The Business Times, 17 August 1993

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    13 1 BUSINESS TIMES WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Tuesday August 17 1993 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Continental Air to cut staff by 2,500
      67 1 Continental Air to cut staff by 2 ,500 Reuter HOUSTON Continental Airlines Ine said yesterday that it is cutting its workforce by 2,500 employees, cancelling services to Australia and New Zealand and getting rid of unprofitable routes to save money. The carricr also reported a loss of U5524.4 million from
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      Lock icon Fed not expected to change interest rates
      60 1 AFP WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve's open market committee is unlikely to change short-term interest rates when it meets today to plan United States monetary policy, analysts said yesterday. No inflationary sign has appeared since the meeting of the committee on July 6, when
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      Lock icon Nawaz Sharif accused of killing rival
      52 1 UPI ISLAMABAD An opposition leader who intended to run against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan's forthcoming elections was shot dead by masked gunmen, and relatives of the slain man yesterday accused Mr Sharif of masterminding the killing. Mr Sharif has denied any
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    109 1 Stock market indices Monday C hang* ST1I 1.922.89 +5.02 KLSE Composite 772.76 0.85 Nikkei 20.901 49 +156.32 Hang Seng 7.489.49 +97.24 SET Index 954.29 -10.33 Jakarta Composite ...382.01 +2.07 CLSA China B 931.17 +25.67 Ausl All Ord 1,870.7 +14.8 FrSn00 3.008.3 -1.8 Monday Previous 2pm dose Dow Jones
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    US direct investments in Asia rise 10pc to US$78b
    605 1  -  Reports by Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE As at end--1992, American corporations had US$7B.2 billion (S$ 125.7 billion) in direct investments in Asia, up 10 per cent from the year before, says the US Department of Commerce. "Most of the increase resulted
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    Asians raise direct stake in US by 5pc
    352 1 Japanese unseat the British as biggest investor: survey SINGAPORE Asians' direct stake in the United States rose only 5 per cent in 1992 to U*****.7 billion (S$ 172.3 billion), the US Department of Commerce said. And much of the increase was due
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    Singapore and Hongkong bourses close at record highs
    229 1 SINGAPORE Hongkong and Singapore stocks were chased to record levels yesterday. Hongkong's Hang Seng Index put on a hefty 97.24 points, or 1.32 per cent, to close at 7,489.49 while the blue-chip Straits Times Industrials Index rose 5.02 points to 1,922.89. The
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    Indonesia will be an NIC within 25 years, says Suharto
    467 1  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA PRESIDENT Suharto yesterday pledged to turn Indonesia into a newly industrialised country within 25 years. In his Independence Day speech to Parliament, he said: "By the end of the Second Long Term Development programme, we
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    President Wee and PM Goh send Congrats
    55 1 SINGAPORE President Wee Kim Wee and l*rime Minister Goh Chok l ong congratulated President Suharto jesterday on the 48th anniversary of the independence of Indonesia. Mr Wee said economic development under Mr Suharto had been substantial, while Mr Goh praised Indonesia for giving
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    Lock icon AT&T, McCaw Cellular agree to US$12.6b merger
    477 1 Bloomberg Business News Reuter NEW YORK American Telephone Telegraph and McCaw Cellular Communications said yesterday they would merge in a US$l2.6 billion (5520.2 billion) stock swap that combines America's largest long-distance and cellular telephone companies. AT&T said under the agreement, the long-distance phone
    Bloomberg Business News; Reuter  -  477 words
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    Yen hits new high against US$
    392 1  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE The irrepressible yen continued its surge yesterday to come within spitting distance of the psychological 100 per US dollar level in the European forcx market. The Bank of Japan again intervened heavily to buy dollars for yen but the
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      157 1 World's Finest Nikon Camera Centra Max Pfioto #03-10 Cantrepoint Tel: *****48 *****68 CONTENTS S'pore News 2 9.10 Regional News 14.5 financial 13 World News 6.8 r iitaii Markets Analysis 27 Oob/KLSt S£S 19.20 Edrtonal 26 Regional 17 Sports 21 World 17 TV/Litestyte 23 Currencies 13 Property 24.25 Sima Commo 15
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      10 1 Property: p* 24 V>v Glut of office space in Thailand
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Manufacturers expect rosier times
        296 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling ALL manufacturing industries, except chemical products and machinery, forecast better business performance in the third and fourth quarters, according to the Economic Development Board's business expectations survey. The survey, released last week as part of the secondquarter economic survey report, showed that
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      Business slows down at shops around Ngee Ann City
      258 2 SALES at shopping centres around Ngee Ann City have slumped since the new complex opened two weeks ago. But some retailers expect customers to return to their old haunts once the "glamour" of the Takashimaya super store has worn ofT. Optimistic
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      Chinese port city holding trade fair here to raise US$2.5b
      328 2 NINGBO, a Chinese port city south of Shanghai, is seeking US$2.5 billion (about Ss4 billion) in foreign funds to develop its infrastructure, and manufacturing and tertiary industries. The city is holding a trade and investment fair in Singapore for this
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      Analysts warn against overpricing Telecom shares
      547 2  -  By Joyce Quek ANALYSTS generally liked what Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Sunday night about the Singapore Telecom share offer in October. Many were positive about the details announced and felt some of the features were good ideas. However, they all cautioned
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      2 of 5 presidential applications approved
      215 2 THE Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) received five applications to contest the Aug 28 poll but approved only two yesterday those of former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong and retired banker Chua Kim Yeow. The other applications submitted to the three-man screening panel were
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      Goods vehicle COEs post biggest rise
      497 2  -  By Juliette Walker LATEST PRICES for certificates of entitlement rose once again defying industry predictions. The quota premium for goods vehicles and buses registered the biggest rise, up $3,920 to a record $24,020. It was $12,960 last September. In view of the recent steep
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      40pc of Great World flats sold despite high prices
      265 2  -  By Ang Wan May TWO-FIFTHS of the residential units in Robert Kuok's massive commercial-cum-residential Great World project have been snapped up within two days of its soft launch despite their hefty prices of about $600 per sq ft. The 264 residential
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • Article
        Four women win SAF scholarships
        81 2 THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Merit Scholarship were awarded to women for the first time yesterday. In this year's award ceremony, officiated yesterday by the Minister for Labour and the Second Minister for Defence Dr Lee Boon Yang, the scholarships were given to eight recipients,
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        Muslim body welcomes PM's plan
        115 2 RESPONDING to the Prime Minister's National Day Rally, the Association of Muslim Professionals yesterday issued a statement saying that it appreciated the PM's concern over the high dropout rate among Malay students. "It is right for the PM to highlight it as an issue that
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        MRT inquiry
        47 2 THE MRTC's Panel of Inquiry is expected to complete its investigations of the Clementi accident within one month. It announced yesterday it had conducted preliminary site investigations; and since the mishap on Aug 5, MRTC engineers had tested the system and found it operationally safe.
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        US senator calls on PM
        39 2 AMERICAN Senator Charles SRobb (Democrat, Virginia) was here yesterday on a fact-finding mission. He called on Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Minister for Foreign Affairs Wong Kan Seng.
