The Business Times, 2 February 1993

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    13 1 SINGAPORE BusinessTimes MITA (P) 552/12/92 Tuesday, February 2, 1993 H EKNOH ASIA 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Israeli Cabinet meets over deportees
      100 1 Reuter JERUSALEM The Israeli C abinct has convened a special meeting amid increasing international pressure over its deportation of 415 Palestinians to Lebanon. State radio said Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin called the meeting to update ministers on the crisis. Some members of the United Nations
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      Lock icon Russia introduces unified tariff rates
      46 1 Knight Ridder LONDON Russia has introduced unified tariff rates for all imported goods. Moscow television, in a broadcast monitored here by the BBC, said: "The official version of the new taxation scheme is that it will attract foreign investment." Knight Riddcr
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    117 1 Source: Reuter Stock market indices Monday (hang* SHI 1.644 44 +24.28 KLSE Composite closcd Nikkei 17.133.64 +109.86 Hang Seng 5.697.78 -53.62 SET Index 965.75 -8.73 Jakarta Composite ...280.15 +2 72 CLSA China B 1.382.80 40 55 Aust All Ord 1,529 I +0.9 FrSE 100 2.851.6 +44.4 Monday Pretious
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    Singapore's non-oil exports jumped 46pc in December
    717 1  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Non-oil domestic exports jumped a remarkable 46 per cent in December, with shipments to all of Singapore's eight largest markets, except Australia, growing by more than 40 per cent in volume. The impressive export performance, announced by the Trade
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    Benchmark STII surges to new high of 1,644
    164 1 SINGAPORE There was elation in the stock market yesterday as the exceptionally strong December trade statistics lifted share prices to yet another new high. Ihe benchmark Straits I imes Industrials Index surged 24.28 points to 1,644.44 in active trade. Brokers said followthrough
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    Sterling takes a tumble on forex markets
    436 1  -  From Ray Heath in LONDON AFTER slumping to rccord lows on the Far Eastern markets, sterling was also sliding on London foreign exchange markets yesterday. But firm denials from the government that last week's full-point cut in interest rates would be followed by
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    S'pore recognises branch of Bank Negara Indonesia
    474 1  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE In a move which could pave the way for more Indonesian banks to enter Singapore, the government has finally recognised the Singapore branch of Bank Negara Indonesia 1946. A noticc in the government gazette last week categorised PT
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    Shearson finds S'pore the best stock market it tracks
    397 1  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE American investment house Shearson Lehman Brothers has maintained its view that Singapore is still the most attractive of the 17 capital markets the company tracks around the world. The firm's global strategist. Steven Nagourney. said yesterday that
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    Lock icon Cambodian govt launches big offensive against Khmer Rouge
    512 1 AFP AP PHNOM PENH The government has launched its biggest and most coordinated offensive since the UN peacekeeping operation began in Cambodia and its troops appear headed towards the Khmer Rouge headquarters of Pailin. UN officials said yesterday that government soldiers were
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Bank credit to industry slows
        440 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling TOTAL bank loans to industry a good indication of the level of economic activity and the business outlook grew by 9.4 per cent in the first II months of 1992 to $69.3 billion. The growth rate, however, is about three percentage
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • Article
        Lee on private visit to Taiwan
        42 2 SENIOR MINISTER Lee Kuan Yew and Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong will be in Taiwan for a private visit from today to Friday. Mr Lee is scheduled to meet old friends and do some sightseeing.
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        Convention team out to woo Japanese
        72 2 SINGAPORE s travel and convention industry representatives are setting out to woo Japanese convention and incentive visitors with a series of seminars in Japan. A delegation will visit Osaka and Nagoya over the next three days to point out Singapore's attractions as a convention
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        Direct SIA freight flight to Bangalore
        38 2 SINGAPORE AIRLINES will start direct freighter service to Bangalore, also known as India's Silicon Valley, because of its growing electronics industry. The service, which runs every Thursday, will begin on Feb 18.
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        Sewage project at Ulu Pandan
        115 2 THE Ministry of Environment plans to cover and extend the sewage treatment works at Ulu Pandan. The covering phase will start about June next year, while extension work will start in early 1995. The entire project will cost an estimated $300 million. The project is
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      TDB tightens curbs on supply of ozone-depleting chemicals
      479 2  -  Amount of CFCs under tender-cum-allocation system to be cut By Genevieve Cua THE Trade Development Board is tightening its squeeze on the availability of ozonedepleting chemicals, a move likely to affect traders and manufacturers, particularly in the metal stamping and electronics industries.
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      Higher airport departure tax from April 1
      310 2 PASSENGERS flying from Singapore's airports will have to pay more in airport taxes from April 1 this year. A Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore statement released yesterday said all those flying from Changi Airport will have to pay $15 each regardless of their
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      CAAS to track planes via satellite on trial basis
      187 2 THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore plans to track planes via satellite on a trial basis, under an agreement signed yesterday with two of the world's leading aeronautical communications providers. The agreement puts Singapore on track to be one of the
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      PUB to raise water tariffs by 6pc from April
      389 2 THE Public Utilities Board will raise water tariffs by about 6 per cent, in the first adjustment since 1986. The new tariffs, which reflect the higher cost of supplying water, will take effect from the April cycle of metre readings. The
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      Westin top exec to join Shangri-La as new MD
      204 2 THE top man in Westin International's Asia Pacific hotel operation is leaving to head Shangri-La International Hotel Management's chain of Asian hotels, including two new venues to be opened in Singapore. David Hayden, who is now Westin's Asia Pacific executive vice-president,
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      For sale: Properties in Swiss resort town
      367 2 SWISS developer Finger Immobilier is holding a three-day exhibition at the Goodwood Park Hotel to market 60 properties in the tourist resort of Villars, an hour's drive from Geneva. Director Miguel Ernand said yesterday he believed there was a potential market in Singapore
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      83 2 Head F convenient TuUDr'O fYVTD WAV W Get ahead to Manila any day! Philippine Airlines InUJVC u UJNU YYAI Bp leaves Singapore at 9:40 in the morning and Ifeife arrives in Manila time for your Ta AITT7 kT\ IsJg afternoon business appointments. We also have X U VjUl AH hAll
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  • THE REGION
    • Article
      Lock icon Enough evidence for charges in Thai stock scandal
      278 3 AFP BANGKOK Thai police have completed their investigation into a major stock manipulation scandal and have concluded there is sufficient evidence to press charges, a senior officer said yesterday. The police will present their findings to the public prosecutor who will then
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      Ramos stays out of Manila Supreme Court scandal
      556 3  -  From Al Labita in MANILA PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos yesterday said he would not interfere in a seandal that has roeked the Supreme Court over a deeision preserving the telephone monopoly of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. He said he wanted to
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      Lock icon Scorpions in captivity
      41 3 Reuter members of the Scorpion gang involved in the kidnapping of Filipino-Chi-nese businessmen presented to the press yesterday after they were arrested by police. Six other members of the gang were recently killed in a police shoot-out. Renter
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      Lock icon Timor rebel leader goes on trial
      259 3 Reuter DILI, East Timor East Timor guerilla chief Xanana Gusmao went on trial yesterday as hundreds of Indonesian troops ringed the court and set up roadblocks nearby for fear ot attacks by Xanana's dwindling band. The 45-year-old, bearded Xanana looked calm and waved to
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      Lock icon Myanmar's junta reconvenes constitutional convention
      577 3 Reuter YANGON Myanmar's junta yesterday reconvened a national constitutional convention it has portrayed as leading towards democracy, but which others see as a way of keeping the generals in power for years to come. "In the capacity of chairman of the convening work committee, I
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      Lock icon Hanoi eases travel rules for foreigners
      236 3 Reuter HANOI Vietnam has eased its requirement for foreigners to have police permits for domestic travel, a Hanoi immigration official said yesterday. That rule has resulted in the detention of several overseas businessmen, journalists, diplomats and tourists, and led to complaints by potential investors
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      M'sian gas pipeline set to reach Thai border in 3 years
      383 3 BANGKOK The Malaysian Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and Posts, Samy Vellu, has confirmed that construction of Malaysia's pipeline will reach the Thai border in three years from now, allowing his country to sell natural gas to Thailand, The Sat
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      Lock icon Amendments have curbed royal excesses: Mahathir
      370 3 Malaysian Constitutional Crisis Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that Malaysia has succeeded in curbing the excesses of the country 's hereditary rulers through constitutional amendments approved by Parliament. "We have achieved our objective through the amendments," he told reporters after
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      Lock icon Withdrawal of unwritten privileges to stay, says Ghafar
      334 3 Bernama KUALA TRENGGANU The unwritten privileges enjoyed by Malaysia's hereditary rulers will remain withdrawn regardless of whether they give or withhold consent to the constitutional amendments removing their legal immunity, Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba said yesterday. But he also reiterated that
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      Lock icon Plane crash delays ship salvage work
      261 3 AFP SINGAPORE A plan to transfer some 200,000 tonnes of crude from a crippled supertanker ofT northern Sumatra has been delayed by the crash of a Malaysian plane ferrying a salvage crew, said the vessel's Danish owner, A P Moller. yesterday. Joern Poulsen, A
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    • Article
      China's re-entry into Gatt may lead to 20m job losses
      591 4 Hundreds of state-owned enterprises expected to be hit HONGKONG China's reentry into the General Agree- ment on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) is likely to spark mas- sive lay-offs at state-owned in- dustries and force hundreds of government enterprises to shut
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      Lock icon Beijing unlikely to opt for tight monetary polity
      554 4 Reuter BEIJING China has opted for the scalpel instead of its usual sledgehammer to fix problems in its booming economy, but no one is yet sure which surgeon will be wielding the knife or how steady his hands are. Although China's top
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      Lock icon New destroyer joins Chinese naval fleet
      152 4 AFP BEIJING In a rare disclosure, China has announced that a new destroyer has joined its naval fleet after successfully undergoing open sea trials. The destroyer, Zhanjiang, was designed and built domestically and was equiped with the latest technology, the Xinhua news agency said
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      Lock icon It's the season to go south for Chinese workers
      392 4 Reuter BEIJING China's annual tide of migrant labourers has started its sweep towards the rich cities of the south as hundreds of thousands of workers from poor inland areas cram trains and buses hoping to find better jobs. The China Youth
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      Heads, they win
      35 4 BANGKOK A long line of motor-cyclists wearing their helmets in the Thai capital yesterday. Most of Bangkok's one million motor-cyclists donned helmets to avoid fines as police began enforcing new head-gear laws.
