The Business Times, 1 August 1996

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    12 1 MITA (P) 04(V12/95 85c THE BUSINESS TIMES Internet http://www.asial.com.Bg/biztimes THURSDAY, AUGUST 1,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    11,240 CPF members sank $157m into Amcol
    515 1  -  CPF investors stand to lose an average of nearly $14,000 each By Tan Sai Siong Siow Li Sen and Slow IJSea [SINGAPORE] A total of 11,240 Central Provident Fund members poured about $157 million into Amcol Holdings, paying an average price of $3.74
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    Lock icon Greenback gets a drubbing from nervous markets
    342 1 Stock lassie rale cot laflktspalaonUSS; yen, Swiss franc gain Reuter [NEW YORK] The US dollar took a beating at the hands of nervous markets yesterday, overpowered by the yen and Swiss franc. A shock Interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia
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    Indon markets hold steady
    361 1  -  Bnt rumours aplenty and sentiment remains cantiens as govt crackdown centinnes By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Indonesia's financial markets held steady yesterday although sentiment continued to be skittish as the government rounded up political opponents, arrested a union official and drove leftwing activists into hiding. The
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    Region's bourses rally, except in Bangkok
    202 1 [SINGAPORE] Except for a steep fell in Thailand, the region's equity markets ended firmer yesterday, with both Singapore and Malaysia recording a recovery of 1.4 per cent. But brokers said the sharp rises in the indices on both sides of the Causeway could have
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    Lock icon EDB gunning for $10b investments a year
    474 1  -  By( Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Singapore has to attract manufacturing investment commitments in excess (rf*slo billion a year, if the sector's output is to hit $200 billion to $250 billion over the next 10 years, Economic Development Board chairman Philip Yeo said yesterday. This
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      35 1 Ehnrprlee rate aU sends Aussie reeling, Pg2o ll—ptt» hi 1 bahtas USS hits 5-mth low, Pg2o IndaMaia'stiaMQ/' trial, Pg 10 NtwMMvisdbinf little to help Thai bourse, Pg 16 mark* seen headed for consolidation, Pg 16
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      SICCI unit set to invest $8.5m in six India projects
      228 2  -  fill Shiv Taneja PARAMESWARA Holdings has committed to invest $8.5 million in six projects in India, its chairman S Dhanabalan said yesterday. Parameswara is the investment holding company of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI). The projects
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      Many retailers to call it quits at Plaza Singapura
      520 2  -  Tenants unhappy over rent hikes; DBS Land says only those below market rates are adjusted By\ Nicholas Fang DBS Land's move to raise rents at Plaza Singapura amid a depressed retail market has raised the ruckus of retailers there. Many tenants
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      Iswaran quits civil service, joins ST group as director
      266 2  -  By i Chuang Peck Ming CIVIL servant S Iswaran, widely tipped to stand as a People'B Action Party candidate in the coming general election, has quit his job in the government to join the Singapore Technologies group. Contacted at his office
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      Four more publications available on AsiaOne
      129 2 FOUR new publications can now be found on Asia One, a one-stop source for news and business information on Asia on the Internet. They are The Borneo Bulletin, the English language national paper of Brunei; Business World, English language daily newspaper from the Philippines
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      Lock icon Modest wage gains in S'pore
      327 2  -  EYE ON TOE ECONOMY Labour By, Anna Teo WAGE gains In Singapore have been fairly modest because its unemployment rate has not been too far from its "natural" rate of 3.1 per cent, according to a study by J P Morgan. Conventionally, the natural rate
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      NTUC FairPrice net profit swells 26% to $50.4m
      334 2  -  By Jenny Lam DESPITE increased retail competition, NTUC Fair Price Cooperative Ltd has reported another robust year with a 25.7 per cent increase in net profit to $50.38 million for the year ended March 31. And Singapore's largest supermarket chain is poised
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      The disabled as potential workforce
      267 2  -  By\ Larry Wee SINGAPORE employers were yesterday urged to look at jthe country's disabled as an aftsrnative source of labour. Minister for Community Development Abdullah Tarmugi said yesterday tilat die country's disabled can be an alternate workforce if not hampered by "the attitudes of their
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      Lock icon C&P adds 20 BMWs to rent-a-car fleet
      270 2  -  By i Christopher Tan C P Rent-A-Car has bought a fleet of 20 BMW 3161 cars from Performance Motors and has signed an option to pick up 75 more. The $3 million deal could be worth $10 million if fully exercised. CAP director
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      Govt not selling Draycott site this year
      389 3  -  OlAaaffiaglplata,* «kkk2tn«Ute ritaaiaaiaaSqaare aaiPriasepSt bd Michelle Low THE government has taken a choice residential land parcel Draycott Park off this year's state land sales programme, and will only sell it "next year or beyond", said an Urban Redevelopment Authority official yeeterday. The URA's
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      Lock icon POSBank expects $50m a year from new HQ
      262 3  -  By Abdul Hadhi POSBank expecte to reap an annual revenue of more timn $60 mlßioo from Its new SMorey headquarters building when it cornea onto the office space market in the year 9000. Two-thirds of the building's net lettable area of about
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      NEWS Roundup
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      Lock icon Costa Rhu buyers not at risk: lawyers
      454 3  -  Project aecants ware Mnteadt* intact taprshmat fa 1-1 Qovfaspors in tmUH6 By< Conrad Raj BUYERS of apartments in Costa Rhu, the Tan)ong Rhu condominium being developed by ailing Amcol Holding* need not lose too much sleep about the project Some $45 imnw» was
