The Business Times, 21 October 1993

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Thursday October 21 1993 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow Jones up 2.52 points
      74 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stocks were slightly higher at mid-session yesterday, continuing their week-long consolidation in what analysts said was investor uncertainty about the durability of recent gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 2.52 points at 3,637.84 at 1 pm EDT. But
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      Lock icon US threatens Japan with sanctions
      58 1 AFP WASHINGTON US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor threatened Japan yesterday with sanctions beginning Nov 1 if Tokyo persists in refusing to allow foreign companies to bid on government contracts. Negotiations on the dispute over access to public works projects are ongoing and were expected to
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    108 1 Stock market indices Wednesday Change STII 2.095.84 -12.42 K.LSE Composite 922.95 -3.21 Nikkei 20.173.42 +103.51 Hang Seng 8.902.80 +41.39 SET Index 1,157.8 -3.07 Jakarta Composite ...463.09 +3.06 CLSA China B 1.051.97 -13.14 AustAllOrd 2.051.7 -23.8 FTSE 100 3.156.3 26.7 Wednesday Proiom Ipm dose Dow Jones 3,637.84 2.52 Exchange
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    Philippine market at record high
    151 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Regional stock markets yesterday turned in a mixed bag of performances, with the Singapore, Malaysian and Thai markets going through technical corrections and the Philippine market soaring to a new record close. In Singapore, profit-taking throughout most of the day sent
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    Chase Manhattan pulls out of retail banking in S'pore
    595 1  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE The curtains will fall on Chase Manhattan Bank's retail banking operations here, triggering another one of its many retrenchments in Singapore in the past few years. About 80 staff will lose their jobs and retrenchment packages are
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    880,000 applications received for Telecom A shares
    343 1  -  By Corinne Kerk SINGAPORE More than 880,000 applications for Singapore Telecom's Group A shares have been received by yesterday afternoon. The Ministry of Finance said in a statement last night that it had far exceeded the target of doubling the number of Singaporean
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    Stay off C shares, novices told
    116 1 SINGAPORE The government yesterday advised Singaporeans unfamiliar with share investments or with the tender system to stick to Singapore Telecom's Group A and B shares and stay out of C shares. A statement from the Finance Ministry yesterday said the 550 million Group C
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    Trial of five charged with breaching OSA begins today
    456 1  -  By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE The trial of five men charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act begins today in the Subordinate Courts. The five men face a total of 11 charges of breaching the OSA in connection with a Business Times
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    S'pore firm files patents for flat video displays
    354 1  -  By Bernard Chew SINGAPORE Homegrown computer assembler and exporter Jans Computers has filed for a number of patents relating to its flat television and computer displays designed by its Moscow-based research team. The designs for a flat cathode display, a magnetic bubble
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    Former MD of UCM to be charged for false profits report
    510 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR THE CONTROLLING shareholder of a Malaysian ai conditioner manufacturer will be charged tomorrow for false reporting of the company's last financial results, the first such case in the country's corporate history. Tan Kim
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      34 1 Hock Lock Siew: Pg n The Hotel Props fiasco Three US banks have downgraded in S'pore, Pg 16 Processing of applications a mammoth task, Pg 11 Entry form for BT share contest, Pg 30
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Fast-food sales soar
        302 2  -  By A J Leow THE catering index led by brisk sales at fast-food outlets rose 1.6 per cent in August over July. Overall, the catering trade expanded by 9.2 per cent compared with August last year. The latest figures from the Department of Statistics also estimated August
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      SMEs to set up largest furniture retail store
      412 2  -  By Helen Chang SINGAPORE'S smaller furniture companies are banding together to set up the country's largest furniture retail store. The Furniture Mall, which will cost an estimated $3.5 million to develop, will help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) compete by combining rental
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      Producer of Cats, Phantom plans S'pore unit to tap regional market
      391 2  -  By Helen Chang THE PRODUCER of hit musicals Cats. Phantom of the Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar plans to set up a Singapore subsidiary to tap the fast-growing South-east Asia region. The head of The Really Useful Group (RUG),
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      Asia-Pacific visitors biggest Visa card spenders
      409 2  -  By Corinne Kerk IN THE 12 months to June this year, the largest average foreign Visa card transaction in Singapore came from AsiaPacific visitors. Heading the list are the Filipinos with an average card transaction of U*****.22. In second place are Thai visitors with
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      364 2 You may have been unable to get your Straits Times, Sunday Times, LianHe Zaoßao and other daily newspapers from your usual newsstand because of the higher demand lately. To ensure a daily copy, call Customer Services Section on 1800-749-2577, and ask for home or office delivery service. ►M '3t'' With
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon M'sian manufacturing output expected to grow 7.5pc in second half
      518 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Output of the Malaysian manufacturing sector is forecast to grow by 7.5 per cent for the second half of 1993, from 3.2 per cent registered during the first half, according to the Industrial Trends Survey. The report
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      Lock icon Vietnam's industrial output up, inflation down
      422 3 AFP, AP HANOI Vietnam's industrial production grew strongly during the first nine months of 1993 and inflation was the lowest in seven years, but a US$2OO million (Ss3l4 million) trade deficit marred the economic picture. The 12.3 per cent increase in industrial production, compared
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      Lock icon Suharto calls for wider civilian participation in national life
      280 3 Reuter JAKARTA President Suharto, who has led Indonesia for more than a quarter of a century, called yesterday for wider public participation in facets of national life once dominated by the military. Mr Suharto was addressing the opening session of a
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      Philippine economy set for dramatic take-off: Ramos
      493 3  -  From Al Labita in MANILA THE Philippines. Asean's economic laggard, is now poised for a dramatic economic take-off. President Fidel Ramos told foreign journalists yesterday that an improved economic and political climate had enhanced the country's growth prospects. "The playing field of free
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      Lock icon Ramos denies having second family
      186 3 Reuter MANILA Philippine President Fidel Ramos yesterday denied having a "second family" or using a government agency to punish a newspaper which published allegations of an affair with a Manila socialite. The former police-general faced questioning about claims of an affair with former beauty queen
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      Lock icon South Korean investors run into labour trouble in China
      442 4 AFP BEIJING Industrial action by Chinese workers demanding better terms from foreign-fund-ed ventures is increasing, but few investors have been plagued by as much labour discontent as South Korean investors in China. Between 1985 and the end of June, South Korean
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      Lock icon Comic book on Aids for teenagers
      60 4 AFP HONGKONG A young woman reading Hongkong's first comic book on the fatal Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) as it went on sale this week in newspaper and magazine stands. The book, which aims at clearing up misunderstanding about the disease, is meant for
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      Lock icon Chinese govt plans new controls on payrolls
      109 4 AP BEIJING The Chinese government announced yesterday it was re-establishing control over company payrolls, apparently in an effort to reduce inflationary wage increases. The official Xinhua news agency said all Chinese companies, no matter whether state-owned or private, must submit their payroll budgets
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      Lock icon Crackdown in China nets 3.5b yuan in unpaid taxes
      206 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China has declared initial success in a crackdown on tax evaders launched in July, saying that by the end of September it recovered 3.5 billion yuan (5947 million) in unpaid taxes, an official newspaper reported. The English-language
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      Lock icon China, Britain open 14th round of talks
      257 4 AFP BEIJING China and Britain ended the first day of their 14th round of talks over Hongkong with the British negotiator. ambassador Robin McLaren. calling the atmosphere "normal and cordial". Mr McLaren said he and his Chinese counterpart Jiang Enzhu discussed arrangements for
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Private sector urged to build power plants
        78 4 Knight-Ridder KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia plans to encourage its private sector to build small power plants with capacities of 80 to 100 megawatts in the next 5 to 10 years, the state-backed Bernama news agency reported. Bernama quoted Malaysian Deputy Finance Minister Ghani Othman
