The Business Times, 7 October 1993

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Thursday October 7 1993 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon France closes BNP offer to institutions
      96 1 Reuter PARIS Francc says its offer of shares to French and foreign institutions in the privatisation of Banquc Nationalc dc Paris has been oversubscribed more than 12 times and is now closed. "Given the size and speed of the success the offer met, Edmond
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    • Article
      UN-Iraq talks on sale of oil fail
      50 1 UNITED NATIONS Talks between the United Nations and Iraq on the sale of up to USSI.6 billion of Iraqi oil have failed. A UN spokesman said last night that secretarygeneral Boutros Boutros-Ghal-i's talks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Saeed alSahaf "were not successful".
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    110 1 Stack market indices Wednesday Change STII 2.039.12 +5.61 KLSE Composite 865.77 +7.79 Nikkei 20,500.25 +178.32 Hang Seng 8.041.57 172.09 SET Index 1,058.2 +38.79 Jakarta Composite ...439.42 -2.15 CLSA China B 1.049.60 +13.29 Aust All Ord 2.018.8 +20.3 FTSE 100 3.100.8 +15.6 WrdiieviaY Ptetkm midday dose Dow Jones 3.598.44
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    Lock icon Foreign funds drive Sing $ to fifth record high in a row
    410 1  - Foreign funds drive Sing to fifth record high in a row By Paul Leo SINGAPORE The local dollar surged to a record for the fifth consecutive trading session yesterday as foreign funds bought it in anticipation of subscribing for Singapore Telecom shares. The Singapore dollar reached a high of S$
    Source: TeleTrac; Source: Bloomberg  -  410 words
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    Regional bull run sets new records
    394 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The bullish momentum continued in regional stock markets yesterday sending three markets to all-time record closings. In Malaysia, strong buying of blue chips combined with widespread speculative fervour sent the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index up 7.79 points to a record
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    SES volume passes $1b
    121 1 SINGAPORE Frenzied buying of Malaysian speculative counters traded on Clob International yesterday sent volumes on the stock exchange soaring past the $1 billion mark for the first time ever. Trades on the main board and Clob yesterday added up to 655.1m units worth a staggering $1.09b,
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    S'pore govt buys stake in US furniture retailer
    271 1  -  From Amy Balan in PHILADELPHIA THE Singapore government has acquired a 6.5 per cent stake in Levitz Furniture Inc, the largest US home furniture retailer, for U5523.3 million (5536.3 million). The purchase, comprising 1.7 million common shares, was announced in a filing
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    Siam Motors' patriarch shunts aside daughter in family feud
    424 1  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK A FAMILY FEUD at Siam Motors, the sole agent for Nissan cars in Thailand, has forced patriarch Thavorn Phornprapha to take the reins from his daughter and pass them to her three younger brothers. The
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    Patten gives China a veiled ultimatum on HK's future
    505 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG HONGKONG Governor Chris Patten issued a veiled ultimatum to China yesterday, saying it now had "weeks rather than months" to strike a deal on the territory's political future. But Zhang Jun Sheng. deputy director of the
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    Ministerial council seals accord to get Afta moving by Jan 1
    367 1  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE The Afta Ministerial Council yesterday sealed an agreement to bring the Asean Free Trade Area back on track and get it moving by Jan I next year. Member-states have now agreed to bring forward
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      17 1 Law: Pg 25 Singapore's legal scene on the move US basketball superstar Michael Jordan retires, Pg 21
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      13 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 9 -vxr\ Time for SES to do serge stock-taking
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Outgoing IDD calls keep rising
        312 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming BUSINESS ACTIVITY was strong in June, judging by the number of international phone calls made. Singapore Telecom figures show that 10.102.743 outgoing International Direct Dial (IDD) calls were made, or 16 per cent more than in the same month last year.
        Source: Singapore Telecom  -  312 words
    • Article
      Tech's plant set to spur growth of supporting chip firms
      480 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling THE NUMBER of companies supporting the semiconductor industry in Singapore will double over the next two years, spurred partly by the establishment of the highly advanced wafer fabrication plant Tech Semiconductor Singapore. Eric Winkler, director of
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      S'pore economy to grow by up to 8.5pc, says Merrill Lynch
      404 2  -  By Vikram Khanna SINGAPORE'S economy will grow by as much as 8.5 per cent this year and 7.5 per cent in 1994, says international investment house Merrill Lynch. Growth here in the next 12 to 18 months will be
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      SMA, NTU to help local technology
      114 2 THE Singapore Manufacturers' Association (SMA) and Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) Innovation Centre plan to work together to nurture local enterprise and technology. In an agreement to be signed this morning, the two will join forces to develop ideas, products and technology, the NTU said
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      Romania seeking engineering tie-ups with S'pore firms
      328 2  -  By Quah Choon Poh IN AN EFFORT to increase its economic presence in the Asia Pacific region, Romania hopes to team up with Singapore companies to carry out civil engineering projects in third countries. Romanian Minister of Commerce Christian lonescu here for a
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      Polarcup runneth over with demand, so now it looks to expand
      377 2 PAPER CUP manufacturer Polarcup Singapore is finding it hard to keep up with demand. The company's plant in Senoko churns out a dizzying 400 million paper cups and 130 million plastic cups a year, and output is growing by
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      Mongolia keen to learn from Singapore
      286 2 MONGOLIA aims to learn from the experience of Singapore and other South-East Asian nations in its push towards a free market. "Mongolia's population is 2.2 million." the leader of a visiting delegation, S Bayarbaatar. said yesterday. "When Singapore began its (industrial) development, its population
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      Corrections and clarifications
      40 2 IN THE TABLE accompanying our report "46.600 housing units worth $30b are in the pipeline" yesterday, the total of the landed units should have added up to 10,063 and not 100.063. We are sorry for the error.
