The Business Times, 13 August 1993

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    13 1 Business Times MITA (P) 552/12/92 Friday August 13 1993 WE KNOW ASIA 75'
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Serb leader threatens to use nuclear arms
      73 1 Reuter VtENNA Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has threatened Europe with nuclear strikes if the West decides on military intervention in Bosnia. The Austrian news agency APA quotes Mr Karadzic as saying: "We arc not prepared to give up our own self-defence. It
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      Lock icon Invitations to M-E peace talks sent
      65 1 Reuter WASHINGTON The US and Russia have invited participants to resume Middle East peace talks in Washington at the end of this month. The State Department says the next round of talks will mark the 11th since the peace proccss began in Madrid in
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    112 1 Stock market indices I hursda) Change Sill.... 1.902.80 +1.70 KLSE Composite 776.16 -4.26 Nikkei 20,765.28 +32.71 Hang Seng 7,339.55 -18.08 SET Index closed Jakarta Composite ...380.29 +2.83 CLSA China B 873 00 28.80 Aust All Ord 1,873.3 +12.3 FTSE 100 3,009.1 +3.0 I knndajf Pruious I pm clow
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    Suzhou success
    45 1 TO A GREAT TOWNSHIP: (From left) Keppel chairman Sim Kee Boon, Lum Chang managing director David Lum, DPM Lee Hsien Loong, Jiangsu Deputy SecretaryGeneral Shen Zhencai and Suzhou Mayor Zhang Xinsheng in a toast to the success of Singapore's flagship project in China.
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    Lock icon CPF plugs loophole in investment scheme
    537 1  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE The Central Provident Fund board said yesterday it would plug a loophole in its newly-liberal-ised investment scheme which would have allowed members to withdraw their savings as "profits" even though they may have suffered losses on these investments. The move
    Source: Bloomberg  -  537 words
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    IBM sues Conner for alleged infringement of patents
    402 1  -  By Claire Leow SINGAPORE International Business Machines, the world's largest computer company, has sued Californian disk drive maker Conner Peripherals for alleged infringement of nine of its patents. It is not clear from a Bloomberg Business News report which of Conner's drives
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    CAD seeks man who absconded after taking $26m from depositors
    454 1  -  By Amy Balan SINGAPORE A man posing as a Financial consultant has absconded after collecting more than $26 million from 1,500 depositors. The Commercial Affairs Department, Singapore's white-collar crime-busters, yesterday issued a statement saying it was anxious to contact the
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    DBS reports 28pc rise in interim earnings to $198m
    552 1  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE DBS Bank yesterday announced a sharp 28.1 per cent rise in interim group net earnings to $197.87 million and proposed a one-for-four bonus issue. The bonus issue, to commemorate DBS' 25th anniversary this year, followed one-for-eight and
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    Stanchart seeking secondary listings
    324 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG STANDARD Chartered Bank said yesterday that it would be seeking a secondary' listing of the group's shares on the Hongkong and Singapore stock exchanges. The bank's area general manager for Hongkong and China, Tony Nicolle, however, declined to comment if new
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      19 1 Hock Lock Siew: 9 Attraction of finance firms Malaysia to spend Msl3 billion on improving teleeoms network, Pg 3
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Manufacturing leads productivity rise
        354 2  -  By Anna Teo THANKS to a burst in output in the second quarter, productivity rose 6 per cent for the first half of 1993. So the full-year target of 3.5 to 4.4 per cent up from 3.1 per cent last year looks well within reach. The
        Source: Dept of Statistics  -  354 words
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      Education key to competing with developed nations: SM Lee
      429 2  -  Less skilled will face tough fight from countries with cheap labour By Anna Teo INCREASINGLY, the world's supply and demand for jobs and not just Singapore's will determine how much Singaporeans will earn. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said last night.
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      Success comes with a price, says '92 winner
      495 2 Launch of 1993 Singapore Business Awards ENTREPRENEURS must be prepared to pay a high price if they want to succeed hard work, hard work and more hard work. This was the message from Sim Wong Hoo, the 1992 Businessman of the Year.
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      Sony Display in $45m plan to boost output of television tubes
      356 2  -  •y Claire Leow SONY DISPLAY Devices (Singapore) is spending 545 million to boost the television tube output of its Jurong plant. The move, announced yesterday by managing director Takeo Kaji, will bring the company's investment here to $360 million
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      Keppel-led consortium signs accord on developing Suzhou township
      576 2  -  BjT Yong Pow Ang AN 18-MEMBER Singapore consortium led by Keppel Corporation signed an agreement yesterday to develop a 70 sq km township in Suzhou. The project, which will be blessed with the Singapore government's transfer of "software", marks a new phase
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      Lock icon Services are overseas income churners
      514 2  -  Study shows money earned abroad doubled from 1986 to 1991 Sl Chuang Peck Ming THE service business banks, finance houses and insurance firms especially has been making more money from abroad in recent years, says a study by the Department of Statistics. Its overseas income
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  • THE REGION
    • Article
      Lock icon Malaysia to spend M$13b on improving telecoms network
      428 3 Aim to raise capacity to seven million lines by 1997 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's national telecommunications carrier, Telekom Malaysia Berhad, will spend Msl3 billion (SSB.2 billion) over the next four years to increase its network capacity from four million lines to seven
      Bernama  -  428 words
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      Lock icon KL distances itself from US goods boycott
      156 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Kuala Lumpur has dissociated itself from a call by Malaysian nongovernmental organisations for a boycott of US-made goods. "Our policy is to be friends with other countries including the US," Bcrnama news agency quoted Foreign Minister Abdullah Badawi as saying
      AFP  -  156 words
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      Lock icon Hanoi declares war on water wasters
      253 3 AFP HANOI Vietnam has announced its first "save water" week, declaring war on water wasters and illegal syphoners who are straining the city's antiquated distribution system. The organisers of the US$7O,OOO (SSI 12,000) "Save Water" campaign, paid for by the Hanoi People's Committee and
      AFP; Reuter  -  253 words
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      Lock icon Malacca chief minister ahead in race for Umno Youth post
      479 3 Run-up to the Umno polls The Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR Malacca Chief Minister Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik is pulling ahead in the three-cornered race for the post of Umno Youth chief. Party insiders said that he had built up a
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      Lock icon US delegation stresses MIA link to Viet trade embargo
      310 3 AFP HANOI With just a month to go before President Bill Clinton decides whether to keep the US trade embargo against Vietnam, a visiting US delegation yesterday sternly linked relaxation of the ban to the question of troops missing in action
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      Lock icon Malaysia utilises fully its GSP privileges
      294 3 Bernama KUALA KANGSAR Malaysia has fully utilised its privileges under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) 1 with 97.7 per cent of exports under the scheme focused on three major markets the Eu- I ropean Community, United States and Japan. Minister of International Trade
      Bernama  -  294 words
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      Lock icon Jakarta allows ethnic Chinese to send funds overseas
      291 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's ethnic Chinese, accused of funnelling investment to China at the expense of their homeland, will not be barred from sending funds overseas. The official news agency Antara yesterday quoted the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Saleh Afiff, as saying
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      Lock icon Philippine electronics industry in danger of lagging behind: executive
      383 3 AFP MANILA The Philippine electronics industry is in danger of being left behind by other Asian countries and it needs government help to remain competitive. Mario Rivero, president of the Electronics Industry Association of the Philippines, said yesterday that the country's
