Japanese say sayonara to hard work
    364 1 UPI. Reuter TOKYO Young Japanese in their 20s are far less hooked on work than their elders, and much less inclined to stay loyal to one employer, according to a survey. They regard work as less central to their lives but are
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    Forecasters put fourth quarter growth at 6.5-7pc
    448 1  -  By Anna Teo SINGAPORE The economy is expected to grow by 6.5 to 7 per cent this quarter, bringing full-year growth to around 5.5 to 5.8 per cent, according to the National University of Singapore's Centre for Business Research Development (CBRD). Growth for
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    Lock icon Dunkel summons Gatt negotiators
    243 1 Reuter, AFP GENEVA Gatt chief Arthur Dunkel yesterday summoned top negotiators of the 108 Uruguay Round nations to Geneva, saying there should be no doubt that a new world trade accord was possible after six-and-a-half years of talks. Mr Dunkel, director-gen-eral of the General Agreement on
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
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      Lock icon Deutschemark, peseta expected to make gains
      594 2 European monetary system under attack European exchange rates look set for another test IHT PARIS Deutschemarks and pesetas are expected to be the best-performing sectors of the international capital market this week as European exchange rates appear headed for another period of extended testing.
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      Lock icon Little room to adjust German rates
      434 2 Bundesbank policy aimed at medium-term price stability: Schlesinger Financial Times FRANKFURT Minimal room exists for German manoeuvre on interest rates. Bundesbank president, Helmut Schlesinger, warned on Friday, in remarks which will dampen widespread hopes of a cut in German rates this year. Speaking at
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      Lock icon New currency shock may wreck lira's ERM hopes
      386 2 Reuter MILAN The latest European foreign exchange squall has virtually wrecked Italian hopes of getting the lira back inside the European Community's currency grid by year's end, economists say. Prime Minister Giuliano Amato had viewed the lira's return to the Exchange Rate
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        CPI moved up 0.2pc last month
        120 2 THE Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2 per cent last month from September. The higher costs of housing, transport and communication and miscellaneous items were partially offset by cheaper food and clothing, the Department of Statistics said yesterday. The cost of housing rose 0.3
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        40 new Aids cases this year
        73 2 SINGAPOREANS reported 40 new cases of Aids/HIV virus in the first 10 months of this year, the Health Ministry said in a statement yesterday. Of these, 11 have full-blown Aids with symptoms, while the remainder are HIV carriers. Unlike previous years, heterosexual sex is
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        S'pore, Croatia to set up ties
        29 2 SINGAPORE and Croatia have agreed to set up diplomatic ties, effective yesterday, the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement yesterday.
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        No smoking in court buildings
        46 2 SMOKERS will no longer be allowed to light up in court buildings. The prohibition on smoking in certain places has been extended to the Supreme Court, the Subordinate Courts and the Small Claims Tribunal. Offenders face a maximum fine of 1.000.
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        Conference for entrepreneurs
        56 2 INITIATIVES 92, a conference focusing on issues concerning local entrepreneurs, will be held on Nov 26-27 at the World Trade Centre's Convention Centre. The forum and exhibition will address ways to enhance regional business opportunities. It is being sponsored by the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises
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      Lock icon S'pore, KTM Bhd land development talks still on
      384 3 Bernama JOHOR BARU Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTM Bhd) and Singapore authorities are finalising discussions on the development of KTM Bhd land in the Republic, Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said yesterday. He said although it had been decided to develop the
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      Texas chain opens 1st S'pore restaurant
      178 3 SINGAPORE The first Tony Roma's restaurant in South-east Asia opens today at the Orchard Hotel Shopping Arcade. Specialising in barbecued ribs, the restaurant cost Mas Millennium (S) Pte Ltd, the franchisee, between $1.5 million and $2 million to set up. Tony Roma's is based
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      Lock icon Thailand plans to integrate 3 rail projects
      385 3 Proposed move meant for convenience of mass-transit commuters Reuter BANGKOK The Thai government yesterday moved to integrate three huge masstransit projects planned for car-choked Bangkok so passengers can easily transfer between the systems. "The integration and coordination of the projects is for the
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      Texas Instruments M'sia to expand Klang plant
      324 3  -  By Joseph Rajendran KUALA LUMPUR Texas Instruments Malaysia, a subsidiary of the US-based semiconductor manufacturer, is investing US$25 million (5540.9 million) in equipment and is hiring 600 stafT in 1993. Managing director Jerry Lee said yesterday that the company, which now produces more
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      Manufacturing Johor's strongest sector in 1991
      327 3  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Johor's manufacturing sector remained the engine of growth and employment in the state during 1991. according to the Johor State Economic Development Corporation (JSEDC). The state corporation's manufacturing activities brought in M 5273.1 million (*****.8 million) last year and was
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Inchcape's capital reduction approved
        73 4 SINGAPORE Inchcape Bhd said the High Court had approved its eapital reduction exercise on Nov 20. The exercise petitioned to the High Court will reduce the par value of Inchcape's ordinary shares from 1 to 50 cents. The company had planned to return $108.9 million, or
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        OUB foreign ownership
        26 4 SINGAPORE Foreign shareholdings in Overseas Union Bank amounted to 37.01 per cent of its issued capital on Nov 13, the bank said yesterday.
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        SSL buys Jurong shares
        36 4 SINGAPORE Sembawang Shipyard Ltd (SSL) bought one million Jurong Shipyard shares for $7.14 million on Friday. The purchase raised Sembawang's stake in Jurong Shipyard to 15.57 per cent from 14.76 per cent.
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        Tuan Sing shares change hands
        47 4 SINGAPORE Go Giok Lian, a director of Tuan Sing Holdings, declared a change in her deemed interest in the company after her husband. Liem Tek Siong, bought 3.43 million shares on Nov 18. Mr Liem now holds 65.54 million Tuan Sing shares.
