The Business Times, 20 September 1993

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  • 14 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MIT A (P) 552/12/92 Monday September 20 1993 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
    • 101 1 AP WASHINGTON The prolonged downturn whieh has ravaged economies around the world appears to have hit bottom, but some of the world's largest economics still have significant problems, says the International Monetary Fund. Bccausc of unexpectedly steep recessions in Japan and Germany and slowcr-than-hopcd for growth
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    • 44 1 Reuter PARIS The French government has obliquely repeated its threat to veto a US-EC farm trade pact and says the European Commission must be given a precise mandate to reopen agriculture trade talks with the US. Rcutcr
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  • Article, Illustration
    107 1 Stock market indices Friday Week change ST!I 2.008.38 +9.68 KLSE Composite 819.60 -1.14 Nikkei 20.391.04 -426.94 Hang Seng 7.418.11 -175.34 SET Index 998.22 +4.93 Jakarta Composite ...430.36 +4.25 CLSA China B 1.033.77 -5 64 Aust All Ord 1.925.5 -16 FTSE 100 3.005.5 -31.5 Oow Jones 3.613.25 -8 38
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  • 735 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG A GOVERNMENT-INITI-ATED report has named a former director of Singapore's Industrial and Commercial Bank (1CB), the Riady family of Indonesia's Lippo group, and several other South-east Asian businessmen in connection with questionable dealings of the Allied
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  • 269 1 Reuter BEIJING China is considering new ways to attract foreign investment to bail out failing state enterprises, including selling them outright to overseas interests. The official China Daily yesterday quoted Foreign Trade Ministry official Li Yue
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  • 618 1  -  Group tightens grip on Malaysian road system with planned privatisation of bridge From Leslie Lopez THE Renong group's grip on Malaysia's road network is set to tighten further with the privatisation of the Penang Bridge, the country's longest bridge linking the
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  • 492 1  -  By I Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore is extending trading by one hour from tomorrow to facilitate investment activity by international investors from different time zones. The SES said yesterday the Singapore share market, like other bourses in
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  • 234 1 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR A Singaporean businessman, Benjamin Eu Soon Kim, will appear in the Shah Alam Sessions Court today to face a charge of short-selling Union Paper Holdings Bhd shares. A Registrar of Companies ofTiccr told reporters yesterday that Mr Eu
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  • 158 1 Reuter PARIS Air Francc will start operating some of its aircraft on Vietnam Airlines' routes in October in a deal cxpcctcd to generate 350 million francs (Ss99 million) in turnover for the French airline over two years. The French state-owned airline said yesterday
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
      • 311 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming RETAILERS generally enjoyed higher sales in July, although department stores and supermarkets saw a dip in turnover. That month's overall retail sales index at current prices or in value terms rose 3 per cent over June, the Department of Statistics announced
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    • 529 2  -  By Helen Chang UNCERTAINTY in the US biotech industry resulting from a cash-tight economy and President Bill Clinton's impending healthcare and investment tax reforms is leading to better deals for Singapore biotech investors. Singapore Bio-Innovations (SBI), an investment arm of the Economic Development
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    • 239 2 Reuter THE ASIAN version of the luxury Orient Express began its inaugural run in Singapore yesterday, to the clink of champagne glasses and the blaring of a police band. On board were Britain's Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and other VIPs. Malaysian Prime
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 105 2 EASY RIDER? No, it's government minister Lim Boon Heng trying a 900 cc British-made Triumph Daytona motorcycle. The bike is one of 113 British products on display at The Design Centre until Oct 2. They form an exhibition opened by Mr Lim. who is Minister
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      • 89 2 THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, the Singapore Retailers Association and the Consumers Association of Singapore will jointly launch the Great Singapore Sale this Thursday. The event is organised to encourage tourists to visit and shop in Singapore and the organisers are giving retailers 10
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      • 82 2 THE Republic of Korea Navy Cruise Training Unit will visit Singapore from Sep 27-29 to strengthen the relationship between the navies of the two countries. The unit is commanded by Rear Admiral Kim Tae 11. Apart from Singapore, it will also visit 15
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      • 70 2 EXERCISE Starfish 13/93, a two-week combined exercise involving all member countries of the Five Power Defence Arrangements. ended yesterday. The exercise, the thirteenth in the series of annual maritime exercises involving the navies and air forces of Australia, Malaysia. New Zealand. Singapore and the United Kingdom, involved
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      • 112 2 SINGAPOREANS who find their love for flying restricted in their own country are most welcome to make use of Johor's numerous airstrips and abundant airspace, according to State Tourism and Environment committee chairman Jimmy Low. Speaking at the inaugural dinner of the Johor
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  • THE REGION
    • 446 3  -  From Al Labita in MANILA PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos leaves today for Jakarta on a five-day visit to forge closer trade and investment rapport with Indonesia. Topping Mr Ramos' agenda is the signing of a joint commission that will work
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    • 63 3 Reuter MANILA A lone biker came up against a road block last Saturday, but he seemed more amused than upset. Filipino students and chefs, all dressed up in white, took to the streets of Manila's Makati financial district holding up traffic and a kilometre-long
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    • 402 3 AFP, Reuter JAKARTA Facing the possibility of losing trading privileges with the US worth a billion dollars, Indonesia appears set to defend its labour policies when a US trade investigation team opens talks here today. "We will show the steps that we have taken
      AFP,; Reuter  -  402 words
    • 282 3 UPI YANGON Construction of a "friendship bridge" linking Thailand and Myanmar and diverse other bilateral issues were discussed at the first meeting last Saturday of a joint commission of the two countries, a joint statement said. It described the meeting between the two sides,
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    • 266 3 UPI MANILA The Philippines is seeking to amend its baseline laws to strengthen claims on the disputed Spratly chain of islands, an official said last Friday. In a meeting of the National Security Council last Friday, Senator Leticia Shahani said she will be
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    • 404 3  -  From John Helmer in MOSCOW SENIOR Thai officials have been in Moscow to resolve the debt problem that has been blocking trade, and encourage new forms of ThaiRussian cooperation. An agreement was signed here last week by Deputy Foreign Minister
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    • 471 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Buoyant economic conditions in the first half of the year helped boost sales turnovers of 10 manufacturing industries to over Msl billion (*****.8 million) each, up from eight industries in the same period last year. By the
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    • 343 3 UPI JAKARTA The Indonesian government will issue a new package that includes incentives in a bid to attract more oil companies to invest in the country's eastern part and other frontiers areas, the official news agency Antara reported yesterday.
