The Business Times, 10 November 1994

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    13 1 SINGAPORE Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Thursday November 10 1994 75*
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      Lock icon Moulinex sales down 5%
      45 1 Bloomberg Business News PARIS France's Moulinex SA, one of the leading names in kitchen appliances, yesterday said its consolidated sales fell 5.1 per cent to US$635 million in the first half of fiscal 1995, which ends on March 31.— Bloomberg Business
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      Lock icon Lloyd's may give some Investors limited liability
      52 1 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Lloyd's of London reinvented itself yesterday as it announced a plan to allow individual investors to participate in the market with limited liability. For the first time, individual investors, known as names, can transfer their underwriting to a limited-liability
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    162 1 Stock market indices Wednesday Change STII 2,344.40 +17.39 KLSEComp 1,051.51 -6.45 Nikkei 19,423.88 -185.14 Hang Seng 9,405.48 -1061 SET Index 1,496.53 +0.92 Jakarta Comp 515.12 -0.68 CLSA China B ....1,123.09 -12.78 Auat All Ord 1,982.6 +15.3 FTSE 100 3,099.6 +35.8 Wednesday Previous 1pm EST dose Dow Jones 3,819.97
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    Dow greets stunning Republican win with initial rally
    485 1  -  From Leon Hadar in WASHINGTON WALL STREET yesterday celebrated the stunning Republican congressional and gubernatorial victories in Tuesday's US election with an initial rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shot up 38 points in early trading but it fell later as optimism
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    URA launches land sale of the decade for 1,200 private housing units
    759 1  -  By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday launched its biggest single sale of land parcels in more than a decade a move which will yield some 1,200 private housing units. URA director for land administration
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    Siemens to spend $60m a year honing S'pore plant
    422 1  -  By Claire Leow SINGAPORE German multinational Siemens will spend some $60 million a year keeping its Singapore plant in top shape. The company's general manager of marketing communications services, A Meilenbrock, said yesterday that Siemens had spent $300 million on the
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    Lock icon Dow down at 2am
    130 1 Reuter NEW YORK A postelection rally on Wall Street fizzled by midsession yesterday as investors turned their attention back to the persistently pressing issues of inflation and interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 10.77 points at 3319.97 at 1 pm EST. It had
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    Lock icon Morgan upgrading boosts S'pore stocks but KL disappoints
    351 1 SINGAPORE A slight overnight firming on Wall Street and a reweighting by Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd yesterday led to an across-the-board rise in Singapore stocks, but traders were disappointed with the weakness of Malaysian shares. Dealers said the Dow Jones Industrial Average's
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      27 1 V l n£ t Republicans clinch control of Congress, Pg 20 Mid-term shocker for the Comeback Kid, Pg 19 Morgan reweighting, Pg 21 Regional markets, Pg 28-32
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Sesdaq stocks lose shine
        266 2  -  By R Sivanithy HOPES that interest in Sesdaq stocks, which picked up briefly in August and September, would continue in October have been dashed. Last month, Sesdaq traded just 87.22 million units valued at $94.2 million, which in dollar terms was 35 per cent lower than
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      Nine void deck sites offered for child care centre use
      189 2 THE Ministry of Community Development is offering another nine Housing and Development Board void deck sites for use as child care centres. The 310 sq m to 430 sq m sites at Bedok, Boon Keng, Bukit Merah, Choa Chu Kang,
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      China's moves could shape world events: President Ong
      405 2  -  President Jiang Zemin's visit to Singapore Reports by Schutz Lee HOW China acts and reacts through its membership in groups such as Apec and the Asean Regional Forum could shape events in the world, President Ong Teng Cheong said last night. At
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      Regional consensus on fundamentals must precede Apec free trade talks: China
      399 2 CHINA yesterday dismissed as "empty talk" any discussion on free trade among Asia-Pacific countries that does not have a regional consensus on the implications and fundamentals. The director of information with China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chen Jian, also
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      Housing prices may slip next year, says Salomon
      432 2  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE'S booming residential property market may be due for a correction next year, says US securities firm Salomon Brothers. In a report called Singapore Property, released yesterday, Salomon says rapid price increases have made private housing less affordable, dampening
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      Hiap Huat to grow rice in Cambodia
      274 2 SINGAPORE company Hiap Huat Holdings, a part-owner of the five-star Hotel Sofitel Cambod iana in Phnom Penh, is developing a major irrigation system to produce rice in Cambodia's top rice-growing province, Takeo. Cambodia's First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh told Business Times that
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      US R&D edge starts to blend with Asian cost-efficiency
      384 2  -  By Claire Leow AMERICAN strength in innovation and product development is converging with Asia's expertise in cost-effi-cient manufacturing and fastcycle time, an American Electronics Association chief says. Robert Salrich, who has served as the association's chairman and now sits on the
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Compromise possible over investment code
      925 3  -  a INSIDE Apec Some see US stance as directing at the wrong thing at the wrong time By Yang Razali Kassim JAKARTA It isn't really what one would call a good run-up to Tuesday's second Apec leaders' summit. Just as everybody is gearing up to
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      Lock icon 3 more Indon state-owned firms to go international
      245 3 AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian government is preparing for the flotation of three more state-owned companies on the international stock markets, following last month's successful offering of PT Indosat on the New York Stock Exchange. The Jakarta Post yesterday said Minister of Finance
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      Lock icon Canada invites Asean to private meeting ahead of G-7 summit
      374 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Asean foreign ministers have been invited for a private meeting with Canada before it hosts the Group of Seven summit in Halifax next June. Malaysian Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday said this was the first time
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      Japan still biggest investor in Indonesia
      195 3 JAKARTA Japan is still the largest investor in Indonesia with about US$l6 billion (5523.3 billion) out of a total investment value of U5567.7 billion, followed by Hongkong, Taiwan and the United States. Indonesian Minister for Investment Funds Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo yesterday said that although foreign
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      Lock icon Petronas, Conoco sign pact to build refinery
      317 3 AFP Bernama KUALA LUMPUR National oil company Petronas and US-based Conoco sealed a US$l.4 billion (552.04 billion) pact yesterday to build Malaysia's second crude refinery, it was announced. Petronas will hold a 45 per cent stake in the venture and Conoco 40 per
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      Lock icon Call for infrastructure dialogue accepted
      111 3 Bernama JAKARTA The fourth Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum has accepted a proposal by the developing countries, represented by Indonesia, for a dialogue between the government and the private sector on the development of infrastructure. The spokesman for the
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      Lock icon Afta, Apec may work together
      83 3 Bernama JAKARTA The Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) will have no problem with the proposed Apec free trade plan likely to be endorsed by its leaders at a meeting in Bogor next week, according to Suthad Setboonsarg, director of economic research at the Asean Secretariat.
