The Business Times, 6 July 1993

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    13 1 BUSINESS TIMES Ml KNOW ASIA MITA (l>) 552/12/92 Tuesday July 6 1993 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
    • Article
      Lock icon Tories suffer defeat in House of Lords
      76 1 Reuter LONDON Britain's Conservative government has suffered a major defeat in the House of Lords (Upper House) with the passage of a key amendment to the Railways Bill. The amendment would allow state-owned British Rail to bid for franchises to run passenger rail
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      Lock icon Bundesbank must continue cutting rates
      62 1 Reuter FRANKFURT Bundesbank president Helmut Schlesinger says the central bank has no alternative to cutting interest rates step-by-step as the scope to do so emerges. In a speech prepared for delivery to bankers, he says the current low level of long-term interest rates must be
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    107 1 Stack market indices Nloaday Cblgt ST1I 1,825.92 +7.69 KLSE Composite 732.51 -2.22 Nikkei 19.623.06 +1.6 Hang Seng 7.205.41 -12.52 SET Index 887.79 -0.13 Jakarta Composite ...359.58 -1.14 CLSA China B 923.84 -9.64 Aust All Ord 1,765.9 -3 FTSE 100 2,838.5 -19.2 Moaday Ptttjow Dow Jones dosed 3,510.54 Exchange
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  • Article
    4,000 residential units up for grabs in next six months
    570 1  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Property developers are rushing to market some 4,000 residential units in the next six months to feed the unabated property craze which has driven prices to new highs. And judging from the early response to The
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    Lock icon Buyers start 3-day queue for OCBC project
    347 1  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE It was the surest sign that Singapore's property-buying craze is far from over. Buyers began queueing up yesterday for units in The Countryside three days before the launch of sales of the landed property project by OCBC Property. More
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    Lock icon Chinese leaders begin crisis meetings to rein in economy
    494 1 UPI Reuter BHIJING Chinese leaders have convened crisis meetings in a bid to regain control of the overheating economy and enforce regional discipline, and the country's leading official newspaper has warned that market reforms are at a "critical moment". Vice-Premier Zhu
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  • Article
    Thai privatisation back on track with new listing plans
    500 1  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK THAILAND'S faltering privatisation programme has found its feet. Listing plans have been announced for the Electricity Generating Company (Egco) while the Telephone Organisation of Thailand (TOT) is studying privatisation proposals from five consortia of major consulting
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    Lock icon HK shares close lower as latest Sino-UK talks make no progress
    295 1 SINGAPORE Share priccs in Hongkong closed lower as shap early gains were erased by profit-taking triggered by nevs that the first day of the latest round of Sino-British talks on Hongkong had ended with no breakthrough. Concerns over the
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      21 1 <jr Property: Pg 28 Glut in Tokyo*s office market to worsen Shandong city offers land for Singapore industrial township, Back Pg
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Foreigners' credit spending slows
        332 2  -  By Anna Teo GOING BY Visa International's numbers, the slowdown in eredit spending during the first quarter was far sharper for foreign than loeal cardholders. Total billings of Visa's Singapore credit cardholders grew 15.5 per cent year-on-year to $656.6 million, half the growth seen in previous
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    • Article
      Technology Parks to develop three new sites for $300 m
      424 2  -  By A J Leow TECHNOLOGY Parks (TP) Pte Ltd. a fully-owned subsidiary of the Jurong Town Corporation (JTC). will spend about $300 million over the next decade to develop three newly acquired industrial sites. The developer of industrial parks made
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      Shareholders seek to prevent Devon's demise
      162 2 THE controlling shareholders of financially troubled Devon group met their creditors and auditors from Ernst Young yesterday to discuss ways to prevent a collapse of the major vegetable oils dealer. The meeting at the office of Ernst Young lasted hours. The meeting with the
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      Listed Thai electronics firm to buy more parts from S'pore
      384 2  -  By Joseph Rajendran BANGKOK Thailand's publicly-listed GSS/Array Technology has reorganised its regional operations and concentrated its sourcing operations in Singapore. The electronics company is expected to source up to US$4O million (5564.5 million) worth of components this year, a "marked
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      Team off to study Indian industrial park project
      158 2 ECONOMIC Development Board chairman Philip Yeo left for Bangalore yesterday. He will spend three days studying the feasibility of setting up an industrial park in the southern Indian city. Accompanying him are L&M Investments chief Albert Hong. Singapore Technologies Industrial Corp president
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • Article
        Director fined for shares offence
        91 2 THE DIRECTOR of a night club was fined $7,000 yesterday after pleading guilty to multiple snare applications. Karjadi Tjugito. 39. a director of Apollo Nite Club (1986) Pte Ltd. deceived Hotel Plaza Ltd into believing that ABN Nominees applied for more than a million Hotel
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        Benetton fakes seized
        87 2 ITALIAN fashion house Benetton yesterday raided five stores in Orchard Road and seized Sioo.ooo worth of fake goods. The T-shirts, sweaters and socks wer» seized from shops in Far East Plaza. Lucky Plaza. Orchard Plaza and the Far East East Shopping Centre. Benetton's local agent. Singaben Pte
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        Hurd on two-day visit
        71 2 BRITISH Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd arrived here yesterday for a two-dav visit. Mr Hurd will hold discussions with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, Trade and Industry Minister S Dhanabalan. and Foreign Minister Wong Kan Seng today. He will also call on Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien
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  • THE REGION
    • Article
      Strong growth creates new dilemmas for Asian economies
      366 3 SINGAPORE Strong growth in recent years has put increasing strain on the Asian economies and unwittingly created policy dilemmas for the governments, says Crosby Securities. As the rapid growth takes its toll on the countries' infrastructure and labour, and as the traditional
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      Lock icon Japan, France to form Viet support group
      452 3 Plan to give bridging loans of up to US$ 140 m Reuter AFP TOKYO Japan and France may form a support group later this year to help Vietnam repay US$l4O million (***** million) borrowed from the International Monetary Fund. Kyodo news agency yesterday
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      Lock icon Vietnam gives licences to 12 US firms to set up offices
      193 3 Reuter HANOI Vietnam has licensed several big US firms, including Citibank, General Electric, Baker McKenzie and Philip Morris, to set up representative offices. A trade ministry official said yesterday that the authorisations, made last week, bring to 12 the
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      Lock icon The fateful shrine
      38 3 Reuter PHILIPPINES A floating church-shaped shrine, which collapsed and sank on July 2, causing the death of more than 270 pilgrims, is packed with worshippers in this photo, taken a day before the disaster. Renter
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      Lock icon Ramos' development plan coming under scrutiny
      295 3 AFP MANILA Prominent academics and businessmen will hold a two-day conference this week to consider what went wrong with Philippine President Fidel Ramos' much vaunted development plan, organisers said yesterday. The meeting, to be attended by senior government officials, is expected to tackle Mr
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      Lock icon Call for new entity to spur SMIs in Malaysia
      310 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Minister of International Trade and Industry Rafidah Aziz will present a paper to the Cabinet on the need for a new entity to spur the development for small and medium scale industries. The paper, based on recommendations by
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      Thailand's TOT gearing for privatisation by 1995
      400 3  -  From Genevieve Cua in HONGKONG STATE-OWNED Telephone Organisation of Thailand (TOT) is studying privatisation proposals from five consortia of major consulting companies and financiers as it gears up for privatisation and a public flotation by 1995. TOT president Jumpone Herabat told Business Times