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Viet officials face graft charges
        97 4 AFP HANOI Former Vietnamese energy minister Vu Ngoc Hai and his deputy Le Liem are being prosecuted for alleged corruption in an unprecedented move against top government officials. The Vietnamese press said yesterday that the People's Supreme Institute of Investigation had charged the pair with
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        Lock icon Plane crash kills 10
        29 4 Reuter TAEGU, South Korea Fire-fighters examine the wreckage of a navy Lynx helicopter which crashed yesterday, killing 10 of the 11 servicemen on board. Reuter
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        Lock icon Ex-East German ships for Indonesia
        54 4 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia will take delivery next month of three former East German warships to strengthen its navy. The official Antara news agency said yesterday that delivery of the two escort corvettes and a tank landing ship was delayed from June because of a dockyard
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        Lock icon Ramos okays Petron privatization
        79 4 UPI MANILA President Fidel Ramos yesterday approved a programme to privatise Petron Corp. the country's biggest oil company. The government will offer 60 per cent of the oil firm for privatisation, 40 per cent of which is expected to be sold to a prospective partner, officials
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      Lock icon China to allow more bankruptcies
      115 4 UPI BEIJING China plans to orient companies more closely to the market by increasing the number of state-run enterprises required to tum profits or face bankruptcy. Within two years, one-third of companies run by the state will become "solely state-fund-ed enterprises" which the state would
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      Beijing shuts down 1,000 unauthorised devt zones
      564 4  -  From Stephen Vines in HONGKONG ANXIOUS to curb uncontrolled economic development and rampant speculation, the Chinese government has shut down about 1.000 unauthorised development zones in the south of the country. The crackdown is part of Beijing's drive to cool the economy and
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      Lock icon Taiwan sets aside NT$20b to boost high-tech industries
      332 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan is to allocate NTS2O billion (551.20 billion) to promote the development of high-tech industries in a bid to revitalise the island's economy. Officials said yesterday that in line with an economy-reviv-ing package designed by the Economic Planning and Development
      AFP  -  332 words
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      Lock icon AT&T launches push into China
      320 4 Reuter BEIJING US communications giant American Telephone Telegraph (AT&T) launched its big push into China yesterday with chairman Robert Allen calling on the Bill Clinton administration to revamp US export restrictions dating from the Cold War. AT&T, which already has an accord to help China
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      Lock icon Chinese get preview of Deng's biography
      578 4 Daughter's book likely to hit best-seller lists Reuter BEIJING Chinese readers got their fust look at a new biography of patriarch Deng Xiaoping yesterday as ofTicial newspapers began publishing excerpts of the 88-year-old leader's "inside story" written by his daughter. My Father. Deng Xiaoping,
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      Lock icon Beijing, Taipei to hold talks on range of issues this month
      220 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan and China will hold talks at the end of this month on a range of issues including the repatriation of illegal Chinese immigrants. Officials said yesterday that the talks would be the first formal negotiations between
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      Lock icon Corporate Australia storms China's market
      481 6 Several companies plan to invest As7oom in fast-growing economy Reuter PMELBOURNE Australian have jumped into Bthe forefront of the rush of forf«ign investors into China as whe world's most populous nagtion opens up its fast-growing Mcconomy and Australia re-fo-Lcuses on Asia. F Some of Australia's
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      Lock icon Aussie firms urged to be more aware of Asian culture
      266 6 AFP SYDNEY Australian cornpanics face a major task in making themselves relevant to Asia and need to increase understanding of regional cultural differences, an Australian corporate chief said here yesterday. Graeme Kraehe, managing director of automotive, industrial, and construction manufacturer
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      Lock icon Model Indian industrial city rises from marshlands
      446 6 Reuter HAZIRA, India A US$6.O billion (559.6 billion) investment has turned marshy wastelands in remote Hazira peninsula on India's western coast into a model industrial growth capsule. The centre taking shape at the mouth of the River Tapi where Portuguese and British seamen
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      Lock icon China tells Pacific nations not to recognise Taiwan
      239 6 AFP NAURU China firmly told Pacific nations yesterday that closer ties with Taiwan are unacceptable and should not be sought by countries wishing to remain on friendly diplomatic terms with Beijing. "We firmly oppose the establishment of official relations or the conduct
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      Lock icon Queensland draws Aussies with sun, sea and jobs
      405 6 Bloomberg Business News BRISBANE The Queensland tourism ads say it all: "Beautiful one day... perfect the next.** That's enough for many re-cession-weary Australians from colder, southern states. They're flocking north at the rate of more than 1,000 a week for a new
      Bloomberg Business News  -  405 words
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      1167 6 8 DBSBANK THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) To: All Shareholders The Board of Directors of The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd wishes to make the following announcement: 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE SDC MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 1993 DBS RANK DBS GROUP Six
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon EC's Oct summit depends on Germany
        93 8 AFP BRUSSELS The European Community will hold a special leadership summit here on Oct 29, but only if Germany gives final approval to the community's Maastricht treaty in the meantime, Belgian prime minister Jean-Luc Dchaene's office said yesterday. The special summit parley will discuss
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        Lock icon Clinton names Joint Chiefs chairman
        96 8 NYT WASHINGTON President Clinton on Wednesday picked Gen John Shalikashvili, the current Nato commander and a critic of early Western inaction on Bosnia-Herzegovina, to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. If confirmed by the Senate as expected, the Polish-born artillery officer
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        Lock icon S African GDP up 5.1pc in 2nd qtr
        85 8 AFP PRETORIA South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) jumped by S.l per cent in the second quarter, according to figures released yesterday by the Central Statistical Services (CSS). The June quarter growth was the second consecutive quarterly increase, following on the 1.4
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        Lock icon Ukraine plebiscite called off
        110 8 AFP KIEV A Ukrainian official said yesterday that a September referendum called as part of an accord with striking miners and seen as a vote of confidence in President Leonid Kravchuk would not take place. Reports that the vote would be cancelled sparked angry charges of
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        Lock icon Discovery flight aborted again
        87 8 Reuter CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida Onboard computers aborted the launch of the US space shuttle Discovery yesterday, just three seconds before lift-off, but safety equipment worked well to protect the spaceship and its crew. The cause of the problem was not identified, although space officials said they
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      Lock icon Russia may lose Western aid: minister
      222 8 AP MOSCOW The Russian Central Bank's recent invalidation of billions of old rubles will cost the country Western aid packages and threaten its transition to a market economy, Russia's finance minister said on Wednesday. "We are extremely concerned that the programme that was planned
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      Lock icon Germany plans to trim welfare and unemployment payments
      569 8 NYT BONN The German government's plans to prune the country's cradle-to-grave social net have been criticised by groups ranging from the opposition Social Democratic Party and organised labour to the German Red Cross. The proposals, included in two draft laws cutting spending
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      Lock icon Heavenly shower expected
      34 8 Reuter NICE, France Star gazers gathering round a large telescope waiting to see the meteor shower expected from the Swift-Tuttle comet early yesterday in the southern region of France near Nice.
