The Business Times, 29 December 1993

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    13 1 SINGAPORE Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Wednesday December 29 1993 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow Jones down 0.84 point
      59 1 Reuter NEW YORK Blue chip stocks inched off from their record high yesterday, but the broad market managed to score slight gains. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 0.84 point at 3.792.09 at Ipm EST. Gains led losers 9-8 on the New York Stock
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      Lock icon US budget deficit set to narrow to US$ 190b
      56 1 KnightRidder WASHINGTON The United States budget deficit should narrow to about USSI9O billion (*****.1 billion) in fiscal 1995. "far lower" than earlier anticipated. Treasury Secretary' Lloyd Bentsen said yesterday. He added that the Ciinton administration's programme to cut the budget deficit
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      Lock icon Mercedes to build more trucks abroad
      59 1 AP FRANKFURT MercedesBenz. which built half of its trucks this year at plants outside Germany, plans to expand its foreign-based production of commercial vehicles, a company spokesman said yesterday. Confirming a report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the spokesman said the company plans to
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    106 1 Stock market indices Tundat Change ST11 1392.37 +1.1.94 KLSE Composite...1.223.05 +1'.77 Nikkei 17.131.21 +31. 33 HangSeng 11.570.2 +530.38 SET Index 1.652.69 +44.57 Jakarta Composite ...572.57 +6.63 CLSA China B 1.376.35 +16.59 Aust All Ord .closed FTSE 100 closed I uesda> Previous 1pm close Do* Jones 3.792.09 3.792.93 Exchange
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    Lock icon HK leads Asian markets' surge to new highs
    381 1  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The feverish year-end buying spree continues unabated as Asian stock markets, led by the return of the booming Hongkong bourse, surged to record levels again yesterday. Back from its prolonged Christmas holiday break, the Hongkong bourse roared
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    Keppel consortium clinches control of Philseco shipyard
    507 1  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Keppel Corp yesterday clinched joint ownership of the Philippines' largest shipyard, beating compatriots Jurong and Sembawang shipyards which had made an earlier bid. Keppel teamed up with Philyards Holdings to secure Philippine Shipyard and Engineering Corp (Philseco). Philyards, a
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    Lock icon Dealers expect COEs for big cars to hit $70,000
    478 1  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Buyers of large cars are unlikely to enjoy a respite from rising Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums. Dealers believe large car premiums may reach the $70,000 mark from the previous month's $60,000 levels, but are unlikely to
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    Lock icon Indon telecom giant ready to go public
    394 1 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's state-owped telecommunications giant PT Telkom wants to list on Jakarta's booming stock market next year, a move which brokers say could kickstart the government's stalled privatisation programme. Telkom finance director Muljohardjoko said yesterday that the government will decide soon if
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    $lb development fund to give manufacturing a competitive edge
    571 1  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE The government has created a $1 billion fund to build clusters of manufacturing companies that will give the Republic a crucial edge in the next few years. Trade and Industry Minister S Dhanabalan said last night the
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      20 1 i Regional Analysis: Pg 7 Breakup of India's powerful families Business links between Singapore and India grow deeper, Page 11
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      11 1 Hock Lock Siew: Pg 13 yr\ An automotive giant in tfh^ftkmg
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Hotel occupancy hits 87.3 pc
        379 2  -  By A J Leow LOCAL HOTELS continued to benefit from the growing number of tourists coming to the Republic last month. According to figures released yesterday by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, the average occupancy rate (AOR) for the hotel industry hit 87.3 per cent,
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      Singapore, Bangkok exploring ways to enhance bilateral trade
      445 2  -  PM Goh's visit to Thailand From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK SINGAPORE and Thailand are gearing up to explore ways to enhance bilateral trade and cooperate on international investments in the new spirit of partnership that is being forged. For a start,
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      Output of aerospace sector to hit $1.25b
      423 2  -  By Juliette Walker THE ASIA-PACIFIC's high-flying aviation market fuelled a 6.2 per cent climb in Singapore's aerospace sector this year despite the world slump in civil aviation and defence spending. Chow Tat Kong, deputy director of the Economic Development Board's Aerospace Group, said
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      Factory plot at Hillview up for tender
      374 2  -  By A J Leow ANOTHER land pared in the emerging residential hot spot of Hillview Avenue is being oflered for sale by tender today. Based on recent sales of other nearby rezoned industrial sites, the freehold 6,800 sq m factory plot at 92
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    • Article
      NTUC Comfort to include overseas unit in listing
      227 2 NTUC Comfort Holdings, the parent of Singapore's largest taxi operator NTUC Comfort, will include its overseas investment arm in its plan for a public listing next year. The inclusion of NTUC Comfort International will make the initial share offer bigger than was
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      Professionals form citizens' think-tank
      405 2  -  By Anna Teo A GROUP of professionals have got together to form a citizens' think-tank to look at policy issues from a politically non-partisan angle. Calling itself The Roundtable, the 10-strong group yesterday filed registration papers with the Registry of Societies. "We're just a collection of
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  • THE REGION
    • Article
      Lock icon Jakarta investment approvals fall 22pc
      330 3 Reuter JAKARTA Approvals for foreign investment in Indonesia fell by 22.4 per cent to US$B billion (5512.7 billion) for the year to Dec 27, putting added pressure on the economy and prompting calls from bankers for more deregulation. The fall in investment approvals, from US$lO.3
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      Lock icon Towards a gunless society
      47 3 Reuter MANILA A billboard calling for a gunless Philippine society attracted the attention of a Filipino passerby in Manila yesterday. The billboard was put up by a civic group which says the proliferation of guns has contributed to violence in Philippine streets. Reuter
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      Lock icon Vietnam's national assembly passes environment law
      151 3 AFP HANOI The national assembly has adopted Vietnam's first laws to protect the environment, the Communist Party daily Nhan Dan newspaper said yesterday. The bill was approved on Monday by 325 of the 349 delegates present, the newspaper said. The law aims to prevent
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      Lock icon Manila to cut troops to help fund upgrading of defence
      436 3 AFP MANILA The Philippine military plans to reduce its ranks by a third in the coming years in order to save enough money to help pay for an ambitious modernisation programme for defence. "Modernisation will call for a slight reduction
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      Lock icon Mahathir confident economy will remain sound in 1994
      239 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he was confident Malaysia would record good economic growth next year. The prime minister said he was convinced the Malaysian economy would remain at least at the current level of growth and would not
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      Thailand sets growth target of 15pc for exports next year
      378 3 BANGKOK Thailand's exports could top one trillion baht for the first time next year if they meet targets set by the Commerce Ministry, and they could show further diversification. the Bangkok Post reported. Following consultations with the private sector, the
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Taipei to ban some China investments
        95 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan is to ban local firms from raising money on local stock or bond markets to use for investment in mainland China projects, an economic official said yesterday. A draft revision of rules governing mainland investments which becomes effective on Jan 1
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        Lock icon Thai govt nod for nationwide pay-TV
        90 4 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK The Thai government agency in charge of television broadcasting has approved in principle nationwide pay-for-view broadcasts. Presently, pay-for-view programming is restricted to Bangkok and five surrounding provinces. At a board meeting on Monday, directors of the Mass Communications Organisation of
        Bloomberg Business News  -  90 words
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        Lock icon Small Japan business sees lower sales
        96 4 Reuter TOKYO Small and medium-sized Japanese businesses, especially those in the car, consumer electronics and capital invest-ment-related industries, expect their sales and profits to drop more sharply over the next three months, according to a Smaller Business Finance Corporation survey yesterday. Although public construction-related
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        Lock icon Chinese plane hijacked to Taiwan
        93 4 AP TAIPEI A Chinese airliner was hijacked to Taiwan yesterday, the third this month and the 10th since April, the military said. Taiwan yesterday returned a hijacked airliner with 47 people on board to China, but kept a married couple who had allegedly diverted the
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        Lock icon S Korea expects 7pc growth in 1994
        110 4 AP SEOUL South Korea's economy, recovering from a four-year recession, will grow by 7 per cent in real terms next year, a government think-tank said yesterday. It compares with a 5 per cent growth forecast for this year and a separate prediction of
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      Lock icon S Korea says North does not have nuclear weapons yet
      226 4 AP NYT SEOUL North Korea is eager to develop nuclear weapons but does not appear to have one yet, South Korea's president said yesterday. The remarks by Kim Young Sam came in response to reports that a classified US Centra)
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      Lock icon Beijing to raise power prices over a few years to reflect market forces
      412 4 AP AFP Reuter BEIJING China plans to raise its electricity prices over the next few years to a level that better reflects supply and demand, an official newspaper said yesterday. The China Daily quoted Power Industry Minister
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      Lock icon Beijing says Kashmir issue is for Pakistan and India to resolve
