The Business Times, 29 May 1993

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  • 15 1 SINGAPORE Business Times MITA (P) 552/12/92 Weekend Edition, May 29-30 1993 WE KNOW ASIA 75*
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  • 555 1  -  By A J Leow SINGAPORE The government will not take any immediate drastic steps to defuse the current surge in residential property prices, the Minister for National Development Lim Hng Kiang said in parliament yesterday. Mr Lim also reminded genuine home buyers
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  • 239 1  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines, which shocked its employees two weeks ago by setting aside funds that would pay only half-a-month's bonus, has decided to pay three times that amount. Yesterday, the national carrier said it would pay employees a
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  • 517 1  -  By Amy Balan SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore has made it easier for investors to trade initial public offering (IPO) shares. Investors will now be able to trade these shares on the next market day after an issue is balloted,
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  • 140 1 SINGAPORE Fresh American funds flooded the Singapore stock market yesterday in search of blue chips, driving the Straits Times Industrials Index past the psychological resistance level of 1.900. The 30-share STII jumped 19.43 points or more than one per cent to 1,905.34 in heavy trading, leaving
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  • 513 1 AP WASHINGTON The US House of Representatives handed President Bill Clinton the biggest win of his young presidency, narrowly passing a tax-laden, US$337 billion (***** billion) deficit-cutting Bill that is the heart of his economic programme. The vote was 219-213,
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  • 320 1  -  By Helen Chang SINGAPORE Indonesia has widened the scope of investments on Bintan and Karimun islands eligible for tax incentives in a bid to maintain the area's competitiveness, said Indonesian Minister for Industry Tunky Ariwibowo yesterday. The incentives allow tax exemptions in
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  • 2am LATEST
    • 76 1 WASHINGTON Lawmakers and immigration officials agreed yesterday that the US must tigjiten its liberal policy toward political asylum seekers or face violence against immigrants like that in Germany. "Our immigration laws and procedures arc being overwhelmed by applicants for asylum, many of
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    • 47 1 Reuter PANAMA CITY The Panamanian government said yesterday it expected to join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) within 10 months. "Our lack of membership is holding back our commerce a lot," Trade and Industry Minister Roberto Alfaro said. Rcutcr
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    • 61 1 Reuter PHILADELPHIA White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers downplayed the idea of a special meeting of the Group of Seven industrial nations to address the dollar's slide in value against the Japanese yen. Asked about currency market speculation of such a meeting, she
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    111 1 Stock market indices FrMa) Change STII 1.905.34 +19.43 KLSE Composite 735.25 -0.82 Nikkei 20.843.69 -8.94 Hang Seng 7.397.91 -49.33 SEI Index 836.03 +8.12 Jakarta Composite ...337.37 +3 45 CLSA China B 1.147.93 -12.23 AustAIIOrd 1.760 4 11.3 FTSE 100 2.M0.7 -14 6 FrMav Previous llain dose Dow Jones
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    • 126 1 fc #fl 4 iifir More Japanese firms hit CORPORATE Japan was rocked by more bad news yesterday as companies continued to report poor results. Leading the list was NEC, the world's second-biggest semiconductor maker. It suffered a record pre-tax loss of 37.7 billion yen (***** million) for the year to
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    • 30 1 Lifestyle Cover Story Tibet: Winds of change el 1 More Parliament Reports, Page 2 Bill to tighten up on pawnbroking business Labour Foundation unlikely to take stake in Suzhou township
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    • 10 1 Fund managers' choice Still betting on Asian equities EL 4
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    • 183 1 Travel notes Designer Jogs in China El 6,7 Hock Lock Siew gj 2 9 MAY 993 pj Sembawang: Factwfaehind the ntmotirtms When China rejoins Gatt will depend on polities. Back Page 1 CONTENTS Hnn S pore News 2 S por*Ww 5.6 Re&onalNwß J francial 7 World Mews 4 Futm Opinions
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 72 2 FRANCE would like to tie up with Singapore to jointly develop a township in the Chinese city of Suzhou, a French Minister said yesterday. The Minister for Industry, Postal Services, Telecommunications and Foreign Trade, Gerard Longuet, said France was keen to shoulder some of
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      • 71 2 SINGAPORE Electronics manufacturer Motorola has spent $1.6 million on ozone-friendly air-conditioners at its Ang Mo Kio plant. And a further $1.2 million will be spent phasing out present split units and refrigerators. Motorola's Singapore manager and director for Far East operations, JcfT Dryjanski, said the company's
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      • 80 2 SINGAPORE THE Automobile Association of Singapore has urged the government to replace the scaled transfer fee for secondhand cars with a flat fee of $100. AAS president Ng Ser Miang told the association's annual general meeting yesterday that the proposal was part of
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      • 85 2 THE HEALTH MINISTRY says anyone found practising cosmetic surgery such as nose reshaping, eyelid surgery, injections of silicone, bone powder, live cells and herbal vitamins without a recognised medical qualification will be prosecuted under the Medical Registration Act. And anyone advertising such services will be
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      • 70 2 SINGAPORE is ready to help Myanmar open up its economy and return to normalcy and eventually evolve into a representative constitutional government like those of Indonesia and Thailand, according to a statement yesterday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The statement was issued at the
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    • 66 2 IN THE REPORT titled "Takashimaya does its homework" in BT yesterday, it was reported that Takashimaya expects to reap $630 million in sales annually. The figure actually refers to annual sales for Ngee Ann City as a whole. For Takashimaya, the amount should be $300 million. Also,
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    • 627 2  -  NWC 1993 guidelines Reports by Anna Teo IN VIEW of good growth prospects, the National Wages Council says the total wage rise this year can reflect the expected improved economic and business performance. But the built-in wage increase should lag productivity
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    • 397 2 SHOULD bonuses be capped, and how often should they be paid? How exactly should increments be tied to productivity? These and other thorny wage issues will come under the scrutiny of a committee formed to review flexible wage systems. The National
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    • 270 2 SINGAPORE Turnover for the new Isetan flagship store is expected to hit $131 million for the first year of operations, said Isetan director Lim Tien Chun at a press conference yesterday. On a per square foot basis, turnover at the
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    • 323 2 SINGAPORE The US Ambassador will move into a plush new residence at 14 Leedon Park when building work is completed in about a year's time. The sprawling site, off Holland Road, is owned by the US government and now houses an old, single-storey
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    • 469 2  -  Yesterday in Parliament Businessmen pawning valuables in search of working capital By Chuang Peck Ming BUSINESSMEN and the rich, short of ready cash, arc pawning their valuables and fuelling a boom in the pawnbroking trade, according to Law Minister S Jayakumar. The poor no
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    • 211 2 THE SINGAPORE Labour Foundation is unlikely to take a stake in the consortium it will form to build an industrial township in China's Suzhou city. Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong said yesterday. If SLF did have a share, it would be
