The Business Times, 5 November 1994

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    14 1 SINGAPORE Business Times MITA(P) 010/12/93 Weekend Edition, November 5-6 1994 WL KNOW ASIA 75*
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    Govt to allow private roof-top satellite links for companies
    523 1  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE The government will soon allow companies here to operate their own private satellite links a major move that further liberalises Singapore's telecommunications services market. Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday that the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore
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    Lock icon Private borrowing for HK airport capped at HK$ 23b
    507 1  -  From Lim Soon Neo in HONGKONG THE Hongkong government will inject about HKS6O billion <S$ 11.4 billion) in public funds and limit private borrowing to HK$23 billion for the financing of the airport project following the signing of an agreement between
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    2 directors plan to block UOB move on Far Eastern Bank
    526 1  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The move by the United Overseas Bank group to take full control of subsidiary Far Eastern Bank may hit a snag two independent FEB directors plan to block the deal. Sources say Lee Chin
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    161 1 Stock market indices Friday Change STII 2,352.50 +0.30 KLSEComp 1,074.41 +7.95 Nikkei 19,811.56 +60.91 Hang Seng 9,530.40 38.44 SET Index 1,522.94 -5.57 Jakarta Comp 520.60 -2.24 CLSA China B ....1,143.34 -8.35 Aust All Ord 1,999.8 -9.3 FTSE 100 3,097.6 -6.t Friday Previous 1pm EST close Dow Jones 3,841.17 3,845.88 Avtrift
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    Lock icon Dow down 4.7 points
    71 1 Reuter NEW YORK US blue chips remained higher at midday yesterday while the broad market turned negative on a day dominated by a mixed October US employment report. Declines inched ahead of advancing issues. US Treasuries were lower, with the long bond down about 0.15 per
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    Lock icon US jobless rate seen at rapid-inflation point
    43 1 Bloomberg Business News TUCSON, Arizona The nation's unemployment rate has declined to the point where any further decreases may force wages and prices higher, Robert T Parry, the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank president, said yesterday.
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    SPH profit climbs 29% to $292 m
    731 1  -  By Amy Balan SINGAPORE Singapore Press Holdings' profits and balance sheet could not be in better shape as its flagship newspaper. The Straits Times, approaches its ISOth anniversary next year. The media group turned in a better-than-expected 29.2 per cent rise in net
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      19 1 Golf: el i No longer just a man's game Speculators fuel demand for River Valley condo project, Pg 2
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      14 1 Asia's ruling families: el s 5 Hongkong dynasties Call to resolve pending issues, Pg4
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      10 1 The Raffles Conversation: el 3 Indian parliamentarian Mani Shankar Aiyar ,@%&;!!@<{?]"-;;';&/=>[{'+,@>(]
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Japan set to replace EU as second biggest investor here: Cheow Tong
      374 2  -  Reports by Claire Leow JAPAN would this year overtake Europe as the seeond largest investor in Singapore, Minister for Trade and Industry Yeo Cheow long said yesterday. Japanese investment in Singapore was expected to exceed last year's Ss7Bo
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      Sony plans $123 m plant for cathode ray tubes
      508 2 Singapore unit SDS will be able to meet 40% of Sony's global demand for CRTs SONY Display Devices (Singapore) is to invest $123 million in a new plant here to make cathode ray tubes for televisions. It expects the plant to
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      Park Mall signs Scandinavian furniture store
      313 2 PARK MALL, which is being repositioned as a one-stop home furnishing centre, has signed a major tenant. Scandinavian furniture retailer Bolig will take 30,000 sq ft of retail space on the second and third levels. It will replace Style Singapore and Metro's Factory Outlet,
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      Speculators fuel demand for River Valley condo project
      302 2  -  By Abdul Hadhi DEMAND for units at DBS Land's recently launched Aspen Heights condo project was boosted by speculators, judging by the number of advertisements in The Straits limes Classifieds section yesterday. There were 12 ads for apartments at the project, being
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      Singapore a favourite for Asian tourists
      279 2  -  By Michelle Low ASIAN visitors are flocking to Singapore, the latest figures from the Singapore Tourism Promotion Board show. A total of 551,543 people arrived in September 9.3 per cent more than in August. And almost half of them were from Asean and Japan.
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      URA land sales revenue up 69% to $943 m
      240 2 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority raked in nearly $943 million from the sale of land in the financial year ended Mar 31, 1994 up 69 per cent from $557.75 million in the previous period. Figures from the authority's 1993-94 annual report released
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      Corrections & clarifications
      174 2 Corrections clarifications IN two Eye on the Economy columns last month, we cifed the Crosby Securities' Quarterly Economic Review which said that Singapore's imported food prices had jumped 10.4 per cent since the start of the year. Crosby has since clarified that this was a computational error. The correct figure
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      465 2 WEATHER Singapore: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. (Temperature 24-31) AsiaPacMc Hi/IV Cond Europe Mi/IV Comi. Buenos A*es 22/10 Cloudy AucWarxl 17/11 Cloudy Amsterdam 15/09 Shower CNcago 10/02 Sim BangKok 32/24 Cloudy Athens 20/13 Shower HonoftJu 29/24 Ooud» Beijing 13/02 Sumy BeiWi 11/04 Shower Houston 23/12 OouOi Bombay 32/22
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  • THE REGION
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      Chuan lists achievements of Thai govt in mid-term review
      496 3  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK RESTORING Thailand's battered credibility after the May 1992 crisis and steering it firmly onto the path towards democracy has been the most gratifying part of his two years in office, Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai said
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      Lock icon McDonnell Douglas seals Chinese deal
      467 3 AFP AP WASHINGTON American aviation company McDonnell Douglas has sealed a deal to assemble its planes in China that is potentially worth more than a billion dollars, US and Chinese sources said here on Thursday. "It is a contract between the Civil Aviation Administration of
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      Lock icon Baring it all fur a cause
      44 3 Reuter TOKYO Anti-fur people demonstrating at Tokyo's budistrict of Ginza on Thursday at temperatures of 15 degrees Celsius, tight naked demonstrators took part in the protest with the slogan "we would rather go naked than wear fur." Reuter
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      Lock icon Mahathir continues to keep 'em guessing on polls
      352 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday continued to keep the nation guessing on the timing of the general election, and yet seemed to drop a hint it might not be very soon. He said Barisan Nasional leaders, including ministers, mentris
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Lock icon Plague is over, India tells WHO
        62 3 Reuter NEW DELHI India has told world health officials that the country is now free of plague, eight weeks after two outbreaks spread fear around the world. The health ministry has written to the World Health Organisation saying three plague-affected areas are now plague-free.