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      Lock icon Japan to foster regional free trade
      70 3 Reuter TOKYO Japan's ambassador to Apec, Tetsuya Endo, and other Foreign Ministry officials said Japan's goal at the 18-mem-ber Apec forum is to foster regional liberalisation of trade and investment. But they cautiously avoid discussing dates. "We will act as fast as possible on
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      Lock icon Manila to raise labour concerns
      106 3 AFP MANILA President Fidel Ramos said here yesterday that the Philippines will raise the issue of migrant labour and overseas contract workers at the Apec meeting in Jakarta. He said government officials who will leave for Jakarta ahead of him have been instructed to bring
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      Lock icon Clinton to raise thorny trade issues
      103 3 Reuter WASHINGTON United States President Bill Clinton will raise thorny trade topics such as glass and cars when he meets Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama in Indonesia this month, a senior administration official said. "We would want to have clarified intentions with respect to
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      Lock icon Human rights to take a back seat
      76 3 Reuter JAKARTA American President Bill Clinton will not make human rights a key issue during his visit to Indonesia despite a strong statement deploring a prominent labour leader's conviction, diplomats said yesterday. They said Washington, caught between domestic pressure to push President Suharto's
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Daughter says Deng's health is good
        93 4 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG China's paramount leader Deng Xiaoping is in "very good" health, his daughter Deng Lin said on Tuesday, according to a report yesterday in the Beijing-backed Wen Wei Po newspaper. Ms Deng, who was speaking in Jiangmcn city in Guangdong province, said she
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        Lock icon China intellectual property rights drive
        102 4 UPI BEIJING China yesterday ordered its local governments to redouble their drive against rampant intellectual property rights violations that arc hurting its efforts to join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and could mean sanctions from the United States. Speaking at a working conference
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        Lock icon Tax rebates to stay
        89 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China will continue to allow foreign enterprises to claim value-added tax rebates on their exports. The Far Eastern Economic Review yesterday said China had privately assured a delegation from the Kcidanrcn, Japan's powerful business association, that an order to local governments not
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        Lock icon Taiwan GNP set to grow 6.5%
        55 4 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Premier Lien Chan said Taiwan's gross national product should grow 6.5 per cent in 1994, better than the 6.01 per ccnt predicted by the Cabinet, the Economic Daily News reported on Tuesday. That figure would be a three-year high, the
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        Lock icon Minimum wage for Beijing workers
        71 4 UPI BEIJING China said yesterday that it has established a minimum wage for businesses in the capital region and plans to begin enforcing the salary level next month. The official Legal Daily said that from Dec I, companies in the Beijing region must pay workers
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        Lock icon HK annual pay up 11%
        62 4 Eastern Express HONGKONG Annual pay in Hongkong increased 11.1 per cent this year, about 0.5 per ccnt less than the rise in 1993. The Hongkong Institute of Personnel Management, which produced the figures, said the drop reflected a fall in the inflation rate from 8.6
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      Lock icon Chinese economy overheating, inflation expected to climb
      414 4 Bloomberg Business News Reuter BEIJING China's economy is overheating, with industrial output soaring and signs that inflation will rise further, figures released yesterday showed. Beijing has been trying to cool growth, but a Japanese economist said a tough deflationary policy was out of
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      Lock icon Charles scales new heights
      49 4 AFP HONGKONG Prince Charles of Britain climbing a bridge tower during his visit to the Tsing Ma Bridge construction site on Tuesday. The bridge is part of the US$2O3 billion (5529.8 billion) new Hongkong airport project which is scheduled to be completed by mid-1997. AFP
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      HK proposes tax, fee rise to curb car population
      315 4  -  From Lim Soon Neo THE Hongkong government has proposed higher tax and fees to check the colony's worsening traffic congestion, and may consider a Certificate of Entitlement scheme akin to Singapore's if the situation does not improve. Yesterday, it proposed a
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      Lock icon Hongkong office rents weaken as demand slows
      247 4 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG High-end office rents in Hongkong edged lower in October as demand slowed slightly and prices weakened in multi-owner buildings. But a Vigers Hong Kong spokesman said the latest Vigers Knight-Ridder Property Index indicates a pause in a healthy market rather than
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon US polls, Pyongyang accord won't affect ties with Seoul: Christopher
      482 5 AFP SEOUL US Secretary of State Warren Christopher yesterday reassured a wary South Korea that neither last month's Geneva accord with North Korea nor the outcome of the US elections would diminish Washington's commitment to Seoul. "Regardless of (Tuesday's) election
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      Lock icon False-alarm announcement from N Korea signals Kim Jong Il is the boss
      341 5 Reuter TOKYO An "important announcement" yesterday by North Korea briefly sent Asian currency markets into a spin all for the wrong reasons. But North Korean leader Kim Jong U's announcement that he had ordered a bridge and tunnel
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      High yen forces Oki to move making of printers to Thailand
      328 5  -  From Koichi Ishiyama in TOKYO IN LINE with moves by Japanese companies to transfer production to the region in the face of a strong yen, Oki Electric Industry Co announced yesterday that it would begin local production of light-emitting
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      Lock icon Japan to hold security dialogues
      88 5 AFP TOKYO Japan's Defence Agency plans to promote security dialogue with neighbouring China, Russia and South Korea. The Asahi Shimbun newspaper yesterday said the agency would resume top-level exchanges with China, suspended since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, and promote similar talks with
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      Lock icon Non-performing loans on the rise
      82 5 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Joint leasing ventures which Japanese banks and trading firms formed in China are saddled with a growing number of non-performing loans extended to Chinese state-run companies. The Nihon Keizai newspaper yesterday reported that China hosted 31 joint leasing ventures formed by
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      Lock icon Conference on petroleum in India
      51 5 Bernama NEW DELHI More than 600 delegates representing major petroleum-based organisations will attend a four-day international conference to be held here on Jan 9, next year, to discuss the competitive edge in petroleum technology. Petrotech '95 is organised by India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
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      Lock icon US-Japan trade imbalance
      100 5 Knight-Ridder NAGOYA Bank of Japan governor Yasushi Mieno yesterday said there were no quick measures to address the trade imbalance between the United States and Japan. Mr Mieno told business leaders that while excess savings were the main factor behind Japan's trade surplus, the US government's budget
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  • FOCUS
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      Oilfields show way for cooperation
      1354 6  -  China and Vietnam are close to striking a deal to jointly develop disputed oilfields in the South China Sea By Harish Mehta THE CHINESE thought they had presented Vietnam with a fait accompli. Without waiting to resolve a dispute with Vietnam over oilfields in the
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US high-tech employment hit 2.4m
      83 8 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Following a steady decline in the previous two years, electronics employment is climbing, according to the American Electronics Association. Employment at June 30 of about 2.4 million was at its highest level since February of this year, when employment was also
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      Lock icon E Europe may become grain exporter
      86 8 Reuter WASHINGTON Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union will go from chronic food importers to exporters of about 30 metric tons a year in the next 10 years if economic reforms are successful, according to a study released on Tuesday. The dramatic turnaround
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      Lock icon Russia's Gazprom get finance deal
      71 8 Reuter WASHINGTON The Export-Import Bank was to sign an agreement yesterday with Russia's Gazprom to provide the gas production and distribution company with up to US$75O million in financing to buy US exports, bank sources said. The memorandum of understanding that was to be signed
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      Lock icon Labour Party woos business foes
      53 8 Reuter LONDON Britain's opposition Labour Party on Tuesday made a strong pitch for the backing of its traditional foes, British business leaders, in a bid to capitalise on the deep unpopularity of the ruling Conservatives. Labour has in the past supported the interests of the
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      Lock icon Yeltsin names reformist as economy minister
      214 8 AFP MOSCOW Russian President Boris Yeltsin appointed Yevgeni Yassin, a close ally and experienced market reformer, as the new economy minister on Tuesday, the government press office said. Mr Yassin, who heads the centre for economic analysis, replaces reformer Alexander Shokhin, who resigned as
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      Lock icon Move towards single currency gathers pace as EU recovers
      506 8 AFP BRUSSELS The accelerating recovery of the European economy has helped create a momentum for the creation of a single currency before the end of the century that could soon become irresistible. "Within a year, perceptions of the question have been
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      Lock icon Showers of blessing for St Paul's
      77 8 Reuter LONDON A church official, looking very much like a modern-day Mary Poppins, examining the roof of St Paul's Cathedral yesterday. English Heritage has announced that it was offering 30 English cathedrals a total ofover £4 million (559.5 million) for urgent repairs. And St
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      Lock icon US Treasury nets US$400m from 3rd auction of airwaves
      556 8 Reuter WASHINGTON The US government wrapped up its third auction of the airwaves on Tuesday, raising nearly US$4OO million (SssB6 million) for the Treasury and attracting women and minorityowned firms to the emerging two-way paging market. The Federal Communications Commission said
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      Lock icon US electronics firms seek EU compensation for tariff rise
      354 9 Reuter BRUSSELS US electronics firms in Europe called on the European Union on Tuesday to compensate the industry for higher import tariffs facing new EU member states for imports of electronic equipment after joining the union. The American Electronics Association Europe
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      Lock icon Use of biotech advances can save many lives: WHO
      298 9 AFP GENEVA Deaths from infectious diseases could be reduced "dramatically" from the present yearly level of 12 million by the use of advanced biotechnology to produce new vaccines, scientists meeting here were told on Tuesday. The benefits of biotechnology,' such as
