The Business Times, 18 January 1996

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04tV 12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE THURSDAY, JANUARY 18,1996 85c
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    69 1 srn 2390JC (-7.77) BTOOMP *****6 (-6.44) BT-MBA *****6 (-6.74) H MARKET HOOD; Mixed STOCK MAMET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 1071.15 ....+169 NIKKEI .*****.26 +3.19 HANG SENG *****.82 -77.38 SET INDEX 1871.06 -0.58 JAKARTA COMP 557.01 -1.42 MANILA COMP .2718.77 -27.98 TAIPEI WPI 5017.48.... +2.12 SEOUL COMP £57.86
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    FINANCE
    69 1 EXCHANGE BATES USI s$ USS 1.422 1.533 2.179 DM.._ 0.682 0.969 ¥100 0.912 1.339 MS 0.390 0.554 HKS .0.129 0.184 BAHT 0.040 0.056 Rt'PlAH 100 0.044 0.062 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 6.44 KUALA LUMPUR 8.15 JAKARTA 17.50 BANGKOK 1.1.75 MANILA— 15.00 HONGKONG 9.00 TAIPEI 8.00 SYDNEY 1875 TOKYO .180 SEOUL...
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    Taiwan investor's remarks fuel talk of Amcol tussle
    563 1  -  Tycoon Ts&i intends to work with Rang family for more influence on company's board By 1 William Chia [SINGAPORE] Expectations of a tussle for control of Amcol Holdings grew yesterday on news that the diversified trading and property company's new substantial shareholders,
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    Lock icon Apple Q1 earnings and revamp keep Silicon Valley on edge
    290 1 Reuter [SAN FRANCISCO] Apple Computer Inc's first quarter earnings and restructuring announcement, scheduled for yesterday after close of markets, and the impact they will have on chief executive officer Michael Spindler's job has kept Silicon Valley on edge. Analysts said
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    Lock icon Fed vice-chairman Alan Blinder to quit at month's end
    252 1 NYT. Reuter, Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve vice-chairman Alan Blinder said he has decided not to seek a second term after his current term expires on Jan 31. Mr Blinder said he has decided to return to teaching at Princeton
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    Lock icon STIC share price up, company says it has no interest in Micropolis deal
    365 1  -  Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Industrial Corp's stock price rose 10 cents in intra-day trading yesterday on news of plans by an unlisted sister company to acquire the disk drive business of US-based Micropolis Corp. The stock
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  • Article
    Heng Chiang Meng to join Far East group
    392 1  -  Outgoing group MD of FCC to join NgTeng Fong's organisation in April By] Lilian Ang, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Heng Chiang Meng, outgoing group managing director of First Capital Corporation (FCC), will join property tycoon Ng Teng Fong's Far East Organisation in April.
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      172 1 DfSTOE Oaaagip More than 270 houses and 200 condominium units, apartments and shops will emerge at a 13-hectare site in Bedok in the next few years. Plus, in House Hunt, sales caveats for districts 15& 16, Pf 4 MBWSTMPE New Amcol shareholder qparfca taaria talk, thispg. The distribution of shares
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article, Illustration
      OECD classification won't change S'pore trade status
      410 2  -  Preferential tariffs on exports to the European Union will continue nntil 1998 Reports by Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE's trade status remains unchanged despite its reclassification as a "more advanced developing country" by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. It will continue to
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      Lock icon Growth in non-oil domestic exports to slow to 11%
      565 2 Challenge will come from general world slowdown: TDB SLOWER economic expansion in Singapore's key markets is likely to ease its growth in non-oil domestic exports to 11 per cent this year, after a 13.7 per cent jump in 1995, the Trade
      Source: TDB ALLAN  -  565 words
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      Lock icon Common bilateral aspirations make for new partnership
      362 2  -  AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER IN SINGAPORE Joint declaration sets ont agreed principles on closer cooperation Reports by Kevin Sullivan PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong and his Australian counterpart Paul Keating yesterday announced the beginning of a "new partnership" based on common bilateral aspirations. A
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      Regional cohesion to the fore in new world order: Keating
      477 2 He sees Apec as model vehicle for geopolitical influence REGIONAL states will exert greater influence in the postCold War world through collective action, Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating said yesterday, delivering the 14th annual Singapore Lecture. "As prime minister, one
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      Lock icon Manufacturing output up 16%
      322 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Manufacturing By< Genevieve Cua THE output of electronic goods surged 36.7 per cent in November the highest monthly growth of the year. This robust pace propelled the overall manufacturing industry to an output rise of 16.2 per cent in November, according to
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    • Article
      Wuxi seeking investments in tourism worth $8.9b
      234 2  -  By Ang Wan May WUXI, a city in China's Jiangsu province, is seeking $8.9 billion worth of investment in hotels, theme parks and recreational facilities to become a world-class tourist destination. And it is keen for Singapore companies to form joint ventures with
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      Lock icon Study rates S'pore, HK the freest economies
      376 2  -  By. Anna Teo A NEW study by 11 think tanks around the world has rated Hongkong and Singapore the two freest economies worldwide. The newly published Economic Freedom of the World: 1975-1995 tracks 102 countries on 17 measures in four broad areas: money
      Source:; ALLAN  -  376 words
    • NEWS Roundup
      • Article
        Chance to swot up on US education
        82 2 A NEW JERSEY-based company has started running Singapore's official US student advice service, in a pilot project with the US Information Services. Peterson's Guides Inc, a publishing and educational services company, will operate the US Education Information Centre on a "for-profit" basis for
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        AST S'pore wins $5m govt contract