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      Lock icon Hongkong to keep ceiling on home loans
      297 4 AFP HONGKONG Hongkong will keep a ceiling on home loans to prevent renewed property speculation. Michael Cartland. the territory's newly-appointed secretary for monetary a flairs, made this announcement yesterday, a day after the neighbouring Chinese province of Guangdong said it would restrict sales
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      Lock icon N Korean refusal to allow nuclear checks fans fears
      711 4 NYT WASHINGTON In a move that has increased concern that North Korea is secretly continuing an effort to develop nuclear weapons. Pyongyang has rebuffed a request by the International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA) to visit two sites that Western intelligence agencies
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      Lock icon South Korea posts US$956m trade deficit for January
      427 4 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's trade deficit, which narrowed steadily last year, hit US$956 million (S$ 1.56 billion) in January after posting a surplus in December last year. Provisional Trade Ministry figures released yesterday showed that the shortfall, however, was an improvement on
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    • ASIAN NOTES
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        Lock icon China posts US$4b trade surplus
        71 6 AFP HONGKONG China recorded a US$4.4 billion (557.3 billion) trade surplus in 199_ despite a surge in imports, it was reported here yesterday. The semi-official Hongkong China News Service said exports soared 18 3 per cent to US$B5 billion, while imports ent l US S
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        Lock icon M'sian labour group seeks end to ban
        94 6 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Trade Union Congress renew its request today for the lifting of a government ban on an electronics workers' union, the labour group's new secretarygeneral said yesterday. G Rajasekaran. who was elected to the post in December,
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        Lock icon Giving ideas to China's farmers
        72 6 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG A monthly magazine devoted to China's 800 million farmers was launched in Beijing on Saturday to spread new ideas among the country's rural dwellers, the China Daily reported. Publisher Zhao Yueguang hoped the magazine would spread fresh concepts, provide modem lifestyle
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      • Article
        Lock icon Japanese firms in Turkmeniya project
        109 6 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Two leading Japanese trading houses, Marubeni Corp and Mitsubishi Corp, will take part in an international consortium to build a natural gas pipeline in Turkmeniya, a former Soviet republic, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported yesterday. Companies from the US and Europe
        Bloomberg Business News  -  109 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Viet foreign minister arrives in Seoul
        89 6 Reuter SEOUL Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Manh Cam arrived in Seoul yesterday for a five-day visit to strengthen tics between the former foes following the restoration of diplomatic tics. A South Korean official said Mr Cam would sign an agreement on economic and technical
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        Lock icon Iran, N Korea sign telecom deal
        73 6 Reuter NICOSIA Iran will sell telecommunications equipment to North Korea and establish a direct satellite telephone link with it under an agreement signed on Sunday, the Iranian news agency Ima said. The deal was signed by the post and telecommunications minister of the two
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      Lock icon Japanese businessmen not expecting. recovery before last quarter of 1993: poll
      211 6 AFP TOKYO Business gloom has deepened in Japan, with 70 per cent of corporate executives now predicting no recovery before the October-Decem-ber period, according to a poll released yesterday. This compared with a previous survey in November in which
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    • Article
      Lock icon Tokyo to propose arms control body at G-7 talks
      189 6 AFP TOKYO Japan will propose creating a multilateral body to control arm sales, during the Group of Seven (G-7) industrialised countries meeting here in July, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said yesterday. Citing Japanese officials, the economic daily newspaper said any such
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    • Article
      Lock icon Asian nations set to push Japan harder to open market
      463 6 Latest anti-dumping duties seen weakening Tokyo's hand IHT TOKYO Japan's decision to impose anti-dumping duties on a Chinese alloy is only the first of what will become an increasingly common tactic as Asian nations push to open Japan as an
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      Lock icon Japanese scholars urge govt to tell truth about wartime atrocities
      438 6 Reuter TOKYO Japanese scholars yesterday said they will urge the government to break a long taboo and make school history books tell of the atrocities committed during Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule in Korea. In a book to be published in
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      Lock icon Australia calls for open regionalism in Asia-Pacific
      453 6 UPI SYDNEY Both the AsiaPacific region and the rest of the world would be best served by a policy of "open regionalism" in the area, Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans told a major international trade conference yesterday. He also welcomed the emergence of
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      Major's India visit spawns big deals for British firms
      471 6  -  From Salil Tripathi in BOMBAY BRITISH businesses have continued to cash in on the goodwill generated by the visit of Prime Minister John Major. Sun Life Insurance of Britain has been allowed to set up a joint venture with India's Life
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      Lock icon Registering their opposition to the Taiwanese PM
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      Lock icon NZ govt reducing spending but denies 5pc blanket cut
      531 6 Reuter WELLINGTON The New Zealand government is aiming to cut state spending in fiscal 1993/94 but a Finance Ministry spokeswoman yesterday denied reports of a 5 per cent blanket cut. Three senior government sources said the government planned across-the-board cuts of
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      60 4 RAW FISH WITHOUT THE RAW DEAL What you get instead is traditional Teochew-style Yu Sheng, or if you prefer, Salmon Yu Sheng. Whatever your choice, you can be assured that we only serve the freshest of raw fish with the added touch of our Hung Kang hospitality! HUNG KANG RESTAURANT
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      147 6 IBM" The second annual Rigid Disk Drive Components Technology Review will be held on March 5,1993 at the Hyatt-Regency in Singapore, co-sponsored by the Head/Media Technology Review, Inc. and the lEEE, Singapore Section. H SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUP&I—i A table top exhibit session on March 4, 1993 from 13:30 to 17:30,
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      8 6 The Bottom Line: India's foreign policy, Back Pg
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
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      Aussies immersing themselves in Asian languages
      1282 7  -  Government sees this as vital to growing economic links with Asia. Sydney Correspondent Florence Chong reports Florence Chong FORGET Italian, Spanish, French or German. The most popular second languages in Australian schools are Japanese and Bahasa Indonesia. And soon the choice will widen to
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      20 7 NiT SURE WHERE T# PUTYiUR M#NEY? Get the answer in Personal Investment Finance. Every Saturday in Business Times. Business Times
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Call to expand G-7 to include Russia
        61 8 Bloomberg Business News DAVOS, Switzerland The Group of Seven industrial nations should integrate Russia to create a "G-8", said Hans Dietrich oenscner, tormer German foreign minister. Speaking to journalists at the annual World Economic Forum, he said such closer cooperation was needed to
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      • Article
        Lock icon Baltic leaders urge more cooperation
        91 8 Reuter DAVOS, Switzerland Leaders of the three Baltic states, struggling to make their way outside the Soviet system, called on Sunday for more regional cooperation to help their transitions to market economies. Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis told the World Economic Forum, a gathering of
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      • Article
        Lock icon Team to promote east German products
        103 8 Reuter BONN The German privatisation agency, Treuhand, is setting up a team to promote the sale of east German products, newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported. Bild said the project would be led by Klaus von Dohnanyi, former lord mayor of Hamburg. He would be
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        Lock icon Peace on their minds
        62 8 Reuter AMMAN PLO chairman Yasser Arafat (right) embracing Jordan's King Hussein on his arrival here yesterday for talks on the Middle East peace process and the plight of the Palestinians deportees in South Lebanon. Mr Arafat then left for Baghdad where he will meet with Iraqi
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        Lock icon Iraq to US: Recognise our compliance
        102 8 Reuter BAGHDAD Iraq said on Sunday it expected the new US administration to give it more credit for complying with United Nations resolutions. But the top UN nuclear inspector in Iraq ended his latest mission saying that Baghdad still had a long way to
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    • Article
      Lock icon Nafta seen as stepping stone to Gatt deal
      506 8 World Economic Forum Bloomberg Business News DAVOS, Switzerland Free trade for the US may best start close to home. Many business and government leaders gathered here for the annual World Economic Forum said quick approval of the proposed North American Free Trade
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    • Article
      Lock icon US alone cannot pull Europe out of recession: analysts
      414 8 IHT DAVOS, Switzerland In spite of widespread hopes in Germany and France that an improving US economy should he|p overcome Europe's worsening downturn, the US alone will not be able to pull western Europe out of its economic doldrums. Indeed, in
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    • Article
      Lock icon Clinton plans to cut federal benefits for poor and elderly
      459 8 Governors and senior Democrat oppose government moves Reuter WASHINGTON The Clinton administration plans cuts in federal benefits for the poor and elderly as part of its economic programme, but the country's governors and a senior Democrat have fired warning shots
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    • Article
      Lock icon Asian diplomatic team lacks Japan expert
      248 8 IHT WASHINGTON The Clinton administration has picked its senior team for diplomatic engagement in Asia and there is not a Japan veteran in the lot. This is generating criticism in foreign-policy circles and questions about the new administration's plans for dealing with its most
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      Lock icon Transport Bill slow in boosting growth