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        Lock icon Ex-Cambodian minister to sue for libel
        84 3 AFP PHNOM PENH Ousted Finance Minister Sam Rainsy announcing to newsmen yesterday he is taking legal action in Cambodia and Malaysia in connection with allegations of treason published in a Phnom Penh weekly. He invited reporters to follow him to Phnom Penh municipal court,
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        Lock icon Manila inflation hits 13-month low
        81 3 Reuter MANILA Philippine consumer inflation fell to a 13-month low of 7.8 per cent in October, calming market fears that the bubble of economic growth might be about to burst. "The low inflation level only goes to show that the economy is on a sustainable
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        Lock icon Vietnam textile exports rise sharply
        44 3 Reuter HANOI Vietnam's exports of textiles and clothing increased sharply to US$4OO million (SSSBB million) in the first nine months of this year, nearly half of it to the European Union, the official Vietnam News Agency reported yesterday. Reuter
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        Lock icon Indon ban on land clearing with fire
        69 3 AFP JAKARTA Forestry Minister Jamaludin Suryohadikusumo said yesterday Indonesia will ban the use of fire in land clearing for new forestry estates and plantations. "There will be no new land clearing for HTIs (forest estates) or plantations if they cannot make use of
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      Lock icon Higher labour costs, deficit could slow M'sian growth: Merrill Lynch
      395 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR International brokerage Merrill Lynch said yesterday it was bullish on Malaysia's economy but cautioned that a labour crunch, rising wages and a widening external deficit could retard growth. "Our worry is more about the tight labour market
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      Lock icon Japanese firms join deregulation chorus
      463 3 Reuter TOKYO From banks to retailers, Japanese companies are joining a growing clamour for deregulation of the country's economy for once, putting domestic and foreign businessmen in the same corner. Yesterday, banking sources said leading Japanese commercial banks had give the Finance Ministry a lengthy
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      Lock icon Nuclear accord will ease tension between Koreas: Li Peng
      458 3 AP AFP SEOUL The US-brokered nuclear accord with North Korea will significantly reduce tension between the two Koreas and could help restart negotiations between them, Chinese Premier Li Peng said yesterday. Mr Li, the highest-ranking Chinese official ever to visit South
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      Lock icon Jiang emerges as post-Deng leader
      156 3 Reuter SEOUL A group of new Chinese leaders is rallying around President Jiang Zemin in advance of the death of elder statesman Deng Xiaoping, visiting Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng said yesterday. Mr Li told a news conference at the end of his five-day visit
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon Fed must up rates by over half point to stem $ fall: analysts
      628 4 Fed must up rates by over half point to stem fall: analysts Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK The US government must do more than buy a few billion dollars in the foreign exchange market if it hopes to halt the US currency's recent decline. That's the opinion of many traders
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      Lock icon Stop, look and go on a flooded! street
      56 4 AFP GAZA CITY A Palestinian youth directing the traffic in a busy street here on Thursday. A freak storm, hitting the Near East and causing extensive damage, left some 420 people dead in Egypt. In Israel, a British touirist was killed and
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      Lock icon Low Bank of Japan profile in US$ intervention seen as deliberate
      490 4 Bloomberg Business News Reuter TOKYO The Bank of Japan (BOJ) and Japan's ministry of finance (MOF) have kepi a low profile during the past two days of intervention to prop up the dollar, and their silence appears to be
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      Lock icon US jobless rate at four-year low, hourly wages soar
      462 4 Bloomberg Business News AP AFP WASHINGTON Americas unemployment rate dropped to a four-year low of 5.8 per cent in October. Yesterday's report also showed the average hourly wages posting the biggest gain in 11 years, an increase likely to trigger a
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      Lock icon US urges Malaysia, China to back trade plan
      328 4 The Straits Times Reuter MANILA A US official yesterday urged countries like China and Malaysia with reservations about free trade in the region to back the trade liberalisation plan at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meeting in Indonesia. Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary
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      Lock icon Thai rebuff of supply base offer disappoints Washington
      323 4 AP Reuter WASHINGTON A top State Department official expressed disappointment on Thursday at Thailand's rejection of a request to station supplies off its coast for military or humanitarian emergencies. Assistant Secretary of State Winston Lord said the US is looking to other
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      AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      Lock icon Christine Keeler admits she was Soviet spy
      214 4 Reuter LONDON Christine Keeler, at the heart of a 1963 sex scandal that disgraced a senior minister and shook Britain's ruling Conservative Party, has admitted for the first time that she was a Soviet spy. War Minister John Profumo had to resign after
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      Lock icon HK airport deal prompts call for resolution of other pending issues
      287 4 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG The ink on the overall agreement for financing Hongkong's new airport is barely dry, but officials from China and the UK are already calling for progress on other matters. "I hope that it will be a good
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Russian economics minister quits in continuing rouble saga
      455 5 AP FT Reuter MOSCOW Alexander Shokhin yesterday announced his resignation as Russia's economics minister and deputy prime minister, making him the latest victim of last month's "Black Tuesday" rouble crisis. Three officials have already been fired in a continuing government shakeup after
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      Lock icon MMM head making West his next hunting ground?