        58 2 THE National Computer Board has awarded a supply contract valued at over $5 million to AST Singapore. AST will supply, install and maintain microcomputer systems and accessories for various government ministries, departments and statutory boards. AST Singapore is the local arm of California-based AST
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon New private housing in Bedok
      514 4  -  Two more parcels on the 13-ha Eastwood Park site will be sold this month By. Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] Eastwood park is shaping up. A total of 277 houses and 208 condominium units, apartments and shops will emerge at the 13-hectare site in Bedok in a
      JEN CHUA  -  514 words
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      Another Balmoral Rd property for sale
      359 4  -  By: Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Another Balmoral Road property has come up for sale, across the road from Balmoral Court which was yesterday sold to DBS Land for a record price. This time, Knight Frank is marketing Balmoral Lodge, an 11-apartment development on 21,804 sq
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    • Article
      House Hunt
      1159 4 Sales caveats for districts 15 and 16 (sectors 42-411 and 4&48) lodged between Nov 27 and Dec X) 1995 Projeet name/ Prop Contract Tenare Built-in/ Price Pal Street name type date land area* <»q (SI'Mt) <S$) District 15 (sectors 42-45) Amber Apt Apt 27/10/95 FH 1270 920 724
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • NOTE Book
      • Article
        Lock icon Aquino discounts martial law fears
        75 5 Reuter (MANILA] Former president Corazon Aquino yesterday played down tears that martial law could return to the Philippines, saying Filipinos would fight it "It will be extremely difficult, almost impossible, to institute martial law in this country," Mrs Aquino said in an interview. Manila newspapers
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        Lock icon M'sian growth forecast to be above 8%
        65 5 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's sizzling economic growth will slow down slightly in 1908, but will remain above 8 per cent for a ninth consecutive year, economists said in a Reuters poll yesterday. The country's burgeoning current account deficit is also expected to decline
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        Lock icon Indon-Canada deals worth US$2b signed
        64 5 AFP [JAKARTA] Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien yesterday attended the signing of 54 commercial deals between Indonesian and Canadian businesses worth some US$2 billion (552.84 billion). "The trade between our two nations has doubled in the last four ysars and should double in the next
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        Lock icon Jakarta seeking US$16b in aid funds
        65 5 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia is to ask the international aid consortium Consultative Group for Indonesia (CGI) to help ftind 651 development projects worth US$2O.l billion (SHB.S billion), a press report said here yesterday. National Development Planning's (Bappenas) Rahardi Ramelan, was quoted by Bisnis Indonesia as
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      Lock icon EC agrees on agenda for summit with Asia
      150 5 BRUSSELS Reuter THE European Commission agreed on Tuesday on its shopping list for the summit meeting in Bangkok in March between the European Union and 10 Asian economies, focusing on politics and enhanced trade. The list was thrashed out in consultation with
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      Lock icon Umno council says Rahim can return as Youth chief
      613 5  -  KUALA LUMPUR Rahim to decide by Monday if he wants to retnrn; A-G drops charge By Ho Kay Tat ALLAN FORMER Malacca chief minister Rahim Thamby Chik cleared the final hurdle to reviving his political career yesterday when the AttorneyGeneral's office
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      Viet city sets growth targets for '96
      301 5  -  HANOI Ho Chi Minh City also seeks more autonomy to speed np reforms By] Harish Mehta [SINGAPORE] Vietnam's southern star, Ho Chi Minh City, has unveiled its economic growth targets for this year, with industrial production growth set at 18.5 per cent and
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      Lock icon Central bank signs deals to defend peso
      176 5 MANILA AFP. Bloomberg Business News THE central bank of the Philippines has signed repurchase agreements with the central banks of Thailand and Malaysia in an effort to shield the peso from speculative attacks, Governor Gabriel Singson said here yesterday. He signed the deals
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      Lock icon Viet aim to privatise 2% of slate firms
      145 5 HANOI Reuter VIETNAM planned to privatise about 2 per cent of its stateowned companies this year and start a trial sale of shares to foreign investors, the Saigon Newsreader bulletin said yesterday. It quoted Phan Van Tiem, minister in charge of the
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Curbs will not affect real-time news, say Chinese officials
      583 6 CHINA'S ECONOMIC NEWS CLAMPDOWN US wants to discuss move with China; sources say it could delay WTO entry Bloomberg Business News Reuter, [BEIJING] Chinese officials yesterday said new curbs on the domestic distribution of economic information from abroad did not mean
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      Lock icon Profit or politics behind the new policy?
      342 6 Reuter [BEIJING] Analysts struggled yesterday to decide whether China's clampdown on economic information is a grab for profits by a struggling state news agency or a great lurch backwards to Maoist thought control. Their concern was more timely than ever as China and
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      News curbs won't affect HK: official
      179 6 HONGKONG CHINA'S latest move to control the flow of financial news is unlikely to be extended into Hongkong after the handover in 1997, a Hongkong government official said yesterday. The Basic Law, the miniconstitution of the colony after the handover, provides for Hongkong to
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      Lock icon China will still float firms in HK after' 97
      172 6 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG'S stock exchange will remain an important market for the listing of Chinese state-owned companies after the territory's handover to China in 1997, a senior official has said. Zhou Daojiong, chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission, told a Hongkong
      AFP  -  172 words
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      Is China gearing up to head off recession?