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        Lock icon More Thais said to have mental illness
        77 4 Reuter BANGKOK Mental illness is spreading among Thais under stress from enormous social and economic changes, the director of a government hospital said. Between 400 and 500 people come to the hospital daily seeking treatment, most for mental illness, compared to 100 to
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        Lock icon Rightist chief kills himself over cartoon
        123 4 Reuter TOKYO A Japanese rightist leader pulled out a pair of pistols and shot himself to death at a Tokyo newspaper office on Wednesday after complaining to top executives about a cartoon he said insulted him. Police said Shusuke Nomura, leader of a party
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        Lock icon Empress Michiko collapses
        84 4 Reuter TOKYO Japan's Empress Michiko collapsed in Tokyo yesterday during celebrations of her 59th birthday, according to Japanese news reports quoting court officials. Kyodo News Agency had quoted court officials saving the empress was unable to speak. But by last evening leading physicians said she might recover
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        Lock icon China liaison group elects 10 officials
        74 4 AFP TAIPEI The Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), charged with dealing directly with China, elected 10 high ranking government officials to its board to facilitate talks with China, the SEF chairman said. "We are in need of people to deal with a handful of
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      Lock icon Japan wants panel to speed up tax overhaul report
      317 7 Reuter TOKYO The Japanese government is urging its advisory panel on tax matters to complete its report on overhauling the tax system ahead of schedule. before Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa visits the United States next month, a Ministry' of Finance (MOF)
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      Lock icon Indian foreign reserves hit record high
      161 7 Reuter BOMBAY India's foreign exchange reserves have reached a record high in a dramatic turnaround from an acute balance of payments crisis two years ago when the country had to mortgage gold. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the central bank, reported yesterday that
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      Lock icon Delhi pledges to maintain bold programme of reforms
      421 7 Reuter NEW DELHI The Congress party of Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao pledged on Tuesday to continue its programme of bold economic reforms. saying isolation would hurt the country. "In this reforms programme, we have to take full advantage of whatever
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      Lock icon Japanese project guarantor system may be abolished
      261 7 NYT TOKYO The Construction Ministry is planning to abolish the system in which construction companies, bidding for public-works projects, serve as project completion guarantors for each other. The ministry could also adopt a system of using completion bonds issued by insurance companies, according
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      Lock icon Tokyo ruling coalition divided over political, electoral plans
      352 7 Reuter TOKYO New cracks emerged in Japan's coalition government as leaders ditTered over whether to compromise with the main opposition party on overhauling the country's corrupt political and electoral systems. "This is a problem at the very base of democracy so we're
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      Lock icon Australian senate rejects another major budget bill
      382 7 Reuter CANBERRA The Australian senate rejected a major budget bill, calling for alterations to one of its taxes. The senate, the Upper House of parliament controlled by non-government parties, objected to an ASBO million (5583.7 million) provision taxing holiday entitlements retroactively. The bill,
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Gatt talks will fail if Blair House pact is changed: Cook
      576 8 Cairns Group chief against accommodating French demands Reuter, AFP. Bloomberg Business News PARIS World trade talks will collapse if a US-European Community farm trade agreement known as Blair House is changed to meet French demands, the chairman of the
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      Lock icon US must look beyond borders and pass Nafta: economists
      520 8 Reuter KANSAS CITY The US must pass the North American Free Trade Agreement if it wishes to maintain its standing in world agriculture, a panel of economists said. Speaking at a symposium sponsored by the Kansas City Board of Trade, the
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      Lock icon Strike forces Air France to cancel §00 flights
      167 8 AP PARIS Air France cancelled about 500 flights yesterday as employees pressed ahead with a costly strike protesting against the ailing state-run airline's plans to slash jobs and wages. For the second day in a row, the strike wreaked havoc at both
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      Lock icon N-waste ship to stay in bay
      227 8 Reuter. AP MOSCOW Russia appeared to bow to international pressure yesterday when Moscow's Ecology Ministry said a tanker being loaded with nuclear waste to be dumped at sea may stay in a Far East bay. A ministry spokesman said workers had begun loading the
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Clinton retains commander's powers
        88 8 Reuter WASHINGTON President Clinton yesterday applauded a Senate vote that rcjcctcd legislation that would have restricted his powers as commander-in-chief. The Senate voted 65-33 late Tuesday to reject an amendment to a dcfcncc funding Bill that denies funds for US forces under foreign command in the
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        Lock icon US against east Europeans in Nato
        76 8 Reuter TRAVEMUENDE. Germany The United States told Nato allies yesterday it did not favour taking eastern European nations into the alliancc soon or giving them security guarantees, diplomats said. The diplomats said US Defence Secretary Lcs Aspin instead suggested that Nato should conclude bilateral
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        Lock icon German Cabinet approves S-EA drive
        66 8 AFP BONN The German Cabinet yesterday approved the government's planned diplomatic, technological and economic drive into Asia, which is aimed in particular at South-cast Asia, a government spokesman said. Chancellor Helmut Kohl had also proposed a spccial parliamentary debate on the government's "Asian concept" to
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        Lock icon US Navy intercepts freighter off Haiti
        66 8 AFP PORT-AU-PRINCE The US Navy stopped a Belize freighter ofT Haiti on Tuesday in the first interception since an international oil and arms embargo went into cfTcct. US Coast Guard members from the frigate Klakring stopped the San Antonio off Haiti and found a
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      12 8 US plans to double transport tax, trade group unhappy. Shipping Pg 22
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Kloffe's opening may make short-selling on KLSE necessary
      514 11 Short-selling on KLSE MBT KUALA LUMPUR Practical considerations dictatc that short-selling on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, a trading strategy currently prohibited, will have to be permitted to some extent when the Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (Kloffe) comes into
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      Lock icon AMC backs short-selling move
      244 11 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Shortselling of shares in a regulated manner "is a good thing so that the local bourse can become a fully matured market", says Arab-Malaysian Corporation Bhd (AMC) executive chairman Azman Hashim. He told reporters after AMC's annual general meeting here yesterday that short-sell-ing
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      Lock icon Ironsmith fined in Union Paper case
      293 11 Bernama JOHOR BARU An ironsmith was fined MS 10,000 (556,200) or two months' jail in default by the Sessions Court here yesterday for short-selling 2,000 Union Paper Holdings Bhd (UPHB) shares in June. Ho Tong Leng. 37, of Taman Perling, Johor Baru, paid the
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      Wearnes, Polytek suspension
      116 11 SINGAPORE Wearne Brothers and Polytek Wearnes yesterday requested the Stock Exchange of Singapore to suspend the trading of their shares for an additional day today. The two companies had earlier asked for a two-day suspension on Oct 19 and 20. Polytek said the new request was bccausc
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      How Hotel Properties shareholders got the rights all wrong
      843 11  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Recently, there was much confusion in the market over the trading in Hotel Properties Ltd's (HPL) nil-paid rights. The rights started trading on Monday at 50-odd cents, with the bulk of the trades done
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      Lock icon Processing of Telecom share applications a mammoth task
      497 11  -  By Joyce Quek SINGAPORE How many people does it take to process 900,000 applications'— the figure so far for Singapore Telecom Group A shares? Try 240 staff, not including volunteers, for up to 22 hours a day on 70 computer terminals. Since
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      305 11 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Oct 20 Last Sease la4e\ Stock uk Ohae (actor aoim Awmo I 900 1.29 CAC 8 200 -0 200 5.56 22.86 Ceretoos 7.000 4.74 FAN 14 900 -0 400 10.09 45.71 GF Asia 3 080 -0 080 2.09 9 14 GetiMn
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon AMC exploring ventures in construction
        282 12 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR ArabMalaysian Corporation Bhd (AMC). the financial services, industrial and plantation group, is now exploring opportunities in the construction sector. AMC executive chairman Azman Hashim said the group hoped to clinch some construction projects soon which ran into "hundreds of millions of ringgit".