      121 4 Reuter BEIJING Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (second from right) attending a wreath-laying ceremony in Beijing's Tiananmen Square yesterday. China yesterday rejected the visiting premier's request to play an active role in resolving her country's dispute with India over
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      Lock icon Recession pushes Japanese jobless rate to six-year high
      301 4 Reuter Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japan's prolonged recession pushed the unemployment rate to its highest level in more than six years, a seasonally adjusted 2.8 per cent in November, the government announced yesterday. It inched up from 2.7 per cent in October,
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      Lock icon Indian cabinet set for reshuffle over securities scam
      481 4 AP Reuter NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao will reshuffle his Cabinet and fire ministers aeeused in a bil-lion-dollar securities scandal, political sources said yesterday. But officials in the governing Congress Party indicated that Mr Rao will reject the offered
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      Lock icon Inflation, failing state industries cloud China's boom
      429 4 Reuter BEIJING The twin spectres of inflation and failing state industries still hang over China's booming economy, which has just racked up its second consecutive year of high growth. China's economic boss, Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji, has demanded the price of grain be brought
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      Lock icon China to allow traders to keep forex earnings: report
      225 4 Reuter BEIJING Chinese foreign trade firms will no longer be obliged to hand over foreign exchange earnings under currency reforms set for 1994, Foreign Trade Minister Wu Yi said on Monday. The reforms are part of Beijing's ambitious plan to boost
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      Lock icon Osaka bankruptcies linked to golf course projects
      454 4 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO A common link in recent large corporate bankruptcies in the Osaka area of western Japan has been excessive involvement in golf course development projects. Hitoshi Ichiyo, general manager of the Osaka office of Yamaichi Research Institute of Securities and
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US retailers fail to reap sales bonanza in December
      480 5 Reuter NEW YORK Despite a surge in last-minute shopping, the final week before Christmas was not the bonanza some American retailers hoped for, causing one influential analyst and some retailers to slightly lower estimates for the season. Edward Johnson, publisher of
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      Lock icon US notes progress in worker rights in 7 nations
      213 5 Reuter WASHINGTON United States Trade Representative Mickey Kantor on Monday certified that progress was being made to improve workers' rights in seven developing nations, averting a threat of duties on some of their exports to the US. The benefits come under
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      Lock icon Immigrants demand better jobs
      63 5 Reuter JERUSALEM Nathan Sharansky (left), president of the Zionist Forum, watching on Monday as Russian immigrants beat an effigy with a floor squeegee. Several hundred well-educated Russian immigrants marched to the Prime Minister's office demanding better employment opportunities. Each immigrant is carrying a floor squeegee, symbol
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      Lock icon Design institute set to make US manufacturing world's best
      586 5 AP HOBOKEN, New Jersey This mostly working-class community across the Hudson River from New York, perhaps best known as Frank Sinatra's hometown, also is home to what could become the rebirth of American manufacturing's supremacy. The Stevens Design and Manufacturing Institute,
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      Lock icon Switzerland confident US will approve plutonium plan
      327 5 Reuter ZURICH Switzerland is confident that the United States government will grant its latest request to export USorigin nuclear fuel for reprocessing. an energy ministry official said yesterday. "We are still confident that the request will be accepted." Beat Wieland. deputy head of
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      Lock icon Bonn, under EC fire, proposes to delay recycling goals
      333 5 Reuter BONN Germany is proposing to delay ambitious standards for recycling paper and plastic packaging, in part to appease critics among its European Community partners, officials said. Draft legislation presented by Environment Minister Klaus Toepfer yesterday will postpone the deadline for
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      Lock icon German business says talk of recovery is premature
      372 5 Reuter BONN A German cabinet minister said yesterday that the country should say goodbye to recession in 1994 but business groups warned that it was still premature to talk of a real recovery. Economics Minister Guenter Rexrodt proclaimed the recession was over
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Russia's environmental disaster zone
        114 5 Bernama-Kyodo MOSCOW About 15 per cent of Russia's territory is an environmental disaster zone. Russian Environment Minister Viktor Danilov-Danilyan was quoted as saying on Monday by ItarTass news agency. Mr Danilov-Danilyan, calling the environmental situation in Russia "very serious", said only one-fifth of toxic industrial waste
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        Lock icon US consumer confidence index soars
        94 5 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Consumer confidence in the United States rose to its highest level in almost two years in December in a sign that American consumers are more secure about their jobs, the economy and in their expectations for the next six months,
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        Lock icon France to trim income tax
        102 5 Bloomberg Business News PARIS The French government is trimming income tax due in the first four months of next year as part of a wider tax reform, the Economy Ministry said yesterday. The cut is a one-time measure, not a permanent reduction in the tax
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        Lock icon US acknowledges sanctions loophole
        101 5 Reuter WASHINGTON The United States on Monday acknowledged that foreign subsidiaries of American companies may get around sanctions aimed at curbing business with Libya. State Department spokesman David Johnson said that as a result, the administration has recently pressed US allies to ensure enforcement in their
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        Lock icon Surfing rabbit
        45 5 Reuter SYDNEY Ray "Scooter" Springett watching Duffy, his sevenmonth old pet rabbit flicking water from her paws during a summer surfing session in Sydney Harbour yesterday. BufFy, who accompanies "Scooter" everywhere, is a keen surfer but has yet to ride ocean waves. Reuter
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        Lock icon Prince Charles seeks envoy's role
        109 5 Reuter LONDON Prince Charles is holding talks with the government on becoming a royal ambassador for British business, a British Cabinet minister was quoted as saying yesterday. Trade Minister Michael Heseltine told The Times that the talks were intended to help define a precise role
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  • SPORTS
    • SPORT SHORTS
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        Lock icon Basketball
        104 6 Reuter Reuter MILAN, ltal> Late Croat basketball great Drazen Petrovic was honoured as the best European player of 1993 in the yearly survey by Italy's largest sports daily Gazzetta Jello Sport of Milan. Petrovic. who played with the New Jersey Nets in the NBA, was killed in a car
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        Lock icon Boxing
        120 6 AFP SEOUL South Korea's Bvun Jong II yesterday appealed against a controversial split decision which cost him his World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight title at the hands of Japan's Yasui Yakushiji last week. Byun. 25, submitted video tapes of the 12-round title bout in Japan on Dec 23 to
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        Lock icon Cricket
        149 6 Reuter MELBOURNE Australia and South Africa endured more frustration as rain washed out the afternoon session on the third dav of the first test yesterday. With only two full days remaining, the match at a damp Melbourne Cricket Ground appeared certain to end in a draw. Australia. 71 for
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        Lock icon Ice hockey
        37 6 Reuter NEW YORK Results of games pla>ed on Monday: Philadelphia 2 Buffalo 0; Boston 5 Ottawa 3; Chicago 5 Toronto 2; Detroit 6 Dallas 0; Montreal 5 St Louis 2; Edmonton 6 Winnipeg 0. Reuter
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        Lock icon Olympics
        121 6 AFP MANILA President Fidel Ramos in a statement issued here yesterday. called on Philippine athletes to produce the country's first Olympic gold medal at the next Games in Atlanta. However, he also admitted that "today's sports development programme needs a lot of reworking, not just warming over", in a
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      Lock icon Chargers deny Dolphins a play-off spot — for now
      605 6 Chargers deny Dolphins a play-off spot for now AP SAN DIEGO Start Humphries threw to the right guys and Scott Mitchell didn't, meaning San Diego got its revenge and Miami didn't get its play-off spot. Humphries threw three touchdown passes in a span of 8:40, two to Anthony Miller, and
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    • Article
      Lock icon Leader Brindabella forced to retire after damaging bow
      569 6 Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race AP Reuter SYDNEY. Australia Leader Brindabella was forced to retire from the storm-ravaged Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race yesterday after damaging its bow. The French-crewed BobsledSocieie Generate, which earlier yesterday had trailed Brindabella by 30 nautical miles, took over the lead
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      Lock icon Cash crashes out of Colonial Classic in comeback bid
      341 6 AP MELBOURNE. Australia Australian John Fitzgerald defeated countryman Pat Cash 6-7 (6-8), 6-0. 6-3 yesterday, spoiling the former Wimbledon champion's return to singles play after a 12-month layoff. Cash, the 1987 Wimbledon champion, pulled out of this event the round-robin Colonial
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      Lock icon All set for a long, hard drive
      33 6 Reuter PARIS Japanese driver Ken Shinoiuka in his Mitsubishi getting underway for the start of the Paris-Dakar-Paris rally at the I rocadero in Paris yesterday. Reuter
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      Lock icon Carbonneau's hattrick beats the Blues
      600 6 Reuter ST LOUIS. Missouri The defending Stanley Cup champions found firepower from an unlikely source on Monday as Montreal heats the Blues 5-2. Guy Carbonneau scored his first hattrick in nearly 11 years to fuel the Canadiens' victory on a night that saw three National
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      134 6 Scholacship Guide The choice of scholars Timed for publication in midFebruary, when students awaiting their GCE results begin to enquire seriously about the scholarship opportunities available, the Scholarship Guide '94 is the ideal medium for organisations to reach aspiring scholars. The Guide enables major public and private sector organisations to
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  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
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      Whither Asia's business dynasties?
