The Business Times, 14 January 1994

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  • 13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Friday January 14 1994 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
    • 49 1 Reuter NHW YORK Wall Street stocks, under pressure from a decline in the bond market and weak European bourses, continued to trade on the downside at midday yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 8.73 points to stand at 3.839.9 at Ipm EST. Reuter
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    • 66 1 Bloomberg Business News BRUSSELS Trade between European Community nations deelined 7.7 per cent in the second quarter of 1993, the EC's statistical office Eurostat said yesterday. Goods dispatched from one member state to another in the period had a total value of 163.6 billion ECUs
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    • 61 1 Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON The Clinton administration will begin textile sanctions against China on Jan 17 unless US and Chinese negotiators settle the textile dispute this weekend. US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said yesterday. The US announced last week it will cut some textile and
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  • 113 1 Stock market indices I hursda* C hinge Sill 2 194.86 -65 45 KLSE Composite.. 1.02**.17 -37.05 Nikkei 18.577.26 -216.62 Hang Seng 10.176.51 '-^11 St I Index 1.4.18.03 -49.73 Jakarta C omposite ...572.02 -13.2 CLSAChinaB 1.383.00 -25.27 Ausi AllOrd 2.177.5 -18.1 riSElOO 3.360.0 -12 lhursda> Pre»ious I pm close
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  • 710 1 Bernama. MBT KANGAR Malaysia's prime minister and its chief economic adviser yesterday said they were confident the Kuala Lumpur stock market, which has seen some 20 per cent of its value wiped out in the last few days, would return to buoyancy. Prime
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  • 561 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Share prices here yesterday continued to be dragged down by weakness in Malaysia, but observers believe the worst is over. Although the Straits Times Industrials Index lost a further 2.89 per cent and the Kuala
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  • 138 1 SINGAPORE Share prices around the region continued to tumble, as foreign funds moved their money to less expensive markets. In Hongkong, the Hang Seng Index fell 536.22 points, or 5.01 per cent to 10,176.51 on turnover of HK59.25 billion. Bloomberg Business News reported
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  • 573 1  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA RESTRICTIONS on the pricc-carnings ratios of companies planning to list shares on the Jakarta Stock Exchange could be lifted shortly. TO stop the market overheating. the authorities last year slapped a ban on initial public
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  • 413 1  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE From March, investors who wish to buy and sell any scripless stocks will simply need to drop in at sales counters at over 100 selected bank branches and stock exchange member companies. The Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday
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    • 184 1 I ASIAN'S N'l I I COMPUTER PRINTER I RIBBON MANUFACTURER I CONTENTS MM< CoflnuniM S'pore News 2 S'pore tfsia 19.21.22 Regional News 3.4,5 Financial 23,24 World News 6.8 Features Markets Anaiyss 17 Oob/iaSE. S£S 27 30 Editorial 16 teg*™' -25 Sports 9 World 26 TV/Lifestyle 13 Currencies 24 Advertising 15
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
      • 260 2  -  By Paul Leo THE Asian Dollar Market will become more important this year as regional economies remain buoyant and Singapore companies expand their businesses in the region. The ADM represents deposits and loans in nonSingapore dollars done in Singapore. Department of Statistics figures showed the
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    • 307 2 A RECORD number of people turned up for a seminar yesterday on business opportunities in Malaysia, showing the importance Singapore businessmen attach to investing across the Causeway. I he 1.400 participants were told by Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry- Rafidah Aziz that
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    • 472 2 CONCERN over inflation was again raised yesterday by several Members of Parliament, one of whom said that 1994 was already being seen as a year when the priee of everything will go up. Referring to increases this month in parking fees, television and radio licences,
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    • 549 2  -  Yesterday in Parliament Reports by Anna Teo, Chuang Peck Ming THE idea of introducing a "reverse mortgage" scheme whereby elderly flat-owners can keep their homes and at the same time get monthly dues against their property was floated in Parliament yesterday. The suggestion
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    • 250 2  -  Reports by Ven Sreenivasan THE Economic Development Board will help local enterprises build partnerships with regional companies and Singa-pore-based multinationals to jointly invest in the region. Also, the board is realigning its incentive schemes and resources towards helping only those outward investment projects
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    • 260 2 SINGAPOREANS poured more than USSI.33 billion (552.13 billion) into Indonesia last year, making them the largest investors in that country, according to the Investment Coordination Board of Indonesia. Most of the money went into projects in the Riau Province. particularly Batam Industrial Park. So far.
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    • 456 2  -  By Dexter Lee PRICES of certificates of entitlement are likely to dip in the next few months, car dealers and stock analysts say. Their belief follows a disclosure by the Communications Ministry that it will convert unwanted motorcycle COEs into sought-after
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 135 2 BUKIT TIMAH MP Wang kai Yuen has coined what he called a measure of the amount of respect young Singaporeans give to people SQ. for "street-smart quotient". Young Singaporeans assess a person by how much money he makes. Dr Wang observes. And for two
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      • 112 2 SINGAPOREANS venturing abroad should be sensitive to the feelings and needs of others, cautioned Chandra Das (Cheng San CiRC). Their constant gripes and comparisons with Singapore when in other countries are giving them a bad name and turning them into unwelcome guests, he said. "This problem
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      • 100 2 LET WORKERS use CPF savings to attend part-time eourses. especially those who want to enrol in the polytechnics or universities. said Nominated MP Tong Kok Yeo. "Let them decide how they want to invest their CPF savings. If they decide to invest in a part-time
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      • 104 2 THERE should be more tax rebates for people who take care of sick or elderly family members, said Peh Chin Hua (Jalan Besar GRC). Kg Glam GRC MP Loh Meng See also suggested that the government "show understanding" by increasing the aged dependents relief, recognising the
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      • 54 2 THE GOVERNMENT should promote the growth of cooperatives to improve the well-being of working Singaporeans, said Loh Meng See (Kampong Glam GRC). It should consider setting up a statutory board to replace the Registry of Co-operatives and the Central Co-operative Fund to better supervise and coordinate
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      • 49 2 ONE BILL was tabled at yesterday's sitting. The Second Minister for Defence. Dr Lee Boon Yang, introduced the Singapore Armed Forces (Amendment) Bill, which provides for senior military officers of. or above the rank of. lieutenant-colonel to be summarily tried and punished for offences.