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon Rockefeller leads powerful US trade team to Vietnam
      564 3 Reuter, AFP HANOI Some of the most powerful business and media figures in the United States arrived in Vietnam yesterday on a fact-finding mission sponsored by influential New Yorkbased think tank the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). The 17-member delegation, led by
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      Lock icon Khmer Rouge said to be planning dry-season offensive
      440 3 Reuter PHNOM PENH The radical Khmer Rouge guerilla faction plans to launch a dry-sea-son offensive despite large numbers of defections, a senior Cambodian government official said yesterday. "There's a movement of transportation of ammunition in many parts of the Cambodia Battambang. Siem
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      Lock icon Asian retailers bullish despite difficulties
      261 3 Reuter MANILA Rising operating costs and labour shortages are hurting Asian retailers, but the region's growing afTluencc is a powerful engine for growth. Some of Asia's retail giants told a retailing conference here yesterday that skyrocketing land and rental costs, labour shortages and a brain
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      S'pore, KL firms eye tourism projects on Cambodian isle
      550 3  -  APB going ahead with brewery in Cambodia By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE When Malaysian "duty-free king" Jack Wong and his Singapore partners visited Cambodia's southern Koh Pos island last weekend, they were looking for more than just sunshine seeing whether the island
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      Lock icon Suharto wants ministers to curb inflation rate
      139 3 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian President Suharto pressured his ministers yesterday to hold down the rate of inflation in the last quarter of this year in an attempt to keep it under the targeted 10 per cent for all of 1993. Information Minister Har- moko
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • Article
        Lock icon Taiwan to help with Viet project
        119 6 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan will help Vietnam develop an industrial park near Hanoi and may provide loans for the project, the Economics Ministry said yesterday. "We will provide our technical expertise to Vietnam and are studying the possibility of providing loans," a spokesman for the
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        Lock icon Picking up after the storm
        50 6 AFP MANILA A fisherman recovering his net near the freighter Camigiiin. which ran aground yesterday after strong waves whipped up by tropical storm Flo battered Manila Bay. At least 15 people were killed when Flo crossed the northern Philippines. leaving nearly 130.000 people displaced. AFP
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      • Article
        Miti offers prescription for Asean
        95 6 TOKYO THE Ministry of International Trade and Industry will outline its prescription for continued financial and technical support to members of the six-nation Association of South-East Asian Nations during an Oct 9 address in Singapore by Minister jor International Trade and Industry Hiroshi Kumagai. Mr
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        Tax breaks for small firms may go
        104 6 TOKYO Members of a government tax advisory panel have agreed it is necessary to reduce breaks on consumption tax payments for small firms, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said. Under the present system, companies with taxable income of 300 million yen (554.48 million) or
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        Lock icon Indonesia's trade surplus widens
        102 6 AP JAKARTA Indonesia's trade surplus widened to US$5.l9 billion (SSB.2 billion) in the first seven months of this year, up 108.1 per cent from January-July last year. Information Minister Harmoko said yesterday. Exports totalled U5520.98 billion and imports U5515.79 billion, Mr Harmoko said after a Cabinet
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        Lock icon Tokyo bourse man is ADB president
        89 6 AP MANILA Deputy. president of the Tokyo' Stock Exchange, Mitsuo Sato, has been elected president of the Asian Development Bank, it was announced yesterday. Mr Sato succeeds Kimimasa Tarumizu, who will step down for health reasons, the bank said. The Manila-based bank helps finance
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      Lock icon Japan needs tax cut to spur economy further: US official
      638 6 Tokyo urged to take additional measures to counter sluggish growth Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON Japan would probably need to implement further measures to stimulate its "stagnant" economy and a tax cut would "make sense" in connection with efforts to spur growth. "The
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      Lock icon Electronics wonderland
      102 6 Reuter, AFP. TOKYO A visitor to the Tokyo Electronics Show trying out the Virtual Vision Sport 200 portable televsion set (left) on Tuesday. The unit, expected to be on sale in Japan from late December for 128,000 yen (551,900), consists of a small screen in the goggles which
      Reuter,; AFP.  -  102 words
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      Lock icon Seoul think-tank cuts GNP growth estimate
      327 6 Knight-Ridder SEOUL A governmentfinanced think-tank has lowered its forecast for GNP growth this year and raised its projection for consumer inflation. The Korea Development Institute, which announced the lower growth estimate in a report to the government yesterday. said the economy would grow at
      Knight-Ridder  -  327 words
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      Lock icon Pakistan restores autonomy to its central bank
      198 6 Reuter ISLAMABAD Pakistan made its central bank autonomous in a move that Governor Mohammad Yaqub said would help to control government spending, case a credit squeeze and bring down inflation. Acting President Wasim Sajjad passed an ordinance granting the State Bank of Pakistan
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      Lock icon China needs US$25b foreign investment to generate power
      338 6 Reuter BEIJING China's unslakablc thirst for power to drive its economic boom will require as much as US$25 billion (5539.5 billion) in foreign investment over the next eight years in new generators and power stations. officials said. "We welcome foreign business people
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      India's industrial growth projected at 4.5pc
      409 6 BOMBAY Industrial growth in the fiscal year ending in March is forecast at 4.S per cent by the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy (CMIE). In its half-yearly forecast for the Indian economy, the Bom-bay-based private think-tank said overall growth in real gross domestic
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  • 4TH AFTA COUNCIL MEETING/25TH ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS MEETING
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      Rafidah calls on Asean to take common stand to shape Apec's future
      515 4  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Malaysia's Minister of International Trade and Industry Rafidah Aziz yesterday called on Asean to take a common stand to shape Apec's future. In particular, there is a need to check that the 15-na-tion Asia-Pacific
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      Thailand wants to push for quicker path to Afta
      368 4 SINGAPORE Thailand will push for a shorter time frame to realise the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) at the 25th Asean Economic Ministers' Meeting starting today. Thai Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi said yesterday. A quicker path to Afta was crucial
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      321 items added to list of products under tariff axe
      309 4  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE A total of 321 items arc now added to the list of products that will come under the tariff axe to get the Ascan Free Trade Area (Afta) moving. More items 336 arc also put
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  • THE WORLD
    • Article
      Lock icon Britain and America may resume nuclear testing
      575 7 Reuter, AFP BLACKPOOL, England Britain is discussing with the United States whether to resume nuclear testing after China's underground test on Tuesday, according to UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd. Speaking to reporters during the governing Conservative Party's annual conference, Mr Hurd said President
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      Lock icon US senators propose to remodel tax code for investments
      385 7 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Two US senators unveiled a proposal to create sweeping changes in the US tax code that would reward frugal and investment-minded Americans. The proposal, authored by Sens Sam Nunn and Pete Domenici, is not likely to make
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      Lock icon Electronics giants in Japan, EC share troubled times
      291 7 AFP TOKYO Japanese and European electronics companies face a similar crisis but are unlikely to forge an alliance against their American rivals, the presidents of NEC Corp and Philips Electronics said yesterday. Their assessment, voiced at the end of an annual meeting
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon New Bundesbank chief for rates cut
        58 7 Reuter HAMBURG New Bundesbank president Hans Tietmeyer said he could not rule out further cuts in short-term German interest rates, as money supply growth was slowing and inflation was also likely to ease. "I am convinced we will not necessarily have to maintain short-term
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        Lock icon Rejoicing at death of US troops
        39 7 AFP MOGADISHU Somalis posing in a Mogadishu street on Tuesday with what they claim to be the remains of a US soldier killed during Sunday's battle with followers of warlord Farah Aidid. AFP
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        Lock icon German industrial orders fall
        80 7 Reuter BONN West German industrial orders fell 2 per cent in August, after rising 2.3 per cent in July, but economists said yesterday the drop was not as bad as it seemed and did not signal a fresh setback for German industry. The Economics Ministry said
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      Lock icon Asia may get major share of new tied aid from US
      378 8 USIS WASHINGTON If foreign export subsidies continue to follow historical patterns, Asia is likely to get a significant share of new "tied aid" from the US. Tied aid refers to very low interest, long-term loans made by industrial countries
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      Lock icon Nafta could boost US car exports: govt report
      391 8 UPI WASHINGTON The Clinton Administration, facing stiff resistance in its drive to sell the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement, issued a study on Tuesday showing how the controversial pact would boost US car exports. In the first of 37 studies it
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      Lock icon Dead against nuclear energy
      54 8 Reuter LONDON Greenpeace demonstrators protesting against the Thorp nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield "die" symbolically in Whitehall next to the entrance of Downing Street (iu background at centre of picture) on Monday. Greenpeace claim radioactive discharges from the plant will kill 60 people for every year
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      Lock icon Japan moves up as world's second largest source of foreign investment
      271 8 FT LONDON Japan overtook the UK in 1992 as the world's second largest national source of foreign investment, despite a massive slowdown in the growth of international direct investment since 1990, according to a study by the US Department
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    • Article
      Lock icon US to review workers' rights in 7 countries
      292 8 AP WASHINGTON The government will review labour conditions in seven countries to see if they are eligible to export some of their products to the United States without paying duty, US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said on Tuesday. The countries are Pakistan,
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    • Article
      Lock icon EC wants new trade rules to protect film industry
      298 8 Reuter MONS, Belgium European Community ministers responsible for audio-visual policy agreed on Tuesday that new trade rules must allow the EC to take specific action to protect its television and film industries from a Hollywood onslaught. The ministers, however, stopped short
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      Lock icon EC in bid to lure poorest members into backing energy tax
      421 8 Reuter LUXEMBOURG The European Commission tried on Tuesday to lure the four poorest EC countries into backing a controversial European Community energy tax by offering them a break from imposing the tax for a while. If the idea works,
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      SiS Holdings in computer venture with China Everbright
      458 9  -  By Josepph Rajendran SINGAPORE SiS International Holdings, Singapore's first computer firm to be listed in Hongkong, has set up a joint venture with China's Everbright Group as part of a long-term plan to corner the Chinese computer wholesale market. The move will
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      Lock icon Idris Hydraulic bidding for Myanmar timber concession
      292 9 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Diversified finance company Idris Hydraulic (Malaysia) Bhd, whose timber holdings helped fuel a big jump in its stock price this year, is bidding for a timber concession in Myanmar, managing director Ishak Ismail said. At a news conference
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    • Article
      Lock icon Company admits 20pc equity held by foreign funds
      280 9 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR In an indication of growing foreign interest in Malaysian speculative stocks, Idris Hydraulic (Malaysia) Bhd officials said the diversified finance company was 20 per cent owned by overseas funds. Idris has soared to more than MSS in
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    • Article
      DBS Land awards $25m building job to JDC
      192 9 SINGAPORE DBS Land has awarded a S2S million contract for a new flatted factory block to Japan-based JDC Corporation. Work on the eight-storey block at Chai Chiee Industrial Park will start this month and is expected to be finished by February 1995.
