The Business Times, 25 July 1994

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    12 1 BUSINESS TIMES WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Mondav Julv 25 1994 75®
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  • 2am LATEST
    • Article
      Lock icon Quebec polls set for Sep 12
      59 1 AFP QUEBEC CITY Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson last night said elections would be held on Sep 12, in what was expected to be a test for separatists who want independence for the French-speaking province. Latest opinion polls show the separatist Parti Quebecois has more
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      Lock icon Indian team in Russia for arms talks
      35 1 Reuter MOSCOW A senior military delegation from India arrived in Moscow last night for talks on cooperation with Russia and possible aircraft purchases, Itar-Tass news agency said. Reuter
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    158 1 Stock marfc«t indices Friday Week change ST11 2,199.22 +0.9 K.LSE Comp 1.000.46 -11.65 Nikkei 20.462.89 -307.26 Hang Sent 9.152.99 +35.97 SET Index 1.348.06 3.89 Jakarta Comp 459.07 -2.76 CLSA China B 991.15 -3.85 Aust All Ord 2.052.6 -5.4 FTSE 100 3.114.7 +39.9 Dow Jones 3,735.04 -18.77 Avcri|6 of
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    Telecom warns US firms against offering callback services in S'pore
    658 1  -  Reports by Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE US-based telecommunications companies are creeping into the Singapore market to offer long-distance telephone services, but Singapore Telecom says they are breaching its exclusive right to offer such services here. Undermining Telecom's monopoly are agents for
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    Operators violating TAS Act
    489 1 SINGAPORE Operators of a long-distance telephone service called "callback" are violating the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) Act. Both operators and users are liable to a fine or a jail term if found guilty, the regulatory agency says. The callback service allows users here to be
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    Lock icon HK firm set to build China's first foreign-funded railway
    412 1 Eastern Express HONGKONG Hongkonglisted Hwa Kay Thai Holdings will sign a letter of intent with the Wuhan government this week to take on the first for-eign-funded urban railway project in China. Pending the final agreement, the project, estimated to cost HK$3
    Eastern Express  -  412 words
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    Lock icon China schools go into business to raise much-needed funds
    259 1 AFP BEIJING About 92 per cent of China's state primary and middle schools have set up sideline enterprises to boost sorely inadequate government funding. Xinhua news agency yesterday reported that the 730,000 school-run enterprises mostly in industry, business, agriculture and services
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  • Article
    Major US carriers in a bit of a tangle
    282 1 SINGAPORE Major US telecommunications carriers such as AT&T, MCI and Sprint are still grappling with how to market or promote their products here without violating the law. Singapore Telecom has told them in writing "to cease any form of proactive sales
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    Lock icon Greenspan's hints of more rate hikes worry economists
    576 1 Reuter WASHINGTON The prospect of a further rise in US interest rates following signals from Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan to Congress has left some US economists worried. While Mr Greenspan says he does not see much of a risk of the
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Inflation jumps to 4.1pc
        339 2  -  By Anna Teo SHARP hikes in transport and food prices pushed inflation up to 4.1 per cent in June, the highest price jump this year. For the first six months, the increase in the consumer price index (CPI) averaged 3.33 per cent. After a firstquarter average
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      Lock icon Search for potential ministers a most urgent task: BG Lee
      620 2  -  By Shiv Taneja THE search for talent to enter Parliament and government is one of Singapore's most urgent tasks, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said last night. Speaking at the fifth anniversary celebrations of the Women's Wing of the
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      Buyers of Suzhou flats urged to unite against developer
      516 2  -  By A J Leow DISGRUNTLED buyers of a Suzhou property development were urged yesterday to take a united front in seeking redress from the developer of the project. The chairman of the Suzhou Regent on the Park Owners' Association, Yap Woon
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • Article
      Minister: Asean will always have driver's seat in forum
      391 3  -  Asean Regional Forum Reports from Yang Razali Kassim in BANGKOK ASEAN will never allow the four powers in the Asia Pacific the US, Russia, China and Japan to dominate and set the pace of the Asean Regional Forum, which begins today.
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      Vietnam seeks two-track talks over Spratlys
      534 3 VIETNAM wants all claimants to the disputed Spratly islands and Paracel islands in the South China Sea to hold twotrack talks among themselves to settle the disputes. In an interview with Business Times here yesterday, the eve of the meeting of the Asean Regional
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      Lock icon Golf links ministers
      59 3 The Straits Times (From left): Singapore Foreign Minister S Jayakumar, Acting Minister for National Development Lim Hng Kiang, Malaysian Foreign Minister Ahmad Badawi, Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and Philippines Foreign Minister Roberto Romulo enjoying a round of golf yesterday after the Asean Ministerial Meeting in Bangkok.
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      Vietnam to join Asean before next year's summit: minister
      435 3 BANGKOK Vietnam will join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations before its next summit in December 1995, says Foreign Minister Nguyen Manh Cam. He told Business Times in an exclusive interview here that Asean had agreed to have Hanoi join as
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      Lock icon KT, govt to allow Labuan to import foreign workers
      332 4 Bernama KOTA KINABALU Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said efforts would be made to import foreign workers, including professionals, to alleviate problems faced by contractors and bankers. Speaking at a press conference after a brief visit to this island, he said
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      Lock icon Bridge to a better life
      55 4 Reuter HANOI Vietnamese day-workers waiting for jobs in Hanoi yesterday near the historic Long Bien bridge which was destroyed during the Vietnam War. More and more rural workers are flocking to the big cities of Vietnam in search of employment and a better life as
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    • NOTEBOOK
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        Lock icon Big jump in Indonesian labour strikes
        92 4 AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian authorities registered 290 strikes in thg first five months of the year, more than the entire number last yedf, 'the Antara news agency reported yesterday. A manpower ministry spokesman, Cepy Aluwie, said the strikes involved 138,402 workers. The figure far
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        Lock icon Meeting on Chakrapong's departure
        75 4 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian officials will meet former Cambodian deputy prime minister Prince Norodom Chakrapong today to discuss the date of his departure for France, the state news agency Bernama said on yesterday. Deputy Foreign Minister Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan said he would lead the team
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        Lock icon Vietnam plans war against tax cheats
        82 4 Reuter HANOI Vietnam plans a war against tax evasion to maximise budget revenues, a government minister was quoted as saying on Saturday. "Fighting against tax loss is one of the most important measures to increase domestic revenues," Le Xuan Trinh, director of the Government
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        Lock icon New licence sought for banned tabloid
        59 4 AFP JAKARTA The publisher of one of three weeklies banned by the government last month is trying to get a new licence to restart the weekly DeTIK tabloid, a press report said here yesterday. The Jawa daily quoted publisher Surya Paloh as saying the
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      Lock icon Desaru tourism project back in full swing
      290 4 NST JOHOR BARU The Desaru tourism project, which was terminated by the Johor government in 1992 over a financial guarantee dispute, is getting into full swing, with a deal "almost ready" between several companies and the state. Menteri Besar Muhyiddin Vassin said discussions
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      Lock icon Philippine economy to gain from aid pledged
      162 4 AFP MANILA President Fidel Ramos yesterday said the successful rescheduling of Manila's maturing debts and "near record" aid levels secured during a pledging session of donor countries would strengthen the Philippines' economic recovery. Mr Ramos commended his negotiators Finance Secretary Roberto de Ocampo
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Beijing stresses it will not rejoin Gatt as developed country
      475 5 UPI Reuter BEIJING Chinese negotiators have refused to comply with US demands that China rejoin the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade as a developed country and hold out little hope the upcoming meeting in Geneva will produce a breakthrough.