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    • 259 2 I HE HIGH COURT has ruled that the meeting held last August by a breakaway faction of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) was illegal. Justice Warren khoo also ruled that 10 of the II members of the SDP's "new" Central Executive Committee (CEC) must
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  • THE REGION
    • 519 3  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK THAILAND will press Malaysia to lower its tariffs on border trade at talks in the southern city of Hat Yai next week on a economic zone that will include Indonesia. The ministerial summit, which opens
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    • 142 3 Reuter JAKARTA Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad may attend a second meeting of leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum in Indonesia, says Malaysian Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Mr Anwar, also Deputy Prime Minister, was speaking to reporters yesterday after meeting Indonesia's
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    • 279 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian companies will hold a majority stake of 51 per cent in the proposed Asean commercial bank. Asean Institute deputy president Loy Hean Hong said yesterday that the local shareholders would comprise Malaysian companies which were members
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    • 181 3 Reuter PHNOM PENH The Cambodian government yesterday announced a new schedule of taxes, with immediate effect, superseding an ad hoc collection of charges under earlier governments. The "Tax Provisions in the 1994 Budgetary Law adopted by the National Assembly", dated Jan 13, introduce
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    • 328 3 JAKARTA The government will no longer tolerate private companies that indulge in mega-projects that are inefficient and cannot compete internationally. The Jakarta Post yesterday quoted Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad as saying that the government would not rescue large-scale projects that were in
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    • 400 3 AFP PHNOM PENH Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai said yesterday that foreign investors should steer clear of short-term ventures that unduly exploited Cambodians, a controversial issue between the two neighbours. "I believe investment should be based on mutual interest with no exploitation
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    • 416 4 Reuter BLIJINCi China yesterday outlawed new golf courses, horse-racing tracks and other popular but land-hungry venues of conspicuous consumption with an old-style campaign officially dubbed the Four .Xos. Edicts were issued by the State Planning Commission and four other central agencies, according to
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    • 140 4 SINGAPORE Companies building golf courses in China say the move to tighten control over the development of luxury leisure facilities will not affect their projects. Several companies contacted by Business Times yesterday said they had alreadysecured approval for investments so the ruling would not apply to
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    • 262 4 AP, AFP HONGKONG Governor Chris Patten expressed mounting impatience yesterday over negotiations with China on Hongkong's new airport, saying it was like playing darts in the dark. Answering questions in the colony's legislature. Mr Patten accused China of waging megaphone
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    • 500 4 AP AFP Reuter. BIiIJINCi China yesterday rejected US criticism of its human rights record, saying the Chinese government and people are the best judges of the situation. "It is the Chinese government and Chinese people who care the most about human rights in
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    • 48 4 AFP ANTARCTICA A team of four South Koreans advances towards the South Pole, pulling their equipment on sleds. The team, led by foreign language teacher Huh Young 110 (left) became the fourth to reach the South Pole unaided after a 44-day trek. AFP
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    • 298 4 Reuter. AFP BEIJING China believes its ties with France will improve gradually now that Paris has acceded to Chinese demands to ban future weapons sales to Taiwan. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wu Jianmin said yesterday. "As long as the two sides strictly abide by
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • 71 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Another round of breakneck growth and high inflation could be in store for China's economy, the semi-official China News Agency said. Citing soaring prices of staple goods in the nation's markets, the agency warned that the government would have to take
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      • 59 4 AFP BEIJING China would invest US$6.l6 billion (SS9.B billion) in post and telecommunications this year, an increase of 34 per cent over 1993. the government said. Much of the investment would come from foreign loans, the minister responsible for this sector, Wu Jichuan. was
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      • 46 4 UPI TOKYO Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa denied yesterday a published report that he planned to reshuffle his Cabinet once reform legislation aimed at wiping out political corruption passes parliament. Mr Hosokawa said he was "not at all considering" such a step. UPI
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      • 50 4 Reuter PHNOM PENH The Cambodian government hopes to slash inflation to between 5 and 10 per cent this year compared with an annual rate of 300 per cent in 1992 and 60 per cent in 1993. Finance Minister Sam Rainsv told an investment forum here.
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      • 41 4 HANOI Vietnam has restaked its claim on the I'aracel Islands, occupied by China since 1974. with a photo showing a Vietnamese Buddhist statue reportedly built on the islands in the 19th century, a newspaper here said.
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    • 339 4 Los Angeles Times BEIJING In an effort to stop local officials from spending education funds on get-rich-quick schemes and perks such as staff cars, the Chinese central government this week ordered local authorities to pay thousands of community school teachers
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    • 217 4 Taipei confident French weapons will be delivered but not parts and service AFP TAIPEI Taiwan was confident France would fulfil contracts for delivery of weapons to the Nationalist island but was concerned about the future supply of spare parts. Defence Ministry officials said yesterday. "There is little chance that France
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    • 518 5 Reuter TOKYO Key members of Japan's ruling coalition want to include income tax cuts worth six trillion yen (5585.2 billion) in an economic stimulus package but opposition from the coalition's largest partner is clouding the outlook. "Our proposal is for an income tax
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    • 171 5 AFP NEW DELHI India's central bank governor has expressed concern at the government's failure to rein in the budget deficit amid a strong economic rebound triggered by increasing exports and foreign exchange inflows. In an interview with L'nited News of India, published
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    • 44 5 Reuter TOKYO A Japanese firm hopes it will be deluged with orders for Noah's Ark ll (above) a metallic, capsule-shaped lifeboat priced at 1.5 million yen (5521,796) which is designed to survive tidal waves and swirling floodwaters. Reuter
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    • 342 5 AFP NEW DELHI India's deficient power sector is scheduled to get a big charge of foreign investment worth a hefty US$4.5 billion (557.2 billion) committed to seven major electricity projects approved by New Delhi. But instead of raising cheers in a country plagued by chronic
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    • 268 5 AP. Reuter TOKYO Japan's top government spokesman yesterday expressed dismay over talk that the United States might invoke "Super 301" trade measures against Japan. "We want the US to act cautiously by all means." said Masayoshi Takemura. Chief Cabinet Secretary under Prime Minister Morihiro
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    • 221 5 Reuter CANBERRA A strong recovery in the Australian labour market was now unambiguous, analysts said after jobs data showed a fourth consecutive month of powerful employment growth. December's workforce, up 23.200 on November and following a 100.000 rise in the previous three months, would
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  • THE WORLD
    • 554 6 Reuter MOSCOW US President Bill Clinton yesterday promised Russian leader Boris Yeltsin substantial and speedy Western support to help Russia transform its economy and cushion the pain of its far-reaching reforms. "President Clinton promised that, as long as Russia keeps reforming, we'll
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    • 254 6 AP WASHINGTON The Clinton administration confirmed on Wednesday that it was seeking ways to restrict imports of Russian aluminium into the US in an effort to protect American producers. US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said that curbs on Russian aluminium would be
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 67 6 Reuter MOSCOW Russia plans to kick ofF privatisation of its gas industry this month by ofTcring shares in the far north Norilskgazprom company. Interfax news agency said. Norilskgazprom. which last year produced more than 4.7 billion cubic metres out of Russia's 617.4 billion cubic metres total
