The Business Times, 29 July 1993

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Thursday July 29 1993 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
    • Article
      Lock icon Another blow for EC steel rescue plan
      82 1 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Commission yesterday failed to agree on a loan scheme to help steel makers establish a USSI billion (SSI.6 billion) restructuring fund, dealing another blow to the European Community's steel rescue plan. Several commissioners questioned the legal base which would
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    • Article
      Lock icon Guangdong N-plant begins operating
      46 1 AFP PARIS The first stage of the Daya Bay nuclear power plant in south China's prosperous Guangdong province was started up yesterday, Framatomc, the French company which built the project announced here. The plant will be fully commissioned later this year.— AFP
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    110 1 Stock market indices Wednesday Change S'fH „l,794.21 -11.32 KLSE Composite 763.97 8.4 Nikkei „.I9.829.58 Hang Seng 6.903.21 SE1 Index 908.36 15.22 Jakarta Composite ...354.64 -0.86 CLSA China B 840 42 -1 34 Aust All Ord 1.818 4 +3.5 FrSE 100 2.884.2 +4.8 Wednesday Previous Ipm close Dow Jones
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    S'pore financial institutions set for record earnings
    685 1  -  By Quak Hiang Whai, Alvin Tay SINGAPORE Singapore's financial institutions are poised for record earnings this year, judging by the rosy interim results released this week by listed banks and finance companies. Yesterday, newly-listed Keppel Bank reported a 74.4 per cent jump in
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    Lock icon LDP hopes dim as Japanese opposition form coalition
    510 1 AP TOKYO Seven opposition parties looked set Wednesday to form a coalition government. eroding further the Liberal Democratic Party's hopes of keeping the power it has held since 1955. Opposition leaders indicated yesterday they had decided to go ahead with a non-LDP
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  • Article
    China should succeed in cooling economy by next year: Nomura
    469 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG PRESENTING one of the most optimistie assessments of China's economic outlook. Nomura Research Institute has said the Chinese government should successfully cool the economy and bring inflation down to a single-digit level next year. A
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    M'sian firms grab lead in China gaming industry
    541 1  -  By Amy Balan SINGAPORE Malaysian companies have emerged as the leading players in China's fledgling gaming industry. Seven Malaysian companies Berjaya, Magnum. Dunlop Estates. Ekran. Granite, Larut. and Talam have various contracts to supply equipment for and run lotteries. slot machines and
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    Lock icon Bundesbank cuts key money market rate
    104 1 Reuter FRANKFURT The German Bundesbank, under pressure to reduce its official interest rates to support the weak French franc, yesterday allowed a key money market interest rate to drop sharply. The Bundesbank offered funds to the money market at a minimum rate of 6.95
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon May money supply grew 6.3pc
        335 2  -  By l Paul Leo GROWTH in money supply M 2 improved in May to 6.3 per cent, leading analysts to believe that April M 2 growth of 5.7 per cent was probably the low point for the year. M 2 comprises currency in active circulation,
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    • Article
      Leedon Court apartment block sold for $24m
      189 2  -  By A J Leow HONGKONG tycoon Deacon Chiu's Far East Holdings International (Fehi) has sold its Leedon Court apartment block near Holland Village for $24 million. Property consultant Jones Lang Wootton, which brokered the deal, told BT yesterday that the 12-storey block off
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      Moves to link Afta with Single Euro Market
      502 2 Asean Post-Ministerial Conference TALKS between Asean and its key trading partners ended yesterday with moves to link the Asean Free Trade Area with the Single European Market (SEM) and the North American Free Trade Area (Nafta). The moves to link Afta with
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    • Article
      US wants Apec to take on more substance: Lord
      108 2 THE United States would like to see the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum evolve from a mere talk-shop into something more concrete over time. Asked yesterday after the wrap-up of talks between Asean and its seven dialogue partners if Apec would
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    • Article
      MPs to raise questions on share rigging and overseas properties
      252 2  -  By Sylvia Wong SEVERAL members of parliament will be raising questions on two of today's hottest topics share rigging and overseas properties in parliament tomorrow. Nominated MP Walter Woon will ask the Finance Minister if there are adequate penalties in
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • Article
        Local developer launching JB condos
        116 2 A HOMEGROWN contractor-turned-developer is launching the sale of its first overseas project this weekend with an upmarket condominium development in Malaysia. According to Equator Land managing director Eddy Ng. the Wadihana could be regarded as the "first true condominium project" in Johor Baru. The Ms4s
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        Amex's latest offer to cardmembers
        81 2 AMERICAN Express is offering not one. but two. grand prizes in its new programme to encourage cardmembers to charge to their Amex cards. One is a 113 sqm two-room apartment in The Allanda Phuket, a freehold condominium project along the northwest coast of Phuket. The
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        Corrections and clarification
        47 2 IBM Singapore clarified that the net profit ol SS6S million reported yesterday in the article "IBM turns in massive USSR billion second quarter loss" did not come from the company. B1 obtained the figure from a search at the Registry ol Companies and Business.
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      Businessmen urged to build strong linkage with dialogue partners
      294 2 ASEAN yesterday urged more businessmen to get involved in its economic co-operation with dialogue partners European Community, Canada and Australia. The call was made in separate meetings between Asean and the dialogue partners, and was spelt out in a new accord
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    • SNIPPETS
      • Article
        India may take part in regional forum
        75 2 INDIA and other South Asian countries may take part in the Asean Regional Forum to discuss issues of regional defence and security, said Singapore Foreign Minister Wong Kan Seng. "I will not rule out the possibility of involving some of those countries in
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        US' Spratlys statement helpful: Asean
        62 2 ASEAN is relieved by the strong endorsement of United States Secretary' of State Warren Christopher for a peaceful settlement of the dispute in the South China Sea. said Singapore Foreign Minister Wong Kan Seng. Mr Wong added that he found "extremely helpful" Mr Christopher's statement
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        S'pore selling arms to Myanmar?
        43 2 ASKED by a British journalist whether weapons made in Singapore were being used by the Myanmar army. Foreign Minister Wong Kan Seng dismissed such talk, saying there were all kinds of rumours about Singapore's arms sales to Burma.
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        Asean welcomes others to its success
        61 2 DOES Malaysia feel that non-Asian countries such as the United States and Australia are jumping on the bandwagon of South-east Asia's economic success? Malaysian Foreign Minister Abdullah Badawi said: "Malaysia welcomes any country to take advantage of our success." This, he said, was Asean's
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      • Article
        Will Taiwan and HK go to Seattle?
