The Business Times, 19 January 1995

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    13 1 BUSINESS TIMES WL KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 194/12/94 Thursday January 19 1995 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow down 14.8 points
      64 1 Reuter NEW YORK Blue-chip stocks fell yesterday as renewed uncertainty over the Federal Reserve's stance on interest rates triggered a bout of profit taking. The Dow Jones industrial average was off 14.80 points at 3,915.86 at 1 pm EST. In the broader market, declining issues led
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      Lock icon Stop propping up steel
      36 1 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Commission should block subsidies to the steel sector or risk a new wave of government aid requests, Claus Dieter Ehlermann, the commission's direc-tor-general for competition said yesterday. Reuter
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    164 1 Stock market iwKfOi Wednesday Change STI! 2103.56 -2.48 KLSEComp 918.74 -8.02 Nikkei 19,223.31 -18.01 Hang Seng 7,630.20 +23.69 SET Index 1,285.57 +20.42 Jakarta Comp 449.84 +0.74 CLSA China B 841.07 +1.12 Aust All Ord 1,888.6 +8.00 FTSE 100 3,054.9 +0.5 Wednesday Prevhws lpm EST dose Dow Jones 3915.86
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    Lam Chuan Leong to succeed Pillay in civil service reshuffle
    315 1  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE A reshuffle of top civil servants will see Lam Chuan Leong, Permanent Secretary (Trade Industry), succeeding J Y Pillay as Permanent Secretary (National Development) on March 31. Mr Pillay is due to retire on March 30,
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    Average bids down 10% in URA's first tender this year
    712 1  -  By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE In a further sign of a softening residential market, average bids for the bulk of parcels in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's first tender for 1995 which closed yesterday fell about 10 per cent from last week's
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    Lock icon Kobe residents flee city as quake toll tops 2,800
    352 1 Reuter AP KOBE, Japan In a dramatic exodus, hundreds of thousands of people fled this western port city yesterday, a day after it was ravaged by a destructive earthquake and raging flames. On foot, by bicycle, in shared cars, residents packed
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    Lock icon Maybank, Bank Bumi to raise base lending rates today
    365 1 Bernama Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Two lead banks. Malayan Banking Berhad and Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd, yesterday announced an upward revision in their base lending rates eflec-., tive today. Maybank is raising its BLR from 6.55 per cent per year to 6.65
    Bernama; Reuter  -  365 words
  • Article
    December's non-oil exports up 33%, capping strong year
    443 1  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Non-oil domestic exports, widely seen as an indicator of the health of Singapore's manufacturing sector, surged 32.8 per cent in real terms in December, capping a year of sustained export growth. Analysts, who are forecasting overall economic growth
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    Lock icon S'pore overnight money rate turns negative
    186 1 Bloomberg Business News SINGAPORE Depositors would have had to pay Singapore banks yesterday to park their money overnight because demand for the Singapore currency was so strong, traders said. Banks were offering a negative 0.1250 per cent rate to depositors, but no transactions at
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      55 1 Law: Pg is Arbitration in Indonesia MORE REPORTS: Sharp drop in number of Japanese visitors to Singapore, Pg 2 Little impact on S'pore's reinsurance industry, Pg 2 Soft soil adds to Japan's qua Me damage, Pg 12 Quake fails to rock Japan's financial markets, Pg 20 Container shipping from Kobe
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      49 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg jr^j |9n Indon blue chip sin##.. NS I B announces new board directors, Pg 2 Two top SAF officers to take on boardroom jobs, Pg 2 US businesses see inflation speeding up: Fed, Pg 20 Business inventories in US up 0.7% in November, Pg 20
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon CD-ROM makers off to strong start
        318 2  -  By Claire Leow SINGAPORE'S budding CD-ROM drive industry produced an estimated 1.2 million units last year worth $160 million, the Economic Development Board says. And it expects output to stay strong this year. Local production of CDROMs an increasingly popular data storage product for
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Advertising watchdog to revise code
        136 2 THE local advertising industry watchdog plans to revise the Singapore Code of Advertising Practice (Scap) by 1996 to move with the times and be more socially responsible. The code revision was the subject of a talk on raising standards in the advertising industry organised by
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        Fruit distributor opens $15m building
        135 2 FRUIT and vegetable distributor Fook Huat Tong Kee officially opened a new $15 million building at Pandan Loop yesterday. The building symbolised the group's long-term commitment to use Singapore as the hub for its international network and regional distribution activities, said chairman Lim Soo Peng.
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      Ken-Air to expand in S'pore, Indonesia via franchisees
      331 2  -  By A J Leow TOUR operator Ken-Air aims to appoint 10 local franchisees and a major Indonesian travel agency as its master franchisee in that country before the end of the year. The group's managing director, Kenny Goh, said yesterday a deal
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      Lock icon Growing firms risk losing founders' spirit
      335 2  -  Global Entrepreneurship Forum By Ven Sreenivasan THE biggest challenge for growing companies is to maintain the entrepreneurial spirit their founding entrepreneurs brought with them, author and management guru Larry Farrell said yesterday. Speaking before almost 2,000 delegates at the forum, he said the biggest
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    • Article
      Sharp drop in number of Japanese visitors to Singapore
      331 2  -  Japan's quake disaster By A J Leow JAPANESE visitors to Singapore have more than halved since Tuesday when a predawn earthquake struck western Japan, said the Japan Travel Bureau (JTB) here yesterday. JTB managing director Seizo Sakoda told BT yesterday that
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    • Article
      Quake makes little impact on S'pore's reinsurance industry
      291 2  -  By Soh Tiang Keng THE big earthquake that rocked Japan on Tuesday makes little impact on the reinsurance market in Singapore, according to the tryInsurance managers said yesterday the reinsurance industry here would only be "slightly affected" by the quake which hit
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    • Article
      High costs, thin profit margins plague businesses
      406 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming RISING costs and thinning profit margins meant many businessmen had not seen the fruit of the past two years' high economic growth, participants at an Institute of Policy Studies conference said yesterday. "Where is the growth? Many of us
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    • Article
      Petrochemical, oil firms join pact to upgrade contractors
      301 2  -  By Lilian Ang SIX major oil and petrochemical companies yesterday signed an agreement with the Economic Development Board to participate in an in-dustry-wide programme to help local contractors upgrade. The memorandum of understanding. sealed under the EDB's Local Industry Upgrading Programme, aims
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    • Article
      HDB upgrading spells rise in value for older flats, estates
      381 2  -  By Lee Han Shih MANY of the oldest public flats in Singapore may eventually fetch more than half a million dollars each afler being upgraded by the government, an interview last night suggested. The interview was conducted by Television Corporation
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      NSTB names its board for the next two years
      164 2 THE National Science and Technology Board (NSTB) yesterday announced a new board of directors for the next two years. Teo Ming Kian, Permanent Secretary (Development Division) of Mindef, will continue to serve as NSTB's chairman, while the Deputy Vice-Chan-cellor of the
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      Two top SAF officers to take on boardroom jobs
      217 2 TWO senior military officers Defence Force chief Ng Jui Feng and Chief of Army Lim Neo Chian will trade their commissions for a crack at boardroom tactics and strategy later this year. Lieutenant-General Ng will become deputy chairman of the CPF
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Good S'pore-KL ties will lead to more business for all: BG Lee
      603 3  -  From Ho Kay Tat in PENANG GOOD bilateral government relations will create the right environment for the private sectors of Singapore and Malaysia to do more business together, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. "Basically, you
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      Focus on real face of Thailand, says diplomat
      328 3  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THERE are two faces to Thailand the "real" and the impressionistic and Singapore investors be able to distinguish between them, says the Singapore's former ambassador to Thailand Chin Siat Yoon. "The tendency of the media is
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      Lock icon KL warns rail signal designers to speed up or face consequences
      379 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The government yesterday issued a stern warning to a consortium headed by Sapura Holdings Sdn Bhd to buck up or face the consequences for delaying the completion of KTM Berhad's MS 1.5 billion (SSBSO million) double-tracking
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Lock icon Building begins on Hanoi tech centre
        100 3 Reuter HANOI Schmidt Vietnam, a subsidiary of Hongkong-based Schmidt Group, launched the first phase of its Hanoi International Technology Centre yesterday and said it was one of the most advanced in South-east Asia. The company poured the last concrete for a nine-storey, US$2O million
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        Lock icon Jakarta to limit rupiah depreciation
        94 3 AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian government plans to limit the depreciation of the rupiah to between 3 and 4 per cent in the 1995-1996 fiscal year, according to a newspaper report here yesterday. As in the past, in 1995-1996 the rupiah is projected to depreciate by