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      • 57 6 Reuter JOHANNESBURG Supermarket queues could be a thing of the past according to a South African research group. The Preto-ria-based Council for Scientific and Industrial Research said at a demonstration of its "Supertag" that a trolley containing 50 different items imprinted with microchips would take only one
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      • 78 6 Reuter LONDON Britain's economy may be growing faster than official figures suggest, with unemployment set to fall sharply this year as the scrvicc sector bounces back from recession, leading economists forecast yesterday. "I think the economy is now growing 3.0 per cent or even higher on
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      • 64 6 Reuter THE HAGUE The Netherlands has no plans to unilaterally introduce withholding tax on interest income but would do so if the European Union agreed to harmonise the rules, the Finance Ministry said. "We are participating in discussions about withholding tax with our
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      • 59 6 Reuter BERLIN Germany's Agriculture Minister Jochcn Borchert said he wanted further reform of Europe's Common Agricultural Policy towards more market forces. "Our policy of output reductions in return for direct income payments to farmers will be further extended." he told the agribusiness association DLG
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    • 255 6 AP ROME Premier Carlo Ciampi resigned yesterday, paving the way for parliamentary elections that would cap a wave of reform of Italy 's political system. Mr Ciampi. a former central bank president, was selected eight months ago as Italy's first premier not
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    • 362 6 Reuter MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin defied communist and nationalist enemies in Russia's new State Duma legislature yesterday by announcing he would stand by Privatisation Minister Anatoly Chubais. Mr Yeltsin also scored a significant victory in parliament's upper house, the Federation Council, where a
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    • 354 6  -  By Said Abdullah SINGAPORE Romania and Singapore will sign an investment guarantee agreement in March and the two sides are also looking to seal a pact to avoid double taxation, Romanian officials told BT. This is part of a move by Bucharest
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    • 172 6 Reuter LONDON Britain's Conservative Party faced serious allegations of corruption in a flagship local council when an auditor said he had found politically motivated "wilful misconduct" involving millions of pounds. Westminster City Council is at the centre of charges the Conservative-controlled council manipulated a programme
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    • 519 8 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Higher-than-expected orders for computer chips in December sent semiconductor stocks soaring yesterday, as chips continue to work their way from computers into other consumer products. An analyst with Alex Brown Sons, Eric Jansen, said: "It's on the
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    • 247 8 Bloomberg Business News BONN West German annual inflation averaged 4.2 per cent in 1993, the highest rate since 1982, says the Federal Statistics Office. Announcing a slight upward revision in figures released provisionally last month, the Wiesbaden-based office on Wednesday
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    • 324 8 Knight-Ridder CHICAGO US November business inventories are expected to show a slight increase, reflecting mild gains in retailer inventories coupled with rising manufacturing and wholesale stocks. The median forecast is for a 0.3 per cent rise, according to a Knight-Ridder Financial News survey of
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    • 49 8 Reuter RENO, Nevada The Earthwinds Hilton balloon lifting off on Wednesday from a Reno airfield in an attempt to fly non-stop around the world. But seven hours into the flight, the manned balloon was forced to land in central California due to technical problems. Reuter
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    • 422 8 NYT LONDON Few investments can compare with the rollercoaster ride of trading in the debt owed to foreign commercial banks by the former Soviet Union. Since April, the debt, which is traded on secondary markets largely by institutional investors. has surged from
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    • 311 8 AFP ABU DHABI Outstanding debts to Arab and other regional funds have risen to more than USS2 billion (553.18 billion), with Iraq and Sudan the major defaulters. Arab funding agencies said yesterday. The arrears stood at around USS2.I billion,
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  • SPORTS
    • 409 9 Golf European Season Opener AP FUNCHAL. Portugal High altitudes seem to bring high finishes for Anders Forsbrand. The tall Swede has to be regarded as the favourite in the U*****,000 (*****,900) Madeira Open, the PGA European Tour's season-opening event. Forsbrand will face
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    • 507 9 AFP PORTLAND, Oregon Tonya Harding's bodyguard has reportedly confessed to taking part in a plot to injure rival figure-skater Nancy Kerrigan. The NBC News revealed the alleged confession in its Wednesday night "Now" programme. It also said that the
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    • 580 9 The Miners' Steve Young copes with maintaining the standards of Joe Montana NYT EAST RUTHERFORD. New Jersey Talk about pressure. Steve Young followed in Joe Montana's footsteps, but filling his shoes is, of course, an impossible mission. And so there has been criticism
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    • 499 9 AP HONOLULU The Hawaiian Open is different from the run-of-the-mill tournament on the PGA Tour. First, it's in Hawaii and is the only full tour event played off the North American continent. With that comes the beach-sun-surf outlook: This
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    • 458 9 Reuter LONDON Mike Atherton's England cricketers set off for the West Indies this weekend on a mission that has ended in failure for the last 14 teams to play a test series in the Caribbean cauldron. Atherton's essentially inexperienced squad faces
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    • SIDE LINES
      • 113 9 AFP STUTTGART. Germany FC Hamburg footballer Oliver Moller was rushed to hospital on Wednesday after being stabbed by a young female spectator at a match here. The spectator, who appeared around 20. threw herself at Moller. 25. at the end of the friendly match against Eintracht
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      • 126 9 AFP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian football legend Pele won a court battle against the Brazilian Football Federation and publishing house Abril on Wednesday over unauthorised use of his likeness on trading cards. Pele filed the suit over the publication of a series of
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      • 108 9 FUNCHAL Players guilty of slow play on the European tour this season are to be hit harder in the pocket. Persistent offenders could face a two-stroke penalty. Tour officials announced on the eve of the Madeira Island Open the first event of the season
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      • 65 9 AFP STUTTGART, Germany Boris Becker, currently awaiting the birth of his first child, will return to the tennis circuit at the Marseille indoor tournament on Jan 31. Becker, who married his pregnant girlfriend Barbara Feltus last month, will then play the Milan and Stuttgart tournaments
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    • SCORE CARD
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        37 9 Reuter NEW YORK NBA Wednesday: Atlanta 92 Chicago 81; Boston 84 Houston 94; Indiana 107 Denver 96; Orlando 109 Cleveland 118; Philadelphia 117 LA Clippers 98; Dallas 85 Minnesota 103; Golden State 100 Miami 92. Reuter
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        36 9 Reuter NEW YORK NHL Wednesday: Detroit 2 Tampa Bay 4; Montreal 3 New Jersey 2; Winnipeg 3 Buffalo 2; Anaheim 2 San Jose 5; Los Angeles 6 Hartford 4; Vancouver 4 Quebec 3. Reuter
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      • Article, Illustration
        140 9 AFP PARIS Standings in the Paris-Dakar-Paris rally after Wednesday's 331 km speciid stage from Tan Tan to Foun Hassan in Morocco Motorbikes, Stage: I Edi Orioli (Ita/Cagiva) 3h 22:56 2 Jordi Arcarons (Spn/Cagiva) at 41 sec 3 Angelo Cavandoli (Ita/KTM) at 27min I2sec 4 Guid Maletti (Ita/Kawasaki) 28:15 5
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      • Article, Illustration
        278 9 Reuter AFP SYDNEY L *****.000 NSW Open Thursday Men's quarterfinals: 1-Pete Sampras (US) b Aaron Krickstein (US) 6-1 6-3: 5-Petr Korda (Cze) b Daniel Vacek (Cze) 6-3 6-2; 6-Todd Martin (US) b Nicklas Kulti (Swe) 5-7 6-1 7-6 (7/1); Ivan Lcndl (US) b Richev Reneberg (US) 7-6 (7/2) 4-6
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    • 771 10 ICingaporo S j X*ft Business Times _fi® Hi H THE Singapore Business Awards, now in PAST SINGAPORE BUSINESS AWARDS WINNERS t F^ ninth year, is held annually to recognise and HIIVRI^I3!BTRVSRI3n*1 l I B acknowledge outstanding achievements by jBL individuals and companies within Singapore's 1992 MR SIM WONG HOO V
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    • 923 11 Awards Vjf Minister's urge for Singaporeans to I >J® abroad, Business Times I Vr» y has been restructured to cater for greater coverage. To afjL motto We know the ABEW paper has been providing corporate J? f. perspective Vf the I BUSINESS AWARDS WINNERS I Cnw 7 4 Singapore reader.
