The Business Times, 4 January 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE THURSDAY, JANUARY 4,1996 85c
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Markets soar as institutions stampede to buy
    643 1  -  S'pore stocks climb 48 points to 13-month high, fuelled by Dew's 60-point snrge overnight By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] A buying stampede by institutions and Wall Street's 60-point overnight rally put wind in the sails of regional markets yesterday, pushing several key indices to
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    US$ cheques to be cleared in 3 days with new system
    351 1  -  By. Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] US-dollar cheques can be cleared locally in three days from next Monday, compared with more than two weeks currently, under a new system to be launched by the Singapore Clearing House Association (SCHA). Called the
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    Lock icon Bukit Timah still life
    117 1 [SINGAPORE] No, this is not a camera trick. The pre-war shophouse is indeed sandwiched between two newer buildings one of which has just been completed. This study in contrast is in Bukit Timah Road, opposite the Singapore Turf Club And all because the shophouse's owner declines
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    Lock icon Kotjo unfazed by SES censure
    249 1 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian businessman Johannes Kotjo, banned by the Stock Exchange of Singapore from taking new directorship in listed companies there, has remained undisturbed by the move, a press report said yesterday. "I am only barred from becoming a director of a public-ly-listed company in
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Law firms see tough year ahead
      478 2  -  AT THE BAR Majiy ffllttllHbMl ll<tiMt Byi Conrad Raj THINGS are looking somewhat less rosy for lawyers these days and most are predicting a "very tough year" ahead. Many law firms, hit by rising rental and staff costs, are cutting back on bonuses, some
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      Logistics fixed assets. investment hits $650m
      240 2  -  By Kevin Sullivan FIXED asset investment in Singapore logistics facilities totalled $650 million last year, Economic Development Board officials said yesterday. Total business spending by logistics-related companies exceeded $200 million, a figure which is expected to grow by at least 20 per cent this
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      Lock icon Govt to sell 8 sites near MRT stations for housing in 1996
      383 2  -  The 18.7 ha released will acceunt for a quarter of govt's lfj tin for the year By] Michelle Low THE government will this year sell eight sites for residential development near suburban MRT stations, in line with official
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      Local developer cooking up giant of a food court
      366 2  -  4-stsreyMMiagst QduSdumtiknt 138 stalls wkoi csaplstaiaaityMr ly Jenny Lam THERE'S something to whet Singaporeans' unceasing appetite for food the biggest food court in town with 138 stalls spread over four floors of an entire building. When completed, local developer Wah Khiaw
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      Dial up for COE results
      76 2 FROM next week, COE results can be obtained as early as the 10th of every month through a new service Introduced by the Land Transport Authority in conjunction with Singapore Press Holdings. With the launch of a 24-hour infoline this Saturday, the public can call
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      Lock icon Inflation set to hit seven-year low
      381 2  -  EYE OK THE ECONOMY Inflation By, Anna Teo THE inflation rate for 1996 looks set to hit a seven-year low, with the consumer price index (CPI) having risen just 1.8 per cent in the first 11 months of the year. The last time inflation
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      Lock icon Taxi operators question two proposals in White Paper
      378 2  -  ERP charges and cause puzzlement Byi Christopher Tan WHILE broad proposals made in the Land Transport Authority's White Paper went down well with taxi operators, a couple of recommendations caused some puzzlement One of them had to do with the Electronic Road
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        13 2 The Economic Times Co<tTlMi||lfl^HiM^M >>>^l > 4^l^ t M)WIWW.l WW. SrrtitS iwfflin^TtiT'^^'T^Tniiffi
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        Lock icon NTUC drive
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  • FOCUS; PROPERTY
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      House Hunt
      860 3 Sales caveats tod&d/hmlS Nov 1996 to 23 Dec 1995for district 9 Projeet.!../ Prop Ceatraet Tenare Built-in/ Price Psf Street Nana type date lead tree* (•4 ft) <S$'9M> (SI) Dtatrict 9 (Sectors 22-28) Non-landed AtrvtewTwr Apt 24-Nov 9809 1496 825 551 AspenHt Apt 14-Nov 969 1345 1490 1107 Aspen
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      New units in districts 9,10 to double this year
      539 3 Over 1,300 lined up, prices most likely above $1,000 psf [SINGAPORE] PRIVATE property developers plan to market over 1,300 new apartment and condominium units in districts 9 and 10 this year more than double the number launched in 1995. Figures from
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      Slower 6% rise in HDB resale prices forecast
      429 3  -  7-9% average growth exported for private housing this year By. Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Resale prices of HDB flats will rise by 6 per cent this year compared to 20 per cent in 1995, the head of a property agency that handles mostly
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      28 3 ♦Tte list for District 10 sales will be run in tomorrow's Business Times To crack safe or enter Mrs #tiystal ball, on l|6o-911-oqtf3, at 30 cents a minute.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Suharto's budget may focus on tightening credit
      433 4  -  SINGAPORE Analysts expect an austere budget that won't cheer the Jakarta stockmarket By I S N Vasuki INDONESIAN President Suharto presents the annual 1996-97 budget today amidst indications that introducing incentives for boosting flagging non-oil exports and tightening credit will be his two
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      Lock icon Deputy PM given greater economic powers
      311 4 BANGKOK Reuter THAI Premier Banharn Silpaarcha has made his deputy Amnuay Virawan a powerful economic figure by assigning to him the task of overseeing finance and fiscal policies as well as supervising international trade, Mr Amnuay's office said yesterday. A source close to Mr
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      Witch hunt growing over leaked documents
      243 4 JAKARTA A WITCH hunt is building up in Indonesia to track down the person who leaked a batch of secret documents in an apparent bid to tarnish Transport Minister Haryanto Dhanutirto, a prominent Muslim politician. "I believe there is a person who knows well
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      Thumbs up for Asean inflation rate
      340 4 SINGAPORE Bat report sees «ign« of price pressures at the producer level ASEAN's overall inflation performance last year was "surprisingly good" but signs of producer price pressures are emerging, says US investment bank J P Morgan. Despite overheating pressures, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia and
