The Business Times, 10 December 1992

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    16 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Thursday, December 10, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      Separation of Charles and Diana to be announced
      60 1 LONDON The BBC World Television reported late last night that Prime Minister John Major was about to make an announcement in Parliament concerning the separation of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. British TV stations said that the Buckingham Palace office of Queen
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      World oil prices tumble
      56 1 LONDON World oil prices tumbled yesterday, extending an abrupt slide that has taken them down by 15 per cent in seven weeks because of market concern about excess supply. Futures for North Sea Brent Blend were down 29 cents here in late morning to U5517.65 per
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      Monarchy under attack
      26 1 THE federal government in Malaysia yesterday announced plans to censure the monarchy in parliament, raising the spectre of a constitutional crisis. Page 3
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      Shell to invest $1b
      34 1 SHELL is close to investing another $1 billion in Singapore's petrochemicals sector. It is in the final leg of studies for a proposed petrochemicals complex on Pulau Seraya Page 3
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      Over troubled waters
      34 1 THE escalating war of words between Britain and China over Hongkong is causing much concern among Japanese contractors starting work on a US$2OO million bridge project in the colony Page 8
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      Maastricht stand
      38 1 TEN out of 12 EC member states are determined to press ahead with implementing the Maastricht Treaty on European Union whether or not Denmark and Britain join them in ratifying the accord next year. Page 9
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      Designer nightmare
      20 1 FERRUCCIO Ferragamo, who commands a US$2OO million fashion business, spends a lot of time chasing copycats Page 16
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      Cruising nowhere
      38 1 CRUISE SHIPS are not seeing the usual year-end tidal wave of local holiday-makers. They are having to compete with cheap air fares and a lingering hangover from the tragic Royal Pacific sinking. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKET SUMMARY
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      Dow lower
      33 1 WALL STREET stocks dipped slightly yesterday after maintaining an upswing begun last Friday. The Dow Jones index of 30 leading industrials dropped 2.45 points to 3,319.79 five minutes after trading opened.
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      Footsie lower
      29 1 LONDON share prices were weakened in midday trading yesterday. At 1230 GMT, the FT-SE index of 100 leading shares was down by 17.9 points to 2,751.9 points.
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      Stake in Prudential
      22 1 DBS BANK would take a 50 per cent stake in Prudential's corporate advisory house, Prudential Asia Capital. Page 4
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      Magnum sells brewer
      23 1 MAGNUM CORP of New Zealand has disposed of its 49 per cent stake in troubled brewer Wilson Neill. Page 4
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      KFC stake taken
      35 1 OFFICIALS of Grand Care Sdn Bhd, a private company owned by two well-connected businessmen, confirmed that it had acquired a 14.42 per cent stake in KFC for M 551.41 million Page 4
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      Still the hub
      32 1 SINGAPORE will continue to be an important financial centre in the Asia-Pacific in spite of tough competition from other regional markets, says international accountancy firm Arthur Andersen Page 7
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      STOCK INDICES
      29 1 Wednesday Change BT-MGA 682.56 +2.45 Kuala Lumpur ....633.52 -2.41 Tokyo 17.406.22 +124.37 Hongkong 5,339.25 +136.98 Sydney 1,482.1 +13.3 Tuesday Change New York 3,322.18 +14^5 London 2,769.0 +15J
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      CURRENCIES
      22 1 Exchange rates USS S$ 1.6370 100 Yen SS 1.3212 M$ SS 0.6446 Money market rates Overnight 3/8 +1/8 3-month 2% +1/4
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      COMMODITIES
      35 1 LnnifflH Gold AM fix US$5333.40 -USS1.85 Rubber S'pore Jan 147.50*/kg +0.25 M'sia Jan 226.00«/kg -0.50 KL Tin Turnover 40tonnes -3 Spot MS14.31 /kg unch Crude pafan oil Turnover 1,484lots +215 Dec MJ920 /tonne -20
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    No-show by WP man makes it a four-party contest
    605 1  -  By Anna Teo SINGAPORE An expected five-party by-election contest for Marine Parade GRC turned out one short following a last-minute pullout by the Workers' Party (WP). The People's Action Party (PAP) team led by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will face
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    Four charged with violating Official Secrets Act
    583 1  -  By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Two economists from foreign broking firm Crosby Securities, a top Monetary Authority of Singapore official, and the editor of Business Times were charged yesterday with violating the Official Secrets Act. The four men Manu Bhaskaran, Crosby's economics research director;
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    Swilynn's troubles catch up with M'sian operations
    444 1  -  Bankers withholding fresh loans From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR THE problems facing Hong-kong-listed videotape manufacturer Swilynn International are beginning to be felt by its associates in Malaysia and the United Kingdom, bankers and industry sources say. After three of the group's UK
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    SIA faces only BA in final battle for Qantas stake
    465 1  -  From I Florence Chong, Ramesh Divyanathan in SINGAPORE SINGAPORE AIRLINES and British Airways, two of the world's most profitable airlines, emerged as the only contenders for a stake in Australia's national carrier, Qantas. Singapore Airlines yesterday formally submitted its bid
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      210 1 Burberrys V '%yy i Jgniit*!** i Reigns when it pours M Marketing 16.17 JM/Bkk/Ctona Stocks 25 Weather 31 Arcrait Schedule 31 KLSC 23 World News 9 Commodities 30 Money Changer Rates 31 Company News 4-6 Money Market 29 Cryptic Crossword 31 Regional News _.l 8 Editorial 10 Re®orial Stock Markets
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      15 1 Hock Lock Siew: Investors should learn ins and outs of foreign exchange markets, Pg 4
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      7 1 Analysis: Fast forward to tragedy, Pg 11
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      155 1 TOTAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CTROWN <3? PACIFIC 36 Pioneer Roed Singapore 2262 Fex: 862 2840 Tlx: RS ***** CRW NPAC Tel: 861 6818 More stories, Pg 2 Qantas plans to begin flights to Paris next year, Shipping Times Pg 20 The Chairman ivas famed for his surimming efforts Sutfezv knetv that
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
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      PM tells why he picked his own ward
      633 2  -  Marine Parade GRC bv-election By Chuang Peck Ming THE Marine Parade ward was picked for the by-elec-tion because it was the best bet for the People's Action Party, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday. With his two deputies down with cancer,
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      'May the best man win'
      149 2 PRIME MINISTER Goh Chok Tong (far left) was leaving the nomination centre after filing his election papers when he strode into the incoming Singapore Democratic Party contingent near the school gate. Some lively banter ensued when they stopped to exchange greetings. "Can I say, may
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      SDP will campaign to set up two-party system: Chiam
      402 2  -  By Shoeb Kagda THE Singapore Democratic Party will campaign to establish a viable two-party system in Singapore during the by-election, said its secretarygeneral Chiam See Tong yesterday. Obviously happy with the pull-out of the Workers' Party, Mr Chiam said the by-election
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      Disappointed JBJ says time is running out for him
      358 2 WORKERS' PARTY secre-tary-general J B Jeyaretnam said yesterday he was disappointed at not being able to contest the Marine Parade by-election, as time might be running out for him. The Workers' Party failed to file nomination papers on time because one
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      KL govt plans to censure monarchy in Parliament
      455 3  -  Amendments to rulers' rights under Constitution may be in the offing From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR ATTACKS on Malaysia's royalty intensified yesterday, whpn the federal government announced plans to censure the monarchy in Parliament, raising the spectre of a constitutional crisis.