        55 2 WILL Taiwan and Hongkong attend the Apec leaders' conference in Seattle in November? US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Winston Lord, said: "We certainly hope that all 15 parties in Apec accept the (US) president's invitation to attend
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      Lock icon $10m savings on Junction 8 project
      230 2  -  By Genevieve Cua JUNCTION 8. a $140 million retail and commercial complex taking shape in Bishan. is expected to generate a turnover of Sis million and profits of $5 million in its first year of operaton next year. For Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation, which
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    • Article
      Telecom in tie-up to launch Indon paging services nationwide
      229 2 SINGAPORE Telecom has teamed up with Indonesian and US partners to launch Indonesia's first nationwide paging venture, PT SkyTelindo Services. Sky Tel is a joint venture between Singapore Telecom International. PT Indokom Primanusa and US-based Mobile Telecommunication International Inc (Mtel). PT
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      347 2 '-*3551 irr' Seminar on SSSShlTiotal Planned*""" iM«.AL,TY MfI.NTENANttgSj WflHlVty August 1993, Hilton SliHt>WggMl ■■is- This course is designed for participants to learn current maintenance management, concepts and practical techniques that are required to improve performance and costs in maintaining facilities in both private industry and public sector. Key Topics: Ascertain
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      11 2 Reports by Yang Razali Kassim, Chuang Peck Ming and Harish Mehta
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  • THE REGION
    • Article
      Lock icon ADB to resume lending to Viets even if US trade ban isn't lifted
      537 3 AFP MANILA The Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to resume normal lending to Vietnam this year, ending a nearly two-decade impasse, even if the US trade embargo continues, a senior official said here yesterday. Ricardo Tan. programmes
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      Lock icon US general argues for lifting of embargo on Vietnam
      149 3 AFP HANOI Lifting the US economic embargo on Vietnam would help not hurt the process of accounting for US servicemen missing from the war, the US general in charge of the effort said yesterday. Major-General Thomas Needham. head of Joint Task
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      Lock icon Mahathir assures Arafat of M'sian support for PLO against Israel
      260 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday assured Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) chairman Yasser Arafat that Malaysia will continue to support the PLO in its struggle against Israel. Dr Mahathir said he gave the assurance because "we sympathise with
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      Lock icon Vietnam a high priority for US firms: study
      511 3 Reuter SINGAPORE Vietnam ranks high on the priority list of many big American companies interested in investing in Asia, a survey by the East-West Centre in Honolulu says. Vietnam ranked fourth after China, Indonesia and Thailand in the survey of 34 United
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      Lock icon Indon free labour union hopes to hold congress today
      285 3 AFP JAKARTA The Sejahtera (Welfare) Indonesia free trade union (SBSI) plans to open its first congress today although authorities have yet to give it the green light. SBSI chairman Mochtar Pakpahan said yesterday: "Up until now, we have not yet received
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    • Article
      Japanese electronics firms tap more into S-E Asia
      228 3  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Japanese electronics giants are sourcing more materials and components in South-east Asia to cut costs and side-step the rising yen. The latest is Hitachi, which will set up regional purchase centres in Singapore and Hongkong. They will be
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      Demand for property in Indonesia likely to stay high
      493 3 JAKARTA Property demand. which is beginning to rise again after years of decline, can he expected to stay on the upswing and peak in the 1996-1998 period. The Jakarta Post yesterday quoted the president of PT Pembangunan Java, Ciputra, as saying:
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      Five Sumatran provinces forming body to support Northern Growth Triangle
      267 3 JAKARTA Five Sumatra branches of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) have established a joint permanent committee to support the development of of the Northern Growth Triangle involving Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The Jakarta Post yesterday quoted Kadin
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      Lock icon China set for higher jobless rate as economy is cooled
      395 4 Reuter BEIJING Joblessness in China, already rising as the socialist lifetime-employment system is dismantled, will surge as Beijing puts the brakes on overheating economic growth, the official China Daily said. A crackdown ordered this month on speculative real estate deals
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      Lock icon Beijing allows yuan to be used in border trade with Russia
      340 4 Reuter BEIJING China will for the first time allow its flourishing border trade with Russia to be conducted in Chinese currency, taking a small step towards convertibility of the renminbi, the official China Daily said. Officials did not link
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      Lock icon Taiwan travel spending may top trade surplus
      315 4 Reuter TAIPEI Surging overseas travel spending by Taiwanese may exceed Taiwan's trade surplus for the first time in over a decade this year, officials said. The overseas travel boom is emerging as a major factor cutting the island's balance of payments. which slumped
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      Lock icon China reporters to cover Nationalist congress
      114 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party, making a gesture of reconciliation towards China, will allow three Chinese journalists to cover its 14th congress next month, officials said. The reporters will be the first from communist China to cover a Nationalist meeting. The Nationalists have
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      Lock icon China clamps down on unauthorised stock market
      307 4 Reuter BEIJING China, showing its determination to control its experiment in stock trading, clamped down on one of the largest unauthorised stock markets in the country, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The free market, in China's most populous province of Sichuan.
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • Article
        Lock icon Zhu secretly touring south provinces
        79 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China's vice-premier and senior economic official Zhu Rongji is secretly touring the southern provinces to make sure the central government's economic policies are being followed, a pro-China newspaper has reported. According to the South China Morning Post, the Hongkong-based Wen Wei
        Bloomberg Business News  -  79 words
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        Lock icon President consoles survivor
        37 4 Reuter MOKPO, South Korea South Korean President Kim Young Sam consoling a young boy injured in the crash of an Asiana Airlines plane, at a hospital in the south-western city of Mokpo yesterday. Reuter
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      • Article
        Lock icon June CPI favourable: Dawkins
        74 4 Reuter CANBERRA Treasurer John Dawkins said Australia's inflation rate compared favourably with that of its major trading partners. The Bureau of Statistics said earlier the consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.4 per cent in the June quarter for an annual inflation rate of 1.9 per cent.
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        Lock icon India rejects offer of nuclear test ban
        80 4 AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistan said it had again proposed to India that the traditional enemies sign the nuclear test ban treaty, but had again been turned down by New Delhi. The proposal, originally conveyed to New Delhi during the government of the late Pakistani
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        Lock icon Pakistan to buy six British frigates
        59 4 UPI ISLAMABAD Pakistan, which has been seeking alternative sources for weapons following a ban by the United States on military sales to Islamabad, will buy six frigates from Britain, a spokesman for the Pakistan Navy said. Secretary of Defence Saleem Jilani will receive the
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    • Article
      Lock icon IMF asks to extend US$9b loan talks with India
      534 6 AFP NEW DELHI Indian hopes of quickly wrapping up negotiations for a crucial loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have faded with the agency seeking an extended dialogue amid political uncertainty here. New Delhi had hoped to reach agreement on
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      Lock icon Low CPI raises chance of Aussie rate cut
      373 6 AFP SYDNEY Australia recorded an inflation rate of 1.9 per cent in the year to June, according to new data which increases the chance of an interest rate cut, analysts said yesterday. Only an unexpected blowout in the current account deficit data
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    • Article
      Lock icon Russian rocket deal not over, says Rao
      225 6 UPI NEW DELHI Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao told the Indian parliament yesterday that a Russian team plans to come to India to hold discussions of the cryogenic rocket deal. Mr Rao claimed Russia has "not reneged" on the contract for the transfer
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    • Article
      S'pore-based group to seal A$50m deal for Sydney hotel
      400 6  -  Prom Florence Chong in SYDNEY A SINGAPORE-based group is poised to purchase a Sydney hotel for about Asso million (5554.8 million). But the name of the buyer of the Darling Harbour Parkroyal is being kept under wraps until the contract is
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan war retarding growth: chamber head
      166 6 Reuter COLOMBO The ethnic conflict which has lulled 30,000 people in the last decade must end before Sri Lanka can achieve sustained economic growth, a top businessman said yesterday. "A settlement of the war is of paramount importance for a stable macro-economic environment,
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      33 3 ALFRED DUNHILL Don't Miss The Alfred Dunhill Sale. fTJte (l/red uiJu/l < fa/e t'/s now on. At The Paragon, Hilton International Hotel, Palais Renaissance And Leading Department Stores. (j/aJWCJS to treasure since /Sfy 9.
