The Business Times, 3 September 1996

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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes S 1 N G A P 0 R E TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1996 \\Bst
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Developers seen deferring home launches
    531 1  -  Softening market could rednce supply this year to 9,000 units, instead of 12,000 By. Abdul Hadhi {SINGAPORE] The private residential market will be hard put to meet this year's anticipated supply of around 12,000 units, latest estimates show. This is despite the rush of launches
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    Judicial managers of Amcol plan Mauritius trip
    517 1  -  Team &ims to assess amount recoverable from aborted USs4om in vestment By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Amcol Holdings' judicial managers are planning to go to Mauritius to ascertain for themselves how much they can recover from the company's aborted investment of U5539.6 million
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    Lock icon Making a personal call
    85 1 [SINGAPORE] See EngFoo, 76, was one of the thousand-odd Singaporeans handing in their Singapore Telecom share applications at the Central Provident Fund office yesterday. They are the minority who would rather do it personally than by post Every Singapore citizen of at least 21 years of
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    Lock icon JFIM funds shifted before probe findings
    334 1 Retort Renting says mrnnmfnr hnntnnw and personnel rams Reuter (LONDON] British investment bank Robert Fleming said on Sunday that it had shifted the management of two investment funds to London from Hongkong for business and personnel reasons earlier this year. Reacting to Hongkong and
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      120 1 XMBXDB rvl FRTiißat First Capital Corporation (FCO is preparing to launch its 268-unit Stratford Court condo project after the Hungry Ghost month, P|4 Tlhiig fc— hwdtei tfifijig Bny »r»»l>ytat the in supply may oflfer httle ■Wrtforprtew^ fcr IWLwTMoti'Sftfie regional economies are slowing down at the same time after years o«
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Wooing Germans to Suzhou
      422 2 SM LEE'S VISIT TO CHINA Tripartite economic cooperation among STpore, Germany, China to be pursued The Straits Times [BEIJING] Singapore and China yesterday agreed to work together to attract German investments to the Suzhou Industrial Park, and to enhance tripartite economic cooperation among the three countries.
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      SM: Asia will be split 3 ways if Sino-US ties fail
      234 2 ASIA will split into three aamps if relations between the and China break down irnptrievably, said Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew in an-in-terview with the Asian Wall Street Journal. Mr Lee was responding to questions about trends that would
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      GE Capital joins S'pore consortium in Suzhou Park project
      221 2 ■GE CAPITAL Services Pte Ltd has joined Singapore-Suzhou Township Development (SSTD) the Singapore-based consortium developing the China Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park as its 24th member. The firm is the Singaporebased subsidiary of GE Capital Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of US giant
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      Lock icon Scientists, IT experts to get awards for R&D successes
      476 2  -  A team of doctors will receive an award for their work on gene immunotherapy By■ Annette Pau TWO teams of scientists and a group of IT experts will receive National Science and Technology awards tonight for their outstanding contributions to research
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      Creditors of Sunny Star asked to file claims
      258 2 Official Assignee sets up counter to help creditors CREDITORS of Sunny Star Investment, a forex investment firm which was wound up in a High Court on Friday, can file their claims with the Official Receiver. In a statement yesterday, the Official Assignee
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      S'pore, Japan team up for 3 major world events
      281 2 JAPAN and Singapore are teaming up to ensure the success of three major global events in which Asia has a leading role. Following a dialogue between the foreign affairs ministry of the two countries here yesterday, the Singapore side said they
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      Lock icon Hot jobs lack salary sizzle
      355 2  -  BYE ON THE ECONOMY Labour By\ Poo-Cheong Wai Ming HOW goes the labour market? Salaries for workers in greatest demand have been fairly stable over the past year despite heavy hiring during the period, a survey has found. According to Remuneration Data Specialists' (ROS) latest
      Source: DBS ALLAN  -  355 words
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      Proxy servers not requirement for Internet licence: SBA
      304 2 THE Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) has clarified that its Class Licence Scheme for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) is independent of the providers' decision to use proxy servers. "The requirement on ISPs is to limit access to undesirable sites," said Ling Pek Ling,
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Health gets new Permanent Secretary
        50 2 THE Second Permanent Secretary fbr Health, Koh Yong Guan, will be appointed Health Permanent Secretary with effect this Friday. He takes over from Kwa Soon Bee, who is retiring from the civil service on Thursday. Mr Koto will continue serving as Commissioner of Inland Revenue.
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        Goh Chee Wes to attend Apec SME meet
        88 2 THE Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Goh Chee Wee, will attend the third Apec small and medium-slaed enterprises (SMEs) ministerial meeting this Thursday and Friday in Cebu, the Philippines. In keeping with the theme of the meeting—Creating the Climate fbr
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        Canadian CJ to give annual law lecture
        62 2 THE Chief Justice of Canada, Antonio Lamer, will deliver the Singapore Academy of Law's annual lecture thU Thursday. CJ Lamer will give the Canadian perspective on the tension between judicial accountability and judicial independence. While in Singapore, he will visit the supreme and
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      435 3 Bass has archaeology. years for none has more than the a known wreck the below surface Bass of twenty minutes on the Accordingly, he times eveiy dive he makes ["""fil Depths of-46m are unlikely George Bass's Rolex travels l\ mMii&sMllF t0 trou ble a 1 t FT FT watch which
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Shangri-La's Midpoint deal — other viable options?