      255 8 NYT NEW YORK Viewed as a stimulus for an economy in the doldrums, a US$l5l billion (*****.6 billion) transportation Bill was quickly approved by the US Congress and signed into law by President George Bush in November 1991. The Bill, Mr Bush promised, would
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      Lock icon An eye on the enemy
      37 8 Reuter BOSNIA With a fence pole for cover, a Serb took aim at enemy positions during an attack by a Muslim sniper last Sunday in hills near an eastern Bosnian village. Reuter
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      Lock icon Call for new health insurance standards in US
      454 8 NYT WASHINGTON In a sweeping new policy statement, the National Governors' Association said on Sunday that the federal government should set nationwide standards for health insurance and should limit the tax deductibility of health insurance for both employers and employees. But in
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      Lock icon UK purchasing managers' index steady in January
      248 8 LONDON The UK purchasing managers' index was barely changed in January at 49.3 per cent after 49.2 per cent in December and 49.5 per cent in November, showing that manufacturing industry is still under pressure, the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply said.
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      Lock icon Reckless lending aggravated British recession: Lawson
      277 8 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Reckless bank lending aggravated Britain's recession, former finance minister Nigel Lawson said. "Even after I started to put up interest rates very sharply in June 1988, which was a clear signal, I felt, that things had got out of hand
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      Lock icon Sudan Islamic visionaries' bid for ideal society
      311 8 Reuter KHARTOUM Out of the world spotlight, in a country isolated politically and economically, Islamic visionaries have embarked on the task of building what they think is the ideal society. Impoverished Sudan, Africa's largest country and a nation with a complex mix of
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Singapore stock exchange moving to The Quadrant
      354 9  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) will soon shift to The Quadrant, the prime office development which has seen only a trickle of tenants moving in since it was completed six months ago. Straits Steamship Land (SSL), which jointly
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      Seel in venture to market Alsys' Ada software
      208 9  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Listed Singapore Electronic Engineering Ltd (Seel) has signed an agreement to market advanced computing programs produced by the multinational Alsys company. Under the terms of the agreement. Seel will distribute the company's so-called Ada product lines in
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      Foreign fund managers diverting money from HK to S'pore, regional bourses
      572 9  -  By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE Foreign institutions, attracted by strong growth figures and betting that a US economic recovery will have a ripple effect on Southeast Asian economies, are ploughing their funds into the Singapore stock market and other regional
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      Singapore stock market at an important turning point
      701 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Amy Balan SINGAPORE There was little doubt in most analysts' minds that the local stock market would test new highs this year. But when it did precisely that last week, after two weak attempts, analysts could not quite
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      APB urges govt to go slow on withdrawing protection
      513 9  -  B* Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE In a strong statement, Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) chairman Michael Fam is asking the government to go slow in withdrawing the protection it gives to local brewers. "We do not believe we arc pjaying on a
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      SUMMARY
      365 9 Performance of STII 's index stocks Feb 1 Slock Last Sens* Index sale Chp factor mo»ers (S) (S) At nm> 1.950 -0020 1.64 -1.14 (4< 7 450 -0050 6 27 -2 85 Cercbos 4 920 -0 040 4 14 -2.28 old Store 3040 0040 2 56 2.28 KAN 11
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      Lock icon Uniphoenix expands overseas
      216 9 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Uniphoenix Corp Bhd (UCB). which has strengthened its manufacturing operations through the acquisition of stakes in several companies, is now making forays into manufacturing projects overseas. The company wants to shed its image as a property development and management company and has been placing
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • Article
          No idea why turnover jumped: QAF
          46 10 SINGAPORE QAh Ltd said yesterday it did not know why turnover in its shares rose sharply last Wednesday. It was responding to a query trom the Stock Exchange of Singapore about turnover ot 1.04 million of its shares that dav.
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          Two VDH directors up stake
          51 10 SINGAPORE Two directors of Van der Horst Ltd informed the Stoek Exchange ot Singapore yesterday of a significant change in shareholdings. Chan Mun Lye and He'ng Kim Chuan Freddie each acquired one million shares on the open market. The cost to each individual was $1.3
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          Lock icon San Miguel takes stake in Indon brewery
          73 10 AFP MANILA San Miguel Corporation, the largest private Firm in the Philippines, has acquired a 49 per cent stake in the Indonesian brewery PT Delta Djakarta for US$35 million. SMC, a beer-based consumer giant, said it originally planned to acquire 58.8 per cent
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          Lock icon Name change for PMRI
          90 10 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Pan Malaysia Rubber Industries (PMRI) has changed its name to Pan Malaysia Industries (PMI) to reflect the present activities and diversification programme of the company which is no longer involved in the rubber industry as was implied in the old name. The principal
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          Indon venture to run satellite service
          70 10 JAKAR TA Diversified group P T Bimantara Citra has signed a joint-venture agreement with state-owned P T Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) and its sister company PT Indosat to establish a new satellite operator, says The Jakarta Post. The new venture, to be called P T
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          Lock icon Siam City Cement's profit dips
          84 10 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Siam City Cement, Thailand's second-largest cement manufacturer, has said that its net after-tax profit for the year to Dec 31, 1992, fell 13.9 per cent from the previous year to 1.13 billion baht. Profits on a per-share basis also declined 13.9
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        Lock icon Taipei allowing foreign firms to issue shares
        231 10 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan will soon allow foreign companies to issue stocks on the island as part of its plan to become a regional financial centre, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said. Foreign firms listed on the New York, Tokyo and London stock
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        Lock icon Private debt securities catching on among KL corporate borrowers
        542 10 Multinationals and big corporations are main issuers MBT KUALA LUMPUR Interest in private debt securities (PDS) is growing among corporate borrowers in Malaysia and there are indications that 1993 will be a more active year for the sector. Last year, there
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        Lock icon Disappointing short-term showing by China funds
        862 10 MARKET WATCH China-concept stocks in HK provide some relief Sunday Morning Post HONGKONG How have China funds fared since their spectacular launch last year? The Year of the Monkey saw the launch of 17 China funds authorised by the Securities and Futures Commission. And
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        31 10 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwanese stock investors watching trading screens at a Taipei broking firm yesterday soared 2* per cent in reaction to the resignation of Premier Hau Pei-tsun. Reuter
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        Glaxo to move into over-the-counter medication
        300 10  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE UK pharmaceuticals giant Glaxo Holdings pic will move into over-the-counter medication a major new direction for the group, which so far has focused mainly on ethical or prescription drugs. Arthur Pappas. who is now director of Glaxo's operations in the
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        Lock icon Thai Airways profit slumps 84.8pc on lower passenger demand
        255 10 Bloomberg BANGKOK Thai Airways International. Thailand's national carrier, said its net aftertax profit for the quarter ended Dec 31, 1992 was down 84.8 per cent to 120.0 million baht (557.7 million) from the same period a year before. Revenue from transporta-tion-related
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        Ramos may intervene if PAL board fails to resolve squabble
        247 10  -  From Al Labita in MANILA MANILA Philippine President Fidel Ramos yesterday hinted that he might be forced to step into an internal feud at Philippine Airlines, should its board fail to resolve the squabble. "My guideline is not to allow
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        Lock icon Stanley Ho plans HK$4b investments in China
        396 10 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Casino king Stanley Ho plans to splash out more than HK$4 billion (SSB4O million) on shipping, property and leisure investments in China. But the 72-year-old Hong-kong-born Mr Ho insisted it was no gamble. Comparing himself to other Hongkong
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        Lock icon Petronas, Conoco negotiating deal on M'sian oil refinery
        274 10 Knight-Ridder SINGAPORE Talks are under way between Malaysian state-run oil company Petronas and Conoco Inc of the US to jointly develop a second Petronas-owned oil refinery in Malaysia. The two sides are expected to sign a letter of intent later this year
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        Ficorinvest gets commercial banking licence
        416 11  -  One of first non-bank financial institutions in Indonesia to do so From William Chia in JAKARTA LISTED First Indonesian Finance and Investment Corporation (Ficorinvest) has become one of the first non-bank financial institutions in Indonesia to get a commercial banking licence. Deputy managing director Herman
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        Marine Midland's US$109m profit turnaround
        270 11  -  From Stephen Vines in HONGKONG HSBC Holdings appears to have finally succeeded in turning round its most troubled subsidiary, the New Yorkbased Marine Midland Bank. The American bank yesterday reported a net profit of US$lO9 million (S$ 179.8 million) for 1992, compared with a US$l9O
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        Lock icon East Asia to acquire 51pc stake in UCB
        301 11 South China Morning Post HONGKONG The Bank of East Asia has struck a deal in principle to acquire 51 per cent of Hongkong-based United Chinese Bank (UCB). The addition of United Chinese's 17 outlets will boost East Asia's presence in the territory.
