The Business Times, 15 September 1993

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    13 1 Business Times MITA (P) 552/12/92 Wednesday September 15 1993 WE KNOW ASIA 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon US defence contractor fined
      59 1 AFP LOS ANGELES Tclcdyne Inc has pleaded guilty to charges that it submitted false statements to the United States military contracts with Taiwan. US District Court Judge David Kenyon has fined the dcfcnce contractor US$l.5 million (552.4 million) for attempting to disguise commissions paid to a
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      Lock icon Dangerous levels of radioactivity detected
      66 1 AFP MOSCOW Russian experts have left on an urgent mission to a Ukrainian nuclear arms store as radioactivity and temperature levels "dramatically increased". The agency ItarTass last night quoted General Vitaly lakovlcv, head of Rusrsian nuclear security, as saying "the facts arc very worrying", adding
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    106 1 Stack narfcet indices Tanday Chaafe STI1 2,012.49 +2.98 KLSE Composite 817.78 -2 58 Nikkei 20,947.79 -200.32 Hang Sen( 7.473.85 -2.12 SET IrxJex 988.53 +2.04 Jakarta ComposUe ...428.37 CLSA China B 1.036.85 -0.92 AustAllOrd 1.912.9 -25.4 FrSE 100 3,028.0 3.2 Tanday Pre»«ow llani clov Dow Jones.... 3,608.22 3,634.21 Exchange
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    Asian investors lost US$2.2b in US last year
    502 1  -  Reports by Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE Asian companies, led by the Japanese, lost a further US$2.2 billion (553.5 billion) in their investments in the US last year, says the US Department of Commerce. Japanese firms accounted for four-fifths of the Asian losses
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    Clinton eases Viet sanctions, but embargo stays
    484 1  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE US President Bill Clinton further relaxed economic sanctions against Vietnam yesterday but refused to lift fully the 18-year-old embargo unless Hanoi accounted for some 2,000 American soldiers still missing from the Vietnam War. Mr Clinton's relaxation allows US firms
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    American MNCs step up research in Asia, cut back in West
    280 1 SINGAPORE American multinational corporations have been stepping up research and development in Asia, while cutting back in the West. In 1991, they spent USS9I4 million on research and development in the region, up 8 per cent from the year
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    Property market set to perk up after hungry ghosts month
    461 1  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE The property market is cxpectcd to come back to life again after the "Hungry Ghosts" month ends today. Marking the end of a month of subdued activity when superstitious people postponed major investments developers will be
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    Lock icon People's Daily carries apology from Post
    160 1 Reuter BEIJING The Peoples Daily yesterday carricd a public apology from Hongkong's En-glish-language Sunday Morning Post newspaper owned by South China Morning Post (Holdings) Ltd for a story last month alleging fraud totalling US$2B billion by Chinese bank officials. The report claimed that many
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    Delayed: S'pore's $4b petrochem expansion project
    421 1  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE A Ss4 billion plan to expand Singapore's world-scale pctrochcmical complex on Pulau Ayer Merbau has been delayed. Key partners in the proposed project have put off a decision to pursue the plans further because a major player, Phillips Petroleum Singapore
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    S'pore bourse sets new high
    172 1 SINGAPORE Frenzied trading in Malaysian shares on Gob yesterday pushed the local stock market to a record high. In value terms, it was worth $910.68 million, exceeding the previous high of $798.97 million on May 20. Turnover on the main board and Gob was 495.83
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      177 1 THE NEW SIGNS OF THE TIMES -5 liTllaVi 11 (*j K \lv z KT7TI L g jn M''" JggfiTTaQ I*2—- 1 CONTENTS Sport News 2 SponSrsa* .9,10,12 Regional News 3.4.5 Financial 13,14,15 World News 6.7 fuiMn Mailwte Analyse 27 Oob/KLSE. S£S 19.20 Editorial 26 Regional 17 Sports 21 World 18
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      29 1 Regional Analysis: Pg 24 New Malaysian world view Chuan Lcckpai to reshuffle Cabinet, Pg 3 Japan's GNP shrinks; US trade gap at highest level in 5 yrs, Back Pg
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      10 1 Hock Lock Siew: Pg 9 Indon cement sector firming up
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Growth of 8.5-9pc predicted
        363 2  -  By Anna Teo AN ECONOMETRIC model based on the official composite leading index has forecast growth of between 8.5 and 9 per cent for the Singapore economy this year. According to Transearch Consultants, gross domestic product growth should after the unexpected 10.1 per cent surge in
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      Service sector pays better than manufacturing: survey
      596 2  -  Reports by Anna Teo SERVICE companies in Singapore are better paymasters than manufacturing firms for all staff levels below senior management, according to Hewitt Associates' latest salary survey. The US consulting/actuarial firm's survey of 102 companies here shows that the overall pay rise
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      70pc of companies provide monetary rewards on top of salary
      485 2 SEVEN in 10 companies surveyed provide one form or another of reward-sharing programmes for staff, including stock option schemes for support and manual workers in some instances. By and large, it is top management, managers, supervisors and professional staff who
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      S'pore can nurture growth of oil industry in the region: Dhana
      296 2  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE can play a pivotal role in accelerating the growth of the oil industry in the region, said Trade and Industry Minister S Dhanabalan yesterday. Speaking at the opening of the 9th Asia-Pacific Petroleum Conference held
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      Group A Telecom shares — selling of loyalty shares
      255 2 Group A Telecom shares selling of loyalty shares GROUP A shares under Singapore Telecom's flotation will continue to earn loyalty shares even if allotted loyalty shares are sold within six years. The loyalty shares can be sold at special counters set up at stock broking firms and selected banks, and
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      Plane hits baggage vehicle at airport
      206 2 PASSENGERS on a British Airways flight from Singapore to London did not have to go through the usual long wait for their luggage on Monday night. The only catch was, the luggage was not theirs, and they had not even left Changi Airport yet.
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      HDB upgrading scheme will be affordable to all flat-owners, pledges Dr Yeo
      295 2 DEFENCE Minister Yeo Ning Hong last night pledged that no HDB flat-owner will be deprived of a chance to renovate his flat under the government's upgrading policy because of financial constraints. Speaking at the launch Of an upgrading
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      Lock icon More S'pore firms in Myanmar
      88 2 AP SINGAPORE companies are considering setting up two sawmills, .a plywood mill and an agricultural-processing factory in Myanmar. The Trade Development Board said yesterday a growing number of Singapore companies had set up trading offices, showrooms and department stores in Yangon and Mandalay. A seminar
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  • THE REGION
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      Chuan to reshuffle Cabinet as govt coalition sacks rebel party
      562 3  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THAI Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai yesterday decided to drop the rebel Social Action Party (SAP) from his year-old coalition government, triggering a Cabinet reshuffle. The SAP, which last weekend announced that it would merge
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      Thailand reviewing gas imports from Malaysia
      405 3  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY THAILAND is reviewing its import of gas from Malaysia, said Savit Bhotiwihok, Minister with the Office of the Prime Minister of Thailand. Thailand is also seeking an alternative source of supply from Myanmar, said Dr Savit, who is in
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      Lock icon Northern Growth Triangle to get boost from govt, business
      430 3 Reuter HATYAI, Thailand Officials and business executives from three Asean countries have vowed to move quickly to make a special economic zone a reality. "All constraints in implementing projects should be minimised. It must be very clear the government role should
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      Lock icon Ramos wants more effective scheme to repay country's US$34b debt
      333 3 AP MANILA President Fidel Ramos yesterday ordered the Finance Department and the Central Bank to formulate a more effective plan to pay the country's US$34 billion (5554.4 billion) foreign debt. A statement by the President's office said reducing debt payments
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      Lock icon Indonesia's F-16 contract won't be hit by US move: Habibie
      279 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's' manufacture of parts for the United States-made F-16 fighter aircraft will not be affected if Washington legislates to link arms sales to human rights, the official Antara news agency said yesterday. "The manufacturing will continue according to
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon China, Asean step up cooperation
        83 4 AFP BEIJING China and Asean are setting up two joint committees to look into boosting cooperation in trade and technology. The state-run Xinhua news agency yesterday said the move was the product of "broad understanding" between China and the Association of South-east Asian Nations, after
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        Lock icon Famous Chinese dissident released
