The Business Times, 14 October 1993

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    14 1 Business Times W E KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Thursday October 14 1993 75«
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow up 5.86 points at mid-session
      84 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stocks rose at mid-session yesterday as news of Bell Atlantic Corp's proposed acquisition of cable giant Tele-Communica-tions touched off a buying frenzy in the shares of companies linked to telecommunications, cable and entertainment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was
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      Lock icon Woolworth cuts stores, jobs in N America
      59 1 AP NEW YORK Woolworth Corp, one of the nation's most famous retailers, said yesterday it would close or redesign nearly 1,000 stores in North America and eliminate 13.000 jobs over the next several months to improve profits. It's the second major cutback over
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    116 1 Stock market indices Wednesday Change ST1I 2.053.88 +2.41 KLSE Composite 911.38 +5.67 Nikkei 20.038.40 -98 91 Hang Seng 8.292.96 +39 51 SET Index 1.140.9 +38.94 Jakarta Composite 448.98 +5.11 CLSA China B 1.055.92 2 26 Aust AM Orel 2.038.6 10.6 FTSE 100 3.080.9 -13.8 Wednesday Previous I pm
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    Regional markets hit new highs
    101 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Strong interest in regional stock markets continued yesterday with three all-time closing records being set. In Singapore, business started slowly, as rumours circulated that the stock exchange had imposed more stringent trading requirements on brokerages. However. once these rumours proved unfounded,
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    European firms missing out on Asian investment boom
    561 1  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE European firms are missing out on the investment boom in Asia, warns the European Round Table (ERT). a club of top industrialists in the European Community. The ERT, whose members include the chief executives of companies such
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  • Article
    Brokers attack Thai exchange's share dumping probe
    347 1  -  From Andrew Cooke in BANGKOK BROKERS yesterday attacked a move by the Stock Exchange of Thailand to investigate the dumping of blue chip shares on T ucsday. While some said the dumping might have been an attempt to manipulate the market, others claimed
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    Madras sponsors seek special terms for S'pore investors
    406 1  -  From Nirmal Ghosh in NEW DELHI SPONSORS of the SSSOO million Singapore-linked Madras Industrial Park (MIP) project are seeking dispensations from the central government before submitting the proposal to the Economic Development Board. Chief among special conditions being sought in order to
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    Lock icon Bangkok traffic sends policeman's mind crashing
    85 1 AFP BANGKOK A stressed-out Bangkok traffic policeman has been taken to a mental hospital after turning all the traffic lights at his intersection to green and dancing amid the ensuing chaos. Newspapers reported yesterday that the 25-year-old cop. stationed at one of the city's
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    Lock icon Bell Atlantic to buy TCI and Liberty Media for US$21b
    469 1 Reuter, UPI, NYT, Bloomberg Business News DENVER Bell Atlantic Corp said yesterday that it had agreed to buy Tele-Communi-cations Inc (TCI) and Liberty Media Corp for USS2I.4 billion (5533.4 billion) in the second largest corporate deal in US history Kohlberg
    Reuter,; UPI,; NYT,; Bloomberg Business News  -  469 words
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    Boon Heng puts into perspective nature and task of cost committee
    466 1  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Minister Without Portfolio Lim Boon Hcng yesterday joined in the second day of the debate on the findings of the Cost Review Committee, which he headed, by putting into perspective the task and nature of
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      109 1 FBurberrysl HFGO 4/ 'fll I Jdbik I <S" F I Reigns when it pours X X x x XXKKXVXXXXX'XXXXXXXXX***'** CONTENTS N«ws Companies Spore News 2 SporeMsia 11.13.15 Regional News 3.4.6 Financial 17.18 World News 7.9 Markets Analysis 31 Clot KLSE. SES 23.24 Etton* 30 21 Sports 25 •''"W 22 TV
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      14 1 Innovation: Pn 28 M'sian inventors have the last laugh See Pages 22, 23, 24
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      23 1 Hock Lock Siew: p k I9H Why Thai bourse hurst ihfp^ife lIOCK LOCK SIEW, Pg 11 Thai stock market ripe for another rally
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      22 1 Itsksnal LUNETTES MORE REPORTS, PAGE 2 Temasek and MND won't meddle with SPH MPs raise issues of CPI and govt fee hikes
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Slower growth next year
        298 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming GROWTH in manufacturing output will slow down to 5.1 per cent in 1994 from 7.6 per cent this year, Hongkongbased Crosby Research savs in its latest Quarterly Economic Review. The main reason: Global demand for disk drives, a main source of manufacturing
        Source: Ministry of Trade & Industry  -  298 words
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      CPI, govt fee hikes and bus services among issues raised
      387 2  -  Yesterday in Parliament By Schutz Lee THE computation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). the setting up of a body to check government fee increases, and improv ing the bus services these were some of the key issues brought up
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      Temasek, MND won't meddle with SPH: Hu
      433 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE Temasek Holdings and MND Holdings, the government's investment arms, will not meddle with Singapore Press Holdings' operations when they acquire its shares from the OCBC group and Great Eastern Life over the next two years. Finance Minister Richard
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      Welsion plans to make S'pore centre for Chinese fishing firms
      312 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling LOCAL company Welsion Pte Ltd hopes to establish Singapore as a fishing centre for Chinese fishing companies by providing them with the processing, marketing and financial facilities. The company recently brokered a USSIO million (5515.6 million)
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    • IN BRIEF
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        The cost of democracy
        84 2 AN ANSWER to a question in Parliament costs taxpayers $500S 1.300 depending on the complexity and nature of the question. But Finance Minister Richard Hu said yesterday there would not necessarily be savings if MPs stopped asking questions. Preparing answers was just part of the job
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        HDB flats at Gillman Camp?
        55 2 GILLMAN CAMP in Alexandra Road will soon be handed back to the government for civilian use. said Minister of State for National Development Lim Hng Kiang. Public housing flats may be built on the site. Mr Lim also said that the government intended to reclaim
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        No pay for govt officials on EAC board
        85 2 THE DEPUTY managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Commissioner of Inland Revenue get no pay for sitting on the board of East Asian Consultancy, a firm that offers services to Singapore businesses investing in China. They are non-executive
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        3rd child incentives under review
        71 2 THE Government will review the incentive package under the third child policy to see if there is a loophole in letting couples sell HDB flats before the premises are five years old. says Lim Hng Kiang. Minister of State for National Development. The move comes
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        Phase 3 of NUH expansion
        77 2 THE NATIONAL University Hospital's phase three expansion has started and is due to be completed in 1997. The project, costing about $130 million, will boost the number of beds by 289 to 991. Heavily subsidised B2 and C beds will make up three-fifths of the
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        More places at student hostels
        42 2 THE government will add 800 places in boarding schools and hostels for the children of Singaporeans overseas. The extra places will be ready by 1995. At present, the capacity of student and privately-run hostels is about 1,600.
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      84 2 Valentino BHMIH QD Chemises 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. made China
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      255 2 i Seminar on Tax Planning I For The Mobile Employee I As companies expand and secure regional and global markets, the need for the mobilisation of key personnel is becoming increasingly important. The employee taking up an overseas assignment has many issues to consider before accepting an assignment. With issues
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  • THE REGION
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      S'pore team to prepare infrastructure plan for Cambodia
      413 3  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE Experts from Singapore are expected to present the Phnom Penh government with a comprehensive plan to develop airports, seaports and an industrial zone. A 12-member team consisting of officials from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, the Port
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      Lock icon US considers stiffer sanctions against Myanmar
      250 3 AP WASHINGTON The Clinton administration is reviewing US policy towards Myanmar, including a possible stiffening of sanctions against that country's repressive military government. A senior American official said on Tuesday that the administration had been weighing two general approaches one of continuing to isolate
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      Lock icon Manila restricts Filipino investments abroad
      153 3 Reuter MANILA The Philippine central bank is re-imposing stricter controls on Filipino investments abroad as it expresses concern over a huge expansion in outgoing investments. Portfolio investments in equity and debt securities abroad by Filipinos leapt to US$453 million (SS7O6 million) in the first half
      Reuter  -  153 words
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      Lock icon Exports, liberalisation key to Asian growth
      239 3 AFP MANILA Export-driven growth and liberalisation are the keys to the phenomenal growth of Asian economies, particularly the four so-called "dragons" and China. Asian Development Bank president Kimimasa Tarumizu told a trade conference yesterday that exports of the bank's developing member countries outpaced world
      AFP  -  239 words
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      Lock icon Jakarta clarifies minimum sum amount for visitors
      112 3 AP JAKARTA An immigration ruling that a foreigner visiting Indonesia must have at least US$l,OOO (S$ 1,560) in cash, traveller's cheques or credit does not apply to all visitors. "Only if necessary will it be applied," director-general of Immigration Roni Sikap Sinuraya said
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      Growth in Asia-Pacific benefits US, says Lee
      456 3  -  Protectionistic moves against region will hurt US By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday warned that protectionistic measures against Asia-Pacific countries would slow down growth in the region, and inevitably, the United States. He said the Asia-Pacific was where growth
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      Lock icon Sino-UK row may hit HK economy, warns China
      586 4 Stock exchange vulnerable, says Beijing-controlled news agency Reuter BEUING China's top official on Hongkong has warned that the Sino-British dispute over Governor Chris Patten's political reform plan could hit the territory's economy. "If the British side sticks to Chris Patten's plan, it
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      Lock icon Taiwan govt gives up on BAe deal
      351 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan has halted efforts to salvage its troubled venture with British Aerospace pic and the government will no longer play the leading role in trying to arrange the deal. Economics Minister Chiang Pinkung said. "At present, this venture is not proceeding,"
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      Lock icon Rabin denies selling arms to Beijing
      270 4 Reuter BEIJING Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin dismissed yesterday as "total nonsense" reports that Israel had improperly sold billions of dollars in weapons to China. Persistent reports of secret arms sales date back many years between Israel and China, which forged formal ties only in
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      Lock icon US confident N Korea not buying time in talks
      260 4 UPI, AFP WASHINGTON The US administration is confident that North Korea is not proceeding secretly with nuclear weapons development while miring the international community in fruitless negotiations, US officials said on Tuesday. A State Department senior official on Asian policies expressed
