The Business Times, 8 June 1995

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  • 12 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 194/12/94 Thursday June 8 1995 85*
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  • 61 1 Reuter NEW YORK Profit-taking drove blue-chip stocks lower yesterday as Wall Street took a breather after two straight re-cord-setting sessions. At 1 pm EDT, the Dow Jones was down 18.33 points at 4,466.87, retreating from Tuesday's record dose of 4,485.20. Declining issues led advances 12 to
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  • 31 1 Reuter WASHINGTON President Clinton was expected to veto a US$l6.4 billion Republican spending cut bill yesterday. It will be Mr Clinton's first veto as president Renter
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  • 154 1 Wednesday Chaagi STII 2,179.11 -11.17 KLSEComn 1,057.80 -22.72 NKu!~L~.1W79.62 +1143 Haa« Seat 9,382.58 -115.25 SETIndex 1,402.39 +5.17 Jakarta Comp 495.51 +0.83 Manila Comp 2,838.85 -38.48 Taipei WPI 5.681.5 +3.27 Seoul Comp iw.3< +0.32 Bomb«w_ME30 ..3.393.U -6.18 CLSA China B 792.03 -2.49 AatfAll Ord -.2,015.6 -4.5 PTSB 100 .3,370.8 -9.2 Awr^jMf
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  • 604 1  -  Reports ffroM Ho Kay Tat In KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S economy continued to race ahead in the first quarter of the year, expanding a robust 9.9 per cent against 9.0 per cent in the earlier quarter. Growth was boosted by a sharp pick-up
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  • 211 1 KUALA LUMPUR Investment analysts have mixed views on the impact Malaysia's strong first-quarter growth of 9.9 per cent will have on the stock market. The market b obviously going to warm to this level of growth, but there is a dou-ble-edged sort of
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  • 325 1  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Singapore Telecom has signed an agreement with a telecommunications operator in China, paving the way for a role in constructing local phone and cellular networks in Shanghai and Suzhou. The memorandum of understanding was sealed yesterday by Singapore Telecom
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  • 490 1  -  From Neville Stack in LONDON SINGAPORE'S Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday said the challenge for Asians is to maintain certain standards of morality at a time when people from the wealthier countries of Asia are travelling around the world.
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  • 496 1  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Economists are actually looking forward to the prospect of slower growth this year, saying it will give the Singapore economy a muchneeded breather from rising costs. After lower-than-expected first-quarter growth, most economists polled by Business Times this week said
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  • 324 1  -  Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE A Sri Lankan joint-venture stockbroking company of DBS Securities is to be suspended from trading for five days for giving illegal rebates |p. .clients. The chairman of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), Ajit Jayaratne, said yesterday that
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  • 'SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
      • 335 2  -  by Abdul Hadhi THE level of transacted prices in the industrial property market rose during the fint quarter of the year, a reflection of strong demand. The average capital value of first-storey space rose to $660 per square foot, an increase of 10 per cent
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    • 555 2  -  Reports by Catherine Ong SINGAPORE Cablevision (SCV) yesterday unveiled its subscription prices which it said are among the lowest in the region because it wants to make cable television affordable to Singaporeans. The much-awaited 30channel service will kick off on
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    • 295 2 THE majority of Singapore households will not get cable TV for another two years despite the speed at which Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) is wiring up the island. With five contractors digging up roads to lay underground fibre-optic cables and another 10
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    • 254 2  -  By Abdul Hadhi COLLIERS Jardine, whose acceptance of "earnest money" has sparked government scrutiny of the practice, has decided to refund all of the money collectcd. The company, marketing agents for Liang Court's Harbourlights project, had collected $20,000 each from about
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    • 194 2 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority said yesterday it would sell another 23 Chinatown shophouse parcels by auction and tender. Nine parccls in South Bridge Road will be auctioned. The remaining 14 parccls in Mohamed Ali Lane, Gcmmill Lane and Club Street will be soltf
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 449 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia predicted economic growth in calendar 199S at around last year's level of 7.34 per cent, but President Suharto ordered a watch on inflation, now hovering just below an annual 10 per cent. "Our economy is going better and better. Our exports
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    • 360 3 AFP Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian President Suharto yesterday ordered a probe into the causes of a scarcity of newsprint that has threatened the existence of many dailies, Information Minister Harmoko said. "The president has asked the industry minister to launch an investigation," Mr Harmoko said.
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    • 300 3 AP, Reuter MANILA Agents have been deployed at Manila's international airport to screen out Filipinos trying to leave the country illegally for work abroad. Acting Labour Secretary Jose Brillantes yesterday said: "We are checking for third country destinations. That's how
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    • 274 3 Reuter BANGKOK A US interest rate cut would have major effects on the Thai money market and economy. A study by the private Thai Farmers Research Co released yesterday said that if the US dollar remained stable alter a rate cut,
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    • 45 3 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad taking oath as a member of parliament here yesterday. A total of 192 members of parliament took their oaths to form the ninth parliament in a special ceremony. Renter I Reuter
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    • 88 3 Reuter BANGKOK Thailand's annual inflation rate is not expected to exceed 5 per cent despite a recent minimum wage rise, Bank of Thailand governor Vijit Supinit said. World oil prices are stable and relatively low and are not causing inflationary pressures, and the impact of
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    • 70 3 Bloomberg Business News HANOI Vietnam is starting an auction system for government debt sales which it hopes will open the market to some of the country's more prosperous citizens looking for a place to invest. The State Bank of Vietnam, the central bank, yesterday said
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    • 87 3 NST KUALA LUMPUR A group of small bumiputra contractors led by the Malaysian Entrepreneurs' Club, or Kelab Usahawan Malaysia (K.UM), is seeking to undertake bigger contracts in Malaysia jointly with China's fourth biggest contractor, the Liaoning Group of Corporation for International Construction Engineering. A memorandum
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    • 62 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR American officials yesterday linked a breakout at a Vietnamese camp here two days ago to a US refugee resettlement bill coming up for debate. "Everybody in that camp knows what's happening in Congress," said US Ambassador to Malaysia John Wolf. He
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    • 222 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Total sales of 58 Malaysian manufacturing industries, surveyed by the Department of Statistics, reported a 27 per cent jump during the first three months of this year from last year's first quarter. These industries, polled monthly by the department,
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG /TAIWAN
    • 64 4 Reuter BEIJING A temporary cut in China's value-added tax on some farm products is an anti-inflationary move, traders said. Some suggested it could be aimed at eradicating cheating. A finance ministry directive carried by official media said that from the end of 1995, VAT would
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    • 104 4 AP BEIJING China's anti-poverty programme has helped 10 million people escape severe poverty in the past year, a report said yesterday. China had 70 million people among its population of 1.2 billion who were living without adequate food and clothing as of the end of last year,
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    • 61 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's foreign exchange reserves hit an all-time high of US$lOO.6 billion (S$ 139.8 billion) at end-May, Central Bank of China governor Sheu Yuan-dong said yesterday. During a parliament session he said the return on investment of the reserves stood at 5.96 per cent
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    • 305 4 AFP BEIJING Chinese Vice-Pre-mier Zhu Rongji has ordered a top-level meeting of Communist Party officials to toe the leadership's line on strengthening the party through economic development. In a speech carried on the front page of all the major
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    • 470 4 China 'very upset' by Lee Teng-hui's trip to US Bloomberg Business News, Reuter BEIJING The Chinese government has warned that American business interests in China will suffer because of Washington's decision to allow Taiwan's President Lee Tenghui to visit the United States.