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      Lock icon Shanghai to start selling waterfront Bund buildings in October
      143 5 AFP BEIJING Shanghai will start the long-awaited sell-otT of buildings along its famous waterfront Bund to foreign companies and financial institutions in October. The China Daily Business Weekly yesterday quoted offi- cials as saying that the city was working with Britain's
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      Lock icon Wheeling and delivering
      57 5 Reuter BEIJING Two paramilitary policemen crowding the cockpit of a three-wheel bicycle in Beijing as they deliver fresh vegetables to their barracks after a shopping trip yesterday. The People's Armed Police are a common sight in the Chinese capital and other cities. They are usually posted outside
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      Lock icon China's new phone operator to invest US$11b in network
      326 5 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING Fledgling phone company China United Telecommunications Corp plans to spend USSII billion (5516.6 billion) building a national network so it can take business away from what used to be the nation's only telephone service provider. The company
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon 4 hoteliers jailed for computer fraud
        62 5 Reuter BEIJING In one of China's first officially reported cases of computer crime, four Beijing hoteliers have been jailed for cheating guests by manipulating computerised billing records. Beijing Friendship Hotel managers Jiang Zheng and Du Yize, were sentenced to seven years, the state-run Legal
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        Lock icon China near end of cable link to Europe
        84 5 Reuter BEIJING China said yesterday it had completed all but a final 500 km stretch of a major fibre-optic cable communications link to Europe. Technicians recently finished laying cable across the most difficult section in the vast, arid western region of Xinjiang,
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        Lock icon Beijing indignant over Taipei's UN bid
        68 5 AFP BEIJING China yesterday expressed its "righteous indignation" at Taiwan's new bid to rejoin the United Nations which it predicted would end in failure. "The Chinese government and people express extreme righteous indignation at the move by Nicaragua and the other nations to bring
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        Lock icon Taiwan army to develop non-lethal arms
        38 5 AP TAIPEI Defence Minister Sun Chen has instructed the military to develop non-lethal weapons, like plastic bullets, to keep Chinese from sneaking to the island for jobs, the military reported yesterday. AP
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        Lock icon S'pore to host Chinese art auction
        39 5 AFP BEIJING China is to hold its first overseas art auction in August in Singapore, where traditional paintings, antique cameras and rare stamps are to go under the hammer, Xinhua reported yesterday. AFP
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      Lock icon Power projects can achieve 15pc return or more: China
      300 5 Reuter BEIJING China says foreign investors in its power projects should in principle get a 15 per cent rate of return on their capital. The official People's Daily on Saturday quoted Power Industry Ministry spokesman Jiang Shaojun as saying that four
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      Lock icon Britain to build fortress consulate in Hongkong: report
      177 5 AFP LONDON Britain is building a fortress-style consulate in Hongkong, dubbed "El Alamo" by Foreign Office staff, designed to protect diplomats from Chinese eavesdroppers and potential violence when the colony is handed back to China in 1997, the Sunday Times reported. The
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      Lock icon Beijing hotel rates almost double
      305 5 The Eastern Express HONGKONG China's runaway inflation has caught up with the hotel industry, with visitors having to pay almost twice as much for accommodation in Beijing compared with a year earlier. The average daily room rate of hotels in the capital leapt by 95.4
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  • REST OF ASIA
    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Japan execs see recovery: poll
        110 6 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Executives at 74 of Japan's 100 largest companies believe the nation's economy is on the verge of a recovery, says a new poll. The executives told a poll by the Japanese-language Yomiuri newspaper they believed there were signs of a mild
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        Lock icon Indian textile exports to earn US$9b
        80 6 AFP DELHI India's fast-growing textile exports are poised to earn USS9 billion (5513.5 billion) in fiscal 1994-95, a 12.8 per cent jump over the performance in the last financial year, textiles minister G Venkat Swamy said on Saturday. In the fiscal year to March
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        Lock icon Coles Myer faces kangaroo-meat boycott
        60 6 Reuter SYDNEY Australian animal rights groups have called for a boycott of Coles Myer, one of the country's biggest supermarket chains, to protest at sales of kangaroo meat. Animal rights activist Patti Mark said the basis of the call by Australia's Animal Liberation branches was
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        Lock icon US, India moving to closer ties: envoy
        64 6 AFP NEW DELHI The first US ambassador to India in 16 months, Frank Wisner, said in remarks published here yesterday that President Bill Clinton's administration was committed to improving relations between the two largest democracies. "We share an interest in stability and peace
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      Lock icon Australia wants Asian countries to cut trade barriers further
      419 6 AFP Reuter CANBERRA Australia wants other countries in the Asia-Pacific region to reduce trade barriers further because many "got off lightly" in last year's global trade talks. Trade Minister Bob McMullan yesterday said the countries would first have to enact domestic
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      Lock icon Bangladesh garment exporters ban child labour
      152 6 AFP DHAKA Bangladeshi garment exporters have banned child labour in a bid to avert a boycott by major Western buyers. a Dhaka daily reported yesterday. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) decided at a special meeting on Saturday that the ban would
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      Lock icon Tokyo and Seoul in strategic alliance over Pyongyang's nuclear programme
      400 6 AFP SEOUL Japanese Premier Tomiichi Murayama has stressed strategic partnership between Tokyo and Seoul to secure transparency of North Korea's nuclear activities. The South Korean government yesterday said that before wrapping up a two-day visit, Mr Murayama held a breakfast
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      Lock icon Socialist Murayama hints at election pact with LDP
      404 6 Reuter TOKYO Socialist Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, fresh on the heels of dropping long-term opposition to the country's military, has hinted at an electoral pact with his conservative allies, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). "In various regions, we can cooperate (with the
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      179 7 l "rfW/MBi H it^L fini .1 aaMBBBLij;. p. > a^a^H mSm bhhhbii IN ASIA, SMART BUSINESS IS MOVING TO THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE. IN SINGAPORE. IT'S MOVING TO REPUBLIC PLAZA. Already, Republic Plaza is attracting corporations who recognise Singapore's growing importance in the global economy. It is easy to see
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Democrat leaders reshape Clinton health reforms
      592 8 Reuter WASHINGTON After declaring President Bill Clinton's complex health reform plan officially dead, congressional Democrats are working this week to produce a new bill that is likely to contain many of Clinton's reform goals. Democratic leaders are hoping to convince Americans that controversial parts
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      Lock icon Warrants out for arrest of two Berlusconi execs
      452 8 Reuter MILAN Italian magistrates on Saturday ordered the arrest of two executives of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest holding company, just days after the media tycoon dropped a bid to limit judiciary powers. There was no immediate statement from Fininvest, one of
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      Lock icon Bridge over troubled waters
      60 8 Reuter MOSTAR, Bosnia-Herzegovina German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel (right) leads newly appointed European Union administrator of the city Hans Koschnik and Croatian President Franjo Tudjman across a footbridge, which replaced the city's famous stone bridge after it was destroyed by tank fire last year. Mostar was
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      Lock icon Blair puts Major in the shade, poll shows
      338 8 Reuter LONDON The young new leader of Britain's main opposition party is rapidly stealing public sympathy from already unpopular Prime Minister John Major, a weekend opinion poll showed. The poll, conducted after Tony Blair was elected new Labour Party leader last Thursday,
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    • Article
      Lock icon US chalked up US$15b budget surplus for June
      234 8 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The United States posted a larger-than-expected US$l5.2 billion (5522.9 billon) budget surplus for June, reflecting higher quarterly tax collections, Treasury figures showed on Friday. A year earlier, the surplus totalled US$ll.l billion. June is usually a surplus month
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      Lock icon Saudis funded Iraq's A-bomb bid: report
      226 8 Reuter LONDON A former Saudi Arabian diplomat has told Britain's Sunday Times his country helped fund Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's nuclear programme as part of a secret 20-year campaign by Riyadh to acquire its own nuclear weapons. The London-based weekly newspaper carried a lengthy
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Kuwaiti investments show good returns
        56 8 Reuter KUWAIT A senior Kuwaiti investment official said the emirate's foreign investments gave good results in 1993-94, Kuwait's news agency Kuna reported. Kuwait Investment Authority managing director, Ali al-Bader, said the performance of various KIA portfolios was in line with standard international performance during the
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        Lock icon Show of Goodwill
        48 8 Reuter ST PETERSBURG Russian President Boris Yeltsin (right) offers his hand to Turner Broadcasting System president Ted Turner after officially declaring open the Goodwill Games on Saturday. Some of the best athletes in the world are taking part in the Games until Aug 7. Reuter
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      • Article
        Lock icon Overfishing blamed for marine malaise
        86 8 AFP WASHINGTON Bigger boats and more advanced fishing technologies have sapped the world's oceans, which are now fished nearly to the limit, according to a report released on Saturday. "Although worldwide environmental degradation of the oceans contributes to the decline of marine life, overfishing is
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        Lock icon Quebec leader picks poll date
        106 8 AFP MONTREAL Quebec provincial Premier Daniel Johnson has picked a date for elections expected to bring the separatist opposition Parti Quebecois to power, officials with his ruling Liberal Party said on Saturday. But there was no immediate announcement of the date as many observers had
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        Lock icon Gambian leader aboard ship, says US
        56 8 Reuter WASHINGTON The United States on Saturday confirmed that the ousted president of Gambia had taken refuge on a US ship in Banjul harbour following an uprising by soldiers in the West African country. President Dawda Jawara boarded the Navy tank landing ship USS
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      Lock icon Mandela attacks strike violence
      453 8 AFP PRETORIA President Nelson Mandela on Saturday criticised violence by striking workers, warning that it would scare off foreign investors and make the task of implementing social upliftment programmes more difficult. At a banquet here to honour around 1,000 anti-apart-heid veterans, Mr Mandela also warned that
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      Lock icon Scope of Whitewater hearings to be limited
      565 8 AP Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON Republicans have tried to portray the Whitewater investigation as President Bill Clinton's political equivalent to Watergate, the scandal that brought down the Nixon presidency. Now the hearings they have demanded for months are about to begin. But the