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        Menang expects M$239m profit
        73 4 KUALA LUMPUR Menang Corporation (M) Bhd expects to reap gross profits of M 5239 million (S$ 154.7 million) over the next 15 years from a proposed jointventure development project in Selangor. Menang said the project is expected to generate total revenue of Msl.l billion over the
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      Shakey's US franchisees temporarily drop lawsuit
      265 4 Suspension seen as positive and welcome development SINGAPORE Things are looking up for the new owner of the local Shakey's franchise a group of Shakey's pizza franchisees in the US have temporarily dropped their lawsuit against Shakey's Inc. The US franchisees have put their
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      Renong Tech to tie up with Indian software firms
      427 4  -  Company also planning to expand into region By Joseph Rajendran KUALA LUMPUR Renong Technologies, a subsidiary of publicly-listed Renong group, will tie up with Indian firms as well as expand into the region in response to the increasingly competitive Malaysian computer
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      Kelang Container Terminal makes spectacular KLSE debut
      295 4  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Malaysian port operator Kelang Container Terminal (KCT) made a spectacular debut on the Kuala Lumpur bourse yesterday, surpassing the expectations of both company officials and analysts. KCT, currently the only container terminal operator in the Klang Valley, opened trading
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      EMS creditors reiterate support for revamp plans
      384 4  -  By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE Creditors of Electro Magnetic (S) Pte Ltd (EMS) yesterday reiterated their support for the judicial managers' restructuring plans, paving the way for the company's shares to be listed in the new year. During a meeting yesterday chaired by the
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      PacCan appoints Brian Chang as non-exec chairman
      166 4 SINGAPORE Listed Pacific Can Investment Holdings has appointed Promet's chief executive Brian Chang as its non-executive chairman. Mr Chang, whose appointment took effect on Nov 17, has been a non-executive director of the company since Oct 28. He replaced Pang Kim Hin, who
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      Arbitration clause: banks can learn from OCBC's experience
      514 4  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN By Moiz Tyebally SINGAPORE Recently, there were news reports that a syndicated loan by seven foreign banks and OCBC Bank went sour in China. The US$39 million loan given six years ago was made to a Chinese-owned
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      Lock icon UEM explains rationale for proposed subscription in Plus
      272 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR United Engineers (Malaysia) Bhd said yesterday that the proposed subscription of 200 million new ordinary shares of M$ 1.00 each in Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (Plus) will enable the company to fulfill its undertaking to Plus. Chairman Radin Soenarno
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      Lock icon Industrial Oxygen says business will keep improving
      268 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Industrial Oxygen Incorporated Bhd expects continued good response to new launches of its housing projects and further growth in its industrial gas business. Chairman Lee San Choon said in the 1992 annual report released here yesterday that the company had
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      Lock icon Taiwan firm suspends China petrochem project
      397 5 Formosa Plastics, mainland officials fail to agree on target market Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's Formosa Plastics group, the island's largest private conglomerate, said yesterday it had suspended controversial plans to build a US$6 billion (SS9.B billion) petrochemical complex in China. Group chairman Wang Yung-ching said
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      Lock icon Analysts see cloudy days ahead for Thai stock market
      435 5 MARKET WATCH Reuter BANGKOK The fallout from the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) first action against a major investor will poison the market for weeks to come as investors try to figure out the new agency's regulatory policies, analysts said.
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      Lock icon Taipei approves largest investment in Vietnam
      215 5 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan authorities yesterday approved a US$l2.lB million (5519.9 million) motorcycle project in Vietnam, the largest-ever single investment from the island, officials said. The Investment Commission under the Economic Ministry allowed the Ching Fong Group to build two motorcycle plants in Vietnam, the
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      Acquisition of Affin will help Boustead diversify further
      259 5 KUALA LUMPUR Boustead Holdings Bhd's proposed acquisition of AfTin Holdings Bhd will serve to further expand the activities of the already diversified group, Robert Cheam. executive director of Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bhd, said yesterday. In a circular to minority shareholders of
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Halla, Shanghai City tie up for seven projects
        90 5 SEOUL South Korea's Halla Business Group has exchanged a letter of intent with China's Shanghai City on seven projects, including joint ventures, a spokesman said yesterday. Halla president Chung In Young and Shanghai Deputy Mayor Zhao Qizheng exchanged the letter of intent
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        Tisco expects sales to double
        96 5 BOMBAY Tata Iron and Steel Co Ltd (Tisco), India's biggest private-sector company, anticipates that sales wjll almost double to 50 billion rupees (552.34 billion) over the next four years, managing director Jamshed Irani said. In an interview with the Economic Times newspaper, Mr Irani said
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        Ernst & Young opens Viet office
        84 5 Ernst Young opens Viet office HANOI Hongkong-based Ernst and Young has become the first of the "Big Six" international accounting firms licensed to operate in Vietnam, the company announced here yesterday. Ernst and Young has opened ofTices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City under the licence issued earlier this
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        Pepsi to open Cambodian plant
        83 5 PHNOM PENH Pepsi-Cola International has signed a joint-venture agreement to bottle Pepsi and 7-Up soft drinks in Cambodia, according to a Cambodian newspaper. The new Angkor Beverage venture, 60 per cent owned by the private Cambrew brewery and 40 per cent owned by Pepsi-Cola, is
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        Woolworths may be floated in '93
        65 5 SYDNEY Debt-ridden Adelaide Steamship Co of Australia hopes to float food retailer Woolworths, the most profitable asset in its stable of companies, sometime next year. Speaking at the annual general meeting yesterday, Adelaide Steamship chairman Peter Cottrell said the group may also sell its
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        Daiwa Securities to aid affiliate
        63 5 TOKYO Daiwa Securities Co, Japan's second largest brokerage, will extend financial assistance to troubled nonbank affiliate Daiwa Finance, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said. Daiwa Finance, which has non-performing loans of more than 50 billion yen (***** million), will issue new shares valued at 10 billion
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        BP denies newspaper report on rights issue
        86 6 LONDON British Petroleum Co pie has denied a Sunday newspaper report that it could make a £3 billion (557.4 billion) to £4 billion rights issue as part of its debt reduction strategy. "As we have said many times recently we do not intend
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        Mirror's profits seen falling
        67 6 LONDON Profits at Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) will fall short of analysts' forecasts for 1992 and 1993, hit by larger-than-expected restructuring costs and by lower revenues, the Sunday Times newspaper said. The newspaper reported that the rival group will struggle to make more than £25 million
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        Rhone-Poulenc's 1992 forecast
        82 6 PARIS French state-controlled chemicals and drugs firm Rhone-Poulenc SA said it believes it can achieve a 10 per cent rise in its operating profits for 1992. The forecast, issued in, a statement with its third-quarter earnings, is at the bottom end of its last forecast in September,
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        S African firm in Aussie deal
        73 6 JOHANNESBURG South African chemical producer Sentrachem Ltd said yesterday it was likely to soon acquire Australia's Chemplex Holdings Ltd. Senior executive director Roy Pithey said Sentrachem had signed the Chemplex deal in principle. He said if all went well, the deal, worth between 330
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        Kaufhof eyes Woolworth
        67 6 HAMBURG German retailer Kaufhof AG may be interested in buying Woolworth Corp's 500 stores in Germany, the German news magazine Der Spiegel said yesterday. The magazine said that Kaufhof managing board chairman Jens Odewald had made an ofTer to buy the German operations a year ago, but
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      Hopewell signs US$2b deal to build China roads
      796 6  -  From Stephen Vines in GUANGZHOU LIKE a modern-day Pied Piper, Gordon Wu, the ebullient managing director of Hopewell Holdings, has led a triumphal procession of some 200 bankers, stockbrokers and journalists on a two-day tour of his uncompleted highway stretching 122 km
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      Lock icon EC chemicals hit by harsh trading elements
      413 6 Reuter LONDON Europe's biggest chemical firms, dogged by a miserable combination of a harsh economic climate and currency weakness, are mired in the worst slump since the early 1980s. Most are running hard to stand still. Some are running backwards. Squeezed by over-capaci-ty,
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      Lock icon UK electricity firms seen to generate strong dividend growth
      352 6 Reuter LONDON Strong dividend growth is expected from UK regional electricity companies (RECs) when their half-year earnings season kicks off today. But some may curb rises slightly to avoid unwelcome publicity during the government's energy review, analysts said. "Some may give
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      Lock icon German unions urged to trim pay demands
      429 6 Reuter BONN The head of the German employers' federation urged labour unions last Friday to trim their 1993 wage demands to below the inflation rate. In remarks heralding a tough 1993 round of pay negotiations, Fritz-Heinz Himmelreich told German radio: "We must come
