The Business Times, 9 August 1995

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    12 1 Business Times WE KNOW AShT MITA(P) 194/12/94 Wednesday August 9 1995 85*
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    Lock icon Dow dawn 14.8 points
    71 1 Reuter NEW YORK Stock prices were mixed yesterday in slow summer trading as the market lacked strong momentum in one direction or another. At 2 pm EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 14.79 points at 4,678.53. In the broader market at 1 pm EDT,
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    161 1 Stock mtM Mtett Taesday Change STII 2,090.28 -6.16 K.LSE Comp 1,056.24 -0.33 Nikkei 16,838.97 +223.51 Hang Seng ...9,303.82 -14.58 SET Index 1,331.80 +4.33 Jakarta Comp 517.44 +1.70 Manila Comp 2,890.86 +2.02 Taipei WPI 4,917.09 -2.02 Seoul Comp ....901.87 -5.97 Bombay BSE30 ..3,391.61 -2.39 CLSA China B 866.61 +9.31 Auat All
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    Lock icon Analysts turn bullish after surprise 8.2% growth in 2Q
    631 1  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE With economic growth in the second quarter this year turning out better than expected, some analysts are now forecasting a further upturn in the second half. The first halfs 7.7 per cent growth, announced last night
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    Euro-Asia's P L Kua is buyer of 16% Econ stake
    466 1  -  By Lee Han SMh SINGAPORE Developer Kua Phek Long has emerged as the buyer of a 16.11 per cent stake in Econ International, and talk is that he may buy more shares from two other shareholders and make a general
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    Sinar Mas' $273m paper project in India comes under fire
    404 1  -  Fran Yogi Aggarwal in BOMBAY CLOSE on the heels of the Enron cancellation, a 6.5 billion rupee (***** million) paper project being put up by Indonesian conglomerate Sinar Mas in Maharashtra has run into opposition. The state Janata Dal leader
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    N-Day parade: views to a thrill all filled
    381 1  -  Hotel rooms facing Padang sold out; Westin even had waitlist By Agnes Wee SINGAPORE Hotel rooms with a view of the National Day parade have been fully booked for today. At the two Westin Hotels which have about 320 rooms which overlook
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    Pulling away into First World orbit
    496 1  -  Vikram Khanna looks at the changes Singapore must make at age 30 Vikram Khanna IS SINGAPORE a developed country? As Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong suggested yesterday, yes and no. Yes, because it has the per capita income level. No, because it doesn't have
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      29 1 Regional Analysis: Pg s Pact on HK's legal system 2-section Business Times Business Times today comes in 2 sections the main paper, which includes Companies Markets, and Shipping Times.
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      9 1 Editorial: 30 more years of dreams fulfilled, Pg 8
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      7 1 ttbehj&i Siew: Pg 9 Promising KLSE newcomer
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      131 1 Eamings Insight: Pg io Creative shares make Koh Boon Hwee Richard Hale Peter Seah Lin Kee Ming Alan Yeo Top business execs honoured SEVERAL top business executives will be honoured at today's National Day Awards ceremony for their contribution to public service. Fall report, Pg 2 Phone bids: Thai firms
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Prominent executives honoured
      280 2  -  National Day Awards By Michelle Low SEVERAL top business executives will be honoured at today's National Day Awards ceremony for their contribution to public service. A Meritorious Service Medal the second highest order award will be given to Singapore Telecom chairman Koh Boon Hwee. Other prominent businessmen
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      Corrections and clarifications
      155 2 IN OUR report yesterday headlined "Car repossession cases on the rise, say finance houses", we cited two car dealers who are Citibank authorised finance dealers. We would like to clarify that the repossessions by these dealers which we cited are not Citibank cases. We are sorry if
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      China team collates data of defaults by its rubber dealers
      343 2  -  By Siow Li Sen IN AN EFFORT to restore its credibility in the rubber market, China recently sent a team to gather data from regional rubber traders and dealers who have been victims of defaults by Chinese dealers. A team
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      Radac forms body to settle renovation disputes
      213 2 SINGAPORE An arbitration machinery, known as Recap, has been set up to settle disputes between consumers and renovation contractors. Recap (Renovation Conciliation and Arbitration Procedure) offers consumers a speedier and less costly method of settling their disputes than the courts. In the past,
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      Lock icon Canny coffee company to parade new brew
      338 2  -  By Agnes Wee UNICO Trading, which markets the Indocafe brand of coffee, is forking out more than $250,000 for the National Day celebrations. And the company is likely to benefit from the boost it wiU get by supplying free drinks featuring its newly
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      820 2 GENERAL SECURITIES INVESTMENTS LIMITED (incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Board of Directors of General Securities Investments Limited wishes to make the following announcement. (1) UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE Company Group Incr/ Incr/ 1995 1994 (Deer) 1995 1994 (Deer) SS'OOO Ss'ooo Ss'ooo SS'OOO Operating
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  • THE REGION
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      Thai firms outbid top players for Indian cellular phone services
      486 3  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK IN a strong display of their overseas ambition, two of Thailand's telecommunications firms have swept the top bids in India's most affluent states. Telecom Asia and Jasmine International were placed first and second respectively
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      Lock icon M'sian cement makers seek 18% price increase
      173 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Cement manufacturers in Malaysia are hoping that the government will agree to an 18 per cent price rise, Cement and Concrete Association chairman Tan Sek Yin said yesterday. If approved, this will translate into a rise of about MS 1.60
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      Lock icon Dr M to Malays: dose shell companies
      155 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said companies set up merely to apply for shares allotted to indigenous Malays or to secure government tenders without running actual businesses should be dissolved. Dr Mahathir said the government was concerned that such
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      Lock icon Budding opposition
      50 3 Reuter BANGKOK A Myanmese boy standing under the picture of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, printed on a T-shirt, during a rally outside the Myanmese embassy here yesterday to mark the seventh anniversary of the country's uprising. About 50 Myanmese residing in Thailand joined the rally. Reuter
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      Lock icon Manila expects to sign economic pacts
