The Business Times, 2 September 1993

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  • 13 1 Business Times WE KNOH ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Thursday September 2 1993 75«
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  • 2am LATEST
    • 72 1 Reuter GENEVA Croatian President Franjo Tudjman said yesterday that Bosnian peace talks had broken down for now and that he and all parties were leaving Geneva. He said this was the result of fresh Muslim demands. Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic has said that the 30
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    • 67 1 Reuter LONDON Australian media tycoon Rupert Murdoch launched his 50 per cent owned BSkyß satellite network into a new orbit yesterday with a multi-package of channels to increase revenue and boost viewer choice. Mr Murdoch said he expected the new package, giving satellite viewers the choice
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  • Article, Illustration
    108 1 Stock market indices Wednesday Change STI1 2,012.78 f 4.12 KLSE Composite 821.04 +12.55 Nikkei 20,953.30 -73.30 Hang Seng 7.542.19 -7.54 SET Index 978.91 +15.73 Jakarta Composite ...422.83 +5.53 CLSA China B 1.015.8 +6.1 AustAllOrd 1.977.1 +14.9 FrSE 100 3.0S5.I -14.9 Wednesday Previous lpm dose Dow Jones 3,648.18 3,651.25
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  • 632 1  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Talk that brokerage rates may be cut has once again surfaced, the result of surging turnover on the stock exchange. This time, two other factors have made a rate cut likely. One is the phasing in of scripless trading,
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  • 265 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The financial services sector is poised to continue its double-digit growth in the third quarter, propelled largely by strong volume on the stock market in July and August. Turnover on the main board and Clob International in
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  • 173 1 SINGAPORE The Straits Times Industrials Index and the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index closed at new highs yesterday for the third time in six trading days. After trading sideways for most of the day, the STII rallied late in the afternoon to
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  • 321 1 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian authorities yesterday announced measures to rid the country of commodity futures traders who have continued to operate illegally despite a 16-year-old ban. Announcing the establishment of an inter-departmental team to control the traders, the head of the Commodity
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  • 311 1  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK UNITED Overseas Bank and Overseas Union Bank are now allowed to operate offshore banking services in Thailand, bringing to four the number of Singapore banks with ofTshore licences here. The other two are DBS Bank
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  • 387 1 SINGAPORE Mr Ong Teng Cheong was sworn in last night as Singapore's fifth President. saying he would seek to work with the government in shaping the new political system. Flanked by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Chief Justice Yong
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  • 212 1 Reuter WASHINGTON The United States hopes to strike a deal with China to waive an estimated US$l billion (SSI.6 billion) in trade sanctions imposed for an alleged breach of international missile control guidelines, a senior US State Department official said on Tuesday.
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    • 25 1 Innovation Technology: Pg 22 R&D and national competitiveness Singapore Technologies Industrial Corp (STIC) posts first-half earnings of Ssl2 million, up 38% Full report, Pg 9
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
      • 316 2  -  By Anna Teo THE LEVEL of business activity should stay strong, if not surge, over the next six months, going by the number of international telephone calls for the year to May. According to one university economist, the number of overseas calls is indicative
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    • 102 2 Swearing-in of Ong Teng Cheong, send-off for President Wee Kim Wee Photo by Tan Suan Ann of ST YESTERDAY evening's swearing-in of Ong Teng Cheong as President was preceded by an emotional state send-off for outgoing President Wee Kim Wee and the First Lady.
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    • 245 2  -  By Bernard Chew SONY Systems Design International (SSDI), a Sony subsidiary which provides data processing and information technology services, has set up a multimedia software ro search and development centre in Singapore its first outside Japan. The move was announced yesterday by SSDI
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    • 339 2  -  By Anna Teo PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong last night pledged the full support and cooperation of his government to President Ong Teng Cheong, saying there should be no cause for him to exercise his veto powers. "My government has not the slightest intention of using
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    • 143 2 ANOTHER 23 unrestored shophouses in the Little India Conservation area have been put up for sale by tender. The properties in Perak Road. Madras Street and Dalhousie Lane are offered on 99-year leases and must be restored according to Urban
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  • THE REGION
    • 567 3  -  Uneasiness in banking, corporate circles over govt action From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK ARMED WITH a court order, the Thai government's Expressway and Rapid Transit Authority yesterday forced its private sector partner to open a billion-dollar highway so that motorists in trafficclogged
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    • 286 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's President Suharto urged government and state-run organisations yesterday to keep a firm grip on inflation after the latest consumer price figures showed it moving towards 10 per cent this year. "There are still four months to go to December.