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      Lock icon Philippines expects 7% growth this year
      140 4 MANILA Bloomberg Business News PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos said the Philippine economy grew about 6 per cent in 1996 and projected 7 per cent growth this year because of continuing economic and political reforms. Growth then will escalate to a cruising speed of 8 per
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon US-Asian dialogue to boost ties
        48 4 Reuter [JAKARTA] Officials from the US and Asean will meet on the Indonesian island of Bali oo Jan 11-12 to boort cooperation. Ixhar Ibrahim, director-general of political affairs at Indonesia's Foreign Ministry, told reporters yesterday their matters and improve private sector cooperation^— Jteutv
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        Lock icon Manila to tight of tules on visas
        59 4 AFP [MANILA] The Philippines is to impose restrictions on visas for foreign visitors to try to prevent potential terrorists ftom entering the country, the Immigration Commission said yesterday. The Department of Foreign Affairs, police and intelligence agencies have agreed to a plan to
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        Lock icon Malaysia's first satelite
        58 4 AFP (KUALA LUMPURJ Malaysia's first satellite is set to be placed in orbit next week ahead of government plans to free the country's air waves and thrust it to the Ibrefront of global communications, officials said yesterday. Malaysia East Asia Satellite(Measat I), the US, is to be
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        Lock icon UK,Philippines in defence pact
        37 4 AFP [MANILA] British Defwice Secretary Michael Portilk) signed a defence accord with the Philippines yesterday, allowing British troops to holdjolnt exercises with Filipino soldiers tn 1»7, the year London returns Hongkong to Beying—AFP
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • SINO Brief
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        Lock icon A driving force behind 1997
        58 5 Reuter driving a ear with (he handover date—Mo7—on the licence plate. Lu Ping, director of the Hongkong and Macau Affltfrs Office, has been seen driving around Beijing since late November in acar with the plate "H1997", the Nobs ttiw newspaper aafcL'This has no special significance,"
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        Lock icon China aims for 1% inflation in 1996
        45 5 Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] China will aim to lower inflation "to around 10 per cent" in 1996, the China Daily reported, citing State Planning Commission Minister Chen Jinhua. Mr Chen urgent issuee this yS ak»gwith strengths^ economic development
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        Lock icon Whatever happened to the cookies?
        33 5 AFP womidla ibrtqaif'trtatpy maciUne yesterday which spoke aloud in a department *ljt: fortune-telling to plan their livee and businesses. The machine's pricelbr a fortune feiS| 20 yuan AFP
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        Lock icon Cars houses to top Chinese shopping list
        63 5 AFP ISIiAI&IUIICars and bouses will top Chinese shopping |H lists to the next century, said a study by the Shanghai World Economy Research Institute. The Wenhui 800 quoted Institute experts ss saying that tens of millions of urban ffrinssewouttbedbrawtng annual wagee of US$4,OOO
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        Lock icon Hafman head sees SHKs doing well
        46 5 AFP CBIIJINGJT!* governor ofthe southern Chinese island of HiltTMm has reacted ftjfscMts that capital shortages and LJ| «pl>H af■rrmrmvtr zones Roan Cliongwu was quoted by as saying f 3 'tftiil fMiirr •rtfrVrrH'TfttrfMr ftf?|lf would a favourable target of foreign investment.—AFP
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      Lock icon Why all eyes are on the harvest
      788 5  -  uhuiiwatoh Good grain production figures could help BeQlng resolve a critical dUemma By Lu Ning AS 1995 drew to a close, Beijing was the scene of a hectic round of year-end national meetings to set the economic agenda and to plan sectoral targets
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      Lock icon Big jump in China-Taiwan trade
      215 5 BEIJING Reuter TRADE between China and Taiwan surged despite souring relations in 1996, with China reporting a trade deficit of U559.37 billion (5513.2 billion) in the first 10 months of the year, Xinhua news agency said yesterday. China exported U552.46 billion worth of goods to
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      Lock icon Import curbs on 176 items removed
      106 5 BEIJING Bloomberg Business News CHINA has removed import controls on 176 items as of the end of last year and has pledged further easing of controls on imported agricultural goods and others, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Full details of the changes are
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      Let market forces sort out slowdown: financial chief
      378 5  -  HONGKONG Another year of nnitihwi grtwth insight, s&ysDwuldTsug By< Quak Hiang Whai THE Financial Secretary yesterday painted a rosy economic picture for Hongkong in 1996 with another year of sustained economic growth in sight but warned against tampering with market forces to
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      24 5 BOMBAY THE GATEWAY TO INDIA jg|, < vfr^P slj| EFFECTIVE JANUARY FOUR NON-STOPS J JzJ J* c J j 21 WEEKLY FLIGHTS INDIA SINGAPORE INDIA
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      301 5 Incorporation of offshore companies with Chinese name Memorandum and Articles of Association are issued in Chinese Certificate of Incorporation is issued Forpother mfomaom with company name in Chinese mi immediate service characters pienmcmton Michael J Kingston Corporate documents notarised or OFFSHORE authenticated by the Embassy of the CORPORATE SERVICES People's
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Aussie party wants to put brakes on foreign takeovers
      396 6 SYDNEY Move comes after failed bid to stop theme park from being sold to STporean Reuter AUSTRALIA'S most influential minor political party, the Australian Democrats, vowed yesterday to make foreign investment an election issue this year and urged the government to
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      Lock icon New commandments proposed for politicians
      167 6 mCANBERRA AFP POLITICIANS here are being urged by the Roman Catholic Church to forsake their political urges, stop telling fibs and adopt a code of conduct that might help them regain community trust New commandments in a paper by the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council
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      Lock icon State Bank expects India's GDP to grow by 6%
      375 6 BOMBAY SBI chief also sees liquidity improving, inflation reviving Reuter DESPITE infrastructure bottlenecks, India's economy is expected to continue on a relatively strong growth path in the coming year, the chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI) said. SBI chairman
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      Lock icon A strike for the future?
