The Business Times, 14 December 1993

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    10 1 Business Times WEKNOWASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Tuesday December 14 1993 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow Jones down 1.11 points
      71 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stocks stayed lower in midday trading yesterday, under pressure from a weak bond market and higher precious metals prices. Advances made by hardline Communists and nationalists in Russian elections further inhibited the bond market and gave an additional boost to
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      Lock icon Moving towards a US data superhighway
      51 1 Reuter WASHINGTON Twentyeight American corporations formed a multi-industry coalition yesterday to design the technical components of a national information superhighway. The Cross-Industry Working Team will set the technical and architectural requirements for the National Information Infrastructure, a step towards a superhighway to exchange data.
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    122 1 Stock market indices MoimU? ('haage STII 2.245.27 24.87 KLSE Composite .1 (WO 35 14 50 Nikkei 17.327.33 69.90 Hang Seng 10.248 6 t 20.48 SET Index 1 485 17 +4 54 Jakarta Composite ..527.93. -0.53 CLSA China B *****5 +5.94 AustAIIOrd 2.094 5 +96 FTSE 100 3.254 6
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    Vietnamese stock exchange may let in foreign members
    585 1  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE Foreign stockbroking houses will be allowed to buy scats and trade on the Vietnamese stock exchange when it starts operating at the end of next year, according to draft proposals now being considered by the Vietnamese government. The
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    DBS Land to pay up to $411m for two plots of land
    492 1  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE DBS Land will spend up to $411.18 million on two plots, one at Jurong and the other nearer the city. The group said yesterday it would buy a 158.384-sq metre site at Track 22,
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    Four markets scale new highs
    347 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Regional bulls continued where they left off last Friday, powering four stock markets to new highs. In Singapore, dealers said increasing signs that a world trade accord would be reached by the December 15 deadline underpinned the bullish sentiment. The Straits
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    OCBC comes second in market capitalisation
    257 1 SINGAPORE Demand for OCBC shares has made the bank Singapore's second biggest company in terms of market capitalisation. It has overtaken Singapore Airlines but is behind Telecom. OCBC's market capitalisation has increased 35.7 per cent since Dec 1, from $9.32 billion to $12.65 billion
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    Lock icon Gatt chief warns US and EC: Settle audio-visual dispute or talks will unravel
    523 1 AFP. Reuter GENEVA Gatt trade talks could unravel if ihc United States and the European Community do not settle their quarrel over the audio-visual sector. Gatt director-general Peter Sutherland said here yesterday. "Brinkmanship is all very well,
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      21 1 Property: p* n Park Inn chain set to expand Yeltsin's camp claims historic victory in referendum on new Constitution Back Page
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      8 1 Regional Focus: Pg 7 Indian banks face competition
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Favourable trade winds
        317 2  -  By Juliette Walker SEA CARGO volume grew 15.3 per cent in the first 10 months of the year, reflecting strong local and regional trade. The Port of Singapore Authority handled 226.1 million tonnes of cargo for the period. according to the latest figures. Oil shipments ballooned 16.9
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      Oil, chemical sector poised for 8-10pc growth in output
      431 2  -  Chemical Reports by Genevieve Cua OUTPUT of the oil, chemical and petrochemical sector is likely to exceed $18.5 billion this year, led by the oil industry which got back on track after scheduled shutdowns last year. This represented an expansion of
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      Hun Sen here to foster closer economic ties
      338 2 CAMBODIAN Second Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives here tonight on a five-day working visit to reinforce economic ties and speed up the reconstruction of his country. It will be his first visit to Singapore and follows a visit by First Prime Minister
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      Plan to expand petrochem complex back on track
      238 2 INVESTORS behind the proposed $4 billion expansion of the petrochemical complex on Pulau Aver Merbau appear to have resolved the hitches that caused a delay in the project's approval earlier this year. Roelf Venhuizen. chairman of Pctrochcmical Corporation of Singapore (PCS), said
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      24 2 "I gave a stranger house I, AJ «lni nt '2 oooV*«£0 /e- «coco jC&,s§i Nothing's to l ,ie Straits Times tA 1.3. "7-1166 Classified.
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon French rescuers find signs of life under collapsed apartment
      586 3 Kuala Lumpur condo disaster Bloomberg Business News, AFP Bernama. AP. Reuter KUALA LUMPUR French rescue specialists last night found the first sign of life in the ruins of a collapsed luxury apartment building, more than two days after about 50 people
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      Falling oil price won't lead to shock therapy measures: minister
      256 3 JAKARTA Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad has pledged that the government will not adopt "shock therapy" in dealing with possible economic problems arising from the recent falls in oil prices. According to a Jakarta Post report, the minister on Saturday
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      Lock icon Indon students demonstrate over killings in dam incident
      230 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian students yesterday demonstrated in front of the interior ministry, calling for quick action over the killing of four antidam protesters by security forces four months ago. Police in anti-riot gear used rattan sticks to push the 100strong group away
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      Lock icon Ramos vows to push ahead with economic reforms
      329 3 Reuter AFP MANILA President Fidel Ramos yesterday said the Philippine economy remained vulnerable despite gains this year and vowed to push ahead with reforms. "We are not over the hump yet. There are still many obstacles to hurdle," he said at the
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      Lock icon Call for increased M'sian-Indian trade
      359 3 AFP, Bernama NEW DELHI Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad held talks with his Indian counterpart P V Narasimha Rao yesterday and called for increased trade between the two countries. Dr Mahathir, who arrived in New Delhi on Sunday for a four-day visit, told reporters following
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Batam to build container port
        79 4 Bloomberg Business News JAKARTA The Batam Industrial Development Authority will invite bids in early 1995 for the eonstruetion of a US$44B million (SS7I6 million) container port and closing dam on Batam Island. The Jakarta Post yesterday said the new 15 million 20-foot-equiv-alent-unit (TEU) port will
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        Lock icon Megawati gets official approval?
        96 4 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's Interior Minister Yogie Memet yesterday indicated that his government would allow Indonesia's tiny opposition Democratic Party (PDI) to elect Megawati Sukarnoputri as chairman. Opposition figures have accused the government of thwarting last week's PDI congress in its bid to elect Ms Megawati, 46-year-old
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        Lock icon Growth in Aussie employment
        76 4 Reuter CANBERRA Australian Employment Minister Kim Beazley yesterday said growth in Australian employment was expected to continue following the creation of 100,000 jobs in the three months to end-November. "Growth in employment is expected to continue," he told Parliament, citing a 29 per cent rise in
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        Lock icon Ramos signs death penalty Bill
        83 4 UPI MANILA Six years after capital punishment was abolished. President Fidel Ramos (above right) yesterday signed a Bill that established one of the broadest death penalty laws outside the Muslim world. The new law would allow the execution of criminals convicted of 13 so-called "heinous
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        Lock icon Japan faces negative growth
        62 4 Reuter TOKYO Nikko Research Centre yesterday forecast Japan's real gross domestic product will decline 0.1 per cent in the year ending March 31, 1994, marking negative growth for the first time since 1974. The government's Economic Planning Agency said last Friday that GDP rose a real
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      Lock icon China pressured to meet US deadline on market access
      257 4 Reuter BEIJING With a year-end deadline for progress looming, a US official has arrived in China to press for results on market access and intellectual property disputes. Lee Sands, the top China expert for Trade Representative Mickey Kantor, will be in
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      Lock icon Taiwan's overseas investment, excluding China, up 80pc