        105 4 AFP BEIJING China's most celebrated political prisoner, Wei Jingsheng, was freed yesterday after spending more than 14 years behind bars, in what many viewed as a gesture to boost Beijing's bid to stage the 2000 Olympic Games. Diplomats were quick to link the move to the
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        Lock icon Going hungry for a cause
        53 4 Reuter ISLAMABAD Tehmina Durrani (second from left), ex-wife of t a veteran Pakistani politician and a best-selling author, beginning .a hunger strike with other supporters outside Parliament yester*Xiay. They were demanding accountability of what they called corrupt political leaders before the country's general elections on
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        Lock icon Taiwan to build software park
        55 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan will start building next month a US$34l million (***** million) computer software park to help develop its high-technology industries. An official with the governmentfunded Central Development Corp yesterday said the 11-hectare park will promote computer design and manufacturing and accommodate other advanced,
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        Lock icon HK economy may slow down
        77 4 AFP HONGKONG Hongkong's economy could face a slight slowdown due to fallout from measures taken by China to deal with inflation and to cool its overheated economy. Tony Miller, direc-tor-general of the trade department, yesterday said China's efforts to slow inflation might mean "a slight
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      Lock icon Sino-British liaison group on HK meets again, vows progress
      527 4 Reuter BEIJING The Sino-British Joint Liaison Group (JLG) on technical aspects of Hongkong's 1997 handover to China began meeting in Beijing yesterday pledging progress despite signs the two sides are far apart on political issues. The talks are due to last
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      Lock icon Overseas ethnic Chinese businessmen to meet
      185 4 AFP HONGKONG More than 1,000 ethnic Chinese business leaders from overseas are expected to attend a convention here in November to help them understand investment opportunities in China, its organiser said yesterday. The three-day convention starting on Nov 22, sponsored by the pro-China business
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      Lock icon Mideast pact shows peaceful reunification possible: Taipei
      203 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan says the Middle East peace accord shows the world is moving away from conflict and that a settlement of the long confrontation between Taipei and Beijing is also possible. Raymond Dai, spokesman for President Lee Teng Hui, said yesterday that
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      Lock icon China to impose consumption, value-added taxes
      286 4 Knight-Ridder, Reuter HONGKONG China will introduce consumption and value-added taxes in its continuing drive to boost state revenue and reform the country's financial system. The official Xinhua News Agency on Monday quoted Vice-Minister of Finance Xiang Huaicheng as saying the value-added taxes would be
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      Lock icon Seoul economy likely to remain sluggish
      190 4 AFP SEOUL Economic thinktanks yesterday predicted higher inflation and more sluggishness for the South Korean economy in 1994 amid growing concern over declining competitiveness. South Korea's major economic think-tanks have forecast 1994 economic growth of between S.O and 6.2 per cent, lower than the
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      Lock icon Hosokawa in favour of steep tax cut
      461 5 Asahi News Service TOKYO Pressed to shore up domestic spending by cutting income taxes, Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa now favours a steep tax cut in April 1994. A recent survey reveals voters like the idea. But Hosokawa aides said the Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Aussies' bid for Olympics
      37 5 Reuter SYDNEY Workers unveiling n huge billboard in central Sydney on Monday snpporting the city's bid for 2000 Olympics. The International Olympic Committee will decide on the host dty on Sep 23. Renter
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      Lock icon Japan likely to share yen benefits in stimulus package
      439 5 Reuter TOKYO Japan's economic stimulus package, to be unveiled tomorrow, will stress deregulation, passing on the benefits of a strong yen and building "social infrastructure", the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said yesterday. But the bureaucracy and the ruling coalition were still far
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      Lock icon Devaluation of rupee narrows Pakistan's deficit: minister
      435 5 Reuter ISLAMABAD Pakistan's trade deficit narrowed by its largest monthly margin for several years in August, responding to a devaluation of the rupee and measures to reduce imports, Commerce Minister Hafeez Pasha said. "This is a major turnaround," Mr Pasha said in an
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon US rejects UN peacekeeping fund
        66 6 AFP WASHINGTON The House of Representatives voted down a US$3O million UN peacekeeping fund as well as a proposed US$lO million command centre at UN headquarters to train foreign peacekeepers. Congressmen rejected the Defence Response Fund amendment to the fiscal 1994, US$262 billion Defence Budget
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        Lock icon Quebec's premier expected to resign
        66 6 Reuter MONTREAL Quebec premier Robert Bourassa, the Frenchspeaking province's staunchest advocate of staying in Canada, was expected to announce his resignation yesterday, local media reported. Mr Bourassa's reported resignation could affect the campaign for the Oct 25 federal election. The election campaign is being fought
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        Lock icon Romania privatises 97 small state firms
        52 6 Reuter BUCHAREST An agency managing a large chunk of Romania's privatisation programme said on Monday it had privatised 97 small state enterprises. "All the 97 enterprises are small companies and they all went into private hands through worker buyouts," a State Ownership Fund spokesman
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        Lock icon Discrimination to be a crime in S Africa
        70 6 Reuter ATLANTIS, South Africa An African National Congress government would make racial discrimination a crime in postapartheid South Africa, ANC leader Nelson Mandela said yesterday. In the last public address of a five-day tour of the western Cape region, Mr Mandela told
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      Lock icon Italy may face tax revolt if govt gives in to strikers' demands
      398 6 Reuter ROME Italy's Northern League yesterday warned of a tax revolt after the government appeared to give in to striking chemical workers in the southern port of Crotone. "I'm convinced that if the Crotone protest goes on like
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      Lock icon Major risks showdown with unions over pay freeze plan
      480 6 Reuter LONDON The government of Prime Minister John Major yesterday courted a showdown with Britain's public-sector unions by effectively proposing to freeze the wages of five million workers. The Chancellor of the Exchequer. Kenneth Clarke, said the government's determination to control
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      Lock icon Paris, Seoul to cooperate in space, maritime technology
      194 6 Reuter, AP SEOUL France concluded an agreement with South Korea yesterday on cooperation in space, aerospace and maritime technology. The agreement was reached between South Korean Science Minister Kim Si-joong and his French counterpart, Francois Fillon, in separate talks while the two
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      Lock icon London backs moves on Asian trade cooperation
      209 6 AFP CANBERRA Britain welcomed moves to create a regional free trade area based on the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) group, but would oppose an "Asian economic fortress," British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said here yesterday. He told a media conference Britain is
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      Lock icon UK output for July continues to firm
      212 6 Reuter LONDON British industrial production figures for July showed the underlying firmer trend in output continuing, but a rebasing of the indices from 1985 to 1990 made the manufacturing figures hard to understand, economists said. Total industrial production rose 0.8 per cent in
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      Lock icon France threatens to veto Gatt if barriers to US films removed
      690 7 NYT PARIS France opened a second front in its offensive against efforts to liberalise world trade yesterday, threatening to veto a Gatt agreement this time if it removed French barriers to US films and TV soap operas. Culture Minister
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      Lock icon World economy almost stagnant last year: IMF
      368 7 AP WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund reported the world economy almost stagnant last year, but with brightening prospects in the western hemisphere, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Its annual report, covering the 12 months that ended in April, found production in the
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  • WORLD FOCUS
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      Lock icon Clinton kicks off crusade for Congress approval
      526 8 North American Free Trade Agreement Reuter WASHINGTON Long accused of hugging the ropes when it comes to the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), President Ginton finally steps into the ring this week to fight for the controversial trade pact. Aides hope Mr
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      Lock icon America's auto workers fear losing jobs to the Mexicans
      1042 8 NYT FLINT, Michigan If there is an emotional heart to the movement against the North American Free Trade Agreement, it may be here, among the auto workers who fear that the agreement is one more devastating blow to a way of
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Golden Plus shines as top gainer in S'pore and KL
      394 9  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Diversified Malaysian quarry operator Golden Plus Bhd was the hot favourite of investors yesterday, leading the gainers' list in both the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur markets. Across the Causeway, Golden Plus shares shot up M 52.83