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    • 399 3 Reuter WASHINGTON Vietnam has made progress towards meeting US conditions for lifting a decades-old trade embargo and a possible lifting is under review, according to a senior US official. "There has been progress," Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary of State for East
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    • 270 3 SINGAPORE The growth in the number of cellular telephone subscribers in the Asia Pacific has slowed down to 47 per cent or 1.4 million, compared with 62 per cent last year. These figures were given by Nigel Cawthorne, managing
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    • 120 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Thailand and Malaysia yesterday agreed in principle to have a joint radio broadcast to foster bilateral ties, the Bernama news agency reported. The Governor of Thailand's southern Satun province, Hiran Sidigowit, and Fadzil Mahmood, a top government official of Malaysia's northern
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • 94 4 Reuter SEOUL South Korea will revamp its tax structure next year to lower rates of income and corporate taxes while increasing special excise taxes on petrol, diesel oil, kerosene and liquefied natural gas, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. Under the proposed reforms, to be implemented
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      • 82 4 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.6 per cent year-on-year in July, up slightly from 3.4 per cent in June, the Statistics Department said yesterday. The CPI in July rose to 113.7, base 1990, from 109.8 a year ago, the department
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      • 33 4 Reuter TOKYO Hikari Abe, 6, taking shelter under her desk in her classroom during an earthquake drill yesterday to mark the 70th anniversary of the devasting Great Kanto Earthquake. Reuter
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      • 95 4 AFP BANGKOK A Thai court yesterday postponed until Nov 10 a law suit against former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun and three former Justice Ministry officials, court officials said. The case has already been postponed twice, but the officials said the court decided on a further
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      • 68 4 Reuter SYDNEY Australia's black coal industry will grind to a halt from today when about 20,000 coal miners at 110 mines begin a five-day strike. United Mine Workers president John Maitland said the strike was called to protest against cuts in international coal prices negotiated
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      • 44 4 AFP YANGON Myanmar and China, in a further sign of closer "ties, are to establish consulates in the south-western Chinese city of Kunming and the northern Myanmar town of Mandalay, the state-owned New Light of Myanmar said yesterday..— AFP
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    • 246 4 Reuter BEIJING The city has issued a new guide for Chinese going overseas on private business, telling them to hold on to their proletarian outlook but not to squat, spit or pick their noses in public. According to the guidelines, Beijing believes
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    • 509 4 Prediction of average profit growth of 12-Ispc for 1993 unlikely to be met Reuter TAIPEI Slowing economic growth and stiff competition at home and abroad hit Taiwanese corporate profits in the first half of this year, disappointing investors and casting a shadow over
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    • 273 4 Reuter SEOUL Labour unrest took a toll on South Korean exports in August, pushing the monthly trade account US$46 million (5573.6 million) into the red from a US$lO2 million surplus a year earlier, provisional trade ministry figures showed yesterday. The
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    • 273 4 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG Business activity here in the past two months fell prey to the traditional summer slowdown and worries about China's moves to cool its economy. But most businesses arc fairly upbeat on the outlook for autumn despite China jitters and the continued
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    • 476 7 Reuter TOKYO Japan will doubtless announce yet another huge balance of payments surplus when it unveils July figures tomorrow, but economists said the currency market is unlikely to rush to buy up the yen as a result. Instead, the market is
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    • 301 7 AFP TOKYO Japan's gold and foreign exchange reserves jumped US$B.B billion (5514.1 billion) from the end of July to a four-year high of U5595.4 billion at the end of August, the finance ministry said yesterday. The announcement appeared to confirm a report yesterday that
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    • 131 7 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa forecast a gloomy domestic economy for early September, with economic indicators expected to reveal a further slowdown, Jiji Press news service reported. Mr Hosokawa, in a meeting with Japanese Trade Union Federation president Akira Yamagishi, said he
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    • 392 7 Reuter BOMBAY India's central bank yesterday said it was cutting the minimum lending rate by one percentage point to 15 per cent, the third cut in seven months. Economists said the cut would help spur India's economy, which is in
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    • 218 7 AFP CANBERRA Australia's trade with China could top Ass billion (555.4 billion) this year, following a 58 per cent rise in the first five months of 1993, according to a trade analysis released yesterday. Exports of elaborately transformed goods to the People's Republic almost trebled
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
      • 71 8 Reuter WASHINGTON Temporary duties of 6.6 per cent have been levied on Malaysian welded stainless steel pipe following a "dumping" ruling by the Commerce Department, an industry group said. The US International Trade Commission ruled provisionally that the steel was injuring domestic manufacturers. Commerce
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      • 54 8 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON First-time jobless claims rose 1,000 to 333,000 last week, according to the average of six forecasts in a Bloomberg Business News survey, estimates ranged from 325,000 to 340,000 new claims. During the previous week, jobless claims increased by 8,000 to
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      • 55 8 AFP PARIS France's conservative Prime Minister Edouard Balladur yesterday announced he was in favour of a "limited" revision of the constitution restricting asylum rights for foreigners. Speaking after a meeting with Socialist President Francois Mitterrand, Mr Balladur also stated that the constitutional change would
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      • 67 8 Reuter JOHANNESBURG South Africa hopes to normalise ties with the International Monetary Fund soon, but may not resume public issues in foreign capital markets for some time yet, a top finance official said. Finance Department director-general Gerhard Croeser told Reuters that South Africa
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    • 257 8  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE There is no question of bilateral ties between South Africa and Singapore being weakened although the former is developing its relations with other countries in the region, said South African Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Reiner Schoemann. There is no
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    • 534 8 AP. Reuter. AFP BRUSSELS The presidency of the European Community said on Tuesday the EC may call for a renegotiation of a farm trade accord with the United States, despite fears of reviving a bitter transatlantic dispute. Belgian Foreign
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    • 319 8 Reuter, NYT NEW YORK Israel and the Arabs took dramatic strides towards Middle East peace yesterday as Jordan said it was close to signing a "declaration of principles" with Israel, the second major breakthrough in the Middle East peace process this
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    • 183 8 Reuter LONDON Output in the UK manufacturing industry continued to grow in August, and employment in the sector rose for the second consecutive month, according to the monthly Purchasing Managers' survey. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (Cips) found that manufacturing output