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        Lock icon AMC awaits advice on bank purchase
        156 12 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Arab-Malaysian group has yet to receive any "advice" from Bank Negara over the latter's proposal to acquire a foreign bank operating in Malaysia. Arab-Malaysian Corporation Bhd (AMC) executive chairman Azman Hashim told reporters after the group's annual general meeting here
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lien Ying Chow cuts stake in OUB
          58 12 SINGAPORE Overseas Union Bank chairman Lien Ying Chow has reduced his stake in the bank from 21.78 per cent to 19.53 per cent by selling 10 million of his shares for $62 million. The sale was made by his private investment vehicle, Wah
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          Major RDC shareholders sell shares
          76 12 SINGAPORE Two of Resources Development Corporation's substantial shareholders have sold some of their shares. Teng Fuh Holdings Pte Ltd yesterday announced that it sold 500,000 RDC shares on Monday for $2.64 million while Kah Fuh Retail Pte Ltd sold 500,000 RDC shares on the same
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          Good response to Parkway warrants
          84 12 SINGAPORE Parkway Holdings has received a subscription rate of 131.2 per cent for its warrant issue. It said through its merchant banker, OCBC Bank, that it got acccptances for 68.22 million warrants, representing 97.3 per cent of the total number of warrants under the offer,
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          Lock icon Proposed acquisition by FACB is off
          99 12 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR First Allied Coip Bhd (FACB) yesterday said its proposed acquisition of 50 million shares or a 29.16 per cent equity interest in Lien Hoe Corp Bhd has lapsed. It said the conditional agreement between FACB and the vendors of Lien Hoe
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          Lock icon Chinese Estates-Evergo China project
          77 12 Reuter HONGKONG Property company Chinese Estates Holdings Ltd and its 54 per cent owner Evergo International Holdings Co Ltd have agreed to develop a US$36O million residential and commercial complex in the south China city of Guangzhou. Happy World Properties Ltd. a unit of Chinese Estates,
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          Lock icon Merger deferred for 3rd time
          62 12 AFP MANILA The electronic unification of the Philippines' two rival stock exchanges has been deferred for the third time to November 26 because of technical difficulties and differences in trading policies, a senior bourse official said yesterday. The Manila Stock Exchange and the Makati Stock
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        477 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS MaaafMi' pricn Oa 21 Insurance Fund Singapore Unit Trvst Income Bond Polio 3.11 3 95 The Commerce 1.37 1.6$ PnidWltlll The Savings Fund I SO 158 PniLmk Mgd Fund 1.33 140 Spore Prog Fund 066 069xd M S pore Set Fund 0 101 WAKA-Bufniputra S pore Invest
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        Lock icon Thai agency sells stakes in two banks at auction
        245 12 Reuter BANGKOK A Thai fund set up to danlop the country's financial institutions has sold its stake banks in a highly-competitive auction that the Bank of Thailand called a big success. The Financial Institutions Development Fund sold a 9.57 per cent
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        Lock icon MBf unit ties up with Thai firm to expand business in Thailand
        242 12 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR MBf Holdings Bhd's wholly owned subsidiary, MBf International Ltd, is to jointly develop, enhance and expand financial services business in Thailand with Sitca Investment and Securities Co. The joint venture agreement was signed yesterday in
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        Lock icon Allied shares gyrate after Cheung Kong buys stake
        155 12 Reuter HONGKONG Allied Group Ltd shares fluctuated widely after Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd notified the bourse that it bought a 15.45 per cent stake in the group last Friday. Allied is owned by Malaysian businessman Lee Ming Tee and his family. The
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        DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
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        Lock icon Samsung to sell stake in Kia, averting hostile takeover
        565 13 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's powerful Samsung Group yesterday said it will sell its stake in Kia Motors Corp, averting the controversial prospect of the nation's first hostile takeover. A Samsung spokesman said the presidents of Kia and Samsung Life Insurance Co
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        Indian stocks promise biggest returns for 1994, says Fortune
        426 13  -  By Said Abdullah SINGAPORE Indian stocks promise the biggest returns 30 per cent to 50 per cent for 1994, says Fortune in its latest investors' guide, touting the country as one of the world's five hottest markets. Get all the promise
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        Lock icon Wang to float profitable subsidiary in NZ
        243 13 AFP WELLINGTON Troubled United States computer group Wang Laboratories confirmed yesterday that it plans to float 70 per cent of its subsidiary Wang New Zealand, saying it would issue an offer next month. The move follows months of speculation about ownership of its
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        619 15 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Five major drug companies reported varying third-quarter results, with all of them facing the problem of cost-control efforts by the health-care industry and the US Government. Upjohn Co and Pfizer Inc reported losses as they set aside
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        307 15 FT AMSTERDAM The European Commission believes Ak/.0. the Dutch chemicals group, has hindered an investigation into what could be a serious breach of EC competition rules. The commission's inquiry is believed to focus on Akzo's growing dominance of the salt market, following
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          Lock icon LTV earns US$400,000 in 3rd quarter
          77 15 Bloomberg Business News CLEVELAND LTV Corp. benefiting from a surge in demand for steel, reported third-quarter net income of USS4OO.OOO (*****.000). LTV. a maker of steel and oilfield equipment, had a USSI4.6 million loss from continuing operations in the 1992 quarter. Including a one-time
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          Lock icon Moulinex associates sign accord
          59 15 Reuter PARIS Moulinex chairman Roland Darneau has signed a draft agreement with close associates under which the founding members will no longer oppose the company's search for new capital, a Moulinex spokeswoman said. This involves the unravelling of Moulinex's complex structure by changing the status of
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          Lock icon Advanced computer from Fujitsu unit
          78 15 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Fujitsu Ltd's UK unit ICL was scheduled to unveil yesterday an advanced computer, a parallel processor called Goldrush. which allows small computers to work together and may eventually replace conventional data processing techniques, the Financial Times reported. The Goldrush system, which
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          Lock icon Liz Claiborne's profit falls 40pc
          86 15 NYT NEW YORK The profit of Liz Claiborne Inc. the clothing manufacturer that has dressed legions of working women, plunged almost 40 per cent in the third quarter, and the company warned Wall Street on Monday to expect more bad news through the remainder of
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        Lock icon Rowland's hold may weaken with new Lonrho directors
        410 15 Reuter LONDON Conglomerate Lonrho pic has patched up a damaging row between its joint chief executives by appointing four new directors on Tuesday. Analysts said the new board, with its first non-execu-tive directors since 1973. may weaken the influence of 75-year-old joint
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        Lock icon World's two liquor giants feel the pinch as slump hits drinkers
        434 15 Reuter LONDON The world's top two hard liquor companies are not in the best of spirits. Struggling against the worldwide economic recession. Guinness pic and Grand Metropolitan pic have been hit by pressure on profit margins and plummeting share
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        GE Capital launches second dragon bond for US$250m
        319 16  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG ASIA has for the first time become a significant source of funding for the GE Capital Corporation (GECC) with the financial giant yesterday launching a dragon bond to raise USS2SO million, its second such issue. GECC, the
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        220 16 Bloomberg Business News. Reuter. NYT NEW YORK Chemical Banking, the United States' third-largest banking company, said net income was up 78 per cent, to USSSO2 million (SS7BB million). Chemical also named a new management team. Banc One. the eighth-largest bank, and Wells Fargo, ranked
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        Lock icon France's tres chic 50 franc note
        60 16 Reuter This is one side of the Bank of France's new 50 franc bank-note, which went into circulation this week. The new bill shows a portrait of famous French aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery. It incorporates the latest technology to counter forgery and
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        Lock icon HK rates will remain low, lack of deposits will hit bank profits: report
        229 16 AFP HONGKONG Hongkong's interest rates are expected to remain low, and future bank profits are likely to be hampered by the increasing shortage of customer deposits, a leading bank's report said on Tuesday. The Economic Report, published
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        Three US full-branch banks have downgraded in S'pore
        357 16  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE The decision by Chase Manhattan Bank to pull out of the local retail banking scene brings the number of full-licence US banks which have stopped or scaled down consumer banking services in Singapore to three. The two
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        Lock icon New Nikkei may hurt S'pore contract
        434 16 Reuter SINGAPORE Japan's reshaped Nikkei stock index based on a weighted average of 300 shares may hurt the growth of Singapore's popular Nikkei-225 futures, traders said on Wednesday. They said the Osaka Securities Exchange's (OSE) decision to shift its futures contract to one based
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        131 16 THE USS/majors traded mostly sideways yesterday as the market awaited Thursday's repo rates and fresh factors for USS directions. The USS was bought against the SS from early morning trade both by local as well as offshore corporates. Intermittent spurts of USS sales were easily
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        1671 16 I raJt-nrtfhlni intirv «akulalfJ U9am\t Spire'i lop 14 irjjinn punners Ha\e rrtir USS/SS forward rates Noon Oct 20 a Bid Otkr 1-month I.S7J2 1.5747 2-month 1.5719 I.57J4 3-month 1 5707 1.5722 6-month 1.5695 1.5715 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at 10am on Oct 20 Singapore dollars to one
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        194 16 Reuter The dollar was moving sideways in a narrow range at the turopean midsession with dealers reporting extremely low volume. A small three basis point cut in the Bundesbank's repo rate and a slightly higher than expected German money supply number wiped away any lingering speculation that official German
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        88 16 AFP The dollar gained ground against other major currencies in quiet trading yesterday, while the price of an ounce of gold rose USS3.IO to U*****.20. At 1330 GMT. the dollar was at 1.6475 German marks against 1.6415 marks at Tuesday's close and at 107.35 yen against 107.15 yen.