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        6 banks to arrange US$250m financing for AsiaSat
        209 11 HONGKONG Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co (Asia Sat) has mandated a sixbank group to arrange a US$25O million (SS4I3 million) financing, members of the consortium said. The successful group consists of ABN Amro Holding NV, Asia Capital Partners. Banque Nationalc de Paris, McAuley,
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        PUB raising $250m to finance development projects
        274 11  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE The Public Utilities Board is raising $250 million through a bond-cum-warrant issue to finance its development projects in Singapore. The issue is being arranged and managed by DBS Bank and POSBank, both of which were involved in the
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        887 11 New Vietnam branch office is latest move in bid to emerge as major player Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Australia New I Zealand Bank flung open the doors of a new branch office in Vietnam last week, the latest move in a bid to
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        Lock icon India's central bank presses for broader powers
        431 11 Reuter BOMBAY The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the county's central bank, should be given broader powers to control and supervise India's commodity and financial markets, an RBI study recommends. The report, which looked into financial flows between the securities and stock markets
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        Lock icon Clinton planning major push to ease credit crunch
        530 12 Reuter WASHINGTON The Clinton administration plans a major push to remove eonstraints on bank lending and help ease the eredit crunch, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman said last Sunday, sending the strongest signal yet on bank policy. "We are going to
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        412 12 Reuter TOKYO Japanese investors steered clear of sterling's dive in Asia and instead may offer help in the near term by picking up the battered British currency near record lows, Tokyo dealers said yesterday. The Irish punt's Saturday devaluation and expectations of another cut
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          Lock icon Japanese banks to exchange credit data
          144 12 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japan s banks will set up a credit information exchange system by spring 1994 to allow them to compare data on customers and prevent bad loans. Over 150 banks nationwide will take part in the system, the Nihon Keizai newspaper
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          Lock icon New MD for NZ property group
          87 12 Bloomberg Business News WELLINGTON John McCarthy, who heads the property and investment services division at Australia New Zealand Bank in Australia, has been appointed managing director of New Zealand property group Robert Jones Investments Ltd, the company said yesterday. His appointment follows the resignation
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          Lock icon German finance official urges lower rates
          80 12 Knight-Ridder HAMBURG Lower key interest rates in Germany are a vital precondition for bringing the German economy out of recession, said Horst Koehler, Secretary of State at the Finance Ministry, in an interview with the magazine Der Spiegel, published yesterday. C urrently there is
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          98 12 NYT NEW YORK The total assets of America's 609 retail money market mutual funds decreased by U553.62 billion, to U*****.20 billion, for the week that ended on Wednesday, the Investment Company Institute has reported. The assets of 379 taxable retail money market funds fell
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        Lock icon Japanese banks undeterred from extending forex deals
        460 12 Reuter TOKYO Warnings alone are not a big enough deterrent to stop banks in Japan extending foreign exchange contracts for treasured clients if market rates are unfavourable, bankers say. Despite warnings from the industry's regulatory bodies, bankers say historical rate rollovers (HRRs) still
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        415 12 Reuter LUXEMBOURG While most European bankers complain of sliding profits and soaring bad debts, Luxembourg's financiers are still rubbing their hands with pleasure after what they say was a bumper year in 1992. Bankers based here say their institutions have benefited from a
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        Oil futures rise after Nigeria agrees to cut
        439 12 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures in London and New York recovered from last Friday's losses after Nigeria indicated it would go along with any production cut agreed by Opec for the second quarter. Nigeria has hitherto showed no sign it's prepared
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        147 12 A stronger US dollar against major currencies lifted the USD/SGD to a high of 1.6475 before strong selling emerged. After the initial activity, trading was quiet and confined to a very narrow trading range between 1.6463 and 1.6468 for the rest of the day. With
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        195 12 Knight Ridder LONDON The US dollar surged relentlessly on against other currencies yesterday, breaking through resistance against the deutschemark and touching a six-year high against the British pound, as economic indicators continued to point to an upturn in the US. While the dollar suiged. sterling remained under pressure from
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        84 12 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was up yesterday against major currencies in New York, in calm trading following the dollar's rise in Europe. At 9:30 am (1430 GMT), the dollar traded at 1.6240 German marks, up from 1.6110 marks late on Friday, and at 124.80 Japanese yen (124.60).
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        1226 12 I raJf index •.akutatni atam\i S'panr'i nip 14 trading partner, Bo* war t9Rf US$/S$ forward rates Noon Feb 1 s$ Bid Offer I-month 1 6443 I.64S8 --month 1.6433 1 6448 3-mowh ***** 1 6439 6-month ***** 1 6412 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at 10m yesterday: Singapore dollars
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        Lock icon Eurodollars weaker ahead of US data
        1320 14 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Eurodollar futures ended steady to weaker yesterday in uneventful trade as dealers stayed sidelined ahead of a slew of US economic figures over the week and the US quarterly refunding next week dealers said. March Eurodollars ended steady at 96.69,
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        Singapore rubber futures slip in slack trade
        889 14 Rubber SINGAPORE: Rubber futures were nudged down marginally in quiet trading following slight profit-taking seen in the Tokvo rubber market, traders said. However near-term prices were seen supported by firm demand for Malaysian latex grades and Indonesia's SIR2O. they said. At around 0945
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1716 14 I Rubber MS CowwUUj Ftrfciap (Mm dartg m at ly) ■SS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) u™.». (lose Volume Open Monlh High Low Sett (ion n«) Interest Feb 93 150.50 150.50 150 50 550 57T Mar 0.00 0.00 152.50 700 6 025 Aj* 0.00 0 00 154.50 250 6
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        Australia
        1092 15 +0.9 Share prices held firm on national share markets yesterday despite a slide in the Australian dollar, brokers said. At the close of trading, the All Ordinaries Index had edged up 0.9 of a point to 1,529.1. Trading was narrowly mixed. The All Industrials Index shaved 1.4 to 2,417.3.