      515 4 AFP Reuter, Bloomberg Busines News TAIPEI Taiwan's overseas investment excluding China surged 80 per cent in the first 11 months from a year earlier. The government's Investment Commission yesterday said Taiwanese companies poured US$l.53 billion (552.4 billion) into the United States, South-east Asia
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      Lock icon Chinese vice-premier calls for more effective curbs on smuggling
      228 4 AFP BEIJING Chinese Vice-Pre-mier Li Lanqing has called on local party officials to take more effective measures to curb the smuggling endemic to China's coastal regions, news reports said yesterday. Despite the successes of the nationwide anti-smuggling campaign launched in July,
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      Lock icon Beijing proposes talks on HK if reforms not tabled
      338 4 AFP HONGKONG China yesterday proposed to resume talks with Britain on Hongkong's political future, but only if Governor Chris Fatten held ofT from tabling democratic reforms in the Legislative Council this week. The message came from a deputy director of Beijing's
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      Lock icon S Korean defence minister to visit Japan next year
      194 4 AFP SEOUL Defence Minister Kwon Young Hae will make a landmark visit to Japan in March, the first ever by a South Korean minister in that portfolio. The ministry yesterday announced that during the visit, at the invitation of the Japanese
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      Top Aussie firms promote Sydney
      518 6  -  Campaign to make city the regional headquarters leader From Florence Chong in SYDNEY SOME of Australia's largest companies have come together to promote Sydney as a centre for regional head offices for overseas companies. Their campaign was given a boost when a leading US company,
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      Lock icon Former NZ premier is opposition's foreign affairs spokesman
      232 6 AFP WELLINGTON Former prime minister David Lange. who as leader declared New Zealand nuclear free and severed military ties with the United States, was yesterday named opposition Labour Party foreign affairs spokesman. The decision by opposition leader Helen Gark was seen as
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      Lock icon Japan panel to propose bond system for public works
      247 6 Reuter TOKYO An advisory panel on reforming Japan's public works tenders will ask the Construction Ministry to study a "bond system" similar to the one used in the US. a ministry official said. In a proposal to be unveiled on Dec
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      Lock icon Aussie jobless rate set to fall: officials
      189 6 Reuter CANBERRA Australian officials are predicting a further rise in employment, following recent data showing the country's grim job market may finally be improving, officials said yesterday. A surprisingly large 22,500 rise in employment in Novenbcr has prompted many economists to revise down
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      146 3 Bottom line: Need for accountability, Pr 20 THEARTOF PERFORMANCE Ml gH > Singapore Dance Theatre brings together some of Asia-Pacific's promising artistic talents this season, December 14 15, 8:00pm at Victoria Theatre. This performance of 4 original works by choreographers from Australia, China, Hong Kong and New Zealand is sure
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      208 4 VISITING PROFESSOR SAYS: "SUCCESS RJOE 4g% REMARKABLY T HGHAT V t| MJM FRANCE", ftg, fact-finding visit SI tionist Professor D.J. Naismith from the Universityof London, tK recorded some very complimentary remarks about Marie fl France. Here is an excerpt from the professor's findings: "I was most impressed with the Marie
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      475 6 FOR SUCCESS IN leaping rewards from investments in China www m. w A nee( not difficult2 s l seems. For those M LJ lIV I f\ who know the game, profitable opportunities 111 A abound and are ripe for harvesting Let our panel of China business experts help you analyse
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
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      Indian banks brace for more new kids on the block
      731 7  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE What do the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India, the billionaire Hinduja family and The Times of India group have in common? Till now nothing. Come 1994, these diverse business groups, along with nine others,
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      292 7 GIVE YOUR FACE THE EXECUTIVE TREffIMENT LHmintsoea the kwk of worry lines leading to (me Removed the look of tired baggy eyes T Dimini«hed v the onset of Removed- furrowed stress open pores and blackheads rm'' li^K Diminished Diminished the formation of the start of the vertical age sags double
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Clinton working on major plan to narrow wage gap
      460 8 AP, AFP WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton is devising a multi-billion-dollar strategy to narrow the gap between the wages earned by blue-collar workers and those who have college education. Administration officials admit that their efforts, hamstrung by tight budgets, will make only
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      Lock icon Air France expects losses of 7.5b francs, begins talks with unions on cuts
      262 8 AP PARIS Air France yesterday estimated its 1993 losses at 7.5 billion francs (Ss2 billion), and opened talks with its unions on how to slash costs without a repeat of October's crippling strike. The new president of
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      Lock icon UK manufactured output rises marginally
      323 8 AFP Knight-Ridder LONDON British manufactured output rose by 0.1 per cent in October from the figure in September and by 1.2 per cent from output in October 1992, seasonally corrected provisional figures from the Central Statistical Office showed yesterday. Output prices were stable in November
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      Lock icon UK appeals court rules in favour of Lloyd's Names
      356 8 Reuter LONDON A ailing by the Court of Appeal gave Lloyd's of London Names, the individuals who back the insurance market, another victory in their struggle to obtain financial compensation from their agents through the courts. The court ruled yesterday that
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      Lock icon Slower US retail growth expected for November
      379 9 Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON US retail sales probably rose more slowly in November than in October, but the November figure does not presage any fundamental slowdown in consumer spending, economists said. A 0.5-per-cent increase in retail sales is estimated for November. much less than October's
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      Lock icon Campbell steps down as leader of Canada's Conservatives
      257 9 AP OTTAWA Kim Campbell, w ho served briefly as Canada's first woman Prime Minister earlier this year, stepped down yesterday as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. Her resignation, which has been expected for about a week, cleared the way for Jean
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      Lock icon Rabin convenes Cabinet as Israel, PLO miss first peace deadline
      309 9 Reuter JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin con\ened a surprise Cabinet meeting yesterday, saying he had yet to decide whether to take a unilateral step now that Israel and the Palestinians had missed their first peace deadline. As Mr Rabin
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      Lock icon Kuwait may open oil, banking sectors to foreign firms
      521 10 Reuter KUWAIT Kuwait is contemplating opening its oil and banking sectors to limited foreign participation to boost an economy depressed by security worries over Iraq. No one imagines the emirate plans to allow big foreign equity stakes in its huge and
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      Lock icon King Hassan of Morocco decides to broaden economic ties with Israel
      375 10 NYT WASHINGTON King Hassan of Morocco has decided to broaden his country's economic cooperation with Israel in a major step towards the eventual normalisation of relations, senior Clinton Administration officials say. The king told Secretary of State Warren Christopher
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      Lock icon Publisher of Attali's best-seller sued for alleged plagiarism
      340 11 IHT PARIS A French publisher will take a rival to court this week alleging that Jacques Attali, the one-time aide to President Francois Mitterrand, resorted to plagiary in his best-selling book "Verbatim". A spokesman for Odile Jacob publishers asserted that Mr Attali
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      Lock icon Quebec separatist leader confident of winning provincial elections
      331 11 Reuter QUEBEC CITY Quebec separatist leader Jacques Parizeau has urged English-speak-ing Canada to wake up and see that he will lead his Parti Quebecois to victory in Frenchspeaking Quebec's upcoming provincial elections. "English Canada at the present time is no more aware
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      Lock icon Mexican opposition head won't repeal Nafta if elected
      268 11 Reuter MEXICO CITY Opposition presidential candidate Cuauhtemoc Cardenas said he would probably ask for changes in the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) if he won the August election but would not seek to repeal the pact. "At no time have we
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      Lock icon No outright winner likely in Andorra's first election