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    • 273 4 AFP TOKYO China overtook Britain, the Netherlands and Australia last year to become the biggest destination for Japanese direct investment after the US, according to the latest finance ministry data. The figures also show that increased investment in Asian countries such as Indonesia,
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  • ASIA
    • 410 5 Reuter TOKYO Japan Airlines Co Ltd wants the Japanese government to be firm with the United States in their bilateral aviation dispute, company president Matsuo Toshimitsu said yesterday. "We want the Japanese government to continue taking a firm stance
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    • 235 5 Reuter, AFP TOKYO Die-hard conservatives in a wing of Japan's government coalition will boycott this week's vote on a parliamentary resolution apologising for the country's role during World War 11, their leader said yesterday. Former Justice Minister Seisuke Okuno, leader of
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    • 61 5 Reuter SYDNEY John Mair, a resident here, reading a copy of Sydney's daily newspaper, The Sydney Morning Herald, yesterday as Australia's newspaper industry braces for an expected surge in newsprint prices. John Fairfax, the publisher of the lucrative paper, plans to trim the size
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    • 322 5 AFP KARACHI Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has reinstated four sacked key office holders of the country's top business body in a move aimed at improving strained ties with the business community, its leaders said yesterday. The government had removed President of
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    • 72 5 AFP MANILA The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will expand efforts to help developing member countries set up the necessary legal framework that could attract more foreign investments, the bank said yesterday. A statement from the institution quoted ADB general-counsel Barry Metzger as saying
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    • 85 5 AFP SEOUL President Kim Young Sam yesterday sacked the head of the labour-troubled state telecommunications monopoly, Korea Telecom, and replaced him with a former four-star general, a spokesman said. Mr Kim dismissed Cho Baik Je and replaced him with Lee Jun, former commander of the First
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    • 122 5 Reuter TOKYO Japan plans to cut interest rates on new yen loans extended as aid to other countries in order to reflect recent declines in domestic interest rates, a government official said on yesterday. The official said the scale of the cut was
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    • 72 5 Reuter COLOMBO Suspected Tamil rebels plant a car bomb at Sri Lanka's international airport, rumours of imminent air and sea attacks sweep the capital daily, yet the tourists keep coming in growing numbers. The Ceylon Tourist Board yesterday said arrivals last month were up 15 per
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    • 182 5 Reuter CANBERRA Prime Minister Paul Keating, announcing his vision for an Australian republic by 2001, yesterday said a non-political president must replace Britain's Queen Elizabeth as head of state before Australia could truly be independent. Mr Keating said in a
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
    • IN TAKES
      • 76 6 Reuter LONDON Computers will be able to write their own programs and talk and listen to their owners in the next 25 years and a 300-seat aircraft will fly at four times the speed of sound, a British study on technology trends predicts. The
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      • 74 6 UPI WASHINGTON Inventor Kraig Kirkpatrick has unveiled a sonic device aimed at clearing the airways of cystic fibrosis patients with sound vibrations rather than the traditional slaps on the back. A lethal hereditary disease, cystic fibrosis is brought on by a defect in the
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      • 90 6 UPI SYDNEY Scientists say they have pioneered a surgical technique to cure fatal genetic disease in unborn calves that doctors believe may soon be able to reverse inherited human disease. The technique achieved by the New South Wales Department of Agriculture scientist Dr Peter Healy claims
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    • 956 6  -  Denise Caruso argues that the next stage for cable companies is not interactive television but online services and the Internet Denise Caruso AP INTERACTIVE television has been trumpeted as the revolution of the decade, if not the century. At the peak of the
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    • 368 6 For guests of ana Hotel Singapore, instant service is now as easy as clicking a button of the room television's remote control. The hotel yesterday launched its Guestserve Interactive System, which it says is the first of its kind
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  • THE LAW PAGE
    • 656 6  -  Companies face new penalties should they break consumer protection laws under a four-year AS 160 million programme that also seeks to make the judiciary more efficient, reports Selva Kumar Selva Kumar Selva Kumar is a Sydney-based freelance writer THE Australian government plans to give
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    • 303 6  -  -By Selva Kumar THE Australian legal system worked overtime last month, creating a string of legal precedents that have pleased some and made others unhappy. People who were pleased included gays and lesbians, who were accorded a new status. Under a radical ruling, "married"
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    • 314 6 AT THE MB. A Court of Appeal comment in a 1992 judgment which might mean that any person may carry on the business of moneylending without a licence in Singapore with impunity as long as the person is not residing here, has been clarified. Judicial
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    • 129 6 The Law Society is launching a regular forum on Saturdays where lawyers and other professionals can gather to listen to prominent ami distinguished speakers on a variety of subjects. The first Saturday Forum on June 10 will look at "Investment for Busy Professionals", which will
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    • 103 6  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan Australian solicitors Aliens Arthur Robinson have recently published the fifth edition of their Guidelines for Investment in Australia. First published in 1988, tfae book covers some of the moire important legal and policy issues for foreign enterprises or individuals proposing to establish
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  • SPORTS
    • 432 7 French Open AP PARIS Scrgi Bruguera and Michael Chang, with three French Open titles between them, moved to a semi-final showdown with straight-set victories yesterday. Bruguera, seeded seventh and shooting for his third straight title, advanced with a 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 victory over Renzo Furlan,
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    • 390 7 AP PARIS It was his worst nightmare come true, Andre Agassi said. On Centre Court, in the tournament he wanted to win more than any other. Barely started in his French Open quarter-final with Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Agassi slid into the red clay and felt a
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    • 253 7  -  By Suresh Nair SINGAPORE Fandi Ahmad and V Sundramoorthy will team up for the first time this season in a soccer celebrity match at the Singapore Cricket Club Padang this evening. The event: to raise $20,000 or more for the Singapore Children's