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        Manila
        522 15 -6.72 Stocks finished slightly lower as sellers needing cash came forward late in the session after seeing an uninspired market, brokers said. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index slipped 6.72 points to 1,337.52. "The trade went one fluctuation up. one fluctuation down. It looks like it's going to be
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        Taipei
        599 15 126.67 Taiwan's stock market soared 3.8 per cent in active trade as buyers Hooded back into the market after Premier Hau Peitsun announced on Saturday that he was resigning to ease a political crisis. The weighted index ended 126.67 points higher at 3.501.23, near its intra-day high. It climbed
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        Seoul
        390 15 -6.99 Seoul's stock market slide showed no signs of abating as gloomy individual and institutional investors unloaded shares to drive the index down for the sixth consecutive session, brokers said. The Composite Index fell 6.99 points to finish the day at 663.57. Some brokers regard the 660 level as
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        New Zealand
        296 15 -2.68 The New Zealand share market yesterday closed easier in featureless trading. Volume fell because of a holiday in Auckland. The NZSE-40 capital index closed down 2.68 at 1,513.33 with a volume of NZ$l3 million. Brokers said they see the index hovering in a 1,490-to--1.525 band for some
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        Bombay
        69 15 -62.55 NEW DELHI Indian stock prices dropped yesterday after the Bombay stock exchange eased restrictions on short sales, but brokers said underlying sentiment remains strong ahead of announcement of a national budget on Feb 27. The Bombay stock exchange index fell 62.55 points to 2.618.24 and the national index
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        747 15 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer Mim (ap Depoiat •3*1400 ******0 Mim Jer\c\ C.iH 0.1879 0 1979 Mim Max Income "0 9900 ****** L'S$ Cash Income Plus Fund 10 0800 lOfOOO PS S Rner\e Fund 5 2000 5 2100 Stirling L<|iail\ Euro Performance .***** 0 4780 F» Fay Fund *2
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        London
        646 15 +44.4 Renewed hope for another slash in UK interest rates and expectations that sterling's decline will improve earnings for exporting companies propelled the FTSE 100 index within ten points ot its record close yesterday. The FTSE 100 ended 44.4 points higher at 2851.6. a stone's throw away from the
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        Paris
        97 15 +0.77pc The Paris Bourse finished the day with a gain yesterday. as the CAC-40 Index closed at 1,785.90 points, up 0.77 per cent by comparison with the Friday close. Paris F* I Fr \ir Lnjuidr T} I 00 1500 Alcatel Aiwhom 620 00 -2 00 Elf-Aquil J2J 04 -2
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        Stockholm
        110 15 +2.03pc The sharply stronger US currency gave a firm impetus to dollar-dependent shares, such as forestry, and lifted the whole market to a higher close yesterday. The All-Share General Index rose 2.03 per cent to 907.30. Turnover was 673 million crowns. The main gainers were forestry companies, whose sector
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        Frankfurt
        202 15 13.31 German shares ended yesterday's trade otY the highs, with the DAX 30-Share Index up 13.31 points to 1.585.16 at the close of bourse floor trading after having moved in a narrow range between 1.581.95 and 1,587.81. The market was supported by dollar strength and firmer German bond prices,
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        Milan
        180 15 +0.09pc Italian shares closed with small gains overall yesterdav after a session overclouded by political and currency uncertainty. Fiat and Pirelli both rallied but other shares lost ground as the market focused on troubles plaguing Prime Minister Giuliano Amato's Socialist Party. The MIB All-Share Index closed 0.09 per cent
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        Amsterdam
        272 15 +2.51 Dutch shares closed higher yesterday, boosted by a firm dollar and firm bond prices, traders said, but truck maker DAF sank to a new low. The EOE Index closed up 2.51 points at 294.46. near the day's peak of 294.50. Advancers outpaced decliners by 23 to 2. illustrating
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        Zurich
        278 15 13.9 Swiss shares closed higher in moderately active trade yesterday as the strong dollar and lower Swiss interest rates led banks and insurers and chemicals higher. Dealers said the Frankfurt bourse's strong performance. based on hopes that key German interest rates would be lowered at this week's Bundesbank meeting.
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        Johannesburg
        291 15 +2 South African shares were firmer at the close on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange yesterday after drifting easier for most of the day, dealers said. The JSE Industrial Index ended up two points to 4.525. The Overall Index recovered some ground lost earlier in the day to close one
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        Toronto
        236 15 +2.7 Toronto stocks moved fractionally higher in moderate early dealings yesterday as firmness in the Canada'dollar buoyed investor confidence. "The Canada dollar is looking firmer and that's giving the market a little better bias." one dealer said. The TSE 300 Index edged up 2.7 points to 3.308.2 on volume
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        New York
        742 15 +7.54 Wall Street share prices rose yesterday, boosted by encouraging economic figures and a climb by American Express alter the company announced the appointment of a new chairman. At 11 am (1600 GMT) the Dow Jones Index of leading industrial stocks was up 7.54 points at 3.317.57 in
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        Brussels
        191 15 19.42 Sharp across-the-board gains, fuelled by increased hopes for a cut in interest rates, a stronger dollar and heavy buying, pushed Belgian shares to a more than 1.6 per cent higher close yesterday. "Some investors fear they might miss a nice bullish run and they are jumping on the
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      2272 16 Reuter AFP HONGKONG stocks closed easier in subdued trade yesterday, with the market wary about Governor Chris Patten's political reform proposals which will be brought before the Legislative Council later this month, brokers said. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index finished 53.62 points, or nearly one per cent, lower at
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      CHINA
      430 16 TRADING on the Shanghai A and B markets were hectic yesterday. The CLSA Shanghai A Index soared 6.68 per cent to close at 8,749.47 amid a very large turnover of 56 million shares. New brokerages across China, which were set up after the Lunar New Year to trade in
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      807 16 Reuter JAKARTA stocks closed higher yesterday in active trade, raising hopes among brokers that the market may have finally awoken from two years of slumber. Bank Internasionai Indonesia rose 225 rupiah to 3.150 in cross trade of 3.21 million shares. In regular trade it was up 125 rupiah to
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      2494 16 Reuter STOCKS in Tokyo ended modestly firmer yesterday on late in-dex-linked buying in sleepy trade, with the Nikkei closing at its day's high. Sellers kept a low profile on speculation of credit-easing and a lack of new themes to lead the market kept turnover thin again, brokers said. "Investors
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      1759 16 Reuter SHARE prices on the Stock Exchange of Thailand closed lower as a market consolidation continued, brokers said. The SET Index lost 8.73 points, or 0.89 per cent, to finish at 965.75 on a turnover of 5.34 billion baht. Declines led advances 188 to 52 with 61 stocks unchanged.
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      1802 17 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume Multi-I*ur|x»c 7. IKK.4HMI Vnul Slccl NX 1.711(***** (•II 1 SS(I III 1 S5VOOO kamunling MX 1 HXIOOO Tan hong MV 7$K.(»0 VI Properties 700.(100 Mulphj lull MX $26,001) Kcnong Bhd MX" 464.000 Simc IXirtn MX' J7» 000 MMT Mkr...
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      KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
      3764 17 Vol Day Net Cap Hitch Low Company Sale "000 High l/>* P/E Smil INDUSTRIALS 168 152 AISB 5C 157 I 31 157 155 523 3 1610 MO sil 2 |0 249 220 2"> 14 5 306 2 590 590 Acidchem 510 ,27 j53 7 \jinomo»« 354
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        Lock icon Trade figures push index to another high
        4706 18  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Underpinned by the robust December trade statistics, share prices yesterday extended their gains of last week to hit another high. With the trade figures bolstering market sentiment, the benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index surged 24.28 points to end
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        73 18  -  HOT STOCK Paul Leo YEO Hiap Seng Ltd at $2.17 is poised for a move towards 52.30 before a correction sets in. Weekly RSI has turned down from near the 100 level but it is still above 75 and turning up indicating that it is still overbought.