      1386 7  -  The rise and fall of (he region's family empires MICHAEL HAMLIN MICHAEL HAMLIN The writer is editor-in-chief of The Asian Manager magazine published hy the Asian Institute of Management (AIM). Prof Hamlin is also the institute's vice-president for external affairs Special to BT THE NAMES of
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      The party's over for India's powerful families
      906 7  -  DILIP THAKORE DILIP THAKORE I he writer was thejoundir editor ot India v two top business magazines. Business India and Business II orld. Special to BT INDIA'S belated economic liberalisation programme has had an unintended and largely unforeseen fallout. It has accelerated the
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      1513 8 NmU Wl£ Beats A Bud, Brffi'fl WHERE to wine, dine and entertain OF L Round >_ L Princess Terrace introduces Penang Supper, offer bj I the popular Penang lunch, dinner and high tea. With some 19 items available from the menu /j surely there's something for everyone. From a ■f.
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Simply Sedaka
      712 9  -  After Monday night, Joyce Quek has become an even more faithful follower of the crooner Joyce Quek "Let the music lake me. take me to a brighter day NEIL Sedaka's performance at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Monday quickly brought to mind the recent appearance of two other
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      Lock icon Top entertainers of 1993
      507 9 CHATTERBOX UPI UPI AP AP AP STEVEN SPIELBERG has been named the No 1 entertainer of the year by Entertainment Weekly, in the publication's year-end issue. The past year was a busy and lucrative one for the Hollywood director. He produced mega-trend-makcr. Jurassic Park, which has
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      1176 9 TV RADIO and of course. Genting High- Sylvester Stallone finds that it takes more than good behaviour lands and its casinos. to get out of the Lock Up, 10.30pm, SBC 5 1.00 Close. World. SBCIZ 12.10 AM Close. 7.30 PM Your Child 6-12 (Ste- SBCB reo). 3.00 PM Starting Over
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    Asia's outlook for 1994
    547 10 EDITORIAL THE prognosis that the world economy will, at long last, see a pickup in growth in 1994 is welcome news indeed. Much of that growth will happen in this part of the world, but the best news for Asian nations is the clear signs of
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Improve the taxi service
      191 10 TAXI DRIVERS have sought a fare increase at a time when dissatisfaction with them is on the rise again and the government has just shelved plans to deregulate the service and open it to more competition. The Public Transport Council (PTC) is reported to be asking
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    • Article
      Help Russia make it
      172 10 THE RUSSIANS have three choices: supporting reforms, going back to communism, or giving people with a narrow sense of nationalism like Vladimir Zhirinovsky a chance to rule the country. Thus far. President Boris Yeltsin has provided hope. But with almost a quarter of Russians registering their
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      Stability vital for Indonesia
      257 10 THE Suharto government has been successful in developing Indonesia's economy largely because there has bren relative political and social stability in the last 20-odd years. The older generation of Indonesians will remember the communist activities and turmoil of the '60s. But younger Indonesians who did not
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    • Article
      Don't exploit the Constitution
      231 10 ANY DEMOCRATIC ASPIRANTS who had hoped for the early passage of constitutional amendments to rid this country's Constitution of the legacy left behind by the now defunct National Peacekeeping Council (NPK.C) in the present charter must by now have resigned themselves to the fact that this
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      Curb Asia-Pacific arms build-up
      162 10 MILITARY SPENDING by Asian nations could hit US$131 billion a year within two years, according to a magazine published by New Zealand's Ministry of Defence. The December issue of Defence Quarterly states that spending by Asian nations, many with booming economies but obsolete weapons, would match
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    • Article
      Bright, yet fragile
      241 10 MOST government and private-sector economists, as well as the businessmen taking part in various economic seminars over the last few weeks, while optimistic about the short-term prospects of the Indonesian economy, share the same apprehension about several major threats to the foundation of the economy itself. They
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    It's going to get hotter on the bourse in Taiwan
    1091 10  -  Big foreign money is fuelling the stockmarket boom in Taiwan. An expected further liberalisation will make things even more hectic. Anthony Rowley reports Anthony Rowley The writer, BT's Tokyo Correspondent, visited Taiwan recently Taiwan's bid to lure foreign funds dircctly
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      Singapore and India: building the momentum
      1243 11  -  As India prepares to welcome Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong as its guest of honour at the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi next month, Nirmal Ghosh finds a deepening of bilateral commercial ties which will benefit both countries immensely Nirmal Ghosh SINGAPORE and
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      Kuala Lumpur should kiss and make up with Kota Kinabalu
      841 11  -  Karim Raslan is hopeful that the release of Dr Jeffrey Kitingan after three years ot detention may be the first step in an elaborate ritual of settling political differences Karim Raslan The writer is a Kuala Lumpur-based journalist w ho
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    Lock icon Drop in share of Japanese chip market upsets US
    546 12 NYT WASHINGTON Trade relations between the United States and Japan took a turn for the worse on Monday as the two countries announced another drop in the foreign share of Japan's computer chip market, the leading barometer of trans-Pacific trade. Trade
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    Lock icon Beijing to publish import quotas in bid to rejoin Gatt
    273 12 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING As part of its bid to re-enter the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Beijing will publish for the first time a list of products it subjects to import quotas on Jan 1, a Chinese trade
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    Lock icon Cambodian budget defines new government's priorities
    474 12 AFP PHNOM PENH Dcfcncc and security spending snared a 28 per cent share of an 890 billion riel (***** million) budget adopted yesterday by the Cambodian parliament, but the economic sector got the biggest share. The budget for 1994 accounts for 15 per cent
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    Lock icon Are you game for this?
    48 12 Reuter DHAKA Tribal girls performed "bottle and pitcher" dance to mark the close of week-long South Asian Federation games in the Bangladeshi capital on Monday. Nearly 1,000 athletes from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka participated in the games. Reuter
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    Lock icon Asia replaces EC as region with biggest deficit with Japan
    308 12 AFP Reuter TOKYO Asia replaced the European Community as the region with the biggest current account deficit with Japan in the six months to September, the finance ministry said in a half-yearly report released yesterday. The ministry said Japan's current
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    Lock icon Japan to cut income tax, inject 5 trillion yen into public works in stimulus package
    475 12 Asahi Bloomberg Business News TOKYO An economic stimulus package being prepared for mid-January introduction by the administration will feature income tax cuts of more than 6 trillion yen (5587.4 billion) and an injection of 5
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    Law and order: stand pat and die
    762 12  -  The Bottom Line AM ROSENTHAL AM ROSENTHAL The writer is a columnist with the Sew York Times, where this commentary first appeared BY LEGISLATION, court decisions and national consensus, all Americans have the right to attend public schools, restaurants and theatres. to use
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    368 12 NYT WASHINGTON Strobe Talbott. a long-time friend of President Bill Clinton and a former journalist who was catapulted into policy-making prominence as the Clinton administration's top Russia strategist, will be named the State Department's No 2 official, senior administration officials
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      Rothmans Int'l may build new regional firm with S'pore unit
      458 13  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE British tobacco giant Rothmans International pic may build its new regional company with its Singapore company if plans to merge the Singapore and Malaysian operations fall through. Rothmans' bid to merge its Malaysian and Singapore units
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      Isetan (S) suffers $3m interim loss
      334 13  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Isetan Singapore yesterday reported a net loss of $3.01 million for the six months to Sep 30. Like rivals C K Tang and Metro, Isetan blamed its poor showing on keener competition along Orchard Road and said it did not
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      Diversified Resources: a new automotive giant in the making
      875 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW B) William Chia SINGAPORE Malaysia's privatisation programme has seen the overnight emergence of giant companies in the infrastructure sector such as Renong Bhd and United Engineers Malaysia Bhd. In the transport sector, there are equivalents too, such as
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      Tuan Sing to develop housing estate in Shanghai
      392 13  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Tuan Sing Holdings, the latest toast of stock speculators, yesterday announced plans to develop a housing estate in Shanghai. The announcement came amid feverish buying of the company's shares on the stock market, and barely a month
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      Net assets of US-listed Singapore Fund soar 66pc
      333 13 SINGAPORE Thanks to a buoyant Singapore stock market, the Singapore Fund Inc. a US-listed country fund, ended its financial year on Oct 31. 1993, with a 66 per cent increase in net assets over the previous year, due primarily to investment gains.