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • 84 4 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia dismissed claims that two of its timber companies were bribing Papua New Guinea parliamentarians to secure more logging concessions there, saying a Port Moresby official who made the charge was lying. "Stop pointing fingers unnecessarily," Primary Industries Minister Lim
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      • 57 4 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim widened his lead yesterday over Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghafar Baba in the tussle for the ruling party's deputy leadership. Mr Anwar is leading 103-7 in nominations for the post by local party units, officials of the
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      • 82 4 Bernama KOTA KINABALU Sabah Umno Information Chief Abdul Karim Ghani claimed yesterday that Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba once told him he would withdraw from the Umno deputy president's racc if at least 15 divisions in Sabah did not nominate him. As 17 divisions
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      • 75 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) has combined assets of more than NT5963.9 billion (5557.6 billion) through the earnings of its seven stock holding companies, KMT officials said yesterday. The seven firms have reinvested in 94 enterprises, including finance and banking institutions, petrochemicals, electrical engineering,
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      • 96 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan was the top US weapon buyer of all AsiaPacific nations between 1950 and September 1992, purchasing USS9.OI billion (5514.4 billion) worth of arms from the United States, the United Evening News reported yesterday. The paper, quoting a US Defence
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    • 311 4 AP HANOI Another former high-level official faces criminal charges in connection with Vietnam's first known international smuggling ring in gold and dollars, a newspaper reported here on Saturday. The Supreme People's Inspectorate of Ho Chi Minh City has accused the former chief of the
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    • 332 4 AFP BEIJING China is firmly on course to rejoin the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt), although some obstacles remain, a government official was quoted as saying yesterday. "The macro-economic rectification, aimed at stopping runaway credit that fuels inflation, has
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    • 578 4 Reuter BEIJING For months, the white-hot blast furnaces at Capital Iron and Steel Works were working overtime to keep pace with China's latest economic drive. A boom in housing, factory and office block construction sent demand for steel surging and workers sweating to put
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    • 581 4 AFP SEOUL Leaders of South Korea's powerful business conglomerates last week gathered at their Federation of Korea Industries (FKI) headquarters here and resolved to make an all-out efTort to boost exports to achieve a US$lO billion (5515.9 billion) annual trade surplus
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    • 152 4 UPI BEIJING Chinas trade deficit widened to USSS.7 billion (Ss9 billion) in the first eight months of the year as surging imports continued to outpace the rise in exports, official media reported last Saturday. Imports in the first eight months jumped 27.3 per cent
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    • 351 4 AFP HANOI An agreement on settling Vietnam's USSI42 million (*****.6 million) debt with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should be finalised by the end of the month, diplomats said here last Saturday. Settling the debt would elear the way for implementation of an IMF-financed
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    • 463 5 AFP BOMBAY Indian industry is fighting to recover from a production and demand slowdown as it transits to a free market in the third year of economic liberalisation. Charkravarty Rangarajan, chief of the central Reserve Bank of India (RBI), admitted that times were difficult
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    • 260 5 Reuter BOMBAY India has relaxed a government spending squeeze ahead of elections in November and December but will rein in the fiscal deficit again after the polls. Finance Minister Manmohan Singh told the Sunday Times of India yesterday: "This is not an Indian
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    • 45 5 Reuter NEW DELHI Some of India's exploited children during a sit-in protest against servitude in New Delhi on Saturday. The South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude, which organised the protest, claims 55 million children in India are being held in servitude. Reuter
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    • 367 5 FT NEW DELHI The Indian bureaucracy, famous for its ability to wrap a sub-continent in red tape, has turned its attention to the Coca-Cola bottle. The Ministry of Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, apparently oblivious to the efforts
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    • 248 5  -  From Florence Chong A COMMITTEE empowered by the Australian government to recommend ways of turning Darwin into the Asian capital of Australia has met for the first time here. The committee is expected to report to the Federal and the Northern
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    • 226 5 AFP CANBERRA Moves to extradite a Malaysian prince who smuggled his two children out of Australia in breach of an Australian court order would not upset diplomatic relations with Malaysia. But Attorney-General Michael Lavarch said yesterday that legal action would not necessarily bring
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
    • 1154 6  -  Reforming Japan From Anthony Rowley in TOKYO IF THIRTY trillion yen worth of fiscal spending (about SS4SB billion at today's exchange rates) fails to stimulate Japan's ailing economy, what will? If anyone has an answer to this question it does not appear to
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    • 550 6 NYT TOKYO Girding for a battic that may determine its ability to retain power, the fragile coalition government of Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa proposed a far-reaching political reform plan last Friday that for the first time would bar companies from contributing money
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  • THE WORLD
    • 634 7  -  From Neville Stack in LONDON BRITAIN'S Prime Minister John Major will lead a delegation of some of Britain's top businessmen to Malaysia tomorrow in response to an invitation from Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. The business delegation is thought to be the most high-powered ever
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    • 372 7 UPI, Bloomberg Business News LONDON British Prime Minister John Major arrived in Tokyo for trade talks last Saturday dismissing charges that he had left behind a deeply divided Conservative Party, or that he had plans to resign. Speaking to reporters in Japan, Mr
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    • 353 7 FT MOSCOW The Russian government plans to introduce a package of economic reforms, including banning the use of the US dollar within the country, as part of a drive to pull the country back from the brink of hyperinflation and again make
