81.   Wilhelm was in Manila to announce the consolidation of all its Philippine interests under Siemens Inc., its local unit.

82.   Ghosh said the local VHP unit sought permission from the district administration to offer prayers at the temple, but its plea was turned down in fear of trouble.

83.   He expected the local unit to recover during the day.

84.   He had been abducted the previous evening by an unidentified group as he drove home from a celebration hosted by the local Kopassus unit in the provincial capital Jayapura.

85.   However, once this spate of rand selling had abated, exporter dollar supply helped the local unit recover, they said.

86.   Initial radio messages to the local military unit placed the army losses at three killed.

87.   A dealer said local and foreign interest just before close on Tuesday had livened up the market after days of stagnation and had strengthened the local unit.

88.   But the city was said to be relatively calm after hundreds of special police reinforcements were sent in to help local units.

89.   Contributions from other local operating units were generally positive while losses from overseas units were reduced, Magnum added.

90.   Dealers attributed the softening of the local unit to a stronger greenback and importer demand for dollars.