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      Lock icon US mail order sales poised for Christmas comeback
      365 6 Reuter CHICAGO US retail cataloguers may be on the brink of their strongest Christmas selling season since 1988, analysts say. "From all indications, retailers will see a 6 per cent increase in fourth-quarter revenues," said First Manhattan analyst Thomas Tashjian, who noted
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      197 6 An Exhibition cum Seminar on GOOD DESIGN, SAFETY STANDARD RISK MANAGEjfIgNT FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT iiby The Singapore Science Centre in conjunction with r Ausplay Singapore Pte Ltd, Ausplay International lyiwJ The Austrian Trade Commission I Venue: Singapore Science Centre Date: 24th November, 1992 I J 'i Science Centre Road Time:
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • Article
      HL Finance offers gift vouchers with prizes
      393 7  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE Consumers will be able to win cash and other prizes from next month with gift vouchers from Hong Leong Finance. -The Premium Gift Vouchers which will be given to depositors according to the size of their investment, or
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      Lock icon Ringgit will not be internationalised: bank
      194 7 MBT DAKAR, Senegal Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will not internationalise the ringgit and does not encourage its trade in large volumes by non-residents. Central bank adviser Nor Mohamed Yakcop said: "If we internationalise the ringgit, we will lose one degree of control over our
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      Lock icon Indian central bank set to fight charges of laxity
      204 7 Reuter BOMBAY The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to defend the central bank against charges of laxity in tackling the country's worst financial scandal. ♦A parliamentary probe into the US$l.2 billion (551.95 billion) securities fraud will
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      Lock icon Only four contracts done as uncertainties continue to plague market
      510 7  -  THE SANG KANCIL By Shoeb Kagda The Sang Kancil weekly column tracks the profit/loss of a US$5O,OOO live account set up by futures house Refco. Relying on both technicals and fundamentals, the account will trade in currency, interest rate, commodity
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      Lloyds Bank not keen on buying Khoo's stake in Stanchart
      328 7  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG THE chief executive of Lloyds Bank, Brian Pitman, yesterday said the UK clearing bank was not interested in buying hotelier Khoo Teck Puat's stake in Standard Chartered Bank. Mr Pitman told BT that Lloyds had
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    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Revived Indon bank offers to pay depositors
        97 7 JAKARTA A small private Indonesian bank which collapsed in 1990 published a notice in newspapers yesterday offering to repay some of its depositors. Bank Umum Majapahit Jaya (BUMJ), which was reopened this year after 39 banks injected capital, offered in the leading Kompas
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        Unrest prompts withdrawals
        58 7 ISLAMABAD Depositors fearing a run on banks have withdrawn about US$BO million (SSI3O million) from foreign currency accounts after tensions arose between the Pakistani government and the opposition, a newspaper reported. Officials of the central State Bank of Pakistan refused to confirm the report, saying they had
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        More job cuts at Barclays
        66 7 LONDON Britain's biggest bank Barclays pic is expected to announce a further 3,000 jobs cut as part of its radical cost-cutting programme, said the Independent on Sunday newspaper. These will be additional to the 15,000 jobs the bank has already said it is shedding as
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        Mortgage firm sees smaller losses
        61 7 LONDON UK mortgage lender National Home Loans Holdings pic, whose annual pre-tax loss deepened to £146.4 million (***** million) from a loss of £47.9 million a year ago, said it expected losses to narrow in the current year. The company predicted "a significantly reduced loss
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
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        Indonesia forecast to quit Opec in five years
        81 8 JAKARTA Indonesia is likely to become a net importer of oil by the end of the decade and may have to quit Opec within five years as exports drop sharply, Mines and Energy Minister Ginanjar Kartasasmita said. "We will be a net
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        Imelda hanging on to money
        82 8 MANILA Imelda Marcos has called off talks with the government on the transfer to Manila of US$356 million (Sss7o million) held by her family in Swiss banks. Her lawyer, Antonio Coronel, said yesterday that Mrs Marcos did not want to anger US judge Manuel Real
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        Philippine soldiers join rebels
        62 8 PANTUKAN, Philippines A dismissed Philippine army sergeant announced over the weekend that he and 22 of his men had joined communist rebels in the first mass defection of government troops to the guerillas. Sergeant Antonio Tolentino, a member of an army faction linked to unsuccessful coup
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        M'sia's share of semicon pie
        56 8 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is expected to contribute 10 per cent of the US$66 billion (about Sslos billion) revenue projected for the global semiconductor industry in 1993. Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International chief financial officer Tom Reed said revenues of Asian countries outside Japan would grow
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      Lock icon Decades of US military presence in Philippines end
      513 8 AP SUBIC BAY Nearly a century of US military presence in the Philippines draws to a close today when the Navy abandons its largest naval base in Asia. President Fidel Ramos and other officials will assume control of the Subic Bay naval
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      568 8 But increased trade within East Asia expected to buffer drop Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Asean exports to the US will fall by US$2 billion (about 553.2 billion) a year when the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) comes into effect, but trade
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      172 8 AFP HANOI Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet has ordered urgent new measures to fight rising corruption, which the government has targeted as its main problem, the official Nhan Dan daily said yesterday. Despite a directive issued more than two years ago
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      Thai opposition to file no-confidence motion against govt
      400 8 BANGKOK Reversing its previous stance of not censuring the administration, the opposition on Saturday prepared to file a no-confidence motion against the Chuan Leekpai government. The Sunday Post reported that Chart Thai deputy leader Boon-eua Prasertsuwan and Chart Pattana secretarygeneral Prachuab Chaiyasarn
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      Lock icon Xanana said to have been transferred to Bali
      244 8 AFP JAKARTA Jose Xanana Gusmao, the arrested leader of East Timor's independence movement Fretilin, was transferred to the Indonesian island of Bali over the weekend, a source said yesterday. A source in the East Timor capital Dili said: "Xanana was transferred on
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      Lock icon Indon rebels expected to survive leader's capture
      219 8 Reuter JAKARTA The capture of East Timor's rebel chief has dealt a crippling blow to the movement's armed struggle against Indonesia's 17-year rule, but analysts say its political campaign will survive. Jose Xanana Gusmao, head of the Fretilin guerilla movement in the former
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      Lock icon Iraq expected to call for lifting of UN sanctions
      321 9 AP UNITED NATIONS Top Iraqi officials were planning to appear before the United Nations Security Council yesterday, but UN representatives said the Council was unlikely to agree to the easing of economic sanctions imposed after the Gulf War. The UN officials
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      Lock icon Baghdad still a major threat: Gulf states
      270 9 AFP KUWAIT CITY Gulf interior ministers warned on Sunday that Iraq remained a threat to the region and demanded that it comply fully with United Nations resolutions ending the Gulf War. Ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states except Qatar, which boycotted
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      Lock icon De Klerk govt faces mounting pressure to step down
      388 9 Reuter JOHANNESBURG The South African government, under fire over damning accusations about security forces dirty tricks, is facing increasing pressure to make way for an interim elected administration, political leaders and analysts say. "There have now been sufficient crises for the
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      247 9 Reuter LIMA The party backing President Alberto Fujimori has won an absolute majority in elections for a Congress to restore constitutional rule in Peru, an exit poll by the independent Apoyo consulting firm said on Sunday. But a strong opposition showing indicated
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      Lock icon Clinton needs to redefine foreign policy: experts
      314 9 AFP WASHINGTON Redefining United States foreign policy will be a priority for Pres-ident-elect Bill Clinton when he takes office in January, experts said on Sunday. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told NBC television that he viewed future foreign policy as a "philosophical"
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        China opposes visit by Carla Hills to Taiwan
        78 9 BEIJING China voiced opposition yesterday to next month's visit to Taiwan by United States Trade Representative Carla Hills, the first US Cabinet-level official to do so in 13 years. "The Chinese side has made representations to the US side on this," the
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        Emergency laws in Colombo
        57 9 COLOMBO Bracing for renewed rebel attacks in the capital, the Sri Lankan government has introduced emergency laws to allow police to monitor the movements of residents. The Presidential Secretariat said on Sunday that all households are required to give the nearest police station a list of
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        Tornado havoc in Texas
        41 9 HOUSTON Horace Davis cleaning up what remains of his garage on Sunday after a tornado ripped through the west Houston area on Saturday. Several tornadoes hit the area on Saturday afternoon and evening, resulting in major damage.
