The Business Times, 17 January 1995

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    13 1 BUSINESS TIMES WE KMOW ASIA MITA(P) 194/12/94 Tuesday January 17 1995 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow up 20.8 points
      54 1 Reuter NEW YORK Blue-chip stocks gained ground yesterday, following through on Friday's strong rally. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 20.86 points to 3,929.32 at 1 pm EST. In the broader market, advancing issues beat declines 13-7 on moderate trading of more than 178 million
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      Lock icon Lloyd's compensation payout
      41 1 Reuter LONDON Compensation won in the courts for losses incurred by backers, known as Names, of Lloyd's of London insurance market will be paid on a "first come, first served" basis, a High Court judge ruled yesterday. Reuter
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    160 1 Stock market indices Monday Change STII 2107.39 +26.66 KLSEComp 910.75 +12.25 Nikkei Hang Seng 7,504.24 +251.90 SET Index 1,252.64 +4.05 Jakarta Comp 447.30 +5.43 CLSA China B 844.50 -0.03 Aust All Ord 1879.1 +20.3 FTSE 100 3,076.7 28.4 Monday Previous lpm EST dose Dow Jones 3,929.32 3,908.46 Average
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    M'sia decides to keep Malayan Railway station at Tg Pagar
    693 1  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA has decided that Malayan Railway (KTM) will stay put at Tanjong Pagar instead of shifting its station to Bukit Timah as proposed under a 1990 memorandum of understanding. A move from its
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    Bangalore seeks foreign partners for $2b elevated light rail network
    325 1  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE Bangalore has become the second Indian city seeking foreign participation in an elevated light rail transit (LRT) system aimed at enhancing public transport. An advertisement inviting joint venture partners for the ambitious $2 billion project
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    Govt spells out measures to curb abuse of vehicle quota system
    556 1  -  February COEs plunge in most categories By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Even as February prices of Certificates of Entitlement to own cars fell for the second month, the government has introduced interim measures to prevent the misuse of the vehicle
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    Lock icon Asian markets rise as peso crisis eases
    393 1  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Asian stocks rebounded yesterday as the Mexican financial crisis and fears of an imminent increase in US interest rates receded. But caution prevailed in most markets as the Japanese bourse and US bond markets were closed for holidays
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    Indonesia raises key rates to defend rupiah
    313 1 JAKARTA Indonesia's central bank raised key discount rates yesterday to boost the rupiah in fresh action after last week's major market intervention. "We have raised the interest rates of SBPUs (short-term securities) for all maturities by half a percentage point," an official said.
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    Central banks' action boosts regional currencies
    378 1  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Regional currencies ended firmer against the US dollar yesterday as some central banks continued to intervene in the market. Dealers reported that authorities in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Hongkong continue to support their currency yesterday, but trading was less
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Slight fall seen in coming bonuses
        279 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming EXECUTIVES are likely to receive smaller bonuses this year, says a survey by the Singapore National Employers' Federation. Their median variable bonuses are expected to slip from 1994's 1.5-2 months' pay to 1.5-1.8 month's pay, while the annual wage supplement
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      Sicom seeks 50 private traders for coffee futures contract
      339 2  -  By Paul Leo THE Singapore Commodity Exchange (Sicom) is likely to recruit 50 "locals" or private individuals as traders on their own account for a coffee futures contract to be launched next month. "We need to encourage a core group (of
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      Hydro-processing plant well ahead of schedule, says Esso
      199 2 WORK on Esso Singapore's $380 million hydro-processing plant on the island of Pulau Aver Chawan is well ahead of schedule. A key structure was installed yesterday, taking the plant more than half-way to completion. The proposed 15.000 barrels per day processor will
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      Lock icon Vital to ensure admin structures remain intact after 1997: HK civil service head
      338 2  -  Interview with Anson Chan Reports by Ven Sreenivasan WHOEVER heads the Hongkong civil service after 1997 will still have to grapple with meeting the rising aspirations of an increasingly affluent and articulate populace. So it is critical
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      ERA caps 1994 with a strong 45% jump in sales to $1.6b
      264 2 LOCAL real estate firm ERA Realty Network chalked up 1.6 billion in sales last year a 45 per cent rise despite a slowdown in the resale market in the fourth quarter. The number of transactions done by its
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        President Ong visits SAF unit
        94 2 PRESIDENT Ong Teng Cheong yesterday made his second visit to a Singapore Armed Forces unit since his election as president. At the Pasir Laba Camp, he inspected a Camp Quarter Guard mounted by men from the Headquarters Infantry. Mr Ong was received by the Minister
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        Uncut Lunar New Year banknotes
        107 2 THE Board of Commissioners of Currency have issued an uncut Singapore banknote set for release to usher in the Lunar New Year of the Boar. Dubbed the "Prosperity Hong Bao", each set will contain a two-note sheet of uncut, purple $2 notes from the current
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        Corrections & Clarifications
        116 2 Corrections Clarifications OUR report yesterday, headlined "Chee Hean is new face in committee", said that Teo Chee Hean and Aline Wong, who were co-opted to the Central Executive Committee, obtained the 13th and 14th highest number of votes. It was clarified yesterday that they were 13th and 14th in the
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      Jardines' pullout not reflective of general HK business mood
      267 2 THE Jardine group's decision to pull its business headquarters out of Hongkong is not representative of the general mood of businesses in the colony. The colony's Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan, insisted that business confidence in Hongkong remained high despite the
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      NTUC saved workers $9m in GST: Boon Heng
      167 2 THE labour movement saved workers $9 million last year by absorbing the Goods and Services Tax which came into effect on April 1, says NTUC chief Lim Boon Heng. Labour's retail co-operative, NTUC Fair Pice, was responsible for most of the savings,
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      Telecom unit launches hands-free kit drive for car handphone users
      182 2 SINGAPORE Telecom's mobile phone subsidiary MobileLink has launched a monthlong campaign to promote safe driving among handphone users. Mobile Link will run print advertisements to persuade handphone owners to install hands-free kits in their vehicles, so they can keep both
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      ROV changes number plate tenders to weekly basis
      179 2 SINGAPORE The Registry of Vehicles said yesterday that tenders for number plates would be held weekly instead of daily. Bidding for the SCH series will start today at 9 am and close at noon on Jan 21. The numbers available are from
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Vietnam to offer long-term apartment leases for first time
      399 3 AFP HANOI Vietnam is to allow long-term apartment leases for the first time in a move expected to provide foreigners with stable accommodation amid the country's chronic housing shortage, reports said yesterday. The leases will be offered with the opening of
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      Lock icon UK firms seek M'sian partners
      278 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR A 35member British trade mission representing the power generation, offshore oil and gas and education sectors, are seeking local partners for joint ventures as well as to collaborate in educational programmes. Trade mission manager Steve Courtney told newsmen yesterday that the mission,
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      Lock icon Indonesia does not plan to reschedule foreign debt
      350 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian President Suharto says the country has no plan to reschedule its foreign debt, which has hit almost US$lOO billion (SSI4S billion),, and triggered fears of a Mexican-style financial crisis. "We have never thought to reschedule our foreign debt and
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      Lock icon Good feedback for new Thai business daily
      390 3  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK STRONG regional coverage, concise writing and a neat layout that's easy on the eye. These were some initial comments from readers about Business Day, Thailand's newest English daily, launched a week ago. "1 like the way the
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        Lock icon Manila's portrayal of M'sia upsets KL
        64 3 AP MANILA Malaysia has protested against the Philippine Senate's portrayal of the country as an unfriendly and dangerous place for Filipino workers, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The official, who requested anonymity, said Manila's envoy to Kuala Lumpur, Alberto
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        Lock icon Security in Indon waters stable
        86 3 Anex-Antara BATAM, Indonesia The security in Indonesia's western territorial waters bordering Malaysia and Singapore is "stable and under control", a high ranking naval officer said here yesterday. "The fact that Thai yachts can safely sail without any disturbance is evidence that the security in these
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        Lock icon M'sia doesn't need ADB financing
        61 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has progressed to such an extent that it hardly needs public or private sector financing now from the Asian Development Bank. This had allowed the ADB to concentrate its efforts on the lesser developed Asia-Pacific countries, said ADB deputy director Timothy
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Beijing vows more effective anti-inflation policy this year
      495 4 Reuter BEIJING Chinas central bank has promised tighter money supply policies to curb inflation and economists say the squeeze would do better this year than in 1994. due to record savings and more stable food prices. The People's Bank of China will
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      Lock icon China proposal narrows gap in copyright talks: US official
      363 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG A United States trade official says China has narrowed the gap in talks over copyright violations and must take high-profile enforcement action in the next two weeks to avoid sanctions. The senior official, speaking to journalists here
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon China beats OECD loan deadline
        93 4 Reuter HONGKONG Chinese authorities rushed to beat a Jan 15 OECD deadline in order to get cheaper financing for the second phase of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station, said Didier Balme, chief executive in Hongkong of Banque Nationale de Paris, lead arranger for the
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        Lock icon Beijing cuts customs duties
        101 4 AFP BEIJING China is to cut customs duties on 246 import and nine export items for one year from Jan 1 this year, Xinhua news agency said yesterday. "Hie announcement was made by the Chinese General Administration of Customs. It did not say by how much
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        Lock icon Most expensive land in Taiwan
        97 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's most expensive land has been priced at NTSB6I,OOO (5547,400) per sq metre for prime plots in the centre of the capital Taipei, a government official said yesterday. "Land prices have been rising in Taipei's Hsinyi district in recent years, but the rise