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      It's time for the SES to do a little stock-taking
      780 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Joyce Quek SINGAPORE The normally staid Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) finds itself fuelling an uncommon amount of controversy these days. Firstly, its decision to lengthen trading hours at a day's notice caught most of its
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      Kien Huat Realty buys two Swedish ships for US$160m
      412 9  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Genting Berhad's major shareholder, Kien Huat Realty, last month bought two passenger/car ferry ships from Sweden in a deal amounting to some US$l6O million (*****.4 million). Business Times understands that the purchase represents Kien Huat's first foray
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    • Article
      Intraco adviser urges shareholders to back sale of Burwill Hldgs
      309 9 SINGAPORE ÜBS (East Asia) Ltd, Intraco's independent adviser on the sale of its stake in Hongkong-listed metals company Burwill Holdings Ltd, has recommended that shareholders vote in favour of the sale. An Intraco circular released this week detailed the reasons
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      299 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Oct 6 Last Scmc Mti Stock sale Clat factor mm <$><*> Avimo 1.910 -0.020 1.33 -5.06 CAC 8.150 0.100 5.67 25.32 Cercbos 6.700 0.450 4 67 113.92 FAN 14.400 -0.200 10.03 -50.63 GF Asia 3.020 -0.020 2.10 -5.06 Gen Mag 1.020
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Hong Leong fails in second takeover bid for Ban Hin Lee Bank
        648 10 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Hong Leong group has failed in a hostile bid for board control of Ban Hin Lee Bank Bhd last Monday when resolutions for the appointment of four Hong Leong nominees to the BHL board
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        Lock icon KL to start new trading instruments next year
        424 10 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's booming stock market is to introduce next year new trading instruments as two more exchanges for transacting financial futures contracts come onstream, the Securities Commission chief said yesterday. "By next year, we are likely to have two new
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          NOL in Philippine joint service
          66 10 SINGAPORE Neptune Orient Lines yesterday named the partners with which it would operate a Singapore-Philippines containership service. They are Regional Container Lines of Thailand and Pacific Eagle Lines, a joint venture between homegrown Pacific International Lines and Central Express Lines. Four vessels will be deployed
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          Singmarine completes yard sale
          66 10 SINGAPORE Singmarine Industries yesterday completed the sale of its former yard at Tanjong Rhu to Amcol Holdings, which has received provisional permission from the Urban Redevelopment Authority to build condominiums on the site. Singmarine agreed to sell the 4.4-hectare yard to Amcol in June for $152
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          Lock icon Perlis sells Rahman shares
          98 10 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Perlis Plantations Bhd said yesterday it had disposed through the open market a total of 9.0 million shares in Rahman Hydraulic Tin Bhd for Ms 63 million (5539.1 million) or Ms7.o per share. Rahman shares are currently trading at M 58.65 each. Following
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          71 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Metroplex Berhad said yesterday its joint venture project to establish new generation paging centres in China would be financed by its internal funds and bank borrowings. In a reply to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's query here yesterday, the company said it
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          Lock icon PKENJ now owns 3.5pc of Palmco
          94 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Perbadanan Kemajuan Ekonomi Negeri Johor has ceased to be a majority shareholder in Palmco Holdings Berhad with the sale of 33.51 million shares in the company as at Oct 4. In a reply to a query by the KLSE, the company
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          Lock icon Associated Kaolin profit up 17pc
          81 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Associated Kaolin Industries Bhd announced yesterday a 17 per cent increase in its pre-tax operating profit to MSI.4 million for the six months ended July 31 from MSI.2 million previously. Group turnover fell 4.7 per cent to M 57.493 million from M
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        CCB to assemble Mercedes cars in M'sia
        333 10  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Cycle Carriage Bintang Bhd will start assembling Mercedes passenger cars in Malaysia from this month. The Malaysian car company's new assembly line will kick ofT with the top-of-the range 300 SEL model at its Petaling Jaya plant which already
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        Lock icon KFC (M) to finalise listing of subsidiary by next year
        322 10 MBT KUALA LUMPUR KFC Holdings (Malaysia) expects to finalise the proposed restructuring of its food-processing and retail chain outlet and the listing of its subsidiary, KFC Food Processing, by the first half of next year. The company hopes to submit
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        Trias Sentosa to raise 96b rupiah through one-for-one rights issue
        318 10  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Packaging film producer PT Trias Sentosa is the latest in a growing number of Indonesian companies which are cashing in on the bullish sentiment on the Jakarta bourse to make cash calls. Managing director Kindarto Kohar.
