The Business Times, 14 August 1993

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  • 16 1 Business Times WE 1 KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Weekend Edition. August 14-15 1993 75 c
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  • 495 1  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE The CPF Board said yesterday that account holders will only be allowed to withdraw profits made on investments bought after Oct 1, the effective date of the newly liberalised CPF investment schemes. The new ruling
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  • 539 1  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Malayan Banking Bhd yesterday announced a 50 per cent jump in group earnings for the year to June 30. and rewarded its shareholders with a generous one-for-two bonus share issue. The bank said in a statement
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  • 293 1  -  By Ang Wan May SINGAPORE After a twoyear delay caused by complaints from owners, the government has gone ahead to place more than five hundred houses in the Mountbatten and Joo Chiat area under conservation. An Urban Redevelopment Authority
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  • 625 1  -  From Antnony Rowley in TOKYO THE YEN soared beyond the 102 level against the US dollar in early trading yesterday, just hours after Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa appealed for international intervention to restore calm in currency markets. However, Japan's major trading
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  • 2am LATEST
    • 84 1 Reuter WASHINGTON Former Vicc-Prcsidcnt Walter Mondale, sworn in last night as the new US ambassador to Japan, says correcting the US-Japan trade imbalance is the most pressing bilateral issue, having an impact far beyond both countries' borders. He ruled out Washington playing a
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    • 84 1 AP SEATTLE The Boeing Co has received a boost in negotiations for its share of an expected 80-planc order by Saudi Arabia's national airline. The Export-Import Bank of the US has given preliminary approval to a commitment of up to US$6.2
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    • 60 1 Reuter GENEVA Bosnia's Muslim President Alija Izetbcgovic said last night that he had been told Serb forces had agreed with UN peacekeepers to withdraw from a key height over Sarajevo by this afternoon. "According to information we received half an hour ago... they will
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    110 1 Stock Market indkii Friday Ckaagr STII 1,917.17 +15.07 KLSE Composite 771.91 -4.25 Nikkei 20.745.17 -20.11 Hang Seng „.7.392.25 +52.70 SET Index 959.M -3.45 Jakarta Composite ...379.94 -0.35 CLSA China B 905.5 +32.5 Aust All Ord I.S55.9 -17.4 FTSEI00 3.010.1 +1.0 ■>—* r nwy rui iuw Ipa ck>* Dow
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    • 23 1 J r i' t fe> v- )=//'|,)"_^[\`?|:|@@,-</=$_'!-" Ong Teng Cheong (left) quits government and PAP, Tony Tan made PAP chairman Full report, Pg 2
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    • 8 1 Lifestyle Cover Story: el/i Passages for the privileged
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    • 28 1 Stocks: els Bargains on SES Nafta: Agreement on key side deals reached, Back Page Seoul: Financial sector in turmoil after Kim's ban, Pg 7 Millionaires' bungalows, Pg 2
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 77 2 fORMER Cabinet Minister Ahmad Mattar resigned as assistant of the People's Action Party on Aug 5 but remains a ri\ember of the central executive committee (CEC), the party announced yesterday. The CEC elected Lim Boon Heng, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second
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      • 63 2 NATIONAL Trades Union Congress (NTUC) assistant secretary-general Othman Haron Eusofe (left) has been promoted to deputy secretarygeneral with effect from yesterday. NTUC secretary-general Ong Teng Cheong said Mr Othman is one of the union's stalwarts who have played a key role in keeping industrial peace and
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      • 85 2 SPEAKER of Parliament Tan Soo Khoon leaves for Jakarta on Monday to attend Indonesia's 48th Independence Day celebrations the following day. Mr Tan will be accompanied by Ibrahim bin Othman, MP for Thomson GRC; Dr S Vasoo, MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC; Peh Chin Hua,
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      • 95 2 THE Kolam Ayer community centre will offer a course on "Career in Real Estate" every Thursday from Sep 23 at 7.30pm. The course, to be conducted in English, comprises 10 two-hour sessions. The fee is $90. The maximum class size is 25. Those interested
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    • 580 2  -  By Anna Teo DEPUTY Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong will resign his government and party posts on Monday to contest the Aug 28 presidential election. His resignation as chairman and member of the People's Action Party (PAP) was accepted on Wednesday
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    • 353 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE The labour movement's retail cooperative, NTUC Fair Price, last night announced a lower dividend despite higher profits and sales. It also announced that its chairman, Gopinath Pillai, would be stepping down. Its group net profit
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    • 79 2 URA conservation THE MILLIONAIRES' bungalows in the Mountbatten Road conservation area sprouted in the 1930s on land originally used for the planting of coconuts. Famed for its beaches, Mountbatten was a popular weekend haven, especially for the richer Europeans and the Straits-born Chinese.