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      Lock icon Kim Jong II may assume top posts after July
      182 6 BEIJING Renter NORTH Korea's Kim Jong n could assume two top posts held by his father, the late President Kim II Sung, after the second anniversary of his death in July, the North Korean ambassador to Beijing hinted yesterday. "We will
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      Lock icon Younger Japanese politicians favour Lee Teng-hui visit
      287 6 TOKYO They brash aside fo&rg over China's ad verse response AFP MORE young Japanese politicians believe that their country should have more respect for diplomatically-isolated Taiwan, with its rapidly advancing economy and democratic reforms, the Japan Times said yesterday. A growing number of
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      Lock icon S Korea's exports grew 30.4% in 1995
      240 6 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea's exports in 1995 grew 30.4 per cent from the previous year to U*****.23 billion (*****.6 billion) while imports rose 32 per cent to U*****.15 billion to produce a US$9.9 billion trade deficit, the Trade, Industry and Energy Ministry said
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        Lock icon Tokyo to deregulate telecoms
        55 6 Bloomberg Business News ITOKYOI Tto Mlniatry of Porta and Tetocommun i catlooa conpanSaalaS communication systems to telephone companies, Asahi newspaper reported. The telephone companies can u»e j those systems to provide telephone lines to customers. The move may lead to lower telephone charges in Japan, the
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        Lock icon Aussie govt awards new oil parazitz
        89 6 Reuter [CANBERRA] Australia yesterday awarded three new petroleum exploration permits for areas off the north-west coast, which would boost exploration spending almost Agiso million (SBI9M million) over the next six years. The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd'sßHP Petroleum (North West SheM) Pty Ltd won
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        Lock icon India gets record number of tourists
        74 6 AFP [NEW DELHI] More than a quarter ofa million tourists visited India in Deosmber 1996, the highest arrivals from abroad in a singte month, officials said yesterday. The 251,000 visitors spent U***** million (SMS2.4 millkmX also a record for any month, tourism ministry officials
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        Lock icon Dhaka opposition potpones strike
        79 6 AFP [DHAKA] Infuriated residents of the Bangladesh capital had to rush back to Dhaka yesterday after the opposition postponed their latest general strike, even though their political war with the government rages on. Tens of thousands of rsaidsnts who Jammed Into buses, traina and cars on
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      190 6 January Special I OR I 111. VIAR AIII. A I), Wl. I* ROM IS I MORI. (i()()l) YAM IK SIMX'IAI.S. II I R I.' S OINI. YOll SI IO I I I MISS. Sit Mcul (add \.{..>()) tni/iii v < s S i>ii/> lIIi l)uy, Main (tut '.sr. lotl(t\ Dcsst't't
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon AT&T reveals plans to slash 40,000 jobs
      344 7 NEW YORK ■ore cots expected in phone industry; managers likely te be hardest hit Bloomberg Business News AT&T Corp has raised eyebrows with plans to slash 40,000 jobs. Analysts say tens of thousands of firings in the phone industry are still to come.
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      Lock icon Manufacturing slows for fifth straight month
      284 7 NEW YORK Purchasers'data indicates US economy headed for trouble Reuter, AFP MANUFACTURING slowed for the fifth consecutive month In December, which analysts saw as a clear sign the American economy was headed for trouble in 1996. The National Association of Purchasing Management, whose members
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon US backs Saudi handover
        41 7 Reuter SwShm charge while his brother King Pahd recovered from a stroke. Officials also discounted fears that Prince Abdullah might be less pro-Western than King Fahd and hence pose a problem for American interests in the Gulf.—
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        Lock icon Sweet taste of peace
        30 7 Reuter [SARAJEVO] Parents and children scrambling for sweets distributed from a truck in this war-torn town on Tuesday. The sweets were donated by Austrian firm Haribo.