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      332 13 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Dec 28 Last Sense Index Slock sale Chce factor atoters (S) Avimo 2.160 -0.010 1.32 -1.05 CAC 8900 0 050 5 46 5 26 CWT 3 040 0 040 1.86 4.21 Cerebos 8 000 0 100 4 91 10 53 FAN
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          Sun shareholders endorse sale of units
          90 14 SINGAPORE Sun Corp shareholders approved the sale of three subsidiaries to Unieentral Corp in an extraordinary general meeting yesterday. Under the terms of a deal outlined in October, Sun agreed to sell its entire shareholding in Singapore Breeding Farm, Sun Intertrade and Sun Leisure
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          GRP buys equipment distribution firms
          67 14 SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listed marine appliance supplier GRP has acquired 750,000 fully-paid ordinary shares of SSI each in Region Suppliers Pte Ltd and one million fully-paid ordinary shares of MSI each in the issued capital of Malaysia-based Region Suppliers Sdn Bhd. In a statement yesterday, GRP said
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          CityDev's M'sian unit changes name
          47 14 SINGAPORE One of City Developments' Malaysian subsidiaries has changed its name. In an announcement yesterday, the company said that Jamimas Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of CityDev subsidiary CDL Hotels International, changed its name to CDL Hotels (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd on Nov 25.
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          Robinson & Co board members
          43 14 Robinson Co board members SINGAPORE Robinson and Co announced yesterday that with the demise of C W Tresise on Dec 22, its board of directors now comprises Teo Cheng Guan. Tan Puay Yong, Cheong Yue Kuan, Peter N Husum and Chew Gck Khim.
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          DBS Land raises capital of seven units
          36 14 SINGAPORE DBS Land has increased the paid-up capital of seven wholly-owned subsidiaries. These are: Amethyst Holdings, Emerald Holdings. Opal Holdings, Peony Holdings. Prime Equities, Resorts International and Sapphire Holdings.
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          Guthrie queried over jump in turnover
          28 14 SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday queried main board-listed Guthrie GTS on the sharp increase in the turnover of its shares.
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          Apollo Enterprises rights issue
          42 14 SINGAPORE Apollo Enterprises yesterday despatched the prospectus on its plans to raise about S4O million through a one-for-two rights issue. The company said the money raised would be used to reduce bank borrowings and enlarge its capital base.
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          Lock icon YTL to move into China, Asean nations
          68 14 AFP KUALA LUMPUR YTL Corp. Malaysia's first private electricity producer, yesterday said it plans to expand its power-gener-ation business into China and other Asean countries. The leading listed construction group was granted a licence in April in the wake of a major government
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        Lock icon Khong Guan (M) plans bonus and bumiputra issues
        313 14 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Khong Guan Holdings Malaysia Bhd has proposed a bonus issue of 15.74 million new ordinary shares of MSI each on a two-for-three basis, and a special bumiputra issue of 28.52 million shares of MSI each priced at M 53.10
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        Lock icon UEM estimates 1993 pre-tax profit at M$ 165m
        353 14 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR United Engineers (Malaysia) Bhd (UEM). a member of the Renong Bhd group, has estimated its consolidated pre-tax profit for the year ending Dee 31, 1993 at MS 165.37 million (*****.72 million). In a circular to shareholders relating to its
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        Lock icon Maybank sees financial services opportunities in Cambodia
        283 14 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malayan Banking Bhd hopes to work closely with the Cambodian authorities and financial community to develop financial services in Cambodia, managing director Ahmad Mohamad Don said yesterday. He said Cambodia's drive towards an open and free market economy as well
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        Lock icon Sapura launches Hanoi's first cardphone service
        472 14 Bernama HANOI Sapura Holdings yesterday launched the city's first pre-pay cardphone serv ice, well ahead of its French rival. The company spent M 52.5 million (SSI.6 million) on a three-month pilot joint-venture project with the Hanoi City Posts and Telecommunications (P&T) after having successfully
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        Lock icon Phileo Peregrine likely to be listed in place of Linatex by March
        265 14 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Stockbroking company Phileo Peregrine Sdn Bhd is expected to emerge as a listed company in place of Linatex Process Rubber Bhd by March 1994. This follows the successful conclusion of Linatex's extraordinary general meeting on
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        Lock icon EPE offer price set at M$ 2.90 for KL float
        155 14 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR EPE Power Corporation Bhd, en route to listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Second Board, has forecast a prospective earnings per share of 73.52 sen for the vear ending Dec 31, 1993. Based on the offer
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        508 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' prtcM Dec 29 L mbond-f 1.06 1.09 j. United Gr Fund 1.75 1.81 Singapore Unit Trust united Asia Fund 2.10 2 isThe Commerce 1 -88 1.97 NTUC Income The Savings Fund 1.73 1.82 good Polio 4 68 4 85 S pore Prog Fund 0.77 0.81 S'pore
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        Siam Steel plans 2.2b baht expansion next year
        478 15  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK SIAM STEEL GROUP, Thailand's biggest steel goods manufacturer, has announced plans for a 2.2 billion baht (SSI 39 million) expansion over the next year, including a joint venture with a Japanese electronics firm. Company president Wanchai Kunananthakul
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        Lock icon Final fling for Korean brokers
        61 15 Reuter SEOUL Traders at the Korea Stock Exchange tossing stock slips yesterday to celebrate the last day of trading for the year. The composite index closed down 7.70 points after selling by the Korea Securities Market Stabilisation Fund, but brokers expect the market to start
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        Lock icon Market gives tentative nod to Tatung's planned issue
        334 15 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI A major new stock offering by Tatung Co. one of Taiwan's largest industrial companies, received a preliminary nod of support from securities analysts yesterday. The electronics and machinery giant's board of directors on Monday backed a plan to
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        Lock icon Taiwanese textile firm in Viet deal
        164 15 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Hwang Dih Lon Textile Co. a Taiwanese textile company, would invest USSIS million (SS24 million) in a weaving and dyeing factory in Vietnam, the company said yesterday. The facility, to be built by a wholly-owned Vietnam subsidiary, will be located
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        Lock icon Thai bank names ex-finance minister to head operations
        268 15 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Bangkok Bank of Commerce, at the centre of a stock market manipulation scandal last year, has put a former finance minister in charge of its local operations. Virabongsa Ramangkura. previously an adviser to the bank, has been appointed
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        Osothsapha's new chief to lead global push
        468 15 BANGKOK Osothsapha (Tcck Heng Yoo) Group, one of Thailand's largest and oldest business conglomerates, has brought in an outsider Praphan Chotinaruemon. formerly Mobil Oil Thailand's executive director in its drive to compete multinational^. As managing director, Mr Praphan would be responsible for the
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        Lock icon Investors defy risk in rush to emerging markets
        550 16 Reuter J LONDON With interest ••rates and economic growth at a low ebb in mature Western economies, investors are defying warnings and deserting the .safety of bank savings accounts for potentially rich pickings in exotic markets. "The real show-stopper has been the
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          Lock icon Coca-Cola named top company in Asia
