The Business Times, 16 September 1995

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  • 14 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 194/12/94 Weekend Edition, September 16-17 1995 85 c
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  • 350 1  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE The longrunning saga for control of Malaysian fast-food operator KFC Holdings (M) Bhd has become more perplexing with another executive director, Francis Lau Tuang Nguang, being remanded by the police. Mr Francis Lau was remanded yesterday after voluntarily
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  • 166 1 Stock nartot indicts Fry ay Change ST1I .2,139.67 +9.78 KLSE Comp 993.53 +0.33 Nikkei closed Hang Seng 9,797.40 +117.30 SET Index ~..l,337.62 +22.16 Jakarta Comp 495.32 -0.10 Manila Comp .....2,757.43 +25.94 Taipei WPI 4,995.53 +39.51 Seoul Comp 985.64 +19.92 Bombay BSE30 ..3,371.66 +10.48 CLSA China B 870.17 +4.40 AustAllOrd 2,165.7
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  • 706 1  -  Banking crises add to borrowing costs not seen since 1979 oil shock From Anthony Rowley in WASHINGTON THE international implications of the recent Japanese banking crises and collapses have begun to become obvious with the reappearance of the so-called "Japan
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  • 501 1  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA Airlines shares took a beating yesterday after one of the carrier's planes crashed in Sabah state, killing 35 people of the 53 on board. The shares finished the morning session 5 sen up at
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  • 159 1 Reuter LONDON The US dollar briefly clipped a 15-month high of 104 yen and approached I.SO marks here yesterday, capping a heady week in forex and equity maikets. The dollar's rise to a high of 104.05 yen was swiftly met with
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  • 508 1  -  By Christopher Tan SINGAPORE The world's largest Honda car showroom opens here today. Kah Motor, the agent for Honda passenger cars here and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia-listed Oriental Holdings, spent $33 million building the 12,988 sq m Übi facility. The three-storey Honda Centre
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  • 66 1 Reuter NEW YORK A sharp sell-ofT in high-tech shares knocked the stock market down yesterday, but blue chips suffered only modest losses by mid-day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 2.11 points to 4,803.91 at 2pm EDT, down from the Thursday's record high closing.
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 517 2  -  By Christopher Tan £A WORLD-CLASS land system in ,10-15 years, one that will •Stand alongside our world--class port and airport 'that's the vision and mission *itf the Land Transport Au- thority, said Communications t Minister Mah Bow Tan at the
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    • 235 2  -  By Vikram Khanna LUMINARIES from politics, business and academia will join more than 700 delegates from 48 countries at the fourth Europe/East Asia Economic Summit that starts in Singapore on Wednesday. Indonesian President Suharto, Prime Ministers Gro Harlem Brundtland of Norway, Hong-Koo
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    • 591 2 The Straits Times BOSTON If discussions at Williams College during the weekend centre on the political system, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong hopes to put across different perspectives on the subject of governance. Westerners, he noted, hold a
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    • 203 2 IN adjusting salaries for older workers as they stayed longer at their jobs, job security for the whole workforce must also be considered, unionists said at a seminar yesterday. "While we want to be fair to the older workers, we have to also ensure that we
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    • 541 2  -  Higher rates also reflect higher cost of port operations, he says By Alec Almazan COMMUNICATIONS Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday urged the shipping fraternity to view the new port tariff for 1996 as a means to providing better services to them.
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  • THE REGION
    • 586 3  -  From Leslie Lopez in JAKARTA PT CHANDRA Asri, Indonesia's controversial petrochemical giant, says that it has obtained support from the government for a pricing formula which will tie buyers to long-term contracts for its products. The project's promoters, a consortium led
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    • 642 3  -  Fran Quak Hiang Whai in HONGKONG HONGKONGERS go to the ballet box tomorrow to choose the first fully-elected 60-seat legislature, also the last under British rule. Ironically, while the election is touted as a landmark poll with the highest level of democracy in Hongkong's history,
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    • 73 3 Reuter SHANGHAI Presidents of China's commodities futures exchanges have urged Beijing to allow a resumption of trading in major items banned under an economic austerity programme, a Chinese newspaper reported. At a meeting in the northern Chinese port of Dalian, the presidents
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    • 285 3 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia registered a MSS.S billion (Ss3.l billion) trade deficit in the first half of 1995, after a M 5721.4 million deficit a year earlier, according to Bernama, the national news service. Purchases of ships and aircraft
      Bloomberg Business News  -  285 words
    • 409 3 AFP JAKARTA A group of students and Muslim youth and elders threatened yesterday to fiercely campaign against Indonesian Information Minister Harmoko unless he is taken to court for allegedly insulting Islam. "If no legal actions are taken against Harmoko, then we will campaign
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    • 554 3  -  By Lu Ning NEW rules announced by China on Thursday for the setting up of overseas funds by Chinese entities are aimed at making it easier for foreign investors particularly small and medium-size to take part in priority projects
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    • 345 3 Bloomberg Business News, Reuter BEIJING China may keep its tight credit controls in place for at least two years to squeeze inflation out of the system, the official China Daily reported yesterday. The paper cited an analyst with the central bank
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    • 71 3 AFP TOKYO Michio Watanabe, a former Japanese deputy prime minister and foreign minister, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital yesterday. He was 72. Mr Watanabe, a high-profile member of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, never achieved nis dream of becoming prime minister. He was once
