The Business Times, 4 October 1994

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    13 1 SINGAPORE Business Times MITA(P) 010/12/93 Tuesday October 4 1994 WE KNOW ASIA 75"
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow down 6.73 points
      49 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stocks drifted lower yesterday. At Ipm EDT, in the broader market, declining issues led advances 12-7 on NYSE volume of more than 142 million shares. At 2pm EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 3,836.46 down 6.73 points. Reuter
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    163 1 Stock market indices Monday Change STII 2348.52 +15.89 KLSEComp 1,127.35 -2.41 Nikkei 19,650.03 +86.22 Hang Seng 9,492.49 -28.75 SET Index 1,488.55 +2.84 Jakarta Comp 497.89 +0.07 CLSA China B ....1,200.34 Aust All Ord 2,030.9 +2.2 FTSE 100 2,983.5 -42.8 Monday Previous 2 pm EDT close Dow Jones 3836.46
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    Listed KL firms vie for slice of M$ 8b airport contract
    769 1  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR TENDERS valued from M$ 1.508 billion to M 52.070 billion (*****.98 million to 551.19 billion) have been received from nine consortiums bidding for the main construction contract for Malaysia's new international airport
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    Lock icon US manufacturing index surges
    406 1 Bloomberg Business News Reuter TEMPE, Arizona The manufacturing sector of the US economy surged in September while prices climbed to their highest levels since August, 1988, the National Association of Purchasing Management said yesterday, in a report that boosted fears of higher inflation as the economy
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    Renewed inflation fears put pressure on US dollar
    304 1 NEW YORK The dollar was lower at midday yesterday as renewed signs of inflation quickly offset the boost given by the partial US-Japan trade pact reached at the weekend. Traders said the National Association of Purchasing Management report indicating a surge in
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    Lock icon HK starts licensing retail forex dealers
    215 1 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG In a clampdown on shady foreign exchange brokerages, Hongkong has accepted licence applications from 45 firms and ordered all other retail currency traders to close. Securities and Futures Commission executive director Michael Wu would not discuss enforcement yesterday, but said
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    YHS makes changes at senior management level
    370 1  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Changes are being made at Yeo Hiap Seng just a couple of weeks after new chief executive Chng Hee Kok came on board. Jessie Goh. who worked with Mr Chng when he was executive director of Summa Investments, has
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    Lock icon Price Waterhouse accused of incompetence in Cardan case
    412 1 Eastern Express HONGKONG Price Waterhouse International could have pulled the plug and exposed the multi-billion dollar Carrian fraud but failed to do so through "sheer incompetence", a Hongkong court heard yesterday. Instead of reporting the Carrian management's cooking of the books to
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      10 1 Property: Pg u DBS Land sells stake in Viet job
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Manufacturers use more electricity
        293 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling THERE are no signs of any let-up in electricity usage. Electricity consumption by the manufacturing sector in July rose by 6.5 per cent to 742.6 million kilowatt hours (kwh) compared with the same period last year, the latest Public Utilities Board figures
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      Integral earmarks US$ 75m to lift disk drive output here
      325 2  -  By Joseph Rajendran US-BASED disk drive maker Integral Peripherals will invest up to US$75 million (SSI II million) in Singapore in the next three years to inerease its manufacturing capacity. Integral Singapore managing director P K Bala said it had
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      Singapore tops region in newspaper readership
      315 2  -  By Corinne Kerk SINGAPORE has the highest incidence of daily newspaper readership in the region, according to a poll by the Survey Research Group. The study by SRG has shown that 2.1 million Singaporeans over the age of 15 or 85 per cent of
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      HDB to offer 521 shops to existing tenants this month
      258 2  -  By Abdul Hadhi THE Housing Development Board will offer 521 shops to existing tenants this month under the Government's sales programme. The shops are at Ang Mo Kio, Bukit Batok, Bishan. Geylang. Jurong East, Jurong West, Kallang/Whampoa and Serangoon. The
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      US publisher McGraw-Hill to open local office
      205 2 US-BASED publisher McGraw-Hill is opening an office in Singapore to promote its Business Week magazine in Asia. "Asia is our single most attractive growth opportunity," visiting president and chief operating officer Harold McGraw said yesterday. "Our biggest expansion in this region will initially
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Govt hails unions' shipyard safety move
        97 2 THE Ministry of Labour said yesterday that it supports the move by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and unions of major shipyards in promoting safety in shipyards. It applauded a recent seminar on safety management and audits in shipyards held by the NTUC
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        New committee to study family woes
        79 2 THE Acting Minister for Community Development. Abdullah Tarmugi, has formed a 12-member inter-ministry committee to study the causes of. and the problems faced by, dysfunctional families. The study is expected to start this month and end in mid-1995. In a press statement, the Ministry
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      S'porean applications to Harvard, Yale double
      212 2 APPLIC ATIONS by Singaporeans to study at Harvard and Yale have more than doubled n l^e P ast '0 years, said the visiting deans of admissions from the two Ivy League universities. Speaking at a press conference after a public talk yesterday. they said
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      Conference on Malaysia to feature diverse speakers
      272 2 A CONFERENCE next month on Trends in Malaysia offers a line-up of speakers eclectic enough to satisfy the most avid Malaysia-watchers, from Clobhoppers to academics. The keynote speaker for the full-day conference on Nov 3, organised by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
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      23 2 7 I STRAIGHT TALK You shouldn't have to read between the lines to get the full picture. Companies Markets. Everyday. Business Times mmemjm
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon China, Vietnam set to replace informal cross-border trade
      370 3 Reuter HANOI China and Vietnam want to replace informal cross-border trade worth hundreds of millions of dollars with regulated exchanges under long-term agreements. Deputy Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said yesterday that after visiting China last month, the two sides had reached
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      Lock icon Vietnam's trade gap widens, inflation likely to hit two digits
      224 3 Reuter HANOI Vietnam got bad news on two economic fronts yesterday, with official figures showing a growing trade deficit and inflation this year likely to outstrip the government's single-figure target. The government's statistics bureau said imports in the first nine
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      Lock icon Czech premier visits Jakarta
      33 3 Reuter JAKARTA Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus (left) being shown around the presidential palace by President Suharto yesterday. Mr Klaus is in Indonesia for a three-day official visit. Reuter
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      Lock icon Tanayong starts work on Bangkok mass transit
      277 3 Reuter BANGKOK Thai developer Tanayong pic yesterday started building a mass transit system designed to slice through the key residential and commercial sections of traffic-snarled Bangkok. Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn presided over a Buddhist ceremony in monsoon showers to start test construction
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      Lock icon Jakarta to import more cement to curb price rise, appeals for calm
      354 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia yesterday said it will import cement to ease a local shortfall and combat soaring domestic prices. "I call on society not to get restless over this issue. I appeal to the people not to dramatise
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      Lock icon Five Malaysian states found to be overlogging
      300 3 AFP AP KUALA LUMPUR Five Malaysian states overlogged and did not provide new ground for timber growth last year, a government report said yesterday, amid global criticism against Kuala Lumpur for alleged indiscriminate logging. The eastern states of Pahang, Kclantan and Trengganu and
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    • NOTEBOOK
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        Lock icon Replacement for Kantor at Apec meet
        86 3 AFP JAKARTA Deputy US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky will replace Trade Representative Mickey Kantor at the trade ministers meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) to open here tomorrow, the US embassy here said yesterday. In a press release, the embassy said Mr
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        Lock icon British bid for Manila airport deal
        52 3 AFP MAN.LA-The British Airports Authority (BAA) has bid to build a US$3OO million (***** million) terminal at Manila's international airport, a document obtained here yesterday showed. Officials said the Transportation and Communications Department had endorsed the proposal, which will be submitted to President Fidel
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        Lock icon Vietnam can't cope with tourist influx
        72 3 AFP HANOI Vietnam may have to start turning away tourists if growth in the number ot visitors continues to outpace the development of hotels and other facilities, the Vietnam News said yesterday. Do Quang Trung, director of state firm Vietnam Tourism, warned that despite
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        Lock icon Jakarta raises short-term rates
        59 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's central bank. Bank Indonesia, has raised its key benchmark discount rates. One-week money was raised to 13.75 per cent from 13.5 per cent. Two-week money was raised to 14 per cent from 13.5 per cent. One, three, six and 12-month money was raised