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        Lock icon Indon labour force to grow 3% a year
        102 3 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's labour force will grow by 3 per cent per year this decade and reach close to 100 million people by 2000, a report here said yesterday. Manpower Minister Abdul Latief was quoted by the Antara news agency as saying
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        Lock icon Pollution worsening in Jakarta
        61 3 AP JAKARTA Jakarta's city fathers warned yesterday that pollution is worsening. Bandjar Marpaung. chairman of a commission in charge of development, said the government should promote the use of low-lead fuel. He also urged industries to help protect the environment by building water treatment facilities to
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    • Article
      US drive maker to pump $100m into Batam plant
      290 3  -  By David Mok SINGAPORE US-based disk drive maker Quantum Corp will invest $100 million in its operations on the Indonesian island of Batam in the next two to three years. Quantum's chairman and chief executive Bill Miller announced this yesterday at
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China's inflation slows for second month running
      287 4 Reuter BEIJING China has reported a slowing of inflation for the second month in a row, supporting official promises that it has peaked, although economists warn that government forecasts for 1995 may be too rosy. The consumer price index rose 25.5 per cent
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      Lock icon HK brokers revise down 1995 earnings for property sector
      243 4 Reuter HONGKONG Many brokerages in Hongkong have revised downward their earnings forecasts for the property sector for 1995 amid continuing gloom on the realty market. "It's inevitable and only natural that developers' earnings should be revised downwards considering the property market's
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      Lock icon The cost of progress
      57 4 Reuter BEIJING The ancient imperial buildings in the centre of Beijing are now surrounded by skyscrapers and smoking chimneys as development takes its toll. Most of the remaining old buildings in the Chinese capital are being razed, transforming one of the oldest cities in the world
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      Lock icon Beijing and US start last-ditch talks to avert trade war
      424 4 Reuter BEIJING Chinese and United States negotiators sat down yesterday for last-ditch talks to try to avert a looming Pacific trade war over US charges that Beijing has done too little to protect intellectual property rights. A Chinese official said
      Reuter  -  424 words
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      France's EDF wins 1b franc deal for China nuclear plant
      201 4  -  B* S N Vasuki SINGAPORE French utility company Electricite De France (EDF) has won a 1 billion French franc (SS27O million) contract to design, engineer and supervise work on China's second nuclear power plant at Daya Bay, in the southern
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon China wants its own electronics giants
        65 4 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China will soon publish a policy blueprint that will insist that foreign electronics investment help create the nation's own electronics giants. The official China Daily yesterday quoted Minister of Electronics Industry Hu Qili as saying foreign investors accounted for almost
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        Lock icon Warning of killer quakes in Taiwan
        62 4 AFP TAIPEI Seismologists yesterday warned residents and authorities in southern Taiwan against possible killer quakes as the end of a 30-year cycle had arrived. "A catastrophe like that in Japan is very likely to happen in the Chianan plain, which has entered its killer-quake
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        Lock icon Amway opens plant in Guangzhou
        66 4 AFP HONGKONG Amway Asia Pacific yesterday said it had opened a manufacturing plant in the south China city of Guangzhou that was the centrepiece of its US$lOO million (SSI44 million) investment in the country. The new 15,000-sq-m plant in the Guangzhou Economic and Technical Development
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        Lock icon HK expels 104 Viet boat people
        57 4 AP HONGKONG Hongkong yesterday expelled 104 Vietnamese in the largest single deportation of "boat people" from the colony. Several of the 41 men, 24 women, 20 boys and 19 girls resisted attempts to put them aboard the chartered flight to Vietnam and had to
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon India's double-digit inflation worries central bank chief
      473 7 Reuter NEW DELHI India's central bank governor has voiced concern at double-digit inflation blamed on rapid capital inflows and excessive money supply in an otherwise strong economy. But Chakravarty Rangarajan, in remarks published yesterday, ruled out a suggestion that India's liberalising economy could
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      Lock icon Note-worthy protest
      38 7 Reuter COLOMBO A man, carrying a giant-sized dollar note, during a protest here on Tuesday against World Bank policies urging the government to cut subsidies on farm produce and sale of sugar and wheat flour. Reuter
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Aussie consumer sentiment plunges 9.3%
        102 7 Knight-Ridder SYDNEY Australian consumer sentiment plunged by 9.3 per cent in January in the wake of an increase in official interest rates in December, according to a privately conducted survey. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index fell by 9.9 points in January to 96.5, Westpac
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        Lock icon Canberra denies environment tax plan
        80 7 Knight-Ridder CANBERRA Australia's acting Environment Minister Duncan Kerr has rejected a newspaper story yesterday which says the government is considering introducing a range of environmental taxes. The Australian Financial Review cited a leaked Cabinet document, which discusses the option of a carbon tax to raise
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      • Article
        Lock icon US, Japan to resume trade surplus talks
        60 7 AFP WASHINGTON The United States and Japan agreed lo resume discussions on Jan 26 on reducing the Japanese trade surplus in the automobile sector, US officials said on Tuesday. 1 he US Trade Representative's office, which gave no location for the talks, said
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    • Article
      Japanese firm to boost regional air-cargo operations
      293 7  -  From Koichi Ishiyama in TOKYO TRANSPORT operator Nish-i-Nippon Railroad Co yesterday announced plans to boost its air-cargo operations in the region, including joint ventures in Singapore and other Asean countries. A spokesman for NishiNippon, a leading railway operator on Japan's southern island of
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      Lock icon Seoul creates special court
      126 7 Reuter SEOUL South Korean authorities said yesterday a special court is to be created to deal with labour issues affecting foreign workers after several Nepal is ended a protest demanding better working conditions. "The court will be set up sometime in March to deal with the,
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Mexico begins climb to regain confidence of financial markets
      461 8 Washington Post IHT NYT NEW YORK With Mexico's first successful sale on Tuesday of government securities since the peso crisis broke last month, the country began to climb back toward regaining the confidence of financial markets, aided by the promise of
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      Lock icon Nurtured by Mother Nature
      65 8 Reuter INUVIK, North West lerritories Hugh (right) and Effie Rogers taking a break to watch television with their grandson Gerard last week before preparing their dinner of caribou leg and organs at their Arctic cabin in the wilderness near here. The Rogers are some of the
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      Lock icon European parliament approves Santer's commission
      222 8 Bloomberg Business News STRASBOURG The European parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of the 20 commissioners chosen to manage the EU's executive body, the European Commission. The approval ends seven months of wrangling about who should manage the EU's powerful bureaucracy for the next five
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    • Article
      Lock icon UK jobless rate drops, inflation jumps
      157 8 Reuter LONDON British unemployment fell at the fastest rate for six years in December but the country's lively economic recovery also caused inflation to jump. Official figures released yesterday showed seasonally adjusted unemployment dived by 54,600 in December to 2.4 million or 8.6 per
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    • Article
      Lehman Brothers predicts further US rate hikes
      400 8  -  By Vikram Khanna SINGAPORE Despite the problems in Mexico, US short-term interest rates look set to rise by a further one percentage point in the first half of this year, a Lehman Brothers official said yesterday. This should set the stage for a
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    • Article
      Lock icon IMF, Russia start talks on US$6.25b loan
      239 8 Reuter MOSCOW An International Monetary Fund team started talks in Moscow yesterday on a U556.25 billion (559.06 billion) standby loan, but a possible delay in a key parliamentary budget hearing over the war in Chechnya meant an early breakthrough was unlikely. The latest
      Reuter  -  239 words
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Russian ministers may get axed
        73 8 AP WASHINGTON Top Russian government officials are likely to be fired for their roles in the bungled military assault on Chechnya, US intelligence officials said on Tuesday. CIA acting director. Admiral William OStudeman, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that those most likely to get
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      • Article
        Lock icon Money supply growth on target: Buba
        87 8 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT The Bundesbank yesterday said it will hit its money-supply growth target for 1994 and called its 1995 target a clear signal of its commitment to quell inflation. In its December report, the central bank said M 3 money growth for
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      • Article
        Lock icon Swiss profits to rise again after 5 years
        73 8 Reuter ZURICH Profits in Swiss industry this year should rise for the first time in five years, the Union Bank of Switzerland (ÜBS) said on the basis of a survey of more than 2,800 firms that provide jobs for around 450.000 people.