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        How to help poor with $2.17 m
        67 2 THE COMMITTEE managing the 25th Anniversary Endowment Fund is inviting organisations to apply for programmes and schemes that will enhance the lives of destitutes and low-income families. The fund has raised $2.17 million to date. Application forms can be obtained from Mrs Janet
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      200 2 Epson Makes Business A Pleasure. EPSON CHEF NEIL PERRY OF ROCKPOOL, A USTRALIA'S BEST RESTA URANT OF THE YEAR. B August 13-21 Owner-chef Neil Perry of the highly-acclaimed Rockpool Restaurant at the Rocks in Sydney turns up at the Harbour Grill as guest chef. Three-time winner of the Best Restaurant
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  • THE REGION
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      Thai tax talks breakthrough may spur foreign banks into action
      402 3  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK MORE foreign banks could start offshore operations in Thailand soon after a breakthrough in tax talks with the Thai authorities. Senior officials of the central bank and revenue department have told foreign bankers that
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      Lock icon Indon state power company head defends no-tender contracts for power plants
      309 3 AFP JAKARTA The head of Indonesia's state power company (PLN), Zuhal, has defended the government's decision to hand out contracts to build three power plants without a tender process, reports said yesterday. "It was necessary because at this present
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      Lock icon Five found alive after rescuers give up hope
      375 3 Thai hotel disaster AP Reuter KORAT, Thailand Hours after giving up hope of finding more survivors, rescue workers late yesterday discovered five women under tonnes of rubble of a hotel that collapscd three days earlier. Authorities had said earlier there was no
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      Lock icon Cambodia's new draft constitution to be completed today
      490 3 AFP PHNOM PENH Cambodia's new draft constitution, giving Prince Norodom Sihanouk a five-year term as head of state with powers over the army and Cabinet ministers, will be completed today, the head of the drafting committee said. The constitution sets up a
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      Lock icon Hanoi denies offering bribe to member of US Cabinet
      131 3 Reuter HANOI Vietnam yesterday denied that it had offered United States Commerce Secretary Ron Brown US$7OO,OOO (Ssl.l million) to help get the US economic embargo lifted. A Foreign Ministry spokesman here said the allegation, which surfaced in L'S News ami World
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      Lock icon M'sian wage rises outstripping productivity gains
      401 3 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Wage increases in Malaysia are outstripping gains in productivity and could jeopardise the fastgrowing nation's export-com-petitiveness, analysts and officials said yesterday. "Malaysia has begun to feel the erosion of its wage competitiveness," said Lin See Yan. deputy governor of Malaysia's central
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • Article
        S'pore's Indon investment at US$2.5b
        98 3 SINGAPORE As of May 31, 1993, total Singapore investment in Indonesia reached US$2.5 billion (Ss4 billion). Singapore has also become Indonesia's third largest trading partner after Japan and the United States. These are signs that bilateral relations between Singapore and Indonesia have strengthened over the
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        Lock icon US interested in KL warship scheme
        95 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The United States wants to get involved in Malaysia's future warship-building programme. Republican Senator William Cohen said yesterday. Mr Cohen, who held talks with Defence Minister Najib Tun Razak here yesterday, said Mr Najib had indicated to him that the ministry
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        Lock icon BP denies report of Viet gas find
        115 3 Reuter HANOI British Petroleum (BP) denied a London newspaper report yesterday that it had found a big natural gas field off the Vietnamese coast. "It's not true," BP Vietnam chief executive Michael Yeldham said of the report in the Independent. He said BP
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        Lock icon Indon visa rules eased for businessmen
        102 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia yesterday introduced two-month long visa-free stays to business visitors from 45 countries to help attract more investment. Roni Sikap Sinurava. immigration direc-tor-general of the Justice Ministry told reporters that businessmen looking for investment opportunities and trade could make use of the
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      Lock icon Japan to lend Philippines 470b yen to develop economy
      247 3 AP Reuter TOKYO Japan will lend the Philippines 470.36 billion yen (557.5 billion) to help develop its economy, the government said yesterday. The loan will help pay for seven projects, including a bridge connecting Cebu Island in the south-central Philippines with
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      Lock icon China confident of cutting trade deficit
      515 4 Govt's plan to cool economy will lead to positive results this year: official Reuter BEIJING China said yesterday that it is confident of cutting its soaring trade deficit over the rest of the year as the exchange rate stabilises and the domestic economy cools.
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      Lock icon Research body downgrades China's creditworthiness
      218 4 Reuter LONDON The Economist Intelligence Unit has downgraded China's creditworthiness. The risk ratings review from the independent research body said the downgrading has been paradoxically caused by China's economic success. "The boom that started in early 1992 has brought with it the familiar problems of
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      Lock icon Shanghai will grow despite tightening of credit: official
      455 4 AFP SHANGHAI China's attempt to rein in inflation will not hold back development in Shanghai's planned Pudong financial and high technology zone as it remains a flagship development project, a top official said yesterday. Sha Lin, the city's deputy mayor, said that
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      Lock icon Seoul preparing measures to ease stock market jitters
      288 4 AFP SEOUL The South Korean government yesterday was preparing a package of measures to ease market jitters prompted by last week's ban on the use of aliases in financial transactions, officials and market sources said. The reported moves prompted a sharp rally
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      Lock icon Never too old for a swing
      45 4 Reuter SHANGHAI An old woman swinging from a tree in Renmin Park on Friday as part of her daily exercise. In the background are two boys studying a bag of worms they have just collected for fish bait. Reuter
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      Lock icon Taiwan's Nationalists open congress with pledge for democratic reform
      276 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party, facing the most serious challenge to its power in four decades, opened a key party congress yesterday pledging internal democratic reform. Taiwan President Lee Tenghui. the party chairman, told 2,100 delegates to the Nationalists' 14th
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      Lock icon Dawkins seen unveiling tough Aussie budget to boost nascent recovery
      373 5 Reuter CANBERRA Australian Treasurer John Dawkins is expected to hand down the country's first tough budget in years today as the economy emerges from recession and attention switches from pump-priming to fiscal restraint. With annual budget deficits of around 3
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      Lock icon Pakistan lets commercial banks raise interest rates
      257 5 AFP KARACHI The central State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed the country's commercial banks to raise their annual lending rates by 2 percentage points, to as high as 22 per cent, bank officials here said yesterday. The bank also raised the discount
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      Lock icon Bangladesh slams US law on child labour
      280 5 Reuter DHAKA Bangladesh has criticised a proposed US law banning the import of commodities produced by children, saying it might force thousands of child workers into begging or prostitution. Commerce Minister M K Anwar said the proposed legislation ran counter to the interests
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      Lock icon Rao's independence day speech draws electoral battle lines
      425 5 AFP NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao's combative independence day call for a head-on fight against Hindu revivalists has drawn the battle lines for crucial state polls due in three months. Mr Rao virtually hit the campaign trail with
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  • THE WORLD
    • Article
      Lock icon EC politicians still blaming forex speculators for failure of ERM
      508 6 Reuter J LONDON European politiJcal leaders, still sore at the failure of the European Commu*nity's Exchange Rate iMechamism (ERM), are still {pointing the tremulous finger Jof blame at foreign exchange (speculators. Financial market analysts said yesterday that while it was
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      Lock icon Commission burying study that said monetary union would cost jobs: report
      201 6 AFP LONDON The European Commission has refused to publish a report which said that European monetary union could cause a substantial rise in unemployment in the community, the Financial Times business daily said yesterday. According to the paper, the
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      Lock icon Saudi shipping firm to pay US$750m for new vessels
      524 6 AFP ABU DHABI A Saudi shipping company, one of the biggest in the world, is planning to invest US$75O million (SSI.2 billion) to buy 10 new vessels to face an increase in operations, the company said yesterday. The National Shipping Company
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      Lock icon Russia plans clearing system for CIS trade to facilitate payments
      296 6 Reuter MOSCOW Russia can no longer use a single rouble rate in its trade with other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States and must set up a clearing system to ensure payments reach their destinations, a minister said. Interfax
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • Article
        Lock icon UK pay awards at 2.3pc in 2nd qtr
        67 6 Reuter LONDON Pay settlements agreed to in British manufacturing industiy in the second quarter this year averaged 2.3 per cent, according to provisional figures compiled by employers group the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). That compares with 2.5 per cent in the
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        Lock icon Seeing red over black and white
        66 6 Reuter JOHANNESBURG South African censors have banned a magazine with a cover showing a black woman breast-feeding a white baby, editor of Tribute magazine Jon Quelane said last Saturday. "Hie censor board, which acts on the advice of an appointed and unidentified panel of
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        Lock icon German economists expect rate cut
        71 6 Reuter MUNICH Half of the chief economists at 25 leading banks in Germany expect the Bundesbank to cut its 6.75 per cent discount rate at its next council meeting on Aug 26, the Boerse Online investment magazine said. The economists, at domestic and foreign banks,
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        Lock icon Norwegians oppose EC membership
        67 6 Reuter OSLO A majority of Norwegians oppose membership of the European Community, an opinion poll published on Sunday showed. Norway has applied to join the Community, but the people will decide through a referendum in 1994 or 1995. The poll in the daily Dagbladet showed that
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      Lock icon Gatt chief urges consumers to press for end to trade barriers
      485 8 AFP GENEVA Gatt Director General Peter Sutherland has called on consumers worldwide to support pressure aimed at breaking down trade barriers and reaching an end to the Uruguay Round of world trade talks. In the introduction to a report
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      Lock icon Fed should loosen monetary control to allow US growth: analysts
      561 8 Reuter WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve is in danger of waging the last war by concentrating its firepower on already low inflation and ignoring the threat to the economy posed by slow growth, analysts said. Rather than being poised to raise
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      Lock icon Ready for air strikes
      51 8 Reuter ADRIATIC SEA American aircraft A-6 Intruder before take-off on the flight deck of the US nuclear aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt on Sunday. Some 60 Nato planes are ready to launch air strikes against Yugoslavia from bases in Italy and three aircraft carriers in the Adriatic.
