The Business Times, 6 October 1993

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  • 13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Wednesday October 6 1993 75'
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  • 2am LATEST
    • 64 1 Reuter WASHINGTON A trade official said yesterday the US was ready to take "aggressive steps" to halt countries especially China from shipping textiles through third countries to evade quotas. "The US Customs Service has estimated that China is the major perpetrator," said
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    • 73 1 AFP LONDON British engineering group British Aerospace (BAc) yesterday denied Taiwanese opposition lawmakers' claims that the Taipei government is to withdraw support for its planned joint venture with the Taiwan Aerospace Corporation. "It's not true," said lan Woodward, a spokesman for
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    119 1 Stock market indices I uesda> lian*« STII 2.033.51 V 10.44 KLSE Composite 857.98 +5.72 Nikkei 20.321 93 *57.50 Hang Seng 7.869.48 +-I25.I6 SET Index 1.019.4 +20.74 Jakarta Composite ...441.57 -4.68 CLSA China B 1.036.31 -10 22 Aust All Ord 1998.5 +21.5 FTSE 100 3.085.2 +17.5 T uesda> Pruioirs
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  • 720 1  -  Reports by Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE The Government yesterday released statistics which showed that at least $30 billion worth of new private properties would come into the market in the next seven years. That is the value of 46.672 landed and
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  • 558 1  -  By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Hot on the heels of Everbright Holdings, another mainland Chinese company has made a bid to take control of a Singapore listed company. Drandcur Holdings Ptc Ltd, a wholly-owned Singapore incorporated subsidiary of Chinese shipping giant China Ocean Shipping
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  • 398 1 SINGAPORE Private individuals will have to compcte on equal terms with big developers in government land tenders for housing units, the Government said again yesterday. The Minister of State for National Development, Lim Hng Kiang. said people who wanted private property had
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  • 406 1  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE Vietnam has accepted the recommendations by a team of Singapore experts on revamping its economic infrastructure. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said last night. Singapore will do all it can to help Vietnam sustain its current robust economic growth
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  • 130 1  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Asian stock markets rebounded with a vengeance yesterday following the return of calm to Russia. Several markets reached new price records while in Singapore, speculative fervour took turnover to a new peak of 612.14 million shares valued at
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    • 188 1 AVAILABLE AT ETIENNE AIGNER Q SHOPS A AUTHORISED OPTICAL DEALERS iTTiT.77^ See earlier report, Pg 6 CONTENTS News Companies S pore News 2 S'pore-Msia 9.11 Regional News 3.5 Financial 13.14 Wofld News 6.8 Features Markets Analysts 27 CW>/W.SE. SES 19.20 Edrtonai 26 Regional 1/ Sports 21 World 1/ TV/lifestyle 23
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    • 9 1 Regional Analysis: Pg 24 Afta and changing global economy
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    • 38 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 9 Jakarta bourse needs more changed AFT A MEETING, Page 4 A pec should look to OECD as model Officials agree on product items for Afta US only interested in EAECs impact on Apec
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
      • 265 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling PART-TIME and temporary workers are becoming increasingly popular in Singapore. Advertisements for such people in The Straits Times Classified section shot to a record 1,256 last month up 27 per cent compared with a year ago. This works out to an
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    • 241 2  -  By Sylvia Wong THE government will sell two more parcels of land for landed property development by tender tomorrow. The first of these is located in Holland Grove Drive. It is a 4.13-hectare site on which about 30 landed property
      Source: URA  -  241 words
    • 194 2 TELEPHONE users can now register their votes or responses to questions posed in the media with Tele Poll. a new $3 million service provided by Singapore Telecom. Tele Poll can be used for survey as well as promotional and marketing purposes. It can provide immediate customer
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    • 188 2  -  By Ven Sreenivasan MOTOROLA officially opened its first Cellular Subscriber Regional Hi-Tech Centre here yesterday. The $2 million centre located in Toa Payoh is believed to be the only facility in this region to focus exclusively on cellular subscriber support services such
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  • THE REGION
    • 458 3  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA PRESIDENT Suharto, at a colourful armed forces anniversary ceremony yesterday, urged closer ties between the army and civilians as the country enters a new stage of development. The ceremony, marking the 48th anniversary of Indonesia's armed forces, comes at a
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    • 270 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government may diversify its loans portfolio to include more of other currencies and less of the yen. This will help cushion the country against any adverse effect as a result of the appreciation of the Japanese
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    • 511 3  -  From Andrew Cooke in BANGKOK FOREIGN investment in the Thai computer industry is expected to surge ahead after the extension of copyright protection to software. The government last week passed through its first reading legislation which gives software the same protection as
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    • 245 3 BernamaKyodo BEIJING Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk yesterday denied he had reached agreement with the Khmer Rouge on its participation in the new government." "According to the constitution the king reigns, but does not govern," King Sihanouk said in a statement from his Beijing
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • 88 3 AFP BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Brunei and Indonesia are to set up a multi-million dollar joint venture that could make the oil-rich sultanate an exporter of cement, a newspaper report said yesterday. The English language Borneo Bulletin said that US$45 million (Ss72 million) would be invested
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      • 54 3 Reuter BENALLA, Australia The rural town of Benalla, Victoria, lies damaged by severe flooding on Monday, forcing the evacuation of more than 2,000 people from the town. A state of emergency was declared in flood-hit rural areas of Victoria, as torrential downpours forced the evacuation of
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      • 75 3 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO The Japanese government will submit a second supplementary budget for the current business year to March 1994 to the parliament in late November, Jiji Press reported, citing Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Hatayama. The budget, endorsed by Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa's
        Bloomberg Business News  -  75 words
      • 78 3 AFP JAKARTA An Indonesian human rights group yesterday called on President Suharto to release nine former members or supporters of the outlawed communist party who have spent more than 20 years in jail. Five of the nine are under sentence of death and there
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      • 84 3 Reuter WELLINGTON The New Zealand government has up to NZ$l.5 billion (SSI.3 billion) available to repay foreign and domestic debt, the Treasury's Debt Management Office said yesterday. The DMO said the government's funding position had improved NZ$l.B billion since the budget on
        Reuter  -  84 words
    • 466 4  -  4th Afla council meetine/25th Asean economic ministers meeting From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THE Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (Apec) should do analytical research and provide information to help its 15 members in their economic planning instead of being turned
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    • 301 4  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE Asean senior economic officials, wrapping up a two-day meeting last night, have thrashed out "quite a substantial number" of items to be added for tariff cuts under the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) scheme. The
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    • 363 4 The Straits Times SINGAPORE The Malaysian government plans to make changes to its laws in a move to attract foreign universities to set up branch campuses in the country. Deputy Education Minister Fong Chan Onn said yesterday that