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        Lock icon UK's Railtrack to be privatised in May
        53 7 AFP [LONDON] Britain's Ralltrack company, which owns and managst all rail infrastructure in the country, istobe transferred into private hands in May. Ralltrack said y^jrda^at 30 will be listed on the sham win be offered to investors in an international CTpected to raise
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        Lock icon S Africa sees record foreign funds
        49 7 Reuter [JOHA^^BURG]^gi 1 veBtorB^^ ned with a (about 592.5 Se Johannesburg Stock Exchange said yesterday. Non-residents bought a net 4.81 billion rand of shares and 1.87 billion rand of bonds in 1996, against just 180 million and 1.1 billion respectively In 1994.—Rtutmr k
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        Lock icon Israel seeks EU financial aid
        64 7 AFP [JERUSALEM] Israel has asked the European Union to help finance economic projects it hopes to launch with Syria as part of a peace agreement, Israeli diplomats said yesterday. They said the head of Israel's delegation in peace negotiations with Syria, Uri Savir, on Tuesday
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      AT&T's global job cuts unlikely to have major impact here
      291 7  -  SINGAPORE By Jennifer Lien AT&T's proposed massive job cuts are not expected to have a significant impact on its staff here as it has sold its consumer products unit here. The sale last year pared almost 2,000 jobs from the
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      224 7 NO ARGUMENTS ABOUT IT. THE NISSAN CE//RO IS AMERICA'S BEST-SELLING IMPORT SEDAN. No, it isn't. Yes, it is. The cxccutivc sedan you sec here is popularly Multi-Link Beam Suspension, ABS and safety Trends 1995 Import Car of the Year"and "Car called the Nissan Cefiro. In America, however, air-bag, Automatic Temperature
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Taiwan issue comes handy for Beijing
      828 8  -  THB BOTTOM LDVB OPINION By Tye Kim Khiat The writer is BT's deputy foreign editor RENEGADE Taiwan, the thom in China's side, is ironically doubling up as Beijing's trump card. Alarmed as the Chinese leaders were, the visit of Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui last
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      158 8 We have never released any such figure.' -IngYaait a division chief ofChina's agriculture ministry, disputing Official media reports that China's harvest surged to a record lost year. The wrangle over the size of the grain harvest will be watched closely on world commodity markets where China has
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      A dark, sinister cloud over Japan
      534 8 EDITORIAL AS 1995 drew towards its close it appeared that nothing short of another major earthquake could prevent Japan from making a convincing economic recovery in 1996, and that the acute crisis in the nation's system was receding. But even as the New Year
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      Clinton's defeat a triumph for business
      785 8  -  Democrats join Republican* to overrule Clinton's veto of law restricting lawsuits against securities fraud By) Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent WHEN the United States Congress voted for the first time to override a veto by President Bill Clinton, dismissing his veto
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      826 8 CENTRAL ASIA has again emerged as a murky battleground among big powers engaged in an old and rough geopolitical game. Western experts believe the largely untapped oil and natural gas riches of the Caspian Sea countries could make that region the Persian Gulf of the next
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      74 8 DOOIKESavnYBy Gary Trudeau YOU HERE I THEFACT IS, CASINOS ARE 1 TH*K UJHEREYOUCOMtN.NOU) I U£U BE WATSOWRE &THAT NO MATTER HOU) J I UCENS6V TV S&HRATB YOU I THAT HPS ARE RUNNNE, ALL I SPENPIN6 R A MINOR- SMART YOU THtNK YOU ARE, A I FROM YOUR MONEX. ANP I
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • CHATTER Box
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        Lock icon Rushdie wins Whitbread Nevel Award
        77 9 Reuter WRITER Salman Rushdie, who still frees a death threat from Iran, won one of Britain's leading iiterary awards tor his latest novel yesterday. Rushdie won the Whitbread Novel Award's £2,000 for The Moor's Last Sigh, the tale of an Indian spice dynasty. He last
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        Lock icon Lucille Bali's secret diary
        52 9 AFP television show, wrote an autobiography not even her daughter Lucy Arms knew about, according to PuNisAers Www.'lwaa shocked as everyone el*,* said spokeswoman Maureen O'Brien. "I think she forgot about it Maybe she got cold feet Ifs the beet account of her childhood Fve ever
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        Lock icon Royal boncurs for Mackintosh
        101 9 MRP CAMERON Mackintosh, the theatrical producer, ianowa knight and Elton John, the singer, and Nicolas Roeg, the film director, are now Commanders of Tl the N&* Year Honours list John, who was Britain's top-earning pop star in 1994, has raised millions of dollars for his Elton
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        Lock icon Madonna stalker stands trial
        39 9 Reuter on trial sS^^^rssoughtto^ once said he would "slice her throat from ear to ear". DeWltt told leporteie outside have defendant Robert Dewey Hoekina, 38, kept in a separate room if and when she testifies.—Reuter
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        Lock icon UK royalty cuts the jet-setting
        93 9 AFP MEMBERS of the British royal femUy cut their trips abroad by a third last year, The Times reported on Tuesday. Basing its calciihtttois on the daily Court &renlar»tt>epipBr said the 14 leading royals went abroad a total 0f977 tiroes in 1990, compered with more
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      Lock icon Picking up Dad's tune
      558 9 MUSIC JaszgnruSchiiller'g sins, who recorded with him last year, make their own mark in his domain UPI [NEW YORK] For nearly 50 years, Gunther Schuller has been in the thick of the modern jazz movement. As a French horn player, he played Miles Davis' influential Birth
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      Lock icon Beijing opera on the ropes
      749 9  -  Will Western culture and electronic media drive the art form to extinction? thobk bsal seeks some answers THOM BEAL UPI CAN Beijing opera, one of China's most venerated and elitist art forms, survive the onslaught of Western-style capitalism, rock and roll and the electronic media?