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    • 90 3 AFP MANILA The Philippine Trade Department announced that new and existing ventures in the country were due to receive about 1.79 billion pesos (SS99 million) in investments faom various regional firms. The amount includes a 361.S million investment by Grand United Holdings Bhd of Malaysia
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    • 70 3 AFP BEIJING An old man laughs in front of a statue of Superman before a video game parlour here on Thursday. Authorities have set the age limit at 18 to be allowed inside a video game arcade claiming that it is corrupting the youth, a
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    • 84 3 Reuter HANOI Vietnam said it needed US$2O billion (5528.7 billidn) pumped into infrastructure up to the year 2000 for a raft -of projects to rebuild its roads, railways and ports. A report by "(he State Planning Committee showed the investment would represent 15 per cent of
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    • 690 3 ASIAMATRIX LIMITED j (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT lo Al WarranthokJers of Asia Matrix Limited 1. The Board of Directors of Asia Matrix Limited ("the Company") wishes to notify ail I WarranthokJers in accordance with Clause 5.1.3 of the Deed PoW constituting warrants dated 27 December 1993, that
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  • REGION/WORLD
    • 481 4 AP BRUSSELS The European Union on Thursday unveiled the outline and aim of its new "Asia strategy", calling for free trade and economic and political cooperation with a region fast becoming the powerhouse of the global economy. "Europe must pay full
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    • 346 4 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON US industrial production posted the largest increase in eight months in August, led by demand for electricity to power air conditioners and broad-based factory gains. Production surged a larger-than-expected 1.1 per cent from a month earlier, the Federal Reserve said
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    • 284 4 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK AT&T Corp restructuring of its money-los-ing computer unit could axe up to 10,000 jobs and will lead to a US$l.2 billion (SSI.7 billion) charge in the third quarter, a published report said. Company officials refused to confirm
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    • 1281 4 AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS DEPARTURES a£ nm ra fm» n» QF81 1930 Qf82 2065 IBS RJ187 0130 MMm SQ2S 1215 GA890 0206 KL837 1450 KL838 2300 SQ324 2330 MM NZ21 1736 NZ22 1920 SQ2B6 2040 IMhSM 9421 U05 SQ182 0915 SQ181 1410 BM22 1210 B>427 1720 H426 1820 ■Mt MZ906 1150 MZ907
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    • 368 4 Many Japanese and US firms open plants in country Bemama KUALA LUMPUR Thailand is likely to become the largest automobile producer in South-east Asia with output aimed at one million cars by the year 2000, it was announced yesterday. There is a
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    • 273 4 UPI BEIJING The Fourth UN World Conference on Women yesterday adopted a broad agenda for sexual equality, but capitulated to demands that implementation be left to sovereign states with "various religious and ethical values After 12 days of bickering and negotiating tradeoffs, the
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    • 112 4 Reuter ZURICH Union Bank of Switzerland (ÜBS) and Swiss Life, two of Switzerland's most powerful financial institutions, yesterday said they were joining forces in the growing market for financial instruments that combine elements of insurance and banking. At a joint news conference, Emst
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    • 80 4 Bloomberg Business News BEUING China's state-owned assets have grown 18 per cent per year on average since economic reforms were introduced and are now over four trillion yuan (*****.6 billion), the China News Service reported. Taxes on profit from state-owned companies make up 60 per cent
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    • 88 4 Bloomberg Business News LONDON A UK magistrate's court delayed until Wednesday a ruling on whether it will grant extradition of a Russian computer expert wanted in the US for allegedly hacking into Citibank's security system. Vladimir Leonidovich Levin has been held since February, when he was arrested
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    • 65 4 Reuter CANBERRA Moves to implement Apec's free trade plan are back on track, although agreement on key issues has yet to be reached, Australian Trade Minister Bob McMullan said yesterday. He said Australia remained confident that leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, due to
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    • 63 4 Reuter JAPANESE Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (right) going on a tour of the pyramids in Cairo yesterday. On Thursday, he discussed with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak plans to expand Tokyo's role in the Middle East peace process. Talks also covered Japanese financing for an Egyptian project to
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    • 376 4 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Pushed by Federal Express Corp and other air carriers hungry for Asian growth, American officials have renewed a year-long push for expanded aviation rights in one of the region's principal gateways, the Philippines. As talks opened in Washington,
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    • 334 4 AP WASHINGTON The United States has rejected Chinese demands for a total ban on visits by Taiwanese government leaders. The State Department on Thursday also brushed aside Beijing protests about a new issue troubling US-China relations, President Bill
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    • 72 4 AFP BEIJING The new president of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn, yesterday warned that plans by the US Congress to slash contributions to his organisation could have a disastrous effect on global aid programmes. He also told a UN conference that he would try to change the
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    • 55 4 AP CAMBRIDGE Stephen Hawking married for the second time yesterday, programming his vows into the voice synthesiser designed by his bride's former husband. The renowned physicist, pioneer of work on the Big Bang theory of the universe and paralysed by a progressive nerve disorder, married Elaine Mason at