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      Swens tastes sweet success on earnings lift of 11.5pc
      228 9 SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listed Swens Asia Pacific lifted net earnings 11-5 per cent to $2.85 million in the year to June 30. Swens, which operates the Swensen's ice-cream chain in Singapore, said the improvement was based on a 17.1 per cent increase in
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      Lock icon ASM to take 20pc stake in Sabah mill
      127 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Amalgamated Steel Mills Bhd (ASM) is taking 20 per cent equity interest in Sabah's first steel mill project. The joint-venture company handling the Ms6o million (Ss37 million) project is Southern Kiong Sing Steel Sdn Bhd (SKS), according to an
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      GRP treads water in maritime decline
      258 9 SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listed General Rubber Plastic (GRP) has reported flat profit growth for the year to June 30. Net earnings were up by just 0.06 of a percentage point to $1.75 million on a turnover of $13.21 million. Last year, the company achieved a turnover
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      Lock icon Rashid Hussain expects to do well in coming year
      225 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Stockbrokers Rashid Hussain Bhd expects the overall outlook for the securities, banking and financial services industry to be encouraging, given the excellent fundamentals, says chairman Abdul Rashid Hussain. "I anticipate the group will continue to do well in
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      Indonesian cement sector set for concrete growth
      872 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By William Chia SINGAPORE The Indonesian cement industry is poised for strong growth in the next few years in line with the country's infrastructure and construction boom. With the easing of the country's tight monetary policy, the Indonesian economy has
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      Ipco net earnings up 14.5pc as operating profits rocket
      479 9  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Engineering group Ipco International posted a respectable 14.5 per cent rise in net earnings to $11.71 million for the year ended June 30. Ipco had forecast this in its listing prospectus in April. Turnover rose 56.8 per
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      SSE secures US mega-yacht tie-up
      210 9 SINGAPORE Singapore Shipbuilding Engineering has forged a strategic link with an American firm to get more business from mega-yacht owners. Mega-yachts are ocean-go-ing vessels of 40 metres to 90 metres, costing as much as US$35 million (SSSS million). SSE said yesterday its tie-up with The
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Landmarks replies to KLSE query
          115 10 Bernama y KUALA LUMPUR Landmarks Bhd said it did know why there was an unusual market action in the trading of its shares on ►the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Other than the development announced last Friday, there was no other material development »in the company's
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          Lock icon Chew Piau turns in M$1.3m profit
          131 10 Bernama f KUALA LUMPUR Chew Piau Bhd yesterday reported a group operating pre-tax profit of MS 1.28 million (*****,400) on a turnover of M 547.49 million for the six months ended June 30. 'Releasing its unaudited results yesterday, Chew Piau said group profit attributable
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          Lock icon Dataprep open to profitable ventures
          80 10 Bernama I KUALA LUMPUR Dataprep Holdings Bhd will continue to be open to any profitable opportunities, according to chairman Ronald Kboo. He said Dataprep, which is involved in the infori mation technology industry, would constantly keep tabs of the changes in technology and in the
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          Lock icon Bank Bumiputra cuts base lending rate
          86 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd is reducing its base lending rate to 8.3 per cent from 8.6 per cent, starting from today. Bank Bumiputra, in a statement here yesterday, said the move was taken after taking into consideration its current cost of
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          Lock icon Hong Leong Ind in materials tie-up
          76 10 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Hong Leong Industries Bhd (HLI) said it will undertake a joint venture with Taiwanese firm Willie Co Ltd to make and market vinyl flooring materials and wall tiles in Malaysia. HLI will take a 70 per cent stake and Willie
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          Lock icon UEM sells shares in construction unit
          68 10 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR United Engineers Malaysia Bhd (UEM) has sold two million shares in its construction arm Ho Hup Construction Co Ltd on the open market, the company said in a statement to the stock exchange. The sale on Sep 10 left UEM with
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        Lock icon Australian firms seek M'sia market expansion, factory base
        285 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's thriving economy is proving an attraction for Australian companies, with two firms Pioneer International and Boral Building Services keen to establish or expand their presence. Building materials and petroleum group Pioneer plans to set up a joint-venture company
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        Lock icon Aussie brewer to buy Indon can-making assets
        193 10 AFP ADELAIDE Australian brewer SA Brewing Holdings Ltd has entered into a joint venture to acquire can-manu-facturing assets in Indonesia for about AS42 million (5543.2 million). The company said the 50/50 joint venture between its Gadsden Rheem packaging group and the Jakarta-based Gesit
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        Jakarta to coordinate activities of state firms
        281 10 JAKARTA The Indonesian government plans to set up holding companies to coordinate activities of state-owned enterprises operating in similar sectors. The Jakarta Post yesterday quoted Finance Minister Mar*ie Muhammad as saying: "The establishment of holding companies will be part of a programme to
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        Lock icon Jardine Pac, Dairy Farm to merge wholesale food units
        224 10 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Dairy Farm International Holdings and Jardine Pacific said they will merge their wholesale food and general supplies subsidiaries to create one of the largest trading companies of its kind supplying Hongkong and China. Both companies are part
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        Lock icon HK real estate shares will perform better than others: report
        235 10 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Shares in Hongkong real estate companies should perform better than the rest of the market over the next few months, Salomon Brothers said. In a report yesterday, the US securities house said its optimism is based
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        Lock icon Philippines' 2 separate markets set for merger on Oct 29
        287 10 Reuter MANILA The Philippines' booming stock markets are due to start functioning as a single exchange from October 29, ending seven months of tortuous wrangling. "Everything is now in place. I don't think there will be any grave hitches anymore,"
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        254 10 AFP SYDNEY Australia's richest man, media tycoon Kerry Packer, announced yesterday an aggressive expansion of his chemical industry holdings in a joint venture to buy the US Texaco Chemical Co for more than US$l billion (SSI.6 billion). His family company Consolidated Press Holdings Ltd said
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          Lock icon Kumagai faces A$1b property loss
          99 12 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Construction company Kumagai-Gumi Ltd may have to take a Asl billion (551.04 billion) loss to sell its Melbourne Central business and retail centre. Kumagai bought the property Australia's biggest commercial development two years ago for Asl.3 billion. It is now valued
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          Lock icon Fubon plans to set up Hongkong unit
          60 12 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Jumping on this year's bandwagon in Taiwan's brokerage industry, Fubon Securities, part of the big Fubon financial services group, plans to set up a subsidiary in Hongkong and has applied to Taiwan's Securities and Exchange Commission. The company is
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          Lock icon Fairfax arranges A$800m facility
          68 12 Reuter SYDNEY Newspaper publisher John Fairfax Holdings Ltd said yesterday it has arranged a syndicate which will provide a five-year unsecured amortising loan facility of AsBoo million (SSB32 million). The arrangement also involves Asso million in working capital. National Australia Bank Ltd, the major provider, will
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          Lock icon AEA Technology prepares for sell-off
          80 12 Bloomberg Business News LONDON AEA Technology, formerly the UK. Atomic Energy Authority, has announced reorganisation plans, including 500 job losses, in preparation for its being sold off, the Financial Times said yesterday. AEA told its 8,000 workforce that from next April it will split into
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          Lock icon Amex links credit, charge card groups
          55 12 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK— American Express Co is combining its system for lending to charge card and credit card customers into one group from four, cutting 275 positions. Previously, it had a different group of employees and computer systems to oversee lending to
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          Lock icon Coke's 6.5m shares at US$20.50 each
          45 12 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Coca-Cola Femsa SA's initial public offering of 6.56 million American Depositary Shares was yesterday priced at U5520.50 a share (5532.59 at rates yesterday) by underwriters. Coca-Cola Femsa produces and distributes soft drinks in Mexico.