      513 6  -  CHZXA WATCH Credit easing signals focus is on Inlng Hi By Lu Ning CHINA has just concluded a three-day financial conference with a promise to ease lending restrictions. According to one report, Beijing has raised the amount that Chinese banks can lend
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      Deng's policies branded crazy
      234 6 Den g's policies branded crazy HONGKONG CHINESE Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji is believed to have led criticism of ailing patriarch Deng Xiaoping for pushing "crazy ideas" to jump-start development. For the first time since Mr Deng's health took a serious downturn in late 1994, Mr Zhu and Beijing's neo-conserva-tive leadership have
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      22 6 A puzzling step by China: Editorial, Pg 10 24 Mount Elizabeth Singapore *****8 Tel: *****88 Fax lirnw A Mtmter ,/Fm Ernst Orgmm*u*>m
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  • ASIA
    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Japan recalls military attache in China
        84 7 Reuter [TOKYO] Japan yesterday bowed to Chinese demands to recall one of Its military attaches and admitted that he entered an off-limits military area along with a US officer who has also been asked to leave the country. A Foreign Ministry spokesman identified the
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        Lock icon Aussie consumer confidence up in Jan
        83 7 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] A widely watched measure of consumer confidence in Australia rose 22 per cent in January to a seven-month high, reflecting optimism as the jobless rate fell to its lowest level in five years. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment
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      • Article
        Lock icon Dhaka under strikers' siege
        72 7 AFP [DHAKA] Sporadic blasts from home-made bombs rocked Dhaka yesterday as the new year's third anti-government general strike got under way. There were no immediate reports of injuries from the blasts or clashes between rival political supporters. The strike is the latest in a series called
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      Lock icon Enron hopes to resume work on power plant in 3 months
      164 7 BOMBAY AFP THE Houston-based Enron Corp said yesterday that it hopes to resume work within three months on the axed US$2.B billion (553.9 billion) power project in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, a company statement said. The Indian
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      Lock icon Court orders full trial for Alan Bond on fraud charges
      190 7 PERTH AFP FORMER millionaire, bankrupt and America's Cup celebrity Alan Bond was committed for trial yesterday over what the prosecution alleges is the largest fraud in Australian corporate history. Bond has been committed for trial later this year along with
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    • Article
      Lock icon Arrest of five ex-generals sought for role in coup and massacre
      232 7 ■SEOUL AFP, Reuter SOUTH KOREAN prosecutors yesterday sought arrest warrants for five retired military generals charged with treason and mutiny in connection with a 1979 coup and the 1980 Kwangju massacre, the prosecutor's office said. The five were accused
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      Lock icon Agriculture Minister quits amid graft allegations
      389 7 NEW DELHI More politicians to be charged in USslBm bribery scandal, say federal police Reuter, AFP INDIAN Agriculture Minister Balram Jakhar resigned from Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao's government yesterday, the United News of India (UNI) said. Mr Jakhar was one of the
      Reuter,; AFP; REUTER  -  389 words
    • Article
      Govt to complete bank sell-off on Monday
      337 7  -  ISLAMABAD Two foreign groups vying for Pakistan's second largest bank By] Farhan Bokhari AFTER two years of intensive effort, Pakistan plans to complete the privatisation of United Bank Ltd (ÜBL), the country's second largest bank, on Monday. The initiative is crucial to inject
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      Lock icon Australia working on electronic system for faster visas
      208 7 CANBERRA Reuter AUSTRALIA, a country with some of the toughest controls on entry by foreigners, is developing a sophisticated system to issue visas almost instantly, Immigration Minister Nick Bolkus said yesterday. Under the new system, which is expected to be on trial
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Index of economic indicators falls 0.3% in November
      390 8 NEW YORK Falling prices for raw materials caused drop which was larger-than-expected Bloomberg Business News, NYT THE index of leading economic indicators designed to predict the level of activity during the next six months posted a larger-than-expected decline in November. The Commerce
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      Lock icon US output set to rise 2%, retail prices to climb 3%
      240 8 BOSTON Bloomberg Business News THE US economy's output of goods and services will increase 2 per cent in 1996 as retail prices rise 3 per cent or less, Cathy Minehan, the Boston Federal Reserve Bank president, said on Tuesday.
      Bloomberg Business News  -  240 words
    • Article
      Wide variations in property price performance
      415 8  -  LONDON Ry Nell Behrmann RESIDENTIAL property price performance in London has been vastly disparate, according to a survey by Halifax Building Society, a leading mortgage lender. House and flat prices in areas that are favoured by foreign buyers have risen sharply in recent years
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon US budget talks resume
        82 8 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] President Bill Clinton and Republican M congressional leaders were to renew their budget-balancing talks at the White House at 2pm EST, and few observers expect the meeting to make much headway. Republican leaders sent Mr Clinton a letter last night saying that
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      • Article
        Lock icon Russian workers kidnapped in Chechnya
        59 8 AFP [MOSCOW] Some 30 Russian construction workers have been kidnapped in western Chechnya, Russian news agencies said yesterday, quoting both pro-Russian and separatist sources in the Russian republic of Chechnya. The abductions came as Russian forces a massive new bombardment on Chechen rebels hokUng doze
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        Lock icon US sees energy crisis within 10 years
        92 8 Reuter [WASHINGTON] The United States may face an energy crisis within 10 years because of its growing reliance on cheap oil and prospects that a rising share of it will come from the Mideast Gulf, the Clinton administration —H on Tuesday. On the
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      Lock icon Buba approves 8 basis points cut in repo rate
      191 8 FRANKFURT Reuter THE German Bundesbank yesterday sanctioned a cut of eight basis points in its "repo" rate to 3.65 per cent, stepping up the pace of cuts in market borrowing costs. The Bank of Belgium whose interest rates closely follow those
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      Lock icon Pro-Western deputy premier Chubais quits
      123 8 MOSCOW Washington Post, Reuter CONTINUING the purge of almost all top Kremlin advocates of reform, President Boris Yeltsin accepted on Tuesday the resignation of First Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Chubais, the driving force behind Russia's ambitious economic changes and the architect of its colossal privatisation
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Making it has nothing to do with OECD tag
      790 10  -  THE BOTTOM LDVE OPINION By Anna Teo The writer is a BT correspondent AS IT turned out Singapore's reservations about its status as a developed nation were well founded Over the past year, as it transpired that Singapore was no longer
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      138 10 'Not even the company knows exactly how much this is going to hurt' James Miles research analyst at Asia Equity Ltd, on VUasoy International Holdings Ltd, which has had to recall millions of cartons of soured soya milk. 'We tried that last October and lost out.. We're
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      A puzzling step by China
      543 10 EDITORIAL POR any country in the process of freeing its economy and developing its financial markets to restrict the inward flow of economic and financial information and to attempt this in the age of the phone, the fax machine and the Internet is puzzling, to
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      Enron was case of state flexing muscle
      895 10  -  Power plant was temporary victim of fight with New Delhi over who will control investments By\ Prem Shankar Jha The writer, former editor of The Hindustan Times, contributed this article to BT AFTER five excruciating months, the 2000MW Dabhol power project, an agreement