      360 5 Reuter MOSCOW The head of Russia's troubled MMM investment fund, who has ignored investors' demands for their money back since he suspended trading in company shares, said he planned to expand his activities to the West. An unrepentant Sergei Mavrodi was speaking
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      Lock icon Brittan to visit China for talks on its entry to Gatt
      490 5 AFP Bloomberg Business News UPI BRUSSELS Leon Brittan, Europe's external trade commissioner, leaves today for a visit to China and Hongkong that will include negotiations on China's entry to Gatt and its successor, the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Sir
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Chirac to run for presidency
        69 5 AP PARIS Conservative Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac declared his candidacy for president yesterday, a newspaper reported, in a move that intensifies a struggle in the Right. Mr Chirac, a charismatic campaigner, has increasingly duelled with conservative Prime Minister Edouard Balladur. whose lead in the polls
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        Lock icon UK economic outlook favourable
        64 5 UPI LONDON Ihe panel ot independent economic experts who advise the British treasury said in its latest forecast on Thursday that there is a favourable outlook for the economy. It said in the November report they saw no need for changes in interest rates and recommended
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        Lock icon Business optimism near record high
        65 5 Bloomberg Business News NLW YORK Growing optimism among corporate executives in France and Japan helped to lift a Dun Bradstreet Corp index of business expectations to near record highs, the survey company said. French executives are more positive about net sales, net profits, hiring and
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        Lock icon Call to reimpose unification surcharge
        83 5 AP BONN Germany's three potential eoalition partners on Thursday agreed that a eontroversial tax surcharge introduced shortly after the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990 and dropped in 1993 should be reimposed. The Christian Democratic Union of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the Christian Social
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        Lock icon New era for Austrian parliament
        35 5 Reuter VIENNA Austria enters a new parliamentary era on Monday following an Oct 9 general election in which voters overturned the old order and created prospects for new alliances. Reuter
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        Lock icon Northrop's B-2 project faces end
        65 5 Reuter NEW YORK US Defence Secretary William Perry firmly opposes renewing production of the B-2 Stealth bomber, whose primary contractor of the U5544.2 billion programme is Northrop Grumman Corp. he told the Wall Street Journal in an interview. Mr Perry told the paper he was
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        Lock icon Inflation warning in Romania
        52 5 UPI BUCHAREST The governor of Romania's central bank has warned that any delay in the privatisation programme may cause the collapse of the economy. He says a lack of financial discipline to dump bankrupt firms and the government's reckless coverage of bad loans will send inflation
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      Lock icon Big guns line up to bid for Czech telecoms company
      337 5 FT LONDON Bell Atlantic of the United States and France Telecom have joined forces in the contest for the Czech Republic's state telecommunications company, which could be Eastern Europe's biggest privatisation. Initial bids for a 27 per cent stake in
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      Lock icon Republicans confident of good showing at Congress elections
      520 5 AP WASHINGTON Americans will go to the polls on Tuesday to decide control of the Congress for the next two years and to pick governors for 36 of the nation's 50 states. President Bill Clinton is not on the mid-term ballot. But
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      Lock icon White House special adviser Gergen to quit
      320 5 NYT WASHINGTON David Gergcn, the Republican who joined the Clinton administration last year to help pull it out of chaos, has submitted a letter of resignation to the White House, formalising his previously disclosed plans to leave his post as special adviser to
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      Lock icon Heseltine withdraws ministry's dirty tricks booklet
      393 5 Reuter AFP LONDON Britain's trade and industry minister has personally intervened to withdraw a booklet his department sponsored which recommended business dirty tricks such as going through competitors' rubbish bins. Trade and Industry Secretary Michael Heseltine acted after journalists quizzed ministry officials on the
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      Lock icon German ministry to probe regular leaks of market-sensitive data
      336 5 FT FRANKFURT The German Economics Ministry is probing leaks of market-sensi-tive data, following a complaint from a foreign bank that German rivals had prior knowledge of industrial orders figures that were published on Thursday. Federal bond prices slipped as accurate reports
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      Lock icon Taking South Africa to tusk
      84 5 AFP PARIS It would seem that the elephants had packed up their trunks and headed for Paris where they put up a demonstration in front of the South African embassy on Wednesday. Members of animal rights group Robin des Bois were protesting against South Africa's
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Orchard Parade, Wing Tai to refinance Tien Wah site purchase
      355 6  -  By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE Orchard Parade Holdings and Wing Tai Holdings, which jointly bought the Tien Wah Press site in August for $218 million, will refinance the deal one of them by issuing bonds and the other by issuing notes.
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      Goodman loses chief of lucrative distribution arm
      333 6  -  By Corinne Kerk SINGAPORE The head of food group Goodman Fielder Asia's biggest revenue earner, Auric Pacific Trading, has quit after 11 years with the company. Wun Khai Ping, divisional director of the group's wholesale distribution and marketing arm, will leave at the
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      Lock icon Van Der Horst shares hit by talk of problems
      337 6 SINGAPORE The share price of power plant engineering firm Van Der Horst yesterday fell for the second consecutive day on talk of staff problems, poor earnings and unfavourable prospects. Investors also sold on the basis of speculation that some of the
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      China firm may seek secondary listing here
      371 6  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Chiwan Petroleum Supply Base, a SinoSingapore joint venture seeking a listing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, is considering a secondary listing here. Yuan Yu Hui, company secretary of CPSB's major shareholder China Nanshan Development, said yesterday that if
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      China Light powers ahead on the mainland
      708 6  -  HOCK LOCKSIEW By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE China Light Power (CLP), Hongkong's premier utility, is slowly and steadily establishing a significant presence on the mainland. Though CLP's electricity sales to China have levelled off in recent months, analysts say this will be offset
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      Aztech cancels press briefing, denies deal with chip-maker
      264 6  -  By Lee Wai Leong SINGAPORE Aztech president Michael Mun yesterday denied a wire service report which said the company was paying US$lO million (S$ 14.68 million) for a 12 per cent stake in Reveal Computer Products, an American maker of sound chips.
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      Sembeth in second US$ 40m carrier deal with Swiss firm
      163 6 SINGAPORE Sembawang Bethelem Pte Ltd (Sembeth) has secured a second US$4O million (Sss9 million) contract from Suisse Atlantique to design and build a bulk carrier. This contract from the Switzerland-based shipping company follows another awarded in July. The latest deal
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    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        HOT STOCK
        100 6  -  Quak Hiang Whai MULTI-PURPOSE Holdings seems to have found some support after falling from above $3 recently. The stock picked up 5 cents yesterday to $2.41. Like many of the speculative Malaysian counters, Multi-Purpose appears to have limited downside risks from here and looks like a good short
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon KL wants money market dealers to be more active
        546 7 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Bank Negara has warned money market dealers to shape up and become more active in market making or lose their appointment as principal dealers, governor Ahmad Mohamed Don said last night. The Bank Negara governor said the lack
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        Lock icon Daily report rule subdues KL market
        310 7 AFP KUALA LUMPUR A new directive by Malaysia's stock exchange for brokers to report transactions daily has dented the market this week but could enhance long-term confidence in the local bourse, analysts said yesterday. The directive, issued internally to broking houses on Monday for
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        Lock icon KPJ Healthcare share offer subscribed 76 times
        301 7 Bernama MBT KUALA LUMPUR The offer for sale of shares by KPJ Healthcare Bhd, a member of the Kumpulan Perubatan (Johor) Sdn Bhd (KPJSB), has been subscribed by 76.14 times. For its flotation exercise on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) main board,
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        Lock icon Astra announces robust eight-month profit
        442 7 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian conglomerate PT Astra International yesterday announced impressive eight-month results achieved on the back of strong car sales, which analysts said are expected to remain buoyant. Astra posted a consolidated net profit of 163.70 billion rupiah (*****.6 million) for the first eight months
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        Lock icon Electronic parts firm Tru-Tech to launch own brand of products
        275 7 MBT KUALA LUMPUR TruTech Holdings Bhd, whose main business activity involves the contract manufacturing of electronic components, plans to launch its own brand of products. The company, which is heading for the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange second board, is currently
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          GRP bonus shares approved
          26 7 SINGAPORE GRP Ltd said the Stock Exchange of Singapore has given in-principle approval to list and quote its recently proposed bonus shares.