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • EYE on your STOCKS
      • 19 5 For next week's expected market sentiment, see BT's Sentiment Index on EL4 (Personal Finance <f Investment section)
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        77 5  -  By Shiv Taneja ON the weekly RSI and Stochastics charts, STIC is a medium-term buy at its present level of $2.48. For the near term, the stock is heading into a period of consolidation, and investors looking for short-term gains could buy selectively on retracements. By Skb Tameja
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    • 417 5  -  By Michelle Low FIRST Capital Corp has reported a 41 per cent rise in net profit to $112 million, as income from property development projects rolled in. The group's performance for the year ended June 30 which is much in line
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    • 361 5  -  Interim earnings plunge 63% to 10.9 m despite 160% jump in turnover Agnes Wee HOTEL Properties Ltd (HPL) reported a fall in its group interim net profit by 63 per cent to $10.9 million, blaming it on losses incurred by its recent
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    • 74 5 SINGAPORE Higher operating costs, increased depreciation charges and start-up losses at its new China operation pulled down Teck Wah Paper Products' interim net earnings by 50.8 per cent to $694,000 for the six months to June 30. But the Sesdaqlisted carton maker's turnover rose 16.4
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    • 63 5 SINGAPORE Poor market conditions dragged down the interim net earnings of Oakweil Engineering 71.2 per cent to $324,000, from $1.12 million in first-half 1994. The Sesdaq-listed firm had a turnover of $22.9 million, 38.7 per cent down from $37.4 million previously. Oakweil expects poor market conditions
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    • 66 5 SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listed Super Coffeemix blamed high raw material prices for a 40 per cent fall in its net earnings to $2.08 million, from $3.49 million previously. Earnings dipped despite a 27 per cent increase in turnover to $26 million, from $20.5 million in first-half
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    • 65 5 SINGAPORE Raw material costs were the cause of Broadway Industrial Group's interim earnings falling. The mainboard-listed packaging materials maker turned in first-half earnings of $441,000 a 67 per cent fall from $1.34 million previously. This was despite a 15 per cent rise in turnover
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    • 272 5  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Hwa Hong Corp yesterday reported a 13 per cent increase in interim net earnings to $8 million despite a 31 per cent drop in turnover. The improved profit resulted from a larger contribution from associated companies in
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    • 719 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW -By Leslie Lopez JAKARTA Fancy investing in a company with consistently high returns, welltimed capacity expansions, long-term sales contracts and a top-notch management team? Indonesia's polyester producer, PT Indorama Synthetics, may be that tailormade stock. In a rare and almost deafening
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    • 345 5  -  By Jenny Lam MAINBOARD-listed Wing Tai Holdings doubled net earnings to $83.9 million in the year to June 30, mainly due to its property division. Group turnover rose 77 per cent to $374 million. The bottom line was further boosted by an extraordinary gain,
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    • 136 5 BANGKOK Thai mobile telephone operator Total Access Communication will launch an initial public share offer in Singapore on Monday. TAC, which has applied to join the main board, will be the first Thai firm with a primary listing on the SES. The shares are
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    • COMPANIES
      • 414 6  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK SINGAPORE'S Alliance Technology and Development (ATD) yesterday signed an agreement to invest in a USS2S million (Ss3s million) underwater world theme park here and unveiled plans to develop a chain of them in the region. Executive director
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      • 207 6 SINGAPORE Mainboardlisted CAM Mechatronic hopes to secure approval for the incorporation of a new subsidiary CAM Mechatronic (Philippines) Inc from the Philippine stock exchange commission by next month. The company said this yesterday when it disclosed that it was investing
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      • 237 6 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR All legal suits involving Insas Bhd and Megapolitan Nominees Sdn Bhd and Ayer Molek Rubber Company Bhd relating to 540,00 Ayer Molek shares worth MJIS7 million (5589.4 million) have been withdrawn. Insas Bhd and Megapolitan Nominees counsel V Sivaparanjothi told reporters
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      • 338 6  -  Talks on Yangon office, commercial project follow development of 2 hotels Br Agnes Wee SINGAPORE Straits Steamship Land is at an advanced stage of negotiations for a third property investment in Myanmar an office and commercial project in Yangon. This was announced yesterday
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      • 347 6 MBT KUALA LUMPUR THE Securities Commission (SC) will require both issuing houses in the country to ensure that every stage of their operations is properly carried out to restore public confidence in the system, said its executive chairman Munir Majid yesterday. Or
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      • 279 6 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Pan Malaysian Industries Bhd's proposed acquisition and mandatory cash offer for shares in Malayan United Industries Bhd will enable PMI to increase its long-term investments. Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Bhd, on behalf of PMI, said in a circular yesterday
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      • 73 6 SINGAPORE Parkway Holdings said yesterday its Gleneagles Hospital (UK) Ltd, in which its wholly owned subsidiary Gleneagles International has a 65 per cent stake, had set up two general trading companies, Fleet ward and Wholebond. Parkway also said its wholly owned subsidiary Rylands Investment
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      • 44 6 SINGAPORE Indonesian-led group Vasidon Holdings is making a general offer for all Asia Matrix shares and warrants not already owned by it or parties acting in concert with it. The offer is $1.10 in cash per share, $0.60 per warrant.