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    • 958 12 piSja Nothing BOfltsA BUCL Hiciil'fl WHERE to wine, dine and entertain OF m IH ACHINE A sood reason to visit Mischief ttrcftin pub: From spoi to Bpm daiy, beer and house pouring drinks are at only $3.50++ each. Mischief Is open from 11 am to lam dally (till 2am on
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 749 13 When it comes to food there's no need to suffer from culture shock NYT WITH the explosion of Tokyo's foreign population, there has also been a boom in ethnic restaurants that were once rare in the metropolitan area. And since eating is the foundation of
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    • 396 13 CHATTERBOX BRITAIN'S Princess Diana regularly visits an alternative therapy Chinese clinic for foot massages said to relieve stress, the Today newspaper reported yesterday. It said the hour-long sessions involved having the soles of her feet pummelled and her toes pulled. British papers carried pictures
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
    • 750 15  -  Corinne Kerk reports on some findings on Asia's tourist industry by a travel group Corinne Kerk ASIA's tourist industry will be underpinned by in-tra-rcgional growth, a travel "think-tank" report has shown. It said tourist growth would come largely from developing countries with
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    • 570 15 NYT Naughty, sly, sexy, titillating and playful advertising from CocaCola rather than Pepsi-Cola? How refreshing. It is no coincidence that a major campaign introduced on Wednesday for Diet Coke, carrying the theme "This is refreshment", is uncharacteristically infused with those Pepsi-esque attributes. The ads
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    • 195 15 AFP CHINA'S fledgling advertising industry notched up a record annual turnover of 10 billion yuan (551.83 billion) last year, up 19 per cent from 1992. In announcing the figures on Tuesday, State Administration of Industry and Commerce director. Liu Minxue, stressed the success last year
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    • 305 15 Reuter THE number of households receiving panAsian broadcaster Star TV's five channels has leapt 279 per cent to more than 42 million homes in 10 months, the company said. In China, where a licence is needed for private satellite dishes, more
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      • 61 15 SINGAPORE Sunkist has launched a new range of pre-servative-free Vitamin C products including gum drops, rolls and chewable tablets. The rolls, with 11 tablets per pack, contain 60 mg of vitamin C and are priced at $1.50. The chewable tablets come in 250 mg and
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      • 42 15 SINGAPORE GES Singapore has developed the cartoon character Datamini Man to help sell the Datamini range of personal computers. The character, launched at the recent Sitex '93 show, is expected to be part of every marketing campaign.
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      • 87 15 SINGAPORE Standard Chartered Bank has launched an aggressive two-part credit card promotion. Under the first part, one applicant out of every 1,000 stands to win a Volkswagon Golf GLI.B. This offer ends March 31. The second part of the promotion is a "charge and win draw"
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  • 584 16 EDITORIAL NEARLY three deeades after Singapore's political independence, the republic's judiciary looks set to cut fully the umbilical cord to England's legal system. At Saturday's opening of the legal year. Chief Justice Yong Fung How said the Council of Judges has recommended that the surviving
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 282 16 GRANTED, ILLEGAL TRANSSHIPMENTS of Chinese textiles to the United States are not completely a figment of Washington's imagination. To the extent that they occur, they hurt American textile manufacturers and are therefore a genuine cause for concern to the US government. However, the US threat
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    • 216 16 THE END OF THE Cold War era has raised some doubts about the future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato). Without the threat of the former Soviet Union, there is a belief that Nato would no longer be relevant as an umbrella body to protect
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    • 186 16 LAST WEEK, WASHINGTON made a sudden announcement that it would take drastic measures against China for cheating on its textile quota by allowing the export of Chinese-made textiles bearing false third-country labels. It said that textile import quotas from China would be reduced by 25-30 per cent. The
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    • 205 16 IT IS A SIGN OF changing US priorities that President Bill Clinton is making his first trip to Europe a year after starting his job. He put ahead of Europe a visit to Tokyo and a meeting with Asia Pacific leaders in Seattle. As a result he
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    • 168 16 THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), which opened yesterday, could not have convened at a better time. The gathering in Jakarta of business leaders from throughout the country provides an excellent forum for both the businessmen themselves and high government officials
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  • 1033 16  -  Bill Chan and Chua Kim Chiu examine China's tax reform Bill Chan,Chua Kim Chiu Bill Chan and Chua Kim Chiu are partners in the Hongkong and Singapore offices, respectively, of an international accounting firm ON NEW YEAR'S Day China implemented the major pieces of its
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    • 1020 17  -  Tokyo's decision to stick to multilateral trade rules could put it on a collision course with Washington during their trade framework talks. Hiroshi Nakamae reports Hiroshi Nakamae Nikkei Weekly FOR DECADES, Japan frequently has settled trade disputes through bilateral deals. Now, however, the government
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    • 1084 17 Economic growth of minus o.2pc for fiscal '93 will be lowest since country's emergence as major industrial power Nikkei Weekly THE JAPANESE economy will grow just 0.5 per cent during the fiscal year to begin April I and capital investment will
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  • 510 18 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's top 30 business conglomerates, or chaebol, have outlined their main business activities ahead of a Tuesday deadline set by the government to encourage the firms to be more globally competitive. Trade Minister Kim Chul Su initiated the
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  • 446 18 AP, Reuter WASHINGTON Retailers posted a ninth straight monthly rise in sales in December, the US Commerce Department said yesterday, making 1993 the strongest sales year in four years. Last month's 0.8 per cent rise to a seasonally adjusted US$lBO.6 billion
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  • 213 18 AFP, Reuter TOKYO Japan and the United States failed to reach an agreement at talks yesterday on bilateral automobile trade. Official sources said that to boost Japanese imports of USmade cars and auto parts. US negotiators demanded to set an "indicator",
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  • 483 18 Reuter MUNICH Europe's largest electrical engineering group Siemens AG said yesterday that it expected group net profit to plunge by up to 15 per cent in the current business vear and would axe more than *10.000 jobs. Management board
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  • 45 18 Reuter SYDNEY Tennis stars Gabriela Sabatini (left) and Arantxa Sanchez collecting money for the victims of Sydney's bushfires. Both players are playing in the New South Wales Open before they compete in the Australian Open, which starts on Jan 17. Reuter
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  • 467 18 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO The number of new condominiums put on the market in metropolitan Tokyo hit a 10-year high in 1993, signalling what analysts say is the start of a condominium boom in Japan. Low loan rates and dropping real estate