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        Lock icon French fume at way markets interpret franc remarks
        345 17 Reuter PARIS Nicolas Sarkozy may be the French government's spokesman, but he decided it was time to shut up on Tuesday when questioned yet again about the state of the franc. It was another sign of the growing frustration within the administration
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        Lock icon US money managers pursue diverse bond strategies
        403 17 Reuter NEW YORK US fixed-in-come money managers are staking out widely diverse investment strategies in the wake of last week's surge in bond prices that pushed interest rates to new historic lows. While some plan to capture higher yields by stocking up on
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        Lock icon Japan bond market draws US funds but enthusiasm waning
        322 17 Reuter LONDON Japan's bond market is still rivalling Continental Europe as a destination for fresh funds from the US, hut international strategists say enthusiasm is waning, while low growth is stunting demand for equities. Six top fund management groups said they
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      • SMALL CHANGE
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          Lock icon Indonesia's 2 Islamic insurance firms
          75 17 Reuter JAKARTA An Indonesian Islamic bank, an Islamic foundation and a private insurance firm will set up the first two Islamic insurance firms in Indonesia next year, a bank official said. The Islamic Bank Muamalat, Islamic foundation Yayasan Abdi Bangsa and private insurance firm PT
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          70 17 Reuter Warsaw The National Bank of Poland has suspended operations of private bank Interbank SA and filed for its bankruptcy the fourth ccntral bank intervention in a failing commercial bank since the beginning of this year. An NDP spokesman said it stepped in yesterday because of
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          Lock icon Qatar commercial bank assets up 5pc
          71 17 Reuter MANAMA The assets of Qatar's commercial banks rose 5.3 per cent to 28.53 billion rivals (about Ssl2 billion) at the end of June from 27.09 billion riyals a year earlier, the Qatar Monetary Agency's quarterly statistical bulletin said. The June bulletin, received on
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          72 17 AFP MOSCOW The Russian central bank is cracking down on fussiness, with a letter to commercial banks and money changers ordering them to stop refusing banknotes that are "old" and "wrinkled". Many Russian banks will not accept dollar bills or German mark notes "on
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          Lock icon Commerzbank sees dividend increase
          115 17 Reuter BERLIN Commerzbank AG's dividend on 1993 results would rise by at least one mark to 11 marks because of a change in German tax laws and could rise further because of strong earnings growth, said the bank's chief economist, Ulrich Ramm. Commerzbank chairman Martin Kohlhaussen
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        Lock icon Copper prices drop to six-year low, with further falls expected
        401 18 Reuter LONDON Copper prices crashed to new six-year lows yesterday under speculative selling and are likely to fall further. metal market analysts said. Supplies continue to mount, a legacy of two years of artificially high prices which encouraged mines to
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        Lock icon China wants special terms to join tin grouping
        281 18 AFP KUALA LUMPUR China, the world's largest tin producer, said on Tuesday that it would refuse to join the Association of Tin Producing Countries (ATPC) unless it received special membership rights. China said it wanted, among other demands, an unconditional offer from
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        518 18 Platts NEW YORK Large integrated oil companies will post onlv marginally lower cumulative operating earnings in the third quarter despite a drop of some USS4/hbl in the price of crude from a year ago. say security analysts. Several companies notablv
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        Cold spell, lower stocks jack oil prices
        310 18 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Crude oil futures prices were higher here and in New York as traders said improved demand and a better supply picture in the US helped boost prices. Crude prices have fallen about 60 US cents (94 Singapore cents) a
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        Lock icon World to rely more on Middle East oil, say experts
        542 18 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Major oil consumers will become more dependent on the Middle East for supplies in the wake of significant falls in output by the former Soviet Union. United States and the Far East, say oil experts. "The depletion
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        Lock icon Simex Eurodollars end barely changed
        1411 19 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SIXjAPORE Simex Eurodollar intrest rate futures ended barely chaiged after hovering in a two-tick rane in technically-led dealings. I he lead December contract ened at 96.55 against its previous doe at 96.54 on the IMM. A total ot 3me 8.872 lots were
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        KL tin surges to 10-week high
        638 19 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN extended its upward trend and closed at a 10-week high of MS 12.35 per kg. aided by some positive news from ATPC. The price was up 10 sen from Tuesday. Sentiment was also boosted by a firmer London market. Local
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          Sugar beet output to rise 1m tonnes
          48 19 MILAN The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations estimates that global sugar beet production in 1993/94 will rise about one million tonnes to 39.5 million tonnes. The forecast is contained in the FAO's monthly food outlook released yesterday.
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          World cereal production to fall
          81 19 MILAN The Food and .Agriculture Organisation has cut its 1993 forecast for world cereal production to 1.911 billion tonnes to reflect a sharp reduction in the forecast for coarse grains. The new cereal production forecast is down 24 million tonnes from last month's estimate and
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          Shorter agriculture trading hours
          77 19 CHICAGO In a reversal of a policy in place for only 3'/i months, the Chicago Board of Trade's governing board voted yesterday to shorten its agricultural trading hours. The decision, which now faces a membership vote, would restore the agricultural trading hours to 0930 CT-1315 CT.
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          US seeking more outlets for fuel oil
          50 19 BOSTON US refiners will seek and expand alternative outlets for selling residual fuel oil as demand from utilities continues to decline. Current utility fuel oil demand has fallen to about 400.000 barrels per dav from its high of 1.4 million bpd in 1979.
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          Rain may upset sugar output
          49 19 SYDNEY Fears of an early wet season, in northern Australia are delaying accurate estimates of this year's sugar production. Queensland Sugar Corporation chief executive David Rutledge said if the wet season began earlier than usual, rain would hamper harvest and further decrease sugar content.