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      • 70 6 SINGAPORE Aztech Systems said it successfully applied to the High Court of Singapore yesterday to strike out Silicon Systems Inc_s claim for U555.65 million (SsB.l million) against it. Unless SSI files an appeal within 14 days and is successful in that Aztech says it will
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      • 55 6 SINGAPORE Goldtron directors said yesterday they were not aware of any takeover attempt on the company and knew of no n J or a sudden increase in its share price. Their statement followed a Straits Times report that said the company was rumoured
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      • 25 6 SJNGAPOW: Singmarine Industries subsidiary Singmarine Dodqwd Engineering has completed and delivered a 6,500 deadweight tonne product tanker to local company Petroships.
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      • 585 7 Reuter NEW YORK International Business Machines Corp is considering a new round of job cuts that may eliminate 2,000 to 10,000 positions as the company prepares to finish costcutting efforts it launched two years ago, sources said on Thursday. Areas where
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      • 334 7 Reuter NEW YORK Certain directors of Turner Broadcasting System Inc are set to be in New York City early next week for cable industry events, making it likely the board will then vote on Time Warner Inc's US$B billion (SSI 1.5
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      • 354 7 Reuter SYDNEY Corporate Australia, already swept by a As 7 billion (557.6 billion) "return to the Eighties" takeover boom, is bracing itself for more and bigger takeover action. Until two months ago, Australia had not seen a major takeover since US-based Campbell Soup Co's
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      • 240 7 Reuter PALO ALTO, California Plagued by product delays and shortages, Apple Computer Inc warned investors that its fourth-quarter earnings would fall below expectations. The statement was a major setback for the company, which last month came up with a new
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      • 88 7 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Credit Lyonnais Securities (Asia) introduced a new index tracking the performance of 30 Chinese stocks listed on exchanges all over the world, the company said. The CLSA China World Index includes fourteen H shares, Chinese company. n Hongkong, and two
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      • 101 7 Reuter ZUWCH Union Bank of Switzerland (ÜBS) and Swiss Life/Rentenanstalt said in a joint statement yesterday that the two will work together in the insurance business, beginning on Jan I, 1996. The new venture will be called Allflnanz, the statement said: Both
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      • 107 7 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Goldman, Sachs Co said on Thursday it restructured part of its commodity trading unit, JAron Co. Traders familiar with the company said Aron reduced the size of a group that trades refined oil products such as petrol, and fired three traders.
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      • 78 7 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkong Telecommunications Ltd issued a statement on Thursday denying its chief executive was about to resign, in an effort to quell speculation that a management shake-up at its London affiliate would reach Hongkong. In a break with its normal practice
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 488 8 Bloomberg Business News, Reuter, AFP WASHINGTON The United States will continue to work with its partners in the Group of Seven leading industrial nations to support the dollar in foreign exchange markets, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said yesterday.