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          Cosco buys Harington Property
          56 7 SINGAPORE Cosco Investment (Singapore) Ltd has bought two shares of $1 each, comprising the entire issued and paid-up capital of Harington Property Pte Ltd. Cosco plans to apply for an additional 4,999,998 ordinary shares of $1 each, bringing its shareholding to 5 million shares. The subsidiary
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          Tibs sets up investment subsidiary
          41 7 SINGAPORE Tibs Holdings, through its wholly-owned subsidiary PB Packaging Systems Singapore Pte Ltd, has set up a new subsidiary called PBP Investment Pte Ltd. The new firm will serve as an investment company for overseas ventures.
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          SATS' Madras flight kitchen venture
          80 7 SINGAPORE Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) yesterday signed an agreement with Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHC), Oriental Hotels Ltd (OHL) and Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to set up a new joint venture called Taj Madras Flight Kitchen Pte Ltd in India. Sats said the agreement is
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          Lock icon PT Karwell Indonesia to go public
          101 7 Reuter JAKARTA PT Karwell Indonesia, a textile and garment producer, plans to go public by offering 20 million shares, or almost 31 per cent of its enlarged share capital, in December, the company said yesterday. Karwell, established in 1978. plans to use the proceeds
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          AISB studying Fabureat offer
          56 7 KUALA LUMPUR Amalgamated Industrial Steel Bhd (AISB) says it has received an investment proposal from Fabureat Sdn Bhd in which the latter has proposed to sell its equity interest in three companies engaged in timber logging and timber products manufacturing. AISB says it has engaged a
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        Lock icon Tan & Tan, Accor in hotel deals
        135 7 Tan Tan, Accor in hotel deals Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Tan Tan Developments Bhd yesterday said it has signed two joint-venture agreements with Accor Asia Pacific Corporation to develop budget hotels in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Accor is the largest hotel network company for midscale and budget hotels worldwide. Tan Tan
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        Lock icon Idris-linked firm makes bid for control of Parit Perak
        381 7 NST KUALA LUMPUR Little known Magna Bumi Sdn Bhd has proposed to take over the control of plantation-based Parit Perak Holdings Bhd for M 5300.9 million (*****.5 million). The company, which is partly owned by Idris Hydraulic (Malaysia) Bhd's managing director
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        Lock icon Mycom confident of good year, gets nod for bonus issue
        192 7 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Mycom Bhd said its proposal to raise its issued and paid-up capital to M 5328.32 million (S$ 187.14 million) from M 5246.24 million by way of a bonus issue of 82.08 million new ordinary shares has been
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        Lock icon Two more units of Johor firm to be floated by 1995
        426 7 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Two more subsidiaries of the Johor State Economic Development Corporation (JSEDC) are expected to be floated by next year. JSEDC chief executive Mohamed Ali Hashim said the two are Sinora Sdn Bhd and Johor Land Sdn
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        Canada-based fund to invest in China firms
        372 8  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE A Canadabased closed-end investment fund aims to raise Cs2oo million (Ss2l6 million) to invest in enterprises sponsored by China's State Science and Technology Commission. The fund, China Torch Industrial, will invest in enterprises that come under China's Torch
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        444 8 Reuter AUCKLAND New Zealand's Carter Holt Harvey announced an interim profit hike and another Pacific Rim expansion but admitted relations with its Chilean partner are still not always amicable. The forester, 25 per cent owned by International Paper of the US,
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        Lock icon Rowland ousted in boardroom tussle
        351 8 Reuter LONDON "Tiny" Rowland, controversial founder of the Lonrho global trading empire, was ousted as co-chief executive on Thursday in a dramatic boardroom coup. Sources close to the company said Mr Rowland, who dominated Lonrho for 34 years, was forced to resign following 48 hours
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        Lock icon Canary Wharf clinches major deal
        118 8 Reuter LONDON Canary Wharf looms in the background as a businessman makes his way into Poplar light railway station in the Docklands. The company said on Thursday that it had now let about 2.S million sq ft of its huge office complex, leaving about one
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        Lock icon Nasdaq lashes out at critics with full-page ads
        280 8 AP NEW YORK The Nasdaq stock market fired back on Thursday against accusations of price-fixing and incompetence, asserting in full-page newspaper ads that a Business Week article disparaged the US' No 2 stock market. The Nasdaq advertisement said "a number of suppositions
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        Lock icon Turner Broadcasting trebles earnings
        130 9 Bloomberg Business News ATLANTA Turner Broadcasting System Inc reported on Thursday that third-quarter earnings almost trebled, as results from recent acquisitions more than offset a loss tied to company's striking professional baseball team. The Atlanta-based concern, which operates Cable News Network among a dozen other cable
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        Lock icon Cost-cutting helps Japan cable makers
        131 9 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Furukawa Electric Co and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd, top makers of electric wires and cables, said yesterday oost-cutting measures and investment income offset declining sales to produce higher half-year earnings. Furukawa's current profit in the six months to Sep 30 rose
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        Lock icon Lai Sun's earnings rise 32%
        119 9 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Lai Sun Development, a Hongkong property developer and investment company, announced a rise in net profit of 32.39 per cent to HK$965 million (*****.3 million) for the year ended July 31. The rise is lower than its first-half increase in net
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        Lock icon Crocodile Garments profit falls 28.8%
        125 9 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Crocodile Garments, a clothing retailer and manufacturer in Hongkong, said its net profits fell 28.83 per cent to HKSSO.I million for the year ended July 31. The company reported a previous slump in profits of 15.9 per cent in the six
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        Lock icon GE may lose US$ 950m from Kidder
        107 9 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON General Electric Co said corporate losses related to its Kidder, Peabody Co brokerage unit could run as high as US$95O million this year. The Fairfield, Connecticut, industrial and financial services company provided the estimate in a quarterly report filed
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        Bear Stearns wins MAS nod to run non-member brokerage
        342 10  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE US brokerage and investment bank Bear, Stearns and Co has received approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to operate as a nonmember broker here. The Singapore operation, headed by senior managing director Tan Kok Wee, is
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        393 10 Reuter HONOLULU Insurance companies are not convinced the latest decline in catastrophe reinsurance rates will continue into 1996. Another natural disaster could easily push prices higher, said reinsurance underwriters attending a major industry conference which concluded on Wednesday in Hawaii. Insurers are now
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        Central bank intervention props up US$
        427 10 DBS Bank weekly currency review LSVmark: downtrend expected to resume USS/mark gave up the previous week's gains to fall to 1.4910 by Wednesday night, before the Central Bank intervention brought it to 1.5255 by Thursday. The US unit then settled to trade around 1.5610
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        Lock icon UBS ready to make concessions to critical shareholder
        245 10 Reuter ZURICH Union Bank of Switzerland (ÜBS) has made clear it is ready to make concessions to its biggest critic, maverick banker Martin Ebner, but remains determined to convert its registered shares into bearer shares. ÜBS chairman Nikolaus Senn said in a
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        Lock icon China succeeding in cutting tin exports, says mine chamber
        254 10 Knight-Ridder KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Chamber of Mines said China's efforts to control tin exports appear to be succeeding. "For the moment, it appears that China's export controls on tin are working," it said in a report yesterday. China's tin exports
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        383 10 AP NEW YORK The New York Insurance Department is investigating whether Lloyd's of London can meet its claimspaying responsibilities to US insurers that are insured themselves by LLoyd's. A team from the department spent several weeks in London combing financial records at Lloyd's American Trust
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        293 10 Reuter LONDON Oil prices remained firm yesterday despite expectations among many market analysts that a recent rally was set to run out of steam. "We need a breather but the market is still strong," said Charles Gray at Prudential Bache Futures in London.