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  • 844 18  -  The Bottom Line MICHAEL HINDLEY MICHAEL HINDLEY The writer, a Briton, is a member of the European Parliament THE unfortunate thing about propaganda. nowadays referred to in the admen's term "hype", is that sometimes people take it seriously. Worse still, the people
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  • 147 18 Reuter BEIJING Fifteen million Chinese held shares by the end of last year, with 10.000 new customers buying shares each day. The Economic Daily said yesterday that 181 firms had listed on China's two stock markets by cnd-1993, more than double the number
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 420 19 Market reactions: Experts' views Retail sellers' gloom MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) should rebound following the sharp correction in recent days as the country's economic fundamentals remain strong and the listed companies are sound, Malaysian bankers and
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    • 1163 19  -  HOCK By Amy Balan SINGAPORE "This is the best time to buy, but I can't buy," said a frustrated investor yesterday. If this were the lament of an investor lacking funds for investment, no problem. But it is not. It is a complaint
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    • 550 19  - Some prosecution witnesses 9 statements irrelevant, says defence NOL share-rigging case By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Defence counsel in the NOL share price case said yesterday that the evidence of certain prosecution witnesses was irrelevant because the accused were not charged with market-fixing, a Subordinate Court heard yesterday. They said this
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    • 188 19 SINGAPORE Scsdaq counter Compact Metal Industries (CMI) is expected to pay a gross dividend of 15 per cent for the year to Dec 31, 1993 its first year after listing. CMI revealed its intention in a circular issued yesterday to shareholders on the proposed
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      295 19 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Jan 13 Last Se*se l«4e* Slock talc Ch«e bctoraown Avimo 2.260 -0.050 I.SI 1.12 C4C 7 8SO -0 600 5.25 13.45 CWT 2.890 -0.070 1.93 1.57 Cerebos 6.550 -0.350 4.38 7.85 FAN 16.700 -0.100 11.16 2.24 GenMag 1.190 -0.060 0 80
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    • COMPANIES
      • 369 21 HONGKONG Morning Star Holdings, taken over by Malaysian United Industries (MUI) recently, has announced a sharp revision in its profit forecast. The South China Morning Post said yesterday. Morning Star said it now expected to see zero profit for 1993. It had
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      • 154 21  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG SINGAPORE'S DBS Bank and Salomon Brothers are lead-managing a US$2O9 million (***** million) rights issue for Indonesia's PT Bank Dagang Nasional (BDNI). The issue is the foreign tranche of a US$2BO million one-for-one rights issue, which is the largest
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      • 280 21 Bernama JAKARTA The private sectors of Malaysia and Indonesia yesterday took a concrete step to strengthen cooperation in the financial field with the setting up of the Syarikat Modal Usaha Malaysia-Indonesia (Malaysia-Indonesia Malindo Venture Capital Co) to help in the development
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 87 21 AFP JAKAR TA FT Sira Tama Agra Raya (STAR), a subsidiary of P T Citra Lamtorogung Persada, which is led by President Suharto's daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, will take over the closed Bank Summa. officials said yesterday. Ms Rukmana confirmed that STAR would
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        • 112 21 SINGAPORE Far East Levingston Shipbuilding's US arm. Amfels Inc, recently clinched three contracts totalling $27 million. Among them is the conversion and modification of two inland drill barges belonging to A P Moller. Amfels will prepare all the necessary design and engineering for
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        • 51 21 SINGAPORE DBS Land, through its fully-owned subsidiary, Peony Holdings, has acquired a 20 per cent stake in a Hongkong company, Victory World. Victory World, with an issued capital of HKS 10,000 (552,076), will undertake the development of a prime residential site in
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        • 76 21 SINGAPORE L&M Group Investments announced last night that it had received acceptances and excess rights applications for a total of 87.2 million right shares with warrants. This represents a subscription of about 118.2 per cent of its rights issue of 73.77 million new shares of
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      • 180 21 JAKARTA PT Multibreeder Adirama Indonesia, wholly owned by listed poultry producer PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia, will offer 10 million shares to the public at the end of this month or in earlyFebruary, The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. Suryo Yusuf, a director of
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      • 473 21 MMB0MI' print Jan 14 Umbond 1.02 I.OSid fUainnf ii„u T rit .A United Gr Fund! 1.55 l.62xd Vltg3pOT8 Unil rUSt United Asia Fund I 90 2.00xd« The Commerce 1.71 1.80 MTUC Income The Savings Fund 1.61 1.69 S pore Prog Fund 0.71 0.75 Income Bond Policy s pore sec Fund
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      • 321 21  -  By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE Kuala Lum-pur-listed MBf Holdings has bought the condominium beside its Malacca Village Park Plaza Resort on a six-year lease. In what is believed to be one of the first deals of its kind in Malaysia, the
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      • 262 22 NYT, Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT Metallgesellschaft, the German metals, mining and industrial group, has strengthened pressure on its 120 bank creditors, saying if they do not accept the entire proposed 3.4-billion mark (SS3.I billion) refinancing, the group would declare itself insolvent. Meanwhile, trading
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      • 377 22  -  USs46om factory will be group's first fully-owned facility in Asia By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Malaysian investment authorities have given the green light to USbased Amoco Chemical Company's plan to build a purified terephthalic acid plant for more than US$46O million (*****.4 million). <■
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      • 269 22 Knight-Ridder TOKYO The Japan Securities Dealers Association is considering new rules for public share offerings, which could be finalised as early as next Wednesday, an association official said yesterday. The review was prompted by the Ministry of Finance's decision in
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      • 53 22 Reuter GENEVA, Switzerland European car manufacturers Fiat of Italy and PSA Peugeot Citroen of France presented their new joint monospace passenger vehicle in Geneva on Wednesday. The spacious vehicles, which can carry up to eight passengers, are to be launched in the middle of
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      • 575 22 MARKET Reuter WELLINGTON The New Zealand share market has started 1994 on a roll and market watchers say the best is yet to come. In 1993, the NZSE-40 capital index of the 40 leading stocks rose 39.3 per cent, mainly on the
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      • 141 22  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG HONGKONG tycoon Li Kashing yesterday appointed his elder son, Victor Li. deputy chairman of the Cheung Kong group. Li junior, a shy 29-year-old Canadian passport holder, shares the number two seat with long-time employee, George
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      • 226 22 Bloomberg Business News NEW DELHI The Bombay stock exchange will soon introduce a new broad-based index which will reflect trading patterns more accurately. The exchange's executive director, Arvind Kolhatkar, said yesterday that it also planned to issue a dollar-based index to help foreign investors.