      66 3 UPI MANILA The Philippines said yesterday it expects to sign 10 joint venture agreements in the areas of construction, concrete products, water utilities and food products during President Fidel Ramos seven-day state visits to Australia and New Zealand. Foreign affairs undersecretary Rodolfo Severino said
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      Lock icon 4 Japanese firms fined for rigging bids
      77 3 Reuter Ja P an s anti-monopoly watchdog took another swipe atbig business collusion yesterday when it fined four major electrical firms for rigging bids on public works projects worth almost 10 billion yen (SSIS3 miUion). The Fair Trade Commission said it ordered four
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      Lock icon Time for cosmetics
      78 3 AFP BEIJING Workers painting s statue of a woman yesterday in the centre of Haainm, the site of the aproning Non-Governmental Organisation Forum on Women. Organisers of the NGO Forum said the site, 60 km north of central Beijing, will be ready for the srrivsl of 35,000
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      Lock icon Foreign investment projects in Taiwan up 3.4% last month
      342 3 AFP, Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Foreign investment in Taiwan continued to soar last month with investment authorities approving 43 projects worth U*****.24 million (*****.7 million), up 3.4 per cent over the preceding month, the Investment Commission said yesterday. Aggregated investment funds
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      Lock icon China's industrial output slows to 13.6% in July
      242 3 AFP BEIJING China's industrial output growth slowed to 13.6 per cent in the year to July from 14 per cent in the year to June, the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The July outcome brought the cumulative growth for the first seven
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      Lock icon Cepa signs deal to build US$1.5b power plant in Pakistan
      305 3 AFP KARACHI Pakistan has signed an agreement with a Hongkong-based company Consolidated Electric Power Asia (Cepa) for a US$l.5 billion (Ss2.l billion) power project in Sindh province, officials said yesterday. Under the agreement, Cepa will build a coal-fired power plant
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      Murayama Cabinet reshuffle fails to inspire markets
      507 3  -  Limited changes show coalition's shaky hold on power Frta Anthony Rowley In TOKYO JAPANESE prime minister Tomiichi Murayama announced his long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle last night, but the limited changes he made only exposed the precarious hold his coalition government has on political power
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      Lock icon Yen's rise corrected, says BOJ
      111 3 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Bank of Japan Governor Yasuo Matsushita said yesterday the yen's rise against the US dollar has now been corrected, with the dollar now trading above 91 yen, Japan's Jiji Press wire service reported. Mr Matsushita attended a monthly meeting of economic
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      Lock icon Manila private sector in new call for market watchdog chief to quit
      465 3 UPI MANILA Philippine private sector representatives yesterday called anew for the resignation of Manila's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman to keep the country's capital markets stable and prevent investors from going elsewhere. Roman Azanza, chairman of the
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  • THE REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon NBC wins US TV rights for Olympics in US$1.2b deal
      526 4 LATWP, Reuter WASHINGTON In a stunning move, the International Olympic Committee and NBC on Monday agreed on a US$l.25 billion (551.75 billion) deal that awards the US television rights for both the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, Australia, and the
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      Lock icon IBM, Toshiba to build US$1.2b chip plant
      435 4 Venture will be Japanese company's first such one overseas Bloomberg Business News MANASSAS, Virginia International Business Machines Corp and Toshiba Corp plan to build a US$l.2 billion (551.66 billion) US plant for advanced memory chips, in what will be the Japanese company's first
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      Lock icon Microsoft unveils on-line pricing
      304 4 Reuter REDMOND, Washington Microsoft Corp announced yesterday pricing for its computer on-line network, with membership plans ranging from annual to monthly for both US and international markets. The software giant said Microsoft Network (MSN) will offer US subscribers an annual plan at U5549.95 (5569.85) a year,
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      Lock icon Call to open China A share market to foreigners
      171 4 Reuter SHANGHAI A central bank official has proposed opening China's domestic A share market to foreign fund investment. The China Securities newspaper yesterday quoted Ouyang Weimin, head of the securities bureau of the non-bank department at the People's Bank of China,
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      Lock icon The man they love to hate
      50 4 Renter SYDNEY Australia! Dob Lindsay reading a newspaper yesterday featuring a cartoon of French President Jacques Chirac as Napoleon. Cartoons of Mr Chirac hare become more popular in the conn try as the dispute over France's nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean continues. Renter
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      Lock icon US wholesale inventories up for 12th month in a row in June
      279 4 Reuter, Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Stocks of unsold goods held by merchant wholesalers grew for a 12th straight month in June, the Commerce Department said yesterday, despite relatively strong sales. The value of wholesale inventories increased O.S per
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      Lock icon Japanese policy may fail US Treasury auction test
      389 4 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO The Ministry of Finance's much-talked-about-programme to boost overseas investment was to get its first major test yesterday when the US Treasury kicked ofT a record U5542.5 billion (Sss9 billion) auction of government securities. Fund managers interviewed in Tokyo
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      Lock icon NatMut policyholders okay takeover by France's Axa
      359 4 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE Policyholders in National Mutual Life Association of Australasia brushed aside global politics and agreed to a ASl.l billion (551.14 billion) takeover by France's Axa SA to bolster their company's ailing balance sheet. The vote drew heightened attention because of
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      Lock icon W Australia set for A$8b resources boom
      397 4 Reuter PERTH Western Australia has entered an unprecedented period of resources development which would see projects worth over AsB billion (538.3 billion) start in the next five years, state Resources Development Minister Colin Barnett said. "I have no doubt we're entering into a
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      Lock icon China's rural private savings hit 1,007b yuan
      93 4 AFP BEIJING China had recorded 1,007.1 billion yuan (Ssl6B billion) in rural private savings by the end of July, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The agency was quoting official statistics on rural individual deposits from the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC).