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        171 10 LONDON Bloomberg Business News The dollar was steady against major currencies after the Labour Department said the economy added a smaller-than-expected 194,000 jobs in October, easing some investors' concern about inflation. Analysts had predicted a rise of 247,000 jobs. The economy added 248,000 jobs in September, originally reported as 239,000.
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        92 10 AFP The dollar was up against other major currencies in early trading yesterday with dealers confident that the Federal Reserve will continue to intervene in support of the US currency. The latest jobless figures for October, which showed the lowest number of unemployed in four years also boosted
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        Lock icon Eurodollars, Euroyen steady in close trade
        1314 11 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollars and Euroyen futures ended steady after narrow range trading. Dealers said market participants were cautious ahead of the US non-farm employment data due last night. The market expects payrolls to increase by 200,000 to 250,000 in October. A
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        KL tin soars to 26-month high
        670 11 COMMODITY REPORTS KL Tin TIN jumped 41 sen to close at MS 16.06 a kg. a 26-month high, on rising London prices and strong consumer demand yesterday. The previous high of MS 16.19 akg was on Sep 25, 1992. An analyst said yesterday's high
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          600,000 tonnes of unsold Thai sugar
          52 11 BANGKOK Thailand has about 600,000 tonnes of sugar left unsold this year and 500.000 tonnes is refined white sugar, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. Local rumours of sugar shortages were wrong and prompted by a glut of refined sugar, mainly produced for export, the
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          China to produce 100 tonnes of gold
          75 11 DENVER China will produce just over 100 tonnes of gold in 1994, compared with an official figure of 90 tonnes for 1993, a Chinese geologist with close ties to the Chinese government said here yesterday. Dr Wang Ping said gold output this year
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          Plans to reopen Madras Aluminium
          62 11 NEW DELHI Madras Aluminium Co Ltd, a private-sector company shut down in 1992 because it became unviable, may be opened again under a new management, said a spokesman at the Ministry of Mines. The government-run Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction which supervises the turnaround
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          How much cocoa in chocolates?
          67 11 AMSTERDAM The Dutch government was urged to fight a perceived threat that the European Commission may relax a requirement that chocolate be made 100 per cent of cocoa. Dutch chocolate producers were reacting to what they see as a threat by the European Union to
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          Russia sugar beet crop hit by drought
          52 11 MOSCOW Russia's sugar beet harvest is expected to total between 13 and 14 million tonnes this year, down from 25.5 million in 1993. Ivan Gridasov. in charge of the ministry's crop growing department. said that the beet harvest have been hit by a
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        1464 11 Rubber Nov 4 Singapore Commodity Exchange Physical Prices (futures dosing as at 5.30p«) Buyers Man As at 12 noon (S cents/kg) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) r v RSS 2 Dec 94 193.00 I94.00N Month High Low Inti&t RSS 3 Dec 94 192.00 193.00N RSS 4 Dec 94
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        Australia
        1096 12 -9.3 SHARES eased to a three-week low yesterday as investors nervously awaited the release ol key US employment data. The key All Ordinaries Index ended at 1.999.8 points, down 9.3 on Thursday's finish and its lowest closing level since Oct 13. The All Industrials Index fell 13.6 to 2.836.3
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        Manila
        684 12 +41.59 Stocks bounced back amid reports of strong third-quarter performances and rumours of dividends, analysts said. The Composite Index rose to 3,096.58 points, up 41.59. Turnover was 3.9 billion shares valued at 1.7 billion pesos. Many analysts attributed yesterday's rise to reports showing that a number of companies had
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        Taipei
        585 12 +62.82 Stocks gained momentum with eight major categories posting gains as investors bought at lows, dealers said. The 392-issue Weighted Price Index inched up 62.82 points to finish at 6,369.11. Turnover was 838 million shares worth NTS 37 billion. The market opened low. but bargain-hunters snapped up low-cost shares,
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        Seoul
        415 12 1.79 Stocks posted a narrow gain yesterday, hitting a record high for the second straight day despite government measures to cool them down, brokers said. The Composite Price Index closed at 1,119.52 points, up 1.79. Turnover totalled 66.5 million shares, valued at a record high of 1.44 trillion won.
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        New Zealand
        334 12 -4.20 Shares declined, led down by Telecom. Investors were disappointed by Telecom s no-sur-prises first-year profit on Thursday, traders said. However, forester Carter Holt Harvey and home appliances manufacturer Fisher Paykel gained after announcing strong profit rises yesterday. With Telecom, "people were hoping for a bit more", said
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        London
        784 12 -6.8 SHARE prices closed lower, just under the psychological 3,100 level on the FTSE--100 index, restrained by weaker FTSE futures but against the background of firmer gilts and a higher Dow after US jobs data. The Footsie finished 6.8 points off at 3,097.6. "We were expecting the Fed to
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        Paris
        148 12 +20.52 French shares end a volatile session higher on expectations that the US jobs report may prompt a rise soon in US interest rates, removing uncertainty as to the timing of such a move. 'The big focus has been insurers and stocks sensitive to the bond market," a trader
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        Frankfurt
        211 12 +8.01 German stocks rose after a US employment report eased concern that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates soon. The Labour Department said the unemployment rate fell to 5.8 per cent in October from 5.9 per cent the month before. It also said 194,000 nonfarm jobs were created
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        Brussels
        123 12 +2.47 Belgian stocks rose for a second day after weaker-than-expected US October jobless numbers eased concern about rising inflation and interest rates. The Bel2o Index rose 2.47 points to 1,383.69. its highest close for more than five weeks. Brussels Swl Fraart FORWARD MARKET Mi Fin 2320 4) Acre ISM>
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        Milan
        165 12 +26 Italian shares closed mixed overall with only the banking sector providing any focus of interest. Brokers remained bearish with the unsettled political scene and uncertainty over the budget seen leaving little room for gains. There are still heavy short positions in the market. Ambroveneto, for which Banca Commerciale
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        Johannesburg
        338 12 +44 South African shares closed mostly higher in quiet trade. largely unmoved by US unemployment data. "There is more Guy Fawkes on the market than trading," said a dealer, adding that investors were still cautious about a possible correction after Thursday's buying spree. Golds hovered around weaker levels on
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        Toronto
        239 12 12.71 Stocks moved higher in early trade after mixed US jobs data, helped by stronger precious metals issues. "I think the market will close on the upside today." said one trader. The TSE-300 Composite Index rose 12.71 points to 4,239.53 in turnover of 7.43 million shares worth CS 100.62
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        New York
        759 12 19.51 Stocks were mixed after October's employment report failed to dampen expectations of rising inflation and higher interest rates. Gains in car stocks such as General Motors and Chrysler and chemical companies such as Union Carbide offset lower prices for computer stocks such as Compaq Computer and oil
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        Amsterdam
        265 12 +0.40 Dutch stocks rose for a second day amid optimism about company earnings and a stronger dollar. News of a lower-than-ex-pected 194,000 rise in US non- farm payrolls in October failed to dampen global concern about inflation, however, and US bond yields rose, pushing stocks off the day's high.