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Taiwan-China talks set for November
        111 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan will set aside recent squabbles with China and take part in a new round of talks with its arch-rival in November, a senior official said yesterday. Officials would start studying detailed plans for a seventh round of talks between the two sides
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        Lock icon Harbin Power sets up joint-stock firm
        81 4 Reuter HONGKONG Harbin Power Equipment Co, one of the second batch of 22 China-incorporated companies selected by Beijing for overseas listing, said it had its inaugural meeting on Sep 29. The group, formed through the restructuring of Harbin Power Equipment Group. China's leading power
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        Lock icon Chinese minister to visit Asean nations
        83 4 AFP BEIJING Chinese Foreign Trade Minister Wu Yi will make official visits to Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia, beginning Friday, after attending the Apec trade ministers meeting in Jakarta. Xinhua said yesterday. It will be Madam Wu's first visit to any of the three
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        Lock icon Taipei to permit free import of cigars
        92 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan is to allow the free importation of cigars as part of its bid to join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt), trade officials said yesterday. Due to repeated demands from major cigar exporters such as the United States,
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      Lock icon About-face by Patten on the cards over China consultation
      449 4 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong Governor Chris Patten is expected to extend an olive branch to China in his annual policy address tomorrow by relenting slightly on his ban on consultations with a Beijing-ap-pointed working committee the British refuse to recognise. The official
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      Lock icon In the shadow of a giant
      57 4 Reuter HONGKONG A construction worker hammering on the roof of a new walkway in the shadow of Central Plaza tower, the tallest building in Asia, on Sunday. Despite recent concerns about stability in the British colony after its handover to China in 1997, commercial
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      Lock icon Wharf says new Beijing rules clipping its Wuhan port plans
      362 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Wharf Holdings' chairman says new Beijing investment rules could result in the tempering of its ambitious plans to turn the central Chinese city of Wuhan into a national transport hub. Wharf is a Hongkong real estate
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      Lock icon Age no barrier to post of HK governor after 1997: official
      230 4 Reuter HONGKONG Old age is no barrier to becoming Hongkong's first post-1997 governor. says a retired senior Chinese official. The pro-Beijing, Chineselanguage Mirror Magazine, in an article to be published tomorrow, quotes Wan Li, former chairman of China's National
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      Lock icon China inflation no threat while incomes keep rising: report
      238 4 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG Inflation driven by rising material costs is alive and kicking in China, but will not pose a political or economic threat as long as real incomes maintain their steady climb, according to a report issued by SG Warburg Research.
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Tokyo will not resume talks if US threatens car sanctions
      491 6 AFP Bloomberg Business News NYT TOKYO Japan announced yesterday it wr>uld refuse to return to trade talks with the United States while it lay under the threat of US sanctions on imported Japanese car parts. "We won't hold talks as
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      Friction over economic ties wells up at Australia-NZ business meeting
      334 6  -  By Peter Osborne SINGAPORE Bilateral friction on a range of long-standing issues affecting the Closer Economic Relations (CER) agreement with Australia has dominated discussions at the Australia-New Zealand Business Council's annual meeting in Auckland. But speakers at the twoday conference,
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      Lock icon Aussie minister says US-Japan trade pact good for A pec
      289 6 AFP SYDNEY The new trade pact between Japan and the United States improves prospects for freeing up trade in the Asia-Pacific region by early next century, Australian Trade Minister Bob McMullan said yesterday. Canberra hailed the agreement as good news
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      Lock icon Plague likely to eat into Indian exports and tourism
      581 6 Reuter BOMBAY India's killer plague is likely to dent exports and tourism while dealing a psychological blow to the country's improved international standing following economic reforms, analysts said yesterday. Commodity exports to the Gulf countries have been put on hold, while
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon A massacre remembered
        42 8 Reuter MEXICO CITY Two children in chains protesting on Sunday against the violence during the 26th anniversary of the Massacre of Las Trcs Culturas (The Three Cultures) in Tlatclolco. The army massacred 400 students in the 1968 student movement.
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        Lock icon Business confidence in EU rises
        98 8 Reuter BRUSSELS Business and consumer confidcncc is climbing strongly in the European Union as the first cffccts of the economic recovery filter through, the European Commission said. "The assessments of managers in industry and the retail trade confirm growing confidence both in the current situation
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        Lock icon 44pc of Finns for EU membership
        79 8 AFP HELSINKI A total of 44 per cent of Finns support European Union membership, with just two weeks to go before a referendum on the issue, according to a fresh poll. Six per cent arc opposed and 31 per cent are as yet undecided,
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        Lock icon Sprint aborts briefing on new services
        59 8 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Sprint Corp has postponed a press briefing in the UK that had been scheduled for today to announce new global telecommunications services. A Sprint spokeswoman said the announcement would be delayed until later this month. No reason was given and
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        Lock icon Russia to tax foreign films
        79 8 Reuter MOSCOW Russia is to introduce new duties on Western films and videos to boost the local cinema industry and stop video piracy, a top official at the state cincma committee said. Yuri Vasyuchkov said the new regulations would slap a tax on foreign films
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      Lock icon Fresh data to show recovery of UK economy is on course
      516 8 Reuter LONDON Data due for release this month is expected to show the British economy is ticking away nicely, with key inflation measures pointing to only mild upward price pressures. "Output will continue to be strong, there is no
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      Lock icon Bill Gates tops Forbes 400 list
      435 8 Computer tycoon is richest American with USs9.3sb net worth Reuter NEW YORK Bill Gates, the chairman of computer software giant Microsoft Corp, has beaten investor Warren BufTett to become the richest American this year, according to Forbes Magazine's Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest
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      Lock icon UK opposition reveals new economic plan
      383 8 Reuter BLACKPOOL Britain's opposition Labour Party unveiled a new economic programme yesterday designed to calm the fears of suspicious voters and end a 15-year stint out of power. Labour's economics spokesman Gordon Brown told the opening session of the annual conference that he planned
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    • Article
      Lock icon PLO, Israel hold polls talks
      149 8 Reuter CAIRO Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation resumed talks here yesterday, trying to resolve disputes over Palestinian election plans. Palestinians were promised elections in the PLO-Israel peace deal signed just over a year ago. Those in the GazaJericho self-rule area and those still under
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    • Article
      Lock icon Senate hold-up gives foes time to square off in battle over Gatt
      404 10 NYT WASHINGTON An eightweek delay in the Senate vote on a global free trade pact has galvanised a broad range of opponents, who vow an all-out campaign this autumn in their uphill fight to stop the 123nation General
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      Lock icon Call for independent European cartel body
      333 10 FT BERLIN European antitrust decisions should be made by an independent authority instead of the European Commission to reduce political interference, says the head of the German cartel office. Dieter Wolf said he hopes Germany will place such a proposal on the agenda of
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      Lock icon In memory of October 1993's failed uprising
      53 10 Reuter MOSCOW Russian communist demonstrators getting ready for a protest march in Smolenskaya square in the centre of Moscow on Sunday. Several thousand communists and conservatives marched in central Moscow with red Soviet flags to mark the October 1993's failed hardline uprising against
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      Lock icon Brussels plan to cut steel capacity likely to be shelved
      286 10 FT LONDON The European Commission's plan to cut steel output is as good as dead, according to German steelmakers who say it will be impossible to reach agreement now that economic recovery is picking up across Europe. German steel companies
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      Lock icon US worried by Saudi cash crunch
      228 10 AFP RIYADH US Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen begins a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia today that will focus on the kingdom's cashflow problems. Western diplomats here said. "Bentsen's visit will focus on the economic and financial difficulties of the two countries, including recent cashflow
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      419 10 ■IF BUSINESS.IS WAR THIS IS THE*TROGRAMME THE GENERALS WATCH. Asia Business News The emerging dragon happenings comprehensively. Everyday. Presented across the region. Asia Business News is the in a dynamic, fast paced format, Asian first and only business news channel in Asia, for Market Digest is an essential business tool
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
    • Article
      DBS Land sells stake in Viet project