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      Lock icon Nato arms experts plan airborne battlefield surveillance system
      232 9 AFP BRUSSELS Nato arms procurement directors has recommended that the alliance acquire an airborne battlefield surveillance system to boost its peacekeeping operations, officials here said. The arms experts agreed on Tuesday to study systems being offered by four countries, choose one or
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      Lock icon World Bank loan may fund Russian oil spill clean-up
      325 9 Reuter WASHINGTON The World Bank on Tuesday approved a US$llO million (SSI6I million) loan to Russia, part of whieh may be used to elcan the massive oil spill in that country's remote Arctic region. a bank official said. The bank approved
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Norman, Price share lead in Hawaii
      88 10 AFP KAUAI, Hawaii Nick Price and Greg Norman both birdied the final hole to finish at two-under par 70 here on Tuesday and take a two-stroke lead in the million-dollar PGA Grand Slam of Golf. PGA Championship and British Open winner Price birdied three
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      Lock icon Important year for Becker
      143 10 Reuter BONN Boris Becker (right) has returned to top form in recent weeks because he has a belief that this year is more important to his tennis than all the grand slam tournaments put together, according to his American coach Nick Bollettieri. "This year has more
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      Lock icon Nominees for Basketball Hall of Fame
      114 10 AFP SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts National Basketball Association's all-time scoring leader, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, was among 11 Basketball Hall of Fame nominees named on Tuesday. AbdulJabbar, known as Lew Alcindor in his youth, led Milwaukee to the 1971 NBA crown and later guided the Los Angeles Lakers
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      Lock icon Foreman in for megabuck deals
      114 10 NYT NEW YORK George Foreman is on his way to earning mega-millions in endorsements if the early response to his reclaiming the heavyweight title is any indication. "We had 100 telephone inquiries by the time 1 came in on Monday morning and we've had a
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      Lock icon Formula One driver wants pay rise
      129 10 AFP LONDON Formula One driver Damon Hill is looking for more money in a renegotiation of his contract with his Williams bosses. The British driver, only a point behind world championship leader Michael Schumacher following his victory in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix, is still
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      Lock icon Weak Sampras defeats Belgian
      135 10 AP ANTWERP, Belgium Pete Sampras, fighting a throat infection, managed to beat local hero Johan Van Herck on Tuesday to advance in the US$l.l million (SSI.6 million) European Community Championship. In a first-set tiebreaker, Van Herck, ranked 157 th in the world, could not handle the
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      Lock icon Couples and Love aim for World Cup hattrick
      438 10 Golf Reuter SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico The American team of Fred Couples and Davis Love will try for a record third successive victory when the Heineken World Cup of golf starts today. Couples and Love teamed up to win the past two
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      Lock icon Quarterbacks of the future fail to stamp their mark
      462 10 AP NEW YORK The quarterbacks of the future are showing their stuff this season in the NFL. What they've shown is that they're still the quarterbacks of the future. That was never more evident than this week when Warren Moon, 37,
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      717 10 AFP LONDON The English Football Association has launched an urgent inquiry into newspaper claims that Bruce Grobbelaar, one of the most famous goalkeepers in England, took bribes to let in goals. The Sun newspaper claimed that the Zimbabwe
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      658 10 UPI NEW YORK When you're mired in a deep shooting slump, what's the best way to snap out of it? By cranking up three-pointers, of course. At least it worked for Joe Dumars on Tuesday night. Dumars tied an NBA record for three-pointers
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      59 10 HERMOSILLO, Mexico AMF World Cup after eight games Tuesday Women: I Cara Honeychurch (Aust) 3,446 pins 2 Anne Jacobs (SA) 3,292 3 Lucy Giovinco (US) 3,263 6 Bong Coo (Phi) 3,129 7 Grace Young (Sin) 3,099. Men: 1 Tore Torgerscn (Nor) 3,507 2 Mohamcd Khalifa (UAE) 3,436 3 Cheng-Ming
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      Tennis
      143 10 MOSCOW U551,125 million Kremlin Cup 2nd rd Tuesday: 3Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus) b Lars Rehmann (Ger) 3-6 6-2 6-1; 4Wayne Ferreira (SA) b Brad Gilbert (US) 6-4 6-4; Alexander Mronz (Ger) b Andrei Chesnokov (Rus) 6-4 6-7 7-5; Kari-Uwc Sicvh (Ger) b Karsten Braasch (Ger) 7-6 7-5; 7-Peter Korda (Cze)
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      Basketball
      190 10 NEW YORK NBA Tuesday: Detroit 126 Minnesota 112; NY 117 LA Lakers 113; Cleveland 98 Houston 100; Dallas 107 Denver 11S; Golden State 121 Miami 114. Standings (W L PCI GB) Eastern Conference, Atlantic Division: 1 Washington 2 0 1.000 2 NY 2 0 1.000 3 Orlando I I
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      Cricket
      30 10 CANBERRA The Prime Minister's XI beat England by two wickets in their 50-overs match on Wednesday. Scores; England 143 (46.3 overs); Prime Minister's XI 144 for eight (47.4 overs).
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon HK fends off Hollywood challenge
      605 13 South-east Asia is the reason why Hongkong film industry can pay for itself AFP TRY as it might, Hollywood has yet to bump Hongkong off the movie-mak-ing map when it comes to market share in South-east Asia, movie mogul Raymond Chow says. What's more, the
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      Lock icon Neeson's passionate hatred
      403 13 AP AP UPI UPI AP LOS ANGELES is a "fascist place", actor Liam Neeson says, where people ask you not to smoke and look askance at drinkers. The 41-year-old Northern Ireland-born actor says in the December issue of Vanity Fair magazine that he and wife, actress Natasha
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      Lock icon The house where Monroe lived
      79 13 Reuter LOS ANGELES Marilyn Monroe's four-bedroom house where her nude body was found 32 years ago has been sold and will be preserved in the way it was when America's favourite pin-up lived in it, a real estate agent said on Tuesday. Linda Berg of
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      Lock icon A study in abuse and violence
      635 13  -  Sara Henley reviews film-maker Peter Greenaway's first opera, Rosa: A Horse Drama Sara Henley Reuter BLOOD is present in most of this opera," raps black American singer Phyllis Blanford. "It comes in three colours." As her voice barks, slides and screams for attention, the
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      Lock icon Sotheby's eyes growing regional market for fine arts
      692 14  -  The deputy chairman of Sotheby's Holdings, Ralph Camoys, tells Shiv Taneja the importance of Asia in the arts world Shiv Taneja RALPH Thomas Campion Camoys looks every inch the banker he has been for the past 32 years. But in recent months,
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      1205 13 O, TV RADIO tr.i i? r I H LMks Could KIN. ■PI A high school dropout taken for a top-notch intelli- tW TJ gence agent natural mistake Wr and his life changes dramat- Wr ically. Richard Grieco, l.mda Hunt. Roger Rees and Rohin Bartlett star in this 1991 effort. Je
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      357 14 In tte matter of THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER SO and bi tie matter of ALBATROS ENOMEERMO PTE LTD INVOLUNTARY UOUDATION) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of Afcattoe Engineering Pte Lid duM convened and held M Bloc* 609 Yto Chu Kang Road, #03-07, Singapore 2078 on 1 November
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      525 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 PURSUANT TO SECTION 290(2)(b) and IN THE MATTER OF EASTERN UNITED TYPEWRITER PRIVATE LOTTED On Members' Voluntary Winding Up) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above named Company duly convened and held at 6001 Beach Road, #1201 12-11 Golden Mile
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
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        101 15 AP NEW YORK Those eye-catching window displays at fancy department stores are moving out of the window. A New York company. Dimensional Media Associates, has created a device that projects three-dimensional images sharply enough to be seen in daylight and without special glasses. It debuted
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        Lock icon British researchers test cancer vaccine
        94 15 Reuter LONDON British cancer researchers announced on Tuesday they were starting tests on a possible tailor-made cancer vaccine, using DNA from the patient programmed to stimulate the body into protecting itself. Scientists at the Cancer Research Campaign said they were the first to use DNA,
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        Lock icon WHO nod for super vaccine
        89 15 AP GENEVA The World Health Organisation has endorsed a new generation of "super vaccines" developed through genetic engineering, saying they could provide a dramatic new tool in the fight against infectious diseases. There has been a long-running debate over the ethics of genetic manipulation and
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      Lock icon GM offers electric car technology to China
      215 15 Reuter Reuter US CARMAKER General Motors said it has offered to bring its electric vehicle technology to China to help solve worsening air pollution problems. GM is actively looking for foreign partners and is willing to share its electric vehicle technology with China's
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      Lock icon Mapping of the human genome exposes a treacherous minefield
      450 15 Washington Post THE HUMAN genome is about to become the most incendiary scientific frontier since Charles Darwin's heretical insights burst upon Victorian England. The mapping of the genome a federally funded crash effort launched in the mid-80s to identify every human
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      Lock icon Video from your CD player
      776 15  -  A locally-developed video chip set could spell the end of the laser disc. Seamus Phan reports Seamus Phan The writer has been active in interactive multimedia since 1986 and is currently the managing consultant of a strategic management consulting firm JUST when we thought the
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      Lock icon When 'sudden' is a dirty word
      805 17 US manufacturers are fighting with their insurers over a word crucial to determining who will pay to clean up hazardous waste sites across the country Bloomberg Business News Lexicographer Noah Webster must be turning in his grave. Year after year, in state after state,
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      Drew & Napier sets up firm for intellectual property
      399 17  - Drew Napier sets up firm for intellectual property ATTHE MR By Conrad Raj THE LAW firm of Drew Napier has set up what is believed to be Singapore's first intellectual property registration company. Drewmarks, Patents Designs was recently set up with an authorised capital of 5100,000 to provide services relating
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      Gearing up Malaysia's banks
      519 18 AS IN many other countries, locally-owned banks in Malaysia have been pampered by the central bank for years. Bank Negara has refused to allow any more foreign banks into the country, while existing ones have not been able to expand their branch network. New banking licences
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      A great deal for Hongkong
      355 18 HONGKONG'S new airport at Chek Lap Kok is critical to its maintaining its position as a transport hub in East Asia. It will be the largest project in the territory to date. It will straddle the transfer of sovereignty from Britain to China in 1997.