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      Lock icon Suharto seeks Japanese bridge between rich and poor
      297 3 AFP Reuters TOKYO Visiting sian President Suharto said in remarks published here yesterday that he hoped Japan would mediate between rich and poor nations to help the latter achieve their development goals. "Japan appears to have the opinion that by giving big
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      Lock icon Chuan rejects calls to investigate ministers
      149 3 Bernama BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai has rejected calls from the opposition parties for an investigation into the tax records of 11 members of his Cabinet, saying that was unnecessary. The calls have been seen as the retaliatory move by politicians seeking the
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      Lock icon Thailand bans dictionary over description of Bangkok
      326 3 Reuter BANGKOK Thailand yesterday banned a dictionary published by Britain's Longman company that provoked government and public protests by describing Bangkok as a city known for its prostitutes. A police special branch officer told reporters the Longman's Dictionary of English Language and Culture
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • Article
        Lock icon Taipei accuses US of meddling in Tibet
        101 4 AFP TAIPEI A Taiwan official yesterday charged the United States Congress and government with meddling in Tibetan atYairs. and said Western governments backing Tibetan independence wanted to see a weak China. It is "very absurd" that the United States involves itself in the
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        Lock icon Japanese economy to start recovering
        110 4 AFP TOKYO Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Yasushi Mieno yesterday reiterated his projection that the economy was bottoming out and would start a gradual recovery within the year. The BOJ governor made the remarks at the opening of the two-day meeting of 33 domestic branch
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      • Article
        Lock icon HK airport-linked tenders extended
        131 4 AFP HONGKONG Tenders for a key part of Hongkong's new airport project have been extended for a fourth time, pending Sino-British agreement on airport financing arrangements, it was disclosed yesterday. In a statement, the Hongkong government said the two lowest tenderers for the Central and Wan
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        Lock icon Indon minister rejects intrusion
        125 4 AFP JAKARTA No single nation or group has the authority to pass judgment on any country on the issue of human rights, the Jayakaria daily yesterday quoted the Indonesian Defence Minister, General Edi Sudrajat, as saying. Speaking at the anniversary of the Taman Siswa school, one
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        Lock icon Ramos accepts Clinton's invitation
        98 4 AFP MANILA Philippine President Fidel Ramos said yesterday that he had accepted an invitation from US President Bill Clinton to make a state visit to Washington, but said the date and itinerary of the trip have yet to be arranged. Foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo said earlier
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    • Article
      HK likely to post 5-6 pc growth despite China's bid to cool economy
      715 4  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG ACTION by China to cool its overheated economy is unlikely to dampen the 5-6 per cent GDP growth forecast for Hongkong this year although the impact is expected to be felt in
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      Easier flow of renminbi into HK unlikely to fan inflation in colony
      341 4  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE China's easing of controls on the flow of its currency into Hongkong is unlikely to raise money supply or fan inflation in the colony. The Hongkong Bank says that the amount of renminbi
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      Lock icon S Korean govt warns Hyundai strikers it won't stand idly by
      235 4 Reuter SEOUL South Korean Labour Minister Rhee In Je said yesterday that a month-long labour dispute at Hyundai Group subsidiaries was hurting the economy and warned that the government would not stand idly by. "A prolonged labour dispute not
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      Lock icon China, UK start seventh round of talks on HK
      299 4 AP AFP BLUING British and Chinese negotiators met for more than three hours yesterday as they began a seventh round of talks on Hongkong's last elections under British rule. "We've got work to do. we only have two days of this
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      Lock icon Three people hurt in explosion in Seoul hotel where Clinton is to stay
      349 4 Reuter SEOUL Three people were hurt when a boiler-room explosion yesterday rocked a luxury hotel where US President Bill Clinton is due to stay during a visit to South Korea this weekend. the hotel said. Guests were
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      Lock icon Next Tokyo govt may be unstable and short-lived: former LDP member
      526 5 Reuter TOKYO Japan could have a short-lived Cabinet and more political confusion after the July 18 general election, a key figure in a new group which split from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) said yesterday. "It is possible
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    • Article
      Lock icon Unpopular Labor says Australia needs more spending cuts
      402 5 Reuter CANBERRA Australia's Labor government, battling unpopularity since its shock election victory in March, risked a further downturn yesterday when it told state premiers thev had to tighten their belts. Treasurer John Dawkins, facing a stagnant economy and a ballooning budget deficit,
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      Lock icon Japan faces severe labour shortage in 2010: report
      238 5 Reuter TOKYO Japan's low birth rate will lead to a labour shortage of 6.22 million people in 2010, even if economic growth slows, according to a report by the LTCB Consulting Institute. Using a projection of 2.75 per cent annual economic growth
      Reuter  -  238 words
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      Lock icon Sharif's troubles mount as Benazir threatens street protests
      490 5 AFP ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif faced mounting problems yesterday with the Opposition raising the spectre of a military coup and threatening street protests to end his rule. Mr Sharif, 44, facing the worst crisis of his political career, is engaged in
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      Lock icon Indian court rejects petition to prosecute premier Rao
      173 5 Reuter NEW DELHI India's Supreme Court yesterday rejected a public interest appeal seeking the prosecution of Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao for allegedly accepting a bribe from the broker at the centre of the country's biggest financial scandal. Judge M P Singh
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
    • Article, Illustration
      The start of a new era for Cambodia
      1513 6  -  Hun Sen tells Harish Mehta about the country's new economic policy, and how former enemies are managing to work as partners in a new government Harish Mehta SINGAPORE Hun Sen has not lost his charisma or his political clout even though his
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Don't try building nuclear bomb, US warns N Korea
      545 7 IHT WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Warren Christopher delivered a warning to North Korea on Sunday that any effort to build a nuclear bomb would not be tolerated by the US. Mr Christopher said that North Korea was on a risky
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      Lock icon Japan to buy two more Awacs planes: report
      169 7 AFP TOKYO Japan plans to bay two more airborne waraiag and control systems (Awacs) to cope with a possible missile attack by North Korea, the Yomiari Skimbmm said yesterday. The daily said in its cvnmg edition that the Defcace Agency had decided
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    • Article
      Lock icon Japan's imbalances with G-7 partners show wide contrast
      571 7 AFP TOKYO When North American and European leaders start griping about Japan's record current account surplus at this week's Group of Seven (G-7) summit, the US and Britain will have the biggest axes to grind. The two countries were the only G-7
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    • Article
      Lock icon Americans back UN, not US, foreign intervention: poll
      534 7 AP NEW YORK Most Americans think the US has no right to determine who holds power in another country even with problems as grave as those in Bosnia and Somalia, according to an Associated Press poll. But 61 per cent of those
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      Lock icon US to announce aid package for Russia at G-7 summit report
      306 7 AFP NEW YORK The United States plans to announce an agreement with European allies and Japan for US$5OO million (SsBlo million) in aid to Russia at the economic summit in Tokyo this week, the New York Times reported yesterday.