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      Lock icon Clinton warns against partisan bickering over US health reform
      551 8 AP VAIL, Colorado Pivoting from his razor-thin victory on tax increases and spending cuts, President Clinton is raising the curtain on an issue that threatens to be even more divisive: a massive overhaul of the nation's health care system. "In the
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      Lock icon Mitterrand calls for speeding up of single EC currency
      338 8 Reuter PARIS French President Francois Mitterrand, angrily denouncing speculators for triggering the recent currency crisis, called for a speeding up of the single European currency to fight "the plots of money". In an interview with the French daily Sud-Ouest released on
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      Lock icon Russian investors picking at E German industry leftovers
      300 8 Reuter BERLIN Russian investors have been scavenging through the leftovers of East German industty in recent months, snatching up bargain deals from the Treuhand for little or no cash. Three years after the Treuhand agency privatising east German industry began selling off
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Metro, Kmart seal accord to open discount chain in S'pore
      460 9  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Just when analysts are wondering if Metro will eventually quit the retail scene, the group yesterday announced a tie-up with America's No 2 retail chain Kmart to set up of a string of discount stores here.
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      Hwa Hong chairman dies
      116 9 SINGAPORE Ong Chay Tong, chairman of Hwa Hong Corporation, died of a stroke on Sunday. He was 85. Mr Ong's rise in the business world was typical of the "rags to riches" stories of his generation. A poor immigrant from China, he became a successful businessman
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      Sesdaq entrant Sincere Watch offers 10.75 m shares at 70 cents each
      469 9  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Watch retailer Sincere Watch Ltd yesterday launched its initial public offer of 10.752 million 25-cent shares priced at 70 cents apiece. Another 2.248 million shares will be privately placed at 75 cents per share.
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      There is no hurry for OUB to raise paid-up capital with bonus issue
      685 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Alvin Tay SINGAPORE Investors who expected predictable behaviour from staid old institutions like the Big Four banks were left in the lurch by Overseas Union Bank. Despite posting an impressive 43.8 per cent
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      Amcol's interim earnings up 26pc to $13m
      336 9  -  Group turnover slips by 3.Bpc By William Chia SINGAPORE Property and trading group Amcol Holdings Ltd yesterday reported a 26.4 per cent increase in net interim earnings to $13.05 million for the six months ended June 30, 1993. Amcol said group turnover fell
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      NatSteel applies for licence to set up rolling mill in Vietnam
      330 9  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE Regional steel giant Nat Steel's plan to set up a joint venture rolling mill in Vietnam is moving along. Officials in Hanoi say the Singapore-listed company last month applied for an investment licence, which should
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      350 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of Sill's Index stocks Aug 16 Last Sense ladex Slock sale Owe factor Borers <S) Avimo 1870 0 010 1.38 2.82 ("At 7400 0 050 5.44 1408 C crcbos 6 050 -0 100 4.45 -28 17 FAN ***** 10.60 GF Asia 3 040 -0 060
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Southern Bank foreign shares hit 30pc
          64 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Southern Bank Bhd has announced it has reached the maximum 30 per cent foreign shareholding limit. It said its share registrars would suspend further transfers of ordinary issued shares in favour of foreigners until the foreign shareholding fell below 30 per
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          Bonvests reappoints general manager
          66 10 SINGAPORE Bonvests Holdings has reappointed Marvyn Sianandar as general manager of its Hongkong subsidiary Sincoop International. Mr Sianandar was appointed the general manager of Sincoop on Jan 11 and ceased to be the general manager on May 31. He was subsequently re-appointed on July 6. Mr
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          Name change for The Plaza Company
          97 10 SINGAPORE Hotel Grand Plaza has changed the name of its wholly-owned subsidiary The Plaza Company to Hotel Grand Plaza (Singapore) Pte Ltd with effect from July 23. The issued and paid-up capital of HGP has also been increased from $2 to $40 million. The
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        428 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS NaMflm' prkas Aug 17 Insurance Fund Unit Trust Income Bond Policy 3.47 3.60 The Commerce 1 42 1.49 Prudential The Savings Fund 1.31 1.38 PruLink Mgd Fund 1.19 1.2) Spore Prog Fund 0.61 0.64 yiBi »■■■■!■■■■>■ S pore Sec Fund 0.93 0.98xd UnWt'DwTnpUlra S'pore Invest Fund 1.08
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        Benta freezes plan to buy Devon assets
        169 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Benta Plantations Bhd, a publicly-listed plantations and property company, has temporarily suspended negotiations to take over the assets of Singapore's debt-ridden vegetable oil dealer Devon Group. Banking executives say Benta Plantations a company linked to managing director of Idris Hydraulic,
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        Lock icon MBf Capital posts 23pc rise in first-half profit
        627 10 Chief executive raps fund managers for shunning stock Reuter KUALA LUMPUR The head of MBf Capital Bhd, one of Malaysia's largest non-bank financial groups, reported a 23 per cent rise in net profit for the half-year to June 30 and lashed out
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        British Telecom in deal to bring Global Network Service to Malaysia
        303 10  -  By Corinne Kerk SINGAPORE British Telecom (BT) has signed an agreement with Telekom Malaysia Bhd to bring one of its telecommunication facilities, the Global Network Service (GNS), to Malaysia. Michael Thio. BT's general manager for its South-east Asian operations,
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        DBS Land, Wah Chang sign Bintan golf course deal
        300 10 SINGAPORE Yet another block was laid on the megaresort taking shape on Indonesia's Bintan island yesterday as a joint-venture agreement was signed to develop a $21 million golf course. DBS Land and the Wah Chang group's Tropical Resorts yesterday signed an
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        Thai Airways turns in dismal results
        498 11  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THAI AIRWAYS International will be hard-pressed this year to make anywhere near the three billion baht (SSI92 million) it earned last year, judging from the latest set of quarterly results released yesterday. For the three-month period ended June,
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        Lock icon M'sian stocks net top returns for HK funds
        203 11 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Malaysian equity investment was the top performing sector for Hongkong's mutual funds in the year to July 31, providing an average 70.7 per cent annual return, according to figures released by the Hongkong Investment Funds Association. It was
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        Telecom giant PLDT top company in Philippines
        309 11 MANILA Philippine telecommunications giant PLDT, which is listed in New York, topped the annual ranking of the Philippines' most profitable companies last year for the third consecutive time. Released by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the list showed PLDT chalking up 4.978
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        Cebu Shipyard plans 131 m pesos upgrading programme
        377 11  -  From Al Labita in MANILA A SUBSIDIARY of Keppel Philippines will begin late this year upgrading its facilities to attract more vessels seeking repairs. Estimated to cost 131 million pesos (557.5 million), the move is part of the longterm expansion programme of
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          Lock icon China Baoan interim up 200 pc
          76 12 Reuter HONGKONG China Baoan Group Co Ltd, formerly Shenzhen Baoan Enterprises (Group) Co Ltd, said its pre-tax JanuaryJune profit was 351 million yuan (5597.3 million), up 200 per cent on the same period last year. Turnover was 519 million yuan, a 49 per cent
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          Lock icon Stone Electronic surges in HK debut
          78 12 Reuter HONGKONG Stone Electronic Technology Ltd surged to HK52.25 a share in its first day of trading on the Hongkong stock exchange after opening at HKSI.92. That compares with its offer price of HKSI.26. Volume was about 21.6 million shares. The company's warrants issued
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          Lock icon Japan's Taisei gets Viet contract
          93 12 Reuter HANOI Japan's Taisei Corporation and two Vietnamese state-owned firms will do the first stage construction for a Taiwanese-financed cement plant in Vietnam's northern port of Haiphong, officials said yesterday. A US$l5 million (5524.1 million) contract for the job, to start in October and finish
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          Lock icon Coca-Cola Amatil to build plant in Fiji
          86 12 Reuter SYDNEY Beverage group Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd said it plans to build an AS 10 million (SSIO.B million) manufacturing plant in Suva, Fiji. C-C Amatil, 51.75 per cent-owned by Coca-Cola Co, said the new plant will be built over the next 15 months.