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    • 66 2 THE DEVELOPMENT of shophouscs and residential buildings in the 1920s and 1930s was a direct result of Straits Chinese shifting from the Tclok Aycr area to the cast of the island. The picture shows a shophousc in Joo Chiat with an facade borrowed
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    • 158 2 THE Life Insurance Association (LIA) of Singapore plans a major study of the Republic's retirees. The survey, which could take up to a year to complete, will look at their health, social and financial profiles. LIA president Andrew Tan says there are two reasons
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    • 402 2  -  Photos by Chris Loh By Claire Leow US TAPE drive maker Archive Singapore is putting its Jurong plant up for sale and relocating its operations to New Tech Park in Lorong Chuan in October. Sources close to Archive said its operations
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    • 180 2 LOCAL realtor ERA Realty Network has set a target of operating eight branch offices in the next two years from just one now, said managing director Harry Chua yesterday. The real estate agency opened its first branch in Bishan in January. Since the opening,
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    • 222 2 COMMODORE (Res) Teo Chee Hean, Minister of State for Finance and Communications, will lead a trade mission to Myanmar next week. The mission will comprise 10 officials and 39 companies and will cover Yangon and Mandalay from Aug 16 to 23. It follows an invitation
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  • THE REGION
    • 386 3  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK ABOUT 100 people were feared dead after a hotel in north-east Thailand collapsed like a house of cards yesterday morning. Among those known to be at the Royal Plaza Hotel in Korat city were
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    • 372 3 Reuter TOKYO Japan's finance ministry, struggling to cope with the country's worst postwar recession, yesterday won approval to restrain growth in national budget spending in the next fiscal year. The cabinet of Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa backed the ministry's request to hold
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • 79 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia will maintain a policy of using Western warplanes despite the relatively low cost of ex-Soviet fighters since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Antara news agency yesterday quoted Rear Marshal Suwamo as saying that although ex-Soviet planes were being sold cheaply,
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      • 100 3 AFP JAKARTA President Suharto has converted a life sentence handed down on captured East Timorese pro-independence Leader Xanana Gusmao to a 20-year jail term. State Secretary Murdiono said yesterday: 'The president, after considering proposals from the Supreme Court and the justice minister, has granted: clemencies
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      • 125 3 Reuter BEIJING China has told the US to stop interfering with a Chinese ship alleged to be canying chemical weapon materials to Iran and said it would hold Washington responsible for all consequences of the row. US Secretary of State Warren Christopher said the
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      • 104 3 Reuter ADELAIDE An Australian politician has called for cameras to be repositioned in the South Australian state Parliament because he is tired of seeing his bald head on television. Lan Gilfillan, leader of the minority Democrat Party in the state assembly, said yesterday that he
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    • 272 3 AFP' KUALA LUMPUR The Johor Military Force (JMF), the 108-year-old private army of the ruler of Johor, is to be disbanded. The state's Chief Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday that the government agreed to disband the JMF after studying a federal Cabinet proposal. "We
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  • THE WORLD
    • 686 4 IHT PARIS Prime Minister Edouard Balladur has called for curbs on international trading practices in the currency markets to reduce financial speculators' chances of forcing devaluations and upsetting national economies. Insisting that he would cling to his economic policies of fighting
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    • 338 4 AP PARIS The Bank of France spent well in excess of 200 billion francs (Sss2 billion) worth of foreign exchange in attempts to prop up the French franc during July, economists estimated yesterday. Bank of France officials declined to comment. Using
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    • 171 4 AFP PETROZAVODSK, Russia President Boris Yeltsin has proposed the creation of a new Federation Council to act as a legislative "organ of power" representing all the regions and territories of Russia. Speaking before talks with regional leaders from throughout the country yesterday, Mr Yeltsin said
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    • 262 4 Reuter WASHINGTON Defence Secretary Les Aspin has proposed spending about US$2O billion (Ss32 billion) more on military spending over the next five years than President Bill Ginton has called for. The Washington Post said yesterday that Mr Aspin presented the plan to
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    • 192 4 Reuter LONDON The British makers of Durex, one of the best-known brands of condoms, say they have made a breakthrough in technology, using polyurethane instead of traditional latex. London International Group Pic (LIG) said on Thursday that it planned to start test-marketing
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 69 4 AFP MOSCOW The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is to set up a permanent office in Moscow to help Russian authorities fight organised crime. Russian newspapers said yesterday that Jim Moody, in charge of the FBl's organised crime department, was in town and had
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      • 47 4 Reuter ATHENS Greek Telecommunications Organisation staff trying to break through police lines and attack members of the government during a demonstration in front of Parliament yesterday. The Parliament passed a crucial Bill clearing the way for the partial sale of the telecommunications body. Renter
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      • 73 4 Reuter BOURNEMOUTH Police sealed off the centre of this south England seaside resort yesterday after suspected Irish guerilla firebomb attacks on three shops and an explosion on the town's pier. Fires caused by incendiary devices broke out in some shops in the early hours of
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    • 65 4 United. States. Whaf s in a name? In ours there's an entire country. On daily flights from Singapore via Hong Kong or Tokyo, we can connect you to more than 250 US cities in 48 United states. For reservations, contact your travel agent or call us at *****11. Come fly
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 326 5  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Two more finance companies announced solid sets of results yesterday. Hong Leong Finance's interim net earnings improved by 30 per cent to $22.8 million while its subsidiary Singapore Finance doubled its net earnings to $6.1 million. The
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    • 347 5 SINGAPORE Marine engineering group Van Der Horst Ltd plans to use the $34 million raised from its rights issue to expand its operations. These include supplying and installing power plants, establishing service engineering facilities in Indonesia and the
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    • 360 5  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Singapore Shipbuilding Engineering (SSE), a subsidiary of govern-ment-owned Singapore Technologies Holdings, has made about $93,000 simply by changing a partner in its joint venture company. In a statement on Thursday, SSE said it has agreed
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    • 221 5 SINGAPORE Kuala Lum-pur-listed Southern Bank Bhd yesterday announced a 22 per cent higher group after-tax profit of M 521.59 million (5513.6 million) for the halfyear ended June 30. Group pre-tax profit rose 24.6 per cent to M 535.16 million while earnings
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    • 230 5 SINGAPORE Singaporelisted Summa Investments Ltd (Summavest), in which the Hongkong Seapower group has an option to acquire a 52.4 per cent stake, has appointed a new director from Indonesia's Citra group. Summavest announced yesterday the appointment of Rinto Harahap as a director with
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    • 673 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Joyce Quek SINGAPORE After the marine and finance sectors, what will draw investors' interest next? Will it be laggards such as hotels, whose prospects are beginning to look better? Or motor stocks, based
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    • 312 5  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Liquid crystal display maker Vikay Industrial plans to spend up to $8 million on a new plant in China. Part of the money will come from the proceeds of Vikay's forthcoming public offer. It already has in-princi-ple
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    • 328 5  - Tibs 9 interim profit up 16pc, big boost from non-bus operations By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Bus operator Tibs Holdings yesterday reported a 16 per cent rise in interim group net earnings to $7.07 million nearly half of which came from non-bus operations for the first time. This works out to
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      315 5 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Aug 13 Lasl Stw latex Slock sal* h«e factor w>m Avuno I 860 0.020 1.37 188 C4C 7.JS0 -00S0 5.42 -4 69 Ccretoos 6.150 4.54 FAN 14.400 0 300 10.62 28 17 GF Vsu 3 100 0.020 2.29 I 88 Gen
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 71 6 AFP TOKYO Hongkong-based Japanese retailer Yaohan International Co plans to list its Thai subsidiary on the Bangkok stock exchange by 1995, the Japanese arm of the group said yesterday. Thai Yaohan Co will be the first Japanese-owned company to be listed on the Bangkok bourse,
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        • 45 6 SINGAPORE QAF Ltd has announced that one of its directors, Mohd Yusuf Bin Pg Haji Abd Rahim, disposed of 50,000 -shares on Thursday. Part of the shares or 30,000 were sold at $1.52 with the remaining disposed of at $1.53.