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    • 311 8 Reuter, AP WASHINGTON The Clinton administration yesterday unveiled a sweeping new postCold War defence plan that would reshape the shrinking US military and maintain a robust armed presence in Europe and Asia. The plan, developed from a military review by the Defence Department,
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    • 355 8 Rcuter. AFP MOSCOW Russian President Boris Yeltsin said yesterday he was sacking his rival, Vice-President Alexander Rutskoi, and a Yeltsin supporter. First Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Shumeiko, to defuse a row over corruption. But a statement read out by a presidential
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    • 275 8 AFP WASHINGTON Washington needs to let its Asian trade partners know that the US free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada will not threaten their interests, a US official said on Tuesday. "We still have to work out with our Asian
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 443 9  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Singapore Technologies Industrial Corp (STIC) yesterday unveiled a strong set of interim results, with net earnings rising 38.4 per cent to $12.1S million. STIC president Wong Kok Siew said the biggest contributors to earnings were the construction and
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    • 420 9  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Small investors who applied for up to 9,000 shares in Sincere Watch's initial public offer were most favoured in the balloting exercise yesterday. They were collectively alloted 42.2 per cent of the 8.8 million shares offered to the public at
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    • 280 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Registrar of Companies (ROC) appears to be the sole authority to decide on whether Ibrahim Mohamed. who was fined for short-selling last week, can maintain his post as a company director. The Securities Industry Act 1983 is
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    • 236 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Helicopter Services Berhad has proposed a bonus issue for its shareholders of 188.75 million new ordinary shares of MS 1.00 each on the basis of one share for every one existing share held. Chairman Saw Huat Lye said the proposed issue
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    • 120 9 SINGAPORE CWT Distribution is banking on its consultancy role in managing two ports in Fujian, China, to pave the way for direct investments in port-related businesses this year. Chairman Goon Kok Loon said yesterday the company's foothold in Fujian gave it an edge in
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    • Article, Illustration
      294 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII't Index stocks Sep 1 last Sent Mn Stork sale Char factor amn <S) (I) Avimo 2000 0050 1.41 17.24 CSlC 7 450 -0.100 5.26 -34.48 Cerebos 6.050 0.100 4.27 34.48 FAN 14 900 10.51 GF Asia 3.000 -0.020 2.12 -6.90 Gen Mag I
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    • 222 9 SINGAPORE Hind Hotels International yesterday reported a 16.7 per cent increase in turnover to 5i3.89 million for the six months to June 30. The group also reported an 85.7 per cent increase in operating profit to 52.80 million, while earnings per share rose 86.4
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    • 516 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Agnes Chen SINGAPORE Nobody dares sell Aokam Perdana, an analyst observed. Those who sold the stock on the way up, he explained, had been "punished" as they watched Aokam's price trace a steady climb out
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 84 10 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Promet Bhd said it did not know of any rumours or reasons to account for the unusual market action in the company's shares. "Save for the recent announcements the company made to the exchange, there are no other material
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        • 104 10 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian gaming firm Magnum Corp Bhd has denied a newspaper article linking it to a possible takeover of Ayer Hitam Tin Dredging Bhd. Responding to a Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange query, Magnum said there was "no basis" to the story that it
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        • 90 10 Bernama PETALING JAYA United Engineers (Malaysia) Bhd's (UEM) holding in the enlarged share capital of Projek Lebuhraya UtaraSelatan Bhd (Plus) is expected to increase to 70 per cent upon the latter's listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, Renong Bhd said. UEM currently
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        • 84 10 SINGAPORE NTUC Fair Price, the supermarket arm of the labour movement, has confirmed speculation that Chandra Das is taking over the helm as chairman. He replaces Gopinath Pillai, who held the post for the past 10 years. Fair Price said in a statement that
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        • 48 10 SINGAPORE Amcol Holdings said yesterday it has set up a wholly-owned subsidiary to hold and develop property at Tanjong Rhu. The unit, Amcol Gardens (Tanjong Rhu) Pte Ltd, has a paid-up capital of $2, which will be raised to $1 million this financial year.
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        • 26 10 SINGAPORE Hwa Hong Corporation has appointed Ong Choo Eng as chairman with immediate effect. Mr Ong is also group managing director.
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      • 460 10 Reuter BANGKOK Thai construction materials group The Siam Cement Co Ltd said yesterday that rising operating costs, intense industry competition and recent active expansion sharply cut its first-half earnings. Siam Cement said its firsthalf net profit declined to 1.52 billion baht
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      • 249 10 Reuter SOMERS (NEW YORK) International Business Machines Corp said on Tuesday its newly created unit, IBM Personal Computer Co, is growing 2.5 times faster than the entire PC industry. IBM said during the last three quarters, IBM PC's worldwide unit
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      • 223 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR YTL Corporation Bhd is finalising the equity division for its MSI billion (Ss63o million) power generation project, which will comprise not more than three other groups. Managing director Francis Yeoh told a press conference here yesterday that
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      • 235 10 Weak Aussie record iron output boost CRA's half-year profit Reuter MELBOURNE CRA Ltd said record production and shipment levels for iron ore and a drop in the value of the Australian dollar helped it boost half-year net profit. The diversified mining group reported a surge in halfyear net earnings for
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      • 1212 10 m—mn' prfM (J) Sep 2 hwmi FMMI Unit TrVSt 'noon* Bond Policy 3.40 J.T3 The Commerce I.SO 1.51 Rmdenti*! The Savings Fund 1.31 1.43 PniUnk Mjd Fund 1.24 1.30 S*pore Praj Fund 0.64 0.67 S pore Sec Fund 0.96 I.Olid PIAHA I S pore Inves Fund 1.12 I.IS R« B'putn
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      • 431 10 Reuter TAIPEI A fast-growing Taiwanese food maker aims to become the world's largest processed food conglomerate, using the booming Chinese market as a base. "Our goal is to become the world's number one food manufacturer in
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      • 384 10 AFP BOMBAY Foreign institutional investors are complaining about the lack of secrecy in Indian stock markets as leaks about their purchases push up share prices and spur a bull run after a long slump. Pravin Shah of Smith Newcourt said
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      • 225 10 AFP NEW YORK Eastman Kodak Co has asked the government to slap punitive duties on Fuji film products, accusing the Japanese manufacturer of dumping photographic goods in the United States at unfairly low prices. In a petition filed on Tuesday with
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      • 259 10 AFP LONDON Britain's newest television millionaires, winners in a controversial management share scheme, have been asked to donate part of their earnings to angry colleagues, the Financial Times said yesterday. The 53 directors at London Weekend Television together netted shares worth £70