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      194 6 *< a v At SPH, reporting and reviewing the performing arts is part of our business. But we don't stop there. We also help shape and support performing arts groups, such as the Asian Youth Orchestra (AYO). This year, aside from the concert, we're also giving scholarships to the seven
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      471 7 Citibank Miles Ahead Travel Program Just Apply And Fly. O Apply for a Citibank VISA or MasterCard now and you September 30,1993, you'll get one travel point. The more points you IONOOH can soon start to enjoy the many unique advantages of our Miles accumulate, the more destinations you get
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  • THE WORLD
    • Article
      Lock icon Russian lawmakers overrule bank's decision on roubles
      406 8 AP MOSCOW Russian lawmakers have moved to cancel the central bank's controversial decision to invalidate billions of old roubles. The Interfax and Itar-Tass news agencies said yesterday that stores would be ordered to keep accepting notes printed before 1993. The old notes would
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      Lock icon US may use air power in Bosnia to defend peacekeepers
      261 8 AP WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton said yesterday the US would "seriously consider" using air power in Bosnia if asked to defend besieged United Nations peacekeepers. Mr Clinton said the French government had not formally requested the air strikes. "The position
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      Lock icon UK court case on Maastricht Treaty ends, decision expected tomorrow
      442 8 Reuter LONDON Britain's High Court finished hearing a challenge to the government's process of ratifying the EC Maastricht Treaty yesterday and said its decision would be announced tomorrow. The three judges hearing the case said they needed "a little time"
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      Lock icon Five die in three bomb blasts in Rome, Milan
      112 8 Reuter ROME At least five people died and around 26 were injured when three bombs shook Rome and Milan in a new wave of Italian terrorism apparently- aimed at cultural targets, police said. The first exploded on Tuesday near Milan's former
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    • Article
      Lock icon UK rates may be cut within days to boost recovery: economists
      304 8 Reuter LONDON British interest rates arc set to be cut perhaps even within days or weeks to strengthen the backbone of a rather frail recovery, economists said yesterday. The economists believe Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke will order
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    • Article
      Lock icon OECD finds unemployment remedies wanting
      263 8 Reuter PARIS As if the news on the unemployment front was not grim enough, the Organisation for Eeonomic Cooperation and Development has taken a hard look at two favoured remedies and found them wanting. The OECD's annual Employment Outlook, released last week, concludes that the
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • Article
        Lock icon German April trade surplus down
        87 8 Bloomberg Business News WIESBADEN, Germany Germany's trade surplus narrowed to a preliminary 1.2 billion deutschemarks (SSI. 14 billion) in April from an unrevised 4.9 billion marks in March, the Federal Statistics Office said. In a statement, the office said exports fell 6.5 per cent in
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      • Article
        Lock icon Taiwan seeks support for UN bid
        100 8 AFP SAN JOSE Central America's foreign ministers meeting here are considering backing Taiwan's bid to join the United Nations, government sources said. The Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Fu Chien is expected to brief his Central American counterparts on his government's efforts to join
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        Lock icon Checking for warplanes
        40 8 Reuter SHOUKINE. Lebanon A militiaman from the Shi'ite Amal movement carrying an anti-aircraft Soviet-made Strela (Sam-7) passes by children in the village of Shoukine. The child on the far left looks skvwards to check for warplanes. Reuter
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      • Article
        Lock icon 100 Polish firms reject govt offer
        81 8 Reuter WARSAW More than 100 of 440 state-owned firms invited to participate in Poland's mass sell-ofT programme have rejected the offer. Privatisation Ministry spokeswoman Anna Wolynczyk said. She said they were seeking other ways of becoming private companies and were not opposed to the
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      • Article
        Lock icon N Cyprus may stop protecting Nadir
        93 8 AFP LONDON Northern Cyprus has given its strongest indication to date that it may be prepared to abandon its uncompromising protection of fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir, the Financial Times reported. The authorities, with the apparent blessing of the Turkish government, have invited senior officers
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      597 8 SEMBAWANG SHIPYARD LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) INTERIM RESULTS 1993 THE DIRECTORS OF SEMBAWANG SHIPYARD LIMITED ANNOUNCE THE UNAUDITED RESULTS OF THE COMPANY AND THE GROUP FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1993 AS FOLLOWS: COMPANY GROUP 1993 1992 1993 1992 SS'OOO SS'OOO SS*OOO SS'OOO Revenue 182.416
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Keppel Bank's six-month net profit leaps 74.4pc
      559 9  -  Buoyant results for three Asean banks By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Keppel Bank yesterday announced a 74.4 per cent jump in group net earnings for the first six months of this year, thanks to improved interest margins, loan growth and a surge in
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      Lock icon Public Bank Bhd's interim group profit up 30.7pc
      326 9  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Public Bank Bhd has lived up to Euromoney's 1993 best bank in Malaysia award by announcing interim group and bank after-tax profits of M 583.55 million (5552.64 million) and M 547.13 million, up 30.7 per cent and 30.1
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      Lock icon Bangkok Bank posts 43.7pc rise in interim earnings
      346 9  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK BANGKOK BANK has lifted interim earnings 43.7 per cent to 6.98 billion baht (***** million), amid signs that the slowing Thai economy will affect earnings in the second half. The after-tax result, which is slightly better than
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    • Article
      Indonesia's Barito Pacific stock worth considering despite controversy
      782 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By William Chia SINGAPORE It is difficult to think of a new share listing that has generated more controversy in the Indonesian stock market than the plan by timber baron Prajogo Pangestu to float his flagship plywood company. Barito
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      Rotary's fixed-price shares 3.5 times subscribed
      263 9  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Specialist contractor Rotai7 Engineering closed its public share ofTer yesterday with the fixed-price portion drawing a subscription rate of 3.5 times. Lead underwriter ABNAmro Asia said the offer attracted about 95,000 applications and about 5220 million in application monies. About
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      374 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance ef STII's Index stocks Jul 28 Last Seiv Ia4r\ Stork sale (h|e factor i ■o*rrt ($> (I) Atimo 2060 1 62 (A( 7000 -0 050 5.52 625 t crctws 5 750 0 350 4 53 -43 75 FAN 13 100 -0.200 10 33 25 00
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • Article
          Guthrie GTS sells half of Laotian unit
          56 10 SINGAPORE Guthrie GTS has sold half of its wholly-owned Laotian subsidiarv, GTS Detieo, to Central Plaza Hotel for USS6 million (559.6 million). GTS Detieo owns the 233-room Belvedere Hotel in Vientiane. Central Plaza Hotel is a listed group in Thailand, with interests in
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        • Article
          Liang Court buys 75pc of firm
          61 10 SINGAPORE Liang Court Holdings yesterday acquired 75 per cent of Primawell Investments, a locally-incorporated holding company. Liang Court paid Goh Poh Joo US$BOO,OOO (551.288 million) for 375,000 Primawell ordinary shares of Ssl each. Primawell has a 70 per cent interest in West Lake Development,
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          Commerce Asset's profit up 26.5pc
          61 10 SINGAPORE Commerce Asset-Holding Bhd said its group after-tax profit rose 26.5 per cent to M 555.46 million (5534.94 million) in the six months ended June 30. Earnings per share improved to 25.1 sen from 20 sen. Group earnings were contributed mainly by Bank of Commerce
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          Sembawang Construction bags deal
          46 10 SINGAPORE Sembawang Construction has clinched a $13.08 million contract to build a basement carpark for a proposed six-storey shopping and commercial complex at Tampines. The 6,300 sq m complex is being developed by First Tampines Land, a subsidiary of First Capital Corporation.
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          EON Bank chairman joins CCL board
          53 10 SINGAPORE EON Bank chairman Rin Kei Mei has been appointed a director of Cycle and Carriage Ltd. Mr Rin is also deputy ehairmap of EON Bhd and chairman and chief executive of EON Finance. CCL has also appointed Owen Howell-Price an alternate director to
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          Lock icon UCM seeks suspension of trading
          75 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR UCM Industrial Corporation Bhd yesterday said negotiations on a restructuring scheme are being conducted with interested parties, and sought a suspension of trading in its shares on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. In a statement to the KLSE, UCM requested the temporary
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        Sembawang shares hit day's low of $10.70 in early trading
        307 10  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Panicky Sembawang Shipyard shareholders dumped their stocks in early trading yesterday, driving the counter 90 cents or 7.8 per cent down to an intra-day low of $10.70. Dealers said the first quote of the day was
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        Berjaya group to manage Shenyang lottery operation
        438 10  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN businessman Vincent Tan Chee Yioun is fast expanding his Berjaya group's interests in China's potentially lucrative gaming market. In a joint statement to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, Berjaya Bhd and Mr Tan's local lottery
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        Lock icon MBf group to invest US$1.2b in building Viet power plant
        228 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The MBf group yesterday announced it had entered into an agreement to build a new coalfired power plant in North Vietnam with a total investment of US$l.2 billion (SSI.9 billion). In its statement released here, the group
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        Lock icon PAL to float US$100m in Eurobonds next week
        255 10 AFP MANILA Philippine Airlines (PAL) will float US$lOO million (SSI6I million) worth of bonds in Europe starting on Aug 5 in a major bid to raise funds for its expansion programme, a company statement said yesterday. The statement quoted PAL chairman and
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        Lock icon IBM has had a hard fall from its heyday