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        • 39 6 SINGAPORE Kuok Khoon Ean has stepped down as chairman of Pacific Carriers Ltd. He has been replaced by Teo Joo Kim, the former deputy chairman. Mr Kuok will remain a director of the company.
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        • 57 6 SINGAPORE London-based Robert Fleming Holdings notified Pacific Carriers Ltd and Tiger Medicals yesterday that it and its affiliated companies are now substantial shareholders in both the Singapore-listed companies. Robert Fleming, through its nominees, has accumulated 6.231 per cent of PCL's issued capital and 5.66
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        • 56 6 Reuter BEIJING China's largest joint venture in port construction and biggest container company went into operation in Shanghai, the Xinhua news agency said yesterday. Shanghai Container Terminals has a registered capital of two billion yuan (***** million) and is funded by the Shanghai Port
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      • 181 6 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Shinawatra Computer and Communications Co, which will launch Thailand's first communications satellite in December, said yesterday its net profit came to 356 million baht (Ss22 million) in the three months ended June 30, up 149 per cent from the
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      • 181 6 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia, saddled with dozens of loss-incur-ring state firms, hopes to find partners to rescue some of 'them, Industry Minister Tunky Ariwibowo says. "We are studying to find a partner for (state firms) in a bid to save the business," the
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      • 283 6 UPI MANILA Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) said yesterday that it earned 2.4 billion pesos for the first six months of 1993, up 7.2 million pesos from the same period last year. A company statement, however, said net income for common
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      • 554 6 Reuter LONDON Standard Chartered pic, the British bank with a large presence in the Asia-Pa-cific, saw its shares power towards an all-time high of £10 yesterday as investors piled in on Far East optimism. Some analysts, such as BZW,
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      • 56 6 AFP TAIPEI About 100 employees of Taiwan's petrochemical giant Formosa Plastics Corp staging a sit-in outside the company's headquarters yesterday. They are demanding the same 8 per cent pay rise enjoyed by government employees instead of the SJBI per cent offered by the company. Their headbands
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      • 1035 6 Mif»n'>ftew($) Aug ma i6 tanraict Fmd llMt Tliul Income Bond Policy 3.45 3.57 Tk Commerce 1.42 1.49 PIUWIIu® The Savings Fund 1.31 1.38 PruUnfc Mgd Fund 1.19 IJS fmt Prog Fund 0.61 0.64 Sec Fund 0 *3 0 98*d Spore Invest Fund IXM 1.13 Fir* Bputra 1.7* I 84 S-pore
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      • 540 6 Reuter LONDON British Aerospace pic (BAe) was free from Thursday to sell the Rover Group car-making unit which it bought from the government five years ago as a run-down business but which it has restored to a smooth-running machine. BAe
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      • 261 6 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Chinese controlled real estate company Kader Investment is taking control of construction concern Hoi Sing Holdings in a HK$ 174.2 million (SS36 million) deal, the companies said in a joint statement. Kader Investment is owned by a
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      • 226 6  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG THE family of Hongkong tycoon Li l6i-shing and their publicly-listed company Hutchison Whampoa reaped U5526.3 million (Ss42 million) in two weeks from a U*****.3 million sale of News Corp's American Depository Receipts. The 6.26
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 409 7  -  Stocks plunge, panic breaks out after Kim bans transactions under false names From Sohn Jie Ae in SEOUL SOUTH Korean government and financial institutions scrambled yesterday to cushion the shock of President Kim Young-Sam's emergency measures to reform the country's financial industry. This came
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      • 316 7 Btoofntucj ENERGY RETORT LONDON Crude oil prices were lower in New York yesterday as traders said the week long rally in petrol prices was fading, while prices were higher in London as some interest in products remains. US petrol futures soared almost 5 cents
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      • 226 7 SINGAPORE OCBC Bank executive vice-president Elizabeth Sam has been appointed chairman of the Singapore International Monetary Exchange. <, She takes over from Francis Yeo, of UOB Bullion and Futures. Mr Yeo remains a director but has stepped down as chairman after completing
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      • 385 7 Reuter. TOKYO Japan's Daiwa Bank stepped in yesterday to rescue ailing second-tier brokerage Cosmo Securities in a surprise move which will make the brokerage a more than 50 per cent subsidiary of the commercial bank. It was the first such bailout
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      • 266 7 AFP SINGAPORE Vietnam's exports of coffee are expected to hit 250,000 tonnes in 1998, entrenching it as the region's second largest exporter after Indonesia, a coffee trader here said. "Vietnam has the potential to export 250,000 tonnes in five years' time
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      • 392 7 DBS Weekly Currency Review US$/DM: Uptrend to resume The greenback tried the downside again on Monday when it traded to a low of 1.6925. Thereafter, it recovered to 1.7250 on Thursday before easing to 1.7160 yesterday morning. We maintain a long-term bullish view for USS/DM,
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      • 137 7 THE USS/Yen created new lows again yesterday at 101.80 and market focus was on where this currency and its related crosses would move next. Despite volatile swings in the USS/majors, trading in the regional markets was orderly and confined to ranges. The USS/SS traded a
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      • 190 7 UPI LONDON The German mark ended trading firmer yesterday against most of the European currencies, with traders taking the view the Bundesbank was unlikely to relax its tough monetary stance at the moment. Concern about the economies in other European countries, where interest rates were being kept relatively high,
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      • 81 7 AFP NEW YORK The dollar slid yesterday morning against major currencies except the French franc in a moderately active market that had anticipated a slight rise in July retail prices. At around 9:30 am (1330 GMT), the dollar was trading at 102.60 yen, down from 102.95 on Thursday
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 1478 8 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen interest rate futures ended firmer yesterday but oft* early highs as a surprise fall in Japanese government bond prices spurred selling late in the afternoon, traders said. "There was quite a lot of profittaking," said one