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      Lock icon UN experts pull out as Iraq stays firm on cameras issue
      495 8 Reuter BAGHDAD UN weapons inspectors pulled out of Baghdad yesterday after failing to persuade Iraq to comply with UN Security Council resolutions and let them install monitoring cameras at missile test sites. A Baghdad newspaper said the inspectors were
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    • Article
      Lock icon Muslim militant warns US against extraditing preacher to Cairo
      422 8 Reuter CAIRO A leading Muslim militant warned from his cage in court yesterday that the US would provoke the hostility of Islamic movements across the world if it extradited Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman to Egypt. Safwat Abdel-Ghani, on trial for the murder
      Reuter  -  422 words
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      Lock icon De Klerk, Mandela receive Liberty Medals in 4th of July celebrations
      517 8 NYT PHILADELPHIA Nelson Mandela and President F W de Klerk of South Africa joined President Clinton at the birthplace of American independence Sunday, capping a day of pointed remarks on the distance each nation must travel to guarantee the
      NYT; Reuter  -  517 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Nadir alleged to have embezzled up to £565 m: report
      278 8 AFP LONDON Fugitive businessman Asil Nadir is alleged to have embezzled up to £565 million (SSI.4 billion) from the now bankrupt Polly Peck conglomerate, the Financial Times said here yesterday. The former Polly Peck chairman, who has sought refuge in
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • Article
        Lock icon New German interior minister named
        90 8 AP BONN Chancellor Helmut Kohl yesterday named a replacement for the interior minister, who resigned a day earlier over reports that federal police executed a leftist terrorist. Manfred Kanther was picked to replace Rudolf Seiters, who quit over the death of Wolfgang Grams, a suspected
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        Lock icon Belfast riots continue for third night
        116 8 Reuter BELFAST Riots flared for a third consecutive night in Northern Ireland with Protestant gangs launching petrol bomb and stone attacks on police into the early hours of yesterday. The weekend rioting in Belfast by Protestants began after the funeral last Friday of a
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      • Article
        Lock icon Blockade of UN HQ in Bosnia ends
        97 8 AFP SARAJEVO Bosnian Croat forces ended overnight their blockade of the UN headquarters in the north-western town of Kiseljak. a spokesman for the UN Protection Force (Unprofor) said yesterday. Bosnian Croat forces, known as the HVO, had blocked access to the entrance of
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        Lock icon Italy cuts discount rate
        106 8 Reuter ROME The Bank of Italy yesterday said it cut its discount rate one point to 9 per cent and its fixed advances (Lombard) rate the same amount to 10 per cent. The move follows Saturday s landmark accord between unions and employers laying down a
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      • Article
        Lock icon EC May jobless rate hits 10.5 pc
        100 8 AFP BRUSSELS The European Community's unemployment rate reached 10.5 per cent in May. up from 10.4 per cent in April and 9.4 per cent in May last year, the EC's statistical arm Eurostat said here yesterday. The jobless rate has been rising steadily
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    • Article
      Lock icon UAE pins hopes on offset programme to diversify from oil
      536 8 Reuter DUBAI The United Arab Emirates, which has persuaded its arms suppliers to reinvest hundreds of millions of dollars in the UAE economy, hopes the offset programme will help develop alternatives to oil as its main source of wealth. Foreign
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      295 8 Singapore could be India's link to East Asia: BG Yeo AFORE could be Indifc^/iTV r W* a as it re-oriental convenient point to pluf T.JC li.f S? §_r J Mry ie cconomy of East Asia, j n BOMBAY BG Yeo said he b< Lmster tor [niornuSon I in the 21st
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article
      Singapore Telecom denies public offer will be delayed
      391 9  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Singapore Telecom yesterday quashed market speculation that its public offer of shares would be delayed, possibly into next year. Treasurer Chua Sock Koong told Business Times yesterday the telecommunications giant expects to announce its latest full-year results to
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      Keen foreign demand expected for Telecom shares
      367 9  -  From Genevieve Cua in HONGKONG INTERNATIONAL fund managers expect foreign demand for Singapore Telecom shares to be very keen, particularly if its issue price is perceived to be fair. The interest in Telecom is likely to be underpinned not only by Telecom's reputation
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      Tibs unit in China venture to operate tourist transport service
      302 9  -  Fraa Yong Pow Ang in QINGDAO TIBS International, the subsidiary of listed Tibs Holdings, signed a contract yesterday in Qingdao to operate a tourist transport service its second venture in China. Total investment of the joint venture, Changlong Tourist Vehicles
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      Haw Par well placed to exploit Asia-Pacific business opportunities
      305 9 SINGAPORE Trading company Haw Par Brothers International is well placed to exploit business opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in the emerging economies of China and Vietnam. It told shareholders in a circular that it has gained much experience through business
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    • Article
      Even billion-dollar companies sometimes need to go into debt
      808 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Joyce Quek SINGAPORE When you want to rake in big bucks, you have to first spend big bucks. Nowhere is this more true than in the case of billion-dollar companies like Singapore Airlines and Singapore Telecom. SLA
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      Creative in tie-up to sell computer sound cards in Japan
      331 9  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Creative Technology has set up a joint venture to sell computer sound cards in Japan. The homegrown firm has tied up with Japan's publiclylisted l-O Data Device Inc to form Creative Media KK, which will open
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      Ipco and partners get M$60m loan for Perak port project
      185 9 SINGAPORE Recently listed infrastructure developer Ipco yesterday announced that it has, together with its Malaysian partners, secured a MS6O million (5537.8 million) loan for its Lumut Port project in Perak. Ipco said the loan was fully underwritten and arranged by
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      Promet to sell stake in Bukit Naga
      100 9 SINGAPORE Promet Bhd will sell a 49 per cent equity interest comprising 19.6 million shares of MSI each in Bukit Naga Development Sdn Bhd to Bukit Naga Holdings, BND's other shareholder, for MJ37.4 million (5523.5 million) in cash. Soon after Promet executed the
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          UEL in China power station venture
          65 10 SINGAPORE United Engineers Ltd has signed a preliminary agreement with the Chinese province of Anhui to jointly develop a 1,200-megawatt, coal-fired power station in its capital Hefei. In a press statement issued in Singapore, UEL said details of the cooperation with the Anhui Power
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          Jurong Cement in legal settlement
          37 10 SINGAPORE Jurong Cement reached an out-of-court settlement of US$lOO,OOO (S$ 162.000) on June 25 with Haw Par Trading Pte Ltd, which had claimed for loss of anticipated profits amounting to US$l.2 million.