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        Shorter South Asian summit
        86 9 DHAKA The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) will meet here next month for two days instead of three. The annual meeting of leaders from Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Bangladesh had been scheduled for Dec 12-14. The ZJa/Ty Star, quoting official
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        More rural poor in Third World
        61 9 UNITED NATIONS The number of rural poor in developing countries has risen 40 per cent over the past 20 years, a sign that many international aid programmes have failed, a new study said. The report by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, a Rome-based
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    Back from the brink
    438 10 EDITORIAL THE NEGOTIATORS of the European Community and the United States government deserve to be congratulated for snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. The trans-Atlantic brawl was getting acrimonious; the trade tsunami was threatening to lash other continents and swallow all hopes of bringing the
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      About governing well
      251 10 AT A TIME when democracy appears to be breaking out everywhere and when the human rights crusade has never been more fervent, it is refreshing to hear Mr Lee Kuan Yew questioning the seemingly self-evident propositions that democracy leads automatically to good government and that one-man-one-vote is
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      Pakistan's dilemma
      93 10 PAKISTAN'S basic problem is the economy. It is still in tatters despite the open policies of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Corruption and mismanagement is rampant. The nation's external debt now amounts to almost 23 per cent of export earnings. The inability to make ends meet is the reason
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      Practise what you preach
      137 10 ASIAN COUNTRIES hope Bill Clinton will be an enlightened and magnanimous leader. They hope he will not measure others in terms of his own standards and likes and dislikes, and that he will not blame others for the intractable problems the US faces. In all fairness,
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      Take a clear stand
      173 10 WITH Inauguration Day ever closer, US Presidentelect Bill Clinton appears no clearer in his policy statements on China. Six weeks ago, with the volume control on his campaign trail rhetoric set to maximum, the then Democratic hopeful warned: "There is no more striking example of Mr
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      What if the sanctions fail?
      174 10 THE United Nations Security Council is expected to come up with a resolution soon that would impose certain punitive measures on the Khmer Rouge for its persistent non-compliance with the Paris peace agreement. The measures being pondered include freezing Khmer Rouge assets abroad, an embargo
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      Participation is the key
      154 10 IT BEGAN with the poor and the downtrodden peoples of the South resolving to be active participants, not mere bystanders, in the world's rapid development to unite and shape their own future and meet the challenges of growth and development. And so, the Group of 15
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    Trying to become friends again
    1187 10  -  Vietnam is aware that the US holds the key to the country's rehabilitation from war and its future economic development. Florence Chong reports Florence Chong The writer is BT's Sydney correspondent THE OPTIMISM may be very much one-sid-ed. But it has not stopped Vietnamese officials
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      311 10 When Scientist Tan Kok Kheng mmßjl His Mushroom Biotechnology, which turns the secrets of gene behaviour TT to commercial use, holds out the promise of high returns for Ij LI high risks. Singapore with its handful of pioneering /i II I I I lentrepreneurs like Dr Tan Kok Kheng aims
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      70 10 DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU \^?uFKnpGroups J If yeah, i just have ONEQUeP\ f~ T \WEQ.Q.P.KEGWUK>. DON'■ MHEN ARE WE GOING TO CMP SOME- RPfTKE LUE BE6IN FINALLY ROUNP UPTHEBAff/- lllPlL? ONE GET ROT J rIKS' KJLLiNG, POVERTY-PIMPING, TAX- A HAMBURG#' i I i HIKJNG, SCUM HEAD MODERATES, t/ WE'VE GOT *5
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon The global trade metamorphosis
      1196 11  -  Peter Passell relates how, since the early *****, the economics ot trade has been changing, and resulting in a new brand of geopolitics, while Andrew Gumbel explains why France must talk tough on its trade deal with the US Peter Passell Andrew Gumbel NYT THE END
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      779 11 Reuter THE French government has boxed itself into a corner over the European Community's (EC) farm trade deal with the United States and this week faces an unenviable choice whether to endorse the compromise or to scupper it. Approval would almost
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      316 12 WHERE TO WINE, DINE JOH PUSHERS I AND HAVE AIAU Only at Subway can you play old English pub games like Push Penny, Table Skittles, Backgammon and Electronic Darts. What's more, our Happy Hour beer prices at $3 a glass and $12 a jug are about the best offers in
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      698 12 TELEVISION AND RADIO 1f» SBC 12 J;U SSitW ESr «-0—BUSINESS ON RAOK)~ VUllltijlJ "5 PM Opening folk>»«l by la- JJJ L). 6.45 BBC. 88.9 mHz in VHF Band II pan Business Today news at nine. /.w came news Network. ac— cacm. 1 aCmi- Wr»rlH 8.00 A Brush with Art With
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Shades of grey in Irons
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      Farrow planned revenge, says Allen
      241 13 CHATTERBOX A MONTH before Mia Farrow accused Woody Allen of molesting their adopted sev-en-year-old daughter, Allen said, she told him: "I have something very nasty planned for you." Allen said on the CBS News programme 60 Minutes on Sunday night that Farrow had told him
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      299 13 Here's a break from your busy schedule that also pays. $1,000 to be exact. Just solve the BIZ WORDS puzzle in today's or any other two days' Business Times this week. Attach the two days' BIZ WORDS coupons to this Saturday's entry form and the SI,OOO cheque could be in
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      596 13 SHOKADO -iSBENTQ-S Set Lunch and Dinner 2 Nov 30 Nov '92) Don't miss this value packed set meal in November. The Bento set promotion consists of a 6-course meal served with green salad and Kohachi. The main course is the yellow tail grilled with our very own Nishiki sauce. It's
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      225 14 Some of Singapore's most successful companies have a nut in the office. t? v p 4 In Singapore's most famous companies you'll find a nut. It is the ultimate driving machine for BMW. It helps Singapore Airlines to be a great way to fly. And it drives Yokogawa's electrical components
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY 1
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      Malaysian computer show attracts 50,000 visitors
      614 15  -  Joseph Rajendran joined bargain hunters and trade visitors to check out the exhibition's offerings Joseph Rajendran MALAYSIA'S national computer show, ITX '92, ended on a strong note over the weekend. About 50,000 visitors were at the four-day event, compared with last year's 43,000. Show
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      HP introduces new workstations
      482 15  -  Claire Leow looks at the new Apollo 9000 Series 700 Claire Leow HEWLETT Packard launched a new family of workstations in Singapore last week the Apollo 9000 Series 700. The new 9000 Series 700 workstations all come with colour monitors, and are multimedia-ready which means they
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      Lock icon US leads Japan in portable computing
      534 15 NYT Fujitsu Ltd would seem to be in an ideal position to become a dominant player in the booming portable computing market. The world's fifthlargest chip maker, Fujitsu, is adept at precisely what the Japanese microelectronics companies are supposed to be best at: miniaturising
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      Intel Corp fights back
      859 17  -  Claire Leow reports on Intel's latest initiatives in the chip market Claire Leow INTEL Corp, the world's leading producer of microprocessors for personal computers, is in a phase where clones are taking bigger bites from its market share. Other California-based rivals such as Advanced Micro Devices