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      • 594 8 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN fell slightly by the close despite sharp LME falls, as late European and Malaysian buying provided some support yesterday, dealers said. The metal settled one sen down at MS 12.31 a kg and volume was 83 tonnes against 73 previously. Initial bids
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      • KNIGHT-RIDDER COMMODITY SUMMARY
        • 88 8 TOKYO Offers from Chinese suppliers of zinc, lead and tin to overseas buyers are said to have slowed as prices on the London Metal Exchange weaken and China's currency steadies relative to its sharp drop in early June. LME three-month zinc is now bid near
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        • 81 8 SAO PAULO, Brazil Improved capitalisation and prospects of continued high prices could lead Brazilian soybean growers into an acreage expansion in 1993-94 (Oct-Sep), market analysts said yesterday. Interior prices for soybeans yesterday were around US$l5 per 60 kilograms, up from USSI3 a month ago and
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        • 97 8 TOKYO Work underway to expand capacity of Australian metals producer Pasminco's Cockle Creek zinc plant may put further pressure on Asia's fairly weak market for prime western grade zinc, some industry sources here say. Pasminco told Knight-Ridder Financial News in early July of plans to upgrade
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        • 84 8 MEXICO CITY Mexican production of refined oil products rose 3.8 per cent in the Jan-Jun period compared with the same six months last year, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) announced yesterday. Pemex said its daily average production of refined oil products which includes gasolines and petrochemicals was
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    • 1641 8 Rubber MS Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 1pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) dose Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Sep 93 132.50 132.00 132 50 MOO 1025 Oct 133.00 132.25 133.00 2425 4.500 Nov 133.00 132.75 133.50 425 4.800 Dec 133.75 133.25 134.00 525
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    • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
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      • 1282 9 -17.4 The Australian share market slid off a post-1987 crash high after bullion eased offshore and gold stocks plummeted. The gold marker failed to recover after slumping 100.3 points, or 4.6 per cent, in early trade. It closed 123.9 points lower at 2,040.6. "Gold was down and weaker US
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      • 595 9 -18.63 Taiwan share prices reversed early gains to finish lower on a late wave of profit-taking. Trade was active. The weighted index, which rose about 30 points in early trade, ended 18.63 points down at 4,122.12. Turnover rose to NT$2O.9 billion from NT$l7 billion on Thursday. Early buying in
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      • 456 9 -32.37 Investors reacted to a shock ban on false name trading by sending the Seoul stock market plunging in its greatest one-day tumble since its founding in 1977, brokers said. The index ended 32.37 points down at 693.57, just shy of the maximum 34.9 point fall permitted by the
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      • 227 9 -28.23 New Zealand shares ended sharply lower as steam continued to dissipate from the market. The market ended at 1,860.28 points, down 28.23 points (1.5 per cent) due to falls in all top five stocks apart from Brierley Investments. BIL ended steady at NZ$l.O5. Turnover was worth NZ$42
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      • 102 9 +38.68 Bombay share prices touched a five-month high, rising further in unofficial kerb deals on short-covering, fuelled by expectations of higher carry-forward costs to be fixed on Saturday, brokers said. Heavy buying by foreign institutions also helped push up prices, brokers said. The BSE 30-share index closed at a
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    • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      • 765 9 Britannia Funds Sterling Cnii Bid Offer Mini Cap Depoul M6400 M 6500 Mim Jene> <S* jOlIWJ 0 1992 Mim Max Income 10*00 I 0*00 L S$ Cask Income Phn Fund *10 4200 *10 9100 PS Reserve Fund 5 2100 J 2200 EwohinSaa 0 4592 0.49)1 Far Eaa Fund *2 7650
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      • 646 9 +1 Shares ended slightly higher yesterday after drifting down during the day amid profit-taking then recovering in late trading as mar-ket-makers covered short positions. The FTSE 100 Index closed one point higher at 3,010.1 on the last day of the two week account, just beating Thursday's record close. The
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      • 136 9 -13.87 Profit-taking before the holiday weekend, sparked in part by Prime Minister Edouard Balladur's insistance he is committed to a policy of economic rigour, knocked prices down but dealers said the market remains remarkably resilient. US buying near midday helped cut the market's losses and dealers expect foreign interest
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      • 162 9 +0.61pc Optimism born of the stronger dollar and lower money rates drove Swedish share prices to a strong finish yesterday, and brokers saw the trend continuing next week. The OMX-index closed 0.58 per cent up at a new record high of 1,008.31. The top-16 index was 0.64 per cent
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      • 166 9 1.63 Share prices were swept higher towards the close of bourse trade on a wave of late buying, led by Volkswagen stocks which attracted foreign interest. The DAX Index ended up 1.63 points at new three-year high of 1,906.58. up 37.20 points on last Friday. Frankfurt Aag 13 DM
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      • 246 9 -1.67 Dutch shares closed at the day's best levels, having gradually hauled in most losses when it became clear the guilder was not under serious attack, and interest rates could be left unchanged. TTie EOE Index closed 1.67 down at 349.67. Unilever closed 1.80 guilders down at 190.50 though
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      • 306 9 +3.34 After Thursday's record close, Swiss shares extended gains, but dealers said the market was still consolidating recent price rises. Selected buying, mainly in Nestle and Sandoz, led the market higher, and the SMI Index of leading shares and the all-share SPI both ended at a record close. The
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      • 185 9 +7.58 Belgian shares closed marginally lower but dealers said the underlying mood was positive and they anticipated shares would move higher after the long weekend. The Bel-20 Index of leading shares closed 0.56 per cent, or 7.58 points, lower at 1,358.12 points. A steady volume of 1.25 billion francs
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      • 313 9 -35 Gold shares found little real support in weak trade yesterday as the gold price resumed its decline on world markets. Dealers said sentiment was plagued by fears of further declines in the short term, and growing nervousness that the recent bull run had come to an abrupt end.