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          Sarawak firm declares bonus issue
          68 10 SINGAPORE Cement Manufacturers Sarawak Bhd has announced a one-for-two bonus issue of 16 million new shares and a two-for-three rights issue of 21.33 million new Msl share at M 52.20 each. Proceeds from the rights issue will go to pay for its proposed acquisitions of
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          SCS unit bags HK Urban Council deal
          90 10 SINGAPORE SCS Computer Systems Ltd, the Hongkong subsidiary of Singapore Computer Systems Ltd, was awarded a HK$4O million (SsB.4 million) library system contract from the Urban Council for the next five years. When fully implemented in 1995, the library system will be the
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        437 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Mnupn prices Jul 6 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.34 1.41 The Sating* Fund 1.21 1.27 S'pore Prog Fund 0.56 0.59 S pore See Fund 0 88 0.92 S'pore Invest Fund 0.97 l.02xd S'pore Equity Fund 0.64 0.67 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund 1.77 1.86 Mai
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        SIA retains top placing by big margin
        1007 10  -  Top 50 S'pore companies by shareholders' funds By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines is still the nation's biggest company based on shareholders' funds. But the rate of profit earned on those funds has slipped. The latest Business Times ranking of Singapore's top
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        Lock icon Shanghai Petrochemical to float shares on three fronts
        364 10 AFP HONGKONG Shanghai Petrochemical Co Ltd. China's biggest petrochemical venture, announced yesterday a threepronged plan to float equity on the Hongkong. American and other stock markets. Financial advisers to the state-run company called the float the "first truly global offering" of shares
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        Lock icon Tsingtao offer subscribed more than 100 times
        147 10 Reuter HONGKONG Tsingtao Brewer) Co Lid's share offer, which will make it the first mainland Chinese enterprise to be listed in Hongkong, has been subscribed by over 100 times, the firm's agent said. "It's in excess of 100 times. With the banking authority's
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        Lock icon China sales help to boost Goldlion's profits by 63pc
        266 10 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China s appetite for brand-name clothes and accessories have led to a 63 per cent increase in aftertax profit for Hongkong's Goldlion Holdings, a leading clothing retailer and manufacturer. The company said yesterday that net profit for
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        288 10 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Investors Association (MIA) has alleged that some stockbroking firms were indulging in short-selling of shares which is banned on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The authorities should investigate and charge the culprits, MIA president Patrick Lim said in a
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        190 10 AP TAIPEI Formosa Plastics Group. Taiwan's largest business conglomerate, yesterday announced that it will build a NTS24O billion (5514.7 billion) petrochemical complex, the largest private project on the island. Group president Wang Yung-tsai said the Economics Ministry issued a permit earlier yesterday for the group to
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        Thai oil refiner defers listing in the face of plunging profit
        507 10 BANGKOK Thai oil refiner Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Ltd has delayed its planned exchange listing by at least another year after facing the financial embarrassment of making only 25 million baht (SSI.6 million) in after-tax profit in the first
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        858 10 Payment Ex Books P«> date close date Ale* Hldgs 50* b 6 Aug 31 Sep 6 Sep 28 Amcol 25* F 20 Jul 13 Jul 19 Aug 16 Apollo F 2.5 Jun 21 Jun 25 Jul 15 Asia Pacific I4N Jul 8 Jul 20 Jul 26 Asia Pac
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          Lock icon Dong-Ah in US$3b China deals
          86 12 Reuter SEOUL The Dong-Ah group, one of South Korea's biggest business conglomerates, will sign joint venture deals in China worth at least USS3 billion, a group spokesman said. "Chairman Choi Won Suk and the first deputy city mayor of Beijing signed a letter of intent
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          Lock icon US beer giant plans Thai venture
          91 12 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Miller Brewing Co, the second-largest beer company in the US, is considering entering the Thai market, the Bangkok Post reported. A senior executive of Philip Morris Inc, which owns Miller, held talks with Boon Rawd Brewery Co about a possible
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          65 12 Reuter TOKYO Citizen Watch Co Ltd said it is developing a new watch to be powered by temperature changes. Temperature changes will be converted into electric energy, which will be stored in a condenser in the battery-free watch, the company said. However, a Citizen
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          Lock icon Fisons selling Aussie unit
          76 12 Reuter LONDON Fisons pic said it was selling its Australian consumer health business to Parke Davis Pty Ltd. a 100 per cent owned unit of Warner-Lambert Co for As 34 million cash. The Australian business makes, sells and markets over-the-counter consumer health products under the principal
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          Lock icon Sale of Royal Brands gets nod
          81 12 Bloomberg Business News MADRID Tabacalera SA, the Spanish state-owned tobacco monopoly and food company, said the sale of its Royal Brands SA unit to RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp was cleared by the Council of Ministers last Friday. The approval means Tabacalera will transfer its
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          Lock icon Siemens to supply telephones to India
          78 12 Reuter BONN Electrical engineering group Siemens AG said it had received an order from the Indian Department of Telecommunications to supply 110,000 telephone lines by the end of this year. Siemens did not give the value of the order. The company said in a
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        Lock icon Australia's Pasminco sells UK zinc units to MIM
        254 12 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE Pasminco Ltd, Australia's largest integrated producer of lead, zinc and silver, said it sold its British zinc operations to Australian mining giant MIM Holdings Ltd for AS 100 million (Sslo9 million). The sale, which had been expected, will
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        Fletcher Challenge to close S'pore unit on Oct 1
        298 12  -  Move aimed at centralising human resources in Auckland By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE New Zealand energy and forestry group Fletcher Challenge will close its Singapore-based petroleum exploration subsidiary on Oct I. The general manager of Fletcher Challenge Petroleum Asia, Keith Rawlinson, yesterday
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        Lock icon Siemens to cut costs and jobs to raise competitiveness
        261 12 Bloomberg Business News COPENHAGEN German clcctronics and engineering giant Siemens AG announced cost-cutting measures and more job losses as part of a programme to boost the company's international competitiveness. Chief executive Heinrich von Picrer said Siemens would strive to save a
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        Lock icon NZ shares get post-budget boost in election year
        527 12 MARKET WATCH Analysts expect market to consolidate Reuter WELLINGTON New Zealand shares have been given a post-budget boost to record highs and analysts expect the market to consolidate, possibly pushing higher before this year's general election. While there was nothing directly beneficial
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        256 12 AFP IX)NDON British Aerospace (BAe) and General Electric Company (GEC) recently terminated preliminary discussions about a project to merge their defence activities, the two companies said yesterday. The two groups which are the biggest British companies in the defence sector, issued
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        202 12 Reuter TORONTO Northern Telecom Ltd brought in Paul Stern to help restructure its business four years ago but its financial future looks muddy now that the former chairman and chief executive has cleaned up his desk and left. Analysts believe the teleeom equipment
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        Simex volume looks headed for another record year
        426 13  -  By Soh Tiang Keng TRADING volume on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange soared to 7.4 million contracts during the first half of the year, which in all likelihood would give it another record year. A Simex spokesman said last night that the
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        Internationally managed open-ended Indian fund in S'pore to woo investors
        348 13  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE The first internationally managed openended Indian fund came to Singapore yesterday. Credit Lyonnais Securities (Asia) opened the Indian Opportunities Fund to Singapore institutional investors following its launch in Hongkong on July 1. The offer, which will
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        Lock icon Malaysia to woo buyers, miners back to tin market
        231 13 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Tin Market the world's only physical tin market which recently failed to post a price for the first time since 1986 is to get a shot in the arm. "We are studying ways to improve
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        247 13 Reuter SINGAPORE The Investment Companv of the People's Republic of China (ICPRC) will act as a watchdog for bonds floated by the Chinese firms abroad and provide feedback to its parent, China's central bank. "The ICPRC will provide feedback to
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          Policy with ready cash, fixed yield
          105 13 SINGAPORE Today, UOB Life Assurance launches a singlepremium endowment plan that offers a guaranteed yield that is tax-free. This plan, requiring a minimum capital sum of $5,000 as single premium, pays an amount equal to I.S times the initial investment sum in the event
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          79 13 Knight-Ridder KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange plans to launch trading in stock index futures and options by the last quarter of 1994. An exchange official said yesterday several issues still needed to be finalised, including the admission of
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          Lock icon Japanese banks lend Glasgow £50m
          103 13 Reuter TOKYO Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd (DKB) and seven other Japanese banks will extend a £50 million (SSI22 million) syndicated loan to the City of Glasgow. The loan term is five years and the interest rate is 0.55 per cent above the London Interbank Offered
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          81 13 Reuter HONGKONG The Shanghai-based Bank of Communications has opened a London representative office this month, its first in Europe, according to Beijing-owned China News Service. This is also its third overseas office after the Hongkong and New York branches. The bank has total assets of
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          88 13 Reuter PARIS French banks will raise their provisions again in 1993 because of exposure to the crisis-hit property market and troubled companies, Credit Commercial de France chairman Charles de Croisset said. "It seems certain already that provisions are going to rise," he told the daily
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          77 13 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China International Trust and Investment Corp, the Chinese government's de facto investment bank, said yesterday that it had filed the necessary papers to sell US$l5O million (about SS24O million) in bonds in New York. The company said in a
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        Lock icon Nava Finance remains top Thai broker in first six months
        154 13 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Nava Finance and Securities, an affiliate of the Thai Military Bank, was the most active brokerage on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) for the six months ended June 30. The exchange said yesterday that Nava
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        Oil futures recover in cautious trade
        435 13 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures prices on London's International Petroleum Exchange staged a moderate recovery yesterday, halting three consecutive days' losses. Trade was cautious and the volume limited, however, because the New York Mercantile Exchange was closed for the US Independence Day holiday.