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      Lock icon Charles courts danger
      445 10  -  PEOPLE Prince still skiing despite accident which put bodyguard in hospital By Paul Majendie Reuter [LONDON] Daredevil Prince Charles loves the adrenalin buzz of danger he gets when flying a plane, riding a polo pony or skiing off a piste. And the skiing accident that put his
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      347 10 HISTORY AFP [LONDON] One of England's greatest seafaring heroes, Sir Francis Drake, is set to have his tattered reputation restored with a major exhibition coinciding with the 400 th anniversary of his death. The conqueror of the Spanish Armada will stand alongside James Cook, who
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      1932 12 m ART Mention art and design and the one thing that might not mm come to mind is the ear The Economist HOST people can recognise without touch trouble the works of a few modern painters. Naming a handful of the 20th century's architects is not too
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      Life in old Singapore retold
      529 12  -  BOOK REVIEW By Kevin Sullivan A Journey Through Singapore Selected and arranged m a oomplete narrative by Reena Singh Landmark Books 216 pages, $60 REENA Singh has excavated journals, travel-guides and literary musings produced between 1830 and 1966, and assembled an impressionistic collage of life
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      Lock icon Landmarks case: Parties agree to two conditions
      395 13 Some defendants restrained fr«n acting u directors or fr«ii assuming encDUve rancnons Bernama [KQtLA LUMPUR] Landmans Bhd executive chairma# Samsudin Abu Hassan ainfthe eight defendants in his breach of contract suit yesterdayvgreed in the High Court hen, to two conditions pertaining to an
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      Amtek sets up US$12m plant in Suzhou City
      171 13 [SINGAPORE] AMTEK Engineering has set up a mould and die manufocturinsiMkaUiary in Suzhou City to serve electronics multinationals in China. Wholly-owned Amtek (Suzhou) Precision Engineering Ltd (Aspel) will have a registered capital of US$7 million (Ss9.B million) and total investments of US$l2
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      Much more to the Landmarks battle than meets the eye
      760 13  -  BOCK LOCK snrw By Ho Kay Tat Landmarks Bhd's head office has a grand view of the Sungai Wang Plaza Kuala Lumpur's most enduring and popular shopping centre. It is also Landmarks' cash cow, befitting its name which means "river
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      Wah Shing aims for 25% annual growth
      396 13  -  Hongkong firm targets new customers to take up increased capacity By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Hongkong toy maker Wah Shing International Holdings, which has just launched its Singapore public offer, aims to grow at a compound rate of 25 per cent a year,
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      Hong Fok gets rid of F&B unit
      143 13 [SINGAPORE] Malnboardlisted Hong Fok Corp has sold its 70.43 per cent stake in its loss-incuiTing Psychedelic Cafe Pub. In a statement yesterday, Hong Fok said the stake, which was held by its whollyowned subsidiary Brisco, was sold to a Leslie Edwin Tolson for
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      Uraco to assemble circuit boards
      265 13  -  Group joins the industry by buying shelf company By i Chan Siow Ling [SINGAPORE] Precision-engi-neering group Uraco Holdings has entered into the printed circuit board business with the purchase of a shelf company. The group said yesterday it has acquired Longwood Pte Ltd. This company
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          DBS Land appoints group CEO
          62 14 WWw 'w (SINGAPORE] DBS Land has appointed Han Chans Fong ite deputy chairman and group chief executive officer effective from Jan l. It has also appointed him executive chairman of its subsidiary, Raffles Holdings (1996), which will be going for a mainboard listing. DBS Land
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          Lock icon Taking over the wheal at Hyundai
          49 14 Reuter [SEOUL] Chung Mong Koo, the newly appointed chairman of conglomerate Hyundai, waiting for his turn to give an acceptance speech at a meeting of middle and senior level executives yesterday. Mr Chung is the nephew of the previous chairman, Chung Se Young.—Reuter
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          Acer raises capital of Aussie,NZ units
          56 14 [SINGAPORE] Acer Computer International has pumped more money into two subsidiaries—one in Australia and the other tn New Zealand. Acer Computer Australia gets AH0.04 million (5110.6 millionX pushing up paid-up capital to Aslft. 47 million. Acer Computer New Zealand gets NZ510.42 million (518.6S million),
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          CityDev unit in NZ changes name
          49 14 [SINGAPORE] Millennium Hotel Ltd, a subsidiary of CDL Hotels New Zealand Ltd, has changed its name to Millennium Hotels Resorts Ltd. The change was effective from Nov 13, said City Developments Ltd yesterday. CityDev is the ultimate parent of CDL Hotels New Zealand.
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          Lityan seeks trading suspension
          63 14 [KUALA LUMPUR] Lityan Holdings Bhd has asked for trading in its shares tobe suspended, a Koala Lumpur Btoek Exchange official said yeetsrday. The company did not giveareason for the suspension request, the official said. The second board counter was last traded at M19.3G, up 35 sen,
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        HK group forms US tie-up for China power projects
        260 14 [SINGAPORE] Hongkongbased New China Hongkong Group Ltd has tied up with two US companies to develop power plants in China. The investment group said yesterday it had agreed to form a holding company, New China Hongkong Power Ltd, with Scepter Power
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        Kuok-linked group in Subic deal
        329 14  -  Four HK, Philippine firms to setup 5 billion peso residential and recreational enclave From, Al Labita in Manila A GROUP allied with Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok is putting up a 5 billion peso (*****.5 million) property project in Subic freeport, brokers said yesterday. The group
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        Lock icon Hutchison to set up HK telecoms unit
        456 14 Subsidiary will manage its nubile nhone. Darin* and r l (l l) local phone mi fleas Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Hutchison Whampoa Ltd has announced plans to form a subsidiary to manage its mobile telephone, paging and local telephone services in the territory,
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        Lock icon Forte ups dividend, buys back shares to foil Granada bid
        581 14 Renter [LONDON] Forte pic made a last attempt to thwart a £3.3 billion (517.3 billion) bid from Granada Group pic with a pledge to raise'its dividend for the first time In Ave years and buy back shares worth £800 million.