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    • 306 4 AFP BEIJING Cabinet ministers and provincial leaders have been rounded up and sent back to school to hone their allegiance to paramount leader Deng Xiaoping's reforms, China's state-run media reported yesterday. The study session opened here on Monday at the Central
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    • 272 4  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE The US is interested in the East Asian Economic Caucus only insofar as it will affect the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, says US Assistant Trade Representative Robert Cassidy. The US did not wish to see
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    • 336 4 AFP SEOUL North and South Korea yesterday held their first direct'(talks-m more than eight months but failed to make any progress on arranging an exchange of special envoys to discuss nuclear threats, officials here said. Both sides agreed to talk again on Oct
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    • 548 5  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG AFTER a year of bitter confrontation with China and six months of fruitless talks. Governor Chris Patten remains defiant and ready to take unilateral action on his political reform plan for Hongkong. In his annual
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    • 428 5 Reuter SYDNEY Australia's budget crisis is hurting the economy, damaging the dollar and clouding global views of the country, Finance Minister Ralph Willis said yesterday as new data show the recovery remains sluggish. "It's just not helpful one bit to the recovery process. It's
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    • 291 5 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's government may drop its support for a proposed joint venture between Taiwan Aerospace Corporation and British Aerospace pic, opposition members of parliament said yesterday. The withdrawal may put the US$556 million (SSBB4 million) plan in jeopardy, they said. "(Economics Minister)
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    • 482 5 Govt may have to cut rates further, say experts Reuter TAIPEI Taiwanese trade and inflation data released yesterday showed the island's economy is continuing to slow and suggested the government may have to cut interest rates further this year, economists said. Taiwan's
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  • THE WORLD
    • 452 6 Reuter •ONN Germany's Supreme Cburt should say "yes, but.. next week to the Maastricht Treaty, approving its ratification but adding tight conditions for Bonn's future Europe■i policies, say officials and 4iplomats. I'The Karlsruhe court, asked 10 rule on the constitutionality CS
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    • 245 6 AFP BLACKPOOL The Conservative Party met here yesterday to end a year of internecine warfare, but its conference got ofT to a cool start after a newspaper published nasty comments allegedly made by former prime minister Margaret Thatcher about her successor. John Major. Hours after
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    • 278 6 AFP LUXEMBOURG A "multitude" of obstacles still stand in the way of an agreement in Gatt negotiations on world trade reform by a target date of Dec 15, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has warned. Speaking during a meeting of EC foreign
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 99 6 Reuter LUXEMBOURG The European Community said yesterday political changes in South Africa were opening the way to normal relations with that country. EC foreign ministers said in a statement after a meeting in Luxembourg that they welcomed recent political developments in South Africa, especially
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      • 70 6 Reuter SAN FRANCISCO US President Bill Ginton pausing during his address to the AFL-CIO convention on Monday. He told organised labour that the North American Free Trade Agreement is not perfect but will produce jobs and is not as bad as unions and other
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      • 84 6 Reuter WASHINGTON The US Treasury will not release US$3O million (5547.4 million) in 1993 funding for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) because only two of three conditions set by Congress have been met. Treasury officials said. That means the funds will flow into parallel
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      • 71 6 Reuter FRANKFURT Germany's Bundesbank is likely to hold its official interest rates steady at its council meeting tomorrow after cutting borrowing costs just four weeks ago and gaining a new president last week, analysts said. Although Hans Tietmeyer has only one vote, economists said it
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      • 66 6 Reuter LUXEMBOURG The European Community's Belgian presidency has urged Muslim countries to open their wallets for Bosnian humanitarian relief instead of criticising the EC's efforts. "It is too easy always to be attacking the European Community which gives 80 per cent of the (Bosnian
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    • 313 6 Reuter DUBAI The United Arab Emirates, which has persuaded its arms suppliers to reinvest hundreds of millions of dollars in the UAE economy, hopes the offset programme will help develop alternatives to oil as its main source of wealth. Foreign
      Reuter  -  313 words
    • 612 8 Crisis in Russia NYT MOSCOW The defeated leaders of the armed uprising against President Boris Yeltsin may not have had a broad popular base. But the criticism levelled by these men, Alexander Rutskoi and Ruslan Khasbulatov, against Mr Yeltsin, his policies and
      NYT; Reuter  -  612 words
    • 533 8 IHT PARIS President Boris Yeltsin's bid to steer Russia on a clear political course has put the Russian armed forces at the fulcrum of whatever central power is left in the old Soviet Union. Fighting on what looks like the winning side in
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    • 216 8 Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON US President Bill Cinton on Monday criticised the International Monetary Fund's approach to Russia and other former Communist countries, saying it has sometimes been too "strict" in its lending standards. "We don't think the IMF is always right in
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 394 9  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Advanced Logic Research, a US-based PC maker in which Wearnc Brothers has a controlling stake, has restructured its Sin-gapore-based international operations. In the first move, Dominic Heng has become the managing director of ALR International. He was previously chief financial officer
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    • 546 9  -  By Agnes Chen SINGAPORE Nine of the 20 best-performing stocks in the world in the first nine months of this year were Malaysian stocks, and four of the nine are linked to one man Sabah deal-maker Teh Soon Seng. Not surprisingly, at
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    • 359 9  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Precision parts maker Amtek Engineering has teamed up with two Chinese companies and one Japanese company to set up a precision metal-stamping manufacturing venture in Huizhou, Guangdong province. Called Amtek (Huizhou) Industries Ltd (Ahil), the joint-venture company will have
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    • 728 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By William Chia SINGAPORE After being in the doldrums for nearly two years, the Jakarta Stock Exchange has bounced back to become one of the best performers in the region. The Jakarta Composite Index has
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    • 301 9  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Rumours of an imminent takeover at Guthrie GTS yesterday saw the share pricc rising 14.S cents, or 24 per cent, to close at 74.5 ccnts, on a heavy volume of 27.42 million units. The sudden burst of activity
      Source: Bloomberg  -  301 words
    • 357 9  -  By Corinne Kerk SINGAPORE Heshe Holdings, which lost $4.67 million for the year ended June 30, has issued an explanation for its overly-optimistic projections in an interim announcement in March. The statement from the Sesdaq-listed garment-maker and retailer is in response
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      321 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Oct 5 Lad Smm Ii4n Start Mle (kgc factor botcta A»imo 1930 0020 1.33 2.72 CAT 8050 0 250 5 62 34.01 (ctctoos 6.250 4.36 FAN ***** 10.19 GF Asia 3.040 -0.020 2.12 -2.72 (Mm Mat 1020 0.020 0.71 2.72 Haw
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 59 11 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR United Engineers (Malaysia) Berhad (UEM) said Mekar Idaman Sdn Bhd. which was reported to have been awarded a 25-year contract to operate the toll bridge connecting West Malaysia and Penang Island, is not its subsidiary. However, the company confirmed Mekar Idaman
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        • 33 11 SINGAPORE Metro Holdings has appointed Phua Bah Lee as a non-executive director of the company. He is also a director of GP Batteries International. QAF and Wing Tai Holdings.