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 88 7 Reuter LANSING, Michigan Texan billionaire Ross Perot took his battle against the North American Free Trade Agreement to the heart of the US car industry last Saturday, urging Americans to work together "like spokes inside a wheel" to defeat the pact. Speaking to about 3.000 people at
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      • 99 7 UPI MONTEVIDEO Uruguay's Foreign Minister Sergio Abreu will travel to Japan, Europe and the US to convey the Latin American stand on the Gatt negotiations over global trade, and their disagreement with a deal over agriculture subsidies, government officials said on Saturday. The so-called Group
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      • 63 7 Reuter WASHINGTON Preparations are well underway for lifting remaining economic sanctions against South Africa once the African National Congress gives formal approval, but it could take several years before US business returns in full force. Meanwhile, the US Congress is readying legislation, and the World Bank
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 425 9  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) and two Singapore listed companies have teamed up with the Taiwanese government and other private Taiwanese investors to form a joint venture company that will scour the region for investment opportunities. The
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    • 394 9 NST KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Issuing House Sdn Bhd (MIH), the country's second issuing house, expects to handle its first public issue by next month, at the earliest. General manager Fauziah Ibrahim said MIH, which was incorporated in February this year,
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    • 230 9 NST KUALA LUMPUR Malayawata Steel Bhd will source for suitable investment opportunities which will yield attractive returns to provide the company with a more diversified earnings base. Although the company's core business remains promising, efforts will be made to explore other new business
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    • 266 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Multipurpose Holdings Bhd's (MPHB) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Marinco Holdings Sdn Bhd's (MHSB) sale of shares in Dunlop Estates Bhd (DEB) and Magnum Corporation Bhd will result in a group extraordinary gain of MS 105.05 million (SS6S million). MPHB
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    • 731 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE UNITED Overseas Bank wants a bigger share of the corporate finance market. Realising that it lags in this area, especially in equity financing, it is bringing corporate finance in-house. The group, which in
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    • 488 9 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Berjaya Leisure's (B Leisure) interest in Berjaya Sports Toto (BToto) will increase to 40.36 per cent, based on BToto's existing issued and paid-up share capital of M 5243 million (SSI 51 million), upon completion of the acquisition of
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    • 275 9 NST KUALA LUMPUR Mun Loong Bhd is exploring various measures to enhance its group operations in view of stifler competition from the increasing number of new retailers in the Klang Valley. Chairman Radin Soenarno al-Haj said the retail trading industry would continue
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    • Article, Illustration
      317 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stecfcs Sep 17 Last Seasr Mm Stoci sale Chae (tctornvim (S) (I) Avimo 2.030 0.010 1.44 I.I) CftC 7 400 0.150 5.2J 27.7$ Ceretws 5 900 0.100 4.17 It 52 FAN ***** 0.100 10.46 18.52 GF Asia 3.120 2.21 Gen Mag 1
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 104 10 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's Tuntex group, one of the island's biggest conglomerates, said it planned to invest in converting a former US military facility in the Philippines into an industrial and tourism zone. A group spokesman said Tuntex would obtain a 75-year lease for 800
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        • 86 10 Reuter BIELEFELD, Germany German machine tool maker Gildemeister AG said it would be difficult to improve its financial results without any pick-up in demand. The company also said in a letter to shareholders that it saw no end to the current weakness in the machine
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        • 130 10 Reuter SHANGHAI Shanghai Lianhua Fibre Corp, a joint venture with Hongkong company Hyran Holdings and one of China's leading polyester makers, has signed an underwriting agreement to issue 30 million 'B' shares for foreign investors. The issue price per share has been set
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        • 70 10 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK A US district court has ruled in favour of Glaxo Holdings pic, Europe's largest drug company, in a patent infringement lawsuit against Novopharm, a privately-held Canadian drug maker. London-based Glaxo filed the suit in August, after Novopharm requested US government approval to
          Bloomberg Business News  -  70 words
        • 119 10 AFP TOKYO Japan's Nikon Corp will boost the proportion of its cameras produced overseas from the current 7 per cent to 50 per cent by 1996, an economic newspaper said yesterday. The Ninon Keizai Shimbun said the move was aimed at avoiding exchange losses due
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        • 96 10 Reuter TOKYO Public prosecutors formally indicted Japanese media tycoon Haruki Kadokawa on drugs charges yesterday, NHK television said. The 51-year-old former head of the publishing and movie giant Kadokawa Shoten was arrested last month for allegedly conspiring with an employee to smuggle cocaine into
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      • 505 10 AFP SYDNEY BHP Co Ltd is considering further expansion in America as it continues fighting a US decision which has effectively blocked Australian steel exports to the country. BHP chief executive John Prescott said yesterday the company could spend
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      • 556 10 Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman plan to create regional joint exchange AFP ABU DHABI Three Gulf Arab states are holding talks on linking their stock markets as part of a plan to create a joint exchange in the region. Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman,
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      • 694 10  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG STOCKBROKERS are expecting a report which contained damning details of allegedly nefarious dealings in the Allied group, coupled with worsening Sino-British talks, to send the Hongkong stock market plunging by more than 100 points today. Three
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      • 420 10  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Londonbased Foreign Colonial Emerging Markets Ltd, which manages some US$l.5 billion (552.4 billion) of investments in Latin American and Southeast Asian markets, is launching a new USSIOO million fund which will invest in Indian companies. The open-ended fund,
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      • 183 10 AFP JAKARTA Three Indonesian firms a bank, a poultry producer and kitchenware producer plan to float new shares on capital markets next month, a press report said. The Jakarta Post daily quoted Bank Tiara President Hendrick Kolonas as saying that the bank,
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      • 291 10 Reuter LOS ANGELES The board of Turner Broadcasting System Inc has given the go-ahead for chairman Ted Turner to make a rival offer for Paramount Communications Inc, the Los Angeles Times said. The New York Times, however, cited executives close to Mr Turner