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Mahathir returned unopposed
        76 4 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister hamad was returned without opposition yesterday as president of the United Malays National Organisation (Umno), the dominant party in the ruling coalition. Dr Mahathir, prime minister £6r the past 12 years, was the only candidate for Umno president. "Mahathir has been
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        Lock icon Japanese economy forecast to decline
        70 4 AFP TOKYO Japan's economy will suffer a decline for the frrst time in two decades despite announced pump-priming measures and a recent official discount rate cut, Asahi Bank said yestesday. The bank forecast that the economy in the year to March *®uld edge down 0.1
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        Lock icon Philippines woos Asian investors
        89 4 AFP MANILA The Philippines yesterday assured Asian business leaders that it would continue to implement key reforms for macroeconomic stability, and bring down the deficit, inflation and interest rates. Finance Undersecretary Romeo Bernardo, in a speech to Asian businessmen in Tokyo, said "reforms to sustain financial
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        Lock icon Japanese put off high-tech city plan
        102 4 AP SYDNEY Japan is backing out of participation in a As 2 billion (552.04 billion) high-tech "city of the future" prpjpct, a newspaper reported yesterday. Forty of Japan's largest companies, which were expected to invest in the project 10 km outside Adelaide, had decided
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      Yeltsin's Tokyo visit deemed a success by both sides
      608 6  -  But progress in resolving territorial row will still be slow From Anthony Rowley in TOKYO RUSSO-JAPANESE relations appear to have improved at the conclusion of Russian President Boris Yeltsin's first official visit to Japan. But progress in resolving the de-cadcs-old territorial
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      Danger of Apec-Afta conflict
      260 6  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY THE DEVELOPMENT of a free trade area in South-east Asia could undermine the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum, said a senior Australian foreign affairs official. Geoff Forrester, deputy secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs, said Apec was about working
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      Lock icon Yen may move industries out but technology stays: Morita
      349 6 Reuter DALLAS Japanese industries are moving out of their country because of the high value of the yen but development of high technology will continue in Japan, Sony Corp chairman Akio Morita said. "Because of the high value of the yen,
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      Lock icon India cuts reserve requirements of banks
      416 6 Reuter BOMBAY India's central bank, announcing its crcdit policy for tbe next six months, has trimmed the reserve requirements of commercial banks to encourage lending and support an industrial revival. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said earlier this week that cutting the statutory
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      Lock icon Canberra reaches tax deal with wine industry
      267 6 AFP CANBERRA The Australian government has reached approval on a key component of its Budget strategy in a compromise deal with the wine industry over its wine sales tax. Treasurer John Dawkins said yesterday that the government and the Winemakers' Federation of Australia
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      Lock icon No blow-up in costs of Sydney Olympics
      337 6 AFP SYDNEY New South Wales Premier John Fahey says there has been no escalation in the projected costs of staging the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Mr Fahey rejected opposition claims in the state Parliament yesterday that the Olympic budget had already got
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      34 4 FOR LEASE the Sovereign Resort Living with A Difference T Panoramic sea view T Very practical layout T 4+l bedrooms T Full recreational facilities T Partially furnished T Rental from $7,000 Sole Marketing Agent:
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      265 5 GRAM BELL JIST MLIB TO SAV^H he loves Singapore Science Park 11. B^BF*f IllßiMMffl rr c:? r^- 6 JffiS^V^^^\HHl^^^Bli I iSluil WllSmjy^mm-:--'n^^^^Sm£M nd no wonder. infrastructure for major R&D firms to YES! I need to know more about Science Pork 11. Please rush me further information. When he invented the
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      230 6 I mM i "^B MMMi s SINGAPORE INFORMATICS tQ 3 IT2OOO Excellence In Business, Quality In Life lv 14-17 0CT08ER7993, HALL 3-6, WORLD TRADE CENTRE The Premier Information Technology Show In Asia EXHIBITION 14-17 OCT WORKSHOPS 14-17 OCT Feoturing US Pavilion, Silicon Valley Global Trading Client-server Technology Centre, UK Pavilion,
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      113 6 WHY NOT COME IN FOR If Hie Fonduo looks inviting, drop by Le Chalet. Here, complete with pictures of Switzerland and a large Swiss we fuss over Fondue; the house's speciality. After insignia. Incidentally/ our ambience and food have all, we're an authentic Swiss restaurant. The Swiss also won us
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon A fatal error if Europe closes its markets, warns Kohl
      445 7 Reuter PARIS German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the first foreign leader to address the French Senate, made a strong plea against protectionism yesterday, saying it would be a "fatal error" for Europe to close its markets. Speaking a day after Germany's
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      Lock icon US stands firm on agricultural subsidies accord with EC
      388 7 Reuter BRUSSELS The US said yesterday that there was no reason even to discuss the terms of a controversial agricultural deal with the EC, a problem that blocks progress towards a world trade agreement. US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor, arriving in
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      Lock icon German legislators want more say in Europe affairs
      344 7 Reuter, AFP BONN German parliamentarians moved quickly to claim more say in Bonn's European policies after a supreme court decision approving the Maastricht Treaty urged them to take a more active role. Renate Hellwig, chairwoman of parliament's European affairs committee, noted that,
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      Lock icon Delors urges EC states to revitalise growth programme
      274 7 AFP BRUSSELS Jacques Delors, president of the 12-nation European Community's executive arm, the European Commission, on Tuesday urged member states to revitalise a US$42 million (5565.7 million) programme aimed at creating growth. The project to inject life into moribund European economies was
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Kohl to visit China next month
        50 7 Reuter BONN Chancellor Helmut Kohl will visit China for a week in November to strengthen economic ties, government spokesman Dieter Vogel said. Mr Kohl will travel to Beijing on Nov 14 and also visit Shanghai and Guangzhou, returning to Bonn on Nov 22. Reuter
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        Lock icon Nato urged to accept E Europe states
        65 7 AFP PRAGUE The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) should regard the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary as frontrank candidates for membership of the alliance, Czech President Vaclav Havel said Tuesday. The three east European states were "in the front line of the struggle
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        Lock icon Undeterred by the downpour
        42 7 Reuter LONDON A tourist braving the rain to watch the Household Cavalry return to their barracks in Hyde Park on Tuesday. Flood warnings have been issued for London as Britain headed for its wettest October on record. Reuter
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        Lock icon Little support for Somalia policy
        59 7 Reuter WASHINGTON A public opinion poll released on Tuesday found scant support for President Bill Ginton's policies on Somalia and Haiti, revealing a powerful wave of isolationist sentiment among Americans. The poll by ABCs Nightline found 62 per cent of those surveyed disapproved of Ginton's
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        Lock icon US retailers' profits double
        89 7 Reuter WASHINGTON United States retailers' profits more than doubled to 1.9 US cents per US dollar of sales in the second quarter from 0.8 US cent in the first quarter, the Commerce Department said. Total after-tax profits were U553.57 billion, compared with US$l.5l billion in the
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        Lock icon Craxi warned of new corruption probe
        37 7 Reuter MILAN State prosecutors have warned disgraced former prime minister Bettino Craxi he faces a new corruption investigation in connection with an Italian cereals company, judicial sources said on Tuesday. Reuter
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      Lock icon Mandela rejects referendum idea on constitution
      412 9 AP LONDON African National Congress President Nelson Mandela on Tuesday rejected the idea of a referendum to resolve disputes that are hindering talks about a South African constitution. Right-wing white groups and leaders of some black homelands set up under apartheid object to the
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      Lock icon Clinton confident Congress will pass Nafta pact
      246 9 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton expressed confidence the US Congress will approve the controversial North American Free Trade agreement in a vote next month. "I am increasingly confident that this agreement will be approved by Congress," Mr Clinton said in a written statement.
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      Lock icon Democrats red-faced over lapse of aid programme for jobless
      347 9 AP WASHINGTON Despite a worsening problem of jobless Americans who receive no benefits, bickering House Democrats have let lapse extra assistance given to the 60,000 Americans who each week exhaust unemployment compensation. Party leaders say they have now resolved an impasse
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      Lock icon Papandreou appoints old-guard pragmatists to his Cabinet
      400 9 Reuter ATHENS Greek socialist leader Andreas Papandreou has quickly started work after resuming power, naming a Cabinet of old guard pragmatists to tackle pressing economic problems and to try to resolve disputes with Balkan neighbours. After a landslide victory in Sunday's election, he
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      237 8 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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      191 10 The History of Man 9 ...J is a Journey through Time It's a journey with no beginning or end but one you can join over the next four days. Because the Journey through Time with Omega exhibition has arrived. And for the first time in Singapore, you ll be able
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      345 11 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Oct 13 Last Sei*e lafex Slock tale Itge factor ($> (S) S A\ imo 1.910 0 010 1.32 5 88 CAC 7950 0.100 5.SO 5882 C'erebos 6.450 FAN 14 200 -0 300 9 82-176.47 GF Asia 3 140 0.100 2.17 58
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      S'pore Telecom plans phone paging system in Cambodia
      506 11  -  Venture with Cambodian govt involves installation and marketing By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE If his handphone battery runs down or the telephones go dead, chances are Cambodia's new Minister of Telecommunications would be incommunicado. Before long, however, Ung Huot's secretary will be able
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      Lock icon New Philippine group to compete with PLDT
      235 11 Reuter MANILA Two Philippine telecommunications firms have formed a US$5O million (5580.5 million) joint venture to challenge Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co's (PLDT) dominance of the nation's telephone business, a company official said. The two firms. Globe Telecom and ICC Telecoms, would bring
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      Lock icon No offer received for subsidiaries, MUI tells KL bourse
      198 11 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malayan United Industries Bhd (MUI) yesterday said it has not received any offer to purchase any of its subsidiaries. MUI was replying to a Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange query over a report that appeared in the New Straits
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      Lock icon Solid reasons for Thai bourse to burst into life
      776 11  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Loh Hui Yin BANGKOK Dullsville sat heavily on the Thai stock exchange for the better part of this year while punters and international fund managers piled money into the bourses of Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Hongkong. The
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      How Telecom offer will be marketed internationally
      450 11  -  By Joyce Quek SINGAPORE How will Singapore Telecom's public share offer be marketed internationally? What is being emphasised to counter complaints by analysts and fund managers that its price-earnings ratio is too high 27 times 1994 earnings against Hongkong Telecom's (HKTeI) 22 times?