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      296 3 f Spp > ft < Win mik Black I V *41 f8 '--^M The vast countryside. The Then, take off to London where you Striding Man, you will be eligible Phmhmmhmmmmhmmhmm| stupendous shopping. The rich can relish the excellent shops, for the "Win With Black* kicky draw. The great prtoesyounandiowlnam:
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Service flats offer bright spot
      613 4  -  Developers turning to service apartments to provide steady income stream on top of long-term capital gains By 1 Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] IF CITY Development's 97unit Le Grove was put up for sale, it might just do well despite the current gloom in the property
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      Sime to have second go at selling The Amston units
      254 4  -  By Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Sime Darby's Singapore unit, Sime Singapore, is having another go at selling its Amston 999-year condo project this weekend. Options for all 52 apartmentvmfiabte were taken up attlfiOTiiaiMNaWliM. tions for 23 units were returned. They will
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      House Hunt
      379 4 Property transactions far districts 09 and 10 (sectors 9* tc 23 and 24 to 27) lodged between Juty 1 and Jidy 131$9<L wee sflg g District 09 (sectors 22 to 23) HmlmM AACtr Apt 14/5/96 FH 1582 l»0 746 AipcnHt Apt 8/V96 999 1572 2m 043 AspanHt Apt
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      172 4 151 LORONG CHUAN tedbllll)r(#»ndf4froffeeSnd factory and sports facilities Central air-conditioning f kA letßng and enviro Provision (or integral vertical ductings bv 2Js f T Tvr to facilitate dean room installation and Dy 2 sets each of passenger and goods lifts waste disposal > <^ C T* dea,P k On-site professional
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Minister told to revive market
      212 5 BANGKOK AFP THAI Prime Minister Banbarn Silpa-archa yesterday asked his fliiaime minister to seek ways to boost the stock market, two days after economic oßiriiit nihfid reassurances that sbort-tmn measures would be avoided. finance Minister Bodi nwmsnmida revealed the request sAer meeting the prime minister
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      M'sia's high-tech hub draws multimedia giants
      387 5  -  KUALA LUMPUR FaaugaaybMMM NMitmtiki developed as Milli—ila Syftrrliw Reports by] Kenneth James MALAYSIA'S Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) could get crowded pretty soon. Some two dozen global multimedia corporations have already mpmsetd keen interest in setting up shop in the propoeed high-tech hub, while local
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      High-tech homes planned for IT City
      410 5 TO the growing list of pull lhctors for the Multimedia Super Corridor, add two more: a 21st century "IT City** of high-tech homes within the corridor; and the likely preeence of a research laboratory set up by Japanese telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
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      Lock icon Amount of foreign investment approved down 26% to US$21b
      267 5 JAKARTA Domestic investment tees sack better m first seven motto Bloomberg Business News THE value of foreign investment projects approved by the Indonesian government in the first seven months of 1966 was smaller than in the same period last year. Indonesia
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      Lock icon M'sian electronics sector axed 4,861 jobs in 1st half
      151 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFP AT leest 4£61 workers in Malaysia's electronics sector lost their jobs after their fectories ceased operations in the first half of the year, a deputy minister said yesterday. Deputy Human Resources Minister Kadir Sheikh Fadxir said the figures
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Farewell to revolution
      672 6  -  cam A WATCH China needs more than resolutions to fight graft, social Inequity By Lu Ning THE riots in Jakarta over the weekend are a reminder of the underlying vulnerability of a number of Asian regimes during a process of transition. Despite a sharp difference in ideology,
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      Lock icon Urgent need to reform China state sector
      463 6 BEIJING State-owned firms nr Deunatorag* companies in export AFP CHINA'S moot pressing economic need is to reform the ailing state sector, which j lagging way behind foreign companies in export performance, a senior trade official said yesterday. "We must speed up reform of
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      Lock icon Firms given incentives to hire jobless
      273 6 BEIJING Reuter CHINA, trying to keep unemployment at about 3 per cent this year, has given financial incentives to some firms to hire from the ranks of the unemployed, the official China Aerify said yesterday. The Ministry of Labour has implemented a reemployment project
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      Lock icon Typhoon wreaks havoc on Taiwan
      60 6 [TAIPEI] A tree uprooted by Typhoon Herb blocking a public bus here yesterday. Typhoon Herb was located26okm south-east of northern Taiwan late yesterday morning, and was moving north-west at 234 kmph. It was expected to envelope the entire island later yesterday. Two people were missing
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      Lock icon 25% jump seen for retail sales
      149 6 BEIJING Reuter CHINA'S annual retail sales of consumer goods are expected to reach 2.53 trillion yuan (***** billion) this year, up 25 per cent from the record figure last year, the China DaUy said yesterday. Retail sales of consumer goods in the first half
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      Lock icon Govt sees progress in talks on WTO entry
      196 6 m BEIJING AFP CHINA yesterday expressed hope that this year's second round of negotiations on its entry into the World Trade Organisation in October would show progress. Hu Zhaoqing, spokesman for China's Foreign Trade Ministry, said: "China's participation in the WTO at
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    • SINO Briefs
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      Lock icon HK hails EC decision to drop disk investigation