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        Lock icon Hicom-led group gets waste deal
        377 14 3 other consortia said to be shortlisted for similar deals AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] A consortium led by Malaysia's Hicom Holdings Bhd has clinched a much-coveted contract to manage the disposal of solid waste for the country's central region, a merchant bank said yesterday. Hicom, the
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        Lock icon Petronas to take Viet refinery stake
        268 14 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's state-run oil company Petronas said it will take a 30 per cent stake in a US$l.2 billion (511.7 billion) oil refinery at a remote site on the central coast of Vietnam. "We have requested a 30 per cent interest In
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        Tri-M seeks nod for deal with shareholder
        177 14 [SINGAPORE! Tri-M Technologies is seeking shareholders' approval for maiHng products for a substantial shareholder. It wants to make wireless communications products for Miyoshi Electronics, which owns 14.55 per cent of the company. Approval is expected to be secured at an extraordinary general meeting
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        Lock icon Siam Pulp in Indon venture
        193 14 AFP [BANGKOK] Siam Pulp and Paper pic (SPP) of Thailand has entered into a joint venture agreement with PT Suryaraya Wahana of Indonesia to set up a US$52O million (*****.2 million) pulp mill in Indonesia, SPP announced yesterday. The new company, PT Nityasa Prima, is
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        Lock icon JSE has 10 new indices
        96 14 Reuter [JAKARTA] The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSE) has provided new Indices in an effort to disseminate more detailed information about developments on share prices in 10 industrial sectors, the exchange said in a statement. The new indices, which came into effect from Jan 2, would
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        Lock icon Traders divided over outlook for coffee
        330 15  -  Some expect mi mere volatility wkile ethers believe the market aurt swing much any more By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Singapore coffee traders are divided in their outlook for prices in 1996, with some holding out for even greater volatility while others insisting that
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        Lock icon BCCI plans to make satisfactory payments: receiver
        240 15 AFP [ABU DHABI] The collapsed Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) will tf make "satisfactory" payments M,to creditors in the United Arab t Emirates (UAE) within three vmonths, its court receiver Abdul Aziz Said denied rex ports that the nearly 40,000 VUAE-based
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          Lock icon Leon Thong Bank to up stake in Midland
          49 15 Reuter [BANQKOK| laem Thong Bank pic said yesterday that it a in Midland Merchant PinanosUd This will increase Laam Thong's holding to 50 per ccnt of the finance company's registered capital. The deal is Pending approval from the Bank of Thailand.—
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          Lock icon KL not reviewing insurance guidelines
          38 15 Reuter LUMPUR] The Malaysian govermasnt will noJfe iwiewitstmplementlonofnewguldelittssforthellfr IflirBi!!!^ uepaty rams Minister and Finance Minister An wai l ttnUmtttd on Ttmdaj.TlMguklallnM, which cam* Into on Ttmday, aim to protect the interests of policyhokieri,BernamaquotedhimaaBaying.—/to*r
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          Lock icon Account holder sues Citibank
          68 15 Bloomberg Business News [NSW YORK) AfcrnMrDßkchACotmployM hat Oleda lawsuit accusing Citibank of advancing inore than uSS million (BsaB million) from his account to «tock promoter David Blech without his permission. Louis Zauderer on Tuesday accused Citibank of aiding and abetting aQepd fraud by Mr Blech and
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          Lock icon Dreedner Bank staff detained
          40 15 Reuter have been detained on suspicion of abetting tax evasion, a German prosecutor said yeeterday. timm jwsseutor to Kobkns, said the twoemployeeedetatasd weresenlor officials of the bank. Dresdner Bank in Prankftirt had no immediate comment. Retdee
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        Lock icon First Union ties up First Fidelity purchase
        273 15 US$6Jb acquisition creates sixth biggest US hanking company Bloomberg Business News (CHARLOTTE, North Carolina] First Union Corp completed its purchase of First Fidelity Bancorp, creating the sixth-biggest US banking company in a transaction valued at US$5.B9 billion (558.33 billion). The acquisition creates a
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        Lock icon Vietnam raised 1.000b dong through bond sales last year
        323 15 AFP [HANOI] Vietnam raised more than 1,000 billion dong (*****.53 million) through bond and treasury bill sales last year, a report said yesterday, quoting a top economics official. Le Thi Bang Tam, deputy finance minister and state treasurer, said bond issues
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        Lock icon PNC Bank taking US$380m in 4th quarter charges
        241 15 Bloomberg Business News [PITTSBURGH! PNC Bank Corp said it expects to take fourth-quarter charges of US$3BO million (***** million) to acquire Midlantic Corp, sell low-yielding securities and cancel wrong-way bets on the direction of interest rates. The Pittsburgh-based banking company said US$l9O
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        Lock icon China starts trial interbank market
        328 15 Lfwer lean carts for state firms, interest rate stability likely Bloomberg Business News [SHANGHAI] China launched a trial national interbank market, a system that should stabilise interest rates and reduce borrowing costs for cashhungry state companies. The new market, which will eventually link commercial banks
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        Lock icon Bank of China heads HK cartel from Friday
        150 15 Reuter [HONGKONG] The Bank of China (BOC), Beijing's stateowned foreign exchange bank, will make Hongkong banking history tomorrow when it takes its first turn at the helm of the Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB). The HKAB no longer wields the clout
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        157 15 Reuter, AFP THE dollar was higher against the mark and yen, while the German currency continued to Call against its European cross rates, dealers said. The dollar is likely to remain well supported in the near-term by hopes for a gradual easing in German interest rates, dealer said.