          73 16 AFP HONGKONG The US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has been voted the top international company in Asia in a survey by the Hongkong-based Far Eastern Economic Review published yesterday. It won top overall position and number one international firm in the categories of financial
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          Lock icon Stanley Electric forms venture in Laos
          80 16 AFP TOKYO Japan's Stanley Electric Co has set up an automotive lamp venture in Laos through one of its affiliated companies in Thailand, a spokesman said yesterday. Thai Stanley Electric held 50 per cent of the venture, capitalised at 1.25 million baht (S$80,000). An
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          Lock icon Bank Danamon to float shares
          41 16 AFP .JAKARTA Indonesia's Bank Danamon plans to float 224 million rights issues to support long-term credit expansion. The rights issues would be floated on Jan 8 at 1,500 rupiah (SS 1.13) each, a spokesman said. AFP
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          Lock icon SEA Holdings unit to sell real estate
          39 16 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Real estate group SEA Holdings said a subsidiary was negotiating the sale of some of its real estate. SEA wasn't more specific about the property. Bloomberg Business News
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        Lock icon SEC didn't query halt in trading: QVC, Nasdaq
        401 16 NYT NEW YORK Spokesmen for QVC Network Inc and Nasdaq said on Monday that they had received no unusual enquiries from the Securities and Exchange Commission about the halt in trading in QVC stock on Dec 22, just before Paramount Communications said
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        Lock icon Macy's earnings back on track
        262 16 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK R H Macy Co said on Monday that November earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation, or Ebitda, rose 94 per cent on lower costs and better inventory management. Macy's, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for nearly two years,
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        Lock icon NY bank to buy Bethlehem Steel mills
        270 16 AP NEW YORK Veritas Capital Inc, a start-up New York merchant banking firm, said on Monday that it has signed agreements with Bethlehem Steel Corp and the United Steelworkers of America to buy and re-open several closed Bethlehem mills in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and
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        MHA's hefty US$ 250m loan puts Labuan on financial map
        376 17  -  By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE The nod for the biggest loan to be booked in Labuan Malaysia's newly established international financial centre has been given to a group of Malaysian and Japanese banks. The US$25O million (***** million) loan for the
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        Simex wins IFR award for cost-effective contracts
        361 17  -  It is also Asia's premier derivatives supermarket By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE The Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) has received the International Financing Review (IFR) Derivatives Exchange Award for 1993. Simex clinched the award on the strength of providing cost-effective contracts in a credible
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        Lock icon People's Bank denies report on renminbi
        230 17 Reuter SHANGHAI The People's Bank of China denied a local newspaper report saying five foreign banks in the city would be allowed to do renminbi business next year. "This report is wrong," Zhang Yongfang, an official in the bank's Shanghai branch, told Reuters. The
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        Lock icon Merrill Lynch pips Goldman Sachs as top muni-bond underwriter
        342 17 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Merrill Lynch Co ranked first among municipal bond underwriters in 1993 as the US government investigated the industry's sales practices. Merrill managed 458 bond issues totalling US$34.B billion (5555.6 billion) this year, according to preliminary figures
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          Elderly drivers get normal premiums
          89 17 SINGAPORE NTUC Income announced yesterday that it has been providing normal insurance premium rates for drivers aged 60 years or older from Oct 1, this year. Previously, a loading of 50 per cent was imposed on the premium rates to elderly drivers of private cars.
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          Lock icon Japanese buy US$ 10b in foreign bonds
          66 17 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japanese investors bought a net US$lO.l5 billion (5516.2 billion) in foreign bonds and bought a net US$3.l4 billion in foreign stocks in November, the Finance Ministry said. Foreign investors, meanwhile, sold a net US$l.29 billion in Japanese bonds and
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          Lock icon Japan allows netting contracts
          85 17 Nikkei TOKYO Japan's Ministry of Finance confirmed on Monday that Japanese banks may conclude netting contracts with US banks to offset mutual foreign exchange market obligations. Netting involves a written bilateral contract between two parties or more under which any obligation to each other to deliver
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          Lock icon Manila may lower bank deposit reserves
          95 17 Reuter MANILA The Philippine central bank is studying a possible reduction in the level of required reserves on deposits banks should maintain, Central Monetary Authority (CMA) governor Gabriel Singson told reporters. He said the CMA plans to implement the cut in reserve requirements in
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        Lock icon Hongkong Bank fires 170 Manila staff after strike
        147 17 AFP MANILA The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank said yesterday it was firing most of its Filipino employees after they refused to return to work following what the bank described as an illegal strike. Hongkongßank management said yesterday it has fired about 170
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        Lock icon Saudi sheikh, assistant escape felony charges in BCCI case
        362 18 Newsdav NtW YORK. A Saudi Arabian sheikh and his assistant have agreed to pay US$225 million (***** million) and eooperate with proseeutors to avoid felony eharges in the Bank of Credit and Commeree International ease, it was resealed on Monday. The
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        650 18 LA Times LOS ANGELES An ounce of gold fetches nearly US$4OO (*****), pork bellies sell for a half dollar a pound and a bushel of soybeans goes for US$7 on the open market. But how much will a company
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        Lock icon Shell pays 350 m baht bonus to Thai govt for refinery
        214 18 Knight-Ridder BANGKOK Shell International Holdings Ltd on Monday paid the Thai government a 350-million baht (5521.9 million) bonus for the right to build its Thai refinery, the company's Thai affiliate said here yesterday. The bonus was stipulated in the
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        Lock icon M'sian plantation sector not badly hit by floods
        401 18 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Despite major floods in several Malaysian states since last week, the plantation sector has not incurred extensive losses. United Planting Association of Malaysia chief executive Abdul Rahman Teh Mohamed. however, anticipates that the floods eventually will a fleet the
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        635 18 Unique history and infrastructure attract dealers from all over the world Reuter ANTWERP. Belgium The messenger drew a small linen bag from the pocket of his overcoat, untied its pink ribbon and tipped a small pile of rough diamonds worth half a million dollars onto
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        193 18 Knight-Ridder TOKYO Aluminium demand for building exteriors in Japan is expected to decline after several months of relative strength, as the number of new construction projects dwindles, according to aluminium company officials and traders here. One official with a large aluminium producer yesterday noted that
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        Crude oil futures lower as inventories grow
        202 18 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT NEW YORK Crude oil futures drifted lower yesterday amid lingering concerns about rising inventories heading into the first quarter, when demand usually starts to decline, traders said. Heating oil futures also stumbled after rising yesterday on expectations demand will improve
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        Lock icon Indonesia ready to follow any Opec cut order
        329 18 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia. Asia's only Opec member which relies partly on oil exports for its fast-growing economy, has indicated readiness to support concerted production cuts to help shore up sinking world oil prices. Faisal Abda'oe, president of the state oil firm Pertamina.