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Lock icon Digital PCs take S'pore market by storm
      788 9  -  Digital Equipment has come from nowhere to grab major market share in the local PC market. And it is gunning for the top slot, reports Joseph Rajendran Joseph Rajendran THE best kept secret in Singapore domestic personal computer market is Digital Equipment Singapore's
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    • Article
      NUS puts biomedical research info on Internet
      245 9  -  By David Mok THE National University of Singapore (NUS) is making available its biomedical R&D information resources on Internet. With the recent launching of Sing Net by Singapore Telecoms, subscribers will be able to access the biomedical information via Internet. Internet is an
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    • Article
      Lock icon Silicon Graphics chairman sees growth in entertainment
      414 9 Bloomberg Business News SILICON Graphics Inc chairman and chief executive Edward McCracken sees entertainment as the key to the computer company's growth. "The entertainment market is bringing us a lot of business and a lot of profitable growth," Mr McCracken told 500 money
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      US retakes lead from Japan in wafer fab equipment output
      489 9  -  By Claire Leow WITH the semiconductor industry booming in the United States, the American chip industry has regained the lead from Japan as the top supplier of wafer fabrication equipment for the first time since 1987. The latest market share
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      Lock icon US distributor Vanstar plans big push into Asia
      418 9  -  By Joseph Rajendran US-BASED Vanstar Inc, formerly called ComputerLand Corporation, is set to open an office in either Singapore or Hongkong to expand its Asian business. Vanstar's vice-president for international operations, Peter Alexander, told BusinesslT last week that the office would manage
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      More IT firms see need for computer security
      458 10  -  By Diana Oon THE local information technology industry is becoming more aware of the need for computer security, according to a recent study by the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM). In 1990, when SIM collaborated with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
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      Client/server info service launched by Datapro
      222 10  -  By David Mok BUSINESSES and companies who want to know all about client/server technology can now turn to the industry's first dedicated client/server information service on CD-ROM. The service, called Datapro on CD-ROM: Client/Server Analyst, was launched last week at the Singapore office of
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      Call for patience while downsizing from mainframes
      402 10  -  B 1 Jennifer Lien CLIENT/SERVER systems have many creative possibilities, but companies downsizing from mainframes should be patient when implementing such a system because of the high failure rate. Giving the advice was Peter Storer, senior director of New York-based Atre Associates, a
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    • TECH TAKES
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        Aspact sets up consultancy centre
        54 10 SINGAPORE Aspact IT Services (S) Pte Ltd has recently set up a networking consultancy and education centre in Singapore. Aspact's forte is in providing high-level vendor independent consultancy and professional services. These include planning, designing and implementation, integration of local and wide area networks, and
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        TNC branches into regional markets
        73 10 SINGAPORE Singapore's only PCMCIA manufacturer, The Networking Company Pte Ltd (TNC) recently completed dealership agreements with major dealers in Hongkong, Malaysia and China. PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) technology is a highly effective means of upgrading computing devices with inexpensive plug-in cards that
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        VeriFone expanding into Japan
        69 10 SINGAPORE VeriFone Singapore Pte Ltd has announced the establishment of a Japanese subsidiary Nihon VeriFone K. K, which will address the Japanese transaction automation market. Memorex Telex has been appointed as its Japanese distributor. VeriFone also announced plans to establish a manufacturing centre in Kunshan, China.
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        IBM's video-on-demand trial in HK
        61 10 NEW YORK IBM has recently signed a contract to test video-on-demand systems in Hongkong beginning this autumn. Consumers participating in the trial will have a variety of choices including movies, TV favourites, and children's programmes without ever having to leave their homes. IBM will provide
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        Acer's new minitower computers
        98 10 SINGAPORE Acer Computer International has just launched a new range of scalable minitower computers, the Acer Altos 700 series. Locally, the 700 series will be available from next month. The new range of computers will be capable of effectively performing the role of either a network
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        Western Digital acquires Modulinc
        96 10 IRVINE, California Western Digital Corporation (WDC), a recognised leader in the design and manufacture of hard disk drives, has just announced its acquisition of the assets of Modulinc Solutions Inc, of Lynwood Washington, from Eldec Corporation. Modulinc designs, manufactures and markets high performance fibre channel products
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        CSA seminar today
        57 10 SINGAPORE CSA Automated and its partner Uniplex Limited is holding a Sun Monday launch cum seminar today from 2 to spm at the National Productivity Board's Henderson Room. The seminar will focus on Enterprise-Wide Groupware, architectures for Office Systems, and the challenges associated with document managing systems.
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        Racal-Datacom series
        61 10 SINGAPORE Racal-Datacom is holding a series of seminars in Singapore and Malaysia entitled "A Smoother Entry To ISDN With Racal-Datacom". They will be held on July 27 (Singapore) and July 28 (Kuala Lumpur). The presentation will include topics on ISDN in Singapore/Malaysia, and network management of ISDN equipment.
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        Solaris Forum '94
        77 10 SINGAPORE Sun Microsystems is organising a series of seminars in the region on the Solaris software environment. Topics to be covered include the advantages of using Solaris and popular-third party solutions running on Solaris. There will also be talks by experts from IBM, Intel, Sybase and others.
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        Windows Expo '94
        68 10 SINGAPORE Windows Expo '94, the annual event showcasing the world of Windows computing, will be held here from August 18 to 20 at the Harbour Pavilion and Expo Hall 5, World Trade Centre. Visitors will get to see the latest Windows products, services and solutions plus a
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        Corporate multimedia workshop
        42 10  -  Compiled by David Mok SINGAPORE A workshop on corporate multimedia for nontechnical professionals is being organised by Systems Education Centre (SEC). It will be held from Aug 22 to 23 at the WTC Convention Centre. To register, call 278-9789.
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      What it takes to have groupware in place
      861 11  -  IN SYNC INTEGRATING IT BUSINESS Ray Ee concludes by looking at the factors that need to be examined for the successful implementation of groupware Ray Ee The writer, a manager with Andersen Consulting Singapore, has experience in implementing in leading-edge technology solutions
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      Internetworking for the day when you need it
      757 11  -  NET WATCH TRACKING THE NETWORKING WORLD Tommi Chen explains how a network can be made more manageable by breaking them into small parts Tommi Chen The writer is managing partner of Net Centre Pie Ltd, which specialises in network services. He managed
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      Lock icon Japanese bid to make larger wafers
      248 11 AP JAPAN is hoping to launch an international project to develop larger silicon wafers that could make computer chip production up to five times more efficient, officials said last week. The powerful Ministry of International Trade and Industry seeks to begin the sevenyear, 18
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      Foxpro's new attire hasn't slowed it much
      1114 12  -  TEST RUItNU Longtime admirer Seamus Phan finds Microsoft's FoxPro database prettier, larger and still fast Seamus Phan The writer has been a Macintosh and Foxßase user since 1986. He is currently the managing consultant of a local technology• consulting firm. WHEN you unwrap
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      Lock icon Compaq, Oracle cement ties with new unit
      287 12 Bloomberg Business News COMPAQ Computer Corp and Oracle Systems Corp strengthened their ties by establishing a joint business unit to bolster their computers and software in advanced networks. Besides setting up a new Compaq Business Unit at Oracle's offices in Redwood Shores, California,
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      551 12 NYT TWO small Silicon Valley companies began offering specialised news services to computer users this month, taking separate but ambitious paths towards designing the electronic newspaper of the future. Both new companies said they were trying to simplify the task of retrieving information with
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      Why countries need to groom 'artsy' IT professionals
      853 12  -  WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY DAVID WELCHER The writer heads Computing Dynamics (USA), a Brooklyn-based management consulting and software development firm, and also writes on IT issues. He contributed this commentary to BusinesslT. AMERICAN colleges have been complaining about the educational preparation of their
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      Lock icon Alfredsson's free fall allows rivals shot at US Open title
      964 13 Golf NYT LAKE ORION, Michigan Helen Alfredsson personally welcomed the rest of the field back into the US Women's Open on Saturday. She did so unwillingly, unwittingly and spectacularly, with a collapse that was very nearly as stunning as her
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      Lock icon D'Oliveira pleased at S Africa's success
      211 13 AFP LONDON Basil D'Oliveira turned up at Lord's on Saturday and said: "It's great to see South Africa doing so well." The former England allrounder, a Cape Coloured cricketer who fled apartheid in the early *****, was the man who was refused entry back
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      Lock icon Springbok to be sent home after biting incident
      541 13 AP WELLINGTON, New Zealand South African rugby union prop Johan Le Roux is to be sent home after allegedly biting New Zealand captain Sean Fitzpatrick, team manager Jannie Engelbrecht said yesterday. Le Roux will face a New Zealand Rugby Football Union disciplinary
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        Baseball
        77 13 NEW YORK Major league Saturday American: lst-Boston 6 Seattle 5; 2nd-Boston 3 Seattle 6 (II innings); Cleveland II Chicago 2; Toronto 9 Texas 1; Oakland 6 Baltimore 3; Detroit 1 Kansas City 4; Milwaukee 1 Minnesota 5; California 2 NY 7. National: NY 2 SF 4; St Louis 5
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        Boxing
        51 13 BISMARCK, North Dakota Virgil Hill retained his World Boxing Assocation light heavyweight crown by taking a unanimous 12round points decision over fellowAmerican Frank Tate on Saturday. Earlier. Mike McCallum of Jamaica won the World Boxing Council light heavyweight title from Australian Jeff Harding by winning a unanimous 12-round points
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        Lock icon Cricket
        132 13 AFP LONDON Mike Atherton escaped censure after an investiga- tion by match referee Peter Burge into a suspccted ball-tampering incident during the first Test against South Africa at Lord's on Saturday. In an incident seen by television viewers. Atherton seemed to pick at the ball and then appeared to
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        285 13 AP TOMAKOMAI, Japan Japan's Torn Suzuki shot Sunday's best score, an 8-under-par 64. and won the 80 million yen (US$816.000) Nikkei Cup Tournament by five strokes. It was the 28-year-old Suzuki's first victory this season and second in his six-year pro career. Starting three strokes behind leader Yoshinori Kancko.