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        • 58 11 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Bank Negara has no objection to Leader Universal Holdings Berhad's cable-producing venture in China, the company said yesterday. However, the proposed joint venture. Huader Cable (Shantou) Company Ltd, is still subject to the approval of the relevant government authorities. Leader said
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      • 468 11 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS M«Mf«r*' pncw <$) Oct 6 Insurance Fund Singapore Unit Trust 367 3 80 The Commtrvc 1.54 1.62 PrudWltlBl The Savings Fund 1.45 1.52 PruLink Mgd Fund 1.24 1.30 S'pore Prog Fund 0.63 0.66*d UB S'pore Sec Fund 0.93 0.98 WAKA-BUITIipiltra S'pore Invest Fund 1.10 1.16 First B'putra
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      • 450 11 Bloomberg HONGKONG Hutchison Whampoa. a conglomerate controlled by Hongkong tycoon Li Ka-shing. is leading a group of investors which has signed a contract to take a 70 per cent stake in a 5 billion yuan (5513.6 million) port joint venture in southern
        Bloomberg  -  450 words
      • 313 11 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG The Hongkong Stock Exchange expects slightly fewer new listings by local companies in 1994, Herbert Hui, head of the exchange's listing division, said yesterday. But he also predicted growth in new listings by Chinese and international firms, and more issues of
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      • 523 11 Reuter SHANGHAI The city's stock market is buzzing with excitement at the prospect of its first corporate takeover, and hot money is flooding into counters seen as the next target for a predator. The raid on Shanghai Yanzhong Industrial, a small olfice equipment
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 62 12 AFP TOKYO Itochu Corp and another Japanese trading firm have jointly acquired almost all the stake in Italy's high-fashion maker Mila Schon SpA, a spokeswoman for Itochu, a major trading house, said yesterday. Itochu and Coronet Co Ltd set up an investment firm through
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        • 73 12 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Imperial Chemical Industries pic's chairman Denys Henderson said Europe's chemical firms need to establish links to survive in today's difficult business environment, The Times reported yesterday. Speaking in Rome at the Society of Chemical Industry's European annual meeting, he
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        • 68 12 Reuter TOKYO Kirin Brewery Co Ltd has started making Kirin beer in large bottles in Hongkong through its business partner, San Miguel Brewery Ltd, to boost sales in Asia, a company spokesman said. Until now, Kirin has produced only tinned beer in Hongkong under
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      • 451 12 Reuter NEW YORK Viacom Inc has won a US$l.2 billion (SSI.B billion) investment from telephone company Nynex Corp, getting potent ammunition to fight for its contested merger with Paramount Communications. Viacom's proposal to take over Paramount in a stock and cash
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      • 270 12 Financial Times LONDON Cadbury Schweppes. the confectionery and soft drinks company, yesterday launched a £324 million (Ss77l million) rights issue at 400 pence per share after reporting a 32 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £166.2 million in the first half. Most of the
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      • 191 12 AFP TOKYO Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) has urged as many as I,OCX) managers aged over 45 to take early retirement as part of its streamlining programme, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said yesterday. The economic newspaper said the nation's
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      • 234 12 Bloomberg Business News CUPERTINO, California Apple Computer Inc. attempting to elbow into the business and education computer markets, unveiled its first operating system with networking capabilities. Building on Apple's System 7 operating system for Macintosh computers. System 7 Pro offers functions such as
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    • FINANCE
      • 462 13  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Western borrowers comprising mainly European development banks have raised at least US$l.B billion (552.9 billion) through the dragon bond market in Asia this year. Dragon bonds are debt instruments issued in Asia outside Japan. Essentially, it means the
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      • 204 13 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Treasury bonds are expected to creep higher this week amid anticipation that September's employment report will show a sluggish labour market, traders said. The benchmark 30-year bond is about unchanged after trading overnight in London at 103 19/32
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      • 322 13  -  2nd S'pore International Reinsurance Conference Reports by Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Worldwide recession and disastrous weather conditions have created a "nightmare" for the global reinsurance industry, the executive chairman of" Malaysia National Insurance said yesterday. Mohamcd Annuar Scnawi told the Second Singapore International
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      • 198 13 SINGAPORE Scor, the French reinsurance group, will zero in on greater insurance cover for Japan and build-up of the facultative business in its expansion thrust in Asia. This was announced last night by Scor chairman and chief executive Patrick Peugeot, who is here for the Singapore
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      • 426 13 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Australia's Finance Minister Ralph Willis yesterday said he expects investors to flock to the government's sale of 19.9 per cent of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, despite criticism of the sale procedures by institutional investors. He
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      • 164 13 THE USS slid as news of order returning to the Russian front calmed the currency markets and provided opportunities to reestablish short USS positions. The USS also moved lower against regional currencies as demand for regional currencies resurfaced. The USS/SS market saw increasingly good demand
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      • 88 13 Reuter NEW YORK The dollar was irregular against major currencies yesterday in calm trading here. The dollar traded at 1.6220 German marks, down from 1.6225 marks late Monday and at 105.4S Japanese yen against 105.65 yen. In London, the dollar traded at 1.6175 marks and 105.30 yen. The
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      • 197 13 AFP LONDON The German mark rose in trading on the European currency markets yesterday. boosted by Russian President Boris Yeltsin's defeat of rebels in the parliament. Germany has strong financial interests in Russia and in London. the mark rose to 1.6195 marks for USSI from 1.6238 on Monday. The
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        1308 13 Trade-wetghled index calculated against Sport's lap 14 trading partners Base year I9sf US$/S$ hnwri rates Noon Oct 5 S» WU Oder 1-monih 1.5737 1.5752 2-month 1.5733 1.5741 Vmorth 1.5731 1.574* 6-month 1.5726 ***** Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at Mm h M 5 Siimort Mhn to oae nit
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      • 455 14 But merger of US banks raises a question of chemistry, say analysts Bloomberg Business News ALBANY. New York Keycorp and Society Corp of Cleveland made much of their differences in announcing a US$7.B billion (5512.3 billion) "merger of equals" on Monday. The two banks
        Bloomberg Business News  -  455 words
      • SMALL CHANGE
        • 72 14 SINGAPORE Hongkongßank yesterday launched a new credit card which it said will raise its credit cardmembers' billings by SSIS million in the first year. The bank said it has tied up with the telecommunication and consumer electronics group Wywy Group to issue Club Wywy Visa Card.