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      Balloting is still fairer
      101 18 GOVERNMENT readiness to go back to the balloting system for the sale of new HDB units in mature estates, instead of the planned auction system, indicates that it is willing to listen to popular views. The announcement allays any fear that the prices of these flats
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      Pact signed but fight continues
      202 18 DESPITE the signing of the new Hongkong airport pact, China and Britain have yet to reach total agreement with each other. The pact is not indicative of a smooth handover of Hongkong. This is because Governor Chris Patten has not changed his attitude; he still
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      Journalism is not above the law
      97 18 THE BREAK-IN by two expat journalists during the weekend at Fanling Lodge, the governor's countryside retreat, in the name of expose journalism, reeks of the Kai Tak nullah. The excuse offered for this exercise in journalistic indiscretion was that it was intended to test
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      Serbs gamble too much
      104 18 AS MANY who have had their hearts, along with their minds, on the right side of the Bosnian war might have secretly prayed for, the Bosnian Serbs now look like they have gambled too much on their high-rolling winning streak. The gamble was the July peace
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      Be more daring and innovative
      180 18 MONOPOLIES rarely encourage a high quality of service or efficiency, and are even less likely to lead to innovation. The Hongkong Stock Exchange, for all its strengths, displays conservative characteristics that go beyond the requirements of prudence and caution, and the proposal that its monopoly
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      A good infrastructure play is hard to find
      1148 18  -  Louise Nameth finds funds reluctant to part with their cash because, although emerging-market projects look good in theory, they are risky up close Louise Nameth TO BRING a gleam to the global-minded investor's eye these days, you need say only two words:
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      89 17 Financial News |V|u9| A Quick Look At The I I Markets! I Call 24 hours a day for I SES KLSE midday reports, closing I I market reports and Cost: 30 cents a minute Organised by: An SPH AudioTex Service 4D HO CHI MINH CITY j f International Hotel A
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      362 17 Hot Air Balloon: "Jt 0 £H» Chronicles of Travel" takes you on a Hot Air Balloon Safari ■iisDißiniißßßniHniiiWDnoußM&iniifflDiu^ Imagine... azure African skies above you. The expansive environs below you. You are drinking in the wild, natural beauty of this great continent from a hot air balloon. Out of the corner
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      168 18 TIME The measurement of time is all around To flawlessly record the passage of time, us in nature. Each passing year is man has learnt to harness the precise vibrations marked by the changing seasons, a fresh of natural quartz crystals. Every Concord generation of flower blossoms, another ring timepiece
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      69 18 l UG HPvVe. LOT To TpMX TTVUONG Tt> F\ 1 £>£€. 60"JW ReßDlhlG SUfc&Wf DoU>M RMD OV-»T ON Pv PRR< MrQft 6fcX*tNN€W r is Doing Vour ReiVrpjiow no Good P*T fNLL...-YOO SHOULDN'T M»X U)»TH>/ /—>* TVtPvT SORT OF Peg SOU..-. I D»sBOt*€iE 0 AMOOATID NMWtffM LIB, IMMM &C>*_r DOONESBURY GARRY
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      Mid-term shocker for the Comeback Kid
      1326 19  -  The rest of Bill Clinton's presidency will be no party, with the Republicans controlling Congress. While Leon Hadar says Americans grew tired of waiting for a new New Deal, Eric Pelofsky and Christine Walton find out what the new head honchos in Congress will
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      Lock icon Watch Congress change the way it does business
      1285 19 Bloomberg Business News WITH Republicans set to take control of Congress for the first time since 1954, Americans can look for a strong legislative push to change the way they pay their taxes and the amount of benefits they receive from the
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      160 19 •>a: M ..4 "Jill h ji 1 M anygreat restaurants go to great lengths to bring you the finest cuisine. i 1 W" v iK. 4 Jacques Le Divellec goes to great depths. From Nov 9 to Nov 12 at Maxim's, Jacques Le Divellec will bring you exquisite culinary delights
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    Lock icon Republicans seize control of US Congress for 1st time since '50s
    591 20 AP AFP WASHINGTON Jubilant Republican leaders and the Ginton White House pledged yesterday to work together after the American people gave the nation a divided government, awarding Republicans total control of Congress for the first time since the *****.
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    Lock icon HK MTRC's plan to sell bonds to be in place before year-end
    278 20 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The Hongkong Monetary Authority, seeking to promote growth of the territory's debt market, said it will soon complete arrangements for Hongkong's largest debtor to sell bonds in a government-style programme. Mass Transit Railway Corp
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    Lock icon Russia says Iraq recognises Kuwait
    130 20 AFP MOSCOW Russia has said that Iraq had unconditionally recognised Kuwait as demanded by the United Nations, but the emirate and the United States said the reported move was not enough to lift UN sanctions. The Russian foreign ministry said visiting Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister
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    Lock icon America's business productivity up 2.7% in 3rd qtr
    306 20 AP Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The productivity of American businesses rose 2.7 per cent at an annual rate from July through September, reversing course after falling in the second quarter for the first time in 15 months. The Labour Department yesterday said
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    Lock icon Ex-Fed chief calls for rate hike of 125 basis points
    185 20 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK The Federal Reserve should hike US interest rates to levels consistent with market rates, former Federal Reserve governor Wayne Angell said on Tuesday. Interviewed on the financial cable network CNBC, Mr Angell said the Fed would likely
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    Lock icon Sri Lanka's ruling party supporters celebrate as vote counting begins
    345 20 AP COLOMBO Anticipating a victory, supporters of Prime Minister Chandrika Kumaratunga danced in the rain as voting ended yesterday in polls that will determine the course of peace talks with rebels. Mrs Kumaratunga, whose socialist People's Alliance won the parliamentary
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    Regional infrastructure costs: are the sums right?