      451 11  -  Hanoi buys into US$ 12m serviced apartments in Ho Chi Minh City, writes Harish Mehta Harish Mehta Listed property firm DBS Land last week agreed to sell a stake in its luxury serviced apartment project in Ho Chi Minh City to a firm
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      Architects pick their favourite buildings
      233 11 THE Kallang Indoor Stadium, Beaufort Hotel, and UOB Plaza have something in common: they are among the favourites of architects in a survey of Singapore landmarks with good architecture. The three landmarks are tops in their categories of which there were 16. Only three were
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      PROPERTY WATCH
      222 12 Selected transactions in the past week ""H p^»a S^ c I PWVATE Sep 26,1994 2057 Pemimpin Place I Terrace 3+1 1800/1700 FH 735 Sep 26,1994 1953 LorongAhSoo Condo3 1743 FH 830,000 476 Sep 26,1994 0409 Mount Faber Lodge Condo3 2600 FH 1,265,000 486 Sep 26,1994 0512 I FaberHMsApt
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      Lock icon Building a better property strategy
      395 12 Expanding multinationals now seek regional overview Eastern Express Rising costs and the lure of emerging markets are forcing multinationals to develop more sophisticated regional strategies, property experts say. Jones Lang Wootten research director Tony Darwell said the traditional knee-jerk reaction of buying or leasing space
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    • Article
      Punggol to relive glory days with $40m marina
      283 12  -  By Abdul Hadhi A s4o million tropical marina will be developed at Punggol which, when completed in 1996, will help the traditional boating area regain its former glory. A spokesman for developer Punggol Marina Pte Ltd said yesterday that the project team
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      Lock icon Mosque in UOB Plaza basement
      121 12 MUSLIMS working in the financial district will soon have a new mosque at which to pray. The Muslim Religious Council and the Moulana Mohammed Ali Mosque Management Committee are carrying out renovation and furnishing work on the first basement level of UOB Plaza. The owner
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Japan wins first gold, China breaks 8 records
      515 13 Asian Games Reuter HIROSHIMA Hosts Japan won the first gold medal of the Asian Games here yesterday for a brief moment of glory before the Chinese juggernaut swept to eight new world records. With the opening ceremony behind them, and politics receding
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      Lock icon Private funding sought to help Thailand stage next Games
      509 13 Reuter HIROSHIMA The Asian Games bows to the laws of the market place this week, when its top officials vote to ask private companies to help organise the event. -The immediate cause of concern is Thailand, which is struggling to organise
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      Lock icon Els' runaway lead cut to three strokes in German Masters
      452 13 Golf AFP BERLIN South African Ernie Els' runaway lead was slashed but he was still very much in control of the Mercedes German Masters at the Motzener See Club here on Sunday. After opening rounds of 63 and 64, the
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      Lock icon Bidding war forcing British sports fans to turn to cable TV
      331 13 Reuter LONDON British sports fans are being forced to turn to cable or satellite television to watch their favourite games as broadcasters battle over the rights to exclusively screen major sporting events, industry figures say. Satellite broadcaster BSkyß, backed
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      541 13 UPI WASHINGTON The Dallas Cowboys looked across the field in Washington on Sunday and saw themselves. At least they saw the way they looked five years ago, when they had a rookie quarterback, a rookie coach, won only one game and
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        Lock icon Former champ regains magic touch
        141 13 AP CLEMMONS, North Carolina Former club pro champ Larry Gilbert outduellcd one of golfs clutch players down the stretch on Sunday, taking advantage of a three-shot swing on the 16th hole to win the Vantage Championship in record-tying fashion. Gilbert shot an 18-under-par 198 at
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        Lock icon Another feather in Elkington's cap
        111 13 AFP PINE MOUNTAIN, Georgia Steve Elkington notched up his fourth career PGA triumph when he won the Southern Open here Sunday without hitting a ball in anger. Rain washed out the final day's play and the Australian, who had held a massive five-stroke lead overnight,
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        Lock icon Carnegie wins Arc de Triomphe
        157 13 AP PARIS French-trained Carnegie won the prestigious Prix de I'Arc de Triomphe race on Sunday in a group finish with five horses less than a length apart at the end. Second place went to Hernando ridden by American Cash Asmussen, just a head behind the
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        Lock icon Ferreira, Berasategui claw back
        122 13 AFP BASEL, Switzerland Wayne Ferreira and Alberto Berasategui, two of the brightest hopes in the men's game, both recovered after dropping the first set to make sure that hierarchy was respected in the finals of the European ATP events at the weekend. Ferreira, the fourth-seed, fired
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        Lock icon Upset at Volkswagen Grand Prix
        100 13 AP LEIPZIG, Germany Second-seeded Jana Novotna defeated top seed Mary Pierce of France 7-5, 6-1 on Sunday to win the US$4OO,OOO (*****,000) Volkswagen Grand Prix women's tournament. Novotna. of the Czech Republic, fell behind in the first set 2-5, but battled back to tie it
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        Lock icon Canadian hockey talks to resume
        88 13 AP TORONTO North American NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and union head Bob Goodenow have agreed to resume negotiations today in an effort to get the hockey season started by Oct 15. The talks likely will be in New York although a time has not yet
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      SPORT SHORTS
      522 13 HIROSHIMA Selected results yesterday: EQL'ESIRIANISM Team dressage: I Japan 2.886 pts (Yoshitaka Serimachi on Rosical Song. Masumi Shimoda on Partout, Meiko Yagi on Oh Ho) 2 South Korea 2.759 (Shin ChangMoo on Mighty, Suh Jung-Kyur. on Calm) 3 Taiwan 2.501 (Choi Myung-Jin on Kei Hou, Chen Hsiang Fu
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      American Football
      268 13 NEW YORK NFL on Sunday: Cleveland 27 NY Jets 7; Tampa Bay 24 Detroit 14; New England 17 Green Bay 16; Washington 7 Dallas 34; Indianapolis 17 Seattle 15; New Orleans 27 NY Giants 22; Chicago 20 Buffalo 13; Arizona 17 Minnesota 7; LA Rams 5 Atlanta 8;
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      Golf
      57 13 CLEMMONS, North Carolina US$l.5 million (552.2 million) Vantage Championship final scores on Sunday: 198 Larry Gilbert 66-66-66 199 Ray Floyd 70-64-65 201 Dave Stockton 63-74-64, Jim Dent 66-66-69 204 Calvin Pecte 72-66-66. Tom Wargo 70-66-68. ST LOUIS US$5OO,OOO (*****.000) Heartland Classic final scoies on Sunday: 278 Liselotte Neumann 70-71-67-70
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Dances to the gods
      510 15  -  Harish Mehta is captivated by Protima Bedi's expressive poses Harish Mehta THE Bedis Protima arid ex-husband Kabir were the original beautiful people of Bombay in the 70s. Protima wowed the city with her Odissi dance, and Kabir burst into spaghetti movies with his lead role in
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      Lock icon When real life imitates reel life
      480 15 Reuter Reuter AP FRENCH tough-guy superstar Gerard Depardieu got a tiny taste of the real thing while filming a gangster comedy movie in Hongkong. Six men aged 17 to 20, several of them claiming to be members of one of Hongkong's notorious "triad" gangs,
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      Lock icon Clapton frets over blues' black moods
      129 15 AP ERIC Clapton is trying to get over the idea you must have the blues to play the blues. "There have been times when I didn't think that I was suffering enough." the guitar legend told The Sew York Times in a story in
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      1106 15 TV RADIO I murderer will make a great story, so he investigates, helped Michael J Kox as a young doctor in a hurry in Doc by his assistant, an ex-cop. Hollywood, 8.30pm, TV 2 Channel 12 one Five. But when 8.00 National News (M). Jimmy Murphy enlists. 8.30 Bendul(M). 6.00
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    A boost to S'pore-Indon ties
    474 16 f EDITORIAL THE Singapore-Indonesia tourism cooperation agreement signed last week in Jogjakarta was hailed as a "historic milestone" by the leaders of both countries. And to demonstrate the significance they attach to the accord, Indonesia's President Suharto and Singapore's Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong witnessed
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Cut wages to save jobs
      124 16 THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has taken a courageous step to tackle what is often described as the West's something-for-nothing society. The prescription to cut legally enforced minimum wages and reduce social security benefits may not automatically revive Europe's stagnant economies. But it goes without
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      Fight white collar crime
      151 16 LIFE in public housing estates is much safer now, going by the rcccnt policc statistic. The police should be lauded for its succcss in community policing, through Neighbourhood Policc Posts and the Neighbourhood Watch scheme. The public or HDB flat dwellers have been supportive of the
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      Japan must resolve the past first
      149 16 JAPAN officially declared its desire to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council last week during the 49th UN General Assembly. However, the chances of its being given the green light within a year, as it hopes, are slim, considering the current
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      Tackle the land mines problem
      195 16 THEY OFTEN look no more menacing than a child's toy. They carry innocent names like the "Butterfly" and the "Frog". But the latest generations of antipersonnel mines are capable of rendering horrific injuries without thought or sentiment. In response to building international concern about their
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      Wrongful arrest is disturbing
      188 16 THE ADMISSION by detectives that they detained a man they believed to be innocent in connection with the Tuen Mun rape inquiry is deeply disturbing. It raises questions over the kind of pressures police face in high-profile cases and their ability to handle such pressures. In
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    The US says it brought Japan to heel. Oh yeah?