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    • 529 7 AFP, Reuter SYDNEY Four Asian tournaments have been included in the next season's Australasian PGA Golf Tour with the possibility of an extra event in Vietnam. The 1995-96 tour, announced here on Tuesday, will have 16 tournaments with an overall 40 per
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    • Article, Illustration
      115 7 Reuter JOHANNESBURG Defending US Open champion Ernie Els is prepared to miss the Greater Hartford Open in Connecticut and the chance of collecting a U*****,000 (*****,850) winner's cheque if South Africa reaches the Rugby World Cup final on June 24. Speaking from his home in Florida, Els, a long-time
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      256 7 AP, Reuter JOHANNESBURG The World Cup has nut smoothly so far and has been a benefit to the sport and the host of the tournament, the organising chairman said on Tuesday. Ewart Bell, chairman of Rugby World Cup Ltd, told a news conference that fears of crime and inefficiency
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    • Article, Illustration
      173 7 AFP NEW YORK Former world No 1 Monica Seles will return to tennis in an exhibition game against the retired Martina Navrank) v a on July 29, CBS television executives said on Tuesday, No venue has been set for the match, which will be Yugoslavborn Seles* first since she
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 723 9  -  Author Douglas Coupland takes his readers and interviewer Martin Wolk on a high-tech book tour Martin Wolk Reuter Douglas Coupland does not like telephone interviews. "I hate hate hate hate hate phoners," said the author of Generation X, who also is not keen on in-person
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    • 289 9 AP AP UPI CHRISTOPHER REEVE got a new view of his hospital room on Tuesday as doctors elevated his bed to a sitting position and said he may be placed in a chair as early as Tuesday night. are high," his physician, Df John Jane,
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  • 791 10 To claim Japan didn't colonise the nation distorts the truth IF a powerful figure in the Liberal Democratic Party like Michio Watanabe perceives history in such an outrageous way, it is natural that the Diet is far from adopting a resolution expressing
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  • 470 10 DABHOL is an unlikely location where the fiiture of India's economic reforms will be determined. But if a provincial government has its way, the small village in western India will emerge as a ymbol of the country's temporary retreat from a our-year-old reform process that has
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  • 377 10 THE EXCHANGE of fire between Thai and Vietnamese naval craft in disputed waters last week, aid to be over fish poaching, should serve as a warning of how easily matters can get out of hand even as governments are trying to strengthen relations. This applies just
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  • 83 10 THE Prime Minister's recent informal visit to Jakarta reflects again the close ties enjoyed by the two neighbouring countries. In terms of economic ties, Mr Goh's statement that Singapore remains committed to investing in Indonesia is an important one. Under a tourism agreement signed last year, Singapore
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  • 147 10 ONCE plans to open up the Tumen River is materialised, there will not only be economic but also political implications, especially for North Korea, which has closed up for more than 40 years. This is not only a chance for it to develop but also
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  • 136 10 WHAT was to have been a fairly dry technical meeting today between Thai and Vietnamese officials to discuss overlapping territorial claims has been given added urgency by last week's shoot-out in the Gulf of Thailand. The clash left two Vietnamese and one Thai fisherman dead. Finding
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  • 101 10 THE fundamental right of every consumer is choice. Yet, the consumer must make some effort to enjoy that privilege. The public has the choice of avoiding unhygienic eating places, of boycotting products which contain banned colourings or preservatives, of shunning services provided by irresponsible operators. Yet,
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  • 174 10 IT HAS been described as a "novel" idea. Canada, hosting the summit of the Group of Seven (G-7) industrialised countries in Halifax, wants the world's most powerful economies to consider allowing a sovereign country to file for a form of bankruptcy protection. The first
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 1088 11  -  Donald Turner reports on Australia's ambitious Northern Territory, which is intent on becoming the country's gateway to Asia Donald Turner The writer is a BT journalist. He visited the Northern Territory recently THE RISE of Asian Relations Minister Shane Stone to Chief Minister in Australia's
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    • 422 11 DARWIN has embarked on a three-stage expansion of its port in an effort to become a subregional transport hub. The aim is 'to achieve an integrated sea-land transport sysr tem incorporating a terminus for the proposed Darwin-Alice Springs railway, which would
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    • 669 11 IT IS a telling statistic for Northern Territory tourism that the 5,005 rooms in MGM Grand's Las Vegas hotel and casino exceed the entire number available in the vast, sparsely populated territory. But as the new owner of Darwin's Diamond Beach Hotel
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  • 515 12 Reuter WASHINGTON Investors are turning the US bond market on its head, with long-term interest rates poised to drop below shorter-term rates a signal that the economy is headed for a sharp slowdown, or possibly a recession. The yield on the 10-year
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  • 367 12 Singapore ranks below HK, Seoul, Taipei in cost-of-living Reuter GENEVA Tokyo and Osaka are easily the most expensive cities in the world, beating even over-priced Zurich and Geneva in the latest cost-of-liv-ing rankings. According to the rankings, published yesterday by the Swiss-based Corporate Resources
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  • 91 12 Reuter WASHINGTON The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the first close look at the birth of a star, a sight that will help to discover how the planetary system was born. Scientist Chris Burrows said yesterday that "for the first time we are seeing a newborn
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  • 138 12 Reuter PARIS French Prime Minister Alain Juppe came under fire from an investigative weekly yesterday for occupying a low-rent luxury flat owned by the city of Paris. The weddy Le Canard Enchaine reported that Mr Juppe (right), paid a remarkably low rent for his six-room apartment in
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  • 94 12 Reuter JERUSALEM Russian organised crime has laundered US$4 billion (555.56 billion) through Israel in recent years, according to a report by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation leaked in the Hebrew press yesterday. Cash put through Israeli banks accounted for US$2.3 billion, and a further US$l.7
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  • 72 12 Reuter JOHANNESBURG South Africans biggest employer body yesterday said it was concerned at the impact of renewed labour militancy on the national business mood, which it said had soured recently. The South African Chamber of Business (SACOB), mouthpiece for 40,000 enterprises nationwide, said its monthly confidence