      183 11 AP ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra Voters went to the polls on Sunday in Andorra's first election since independence, but early returns showed no party was likely to win a majority in parliament. Andorra enacted a new constitution in May, ending the country's
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      583 9 BUSINESS TIMES TOLI.-FREE TEL No 1-000-741-1883 FAX 741-1298 M THE MATTER OF THECOBVANEB ACT, CAP. a AND M THE MATTER OF ■OMJNDPAQRC(S) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Wlnding-Up) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuers to Section 308 of tw Companies Act, Cap. 50, thai a Final Mating of the members of
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      1058 9 BUSINESS TIMES TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1-800-741-1883 FAX:74I-12S8 JUa L.C. Development Ltd (formerly known as Eu Van Sang Holdings Limited) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF BOOKS CLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Loan Stock Transfer Books and the Register of Loan Stock of the Company win be
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      397 10 BUSINESS TIMES/ANNE KLEIN FEMALE EXECUTIVE WORKWEAR PROMOTION m W If you think of Business Times as a boring financial paper, you must be one of those who equates power dressing with stuffy suits and severe skirts. Here's a chance for you to change your thinking on both counts. Read the
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Personal picture
      776 13 Steven Spielberg, more famed for action movies, has set the tongues of cynics wagging with his latest effort NYT AS A YOUTH. Steven Spielberg says, he was ashamed to be a Jew. Moving from Ohio to Arizona to California, the Spielbergs were often the only Jewish family in
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      Lock icon Almost a Hannah-Browne showdown
      371 13 CHATTERBOX UPI UPI UPI Reuter CLOSELY watched sweethearts John F Kennedy Jr and Daryl Hannah did a little shopping recently at the Fred Segal clothing store in Santa Monica, California, while they were in town for the premiere of Hannah's HBO movie. Attack of the 50-foot
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      330 13 CHRISTMAS NIGHT MENU (By Reservations Only) Vol Av Vent (Pastry sailed puff shells) with Mushrooms Parma Ham and Melon "Capnoaosa" in stuffed tomatoes Lamb stuffed Ravtoks in Butter and Sage-sauce •Aosta Valtet style Lasagnas Spaghettis with Rock Lobsters sauce Roast Turkey Roast Potatoes Fish Fillet wrth Olives Butter Sauce Carrots
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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      1384 13 TV RADIO High Noon, 10.30pm, SBC 12 Gary Cooper is a small-town mm,#. %J marshall who finds out on his I/t J A wedding day that a gang of IV killers is coming to get him. The hours before they arrive 1 on the noon train are dark, as the
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
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      Park Inn hotel chain primed to expand its reach in Asia
      938 14  -  A J Leow reports on the opening of new establishments in China and India A J Leow A RELATIVE newcomer to the Asian hotel scene, San Francisco-based Park Inn International Worldwide, is set to expand its reach soon with
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      First Philippine smart skyscraper
      442 16  -  A 1 Labita checks out the USs3Bm Rufino Pacific Tower Al Labita HONGKONG-based First Pacific Group's newlyopened US$3B million (5560.8 million) 42-storey Rufino Pacific Tower is the Philippines' first "intelligent" skyscraper. A joint venture with Manila's Rufino family and Singapore's PCI Ltd. the building is typhoon
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      PROPERTY WATCH
      255 16 Jones Lang #fsWootton Selected market transactions in the past week transaction i Property Typ> j Twwra PWVATE Dec 3,1993 1 0512 Westpeak Apt 1900 T 999LH 810,000 426 Dec 4,1993 0922 4 Caimhill Plaza Apt 2852 j FH 1,100,00 386 Dec 2.1993 1024 Regency Park Apt 2260 FH
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    • REGIONAL SKYLINE
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        Lock icon S'porean buys part of Sydney building
        87 16 Australian Financial Review SYDNEY An unnamed Singapore investor has paid A 55.97 million (556.4 million) for two strata-titled floors in the Advance Bank building at 51 Druitt Street in the central business district. The deal pushes the value of strata sales in the building
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        Lock icon M'sian inroads into Melbourne hotels
        81 16 Australian Financial Review MELBOURNE Malaysian investors now control nearly 40 per cent of foreign-owned hotels here, compared with none eight months ago, a recent survey shows. Colliers Jardine's hotel and leisure division says in its survey that Malaysian companies control 37 per cent of the
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        Lock icon Vegas millionaire bidding for casino
        85 16 Australian Financial Review SYDNEY Millionaire casino operator Steve Wynn of Las Vegas has joined the bidding for Sydney s ASBOO million casino. Mr Wynn, who was a contender for Melbourne's casino, is in Harbour City Casino Pty Ltd's bid, one of three consortiums bidding for
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        Omni enters reservations pact
        66 16 SINGAPORE Omni Hotels has signed an exclusive agreement with Utcll International to handle all reservations for 47 Omni hotels in Asia, the US and Mexico. Omni will cease all agreements with other reservation companies. Omni s regional vicepresident for sales and marketing, Michael Hobson. says Utcll
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      Lock icon Father's advice helps Korda bag richest tennis prize
      507 17 Grand Slam Cup AP MUNICH A good piece of advice from his father was worth USS 1.625 million (552.6 million) to Petr Korda. Hanging in there like his father told him, Korda survived his second five-set battle within 24 hours to beat
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      Lock icon S Africa's Hobday wins US Senior Tour
      564 17 Golf AP DORADO BEACH, Puerto Rico Simon Hobday, chainsmoking to quiet his quivering nerves, took advantage of mistakes by his opponents for a two-shot victory on Sunday in the US Senior Tour Championship. While Dave Stockton and Larry Gilbert got themselves in trouble,
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      Lock icon David and Goliath
      58 17 Reuter TOKYO At 209 cm tall and 235 kg, American Emanuel Yarbrough (rear view) seemed no match for Argentina's Alejandro de Los Santos. But Yarbrough on Sunday managed to beat Santos in the quarter final of the open category at the World Amateur Sumo Championships. Yarbrough later
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      Lock icon Broncos deal Chiefs their 11th straight loss
      226 17 AFP DENVER Kansas City's jinx remains intact. John Elway threw three touchdown passes to Shannon Sharpe and the Denver Broncos dealt the Chiefs their 11th straight loss here, winning 27-21 on Sunday. A big mistake hurt Kansas City. Denver's Reggie Rivers rushed in
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        Lock icon American Football
        316 17 AFP, Reuter NEW YORK NFL on Sunday: Houston 19 Cleveland 17; New Orleans 20 LA Rams 23; New England 7 Cincinnati 2; NY Giants 20 Indianapolis 6; Philadelphia 7 Buffalo 10; Tampa Bay 13 Chicago 10; Denver 27 Kansas City 21; LA Raiders 27 Seattle 23; Minnesota 20
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        128 17 UPI LONDON Linford Christie won the final dramatic race of a memorable year on Sunday night when he was voted winner of the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the year for 1993. Runner-up was Bntain's Golden Girl of athletics Sally Gunnell; motor racing hero Nigel Mansell came in third.
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        105 17 AFP SCOTTSDALE, Arizona Australian baseball commissioner John Ostermeyer warned US major league officials they must support global interest in their game or risk losing out to other sports. "We're in deadly combat with (football) and basketball and we're losing the battle." he said. "Internationally, baseball is running a poor
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        22 17 Reuter NEW YORK NBA on Smday: Portland 88 Orlando 103; Sacramento 102 LA Clippers 112; LA Lakers 97 Golden State 100.
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        90 17 AFP ST HENRY, Ohio A 17-year-old leukemia patient who received Payne Stewart's championship trophy from the Skins Game two weeks ago died here following a two-year battle with the illness. Joel Broering spent Thanksgiving weekend with Stewart, fulfilling a wish to meet his sporting idol. Stewart won his third
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        38 17 Reuter NEW YORK NHL on Sunday: Boston 2 Hartford 2 (OT); Philadelphia 1 Edmonton 2; Dallas 4 Florida 4 (OT); Winnipeg 3 Toronto 3 (OT); Chicago 2 San Jose I; Anaheim 2 St Louis 1. Reuter
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        113 17 AFP HONOLULU South Korean Lee Bong Ju won the Honolulu marathon on Sundav ahead of an impressive Kenyan challenge led by brothers Cosmas and Josphat Ndeti. Carta Beurskens of the Netherlands took her seventh straight title in the women's race. Lee's winning time of 2 hours 13 minutes and
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    At last, Europe focuses on jobs
    532 18 EDITORIAL THAT the European Community's first toplevel gathering since it officially became the European union should have focused on jobs as did the Brussels summit which ended on Saturday is wholly appropriate. For if anybody were to single out one issue that has given
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      Still tilting at windmills?