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      Lock icon European firms largest foreign employers in US
      273 8 Reuter WASHINGTON European companies are the largest foreign employers in the US, creating jobs for 7.6 million Americans, a European business group says. Furthermore, according to the European-American Chamber of Commerce, because European investment is concentrated in high-wage, high-technology manufacturing, European companies pay
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      Lock icon Campbell fast gaining popularity but may still not win polls
      304 8 Reuter OTTAWA Canada's first woman prime minister and new Conservative leader Kim Campbell, has rapidly gained popularity since succeeding Brian Mulroney in June. But analysts are not sure if she has become popular enough. They wonder whether she can close
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      Lock icon Canada rejects Nafta side deals
      295 8 Reuter OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell rejects the environmental and labour deals worked out with Mexico and the US under the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), a spokesman said yesterday. Ms Campbell's decision not to accept the deals was influenced by the question
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      Lock icon Balladur and Kohl to discuss European union
      406 8 Reuter PARIS French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur will hold talks on European union and world trade with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl on August 26, Mr Bahadur's office announced on Wednesday. The two leaders plan to meet over lunch in Bonn to discuss reviving
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Yaohan to set up super stores, fast-food chain in China
      425 9  -  Company to focus on niche retailing in Singapore By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Japanese retailer Yaohan yesterday announced grand plans to expand in the Chinese market. It also said it would list some operations in Singapore next year. The chairman of
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      Wee Cho Yaw's firms are buyers of Sydney's ParkRoyal Hotel
      324 9 SINGAPORE A joint venture company which includes a private and a listed concern of banker Wee Cho Yaw has emerged as the mystery buyer which paid ASSO million (5554.5 million) for the ParkRoyal Hotel at Sydney's Darling Harbour. The company
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      First Yangon-S'pore flight of Myanmar Airways on Sunday
      253 9 SINGAPORE The inaugural flight between Yangon and Singapore operated by Myanmar Airways International will be launched this Sunday. The airline is the result of a joint venture between the government of Myanmar and Sin-gapore-based consortium Highson ics Enterprise Pte Ltd, which is
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      Lock icon Finance firms may be attractive buys but investors should wait for price dips
      674 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Alvin Tay, Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Investors' eyes, or money, may be focused on listed banks at the moment, but the usually neglected finance companies have also been chalking up good gains in
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      Coca-Cola Indochina to set up second plant in Vietnam
      341 9  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Coca-Cola Indochina will soon sign a joint venture agreement to pave the way for a second bottling plant in Vietnam, this time in Hanoi. A spokesman for Coca-Cola Far East Ltd told Business Times yesterday that it
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      Scotts ties up with ITC to develop properties in India
      406 9  -  By A J Leow SINGAPORE Scotts Holdings has tied up with Indian blue-chip conglomerate ITC to form a property development company in India. Under an agreement signed yesterday in Calcutta by Scotts chairman A R Jumabhoy and his ITC counterpart
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Plan for private hospital in Malacca
          55 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Hospital Pantai Bhd has signed a memorandum of understanding with Medical Specialist Centre (Melaka) Sdn Bhd to form a joint venture company to build and run a Ms3o million (SSIB.B million) private hospital in Malacca. The hospital is expected to be
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          DBS Bank raises paid-up capital
          65 10 SINGAPORE DBS Bank said yesterday its proposed one-for-four bonus issue will raise its paid-up capital by $130 million to 5652 million. The conversion price of its non-redeemable convertible preference shares will also be adjusted from $12.90 to 10.32. Every NCPS, when fully paid up, can
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          Lock icon Innovest plans to reduce liabilities
          52 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Innovest Bhd, through its subsidiary Innopower Electronics Sdn Bhd, will sell its 1.53 million shares of Msl each in Innopower Keidenki Sdn Bhd to Tokyo Keidenki Co for M 51.53 million. The proposed sale will enable the Innovest group to reduce its
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          Lock icon LGB to buy 70pc of marine firm
          79 10 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Land General Bhd will buy a 70 per cent stake in marine transport company Bumi-Armada Navigation Sdn Bhd. LGB will acquire 3.5 million Bumi-Armada shares for Ms3s million, which will be raised by the sale of 8.2 million new LGB
          Reuter  -  79 words
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          Metro in talks with K-Mart
          56 10 SINGAPORE Metro (Pte) Ltd, a fully-owned subsidiary of Metro Holdings, is in the final stage of discussions with K-Mart Corporation of the United States on the possibility of a joint venture in Singapore. In a statement last night, the company said an announcement will be
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          AIA raises stake in Acma
          36 10 SINGAPORE American International Assurance has increased its capital stake in Acma Ltd from 6.12 per cent to 6.27 per cent through the purchase of a further 100,000 shares at $8.33 each.
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          New directors at L&M
          75 10 SINGAPORE L&M Group Investments yesterday announced the appointment of three directors Ho Chew Thim, lan William Reeves and Leong Wai Leng. Mr Ho has many years of financial experience in listed companies, including First Capital Corporation. Mr Reeves, 49, is the chairman of Carolian International Consultants.
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        Thai sub-brokers struggle to upgrade status to full-fledged brokers
        401 10 BANGKOK Sub-brokerage firms in Thailand continue to struggle to upgrade their status to that of full-fledged brokers. The Nation reported on Wednesday that brokerage firms were opposed to such a move. The exchange authorities, however, had received the idea favourably. They
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        CityDev's hotel unit posts 50pc rise in profit
        367 10  -  CDL Hotels' S'pore operations maintain profit despite competitive room rates By Lee Hen Shih SINGAPORE CDL Hotels, the international listed hotel arm of the City Developments group, has turned in a set of good results for the six months ended June 30.
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        Creative Tech plans to penetrate European market more aggressively
        337 10  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Homegrown Creative Technology is drawing up a "Pan-Europe-an" plan to penetrate that market more aggressively. It has also just bought Ja-pan-based Data Stream Corporation. Chairman and chief executive officer Sim Wong Hoo said yesterday that the company
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        Foreign fund managers keen on Barito Pacific shares
        324 10 JAKARTA Prayogo Pangestu, the chairman of PT Barito Pacific Timber, Indonesia's largest logging and plywood company, said Barito has met all the necessary requirements for its public offering plan, which was originally scheduled for early this month. PT Barito has finally won
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        Lock icon Berjaya Leisure accepts Securities Commission terms
        230 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Beijaya Leisure Bhd said yesterday that it has decided to accept the revised terms put forward by the Securities Commission on the company's proposed acquisition of shares in Berjaya Sports Toto Bhd and a subsequent general oflfer. Berjaya Leisure said it
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        Lock icon KLSE's scripless system gains momentum
        207 10 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's booming stock exchange yesterday said its paperless stock trading system was gaining momentum as it named a soon-to-be listed stock as the 13th firm to go scripless. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) named Transwater Corporation Bhd as the new entry
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        Thailand's Shinawatra and Siam Cement plan ventures in the Philippines
        440 10  -  From Al Labita in MANILA TWO giant Thai companies have turned to the Philippines for their offshore business expansion. The companies, Shinawatra International Co Ltd and Siam Cement Co Ltd, have submitted their proposals and are negotiating with the Philippine
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        411 11 Reuter SYDNEY Rupert Murdoch got a hero's welcome yesterday on his return to Australian television as investors rallied the media tycoon's partly-owned Seven Network to a premium at its initial listing on the stock exchange. The shares of the Seven Network, Australia's second
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        Lock icon Henkel's first-half parent sales rise slightly
        196 11 Bloomberg Business News DUSSELDORF, Germany German pharmaceuticals group Henkel KGaA said parent company sales rose by one per cent to 2.8 billion marks (552.6 billion) in the first half of 1993 from the year-earlier period. "The increase was largely attributable to brand-name sales," the
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        Lock icon Ferruzzi shares in free fall as investors dump stock
        250 11 Reuter MILAN Ferruzzi group shares crashed by more than three-quarters on the Milan bourse yesterday as traders, panicked by its heavy losses, enormous debts and alleged involvement in Italy's graft scandal, dumped the stock. In a relegation of what were once
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        Lock icon Aussie retailer Coles Myer launches A$4.2b investment plan
        323 11 Reuter MELBOURNE Australia's largest retailer, Coles Myer, yesterday unveiled plans for a A 54.2 billion (554.6 billion) corporate facelift to maximise profits and create jobs. Chief executive Peter Bartels said the investment programme in Australia and New Zealand involved the construction of
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        Lock icon Johnson to cut 3,000 jobs worldwide through retirements and layoffs
        275 11 NYT NEW YORK Joining a surge of cost-cutting in the drug and health-care industries, Johnson Johnson has plans to cut 3,000 jobs worldwide this year through early retirements and layoffs. The big diversified healthcare company said on Wednesday that it
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          Lock icon Joint US-China building project
          89 11 Bloomberg Business News MIDDLETOWN, New York Kings Developers will build and market an afTordable housing complex with China State Construction Engineering in what is thought to be the first joint venture of its kind in the US. China State Construction is the largest construction company in
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          Lock icon Report confuses market
          117 11 Reuter LONDON A newspaper report wrongly identifying the country from which Cable and Wireless pic (C&W) had won a new contract has confused the UK stock market. C&W said on Wednesday that a Bulgarian firm in which it holds a 49 per cent stake had won a
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          Lock icon Ford-Werke to dismiss chief: reports
          67 11 Reuter COLOGNE Ford-Werke AG, the German unit of Ford Motor Company, yesterday declined to comment on press reports that its chief executive, John Hardiman, will be dismissed. According to the daily newspaper Bild Zeitung, Mr Hardiman will be replaced by Albert Caspers, an engineer "who
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          Lock icon Foster's sees lower profits in Canada
          91 11 Reuter MELBOURNE The Foster's Brewing Group says earnings from its 40-per cent owned M olson Breweries in Canada will show a short-term downturn due to the net effect of a cut in minimum beer prices and the removal of duties. Foster's said yesterday that
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          Lock icon Dart Group chief faces family battle
          130 11 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Dart Group chairman Herbert Haft faces a battle to keep the company together as his wife Gloria is seeking an end to their 45-year-old marriage and to gain control of part of the family's retailing and real estate empire. The Wall
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          Lock icon Tokyo brokers get nod for trust banks
          91 12 Reuter TOKYO Japan's Big Four brokerages and Bank of Tokyo Ltd have received preliminary approval from the Ministry of Finance to open trust bank units, spokesmen for the five financial institutions said. Nomura Securities Co Ltd, Daiwa Securities Co Ltd, Nikko Securities Co
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          Lock icon Taiwan trust to become a bank
          66 12 Knight-Ridder TAIPEI Cathay Investment and Trust Co Ltd, Taiwan's largest private trust company, plans to convert to a commercial bank, a company spokesman said today. If approved by the Finance Ministry, it will be the second trust company to convert to a commercial bank.