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    • PARLIAMENT BRIEFS
      • 119 2 LOANSHARKS will be arrested without warrants and they may not be allowed bail under the Moneylenders (Amendment) Bill 1992 passed yesterday. Penalties arc stepped up from the maximum fine of $5,000 to between $10,000 and $100,000. Repeat the ofTcncc and the fines double. Also, offenders may
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      • 67 2 COMPUTER HACKERS will facc up to a $2,000 fine and two years' imprisonment. And if the damage they causc exceeds $10,000, the Computer Misuse Act 1993 passed yesterday says the penalties could go up to $20,000 in fines and five years in prison. They arc even
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      • 84 2 MANY of the loopholes in scriplcss trading will soon be plugged. Parliament yesterday passed the Companies (Amendment) Bill 1993, which addresses the concerns of companies over the new paperless system. Among the new rules: a depositor cannot exercise his rights in a company's general meeting unless
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      • 116 2 THREE NEW BILLS were tabled yesterday the Travel Agents (Amendment) Bill, the Electrical Workers and Contractors Licensing (Amendment) Bill and the Customs (Amendment) Bill. The first seeks to enrich the Singa- pore Tourist Promotion Board by dissolving the Compensation Fund and transferring its money to STPB;
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      • 93 2 RECLAMATION WORK for the first phase of Jurong island is due to start next April. The Jurong Town Corporation will undertake the job which will link four islands Pulau Mcrlimau, Pulau Scraya, Pulau Aycr Chawan and Pulau Aycr Merbau. The first phase, which covers
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      • 72 2 BOOKING of HDB flats at two sites near the Simei MRT station will begin in the third quarter of the year, according to the Ministry for National Development. A total of 850 flats will be up for sale. The ministry also said that a commercial site
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      • 94 2 EXPERIENCE in developed countries has shown that an excess of doctors will jack up health costs. Health Minister Yco Chcow Tong said yesterday. Given the marked rise in the number of Singaporeans signing up for medical courses abroad, the ministry is now reviewing the list
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  • THE REGION
    • ASIA NOTES
      • 124 3 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China's first business accounting standards, which will be in line with international practices, will take effect from July 1. the China Daily has reported. The teeth in the new accounting system will involve putting all ol C hina s enterprises state-owned, collectives,
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      • 54 3 AFP HONGKONG Hongkong's trade deficit widened to HKSB.2 billion (SSI.7 million) in April, against HKS7.S billion for the same month a vear earlier, figures showed yesterday. Re-exports continued to surge, but imports also rose markedly, increasing 19 per cent to HK593.7 in April, the Census and
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      • 104 3 AP SEOUL Riot police firing tear gas battled more than 2.500 students yesterdav to block a march on the homes of two former former presidents. It was the second day of violence in a residential area several hundred metres from the neighbouring homes of former
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      • 74 3 Reuter KATHAURA, India India's battered ruling Congress Party was pondering its future yesterday after a planned huge convention intended to revive the party's flagging spirit was torn apart by a freak storm. Lashing rain, wind and hail on Thursday ripped apart tents, brought down trees
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      • 102 3 AFP AUCKLAND The principal of one of Auckland's leading secondary schools yesterday denied that Asian pupils had armed themselves for a confrontation with New Zealand students earlier this month. The Sunday Star newspaper reported that on the last day of term on May 7. Asian
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    • 333 3 Bernama IPOH A group of entrepreneurs from China's Haidian district, an industrial zone located north-west of Beijing, is keen to invest in Perak. in a bid to exploit business opportunities arising from Malaysia's buoyant economy. The leader of the 25-mem-bcr delegation. Deng
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    • 263 3  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA ASEAN will send a delegation to China to explore economic and scientific cooperation and will set up a dialogue committee with India, secretary-gen-eral Ajit Singh said here yesterday. Speaking after a meeting of Asean officials to prepare
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    • 334 3 AFP MANILA The Philippines may have to go without an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, in a scenario that would force it to pay USSI billion (SSI.6 billion) in maturing loans and lose foreign assistance, a senior Filipino official
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    • 434 3  -  Reports by Harish Mehta in Phnom Penh UNITED NATIONS Secre-tary-General Boutros-Boutros Ghali has personally assured Cambodian head of state Norodom Sihanouk that the UN will take strong measures against parties that do not accept the results of the poll which ended yesterday. Sources
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    • 159 3 PHNOM PENH If a twothirds majority in the Constituent Assembly needed to pass a new Cambodian constitition cannot be achieved. Prince Norodom Sihanouk has proposed that a simple majority should be accepted. Sources close to the palace said Prince Sihanouk had this week told
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      54 3 Reuter STUNG TRENG, Cambodia A hilltribe woman of ethnic l*o Khmer standing behind a voting booth in a remote jungle area at a mobile polling station in north-eastern Cambodia on Thursday. UN mobile stations were brought to remote jungle areas by helicopters on the second day of
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    • 243 3 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG In an effort to win the hearts and minds of disgruntled farmers. China's Ministry of Agriculture has announced it would cancel 43 taxes lev ied on rural workers. The tax breaks will come as a relief to
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    • 339 3  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE A Singapore law firm. Chor Pee and Company. is among three foreign law firms which have been granted licences to practise in Vietnam for the first time. The two other firms are Australia's Phillips Fox
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    • 359 3 AFP AP HONGKONG Top Chinese leader Jiang Zemin quashed speculation that Beijing might weaken in its opposition to more democracy in Hongkong as a fourth round of talks on the future of the colony opened in the Chinese capital
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    • 213 3 Reuter HONGKONG Britain and China yesterday said they would hold talks next week on Hongkong defence issues, a major irritant that predates their row over the colony's democratic future. In a sign of a continuing improvement in relations, the two sides
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
      • 73 4 Reuter WASHINGTON A Bill to end the arms embargo on Bosnia and grant US$2OO million (***** million) in military aid to Bosnian Muslims was introduced in both houses of Congress on Thursday. Republican Senate leader Bob Dole said the current UN Security Council arms
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      • 69 4 Reuter BONN Chancellor Helmut Kohl's centre-right coalition and the opposition Social Democrats (SPD) have reached an agreement on a reform of the postal and telecommunication systems, paving the way for their eventual privatisation, the postal ministry said yesterday. The ministry said the core of
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      • 62 4 Reuter BONN The upper house of the German parliament, the Bundesrat, approved the 1993 supplementary budget and measures to implement the government's Federal Consolidation Programme. Finance Minister Theo Waigel told the chamber, which represents the 16 regional states, that the consolidation programme was only a beginning