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        435 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Maaafan' prteM Oct 7 SingipfB Unit Trust The Commerce I 54 1.62 The Savings Fund 1.45 1.52 S pore Priif Fund 0 63 0.66»d S pore See Fund 0 93 0 98 Spore Invest Fund 1.10 1.16 S pore Equity Fund 0.74 0.78 Asia Unit Trust Mai
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        615 12 Reuter SHANGHAI A Shanghai company, victim of China's first hostile takeover bid, vowed yesterday to fight through the courts to defeat what it called an illegal and unjust raid on its shares. In an emotional news conference, the managing director of Shanghai Yanzhong Industrial
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        360 12 FT NEW YORK Daimler-Benz made a splashy debut on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, aided by helicopters, fire trucks, jet engines and a prototype sports car. Daimler is the first German company to obtain a full listing of its shares on US equity
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        Lock icon QVC ups the ante in Paramount war with US$4b financing evidence
        357 12 Reuter PHILADELPHIA QVC Network Inc said on Tuesday it has given Paramount Communications evidence of US$4 billion (556.32 billion) in financing commitments for its merger bid. raising pressure on rival Viacom Inc to boost its offer. QVC said it
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        Lock icon Taiwanese apply to relist Wyse
        134 12 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Taiwan investors who acquired money-losing Wyse Technology Inc in 1990 and had it delisted from the New York Stock Exchange have applied to relist the now profitable computer terminal maker in Taiwan. Morris Chang, chairman of Wyse Technology Taiwan Ltd, said
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          Lock icon Matsushita in China VCR talks
          73 12 Reuter TOKYO Matsushita Electric Industrial Co is discussing the possibility of providing technical support to Chinese companies to enable them to make video cassette recorders in China, a Matsushita spokesman said. But he refused to comment on a report that Matsushita and 10 Chinese companies
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          101 12 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's top 30 biggest groups or chaebol had outstanding loans of 28.65 trillion won (SSS7 billion) as of June 30. accounting for 17 per cent of all outstanding loans of 168.5 trillion won. the Bank of Korea said. In a parliamentary
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          76 12 AP BEIJING Three Canadian companies Ontario Hydro. Hydro Quebec and the Power Corporation of Canada announced a partnership yesterday to invest in power projects in China and other Asian countries. The partnership. Asia Power Group Inc. will be set up with an initial investment
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        Lock icon Ken Mizuno's ex-firm agrees to US$65m forfeiture
        411 12 UPI LAS VEGAS Ken International Co. which was formerly owned by Japanese golf tycoon Ken Mizuno, agreed on Tuesday to forfeit about US$65 million (SSIO3 million) in US assets as part of a plea bargain on criminal charges. The firm pleaded guilty to
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        Lock icon Advanced Micro profits rise but stock falls
        187 12 NYT SAN FRANCISCO Advanced Micro Devices Inc, the leading maker of Intel-compat-ible microprocessor chips, released third-quarter earnings results on Tuesday that disappointed Wall Street investors, who drove its stock down U554.75, to US$22. Advanced Micro, based in Sunnyvale, California, reported revenue of U*****.4
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        Turnover of Japan govt bond futures surges on Simex
        450 13  -  Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE After a sluggish start on Monday, turnover of Japanese government bond (JGB) futures yesterday hit its highest level this week at the Singapore International Monetary Exchange with nearly 2,000 lots traded. This figure nearly matched the 2,250
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        John Hancock to use Singapore as launching pad
        302 13  -  Paul Leo SINGAPORE John Hancock Life Assurance Company is committed to using Singapore as a launching pad to extend its operations throughout East Asia. That was the message delivered to Insurance Commissioner Lim Shu Chiau by William Boyan, chief operations officer of
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          Lock icon Bank of Scotland interim profit up
          81 13 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Bank of Scotland pic said higher fees and commissions and wider lending margins helped its first-half pre-tax profit surge to £117.6 million (*****.7 million) in the six months ended Aug 31 from £74.2 million a year earlier. The Scottish bank's
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          45 13 Reuter YUGOSLAVIA A beggar counting virtually worthless banknotes in Belgrade on Tuesday. Crippling inflation under international sanctions has left Yugoslavs with mases of banknotes which cannot buy anything, so they either give them to beggars or throw them away. Reuter
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          Lock icon M'sia raises palm oil export duties
          111 13 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government has raised export duties on crude palm oil (CPO) and processed palm oil (PPO) to M 534.07 (5520.78) and M 572.11 a tonne, respectively in October from M 532.55 and M 569.55 in September, effective immediately. The national
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          85 13 Platts MOSCOW Russia will completely liberalise crude and products prices by 1995, but natural gas and domestic electricity tariffs won't reach world levels until the year 2000 under Energy Ministry proposals, ministry sources said. Senior Fuel Energy Ministry officials conceded that the current pricing system
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        428 13 Reuter SHANGHAI The Shanghai Securities Exchange is hoping to revive flagging interest in listed government bonds by expanding the market in Treasury Bill futures, an exchange official said yesterday. Hong Weili, secretary to the exchange's general manager, said by the end of this
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        462 13 Reuter SINGAPORE Singapore's RAS Commodity Exchange's (RASCE) key participants are rethinking the usefulness of its market-making system, which some say has become a mockery because of brokers who refuse to make prices. RASCE general manager Quek Kar Tung confirmed that the exchange board has
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        Prices rise on Nigerian strike, lower oil stockpiles
        398 13 oioomoerg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures prices rose yesterday after an industry report showing lower heating oil stockpiles raised traders hopes for strong winter demand. Oil futures were also lifted by an oil inspectors strike in Nigeria, plus rhetoric from Libyan leader,
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        167 13 THE USS/majors traded a quiet range day yesterday as market Eused for direction with no sh factors to fuel movements. Over in the regional markets, most of the action was again seen in the USS/SS market while the rest of the market traded in small
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        192 13 Reuter LONDON The dollar ended the day slightly easier against the mark than on Tuesday, sobered by a massive options expiry and the market's typical hesitancy before key US jobs data later in the week. "Today was a big day for large options expiries. These were dictating the market.
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        91 13 AFP NEW YORK The dollar gained some ground in quiet early trading yesterday against other major countries with the exception of the pound sterling. The dollar was exchanging at 1.629S German marks against 1.6250 marks and at 105.85 yen against 105.75 yen on Tuesday. In London earner the
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        Euroyen, Eurodollar end easier
        1389 16 SIMEX REPORT SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen interest rate futures settled mixed to easier with liquidations dragging the market lower as Tokyo share prices firmed. But traders said there was still a tendency to buy on dips, as shortterm cash interest rates in Japan were likely to stay
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        KL tin firmer on gains in LME
        634 16 COMMODITY MFORII Tta TIN rebounded to end firmer but off the day's high, aided by LME rises and news of a strike at Brazil's largest tin mine, traden said. Prices rose to a high of MSll.Ol a kg but fell back to settle
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        Thai 100pc Hoe up by US$40
        66 16 BANGKOK Offer price* for Thailand's 100 per cent f grade nee have risen by about US$4O per tonne FOB far nearby shipment since the condasion last Friday of a Japanese order for 136,000 tonnes of Thai rice. Top grade white 100 per cent B
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        Petronas, Shell to develop gas fields
        83 16 KUALA LUMPUR Petrous Carigali and Sarawak Shdl Bbd will spend MS9 billion (555.6 billion) over a 20-year period to develop gn fields off the east Malaysian state of Sarawak. Petronas Carigali is a subsidiary of Petronas, the Malaysian national oil firm. The gM fields
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        Manila to boost sugar supply
        59 16 MANILA The Philippine Sugar Regulatory Administration has ordered the release of nearly 100,000 tonnes of raw sugar from warehouses to boost dwindlingdomestic supply, according to official sources. "The sugar will Ix released on a ttpnd bam to aaimrnl the d; windting supply in the donaestk
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        Drop in Taiwan's gold imports
        70 16 TAIPEI Taiwan imported 7.314 tonnes of fold in Septesnber, down 21.2 per cent I from 9.31 tonnes a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said. September's imports were worth U5516.45 :million (SSI39 million). For the first nine months .of this year, a total of 101.13 tonnes
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        Salvador copper output down
        49 16 SANTIAGO Copper output at Coddco-Chile's Salvador mine totalled 7,030 tonnes in September, down 0.1 per cent from August, but up 0.2 per cent from a year ago, according to» a Salvador spokesman. The output was all cathode, treated and refined at Salvador's smelter and refinery.