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      Lock icon Gingrich plays down November meeting with Murdoch
      324 8 Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON United States House Speaker Newt Gingrich said media magnate Rupert Murdoch discussed his television regulatory woes in November with him, but he told him "that's his problem" since he never got involved in cases like that. In remarks on
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Sampras leads seeds into Round 3
      657 9 Australian Open Reuter AFP AP MELBOURNE Defending champion Pete Sampras overwhelmed qualifier Jan Kroslak with a series of si/./ling shots yesterday and led a swag of seeds who sped into the third round of the Australian Open tennis championship. In the women's matches. 14-year-old
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      Lock icon Date's mind on family, friends and earthquake in Japan
      280 9 AFP MELBOURNE Kimiko Date had more on her mind than the Australian Tennis Open here yesterday, spending most of her spare time telephoning family and friends after the destructive Japanese earthquake. Japan's No 1 player Date, still troubled by strained stomach
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    • SIDE LINES
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        Lock icon China athlete Liu Dong back in team
        116 9 Reuter BEIJING World 1.500 metres champion Liu Dong has rejoined Chinas team of world-beating women's distance runners now that they have disbanded the "Ma Family Army" of coach Ma Junren. the China Sports Daily said yesterday. Liu returned on Jan 6 to the
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      • Article
        Lock icon KL Games organisers in settlement
        98 9 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian organisers of the 1998 Commonwealth Games have paid an out-of-court settlement to a Canadian consultancy firm which contended it had been cheated out of commercial rights to the Games, news reports said yesterday. The settlement amount was not disclosed. Canadian company
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      • Article
        Lock icon Palmer launches Golf Channel
        132 9 AFP ORLANDO. Florida Arnold Palmer (lipped the switch to begin programming here on Tuesday on The Golf Channel, a 24-hour US cable and satellite television network devoted entirely to the sport. US golfing legend Palmer, a part-owner and co-founder in the venture, began the opening show
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      • Article
        Lock icon O'Keefe wins Australasian PGA title
        88 9 AP MELBOURNE American golfer Jack O'Keefe on Tuesday was named Australasian PGA tour rookie of the year. O'Keefe. from Little Rock. Arkansas, finished 19th on the Australasian Order of Merit in 1994 with winnings of more than U5543.500 (5563.000) from 11 tournaments. Australian Greg Norman
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        Lock icon NZ cricket team gets new coach
        83 9 AFP WELLINGTON Former New Zealand test batsman John Reid was appointed coach of the national cricket team yesterday following the resignation of Geoff Howarth a day earlier. The announcement was made by New Zealand Cricket, the ruling body for the sport. Howarth resigned after
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      Lock icon Europe must win Ryder Cup to keep interest alive: Montgomerie
      529 9 Golf Reuter DUBAI Colin Montgomerie said on Tuesday that Europe must win the Ryder Cup against the United States in September to keep interest alive in the event. "We must win," said Montgomerie, the top money-winner in Europe for the
      Reuter  -  529 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Knicks downplay rematch with Rockets
      169 9 NYT PURCHASE, New York Revenge? Redemption? Rematch? Better rethink that because the Knicks say they are refusing to look at tonight's game at Houston the first meeting between the teams since June 22, the night the Rockets defeated the Knicks to capture the National Basketball
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    • SCORE CARD
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        Basketball
        27 9 NEW YORK NBA on luesda): Orlando 109 Charlotte 98; Boston 92 San Antonio 101; Phoenix 129 Denver 113; Seattle 115 Cleveland 91; Sacramento 95 Portland 88.
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        Tennis
        372 9 MELBOURNE US$6.2 million (Ss9 million) Australian Open third day yesterday Men's 2nd rd: 7-Michael Stich (Ger) b Alex O'Brien (US) 6-0 6-3 6-4; I-Pete Sampras (US) b Jan Kroslak (Slov) 6-2 6-0 6-1; Lars Jonsson (Swe) b Richard Fromberg (Aust) 7-5 7-6 (7-4) 3-6 6-2; 9-Jim Courier (US) b
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      Lock icon Australian crewman loses two fingers in mishap
      465 9 America's Cup AFP SAN DIEGO Australian Steve Cotton, a crewman aboard Chris Dickson's New Zealand entry, lost the ends of two fingers in a racing mishap on Tuesday on a day when misfortune hung over the America's Cup. Cotton lost the ends of
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      550 10 D 0 V z R PA ,~i KV iI: A luxurious seaview condominium that sets a new trend for 21 it Century living with its intelligen *■'> Built on high ground, with higher floors that command an excellent view of the buildings of Raffles Place s an Private air-con buses
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      297 11 3 a new trend for 21 it Century living with its intelligent home automation systems nd an excellent view of the buildings of Raffles Place and the West Coast seaview from afar Beside Budtia Vista MRT Station Proposed LRT link to Holland Village 1 /fSw^ mm Sij /sMla«^ 9:E| li
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      Lock icon Soft soil adds to Japan's quake damage
      571 12  -  Larry Schuster looks at why the latest earthquake in Japan was so destructive Larry Schuster UPI SOFT landfill soil underlying the sea-port eities of Kobe and Osaka in Japan probably made an already powerful earthquake even more destructive a factor that has helped
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      347 12 AP THE earthquake that flattened parts of two Japanese cities provides a chilling picture of what the future could hold for Los Angeles. Japanese earthquake-design standards are comparable to those in Southern California, said George Housner, a professor of earthquake engineering at the
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        Robot with eye of housefly
        94 12 SINGAPORE A "houseflyrobot" developed at France's National Centre of Scientific Research uses a visual system modelled on the composite eye of a housefly. This enables the robot (right) to bypass obstacles placed in its path to reach a target that it can "see", says Fonts,
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        Lock icon 2 S Korean firms to make LCD panels
        59 12 NYT TOKYO Two South Korean electronics manufacturers will begin manufacturing liquid crystal display panels this year, posing a big challenge to Japanese firms that dominate the market for the key component of computer and other high-tech equipment. Samsung Electronics and Gold Star
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        Lock icon New technology raises fibre optic capacity
        92 12 Reuter NLW YORK International Business Machines Corp says it has developed a commercial prototype for a new fibre optic technology that allows up to 20 simultaneous data streams of text, video, audio or image files. This compares to existing technology that permits just one
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        Lock icon A more precise cancer detection test
        90 12 AP WASHINGTON An experimental test detected cancer cells in blood that were as rare as one in 10 million cells, researchers said Monday. That is at least 100 times more precise than existing methods to detect cancer cells, said the study reported in the
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        Lock icon Olive oil prevents breast cancer study
        77 12 AP WASHINGTON Scientists have long been aware that Mediterranean women develop breast cancer at a rate of one-half to 60 per cent that of women from the US. Now they're saying the reason may be olive oil. A new study "gives additional momentum" to
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      315 13 WHEN IT COMES TO SAFEGUARDING THESE PRESTIGIOUS RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS, |Q FAR EAST ORGANIZATION LEAVES NOTHmG TO CHANCE. Mb"" r j t •*> ~j£l Congratulations to Far East Organization on the launch of Dover Parkview Proteq BX, one of the world's most intelligent Home HOME AUTOMATION Automation and Security systems, will