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        Tennis
        133 13 WASHINGTON L *****,000 D C Classic Semifinals Saturday: 2-Stcfan Edbcrg (Swc) b Byron Black (Zim) 6-4 7-5; 14-Jason Stoltenberg (Aust) b David Whcaton (US) 6-4 6-2. MAHWAH, New Jersey US$l5O,OOO Pathmark Women's Classic Saturda) Quarter-finals: 1-Steffi Graf (Gcr) b 7-Pam Shriver (US) 7-6 (7-1) 7-6 (8-6). Semifinals: Graf b
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        90 13 Reuter MELBOURNE Western Samoa's rugby side will resist any offers to turn professional in an effort to safeguard their World Cup challenge. The Pacific Islanders, a potential threat to rugby's top nations at next year's tournament in South Africa, are believed to have attracted the interest of several Australian
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        Hockey
        71 13 DIBUN Women's World Cup Saturday Playoff for sth place: South Korea 2 Netherlands 0. Seventh place: China 2 Spain 1. Pool for ninth to places: Canada I Russia I (Canada won 4-2 after penalty strokes). England I Ireland 1 (England 2-0 on penalties). Russia and Ireland fail to qualify
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      Lock icon England in double trouble as Springbok pair strike
      440 13 AFP LONDON Brothers Gary and Peter Kirsten helped South Africa send England reeling towards defeat here on Saturday, as they guided the tourists to a 372-run lead on the third day of the first Test. The Springbok siblings topped the scoring as
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      Lock icon Stroke of Spanish genius
      41 13 Reuter STUTTGART Spain's Alberto Berasategui hits the ball towards Germany's Bernd karbacher in the semi-final of the Stuttgart ATP tennis tournament on Saturday. Berasategui won 6-7, 6-3, 6-0 to face Italy's Andrea Gaudenzi in yesterday's final. Reuter
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      Lock icon Amateur boxing chief seeks elite tournament in Russia
      258 13 Reuter ST PETERSBURG The head of the International Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) said yesterday he had asked Russia to investigate setting up an annual tournament for the world's best amateur boxers. Anwar Choudhry said he backed the idea of holding a regular
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      Lock icon Indurain bids for historic Tour win
      364 13 AFP LAC SAINT POINT, France Miguel Indurain wants to make cycling history next year by becoming the first man to win the Tour de France five times in succession, according to his manager. Indurain would also like to make some history at the expense
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      Lock icon Big Mig — the consummate loner with the freakish endurance
      456 13 Big Mig the consummate loner with the freakish endurance AFP PARIS Miguel Indurain, the champion's champion, could be the ultimate sporting enigma. The near superhuman body of arguably the world's greatest athlete has been revealed in infinite detail. And his rivals are only too acutely aware of the phenomenal mental
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      860 15 A new book tells how a culture lost its way by undermining its finest achievements NYT THERE are now two cultures in the Western music world, each seemingly impervious of the other art music and popular music. 'The art-music tradition is weighed
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      Forget the soccer, let's hear it for tenors
      848 15  -  The Three Tenors' World Cup Concert highlighted opera's spectacle, writes Jennifer Lien Jennifer Lien THE IDEA might have originated with the World Cup, but it was three times a music lover's heaven. Any one of them in recital would have satisfied me
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      57 15 Pasta B ravel announces a new I I A La Carte Menu I Executive Set Lunch at $18 S Opening hours: B 12 2.30pm (Lunch) and N J 6.30pm 10.30pm (Dinner). I I 9 I U Jlr LJ M ITALIAN RESTAURANT M U II Craig Road, Tanjong Pagar Singapore 0208
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      214 15 I WEATHER Singapore: Slightly hazy. Showers over a few areas in the late morning and early afternoon. (Temperature range: 25-33). fala-PacMc m/U* Cm*. Iwn— Hi/La* Cm*. Buenos taw 20/14 Cloudy Auckland 16/10 Ran Amsterdam 23/14 Clear Chicago 29/17 Clear Bangkok 32/26 Cloudy Athens 33/22 Cloud* Honolulu 32/26 Clear Beiiing 32/23
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      1086 15 TV RADIO JFK: Reckless Youth, Second of two-parter on wE president. Con- -j^Rj develop- K m mental years. Tonight, fpl forced by the FBI to end his *f£w Rfe jfl Inga. whom Red Sonja, 8.30pm, TV 2 1 Exceedingly silly I9BS sorcery ■Uh^flk j flick with female leads and a
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      Five women at the helm
      231 16  -  Australian/Asean Women Leaders' Telstra Business Forum Jennifer Lien and Diana Oon Some of the region's top businesswomen gathered in Singapore last week to exchange views, swap stories, and discuss deals in other words, to network. The Australian/Asean Women Leaders' Telstra Business Forum, organised by Australian
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      Forty years of solid achievements
      755 16 Philippines f f "W" AM proud to say I that I am a graduI ate of the UniverJL. sity of Hard Knocks when it comes to business," declares lawyer Elena S Lim, president of some nine Filipino companies dealing with such diverse products as consumer
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      Prudence pays off in finance
      750 16 Malaysia Making it in the world of finance is never easy, whether you are a woman or a man. But women have the advantage, says Khatijah Ahmad, chairman and managing director of KAF Discounts Bhd. This is because women are by nature more prudent, and
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      Making service the key to success
      456 16 Thailand NOTHING in business comes from nothing, says Thai hotel pioneer Khunying Chanut Piyaoui. Hard work, patience and determination to succeed are the necessary ingredients for success, says the woman who chairs Thailand's largest hotel and resort chain, the Dusit Thani group. Khunying ("Lady")
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      The blue bird that hatched a business
      664 16 Indonesia ONCE upon a time there was a little girl who lost her father. Left with nothing, she prayed, and God granted her a blue bird. It's not quite clear what good a blue bird would be to a starving little girl, but
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      On-the-spot response to health-care needs
      507 16 Australia WHEN Jenni Ballantyne worked as a physical therapist in China and Hongkong 13 years ago, she noticed something there that was lacking in her home country's health system. "These countries did not have a very strong health dollar, but they were very committed to
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    Lock icon China's economy in for soft landing: World Bank official
    449 18 Bloomberg Business News Reuter BEIJING The World Bank's chief official in China says the nation's economy will slow down to a "soft landing" with strong, stable growth. The official China Daily yesterday quoted Pieter Bottelier as saying the country had made
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    Lock icon US data supports stronger dollar, says Waigel
    392 18 Reuter BONN German Finance Minister Theo Waigel yesterday said that economic developments in the United States had paved the way for the dollar to recover on foreign exchange markets after hitting post-war lows. Mr Waigel also talked up the Deutschemark, saying one of
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    Lock icon HK landslip claims 3 lives as torrential rains pound colony
    390 18 UPI AP HONGKONG Torrential rains that claimed three lives in a massive landslip pounded Hongkong yesterday for a third straight day, closing roads and driving residents from threatened areas. The Royal Observatory predicted continued heavy rain and thunderstorms through today
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    Lock icon Abu Dhabi opens hearing on BCCI appeals
    243 18 Reuter ABU DHABI An Abu Dhabi court opened an appeal hearing yesterday into the case against former Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) officials tried in connection with the biggest financial fraud in history. Lawyers for both sides in the BCCI case
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    Lock icon Vietnam holds first land auction under new liberal climate
    317 18 AFP Reuter HANOI Vietnam has held its first land auction as part of efforts by the scandal-plagued administration in the city of Danang to open property sales to greater public scrutiny. City officials auctioned off 10 plots of 112.5 square metres
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    Lock icon US, Japan to decide this week on further trade talks
    258 18 Reuter HONGKONG The United States and Japan will decide in the next two or three days when to resume trade talks following two days of discussions here described as cordial and constructive. Both Deputy Foreign Minister Sadayuki Hayashi and Deputy
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    Lock icon US firm signs 30-year rice deal with Vietnam
    250 18 AFP HANOI A US trading firm has signed a deal to buy 300,000 tonnes or more of Vietnamese rice per year for the next three decades. The deal, a major boost to Vietnam's stagnant rice-export-ing sector, was signed between American Rice, a
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    Asean Regional Forum: the search for peace begins
    829 18  -  The Bottom Line YANG RAZALI KASSIM YANG RAZALI KASSIM The writer. BT's regional analysis editor, is covering the Asean talks in Bangkok THEY were the first to call a press conference. And they have been calling one virtually every day since the
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    252 18 Reuter MUNICH Authorities investigating suspected tax fraud have uncovered an insider trading ring of stock dealers and bankers on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the weekly magazine Fociis said yesterday. In what may prove to be one of Germany's worst stock market scandals,
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      351 19  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Another component manufacturing company, Omni Mold, is said to be preparing to list its shares on the stock exchange soon. Sources told BT the company, which specialises in plastic injection moulds, is likely to launch a Sesdaq offering
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      GPL to develop complex in Beijing