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      • 69 4 AFP WASHINGTON Two moderate earthquakes half-an-hour apart rocked first central and southern California and then Alaska's Aleutian Islands late on Thursday, with no reports of injuries or damage. A tremor measuring between 4.5 and 5.0 on the Richter scale rocked central and southern California at 9.50
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      • 56 4 Reuter WARSAW Poland's Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka resigned yesterday after her government lost by just one vote a no-confidence motion in parliament. The defeat, provoked by the hardships of ordinary people under rapid market reforms, plunged the country into confusion. Economists said it could mean delays for
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    • 208 4 Reuter PARIS British Prime Minister John Major yesterday said conditions for the pound sterling to re-enter the European Community Exchange Rate Mechanism do not exist at present and are unlikely to do so in the near future. Speaking to reporters after meeting French Prime
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    • 159 4 AFP LONDON The Conservatives have dropped to their lowest level in the opinion polls since the autumn of 1981, as traditional supporters in southern England have deserted the party, a poll for The Times showed yesterday. Labour leads the Tories by 16 points,
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    • 441 4 AP BRUSSELS The European Community will likely retaliate after the United States barred the awarding of US$l9 million in government contracts to European companies, officials said yesterday. Officials said the 12-nation trading bloc was considering slapping its own sanctions, worth about
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    • 269 4 AFP PARIS French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur on Thursday ruled out signing a world trade agreement on the present basis, senator Josselin de Rohan told correspondents on Thursday. The senator, who heads the Senate delegation from the neo-Gaullist RPR party,
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    • 470 4 Florence bomb blast AP Reuter FLORENCE In protests throughout the country, Italians vented their anger yesterday over the bombing of the famed Uffizi Gallery, an attack the government said was probably the work of the Mafia. More than 100.000 people jammed
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    • 314 4 AP PARIS The National Assembly approved a package of tax hikes and increased spending on job programmes yesterday aimed at cutting unemployment and a swelling budget deficit. The measures, proposed by Premier Edouard Balladur. are the cornerstone of a programme by
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    • 429 4 AP Reuter MOSCOW Russia is doomed to dictatorship or disintegration unless it adopts a new constitution. President Boris Yeltsin warned yesterday. In a meeting with 66 of his hand-picked regional bosses, he said it would be impossible to transform Russia without a new
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    • 191 4 Reuter OTTAWA Canada's lower house of Parliament approved the North American Free Trade Agreement by 140 to 124 votes on Thursday, after the ruling Conservatives used their slim majority to cut short debate. The bill implementing Nafta in Canada must still go to the
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    • 579 4  -  Britain's new Chancellor of the Exchequer From Neville Stack in LONDON IT WAS the moment the public and the City had been waiting for the abrupt departure of the most-criticised, most caricatured figure in British public life. Norman Lamont
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    • 169 4 Reuter LONDON Norman Lamont's 82-year-old mother was revealed as a reluctant but expensive media star yesterday. Irene Lamont was the first to tell the world that her son, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, had resigned on Thursday. She told the Grimsby Evening
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 530 5  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE DBS Bank has failed to get the green light from the Central Provident Fund Board to allow investors to use their CPF savings to pay for its billiondollar preference share issue. At a press briefing
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    • 382 5 SINGAPORE Keppel Corporation will not change the terms of its offer for Resources Development Corp; and if the takeover fails, it will not have management control over the civil engineering company. Keppel Integrated Engineering. Keppel's subsidiary executing the takeover bid,
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    • 346 5 SINGAPORE The stock markets of the Far East offer the best investments in terms of performance and safety, says international chartist David Fuller in his May newsletter Fuller Money. The "Mini Dragon" economies will grow on the strength of
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    • 291 5 SINGAPORE Parkway Holdings and Hwa Hong Corporation announced yesterday that they will sell a warehouse at Robertson Quay to Hong Leong Holdings for $42.5 million. The move will bring in extraordinary income of $7 million for Parkway and Hwa Hong, while
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    • 695 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE "Psst! Have you heard the latest? Well. Sembawang Shipyard has won a mega conversion project worth Sioo million to $200 million to turn a bulk carrier into a pipe-laying barge." Over the
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    • 382 5  -  By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE A sizeable windfall awaits Shangri-La Hotel Ltd from the imminent listing of a sister company in Hongkong. The amount could range from SS3O million to SS9O million, though its actual size would only be known
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    • 207 5 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Granite Industries Bhd's shift in corporate policy of focusing on just one core activity provides the best potential for rapid and sustained growth. Executive chairman Abdullah ibni Almarhum Abdul Rahman said in the latest annual report released yesterday that the
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    • Article, Illustration
      370 5 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks May 28 Lasl Sense latfex Slock sale (hp factor moters <*> m A\imo 2.370 -0050 1 74 -3 60 (&< 7 450 0050 547 360 Ccfebos 5 400 ■0050 3 96 -360 f AN 12 WO 0 200 9 03 14
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    • COMPANIES
      • 412 6 Japanese eorporate gloom Reuter TOKYO Japanese carmakers' profits skidded on weak sales and the strong yen in the just-ended fiscal year, and they will not get back in the fast lane this year either. Nissan Motor Co Ltd, Japan's number two carmaker,
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      • 592 6 AFP TOKYO Japan's six largest steelmakers yesterday showed declines in profits and sales in the year to March, and predicted a dim outlook for the current year. Steelmakers, including the world's largest Nippon Steel Corp, said the poor results were
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 109 6 SINGAPORE Singapore Press Holdings has acquired 51 per cent of film and video services company Star Network Inc as part of its move into the multimedia industry. The investment is held by SPH MultiMedia, a wholly-owned subsidiary. Star operates mainly in Hongkong but
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        • 55 6 SINGAPORE Sembawang Holdings Pte Ltd (SPHL) sold two million Sembawang Shipyard Ltd shares at $13 each to a foreign investor represented by J M Sassoon Co Pte Ltd at the close of business on Thursday. After the sale, SPHL holds 40.2 per cent or 85.57
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        • 140 6 SINGAPORE First Capital Corporation Ltd (FCC) has formed a joint-venture company with Guoco Group and Bedford Bhd to identify investment projects primarily in China, Vietnam and Asean countries. GFB Property Holdings Ltd was incorporated in Bermuda on Wednesday and its first investment will be
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        • 22 6 SINGAPORE SAL Industrial Leasing Ltd announced that its director Victor Chang Wing Seng has resigned on May 27.