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        192 18 Reuter NEW YORK The dollar was easier at the US market opening >esterday. weighed down more by gravity than by any more active force. Renewed US-Japan trade frictions on news Japan's semi-conductor imports had fallen failed to excite much reaction in a holiday-thinned market, dealers said. Japan's No\ember
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        1313 19 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex interest rate futures contracts saw another day of dull, lethargic trade as the holiday season and the approach of the year-end continued to keep dealers sidelined. Euroyen interest rate futures ended steady to firmer after easing initially in
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        KL tin up on strong demand
        605 19 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN edged up further on strong European and Far East demand prompted by the holiday closure in Europe, dealers said. Tin closed one sen up at MS 12.10 a kg. aided also by lower ringgit against the US dollar. Volume was
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          Japan may lower 1994 lead imports
          93 19 TOKYO Weak economic activity expected to last throughout 1994 will cause substantial reductions in the amount of refined lead imported into Japan next year, traders here say. "We expect to import 70-80 per cent of this year's total" in fiscal 1994-9S (April-March), said one
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          Japan to import more rice
          86 19 TOKYO The Food Agency announced on Monday that it will buy up to an additional 800.000 tonnes of rice from overseas suppliers by endMarch on top of the imports of 1.1 million tonnes announced earlier. Due to this year's unusually poor crop, the rice shortage
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          Colombian pipeline back in action
          82 19 BOGOTA, Colombia Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol on Monday denied wire service reports that a Friday dynamiting of its Cano Li-mon-Covenas pipeline had obliged the company to declare force majeure on crude exports. Ecopetrol Export Director Enrique Lee said: "The reports are false. We had
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          Cuban sugar cane fields in bad state
          85 19 HAVANA Cuba's sugar cane fields are in deplorable condition and workers will be reduced to using horse-drawn ploughs next year because of fuel shortages, Cuba's National Assembly was told on Monday. "The country's main objective is to realise the 1993-94 harvest as efficiently
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      1598 19 Rubber HAS Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at lpn) RSS I C—tract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jan 94 000 000 133 00 0 0 Feb 134.50 133.25 134.00 2150 3,175 Mar 0.00 0.00 135.75 0 6.925 Apr/Jun 138.50 ***** 137.75 2775
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      2141 20 CORPORATE RESULTS Nd Earn EPS Dale TY LY TY LY (ompan> *nn (Soil (Sm) (cts) (ctt) Vcma Sep 10 I 19 517 6.006 28.3 9.7 MSB* Oct 28 P 2.095 0 334 2.04 0.3 Alliance Tech Sep 30 I 0.490L 0.150 0.5 Alex Hldgs Dec 3
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        Manila
        575 20 -4.97 MANILA shares took a rollercoaster ride yesterday, surging at the opening then plunging on profit-taking before bouncing back to end just below Monday's closing levels, brokers said. A broker predicted the market would steady for the last trading day of the year today after the Manila composite index
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        Taipei
        538 20 10.07 Taiwan's stock index closed at a 29-month high as Financials surged but most other sectors fell on profit-taking from the recent bull run. brokers said. The index, which rose some 85 points at one stage, closed only 10.07 points up at 5,501.75. its highest finish since 5.591.96 on
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        Seoul
        390 20 -7.7 The market closed lower on the last trading day of 1993 after massive selling from the Korea Securities Market Stabilisation Fund (KSMSF). brokers said. The composite index fell 7.70 points to 866.18. Brokers expect the market to start 1994 on a strong note when it reopens on Jan
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        Paris
        122 20 -11.91 frcnch shares finished lower in fairly thin trade as the market consolidated a three-day run of record highs. Dealers said the market should remain firm. They 'reported major open positions in December index pall options. The CAC-40 index ended down 11.91 points, or 0.52 per cent, at 2,264.64.
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        Stockholm
        115 20 -0.06 pc The Swedish share market Closed marginally lower in very slow trade as there was a lack of new information to trade on, dealers said. The blue chip OMX-in-dex lost 0.06 per cent to ,close at 1,083.75. Total market turnover was 673 million crowns. t Ericsson's B-share fell
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        Frankfurt
        182 20 -o.spc German share prices recovered partly from a sharp midsession drop but closed ihe official session lower as falling futures prices and end-of-year position squaring depressed market sentiment, traders said. The DAX index closed "at 2,242.82, down 0.50 per cent from last DAX close •and down 1.05 per cent
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        Brussels
        158 20 +0.76pc The Belgian Bel-20 share •index shares closed 0.76 per •cent higher at a new all-time closing high in a mood on the first day of a holiday-shortened bourse trading vweek. The Bel-20 index closed '11.13 points higher at 1,473.53 with 1.66 billion francs worth of Belgian -shares traded.
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        Milan
        116 20 +29 vital ian shares closed off session highs, as the weakness of some other European prompted a round "of late profit-taking, although the bourse remained well supported, dealers said. The Mibtel index ended 29 points up at 10,794, but well down from session high of 10,827. Milan Dec 28
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        232 20 -4.11 Dutch shares closed lower as option-related business and selling by several German investment funds quickly pushed down prices from all-time highs reached at the open. The EOE index finished down 4.11 points at 412.35 after opening at 417.75. Publishers, recent outperformers, were hit hardest. Wolters sagged 4.00 guilders
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        221 20 •18.74 Profit-taking and positionsquaring took Swiss shares lower as the market followed a weak Frankfurt bourse. The broad SPI index fell 18.74 points to 1,854.80, while the blue-chip SMI fell 41.2 to 2,931.4. Both indices were near their day's low, suggesting the selling pressure could continue. Zurich Dec 28
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        258 20 +46 After an initial bounce, the gold index ended 27 points down at 2,157. The industrial index added 46 points to 5,487, pushing the overall index eight points higher to 4,797. Johannesburg Dec 28 R«»d INDUSTRIALS A Alpha 6500 300 AEO I unch AMIC 5775 Amaprop 1675 Barlows 5600
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        200 20 13.99 Stocks opened firmer in quiet post-holiday dealings yesterday as most sectors played catch-up with Wall Street's buoyant Monday performance. The TSE 300 composite rose 13.99 points to 4,260.38 with 7.35 million shares traded valued at C 561.88 million. Toronto Dec 24 CS Abitibi Price 15 VI unch Akan
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        820 20 -7.54 The Dow Jones industrial average was down 7.54 points to 3,785.39 at 11 am EST yesterday. The NYSE composite index was off 0.45 to 259.62, while S&P 500stock index was down 0.63 to 469.91. The Dow jumped 35.21 points to close at 3,792.93, surpassing its previous closing
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        793 20 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash BmI Offer Mim Cap Deposit 58 6400 31 6500 Mim Jersey Gilt 0.1893 0 1992 Mim Ma* Income ****** ****** CSS Cash Income Plus Fund 10 7100 *****0 PS Reserve Fund 5 2300 5 2400 Sterling Equity Euro Performance .0.4592 0.4938 Far East Fund *2 7650
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      2748 21 UPI HONGKONG Frenzied buying sent stocks rocketing to record highs yesterday, as shares wared 4.80 per cent on the first full day of trading after the Christmas break. At one point in afternoon trading the blue-chip Hang Seng index had gained almost 650 points a single day record dropping
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      505 21 BOTH Shanghai and Shenzhen B indices were marginally better yesterday. The CLSA Shanghai B index was up 14.87 points to 1,043.73. On its first day of trading, Diesel Engine closed at U550,798, 54 per cent higher than its IPO price of U550,517. The other newly listed stock was Hero,
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      2455 21 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended higher on a late afternoon rally yesterday, with the Nikkei above 17,000. Brokers said sentiment was aided by hopes that officials will offer economic stimulus plans such as a big income tax cut, and Bank of Japan support for banks to write-off problem loans. The
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      1596 21 Reuter BANGKOK Thai stocks extended a record breaking rally on huge turnover, closing sharply higher for the sixth straight session yesterday, brokers said. The SET Index added another 44.57 points, or 2.77 per cent, to end at a new high of 1,652.69. The indicator has gained 10.4 per cent
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      1114 21 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices closed higher in moderate late trading with local investors leading the charge on selected stocks yesterday. The official index rose 6.63 points to close at 572.57. One dealer said Jakarta was benefiting from rising stock markets in other Asian countries. Consumer stocks and several big-capped
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      2789 22 Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume Vlrtroplex TSR I4.507.000 In vis Bhd 14.589.000 FACBSOc 14 24:000 Metropk* 50c 12.021.000 kamunting 50c 11.432.000 Kenong Bhd 50c 11.253.000 Johan Hkfcs 5U 10 746 000 Pnmwt 10.308.000 Idns H\d 5<V 9 862.000 AM DB 50c 9.750.000 Sol Properties 7 652.000 PJ
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        5984 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Profit-taking yesterday stifled the bull-run on the Kuala Lumpur share market, leading prices to a soft close in moderate trading activity. The Emas Index of all main board shares ended 4.96 points higher at 369.55 while the Composite Index rose 17.77
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        7282 23 MAIN BOARD Transaction date: Dec 28 Gr Gr iggi Last Vol Day La»t Quote Di» Dh VM N«t M Cl» High Low Company Sal* COOO) High Lo« Bayrr Seller C*f P'K Sal Hi INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1400 260 l Aetna ll*> -20 109 1210 1180 1180 II*) 12.5 J'''*!* 310
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        1749 24  -  By Quak Hiang YVhai SINGAPORE After a brief hiccup in the morning, the bull run in the stock market resumed and lifted the benchmark index to a new record close yesterday. Brokers said that notwithstanding the cautious trading in the morning, the underlying
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        121 24  -  By Quak Hiang Whai LUM CHANG Holdings is consolidating after a recent run-up from below 51.60. The consolidation is likely to continue for a while, with a slight bias towards $1.90. Both the daily and weekly indicators have reached the overbought region. The daily Relative Strength Index
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      440 24 In die Matter of The Companies Act, Cap. SO and In Dm Matter of DESCO PROPERTY PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at #10-00 Lion Industrial Building. 10 Animugam Road. Singapore 1440 on Tuesday 28 December 1993.