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      111 14 A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE PHANTOM. m §fi^ fe'l- k >•? 1.-* i irV f > t,r Introducing The Golden Rose' Package. I N C El. EBRATION Tin S i r \i i s i i\ies 1845 1995 vS SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS preienti AND
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      Why some disputes are a problem in Indonesia
      1184 15  -  Chew Farn Chyi looks at how civil law is interspersed with presidential decrees and bye-laws there Chew Farn Chyi KISPUTES in Indonesia arc a problem for lawyers and foreign businessmen urisprudence there i civil law, interspersed with presidential detrees and bye-laws. The
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      Fees, perks of QC lower nowadays
      510 15  -  AT THE BAR *1 By Ramesh Divyanathan THE DAYS when local lawyers used to drool over the fees and perks of Queen's Counsel (QC) might be over. Practitioners say factors such as competition among QC and efforts to cut their luxurious perks by the
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      87 15 WHAT A KOOL SALE! S; f"i/ f First Ever Public Sale Jan 12 to 23, '95 Renowned European designer furniture, lightings and home accessories at 25% to 50% off piration The Premier Designer Furniture House 896 Dunearn Rood, #03-01 Sime Darby Centre (2158) Tel: 462 2155 (Showroom) 462 3155 (Office)
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      1439 16 Beats A Bud. where t wine, owe and entertain OF Pitft fmt*( LPi Silvitiri 10 Varieties of Pasta f?f j 20 different sauces And all-time Italian favourites A J antipasti, pizza and puccia. rm I PASTA FMSCA DA SAIVATOM HI LTD WKU •30 Boat Quay, S(0104) (Open 84 hours). Tel:
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon One man's meat is another's taboo
      651 17  -  TV broadcasters tread carefully as they stamp their satellite footprint across Asia, says Jane lilennerhassett Jane Blennerhassett Reuter PORKY PIG is banned, news is pulled, heavy metal is on the scrap heap and Madonna's pointy bra stays in the closet. Welcome to satellite television
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      Lock icon Bite-sized Tom Cruise
      48 17 Reuter LONDON Hundreds of fans waited for hours in driving wind and rain on Tuesday to catch a glimpse of Tom Cruise. The American star was in London for the premiere of his film interview with the Vampire at a cinema in Leicester Square. Reuter
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        Lock icon Yes, there is life after 40: Shepherd
        329 17 AP AP UPI AP CYBILL SHEPHERD says there is life after 40. For one thing, there's great sex. "They used to say 35 was a woman's sexual prime," the 44-year-old actress said in Entertainment Weekly. "Listen, 40 is when it really starts to
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      403 17 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN II H C3l iD oirf e Eating House I 277 Orchard Rd #02-38 Specialists' Centre S (0923) I n rnn o A cci I JpZf LBI/ I Aas« "M When you spend $25/- or more at Fosters for lunch or afternoon tea from Mon-Sat,
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      1324 17 I TV RADIO schlocky movies from /fl the '50s. This time, Kevin /j^Bv Bacon and Fred Ward are the B V puzzled heroes when nasty jM creatures pop up from under- B ground to eat people. Cool dia- }|»< logue and special effects save mt j|| the day for this
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    Tokyo's political tremors
    531 18 EDITORIAL THE KOBE disaster has temporarily ended the strife that threatens an earthquake of another kind within Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama's Social Democratic Party, and seeks to topple his six-month old coalition government. Even as the country was dealing with the disaster, Einosuke Akiya, president of
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      A landmark achievement
      250 18 KIM KEAT COURT at once sets at rest any doubts there might have been about the merits of the programme to upgrade Singapore's public housing. The dramatic improvement is not just to a flat or a block but to the quality of life in its totality. It
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      Strive for common ideals
      166 18 MUIS' MISSION and strategic plan are an example of how a major organisation has planned to help speed up the community's progress in order to successfully face future challenges. Some of the six aims which are non-religious in nature are consistent with the aspirations of the
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      All eyes on Murayama
      144 18 A GROUP of Socialist politicians has announced the formation of the New Democratic League (NDL) to create a new party. Although the move has not aflected the majority hold of the three-party coalition government, it could mean a further split within the Socialist Party. Not only
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      Jitters over the rupiah
      116 18 UNDERSTANDABLY, Indonesian monetary officials were painfully surprised by the dumping of the rupiah over the last few days. This was mostly because the trend occurred so soon afler the unveiling of what domestic and foreign economists have welcomed as a very realistic state budget proposal with
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      Be more alert to challenges
      139 18 SEEING the writing on the wall, Japan has started to take measures aimed at preventing a hollowing-out of its financial markets the loss of business and players to less regulated foreign markets. These moves include introducing around-the-clock trading on Tokyo's foreign exchange market and the
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      Respond positively to goodwill
      199 18 BRITISH OFFICIALS were right to deny that extending £1 billion (552.27 billion) in export credits to China was part of an attempt to improve relations. When countries such as the United States, Germany and France are jumping into China with both feet, it would be an
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    Lock icon When war is justified
    668 18  -  Frederick Bonnart says force should he used only if all other options have been fully exhausted, and then applied wisely for a clear common purpose Frederick Bonnart The writer is editor of Sato's Sixteen Nations, an independent military journal published in Brussels IHT THIS YEAR, in
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      122 18 mm whim// ymm» mia \\%ucw. M M I I II HI H ■u K« m H H| Mil I w IttwHn 12 January and 28 February 'fS, you can take home a fro* Sanyo video f caMOtta rocordor (Model VHR-3 20 NTA) worth $39f with ovary purchase of a Sanyo
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      48 18 fhou; DO N<C*J =»T?»vRT umsn otootD "£>) LOONIOeR VUOR< HP«D IN RjTwffp J help me. s =Sb1 C A—OOATIO mWOAWCT LTP, HP-HM &">&&*<— W>9 DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU I ib^sks>ss«> n I I 1! 11 ISSSPSIFif >t>/ COtA-PF/T MORE THAN I IOUtS 100&& AT ATOP ffPWQ/H? THAVS 1 **errt?r J rnSfMnm
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Lately, a much more visible Fed chief
      1441 19  -  While Keith Bradsher finds the Mexican peso crisis and US budgetary problems forcing Alan Greenspan into the limelight this past week, Dave Lindorff reports on another central banker a rising star in China looming as a potential rival of 'economic czar' Zhu Rongji
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      Lock icon A new 'princeling' power at China's central bank
      531 19 Global Finance THE "economic czar" presumably guiding China's reforms and commanding its central bank is Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji. But increasingly, when Hongkong bankers trek to Beijing in search of business, they're making sure to include a visit to Chen Yuan. The 47-year-old
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      17 19 PORTSHOTS The latest in sea, air and land transportation. Shipping Times. Monday to Friday. Business Times ■fWVtfH
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      137 19 Tie rare perfection of Palelt Philippe al The H our G1 ass I Mr W m C(looting a timepiece f a a^°ul e*^ui«ile ift V% f Mm skould ke a relaxed tkat kallmarL eack PaleL Pliilippe you re rare H* we see perfection of Patek X as connoiaaeura. And Pliilippe.