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        Lock icon Turnaround for China textile industry
        74 4 AFP BEIJING Restructuring and technological renovation turned around China's textile industry last year, transforming a one billion yuan (SSI7O million) loss in 1993 into a 1.6 billion yuan profit. Textile exports surged more than 30 per cent, with the rising price of yam on the
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        Lock icon China's population to grow 30% by 2030
        103 4 Reuter BEIJING The population of the world's most populous country will surge by about 30 per cent in the next 35 years with China's people numbering more than 1.63 billion by 2030, Xinhua News Agency said yesterday. China's population for 1994 is expected
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      Lock icon China ruling party makes new call to unite around Deng
      344 4 AFP BEIJING China's Communist Party yesterday warned of "new circumstances" looming in another appeal to unite around ailing paramount leader Deng Xiaoping. "Unity of thought around Deng Xiaoping's theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics is fundamental to continue reform and
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      Lock icon Hainan's new-found prosperity
      55 4 AFP HAINAN Local residents passing by some of the many luxury buildings on this southern Chinese island opposite Vietnam. The constructions, built on speculation and unafTordable for Hainan residents, sent property prices plummeting last year. However Hainan governor says China's largest special economic zone is now on
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      Lock icon Latest Deng photo another coup for Shanghai's Liberation Daily
      320 4 Reuter SHANGHAI A black-and-white photograph showing Deng Xiaoping crumpled in an armchair at a fireworks show has become the Liberation Daily's biggest scoop. Tliis was the haunting image of China's patriach his cheeks sunken, eyes dark and hollow chosen by Mr
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Rocket crash raises doubts about Japan's space projects
      412 6 Reuter TOKYO Officials from Japan's ambitious but ill-starred space programme were left shaking their heads after a Ger-man-Japanese unmanned space capsule plunged into the Pacific Ocean just hours after its launch. "Regrettably, there's no denying that Japan's rocket was the cause of
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      Lock icon Sony to sell quality TVs, buy parts in India
      302 6 Reuter NEW DELHI Japan's Sony Corporation, making an ambitious Indian foray, will use high-quality televisions to woo consumers and use the nation as a production base for components, its president said yesterday. "Sony India will look to procure parts from the
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      Lock icon A school for brides
      56 6 Reuter ShOL'L I wo women, students at the Brides School for Korean Wives, learning the delicate art of serving spaghetti as an American soldier, husband of one of the students, samples the finished product. Students learn everything from cooking to cashing a cheque to help them
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      Lock icon Samsung to set up office in N Korea: reports
      157 6 AFP SEOUL The Samsung Group is likely to become the first South Korean conglomerate to set up a general-purpose business office in North Korea next month. News reports yesterday said a 10-member Samsung delegation had flown out of North Korea for
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      Lock icon South Korea's main opposition party looks set to break up
      357 6 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's main opposition party, locked in intense factional strife, is on the verge of a split, with its leader threatening to quit and form a new political group. The squabble in the Democratic Party coincided with worsening
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Pakistan gets World Bank loans
        93 6 AP KARACHI The World Bank has approved two separate loans totalling US$49O million (*****.5 million) for energy development projects. The first loan of US$25O million is to help replenish a special fund for private sector energy projects, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported yesterday. The
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        Lock icon Plan to revitalise Broken Hill
        89 6 AP SYDNEY The Australian government is trying to revive the fortunes of Broken Hill, a once-rich mining town in the Outback that is now slowly running out of ore. New South Wales state Mines Minister lan Causley said yesterday an airborne geophysical survey had been
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        Lock icon Two-way Korea trade up 14.6%
        84 6 Reuter SEOUL Two-way trade between North and South Korea rose 14.6 per cent in 1994 from a year earlier, and Seoul officials yesterday predicted a further rise for 1995 due to expected brisk economic exchanges between the rivals. "There will be many unpredictable factors, but
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        Lock icon Sri Lanka's fragile truce holds
        109 6 AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka's fragile truce survived minor violations and was holding for its ninth straight day yesterday despite a setback to political moves aimed at resolving the island's protracted ethnic war. Police arrested two armed guerillas of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
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        Lock icon Fiji business-migrant plan rapped
        96 6 AFP SUVA Retailers yesterday warned that Fiji's infrastructure may be inadequate to cope with an influx of thousands of Hongkong Chinese migrants under a government-backed business migration plan. Government backbencher Ratu Inoke Kubuabola has joined growing opposition to the scheme, warning against the social and political
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US statisticians want to correct inaccuracies of economic data
      502 7 NYT WASHINGTON Federal statisticians have begun the most ambitious effort since the 1950s to remedy mounting deficiencies in measuring the nation's economic performance. Analysts worry that the statistical system increasingly fails to capture the array of new technologies and structural changes
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      Lock icon Balanced US budget possible by 2002
      464 7 But planned constitutional amendment will hit middle-income group hard Reuter WASHINGTON The Federal Budget could be balanced by 2002 under a proposed constitutional amendment, but analysts say middle-income families would be hammered by huge spending cuts and likely tax increases. The Balanced Budget Amendment
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      Lock icon Staying on top of things
      64 7 Reuter LONDON Seven presenters who will feature on BBC World, the British Broadcasting Corporation's 24-hour international news channel, standing on the roof of the BBC headquarters here on Sunday. The presenters are (from left) Tim Sebastian, Nici Marx, Donald MacCormick, Melinda Wittstock, Philip Hayton, Sue
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      Lock icon Book deal threatens Speakership, Gingrich told
      337 7 AP WASHINGTON The new House Speaker's failure to abandon a book deal with a company owned by communications giant Rupert Murdoch could cost him his position, a top Democratic senator said on Sunday. "I strongly advise the speaker of the House to cut this
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    • Article
      Lock icon Brazilian set up loan for Ron Brown: report
      351 7 Reuter WASHINGTON A wealthy adviser to Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso arranged a loan that helped US Commerce Secretary Ron Brown buy a U*****,000 (*****,000) townhouse, US Alews A World Report magazine reported in an edition that hit newsstands yesterday. Cardoso adviser
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      Lock icon Oil revenue as collateral for US aid angers Mexicans
      396 8 AFP MEXICO CITY Criticism mounted on Sunday of a plan to use Mexico's oil receipts as collateral for a massive US economic rescue package, amid fears that Washington's helping hand may be a veiled grab for Mexican oil. Fernando Solana, the
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      Lock icon Racing through the air
      53 8 Reuter GAISSACH, Germany Young men from the Bavarian village of Gaissach taking to the air on Sunday in the annual traditional sledge race from the top of the 1,124-metre Schwaigeralm down to the valley. At the end of the slide is a jump when the sleds
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      Lock icon By George, Soros is a foreign policy power
      245 8 Reuter NEW YORK Billionaire investor George Soros has become a controversial foreign policy power with his foundations promoting democratic ideals in Eastern Europe and with donations of millions to such countries as Ukraine and Macedonia. The New Yorker magazine, in its upcoming
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      Lock icon Brittan seeks farm debate after critical reports
      252 8 FT BRUSSELS Leon Brittan, the EU trade commissioner, was due to launch a fresh debate yesterday on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy with the publication of four reports calling for radical reforms to prepare the way for the former communist countries
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    • Article
      Semiconductor sales hit US$110b worldwide in 1994
      365 8  -  Reports by Claire Leow SINGAPORE The global semiconductor industry reported sales of USS 109.7 billion (SSIS9 billion) last year, driven by demand for computer memory chips, according to preliminary figures from US market research firm Dataquest. The industry grew 28 per cent, against
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      Japanese, Asia-Pacific firms snare 75% of DRAM chip market
      378 8 SINGAPORE Japanese and Asia-Pacific companies cornered almost three-quarters of the dynamic memory chip market last year, with the South Koreans staging an impressive march up the top 10 list. But in other memory chips such as flash products, the Americans hogged
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      Lock icon Mexico denies bankrolling WTO bid
      91 8 Reuter MEXICO CITY The Mexican government said on Sunday it had not bankrolled ex-president Carlos Salinas de Gortari's bid t# become president of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) although it had given him a helping hand. "In no case and in no either direct or
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      Lock icon Freeze on West Bank building work
      69 8 AFP JERUSALEM Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin announced oil Sunday a week-long freeze on building work on settlements in the occupied West Bank. The freeze will last until the next regular cabinet meeting on Jan 22 when the issue will be discussed. BtM work on
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      Lock icon Egypt blasts Israel's nuclear arsenal
      67 8 AFP CAIRO Israel's nuclear arsenal and the military imbalance it creates in the Middle East is unacceptable to Egypt, Defence Minister Mohammad Hussein Tantawi said on Sunday. "Israel's determination to maintain a dissuasive nuclear force under the pretext of guaranteeing its security and in spite
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Hollywood's second childhood
      795 11 Tinseltown USA ushers in cinema's second century with films that underestimate an adult's intelligence The Economist THIS YEAR marks the centenary of the birth of the cinema. Hollywood is celebrating it by reverting to a second childhood. Hardly any of its mainstream movies during the recent holiday
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      Lock icon The Boss in retrospective album
      300 11 CHATTERBOX" AP AP AP Reuter THE BOYS and the Big Man got back behind the Boss. The E Street Band, which backed Bruce Springsteen for 15 years before splitting in the late 1980s, reunited briefly to cut a pair of new tunes for a greatest
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      400 11 I WEATHER 1 Singapore: Fair and windy. Temperature (24-32*). Asia-PacMc M/U* Cead. ti«»l M/U* Cai BumaUM 39/15 (Sou* Auckland 21/13 Cloudy Amslerdam 02,00 Shower Ct*a§» 01/-4 Cloudy Bartotc* 34/20 Cloudy Athens 09/03 Cloudy Honolulu 27/18 Cloudy Beinnf -3/-7 Cloudy Bertei 1/-4 Cloudy Houston 21/08 Cloudy Bombay 25/16 Cloudy Bom 02/-2
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      670 11 I Ty ft PAftlA I iv w ifiimy National Geographic Special: Uons Of Darkness, 9pm, Cta 12 Dereck and Beverly Jourbert follow three male lions, brothers. for three years in Botswana. They track the siblings' quick win of territory and females, and glance at some of the lions they depose.
