The Business Times, 21 September 1993

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  • 13 1 Business Times MITA (P) 552/12/92 Tuesday September 21 1993 WE KNOW ASIA 75'
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  • 2am LATEST
    • 81 1 AFP TOKYO The Bank of Japan has dccidcd to cut its official discount rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to a new all-time low of 1.75 per cent. Jiji Press and Kyodo News Service said last night that the latest reduction in the
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    • 85 1 Reuter LONDON British Aerospacc pic may have to make thousands of workers redundant and close at least one ammunition factory if the British government docs not take a decision soon on a major ordnance order. The company says it has stepped up its campaign
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  • Article, Illustration
    110 1 Stock market indices Monday Change STU 1.998.37 -10.01 KLSE Composite 816.46 -3.14 Nikkei 20,266.03 -125.01 Hang Seng 7.390.60 -27.51 SF.T Index 997 01 -1.21 Jakarta Composite ...431.49 +1.13 CLSA China B 1.033.37 -1.19 AustAIIOrd 1.924.1 -1.4 FrSE 100 3.004.5 -1 Monday Previous I lam close Dow Jones 3.612.69
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  • 463 1  -  By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE An international countertrade association, the world's first, will be established in Singapore next month, giving countertrade in the region a big boost. Called the Asia-Pacific Countertrade Association, its members are expected to include multinationals and
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  • 311 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR A SINGAPORE businessman pleaded guilty yesterday to short-selling shares in Malaysia's Union Paper Holdings. Benjamin Eu Soon Kim was sentenced to a M 5450,000 (*****.000) fine or two years' jail. He paid the fine. Little is known about 46-vear-old
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  • 633 1  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Singapore Press Holdings will invest 5240 million in new presses that will be able to print more newspapers of better quality in less time. Chairman Lim Kim San said yesterday the presses will enable SPH to
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  • 447 1  - KLSE won't match S'pore's extra trading hour for now By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange will not be extending its trading time to match the extension of one hour that its Singapore counterpart implemented from today. A KLSE spokesperson told Business Times yesterday there was no reason
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  • 197 1 SINGAPORE The local stock market showed yesterday how dependent it is on Malaysian shares with the Straits Times Industrials Index slipping 10.01 points as profit-tak-ing in Clob counters spilled over to the main board. After a brief run-up to 2.013 at the start of
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  • 230 1 AFP TOKYO A majority of Japanese corporate executives expect their country's economy to remain in the doldrums through the middle of next year, according to a survey published yesterday. The Kihon Keizai Shim bun survey said that most of the 102 executives polled also
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
      • 266 2  -  By Schutz Lee THE value of re-exports from Singapore grew strongly in the first seven months this year with the recovery of the republic's largest re-export market, Malaysia. Total re-exports grew strongly by as much as 30.6 per cent in April. Between February and July this
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    • 457 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming THE economy is likely to cool ofT a bit in the second half of the y<;ar after growing 8.7 per cent in the first six months. United Overseas Bank said in its latest Economic Financial Quarterly. The
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    • 255 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling JAPAN'S NDF Inc has set up a film development and finance company in Singapore, its first in South-east Asia. The company, incorporated in Tokyo just three years ago, has already made a name for itself in the film
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    • 282 2 RESIDENTS of Bukit Ho Swee have voted overwhelming in favour of the government's upgrading plan for their estate. The Yes votes came to 91.4 per cent. But most of them opted for the cheaper package, called the standard package, which costs 53.500. Of
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    • 383 2  -  By Yong Pow Ang SINGAPORE'S Pek family, having established its position in Xiamen, is investing US$5O million (SsBo million) to build 350 units of bungalows in Beijing. The deal was signed yesterday between Roland Pek Lian Huat and Beijing's Chaoyang District party secretary Song Weiliang
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  • THE REGION
    • 393 3 Bernama ALOR STAR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday the government may be forced to amend the law to further clarify the powers of the court to hear cases brought by members of political parties to prevent wasting
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    • 278 3 AFP JAKARTA Philippine President Fidel Ramos yesterday called for enhanced and closer cooperation, including in the economy, between his country and neighbouring Indonesia. "We ought to look, first of all, to each other," Mr Ramos said. "Living next to each other multiplies our potential
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    • 248 3 Reuter MANILA National security chief Jose Almonte has rejected accusations that the Philippine government is persecuting Chi-nese-Filipino businessmen through a tax crackdown and also rejected suggestions that Chinese capital may flee the country. Chinese leaders have said the filing of tax
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    • Article, Illustration
      38 3 Reuter PHNOM PENH Cambodian co-prime ministers Hun Sen (left) and Norodom Rannariddh discussing the last few articles to the Cambodian constitution here on Sunday. After five days, Cambodian leaders finished their debate on the constitution. Reuter
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    • 171 3 Reuter BEIJING Cambodia's Prince Sihanouk said yesterday that he may have cancer of the prostate, but that doctors were investigating whether or not the tumour was benign. "My Chinese doctors do not dare to tell me the seriousness of my illness, but it is
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    • 356 3 AFP JAKARTA Manpower Minister Abdul Latief said yesterday that a visiting US trade team had no intention of interfering with the government's labour policy but will simply assess labour conditions here. "They are not here to interfere in Indonesia's labour policy, but
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    • 262 3 AFP BANGKOK Foreign Minister Prasong Soonsiri has defended Thailand's right to fire warning shots into Cambodian territory in retaliation for the shelling of Thailand's border areas. Mr Prasong was reacting yesterday to a complaint by Cambodian government leaders after they received
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    • 476 5 AFP BEIJING China could break apart like Yugoslavia soon after paramount leader Deng Xiaoping dies unless the central government takes drastic steps to halt mounting regionalism. An internal 86-page report, written by two Yale Universi-ty-educated scholars and printed by the
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    • 245 5 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan will face a financial crunch in five years' time when government debts fall due. but it will still maintain a 6 per cent economic growth rate. Director-general of the Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Wang Kun, said yesterday that
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    • 203 5 AP HONGKONG Zhao Ziyang, the Chinese Communist Party chief ousted and arrested in 1989 for siding with pro-de-mocracy students at Tiananmen Square, is healthy and plays golf. A Hongkong golf promoter. Edmund Lee, yesterday produced two photos to prove his claim. He
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    • 312 5 Reuter SEOUL When is a recession not a recession? The answer, according to analysts, seems to lie in South Korea, where predictions of gross national product (GNP) growing at a real 4 per cent this year have plunged economic soothsayers into gloom. South Koreans,
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    • 186 5 AFP SEOUL South Korea's two top policemcn tendered their resignations yesterday amid allegations they amassed their multi-million-dollar fortunes through land speculation and graft. Kim Hyo Eun, chief of the national police agency, said in his letter of resignation he felt "deeply
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • 66 5 Knight-Ridder TOKYO Declines in Japan's land prices have been accelerating. with commercial land prices in the Tokyo and Osaka metropolitan areas each down more than 20 per cent in the year to July 1. A survey by the National Land Agency, released yesterday, shows commercial land