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      640 19  -  Golf By Shahiron Sahari SINGAPORE Nick Faldo showed why he is a sponsor's dream at a special golf clinic, organised by watch maker Audemars Piguet, at the Singapore Island Country Club yesterday. The world's undisputed No. I golfer had just flown in earlier in the morning
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      Lock icon Bills fumble as Cowboys romp home
      606 19  -  Super Bowl XXVII Whatwas supposed to be a close game between two talented teams became a rout, says Thomas George Thomas George NYT PASADENA, California The Dallas Cowboys turned a close game into a rout so quickly, so decisively, so painfully for the Buffalo
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      808 19  -  Dave Anderson looks at Buffalo's failure to hang on to it Dave Anderson NYT PASADENA, California Without a crystal ball or Tarot cards, the Super Bowl XXVII coaches defined the difference in yesterday morning's game two days before that difference developed. "There's only
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      402 19 Aikman and Irvin Dallas' dynamic duo NYT PASADENA, California After Troy Aikman passed Michacl Irvin two touchdowns at the Super Bowl, he passed him his Most Valuable Plaver trophy. "Promise I won't drop it," Irvin said. Aikman is the reticent one, who last week turned down Jay Leno so he
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        Lock icon Palmer bags third Senior Skins title
        112 19 Reuter KOHALA OAST, Hawaii Defending ehampion Arnold Palmer won I lis third Senior Skins title last Sunday and earned a total of US$l 90.000 (*****.500) in the four-player. U*****,000 event. Palmer dropped a 12-foot putt for birdie on the par-four 16th hole to \*/in
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        100 19 AFP PHOENIX, Ari; '.ona Lee Janzen rose to the challenge of the wind-whipped Tournament Players Club course here last Sunday to fire a 68 for 1 !73 and a two-shot victory in the Phoenix Open golf tournament. While Janzen flourished in the gustv winds, overnight leader
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        Lock icon West Indie s keeps cricket trophy
        90 19 AP PERTH, Australia The West Indies retained the Frank Worrell Trophy on Mo nday. beating Australia by an innings and 25 runs in the fifth ci "icket Test at the WACA Ground. The West Indians took the s< .*ries 2-1, also winning the Adelaide
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        103 19 AFP BEIJING The < Chinese authorities have decided to case restrictions on foreigi i journalists to try to boost their chances to host the 2000 Olympics, a senior official said yesterday. Beijing Vice-Mayor Zhang B aifa, a vice-chairman of the Olympic bidding committee,
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        Lock icon India close to Test victory
        103 19 Reuter CALCUTTA India's first victory over England in seven years, and its first in any Test: since 1990, is just 43 runs away despite a battling rearguard action by the touring team yesterday. England, following on 208 behind in the first Test, was bowled out
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        398 19 AFP AP PERTH Scorecard at end of the series-deciding fifth Test between Australia and West Indies yesterday: Australia Ist Innings 119 (DC Boon 44: CEL Ambrose 7-25, IR Bishop 2-17). West Indies Ist Innings 322 (PV Simmons 80. KLT Arthurton 77, RB Richardson 47, JR Murray 37; MG Hughes
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        213 19 AP NEW YORK Sunday's Natioi Ml Basketball Association result: L -A Lakers 96. Boston 87. Standings: Eastern Conferee Atlantic Division (W L Pet GB I. New York 25 15 .625 1 New Jersey 24 19 .558 2 1-2; 3 Boston 22'21 .512 4 1-2; 4. Orlan do 18 19
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        67 19 AFP PHOENIX Sunday's leading fi-nal-round scores in the Phoenix Open (US nationality unless stated): 273 Lee Janzen 67-65-73-68 275 Andrew Magcc 69-70-64-72 276 Mike Springer 70-69-68-69. Michael Allen 66-70-70-70, Kirk Triplet! 69-67-69-71, Robert Wrenn 66-68-68-74 277 Keith Clearwater 68-72-71-66. Mark Weibe 67-70-70-70 278 Gil Morgan 71-65-74-68. Tom Lehman 69-66-73-70
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        348 19 AFP Reuter AP PAI RIS Jim Courier's win over Stel 'an Edberg in the Australian Ope n final strengthened his position at the top of the Association of Teni nis Professionals rankings. Fellow American Pete Sampras, beaten by the Swede in the Melbourne semi -finals, is second. ATP rankings:
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        116 19 AFP MADRID Weekend results from the Spanish championship: Real Madrid 2 Barcelona 1; Espanol 2 Real Zaragoza 0; Cadiz 2 Athletic Bilbao 3; Oviedo 0 Logrones 0: Rayo Vallecano 0 Valencia 1; Sevii lla 2 Albacete 1; Osasuna Pamploi la 3 Sporting Gijon 0; Real iociedad 2 Burgos 2;
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      No MTV airplay for McCartney's latest single
      465 20 CHATTERBOX YOU WONT be seeing Pawl McCartney's new video on MTV any time soon. The ex-Beatle's new single. Big Boys Bickering, had too many naughty words for the music video channel's taste. The F-word appears not once but seven times, which proved just
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      Manhattan metamorphosis
      867 20  -  On the phone with Cheryl Bentyne in Kuala Lumpur, Shahiron Sahari discovers that the quartet is swinging to a different sound these days Shahiron Sahari JOHN DOS PASSOS' 1925 novel, Manhattan Transfer, told the stories of "the kind of people who made New York City run, and who
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      Lock icon Clinton raising sax appeal
      365 20 Music stores and teachers are celebrating the US president s love affair with the curvaceous instrument AP Bill Clinton's presidency is sweet music to one tiny niche of America's economy businesses that sell saxophones and lessons. Clinton made new political music when he played his favourite
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      37 20 Reuter HAMBURG British movie star Roger Moore {right) greeting Franco Nero as Vanessa Redgrave looks on. The stare were taking part in a gala concert against racism on Sunday at Hamburg's Thalia Theatre. Reuter
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      1073 20 I TV A RADIO A Place in the Sun. 10.30pm, sbc 12 A poor, lonely boy is comforted by girl, before geta one (Elizabeth Taylor). Problem is, the poor girl gets pregnant. %«jpjP Montgomery Clift and Shelley Winters great perfor- Wr mances, but this 1951 look at Hfflgr American morals
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
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      Hot, cold deals in Ho Chi Minh
      827 22  -  Firms from a dozen countries, Singapore included, are eyeing property projects in Ho Chi Minh City. Harish Mehta checks out their foundation work Harish Mehta ON PAPER, the artists' drawings look good, even though they do stretch the imagination. But in reality, the
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      Reliefs, incentives and a tax treaty
      683 22  -  David Toh discusses implications of the double taxation agreement between Singapore and Vietnam David Toh The writer is a director with Coopers Lybrand VIETNAM'S emerging economy, with its new open-door policy, has rapidly become the latest talk of the town, and economic flavour of
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      Secret of Ban Hin Leone's success
      802 23  -  Lilian Ang finds out from BHL managing director Richard Lim what exactly makes his 47-year-old company tick Lilian Ang THE refrain thai rings through when Richard Lim talks about his company is "we build homes, not just houses". Quietly but without letting up, the
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      Condos in Phuket; Dutch club revisited
      484 23  -  JWYOUR By Kooi Cho Teng BANGKOK Thai Wah Resort Development Co will start selling land beside the Banyan Tree Golf Course in Phuket this month. The plots will be part of the Laguna Phuket resort project, which includes four five-star hotels, condominiums, residential units,
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        Lock icon Cheaper condos in Japan
        48 23 Reuter TOKYO The number of condominiums sold in Japan in 1992 iq-tJ 'tl cen as y ear to 75.173 the lowest figure since iy/6. The average price of a condominium also fell last year to 39.38 million yen (*****.000) from 44.88 million in 1991
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        Lock icon Regulation to slow down land sales
        89 23 China Daily GUANGZHOU A new regulation is expected to slow down land and real estate sales in China's southern province of Guangdong. The regulation to strengthen the Administration of Foreign Investment in Land and Real Estate Development stipulates that all deals involving the transfer
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        Lock icon HK groups eye Shenzhen centre
        103 23 South China Morning Post HONGKONG The best exhibition complex in Shenzhen the Shenzhen International Exhibition Centre is being eyed by a number of foreign developers, with the Lippo Group and Sun Hung Kai Properties showing the most interest. The centre is owned by an international
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        Lock icon Good response to luxury homes
        71 23 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Beijing's first major luxury development. Rose Garden Villas, has been well received by local people and multinat'ona'B interested in housing for their expatriates The sW,oooa|m "mim-aty" will have 772 villas ranging from P ces ran 8 e from HK52.3 million
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        Lock icon Another hotel for Langkawi?