      182 6 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG yesterday welcomed a European Commission (EC) decision to end a nine-month investigation into the territory's computer manufacturers. A total of 24 Hongkong companies had been implicated in the alleged breach of rules on imports of 3.5 inch mi-cro-disks into
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      77 6 Incorporation of offshore companies I with Chinese name Memorandum and Articles of mm Association are issued in Chinese Certificate of Incorporation is issued Forfurther mfomatkm wfth company name in Chinese characters cfl-act; Mlrhatl j ITlnftiia Corporate documents notarised Or OFFSHORE authenticated by the Embassy of the CORPORATE SERVICES People's Republic
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  • ASIA
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      Reform or face economic stagnation, govt warned
      345 7  -  TOKYO PlmiigaflMCjcUaf HfflMmmwlilßf •ftarmaeracy U tWMM roflisUuftct By Anthony Rowley JAPAN faces a stark choice: make drastic structural and administrative reforms or continue to suffer economic stagnation. This was the warning given yesterday by the directorgeneral of the government's Economic Planning Agency, Shusei
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      Lock icon Japan will invest more in Asia: report
      261 7 TOKYO 5#% «f oualutariag iavwdnaata abroad ■aypteregtoa AFP ASIA can expect to experience a strong growth in Japanese direct investment over the next few years as producers here continue adjustments for the strong yen, according to a leading analyst BZW Research Ltd analyst
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      Lock icon US, Japan move closer to resolving chips dispute
      93 7 VANCOUVER Reuter US AND Japanese trade negotiators yesterday moved cloeer to resolving a long-simmering dispute ova* computer chips though both sides said a number of issues still had to be settled. Negotiations intensified after a Tuesday night meeting between Japanese Trade Minister
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      Lock icon Language barrier
      58 7 [SYDNEY] An Asian student protesting outside Australian Prime Minister John Howard's Sydney office yesterday. Mr Howard's government has proposed budget cuts to adultmigrint English classes. Around I,ooostudents and teachers from a range different ethnic backgrounds were at the rally, as federal cabinet ministers and Mr Howard sat at
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      Lock icon Seoul to offer savings plan for stock investment
      141 7 SEOUL Reuter SOUTH Korea will offer a savings scheme with tax bsns(it* to workers willing to invest in the Seoul stock market, a statement by the rulinc New Korea Party said yesterday. The statement said 5 par cent of the savings undsr
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      371 7 The Best of Chinese Imperial Cuisine 4* M J! Once our Mjlfl T cuisine virtuoso Zhang Zhongyi j|a|§gf^ ISJ'? M T»*v enlighten your tastes with a host f y. of his creations. The K ChM\ widely acclaimed Shanghai29Rf4fii/ style masterchef from the TwJgvjJlJfcworld renowned Jade Buddha P**W x Temple will
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      209 8 There's only one place for people who have made it Today in Asia, one development is being recognised as one of the most prestigious ever launched. It is the Ml Billion project that is proclaimed as the regional focal point for both international business conglomerates and world travelers. The Mines
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Lawmakers agree on welfare overhaul plan
      354 9 WASHINGTON BffltfPMSUtM pmiw lay; USsssb wktMTeifirtn km i ml prtgnmmea Bloomberg Business News NEGOTIATORS in the Repub-lican-controlled House and Sdbate reached agreement on legislation that would squeeze US$55 billion (5177.5 billion) from welfare programmes over six years while giving states a greater say in
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      Lock icon Mid-East: Clinton urges Arab patience
      258 9 WASHINGTON iMfitaUekectmrf ch&noM in Israeli gnrt Reuter US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton and Egyptian President Hoeni Mubarak pledged on Tuesday to do all they can to restore momentum to the Middle East peace process, and Mr Clinton urged Arab patience with the current "hiatus". "I know
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      Lock icon Landing gear of TWA jet shows very heavy damage
      245 9 NEW YORK 6vidmc6 ftat plane was 4bstroy*dbytomb NYT THE FRONT landing gear of the Boeing 747 that crashed off the coast here on July 17 shows such heavy damage that some investigators are convinced that it is the strongest evidence yet
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      Microsoft making new Windows NT products
      243 9  -  m WASHINGTON By Keh Su Haw US COMPUTER giant Microaoft announced yesterday it baa started manufacturing Windows NT 4.0 Server and Windows NT Workstation 4.0 operating systems with builtin Internet access. < These products, which will ,le available in the US this are central
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon EU inflation slips to
        39 9 Reuter to 14 per cent In June, after being stable for four consecutive months at 2.7 per cent said luraataUbefKfs stettsrtral office, yesterday. In comparison, the rate in the lIS--a»*irs main in fin. J*' t?*'
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        Lock icon EU agrees to move
        13 9 Reuter ftmi» ArabiabetwesiiPSDsteeSeaeterywmiamFenryend I Ibis Saudi counterpart Prince Sultan.--Itfeuar
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        Lock icon EU financing nods
        39 9 Reuter WMll|pW||pi mse of German net centributtoaa. (Mtmmy paid fflip 10 mm csnt of the KlTs total income but ftmds fh>wla| idjfr gpermany were "dearly lower" than its jmaling it <be biggest net contributor, be said.—Jtaaer
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        Lock icon Greenpeace's income up 11%
        25 9 AFP s's sairidwlds income cMMwI ■pNf«ft#to nearly UBIISB million million) Wm4 to the environmental orfsnisatiMllllbvt Boneplirteted simual report released heie mtertiy.-^^i
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      184 9 v> A f fe-/ WITH NOKIA, YOUR BUSINESS CAN REALLY GO PLACES. I i ~~1 The Nokia Cellular Data Card is the first data card in Singapore which allows you to send error-free faxes and e-mail with your Nokia 2100 series mobile phone, at the fastest speed of 9600 bps.