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        • 96 14 SINGAPORE THE volume of lease contracts booked by Singapore leasing firms declined by 5.7 per cent from *****.8 million in 1991 to *****.9 million last year, the Leasing Association of Singapore said in its latest annual report. LAS said the decline was partly due to
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        • 65 14 TORONTO Bank of Montreal said it opened a representative office in Guangzhou, the capital of South China's Guangdong province, while chairman and chief executive Matthew Barrett is on a four-day visit to Hongkong. The office will allow the bank to provide on-the-ground support to customers
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        • 47 14 Bloomberg Business News SEOUL The total value of non-performing loans extended by South Korea's commercial banks rose 22.2 per cent during the first half of this year due to increasing business failures. Bank of Korea said yesterday. Bloomberg Business News
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      • 187 14 AFP TOKYO The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe) is planning to list Euroyen products on the London futures market, Liffe chairman Nicholas Durlacher said yesterday. The Liffe and the Tokyo International Financial Futures exchange started talks on
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      • 157 14 Bloomberg Business News New York Citicorp has accused Bankers Trust Co of reneging on a commitment to share in a loan to a bankrupt supermarket chain. Bankers Trust backed out after signing an agreement to buy a U554.25 million (556.72 million) of the supermarket's debt to
        Bloomberg Business News  -  157 words
    • COMMODITIES
      • 378 15 AFP ADELAIDE Potentially huge deposits of diamonds, gold and other minerals found during recent geophysical surveys of South Australia have triggered a rush by domestic and overseas exploration companies. The surveys, said to be the most comprehensive ever undertaken in Australia, have revealed
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      • 352 15 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Crude oil futures rose in London and New York as a five-day old strike by Nigerian oil inspectors at the country's oil terminals delayed the loading of several crude oil vessels. The October loading programme, usually agreed on a monthly basis
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      • 256 15 AFP BEIJING China is to open its non-ferrous metal mines to foreign companies to meet growing demand in the packaging and construction industries, the English language China Daily said on Monday. "Currently the annual per capita consumption of aluminium in China is
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      • 219 15 Knight-Ridder TAIPEI Non-Japanese trading houses are worried that Japan's deteriorating economy will force Japanese traders to dump copper onto Taiwan's market at reduced prices, market sources said. "Taiwan is Japan's economic backyard." said one trader representing a North American house. "If Japanese
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 1553 16 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SIN(i\P()RE Simex Eurodollar interest rate futures opened steady yesterday. hut proceeded to track a confined range as dealers awaited the release of key economic figures on I riday. "The Russian situation has stabilised. it looks like eltsin has things
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      • 610 16 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin Tin eased further and fell below the important MS 11 level on persistent miners' selling prompted hy further LME deelincs. The metal finished 11 eents down at M$ 10.90 a kg. nearing the record low of MS 10.78 set last
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        • 79 16 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian palm oil stocks rose to nearly one million tonnes at end-September from 836.000 in August, traders said, basing their calculations on export volumes for September released by cargo surveying firm Caleb Brett. Caleb Brett said Malaysian bulk palm oil exports
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        • 45 16 TOKYO Japan's output of refined copper in Oct-March will rise 3.1 per cent, according to production plans released by domestic smelters. The production schedules from Japan's six copper smelting and refining companies expect total output of 604.380 tonnes in Oct-March.
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        • 75 16 MANILA Exports of coconut products by the Philippines reached 1.225 million tonnes during the first nine moatfuot the year, up 10 per from 1.1 11 million tonnes a vear earlier, the United www- <*0* Coconut Associations of the Philippines said yesterday. Coconut oil remains the
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        • 71 16 KUALA LUMPUR Esso Production Malaysia said it was "interested" in the potential that deep-sea oil exploration offered in Malaysia. However. the firm noted that deep-water exploration was extremely expensive and that it needed to look at all aspects involved in exploration and production. Esso Production
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        • 54 16 TOKYO Japan's output of zinc in Oct-March is expected to total 362.146 tonnes, down 0.9 per cent from projections for the same period the previous year, according to production schedules announced by domestic smelters. Oct-March scheduled production is up 6.7 per cent from the April-Sep
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    • 1702 16 Rubbf HAS C«aian<lty CxchMgt (Marts ctostof as at lpaO ESS 1 Caatract (S crms/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Nov 93 126 2) 126 25 126 50 50 2.650 Dec 0.00 0.00 126 00 0 3.47S Jan 94 127 00 126.73 126 50 250
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    • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      • 1139 17 +21.5 STRONG performances by star performers BHP and News Corp pushed the Australian share market to a post-1987 crash high yesterday with its key index seemingly set to smash the key 2.000 level today after coming within two points. The All Ordinaries Index soared 21.5 points to close at
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      • 549 17 +46.52 The stock market rebounded slightly yesterday but not enough to make up for the correction of the previous day. The Composite Index at Manila rose 2.4 per cent to 1.951.06 points while the Makati composite rose 2.49 per cent to 2.010.56 points. However, an analyst played down the
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      • 605 17 +5.02 Stocks ended well off their highs amid profit-taking after early gains triggered by the easing ol the political crisis in Russia. The Weighted Index closed 5.02 points up at 3.813.26. ofl an intra-session high of 3.832. Turnover was a thin NTS 10 billion against Monday's NTS 9.7 billion.