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      • 263 9 -5.22 Toronto stocks opened slightly lower due mostly to falling gold stocks which are expected to improve later this afternoon, dealers said. The TSE 300 Composite Index fell 5.22 points to 4003.75 on volume of 8.79 million shares traded for a value of C 588.57 million. The gold index
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      • 759 9 -2.23 Blue-chip stock prices were slightly lower yesterday, although the broad market drew strength from a smaller-than-expected rise in consumer prices. At 1 pm EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 2.23 at 3,566.86. Advancing shares outpaced declines by a narrow margin on volume of more than
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      2727 10 Reuter HONGKONG Share prices closed higher yesterday as a surge in Hutchison and index futures triggered a late round of buying of blue chips, brokers said. The main Hang Seng Index jumped 52.70 points to close at /.392.25 after briefly touching a peak of 7,401.58. Turnover dipped to HKS4.SO
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      506 10 BOTH Shanghai and Shenzhen markets were bullish yesterday. The Shanghai A market index jumped 171.9 points up to 5,712.80 on heavy turnover. Trading on the B market was also very active with the index ending 45.4 points higher to 846.0. Vacuum was the only loser on the B market.
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      2513 10 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended slightly easier on profit-taking yesterday, with investors turning cautious on the volatile yen. But the strong currency also reinforced hopes of a rate cut and invited active buying by foreign investors, brokers said. The Nikkei Average neared 21,000 but failed to exceed it. "Because the
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      1660 10 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK The Stock Exchange of Thailand yesterday edged up 1.4S points to 964.62, with decliners outnumbering advancers by a 5-to-4 margin. Volume was heavy, with turnover of 9.5 billion baht. The Stock Exchange of Thailand index will stay in the 945-970 range next week, with the
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      705 10 Reuter JAKARTA Stock prices closed mixed after moderate sin-gle-session trading yesterday, brokers said. The official index closed at 379.94, down slightly from Thursday's 380.29. Ganda Wangsa Utama, listed at the exchange yesterday, closed at 2,575 rupiah. "Ganda Wangsa jumped to 2,650 at the mid of the session, but profit-taking
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    • 2228 11 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE VOtoW Promct 4.910.000 Idm Hyd JOc 4.626.000 Simc Uufcy 50c 4.035.000 FACB 50c 2.0*5.000 Rcnonc Bhd JOc 1645.000 Pub Bfc fort«n I.57I.OOO Kamuntint 50c 1.361.000 Tongkah Hldp 1.172.000 Mat>f>rrae I.I 56.000 BousicxJ 50c 943.000 Pcai Msia 197.000 Innovcst Bhd IS
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
      • 5133 11 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Profit-taking in the last half-hour dragged shares down from their day's highs at the close yesterday, after retail investors chased banking issues ahead of the release of full-year results of Malaysia's top bank, Malayan Banking Bhd, brokers said. Falls
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 7628 12  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The Singapore market extended its gains on selective buying and ended at a record high of 1,917.87 on the Straits Times Industrials Index yesterday. Brokers said there was fresh buying following this week's bullish interim bank results and
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      • 72 12  -  HOT STOCK Quak Hiang Whai WITH a one-for-two bonus issue, will Malayan Banking continue its gravity-defying climb? The stock has risen to $9.10 from below $6 early this year. On the daily, weekly and monthly charts, it is clearly overbought. Any further rise is expected to be capped
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    • 30 11 The IT industry played a starring role in the Singapore economy's strong performance for the second quarter. How about the rest of the year? In BusinesslT. Monday, in Business Times
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  • SPORTS
    • 361 13 75th PGA Championship AP TOLEDO, Ohio Nick Faldo, Mark Calcavecchia and Phil Mickelson ail made early runs at the lead yesterday at the US PGA Championship, where heavy fog delayed the start and raised the possibility the second round could not be completed before
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    • 827 13 AP TOLEDO, Ohio Scott Simpson carved up rain-soft-ened Inverness with an open-ing-round 64 on Thursday to grab the lead of the PGA Championship. Not satisfied at 7 under par, he walked off the 18th green and over to the practice tee.