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    Lock icon US businesses see inflation speeding up: Fed
    449 20 Bloomberg Business News Reuter WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve, calling the United States economy "vibrant," yesterday warned that businesses expected the pace of inflation to accelerate this year. "Price increases seemed somewhat more widespread than were reported in early December, while higher inflationary expectations
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    Lock icon Quake fails to rock Japan's financial markets
    511 20 AFP Reuter AP TOKYO Japan's worst tiuake in nearly 50 years sent barely a ripple through financial markets yesterday for the second day running despite tnore detailed accounts of heavy damage to the country's industrial infrastructure. Businesses and banks in central Japan, however,
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    PM Goh conveys condolences
    169 20 SINGAPORE Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has conveyed his condolences to the bereaved families and the people of Japan, following the massive earthquake that rocked central-western Japan on Tuesday. In his letter to Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, Mr Goh said he was "shocked and saddened"
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    Business inventories in US up 0.7% in November
    427 20 WASHINGTON United States business inventories rose 0.7 per cent in November, the eighth straight gain, matching the rev ised increase for the previous month. The Commerce Department yesterday said that sales climbed a strong one per cent in November after advancing 0.3
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    India must get its act together on tourism
    905 20  -  The Bottom Line CATHERINE ONG CATHERINE ONG The writer is a senior BT correspondent THE SIGN said "No photography beyond this point", but the security personnel didn't bat an eyelid as camera-festooned tourists merrily went beyond that point and clicked away at
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    Lock icon Hanoi accuses foreign firms of sparking strikes
    171 20 Reuter AFP HANOI The head of Vietnam's State Committee for Cooperation and Investment (SCCI) has accused some foreign investors of sparking labour disputes by not paying the legal minimum wage. There were eight strikes in foreign-invested enterprises (FIE) last year, committee chairman Dau
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    Lock icon US mission to India could yield US$5.5b deals
    285 20 Reuter BANGALORE, India US Commerce Secretary Ron Brown's five-day mission to India could end up winning US$5.5 billion (557.97 billion) in contracts, almost as much as a trip last year to China produced, officials said yesterday. Mr Brown left New Delhi on
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    Lock icon Currency guru's remarks send Canadian dollar crashing
    331 20 Reuter TORONTO A publicity-shy currency guru touched a raw nerve in Canada's financial markets on Tuesday when his warnings that the Canadian dollar could become a "worthless piece of paper" sent the currency crashing to a new nine-year low. Investors took fright after
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        MARKET MOOD
        46 21 Weak '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 Carr and SG Warburg.
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        HOT STOCK
        113 21  -  By Quak Hiang Whai DBS LAND continued to get battered down, losing another 16 cents to $3.62 yesterday. Its daily and weekly RSIs and stochastics have fallen well below the 25 mark, indicating its heavily oversold situation. Even the monthly RSI is nearing the 25 level. Daily and
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      Sin Soon Huat plans listing to aid regional expansion
      259 21  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Industrial equipment supplier Sin Soon Huat plans to go public soon. The company, which has been operating for 50 years, plans to use proceeds from the listing to finance expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. It also
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      Telecom awards $70m contract for second digital mobile phone system
      332 21  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Telecom has awarded a contract worth more than $70 million for the supply of its second digital cellular system. The group's mobile phone subsidiary Mobile Link awarded the contract to Northern Telecom (Asia), a unit of
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      SCS buys 50% stake in telecoms systems firm
      253 21 SINGAPORE Singapore Computer Systems Ltd has entered into an agreement to acquire a 50 per cent stake in Telescience (Singapore) Pte Ltd, a vendor of telecommunications and data communications systems and services. SCS said yesterday it had acquired half of the 600,0
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      Jardine announces changes at the top
      201 21 SINGAPORE Jardine Matheson yesterday named Anthony Nightingale chairman of its regional trading and services company Jardine Pacific. Jardine Matheson managing director Alasdair Morrison said Mr Nightingale now managing director of Jardine Pacific would also become a director of Jardine Matheson, responsible for business development.
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      Jababeka a good company despite poor debut
      733 21  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Leslie Lopez JAKARTA When Kawasan Industri Jababeka announced plans to list on the Jakarta Stock Exchange late last year, investors, especially foreigners, liked what they heard. For starters, Jababeka, its promoters said, would become the largest listed developer of
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      Lock icon MRCB the 3rd partner in KL's fibre optic network
      187 21 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) has been selected as the third party in a proposed digital-based fibre optic network along the National Grid. Tcnaga Nasional Bhd executive chairman Ani Arope yesterday said: "We have not decided on the
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      Innovest resumes trading, takes a hiding in KL, S'pore
      430 21  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Share prices of Malaysia-listed building materials company Innovest Bhd fell sharply on heavy volume when trading resumed yesterday after a three-month suspension. Innovest shares closed 39 sen lower at MS 1.02 (557.9 cents) on a turnover of
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        Pidemco buys 30% of Lion unit in M'sian property foray
        330 22  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Govern-ment-linked Pidemco Land will take a 30 per cent stake in property-based Inverfin Sdn Bhd, a member of the JCuala Lumpur-listed Lion >group. The stake, which marks Pidemco's entry into the Malaysian property scene, was announced
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        Lock icon Bank Negara chief lashes out at irresponsible takeover deals
        361 22 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Bank Negara governor Ahmad Mohamad Don yesterday lashed out at "irresponsible" takeover deals where insolvent insuranee eompanies are bought at astronomieal prices which do not reflect the true worth of the company. "Of late, the proposed sale of
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        Lock icon Kretam may embark on cement, LPG projects in China
        213 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Kretam Holdings Bhd. which introduced its new logo yesterday, is looking into the possibility of venturing into two new projects in Guangxi, China, this year. Chairman Mahmood Sulaiman yesterday said the new projects identified were cement manufacturing and
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          IPC confirms bid for French stake
          97 22 SINGAPORE Personal computer maker IPC Corp Ltd has confirmed reports of its bid for as much as 10 per cent in French computer company Groupc Bull. A company spokeswoman said IPC was still in the preliminary stages of making its offer. Groupc Bull reported
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          Hour Glass ups Gubelin ownership
          72 22 SINGAPORE The Hour Glass Ltd has acquired another 10 per ccnt of Hongkong luxury watch dealer, Gubelin Watch Company, for HKS 1,021.34 (SSIB4) a share, the company said yesterday. It bought 60 per ccnt of the company or 50,000 shares of I IKS 100 each
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          Linden reduces YHS stake
          58 22 SINGAPORE Yco Hiap Seng Ltd said yesterday that substantial shareholder Lintien (Ptc) Ltd had reduced its stake from 4.12 million shares to 2.97 million shares. It sold 1.15 million shares for S3 each on Jan 13. Lintien also has a deemed interest in 20.4 million shares
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          Hiap Moh buys unit
          35 22 SINGAPORE Hiap Moh Corp said yesterday that it had bought a 284 sq m unit at Elite Industrial Building II at Tannery Lane for 551.35 million for warehousing and general purposes.
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          Tong Meng's new subsidiary
          28 22 SINGAPORE Tong Meng Industries said it had acquired the two shares of MSI each in Magnificant Equities Sdn Bhd, making it a fully-owned subsidiary.