        663 10 MARKETWATCH Reuter NEW YORK Who thought IBM could fall this far? The name that symbolised the worldwide power of American corporations in the 1960s and 1970s announced on Tuesday it was taking a US$B.9 billion (5514.3 billion) charge and again slashing
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        Lock icon Reuters posts higher profits, plans more acquisitions
        430 10 Reuter LONDON Global news and information organisation Reuters Holdings pic has posted a 14.6 per cent rise in pre-tax profit in the first half and said it would be spending more on acquisitions in the second half. But chief executive Peter Job said
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        Lock icon Japanese brokers' hopes in railway issue may be too high
        339 10 Reuter TOKYO Japanese brokers are scurrying to attract investors to shares of East Japan Railway Co (JR East) in the hope its huge listing will boost their sagging fortunes. But some analysts say their hopes may be too high. Brokerage
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        463 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager*' pricat Jul 29 Insurance Fund >• T Income Bond Polio J 36 J 48 Singapore unit trust The Connote I 32 I.W riuOf^B The Savings Fund 1.22 1.28 PruLink Mgd Fund 115 1.21 S'porc Prog Fund 0 56 0)9 ***** I1iim8mhI» S"pore See Fund 0 40
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        Five S'pore banks to raise US$26m loan for Chinese bank
        277 11  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE The Agricultural Bank of China has signed a syndication deal with five local banks to raise USS26 million (SS42 million) from the Asian dollar market. The five-year loan bears interest of 0.475 per cent over
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        Lock icon Indonesia's bond market expected to grow 50pc
        247 11 Knight-Ridder JAKARTA The size of Indonesia's bond market is set to grow nearly 50 per cent by the end of the year, with a substantial number of new issues being prepared, brokers here said yesterday. New bond issues totalling almost 2 trillion rupiah
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        Lock icon Thai credit rating agency granted licence
        212 11 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Thai Rating and Information Services Co Ltd (Tris), Thailand's first credit rating company, has been granted a licence to operate by the Securities Exchange Commission. The company will issue its initial bond ratings by mid-Sep-tember, said Vuthiphong Priebjrivat. managing director
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        392 11 AP WASHINGTON "Declines in prices for agriculture, fishery and forestry products including sharp drops for coffee and cocoa are hurting the developing world, the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation said on Tuesday. And prices are expected to rise sluggishly at best through the end
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          Lock icon NAB to sell PNG bank stake
          103 11 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE National Australia Bank Ltd said it plans to accept an offer from a Papua New Guinea investment group for its 87 per cent stake in Bank of South Pacific Ltd. National Investment Holdings Ltd has offered to buy the stake
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          99 11 Bloomberg Business News LONDON British composite insurer Commercial Union pic said global new life and pension premiums rose by 7 per cent in the first-half of this year from a year earlier. Worldwide new business in life and pensions premiums rose to £531.4 million (551.28
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          Lock icon Commerzbank earnings to rise
          56 11 Reuter FRANKFURT Group operating profit at Germany's Commerzbank AG is forecast to continue to rise in the first half of 1993, but almost exclusively on the back of strong growth in earnings from securities trade. Analysts expect the initial 1993 trend at Commerzbank to extend to
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          Lock icon BCCI lawsuit dismissed in US court
          67 11 Reuter WASHINGTON A federal judge dismissed a US$lO.5 billion (5516.95 billion) lawsuit filed by liquidators for Bank of Credit and Commerce International against Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz of Saudi Arabia. The suit was also filed against National Commercial Bank. Saudi Arabia's largest bank, which
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        348 11 Reuter ZURICH Major Swiss banks will report record increases in first-half profits following sharp interest rate falls during the last six months and lower provisions against bad debt, analysts said. Some smaller Swiss banks have already reported rocketing profits for
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        Prices sink as big buyers quit market
        436 11 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Crude oil futures prices in London and New York traded lower yesterday on revived concerns that there is too much crude oil still available on world markets. The American Petroleum Institute report shows US crude oil inventories falling 6.3
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        114 11 THE USS/yen led the way again yesterday with huge purchases of yen evident. Over in the USS/SS market. the USS was sold by offshore commercial interest from the morning. Local banks provided support for the USS in an otherwise USS bearish market. The USS moved
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        193 11 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The dollar slipped against the deutschemark and yen despite a 20 basis point drop in the Bundesbank's securities repurchase rate to 6.95 per cent which fueled speculation of a deep German discount rate cut today, traders said. The dollar suffered from an erosion of its
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        77 11 AFP NEW YORK The dollar slid in morning trading yesterday. apparently reacting to the Bundesbank's dropping its repurchase rate lower than expected. At around 9:45 am. the dollar was trading at 1.7215 German marks, down from 1.7285 Tuesday and 105.62 yen. down from 106.15. The US currency lost
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        Lock icon Eurodollars firm slightly in range trading
        1415 12 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollars interest rate futures ended little changed yesterday after mov ing within a tight two-tick band in the absence of fresh incentives, dealers said. December settled at 96.09 against 96.08 on the IMM previously and September at 96.58 against
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        Tin rebounds to two-week high
        618 12 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN price rebounded sharply yesterday from its record low level, closing 35 sen higher at a two-week high of MS 12.75 per kg on a stronger London market overnight, traders said. The rise reflected a technical adjustment and some speculative buying from
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        Australia's zinc output up
        67 12 SYDNEY Australian miner Pasminco Ltd said its production of zinc climbed in the quarter and year ended Jun 30. Lead production was down in the quarter but higher for the 12-month period than year-ago levels. Overall zinc production rose to 142.118 tonnes for the quarter and
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        S African miners face final wage offer
        125 12 JOHANNESBURG South Africa's Chamber of Mines has said its 5 to 8-per cent basic wage increase offer to gold mine members was "full and final." and expressed regret that the National Union of Mineworkers would approach members with regard to the conduct of
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        Deadline for Philnico financing plan
        98 12 MANILA The Philippine Asset Privatisation Trust yesterday gave Philnico Mining Corp until Oct 30 to present a financing package to restore the country's largest nickel mining and refining facility. "In effect we are extending the deadline for Philnico from Jun 30 to Oct 30 to
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        Aussie agricultural commodity value
        56 12 CANBERRA Australia's gross value of agricultural commodities produced for 1992-93 (JulyJune) recorded a 3.3 per cent increase over the previous 12-month period, according to a government report released here yesterday. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said its preliminary estimates showed the country's commodities obtaining a value
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1650 12 HAS Com wo dtty Exchange (futi HTM Clot Jag at at 1pm) HAS (physical prices) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) A* 19 Buyers c Soltors —/i Close Volume Open as at noon J uiuv Kg; Month High Low Sctt (tonnes) Interest RSS 2 Aug 93 130.25 I3I.25N Aug
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        Australia
        1079 13 +3.5 Shares closed higher yesterday, with an upbeat News Corp the focus in otherwise subdued trade. "It really was a bit of a nonevent day there was no real direction." said Grant Patterson of BZW Australia. Brokers said the market traded in a tight range after opening and the
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        Manila
        632 13 +2.59 Share prices closed mixed with Manila inching up to a new re- cord and Makati losing steam as profit-takers dominated the last few hours of trading, brokers said. "The market started strong but later it was dominated by profit-takers with ABS-CBN and Meralco (Manila Electric Co) taking the
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        Taipei
        612 13 -50.81 Taiwan stocks ended lower across the board after nervous investors, seeing no signs of gains in early, narrow trade, sold in the last hour, brokers said. The weighted index wavered narrowly for most of the session but late selling pulled it down 50.81 points or 1.3 per cent
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        New Zealand
        278 13 +25.65 A buoyant New Zealand share market gained 1.5 per cent on good volume, thrusting the NZSE-40 capital index to fresh three-year highs. "If you want to isolate one factor, it's interest rates," said Ord Minnett Equities Director John Rattray. Ninety-day bank bills fell to all-time lows of
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        Seoul
        348 13 •1.45 The stock market closed slightly lower in featureless trading after institutional profit-taking wiped out an early two-point gain, brokers said Lacklustre conditions are expected to linger. Buying interest will be confined to shares with low price/earnings ratios, they said. The composite stock index ended 1.45 lower at 749.03
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        London
        589 13 +4.8 Shares ended the day slightly firmer yesterday amid hopes of an imminent cut in German interest rates followed by a UK rate reduction. dealers said. The FTSE 100 index ended 4.8 points up at 2.884.2. It peaked at 2.895.7 before Wall Street weakness in the afternoon drove prices
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        Paris
        167 13 -8.58 The French CAC-40 index closed lower yesterday as the franc strengthened against the deutschemark. making an imminent departure from the European exchange rate mechanism look less likely, traders said. The CAC-40 index of blue-chip French stocks closed at 1.989.53, down 8.58 on the session. The French franc strengthened
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        Frankfurt
        149 13 Share prices ended at their lowest level of the day, caught in a futures-led decline towards the close after weakness on the bond market. The 30-sharc DAX was down 11.32 at 1.833.91. Frankfurt Jaiy M DM M| 1*2-00 -I 10 BASF 257 10 -140 BMW ***** 00 Ba»cr 2%.*0