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        Stockholm
        117 12 -1.96 Worries about the Swedish referendum on European Union pushed shares lower in an otherwise quiet trading session. A poll in daily Dagens Nyheter earlier showed 40 per cent would say ">es' and 39 per cent 'no', while a survey in Expressen gave the 'yes' side 48 per cent
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        Zurich
        218 12 +9.6 Swiss shares ended firmer after the release of the US jobs data, which sent mixed signals to the markets. An early rally on Wall Street helped shares in late business, the traders said. They said the firm dollar also supported sentiment and short-covering led shares higher. The broad
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      3104 13 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks stalled as persistent concerns about the direction of US interest rates offset excitement over a long-anticipated agreement on financing the territory's new airport. "Interest rates remain a major obstacle for the market." said a dealer. The Hang Seng Index rose 38.44 points to 9,530.40.
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      584 13 CLSA TURNOVER in Hongkong H shares surged to HK.SI34 million and the index closed 5.91 points higher at 1,494.94 yesterday. Yizheng surged 2.5 per cent on active volume of HKS47 million. Maanshan ended the day unchanged on HKS36 million turnover. Shanghai B shares edged down 7.54 points to 861.47
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      2541 13 Reuter TOKYO Stocks closed firmer yesterday on the back of gains by the US dollar against the yen on Thursday, when Tokyo markets were closed. But trade was lacklustre ahead of the weekend and US October employment data due later yesterday. "Today's business was featureless. The market was taking
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      1834 13 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Stocks declined as investors lowered bids on stocks in cement and telecommunications companies on the belief that they're priced too high in relation to their earnings prospects after recent gains that were triggered by a Cabinet reshuffle. "Investors went a little wild." said an analyst.
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      1100 13 Reuter JAKARTA Stocks closed mixed in lacklustre trading yesterday with the market showing no direction. "It was anyone's bet where the market was going today. Trading was directionless and apart from reasonable volumes, on Indosat and Duta Pertiwi, the only thing to look forward to is the weekend." one
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2505 14 MOflt ACTIVE votoTK K.L Industries 5.620,000 F U B MX S.054,000 Promct 4.892,000 MBt Capital 4.176.000 Mulpha Intl 50c J.404.000 Idris H>d 50c 3.225,000 Bojava I nil 2.139,000 Pc«i Msia 1,915,000 InoOxyacn Wt95 1,858,000 Bcqaya L Wt99 1,826,000 Multi-Purpose 1,781,000 Fabcr Group 1,600,000 Magnum Corp 50c 1,586.000 KL
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        Lock icon Share prices rebound as inflation fears diminish
        6149 14 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks staged a rebound yesterday after reports that the Federal Reserve defended the dollar calmed investors' concerns that inflation is poised to accelerate. The leading Composite Index rose 7.95 points to 1,074.41. The Emas Index rose 4.19 to
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        Lock icon Shares inch up on technical rebound, firmer Wall St
        1867 16  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Stock prices on both sides of the Causeway yesterday closed higher for the first time this week, a rebound that dealers said was attributable to a combination of technical factors and a slight overnight firming on Wall
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      No longer just a man's game
      1600 17  -  Lady golfers look ready to become significant players on the local scene, reports Shahiron Sahari Shahiron Sahari SINGAPORE'S women golfers are coming out of the closet and with more than their husband's clothes these days. The image of the woman or as they say
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        Grade expectations
        38 17 ASIAN students are doing so well in the United States that an American executive who asked his son at UC Berkeley about his grades was given this answer "Do you mean including or excluding the Asians?"
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        Motormouth
        22 17 THE Singaporean's obsession with Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) has inspired some wisecracks: Cause of Escalations. Cars Overly Expensive. Cost of Elections.
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        Show stealer
        46 17 MORE about Singaporeans' preoccupation with cars. We're told that, no thanks to the throngs heading for the Singapore Motor Show, those going to the Tresors Art Fair had to circle round and round the World Trade Centre car park before getting a parking lot.