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      • 252 17 +9.25 The share market closed higher with features including the successful listing of Energy Direct and strength in leading shares in a market with a well-bid tone. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 9.25 points at 1.955.61 on volume worth NZS3B million. Brokers said a better-than-expected June GDP
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      • 490 17 +2.66 The stock market closed slightly higher in a day of improved trading volume despite rumours of debt default by a major business group which dented the market. The easing of political tensions in Russia contributed to soothing investor sentiment. The Composite Index added 2.66 points to 717.71. A
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      • 83 17 -4.90 Stocks closed lower on fears over the income tax department's seizure of proxy-held shares in low volume trade. The BSE 30-share Index closed at 2.636.98 points, down 4.90 from its previous close. Share prices fell after rising during mid-session when speculators had covered their short positions. The main
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      • 916 17 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer Mim Cap Deposit J* 6400 *****0 Mim Jcncy Gill 0 1891 0.1992 Mim Mm Income *1 0100 *1 COO L SS C«sh Income Plus Fund 10 TOO 11 2800 PS Reserve Fund 5 2200 5 2 MO Sterling F.quits Euro Performance 0.4592 0 491*
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      • 709 17 17.5 SHARES closed higher but with nearly half their earlier gains lost as hopes of an early cut in British base interest rates were met with increasing scepticism through the day. The FTSE--100 closed 17.5 points up at 3.085.2 after reaching a dayhigh of 3.096.4. Dealers said at one
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      • 101 17 17 Italian shares ended higher, but the forthcoming large capital operations and absence of any bullish fundamental news points to a phase of consolidation. The Mibtel Index ended up 0.34 per cent at 10.478. Milan Oct 5 Lire Awilaha %'5 <1 BaMugi n unch rm 617: Gencrali ***** 622
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      • 169 17 17.56 Belgian shares, boosted by buying of Bel-20 share baskets. closed 1.34 per cent higher near their intraday highs amid relief over the ebbing of the Moscow crisis. Dealers said the rise was in line with gains on other European bourses and followed higher domestic bond prices. They said
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      • 224 17 +51.21 Shares resumed their earlier rally shortly after midday after taking a breather just below the 1,970 DAX level. The DAX Index ended up 51.21 points at 1.974.94 2.66 per cent higher on the day. Day's high so far was 1.982.75. Traders see further gains when US enters the
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      • 300 17 +31.0 Swiss shares followed the Frankfurt share market up to close at new record highs in brisk trade. Dealers said hopes for lower interest rates supported the market. "But the market is on a high level and may lack the courage to go higher for the moment, especially in
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      • 259 17 +4.05 Dutch shares started with tentative rises on news of the end of the Moscow rebellion and got stronger throughout the day. rounding off with a spirited gain of over one per cent. "The market is having an excellent performance today." said one dealer. The EOE Index closed at
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      • 367 17 -19 Shares found mild late afternoon support yesterday to end off lows but dealers said strong interest remained elusive. They said foreign interest needed to pick up before strong support surfaced, while gold price direction was necessary to stir the gold board. The Gold Index ended 14 points softer
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      • 305 17 17.55 Stocks opened stronger with most indices posting gains as investors appeared to shrug off election jitters, dealers said. "I think investors have come to realise it doesn't really matter which party gets in." one trader said. Dealers said there was little impact from last night's federal leaders' debate.
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      • 758 17 +4.75 Wall Street's blue-chip stocks moved higher yesterday in the wake of stock increases in Europe and Japan and the end of the siege of the Russian parliament. The Dow Jones index of leading industrials was up 4.75 points to 3.582.51 at 11am. Trading was active with 89
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      2724 18 HONGKONG Shares leapt 1.6 per cent to a new all-time high yesterday as overseas institutions continued to tip funds in despite political worries over the territory. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index added another 125.16 points to close the day's trading at a record 7,869.48. The All Ordinaries Index ended
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      510 18 THE CLSA Shanghai B Index dropped another 11.10 points yesterday to close at 802.49. Turnover remained thin as investors await the listing of new issues. Phoenix Bicycle's A shares will start trading on Friday, B shares are expected to follow soon. The star performer yesterday was Vacuum, gaining 3.1
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      2508 18 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended firmer but off morning highs yesterday, with rallies capped as investors were unsure of fundamentals at home. Earlier, sentiment buoyed as investors cheered news that the tide in Russia had turned in President Boris Yeltsin's favour. "The outcome of the Russian turmoil itself will not
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      1684 18 Reuter BANGKOK Thai stocks jumped 2 per cent with across-the-board rises in active trade and the index ended above 1,000 for the first time in three years as investors were cheered by news of Russian President Yeltsin's victory over his opponents. The SET Index leaped 20.74 points, or 2.08
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      1061 18 Reuter JAKARTA Share priccs closed weaker in moderate trading, led by profit-taking in newlylisted Barito Pacific Timber. The Official Index ended 4.68 points lower at 441.57. "Profit-taking in Barito Pacific mainly occurred on the local side, while foreign investors remained firm. Overall sentiment was rather weak." a foreign dealer
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    • 2534 19 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info Gr Cr 1993 Last Vol Day Lot Qm*t D*» Dir VM NK M C« High Low Coaapaay Sale C000) H«h Lea Bayer Sdkr C\r P/E Sail MALAYSIAN STOCKS 205 102 AISB 50c 189 id -I 33 198 189 189 192 5.0 0
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
      • 5358 19 Bernama SHARE prices coasted to a higher close on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday amidst active trading. Players shrugged off events in Russia and focused their attention on the market's fundamentals to drive various market indices to record highs. The all-share KLSE
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 1071 20  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Spillover speculation from Malaysia helped the local stock market score record volumes yesterday. Prices also improved across the hoard with the Straits Times Industrials Index rising 10.44 points to 2,033.51 while the BTMGA Index advanced 5.17 points to
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      • 73 20  -  Quak Hiang Whai AMALGAMATED Sled Mills shares are trading between $2.10 and $2.40. The daily RSI suggests ASM could soon break $2.40 and go as high as $2.70. The daily MACD also signals a possible upturn. ASM is well supported at $2.30 and $1.90. The weekly and monthly
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    • 233 10 Introducing the first Regional China Fund. Because there's one word on the minds of over one billion people. That word, of course, is wealth. But it's not unique experienced and recognised fund managers in Asia-Pacific to the people of China. In fact, anyone with as little as today and available
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    • 85 11 Earlier report, Shipping Times Page 1 From November 1. China Airlines will be flying Lumpur departs at 12.40pm. non-stop from Singapore to Kaohsiung and Of course, on both you'll get to appreciate from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, every the sort of service and courtesy that have Monday. Wednesday and Saturday.
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    • 246 12 When staying at a Bayview International hotel, don't forget to bungee jump into a river, have the fight of your angling dreams, raft through treacherous rapids, discover old city charm, conquer the ski slopes of Whakapapa, embark on a historical expedition, or simply laze on a palm-fringed beach... doing nothing.
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    • 284 14 iHi Wm 0 Corporate high-flyers recognise the jl#L; jH' k importance of a supportive hotel in concluding negotiations. Service-oriented staff. «r Vj Versatile meeting facilities. Comfortable guestrooms and suites. inspired by I %»< East and West. Plus an unbeatable location in the heart of the city. So when business or
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  • SPORTS
    • 559 21 Golf AP CLEMMONS. North Carolina Lee Trevino is back, once again striding the fairways with his familiar arm-swinging swagger, chattering constantly, an infectious grin in place. "I always come back," Trevino said on Sunday after capping his latest triumph, a five-shot triumph
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    • 815 21  -  Ira Berkow unearths some unfortunate events in the baseball club's history Ira Berkow NYT CHICAGO Only two outfielders in Chicago White Sox history have been named Jackson. Did Bo know the other? "Sure," he said on Monday, "that's easy. Jesse Jackson." Who?