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      1517 16 Rubber W ilag aa at lpa) MS 1 Cm ■tract (S centi/kf) Month High Low Cto* Set t t Volume Open (tonne*) Interest Nov 93 Dec Jan 94 Feb Mar Apr/Jun Jul/Sep 126.30 000 0.00 0.00 0.00 121.73 0.00 126.00 0.00 0.00 000 0.00 121.50 0.00 127.00 126.75
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        Australia
        1198 17 +20.3 Stocks broke through a key 2,000 chart point to end at a six year high, setting the stage for further gains in the months ahead as investors focus on low interest rates and a recovery in business profits. The All Ordinaries Index, a compilation of the top 250
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        Manila
        594 17 -2.37 Share prices closed slightly lower as investors focused on money market instruments offering higher yields following the central bank's moves to tighten liquidity, brokers said. "Funds are shifting to the money market to take advantage of higher yield brought by the central bank's new 10 per cent trust
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        Taipei
        555 17 1.36 Stocks finished narrowly mixed. Late selling in some speculative shares cut eadier gains sparked by hopes of a further credit easing in reaction to September's low inflation rate, brokers said. The Weighted Index closed 1.36 points up at 3,814.62, off an intra-day high of 3,832. Turnover remained thin
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        Seoul
        465 17 -0.81 The stock market closed a fraction lower despite late institutional support which pulled the index back from a retreat of nearly five points, brokers said. They forecast the index would extend its consolidation period with few drastic changes. "The market is still in a technical adjustment," S C
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        New Zealand
        290 17 +26.92 Sharply lower government deficit predictions announced late on Tuesday triggered buying across most of the New Zealand share market, taking it to a sharply higher close. The NZSE-40 Index closed up 26.92 points at 1,982.53. In an economic and fiscal update before the election on November 6,
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        Bombay
        72 17 -15.99 Stocks closed down on fears over the unresolved issue of proxy-held shares and on expectations of higher carry forward costs to be fixed tomorrow, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-Share Index closed at a provisional 2,625.89 points, down 15.99 in low volume trade. Brokers reported little buying
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        932 17 Britannia Funds Sterling Cath Bid Offer Mim C ap Depmit —.38 6400 '8 6500 Mim Jeney Gilt 0 1843 0 IW2 Mim Ma» Income *1 0)00 I 0700 L'SS Cash Income Plus Fund 10 7 000 11 2100 PS J Rrierve Fund 5 2200 5 2300 Sterling Faults Euro Perform
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        London
        647 17 15.6 The FTSE-100 Share Index scraped to a new record closing high as dealers said investor interest continued to create widespread stock shortages. The FTSE-100 closed 15.6 points up at 3.100.8. just beating the previous all-time high of 3.100.6 set in August. The index set an intra-day record of
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        Zurich
        276 17 10.33 Shares closed at a record high and dealers said low interest rates were likely to push prices even higher. Trading volume was heavy. Dealers said investors still had a lot of cash available which they no longer wanted to invest in the fixed-rate market because of low yields
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        Paris
        108 17 +0.26pc Shares drifted off by midsession after their good run over recent sessions, but prices remained firmer than Tuesday's close with strong futures activity, dealers said. The CAC-40 Index was up 0.26 per cent at 2164.46. Paris Oct 6 Fr Air-Lnjuidc 77 1 00 I 00 Akttd Amthom -.747
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        Frankfurt
        199 17 14.32 Stocks rallied to an all-time closing high for a second straight day as news of higher earnings at Allianz AG Holding spurred domestic investors to enter the market, traders said. In addition, the release of west German manufacturing orders boosted hopes in some quarters that the country's recession
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        Milan
        167 17 13 Stocks closed mixed as an initial surge fizzled. The market opened strongly on expectations of lower interest rates, but slipped as investors saw little reason to keep pushing prices higher. In the meantime. the announcement in recent weeks of several large share sales, especially one from carmaker Fiat
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        Amsterdam
        261 17 +3.88 Stocks closed higher as mostly foreign investors were actively buying quality stocks, traders said. They said the market was driven by optimism that economic recovery and possibly interest rate cuts are on the wav. The EOE index of 24 leading Dutch stocks gained 3.88 points, over one per
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        New York
        829 17 +9.5 Wall Street prices gained ground at midday yesterday. boosted by bullish European markets. The Dow Jones index of 30 leading industrials rose 11.18 points to stand at 3.598.44. Trading was heavy with some 85 million shares changing hands. Morgan Stanley analyst Tom McManus predicted the rise on
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        Johannesburg
        309 17 +45 Shares extended gains through the day to end substantially firmer as interest from local and offshore investors increased. Strength in world markets was also spurring gains after recent lethargy. The Gold Index was up 45 points at 1.528 and the Industrial Index rose 45 points to 4.463. The
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        Toronto
        370 17 12.08 Toronto stocks opened higher on gains in precious metals, dealers said. "I'm looking for a push up to 4080 or 4085 (in the TSE 300 composite), but after that the market will likely take a rest." one trader said. The TSE 300 composite opened 21.60 points higher to
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      2809 18 Reuter STOCK PRICES ended sharply higher with the blue chip index at its fourth consecutive record close, buoyed by an influx of cash from overseas, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index closed at 8,041.57, up 172.09 points or 2.19 per cent. It was just below an intra-day high of
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      CHINA
      524 18 SHANGHAI 'B' share prices closed mostly unchanged on low turnover yesterday with the CLSA Shanghai B' Index closing 1.86 points lower to end at 800.63. No 2 TM which fell 3.7 per cent was the biggest mover. The biggest climber was Rubber Belt, gaining 3.2 per cent. Among the
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      2512 18 Reuter STOCKS ended higher with major shares posting handsome gains. An improvement in sentiment was triggered by a stock market rally in Germany overnight, brokers said. Buying was followed up by foreigners and investment trusts picking up oversold issues ripe for bargain-hunting. "The market has also overcome worries of
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      1714 18 Reuter STOCKS jumped as foreign and local institutions, flush with cash, continued frenetic buying in the afternoon. The index finished at its day's high, brokers said. The SET Index skyrocketed 38.79 points, or 3.80 per cent, to close at 1,058.24 on the back of a two per cent gain
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      1088 18 Reuter SHARE prices closed mixed in lacklustre trading and the newlylisted Barito Pacific Timber weakened due to profit-taking by locals, brokers said. The Official Index closed at 439.42, down 2.15 points from Tuesday's 441.57. "Foreign demand on Barito was not as strong as last Friday and Banto's rise was
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      2566 19 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info Cr Cr imi u* Vol Day LntOnx VW Net VICap Hi«k Low *1 Sal* ("000) H%k Low Bayer Seller C»t P/E MALAYSIAN STOCKS 7MM» SOc |Kg xd -I II 1*8 '87 '88 IW 50 08 01 M00 '!f! l AMMV IS- .4867
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        Lock icon Profit-taking drags shares from day's high
        5694 19 Bernama HEAVY profit-taking in the last hour dragged share prices down from their day's highs at the close, but brokers said sentiment was still firm and the market was likely to extend its run-up. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 7.79
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        Lock icon Record volumes traded in Clob for second day
        1077 20  -  By R Sivanithy STRONG BUYING interest in Malaysian stocks led to new record volumes for the second consecutive day yesterday, while selective buying of blue chips again pushed the Straits Times Industrials Index higher. From the start of trading yesterday, measured buying