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          Lock icon Daiwa Densetsu in 450,000 issue
          48 12 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Daiwa Densetsu Corp, a civil engineering firm specialising in telecommunication facilities, announced yesterday it will issue 450,000 shares, the Jiji Press reported. All shares will be sold to financial institutions which currently hold the company's shares. Bloomberg Business News
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          Lock icon Delta still on the prowl
          62 12 Reuter LONDON Electrical engineering company Delta pic said it would remain on the look-out for strategic acquisitions but would put more emphasis on internal growth. Delta earlier reported its pre-tax profit for the first six months slipped to £29.1 million (5571.5 million) from £30.97 million
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        614 12 Bloomberg Business News WILMINGTON, Delaware DuPont Co, the largest chemicals maker in the US, will lay off 4,500 employees, or about 7 per cent of its US chemicals workforce, as part of a US$3 billion (SS4.B billion) restructuring. The company
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        297 12 NYT ARMONK, New York Louis V Gcrstncr Jr reshuffled IBM's management on Monday by creating an 11-member executive committee he hopes will enable the various parts of the big computer company to work together more smoothly and with less bureaucracy. The
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        Lock icon Tax settlement to boost Caterpillar's profit by US$300m
        312 12 NYT CHICAGO Caterpillar Inc said on Monday that its aftertax profit this year will be increased by US$3OO million (Ss4Bo million) as a result of a favourable settlement of a federal tax dispute. The company said it had reached the settlement with
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        408 12 Bloomberg Business News AMSTERDAM Amsterdam Stock Exchange hopes to recover market share lost to London by revising the role of "hoekmen", or stock jobbers. But the hoekmen are gearing up to oppose the changes. A panel of expert advisers at the Amsterdam
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        Thai companies using Eurodollar convertible bonds to raise money
        316 13  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Thai companies are making use of a modest revival in the Bangkok stock market to raise money through Eurodollar convertible bonds. Major companies such as Bangkok Land and Hemraj Land are said to be raising a
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        372 13 Knight-Ridder TOKYO The companies are denying it, the analysts are dubious, but the market is still murmuring that the second major bailout of a Japanese securities house in a month could be pending. The rumour has it that Nippon
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        Lock icon NZ bank sees lower inflation, markets go buying
        267 13 Reuter WELLINGTON New Zealand's central bank yesterday forecast slightly lower inflation than previously when it warned it might have to tighten monetary conditions to keep prices in check. Financial markets, expecting words of warning from the independent Reserve Bank of New Zealand
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        196 13 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The dollar ended lower against the deutschemark yesterday even after stronger-than-expected US retail sales and higher consumer price data for August, traders said. Analysts said the unexpected 0.2 per cent rise in retail sales and the 0.3 per cent rise in the consumer price index
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        96 13 AFP NEW YORK The dollar rose slightly against major currencies except the yen here early yesterday following a report that retail sales rose 0.2 per cent in August. At about 9:30 am, the dollar was trading at 1.6100 German marks, down from 1.6120 several hours earlier in London
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        Lock icon Foreign issues of stocks and bonds in US set to hit record US$108b
        419 13 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Foreign corporations and governments are expected to sell a record US$lOB billion (S$ 172.8 billion) of stocks and bonds in the US this year, almost double the total in 1992, the previous
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        153 13 THE yen was back in demand yesterday on the back of huge As/yen sales and a reported widening Japanese customcleared trade surplus in August. The US$ regionals followed the path of the US$/yen and moved marginally lower. The US$/S$ market saw the US$ sold from
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        1377 13 I rade-wrtgkied index calculated agauui S'pore's lap 14 trading pannen. Base year 1985 US$/S$ forward rates Noon Sep 14 s$ BM Oder 1-month 1.595* I.597J 2-month ***** 1.5971 3-month 1.5953 1.5961 6-month ***** 1.59*2 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at TSmb m Stp 14 Singapore dollars to oac
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        Lock icon Lloyd's unveils rules for direct entry of corporate capital
        537 14 Group of dissident Names threatens to stall move Bloomberg Business News LONDON Lloyd's of London broke with 305 years of tradition on Monday, unveiling the terms on which corporate investors will be allowed to invest in the market for the first
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        201 14 AP BRUSSELS European Community finance ministers on Monday agreed to ensure that depositors' money is protected in the event of bank failures. Under the ruling, depositors will be refunded at least 90 per cent on accounts up to 20,000 European currency
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        New Simex daily index for fuel oil
        117 14 SINGAPORE The Singspore International Monetary Exchange yesterday announced that it will introduce a new daily price index for high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO). The Simex weighted-average price index (Swip) will be introduced on Sep 20. It will be a weighted average price of
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        125 14 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's food giant, the President group, will team up with British insurer Eagle Star to start a NT$3 billion (***** million) insurance firjn here. President, the leading food manufacturer in Taiwan, will hold a 70 per cent stake in the joint-venture,
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        Lock icon Tumbling tin market still heading for new lows
        455 15 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Tin tumbled to another record low yesterday, creating near panic among miners, while traders blamed the United States and China for saturating the market with the metal. The tin price fell to M 511.22 per kg at the close
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        Lock icon Asia may buy 12m bpd of oil by 2000
        321 15 Knight-Ridder SINGAPORE Asian crude oil imports are expected to rise |o 12 million barrels per day oy the year 2000, compared to tight million last year, Elf Aquitaine senior vice-president Bernard de Combret said yesterday. Speaking during the Asiapacific Petroleum Conference,
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        Lock icon Aussie firm hits more gold near Kalgoorlie
        275 15 Bloomberg Business News KALGOORLIE Croesus Mining NL, a small gold mining and exploration company in Western Australia, has lifted the status of its Binduli prospect near Kalgoorlie. Managing director Ron Manners said yesterday that further drilling at Binduli had produced the best gold
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        Prices up on hopes Opec will act to cut overproduction
        272 15 Bloomberg < ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures prices on both sides of the Atlantic rose yesterday as traders were hoping recent declines in prices might force Opec to act to curb overproduction by its members, and therefore ease the oversupply
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        496 15 Reuter COONOOR, India Planters began a three-day conference yesterday to draw up a strategy to increase production and exports of tea, ooflee, rubber and spices. Meeting at the centenary conference of the United Planters' Association of Southern India (Upasi), the commodity growers
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        Lock icon Euroyen firmer on bargain hunting
        1396 16 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen interest rate futures ended firmer yesterday as bargain-hunting interest emerged in the wake of the contract's recent falls, traders said. "Euroyen fell last Friday on the yen weakness and was pushed down further on Monday due to the statement
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        KL tin price continues to plunge
        628 16 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin A FURTHER fall on the London Metal Exchange (LME) overnight and persistent selling dragged the tin price to another record low of MS 11.22 per kg at the close, traders said. The metal was eight sen down from Monday. The previous
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          Manila may convert nuclear plant
          136 16 MANILA The Philippines is inclined to convert its mothballed nuclear power plant into a generator burning liquefied natural gas, the Department of Energy said yesterday. The Japan Consulting Institute recommended the use of LNG, based on the Philippines' national policy to diversify fuel sources, and
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          Malaysian soybean import up
          42 16 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Jan-May soybean imports were 185,790 tonnes, up from 165,123 during the year-earlier period, the Statistics Department said. In May. imports were 28.808 tonnes, down from 45,561 in April and down from 28,929 in May 1992.
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          Oil refinery study expected year-end
          89 16 SINGAPORE The feasibility study for the oil refinery project near Shanghai in China is expected to be concluded by the end of the year. Elf Aquitaine senior vice-president Bernard De Combrct said yesterday. Speaking to reporters during the Asia-Pacific Petroleum Conference, Mr De Combret said
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          Australia lowers wheat forecast
          59 16 CANBERRA The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics yesterday revised its forecast for the 1993-94 (April-March) Australian wheat crop to 15.328 million tonnes, down from its June 15 estimate of 15.7 million. The bureau revised its forecast for the barley crop to 5.155 million tonnes,
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        Australia
        1086 17 -25.4 A Japanese led sell-off in the Australian dollar sent share prices tumbling on the Australian Stock Exchange yesterday, brokers said. At the close of trading, the All Ordinaries Index had plunged 25.4 points to 1,912.9. Big Tosses occurred across the boards. The All Industrials Index dropped 26.7 points
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        Manila
        545 17 •24.41 Share prices closed lower as the market succumbed to profit-tak-ing after a steep climb fuelled by foreign buying of commercial issues. Manila rose to an intra-day high of 1,997 points a few minutes after opening, spurring investors to seize gains immediately, said Joseph Roxas of R Coyiuto Securities.
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        Taipei
        529 17 -14.79 Late bargain-hunting lifted Taiwan stocks to end off early lows but turnover shrank as most plavers stayed sidelined on a lack of fresh news, brokers said. The weighted index closed 14.79 points down at 3,826.50. off its intra-day low of 3,815.33. Turnover was a very thin NT59.34 billion
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        Seoul
        448 17 -5.38 Aggressive institutional selling put further pressure on the market in a day of sharply reduced trading volume, pulling the index back below the psychological 700 mark. Brokers lorecast a tug-of-war between selling and buying, with no strong move from the 700 level. The composite stock index shed 5.38
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        New Zealand
        347 17 -8.2 New Zealand shares fell as investors reacted indecisively to the government's announcement of an election date and to a decline in interest rales triggered by the central bank's semiannual economic report, said Phil Bothamiey. a broker with Forsyth Barr. The Top 40 stock index fell 8.2 points
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        Bombay
        43 17 18.44 Shares rose further in thin after hours kerb deals on short-cover-ing by speculators, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) 30-share index closed at 2,807.64. up 18.44 points from Monday's close. The 100-share national index was up 4.40 points to 1,318.97.
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        London
        667 17 +3.2 Share prices closed mixed to firmer yesterday, just above the mid-point of the session's trading range, after support from active FTSE futures waned and Wall Street's losses began to bite in late afternoon trading. Nervousness about the strength of the UK economic recovery weighed on sentiment early in
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        Paris
        117 17 15.07 French shares finished sharply higher in a technical bounce after its recent consolidation. Views differ on whether the market is set to range-trade and drift lower or will be able to go firmer again. The CAC-40 index ended up 15.07, or 0.71 per cent, at 2,134.14. Paris Sef
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        Frankfurt
        36 17 +8 Share prices ended a lacklustre session higher after recovering on technical factors from weaker levels. Dealers said the market still lacked any real direction. The 30-share DAX index ended up eight points at 1,880.57.