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      130 12 AFP NEW YORK NFL playoffs am Saaday AFC: Pittsburgh 13 San Diego 17. NPC: San Francisco 38 Dallas 28. SAN FRANCISCO Australianborn media baron Rupert Murdoch denied rivals' claims he will lose US$6OO million (SsB7o million) televising US football, saying the US$l.5B billion deal was well worth the
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      Basketball
      19 12 NEW YORK NBA aa Saaday: Boston 98 Sacramento 97; San Antonio 103 Dallas 108; Seattle 131 Portland 124.
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      Golf
      221 12 HONOLULU John Morse, whose biggest golf victory had been at the 1990 Australian Open, won his Fust PGA title here on Sunday, making eagle on the final hole to win the US$l.2 million Hawaiian Open. Morse finished at 19-undcr par 269 for the tournament. He finished at four-under par
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      Motor-rally
      132 12 DAKAR Pierre Lartigue, the 46-ycar-oid Algeria-bom Frenchman, won the Dakar rally for the second 5r in a row for Citroen here on iday after his two main rivals blew up in the desert on the 10,000-km two-week marathon. Bruno Saby of France and Japan's Kenjiro Shinozuka were second and
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      Tennis
      391 12 MELBOURNE US$6.2 million Australia* Opea (selected) yesterday Mea's Ist rt 9-Jim Courier (US) b David Rikl (Cze) 6-4 6-0 7-6 (7-2); 7-Michad Stich (Ger) b Jeff" Tarango (US) 6-3 6-1 6-3; 13Andrei Medvedev (Ulur) b Leander Paes (Ind) 6-1 7-5 7-6 (7-4); Jan Siemerink (Neth) b Malivai Washington (US)
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      Yachting
      137 12 SAN DIEGO America's Cap trials oa Sarin Loots Vnttoa Cap (Challenger EMritha Series) lit rd (nth rirtory one point): Team New Zealand (Peter Blake) b France 2 (Marc Pajot) by 2 min 40 sax, Sydney 95 (Syd Fischer) b Rioia de Espana (Pedro Campos) by J mins 43 sec;
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      Lock icon Kiwis' radical sailboat could set pace for future designs
      533 12 America's Cup NYT SAN DIEGO It is a classic sight in America's Cup racing bright skies, rolling seas and sailors sitting like ducks in a row on the high side of a sailboat. But if New Zealand's TAG Heuer Challenge sets
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      Lock icon 49ers and Chargers prepare for Super Bowl showdown
      619 12 National Football League Playoffs AFP SAN FRANCISCO Forget about "Threepeats" There will be no third straight American football championship by. the Dallas Cowboys. Instead, San Francisco quarterback Steve Young will try to escape the final shadow of former 49er legend Joe Montana
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      Lock icon Preparedness was decisive in 49ers' victory against Cowboys
      459 12 UPI SAN FRANCISCO The NFC championship game was decided in the first five minutes because the San Francisco 49ers were more prepared to play football at 1 pm Pacific Standard Time than were the Dallas Cowboys. Once the Cowboys realised the game
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      Lock icon Sampras and Courier in swift opening victories
      607 12 Australian Open AP MELBOURNE Defending champion Pete Sampras and two-time winner Jim Courier both scored qukkfire victories as the Australian Open tennis championships began yesterday with results that strictly followed the form book. Sixteen seeded players were in action and all of them
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      Lock icon All-California Super Bowl a mismatch?
      548 12 AP NEW YORK The Super Bowl matchup between San Francisco and San Diego is already unique in two ways. It's the first one between two teams that play in the same state, and it's got the highest opening betting line of all 29 title games.
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      Lock icon San Diego Chargers beat Steelers to win AFC championship
      357 12 UPI PITTSBURGH Cliches abound in the world of sport and one that normally applies to the game of tennis fit nicely into the AFC championship game on Sunday. At the end of a close tennis match, the winning player often likes
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
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      S'pore investors likely to go slow on purchases of Aussie property
      815 13  -  After leading the market last year, some may be eyeing profits, writes Florence Chong Florence Chong SINGAPORE-based investors who spent more than As7oo million (SS77O million) on properties in Australia last year are expected to ease off the buying
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      PROPERTY WATCH
      183 13 Selected transactions in the pest week {}y,* rr Dirtrfct Profrct Typ« Jan 9,1995 1335 BcaddelPark Walk-up apt 1100 FH 615,000 I 559 Jan 10,1995 1544 Neptune Court Condoapt 1636 99 I 638,000 390 Jan 13,1995 1545 Frankei Ave Semi-d 3150/3500 FH 706 Jan 9,1995 2260 j Jurong East
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      Lock icon Bureaucracy delaying satellite town sales, says Bangkok Land chief
      373 13 Bloomberg Business News Property sales at Bangkok Land pic's satellite town project are behind schedule because the government bureaucracy can't keep pace with paperwork, the company's managing director said yesterday. Anant Kanjanapas said 10,000 housing units have been sold and are
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      Australian office design firm revels in the competition
      678 13  -  Despite the squeeze on margins, there is plenty of work to do, says Davenport Campbell. Abdul Hadni reports Abdul Hadhi WITH RISING competition, firms in the office design business are experiencing a squeeze on maigins. One of those affected but is doggedly
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    The new boys in Congress
    485 14 BDiTORtAL i THE changing of the guard in the US Congress, with the Republicans taking control after more than 40 years of Democratic dominance, is first and foremost a domestic political story. But since the US is the only remaining superpower and a central player
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Heady ride to nowhere?
      208 14 THE ATMOSPHERICS were beguiling enough to suggest that last week's summit meeting between United States President Bill Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama was a heady success. But it was a ride to nowhere so far as the main dispute opening up the Japanese market
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      Open more halfway houses
      187 14 MALAY-MUSLIM organisations should come forward to participate in a scheme to operate halfway houses for drug addicts. Under the scheme, to start from April, Score will give a grant of up to 80 per cent to renovate buildings and finance the administration of the halfway houses.