    1128 16  -  Leon Hadar says the Clinton administration, for all its trumpeting, clinched no more than a dubious victory last Saturday in its trade talks with Tokyo Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington Correspondent THE global economy is at peace again.
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      157 16 I fbtfGCrr TO Tpxe o/ CORDLess T£.ULPHOI4€. u>e-u-, coeu-... Tordv TWomPsc*A I v-Mfle.THG.Fi9.ro TO comtpct me Dpcy J -rue FIRTOS ORBIOLER. HOOJ NIGHT V HOUD \C~ —~y -—s V y C ASSOC IATEO NFW3FAPCR3 LTD, IM2-IM4 m 3 POONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU B00PSI&! f I'M ALUJAYG ft WE'VE DETIDED MAKEME OKAY!
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      Lock icon Paying the earth for the right space
      2014 17 With archaic laws governing property in India's commercial capital, MNCs have to fork out huge sums for prestigious Bombay addresses RENTS in Bombay have followed the upward curve, but they are not the main problem. Given the leasing system in place there requiring
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      The nuts and bolts of the office lease game
      274 17 LEASE terms: Most office lease agreements are for three to five years, extendable up to nine years. Residential agreements are usually for three years, extendable up to five years. In both cases the entire rent for the initial lease period is
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    Lock icon Developing nations stall G-7 plan to limit access to aid
    535 18  -  From Anthony Rowley in MADRID DEVELOPED and developing country members of the International Monetary Fund have clashed here over a plan to issue special drawing rights (SDRs) to boost international reserves and liquidity, leaving the issue deadlocked. The clash resulted
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    Lock icon China may rejoin Gatt before WTO launch, says Sutherland
    399 18 Reuter AFP MADRID China could be readmitted to Gatt in time to become a founder member of its successor organisation in January, the world trade body's director-general Peter Sutherland said yesterday. But it would take much longer for Russia's application to
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    Lock icon Rich states criticised for linking trade to labour rights
    253 18 AP MADRID Officials from developing nations have criticised the United States and other wealthy countries for trying to link trade to labour rights and environmental protection. In a statement on Saturday, the Group of 24 ministers and central bank heads from
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    S'pore to help Shandong in technology, investment search
    506 18  -  SM Lee in China From Warren Fernandez in JINAN, SHANDONG SINGAPORE will help China's Shandong province to raise foreign investments from third countries, and will transfer its expertise in the transport and storage sector, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday. Mr
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    Lock icon Nippon Mortgage files for liquidation with Japan's 3rd-largest post-war debt
    340 18 Bloomberg Business News AFP TOKYO A medium-sized Japanese financial institution, Nippon Mortgage, yesterday filed for liquidation proceedings, leaving in its wake 518.49 billion yen (557.6 billion) in liabilities, the third biggest debt by a single Japanese concern since World War
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    Over-timid monetary policies hampering world recovery
    675 18  -  The Bottom Line ANTHONY ROWLEY ANTHONY ROWLEY The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent IS IT prudence, or simply fear of flying, that is causing the Group of Seven central banks to adopt such a cautious attitude towards inflation at a time when their economies
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    Lock icon EU ministers to launch offensive on pollution
    189 18 AFP BRUSSELS The first step towards European Union legislation designed to cut pollution by penalising the owners of petrol-guzzling vehicles are expected to be taken today when EU environment ministers meet in Luxembourg. The 12 ministers are expected to approve a suggestion from
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    Lock icon India invites bids from foreign investors for stakes in state firms
    369 18 Reuter NEW DELHI India announced yesterday it is selling partial stakes in two oil giants and five other state groups, and for the first time in a three-year liberalisation programme invited foreign investors to bid for shares. The Industry
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    Lock icon MCI employee charged in US$ 50m phone card scam
    274 18 Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES In what is believed to be the largest fraud of its kind, an MCI employee has been charged with stealing more than 100,000 telephone calling card numbers that were used to make more than US$5O million
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Sunright launches main board EPO, offers 50m shares
      489 19  -  By Claire Leow SINGAPORE Sunright Ltd, a semiconductor services company, yesterday offered SO million 20-cent shares in two portions for its public offer on the main board. The issue comprises 23 million new shares and 27 million vendor shares. The company is
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      Inno-Pacific expands paper business with $22.3 m purchase of Sequoia
      621 19  -  By Amy Balan SINGAPORE Inno-Pacific Holdings (IPH) is betting on paper, literally. The company is expanding its paper business even as the stock market speculates on the intention of retired Malaysian air force chief Mohamed Ngah Said who, over the
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      New YHS chief a shrewd strategist
      748 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Lee Han Shih ENTREPRENEUR, marketeer extraordinaire, and currently de facto boss of listed softdrink maker Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd, Wong Yip Yan is showing that he is, in spirit at least, a disciple of Italian statesman and political philosopher Niccolo
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      ICB's gains from sale of Exchange Centre space likely to be taxable
      309 19  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Gains made by Industrial Commercial Bank on the sale of office space at its proposed Singapore Exchange Centre are likely to be taxable. Profit on the sale of 170,000 sq ft of floor
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      Ngs confirm receipt of Apollo shares in Furama deal
      175 19 SINGAPORE The Ng family, controlling shareholder of the Samta group, confirmed yesterday it had received millions of new Apollo Enterprises shares in payment for the sale of the Furama Hotel shares that now face resistance to being listed on the Stock
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    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        MARKET MOOD
        43 19 Mixed Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled: Alliance. Barings, Daiwa. Fraser. GK Goh. Kay Hian, Morgan GrenfeU. Nomura, Phillip, Smith New Court and SG Warburg.