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  • 86 12 Reuter JERUSALEM Israel's porksellers have declared war on ultra-Orthodox Jews who would like to close them down. Israeli shopkeepers and butchers gathered here on Tuesday, vowing to fight efforts by city councils to enforce decades-old laws banning the sale of non-kosher meat. The laws, pushed
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  • 55 12 Reuter MOSCOW Russia will launch its domestic government bond market with a one-year issue on June 14. "The volume of the first issue will be one trillion roubles, and the first quarterly coupon will be 52.88 per cent," said Konstantin Korishchenko, deputy head of the central
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  • 85 12 Reuter SARAJEVO United Nations officials in Bosnia-Herzegovina struck no deal with the Bosnian Serbs to obtain the release of more than 100 hostages late Tuesday night, a UN Protection Force (Unprofor) spokesman said yesterday. The statement, by civilian Unprofor spokesman Alexander Ivanko, came shortly after 108
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  • 240 12 AP WASHINGTON The United States, although anxious about Chinese threats to freedom in Hongkong, expects Beijing ultimately to recognise that its interests lie in honouring its promises after taking over the thriving British colony. "I don't think we should be overly pessimistic, but
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  • 385 12 Reuter WASHINGTON The number two man at the Federal Reserve has voiced concern about the recent sharp slowdown in the economy and said the central bank needed to be alert to the risk of recession in setting policy. "I'm more concerned now about
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  • 237 12 Reuter OTTAWA The world's richest industrial nations, the Group of Seven, will push for a large-scale increase in the amount of money that would be available for countries in deep financial trouble, according to a draft communique written
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  • 840 12  -  The Bottom Line VIKRAM KHANNA VIKRAM KHANNA The writer is BT's regional economics editor THERE was a time when hardheaded economic policymakers used to think that the environment was for the birds. Many of them still do, especially in developing countries. The bottom line
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  • 233 12 Reuter LONDON The Bank of England left its dealing rates unchanged yesterday, reinforcing views that Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke had decided to put monetary policy on hold this month. Analysts do not entirely rule out changes in the 6V4
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  • 476 12  -  But it also poses threat to European economies, he says From Neville Stack in LONDON ASIA'S dynamic growth was proving a challenge and also a threat to European economies, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said at the end of his private visit to London.
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 522 13  -  Bukit Sembawang and Bonvests are frontrunners for four out of nine residential plots By Michelle Low SINGAPORE Listed Bukit Sembawang Estates and Bonvests Holdings have put in the highest bids for four out of nine residential parcels offered for tender by the Urban
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    • 384 13  -  By Agnes Wee SINGAPORE Goodwood Park Hotel through its wholly owned subsidiary Royal Garden Hotel (Jersey) Ltd has entered into a conditional agreement to buy the Royal Garden Hotel in London for £65 million (SSI43 million) from Rank Holidays and Hotels. Announcing
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    • 370 13 Rationalisation exercise leads to heed for one-off provisions 80" SINGAPORE Trading company Transmarco Ltd reported a 50.1 per cent plunge in net earnings for the year ended March 31 to $4.57 million as the new management began a rationalisation exercise. Turnover fell 11.5 per cent
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    • 680 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW -By Steve Vines HONGKONG It is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between the authorities who run the Hongkong stock exchange and the three monkeys who see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil. The exchange is facing some
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    • 285 13 SINGAPORE Republic Hotels and Resorts' (RHR) planned acquisition of the Harbour View Dai-Ichi Hotel at Anson Road will lift its gearing up from 2.9 per cent to 28.8 per cent of shareholders' funds. However, total borrowings will still be only $111 million after
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    • 256 13 SINGAPORE The share price of component manufacturer Cam Mechatronic shot up 16 cents, or almost 30 per cent, yesterday on heavy volume to close at 74 cents. Analysts and dealers were at a loss to explain the sudden interest in the second-line counter.
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    • 51 13 'Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, bated on broken polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled: Alliance, Barings, Credit L)Wivtais Securities, Daiwa, Fraser, G K Goh, Kay Him, Morgan GrenfeU, Ong Co, Nomura. Phillip. Smith New Court. WI Can and SG
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      89 13  -  By Paul Leo LANDMARKS is building a base at $2.00 for a mediumterm rally towards $3.45. Momentum indicators like MACD and moving averages are neutral while the monthly Relative Strength Index and daily stochastics are oversold. A break above resistance at $2.20 will signal the end of the
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    • COMPANIES
      • 80 14 SINGAPORE Fu Yu Manufacturing Ltd, which is offering its shares for public subscription, has announced further expansion plans in the region. It has acquired a second factory in Penang, boosting production capacity there 50 per cent. In China, it has paid Si million for
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      • 72 14 SINGAPORE Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) confirmed its shareholding in Bara International Shipping Lines Co of Thailand is 30 per cent. It said in a statement that it regretted the error of stating its stake as 49.6 per cent in its annual reports for the past six
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      • 49 14 SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange has approved Chemical Industries' proposed one-for-two bonus issue. i\n extraordinary general meeting will be held on June 30 to vote on the bonus issue as well as special resolutions to double the company's authorised share capital to $100 million.
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      • 72 14 SINGAPORE First Capital Corporation (FCC) announced yesterday that Guoco Investment Pte Ltd on Monday reduced its stake in FCC to 50.49 per cent from the previous 51.14 per cent. Guoco Group Ltd's and Quek Leng Chan's deemed interest in FCC had also been reduced accordingly.
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      • 126 14 SINGAPORE Loss-making garment manufacturer and retailer Heshe Holdings announced plans yesterday to build a $22.6 million warehouse at Paya Lebar. The six-storey building will have a total built-up area of 218,000 sq ft. Heshe said it had accepted an offer from Jurong
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      • 487 14  -  Rise comes despite profit-taking in blue chips From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYAN Banking (Maybank) call warrants closed at a 12 sen premium above their offer price of M 54.885 in their Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) debut yesterday.