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          Alliance NTA is 68.21 cents a share
          75 22 SINGAPORE Alliance Technology and Development said it made an error yesterday when it said the sale of its share in Glamourcttc Plus Trading Ptc Ltd would have increased its net tangible assets to 69.93 cents a share, as reported in Business Times. It
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          Lock icon Nokia bags M$1b contract
          47 22 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Nokia Telecommunications OY of Finland has been awarded a MSI billion (***** million) telecommunications contract by Malaysia's Electronics and Telematiquc (M) Sdn Bhd (ETM) for the supply of telecommunications infrastructure equipment and services for its personal communications network (PCN.) Rcutcr
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          Lock icon Granite buys investment firm
          57 22 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian gaming firm Granite Industries Bhd has bought the entire equity of Diamond League Sdn Bhd, an investment holding company, for M 5654 million (SS37I million), a Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bcrhad statement said. Granite will issue 130.8 million new shares valued at
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        549 22 Mtufin' pric«s Jan 19 US Gr Fund 0.95 098" Singapore Unit Trust U06 Asset Mgt Ltd The Commerce 1.56 1.65 Unifund 1.32 1.38 The Savings Fund 1.48 1.57 L'nibond-f 1.02 1.045 S'pore Prog Fund 0.56 0.60 United Gr Fund! 1.58 1.65 S pore Sec Fund 091 097 United Asia Fund
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        Lock icon Chrysler posts US$3.7b record profit for 1994
        488 23 Reuter DETROIT Chrysler Corp. powered by surging sales of its jeeps, mini-vans and trucks, has reported record profit of US$3.7l billion (555.3 billion) for 1994. The profit, which topped the company's previous all-time record of US$2.4 billion set in 1984, marked the best
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          Lock icon Kleinwort Benson plans China tie-up
          72 23 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG UK-based investment banking group Kleinwort Benson and Guotai Securities, one of China's biggest securities houses, have proposed a joint-venture fund management company. Kleinwort will hold a 49 per cent stake in the proposed fund management operation if the venture is approved
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          Lock icon Hilton Hotels' earnings rise 18%
          81 23 Reuter BEVERLY HILLS, California Hilton Hotels Corp said on Tuesday its earnings climbed 18 per cent in the latest quarter, thanks to strong results in its hotel and casino businesses. The Beverly Hills-based company said it made a profit of US$3B.l million (5555.2 million), or
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          Lock icon Taiwan food giant's pre-tax up 148%
          36 23 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's food giant President Enterprises Corp yesterday said its pre-tax profit jumped 148 per cent from a year ago to NT$7.O5 billion (Ss3BB million) in calendar 1994. AFP
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          Lock icon Intel's 4th qtr profit down 37%
          110 23 AFP SANTA CLARA, California Semiconductor giant Intel Corp reported a 37 per cent drop in fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday, due to costs of fixing its defective Pentium microprocessor. The company earned US$372 million, or 86 US cents per share, in the September-December period, compared
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          Lock icon AT&T enters Indian marketing accord
          61 23 Bloomberg Business News PARSIPPANY AT&T Corp and India's Tata Keltron Ltd said on Tuesday they have closed an agreement to market and make AT&T telecoms products in India. No financial details were released. Under the agreement, Tata Keltron will market AT&T cordless telephones, fax machines,
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          Lock icon Rising demand puts Alcan in the black
          73 23 Bloomberg Business News MONTREAL Alcan Aluminium Ltd said on Tuesday it posted a fourth-quarter profit compared with a year-earlier loss, as the company benefited from higher aluminum prices and strengthening demand for the metal. Alcan had fourth-quarter profit from operations of US$73 million,
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          Lock icon Frito-Lay to expand snack lines
          70 23 Bloomberg Business News PLANO. Texas Frito-Lay fnc said on Tuesday it would invest more than US$225 million this year to expand its lines of low-fat and no-fat snacks. The Piano, Texas, division of PepsiCo Inc said it expects reduced-fat products to provide a third of
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          Lock icon James Capel in Indian broking venture
          78 23 Bloomberg Business News BOMBAY James Capel Co and Indian brokerage Batlivala Karani have obtained official approval to set up a joint-venture brokerage, the two companies announced yesterday. James Capel is a London-based subsidiary of HSBC Holdings pic, the parent of Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corp.
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          Lock icon Favourable forecast for Westinghouse
          80 23 Reuter PITTSBURGH Westinghouse Electric Corp. back on its feet after huge losses and a lengthy restructuring, should report its first ycar-on-year gain in earnings since 1990 in the fourth quarter, analysts said on Tuesday. "It's the first positive comparison since 1990," said Nicholas Heymann. analyst at
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        Lock icon Maurice Saatchi sues his former firm for breach of contract
        496 23 Reuter LONDON Maurice Saatchi has served a writ against Saatchi Saatchi, the advertising group he helped to found 25 years ago. claiming it broke his contract when it fired him as chairman last month. Tuesday's action, the latest chapter in
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        Lock icon Central banker says China stock market to focus on treasury bonds
        227 23 AFP SHANGHAI A central banker said recently the development of China's stock market will focus on treasury bonds for a long time to come, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Shanghai Securities News reported that People's Bank of China vice-president
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        Lock icon India's OTC to carve niche among small investors
        408 23 Reuter BOMBAY India's OTC Exchange is repositioning itself to cater exclusively to small investors and has announced plans to double its network to 54 cities in the next three months, a senior official said yesterday. "Our future lies in small companies and
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        Lock icon Putting the brakes on Mexican production
        63 23 AFP MEXICO CITY A woman mopping the floor of a Mercedes Ben/ dealer here on Tuesday. The German automaker has stopped production of all its lines trucks, tractors, buses and passenger cars for the period Jan 4 to Jan 23. Volkswagen and US-based Ford
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        Lock icon US banks post poor earnings, hit by trading losses and lower interest income
        384 23 NYT NEW YORK Several of the biggest banks in the United States, dragged down by trading losses and lower income from interest, have reported fourth-quarter earnings that are below expectations. "It was not a pretty quarter," said
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        Currency players blame French broker for baht run
        457 24  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Currency players in Thailand have bjamed Hongkong-based Credit Lyonnais Securities (Asia) for starting baht devaluation rumours last week. They singled out the French broker's regional economist, Jim Walker, for having triggered a sell-off that dragged the baht down
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        Sicom chief maps out global role for exchange in commodities trade
        373 24  -  Reports by Paul Leo SINGAPORE The role of the Singapore Commodity Exchange (Sicom) is to develop trading in soft and hard commodities not traded on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simcx), Sicom general manager Chong Kim Seng said yesterday.
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        Asian coffee producers enjoy the taste of success
        385 24  -  By Said Abdullah SINGAPORE Asian cofTee producers, already more profitable than their non-Asian counterparts, will double their global market share by the end of the decade from 10 per cent in 1980s. At present they have a 17 per cent market share,
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        Cooling off period to limit price swings in new coffee contract
        253 24 SINGAPORE The unveiling of the robusta coffee contract to be traded on the Singapore Commodity Exchange from next month was the highlight of the three-day coffee conference which ended yesterday. Contracts will be for 10 metric tonnes each of
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        Vital to set up regulatory framework for derivatives, says World Bank official
        293 24  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The basic regulatory framework to supervise and monitor the private sector's financial derivative exposure should be in place even before formal trading exchanges are set up. a senior official from the World Bank
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        322 24 ENERGY REPORT Reuter LONDON Key world oil prices rose again yesterday after the latest weekly data showed a decline in US fuel stocks but some traders expected the recent rally to run out of steam soon. After reaching seven-week highs on Tuesday, benchmark
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        198 24 Reuter LONDON The dollar failed to make headway against the mark but gained against the yen in a European trading session driven by mark strength on the European crosses. The devastating earthquake in Japan had little efTect on dollar/yen but analysts said the market was still mulling
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        85 24 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was mixed yesterday in quiet morning trading with activity centering on dollar-yen exchanges prompted by the disastrous aftermath of the Japanese earthquake. In early morning trading, the dollar was trading at 1.5285 German marks, up from Tuesday's 1.5333 and at 99.43 yen from
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        Lock icon Euroyen firmer on BOJ's easing stance
        1279 25 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures were firmer and Eurodollars easier at the close. Dealers said Euroyen contracts were firmer as the Bank of Japan (HOJ) continues with an easing stance to meet demand for funds after the massive earthquake in central Japan.