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      844 10 Opai mark* for raUgloa THE Catholic Church is losing its monopoly in South America, and fundamentalist Protestant sects are growing rapidly, because too many priests have ignored spiritual needs while focusing on political goals. No modern example shows the competitive appeal of religion better than what
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Dangerous disguise
      802 11 Experts say depression's an unrecognised complicating factor in other disorders NYT Depression, which experts say is an often underdiagnosed and untreated mental disorder afflicting millions of people, has another overlooked dimension. The ailment is also an unrecognised complicating factor in other mental and physical illnesses, specialists say. More
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      Lock icon A bowl of bran a day may keep cancer at bay
      547 11 HEALTH NYT [NEW YORK] Eating a bowl of wheat bran cereal every morning may reduce your risk of colo-rectal cancer, a new study suggests. The reason: bran lowers intestinal levels of toxic substances thought to cause the cancer, the
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      Lock icon Rushdie is ready to start a real life again
      935 12 PEOPLE Author speaks about his time in hiding and his latest novel, The Moor's Last Sigh NYT [LONDON] Having lunch with Salman Rushdie means being prepared for the unexpected. First, there's the caller from Scotland Yard who arranges the meeting but
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      Porsche is off to a flying start
      564 14  -  DIVERSIONS Its all-new Targa and two mountain bikes are set to hit the streets here By< Christopher Tan STUTTGART Auto is on a roll. The Porsche distributor survived well in a highly competitive market and marked its 10th anniversary last year with a
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    • CHATTER Box
      • Article
        Lock icon What the Medicine Woman doesn't know
        112 14 UPI JANE SEYMOUR, who plays Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman on CBS, says the human body is something of a mystery to her despite all she has learned by playing a physician. Seymour said that right before she gave birth to twins on Nov 30
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        Lock icon The government according to Willis
        106 14 UPI ACTOR Bruce Willis, who speaks often in interviews about his actress-wife Demi Moore, their daughters and life in and out of show business, expounds on politics in the February Playboy interview. Willis believes a lot of problems with American public schools could be resolved
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        Lock icon Roseanne wants to quit LA and go rural
        67 14 UPI SITCOM diva Roseanne has put her two adjoining houses in the chic Los Angeles suburb of Brentwood on the market and is reported to be considering a move to Savannah, Georgia. She and husband No 3 Ben Thomas don't think much
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        Lock icon Reeve sponsors charity wheelchair race
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      531 14 MOVIES Credit Lyonn&is must sell studio under US banking laws NYT METRO Goldwyn Mayer has endured a cruel fate over the past two decades. Once Hollywood's greatest studio "MGM has more stars than there are in heaven," the saying went in the
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      DBS Bank puts in top bid for China Square site
      454 15  -  By. Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] The flexibility associated with "white" sites does not necessarily mean they will attract a premium, latest tender results from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) show. The tender for three commercial sites, which included two "white" sites,
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      747 15  -  BOCK LOCK SEW By Vikram Khanna IT'S BEEN a while since analysts had anything upbeat to say about the Indian stock market. You can hardly blame them. Just look at the bad news that has dogged the
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      OPH's $200m bottomline boost
      598 15  -  Analysts predict swollen coffers if condo projects do as well as Westcove By Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] Orchard Parade Holdings (OPH), which has sold 85 per cent of its Westcove condominium launched recently, may swell its bottomline by as much as $200 million if its other projects
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      Taiping signs A$70m Aussie hotel deal
      398 15  -  Purchase gives it 20-30% stake in hotel, tourism firm From. Florence Chong in Sydney MALAYSIAN developer Taiping Consolidated Berhad is to invest As7o million (Ss74 million) in Australian hotel and tourism company Tourism Asset Holdings Ltd (TAHL). Taiping, which owns two five-star hotels in
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      189 15 [SINGAPORE] The response to Hongkong toy maker Wah Shing International's initial public offering was "encouraging", issue manager United Overseas Bank said in a statement yesterday. Counting of the number of shares applied for by the public was completed last night, but the
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        263 16 Regulations call for reports on bond issues, irregularities, major share deals Reuter [JAKARTA]) Indonesia's Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) yesterday issued follow-up regulations aimed at strengthening the new capital market law which came into effect on Jan 1. "The regulations will provide all
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        Lock icon Kuok unit in Manila condo tie-up
        73 16 Bloomberg Business News [MANILA] Kuok Philippine Properties Inc has teamed up with Asephil Manufacturing Corp and Britanny Corp for a condominium project in metropolitan Manila. In a statement to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Kuok said the three companies would develop a 2,416 square metre
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        Lock icon Sino Land optimistic despite soft HK property market
        358 16 Reuter [HONGKONG] Property developer Sino Land Co Ltd is optimistic about its earnings for the year to June 30, 1996, despite the still-soft local property market. "We are optimistic about this year's profit," executive director Michael Cheng said in an interview on
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        315 16 MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Bhd (TV3) has proposed a one-for-one bonus issue of a maximum of 93.34 million new shares. In a statement yesterday, TV3 said the bonus issue will be effected by capitalising the entire share premium account amounting
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        Mycom requests lifting of suspension
        335 16  -  From, Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MYCOM Bhd, which has been suspended since Jan 5 following the cancellation of the gaming licence under subsidiary Olympia Industries, has asked for its suspension to be lifted today. Analysts expect Mycom's share price to come under pressure due
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          JEL In US$300m Indon cement plant job
          72 16 {SINGAPORE] Jurong Engineering Ltd, together with Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries of Japan, has signed a contract with Indonesia's Himkonam Pertiwi Corp to construct the Purwodai Cement Plant in Java. The contract, valued at about US$3OO million (***** million), involves the construction of the plant
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          Interform starts trading tomorrow
          56 16 [SINGAPORE] Trading in Interform Ceramics Technologies shares and warrants will begin cm the main board on a "ready" basis from tomorrow. Last week, the ceramics specialist floated 50 million new shares at 64 HK (12 S cents) apiece in a public tranche of its secondary listing.
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          UOB venture tend attracts $48.5m
          61 16 [SINGAPORE] The UOB group's second venture capital fund, UOB Venture Investments II Ltd, has attracted a total subscription 0f485.5 units amounting to $48.55 million. The closing date for the fund was Dec 28. The subscription price for each unit was $100,000. The fund's initial target
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          Battery breakthrough claimed
          64 16 [SINGAPORE] Energy Conversion Devices, its subsidiary Ovonic Battery Company and its licensee GP Batteries International have achieved an energy density of over 96 watt-hours per kilogramme in advanced nickel metal hydride (NiMH) consumer technology. The energy density raises the battery's performance, and enables it to run a
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          Director of Uraco unit resigns
          45 16 [SINGAPORE] Uraco Holdings said Wong Wai Meng resigned as a director of its subsidiary, Singapore Precision Stampings, yesterday. Mr Wong will remain the general manager of Singapore Precision Stampings and other Uraco subsidiaries Acura Manufacturing and Acura Manufacturing Sdn Bhd.