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        Lock icon AT&T aims to lead pen software market
        537 12 NYT SAN FRANCISCO AT&T, intent on playing a leading role in wireless communications and computing, has set the stage for a direct confrontation with Apple Computer and other companies in the emerging market for small machines that recognize handwriting. AT&T announced late last
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        Lock icon S Korean firms post lower interim profits this year: survey
        173 12 Reuter SEOUL An economic slowdown and the high cost of financing took a toll on first half profits posted by listed South Korean companies, according to a report issued yesterday by a private research institute. Dongsuh Research Institute said a
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        Lock icon Indian stock exchanges begin to emerge from the doldrums
        366 12 AFP BOMBAY Indian stock, exchanges, which arc starting to emerge from a long spell in the doldrums, need a drastic revamp to keep pace with the times and sustain investor confidence, market analysts say. Share prices are looking up after falling
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        Lock icon Sincere episode shows shareholders in HK too silent
        337 12 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Amid a storm over the size of directors' bonuses at a Hongkong department store group, one group remained largely silent: the shareholders. While the directors of Sincere Co eventually agreed to repay a HK566.7 million (5513.8 million) bonus
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        412 12 Reuter VANCOUVER An independent commission charged with cleaning up the scandalridden Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE) may use the London Stock Exchange as a model for reform. James Matkin. head of an inquiry of the exchange, said one idea was to form
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        Simex to launch 10-year Japanese govt bond futures contract on Oct 1
        429 13  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE The Singapore International Monetary Exchange is launching a 10year Japanese government bond (JGB) futures contract on Oct 1. This yen-denominated instrument is based on a 50million yen face value notional long-term contract with
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          MoneyWorld Asia '94 in S'pore
          99 13 SINGAPORE Money World Asia 1994 will be held at the World Trade Centre Hall 1 from Aug 24 to 28 next year, organiser Money World Asia Pte Ltd announced at the Oriental Hotel on Aug 11. This will be the second such exhibition held in
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          Video dimension to banking
          84 13 SINGAPORE Citibank launched its first video telephone facility in the Asia-Pacific region for retail customers yesterday. Two video telephones in its Shenton Way branch banking hall allows a customer to see the citibank officer he or she is talking to. Mr Raymond Lim, Citibanking director, said
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          Bangkok Bank to open in Hanoi
          122 13 HO CHI MINH CITY Bangkok Bank, which has been in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City for a year, will soon open an office in Hanoi, a report said yesterday. The director of the bank's branch in the southern city, Suphot Wassuri, told the Saigon
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          Lock icon Paribas sets up derivatives unit
          112 13 Knight-Ridder LONDON Banque Paribas is to follow the example of US firms Merrill Lynch and Salomon Brothers in setting up a separately capitalised derivatives unit, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The new unit is Paribas Derives Garantis SNC and it is 99.9 per cent owned
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        Japan govt allows 8 banks to open offices in Vietnam
        252 13  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE The Japanese Finance Ministry has given the green light to eight banks to open representative offices in Vietnam. They are Sumitomo, Fuji, Mitsubishi, Sanwa, Sakura, Tokai, Asahi and Daiwa. Vietnamese officials say Sakura and Tokai will
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        Lock icon Lloyd's chief warns against delay to plan
        239 13 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Lloyd's of London chairman David Rowland has fired a warning shot at opponents who might try to delay his business plan outlined last April. The business plan breaks with the Lloyd's market's 305-year-old tradition, proposing to let corporate investors
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        149 13 THE US$/yen continued to drift lower yesterday despite repeated intervention by the Bank of Japan. Over in the regional currencies, trading was again quiet and lacklustre. The US$/S$ market saw US$ demand emerge from Japanese corporates in early morning trade. The US$ re- mained bid
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        180 13 UPI LONDON The dollar tumbled in European trading to a new post-war low against the Japanese yen yesterday, with dealers predicting that it was virtually inevitable it fall to the 100-yen level. Having opened in London at 101.85 yen, the dollar fell during trading to a low of 100.90
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        1665 13 I raJr-uetfhml imirx iakiilat<yJ againM Spurr 's lop 14 trading panntrs Bom- war /W US$/S$ forward rates Noon Aug 16 SS BM Offer 1-month 1.6071 ***** 2-month 1.6071 ***** Vmonth 1.6071 ***** 6-month 1.6062 1 6082 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at ifan m Aug 1C Singapore dollars
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        UK reinsurer predicts global revamp of industry
        270 13 SINGAPORE British reinsurer John Engestrom yesterday predicted a restructuring of the global reinsurance industry by the end of this century. This restructuring, he said, would whittle down the number of global reinsurers from the current 30 to about 10 to 15. Speaking at
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        88 13 AFP NEW YORK The dollar fell yesterday here in quiet trading dominated by yen purchases as the Japanese currency hit record levels against the greenback. Around 9:45 am, the dollar traded for 101 yen, against 101.10 yen several hours earlier in London and 101.80 at last Friday's close.