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Asia can, and must, direct WTO agenda
      704 10  -  THB BOTTOM urn OPINION By Shada Islam The writer is a Brussels-based journalist who contributes to BT INTERNATIONAL trade discussions are not for the feint-hearted. Asia's trade negotiators will need more than their share of stamina, stubbornness and sangfroid to tackle the long
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      116 10 'I don't wanito live in Britain but if I'm forced to leave Hongkong after 1997,1 will go there with or without any assurance, and I will sit in Heathrow airport until the authorities work out what the heck they!re going to do with me.' -lifiCHiml an ethnic
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      Indonesia's time of trial
      560 10 EDITORIAL IN a rapidly modernising counter of 170 million people spread over 13,000 islands, it is only to be expected that pockets of unease will emerge from time to time —labour unrest, disputes over property, protests relating to municipal issues, ethnic clashes, even separatist movements. Indonesia
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      Dole in the doldrums
      1175 10  -  Republican nominee's campaign for the US presidency is in trouble, and some in his party want to ditch him By] Leon Hadar The writer is BTs Washington corresponded 1 iWM "REPUBLICANS are about jumping off bridges," is how television commentator and former Republican strategist Tony Snow
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      819 10 REMARKS made recently by key members of the Liberal Democratic Party at a meeting with representatives from s national group of constructors speak volumes about Japan's public works projects. Construction Minister Eiichi Nakao said: "We promise to meet all your demands, but let me make this
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      53 10 TheßusinessTimes TIMBS HOUSE, 390 KIM SBNG ROAD *****S PHONB: *****11 PAX: *****71 INTBRNBT: bistimes@slngnet.com.sg Executive Director Editor TJONG YIK MIN PATRICK DANIEL Chitf Operating Officer Deputy Editor DENIS TAY MARGARET THOMAS Group General Manager (Marketing) News Editor THAMKHAIWOR RONNIE LIM Group General Manager (Production) Night Editor CHEW KENG JUEA TOH
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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      47 10 DOOMESBURT By Garry Trudeau tNHKC'S SUMMER QMHBAM.I NOW YOU KNOW WHY9ERNie* M YES, MR POON&dURy, FWHAt\ mfprroi*# the high- byte shack is approaching m you say is muz, you b&s Wkk/much W TECHBU&N6G9PRESS... ITSOPF&HN6WTTHA FAIR, vM, COUU> VIK7UAUYRULETHE W SO. NEITHER. fl ztST&T P INTERNETUfTTHIN A MATTER.
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  • OLYMPICS 1996
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      Lock icon Sponsors lining up for Nagano, Sydney
      458 11 But renewed sponsor John Hancock attacks Atlanta for poor organisation Bloomberg Business News Reuter C B ORPORATE sponsors are I attending tojxiraw events and fancy parties at the Olympics—and m they're lining up to f sponsor the next games at Nagano in Japan and
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      Lock icon Pentathlon may well have passed its test
      518 11 An aacfant sport modernises farther to stay b the Otyapfcg The Washington Post [CONYERS, Georgia] Baron de Coubertin, father of the modern Olympics, devised it; George S Patton competed in the first one in 1912, finishing filth; and the Prince of Monaco, King
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      Lock icon Frazier still bitter after 25 years
      426 11  -  The Olympic flame wuMt the only By Terance Moore NYT [ATLANTA] It was. the fourth Ali-Frazier brawl, and was definitely the bloodiest. For one, Frazier threw all the punches. For another, Frazier just kept throwing them. And, with Frazier sticking and moving at will
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      Lock icon Malaysia's first gold bid slips away
      687 12 L3oam ROUNDUP pfratflvtasiMarte first sihtr; faVMriteß MkauiMtaMi Mtrfpaienah AFP [ATLANTA] Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock's dram of winning Malaysia's first ever gold in the Olympics was shattered when they lost in the badminton men's doubles final yesterday. The pair, ranked second in
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      Lock icon Two-gold quest is not Johnson's alone
      862 12 WUbtaftoaltta •Mriifc the rant tat MttapHriU^Mta LAT-WP [ATLANTA] They made an interesting pair, standing down on the field at Olympic Stadium Monday night Michael Johnson, on the medals platform after his 400 m victory, receiving the gold medal from Alberto Juantorena. A man looking
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        More affordable BMW 5201
        85 14 PERFORMANCE MOTORS has slashed the price of its yet-to-arrive BMW 5201 by $10,000. The new price of $176,000(without COE) makes it $27,000 cheaper than the M«rc^BoME3oo.P»rf^^ right to adjust prices, and customers who ordered the car a tits former rate wers a ware of the clause.
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        Suzuki hits 1m units sales target
        84 14 million units. The campaign excludes numbers sold in Japan. For a relatively small car manuffccturir, that's some feat In Singapore, the brand—the only with a one-litre sedah—enjoys a strong niche following, and has lemained among the top sellers in the past few years. Distributor
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        Most Merc buyers shaken but undeterred
        66 14 CYCLE CARRIAGE saidorder cancellations arising from tbenews that CityCabhadbooghtthenewE-claaeas taxis had been "few". It managed to convince moat of the dozen or so shaken customers topic* another colour(th# ii iinwuad to hi irtiHtXyiHr another model, or leave their $20,000 deposits (indefinitely) for future models.
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        Shrinking share of the Merc pie
        83 14  -  ~QMMflMitKr Christopher Tan the Mercedes market this year, )mt sales by individual companies may have thenars now more than twice the number ofplayers (newcomers include German Cars and Advance Automobile). No official trade lUlrtlra art available* but going by casual observation, tome are hwtofdtmaifty
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      Taurus — elliptical presence
      805 14  - Taurus elliptical presence MOTORING Re-designed at a cost of $4b, the new Ford car will win hearts for its comfort and spaciousness By i Christopher Tan SOME things you can do with $4 billion: build an MRT line, buy 4,000 relatively upmarket apartments, bail out Amcol a dozen times over...