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        228 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Berjaya Group Bhd's group pre-tax profit for the first half of the year ended Oct 31, 1995, fell 18.9 per cent to M 5133.3 million (5573.8 million) from the MJ164.4 million posted in the previous corresponding period. However, the group's turnover increased
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        388 17 Meanwhile, Sun Microsystems reports record earnings, revenues NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Intel Corp reported fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday that fell well below the estimates of Wall Street analysts, creating the potential for a slide in technology stocks, despite market gains among computer
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        324 17 Bloomberg Business News [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp is expected to report today that its fiscal sec-ond-quarter net income rose about 40 per cent on strong sales of Windows 95 and related programs, analysts said. The world's biggest software company is also expected
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        231 17 Bloomberg Business News lARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp (IBM) is expected to post an increase of as much as 63 per cent in fourth-quarter earnings on improved hardware sales and growth in software and services. "Business was good. IBM
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        Lock icon Not even a million dollars in Barneys' till
        237 17 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORKI In a new indication that Barneys Inc's bankruptcy filing was precipitated by more severe financial troubles than the luxury retailer initially indicated, its chief financial officer said on Tuesday the company has less than US$l million (Ssl.4
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        300 17 Reuter [BUENOS AIRES] A US Federal Bureau of Investigation team will visit Argentina soon to determine if International Business Machines Corp's local unit, involved in an alleged bribery scheme, has broken US laws. Federal judge Adolfo Bagnasco, heading the probe into alleged bribery in a
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        109 17 Bloomberg Business News [EINDHOVEN, Netherlands] Philips Electronics NV has eliminated its communications systems division from Jan 1 this year. The division's 8,500 staff and its business units will be absorbed into the Dutch electronics company's other divisions, the company said. Philips spokeswoman Annabel Wijnen said
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        412 19 Economists expect ringgit to weaken against US$ by end of year Reuter, Reuter, Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's three-month benchmark Kuala Lumpur interbank offered rate (Klibor) will rise slightly, while the ringgit will weaken against the US dollar by the
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        235 19 Bloomberg Business News, Reuter [SYDNEY] Australian insurance company MMI Ltd said it intends to seU its 30.2 per cent stake in funds management and life insurance company Pacific Mutual Australia Ltd. In a statement, MMI said it has "decided that it
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        401 19  -  US businessmen likely to complain at that level, he warns From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE US dollar's renewed climb against the yen could hit a ceiling once the rate reaches 110, warned New York financier George Soros yesterday. At that
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        145 19 Reuter [LONDON] ING Barings has launched a set of pan-Asia "investable" style regional benchmarks covering the nine emerging markets in the region plus Singapore, Hongkong, Australia and New Zealand. A statement said the indices comprise 13 countries and 419 stocks. The indices are designed to
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        503 19 Citicorp leads sector with 21% rise in pre-tax earnings to USss.6b IHT [NEW YORK) Major American banks, closing out a banner year that saw their stocks rise by 50 per cent, reported strong earnings on Tuesday, contradicting the forecasts of industry analysts who
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        179 19 Reuter. liAndfui THE dollar was in good form after making solid ground against the mark overnight amid continued speculation that Europe may be set to embark on a rate cutting party. The Bundesbank's decision to allow the repo to fall eight basis points to 3.65 per cent kept
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        339 19 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [MANAMA) An agreement allowing Iraq to export oil under UN monitoring would pose the biggest upheaval for world petroleum markets and Gulf oil politics since President Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait five years ago. The exact amount of oil
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        842 20 [KUALA LUMPUR] The price of tin on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market was unchanged at M 115.78 per kg yesterday. Dealers said the tone of the market was very steady in line with the firmer overnight London Metal Exchange which saw tin rising by US$lO. At the opening
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          Sichuan buys 5m tonnes of grain
          52 20 [HONGKONG] China's Sichuan province has completed its purchasing target, buying five million tonnes of grain from farmers as at the end of 1995, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. It was a 1.02-mill ion-tonne increase compared with the same period last year, the
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          144 20 [LONDON] UK trade house ED F Man predicts a deficit 0f65,000 tonnes in 1995-96 for the world cocoa market. In its latest cocoa report, Man says 1995-96 will be the fifth consecutive year of deficit, but the shortfall is smaller than 1994-95's stock drawdown 0f219,000 tonnes.
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          Icco selling 4,250 tonnes of cocoa
          97 20 [LONDON] The buffer stock manager of the International Cocoa Organisation (Icco) invited bids yesterday for up to 4,250 tonnes of cocoa. Bids should be received by 1240 GMT yesterday. Acceptances only will be communicated to the parties concerned by 1400 GMT. Details of the
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          S Korean firm may buy steel from China
          104 20 {SEOUL] In a bid to cut costs and reduce a reliance on Japanese imports, Pohang Iron and Steel Co (Posco) is looking into buying steel sheets from China, a source at the steelmaker said yesterday. "We are negotiating with a Chinese steel
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          Taiwan firm buys US corn
          74 20 [TAIPEI] Taiwan's MFIG group yesterday bought a 54,000-tonne shipment of US corn from Tradigrain, FOB, traders said. Tradigrain sold 36,000 tonnes of the corn at U*****.15 per tonne, and the remaining 18,000 tonnes at 42.58 US cents per bushel over May futures on the Chicago
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          Malta buys barley and corn
          67 20 (HAMBURG] Malta at its tender on Tuesday bought 5,000-6,000 tonnes of barley at U*****.50 (*****.15) per tonne, C&F, for arrival Feb-Mar, European traders said. The barley was considered very cheap, and some suspected it might come from Ukraine. Malta has also bought two cargoes 0f6,000
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        1059 20 Reuter [SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures ignored the yen's weakness against the US dollar to end sharply higher yesterday. Dealers attributed the rise in Japanese interest rate and bond futures to the Bank of Japan's continued easy stance in its money market operations and
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      1844 21 London -&5 SHARE prices closed down but off lows with the market tracking Wall Street which recovered some of its opening losses by midmorning. The FT-SE 100 Index closed 6.4 points lower at 3,704.2. Volume was 696.3 million shares. Early trading was dominated by profit taking with
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      4782 21 H +3-19 SHARES gave up earlier gains to end flat yesterday, with fol-low-through buying failing to emerge despite the stronger US dollar against the yen. The undertone remained strong but it was difficult to push prices up further due to large institutional selling. The Nikkei Average ended
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      2497 22 Bloomberg Business News Q Hang Seng -77.33 SHARE prices closed lower on profit-taking and late rumours that more blue chips may be getting ready to issue share placements, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed down 77.33 points at 10,593.82. Turnover was HK56.23 billion. Dealers said the announcement by
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      685 22 Reuter n Shanghai B Share Index -QJ3 SHANGHAI B Share Index ended down on a fall by Pudong shares as investors had no interest in buying property counters with the tight money policy. The index fell 0.13 point to 50.98 on volume of 7.4 million shares worth US$3.7 million.