        77 23 Bernama LANGKAWI Another hotel may be built on the Malaysian island of Langkawi to ease the shortage of rooms expected later this year when the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (Lima 93) exhibition is held. Announcing this, Malaysian Pnmt Minister Mahathir Mohamad said over the weekend
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        Lock icon HK rents expected to rise 12pc
        85 23 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Residential rents in Hongkong are expected to rise by an average of 12 per cent this year, according to property agents Colliers Jardine in the latest edition of Asia Pacific Trends Prices for luxury developments are. however, likely to
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      350 22 NOTICES THE AVER MOLEK RUBBER COMPANY BERHAO (Incorporated in Malaysia) NOTICE OF MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the Seventy-Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Company wil be held at the registered office No. 22 (Upper floor of No. 20), Jdan Hang Jebat, ***** Melaka, on Friday, 26 February 1993
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      211 22 IN THE MATTER OF CHIP ENG TRADING PRIVATE LIMITED (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act (Chapter 50) that a Final General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company will be held at the office of the
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      377 22 LIQUOR LICENCE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I.KwekAiJong of Bk 581 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, 102-3155, Singapore 2056, have applied for a Public House Second Class licence in respect of premises at M/s River Inn Restaurant Pie Ltd at No. 20 Garden Avenue 101-01, Singapore 0409, and that
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      364 22 LIQUOR LICENCE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN dnMKlmgPliiMui of 98 Ceylon Road, Singapore 1542, have applied for a Public House First Class licence in respect of premises at M/s Ancient Mariner Pub at #02-12 Serene Centre, 10 Jalan Serene, Singapore 1025, and that this application will be heard in Court
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      348 23 REPUBLIC NATIONAL RANK OF NEW YORK A SUBSIDIARY OF REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION Consolidated Statements of Condition Aceofc December 31, Liabilities and 5615 1992 ,991 stockholder's Equity 433-264 M3-w" 1 '""wsninterest-bearing deposrts: with banks 10 346 583 8 774 409 In es, <:o,,lces t 962.600 792.835 Precious metals Z °'S
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      450 23 Sheraton Sure Savers If you want a HASSLE-FREE WAY TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON YOUR NEXT VACATION, Read On At ITT Sheraton, we know that hotel rates can get very confusing That's why we've introduced Sure Savers in Asia Pacific. These new, simplified room rates will offer you the
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  • Article
    Flogging productivity
    510 24 EDITORIAL THE WORD's a turn-ofT to some people who think it a nebulous notion that's been flogged to death. So it is an uphill task, year after year, for Singapore's National Productivity Board to ensure that the workforce remains mindful of the importance of productivity. And. more pertinently,
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Central Asia remains stuck
      169 24 SI ABILITY in the former Soviet Central Asian republics of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan. Turkmenistan and Kirghizstan is nowhere in sight, except perhaps in Kazakhstan. The region faces bewildering problems and pressures. Critical to stability is economic improvement. The Soviet collapse caused tremendous dislocation to Central Asia's
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      Threat to Mid-East peace
      121 24 THE DECISION by the Israeli High Court upholding the deportation of more than 400 Palestinians disappointed many who were hoping for a ruling against the deportations. The continuing impasse over the deportees jeopardises the Middle East peace talks, which are supposed to resume next month but
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      Raising cab fares is no solution
      192 24 INSTEAD OF raising taxi fares, the taxi industry should find ways to improve its services if it wishes to thrive. Its proposal to charge an extra fare during peak hours is unfair to passengers. It might also make it difficult for them to hail
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      The problems of plenty
      209 24 WHILE MUCH of the rest of the world languishes in recession, Mr Macleod is hard-pressed to devise new ways of dealing with a veritable mountain of money. And as the clock ticks on towards March 3 when he must deliver his second Budget speech, time to
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      A good move for fair polls
      161 24 A NEUTRAL and independent body to organise and supervise polls in the country in place of the Interior Ministry, to ensure that general elections are free and fair, is indeed a laudable proposal. The powers and functions of this independent poll body must be
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      Hats off to the lady
      186 24 WHEN THE Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded its highest honour to Aung San Suu Kyi, the citation described her as "one of the most extraordinary examples of civil courage in Asia in recent decades". Suu Kyi's non-violent approach in the face of brutality has been
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    You're doing fine out there, John — don't come home
    983 24  - You're doing fine out there, John don't come home The British economy is going from bad to worse, and nobody in government appears to have a clue as to how to set things right, says Neville Stack Neville Stack The writer, a political commentator and editorial consultant based in England,
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      187 24 YOUNG PARENTS IS PROUD TO SPONSOR A seminar for parents teachers Understanding and Helping Pre-School Children Dynasty Hotel Saturday, F«b 20, *93 > 8.30 am 5.30pm Are your 5-6-year-olds able to cope wi ol Mandarin and English? How can parents and teachers help Jp ;3figSfcE\ them to WHn gual? S
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      37 24 Off T 0 "THC. 100R<PCTH0N Vf\ OOKD ty =tt ippyu^-r 1 I J>nl -> (CfSfJ'T STOP NOW >. "=cx wEE^ J g|st^ associated newsp«p£rslto .mum VicfrtPOONESBURY garry trudeau BOOPSI5? I'M 71RBDOF I FROMNOhU ON, IP6MAND T SBSSSSH *SK I
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  • ANALYSIS
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      The time has come to strike a deal with New Delhi
      795 25  -  Ramesh Thakur says India could perhaps be persuaded to join the nuclear Non-Prohferation Treaty in exchange for big power status in the UN Ramesh Thakur The writer is professor of international relations and director of Asian Studies at the
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      Watch out, Washington — here come the MITs
      1054 25  - Watch out, Washington here come the MITs Christopher Farrell takes a look at the virtual coup MIT economists have scored by landing key posts in the Clinton Administration In the accompanying piece, Michael J Iviandel comments on the public mugging oFIE Tyson by to pe^s Christopher Farrell, Michael J Mandel
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      Economists should be ashamed
      597 25 WITH friends like these, who needs enemies? While economists are often the butt of jokes, it's rare for one to be the target of a public mugging by other economists. But that's just what happened to Laura D'Andrea Tyson when she was chosen to head Clinton's
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    Lock icon US to curb govt purchases from EC nations
    480 26 Europe told to drop bias against certain American goods by March 22 Reuter WASHINGTON US Trade Representative Miekey Kantor said yesterday that the country would curb government purchases of European Community goods and services if the EC did not drop a bias
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    Lock icon US construction spending stagnant in December
    249 26 AFP WASHINGTON US construction spending was unchanged in December from the previous month's level, the Commerce Department said yesterday. Analysts had expected a rise of about one per cent. Economic activity, however, rose in January on an index of economic activity kept by the
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    Lock icon Governor willing to be Taiwan's PM
    148 26 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan Governor Lien Chan, breaking weeks of silence, announced yesterday that he was willing to become premier following the resignation of Premier Hau Pei-tsun. "If President Lee Teng-hui, considering the future of the country and the will of the people, decides to
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    Lock icon BA chairman Lord King to retire early: newspapers
    336 26 AP LONDON British Airways chairman Lord King, who had made two embarrassing public apologies over a "dirty tricks" campaign against Virgin Atlantic Airways, plans to quit months ahead of his scheduled retirement. Reports in several British newspapers yesterday said the resignation of
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    Lock icon Beijing should go ahead with post-1997 plans for HK: adviser
    300 26 Reuter HONGKONG Beijing should go ahead with its own preparations for political change after 1997 if the colony's legislature approves Governor Chris Patten's reform proposals, said one of China's leading advisers on Hongkong yesterday. "I will suggest to Lu Ping
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    Lock icon EC calls for early G-7 summit to tackle recession
    314 26 Reuter BRUSSELS The Group of Seven major industrialised nations should hold a summit meeting during April to take firm aetion on economic growth, said European Commission president Jacques Delors yesterday. Mr Delors told the first televised meeting of European Community foreign
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    Lock icon US may be willing to open talks: Iraqi envoy
    304 26 Reuter BAGHDAD Iraq's UN ambassador says he has detected signals from Washington that may indicate President Bill Clinton is willing to open a dialogue. But the ambassador. Nizar Hamdoon. yesterday cautioned against assuming prematurely that the new US Administration would ease
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    A significant winter for India's foreign policy
    848 26  -  The Bottom Line SALIL TRIPATHI SALIL TRIPATHI The writer is a BT journalist now on assignment in New Delhi. PITY the Indian protocol officers and security staff. Between now and the end of February, New Delhi is at its most cheerful, with resplendent