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    • SPORT SHORTS
      • 74 21 Reuter MIAMI The Miami Dolphins took control early on Monday as quarterback Dan Marino hit Tony Martin on an 80-yard touchdown pass just 30 seconds into the game and held on for a 17-10 win over the Washington Redskins. Washington (1-3), which had a bye-week last Sunday, has
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        62 21 Reuter BALTIMORE A 21-member partnership, including author Tom Clancy, tennis player Pam Shriver, a television broadcaster and a filmmaker, bought the Baltimore Orioles major league baseball team for a record US$l73 million (*****.1 million) on Monday. The new owners bought the American League team, with the help of a
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        50 21 AFP BOSTON The Boston Celtics, t lying to rebuild their backcourt after the death of Reggie Lewis, have signed NBA veterans Travis Mays, Rodney Monroe and Lamont Strothers. All are guards, and the Celtics had already signed Chris Corchiani and Brian Oliver, two other guards with NBA experience. ArP
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        78 21 Reuter PARIS A fresh probe has been opened into allegations against Marseille boss Bernard Tapic that he tried to bribe a former player to deny confessions of match-rigging, sources said on Monday. The probe follows accusations made by the player, Jean-Jacques Eydelie, during a hearing by the judge investigating
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        264 21 AP Reuter AFP INGLE WOOD, California John McEnroe withdrew as a candidate for US Davis Cup team captain on Monday, saying "personal considerations" prevented him from pursuing a job he coveted only weeks ago. McEnroe did not elaborate in a two-paragraph statement released by longtime associate Mike Altieri, director
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    • 638 21 AP NEW YORK The words are slow and muffled. The hand trembles occasionally. Sometimes he stares straight ahead, expressionless. On the outside, the ravages of Parkinson's Disease are evident. Inside, though, where it counts most. Muhammad Ali remains intact still the greatest to himself and
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    • 22 22 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN Clia Olia, Waltz, Rock Roll Free Dancing Lessons Mon-Thurs I C Corkpii Ciirtfl AMPLE FREE PARKING
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 577 23  -  Jazz will breach the Great Wall of China next week when Beijing hosts its first jazz festival. Philippe Massonnet reports Philippe Massonnet AFP DUKE Ellington and Charlie Parker look set to find a new audience in China with the opening next week of the first Beijing
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    • 513 23 CHATTERBOX UPI SINGER-songwriter Paul Simon admits he's always been a little self-serving when he writes. "My voice does certain kinds of thoughts well." he told the Miami Herald. "The songs that are most satisfying to me are the good songs that are in my natural voice."
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    • 39 23 Reuter Stallone as he will appear on the cover of Vanity Fair's November issue. Celebrity photographer Annie shot Stallone for the magazine posing in the nude in the posture of Auguste Rodin's 'The Thinker'. Reuter
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    • 58 23 GUMMY m FIRE RESISTANT Jr FILING CABINETS WL ,i SAFES m^S SUNNY JAPAN ORIGIN SAFES MADE IN JAPAN THESE CHAIRS ARE ALSO EXPORTED TO JAPAN k tvj3 fb jk JK Sunny Low Office Equipment Trading Co. Manufacturers Distributors Blk 1003 Aljunied Ave 5 #01 -61 AJjunied Ind Est Singapore 1433
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    • 1313 23 TV RADIO Molly in this JB V K *j/ST~ MP A women the US to contract Bm^ the HIV virus through hetero- v a Highl> charged T ip» > jfl emotional scenes expected, so get your pack of Scottcx Jp The current economic roller- g *i 1 j 4f coaster
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  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
    • 1162 24  -  Afta and the changing global economy YANG RAZALI KASSIM YANG RAZALI KASSIM The writer, BT's Regional Analysis Editor, is covering this week s Afia/Asean Economic Ministers Meetings in Singapore ON A STATE visit to Indonesia three weeks ago, Philippine President Fidel Ramos floated
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    • 1371 24  -  DJISMAN SIMANJUNTAK DJISMAN SIMANJUNTAK The writer is with the Prasetya Mulya School of Management in Jakarta. He presented this paper at a recent conference in Bali on Indonesia, the Asia Pacific and the New World Order OVER THE last six or
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    • 1034 25  -  Afta: Ministerial interviews LOH HUI YIN LOH HUI YIN The writer is a BT correspondent specialising in Thai affairs UW "W y E should get down to serious Wr W discussion T on the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) and stop putting blame on
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    • 810 25  -  A 1 Labita finds out Manila's plans to assist the private sector in adjusting to Afta Al Labita The writer is BT's Manila correspondent FOR the Philippines, it's not just a question of scrapping privileges to force industries to compete under Afta.