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        72 20  -  Quak Hiang Whai OVERSEAS Union Enterprise has broken a major resistance at $7.1S after trading between $6.30 to $7.15 for a while. It has quickly closed the gap to $8 but the daily RSI, MACD and stochastics suggest the stock could be trapped between $7.30 and $8 for a
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    Catering to the modern business traveller
    732 14 WITH the recently renovated Hyatt Regency Singapore, business travellers have a second home right in the heart of the city's entertainment, shopping and commercial district. Hyatt which opened in October 1971 has re-positioned itself as the premier hotel for the discerning business traveller. Renovations
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    298 14 THE REGENCY BALLROOM at the Hyatt Regency Singapore. Elegant yet subtle, majestic yet unpretentious. This graceful ballroom replaces the former Crystal Ballroom, a familiar vdnue for many important meetings, gala functions, wadding dinners and creative theme parties. Crystal Ballroom took its finir bow in July and
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    228 14 re th^y PERSONALISED service and efficiency that's what guests staying in the Regency Club, on the 15th to the 21st floors of the Regency Suites Tower and the 12th to 16th floors of the Regency Terrace Tower, can expect. Developed by Hyatt International Hotels, the
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    180 15 HYATT Regency Singapore's Grand Rooms are leading the way in creating the luxuiy and amenities that characterise today's top business hotels. All 300 Grand Rooms are specially tailored for the discerning business traveller. The bedroom is separated from the living room and comes with a large bathroom
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    303 15 TO MARK the opening of the Regency Ballroom, nothing was more appropriate than inviting as Guest-of-Honour, Singa- ore's first elected president, Mr Ong eng Cheong to its inaugural charity gala dinner. The event held on September 16, successfully raised more than $160,000 in aid of
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      Lock icon Michael Jordan retires
      844 21 AP Source: AP DEERFIELD, Illinois Michael Jordan announced his retirement yesterday, at the top of a career that earned him three consecutive National Basketball Association crowns, two Olympic gold medals and the \itle of basketball's greatest player. "I just feel at this particular time in my career,
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      Lock icon NBA will miss a master of the air
      280 21 AFP CHICAGO, Illinois At his best, Michael Jordan seemed to do more than play basketball. He seemed to fly. In his years in the National Basketball Association, Jordan's graceful, gravity defying leaps to the basket took him to seven league scoring titles
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        Lock icon Larry Johnson signs US$84m deal
        96 21 AP CHARLOTTE, North Carolina In the biggest deal in NBA history, Larry Johnson signed a contract with the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday that is believed to be worth US$B4 million (Ssl34 million) over 12 years. The Hornets would not confirm the precise terms of Johnson's
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        Lock icon Short, Kasparov draw in 13th game
        126 21 Reuter LONDON Reigning champion Garry Kasparov inched closer to retaining his title with a draw in the 13th game of his world chess match with British challenger Nigel Short on Tuesday but was clearly furious with his own play. Kasparov leads the 24game series
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        Lock icon Chinese runners heading for Spain
        80 21 AP BEIJING The Chinese women distance runners who shattered four world records at home last month will compete at the Marathon World Cup in San Sebastian, Spain, the State Sports Commission said yesterday. The competition starts on Oct 31. Wang Junxia and Qu Yunxia last
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        Lock icon Nick Price to play for Zimbabwe
        78 21 AP HARARE, Zimbabwe US-based Nick Price, rated fourth in world golf, is scheduled to tee off for Zimbabwe in next week's Dunhill Cup in Scotland, the official Zimbabwe Sports Commission said on Tuesday. Before then, Price will forfeit his British passport and regain his
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        Lock icon Duesseldorf venue for Davis Cup
        97 21 AP HAMBURG The German Tennis Federation announced on Tuesday that the Dec 3-5 Davis Cup final between Germany and Australia will be played on an indoor clay court in Duesseldorf" The surface will be laid in a hall at the Duesseldorf Fair that can seat
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      Lock icon A big blow to Chicago
      681 21  -  George Vecsey on Michael Jordan's retirement George Vecsey NYT CHICAGO Things were merely ominous for this city, what with the White Sox getting hammered in their first post-season game in 10 years. And then came the truly miserable rumour that Michael Jordan just might be
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        27 21 Reuter NEW YORK NHL on Tuesday: Boston 4 NY Rangers 3; Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 3; Dallas 6 Detroit 4; Calgary 2 NY Islanders 1. Reuter
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        235 21 Reuter AFP AFP TOULOUSE, France US$4OO,OOO Toulouse men's indoor tournament first round on Tuesday (prefix denotes seeding): 8-Marcos Ondruska (SA) b Hendrick-Jan Davids (Neth) 6-1 3-6 6-1; 3-Magnus Gustafsson (Swe) b Thomas Hogstedt (Swe) 6-3 3-6 3-1 (Hogstedt retired hurt); David Prinosil (Ger) b Alex Antonitsch (Aus) 6-3 6-2;
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        141 21 AFP SOUTHAMPTON, England New Zealand Endeavour and Tokio both saw their leads narrow in the Whitbread round the world yacht race on Tuesday. The Endeavour maxi-class yacht had 17 km lopped off its lead by Switzerland's Merit Cup, while fourthplaced Yamaha took 40 km off fellow Japanese boat Tokio
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      Lock icon Olerud leads league as Blue Jays beat White Sox 7-3
      433 21 AP CHICAGO John Olerud led the league in hitting in the regular season. One game into the post-season, he's at it again. Olerud got three hits, scored three times and doubled home Toronto's go-ahead runs, sending the Blue Jays past
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon US catches up with world music
      846 23  -  Rock 'n' roll still rules the airwaves in the US but the Americans are slowly but surely accepting other forms of music. Paul Ben-Itzak reports Paul Ben-Itzak Reuter FROM the dance halls and concert stages to the expanding international music bins in record stores,
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      Lock icon Sewer sausage, anyone?
      350 23 Reuter JAPANESE cuisine is world famous for its freshness and subtlety in taste and gracefully aesthetic presentation. Sushi, tempura. sukiyaki, tofu what else floats to the fore of the imagination when cogitating the delicacies of this Oriental fare? How about whetting the appetite with a sausage made
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      Lock icon Tammy Bakker weds family friend
      427 23 CHATTERBOX Reuter Reuter Reuter AP IT WAS a marriage made in a Christian theme park. Tammy Faye Bakker exchanged vows on Sunday with an old family friend, Kansas developer Roc Mcssner. while her ex-husband, fallen tclcvangelist Jim Bakker. serves time in prison for fraud. Messner
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      1109 23 TV* RADIO HmmbmUHl rl' 4 Tequila Sunrise, 10.30pm, Wj* SBC 5 •> Nick iKurt Russell) is the cop n KLaf who's been assigned to help Mac (Mel Gibson) kick the r IWIL 4 habit and get out of the drug l^j business by putting him be- hind bars. Michelle PfeifTer
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
    • IN TAKES
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        State-of-the-art training simulator
        111 24 'SINGAPORE Singapore Refining Company (SRC) is acquiring a state-of-the art training simulator that enables operators to practise manning large plants such as oil refineries and nuclear power stations. SRC awarded the contract to supply the simulator to publicly-listed CSA Holdings' subsidiary, Industrial OfTsohore Computer Services (IOCS). The
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        Large displays, fast and affordable
        78 24 SINGAPORE 3M Singapore launches today the Scotchpnnt Electronic Graphics System, a way of creating large full-colour displays and signs at affordable prices. The system uses a powerful host computer, colour scanner and fast four-colour electronic printer to reproduce images from photographs, slides, artwork or even
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        Lock icon Cure for jet lag and drowsiness?