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      • 99 5 Reuter BEIJING A total of 13.400 project contracts involving foreign investment were signed in Guangdong province in January-Au-gust, an increase of 78.9 per cent over the same period last year. The Financial News said yesterday that contracted foreign investment in the period was U5523.559 billion
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      • 47 5 Reuter MONTE CARLO A Tibetan delegation, wearing T-shirts saying 'Olympics 2000 not in China', giving a press conference yesterday to protest against Beijing's bid to hold the Games. Four Tibetan women were threatened with deportation by the police for wearing the T-shirts. Reuter
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      • 74 5 AFP TOKYO Japan's 10 electric power firms and three major gas companies yesterday applied to the International Trade and Industry Ministry for approval of rate cuts. The rate cut is a government measure aimed at passing on to consumers some of the benefits stemming
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      • 82 5 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan garnered a total of U557.27 billion worth of export orders in August, a 9.64 per cent increase over the same period last year. The Economic Ministry said yesterday that export orders in the first eight months of 1993 amounted to U5556.71
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    • 273 6 Reutcr CANBERRA Australia's Labor government is examining an electoral plan to flush minor parties out of the Senate, the Upper House of Parliament that is threatening to block its budget, government sources said yesterday. The sources said the government's plan would
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    • 229 6  -  From Florence Chong in DARWIN SINGAPORE must have a more aggressive immigration policy if it is to reach its population target of 4 million, says academic Linda Low. She has told a migration conference in Darwin that Singapore must grant permanent residency to more
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    • 217 6 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Australian manufacturers expect profits to pick up in the next 12 months despite continuing sluggishness in the economic recovery, according to the September quarterly survey by Westpac Bank and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The recovery in the Australian
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    • 41 6 Reuter CALCUTTA Mother Teresa being greeted at Missionaries of Charity after she was discharged from hospital on Sunday. The Nobel prize winner underwent heart surgery last Thursday and was in good condition after the operation. Reuter
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    • 451 6 Reuter TOKYO Japanese socialists chose a new. compromise leader on Monday, averting possible turmoil within Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa's fragile eight-party ruling coalition at least for now. Tomiichi Murayama. 69. won a bitter fight against radical leftist Masayoshi Ito, the only other
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    • 403 6 AFP NEW DELHI India's largest and most powerful space rocket failed yesterday after a spectacular launch, dispatching an advanced satellite into oblivion and dealing a blow to the country's ambitious space programme, officials said. The huge. 280-tonne Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) soared from
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  • THE WORLD
    • 490 7 AP WASHINGTON The improvement in the US economy is expected to be short-lived, some of the top economists contend in a forecast that disagrees with Clinton administration 1994 projections. Although the consensus of 41 forecasters surveyed by the National Association of
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    • 306 7 Reuter WARSAW Poland's excommunists headed on Monday for an emphatic victory in elections just four years after decades of communist rule were swept away, preliminary results showed. The outcome of the voting on Sunday is a stinging rebuff for four years of
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 143 7 AFP TOKYO The United States has asked Japan to join a meeting in New York next month of countries willing to set up a fund to help the Palestinian autonomy agreement, the Japanese foreign ministry said. US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, in a
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      • 101 7 Reuter NEW YORK President Clinton cxpccts to recruit former head of Chrysler Corp Lee lacocca to counter Ross Perot's attacks on the North American Free Trade Agreement, Newsweek magazine reports in its latest edition. The magazine said Mr lacocca will meet Mr Clinton this
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      • 64 7 AP HAMBURG, Germany Voters gave Germany's main political parties a jolt and a far-right party came within an eyelash of entering the Hamburg legislature in a closcly watched state election. Far-right parties held seats in three of Germany's 16 state legislatures before the
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      • 106 7 Knight-Ridder ZURICH Switzerland's real gross domestic product fell 0.1 per cent in 1992 compared with zero growth in 1991, according to the Federal Statistics office national accounting report. The figures are "better" than the government's quarterly estimates report of gross domestic product, although they
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    • 434 9 Reuter WASHINGTON A senior International Monetary Fund official urged Japan and Germany to cut interest rates to help break the "crisis" gripping the global economy and lift the world out of recession. Throwing his weight behind US efforts to prod Japan
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    • 483 9 NYT WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund has decided to delay a US$l.5 billion (552.4 billion) loan to Russia because of Moscow's failure to cut its inflation rate and carry out other promised reforms. But US and fund officials said they were
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    • 397 9 Rcutcr PRAGUE Slowly but surely, new Czech capitalists are shedding communist-instilled inhibitions about flaunting their wealth. Less than four years after the fall of communism in the "velvet revolution", the first Rolls-Royces are purring through the narrow streets of Prague. High-priced boutiques
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    • 30 9 Renter MUNICH Men in ancient costumes walking on stilts through the city to take part in the annual Oktoberfest costumes parade in Munich on Sunday. Renter
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    • 228 9 Reuter TOKYO The leaders of a high-powered British trade delegation slammed the United States for what they described as attempts to manage trade with Japan. "We are obviously firmly opposed to managed trade or bilateral deals," said Michael Perry,
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    • 222 9 Bloomberg Business News LONDON UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke said he reserves the right to raise taxes in the government's budget on Nov 30. In an interview with British Broadcasting Corporation radio, the Chancellor said the government will go ahead with
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 421 11  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Diversified quarry operator Golden Plus Holdings Bhd has appointed three new directors, two of whom are linked to Malaysian high fliers Aokam Perdana Bhd and Idris Hydraulic (M) Bhd. The company disclosed this yesterday when it
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    • 353 11  -  By Yong Pow Ang SINGAPORE Beverage maker Yeo Hiap Seng is planning to bottle soya bean drinks in Beijing, which will help the company continue to tap the vast China market and at the same time reduce its exposure to
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    • 276 11 SINGAPORE Tibs Holdings is considering its third joint venture in China, barely four months after deals in Beijing and Qingdao. Yesterday, its overseas arm Tibs International sealed a preliminary agreement with Beijing Large Goods and Materials Transportation Company (BLTC) to run
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    • 318 11 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Esso Malaysia Bhd has reported a 59 per cent increase in its operating pre-tax profit for the half year ended June 30, to M 582.24 million (5550.99 million) from M 552.19 million previously. This was achieved on a 13 per
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    • 714 11  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Singapore brokers are a hard lot to please, and there were loud moans and groans throughout the marketplace yesterday following the SES' latest move to extend trading by an hour. Angry brokers