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        Lock icon Lax interest rate control in India fuels secondary market in bonds
        512 15 Reuter BOMBAY The relaxation of controls on Indian interest rates is helping develop a secondary market in bonds while transforming mutual funds into active portfolio managers, the head of the premier Indian credit rating agency said on Monday. "At
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        Futures reverse last week's gains
        362 15 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures prices on both sides of the Atlantic fell yesterday as traders said the petrol rally which help push oil prices higher last week has faded. US petrol futures soared almost S ccnts a gallon last week as several key
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        Lock icon Indian rupee steady amid Europe, US currency turmoil
        437 15 Reuter BOMBAY While currencies in Europe are fighting amongst themselves and the US dollar falls to new lows against the Japanese yen, the Indian rupee is expected to remain rock steady, foreign exchange analysts said yesterday. The rupee has maintained its rate
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        Lock icon China to open new futures exchange
        131 15 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG China will open a new comprehensive futures exchange in November in an attempt to unify the country's futures markets, the official China Daily newspaper reported over the weekend. The Beijing Commodity Exchange expected to be the largest in China will trade agricultural
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        Lock icon Gold's roller coaster ride transforms HK exchange
        381 15 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong's gold exchange trading floor is shaped like a boxing ring and traders there at times seem more ready to deal blows than bullion. As spectators view action on the crowded floor from the upstairs gallery, one smartly dressed operator, angry
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        Lock icon Crude oil prices likely to stay range-bound
        534 15 Knight-Ridder LONDON Crude oil prices are expected to remain rangebound before the end-Septem-ber Opec meeting and the United Nations-Iraq weapons talks at the end of this month because the market is fairly balanced. Most oil industry sources said yesterday that crude stocks are
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        Lock icon Eurodollars steady, Euroyen firmer
        1531 16 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar interest rate futures ended steady yesterday after trading within a confined range as softer-than-expected US inflation figures and sluggish economic data eased fears of credit-tightening in the US. "The market has potential to gain further from here but we may
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        KL tin hits record low of M$12.14
        631 16 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin THE tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market fell 17 sen in plunging to a new all-time low of M$ 12.14 per kg on heavy offerings yesterday. Dealers said the market was weak and unable to restrict falling prices
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          Zinc price bottom seen at US$850
          96 16 TOKYO Zinc prices are likely to fall no lower than US$B5O a tonne, but a rebound to the USSI.OOO-level is not expected before next year, industry sources here say. London Metal Exchange 3-month zinc was bid USSBBB a tonne at last Friday's close, compared
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          M'sia July palm oil output up
          75 16 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's July crude palm oil output was 677,413 tonnes, up 7.62 per cent from June, the Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority said yesterday. July output was also up from 596,360 tonnes a year earlier. Output comprised 563,206 tonnes from peninsular Malaysia,
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          Japan June copper use down
          99 16 TOKYO Japanese smelters consumed 67,049 tonnes of the copper-in-concentrate imported in June, down 23 per cent from the previous year, according to figures released yesterday by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Stocks of copper concentrate held by the smelters in June fell 16
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          India's vegetable oil to stay dull
          81 16 NEW DELHI Trading in India's wholesale vegetable oil markets is likely to remain dull and prices are likely to move narrowly this week, traders said. This is because fresh oilseed supplies are not expected from producing districts until September and the domestic demand for
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1622 16 Rubber Aug 16 HAS Cimndtty ExcHang* (futures elating as at I pa) HAS (physical prteat) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Bayars SaMars Close Volume Opeii *«atl2aaaa (Scents/kg) Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest RSS 2 Sep 93 ***** I31.00N Sep 93 132.50 132.50 132.50 150 1.875 2 22
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        Australia
        1122 17 14.8 Shares were swept higher yesterday, fuelled by rises in some blue chips and a slight recovery in gold stocks. "The market held very well considering we have a budget tomorrow no one expected it to be so strong," said a CS First Boston broker. News Corp, which jumped
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        Manila
        598 17 +3.43 Share prices closed slightly higher as the market remained bullish, buoyed by liquidity pumped in by trade in newly listed JG Summit, brokers said. JG Summit closed at 6.90 pesos, down from Friday's seven pesos. Among the top gainers were Kuok Properties, Union Bank of the Philippines and
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        New Zealand
        272 17 +4.62 New Zealand stocks edged up. following last Friday's slide and after slight gains in major foreign markets. New Zealand stock exchange's Top-40 Capital Index rose 4.62 points to end at 1.864.9, partly regaining a 0.9 per cent slide in the index last Friday. Bill and bond yields
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        Bombay
        64 17 +4.76 Share prices fell in unofficial "kerb" deals after the market closed, in continuation of a technical correction that set in with the opening of the new two-week account in specified shares, brokers said. During the official two-hour trading session, shares opened firm but retreated at the close on
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        Taipei
        556 17 -2.94 Taiwan stocks gave up early gains to close mixed after a late wave of profit-taking, but brokers said overall sentiment remained positive. The weighted index rose some 53 points in early trade but ended 2.94 points down at 4,118.60 in moderate turnover of NT$l7.lB billion. Early gains were
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        Seoul
        419 17 +25 Share prices soared on the Korea Stock Exchange in active trading as investors recovered from the shock of a presidential decree which ordered the use of real names in all financial transactions and for all financial accounts. The Composite Index of the exchange, which plummeted 60.27 points or
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        834 17 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Oder Mim Cap Depout I* MOO M6500 Mim knn G* AIS9) OIW Mim Mak Income ***** I 0*00 USS Cash Income Plus Fund *****0 Ml 0400 PS S Rnerve Fund ***** 5 2200 Sterling Eqaity Euro Performance 0 4592 049M Far Ea* Fund *2.7650 *2
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        London
        595 17 -1.8 London stocks closed slightly lower yesterday as the effect of a number of ex-dividend shares cancelled out an otherwise firmer trend. The FTSE-100 Index closed just 1.8 points down at 3,008.3. Equity strategists and dealers said the market's tone was becoming increasingly cautious ahead of a series of
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        Stockholm
        128 17 -0.78 pc Profit-taking ahead of a string of interim earnings reports sent Swedish shares to a lower close yesterday. The OMX-index, which carries a futures contract, fell 1.06 per cent to 997.62. The top-16 index was down 1.1 per cent at 1,334.97 and the all-share index closed at 1,266.34,
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        Frankfurt
        191 17 +5.61 Share prices are likely to move in narrow range for the rest of the week, although the 30-share DAX index has good support at 1,900, dealers said. The DAX Index closed 5.61 points higher at 1,912.19, but had declined steadily from a high of 1,931.38 reached early in
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        Milan
        159 17 +9 Italian stocks closed higher with telecommunications companies leading the advance, while shares in Ferruzzi Finanziaria SpA lost ground, traders said. Milan's MIB Index ended the day up 9 points at 1,305. "The only out-of-tune note today came from Ferruzzi Finanziaria." said a trader at Pasfin. Ferruzzi Finanziaria ended
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        Johannesburg
        336 17 -8 South African gold shares bounced back from sharp declines last week in posting hefty percentage gains as gold made strides above US$37O an ounce. But dealers said major investors had avoided the market as they remained reluctant to return to gold until the price looked certain to attract
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        Amsterdam
        276 17 +1.11 Strong demand for selected issues helped the Dutch share index nudge to a new all-time closing high, though dealers remained nervous of the biggest gainers and the broad market was mixed across a wide range. The EOE Index closed up 1.11 points at 350.78, nudging over its latest
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        Zurich
        292 17 +10.22 Swiss shares could be set for further gains, although profit-taking could take the steam out of any upward movement, dealers said. The broad SPI rose 10.22 points to a new record high of 1,567.72 The blue-chip SMI rose 17.9 to new record of 2,478.9. Interest rate hopes could
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        Toronto
        302 17 +3.37 Toronto stocks continued their gradual rise at midday yesterday led by gold stocks, dealers said. The TSE 300 Composite Index improved 3.37 points to 4,017.99 in midday trade of 25.85 million shares for a value of C 5263.69. Declines led advancing issues, 290 to 264, with 298 unchanged.