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      • 236 14 SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listed Super CofTeemix Manufacturing plans to expand its facilities in Singapore and Malaysia. In the group's annual report released earlier this week, chairman Teo Kee Bok revealed that the group would invest in a second flake cereal production line this year. No other details
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      • 384 14 MBT KUALA LUMPUR A member of parliament has called for a review of Malaysia's guidelines following complaints by Ancom Bhd's shareholders about the company's cash acquisition of Tubex Sdn Bhd. Under current Securities Commission rules, any acquisition of assets or
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      • 517 14 Maapn' pricw Jun S Sh Grater China Fd 1X10 ,u T Mendaki Gr Fund 1.03 |.06g Sagapnra Unit Tract us Gr Fund 103 1.07* The Commerce I.SI I 67»d |UU» a—A Hat IU The Savings Fund 1.55 1.64 Mmm ■>> Spore Prog Fuod 0.63 a67 Unifund .47 1.53 S-porc See
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      • 323 14 SINGAPORE The total value of job orders for listed construction company Lee Kim Tah hit $477 million by midMay this year, boosted by more orders last year, company chairman Lee Soon Teck said in its recently released annual report for
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      • 261 14  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Hwa Hong Corp says its civil engineering and building division has work in hand worth more than $500 million, compared with $429 million in 1994. Chairman Ong Choon Eng says in the group's justreleased 1994 annual report
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      • 375 15 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Li Ka-shing, the chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd, sold US$l66 million (SS23I million) worth of shares in Hutchison Whampot Ltd as the stock's price ncared a five-year high, according to disclosure documents filed with the Stock
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      • 306 15 Bloomberg Business News SEOUL Dong Ah Construction Industrial Co said it has received a US$5.6B billion (557.9 billion) contract from the Libyan government to lay 1,100 km of water pipes in the North African country. A Dong Ah spokesman said Chung Jin
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      • 82 15 Reuter TOKYO An Olympus Optical Co promoter, Naoko Mori, showing how easy it is to do a digital stills image transmission with the camera maker's new VC-IIOOIIHS camera, outside the company headquarters here yesterday. The camera is capable of recording, sending and receiving digital stills
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      • 94 15 Reuter PARIS The French COB stock exchange regulator confirmed yesterday newspaper reports it was looking into trading in CarnaudMetalbox shares prior to a takeover offer from US Crown Cork Seal Inc. Dailies Les Echas and Le Figaro said the COB was alerted by a sharp
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      • 85 15 Reuter K DENVER The stunning bid by International Business Machines Corp for Lotus Development Corp has raised fresh speculation about a combination between Novell Inc and Borland International. But it is still unclear if the two, which work closely together, would merge or work out something
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      • 77 15 Reuter LOS ANGELES The new Dream Works SKG studio founded in October by Hollywood powerbrokers Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen said on Tuesday that International Business Machines Corp would provide technology it plans to use to bring Hollywood into the digital age.
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      • 128 15 AFP SHANGHAI Strangling Electrical Appliance Co Ltd (Strangling), one of China's biggest home-appliance makers, has obtained approval to convert nine million corporate shares into B shares, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Shanghai Securities News daily reported that the watchdog China
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      • 427 16 IBM's bid for Lotus Reuter SEATTLE International Business Machines Corp's US$3.3 billion (554.6 billion) hostile bid for Lotus Development Corp could provide a near-term opportunity for Microsoft Corp to gain market share. "It's probably not the best time for a hostile takeover,"
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      • 529 16 IBM's bid for Lotus marks milestone in changing corporate ethos NYT NEW YORK With its stunning US$3.3 billion (554.6 billion) hostile bid on Monday for Lotus Development Corp, IBM did not so much alter today's rapidly evolving corporate ethos as lay down a historic marker for
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 435 17 KnightRidder, Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Citic Telecom (Holdings) launched a sev-en-year HK.52.15 billion (SS3B7 million) syndicated loan on Monday at an all-in return of 81 basis points over Hibor, Grace Tam, managing director for arranger Barclays Bank said. The loan is a refinancing
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      • 381 17 Reuter BEIJING A vice-minister of the Ministry of Internal Trade has slammed wholesale markets that run "covert futures exchanges" to fill the gap caused by the suspension of most of China's futures trade, the Securities Daily said yesterday. Those who felt it was productive
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      • 484 17 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) barred three former Kemper Corp officials from the securities industry under a series of settlements announced on Tuesday. Kemper or its affiliates entered into three agreements with the SEC that resolve administrative
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      • 282 17 Reuter BANGKOK Citibank said its new baht Trade Weighted Index (TWI), launched yesterday, showed that the Thai currency was not overvalued at current exchange rates. The TWI, which is calculated from the end of 1984 using 21 countries' currencies weighted according to
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      • 167 17 Reuter HONGKONG Prudential Bache Securities (HK) is referring to London and New York all inquiries on reports that it is one of the parties bidding for Standard Chartered pic's Hong-kong-based brokerage arm. Prudential Insurance Co of America owns all of Prußache HK. A local
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      • 80 17 AFP TOKYO Japan's Sumitomo Bank will inject US$lBO million (Ss2so million) into its Sumitomo Bank of California subsidiary by subscribing to a common stock issue by the unit, a statement said yesterday. The California bank recently said it planned to dispose of US$5OO
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      • 67 17 AFP TOKYO Standard and Poor's yesterday downgraded the senior debt rating of Sakura Bank from single-A to single-A minus but revised the outlook for the major Japanese bank from negative to stable. S&P said several guaranteed subsidiaries, including those in Canada, Britain, Hongkong and Australia,
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      • 67 17 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI The Wan Pao Fund, a mutual fund consisting mostly of fixed-income investments that is traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, soared by its 7 per cent daily limit after investors yesterday voted to delist the fund and make it open-ended.