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        Parking problem
        73 17 A SHOPPING centre in Orchard Road is giving its customers free parking for the first hour if they spend more than $10. The problem is, with no noticeable signs in the car park telling shoppers of this incentive, those who don't take their parking coupons with them have
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        The flight from DC
        999 18  -  LETTER FKCM WASHINGTON As the 'inner city' spreads its tentacles towards 'good neighbourhoods' in the US capital, alarmed whites are moving out in increasing numbers LEON HADAR The writer is BT's H ashinglon Correspondent WASHINGTON, as everyone knows, is the capital of the United States, the
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        Lock icon It's a circus out there
        604 18  -  Mitchell Landsberg finds some mighty weird campaigning going on for next week's US Congress elections Mitchell Landsberg AP THINGS arc getting strange out on the US Congress election campaign trail. A Hawaiian congressional candidate has vanished. A bank robber is running for the state Legislature
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        The inflation threat's only as real as we imagine
        529 18  -  Robert Reno says it's silly to be alarmed about inflation in the US in the present economic climate Robert Reno The writer is a columnist with the La)s Angeles Times and Washington Post, w here this commentary first appeared THE American
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        Congresswallah Aiyar
        2815 19  -  afs THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION Congress Party parliamentarian Mani Shankar Aiyar talks to Vikram Khanna about the courage of the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the present leadership, and India's economic modernisation. And about his country's differences with Pakistan Vikram Khanna He certainly looked the part. When I met
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        Mayiladuthurai's living links with Singapore
        399 19 MAN I Shankar Aiyar is the first Indian MP who is trying to cultivate links between his parliamentary constituency Mayiladuthurai, in India's Tamilnadu state and Singapore. Or rather, to strengthen those links. "Tamils have been coming here since the last century, and most of them
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        India and Pakistan: an unnatural enmity
        636 19 THE FAREWELL parties for Mani Shankar Aiyar reportedly started six months before he left Karachi, Pakistan, where he served as India's first Consul-General from December 1978 to January 1982; he was a hit with the Pakistanis, and they with him. "I have never in
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          BT SENTIMENT INDEX (Nov 7 -11)
          51 20 Those polled on their views of the Singapore stock market for the week ahead: Baring Securities, Daiwa Securities, Fraser Securities, GK Goh, Morgan Grcnfell, OCBC Investment Research, Peregrine Securities. Phillip Securities, SG Warburg. Smith New Court and W I Carr. Figures denote number of
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          282 20 Nomura Research Institute (Nov 4) Centrepoint Properties. Enhanced portfolio. Alexandra Point purchase attractive as it was acquired on extremely high yield of 9.3 per cent (5 to 6 per cent for comparable properties) and a steep 37 per cent discount. Promising earnings outlook from residential/industrial/office properties. IJM. Construction stock
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          85 20 Mon, Nov 7. Singapore: Start of "when issued" trading in Chevalier Singapore shares. Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur International Airport to announce winning bid for construction of main terminal building. Tue, Nov 8. United States: September wholesale trade. US congressional elections. Wed, Nov 9. Washington: Third-quarter productivity figures. Thu, Nov
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          In my opinion...
          449 20  -  Martin French Chief representative Credit Lyonnais Securities (Malaysia) (4 i T 450 metres tall, Z\ the Kuala Lumpur JL City Centre twin towers will be the world's tallest office buildings. They are the centrepiece of a glistening new citadel, surrounded by a huge road and urban rail
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        IPOs hit by bad case of 'tenderitis'
        714 20  -  WEWEEK By Joyce Quek THE latest initial public offerings in Singapore have met with lukewarm or worse still little response from investors. On Thursday, Chevalier Singapore's offer closed undersubscribed by 20 per cent. Liang Huat Aluminium ended 38 per cent undersubscribed in June,
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        HG Asia upbeat on HK's prospects next year
        705 20  -  Shiv Taneja reports on the international broker's outlook for the region in 1995 Shiv Taneja Hongkong is still the market to put your money into, followed by Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. So says Jake van der Kamp, HG Asia's investment strategist, at
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        Lock icon There's value to be found in the HK market
        549 20  -  Eve on the region Bill Sung is cautiously optimistic about the territory Bill Sung The writer is an associate director of Morgan Grenfell Investment Management (Asia) Ltd. THESE are times of cautious optimism for the Hongkong stock market, despite a disappointing
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        Index rises to highest level since March
        356 20  -  BT Golf Index By Shahiron Sahari THE BT Golf Index rose a solid 9.11 points in October to 249.99, its highest level since March, when the Index stood at 251.1. The 3.8 per cent increase makes October the third consecutive month that the
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        Lock icon Linking Asia's ruling families
        1780 21 Spurred by bright prospects, wealthy Asian families are striking deals with other influential groups. A report by Asiamoney magazine looks at the trend and highlights some of the major Hongkong taipans. Asiamoney WHEN Singapore hotelier Ong Beng Seng sought to build desperately needed office blocks in
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        Lock icon Li Ka-shing: HK's richest man
        542 21 Flagship company: Cheung Kong Market capitalisation: L 5510.35 billion LI KA-SHING is regarded as Hongkong's richest man. His net worth has been estimated at US$5 billion (557.3 billion) to US$7 billion not bad for someone who quit school at 14 to support his mother, younger
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        The Kwoks: running one of the territory's best managed companies
        348 21 Flagship company: Sun Hung Kai Properties Market capitalisation: US$l3.2 billion THE British-educated Walter, Thomas and Raymond the second generation of Kwoks running Sun Hung Kai Properties have been praised for their focused and conservative management style. Each year, the group
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        Cheng Yu-tung: moving into China aggressively
        155 21 Flagship company: New World Development Market capitalisation: US$5.4 billion. CHENG VU-TUNG began as a jeweller 35 years ago. He married into the family that owned how I'ai look Jewellery. In 1970. Mr Cheng (bunded New World and two years later went for a public
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        The Pao clan: sons-in-law take charge
        330 21 Flagship company: Whec lock Co Market capitalisation: US$4.4 billion THE Pao family was originally from Shanghai but moved to Hongkong in 1949, shortly before the Communist takeover. The late patriarch. Yu-Kong Pao. made his fortune in shipping. Today, his World-Wide group operates 70 ships,
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        Lee Shau-kee: striking gold with property investments
        257 21 Flagship company: Henderson I^nd Market capitalisation: US$B.3 billion HIS father used to manage a profitable company in Guangdong province trading in gold. Just before the Communist takeover, Lee Shau Kee made numerous trips to Hongkong to move the family assets out of China.
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      Endearing but not enduring
      683 22  -  Cinema Reviews By SUSAN TSANG SUNRISE is always a thrill, but when it's the animated spectacle of the sun coming up over the savanna that opens The Lion King, it is just overwhelming. The dazzled viewer gapes at an overhead picture of flocks of flamingoes taking
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      What everyone did for lust
      563 22 VAGABUNDA is Spanish for wanderer. After watching this torrid Mexican flick, however, one comes out convinced that it would be better translated as "tramp", because that's basically what the film is about the adventures of a tramp. Or a vamp. Whatever. 'i The sexy number
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      1510 22  -  Parvathi N Narayan finds out what spurs James Rosenquist to create his huge, powerful and often disturbing images Parvathi N Narayan The writer is an artist who contributed this article to Executive Lifestyle JAMES Rosenquist. that highly respected. hugely successful master of Modern Art, is
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      601 23  -  ExNbttions By SUSAN TSANG CATALAN sculptor Enric Pladevall has been described as a "hot minimalist", though he would describe his art as just "Pladevall" Hot minimalism, however, isn't a bad place to start when looking at the sculptor's works. "It's simple," says Pladevall of his art.