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      Lessons to learn from Mexico
      175 14 THE FINANCIAL CRISIS sparked by Mexico's move to devalue the peso has aroused worldwide concern. Its negative impact on the financial markets of some newly industrialising economies in Asia also holds utmost significance. One of the most pressing tasks facing governments and economists of these
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      For prudence and order
      175 14 REMEMBER the saying, "look before you leap"? This is the essence of Bank Negara Malaysia's first set of guidelines on the trading of derivatives by banks. The guidelines, many more of which can be expected to follow, are in the form of general policies to govern
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      Stop using market bait
      159 14 THERE IS no doubt that China is the market of the future. Foreign companies are falling over themselves to get in and stake their claim. Many are willing to lose a great deal just to have a stake in this market. But if China wants to
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      Some distance from danger
      162 14 IN A virtual re-enactment of the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s, an eruption in Mexico threatens to set forth a tectonic fault line across the economies of the entire developing world. How "virtually" the troubles of the peso over the past fortnight will get
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    825 14  -  David E Sanger finds the Treasury, Commerce Department and the US Trade Representative in the forefront as Washington conducts its business abroad David E Sanger NYT JUST HOURS after the Senate confirmed Robert Rubin as secretary of the Treasury last
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      193 14 INVESTING IN 1995 Million-dollar condos and their trimmings Infrastructure funds tap big money J Mr/MrvMisvMs. OccupatKxu J Getyourcopyofthismonth'sSingaporeßusiness I from your nearest newsstand or,ifyou prefer the A Td(f)i 4H| convenience ofdoorstep delivery, send in the pre-paid I I subscription form now. Building Name House Bik No: 1 Newsstand price: Ss4
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  • ANALYSIS
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      'We'll keep to the deal on Hongkong'
      1240 15  -  Peter Seidlitz interviews Qiao Shi who has never given an interview to a foreign correspondent since becoming a member of the top Chinese Communist Party body in 1987 ana asks him about the impending takeover of Hongkong and changes in China Peter Seidlitz
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      The good sense of teaming up with a local partner
      760 15 Full ownership is more popular in China these days, but the joint venture is still very much alive THE TRAVAILS of joint venturing in emerging markets have led many foreign investors to conclude that full ownership may be a better
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      30 15 EThis article is reprinted from the Dec 5, IW4 issue of Business Asia. a fortnightly management report by The Economist Intelligence Unit (Asia) Ltd APPOINTMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS ATTRACT THE RIGHT CANDIDATE
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    Lock icon US companies sign US$1.4b worth of deals with India
    467 16 Reuter NEW DELHI American companies yesterday signed 10 deals worth US$l.4 billion (Ss2 billion) as India assured United States Commerce Secretary Ron Brown that it would press on with free-mar-ket reforms despite electoral setbacks for the ruling party. But US executives
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    Use of derivatives picking up, but focus is on less complex instruments, forum told
    445 16  -  From Amy Balan in KUALA LUMPUR THE derivatives industry is now more robust and activity is on the rise after a marked fall thanks to recent adverse publicity, J P Morgan's AsiaPacific head of swaps and
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    Lock icon Foreign investment in China expected to slow this year
    188 16 Reuter HONGKONG Kleinwort Benson Securities (Asia) Ltd expects foreign investment in China this year to slow due to uncertainty about the business environment and the succession to patriarch Deng Xiaoping. Regional economist Alan McLean said in a report that disputes between
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    Lock icon Fighting for food
    43 16 Reuter GROZNY A handicapped Chechen woman grabbing a piece of meat from a dog in Grozny on Sunday during another day of heavy shelling by Russian artillery. Bystanders say the woman collects food from the streets to feed herself. Reuter
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    Malaysia's prosperity is S'pore's gain: BG Lee
    266 16  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE is happy with Malaysia's economic success and the two countries should work as partners to take advantage of opportunities in the booming region. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. Speaking at a dinner
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    Santer hopes to win support of Euro MPs for new commission
    415 16  -  From Shada Islam in BRUSSELS EUROPEAN Commission president-elect Jacques Santer is hoping to end an unprecedented dispute with the European Parliament tomorrow by persuading more than half of the assembly's 600 members to vote in favour of his new
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    EU finance ministers try to calm money markets by ignoring issue
    229 16 BRUSSELS European Union finance ministers yesterday tried to breathe calm back into turbulent money markets by largely ignoring the issue and concentrating instead on homtmg economic growth and "Tk ratrt mm mdktmm m *41 The Spanish peseta and Portuguese
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    Nation-states still play key role in regulating global economy
    618 16  -  The Bottom Line REGINALD DALE REGINALD DALE The writer is a columnist with the International Herald Tribune, where this commentary first appeared IT IS ONE of today's cliches that the nation-state is being overrun by global economic forces. Multinational corporations are
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    Lock icon Taiwan drafts accord on direct trade, navigation with China
    126 16 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan has drafted an agreement paving the way for direct trade and navigation with China, once the current ban is lifted, officials said yesterday. At the same time, China has also set up an organisation to deal with cross-strait
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        MARKET MOOD
        46 17 Mix«d 'Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled: Alliance. Baring, Daiwa, Fraser, GK Goh, Kay Hian, Morgan Grenfell, OngCo. Nomura, Phillip. Smith New Court, Wl Can and SG Warburg.
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        HOT STOCK
        155 17  -  By Paul Leo APPLYING wave theory to the monthly chart of Public Bank indicates that it is near the end of a three-wave correction which began from its all-time high at $3.62 a year ago. Support is likely to be around $1.90 and hence yesterday's close of $2.01
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      Allied Phillip plans local unit trust within six months
      340 17  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE Allied Phillip Capital Management the recently formed joint venture between local broker Phillip Securities and the fund management subsidiary of UK-listed Allied Irish Banks will launch its first local unit trust before the end of June. Allied
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      Selangor water supply concessionaire Puncak Niaga eyes KL backdoor listing
      613 17  -  From Ruth Wong in KUALA LUMPUR PUNCAK Niaga (M) Sdn Bhd, concessionaire for the billion-ringgit privatisation of Sclangor's state water supply, is shopping for a listed vehicle. Executive chairman Rozali Ismail said yesterday Puncak Niaga would obtain a listing status
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      Short-selling unlikely to be encouraged in S'pore
      782 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE With the recent plunges in stock prices, there have been mumbling in some quarters that the authorities here should facilitate the short-selling of stocks, especially since other regional exchanges have recently announced their intention to do
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      Wuxi industrial park to add to Stic's bottomline by 1998
      337 17  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE The WuxiSingapore Industrial Park (WSIP) in China will contribute to the bottomline of Singapore Technologies Industrial Corp (Stic) by 1998. The group's senior vicepresident and director of projects, Goh Song How, says the park will contribute
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      Salomon overweight in most Asian markets, except HK
      162 17 SINGAPORE US broker Salomon Brothers says it is overweight in six out of eight Asian equities markets, on the expectation of better returns from regional markets in 1995 compared with last year. But it is underweight in Hongkong and neutral in Malaysia,
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Heshe seeks approval for China stakes
          82 18 SINGAPORE Heshe Holdings will hold an extraordinary general meeting on Feb 3 to table resolutions to acquire interests in three Chinese ventures for 135 million renminbi (5523.1 million) from a Tan Sim Chew. Heshe is proposing to buy 75 per cent of FUN (Xiamen)
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          Cosco's rights success
          81 18 SINGAPORE Cosco Investment (Singapore) Ltd said yesterday that 99.71 per cent of its 60 million rights shares were accepted, and excess right shares applications were received for 2.06 per cent or 1.24 million shares. The 176,000 rights shares not accepted by shareholders will be allocated for excess
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          Econ sets exercise price
          66 18 SINGAPORE Econ International said yesterday the exercise price of 39.3 million warrants to subscribe for new shares in the company has been set at 65 cents for each new share. The warrants may be exercised from the date of listing up to 5 pm on Jan
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          UOB group's foreign shareholding
          72 18 SINGAPORE United Overseas Bank Group said yesterday the percentages of foreign shareholding at the end of fourth quarter 1994 were as follows: UOB 39.96 per cent, of which 39.02 per cent were held by foreigners and 0.94 per cent by locals; Industrial Commercial Bank Ltd 1.47
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          Thai Prime Fund's asset backing
          33 18 SINGAPORE DBS Asset Management said yesterday the unaudited net tangible asset backing per preferred share of the Thai Prime Fund was U5522.73 (5533.18) as at Jan 13, 1995.
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        Power firm Egco puts spark into dull Thai market on debut
        482 18  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK ON A day when investors trod warily after panic selling last week, the debut of energy stock Electricity Generating Public Co (Egco) provided the only bright spot on the Thai stock market yesterday.