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      • 211 10 LABUAN Construction and Supply House Bhd (CASH) will expand into oil and gas-re-lated activities here in a bid to return to the black. CASH chairman Abdul Mulok Awang Damit said yesterday that Labuan was an important base in the region for
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 350 11 Reuter LONDON Former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont is to rejoin merchant bank N M Rothschild Sons Ltd as a nonexecutive director, his first such appointment since being sacked from the government in May. The appointment, effective from yesterday, came
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      • 643 11  -  From Brian Gomez in SYDNEY A DRIFT of exploration capital away from the Asian region has created a "new reality" with small- and medium-sized oil companies from Australia and elsewhere starting to fill in the breach, according to the
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      • 384 11 ftfci m rf ofOOfnOWg ENERGY REPORT NEW YORK Crudc oil futures tumbled to a three-week low yesterday, as concerns about Nigeria gave way to con.ccrns about high Opcc output and talks between the United Nations and Iraq on weapons monitoring Traders said
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      • 150 11 THE yen and its related crosses again dominated trading in the currencies market yesterday. The US$/S$ saw a very narrow range trading. Shortcovering of overnight positions in USS allowed the USS/SS to be taken to a high of 1.6065 before ofTshore demand for S$ prevented
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      • 188 11 Reuter LONDON It was a day of mixed fortunes for the dollar with early successes against the yen eclipsed by an ignominious retreat on the mark which left it at 10-week lows. "The dollar's in dangerous territory and could easily hit the low 1.60's (marks) from here," said John
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      • Article, Illustration
        1604 11 /rode-wet/third index calt ulaird against Spore s lop 14 iradinl paniten Base year I9B< US$/S$ forward rates Noon Sep I ss Bid Ofler 1-month 1.6043 1.6051 2-month ***** 1.6056 3-month 1 6038 1.6053 6-month 1.6030 1.6030 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at 10m m Sep 1 Singapore dollars
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      • 81 11 AFP NEW YORK The dollar fell against the major currencies here yesterday in moderately active trading dominated by technical factors. Around 9:30 am, the dollar traded at 1.6610 German marks against 1.6665 earlier in London and 1.6762 Tuesday. The dollar traded at 105.20 yen against 105.30 yen in
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      • 307 11 Reuter NEW YORK A group of international insurers, including underwriters at Lloyd's of London, filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday seeking a declaration that they were not liable for claims against Exxon Corp in the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. The insurers'
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 1457 14 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE The Simex Euroyen interest rate futures contract pared early gains to end easier in a technical retracement yesterday as hopes for credit easing waned slightly. The contract which had spiralled higher on a strong yen bond and firm yen currency, had
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      • 686 14 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin POOR fundamentals continued to weaken the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market, which resumed trading yesterday when the metal sank to its new all-time low of MS 11.69 per kg. down 31 sen from last Friday. Dealers attributed the fall to the
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      • KNIGHT-RIDDER COMMODITY SUMMARY
        • 100 14 MANILA Philippine exports of coconut products reached 1 million tonnes during the first 8 months of the year, according to initial figures released yesterday by the United Coconut Associations of the Philippines. Jan-Aug export volume was 8 per cent higher than the 925.007 tonnes exported
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        • 93 14 SYDNEY Australian oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum Ltd yesterday pointed to higher gas sales in announcing a net profit of ASSLBS million (5555.8 million) for the half year to June 30. The result is up from a profit of A 534.2 million in the previous
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        • 103 14 TOKYO Poor domestic lead demand and tight supplies of concentrate have spurred Japanese lead smelters to curtail output, which some industry sources now say is likely to fall at least 6 per cent this year from the 270,296 tonnes produced in 1992. At the
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    • 1616 14 Rubber MS Commodity Exchingt (futures closing at at lpm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Sep 93 138 00 138.00 138.00 100 325 Oct 136.25 136 00 136 00 37S 3.650 Nov 0.00 J).00 136.00 275 4.900 Dec 136 00
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    • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      • 1131 15 14.9 The stock market continued its upward march buoyed by a company takeover bid, good profit results and offshore buying support yesterday. "The market was quite bullish the focus was on the Boral and Sagasco deal and this was seen as a positive," said a Macquarie Equities broker. Brokers
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      • 602 15 +46.41 Share prices surged following Philippine Long Distance Tele- phone Co's (PLDT) rise on Wall Street, setting an uptrend earlier than expected. The Manila index rose 46.41 points or 2.6 per cent higher at 1,827.20, breaching the previous record of 1,796.05 points set on Aug 23. The Makati index
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      • 533 15 -32.95 Taiwan stocks ended lower across the board as nervous investors sold in the last hour after minor bargain-buying evaporated, brokers said. The weighted index closed 32.95 points down at 3,859.09 in slow turnover of NT$ 11.6 billion. Brokers said sentiment was poor and investors reacted to any sign
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      • 415 15 +9.98 Unconfirmed rumours the Seoul government would announce market-boosting measures, including an easing of the 10 per cent limit on foreign share ownership, pushed stocks up in late afternoon trade, brokers said. The index closed 9.98 points higher on 674.86. Brokers said the index was expected to hold up
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      • 282 15 1.24 The NZSE-40 Capital Index finished little changed in a market which brokers said was continuing to consolidate. Telecom was firm and most other leaders little changed in fairly subdued trade. Brokers cited Northern Hemisphere holidays, dull offshore markets and the start of a new month as reasons
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      • 48 15 -22.99 Share prices closed lower in the Bombay stock market due to heavy selling by speculators despite some end-of-session buying by foreign institutional investors, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share index dropped by 22.99 points to close at 2,608.71, after touching a midsession low of 2,594.59.
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    • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      • 812 15 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer Mim Cap Deposit 38 MOO M 6500 Mim Jeney Cnk 0 189) 0 1992 Mim Mas Incomc I 0600 I 1000 L'SS Cash Incomc Plus Fund MO6500 »l I 2200 PS Reserve Fund 5.2100 5 2200 Stertiac M«it> Euro Performance _0l4592 049)8 Far Last
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      • 609 15 -14.9 Shares closed lower on prof-it-taking yesterday as buyers largely stepped aside after Tuesday's hesitation at record share price levels. A rally on the September FTSE futures contract late in the day, on a widened premium over cash, helped limit some of the damage prompted earlier by a profit
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      • 106 15 •24.56 After setting a series of record highs during recent sessions, French shares finally gave in to profit-taking and shed over 1 per cent in moderate trade, dealers said. The CAC-40 index ended down 24.56 at 2,191.93. Paris Sep I Fr 47-Air-Liquide 769 00 -900 Mcaiel An«hom 759 00
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      • 188 15 -26.31 German shares are likely to ease again today as the market sees another correction from recent gains. But dealers hope this phase of consolidation will be the last before a surge to new record highs. The 30-share DAX Index ended 26.31 points or 1.35 per cent lower at