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        144 13 THE US dollar opened generally firmer this week despite poorer US employment data released last Friday. The dollar recovered after an initial sell off as the market rationalised that Western Europe faced graver problems than the United States. Against the Ss. the USS opened at
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        252 13 Reuter LONDON The dollar stole the chance for a nap yesterday as the absence of US operators left the currency markets quiet and directionless. With the US out for Independence Day celebrations, the dollar sat within a 1.6944/7015 mark range throughout European business. The dollar was a shade firmer
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        Lock icon Euroyen ends higher on rate cut hopes
        1512 14 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen interest rate futures ended sharply higher yesterday, gapping up on the hack of a Japanese wire service report that the Group of Seven (G-7) would urge Japan to ease monetary policy in its communique at the end
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        KL tin weakens in producer selling
        685 14 COMMODITY REPORTS Tjn TIN was weighed down yesterday by renewed producer selling prompted by declines on the LME. Traden; said prices settled eight sen down at MS 12.90 a kgLate European and Malaysian buying helped check the decline. Volume was 69 tonnes against Friday's
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          Coffee producers to cut exports
          98 14 SAN SALVADOR Brazil, Colombia and Central American cofTee-producing countries agreed on Sunday to cut their exports by 20 per cent to try to recoup some of the losses from price drops over the last 4 years. Concluding a 3-day meeting here, government officials and growers
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          China offers more aluminium
          52 14 TOKYO China has stepped up ofTers of aluminium ingot for export to Japanese and South Korean buyers amid stronger London Metal Exchange prices, said Asian traders. More offers have been heard from Chinese producers as LME prices have strengthened, although offered quantities are in small lots,
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          India may export durum wheat
          70 14 NEW DELHI The Indian government may allow export of superior quality durum wheat if food stocks remain favourable and the crucial JunSep south-west monsoon rain is normal, India's food minister Kalp Nath Rai said. The minister told a parliamentary panel last week that the government
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          India's vegetable oil prices seen firm
          72 14 NEW DELHI Wholesale vegetable oil prices in India are likely to remain firm this week because demand for oil is likely to remain steady, traders said. At the same time, the arrival of fresh crops will decline in the next few weeks because farmers
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1675 14 Rubber juiys HAS Commodity Exchang* (futures closing as at Ipai) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Aug (TOO O00 132.50 i~200 3.250 Sep 0.00 0 00 134 00 350 5 400 Oet 135 00 135.00 134.50 875 7.425 Nov 135.00
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        Australia
        1227 15 -3 THE AUSTRALIAN share market closed slightly lower yesterday. with gold the only feature in an otherwise subdued market. Gold stocks were firmer, but failed to inspire the broader market and most key stocks fell. Oil and gas were also softer. The All Ordinaries Index closed 3.0 points lower
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        Manila
        587 15 -4.46 Share prices slipped on profittaking on selected blue chips but analysts said the market is poised for another rally. "I see a continuation of a rally. The market has pulled out of the doldrums we saw in June. The next one or two weeks will be very active
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        Taipei
        594 15 •9.91 Stocks reversed early gains to finish slightly lower on late prof-it-taking as investor confidence remained weak, brokers said. The weighted index, which rose more than 50 points at one stage, closed 9.91 points down at 3,907.33. Turnover was a very slow NTS 11.92 billion. Early rises were triggered
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        Seoul
        464 15 +4.48 The stock market closed higher in a day of very thin trade with buying focused on financial shares and large-manufacturings, brokers said. "The index was buoyant but the market, without improved trading volume, is still in consolidation." Choi Bum of Seoul Securities said. "I expect steady gains to
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        New Zealand
        244 15 16.45 New Zealand shares hit a threeyear high, as Telecom Corp shares surged to a record NZ53.25 a share, brokers said. The Top 40 Capital Stock Index closed up 16.45 points at 1,715.52. It was the first time the index closed above 1,700 since August 1990. Volume was
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        Bombay
        50 15 +21.93 Shares eased slightly in kerb deals on fears triggered by rumours of likely raids by investigating agencies against a couple of stockbrokers, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Index closed at 2,255.79 points, up 21.93 from last Friday's close. The National Index rose 8.67 points to 1.052.87.
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        London
        673 15 -19.2 Equities closed sharply lower on the first day of a new account yesterday, nagged by continuing misgivings about the UK's recovery prospects and weighed down by FTSE futures' weakness. But the losses were made in very thin trading conditions in the absence of Wall Street and were due
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        Paris
        103 15 -15.71 The summer doldrums. Wall Street's closure and a view that France's ability to cut interest rates without Germany going first has become much more limited pulled prices down. The CAC-40 share index finished down 15.71 points at 1,925.44. Paris Jafc 5 Fr Air-Ljguide ?2*00 -1900 Aicald Xnslhom 6J6
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        Stockholm
        183 15 -0.43 pc Swedish shares closed slightly down in quiet summer trade with S-E-Banken practically the only sign of life. Its A-share rose 3.50 crowns to a new year-high close of 46. "Investment house Alfred Berg's (S-E-Banken) analysis made the share take off but there were also many traders buying."