    821 20  -  The Bottom Line ANTHONY ROWLEY ANTHONY ROWLEY The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent BANKERS are used to dealing in high finance but Citicorp chairman John Reed appeared to have taken off into the stratosphere or even taken leave of his senses, said some
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      333 20 I MARKETING Tomorrow in Business Times I Seminars on the Goods and Services Tax I Price WatertKKJse will be conducting two seminars to meet different needs arising from the new tax. 1. Exports and International Services This is a specialised area relevant to businesses that make zero-rated supplies of goods
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Morgan Stanley raises equity weightings for S'pore, M'sia
      565 21 Bloomberg Business News Reuter SINGAPORE Concerned about China's economic progress, Morgan Stanley Equity Research has recommended that clients investing in Asian stocks shift money away from Hongkong and put it in Singapore and Malaysia. The recommendations came as part of a reallocation
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      DBS Bank to buy 30% stake in Thai stockbroker
      461 21  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK DBS Bank, through subsidiary DBS Securities, is taking a 30 per cent stake in a stockbroking venture to be set up with Sri Dhana Finance and Securities. This is the Singapore banking group's second Thai
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      Kwek family rejects talk of succession struggle
      280 21 SINGAPORE Members of the Kwek family yesterday rejected talk of any succession struggle at the Hong Leong group following the death of its founder and patriarch Kwek Hong Png. They were responding in particular to a suggestion in a BT article yesterday that
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      Wanted for Thai brokers: foreign partners that share the same vision
      659 21  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Loh Hui Yin BANGKOK Teaming up with a foreign partner is very much in vogue in Thailand's stockbroking fraternity these days. Every other day, the local media carries reports of some Thai broker affixing its
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      ITE Electric gets SES approval for Sesdaq listing
      253 21  -  By Corinne Kerk SINGAPORE Electrical products wholesaler and distributor ITE Electric Company has obtained Stock Exchange of Singapore approval for a listing on Sesdaq. Sources say the company intends to raise about $5 million to $6 million from its initial public offer,
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      CSA ties up with Dow Jones to sell business info
      249 21  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Computer services firm CSA Holdings has tied up with US-based Dow Jones Co to venture into a new business selling databases and information. The business will be managed by the Information Services Division, a new unit
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    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        MARKET MOOD
        41 21 Firm 'Market Hood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled: Alliance. Barings. GK Goh. Morgan Grenfell. Nomura, Phillip. Smith New Court. W'l Can and SG Warburg.
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        HOT STOCK
        117 21  -  By Quak Hiang Whai Kim Eng Holdings has been picking up healthy volumes. Going by daily charts alone, the stock looks like an excellent short-term punt with daily RSI and stochastics near zero. The congestion in the last few sessions appears to suggest the stock has reached a
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          SPH to pay 20 cents dividend per share
          78 22 SINGAPORE Singapore Press Holdings announced yesterday it would pay a final dividend of 20 cents per share less 27 per cent tax for the year ended Aug 31. 1994. It added that its 'SPH A' shares will be merged under 'SPH' shares
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          3% dividend from Renong
          48 22 SINGAPORE Renong Bhd yesterday declared a final dividend of 3 per cent less 32 per cent tax for the year ended June 30, 1994. It added that its 'Renong Bhd A' shares will be merged under 'Renong Bhd' shares with effect from Nov 17.
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          Lock icon ASM unit to buy HK broking seat
          99 22 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's diversified group Amalgamated Steel Mills Bhd (ASM) said its wholly-owned units A-Com Holdings Ltd and A-Com Securities Ltd have proposed to buy a Hongkong stockbroking seat and a futures company. ASM said A-Com Securities has struck an agreement with
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          Lock icon B South buys Berjaya Group shares
          47 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Beijaya South Island Bhd said it had acquired 1.15 million ordinary shares in Beijaya Group Bhd in the open market on Oct 18 and 19 for M 54.790 million or an average of M 54.16 per share. Bernama
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          Lock icon B Singer ups stake in Cosway
          91 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Beijaya Singer Bhd has acquired another 11 per cent stake in Cosway (M) Sdn Bhd for M$ 13.75 million. A B Singer statement here said the 11 per cent stake or 330,000 Cosway shares were acquired from several shareholders. Prior to
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          Lock icon KKB Engrg at 86% premium on debut
          73 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR KKB Engineering Bhd fetched a premium of M 52.60, or 86 per cent above its offer price of Ms 3 on its debut on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Second Board yesterday. The counter began trading at M 55.60 and
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        Lock icon UMG will move into merchant, commercial banking after purchases
        375 22 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The UMG Group Bhd will be able to venture into merchant and commercial banking and also widen its finance related business once its proposed acquisition of a 70.10 per cent stake in Perdana Merchant Bankers Bhd and that
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        Lock icon Road Builder's bonus, rights issues get green light
        180 22 MBT Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Road Builder* (M) Holdings Bhd's proposed bonus and rights issues have been approved by the Securities Commission (SC). The SC also approved the company's proposed em-, ployee share option scheme. Road Builderi has proposed a three-for-five bonus issue
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        Pan-United takes 50% stake in $34m Shandong cement tie-up
        330 22  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Industrial group Pan-United Corp has taken a 50 per cent stake in a $34 million cement plant in Longkou city its second joint venture in Shandong province, China. Pan-United said yesterday its partner in the project
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        Renong associate eyeing Telekom stake
        345 22  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN conglomerate Renong yesterday denied rumours that it was eyeing an equity stake in utility giant Telekom but said its associate Time Engineering was interested. Renong was replying to a query from the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange after
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        Region's cash-rich groups vying for Philippines' Fort Bonifacio project
        339 22  -  From Al Labita MANILA January's bidding for Asia's biggest privatisation project is fast turning into a battle among the region's moneyed corporations. Indonesia's Salim Group has pledged to boost the "war chest" of a consortium led by its Manila flagship, Metro
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        Lock icon KLSE chief expects the rush for listings to continue
        370 22 Bernama AFP KUALA LUMPUR Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange executive chairman Nik Din Nik YusofT said yesterday the rush by companies wanting to be listed on the local bourse would continue for the next one or two years. This, he said, was
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        Inno-Pac to set up first Shakey's restaurant in China
        295 22 SINGAPORE Paper trading and food group Inno-Pacific Holdings Ltd is setting up its first joint-venture Shakey's restaurant in China early next year. Inno-Pac said yesterday that the restaurant will be in the fast-growing coastal city of Tianjin, near Beijing. The restaurant
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        Lock icon IOI expects plantations, property to remain main money-spinners
        244 22 Bernama KUALA t,UMPUK: Industrial Oxygei*. Inc Bhd, which sees ano&er strong year in 1995; expects plantations and properties to remain the main revenue generators in the current year. Chairman Ibrahim Abdul Rahman yesterday said that 101 was "very positive" about the outlook
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        HL Prop, Selprop team up for KL project
        224 22  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR HONG Leong Properties Bhd (HLP) is teaming up with Selangor Properties Bhd (Selprop) to undertake a major property development project at a prime location in Kuala Lumpur. HLP, formerly called Bedford Bhd, is the property
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        162 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Lingui Developments Bhd, the plantations, properties and quarries, manufacturing and financial services group, expects earnings from current businesses to be good. Chairman Chan Hua Eng yesterday said the group's property development project in Miri, Sarawak, was expected to
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        Lock icon Siemens net gain steady at 1.99b marks
        78 24 Bloomberg Business News MUNICH Siemens AG, the German electronics and engineering giant, said one-time gains kept net profit in fiscal 1994 steady at 1.99 billion deutschemarks (S$ 1.91 billion) compared with 1.98 billion last year. Siemens said net profit from ordinary operations, excluding
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        Lock icon Microsoft gets chief operating officer
        60 24 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Microsoft Corp has named Robert Herbold, a senior vice-president at Procter Gamble Co, as executive vice-president and chief operating officer, filling a role that chairman Bill Gates held himself. Microsoft has never had a chief operating officer before, as Mr Gates
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        Lock icon Returns from China plant for Hopewell
        56 24 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Consolidated Electric Power Asia (Cepa) and its parent company, Hopewell Holdings, may be looking at extra profit of about US$4OO million (SssB4 million) over the next two years, as its Guangzhou power plant prepares for an early launch, the Asian
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        Lock icon China Resources sells stake in brewery
        46 24 Reuter HONGKONG China Resources Enteiprise Ltd yesterday said it had agreed to sell 49 per cent of its wholly owned CRE Beverage Ltd to Westgate Worldwide Inc, a unit of Westgate South African Breweries Ltd, for an undisclosed sum. Reuter
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        Lock icon Lotus, HP to combine expertise
        52 24 Bloomberg Business News CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts Lotus Development Corp and Hewlett-Packard Corp yesterday said they will jointly develop and market electronic-messaging products. Under the agreement, both companies will combine their expertise in messaging, group ware, and network management including worldwide sales, marketing, consulting and systems integration.