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      Madonna with a little less bite
      638 23  -  CD Review By SHAHIRON SAHARI MADONNA: Bedtime Stories Madonna's creative juices seem to have dried up. The mistress of self-invention returns after 1992's Erotica with an album that is hard to fault, containing as it does songs which are never bad, but which unfortunately
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        475 24 Golf AFP BALI Nick Faldo shot a brilliant eight under par 63 here yesterday to take a huge lead after two rounds in the Alfred Dunhill Masters golf. The Englishman's course record round put him on 130 for two
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        470 24 Reuter SOUTHAMPTON, England Preliminary skirmishes have already begun in the battle for the America's Cup. yachting's oldest international trophy. San Diego, on the west coast of the United States, is currently hosting the America's Cup class world championships with racing for the Cup itself starting
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        548 24 AFP AP SUZUKA. Japan Tomorrow's Japanese Grand Prix will be a huge memorial to dead Formula One star Ayrton Senna as well as another step to crowning the new generation of race kings. Senna was such a hero in Japan that
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          113 24 Reuter AP MII.WAIkEE Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson, the top overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft, agreed on Thursday to a 10-vear contract with the Milwaukee Bucks, the club said. The contract is believed to be worth USS7O million (SS 102.9 million). well below the USSIOO million Robinson was
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          78 24 NEW YORK McLain Ward and Leslie Lenahan rode two clear rounds here on Thursday, helping the US team win their sixth New York International Nations Cup event in seven years. Swiss rider Lesley McNaught-Mandi toppled the next-to-last fence for the fourfault difference in the event. The US team
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          167 24 Reuter IjONDON World No I Nick Price of Zimbabwe has changed his mind and will compete in the world championship in Jamaica on Dec 15-18. organisers said on Thursday. But Australian Greg Norman. US Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain and Japan's Jumbo Ozaki have confirmed that they
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          124 24 AFP NEW YORK Greek immigrant Spiros Nakos has run afoul of the US Olympic Committee because his 10-tabie coffee shop is named the Olympic Restaurant. Letters sent to the 44-year-old restaurateur warned him to discontinue using the name "Olympic" on his eatery, which opened in 1980 and was named
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          95 24 PARIS European Cup Winners' Cup 2nd rd (2nd leg on Thursday): Austria Vienna (Aus) I Chelsea (Eng) 1 (1-1 on aggregate. Chelsea win on away goals rule); Ferencvaros (Hun) 2 FC Porto (Por) 0 (Porto win 6-2 on agg): Werder Bremen (Ger) 3 Fcyenoord Rotterdam (Ncth) 4 (Fcyenoord 5-3);
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          389 24 AP PARIS Andre Agassi became the fifth player to qualify for next month's ATP world championship finals in Frankfurt when he beat compatriot Todd Martin to reach the quarter-finals of the Paris Indoor Open late on Thursday. The eighth-seeded scored a 6-2, 7-5 win over compatriot Todd Martin to
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          55 24 AP SAN DIKGO High winds from the west moved into San Diego on Thursday, cancelling the day's ocean racing and shortening the International America's Cup Class world championships to four races. Officials were forced to cancel Thursday's race because of 18-knot winds at the starting line and 30 knot
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        Dining with Tiffany
        201 24 TIFFANY Co. the American retailer of fine jewellery and gifts, recently introduced some of its table settings at a dinner and tea at Raffles Hotel. The presentation, entitled Tiffany Taste, saw four table settings created by John Loring. Tiffany's senior vice-presi-dent and design director. Guests were shown
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        PERFORMANCES
        315 25 Six Lonely Oysters ACTION Theatre stages Ovidia Yu's comic-drama which looks at people you'd never expect to be lonely and how they block. off their feelings with carefully crafted "shells". Nov 11 to 21. Bpm at the DBS Auditorium; with a matinee at 3pm on Saturdays. Tickets at $15,
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        CONCERTS
        486 25 Mr Big 'Live' A one-night performance by the rock band which scored recently with the acoustic hit To Be With You and a cover of Cat Steven's Wild World. Tomorrow, Bpm at the Harbour Pavilion. World Trade Centre. Tickets at $35. $55 and $75 from Sistic outlets. a Lewis
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        FILMS
        275 25 Omnimax Movies Search for the Great Sharks Man's negative perception of sharks (possibly promoted by the Jam movies) has marked the creature as a thing to be feared and avoided much like rabid dogs. This movie hopes to help us understand them and see how these great creatures of
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        EXHIBITIONS
        833 25 A Terrible Beauty Brother McNally, head of the La Salle-SIA College for the Arts, holds his first solo sculpture exhibition here. Until tomorrow, at the La Salle-SIA College Art Gallery. Admission is free. Zimbabwean Stone and Wooden Sculptures A collection of artefacts, curios, jewellery and handcrafted sculptures from the
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        232 25 Rapid Development of Township Enterprises in PRC The National University of Singapore's Faculty of Business Administration is organising this Mandarin seminar which will focus on issues like the development of and prospects for township enterprises in China, and how to pick a township enterprise as a joint venture partner.
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        225 25 Loy Krathong Festival The traditional Thai festival makes its way to our shores. Learn to create water-lanterns and the krathong that arc used in this unique fcatival of water and light. L'ntil tomorrow, at the Musical Fountain. Sentosa. Normal charges to the island apply. Singapore Motor Show Featuring new
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        AT THE SUBSTATION
        213 25 The Dark Side of the Accordion Otto Lechner performs a selection of original compositions as well as adaptations of traditional and contemporary songs. Today. Hpm at the Guinness Theatre. Tickets at SI2. Forum for the Arts: Horse Motif in Chinese Art James J Lally lectures on the
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        TICKETING
        143 25  -  Compiled by Christopher Toh Sistic outlets are at Forum The Shopping Mall. Ginza Plaza. Junction 8. Liang Court. Raffles Citv. Scotts, Specialists Centre. Takashimaya. Cold Storage at Jelita and World Trade Centre. Also at Victoria Concert Hall and the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Hotline: 348-5555. Ticket Charge outlets are at
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        Bringing back the disco days
        531 25  -  Christopher Toh takes a trip back to the 1970s with KC and the Sunshine Band Christopher Toh WITH the slew of 1970s disco songs rehashed or otherwise being played on the radio these days, it seemed inevitable that one of the major proponents of the
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        Make mine a sandwich
        694 26  -  Bm Afpetit By JAIME EE MAN cannot live by bread alone if that's the case, how does one explain the popularity of the humble sandwich? Given the proliferation of Delifrance and Prima Deli outlets, as well as other sandwich places like Mr Cucumber and Steeples' deli,
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        Finding the right match
        667 26  -  Wine By N K YONG MOST of the fun of wine comes from matching it with food. True, great wines are often best enjoyed on their own without food so they can be enjoyed in their full glory without any risk of their nuances and subtleties
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      CINEMA
      1002 28 Airheads. A band hijacks a radio station to have their demo taped aired. Cathay: I Jam. Yishun: 5.15; 11.45pm. Bishan: 5; 11.45. Amantes. Spanish tale. A discharged soldier lodges with a steamy widow. The inevitable happens. His fiancee discovers the affair. R(A). Oriental: 1.30; 3.30; 9.30. Belle Epoque. During
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