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        Brussels
        139 13 +0.18 Belgian shares ended virtually unchanged after spending most of the day in a tight range with dealers saying the market was cautious ahead of a possible German rate cut today. The Bel-20 index ended 0.18 points, or 0.01 per cent, higher at 1,301.67. It earlier dipped into negative
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        Zurich
        237 13 +7.3 Swiss shares ended firmer after volatile trading which saw the main indices slip slightly below Tuesday's close. Dealers said the market was dominated by professionals and trading was to a large extent technically driven. The all-share SPI index firmed 7.30 points to 1,520.63. The SMI index of leading
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        Johannesburg
        285 13 +14 South African gold shares ended higher across the board amid increased optimism about the metal's next move and generally supportive buying from local and offshore investors, dealers said. The gold index made 53 points to 1.970 while the JSE Industrial Index rose 14 points to 4.526. The overall
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        Toronto
        327 13 +42.11 Buoyant Toronto stocks continued to post goldstimulated gains in moderate early dealings yesterday. traders said. "Golds are propelling Canada right now. Oils are up a bit, everything else looks a little sloppy," one dealer said. The previous metals index jumped a further 196.44, or 2.10 per cent, to
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        New York
        762 13 •2.24 Wall Street stocks eased yesterday as leading blue chips Merck and Du Pont lost ground. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 5.03 points to 3.560.43 at 1 pm EDT, with volume on the New York Stock Exchange reaching about 155 million shares. Losers edged out gainers
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        Milan
        127 13 +3 Italian stocks ended mixed as nervousness about car bombs Tuesday night in Milan and Rome as well as the Bundesbank meeting today kept investors away, traders said. The only stocks that broke the trend were telecommunication stocks, which continued to be bought by overseas institutions. The MIB index
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        Amsterdam
        233 13 -0.02 Dutch stocks closed mostly lower as investors pocketed gains from share price increases made over the past few weeks, traders said. The EOE index of the leading 24 Dutch shares closed down 0.02 point at 335.04 points. The CBS trend index of the five leading Dutch blue-chips bucked
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      2869 14 Reuter HONGKONG Shares finished moderately higher yesterday, with the main index above the 6.900 level alter a day of dull, narrow trade, brokers said. The blue ehip Hang Seng Index advaneed 37.24 points to 6.903.21, after hitting an early low of 6.838.20. Turnover shrank to HK52.27 billion from Tuesday's
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      CHINA
      485 14 BOTH the Shanghai markets moved up yesterday. The Shanghai A market gained for the second day with the CLSA Shanghai A Index rising 0.61 per cent to 5,013.55 on heavy turnover. The B market surged over 1.8 per cent to close at 629.24 on thin trading. According to the
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      2537 14 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended lower on art>itrage unwinding yesterday. Prices were firmer in the morning on buying linked to launching of investment trust funds this week, but investors were still hesitant without knowing the shape of the future Japanese government, brokers said. "Investors don't seem to mind whether it
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      1788 14 Reuter BANGKOK Thai stocks ended higher yesterday led by a strong performance in the banking sector and optimism over recent predictions of a better second half, brokers said. The SET index closed up 15.22 points at 908.36. with turnover active at 5.1 billion baht. Gains led losses 175 to
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      724 14 Router JAKARTA Share prices closed mixed with profit-takers overwhelming gainers yesterday, brokers said. The official index edged down 0.86 points to 354.64. "Profit-taking erased major gainers, selling interest continued on cable and pharmaceutical counters but the market still sees support in the cement and property sectors." a dealer with
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2555 15 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume Hcgi Msia *.663.000 Kamunting 50c 6.SS0.000 Mcnang Corp 6.J69.000 Tan C hong .50c 5.I2I.OOO Kcmayan MX" 5,033.000 Kcnong Bhd 50c 4.371.000 Idns H\d 50c 3.995.000 MBI Hidgs 50c J.850.000 CASH 50c 3.547.000 Multi-Purpose 3.39H.OOO MBf Capital 2.912.000 Imas Bhd
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        Lock icon Index gets record boost in active trading
        5369 15 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices were higher at the close on selective buying of speculative and quality stocks in active trading yesterday. Dealers said prices held firm on the back of strong retail interest although profit-takers emerged intermittently to reduce gains. Strong interest
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        Lock icon Players on sidelines ahead of company results
        7572 16  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Share prices closed mixed yesterday in relatively thin trading as players stayed on the sidelines ahead of the company reporting season. Sellers continued to offload local blue chips, while buyers again chased Malaysian counters, especially speculatives. Blue chip losses
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        77 16  -  HOT STOCK Paul Leo HONG LEONG Credit Bhd broke through its all-time high of $8.35 yesterday to set a new record of 59.00 before easing to close at $8.90. It is likely to trade towards the objective at $9.60 but the climb will be laborious. Monthly
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      36 12 As and when the latest London/ Rotterdam prices are not available, the previous trading day's closing figures are carried instead L"J asked a stranger to I .count my cash." Nothing's range to The Straits Times Classified.
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      567 17  -  Golf By Shahiron Sahari SINGAPORE Samson Gimson, who won the Nikkei Cup in Japan last weekend, was not the only Singaporean golfer to win an overseas tournament this month. Lam Chih Bing, who helped Singapore to its first South-east Asia Games team medal, a silver,
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      Lock icon Controversy rages over China's Olympics bid
      594 17 NYT BEIJING A few years ago, China seemed to have about as much chance of becoming host to the Summer Olympic Games in 2000 as Deng Xiaoping had of winning a gold medal in the pole vault. But the Chinese leadership, with Deng at
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      854 17  -  Boston Celtics captain Reggie Lewis played till his heart let him down, writes Harvey Araton Harvey Araton NYT NEW YORK "What do you hear about Reggie Lewis?" Ernie Grunfeld, the Knicks' general manager, was asked on Tuesday, hours before the horrible news would come out
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        98 17 AFP LONDON Lancashire's Michael Atherton will take over from Graham Gooch as England's cricket captain for the remaining two Tests against Australia, it was announced here yesterday. Gooch had resigned on Monday after England's crushing defeat by Australia in the fourth Test at Headingley. If Atherton proves to be
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        155 17 AFP NEW YORK The NBC network won the US television rights to the 1996 Olympic Games for an unprecedented US$456 million (***** million), the International Olympic Committee confirmed on Tuesday. The lOC awarded NBC its third straight Summer Games after a day of talks with all three major networks.
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        75 17 AP SALAMANCA, Spain Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor set a world high-jump record of 2.45 metres on Tuesday at the Salamanca Invitational Track Meet, topping his own four-year-old mark of 2.44 metres. The bar teetered but stayed put on his second, record-breaking attempt at 2.45 metres, and Sotomayor leaped
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        44 17 Reuter PITTSBURGH Montreal Expo Wil Cordero (left) stretching his RBI triple into another fourth-inning run, when Pirate centrefielder Al Martin made an error resulting in a late throw to catcher Don Slaught (right), during Tuesday's game at Three Rivers Stadium. Reuter
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        67 17 Reuter NEW YORK American league Tuesday: NY 5 Detroit 2; Toronto 6 Baltimore 5: Milwaukee 3 Boston 2: Chicago 7 Cleveland 4; Texas 1 Kansas 0; California 15 Oakland 8; Seattle 10 Minnesota 8. National: San Diego 8 Chicago 0; Philadelphia 10 St Louis 7; Montreal 8 Pittsburgh 6;
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        74 17 AFP CHICAGO, Illinois NBA champion Chicago Bulls has signed a multi-year deal with first-round draft choice Coric Blount. The 2.09-metre forward said the basic agreement was: "If I don't get better. I don't get paid." Other than that, terms were not revealed. One concern for the Bulls is Blount's
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        135 17 AP PITTSBURGH Mario Lemicux. the four-time NHL scoring champion, underwent surgery for the second time in four years yesterday to determine the cause of his continued back pain. The operation, planned for months, was exploratory and routine. according to the Pittsburgh Penguins. It is not certain whether the
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        225 17 AP AFP HONG KONG Former world No. I John McEnroe, whose tour- namcnt appearances are becoming rarer, will play in the 6th Marlboro Championships in Hongkong in October, the organiser said yesterday. Also in the field will be world No. 3 Stefan Edberg of Sweden; defending champion Ivan Lendl
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        82 17 AFP SYDNEY Robert Allenby will make his debut with experienced Rodger Davis in Australia's team for the US$BlO,OOO <Ssl.3 billion) World Cup tournament in Florida in November. Allenby. currently ranked 62_ in the world, was an automatic first selection here yesterday as the winner of the Australasian Tour's order
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      769 19 Comedians in the US moaned when the governor from Arkansas was elected president. Was there a future for political comedy without Dan Quayle? They needn't have panicked as... NYT FOR 12 years, stand-up comics made toothsome snacks of Republicans and their politics. But when the
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      421 19 CHATTERBOX Reuter UPI Reuter Reuter ACTRESS Nancy Travis downplays but doesn't discount reports that co-star Mike Myers misbehaved on the set of their new flick, So I Married An Axe Murderer. Travis diplomatically told a Toronto reporter: "I think there are those days on every movie set.
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      427 19 Reuter ON A rainy Moscow night in August 1991, a Russian businessman called Mikhail is trying to reunite his family for a party. Out on the streets, one half of the Soviet government is trying to overthrow the other. Two years on, the abortive
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      1171 19 I TV RADIO The Entertainers, 10.30pm, Mf sacs E w K Bob Newhart and monkey try K to get into Las Vegas showbiz. Wl While waiting for a break w~ Jp v Linda Gray entertains them in Ek j this comedy. >t I from the Lend, i Tremendous economic growth
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      Time travel now a reality — or is it?