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    • 340 11  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Governmentowned Sembawang Holdings Pte Ltd will reduce its paid-up capital from SS32O million to SS32 million by returning surplus assets to Temasek Holdings. The measure is part of a restructuring by the Sembawang group which will result
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    • 129 11 SINGAPORE Property and construction group Hwa Hong has suffered an 8.5 per cent fall in first-half profit to 56.1 million despite a higher turnover. Hwa Hong attributed the 29 per cent higher turnover of 5146 million for the six months ended June 30 mainly
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    • 249 11 SINGAPORE Electronics contract manufacturer Singatronics has posted a first-half loss of $674,000. This is worse than in first-half 1992, when the group lost $294,000. The loss per share in the first six months this year was 0.4 cent, against 0.17 cent over the
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    • Article, Illustration
      317 11 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Sep 20 Last Scim Stock uk Chft bcloraotcr* 7!) Avimo 2.000 -0 030 1.42 4.26 (AC 7.300 -0.100 5.19 14 18 Cerebos 5 850 -0.050 4 16 7.09 FAN 14 700 -0.100 10 44 14 18 GF Asia 3 000 -0.120
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    • COMPANIES
      • 329 12  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Jack Chia Enterprise (Malaysia) Berhad (JCEM) has entered into a series of transactions which will help it to refocus on its core business. The KLSE-listed company also plans to issue rights for loan stocks
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      • 225 12 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Gov-ernment-linked initial public offers often open at high prices but the prices arc found to stabilise and reflect the asset value after about one year, according to a don yesterday. Dr Mohamed ArifT of the National University of
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      • 144 12 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The newly formed Federation of Malaysian Unit Trust Managers will submit its views on guidelines on equity/property trust funds to the Securities Commission soon. Its president, Malek Mari- can, said yesterday that the federation was seeking an early
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      • 254 12 SINGAPORE Heng Teng Bong, executive director of Tat Lee Securities, has resigned from the bank-backed broking house. Mr Heng, who took up his current post two-and-a-half years ago, is considering returning to his former job as a remisier or becoming
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 115 12 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Hong Leong Industries Bhd has announced an II per cent increase in its group pre-tax profit to M$ 135.28 million (5583.87 million) for the year ended June 30, from M$ 121.82 million previously. Releasing its unaudited results here yesterday, it said
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        • 110 12 KnightRidder MANILA The Philippines intends to sell 65 per cent equity in National Steel Corp for 10 billion pesos (***** million) by May 1994, the state National Development Co (NDC) said yesterday. The privatisation of National Steel was recommended by NDCs financial
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        • 96 12 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR TA Enterprise Bhd has proposed a rights issue of MS 180 million (Ssl 12 million) worth of bonds with 60 million detachable warrants, on the basis of three bonds with one warrant for every two existing ordinary shares held at an issue
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        • 81 12 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Highly-diversified YTL Corporation Bhd registered a group pre-tax profit of M 536.15 million (5522.41 million) for the nine months ended March 31. The group made pre-tax profit of M 542.80 million for the year ended June 30, 1992. Group turnover was
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      • 467 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Mmpn' phem Sep 21 Insurance Fund Income Bond Potto 3.62 3.76 >trtg3pofc Unrt Irust giniii««n«i The Commerce 1.49 1.56 r'vllMUil The Savii*s Fond 1.41 1.48 PruLink Mgd Fund 1.23 1.30 Spore Pros Fund 0.63 0.66xd Ml It! flumMiiili S pore Sec Fund 094 0 99 ■WW-DUmiputra S
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      • 452 13 AFP HONGKONG Hongkonglisted Allied Group Ltd told shareholders on Monday it remains financially strong and its stock trade robust despite a critical government report on the group's activities and highly public police raid on its offices. Allied issued the statement through the
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      • 366 13 Reuter HONGKONG Property earnings for Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd will be fiat for calendar 1993 but the medium term outlook is for renewed growth, chairman Simon Keswick said. "The strength of the Hongkong commercial property market, which is underpinned by
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      • 200 13 AP BEIJING A French firm is about to sign a joint venture with Beijing to make instant lottery tickets and hopes to sell its well-known "Loto" format to China, a reliable source said yesterday. A former official in the Chinese foreign ministry, who
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      • 237 13 AFP SEOUL South Korea's "casino king", Chun Rak Won. is suspected of illegally diverting USSI2 million (5519.2 million) to a Kenyan hotel, prosecutors said yesterday following a probe into his Paradise Investment Development Co. Chun, known as the "casino king" for amassing a fortune
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      • 156 13 AFP HONGKONG Hongkong's CIL Holdings said yesterday it had formed an 80 million yuan (5522.26 million) joint venture with China to develop a commercial and tourism site in the southern Chinese province of Hainan island. CIL, a building-related contracting service firm, said
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      • 161 13 Knight Ridder TOKYO Comcast Corp and Liberty Media Corp have agreed to offer US$l billion (SSI.6 billion) in cash to QVC Networks to back a rival bid for Paramount Communications, the Asian Hall Street Journal reported yesterday. Paramount early last week
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 108 13 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Real estate development and investment group Hang Lung Development said its net profit rose 21.6 per cent in the year ended June 30. Profit after taxes and payments to minority interests rose to HKSI.6O billion (SS42O million) from HKS 1.32
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        • 87 13 Reuter TOKYO Yokogawa Electric Corp. Japan's industrial instrument maker, said it sees parent current profit falling to 3.8 billion yen (5557.7 million) in the vear to end March 1994 from a May forecast of 5.0 billion and actual 7.27 billion in 1992/93. "We will revise our
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        • 71 13 Bloomberg Business News SCHAFFHAUSEN Swiss machinery and metallurgy company Georg Fischer AG said sales in the first eight months of 1993 dropped 23 per cent to 1.298 billion Swiss francs (S$ 146 million) from 1.683 billion a year earlier. Orders received between January and August
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        • 84 13 Bloomberg Business News AMSTERDAM German diversified machinery group Deutsche Babcock AG plans to acquire a 40 per cent stake in machinery producer Thomassen International Holding BV of the Netherlands, the two companies said. The alliance could possibly result in a listing of Thomassen on the Amsterdam
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        • 95 13 AFP TAIPEI The state monopoly Taiwan Power Companv (Taipower) said on Monday it plans to join a ASSOO million (SSSI6 million) coal exploration project in Australia. "Taipowcr is considering opening a branch in Australia, to join the Bcngalla coal-exploration project in the Hunter Valley coalfield in
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • SMALL CHANGE
        • 71 14 Knight-Ridder KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian company Petronas Carigali has obtained a syndicated loan of Ms2so million (SSIS6 million) to help finance the development of an oil field in Malaysia. The syndicated revolving underwriting facility is the second tranche of a MSSOO-million facility required by Petronas Carigali
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        • 70 14 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI President Securities, 10 per cent owned by Yamaichi Securities of Japan, was Taiwan's most profitable securities company in the first eight months of the year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reported. President Securities, also an affiliate of Taiwanese foodgiant President Enterprises