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          Lock icon Banking staff against longer hours
          88 12 AFP DHAKA Workers at Bangladesh's state-run commercial banks have reluctantly started to keep extended opening hours, but said yesterday protests would continue against the government move for longer banking hours. Bank officials and news reports said banks were open to the public from 9.00 am
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          Lock icon Itochu sets up Asian fund unit in HK
          80 12 AFP TOKYO Japanese trading giant Itochu Corp has set up a wholly-owned financial subsidiary, Itochu Finance (Asia) Ltd, in Hongkong to act as its fund-management arm for Asia, a company spokesman said yesterday. The new Asian fund management unit capitalised at US$l
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        Stanchart's first half profits surge 186pc to £168m
        432 12  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG STANDARD Chartered pic yesterday reported substantially higher earnings for the half year to June 30 but strong profits from Asia contrasted with hefty bad debt charges in the United Kingdom. Pre-tax profits for the period after debt
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        Singapore's foreign reserves cross S$70b mark
        303 12  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE The nation's foreign reserves have crossed the SS7O billion mark, according to latest Monetary Authority of Singapore figures. They totalled 5570.41 billion as at end May, up SSI.IB billion from 5569.23 billion in April. Compared to a year ago,
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        Lock icon Bank Negara's profile in forex market continues to wane
        314 12 Knight-Ridder SINGAPORE Months after revealing a whopping M 59.3 billion (555.9 billion) plunge in its special reserves. Bank Negara's profile in the foreign exchange market continues to wane, dealers here said. One dealer said Bank Negara. the Malaysian central bank and
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        Lock icon Union Bank of Switzerland profits up 89pc in 1st half
        288 12 Bloomberg Business News ZURICH Swiss banking group Union Bank of Switzerland said net profit rose 89 per cent to 1.288 billion Swiss francs (551.36 billion) in the first half ended June 30 from a year earlier. The group said it
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        Lock icon UK banks hope for liquidity with rolling spot currency
        202 12 Reuter LONDON UK clearing banks are hoping the launch of farther rolling spot currency futures by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange will boost liquidity in the exchange's flagging sterling contract. The banks had been among the initial champions of the sterling rolling
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        Lock icon Cartel fears surface as US debt trading houses fight for turf
        374 13 Reuter NEW YORK A turf battle is developing among banks in the emerging markets debt trading business and some say the foundations of an exclusive club of market makers are being laid. The divisions are over who can claim
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        Lock icon Workers of US bank in Seoul on strike
        199 13 Reuter SEOUL The manager of the Seoul branch of the First National Bank of Boston said on Wednesday he hoped an 11day strike would be settled this week. "We will hold meetings with the union to try and solve this before the
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        Lock icon Taipei eases forex brokerage rules in bid to be financial hub
        173 13 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan has removed restrictions on the establishment of foreign exchange brokerage firms in an effort to build the island into a financial hah, Taiwan's Central Bank of China (CBC) officials said yesterday. Currently, only the non-prof-it Taipei
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        135 13 MOST of the activity in the currencies market yesterday was in USS/yen and its related crosses as the market purchased huge amount of yen against most currencies. Over in the regional markets, activity was quieter and limited. The USS/SS market saw an initial sell-ofT of
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        202 13 Reuter LONDON The dollar was tossed aside as the ven muscled its way to yet another post-war high of 103.10 late in European trade yesterday. Early in the day, the Bank of Japan threw its weight behind the dollar with repeated intervention but dealers thought the struggle unequal as
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        Lock icon BCCI liquidators get more claims for Bank of England suit
        202 13 Reuter LONDON Liquidators of the closed Bank of Credit and Commerce International said yesterday they had received more than £400 million (SS94B million) of claims from people seeking to join a lawsuit against the Bank of England. A spokesman for
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        89 13 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was mixed at mid-morning yesterday, falling against the German mark and yen but rising against the French franc. The dollar was trading at 103.15 yen, down from 103.60 on Wednesday. Earlier in London the greenback was trading at 103.50 yen. The dollar also
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        Lock icon Diamond fever grips Australian investors
        572 14 Reuter SYDNEY The glitter of diamonds is seducing Australian miners and investors, setting off a frenzy of exploration reminiscent of the gold rush that helped define this hard-edged country over 140 years ago. Promising results in Australia's Northern Territory have raised hopes that the world's
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        Prices drift lower after petrol-led surge
        307 14 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Crude oil prices on both sides of the Atlantic drifted lower yesterday, as traders said higher petrol prices on Wednesday encouraged many traders to sell contracts to lock in profits. US petrol futures for September delivery gained 2.15 cents a
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        Lock icon Petronas reduces crude oil processing in Singapore
        439 14 Reuter SINGAPORE Malaysian state oil company Petronas has reduced term crude oil processing here due to higher refining fees this year and shrinking profit margins, trade sources said. Negotiations with one of two refiners to renew contracts which expired in July have fallen
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        Lock icon Political rifts in Gulf block Opec bid to control oil prices
        441 14 AFP ABU DHABI Resurgence of political rifts among Opec's key Gulf members are preventing it from controlling oil prices, which have remained weak despite receding speculation about Iraq's early return to the market. Iran has been at loggerheads with
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        Lock icon Euroyen futures higher in active trade
        1430 18 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen interest rate futures ended higher in active buying spurred by the upward spiral of the yen and hopes for an imminent interest rate cut. Euroyen futures gains were also supported by the bullish finish of Japanese government bonds.