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        S'pore move will not reduce stock liquidity, says Jardine
        194 24 HONGKONG There will be no reduction in the liquidity of Jardine Matheson stock, or analysis of its activities, the company said on Tuesday, following a report that a survey by the company in Hongkong showed analysts and fund managers were unhappy
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        Lock icon Film, broadcasting gains boost News Corp 1st qtr profit by 23%
        390 24 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Global media giant News Corp yesterday said net profit in the first quarter rose 23.5 per cent, largely on gains from satellite broadcaster BSkyß and from films. Newspaper earnings slumped. Net profit after one-time items
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        Oei Hong Leong to buy 10pc of HK-listed Ming Pao Enterprise
        307 24  -  From Lim Soon Neo SINGAPOREAN Oei Hong Leong, chairman and chief executive officer of China Strategic Investment Ltd (CSI), is acquiring 10 per cent of Hongkong-listed Ming Pao Enterprise, the publisher of the prestigious Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao Daily.
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        50 24 Reuter NEW YORK Motorola Rise general manager Less Cruddel (left) with IBM Power PC general manager Nbuo Mii (centre) and Apple Personal Computers general manager lan Diery after a New York press conference on Monday where they announced a joint personal computer platform called the PowerPC. Reuter
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        159 24 Reuter SHANGHAI Chinese authorities support mergers and acquisitions of companies but better rules must be put in place to protect small investors. "The attitude of the China Securities Regulatory Commission is, on the one hand, to encourage positive, healthy and effective mergers and acquisitions," the Shanghai
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        Lock icon Cable & Wireless' 1st half profit up 11%
        161 24 Cable Wireless' 1st half profit up 11% Bloomberg Business News LONDON Cable Wireless pic, the London-based international telecommunications company, yesterday reported an 11 per cent increase in pre-tax profit for the first half ended Sep 30. Profit before tax rose to £567 million (SSI.3 billion), at the top end of
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        Lock icon Bank Bumiputra confident of 20% rise in pre-tax profit
        408 26 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Bank Bumiputra (Malaysia) Bhd is confident of achieving 20 per cent increase in its group pretax profit for the year ending March 31, 1995, from the previous year's profit of Ms4so million (***** million). "This is based on
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        Thai securities firm signs US$30m syndicated loan deal
        219 26 SINGAPORE Thailand's largest securities firm. Securities One Co Ltd, yesterday signed a syndicated loan deal here to tap US$3O million ($44 million) from Singapore's offshore market and other capital markets in Asia and Europe. The deal is in the form of a
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        Lock icon German banks face new onslaught on their power over industry
        463 26 Reuter FRANKFURT German banks, still reeling from a year of negative press, now face a new onslaught on the controversial influence they wield over the nation's industry from government plans to curb their powers. Details are sketchy, but the three
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        Lock icon 8 more banks get Thai underwriting licences
        231 26 Reuter BANGKOK The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it would license seven Thai financial institutions and one foreign bank representative office to underwrite and trade debt instruments as part of its policy of expanding the business to banks and finance companies. The
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          Lock icon Bank Negara may have lent funds: dealers
          53 26 Knight-Ridder SINGAPORE Bank Negara might have lent overnight funds yesterday afternoon to prevent further rises in interest rates, dealers in Kuala Lumpur said. They said lending by Malayan Banking in the overnight market at 5.3 per cent might have been on behalf of
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          Lock icon Goldman Sachs (Asia) chief to quit: report
          84 26 Reuter HONGKONG The chairman of Goldman Sachs (Asia), Moses Tsang, is to step down, the South China Morning Post reported. The company said his resignation was not linked to rumours of a major staff reduction in Hongkong or a recent decision to postpone
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          64 26 AP BEIJING To reassure savers worried about inflation, the People's Bank of China has announced an 8.79 per cent annual subsidy rate for long-term Chinese saving deposits due in December. The Economic Daily reported yesterday the People's Bank of China announced in October an annual
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          Lock icon Alliance Capital plans India fund
          70 26 Bloomberg Business News BOMBAY New York-based Alliance Capital Management, one of the largest fund managers in the world, obtained government approval to set up an asset management company in India, which will soon introduce an open-end mutual fund, the Times of India reported. The company,
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          Lock icon International credit card for India
          64 26 Bloomberg Business News NEW DELHI Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd said it is introducing an international credit card for Indian business travellers in collaboration with Master Card International and Thomas Cook. It will be the first international credit card available locally to Indian business
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        Lock icon Cheaper Asian crudes find favour with Singapore refiners
        347 26 Reuter SINGAPORE Refiners in Singapore, enjoying improved refining margins compared with weak second and third quarter margins, now favour cheaper low sulphur "sweet" Asian crudes over high sulphur Mideast crudes. "There are a lot of light sweet crudes around, keeping prices low,
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        Lock icon Thai rating agency puts 'alert' on General Finance
        160 26 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK The Thai Rating and Information Services (TRIS) has placed its credit rating of General Finance Securities pic on "alert" because the investment bank and brokerage wants to take over two ailing finance companies. "These developments indicate the ratings
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        Lock icon Oil rally looks to cold winter for support
        321 26 ENERGY REPORT Reuter LONDON Rallying oil prices may have a little further to go but a sustained increase hinges on a bout of harsh weather in the US and Europe, oil analysts say. Crude last week rose to an 11-week high despite
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        186 26 Reuter The dollar, already two pfennigs higher, was still rising late in the European session after the overwhelming Republican victory in Tuesday's US elections. "It's another reflection of the fact there is an inherent predisposition in the financial markets towards the right wing," said a currency analyst. He said
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        98 26 AFP NEW YORK The dollar rose in early trading here yesterday after the Republicans took control of the US Congress for the first time in 40 years in Tuesday's election. At 1430 GMT, the dollar was trading at 1.5280 marks, up from 1.5083 at Tuesday's close and at
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        Lock icon Taiwan permits three banks to open branches in S-E Asia
        170 26 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's finance ministry has given its three state-run commercial banks the go-ahead to open branches or representative offices in Southeast Asia in a boost for the government's "southbound" investment policy, a ministry statement said. Hua Nan Bank has
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        Lock icon JGBs, Euroyen sag as dollar firms up
        1297 27 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Japanese government bonds (JOB) and Euroyen futures ended weaker on afternoon selling after the dollar strengthened on news of the US election results, and the Japanese stock market posted sharp falls. Many players had been sidelined during the
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        Gold closes at day's high in HK
        684 27 COMMODITY REPORTS Gold HONGKONG: Gold rose to close at the day's high on physical demand and speculative buying, extending New York's overnight rise, dealers said. Gold ended at U*****.60/ U*****.10 an ounce, up from New York's USS3B3.6Q/384.10 close and the local opening of
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          Japan aluminium producers to up prices
          98 27 TOKYO Japan's major producers of fabricated aluminium products, faced with a growing backlog of orders, will hike their prices by 10-15 per cent from December to reflect higher costs of aluminium ingot. Kobe Steel has decided to increase prices of rolled sheet and other
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          Raw sugar to cost more
          70 27 SINGAPORE The world sugar market looks set to face another bullish year in 1995, with the spot raw New York contract probably rising as high as 16 US cents (23 Singapore cents) per pound and staying within a range of 13 cents to 16 cents,
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          Korean firm faces 20% zinc shortfall
          107 27 SEOUL Korea Zinc Co of South Korea faces a 20 per cent shortfall in its lead concentrate needs for 1995. Korea Zinc has secured 120,000 tonnes of lead concentrates, or 80 per cent, of its needs for next year. The company is covered on