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        Stockholm
        120 17 -0.07 pc Swedish shares ended the day lower with profit-tak-ing in leading blue-chip Ericsson pushing down the OMX-index. Ericsson's B share fell a sharp 11 crowns to 398 with trade in the stock worth 257 million crowns. The OMX-index was down 0.32 per cent at 999.46, while the blue-chip-dominated
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        Brussels
        176 17 -7.69 Belgian shares closed off session lows in thin trade with a few stocks, including Delhaize, Petrofina and CMB holding up well. But some industrials, such as Union Miniere, were lower on results gloom. Dealers said the market's mood was generally hesitant. Some said investors were a bit nervous
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        Amsterdam
        276 17 +2.94 The dollar guided Dutch shares back onto an upward track again after stocks had been mired in directionless business in the past five sessions. As the EOE index closed up 2.94 points, or 0.84 per cent, at 351.63, the way seemed open for further advances, dealers said. "With
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        Zurich
        239 17 15.42 Swiss shares closed firmer, but below yesterday's highs. Dealers said Soffexrelated position squaring was the main reason behind the bulk of trading. But dealers there was also some selected buying on lower levels after last week's weak market. The broad SPI index rose 15.42 to 1,513.10. The blue-chip
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        Johannesburg
        278 17 •4 Hopeful South African gold shares bounced in afternoon trade following the release of higher than expected US inflation fig- ures, dealers said. The gold index was 47 points, or 3.2 percent, higher at 1,528 and the industrial index was four points lower at 4,532. The overall index was
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        Toronto
        293 17 +6.29 Toronto stocks opened slightly firmer yesterday on recovering gold stocks in sluggish trade expected to continue for the rest of the day, dealers said. After posting declines over the past few days, gold issues recovered slightly to push the market ahead. The TSE 300 index opened 6.29 points
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        New York
        820 17 -25.99 Wall Street share prices fell sharply yesterday, pushed down by a rise in long-term interest rates after news of a higher than expected increase in US retail prices in August. At 11 am (1500 GMT) the Dow Jones Index was down 25.99 points at 3,608.22 in heavy
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      2671 18 Reuter HONGKONG Stocks finished slightly lower after slow and narrow trade yesterday amid cautious sentiment due to SinoBritish friction, brokers said. The blue chip Hang Seng index closed 2.12 points or 0.03 per cent lower at 7,473.85. having held to a 50-point range on either side of Monday's close.
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      CHINA
      479 18 HONGKONG The CLSA Shanghai B Index rose 5.33 points to 780.47 on thin trading yesterday. Chlor Alkali and No 2 TM have both been granted formal approval by the Chinese authorities to issue ADRs in the US. The shares rose 2 per cent and 1.92 per cent respectively. Refrigerator
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      2525 18 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended lower yesterday on broad-based profittaking after Monday's rallies when the Nikkei average posted a new year's closing high. Brokers said [investors tended to be sidelined .ahead of today's holiday and t< release of a new economic stimulus package. "It's now a tug of war between
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      1626 18 Reuter BANGKOK Profit-taking continued to pare stocks' morning gains in the afternoon as investors awaited an announcement on cabinet reshuffle, brokers said. The SET index gained 2.04 points to close at 988.53 on turnover of 7.36 billion baht. It was only marginally higher in most of the afternoon. but
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      997 18 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices ended higher in slow afternoon trading yesterday, brokers said. The official index ended 0.04 point up at 428.37. "The market was slowing down after recent bull run but sentiment remained fairly firm." a foreign brokerage dealer said. Brokers said Astra International rebounded 100 rupiah to
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2533 19 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE votow Promet 38.417.000 Idns Hyd 50c 26.462.000 Menang Corp 23.844,000 Melroplex 50c 20.737.000 Faber Group 20.479.000 AMDB 50c 16,863.000 Landmarks Bhd 14.895.000 MU1 14.456.000 Golden Plus H 13.439.000 Bedford 50c 12.701.000 Kamuntmg 50c 11.939.000 Innovest Bhd 10,777.000 FACl 50c 10.770.000
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        Lock icon Index weakens slightly as prices close mixed
        5328 19 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices here closed narrowly mixed in heavy trading yesterday as the market continued to consolidate from the recent run-up. The K.LSE Composite Index was down 2.58 points at 817.78 as several heavyweighted stocks eased under light selling pressure. The
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        Lock icon Focus turns on Clob; turnover hits new high
        1033 20  -  -By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Investors ploughed into Malaysian stocks yesterday, driven by rumour and speculation. Interest in second-liners reached fever pitch with 19 of the top 20 stocks coming from Clob International. The main board and Clob traded a hefty 495.83 million
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        66 20  -  William Chia IDRIS Hydraulic dropped 3 cents to $2.69 with 26 million units traded. Malaysian brokers said Idris, the subject of frequent heavy trading, was being boosted by speculation about everything from a water project to a new foreign timber concession. The company said it was not aware
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  • SPORTS
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      688 21 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK A new wave of golf companies are approaching the tee in hopes of reaching investors' green, as existing stocks in the sector continue to flourish. Royal Grip Inc, Cobra Golf Inc and Club Car Inc are
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      716 21 Reuter LONDON The International Amateur Athletic Federation (lAAF) is to invest an extra U*****,000 (S$400,000) next year on its doping control programme and most of that money will be spent on more visits to China. TTie lAAFs decision was taken before
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      373 21 Golf Prism HONGKONG Gordon Brand Jr and David Frost are the most recent qualifiers for the USS2.7 million (554.3 million) Johnnie Walker World Championship in Jamaica from Dec 16 to 19 after they won the European Open and the Canadian Open respectively last
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      Lock icon US Open: Finals follow form book after row of upsets
      631 21 AFP NEW YORK In the end it was no surprise to see former champions Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf walk away with the 1993 US Open singles titles, but there were plenty of surprises on the way. Sampras defeated 15thseeded
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        323 21 Reuter CLEVELAND Bernie Kosar threw for 186 yards and one touchdown and the Cleveland Browns forced five turnovers in a 23-13 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday. Michael Jackson caught five passes for a career-high 10S yards and Matt Stover kicked three field goals as the
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        51 21 Reuter NEW YORK National leant Monday: Philadelphia 5 New York O, San Diego 4 LA 3; Chicago 6 SF 5; Houston at Colorado (postponed). Americaa: Boston 6 Baltimore 4; NY 3 Milwaukee 1; Oakland 7 Minnesota 2; Kansas 9 Chicago O, Texas 12 Cleveland I; Seattle 10 California I.
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        110 21 AFP LONDON World rankings published Monday: 1 Nick Faldo (Eng) 21.24 pts 2 Greg Norman (Aust) 18.60 3 Bern hard Langer (Ger) 17.92 4 Nick Price (Zim)15.7l 5 Paul Azinger (US) 15.57 6 Fred Couples (US) 14.33 7 lan Woosnam (Wales) 11.95 8 Jose-Maria Oiazabal (Spn) 10.16 9 Tom
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        83 21 UPI LILLEHAMMER, Norway Lillehammer Winter Olympics organisers want to end the tradition of releasing doves for the opening ceremony following complaints from animal rights activists. A statement released by the Lillehammer Olympics Organising Committee (LOOC) said they had asked the International Olympic Committee not to use doves at next
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        358 21 AP Reuter Reuter AFP MELBOURNE, Amtralk US Open semi finalist Wally Masur will lead a four-man Australian Davis Cup team in its semifinal match against India in Chandigahr on Sep 24-26. Australian captain Neale Fraser yesterday named Masur. Jason Stoltenbeig, Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge to the Australian team,
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      1302 23 The passion that informs his music gives people a sense of community IHT Harry Bciafontc, dressed in three shades of green and sitting in a blood-red room in his rambling Upper West Side apartment, is talking out who he is. It is a delicious summer afternoon
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      The playwright strikes back
      364 23 CHATTERBOX BRITISH PLAYWRIGHT Harold Pinter, whose first full-length play in 15 years opened in London last week, hit back on Monday at critics who accuscd him of producing little during the last decadc. "The rccord seems to imply that I haven't written anything since 1978," he
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      185 23 ifjeLounge HAPPY HOURS daily inftrßi Draftßeer 5.00PM 7.30PM 111 Raise a glass or two Ik -J and at $7++ outbottoms UP. h e d s Happy MMOa S.3DIHd hours* Hours. All draft At these prices, tf j t\f\ beer and house- IHI j there's even more pouring brands 111) reason
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      1101 23 I TV RADIO Savage 10.30pm, SBC 5 woman Montgets assaulted own house. her attacker actually respected deputy phrase "innocent Tycoons, B.oopm, SBC programme Asia's Gordon L Hopewell under his I China today, a great leap humble beginnings a civflHr Horrag the 9.30pm, SBC 12 John spent years from the tot
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  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
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      Gearing up Asean for the new century
      1334 24  -  Change and the Malaysian world view ANWAR IBRAHIM ANWAR IBRAHIM M Anwar Ibrahim is Malaysia's Minister of Finance. This article is adapted from a keynote address at the International Conference on "Indonesia, Asia Pacific and the New World Order" held in Bali recently
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      Sustaining the boom to year 2020
      1398 24  -  AL'ALIM MOHD IBRAHIM AL'ALIM MOHD IBRAHIM The writer is a senior fellow with Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia Special to BT "A yT ALAYSIA'S latest report |%/l that its economy grew by JL A a healthy 10.4 per cent in ''the second
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      EAEC: A feather in the cap for Dr M?