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        • 106 6 HONGKONG China Resources Enterprise Ltd is placing out 640 million new shares at HKS3.3O each to raise HKS2.II billion (***** million) to finance a property project on Hongkong's Tsing Yi island, brokers said. The price represents an 8.3 per cent discount to the HKS3.6O
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        • 103 6 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Shareholders of Hui Sheng Agriculture and Food Corp, a feed producer, authorised the company's board of directors to invest up to USSIO million (SSI6 million) in mainland China or South-east Asia. At an annual meeting yesterday, shareholders passed a resolution backing
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      • 451 6 Reuter TOKYO NEC Corp. Japan's biggest producer of chips and PCs, posted its first consolidated loss in almost 20 years yesterday as the chill in the domestic computer market cut into revenues. NEC posted a group pre-tax loss of 37.69 billion
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      • 282 6 Reuter TOKYO Japan's seven trust banks and three long term credit banks expect another gloomy year as increasing bad loans still weigh heavily on earnings. Bank executives said yesterday that they will try harder to write off bad loans and increase
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      • 563 6 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Hefty taxes aimed at discouraging alcohol consumption in predominantly Muslim Malaysia have left a dent in Guinness Anchor Bhd's sales. The brewer's chairman and managing director. Peter Banner. hopes emerging markets in southern China and Indochina
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      • 481 6  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE New Zealand's Carter Holt Harvey yesterday announced a 26-per-cent jump in net earnings, and expects strong domestic demand and log prices to continue to boost its bottomline in the current financial year. The net earnings of NZ5243.5
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      • 366 6 Reuter BOMBAY A row flared yesterday within the Tata group, India's leading business house, already rocked by the abrupt removal of the chairman of its flagship company and allegations that the empire is run as separate fiefdoms. The board of directors
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      • 478 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS till II igl I' prim Mav 29 31 lltSUTMKC Fwid .i—ia w Income Bond Polio 3.23 3.35 Singapore Unit Trust The Commcrit 1.38 I 45xd nUOWIUJI The Sa% ings Fund 1.24 1.30 PmLink Mgd Fund 1.13 1.19 Spore Prog Fund 0.38 0.61 yiu i S'pore See Fund
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 498 7  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Thailand's Thai Danu Bank, which obtained a USS4S million (5572.4 million) loan facility yesterday from the Singapore offshore market, is seeking regional partners for potential joint ventures in Indochina. Thai Danu Bank's executive vice-president Pornsanong Tuchinda said
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      • 522 7 Reuter TOKYO Foreign brokerages in Japan have made a counterproposal to strict rules on stock futures trading now being considered by the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), a securities industry source said. The foreign houses contend the TSE's proposals are targeted
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      • 413 7 DBS Bank weekly currency review US$/DM: Bloodshed for the bulls The US dollar started on a bullish note on Monday, making headway to 1.6422. But the buying interest was short-lived, as bears returned to push US$/Dm rate to 1.6015 by Thursday. The unit traded
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      • 299 7 Reuter BOMBAY India's central hank has received more than 110 applications for licences to set up the first new private banks in the country in a quarter of a century, officials said on Friday. But the first to get licences from
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      • 328 7 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures priccs in London and New York rose inoderateK ahead of the three-day weekend on both sides of the Atlantic, brokers said. Prices were buoyed by traders squaring their outstanding positions and exacerbated by the expiration
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      • 263 7 Knight Ridder KUALA LUMPUR Private firms in Malaysia are likely to take advantage of stable interest rates to issue more bonds this year, an official at Rating Agency Malaysia said. Rating Agency executive director C Rajandram said the amount of private bonds issued
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      • 181 7 Reuter LONDON The dollar struggled against a muscular yen yesterday despite Japanese and US intervention, while sterling slipped on interest-rate speculation. The dollar closed at 107.26 yen after 107.88 late on Thursday in London. It posted a new Tokyo closing low for the third straight day. ending there at
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      • 90 7 AFP NLW YORK The Federal Reserve again intervened in early trading yesterday, buying up dollars to stem the rise of the Japanese yen. according to traders from several major banks. At around 1415 GMT. the dollar traded 107.26 yen and seemed to stabilise at that level. The greenback
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        1488 7 Iradt' Hctuhwd inJt caUulah-d attains S'/*vr's uy» 14 nadirs [hiitnfi* Ha*' itdi IW US$/S$ forward rates Noon May 28 s$ Bid Offer I-month 1.608) I 60"ti ?-month I ftORS 1.6100 3-month ***** 1.6100 6-month ***** I 6110 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at 10am yesterday: Singapore dollars to
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 1573 8 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollars ended firmer after a session of choppy dealings. Traders said the contract opened in the negative, then spiked up in reaction to news that US President Bill Clinton's budget deficit plan had been passed b\ the House ot Representatives.
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      • 631 8 COMMODITY REPORTS KL Tin TIN closed at a new all-time low of MS 13.66 a kg. down four cents from Thursday, mainly due to a lack of foreign demand and falls in London overnight, traders said. Traders said sentiment is likely to remain bearish
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      • KNIGHT-RIDDER COMMODITY SUMMARY
        • 60 8 BANGKOK Thailand consumed an average 644.630 barrels per day of petroleum products in January-April, up 13.5 per cent from a year earlier, the Petroleum Authority of Thailand said. Total imports averaged 505.730 bpd. up 16.3 per cent from Jan-Apr 1992. while domestic production totalled 213.300 bpd.
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        • 80 8 TOKYO Domestic demand for fabricated aluminum products in fiscal 1992-93 (April-March) fell 4.7 per cent from a year before to 2.08 million tonnes, the Japan Aluminum Federation said. Demand from the food sector rose a modest 1.7 per cent from a year before to 356.185 tonnes
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        • 54 8 TOKYO Chinese national oil trading compan> Sinochem has agreed to buy more Vietnamese Bach Ho crude oil. depending on output of that crude, a Sinochem source said. "We have signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam that we can secure additional volume as it
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        • 65 8 NEW DELHI India is likely to import "a large quantity" of petroleum products from Kuwait in fiscal 1993-94 (April-March), a spokesman for the state-run Indian Oil Corp said. He said a delegation from the Kuwait Petroleum Corp is here to finalise the contract with the
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        • 59 8 CANBERRA An extended drought and depressed prices will force a reduction in 1993-94 Australian wool production to 723 million kilograms. or 10 per cent below this year's projected output, the Wool Council of Australia said. The Wool Production Forecasting Committee had previously predicted
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      • 1641 8 Rubber Ma>:» RAS Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 1pm) HAS (physical prices) RSS1 Contract (S cents/kg) Buyers Seller* lose Volume (SccntS/kg) Month High Lo* Sett <tonnes> Interest RSS 2 Jun 93 I29 50I30 50N .»iu> a <uk n iut ii oso RSS 3 Jun 93 128.50 I29.50N
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    • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      • 1020 9 11.3 lhe Xustralian sharemarket continued its march towards a post-1987 crash record as a rise in gold bullion sparked another surge in local gold stocks. "The whole market traded well on the back ot gold it has been leading the way all week." said one broker. Brokers said buyers
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      • 567 9 -11.58 Share prices fell sharply as foreign investors sold down their stocks to position for upcoming initial public offerings (IPOs) of two food conglomerates, brokers said. "The market is down sharply. exacerbated by the tact that foreigners continue to position for (the) IPOs." said Louie Bate of Baring Securities.