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      1012 22 Q Composite Index -LA2 STOCKS were little changed as losses at Indofood Sukses Makmur, a noodle maker, were balanced by gains at financial and property companies. "Loan growth for 1996 is expected to be higher than last year's, it could be about 25 per cent," said an analyst. He
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      1212 22 Bloomberg Business News CI SET Index -&58 STOCKS were mixed, as publishing and some non-life insurance issues fell, the latter after Siam Cement said it will buy a stake in Deves Insurance. Export issues were mostly higher, as investors wagered the rise in the US dollar against other major
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        7271 23 KUALA Lvnurunßejiorts Bloomberg Business News Q Composite Index +188 STOCKS rose, led by Tenaga Nasional after a top government official said a rate increase for the power company is inevitable. Smaller stocks, whose index is the world's best performer this year, rose 6.5
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        Gula Perak: a reasonable buy
        3475 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By: R Sivanithy THE performance of the warrants sector since the start of the year has been stunning one broking firm estimates the sector has on average gained 11 per cent since Jan 2. In the case of some warrants, the profit over
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        75 26  -  by Paul Leo JEN CHUA FIRST Capital Corporation 's lucent fall to $4.04 yesterday has brought it close to an upward sloping trendline that ttarted from $3.56 in November on both the daily and weekly charts. With the daily Relative Strength Index at the neural level of 50,
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        645 26  -  STOCK MARKBT COMMENTARY Attempts to recover from Tuesday's setback fail in the face of profit-taking By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] It was a roller-coaster ride in the local stock market yesterday, with prices repeatedly trying to recover from Tuesday's setback before meeting with concerted
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          SES picks to guru's picks
          118 26 A MARKET guru, who asked not to be named, said in his international investment letter that he will miss the many friendly and familiar faces among the thousands of people who had previously attended his annual speeches in Singapore. He explained that a Stock Exchange
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          145 26 SINOCHEM may have to try a more convincing line of argument than the one it is currently using in its lawsuit against Lehman Brothers. The Chinese state-owned petrochemical and trading group, which is seeking a listing in Singapore, is suing Lehman for trading losses
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          Scotts manager not authorised to talk
          117 26 SCOTTS Holdings is in the news again. In response to a stock exchange query on a Straits Times article headlined "Scotts Holdings eyeing property projects in Manila", the company said in a statement that its country manager in the Philippines, Ms Annabelle Wisniewski, "was
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          114 26 LOOKING for the next Repco? Investors searching for the next counter that could emulate the Malaysian second board wonder stock that has soared ft*omMs3at the start of last year to around Ms9o now, could be tempted by the performance of timber counter Kilang Papan Seribu Daya. This
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      185 18 Introducing the Morgan Stanley Asian Growth Fund Minimum Subscription Ssloo,ooo All front-end loads will be waived before February 15,1996. The Morgan Stanley Asian Growth Fund will be I managed by Morgan Stanley Asset Management I Singapore Ltd. I The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation I through investment in the stock
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      84 19 SALE BY TENDER Machinery and equipment for screening, cleaning and bulking of agricultural products incorporating laser technology for high speed sorting and throughput. SGS Testing Control Services Singapore Pte Ltd invites all interested parties to submit sealed bids by 31 January 1996. The Company reserves the right not to accept
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      83 22 ARE THE BULLS BACK j rr Find out by reading The Business Times daily. Occ»jpaHon:_ .lfc/Fax\ 12 months I I wart to sutnatoe tor montmotSS V Business Times al SS 265.20. aa O S$ cheque/money order VU wriipaynmiD USsbar*<*aftdrownano9ngaporebank SmppatPiaiHoktapLirT*! nea» charge to my Amex/Vba/Dinen/Mafton* W I CwdWCard lIIHIII H
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      83 25 A Timely Investment, H "p. "R M P Q sole Ag«nt: DICKSON WATCH JEWELLERY (S) PTE LTD fcJß®i M X ii'llJ IA wholly owned subadiary of DICKSON CONCEPTS (INTERNATIONAL) UMTTED) pXffljP CD A CD I Available at: /A It I O DICKSON WATCH ft JEWELLERY: THE PROMENADE 300 Orchard Road
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      1345 26 Singapore Closing Share Prices 17/01/1996 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH sill## USS USS US$ USS AllUr Jardine Matheson 7.75 7.65 7.60 7.90 IffiSlll Jardine Strategic 3.26 3.24 3.24 3.32 L a Paif y Farm 1.02 i.02 i.oo 1.02 Hongkong Land 2.00 2.02 1.99 2.02 ■anfMßi Mandarin Oriental 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.26
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      339 26 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP SO ANO AVERY SOUTH EAST ASIA (PTE.) LTD At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at No 3 Tai Seng Drive. Singapore *****6. on 11 January 1996 the following resolutions were passed: 1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION -WINOMG-UP That AVERY SOUTH EAST
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      323 26 In the Miner of The Companies Act, Cap. 30 K-STEVE PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) At aa Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of K-STEVE PTE LTD duly convened and held a! 49 Beach Road, #05-00 Hexagon House, Singapore 0718 on Thursday, 11 111 January 1996 al 10.00 a.m the
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      293 27 Knight Ridder, Reuter WEATHER conditions in the North Atlantic have extended voyage times by up to a week for a single crossing, reducing available tonnage supply. Added to a good volume of fresh Japanese chartering enquiry reported on Tuesday, panamax owners have become more optimistic that the recent
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      293 27 SB *000 Jwff X *h HI CWT Distribution 1.64 -0.02 133 Chuan Hup HoMlnqs 1.27 unch 187 Cosco Invastmant 2.02 *0.02 19 FELS 6.70 ♦O.tO 221 FrataM Links 0.96 *0.005 473 GBHaMinqs L37 *0.01 305 MM Sun Hup 1.01 -0.03 1«94 Hitachi 2osan 1.12 *0.01 1240 IMC HoMtoqs
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      356 27  -  November figures dip bnt strong overall performance ensures new highs for'9s By 1 Thomas Wee [SINGAPORE] Container throughput and total general cargo volume handled by the port of Singapore both fell in November, but total figures chalked up in the
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      173 27 Reuter [GDANSK, Poland] Poland is likely to group its shipyards in a holding to boost their chances of survival against foreign competition when the country opens up as a member of the OECD, a senior shipyard official said. Ryszard Goluch, head of the Gdansk