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      Digital introduces touchscreen device
      258 17 DIGITAL Equipment Singapore has introduced DECtouch, a touchscreen input device that enables users to operate their personal computers by touching the monitor where the information is displayed. The device is pitched at retail outlets, airports, banks or government offices which need to simplify computerbased information service,
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    • TECH TAKES
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        ICL PC unit acts to capture regional market
        111 17 SINGAPORE Personal Systems (Asia), ICL's PC division, has appointed resellers and dealers across Asia in an aggressive bid to capture a 6 per cent market share in this region next year. They are Transdata Systems, Nation-tech, Informetrics Systems Consultant and DG Kom
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        Borland, WordPerfect join forces
        89 17 SINGAPORE US software firms Borland International and WordPerfect Corp have joined forces to promote their software for Microsoft's Windows operating system. Borland is offering its Quattro Pro for Windows, a spreadsheet program. at a special price for users of WordPerfect for Windows, a processing programme. Purchasers
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        Counterfeiting ring smashed
        86 17 SINGAPORE Seiko Epson Corp, as part of its campaign to knock out counterfeiters of its printer ribbons, says it has smashed a Malaysian syndicate that was operating out of various locations in Kuala Lumpur and a factory at Ulu Tiram, Johor. Raids were conducted on Nov 9
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        AST boosts managerial line-up
        61 17 SINGAPORE PC manufacturer AST has added muscle to its Asian regional management structure with three key appointments. Alex Chu, with AST since 1985 and most recently the director of AST Asia, has been appointed managing director responsible for charting the company's short and long-term strategies, and
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        Ex-US envoy joins Conner board
        109 17 SINGAPORE Disk drive producer Conner Peripherals has elected former US ambassador L Paul Bremer to the board of directors. Chairman and chief executive Finis Conner said: "As Conner continues to grow and diversify its operations internationally, we look for business leaders experienced in developing and
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      Lock icon Advanced Micro to build new chips plant in Texas
      297 17 UPI Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) has announced plans to build a state-of-the-art submicron semiconductor manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas, that will cost over US$7OO million (551.141 billion) and employ up to 1.000 people when completed. The new facility will produce
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      287 16 WHAT LEADING INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS ARE SAYING ABOUT NCR'S SYSTEM 3 0 0 0 'ft. v*. mmm. m m 5* rA ij-Wfc y.< S3 m •<* '■>■ M S >•> Si H M •f^C'Vc IW iS& V vw V/Vsag .•A v--rci (t? ■v-I Sf« ry' v K» Sg®! jV?> (NT MS?
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      178 17 A» V i fl Vfl Y 1000 HOTELS, 5000 RESTAURANTS and 500.000 rooms around the world." That may be reason to celebrate for some hotel chains, but we at the Concorde operate on a different concept altogether. We proudly announce all of TWO hotels in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Don't
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        Courier wants doubles only for Davis Cup
        108 18 FRANKFURT Jim Courier, the world's top-ranked tennis player, said on Sunday that he would like to play only doubles when the US meets Switzerland in the Davis Cup final early next month. "1 am hoping just to play doubles. 1 have been playing
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        Comfortable victories
        66 18 PRESTON, England Steve Davis, Jimmy White and John Parrott made their way comfortably into the quarter-finals of the UK snooker Championships on Sunday. Davis beat 10th seed Steve James 9-4. White put out Willie Thorne by the same margin. And Parrott completed a 9-2 victory over Dean Reynolds.
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        A break for women
        86 18 BUGIBBA, Malta Women's Lib broke into the male-dom-inated world of snooker late on Sunday when 27-year-old Linda Wiedijk of the Netherlands became the first woman to referee a world championship match. Wiedijk was unabashed when she took charge of a match involving Mario Geudens of Belgium
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        Dahlie's stylish win
        73 18 GEILO, Norway Triple Olympic champion Bjom Dahlie of Norway edged Jari Isomatse of Finland by seven seconds on Sunday to win cross-country skiing's freestyle season opener. Dahlie, the world's premier freestyle racer, covered the 15-km course in 34 minutes, 46 seconds. Vegard Ulvang of Norway, a classical-style
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        Racer killed after crash
        99 18 LOBOS, Argentina Argentine auto racer Roberto Jose Mouras was killed on Sunday when a tyre puncture sent his Chevrolet crashing into an embankment during a tourism class competition in this city, police said. Mouras, 44, was in the lead and racing at 240 kph when the
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      817 18 ATP Tour World Championship AP FRANKFURT Boris Becker celebrated his 25th birthday on Sunday by beating top-ranked Jim Courier 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 to win the US$2.5 million (Ss4 million) ATP Tour World Championship, the season-ending event. The 9,000 fans in Frankfurt's Festhalle greeted Becker's entrance
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      Lock icon Navratilova overwhelmed by awesome Seles
      468 18 Virginia Slims Championships Reuter NEW YORK Monica Seles overpowered Martina Navratilova in straight sets on Sunday to win the seasonending Virginia Slims Championships for the third consecutive year. "It's been a great season and it was a great way to end it," said Seles after
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      Lock icon Sainz takes 20-sec lead in RAC round-Britain rally
      259 18 AP AFP, Reuter CHESTER, England Spaniard Carlos Sainz left his world championship rivals trailing when he opened up a 20-second lead in the RAC round-Britain auto rally on Sunday. He was fastest in three of the nine timed tests on the 476.7-km
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      Lock icon Solo yachtsmen take off on round the world race
      374 18 AP, AFP LES SABLES D'OLONNE, France Fourteen sailors set out from France's Atlantic coast on Sunday on solo journeys around the world in the second Vendee Globe Challenge race. Hundreds of private sailboats and motorboats dotted the coastal waters off the
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      Lock icon Love teams up with Kite to win Shark Shootout
      246 18 AP THOUSAND OAKS, California Davis Love 111 and Tom Kite teamed up to shoot a 13-under-par 59 in the scramble format to win the US$l million (551.63 million) Shark Shootout on Sunday at Sherwood Country Club. Love birdied the final hole
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      605 18 maruman golf classic 9g SINGAPORE PRO-AM TOURNAMENT To be held at THE KEPPEL CLUB on 25th November 1992. TEE-OFF PROFESSIONAL AMATEUR AMATEUR AMATEUR ""735 Daniel Lim (SGP) Lawrence Seow Goh Khenp Hong Wliom Lou 7.37 Lim IGon Km (SGP) Richard Ton MotlhewLui K.W. Lim 744 "lohnPanq (SGP) FrankEno EnoHweeMeng GohTheonHod
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      Shares close steady on strong blue chip interest
      3469 19  -  By S N Vasuki SHARE PRICES closed steady in Singapore yesterday although strong gains in the morning session were pared by profit-taking later in the day. The benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index ended 5.39 points higher at 1,419.21. "There was a strong
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      88 19  -  -By. Anthony Pang ALTHOUGH Kamunting has corrected downwards since jumping from about 50 cents to $1.24 in just two weeks, medi-um-term indicators still point to overbought conditions. The pullback last week, therefore, may not be the end of the stock's consolidation. Its close at the bottom of yesterday's