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      • 44 17 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's Kookmin Bank plans to increase its paid-up capital by about 200 billion won (***** million) this year. This will raise its capital ratio to about 7 per cent from the current 5.3 per cent. Reuter
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      • 57 17 Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON Market participants told the US Treasury Department they would oppose a new rule requiring them to regularly report their holdings of large positions in recent government securities. This is the industry's main concern about upcoming regulations on the new requirement, according to
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      • 473 18 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Chase Manhattan Corp, hoping to bail out of the credit card business in Hongkong, may find many rivals unwilling to flex their plastic, bankers and analysts said. Executives at US banks such as Bank of America
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      • 379 18 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Mexico has backed off from plans to seek US$l billion (S$ 1.4 billion) from foreign commercial banks, the second time this year Mexico has run into problems obtaining such a loan, people familiar with the situation said
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      • 364 18 Brent crude oil futures contract to be launched tomorrow Reuter SINGAPORE Oil analysts are optimistic that tomorrow's scheduled launch of Asia's first major crude oil futures contract will succeed amid booming regional oil demand. But others fear the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) contract
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        1180 18 Trade-ttetghlttl index calculated axainsi Spare'> lop 14 tradinx partner Base year !9tS US$/S$ forward rates Noon /Jun 7 ss BU Offer 1-month 1 38 M> IJS7I 2-month I.3M2 1.3817 3-month 1.3752 IJ767 6-month 1.3623 1.3645 Sonny OCBC Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES At at 9m m Jaa 7 Singapore
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      • 314 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuter LONDON World oil prices clawed back some recent losses yesterday, supported by a bullish set of US stocks data. International benchmark Brent blend oil futures gained 11 cents a barrel to US$lB after both the American Petroleum Institute (API) and
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      • 204 18 Reuter LONDON The dollar closed lower in Europe as dealers focused on the lower end of its recent range in late trading after the US unit had been stuck in narrow ranges for most of the day. A drop through a support level at 1.4080 marks sparked stop loss
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      • 97 18 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was mixed against other major currencies here early yesterday in a quiet market lacking direction from any new US economic statistics. Gold rose to U*****.50 an ounce, up US$2. At 1400 GMT, the doUar was quoted at 1.4075 marks, down from 1.4110 late
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 1290 19 Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollars and Euroyen futures ended mixed after trading narrow ranges. Eurodollars continued to see profit-taking after recent highs, said dealers. 'Technically, the market is still overbought," said a dealer with a US futures firm. He said there was still upside potential with
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      • 692 19 COMMODITY REPORTS KL Tin TIN price on the KLTM ended 26 sen lower at MS 1 5.03 per kg yesterday in line with the weaker close on the overnight LME. Three-month tin on the LME fell US$5O to U556,240 per tonne on
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      • 94 19 HAMBURG World coffee supply this year is largely uncertain, while sales as well as production of fresh coffee are decreasing, said Wolfgang Heinricy, general manager of German coffee tradehouse Rothfos. The absence of reliable data caused large price fluctuations, he added. Statistics about production were precise
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      • 117 19 BRASILIA The Brazilian government is far from setting a date for its next auction of government coffee stocks. Assistant Industry and Commerce Minister for Trade Luiz Milton Vekwo said yesterday. "Market ideas that Brazil was ready to set a date for an auction
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      • 95 19 KINGSTON Alumina Partners, Jamaica's biggest bauxite refiner, shut down its plant temporarily yesterday after an explosion late Monday that damaged a stack, a senior company official said yesterday afternoon. The official said the company was preparing to repair a damaged section of the stack when
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    • 1400 19 SICOM Futures IMMtar (futures ctosing as at 5.3Sp«) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest jd 218.00 214.30 214.00 250 2075 Aug 211.50 211.50 211.00 1400 2725 Sep 202.50 202.50 208.50 ISO 2850 Oct/Dec 204.00 202.50 202.50 675 6225 Jan/Mar 96
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    • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      • 985 20 -4.5 SHARES closed 0.2 per cent lower yesterday during lacklustre trade on a bourse weighed down by weak local bonds and a fall in the price of market leader BHP. "We have got a bit of a weak market on the back of uneventful news from offshore," said a
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      • 525 20 -38.48 Share prices fell by 1.3 per cent yesterday, following the lead of regional bourses, dealers said. One dealer said the fall was just a slight correction and followed the lead of Hongkong and T PSE Index lost 38.48 points to close at 2,838.85. Turnover was 1.52 billion shares
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      • 450 20 +0.32 Stock prices edged up a mere 0.03 per cent yesterday after several failed attempts to punch through the 900-point mark, dealers said. "With the Stock Market Stabilisation Fund steadily stepping in, the index made several determined thrusts to overshoot the psychological 900-point barrier, said Cnang Woo Jin with
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      • 490 20 +3^7 Share prices cksed O.OS per cent higher yesterday amid improved market sentiment, with electricals and plastic and chemical shares enjoying the highest gains, dealers said. "Buying by foreign institutions helped build market confidence," said a dealer. The 321-issue Weighted Price Index rose 3.27 points to finish at 5,681.5.
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      • 217 20 -7.0 Shares drifted lower yesterday after a directionless day's trade on tow turnover. Brokers and analysts blamed the apathy on an uncertain outlook for short-term interest rates, which remain high and relatively attractive compared to equities. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended seven points down at 2,111.76. New Zealand
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      • 171 20 -6.18 Shares fluctuated in a narrow band yesterday and brokers said finance shares shone in an otherwise dull session. They said shares of ICICI Ltd, State Bank of India (SB1) and new listings HDFC Bank and Bank of Punjab fluctuated in heavy volume trade. The BSE 30-share Index tost
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    • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      • 738 20 Britannia Funds Stcrtlag Cash BM CXfcf Mia CapOcpoM MMOO M tWO MMtomd*!. AI»J OlgJ Mia Mas laconic *0.*M0 *0 *700 USS Cask lacomc Plus Fuad 10 )200 *****0 PS S Rocrvc Fuad 5**00 5 5000 -0.4JM 0 4*31 Far EaM Fuad *2 7*50 *2.*7» Maa Portfolio ****** *2 1*50 UK
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      • 666 20 -9.2 STOCKS fell as a lower opening in New York compounded market woes after Barclays had its earnings estimates cut by Barclays de Zoete Wedd Securities. Markets were little affected after Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke and Bank of England Gvemor Eddie George left K. interest rates unchanged
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      • 139 20 +•.75 French shares ended higher, but off the day's highs, after a trading session marked by speculative activity on re- ports signalling a possible link-up between Groupe Suez and the Pinault empire. Profit-taking on Wall Street weighed on the mar- ket, which is anxiously awaiting today's Bank of France
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      • 154 20 -5.33 German shares ended slightly lower, weighed on by a weak German Bund market. Shares failed to gain momentum in either direction. Some traders said dealings were expected to remain at about current levels in the coming days. The DAX Index closed down 5.33 points at 2,141.07. Frankfurt Jaa
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      • 158 20 -7.44 Belgian shares closed lower mainly on profit-taking on the penultimate day of the two-week forward market u trading account. The Bel-20 Index shed 7.44 points to 1,443.93 with 1.6 billion francs worth of shares traded. Dealers said profit-tak-ing might further haunt the Bel-20 today but they excluded a
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      • 378 20 South African shares finished another slow day's trade mixed as buying interest continued low but late bullion gains provided supErt. Dealers said the mart was struggling amid fears about local economic and political developments, and was seen seen unlikely to post substantial gains without a favourable shift in fundamentals.