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        Steady LME takes KL tin one sen up
        626 18 COMMODITY REPORTS Tta TIN closed one sen higher at MS 12.32 per kg after a brief trading session yesterday, reflecting steadiness in the London market overnight. Traders said despite the rise, the undertone was still easier because of talk of major producer
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          Tin industry leader rejects criticism
          87 18 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian tin industry leader yesterday rejected criticism that producers by selling directly to consumers are partly to blame for the low price of the metal. "Direct or indirect sales (amount to) the same thing," said Hew See Tong, president at the All
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          Weak China prices prompt exports
          74 18 TOKYO Weakening domestic aluminium prices in China are prompting smelters and traders to export metal obtained from tolling agreements rather than sell it locally, Chinese trade sources say. China's aluminium smelting capacity exceeds domestic alumina output, making the country a net importer of alumina. Analysts
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          Copper concentrate downtrend seen
          95 18 TOKYO The downward trend seen in recent months for copper concentrate treatment and refining charges looks likely to extend into the longer term, industry sources here say. An ongoing rail strike in British Columbia, Canada, may in the short term help move the market further in
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          Lower China cotton crop expected
          79 18 TOKYO USDA's lower estimate on Wednesday for China cotton production signals that further downward revisions of the crop are likely in coming months, traders here and in Hongkong said yesterday. They said the fact that the usually conservative USDA lowereo its estimate in August, which
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        Australia
        1158 19 12.3 The Australian share market soared to a fresh post-1987 crash high after Channel Seven's debut boosted sentiment yesterday. "The market opened strongly on Wall Street, and Channel Seven buoyed everyone's enthusiasm," said a CS First Boston broker. Blue chips were firm, but gold stocks fell after bullion prices
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        Manila
        587 19 +4.01 Share prices closed higher as local investors bought selected blue chip issues after taking profits on newly-listed J G Summit, brokers said. Market leaders Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) and Philippine Nation- al Bank rose 10 pesos to 1,105 and 337.50 while Globe Telecoms inched up 25
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        Taipei
        563 19 +25.71 Buying just before the close pushed Taiwan's stock market up to finish at its intra-day high as sentiment remained positive ahead of the ruling Nationalist Party's congress next week, brokers said. The weighted index wavered narrowly all session before ending 25.71 points up at 4,140.75. Turnover was a
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        Seoul
        398 19 +2.29 The stock market closed higher for the third consecutive day on the back of healthy foreign in- terest and some domestic institutional buying, brokers said. "Profit-taking in reaction to recent double digit gains pushed the market into a negative territory but foreign buying centred on Kfcpco bucked the
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        New Zealand
        252 19 +5.41 Shares closed firmer thanks to strength on overseas bourses and to a partial bounce in Telecom. While the market turnover of NZ$54 million appeared strong, about two thirds of that was done off-market. The NZSE-40 capital index ended 5.41 points up at 1,888.82, but off its 1,899.55
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        Bombay
        79 19 102.84 Stocks continued to rise in unofficial kerb deals after the close as speculators frantically covered their short positions, brokers said. Prices began rising sharply during the two-hour official session, spurring the Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share index up 102.84 points to a 2,483.80 close a 4.32 per cent increase
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        London
        616 19 _+3 Shares ended with small gains yesterday, driven higher by stronger gilts before coming under pressure in the afternoon from Wall Street weakness, dealers said. The FTSE 100 Index closed 3.0 points firmer at 3,009.1, beating Wednesday's record close and after reaching an all-time high of 3,022.4 in morning
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        Paris
        152 19 -5.52 French shares ended weaker after profit-taking weighed down on prices during most of the session, despite a brief rise to a new intra-day record high, dealers said. They said the market may consolidate after its recent rapid rise but 2,200 points on the CAC-40 index was within reach
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        136 19 +2.09pc Shares rallied in Stockholm after the central bank lowered its key interest rate to 8.00 from 8.25 per cent and the OMX index went through 1,000 for the first time in history to close 2.09 per cent up at 1,002.51. The top-16 index rose 2.17 per cent to
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        Frankfurt
        201 19 +39.15 The German share index DAX soared to a 3-year closing high of 1.904.95, propelled by demand by German and foreign investors for a wide range of blue chips. The DAX finished 39.15 points or 2 per cent above the previous official close after trading in a range of
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        Zurich
        200 19 19.98 Swiss stocks finished at a record close after strong gains led by banks and Sandoz. The all-share SPI Index was up 19.98 at 1,553.95. Zurich Aug 12 Frun Muuirae Br 588 If Bro»n Boten Br 9*5 7 CS Holding Br 2860 80 CS Holding Ret >46 10 C.ha
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        Johannesburg
        270 19 5 Investors took little notice of a mild gold price rally in afternoon trading as the market remained depressed by recent bullion declines. The gold was 47 points lower at 1,763 but the industrial index added five to 4,573. The overall index was 10 points lower at 4,032. Johannesburg
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        Brussels
        183 19 15.83 Belgian shares, led by industrial stocks, closed sharply higher but off their morning record levels after they were hit by some prof-it-taking after their early surge. Traders said they expected the market to extend its gains, but said the rise might be tempered by more profit-taking in the
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        Amsterdam
        278 19 +2.48 Dutch shares hit new highs but closed slightly below best levels in busy, volatile trading. The EOE Index closed 2.48 points or 0.71 per cent higher at 350.69 after peaking at a new all-time high of 351.12. Fifteen EOE stocks close higher, six lower, three unchanged. Dealers said
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        Toronto
        298 19 -12.55 Toronto stocks fell at midday yesterday under pressure from dropping gold stocks and a weakening dollar, dealers said. "The price of gold is as low as its been in three months. That may have repercussions this afternoon," one trader said. The TSE 300 Composite Index fell 11.9 points
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        New York
        816 19 10.62 Blue-chip stocks fell back sharply from record-high levels on Thursday as the focus on Wall Street shifted to the bond market, where long-term yields rallied to just below 6.4 percent. At 1 pm EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 25.99 points at 3,557.36. Volume totalled
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      2620 20 Reuter HONGKONG Share prices closed slightly lower despite a strong opening yesterday, with China-related lesser stocks continuing to dominate dealings, brokers said. The key index ended down 18.08 points to 7,339.55 after opening up 54 points on London and New York's record highs overnight. Turnover increased to HKS4.BS billion
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      CHINA
      489 20 THE Shanghai B market sprang into full action yesterday with a turnover of US$4.4 million, one of the highest in recent months. Investors continued to pour in amid good corporate results and strong fundamentals. The CLSA Shanghai B Index jumped 71.5 points to 800.60. The most active counter was
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      2504 20 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended steady yesterday in the most active trading since June 11, brokers said. Foreign buying of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) shares on bullishness over a telecommunications infrastructure project helped bolster sentiment. However, profit-taking limited gains. "Active buying by foreigners offset worries from the higher
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      697 20 Reuter JAKARTA Bullish sentiment lingered on the Jakarta Stock Exchange, helping to push most shares to close higher, brokers said. The Composite Index closed 2.83 points up at 380.29. "Most prices soared at the first session, although some of them fell slightly in the Trading was very active," a
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2519 21 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE vofcjmt Pub Bk Foreign 4.296.000 Idns H>d 50c 4.094.000 FAt B SOc 1.955.000 Pegi Msia 1.894,000 Kamunling 50c 1.541.000 MBf Capital I I66 000 Promet 1.129.000 Tccti Resources 1.089.000 Kemayan 50c 924.000 Asia Pac Ld 50c 920.000 Tan Chong SOc
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        Lock icon Shares end steadier as blue chips weaken
        5357 21 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices here closed steadier on late buying in moderate trading activity yesterday, with selected stocks surging on talks of takeover bids and new deals. But falls in blue-chips, especially giants Telekom and Tenaga, dragged the KLSE Composite Index down
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        Lock icon Prices edge up on late buying after DBS results
        7403 22  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Singapore stocks finished marginally higher yesterday on late buying after news of DBS Bank's impressive interim results hit the market. Earlier in the day, prices moved in a narrow range after the Central Provident Fund board
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        69 22  -  HOT STOCK Quak Hiang Whai OVERSEAS Union Bank foreign shares have traded to overbought levels. The daily and weekly RSls and stochastics have reached almost 100, while the MACDs show the stock could turn downwards soon. The $7 level will be difficult to sustain. There is immediate
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      35 20 HOME RENOVATION? We'll break down the walls. PERSONAL < i r Standard Chartered FINANCING The Bangkok market was closed for a public holiday yesterday. KAY SMART Be part of the good life. Lifestyle. Everyday. Business Times
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Battle will decide US Ryder Cup team