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      Anand turns down offer to head Chamlong's party
      372 3  -  From Andrew Cooke in BANGKOK FORMER Thai prime minister'Anand Panyaraehun has refused an offer to take over the leadership of Chamlong Srirauang's Palang Dharma Party (PDP). Maj-Gen Chamlong proposed at a private meeting on Tuesday that Mr Anand take the Job. But
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      Astra unit signs US$30m loan with Swiss, Japan banks
      364 3  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA PT UNITED Tractors, a subsidiary of the Indonesian conglomerate PT Astra International, yesterday signed a US$3O million (5549.1 million) three-year loan syndicated by the Singapore branch of Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC) and Japan's Yasuda Trust and
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      Shell close to $1b investment
      438 3  -  Next target: proposed petrochem complex on Pulau Seraya By Loh Hui Yin SINGAPORE Fresh from its multi-million-dollar purchase of the Singapore government's stake in a petrochemical complex. Shell is close to investing another $1 billion in the same sector. The Anglo-Dutch oil company is in
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      Call for MNC tie-ups with local firms
      292 3  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Multinational corporations should seriously consider teaming up with Singapore companies to tap regional markets, Minister of State for Trade and Industry Lim Boon Heng said yesterday. He said Singapore companies could be "business architects" for MNCs, as many local
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        SES wants to know more about Wing Tai deal
        102 4 SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore has asked Wing Tai Holdings for additional information on its Dec 8 announcement which said Wing Tai was buying 19,237 shares from Wesmore Ltd and increasing its stake in Brave Dragon from 51 to 89.5
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        PSC queried
        84 4 SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore has asked Provisions Supplier Corporation (PSC) for information relating to two statements reported in a BT article on Dec 9: That PSCs managing director, Chong Kar Kee, expects 15 per cent of the group's projected turnover of about Si4o million next year
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        Acma director resigns
        20 4 SINGAPORE Acma Ltd said yesterday that Ong Soon Kiat has resigned as a director of the company.
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        Berjaya updates KLSE
        60 4 SINGAPORE The Beijaya group has clarified to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange that two of its subsidiaries have agreed to sell land to Gleneagles Hospital. The sale involves two pieces of land, worth MS 19.18 million and MS 3.34 million. Meanwhile, the group said that it had
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        Asean Fund's asset backing
        32 4 SINGAPORE The Asean Fund Ltd, a regional venture capital firm, has announced an unaudited net tangible asset backing per preferred share of USS 14.06 as at Dec 3.
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        AMFB half-year profit up 25pc
        42 4 KUALA LUMPUR Arab-Malaysian Finance Bhd has recorded a 25.7 rise in operating pre-tax profit of M 538.59 million for the half year ended Sep 30, 1992, against M 530.69 million in the same corresponding period last year.
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        Small rise in AMMB profit
        62 4 KUALA LUMPUR Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank Holdings Bhd recorded a 4.2 per cent rise in group operating pre-tax profit to M 588.53 million for the half year ended Sep 30, 1992, against M 584.97 million previously. Group turnover increased by 23.5 per cent to M 5537.03
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      DBS, Prudential Asia in corporate finance tie-up
      442 4  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG SINGAPORE'S DBS Bank will join forces with Hongkong-based merchant bank Prudential Asia in a corporate finance joint venture. At a press conference in Hongkong yesterday, DBS and Prudential announced that the Singapore govern-ment-backed bank would take a 50
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      Sembawang Shipyard found partly responsible for fire
      335 4  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Sembawang Shipyard was partly responsible for the flash Are on the Stoit Spur in which six people were killed and 61 others injured, the Labour Ministry said yesterday. The shipyard now faces court action for failing to ensure welding
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      DG Group of NZ sells 49pc stake in ailing brewer
      378 4  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE DG Group of New Zealand has disposed of its 49-per cent stake in troubled brewer Wilson Neill, which it described as a "disastrous investment", for about NZ$6.7 million (555.7 million). According to a Reuters report yesterday,
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      Lock icon Mega First looking for investment opportunities
      149 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Re-source-based, Mega First Corporation Bhd is looking for more investment opportunities locally as well as overseas in property development, processing and plantation besides its core business in the mining sector. Group managing director Lim Keng Kay said the company had despatched
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      Battle for control of KFC Holdings builds up
      477 4  -  Fran Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR AS IMPATIENT creditors step up demands on finan-cially-stricken Innovest Bhd to settle its debts, intense be-hind-the-scenes corporate manoeuvres are taking place to secure control of the group's lucrative investment in KFC Holdings Bhd, the local publicly-listed
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      Investors should learn ins and outs of forex markets
      561 4  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN By SN Vasuki SINGAPORE Volatility in the foreign currency markets has undermined the financial stability of many a transnational enterprise. And as more and more listed Singapore companies venture overseas with ambitious plans, local investors should
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      Lock icon Indon retailer's issue l1,800pc oversubscribed
      312 5 Reuter JAKARTA Major Indone- sian retailer P T Matahari Putra Prima has shrugged off the gloom on the Jakarta fctock market with its public listing 1,800 per cent over- -< subscribed, lead underwriter PT Jardine Fleming Nusantara said. Matahari will sell 8.70 million shares, 20.68
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      Grand Plaza's newly listed shares not expected to do well
      383 5  -  From Al Labita in MANILA HONG LEONG's Grand Plaza Hotel Corp will be 'listed today amid a sluggish market, a lack of buyer support and brokers' coolness towards the issue. "We don't think the issue wfli perform well in the
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      Lock icon Four groups bid for Thai petrochem aromatics project
      274 5 Knight Ridder Ridder BANGKOK Four international groups of companies have submitted bids ranging from US$494 million (SSBOS million) to US$52B million to build a Thai petrochemical aromatics plant. Aromatics (Thailand) Co Ltd said yesterday that the lowest bid of US$494 million came
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      Lock icon Fujitsu makes world's first 256-megabit chip
      424 6 Bloomberg TOKYO Electronics giant Fujitsu Ltd has successfully produced the world's first 256-megabit dynamic random access memory chip, the company said. The news first appeared in the Nihon Keizai newspaper in what many observers saw as a deliberately leaked article intended to steal the
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      Lock icon Intel to boost capital spending
      492 6 33pc hike in spending on plants, equipment driven by rising demand UPI WASHINGTON Intel Corp, citing rising demand for its advanced computer chips, on Tuesday announced plans to increase its capital spending next year by 33 per cent, to US$l.6 billion (552.6 billion). Intel, the
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      Lock icon Lower tax rates boost Heinz's earnings by 30pc
      412 6 Bloomberg PITTSBURGH H J Heinz Co's earnings per share for the second quarter rose 30 per cent, exceeding analysts' expectations by more than 7 per cent. Analysts said their estimates were actually on target and that the better-than-expected results reflect a more
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Tomkins controls 84pc of Ranks Hovis McDougall
        101 6 LONDON Tomkins pic said on Tuesday it controls 84.2 per cent of Ranks Hovis McDougall pic, five weeks after outbidding Hanson pic for the ailing company. On Monday, Tomkins said it controlled more than 50 per cent of Ranks Hovis McDougall's common share
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        New directors on Amstrad board
        76 6 LONDON Amstrad, the UK consumer electronics group whose shareholders meet today to decide the fate of Alan Sugar's 30 pence-a-share buyout bid, has bowed to pressure from investors and is to appoint two non-executive directors to its board. On Tuesday, as the deadline for receipt
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        Veggie burger at McDonald's
        67 6 CHICAGO McDonald's Corp has begun test-marketing of a vegetarian burger. But the company that has made the red-blooded American hamburger an international cultural icon on a par with Coca-Cola is doing its best to play down its exploration of the meatless burger frontier. The meatless burger
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        Wang asks for more time
        70 6 LOWELL, Massachusetts Wang Laboratories said it asked the US Bankruptcy Court in Boston to extend the time it has to file its reorganisation plan. The computer company, which filed for Chapter 11 protection on Aug 18, had 120 days, or until Dec 16, to file
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        SG Warburg to lead offer
        29 6 LONDON SG Warburg was on Tuesday appointed as coordinator, financial adviser and lead broker in the government's third sale of shares in British Telecommunications.