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon TAS teams to study full liberalisation issues: Mah
      340 15  -  Orjgptewauntoe eeimtrleefcaiedeak wit* onyidtko By Genevieve Cua {SINGAPORE] The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore has set up several study teams to look into various issues ahead of the fell liberalisation of Singapore's telecommunications market in the year 2000, Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan
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      Metro plans suburban outlets for expansion
      271 15  -  Flrat*fehi4llMn taOMtmrSfcaar sob-lMflttne floor to Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Metro's move to Tampines Century Square mall—which is expected to be sealed today— marks a new expansion into the suburbs for the homegrown retailer. Metro is eyeing space in other outlying centres for more such outlets
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      Lock icon 3 Crosby Securities execs quit
      81 15 Bloomberg Business News [SINGAPORE] Three Singapore-based executives of Crosby Securities, including managing director Gan Seow Ann, have resigned, the company said. Victor Lye, the head of Singapore sales, and Sunil Gupta, the head of Indian equity sales and corporate finance, said on Tuesday they would
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      Suburb move may prove to be superb move for Metro
      697 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Jenny Lam PIN ALLY, Metro Holdings Is expanding Into the suburbs with Its first store In Tampines Century Square. Detractors who have been nursing hopes of Metro erasing Its lossmaking retaU division instead, are, however, not hopefUl,
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      Khong Guan scraps plan to buy back 20% of sold business
      198 15 (SINGAPORE] The poor market conditions for wheat has forced Khong Guan Flour Milling to abandon its plan to buy back 20 per cent of its former wheat milling business. The company, which yesterday announced almost unchanged earnings of just
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      Keppel's Cebu Shipyard posts 12% profit growth
      369 15  -  By\ Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Only one of Keppel Corp's three listed Philippines subsidiaries, Cebu Shipyard Engineering Works (CSEW), achieved an Increase in net profit at half-time. Cebu Shipyard said yesterday it chalked up a 12 per cent increase in after-tax profit to 27.8
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      Comfort seeks nod for discounts
      117 15 [SINGAPORE] The directors of Comfort Group are seeking shareholders' approval for related parties of the firm and subsidiaries to buy at a discount Peugeot and Maserati cars, for which it holds the distribution rights here. An extraordinary general meeting will be held on Aug 27
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    • SINGAPORE & MALAYSIAN COMPANIES
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        Lock icon New measures seen doing little to help Thai bourse
        476 16 Analysts say market's fall doe to factors which cannot be fixed qnickly Reuter [BANGKOK] The freefall on Thailand's bruised bourse is not likely to be checked any time soon, and new measures aimed at improving liquidity will not remedy the mainly
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        Market seen headed for consolidation
        317 16  -  Schroders expects investors to fectu on interim results By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] The local stock market is headed for a period of consolidation in the short term as investors focus on half-year corporate results due out over the next few weeks, says Aind manager Schroder
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        Lock icon Mulpha to develop Malacca township
        198 16 Bernama [MALACCA] Mulpha International Bhd is developing a MS6OO million (*****.2 million) trade and tourism township with a historic theme in Ayer Keroh. The project, known as Fortaleza, will be developed by Ekspo Melaka Sdn Bhd. a joint venture between Mulpha and the Malacca State
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        Lock icon Plantation & Devt closes debut day with premium
        193 16 Plantation Devt closes debut day with premium Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Plantation Development (M) Bhd ended its first trading day on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange with a M 52.82 premium above its offer price of Msl.Bo a share. The main board counter had posted a M 33 premium on its
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      • COMPANY Briefs
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          LKH's stake in Shanghai venture is $10m
          69 16 (SINGAPORE] Construction group Low KengHuat announced yesterday that its 5 percent stake in the Singapore Shanghai Investment Consortium (SSIC)—a group of Singapore companies investing in a f1.6 billion public housing project in Shanghai—amounts to $10 million. It added that the group's executive director
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          ST Computer, Technology Fund tie up
          44 16 [SINGAPORE] ST Computer Systems ft Services has formed a joint venture with Technology fund Pis Lid (TFPL). The company, DIKIne, wee janorpwalsd in the US. TPPL will have a CM per out stake and ®T Computer the remainder.
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          STA buys into US fuel cell company
          58 16 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Techaotogioe Automotive (STAX the automotive arm group of companies, has takan a USIS mffllon (897mUUon) or &6 per cent stake in an Amsrtean fuel oaO company, H Power Corp. Power was fiormsd to develop ftisi cells fltar commercial application. The (Uel
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          Broadway unit buys up Envi-Pack
          34 16 [SINGAPORE] Broadway Industrial Group's wholly-owned subsidiary, Richmond Packing. hM Increased It* equity intertst in Envi-Pack Engineering from 165,000 sham (56 psr cent) to3oo,oooshares (100 psr cent) of $1 each.
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          San Teh sets up new Chinese unit
          46 16 [SING APORE] San Teb has formed a new Chlnsee subsidiary, Xlarosn San 'PA Xln® Precision Mechanical p ~glnmlni Tht imlt irtitrlihsis isglameil snlHI US$BOO,OOO (Sgl.l million), iaarhoUy-ownad by San Tah PrertsWi EnsimwrlM. a 7»parc—.<—»«,k.t^ fry company of San Teh.
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          Jurong Cement shareholders up stakes
          57 16 [SINGAPORE] Jurong Camantsanouacad that Its mtrttantlil sharsfmfclara hsra rtiinjs<l llitli aharwhoidtngi and tUamsdtntwast Asia Oenaral Hokllnga, through its aaaociatedconipaiiisa, has Increased its stake to 4 Jl9 million sharsa (an 11.l par cent stake). KMP Feedmills bought 63,000 shares at 16 each, raising its Interest to
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          Keppel Bank director quits
          21 16 [SINGAPORE] Um Yong Wah has resigned as director of Keppal Bank of Singapore with aflbct from yesterday.