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      Lock icon Tourism hopes shattered
      72 4 AFP COLOMBO A powerful bomb blast in the Sn Lankan capital has shattered hopes of an early revival for the reces-sion-hit tourism industry in this Indian Ocean island nation. Trade officials, hoteliers and tour operators said yesterday that Monday's explosion, which ripped through a government building, killing
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      Lock icon Illegal funds
      59 4 AFP BEIJING The Chinese authorities have uncovered 1.47 billion yuan (***** 1,1 0n In state revenues illegally retained by enterprises and government institutions. Xinhua news agency said yesterday that the illegal funds were reported to the government by the enterprises and units during a campaign that had been
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      Lock icon Glickman in Tokyo
      95 4 Reuter TOKYO United States Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman launched an Asian tour here yesterday, praising healthy US-Japan trade but pointing to possible disputes between Washington and its largest customer for farm exports. "Japan has been the best singlecountry market for the US agricultural products. This is
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      Lock icon Japan's machine orders up
      71 4 AFP TOKYO Japan's private-sector machinery orders rose 10.8 per cent from a year earlier in June after a 10.3 per cent gain in May, marking the 13th straight year-on-year rise. The Economic Planning Agency said yesterday that the orders, excluding those from shipbuilders and electric power
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      Lock icon A worm (or 15) a day...
      71 4 Reuter JOHANNESBURG Deputy Environment Minister Bantu Holomisa yesterday predicted a golden future for caterpillar farming in South Africa. The Mopane worm, the caterpillar stage of the Emperor moth, are eaten in vast quantities in southern Africa. Studies in South Africa have shown that the
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      Lock icon Equities fund for Pakistan
      87 4 Reuter ISLAMABAD Pakistan will set up an equities fund in the next 60 days to attract investment from overseas Pakistanis estimated to be saving US$lO billion annually. Board of Investment secretary Mohibullah Shah yesterday said Pakistanis living abroad will be able to invest their savings in
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  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
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      Young turks are nudging Hanoi's old hands
      1247 5  -  The political team which brought Vietnam into Asean may not be holding the reins of power much longer HARISH MEHTA HARISH MEHTA The writer is a BT correspondent specialising in Indochina affairs THE top political leaders of Vietnam, who clinched the membership of
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      104 5 Celebrating 30 years with Singapore. At Deutsche Bank we believe that in business, as in life, relationships matter. In Singapore we have been making friends and nurturing relationships for over 20 years. As we now join the people of Singapore in celebrating their 30th anniversary, we reaffirm our commitment to
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      330 6 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN I "GOOD OLD I FASHIONED FUN. AT CLUB 5." English and Chinese all-time favourites performed 'live'. Drinking and dancing. Fashion show every Monday and Thursday. Happy Hours Monday to Friday, 5 pm to 8 pm, with one for one standard drinks. Club 5. Ifs
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      322 6 f Heavenly Mooncakes at Mandarin Singapore From 6th August till 9th September Savour this year's divine creation, the Shandong Mooncake. Traditional favourites like our famous Golden Ingots, snow skin mooncake and 7 stars with white lotus paste are also available. Win lots of valuable prizes in our Grand Lucky Draw,
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Making sense of advice on healthy eating
      780 7  -  If you're confused by conflicting, studies over what is safe to eat and drink, Maggie Fox has the solution Maggie Fox Reuter Butter is bad for you but so is margarine. Coffee raises blood pressure, but may protect against cancer. Alcohol is okay,
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      Lock icon Harris comes out swinging in Caine tiff
      384 7 AP Reuter Reuter AP RICHARD HARRIS has come out swinging in his verbal pub brawl with Michael Caine. The fight started on July 23 when Caine said in an interview that Harris, Peter OToole and Richard Burton were all drunks. Harris, in a
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      1083 7 Psadai; A Giant Stirs, 9.30pm, ck 12 It has wandered through Chimountain ranges for a lion years, but destruction of its habitat may soon end that. 4fg klk This documentary studies the giant's obsession with eating its reluctance to mate. Where Angels Fear To Triad, i0.30p«, cb 12 i Veteran
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    30 more years of dreams fulfilled
    546 8 AT THE official opening of UOB Plaza last Sunday, Wee Cho Yaw, chairman of the United Overseas Bank group, paid tribute to the Singapore government for making UOB's rapid growth possible. Addressing the gathering, with Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew as guest of honour,
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    Where banks face real heat
    373 8 WHEN Lee Kuan Yew opened UOB Plaza on Sunday, he called on Singapore banks to brace themselves for heightened competition from their foreign counterparts. Singaporean banks are much better prepared for competition within their own country than their peers elsewhere and know what competition on
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    Hiroshima spirit
    114 8 THOUSANDS of people in the Pacific region recently took part in commemorating the spirit of Hiroshima which was devasted on August 6th 50 years ago when the first atomic bomb devastated the city. Another bomb fell on Nagasaki three days letter. Though the Cold War has ended, the
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    Family violence
    183 8 CASES of family violence have been on the rise in Singapore. The majority of the cases involve husbands beating their wives. It is indeed shocking and incomprehensible that in a civilised nation like Singapore, there could be so much family violence. Some may say that it only reflects
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    Remember these tragedies
    190 8 THERE are people who believe the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki should never be forgotten. On the other hand, there are many people who refuse to see or hear anything about those tragedies. And finally, there are those who simply do not know and such people are
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    A new wave of terrorism?