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      294 6 I Jm M /HERE IN v V THE WORLD WOULD YOU FIND A BANK THAT OFFERS INTEREST-EARNING ACCOUNTS WITH CHEQUES IN 9 CURRENCIES? Right here In Singapore, that's where. Ringgit, Hong Kong Dollar or Netherland Guilder. And where in Singapore? At the bank that puts you at the centre of
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
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      S'pore still important financial centre: survey
      389 7  -  Success predicted in treasury, risk management products Reports by Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE The international accountancy firm Arthur Andersen says Singapore will continue to be an important financial centre in the Asia-Pacific in spite of tough competition from other regional markets. In its Asia-Pacific
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      Lock icon Deutsche Bank's group profits down by 5pc
      194 7 FT FRANKFURT Deutsche Germany's largest bank, on Tuesday reported a s»'per cent fall in group operating profits for the first 10 months of the year. The result was worse than analysts' expectations and contrasted sharply with the robust figures Deutsche's competitors have reported
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      S'pore, Tokyo, HK the key financial centres in region
      262 7 SINGAPORE Tokyo, Hongkong and Singapore will remain the key financial centres of the Asia Pacific, according to the Arthur Andersen survey of capital markets. But Singapore poses a threat to Hongkong's lead in certain key areas, the survey says. Singapore has
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      Indah Kiat raises US$231m loan
      360 7  -  Funds may be used to acquire Indonesian firm By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE Major Indonesian pulp and paper producer, PT Indah Kiat Pulp Paper Corporation, raised U*****.2 million (***** million) from the offshore capital markets in two separate loan deals struck this month. The two loans
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    • SMALL CHANGE
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        UOB raises US$14m loan for Thai firm
        76 7 SINGAPORE United Overseas Bank said it had raised a US$l4 million (Ss23 million) loan facility for Thailand's Particle Planner Co Ltd. In a statement, it said the loan facility, raised jointly with four other banks, would be used as general working capital. Particle
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        Tokai may be involved
        101 7 TOKYO Tokai Bank is alleged to have been involved in dubious transactions in which it loaned money to clients to buy stocks, bonds and warrants, which were later sold to other clients at inflated prices, the Asahi newspaper reported. The transactions were conducted during the late
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        Second series of Almanac coins
        98 7 SINGAPORE More than 200,000 people have placed orders for the second series of Chinese AJmanac coins issued by the Board of Commissioners of Currency. Maggie Tan, manager of the coins department at the Board of Commissioners. said: "The demand is overwhelming every year. To cater
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        Talking to ATMs
        97 7 NEW YORK perhaps as soon as early 1994, account holders may be talking back to their automated teller machine and it won't be in disgust. AT&T and its computer unit, NCR, the world's largest maker of computerised bank tellers, are developing a new machine that identifies clients
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      176 7 Within the spacious interior of the new Jaguar XJ6. all is distinctive luxury and comfort. Sumptuous, hand-sewn leather upholstery and mirror-polished walnut veneers convey all the richness and elegance you would expect of the world's most sought-after marque. Such uncompromising quality is fully matched by the choice of 3.2 and
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon Sino-UK row worries Tokyo firms in bridge project
      476 8 AFP TOKYO Japanese contractors starting work on a US$2OO million (***** million) bridge project in Hongkong in the next two weeks are disturbed by the escalating war of words between Britain and China over the colony. Some members of the consortium say
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      Lock icon Asean must ease investment rules: economists
      322 8 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR South-east Asian nations could lose out to China and other countries in the race for foreign capital unless they liberalise and harmonise investment rules, economists said yesterday. "The opening of China and the formation of Nafta (the North American Free Trade
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      Lock icon Vietnam govt proposes more liberal investment code
      426 8 AFP HANOI The Vietnamese government asked the country's legislators yesterday to approve a more liberal investment code to speed up the entry of foreign capital necessary to build up the economy. The proposed changes to the existing foreign investment law are designed to
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      Lock icon Ramos to widen scope of Philippine privatisation
      382 8 AFP, AP MANILA President Fidel Ramos has ordered an expansion of the scope of Philippine privatisation, reinforcing his commitment to such a policy, according to palace documents released here yesterday. All government departments, bureaus and state corporations should identify any assets or activities
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Indon lawmaker queries govt poverty estimates
        87 8 JAKARTA An Indonesian lawmaker says the govemmen has underestimated the number of poor in the country b; nearly 90 million people, The Jakarta Post said on Tuesday Nearly 117 million of Indonesia's 183 million people live u poverty rather than the 28 million to
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        PNG to set up trade offices
        75 8 PORT MORESBY The resource-rich South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea will open new trade offices in Tokyo. Singapore and Hongkong and one in San Francisco, saic Prime Minister Paias Wingti yesterday. Papua New Guinea currently has offices in Sydney and Brussels. The Department
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        Caltex's Philippine power plant
        70 8 MANILA Caltex Philippines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caltex of Dallas, is planning to set up a 300-megawati power plant in Batangas province south of here, compam officials said Wednesday. The plant will cost betweer US$35O million (*****.3 million) and US$4OO million anc will use bunker fuel
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        Indon bird of paradise in danger
        90 8 JAKARTA A species of Indonesia's brightly plumed birc of paradise is in danger of becoming extinct in its mair habitat in a national park in the remote province of Iriar Jaya, Antara news agency reported yesterday. John Maturbongs of the Irian Jaya branch of
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Maastricht will not wait for Denmark, Britain: Mitterrand
      607 9 Agencies PARIS Ten out of 12 EC member states are determined to press ahead with implementing the Maastricht Treaty on European Union whether or not E>enmark and Britain join them in ratifying the accord next year, according to French President Francois Mitterrand.
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      Lock icon Japanese economy still slowing down
      232 9 AFP TOKYO The Japanese economy continues to slow down as both consumers and companies are reluctant to spend while the labour market is easing, the Economic Planning Agency said in its monthly report yesterday. Takeshi Nod a, directorgeneral of the agency, told a press conference
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      Lock icon Chung should be tried, if elected: DLP
      442 9 Kim Young Sam accuses Hyundai founder of trying to buy presidency KOREAN AFP SEOUL Opposition presidential candidate Chung Ju Yung should be charged with violating South Korea's election law if he wins the Dec 18 presidential election, a majority party spokesman said yesterday.
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      Lock icon S Africa drops talks with radical group after killings
      452 9 FT JOHANNESBURG The South African Government said on Tuesday that it was cancelling planned talks with the ultra-radical Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and would hold no further negotiations with the group until it distanced itself from attacks carried out by its
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Negative ratings for Major and Lamont
        116 9 LONDON British Prime Minister John Major got heavily negative ratings in an opinion poll published yesterday. A Guardian ICM poll conducted last weekend found that only 23 per cent of the people who took part felt that he was doing a good job. Some
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        Clinton to quit as governor
        76 9 LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas President-elect Bill Clinton will resign as governor of Arkansas on Saturday and Lt-Gov Jim Guy Tucker will be sworn in as his successor, the governor's office said on Tuesday. Mr Clinton, who will be inaugurated as president on Jan 20, had put
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        S Asian summit put off
        56 9 DHAKA A summit of seven South Asian leaders due to be held in Dhaka this weekend has been postponed because of the crisis in India over the destruction of an ancient mosque. Bangladesh said yesterday. A Foreign Office spokesman said the summit might now be
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        Japan politics like Aids patient?