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1683 19 Rubber RAS Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at lpoi) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sen (tonnes) Interest Nov 93 128.00 128 00 127 25 ioo 450 Dec 128.75 127.75 128 50 325 2.750 Jan 94 128.75 128.75 128.75 300 4.375 Feb 129.25
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        Australia
        1133 20 -23.8 PRICES pulled back to close weaker for the second day yesterday, but brokers said it was tar from being a major correction. The All Ordinaries Index ended down 23.8 points to 2.051.7. The All Industrials fell 35.7 to 3.179.6 and the All Resources 14.8 to 1.190.1. A researcher
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        Manila
        589 20 +46.79 SHARE prices ignored a oneday technical correction and leaped to new record highs yesterday on the strength of blue chips and second liners. A fall on Tuesday by market leader Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co on Wall Street dampened interest in the firm locally, but this did not
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        Seoul
        400 20 -2.61 THE stock market ended lower as a continuing reaction to recent bull-runs but renewed interest in some shares with low price-to-book-ratios (PBR) neutralised much of an early sixpoint loss, brokers said. "A late spurt of buying in counters with abundant assets reflected a continuing healthy interest in low
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        New Zealand
        326 20 -11.91 1 ALLS in Telecom and Fletcher Challenge combined to take New Zealand shares lower at the close, but the market overall was off its lows. The NZSECapital Index ended 11.91 points lower at 2.060.25 on turnover of NZSS9.B million. Telecom, still suffering from Merrill Lynch's change of
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        Bombay
        58 20 -8.84 SHARE prices fell sharpl\ to close below their previous levels when some brokers apparently began selling shares released by a Bombay court on Tuesday from seizure by tax authorities. The BSE 30-share Index closed at 2.738.56. down 8.84 points from Tuesday's one hour special trading session. The 100share
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        Taipei
        591 20 -11.86 LATE selling after a minor technical rebound pushed stocks to a lower close. The Weighted Index finished 11.86 points down at 3.958.32. Turnover fell to NTS 19.52 billion from Tuesday's NT524.7 billion. The market had plunged 2.3 per cent on Tuesday because of disappointment thai parliament had shelved
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        1117 20 Britannia Funds Mrrlinf C ash Bid (Mlrr Mim < ap Drpir.it W MOO 1*6500 MimJenoCiih 0 l*«»l 0 iw: Mim Ma* Incomc ****** *1 (WOO I SS Cash Incomc Plus Fund 10 KM) 11 4000 PSSRevncFund 5 2200 5 2*)0 Sirrlinj I-quilt Euro Pcrforminvc 045*2 044JH Far Eau Fund *2
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        758 20 +26.7 THE FTSE registered its third record closing high in four trading sessions, pushed higher by better than expected September UK retail sales statistics. The FTSE-100 Index closed at 3.156.3, a rise of 26.7 points or 0.85 per cent on the day. Just before the close, it notched up
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        Frankfurt
        169 20 15.8 The- Frankfurt bourse rose 15.8 points to a record closing high of 2.042.56 points on the 30-share DAX Index yesterday. That eclipsed the previous highest close of 2.033.32 reached on Monday. hut was still one point down from the DAX's alltime intra-dav high of 2.043.43. Frankfurt Oct 19
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        Stockholm
        127 20 -9.94 Swedish shares closed lower yesterday as investors sold selective stocks in order to take profit. Heavy selling was noted in telecommunications group Ericsson, which plummeted 17 kronor to 440. The decline in Ericsson accounted for a large part of the 9.94 points drop in the blue-chip OMX Index,
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        Milan
        190 20 -1.0 Italian stocks rose slightly as expectations of lower interest rates kept prices high, but a sense that prices have already risen too much kept investors from pushing them any higher, traders said. "Investors aren't being very aggressive because prices are already high." said a trader. "But there's all
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        Amsterdam
        258 20 +3.67 Dutch stocks surged to their fourth consecutive all-time high yesterday amid optimism over interest-rate cuts and a strong dollar. Higher share prices on stock markets abroad, demand from foreign investors and support from a rising bond market also pushed shares higher. The EOE Index of 24 leading Dutch
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        Johannesburg
        338 20 -8 Shares remained depressed at the close as the firmer financial rand and fears that gold would not sustain current levels countered bullion's latest rally. Dealers said industrials had drifted lower in a continuation of recent sluggish performances. The Gold Index was 21 points firmer at 1.771 and the
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        Toronto
        266 20 11.69 Surging gold issues pushed Toronto stocks higher in an otherwise weak market as a Canadian election approaches. dealers said. Aside from the jump in golds, traders said the market appears to be taking profit after soaring to recent new highs. "I think the market will settle in and
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        New York
        935 20 +5.31 Wall Street stocks were slightly higher at midsession yesterday, continuing their week-long consolidation in what analysts said was investor uncertainty about the durability of recent gains. "It's been dismissed as profit-taking, but I think some more serious questions are creeping into the dialogue." said First Albany Corp.
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      3036 21 AFP HONGKONG stock prices rose slightly in mixed trading yesterday after losing 169.72 points the previous day on prof-it-taking from a series of record gains. The key Hang Seng Index gained 41.39 points, or nearly 0.5 percent. to close the day's trading at 8.902.80. The broader All Ordinaries Index
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      CHINA
      585 21 The CLSA Shanghai B Index dropped 10.01 points to close at 808.32 on light trading yesterday. Jin Jiang's cross deal of 200.000 shares at USSO.4B was considered cancelled due to a pricing error, as the price was done outside the bid and ask range which was against the Shanghai
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      2561 21 Reuter STOCKS ended firmer due to hdex-linked buying by public tinds. but trading was thin with nost investors sidelined as many ompanies were soon to unveil sx-month earnings to Sep 30, 1993. brokers said. "The market is hoping that rext Tuesday's share listing of East Japan Railway will trigger
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      1793 21 Reuter PROFIT-TAKING stripped stocks of their morning gains at the close, with activity strong in banking, finance and securities firms. The SET Index dropped 3.07 points to close at 1.157.88 on turnover of 10.66 billion baht. Declines almost equalled advances 139 to 138. with 75 stocks unchanged. The index
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      1111 21 Reuter ADVANCING counters led losers at the close of active trading on the Jakarta stock market, with newly listed Andayani Megah shedding early gain. The Official Index closed at 463.09 compared to Tuesday's 460.03. "Andayani weakened and closed lower than its morning's peak of 5.6(H) rupiah." one broker said.
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2764 22 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVt volurm Prom« 64.716.000 I ixl Oxvgen 50c 51.144.000 Melroptex 50c 44.i89.000 Faber Group 34.968.000 Asia Pac Ld 50c 18.14: 000 Ind Oxygen Wt95 17.769.000 Kamunting 50c 17.407.000 Kemavan 50c 12.846.000 FAC'B 50c 9.*****0 Landmarks Bhd 9.081.000 Sn Hartamas 8.181.000 Renong
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        Lock icon Market ends steadier in brisk trading
        5828 22 Bernama SHARE prices in Kuala Lumpur closed steadier in brisk trading with the focus on situational stocks and selected blue chips yesterday. The benchmark Composite Index, despite a strong opening at 931.32, was tugged down by falls in key index components to end at
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        Lock icon Main board consolidates, Clob stages recovery
        8445 23  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The local market continued its consolidation yesterday despite a recovery staged by Clob counters. After gaining five points to an intraday high of 2VI 13 points within the first half hour of trading, the Straits Times Industrials Index slipped for
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        76 23  -  HOT STOCK Paul Leo BUKIT Sembawang Estates will rise $2 from yesterday's closing of $14.80 in the next few weeks. Daily RSI is below 25. indicating that it is oversold. However, investors should take profit at $16.80 as the medium to long term view is bearish. Declining RSI
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      289 25 Reuter. AP. AFP CHAMPION Garry Kasparov retained his title with a draw in the 19th game of his London world title chess defence on Tuesday against challenger Nigel Short and now leads the 24-game series by an unbeatable 12 to seven. This was the fourth time
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      198 25 CHATTERBOX^ AP Reuter THE PROTESTERS may have panned the opening night in Toronto last Sunctay of the epic musical Showoat but the critics raved. The Toronto Sun gave the US$B million (SS 12.5 million) Hal Prince production of the Jerome Kern musical a five-out-of-fivc
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      1288 25 TV RADIO 1 Seduction: Three Tales from Initer 10.30pm, SBC the Inner show by The screen plays wornthere is a H3^^ price to pay when love are taken the extreme. War and OH, Bpm. SBC 12 IS^H With World War Two ■< V oil. being a primary source energy for
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      504 26 YOUR VERY OWN HOLIDAY RETREAT BY THE BEACH. Pr -nw-crrJbPTT^ JiiL ,ifl ***** Ocean Palms is located along the coastal road of Klebang Besar, residence of the putting green. Play a game of tennis or squash on the floodlit courts. Work out Malacca's rich and famous. in the gymnasium. Or
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      631 27 World Matchplay championship: Defending champ takes no chances Golf Reuter WENTWORTH, England Defending champion Nick Faldo has embarked on an exercise in damage limitation to avoid being blown away by potential first opponent John Daly at the World Matchplay golf championship this week.