      758 23 75th PGA Championship Golf NYT TOLEDO, Ohio The PGA Championship used to be the beginning of the end of the golf season. But every two years, the fourth major championship also becomes the final fashioner of the US Ryder Cup team. For nearly
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      Lock icon Richard Zokol swoops with an eagle
      354 23 AFP. Reuter TOLEDO, Ohio An eagle at the par-five 13th boosted Canadian Richard Zokol to a 66 here yesterday, giving him a share of the early first-round lead. Zokol shared the lead in the clubhouse with American Dudley Flart, both in at five-under-par. For
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        Lock icon Faldo mum on Ryder Cup secrets
        120 23 Reuter TOLEDO, Ohio Nick Faldo says that regardless of Seve Ballesteros' recent poor form, the Spaniard would be a formidable member of Europe's Ryder Cup team if selected. Just don't try to press Faldo any further on the subject. Faldo was asked if he
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        Lock icon Germany wins Admiral Cup
        61 23 Reuter PLYMOUTH, England German team manager Hans Otto Schuemann (with cap) celebrating the team's Admiral Cup victory on Wednesday with crew members. Germany was awarded the Cup after the race jury rejected a British protest. Germany topped the standings by a mere 0.25 of a point
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        Lock icon Un-Tested Hayden makes history
        97 23 AP CANTERBURY, England Australian tourist Matthew Hayden made history when he reached the 1,000-run mark here on Wednesday despite having missed out on a Test spot. Hayden batted impressively as Australia, having won the toss, set out to compile a big first innings score. But his
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        Lock icon Morceli warned of ban
        67 23 Reuter STUTTGART, Germany Noureddine Morceli, 23, the world 1500 m champion, has been warned that he faces a two-month ban from athletics if he refuses to compete at the World Championships. Algerian athletics federation officials said yesterday that Morceli had been warned of a new International
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        Lock icon No women in ring, sumo chief vows
        64 23 Reuter TOKYO The head of Japan's Sumo Association said he flatly refused to allow a woman to enter the sumo ring. Chairman Dewanoumi was speaking after Japan's new Education Minister Ryoko Akamatsu criticised the association for refusing to allow her predecessor, also a
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      Lock icon Injuries, money, squabbles, drugs hit world athletics meet
      651 23 AP STUTTGART, Germany Injuries, money, squabbles and drugs have robbed the World Championships of many stars and some of its lustre. But the absence of some defending champions and world recordholders is making the fourth edition of the athletics championships the most
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        74 23 Reuter NEW YORK Major League, Wednesday American League: Oakland 3 Chicago 1, Detroit 15 Baltimore 5, New York 8 Boston 3, Toronto 4 Minnesota 2, Cleveland 7 Milwaukee S, Seattle 4 Kansas City 3, California 4 Texas I. National League San Francisco 6 Cincinnati 0, Florida 12 Chicago 11,
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        75 23 AP SAKL'RAGAWA, Japan First round scores yesterday in the 100 million yen Aeon International Tournament. (Tournament uses Stableford system, with points awarded as follows: double eagle +8; eagle +5; birdie +2; par zero; bogey -I; double bogey or worse •3): 16 points Eduardo Herrera (Col) 15 Todd Hamilton (US)
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        84 23 AFP KOBE, Japaa Pint-day winners in the Paa Pacific Chaapinnihlps yesterday Mea 800 m free: Kieren Perkins (Aust) 7:50.51 (meet record) 200 a free: Josh Davis (US) 1:48.50 100 a back: JefT Rouse (US) 54.85 200 a fly: Danyon Loader (NZ) 1:58.30. Woawn 200 a free: Claudia Poll (Costa
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        Lock icon Tennis
        274 23 Reuter AFP MASON, Ohio desalts of the US$l.65 million ATP Championships Wednesday. Ist it Amos Mansdorf (Ist) b Chuck Adams (US) 6-3 2-1 retired; Wally Masur (Aust) b Derrick Rostagno (US) 7-6 4-6 7-6. 2nd id: Pete Sampras (US) b Bryan Shelton (US) 7-5 6-2; Jason Stoltenberg (Aust) b
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      941 24 Nothing BGfIAS A BUCL WHERE to wine, dine and entertain or i jffß A "Heavenly" Feast Scrumptious Sichuan cuisinc. Rich piping hot steamboat. Dclkate Yangzhou Dianxian. Hon Sat 11.30 am to 2.30pm Sun 10.30 am to 2.30pm KtagsH King's Hotel Clarion. A Member of CDL Hotels. Havelock Road. Singapore 0316.
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      395 24 Fancy Beijing? taußhUZ yp Then, we're delighted to the Pine Court for a memorable dining experience. Try our Beijing specialities such as Baked Tench, Beijing Duck and Marinated Lamb and our lunch menu of Beijing dian xin. n_|_j |1 To add to your enjoyment, HROJ all these are well within
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Gilt stage sans actors on display
      990 25  -  The interior of Buckingham Palace may disappoint many, writes William E Schmidt William E Schmidt NYT Framed by thick scarlet draperies, the thrones belonging to Queen Elizabeth and her husband. Prince Philip, sit cozily side by side at the far end of a highceilinged
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      Lock icon Playing to different fans at Wembley
      35 25 Reuter WEMBLEY Lead singer Bono from the rock group U2 enthralls fans with his moves during their Wembley concert on Wednesday. The hand played to a crowd of 72,000.
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      Movie drama on a real life street
      474 25 CHATTERBOX HOSTILE demonstrators shouted threats and fought police on the sidewalk outside the US Supreme Court last weekend, but it wasn't for real. Director Alan Pakula was shooting a scene for the new movie based on John Grishams novel. The Pelican Brief. Neither
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      129 25 Lounge HAPPY HOURS DAILY inn rR* Draft Beer at 5.00PM 7.30PM j I U Raise a glass or two t V and at $6++ outBOTTOMS UP. ;h: Happy moa s.aanw fours' I Hours. All draft :r "v At these prices, beer and house- l/j| Mi there's even more pouring brands
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
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      1294 25 TV RADIO ern way of life continue to sweep across other civilizations. historian Michael Wood y/JBrm! shows that the West needs to learn from the ideas and X cultures of the world. virtuoso with musicians. This 1992 produc- P whouse Theatre in Somerset, as Everybody Loves The SunA young American
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Thailand on ad spending binge
      623 26  -  The boom is due in part to more stable economic and political conditions after the last military crackdown, reports Alan Boyd Alan Boyd The writer is a Bangkok-based Journalist who contributes to BT. A HOUSING surplus and rampant consumerism have helped trigger an advertising boom
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      Lock icon US ad agencies' creations still not the British cuppa tea
      521 26 NYT The empire is long gone, Elton John has moved to Atlanta and tourists are trooping through Buckingham Palace. Still, it seems there'll always be an England, at least when it comes to the England that looks down its national
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      Going all out on design
      625 27  -  Corinne Kerk speaks to a successful founder of a German industrial design company Corinne Kerk TO MAKE your products sell better these days, more effort has to be put into their design than ever before. Hartmut Esslinger, founder and chairman of frogdesign pte ltd, will
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      Lock icon The joke's on the advertiser if humour is overused
      469 27 FT WHEN Volkswagen introduced the Rabbit (known as the Golf in the UK) to the US market it used a simple commercial. It showed two rabbits looking straight at the camera. A voiceover stated: "In 1956 there were only two VWs
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      Lock icon Upturn in Gulf economies leads to bigger spending in advertising
      263 27 AFP ABU DHABI A business upturn in the oilrich Gulf region boosted advertising activity by nearly 15 per cent in the first half of 1993, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) semi-official daily Al-ltti had reported on Monday. Spending on advertising
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      98 27 TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1-800-737 0043 FAX:734 3698 "I bought onectn and sold 10,000 sq.ft." f I 2"'r at »:i«T,^'i„ 1 F ,O, CI U Hap Sent TOMB Call today for results tomorrow. 737 1166 FORM tt<3) NOTICE OF INTENDED DIVIDEND Name of Company Sisyphus Industrial Equipment Pte Ltd (In Liquidation)
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      289 27 iMi METRO I METRO HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in tha Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT PROPOSED RENOUNCEABLE RIGHTS ISSUE OF 14,601,312 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF $1.00 EACH IN THE CAPITAL OF METRO HOLDINGS LIMITED (THE "COMPANY") AT $2.80 FOR EACH NEW ORDINARY SHARE ON THE BASIS OF ONE (1) NEW ORDINARY SHARE
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      75 27 KATONG ENGINEERING PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308<2) of the Companies Act. Cap. 50 that the FINAL MEETING of the Members of the abovenamed company will be held at 585 North Bridge Road #11-07 Blanco Court Singapore 0718 on 13 September
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      337 27 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER SO CREDITORS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP NOTICE OP APPOINTMENT AND SITUATION OF OFFICE OF LIQUIDATORS Company Name Cargoflo Pie Ltd Company No 1M*****4R We Don M Ho. NRIC No 0146M&E and Wee Aik Quart. NRIC No *****6A/J haraby give notice that Tha following
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      333 27 la the Matter of The C ompanies Act, Cap. 50 and In the Matter of Caaa Espania Development Pte Lid (la Members' Vefantary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 9 Pen an g Road #08-03 Park Mall Singapore 0923 on Thursday
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      336 27 LOST SHARE CERTIFICATES The following share certificate* haw* beer reported lost or destroyed: MALAYA TIN PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED Certificate No. In the name of No. of Shares *****6 Tan Lye Teck Ixlooo NEPTUNE ORIENT UNES LIMITED *****14 LeePakLan Ixlooo *****55 Wong Chin Soon 1 x 952 SEMBAWANG SHIPYARD LIMITED *****0
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      249 27 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. SO ANO IN THE MATTER OF SUNTORY SINGAPORE PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary LI guides on) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306(1) of ths Companies Act. Chapter SO. that a Final General Meeting of the sbovenamed Company will be held
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  • Article
    Clinton gets going
    574 28 EDITORIAL Mr Y HEAD aches with all the /H thinking, but my heart aches I with the conclusion that I I will vote Yes for a bill which .A. T JB* challenges America too little." Those were the aches of US Senator Bob Kerrey, Democrat from Nebraska.