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      • 446 8 DBS Bank weekly currency report US$/mark THE US$ rallied to touch a high of 1.5048 on Thursday before strong selling on the •sirae day saw it collapse to a low of 1.4825. It then settled to trade around 1.4870 yesterday morning. The
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      • 115 8 Reuter NEW YORK New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) has asked Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange (CSCE) to form a team to discuss Nymex's Aug 10 proposal that the two merge. "The Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange has termed our merger pro- posal as 'inadequate*
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      • 91 8 Reuter SINGAPORE The Thai state-owned Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PIT) has awarded its eight-month term tender to buy 0.25 per cent sulphur gas oil to Malaysia's Petronas Trading Co (Petco), a PTT source confirmed. The cargoes are for delivery between October 1995 and May 1996,
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      • 84 8 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd said it increased its stake in computer company Keycorp Ltd to 10.8 per cent from about one per cent. The bank lifted its shareholding by taking up a private placement of 2.7 million new shares in
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      • 125 8 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE Australian Treasurer Ralph Willis says the nation's banks have agreed to abolish account keeping fees in line with a recommendation from the nation's prices watchdog. "Universally they are looking at removing the account keeping fee." He said that the current
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      • 217 8 Bloomberg Business News SINGAPORE Shell Singapore, a unit of Royal Dutch/Shell, said reports that low refining profits have forced it to mothball part of its Singapore crude oil refinery are untrue. Press reports this week suggested that Shell, which has already shut its
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      • 191 8 Reuter SINGAPORE Crude oil processing in Japan by Asian oil firms is increasing steadily and is likely to continue to rise as Asian economies grow, industry sources said yesterday. In recent months, Japanese refiners have been rushing to boost refining capacity despite
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      • 362 8 Reuter HONGKONG Chinas crude oil imports plunged in August and September after it was flooded with cheap imported refined products and sellers are waiting anxiously for China to resume buying, industry sources said yesterday. "Our crude oil business has been 510w... between August
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      • 241 8 ENERGY REPORT Reuter LONDON Oil prices firmed further yesterday as traders fretted over possible supply disruptions to the United States posed by industrial unrest in Brazil and a Caribbean hurricane. North Sea Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose four cents
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      • 195 8 Reuter LONDON The dollar cruised above the 103 yen level at the European mid-session and looked ready to challenge this week's highs of 103.70/80 as an across-the-board yen sell-off gathered pace. Talk of a US hedge fund buying dollars for yen in large size helped to spark the dollar's
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      • 96 8 AFP NEW YORK Traders took profit as the dollar rose on the strength of better than expected industrial production data. The dollar was also buoyed by comments made by Treasury Deputy Secretary Larry Summers who said the G-7 believed the dollar should rise. At 1425 GMT, the dollar
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        1208 8 1 rade-*nxhtti/ index calculated a&umi Spar j lap 14 trading partner*. Bar year I9BS US$/S$ forward rates Noon Sep 15 s$ ■M Ofa 1-month 1.4311 1.4333 2-monch 1.42*2 1.4297 3-mowh 1.4252 1.42*7 6-month 1.4157 1.4177 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES At it »m m S# IS Slmaort 4oUirt to
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 1171 9 Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen and Eurodollar futures yesterday ended little changed in featureless trade. Dealers said that Euroyen activity was very quiet with Tokyo out on holiday. December Euroyen ended unchanged against its previous close at 99.46. March ended at 99.38 against
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      • 593 9  -  COMMODITY REPORTS The Japanese commodities markets were dosed yesterday Gold HONGKONG: Gold yesterday closed firmer at the day's high on mild short-covering after a day of very quiet trading due to the market holiday in Japan. Gold ended at U*****.50/ U*****.00 an ounce against
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      • 76 9 TUNIS Algerian Energy Minister Amar Makhloufi said that Opec ministers who meet in November on production policies in 19% should reduce the group's present 24.52 million barrel a day production ceiling or at least renew it for a period to be determined. Algeria's decision
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      • Relief grain for China's disaster areas
        • 13 9 disaster victims and strive to keep grain price stable, according to the report.
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      • 76 9 BEIJING The autumn grain harvest in China': Henan province is expected to surpass 16 millior tonnes, the ofTkial China Securities reported yester day. The total output of grain produced by th< province is predicted to exceed 33.5 million tonne this year, reversing the downward trend of the
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      • 68 9 SYDNEY Australian wool sales recorded theii first gain in four weeks, with the eastern indicatoi rising three cents (about 3.3 S'pore cents) per kilo gram clean to A 56.85, and the western indicator up 12 cents to close at AJ6.48. The national average clearance rate