    109 8 IN SPITE OF everything, the Islamic trail remains the most unsettling because of the devastating, irrational, and uncontrollable character of the GIA. If this were acknowledged, further attacks would be frightening; it would signify not mere shots across the bow, but a new wave of
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    Iraq's new threat'
    126 8 FIVE YEARS after the Gulf war began, Iraq has taken two steps which present the allies with an alarming "threat." Baghdad started to destroy five machines that could be used to make ballistic missile parts and also began to comply with UN demands to submit its biological
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    Pact on HK's legal system has not put fears to rest
    876 8  -  Business groups may be satisfied but loopholes remain, says Michael Steinberger Michael Steinberger The writer is a freelance journalist based in Hongkong WHEN Britain and China reached an agreement earlier this summer on setting up Hongkong's Court of Final
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      United Merchant fails in bid to take over Ban Hin Lee
      447 9  -  General offer closes without UMG securing more than 50% share in bank From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR THE Yeap family has managed to stave off another takeover bid for Penang-based Ban Hin Lee Bank Bhd (BHL). United
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      Lock icon Pribadi may raise Amcol stake but says no takeover planned
      471 9 Bloomberg Business News SENAI, Malaysia Henry Pribadi, newly appointed managing director of Amcol Holdings Ltd and its largest shareholder, said he may raise his stake in the company further "if there is an opportunity". However, Mr Pribadi, who now owns
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      DBS Bank fund posts loss of $7.53m
      299 9 SINGAPORE DBS Bank's closed-end fund reported a loss of $7.53 million for the halfyear to June 30, compared with a profit of $5,78 million in the previous first half. General Securities Investments' net tangible asset backing per share a preferred measure of performance
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      Pacific Carriers MD to retire
      210 9 SINGAPORE Shipping line Pacific Carriers sprang a surprise yesterday, when it announced that managing director Billy Tan will retire on Nov 1 for health reasons. In a two-paragraph statement, Pacific arid: "Mr Tan is currently on leave and Teo Joo Kim, chairman of the PCL
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    • Article
      Country Heights a promising KLSE newcomer
      756 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE There are not many property stocks on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange to choose from. From that short list, newcomer Country Heights Holdings may be worth a second look. Its share price has steadily moved up from
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      Lock icon UOB cuts its stake in SM Summit to 8.84%
      385 9  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE United Overseas Bank, a substantial shareholder of SM Summit Holdings, has almost halved its stake in the compact disc manufacturer. In a statement to the Stock Exchange of Singapore, Summit said it had received a notice from
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      Lam Soon to float Thai unit this year on Bangkok bourse
      327 9  -  By Siow Li Sen SINGAPORE Consumer product group Lam Soon Cannery will be floating its Thai associate company later this year on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). The Lam Soon group, which listed some of its Hongkong units
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      Hwa Tat Lee to sell building
      187 9 SINGAPORE Furniture maker Hwa Tat Lee Holdings (HTL) is putting its industrial property at Kallang Way up for sale by public tender. In a statement yesterday, HTL said the proposed sale was part of an ongoing process to maximise returns from the group's assets.
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    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        MARKET MOOD
        51 9 Mixed 'Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment tomorrow, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled: Alliance, Barings, Credit Lyonnais Securities, Daiwa, Fraser, G K Goh, Kay Hian, Morgan Grenfell, Ong Co, Nomura, Phillip, Smith New Court, \YI Can and SG
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        HOT STOCK
        92 9  -  By Shiv Taneja UNITED Overseas Bank Foreign has been battered down by over $1.60 over the past 10 days. It closed yesterday at $12.30 on heavy volume of more than 4.S million shares, making it the day's most active counter. The daily RSI indicates that the counter is
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    • COMPANIES
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        UOB reshuffles senior positions
        77 10 SINGAPORE The United Overseas Bank group yesterday announced a reshuffle of some senior management portfolios to broaden the work experience of senior staff. Executive vice-presi-dent Samuel Poon Hon Thang now heads the commercial hanking and Asean sectors, while senior vice-president Neo Khay Pin is general manager
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        Lee Kim Tah gets nod for loan stocks
        56 10 SINGAPORE Lee Kim Tah Holdings yesterday said it has received in-principle approval from the stock exchange for the listing and quotation of its loan stock and warrants. It aims to raise $40.12 million through a one-for-10 rights issue of loan stock with
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        Compact Metal in CPF basic scheme
        58 10 SINGAPORE The Central Provident Fund Board has confirmed that from yesterday, CPF members may use their qualifying CPF balances to buy Compact Metal Industries shares under the basic investment scheme subject to a sub-limit of 10 per cent of their qualifying account balance. Compact
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        Oakwell forms joint venture company
        60 10 SINGAPORE Oakwell Engineering Ltd has formed a joint venture company, Oakwell-Breen Pte Ltd, in which it holds 102,000 shares or 51 per cent of the total paid-up capital The rest is held by Tham Choon Kin, which has over 20 years experience in the utilities
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        San Teh rights oversubscribed 19.5%
        46 10 SINGAPORE San Teh Ltd yesterday said its rights issue has been oversubscribed by 19.5 per cent. At the issue's close on Aug 3, it had acceptances and excess applications for a total of 38.81 million rights shares with 19.40 million warrants.
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        UIC forms computer training unit
        50 10 SINGAPORE United Industrial Corporation has formed a subsidiary, UIC Education Centre, to offer computer training services, lite centre has an authorised capital of $250,000 and a paid-up capital of $2. It is fully owned by UIC Technologies, which is in turn fully owned by UIC.
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        Thai Airways incurs 1.5b baht losses on foreign currency loans
        435 10  -  Fran Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK MORE bad news has buffetted Thai Airways, whose chairman resigned recently half-way through his term. This time, the national carrier, has announced that it incurred 1.53 billion baht (SsB7 million) in losses due to
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        Aztech opens first sales office in China
        253 10 SINGAPORE In a bid to tap the huge potential of the China market, Aztech Systems yesterday opened its first sales and marketing office in Beijing and said more were in the pipeline. Company president Michael Mun told Business Times that Aztech was now
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        Creative shares make sound return
        261 10  -  Earnings INSIGHT By David Mok SINGAPORE Contrary to what some analysts were expecting, the share price of Creative Technology rebounded strongly yesterday to close 16.6 per cent or S$l.SO higher at S$ 10.50, on volume of 221,350. And the sell-down some anticipated on Nasdaq, where
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        Lock icon DCB group's half-year profit up 45.3%
        165 10 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's banking group DCB Holdings Bhd reported a group net profit of MS 129.62 million (5573.42 million) for the halfyear ended June 30, up 45.3 per cent from M 589.21 million in the previous corresponding period. Operating income was M 5826.83
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        Lock icon Barclays 1st-half pre-tax profit rises 8.7% to £1.12b
        504 11 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Barclays pic, the UK's largest retail bank, said first-half pre-tax profit rose 8.7 per cent to £1.12 billion (552.5 billion) from £1.03 billion last year as one-time gains and fewer bad debts boosted results. The result was in
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        436 11 TV mogul may trump bid by Westinghouse for network Reuter NEW YORK NBC president Robert Wright says that cable television mogul Ted Turner is likely to be studying a competing offer to Westinghouse Electric Co's US$5.4 billion (557.5 billion) offer to buy
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        333 11 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, bruised by allegations of shoddy disclosure, was .dealt another blow by the public airing of an internal dispute between two of its top executives. In an internal memo published in yesterday's Chineselanguage Ming Pao
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        Lock icon Haeco 1st-half profit drops 19%
        104 11 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkong Aircraft Engineering Co, one of Asia's largest aircraft maintenance firms, said net profit fell 19 per cent in the six months ended June as overcapacity in its industry squeezed margins. Profit after taxes and payments to minority interests fell to
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        95 11 Bloomberg Business News SHANGHAI Ceramics maker Fujian Hawson Co Ltd said its first-half net profit fell 3.33 per cent. The company gave n® reason for the profit slide. In a statement, the company said it* net profit for the six months ended June 30 was
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        Lock icon GM to part with EDS through swap
        88 11 NYT DETROIT Eleven years after buying Electronic Data Systems from former presidential hopeful Ross Perot, General Motors Corp said on Monday that it intended to part with the compaift through a stock swap that would leave it in the hands of its sharehojders.