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      • 164 15 10.6pc Belgian stocks soared as the Bel-20 raced to catch up with stock markets in the rest of Europe, traders said. The Bel-20 index, alone among major European stock indices, rose 10.6 per cent to close at 1,319.51. Volume was relatively large, with 443,000 shares changing hands, after 229.000
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      • 176 15 -13 Italian stocks sank yesterday under pressure from Fiat, traders said. The Turinbased carmaker is being sold as rumours persist that it's planning to tap shareholders for more money. "Fiat's under pressure, and that's just taking the whole market down with it," said a trader at San Paolo. The
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      • 343 15 -12.03 Toronto stocks slipped in quiet early trade yesterday as precious metals issues took a knock from tumbling gold prices, traders said. "It isn't just golds. If you look at the market as a whole, everything's a little bit weaker," one dealer said. The TSE 300 Composite Index fell
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      • 847 15 -3.07 Blue-chip stocks drifted lower yesterday, with investor sentiment dampened by weak economic news. But the Nasdaq index continued its record run, gaining 1.28 points to 744.12. At 1 pm EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 3.07 points at 3.648.18. Volume was moderate at 140 million
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      • 258 15 -3.11 Dutch stocks closed lower as investors played safe and locked in the gains they've made in the past week and a half, traders said. The EOE index of the leading 24 Dutch stocks closed down 3.11 points at 362.58 points. On Tuesday, the market hit an all- time
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      • 281 15 -10.68 Swiss shares extended losses in afternoon trading after profit-taking accelerated, dealers said. They added that recent consolidation was continuing, with foreign investors less active than previously. The SMI index of leading shares ended 19.8 points down at a final 2,470.4. The all-share SPI eased 10.68 points to a
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      • 299 15 -5 In dull closing trade yesterday, South African gold shares pared what small gains they had made earlier, as the gold price dipped below US$37O an ounce and the financial rand weakened to 4.72 versus the dollar. The gold index closed five points higher at 1,752 while industrials lost
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      2990 16 Reuter HONGKONG Share prices ended slightly lower after a day of cautious trade dominated by weakness in the banking sector, brokers said. The blue chip Hang Seng Index fell 7.54 points to 7.542.19 after a day of range trading. HSBC Holdings lost 50 cents to HK583.50 after it issued
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      511 16 TRADING on the Shanghai B share market was active yesterday as compared to the last few days. The CLSA Shanghai B Index surged 39.33 points to close at 814.09. The most actively traded share was Outer Gaoqiao. gaining 4.4 per cent while Tyre Rubber gained most, ending 6.58 per
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      2522 16 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended modestly easier on profit-taking with the Nikkei slipping below 21,000 yesterday. But it was off lows as hopes o( a rate cut and deregulations in various industries prevented sharp falls, and investors sought after selected individual shares, brokers said. "The market is struggling to recover
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      1807 16 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Thai stock prices surged 1.6 per cent as investors targeted major bank and property shares, analysts said. Overall, the Stock Exchange of Thailand index gained 15.73 points to 978.91 yesterday, the market's highest level since a trading scandal caused prices to plunge in February. Advancing
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      1010 16 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices continued its rally in active afternoon trading yesterday, brokers said. The Composite Index ended up 5.53 points at 422.83. "Stocks across the board saw strong support by local players. Light profit-taking in late session corrected overall strong rise slightly." a foreign brokerage dealer said. Semen
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    • 2457 17 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE -¥Otottt Promet 81.277,000 Bedford 50c 13.0*6,000 Faber Group 12.586,000 FACB 50c 12.145.000 Mulpha I nil 50c 8.753.000 Mctroptcx 50c 7.914.000 Idns Hyd 50c 6.532.000 ICamuniing 50c (.405.000 MUI 4.404.000 MBf Capital 6.257.000 Aua Pac Ld 50c S.965.000 Rcnong Bhd 50c
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
      • 5402 17 Bernama KUALA The share market closed on a firm stormed back from an extended weekend to buy stocks on a broad front yesterday. However, prices were generally off their earlier highs as profit-taking trimmed gains ahead of the close. Rises in
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 7742 18  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Selective buying of blue chips yesterday pushed the Straits Times Industrials Index to a new high, while the Malaysian market and second liners continued to attract most investor attention. Gains in 10 of the 30 industrial stocks comprising
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      • 72 18  -  HOT STOCK Paul Leo BUY Singapore Petroleum at $2.80. The downside is limited to only $2.70, while upside potential is $4.00. With the daily RSI at 25, any price weakness would push the stock into the oversold region. The weekly and monthly RSI is neutral, indicating that if
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    • 40 16 JPjRi Relive the fabled legends of the Iff 111 O rw moon. mA* a jMSF At The Hour Glass, Centrepoint, 27th August 6th September 1993, 10.30 am 7.00pm (Monday to Saturday); 11.00 am 5.00pm (Sunday). The Hour Glass B ®L_J
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    • 30 18 Relive the fabled legends of the moon. At The Hour Glass, Centrepoint, 27th August 6th September 1993, 10.30 am 7.00pm (Monday to Saturday); 11.00 am 5.00pm (Sunday). The HourGlass 0
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  • SPORTS
    • 504 19  -  46th Singapore Amateur Open Golf By Shahiron Sahari SINGAPORE Indian amateur golf is embarking on something of a growth phase and the 46th Singapore Amateur Open starting today at the Jurong Country Club will be a suitable platform to gauge its progress. India
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    • 676 19 US Open Stich, Capriati also out; Edberg struggles in five-setter AP NEW YORK All of Andre Agassi's boasts suddenly sounded empty. He bragged about his new work ethic, his renewed confidence. He thought he'd strut into the US Open without playing many matches and just stroll ofT
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    • SCORE CARD
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        70 19 Reuter NEW YORK American league Tuesday Chicago 11 NY 3; Texas 8 Boston I; Kansas 6 Milwaukee 5; Minnesota 5 Cleveland 4 (in 22); Seattle 5 Detroit 4; Baltimore 8 California 2; Toronto 3 Oakland 2 (in 10). National: Philadelphia 7 Chicago 0; Florida 2 San Diego 1; Pittsburgh
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        121 19 AFP WELLINGTON An influential Maori political group is calling for South Africa's Springbok 1994 itinerary to be changed so a Maori "test" can be played, the Evening Post reported here yesterday. In April, a row was sparked when Nic Labuschagnc. head of the South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu)
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        113 19 Reuter BLENOS AIRES Diego Maradona. Argentina's mercurial soccer star, on Tuesday announced he was ready to return to the game he oflen threatened to quit. The 33-ycar-old midfielder, who admitted he is at least 4 kg overweight and in dire need of training, told a local radio station that
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        551 19 AFP FLUSHING MEADOW, New York LS Open Ist round results, Tuesday Men: Michad Chang (US) b Shelby Cannon (US) 6-1 7-5 6-2; Ronald Agenor (Haiti) b Phillip Williamson (US) 7-6 6-2 6-2; Thomas Muster (Aus) b Alex Corretja (Spn) 6-4 6-4 6-3; Stefan Edberg (Swe) b Olivier Delaitre (Fra)