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      329 21 BUSINESS TIMES Toll free Tel No: 737 0043 Fax No: 734 3688 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPAMES ACT, CAP. 50 HMTZ TUBER PTE LTO At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of H NTZ TMBER PTE LTD duly convened and held 6001 Beach Road •14-01 Golden Mile Tower,
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      282 21 ST. GEORGE INVESTMENTS (S) PTE LTD 11 Will any person, firm or corporation claiming to be a creditor of ST. GEORGE INVESTMENTS (S) PTE LTD, please submit such claim in writing, together with supporting documentation, to the auditors. If no claim is received within one month of the publication of
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      332 22 Company Date Year Group Net Net earnings Gross ann to profit/toss per share dividend ('000) (cents) Sateras Res Nov 13 Mar 92 M$2.111L($3.388L) I Pentex Nov 11 Jun 92 $641(J1.261) 15(29) 5IE(61E) Choc Prod Nov 9 Jun 92 M$4 439e($4.447e) 5(b) 10(10) P) Dev Hldgs Nov 9 Jun
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      157 22 Company Date Year Croup Hot Net earnings Cross ann to profit/loss per share dividend (000) (cents) Goodwood Park Nov 20 Sep 30 522.110(S22.137) 49(49) 35(45) HMsia Nov 20 Sep 92 57.523(5430) 45 6(2 6) 30(10) Tunes Pub Nov 20 Aug 92 524.168(535.903) 19 9(29 5) 10(10) AiSB Nov
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      169 22 Guthrie GTS Ltd: EGM at 41 Sixth Avenue, Singapore 1027, on Tuesday. November 24. at 11.00 am YTI Corporation Ltd: EGM at the Board Room. Lower Penthouse. Yeoh Tiong Lay Plaza, 55 Jalan Bukit Bintang. ***** Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday, November 25. at 11.00 am FAI Insurances Ltd:
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      MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      362 22 In local curr In SS in IS$ dy H yr dy S yr S dy yr No* 19 Index chge chge chge chge chge chge World 382.7 0.2 -6.3 0.5 -8.3 0.5 -9.1 JEAFE 446.4 0.2 -11.1 0.9 -14.5 0.9 -15.2 Europe 417.7 0.0 1.6
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      193 22 Company Date Half-year Croup Net Interim ann to profit/loss dividend (000) B Sembawang Nov 20 Sep 92 $23.517(58,909) 35(35) QAF Ltd Nov 20 Sep 92 $5,545(51.969) -(2 5) Summa Inv Nov 20 Sep 92 $1,350(5660) CK Tang Nov 19 Sep 92 $454($820) 3(3) Ha. Sun Hup Nov 19
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      829 22 Current Ex Boohs Date Total for Total for payment date dose payable the year last year MSB 5%(b) Jan 8 lan 22 Jan 29 5% 12% T Am* Steel 50c 12%(b> Nov 19 Dec 3 Jan 2 12% 12% r Art* Hdp 50c 6%(b) Dec 1 Dec 15
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      502 22 Company Rights Issue Aiance Ted) Three tor five (<* $100 per share Ex4ate Dec 10 Bks Close: Dec 22 Acceptance and Payment: NYA Guthrie GTS Oneforone $0 23 per share Ejulate: Nov 26 Books dose: Dec 8 Acceptance Payment: NYA iuong Enj One tor tive fc $210 per
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      452 22 Company Rights Issue Ami Sled One-tor-three MJ2 20 per share Issue of *****m 50% Cumulative Redeemable Preference shares of 10 sen each 1992/97 (CRPS) with up to *****m Transferable Subscnption Rights (TSR) for an aggregate price of M$1 per CRPS with one TSR. on the basis of one
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    593 22 Relative Strength Index: This indicator measures the rate at which prices move up or down, and theoretically ranges between zero and 100. In practice, it normally fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: 100
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      5504 23 Bernama PROFIT-TAKING activity in the afternoon halted the morning's bull-run on the local bourse, leading prices to a mixed close in active trading yesterday. Selected component stocks ended off best, dragging the benchmark KLSE Composite down from an in-tra-day high of 645.78 marked
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  • CHINA STOCK EXCHANGES
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      410 24 CHINA stock prices were mixed yesterday with Shenzhen shares declining while Shanghai shares advanced. The All China Index produced by Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia (CLSA) ended down 18.21 points, or 1.23 per cent, at 1,457.18. The Credit Lyonnais index covers all 'A" and *B'
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      Counters end slightly weaker in sluggish trading
      951 24 JAKARTA stock trading was sluggish yesterday, with most prices ending unchanged, and brokers said they expected the bearish sentiment to continue for the rest of the week. The official index ended 0.36 point lower at 288.52. Trading was active in the banking sector
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      Lock icon Major property firms score strong gains
      1973 24 Reuter MAJOR property firms gained strongly yesterday after heavy losses recently, but brokers said investors had not yet regained their full confidence following a crackdown on share manipulation. The SET Index rose 3.35 points to close at 875.07 on moderate turnover of 9.14 billion
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      Lock icon Stocks edge up in dull see-saw trade
      541 25 Reuter SHARES finished with modest advances in dull trading after swinging between moderate losses and gains yesterday. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index put on 16.79 points to close at 5,894.97, while the broader All Ordinaries Index gained 12.67 points to 3,128.57. Turnover dwindled
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      1881 25 Vol No* 23 HK$ High Low 000) PE ASM Pacific 1.680 unch 8.7 Allied Ind Infl 0.920 0.050 0.930 0.850 3526 11.6 Allied Oversea 0.610 unch 0.620 0.590 2149 4.8 Allied Ppt 1.160 -0.030 1.190 1.160 4748 5.3 Allied PptW93 0.750 -0.050 0.780 0.740 1492 na Amoy Properties 6.700 0.150
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    TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    2063 25 Vol Nov 20 Yen High Low (*00) PE Ajinomoto 1300 unch 1320 1270 4960 79 Akai Electric 363 3 370 363 820 11 All Nippon Airways 1000 3 1020 987 5210 196 Amada 990 14 1000 980 3110 22 Asahi Breweries 1070 10 1100 1040 2870 92
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      66 25 The Tokyo market was closed yesterday for a public holiday. Below are Friday's closing prices. JlfUiWllllim IllUiWf AMI II I I 111 II II I I I ■'Ml 111 II I I Find out in III! I HI I I I I w I■ I IHi VI f I Personal
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      Lock icon Bargain hunting gives prices sharp boost
      1991 26 Reuter AUSTRALIAN share prices closed sharply higher yesterday with the leading index notching up its biggest oneday gain since April 10, aided by heavy bargain hunting. Brokers said market leaders BHP and CRA were the most sought after stocks now that doubts surrounding banks
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Rural NZ stocks surge in wake of Gatt news
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        446 26 Manila No* 23 Peso +/-Vol (TWO) A.Soriano Corp 1.660 ABS-CBN 35.000 unch 65 Abra Mining Corp. 010 Alcorn Pet 029 -.001 ***** Alcorn Pet.-B .032 Anglo Phil-Oil A .010 Apex Mining A 008 unch 6000 Apex Mining B 008 -.002 3000 Atlas Cons A 12.000 -1.000 2 Atlas Cons B
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        NEW ZEALAND
        401 26 THE New Zealand share market closed moderately higher yesterday, unreflective of the sharp rises in small rural stocks in the wake of the weekend's Gatt news. Private clients rushed into many smaller agriculture companies in early trade and prices then consolidated or retarded slightly. The NZSE-40 Capital Index
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        TAIPEI
        552 26 TAIWAN share prices reversed early gains to end slightly lower yesterday in moderate trade as investors took profits after recent gains, brokers said. The weighted index closed 25.82 points lower at 3,698.51. Turnover was NT$9.4 billion against NT$7.B billion. Brokers said that in the absence of news, investors continued
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        SEOUL
        812 26 THE Seoul market finished higher yesterday in active trade with financial and bank shares leading the surge, brokers said. "Trading was very active today,'' said Kim Hong Sik of Shinhan Securities. "The government's move to cut state-controlled interest rates is good news that has left most of the financial
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        BOMBAY
        75 26 INDIAN stock prices rose yesterday as investors bid up prices in hopes that restrictions on trading imposed recently by stock exchange authorities will keep supply tight. But brokers said a con- frontation between securities houses and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) over fees has investors worried.