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        Lock icon David Jones sales up 5.5% for year
        96 11 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Australian department store chain David Jones said sales in the year ended July 29 rose 5.5 per cent from a year l earlier to AS 1.4 billion (SSI.S billion). In the last three months o& the financial year, sales
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        371 11 Reuter WELLINGTON Strength in forest sector profitability is likely to stand out among New Zealand company results as many local corpo rates enter their reporting season. Analysts said yesterday that overall, results should show robust earnings, but they doubted they would act
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        Insurance chief cautiously optimistic about industry
        599 12  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Insurance Commissioner Lim Shu Chiau has painted a picture of guarded optimism on the outlook for Singapore's insurance industry this year. In the 1994 annual report of the Insurance Commissioner released yesterday, Mrs Lim predicted that the 1995 outlook
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        480 12 Reuter SYDNEY Details of one of the Australian government bond market's lesser problems this year, Treasury bond supply, will soon be unveiled. Since the Federal government said it was slashing its Treasury bond issuance to just As 3 billion to As
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        231 12 Knight-Ridder SYDNEY A revised Sydney Futures Exchange bank bill futures contract is trading well three months after the underlying contract value was doubled, traders and exchange officials say. On May 1, the bill future was enlarged to a face value of Asl million
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        Lock icon First Bank buying FirsTier for US$700m
        138 12 AP NEW YORK Continuing its acquisitions in Nebraska, First Bank Systems Inc is acquiring Omaha-based Firs Tier Financial Inc for US$7OO million (***** million) in stock, the banks said on Monday. First Bank, based in Minneapolis, has one other deal pending to acquire an
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        Lock icon Aussie policyholders vote for Axa tie-up
        141 12 AFP MELBOURNE National Mutual Life Association said yesterday policyholders had voted "overwhelmingly" in favour of a merger with the giant French insurance giant Axa. National Mutual chairman Athol Lapthorne said that while the final result of voting by policyholders will not be available for
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        99 12 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT Dresdner Bank, Germany's second largest bank, said it has opened a representative office in the Slovak capital of Bratislava. In addition to offering advice to German companies doing business in Slovakia, the bank said it wants to develop its existing
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        97 12 Reuter SAN FRANCISCO Bank America Corp agreed to a U*****,000 settlement in an environmental lawsuit brought by the San Francisco and Yolo County, California, District Attorneys after its failure to disclose a hazardous waste problem on one of its mortgagee's properties, the San Francisco district attorney's
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        409 12 Reuter SINGAPORE Oil terminal operators are drawn to the potential growth in Asian oil demand, but progress on storage ventures has been slow and negotiations have hit snags, industry sources said yesterday. Independent storage companies Dutch Van (5m meren Tank
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        296 12 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Merrill Lynch Co, the parent company of one of the world's largest securities firms, is planning its first Hongkong dollar-de-nominated debt sale a HK$l billion (S$ 180.7 million) issue of floating rate notes. Merrill
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        251 12 mcfifftv DcßAot. ntrOKp?*- Reuter KUWAIT The future of Kuwait's involvement in foreign oil and gas exploration remains uncertain despite a respectable performance and promising overseas holdings, a US embassy report issued on yesterday said. The Kuwaiti government might continue to own
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        209 12 Reuter LONDON The dollar clawed its way back above 1.41 marks in late Europe on prospects of a German repo rate cut today and awaited the start of the US Treasury's mammoth quarterly refunding auction. Earlier, the dollar had eased to near Monday's European close as traders pocketed profits
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        87 12 AFP NEW YORK The dollar fluctuated against the other major currencies yesterday as Wall Street waited for the Treasury Department's quarterly adjudication of mediumterm biUs. Gold was up to U*****.60 an ounce from U*****.60 on Monday. At 1415 GMT, the dollar was at 1.4065 marks down from 1.4090
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        1194 12 Trade-*nghted index cakuiated against Spore's top 14 trading partners Base year 198f US$/S$ forward rates Noon Auk ss Bid Oder 1-month 1.3959 1.3974 2-month 1.3933 1.3930 3-month 1.3910 1.3925 6-month 1.3(37 1 3857 Sown- OCBC Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at Sh m Aag 8 Singapore dollars to
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        1361 13 Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures ended weaker and Eurodollars closed slightly firmer in quiet trade. Trading was cautious ahead of US Treasury quarterly refunding which started yesterday. The market is also watching for a slew of US economic data later this week. March Eurodollars
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        Tin hits 3-year high of M$17.13
        696 13 COMMOOITY REPORTS KL Tin TIN price on the KLTM breached its three-year high yesterday following the bullish sentiments on the LME. It ended with a 49 sen gain to MS 17.13 per kg. The last time tin price touched the Msl7 level was on
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        Thai sugar sale tender seen by Oct
        72 13 BANGKOK A tender to sell up to >10,000 tonnes of Thai 1996-97 (Oct-Sep) long-term contract raw export sugar is likely to be held by the end of October, an official involved with the tender said. Officials responsible for scheduling the tender expect Thai
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        Pacific's ferro-nickel stocks dwindle
        58 13 TOKYO Japan's Pacific Metals Co said yesterday its stocks of ferro-nickel have dwindled to less than 1,000 tonnes from more than 2,000 tonnes in April, reflecting strong domestic demand. Pacific has been producing 3,000 tonnes of ferro-nickel per month and expects to produce 36,000 tonnes this
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        EU opens tender for Italian wheat
        61 13 BRUSSELS The European Union has formally opened tender invitations for the resale of 100,000 tonnes of Italian wheat onto the internal market by the end of September, the EU's Official Journal disclosed yesterday. Tenders for the resale on the home market of 8,400 tonnes
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        Japan snaps up Chinese zinc
        50 13 TOKYO Japanese traders are now relying almost exclusively on dwindling stocks of Chinese zinc in Singapore to cover import demand for the metal due to scarcity of supply in Asia, according to industry sources. As a result, premiums for the material are surging, they say.