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        HOT STOCK
        127 19  -  -By Paul Leo It's about time to buy Selangor Properties but only for short-term trade. At yesterday's close of $2.04, daily Relative Strength Index and stochastics are below 25, indicating an oversold situation. Investors should buy near support at $1.90. However, any rally thereafter should be taken as
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Amcol corrects errors
          73 20 SINGAPORE Amcol Holdings yesterday clarified that the correct earnings per share for the half year to June 1994 should be 6.93 cents, instead of 7.62 cents it earlier stated. The group also said it should have disclosed borrowings as at Dec 31, 1993, instead of June 30,
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          Lock icon QAF to get earnings boost from M'sia
          126 20 Reuter SINGAPORE QAF Ltd is likely to see earnings growth over the next three years led by its Malaysian operations. Morgan Grenfell Asia Securities said in a recent report that the Malaysian operations will contribute 2.1 Singapore cents in earnings per share in
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          Lock icon Palmco, Acidchem suspended
          85 20 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Shares of Malaysia's palm oil refinery group Palmco Holdings Bhd and its 75 per cent unit Acidchem (Malaysia) Bhd have been suspended from trading pending an announcement. Palmco closed last Friday at M 55.05 while Acidchem was last traded at M 57.90. Broking sources
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          Lock icon Plus listing plan still on drawing board
          119 20 NST KUALA LUMPUR Plans to list Plus are still being evaluated though its new owner UEM needs to deal with the Securities Commission's chain-listing rule. The rule prohibits a company from listing a subsidiary which contributes more than 35 per cent to group
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        Lock icon Berjaya Group raises stake in Berjaya Industrial
        231 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Berjaya Group Bhd has increased its interest in Berjaya Industrial Bhd to 61.20 per cent, with the acquisition of an extra 3.05 per cent equity for M 546.45 million (5526.9 million) cash in the open market. The group said yesterday
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        Lock icon Malaysian listed companies put up strong performances
        409 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Bolstered by a robust economy which boasts a steady gross domestic product growth over the past few years, companies are continuing to post strong performances. Of the 91 listed companies (out of 441 companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock
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        Lock icon Li Ka-shing, DBS and ADB wooed for Sabah mega-park
        225 20 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Hongkong billionaire Li Ka-shing, Singapore-listed DBS Land Ltd and the Asian Development Bank are being wooed to take part in a huge land development project in Malaysia's Sabah state, local media reports said yesterday. The three parties have
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        LC Dev buys Holland Manor for $19m
        101 20 SINGAPORE A whollyowned subsidiary of property firm LC Development has agreed to buy a project known as Holland Manor from Ling Overseas Group. LC Development told the stock exchange yesterday that its subsidiary Hillgatc Investment would buy the property for $19 million, 10
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        570 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager*' prices Oct 4 Mendaki Gr Fund 1.18 I 2l*d CinaMM* llni* Tnae4 US Gr Fund 0 98 1.02** Singapore Unit Trust The C ommcnx 164 1.79 UWD UlVeSt Wgl Ltu The Savings Fund 1.63 1.72 Unifund I 56 1.62 S pore Prog Fund 0.65 0 69*d
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        All Asia Capital raises 400 m pesos for investment
        319 20  -  From Al Labita in MANILA ALL Asia Capital, one of the Philippines' leading investment banks, is beefing up its capital stock to expand its equity investments, a company official said yesterday. All Asia Capital chief executive Roland Young said the stock
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        NOL gets nod to build container port in Vietnam
        212 20 SINGAPORE Neptune Orient Lines has obtained an investment licence from the Vietnamese government to build a container port in Ho Chi Minh City. The carrier said yesterday its investment vehicle Mitorient Enterprise and three partners would spend about US$5O million (5574.23
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        Lock icon New record for Malaysian IPO ballots likely this month
        309 20 NST KUALA LUMPUR This month is likely to see a new record in the number of companies holding ballots under the initial public offer en route to a listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The Malaysian Issuing House Sdn Bhd
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        Lock icon Timbermaster to raise M$ 236m to finance expansion plan
        312 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Timbermaster Industries Berhad plans to raise M 5236.67 million (S$ 136.8 million) through a bundle of capital raising exercises to finance its diversification and expansion programmes. A Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Bhd statement here yesterday said the fund raising
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        HK exchange to push hard for more China listings
        384 21  -  From Lim Soon Neo in HONGKONG THE Stock Exchange of Hongkong will make attracting additional China listings a central part of its efforts to expand the range of securities listed, according to exchange chairman Charles Lee yesterday. This push comes on
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        Lock icon Trading in HK equity options to start next August
        188 21 Reuter HONGKONG The Hongkong stock exchange will begin individual equity options trading in August 1995, said Paul Chow, the exchange's chief executive. He told a press briefing yesterday that the exchange will release a "White Paper" to members and other market
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        Indian cement maker launches US$ 50m global depository issue
        388 21  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE One of India's largest ccmcnt manufacturers, India Cements Ltd, has launched a USSSO million (SS74 million) global depository (GDR) issue to part-fi-nance planned capital investments. At a roadshow here yesterday, company officials said the funds raised
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          Lock icon UK insider trading probes on the rise
          87 21 FT LONDON There has been a sharp increase in possible insider trading cases detected by the London Stock Exchange, according to a Financial Times auJysis based on unpublished official figures. The exchange's surveillance group, whose role is to scrutinise every share deal for
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          Lock icon SCMP sells entertainment magazine
          72 21 Reuter HONGKONG South China Morning Post (Holdings) Ltd said it had sold the title of one of the group's magazines, TV and Entertainment Times, and dismissed the staff. SCMP company secretary Daniel Doo declined to give further details of the sale of the weekly. Sources at
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          Lock icon Motorola eyes PC market
          71 21 Reuter NEW YORK Motorola Inc plans to enter the computer manufacturing business by using its PowerPC chip in workstations and servers, the Wall Street Journal reported. Motorola developed the chip with IBM and Apple Computer, the paper said. Most of the computers will be made for
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          Lock icon Motorola wins Viet phone deal
          49 21 Reuter SINGAPORE Motorola Inc said its Cellular Subscriber Group has been awarded a contract by Vietnam Mobile Services to supply portable cellular telephones to Vietnam. Motorola said it will begin shipping the phones, which use Global System for Mobile Communications technology, this week. Reuter
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        Lock icon Hang Seng is world's most profitable bank
        139 21 AFP PARIS Hang Seng Bank, a 60 per cent-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp (HSBC), has been named the bank with the highest real profitability in a study released yesterday by European rating agency IBCA. The study looked at the
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        Lock icon Struggle for internal control of Seapower International ends
        364 21 Eastern Express HONGKONG The struggle for internal control of Seapower International officially ended on Sunday with the announcement of the successful placement of shares to an independent third party and the resignation of Francis Yuen from the company. The South China Morning
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        Lock icon AT&T starts work on US$ 4b Saudi phone network contract
        427 22 Reuter DUBAI AT&T Corp has begun work on a US$4 billion (555.9 billion) deal to double the Saudi telephone network, a contract the company says is the largest in telecommunications history outside the United States. "We started work on Sep
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        Lock icon Oil giant Exxon returns to Vietnam after 19 years
        256 22 AP HANOI Exxon Corp, under its international trademark Esso, is re-entering Vietnam's market for engine lubricants and greases for the first time since the Vietnam War. The oil giant has established two representative offices, one in Hanoi and one in Ho
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        Lock icon Warburg's forecast sends UK bank shares falling
        297 22 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Shares in UK investment banks declined yesterday after SG Warburg, Britain's top investment bank, said it expected first-half pre-tax profit to fall by as much as 63 per cent. Blaming "worsening conditions" in the world's securities markets, Warburg said
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        Lock icon Two Japanese financiers get jail terms for manipulating Nihon Unisys share price
        335 22 KnightRidder TOKYO The Tokyo District Court has handed two financiers prison terms for manipulating the stock price of Nihon Unisys Ltd and violating the securities and exchange law. Kyodo news service yesterday said Makoto Araya, head of a
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        Lock icon Successor to Woolworth's CEO faces challenge to revive store's fortunes
        612 22 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK The resignation of Woolworth Coip chief executive William Lavin may create a window for the retailer to revive its struggling business if it's not too late. Mr Lavin resigned on Friday after nearly 20 months
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        Lock icon HSBC's plans to move clerical work to China sparks concern
        388 23 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp says it plans to move some of its clerical work to China, triggering concern among both unions and employers' organisations about a loss of jobs in the territory. The bank, which is one
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        Lock icon Historical phone card
        53 23 Reuter JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin examining on Sunday a new Israeli public telephone credit card bearing a photograph of himself, US President Bill Clinton and Jordan's King Hussein at the July White House summit at which the Jewish state and Jordan ended a 46-year state
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      • SMALL CHANGE
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          Lock icon ABN-Amro gets nod for Thai branch
          79 23 Knight-Ridder BANGKOK Dutch bank ABN-Amro has received approval to operate a full foreign bank branch in Thailand, various Thai newspapers said yesterday. The approval came after ABN-Amro bought a Thai subsidiary of Bank of America called Bank of America (Asia). ABN-Amro. which was awarded