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      428 27 AP PHILADELPHIA It didn't matter where Paul Molitor played, after all. Only that he got to bat. Molitor defused the Designated Hitter debate for at least one game, hitting a two-run triple and a solo homer in leading the Toronto Blue
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      255 27 Reuter SYDNEY Gary Pembcrton. Australia's richcst man and chairman of the country's flagship airline. Qantas. will chair the organising team for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. New South Wales Premier John Fahey announced on Wednesday. Mr Fahey said Mr Pembcrton had been appointed chairman of
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        81 27 AFP EAST RUTHERFORD. New Jm> Mike Sherrard. a key player in the New York Giants' run to first place in their National Football League division, will probably miss the rest of the season. Doctors confirmed Sherrard suffered a partially disclocated hip and a small break in his left
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        70 27 AFP NEW YORK The countdown to the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics continued here on Tuesday as organisers auctioned off a commemorative shirt for U552,600 (SS4080) outside the posh Plaza Hotel. The T-shirt is one of a series to be sold at the rate of one a day in the 1.000-dav
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        167 27 AP AFP SYDNFV Argentine soccer fans pounded on drums and blew trumpets on Tuesday night as their team arrived for a crucial World Cup match but the drums will be banned from the stadium when the two-time world champions play Australia because for fear they could block gangways at
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        413 27 AFP AFP AFP AFP LYON, France vlichael Stich of Germany and Ukrainian Andrei Medvedev made shock exits to little known players in the first round of the USS6OO.OOO Lyon indoor tournament on Tuesday. Third seed Stich lost 6-3 7-6 to Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov after fourth seed Medvedev had also
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        51 27 AP PUNTA DEL ESTE. Uruguay Grant Dalton's yacht S'e* Zealand Endeawr shaved 1% days off the previous record for the first leg of the Whitbread Round the World yacht race on Tuesday. Sew Zealand F.ndeamr reached Punta del Este in 24 days. 7 hours. 19 minutes and 2 seconds.
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      336 27 KAOSING ENTERPRISE PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 200 Jalaa Sultan #02-37 Textile Centre Singapore 0719 on 13 October 1993 at 7 OOp the following Special Resolutions were pasted It was resolved: Thai the Company be wound up voluntarily pursuant to
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      344 27 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AVANTE DESIGNS PTE LTD tMmkm Vohmlory W«*dv>g up| an Eamordinery On—l ftaating of the obowenomed Com pony duty commenced ond held a* 10 Anton Rood #21-10 International Plata Singapore 0207 on tti October ltf 3 the following Special Res<flutions were passed 1) RESOLVED that the
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
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      Bulky computer screens, TVs may soon be a thing of the past
      770 29  -  Bernard Chew reports on Jans Computers' innovative designs for flat video displays Bernard Chew PC users who want to display information on their desktop computer have only one choice today the time-honoured cathode-ray lube (or CRT) video display
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      215 29 LIKE a cathode-ray tube (CRT) display, Jans Computers' flat cathode display (FCD) is based on pholuminescence the light given off when an electron, a tiny particle which carries electric current, strikes a specially-coated "phosphor" screen. But there, the similarity ends. Whereas a CRT display
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      322 29 AP Researchers have found one natural brain protein that triggers craving for fatty food and a second that blocks the desire, raising hopes for new drugs that could curb weight gain without suppressing appetite. Blocking the first protein or administering the second can
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        116 29 AP SYDNEY Truck and boat owners in far-flung Pacific islands may not be able to run motors on water, but now they've got the next best thing. Australian scientists have invented a hand-held press that squeezes fuel oil out of coconuts, which can be
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        153 29 NYT NEW ORLEANS The habit of jazzing up raw oysters with a splash of spicy cocktail sauce just might make good medical sense: It kills the germs. Most oyster caters probably indulge in cocktail saucc bccause they like the zippy taste. A new report raises
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        90 29 NYT LONDON Doctors and scientists have reported major progress in breaking down the barriers to using animal organs in human bodies. At the annual conference on transplants between spccics. two groups reported in London this month that they had for the first time successfully inserted
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        Lock icon Wash hands after touching the kids!
        112 29 NYT NEW ORLEANS Any parent knows that children in day carc often bring home flu and runny noses. Now, scientists have found that youngsters sometimes expose their families to more serious infections, such as meningitis. Several reports presented at a meeting on infectious diseases
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      Groundless complaints against lawyers
      286 29 atthe bar *ji MOST complaints against lawyers are groundless, says the Law Society. It reported that of the 44 cases it investigated in its last financial year, only 11 merited further action. The other 33 were either without substance or the inquiry committees decided to believe
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      Tan Chee Meng quits CAD
      95 29  -  By Conrad Raj TAN Chee Meng. an engineer turned lawyer, is leaving the Commercial Affairs Department after staying in his post of Deputy Director for barely 10 months. He is joining Harry Elias Partners as a partner after he finishes serving his quit notice on
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      When it pays to check with ROC
      776 29  -  Ramesh Divyanathan on the murky world of pre-incorporation contracts Ramesh Divyanathan NE of the easiest checks to do beH fore investing in a W company is a search of its refords lodged with the Registrar if Companies. A search is cheap, turns up
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    Benazir's second and last chance
    538 30 EDITORIAL IN CHOOSING Benazir Bhutto as prime minister, Pakistan's exhausted electorate will no doubt be hoping that their country will finally settle down to stable government. In the past five years, Pakistan has had three elections and seven prime ministers. No government has lasted long
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Living up to the Peace
      232 30 THE Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to President FW de Klerk and African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela, is as much a recognition of their achievement in dismantling apartheid as an incentive to take the peace process to its fruition so that political change becomes
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      Shoot for better relations
      120 30 INDIAN OFFICIALS have expressed cautious optimism that the three-day-old standoff at the Hazratbal mosque, the holiest Muslim place of worship in the strife-torn northern state of Kashmir, could be brought to a peaceful conclusion. A Muslim militant leader who requested anonymity described the development as positive.
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      Don't replace it with tribalism
      194 30 THE SELECTION of Nobel Peace Prize winners has always been a controversial issue. This year, however, the world applauds the two prize-winners, black leader Nelson Mandela and South African President FW de Klerk. From the point of view of democratic reform and racial equality, not
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      Just muddling through
      154 30 WE HAD THOUGHT that the American people had finally put in the seat of power a fresh-faced, actiondriven Democrat as president and an environmentfriendly vice-president, and that together they would "force the spring" and bring about "a season of renewal." Alas, this is not to be. Maybe.