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        Frankfurt
        213 15 •5.64 German share prices made an overall loss, and dealers said the bourse was now heading for a downwards consolidation just because there were too few factors to inspire trade. The DAX-30 index ended floor trade down 5.64 points at 1,692.17, having recovered from an early slide to a
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        Brussels
        192 15 -4.28 Belgian shares closed down and in the lower part of their range in moderate trading. Traders did not exclude further drifting later this week as business was expected to fall back due to the holiday period. They also said intra-day volatility was likely to increase because of decreasing
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        Milan
        154 15 +5 Italian stocks, boosted by last Saturday's labour accord. came ofT their highs later in the session when the Bank of Italy didn't follow through with an expected interest rate cut. traders said. "The market started off real well but the Bank of Italy didn't cut and people began
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        Johannesburg
        312 15 +26 Reversing a weak start in lacklustre trade, shares ended stronger across the board on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, partly on the back of a steady gold price around US$3B 7/88 an ounce, dealers said. Expectations of a cut in Bank rate in August on better inflation figures helped
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        Toronto
        277 15 -6.56 Profit-taking in the oil and gas sector took Toronto stocks lower in midday dealings yesterday, kept lacklustre by the US Independence Day holiday. "It just seems like there's a small amount of profit-taking in the oils." one trader said. Dealers said there is concern in energy markets that
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        Zurich
        273 15 -1.96 Swiss shares closed weaker and dealers expected it to consolidate further in the coming days. Banks were the only sector to firm. Dealers said some investors sold chemicals for banks in expectation of strong half-year statements from the big three Swiss commercial banks. ÜBS bearers made the strongest
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      3098 16 Reuter HONGKONG Share prices closed lower yesterday as sharp early gains were erased by profit-tak-ing triggered by news that the first day of Sino-Brit-ish talks on Hongkong ended with no breakthrough. brokers said. The Hang Seng Index fell 12.52 points, or 0.17 per cent, to end at 7.205.41. It
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      473 16 Reuter HONGKONG China's B stocks for foreign investors slid 4 per cent on the Shenzhen bourse yesterday, while the Shanghai B market was quiet as investors' attention turned to new offers. Tsann Kuen, the first Taiwan firm to list its stock on the mainland, fell IS per cent in
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      2573 16 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended mixed in thin trade yesterday. Turnover was estimated at a meagre 150 million shares, the lowest since Jan 18. Investors were reluctant to take positions until after the Group of Seven summit this week and general elections on July 18. brokers said. "Practically nothing is
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      1807 16 Reuter BANGKOK The index gave up its intraday gains to close lower yesterday as small investors took profits late in the afternoon, brokers said. The SET Index finished 0.13 point lower at 887.79 on active turnover of 7.48 billion baht. The indicator hit its day's high of 897.00 during
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      1093 16 Reuter JAKARTA Stocks closed weaker in lacklustre trade across the board yesterday, brokers said. The official index closed 1.14 points lower to 359.58. "There was not much room for downside risk but a lack of fresh factors put the market in a lacklustre mood.*' a dealer with a foreign
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2659 23 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume KcnoosBM Mk ll .W7.000 Idm H\d MX 105.000 taM U2MII IMe( Bank. 50c 4 652.000 lnno\csl Bhd 4.162.000 FAC1MX M74J00 MM MK UIJjM Bci>t) j Group 2.726.000 Multi-Purposr 2.674.000 BouMcjd MX 2.542.000 Hcfi Moid 2 415.000 kcmavan MX. 2.160.000
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        Lock icon Shares give up early lead to end easier
        5391 23 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices turned easier despite a strong start here yesterday as the market ran out of steam midway. The KLSE Composite Index fell 2.22 points to 732.51 after registering an intraday high of 737.09 at 10.45 am. The broader
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        Lock icon M'sian stocks dominate retail activity
        7303 24  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Share prices in Singapore closed mixed in light trading yesterday, dominated mainly by retail activity in Malaysian counters. Brokers said the market opened with significant buying interest in Malaysian stocks but a lack of follow-through saw mild liquidation from about midday.
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        75 24  -  HOT STOCK Paul Leo SINGAPORE Bus Service ended yesterday at a record high of $7.85. It is poised Tor a correction back to 55.90. Monthly RSI at 100 indicates that it is overbought. Moreover, the weekly chart is showing a possibility of a divergence pattern falling RSI
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Success tastes sweeter for Sampras this time round
      699 25 Wimbledon AP WIMBLEDON Fete Sampras couldn't handle Grand Slam success the first time. This time, he's ready. "This is something that I'm more prepared for than I was in 1990," Sampras said after serving his way past Jim Courier on a scorching
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      Lock icon Mind-numbing tennis for the video age
      690 25  -  George Vecsey laments the charmless tone of the Sampras-Courier final George Vecsey NYT WIMBLEDON "Jackets off." In the Royal Box, these are the kindest words of all. It means that by royal decree, all gentlemen and ladies are free to doff their jackets on
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      Lock icon Lydia de Vega leads protest march
      316 25 AFP MANILA About 100 Philippine national athletes led by South-east Asian sprint champion Lydia de Vega marched to the presidential palace here yesterday to protest against alleged abuses, including sexual harassment, by sports authorities. President Fidel Ramos met a delegation representing the 100 athletes
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        70 25 Reuter NtW YORK American l-eague Sunday: Texas 8 Detroit 6; Minnesota 4 Milwaukee 3: Chicago 3 Baltimore I; Kansas 3 Toronto 1; Boston 6 Seattle 0: Oakland 7 NY 6; California 7 Cleveland 6 (in 11). National: Atlanta 4 Florida 3: LA 1 Montreal 0 (in II); SF 10
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        141 25 AP LES SABLES D'OLONNE, France The Tour de France is barely two days old and two-time defending champion Miguel Indurain has already pulled two surprises. First he made an impressive showing in the short prologue on Saturday, winning by eight seconds over the field where victories arc usually measured
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        228 25 Reuter AFP MONACO Pete Sampras' first Wimbledon victory also made him the first player to go above 4.000 points in the ATP rankings with 4,197. July 5 rankings: I. Sampras (US) 4.197 pts 2. Jim Courier (US) 3.842 3. Stefan Edberg (Swe) 3.230 4. Boris Becker (Ger) 2.786 5.
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        64 25 AP AP GL AY AI.QUII.* Kcuador Copa America final Sunday: Argentina b Mexico 2-1. AP DAMASCUS, Syria Asian World Cup qualifying Group C Sunday: Iran b Taiwan 6-0; Syria b Oman 2-1 Iran needs to draw with Syria in the last match todav to join Iraq. North Korea. South
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        Lock icon Golf
        92 25 Reuter Reuter LEMON 1", Illinois Western Open leading Final scores Sunday (US unless stated): 269 Nick Price (Zim) 64 71 67 67 274 Greg Norman (Aus) 69 68 67 70 277 Bob Lohr 72 69 67 69 278 Brian Henninger 71 73 66 68. Mark Wiebe 65 73 71
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      Lock icon Faldo, Price set records on their way to victory
      519 25 Golf AP Reuter KILKENNY, Ireland Nick Faldo shot a course record 65 and then won a playoff with Jose Maria Olazabal at the first hole on Sunday to win the USSB7O.OOO (551.39 million) Irish Open for the third time in a
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      746 26 Business 1 imes, i uesaay July I Nullfangßeats ABmL WHEBE to wine, dime and entertain oy ■—I HmHßnk Qit(ml|> From spm to Bpm daty,a good reason to comc down with drinks at only $3.50++ cadi. (Bear A Houm powtngcMnls only). Now Maying: •aafi»oTfi*BeT m Ladks Night Every Tuesday! For fMwvafeons,
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Runic tales in ancient stones
      793 27  -  Swedish standing stones yield stories of Viking valour. Tony Austin finds out more about these tales of long ago Tony Austin Reuter Rising sheer out of the Swedish landscape, rough-hewn granite slabs etched with hieroglyphics tell bloodcurdling tales of long ago. "See, Sigurd, there on
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      584 27 CHATTERBOX AP UPI AP AP AP ACTOR Robert De Niro was in Jerusalem on Sunday promoting his new film This Boy 's Life and got some VIP treatment. His photograph was splashed on front pages of newspapers, and he had an audience with
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      Lock icon Movie executives jump the gun in race for films
      919 27 NYT A CADRE of young, globe-trotting movie executives charged with knowing every non-studio film being made around the world is transforming the way these movies are bought for distribution. No longer are these executives waiting for Cannes or Milan or Telluride
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      1293 27 TV RADIO I Stephen sequel H^. wooden and kills some teenage delin- ,-'JUmv ||&UjflE vV quents. Dope-smoking teenag- ,v3rftgr I |«!a \Vv ers on a swim are terrorised by tl 'n"'"Smr\"itiiflff I *W. a bin-liner and a hitch-hiker V&gH^aQj.j run over by a lady driver lives S "«jip on to
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
    • REGIONAL SKYLINE
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        Lock icon Dickson in Wuhan hotel project
        84 28 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Dickson Construction International will take a HKS2O million stake in a HKS3OO million hotel renovation project in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Its partners are La Kimberley Hotels International, Golden Resources Development and Chi Cheung Investment, all from Hongkong, and
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        Lock icon New World's stake in Guangzhou project
        84 28 South China Morning Post HONGKONG The New World group of Hongkong has paid HK$7O million for a 20 per cent stake in the Zhifang Concord Plaza in the mainland city of Guangzhou. The cost of building the HKS7OO million commercial complex will be shared
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        Lock icon Aussies see market bottoming out
        59 28 Australian Financial Review SYDNEY Australian investors believe the residential property slump is over, according to a survey by estate agent Jones Lang Wootton. More than 60 per cent of 120 major investors quizzed by the firm believe the market has bottomed out, while 13 per
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        Lock icon Missing out on Asia
        59 28 Australian Financial Review SYDNEY Australian contractors are missing out on infrastructure projects in Asia, says the country's Construction Industry Development Agency. Australian market share is way behind that of Japanese, American and European builders, the agency says. Part of the problem is a lack of familiarity
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        Lock icon Regal group eyes China market
        48 28 South China Morning Post HONGKONG The Regal group has no plans to build more -hotels in Hongkong, says chairman Lo Yuk-Sui. Instead, it will look at projects in mainland China, including the upgrading of existing hotels in major cities. South China Morning Post.