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      • 1407 9 SICOM Futures (fataras dasJag as at 5.3tpa0 1 C—tract (S cents/kg) Cloae Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Oct 95 193. JO 117.00 190.00 275 1675 Nov IS9.50 117.00 188 00 300 1425 Dec 189.50 117.00 188 00 300 1375 Jan/Mar 96 186 00 184.50 186
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    • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      • 1035 10 +14.8 SHARES closed higher yesterday after a weak start, gaining momentum from a recordbreaking run on Wall Street and a rally on US treasuries. "We had some very good indicators from offshore... and perhaps finally in the afternoon we just saw a little bit of momentum creep back into
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      • 536 10 +25.94 Share prices rose on a car-ry-over from the market's rally over the past few days. The PSE Composite Index rose 25.94 points to 2,757.43. Turnover was 7.34 billion shares valued at 2.18 billion pesos. Dealers said the market's performance would have been stronger if a technical problem between
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      • 458 10 +39.51 Share prices finished higher as investors bought at low prices. All eight major categories of shares posed modest gains. "Late buying interest helped the market recover from early losses," said a dealer. The 321-issue Weighted Price Index added 39.51 points to 4,995.53. Turnover was 868 million shares worth
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      • 447 10 +19.92 Stock prices turned bullish, with market confidence growing over a promising year-end outlook on the bourse. The Composite Price Index soared 19.92 points to 985.64. Turnover was 51.86 million shares valued at 870.8 billion won. Rises beat falls 723 to 126 with 114 counters unchanged. Petrochemicals shares fared
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      • 316 10 +2.30 Stocks were little changed as the central bank's stubborn determination to keep interest rates high tarnished the relative attractiveness of equity yields. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand on Thursday said shortterm rates are destined to remain above 8 per cent for the next two-and-a-half years. It
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      • 131 10 +10.48 Export-linked shares rallied at the close after a sliding rupee was seen to boost their prospects, brokers said. "Hotel companies will be the biggest winner," said an analyst, "because their foreign earnings go straight to strengthening the bottom line." The 30-share BSE Index closed up 10.48 points to
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      • 718 10 •rv-4n*W M omkonvd m Hottgktmg Britannia Funds Starilag Cwk BM Offer Mini Cap DepoM *****0 HiiOO Mini Jtnrr G* 0.1193 0 1992 Mim ItalnM *0.9200 *09*00 USSCHk Income Pha FiMd ***** *10 3700 PS S Kobvc Fund *5.5*00 *3 5700 U4J92 ***** Far Eh Tm4 *17*50 ***** Mm Portfolio XI230
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      • 678 10 •0.8 UK SHARES closed barely changed as disappointing US data and a lower Dow spoiled a market attempt to close at another all-time peak. Prices surged early on in fairly active business, boosted by Thursday's Wall Street gains and further takeover activity in the electricity sector. But the FTSE
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      • 167 10 •12.40 French stocks, which had staged a dollar-inspired recovery earlier this week, turned lower at the end of trading as the dollar slipped and concerns about the French budget loomed. "There's a sense that there's no way the government can deliver what the markets are hoping for in this
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      • 198 10 +15.27 German shares held most of their earlier gains in postfloor Ibis trade and were Kised to rise further on the :k of the steady dollar. "This positive trend is really sticking in," said a trader. "It looks like the dollar is heading straight for 1.50 marks." The DAX
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      • 159 10 +2.56 Belgian shares ended slightly higher after heavy trading which set a new volume record of 7.21 billion francs. The Bel-20 Index closed 2.56 points higher at 1,489.04 after threatening at to test the 1995 intra-day high of 1,493.75 following pre-expiry basket buying. "Basket selling set in as they
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      • 158 10 +73 Italian shares ended higher with heavy institutional buying seen on the last day of the monthly Milan account, while underlying support came from the firmer tone to the domestic bond market and lira strength. Olivetti slipped 1.19 per cent to 1,332 lire despite a large end-of-the-account short squeeze
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      • 226 10 +0.66 Dutch stocks rose, closing at a record high for the third consecutive day, boosted by a rising dollar and expectations of interest rate cuts. The EOE Index rose 0.66 point to 472.72, led by insurer Aegon, chemical maker Akzo Nobel and brewer Heineken. Among the 25 stocks, 14
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      • 236 10 +13.8 Swiss shares gained strength in the course of the day to closed higher, supported by a favourable interest rate environment, a stable dollar and an inflow of foreign capital. Marked gains in insurers and some industrials as well as technical factors, also helped pull shares higher, dealers said.
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      • 355 10 +12.0 South African shares ended mixed after a volatile day dominated by futures-relat-ed trade which saw gold shares see-sawing to a lower close and industrials ending mildly firmer, dealers said. Good buying unrelated to futures was seen at the lower gold share prices, a dealer said. 'There s been
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      • 236 10 -7.20 Stocks fell in volatile early trading due mostly to triple witching in Canadian and US stock markets. The TSE 300 Composite Index eased 7.20 points to 4,575.50 on volume of 11.8 million shares valued at Csl7l million. Declining stocks outpaced advances 174 to 144, with 236 issues unchanged.