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      Develop other crops
      142 30 THE IDEA of diversifying away from rice is not new. The challenge now is how to prevent the idea of food diversification from becoming another passing thought, good for slogans, but with no practical application forthcoming. It should first be realised that an idea cannot be planted
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      Tarred with the same brush
      184 30 THE SUPPOSEDLY anti-racist violence which tlared up in Britain over the weekend will damage the cause of racial harmony. This would be unfortunate at an> time; it is particularly unfortunate at a time when the world's need for tolerance and mutual understanding is so cruelly
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    No way for Europe but to grow out of unemployment
    905 30  -  Rudi Dornbusch explains what is needed for Europe to fight mass unemployment, the continent's overwhelming problem of the '90s Rudi Dornbusch The writer is professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology UNEMPLOYMENT in Europe has been rising for
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      A second chance, and on a firmer foundation
      1461 31  -  Benazir Bhutto has returned to power as Pakistani prime minister after three years in the political wilderness. G Panicker finds her enjoying certain advantages this time round, examines key problems she must grapple with, and discusses her prospects of staying in power
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      Readier to apportion blame than committed to success at Gatt
      743 31 In an editorial published on Monday, Financial Times called for good sense all round to complete the Uruguay Round WITH less than two months to go to the date almost everyone agrees must be the ultimate deadline, the Uruguay Round
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    473 32 Reuter WASHINGTON Secretary of State Warren Christopher warned yesterday that the United States could not extend most-favoured nation (MFN) trading status to China beyond next June unless the Chinese showed some improvements in human rights and other areas. "I would have
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    Lock icon US to seek allies' consent on corrupt practices code
    231 32 Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Warren Christopher plans to propose that US trading partners agree on a "code" regarding corrupt business practices, a senior State Department official said yesterday. Mr Christopher was scheduled to speak yesterday at a foreign policy
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    US should de-link human rights and trade: PM Goh
    431 32  -  From Brian Gomez in SYDNEY SINGAPORE Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has suggested that the US "de-link" the issues of human rights and trade. "If you tie human rights with trade, you could also tie other issues with trade," Mr Goh
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    PM Goh to lead trade talks at CHOGM
    315 32  -  From Walton Morais in LIMASSOL, CYPRUS PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong arrived in Cyprus yesterday to a warm reception ahead of today's opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting. He is accompanied by Mrs Goh. Foreign Minister Wong Kan Seng. Minister
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    235 32 Router BRUSSELS European Community central bank governors yesterday recommended Belgian Alexandre Lamfalussy as the first president of the European Monetary Institute (EMI), the embryo EC central bank. EC central bank governors' committee chairman and Dutch central bank president Wim Duisenberg announced
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    Wanted: a clearer vision of the 21st century
    665 32  -  The Bottom Line REGINALD DALE REGINALD DALE Reginald Dale is a staff writer at the International Herald Tribune IN 18th-CENTURY England, a remarkable group of servants, meeting monthly at the full moon, foresaw the coming of the industrial revolution. They called themselves
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  • Shipping Times
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      SML spends $14m on tug, barge
      384 33  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Listed Sembawang Maritime Ltd (SML) recently invested some Sl4 million as part of its fleet renewal programme. According to a statement issued yesterday, the group spent $7.8 million on an ocean-going tug, Salvanquish. and another $6 million on a semi-submersible
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      526 33 MS 100 m synchrolift to be installed will boost business MBT KUALA LUMPUR Shipbuilder Malaysia Shipyard and Engineering Sdn Bhd (MSE) expects to push its annual turnover up to 15 per cent once its MSIOO million (5561.9 million) synchrolift is commissioned over the next
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      Lanka Trident's market share up after only a year
      297 33  -  By Nirmal Ghosh SINGAPORE Lanka Trident, Neptune Orient Lines' (NOL) joint venture in Sri Lanka, has captured a market share of 12 per cent of local traffic in Colombo after only one year of operation. "We are probably the sixth largest
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      Lock icon Colombo port to try to ease congestion
      192 33 Reuter COLOMBO The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) plans to buy more container handling equipment and increase its yard area to try to case congestion in the Colombo port, which has brought complaints from shippers, a spokesman said yesterday. He said the problem
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      952 34 Finnish designers and technicians have unsurpassed experience in developing mould-breaking designs in ship construction Future Focus FINLAND'S prowess as a leading international player in ship and maritime equipment markets was founded in the post-war years. The eountry lost a third of its fleet in compensation to the Soviet
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        771 36 Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Vojf No Berth Arrival Departure Jurong Port Batam Spe«d3 *****" P01A 2010/2310 21 10/0100 Batatas .64 14 5 alongside 21 10 0600 Batam Speed3 ****** P01A 21 10 2000 21 10, 2200 Fil Tanker )12 alongside 21 10 1000 Elona SC264C
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        1798 36 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookini/Balance Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From LJy 042A 23/1500 3 21 0700 21 1159 21,1400 4 21/1200 21 1459 21.1700 M Viotet 026B 22 2000 2 20/1700
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      9457 44 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
      3374 49 A J. &.B( C ontainerline N\: Bclsin Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (SVMarine Handling Sdn Bhd (Pk/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (Sy Accord Contr Line (PkyPN). Adkris Business C orporation Philippine Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Senice: kini Shpg Trdg <S>. Vlbatros Sea-Air Senice:
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      COURIER SERVICES
      291 49 Abacus Couriers Td: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Travel Tel: 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: 7 48-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. Citvljnk International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Cluster Link Supplies Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1485 49 Abex Express Freight Td: 542-7171. Fax: *****84 Aclinic Forwarder Td: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Actisair Singapore Td: 542-7821 Fax: *****20 Aerolink Freight International Tel: 545-8033. Fax: *****05. Verospeed Td: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air C argo No»o Express Td: 542-5454. Fax: *****06 Air Express International Td: 542-7666 Fax: *****74. *****50.
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2233 50 ALBANIA Duress: Seven vessels in port (all discharging) of which I bagged rice, 1 bulk wheat. 4 bagged flour, 1 cement, 5 vessels in roads awaiting berth of which 1 to load bulk chrome ore. I to discharge bulk wheat, Ito discharge bagged cement, Ito discharge bagged flour,
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      584 50 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Flight Type ETA T From Op Flight Type ETD T To TODAY TODAY J KAL KE697 B747F 0150 I SEL KAL KE697 B747F 0440 I BKK SI A SQ827 B747F 1730 2 CPH/DXB SI A SQ/ B747F 0715 2 DXB/LON CLX CV794 B747F 1845
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      253 50 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS 11 Ait Dtp Name of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of Calb Port Agent Telephone No tf OCTOBER o 22 22 Leisure World 1500 2000 Cruise to Nowhere Lauw Sons Travel 227-8284 22 22 Coral Princess 1700 2015 Cruise to Nowhere Scmjom Agcncics 227-8284 24 24
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      Lock icon SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      1119 50 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES AFP THE market is again being dominated by the activity in the handy bulker sector, with it being even more apparent, as we have pointed out in previous weeks, that buyers are looking more seriously at the smaller 22/23,000 tdw units. Buyers no doubt feeling that
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      669 51 A LACK of business on the key grain routes saw freight rate levels slipping, despite the emergence of active grain chartering elsewhere. Good fixing was noted for wheat loading in St Lawrence for a destination somewhere in Brazil, with cargoes sizes ranging from 18,000 to 28,000 tonnes, at
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      274 51 'COURSES Title: Breathing Apparatus Operations Duration: Oct 25-29 Organiser: Singapore Aviation Academy, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Tel: For further details/registration contact Mr David Teo/Mrs Pang-Neo Guan Hwa at 065-540-6259/065-540-6216 or fax: 065-542-9890. Title: Senior Fire Officer Course Duration: Oct 25 Nov 25 Organiser: Singapore Aviation Academy, Civil