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      PROPERTY WATCH
      232 28 Selected ERA transactions in the past week Mi of iZI Buillnn Sdtartc* trwdtom MP* <tqf Q Tim— g 8>N PRIVATE Jun 29, *93 I 0512 Faber Heights Semi-D 2500 (5,000) FH 1,770,000 708 Jun 28, '93 1027 Greenleaf View Semi-D 3612 FH 1,650,000 457 Jun 28, *93 1027
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      Tokyo's office space glut likely to worsen
      597 28  -  S N Vasuki takes stock of what was once an unimaginable situation S N Vasuki THEY are callcd bubble economy buildings sleek new towers of glass and concrete in downtown Tokyo. They have everything facilities, status and location. Everything, that is, except tenants.
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      Betting on non-gamblers
      154 28 ALTHOUGH Genting Highlands boasts the scenic Awana Golf and Country Gub, it is generally associated with gambling. But things are going to change. The resort will soon expand its facilities to attract families as well as its usual crowd of punters. Operator Resorts World hopes to do
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      Lock icon UK institutions plan to spend £5.5b on top commercial buildings
      371 28 Reuter BRITISH institutional investors have earmarked at least £5.5 billion (5513.3 billion) to invest in office blocks and other commercial buildings but only want to buy at the top of the range. Property analysts say a revival of interest in
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      Swedish investors badly burnt in UK property market
      511 28  -  Vanessa Houlder reports on the Swedes' disastrous record of investments overseas Vanessa Houlder LONDON Edinburgh Trust, a UK property company bought by Swedish insurer SPP three years ago. has won itself a place in the record books. Its £448.6 million (551.076 billion)
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      FACB: the making of a property group
      863 29  -  FACB is on the acquisition trail. Kooi Cho Teng talks to its executive director Kooi Cho Teng Malaysia's First Allied Corporation Be r h a d (FACB) has gone through a metamorphosis in just over a decade from a manufacturer of airconditioners and
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      M'sians in S'pore snap up KL country club bungalow plots
      129 29 Malaysians working in Singapore are the main buyers of bungalow plots at a new country club being developed outside Kuala Lumpur. They bought 48 of 120 plots at the Bukit Tunggul Golf and Country Resort, which were offered recently at
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      451 29 a Ask any optician about one of the catching features that Eizo monitors offer. most common causes of eye strain and To make adjustments easier, he will tell you it's computers. all the control panels are Or, to be more precise, monitors. mounted on the front within KT You see,
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  • Article
    China's macroeconomic test
    520 30 EDITORIAL A YEAR AGO, any senior Chinese official who dared to breathe the word "overheating" risked being labelled an enemy of economic reforms, or worse, an opponent of paramount leader Deng Xiaoping. For many months, even as outsiders warned of rising inflation and rampant speculation, the official
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Racing against the past
      373 30 AS THE new tribalism develops in Europe, it is necessary to move away from the euphemisms and platitudes that have gathered predictably around it and see it for what it is. That is difficult, for this is the world of designer tribalism. The known variety is
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      Begin with places closest to us
      134 30 JOHOR BARU is a place most frequented by Singaporeans. The Johor state government and retailers in Johor Baru welcome Singapore consumers but the latter's behaviour is often the subject of criticism by official and non-official sources there. Generally, they feel that many Singaporeans, although
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      London's fuzzy signals
      188 30 SINCE Chris Patten left for the Cabinet summit on Hongkong policy, the signals from London have been perplexing. Mr Patten has stressed his determination to "get on with things ourselves" if there is no agreement with China. But he also has appeared to ofTer an unexpected flexibility
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      A new chapter begins
      216 30 SOME PEOPLE might see it as a blessing in disguise. Whatever it is, as the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) faces a leadership struggle, there seems to be a shift in its stand towards the politicians. It may be mere coincidence when the AMP, for the
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      Vietnam's debt problem
      98 30 Socialism is about social equity. Vietnam's leaders should consider the words of author Susan George in her disturbing book A Fate Worse than Debt. If the IMF valued equality, education, health care, etc, it could use its programmes to encourage them in the interest of a country's
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      Disagreement over human rights
      63 30 Disappointing as it may be, the World Human Rights Conference should not be seen as a useless exercise. Certainly, more talks are needed because of the worrying aspect that Asian governments are maintaining that development has priority over human rights and that economic, cultural and social
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    A public relations exercise or serious business?