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      OECD accord may make a difference to cut-throat prices
      591 27  -  MEWBUILDS By\ David Hughes THE first contracts of the new year have very much followed the pattern of the old. The liner carriers are still pushing ahead with their retonnaging programmes. The boxsMps in this week's list are not quite as
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      236 27 [SINGAPORE] The German ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven are set to report disappointing results for last year, with a slower growth in cargo traffic. Appreciable losses in conventional cargo, as well as in grain and feed handling, were also recorded. The ports' operating company Bremer
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      191 27 Reuter [MANILA] Manila cargo handler Asian Terminals Inc (ATI) is looking to grab a 40 per cent share of Philippine container traffic In the 1995/96 fiscal year, its chief executive officer said on Tuesday. Richard Barclay said ATl's share of containerised
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      231 27 Reuter [SINGAPORE] India continues to lose millions of dollars in foreign exchange to demurrage claims by shipowners as port expansion plans are still not getting off the ground, shipbrokers and traders said. "India is still wasting a lot of money paying
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      928 28  -  BRITAIN'S LUXURY CAR MAKER: STILL ROLLING THEM OUT The 92-year-old company was hard hit by the global recession in the early '90s. But tough cost-cutting has put it back in competitive gear and it sees the Asia-Pacific market as a bright spot Byi Christopher Tan Rollsr
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      13832 34 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Pg ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Pg SIN Dest'n Name Name No. No. SIN Dest'n Name Nam* No. No. 20/01 It/02 Norasle SL VALUE 602W 4 22/01 14/02 P&O MORETON BAY 5525 5 Abidjan 2V°i 11/02 cosco R. crystal/ 002m 7 01/02 09/03
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        643 41 *•»•< Voy No Borth Arrival Departure (IT) Adi Mm I 1/96 'jf alooqvde >8.01/0700 (IT) Girl Indah 3/96 J1 alongside 18.01/1130 (IT) PulM Titer 1296 J1 atonqstde 11.01/1700 (ID S14-5345 1/96 J1 alongside 18.01/1800 MM) SMqu 01/02/96 J2 alongside 11.01/2300 Mm Mwm 01/05/96 J9/10 alongside 18.01/2300 Caitx Star
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        1759 41 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklnq/BoJonco Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Porlod From To From Ac i Omm 0MA 20/BM U IT/1700 a/0451 a/OtOO a IT/1700 B/0451 N/OWO i it/0700 a/mi a/uoc 4 B/UM B/MM a/1700 taMi Wt MM i MM mw vnm vnm it/mm
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        1021 41 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 aver-age-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        584 41 JAN 21 Nepal: Market holiday, Lhochhar festival. JAN 22 Pakistan: Market and Public Holiday (Ist Ramadan). JAN 25 Nepal: Market holiday, Basanta Panchami. JAN 26 Australia: Market and Public holiday, Australia Day. Uganda: Market and Public holiday, National Resistance Movement/Army Day. JAN 30 Nepal: Market and Public holiday,
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        446 42 Airports, located in southern China within 100 km radius, will spur growth UPI [HONGKONG] By the start of the 21st century, Beijing not only will have reclaimed Hongkong and Macau but will have within its borders facilities that aviation experts say
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        236 42 [SINGAPORE] This ambu-lance-like bus (above) seen zipping round the Central Business District these days is neither an emergency nor a blood bank vehicle but TNT Express Worldwide's new way of doing its job without contributing to traffic jams. The transport company has replaced its
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        221 42 1995 results rebounded after plane crash in 1994 Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI] China Airlines, Taiwan's largest airline, said net profit in 1995 rose more than seven- fold as business improved after a disastrous accident in Japan in a year earlier. Pretax profit last
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        218 42 Washington Post [NEW YORK] Stephen Wolf, a longtime airline executive who specialises in turning around troubled carriers, was hired on Tuesday to do just* that at USAir, the fifth-largest airline in the US. Mr Wolf was named chairman and chief executive of Arlington, Virginia-based USAir Inc,
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        189 42 AFP [BANGKOK] Total vehicle sales in Thailand jumped 17.7 per cent from a year earlier to 571,850 in 1995, with Japanese car maker Toyota Corp commanding more than a quarter of the market, the company said yesterday. Toyota held a 27.9 per
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        302 42 Setback may open car industry to millions of iiynry claims Bloomberg Business News {WASHINGTON] Ford Motor Co, in a setback that could open the car industry to millions of injury claims, lost a Supreme Court bid to head off a lawsuit
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        207 42 Reuter [WASHINGTON] A unanimous US Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that relatives cannot collect damages for the loss of love and affection for the victims of the 1983 shootdown of a Korean airliner. Under the terms of a US law dealing with death
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          Lock icon Storms cost US airlines US$120m
          91 42 Reuter [WASHINGTON] The back-to-back snowstorms that hit the US east coast last week cost the major US airlines about US$l2O million (Ssl7o million), their trade group said on Tuesday. Air Transport Association president Carol Hallett said airlines, looking towards normal operations this week, were still
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          Lock icon All set for record attempt
          60 42 AFP [LONDON] Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin Records, crossing his fingers on Tuesday at London's Heathrow airport before flying to Marrakech, Morocco, to start his record-breaking round-the-world balloon attempt. Mr Branson and his co-pilots Per Linstrand and Rory McCarthy, are to fly out from
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          73 42 Reuter [WELLINGTON] New Zealand air traffic controllers are to hold a series of meetings over the next 10 days to discuss their stalled contract talks, the New Zealand Press Association reported. The union representing air traffic controllers, the Air Line Pilots' Association, said yesterday
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          Lock icon Grey market in tractors
          70 42 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Kubota Corp said yesterday it had filed an action with the US International Trade Commission to stop the import, distribution and sale in the United States of so-called "grey market" tractors, which are designed for sale in Japan. The tractors are built differently
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          Lock icon Plan to boost output of Protons
          70 42 AFP [TOKYO] Japan'B Mitsubishi Motors Corp and Malaysia's state car maker Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton) have agreed in principle to boost joint vehicle output in Malaysia from the current ISO.OOO units a year to 240,000 units, a Mitsubishi Motors official said on Tuesday.