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        119 13 AP FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina The body of James Jordan, father of NBA superstar Michael Jordan. was found floating in a South Carolina river, and authorities said he had been shot to death. Jordan, 57, died of a gunshot wound to the chest, Cumberland County officials said at a news
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        229 13 Reuter TOLEDO, Ohio PGA Championship selected leading first round scores Thursday (US unless noted); 64 Scott Simpson 65 Lanny Wadkins 66 Dudley Hart. Richard Zokol (Can) 67 Mark McCumbcr. Barry Lane (GB). Dan Foreman, Eduardo Romero (Arg), Steve Elkington (Aus). Mike Hulbert. Phii Mickelson, Robert Gamez, Loren Roberts 68
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        103 13 Reuter BRISBANE Australian coach Bob Dwyer has warned of changes to the world champion Wallabies if they lose today's second test against South Africa. The Wallabies face the Springboks in Brisbane after losing 19-12 in the first test of the three-test series two weeks ago. Dwyer said he had
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        172 13 Reuter Reuter VAIL, Colorado Monica Seles, who has been sidelined since she was stabbed by a spectator during a match in Germany in April, will not be able to defend her title at the US Open championships, her doctors said on Thursday. Seles, said to be recovering but not
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    • 442 13 Historic miss MARGIE KESTNER missed out on an historic piece of video. Darrell Kestner, a club pro from Long Island, holed a 222yard 5-wood on Wednesday on the par-5 13th for the first dou-ble-eagle in the 75 years of the PGA Championship. "We're doing a film clip for
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    • 747 13 NYT AS THE National Football League rolls into its second full weekend of pre-season games, questions abound about the 1993 season. We've got answers. What's the buzzword so far in training camp? The San Francisco 49ers' passing system. It relies on quick drops
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    • 752 14 4th World Athletics Championships AP STUTTGART Get ready for Carl Lewis against Linford Christie again. The 100metre world record-holder vs the Olympic gold medalist. It's the perfect early setting for the fourth World Championships, which begin today at 47,200-seat Gottlieb-Daim-ler Stadium. Opening ceremonies,
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    • 339 14 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 at this point in in sink (8) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIOH (2,5) 8 Giving up or giving way (8) DOWN 13 Lover undid the sweater rprmoMo|jTMß^SMHm?i 1 Consumed from a vessel 10 > first whilst joined side by 15 So the soldier gets a word of oy B y
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  • WORLD FOCUS
    • 916 15  -  Clinton's budget bill By Roger Matthews FT WASHINGTON No issue was more central to Bill Clinton's campaign to become president of the US than the management of the economy, and nothing contributed more to the defeat of George Bush last November. It is
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    • 950 15  -  By Nancy Dunne FT WASHINGTON A trillion dollars would equal a stack of US$l,OOO (S$ 1,609) bills 67 miles (107 km) high. That is what Ronald Reagan told Congress in February 1981, when the US national debt was edging up to this thousand
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    • 415 15 FT NEW YORK In some quarters of US industry, the 11thhour haggling over the budget package produced noticeable sighs of relief. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), which represents makers of small aircraft and corporate jets, described the proposed repeal of the luxury tax
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    • 323 15 A New Chapter in History... a New Coinage in the Making ■iirN»wr 4nf o july 1997, Hong Kong's status as a British crown colony will end and it will become a Special Administrative Region of China. Reflecting this change the current circulation coins will gradually be replaced and withdrawn. Replacing
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  • 603 16 Reuter, AP, AFP. UPI WASHINGTON The United States, Mexico and Canada have agreed on key side deals to the North American Free Trade Agreement. US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said yesterday that conclusion of the supplemental agreements on labour and
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  • 448 16 Reuter, AP, AFP WASHINGTON Consumer prices rose a scant 0.1 per cent in July, the Labour Department said yesterday, showing that inflationary pressures are being dispersed in the sluggish expansion. The mild, seasonally adjusted rise in the department's Consumer Price Index
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  • 255 16 Reuter, AFP, AP LONDON The French franc slumped yesterday to its lowest le»el since Europe's recent currency crisis after Premier Edouard Balladur pledged to stick to conservative monetary policy despite recession. Kurope's benchmark currency, the Deutschemark, was valued at 3.5360 francs at
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  • 397 16  -  By Vikram Khanna SINGAPORE The Clinton administration should strengthen America's economic tics with the Asia-Pacific region, the former US Trade Representative, Carla Hills, said here yesterday. Speaking at a forum organised by the Institute of Policy Studies, she listed this as one
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  • 335 16 Bloomberg Business News. AF SEOUL Faced with ongoing labour disputes, the South Korean government is seeking authority to ban all strikes and work stoppages at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. The Ministry of Labour said yesterday that it had asked the Central
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  • 207 16 Reuter BEIJING The volume of rail freight between China and Russia will double by 1995, Russian Railway Minister G M Fadcycv has said. The Economic Daily quoted him as saying that current volume of trains between the two countries cannot meet either freight
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  • 60 16 Reuter TEL AVIV An Israeli dairy using dinosaurs to promote its products could lose its kosher certificate, after some rabbis say its portrayal of the animals as being millions of years old contradicts the biblical account of creation. Religious Jews eat only food which is kosher
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  • 202 16 Reuter NEW DELHI An Indian parliamentary committee investigating India's USSI.2B billion (552.06 billion) securities scandal has proposed in a draft report that four foreign banks allegedly involved in the affair be asked to leave. The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) yesterday
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  • 474 16 Russian Federation is not a piece of Swiss cheese, says President's press spokesman Reuter PETROZAVODSK. Russia President Boris Yeltsin cracked down on separatist stirrings in Russia yesterday, telling regional leaders he would never allow any territories to leave the Russian Federation. The heads of
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    • 75 16 Monday in Business Times I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE f Singapore's premier gift boutique SALE I rom tlu e\pwU'd t»> tin MIR' piVti'd. tIR 11 IR'st sc'll'd M >11 <»t u,ltts .lllj .luissni'R's lII' now .1 .lll.lMc .It discounts (>t up to 50",,. Now on nut 11 \ni;iist I
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  • Executive Lifestyle
    • 1503 17  -  Asia's airlines have started handing out free tickets to their best customers. Juliette Walker checks out the new deal Juliette Walker ASIA'S business traveller has never had it so good. Whether it's lobster thermidor served on bone china, phone/fax services from the plane or a free
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    • STRAWS IN THE WIND
      • 60 17 IS SEXUAL discrimination alive and well? A female journalist was more than a little disgruntled when she realised how male-oriented some Japanese electronics companies can be. In two separate press conferences, she was given a pewter whiskey bottle and an electric shaver as souvenirs. Maybe they thought she
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      • 63 17 REMEMBER the U*****,000 that Linford Christie and Carl Lewis were paid for their 100metre showdown the other week? The sentiment of the day was truly captured by a British trainer who told a BBC presenter after the race: "They (the organisers) should have asked you and me.