      886 20  - Time travel now a reality or is it? Virtual reality is here. Bernard Chew goes 'virtual-flying' in a high-tech arcade machine just introduced to Singapore Bernard Chew If you ever dreamed of being a World War 1 air ace but did not have a time machine to get you there,
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        77 20 UPI WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton on Tuesday telephoned Frank Harkin, deaf brother of lowa senator Tom Harkin, to demonstrate the nationwide telephone relay service for customers who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech impediments. In his call, the president was able to
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        Lock icon Microwave your laundry
        58 20 UPI CALIFORNIA Rushed as always, you're in no mood to engage in dreary, timc-consum-ing household chores. You sprint into the room, open the microwave and pop in your wet laundry. Firmly established as an cfficicnt kitchen helper, the microwave is moving in next to the washer as
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        59 20 UPI WASHINGTON Secondhand cigarcttc smoke puts restaurant and bar workers at P/2 times greater risk of lung cancer than the general population. Dr Michael Sicgcl said in the Journal of the American Medical Association that food service workers arc exposed to between two and six times more
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        Lock icon What extreme snoring can do
        51 20 Reuter LONDON Car accidents, heart attacks and suicide are some of the more extreme conscqucnccs of a severe and often undiagnosed form of snoring. Sleep apnoea causes blockages which can continue until the sufferer is roused, often gasping and snorting, by the struggle to breathe.
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      Lock icon Freezing patients to keep them alive could be real one day
      641 20 AP IMAGINE surgeons draining every drop of blood from a patient, pumping the body full of "anti-freeze", then lowering the temperature until the heart stops all to try to save a life. Or having a frozen organ bank, where
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      470 20 NYT WATCH OUT. KJingons. a new cloaking technology is in the field. It helps hide a city bus. The technology is an "antinoise generator", a computerdriven. 220-watt speaker in the tail-pipe of a bus that emits sound waves to partially cancel exhaust noise. The New
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  • THE LAW PAGE
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      The hassle of suing for wasted expenditure
      878 21  -  Ramesh Divyanathan relates the frustrations in a property deal Ramesh Divyanathan SUING for wasted expenditure in a property deal gone wrong is a big headache, apart from the frustration over all the inconvenience caused. The manner in which one chooses to sue dictates
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      Lock icon Judge's happy face signature backfires
      359 21 NYT Charles J Hearn, a Texas state judge, has been putting a happy face on his signature for years. The happy face is on his driver's licence, on all the cheques he signs, on thousands of court documents. Now it is on an execution order
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      Law firms in the red
      270 21 AT THE-®^ THE POPULAR image of big law firms rolling in the bucks, be it in television's I. A Imw or John Grisham's bestseller The Firm. is not always the case here. Some of Singapore's large law firms and a number of me-dium-sized partnerships are
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      NZ internship for NUS students
      228 21  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan NEW ZEALAND'S focus on Asia is not just on the business side of things. One of its largest law firms has started an internship programme for the National University of Singapore's (NUS) law students. partner Dennis Gilford said at the official launch
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    When Iraqi oil flows again
    557 22 EDITORIAL THE OIL market held its breath yesterday as the current president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), Jean Ping, returned to Gabon after a swing through the Gulf. That trip alone had the effect of talking up oil prices slightly from their
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Crossroads for property prices
      274 22 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY prices in Singapore are currently at an all-time high. Whether the next move will be downwards, or whether they will continue to rise further before peaking, is anybody's guess. However, it is not guesswork to predict that prices will fall one day. The difficulty
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      Save the peace talks
      148 22 AGAIN THE Middle East talks suffered another shock. Israeli warplanes launched air raids on guerilla targets in south Lebanon in retaliation against the Hezbollah's move to strengthen its position. Several planes bombed the village of Zibqqine at dawn as Israeli artillery shelled a string of villages
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      The search for an LDP leader
      175 22 WHAT IS CERTAIN about the political rivalry in Japan is that it has brought about changes. But changes can either lead to progress or worsen matters. Such instances are extremely common in both the political and business arenas of Japan. The system of multi-scat
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      UN's curious course
      235 22 THE UNITED NATIONS operation in Somalia saved tens of thousands of lives. Now, with that achievement behind them, UN leaders are pursuing a curious course. They have recruited 1,700 German troops for the first deployment of soldiers from that country outside Nato since the end of World
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      An expensive blunder
      220 22 FOR THOSE concerned about the growth of democracy in this country, what happened at the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) congress in Medan is no less than a tragedy. However, it may be just as well to acknowledge that the spirit of democracy has, in fact, been dead
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    Faster growth through liberalisation
    1091 22  -  While Apec is treading carefully on trade liberalisation, others are of the opinion that the Asia Pacific needs to take bolder initiatives. Anthony Rowley reports from Washington Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo Correspondent PROGRESS toward regionalism is accelerating in Asia Pacific and even though
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      From slow growth to deficits
      1544 23  -  A change in the lifestyle and attitudes of Taiwan's citizens has resulted in cashflow problems for the countiy. Florence Chong reports Florence Chong The writer, who is BT's Sydney Correspondent, visited Taiwan recently Taiwanese have adopted consumerism with a vengeance, much to the surprise of
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      Lock icon Less strikes, more goodwill
      1240 23  -  South Korean labour relations are generally improving despite the recent strife at Hyundai, writes John Burton John Burton FT IT WAS A scene reminiscent of the days of military dictatorship in the 1980s: riot police last week amassed outside Hyundai Motor, ready to suppress a strike
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    Rao wins no-confidence motion by 14 votes
    568 24  -  But analysts say he will find it hard to survive the year as prime minister From Rajendra Bajpai in NEW DELHI INDIAN Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao won a narrow but Pyrrhie victory after three days of debate over a no-con-fidence motion
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    Lock icon Ford, Chrysler profits up sharply in 2nd quarter
    224 24 AP DETROIT Ford Motor Co said yesterday its second-quar-ter earnings had doubled, while Chrysler Corp's after-tax profits were nearly four times as great as in the same period last year. Both Chrysler and Ford performed better than Wall Street had anticipated. The
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    Lock icon Bombay market unaffected by vote on no-confidence motion
    419 24  -  From Eapen Thomas in Bombay THE market did not move even as Indian Prime Minister Narasimha Rao fought a no-confidence motion in parliament. Rcliancc Industries, India's largest company with interests in petrochemicals and synthetic textiles, traded in a narrow range between 203
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    316 24 Reuter WHITEIIOUSE STATION, New Jersey Pharmaceutical giant Merck Co Inc announced here yesterday that it is buying prescription drug company Mcdco Containment Services Inc for US$6 billion (559.6 billion), confirming a deal long-rumoured to be in the works. The two companies said the
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    Envoys agree to tight timetable for Gatt
    289 24 GENEVA More than 100 member-states of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) agreed yesterday to a tight timetable aimed at wrapping up the Uruguay Round of global trade negotiations by the end of the year, delegates said. In a push to
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    Ghost hotels and dreams of a tourist boom in Vietnam
    788 24  -  The Bottom Line HARISH MEHTA HARISH MEHTA The writer is a BT correspondent specialising in Indtxhinese affairs. NOT long ago. a property developer staying in one of Hanoi's better hotels patronised by the high-rollers of business dived under his bed
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    Lock icon US rilling fails to end trade war over steel
    615 24 Reuter, AFP WASHINGTON A trade war pitting the American steel industry against 20 other nations is far from over despite Tuesday's long-awaited ruling in the dispute. United States steel makers said yesterday. The six-member International Trade Commission (ITC), a bureaucratic oddity
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    Lock icon White House won't delay Nafta implementation
    119 24 AP WASHINGTON (AP) The White House apparently won't heed a request by congressional Democrats to delay the North American Free Trade Agreement. In a letter on Tuesday to President Bill Clinton. 110 lawmakers asked him to delay sending the agreement to Congress until they
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    Lock icon Fed vice-chairman sees growth of roughly 3pc for US this year
    426 24 Reuter, AP NEW YORK Federal Reserve vice-chairman David Mullins said he sees moderate growth of "roughly 3 per ccnt" in 1993. "We appear to be on a path of moderate growth which is dull and not robust. There is
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      US-based logistics company buys S'pore forwarder