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      424 25 Move aimed at opening up shipping industry HONGKONG China's government departments are no longer interfering with decisions on marine tariffs, an indication of a move towards the reformation and opening of the country's international shipping market. The South China Morning Post on Monday
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      155 25 SINGAPORE UK-based Courtaulds Coatings has won a contract to provide marine coatings for P&O's new cruise ship Oriana. The 67,000 gross registered tonne ship will be protected by more than 100,000 litres of TBT-free anti-foulings, which meet all current and impending regulations worldwide. They
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      508 25 Lloyd's List ANTWERP Belgium's only major shipbuilder. Boelwerf Vlaanderen. has won its first order since coming out of bankruptcy. A contract for two shuttle tankers worth about USSI7O million (***** million) to US$lBO million in total marks a key stage in the recovery and
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      365 25 Lloyd's List Maritime Asia NEW DELHI India's Surface Transport Ministry has received several applications from non-resident Indians abroad for joint ventures in India, according to the ministry's secretary, S P Bagl. Some of the proposals which have been approved by the Foreign Investment Promotion
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      8903 34 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 af-
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      577 41 COURSES Title: Air Traffic Control Supervisor Duration: Jan 3-14 Organiser: Singapore Aviation Academy. Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Tel: For further details/registration contact Ong Yew Leng/Pang-Neo Guan Hwa at 065-*****47/065-*****16 or fax: 065-*****90. Title: Area Control (Non-Radar) Duration: Jan 3 Feb 25 Organiser: Singapore Aviation Academy. Civil Aviation
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      1090 42 With greater liberalisation in Indian shipping, private shipping companies are out to play an even bigger part in the industry Lloyd's List Maritime Asia COMPARED with ports development which has been under the Indian government's control right from the start, the private sector
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        571 44 No recovery in orders before 1995, say analysts Reuter SEATTLE Commercial aircraft manufacturers are in for at least another year of rough flying, industry analysts say, with many predicting no significant rebound until 1996. "I think we still have a few years more of
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        599 44 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The Navy is taking longer than McDonnell Douglas Corp prefers to review terms of the cancellation of the A-12 aircraft. The Navy's decision could eventually force the company to take a multi-million charge to earnings to cover its costs
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        276 44 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Ford Motor Co and its Japanese affiliate. Mazda Motor Corp, may team up in the future to manufacture cars in South-east Asia and China, according to an official at Ford's Tokyo office yesterday. He
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          79 44 Reuter TOKYO Shipbuilder Hitachi Zosen Corp has won orders for two double-hull oil tankers from Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. a Mitsui spokesman said yesterday. Industry sources estimate one crude carrier to cost around nine billion yen (*****.2 million). Spokesmen for both Mitsui and Hitachi declined
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          104 44 Reuter ANCHORAGE. Alaska An oil-laden tanker owned by British Petroleum resumed its journey after being anchored near Valdez over the weekend to repair a hull crack, the US Coast Guard said on Monday. The 869-foot tanker Prince William Sound was halted by the Coast
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          62 44 Reuter LOS ANGELES Tensiodyne Corp on Monday said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pegasus Technologies Inc. a recently formed company with commercial worldwide rights to certain advanced non-destructive imaging technology applicable to aircraft. Under the agreement. Pegasus shareholders will receive up to 45 million
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          33 44 Reuter TBILISI. Georgia Georgian leader Eduard Shevardnadze smiling on Monday while holding the controls of a new YAK-58 aeroplane now being produced by a factory in Tbilisi. Reuter
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          84 44 Reuter ZURICH Swiss national carrier Swissair-Schweizerische Luftverkehr AG on Monday said its international freight forwarding company Jacky Maeder AG had appointed a new president. Swissair said Klaus Knappik would take over the running of day-to-day operations at Maeder from outgoing president Rudolf Merz in early
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        194 44 Reuter TOKYO Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) has denied a newspaper report that four foreign aircraft makers will join a Japanese project to develop a small passenger plane. "We have not yet agreed with anyone on joint development." a Miti
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        207 44 AFP FRANKFURT Germany's Siemens and AEG groups have extended their offers to build an Inter City Express (ICE) high-speed train in South Korea "at the request of their client", a newspaper reported here Monday. The report by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung could
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        203 44 UPI BUDAPEST Hungary's sole airline, Malev, is expected to end the year with a loss of one billion forints (S$ 16 million), the daily Nepszabadsag reported on Monday. The loss is partly due to the devaluation of the local currency, the forint, which makes
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      164 25 VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD M THE TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE 1800 *****66 NOTICE TO SHIPPERS Shippers are advised that as a result of our quarterly review of exchange rate movements of the Singapore Dollars against the US Dollars, and application of our standard formula and index, the Singapore Currency Adjustment
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      993 33 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD^ W*m U— 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I cn no iooeo67QoooE yceeci WOV eiu RKK SIN VESSEL VOY SMI JICT SIM VESSEL VOY S,N 3XII SIN EQUATOR RUBY 25N 29/12 1/1 5/1 SRISAMUT (THAI FLAG) SRSS2N 29/12 1/1 5/1 MAJAPAHIT 4101 2/1
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      1469 33 VESSELS VOY SPORE HAMBURG ROTTERDAM ANTWERP THAMES II HMH WLII D' AQMR.A 7531W 20/12 24/01 20/01 27/01 W/OI WO* W.U Dt UK AHA 9531W 04/01 30/01 31/01 20/01 31/01 01/02 »HH DC LYRA 7731W 12/01 04/02 Ot/M 91/92 00/02 10/02 VKlt Dt VISTA 7431W 17/01 11.0? 13/0? 14/02 15/02 17/02
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      404 33 BSfl A «HnPSHnHH9H|E^^V mm MYANMA pBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore P.KIg Pen P.Gdj PAGAN V2O4W 03/06 tan HP* AN VI97N 10/12 lan PAGAN V2OSW 20/22 lan MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAD SHVPMG AGENCSS KUL: TEL 03 *****00 PILL: TEL 03 36*767 PEN: ia 04-*****5 PGD:
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      85 35 MARITIME INSPECTION CORPORATION Naval Architects/Marine Engineers/Marine Surveyors, established in 1967, more than 20 years experience in international ships' registries. Specialise in: Ship registration under open registry countries Offshore business company formation Statutory survey and issuing of mandatory Load Line, SOLAS, MARPOL Certificates on behalf of the Governments of several open
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      2943 36 Full Container Liner Services Malaysia's Agents: Indonesia's Agents: General Agents: Booking Agents: Guan Guan Shipping Sdn Bhd Chung Chiao Shipping Sdn Bhd P.T. Global Putra Indonesia Maritime Costar Shipping Pte Ltd Shipping Freight Booking Centre Sdn Bhd 58 Penan* ffa/a Mud* Mvvi Lot 3.34, 3rd Floor, M. IK. H. loanda
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      628 37 fit FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 3/1 ROTTERDAM 3/1 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 3/1 HAMBURG/BREMEN 3/1 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 171 FELIXSTOWE/UK 3/1 BARCELONA/SPAIN 30/12 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 3/1 GENOA/ITALY 04/01 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 3/1 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 2/1 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 1/1 NEW YORK/EC 30/12 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 31/12 VANCOUVER 371 BRISBANE
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      834 37 MBiaEHlr ucoeci ynv SIN JKT IT" I^H I. VESSEL VOT =?5-I VESSEL VOY SIN PEW WANA BHUM 208S Wed__ln_Pt Sal 1/1_ BUNG* SEROJA 4001 Thu 30/12 Sal 1/1 CHAIYA BHUM MS Fn 31/12 _Tua 4/1 PERK ASA 14N Fri 31/12 Tua 4/1 3 BHATR* BHUM 10S Sal 1/I__W»d _5/1_ AKA