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        Lock icon Islamic stockbroking attracts interest among institutional investors
        323 18 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Islamic securities broking, fast becoming a viable alternative to conventional broking, is drawing growing interest among institutional investors. The service, in which both the counters and the way business is transacted comply with Islamic principles, has already gained a following
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        Lock icon Uniphoenix unit named distributor for US' Pyramid Tech
        258 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR CadCam Systems Pte Ltd, a Singapore based wholly-owned subsidiary of Uniphoenix Corp Bhd, yesterday signed an agreement with Pyramid Technology Corp of the US to act as regional distributor for the Pyramid range of computer system products. Under the
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        Lock icon MAS and Virgin Atlantic form 10-year strategic alliance
        329 18 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airlines (MAS) sealed a 10year partnership pact with Britain's Virgin Atlantic Airways yesterday that will break the British Airways-Qantas monopoly on routes between London and Australasia. The code-sharing agreement was signed in London between the chairman of the
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        Lock icon Metacorp expects M$22m pre-tax profit
        296 18 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Metacorp Bhd has forecast a pre-tax profit of M 522.45 million (5512.8 million) for the financial year ending Dec 31, 1995, with its proposed land acquisition and rights issue. The company has proposed to acquire 303.75 ha of land in Bukit Katil
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        Lock icon Four new MOX plants worth M$120m to come on-stream this year
        358 18 Bernama PETALING JAYA Malaysian Oxygen Bhd (MOX) will commission four new plants valued in excess of M$ 120 million (Ss6B million) this year as part of its plans to increase production capacity. Chairman Omar Yoke Lin Ong said yesterday
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        Lock icon Empire East Land Hldgs to launch IPO in Philippines
        307 18 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Empire East Land Holdings, a subsidiary of Manila-based Megaworid Properties and Holdings, is making an initial public offering (IPO) as part of its flotation on the Manila Stock Exchange in the second quarter. Foreign investors have been invited
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        Lock icon MMC braces for year of diversification
        133 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Mining Corporation Bhd is set for another year of change, challenge and business diversification with its investments in National Consolidated of Australia and the Djajanti Group of Indonesia, which will open up further new and exciting ventures for the group.
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        Lock icon Road Builder rated medium-term buy
        527 18 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Even though Road Builder (M) Bhd is considered a rather low-profile company with a relatively small paid-up capital, it has been rated a medium-term buy at MS 12 and below. This ranking has been accorded by investment advisory company Capital Dynamics Sdn
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        Lock icon Scramble for capital will pry open China's telecoms market
        633 19 Reuter BEIJING Intense competition for capital will pry open opportunities for foreign vendors in China's vast, largely unexploited and tightly protected telecommunications market. GTE Corporation's chief financial officer Michael Kelly yesterday said: "There is such a demand for capital around the
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        Lock icon TBS-NBC merger talks break down over control
        326 19 Reuter ATLANTA Turner Broadcasting System Inc (TBS) said on Sunday that talks with General Electric Co (GE) about a possible merger with NBC have broken down because of disagreements over who would control the resulting company. The Atlanta-based cable television programmer, which owns
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon BBA Group to buy Exxon unit
          79 19 Bloomberg Business News LONDON BBA Group Pic, the UK automotive, aviation and industrial engineering company, said it will buy Exxon Chemical Ltd sUK textile unit, Terram Ltd, for £11 million (Ss24 million) in cash. BBA said it will acquire Terram Ltd, based in south
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          Lock icon Dongfang's 13m yuan forex loss
          89 19 Reuter HONGKONG Power generator maker Dongfang Electrical Machinery Company Ltd said it had lost 13 million yuan (552.2 million) because of changes in the exchange rate of the Chinese currency and that its 1994 profit might be less than forecast. The company said the projection
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          Lock icon Coke Indochina dismisses plant report
          41 19 Reuter HANOI Coca-Cola Indochina brushed aside a local news report on Monday that it might have to change plans for a bottling plant in central Ho Chi Minh City at the request of local authorities. Rcuter
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          Lock icon Swiss retail chain's sales up 15%
          74 19 Bloomberg Business News ZURICH Grands Magasin Jclmoli SA, the Swiss retail store 1994 sales rose 15 per cent, or 234 million francs (***** million), to 1.75 billion Swiss francs. Jclmoli said the increase came mainly from its department store business, travel business and its
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          Lock icon Remy Cointreau interim gain up 5%
          50 19 Bloomberg Business News PARIS Remy Cointreau SA, the French cognac maker, said its first-half net profit rose 5 per cent to 135 million French francs (SS36 million) from 129 million francs previously. For the nine months through December, sales were up 7.5 per cent.
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          Lock icon Tomkins posts 22% better earnings
          64 19 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Tomkins pic, the UK conglomerate which makes products ranging from handguns to bicycles, has reported a 22.1 per cent rise in first-half pre-tax profit to 114.5 million (SS26O million) as earnings improved at all units. Tomkins shares were up 6 pence,
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        Lock icon Saatchi & Saatchi may change name
        196 19 Saatchi Saatchi may change name Reuter LONDON Beleaguered advertising company Saatchi and Saatchi Co pic may change its name after the group's first board meeting since Maurice Saatchi was ousted as chairman before Christmas. The Financial Times yesterday said that non-executive director Tom Russell was among those planning to press
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        Lock icon Vancouver bourse's Asian board faces big setback
        398 19 MARKET WATCH Eastern Express VANCOUVER The Vancouver Stock Exchange's (VSE) long-awaited Asian board has suffered a major setback with its only listing, Bclcarra Motors, announcing the collapse of its share issue, throwing into doubt the future of the muchvaunted board. Belcarra, which listed
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        Lock icon US stock experts mixed in views on 1995 price trend
        329 19 Reuter NEW YORK Panellists on Barron's 1995 Roundtable have mixed views about the direction of the stock markets this year but say there are many undervalued stocks which present buying opportunities, the weekly said. Mr Felix Zulauf, a global portfolio
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        Lock icon MKI Corp says HK authorities have no right to liquidate it
        345 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The embattled MKI Corp said yesterday that Hongkong regulatory authorities had no right to have it liquidated, as the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) alleged the company was being run by shadow directors. The arguments
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        Lock icon Guangdong awards nuclear plant contracts
        248 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Fromatome Connectors France and Britain's GEC Alsthom have been awarded contracts worth 10 billion French francs (552.7 billion) to build a second nuclear power plant in China's southern Guangdong province. The State Development Bank of China, one of, three government-backed policy
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        More than half of new ADRs issued by Asian firms
        410 20  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The number of American Depositary Receipt (ADR) programmes set >up by foreign companies in the US more than doubled last year, when 265 companies from 44 countries launched such schemes. According to figures compiled by
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        Daiwa Merchant Bank issues US$50m fixed-rate note
        202 20  -  By Soh Tiang Keng ...SINGAPORE Daiwa Merchant Bank (Singapore) has launched a US$5O million (5572.5 million) fixed-rate guaranteed note its first bond issue in the Asian capital market. Proceeds of the nine-year bond, with a coupon rate of '8.75 per cent, will be
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        311 20 Reuter SINGAPORE Indonesia supports any new coffee retention plan that may be formulated by the Association of Coffee Producing Countries (ACPC) to counter currently felling world prices, govern- ment and industry officials said. "Indonesia in principle supports any ACPC plan to
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        Lock icon Aussie insurer AMP's premium income up 6%, but assets fall 9%
        306 20 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Australia's largest insurer, the Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMP), said premium incomes from worldwide operations rose last year, reflecting the improved economies in Australia and New Zealand. The insurer said total premium income grew 6.8
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        Lock icon Producers see steep rise for chemicals prices
        308 20 FT LONDON Further rises in chemical prices are on their way, say producers, in spite of the heavy pressure that last year's increases is already exerting on many chemical companies' profit margins. On the European spot market, methanol prices have risen by 400
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          Lock icon DFC NZ to pay NZ$143m interest
          68 20 Reuter WELLINGTON Investment bank DFC New Zealand Ltd, which collapsed in 1989, will repay NZ$l43 million (SSI3I million) as interest on its NZ$l.l billion of Tier 2 new debt, the statutory managers said yesterday. Payment will be on Jan 31 when all current interest
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          Lock icon AMFB gets A2 and P1 ratings