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      • 293 22 KnightRidder TAIPEI Taiwan's Central Bank of China is clamping down on foreign investment in the stock market in a bid to maintain control over the exchange rate and interest rates. In a move which analysts say bodes ill for overseas funds
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      • 283 22 Reuter NEW YORK Paramount Communications Inc's board has unanimously recommended that shareholders accept QVC Network Inc's takeover bid and reject Viacom Inc's latest offer in the multi-billion-dollar battle for the entertainment giant. The board said on Wednesday that shareholders should tender their
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 76 22 AP SEOUL Government prosecutors yesterday demanded a threeyear sentence and a fine of US$5.B million (559.2 million) for a business magnate charged with illegally diverting company funds overseas. Kim Sung Yon, chairman of the Hanhwa group, a major conglomerate, was charged with diverting the funds
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        • 76 22 Reuter TOKYO P T Indonesia Toray Synthetics will invest 10 billion yen (SSI42 million) in expanding polyester staple fibre production to meet increasing demand in Asia and the Pacific. It plans to increase its monthly capacity by 3.600 tonnes, to 5,380 tonnes by the
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        • 68 22 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR American engineering powerhouse, the Bechtel Group of San Francisco, has opened a representative office in Kuala Lumpur. "We're open for business, representing all of our companies, and we're here to stay," said Tom Hoke, regional manager of the Bechtel Overseas
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 553 23 Central bank changes its practice on US$/rupiah spread Knight-Ridder JAKARTA In a policy change seen as a move towards the free float of the Indonesian rupiah. Bank Indonesia has changed its practice of announcing the dollar/rupiah bid and offer
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      • 422 23 Reuter BANGKOK Thai banks face growing pressure from domestic and international capital markets as a source of funds, officials and bankers said. The reformist mood of Thai policy-makers has also increased competition for the banks. "There is no guarantee of survival," said Chulakorn
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      • 435 23  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG HSBC HOLDINGS has been voted bank of the year while its merchant banking arm, Wardley, managed the emerging markets equity deal of 1993, according to banking magazine, IFR. In its widely-followed annual roll of
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      • 181 23 Knight-Ridder KUALA LUMPUR Rating Agency Malaysia has postponed the compulsory rating of banks that wish to guarantee private bonds to June 1, from Jan I. The agency said in a statement that several banks have asked for an extension, and said it agreed to the
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      • 148 23 AFP HONGKONG Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd, inspired by strong demand, said yesterday it was expanding to US$4lO million (*****.5 million) the size of its proposed European 4 per cent convertible bond issue. The issue was first announced on Monday at US$3OO million, then enlarged
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      • 298 23 AFP BEIJING Bank of China, the state foreign exchange bank, has announced increased foreign deposits and assets while warning against the temptation to grant high-risk loans in the coming year. The bank's foreign exchange deposits rose 18 per cent in 1993
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      • 261 23  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE South Korea's Hanil Bank has applied to the Monetary Authortiy of Singapore (MAS) to upgrade its representative office here to a full-fledged offshore banking branch. Kim Jong Wook, the chief representative of Hanil Bank in Singapore,
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      • SMALL CHANGE
        • 84 23 AP PHNOM PENH, Cambodia The Cambodian government will print new currency in the near future so that even minor transactions can be done in tens, rather than thousands, of riel. the Finance Minister said yesterday. Finance Minister Sam Rainsy told a gathering of potential Thai
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        • 50 23 Reuter MOSCOW An exchange office employee fills in the new rouble rate in the centre of Moscow on Tuesday. The rouble tumbled to a new low of 1,335 to the US$ amid rising doubts about Russia's commitment to economic reforms and fears of a new inflationary surge. Reuter
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        • 87 23 Reuter TOKYO Japanese government bond issuance is likely to reach a record level in the fiscal year ending March 31, economists said. A total 13.992 trillion yen (S$ 19.96 billion) in bonds have been budgeted so far for 1993/94, according to the Ministry of
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        • 84 23 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG PMX Industries Inc. a US-guaranteed subsidiary of Korean copper products manufacturer Poongsan Corporation, yesterday completed the sale of US$6O million (Ss9s million) worth of five-year, floating-rate bonds. Poongsan said the notes will pay an annual interest rate of 1.125 per cent
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        • 67 23 Knight-Ridder SYDNEY The Australian state of Victoria yesterday said it will offer investors Asloo million (Ssl 10 million) in inflation-in-dexed Dec 2021 annuities on Jan 18. A spokesman for Treasury Corp of Victoria said lead managers SBC Dominguez Barry and Macquarie Bank will test
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      • 355 24 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is close to making a decision on whether to build its third liquefied natural gas plant, a step it hopes will enable it to capture a bigger slice of Asia's growing LNG market. "Nothing has
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      • 235 24 Reuter HONGKONG Funds that invested in warrants of Asian and Pacific stocks returned 210.11 per cent overall as a sector in 1993, making warrants the best performing group, the Hongkong Investment Funds Association said. Asia and Pacific warrants surpassed the Malaysian equities sector,
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      • 56 24 Reuter OSAKA Bank clerks count Japanese yen notes from offering boxes at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka on Wednesday. A million merchants and other people visited the shrine during a three-day fete in honour of the God of Commerce and made their money offerings, wishing
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      • 227 24 Bloomberg Business News AMSTERDAM The Netherlands' ABN Amro Bank NV. the world's 15th largest bank, said assets under the management of its 15 main investment funds rose almost 50 per cent last year to more than 20 billion guilders (5516.4 billion). ABN
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      • 444 24 Knight-Ridder SYDNEY Downward pressure on the credit ratings of Australia and New Zealand has largely eased, Standard Poor's Corp said in a global credit perspective released yesterday. "Only in Australia and New Zealand, where economic recovery appears to be underway, has the downward
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      • 191 24 Reuter HONGKONG The appeals tribunal of Hongkong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) dismissed an appeal by Kingly Commodities against the revocation of its commodity dealer's registration and ordered Kingly to pay HKSI.I million (*****,000) in costs. The SFC had revoked the licence
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      • 184 24 Reuter LONDON TSB Group chairman Sir Nicholas Goodison said the banking and insurance group was on the recovery path but he foresaw further pressure on margins in an environment of low inflation and low interest rates. "TSB will benefit as the economy recovers,
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      • 214 24 Reuter MELBOURNE Alcoa of Australia Ltd said it may cut back alumina production again if demand continues to weaken but it has no plans to change aluminium output. Finance and administration director Phil Spry-Bailey said alumina output was cut by 6 per cent in
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      • 150 24 WITHDRAWAL of funds from the region became evident yesterday as the rupiah weakened against the US$ to its level on New Year's Eve. The US$/S$ saw sales of US$ in morning trade as the market failed to move higher in overnight trade. The USS/SS was
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      • 194 24 Reuter LONDON The dollar settled near its highs for the day against the mark after a mostly moderate but sometimes frantic day's trading yesterday. Dealers said the market is still bullish for the dollar but is unsure of its near-term direction and would not be surprised if it corrects.