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        Japan may change rice price system
        69 13 TOKYO Japan is considering changing the way 1 it sets the price for semi-rationed Japanese rice to" reflect market conditions, the state-owned rice exchange group said yesterday. The new price-setting method, which is to be decided by the end of August, will be based
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      1392 13 SICOM Futures (Mam dasJag at at 5.3tpa0 BSSICoatract (S ccnts/k&) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Sep 95 ***** 171.00 171.00 200 1400 Oct 173.30 175.30 175.50 25 l«75 Nov 176.00 175.50 175.50 125 2025 Dec 176.00 175.50 175.50 125 1800 Jan/Mar 96 173.00 173.00
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        Australia
        924 14 -6.3 SHARES closed weaker yesterday after the bourse was depressed by rumours of a large sell portfolio of resource stocks. "There's a rumour that there's a resource portfolio that's being sold," said a trader, citing talk of a sale worth ASSO- million. The All Ordinaries Index lost 6.3 points
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        Manila
        558 14 +2.02 Share prices rose slightly as second liners propped up the bourse, brokers said. "The market was basically fiat. There was more movement for second liners," said a dealer. The PSE Composite Index rose 2.02 points to 2,890.86. Turnover was 2.3 billion shares valued at 2.2 billion pesos. Dominant
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        Taipei
        482 14 -2.02 Share prices finished slightly lower in cautious trading, with banking and insurance counters hardest hit. "Market sentiment improved but remained cautious after the government's continued efforts to bail out the troubled International Bills Finance Corp (IBFC)," said a dealer. A former IBFC dealer was arrested for alleged fraud
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        Seoul
        411 14 -5.97 Stocks fell as sentiment was dampened by a political scandal over huge slush funds allegedly amassed by a former president. "The news of an investigation into the allegation seemed to have delayed the market's recovery further," a dealer said. The Composite Price Index retreated 5.97 points to close
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        New Zealand
        258 14 +23.20 Shares rose after Bankers Trust Funds Management launched a NZ$B5.B mulion (5580.6 million) bid for control of shopping centre owner St Lukes Group. "The tone of the market is particularly strong with the St Lukes' bid," said a broker. "Those accepting the Bankers Trust offer are looking
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        Bombay
        110 14 -2.39 Stocks finished marginally lower, recovering from early losses as foreign funds bought selectively near the close of trading. The BSE 30-share Index ended at 3,391.61 points, down 2.39. It touched an intra-day low of 3,368.27. The National Index fell 3.36 to 1,572.31. Dealers said foreign funds were buyers
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        616 14 Britannia Funds SMfttai Cask BM Offer Mm Cap Deposit 3**400 3« 6500 Mia Jeney Gilt 0.1193 0 1992 Mm Ma lacoaw .0.9300 0.9600 US$ Cask lacoae Plw Faad *10.0)00 *10 5900 PS S Reserve Faad 5 5400 5.5500 issaaes. 0 4392 0.49)4 Far Em Faad *2.7*50 *2 97)0 Maa Portfolio
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        London
        593 14 -14.7 BLUE chips slid to close near the day's lows in modest volume as the market began digesting early UK. half-year corporate results and awaited this week's US data and quarterly refunding auction results. The FTSE 100 Index closed down 14.7 points at 3,468.8 in volume of 486 million
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        Paris
        140 14 +4.29 French shares, underpinned by hopes of a German interest rate cut later in the week, ended a thin session slightly higher but off the day's best levels. The CAC-40 Index closed up 4.29 points at 1,954.66. Of the CAC-40 stocks, 19 ended higher, 18 lower and three were
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        Frankfurt
        161 14 -6.65 German shares trade sideways at lower levels in late trading as participants remained on sidelines before news about the direction of German interest rates. Today's tender award may give the first hints for future key rate cuts, dealers said. The DAX Index ended down 6.65 points at 2,237.80.
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        Brussels
        166 14 +0.53 Belgian shares closed marginally firmer after another side-winding session as the market came to a virtual standstill before tomorrow's Bundesbank meeting. Traders said they expected the benchmark index to attempt to break the 1,500 level if the Buba cut interest rates, but added more range-trading or even a
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        Milan
        159 14 -57 Italian shares chugged to a weak finish slightly above the day's lows in general lapse linked to bonds and lira which traders said was natural after recent run of gains. Turnover was mediocre, around 600 billion lira just before close, which traders say is satisfactory in holi-day-hit August.