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        Lock icon Oil players cautious ahead of US data
        293 15 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] World crude oil prices edged lower yesterday but market players were cautious ahead of the latest US oil inventory figures due out after futures markets close in New York. Bellwether Brent blend crude oil futures for February delivery were
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        COMMODITY Reports
        848 16 [KUALA LUMPUR] Tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market dropped two sen from Tuesday to MJ15.75 per kg yesterday. This was in line with the lower close on the overnight London Metal Exchange. Dealers said trading was more active as the regular players were seen entering the
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        551 16 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Euroyen futures ended sharply lower yesterday after plunging by as much as 15 basis points in thin trade, dealers said. Their slide was exaggerated by low volumes as Japanese markets were closed for an extended New Year's break. Dealers said Euroyen futures came under pressure as
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          Chinese buy M'sian palm clein
          86 16 [KUALA LUMPUR] Chinese buyers this week bought small volumes of January Malaysian palm olein following the scrapping of import permit requirements, traders said. On Dec 31, China lifted import controls on vegetable Mis, and goods like alcoholic beverages and chemical industry products. More paha olein
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          More Indian cotton foe expert
          103 16 [NEW DELHI] The Indian government has allowed the export of an additional 200,000 bales of cotton in the 1995-96 (Sep-Aug) season, the United News of St news agency Reported. A press ment late on Tuesday said the rnment has allowed more exports to a sharp
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          Hindustan Zinc cuts January prices
          85 16 [BOMBAY] State-owned Hindustan Zinc Ltd this week cut its January zinc prices by between 2,300 and 2,400 rupees per tonne to match imported prices, market sources said yesterday. The roll-back brings Hindustan Zinc's prices in line with imports, which had enjoyed a price advantage, they
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          UBS sees gold at US$400 per ounce
          99 16 [LONDON] Precious metal prices are set to peak in the second quarter of 1996, with gold at an average US$4OO per ounce, silver at U555.75 and platinum at US$44O, according to analyst Andy Smith at ÜBS. In the shorter-term, prices are forecast to
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          German oil-refinery market share dips
          111 16 German oil refineries lost market share to imported oil products in 1995, said Esso AG, the German arm of Exxon Corp. German oil product imports rose 4 per cent on the year to 42.8 million tonnes in 1995, Esso said in a review of the
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      1174 17 □m. *ri3 SHARE prices scored a new closing peak on the leading FTSE 100 Index yesterday as ftuther gains in the US market and currency considerations boosted confidence. Renewed bid talk also helped the market higher, but many moves were exaggerated by a relative lack of selling
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      REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      1704 17 PSydney +3L7 AUSTRALIAN stocks rose for a third day, led by gold miners and media companies, as the price of gold climbed and bond yields dropped amid anticipation of lower Australian interest rates. The All Ordinaries Index rose 31.7 points to 2,258.1. The All Industrials jumped 46.7
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      Lock icon Australian float prospects look bright for new year
      371 17 Lainre industry will prahaMy head the listings Renter [SYDNEY] Australian fund managers have forecast a likely resurgence in new issues on the stock market in 1996, based on a bullish outlook for shares and rising confidence in the domestic economy, ftind manager
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      Lock icon Satellite trading for Bombay bourse?
      971 17 KnightRidder [BOMBAY] The Bombay Stock Exchange has invited bids from six telecommunication manufacturers for a network to allow its brokers to trade on-line from outside Bombay. The manufacturers will bid for a network to connect brokers using VSATs (Very Small Aperture Terminals) through satellite. The
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      2212 18 Bloomberg Business News P Hang Sag ♦IHS7 SHARE prices closed sharply higher, with the market gaining farther momentum on Wall Street's overnight advance. The Hang Seng Index closed up 192.57 points at 10,397.44. Turnover was HK15.82 billion. A dealer said the turn in sentiment was encouraged by the overnight
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      Lock icon CHINA
      424 18 Reuter P Shanghai B Share Mg «W SHANGHAI B shares rose, led by Dajiang Group and Haixin, boosted by new government measures designed to improve market supervision. The B Share Index rose 0.56 point to 48.23, its highest closing level since Dec 18. Shares worth US$1.6 million changed hands.
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      1141 18 Bloomberg Business News HSCTMg STOCKS rose, as financial issues surged on expectations interest rates have peaked in the US and Thailand, analysts said. A big gain on Wall Street helped spark the rally. "If rates are peaking, more liquidity should be coming our way," said a trader. The SET
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      986 18 Bloomberg Business News PftlHtililn *73> STOCKS rose to a 14-month high, led by bellwether shares Telekomunikasi Indonesia and Indosat, as stock markets across East Asia surged. "It's an Asian thing more than an Indonesian thing," said a fund manage er. "There's evidence from brokers of increased interest from American
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        Lock icon Shares dear key 1,000 level decisively
        5400 19 KOALA LVKPURReports Ho Kay Tat QCupentabfax +2U3 THE KLSE Composite Index surged decisively past the 1,000-point mark yesterday as local punters Joined 1996's first wave of foreign buying in the region to send share prices soaring. The KLCI shot up 26.93 points, or 2.7
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        Low-priced Fed Furniture warrants worth looking at
        3032 20  -  WARRANT WATCH By' Ven Sreenivasan THE resurgence of interest in speculative Malaysian second-liners means ample op port unities for punters with a keen eye. As we said in this column yesterday, the low-priced warrants on the Malaysian second board offer some of the
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        63 22  -  By Teh Hooi Ling FRANCIS WESTMONT land Asia Bhd surged 17 cents, or Upfront, to close at 71. Volume was nearly 1.5 million shares, or about three times its lOday average. Then is some more upside, with price heading towards tt.9o. Daily RSI is neutral but rising. Medium
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        Market soars 48 points amid waves of optimism
        653 22  -  STOCK HARKBT OOMMHMTAKT STII clears key 2,300 level and Indon-linked stocks regain some ground after heavy losses on Taesday By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Optimism over Singapore's economic growth prospects, the unveiling of the blueprint for a worldclass land transport system, Wall Street's
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          What caused UPP to surge on Nov 10?
          243 22 BLOOMBERG'S interview with Indonesian tycoon Johannes Kotjo on Nov 10 wasn't the cause of the price surge in UPP shares on that day, according to a spokesman for the financial news wire. The interview was flashed across the wires at 11.09 am,
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          Osi,that was generous...