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      A quick accident report, please
      263 28 THERE IS A lesson which should not be missed if something good is to come out of last Thursday's collision of two MRT trains at Clementi. It is giving quickly, and as complete an explanation as is possible, how an apparently fail-safe system could have
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      Welcome growth
      110 28 IT IS SURPRISING that as the economy matures, Singapore could still enjoy double-digit growth of 10.1 per cent in the second quarter of this year. However, the MTI has explained that it is too ambitious to expect a repeat performance. Inflation is under control and relatively low. All
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      Multi-party politics in Taiwan
      210 28 THE OPEN SPLIT in Taiwan's Nationalist Party or Kuomintang (KMT) has finally become reality. The obvious result of the New Party's emergence is that the ruling KMTs "one-party dominance" is being undermined with the strength of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) being correspondingly enhanced. The
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      Vote result too slow
      145 28 THE Constitutional Affairs Branch's Registration and Electoral Office considers it perfectly acceptable that the result of Sunday's Regional Council by-election should not have been available until after 3.30 am, somewhat after the majority of Hongkong's newspapers had gone to press and fully five hours after the
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      A triumph over tribalism
      135 28 THERE CAN BE no doubt that economic sanctions imposed by the wealthy industrial democracies worked in South Africa a factor which should be borne in mind when considering ways to rein in other oppressive regimes. However, it would be premature to assume that elections and a
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      Re-evaluate the policy
      176 28 THE US embassy here has voiced its disappointment over the government's refusal to let the Prosperous Labour Union of Indonesia (SBSI) hold its congress last month. The government has always taken the first opportunity to reject any accusation that it has violated human rights especially the workers'
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    Lock icon Practical measures needed, not blame apportioning
    838 28  -  Sony chairman Akio Morita talks to Yozo Hasegawa about his proposed changes in Japan's economic structure and improving Japan-US relations Yozo Hasegawa Nihon Keizei Shimbun UNDER heavy pressure from their US counterparts. Japan business leaders agreed at the annual Japan-US Business Conference in July
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  • ANALYSIS
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      The race to grab the region's viewers hots up
      1323 29  -  Rupert Murdoch's purchase of Star TV has got major international broadcasters mighty jittery. Hongkong Correspondent Catherine Ong explains what is at stake and how an alliance plans to take on Star TV in the big-bucks regional satellite TV industry Catherine Ong
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      Hongkong's satellite restrictions could drive business to Singapore
      824 29 INTERNATIONAL programmers looking for a base to set up regional broadcasting favour Hongkong's liberal media climate, but they are frustrated by its restrictive policies on satellite uplinks and its cartel arrangements among existing players. Singapore, which is keen to play host to
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      263 29 B IN TIME S TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1-800-737 0043 FAX:734 3698 (Incorporated in Malaysia) RESULTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1993 (UNAUDITED) The Directors are pleased to announce the unaudited results of the Bank and the Group for the half year ended 30 June 1993 as follows:The Bank
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    Lock icon Bank of Japan's moves fail to stem yen's surge
    483 30 Reuter, AFP TOKYO The Bank of Japan (BOJ) tried desperately yesterday to stem the yen's rise against the dollar and new Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa even hinted at concerted intervention, but currency traders paid no heed. The yen soared anyway, to
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    Lock icon Japan's coalition to seek cuts in interest rates, taxes: report
    419 30 Reuter, AFP, AP TOKYO Japan's coalition parties are considering seeking flexible use of monetary policy including another discount rate cut and several tax breaks in an attempt to jump-start the stagnant economy. Jiji News Agency reported yesterday that the ruling
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    Lock icon Yeltsin ready to dissolve Parliament over polls issue
    495 30 Reuter, AFP MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin, in a fierce attack on Russia's conservative legislature, suggested yesterday that he was willing to dissolve Parliament himself if it resisted his demands for early elections this autumn. Parliament, meeting as Mr Yeltsin spoke, gave preliminary
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    Lock icon US producer prices down 0.2pc
    315 30 Reuter. AP WASHINGTON Falling energy costs pushed prices paid to producers such as farms and factories down by 0.2 per cent in July following a 0.3 per cent decline in June, the government said yesterday. They were the first back-to-back falls in the Labour Department's
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    Lock icon China's rural exodus a threat to safety: paper
    206 30 AFP BEIJING More than 80 million Chinese peasants have quit their villages to find work. Many of them have bccome delinquents and eonstitutc "a serious threat" to city safety, the Uuangming daily says. The floating population is up from 60 million at
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    Entrepreneurs are needed in the financial sector too
    752 30  -  The Bottom Line AGNES CHEN AGNES CHEN The writer is a BT correspondent HIRE a manager for your restaurant and before you know it, he's leaving to set up his own little bistro down the road. Train a hairstylist from scratch and
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    Lock icon Jakarta seeks clarification from Taipei over investment
    249 30 UPI JAKARTA The government is seeking clarification from Taiwan over a statement from one of the country's opposition lawmakers calling for the suspension of investment in Indonesia. Coordinating Minister for Economic and Finance Saleh AfifT said yesterday: "We will seek clarification on what
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  • Shipping Times
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      Ship spares forwarder links up with overseas agents
      385 31  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Specialist ship spares freight forwarder Griffin Kinetic has tied up with agents in Japan, Europe, Durban and Dubai to provide a worldwide service. Managing director A Rajoo says the company previously stored and consolidated spares in Singapore for
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      KL drafting new rules for pleasure craft industry
      254 31 SINGAPORE The Malaysian Transport Ministry is drafting new regulations to control the country's pleasure craft industry. Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik says the aim is to ensure that safety requirements are in tandem with the growth in boating. "In addition, relevant provisions
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      Lock icon Salmon tainted by Shetlands tanker spill to be destroyed
      186 31 AP LONDON Hundreds of tonnes of salmon contaminated in the world's 12th largest oil spill remain unfit for human consumption and will be destroyed, an official said on Wednesday. Salmon hatched in 1992 and farmed in cages north of wreckage of
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1127 31 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Africa Container 15 3 Ahrcnkie) Liner 4 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 3/4 Arabian Express 15 4 ASCL 5 5 ASXCL Shpg 15 2 Avant
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      Lock icon Grain panamax freight rates seen strengthening
      232 31 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Judging by the current pricing in ocean freight futures, expectations are that rates for panamax grain cargoes on the key US Gulf/Asia routes will not fall, but are destined to strengthen further over the coming months. The high trading tolume continued
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      Lock icon Washington not world policeman, US tells China
      371 31 Reuter WASHINGTON The US on Wednesday rejected China's claim that Washington was acting as "self-anointed international policeman" tracking an Iran-bound Chinese ship suspected of carrying banned chemicals. The US has said it believes the materials are the raw ingredients for banned chemical weapons.
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      Lock icon Florida bay fire put out, oil spill cleaned up
      289 31 UPI ST PETERSBURG, Florida US crews made progress on Wednesday in controlling a spill of an estimated 955,000 litres of oil in Tampa Bay and extinguished a smoky fire on a barge carrying 35.9 million litres of jet and other fuels.