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    • COMPANIES
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        Indonesian textile producer plans 2-for-1 rights issue
        490 13  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Indonesia's largest textile producer, PT Polysindo Eka Perkasa, is planning a two-for-one rights issue to raise 184 billion rupiah (S$ 130.4 million) for expansion purposes. It is also diversifying upstream by setting up a 700 billion rupiah Purified Terepthalate
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        Lock icon A widescreen TV for clear viewing
        60 13 AFP HONGKONG Kong Wah Holdings chairman C K Lam introducing his company's new cinemascope liquid crystal display colour television screen yesterday at the Hongkong electronics fair. The ONWA LCD Widescreen is the world's first liquid crystal display TV, which prevents the loss of quality
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        Lock icon M'sian equity funds top performers for past six months
        269 13 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Malaysian equity funds have been outperforming other country funds for the past six months, according to the Hongkong Investment Funds Association. The Malaysian funds have returned some 92.83 per cent, compared with a 39.12 per cent increase
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      • Article
        Rotary in joint venture deal with Chinese firm
        127 13 SINGAPORE Rotary Engineering has entered into a joint venture in China to provide plant engineering design and construction services. Its partner is Fushun Overseas Development. A company called Sino-Rotary has been formed with authorised capital of $1 million and issued capital of
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        DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
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        M'sian, Aussie, Chinese firms team up to start paging centres in China
        278 13  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY AN Australian telecommunications company has teamed up with Metroplex Bhd and a Chinese company to cash in on the growing telecommunications market in China. The Aussie group. Matrix Telecommunications Ltd, has entered into
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        SIA, SAe deny reports of stakes in Asian jet venture
        230 13  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines and Singapore Aerospace yesterday denied reports linking them to a US$l billion (551.56 billion) project to produce an Asian-made passenger aircraft. The reports by news agencies AFP and AP said that Singapore would join
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Kumpulan Emas wins Solomon Islands deal
          88 13 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Salcon Engineering Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Kumpulan Emas Bhd, will construct and equip two sawmills on Solomon Islands on a turnkey basis for Msl2 million (557.3 million). Kumpulan Emas Bhd said in a statement that the government of Solomon Islands
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          16 more stock options from today
          39 13 SINGAPORE The Singapore Stock Exchange said yesterday it is introducing six additional series of stock options in Keppel Corporation and 10 additional series in SI A Foreign. Trading in these options start? today.
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          Hong Leong sells CityDev shares
          57 13 SINGAPORE City Developments said Hong Leong Investment Holdings sold last week a total of one million shares for $6 million, thereby reducing its stake to 305.74 million shares or 50.19 per cent. Kwek Hong Lye, Kwek Leng Beng. Kwek Leng Joo and Kwek Leng Peck
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          Asia Pacific Breweries appoint CEO
          66 13 SINGAPORE Asia Pacific Breweries said it has appointed Koh Poh Tiong as director and chief executive officer effective Oct 1. Mr Koh has served with the group since September 1985 and has been its deputy group general manager since July 1991. Prior to joining Asia
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        442 13 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Unit Trust Income Bond Policy 3.7} 3.88 The Commerce l ift 1.64 PfMlMtU The Savings Fund 1.44 1.31 PniUnk M«d Fund 1.30 1.37 S'pore Prog Fund 0.63 0.66xd S pore Sec Fund 094 0 99 MUM B—jpWIl S'pore Invest Fund 1.10 1.16 First B'putra 1.99 2.04 S'pore
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        Lock icon Bombay brokers strike over tainted-shares impasse
        536 15 Reuter BOMBAY Stockbrokers in Bombay, India's premier bourse, said yesterday they will stage an indefinite strike until the government takes action to resolve an impasse over scan-dal-linked shares seized by tax authorities. The impasse has immobilised tens of thousands of shares in a market
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          Lock icon Marubeni to post 23b-yen loss
          79 15 Reuter TOKYO Trading company Marubeni Corp said it will post a parent special loss of more than 23 billion yen (Ss33 billion) in the six months ended Sep 30, 1993. Despite the expected special loss, Marubeni said it is maintaining its six-month profit forecast because
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          Lock icon China gets foreign mail-order service
          108 15 AFP HONGKONG China's first overseas joint venture mail order company has been set up in the booming southern city of Guangzhou, the Ta Kung Pao daily reported yesterday. The Guangzhou New Life Mail Order Information Service Co Ltd became the first overseas joint venture to
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          Lock icon Sega in Japanese TV link-up
          94 15 Reuter TOKYO Sega Enterprises Ltd and a major Japanese television network, Fuji Television Network Inc. will start selling new video game software next year in what they call the first step of broadened cooperation in multimedia. They will jointly develop and sell a new software.
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        Lock icon News Corp bonus issue may pave way for second TVB bid
        293 15 Reuter SYDNEY Global media giant News Corp's proposed bonus share issue paves the way for future strategic alliances for the group without loosening the grip of chairman Rupert Murdoch and current management on its direction. The issue, announced on
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        Lock icon Nippon Steel to cut back work days
        355 15 FT TOKYO Nippon Steel, the world's largest steel maker, said on Tuesday it will ask its 37.000 staff to take two extra days holiday per month on redueed pay. This is the latest and most radical cost-cutting step in Japan's steel industry, faced
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        Lock icon The face of protest
        52 15 Reuter A mask-wearing member of the Philippine women's organisation Gabriela carrying a placard denouncing a U5549.5 million (5577.7 million) settlement deal between the Philippines and Westinghouse Electric Co over a mothballed nuclear power plant. The protester was part of a rally outside the presidential palace in
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        Lock icon Taiwan Glass in US$83m China deal
        153 15 AFP HONGKONG Taiwan Glass Industry Corp Ltd announced on Tuesday a US$B3 million (S$ 129.9 million) joint venture glass factory in China, the largest of any Taiwan-fund-ed joint ventures to be approved by the Taipei government. It said it had set up a subsidiary.
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        Lock icon Citic bid to buy Australian coal mine may fail
        235 15 Reuter. MELBOURNE The Australian arm of state-owned China International Trust and Investment Corp (Citic) has said negotiations to buy into a coal mine may fail. Citic Australia's managing director Zhang Jijing said the protracted talks to buy into the unnamed Queensland
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        Lock icon Bubbling sales boost Pepsi third-quarter earnings by 9pc
        379 16 AP NEW YORK Pepsico has reported a 9 per cent increase in third-quarter earnings, helped by double-digit sales increases worldwide in its beverage, snack foods and restaurant divisions. For the third quarter ending Sept 4, earnings totalled U*****.2 million (*****.3 million), or
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        Lock icon US companies rush to issue debt
        249 16 Reuter NEW YORK US corporate debt issuances topped US$l billion (551.57 billion) on Tuesday, reflecting companies' eagerness to take advantage of favourable borrowing conditions while they can. analysts said. The offerings have come in a variety of maturities from companies in several sectors, including
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        Lock icon 'Legal and political risks' over QVC's Paramount bid
        204 16 Reuter PHILADELPHIA Political and legal challenges may hinder QVC Network Inc's bid to take over Paramount Communications Inc, analysts and arbitragers said. "Wall Street has not adequately discounted the legal and political risk associated with the QVC bid," Natwest Washington Research analyst
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        Lock icon Wal-Mart ordered to pay damages for predatory pricing
        347 16 FT NEW YORK Wal-Mart Stores, the US discount store giant, yesterday suffered a blow to its retailing strategy when an Arkansas court ruled that it had broken state law by selling a range of pharmaceutical products below cost. The ruling could have
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        Lock icon Restructured Arjo sees recovery in 1994
        230 16 Reuter PARIS Anglo-French papermaker Arjo Wiggins Appleton pic does not expect improvements in demand or prices in the paper sector this year, but hopes the company will show recovery in 1994, chairman Cob Stenham said at a news conference in Paris. Arjo is to
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          Lock icon Siemens seeks Taipei compensation
          69 16 Reuter MUNICH Electrical engineering group Siemens AG confirmed it was seeking compensation of USS37 million (SSSB million) from the Taipei city government for delays in building the city s mass transit railway. A Siemens spokesman said it had asked the city's department of rapid transit systems
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          84 16 AP PARIS L'Orcal. the world's largest cosmetics company, ended a four-year battle with a militant animal rights group on Tuesday by agreeing to halt cosmetics tests using animals. The Washing-ton-based group. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, spearheaded a consumer boycott campaign against L'Oreal and
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          Lock icon Smelter steels itself for closedown
          52 16 Reuter ZIMBABWE A worker at the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) hand-feeds red-hot steel into a roller at the company's smelter at RedclifT, central Zimbabwe. Zisco, troubled by debt and ageing equipment, faces a closedown that threatens the livelihood of tens of thousands of
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          Lock icon Cable firms' threat to British Telecom
          92 16 Bloomberg Business News LONDON British Telecommunications pic overestimates the threat it faces from cable television companies offering telephone services, according to a report by Tclecom's analysts CIT Research, the Daily Telegraph reported. CIT Research estimates cable companies will only have about 6.5 per cent
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          Lock icon US drug firm's China vaccine plant
          55 16 Reuter BEIJING US pharmaceutical-maker Merck Co Inc has inaugurated a plant to produce hepatitis B vaccine in China, where 100 million people are estimated to carry the deadly disease. The Sino-American project will be able to produce up to 20 million pediatric doses of
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        Lock icon HK moves to ease strength of local dollar as stocks surge