      131 19  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE In its second major project in China, Bermuda-incorporated Guoco Properties Ltd (GPL), an associate company of First Capital Corporation (FCC), will develop a US$l9O million (*****.3 million) commercial complex in Beijing. To this end, GPL entered into a joint venture
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      CityDev to launch sale of 8 bungalows
      375 19  -  By A J Leow SINGAPORE City Developments is taking advantage of the current buoyant demand in landed properties with yet another property launch. The listed developer is expected to offer for sale eight high-class bungalows in the Bukit Timah district this week after
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      Mystery purchase of YHS warrants shows faith in company
      750 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE On July 12, exactly one month before their expiry, Yeo Hiap Seng's warrants shot up 33 per cent to 51.25 as a huge parcel of 8.87 million units crossed at $1.10 each. On that
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      Repco set to buy two M'sia shopping centres for M$200m
      494 19 KUALA LUMPUR Repco Holdings Bhd is firming up plans to buy two key shopping centres in a deal worth nearly MS2OO million (SSII6 million). Sources said that Repco and the owners were ironing out details of the agreements for the
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      S'pore company in venture to set up Philippine marinas
      429 19  -  From Al Labita in MANILA A SINGAPORE firm has formed a consortium with Manila and US companies to set up marinas and yacht clubs in the Philippines. The consortium, Primelink Group, brings together Singapore's Tropical Integrated Resorts Ltd, Manila's Primelink Properties
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        S'pore-led group gets incentives for Philippine power project
        429 20  -  From Al Labita in MANILA THE Philippines has extended incentives to a Singapor-ean-led consortium and a Malaysian firm to make their power generation projects viable, an official said yesterday. The Board of Investments (BOI) granted incentives to the Salcon Power Corp (SPC),
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        Lock icon Philippine telecom competition to intensify
        223 20 Reuter MANILA Competition in the Philippine telecommunications market is likely to intensify in the next five years and this will benefit market leader Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT). One result of an overall market expansion would be an increase in PLDTs shares to more
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        522 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS HUeagm'prices Jul 23 25 Shcnton Incomc 0 998 I008xd(£ Shcmon Thrift Fd 1.335 1.335(5: Singapore Unit Trust sh as,a Pac Fund o.84 o.m The Commerce 1.62 1.71 Mcndaki Gr Fund 1.15 118(8 The Savings Fund 1.53 1.62 US Gr Fund 099 103" S'porc Prog Fund 0.69 0.73
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        Lock icon Pegi expects rise in net tangible assets after disposal of units
        294 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Pegi Malaysia Bhd expects its net tangible assets to increase to 60 sen per share from the present 45 sen after its proposed disposals of its five subsidiaries. However, the group said in a circular to
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        Lock icon KL bourse expected to fare better in second half
        264 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur stock market is poised for better times in the second half of the year as the current six-month correction period on the local bourse appears to have bottomed out. According to TA Securities Sdn Bhd's
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        Lock icon United Merchant Finance gets approval to set up 14 more branches
        279 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Bank Negara Malaysia has given its approval for United Merchant Finance Bhd (formerly Malayan United Finance Bhd) to set up 14 new branches nationwide by December 1995. United Merchant Group Bhd director Faruk Othman yesterday said
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        Alcatel, Pirelli secure supply contracts for KL network
        414 20 KUALA LUMPUR Two foreign telecommunications giants are believed to have clinched two supply contracts worth MS 160 million (SS93 million) for Malaysia's fibre optic network. The two firms, Alcatel group of France and Italy's Pirelli Cavi SpA, are expected to sign the
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        359 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR ldris Hydraulic (Malaysia) Bhd is focusing on its core timber activity, and increasing its downstream processing capability as part of its reorganisation plan and in keeping with government policies. The company said in its latest annual report yesterday that
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        Lock icon NZ's Brierley emerges from shadow of Mt Charlotte
        580 21 Reuter WELLINGTON Brierley Investments Ltd (BIL), one of the few New Zealand investment companies to survive the 1987 share market crash, is starting to emerge from its unfortunate foray into Britain's second-largest hotel group. Mount Charlotte Investments pic. BIL has long suffered
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        Lock icon Novopharm countersues Glaxo over drug formula
        298 21 FT LONDON Glaxo, Europe's biggest drugs company, was sued last Friday for US$3OO million (***** million) in potential lost sales and punitive damages by Novopharm, a Canadian company. Glaxo shares fell 14p to 574p that day. Novopharm's action was an immediate response to a
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        Lock icon Baby Bells using delaying tactics to stall rivals
        492 21 MARKET WATCH NYT NEW YORK Even as the nation's local telephone companies make a final push to compete against long-distance and cable television companies, many of them are using the very regulations that restrict them to block rivals that attack their own
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        243 21 AP NEW YORK More high-level resignations are expected soon at Kidder Peabody Co, the troubled brokerage firm owned by General Electric Co, say people close to the two companies. The resignations could come even before the findings of a three-month internal investigation into the
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        Lock icon Applied International chief under probe over share dealings
        212 21 The Eastern Express HONGKONG Applied International Holdings, the controversial electronics producer, has come under the watchful eye of Hongkong's securities authorities following the company's misreporting of financial figures this month. The Stock Exchange of Hongkong is understood to be looking into the
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          68 21 Reuter NEW DELHI The Indian government allayed widespread fears yesterday that the nation's premier Tata Iron and Steel Company (Tisco) could be taken over by offshore investors and said well-managed companies were safe. "As long as Indian financial institutions feel that Tisco or
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          Lock icon China H-shares to have own index
          70 21 Reuter HONGKONG China enterprises listed on the Hongkong Stock Exchange will have their own H-share index, the local English language Sunday Morning Post reported. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index will be launched on Aug 5 and comprise the existing 10 H-share companies, said
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          Lock icon Coles will ensure no share overhang
          79 21 Reuter SYDNEY Coles Myer Ltd will ensure there is no large overhang of shares arising from its A 51.26 billion (551.41 billion) buy-back of shares held in it by US retailer Kmart Corp, Coles chairman Solomon Lew said. Coles, Australia's biggest retailer, had said
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          Lock icon Formosa Chemicals' profits up 2pc
          47 21 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Formosa Chemicals Fiber Corp said pre-tax profit for the six months to June 30 rose 2 per cent to NTS 1.85 billion (SSIOS million) as cotton shortages spurred demand and prices for its synthetic textiles. Bloomberg Business News
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        341 21 Reuter AFP BOMBAY India's debt market is set to expand tenfold within a year as its state-run firms increasingly tap the market for funds and the government borrows at market-relat-ed rates, bankers and dealers said at the weekend. "In one-year's time the
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        231 21 AFP TAIPEI Authorities here are considering relaxing restrictions on foreign investments in Taiwanese stocks, to permit 100 per cent shareholdings in a great number of firms, officials said over the weekend. Inland transportation and energy firms, from which foreign investors are barred, will
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          Lock icon X-Rite: 8 cents a share above forecast
          77 22 Reuter NEW YORK Kidder Peabody analyst Elliott Schlang said he raised his rating on X-Rite Inc to strong buy from outperform after the company reported better-than-expected second quarter results. Mr Schlang said X-Rite reported second quarter earnings of 31 US cents a share,
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          Lock icon Liz Claiborne: seen at 21 cents a share
          104 22 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Shares of Liz Claiborne Inc fell on Friday on worries that the women's apparel designer would not paint a rosy outlook for the second half, analysts said. Claiborne's shares fell 7 to 20 l h, a 22%
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          Lock icon Pinnacle West: up 25%
          78 22 Bloomberg Business News PHOENIX Pinnacle West Capital Corp said new customers and lower interest expense drove second-quarter net income 25% higher. The utility holding company said second-quarter net income rose to USs4B.7m, or 56 cents a share, from USs3B.9m or 45 cents, a year ago. Revenue
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          Lock icon Tosco: down 30 cents a share
          57 22 Bloomberg Business News STAMFORD, Connecticut Tosco Corp said second quarter earnings dropped to a disappointing level and projected a third quarter improvement based on improving refining margins. Second quarter earnings dropped to "a less than we had hoped for" 37 cents per share, from
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        Lock icon Paine Webber posts US$25m 2nd-qtr loss after write-off