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      • 68 9 -52.70 Stock prices dropped after Great Eastern Shipping Co posted poor profits, traders said. They said the stock market appears to be again entering a bearish phase. The Bombay index fell by 52.70 points to 2163.26 and the National Index dropped 25.02 points to end at 1007.31. Delhi was
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      • 724 9 146.15 A strong technical rebound alter recent losses pushed Taiwan share prices up to close sharply higher across the board, brokers said. lhe Weighted Index closed 146.15 points or 3.5 per cent up at 4.356.10. as turnover rose to a moderate 1527.3 billion from Thursday's thin T517.9 billion. I
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      • 293 9 Seoul \la% 27 UoafM) Vium U\1IW Iml 14# 00 -"SCO \njm InJ 2M0D I 00 \nkuk Ifhtirjikv 7 J© 00 uiK'h \mj crncrrt 00 unch \mj M«<«HN CVjOU 5.00 Kink < N < he iu 14KIHI I 00 Kink <* I'uvin l IU.00 2 00 Kink i h m to:
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      • 286 9 +7.72 The New Zealand share market finished the day higher and at another 33-month high to finish a strong week on a positive note but brokers said trading was quieter. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 7.72 points at 1.650.16 to surpass Thursday's 33-month high. Volume was lower
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      • 729 9 -14.6 Shares ended a listless session lower amid signs of profit-taking after Thursday's change of UK Chancellor of the Exchequer failed to inspire the market, dealers said. A lack of news, sliding FTSE futures and weakness on Wall Street depressed prices. The FTSE 100 index finished 14.6 points down
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      • 101 9 -15.89 Shares finished below 1.900 points on the CAC-40 index as bond futures and the dollar fell and investors closed positions before the threeday weekend, dealers said. French markets are closed on Monday for Pentecost. The CAC-40 index closes down 15.89. or 0.83 per cent, at 1,888.70. Paris M«>
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      • 105 9 -0.19 pc Shares ended the week easier ahead of a long weekend with the bourse closed for a public holiday on Monday. Turnover was high, but trade dull. The OMX-index, which carries a futures contract, was down 0.11 per cent at 853.56 after touching a new year-high of 859.16,
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      • 153 9 -2.62 Share prices ended easier after players unwound positions ahead of the long weekend, dealers said. No new factors emerged to spark interest and the index was locked into a narrow range. The bourse seen continuing to move sideways next week with strong support still seen at 1.600. The
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      • 153 9 -0.97 Shares closed an inch lower after institutional investors unwound positions in the last hour of trade before of a three-dav holidav weekend. But sentiment about Belgian stocks, which had been up to 0.5 per cent firmer throughout the day. remained positive, dealers said. The Bel-20 Index of leading
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      • 312 9 14 Shares ended higher yesterday but a fall back in the goid price and edginess ahead of the long holiday weekend brought some selling near the close, dealers said. Anglos rose 150 cents to 138.50 ahead of results next week. Marginal mine Dooms gained 30 cents to 5.90 rand.
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      • 162 9 -0.17 pc A late rally in the shares of telecommunications holding STEI pulled Italian stocks off their weak opening levels and key issues closed little changed. The MIB index ends 0.17 per cent lower at 1.192, but underlying trend gains 0.42 per cent to 1.196. Dealers expected the market
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      • 197 9 -3.28 Stocks closed lower yesterday. as the dollar weakened against the guilder on grim US economic news, traders said. The EOF index of the leading 24 Dutch shares closed down 3.28 points at 308.28 points. Decliners outpaced advancers 23 to one. Amsterdam MJ> 2K H> \B< \m.< M V
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      • 314 9 -1-4.55 Stocks slumped in early trade on profit-taking and sliding gold prices, traders said. "It's Friday, it's a holiday in the US on Monday and the end of a fairly good week, so there's probably some profit-taking going on." one trader said. The TSE 300 fell 10.01 points to
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      • 717 9 14.67 The stock market opened lower in the morning, retreating from record highs on weaker-than-expected economic growth in the first three months of the year. At I lam on Wall Street, the Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks was down 8.03 points at 3.546.80. Big Board volume
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      • 216 9 1.4 Shares closed slightly higher on balance with the two main indices at record closes after a late spurt on end-month window dressing. Prices had earlier moved below Thursday's close for most of the day. with investors taking profits following yesterday's gains. Dealers said they saw further upward potential
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      • 587 9 Vienna \U% 2H M 1 n.mk vu-jiuii'i «2! u,Kh lunri'un/l I t-n/inf "">* louZ ;I; -*j Sfc.»«.-l-DK Kh "X"' 'J" J 4 VkuKitvm W<. >"•'• J Source: Credit Lyonnsis Sec Asia Nasdaq \u> r i ss +7T Vtnipti «%*> Brewing iuk.Ii ypli« mmm Ui > nb» i >o I jwit
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      3140 10 Reuter SHARE prices closed lower as the confirmation of the reopening of airport talks and the likely renewal of China's Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status triggered profit-taking, brokers said. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index ended down 49.33 points at 7.397.91 after registering an 80point gain earlier. "It's the old
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      426 10 THE Shanghai B market was under pressure by the announcement of the new listing of Jin Qiao on Monday. The B share market in Shanghai closed at 842.02, down 3.01 or 0.28 per cent amid thin trading. No 2 Textile Machine attracted the highest turnover of the day, with
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      2444 10 Reuter STOCKS ended mixed in slow trade, as investors were sidelined over a nervous currency market, brokers said. The Nikkei average stumbled on a lower futures market because it invited more arbitrage unwinding, but buying in relatively under-bought issues helped sentiment. "We expect activity to increase. starting in June."