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 485 17  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE The world's top 25 financial centres managed USS4.9 trillion, or close to SSB trillion, in equities last year, just 1.7 per cent more than 1991. Technimetrics, an American investment database, said in a recent report that the
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      • 369 17  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Maybank Singapore has launched a special savings plan for its minor and trust savings accounts which extends free personal accident insurance cover to the child and parent. A Maybank statement yesterday said this was the
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      • 356 17 Reuter LONDON Lloyds of London, the world's oldest insurance market, may have the worst of its losses behind it, but it still has to reconcile the conflicting demands of new and old backers in its bid to restore its
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      • SMALL CHANGE
        • 104 17 AFP BANGKOK THREE major Thai commercial banks, following the lead of the Bank of Thailand, have shaved a quarter to a half percentage point off their lending rate ceilings, according to the Bangkok Post. All three banks have been charging 15.75 per cent interest. Bangkok
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        • 97 17 Reuter HANOI Banque Francaise du Commerce Exterieur (BFCE) said a bridging loan syndication to help Vietnam pay part of its US$l4O million (*****.4 million) International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrears had been oversubscribed. A large pool of international banks was taking part, it said. It did not
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        • 84 17 Reuter PARIS The French government expects to raise about 40 billion francs (5511.4 billion) from privatisation next year, the same as it aims to raise this year. Budget Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview with Le Figaro daily. This year's 40 billion
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        • 87 17 Reuter DHAKA The Bangladesh central bank said last Saturday it had cut its bank rate to 6 per cent from 6.5 per cent and the floor rate for fixed deposits to 5.5 per cent from 6 per cent with immediate effect.. It said the
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      • 241 17 AP WASHINGTON New loans by the World Bank group to needy countries including those emerging from Communist systems could set a new record near US$29 billion (5546.3 billion) this year, according to reports made public last week. In the bank's last fiscal year, which
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      • 387 17 AFP ABU DHABI Gulf Arab states may now rely on a new argument in a campaign to persuade fellow members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to maintain high output quotas: financial commitments to Middle East peace. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
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      • 230 17 THE US dollar switched directions a few times last week in a broad consolidation zone with volatile movements. Comments by Federal Reserve officials coupled with an economic stimulus package out of Tokyo and economic data out of the US contributed to these wild swings.
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      • Article, Illustration
        2059 17 *Rale\ are the average of 9 selected banks I rade-»righled index cak ulalrd attains! S pore 's top 14 trading partners Base year 198* Prime lending rates BANNS ABN Amro Bank NV 5 V ANZ Banking Group 6 Allied Irish Bank PLC 6Vj American Express Bank 6V> Arab Banking Corp
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 673 18  -  SiMEX WEEKLY ROUNDUP By James Foo, MMS International THE dollar-mark hung on desperately to shreds of bullish economic news at the start of last week but subsequently gave way to speculative selling. Reports of European central banks buying marks around 1.6200 to repay the Bundesbank
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      • 793 18 COMMODITY WEEKLY ROUNDUP AFP LONDON Coffee and cocoa trading was at the centre of commodity market activity again last week, with dealers hopeful of a rise in prices, thanks to a reduction in supplies. Cocoa prices rose by 5
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    • 1484 18 Rubber HAS CMM iMltty Excfcaaga (fvtm rat dai ilag as at lpa) tSS 1 Caatract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Oct 93 130.75 130.75 130.25 200 1.225 Nov I30.2S 130.00 130.00 350 4.350 Dec 128.75 128.50 128.75 1200 4,525 Jan/Mar 94 128.75
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    • 4502 19 r CORPORATE RESULTS Net Emu EPS Dale TY LY TY LY Company aim ($m> (Sm) (cts) (cts) Acma Sep 10 I 19.517 6.006 28.3 9.7 Apollo Aug 27 I I 506 2.645 2.2 3.9 Cathay Pac(a Aug 27 I 681.0 1.258.0 23.8 43.9 Chuan Hup Sep
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    • 753 19 Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory, it ranges between zero and 100. In practice however, it fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: 100 100/ [(up
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    • MARKET REVIEWS
      • 748 20 NYT New York THE END of summer is always a refreshing time in New York. As the heat and humidity drops, so the energy level picks up noticeably. City dwellers return from their summer homes, the tourist numbers dwindle, schools reopen, and the
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      • 323 20 AFP Tokyo SHARE PRICES fell back from a strong start in a holi-day-shortened week marked with dwindling expectations of the government's new economic package. The Nikkei Average of 225 leading issues closed 426.94 lower at 20.391.04 points. The Tokyo Stock
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      • 321 20 AFP London SHARE PRICES fell back for the third week running, hit by poor economic indicators, but steadying towards the end of the week to close with the FTSE 100 Share Index just above 3.000 points. The index fell 31.5 points
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      • 220 20 AFP Hongkong PRICES slid on the Hongkong Stock Exchange last week, amid fresh concerns about Sino-British relations and renewed publicity regarding an ongoing investigation into a listed company. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index tumbled 175.34 or 2.31 per cent to finish on Thursday
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      • ASIAN MARKETS ROUNDUP
        • 208 20 horts A BHP-INSPIRED end-of-week rally pulled back a series of downturns for the Australian bourse to close slightly down last week. The All Ordinaries Index slumped to 1,902.6 on Thursday its lowest level since the day after the handing down of the still-stalled federal budget on Aug 18 before
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        • 131 20 The SET Index closed on Friday at 998.22, up 4.93 points for the week. The average daily turnover during the week was 160.53 million shares, barely changed from 160.9 million shares the week before. The average daily value of stock traded was 7.9 billion baht. down slightly from 8.4
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        • 52 20 Share prices rose to a record high last week as investors optimism continued. The JSE Index closed on Friday at 430.36, breaching the 430 barrier for the first time. Average daily transactions rose to 20.05 million shares worth 85.22 billion rupiah compared to 15.41 million shares worth 85.16 billion