      1600 25  -  Change and the Malaysian world view EIICHI FURUKAWA EIICHI FURUKAWA The writer is executive director of the Japan Centre for International Strategies. This article also appeared in the latest issue of Shokun, a leading Japanese-language monthly magazine. Special to BT ON
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      Wind beneath the wings of Malaysia's Air Force
      1449 25  -  J N Mak, in a special report for BT, examines the reasons behind KL's decision to boost its Air Force fleet J N Mak The writer is a research fellow with the newly-formed Malaysian Institute For Maritime Affairs (Mima) in Kuala Lumpur
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    Murdoch's big gamble
    520 26 tiUMTOMAL RUPERT Murdoch inspires fear and loathing in the media business. But even his enemies concede that he has an uncanny ability to exploit opportunities. Less than two months ago, the Australian-born. USbased tycoon hit the headlines when he acquired 64 per cent stake of satellite broadcaster
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      Best from West and the rest
      219 26 SINGAPORE'S AFFLUENCE has created many options for its people, not least of which is the option to study abroad. A strong Singapore dollar and the rising income of individual households have helped to make an overseas education an increasingly affordable proposition for more and
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      Helping the poor
      171 26 PRIME MINISTER Goh Chok Tong has outlined four important principles in helping the poor and the unfortunate. Basically, the affirmative plan calls for preventive measures, including encouraging the aged to be more self-reliant and active, training the handicapped, aqd assisting low-income earners to get out of their
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      A major breakthrough
      214 26 ISRAEL and the PLO have finally reached mutual recognition and signed a pact in Washington to let Palestine go autonomous. This deal of the century, besides affecting Middle East development, will also be an active element in changing international relations and world peace. Palestine emphasises much on
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      Not serious about wildlife
      116 26 VIETNAM is currently acting as a major supplier for the wildlife trade. Wild animals, many already threatened with extinction, are being hunted down in the remote parts of the country or smuggled in from Laos and Cambodia. They are then shipped directly to other East Asian
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      Most meaningful compromise
      144 26 THE MIDDLE EAST becomes a safer place today, as Israel and the PLO sign a truly historic agreement to get along. The decision to put aside great and important differences may be the most meaningful compromise in the Middle East in two generations. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak
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      Economy on the high wire
      165 26 STRONG GROWTH without high inflation is a difficult double act. So far, China is not achieving it. It will take time to see if the control measures work and then more time to see whether they have worked too well that is, whether they have
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    857 26  -  Ross Falter says it's time the Germans, British and French learned about their governments' hidden agenda in the Bosnian conflict Ross Falter The writer is a political correspondent for the Belgian newspaper, De Standaard IHT SPEAKING at a session of the European
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  • ANALYSIS
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      The 22nd century: rationale for a rosy view
      2722 27  -  C Fred Bergsten peers into his crystal ball and predicts what a global economy will look like in the year 2150 C Fred Bergsten The writer is director of the Institute for International Economics in Washington, DC TODAY'S contrary pressures for economic
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      142 27 The Old cairns Courthouse precinct Queensland, Australia j-n n rr p n Cmrm J p5"-r 1 V i J3i_! V I IZEQ._ /cm Twro HOU# NONA 7fw 15mtn ZzrL"*" W SIW(WOn[ 9hr lOnun AUC,a>MO I CAIRNS^-~4Jw3sn»in r APPROVAL IN PRINCIPLE FOR HOTEL DEVELOPMENT Waterfront address. 8094HV site in heart of
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    572 28 AP, Reuter WASHINGTON Peacemaking with the Palestine Liberation Organisation produced another breakthrough yesterday as Israel and Jordan signed an agreement that sets the framework for resolving long-standing differences between them. The ceremony was held in the State Department just 22
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    Lock icon Japan's GNP shrinks 2pc while trade surplus expands
    444 28 Bloomberg, Reuter, AP TOKYO The Japanese government confirmed yesterday what most of its citizens already knew the world's second largest economy is shrinking. The Economic Planning Agency said Japan's gross national product (GNP) contracted by an annualised two per cent in the
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    Lock icon German economy down 2pc, trade surplus up in first half
    466 28 Reuter BONN The German economy contracted by 2 per cent in the first half of this year but the trade balance showed an unexpectedly large surplus, the Federal Statistics Office said yesterday. The Wiesbaden-based office said Germany's gross domestic product
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    Amid pressures, a political watershed looms in India
    733 28  -  The Bottom Line NIRMAL GHOSH NIRMAL GHOSH The writer is a BT journalist IT WAS supposed to be a day that shook India. Last Thursday, leftist unions across India called on about 20 million workers to walk out of their jobs in
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    Lock icon US trade gap up 20.7pc in second quarter — highest level in 5 years
    386 28 US trade gap up 20.7pc in second quarter highest level in 5 years AP, Reuter WASHINGTON The broadest measure of the US trade deficit shot up 20.7 per cent from April through June to the highest level in five years, the government said yesterday. The second-quarter gap in the US
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    Lock icon Clinton signs Nafta side deals, gets solid backing of 3 former presidents
    488 28 AP WASHINGTON Flanked by three predecessors, President Clinton yesterday signed two side deals to a three-nation free-trade agreement. "We all recognise the important stakes for our nation in this issue," Mr Clinton said at a ceremony marking his
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      25 28 Full mark FULLMARK MICRO PTE LTD T E L 2 2 1 3 6 2 6 Clinton kicks off crusade Auto workers' fears, Pg 8
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  • Shipping Times
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      421 29  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) reassured oil majors that bunker sales here are not double counted. The PSA said yesterday that it met representatives from British Petroleum, Caltex, Esso, Mobil, Shell and Singapore Petroleum Company on
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      Lock icon Mexican cement maker to build port terminals
      305 29 Bloomberg Business News MEXICO CITY Cement maker Tolmex SA has won two 20-year government concessions to build and operate port terminals in the Salina Cruz and Ensenada seaports. The terminals, which will have an overall estimated cost of 60 million new pesos (5530.1
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      Lock icon Chartering activity remains slow
      325 29 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Chartering remained at a rather slow pace, with owners of overage tonnage positioned in the Gulf seemingly willing to cover Far East grain cargoes at discount levels. Fixture reports indicated that a 52,000-tonne split Sep/Oct cargo was covered at only U5523.75 (SS3B) basis
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1097 29 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Africa Container 16 3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 1 •ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 3/4 Arabian Express 15 3 •ASCL 5 5 ASXCL Shpg IS 2 Avant
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      452 29 Bernama PETALING JAYA Port Klang is poised to take the role of a regional load centre port within Asean and the East Asia sector by the turn of the century, Kelang Port Authority chairman Michael Chen said yesterday. "The services of the port will
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      231 29 IN YESTERDAY'S article "US specialist forwarder sets up S'pore office", it was reported that 80 per cent of Allfreight Container Line's business came from shippers, and that monthly business was 12 20-ft containers. The report also said that parent Allfreight International Cargo operated a 240 sq m
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      9474 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 at Penang after
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1014 45 THE BALTIC Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1,415 on Monday from 1,412 on Sep 10. Rates for handy-sized bulk carriers remained firm on the freight market, brokers said. OPT took the 42,925-dead-weight-tonne Yick Luk from Antwerp for a trip east with about 70-days
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      213 45 COURSES Title: Import/Export Shipping Procedures (SDF 50%) Duration: Sep 15 Nov 3 (8 evenings) Organiser: Elim Management Services Tel: For further details contact 292-5670. Title: International Freight Forwarding I (SDF 70%) Duration: Sep 16 Nov 25 (2 courses of 10 evenings duration) Organiser: Singapore Freight Forwarders Association/PSA Tel:
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      Lock icon Car carrying sector faces changing trade patterns
      831 46 Many existing owner/port arrangements are threatened by the environmental concerns of the 90s Fairplay Environmental trends in the nineties are affecting all sectors of trade, and none more so than the car industry. Prospective fuel taxes in the developed countries promise to alter
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    • AIR AND LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
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        Lock icon US airlines slash fares by up to 45pc to win back passengers
        436 48 Reuter NEW YORK Airlines sliced fares by up to 45 per cent on Monday for travel through mid-December in the continental United States, Mexico and the Caribbean. The move, initiated by Northwest Airlines, came just two days after
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        Lock icon Hughes Aircraft to keep Californian HQ
        209 48 UPI LOS ANGELES Hughes Aircraft Co, citing efforts by state officials to improve business conditions, announced on Monday it will keep its corporate headquarters in California. "The governor and the legislature are generating a new atmosphere of cooperation in addressing the issues facing business
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        Lock icon American Airlines should restructure short flights: pilots