      301 18 IN THE two years that he has occupied the White House, President Bill Clinton seems to have completed the full circle from ardent peacemonger to belligerent seeker of new causes to fight for. The doctrine that his Defence Secretary. Les Aspin, outlined last week marked another
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      Challenges facing Asean
      133 18 IN SPITE OF tremendous progress and bright prospects, the Asian region, especially Southeast Asia, faces a variety of challenges. It is in this context that Asean has to reexamine itself. As stressed by Second Foreign Minister George Yeo in Kuala Lumpur last week, Asean has to prepare
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      A lesson for Keating
      142 18 AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Paul Keating was at fault for saying that Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad was "recalcitrant" for not attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum in Seattle last month. Australia now thinks it should cease to see itself as a Western country and
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      Investing in China's future
      141 18 WITH less than four years to go before the handover to Chinese rule, Hongkong's role as a gateway to China looks assured. Few now doubt that any economic sabotage China may perpetrate before 1997 will be speedily undone thereafter. To investors in the US, Europe and
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      Malaysia at its best
      154 18 IMAGINE, in just over a fortnight we will have the opportunity of showcasing beautiful Malaysia. Visit Malaysia Year 1994 (VMY 94) kicks off in the new year. It will last 365 days, a whole year. This is not to say that at other times we don't
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      Gatt: the Hollywood issue
      134 18 FRANCE has very strongly argued that movies arc not commercial products but actually a reflection of national culture. On the contrary, the US stand as put forward in Brussels is that movies arc products just like everything else, and they should be sold in an open
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    Lock icon Eastern values that make for a better world
    951 18  -  Tommy Koh on the 10 values that undergird East Asian strength and success Tommy Koh The writer, a former Singapore ambassador to the US who is now director of the Institute of Policy Studies in Singapore, contributed this personal comment. IHT George
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      Japanese land, property prices heading for a collapse
      1098 19  -  Property analysts believe that the real estate market in Japan will fall further when tax and other restraints are relaxed. Anthony Rowley reports from Tokyo Anthony Rowley CONSTRUCTION MINISTER Kozo Igarashi's series of measures last week intended to prop up Japan's real
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      Lock icon Hosokawa called to fulfil his promises as shares plunge
      688 19  -  The honeymoon is over for the Japanese Prime Minister. James Sterngold reports James Sterngold NYT JAPANESE Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa rode into office in August like a knight in shining armour, brandishing optimistic oratory as he promised to hack away at
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      41 19 REDISCOVER RADIO 1 I was able to stay on top of the Telecom shares developments with Radio 1. It's nice to tune in to a station with Financial News and market information on a regular basis. JOELIM 44, Stockbroker Radiol 90.5™
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      366 19 Today, no (me need suffer the misery of baldness. LEADING HAIR-LOSS EXPERT BRINGS LATEST FINDINGS TO SINGAPORE Master Trichotogist, Mr Price and the Svenson Kenneth Price team of hair-care experts, of the internationally Now, due to the overrenowned London Institute fjV whelming success of of Trichologists, was Mr Price's visit
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    Lock icon Yeltsin's camp claims historic victory in polls
    504 20 Reuter, AFP. AP MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin's camp claimed a historic victory in a referendum for Russia's new Constitution on Sunday, proclaiming a new dawn of democracy while Mr Yeltsin yesterday hailed the voters' adoption of a Constitution strengthening his powers, and pledged
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    Lock icon China to abolish import subsidies, cut licences
    241 20 AFP BEIJING China is to abolish import subsidies and substantially reduce the number of commodities requiring import licences as part of ongoing efforts to liberalise foreign trade policy. All import subsidies are to be withdrawn next year to place the country's import business
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    Lock icon Regulators slam brakes on bull run in Indian bourses
    247 20 Reuter BOMBAY Indian authorities yesterday slammed the brakes on a stock market bull run that had pushed up prices by a third since early November, saying speculation was making the exchanges too volatile. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi),
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    Lock icon Hosokawa gets Socialists' support to open rice market
    303 20 Reuter TOKYO Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa won the crucial support of a key coalition party early this morning, paving the way for approval of Japan's plan to allow limited ricc imports to help clinch a Gatt world trade treaty. Mr Hosokawa, after
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    Lock icon S Korean electronics giants post record profits
    362 20 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's electronics giants, which posted soaring profits and moderate sales and export increases yesterday, said they planned to maintain the momentum on the back of the global economic recovery and the high yen. Figures supplied by the nation's top three
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    Lock icon Risk of epilepsy from video games same as TV: study
    198 20 Reuter LONDON Computer games, suspected of being a possible cause of epilepsy among young players, are no more likely to trigger epileptic seizures than television, a study commissioned by the British government said yesterday. The National Epilepsy Society study, commissioned
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    KL condo disaster: need for accountability
    770 20  -  The Bottom Line KARIM RASLAN KARIM RASLAN The writer is a Kuala Lumpur-based journalist who contributes to BT. He owned an apartment in the collapsed block Malaysia is noi a land of physical disasters. There are no volcanic eruptions or typhoons, floods arc relatively
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    Lock icon Loral to buy IBM Federal Systems for US$1.58b
    71 20 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Loral Corp, which has thrived by acquiring other company's castofTs, will acquire IBM Federal Systems Co for nearly US$l.5B billion (552.5 billion). The acquisition is slated to close in the first quarter, subject to conditions including clearance
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Analysts optimistic about M'sian corporate earnings
      405 21  -  By Agnes Chen SINGAPORE Analysts have raised substantially their expectations of Malaysian corporate earnings while the mood in Singapore is slightly more cautious. According to the December issue of The Estimates Directory Pacific Basin (TED), analysts in Malaysian broking firms last month raised their
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      FELS clinches second Manila barge deal
      336 21 SINGAPORE Rig builder Far East Levingston Shipbuilding (FELS) has sealed its second floating power barge deal in the Philippines, just two months after commissioning the first one. FELS, a member of the Keppel Corp stable, said in a statement yesterday the second project will
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      Chua Kim Yeow appointed SES chairman
      365 21 SINGAPORE Former banker and Accountant-Gener-al, Chua Kim Yeow. has been appointed chairman of the Stock Exchange of Singapore. The SES said last night that Mr Chua's appointment will take effect from Jan 1. Mr Chua. 67, takes over the SES chairmanship from former Cabinet
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      Lock icon What's behind OCBC's share surge?
      909 21  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Alvin Tay SINGAPORE What moved the prices of OCBC Bank's shares and warrants up so rapidly in the past three trading days? OCBC directors claimed they themselves were baffled by the surge. They told the Stock Exchange of Singapore on late
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      Lock icon KLSE index expected to hit 1,500 points next year
      461 21 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian stock market's yearlong bull run shows no sign of coming to a halt and the key index could hit 1.500 points next year, analysts said. They added that the turning point would be the softening of
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      MAS, MHS shares suspended
      269 21 KUALA LUMPUR Trading in the shares of Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) and Malaysian Helicopter Services Bhd (MHS) have been suspended at the request of the companies pending an announcement. Talk has been circulating in the market that MHS will be buying a stake in the
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      356 21 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Dec 13 Ijtst Smt ladrx Slock sate htr factor notrn (V) S Avimo 2.010 1.31 (At 8 600 0 200 5.62 1180 CWT 2 990 0 060 1.95 3 54 Cercbos 7 500 0 200 4 90 11.80 FAN 18 500
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          Lock icon Westmont forecasts M$28m profit
          97 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Westmont Bhd. formerly known as Yangtzekiang Bhd, is forecasting a group pre-tax profit of M 527.9 million (5517.3 million) for the year ending March 31, 1994. compared with M 53.397 million in 1993. Dividend for 1993 is forecast at 6 per cent. This
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          Lock icon Kai Peng sees potential in power sector
          89 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Steel engineering specialists Kai Peng Bhd has identified the power generation sector as a potentially lucrative source of business. It secured its first such contract in September for the fabrication of high-pressure steel liners for the Pergau hydroelectric power station
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          Lock icon Buildcon on concrete business
          69 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Buildcon Bhd expects to gain more than 20 per cent of the domestic market for ready-mixed concrete, chairman Yeoh Tiong Lay said yesterday. The group also expects to maintain a fleet of more than 200 mixer trucks and 28 batching plants nationwide, making
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          Lum Chang to adjust price of TSRs
          53 22 SINGAPORE Lum Chang Holdings Ltd said yesterday that it would adjust the subscription price of its transferable subscription rights in view of its one-for-three bonus issue. The subscription price of each rights share will be 55 cents instead of 73 cents, with effect
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        Lock icon Companies should do more when queried: KL watchdog official
        354 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Listed companies should investigate unusual market action in their shares instead of merely resorting to the rhetoric "no material development in response to queries from the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, a senior Securities Commission official said yesterday. Mohamed
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        Lock icon Glenealy to sell entire Batu Kawan stake
        201 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Glenealy Plantations (Malaya) Bhd plans to sell its entire shareholding of 32.5 per cent in Batu Kawan Bhd for MS3O3 million (S$ 189 million) cash. It told the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday it had entered into a conditional sale
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        Lock icon KLSE restricts sales in all three unit trust stocks
        297 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR All three unit trust stocks listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange have been declared "designated securities" from today until further notice following excessive speculation in these counters. A KLSE statement yesterday said sales in shares of Amanah
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        Acma to list unit on KL second board after restructuring
        343 22 SINGAPORE Acma will restructure and then offer shares in its wholly-owned subsidiary. Lityan Systems Malaysia Sdn Bhd, for listing on the second board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Acma said yesterday it had approval for the listing, to take
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        Lock icon Man Yau plans M$3m auto parts joint venture
        179 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Man Yau Holdings Bhd plans to invest Ms 3 million (551.86 million) for its proposed joint-ven-ture project to produce automobile parts with a Japanese company. Speaking to newsmen after Man Yau's listing on the Second Board of the Kuala