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        • 179 20 Share prices jumped last week after an interest rate cut by the Central Bank of China (CBC.) Extending a 1.5-per cent jump the previous week, the 342-issue Weighted Price Index put on another 68.43 points to finish at 3,941.49 on Friday. The market got off to a bearish start
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        • 111 20 Share prices remained volatile for the second successive week. The 30-sharc BSE Sensitivity Index closed on Friday at 2,763.59 points, gaining 58 over the previous week's close of 2.705.07. The 100-share National Index, a barometer of the Indian economy, was up by 31 over the week and closed on
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      • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
        • 839 20 -17.60 THE blue-chip Dow Jones Index fell 17.60 points on Friday to end at 3,613.25, capping a session of feverish trading as investors rushed to square portfolios for the market's "triple-witching" hour. The witching hour marks the quarterly expiration of a series of options on securities, stock indices
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        • 365 20 -9.75 Stocks closed weaker, led by a sliding metal and mineral index, after lacklustre afternoon trade. Dealers said the cautious market is awaiting more third quarter earnings and the outcome of the Oct 25 election. The TSE 300 Composite closed 9.75 points down at 3.978.31 on 64.9 million shares
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        • 2319 20 London Stp 17 Pe»ce Industrials A. A. Corp Adr 2( 2/* 2/* Abbey National 404 2 Allied Lyons J 7 -2 Amcc 104 J Asda Group tl 170 -130 BAT Ind 469 940 J 940 Birr 412 *30 3 *30 BOT Group 63* 5 BOT Group 63* 5 BR Petroleum
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    • 2505 21 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volumt hint H*«J 50c I*».»7.000 FACBSOt II2.992.OUO Kaber CiriHip 94.768.0U0 Krnutan Sue 86.694.000 Kcoong Bhd MX 80.594.000 Prumet 76 319 000 Merung < orp *****.000 Mctroplc* 50c ft7.| 19.000 Landmark Bhd 66.060.000 \MI)BMK 49 861 000 kjmunling 50c 47.J57.000 B<rOI«rJ
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
      • 5728 21 Bernama THE share market ended the week on a mixed note as profit-taking ahead of the weekend trimmed gains made on strong speculative buying earlier. Investors exercised caution on Friday after waves of speculative play lifted the market higher. Activity centred on second
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 1225 22  -  By R Sivanithy BUT for a record turnover established on Tuesday, it was more of the same last week share prices continued consolidating while investors displayed a continued preference to play Malaysian roulette. For the week ahead, brokerages expect still more of the same.
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      • 7070 22 I*™ 80 0 Gr Gr 1993 Last Vol Week Last Qaotc Di» Dis YW Net M Cap Hi# Low Coopaav Sale 000) Hith Lo» Buyer Seller Or P/E Smil INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1380 260 Ac ma UTOcd -SO 1530 1230 1100 1160 1170 12.5 2.1 I.I 50.6 806 4 270
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  • Business IT
    • 840 11  -  PDAs are said to be the next technological breakthrough. But will they sell? And who will win? Joseph Rajendran gathers early feedback Joseph Rajendran THE BATTLE for a share of the emerging personal digital assistant (PDA) market has finally reached Asian shores.
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    • 309 11  -  Republic's team will be the biggest national contingent, reports Claire Leow Claire Leow Bangalore, flying its banner as India's Silicon Valley, has wooed some 50 Singapore companies to its maiden Procurement Electronics India '93 exhibition in December. This makes Singapore the
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    • 404 11  -  The mainframe maker's low-cost Rise-based servers signal a major shift in strategy, Bernard Chew learns Bernard Chew TANDEM Asia has made a bold move into the low-cost client-server computing market with the launch of its new Himalaya range of network fileserver computers last
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    • 407 11  -  IBM is not resting on its laurels with the success of its minicomputers, Joseph Rajendran discovers Joseph Rajendran Success has not stopped IBM from making major changes to its AS/400 minicomputer systems; by 1994 the existing architecture will be abandoned. But current AS/400 users need not worry,
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    • It's happenin'
      • 80 12 SINGAPORE WordPerfect Coip will make its move into the Windows-based desktop presentation software market, when it launches version 2.0 of WordPerfect Presentations. Besides the normal charts and graphics, this software allows you to add in sound and full-motion video effect to liven up even the most boring
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      • 61 12 SINGAPORE Compaq World '93, Singapore's leading network computing symposium, will be held from Sep 30 to Oct 1 at the Pan Pacific Hotel. The two-day symposium features presentations and talks by leading industry figures, including Compaq chief executive Eckhard PfeifTer, who will deliver the keynote address.
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      • 68 12 SINGAPORE Is using Lotus software as easy as 1-2-3? "Find out at SiS Technologies' Lotus Day Techforum on Sep 21 at the Pan Pacific Hotel, Ballroom 3 from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm. The forum will feature presentations by Lotus and SiS representatives and
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      • 64 12  -  Compiled by Bernard Chew SINGAPORE Been unsuccessful in getting your boss to approve computer purchases for your department lately? Help is available from the Institute of Systems Science, which will run a course entitled "Justifying IT Investments" from Oct 5-6. It provides you with the skills
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    • 829 12  -  Claire Leow has the details of Cyrix's latest challenge to Intel Claire Leow CYRIX Corporation of Texas takes another chip at the the dominant share of market leader Intel Corp when it announces today the release of several Cx4B6DX and Cx4B6DX2
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    • TECH TAKES
      • 70 12 SINGAPORE The National Computer Board is leading a 21-member delegation to Hongkong, Shanghai and Beijing. The aim of the mission is to seek collaboration between computer companies in both countries. It aims to familiarise participating Chinese and Singapore organisations with each other's capabilities so that
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      • 42 12 SINGAPORE Data General has appointed publicly-listed PT NVPD Soedarpo Corp as its value-added reseller in Indonesia. Soedarpo aims to sell commercial Unix solutions with Data General's AViiON open system servers. It will also provide systems integration expertise.
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      • 71 12 SINGAPORE A Sydney-based consultancy firm has devised a new system called MacZi to help students cope with Mandarin. The software enables the computer to speak Mandarin and show students how to read, write and speak Chinese characters. It is believed to have generated considerable interest
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      • 62 12 SINGAPORE ICL Singapore has announced its latest model in the DRS 3000 range a Pentium-based computer running the multi-user Unix System V Release 4. Called the model 656, it will function as a server that can support over 100 users. It can also run mission critical applications.