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    • 266 24 TONY BUZAN FH| MIND MAPPING APPLICATIONS FOR TODAY'S BUSINESS November 22 23, 1993 Tony Buzan is the founder of the Brain Trust, originator of Mind Maps™, and the creator of the concept of Mental Literacy. He is a past editor of the International Journal of MENS A (the high IQ
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    • 15 24 PLAY SMART Be part of the good life. Lifestyle. Everyday. SINGAPORE f Business Times wnovAst
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    • 101 25 jlmfciiiiiiilm«l Auction: Tuesday, 9th November at 3pm on the property ffig&CßD 4jj| .saaalL flow Current income $865,000 pa. approx. In premier legal and financial district of Melbourne s 167 QUEEN STREET, Caul Lachtl AH; 572 1713 hBBBBB IICIDAIIDMC John Oaitrel AH: 826 9048 Jkn Wlam IVILLDUUnnC F*x Noc 604 4753
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  • 532 26 KDtTORIAL JUST DAYS before Russian president Boris Yeltsin dissolved parliament, he announced the reinstatement of Yegor Gaidar as his First Deputy Prime Minister. Throughout 1992, Mr Gaidar presided over a sweeping programme of harsh economic shock therapy. Unfortunately, the therapy didn't cure the Russian economy. Mr
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 239 26 TO MEET the infrastructure! needs of becoming an international exchange of repute for fine arts and antiques, Singapore will spend as much as $1 billion on new cultural facilities and existing ones. Tax and nontax incentives are already on offer to foreign talent and experts, to
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    • 147 26 BEING THE Number One workers in the world is simply a passing fad, unless Singapore workers continue to upgrade themselves. However, this requires total commitment from employers. Thus far, on the average, employers commit only 2 per cent of their budget for training. This is far from
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    • 147 26 LAST WEEK, Mita Minister BG Yeo mentioned the plan to develop Singapore into an international arts centre during the opening of an arts fair. Although the economic benefits of this are obvious, we cannot look at the matter purely from a utilitarian perspective. In fact, economic
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    • 175 26 AS LONG AS a convergence of the individual interests of the Western powers remains a necessary and sufficient condition for action, the United Nations can never be impartial and will always be prey to the West's own inconsistencies. The UN carries moral weight only on its
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    • 152 26 WE SHARE in the sorrow felt by those whose lives was so terribly affected by the earthquake calamity in India's Maharashtra state last Thursday. Considering the extent of the human suffering which the disaster has wrought, we think any ofTer of assistance that we can make is
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    • 198 26 FRIDAY'S MEETING between the Chinese and British foreign ministers was largely as expected with little progress on substantive political issues. With relations set to remain strained on the political front for some time, the governor will want to focus on other areas where he can exercise
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  • 639 26  -  Indonesia's most senior general wants the army to review its involvement in social issues and to be a greater protector of all groups. Maggie Ford reports Maggie Ford The writer is BT's Jakarta Correspondent AT THE END of last month, Indonesian ministers struggling
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    • 1193 26 NOTICES IN THI MATTER OF CHARLXS FASHION PTE LTD (la VatmOary L^ukl-tio.) MKM ICRS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP Al aa Ex inordinary General Meeting of Ihe members of the abovenaiwd company daly coimntd and held at 17 Phi Ik p Saeet #05-OX Grand Building, Singapore 0104 oa the 28ih day of September
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    • 325 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF TOOLS A COMPONENTS MANUFACTURERS PTE LTD (In Mem hero Voluntary Liquidation) Extract of the Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on the Vhh day of September. 1993: SPECIAL RESOLUTION "That the Company
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 809 27 Pakistan goes to the polls for the third time in five years today. In addition to profiling the two protagonists, these reports highlight the main issues, the bitter rivalries and Machiavellian moves, and the hopes of businessmen for a clear direction of
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    • 715 27 Reuter G ROOMED for power by a military dictator and installed by an army-backed establishment, Nawaz Sharif rebelled and found himself a popular leader. In November 1990, he became the first industrialist to take office as prime minister of Pakistan, where political power
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    • 751 27 Reuter PAKISTAN'S Benazir Bhutto is fighting to return to power from three years in the political wilderness after her abrupt dismissal cut short her term as the Muslim world's first woman prime minister. Those three years when she faced allegations of corruption and
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    • 583 27 Reuter WHATEVER the result of today's general election in Pakistan, the coming to power of a new administration will end uncertainty and put the economy back on the rails, businessmen and bankers say. "The economy will get a boost after the elections because it
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    • 690 27 ANNOUNCEMENT On behalf of Drandeur Holdings Pte Ltd ("Drandeur"), The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd ("DBS Bank") announces that Drandeur has entered into a Sale Purchase Agreement (the "S P Agreement") on 5 October 1993 with Unicentral Corporation Pte Ltd ("Unicentral" or the "Vendor") to acquire 6,000,000 ordinary shares of
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  • 467 28 Reuter, AFP, AP MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin, fresh from crushing a Communist-led rebellion, tightened the screws yesterday by sacking the country's top prosecutor, dismissing regional opponents and dissolving conservative local councils. He also tried to cultivate a business-as-usual image by saying he
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  • 335 28 Reuter NEW DELHI Chinese Premier Li Peng believes Russia's problems stem from a failure to tackle economic reform before introducing political changes, a senior Indian official said yesterday. Mr Li, in conversation with the official in Beijing last month, accused former
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  • 353 28 Reuter, UPI TOKYO Japan said yesterday that its current account surplus jumped to U557.23 billion (SSI 1.35 billion) in August, a record for the month, and economists expect it to keep growing. The increase marked the 29th consecutive month of surplus in the
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  • 428 28 AFP. Reuter, AP BEIJING China, ignoring appeals from US President Bill Clinton, announced it conducted an underground nuclear explosion yesterday and dismissed a US-led moratorium on such tests as of "extremely limited significance". The United States and other nations, including Russia, decried the Chinese test,
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  • 893 28  -  The Bottom Line CHUANG PECK MING CHUANG PECK MING The writer is a correspondent in BT's Political and Economic Group CAN Singapore's private sector, so used to government guidance, spearhead the push to build an external wing of the country's
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  • 451 28 Reuter BEIJING China is losing the equivalent of about US$l7.5 million (5527.6 million) every day in state assets as economic reforms allow people to plunder government companies to gain personal wealth, official reports say. "Faced with the fast loss of state assets,
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  • Shipping Times
    • 348 29  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) continued its year of strong growth in August, scoring a 21.1 per cent gain in container handling. New reports also disclosed that for the half-year ended June, Singapore maintained its narrow lead over
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    • 470 29 Lloyd's List STOCKHOLM The contrasting fortunes of Stena Line's international and Scandinavian activities were highlighted last week when the Swedish company announced increased profits for the first eight months. Better results from Stena Sealink helped to compensate for a recession-induced downturn in Scandinavia, enabling the
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    • 1144 29 Page Col ABC Containcrlinc 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Africa Container 16 1 Liner 4 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 1 Alprimo Freight 16 3 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 3/4 Arabian Express 16 4 •ASCL 5 5 ASXCL Shpg