        374 48 Reuter NEW YORK The union representing pilots at AMR Corp's American Airlines Inc said the carrier should restructure its short-haul operations to save mcney and compete more effectively with Southwest Airlines Co. The union also disputed the company's strategy of trimming operations, pulling
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        Lock icon Off on another mission
        57 48 Reuter CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida The space shuttle Discovery lilting off from pad 398 on mission STS-51 on Sunday at the Kennedy Space Center. The orbiter departed with a crew of five and a cargo of two satellites to be deployed in space, one of which is
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        Lock icon United selling 15 flight kitchens to Dial Corp
        358 48 Reuter CHICAGO UAL Corps United Airlines will sell 15 of its US flight kitchens to The Dial Corp's Dobbs International Services Inc. The airline said it will receive U*****.4 million (about SSI9I million) in cash from the sale. United said it had
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        Lock icon Russian airport plans for Far East fly into turbulence
        552 48 Reuter KHABAROVSK, Russia Plans to turn Russia's Far East into a major hub for international airlines are running into turbulence as officials and politicians squabble over the best way to forge ahead. The options are straightforward develop the existing airport at
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          Lock icon Renault-Volvo appoints directorate
          128 48 Bloomberg Business News PARIS The two merging car and truck makers, France's Renault and Sweden's Volvo AB, said on Monday that they named a five-person directorate to oversee planning for the merger and the merged company. The directorate will be headed by Renault chairman Louis Schweitzer, who
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          Lock icon Expansion of Asia Pacific operations
          88 48 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG McDonnell Douglas Corp, the second-biggest US civilian aircraft maker, is expanding its Asia Pacific operations. In a statement on Monday, the company said it is moving some of its Hongkong employees to Beijing and will add more staff in its mainland
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          Lock icon Forth expects lower second-half profit
          72 48 Reuter LONDON Forth Ports pic expects second-half operating profit to fall but there will still be a satisfactory full-year total. On Monday chairman William Thomson said the first-half operating profit of £5.7 million (SS 14.25 million) was up 12 per cent on the same period
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          Lock icon CMB incurs interim net loss
          80 48 Bloomberg Business News BRUSSELS CIE Maritime Belg (CMB) on Monday reported a first-half net loss of 490 million Belgian francs (5523.1 million) against a net profit of 606 million francs a year earlier. The company didn't specify in its statement why it had incurred a
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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        Lock icon Wing of C-17 cargo plane fails stress test
        243 48 AP WASHINGTON The troubled C-17 cargo plane suffered another blow last week when a wing failed during ground stress tests, said the aircraft's contractor, McDonnell Douglas Corp. In a statement issued over the weekend, the company said that during tests on the
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      15 29 PERSONAL FINANCE INVESTMENT Every Saturday in Business Times Car carriers face changing trends, Page 18
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      1806 31 INCREASING COVERAGE OF ITALY NOW ALSO SERVING NAPLES/PALERMO IN ADDITION TO GENOA AND LEGHORN TABLE BAY V.5345 ETA SIN 19TH SEPT 93 Vmml Voy ETA I ETO Fttdir by 1 s DESTINATIONS *TA i Th« MAYvuw maersk vo«oc CY ?'/t» oeoo hws HM HUM MBB CfS 20/00 2350 MRS JOH
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      552 32 Fa 4 Breakbulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for afl services C.I.S.- Vootochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Rigs, Baku, Irkutsk, Alma Ata North Korea Vietnam Mongolia Hungary CSFR Poland ocwrans AGENCIES (FAR EAST) LTD I nouakchott-banjul-bissau-luanda-bata I Feeder Vessel ITA MM I VILLE
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      1958 33 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppd Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****80 Fax: *****17 wiw ommA paowc urn BlflHiHSHHMlflHlßttllalliilllaMailiSiySH Aw <a service of china navmatkm co) ACCEPTS TSfiy CAJtGO DUE SWIS STHAIT3 **TW£ V22E Mora. Lab 13-14 Sep HPT 16 Sap FCU LCL COWTAMCN AND MCAKiUUC
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      1836 33 SINGAPORE AGENT: Hyll PAO Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd I IYI W V jIVIILuIIICIl) 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEL TOWERS. SINGAPORE 0208 BHB|l Tel: 225 2233 Teiex: RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number **********0Z EXPORT wot run -PtCO MM ALO WU ANT ROT HAM BRf OOT
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      795 34 GENERAL AGENT CR NO *****1-*****^ EKA JAY A AGENCIES TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE MYAWMAM TBAH« PAQM MAMDWOHE/DWgCT 1 una ramofrWMtt -t TAK iHsazi mmamm HO CHI MNH CITY TWADC hmwymok zaans Tgwa/wim »**o«o nOTHWW KILYM CMAH 2HBMB MS37M/53M213 L to semi container M OCEANUNES
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      1889 35 W—PLEASE CALL HI II II NEPTUNELINK (1800 *****00 TOLL-FREE) II OimZ JII FOR THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: HI H •SRF M VESSELS ETA/ETD/EXCHANGE RATES/SHIPPING SERVICES/ HI ■I HI FREIGHT CHARGES PAYABLE/STORE RENT CHARGES/ HI AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS FOR COLLECTION fTZSS^^X^IIn^EGAMECAUF^ATxpSZsS&CX^O^Sw^^HHM^^IOwSs^^jS^^ANAD^^^^ VMM. VOY iAE LOS OAK I VAN 1 SET iTI CCC,
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      1102 35 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BALT ORIENT LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 ENQUIRIES: *****33 BLASCO ODESSA: *****51/*****31/*****13 INVENTORY: *****45 INWARD: *****81 OUTWARD: *****80 TRANSHIPMENT: *****78 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 iOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 CR NO: **********0/N
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      1396 36 44 mm AS AGENTS: "I" LOK (SMGAPOK) PTI LTD (01 No: B*****0000M) K T TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 V T MALAYSIA: "I" IK MJUNTMI (RULAYSU) SON BHD TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 INDONESIA: P.T. SMANA LAIIT NTTONOSA. TEL: JKT *****08 /'EXPOW
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      1087 36 PHI LI-ORIENT UMS PTC LTD 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 1 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 16 SEP SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 15 SEP AUCKLANO, WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON, NEW PLYMOUTH, NAPIER. CHRISTCHURCH 28
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      972 37 (agsafflll PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I 88SSS>V CR NO: **********06 I r— "773 7Z vessel voy sin jkj sm VESSEL VOY Sfli BIOC WN KOTA BERK AT 3461 H/1 22/9 21/9 J UNO MARINE 13N 18/9 21/9 25/9 BUNOA TIRATAI
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      1428 37 VESStIS VOT STORE HMWWt OOTTEROAM MITOKAr THAMES LE HMVE im Dt VINUS 0230W lt/H 14/10 lt/H 17/H 10/10 HANSA CAMMED 7330W 25/04 21/10 23/10 27/10 GIUICHSaUtG W3OW 04/10 30/10 01/11 02/11 *3/11 04 _u uriin tAACTDOMA M3OW 00/10 00/11 <*/" 87/11 00/11 111/11 •USO ACCLFTMG CARGO 10 ALL UK DESIOMTIONS
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      487 37 BSA ■a MYANMA iSEBk FIVE STAR LINE T (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore P.KI| P«n P.Gdf PVTTA VI3ON In PI AVA VI23W 16/11 Sep I" Pt PAGAN V2oo*l 17 Sep PA THEM VI24H 17 Sep I#/22 Sep IPA-AN VI9SN 21/ JO Sep MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAD SHPPWG AGENCES
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      85 39 maritime inspection corporation Naval ArchitecWMarine EngmeatiWarme S^ora. in 1967, more than 20 yean experience m mMmtnul stupe registries. Specialise in: Ship registration under open registry countnes Offshore business company formation Statutory survey and issuing of mandatory Load Line. SOLAS, MARPOL Certificates on behalf of the Governments of several open registries
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      2347 40 Full Container Liner Services Malaysia's Agents: Indonesia's Agents: General Agents: Booking Agents: 6nan Gean Shinning Sda Bhd Chang Chine Shinning Sda Bhd P.T. Giehai Pvtra Iniornate Maritime Costsr Shipping Pie Ltd suae* Fr*thi Bookmt Cootn s* IM SI Mm I* Mo* Mm WiJfW near, If.m. Mm*»IIV23 w 2 Mttri ffrn
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      637 41 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, SPORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 16/09 ROTTERDAM 18/09 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 16/09 HAMBURG/BREMEN 20/09 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 24/09 FELIXSTOWE/UK 20/09 BARCELONA/SPAIN 16/09 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 20/09 GENOA/ITALY 18/09 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 16/09 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 19/09 SYDNEY/MELBOURItt 16/09 NEW YORK/EC 19/09 FREMANTLE/ADELABE 17/09 VANCOUVER 17/09 BRISBANE 16/09
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      1498 42 \ZKZ/\J Aynt* MAC-NELB SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) PENANQc (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****67 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANQ; (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK GOTH/UKB/MED PORTS PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 17/9 18/9 19/9 Honf Konf Ldn/Fl*/Rdm/An»/LHV/Ham 18/9 19/9 20/9 19/9 20/9 21/9 Honf Konf
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      186 42 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD n« CT» CT» SKKL PWT K CLANG POMHE ■.IK MOC 23/1 iMdmf tor Mill ■WN HUDHU 28,9 ftsciwpnf md LoiAdf Hk Bombay MMM Port LoadM| For M* notoi anoc jo/9 lojtfmt For MM —I 19/9 lottfmf for ttak PtOSKSS UOHTT SaM Loading
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      1015 42 f THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD 1 I Ms 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SWGAPORE 0207 I I TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I I TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JCNHOI CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL Ivor Is PORE DEsT VESSEL W S'fWt~ lEST EQUATOR 111 100/3E 18 SEP
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      737 43 WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTMG WWUU/JOC CARGOES TO/FROM KOBE. YOKOHAMA, NAGOYA. MOJL TOKYO-, HAMLA*. DAY AO* Penanj* P. Ketanf Seifiport Elba* KARABEVERETT VI3E 20/21 Sep 22/22 Sep SHAPIAEVERETT VI7E 19/20 Sep 21/22 Sep imVERETT V6E 18/19 Oct ACCEPTING BKAKBOK/FCI/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CHTTAGONG, CALCUTTA AMD MONGLA* Snfipore P.