          67 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Arab Malaysian Finance Bhd (AMFB) has received a long-term rating of A 2 and a short-term rating of PI from Rating Agency Malaysia Bhd (RAM). The A 2 rating indicates adequate safety for timely payment of finacial obligations while the second
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          Lock icon General Accident ties up with Halifax
          64 20 Reuter LONDON General Accident Life yesterday said it has become one of the largest processors of life assurance business in the UK following the start of its administrative contract with Halifax Building Society last week. GA Life said in a statement that its link-up
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          Lock icon Underwriters help privatise Polish bank
          87 20 Reuter WARSAW Poland's biggest privatisation offer, in Bank Przemyslowo-Handlowy. was undersubscribed but purchases by underwriters and company employees will take the bank out of government control, officials said on Saturday. Wieslaw Rozlucki, the Warsaw bourse president, told a news conference that at a special bourse
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        Lock icon June launch date for first M'sian Exim Bank
        368 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Bank lndustri Malaysia Bhd hopes to launch Malaysia's first ExportImport Bank (Exim Bank) in June. Abdul Rahman Arshad, the bank's chairman, yesterday said the Malaysian Exim Bank, which was expected to have a capital requirement of MS 120 million
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        Lock icon Oil prices little changed in standoff
        304 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter LONDON World oil prices stood littlc-changed and within a well-established trading range yesterday as the market appeared equally balanced between the bulls and the bears, traders said. Brent crude futures for March delivery on the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) were up
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        203 20 Reuter LONDON The dollar closed slightly lower on the mark and the yen after a dull European session, dominated by the mixed fortunes of a resilient lira and a shaky peseta. With Japanese markets shut for a holiday and US markets thinly staffed during a partial holiday,
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        99 20 Reuter NEW YORK The dollar opened higher against the mark but was lower against the yen in quiet dealings. Many US banks were thinly staffed in observance of the Martin Luther King holiday. "The dollar is pretty quiet," said Scott Cozzens, vicepresident at Chemical Bank. He expected the
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        Eurodollars end on easier tone
        1162 21 SMEX REPORT SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollars ended with an easier tone after rising in early trade as traders adjusted positions according to their outlook for US interest rate hikes. Some traders have become more bullish on the prospects for Eurodollars as signs emerge that the US
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        Rubber futures rise across the board
        648 21 COMMODITY REPORTS Rubber Singapore: Rubber futures closed higher across the board in moderate trade on some buying support, brokers said. "Prices were marked up slightly but trade was thinned by the closure of the Japanese market. There were more buyers than sellers but volume
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        India bans re-export of white sugar
        82 21 NEW DELHI The Indian government has banned re-export of white sugar to keep adequate sugar stocks within the country to meet any domestic shortage, according to a government statement. The notification late Friday from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade will stop re-export of
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        Japanese seen buying more soybean
        84 21 SYDNEY Japanese crusher fears of continued strong premiums are likely to trigger further soybean buying this week, but elsewhere in the Asian region business is tipped to be quiet. In Taiwan, the Hui Shung group is expected to re-enter the market to fill a combination
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        Malaysia crude palm oil output down
        67 21 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's December crude palm oil output was 659,328 tonnes, down 2.35 per cent from a month earlier, but up from 564,588 tonnes a year earlier, the Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority said. Output comprised 513,183 tonnes from peninsular Malaysia, down 1.54
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        India okays import of palm olein
        76 21 NEW DELHI The Indian government has allowed the government-run State Trading Corp to import 150,000 tonnes of palm olein, the Econdtnic Times newspaper said. It said the cabinet committee on prices had authorised State Trading Corp to import palm olein at a concessional duty
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1430 21 Rubber Singapore Commodity Exckongc (futures dosing as at S.3tpa) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sen (tonnes) Interest Feb 95 I 248.00 825 Mar 248.50 244 00 249.50 600 1125 Apr 253.50 ***** 251.50 275 3850 May 253.50 250.00 251.50 275 3900 Jun
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        Australia
        1028 22 +20.3 The Australian share market closed markedly firmer yesterday in its most impressive advance so far this year, after a sharp rise on Wall Street, brokers said. "It was obviously helped by the US rises on Friday evening," Shaw Stockbroking's Jamie Spiteri said. The key All Ordinaries Index finished
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        Manila
        612 22 +2.37 Stocks ended a four-day slide as local investors raised bids, convinced that the Mexican economic crisis has few implications for the Philippines, analysts said. But foreign investors are still staying away from the market, which brokers said will prevent any rally from being sustained for the remainder of
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        Taipei
        558 22 +25.35 Taiwan share prices finished slightly higher on a mild technical rebound after recent plunges, brokers said. The index ended up 25.35 points or 0.39 per cent at 6,536.65, off a 6,473.06 low. Turnover was a thin NTS4I billion. "The index has fallen so much recently that it is
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        Bombay
        150 22 +57.90 Share prices closed higher on the Bombay bourse on stray individual and local mutual funds buying in a low volume market, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share Index rose 1.61 per cent or 57.90 points to close at a provisional 3,661.56. The broader 100-share National Index gained
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        Seoul
        456 22 -11.68 Stock prices fell broadly for the third straight trading day due to continuing fears of a liquidity squeeze and lack of confidence about market direction, brokers said. The leading index closed 1.2 per cent or 11.68 points lower at 957.88, just ofT a day low of 957.70. "The
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        New Zealand
        313 22 +5.47 The share market, in the dol- drums so far this year, could only post an insipid gain despite the healthy 49.46 point rise on Wall Street on Friday. "There isn't any news," bemoaned Hendry Hay Mcintosh broker Jeremy Ashcroft. He cited late selling from Asian investors concerned
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        London
        641 22 +28.4 UK share prices ended firmer, led by blue chips and responding to continuing Dow strength as FTSE futures gains lifted the March contract to the psychologically important 3,100 level, dealers said. The FTSE 100 Index closed 28.4 points higher at 3,076.7 but turnover was a modest 540 million
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        Paris
        156 22 +18.83 French shares finished near their session highs after a rally inspired by a big advance on Wall Street. "It's all due to the dollar and to Wall Street," a trader said. But he said the bourse was still fragile. Dealers said the market is waiting for Prime Minister
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        Frankfurt
        201 22 +30.02 German shares close floor trade near session highs, supported by firm DAX future, low-volume short-cov-ering, dealers said. Gains were triggered by firm Wall Street close. Shares are seen inching higher in post-bourse trade but dealers are sceptical gains will hold. The DAX is seen locked in range of
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        Stockholm
        120 22 +o.BBpc Swedish shares closed higher but below the day's highest levels as investors collected some profits in the afternoon. Dealers said lower debt market yields boosted the market. "The positive trend which started in the new year continues and is likely to last the rest of the week,' one
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        Milan
        161 22 +4.51pc A euphoric leap by Milan shares powered prices higher as the market saw an end to the political deadlock as Prime Minister-designate Dini started grouping his cabinet. The Mibtel Index was up 4.51 per cent, and the MIB-30 Index jumped 5.25 per cent as blue chips benefited from
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        Amsterdam
        265 22 +2.77 Dutch shares closed higher, lifted by the firmer dollar and Friday's rally on Wall Street, but they ended off the session's peak as profittaking eroded early gains in reasonable volume despite a US market holiday. Dealers said uncertainty over the timing of the next interest rate hike in
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        Brussels
        176 22 +5.15 Belgian shares closed with small gains, ending a fiveday losing streak, and with buyers returning to many of the leading stocks that suffered last week. Strength on Wall Street, on Friday and again yesterday, helped European stock markets in general, but dealers noted that Belgium lagged behind other
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        Zurich
        267 22 -4.03 Swiss shares ended a listless day little changed after prices remained in the current range of 2,580 to 2.640 points in the blue-chip. SMI Index. No change in this mar- ket attitude was seen in days to come. The broad SPI Index was down 4.03 points to 1,698.78.
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        Johannesburg
        307 22 -27.9 South African gold shares posted sharp losses yesterday to leave the Gold Index almost four per cent ofT on the day after buyers steered clear of the market following renewed bullion declines, dealers said. They said bullion and continued concern about emeiging markets following Mexico's recent crisis had
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        Toronto
        254 22 +9.40 Stocks rose in quiet early trading, aided by strength in financial services, conglomerates, and real estate. The TSE 300 Index was up 9.40 points to 4142.80 on volume of 8.0 million shares valued at C 5135.5 million. Advancing stocks outpaced declines, 184 to 170, with 189 issues unchanged.