      471 25  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE San Francis-co-based logistics provider Fritz Companies has bought a local freight forwarder as part of a push to double its Asian business. I Joe Monaghan, Fritz's Hongkong-based managing director for Asia, says the air/sea freight and logistics provider took over
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      Lock icon Call for strong companies to lead shipping industry
      507 25 International Transport Journal THE HAGUE According to Nedlloyd Lines managing director Anton Van Langeveld, the liner shipping industry still lacks companies strong enough tQ give leadership to the market. Such companies, which would be able to exert influence on the shipping industry,
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      Lock icon Mexican shipping firm posts fall in earnings
      219 25 Bloomberg Business News MEXICO CITY Shipping company Transportacion Maritima Mexicana SA said on Tuesday earnings in the second quarter declined 33.7 per cent because of a drop in activities, higher administration costs and profit margins. The company posted net income for the second
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      Lock icon South Korea overtakes Japan as top shipbuilder
      233 25 Bernama-Kyodo TOKYO South Korea topped Japan in orders for export ships received for the first half of 1993 and is likely to become the world's top shipbuilder for the first time this year, Japanese industry statistics showed yesterday. The data showed shipbuilding orders
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      846 25 Pace Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 4APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ■4ANL 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 Kvaerner delivers fast ferry to HK owner
      187 25  -  Ramesh Diyanathan SINGAPORE Specialist ferry builder Kvaerner Fjellstrand (S) Pte Ltd delivered the first of two high-speed catamarans to its Hongkong owner yesterday. At a christening ceremony held in Kvaerner's Tuas yard, owner Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co Ltd christened the passenger ferry
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1047 26 RECEIVING OF EXPOCT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO KCOVWC OF EXfOKT TO COMMIHEIB MID Itt CWCO Record Mdng/Maict Shp Voy No Etb/Btr hM From Tt From fax L* 3M 31/1*0 3 21/0700 21/1151 29/1400 4 21/1200 a/14* 20/1700 fa, vw 238 30/2300 1 28/1500 2S/1SM 21/1100 3 21/0700
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10094 34 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
      3316 39 (Far East/Narth Amrica. andadas Japan): American President Lines; Sea-Land; Neptune Orient Lines; Maersk Line; Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line; Mitsui OSK Lines; Nippon Liner system; "K" Line. Traas-PacMc Wuttiwl Rate Ayiiawt (Nirtli Aaarica/Far East): American President Lines; Sea-Land; Neptune Orient Lines; Maersk Line; Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line; Mitsui OSK
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      COURIER SERVICES
      274 39 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Trawl Tel: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: 542-3716, *****80. Akswift Worldwide Cornier Td: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Liak International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Ouster Link Supplies A Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1435 39 A hex Express Freight Td: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwvder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Arfjygir Sinftapff Td: 542-7812." Fax: *****20. Aianliak pMbkl I niaraaiinaal Td: 545-803? Fax: *****05. Td:'s42-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Td: 542-5454 Fax: *****06. Ak Express Internatioaal Td 542-7666. Fax: *****74. *****50. Air
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2385 40 ALBANIA Duress: Three vessels in port of which 1 discharging wheat, 1 tanker discharging kerosene, 1 other vessel. ANGOLA Luanda: Port operating normally. Power supplies currently intermittent. Following reports of increased Unita activity, there is a slight increase in tension in the port. No port congestion, maximum waiting
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      560 40 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Flight Type ETA T Froa Op Flight Type ETD T To TODAY TODAY KAL K.E697 B747F 01 SO I SEL KAL KE697 B747F 0440 1 BKK SIA SQ827 B747F 1730 2 CPH/DXB SIA SQ/ B747F 0715 2 DXB/LON CLX CV794 B747F 1845 1 LUX/DXB
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      SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      1187 40 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES CONFLICTING sales showed up in the aframax tanker market. Troodos wre said to have taken the second BP tanker Teekay Vision 98,000 dwt and built 1975, at about US$6 million although it is understood they may have fixed the vessel for the Pertomina requirement. Whereas the
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      195 40 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS AIT Dtp Naae of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of Cdb FnrtAyt Tilipfcw No Ml 29 29 Continental World 1400 2100 Sin-Jakarta Lauw Sons Travel 227-8284 29 29 Ocean Pearl 0800 1900 Sin-Krakatoa- Inchcape Shpg Svcs 222-4411 Jakarta 30 30 Coral Princess 1700 2030 Cruise to
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      857 41 THE BALTIC Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to 1,347 on July 27 from 1,348. Cargill was rumored to have covered an early- August cargo on the US Gulf-to-Japan Panamax grain route at a firmer rate. The charterer was said to have paid U5522.50 basis
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      797 41 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      179 41 COURSES Title: Principles of Shipping Documentations Practices (SDF 70%) Duration: July 29 Oct 21(13 evenings) Organiser Singapore National Shipping Association Tel: For further details and application forms contact SNSA at tel: 278-3464 or fax: 274-5079 Title: Helicopter Military Aircraft Emergency Management Duration: Aug 2-5 Organiser Singapore Aviation Acadcmy,
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      Lock icon Bridging the gap in orderbooks
      1470 42 This two-part article looks at how the seven big Japanese shipyards are coping with the current slack demand for newbuildings. The second part will be carried tomorrow. Lloyd's List FOR JAPAN'S big seven shipbuilders, the key question is how do they fill the gap in
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        Lock icon Continental, Air France to coordinate their schedules
        488 44 UPI HOUSTON Continental Airlines and Air France announced an agreement on Tuesday to coordinate their schedules to facilitate easy connections between Continental and Air France flights at Houston, Newark and Paris. The two carriers also said they will coordinate their fre-quent-flier programmes and
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        Lock icon Boeing 767 flight test a success
        197 44 Reuter SEATTLE Boeing Co said on Tuesday it had demonstrated the performance abilities of its 767 twinjet, which took off, circled and landed at Lhasa, Tibet, flying on just one engine. Lhasa's recently upgraded Gongga Airport is one of the world's highest and most
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        Lock icon KL considers reducing parking space in city centre
        382 44 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Doing away with any increase in parking lots in Kuala Lumpur is being considered as a means to discourage private cars from entering the city centre. City Hall has been asked to look into the possibility of reducing the
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        Lock icon AMR chairman to testify in air fare war trial
        526 44 UPI GALVESTON, Texas Robert Crandall, chairman of American Airlines' parent, AMR Corp, is not a defendant in the air fare antitrust case being heard in US District Court here. Nonetheless, he and his outspoken, fiercely competitive style are on trial. The
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        Lock icon Toyota, Nissan to export fewer cars to China
        358 44 UPI TOKYO Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co, Japan's top two automakers, are cutting exports of completed cars to China, company officials said yesterday. Other Japanese automakers were expected to follow their examples, responding to Beijing's moves to tighten control on
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        Lock icon Have ticket will travel — to nowhere
        589 44 Have ticket will travel to nowhere KLM's mystery tours lets passengers see the world but only from the air Reuter ABOARD KLM FLIGHT 195 Some people on this plane don't care where it's going. We are heading for Stockholm, but they would be just as happy going to Lisbon, Larnaca
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          Lock icon Call for Shenzhen port probe
          128 44 Reuter HONGKONG Chinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing has for a work group to be sent to investigate problems in the of Shenzhen's ports and plan reforms in their management, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported yesterday. Mr Li, commenting on an official document which lists corruption,
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          Lock icon Italian hauliers' strike threatens chaos
          48 44 Reuter ROME Italian police on Tuesday escorting one of the pdßpt tankers defying a two-week strike by Italian hauliers which began on Monday and which threatens to cause chaos in a country where over 90 per cent of goods move by road. Reuter
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          Lock icon Japan to urge US to restrict flights
          75 44 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japan's Transport Ministry will urge US ofticiate4o restrict US airlines' flights from Japan to third countries at aviation negotiations to be held from Aug 3 in Washington, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said yesterday. Because US carriers are increasing such
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      57 41 flhe Etetirfcte Housekeeper -this O vjuv I wants >s me. Bub I'll never neglect I Any Job. Any career. 1 Available Any day. V Any Time, anywhere. r*4 The straits Times The Sunday Times Business Times The new paper 1 LIANHE ZAOBAO LIANHE WANBAO SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS BERITA HARIAN
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      703 41 TODAY'S TIDES (height in metres) MOM OOM 01M 02M 03M 04M 05M OOM 07M OOM OWO 10M UM 12M 13M 14M IMC IMI 17M IMO ISM 2MC MM 22M 23M 10 0.8 0.7 OJ 1.0 IJ 1.8 1J IJ 1.9 1J 1.8 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.6 2.0 2.3 2.5
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      5 44 MARKETING Tomorrow in Business Times