        613 22 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK PaineWebber Group Inc said it lost US$25.l million (5537.9 million) in the second quarter after taking a write-off to shore up its premier government bond mutual fund. The nation's fifth-largest securities firm said it lost 35 US
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        Lock icon Quaker Oats sees 4th qtr below analysts' estimates
        187 22 Bloomberg Business News CHICAGO Quaker Oats Co, citing problems in its Brazilian and European businesses, says fiscal fourth-quar-ter earnings will be comparable to last year's results but below analysts' estimates. The maker of Gatorade and Cap'N Crunch cereal said its earnings projection
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        Lock icon Weyco Group earnings tumble by 50pc
        240 22 Bloomberg Business News MILWAUKEE Weyco Group Inc said its secondquarter earnings fell SO per cent on lower sales of its Nunn Bush brand and the closing of leased shoe departments. The Milwaukee maker of men's shoes, said it earned U*****,000 (S$98l,000), or 30 US
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        Lock icon Kellogg efficiency drive pays off with 6.2 pc earnings rise
        275 22 Bloomberg Business News BATTLE CREEK, Michigan Cereal giant Kellogg Co said earnings rose 6.2 per cent in the second quarter as the company made worldwide efforts to improve operations such as product distribution and plant efficiency. The cereal maker said
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        Lock icon Air Products' third-quarter profit up 26pc on strong sales
        550 22 Bloomberg Business News ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania The fiscal third-quarter profit from operations of Air Products Chemicals rose 26 per cent on strong sales of chemicals and gases and from cost-cutting efforts. The Allentown, Pennsylva-nia-based company last Friday also said it took a
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        444 22 AP IBM Corp has announced quarterly earnings far exceeding Wall Street's expectations. The results led some IBM watchers to declare that chairman Louis Gerstner Jr was succeeding in turning around the world's largest computer maker, which lost US$B billion (SSI2 billion)
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        MAS may raise finance films' shareholders' funds to $80m
        447 23  -  By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE The Monetary Authority of Singapore is looking into whether finance companies should raise their shareholders' funds to a minimum of $80 million and their minimum capital adequacy ratio to 12 per cent. Finance Houses Association of Singapore
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        Lock icon Tokio granted licence to sell insurance in Shanghai
        534 23 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China opened the door to its huge insurance market a bit wider by naming Japan's largest insurance company as the second foreign company that can sell coverage in the country, the official China Daily reported yesterday. The government
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        Lock icon GE Capital gets SEC nod to advertise commercial paper sale
        265 23 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON General Electric Capital Corp received clearance from the Securities and Exchange Commission to advertise the sale of commercial paper, a practice that was previously discouraged under federal securities laws. SEC officials declined to comment on the
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        Lock icon Investors hit by Prudential fraud may get 2nd chance for refund
        318 23 NYT NEW YORK Certain purchasers of limited partnerships from Prudential Securities may get a second chance to get their money back, even though they waived their right to seek compensation for losses resulting from fraud. The administrator of the
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        Lock icon German banks seen posting lower first-half profits
        200 23 Reuter FRANKFURT Germany's big commercial banks would probably prefer to forget the first half of 1994 which has dented their profits as well as their image. An unexpected plunge in bond prices after the US raised interest rates in February will force banks
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        Lock icon Dutch housing co-ops losing millions on derivatives investment
        366 23 Bloomberg Business News AMSTERDAM Dutch housing cooperatives are losing public money investing in derivatives reportedly as much as USSS7 million (SsB6 million) focusing stock exchange and government attention on an investment adviser. The co-ops were set up early this century to provide
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      • SMALL CHANGE
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          Essar Gujarat completes Euroissue
          106 23 SINGAPORE The flagship company of Indian conglomerate* Essar has completed a US$2OO million (SS3O2 million) Euroissue of five-year unsecured floating rate notes, opening up an alternative source of international finance for Indian companies. The notes, priced at 265 basis points over the London Interbank Offered Rate,
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          Shinhan issue gets Prime-1 rating
          115 23 SINGAPORE International rating agency Moody's Investors Service has assigned a Prime-1 rating to US$3OO million (***** million) of commercial paper that South Korea's Shinhan Bank plans to issue through its New York branch. Shihan, one of South Korea's 13 nationwide commercial banks, was set up
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          Lock icon Bank Berlin's 500 m mark profit
          105 23 Bloomberg Business News BERLIN Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG said it achieved operating profit, before risk provisions, of 500 million marks (***** million) in the first five months of 1994 and expects to increase its dividend for 1994. Chief executive Wolfgang Steinriede said it was too
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          Lock icon BfG buys rest of Handelsbank
          67 23 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT BfG Bank AG, the German unit of France's Credit Lyonnais, said it purchased the 30 per cent stake in Berlin-based Deutsche Handelsbank AG it didn't already own. BfG Bank bought the extra shares from the Treuhandanstalt, the trust agency specially created
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        Keppel launches CPF-approved unit trust
        246 23 SINGAPORE Keppel Bank will launch its first unit trust today which, besides being the first open-ended fund approved by CPF, can also invest up to 100 per cent of its portfolio money in non-trustee stocks. Managed by subsidiary Keppel Investment Management Ltd, the Keppel Enhanced
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        Lock icon Indon rubber output likely to fall 7pc due to drought
        491 24 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's 1994 rubber output is forecast to fall by 7 per cent because of a severe drought that has already forced the country to import rice for the first time in years, an industry official said on Friday.
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        Ramos approves US$14.5m oil deal with consortium
        270 24  -  From Al Labita in MANILA PHILIPPINE President Fidel Ramos yesterday approved a US$l4.5 million (5521.9 million) contract with a consortium to boost the country's search for oil and ensure long-term energy supply. The contract is between the Energy Department and a group of
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        Lock icon Western Mining's output of copper and gold go up
        291 24 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE Diversified Australian mining company Western Mining Holdings Ltd said it produced 62 per cent more copper and almost 20 per cent more gold in the year to June than in the previous year. Those increases, coupled with
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        Lock icon UAE spending US$5b to boost oil output: report
        215 24 AFP ABU DHABI The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has allocated around US$5 billion (557.5 billion) since 1991 to boost its oil output capacity to cater for growing world demand, an Arab study said last week. By the end of 1995, the UAE
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        492 24 Bloomberg Business News LONDON European refiners, their profits squeezed between higher crude oil prices and stagnant demand for refined products, are reducing the amount of oil they process. The refiners include Mobil Corp, European units of Exxon Corp, the independent Italian refiner
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        Lock icon China's 1994 sugar output to plunge 20pc
        165 24 Reuter BEIJING China's sugar production will plunge 20 per cent this year, continuing a downward spiral triggered by market reforms begun in 1991, the China Daily reported yesterday. "Painting a far-from-sweet picture of sugar's future, an industry official estimated that output will fall
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        Lock icon US dollar strengthens slightly against yen, mixed elsewhere
        439 24 AFP HONGKONG The US dollar gained ground on the yen last week amid fears of political uncertainty in North Korea following the death of its leader Kim II Sung, but closed mixed against other Asian currencies. Japanese yen: The yen ended the
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        Lock icon Dollar edges up at last
        651 25  -  SIMEX WEEKLY ROUNDUP By Meryl Phang SINGAPORE After a long downtrend, the dollar finally moved to higher levels. In fact, the dollar's short-covering squeeze started building up on Monday when analyst Fred Bergsten reversed his forecast that the dollar-yen correct trading range should be 100-110
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        Lock icon Cocoa prices jump as speculators return
        774 25 COMMODITY WEEKLY ROUNDUP AFP LONDON Cocoa prices jumped in trading on the international commodity markets last week, boosted by the return of the speculators who had recently concentrated all their attention on the rocketing coffee sector. Cocoa prices have risen steadily in recent weeks
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1383 25 Rubber Singapore Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Aug 94 227.00 208.50 226 00 200 600 Sep 206 00 206 00 221.00 500 3200 Oct 220.00 108.00 213.50 1425 4175 Nov 220.00 198.00
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      BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      4269 26 CORPORATE RESULTS Net Kara EPS Dale IY LY IY LY Company anti (Sm) (Sm) (cts) (cts) ABR Hldgs May JO F 140? 2.851 3.2 7.0 Acma Jun 15 F 41.518 14 268 62.5 23.1 Alex Hldgs Jun 24 P 12.421 1.479 21.1 2.65 Alliance Tech Jun