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        New York
        763 17 13.14 Strength in telecommunications and some high technology issues kept Wall Street stocks trading higher into the mid-afternoon yesterday. "Technology stocks are taking off," said Alan Ackerman, executive vice-presi-dent of Reich and Co. "Clearly they are following the ATT situation." Analysts said American Telephone Telegraph's pact to buy
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      2703 18 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stock prices stormed to a record high close yesterday, led by banking group HSBC Holdings and its subsidiary, Hang Seng Bank, on expectations of strong first-half earnings growth from major companies, traders and analysts said. "The money is there and the confidence is there," said
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      CHINA
      523 18 OVERALL share prices on the Shanghai B market ended slightly lower yesterday after last week's impressive performance. The CLSA Shanghai B Index gained 25.29 points to close at 871.29. Outer Gaoqiao was the most actively traded counter closing 2.3 per cent down on a turnover of over US$l million.
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      2519 18 Reuter TOKYO Stocks recovered from large morning losses to end higher on arbitrage buying led by steady Nikkei futures prices, brokers said. Renewed hopes of a cut in Japan's discount rate lifted the futures market, supporting sentiment in the cash market. "The impact from news about Cosmo Securities ended
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      1676 18 BANGKOK Weak second quarter corporate earnings induced investors to shed shares near the end of trading yesterday, brokers said. The SET Index closed 10.33 points, or 1.07 per cent, lower at 954.29 on a moderate 6.27 billion baht turnover. Losers outnumbered gainers by 182 to 76. Bangkok Land fell
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      720 18 Reuter JAKARTA Most Jakarta share prices closed higher with several banks registering strong gains in active trading yesterday, dealers said. The oiTicial index closed at 382.01, up from Friday's 379.94. "Investors believed that Bank Internasional Indonesia, Bank Duta and several other banks will post good half-year results thereby speculation
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2534 19 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info Gr Gr IM3 Last Vol Day Last Quote Dh l)h >U Net M Cap High Low (om pa ii> Sale ("0001 High Low Bayer Seller S CNr P If. Smil MALAYSIAN STOCKS 159 102 MSB 50c 136 *d 136 150 5.0 0.8
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        5349 19 Source: Bridge Info INCHCES TURNOVER Close Proton Chaoor KLSE Composite ..772.76 771.91 +0 85 NST Industrial 4320.50 4322.16 -166 NST Finance 6023.20 5942.42 +80.78 NST Properties .1387.47 1372.79 +14 68 NST Tins 1473.38 1306.04 +167 34 NST SKubbcrs *****7 *****8 +57 99 I mover (D00) Total volume 304.336 326.131 -21.795
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        Lock icon Prices close off highs on lack of fresh leads
        253 19 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices here closed off their highs yesterday after profittaking trimmed earlier gains. Blue chips, which led gains on bargainhunting. retreated under light selling as investors cleared some of their positions for profits on continued lack of fresh
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        Lock icon STI Index hits record but finance stocks slide
        1142 20  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Singapore stocks ended mixed yesterday but finance stocks came under heavy selling after the last of the Big Four banks disappointed investors by not declaring a bonus issue. Brokers say the market had turned cautious with Malaysian
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        6746 20 MAW BOARD Cf Or 1993 Last Vol Dn Last Ohk Dt> Dh VM >d M Cap High Low Compaay S«k (WO) High Low Bayer Srlkr Or P/E Sad INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 840 260 Aetna 785 -15 208 800 785 780 785 12.5 2.1 1.6 34.0 541.1 220 220 s Alex
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        72 20  -  HOT STOCK Quak Hiang Whai FAR EAST Levingston's share price is on an uptrend, having established three consistently higher tops and bottoms in the last two months. But the upside potential is getting limited as the stock is becoming heavily over-bought. It also faces a major resistance at $6.00.
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Azinger tops Norman in sudden death playoff
      1151 21 75th PGA Championship Golf NYT Reuter TOLEDO, Ohio Perhaps it is simply not meant to be for Greg Norman at the Inverness Club. Or perhaps it was just Paul Azinger's time. Either way, nothing but fate can describe the dramatic end of the
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      Lock icon Linford Christie proves a point
      530 21 4th World Athletics Championship AP STUTTGART, Germany No doubts, no asterisks, no what-ifs this time. Linford Christie is undeniably the world's fastest human. The British sprinter backed up his 100 m victory at the Barcelona Olympics with an emphatic win on Sunday over a starpacked
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        116 21 AFP STUTTGART World Championships finals results Sunday MEN 100 m: 1 Linford Christie (GB) 9.87 sec (Euro rec) 2 Andre Cason (US) 9.92 3 Dennis Mitchell (US) 9.99 4 Carl Lewis (US) 10.02 5 Bruny Surin (Can) 10.02 (Nat Rec) 6 Frank Fredericks (Nam) 10.03 7 Daniel Effiong (Nig)
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        70 21 Reuter NEW YORK American League Sunday: Toronto 9 Boston I; NY I Baltimore 0; Texas 4 Cleveland 1; Milwaukee 6 Detroit 4: Kansas 7 Chicago 5; Minnesota 12 Oakland 5; California 14 Seattle 2. National: Montreal 7 St Louis 1; Philadelphia 5 NY 4; Pittsburgh 4 Florida 3 (in
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        165 21 AP LUMBERTON, North Carolina The father of basketball star Michael Jordan was murdered during a random highway robbery, authorities said. Two teenagers were arrested. Phone calls made from the cellular telephone in James Jordan's car alter his killing helped lead to Sunday's arrests. Authorities said James Jordan had stopped
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        Lock icon Golf
        115 21 Reuter TOLEDO, Ohio Following are the 10 players who earned berths on the US Ryder Cup team bused on points accumulated through the PGA Championship, which concluded on Sunday (listed in order of points earned, with previous Ryder Cup record): Paul Azinger (2 Ryder Cups five wins, four defeats,
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        80 21 Reuter Reuter MANHATTAN BLACH, California U*****,000 Virginia Slims of Lot Angeles tournament finals on S—day Singles: Martina Navratilova (US) b Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spn) 7-5 7-6 (7-4). Doubles: Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SpnVHelena Sukova (Cze) b Gigi Fernandez (USVNatalia Zvereva (Belarus) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3. Reuter MASON, Ohio US$l.65 million ATP
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      633 22 Nothing Beats A Bud, ftaafl OF Taiwan VEGETARIAN FOOD From 10 August (for 2 weeks), Tien Court Restaurant introduces Taiwan Vegetarian Food. You have 25 items to choose from the ala carte menu or two set menus at $368++ and $428++. Food vouchers from $30 to 135 will be given
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      273 22 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN Our Bird's Nest will please your palate as well as your pocket. We've just added Bird's Nest delicacies to our menu at really 4SvkHI T affordable prices. Whether it's a Bird's Nest main dish or dessert*, you won't be disappointed. In fact, you'll be
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      515 23  -  Jill Serjeant reports on the opening of the world's biggest arts festival, the Edinburgh international festival Jill Serjeant Reuter Three weeks of non-stop entertainment featuring dancers, musicians, actors and film makers from all corners of the earth kicked off on Sunday when the curtain rose on the world's
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      Perry's potpourri of flavours
      496 23  -  Susan Tsang savours a unique blend of tastes created by a chef from Down Under Susan Tsang AS A CHILD, Neil Perry spent his playtime hanging out with his Asian friends, in whose homes he had his first taste of Asian food. And little did he
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      Lock icon Jason calls it quits