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        1583 24 Trade- weighted index calculated against S pore's top 14 trading partners Base year 198 i US$/S$ forward rates Noon Jan 13 SS Bid Offer 1-month 1.6049 1.6064 2-month 1.6062 1.6077 3-month 1.6073 ***** 6-month 1.6100 1.6120 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at 10am m Jaa 13: Singapore dollars
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      • 213 24 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has pledged to help lift world oil prices from their lowest level since 1988, a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) envoy on a tour of independent oil-producing countries said yesterday. In addition to Malaysia, "we have achieved good
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      • 88 24 AFP NEW YORK The dollar rebounded sharply here early yesterday after the government reported good figures on US retail sales and consumer prices for December and the year. At about 9:15 am. the dollar was trading at 1.7497 German marks, up from 1.7410 several hours earlier in London
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 1262 25 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar interest rate futures ended steady ahead of the release of US consumer prices and dissipating tears about an interest rate hike. Contracts hovered in a narrow range. Activity was dominated by short-covering and adjustments on anticipation that
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      • 716 25 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN extended its gain and closed six sen up at MS 12.76 per kg yesterday, mainly due to initial low oilers and a current weak ringgit against the US dollar. traders said. Initial ofters were 57 tonnes against bids of
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      • KNIGHT-RIDDER COMMODITY SUMMARY
        • 97 25 BRUSSELS The European Union Commission has made a minor revision to its estimate of EU sugar production for 1993/94, Commission officials said. They said the latest estimate puts output at 16.10 million tonnes, against the previous estimate of 16.084 million. The number was given out
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        • 67 25 TOKYO Japanese feed mills leapt into the US corn market on Wednesday before the USDA's report at 2000 GMT on US crop production and stocks, hoping to avoid a jump in basis prices, but soybean buyers were largely unmoved by the report. traders said.
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        • 72 25 LONDON Offer prices for South American soymeal are higher after Wednesday's bullish USDA monthly crop report, and sellers are confident that they can wait for prices to rise further, traders said. However, with offers up by around US$4 per tonne and bidders US$2 behind
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    • 1560 25 Rubber RAS Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 1pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Feb 94 128.75 128.25 128.75 250 1.800 Mar 0.00 0.00 130.75 75 6.400 Apr 0.00 0.00 132.50 0 5.450 May 0.00 0 00 133.75 0
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    • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      • 1144 26 -18.1 Sharp falls in Asian and other overseas bourses unsettled the Australian share market, which closed nearly I per cent lower with falls across the board, brokers said. But the brokers said there was still a wide range of interest and the overall trend for the market remains positive.
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      • 580 26 -76.85 The Philippine stock market fell for the fifth straight day yesterday, pulled down by the slide in other stock markets in Asia, analysts said. The composite price index at the Manila Stock Exchange retreated 76.85 points, or 2.58 per cent, to close at 2,901.15 points while the indicator
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      • 534 26 -363.81 Taiwan stocks plunged 5.9 per cent on panic selling triggered by the cabinet's decision late on Wednesday not to pursue direct shipping links with China in the near term. The index opened moderately lower but selling snowballed as negative rumours on a range of other issues swept the
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      • 410 26 12.35 Stock prices ended higher for the third consecutive session as waves of blue-chip buying overwhelmed selling by the Korea Stock Market Stabilisation Fund (KSMSF). brokers said. The composite stock index rose 12.35 points, or 1.39 per cent to close at 898.66. "Strong interest in blue-chip shares prodded the
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      • 284 26 -11.37 The New Zealand NZSE-40 capital index hovered in a 2.231-2,238 range in moderate trade to close at 2.235.97, marginally lower than the opening of 2,236.65 and 11.37 points lower than Wednesday' close. Market leaders Telecom and Carter Holt Harvey, who together make up over 36 per cent
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      • 90 26 +24.8 Stock prices resumed their uptrend in after hours kerb deals after a brief bout of profit-tak-ing towards the end of the official trading session, brokers said. In kerb. Reliance Industries was quoted at 393/94 rupees against the close of 390 and Tata Iron Steel Co was at 263/64
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      • 619 26 -12 London shares closed down yesterday, echoing falls in other European markets and on Wall Street, and strategists and dealers said the FT-SE 100 index could slip to around 3,300 before finding support. The index fell 12 points to close at 3,360.0. after having languished near its session lows
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      • 116 26 -29.71 French shares closed more than I per cent lower for the second consecutive day as the fallout from Alcatel Alsthom's forecast of a lower 1994 profit continued to cast gloom over the market. The CAC-40 index was down 29.71 points to 2,252.19. Paris Jan 13 Fr \ir L
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      • 141 26 +o.lBpc Swedish shares closed higher with help from the government's announcement that it will postpone a final decision on the Orcsund bridge. The OMX-indcx rose 0.18 per cent to 1,151.33 in high turnover of 2.63 billion crowns. "It is important for the credibility in Sweden that the government does
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      • 175 26 -2.02 pc German share prices were hit by a wave of foreign selling of selected blue chips late in yesterday's official session. However, traders expect priccs to stabilise in post-bourse trade and official trade today. The DAX index of 30 leading German shares closed at 2,164.66. down 2.02 per
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      • 148 26 +o.2pc Shares ended little changed after a day of suspense, awaiting political developments, traders said. If Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi's resignation is accepted, markets will be looking for an early date for general elections to clarify political scene with a new government. The Mibtcl closed up 0.20 per
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      • 282 26 -0.7 Dutch shares showed surprising resilience to weakness in German shares, braking yesterday's big correction and losing less than a point by the close. Dealers see 400 as a solid floor, but few expect a dip to go that far. The AEX closed at 415.65, a loss of 0.7
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      • 250 26 -25.64 Swiss shares ended more than 1.5 per cent lower after afternoon selling in nervous trade and good volume. Weak bourses elsewhere in Europe, especially in Frankfurt, and a lower opening on Wall Street weighed on the market. dealers said. Several blue chips lost more than 2 per cent,
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      • 304 26 -118 Shares slid across the board in a major correction following recent strong gains and fears that foreign investors would dump some of their interests, dealers said. They said the softer gold price had sparked the slide in mining shares, which spilled over to other sectors. The gold index
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      • 264 26 -5.94 Toronto stocks were mixed with a negative tone as the market followed early weakness in currency and bond markets. The TSE 300 composite index fell 5.94 points to 4,448.75 on volume of 11.08 million shares valued at C 5128.01. On Wednesday, stocks staged a late-session turnaround in extremely
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      • 721 26 -18.86 The Dow Jones industrial average was down 18.86 points to 3,829.77 at 11 am EST yesterday. It closed down 1.68 points at 3.848.63 on Wednesday. The New York Stock Exchange composite index was off 0.67 to 261.70, while Standard Poor's 500-stock index was down 1.70 to 472.47.
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      • 186 26 Belgian shares closed sharply lower, hit by massive profit-taking following a dive in German shares, continued weakness on other European markets and concern over the Agusta bribery allegations dossier. Traders expected the correction to continue over the next few days. "The market was ripe for a correction. Considering weakness
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      3159 27 Reuter HONGKONG Shares extended their losing streak, ending down sharply for the third conseeutive day, as across-the-board selling stripped 5 per cent from the main index, brokers said. The blue chip Hang Seng Index tumbled 536.22 points to 10,176.51. The index has slumped 23.81 per cent so far from
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      488 27 PROFIT-TAKING in Shanghai continued with the CLSA B Index down another 27.17 points to 1,047.82. Many losers like Friendship, Jin Jiang Tower, Phoenix Bicycle, and Rubber Belt dipped between 5 and 6 per cent. Among the few gainers, Chlor Alkali and Dazhong rebounded 8 and 7.1 per cent respectively
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      2441 27 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended down yesterday as domestic institutions continued to take profits ahead of March book closing. Earlier buying from foreigners fizzled out late in the afternoon, exacerbating the falls, brokers said, it was the Nikkei's first drop after six straight days of rises. "Today has been typical
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      1820 27 Reuter BANGKOK The SET index fell 49.73 points to finish at 1,438.03 yesterday on moderate turnover of 19.68 billion baht. It hit a low of 1.388.80. down 98.96 points, in morning trade. "Selling by foreigners has slowed down while local funds and long-term individual investors have bought on weakness."