        88 9 TOKYO A Cabinet minister likened Japan's scandalplagued politics to a patient with Aids, a Japanese daily reported yesterday. "Politics today is like a festering wound," the Mainichi Shimbwi quoted Transport Minister Keiwa Okuda as saying on Tuesday. "It is a person with the Aids virus,
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        Puerto Rico aims to be US state
        93 9 SAN JUAN With the election of a governor who favours closer ties to the US, Puerto Rico will make a controversial bid next year to become the 51st state. Pedro Rossello who won the Nov 3 election plans to hold a plebiscite in
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    499 10 EDITORIAL MALAYSIAN Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim's broadside yesterday against the dithering on Afta had to come sooner or later. The way events have been developing of late, it was only a matter of time before the blast came. And what a broadside it was. Mr Anwar's
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      Germany still on trial
      217 10 FOR A TIME, as Germany and young Turkish girls burned, Chancellor Helmut Kohl fretted as his country veered towards what began to look like extermination psychosis. Now, at last, his three-par-ty coalition government has won the support of the opposition Social Democrats to enact restraints to
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      Firm handling needed
      74 10 WHEN fanatical Hindus attacked the Babri Mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya on Sunday, they did more than reduce the 16th-century edifice to rubble. They also exposed the depths of Hindu fundamentalism and the weakness of India's government, posing a fundamental challenge to the nation's Constitution.
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      A dangerous mix
      90 10 HINDU EXTREMISTS' destruction of the 16th century Ayodhya mosque. Babri Masjid, where they say warrior-king Lord Rama was born, illustrates the explosive combination of politics and religion. Only after the British colonial government divided the land across religious boundaries, forming India and Pakistan, have both political and
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      Evil spirit of prejudice
      134 10 THE DEMOLITION of an ancient mosque by a mob of Hindu fanatics in supposedly secular and multi-cultural India, sparking riots and communal violence nationwide, and trouble around the world, has come as a shock to the country's educated political elite. The BJP's attempt to have its
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      A break for Chamlong?
      112 10 IS THE Palang Dharma Party ready to continue without founder Maj-Gen Chamlong Srimuang as its leader? Chamlong says it is, but many Palang Dharma executives and most outsiders doubt that the four-year-old party will be able to grow without Chamlong at the helm. The Palang Dharma
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      Make buildings fire-safe
      113 10 THE QUEST is for a fire-safe country. That may be a herculean task for a nation which has recently been bedevilled by a spate of fires that greedily engulfed several key public buildings in Kuala Lumpur and resulted in the loss of millions of ringgit. The government
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    768 10  -  Benjamin Kang Lim finds some colourful candidates contesting Taiwan's Dec 19 legislature polls, the freest and fullest in over 40 years Benjamin Kang Lim Reuter Dissidents, millionaires. singers, a former nude dancer and a convicted gangster are running for Taiwan's legislature
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      96 10 POONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU Irilj'l nouveN.teri I I I, pony know pro*- i| finpoutA utue I thosea^ arts reppin&s mm about yojr sense of \SoSI* HONEST i BtRTHRtACE. JUST A GENERATIONAL IPEN- 1 I ALLRGKT, MS.CAUQUS, OKAY,IST^SAY YOU'RE A IEfS RUN THROUGH A WORKING NIGHTPUTYAT THE I YOU POl A) WAKE
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Swilynn: fast forward to tragedy
      1479 11  -  Over the past few years, the Swilynn group seemed to be doing just fine. But aggressive expansion has brought about a credit crunch, and Ngan Ping-woon's empire appears to be crumbling now. Leslie Lopez reports from Kuala Lumpur Leslie Lopez SOMETIME in the mid1980s, Ngan
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      744 11  -  Russell Mitchell discusses the progress, or rather the lack of it, of Steve Chen's breakthrough supercomputer Russell Mitchell CLOAK the creation of an exotic new product in mystery, and excitement and anticipation will build for its eventual debut. But stretch out the
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      587 12 TELEVISION AND RADIO -W t- 1 1 a 9.00 News at Kin*. 6.00 Regional Hews (M). BUSINESS ON RADIO 1 <*% Li I nrAI bHUIZ 9.30 Murder She Wrote Danse 6.30 Reasons Behind Quranic Rave- 10UI12 rrallKcnsiclll iM sssTiflcw.8.00 Tlie Japanese Version (See Our Young Warriors (Stereo, See World Business
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      713 13  -  Celestine Bohlen looks at an untypical Russian literary event Celestine Bohlen NYT IN THE old days, Russian writers writing in Russia won prizes named after Lenin and Stalin, and their works were judged on their value to the proletariat. On Tuesday night, a 55-year-old Russian
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      Lock icon Down and out in New York
      544 13  -  How does the Big Apple treat its artists? William Grimes reports William Grimes NYT WHEN Donato Mancini moved into his cold-water loft in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the idea was to stay a year, then move on to more comfortable quarters. That was in March 1980.
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      MCA Records turns in best year ever
      380 13 CHATTERBOX A MIX of mellow country musicians and hip-hopping soul singers helped Japaneseowned MCA Records achieve its best year ever, the company said. The parent company's chairman. Al Teller, said MCA Records had already posted record-breaking domestic sales of more than US$3OO million
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      Integration is the key
      1427 14 On Tuesday, Malaysian Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim spoke on 'New Global Realities and Challenges to the Region at a lecture organised by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and the Institute of Policy Studies. Excerpts of the speech are reproduced below WE are living in a
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      360 14 How to forward incoming calls to the right person at the right place and at the right time. Introducing Call Routing from Singapore the week and the time of the day and even Telecom: The service designed to save your a specific date in the year. You decide company time,
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      161 15 EXB-10 BMM CARTRIDGE J OPTICAL DISK CHANGER HANDLING SUBSYSTEM wM *****1 I I I I I I wSa Model Incapacity Formatted^J ff^ A(^sS^^^aERNALMINrCARTR^^ TAPE STREAMER SUBSYSTEM MAGNETO-OPTICAL DISK DRIVE SYSTEM There's A New Drive At JML Its inevitable. When you hit a certain age, some things get considerably broader. Just
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      Hot on the heels of shoe design thieves
      456 16  -  Sylvia Wong talks to the CEO of Salvatore Ferragamo Sylvia Wong FOR a man who commands a US$2OO million (SS32B million) fashion business, Ferruccio Ferragamo spends a lot of time chasing copycats. It's not that the chief executive of Italian fashion house
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      Lock icon Perrier in surprise switch of ad agencies
      201 16 Worldwide account awarded to long-time Nestle agency NYT ABOUT seven months after being acquired by the Swiss food and beverage giant Nestle SA, Source Perrier SA has unexpectedly awarded PublicisFCB Communications in Paris, a long-time Nestle agency, the worldwide advertising account for the
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      285 16 NYT THE magazine business, if it does nothing else, loves a good rumour. People in the industry even start rumours that this penchant for rumors has, at times, led to leaks from within the industry that if you can believe this
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      APB sponsors The Bodyguard premiere
      203 16 WHAT has Anchor Beer got in common with the movie The Bodyguard? Anchor's brewer, Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd, says they have the same target market young executives in their 20s and 30s. The company is paying more than $100,000 to reach this group of people
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      Lock icon Getting stuck on Elvis
      249 16 The US Postal Service embarks on a US$l m marketing programme to generate income NYT WHEN the American public was asked to vote on the design for the Elvis Presley stamp, it was just the beginning of an elaborate foray by the debtplagued United States Postal
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      Lock icon Making playthings out of hit movies
      855 17  -  Kurt Eichenwald on the cartoon toy industry Kurt Eichenwald NYT ITs white-knuckle season for America's toy manufacturers. After months of planning and preparation, the Christmas shopping season is well under way, and there is little the toy makers can do now but sit back
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      454 19 Grand Slam AP MUNICH Goran Ivanisevic fired 17 aces to beat Guy Forget in the opening round of the Grand Slam Cup on Tuesday, but the king of aces was not too pleased. "This court is too fast to enjoy playing," the big-hit-ting Croatian said after
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      Lock icon Borg plays down fans' expectations
      291 19 AP MIAMI A champion for ;the first time in a decade, Bjorn Borg still feels com- pelled to warn others and I perhaps himself against expecting too much from a 1 36-year-old tennis player. Borg returned to the sport I last year after retiring at
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      Lock icon Can Kulti tame fiery McEnroe?