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          Lock icon Dong Nam Bank to sign US$ 30m loan
          52 23 Reuter HONGKONG South Korea's DongNam Bank will sign a US$3O million (SS4S million) transferable term loan facility priced at 0.4 per cent over six-month Libor. arranger and lead manager KDB Asia Ltd said yesterday. The signing ceremony will be held on Oct
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          100 23 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's state-run Hua Nan Commercial Bank yesterday said it would raise its prime lending, time deposit and savings deposit rates by 0.05 to 0.30 percentage point, effective today. It would raise its prime lending rate by 0.21 percentage point to 8.0 per
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          54 23 AFP HONGKONG The monthly Wardley Hongkong Bond Index rose modestly in September to 98.68, thanks lately to the accrued income of its component bonds, HSBC Markets said yesterday. The 37-issue index, launched in December 1993 at the 100 mark, had stood at 98.47 at the
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        Soon Teck Ventures is new name of former finance firm
        320 23  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE In a reflection of its new business interests, Soon Teck Finance changed its name to Soon Teck Ventures Pte Ltd with effect from Sep 20, the day it gave up its licence to operate as a
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        Credit Suisse arm opens office to offer forfaiting, trade finance services
        342 23  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Credit Suisse subsidiary Finanz AG Zurich opened a representative office here yesterday to provide forfaiting and trade finance services. Forfaiting companies buy and sell trade-related receivables such as bills of exchange, letters of credits or
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        496 24 Reuter LONDON A key ruling is expected today in the largest compensation claim by Lloyd's of London insurance market backers, known as Names, against their agents. The Gooda Walker Action Group, representing the biggest number of Names, said a British court would
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        563 24 FT LONDON Road signs are going missing. So are bridge rails. They could be aluminium, and sharp prices rises in the past six months have made aluminium worth stealing. In a sharp turnaround prompted by productions cuts, rising demand and investment
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        Lock icon China must treble oil imports for growth: report
        220 24 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China will need to treble its oil imports to 50 million tonnes a year by the end of this century to fuel its economic growth, the official China Daily reported yesterday. Oil imports are expected to hit 100
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        Lock icon US oil firm to invest US$ l73m in Pakistan
        275 24 AFP KARACHI Union Texas will invest more than US$l73 million (***** million) in oil and gas exploration in Pakistan over the next three years, company vice-president C W Latch said here on Sunday. The US company has spent more than US$63
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        Quotation of Singapore Government Stocks as at September 30, 1994
        353 24 Number Indicative Gross Y««r Coupon Amount Intsrsst of days of mlddlsprless redemption M lurity rsts fSm v payment scerusd (excluding yMd (%ps) X9m datss intsrsst scerusd (%ps) Inlaw st^ tmmwmp 15.10.94 N*****1A 1992 1 7/8# 850.00 15/4 15/10 168 100.00#
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        Lock icon Russia's gold exports to hit 90 tonnes in next 2 years
        187 24 AP MOSCOW Russia does not intend to relinquish its position as one of the world's top gold producers and will export up to 90 tonnes in the next two years, a top official said last week. "It is as
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        332 24 Reuter TORONTO Dirty money is being laundered through Canadian stock exchanges and brokers, but industry officials and the law are at a loss on how to detect or stop it. Both in Canada and the United States, there is growing
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        Lock icon Oil edges lower after rally
        250 24 ENERGY REPORT Reuter LONDON Oil prices edged lower yesterday. Traders saw the move as a technical consolidation after Friday's rally which took benchmark Brent Blend crude to over US$l7.OO a barrel. This was its highest level since a Nigerian oil workers strike in early August.
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        189 24 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The dollar retreated from a four-week high against the yen as investors quickly grew sceptical the partial trade agreement between the US and Japan would have any real effect in reducing Japan's trade surplus. The dollar also declined from a three-week high against
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        102 24 Reuter NEW YORK The dollar was lower at midday as renewed signs of inflation quickly offset the boost given by the partial US-Japan trade pact reached last weekend. At midday, the dollar traded at 1.5543/48 marks, down from 1.5590/00 marks at the open, but up from 1.5498/03 marks
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        1479 24 index calculated attains/ S'pore's top 14 trading partner\ flay year MS US$/S$ forward rates Noon Oct 3 s$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4810 1.4325 2-month 1.47% 1.4811 J-month 1.4787 1.4802 6-month I.47S0 1.4770 Sounr OCBC Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at 9am on Oct 3 Singapore dollars to one
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        1254 25 CIMCY DCDftOT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures were weaker while Eurodollar futures were steady at the close. Dealers said Euroyen closed lower after breaking through key technical support levels and triggered stop loss selling on the way down. They said the market was sold off partly
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        639 25 COMMODITY REPORTS Reuter Bernama Rubber Singapore: rubber futures ended sharply higher on short covering although some prices were oft their day's peaks on late profittaking. brokers said. But trading interest was centred mainly on the RSS3 contract following continued gains in the Tokyo rubber market on
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          Malaysian cocoa output may fall
          85 25 SINGAPORE Malaysia's total cocoa output may fall by 10,000-15,000 tonnes to 185,*****0,000 in 1994 compared with 200,000 in 1993, according to Musa Mohd Jamil, chairman of the Malaysian cocoa board. This output fall is due to heavy rains in mid-1994, and more importantly, a dense
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          Japan's Dowa Mining lifts zinc output
          82 25 TOKYO Japan's Dowa Mining Co Ltd announced yesterday it has increased production of zinc 33.1 per cent to 8,147 tonnes per month for the last half of fiscal 1994-95 (Oct-Mar), from 6,121 tonnes in the Apr-Sep period. The Oct-Mar level is unchanged from a
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          China seeks hike in steel exports
          79 25 HONGKONG The Chinese government is encouraging domestic steel makers to export more of their products in a bid to reduce rising stockpiles and stabilise volatile market prices, the official China Daily Business Weekly reported on Sunday. The paper, quoting the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry,
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          Indian soybean harvest normal
          66 25 NEW DELHI Life is normal in Madhya Pradesh, India's key soybean growing state, despite an outbreak of the plague in other parts of India, according to O P Goyal, the chairman of the Soybeans Processors Association. Harvesting of new crop has just begun, and is likely
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        1390 25 Rubber Oct 3 Singapore Commodity Exchange Physical Prices (hrtiiros closing H at 5.30pm) Buyers Seikrs As at 12 noon (S cents/kg) IKS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) CV»c Volume 2 Nov 94 209 50 210. JON Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest RSS 3 Nov 94 208 50 209
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        1114 26 2.2 Australian shares closed fractionally firmer yesterday in quiet trading on the bourse as most states took a Labour Day public holiday, brokers said. The bourse's key All Ordinaries Index finished at 2,030.9 points, up 2.2 points on Friday's close. The All Industrials Index climbed 2.6 points to 2,881.8
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        Manila
        617 26 +7.66 The Philippine stock market rose by a mere 0.26 per cent yesterday despite the imposition of a re-evaluated composite index that is expected to reflect the market more accurately. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index climbed by 7.66 points to 2,915.9 points, after rising by 0.56 per cent
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        Taipei
        579 26 +48.63 Share prices on the Taiwan Stock Exchange advanced 48.63 points or 0.68 per cent to close at a four-year new high of 7,183.75 points yesterday amid strong buying of food and financial issues, dealers said. The 380-share bourse gained 43.99 points on Saturday to reach 7,135.12 points, the
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        336 26 Seoul s«*» uimiw) +7T Ankuk Insurance 2*1 00 2100 Ana Cement ***** 800 Bilk Yang. *****0 2000 Bank Of Che J« 130.00 -6.00 Bank Of Pusan 212.00 Bookoak ***** -2.00 ByackSaa 158 00 -2.00 ClmJ S>nthe Te*t 428 00 16.00 Chonj Kun Danj 358.00 I 00 ("hoonf W ***** -100
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        337 26 10.93 Shares rose as bond prices rose and yields fell on a stronger local dollar. Telecom and forestry group Fletcher Challenge led the gainers. The New Zealand Top 40 Share Index rose 10.93 points to 2,077.23. Volume was valued at NZ$l9 million. The yield on the benchmark New
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        Bombay
        126 26 +58.46 Share prices recovered on the Bombay Stock Exchange yesterday as fears over a plague outbreak in India gradually subsided. The 30-stock BSE Sensitive Index gained 58.46 points yesterday to close at 4,339.46 points. Market analyst Namrata Shah said sentiment improved on the country's largest bourse because of diminishing
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        London
        808 26 -42.8 The stock market suffered a sharp loss yesterday as the Footsie Index shed 42.8 points or 1.4 per cent on the day to finish at 2,983.5 points. Volume of trading was 455.5 million shares, down from 460.2 million shares on Friday. A profits warning from leading investment bank
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        Paris
        175 26 •26.42 The Paris Bourse plunged yesterday to the year's closing low to date, as the CAC 40 Index finished down 26.42 at 1,852.83. Twenty minutes before the finish, the index hit a low for the year so far of 1,842,56, but then managed to claw back some of the
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        Brussels
        192 26 -8.58 Belgian shares continued their decline with a 0.62 per cent lower close as fears of higher US interest rates and of a stock market crash continued to fuel negative sentiment. The Bel-20 Index, which was still quoted at nearly 1.400 points last Wednesday, fell 8.58 points to 1,367.53
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        Milan
        106 26 -2.33 pc The Milan bourse joined most other European stock markets yesterday in a marked downtrend as the Mibtel Index finished at 10,585 points, down a hefty 2.33 per cent on the day. Milan Oct 3 Lire Alitalia Ord 969 Auitalia ***** unch Baao(i 147 -I Fiat 6544 -172
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        Stockholm
        125 26 -0.63 pc Swedish shares closed down, but off early lows, as T-bill rates rose after a higher-than-expected US NAPM figure rekindled inflationary concern. "It is very cautious at the moment. Minor players are selling while foreigners are buying and institutions are not doing much at all," a broker said.