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 119 19 SISIR SPECIAL FEATURES THE STRAITS TIMES AND LIANHE ZAOBAO OCTOBER 1, 1993 This is an award-winning opportunity to advertise your products and services, enhance your corporate image and forge links with Singapore's foremost companies. The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao will be publishing special features in conjunction with the SISIR
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    • 677 19 BUSINESS TIMES TOLL-FREE TEL. No. FAX 741-1298 "I proposed. She accepted.'' Call today for results tomorrow. 737-1166 In the Matter uf The Companies Art Cap. SO and ManifTa'% Private Limited (In Members' Voluntarily Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at I North
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    • 280 19 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP.S« AND IN THE MATTER OF PANSORTIUM ENGINEERING TOOLS PTE. LTD. (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed company, duly convened and held at No. 9S Lavender Street, Singapore 1233 on 24th August
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 911 20 Noll llllg Beats A Bud. H liiyfl WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN OF 50? £52. pedapNMVoE Tuck into tasty Nonya MM m 5 Bur ret s \i delicious authentic Nonya PJ cuisine including: tll*OA++*H Bokwan kepiting J J,QU §1 tfek nm *LUNCH BUFF6T IJ§ s*2^« il 3.80++ (oduk) SJ:ST
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    • 280 20 < &oast >7 Our French culinary > is a toast to the of French (are. And ApmA J|. this month, it brings us to BORDEAUX j 41 i%X **2* wjipi A Cnfcnary Tour of ftancc QoiaT^,, colour of the J itr*:# man y p^P'^ j/lfcftWlF Food of Asia is reflected
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      1409 21  -  Ex-Hongkong film director John Woo is trying to duplicate his X-rated style ot production in Hollywood. Desson Howe ponders over his chance of success Desson Howe IHT THIS shy little guy wearing the white polyester shirt and the cheap slacks and the kind of necktie you can
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    • 709 21 CHATTERBOX AP AP AP Reuter THE marriage is ofT, and Axl Rose wants his money back. The lead singer of Guns N' Roses and model Stephanie Seymour began dating in early 1991, got engaged on Feb 4 and split up later that month. Now,
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    • 74 21 CAPERS funday. Bring your family to Capers for brunch this Sunday and feast on sumptuous Asian and Continental buffet favourites as well as a special children's menu. The kids will even have a play area all to themselves. Only $28++ per adult and $14 for kids up to 14 years
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 1168 21 TV RADIO Death Wish 11.20pm. 1 SBC 5 P Mb *Wr 1 His whole family killed in carinstalments, Charles Bron- k Ijflf it I girlfriend's daughter dies 1 JB fl drug overdose. He to rid V fl Los Angeles of the gangs who P' lßk M control 90 per cent
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
    • IN TAKES
      • 62 22 SINGAPORE Very Large Scale Integration circuits are becoming more sophisticated, making their design more difTicult to lay out. The National University of Singapore's engineering faculty has risen to the challenge, developing a computer-aided system that simplifies the task. Called the LSIS automated layout system, it takes
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      • 60 22 AFP TOKYO Matsushita unveiled a new notebook with a mini CD-ROM drive here yesterday. The 486-based Windows machine features a monochrome and colour LCD screen and is also compatible with pen-input systems. It will go on sale under the Panasonic brand in Japan, the US, UK, Germany
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      • 62 22 UPI MADISON, Wisconsin Scientists at the University of Wiscon-sin-Madison tracked Hurricane Emily with an experimental process that could lead to better forecasting. The researchers tracked images of atmospheric water vapour sent back by satellite to help predict Emily's path. The technique allows scientists to look at
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      • 73 22 AP WASHINGTON A laboratory skin test developed at the National Institute of Health may identify people with Alzheimer's disease, a mind-destroying disorder that now cannot be positively diagnosed until after death. Researchers said on Tuesday the test could save a great deal of money, shield patients from
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    • 524 22  -  This year's Techmonth will highlight the role of R&D in national competitiveness. Teh Hooi Ling reports Teh Hooi Ling THE rat race of the world is in technology and innovations, without the negative connotations the term tends to imply. A breakthrough can make a company, and
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    • 401 22  -  Warren Leary finds out what materials scientists are up to now Warren Leary NYT INCREASINGLY, scientists designing new materials are looking to nature as a source of inspiration. In their search for ways to make substances that are harder, stronger, lighter and more durable, they
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    • 283 22 AP WASHINGTON Somebody always seems to be out to trash the food you enjoy the most. Now the calorie counters, sodium sifters and cholesterol cops are taking out after Chinese food. The Centre for Science in the Public Interest decided to test
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    • 470 22 it* mm 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
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    • 240 22 I MORE UNRESTORED I SHOPHOUSES IN LITTLE INDIA CONSERVATION AREA RELEASED FOR SALE BY URA Lo /€:%s>! The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is offering for sale by public tender 23 unrestored shophouses/buildinas on 21 parcels of land at Perak Road/ Madras Street/Dalhousie Lane in Little India Conservation area. All the
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    • 73 22 You can do so many things with the help of The Straits Times Classified, like: Buy a home Find a job Get a car Rentacar Sell your bicycle Hire a painter Purchase a washing machine Locate your lost pet Announce a birth Make an investment Hire a maid < Start
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  • THE LAW PAGE
    • 607 23  -  Ramesh Divyanathan reports on the response of Singapore lawyers to the new advertising rules while the accompanying article looks at an attempt to help the US bar sell its services Ramesh Divyanathan I lawyer? I MLegal services at very reasonable fees, divorces start
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    • 812 23 NYT YOU'VE heard of Sleepless in Seattle. But how about Clienlless in California or Hustling in Houston? Deep down, many of those lawyers attending a party thrown by the Morristown, New Jersey, law firm of Pitney, Hardin, Kipp Szuch at the Temple of
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    • 135 23 u TTt" W H* dfiflß FOR SALE RADISSON OBSERVATION CITY HOTEL ON THE SUNSET COAST, PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA 19 level, 333 room, 5 stor beochfront hotel and retail complex. 5 restaurants, 4 bars, 2 nightclubs, drive-through bottleshop 7 main function rooms subdivisible into 13 separate spaces Huge freeform swimming pool,
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    • 263 23 r-m "Profit Planning ir Analysis" Seminar Oct 11-12 1993 Singapore Key issues covered include: How the planning process works The role of budgeting in the organisation The latest financial analytical techniques The importance of accurate and realistic forecasting Prediction of financial distress and potential company failure How to further enhance
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    • 52 23 We Wouldn't Blame You If You Didn't Know Compass Rose Has Two Beautiful Function Rooms With A Breathtaking View. Afterall, You're Often Down Here And They're Right Up There, In The Tallest Hotel Of The World. The Westin Stamford &The Westin Plaza Singapore Call Westin Catering at 338 3808 for
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  • 536 24 EPfTOWAL THE broad outlines of the accord between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation are just emerging and, stripped of initial euphoria, they are fairly modest. After 14 secret meetings in Norway and three more in another country, senior Israeli and PLO officials have initialled an accord
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 225 24 ALL presidents are constrained by the rules of dignity and decorum. They represent nothing less than the state. But they are also First Citizens, and here the irony is that, to be good First Citizens, they are obliged to keep a dignified distance from all other citizens.