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      • 51 17 HOW DO the rich handle stock market losses? Two weeks ago, Microsoft Corp's stock price dropped by 6 per cent, which effectively made its chairman and chief executive Bill Gates about US$396 million poorer. When told of Gates' paper loss, a company spokeswoman said "Ouch", and nothing
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    • OPINIONS
      • 1011 18  -  In spite of all the finger pointing at its human rights record, China may still win the bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games, says Shahiron Sahari Shahiron Sahari The writer is a BT journalist THE South African rugby union team
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      • 964 18  -  Neville Stack says humane change wouldn't hurt the BBC Neville Stack The writer is a political commentator based in London. He writes regularly for BT. NOT LONG AGO, I was having lunch at the BBC with a senior producer, a man with a worldwide reputation. We
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      • 896 18  -  Margaret Thomas is excited by advances in medical research but wonders about the ethics of it all Margaret Thomas The writer is BT's Associate Editor. This article first appeared in the August issue of Singapore Business. CONSIDER THIS. It's time
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    • VIEWPOINT
      • 1363 19  -  CONVERSATIONS AT RAFFLES Penang's Chief Minister Koh Tsu Koon talks to Kenneth James about complementarity and competition between Penang and Singapore. He also discusses Malaysian politics and the personal experiences that shaped his own political approach Kenneth James CERTAINLY there are striking similarities between Penang,
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      • 808 19 THESE DAYS his political philosophy is decidedly pragmatic. But for Koh Tsu Koon, it is pragmatism with an idealistic core, born of a strong parental influence, shaped by his university experiences and a flirtation with left-wing politics, and ultimately adjusted to the realities of Malaysian politics. Dr
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      • 1270 19 PENANG's Chief Minister believes Malaysia has made great strides as a nation, particularly in the past five years. But he remains cautious. "Let's not kid ourselves that we have arrived," says Koh Tsu Koon. "No, we haven't arrived. The challenge is ongoing. The challenge of
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    • PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
      • BULLS EYE
        • 416 20 No. of respondents Those polled on their view of the Singapore stock market for the week ahead: Baring Securities, Daiwa Securities. DBS Asset Management, Morgan Grenfell Asia Securities, OCBC Securities, Peregrine. Phillip Securities. Tat Lee Securities. LOB Securities and WI Carr. Buy! Phillip Securities Research
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        • 286 20  -  Richard K Palmer Associate director Ong Company Pte Ltd L L "W "W T hile many in%/m/ dex-related T stocks in Singapore and Malaysia are fairly valued on 1993's earnings, I believe there is still value in a few sectors exhibiting extraordinary growth. The banking sector, with
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      • 995 20  -  Amy Balan suggests a reward and bonus system to teach your kids how to manage money wisely Amy Balan Fancy a bowi of noodles for 10 cents? That's what it used to cost in school 30 years ago. Those were the days when 50
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      • 725 20  -  BT Golf Index By Shahiron Sahari THE eight-club BT Golf Index rose by 1.8 points in July to 255.3, its highest level for the year and the highest since the 262.2 of November 1991. Prices at Seletar Country Club (up 5 per
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      • 764 20 Analysts tell Paul Leo they expect gold prices to be held up by physical demand THE PRICE of gold has taken a sharp downward correction. To project where gold is heading, one has to understand why gold surged in
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      • 714 20 Launch 1 mth 3 mths 6 mths 1 yr 2 yrs 3 yre Launch I mth 3 mths 6 mths 1 yr 2 yrs 3 yrs Ranking as at Af»l 9. 1993 »—hit M at A fat 9. IW3 Singapore Straits Times 2." 5.43 15.50 2U7
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      • 1680 21  -  Pick up some advice from Amy Balan on how to sniff for bargains from among the top losers that have underperformed the market Amy Balan IMAGINE being able to take out as much as 56 cents out of each investible dollar in
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      • 1181 21  -  The country is preparing itself for the high stake world of stocks, bonds and securities. Magdalene Ng reports Magdalene Ng TREKKERS rave about the magic and wonder of Nepal. And if the Nepalese government had its way, investment analysts worldwide would in
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      • 250 21 NEPAL is one of the world's poorest countries, with a per capita gross domestic product of US$l7O (*****.53). The land-locked and mountainous country, which shares borders with India and Tibet, has a predominantly agrarian economy that employs 80-90 per cent of its labour force. It
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    • 591 22  -  Cinema Review By SUSAN TSANG frHE SITUATION and characters look femiliar: a man accused of murdering his firich wife, and he looks Guilty as Sin. But )je engages a hot-shot female lawyer, Jennifer Haines, to defend him. She even s a trusty old investigator who disnses food
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    • 518 22  -  Art Review By SUSAN TSANG FOUR YEARS in Africa during the 1970s left a deep impression on Malay-sian-born artist Choy Moo Keong. They gave him a love of nature, and especially of wide-open landscapes. Still, the artist felt it was time to move on creatively; hence the
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    • 1143 22  -  Hongkong's award-winning director Jacob Cheung talks to Fionualla Halligan about his Asian art film project Fionualla Halligan The writer is a Hongkong-based journalist who contributed this article to Executive Lifestyle AFTER shaking up the Hongkong film industry this year with his award-winning movie Cageman,
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    • 853 22  -  i rare iwics By CLAIRE LEOW FOR SINGAPOREANS used to sun, sea and salt, a freshwater lake is an unlikely place to pick up a tan and indulge in your favourite waters ports but at Uncle John's Resort up at Kenyir Lake, Trengganu, you can