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        Zurich
        267 26 -34.9 Swiss shares ended lower in line with weak markets elsewhere in Europe. Dealers said the fight between the BZ Bank and ÜBS about the ÜBS's plan to replace its bearer and registered shares by one category of bearer shares weighed on already gloomy sentiment. The Broad SPI Index
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        Johannesburg
        317 26 11 South African shares ended mixed yesterday as selective demand propped up industrials but golds drifted lower on a slack bullion price, dealers said. Trade was thin and market direction was clouded by softer world markets and uncertainty ahead of South Africa's country rating. The Overall Index was off
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        Toronto
        292 26 -8.09 stocks softened in early action as precious metals issues foundered and most traders believe the market mood will remain sour most of the session. "People are very defensive in their postures right now," said one trader. "NAPM (the National Association of Purchasing Management) came in above expectations, so
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        New York
        741 26 -2.36 Stock prices drifted lower yesterday, the first business day of the fourth quarter, dogged by new evidence of inflationary pressure in the economy. At I pm EDT, the Dow Jones industrial Average was down 2.36 points at 3,840.83. In the broader market, declining issues led advances 12-7
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        Amsterdam
        271 26 -3.49 Dutch stocks closed lower as bonds and shares fell across Europe on concern that US interest rates will rise soon. "Interest rates determined direction and those are heading higher," said Mark Kellerman, a trader with KBW Effecten bank. The Amsterdam EOE Index fell 3.49 points, or 0.87 per
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        614 26 Frankfurt Sep 30 DM AM 14( 40 -4 60 BASF 305 00 -1 10 BMW 754 00 2 00 Bayer 349 50 -4 50 Bayer Vemmbank 41) 00 -12 00 Oommerzbank 305 30 -2.70 Conti Gummi —237 00 1.00 Daimler-Bent ...***** II SO DcuHdie Bank 675 00 -12 50 Drndner
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      2702 27 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks were little changed as concern about falling apartment prices and a possible rise in interest rates was balanced by optimism over the US-Ja-pan trade pact, traders said. The Hang Seng Index closed down 28.75 points, or 0.30 per cent, at 9,492.49, with 16 stocks
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      459 27 CLSA THE H share sentiment remained weak yesterday. The CLSA H Index slipped 1.02 per cent, underperforming the Hang Seng Index. Turnover was half of Friday's total, amounting to HK$96 million. Qingling Motors and Yizheng continued to be actively traded, accounting for 52 per cent of the total H
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      2520 27 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended modestly higher after nervous trade ahead of the announcement today of winners of Japan Tobacco Inc's (JT) initial share offer, brokers said. Investors shrugged off the fact that the US and Japan succeeded in avoiding a breakdown in trade negotiations. "There have been many groundless
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      1591 27 AFP BANGKOK The partially resolved US-Japan trade dispute kept traders on the sidelines at the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) yesterday, as the bourse edged up 2.84 points, or 0.19 per cent, to close at 1,488.5S points, brokers said. Trading volume was down from Friday, with just 53.6 million
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      1021 27 Bloomberg Business News JAKARTA Indonesian stocks were little changed amid selling by investors seeking to raise money to buy shares of telecommunications giant Indosat, which lists in Jakarta next month. The benchmark Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 0.08 point at 497.89. The GTDBS-50 index, tracking 50 top
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      2440 28 MBf Capital 22.889.000 K.L Industries 22.JOO.OOO M Mosim 7.699.000 Faber Group 5.225.000 Johan Hide 50c 5.191.000 Idns Hyd 50c 4.143 000 Promct J.984.000 Mulpha Intl 50c 3 428.000 MBf Hldgs TSR96 3.251.000 Kulim (M) Wt99 3,231.000 MBf Hldgs 50c 3.185.000 CASH 50c 2.615.000 NBT 2.610.000 mam *emt («>
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        Lock icon Share prices drop on forced selling
        6007 28 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR The leading index of Malaysian stocks fell for an eighth day as local brokers forced their clients to sell shares they couldn't pay for, dealers said. "This is all forced selling," said Eric Chuah, a dealer at P B
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        7862 29 Gf Gr M Wl 19*4 Last Vol Day Last Qaoir Di» Div VU Net Ca» Avg High Law Coaipaa) Sale (-080) High Low Bayer Seller Or PE Saul Price INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1440 83} ml s Acma 1000 cd unch 131 1010 1000 493 1000 17.5 4.7 1.8 16 0
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        Lock icon Prices end on firmer note though caution prevails
        1803 30  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The selling pressure that marked the end of last week lifted somewhat yesterday, but the cautious mood ensured that gains were not spectacular although prices closed on a firmer note. From a technical viewpoint, there was a consolation:
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      Bombay port acts to prevent plague spreading abroad
      358 31  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE The port of Bombay has introduced tough measures to prevent the spread of plague beyond India. According to a statement issued by the Baltic and International Maritime Council, the Bombay port health officer has decreed that all vessels
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      630 31 Finnish ferrv disaster Reuter TURKU, Finland A Finnish search vessel which filmed the sunken ferry Estonia with robot-mounted underwater cameras spotted no large objects lying near the wreck, an accident investigator said. On Sunday, a Finnish news agency report said that sonar pictures
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      114 31 AFP PARIS The Norwegian company Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) has signed a letter of intent for construction of two 1,000-cabin cruise ships by Chantiers de I'Atlantique. the French shipbuilder's parent company GEC-Alsthom announced here on Sunday. A contract will not be finalised until
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      767 31 Page Col Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahlers Lines 13 5 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 4/5 •APL 5 4/5 Appenship 4 4/5 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL 5 5 Assist Marine 6 1 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bank Line, The 9
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      Indian line gets 13th vessel from Kvaerner
      70 31 SINGAPORE Fast ferry specialist Kvaerner Fjellstrand (Singapore) delivered on Tuesday its 13th catamaran to Damania Shipping of India. Christened Damania 1, the 388-passenger 36-knot aluminium catamaran will be operated between Bombay and the beach resort of Goa. Damania Shipping expects to commence operational
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      Lock icon Shanghai Haixing Shipping lands coal deal
      199 31 Bloomberg Business News SHANGHAI Shanghai Haixing Shipping has signed a deal worth up to 350 million yuan ($40.9 million) a year to deliver coal to a new power plant being built in the city's key Pudong district. In a statement yesterday. Haixing said it
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      146 31 Reuter LONDON The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) said last week it had set up a US$5.5 million (SsB.l million) project to prevent Caribbean cruise ships dumping rubbish in the sea. "During the course of a day, a cruise ship can generate an estimated
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      Lock icon Fesco off US list of controlled carriers
      345 31 American Shipper WASHINGTON Far Eastern Shipping Co (Fesco) of Russia and National Shipping Corp of the Philippines (NCSP) have been dropped from the US Federal Maritime Commission's list of controlled carriers. Meanwhile, Vietnam Sea Transport and Chartering Co and have been added to
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1778 32 DRY cargo freight rates continued to rise and the Baltic Freight Index (BF1) surged again to its highest since end 1991, brokers said. The BFI, which has been climbing in leaps and bounds since September 1, rose 16 to 1,656 on Friday, its highest since November 6, 1991.