        109 24 Reuter LONDON Researchers are testing a powerful hormone that can "reset" the body's biological clock and thus prevent jet lag and industrial accidents caused by drowsy night workers. The hormone is melatonin, produced by the pineal gland at the base of the brain. Josephine
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      Lock icon China's patent protection moves spark new inventions
      895 24  -  From energy-saving furnaces to healthier bras, Chinese innovations are flowering. Helen Chang reports Helen Chang CHINA is known for inventions such as paper, gunpowder and herbal remedies. But these days, Chinese innovators are coming up with a whole new generation of inventions, from
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      Lock icon Nasa team on Antarctic mission
      221 24 UPI NASA scientists announced on Monday they would spend the next two months in Antarctica, testing a technology that may prove useful in future explorations of Mars. Like the Red Planet, Antarctica contains hostile regions difficult to reach by humans but easily attainable to sophisticated
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  • THE LAW PAGE
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      Legally the best and still on the move
      1049 25  -  After winning kudos for its legal system. Singapore now aims for a better external legal scene, writes Benny Tabalujan Benny Tabalujan The writer is a lecturer. School of Accountancy and Business, Sanyang Technological University, and associate editor, Asia Business Law Revien\ Singapore's
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      Should all statutory members come from same firm?
      176 25 AT THE BAR *jj SOME members of the Law Society of Singapore are concerned that all three statutory members appointed by the law minister come from one firm. It so happens that the three members Mrs Annabel Marion Ess and Messrs Abdul
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      New blood injected
      291 25  -  By Conrad Raj I Ps about that time of the year when the Law Society of Singapore seeks to rejuvenate or renew half its council membership. Nine council members are stepping down, including immediate past president C R Rajah. Council members are elected for two-year terms with
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      69 25 r This announcement appears as a [natter of record only. k-** 9 Amcol W Amcol Gardens (Tanjong Rhu) Pte Ltd *****,000,000 Condominium Project Finance Facilities Arranger A Agent Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) Limited Underwriters Citibank, N.A. Overseas Union Bank Limited Co-Underwriter Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited Lead Managers Citibank, N.A. Overseas
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      170 25 ATTENTION HOTEL GUESTS! (MOOT OUR OCTOBER SCREEN rnmrn If you haven't the likes of Daniel Day Lewis, Mel ESlMilaH] Gibson. Jamie Lee Curtis or Debra Winger in your EJHP|KH room right now, you're not enjoying Movielink, Singapore's ufHodate hotel in-house movie service. Movielink's network extends to over 37 of our
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    Afta: No more backtracking
    523 26 EDITORIAL NEARLY two years ago, the ambitious plan for an Asean Free Trade Area was agreed to at a breakthrough summit of Asean leaders in Singapore. The Afta plan was heralded as the dawn of a new era in Asean's efforts at economic cooperation, a process
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Winning the peace in Russia
      185 26 THOUGH President Boris Yeltsin has won a major battle against his hardline opponents, the manner of his winning it may have tarnished his own liberal credentials. Whether or not this becomes a permanent liability will depend largely on the use to which the Russian leader
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      Uphill battle for Yeltsin
      142 26 IN THE short term, after more than 18 months of a frustrating deadlock with lawmakers, Boris Yeltsin now finally has the chance to move forward with elections in December to a new parliament. He has said the new parliament, to be called the Federal Assembly, must
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      It depends on the economy
      119 26 THE BOMBING of Moscow's White House parliament building was a tragedy. But, to the hero-worship-ping Russians, it also means that President Boris Yeltsin has now lost a group of political opponents. Be it the general election in December or the presidential election next June, Mr
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      A timely call
      211 26 WE BELIEVE President Suharto's call for a united stand among the Indonesian Armed Forces (Abri) top brass is like a sword with a double edge. First, it is to remind retired officers not to act in an unbridled manner, and second, to remind Abri's top brass not
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      Dump Slorc
      163 26 SINCE THE ruling military junta in Myanmar, the State Law and Order Restoration Council (Slorc), is the main culprit behind the hardship in the country, it must be removed if Myanmar is to emerge from the economic doldrums. Asean should realise that by backing Slorc it only supports
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      The guts to call a spade a spade
      193 26 WHAT Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said at the United Nations should be transparently clear to all right-minded people. He called for the restructuring of the UN. Set up by the victors of the Second World War to ensure there would be no
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    Lock icon Washington's attempt to lead without real will or wallet
    1225 26  -  In the post-Cold War era, Thomas L Friedman finds the Clinton Administration trying to evolve a minimalist foreign policy Thomas L Friedman NYT THE CONTRAST between the theory and practice of the Clinton Administration's foreign policy has never been more starkly
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Relieving Bangkok of its urban nightmare
      783 27  -  Sinfah Tunsarawuth finds out how Thailand plans to spread economic growth more evenly throughout the country by the year 2010. In the accompanying article, Andrew Cooke describes how Thai printers are giving Hongkong and Singapore rivals a run for their money Sinfah Tunsarawuth Andrew
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      There's a new chapter being written in regional printing
      1130 27 THAI printers are poised to become a major new Southeast Asian force, as import duty cuts and fast-improving quality allow them to compete head-on with heavyweights Hongkong and Singapore. The industry's presses were given a liberal dose of lubrication last year
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      Towards a fair oil deal for everybody
      1063 27  -  Opec secretary-general Subroto explains the organisation's role in a changing market Subroto Although oil's share of the total world energy mix is expected to decline slightly over the next few decades, due to the penetration of new sources of energy, the total volume
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      140 27 On Sale Now! RHH Business Fmh MnpctKv lor feniralia Asu dnw o\mnt fi>t »orld (nunvm a boosi Ho« jiwn officts mvc moici Canadian firmi n Asia Commodit) funds In M i vtlH W In this issue... How Siam Cement plans to reinvent itself Thailand's biggest conglomerate has been suffering from
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    Lock icon Yeltsin wants regional govts to resign, confirms Dec elections
    534 28 AP, Reuter MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin demanded yesterday that opponents in regional legislatures resign to remove the last bastion of hardline opposition to his government and confirmed that elections for a new national parliament would be held in December, as announced
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    New make-up of UN Security Council needed: Kan Seng
    360 28  -  By Helen Chang SINGAPORE Foreign Minister Wong Kan Seng yesterday called for a new configuration of the United Nations Security Council to represent more accurately the current structure of global power. To draw up a widely accepted new membership structure, the
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    Lock icon US to crack down on countries that avoid textile quotas
    245 28 Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON The Clinton administration will take very aggressive steps to crack down on China and other countries that avoid US textile import quotas by shipping products through third countries. The Journal of Commerce yesterday quoted the US top textile
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    Patten warns China against further delay in port project
    560 28  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG SAYING there was no excuse for playing politics with Hongkong's economic prospects. Governor Chris Patten warned China yesterday that a further delay in approval for a major port project could cost the territory HKS2O billion (Ss4
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    Lock icon Patten focused too much on politics: SCMP survey
    245 28 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Governor Chris Patten has concentrated too much on politics and not enough on bread-and-butter policies, according to the latest poll conducted by the South China Morning Post. The survey results were published on Tuesday. According to the poll,
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    When will the West learn to call a spade a spade?