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        Stamford Tyres profit inflates by 70%
        285 16 [SINGAPORE] Stamford Tyres yesterday turned In a sparkling set of results and sakl it plans to establish tyre retail centres in Vietnam. Group net profit for the year to April 30 jumped 70 per cent to 81J million on a turnover of 886.8 million,
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        Lock icon K&N Kenanga is 2nd brokerage to list since lifting of freeze last year
        347 16 Brtkerageltribr total «f 75n ifcara atlsUtnck NST K&N Kenanga Holdings Bhd will become the second stockbroking outfit to be directly listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange alter a freexe on such listings was lifted in June
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        Lock icon Listing shares in Tokyo a Powertek target
        204 16 Reuter (TOKYOJ For Malaysian power producer Powertek Bhd, listing its shares on foreign bourses including Tokyo is a long-term target, Powertek managing director Lim Ewe Jin told reporters in Tokyo yesterday. "My first target would be achieving good growth potential rather than aiming
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        Lock icon PSC Ind unit bags US$866m deal
        127 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Tenaga PSC Sdn Bhd has secured a US$B66 million (Sfl.2 billion) turnkey contract to build three power generation projects in Kazakhstan. Tenaga PSC, a whollyowned subsidiary of Penang Shipbuilding Construction Sdn Bhd, which in turn is 70 pa* cent owned by
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Sony profit jumps on higher dollar, strong global sales
        383 17 Electronics gUatlQ prefit triples compared to same quarter last year Reuter [TOKYO] Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp said yesterday its profits soared in the latest quarter due to a strong dollar and robust sales of electronics products worldwide. There were also
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        Lock icon Philippine Long Distance Telephone springs surprise 25.3% income jump
        307 17 Reuter [MANILA] Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co's 25.3 per cent growth in its first-half net surprised stock analysts who said they had not expected the country's dominant telecommunications provider to do so well "It's a surprise. This is more than what
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        Lock icon Errant futures traders to face charges
        166 17 Reuter [MANILA] The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing to launch criminal prosecutions following its closure of the Manila International Futures Exchange, SEC chairman Perfecto Yasay said yesterday. "We are just finalising the evidence we have gathered in so far as the errant
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        Lock icon Wharf's phone arm taps parent firm's cable customers
        246 17 Joint promotion offers cable users 5 per cent discounts Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] New TAT Ltd, the telephone company owned by Wharf (Holdings) Ltd, will offer subscribers of its parent company's cable television service 5 per cent discounts on most international calls.
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        Lock icon 2 Chinese firms to raise up to A$600m on Aussie bourse
        279 17 Both wwM be l&rgsr tlum biggest Chinese unit new listed there Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] China has given the green light to at least two Chinese companies to raise as much as As6oo million (***** million) on the Australian
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        Lock icon Philippine Airlines expects loss of 2b pesos
        140 17 Bloomberg Business News [MANILA] Philippine Airlines said unprofitable international routes could push its losses up more than 17 per cent to 2 billion pesos (Sslo7 million) for the year ending in March 1997. PAL chief financial officer Jaime Bautista said the carrier had
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon BMW's new 5-Series helps speed up first-half earnings
        237 18 Bloomberg Business News (MUNICH] BMW, Germany's third-largest carmaker, said first-half net profit rose 9.8 per cent, showcasing the success of its new 5-Series and the sold-out Z3 roadster. Net profit grew to 335 million marks (S$322 million) in the first half, from
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        Lock icon MCA signs US$2.5b TV deals with German firms
        433 18 accotos wren mrcn Group and Bertelsmann AG cover rigjrts to its IMIb dim and movies Bloomberg Business News [UNIVERSAL CITY, California] Seagram Co's MCA Inc said It is selling the German rights to its television shows and movies to Kirch Group and
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        Lock icon Share trading in Switzerland to go fully online
        314 18 Start ef trading in domestic equities is most crodal phase Reuter [ZURICH] Alter several false starts, Switzerland will switch to ftill electronic share trading tomorrow in an effort to become a globally important trading centre. In a first cautious phase of the
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        Lock icon BAT'S interim profit up 12% on strong tobacco sales
        239 18 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] BAT Industries pic said first-half pre-tax profit rose 12 per cent to £1.33 billion (Ss3 billion), driven by a bet-ter-than-expected performance in financial services and strong international tobacco sales. The result, which included £69 million of one-time
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        Lock icon New drug sales and cost-cutting lift Glaxo pre-tax gain by 34%
        453 18 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Glaxo Wellcome pic said yesterday that its first-half pre-tax profit rose by a greater-than-expected 34 per cent, fuelled by a 51 per cent rise in new product sales and cost-cutting. The world's largest drugmaker said
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Lock icon Baht gets respite as US$ hits 5-mth low in Europe
        341 20  -  By I Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The weakening Thai baht got a respite yesterday as the US dollar sank to a five-month low in Europe on Tuesday, said traders. "If 8 been basically volatile although it's all one-way buying of
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        Lock icon Surprise ½-point rate cut sends Aussie $ reeling
        370 20  - Surprise ½-point rate cut sends Aussie reeling Dealers expect mrit to remain weak with ponHtttjrf another rate cut By] Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] The Australian dollar plunged 1.3 US cents to 77.26 US cents yesterday on a surprise 50-basis point interest rate cut to 7 per cent by the Reserve Bank
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        Lock icon Partial sale of Credit Lyonnais?