      296 19 AP MUNICH If John McEnroe needs a bit of motivation in what could be his last big tennis tournament, then he should find it against Nicklas Kulti. Kulti is No 79 in the world, the lowest-ranked among the 16 players at the Grand Slam Cup.
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      Lock icon Adventure addicts tackle race with a difference
      322 19 UPI OMAN One of the world's great adventure races, the Raid Gauloises, is underway in the Middle East with 255 competitors tackling Oman's rugged terrain. The two-week sporting adventure began in the Sultanate of Oman's highest mountain range, the Jebal Akhdar, and features
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      Lock icon Atlanta's golf bid veering off course
      290 19 UPI LAUSANNE The golf issue has been discussed by executive board members of the International Olympic Committee following recent political developments in Atlanta. The lOC received a letter of protest from officials of the Atlanta City Council objecting to the Augusta National as an
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        It's official: Bonds is a Giant
        83 19 LOUISVILLE, Kentucky Barry Bonds is officially a San Francisco Giant and baseball's highest paid player as the National League club announced on Tuesday that it had resolved its legal problems in signing the free agent outfielder. Bonds, who won two Most Valuable Player awards
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        Courier, Seles lead field
        117 19 MELBOURNE Defending champions Jim Courier and Monica Seles will lead the US$4.9 million Australian Open tennis tournament's strongest entry yet in January, its general manager said yesterday. The top 19 ranked players in the world have entered the men's singles. John McEnroe is the highest-ranked absentee
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        Allenby's in world tournament
        76 19 LONDON Robert Allenby's win in the Melbourne Open on Sunday has clinched the final place for the 21-year-old Australian in the world golf championship in Jamaica on Dec 17-20. He will be the youngest in a field dominated by the US and Europe which provide 10
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        French GP faces hurdle
        92 19 PARIS A law banning cigarette advertising could result in the cancellation of next year's French Grand Prix. French motor sports president Jean-Marie Balestre said on Tuesday that he could not guarantee that cars carrying tobacco adverts would not be seized by the French authorities on their
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        Dress rehearsal for World Cup
        54 19 NEW YORK The US Soccer Federation wants to use its second annual US Cup tournament as a dress rehearsal for the 1994 World Cup. Organisers of the US Cup 1993 announced on Tuesday that Germany, England and Brazil will play the defending champion US in
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        Wattana clinches fourth victory
        52 19 DONCASTER, England Thailand's James Wattana notched up his fourth victory of the year over world numbertwo John Parrott to reach the semi-finals of the World Matchplay on Tuesday. Wattana earned a last-four meeting with Stephen Hendry or Alan McManus with a 9-3 hammering of a woefully
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Consumer-related issues post healthy gains
      3501 20  -  By Moiz Tyebally CONSUMER-RELATED stocks posted healthy gains yesterday, boosting the benchmark Strait Times Industrial Index by 12.71 points to 1,446.74 at the close. Elsewhere in the market, share prices moved within narrow ranges. Leading the gainers was Inchcape Bhd, which rose 45 cents to
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      84 20  -  -By Anthony Pang HOTEL PROPS looks like it has successfully crossed its $1.90 resistance. If the price continues to move upwards on heavy volume, the stock is set for a target of about $2.10. A pullback may then be expected, though a subsequent rise to the 1992 high
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      53 20 r CALL MILANO'S HOT DELIVERY HOTLINE I 468-2222 i I for mouth-watering Italian pasta, pizza, BBQ ribs, salads and more! Office/Home Delivery Hours: Daily from 11.00 am onwards (including Public Holidays). I FREE delivery for a minimum order of $10.00 $3.00 surcharge for delivery after 11.00 pm. i MILANO Alltol'M
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    3005 21 1CB Wt 200 +104 +108 3% Inchcape 650 +45 +7.4% F&N 1050 40 4.0% CMB Asia 590 +25 +4.4% Robinson 710 +20 +2.9% C&C 645 +15 +2.4% Spore BusK 500 655 +15 +2.3% Van der Horst 131 +14 +12.0% GPBSS1.60 470 +8 +1.7% DBS Foreign
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    2988 22 MU1 178 +10 +6.0% FACB 50c 38 +5.5 +16.9% Cons Plant 50c 142 +3 +2.2% Simc Darby 50c 308 +2 +0.7% Golden Hope 133 +1 +0.8% PMC 50c 132 +1 +0.8% Pelangj Bhd 50c 127 +1 +0.8% Pub Bk Foreign 145 +1 +0.7% Public Bank
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      526 22 BUSINESS Toll free Tel No 737 0Q43 Fax No: 734 3698 L&M GROUP INVESTMENTS LTD |fSj£ NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Tenth ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at 13 Third Chin Bee Road, Singapore 2261 on Thursday, 31 December 1992
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Stocks end lower as investors turn cautious
      5264 23 Bernama SHARE PRICES closed lower yesterday, extending their losses on further liquidation and lack of buying support with investors concerned over the market's near-term direction, brokers said. In quiet trading, the K.LSE Composite Index dropped 2.41 points to 633.52 while the Industrial Index
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      403 24 Com pint Data Vaar Group Nat Nat earnings Gross mn to profit/loss par shara dhridand COOO) (cants) WraTa Dec 4 Jun 92 J14.431 ($9,726) 68(5.7) 16(16) AB8 Dec 1 )un 92 MJ334(M$11.495) 0 33(11.2) 5(12) Ama. Steel Dec 1 Jun 92 M$88.527 ($85,262) 165(19) 12(10) Goodwood Park Nov
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      68 24 Ceeeaoy Data Ytar Group Nat id an" profit/toss P«r J w, d C000) (cants) iw i c«M J65 010(S*****) 8.7(14.8) 17(17) Nov 20 Aug 92 C<;i68(»j«3) »»««> »[»> sr £2 5SSJSSS. S ?L_ CM, 2 M 92 W52.>25(W3«.97«) »>< 2 > 5 > 9( '> IS? K„, 2
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      322 24 t c™, Date Half-year Sroup ltet JJJJjj" to profit/1®** dtwaeno ('000) C |W1 Set) 92 57.368(53.694) £L Ss £583? P* 51 55 if SL» «o<« 2«iS) -(-> s» 92 mn.iaw.rn -<-> i 5JS? Nov 26 Sep 92 M537,233(520.711) -(-> Nov 25 Sep 92 M5149.498(5141.649) -(-> toth inds No*
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      480 24 Dec 7 Fraser Neavc and Coca-Cola have joined forces with Thai partners to invest US$lO million (5516.4 million) in a soft drink bottling facility in Cambodia. Consofidated Plantations Bhd, a member of the S«ne Darby group, entered into a conditional agreement to sell to Sime UEP Properties 695.9
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      736 24 Current Ex Etoeks Mi Tftai hr Tftal tor payment date do* p*yato th. ywr test yur WS8 5%(b) Jan 8 Ian 22 Jan 29 5% }2% Amal Steel 50c 12*(b) Nov 19 Dec 3 Jan 2 12% »2% Amtek En| 20c SITE Dec 4 Dec 0 Ok 30
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      345 24 Company Rights Issue »Fi Three toftw* <& II00 per share Ei-date Dec 10 Bks Close Dec 22 Acceptance and Payment NYA Gutfr* GTS One tor-one J0.23 per share Ei-date: No* 26 I Books Close Dec 8 Acceptance Payment NY A Urot Era Onetof hve <« S210 per share
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      46 24 Jaya HMgs Ltd: 2nd AGM at M«nto Room, The Westin Plaza, 2 Stamford Road. Singapore 0617, on Friday, December 11, at 11.00 am Metal Container* Ltd: EGM at 15 Scotts Road, #054)1, Thong Teck Building Singapore 0922, on Monday, December 14, at 11.00 am
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      MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      337 24 Dec 8 In local cut dy yr Index chge chge In S$ dy yr chge chge In US$ dy yr chge chge World *EAFE 390.6 453.0 424.3 0.2 -4.3 0.1 -9.8 -0.1 3.2 0.5 -5.8 0.8 -12.3 1.0 -4.8 0.5 -6.9 0.9 -13.3 1.0 -5.9
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    609 24 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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  • CHINA STOCK EXCHANGES