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        • 86 14 Knight-Ridder KAHUKU, Hawaii The US urged Japan in talks that began here yesterday to make its insurance market more open to foreign participation, Kyodo news quoted Japanese officials as saying. The four-day deputy-level meeting is aimed at setting a framework for bilateral trade. US
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        • 82 14 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Fuji Bank, English merchant bank Kleinwort Benson and an American mutual fund company will form a joint venture investment trust this month in Japan, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said. The company will become the first investment trust company in Japan owned
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      • 371 14 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR There is still a year to go before the end of the five-year grace period, but most of the foreign banks in Malaysia are already well down the road to localisation. Whether some of them will be hard-pressed
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      • 238 14 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG A senior researcher at a Bank of Chinasponsored association issued a call to ban companies from directly trading foreign currency at China's semi-official swap centres, the official China Daily newspaper reported. China must standardise its foreign exchange market and
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      • 327 14  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE PT Bank Tiara Asia, which is part of the Indonesian Ometraco Group, is planning to raise about 60 billion rupiah (SS46 million) through an initial public offer of 25 million new shares next month. President director
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      • 194 14 SINGAPORE Indonesia's Lippo Bank plans to raise about U5567.6 million (SS 107.5 million) through a one-for-three rights issue. Shareholders have approved the exercise, which will improve the bank's capital adequacy ratio. The move will add 47.6 million shares, bringing paidup capital to 190.44 million
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      • 246 14  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Malaysian utility firm Tenaga Nasional yesterday signed an agreement to raise US$l3O million (*****.4 million) to refinance an existing loan and for general working capital. The loan was obtained through offshore banks on the island of Labuan, off
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      • 62 14 DESPITE a strong close in overseas markets overnight, the USS/SS traded in a narrow range yesterday with a slight bearish undertone for the US dollar. The US$/ringgit rose to a high of 2.5515 but profit-tak- ing soon brought it back to its opening low of
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      • 268 14 Reuter LONDON The dollar watched its early strength seep away in the European afternoon yesterday, losing ground made overnight on the mark and the yen. The dollar slid from the day's high at 1.6226 marks to trade at 1.6131/37 by 1502 GMT but was firm on Eriday's 1.6060/70. Dealers
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      • 198 14 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures prices soared on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday as traders anticipate Opec will take some action at its meeting this weekend to prevent a further plunge in crude prices. Opec members will meet Saturday in Geneva to
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      • 121 14 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was mixed here yesterday in light trading dominated by technical factors, ahead of the release of German monetary figures. Around 9:30 am (1330 GMT), the dollar was trading at 1.6140 German marks against 1.6190 several hours earlier in London and at 1.6128 last
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        1649 14 fraJe-»nxhifJ index inkvfated against Spore's top 14 trading partners. Base year I9Bf USS/SS forward rates Noon Sep 20 SS Bid Offer 1-month 1.5945 1 5960 2-month 1.5945 1.5960 }-month 1 5943 1.5951 6-month 1.5932 1.5952 Sourer OCBC Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at ltM wi Sap 20 Singapore
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      • 612 15 Financial Times LONDON The new electronic bridge set up last weekend by the world's two largest securities clearing houses is expected to save millions of dollars in transaction costs as well as improving processing speed and market liquidity. In response to the sharp rise
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      • 183 15 Reuter SYDNEY The biggest scheduled wool offering of the season so far will be auctioned at sales this week and trade reports suggest there are still orders in the market, the Australian Council of Wool Exporters said. The council said widespread demand, shipping commitments and
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      • 399 15 NYT WASHINGTON Top administration economists have stoutly rejected suggestions by Federal Reserve officials that the central bank not consider cutting short-term interest rates because of fear that this could fuel an unwanted speculative bubble in stocks and bonds. The economists said nearrecord
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      • 258 15 KnightRidder HONGKONG The nine-month-old Shanghai Coal Exchange may be shut down soon because of continual failures to make delivery against transaction, the official China Daily newspaper reported. Because of bottlenecks in China's railway system, only 30 per cent of the transacted coal
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 1458 16 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar interest rate futures ended marginally softer yesterday after a session of light trade with the absence of fresh incentives keeping traders sidelined. Traders said sentiment was biased on the upside in the wake of the worse-than-expected University of Michigan
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      • 644 16 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN breached the important MS 11 support level and ended at an all-time low of MS 10.78 a kg. a 27 sen drop from last Friday. dealers said. "There was heavy selling but we do not know where the metal comes
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        • 123 16 SINGAPORE The Philippines last year produced 124.000 tonnes of copper concentrate and 27.2 tonnes of gold, said Joel Muyco. director of the country's Mines and Geosciences Bureau. But Mr Muyco. who was speaking yesterday at a conference on pan-Asian mining, said there were no estimates available
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        • 113 16 TOKYO Japan's Ministry of Agriculture. Forestry and Fisheries said Japan's refined sugar consumption in 1993-94 (Oct-Sep) will d'op 0.7 per cent, or 17.000 tonnes, from a year eailier to 2.43 million tonnes, a ministry- official said yesterday. The ministry attributed the decrease to continued
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        • 99 16 TOKYO Production of aluminium sheets and extruded products by Japan's seven major fabricators totaled 100,183 tonnes in August, up 1.7 per cent from a year before, according to figures released by the Japan Aluminium Federation. However. August output fell 15.9 per cent from July, the federation
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    • 1653 16 Rubber RAS Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at lpm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Oct 93 130 25 130.00 129.50 200 U25 Nov 129.50 129.25 129.25 400 4,375 Dec 128 50 ***** 128.00 850 3.850 Jan/Mar 94 128.75 128.50
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    • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      • 1204 17 -1.4 Shares closed lower yesterday in quiet trade marked by a lack of local news, weakness on Wall Street and a fall in base metal prices. "The market had a good run on BHP's result on Friday, but there has been no followthrough from overseas." a CS First Boston
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      • 568 17 -28.4 Share prices closed down as Philippine Long Distance Co (PLDT)'s price fell in New York triggered a long-awaited consolidation that broke last Friday's strong rally, brokers said. The Manila composite index ended at 1.967.97 points, down from Friday's 1.996.37. Makati fell 17.15 points to 2,026.94. PLDT fell to
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      • 570 17 -25.59 Taiwan stocks ended lower on profit-taking after two days of gains, which were sparked by the central bank's easing of credit last week. The weighted index ended down 25.59 points at 3.927.81. off an intra-day high of 3,971. Turnover was a moderate NTS 19.28 billion. Brokers said profit-taking
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      • 420 17 +9.18 The stock market finished sharply higher across the board on expectations of a government announcement cushioning the side-effects of last month's ban on false-name financial trading, brokers said. The composite stock index added 9.18 points to 695.12 with turnover at 280.95 billion from 134.21 billion last Satur- day.