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      • 56 12 SINGAPORE AST Singapore has launched the Bravo NB family of notebook computers. The systems feature: local bus enhanced graphics for fast video performance, Type 111 PCMCIA support and a built-in trackball. The new 486-based Bravo NB notebook computers come in monochrome, active and passive colour screens.
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      • 57 12 SINGAPORE Borland has announced three major upgrades the Quattro Pro 5.0 for DOS, Windows and the Workgroup Edition. Quattro Pro 5.0 for DOS and Windows are both shipping and will be available through Borland resellers and distributors at a list price of $199.90 each. The Workgroup Edition
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      • 44 12 SINGAPORE Kinetics Technology International of the Netherlands opened a new office here on Jan 15. The local office of Mannesmann's wholly-owned subsidiary will support its marketing and sales efforts within Asean and aid in the execution and logistics of projects.
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      • 37 12 SINGAPORE Informatics Computer School has opened a sixth centre in Jurong East. Located near the Jurong East MRT station, the centre boasts fully air-conditioned practical and lecture rooms equipped with state-of-the-art computer facilities.
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      • 73 12  -  Compiled by Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Microsoft is offering a new integrated suite of desktop applications, the Microsoft Office Professional, for SSBSO (usual price: SIS 1,678) with any Microsoft or competitive upgrade of word processing, spreadsheet or graphics software. During the promotion, the package comes with a
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    • Article, Illustration
      112 12 INTEL Corporation has appointed Rob Eckelmann (right) to captain Intel's push into the Asia Pacific networking and branded products market. Based in Singapore. Mr Eckelmann. as vice-president of Intel International and director of Intel's Asia Pacific Branded Businesses, will look after sales, marketing, local engineering and support. Before
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    • 705 14  -  CONNECTIONS COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH CONNECTIVITY Tommi Chen looks at new applications for the enterprise network Tommi Chen The writer is a partner of Net Centre, which specialises in network services. He managed one of the largest enterprise networks in the region for several years.
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    • 878 14  -  IBM's chief marketeer for OS/2 is unfazed by the recent expiration of an IBM-Microsoft pact, he tells David Welcher in an exclusive interview in New York David Welcher The writer heads Computing Dynamics (USA), a Brooklyn-based management consulting and software development firm, and also
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    • 569 14  -  IN SYNC INTEGRATING IT BUSINESS Mary Chong concludes her series on financial and accounting systems by showing how IT has broadened the financial function. Mary Chong Mary Chong, a manager with Andersen Consulting, helps design and implement financial and accounting systems for clients in Singapore
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    • 753 16  -  TEST Rujmi Bernard Chew tries out a program for fledgling entrepreneurs Bernard Chew YOU'VE got this great idea for a business. You've told your wife, relatives and even your mother-in-law about it and all of them agree it's a "sure thing". Apart from enthusiasm and perseverance,
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    • 455 16 UPI OWNERS of small or medium-sized businesses in the US have at least 90 million reasons to buy Phonedisc's Reverse National Cross Directory, one for every name on the five-CD set. TTiis is a phone directory with a difference. For one thing,
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    • 1144 16  -  WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY DAVID WELCHER The writer heads Computing Dynamics (USA), a Brooklyn-based management consulting and software development firm, and also writes on IT issues. He contributed this commentary to BusinesslT. HISTORY is an ever-changing canvas, a succession of ideas, governments
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    • 729 16  -  Claire Leow finds the US-based drive maker making up for lost time Claire Leow DRIVE maker Conner Peripherals Inc has launched a whole new product range, the Filepro series, alongside a new strategy tailored to respond to rapid changes on the computer scene. Conner has
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    • 363 12 MISSING FILES, PRONE TO VIRUSES, COMPUCATIONS? TIME TO SEE A SPECIALIST. M f v >.»IP W'J*,, g r 1 Mm (TVlrv r>fei I I I ■WHm&mmm ill ui—mag i iu mwam. i m <M*mm i m Here's the remedy to all the problems you face with your filing system. The
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    • 701 15 II CAN YOU AFFORD 1 NOT TO BE CONNECTED? °l I THE SYMPOSIUM FOR NETWORK COMPUTING 30 September and 1 October 1993 L SIGN UP NOW TO BE CONNECTED Compaq World '93 is an informative and educational event that Opening address by Eckhard Pfeiffer Netware performance and tuning, watchouts and
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    • 117 16 Feel HYATT KINABALU the A strategic location that Touch puts you in the best position. of An efficient Business Centre that Hyatt makes your task so much easier. in Malaysia. pursuit for flair and originality that could inspire you to do the same. HYATT SAU JAN A Two championship golf
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  • SPORTS
    • 546 23 Golf Reuter ST NOM LA BRETECHE. France American Ryder Cup stalwart Fred Couples, outnumbered 9-1 by enemy team members, overshadowed them all with a second successive fivc-under-par 65 last Saturday to take a one-shot thirdround lead in the Lancome Trophy. Couples compiled a
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    • 346 23 AFP SYDNEY Sydney and Manchester have reached a secret pact to back each other rather than see Beijing win the race to host the 2000 Olympics, according to a report here yesterday. Whichever is eliminated first in the early rounds of Thursday's ballot will
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        67 23 Reuter NEW YORK American l-eague Saturday: Toronto 5 Minnesota 1; NY 4 Boston 3; Detroit 7 Cleveland 6; Oakland 3 Chicago 2; Milwaukee 3 Baltimore 0, Texas 9 California 2; Kansas 1 Seattle 0. National: SF 6 Cincinnati 1; NY 3 Atlanta 2 (10 innings); Chicago 6 Florida 5;
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        63 23 Reuter COLOMBO The third and final test between Sri Lanka and South Africa ended in a draw when rain washed out the final day's play yesterday. South Africa take the series after winning the second test by an innings and 208 runs. The first test was drawn. Scores: South
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        279 23 Reuter AFP AFP AFP TOKYO ANA Open leading final scores Sunday (Japanese unless stated): 274 Tsuncvuki Nakajima 67 67 67 73 278 Peter Senior (Aust) 71 71 68 68, Naomichi Ozaki 67 73 69 69, Katsunari Takahashi 69 68 69 72 279 Kimpachi Yoshimura 68 70 71 70, Yoshinori