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      425 25 CLSA THE domestic shares in Shanghai plunged 551.75 points, driving the Shanghai A Index down to 4,458.71. Five new A listings, scheduled in January, continued to depress the Shanghai market. Shanghai B remained very dull with a thin turnover of U*****,000. Vacuum
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      Companies buy their own shares to support prices
      1096 25 TRADING stepped up a little yesterday afternoon but overall activity remained subdued and some of the buying appeared to be by companies supporting their own shares. The Official Index closed 1.01 points down at 277.56. "It's difficult to do any business," one
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      Lock icon Midday gains wiped out at the close
      2042 25 Reuter THE STOCK index closed almost unchanged yesterday after gains made at midday were wiped out at the close. The SET Index finished up 0.64 point at 848.54 on slim turnover of 1.69 billion baht, the thinnest daily trade since the market was
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Stocks close higher on selective buying
      2603 26 Reuter STOCKS CLOSED up but off their highs yesterday. Selective buying contributed to the cheerful sentiment. Brokers said people do not want to sell due to solid support from public pension funds and ahead of a possible discount rate cut. The 225-share Nikkei Average
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      2376 26 Reuter SHARE PRICES rebounded sharply yesterday as a key Sino-British meeting over Hongkong's future unfolded with a conspicuous lack of what investors feared would be acrimonious attacks and counter charges. The Hang Seng Index got a late extra jolt after rumours quickly denied by the
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  • AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE
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      2042 27 Reuter THE traditional pre-Christ-mas rally continued on the Australian share market yesterday with the leading index again closing sharply higher. Brokers said buying orders were concentrated in the Top 50 stocks after solid gains on offshore markets and a calmer performance by the Australian
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        MANILA
        568 27 STOCKS FELL yesterday and may dip further on market apprehension over attempts by some Philippine legislators to limit the country's foreign debt payment. Manila's Composite Index slid 12.76 points to close at 1,265.96. Brokers said the issue of a possible cap on foreign debt, due for debate at the
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        TAIPEI
        507 27 SHARES CLOSED moderately higher yesterday in active trade as buying by institutions and individual investors outweighed profit-taking from gains in recent days. The Weighted Index closed 15.54 points up at 3,776.55, as turnover rose to NTS 13.6 billion from NTS 10.3 billion. The financial sector eased on profit-taking but
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        SEOUL
        824 27 THE STOCK market closed lower in lethargic trade yesterday as jittery investors unloaded their holdings due to political uncertainty. The Composite Index closed 4.87 points lower at 620.74 with turnover at 234.8 billion won from 272.6 billion won previously. Brokers expected the market to con- tinue consolidating for the
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        NEW ZEALAND
        273 27 PROFIT-TAKERS moved in to take New Zealand shares lower at the close on moderate volume. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 9.73 points lower at 1,517.14 on turnover worth $25 million. Trade overall was lacklustre. "It felt as if it wanted to go higher, but there was not the
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        BOMBAY
        86 27 INDIAN STOCK prices are expected to remain stable in spite of the countrywide violence sparked by Hindu fanatics who demolished a Muslim mosque on Sunday. Indications that the markets might remain stable came from the Madras exchange where the index gained 1.77 points yesterday to close at 1,322.73 after
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        49 27 Clow Previous Dec 9 NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital 1.517.14 1.526.87 -9.73 MANW-ft Composite Index 1.265.% 1.278.72 -12.76 Turnover (mil pesos) 160.7 311.1 -150.4 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index 3.776.55 3.761.01 +15.54 Turnover (NTS billion) 13.6 10.3 +3.3 SEOUL Composite Slock Index 620.74 625.61 -4.87 Turnover (billion won) 234.8 272.6 -3.78
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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        1295 28 STOCKS RALLIED for the third straight day on Tuesday in heavy but choppy trading as growing optimism about the economy encouraged investors to continue pouring money into the marketplace. Broad market indices closed at record levels for the second straight day, while the over-the-counter index extended its record-breaking
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        LONDON
        796 28 SHARE PRICES rose in moderate trading on Tuesday, as dealers welcomed the decision by oil company British Petroleum to cut petrol pump prices by 11 pence per gallon. The announcement set off a buying surge in the retail and leisure sectors, dealers said. The FT-SE Index of 100 leading
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        FRANKFURT
        224 28 STOCKS SUFFERED a sizable loss on Tuesday in narrow trading as the DAX Spot Trend Index finished at 1,508.20 points, down 1.13 per cent from Monday's close. The Commerzbank Index ended at 1,686.20 points, down 16.80. Operators said the 10-month results reported by Deutsche Bank, below expectations, depressed the
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        AMSTERDAM
        344 28 SHARES CLOSED mixed on Tuesday with a lack of market moving factors making trade featureless. The EOE Index closed 0.27 points higher at 287.78 after hovering around Monday's close for most of the session. The guilder's strength gave the market a firm undertone, brokers said. Some money market dealers
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        JOHANNESBURG
        356 28 INDUSTRIAL share prices closed sharply higher on Tuesday after steady demand for quality stocks in thin trade. "Shares are being marked up on small volumes," a dealer said. Gold shares were steady, he said. Leading counters De Beers added 165 cents to 59.65 rand, slightly off its day's high,
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        TORONTO
        288 28 STOCKS ENDED weaker in heavy volume on Tuesday, underperforming Wall Street, as the market fully discounts a drop in interest rates and continues a sideways trend. Among top performers, a jump in nickel prices propped up nickel miner Inco Ltd, which rose l'A to 28%. The TSE-300 Index fell
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        PARIS
        162 28 BEARISH STATEMENTS from company officials helped knock Paris shares down more than one per cent on Tuesday. The CAC-40 closed 22.73 points lower at 1,765.88 on moderate trade of about two billion francs. Euro Disney added 1.70 to 58.65 after it said its parent, Walt Disney, planned to change
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        STOCKHOLM
        193 28 SHARES CLOSED higher on Tuesday as the market recovered from a recent wave of profit-taking. The All-Share Index was up 1.09 per cent at 877.96, while the Top-16 Index gained 1.4 per cent. Turnover was 236 million kronor. The market lacked any real marketmoving news to trade on, but
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        ZURICH
        318 28 SHARES CLOSED firmer but below the day's highs on Tuesday. Buying in the second round of trading was not sufficient to offset earlier profit-taking on a weaker dollar, dealers said. Selling was also triggered as the SMI index approached 1,970, seen as a strong resistance line. The broad SPI
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        BRUSSELS
        278 28 SHARES ENDED virtually unchanged on Tuesday after another featureless day with most stocks stuck in a tight trading range. The Bel-20 Index of leading shares closed up 0.34 point at 1,130.02, with some 900 million francs of Belgian shares traded. "Trading volume was not as low as on Monday,