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    • 225 29 SINGAPORE National carrier Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) will soon provide a direct link between Singapore and the Philippines. From Saturday, the line will cover the route through its wholly-owned subsidiary Singha Shipping, which is based in Singapore. The vessel Dragon Sumatra will kick
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    • 425 29 American Shipper AMSTERDAM The Netherlands' Royal Ncdlloyd Group says it will do what it must to reduce its onerous interestbearing debt by 500 million guilders (*****.5 million) over the next two years, even if that means selling off some of its holdings. "If
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    • 223 29 Reuter HONGKONG Hutchison Whampoa Ltd was to sign a major contract yesterday to develop the Yantian container port in Shenzhen in southern China, a Hongkong newspaper reported. The pro-Beijing Ta Kung Pao said Hutchison chairman Li Ka-shing and top group officials were in
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    • 251 29 Bernama MALACCA The Malaysian Maritime Academy (Alam) in Malacca is to be upgraded into a centre to train sailors and maritime administrators from Asean countries. Deputy Transport Minister Datin Paduka Zalcha Ismail said. This will not only overcome the shortage of merchant marine
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      • 1603 30 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Boofcinf/Balance Rsits Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From to Dan 446 08/1800 3 06/0700 06/1159 06/1400 4 06/1200 06/1459 06/1700 to s»y 086A 06/1500 1 05/1500 05/1669 05/1900 Mm
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    • 12643 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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    • 398 45 COURSES Title: Understanding Air Cargo Sea-Air Operations (SDF 50%) Duration: Oct 8 Nov 12(6 evenings) Organiser: Singapore National Shipping Association Tel: For further details and application forms contact SNSA at tel: 278-3464 or fax: 274-5079 Title: Air Traffic Control Supervisor Duration: Oct 18-29 Organiser: Singapore Aviation Academy. Civil
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    • 538 45 CIVIL unrest in Russia was being closely watched by both charterers and shipowners alike, brokers said. But little impact on the dry cargo freight market was seen emerging from the crises in Russia. especially as the current situation appears to be coming to a head, they added. The
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    • 721 46 Cruise lines are seeking new climes as the cold autumn winds begin to blow Fairplay The cold winds of autumn will begin to bring the cruiseships back to the Caribbean in the next few weeks. It will be a tight squeeze. Draining capacity out
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    • AIR AND LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 443 48 Reuter ZURICH Four European airlines planning a merger under the codename of Alcazar have asked their three existing US partners to present them with cooperation offers so a deal can be clinched over the next few weeks. A spokesman for SwissairSchweizerische Luftverkehr AG
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      • 248 48 Reuter DEARBORN. Michigan Ford Motor Co chairman Haroid Poling said on Monday he will retire at the end of 1993 and be replaced by Ford Automotive Group president Alexander Trotman. long viewed as heir-apparent to the job. Mr Trotman. a 60-year-old British native who
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      • 408 48  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE TNT Express Worldwide has cemented a 53.18-million joint venture in India, making it the first major express courier to gain a direct foothold there. The joint venture was formalised in Singapore this week when TNT signed contracts with Redington,
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      • 221 48 UPI CHICAGO United Airlines and Lufthansa Airlines announced on Monday a marketing agreement that includes code-sharing and participation in each other's frequent flier programmes and airport clubs. Under the agreement, neither carrier will take an equity position in the other airline. The agreement follows
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        • 105 48 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Taiwan Aerospace Corp (TAC), the fledging Taiwan company involved in talks to set up a jet aircraft manufacturing venture with British Aerospace pic, has named Hsing Chu as acting president. Mr Chu succeeds Denny K.o, who formally resigned from the post on
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        • 75 48 Reuter NEW YORK Amtrak's German-built Inter City Express (ICE) train arriving at New York's Penn Station from Washington DC on Monday on its first official run between the two cities. The super-fast train has been tested at speeds exceeding 402kmph. The train began service in
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        • 98 48 Reuter AUCKLAND, New Zealand A US airline yesterday said it was investigating a walkout by a cabin crew who left a jumbo jet full of passengers bound for New Zealand stranded in Fiji. United Airlines' New Zealand general manager Peter Walsh said Saturday's incident, which
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        • 80 48 Reuter WOLFSBURG, Germany The managing board of German carmaker Volkswagen AG has decided to enter intensive talks with Spanish and Catalan authorities over the crisis at its Spanish unit Seat. In a statement on Monday, VW said: "Up until now, no decisions have been made
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        • 72 48 Financial Times PARIS Fiat chairman Giovanni Agnelli on Tuesday said his company had been discussing possible alliances with other European carmakers to tackle overcapacity and high production costs. Though nothing had come of these talks, he said further significant consolidation of the European car
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        • 107 48 Reuter NICOSIA A US$lOO million (SS i 59 million) upgrading of Iranian ports, coupled with a fall in imports, ended the costly problem of unloading delays at the ports, a senior Iranian official said on Monday. Managing-director of the Ports and Shipping Organisation Mohammad
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      • 1686 48 flight ETA FHfL ETD Adelaide SQ227 2230 Amman RJ182 1440 Amsterdam SQ319 0715 KL838 0020 KL831 1035 SQ324 2230 GA895 1450 KL832 2335 Athens SQ347 1730 B Sen Begawan BI421 1105 SQ182 0915 SQ181 1410 B1422 1205 B1429 2030 BI430 2125 Bangkok SQ69 1145 TG402 0830
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      • 427 48 Bloomberg Business News FT NEW YORK Daimler-Benz AG was to become the first German company to list its securities for trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, according to officials at the Big Board. Daimler-Benz, Germany's largest company and the world's
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    • 2079 33 PPW STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Ho« Chiang Road #11-01 Keppet Towers 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 NEW GUINEA PACIFIC LINE BUIiii&SISCUiMHKMiMAMiAUKiASUMiUfIi CXPQBW (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) CARGO DUE SAILS RAJAH BROOKE V24E Muara Lab 04 05 Oct In M 06 Ott FCL> LC I CONTAINER ANO MEAKMM.K
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    • 2743 35 II II ANNOUNCING A NEW DIRECT CALLER: II II 3SS II SINGAPORE/PHILIPPINES SERVICE II II 1 J M COMMENCING SAILING: DRAGON SUMATRA 08N Mi H B| ETA SGP 09 OCTOBER 1993 H EXPORT TO: PSW/PNW SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (SCX) TO: USWC US QULF MIDWEST USEC CANADA VESSEL VOY SGP LOS
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    • 1214 36 44 AS AGENTS LINE (SINGAPORE) PTI LTD (CR No: **********0 M) TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 t T T V MALAYSIA K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD U TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 1 INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAUTINTERNUSA. TEL: JKT *****08 f
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    • 197 36 Continental Pacific Shipping Jj TIMBER PLYWOOD SERVICE TO U.K./CONTINENT KKU S'PORE PK LOADING FOR MARIA K SLD SLD SLD FLU/ROT/ANT/UK WORLD AEGEUS SLD IN PT 8/10 FLU/ROT/ANT/UK WORLD AJAX 22/10 27/10 30/10 FLU/ROT/ANT/UK Loads Sabah, Indonesia C R NO. **********0H CONTIPAC SHIPPING PTE LTD Tel: *****32 Fax: *****49 P.K. MULTIPORT
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    • 1018 37 fPACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I SSSSSSS: 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I I CR NO **********06 VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIN u» S ,»O*U.T £1. 10 ciua ftiiaiuE «tu o/m n IA/10 MAJAPAHIT 3511 10/10 13/10 17/10 MNO MARINE 16N 8/10 12/10 WlO BUNGA TERATAI 3513
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