          178 22 EITHER Mr Oei Hong Lsong or his Hongkong-listed flagship, China Strategic Holdings, is in need ofmoney in the near Aiture. Having paid only one HK cent for the whole of 19M in dividends, CSH on Tuesday declared a generous 50 HK cents dividend for the interim period,
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          ... and,Wha,good timing(or luck?)
          127 22 and,Wha,good timing(or luck?) U KA-SHING'S Hutchison Whampoa must either be the luckiest CSH shareholder or an investor with great sense of timing. Less than s month ago, Hutchison added another 60 million new shares in CSH to its portfolio, almost doubling its stake in CSH to 18 per cent from
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      274 23 Knight-Ridder. Reuter THE dry cargo freight market was extremely quiet on Tuesday following extensive holidays in the Far East and the aftermath of New Year holidays elsewhere, brokers said. Early positions in the US Gulf were firm. However a number of vessels, especially Panamaxes, are in ballast in
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      402 23  -  Korean carrier frill deploy 5 new vessels on Padfic south-west service By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE) Korean line Hyundai Merchant Marine will be making direct calls at Malaysia's Port Klang in its Pacific south-west service from this month. The carrier
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      158 23 Bernama [KUCHING] The Ms3oo-mil-lion (Ssl66 million) Senari deepwater port about 30 km from here, is expected to be ready by January 1996, according to project coordinator Duke Shin. The port when completed, could handle 3.5 million tonnes of dry cargo annually, he said.
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      570 23  -  MEWBUILD6 By\ David Hughes THE last fortnight of the old year saw quite a few major new orders, including a repeat contract for post-panamax containerships from A P Moller. But the show-stealer was Genting's Star Cruise which took its first
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      173 23 [SINGAPORE] Luxury liner Silver Cloud has added Asia to its list of cruise playgrounds for the next few years. Caribbean, South American and Mediterranean destinations are already included in its sailing itinerary. The 296-passenger ship has now set aside five months each year to cruise
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      230 23 Reuter [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka is deepening the approach channel to Colombo Port, one of South Asia's busiest harbour and transhipment hubs, and installing bigger gantry cranes to handle larger ships amid stiff competition from rival ports. "The channel outside the port will be dredged to a
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      800 24  -  ■ABB'S PORTS: BAROMETER OF THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC HEALTH Relative political stability and management efforts to stamp out theft in Zaire's ports have resulted in a gradual increase in traffic and tonnage, though there are major hurdles to overcome before any upturn in business can
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        214 37 Jm4 Czech Republic. Prague Stock Exclosed for trading to Jan 8. Czech Republic. Prague Stock Exchange closed for trading to Jan 8. Sri Lanka: Market and Public holi day. Jeml Belarus: Market and Public holiday, Orthodox Christmas. Croatia: Public holiday (optional). Czech Republic. Prague Stock Exchange closed for
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        932 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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        437 38 Excess capacity, low yields and high costs may dent bottom lines in 19Me analysts AFP [SINGAPORE] Asian airlines should brace for more intense competition in the regional skies as they fly into 1996 with a baggage of excess capacity, low yields and high
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        242 38 AFP [WASHINGTON] Several US airlines said on Tuesday they were cutting the price of domestic travel by 10 per cent after an excise tax on air travel expired in the absence of a federal budget agreement. Companies including American Airlines, Delta, Northwest, United,
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        329 38 Reuter [DETROIT] Chief economists for the Big Three car makers predicted on Tuesday that US vehicle sales will be flat or rise modestly in 1996, as an expected cut in interest rates will be tempered by the cautious
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        250 38 Aviation exhibition U be held in Singapore next month Reuter [BEUING] China will show off its new generation K-8 military Jet trainer to try to attract buyers with flight displays at an air show in Singapore next month, the China Daily
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        102 38 Reuter [LONDON] British Airways pic said on Tuesday it was launching its first worldwide advertising campaign since moving its account to M C Saatchi Agency last spring. It said in a statement the campaign, including two commercials aimed at business and leisure travellers, would be launched
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        283 38 AFP [TOKYOJ Two Japanese car makers, Honda Motor Co and Isuzu Motors Ltd, are to expand an Asian production tie-up by mutually supplying vehicles made at their local plants, the Yomiuri Shimbun said yesterday. Under the agreement, Honda will supply Isuzu
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        157 38 AFP [SEATTLE, Washington] Airborne Express said on Tuesday it had signed an agreement with Vietnam postal authorities to provide express and freight delivery throughout the country, becoming the first foreign-owned firm to operate such a service. "The ability to tap into the Vietnam
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        424 38 Bigwinarsan f motiihii i Hid aajr ftiMiiM NYT [ATLANTA] Mark McDonald felt like a man accursed. Almost from the day he began to challenge giant USAir in the north-east with his new airline, Nations Air, bad luck always seemed to strike on Fridays. But
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      1098 27 P&O Containers A,encie.) Pte Ltd First Class Connections WORLDWIDE CR Number *****9 *****Z HMAfMi > —.....»»...u'nffm^______l LEXA MABMK 9602 01/01 02/01 04/01 22/01 24/01 2&/01 VMHL VOY fl| QOT HOT HAM MB I m &ia M jgESSKT"* ssssjssssjkoi: sossSolbS? 1 s; 17/12 is? j !T, *s& ss? ss? 9«M OVOI
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      553 28 k K) "IOOTELD MAfIME MEMOES (8) PTE LTD. m TEL: *****33 <12 UNES» IS FAX: *****10/*****03 HJ TELEX: R8 ***** MSMP (3 Urn* CRNO: **********0E I twmmmimmM I r <rmamllhwrfWl |ihi) 3 I ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL i Vmml Voy KTA Ll.»«fr j I «2WB 12/02 1 43W8 15/03 II
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