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      52 44 I MARKETING Tomorrow in Business Times I Fly Finnair's new Business Class to Europe. ty» K Finnair's new wide bodied MD-11 offers speed, comfort and space that's miles ahead of its competitors. .f v Call your travel agent or 733 3377 for more details. We know the world from start
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    Investing around the world
    563 45  -  A special BT supplement By Amy Balan MORE and more businesses in Singapore are going regional in pursuit of the wider opportunities I beyond these shores. And so are individual Local interest rates are at record lows, making the search for higher returns all the more
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      158 45 EDITOR: Amy Balan SUB-EDITORS: Yu Chin Fun (coordinator). Hean Chung. Lilian Lee. Vincent Lee, Loh Kim Chin, Magdalene Phang, Pek Tiong Gee, James Quek and Patricia Wee ARTISTS: Allan Chan, Jennifer Chua. Ben Cruz and Francis Tan V 1' i >>? iy ■>»'- ye* f|il{M TL L* -a- Our other
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      73 45 INSIDE Focus on Stocks pages <% Whither Singapore —2,4,5 Malaysia good buys or goodbyes 5,6,7 Indonesia shape up after shakeout 8,9 Hongkong-between now and 1997 9 I. China warning lights 10 Australia-gold fever 12 Europe gems amidst gloom 14 Hot Properties Singapore 15 Across the causeway 16 ■China/Australia 18 London
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  • INVESTING '93
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      When and what to buy in Singapore
      1656 46  -  Peter Sutherland draws up a shopping list of some good buys on the local stock market Peter Sutherland The writer is the research director of DBS Securities THE Straits Times Industrials Index (ST11) has retraced about half of the ground lost since the
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      Picking up steam
      1332 48  -  Ong Nai Pew explains why the Singapore market's upside potential remains strong Ong Nai Pew The writer is research director at Union Bank of Switzerland. Singapore THE Straits Times Industrials Index rose for a month after May but lost all its gains in the following consolidation in
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      Singapore market revisited
      689 49  -  By Christopher Chong The writer is director of research. Kay Hian James Capel Pte Ltd In the short term, we do not believe that the market correction is over. The reasons for this largely revolves around expectations and timing. Many recognise the danger of an overheating China
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      Finding value in the KL stock market
      778 49  -  By Yeoh Keat Seng The writer is a senior investment analyst at Crosby Securities SO FAR the market has lived up to our expections that the previous huge liquidity overhang in the banking system and favourable economic news would drive the index and
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      Stick to quality stocks in Malaysia
      1656 50  -  P Gunasegaram examines the events that will influence the Malaysian market and offers his buy recommendations P Gunasegaram The writer is research manager at Standard Chartered Securities Asia's KL representative office A HUGE segment of the Kuala Lumpur stoek market still offers good buys
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      Lock icon Uptrend still sustainable
      1052 51  -  The history of Malaysia's stock market can be divided into three phases. Tan Teng 800 predicts what may come after phase three Tan Teng Boo The writer is managing director of Capital Dynamics, a licensed investment adviser based in KL ON JUNE 25 1993, the Kuala Lumpur
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      Bombay stocks still viable
      848 51  -  By S N VasuKi The writer is a BT correspondent THE BOMB which destroyed the brand new trading ring of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in March caused considerably less damage than the one dropped by the huge US$l.6 billion <552.6 billion) stock scam last year.
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      Jakarta market is looking good
      1638 52  -  Frank Taira Supit selects some counters which are worth watching and accumulating Frank Taira Supit The writer is president of PT Sigma Batara. a leading Indonesian brokerage house THE Jakarta Stock Exchange Index has risen by 30 per cent to the 360 level for the
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      HK's long-term prospects still bright
      915 53  -  Tony Liu assesses the impact of China's moves to cool its overheating economy on the Hongkong stock market Tony Liu The writer is senior manager, research, DBS Securities Hongkong Ltd WITH four years to the handover of the sovereignty of Hongkong to China, the mainland
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      Lower interest rates will underpin Indon stocks
      828 53  -  By J Casey Hammond The writer is research manager. PT Gadiah Tunggal DBS Securities THE Jakarta stock market should continue its upturn during the rest of 1993, due to increased domestic liquidity and some recovery in domestic consumption. The basic pre-conditions are in
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      Risks and rewards of China's market
      1239 54  -  Is it time for the bold investor to pick up bargains on the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets? Paul Schulte analyses Paul Schulte The writer is vice-president, Asia Pacific Equities, CS First Boston, Hongkong CHINA has boomed. Stock prices have dropped. And the currency has
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      Lock icon Prices soar as gold fever strikes
      1186 56  -  Florence Chong takes a look at the Australian stock market Florence Chong The writer is BT's Sydney correspondent A PARTICULARLY virulent strain of gold fever has hit the Australian stock market, underpinning a general recovery in stock prices. The temperature as measured by the
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      A very liquid options market
      257 56 Australia has one of the most liquid options markets in the world. Options of about 40 stocks are traded on the Australian Stock Exchange. The most popular is BHP option. In May 108,000 contracts were traded yielding around AS3S million (5538.4 million). It was followed
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      Continental bourses promise solid gains
      970 58  -  Hans-Peter Loosli looks at the attractive options in Europe Hans-Peter Loosli The writer is first vice< president, head of investment research (Europe). Union Bank of Switzerland European shares, especially those that are sensitive to interest rates and the US dollar, offer good price appreciation potential
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      Bargains in a bull market
      1489 59  -  Singapore's residential property market is still worth looking at, says Willy Shee Willy Shee The writer is managing director of Richard Ellis THE wide publicity given to the rush to book a private apartment during the past five months and the resulting overnight queues have
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      Good values in Johor
      1245 60  -  Fundamentals will assure adequate returns for investors, says Prem Kumar Prem Kumar The writer is senior manager of Jones Lang Wootton, Johor Baru THE property market in Johor Barn has gained tremendous momentum in the last five years with significant increases in both capital and rental
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      Cashing in on two booming markets
      1798 62  -  China and Hongkong offer diverse opportunities for investing in property. David Faulkner has the details David Faulkner The writer is a partner with Brooke Hillier Parker in Hongkong THE CHINESE property market is rightly regarded as one the fastest growing markets in the region,
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      Services of a real estate agent
      137 62 REAL estate agencies to Australia offer management services for investment properties. Large developers like Meriton, based in Sydney, whose apartments are popular with offshore boyera, offer in-house management service. Most investment properties are leased and managed by agents. This is particularly necessary for absentee
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      Lock icon It's a buyers' market Down Under
      1126 62  -  Investqrs looking for ldjiHerm gains stand to benefit from says Florence Chong Florence Chong The writer is BT's Sydney correspondent A TAIWANESE woman recently bought a penthouse with spectacular views of Sydney Harbour for her teenage daughter a present for passing Higher School Certificate
      * 3-bedroom house; Source: REIA & MGICA  -  1,126 words
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      Lock icon London real estate beckons investors
      1404 63  -  Jeremy Lake on the factors that investors should consider Jeremy Lake The writer is associate director, investment sales, oj Richard Ellis SINGAPORE'S strong growth in the 1970s and stringent controls on the use of CPF savings in the early years have resulted in Singaporeans earning
      Source: Richard Ellis  -  1,404 words
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      Lock icon Buying opportunities for regional players
      2057 64  -  Edmund Tie takes a broad sweep through the region's real estate markets Edmund Tie The writer is managing direc tor. Jones Lang Wootton Real estate markets in the Asia-Pacific are at varying stages of maturity. At one end lies China and Vietnam which have yet
      Source: Govt Publications; Source: JLW Research  -  2,057 words
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      Don't put all your nest eggs in one basket
      1316 65  -  Tan Keng Hock argues the case for private pension funds Tan Keng Hock The writer is director, Schroder Investment Management Singapore Ltd IF ASKED where most of their savings are, most Singaporeans will point to their CPF and to their home.
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      Lock icon Opportunities in the currency market
      1093 66 THE focus on equity markets has been evident in Southeast Asia over the past six months. This is perhaps natural because of excess liquidity and market volatility, and in a bull market, volatility often means opportunities. Although the stock market enjoys a higher profile, the
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      Building your own nest egg
      886 67  -  Tan Suee Chieh considers some new insurance sectors Tan Suee Chieh The writer is the general manager and actuary of Prudential Singapore IN THE past, it would be fair to say that the life assurance industry was primarily in the business of providing safety nets
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      Putting aside a little at a time for a rainy day
      797 67  -  There is a life plan for you. Chen Tzu Ching looks at the options in life insurance Chen Tzu Ching The writer is an assistant general manager at The Insurance Corporation of Singapore Ltd WHAT end of the investment
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