    597 28  -  The Bottom Line GREGORY CLARK GREGORY CLARK The writer is professor of economics and business at Sophia University. Tokyo. This comment first appeared in the International Herald Tribune WHEN the Chinese government called in the troops and hundreds of
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    Lock icon Pakistanis go to polls amid heavy security
    247 28 Reuter, AP ISLAMABAD Pakistanis voted yesterday amid unprecedented security with nearly half the armed forces deployed at polling stations and on streets to prevent rigging. But perhaps fed-up with their third national election in five turbulent years and heeding a call to boycott
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      49 28 Nikkei Fax Get Japan s news before the Japanese F reouent travellers always carry guide of 11 m flight schedules 3 "y,y B te£&B 4 fl v i ,JS LiikigPocket Flight Guide For a free copy, call Official Airline Guide* Singapore Tel: (65) 293 3622 Fax: (65) 293 7879
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      88 28 THE NIKKB WEEKIY Japan's leading English business newspaper Tel: 336-4122 Fax:336-4016 WNGAKJOf !M» Ml X■ (4 ASS I «*> PU/j f«- "M.'UCVI •VcflhM 2m52"7H4 »< i il.pu»« M 7141 54&%0) Hjm Tct W M M 1241 Aurid I'*4r I mrr M JMlOO* A*pn»l Iffmmjl lif 4 Wr'W!H V*****«0 Irrmnjl 2
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  • Shipping Times
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      Fewer, but more serious, accidents at S'pore shipyards
      458 29  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE There were fewer accidents at Singapore shipyards last year but when they did occur, the damage to life and limb was more serious. This trend was captured by Ministry of Labour statistics showed that shipyards were hit by
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      Lock icon S Korea's shipbuilding orders soar
      277 29 Reuter, Bloomberg Business News SEOUL South Korean shipyards won orders for 157 ships totalling 8.42 million gross tons (gt) in the first nine months this year, up from 35 ships and 1.14 million gt a year ago, Korea Shipbuilders' Association (KSA) figures show. A KSA
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      844 29 Page Col ABC Coiuaincrlinc 14 1 Accord Group 10 1-3 Ahrcnkicl Liner 6 1/2 •APL 7 3-5 Appenship 20 1/2 Alpha Feeders 8 1 •ANL 5 1/2 •ASCL 7 5 Avant Shpg X 4/5 Ball Orient Line 9 4/5 Bank Line. The 11
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      Sea, air links to Moscow from S'pore not affected
      269 29 SINGAPORE The weeklong armed struggle in Moscow appears to have had little impact on air and sea links with Singapore. A Singapore Airlines spokesman on Tuesday said the carrier was going ahead with its plan for an all-cargo service between Singapore
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      Lock icon Insurers put blame on shipowners for losses
      422 29 Use of older ships the main cause of heavy losses AP NICOSIA Speakers at an international maritime conference on Tuesday said violation of international regulations by shipowners and classification societies resulted in record insurance losses in recent years. "This has resulted in the
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      Lock icon HK terminal delay will cost billions: Patten
      179 29 Reuter HONGKONG Governor Chris Patten yesterday said a two-year delay in construction of a ninth container terminal would cost HKS2O billion (Ss4.l billion) in the decade after Hongkong returns to China in 1997. China has refused to endorse plans for the project which
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      Lock icon Under pressure to match quantity with quality
      1262 30 Although the single biggest supplier of seafarers, the Philippines still has some way to go to produce adequately trained crew Lloyd's List Maritime Asia SINCE the Bimco study of world maritime manpower supply and the spate of disasters that had shipowners demanding more
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        700 32 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jurong Port Ae pa 1 14/5 alongside 07.10/1200 Alexander Dimrtro* 01/93 J12 alongs.de 07 10 0630 C Tahsm 11/93 116/18 alongside 0710/0700 Owi Guna 10/01/93 J? alongside 07 10/2300 Hatnam 111 alongside 07 10/2300 Niaga 50 12/93 18 9 alongside 0710/1500
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1606 32 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Ac. Daisy 44B 08/2000 1 06/1500 06/1659 06/1900 2 06/1700 07/0659 07/0900 3 07/0700 07/1159 07/1400 07/1200 07/1459 07/1700 Ac. Rose
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11892 40 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. LEGENO PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3321 45 Containerline NV: Bclsin Shpg Agencics Pie Lid (SVMannc Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pie Ltd (SVAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Bnims Corporation Philippine Calsource Shpg Trdg Pic Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albntros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pie Ud (S). Alfred
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      COURIER SERVICES
      275 45 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Travd Td: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborae Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: 542-3716, *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines), 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Link International Td: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Ouster Link Supplies A Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1469 45 Abex Express Freight Td: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Td: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activnir Singapore Tet 542-7821 Fax: *****20. Aeroliak Freight International Td: 545-8031 Fax: *****05. Aerospeed Td: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Td: 542-5454. Fax: *****06 Air Express International Td: 542-7666 Fax: *****74. *****50. Air
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2328 46 ALBANIA Duress: Seven vessels in port of whieh 1 discharging cement. 1 loading pig iron, 3 discharging bagged flour. 1 discharging bulk wheat, 1 discharging general cargo, vessels in roads awaiting berth: 3 bagged flour. 1 cement. I coke. ANGOLA Luanda: Port working normally. Water available throughout city
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      Lock icon SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      1295 46 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES AFP AT THE risk of repeating ourselves, the market has remained firm and active in most sectors although it has been most notable in the sales of handy bulkers this week. In this sector Pacific Basin of Hongkong have sold two vessels, namely the Emerald Sea
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      555 46 ARRIVALS Op Flight Type ETA T From TODAY KAL KE697 B747F 0150 1 SEL SI A SQ827 B747F 1730 2 CPH/DXB CLX CV794 B747F 1845 I LUX/DXB NCA KZ203 B747F 1930 1 NRT KAL KE685 A30F 2345 I SEL/MNL TOMORROW JAL JL6I5 B747F 0240 I TYO NWA
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      367 46 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SNIPS Arr Drp Nut of Vessel ETA FTD Ports of Calls Port Agent TeieplioM No OCTOBER 08 08 Russ 0700 1800 Sin-Fremantle Jardine Shpg Agencies 224-1032 08 08 Leisure World 1500 2000 Cruise to Nowhere Lauw Sons Travel 227-8284 08 08 Coral Pnnccss 1700 2015 Cruise
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      366 47 THE BALTIC Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to 1,406 on Tuesday from 1,410 on Oct 4. FIXTURES Tanker Calm conditions characterised the tanker market, with news of a technical problem at one of Nigeria's pumping stations having little efTect, brokers said. The problem at
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      452 47 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 td: 278-3464 or fax: 274-5079 Title: Air Traffic Control Supervisor Duration: Oct 18-29 Organiser: Singapore Aviation Academy,
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      842 47 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      Lock icon Growing pains
      787 48 Is Fiata too Eurocentric? Members of the international freight forwarders' association look forward to a revamp to make it more effective American Shipper COUNT Fiata among the numerous longstanding transportation industry trade organisations suffering growing pains. Some members who attended the annual congress of the international freight forwarders'
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        Lock icon TAC on verge of cancelling joint venture with BAe
        407 50 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan Aerospace Corp (TAC) will decide this month whether to cancel its troubled joint venture with British Aerospace pic, acting TAC president Chu Sing said. TACs board of directors will vote on the issue at a meeting on Oct
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        Lock icon Car makers in US report mixed domestic sales
        340 50 UPI DETROIT US and Japanese transplant automakers reported mixed domestic sales of North American-built cars and trucks in late September, with consumers pulling back from a brisk purchase pace earlier in the month, figures released on Tuesday showed. General Motors, which has
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      348 48 -&.COSCO UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.G. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 28/10 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHINA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.G. LOADING FOB: A VESSEL 15/10 20/10 Huangpu/Guangzhou COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO: CHINA/BANGKOK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI Please refer above mentioned services
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