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      753 26 Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory, it ranges between zero and 100. In practice however, it fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: 100 100/ [(up
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    • MARKET REVIEWS
      • ASIAN MARKETS ROUNDUP
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          Sydney
          158 27 Australian shares closed the week marginally softer on Friday after volatile trading marked by investors' fears over interest rates in the United States. The bourse's barometer, the All Ordinaries Index, closed at 2,052.6 points, down 5.4 points, or 0.3 per cent, from the previous week's finish. The index had
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          Manila
          99 27 The Philippine stock market rose last week on rumours that the two top companies here and the country's economy enjoyed good first-se-mester performances this year, analysts said. The initial public offering of one billion shares of Petron Corp also boosted interest in the market. The offer began on July
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          Jakarta
          91 27 The majority of share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSE) registered losses again last week, pushing the index down after the previous week's recovery from five consecutive weeks of decline. The JSE Index closed on Friday at 459.072 from 461.828 the previous week. Average daily transactions also declined
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          Taipei
          98 27 Share prices on the Taiwan Stock Exchange climbed to a four-month apex during last week, propelled by bargain hunters, individual and institutional investors, brokers said. Extending a 3.48 per cent jump the preceding week, the 381-issue Weighted Price Index put on another 89.1 points, or 1.4 per cent, to
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          Seoul
          86 27 Share prices closed higher on Saturday on the Korea Stock Exchange on reports that the government was considering increasing the quota for foreign share ownership. The Composite Price Index surged 11.43 points to close out at 950.51 points. Turnover was heavy for the half-day session on Saturday, with 28
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          Bombay
          96 27 Trading and business volumes remained dull on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) throughout the week. The 30-share BSE Sensitive Index lost 18.14 points at close of trading on Friday to finish at 4,103.35 points, over the previous week's close of 4.121.49 points. The 100-share National Index lost 12.41 points
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        Lock icon Soaring earnings fail to impress investors
        772 27 FT New York THESE are frustrating times for many publicly-quoted US companies. They have done what Wall Street wanted: cut costs, revamped their operations and management structures, adopted new business strategies and delivered strong earnings growth. Yet, the stock market is unsatisfied. Take Intel,
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        Lock icon Prices retreat in the absence of fresh incentives
        377 27 AFP Tokyo SHARE prices retreated in quiet trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange last week in the absence of fresh incentives. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225-select issues closed Friday's session at 20,462.89, down 307.26 points, or 1.5 per cent, from a
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        Lock icon Shares edge higher for the third week
        269 27 AFP London SHARES edged higher last week, climbing for the third week in a row, strengthened by the recovery of the dollar and continuing good news on the British economy. The FT-SE 100 Index climbed 39.9 points or 1.3 per cent to close
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        Lock icon Stocks inch up after roller-coaster ride
        394 27 AFP Reuter Hongkong STOCK prices rose a slight 0.39 per cent during the week in roller-coaster trading, sparked mainly by renewed fears of US short-term interest hikes. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index closed the week's trading on Friday at 9,152.99, its highest level in
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      • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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          2247 27 London Jul 22 Pence Industrials A. A. Corp Adr $1.170 -950 Ahbev National 406 7 Allied Lyon* 57* 4/8 -5 4/8 Amec 11J unch Argyll 268 3 4/8 AmJj Group 56 4/8 -1 BAT Ind 422 -6 BICC 411 2 BOC (iroup 738 10 BR Petroleum 412 4 BTR 377
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          New York
          756 27 +2.59 Wall Street stocks closed slightly higher on Friday as investors stepped to the sidelines to ponder quarterly earnings and prospects for higher interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 2.59 points at 3,735.04. For the week, the index fell 18.77 points. In the broad market,
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          Toronto
          295 27 +3.57 Stocks closed a quiet session a handful of points higher, as opposing factors held the market in neutral territory throughout the day. "It was pretty dull," said Katherine Beattie with MMS International. "We are in prime holiday season The TSE 300 Composite Index ended up 3.57 points at
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2394 28 MOST ACTVt vatow I Promct 23.481.000 Mulpha I nil 50c 12,067.000 Idra Hyd 50c 10.470.000 Mud (-Purpose 9,102.000 CASH 50c 8.423.000 Lien Hoc.TSR97 6.742.000 Palmco Hldgs 5.605.000 Kamunling 50c 5.204.000 Landmarks Bhd 5.161.000 Kcmayan 50c 5.035.000 Magnum Corp 50c 4.604.000 Kcnong Bhd 50c 4.523.000 Fabcr Group 4.258.000 MO«T
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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        Lock icon Prices easier in dull trading
        6215 28 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices were easier in dull trading last week as investor sentiment remained weak in the absence of clear leads. The Emas Index of all main board shares shed 2.95 points to 281.52 from the previous week's finish and the benchmark Composite
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
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        8100 29 MAIN BOARD Transaction date: Week ended July 22 Gr Gr M Wi 1994 La%l Vol Week bnt Quote Di» l)i» Md Net C ap \%f High loo Com pa A> Sale (000) High Low Bmer Seller Of N PIf. Smil Price INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1440 835 »l Acma "NO <-15
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        Lock icon Overseas factors expected to sway market
        1863 30  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE There are few certainties in stock market trading, but for the week ahead at least, investors can be sure that the market here will continue to be heavily influenced by events overseas particularly in the US. In the past five
        Source: J M Sassoon; Charts by Bridge Info  -  1,863 words
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      Malaysian carrier PNSL to seek listing next year
      359 31  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Malaysia's Perbadanan Nasional Shipping Line (PNSL) plans to list on the main board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange next year to raise MSISO million (5587.5 million) for expansion. In the longer run, the national carrier aims to
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      Lock icon Two cruise lines sued for exposing passengers to Legionnaire's disease
      540 31 Bloomberg Business News Reuter NEW YORK A group of passengers sued Celebrity Cruises Inc and Fantasia Cruising Inc for exposing them to germs thought to cause Legionnaire's disease on board the Horizon, their jointly owned ship. The class-action suit, filed
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1093 31 Page Col ABC Containeriine 16 4 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •ANL 3 1/2 Antaco Mgmt 17 4/5 APL 5 3-5 Appenship 8 4/5 Arabian Express 15 5 ASCL 5 5 Assist Marine 6 1 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait
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      Lock icon Navigation simulators can cut training costs, losses at sea
      608 31 Reuter ROTTERDAM Shipping companies could save a fortune in training costs and improve safety at sea by using "virtual reality" navigation simulators, according to experts. Ships' officers must currently spend long and costly periods at sea while training for their master's
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      Lock icon Cargo ship capsizes, crew rescued
      209 31 AP Reuter MIAMI All 16 Filipino crewmen of a Panamanian cargo ship that capsized south of Cuba were rescued by a tanker late last Saturday, the US Coast Guard said. They were found on a motorised life boat about 80km from where the ship Palawan
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      48 31 AFP BREMEN Chinese captain Qian Cai Bao holds the golden key launching certificate of the new 275-metre freighter Tenghe at Bremen Vulkan Shipyard last week. The last of four container ships has now to be delivered to its Chinese client China Ocean Shipping Company. AFP
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      Ups and downs of port reform
      854 32 M jl m jpl In France, small ports have emerged leaner with the introduction of a new labour system while politics and sheer numbers hamper the bigger ports.In the UK, the ports' transformation has been enviable AS FAR as France's controversial port labour reform
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      13890 40 This is a list of ships loading at J Singapore for ports around the I world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping J tine involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        520 48 HgsM Yoy No Berth Vrivai Dep*tur« Ym*I Voy No Bortti Arrival Dtpartwe Port Eastern Gl 1* 94 P04 along** 2S 07/1700 knooi 001 118/19 alongside 25 07/0600 FteutranslO 89A P01 alongside 24 07/1800 Bower 07/94 JU 25 07/2215 lanhoashan 9401 P05 alongside 28D7/1730 Mali N132A 17 25
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      1776 35 K STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hm Chiang Road #1101 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 —■W.IJ.IUBJUJ.IIWMMmiIUHM I Wt, NEW GUINEA PACIFIC LINE jqjßp <a service of china navigation co> CAJIGO DUE SAK.S tmmm STRAITS Ptot VI4E Muara. lab. KK 26 27 U 21 Mi M U FCL.