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      • 842 10 -13.38 US stocks fell as technology issues withered on concern that earnings won't continue rving fast enough to satisinvestors. Trading volume swelled as options and futures expiration drove demand for stocks. Technology shares melted after Apple Computer warned investors that earnings will be "significantly" below estimates and Oracle
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      2427 11 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks rose for a third session yesterday, driving the main index to a one-year closing high, as investors again bet declining interest rates will bolster corporate earnings. Conglomerates and property issues drove the index up 1.2 per cent. Together with gains of more than one
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      484 11 CLSA IN Hongkong, the H share index lost 5.61 points to 1,064.12 on turnover of HKSIO.2 million. Shanghai Petrochem dropped 2 per cent on turnover of US$3 million on news of the closure of one of its production lines. The best performer was Dongfang, up 4.4 per cent. Active
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      1380 11 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks yesterday surged on the most active day in nearly two months as market confidence grew along with trading volumes in the past three days. The SET Index advanced 22.16 points to 1,337.62 on 10.7 billion baht turnover, the busiest day since July 19. Gainers led losers
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      1091 11 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian share prices closed marginally lower yesterday after late profit-taking in selected cigarette shares trimmed away early gains made on fresh foreign interest in the market, dealers said. "It's a bit of a mixed picture. There is more money coming in...but the cigarette stocks were sold down
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    • 2319 12 iaa« Gr Or If* V«4 On LaMQaoto Dtr Dir YW N*t MCif S>* Crnmm Sale CM) Hfch Lam Bayer Sdkr CVf P/E Safl MALAYSIAN STOCKS *1! ABB 50c <00 -4 SI 406 400 391 404 J O -2.9 0 2 410.2 1" 5 MOI AMPBSOc 92.5 id unch
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      • 6194 12 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks were little changed yesterday as gains by United Engineers Malaysia (UEM) balanced declines by Malaysian Airline Systems (MAS) after one of its planes crashed in Sabah. The KLSE Composite Index rose 0.33 point to 993.53. The Emas Index rose 0.37
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      • 8423 13 Lad Vd Day Laat Qaata M Dh nl IW Cap Aqj WW Lot Siaa Salt (4M) High Urn bmrrt Sate ft O M SaZ Prke MOUSTKML AND COMMERCIAL 210 IW I23t Acs SOc US IMoi -2 1154 ||7 112 116 117 Hi M7 9 520 3*2 at 1000 Acan 50c
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      • 1843 14  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE It was a firm day all round yesterday on the local stock market yesterday, with the most significant features being a renewal of interest in blue chips and a continued rebound on Sesdaq. Malaysian over-the-counter stocks also did better,
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    • 1028 15  -  Margaret Thomas joins 30,000 women from 180 countries and all walks of life at the NGO Forum in Beijing Margaret Thomas DONT LIKE saying this, but you shouldn't believe everything you read or see in the media. Take the NGO (non-governmental organis.JL, ation) Forum that ran more
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      • 106 15 THE TRAVEL guides say this is the best time of year to visit Beijing the days are getting cooler and there's seldom any rain. But what the 30,000 or so women who gathered for the NGO Forum at a lakeside resort area near Beijing found was not refreshing
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      • 91 15 SECURITY was strict at the Beijing Olympic Stadium where the opening ceremony for the NGO Forum was held, and long queues formed at the entrances as police checked invitation cards and searched bags. Already irritated by the crowding, one woman got more annoyed when her small bottle
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    • VIEWPOINT
      • 1913 16  -  Malaysia Inc is basically about feedback, says Francis Yeoh, managing director of construction firm YTL Corp Bhd. And the country owes much of its economic success to the close partnership between business and politics, he tells S N Vasuki THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION A fortnightly series supported
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      • 692 16 Francis yeoh is acutely aware that in some parts of South-east Asia, doubts still persist about the loyalties of the ethnic Chinese community. However, he recalls that as a child, his father would regularly tell him that he should always regard Malaysia, and not China,
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      • 695 16 FRANCIS YEOH had an early start in the family business with his father teaching him the basics by visiting construction sites and supervising contracts on every school vacation. But Mr Yeoh senior felt it was not enough. "My father told me and my brothers when we were
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    • OPINIONS
      • 831 17  -  Military hero is 'hot' bet to win US presidential race next year to be first African-American president LETTER FBCM WJUMBTON LEON HADAR WHEN political strategist William (Bill) Kristot predicted early this week that retired General Colin Powell would be nominated as the Republican party's presidential
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      • 394 17  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR J Chen BY EVERY criterion, Singapore has arrived. In its youthful 30 years, it has achieved more than what many coimtries foiled to do in 300 years. I cite a few instancyir Economy: Singapore enjoys a higher
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      • 652 17  -  It's time travellers benefited from cheap-ticket revolution, says Sree Kumar Sree Kumar The writer is a partner in a regional consulting company THE travel agents association, Natas, must reassess its conclusion that limiting the number of travel agents and disallowing price discounting will lead