        429 17 Reuter HONGKONG The colony's monetary authority took longawaited action to cool down the local dollar yesterday after it strayed too far from its official peg to the US currency. The Hongkong Monetary Authority (HKMA) injected an extra HK$l billion
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        Lock icon False names not all there is to concealed accounts
        129 17 AFP SEOUL Most so-called "false-name" accounts have been registered under their owners' real names under a government ban on alias transactions, but the measure only affected 10 per cent of all concealed money, analysts said yesterday. The Finance Ministry said 2.86
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        Lock icon CME chairman on Asian tour
        63 17 Reuter TOKYO Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) chairman Jack Sandner addressing a news conference at Reuters office in Tokyo on Tuesday. Mr Sandner is on the first leg of an Asian towto promote CME financial products through the expansion of Globex, an after-hours electronic futures trading
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        Lock icon Manila probes US dollar's unusual rise against peso
        326 17 Knight-Ridder MANILA The Philippines' Central Monetary Authority has begun a probe into the role played by banks in the "unusual" rise of the US dollar to record highs against the peso in late September. CMA treasury chief Antonio Munoz said yesterday. "We
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        Lock icon Call for more caution in Manila bond floats
        178 17 AFP MANILA Finance Secretary Ernest Leung warned here yesterday that the Philippine government and other institutions should be more careful about floating foreign bonds after a rash of such flotations. Mr Leung warned that the Philippines' experience in the 1980s showed that
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          Lock icon Korea First Bank opens office in China
          75 17 AFP BEIJING South Korea's biggest bank, the Korea First Bank, is to open several branches in China because of the two countries' rapid expansion of trade, it was reported yesterday. The Korea First Bank, which set up its first representative office in Beijing
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          Lock icon Prime rates to vary for regional banks
          82 17 Reuter TOKYO Regional Japanese banks are expected to offer varying short-term prime lending rates in future as their costs of fund-raising may differ following the deregulation of interest rates on deposits, the chairman of the Regional Banks Association of Japan said. Takashi Tanaka,
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          Lock icon Higher loans for Thai-based banks
          56 17 Knight Ridder BANGKOK Thai-based banks borrowed 127.6 billion baht (557.9 billion) on behalf of corporate clients in August, up 15.1 per cent from July, Bank of Thailand figures showed. Some 125.7 billion baht was then lent in Thailand, while only 1.9 billion was lent to
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          Lock icon UK banks to bear pollution costs
          72 17 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The UK government rejected calls to shield banks from potential multimillion pound costs for the cleaning up industrial sites polluted by their corporate customers, the Financial Times reported. Environment Minister Tim Yeo is expected to tell the Bankers' Association that
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          Lock icon NZ group buys Aussie insurer
          72 17 Reuter WELLINGTON New Zealand financial services group Tower Corporation Holdings Ltd said it had bought the business of Australian insurer Friends Provident Australia, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition of Friends Provident would lift Tower Life Australia into the ranks of the country's top 10
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        114 17 AFP LONDON The European Community yesterday launched a bond issue of one billion ECUs (US$l.lB billion dollars) on the European bond market. The issue is one of the biggest ever seen in ECUs on this market. The bond, maturing in November 2000, carries a coupon
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        Lock icon S'pore product swaps market sees rising liquidity
        443 18 Platts SINGAPORE Liquidity in the product swaps market in Singapore is growing rapidly, particularly in middle distillates. say industry sources. "The liquidity has essentially doubled in gasoil since the beginning of the year," one Singapore broker says. The range between bids and offers
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        Lock icon UAP wins control of German insurer after deal with Suez
        303 18 FT PARIS Union des Assurances dc Paris and Groupe Suez. two of the most powerful French financial companies, ended their four-vear-long battle for control of Colonia. the German insurer, by securing a deal on Tuesday. Under the terms of the
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        Lock icon Provisions cloud French banks' gains
        244 18 Reuter PARIS French banks enjoyed windfall gains from currency and interest rate swings in the first half of this year, but those gains papered over cracks left by poor profitability in classic banking business. With the bank reporting season over, analysts said bull runs on
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        Lock icon Cash-flush Japanese insurers at a loss to find suitable investments
        417 18 Knight-Ridder TOKYO Japanese insurers are so flush with cash they almost don't know what to do with it, but the private placement market isn't getting a piece of the action. The insurers say they continue to face a dilemma because
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        165 18 THE US$ drifted a touch lower from NYK closings on Tuesday but action was lacklustre and traders quick in profit-taking on short USS positions. Against the regional currencies, trading was also lacklustre and confined to narrow ranges. The USS/SS opened at 1.5620/25 but drifted lower
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        185 18 UPI LONDON The dollar drifted higher in European trading yesterday, while sterling fell on disappointing economic data and large-scale selling hit the Belgian franc. Analysts said there was no clear factor behind the advance of the US currency, which took back some of the ground it lost against the
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        82 18 AFP NEW YORK The dollar rose yesterday morning except against the yen in quiet trading as investors awaited the release of several economic indicators. At about 9:30 am (1330 GMT), the dollar was trading at 1.601S German marks against 1.595S on Tuesday but fell to 105.85 ven against
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        Lock icon China needs to import more gold to meet booming demand
        508 19 AFP BEIJING China, despite being the world's sixth largest gold producer, will continue to have to buy a large quantity of gold on the world market to meet booming demand, according to a Chinese specialist. Gold production figures arc considered
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        Lock icon Future of natural gas seen hinging on price
        395 19 Reuter JAKARTA The prospect of natural gas overtaking crude oil as a fuel of the future hinges mainly on the issue of price, senior officials and industry experts told an international energy conference yesterday. The question is not one of demand, which
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        283 19 Reuter LONDON Europe's ailing aluminium industry can take some heart from a stronger Russian presidency after the latest crisis in Moscow but there is no escape from big output cuts in the West to prevent a price collapse. Boris Yeltsin should be in a
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        Crude oil futures weaker on higher US inventories
        355 19 Btoomborg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures prices weakened in New York and London yesterday after an industry report showed increases in both US crude and refined product inventories. The American Petroleum Institute showed an almost 2-million-barrel surge in crude oil and gasoline
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        Lock icon Russian natural gas exports to Europe expected to rise 6-7pc
        423 19 Knight-Ridder LONDON Russian natural gas exports to Europe this year are expected to rise 6 to 7 per cent from 1992 at 105 to 106 billion cu m (bcm). Gazprom board member Stepan Derezhov told a conference on the Russian
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        Lock icon Euroyen firms as stock market falls
        1396 20 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen interest rate futures finished firmer yesterday, underpinned by a fall in the Nikkei-225 cash market and a weaker dollar/yen currency rate. Underlying strength from Japanese government bonds also aided speculative buying, particularly for deferred periods. "Euroyen was driven
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        Kl tin rises on LME support
        628 20 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN continued to find support from a higher LME and closed at a five-week high of MSI 1.65 a kg after rising five sen yesterday. traders said. Further Malaysian and European covering also boosted sentiment. The market had earlier been supported
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          Japan asked to take more Indon crude
          84 20 TOKYO Indonesian national oil company Pertamina asked its Japanese affiliates to take more crude oil than they requested for November. But traders say the affiliates are unlikely to do so. Last Friday, the two affiliates nominated, or asked to load, between 100.000 and
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          Possible losses for petrochem firms
          85 20 SEOUL South Korea's eight petrochemical companies with naphtha cracking units are likely to lose 600 billion won (SSI.2 billion) this year, an industry source said yesterday. The eight companies, including Daelim Industrial Co and Hanyang Chemicals, suffered losses of 292.7 billion won in January-June this
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          Taiwan to allow rice inspection
          102 20 TAIPEI Following a rule change. Japan is likely to bid for 50,000 tonnes of rice in an Oct 21 tender by Taiwan's state-run Central Trust of China, a Taiwan government official said yesterday. Taiwan last Thursday passed on a bid from Japan to buy rice
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          C American coffee producers meet
          63 20 GUATEMALA CITY Coffee producers from Central America and Colombia will meet here tomorrow to analyse the progress of the Association of Coffee Producing Countries' coffee retention strategy. William Stixrud. vice-president of the Guatemalan Coffee Association, said. "We will discuss what have been some of the
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      1635 20 Rubber MS Ci—lity Excfcaag* (Mm ctosteg as at lpa) tSS I Cmtract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Nov 93 FIFOO F2T75 128.00 150 650 Dec 128.50 127.75 121.25 775 4.200 Jan 94 0.00 0.00 128 50 0 4.925 Feb 0.00 0.00 129.00
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        Australia
        1308 21 10.6 THE Australian share market bounced back to a stronger close yesterday led by a bullish gold sector to retrace most of Tuesday's losses. Brokers said several stocks went ex-dividend but this failed to drag the key indicator down. The All Ordinaries index ended 10.6 points higher at 2.038.6.
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        Manila
        594 21 18.2 Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) drove Manila share prices to new record highs for the third successive day but profit-taking pared gains at the close, dealers said. The Manila index hit a high of 2.126.33 points in early trade but settled down at 2.112.03 at the close.