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      • 311 17 -7.3 New Zealand shares ended soft but of their lows in thin, erratic trade. The NZSE-40 capital index ended at 1,937.93, down 7.30 points, but off its low for the day 1,923.83. Overall volume was light. Fletcher Challenge was pushed as low as NZ$3.l5 on only light selling,
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      • 52 17 +4.21 Stock prices fell slightly in low activity after-hours "kerb deals in a market bereft of interest, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) 30-share index closed at the day's lowest level of 2,767.80, up 4.21 points from the previous close. The 100share national index closed at 1,310.90, down
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      • 642 17 -1 Share prices closed mixed, with the FTSE 100 index down 1.0 to 3,004.5 but up on the day once markdowns for shares trading ex-dividend are taken into account. The FTSE close compared with early lows when the index showed a fall of 18 points. The market's resilient performance
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      • 108 17 +7.86 French shares finished slightly stronger, having recouped earlier losses in moderate trading as market sentiment was bucked up by mild optimism in Germany surrounding a possible cut in German interest rates. The CAC-40 index ended up 7.86, or 0.37 per cent at 2,107.36. Paris Vp 17 Fr Air-Liquide
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      • 103 17 -0.27 pc Swedish shares ended the day lower after a day of little movement and low turnover worth 827 million crowns. Higher debt market yields pressured interest rate sensitive shares. The OMX-index edged down 0.12 per cent to 982.48, while the blue-chip top-16 fell 0.09 per cent to 1,326.24.
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      • 156 17 +30.85 Share prices rallied as investors returned to the market after steering clear last week in the run-up to triple witching expirations. The 30-share DAX was up 30.85 points to 1,912.84. Frankfurt Sep 17 DM An 160 50 -3 50 BASF 254 40 5 90 BMW 550 60 >4
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      • 157 17 -10.82 The Belgian central bank's decision to cut interest rates yesterday morning left equity investors unim- pressed, analysts said. The Bel-20 index closed down 10.82 points to 1,290.84. About 338,000 shares were traded. "Although rates were cut, they are still not back to the low level they were before
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      • 129 17 +0.14pc Blue chips were likely to remain stuck in a tight range with no clear sense of direction. The Mibtel index closed 0.14 per cent higher at 10,365 after reversing early losses. Dealers said the strong tone of Alleanza, Generali and telecommunications stocks SIP and STET helped lift the
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      • 275 17 +3.26 Dutch shares closed with solid gains helped by dollar strength but lacked investor interest, dealers said. The EOE index finished 3.26 points higher at 349.31 and was expected to be able to break through the 350 mark today if the dollar continued its advance. Food to detergents group
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      • 262 17 +20.46 Swiss shares closed stronger and could rise further in coming days on renewed hopes of lower interest rates in Europe and a stable to firmer dollar, dealers said. Bearer shares in watchmaker SMH. 45 Swiss francs higher at 1,090, topped yesterday's active list. The company is a dollar
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      • 348 17 -19 South African shares attracted minimal interest in slow trade as the market awaited fresh direction from larger players and the gold price. Dealers said early financial rand strength had hindered shares, with key stocks going ex-dividend adding to the overall decline. Investors were reluctant to rise to the
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      • 245 17 +7.82 Toronto stocks opened higher on strengthening precious metals yesterday as gold bullion prices extended modest overnight gains, dealers said. The TSE 300 composite index opened 7.82 points higher at 3.986.13 on 8.1 million shares valued at C 57.2 million. Advancing issues edged out declines 162 to 124, with
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      • 493 17 -0.56 Wall Street was virtually unchanged in moderate early trading yesterday losing less than one point. At 11am, the leading indicator of 30 leading industrials had lost 0.56 points to stand at 3,612.69. Last Friday, it was down 17.60 points to 3,613.25. A total of 67 million shares
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      • 851 17 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer M im ap Deposit M MOO 3(6)00 Mim Jerse> Gilt ftl(93 0 1992 Mim Ma» Income ****** ****** I SS Cash Income Plm Fund 10 112X00 PS1 Reierve Fund 5.2100 5 2200 Sterling E«ut) Euro Performance ***** (MM Far Ea« Fund *2 7650 *2
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      2982 18 Reuter HONGKONG Share prices ended moderately lower yesterday, but were well above the early lows hit on renewed Sino-Brit-ish tension, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index closed down 27.51 points at 7.390.60 after recovering from a more than 100-point retreat in early trade. "There's bound to be continued volatility
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      488 18 TRADING was thin on both Shanghai and Shenzhen B share markets yesterday. The CLSA Shanghai B Index dropped 1.09 points to elose at 775.99. Share prices closed mostly unchanged except for Wing Sung, closing 1.7 per cent higher and Jinqiao 1.3 per cent lower. In Shenzhen, the CLSA B
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      2542 18 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended lower on individual investors' selling related to margin trading yesterday, brokers said. Selling mainly in shares of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) and DDI Corp led falls in the Nikkei average, which slumped for the fourth day in a row. "The market was hurt
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      1838 18 Reuter BANGKOK Thai stocked pierced the 1.000 mark barrier on buy ing of second-liners and new issues in the morning. but profit-taking pared the gains in later hours and the index finished lower, brokers said. The SET index fell 1.21 points to close at 997.01 on turnover of 7.21
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      1017 18 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices closed mixed on the Jakarta stock market after persistent profit-taking pared early gains yesterday, brokers said. The official index closed at 431.49, up 1.13 points. Local investors were generally active with more pension funds injecting money into the market, mainly to buy shares in the