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        429 23 AFP AP BEIJING A Chinese sports medical official, denying that Chinese athletes use drugs, says no potion known to man can help a runner break a world record at 10,000 m. Yang Tianle, a professor who specialises in doping and heads China's National Research Institute of Sports Medicine, said
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    • 715 23 Ballesteros thrills to new encounter with trans-Atlantic rivals Reuter ST NOM LA BRETECHE, France The unquenchable Ryder Cup enthusiasm of Seve Ballesteros was starkly underlined by a single shot at a tournament three weeks ago. Because of that one audacious stroke, the 36-year-old appears
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    • 1022 23 Banque Francaise DILL du Commerce Exterieur AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES MEAD OFFICE: 21 Boulevard Haussmann. ***** Pars Cede. 09 S4WGAPOWE BRANCH: SO Raffles Place MS-01 She! Tow S.ngapura 0104 CONSOUDATED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1992 CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1992 (FRF thousands) (FRF thouond») Assets Dec
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    • 676 24 M Nothing Beats A Bud. B OF Have a Roaring Good Time at Connections' KTV rooms. A wide selection of songs to suit everyone's taste from Hnglish, Mandarin, Hokkien. Cantonese to even Japanese! 12pm to 5pm: $80 f $120 5pm to 2am: St20- $180 Parking rwlwiiiahk* after 5 pin King'n
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    • 284 24 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN The World On A PUttcr. 1 -30 September And at your fingertips. during our international Buffet at the ,pH Cili PUza Feast on the world's best cuisines French, Italian. Early Bird Buffet CMi»rri y Chine*. Japanese and Indian.)ust (5 pm-7 pm) to mention a
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  • THE ARTS
    • 956 25  -  Michael Arditti on why the audience's role is so important to both actor and playwright Michael Arditti FT SHOULD you ever visit an actor after a performance, do not be surprised to find your compliments reciprocated. While at first this may seem theatrical gush after all. you have
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    • 779 25  -  Classical CDs By ANDREW LIM Britten: Gloriana Josephine Barstow, Philip Langridge etc Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera/Sir Charles Mackerras Argo *****3-2 DDD 148 min, 2 CDs, Full Price BENJAMIN Britten's Gloriana, written 40 years ago to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth 11, was
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 1343 25 1 TV RADIO Honkytonk Man, 8.30pm, TV 2 Onl> Clint hastwood could jfrnlgL have the audacity to play a HB W?k comparatively odious and untalented country singer dying Hk; of consumption during the Depression. Very oddball and unfashionable. Crad Doubt, 10.30pm, SBC 5 M In this second part, Bonnie Von
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  • ENTERPRISE & MANAGEMENT
    • 822 26  -  Helen Chang finds out what sets Craft Print apart from the rest Helen Chang CHARLIE CHAN, founder and managing director of Craft Print, picks up the name card a visitor has just offered him and holds it up to the light. "Hmm. the cut is
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    • 612 26  -  By Anna Teo AS THE new boss of the Sony operational headquarters here, Nobuyuki Watanabe has no doubt laid out various plans and objectives for his staff and company. One goal he's set for himself is to link up quickly with the local community. "One
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    • 232 26 D'ARCY Masius Benton Bowles has named Roger Winter managing director, DMB&B/Asia. He replaces John Fcnton. who will join the DMB&B International group in New York. In his new position. Mr Winter will have overall responsibility for DMB&B operations in China, Hongkong. India, Indonesia. Japan. Korea. Malaysia. Pakistan, the
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    • 782 27  -  Diane Summers on the way the sexes rate male and female managers Diane Summers FT WOMEN prefer a female boss; men would rather work for men. Female managers are not seen by their male subordinates as acting in an authoritative manner. Both male and female managers are
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    • 366 27 FT HAY uses its own management style definitions variations are used by other researchers. The styles are characterised as: Coercive: Do it the way I tell you. Provides clear direction; does not listen; expects immediate compliance; controls tightly, requiring many detailed reports; gives negative
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    • 227 27 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP. SO AND MTHE MATTER OF KOBE PEARLS PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RNAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pomiart to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50, that tho Final General Meeting of the Company wit be held
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    • 113 27 DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU lIHfW PRESIDENT KJN6, AS PROPOSAL IS II YOU MAY HAVE I Iff PM< OF MINORITY H CQMPItIWf IHSENSI- I 600PIN1WT10H5, I iff AFFAIRS, I MOST TJVETO7HEFmJN6SOF II CWFRJEW, BUT OF COURSE YOU NOTWZR WW STRENUOUSLY PRO- H MINORITIES ON THIS \l YOWR3 601N6 I AM. W/5 yw
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  • 418 28 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's central bank has dealt a heavy blow to currency speculators by re-im-posing reserve requirements for foreign exchange deposits at commercial banks. The central bank's announcement. made late last Friday, threw the foreign exchange market into turmoil on Saturday as the Taiwan
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  • 201 28 Reuter TAIPEI The governor of Taiwan's central bank has denied allegations that bank officials leaked news of an interest rate cut before the official announcement in order to make huge profits in the government bond market. Three legislators in the main
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  • 255 28 AFP PANAMA CITY Panama, Japan and the US have agreed to upgrade the Panama Canal to the tunc of USSS.4 billion i (SSB.6 billion) by building a new, third set of locks. i Guillcrmo Quijano, chair- man of the tripartite Canal
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  • 216 28 Reuter, AFP PHNOM PENH Cambodij an law-makers adopted a new I democratic Constitution yesterday. paving the way for veteran leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk to be king back on the throne after nearly 40 I years. A government spokesman I said the
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  • 241 28 UPI MANILA The Philippines plans to reduce the size of its regular armed forces and establish reserve units for external defcncc. Dcfcncc Secretary Rcnato dc Villa said yesterday: "We have begun the streamlining of our armed forces towards its ultimate
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  • 537 28 NYT LOWELL, Massachusetts Battered, bruised and humbled. Wang Laboratories Inc is about to get something rare in the high-technology wars: a second chance. The oncc mighty computer giant, which at its zenith in 1988 had sales of nearly US$3 billion. 32.000 employees and