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        New York
        677 22 +16.15 The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which surged 49.46 points on Friday, was ahead 16.15 points to 3924.61 at 11 am EST. The New York Stock Exchange Composite Index was ahead 1.10 to 255.05, while Standard Poors 500-stock Index was up 2.18 to 168.15. Advances topped declines 1,097-656
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      2801 23 AFP HONGKONG Stock prices rebounded strongly yesterday on bargain hunting after last week's heavy selloff, with the key Hang Seng Index gaining 251.90 points, or 3.47 per cent, to close at 7,504.24. A total of HKS2.BIO billion worth of shares changed hands, down from Friday's HK53.654 billion. Brokers said
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      Lock icon CHINA
      521 23 CLSA HONGKONG H shares ended slightly higher, with the CLSA H Index up 2.1 per cent on turnover of HKS4S.B million. Some counters, including Bohai Chemical, recovered their previous losses. Yizheng was the biggest gainer, up 5.7 per cent over last Friday's close. Chengdu Cable was the most actively
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      1621 23 Reuter BANGKOK Thai stocks closed slightly higher on bar-gain-hunting in telecommunications and banking sectors in particular, brokers said. Buying interest was strong in new debut Electricity Generating which closed at 60 baht, up 173 per cent from its IPO price of 22 baht. The stock got a boost when
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      1132 23 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices rebounded moderately on local support after the government quashed market speculation over a possible rupiah devaluation, brokers said. "Confidence among the local players seemed to have recovered after the strong government statement to defend the rupiah. But offshore players have not felt comfortable with their
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2288 24 Gr Gr 994*5 last Vol Day LM Quote I*. IMr \ld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale (TOO) High ixn. Bayer SHkr Or S P/fc Smil MALAYSIAN STOCKS 398 160 m MSB 50c 238 id -I 16 240 238 232 240 3.0 -2.9 0 4 24.4 206
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        Lock icon Shares close higher but below day's peak
        6315 24 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian shares closed off their day's high yesterday as chastened investors quickly sold for profits, unconvinced the rise could signal the battered local bourse was on the mend, brokers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's 86-share weighted Composite Index surged
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        Lock icon Prices rebound but caution still prevails
        1852 26  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Share prices, particularly those of property counters, rebounded from last week's heavy sell-off but the buying was not strong enough to sustain the market as caution still prevailed. With the lingering threat of another round of interest rate hike
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      9 21 The Tokyo market was closed yesterday for a holiday
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      62 21 As and when the latest London/ Rotterdam prices are not available; the previous trading day's closing figures are carried instead. i Financial 3 News ssss—.in if A Quick Look At The Markets Call 24 houis a day for SES A KLSE midday reports. closing world market reports if and business
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      NOL signs fourth time charter with Bayway
      302 27  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE National carrier Neptune Orient Lines has signed its fourth 12-year time charter with Bayway Refinery Co of the United States, and expects to rake in $47 million in revenue for the four charter contracts in the first year. "The
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      PIL to appeal against Philippine coast guard's decision
      238 27 SINGAPORE Pacific International Lines (PIL) will appeal against the Philippine coast guard's decision to issue sole blame for last month's collision with a ferry on its ship Kota Suria. PIL executive director for corporate development Eric Khoo said yesterday: "PIL is greatly
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      Lock icon Tanker market perks up
      358 27 KnightRidder NEW YORK The tanker market came alive in late trading on Friday as charterers reached out and booked tonnage from a number of areas, brokers said. In the Caribbean, American Petrofina booked the Skaunord for a Jan 17, 73,000-tonne cargo from the east coast of
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      Lock icon Unions sue to overturn APL foreign-flag approval
      485 27 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Three unions last week sued the US Transportation department to overturn its approval of American President Lines' plan to operate six new container ships under foreign flags instead of the US flag. The unions' lawsuit stems from US Maritime Administration's
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      604 27 Page Col Able Shpg 7 4/5 Accord Group 8 1-3 •Ahlers Lines 13 3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •Appenship 4 4/5 •ANL 3 4/5 •ASCL 5 5 Astro Shpg 8 4 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 •Bank Line, The 9 5 Batamindo 7 3
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      Court allows indemnity claim under Workmen's Compensation Act
      490 27  -  rhis is a fori night /> column that highlights important shipping court cases By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE An employer can claim indemnity from a shipowner, under the Workmen's Compensation Act, for compensation paid to workers injured or killed on a ship. The
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      Lock icon Port Authority of Thailand approves 7 projects
      363 27 The Nation BANGKOK The Port Authority of Thailand's board of directors has approved seven projects, including three urgent projects to develop Laem Chabang Commercial Port. The PAT board agreed last month that the Supreme Command Headquarters (SCHQ) would be allowed to use an
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1239 28 A 22 points rise took the Baltic Freight Index to a record high 2,060 points on Friday, exceeding the previous record of 2,043 set on December 13, 1994. Brokers, without pinpointing a singular future, said the rise reflected good all-round strength in the panamax sector, particularly in the
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      Lock icon Shiprepair sector set to rebound this year
      1363 29 Delayed work as well as new regulations and stricter classification requirements are helping to improve the industry's situation Seatrade Review Monthly PESSIMISTS would no doubt point out that recovery in the shiprepair sector has been forecast for the past couple of years and
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11553 36 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. IFW> PN: ship calls
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      Lock icon Fuelling a new demand for trucks
      1105 39 Japan's commercial vehicle industry is set to see its most profitable year since 1990 FT AFTER four years of falling sales, Japan's commercial vehicle industry is enjoying improved sales as the country's economy recovers. In addition, stiffer emission requirements are forcing the retirement of
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3303 40 A iTJLBt C ontainerline NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pie Ltd (SVManne Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SyAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) \hrenkiel Liner Service Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albntros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte
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      COURIER SERVICES
      276 40 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Travel Td: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144 Airborne Freight C orporation Tel: 542-8844 Fax: 542-3716, *****80 Airswift Worldwide Courier Td: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Td: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Link International Td: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450 Cluster Link Supplies Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1536 40 Abex Fx press Freight Td: 542-7171. Fax: *****84 Actinic Forwarder Td: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Sii*apore Td: 542-7822. Fax: *****20. Acroliak Freight International Td: 545-8033 Fax: *****05 Acraspral Td: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Td: 542-5454. Fax: *****06 Air Express International Td: 542-7666. Fax: *****74. *****50.
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2539 41 ARGENTINA Rosarkx One vessel berthed awaiting orders, barges discharging soya, no vessels in roads, 9 vessels due at 4 terminals within the next week. San Nicolas: Three vessels berthed loading coils, barges discharging coal, no vessels in roads, 7 vessels due within the next week. Buenos /Vires: Twenty-one
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      1126 41 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Art Pep Name of Vessel ETA LID Ports of Calls Port Agent Telephone No JANUARY 17 17 Calypso 0700 1800 Port Klang Gulf Agency (S) 225-6942 17 17 Nautican 0900 2000 Cruise to Nowhere Lines Int'l Holdings 276-7175 17 17 Renaissance I MOO 2000 Cruise
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      SHIP SALES AND TANKER RATES
      1600 41 THERE has been no let up in activity during the holiday period and we enter the new year with a major emphasis still being placed on the handy/handymax dry bulk market. There is a lot of optimism being shown for 1995 and on the newbuilding
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        474 42 ><BW Voy Wo Perth Arrival Dtparture V«$ul Voy No Berth Arrival D«part»»e *iurong Port Te»as 8502 P01 alongside 1701/2000 totam Bahama 01/04/9A 19 alongside 17.01/2300 Yuq«* 91 alongside 2001/0600 Dw Guna 01/029A 121 alongside 17.01/0315 Batam S<*ed4 ****** P01A 1601/2030 1601/2230 J 24W alongside 17.01/0600 Batam Speed4
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1122 42 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND La CARGO Record Bookinf/Batance Rdts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From K K < \Jm Swan 153A 18/1000 IB 16/1500 16/1669 16/1900 2A 16/1700 17/0659 17/0900 I 4 17/1200 17/1459 17/1700 043A
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        930 42 twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price granges 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 the
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
        525 42 C*ta" Cafean 5 Mr Water Rcadue Mi MwMin Scdbrart Dmfty Wat« ItaMw Mi MmMmi StAnert VMM MM Loon Exxon KG/IT3 V/V t M il M M PPM netted KG/M*3 V/V HH M/M PPM method EaNmUSA 180 Ave 985 0.2 13.6 0 08 11 0.02 Z 010
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        382 44  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Changi Airport enjoyed another busy year in 1994, although growth in passenger traffic and aircraft movements tapered off slightly. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said on Saturday that more than 21.6 million passengers passed through the
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        316 44 AP HOUSTON Continental Airlines plans to reduce its workforce by as much as 10 per cent nationwide as part of an effort to weed out moneylosing routes and return to profitability. The reductions as many as 4,(XX) jobs will come through early
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        158 44 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Public Enterprises Ministry will allow only new cars to be used by operators of airport limousine services. Minister Yusof Nor said on Sunday that the operators have one year to replace their current re-conditioned cars with new ones.
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        168 44 Reuter LONDON A group of 11 European railway companies, including British Rail, SNCF of France and Germany's Deutsche Bundesbahn, have joined an American telecommunications group to develop a cross-border European communications network. The Financial Times newspaper reported yesterday that the joint venture, called
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        480 44 NYT NEW YORK In the absence of steady profits in recent years, large American airlines have served up a stream of neck-wrenching strategy shifts, flirtations with bankruptcy and ground-breaking labour-management deals. Given the turmoil, it is hardly surprising that most carriers have
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        425 44 Reuter NEW YORK The United States airline industry, seeking to reverse years of financial losses, could post break-even results for the traditionallyweak fourth quarter due to continued cost-cutting programmes, analysts said. Although results will improve from 1993's fourth quarter US$4OO million
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        84 44 Knight-Ridder LONDON Frank Chao, president of the Far East-based shipowners Wah Kwong, became vice chairman of the International Maritime Industries Forum from Jan 1. Mr Chao stood down in May last year from the chairmanship of Intercargo, the association of independent dry cargo
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        47 44 Knight-Ridder LONDON The 26,360-deadweight-tonne freighter Gladiator, which sustained damage when its cargo shifted during bad weather, has discharged 29 damaged containers with cargo at San Francisco, according to Lloyd's Intelligence. The Liberian-flagged vessel was expected to depart for Los Angeles on Jan 12.