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      1782 10 Reuter STOCKS managed a big gain by the close as investors, encouraged by the absence of sellers, bought on confidence the market had little downside potential, brokers said. The index rose 8.12 to 836.03. with turnover moderate to light after a dull morning at 2.3 billion baht. Gains led
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      1059 10 Reuter MOST Jakarta stock prices closed higher in active halt-day trading, dealers said. "The market was very hot. Many shares with small capitalisation also got a lot of orders because it's now very difficult to get liquid ones." said Dandossi Matram. spokesman of the Jakarta Stockbrokers Club. Trading was
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    • 2192 11 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume Mcliuptcn MIc 16.612.000 Kcnong Bhd MV 8.4JJ.OOO kunjvjn MX: ''.487 000 tiroup 7.443 000 FA( B MV 7.08<».000 ldn> H\d HV S.23I.OOO AMDINt SMi.000 Inmncsl Bhd 4.726.000 Hromct 4UUN CASH MV J.7 71.000 Invjs Bhd 3 548.000 Mulli-Purpose 3.498.000
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
      • 5176 11 Bernama CONTINUED profit-taking ahead of the extended weekend took share prices to a slightly easier close yesterday. The KLSE Composite Index closed 0.82 point lower at 735.25 and the Industrial Index 0.74 point down at 1.262.35 while the All-Share EMAS Index added 0.08 of a
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 1127 12  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Who says Friday is the dav when investors take profits and square off positions before the weekend? Those who thought so were yesterday proved wrong by the Straits Times Industrials Index, which jumped 19.43 points to a new record
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      • 79 12  -  Quak Hiang Whai IF you have to pick a laggard slock in the current market. Sime Darby Berhad could well be it. The stock is ready to break out of the S3 resistance with its daily RSI and stochastic still at around 50. Its 9-day mov ing
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    • 27 9 The Seoul market was closed for a holiday PORT SHOTS The latest in sea, air and land transportation, u Shipping Times, u Monday to Friday. Business Times
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  • SPORTS
    • 320 13 Golf AP AFP OARAI, Japan Singapore's Samson Gimson, the overnight joint leader, scorcd a 69 yesterday for a two-round total ol 7-undcr-par 137 to take the sole lead in the U*****.000 Mitsubishi Galant tourney. Seeking his first victory at- ter passing a professional
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    • 657 13  -  Business Times-Lancome 17th Anniversary Tournament By Shahiron Sahari SINGAPORE Local professional Chua Guan Soon partnered Ben "I'm not a golfer" Koenig, to win his third successive overall title at the Business Times-Lan-come 17th Anniversary Golf Tournament at Tanah Merah Country Club (Tampines
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    • 617 13 French Open AP PARIS Rattled by repeated errors. Goran Ivanisevic dropped his third-round match at French Open to Carlos Costa yesterday, leaving only three of the top eight men still in the field. The fifth-seeded Croatian opened strongly, but by the
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        51 13 AFP WASHINGTON Major League on I hursday American: Milwaukee 9 Toronto 3; Kansas City 6 Chicago 4; Minnesota at Oakland, ppd.; Baltimore 4 New York 3 (in 10): California 5 Seattle 0. National: Cincinnati 5 Atlanta 4: Houston 8 Colorado 0: Pittsburgh 13 Florida 8; Chicago 5 San Francisco
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        145 13 AP CHICAGO An angry Michael Jordan denied on Thursday that he stayed up until the wee hours gambling away USSS.OOO in Atlantic City before the Chicago Bulls lost a playofT game to the New York Knicks. Jordan admitted going to Atlantic City to gamble Monday night, but he said
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        20 13 Reuter LOS ANGELES NHL Campbell Conference finals Thursday: Los Angeles 5 Toronto 4 (OT) (Best-of-scven series tied 3-3).
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        291 13 Reuter AP Reuter Reuter WENTWORTH, England US Masters champion Bemhard Langer survived a shank to card a two-under-par 70 and end up only one shot behind a quartet of early leaders at the British PGA golf championship at Wentworth yesterday. The 35-year-old German recovered from his first shanked shot
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        510 13 AFP PARIS Friday's results at the French Open (x-denotes seeded player): Women Singles 2nd round: Jana Novotna (Cze x 7) b Christina Papadaki (Gre) 3-6. 6-2. 6-2. 3rd round: Steffi Graf (Ger x I) b Laura Gildemeister (Per) 6-2. 6-2: Conchita Martinez (Spn x 4) b Natalia Baudone (Ita)
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    • 848 14  -  Basketball George Vecsey says thank goodness. Charles Barkley has frankly admitted he's no role model George Vecsey NYT NEW YORK At last, somereality in sports advertising. Charles Barkley directs his la-ser-like glare at the camera and announces he is a basketball player, not a role model.
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  • WORLD FOCUS
    • 754 15  -  Leon Hadar raises the curtains on June's US-Japan trade talks and looks at the persistent weakening of the greenback Leon Hadar The writer is BT's H ashington correspondent WASHINGTON The United States and Japan will open talks on a new trade agenda on June 7
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    • 492 15 WASHINGTON Officials in Washington are expressing concern that the continuing fall of the US dollar against the yen will weaken Washington's ability to set the agenda of the coming July Tokyo summit of the G-7 nations. Reports of a drop in
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    • 1013 15 BUSINESS TIMES TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1-800-737 0043 FAX:734 3698 SINGMAVEST INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Scction 308(2) of the Companies Act. Cap. SO that the final meeting of the members of the abovenamed company will be held at the
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  • 490 16 NYT TOKYO Japan will propose strict ground rules for its crucial trade talks with the United States next month that would exclude certain topics from discussion, including the setting of numerical targets, Japanese officials said on Thursday. The proposed rules,
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  • 377 16 AFP TOKYO US President Bill Clinton has asked Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa to back a US proposal to create a fund to help privatise Russia's state-owned industries, it was reported yesterday. Mr Clinton said in a recent letter to Mr
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  • 389 16 Reuter MOSCOW Russia lifted its veil of secrecy over gold production and exports yesterday, forecasting steady 1993 production and promising a "balanced and moderate approach" to selling gold on world markets. Mr Yevgeny Bychkov, chairman of the precious metals committee,
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  • 476 16 Reuter TOKYO Despite Japan's two-year slowdown and the soaring yen. workers are suffering less than expected and are doing much better than their counterparts in the US or Europe, according to data released yesterday. The Management and Coordination Agency said the nation's seasonally
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  • 472 16 Reuter WASHINGTON The US trade deficit with the rest of the world widened to U5529.07 billion (5546.80 billion) in the first quarter from a U5525.96 billion gap in the final quarter last year, the Commerce Department said yesterday. And adding
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  • 59 16 Reuter WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen yawning in the Oval Office with Vice-President Al Gore (back to camera) and Chief of Staff Mack McLarty (right) prior to US President Bill Clinton's appearance on television to celebrate Congress narrowly passing his budget Bill late on Thursday.
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  • 462 16  -  From Leon Hadar in WASHINGTON US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton yesterday renewed China's favourable trade status unconditionally for a year, confirming earlier reports that he had decided to do so. And for the first time, the administration spelt out clearly that
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  • 263 16 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkong's manufacturing labour force is set to shrink by almost a fifth or 110,000 workers to only about 470,000 by the end of 1994 as industry continues to shift across the Chinese border, according to Hang Seng Bank in
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  • 288 16 Reuter BRUSSELS European Community farmers yesterday said the 1993/94 farm price package agreed on Thursday would lead to a further decline in farm incomes. Farm support prices will fall due to the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) while some farmers
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  • 278 16 Reuter GENEVA Negotiations on China rejoining the Gatt ended yesterday after examining technical issues, but the political environment will dictate when Beijing returns to the Illmember nation trade body, trade sources said. Trade delegates ended the latest week-long session on the day
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  • ISEAS Trends
    • 1324 17  -  Yeap Soon Beng looks at how the success of the Chinese diaspora is whipping up anti-Chinese sentiments in the West Yeap Soon Beng Dr Yeap Soon Beng is a Lecturer in the School of C ommunication Studies. Satiyang Technological L niversity. THE once favoured Chinese diaspora
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    • 1029 17  -  Brian Bridges examines how the chase for quick profits is steadily erasing the border between Hongkong and China Brian Bridges Dr Brian Bridges is the Director of J all International, a Hongkong-based research and consultancy organisation. THE modalities and meanings of "convergence" have become key
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    • 1496 18  -  Janadas Devan and Geraldine Heng refocus attention on the fundamental facts about Singapore's history which will determine the course of democracy in the city-state Janadas Devan, Geraldine Heng The writers are academics NUMEROUS articles have appeared recently in the loeal media on
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    • 1273 18  -  Stephen Dobbs looks back on the Singapore River's history, and highlights the important role the river has played in the nation's economic development Stephen Dobbs Stephen Dobbs is a Visiting Associate at ISEAS. FACING the business heart of Singapore across the river from North Boat
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    • 1022 19  -  By Tereso S Tullao Jr Dr Tereso Tullao Jr is the chairman of the Economics Department at I)e La Salle University, Manila. AS President Fidel Ramos marks his first anniversary in office on June 30. observers are giving his presidency a mixed appraisal.