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        492 22 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager*' pne« Occ 14 in.hond* I-055 108 United Gr Fund 1.62 168 Singapore Unit Trust united a** Fund i93 201* The C'ommcrtv 1-76 I 85 NTUC Income The Savings Fund 166 I 74 hMme Bond Policy 4-V. 4.52 S pore frog Fund 0 "4 0 78 spore
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        Lock icon Boom in HK mutual fund industry benefits region's markets
        401 23 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The territory's mutual fund industry has had a bumper year in 1993, with gross sales and net investment reaching record levels, but South-east Asian stock markets have been the beneficiaries rather than Hongkong's own bourse. According to
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        Lock icon SCMP sells stake in Chinese newspaper
        183 23 AFP HONGKONG Hongkong's largest newspaper South China Morning Post announced yesterday it had sold its interests in the money-losing Chineselanguage newspaper H cih Km Yat Ho for HKS2O million (SS4.I million). The English-language newspaper said it sold the assets and business of the Chinese
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        Lock icon Hualing 353 times subscribed
        143 23 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China-back-ed Hualing Holdings said yesterday that its initial public offering of shares has been 353 times subscribed, attracting HKS6O.7 billion (5512.5 billion) in funds. Hualing is one of two manufacturers of frost-free refrigerators in China. It uses technology acquired from Mitsubishi Electric
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        Lock icon Thai firm seals largest foreign investment in Laos
        289 23 AFP BANGKOK A Thai industrial conglomerate will build four power plants in Laos at a cost of USSI billion (551.59 billion), the groups chairman Siwa Nganthavee said yesterday. The Nganthavee Group, one of Thailand's largest industrial conglomerates, will sign a 30-year contract
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        Lock icon Taiwan monitor maker applies to issue Swiss franc bond
        245 23 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI ADI Corp. one of" Taiwan's largest makers of computer monitors, has applied to the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise 60 million Swiss francs (5565.4 million) through the sale of convertible bonds in Europe, the company said
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        Lock icon Fifth company joins bid to buy Kumagai out of Thai tollway
        249 23 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Hemaraj Land and Development pic, a Thai property developer, has joined a group of Thai companies attempting to buy Japanese contractor Kumagai Gumi Co's majority stake in a Bangkok expressway project. In a report filed
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        Lock icon Chinese power firm keen on three projects in the Philippines
        286 23 AFP. Reuter MANILA The China National Electric Equipment Corp has expressed interest in taking part in the renovation of three power plants in the Philippines, the presidential palace said on Sunday. "My firm is willing to take part in any
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        Lock icon Tokyo investors hope Sony's rally will lift sagging market
        428 24 Stock closes at year's high of 5,340 yen Reuter TOKYO Tokyo investors are pinning their hopes on a rally in Sony Corp shares to lift the rest of the flagging stock market, brokers and analysts say. Sony, which started rising on
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        Lock icon Toyota set to scrape by with half-year profit
        418 24 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Reversing their predictions, analysts say Toyota Motor Corp should squeak by with a first-half operating profit, despite earlier signs that the leading Japanese automaker could post its first loss. Toyota has said all along that it expects to
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        Lock icon Top telecoms groups compete for major European network deal
        246 24 FT LONDON Five leading international telecommunications operators are to be invited to bid against each other for one of the largest service contracts ever awarded in Europe. Eighteen blue chip companies have formed an association to handle the contract, which is
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        Lock icon US lawyer accused of insider trading
        182 24 Bloomberg Business News ST PETERSBURG, Florida Home Shopping Network Inc has filed an insider-trading counterclaim against its former general counsel, Allen Allweiss, who is accusing company officials of financial misconduct. The counterclaim accuses Mr Allweiss of improperly buying more than US$l million (551.59 million)
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        Lock icon Fletcher's St Lukes seen listing at a premium
        147 24 Reuter WELLINGTON Fletcher Challenge Ltd's St Lukes Group Ltd is expected to list above its NZ$l.lO issue price, say share analysts. The lowest of their expectations was NZ$l.l5 and the highest NZ$ 1.26. The offer appeared to be fully valued at NZ$l.lO,
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          Lock icon Pertamina cuts costs as prices fall
          66 24 Bloomberg Business News JAKARTA Pertamina said it will cut production costs and tighten financial activities to offset the effects of falling oil prices on the government's revenue, the Jakarta Post said. The company will restrict spending on oil and gas operations and improve the
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          Lock icon Mansion seeks US security firm stake
          100 24 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkong-based fire prevention and fire-fight-ing systems company Mansion Holdings said yesterday it is conducting talks to buy a minority stake in a US company that develops, manufactures and markets computerised security and alarm systems. In a statement f« the Hongkong
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          Lock icon AT&T to tap new markets including Asia
          85 24 Bloomberg Business News LONDON American Telephone Telegraph Co is setting up three quasi-independent units with their own chief executives overseas to tap new market potential in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, the H all Street Journal Europe reported. The new chief
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        Lock icon Australia changes rules to encourage foreign bank branches
        325 25 Reuter SYDNEY The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said it had altered the interpretation of its prudential requirements for foreign banks to encourage them to set up as branches in Australia as well as subsidiaries. The RBA said the changes would help
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        Lock icon Global banking group welcomes Basle panel's proposed new rules
        262 25 Reuter WASHINGTON An international banking group welcomed the general thrust of proposed new global banking rules but called for some changes. The new rules, which have been put forward by the Basle Committee of bank regulators but which would probably not
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        Lock icon Bank starts market in Aussie bonds linked to inflation
        280 25 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Australian investment bank SBC Dominguez Barry has started pricing several key Australian infla-tion-linked bonds, creating a direct market in those securities for the first time in Australia. To date, investors wanting to buy or sell their holdings
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        Bank loans in S'pore continue to climb
        320 25  -  By Soh Tiang Keng BANK lending in Singapore continues to surge, according to latest figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Total bank loans in September grew faster at an annual rate of 11 per cent to $75.6 billion, compared with a rate
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          Lock icon Bank sells HK$400m of FRCDs
          70 25 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Belgian Bank, a unit of financial services group Societc Gencrale dc Bclgique (General Bank of Belgium), is selling HKS4OO million (5582.6 million) of floating-rate certificates of deposit, said Michael Lai, deputy managing director of Oakrecd Financial Services. Oakrced and China Development
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          Lock icon Bangkok Bank plans US$400m issue
          86 25 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Bangkok Bank pic. the country's largest commercial bank, plans to issue up to US$4OO million (SS63B million) worth of Euro-convertible debentures next year. In a report filed yesterday with the Stock Exchange of Thailand, the bank said the entire lot would
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          Lock icon First Japanese insurer in Vietnam
          61 25 AFP HANOI Japan's second largest non-life insurer. The Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Co Ltd. has become the first Japanese insurer to open an office in Vietnam and three more are coming, the company said yesterday. Takashi Ibi. the company's chief representative in Vietnam, said
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          Lock icon China to stop forced bond purchases
          114 25 AP BEIJING China plans to stop forcing people to buy government bonds in a step towards creating a market economy, the China Daily's Business Meekly reported on Sunday. The government tried such a step this year with a 30 billion yuan (558.22 billion) bond
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        Lock icon Joy on hold until December contract expires
        396 25 FT LONDON As Christmas looms, a fund manager's thoughts often turn to locking in profits. End-of-year bonuses always set pulses racing especially this year, when dividends and share price rises in the London market have provided a combined return of around 20 per
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        Lock icon Indonesian coffee exporters fear snags in retention plan
        483 26 Reuter ABIDJAN Some Indonesian coffee exporters may go bust if a producers' export retention scheme results in stable world prices for the commodity, members of their association's fact-finding mission to Ivory Coast told Reuters. They also said it would be hard to
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        Lock icon Aussie gold mine development to expand
        247 26 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE North Broken Hill-Peko Ltd and Delta Gold NL said they have decided to proceed with the second stage of development at the giant Kanowna Belle gold mine. The mine, located 18 km north-east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, is equally
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        Lock icon Spread between copper prices in China and LME narrows
        239 26 Knight-Ridder TOKYO Copper prices at China's metals exchanges are up sharply but have failed to keep pace with activity at the London Metal Exchange. Traders in China and Hongkong say the gap between copper prices in China and the LME in
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        Lock icon Thailand's PTT to raise investment budget
        192 26 Reuter BANGKOK National oil company Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) plans to triple its investment budget in refinery, natural gas and oil pipeline projects in 1994. PTT governor Leun Krisnakri yesterday said the stateowned company will invest about 30 billion baht (SSI.B billion) in
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        Lock icon UK rates to stay low in 1994: Lloyds Bank
        151 26 Reuter LONDON British interest rates will fall a further half point to 5.0 per cent and stay at that level into 1994, a forecast by Lloyds Bank published yesterday said. "Base rates could remain at 5.0 per cent into 1994, especially
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        Lock icon Emergency Opec meeting ruled out
        217 26 Knight-Ridder LONDON There is no prospect of an cmcrgcncy Opec meeting to address weak oil prices, and the group's largest oil producer Saudi Arabia is opposed to the idea. The Cyprus-based weekly newsletter Middle East Economic Survey reported yesterday that Arab oil ministers, participating in
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        126 26 THE USS drifted a touch lower against the major currencies but markets were thin as most participants stayed square. Over in the US$/S$ market. offshore purchase of S$ in morning trade saw the US$ drift lower but local banks on the bid provided support. Off-
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        192 26 Reuter LONDON The dollar was just below its intraday highs against the mark late in Europe, after the German currency slipped during the afternoon partly on sell orders out of the US and partly on poor retail sales data, dealers said. At 1610 GMT the dollar was at 1.7017/22
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        Lock icon Copper market to be in surplus this year
        195 26 Reuter LONDON The copper market will be in surplus by some 275.000 tonnes this year, and stocks will continue to rise during the first half of 1994. London Metal Exchange (LME) brokers Billiton-Enthoven Metals said. In a review of the copper market.