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        Amsterdam
        289 14 +0.81 Dutch stocks rose, after retreating from earlier highs as the dollar failed to hold on to Monday's gains and US shares opened lower. Rises in KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, reporting tomorrow, music producer PolyGram and insurer Aegon helped the market rise, while publisher Wolters Kluwer fell after posting
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        Stockholm
        110 14 -0.44 Swedish shares fell in slender trade, and dealers said customer dealing was more or less non-existent. "We haven't had much to do today, turnover has been low and customer activity has been held back by the athletics World Cup and holidays on foreign markets," a broker said. The
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        Zurich
        210 14 •3.2 Swiss shares ran out of initial steam and ended mixed in moderate volumes. The firming dollar did not provide much support, dealers said. The blue-chip SMI Index closed down 3.2 points at 2,797.4. The all-share SPI Index gained 0.43 to 1,858.28. Zurich Ami S Fraacs AJumaac Br T«7
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        350 14 +45.7 South African shares registered steady gains by the close ahead of today's Women's Day holiday, spurred on by a rampant bond market and good local and offshore interest. "A lot of our strength, especially in industrials, appears to be coming from the bond market. They are gaining from
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        240 14 +2.49 Stocks edged higher in moderate early trading, buoyed by stronger in North American debt markets. The TSE 300 Composite Index rose 2.49 points to 4,616.37 on volume of 9.10 million shares valued at CSI 17.00 million. Advancing stocks outpaced declines 205 to 175, with 241 issues unchanged. "I
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        New York
        729 14 +3.52 Stock prices pulled back a little in quiet trading as the market awaited the outcome of the first leg of the Treasury's record quarterly refunding. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which edged up 9.86 points on Monday, was ahead 3.52 to 4,696.84 at 1 lam EDT. The
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      2546 15 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks erased early gains as Hopewell Holdings tumbled almost 8 per cent amid concern iat the company's «rnings growth will The drop in Hopewui, whose business range from construction to power to property development, came as Peregrine Brokerage Ltd cut its recommendation on the stock
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      606 15 CLSA IN Hongkong, the H share index lost 18.18 points at 1,149.66 on turnover of HKSB.92 million. The big winners were Dongfang, which rose 4.2 per cent and Luoyang, up 3.2 per cent. But Guangzhou Shipyard fell 1.6 per cent after its poor interim results. The Shanghai B Index
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      2512 15 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks surged yesterday as optimism about the future of Japan's ailing lenders supported banking shares and declines by the yen pushed up electronics exporters. "As long as the dollar can stay above 91 yen, this market isn't going to fall," said a trader. "Everyone is
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      1473 15 Reuter BANGKOK Shares closed marginally higher in sluggish trade yesterday as worries about inflation and the poor first-half performance of the finance sector continued to affect trade, brokers said. "The only thing I was hoping for today was to see the index close above the 1,330 level," said a
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      1172 15 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices closed mixed in moderate trading yesterday, with the market's focus remaining in two actively traded stocks, newly-listed Surya Hidup Satwa and Astra International. The Composite Index closed up 1.7 points at 517.44. Surya Hidup failed to sustain its early upside on profit-taking. The stock was
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      2346 16 Cr Cr IMS Last Vol Day Urn* Quo* Dtr Di* YM Net M Cay High Um Cui n j Salt CN») Hick Lwr Bayer SHkr CV P/fc Sail MALAYSIAN STOCKS 478 196 m MSB 50c 438 +6 396 444 430 434 440 J O -2.9 0 2 449
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        6656 16 Business Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks were little changed yesterday as index heavyweights like Telekom Malaysia and Tenaga Nasional remained unchanged in trading well below average levels. The KLSE Composite Index fell 0.33 points to 1,056.24. The broader Emas Index fell
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        Lock icon Property, banking stocks hardest hit as market dips
        1848 18  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Local stocks ended lower yesterday, led by property and banking stocks. Added to the gloom is the expectation of slower economic growth in the second quarter and some major players sidelined ahead of the National Day holiday. The
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      504 19 Knight-Ridder, Reuter PANAMAX time-charter fixtures on Pacific and Far East routes fuelled interest in world freight markets, with shipbrokers citing only sideways activity for the capesize market. Time-charters featured heavily in Monday's fixtures, pushing the Baltic Freight Index (BFI) up eight points to 2,067. "We've seen bigger interest
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      377 19 NST KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian corporate high-flyer Amin Shah Omar Shah is considering building big ships and jointly operating a shipping line in Myanmar. He plans to send a team to Myanmar soon to study the possibility of entering into a joint
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      177 19 UPI BEIJING A spate of oil spills from poorly equipped ships with sloppy crews triggered calls yesterday for tougher regulations to halt the pollution and damage to marine life. "Stricter management and supervision must be introduced to stop spills from foreign
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      323 19 SES OOP Aug 8 S$ Vd CWT Distribution 1.66 +0.01 16 Chuan Hup Holdings 1.22 -0.01 87 Cosco Investment 1.97 -0.04 83 Cosco Investment A 1.74 Far East Levingston 6.10 -0.10 291 SB Holdings Ltd 0.82 +0.01 15 ai Sun Hup Group 0.905 -0.01 517 Hitachi Zosen 0.99
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      257 19 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Asian countries continued to dominate activities at the port of Brisbane in the last fiscal year, where Japan emerged as the top container trade partner with the port. Port of Brisbane Corporation chairman lan Brusasco said two-thirds of the port's
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      165 19 AP TOKYO Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie plans his next Pacific crossing in a solar battery-powered boat made from recycled aluminium beer and juice cans. The 9.5-metre, 379 kg boat was launched on Monday, and Mr Horie plans to set out next March, Hideo Wajima
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      329 19  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Port operations in the Indian sub-conti-nent deteriorated last month, hit by natural disasters like cyclones and other problems such as shipping agency staff being assaulted. Yet, cargo throughput remained buoyant, says Sea Consortium in its latest monthly report
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      193 19 Journal of Commerce BROWNSVILLE, Texas The Port of Brownsville, the closest US seaport to Mexico, plans to sell port property in a bid to help construct an industrial park that would result in more throughput on the waterfront. Commissioners of the