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    • 980 19  -  James Cotton suggests some ways to break the impasse over North Korea's nuclear weapons programme James Cotton Dr James C Oil on is a Senior Fellow at the Department of International Relations Department, the iustralian Sational I ntversitx, Canlxrra. ON May 12, the United Nations
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    • 1073 19  -  Denny Roy plots out a relationship between Washington and Tokyo that accents conflict rather than co-operation Denny Roy Dr Denny Roy is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science. National University of Singapore. AS recent trade tensions point up, the post-Cold War era
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    • 951 19  -  Sheila Nair spotlights an increasingly contentious issue Sheila Nair Sheila Nair is a Visiting Associate at ISL4S IN a statement issued in Bangkok early last month. Asian governmental representatives called for a contextual and culturally specific approach to human rights. It is no surprise
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    • 1033 20  -  Jack McCaffrie analyses the need for maritime confidence and security building measures in the Asia-Pacific region Jack McCaffrie 9 Jack McCaffrie. an Australian navy captain, is a Visiting Associate at ISEAS. ASKING why there should be maritime confidence and security building measures (MCSBMs) in the
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    • 1961 20  -  Athenian Democracy vs the Persian Empire IHESNGtfOK mm Brt S Rajaratnam THROUGH military might and skill, through the diplomatic subtleties of Oriental misdirection and polite ambiguities. the hitherto insignificant Kings of Persia eventually managed to conquer and assimilate the largest and most
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    • 143 20 THE Regional Strategic Studies Programme of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies will be holding a workshop on the theme of "Arms and Defence Planning in Southeast Asia" on June 18-19. Funded by the Ford Foundation of the US, this workshop will bring together some
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  • Executive Lifestyle
    • 1626 21  -  Where decades of Communist rule failed to break the Tibetan spirit, materialism may yet succeed. Charles Clare reports Charles Clare CAN THE Buddha and Madonna live together on the roof of the world? In today's Tibet, religious icons and pop idols share an uneasy coexistence
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    • STRAWS IN THE WIND
      • 68 21 IF YOU thought the mailers you get saying you are "preapproved" for some credit card are for real, take note. One person who received two identical mailers from Citicorp touting discount-travel privileges sent in her application with all the appropriate tax forms, and was rejected. Moral of the
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      • 70 21 DO McDonald's outlets overseas have a different menu? Why else would three men, definitely from out of town, amble up to the outlet in World Trade Centre and ask the counter boy, "Got any beer?" Naturally the boy said no. They wouldn't give up. "Got any wine?"
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      • 55 21 YOU can't win. It was reported the other day that the Hongkong Stock Exchange had censured a brokerage firm named Great Honest for charging clients too little. Slapping it with a fine, the exchange called Great Honest's conduct "injurious to the character and interests and prejudicial to
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    • OPINIONS
      • 1004 22  -  Helen Chang says population policy isn't something President Clinton should connect with the renewal of China's most-favoured-nation trade status Helen Chang The writer is a BT journalist ONE OF the most vivid memories I have of visiting Shanghai five years ago was looking out of
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      • 1036 22  -  Philip Bowring is surprised at the vast powers of the new Hongkong Monetary Authority Philip Bowring r/k- writer, a former editor of Far Eastern Economic Review, contributed this article to BT HONGKONG and Singapore have tendencies to copy each other, which is hardly surprising and good
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      • 1152 22  -  Neville Stack fears that Bosnia will again prove to be the fuse that leads to the powder barrel, like it did early this century Neville Stack The writer is a UK-based journalist who contributed
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      • 136 22  -  Lin Jian-guo JUDGING from recent press reports both in The Straits Times and Business Times, there appear to be rumblings of unfair speculation in the purchase of properties, particularly condominiums. It is gratifying that the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) is looking
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    • PROFILE
      • 2239 23  -  Writer, housewife and wit Gita Mehta talks to Lucy Hughes-Hallett about her family, marriage, Manhattan, and her very Indian novel, A River Sutra Lucy Hughes-Hallett The Independent Magazine WHEN I first met Gita Mehta she had just leapt from an aeroplane. She had recently turned 40 and she
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    • PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
      • BULLS' EYE
        • 51 24 Those polled on their views oj the Singapore stoc k market lor the week ahead: Baring Securities. Daiwa Securities Singapore. DBS Asset Management. Morgan Grenfell Asia Securities. OCBC Securities. Lum Chang. Ong and Company. Phillip Securities. LOB Securities and WI Carr. Figures denote number of
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        • 189 24 Daiwa Singapore (May 28) Sime Darby. Despite the flat interim earnings, buy for its diversification into the various major segments of regional economies. Sime Darby Hongkong became its top earner, boosted by the booming China and Hongkong economies, particularly the new airport project and strong construction sector. Sime's 30
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        • 242 24 Baring Research Ltd (Thailand) According to the Bank of Thailand, the economy should be operating within its key macroeconomic targets of 7.8 per cent GDP growth, inflation of less than 5 per cent and commercial bank loan growth under 20 per cent. Though the Thai
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        • 272 24  -  Peter Hames Director Abtrust Fund Managers (S) Ltd Abtrust managed in excess of L'Ss3oom under its specialist Far Eastern Funds which include the L'K award winning Abtrust Pacific Fund. Abtrust Far East emerging economies Fund and Abtrust New Dawn Investment Trust. 44T HE major stock I markets
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      • 1205 24  -  Australian currency and stocks are also gaining popularity as Quak Hiang Whai found out Quak Hiang Whai ASIAN equities are still high on most fund managers' list for the second half of 1993. Asked where they would invest their
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      • 844 24  -  STOOC By R Sivanithy THE LINE between investing and speculating is a fine one. Much depends on the individual's time frame and holding ability buy and sell an asset within a few months, and you could be labelled a speculator. However, if individuals
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      • 84 24  -  Paul Leo Buy Liang Court HoWngs Ud at 95.5 cants as it is ikely to trade towards $1.15. Another good reason for buying is that it is currently trading slightty above upward sloping trendline support Joining progressively higher lows since mid-April, the support is at 95 cents. RSI
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      • 311 24  -  CHART By Chew Eng Han The writer is the assistant manager of investments at M l C income THH QUICK break above 1.760 in midApril has important long-term implieations for the Straits l imes Industrials Index. The 1976 level marked