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        1595 26 lrade-*etghied index calculated against S'pore's lop 14 trading partners Bate year 1985 US$/S$ forward rates Noon Dec 13 s$ Bid Offer 1-month I 5940 1.5955 2-month 1.5935 1.5950 i-month 1.5931 1 5946 6-month 1 5919 1.5939 Sounr OCBC Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at lOan on D«c 13:
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        89 26 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was slightly up against most other major currencies with the exception of the yen in early trading on Wall Street yesterday. Trading was calm in the absence of any significant US economic indicators. At around 9:15 am (1415 GMT), the dollar was at
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        Lock icon Euroyen ends marginally softer
        1380 27 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen interest rate futures ended marginally softer as the Nikkei stock index futures firmed, but sentiment remains steady, dealers said. "The market is watching for a correction for the Euroyen but the uptrend is still intact." said one dealer. June Euroyen
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        KL tin breaches M$12 level
        604 27 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin Tin breached the MS 12 level for the first time since mid-Novem-ber and closed 26 sen up at MS 12.06 a tonne from Friday on higher London prices and increased buying, traders said. They noted an opening bid of 230 tonnes against
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          Chinese exports of copper fall
          111 27 TOKYO China exported 164 tonnes of unwrought copper and its alloys in September, sharply down from 861 in August, according to China's official external trade statistics. Jan-Scp exports totalled 3,541 tonnes, down 62.9 per cent from the same period last year, according to the monthly
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          Sugar exports by Mauritius down
          50 27 LONDON Sugar exports from Mauritius in Jan-Sep totalled 394.654 tonnes, down 3.3 per cent from the same period the previous year, the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture has said. Production in Jan-Sep totalled 341.165 tonnes, down from 423.257 tonnes for the same period the previous year.
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          Non-ferrous metal production falling
          98 27 FRANKFURT The western world's production of six primary non-ferrous metals in 1994 is seen falling 0.7 per cent to 34.313 million tonnes from an estimated 34.556 million this year. Western German mining and trading company Metallgesellschaft AG has forecast. Production in 1992 reached 34.406 million tonnes,
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          Thais export 163,000 tonnes of corn
          67 27 BANGKOK Thailand exported 1,129 tonnes of corn during Dec 3-9. bringing the total for the year to date to 162,780 tonnes, the Thai Maize and Produce Traders Association said. Shipments during Jan l-Dec 9 totalled 116.710 tonnes. The Dec 3-9 exports comprised 742 tonnes
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1663 27 Rubber RAS Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at lpm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jan 94 130 50 130.50 130 50 200 550 Feb 132.00 131.50 132.00 225 4.175 Mar 133.50 133.00 133.50 475 6.925 Apr/Jun 135.00 ***** 135.50
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        Australia
        1229 28 +9.6 Strong local and overseas buying of resource stocks, together with confidence in gold issues, lifted the Australian sharemarket yesterday, analysts said. At the close of trading, the key All Ordinaries Index was up 9.6 points to 2.094.5. Support for the heavyweights was reflected in the All Resources Index
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        Manila
        629 28 +65.92 Share prices closed sharply higher, defying anticipated lows for the season, as in\estors loaded up to take positions for an expected bull run early in 1994. brokers said. The Manila Composite Index climbed 65.92 points while Makati jumped 45.32 points. "Consumer confidence is also overflowing so money is
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        Seoul
        476 28 -16.85 Across the board profit-taking compounded by rampant institutional sell-offs dragged the market sharply down by the close yesterday. The composite stock index shed 16.85 points to 850.03. Brokers expected heavy selling by securities houses because of a government order requiring them to liquidate holdings beyond 60 per cent
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        New Zealand
        299 28 +2.15 The New Zealand share market finished its first day of the trading week slightly higher after a fairly quiet session. Brokers said the market received little direction from offshore markets and there is a wait and see attitude in the countdown to the deadline for the Gatt
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        Bombay
        68 28 54.44 Stock prices closed higher after retreating in early trade as lower prices triggered a fresh round of buying, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) 30-share index closed at a provisional 3.456.34. up 54.44 points from the previous close. The 100-share National Index closed 18.84 points up at
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        Taipei
        590 28 178.23 Waves of buying from both foreign and domestic players saw Taiwan share prices end at an eight-month high, while turnover also jumped to its highest level since March, brokers said. The index surged 178.23 points to end at 4.929.81. off an intra-session high of 4.941.45. Turnover soared to
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        819 28 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer Mim Cap Dcpout J* 6400 Jg 6500 Mim Jene> Gilt O IHfJ 0I<N2 Mim Max Income *1 0800 *1 1200 ISS ask Income PIw Fund 10 7600 11 3300 PS Re*rve Fund 5 1200 SIW0 Sterling Kqait) Euro Performance -0.4592 04'»iB Far Eatt Fund
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        London
        663 28 -6.7 The FTSE 100 ended the day lower, although stripping out the effect of exdividend stocks meant the index was basically unchanged to firmer, traders said. A trendless futures market. where players were concentrating on the expiry of the December contract on Friday, also added to the cash market's
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        Paris
        163 28 -1.82 French shares ended the session slightly lower, slipping below the 2.200 point level on the CAC-40 index after a morning in positive territory, after comments on Gatt talks dampened sentiment on the market, dealers said. The CAC-40 index ended down 1.82. or 0.08 per cent, at 2.196.31 The
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        Brussels
        157 28 +2.59 Belgian shares ended slightly higher after a quiet sideranging session as hopes for further gains before the year-end outweighed increasing fears of a shortterm correction. The Bel-20 index of leading Belgian shares closed 2.59 points, or 0.18 per cent, higher at 1.431.37. Around 1.24 billion francs worth of
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        Amsterdam
        269 28 -1.47 Dutch shares drifted to a lower close and were looking for more Gatt news and Wall Street for fresh impulses after investors had remained largely on the sidelines. The EOF index finished down 1.47 points at 393.60. Royal Dutch Petroleum was a bright spot among internationals. firming 0.90
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        Zurich
        251 28 +6.50 Swiss shares were led higher by industrial stocks yesterday. The bourse indiccs reached new record highs as hopes that interest rates had not reached their lowest level supported sentiment. Nestle, four francs higher at 1.254. topped the active list. Bearers and reg- istcred shares in Alusuissc were also
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        Johannesburg
        310 28 +85 Shares soared to new highs yesterday on the back of a rising gold price and poor liquidity in industrials. The Gold Index rose 85 points to 2.135 while the Industrial index added 52 points to 5.109. The Overall index rose 80 points to 4.547. De Beers gained 325
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        Toronto
        250 28 +4.03 Stocks rose early on strong precious metal stocks as gold prices surged to new four-month highs, traders said. Gold and silver issues were the most active stocks yesterday morning in an otherwise quiet market. "There really isn't a lot of economic news happening." one dealer said. The TSE
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        New York
        762 28 -6.42 The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which climbed 10.89 points a new all-time high 3740.67 on Friday, was down 6.42 points to 3734.25 at 11 am EST. A big gain in Dow component IBM helped trim the key barometers loss. Ihe New York Stock Exchange composite index was
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        Milan
        126 28 1.24pc Italian shares slipped off highs but still closed over a percentage point up on the day. Continued good sentiment over government privatisation programme and hopes of lower interest rates lifted prices. The Mibtel index was up 1.24 per cent to 10.365. Fiat was up 136 lire with investors
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        Stockholm
        114 28 +0.55pc Swedish shares closed higher on reduced foreign selling pressure in indexheavy Ericsson and a generally positive attitude among Swedish dealers. The OMX-indcx was up 0.81 per cent at 1059.63. while the blue-chip top-16 index rose 0.98 per cent to 1426.99. The all-share index climbed 0.55 per cent to
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        Frankfurt
        204 28 +0.54pc German share prices closed firmer but off intraday highs as futures-led buying eased and investors held off to assess progress in Gatt trade talks, dealers said. The DAX index closed at 2,172.50. up 0.54 per cent from official close of 2,161.13 but off intraday record high of 2.187.28.