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      1292 20  -  Have seafaring standards declined? A study suggests that nationally flagged ships show higher levels of competence than flag of convenience vessels with mixed-nationality crews. Michael Grey reports Michael Grey Lloyd's List P I LOTS, possibly because they spend a long time alone with their
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        872 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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        384 38  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE A venture of Singapore Airlines (SIA) and a US aircraft leasing company has bought three Boeing *****0ER jetliners for approximately US$294 million (*****.6 million). Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise Pte Ltd (Sale) said that the planes will be leased
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        46 38 Reuter TOKYO Honda Motor Co Ltd said on Monday it had developed three types of super-safe cars: (from left) Honda ASV-1 is featured with accident prevention technology; ASV-2 with collision avoidance technology; and ASV-3 with pedestrian protection safety technology including impact-absorbing system. Reuter
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        196 38 Bernama PETALING JAYA United Parcel Service (UPS), a worldwide express distribution company, expects to invest about US$2O million (5527.8 million) in its Malaysian operations within the next five years. Regional vice-president Charles Adams, speaking to newsmen after the launching of UPS' inaugural DC-8 flight
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        197 38 AFP STOCKHOLM The EU Commission has approved the strategic alliance between Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and German carrier Lufthansa on certain conditions, SAS announced on Monday. The Commission granted its approval provided the two companies allow competitors into their bonus systems and give them attractive
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        335 38 AFP KUWAIT CITY Saudia Airlines will pay a total of US$7 billion (559.7 billion) for 61 aircraft from Boeing Co and McDonnell Douglas Corp as a result of a deal announced in June, King Fahd said on Monday. The king also told Kuwait's
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        81 38 AFP SEOUL South Korea is forecast to become the world's fifth largest car exporting nation this year with its car shipments topping the one million unit mark. The Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association (Kama), basing its prediction on brisk first-half performances, said it
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        98 38 Bloomberg Business News DETROIT Ford Motor Co recalled 18,600 1994-95 mediumand heavy-duty trucks because of problems with wiring that can cause the trucks' headlights to dim or fail. The vehicle maker is telling owners to return the trucks to dealerships for inspection and installation of sealing
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        82 38 Reuter LONDON Regional carrier Gulf Air said it launched a "Visit the Gulf Pass" for residents outside the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. In a statement the airline said the pass would discount its inter-Gulf state fares by over 50 per cent. The discounted fares would
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        77 38 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong's Cathay Pacific Airways said it is working with Airbus Industrie on the design of the A 340-8000 long-haul aircraft, but has no current plans to buy any. Quite often major airlines work with manufacturers on aircraft design, and Cathay has had
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        96 38 Reuter TOKYO Japan's huge new Kansai International Airport has seen the arrival of a more unusual kind of flying visitor grasshoppers. A large colony of the insects has made a new home at the airport in western Japan and came to the attention of airport officials
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        262 38 Reuter HANOI Vietnam's Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet has ordered an audit of the state airlines following a bungled price hike and comments yesterday by the State Bank governor that inflation has become a major concern. Official media said the aim of
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      469 34 I STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD I AOBtTSFOtt ZIM CONTAINER SERVICE GOU) STAR UNE LTD SETH SHIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: 220*666 (8 UNES) FAX: *****70 U *****12 (MAMETWC) ff MO. **********(H) N. AMERICA/GUNMAN SBVIOS ygsa Ivorl an If I m I m» I wn Imi mmtomm nn nm lmmm W
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      385 34 I VESSEL VOY SJN TIGER BAY 356N 10-12«8 16-20W 24-2MJB I TIGER CAPE 356N 14-IVOB 20-23AJ8 »29K» I TIGER ISLAND 367N 17 19(08 23-27AJ8 31-01 A» I TIGER BRIDGE 358N 21-2208 27 3008 04-0509 I TIGER BAY 359N 24-2608 3CWXKI9 07-09/09 I I TIGER CAPE 380N *****9 11-12/09 I VESSEL
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      111 35 RKULA«S«WO>g/VgTWAMMVCE «HU VOYMO ETA RID MMMHN ■nthmm mb am mm mmm—rnmiw n—■ HONQ PNAT VM 0M» KM» AM OMMQ Of \M KM tM» WMBQU WW NCH POW TEiaMmHutami COLOMBO A HAPiAI ALSO MALMVU WEEKLY ICI/Kl SERVICE FROM PENAN6/PORT lUN Agaats: 6AJAN HOIRIMS SM I ICR TEL: H/IWI7I PHOENIX SHIPPING rmu»
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      861 36 AFGHANISTAN M&M Afghanistan Ltd., |UlO |U| Hairatan, Torghundi, Islamqala (Doqharun) IvlCXlvl C.1.5./RUSSIA: Alma Ata. Ashkhabad, Baku, Dushanbe, Hilitrnr SL Munch Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Korsakov, Moscow, miiiur a Mui Novosobirsk, Sochi, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Vladivostok, Vostochnv International Fonwrtere Mongo ia ulaan N Korea Nampo EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE to west COAST SOUTH AMERICA
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      848 36 AM MN CONTAINER LINES. INC I Agents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LIMES) kuchmg: (<*2)*****3 I fWV J OWMOitWMTBBOUM SIBU: (084) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****61 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK: (662) *****67 SURABAYA; (31) *****0 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MPN: (61)*****3 BANDUNG: (22) *****06 I ASIA HKG/TWN/BKKI GENOA/EUROPE I
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      288 36 T mTI IifTCDftiADITIftiC I 111 IfcnifiAniillwCy SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE DIRECT MONTHLY SAILINGS VESSEL KK SIN PK PI DON CT ARIA V 122 SID SLO IN FT 19/08 25/08 02/09 *Also calls E.L. P.E. MALAYSIA AGENTS: PORT KELANG TG. MAM TEL *****00 TEL *****8 SUB AGENTS: KOTA KMARALU TAWAU TH: *****7
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      129 37 REGIONAL WEATHER LCGCHD: R Thunderstorm Temperature c A s^ ow#f Weother Wind (traction with speed in knots VSUsky Wove height Surface winds or* indicated by orrwn which with the wind 0 On* Ml circle represents cofcn or tght and variable winds 1 One half Heche represents 5 knot* L_» One
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      114 38 I All operators in the Myanmar trade have jointly announced I the revision of the Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF) I I Re-Alignment of the Terminal Handling Charge (THC). I I (A) The Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF) would be I I adjusted to USDSO/20' and USDBO/40' with effect from I I
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