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      US$ firmer in Europe following peseta, escudo devaluation
      872 27 REPORTS THE US DOLLAR continued to benefit from uncertainty surrounding the ERM at the midsession yesterday in London following the devaluation of the peseta and escudo. The latter two seemed to be trading comfortably within their adjusted bands yesterday. But traders said
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      409 27 Crass rates Nov 23 I USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr A$ NZS USS 1.6370 2.5270 1.6130 124.30 0.6636 1.4550 1.4556 1.9305 SS 0.6109 1.5437 0.9853 75.9316 0.4054 0.8888 0.8892 1.1793 MS 0.3957 0.65 0.6383 49.1888 0.2626 0.5758 0.5760 0.7640 Dm 0.6200 1.0149 1 5666 77.06 0.4114
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      MONEY MARKET
      612 27 Interbank rates SS Bid Offer Overnight I 3/8 I 1/2 1-month I 5/8 I 3/4 2-month I 7/8 2 3-month 2 2 1/8 €tornii||it mode: 1-7/8 ISS Bid Offer 7 days 3 1/8 3 1/4 1 month 3 1/8 3 1/4 2 months 3 15/16 4 1/16 3
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      Lock icon Mystery over bond futures deals at CBOT still unsolved
      357 27 IHT PARIS It sounds like the beginning of a nifty detective novel, but so far nobody has solved the mystery: what were those guys doing in a burst of questionable transactions at the Chicago Board of Trade last month? Some observers
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1088 27 SIMEX EURODOLLAR Open High Low Sett Est Vol Act/Vol Op/lnt Dec 92 96.01 96.00 96.01 958 7166 ***** Mar 93 96.11 96.12 96.10 96.11 3251 ***** ***** Jun 93 95.73 95.73 95.72 95.73 439 9274 ***** Sep 93 95.31 95.31 95.31 95.31 221 1351 4053 Dec 93 94.66
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Opec faces task of tackling weak oil prices, ill feelings
      356 28 AP LONDON Opec faces the unpleasant task of tackling a combination of chronic problems: weak oil prices and political squabbling among its members this week. Amid perceptions that a world oil glut is building up. Opec has seen prices slide
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      Lock icon Key Asian benchmark crude oil nears six-month low
      254 28 Reuter SINGAPORE Prices for Malaysia's Tapis, Asia's benchmark crude oil, have slumped to nearly a sixmonth low under pressure from an oversupply of competing crudes and shrinking refiner profit margins. Tapis prices averaged U5521.05 a barrel last week, the lowest weekly average
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      KL tin ends at all-time low on panic selling
      773 28 REPORTS THE price of tin ended 13 cents down at MS 13.99 a kg. matching the all-time-low of Aug 29. 1986. on panic-sell-ing after the market breached the important MS 14 support level, traders said. Initial bids were 15 tonnes against
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    PRICES
    1561 28 Rubber RAS Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 1pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Dec 92 OOO 000 144.50 0 2.375 Jan 93 145.00 144.50 144.75 725 4.050 Feb 144.75 144.75 144.75 500 4.800 Mar 0.00 0.00 145.00 200 5.200
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      102 28 WHAPS IN Find out in Personal Investment and Finance. Every Saturday in Business Times 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
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    AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    1288 29 City Flight ETA FHgkt ETD j Abu MuW GA887 1230 GA892 0100 GA893 1400 GA386 2340 Adolaldo QF81 1935 QF82 2050 Aawtardam KL838 0040 GA893 1400 GA892 0100 KL837 1515 SQ338 2300 SQ323 1815 A thaw* SQ348 2300 Auckland NZ35 1425 SQ288 2045 SQ286 2045 NZ36
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      758 29  -  LETTER FROM CAIRO By Mimi Mann EGYPTIAN President Hosni Mubarak's government is getting tough with Muslim extremists whose attacks on foreign tourists threaten Egypt's top money earner tourism. Meanwhile, determined tourism officials travel the globe with the message that Egypt is safe for tourists.
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      FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      150 29 As at 10am yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.1193 1.1350 Canadian dollar 1.2622 1.2870 NZ dollar 0.8378 0.8550 Sterling pound 2.4566 2.4915 US dollar 1.6330 1.6400 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.47
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
      100 29 Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Dec 26- Valencia Valencia. Fena Mueslrarto *****6.11.00 Jan 20-23 British Education Bartoican EMAP Intl 071-*****47 Jan 3, International Spain Intcrnacional Training Centre, Exhibitions Ltd. 1993 Trade Fair De Valencia Technology London London Jan 7-10 Autosports Birmingham Haymarket
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      36 29 MB Yesterday, Roberta Flack spoke about her romantic ballads and sentimental love songs. Today, Toto guitarist Steve Lukather talks about the group's current tour. In HELLO HELLO. On-line to the stars. m NEW, NEWS, NEWSY tISfSB
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      267 29 7 Those who start such an f event never finish it (5,4) 1 I I 1 1 J 8 It's unusually early for bed ■■■"jßf" hHI 10 Game for a dance at the 1 10 I I I I I 1 11 Mokes assemble for the race 12 Fruitless, badly
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      157 29 Singapore Outlook: Cloudy, with intermittent rain. Report: Maximum temperature 27.9 Assoc humidity 83% Minimum temperature 24.3 Assoc humidity 98% Hours of sunshine 1.15 Rainfall in mm 5.5 Rainfall this month 481.7 Rainy days this month 17 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 20/12 Cloudy Bangkok 32/23 Cloudy Beijing 09/-02 Clear
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      21 29 (SWTimt "I —rn fvrmd I'll n*veTo —U yToroggouJ.... J SOU TQ S>GN TH£, ipyre y_ft Tr \k TP®r CP ltd Ht;
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    Lock icon US economy set to grow 2.3pc, no stimulus needed: OECD
    432 30 IHT, Reuter, AFP PARIS The US economy is projected to grow 2.3 per cent next year and does not need any further stimulus to keep its momentum going, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said yesterday. The OECD, in
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    Lock icon Filipino senators attack Lee's democracy remarks
    334 30 AP MANILA Senators criticised Singapore Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday for suggesting Filipinos should have less democracy and more discipline. They said his statement would encourage a return to one-man rule like that of the late Ferdinand Marcos. Mr Lee, addressing an annual
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    Lock icon Clinton's adviser says deficit may rise in short term
    320 30 Reuter NEW YORK The top economic adviser to US Pres-ident-elect Bill Clinton said on Sunday that he could not rule out a short-term rise in the federal deficit, or an increase in corporate taxes, to jump-start the economy. "President-elect Clinton's No
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    Lock icon Patten stands by reforms despite Chinese pressure
    243 30 Reuter, AFP HONGKONG China has demanded that Governor Chris Patten drop his plans for democratic reforms in Hongkong before it negotiates on the colony's future. But a spokesman for Mr Patten said the proposals remained on the table and denied rumours sweeping Hongkong
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    Time to lift CPF curb on property financing
    693 30  -  The Bottom Line LEE HAN SHIH LEE HAN SHIH The writer is a BT news editor THE recent decision to allow Central Provident Fund savings to be used to finance the purchase of private residential properties with 60 years of lease life
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    Lock icon Indian government-union showdown looms over Bill
    392 30 Proposals aim to dilute tough labour laws Reuter NEW DELHI The Indian government yesterday appeared to be heading for a showdown with powerful trade unions over plans to dilute tough labour laws. The Trade Union and Industrial Relations Bill, which the government hopes to
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    Lock icon Kohl preparing massive plan to rescue eastern Germany