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    • 107 24 ITS time for Singaporeans to bid farewell to President Wee Kim Wee and the First Lady after their eight years of distinguished and memorable service. The couple will be fondly remembered for their kindness, warmth and hospitality that graced every moment at the Istana or beyond. President
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    • 205 24 IN a reply to China's newspaper Renmin Ribao and China Central Television (CCTV), Japanese Prime Minister Hosokawa said Japan-Sino relations are as important as Japan-US relations and stressed that "maintaining and strengthening Japan-Sino ties is crucial to the peace and security of the Asia-Pacific region
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    • 214 24 THE industrialised countries did not take much of a fuss during the three decades Premier Lee Kuan Yew ruled Singapore with his iron hand cloaked in velvet gloves, unlike their response to other developing countries who were still reluctant to embrace democracy. Prime Minister Goh
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    • 182 24 OPENNESS and accountability in public institutions form part of the means of ensuring Hongkong's systems and way of life continue into the future. Legislative Councillors, therefore, are right to demand that their Executive Council colleagues be subject to rules requiring them to disclose their stock market
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    • 188 24 EXACTLY 25 years have passed since an important event in American history a watershed in the Vietnam war that a quarter century later holds timely lessons for Thailand. The presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party held in Chicago on August 24-29, 1968, shows that even
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  • 1151 24 Interview with American futurist Alvin Toffler on changes in Japan THE establishment of a coalition government in Japan is jiist one example of how the world is changing as a result of the end of the Cold War, according to American futurist
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 58 24 l DOrt'T KNOU) vaJHPO" I UMPft DO Nou meAN 1 *s^2* -WMW WtlDaiSgfcgj JSr£n3*3ie&.N "wT? -■> n do J e USOOATU MimaWM LT». fc-fc wDoonesbury by garry trudeau .I* ySAH,MARK, VOUSPENP I«! HBY.NOtUAI! ICU KNOW IT! MJHII£ 1 AU,NI6HTSrmN6INJUP6- Kfl v fffSf'" UZURtJUST TOUGOSCAKiOURHtAO, p MBNT OF (JlHe* PttPLS, BUT
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 1149 25 As the argument for making the Bank of England independent grows stronger, so does the case for narrowing its wide range of activities The Economist EVERY September, the court of the Bank of England, the central bank's governing body, reviews
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    • 626 25 Shaky start ends in listing on Shanghai stock market The Economist IN China, property rights are so ill-defined that directors of big industrial firms often cannot answer the simple question: who owns this company? The financial system is even murkier. Which makes it
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    • 440 25 > DBSBANK THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) To: All Ordinary Shareholders NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the ordinary shareholders of the Company will be held in the Board Room, 46th storey, DBS Building,
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    • 353 25 9TH ASIA PACIFIC PETROLEUM CONFERENCE The Premier Meeting Place for the Oil Industry 13-15 September 1993 Raffles City Convention Centre Singapore Mr Abdulrahman Al-Garawi ASIA: Saudi European Petrochemical Economic Scenario in the Asian Company. Saudi Arabia Region Mr Henry Eckhardt China The Re-emergence of an Senior Vice President Oil Giant
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  • 509 26 AP, Reuter, AFP WASHINGTON The Clinton administration yesterday sharply cut its estimate of US economic growth this year. In its mid-session review of the budget, issued six weeks late, the administration said the gross domestic product the sum of all goods and services
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  • 525 26  -  Ex-British PM talks about China, Russia and other issues in S'pore lecture By Vikram Khanna SINGAPORE The UN arms embargo on Bosnia was "totally and utterly wrong" because it "denied an attacked people the possibility of defending themselves", former British Prime Minister Margaret
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  • 347 26 Reuter PARIS France said yesterday that a long list of newly industrialised countries, including China, the Philippines, Thailand and the fast-growing "Dragons" of Asia, should be denied European Community trade concessions. European Affairs Minister Alain Lamassourc told a news conference that
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  • 233 26 NYT WASHINGTON Vice-Pres-ident Al Core is preparing to announce an ambitious plan to restructure the federal government that could shift more than 100,000 employees into early retirement or retraining programmes, administration officials said on Tuesday. The plan, known officially as
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  • 883 26  -  The Bottom Line MAGGIE FORD MAGGIE FORD The writer is BT's Jakarta Correspondent PRESIDENT Suharto has now signalled that it is time for political change in Indonesia, an idea that has received a warm welcome from opinion leaders in Jakarta. But their welcome
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    • 100 26 -MttEßttlrtm MARKETING I Tomorrow in Business Times The leading UK University Business School offers you the W opportunity to study for the prestigious Warwick MBA with local support provided in Singapore University of Warwick PUBLIC PRESENTATION To find out more about this exciting MBA Programme, you are cordially invited to
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    • 62 26 EC may call for renegotiation of farm pact with US, Pg 8 Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, My Bad Back, Ouch, uch,Ouch, My Neck, ch, Ouch, Ouch,My Pulled Muscle Ahhhhhhh My N.Z. Waterbed. FANTASY WATERBEDS PTE LTD 15 Enggor Street (off Anson Rd) #01-03 Realty Centre Singapore 0207 Tel: 226 1055 Fax:
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    • 296 26 MARKETING Tomorrow in Business Times 0 DBS BANK I THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE LTD I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) H CLOSURE OF BOOKS FOR THE BONUS ISSUE I Notice is hereby given that the Share Transfer Books and the H Register of Members of the Company will
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  • Shipping Times
    • 460 27  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Members of the Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement (Anera) will soon charge 35 per cent more for receiving less-than-container-load cargo at container freight stations (CFS) here. In a notice to shippers last week, Anera