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    • 573 23  -  Book Review By CHUANG PECK MING Post-Capitalist Society By Peter F Drucker Harper Business 232 pages, $39.90 PSST! Wanna make more money? Go sell information. No, we're not talking about the spy business but what makes the industries of tomorrow tick. That is: knowledge as a
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    • HEALTH & FITNESS
      • HEALTH Notes
        • 71 24 American Health NEXT time you choose your eggs for an omelette, you might want to consider this. According to the American Egg Board, different sizes of eggs contain different amounts of cholesterol. A medium egg has 180 mg of cholesterol; an extra-large egg. 230 mg;
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        • 127 24 American Health REPORTS at a conference in Chicago suggest that just as stress takes its toll on the heart, it also may not be good for your mouth. And dentist, with nervous patients, should heed this warning. A study of 33 healthy patients who
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        • 152 24 American Health THE PERENNIAL search for a way to stay the effects of time may end however briefly at the gym. According to a recent report, formerly sedentary middle-aged men who take up a moderately vigorous activity swimming, brisk walking, or tennis, for example live
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        • 127 24 Health Singapore > FOR PEOPLE who are allergic to fish, it's not just the real thing that can be dangerous. An allergist once treated a woman who broke out in hives and began wheezing minutes after eating an eggroll made with imitation
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        • 95 24 NYT ALTHOUGH most doctors are reluctant to prescribe drugs for *Txinly mildly high blood pressure, a four-year study of more than •> 900 hypertensive men and women shows that their patients might fare better if they did. Drug therapy combined with a nutrition
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      • 1348 24  -  Recent studies show that sleeping prone increases the risk of crib death, reports Lawrence Altaian Lawrence Altman NYT SUDDEN infant death syndrome, which is thought to affect one of every 1.000 infants born in the US, and many more worldwide, has long baffled
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    • PEOPLE
      • 287 24 GLASSES clinked as Keppel Corporation toasted its silver anniversary on Aug 3. The company had ample cause to celebrate with 25 years of growth behind it. Keppel now heads a group of 10 listed companies here and overseas, employs 10.000 people and provides jobs
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    • TIME OFF
      • 812 25 SAY you are a night-life person and you happen to have a long or even a short weekend in Kuala Lumpur. The best strategy for a quick sampling of what the city has to offer is to stay in the heart of the city, in
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      • 864 25  -  Shahiron Sahari drops in at one of Kuala Lumpur's newest, and most fancy, nightclubs and a few others Shahiron Sahari One of Kuala Lumpur's newest, and most fancy, nightclubs is an entertainment outlet called The Musictheque. Located at the basement of Hotel Istana,
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      • 96 25 Visions of the Night A puppet show like no other by German Frank Soehnle. this promises to "melt" different theatrical moments of puppetry, acting, pictures and music to form a decidedly dark, different and innovative art form. An enchanting, visual experience which may not be suitable for children. Last
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      • 186 25 A Melodious Night The Bisai Civil Wind Orchestra from Japan performs a variety of music by American, European and Japanese composers. Tonight. 6.15pm at the Musical Fountain. Sentosa. Admission is free. Hanoi Quartet Four Deans and Professors of the Hanoi National Conservatory. Vietnam, form this quartet of violin, viola,
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      • 98 25 The Blue Planet Produced with help from Nasa. this film takes you on a trip to space where the Earth seems suspended in a limitless void. With footage charting the planet's physical changes, we see how natural catastrophes have devastated life here. Too bad Man is intent on contributing
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      • 727 25 August Mission Representatives from over 50 educational institutions in the UK will give a talk on study in Britain. This programme is especially aimed at Singaporean students about to enrol in British institutions. Today and tomorrow, 10am to spm at the Marina Mandarin Hotel. Berlin Art Scene
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      • 145 25 Rashoman After the film version by Akira Kurosawa, Serangoon Junior College presents their interpretation of this psychological thriller about truth, lies and reality. Last day today. Bpm at the Guinness Theatre. Tickets at $10 available from the Box Office. The Sound of the Shadows and the Ventures
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      • 301 25  -  Compiled by Audrey Tan Mi, .1,, «—tt a— ifOfiOvf uvc in vWivcn Old hits such as You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, Ebony And Ivory and Just Called To Say I Love You are resurrected in this one-night-only performance. Aug 22. Bpm at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Tickets
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    • EPICURE
      • 714 26  -  Bon Appetit By AUDREY TAN A GROUP of young women paused inquisitively at the door of The Good Life restaurant ("What is this, ah?") and took a glance at the menu. "Aiyah, health food lah." And they were gone. An addition to Boat Quay since mid-July, The Good
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        571 26  -  By JAIME EE WHEN abalones die, they go to mollusc heaven. Well, maybe it's not heaven for them, but when you're dining on the solid but tender fellas 60 floors up in the Top of the Plaza Chinese Restaurant in UOB Plaza, you're as close to thrillsville as
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      • 802 26  -  Wine By N K YONG OF ALL the Champagne Grandes Marques, Salon is the smallest, the most elusive and the most unique in these days of multinationals and huge drinks conglomerates. It produces only one champagne and only in good vintages; it uses only the
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      1059 28 Aladdin. Typical Disney fairy tale, complete with pop tunes. A street teen becomes a prince, thanks to a genie with the wit of Robin Williams. Yishun 10: 11.05: 1. American Samurai. An orphaned American boy is brought up by a wise and honorable Samurai master. When the master gives
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