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          Brazil denies plan to tax coffee exports
          74 27 BRASILIA Brazil is not considering any plan that would slap an export tax on coffee, a Coffee Department official said yesterday. "We are aware markets are reacting to ideas hat Brazil might tax coffee exports," he said. 'There are no such plans. Such
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1402 27 Rubber Nov 9 Singapore Commodity Exchange Physical Prices (futures dosing as at 5.30p«) Buyers Sellers As at 12 noon (S cents/kg) RSS I Contract (S cents/kg) r v um PJ—r RSS 2 Dcc 94 191.00 I92 00N Month High Low s£ inRSS 3 Dcc 94 190.00 I9I.OON RSS
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        Australia
        1122 28 15.3 REPUBLICAN inroads in US congressional elections and a stronger Wall Street inspired stocks to rally yesterday. The key All Ordinaries Index ended at 1,982.6 points, up 15.3. The All Industrials rose 21.8 to 2,826.5, and the All Resources climbed 10.4 to 1,355.4. Turnover was 148.1 million shares worth
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        Manila
        664 28 +5.83 Share prices were up slightly yesterday on bargain-hunting, with some foreign investor interest shoring up the index after a two-day battering from the strengthening peso. The PSE Composite Index rose 5.83 points to 3,012.34, with property scrips the focus of attention. Turnover was 1.3 billion shares valued at
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        Taipei
        582 28 101.79 Stocks closed higher on improved market sentiment with eight major categories of shares posting gains, led by electricals. The 393-issue Weighted Price Index gained 101.79 points to finish at 6,449.99. Transactions increased with 955 million shares worth NT541.14 billion changing hands, compared with the previous session's 738 million
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        Seoul
        464 28 -0.36 Share prices inched down marginally yesterday, despite an upsurge in preferred stocks boosted by new government measures. The Composite Price Index slipped 0.36 of a point to close at 1,138.39 points after moving in a choppy and narrow range, with 57 million shares worth 1.22 trillion won changing
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        New Zealand
        283 28 -10.47 Shares declined for the fourth successive day as investors focused on the likelihood US interest rates will rise, a move sure to trigger higher rates here, traders said. Forester Carter Holt Harvey led the market lower. "A few of the leaders have given up recent gains on
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        Bombay
        78 28 -96.32 Stocks fell for a second day yesterday as investors lowered offers on stocks to avoid paying the full price for them after the current three-week settlement period comes to an end today. Some investors take advantage of the settlement system by buying stocks on margin early in the
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        Zurich
        262 28 +46.5 Swiss stocks surged, led by drug shares, after the dollar and US Treasury bonds rallied in the aftermath of the Republicans' victory in Congressional elections. The SMI Index closed 46.5 points higher at 2,590.4. All but two of the index's 23 stocks advanced. The broader SPI Index rose
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        Milan
        162 28 182 Italian stocks posted their biggest single-day gains since Oct 28, tracking gains in other European markets, after of the Republican party's victory in US mid-term Congressional elections. Markets across Europe climbed reflecting gains in the US bond market, where yields fell to their lowest in two weeks, on
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        Amsterdam
        254 28 +3.85 Dutch stocks climbed to an eight-week high as a rising dollar brightened hopes for higher earnings. A strong dollar boosts the earnings of companies that do business in the US when they translate US earnings back into guilder. The EOE Index of 25 most traded shares rose 3.85
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        Stockholm
        124 28 +22.47 Lower debt market yields and strong foreign bourses lifted Swedish shares higher. Activity slowed as many investors are cautious ahead of Sunday's EU membership referendum. "Falling debt rates, rising foreign bourses and a stronger dollar these major topics were in focus," a broker said, adding the EU vote
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        London
        675 28 -1-35.8 SHARES leapt as Republican success in US elections boosted drug stocks and sent the dollar surging. The FT-SE 100 Index rose 35.8 points to 3,099.6, snapping six days of declines in which the Index fell 80 points. Gainers outnumbered decliners by six to one. Trading was an active
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        Paris
        155 28 +22.32 French stocks rose for a second day as the dollar strengthened in the aftermath of the Republican victory in Tuesday's congressional elections. The CAC-40 Index closed 22.32 points higher at 1943.86, led by Elf Aquitaine, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and Axa. The Republican Party's success in the
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        Frankfurt
        175 28 +37.29 German shares closed off the day's highs but managed to hold on to most of day's gains in quiet trade. A firm Wall Street opening is supporting the market, dealers said. The futures market continued to dominate trade. The DAX Index closed at 2,093.65, up 37.29 points on
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        Brussels
        156 28 10.71 Belgian stocks gained, tracking a rise in US stocks and the dollar, after the Republican Party, generally seen as better for business, registered strong gains in midterm US elections. The Bei-20 Index of leading stocks closed up 10.71 points at 1,388.33. Analysts said the rally yesterday was unlikely
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        Johannesburg
        290 28 +22 South African shares drifted off highs as gold price fell, dealers said, although industrials remained supported by firmer world markets. Dealers said volumes had been boosted by large deals in selected stocks. The Overall Index 39 ended points better at 5,844, the Industrial Index was 22 up at
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        Toronto
        252 28 14.84 Stocks rose early, nipping at the heels of rallying Wall Street shares which surged after a strong Republican mid-term election showing. "It's euphoria after (US President Bill) Clinton's drubbing," one trader said. "We're getting carried by the US rally but I don't see a lot of fundamental strength
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        735 28 15.14 The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which climbed 21.87 points on Tuesday, was ahead 15.14 points to 3,845.88 at 11am EST. The key barometer was ahead 37.34 points shortly after the market opened. The NYSE Composite Index was ahead 0.96 to 256.24, while Standard Poors 500-stock index was
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        673 28 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer Mim Cap Deposit J* 6400 38 6500 Mim Jersey GiN 0 1893 0 I 992 Mim Mas Income 0 9000 0 9400 I S$ Cash Income Plus Fund 9 5800 10 0900 PS Reserve Fund 5.3300 5 >400 Sterling Kquit) Euro Performance 0 4592
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      2886 29 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks were little changed yesterday on low volume amid expectations that US and Hongkong interest rates will soon rise. "Investors are waiting to see what happened with interest rates nobody wants to act ahead of that," said a trader. The Hang Seng Index was down
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      573 29 CLSA H SHARES recovered some ground yesterday, gaining 9.76 points to close at 1,461.92 on turnover of HK.566.6 million. Kunming was the worst performer of the day, falling 1.6 per cent on turnover of HK$3OO,OOO. The Shanghai B Index shed 17.48 points to 841.00 on turnover of US$3.O million.
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      2497 29 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks tumbled to their lowest levels in more than seven months amid concerns the dollar will continue to fall, eroding profits at Japanese exporters. Those concerns were aggravated by congressional elections in the US, which sent the dollar into its most recent tumble. Traders fear
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      1710 29 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks rose on bargain hunting yesterday afternoon after continued anxiety over a Federal Reserve meeting scheduled for Nov 15 sent the index below 1,485 in morning trade. The index closed up 0.92 point at 1,496.53, with just 5.4 million baht worth of shares changing hands. Banking and
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      1094 29 Reuter JAKARTA Stocks ended lower at the close in sluggish trade as major players stepped aside on a lack or market-moving news. Brokers said market sentiment was weak as local players eyed more promising capital gains in upcoming new issues. "A rebound for Indosat failed to boost market sentiment,"
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2323 30 MBf Capital 3.073,000 KL Industries 2,378,000 Idris Hyd 50c 2,293,000 Promet 1,582,000 Mulpha Intl 50c 1.414,000 Peg) Msta 1.344,000 Sime Darby 50c 1.240.000 FACB 50c 1.139.000 Kulim (M) Wt99 1.018.000 Sateras Res 987.000 AMDB 50c 958.000 Faber Group 919.000 lad Oxygen Wt95 852.000 KL Industries 6,032.760 Idrts Hyd
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        Lock icon Tenaga's earnings blamed for third day of falls
        5596 30 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks fell for a third day after disappointing results led investors to lower offers on Tcnaga Nasional. But analysts said further declines in Tcnaga will be limited sincc it has fallen to levels in line with earnings.