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      325 43 181. QLOWY BmBiKE CROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ft ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********01 M SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN V 25/9 27/9 3/10 TUBER TRADER VIII 16/9 1/10 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN IX 21/9 23/9 28/9
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      484 43 #PGSI -WORLDWIDE fUUM CLODE STEAMtHS UDtS REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKLY SAILING TO HUANG PU A SHANTOU Connecting Feeder to Huang PuSUI TUO CONTAINER NO 2 Connecting Feeder to Shantao LIAN BO NO 9 WE HV LEASING CONTRS FOR RENTAL SAILING TO PHNOM PENH' FORTNIGHTLY FCL/LCL SERVICE TO
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      545 43 IMlHSlllilliill FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN/ P. ELIZABETH VESSEL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH SIN FENGHANGSMAN VS4/S6 19/09 OS/IO 08/10 26/10 FUYUSHAN V4B/49 04/10 20/10 23/10 11/11 FENGSMUNSHAN V49/SO 19/10 OS/11 Oe/11 2«/12 ACCEPTS CARGO TO JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA VIA DURBAN BOOKING AGENT FOR COSCO LCL CONSOL SIN TO DURBAN/
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      260 43 Slg FMEMT 21/9 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 18/9 BANGKOK 20/9 MANILA/CEBU 19/9 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 19/9 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 19/9 BUSAN 19/9 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 19/9 HONG KONG SjN CHINA 19/9 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN SHANGHAI XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo S|N EUROPE/UK 20/9 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 20/9 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSI/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. S|N USA/CANADA 21 /9
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      695 44 HQN6 KONG/CHINA 19/9 26/9 JAKARTA 19/9 26/9 BAN6KOK 18/9 22/9 MANILA 20/9 27/9 BUSAN 19/9 26/9 KEELUNG 21/9 28/9 TOKYO/KOBE 19/9 26/9 KAOSHIUN6 18/9 25/9 POUT KELAM6/PEMAN6 20/9 27/9 YOKOHAMA COLOMBO 16/9 19/9 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBURG 20/9 27/9 CHITTA6ONG/MAORAS 19/9 26/9 HOTTERDAM/LE HARVE/ANTWERP 20/9 27/9 BOMBAY/KARACHI 20/9 27/9 BARCELONA. MARSEILLES. 6ENOA 24/9
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      374 44 y Con term CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 26th SEPTEMBER ACCEPTING TO ALL NEW ZEALAND PORTS PENANG 17 SEP PORT KELANG SEP JAKARTA SEP SANGROK 18 SEP SURARAYA 22 SEP FREMANTLE 20 SEP MELROURNE 18 SEP SYDNEY SEP RRISRANE 17 SEP IGOTHENRUR6 18 SEP 'ACCEPTING TO ALL SCANDMAVIA PORTS
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      544 44 This Week's Sailings T u i£Er p u FIRST PORWARLHIR IN To: ETD To: ETD asia awarded Singapore Singapore ISO 9002 by lrqa EVERY EVERY Bangkok SUN Jakarta SUN EVERY EVERY Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh FRI ((iRjIjIjL EVERY EVERY Colombo TUE Li mas so I IHI R al MTERNATIONAL
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      115 44 m NIPPON EXPRESS Arrow International (Worldwide Consolidation System) WEEKLY TO: TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/NAGOYA/KAOSHIUNG/ HONG KONG/BANGKOK/KEELUNG/KOBE/ LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACHVNEW YORK/ CHICAGO/SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/HAMBURG/ FELIXSTOWE/ROTTERDAM/DUSSELDORF WE ALSO DEAL IN FCL CARGO WORLDWIDE ARROW EXPRESS (SERVICE TO MALAYSIA) MALAYSIA TRUCK CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore DAILY to K.L, BANGI. SHAH A LAM ARROW EXPRESS BONDED CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore
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      1270 45 ONDOR LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND ports vov buenos montcvkko] Durban [""smqapore Ihonokonql kabosmma I Yokohama «mpj A H. KRUPSKAYA EBOI SAILED MUD %AMJEX> 13-17/Qt 22/09 28-30/08 02/10 PQLESSK EBO2 21/08-08/08 SACED 20/09 03/10-07/10 12/10 18-23/10 24/10 OCKABBIBT EBO3 28/08-02/10 03/10 I*-17/10 30/10-04/11 08/11 13-20/11 22/11 PRWZERSK EBQ4 27/10-01/11 02/11 18-18/11
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      486 46 NORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE I SWGAPORE MANIA VIGOUR SINGAPORE 6 2KB 1 17/09/93 25/09/93 FKDAYMf) MONDAY VIGOUR SINGAPORE 62ANB 20/09/93 25/09/93 VIGOUR PACFIC 27N8 24/09/93 02/10/93 VIGOUR PACWC 27AHB 1 27/09/93 02/10/93 PORT KLANG/PENANG FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SWGAPORE PORT KLAHG PEMAHG VIGOUR SINGAPORE &2f£ 17/09/93
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      417 46 ®APPENSHIP (2\ HAMBURG ITTI CONVENTIONAL INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EABT ASIA AND FAR EAST VBXLS LOAONG PORTS DISCHARGE LOAOMG FOR OLDER HAMBURG SLD SPORE 30/9. JKT 2/10 AQAUEMNON BREMERHAVEN 8/9 SPORE 8/10. SHANGHAI. RI2HAO. XINGAMG KOALA CONTAINER LINE STORE FIX HAM ROT L£H DKK CS FSRICH Vl3 24/09
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      356 46 .&.COSCO UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 28/08 Rotterdam/Antwrp CMNA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNO P.O. LOADING FOR; A VESSEL 15/09 20/09 Huangpu/GuanflJtiou COSCO FULL CONTAMER lEHWCH (FCUFCt) EXPORT TO: 1 CHMA/BANGK OK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI Please refer above
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      212 47 —L i I W H i Singapore Agents: MAJU BOUSTEAD SHIPPING PTE LTD cr no **********0Z I ASIA-EUROPE EXPRESS (AEX) FULLY CONTAINERISED TRANSPACIFIC SERVICE rrr^B^rmwmwiFiM" l ii. f »rißiMimil!3agMßlEg!lßß!a do DO BeO E«Q EZui EiPl Kip® DEDICATED STRAITS SERVICE REGULAR CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO PERSIAN GULF Malaysia Agents: BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES
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