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        Firmer London prices give tin a lift
        650 25 COMMODITY REPORTS KL Tin MN price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market closed 15 sen higher to MS 15.50 per kg. in line with the uptrend on the London Metal Exchange overnight. The better performance in the local market was also attributed to
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          Rice stocks at Indon agency low
          94 25 SINGAPORE Rice stocks at Indonesia's Logistics Management Agency are less than 400,000 tonnes, far below comfortable levels, the Bisnis Indonesia newspaper said yesterday. In addition, the private-sector which has run out of rice is waiting for the Bulog agency to release more rice to
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          Smaller world coffee output likely
          74 25 LONDON The International Coffee Organisation estimates that world production in 1995-96 will total 85.2 million 60-kilogram bags, down from an estimate of 91.9 million bags in 1994-95. The estimate is included in a draft newsletter distributed by the ICO at the start of a week
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          Japan steel output below 100m tonnes
          76 25 TOKYO Japan's crude steel production in 1994 fell short of 100 million tonnes for the third consecutive year and hit the fourth lowest level since 1973, the Kyodo news service quoted an industry association as reporting yesterday. The Japan Iron and Steel Federation said
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          Strain on white sugar supplies
          67 25 TOKYO Despite strong white-to-raw sugar premiums, tolling activity will be likely limited to Thailand, putting a strain on white sugar supplies in Asia. South Korea is expected to confine its exports to a growing Asian market for sugar preparation or sugar substitutes this year because
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      1470 25 Rubber j an is Singapore Commodity Exchange Physical Prices (futures closing es at 5.30pm) Buu.i liiZI As at 12 mm (S cents/kg) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) C lose Volume I* 248.00 249 OON Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest 247.00 248.00N RSS 4 Feb 95 241.75 242.75N
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        Australia
        1009 26 8 THE Australian share market closed firmer yesterday, shrugging off Kobe-Osaka earthquake jitters in afternoon trade after Tokyo posted only a mild reaction to the disaster. "The market was a little bit twitchy about what might or might not happen in Tokyo," Nevitts' Lew Draper said. "When Tokyo didn't
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        New Zealand
        261 26 +19.06 A late buying flurry concentrated in the leaders awoke the New Zealand market from a torpid session, sending the blue-hip index to its highest close for the year. "There was some chunky buying that came in this afternoon." said Don Turkington of Cavill White Securities. The NZSE-40
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        Seoul
        431 26 +9.7 Share prices ended a four-day downward streak and rebounded yesterday on the Korea Stock Exchange, boosted by anticipation that domestic manufacturers would gain from the earthquake in Japan, brokers said. The Composite Price Index jumped 9.7 points to close out at 966.66 points, but trading was sluggish with
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        Taipei
        609 26 +107.73 The bourse yesterday jumped across the board with all eight major categories of shares posting gains, boosted by speculation of cement and steel price hikes here following a powerful earthquake in Japan, dealers said. The 414-issue Weighted Price Index on the Taiwan Stock Exchange climbed 107.73 points, or
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        Manila
        601 26 -14.81 Philippine share prices slid by 0.57 per cent as profit-takers ended a two-day rally, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index (Phisix) fell 14.81 points to 2,539.59 points after a 2.8 per cent rise on Tuesday. Volume rose 72.3 per cent to 3.159 billion shares, while value
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        111 26 18.05 Share prices rose marginally yesterday on the Bombay Stock Exchange. The 30-share BSE Sensitive Index gained 18.05 points to 3,654.35 points. Analyst Ajit Ambani said domestic and foreign financial institutions continued to pick up offerings and the Bombay market was unaffected by Tuesday's killer earthquake in Japan, he
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        London
        626 26 4-0.5 Shares closed barely changed in a quiet, directionless market where merchant bank Warburg sparkled on renewed bid speculation. The overall market fell early on after news of a strong rise in December UK retail prices, which added to fears of interest rate hikes, dealers said. But Shares recovered
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        Toronto
        308 26 +10.97 Stocks moved higher early on strength in precious metals, but the market's under- lying tone remains negative, traders said. The TSE 300 Index was up 10.97 points at 4158.52 on volume of 12.43 million shares valued at C 5170.83 million. Advancing stocks outpaced declines. 198 to 163, with
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        296 26 -64.4 Afternoon profit-taking and a strong financial rand knocked the edge off sharp gains in South African gold and mining-related shares yesterday. But the bullish gold sentiment failed to boost the industrial market, where emerging market concerns and selective local selling took prices lower again, dealers said. The Overall
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        New York
        818 26 -21 US blue chips were near session lows at midday after renewed uncertainty over the Federal Reserve's stance on interest rates triggered a bout of profit taking. The Dow was down about 21 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 3909. Losers led gainers 11 to eight. Earlier at
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        Brussels
        137 26 +1.37 Belgian shares bounced back from early weakness to end slightly higher in line with most other European markets, despite the weaker dollar. The Bel-20 Index closed 1.37 points, or 0.10 per cent, up at 1,361.68 with 1.4 billion francs worth of Belgian shares traded. Some dealers said there
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        240 26 +0.56 Shares closed mixed after hugging a tight range all day with many in the market becoming cagy about Friday's futures and options expiries in the absence of definite company news, dealers said. The A EX Index closed 0.56 points up at 414.45, spending the session in a tight
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        140 26 +0.07 pc The Swedish bourse closed largely unchanged but brokers expect lower bond yields to boost share prices in the days ahead. The OMX Index rose 0.07 per cent to close at 1,171.90 in a turnover of three billion crowns. Trade picked up before the market closed. "It is
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        Frankfurt
        146 26 *5.02 German shares closed lacklustre trading lower unable to find new direction before Friday's options expiry date. Range trading between 2,070-2,080 was expected in afterhours dealing. Market is poised to move higher but lacks supportive factors, dealers said. The 30-share DAX Index was down 5.02 points at 2,078.85. March
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        154 26 -3.33 French shares ended the day slightly higher on the back of a bond rally which gained after a key resistance level had given way. The announcement by Prime Minister Edouard Balladur that he was running for president, as expected, did not have more than a fleeting impact on
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        Zurich
        245 26 +6.57 Swiss shares ended a quiet day firmer after shares recouped early losses, but dealers said the overall market lacked clear direction. No change in sentiment was expected today. The broad SPI Index closed 6.57 points higher at 1,698.37. Blue-chip SMI Index was up 10.8 to 2.593.6. SMI future
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        840 26 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer Mim Cap Deposit 38 MOO 3*6 VW Mim Jcr«c> Gill 0 189J 0 1992 Mim Mat Income *0 4000 *0 9400 LSS Cash Incomc Plus Fund 9 5900 10 1100 PS Reverse Fund 5 3700 5 3800 Sterling Fquits Euro Performance 0 4592 0
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      2998 27 AFP HONGKONG Stock prices closed slightly higher yesterday in cautious trading, with the key Hang Seng Index gaining 23.69 points, or 0.31 per cent, to close at 7,630.20. Turnover thinned further to HK52.204 billion, from the previous day's HK52.924 billion. "There was little selling interest," a broker at Peregrine
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      591 27 CLSA HONGKONG H shares consolidated with the index easing 0.1 per cent as turnover jumped 47 per cent to HKSI4O million. Maanshan Steel edged down 0.7 per cent following Tuesday's 15 per cent gain, comprising 40 per cent of total H share market turnover. A mixed performance was seen
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      2548 27 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks were mixed as a drop in export shares, hurt by the dollar's decline against the yen, was offset by a rally in building shares, buoyed by the prospect of new orders after a devastating earthquake racked up billions of dollars in damage. Rubber shares,
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      1739 27 AFP BANGKOK The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) continued its rally yesterday with the index gaining 20.42 points, or 1.61 per cent, to close at 1.285.57 points, brokers said. Trading remained light, with 84.6 million shares worth 6.2 billion baht changing hands. Advances outnumbered declines 174 to 95, and