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        7907 31 Gr Gr M Wl 1994 Last Vol Day Last QhK Di» Di. YM Mm C m A»g Hick U- Company Sate (100) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E Vail I Price INDUSTRIAL AND CflfWMEBCIAL 720* 417.5* ml s Aetna MX 530 unch 160 550 525 525 5J0 8 8 4.7
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        Lock icon Shares surge as Morgan Stanley raises weighting
        1851 32  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The rebound in Singapore stocks that began late Tuesday continued yesterday, following slight overnight firming on Wall Street and news that Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd had upgraded its holding of Singapore stocks in its model Asia Pacific portfolio. In
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      595 24 EASTWOOD PARK PHASE 1 /"rfpH v I The URA presents e much anticipated sale of land parcels at Eastwood Park for the development of landed residential housing and apartments. Located at the corner of Bedok Road and I I Ja,an Gre i a > the site comprises two phases. Eastwood
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      1246 25 The Urban Redevelopment Authority is offering for sale 9 land parcels for residential development and 3 parcels of unrestored conservation shophouses on 99-year lease. The sale of the residential land parcels for landed and condominium development is part of the government's planned release of LIVING residential land for development. The
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      Tanker Pacific wins quality certification from UK body
      468 33  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE Locally based Tanker Pacific Management has received quality and safety management certification by Britain's BMT Quality Accreditation Society. And the speed with which it was able to obtain certification has raised eyebrows in the industry. Tanker Pacific completed
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      Singaport show gets accreditation status
      256 33 SINGAPORE The regional maritime show Singaport, organised by the Port of Singapore Authority, has been given accreditation status by the Union Des Foires International (UFI). The UFl's endorsement is based on Singaport's track record in terms of quality, size and international participation. The chairman of
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      743 33 Page Col Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahlers Lines 13 5 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 4/5 •Appenship 4 4/5 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL 5 5 Astro Shpg 8 4 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 •Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 •Bank Line, The 9
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      Klang West Port welcomes first customer
      88 33 SINGAPORE The KJang West Port, which is under construction, served its first customer last week. The Greek vessel Zetto unloaded its cargo of steel plates and coils at the port after arriving last Thursday. The port has just completed three 200 metre general cargo/container
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      NOL's Aussie unit goes paperless
      119 33 SINGAPORE Neptune Orient Lines' Australian subsidiary Austrident Shipping Agency has gone paperless for all import documentation. It is using the Australian Sea Cargo Automation System developed by the Australian Customs Service for electronic submission of documents. Customs started a trial programme in April in which
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      Lock icon New Zealand farmers hail new coastal shipping law
      296 33 Reuter WELLINGTON New Zealand farmers yesterday welcomed a decision by padiament to pass a law allowing foreign ships operating in New Zealand waters to carry domestic cargo on coastal routes. The government forced the controversial Maritime Transport Bill through parliament on Tuesday
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1819 34 RATES for capesize tonnage remained very firm while levels eased again for Panamax tonnage, brokers said. Most capesize rates on the Baltic Freight Index have risen or remained unchanged while the Panamax routes have registered a drop. The Index on Tuesday stood at 1,835, down 6 points. Simpson,
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12660 42 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      908 48 Simpson Spence Young THE dry bulk market continues to dominate the scene with serious interest for most types, but in particular for the larger sizes, panamax bulkers again featured with the 1981 built Valdivia being reported sold to Noble in Hong Kong at about U5512.35 million and the
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        904 49 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      1054 50 Dutch banking giant ING aims to become one of the leading ship bankers in the world Lloyd's List Magazine Focus INTERNATIONALE Nederlanden Groep (ING), the Dutch banking to insurance giant, is not only a busy and powerful force in the bancassurance arena, but also boasts
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      736 51 Satellite-based navigation systems are guiding cars through Japan's urban mazes Reuter MOTORISTS navigating their way through Japan's web-like cities and nameless streets are looking beyond the sky to get round the next corner. Introduced four years ago as a novelty, navigation systems that use satellites
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        432 52 Reuter GENEVA World airlines recorded a strong surge in passenger and freight traffic on international operations in the first nine months of 1994, their coordinating body lata said on Tuesday. The International Air Transport Association said passenger traffic was up for its 224
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        289 52 AFP SALONIKA, Greece Police on Tuesday arrested a hijacker who had forced an airliner to land at this northern Greek town and then freed the passengers and crew while television cameras rolled. The 69 passengers and a crew of eight on the Olympic Airways flight
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        423 52 Reuter WELLINGTON An Austra-lia-New Zealand aviation deal, shot down by Australia, has not been blown out of the skies yet, Air New Zealand Ltd said here yesterday. "It's no time to throw in the towel," Air NZ spokesman David Beatson
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        264 52  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE The local office of TNT Express Worldwide has been awarded ISO 9002 (1994) certification by London-based Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance. "The development of more effective staff training methods and the improvement of internal communications were among the the key elements
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        336 52 NYT NEW YORK Federal Express Corp, which built its reputation by promising timely delivery of packages, stumbled on its pledge on Tuesday when a computer glitch interrupted pickup services for some of its customers. For most of the day, the glitch forced the company,
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        91 52 Reuter SHANGHAI Inchcape has opened a US$5 million (557.3 million) joint-venture vehicle servicing plant in Shanghai, a company statement said on Tuesday. Built on a 13,000 sq km site, the Shanghai Valian Automobile Maintenance Co has vehicle testing equipment and body repair facilities. It is
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        95 52 AP LONDON Operators of the Channel Tunnel between England and France said on Tuesday that they have received permission to transport freight trucks seven days a week. Until now, the services had stopped each weekend from Saturday morning to Sunday evening while Eurotunnel performed
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        81 52 Bloomberg Business News AMSTERDAM Some 17.5 million passengers flew in and out of Schiphol Airport during the first nine months of this year an 11 per cent increase from a year ago while freight traffic increased 7.6 per cent to 597,216 tonnes. Between January and September,
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        64 52 AFP STOCKHOLM Three hundred engineers of Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) based here began a three-day strike from midnight on Tuesday, forcing a number of flights to be grounded, a company spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said many Swedish internal flights were affected yesterday, as well
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        64 52 Reuter SALT LAKE CITY Southwest Airlines said it will extend its fare sale through Nov 22. The sale offers one-day advance purchase fares of at least 50 per cent lower than regular prices. The company said the one-week extension is for travel completed by March
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        267 52 Reuter DETROIT Detroit's Big Three car manufacturers said on Tuesday they reached agreements to sell a total of 2,100 minivans to the Chinese government. In separate announcements. General Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co and Chrysler Corp said the purchase was made by
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      506 36 jesg It S pore P.Ketang Loading for "£L TAN 12/11 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantes H WORLD ARGONAUT 9/1112/11 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantes BALA BAN 1 20/11 25/11 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantes 'Loads E./W. Malaysia. Indonesia k Loading for V *ISER Dubai/Bahrain/Damman/Kuwait I NK ALKAVAN Jeddah/Aqaba H ds Singapore. E./W. Malaysia. Indonesia I Loading for V STAR MAN Los Angeles/New
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      1371 37 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD ■g|o WiA 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Td: *****88 SI*AITS mm *23E Muva. Lab 10-11 Nw 12 Nw 13 Nm FC I. LCL CONTAJNCR AMD BREAK Bill K SERVICE TO PAPUA NEW OUMIA C J MAGA 111-30 WMI kkura. Lab. KK 12-14
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      2159 37 Aflt QI fipyC P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd 10 Hoc hiang Koad. #07-01 Keppel Towers. Singapore 0208 First Class Connexions WORLDWIDE a 5 4 PNOCS|, F 2 27 222 7517 t t vov -PNO 'KO SM SOU AWT NOT NAM OOT M LEH vtIKL VOY ZEE OOT HOT NAM
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      803 39 A MULTILINE SHIPPING PTE LTD ■f (a member of SMSOV Group) CR NO: **********0 C ENQUIRIES: *****33 BOOKINGS: *****64, *****51, *****31, *****13 BALTIC: INWARD *****97 OUTWARD *****10 T/S *****10 A BLASCO: INWARD *****65 OUTWARD *****28 T/S *****46 FESCO: BOOKINGS *****99/*****01 DOC *****07 MARINE INSURANCE: *****87 INVENTORY: *****59 AGENTS: KL: 03-*****88
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      371 51 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO t HEAVY LIFTS HmHIMD VESSELS vessel msr n me kk mm *t ORAME MOON S7 12/11 18/11 (RRR)APPIAUSE 13 12/11 u/ll MOHMA MMUTIW 2 14/11 14/11 ÜBHUH 34 14/11 11/11 Wll COSMC MASTER 2» 17/11 OKXTUU 3 11/U 21/11 OCEAN BLUE 7 27/U
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      652 51 ry I_ J I VESSEL I VOY SW ETA/P LAX |OAK I Ctt DAL I MEM/COL IHOU NYC NOR ALLIGATOR PRBE SSA 10/11 /11/ll 27/11 20/11 30/11 01/12 01/12 02/12 02/12 >3/12 IBRY HUDSON BRPGE 79A 17/11 /18/11 04/12 OS/12 07/12 01/12 01/12 00/12 00/12 10/12 ALLIGATOR VICTORY 57A 24/11/25/11
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      298 51 TODAY'S TIDES (height in metres) HOUR 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 MOO 0600 0700 0400 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 IWO 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 II 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.6 2.0 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.3
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