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        • 548 18 Those polled on their views of the Singapore stock market for the week ahead: Alliance, Baring, Credit Lyonnais Securities, Fraser, G K Goh, Morgan Grenfell, Nomura, Phillip, S G Warburg and WI Carr. Buy! GK Goh (Sep 14) Parkway Holdings. While the interim results due
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        • 474 18  -  David Carbon Fixed Income Economist Peregrine Fixed Income UT) EGIONAL trade and current acA X. count balances will show marked deterioration in. 1995 from 1994, which was already a year of sub-par performance. In some cases, the deterioration will be severe. If the past is any guide,
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      • 774 18  -  By R Sivanithy AND so it has come to pass Clob International, that most speculative of markets, the segment which thrives on rumours and syndicate manipulation, will continue in its present form. Or will it? This seems to be the current dilemma facing market
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      • 851 18  -  Genevieve Cua takes an informed guess at what drove the tycoon to fight tooth and nail for Yeo's Genevieve Cua AVING face" was a phrase often bandied about by analysts throughout the tense 11-week tug-of-war for beverage
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      • 1321 18  -  How will the region's airlines fare in the face of high passenger load factors and greater Asian affluence? Alec Almazan reports Alec Almazan AFTER five bad years, the airline industry is coming out of a prolonged recession and most Asian airlines
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      • 1213 19 India in and out of investment fashion Surinder Kathpalia thinks India has what it takes to make a comeback soon in attracting foreign funds THE Indian Finance Minister Manmohan Singh opened up the economy in late 1991 to foreign investors with attractive tax incentives. However, it vns not until late
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      • 609 19  -  Ruth Wong analyses the unresolved political and economic issues bogging down the market Eye on the region: Malaysia Ruth Wong THE Stock Exchange of Singapore's announcement of a novel solution to have scripless trading on Clob International gave the languishing Malaysian
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    • LEISURE
      • 1348 20  -  If all the world's a stage, Tan Kay Ngee could well be its set-designer extraordinaire. Jay Khosla meets the man who speaks of his buildings and interiors as if they were spatial props that amplify the human experience Jay Khosla The writer is a freelance journalist who contributed
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      • 594 20  -  Wehfehts By David Mok COMPUTERS and music don't mix. Not usually, unless of course you are into synthesiser music or like to surf the Internet. For those in the latter group, the Internet is really a goldmine of information on music. Whether you want to locate
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      • 1184 21  -  Edmund Tie talks to Goh Hwee Leng about an exhibition that brings together his three major passions his career, art, and charity work Goh Hwee Leng The writer is a freelance journalist who contributed this article to Executive Lifestyle. Perhaps it's in his name, but Edmund
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      • 472 21  -  By CORINNE KERK INDECISION must have afflicted the makers of The Perez Family. How else can one explain the ridiculous swings in the film's direction? Director Mira Nair (Mississippi Masala, Salaam Bombay!), didnt seem able to decide if the film should make a thought-provoking statement on
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    • EPICURE
      • 811 22  -  Bon Appetit By CORINNE KERK THERE'S something about the menu at Papa Joe's Grill, Cantina and Bar, with its colourful drawings of tomato, corn-on-cob, capsicum and onion on the cover, that reminds you of those psychological tests you can't shake off the feeling
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      • 718 22  -  Emma Wharlow introduces master chef Anton Mosimann, who will be cookifig at Maxim's next week Emma Wharlow The writer is a freelance journalist who contributed this article to Executive Lifestyle WISS master chef Anton Mosimann is a born enthusiast. For food, for health, for enjoyment,
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      • 815 22  -  Wine By N K YONG IF WE ARE to judge from the way wine prices have been escalating in the past 12 months, sometimes by as much as 10 per cent monthly, the "hottest" vintages in clarets now are 1982 and 1990, and to a
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    • PEOPLE
      • 207 22  -  -By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE Torrential rains which lashed the partially covered atrium of (JOB Plaza on Sunday, Aug 6, weren't about to dampen the spirits of those present to celebrate a double event the official opening of the building by Senior Minister Lee
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      1042 24 Apsis 13. Tom Hanks and his crew shoot for the moon and miss. The earthbound try to get them home. Lido: 11; 2.30; 6; 9. Changi: 4; 6.45. Jurong: 3.30; 9. Hougang: 1; 6.30. Yishun: 10.10; 12.55; 340; 6.25; 9.10; 11.55; 2.40 am. Bishan: 10.10; 12.55; 3.40; 6.25; 9.10;
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    • 133 18 Mfflrarfl tC. y/ the weekly Stock Technical indicator report delected muhpik r signals for the week ended July 21 |QQQp MlTljx Ik on Innovest It oours again for the week ended tf: J§ ,u| y 28 with multiple buying signals on the KLSE at $0,575. Given thai it is due
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 2104 24 TODAY'S TV VSTTryjIMMS 7.30 A Century of Posters. 7.00 Borita Semasa, ABM. Mystery Of The Senses Isa Imm n. Marrying M... 7.30p m Ciaema Ci«ma Ck«, 2pm. OU Chs 9.00 HeaMiquest 9.00 Borita Soousa. Alec Baldwin is a suave charm- Movies featured this week are in oo p rMn i«r
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    • 249 24 RADIO Ciwpinr Of The Month, BBC, impassioned ecstasy alternating Saturday, 1.30pm with troughs of depression. Musicologist, educationalist, Th' s ,ed t0 some of the musical innovator and com- world's greatest music. This poser of countless masterpieces programme looks at the love- Bela Bartok was all these ''f e of composers
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