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    • 2674 19 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE voJunr Rcnong Bhd 50c 29.7J2.000 Idns Hvd 50c 2S.720.000 V>u Pic Ld 50c 23.598.000 Promel I6.W8.000 Fabcr (jroup 15.078.000 FAC B 50c 11.646.000 He\/a Corpn 50c 10.171.000 Melropte* 50c 9.066.000 kamunung 50c S.J39.000 Multi-Purpose 8.2II.OOO M Mosaics 5.906.000 (ianda Hldgs
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
      • 5669 19 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share priccs here closed easier in active trading yesterday. Investors off-loaded their holdings, leading the market to a downward correction from its overbought position. The KLSE Composite Index closed at 816.46. down 3.14 points from last Friday's closing. The indicator
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 1101 20  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Profit-takers yesterday stopped the dizzying spin of the Malaysian roulette wheel, as share prices both sides of the Causeway ended lower a move anticipated by brokers. The Straits Times Industrials Index fell 10.01 points to below the 2,000 mark at
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      • 70 20  -  HPTjfcTPCM Paul Leo APPLYING wave theory, the 61-cent rally this month by Malaysian Mosaics to a high of $1.79 on Sep 16 is typical of a "third wave". The rally was accompanied by healthy volume. The current fall in price from $1.79 should be taken as a good
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      • 7085 20 MAIN board Gr Gr 1993 Last Vol Day L«t QtaMr Dh DH YM MM M Cap Hi«k Law Coapaay Sale (TOO) High Low Bayer Seller CV P/E Sail INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1350 260 Acma 1120 cd -50 127 1190 1110 1110 1120 12.5 2.1 I.I 48 5 772 0 270
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    • 241 11 wm m 1 —J J VISITING PROFESSOR SAYS: "SUCCESS R/nc REMARKABLY M HGHJH f MARS FRANCE" I w On fact- MPMIIIVIPSSMPVSHIfIffI ll finding visit to Asia, top ml nutritionist Professor D.J. llMHllHHMlilllllflil Naismith from the University of London, recorded some very complimentary remarks about Marie France. Here is an excerpt
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    • 128 17 MONEY BROKERS BROKE TELEVIEW THE PROFITS OF LOCAL MONEY BROKING HOUSES PLUNGED 60% IN 1992 DESPITE A BOOMING FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET. J To make profitable and timely decisions you need to have your finger on the pulse of the world. Only Teleview can put financial and business news at your
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  • SPORTS
    • 494 21 Golf Reuter SUTTON COLDFIELD. England The European team emerged in triumph from the Lancome Trophy near Paris on Sunday, focused clearly on regaining the Ryder Cup from the Americans this weekend. Not even a disappointing individual performance from a demoralised Jose
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    • SPORT SHORTS
      • 301 21 Reuter NEW YORK NFL results Sunday: NY Giants 20 LA Rams 10; Pittsburgh 34 Cincinnati 7; New Orleans 14 Detroit 3; Seattle 17 New England 14: Philadelphia 34 Washington 31; Cleveland 19 LA Raiders 16; SF 37 Atlanta 30; San Diego 18 Houston 17; Dallas 17 Phoenix 10.
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        248 21 Reuter NEW YORK American League Sunday: Toronto 10 Minnesota 0; Boston 8 NY 3; Cleveland 12 Detroit 2; Chicago 3 Oakland 1; Baltimore 8 Milwaukee 4; Texas 7 California 6; Seattle 4 Kansas I. Standings (won, lost, winning percentage, games back) East: 1 Toronto 86 63 .577 2 NY
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        69 21 UPI NEW YORK Magic Johnson says he has always wanted to own an NBA team. Johnson was to take a step in that direction yesterday by appearing before the NBA expansion committee as part of a group trying to bring a team to Toronto. Four groups of investors were
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        126 21 Reuter AFP Reuter ST NOM LA BRETECHE, France lancome Trophy final scores Sunday (Briton unless stated): 267 lan Woosnam 64 70 68 65 269 Sam Torrance 69 65 68 67 270 Barry Lane 71 66 66 67, Mark James 65 66 72 67, David Feherty 69 63 69 69
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        40 21 AFP NAZARETH, Pennsylvania Bosch Grand Prix Sunday: 1 Nigel Mansell (Brit) 255.373 kmh 2 Scott Goodyear (Can) 19.042 sees behind 3 Paul Tracy (Can) two laps down 4 Robby Gordon (US) same lap 5 Emerson Fitipaldi (Bra). AFP
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        37 21 AP Reuter BUCHAREST, Romania Romanian Open final Sunday: Goran Ivanisevic (Cro) b Andrei Cherkasov (Rus) 6-2 7-6 (7-5). AP BORDEAUX, France Bordeaux men's tournament final Sunday: Sergi Bruguera (Spn) b Diego Nargiso (Ita) 7-5 6-2. Reuter
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    • 609 21 Mansell You're the champ AP NAZARETH. Pennsylvania As the checkered flags waved over Nigel Mansell in Sunday's Bosch Grand Prix, team manager Jim McGee kept hollering in his driver's ear "You're the champ. You're the champ." "I kept asking him: 'Your what? Your what?' Then the penny dropped." said the
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    • 319 21 AFP PHOENIX, Arizona Emmitt Smith made his return to the Dallas Cowboys here on Sunday night and the American football squad snapped a two-game losing streak with a 17-10 victory over Phoenix. Smith signed a four-year contract worth USSI3.6 million (5521.7 million) on
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 569 23  -  Andrew Lim reviews last Saturday's Singapore Symphony Orchestra concert Andrew Lim LAST Saturday's sold-out Singapore Symphony Orchestra concert was chiefly dependent on two factors. One, the familiar favourites programme didn't look too intimidating. Two. a large section of the audience were there to see Jacintha
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    • 813 23 Reuter THE sequel to Rebecca. one of the best-loved British novels of the 20th Century, is being prepared for publication in great secrecy and with a fortune riding on its success. Mrs de Winter. written by novelist Susan Hill, has been translated
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    • 115 23 THE BAR cats at The Bar. For the best jazz in town, come to a place where the music is as legendary as the service. You will find yourself swinging to the tunes ofjazz greats. And, of course, cool cats like Jeremy Monteiro and his band. the (3&M V Singapore
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    • 77 23 An Invitation to An Exhibition of Magnificent Jewellery 21-22 September 93 2.00pm to B.oopm at The Taeping Suite Level 5, The Oriental Singapore The Jewellery exhibited will be sold in Taipei on October 10, New York October 19 and Geneva November 18 For catalogue and information please contact: Mrs Irene
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    • 1284 23 TV RADIO Silence Like Glass, J? v 10.30pm, SBC 5 Disease-of-t he-week movie about a young, beautiful and talented ballerina seems set for \jgt a bright future but soon discovers that she has cancer. Ja- jHfc| mi Getz plays the protagonist j who learns to persevere despite the cliched script.