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      • 227 20 +3.2 Stocks edged higher in moderate early trading with strength in golds offset by a sluggish bond market. The TSE 300 Composite Index rose 3.2 points to 4487.70 on volume of 9.0 million shares valued at Csl2B million. Advancing issues outpaced declines 143 to 129, with 208 issues unchanged.
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      • 589 20 •17.98 Stock prices edged lower in quiet early trading as bonds softness amid a continued dearth of fresh news on the economy prompted some profit taking. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which edged up 8.65 points to a new record high 4,485.20 on Tuesday, was down 17.98 to
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      • 139 20 -74 Italian shares retreated in generally poor volumes and brokers said the market could probably give some further ground today. Montedison was one stock to move against the trend, ending the dav 1.3 per cent higher at 1,160 lire. Brokers said that the improved performance reflected a more optimistic
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      • 259 20 -0.54 Dutch shares closed with small losses as the market tired after its recent rally and the AEX Index stalled tantalisingly close to its all-time highs. The index closed 0.54 point lower at 434.69 with 19 of its 25 constituent shares down on the day. Some dealers expect the
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      • 112 20 -3.61 Swedish shares closed lower after a day of slow trade. The OMX Index fell 3.61 points to 1,257.61. Turnover was 1.8 billion crowns. "It was sluggish but I think the banks held up well, despite the rate fall. Interest in the sector is still there," one broker said.
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      2511 21 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks suffered their biggest losses in six weeks, as players bet that prospects for lower interest rates were already fully reflected in share prices. Conglomerates, prop-erty-related stocks and bank issues suffered the biggest losses. Many investors are reluctant to buy more stocks following the recent
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      453 21 CLSA IN Hongkong, the H share index finished 2.33 points lower at 1,168.82 on turnover of HKS3B.B million. Luoyang Glass was the biggest loser, down 2.4 per cent. Petrochemical stocks outperformed with Jilin up 1.3 per cent and Yizheng rising 0.9 per cent. Turnover in Shanghai B shares was
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      2440 21 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks were mixed as investors questioned the substance of a plan the government may soon announce to help Japan's banks dispose of bad loans. "The market is trapped in a box," said a dealer. "Hopes that stocks are poised to rise are largely being held
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      1468 21 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Stocks rose, led by a late rally in bank and energy issues, as an influx of foreign funds sent the interbank lending rate lower. "The interbank rate went down in the afternoon because of all the foreign money coming in," said an analyst. The SET
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      1122 21 Reuter JAKARTA Shares closed mixed in moderate trading despite the announcement of lower May inflation figures. "The relatively positive domestic May inflation figures announced today seemed to have failed to boost market sentiment," one broker said. The Composite Index rose a mere 0.83 point to 495.51. Domestic inflation was
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    • 2018 22 Gr Gt IMS Vol Day Lad QMk Dh Dh ¥M Nat M C«f H%h Ln -J Sale CMC) H%k Low ftqrtf Seller CV P/E Sad MALAYSIAN STOCKS 1% m MSB 50c 398 -18 Ml 411 J* £2 «8 12V 77.5 m AMDB 50C 95 -2.5 99 97 MS
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
      • 6418 22 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks fell more than 2 per cent amid concern that a weakening US economy could reduce demand for Malaysian exports. 'There is evidence of a much sharper slowdown in the States than everyone was expecting," said an
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 7459 23 ifM i mi v«l Day L*at Qnii Dh W» YM Net Cap Atf High Lm C«m Sib (W) High Lao Bay* Sda Cw M 3 Pita MOUSTRML AND COMMERCIAL Ml M2 nl.Acm.SOc 442 cd -4 755 4M 460 00 4*2 215 13 111 6M.5 W aw IM iL, ULU. uv
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      • 1821 24  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Local blue chips and their Malaysian counterparts continued slipping yesterday, a phenomenon probably triggered by increasing nervousness at the heights to which Wall Street has scaled and expectations of slower growth this year, both here and in the
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    • 495 25 Reuter, Knight Ridder LARGER tonnage in the Atlantic for early positions yesterday continued to be picked off at lower rates. But some brokers report an encouraging volume of new enquiry for end June/early July and possible end in sight to the steady decline in the market J Which
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    • 468 25 BANGKOK Former transport and communications minister Vichit Suraphongchai has called for an investigation of the senior ministry officials responsible for endorsing a joint venture between Thai Maritime Navigation (TMN) and Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines to develop the country's first national fleet,
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    • 183 25 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Shipyard and Engineering Sdn Bhd (MSE) is marketing its expertise and technology in the construction of sophisticated vessels for foreign clients in a bid to expand its scope. Being the biggest yard in Malaysia with more than 60 vessels to its
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    • 310 25 5ts Jul 7 s$ Vol CWT Distribution 1.55 -0.04 36 GWT Distribution A 1.51 Chuan Hup Holdings 1.16 -0.01 39 Cosco Investment 1.71 Cosco Investment A 1.65 -0.01 2 Far East Levingston 6.50 -0.10 56 6B Holdings Ltd 0.80 -0.015 5 Hai Sun Hup Group 0.84 +0.01 1641
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    • 348 25  -  Marichem Asia '95 By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE The Trade Development Board aims to start its interactive Trade Net system on Dec 1 this year. Announcing the date yesterday at the opening of chemical logistics conference Marichem Asia '95 at Raffles City Convention
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    • 334 25 AFP SINGAPORE Safety could be compromised as ships try to cope with surging demand for transport of chemicals within economically booming Asia, an international chemical industry conference was told yesterday. "Safety will be an issue of major proportions with significantly increased manufacturing and chemical
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    • 190 25 Reuter NEW DELHI The Indian government has formed a committee to examine the privatisation of port services with a view to boosting exports, a trade group said. PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI), representing New Delhi and nearby states, said a Surface
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    • 111 25 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Maritime Institute of Malaysia (Alam) will offer shipping business courses conducted by the London Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers in Malaysia following its appointment as the Tutorship Centre for Malaysia. The Malaysian Training and Education of Seamen (Mates) Foundation, the governing body