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    Lock icon Christopher to meet Boutros-Ghali, UN mediators in Bosnia
    314 26 Reuter UNITED NATIONS US Sccrctary of State Warren Christopher was to meet UN secretary-general Boutros Bou-tros-Ghali and mediators late yesterday for talks that could help determine the future of Bosnia peace negotiations. Mr Christopher, in his first foray outside Washington since coming
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      205 26 fSingapore's most popular Nitsuko£\ Key Telephone System 17-18 February 1993 The Oriental, Singapore MINISTERIAL KEYNOTE ADDRESSES BY AHE Soeripto, Governor of Riau ADr Cosmas Batubara, Minister of Manpower, Indonesia CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS A e of Ba,am s indus,riai Es,ate executive Village and Industrial Estate Development Sectors for Development 5™ Mawardi Hami
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      15 26 SINGAPORE CONm Distributor of the most sought after Key Telephone System V Tel: 278 7088
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  • Shipping Times
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      NOL buys US$3.4m worth of containers, chassis
      329 27  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE National carrier Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has spent a further US$3.4 million (555.6 million) boosting its container and chassis fleet. In a statement yesterday, NOL said it had acquired 500 45-foot High Cube containers, 100 40-foot extendable chassis and
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      Kvaerner breaks into US, Spanish markets
      201 27 SINGAPORE Marine equipment specialist Kvacrncr Eureka has broken into the competitive shipbuilding industries of the United States and Spain with its shipboard fire-fighting systems. The systems, which meet Class Fi-Fi I standards, will be installed in two tugs ordered by Foss Maritime Co of
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      877 27 Page Col ABC'Containcrline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 •APL 5 3_ 5 Alpha Feeders 6 1 •ANL 3 |/2 •ASCL 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Avia Airways 14 4 •Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bangladesh Shpg 18 5 •Bank Line, The
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      Major facelift planned for Bangkok Port
      440 27 BANGKOK Newly appointed Bangkok Port director Payoongkich Chivamit is planning a major facelift for the notorious Bangkok Port to improve efficiency and solve service problems. According to The Nation last week, the new director said that his most urgent task is to change the
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      PSA moves to be region's port training centre
      390 27  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) has marked several milestones in its bid to become the premier port training centre for the Asia-Pacific region. Deputy executive director Goon Kok Loon said yesterday the PSA and its training arm,
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      Getting the yellow card for poor quality
      714 28 Quality assurance is the in thing now in the shipping industry but some companies are rushing into it for the wrong reasons COMPANIES across the marine industry are finding out that quality assurance (QA) is expensive, harder to implement than it looks and
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      1383 28 COURSES 1993 From Feb 18 (8 evenings): Import/Export and Shipping Procedures organised by ELIM Management Services (SDF 50%). For course details and application forms, please call *****70. February 5 (10 eveinings): Cargo handling and shipping course organised by Computer Lord Industrial Training School Centre (SDF 50%). For application
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      The best is difficult to achieve
      348 28 IT TOOK a lot to get the big five ship-managers to sit down and talk to each other. It took a lot more to get them to agree on a shared code of quality. Competition between them is still fierce, so as the first
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12623 36 I his is a list of ships loading Singapore for ports around tl world. It tabulates, by destinatio the name ol the ship, the shippir line involved and the estimate dates ot arrival and departure froi the Port ol Singapore. HN: ship calls at Penang a ter
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3463 41 A X Containrlin NV: Bels.n Shpg Agcncics Pic Lid (SVMannc Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord (.roup: Accord Shpg Pic Lid (SVAccord Conlr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine Calsourcc Shpg Trdg Pic Hd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg Album Sea-Air Service: Frala Shpg Pic Ud (S).
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      COURIER SERVICES
      260 41 Abacus C'ourMrs Tel: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Intel 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. City-Link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Ouster Link Supplies A Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1483 41 Abe* Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actiaic Forwarder S> Td: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Td: 542-781:' Fax: *****20. Aeroiiak Freight international Td: 545-8033. Fax: *****05. Aerospeed Td: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. V Air Cargo Novo Express Td: 542-5454. Fax: *****06 Air Express International Td: 542-7666. Fax: *****74.
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2264 42 ALBANIA Durres: I hree vessels in port of which 1 discharging hulk wheat; 1 flour, I vegetables oil in drums. AUSTRALIA Port kembla: Coal: 1 vessel loading. 2 waiting; 21 vessels due by Mar 5; approximately 1 day delay expected. Rooragang: 1 vessel loading, 1 waiting; 6 vessels
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      667 42 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES The information was contributed by Simpson Spence Young. There is still a continual flow of activity on the tanker market as buyers take advantage of the recent declines in price levels VESSELS ON OFFER Bulk Carriers Ocean Flare: 131,260 dwt and built in 1974 Nippon Kokan.
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      442 42 ARRIVALS Op Flight l>T>e ETA 1 From TODAY NCA KZ203 B747F 0145 1 NRT KAL KE697 B747F 0150 1 SEL ML JL6I7 B747F 0345 1 TYO SI A SQ835 B747F 1125 2 BSL/DXB RJA RJ024 B707F 1900 1 AMM/DXB CLX CV796 B747F 2115 1 LUX/AUH/KUL TOMORROW AZA
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      536 42 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Ait Dep Name of Vessel ETA LTD Ports of Calls Port Agent Telephone No FEBRUARY 03 03 Delfin Star 1200 1800 Sin-Port KJang Ocean Trade Chartering 299-0366 04 05 Sea Princess 1400 0200 World Cruise Straits Shpg 221-1748 04 05 Regent Spirit 1000 1800 Cruise
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        370 43 to* Voyto B-. fcrtm Dtparttft r iSJ 0212/2300 SE s s S «SS ASI49/B j! atoS 0212/0800 S? 6 38 0202/ 0600 04 02/0600 GandaPefkasa J8/9 alongside 0212/1200 8214 P01C 01 02 /0900 0102/2300 HuaHongSatu 01/93 Jll alongside 0212/0300 02 TO1A 01.02/1100 01 02/1900 Roda Perkasa 1/93
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1467 43 DELIVERY OF FCL IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS S* Ship ¥oy K» Cwhto wifaMt Sin Bhum 542N 31 m m nam Si! ?5J Si? COO(EST) 01.02.93 1500 Wo Exp I 909 3 01 93 0910 COO < EST 0102.93 1500 Anson *****N 310 93 0950 i a COO(EST) 01.02.93
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        Lock icon US airlines in the red for 3rd consecutive year
        541 46 earners losses have taken toll on world's 3 largest plane makers AFP WASHINGTON Plagued with overcapacity and facing only a modest economic recovery, US airlines were deep in the red in 1992 for the third year in a row. So concerned
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        Lock icon The lucky ones
        18 46 Reuter carnages of the train are seen on the othefside of the bridge -Reuter remaining
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        Lock icon Bangkok bikers don helmets to avoid collision with the law
        411 46 Reuter BANGKOK Most of Bangkok s million motorcyclists avoided a head-on clash with police yesterday by donning helmets for the first time in line with a new law. After a rough head count of the city's bikers, about 80 per
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        Lock icon Sydney airport strike ends amid Olympics bid fears
        377 46 UPI SYDNEY Qantas airport ground staff ended their crippling 48-hour strike yesterday amid fears that their action could have jeopardised Sydney's bid for the year 2.000 Olympic Games, officials said. Officials estimated that as many as 50.000 travellers, both in Sydney and
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        Lock icon Lufthansa may face tough times: report
        256 46 Reuter FRANKFURT German airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG could face serious financial difficulties if its planned cost-cut-ting programme does not succeed, according to the new German magazine Focus. It said last Sunday that confidential company documents showed the airline's equity ratio could fall to 10
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1224 46 nm a* n»_ AkuDkaW GA893 1500 GA982 0210 GA974 2225 GA886 2305 QF81 1935 Qf82 2050 RJ182 2200 i GA893 1500 GA974 2225 Aastortfam KL837 1545 SQ338 2300 j SQ323 1815 KL838 2350 SQ348 2300 NZ35 1425 SQ288 2045 SQ286 2045 NZ36 2235 »S«rt BegawM BI421
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      728 35 I PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I *40 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I CR NO: **********0E I KOTA E WUAYA IjL. S,N HKQ SIN CMe JIB HOD JED AOJ I s™23iSI A z I*"° S I KOTAWMAWAN WRNO2I 21/2 25/2 ",3 J' 3 I ALSO ArrcDTMA h£k
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      906 35 WEEKLY LCL SERVICE NORTH EUROPE EVERY TUESDAY FOR THE FASTEST TRANSIT TIMES IN THE TRADE CALL:BEN LINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: 225 3522 BOOKINGS: NOELLE TAN/TS CHOW YEA SHYUAN/SALLY YAP OR EAC TRANSPORT AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD BOOKINGS: ANGELINE TAN SHAH ALAM TEL: *****49 001 ARK KHIANG PENANG TEL:
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      107 43 FOR SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF YOUR BUSINESS Stories on labour and its relationship with management, management concepts in practice, profiles of leading managers in Singapore and 1 relevant book reviews. /o I o ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT, in I Business Times every Monday, is must rf/'i J> reading for managers who want the
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