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
    • 1609 24  -  Countries in Asia will have to invest massively in their national infrastructural programmes so that the economic boom can be sustained into the nineties, reports A J Leow A J Leow THE late eighties saw the rise of Asia as a force to be reckoned
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    • 537 25  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA INDONESIAN middle class homebuyers have responded enthusiastically to the first development of lower cost apartments in central Jakarta. Queuing overnight in some cases, buyers snapped up 1,000 flats at prices ranging between U5575,000 (SSI 19,250) and US$l5O,OOO for one-, two-
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      300 25 Selected ERA transactions in the past week tnn—cttonf P*** (tqiy T»nur> S$p«l PRIVATE Sep 13,1993 1646 TheTanamera Apt I 1324 99 i 610,000 461 Sep 17,1993 1646 TheTanamera Apt j 1324 99 619,000 467 Sep 15,1993 1646 Bagnafl Court Apt j 1222 FH 530,000 434 Sep 12,1993 1955
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    • REGIONAL SKYLINE
      • 58 25 SINGAPORE Malaysia-based Park Plaza International Hotels and Resorts recently formalised an agreement to manage its first hotel in Jakarta. The hotel, called Kemayoran Park Plaza Jakarta, will be the company's flagship four-star hotel in Indonesia. Construction work on the new hotel is to begin
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      • 53 25 SINGAPORE Imperial Hotel is spending $1.5 million renovating its lobby. Chief executive Suresh Jhunjhnuwala hopes business will improve, "particularly in the areas of rooms and food and beverage revenue," after work is completed in November. Imperial also plans to start upgrading two floors of
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      • 91 25 HONGKONG Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd will build a seven-storey office building in central Hanoi to get a foothold in the Vietnamese property market. To prepare for the project, it has formed a joint venture in Vietnam with Kinh Do Co Ltd, a company
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      • 67 25 SINGAPORE The Dynasty Singapore has completed its $3 million refurbishment programme for its hotel's 15 suites. The refurbishment work involved the the addition of quality fabric wallpapering, new carpeting, new upholstery, marble flooring and finishings and new furniture. Guests can also now enjoy updated facilities like
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  • 530 26 EDITORIAL IN THE tiny principality of Monaco on Thursday, fewer than 100 men and women will decide where the world will meet for the 22nd Olympiad in the year 2000. About 60 per cent of the planet's inhabitants will watch the Games. So the members of
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 279 26 THE TEST of any "stimulus", whether fiscal or macroeconomic, must be: what exactly does it seek to stimulate? Japan's problems are structural, not cyclical. The pump priming, which the three packages so far amount to, would not correct structural defects. The rising yen has raised
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    • 145 26 AT A WORKSHOP to discuss the need to develop and produce quality imams (religious leaders who lead prayers in the mosques), a point was raised to improve the knowledge and skills of the present and future imams. Indeed, there is an urgent need to train and develop
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    • 146 26 PRIME MINISTER Goh Chok Tong's speech to the visiting Malaysian business leaders is, to a large extent, a reflection of the new realities brought about by the respective economic success of Singapore and Malaysia. Maintaining and promoting traditional ties can no longer be the end-all of
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    • 199 26 ASIA is awakening to the world. Nothing will prevent its ultimate growth to become the centre of economic strength and resiliency by the year 2000, taking over the role of the North as the nexus of economic and, thus, world power. This the North had been for
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    • 147 26 IS THERE HOPE that the next tourism extravaganza featuring Malaysia as the land of promise and gateway to a new paradise will be a resounding success? This may not be a palatable question for those who harbour hopes of harvesting profits from the economic spinoffs
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    • 137 26 THE Social Action Party (SAP), the recalcitrant coalition partner, was kicked out of the Chuan government on Wednesday. The thorn in the side of Prime Minister Chuan Leckpai has been plucked out for good, and the premier now has the chance to restore eroding public confidence in his
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  • 957 26  -  In the wake of the Israel-PLO accord. Edward Mortimer says that Palestinian rejectionism was usually justified but always wrong Edward Mortimer FT ONE of the most powerful myths of antiquity is that of the Cumaean Sibyl. She offered her nine books of prophecies to Tarquin the
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    • 697 27  -  While Maggie Ford examines the growing clamour for a more democratic political system in Indonesia, Leon Hadar discusses what Indonesia and Israel stand to gain as they move cautiously towards normalising relations Maggie Forda, Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Jakarta Correspondent AFTER
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    • 902 27 EVEN before the recent breakthrough in the Middle East peace negotiations, Israel has been trying to cultivate ties with Third World countries, including major Asian states which refused to establish diplomatic relations with the Jewish state during the height of the Cold War and the
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    • 17 27 HIGH STAKES Don't get shortchanged, go for a coverage you can bank on. Financial News. Everyday. BusmessTimes
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  • 488 28 AFP, AP, FT, Reuter BRUSSELS European Community foreign and farm ministers, embroiled in a debilitating dispute over farm trade, expressed hope yesterday that they could meet the needs of member country France while keeping a key agreement with
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  • 381 28 Reuter PARIS China has bowed to world pressure by agreeing to a human rights inquiry days before a decision on Beijing's bid to secure the 2000 Olympics. Daniel Jacoby. president of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH). said yesterday
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  • 197 28 AP NEW YORK President Bill Clinton plans to loosen export curbs involving as much as US$2O billion (Ss32 billion) in anticipated computer sales. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The action would afFect the newest generation of desktop models, and mainframe computers
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  • 345 28 Reuter CHICAGO The Chicago Mercantile Exchange will decide soon whether or not to end the mutual offset trading link with the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex), CME chairman Jack Sandner said. "There is a lot of pressure to end the mutual
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  • 902 28  -  The Bottom Line VIKRAM KHANNA VIKRAM KHANNA The writer is BT's regional economics editor US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton embarked last week on the daunting mission of trying to push the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) through the US Congress.