        256 20 Reuter [PARIS] The French government is studying the possibility of selling 20 to 25 per cent of Credit Lyonnais' capital by the end of the year, financial daily Les Echos reported yesterday. It said the government, in talks with the bank on its financial outlook,
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        Lock icon Bear Stearns 4th qtr profit up 82%
        222 20 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Bear Stearns Cos said it earned a record U*****.8 million (Ss22B million) in its fiscal fourth quarter as profits, led by investment banking, rose 82 per cent Earnings for the three months ended June 30 rose to US$l.lB
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        Lock icon Cross-border acquisitions dip 12%
        381 20 Firms sky away from emerging markets In first halt study Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] While mergers and acquisitions worldwide soared to record levels in the first half this year, the number of cross-border transactions fell 12 per cent as firms shied away from purchases in
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        Quotation of Singapore Government Stocks (Jul 30, 1996)
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        Lock icon Euro$ steady after wage data
        231 20 STMBX Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Eurodollar futures ended steady, but failed to extend an overnight rally fuelled by a report showing moderate second-quarter growth In US wages. The 0.8 per cent rise in the employment cost index helped allay fears the Federal Reserve would hike
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        162 20 Reuter AFP THE dollar drifted to the lower end of slim trading ranges, mildly unsettled by firm mark crosses, as the market awaited the first shot in a volley of make-or-break US economic figures. This week's raft of key US indicators kicks off with the second-quarter employment cost
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        Lock icon W Africa, N Sea producers eye Asia
        320 20 EMEROY REPORT Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Asia's reliance on Middle East crude and oil products will continue to grow but West African and North Sea producers are also striving to raise their share of the booming Asian market, oil executives and analysts said. West
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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      1447 21 Reuter Qiua -M7JO STOCKS closed lower yesterday, with players still not confident of strength on Wall Street. Sentiment was further hurt by faiu in the banking sector, which were weighed down by oversupply fears, brokers said. The key 225-share Nikkei Average closed down 187.50 points at 20,662.83. Its September
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1532 22 Reuter •H Hauig Seng «|gj| STOCKS ended the session higher, quelling an earlier bout of profit-taking which took the Hang Seng Index into negative territory as investors looked for bargains. "It really goes to show that ♦the market really doesn't "know what level it should be at," said a
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      Lock icon CHINA
      603 22 Reuter rl Shanghai B Share fate +0M SHANGHAI'S B Share Index closed up with retail investors buying Pudong shares but trading was slow. The index gained 0.06 point to close at 50.65 on volume of 5.3 million shares worth US$2.l million. "The market was directionless today on a lack
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      233 22 Reuter □Weffingtw +HM SHARES rose after a rally in bonds increased the attractiveness of high-yielding stocks. The NZSE Top 40-share Index rose 16.09 points to 2,153.02. Volume was NZ$Bl.l million.—Reuter m mm ANZ«MMn« 7.10 0.10 13M7 Atfv«nt«9MHMp tS4 ♦0.07 ***** AirWl■i>»wX(A) 3.05 *0.03 7T7700 Mr Nn 2*Mnd (I) 4.10
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      760 22 AFP □SET Mac -3U6 STOCKS fell 3 per cent as local investors sold and foreigners stayed on the sidelines. "Local players had to offload due to forced selling, especially in the finance sector which dropped 7 per cent and the property sector, down 3.6 per cent," said a trader.
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      364 22 AFP *1143 SHARE prices soared, spurred by the announcement of a government scheme to promote stock investments. The Composite Price Index added 14.43 points to 821.71. Turnover was 23.5 million shares worth 444.6 billion won. Risers beat falls 674 to 159 with 113 unchanged. The rise was attributed to
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      550 22 AFP HlDONfcMLrin *m SHARE prices jumped 22 per cent, buoyed by the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to cut official interest rates by 50 basis points to 7 per cent. "The market has given the verdict on the cut by finishing high," a trader said, adding that banking and
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      686 22 AFP QjOnpwita bin ♦156 SHARE prices closed higher in quiet trading with most foreign investors sidelined over political concerns. The JSE Composite Index rose 2.55 points to 536.03. Turnover was 102.7 million shares worth 262.5 billion rupiah. "Stocks were cheap and there were overnight gains on Telkom, so it
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      Lock icon MANILA
      296 22 AFP Bmi *am SHARE prices rose following a rise in Wall Street. The PSE Composite Index closed 29.83 points higher at 3,028.34. Turnover was 16.84 billion shares worth 2.34 billion pesos. PLDT rose 20 pesos to 1,525 after announcing a 25.3 per cent rise in net profit in the
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        Lock icon Strong rebound ends loss streak
        6633 23 Bloomberg Business News POmpoatohlg +14J6 A STRONG rebound In blue chips pushed the key market index up 1.42 per cent, halting a six-session losing streak. "There are some opportunities to accumulate, but I won't be aggressive," said a trader. The KLSE Composite Index rose 14.95
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
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        Broking wrts: TA a better bet
        3386 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By\ R Sivanithy AFTER the sharp drops in the past week, it would be an understatement to say that both Singapore and Malaysia are a bit out of favour with foreign money at the moment Of the two markets, probably the more
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        HOT STOCK
        66 26  -  W! Paul Leo ASIAN PAC Holdings fill one cent to fUtyetm+y with 29X000 units done -81 per cent man than the 10day average of 223,100 itew Appfying wave theory to the weekly chart, the protracted downward correction since the beginning qf the year to a/burth wave and It
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        Forced selling eases as STII recoups 28 points
        800 26  -  STOCK KAOTT COMMENTARY Buying believed to stem from window-dressing and US-originated buy program; IT sia market stages rebonnd too By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A fair bit of month-end window-dressing and at least one USoriginated buy program enabled the Straits Times Industrials Index