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      567 36 jSSjL EKA JAYA AGENCIES TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE [~itO CH MHH CITT PAfIKH IhAHPflfflg/MKCT I [MIWY MOt tIMTM 717MM/M4IW4 L BAWIIfiJCHAfS ?IWf» j MM722.ma*> hKTuTm— I TO VIETNAM/HCMC CONTMNHt-FCKDCR SERVICE @mwnra»»» CENTER-POINT X LINES fi W I ill $T0» I Wf I Bl HCMC
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      264 36 DIRECT CALL TO Sailing Every MON DAY FRIDAY For Enquiries Bookings, please call Chiu Hai Beng DID *****27 PGR *****49 Frederick Phua DID *****29 PGR *****48 Nevine Chuah DID *****33 Rosilah DID *****37 LINKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS DISTRIPARK, PjP Complex I, Ground Floor, Singapore 2260
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      2104 37 This week's arrival/departure (25/07 29/07):- >f VESSEL VOYAGE EXCHANGE RATE (USS) H| H II OUT IN OUT H HI CALIFORNIA LUNA 66W ***** I ■B B HI KASUGA I 36E I ■I HHHh HI NEPTUNE RHODONITE 16E 16E 1.5110 1.5110 M HI OOCL FRIENDSHIP 45W 4SW I ■I NEPTUNE AMAZONITE
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      1117 37 A MULTILINE SHIPPING PTE LTD ■V (a member of SINSOV Group) CR NO: **********0 C ENQUIRIES: *****33 BOOKINGS: *****64, *****51, *****31, *****13 BALTIC: INWARD *****97 OUTWARD *****10 T/S *****10 A BLASCO: INWARD *****65 OUTWARD *****28 T/S *****46 FESCO: BOOKINGS *****06 DOC *****07 MARINE INSURANCE: *****87 INVENTORY: *****59 AGENTS: KL: 03-*****75/697
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      1186 38 44 AS AGENTS: "K" LMI (SMGArail) PTI LTD (C« Aft 1244J*****0M/GST KGNO:M2-*****»-«) K TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 T W WJ* MALAYSIA: LMI MAMTMH (MALAYSIA) SON IHO Mm J! j TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 I A INDONESIA: P.T. SAAAMA LAUT BfTUWUSA,
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      925 39 te()|f PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD '140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I CR NO. HXMOB7OOOOE OKK 3IN 0 VEBBEL VOY MN JKT WH I MM BRMAMUT (THAI FLAG) BRBOI7 27/7 30/7 2/8 J BUNGA TERATAI 4788 28/7 29/7 2/8 EQUATOR EMERALD 61N 28/7 31/7 4/8 "M EQUATOR
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      755 39 BSAiL MYANMA M FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'por* P.KIf Pen P.Gdt AVA ¥129* 03/04 AU| 27/02 Au{ HP* AH V2O4N 30/31 M PA THEN Vl3o* 00/09 Au( 30/07 Au| PAGAN V2UN 12/14 Auf M/ 10 Auf MALAYSIA AGENTS 00USTIAD 9VPMG AGENCH KU.: la 03
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      53 41 1/C7 VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD established Since 1984 OCEANIA PORTS REGULAR GROUP AGE lcl consolidation AUCKLAND SYDNEY BRISBANE import st export FEEMANTLE SERVICES yj > FOR BOOKING 8f SAILING SCHEDULE. CALL THE TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE. VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD VISA CXKHSOL PTE TOLL-FREE TELt 1800 *****66 TOLL-FREE TEL:
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      719 42 /■PICROATIA LINE A (EX JUGOUNIJA) 1 rasa sroK n m ioaonc fou LOSMJ 24 AUG 27 AUG Atoandr.a, Beirut. Istanbul, Trieste. Roper lattalua. Limassrt, Mersm P San) Rifeka Venice SIOVtNfJA 15 S£P 18 SEP -do G«n«ral Agents: EABT MOUNT AGENCY (PTE) LTD S««(apore Kuala lunpw Port Ketanf Penani SPORE COMET
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      185 42 /^NORBUU^ I NORBULK CARGO SERVICES LTO. I I REGULAR CONVENTIONAL I TIMBER AND PLYWOOD SERVICES SEA SOWIT 25/7 01/1 FIU/TOAM/ANT/UK I TMN LM6 10/1 12/1 FUI/ANT/IK I lOAWNG FOR I NORBULK TBN 20/» 24/» DBN/CPT/a I ALSO LOADS TAWAU, KK. TG. MAWI PK SWK/SABAH LOAOMG FOR NORBULK PME 20/1 HONGKONG/HUANfiPU
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      797 43 f FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 j HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) I r GOTHENBURG/SCAN 31/7 ROnERDAM 30/7 j f AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 31/7 HAMBURG/BREMEN 31/7 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 26/7 FELIXSTOWE/UK 01/8 5 t BARCELONA/SPAIN 01/8 LEHAVRE/FRAWCE 27/7 j r GENOA/ITALY 01/8 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 01/8 B MlKWiflnll illy LOS
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      240 43 IV TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) \SL FAX: *****15/*****03 W TELEX: R8 ***** RISHIP (3 Line#) JS=J CR NOj **********0E I V«mK Voy Loading Per I Abbay Worn 40WB 15/06 MomDtu. Djibouti I Aaaab. Maasawa I Andtnet 36W8 20/09 Mombaaa. Djibouti Aaaab. Maaaawa I FULLY CONTAINERISED REGULAR LINES SERVICE Vessel Hy
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      176 44 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD IT* 111 CM sum ran kuane knang BLUE MX. 10// lonkflg lor Nbie DIMM HUDMU 70/8 loading tor Dubai DOIMK 2S/7 h Port Loading For Male mm sum* i/s Loading for Male UMMiDH a/I Loading For Male PKooctss inn is/a Loading tor
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      626 45 S WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAA SERVICE J ACCEFTM BKWBUU/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM KOK. YOKOHAMA. NAGOYA. MOl, TOKYO*, MANLA* OA»AO*. Ptnanf* P. Ketone Sinfipore EUsia* WAPIAEVBETT V2IE 28/29 Jut 30/31 Jul •ARABCVERETT VISE 08/09 Au| 10/11 Au| IVYEVERETT VIOE 04/05 Sep 06/07 Sep ACCfFTM OKAKBHK/FCI/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CHTTA6ONG. CALCUTTA AMD
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      229 45 m GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN SINGAPORE TO KOMPONG SOM •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN X 29/7 1/8 7/8 16/8 GLORY SELATAN V 25/7 3/8 SP KOMPONG SOM GLORY SELATAN VIII 28/7 31/7 LINER SERVICE USA, VANCOUVER, VERACRUZ
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      562 45 PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK A CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEI WOT KARACM HYDERABAD 1314M1 24/07 01/08 SARGOOHA 145-HW 11/08 20/08 CLAMABAD 124-HM 22/00 31/08 BOLAN 139-HW 30/08 09/ M FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY vtssti "*vor aw wT" bsn qsa nag toT"~ mmmm 25/07 21/07 02/00 tx/ei 00/oa 87/oa HYDERABAD
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      656 45 FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN/P. ELIZABETH CAPETOWN/LAGOS VESSEL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH CPT LOS YIHE/100 26/07 09/ OS 10/ OS 12/08 30/ OS SHUN ME/105 11 /OB 26/ OB 26/ OB 28/ OB 15/08 TAO HE/87 28/ OB 09/09 10/09 12/09 30/09 ■MAN HE/87 11/09 25/09 28/09 28/09
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      514 47 gC ONDOR LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND SCHEDULE N0.47 I VESSEL DEKABRIST N. KRUPSKAYA PRHNORSK PAVLOORAO PETROOVORETS PRIOZERSK PORTS ESI3 EBI4 ESIS IBIS EBI7 EBIS BUEMOS AIRES* SgBoS Sallad SiNd 20-26/07 03-05/08 24-27/ OS MONTEVIDEO SaSaS SaßaS SaHad 29/07 OS-07/06 29/ OS RIO ORAM 00 SO SMfd 16/07 31/07-01/06 13-14/0S 04-QS/QS
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      453 48 VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA LANKA MAHAPOLA *****N 29/07 (FRI) 0?/Q8 (**o) PERVOMAYSK ****** 02/Q8 (Tl*) 96/Qt (SAT) i «gat VIGOUR PACfIC *****N 05/08 (FRI) WW (*B>) LANKA MAHAPOLA *****N 09/08 (Tit) 13/08 (SAT) SOUTH PHILIPPINES FI?uL CONTAtNtB SEKVIQE VESSEL VOYAGE SWGAPORE GENERAL SANTOS DAVAO CEBU NIKOLAY MOROZOV *****E 31/07 (SUN)
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      468 49 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS VESSEL mV R NIC M MM II OASA OUAHIAS 2 21/7 27/7 SGteJU 2t 3/1 1/1 otAAnoN mw*B 7/0 0/0 ORANGE MOON M 11/1 OUTBOUND VESSELS LOADWC FOR HO CM MlltH t MWPtIOIiG (PURE CAR CURRIER) SHANTAR VIS SP
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      1011 49 JEDDAH/UK/CONmNEKT I STORE KD S'lON HUM IDAM LEH Ah« Acccpti* Cap Fa FRANK! 11l EXPRESS 74/129 27/7 13/0 10/0 10/0 Southampton :MM UR tntmtwi. Mist aM Oubfci LEVEJIKUSEN EXPRESS 19/329 30/7 0/0 17/0 20/0 22/0 24/0 Rettcrtan :M M Antvop. AmlvtUm. o*. MMmM KATSURAC 22/130 3/0 20/0 23/0 2S/0 Southampton
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