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        Taipei
        537 21 +52.26 Stocks closed sharply higher in a wave of late buying in finance issues, encouraged by continued hopes for some form of cut in the stock transaction tax. brokers said. The weighted index opened up. gave up its gains at midmorning and then surged again to end 52.26 points
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        Seoul
        389 21 Seoul stocks ended higher for the third straight day. posting a double-digit gain on the back of an across-the-board buying spree, brokers said. The index ended 16.82 points up at 740.39. Turnover totalled 639.34 billion won from 553.86 billion won on Tuesday. Ot 789 gainers. 141 counters went limit
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        New Zealand
        375 21 1.34 Shares closed mixed as local investors found themselves torn between a lacklustre performance in New York and a rise in neighbouring Australian stocks, traders said. Because of daylight savings time in New Zealand, the local market opens 30 minutes after the New York close and operates in
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        London
        690 21 -13.8 A firm Wall Street opening helped lift stocks on the London Stock Exchange off their session lows yesterday but disappointing economic data ensured that shares closed generally lower. The blue-chip FTSE 100-share index, which slipped 7.5 points on Tuesday. closed 13.8 points weaker at 3.080.9 points. The narrower
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        Stockholm
        158 21 +9.19 Swedish shares closed at an all-time high yesterday after the general upbeat market sentiment was further bolstered by positive company news. "The market feels very strong now and sentiment is underpinned by the government's tax package," a trader at Ostgota Enskilda Bank said. Under the government's tax proposals,
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        Milan
        162 21 -I.4pc Italian stocks slumped, as investors exercised their wariness over the start of Fiat SpA's large share issue today and their worry over news of a Milan brokerage firm's bankruptcy, traders said. Shares were down across the board, including savings shares that had rallied on T ucsday. The Mibtcl
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        Amsterdam
        258 21 -0.22 Dutch stocks ended littlechanged as some stocks fell due to a weak dollar while others, in particular multinationals. gained, helped byoptions- related buying interest and foreign demand, traders said. "The market lacked incentive but it remains strong." said Ron van Veldhoven, trader with Van dcr Hoop Effektenbank. The
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        Zurich
        262 21 +9.1 Late buying triggered by futures transactions and the dollar's steadiness helped to push the Zurich bourse to a fourth consecutive record close. Dealers said the market could rise further, as the dollar was likely to firm after keeping above the important 1.40 Swiss francs level yesterday. Buying centred
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        Johannesburg
        293 21 10 South African gold shares kept up their early gains in late afternoon trade thanks to gold's steady stand around USS366 an ounce, dealers said. Industrials drifted in slow, generally low-volume trade. The gold index was a strong 82 points or almost 5 per cent higher at 1.777 and
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        Toronto
        298 21 +4.94 Toronto stocks were mixed in subdued early trade as investors stepped back after Tuesday's upward rush, traders said. "Overall it's pretty quiet and I expect it will remain like that until after the election," one trader said. The TSE 300 composite was trading 4.94 points higher at 4.112.25
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        New York
        885 21 +5.86 Wall Street stocks rose at midsession yesterday as news of Bell Atlantic Corp's proposed acquisition of cable giant Tcle-Communica-tions touched off a buying frenzy in the shares of companies linked to telecommunications, cable and entertainment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 5.86 points at 3.599.00 at
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      2971 22 Reuter HONGKONG After stumbling briefly in morning business the stock market rallied to another record finish yesterday, with property stocks again at the forefront. The blue chip Hang Seng index closed up 39.51 points or 0.5 per cent at 8,292.96. overcoming an early loss of 79.4 points. The index
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      CHINA
      508 22 THE CLSA Shanghai B Index closed slightly weaker at 829.33, down 0.31, on light trading yesterday. The biggest mover was Jinqiao, closing 8 per cent or US$O.O4 higher. The preliminary details of 19 new issues coming to the market next year have been published this week. Seven of the
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      2533 22 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended weaker yesterday amid persistent selling related to the launch of the new Nikkei 300 weighted stock average, but brokers said momentum was slowing. The Nikkei average closed above 20,000 after dipping briefly below the psychological support level in the morning. "The falls were due to
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      1852 22 Reuter BANGKOK Bulls returned in force to the Thai stock exchange yesterday lifting prices 3.53 per cent in active trade but just failing to break the previous all-time closing high, brokers said. Individuals joined institutions in buying bank shares, whose turnover accounted for 41.5 per cent of the market
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      1102 22 Reuter JAKARTA Most stock prices on the Jakarta exchange closed higher, boosted by improved investor confidence on better business prospects, dealers said. The official index rose to 5.11 points to 448.98. A dealer said investors expected the government to announce a fresh set of economic reforms this month, including
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2365 23 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info Faber Group 41,665.000 Asia Pac Ld 50c 16.663.000 Metroptex 50c 14.317.000 Kamunling 50c 12,448.000 ProfneJ 10.900.000 FACB 50c 10.005.000 Reno™ Bhd 50c 8,456.000 Muki-rapne 7.945.000 Ind Oxygen 50c 7.684.000 Bedford 50c 7.522.000 ldns Hyd 50c 7.122.000 Peg. Msia 6.496.000 Ins*. Bhd 5.634.000
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        Lock icon Prices firm as index closes near all-time high
        5522 23 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices here recouped their earlier lows to close higher yesterday on continued institutional support for selective blue chips and hefty gains on situational counters. The Composite Index moved in a tight band after opening higher at 907.04 to
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        Lock icon Index hits new record but Clob counters weaken
        7878 24  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The Straits Times Industrials Index yesterday inched up to a third consecutive record this week, while Malaysian counters traded on Clob International continued to be the victims of profit-taking. The market spent part of the morning drifting downwards,
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        Lock icon Uniphoenix Corp
        69 24 Quak Hiang Whai UNIPHOENIX Corporation has been trading around $1.80$1.90 for the past few months* The stock still has plenty of upi side potential in the medium term, as the weekly MACD suggests it could move towards $2.30. A dip below $1.80 should be seen as an opportunity
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      191 16 WHAT THE'HAVES' HAVE. A I It certainly isn't difficult to spot the select few who have well But the BMW 7 Series isn't just the ultimate status symbol, it Digital Motor Electronics to give you exhilarating torque. complement soft, hand-stitched calf leather upholster and truly arrived in life, by the
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      110 17 4 4 'A mhhhhbh )nics to give you exhilarating torque. complement soft, hand-stitched calf leather upholstery to let you It s little wonder then that Car and Driver, USA, voted the body shell, reinforced side panels and impact- relax in the lap of luxury. Of course, the BMW 7 Series
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      159 18 WATER FRONT LAKESIDE BUNGALOWS VILLAS a < T v. r §y| Individually such as this is rare. Designed by award winning architects, each house has a charm and character all of its own, selected and sited to maximise views and prevailing breezes. Surrounded by lakes minutes to all the amenities
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      424 19 1 i iji i' 111 the race to get to market, iLTj TI Quality helps you win. m The pressures of getting to market with Singapore in '*<9 *>","• 1 better, more competitive products have "fl addition to other > < never been greater. Because, all too often, if I
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      712 20 BUSINESS TIMES TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1800-741 1833 FAX:74I 1298 IN THE MATT* OP THE COMPANIES ACT CAP SO ANO IN THE MATTER OP ASSOCIATED CMHT OMTNBUTOHB PTE LTD MBMSStS VOLUNTARILY WINOINO-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duty convened end held at 133 New Bridge Road #12-06 Chinatown
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      30 20 As and when the latest London/ Rotterdam prices are not available, the previous trading day's closing figures are carried instead isassss m ojfrr* the most current tlUto/Job R= opportunities \1
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      83 24 Since 1735 there has 1 NEVER BEEN A QUARTZ BLANCPAIN WATCH p And there never will be. nil. lIOUR GI.ASS lucky ttd/j Tel 7M24XVI SciHls. TW iW6M7/71. Cenlrcpmnl Tel 7'MIVMVTiOJ IVnmsuU liiulH M7K »**>» W<wW Tijdc Centre Tel *****07 Kciwissdme Tei nuibjrm* utiles w muii* ethinyl Airpiirt Terminal l|l>J bWnl
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  • SPORTS
    • PUTTING SHOTS
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        Lock icon Price aims to be Zimbabwe regular
        171 25 AFP NICK Price, the world No 4 golfer given special dispensation last week to play two tournaments for Zimbabwe in the next month, aims to make it a regular honour. "I hope so," said the US money-list leader on his arrival at St Andrews
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        Lock icon Dunhill Cup gaining in popularity
        127 25 AFP THE Dunhill Cup could compete with the much-hyped Ryder Cup in popularity in the future, according to US superstar Fred Couples. The former US Masters champion feels the £1 million tournament is beginning to become as traditional as its more famous rival. "This is
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      Lock icon Couples, Stewart join US team on victory march
      442 25 Dunhill Cup Golf Reuter ST ANDREWS. Scotland Bolstered by power-hitting John Daly and still euphoric from the Ryder Cup triumph three weeks ago, Americans Fred Couples and Payne Stewart this week go after the Dunhill Cup team title. The 12-man US team
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      Lock icon Stewart puts Toronto back in World Series
      484 25 Baseball play-offs AP TORONTO The cold, the Chicago batters, the pressure of a big game. None of it bothered Dave Stewart. Standing straight and staring ahead, he showed why the World Series champion Toronto Blue Jays got him, and why they're going back.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Phillies defy logic and Braves in NLC series
      451 25 NYT NEW YORK It's a good thing the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies got a breather from their National League Championship Series on Tuesday. They needed it, if only to try to figure out the total upheaval of the norm that
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        Lock icon American Football
        91 25 AP DAVIE, Florida Although it will take months. Dan Marino anticipates a complete recovery from the first serious injury of his career. The Miami Dolphins quarterback is almost certain to miss the rest of this season after rupturing his right Achilles tendon on Sunday at Cleveland. The injury
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        Lock icon Basketball
        147 25 AFP AP CARLSBAD, California Michael Jordan may be gone from the National Basketball Association, but he is unlikely to be forgotten after signing a contract allowing his signature to be used on sports souvenirs. Jordan, the seven-time NBA scoring champion who led the Chicago Bulls to three straight league
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        Lock icon Golf
        192 25 AFP AFP LONDON Tony Jacklin is prepared to captain Europe's Ryder Cup team in 1995 as a one-off return to the job he held with distinction from 1983-89. Jacklin insisted he was not pushing himself forward for the post. "But I have said that if nobody comes forward. I
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        45 25 Reuter LONDON Nigel Short scored his first match victory over defending champion Garry Kasparov on Tuesday in the sixteenth game of his world title chess challenge, and now trails the 24-game match by a score of s'/i to 10'/2. The match resumes today. Reuter
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        32 25 Reuter NEW YORK NHL on Tuesda>: Pittsburgh 2 Florida 1; New Jersev 7 Winnipeg 4: Philadelphia 5 Buffalo 3; Dallas 3 Chicago 3 (OT): LA 7 NY Islanders 5. Reuter
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        50 25 Reuter PONTYPRIDD, Wales Japan ran in Five tries as they romped to the biggest win of their rugby union tour of Wales on Tuesday. The Japanese beat a Welsh selection 39-10. recovering from an early setback when Malcolm Dacev dropped a goal within 30 seconds of the start. Reuter
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        Lock icon Soccer
        80 25 Reuter Reuter NEW YORK US Artist Peter Max put a football player in space, with an American flag as a backdrop. in his official poster for the 1994 World Cup. Reuter BUENOS AIRES Diego Maradona was called to Argentina's soccer team for a decisive World Cup qualifier tie against
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        106 25 AP AFP NEW YORK Tom Gullikson always wanted to participate in Davis Cup and his dream finally camc true on Tuesday when he was introduced as the new captain of the US team for 1994. "1 think for me. other than getting to the (doubles) finals of Wimbledon in
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      27 25 DON'T JUST SEE THE SPiTS... SEE THE PICTURE. READ ONE SOURCE AND YOU LL SEE ONLY ONE PERSPECTIVE. FOR A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW. LOOK INTO LIANHE ZAOBAO r__
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      758 26 Nothing Beafe A BucL tIM QK i^SSE" 1 LUNCH BUFFET original Asian cuisine. $15.00++ (adult) Featuring mouthwatering J favourites from Japan, 110.80++ (CDlIu) Thailand, the Philippines, Pakistan, Malaysia, nmVTD Dlllil^'T Indonesia and of course UINNM DUffM Cafe Carousel's famous *117 m, uA n U\ local fare and a wide variety
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      270 26 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN TIE! mm RIBBON IT CLOBS Yellow Ribbon Night. for tovebtnh to than food memories. Wei make your lady fed extra special. One-tor-one offer on standard dnnks and fashion show So bring her over. Every Thursday and be a i*" •*>» '«t* PLAZAHoteI fashioned Mfltt.