    1151 30  -  Leon Hadar, reporting from Washington, looks at President Bill Clinton's trip to Asia Leon Hadar TWO weeks ago, Clinton administration officials were expressing concern that the President failing to muster Congressional support for his economic plan, mismanaging diplomacy in Bosnia and drowning in
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      150 30 Beach across and I H 9 touch the soul of a nation. C/ th National Day Special Features To commemorate the 28th National &..jS Day of Singapore, the SPH group of newspapers The Straits Times, Qi ♦j rrr Lianhe Zaobao, Lianhe Wanbao, shin News Marian will publish National Day special
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon New Confucians pose challenge to Western idea of democracy
      823 31  -  With Asian leaders having mounted an intellectual challenge to the very idea of democracy, the Western media has begun a counter-attack. Today, we carry a blast by Newsweek columnist Joe Klein, as well as a New York Times editorial reminding Americans
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      Lock icon How Americans once flouted a universal norm
      654 31 NYT AMERICANS deem it self-ev-ident that men and women everywhere are created equal, with the same universal right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, just as the Declaration of Independence says. But Third World countries like Indonesia say otherwise, claiming that
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      Lock icon Tokyo leaders preoccupied with election on eve of G-7 summit
      1332 31  -  The meeting, which begins tomorrow, has become something of a giant annoyance. David E Sanger reports David E Sanger NYT THIS WEEK was supposed to be the crowning moment in Kiichi Miyazawa's political life: a chance for Japan's urbane, English-speaking
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    Qingdao offers land to S'pore in return for planning expertise
    505 32  -  From Yong Pow Ang in QINGDAO QINGDAO, an open coastal city in Shandong province, is joining the fray to get the Singapore government's involvement in a proposed Singapore industrial township project. It is offering Singapore a 5.7-sq km plot of
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    Lock icon China's yuan jumps against US$ after Zhu's appointment
    403 32 Bloomberg Business News Reuter BEIJING The yuan regained 7.5 per cent of its value in China's largest currency market yesterday, following Friday's appointment of VicePremier Zhu Rongji as central bank governor, government officials said. At the Shanghai Foreign Exchange Swap Market, a
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    Lock icon Beijing snubs Clinton's request for ban on nuclear tests
    187 32 Reuter BEIJING China has rebuffed President Bill Clinton's request to join the United States publicly in a moratorium on underground nuclear testing. In a statement issued yesterday in response to Mr Clinton's extension of a testing moratorium, the Chinese Foreign Ministry
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    Lock icon Gatt chief says freer trade will save jobs, boost world economy
    387 32 Reuter GENEVA The world trade watchdog Gatt yesterday launched a counter-offensive against rising protectionist sentiment in the United States and Europe, arguing that freer trade would save jobs and boost the international economy. The body's new chief, Peter Sutherland,
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    Lock icon Clinton calls for special G-7 meeting at Camp David
    289 32 AP Reuter AFP SAN FRANCISCO President Bill Clinton has called for a special meeting of Group of Seven nations at Camp David to discuss remedies for unemployment in the world's industrialised countries. In a speech yesterday before departing for his first
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    Lock icon Britain to cut £1b from defence budget and ditch four new submarines
    257 32 AP LONDON Britain has announced more than £1 billion (552.4 billion) in defence cuts, including ditching Tour brand new submarines which it hopes Canada or Saudi Arabia will take. Critics yesterday charged that Britain's second round of post-Cold
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    Urbanisation in East Asia: image vs reality
    888 32  -  The Bottom Line PHILIP BOWRING PHILIP BOWRING The writer is a Hongkong-based journalist w ho contributed this commentary to BT TEEMING cities, snarled traffic, sweatshop factories, rows of shophouses, construction and pollution all around, hard work, consumer goods, mobile telephones, karaoke lounges in
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      54 32 Singapore's most popular Key Telephone System FREEHOLD RESIDENTIAL SITE AT MOUNTBATTEN ROAD DISTRICT 15 FOR SALE BY TENDER Under Instruction from Kew Estate Ltd Site area 2,692.3 sm (28,980 sf) Development: A 10-storey apartment block, potential up to plot ratio of 1.55 Closing Dale 15/7/93 by 3 pm For further
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      339 32 SINGAPORE COMM Distributor of the most sought after Key Telephone System V Tel: 278 7088 I A two day seminar on Financial Derivatives Accounting, tax, regulation and control issues I As Financial Derivatives become more common in Singapore, the number of issues with respect to these products increase. This popular
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      Lock icon NOL unit operates fully automated warehouse
      467 33  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE A new warehouse owned by a Neptune Orient Lines subsidiary is poised to set the logistics industry on a new course with its levels of automation and economic use of space. Trident Districcntrc, which will be officially opened today by
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      US tanker, tramp agent pins growth hopes on S-E Asia
      397 33  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE A US-based tanker and tramp agent has appointed a local representative. after uncertainty created by the US Oil Pollution Act of 1990 forced the agent to look abroad for growth. The Bill Black Agency Group (BBA)
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      Lock icon Shell sells last of dry cargo fleet
      314 33 Seatrade Week NEW YORK Shell has sold the last two units in its dry bulk fleet, negotiating the 1981 -built 127,900-ton sisterships Tribuliis and Tricula to John Frangos/Seaways Shipping interests. The vessels were sold on private terms but brokering circles put a US$3B-mil-lion
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      859 33 Page Col ABC Containcriine 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 1 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 •Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 •Bank Line. The 9
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      Lock icon Senator Linie in consolidation phase for up to two years
      378 33 International Transport Journal BREMEN The round-the-world service operated by the Bremen-based Senator Linie together with DSR and Cho Yang is now equipped with optimum tonnage, the company's chairman Karl Heinz Sager states. According to him. Senator is now in a
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        859 34 Vwwl Voy Wo Bwth Arrival Dijttrtw J IK mis Port ASI 157 T) J1 alongside 0607/1000 Bulk Topaj 1 93 18 9 06 07 1800 Iran laya 38, 93 13 alongside 0607 0300 Kayashima Maru 5 ft 6 alongside 06 0 7 0600 Meiar indah M 93
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1697 34 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Ace Concord 33W 07/1900 2 05 1700 06, 0659 06 0900 06/1200 06/1459 06 1700 H* 196 06/1500 1 05 1500
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11416 42 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3332 47 Containeriine NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pte LI«J (SyManne Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SVAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albatros Sen-Air Service; Frata Shpg Pte Ltd (S). Alfred
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      COURIER SERVICES
      268 47 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898 Air Express Ino el 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. Cluster Link Supplies Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1467 47 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7821 Fax: *****20. \erolink Freight International Tel: 545-8031 Fax: *****05. \erospeed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express International Tel: 542-7666. Fax: *****74. *****50. Air
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2627 48 ALBANIA Duress: Five vessels in port discharging Of which 2 general cargo, 1 coke. 2 sugar. ANGOLA Luanda: Port busy, all berths occupied but no real congestion maximum wait about one day. Lobito: Port operating with low traffic levels. Aid cargo being discharged to receivers* trucks, and rail
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      Lock icon SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      327 48 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES AFP VESSELS SOLD FOR FURTHER TRADING Bulk Carriers Mv Spring Hawk: built 1984 in Japan; 37,694 dwt on 10.84 m draft; NK; sho-ha; 4xlst cranes; 6,936 bhp Sulzer diesel; sold for US$l5.l millionto Chinese interests. Mv Armenistis: built 1981 in Japan; 26,975 dwt on 10.63 m
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      556 48 ARRIVALS Op Flight Type ETA T From TOOAY NCA K2203 B747F 0145 I NRT KAL K.E697 B747F 0150 1 SEL JAL JL617 B747F 0345 I 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
      312 48 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Ait Dep Name of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of Calls Port Agent Telephone No JULY 05 06 Continental World 1000 2000 Cruise to Nowhere Lauw Sons Travel 227-8284 07 07 Continental World 1200 2000 Sin-Jakarta Law* Sons Travel 227-8284 II II Continental World 1000 2000
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      674 49 DRY cargo freight rates continued to slide on July 2 as fewer cargoes emerged in most loading areas, brokers said. Demand from all commodities trades, with some exceptions in coal, has moved into the seasonal doldrums. The Baltic Freight Index fell by eleven points to 1.447. Some interest
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      990 49 COURSES Title: SFFA Standard Trading Conditions Duration: July 6 Aug 17 (7 evenings): Organiser: Singapore Freight Forwarders Association/PSA Tel: All courses are open to nonmembers. For further details and application forms contact SFFA at 253-7550 or fax: 253-2303. Title: Cargo Handling and Shipping Course (SDF 50%) Duration: July
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      Ensuring a safe and sound cruise
      958 50  -  Precautions taken onboard cruise ships today have to be focused on three key areas the crew, the vessel and the passenger, says Lars Sjogren, managing director of Sembawang Johnson Management Pte Ltd Lars Sjogren THE SUPPLY and quality of men on board a vessel
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    • AIR AND LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
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        505 52  -  Although highly imbalanced, agreement not a constraint: airline official By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is satisfied with the existing air service agreement with the United States, for now at least, said the airline's director of corporate planning. Bashir Ahmad
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