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    • 267 27 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian International Shipping Corp (MISC), Compagnie Generate Maritime (CGM) and Nedlloyd Lines have announced a temporary suspension of their joint service to the Port of Fos, Marseilles. MISC, a partner of the tonnage sharing agreement (TSA)
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    • 264 27 Reuter BOMBAY India's second biggest private sector shipowner, Essar Shipping, is negotiating to buy four 140,000-dead-weight-tonne (dwt) tankers from the Russian firm Sovcomflot, an Essar director said on Tuesday. The acquisitions are part of increased activity by Indian shipowners in
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    • 840 27 Page Col ABC Containerline 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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    • 198 27 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Major Malaysian rubber shippers and the Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC) have extended by two years a 16-year-old freight pact that expired last May. The extension took effect yesterday. Under the Separate Merchants Agreement, the rate for
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    • 320 27 BANGKOK Straits Liner Express Ltd has been appointed booking agent for Lloyd Triestino Co for all shipments of less than a container load (LCL) and for all consolidated cargo. Straits Liner Express, the result of a recent merger between Liner Freight Service
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    • 230 27 SINGAPORE Vessels passing through Indonesian waters will be slapped with a surcharge to pay for and maintain sea traffic signs there. An AFP report yesterday quoted Antara news agency as saying that Indonesia planned to reimpose a fee that
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 470 28 V«*m Voy No Berth Arrival Dgrtw Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jurong Port [quator Gran 68 31 P03 alongside 0209/1200 Mwuslwhe* 39 alongside 02.09/1200 Katmantan 1 16/93 P03 alongside 0109/1500 Uy Moo LM/07 #/9 alongside 02 09/2300 Manne/P 01/09* P01A alongside 01.09/1800 Nwja 42 SJ10/93 13
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    • 2505 42 ALBANIA Duress: Five vessels in port discharging of which 2 flour, 1 general cargo, 1 humanitarian cargo, 1 coal. ANGOLA Luanda: City normal, but power very restricted. Water supply still intermittent. Port quiet with 2 vessels currently discharged and various coasts 1 vessel. Berths available with no delays
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    • 556 42 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op FUgbt Type ETA T From Op Flight Type ETD T To TODAY TODAY KAL KE697 B747F 0150 I SEL KAL KE697 B747F 0440 I BKK SI A SQ827 B747F 1730 2 CPH/DXB SI A SQ/ B747F 0715 2 DXB/LON CLX CV794 B747F 1845 I
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    • 1048 42 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES AFP FOLLOWING another week dominated by activity surrounding the handy bulker market, we have seen a change in direction with a cape-size and a couple of VLCCs reported at the end of the week. The VLCCs were the Argo Elektra (285,000 dwt built 1990) and the
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    • 525 43 THE DRY cargo freight market was said to be quiet after the UK's local holiday Monday which was reflected in a seven point drop in the Baltic Freight Index to 1,434, from Friday's setting at 1,441. Brokers said the recent sudden rise in panamax rates has not been
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    • 490 43 COURSES Title: Container Management (SDF 70%) Duration: Sep 9 Oct 14 (6 evenings) Organiser: Singapore National Shipping Association Tel: For further details and application forms contact SNSA at tel: 278-3464 or fax: 274-5079 Title: Standard Trading Conditions (SDF 70%) Duration: Sep 14 Oct 26 (7 sessions) Organiser: Singapore
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      • 303 46 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Diversified Australian transport group Mayne Nickless Ltd said net profit in the year ended June 30 fell 67 per cent to A 558.8 million (5563.2 million), on losses in European transport operations. The company said it expects the economic
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      • 698 46 AFP BANGKOK Water up to their knees, sandals in hand, pedestrians in this former "Venice of Asia" make their awkward way home unlikely objects of envy for countless motorists. Bumper-to-bumper, imprisoned for hours in Bangkok's notorious traffic jams, drivers can only
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      • 395 46 Reuter DETROIT Ford Motor Co said it and the United Auto Workers agreed to a more intense schedule of bargaining in an efTort to reach a contract settlement by a Sep 14 strike deadline. The UAW on Monday chose Ford as its
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      • 57 46 Reuter CRANFIELD, England Dave Gauder, holder of 13 world strongman records, attempting to prevent two jet planes from moving off on Tuesday. He was dressed in a flame-proof suit and an oxygen mask while operating 6 metres from each of the jet engines. His feat
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        • 103 46 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia has sold seven CN-235 aircraft, manufactured by the state aircraft company IPTN, to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for 217.47 billion rupiah (*****.1 million), a report said yesterday. The first two aircraft were handed over on Tuesday by State Minister for
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        • 81 46 Reuter LONG BEACH McDonnell Douglas Corp said its C-17 aircraft completed a major structural test, in which the fuselage of a non-flying C-17 was subjected to loading forces 150 per cent of its design limit load. Design limit loads are forces that could be expected
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        • 91 46 UPI MEXICO CITY Mexican authorities closed the Pacific port of Manzanillo on Tuesday as Hurricane Jova approached Mexico's Pacific coast with heavy rain and gusts of up to ISS kph. The surrounding areas in the state of Colima were placed on alert due to
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        • 62 46 AFP MANAMA British Airways is to fly to the Yemeni cities of Sanaa and Aden starting this winter, the company's office in Bahrain announced on Tuesday. The airline will make direct flight on Tuesdays and Saturdays from London to the southern port city
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        • 82 46 Reuter NEW YORK A scheduled delivery of about 430,000 barrels of Nigerian crude oil to Amoco Corp's Yorktown, Virginia, refinery was held up at sea on Tuesday in anticipation of Hurricane Emily, shipping sources said. The crude is currently held on an oil supertanker 80 km
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      • 213 46 AFP MANILA Philippine Airlines (PAL) is seeking an alliance with a bigger foreign partner as part of its strategy to weather turbulence in the industry, a senior official said. Executive vice president Romeo David told a business forum late on Tuesday that the
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