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      313 26 GET THAI-ED UP Sawasdee' Chatterbox greets you and welcomes you within Us doors to savour Thai buffet So make yourself available for Thai food and be sumptuously rewarded Date OtioW-17. 1993 LUNCH DINNER Time Noon 2JOpm 7pm tOpm Price 118 SO**(Adult) S2O 50**( Adult) Sl2oo**(Cbild under 10yn) Sl2oo**(Cbild under lOyn)
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Music from the underground
      338 27 International trade body IFPI unearths startling statistics after toting up the fortunes raked in by music pirates Reuter. Bloomberg Business News THE ESTIMATED retail value of pirated music of Madonna. Michael Jackson and other singers sold in 61 countries around the world soared to US$2.l billion
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      Lock icon No needle in a haystack
      431 27 Searching for one book among 15 million in the British Library's printed catalogues will soon be history AP THE BRlTfcH\Library launched its OS-funded computer catalogue on Tuesday to give free public access to the listing of its 15 million volumes. Sir Anthony Kenny, a philosopher
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      Lock icon Winona doesn't live here anymore
      510 27 CHATTERBOX AP Reuter AP AP AFP DID Winona Ryder forget her address? The actress is being sued for U5593,600 (S$ 148,800) for allegedly backing out of a lease on an apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side. John and Anne Janus said in court papers that
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      99 27 CAPERS hottest pick-up place. Caper's Smart Lunch. At only $18.50**, it's also a smart choice. For you will enjoy the best of Asian favourites and Continental delights while soaked in the absolute comfort and plushness of The Regent. Capers, the pick of smart lunches. the OZemit Singapore A Four Seasons
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      1205 27 TV RADIO The Ballet Theatre. the Kirov Ballet the Ballet perform selections from HHVVf# Don Quixote. The Pi|i -f Mai IX 9b and Romeo unci Juliet. yW m JHW(* choreography by Mikhail Bar- i*wt£. IUPLJr^"" and Marius atp* The Prize, Bpm, SBC 12 the |H^ was fear a id ■B
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon Malaysian inventors have the last laugh
      619 28  -  Creativity across the Causeway is ringing in the ringgit, Helen Chang discovers Helen Chang A TOOTHBRUSH that is held upright rather than sideways. A car door that re-locks itself, even after an intruder has tampered with it. A lamp that lights up simply by
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    • Article
      Lock icon New design for four-wheel antilock brakes excites Wall Street
      434 28 NYT After air bags, which are gradually becoming standard equipment on every vehicle built in the US, four-wheel antilock braking systems or ABS, as they are commonly known are the fastest-growing new automotive safety device. They are also the reason for
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    • IN TAKES
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        Ultra-pure water on tap for industry
        79 28 SINGAPORE For industrial users needing ultra-pure water at short notice, Singapore firm Chemitreat Pte Ltd has an answer it will drive the treatment system to the customer. Chemitreat is marketing the Mobile DI System, which is incorporated into a 40-foot air-conditioned container. The system
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        Lock icon Walking test for heart patients
        77 28 UPI PHILADELPHIA How far heart patients walk in six minutes can help doctors predict which people are at greatest risk of death or hospitalisation, researchers reported on Tuesday. Dr Vera Bittner of the University of Alabama in Birmingham said performance on a regimented six-minute walk
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        Lock icon Tobacco scientists refute report
        75 28 UPI PHILADELPHIA Tobacco industry scientists are refuting a recent medical report linking second-hand smoke with development of pre-cancerous lesions. In four letters to the editors of the Journal of the American Medical Association, industry-backed researchers criticised the original report by DrDimitrios Trichopoulos of the Harvard School
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      37 28 \u *The infamous and lethal X.O.Beer is now exclusively available on draught, at Orang Utan. in Jiak Kim Street (at a rather wimpish 9% alcohol, owing to the extremely uncomfortable floor). X.O. Beer. Take it lying down.
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  • THE LAW PAGE
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      US lawyers come under scrutiny
      1172 29  -  Linda Himelstein in New York reports on how businessmen are trying to prevent their lawyers from overcharging them Linda Himelstein Lawyers with Bcndini, Lambert Locke lived the high life in John Grisham's summerfilm blockbuster The Firm, dining at chic restaurants and hobnobbing at exclusive country
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      Anamah Tan to run for Society president
      238 29 IF all goes well for Mrs Anamah Tan. she could become only the second woman president of the Law Society of Singapore. The first was Ms Phyllis P L Tan who reigned for a year in 1979. But first Mrs Tan has to
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      Negligence claims cost almost $lm
      308 29  -  AT THE ME' By Conrad Raj THE Law Society has settled almost a million dollars in claims against negligent lawyers in the two years of the compulsory Professional Indemnity Insurance scheme. Between April 1 1991 and Mar 31 this year, six claims were settled for
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      139 29 Singapore Preview: The Oriental Hotel, 5, Raffles Avenue, Singapore 16-17 October, 1993 10:30a.m.-6:00p.m. Sales: Hong Kong, at the Hilton Hotel 24 October Contemporary Chinese Oil Paintings Fine 19th 20th Century Chinese Paintings Fine Chinese Works of Art and Snuff Bottles 25 October Fine Chinese Ceramics, Jade Carvings and Jadeite Jewellery
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      278 29 PING feSf I 3v** 'Jjf' JZSfkitESi' m W Jr Available In Stainless Steel of Grapnite Shaft^ Color Coded I rons S Karsten Manufacturing ■Bff 1!!l 9i rVUnr r>w*> nhf*t Corporation's newest iron the uuuc juuuiiui i m PINS 3HHK has an entirely W c |y!| new look and feel As
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  • Article
    Yeltsin's word of honour
    557 30 EDITORIAL JAPANESE Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa's statement that Russian President Boris Yeltsin had given his word that he would honour a 1956 declaration by the Soviet Union to return the two smallest of the four disputed north Pacific islands does not amount to much. The future
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • Article
      Let the law take its course
      226 30 WHATEVER DEFENCE lawyers may mount against limiting one-person law firms, they must know that the climate of reform is gathering against them. It is plain that the government is anxious that solo firms be reduced to a number the market can sustain. The rationale
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      Let Palestinians run the show
      166 30 WE HOPE that the people who claim to be in charge of Israel and its army, really are. The split between the right and the left in Israel is well documented and control of the Israeli army, both of the top ranks and the troops,
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    • Article
      Hope surfacing in Somalia
      192 30 SAVING A NATION, even from itself, is a laudable task, but often thankless and tough. Mr Clinton has set a six-month deadline for a full US pullout from Somalia. But this restriction has not stopped a debate that Somalia could prove to be "another Vietnam" for
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      Faster delivery of justice
      168 30 SINGAPOREANS are lucky. Besides the police force that has been very professional and effective in solving crimes, we have the courts that constantly work to improve their effectiveness. A long waiting period seems to be over. Criminal and civil cases can now be heard within four
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      A visit of little substance
      168 30 JAPAN, which claims to care for "human rights and democracy," is certainly in a quandary faced with a guest who had ordered the bombing of a parliament building. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had also criticised Mr Boris Yeltsin sharply for the act, which resembled
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    • Article
      The East has awoken
      159 30 With the economic and power centre moving away from the West to the East (or South), the West is caught in the awful dilemma of continuously falling between two stools, how to do the right thing, how to hold on to power, how to act and
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  • Article
    How Uncle Sam can get friendlier with Asia
    1136 30  -  William Clark Jr says the US lacks a unifying theme showing it to be a leader with a vision, rather than a big power trying to have its way in Asia William Clark Jr The writer, a former US Assistant Secretary of
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      48 30 r goes on a house hunt How much are private properties going for? Should you buy now, or later? House Hunt gives you the actual transacted prices of all private property sold in Singapore each month. j have a clear view 9iMojk*omm Mm Get your October issue now
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      90 30 eve&vcNe- ne£e uoudp*Y P«*> i*m Tea. To£. FM-L TV*\T PGP*N I FOR TUC SOO>JD OF WUMP\M J Rzcro thel. p**o oM»-rnhj&) Vvocc..... fc &HGI£.PCT-'U... 7 TX I^**os»A e assooatvo new»r*>«w in>. itu-itu WL_ DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU OKAY. BEFORE YOU GENTS SIR, rn A NAVAL AVIA- AFTER AHARP NO,UEUTEN- LZT/hzbf HEAPOFFTOPARTY,
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Taiwan: heading towards 2000 with confidence
      1534 31  -  Interview with President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan In a recent interview, Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui told FLORENCE CHONG that although Taiwan faces a challenging time ahead, he believes that the "many democratic and economic reforms" that have been instituted in recent years will equip
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      To be, or not to be, a republic?
      831 31  -  Florence Chong explains the reasons behind the Australian dilemma Florence Chong The writer is Hl"\ Sydney C 'orresfxmilcnt Australia is struggling with an identity crisis. What should it be? An independent republic with no links to its past or should it preserve
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      The scholarly president
      269 31 AN international!)-noted agricultural economist, Lee Teng-hui, 69, became president of Taiwan in 1988. following the death of President Chiang Ching-kuo. Educated at Japan's Kyoto Imperial University, Mr Lee returned to I aiwan in 1946, the year after Taiwan's retrocession to enrol in the Department of Agricultural Economics
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    Lock icon Yeltsin says Russian troops on disputed isles will go
    454 32 AFP, Reuter TOKYO President Boris Yeltsin promised yesterday that he would gradually withdraw all Russian troops stationed on four north Pacific islands claimed by Japan. He said that only border guards would remain on the islands, the focus of decades of
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  • Article
    Lock icon Russian PM rejects talk of combined polls
    310 32 Reuter MOSCOW Russian President Boris Yeltsin flew home from a visit to Japan yesterday, apparently determined to stamp out confusion among his advisers over when to hold new elections following his showdown with the conservative Parliament. At a Tokyo news conference, Mr Yeltsin
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    Lock icon More political control of the Fed would be a mistake: Greenspan
    283 32 AP WASHINGTON Putting the Federal Reserve under greater political control would be "a major mistake" that could endanger the American economy with inflation and financial instability. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, squaring ofT against House Banking Committee chairman Henry
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    Lock icon Rao cleared of graft charge as bureau drops probe
    220 32 UPI NEW DELHI India's premier investigative agency has cleared Premier P V Narasimha Rao of bribery charges by dropping the probe against him. even as opposition parties call it a "brazen attempt to shield the prime minister". The charges were dropped
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    Workers must face up to realities of job market
    965 32  -  The Bottom Line AMY BALAN AMY BALAN The writer is a BT senior correspondent on attachment with the Philadelphia Inquirer under an SPH-Knight-Ridder programme JULIE Stoiber said she would teach first graders, perhaps work as a temporary secretary. There is nothing
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    Lock icon Israel, PLO take new steps towards peace
    233 32 Reuter, AFP CAIRO Israel and the PLO took new steps towards peace yesterday, after a century of conflict, opening detailed talks on Palestinian self-rule and vowing to meet a tight timetable for Israel to withdraw from Gaza and Jericho. A Liaison Committee headed
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  • Shipping Times
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      HK pips S'pore as world's busiest container port
      525 33  -  Colony riding high on the strong growth of southern China By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Hongkong has oncc again nosed ahead of Singapore as the world's busiest container port. For the seven months ended July, the colony lifted 5.03 million 20-foot equivalent units
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      LA still the busiest US box port
      385 33  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE The Californian port of Los Angeles has maintained its position as the busiest US container gateway. In the year to June 30, Worldport LA handled 2,311.463 20-foot equivalent units up 7.3 per cent from the 1992 figure of 2,154,890
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      851 33 Page Col ABC Containerlinc 12 I Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrcnkicl Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 I •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bank Line. The 9
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      Myanmar carrier to start feeder service to S'pore
      196 33 SINGAPORE Myanmar national carrier Five Star Line will launch a dedicated containerised feeder service between Singapore and Yangon in December. The line is likely to kick ofT the service by calling at the two ports once every 12 days, using a chartered
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      Lock icon Black gold turned waste
      51 33 AFP ATHENS Workers on Tuesday cleaning up a 4.8-km long oil slick caused by the Greek-owned tanker lliade which ran aground off Pylos in the Peloponnesian peninsula on Monday. Ministry officials reported two separate oil spills from the ship, which was transporting 82,000 tonnes of oil.