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  • 323 28 Reuter LONDON A sex entrepreneur heads the list of the wealthiest people in Britain and Queen Elizabeth doesn't even make the top 50. a magazine said yesterday. Paul Raymond, who owns an empire which includes sex magazines, clubs and up to 65 per
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  • 315 28 Reuter CAIRO Syrian President Hafez al-Assad has told an Egyptian newspaper that only Israel gained from the PLO's self-rule deal and he will not silence Palestinians who oppose it. "There was no justification for these secret talks and in my
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  • Shipping Times
    • 222 29 Reuter CAPE TOWN International rescuers called off their search for 28 Russian seamen missing in the storm-tossed South Atlantic but a Russian vessel was still hunting for them yesterday, South Africa's rescue coordination centre said. "One must accept after the
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    • 447 29  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE After a three-year delay, the Singapore National Shipping Association (SNSA) is about to establish a registry of accredited bunker suppliers. SNSA president Lua Cheng Eng said yesterday the registry would take off on Oct 1. He was
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    • 195 29 SINGAPORE CW Marine Services has taken delivery of the first of three terminal tugs. Seri Kenangan 801 will be used by Brunei Shell Petroleum on a 10-15 year charter. The other two vessels are scheduled to be completed in three months. The three will
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    • 852 29 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 1 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bank Line. The 9
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    • 404 29 Reuter TOKYO South Korea is likely to become the world's top shipbuilder in the year to March 31, 1994, outperforming Japan in foreign ship orders, a senior official at the Japan Ship Exporters' Association said. "The way things are at the
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    • 443 29 Lloyd's List ST PETERSBURG The Russian government has approved a plan to rejuvenate the Russian fleet by building 585 vessels of 8 million deadweight tonnes (dwt) between now and the beginning of the next century. A renovation fund of US$l2 billion (5519.2 billion)
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 655 30 Vessel V«T Berth Antral Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jurtxtg Port On Sempurna Komdo Lan Hua Shan Marine Unnercal Omadhoo Fortune I'opKana 1 Brftant Reeter On Oaya fengttng Heiy Batam Homdo OTsu 1 Perita tntan Por Choknavee Sea Ace 181/B Fimter Mat) ISS 01/B 21/93
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      • 1404 30 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Boohing/Balance Rsits Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Aa Soar MA 22/1500 2 20/1700 21/0659 21/0900 3 21/0700 21/1159 21/1400 4 21/1200 21/1459 21/1700 M kkrqjb C030W 21/1100 1
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    • 10513 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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    • 3340 43 Containerline NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pie Ltd (SVMannc Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Lid (SyAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsourcc Shpg Trdg Pie Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel liner Service Kim Shpg T rdg (S). Mbutros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte Ltd (S).
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    • 283 43 Abacus Couriers Td: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Travel Td: 533-5771. Fa*: 535-6144. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844 Fa*: 542-3716. *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier Td: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Td: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Link International Td: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. C luster Link Supplies A
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    • 1511 43 Abe* Express Freight Td: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Td: 225-1833 Fax: *****42 Activair Singapore Td: 542-7821 Fax: *****20. Aeroliak Freight Interna bona I Td: 545-8033 Fa*: *****05 Td:'s42-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Td: 542-5454. Fa*: *****06 Air Express International Td: 542-7666 Fa*: *****74. *****50. Air
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    • 2600 44 ALBANIA Duress: Seven vessels in port of which 1 loading chrome ore, 3 discharging flour, 1 wheat. 1 frozen butter, 1 general cargo. 9 vessels in roads of which 1 to discharge wheat, 1 chicken feed, 2 bagged cement, 1 coke, 3 flour, I sugar. ANGOLA Luanda: No
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    • 1047 44 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES The information was contributed by Simpson Spence Young AFP THE MARKET is very active with positive interest being shown from buyers in virtually every major sector of the market as can be seen from the wide cross section of sales reported hereunder. On the dry side
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    • 555 44 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Flight Type ETA T Frow Op Flight Type ETD T To TODAY today NCA KZ203 B747F 0145 I NRT SIA SQ802 B747F 0230 2 SYD/AKL KAL KE697 B747F 0150 I SEL NCA KZ204 B747F 0335 I BKK/NRT JAL JL6I7 B747F 0345 I TYO KAL
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    • 239 44 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Ait Dtp Name of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of CaUs Port Agent Telephone No SEPTEMBER 24 24 Leisure World 1500 2000 Cruise to Nowhere Lauw Sons Agencies 227-8284 24 24 Coral Princess 1700 2030 Cruise to Nowhere Scmjom Agencies 227-8284, 24 01 Mikhail Sholokhov 1600
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    • 743 45 ACTIVE chartering emerged ahead of the weekend, with the key grain route US Gulf/Japan holding steady levels, supported by fresh Russian grain news overnight. Granitex announced that it was looking for freight to ship around 160,000 tonnes of US soybean meal and or soybean meal pellets to Russia
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    • 896 45 COURSES Title: International Trading Maritime Fraud Seminar Duration: Sep 21-22 Organiser Perseus Consultants Tel: For further details contact 334-3185/334-4583/334-7558 or fax: 334-3769. Title: Warehousing Marketing Strategy Duration: Sep 22 Organiser The Chartered Institute of Transport Singapore Tel: For further details contact the CIT secretary at 226-3433 or fax:
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    • 1126 46  -  The world's largest port is investing heavily for the future despite being hit by the current economic slowdown, reports Alan Dickey Alan Dickey Lloyd's List IN A YEAR which saw Dutch industry get to grips with its recession, the firm guilder and a changing
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    • AIR AND LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 606 48 These new airlines face a lot of turbulence and many may not survive AP MOSCOW They have names like Air Tatarstan. Uzbek Air, Transaero, and were bom of the biggest, clumsiest breakup in civil aviation history. Now, Aeroflot's offspring are descending on airports
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      • Article, Illustration
        48 48 Reuter NAIROBI, Kenya A Smirnoff Pitts Special S-2B plane flying upside down to cut the tape in Nairobi on Sunday. The 1993 air show, organised by Aero Club of East Africa, is sponsored by Caltex. Among the participants is Foster Aero International of South Africa. Reuter
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      • 530 48 Bloomberg Business News ST LOUIS Trans World Airlines Inc eventually could team with a foreign carrier in a partnership similar to the USAir-British Airways alliance, chairman-elect William Howard said. Mr Howard said TWA isn't actively seeking an international partner, but he expects a
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      • LOG BOOK
        • 99 48 Reuter BOMBAY Production in the Indian car industry rose 18.36 per cent last month over August 1992, the Association of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (AIAM) said yesterday. It produced 19,707 cars in August from 16,649 in the same month last year. Sales rose 27.41
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        • 77 48 Reuter SINGAPORE Passengers making their way through one of the dining cars in the Eastern Oriental Express train at the start of its inaugural run from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and then Bangkok on Sunday. The Asian version of the luxury Orient Express set off on its
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        • 93 48 Bloomberg Business News LONDON British Aerospace pic will resume talks on selling its satellite making division to Anglo-French venture Matra-Mar-coni Space in October, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The deal is part of BAe's plan to dispose of non-core business activity in trying to
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        • 131 48 Reuter TOKYO Honda Motor Co, battling the effects of the high yen. is to stop selling Japan-made Accord and Civic models to the US and move production to its plants in Ohio, a company official said yesterday. The carmaker will also cut its
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      • 344 48 Bloomberg Business News DETROIT Nissan Motor Corp USA and Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America last week posted US price increases ranging as high as an average 8.4 per cent on their 1994 models, citing the stronger Japanese yen v the US dollar as well
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      • 433 48 Bloomberg Business News DETROIT Those who think General Motors Corp would not be able to live with the union's tentative contract reached last week with Ford Motor Co must be "nuts," United Auto Workers union President Owen Bieber said. Mr Bieber, in Ward's
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