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      1173 27 Reuter JAKARTA Jakarta share prices closed mixed in moderate trading, with rises in selective big capitalised stocks pushing up the market index, brokers said. They said losers led gainers by 27 to 26 but rises in Gudang Garam. Sampoerna and Indofood could boost the index. "Carry-forward selling orders on
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2456 28 bl u 19*495 lm Vol lta> IjbI Quote l*» Oh VJ." High Low Conipunt Sale (1)00) High Im Hum Seller O N P/t MALAYSIAN STOCKS Ml 160 m AISB 50c 2)9 sd 231 2)5 JO -2.9 0* 24 206 101 ill AMDB 50c 101 -J 1)1 10) 101
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        6564 28 AFP Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian shares closed broadly lower yesterday on profittaking, shaking fragile sentiment that the market was on the mend after two days of rises, brokers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's 86-share weighted Composite Index fell 8.02 points to 918.74 from
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        1869 30  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The local stock market ended on a low note yesterday, although late support for the Straits Times Industrials Index reduced what would have been a larger loss. Property stocks again provided the main talking point on an otherwise depressing
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      French line CMA expects another good year in 1995
      345 31  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE French container line Compagnie Maritime d'Affretement expects 1995 to be another good year. "A small but creditable net profit of 7.7 million francs (SS2.I million) was produced by our first half-year performance, and our final, full-year result
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      511 31 Knight-Ridder LONDON A lack of quality tonnage is pushing up prices of second-hand dry cargo vessels, and leading to an overall reduction in sales, according to UK shipbroker EA Gibson. Despite this, UK brokers Clarkson report that optimism for
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      Lock icon Dispute delays 15 Shipping Corp of India ships
      178 31 Knight-Ridder LONDON National Union of Seafarers of India members have stopped signing-on and signing-off 15 Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) vessels in India, according to Lloyd's Intelligence. The dispute is over the government's decision to re-open the closed seaman's employment office in
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      Lock icon Container shipping from Kobe halted by quake
      258 31 Bloomberg Business News Knight-Kidder TOKYO All the container shipping docks in the port of Kobe are closed, having suffered varying degrees of damage in Tuesday's earthquake, said an official at the marine transport department of Japan's Ministry of Transportation. Kobe is Japan's second
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      607 31 Page Col Able Shpg 9 4/5 Accord Group 12 1-3 •Ahlers Lines 15 5 Ahrenkiel Liner 6 1/2 •Appenship 6 4/5 •ANL 5 4/5 •ASCL 7 5 Astro Shpg 12 4 Avant Shpg 8 4/5 •Bank Line, The 13 5 Batamindo 9 3
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      44 31 Reuter HAMBURG, Germany The world's biggest container ship NYK Altair arriving at Hamburg port on Tuesday. The 60,117 gross registered tonne ship owned by Japan's Nippon Yusen Kaisha is on its maiden journey, with Rotterdam as its next stop. Reuter
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      161 31 AFP SEOUL South Korean shipbuilders expect record exports in 1995, thanks to a copious backlog of orders landed in the past two years and improving productivity, industry sources said on Tuesday. The Korea Shipbuilders' Association said the value of exports by South Korean yards
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1836 34 RATES generally remained firm for the larger units both in the Atlantic and Far East, although the efTect of the Japanese earthquake is far from being accurately assessed, brokers said. So far reports of damage to ships in the area have been slow to emerge, although the 70,171-dead
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      Lock icon India shipbuilding industry waiting for revival
      1265 35 Seatrade Review Monthly IS THE government really serious about reviving the Indian shipbuilding industry? This question is haunting Indian ship building and shipping eircles, notwithstanding the paekage of reliefs announeed by the government in September 1993 and the numerous promises trotted out by the
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10936 40 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
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      1099 45 Bloomberg Business News FOR AN airline with a red kangaroo on its tail, Qantas isn't showing a lot of bounee as the eountdown approaehes for its publie sale. The government must sell the state-owned flagship carrier by June 30 or cope with a As 2
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3406 46 A a.B( C ontainerline N\: Bclsin Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (Sy Marine Handling Sdn Bhd (Pk/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg I'tc Ltd (SyAccord Contr Line (Pk/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Service: kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albatros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg
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      299 46 \hacus ouriers Td 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898 Air Kvprw Iran 1 Id: 533-5771. Fax.: 535-6144 \irbornc I-rcifsht < orporalion Tel: 542-8844 lax: 542-3716. *****80. Airs* ill or Id wide Courier Td: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Td: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. Cits-link International Td: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450.
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1555 46 Xbex F.xpress Freight Id: 542-7171. Fax *****X4 \ctinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1K.13. Fax: *****42. Acli>air Singapore Td: 542-7822. Fax: *****20. Verolink Freight International Tel: 545-8033 Fax 5450W5. Vcnispral Td: 542-5911. Fax: *****18 Air Cvkii No»o I- xpress Tel: 542-5454. Kax: *****06 Air F.xpress International Td: 542-7666 Kax *****74. *****50
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2538 47 ARGENTINA Rosario: 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 loiding coils, barges discharging coal, no vessels in roads, 7 vessels due within iiic next week. Buenos Aires: Twenty-one
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      1022 47 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Arr Dep Name of Vessel ETA t I D Ports of Calls Port Agent Telephone No JANUARY 19 19 Renaissance I 0800 1100 Pcnang Renaissance Cruises 222-3388 19 19 Columbus Caravelle 1000 2100 Kukup Harpers Shipping 221-1388 19 19 Mcgastar Aries 1500 2030 Fo Be
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      SHIP SALES AND TANKER RATES
      1633 47 THE firm trend in the dry bulk market has continued to be the major influence with panamax and handysize bulkcrs still dominating the reported sales. Also there have been some further rumours regarding newbuilding capesize bulkcrs including comments that Messrs Golden Ocean are in close
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        600 48 V™* Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy Wo Berth Vrtval Pepartoe iurong Port Batam Speed5 *****' P01A 1901 0700 1901 0900 Batam tt* N174 II atongs«»e 1901 0030 Coo Asia 238 P06 1901 7359 2001 0600 <>»ia Turn 0195 M/S alongside 1901 2359 Cosmati 1 4113
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        1641 48 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Aq Dacy 061A 21/1100 4 19/1200 19/1459 19/1700 AO Jade 2218 20/1100 1A 18/1500 18/1659 18 1900 IB 18/1500 18/1659 18/1900
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        942 48 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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        601 48 Carbon Carton m ian 12 Density Mater Residue ht\ Mrinun Sedment Density Water Residue Ash Alurinun Sedrw^ I MM M'* Exxon LuoJ RG/IT3 U/V 1M/M U M PPM method KG/IT3 V/V 1 M/M M/M PPM method Eastern USA 180 Ave 986 0 2 13.5 0 08
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        375 50 FT LONDON British Aerospace is finalising a deal with the Franco-Italian aircraft group ATR to merge the two companies' regional aircraft businesses. The new company would be a joint venture with each of the partners. BAe and ATR's two parents Aerospatiale and
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        291 50 AP SEATTLE Two airlines are responding to procedures that Boeing Co suggested last year to prevent rudder-control problems that can make its 737 jets twist or roll violently, a newspaper reported. A third airline, meanwhile, has stepped up replacement of a
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        193 50 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Honda Motor Co will transfer 1,300 white collar employees and factory workers from around Japan to sales positions at dealerships, a spokesman said on Tuesday. The transfers will be spread over two years starting April 1, said
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          60 50 Reuter ATLANTA Unionised flight attendants for Atlantic Southeast Airlines Inc said on Tuesday they will picket at Atlanta-Hartsfield Airport this week to protest schedule changes set by the commuter carrier. The Association of Flight Attendants, which represents 300 employees at Atlantic Southeast, contends the scheduling
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        313 50 Reuter LONDON Britain's 26 million drivers are unwilling to cut car usage and would even buy more cars if they could afford to, despite their own worries over the harm cars do to the environment, a report showed on Tuesday. The annual
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