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12647 40 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, tne name of the ship, the shipping hne involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LKOIO PN: ship calls at Penang af.Su*fore:
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3028 45 m r x A r Xm.BC Containeriine NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (SVManne Handling S<* Bhd (PK/PN). Group: Accord Shpg Pte Lid (SMccord Contr Line (PK/PN). \4km Business C orporation Philippine Cakource Shpg St Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Altornkiel Liner Service: Kim Shpg Tr& (S). Alfentros Sen-Air
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      2 45 CONFERENCES CONSORTIA
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      COURIER SERVICES
      275 45 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898 Air Express Travel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144 Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: 542-3716. *****80. Ainwift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Ouster Link Supplies A Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1526 45 Abex Express Freight Td: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Td: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Td: 542-7822. Fax: *****20. AetnUak Freight International Td: 545-8033. Fax: *****05. Td"542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express International Td: 542-7666. Fax: *****74, *****50. Ah Market Express
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2776 46 ALBANIA Dimes: Three vessels in port operating of which 1 discharging building materials, 1 pipes. 1 bagged wheat flour, no vessels in roads. ARGENTINA Santa Fe, Diamante: No vessels berthed, none in roads, none due. San Lorenzo: Four vessels berthed of which 2 loading soya bean meal pellets,
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      531 46 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES Simpson Spence Young THE market has remained firm and active with a bullish sentiment in full evidence from the owners in the dry bulk sectors, where interest has continued to be very positive especially for modern panamax and handymax bulkers. Whilst such an attitude seems easily
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      1374 46 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Arr Dep Name of Vessel ETA LTD Ports of Calls Port Agent Telephone No OCTOBER 04 04 Renaissance I 1000 2000 C ruise to Nowhere Renaissance Cruises 222-3388 04 04 Delfin Star 1000 2100 Cruise to Nowhere Harpers Shipping 221-1388 04 04 Leisure World 1300
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      1243 36 HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****30-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 ft* «l mn IN HAUL St* TV* POX Ft* ¥Sl SSI U* HWI. SH U NTC HMM SSKVOK OISE 7/10 OKCT 27/10 29/10 30/10 HANM BUS AN 14ft 9/10 H. KEEIUNG 0501 10/11 U/ll 13/11 HMUN
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      1515 37 H I sex: 'CALIFORNIA PEGASUS 25E' eta sgp 05/10/94 II ■> B2 I ARRIVING LOS ANGELES 22/10/94 IN 16 DAYS HI I WW!fcr I AEX:'NEPTUNE DIAMOND 22E'ETA SGP 05/10/94 II II ARRIVING NEW YORK 29/10/94 IN 23 DAYS HI VOV IP* OAK VAN MT ATL CCG CLE (Tg zm I
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      570 37 HEUNG-A SHIPPING KOREAN FLAG) l WKMmim tmalHKOl W |*T| H* Q i Pl»; 9«C MOJti W»[ HKal m Utl i«YT»ico|Kir GWPY.43W 24/00 20/00 03/10 05/10 OMTT 12/10 13/10 14/10 WO. 7 OOMM 410N 27/00 QT 00/101 12/10 10/10 24/10 CT. aw V W430 21/00 02/10 00/10 00/10 13/10 17/10 H/10
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      968 37 o I MULTILINE SHIPPING PTE LTD pa (a member of SINSOV Group) CR NO: **********0 C ENQUIRIES: *****33 x BOOKINGS: *****64, *****51, *****31, *****13 < > BALTIC: INWARD *****97 OUTWARD *****10 T/S *****10 BIASCO: INWARD *****65 OUTWARD *****28 T/S *****46 FESCO: BOOKINGS *****99/*****01 DOC *****07 MARINE INSURANCE: *****87 INVENTORY: *****59
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      1333 38 K44 v AS AGENTS: "K" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTC LTD (CR NO: **********0M/GST REG NO; M 2-*****99-6) M TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 I MALAYSIA K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD 4 U ■■V TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/6 1 INDONESIA: P.T. SAAANA
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      938 38 WBUH 79 ANSON ROAD, #21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TELE: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR **********0N STRAITS BHUTTUE SERVICg PORT KLANG/BELAWAN PENANG/PASIR GUDANG ft* 3 l WT SIM ttl BLW VESSEL VOY I SIX PEN PGU ■> VIGOUR SUGAPQRE ***** 06/10 (THU) 07/10 (fW) SEA LAUWtL 325W 05/10 OWED) 07/10 (FIB) I X0U)I
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      262 38 n GOLDEN LINE "N WCb G*> GUAN GUAN SHIPPING i I V\NsX\ (PTE) LTD 23. T«M Hyer Street UNGAPORf 0104 TEL 5343W (10 IMS) Far 5343W4 (CO No 1012)*****011) ITHAITI/PEMIAH GULF IMTICT S pore P Kelang Penang a GOLDEN ST Aft Karachi/Dubai/Kuwait 11/20 Oct GOLDEN HARVEST Karachi Dubai/Kuwait 10 Not
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      850 39 (aSfiW PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD] 140 Cecil Street> #03 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I I U CR NO **********0E I t- "r.. VESSEL VOY SIN CMS JIB HOO JED AOJ AOE PZU ASA MSW KOTA WIRAWAN WRN47S S/10 14/10 20/10 22/10 24/10 2S/10 S/11 10/11 12/11 KOTA SERANI BRNO9P
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      611 39 M MYANMA mm, FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loadini for Yanfon (Rangoon) Sport P.KIj Pen P.Gd| MYOMA TWA VIS3W SO Sid SITTWE VMM 1/9 Oct l»A-AN V2OSW In Pt AVA VI3OW t/10 Oct 11/13 Oct 2/3 Oct MALATSM AGENTS 90USTEA0 SHTftIC AGENCtS Ml TEL 03 *****00 PKL TU 03
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      244 42 DIRECT BREAKBULK/CONTAINER SERVICE TO MANILA MV. "ASIAN HIBISCUS" VOY 3 ETA 19-10-94 (HEAVY Lin AVAM.ABLE UP TO 30 TOWS) SHGAPORE SEAWAY SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 4? VAffti (GENERAL AGENT) NATMST CENTRE #1503. STORE 0106 TEL *****33 FA* *****53 TU R*****S S9S mm fIS PORT KEUNG GUUSHP ACDKCS SON M TEL 03
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      614 43 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA. S PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 10/10 ROTTERDAM 10/10 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 10/10 HAMBURG/BREMEN 10/10 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 07/10 FELIXSTOWE/UK 10/10 BARCELONA/SPAIN 10/10 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 11/10 GENOA/ITALY 10/10 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 10/10 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 08/10 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 08/10 NEW YORK/EC 08/10 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 06/10 VANCOUVER 07/10 BRISBANE
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      201 43 f alllarfe A IBAMKOK/lAEII CHABAMG/LAOSI 1/10 (SAT). 11/10 (III) POUT KRAN6/PENAMG 8/10 (THU). 7/10 (FM) HONG KONG 7/10 (fIU), 11/10 (THE) MKMTA 1/10 (SAT) MANU/COU/SUHC BAY 10/10 (MOM) HO CM! MNH 7/10 (FW) SWABAYA 0/10 (SUN) BUSAN 0/10 (SUN) wssa (in) n wlw tm mc hh nueu mii* ii/m ivm
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      1641 44 1 I SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD In it n* n« SPOH rati HOME KMMC nm MK J/io 7/io luAflf tw Mi* ■UVN HUDHU 11/10 Loxhof lor Dubti DOLPHH 15/10 lot** for Male rota sums 10/10 Loadinf For M* UMEBM J/10 loxknf fof Male frockss inn u/io
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      827 44 I ySL THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD 1 78 SHENTOH WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 I. I \y TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I I TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JCNHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I BIWGAPORE TO SARAWAK SINGAPORE T^THAH-AND ffSS£L m S'POtt PEST VESSEL WT IS'POIE jIMM EQUATOR ROYAL 119/4E 05
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      599 49 I HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 |"pNA* PKE* PGD* VESSELS VOY Sit RTM ANT* LET HAM BREJ FEL 05/10 07/10 oi/io norasia frbourg 313* io/io 21/10 ***** mTIo 30/10 SoTIo oITTT 12/10 14/10 15/10 H. CHALLENGER ***** 17/10 04/11 OC/11 05/11 06/11 06/11 Ot/11
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      64 50 I ANALYSIS J Tomorrow in Business Times M.V. "ASIAN SUCCESS" V0Y.02 Arrived 27th September 1994 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessel are hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the sth October 1994 0900 -1200 hours a<PT4 No further survey will be entertained thereafter
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