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      3114 29 HONGKONG Stocks closed modestly higher as late bargain-hunting outweighed profit-taking, brokers said. The blue chip Hang Seng Index ended up 20.48 points, or 0.2 per cent, to finish a volatile day at 10.248.59. It opened firmer to touch a high of 10.272 before institutional profit-taking dragged the index down
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      CHINA
      458 29 The Shanghai B market was quiet yesterday with the CLSA B Index up 12.39 points at 975.86. All counters were thinly traded except the two newly listed stocks. Pilkington Glass remained most active, adding 1.9 per cent to close at U551,376. In Shenzhen, the CLSA B Index eased mildly
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      2476 29 Reuter. UPI TOKYO Tokyo stocks closed up for a third straight trading day. with rallies in blue-chip elect ricals led by Sony Corp. The weaker yen also fuelled buying of electrical exporters. However, limited participation hindered across-the-board rises and earlier jumps were slashed on late arbitrage unwinding. The Nikkei
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      1874 29 Reuter BANGKOK Thai stocks closed up but near the day's low as investors who actively bought finance stocks in the morning took profits in the afternoon, brokers said. The index closed up 4.54 at 1.485.17 against the day's low of 1.478.15 and against a high of around 1.510. Turnover
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      1151 29 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices closed higher in moderate trading yesterday, with local investors buying a range of counters, brokers said. The official index tell 0.53 points to 527.93. '"Buying sentiment has been solid today with local investors active on selected stocks." a local dealer said. Bank Intcrnasional Indonesia rose
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2728 30 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info Gr Gf •99) 1 j»i VoJ Day last OMt Di» Di» YW N«« M Cap High Low Company Salt ("000) High Low Buyer Seller Or P/E $mil MALAYSIAN STOCKS in ini iin 102 MSB SX" 205 cd +3 69 210 201 205
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        Lock icon Index ends at new high on continued buying
        260 30 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The KLSE Composite Index ended at a new closing high of 1,090.35 yesterday on continued buying support for selected blue chips after registering a new all-time high of 1,097.98 in the morning. The 85-stock index, which surpassed the previous
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        5538 30 Source: Bridge Info MDtCES TURNOVER Clow PrcvioK Kup KLSE Composite 1090.35 1075.85 +14.50 NST Industrial .5574 41 5466 14 +108.27 NST Finance 8853 86 8752.05 ***** NST Properties ..2724 60 2712.01 +12.59 NST Mining 2540.08 2508 85 +31.23 1 araovrr ("0001 Total volume 938.982 754,419 184,561 Total value (MS) ..4.5M.4M
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        7334 31 MAIN BOARD Transaction date: Dcc 13 j_ Gr Gr 1943 U»t Vol Day Last Quote Div Di» YW Net M Cap High Low Com pant Sale ("000) High Low Bayer Seller Or f/F H INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1400 ">60 t Aetna 1340 unch 568 1340 1300 1330 1350 12.5 2.1
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        Lock icon Market surges to new high on record volume
        1669 32  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Share prices surged yesterday, pushing market indices and volume to all-time highs. On the back of strong institutional and retail trading, the Straits Times Industrials Index gained 24.87 points, or 1.2 per cent, to close at a record
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        Lock icon United Industrial Corporation
        127 32  -  HOT STOCK By Paul Leo UNITED Industrial Corporation broke resistance around $1.23-$1.25 on the weekly and daily charts yesterday. Volume, which has been increasing since the start of the month, was 16.49 million shares more than eight times the 10-day average of 1.97 million units. The strong
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      Shipping lines urge PSA to check container seals
      593 33  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Shipping lines want the Port of Singapore Authority to check the seal numbers on all export containers brought into the port area. The lines want to protect themselves from liability for pilferage which has taken place before containers
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      MAN B&W expands S'pore factory
      138 33 SINGAPORE German diesel engine maker MAN EwoV will spend SI million upgrading its Singapore operation. Managing director Hartmut Dewitz. speaking at a ceremony to celebrate new test facilities, said MAN is expanding its turbocharge and fuel oil equipment departments. The new test facilities include a
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      Lock icon OOIL to sell 4pc stake in HIT to Hutchison
      209 33 Reuter HONGKONG Orient Overseas International (OOIL) said yesterday it has agreed to sell the 4 per cent stake it owns in Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) and HIT (Berth 2) to Hutchison Whampoa for HK.S74B million (S$ 154.7 million). OOIL's Kieffer Shipping
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      840 33 Page Col ABC Containerize 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrcnkiel Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 1/2 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 •Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bank Line. The 9 5 Barbican Line 4
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      AWRA minimising price cuts to avoid hurting themselves
      424 33 BANGKOK The Asia Westbound Rate Agreement (AWRA), the group of carriers providing shipping services from Asia to North Europe, is trying to minimise cuts in its tariff. The trend is reflected in the recent rate restoration of US$l5O (*****.30) for a twen-ty-foot
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      Lock icon Two European yards vying to build offshore patrol vessels for M'sia
      421 33 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Two European yards are out to get a slice of Malaysia's Ms4-billion (552.5 billion) offshore patrol vessels programme. State-owned French shipbuilder DCN International has proposed its Aviso-class offshore patrol vessels (OPV), which incorporate stealth technology, while
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        649 34 Vtwl fay Wo Btrttt jnjwl Deparhra llMll Voy Wo Bwtti Arm a) Dtpirhyt iurong Port eesMf 16 ss po9a u 12/2200 1&12/2200 Wepa 9301 J12 *cnr*k 14.12/1230 Batam Speed3 ****** POM 13 12/2000 13 12/2300 Atlanta: Pnde STA-19 J15/17 alongside 14.12/1800 Batam Spead3 ****** P01A 1412/2000 14.12/2300
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1488 34 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Rtcord BooMnf/Baianct Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Piriod From To From r to LUc 0»A 14/1300 I 13/1500 13/1659 13/1900 to Swan 096A 15/1500 2 13/1700 14/0659 14/0900 4 14/1200 14/1459 14/1700
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      9655 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
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3328 47 tK C'ontainerline NV: Bclsin Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (SVMannc Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN) Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pie Lid (SyAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkm Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pie Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albntros Sen-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pie Lid (S).