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10095 40 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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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      704 47 STRONGER grain freight rates in the Pacific were the main element behind a Baltic Freight Index rise by two points to 1,344 on Aug 11, dry cargo brokers said. US Gulf/Japan grain was fixed at U5522.50 for late Aug in the cash market and the route in the
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
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      Lock icon The ideal consortium
      1081 48  -  How close should a partnership be? Is simple space sharing the salvation everyone says it is? Elizabetn Canna explores these issues and more Elizabeth Canna American Shipper A IRLINES are up to something most J /m. ocean carriers swear doesn't A. .®L.work. They're forming joint marketing consortia.
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    • AIR AND LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
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        Lock icon US govt suspends air service to Nigeria
        218 50 AFP WASHINGTON The US government suspended air service on Wednesday between the US and Nigeria because of security problems in the African country, the Transportation Department said. The department said on Wednesday that the safety of passengers and crew members could not be
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        MAS operations back to normal after KL bomb scare
        406 50  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Operations are back to normal for Malaysia Airlines (MAS) after a bomb scare on Wednesday night in which one of its aircraft engineers threatened to blow up an empty Boeing-737 aircraft. An MAS spokesman told BT yesterday
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        Lock icon Race into space
        56 50 Reuter MOSCOW New cars being displayed on Wednesday at an American car show in a Cosmos pavilion in what used to be the Exhibition of Economic Achievements of the former Soviet Union. The remnants of the exhibition include a Soviet space ship and a giant portrait of
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        Lock icon Virgin Airways fleet to get US$19m interactive systems
        259 50 UPI GLENDORA, California Hughes Aircraft Co said on Wednesday that Virgin Atlantic Airways has placed a US$l9 million (5530.6 million) order to outfit its aircraft fleet with an interactive in-seat entertainment and communications system. The Hughes-Avicom system, which features high-reso-lution video screens
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        Lock icon Fall in EC car sales accelerating, July figure down 20pc
        401 50 FT LONDON New car sales in western Europe dropped by an estimated 20.1 per cent last month, intensifying the already steep decline experienced in the first half of this year. The July figure showed a fall to around 914,000 from
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          Ship insurance conference
          59 50 SINGAPORE The Asia Insurance Review will hold a two-day conference on P&l, marine hull and cargo insurance in Asia here on Nov 9. The conference is sponsored by the Singapore National Shipping Association, the General Insurance Association of Singapore and the Institute of London Underwriters. For more
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          Lock icon Mercedes goes mini
          54 50 Reuter BONN German car manufacturer Mercedes Benz will present their new compact car concept of the future, the "Vision A 93", at the Frankfurt International Car Fair next month. The hightech vehicle combines the exterior dimensions of a small car with the interior space and safety of
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          Lock icon Argentina to sell 9 Elma ships
          76 50 Reuter BUENOS AIRES Argentina's state-owned shipping lines Elma will put nine of its 24 vessels up for sale as part of its privatisation plans, the Telam state news agency said. The Economy Ministry is scheduled to call a tender for the sale after approving
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      2433 37 ll II sex: 'CALIFORNIA PEGASUS 15E' eta sgp 18/08/93 II II II arriving LOS ANGELES 04/09/93 IN 16 DAYS II II II AEX:'NEPTUNE AGATE I*'ETA SGP 19/08/93 II H arriving NEW YORK 11/09/93 IN 22 DAYS HI EXPORT TO: PSW/PNW SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (SCX) TO: USWC US QULF MIDWEST USEC
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      286 42 USS SHINYEI SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD p jPiM 10 Anson Road #15-01/02 International Plaza Singapore 0207 CR NO: **********0N HOT LINE: *****38 (8 LINES) I fsxsrrr I I°"" A a ZT" »/S I FOR BOOKINGS, PLEASE CONTACT port kelano 22/. I DORIS, RAHMAN, 8181 PENANG 22/8 I NATIONAL EXPRESS FORWARDERS
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      614 43 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 16/08 ROTTERDAM 14/08 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 16/08 HAMBURG/BREMEN 16/08 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 14/08 FEUXSTOWE/UK 16/08 BARCELONA/SPAIN 14/08 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 16/08 GENOA/ITALY 14/08 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 16/08 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 15/08 SYONEY/MELBOURNE 17/08 NEW YORK/EC 19/08 FREMANUE/ADELAIOE 14/08 VANCOUVER 18/08 BRISBANE 17/08
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      666 43 S RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 LlnM) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RI9HIP (3 Llnet) \W\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES r (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTINQ FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL VOV «TA LOAOINO *0R »IK>«g ANOINfT )1W« 24/0# DARESSALAAM MOMtASA Dj*OUTl assas massawa AMAY WONF J7WS~ X'O*
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      1818 44 B*4flMN CONTAINER LINES 2Nr/VVM Agents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) V J\y v* Jr.'a No: **********0E PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK I GOTH/UKB/MED PORTS 1 PEN PKL SIN EVERY TUE/THUR/SUN PEN PK SIN 13/8 14/8 15/8
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      180 44 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD ITA It* IH SMK PWT KfIMC rtWMC Bin MOt 20/1 18 8 for M* RUVM HUONU 2V 8 S Dischirgtng and lending to# Bom ban OOLTHH a 8 Loading Foe Mac pod* sum* 1/9 Loading For M* UNCEOH Saitrt Loadirs for Male
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      908 44 THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD. JL' 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER. RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER BOOKING LINE: *****66 SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOY S PORE DEST VESSEL S PORE PEST EQUATOR 111 97/3E 17 AUG KUCHING EQUATOR ROYAL
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      846 45 WgVEVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTING BKAKBULK SOC CMGOK TO FROM KOBE. YOKOHAMA, HA GOT A, MOI. TOKYO*. HAMLA*. DAVAO", Penant* P. KeUnj Singapore E'Msia* KAMALEVERETT VI7E 05/06 S«p KARABf VERETT VI3E 19/20 Sep 21/22 Sep IVYEVERETT V6E 02/03 Oct 04/05 Oct ACCEPTING BREAKBU.K FCL SOC CARGOES TO/FROM
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      317 45 181 GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN VII 11/8 11/8 12/8 22/8 TIMBER TRADER V SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN IX 10/8 ACCEPT CLASS CARGO TO PORT
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      595 45 PCSI WORLDWIDE PHimm tlOlt STEAMIS UWS REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKLY SAILING TO HUANG PU A SHANTOU Connecting Feeder to Huang PuSUI TUO CONTAINER NO 2 Connecting Feeder to Shantao LIAN BO NO 9 WE HV LEASING CONTRS FOR RENTAL SAILING TO 'PHNOM PENH' FORTNIGHTLY FCL/LCL SERVICE TO
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      507 45 FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN VESSEL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH SIN FENGSHUNSHAN V 47/48 19/ OS 05/09 08 09 26/09 FENGAMSMAN V 124 04/09 20/09 23/09 11/10 FENGKANGSHAN VS4/56 19/09 OS/IO 08/10 28/10 ALSO ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA VIA BOOKING AGENT FOR COSCO SIN TO MADRAS VESSEL SIN
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      346 45 SIN PAR EAST 17/8 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 21/8 BANGKOK 16/8 MANILA/CEBU 15/8 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 15/8 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 15/8 BUSAN 15/8 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 15/8 HONG KONG S!N CHINA (+S*±»*n) 15/8 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN F UZHOU XIAMEN SHANT OU SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIAN JIN QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LGL cargo SIN EUROPE/UK 16/8 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 16/8 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo
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      362 46 f Conform W CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 15TH AUGUST ACCEPTING TO ALL NEW ZEALAND PORTS PENAN6 19 AUG PORT KELANG 19 AUG JAKARTA AUG BANGKOK 21 AUG SURABAYA 21 AUG FREMANTLE 29 AU6 MELBOURNE 19 AUG SYDNEY tt AUG BRISBANE B AUG 60THENBUR6 21 AUG i 'ACCEPTING TO
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      657 48 @APPENSHIP /2\ HAMBURG [7\J CONVENTIONAL A INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST VESSELS 10AHNG PORTS DISCHARGE LOAOMG FOR K ACT AN FOMENKO ANTW SID SPORE 10/8 HARMONY SEA HAMBURG SLD SPORE. BKK 1/9 FLAO LEADER ANTW SLO SPORE. SHANGHAI KOALA CONTAINER LINE STORE FIX HAM
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