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      • 751 25  -  Magdalene Ng on why a car owner may have to pay a higher premium on an older car Magdalene Ng PETER LIM bought his Lancer two years ago for $30,000. Recently, his motor insurance agent sent him the premium renewal notice for
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      • 258 25  -  Spotlight currency By Paul Leo THE BRITISH House of Commons passed the Bill to ratify the Treaty on European Union on May 20, moving Britain closer to becoming the 12th and final nation to back a stronger and more united European Community. This might benefit the
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      • 392 25 JOUR Q: How do I apply for approved new share issues under the CPF Investment Account? A: You have to first open a CPF Investment Account and complete and submit the application form for the new issue. including the section to be completed by
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      • 786 25  -  Susan Tsang checks out the strong interest for the stamps Susan Tsang THE AUCTION of one of the finest collections of Siam stamps and covers realised 53.41 million, against auctioneer Christie's pre-sale estimate of $1.4 $1.6 million. All but two of the 364 lots
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      • 670 26  -  Motoring By SAMUEL EE IT HAS been said that in England, no 4WD helps you climb the social ladder better than a Range Rover. That's because no vehicle has as much character, or makes you look more "old rich" than it does. After all, how many four-wheel-drives have
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      • 577 26  -  Cnmmis Review By JAIME EE WHAT makes a person go to see a Disney cartoon like Aladdin? To watch a blue genie do Jack Nicholson impersonations, or to sit back and revel in a magical experience where logic is suspended and one is elevated
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      • 476 26  -  i ravei iwus By MARK GRAHAM The writer is a Hongkong-based journalist who contributed this article to Executive Lifestyle DESIGNER dogs are the latest yuppie accessory in fad-mad China, where the once-universal ban on pets is gradually being eased. Pet shops and open-air
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        • 118 28 NYT YOUR grandmother didn't need a degree in molecular biology to know that her chicken soup was a cure-all. But if you doubted her wisdom, a new study has provided scientific evidence that she knew what she was talking about. Researchers have found that the anti-inflammatory action
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        • 142 28 NYT A CHEMICAL found in soybeans is being tested for its ability to reduce mouth sores that may become cancerous. Researchers are giving soybean extract in a mouthwash to 24 people who have one of two such types of sores. Yet they stressed that the
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        • 142 28 NYT MIDDLE-AGED men and women who take supplements of vitamin E have far fewer heart attacks than people who don't, according to the results of two studies from the Harvard School of Public Health. Yet despite the positive findings, researchers involved in
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        • 148 28 NYT INFANTS who don't get enough cholesterol in their formula make over three times more of the substance themselves than those who get all they need in their mother's milk. Texas researchers have found. The results suggest that cholesterol is a crucial part of an
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        • 105 28 Prevention Health magazine WHICH of these foods would you say cling more to your teeth: Caramels or crackers? A hot-fudge sundae or a piece of bread? A dried fig or pufTed-oat cereal? Believe it or not, the stickier items are the second ones.
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      • 646 28  -  Susan Tsang finds out the benefits of a fibrous diet Susan Tsang Everybody knows that dietary fibre is. or should be. an important part of our diets. Surveys of the Singaporean diet tell us that we eat too much fat, too much
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      • 251 28 MEMBERS and guests of the Institute of South-east Asian Business (Asean Institute) gathered for a cocktail on April 26 to launch the institute's first two-day Asean Forum from April 27 to 28. The Asean Institute is an association of Asean CEOs set up for the purpose
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      • 168 28 WHEN TGI Friday's, the American bistro, opened its doors for a private pre-opening celebration on May 8, the 150 guests were greeted by the legendary red and white striped awnings. Tiffany lamps, authentic antiques, elegant clutter. as Friday's likes to call them, such as musical instruments,
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      • 870 29  -  Shahiron Sahari joins a crowd of Elvis fans at the Hearthrob to recall those old memories Shahiron Sahari Elvis presley, if he is well and truly dead, would probably not be rolling over in his grave if he were to watch Eddie
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      • 681 30  -  Bm Appetit By SUSAN TSANG SENTOSA sounds like a place for golfers and tourists, but those who are neither can still find a good reason to visit the place. Lovers of Japanese food, especially fish, will Find that Takarajima Restaurant is a very persuasive
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      • 716 30  -  Wine By N K YONG PICKING a great bottle of wine is no big deal. All you need is some knowledge (or just consult the books or your favourite guru) and some money. Matching wine with food is a different ball game. This comes down ultimately
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      • 266 30 Sim Tine Next Year In yet another dinner-theatre performance, British Airways Playhouse and The Hilton Singapore present Bernard Slade's adulterous comedy. Last day today, 7pm at the Hilton Grand Ballroom. Tickets at $125 and $140 available from the Reservation Desk at The Hilton Singapore. ■fc* > vogMeno The Lyric
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      • 153 30 La Vie Eii Hack With 50 French contestants here for the finals, this promises to be the French pop event of the year. Also features local band Culture Vulture. Today. 7.30pm at the PUB Auditorium. Tickets at 10 available from the Alliance Francaise. m —i*-» y;,§ n, nam kccvun
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      • 212 30 The Bhn PtaMet Produced in cooperation with Nasa, this film takes you on a trip to space where the Earth seems suspended in a limitless void. The snag is that man is slowly destroying his own blue and beautiful planet. Ham, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, spm and 6pm at the
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      • 442 30 Early Traders Of Siagapere (1819-1940) Discover the old ways of merchants and traders, from the familiar sack picks, weighing scales and rattan weighing hoops to a re-created river scene and rice wholesaler's shop. Til! June 30 at the Surrender Chambers Atrium, Sentosa Island. 9am-9pm daily. Free admission.
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      • 220 30  -  Compiled by Audrey Tan SMBdMhK Three youngsters are trapped under a mass of rubble when a building collapses. Presented by The Necessary Stage, this play represented Singapore at the Cairo International Experimental Theatre Festival last year. Till June 6. Bpm; 3pm matinees today and June 5 at
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      1073 32 Aladdhi. A typical Disney adaptation of the old fairy tale, complete with rousing musical numbers. Great animation effects substantiated by Robin Williams' hilarious genie routine. Good fun. if not as endearing as Beauty and the Beast. Orchard: 11; 1.30; 4; 6.45; 9. Marina 1; 1; 3.30; 5.30; 7.30; 9.30.
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    • 2409 32 TODAY'S TV S 1£45 Kelab Rernaja AngkasaShakila, 3.30pm, SBC 5 Wonders In China, 9am, SBC 8 Jflk 15 S«SaTsseiai A young groupie named Shaki- This week, a grand Mongolian V»- 3.30 Varia Sam. la manages to impress her sing- sports event. Cantonese opera P' 1 7" jHBMBo jfPf a 4.00
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