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      Lock icon US ports want corridors for overweight boxes
      327 33 International Transport Journal LOS ANGELES The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach together with shippers are urging the introduction of corridors for the transport of overweight containers in their area. They fear the loss of container traffic to ports in Washington state
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      Lock icon Chinese ports handle more cargo
      207 33 Lloyd List BEIJING Major Chinese coastal ports handled 423 million tons of cargo in the first eight months of this year. 12.5 per cent more than during the same period in 1992. The figures were released by China's State Statistics Bureau and China Daily said
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        498 34 Vessel Vgy No Berth Arrival Dcpvtwe Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departwe iurong Port Al Mutoraq JOIN P06 1410/0X00 14.10/2355 Asian Mau 09/93 J8/9 alongside 1410/0700 A»rt Gl 271/93 P09B 14.10/2300 15 10/2300 Om Gwu 10/2/93 O alongside 14.10/2100 Art Came. 18A P088 14.10/2200 1710/0600 On Sempurna
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1514 34 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookini/Balance Rdts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACX Rose 4S6 15/2000 1 13/1500 13/1659 13/1900 2 13/1700 14/0659 14/0900 3 14/0700 14/1159 14/1400 4 14/1200 14/1459 14/1700 KXVMI
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11631 42 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 Pcnang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3288 47 C ontaineriiue NV: Belsin Shpg Agenaes Pte Ltd (SVManne Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SyAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). A Alls Business Corporation Philippine Calsource Shpg A Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenkiei lint Service Kjm Shpg Trdg (S). Albatros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte
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      COURIER SERVICES
      274 47 Abacus Comers Td: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Travel Td: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: 542-3716, *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier Td: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Td: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Link International Td: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Clnster Link Supplies A Services
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      2601 48 ALBANIA Duress: Eight vessels in port of which 1 loading chrome ore. 1 discharging bagged rice. 1 discharging bulk wheat. 1 butter. 2 bagged flour. 1 bagged cement, I bagged sugar, vessels in roads awaiting berth: 2 bagged flour, 2 cement, 1 bulk wheat. ANGOLA Luanda: Two fishing
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      1343 48 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES DESPITE continued purchasing interest there are only a limited number of sales coming to light last week. Again on the dry cargo side the major interest surrounds the handy size sector where a number of sales have been reported. However buyers remain active in the other
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      555 48 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Flight Type ETA T Froi Op Flight Typt ETP T To TODAY TODAY KAL KE697 B747F 0150 I SEL KAL KE697 B747F 0440 1 BKK SI A SQ827 B747F 1730 2 CPH/DXB SIA SQ/ B747F 0715 2 DXB/LON CLX CV794 B747F 1845 1 LUX/DXB
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      307 48 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Arr Dtp Name of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of Calk Port Agent Telephone No OCTOBER 15 15 Coral Princcss 1700 2015 Cruise to Nowhere Scmjom Agencics 227-8284 17 17 Caledonian Star 0700 2000 SEA Cruise Harpers Shpg 221-1148 17 17 Coral Princcss 1100 1800 Sin-Port
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      853 49 KEY grain rates were indicated as mixed on Tuesday, although a recent request by Russia for freight to move 400,000 tonnes of corn still remained a supportive factor, brokers said. One 52,000-tonne cargo of heavy grain was reported for a US Gulf/Japan trip, at US$24 basis combination ports.
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      834 49 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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      198 49 Title: Air Traffic Control Supervisor Duration: Oct 18-29 Organiser: Singapore Aviation Academy, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Tel: For further details/registration contact Mr Ong Yew Leng/Mrs Pang-Neo Guan Hwa at 065-540-6247/065-540-6216 or fax: 065-542-9890. Title: Fundamental in Shipping Practice Procedures Duration: Oct 20 21 Organiser Traffic Management Consultants, Singapore
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      1311 50  -  The biggest contribution to ridding the seas quickly of substandard ships may lie in the Enhanced Hull Survey, writes lan Middleton Ian Middleton Seatrade Review F, and this is always a big "if* in shipping, the EnI hanced Hull Survey (EHS) introduced by the Intema-
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        336 52  -  Boeing official predicts sustained growth led by Asia-Pacific carriers From Ramesh Divyanathan in SEATTLE THE air transport industry is poised to recover next year and begin a period of sustained growth if the Japanese and European economies bounce back, a Boeing Company executive predicts.
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        44 52 AFP EVERETT, Washington Lim Chin Beng (left), deputy chairman of Singapore Airlines (SIA), watching a traditional lion dance on Monday during ceremonies at the Boeing plant here to commemorate the delivery of the I,oooth Boeing 747 to SIA. AFP
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        558 52 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Community is to begin scrapping airport passport controls in December but, with some countries not taking part and others straggling in later, passengers and airport officials are likely to be confused. The nine EC countries that have
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        188 52 AFP NOUMEA French national air carrier Air France has given the rights to several of its Pacific regional routes to Air Caledonia International (ACI), a senior official of the regional airline said yesterday. Under an agreement reached by the two firms.
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        242 52 AFP TOKYO Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd announced on Tuesday two agreements to expand its product-sharing relationship with Isuzu Motors Co Ltd, a troubled affiliate of General Motors Corp of the US. Both companies will supply each other with additional models in the
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        302 52 Reuter FRANKFURT Deutsche Lufthansa AG chief executive Juergen Weber said he was confident that the airline would reach its goal of halving its losses in 1993. "For this year I can say that I am very sure that we will reach our goal,"
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          103 52 AFP BANGKOK Myanmar declared on Tuesday another area of its southern territorial waters off-limits to all ships because of seismic oil exploration operations, state-run Radio Yangon said. Texaco Exploration Myanmar Co, a joint venture oil exploration firm set up by state-owned Myanmar Oil and Natural
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          69 52 Reuter PARIS Travellers in France were forced to postpone their journeys by 24 hours as French workers went on strike on Tuesday. This billboard at Roissy Airport gave a list of cancelled Air France flights to Nice and Geneva. Public service workers' unions called for a one-day
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          78 52 Knight-Ridder KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian national oil firm Petronas has chartered six coastal tankers to transport petroleum products from its Malacca refinery to distribution depots, a spokesman said yesterday. The Malacca refinery is expected to come on stream in 1994 and will have a refining capacity of
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          106 52 Knight-Ridder SEOUL An official with South Korea's Export-Import Bank said on Tuesday no agreement has been reached to provide a loan to Teheran to buy oil tankers. The loan is being hampered by insurance problems. Iran is seeking about USS36O million (*****.4 million) to
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          117 52 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Cathay Pacific Airways said on Tuesday it selected Japanese electronics group Matsushita Electric Industrial to provide the cabin entertainment systems for more than 20 new aircraft that will come into service from early 1995. The contract award is only one of
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          86 52 NYT WASHINGTON A US towboat pilot involved in the worst train wreck in Amtrak's history was lost in a pre-dawn fog without a compass or nautical charts when his vessel rammed a railroad bridge, and could have averted the accident if he had promptly
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        1702 52 City FHgM ETA CTD Abu Dhabi GF146 1120 GA985 1420 GF147 1850 AiMaHto QF81 1930 QF82 2050 SQ228 2120 RJ183 0005 Amsterdam GA975 1140 KL832 0020 KL837 1540 SQ324 2345 SQ323 1815 SQ26 2359 Auckland SQ288 2030 SQ288 2015 SQ286 2035 Bahrain Gf 148 0905 Sari
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      134 33 Pay up or ship out, Page 18 mmmmm——h INTRA-ASIA DISCUSSION AGREEMENT I^— All shippers and consignees are hereby informed that the lines listed hereunder have implemented the Yen Appreciation Surcharge (YAS) on all FCLexport shipments from Singapore to Japan with effect from Ist October 1993. YAS will be borne by
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      182 34 RELOCATION OF OUR CFS KINDLY NOTE THAT WITH EFFECT FROM 15TH OCTOBER 1993, N.Y.K. LINE WILL RELOCATE ITS CFS FROM THE CURRENT PREMISES AT MBI TO ITS NEW PREMISES AT "KEPPEL DISTRIPARK" (KD). FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING:EXPORT LCL CARGO WILL RE RECEIVED AT "KD" FROM