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      833 51 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      Lock icon Meeting of menders
      785 52 The Shipßepair and Conversion '93 will be held in London next month. Below is a preview of the conference Fairplay r AST YEAR saw the first I Shipßepair and Conver- sion conference and ex- j hibition, in London. The generally favourable reaction from those who attended has
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        Lock icon US plans to double transport tax, trade group unhappy
        321 54 Knight-Ridder, Rcutcr WASHINGTON The Air Transport Association has asked the Senate to delete the proposed transportation tax to help compensate for tariffs lost under the planned North American Free Trade Agreement. The trade group said the pact would violate 72 US
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        Lock icon Volkswagen looks east for future growth
        409 54 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO German automaker Volkswagen AG is looking east the Far East for future business growth. "In these times of virtually worldwide recession, the AsiaPacific region is the only one which still has potential for further economic growth," Martin Posth, chairman of
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        Firms striving to shorten logistics cycle
        515 54  -  Reports by Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Companies arc taking out their stop watches to shorten their logistics cycles in a bid to give customers what they want, when they want it. Thomas Hout. vice-presi-dent for The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) who was on a visit
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        Fedex tie-up solves Laura Ashley's logistics problems
        291 54 SINGAPORE Laura Ashley's tie-up with Federal Express has gone far in curing the specialty retailer's ailing logistics system, the company's group finance director said during a visit here. Andrew Higginson estimated that Laura Ashley's 10-year, £150 million (SS3SI million) distribution partnership with Fedex
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        INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
        850 54 Page Col ABC Containcriinc 14 I Accord Group 10 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 6 1/2 •APL 7 3-5 Appcnship 20 1/2 Alpha Feeders 20 1/2 •ANL 5 1/2 •ASCL 7 5 Avant Shpg 8 4/5 Bait Orient Line 9 4/5 Bank Line. The II
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      2040 39 M STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Kappol Towers Singapore 0208 Tal: *****88 Fa«: *****17 EflrKniNEW GUINEA PACIFIC LINE BliliiiiiaUMiiUiilKMMAUiAlAAArfAMUaH CtICT (A BERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) accepts xyyv CARGO DUE SA4S STRAITS PWOC »22£ KK. SkM, Ta* to rt 21 Oct FCL, LCL CONTAMEA AND MC
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      1605 42 K44 v AS AGENTS "K" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (Cfl No: **********0 M) M TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX *****16/7/0/9 MM* MALAYSIA: K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD i W*J TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 1 INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAUTINTERNUSA, "EL: JKT *****08
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      973 43 (PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD] I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I I M CR NO '**********E I >1 VESSEL VOY SIN CMS JIB JED AOJ AOE HOD PZU ASA KOTA WIRAWAN WRNO33 30/10 4/11 11/11 14/11 1«/11 IS/11 17/11 20/11 22/11 ,1 KOTA WIJAYA WJAO33 16/11
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      50 45 1/C VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD Q| Established Since 1984 OCEANIA PORTS REGULAR GROUPAGE lcl consolidation AUCKLAND SYDNEY IMPORT EXPORT MELBOURNE FREMANTLE SERVICES FOR BOOKING SAILING SCHEDULE. CALL THE TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE. VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD VISA LCL CONSOL PTE LTn TOLL-FREE TEL: 1800 *****66 -^247.34 FAX:*****86 FAX: *****37
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      1947 46 Full Container Liner Services Matms A(MS General Agents: Booking Agents: Cuan Guan Shining Sdn Bhd Chung Chiao Shipping Sdn Bhd P.T. Global Putra Indonesia Maritime Costar Shipping Pte Ltd Shipping Freight Booking Centre Sdn Bhd 58 Persiaran ftaja Modi Mvu Lot 3.34, 3rd Floor, II IR H Jmndi ***** D-E
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      245 46 fa SHINYEI SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD 10 ANSON ROAD #15-01/02 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA SINGAPORE 0207 CR NO: 1M*****000N HOT LINE: (8 LINES) EUROPE ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG FELIXSTOWE 25/10 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP MEDITERRANEAN Barcelona, Marseille, genoa 24/10 USA LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK 24/10 'ALL IPI DESTINATIONS. f IiSS NATIONAL EXPRESS r'- J FORWARDERS (S) PTE
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      561 47 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES —10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, SPORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 25/10 ROTTERDAM 23/10 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 25/10 HAMBURG/BREMEN 25/10 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 24/10 FELIXSTOWE/UK 25/10 BARCELONA/SPAIN 22/10 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 25/10 GENOA/ITALY 24/10 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 25/10 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 24/10 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 28/10 NEW YORK/EC 24/10 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 23/10 VANCOUVER 27/10 BRISBANE 24/10
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      634 47 Guaranteed Sailings to-. BANGKOK LAEM CHABANG JAKARTA PORT KELANG •HO CHI MINH MANILA CEBU •SURABAYA PENANG HONGKONG We also serve other ports: USA, EUROPE, CHINA AND ALL DESTINATIONS TEL: *****33 (12 Lineo) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lineo) ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LIKES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL ANO
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      1665 48 mJkMMU CONTAINER LINES bjv/VVMAgwitK MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) O\S V 'c/w Nk i2OOS7SOOOOe SIBU (084) *****9 KUCHING (082) *****3 PENANG: (04) *****8 BANGKOK (662) *****57 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANQ: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK I GENOA/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 24/10
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      184 48 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD ll* IT* IT* STOH rail MIME fIMNG am mm l/ll loading to< KUlf ■UVM HUDHU 1/11 Discharging and loading t« Bombay DOftW 25/10 23/10 loadmg For Malt noui suraw 10/U loading Foi Malt UMMEiDH 28 10 Loading for Malt nioeKss ibutt isn
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      839 48 THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD 1 I Ms 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 I I TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I I •Br TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOi CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOY SPORE PEST VESSEL VOY S'POtE DFST EQUATOR JADE 93/3E 23 OCT KUCHING
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      646 52 i; J_ VIGOUR PACIFIC LINES WORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERVICE r VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA I VIGOUR PACIFIC 29N8 22 10 93 30 10 93 VIGOUR PACIFIC 29ANB 25 10 93 30/10/93 LOAWNG EVERY I VIGOUR SINGAPORE 65N8 29 10 93 06/11/93 FRDAY ANO MOWAV VIMVB edWTAiIiii^BEHVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE
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      309 52 @APPENSHIP (Q\ HAMBURG I7T/ CONVENTIONAL INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE V EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST VESSELS LOADING PORTS DISCHARGE LOADING FOR YOU MING 23 09 93 SPORE 31/10. BKK 5/11 HIRA 111 HAMBURG 07 10 93 SPORE 11/11. BKK 16/11 KANIN ANTWERP 02.10 93 SPORE 13/11 KOALA CONTAINER
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      431 52 cosco UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P G LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 28/10 Rotterdam' Antwerp CHINA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG» PG. LOADING FOR: ■A VESSEL 15/11 20/11 Huangpu'Guangzhou COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO: CHINA/BANOK OK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI Please refer
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      883 53 h HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. ITP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BSStLS vor PM I Wi I PCD I VRStLS VOY I SIW KTM W LEH* HMI «t| HI HMM ADVANCE 29* 20/10 21/10 22/10 SI. FREEDOM 307*» 25/10 12/11 12/11 13/11 14/11 14/11 16/11 NORASIA MALACCA 9331 A 27/10 28/10
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      477 53 aai STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INBOUHD VESSELS ttSSU W V ft »«C u SOMAI 2) PT 14/11 XEISMM 21 25 14 21/H COSMIC MASTER 23 24/14 URI DACOTA 44 PT 25 14 TRANS AUTO 42 »/U 14/11 "44 14/11EASTER* 441T 2 1/11 CLOSE EMERALD 4
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      951 53 VESSEL VOY SX ETA/D LAX OAK CHI DAL MEM/COL HOU NYC NOR 1 ALLIGATOR VICTORY 4&A 21-29/10 14/11 16/11 17/11 11/11 11/11 19/11 19/11 20/11 HEMY HUDSON BRPGE 70A 04-05/11 21/11 23/11 24/11 25/11 25/11 ~26/ll 26/11 27/11 ALLIGATOR TRIUMPH 50A 11-12/11 2>/ll 30/11 01/12 02/12 02/12 03/12 03/12 04/12
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