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        184 28 Dec Close Previous NEW YORK Dow Jones 3.322.18 3.307.33 +14.85 S P 500 436.99 435.31 +1.68 Turnover (million) 234.33 220.14 +14.19 LONDON FTSE 100 2.769.0 2.753.7 +15.3 FT-30 2.091.0 2.083.9 7.1 Turnover (million) 579.5 426.5 +153 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1.508.20 1.525.32 -17.12 AMSTERDAM EOE Index 287.78 287.51 +0.27 PARIS CAC-40
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      1203 29 REPORTS f ASIA f["\' f'C. Tokyo: THE US dollar held on to early gains to close firmer against the mark in Tokyo but it ended steady against the yen yesterday, dealers said. Trading was largely confined to interbank dealings in
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      400 29 Cross rates Dcc9 US$ s$ MS Dm Yen SFr A$ NZS US$ 1.6390 2.5390 1.5640 123.95 0.6283 1.4020 1.4430 1.9305 SS 0.6101 1 5491 0.9542 75.6254 0.3834 0.8554 0.8804 1.1779 MS 0.3939 0.65 0.6160 48.8184 0.2475 0.5522 0.5683 0.7603 Dm 0.6394 1.0480 1.6234 79.25 0.4018 0.8964 0.9226
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      MONEY MARKET
      578 29 Interbank rates SS Bid Offer Overnight 3/8 1/2 1-month I 9/16 I 11/16 2-month 1 7/8 2 3-month 2 2 1/8 Overnight mode: 3/8 US$ Bid Offer 7 days 2 15/16 3 1/16 1 month 3 13/16 3 15/16 2 months 3 9/16 3 11/16 3 months 3
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      303 29 Knight Ridder MANILA The US$3.2l billion (555.26 billion) "Bra- I dy bonds" issued by the Phil- ippines can be converted into i equity investments through < the country's debt swap pro- I gramme. Central Bank Governor Jose Cuisia said on i Tuesday.
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1541 29 S1MEX EUWOOOUAI Open High Low Sett Est Vol Act/Vol Op/lnt Dec 92 96.33 96J7 %!33 96J5 7700 4555 ***** Mar 93 96.32 96.33 96.31 96.31 ***** ***** ***** Jun 93 95.89 95.91 95.87 95.88 ***** 7443 ***** Sep 93 95.43 95.45 95.42 95.43 4300 2815 5273 Dec 93
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      360 30 Reuter SYDNEY Australia's big miners are trying to cope with recession-induced weak commodity prices by slashing production levels and cutting staff levels. Lead and zinc giant MIM Holdings said on Tuesday that it was cutting output by 15 per cent while CRA
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      281 30 Knight-Ridder AMMAN Iraqi Oil Minister Ossama Abdel-Razzak alHiti yesterday reiterated his conviction that Opec will soon break up, because its members will fail to meet the production ceilings set in Vienna last month. "It is obvious that nobody is observing that.
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      KL tin steady in line with firmer LME close
      753 30 REPORTS THE PRICE of tin on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market held steady at M$ 14.31 per kg yesterday in line with a firmer close on the London Metal Exchange overnight, which ended US$35 higher. "Market sentiment remained steady at lower
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    1538 30 Rubber RAS Commodity Exchange (torture* closing at lpm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jan~93 148.00 147.25 147.50 850 3,925 Feb 147.00 147.00 147.25 200 4.075 Mar 147.25 147.25 147.25 275 5,225 Apr/Jun 148.00 147.75 148.00 750 22,575 Jul/Sep 148.25 148.25
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      720 31  -  LETTER FROM JAPAN By Ella Rutledge I LIVE on a street three metres wide where most of the houses crowd down right to the edge of the road. Since on-street parking is out of the question, my neighbours park in whatever space they can
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      FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      151 31 As at 10am yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.1320 1.1480 Canadian dollar 1.2740 1.3000 NZ dollar 0.8407 0.8600 Sterling pound 2.3996 2.6362 US dollar 1.6350 1.6410 Load dollar* to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.78
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      93 31 Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Jan 20-23 British Education Barbican EMAP Intl 071-*****47 Jan 26-30 BUREXPO *93 Geneva Orgexpo 01/*****09 St Training Centre, Exhibitions Ltd, 4th Western Technology London London Switzerland's Office Trade Jan 19-24 International Cologne. Messe-und (49)221/ Fair Furniture Fair
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      169 31 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the afternoon and early evening. Report: Maximum temperature 30.3 Assoc humidity 78% Minimum temperature 23.0 Assoc humidity 99% Hours of sunshine 4.05 Rainfall in mm 24.5 Rainfall this month 278.0 Rainy days this month 9 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 22/14 Cloudy
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    US urges Japan to open rice market, help lead Gatt talks
    383 32  -  Comoiled bv staff from agency reports WASHINGTON US Trade Representative Carla Hills called on Japan on Tuesday to open its closed domestic rice market and to help lead the 108-nation Gatt effort to reform the global trading system. Ms
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    Lock icon Patten responds to Clinton's remarks
    232 32 AFP Reuter, HONGKONG Governor Chris Patten yesterday welcomed US President-elect Bill Clinton's remarks about preserving Hongkong's freedoms in the run-up to 1997. But Mr Patten also said the colony's future, now at the centre of a furious SinoBritish row, should not be dragged into any
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    Unprecedented recess for Indian Parliament as violence continues
    427 32  -  Compiled byj staff from agency reports NEW DELHI India's cri-sis-hit Parliament voted to recess for a week yesterday as an orgy of Hindu-Muslim violence sparked by the razing of an ancient mosque continued, leaving at least 700 dead. Speaker of Parliament Shivraj
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    It's time for India to prove its secularism
    807 32  -  The Bottom Line SALIL TRIPATHI SALIL TRIPATHI The writer, an agnostic Indian national, is a BT journalist IT WAS as if some Indians had killed Mahatma Gandhi again. The outrage. the destruction of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. is a singularly defining act
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    196 32 AFP MOSCOW The Russian Congress yesterday overwhelmingly approved constitutional amendments proposed by President Boris Yeltsin giving the working Parliament important new control over four key ministries. The government meanwhile scrambled to offer sweeping last-ditch concessions to opponents on policy and personnel issues in
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      215 32 Every Saturday in Business Times 4 J"MERGERS AND ACQUISIHON CONFERENCE W f UA 12 January 1993 Park Royal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur I J KEY TOPICS INCLUDE: k C Diversification strategies and Negotiating the contract y j corporate growth representations, warranties and i Successful restructuring techniques breaches Identifying and structuring cross
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      Cruise industry fails to see usual year-end rush
      623 33  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Cruise ships are not seeing the usual year-end tidal wave of local holiday-makers. They are having to compete with cheap air fares and a lingering hangover from the tragic Royal Pacific sinking. Previously, school holidays have fattened passenger
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      Lock icon Dispute over threat to eco-systems
      658 33 The Aegean Sea oil spill Reuter AMSTERDAM Environmentalists are howling with dismay as thousands of tonnes of thick, black oil from a wrecked Greek tanker spew into the sea off the Spanish coast. The international environmental group Greenpeace says the slick is ravaging ISOkm of
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      879 33 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 APL 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 3 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bangladesh Shpg
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      Lock icon Fees too low to sustain full service, say shipmanagers
      373 33 Reuter LONDON Ship management firms feel their current average fee income is too low to provide and sustain a full service, a conference here was told. Continued concern in the shipping industry about liability and quality, coupled with a slump in
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      Lock icon New EC rules to help reduce shipping hazards