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        69 44 Knight-Ridder LONDON The 59,914-gross tonnage roll-on, roll-off ferry Silja Europa grounded briefly north of Furusund last week but refloated on its own power, according to Lloyd's Intelligence. The vessel did not sustain any damage, but will dock and a thorough investigation will be made. The
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        114 44 Knight-Ridder LONDON The vessel Corvette Eithne has met the 357,469-deadweight-tonne tanker Mimosa, which is to put into Falmouth, UK, after discovering cracks in its forepeak tank, and is to accompany the tanker southwards, according to Lloyd's Intelligence. The tug supply vessel Brodospas Sun was expected
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        58 44 Knight-Ridder KNIGHT-RIDDER The 22.059-deadweight-tonne bulk carrier Golden Eagle will sail through the Panama canal and berth in Buenaventura to discharge, according to Lloyd's Intelligence. The vessel arrived in Cristobal at 0935 hours on Jan 9, under tow, with reported rudder damage. It was not possible
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      422 30 m IS'pore P Keiang Loading for V FORUM AKASAKA 25/1 30/1 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantes I VLAHERNA 5/2 9/2 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantes •Loads E./W. Malaysia, Indooesta I I Loading for ENERGETIC DubM/BahfMn/Damman/Kuwatt I SEA VENUS HodeMah/Jeddah/Aqaba 'Loads Singapore. E./W. Malaysia. Indonesia I Loading for DONA V Los Angeles/New Orleans/ I Charteston/NorfolH/Camden H OCEAN EVER Los
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      1172 31 P m STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Ho« Chiang Rtad #11-01 Keppel Towers jgj Ma 020S Td: *****50 Fix: *****17 mmiiiibimiiiim I aMWMaaisar I CARGO DUE SABS MOW *011 UK. a»V T»» M POBT 19 taß FCL. LCL COMTAJNCR ANO BMCAKBULK MRVICE TO PAPVA NEW OUMCA C I NASA •-30
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      459 32 >fb JOWT VENTURE AI \Sly SAMUDERA INDONESIA SIR RICKMERS SINGAPORE CHINA GREEN EM YOt 3NB 12 MN Q««DAO OASA SOU.UH YOY 3NB OS FEB MNGMK SHANGHAI MDUCEMENT CALL P.KELANG MUCOKNT CALL IK. P.GUOANG, BCLANAN, T6 MAM MMEft ZHANGJKAN6 UTAMA HARTA f WEEKLY FULL CONTANCMMT FEEDER VESSEL NAME VOY SIN P.
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      1140 32 (g) HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****30-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 FW Wl SM UK HAUL SA YKR HW FW HI |«E HNA SM AM NYC HMUN HONGKONG 0471 20/1 UKCI 1/2 10/2 11/2 HMUN BUSM 1511 22/1 M. MCMCA OIK 23/2 24/2 2C/2 HMUN SMITH
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      1778 33 i I, wiw T 7 f ;,#i|k (MILBAJIU) (fKHMRMftt« W^^W^^El^iiiuwmi a smlms pbi mwtn C—MAyrr 42QS7H COST Alt SHIPPING PTC LTD ntalSii cos*/r c..n.in.it <»ms« M: <»57is c——«»..«<: «*s;« f IMm Mr ml 7-** CH **********0 M ram: 22*2209 o»c*. *****30 t*mi*m—mt: 42*5730 MS «Mv r«MT« UCK Mac CCSU tOHOni
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      857 33 Q HEUWG-A SHIPPING "(KOREAN FLAG) l COKTJUNOHZED COWVEWIIOmL blowa imm I w/ti I iyii I a/ii I »/»i i own I m/m I *4/*2 I es/az Iwo ponmi sain e7/ei I u/n I is/tll aw I h/h| own I m/» awn pmm h/ii i«/n I n/ti I ?4/»i oaar t3/c
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      315 33 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE 0106 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 23/01 ROTTERDAM 19/01 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 23/01 HAMBURG/BREMEN ***** MARSEILLE/FRANCE 24/01 FELIXSTOWE/UK 23/01 BARCELONA/SPAIN 20/01 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 24/01 GENOA/ITALY 21/01 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 24/01 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 13/01 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 19/01 NEW YORK/EC 13/01 FREMANTLE/ADELADE 2VOI VANCOUVER 20/01 BRISBANE 19/01 TORONTO/MONTREAL 20/01
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      970 35 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD] 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I VfIHV CR NO **********0E I f VESSEL VOY SM CMS JIB HOO JEO AGJ AOE PZU MSW ASA KOTA WWW AN WRNSIS IS/1 23/1 29/1 30/1 272 4/3 13/2 1«/2 21/2 KOTAKRANi BRNI3S 2S/1 2/3 10/2
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      975 35 VCSSCIS So* I SJN I If KAVW HAMBURG THAMES ROTKROAM ANTWERP Wit Ot TUCAWA UO7W 19/01 09/02 10/02 12/0? 13/02 WLLt 01 IBM 107W 25/01 15/02 17/02 19/02 20/0? H/02 VULt Pt CAJMHA CO7W 01/02 21/02 23/02 25/02 it,o2 if/M WIU 01 SAOTTA SO7W 01/03 03/03 05/03 28/03 07/03 •AISO
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      386 38 1 ASIA HKG/TWN/BKK GENOfI/EUROPE PEN PM SIN 5 SWUNGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 16/1 17/1 18/1 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH G'burg/Chagen/S'holm/Oslo 17/1 18/1 19/1 22/1 23/1 22/1 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH Piraeus 26/1 27/1 ZB/1 23/1 24/1 25/1 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH ldn/Fl*/Rtm/Ant/Ham/Leh 21/1 22/1 Z3/1 PFmUINP Tfl Genoa/Barcelona/Marsales 19/1 20/1 21/1 16/1 17/1 18/1 SHANGHAI/DALIAN I JPN/KOREA/MANILA I XKMCH/BtIWC
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      17 39 The latest in sea, air and land transportation Shipping Times Monday to Friday rr\ Business Times WBKHOWASLA
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      242 39 II VESSEL VOY«N MAA MNIj CAPE HERMES 204N 18 19/01 24 30/01 03-04/02 I TIGER ISLAND 125S 19-20/01 (FOR DISCHARGE ONLYHI I TIGER CAPE 013N 23-24,01 29-05/02 10-11/02 W\ I TIGER BRIDGE 3ISN 25-26/01 31-06/02 11-12/02 I TIGER BAY 128N 29-30/01 04 10/02 14-15/02 I I TIGER ISLANO 127N 31-01/02
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      497 43 I HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 \m IfHE PCD I ttSgLS WT I I RTM ANT LEX HAH Bgj FEL 11/01 20/01 21/01 a MMKX 31W 23/01 10/02 12/02 11/02 12/02 12/02 14/02 2VOI 27/01 21/01 H. MNOVATOR 313* 30/01 17/02 19/02 11/02 19/02
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      326 43 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE MULTI-PURPOSE I ROW CARftO SPECIALIZE M HEAVY Lf T CARGO UPTO 120 TOMS RAMP CAPACITY UPTO 50 TONS wssa «OT SM n ionmt fo« PAKMTI SEMOOJM 1 &D lf/1 OCEAA am 2C/1 29/1 SOWN 31 2/2 BATAM 5/2 lAMRTA 6/2 CO3MC CHALLENGE* 34 1/2 4/2 tUMI
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      663 43 VKgl DOY SM ETA/0 LAX QM OQ PAL IHM/COL1HM/C0L IHOU NYC NOR MAQUNAC BRRKE >2A 12/01 /13/01 29/01 31/11 11/02 02/02 02/02 02/92 03/02 04/02 ALLIGATOR TR—H <0A 19/01 /20/01 05/02 07/02 00/02 09/02 09/0? 10/02 10/02 11/02 GEORGE NASHNGTON BRPGE »4A 20/01 /27/01 30/01 14/02 15/02 10/02 10/02 17/02
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      77 44 I t ANALYSIS I mil ymil -n M.V. TAMDHIT VOY.I Arrived 6th January 1993 Consignee* of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessel is hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the I8!h January 1993 0900-1200 hours atPT4. No further survey will be entertained thereafter As AfMfe:
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