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      1116 27 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices closed lower in shaky trading yesterday, with panicked local investors cashing out their positions. brokers said. The composite index closed 13.2 points lower at 572.02. "Some investors returned to the market in the late session, hunting for oversold counters. It has help prevent a stronger
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    • 2576 28 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info IWKT iCTWf—^ nH AMDB 50c 18.928.000 Kamunting 50c 18.719,000 Renong Bhd 50c 14.444.000 Faber Group 12,161.000 Promet 11.796,000 ldns Hyd 50c 9.135.000 FACB 50c 8.766.000 Mctropiex 50c 7,715.000 Tan hong 50c 6,755.000 Ind Oxygen Wt95 5.147.000 MUI 4,408.000 Peg) Msia 4.048.000 MBf
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
      • 5883 28 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange continued its downturn yesterday as players were more keen to liquidate their positions amidst the uncertain trend on the local bourse. The Composite Index fell 37.05 points to 1,029.17 while the Emas Index of all
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      • 6942 29 1 MAIN BOARD Transaction date: Jan 13~ Gr Gr 1993/44 l.»st Vol Day Last Qaott Di» Di» N Id Nrt M Cay High Low Company Sale ("000) High law Boyer Seller C*r P/E Smil INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1440 260 t Acma 1360 20 1165 1440 1280 1340 1360 12.5 2.1
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      • 1628 30  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Share prices here fell yesterday for the third day this week, although late bargain hunting recovered a third of early losses. At the start of trading, the Straits Times Industrials Index seemed likely to recover halfheartedly. It gained
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        139 30  -  HOT STOCK By Paul Leo DBS Bank shares have dropped 12.6 per cent or 1.60 from a high of 12.70 on Jan 3 to $11.10 yesterday. The stock has reached a temporary support level and should consolidate between Sll.OO and 11.80 for the next two weeks. Volume yesterday
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    • 371 31 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's cabinet has rejected a proposal to seek direct shipping links with China, saying political tensions between the rival governments have not eased sufficiently. A meeting of senior cabinet officials late on Wednesday decided to shelve indefinitely the proposal
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    • 290 31 NYT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Testifying for the first time about a barge accident that left some San Juan beaches fouled with oil, a tugboat captain said he was in too much of a hurry to follow standard repair procedures for
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    • 273 31 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK The push by a number of charterers to bring in much needed road salt from various locations for discharge along the eastern US seaboard has caused rates for tonnage in position to jump upward, according to shipbrokers on T uesdav. The
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    • 168 31 APP PARIS The Ports and Docks Federation of France's CGT labour confederation on Wednesday called for a 24hour strike in all French maritime ports yesterday to defend employment and push for reinstatement of two dockers in Bayonne. The federation said in a
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    • 483 31  -  S'pore the first country outside US to use technique for ship tanks By David Gabriel SINGAPORE Singapore is the first overseas marine repair centre to get a new scaffolding system developed in America for use in ship tanks. The MFP Upstage Marine System is the
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    • 307 47 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1,230 on Wednesday from 1.220 on Jan 11. FIXTURES Tanker Little change was noted for tanker rates in any sector, as the market languished in rather featureless trade, brokers said. However, the market was said to
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    • 1539 48 The United Arab Emirates is upgrading its port infrastructure and is keen on developing shipping related businesses Seatrade Review SINCE the beginning of the *****, the United Arab Emirates has consistently broken the pattern of global recession with trading activity setting new records. Whilst foreign
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      • 648 50 Meeting will work towards European accord on airfreight trade Reuter WASHINGTON A new US aviation policy that aims to sweep away restrictive binational air service agreements on the way to multinational "open skies" accords gets a first, critical test in Brussels next
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      • 308 50 AFP SEOUL South .Korea's automakers have stepped up investment abroad to avoid trade barriers, striking four deals for joint ventures over the past month, company officials said yesterday. South Korea's largest automaker, Hyundai Motor Co, signed a contract with Ghabour Brothers
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      • 593 50 NYT NEW YORK It's spm on Thursday and you are sardined into a sleek jet capable of whisking you from Miami to New York in time for "Seinfeld." But with air controllers lacking up-to-date equipment already straining to keep track
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      • 315 50 SINGAPORE Sales of Jaguar cars in Singapore last year doubled to 196. And the topselling model was the luxurious XJ6 3.2 sedan. The resident manager of Jaguar Cars Export Ltd (Far East), Steven Watts, says the outlook is for better figures still.
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      • 241 50 AP NEW YORK USAir wants more business sending people to their final destination. Funeral directors who are booking flights for bodies and mourners can call a special reservations line intended to make the process easier. And for every 30 corpses shipped on USAir. the funeral director
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        • 89 50 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's state-run Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara. anticipating good sales of its new medium-haul commuter plane, plans a 500 billion rupiah (SS3B million) expansion at its Bandung factory, a company spokesman said. A company spokesman gave no details of expansion at Bandung, southeast of
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        • 31 50 Reuter TOKYO A drawing of the YSX, a 75-80 seat passenger plane that Japan wants to develop with foreign aircraft manufacturers by the early 2000s. Reuter
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        • 60 50 Keuter BEIJING The railway construction development company of Fujian province is discussing with the railway bureau of Japan's Transport Ministry a possible express link between Fujian and Xiamen, the People's Daily said. It said talks were recently held in Hongkong and that Mitsui will send
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        • 102 50 SINGAPORE A Middle East airline. Emirates, has been voted Airline of the Year by UK's Executive Travel magazine and Wagonlit Travel. The carrier, the international airline of the United Arab Emirates, also swept away with another four awards in the annual Executive Travel reader
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        • 104 50 AFP NEW YORK The owner of the smuggling ship Golden Venture and six other men who kept watch over the freighter's scores of undocumented Chinese emigrants pleaded guilty to charges linked to its fatal trip last June. Seven defendants pleaded guilty in federal court
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      • 161 50 Reuter NEW DELHI India is planning to build the world's smallest, multi-role, light combat aircraft (LCA) by June 1996. A P J Abdul Kalam, secretary of India's Defence Research and Development Department (DRDO), told Indian Air Force officers on Wednesday it would be
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    • 796 45 WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE kCCEPTHG BREAKBULK SOC CAHGOES TO, mOM KOBE, YOKOHAMA. NAGOYA. MOD. TOKYO*. MANIA* OAVAO*. Pen an i* P. Kelanj Sinfapore E'Msia* IVYEVERETT V7E 25/26 Jan KARABIEVERETT VISE 31/01 Feb 02/03 Feb 07/08 Feb KAMALEVERETT Vl9€ 14/15 Feb 16/17 Feb ACCEPTING BttAKBUU/FCL SOC CARGOES TO/FROM
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