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          Lock icon Cathay staff in job protest
          66 42 Taipei [TAIPEI] About 150 employees of Cathay Pacific protested in Taiwan on Tuesday over concerns for their jobs if the airline loses three of its Hongkong-bound flights to China-controlled Dragonair. Cathay, the only Hongkong-based airline flying between Hongkong and Taiwan, is expected to give up
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      1146 28 OTWgW pCWHATKm I I HOWTH AMERICA I [PWtCTCAU.tOWt»TC<I*»Tj»CX) WCTTCOMT Of OPffIULAfFaCAIWMAHHHItaWT BXQAPOW: CAUfOftWA EXPKESB (OWgCT FROM WEgT COAST) |W|M U 0M Vd SM DM MM CMC Mf MKDGVY msa|VoT| rUHIZMjMUM MMMMIM* TICMMU it UMHD HIHI uw CMHMMaim] YDS ym imimi IIMIIM Iwrm miiT" mnm 4M H/M i«/«i am mm mm
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      236 28 Line® services represented by Members of the Registry ol Members o*»ie Accredited Shipping Agents. Singepore Freight Forwarders Stxxe National Shipping Assoc Associelion. Just talk to us... Iris Lim 740-2044 Patricia Chew 740-1645 *Jarrod Leong 740-2089 Philip Koh 740-2382 MSHRMNHMk' W ATHMOULA 15/&1 RdrrVAfw/Bmn IJ SEA DREAM 15AM 20/01 RdnVAfwAJK/Nanto* I
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      1124 29 PAOFK SOUTH WEST EXPWISS (DIRECT) vot m Iswro law no |uu p<m. I —m I cm wrc >m 1 hou 1 Hot 1 sat 0041 12/01 114/01 114/01I 14/01 104/02 13/V2 I 14/W 14/02 15/92 15/02 16/02 14/02 14/02 nmuMm gjg l w /n I 3 i/qi l) 6 W
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      1546 29 HANJIN SHIPPING II USA CANADA IMHAIA IgA mIIWI M I WT I fit IMi 005 |IW |M| 01 w rvt m TUI I m ITM "I: —g I w/w io/w u/w io/w n/oi u/w m/oi u/w 11/01 u/w it/ti 11/11 m/oi u/11 u/oi io/w io/w Tl 1 15/ iy/w iy/w
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      330 29 EXPORT 3 x Japan -2 x Hongkong -1 Manila -1 x Kowhiung, Koolung (Accepting FQ to BKK/NAHA/SENDAi/CEBU/LCH) mp Itfr mr SEpB hji mji »ji »M\ 11J oTS KIMgT WW ISJI" IUI- Injll 2MI 31J1 31.01 01J2 MjM Itxmn «4» 17J1 imi- mi |n*i| pji »ji bj» tun um um fi«
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      825 30 II NORASIA I VESSEL VOY lUN ALQ LAS BCL VAL HAM BRE ROT ANT FEL LHA I WBW 2ari IMI 11 17*2 17*2 10*2 10*2 IMB a*m 21*2 NOMSUUWMURr £2f\ 1222 12 25 IMI IM2 1W JW ?1* a« 2J*i 2£ £2 1*25 jjjj n* a« ?I^^2SE^?M?!2* 3,a,3,i > «*s
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      615 30 J J APAR/HONGKONQ/STRAITS REGULAR SERVICE 1 LOADING FOR PORT KLANO/PENANG vessel voy s pore pbuoajm m —pss UMIM W 74 JAW JtitM SALTIA 2 24 JAN ~2SJAM~ I II MAJU JAVA 2 21 JAM 1 M JAN J CHUM KUAN 18 2«JAN Fa PANDANO TIMOR UNA 2 31 JAN eFH
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      1024 31 EW STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Mm Chiaag Road #11-01 Kappal Tawara V Singapore 0200 Tal: *****08 Fax: *****17 ffISffBKEW MEW QUIMEA PACIFIC LINE SWGAFORE fsXWSff (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO> snwrsstw vmok upwi hjm mmti. Lataa* *Ma kmmi TWITS HOPE VWBE 21 Jan OJan Muara. Kata Umbaki A
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      1949 31 R&O Cflfltfl 1 fIPfC P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd z7 7>T 10 Hoc Chiang Road, #07-01 Keppel Towers, Singapore 0208 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE Tel: 225 2233 Te| RS ***** pnocsp Fac 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number *****9 *****Z 'T 0 7 lOUIS'MAERSK #602 15*1 1M fSol T 06*2
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      400 33 FIXED-DAY DIRECT SAILINGS TO HAIFA-14 DAYS NEW YORK-28 DAYS r»/ (Sllinl) *****11 tl(fUMl/l| Aftncf Dipt COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD f 2211 m cimi»ir utfmmu i« ia ******2 (mmm WHH M «N» Ots 111, Timtr I CHHI.UJVIMttt M Fa *****11 IruMitttrc «ki «M7H tulimnt OMTM Sm t toor, mot UCJ! *1
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