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      685 37 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 I pi DONGN AM A LINE CONTAINERISED SERVICE STIMITS/M.W/INC/MN wsai ps* rw aw r* bs* mc HonaowGawT «i» 1/1 3/1 s/i m/i
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      1658 38 {AjfcflMN CONTAINER LINES I MAC-NEL3 SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) CJ\/ VJ C /RN«i2OH7Ht« SIBU (064) *****9 KUCWNQ (062) *****3 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****67 MAMLA (632) *****61 P.KELANQ: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 I HKG/TWN/BKK GENOA/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 2/1 3/1
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      191 38 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD m n» n» SfOK mi KELMK rtNMK an Mix 12/1/J4 loadrrg tor Malt (SOU) MMM HUDHU 4/1 94 Oschaiging and loading tot Boffiba* DOLMR 1/1/94 Loading For Malt nocu antic is 1 m Loading for Mak UKCEDH 1/1/* Loading For MaK pkockss
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      1025 38 f O THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD 1 I 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 I I V-X \J/ TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I I TLX: RS ***** CARRIER. RS ***** JENHOI CABLE: TOSOCO I 4 rwww moo* cxm***r SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOT I S PORE IPEST VESSEL >0T
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      807 39 WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTHC BREAKBUK SOC CARGOES 10 FROM KOK. YOKOHAMA NAGOYA. MOD TOKYO' MANILA" DAKAO* Penao(* P. Kelang Singapore E'Msia* IVYEVERETT V7E 19/20 Jan KARABJEVERETT VISE 27/28 Jan 29/30 Jan 01/02 Feb KAMALEVERET7 VI9E 13/14 Feb 15/16 Feb ACCEPTING BREMBUU/FCI SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CHITTAGONC CALCUTTA
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      362 39 Bt GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP to REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO TIMBER TRADER 30/12 5/1 TIMBER GLORY 31/12 6/1 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN VII 2/1 4/1 11/1 ♦ALSO LOADING IN SINGAPORE
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      520 39 jdk PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK CONTAINER SERVICE VOT SIN jUMOI BOIAN lttHW 29/12 07/01 HYDtRABAO 125 HW 13/01 22/01 SARGOOHA 136 HW 26/01 04/02 KAGHAN 106HW 04/02 M/ 02 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY VtSStL VOY 'SW *H>TG BSN OSA WAG YOU KACHAN 105 OW 02/01 14/01 22/01
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      545 39 inJBBi FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN/ P. ELIZABETH VESSEL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH FEN HE/33 04/01 20/01 23/01 JIAN HE/BO 26/01 11/02 14/02 ACCEPTS CARGO TO JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA VIA DURBAN BOOKING AGENT FOR COSCO SIN TO MADRAS VESSEL SIN MDS SIN KOTA MELATI V MLOIW 02/01 07/01 13/01
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      232 39 SIN FAR EAST 04/01 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 08/01 BANGKOK 02/01 MANILA/CEBU 02/01 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 02/01 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 02/01 BUSAN 02/01 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 02/01 HONG KONG sm CHjNA 02/01 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo 1 SIN EUROPE/UK 04/01 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 04/01 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN USA/CANADA 02/01 LOS
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      802 40 HONG KONG/CHINA 29/12 JAKARTA 02/0 BANGKOK 29/12 MANILA 02/0 BUSAN 02/01 KEELUNG 02/01 TOKYO/KOBE 02/01 KAOSHIUNG 28/2 PORT KELAN6/PENAN6 02/01 YOKOHAMA COLOMBO 30/12 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBURG 02/01 CHITTAGONG/MADRAS 30/12 HOTTEROAM/LE HARVE/ANTWERP 02/01 BOMBAY/KARACHI BARCELONA. MARSEILLES. GENOA 26/12 lax/nyc 02/01 sydney/melbourne 30/12 -Tr= CMT LINER EXPRESS AGENCIES PTE LTD nSgH HOT-LINE 22-007-22 For
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      320 40 y Conlerm CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 10TH JANUARY ACCEPTING TO ALL NEW ZEALAND PORTS PENANG 07 JAN JAKARTA 04 JAN PORT KLAN6 31 DEC BANGKOK 01 JAN HONGKONG 02 JAN MELBOURNE 01 JAN SYDNEY 01 JAN GOTHENBURG 01 JAN 'ACCEPTING TO ALL SCANDINAVIA PORTS MADRAS 03 JAN BOMBAY
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      479 40 This Week's Sailings Singapore I FIRST FORWARDER IN To: ETD To: ETD ASIA AWARDED Singapore Singapore ,so 9002 BV LRQa FVFRY FVFRY Bangkok SUN Jakarta SUN EVERY EVERY Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh FRI I?fDj |j T EVERY EVERY ."SSSI Colombo TUE Limassol THUR INTERNATIONAL SEA FREIGHT FORWAROMG Tel: Fax:
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      112 40 I H NIPPON EXPRESS Arrow International (Worldwide Consolidation System) WEEKLY TO: TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/NAGOYA/KAOSHIUNG/ HONG KONG/BANGKOK/KEELUNG/KOBE/ LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACHJ/NEW YORK/ CHICAGO/SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/HAMBURG/ FELIXSTOWE/ROTTERDAM/DUSSELDORF WE ALSO DEAL IN FCL CARGO WORLDWIDE ARROW EXPRESS (SERVICE TO MALAYSIA) MALAYSIA TRUCK CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore DAILY to K.L. BANGI. SHAH ALAM ARROW EXPRESS BONDED CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore
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      1330 41 t The Baltic Exchange was closed for Christinas. Trading will resume on Tuesday, December 28. I .mb CRYSTAL FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD UZISiAL-. 3s. MKHBI I MWl—*>l QAMr*n* 9/1 AUCKLAND 10/1 ANTWERP 3/1 nilcAW In ADELAIDE 6/1 FELIXSTOWE 1/1 wONf" KDMO 1/1 BRISBANE 5/1 HAMBURG 3/1 Yakabta l/i FREMANTLE 31/12
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      264 41 rcONDOR LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND SCHEDULE NQ.2O PORTS VOY BUENOS MONTEVIDEO! DURBAN JAKARTA TSNaAPoST™ MONO KONGI UtOMMA YOKOHAMA* AIRES'" '_221 PRtOZERSK EBO4 SAILED SAILED SACED 14-18/12 21/12 28/12 DO PUSAN PAVLOORAD EBOB SAILED SAILED 22/12 08 10/01 08-08/01 18/01 20-28/01 31/01 PETROOVORETS EBOB 15 24/12 2S/12 13/01 T/8 >»« 27/01
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      49 41 TIDES TODAYS TIDES (height in metres) HOUR 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0*00 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1100 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 LEGEND II: Jura*. Pf: Paw Pin)**. W: Mom. TP: Tanjonc Pif«. SW: Sambawanc Soiree Part «f Seaport Authority
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      113 41 LIGfNO ee Ron Wove height Cloudy Sky Surface w»d» ore indicated by orrowi wWfc Hy with the wind One ful crcle ripriunli calm or fcght and vonobJe wwtds I One haH Heche represe nts 5 knot* L_» Oo« ful Heche rtptntnn 10 knots k—* One sofcd tnongle represents 50 knots
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      588 42 VIGOUR PACIFIC LINES VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA "VIGOUR PACIFIC 9401N 31/12/93 08/01/94 J VIGOUR P»CIFIC 940UH 23MZH StZSI/li VIGOUR SINGAPORE 9402N 07/01/94 15/01/94 WW. cONtAINER service VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE PORT KLANG PENANG SINGAPORE VIGOUR PACIFIC 9401N 31/12/93 02/01/94 zz 03/01/94 PENANG 1A Y A _825 03/01/94 04/01/94 06/01/94 —r=— VIGOUR
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      261 42 I ./2\ APPENSHIP I VTvy HAMBURG U \J I > CONVENTIONAL A INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE I EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST I VESSELS LOADING TOUTS WSCHARGE/LOAMNG FOR I FRUITION ANTWERP 23.11.93 SPORE 6/1 BKK 11/1 I RIMBA MCRANTI SPORE 19/1 I LORELEY PORT SAID 29 12 93
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      414 42 i. cosco UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P G LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 28/12 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHINA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P G LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 15/12 20/12 Huangpu/Guangzhou COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO CHINA/BANGKOK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI Please refer
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      941 43 A HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 VESSELS VOY PNA PKE PGD VESSELS VOY SIN HTM MIT* LEH* HAM Hfft FEL HMM ADVANCE 034 A 27/12 2S/12 30/12 H. INNOVATOR 307** 03/01 21/01 21/01 22/01 23/01 23/01 25/01 NOR MALACCA 9401 A 03/01 04/01 06/01 SI
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      457 43 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS IHBOUNP VESSELS KISSEL W V *K U COSMIC TRAMR 41 ta H 31/11 SIM RREISIH 12 »/I W/l COSMIC MASTER 129 t/1 EASTEM PEARL *21 S/l HI KEISHW *24 3t/12 1/1 MAKE SAT 114 T/1 »/l 11/1 OUTBOUND VESSELS LOADtNC FOR
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