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  • 723 28  -  The Bottom Line NIRMAL GHOSH NIRMAL GHOSH The writer is a BT journalist THE more unlikely a government, the more interesting and often salutary its effect on a country. And so it is in Pakistan, where caretaker Prime Minister Moeen Qureshi's administration
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  • Shipping Times
    • 359 29  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THE DIRECTORS of shipping company Regional Container Lines have approved a 1.6-million private share placement to local and foreign investors. But chief executive officer Sumate Tanthuwanit declined to say how many shares would be sold to the
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    • 52 29 Reuter NEWCASTLE, England Hundreds of Tynesiders took advantage of the fine weather last Friday to look at the ship Insistence, which ran aground at the mouth of the River Tyne in the recent Easterly gales. The crew were all airlifted to safety from the Kent-based
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    • 211 29 Knight-Ridder LONDON Associated British Ports Holdings pic (ABPH), the largest UK ports operator with 22 ports, last week announced an increase in firsthalf pre-tax profits to £29.4 million (5570.5 million) from £15.1 million in Jan-Jun 1992. Most of the improvement was due to the
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    • 314 29 KnightRidder NEW YORK Absence of American-flag ships to lift gov-ernment-sponsored grain cargoes to Russia has opened up the trade to foreign-flag ships. Reports surfaced last week that another four foreign-flag ships won out on the latest bidding and are
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    • 384 29 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Amalgamated Containers Bhd (ACB), which is seeking a listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange main board, has forecast an MSI 1.07 million (556.9 million) group pretax profit for the year ended June 30, 1994, and estimated M 55.46 million for the
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    • 357 29 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Slow demand coupled with the oversupply of containers are pushing leasing rates down, industry sources in Port Klang say. "Business is definitely down as compared with the same period last year. Traditionally, demand during the second half of the year
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    • 298 29 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The higher number of confirmed foreign participants in the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition (Lima *93) has encouraged more local companies, particularly the established ones, to participate in the show. So far, 18 local companies have
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    • 156 29 Bernama PENANG The Penang Port Commission (PPC) will open only one ferry terminal each in Butterworth and on the island to avoid congestion when the Eastern Oriental Express luxury train stops over today. PPC public relations officer Khoo Gim Hoon said last Friday that motorists
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 448 30 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Marina Wharves Hong Hut ***** P04 2009 0730 ?o» 1830 Alara la,a All M03 20 09 0900 20 09/2300 Ouguri 07 93 P04 19 09/1500 2009 0600 Batamttatti *****3 M04 20 09/1000 21 09/2300 tnestia
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      • 1020 30 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From to lilac 22* 21/0700 1 19/1500 19/1659 19/1900 3 20/0700 20/1159 20/1400 N Mirqac CO30W 21/2100 1 19/1500 19/1659 19/1900 2
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    • 9608 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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    • 832 45 MIE BALTIC Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rales remained unchanged al 1424. Rates on the key US Gulf to Japan grain run eased slightl) with reports an end Sep-early Oct cargo has heen fixed at U5524.75 with combination ports. 25 cents down on the last done,
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    • 848 45 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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    • 1285 46 The Port Authority of Thailand, with the help of government and industry, is tackling the problem of hazardous cargo International Transport Journal Hazardous cargo has been a growing problem at Port Authority of Thailand's (PAT) innercity Klongtocy terminal in Bangkok for several years.
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      • 317 48  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Overcapacity in the aviation industry could be eased by coordinating airlines' flight schedules to various destinations, says a European airline official. Speaking at an aviation conference in Dallas last week, Karl-Heinz Neumeister, secretary-general of the Association of European
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      • 56 48 Reuter LAUNCESTON, Australia Police officers sifting through the wreckage of a twin-engined Piper Navajo, which crashed last Friday, killing six of a V ictorian football team on their way to an end-of-season holiday. Four team members survived the crash which occurred 500 metres short
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      • 203 48 UPI JAKARTA A Hongkong firm has proposed building a subway system to alleviate Jakarta's traffic problems, the official news agency Antara reported last Saturday. Sea-Land International Group vice-president Budiman told Antara that the company's plan for the Jakarta metropolitan area is being considered by
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      • LOG BOOK
        • 131 48 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Freight traffic on US railroads rose slightly during the week ended Sep 11 from the year-earlier period, the Association of American Railroads said. Total traffic hauled rose 0.5 per cent to 19.4 billion ton-miles, from 19.3 billion a year earlier.
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        • 94 48 Bloomberg Business News SARNIA, Ontario Canadian National Railway Co said it began work last Thursday on a Csl9o million (*****.7 million) tunnel to transport cargo between Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron, Michigan. "We see the new tunnel facilitating the flow of goods" between Canada and the
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        • 105 48 AFP TOKYO Japan's Honda Motor Co plans to cut its workforce by 3,000 to 40.000 in three years to cope with dwindling sales at home, the economic newspaper Nihon Kcizai Shimbun reported last Saturday. Honda will also shift all production of its popular Accord and
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        • 110 48 Reuter ARLINGTON, Virginia USAir is offering a new "Gateway Fare Promotion" for trans-Atlantic service from Pittsburgh. Charlotte and Philadelphia with round-trip adult fares from USS3SB (*****) to USS44B. The new fare package also provides additional savings for students ages 12-21 (24 with student ID), and
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      • 681 48 Union expected to approach Chrysler first Reuter DETROIT Ford Motor Co's new contract with the United Auto Workers Union may not contain the dramatic concessions on health-care that the company was seeking, but experts say the pact is practical enough
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