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    • 370 25  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE An oil slick caused by a collision between a barge and a freighter on Tuesday has been largely cleared. The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) said yesterday the leakage of light marine fuel oil from the bunker barge Saybolt
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    • 274 25 SINGAPORE Philippine inter-island operator Lorenzo Shipping has received Securities and Exchange Commission approval for its 600 million peso (5532.2 million) initial public offer. "We expect to launch the IPO around September this year," the company's executive vice-president Jose Goh told Shipping
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    • 235 25 Lloyd's List LONDON Taiwanese bulk carrier operator U Ming is planning a major fleet expansion, according to its new chairman. Douglas Tong Hsu says the shipping company will grow in the next few years to around 30 vessels from its current 19 ships. Mr
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    • 836 26  -  Carriers are trying to quote in currencies other than the dollar but the problem becomes complex in conferences covering broader geographical ranges, as Elizabeth Canna reports Elizabeth Canna Lloyd's List TIRED of being being hammered by currency-exchange losses, ocean carriers are trying to get
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    • 324 26 Pate •ANL 3 Able 7 Accord 10 •Ahlen 6 •Ahrenkiei 4 •Appenship 4 Astro 10 Austral II Avant 6 BSA II Batamindo 7 •CCNI 4 •CMA II •COSCO 7 •CSAV 3 Centenary 7 Central Ex 11 Chahaya 4 •Cho Yang 5 Contipac 10
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    • 10370 32 This guide lists the sailing destinations from Singapore. The first date indicates the ETA at Singapore followed by the ETA at the destination. The page number refers to the location of the schedule advertisement. ETA ETA Um tonal Vara* P| E MB Nam —aa
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      • 621 37 Z *1 Bar* Arrtnl Oeparftre AndMa MadOcra J16/17 atongs* 08.06/2100 B*am Batata 06/01/% J1 atongs* 08.06/2300 Buana Mali 10/% J2 alongs* 08.06/2300 'Dw Gtma *****5 121 atongs* 0806/2300 Frants Boost) 0202 J19 alongside 08.06/0600 J,Hj« ttefto 090/95 120 atone* 08.06/0500 a.fcan Tamban 146 16 atones* 0806/1200 ■•Hondo
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      • 1545 37 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND La CAR60 Rtctrd 1Mb Stop ¥ty W» ttt/Wr fwiud Fwi T« fiw Aa Dacy 066A 10/1500 IB 07/1500 07/1659 07/1900 28 07/1700 08/0659 08/0900 4 08/1200 08/1459 08/1700 taHade 241B 09/1100 W 07/1500 07/1659 07/1900 2A 07/1700 08/0659 08/0900 4 08/1200 08/1459
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      • 819 37 THIS 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 the individual
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    • AIR & LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 515 38 NYT NEW YORK The General Electric engines being built for British Airways' Boeing 777 aircraft have run into difficulties which were revealed when bird carcasses were fired into them during testing GE said on Tuesday that firing the bird carcasses, which
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      • 112 38 AFP MELBOURNE Gordon HoUoway, an industrial designer with the Rada Corp, posing with a model of an ACV (air cushion vehicle) which has been classified by Australian aviation officials as a boat, in Melbourne on Tuesday. The ACV takes off like a plane,
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      • 289 38 Bloomberg Business News AMSTELVEEN, Netherlands KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV's net profit is expected to have quadrupled in the year to March 31, propelled by increased traffic and continued cost-cutting. Analysts forecast net earnings ranging from 445 million guilders (*****.8
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      • 211 38 Reuter LONG BEACH, California McDonnell Douglas Corp said the airline industry is headed for a bright future with an expected 13,300 new jetliners Valued at roughly US$l.O trillion (551.39 trillion) needed to the year 2013. The airline industry "after experiencing the worst downturn in the
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      • 171 38 Reuter OTTAWA The Canadian government and Hughes Aircraft of Canada Ltd have struck a tentative deal to complete a troubled project to modernise Canada's air traffic control network, a government spokesman said. "Yes, we have a deal, an agreement in principle," said 'Transport
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      • 238 38 AFP MANILA Loss-making Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL) is struggling to secure financing to rescue plans to purchase a new jet and to re-finance maturing bonds amid an ownership dispute, industry sources said on Tuesday. The national flag carrier resolved at a board
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      • 403 38 Reuter DUBAI Saudi Arabia appears close to finalising financing terms for a US$6 billion (SSB.3 billion) commercial aircraft deal, analysts say. "The Saudia deal is on the verge of finalisation," said one analyst on Tuesday. "It is imminent as talks with Ex-Im
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      • 83 38 AFP MANILA Europe's Eurocopter Group is set to acquire a controlling share in state-owned Philippine Helicopter Services Inc (PHSI) as part of plans to move its maintenance operations from Singapore to Manila, the Transportation Department said yesterday. Eurocopter subsidiary MBB-Germany, which controls an 11 per
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      • 61 38 Bloomberg Business News NEW BRUNSWICK, Canada Bombardier Inc, a Canadian maker of jets and vehicles, has received orders for 12 Dash-8 regional passenger planes worth US$3l6 million (*****.2 million) from Taiwan-based Great China Airlines, the semi-official Central News Agency reported yesterday. Great China chairman S Tang
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      • 83 38 Reuter DUBAI Cathay Pacific Airways said it expected about seven or eight of its freighter services between the Far East, Dubai and Europe to be cancelled this month due to a seasonal slow-down in demand. "In the month of June we are expecting about
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      • 65 38 Reuter SACRAMENTO, California Morrison-Knudsen Corp's rail car manufacturing unit has defaulted on a US$2l5 million (*****.1 million) contract to build passenger rail cars for California, the state's Department of Transportation said. CalTrans director James van Loben Sels said he took action to protect taxpayers ip
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      • 52 38 AFP DUBAI Emirates airline has started flying twice-weekly flights to South Africa via the Comoros Islands, a company spokeswoman said. An Emirates Airbus A3lO-300 took off* on Saturday for Johannesburg from Dubai international airport in the United Arab Emirates and will make the same flight
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      • 252 38 Reuter MONTREAL Operating revenues for the world's scheduled airlines rose 10 per cent in 1994, faster than the 7.0 per cent increase in operating expenses, said the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Operating revenues for scheduled airlines for ICAO's Contracting States (excluding operations within
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      • 1406 38 AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS DEPARTURES ag mm n» nm n» Ma BtoM GA965 1106 GF147 1850 GF146 1145 SQ441 1505 GA883 1520 omn isa» MM QF8I 1930 QF82 2065 SQ226 2066 toiliriw SQ25 0660 KLB38 2300 KL837 1460 SQ26 2356 ***** 1536 —mm SQ347 0666 ImdHm* SQ286 2040 SQ288 2045 ■rirrii Gfi48
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