    477 30 IHT. Reuter FRANKFURT German lawmakers met on Sunday to debate a radical new industrial policy for eastern Germany and how to finance the plan by cutting spending in the west. Chancellor Helmut Kohl's newfound willingness to rescue major eastern German companies from
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      NY to expand rail terminal
      373 31  -  Visits by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Port of Melbourne Authority Stories by Dexter Lee SINGAPORE The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is investing up to USSIO million (5516.5 million) to expand its railway terminal to
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      Reforms have increased Melbourne's efficiency
      368 31 SINGAPORE We have changed for the better, the Port of Melbourne Authority deputy chief executive Daniel Hourigan told shippers and shipping lines in Singapore last Friday. Mr Hourigan, who was leading a delegation of four, told the local shipping community that waterfront reforms in Australia
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      NYK seeks to double its share of Thai market
      402 31 BANGKOK NYK Shipping Service (Thailand) Co is gearing up to double its current 15 per cent market share next year by investing heavily in its operations in Laem Chabang. The company has built a new office at the Thai deepsea port
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      Lock icon Mexican-US venture to add second ship
      272 31 Reuter PUERTO DE PUNTA VENADO, Quintana Roo A joint venture between Mexican construction firm Empresas ICA and Vulcan Materials Co of the US has added a second ship to carry crushed limestone rock to US Gulf Coast cities. The five-year-old venture between the two
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        Singapore bunkers stay at low levels
        101 32 SINGAPORE Sellers quoted bunker fuel around Friday's low levels as both shipowners and sellers were sidelined ahead of Opec's Nov 25 meeting, sources said. "Trading will be quiet over the next two days as everybody is awaiting direction from Wednesday's Opec meeting," said a
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        UUM signs deal with BAe
        91 32 KUALA LUMPUR Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) and British Aerospace (BAe), an aircraft manufacturer, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which the company would provide educational support to the university. The MOU, worth M 52.3 million (551.47 million) for a three-year period from last July,
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        Suez reports 4pc rise in revenue
        70 32 CAIRO The chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohammed Adel Ezzat reported a 4 per cent increase in revenues from tolls paid on ships crossing the canal during the past 10 months. Total revenues in the period, Mr Ezzat s4id, reached US$l.6 billion
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        KLM sells Air Littoral stake
        83 32 AMSTERDAM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV said it had sold its 35 per cent stake in French regional airline Air Littoral to Compagnie Francaise d'lnvestissement which is part of privately-owned airline Euralair. Terms were not disclosed. KLM said it decided to sell the stake, bought
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        Wrecked plane found, all killed
        79 32 SEATTLE Rescuers located a wrecked twin-engine plane on Sunday and reported none of the six people aboard survived its crash near Snoqualmie Pass en route to a college football game. King County Sheriffs deputies reported the pilot, his wife, their two teenage sons and another
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        Sailor missing for three weeks
        67 32 PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island The overturned yacht of veteran sailor Mike Plant, who has been missing for more than three weeks, was located in the north Atlantic on Sunday, with no outward sign of life aboard, the US Coast Guard. A passing freighter spotted the hull
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      Lock icon Call of the eastern seaboard
      1064 32 Laem Chabang, Thailand's deepsea port on the eastern seaboard, is finally taking off. The port got on to a jerky start last year, plagued by inadequate links to the hinterland. But now larger lines are heeding the call to sail east Lloyd's Maritime Asia After
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      876 32 Page Col ABC Containcriine 12 I Accord Group 8 1-3 API. 5 3-5 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANL 3 1/2 Asia Cont Lines 14 5 ASCL 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Avia Airways 9 4 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bangladesh Shpg
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      9058 40 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
      3294 45 A i*BC ontainerline NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pte Lid (SVManne Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Croup: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SyAccord 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 Ltd (S).
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      COURIER SERVICES
      259 45 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air txpms Travel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844 Fax: 542-3716. *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. Citv-link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Cluster link Supplies Sen ices
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1467 45 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Act iv air Singapore Tel: 542-7822. Fax: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Tel: 545-8033. Fax: *****05. Aerospeed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo .Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express International Tel: 542-7666. Fax: *****74.
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      3416 46 ALBANIA Durres: 8 vessels in port of which 2 discharging bagged sugar. 1 rice in bags/pallets, 2 bulk wheat. 1 wine. 2 general cargo. ARGENTINA Labour working normally. Buenos Aires: Port quite with several general cargo berths available. San Ixxetua: 4 vessels in port of which 2 loading
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      556 46 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op High! I >pe ETA 1 From Op High! I>pe KID I lo TODAY TODAY NCA KZ203 B747F 0145 I NRT SIA SQ802 B747F 0230 2 SYD/AKL KAL KE697 B747F 0150 1 SEL NCA KZ204 B747F 0335 1 BKK/NRT JAL JL617 B747F 0345 I TYO
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      288 46 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Ait Pep Name of Vessel ETA LTD Putts of Calls Port Agent Telephone No NOVEMBER 19 30 Doulos 0900 1700 Sin-Phuket Jardine Shpg Agencies *****95 22 23 Asuka 0800 1200 Sin-Phuket NYK Agencies 295-0123 23 23 Seabourn Spirit 0800 1700 SE Asia Cruise Harpers Shpg
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      SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      883 46 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES VESSELS ON OFFER Bulk Carriers Nichibu Maru: 65,125 dwt and built 1984 Namura; inspectable Japan Nov 15-17 delivery Far East by arriving thereafter, try US$l4.5 million. Co-op Express V: 58,074 dwt and built 1983 Namura; en route Sepetiba Brazil eta Dec 1; owners seeking best outright
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        478 47 Vtssd Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departire Jurong Port Or Express 1 07A/92 P088 alongside 2511/0/00 ASL 15/B TWO J2 alongside 2411/0300 Sri N Hua 3 2192 P04 alongside 23.11/2300 Bangpakaew J6 alongside 24.11/0200 Stonewall la CGC73* P01B alongSKle 23.11/1000 An 17/8
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      1077 48 DRY CARGO freight fixtures Friday held firm all round on short term vessel tightness and the Baltic Freight Index (BFI) rose 15 points at 1,263, brokers said. The BFI had risen 83 points last week after a 45point increase the week before and 24 the previous one. All
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      286 48 Mar 11-14, 1993: Japan World Resort and Cruise Fair '93, to be held at Pacific Centre, Yokohama, Japan, organised by The Seatrade Organisation. For further information contact Seatrade at 005-206-***** or fax 005-206-*****. On Request: Practical Pilotage Attachment course, organised by Singapore Port Institute. For course details and
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