      401 23 CHATTERBOX UPI HOCKEY-masked madman Jason is hanging up his machete after maiming and murdering 101 teenagers in a series of Friday the 13th movies. "Which is okay, I guess. I mean, I would have been so upset if 1 had only hit, like, 99," said Kane
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      1314 23 TV RADIO Videofashion, 9.00pm, SBC 12 French designers discuss fash- .J j^H ion's future as Karl Lagerfeld j4vQ jtalks on modern dressing while jT^Lk fashion rebel Martine Sitbon t. Wr, struts her stuff. The Rangers of Nepal, 9.30pm, In Nepal's rangers fight a battle against poachers who threaten to wipe
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
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        Seminar on foreign property investment
        68 24 SINGAPORE The School of Building Estate Management of the National University of Singapore is holding a half-day seminar this Saturday on property investment in overseas markets. Speakers at the seminar will address the opportunities and pitfalls of investing in London, Australia, New Zealand, China, Thailand
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        Omni Hotels to manage hotel for Tamara
        108 24 SINGAPORE OMNI Hotels Asia-Pacific signed an agreement last week with Indonesia's Tamara group to manage the Omni Batavia Hotel in downtown Jakarta. Construction of the 380room deluxe hotel has started with the soft opening targeted for mid-1995. This brings Omni's portfolio of hotels
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        Diploma course for property agents
        88 24 SINGAPORE The Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers announced last week the launch of a diploma course in real estate marketing. The four-year part-time course is scheduled to start in January 1994. Each academic year will be divided into two terms of 15 weeks each
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      Glut of office space in Thailand
      623 24  -  Tenants are taking advantage of lower rents to move into better premises, keeping accupancy levels high in premium locations, reports Alan Boyd Alan Boyd The writer is a Bangkok-based journalist who contributes to BT Thailand is expected to face a glut of office accommodation
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      Four Seas eyes property projects overseas
      876 25  -  A J Leow profiles local company Four Seas Construction's early days from a contractor to property developer A J Leow SINGAPORE Breaking new heights. That is what Four Seas Construction managing director Stephen Tan has been doing for the family-run business since he took
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      PROPERTY WATCH
      257 25 Selected ERA transactions in the past week DMrict Projiet Type •"gjjp Tenure **ff» Stptf PWATE Aug 10,***** 0511 Pasir View Parte Apt 1862 FH 820,000 440 Aug 12,1993 0820 Hoa Nam Bkjg Apt 880 FH 295,000 335 Aug 12,1993 1439 GeylangLor4 Apt J227 FH 378,000 308 Aug 10,1993
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      Lock icon The return of an investment trust
      168 25 Reuter THE Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), an investment tool from the 1970s and 1980s, appears to be making a comeback in the US property market. Institutional investors are increasingly looking to the bottomed-out real estate market as a growth-oriented area and REITs as
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      Lock icon Mao's villa to be turned into karaoke bar
      274 25 South China Morning Post IT IS music to the ears of businessmen. But traditionalists are unlikely to favour the tune. For the former summer homes of Chinese leaders such as the late Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai ait on the verge of
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      211 24 v v W| -i? Kl9i*> r i J J Hi i w I 1 l&M ■Bl Like Taiwan, We Know How to Take Care of Business Taiwan has emerged as one of the world's foremost enjoy the extra leg room. Then, choose from economic players. With this has come extensive
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      196 25 You just can't beat a Jetabout China tour. We use experienced English speaking guides, have guaranteed departures and give you maximum flexibility of departure dates. China is a big country, but we have a wide range of different tours to cover exactly die points of interest you want to see:
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      174 25 (SPSS SINCERE WATCH LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Invitation in respect of 13,000,000 New Shares of $0.25 each comprising (a) 10,752,000 Offer Shares at $0.70 for each Share by way of Public Offer; and (b) 2,248,000 Placement Shares at $0.75 for each Share by way of Private Placement
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    When jobs avoid the unskilled
    531 26 EDITORIAL THL SPECTRE of unemployment is not something that stalks the minds of many Singaporeans, and it is plain to see why. Except for one recession in the mid-1980s, it has been an unbroken record of rapid growth. Yet. amid the strong optimism about Singapore's
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Rao doing what he can
      219 26 THE LACK of a parliamentary majority has made Indian Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's government cautious in some areas of policy which are considered politically sensitive, especially labour laws and privatisation of state-owned enterprises. Last month, the no-confidence motion against Mr Rao was defeated by a
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      Let's see if it works
      96 26 THE Prisons Department is trying out a new drug to help reduce hardcore addicts' temptation to use heroin. Said to be successful in the United States, its local usefulness will become clear at the end of the two-year pilot scheme. While we hope that the
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      Boost mother-tongue learning
      190 26 VICTORIA Secondary school and Tanjong Katong Girls' School will be offering CLI and MLI courses from next year to the top ten per cent PSLE scorers. This offer is worth applauding because in view of the anticipated shortages in qualified language teachers, there is a need to
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      A substitute for the real thing
      191 26 THE DELUGE of publicity which preceded the airlift of five-year-old Irman Hadzimuratovic from besieged Sarajevo might not bode well for the Bosnians struggling to keep their statehood alive. The degree to which world opinion had to be goaded into action to save the seriously
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      A shame for everyone
      97 26 THE WAY society treats its poor, weak and sick is the real test of civilisation. So when protesters smash the windows of a resources centre for Down's syndrome children and put up slogans threatening the lives of the organisers, they do not just shame themselves they
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    Is Japan to be a big power or not?
    857 26 Asahi Shimbun, in an editorial last week, said it is essential for the new prime minister to make clear how he perceives Japan's role in the world IT IS well understood that Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, inundated with this demand and
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      312 26 Nows your jji chance to pay II tribute to AI the spirit of lift entrepreneurship ■II Bf Cast your nominations for this years Singapore Business Awards Business Times, Singapore Ixuinea daily, and DHL Worldwide Express, the leading international air express company, first started an awank scheme I to honour bingspure
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      202 26 Un^g^vc R g<; I We. su*u, MAVC BUT F\ Pewy muow DiD VOU G£.t\ 1 5 cf*Y oeex.- V p\ DPW.. J FoR OLD K€J*U>I>TS I Less HOUDRVS.. COSA v v pReseAJT? J VG€Jg*v- lITl* iffik fa TOTBL Cfr-J /&GJS2S OUT THC OLD N v y \c>4esreg-Pe.gRV CAMOCUTEOHCWM>AftI»SI.TP,ma.HM V*9P DOONESBURY
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  • ANALYSIS
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      An important contribution towards non-proliferation
      718 27  -  The aborted Russian-Indian rocket technology deal Leon Hadar discusses how Washington sold the idea to Moscow, and the possible repercussions on US-India relations Leon Hadar The writer is a Washington-based journalist who contributed this article to BT AT THE urging of the United States, Russia
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      What was the real reason?