      179 33 Reuter BRUSSELS European Community (EC) transport ministers on Tuesday agreed on details of new shipping regulations and said these would help authorities deal with disasters like last week's oil spill on Spain's north-west coast. The plan, which has yet to be formalised,
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      BoT, port users to study new Bangkok tariff
      614 33 BOARD of Trade officials and port users will conduct their own studies into the controversial new Bangkok port tariff to find out how much it will harm them, according to The Nation. The new tariff is set to come into being in
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        Dip in European, African, Mideast bunker prices
        86 34 LONDON European, African and Middle East bunker prices have eased, taking the lead from softer crude, subdued demand and ample supplies, with the biggest drop seen in 380 and 180 est fuel oil, bunker traders said. Sluggish demand continued to dampen activity in
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        Guyana Airways owes US fine
        92 34 GEORGETOWN Guyana's state-owned airline, Guyana Airways Corporation (GAC), owes US Customs US$l.5 million (552.46 million) in fines for transporting illegal drugs into the US, a US Embassy ofTicial here said on Tuesday. Andrew Croft said the fines were imposed following the discovery of cocaine and
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        Rail corn basis steady to firm
        77 34 CHICAGO Rail corn basis bids were steady to firm at US mid-west shipping points with support linked to continued tight supplies of rail cars, dealers said. Dealere said the rapid corn harvest progress this past weekend has inundated some elevators with grain, and many
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        Burlington Air to raise rates
        107 34 IRVINE, California Burlington Air Express Inc will increase US and Canadian air freight prices up to 10 per cent on Feb 1, 1993, in an effort to meet cost increases in aircraft maintenance and regulatory compliance. The company said its current prices are generally at
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        Refloated ship at Thoriko Bay
        45 34 LONDON The freighter Dignity is now at Thoriko Bay, north of Laurium, after being refloated with tug assistance at Cavo Fonias, four kilometres south of Laurium on Dec 6, according to Lloyd's Intelligence. The vessel went aground on Nov 17.
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        Greenpeace ship to block whaling
        109 34 SYDNEY A Greenpeace vessel was on Tuesday on its way to the Antarctic on a three-month expedition aimed at disrupting Japanese whaling operations in southern waters. The MV Greenpeace left Hobart, capital of the south-eastern island state of Tasmania, late on Monday. A Greenpeace spokesman
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      Lock icon Daring pirates of the 90s
      938 34  -  The pirates of yore are back and they pose a dangerous threat to modern ships today just i as they had been centuries ago, reports Sara Henley Sara Henley Reuter THEY attacked before dawn while the night watch was drowsy. Once aboard, they showed no
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      813 34 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
      11078 42 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Pcnang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3268 47 -Ajc Container tine NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (SyMarine Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Croup: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SVAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Cabource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albatrus Sea- Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte
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      COURIER SERVICES
      261 47 Abacus Couriers Td: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Travel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144 Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: 542-3716, *****80. Airs wilt Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Cluster Link Supplies A
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1473 47 Abex Express Freight Td: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Td: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Td: 542-7812: Fax: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Td: 545-8033. Fax: *****05. Td 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Td: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express International Td: 542-7666. Fax: *****74, *****50. Air Market
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2823 48 ARGENTINA Buenos Aires: All berths occupied, no vessels in road; no congestion. San Lorenza: Port busy. Rosario: Port busy. AUSTRALIA Queensland Hay Point Coal: One vessel loading; 8 vessels due by Dec 6; no delays expected. Dairympie Bay: Coal: berth vacant; no delays ecpected. Gladstone: 19 vessels due
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      SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      729 48 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES AGAIN hanging over the market we have a major environmental problem. The Aegean Sea ran in to difficulties off La Coruna, grounded and caught fire, spilling a large amount of her 80,000 tons cargo. The full extant of the tragedy is difficult to ascertain at this
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
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        144 49 jmn rwi Bank 1: Johan Pearl; 2; ti; 3: nil; 4: Anamek; 5: Aglwon Oros, 6: Haewoo No 3. 01 jetty: Bow Leopard. DCJ: Nor gas Victory. Due on Dec 9: Tomiwaka, Builder, Tropical Ace, Barge Munar 11, Barge Josindo 1. Due an Dec 10: Igloo, Silver Pride,
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        1656 49 DELIVERY Of FCt IMPORT CQHMMERS IH PK06RESS Sfcto <ty W» Cewtatoen iwtabl» SNp ¥oy N» w** DELIVERY OF Fa IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS GaocheM 106A 08.1192 0800 Lawanti 989 COO(EST) 09.12.92 1430 European Sen WF253 08.1Z92 0900 00CI Fortune 37E COO(BT) 09.12.92 0700 D Sentosa 03N 08.1292 0910
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      929 50 FIRM grain and time-charter fixtures on Tueday helped underpin the freight market and pushed the Baltic Freight Index four points higher to 1,342, dry cargo brokers said. US North Pacific/Japan grain was Fixed at US$l4 against U5513.75 indicated in the BFI route, up from U5513.34. Time-chartering in the
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      367 50 Dec 15-16: Essentials in Marine Cargo/Vessel Insurance Ship Chartering Practice, to be held at the Harbour View DaiIchi Hotel, Singapore, organised by Traffic Management Consultants. For further information please contact Mae Yap at 222-8411. Mar 11-14, 1993: Japan World Resort and Cruise Fair '93, to be held at
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      Lock icon Qantas plans to begin flights to Paris next year
      300 52 AFP SYDNEY Australia's soon-to-be privatised international carrier Qantas announced yesterday a proposal to reintroduce services to France early next year. Chief executive John Ward said in a statement that the thrice-weekly service between Melbourne and Paris via Sydney, Singapore, Bangkok and
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      Lock icon Northwest move to cancel plane orders a big blow for Airbus
      539 52 AFP WASHINGTON A decision by Northwest Airlines on Monday to cancel or delay orders for more than 100 planes worth some US$6 billion (Ss9.B billion) reflects continuing problems of the airline industry in the face of a worldwide economic
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      413 52 International Transport Journal BERNE Two big express and freight carriers have established their regional hub in Dubai's up-to-date airfreight terminal. Federal Express claims to be the biggest tenant in the Dubai Cargo Village complex. And the company is planning to expand. At
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      389 52 AFP TOKYO Japanese contractors starting work on a US$2OO million (SS32O million) bridge project in Hongkong in the next two weeks are disturbed by the escalating war of words between Britain and China over the colony. Some members of the consortium say they are
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