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      COURIER SERVICES
      279 47 Abacus C ouriers Tel: 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 Tel: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Liak International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Cluster Link Supplies A
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1484 47 Abex txpms Freight Td. 542-7171. Fax *****84 Actinic Forwarder Td: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Td: 542-7821 Fax: *****20. Aeroiink Freight International Td: 545-8031 Fax: *****05 Atmped Td: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Td: 542-5454 Fax: *****06. Air Express International Td: 542-7666. Fax: *****74. *****50. Air
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2190 48 ALBANIA Duress: One vessel discharging bulk wheat. 1 vessel in roads waiting to discharge bagged sugar. ANGOLA Luanda: Port operating normally. No congestion reported. Lobito: Port operating normally. Namibe: Port operating normally, all crude oil export terminals operating normally. ARGENTINA Santa Fe: No vessels berthed, none in roads;
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      1452 49 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to 1,237 on Fridav from 1.241 on Dec 9. Capesize rates remained weak in all sectors of the market, particularly in the east, brokers said. Brokers said NSS fixed the Cido Star for a 120.000-tonne 10 per
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      923 50  -  In 1988 Hans Jakob Kruse forecast what would happen in the shipping industry over the next five years. Have events proven him right? Elizabeth Canna reports Elizabeth Canna American Shipper T's surprisingly swift I that the Commission agreed on taking action. For a complicatcd body like the Commission
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        434 52 AFP BEIJING Airline safety in China must be made an "overwhelming priority", a leading aviation official was quoted as saying yesterday, following the second hijacking of a Chinese airliner in four days. "Leaders must make safety an overwhelming priority," the China Daily quoted
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        364 52 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON US Transportation Secretary Federico Pena has said he'll intervene in disputes over landing fees that threaten to disrupt the nation's aviation system. He conveyed this decision in a letter to airlines and airports last Friday after his successful mediation
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        275 52 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Mofaz Air has teamed up with Heli Union, a French company, to prov ide offshore helicopter services. Its managing director LtKol (B) Mohamed Affendi Mustapha said on Sunday the company signed a memorandum of understanding with Hcli-Union about two months
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          50 52 Reuter KARACHI Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has signed a loan agreement for US$ 152.1 million (***** million) to buy two Airbus aircraft, airline officials said yesterday. The agreement was signed between PIA and a consortium of banks including Banque Indosuez and Barclays Bank. Reuter
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        207 52 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japan's Ministry of Transport will introduce revised regulations on discount air fares in April that would allow air carriers to cut the price of economy-class seats on international flights from Japan to the US or Europe
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        1394 52 Ct£ n** ETA F—M ETD_ Abu Dhabi GA893 1655 GA892 0100 GA974 2325 GA984 2340 Adelaide QF81 1935 Qf82 2050 SQ228 2105 Amsterdam SQ25 0635 GA892 0100 KL837 1540 KL844 0535 GA893 1655 SQ320 1100 SQ323 1725 GA974 2325 KL838 2335 SQ26 2355 Athens SQ348 2250
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        194 52 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp has asked the Thai government for extra tax breaks to keep the company from locating future passenger car assembly plants in Malaysia, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. Mitsubishi's local partner, MMC Sithipol Co,
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      106 35 uamssassß THE FINAL COUNTDOWN "MAERSK YEAR END LOADER 1993" TO USA DON'T MISS IT VESSEL DETAILS Vessel/Voyage Lars Maersk V.9399 ETA 31/12/93 (1600 hrs) ETD 31/12/93 (2300 hrs) Closing Time 31/12/93 (1200 hrs) CY 31/12/93 (0400 hrs) CFS For your BOOKINGS please call: Bookings department: Ms. Karen Choo 228-6673 Ms.
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      571 36 [^SZtB29 FCL Breakbulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for all services C.I.S.- Vootochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Baku, Irkutsk, Alma Ata North Korea Vietnam Mongolia t Hungary CSFR Poland FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO NORTH/WEST AFRICA FEEDER VESSEL ETA SIN NED EUROPA V.
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      529 38 EKA JAYA AGENCIES >3|ir TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE MVAHIiAH TRADE PAOgW I HAWPWK>Wg/D«gCT tnuoAH wet una—mawwrn ■MM ami HO CH MWtti CUT WHHT HOC un—rrnwwiitH KELVIN CHAN 29M8 MHm/HtWW TO BEUH CONTAINS* SERVICE M OCEANLINES wl voy TBN 21/12 27/12 «/l YANGON GEN. AGENT:
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      1443 38 HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****21-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 n» Kl SM LK HAUL SEA TO POX FM YSI fS« IUM HAUL MV U UTC 024 C 17/12 MECT «/l 7/1 «/l OAKLM® 024E 17/12 H HAIUN BKIffN 0101 24/12 DHCT 13/1 14/1 15/1 HAMN
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      2193 39 SCX: 'CALIFORNIA JUPITER 69E' ETA SGP 25/12/93 II yy I ARRIVING LOS AN6ELES 01/01/94 IN 16 DAYS I AEX: 'NEPTUNE LAZULI 04E' eta SGP 19/12/93 I ARRIVING NEW YORK 11/01/94 IN 22 DAYS Mi *m Connecting Nwtuna CyprfeM 82E In HKB 08/01/14 II *R2 Connactinj CaTttornla Saturn 82E In HKB
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      1053 39 9 SINGAPORE SOVET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD CR NO: **********0/N ENQWRIES: *****33 BOOKINGS: *****64, *****51, *****31, *****13 iM>> BALTIC: INWARD *****81 OUTWARD *****81 T/S *****77 JSRSk BLASCO: INWARD *****79 OUTWARD *****80 T/S *****78 FESCO: BOOKINGS *****06 DOC *****07 MARINE INSURANCE: INVENTORY: *****59 WI M Wll AGENTS: KL: 03-*****75/697 PKLG: *****43/
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      1219 40 44 mm AS AGENTS: "K" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CR No: **********0*) TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 T T IWT MALAYSIA "I" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAUTINTERNUSA. TEL JKT *****08 n?3SBW V Tc?
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      2467 44 Full Container Liner Services Malaysia s Agents: Indonesia 's Agents: General Agents: Booking Agents: Ginan Gean Shipping Sdn Bhd Cheng Chi*o Shipping S4n Bhd P.T. Global Retro Indonesia Maritime Costar Shipping Pte Ltd Shipemg fright Be** Cowtn MM 54 PersoraN Pais Moda Una Let 3.34, 3ri Floor, U. It. H.
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      590 45 (it FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 20/12 ROTTERDAM 20/12 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 20/12 HAMBURG/BREMEN 20/12 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 21/12 FELIXSTOWE/UK 15/12 BARCELONA/SPAIN 10/12 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 15/12 GENOA/ITALY 18/12 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 20/12 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 10/12 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 10/12 NEW YORK/EC 17/12 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 17/12 VANCOUVER 15/12 BRISBANE
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      995 45 §g VESSEL *21 J T VESSEL VOY SIN PEN 1 rs WANA BHUM 20SB Wod 15/H Bgl IS/12 S |AKABHUM 11SM S«t IS/12 ~Mon 20/12 Bj| VESSEL VOY WN »KK |1 CHAIYA BHUM 30S Fri 17/12 ,Tw 21/12 DEJ* BHUM 2203H Moo 20/12 W»d 22/12 Bg XETHA BHUM 2«W Tw
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      556 45 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 Ij^roNCTAMAI^ rosu sps ns k km mc TULSOAS V3I2H 16/12 11/12 21/12 >1/12 2/1 SMKMC TRADER V3MN 23/12 25/12 21/12 27/12 7/1 §/l
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      188 46 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND I i TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD EU EU H» sras rati KaMc knme am mh is/12 lending tof Mite mmu HUDHU 25/12 Dischirjing jnd lMdui( tof Bombay DOIfHH M PORT ludM( Fo» Mate noma awn* a port samd Lojdinj for M* UMCEDH 20/12 loading For Mjte
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      1039 46 JSL THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD 1 I 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 I I Vy Vy TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I I TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I 4 mmmm ccmm+r SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL »0T Is PORE IPEST VESSEL IvOT Is PORE PEST
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      699 49 TODAY'S TIDES (height in metres) HOUR 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0(00 0700 OtOO 0900 1000 1100 1200 1900 1400 ISM 1(00 1700 1100 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 II 2.7 2.7 2.3 1.9 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.7 2.4 3.0 3.3 3.3 2J 2.4 1.7 1.1 OS 0.4
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      679 50 M VIGOUR PACIFIC LINES VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA I VIGOUR PACIFIC 33N8 17/12/93 25/12/93 VIGOUR PACIFIC 33ANB 20/12 93 25/12/93 LOADING EVERY VIGOUR SINGAPORE 69N8 24 12 93 1 1/94 VIGOUR "i pQfVt K^ B Q/pe^ AN6 60( |t/uifK| 4 M&m VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE PORT KLANG PENANG SINGAPORE VIGOUR PACIFIC
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      297 50 ®APPENSHIP HAMBURG \T\J CONVENTIONAL INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST VESSELS 10A0MG PORTS DISCHARGE LOADING FOR VASILIY KOVAL PORT SAIO 19.11.93 SPORE 14/12 BKK 18/12 FORUM AKASAKA ANTWERP 05.11.93 SPORE 16/12 HARMONY SEA 13.11.93 SPORE 20/12 KOALA CONTAINER LINE SPORE ax HAM ROT LEH DKK
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      920 51 A HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO.^D. BKG^SoSI VESSELS VOY I PNA 1 PKE PGP j VESSELS VOy" SIN RTM AWT* LEH* HAM BREt FEL HMM ADVANCE 033 A 13/12 14/12 16/12 M. COMMANDER 307W 20/12 07/01 07/01 08/01 09/01 09/01 11/01 *> NOR MALACCA 9351 A 20/12 21/12 23/12 SI
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