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          96 26 "YOU aint seen nothing yet," said Tang Wee Sung yeeterday. No, the chairman of listed retailer C K Tang wasn't talking about the latest twist In the Tsng family tend, but next year's Great Singapore Sale which he aald will be far better than this
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          163 26 IN ITS latest commentary, Phillip Securities Research likened the local stock market to the two ways of looking it« half-filled glut. The helf-fUll theorist would normally have Interpreted all bad news as statistical aberrations and move to dismiss them with alacrity. The more pessimistic half-empty
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          76 26 AN INDIAN company making copper ashtrays for export to Europe spends many man-hours engraving elaborate deeigns on theee ashtrays, which are rsgarded as cheep goods sold in basaera in Europe. But eocordlng to a Dutch Investment officer, if theee ashtrays were plain, they would be refunded
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      220 26 CARNAUDMETALBOX ASIA LIMITED (Incotparaiad m Singapore) LOST SHARE CERTIFICATES The undermentioned certWicatea have been reported lost, destroyed of mislaid. Name CarMoatoNo. No.ofSharee MoMa Ong Siaw Choo *****7 1x 1,000 •do- *****6 1 x 450 •do- *****3 1 x 487 •do- *****3 1X 609 •do- *****8 1 x 761 -do- *****2
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      177 27 Knight-Ridder Reuter RATES remained generally week in subdued trading with the short term autlook gloomy. The iftarnoon session interest after the Baltic IoSSm: 4 points to 1,088. I. -fc -,A i. ■ven snores took SeppflfHItm iiaile< i Vieedneer ttalows #U»ontheSepandU19 en Oct Volume totaled 176 fetsofwhkhSeptnrtedlSl and closed
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      484 27  -  If present facility at Admiralty West has to go, it will develop the new yard on Jurong Island Byl Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Corp (SembCorp) may set up a specialist $50 million shipyard cm Jurong Island if its existing facility at Admiralty West
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      320 27 Export tax changes expected to crimp earnings Bloomberg Business News [GUANGZHOU Guangzhou Shipyard International Co, already hurt by slumping container sales, said government tax reforms may also snag its «htphu»ding business (Witiifr sales tm 20 per cent to 150,000 units in ths first
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      Lock icon Man with a mission, a challenge and a $30m vision
      512 27  -  SHIPSHAPE «r Rahita Elias BILLY Lee is a man with a mission. The president of Sembawang Maritime Limited has a vision to fulfil, to take the group to a new level with a recurring net income of $30 million and
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      344 27  -  Japan's lines urged to stake their daim in East Ada i Bruce Rutledge in Tokyo JAPAN'S latest white paper on shipping touches on s range of issues, from container services and the continuing effect of the yen to giant consortiums and the
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      163 27 MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] Steps are being taken to make Port Klang's approach channels "navigation friendly" to all vessel sizes at all tide levels. This will enhance Port Klang* g position as a premier deepwater port, Malaysian Transport' Minister Ling Lkmg Sikaaid on Tuesday. porf
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      93 27 Bloomberg Business News [PIRAEUS] Greece-based Global Ocean Carriers has bought two container ships from Neptune Orient Lines Ltd for US$4l million (S$S7.4 million). Global Ocean said the sister ships, built in Japan in IWO, w£U increase its fleet's carrying capacity by
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      931 28  -  South xmdiam shxpfhto: eyeing transhipment market Kochi and Tuticorin have been mentioned as transhipment ports but is there room for both? Besides, being associated with the inefficient Indian port system makes taking on the role a very tough job to Shyam Menon Business Line A RECENT mention
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        410 42 BvtUSAir files rait in New York alleging link woald undermine competition in US and Britiali markets Reuter [LONDON] British Airways and American Airlines on Tuesday won important political support in Britain for their proposed alliance, only to be hit by an anti-trust
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        291 42 Batairragal&tar wfflarbparchasaa tfkog-kul aailargt aircraft AFP [HONGKONG) China will need more than 240 new passenger aircraft in the next five years but will "strictly curb" purchases of long-haul Jets, it was reported yesterday. China, the world's fastest growing aviation market,
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        249 42 Reuter [ZURICH] Swissair is moving into a second phase of an aggressive cost-cutting programme. beginning talks with worker councils aimed at lowering personnel costs by 5 per cent in 1997, the Swiss carrier said on Tuesday. Chief operating officer Philippe Bruggisser said in an
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        180 42 Reuter [BRUSSELS The European Commission challenged European Union member states on Tuesday to agree to a series of tough measures to revive the railways or see rail transport hit the buffers over the next 20 years. Admitting some measures proposed in a policy paper could
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        60 42 [FRANKFURT] Dirk Kraemer, the chairman of Zato, maker tfthe new Zato L 3 carbon-body car sitting in the driver's seat during the world premier qfthe roadster in Frankfurt on Tuesday The Zato is made of a carbon material and weighs less than 600 kg. It will cost
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        142 42 No proper inspection carried eat, say investigators Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] An engine explosion aboard a ValuJet Airlines Inc aircraft a year ago was the result of inadequate inspection and maintenance procedures. National Transportation Safety Board investigators said on Tuesday. Takeoff of ValuJet
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        169 42 Reuter (LONDON] France's Renault and BMW-owned Rover of Britain lost share in European car markets in the first half of 1996, a survey by consultants LMC Automotive Services said. In the report, published on Tuesday, LMC said, "Renault has been the largest loser of market
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      12 27 I+' Controversy over ports Indian ports eye 7 transhipment market. Pa#a 2
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      338 40 Shippingtimes businesscentre ADVERTISING THAT DELIVERS YOUR BUSINESS FACTS THROUGH THE FAX JUST CALL 740-6000 If you need insurance coverage for your cargo, look no further. NTUC INCOME'S Cargo Insure-Line has just the plan for your importing and exporting business. Just consider our advantages. INSUUTOVt It's easy to apply. There's no
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      24 41 T&L G UNK EXPRESS PTE LTD V?sv WtSSUMI foe HI Till LINK LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICE YAN6ON Acapting Doir Daihwy/ Prijid Id from Yongon mpiiti
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