      1217 27  -  Yogi Aggarwal says India does not need the cryogenic rocket engine to develop ICBM capability Yogi Aggarwal The writer is an Bombay-based journalist who contributed this article to BT IT IS a measure of the speed of shifting alliances in world politics that two years
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      Just two lobbies confronting each other, that's all
      814 27  -  John Helmer finds Moscow scrambling to convince customers that the deal that fell through was an exception John Helmer The writer is a Moscow-based journalist who contributed this article to BT Recriminations over the Russian decision to cancel a contract to supply
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      273 27 The More Profitable Companies Of The Future Will Be The Ones To Include Selangor In Their Strategic Plan! Find Out All The Necessary Information At Official Opening And Keynote Address By YAB TAN SRI DATO' MUHAMMAD BIN HAJI MUHD TAIB Menteri Besar Selancor Luncheon Keynote Speaker YB DATO 1 SERI
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    Lock icon China plans record bond issue of 60b-70b yuan next year
    440 28 Reuter SHANGHAI Beijing plans a record treasury bond issue next year, but will again force much of the paper on its citizens and require banks to soak up most of the rest, a Shanghai newspaper reported yesterday. The planned value
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    Lock icon Sumitomo's damaged plant may reopen before schedule
    254 28 AP TOKYO A factory that produced 60 per ccnt of the world's supply of a key semiconductor ingredient until it exploded last month is likely to reopen much earlier than expcctcd, the company said yesterday. The July 3 explosion at Sumitomo Chemical Co's
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    277 28 AFP BEIJING Chinese and British negotiators ended the first day of talks here yesterday on expanding democracy in Hongkong after a brief summer break during which both sides said they had worked hard making preparations. Britain's chief negotiator Ambassador Robin McLaren said the talks were
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    Lock icon US industrial output rose by 0.4pc in July
    223 28 Reuter WASHINGTON US industrial output rose 0.4 per ccnt in July, its strongest rise in five months, but much of it was due to a surge in electricity usage during a heat wave, the Federal Reserve said yesterday. Output from utilities jumped
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    Lock icon Henderson China takes over Robert Kuok's Beijing project
    385 28 Sunday Morning Post HONGKONG In a joint venture with Beijing Real Estate Development and Management, Henderson China Investment has taken over a controversial property project in the Chinese capital. This follows the withdrawal from the project by Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok after
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    Lock icon Gold rallies but dealers doubt if Soros is back
    222 28 Reuter LONDON Gold prices rose yesterday on buying by investment funds but bullion dealers rejected weekend press reports that international financier George Soros was back in the market. British newspapers had reported that the gold holdings of Mr Soros, who bought
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    Mr Goh delivers a lesson in survival economics
    783 28  -  The Bottom Line PATRICK DANIEL PATRICK DANIEL The writer is editor of Business Times IT WAS an illuminating lesson in economics which Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong delivered in his National Day rally speech on Sunday night, it could have been called:
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      139 28 f Singapore's most popular Nitsukoifts Telephone System F. HAIR LOSS THINNING PROBLEM? Professor Higuchi's Professor Higuchi's AEROP is a A New Weapon For device using Japan's technology iteirßrobtem^^ to treat hair problems. AEROP's innovative hair revolution is able to help your hair weaving process W V painful treatment of I
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      Lock icon Brazilian carrier revamps ahead of privatisation
      340 29 Knight-Rid-der RIO DE JANEIRO Terms for privatising Brazil's debtplagued government shipping company, Lloyd Brasileiro SA, will be set within the next three months, as the company's new board reorganises finances and operations. By mid-November, the National Economic and Social Development Bank is due to
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      Sops to offer shipping service to Batam
      518 29  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Singapore Offshore Petroleum Services Pte Ltd (Sops) will launch a door-to-door shipping service between its base in Loyang, Changi, and the Indonesian island of Batam on Sep 2. The new tug-and-barge service is the brainchild of Sops' new parent,
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      Lock icon Two die in dredger accident off Macau
      128 29 UPI MACAU Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Belgian nationals who drowned when a dredger working on the new Macau airport sank in Chinese waters, the harbour master's office said last Friday. Four other men three Belgians and a Filipino were missing
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      848 29 Page Col ABC Containerize 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 1 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bank Line. The 9
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      Lock icon Brazilian port workers may intensify slowdown
      249 29 Reuter RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian port workers may intensify a slowdown that has reduced operations at the nation's ports if they do not reach a labour contract agreement with shipping companies in the next few days, port and union spokesmen said last week. "The
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      PSA, 4 shipyards to run waste treatment plant
      400 29  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) and Singapore's Big Four shipyards have formed a joint venture to take over the treatment of slop and sludge, waste products from shipping and shiprepair activities. The PSA explained in a statement
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        629 30 tewl Voy Wo B«rtti Anvil Dtpartoe Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departtre Jurong Port Mam 9308 P04 alongside 17 08/0/00 Asa Venture 24 18 alongside 1708/0600 Marine P 16/08* P01A alongside 1608 1800 Bhsstul Reeler 9314 12/3 alongside 1708/1500 Mas la,a 12/93 P02 alongside 1608/2300 Bcaslagi 13/93
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1507 30 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCI CARGO Record Boofcinf/Babnce Rdts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From A Abraham ***** 18/2330 2 16/1700 17/0659 17/0900 4 17/1200 17/1459 17/1700 Ac* Snan 79* 18/1500 1 16/1500 16/1659 16/1900 3
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10646 38 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
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3368 43 A XjLBC tonteinerline NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pie Ltd (SVManne Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SyAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albatros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte Lid
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      COURIER SERVICES
      272 43 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Travel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: 542-3716. *****80. Airs wilt Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Cluster Link Supplies St
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1501 43 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7821 Fax: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Tel: 545-8033. Fax. *****05. TeTs42*-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express International Tel: 542-7666. Fax: *****74. *****50. Air Market Express
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2399 44 ALBANIA Dvm; Five vessels in port discharging of which 2 flour, 1 cheese, 1 bricks, 1 general cargo. ANGOLA Luanda: Port working normally, no reports of delays to any class of vessel. Lobito: Port working normally, traffic levels low. ARGENTINA Santa Fe: No vessels, none in roads, max
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      1024 44 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES AFP THERE has been a marked dropping off in activity, which is only to be expected with the holiday season in full swing. This is reflected in the lower volume of sales being reported during the week. Following earlier reports, it now seems that the handymax
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      556 44 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Flight Type ETA T From Op Flight Type ETD T To TODAY TOO AY NCA K.Z203 B747F 0145 1 NRT S1A SQ802 B747F 0230 2 SYD/AKL KAL KE697 B747F 0150 1 SEL NCA KZ204 B747F 0335 1 BKK/NRT JAL JL617 B747F 0345 I TYO
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      234 44 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Air Dep Name of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of C alls Port Agent Telephone No AUGUST 21 21 Leisure World 1200 1900 Cruise to Nowhere Lauw Sons Travel 227-8284 22 22 Leisure World 0900 1900 Cruise to Nowhere Lauw Sons Travel 227-8284 24 24 Leisure
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      724 45 THE BALTIC Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1,355 on Aug 13 from 1,349. The rate for Panamax grain cargoes on the US Gulf to Japan run continue to improve for late August-early September shipment, brokers said. Yukong was said to have booked Halla
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      993 45 COURSES Title: Import/Export and Shipping Procedures (SDF 50%) Duration: Aug 19 Organiser Elim Management Services Tel: For further details and application forms contact tel: 292-5670. Title: International Freight Forwarding II (SDF 50%) Duration: Aug 20 Dec 7 (31 evenings) Organiser: Singapore Freight Forwarders Association/PSA Tel: All courses are
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      1431 46  -  Creative Chinese capitalists are causing a few raised eyebrows at the Federal Maritime Commission, reports Bruce Vail Bruce Vail AN ANCIENT Chinese ideogram recognises the similarity in meaning between "danger" and "opportunity" by employing the same symbol to embrace both concepts. New developments in
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        527 48 Reuter DUESSELDORF, Germany German police early yesterday seized an Egyptian hijacker who had been holding a KLM airliner and two crewmen hostage to win freedom for a Muslim cleric jailed in New York. Commandos rushed into the Boeing 737-400 jet just after the pilot and a
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        442 48 Knight-Ridder VANCOUVER A group of Canadian shippers and forest companies last week called on the government of British Columbia to act to end an eight-week-old industrial dispute at BC Rail. Tony Jarrett, president of Fibreco Export and spokesman for the group,
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        436 48 AFP SYDNEY The US carrier United Airlines is challenging Australian airline policy, accusing Canberra of "unlawfully restricting" access to lucrative Ja-pan-Australia air routes and throwing Prime Minister Paul Keating into conflict with his sister. The challenge, lodged in Canberra on Monday,
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