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      1942 35 U. S. A. /CANADA NEXT AVAILABLE SAILINGS SL DEVELOPER V.194E ETA SIN 18TH OCT 1993 MARIE MAERSK V.9308 ETA SIN 19TH OCT 1993 ANNA MAERSK V.9316 ETA SIN 20TH OCT 1993 V«SS* Voy ETA ETD Feete by SL r trT' Xl DESTINATIONS Tht* m« MAPtt maersk 9306 10 0600 MRS
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      599 36 nn FCL Breakbulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN M&M Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for all services C.I.S.- Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Baku, Irkutsk, Alma Ata North Korea t Vietnam t Mongolia Hungary CSFR t Poland oowrans AGENCIES (FAR EAST) LTD NOUAKCHOTT-BANJUL-BISSAU-LUANDA-BAT A Feeder Ve»»el ETA SIN
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      1237 36 NORASIA NORASIA AL MANSOORAH 9339 3 16/10 03/U 06/11 07/11 07/11 08/11 09/11 11/11 12/11 13/U I NORASIA PRINCESS 9340 3 21/10 10/11 13/11 14/11 14/11 15/11 16/11 18/11 19/11 20/11 I NORASIA SUN 9341-3 28/10 17/11 20/11 21/11 21/11 22/11 23/11 25/11 26/11 27/11 I NORASIA PEARL 9342-3 04/11
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      2020 37 W mi STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD mms' 10 Hoc Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****8* Fax: *****17 new guinea pacific line EUAlififllifilAUMHßlAUaAMillaliMiUMaH (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) CARGO* Dot SAILS RAJAH HtOOKE V2s€ Muari Lab. KK 13-14 Oct IS Oct It Oct FCL. LCL CONTAINER AND
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      2701 37 SINGAPORE AGENT: PStO P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd v' > I m W 3 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 Keppel Towers. Singapore 0208 -w Tel: 225 2233 Telex: RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 Y CR Number: **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL VOV 'MM 'NO MM ALQSOU ANT HOT
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      740 38 i|\ EKA JAYA AGENCIES TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE |~MYAWMAR THAD€ PAPER HANOPHONC/PtRECT w«j.iam wei uigta maw hwb_— H.». TAK/MANOJ HH7B 11 HlHin T"" ho cm mwM city IBABfi HMWYHOt m—fIMMM W-K-kowg =—raw7WHWW KtLVWi CHAM 2HWM 1MM722/MM2M kTO MYANMAR/YANGON g SEMI CONTAINER wMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmdr SERVICE M
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      1928 38 (g) HANJIN SHIPPING] FOR VSI SM LM| HAU. StA PCI FOR VSI SIN IK HAU. SAV IM NYC HANJIN IIHAVRE 02X 14/10 OWCT 4/11 1/11 HANJK lEHAW 0231 14/10 R LONG®ACM 04SC 11/11 IJ/11 21/11 HAN UN MASAN 0801 21/10 DKCT 11/11 13/11 HAIUN MASAN OMt 21/10 H A»»CA 01U
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      2112 39 Shipping Times, Thursday October 14 1993 ll NEPTUNE ALEXANDRITE 07W l| II T*T* JII ETA SGP 18/10/93 H II =55 ETA RDM 03/11/93, FLX 04/11/93, II BRE 06/11/93, LEH 08/11/93 P|| EXPORT TO: PSW/PNW SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (SCX) TO: USWC US GULP MIDWEST USEC CANADA vaY gl LOS OAK VAN
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      1277 39 "O SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHAPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BALT ORIENT LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 ENQUIRIES: *****33 IBLASCO ODESSA: *****51/*****31/*****13 INVENTORY: *****45 INWARD: *****81 OUTWARD: *****80 TRANSHIPMENT: *****78 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 CR NO:
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      1339 40 44 __M AS AGENTS "K" LMI (SMGAFQK) PTE LTD (CT No: **********0 M) K TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 ■A T T lkT IS* MALAYSIA: 1" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON INO Mm TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 I A INDONESIA: P.T. SAHANA
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      718 40 PHI LI Ott If NT LINGS PTC LTD 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 Tel. *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION AUSTRAUA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 18 OCT SYDNEY. MELBOURNE, BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 20 OCT AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON, NEW PLYMOUTH, NAPIER,
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      325 40 GOLDEN LINE A IVQV GUAM GUAM SHPPMG ICSXV (PTE) LTD 23. T*k Apr Strttt SKUNK IIM TU ***** M (U IMS) fn: *****44 (CR N* IIimSMMW) BTKAJTB/FEMLAM OPLF »MTICI Spore P Mang Penang COLDEH KM Karachi, Mka W22 Od 60UW WRIEST Karachi Onto Od qmii ««»TIC» GOLDEN WMO Ch.ru Ports
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      933 41 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I SSSSSSSS wM CR NO **********06 I I I VESSEL VOY SIN CMS JW JED AOJ ADE MOO PZU ASA B KOTA BERK AT BKTOOI 20/10 2S/10 1/11 S/11 4/11 S/tl 0/11 I KOTA WIRAWAN WRNO33
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      1154 41 VESStIS ypT STOW HAABUK6 ROTTERDAM ANTWERP THAIKS U HMtYI WLU P' HQULA 7530W 17/10 W/ll U/ll 13/11 14/11 WLLI PI TUCANA W3OW 22/10 10/11 20/11 2kii u n 23/11 Will PI CANOPUS 0730W 30/10 24/11 20/11 27/11 20/11 20/11 wm at tan os/n 03/12 w/12 I Q«/i2 1 07/12 00/12
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      453 41 BSA A mm MYANMA «BBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore P.KIg Pen P.6df PA THEM VI2SW In Port MAGNAY V29W 11/20 Oct MYTTKm* V4B4W 17/19 Oct PAGAN V2OIW 11/20 Oct HPA-AN VI96W 71 30 Oct MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAD SHPPOK AGENCXS KUL TEL 03-*****00 PKL
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      55 43 17C VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD Q Established Since 1964 OCEANIA PORTS REGULAR GROUPAGE LCL consolidation AUCKLAND SYDNEY IMPORT &T EXPORT IIAIIBIII MELBOURNE FREWANFLE SERVICES FOR BOOKING 8e SAILING SCHEDULE. CALL THE TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE. VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD VISA LCL CONSOL PTE LTD TOLL-FREE TEL: 1800-*****66 TOLL-FREE TEL:
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      2590 44 Full Container Liner Services <**»««■« Costor Shipping He Ltd W«>Mi<—«*•« Jl^iouo iS ,s IsSSr"— sr.®"— jingjporr v*v/ »-r- |ara .u 1.1.. BtflUM t-L pL mZ7 fart** 226 1833 Tot 337 2441 (4 Lm«/ 33S 5594 £?!L., WS Anfcafc 22S IMO Te/. 368 8.06 DO- 226 1940 156, Ist Floor, Virion*
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      572 45 I /g FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES I 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 I HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) I GOTHENBURG/SCAN 18/10 ROTTERDAM 11 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 18/10 HAMBURG/BREMEN 18/10 I MARSEILLE/FRANCE 17/10 FELIXSTOWE/UK 10/10 I BARCELONA/SPAIN 17/10 LEHAVRE/FRAWCE 18/10 I GENOA/ITALY 10/10 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 18/10 I LOS ANGELES/WC/M 17/10 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 16/10
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      843 45 ■MH a CHAIYA BHUM 21» Fri 15/10 Tim 10/10 IDF 21*5 Ffi IVM- —si- -Hfl*- I 1 BKK I akabhum 212& hLJiaJUML PtHKASA 89H EcL_ JSOfl- -DM- Mj l Mon tt/10 1 WANABHUM «0S Wgd_ 20/10 Sat a RAJA_BHUM 100N W« M- |1 CHAIYA BHUM 228 Fri 22/10 Tw 20/10
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      216 45 Guaranteed Sailings to: BANGKOK LAEM CHABANG JAKARTA PORT KELANG j •HO CHI MINH MANILA CEBU j •SURABAYA PENANG HONGKONG We also serve other ports: USA, EUROPE f CHINA AND ALL DESTINATIONS j I^^^TICHFItI^SSRMI^ISSciEsTs^T^^D UTEL: *****33 (12 Lines) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) \W\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National
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      413 45 DONGNAMA LINE I j■ COHTWNBWB) IUHJICE »»wAfTI/m. ywi SK PNG M ft BSK HC ru.sou mm 21/11 23/ ie 25/14 vu 7/11 SAROMC TIMO 27/11 38/1# 31/11 2/11 12/11 14/U HONGKONG aORT V3UH 4/11 C/U »/ll "/ll MKUM V3OSM 11/11 13/11 M/ll 1»/11 21/11 2t/U TUBUS *312* 11/11 21/11 22/11
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      1413 46 IPkAfIMN CONTAINER LINES I I ;rv-/\~ ~|Ag«nt»: MAC-NELB WORK: WWW (M LINES) Mf I. Willi SOU (o*4) 3WI7S KUOHINO (082) *****3 figznfts&r, gg.r across. OUR CFS/WAREHOUSE PBI WILL BE MOVING TO: KEPPEL DISTRIPARK BLK 519 #01-111 TEL: *****77 (UNCHANGED) ON: 16.10.93 (SATURDAY) INDOJAYA SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD J Vnnl eta/etd
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      179 46 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND I TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD n» n» n* SWK N»T KOAKG rOHM HUE INK 25/10 loading for Mate RUVU HUDHU 22/10 Oischjipnt tni loading to» Bombay DOIfMR 20/10 lt/lt loading for Mate ram sum* 20/10 loading For Mate i—trim SMUD loading for Male rtOGittss LMarr ii/
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      855 46 THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD 1 Mi 78 SHENTOH MAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 I TEL: 227-50 M FAX: 227-6011 I I TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOT S POKE ICST VESSEL VOT S PORE PEST EQUATOR 111 103/3E 17 OCT KUCHING
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      23 49 EYE ON THE TIGERS Nobody covers East Asia like we do. The Region. Everyday. TV SINGAPORE P 1 1 BusincssTimcs WB KNOW AHA
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      590 50 1 lllSlSlAlillal— WORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA I VIGOUR LIKOH 64M8 15/10/93 23/10/93 MONDAY VIGOUR LUZOiI 64ANB 18/10/93 23/IQ/93 VIGOUR PACfIC 23M8 22/10/93 30/10/93 VIGOUR PACfic 29M8 25/10/93 30/10/93 I PORT KLANG/PENANG FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE PORT KLAN6 PENANG VIGOUR MPANAO 9323N8 15/10/93 IVIO/93
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      362 50 @APPENSHIP (2\ HAMBURG [TiJ CONVENTIONAL ft INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA ANO FAR EAST VESSELS IOMWK PORTS MSCHMGE/LOAOMG FOR GLIDER HAMBURG SLD SPORE 15/10. JKT 20/10 AGAMEMNON BREMERHAVEN 8/9 SPORE 18/10 YOU MING 23.09.93 SPORE 28/10. BKK 2/11 KOALA CONTAINER LINE STORE ax HAM ROT LEH DKK
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