      661 4  - Shangri-La's Midpoint deal other viable options? Minority shareholders can consider offer to np stake In Great World owner THanoranr oounm By Lee Han Shih IS IT better to hold shares In many small properties or in just one big property? This is the question Shangri-La Hotel's shareholders should tackle in
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      Lock icon First Capital to set condo ball rolling
      532 4  -  Stratford Goort tines npats66o-s7oopsf post-Hungry Ghost By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Stratford Court looks set to be one of the first 99-year condominium projects to be launched after the traditionally quiet Hungry Ghost month ends Thursday week. Its owner, First Capital Corporation (FCC), is
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      Hougang mall to be marketed at $6-$ 14 psf
      255 4 [SINGAPORE] Local property, construction and leisure group Hiap Hoe will start marketing retail space at its Hougang mall tomorrow, at rentals of $6 to $14 per square foot per month. Hougang Green Shopping Mall has close to 60,000 sq ft of
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      199 4 corner of Kodak (Australasia)^ 7-year tenancy up to Prices from 1.35 million yields from 9% to 11% <^\ Officc units also available from contact Jimmy Lee or Coths<m at ■gjPH RAFFLES PLACE Grade A Freehold Office Space for Sale Building John Hancock Tower Floor Aim Approx. 5,005 sq. ft Floor
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      70 4 15 LITTLE ROAD FREEHOLD BRAND NEW 8-STY WAREHOUSE BLDG H| Paya Lebar H District Basement carpark Double H frontage 15 strata titles Total Strata f i Area: ■I 4,875 sqm a (52,474 sq ft) y* j Floor Loading: Wm 24KN/m J k 18KN/m 2 MB Ceiling Height: 7m/4.5m T.O.P. Dec'
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      107 4 FOR SALE BY TENDER/ 33 TANJONG PAGAR ROAD Property Description: Fu»y restored 4-atorey ahophouae nrtth attic TOP obtained Concrete flooring LMtoal levels Tenure 99 years w.e.f 15 Dec *94 Land area Approx 3,190 aq ft Gross floor area Approx. 9,836 aq ft Permitted use Stop/office Remarks Exoelent for own occupation
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Stock exchange chief on roles, risks and returns
      1737 6  -  Reproduced below are excerpts from the keynote address by SES president Lim Choo Peng at the NUS seminar, 'Equity Investments: Ouflook Innovations Research', held last Friday Lim Choo Peng THE RECENT events involving -Amcol have caused many to pause and think about
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      32 6 Ladies' choice! 1 V %>■ k I i «ar --«T X i fc neiwaet Ratio 'DiaQueen'. Scratchproof high tech ceramics. solid 18-caiat i;old and nearly diamond-hard sapphne ciystal in perfect harmony RADO Switzerland
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      40 6 Singapore s one and only duck restaurant at Hotel Negara An unforgettable dining experience of exciting duck dishes set against rustic beauty. Hotel Negara, 10 Claymore Road. Singapore *****0 Tel: 737 OSII (Hotel Negara is located behind Orchard Towers) v
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Govt signs peace pact with Muslim separatists
      467 7 MANILA Historic treaty ends 24 years of civil war; but opposed by Christian protesters, Islamic hardliners AFP THE Philippine government and separatist Muslim rebels yesterday signed a historic peace treaty aiding 24 years of civil war, but faced immediate opposition from Christian protesters
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      Lock icon Philippines a newborn Asian tiger, says report
      229 7 MANILA AFP THE Philippine economy is on a sustainable growth trend and has become "a newborn Asian tiger". A report by the Singapore office of Morgan Guaranty, a mutual fund managed by investment bank, JP Morgan, released here yesterday, said: "The archipelago has
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      Lock icon Japan to take Indonesia to WTO over N-car issue
      254 7 TOKYO as soon as it confirms S Korean imports were given special treatment AFP JAPAN'S vice-trade minister warned yesterday that Tokyo would take Indonesia to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as soon as it could confirm cars imported from South Korea
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      Lock icon Decline in foreign investment approvals
      125 7 JAKARTA Reuter INDONESIA'S Investment Minister Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo yesterday said foreign investment approvals during Jan 1 to Aug 31 fell to U5522.2 billion (Ss3l billion) from U5529.7 billion in the same period last year. He said the fall was due to a lack of major projects.
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      Lock icon Thaksin says he's quitting politics
      204 7 BANGKOK Reuter TELECOMMUNICATIONS tycoon and leader of a popular Bangkok-based political party, Thaksin Shinawatra, plans to retire from politics. Mr Thaksin, who heads the Palang Dharma Party (PDP), was a deputy prime minister in the 13-month-old coalition government of Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa until he
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      Lock icon Analysts scale down growth forecast for 1996
      316 8 BANGKOK Thai economy likely to grow 7.2%, says Thammasat University economist Reuter SLUGGISH Thai exports prompted market analysts yesterday to scale down their projections for 1996 national economic growth while the government adopted tax relief measures to Improve the battered trade picture. "Poor
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      Lock icon Private sector to fund most infrastructure projects
      236 8 JAKARTA Suharto says government fcmds do longer enovtfh AFP THE private sector will fund most of Indonesia's US$2OO billion (Ss2Bo billion) infrastructure projects over the next 10 years because government funds are "no longer sufficient". President Suharto, in a speech at the presidential
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      Lock icon Muslim groups offer govt conditional support
      331 8 JAKARTA AFX-Asia TWO major Muslim groups have staged rallies in East Java pledging support for President Suharto's New Order government but on the condition that it fight corruption, reports said. "We'll support the New Order government as long as it proves its intention to
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      Lock icon Govt to raise timber royalties by 10%
      229 8 JAKARTA AFP THE government is to increase timber royalties paid by loggers by 10 per cent following a rise in international prices for plywood products. The Jakarta Post yesterday quoted Minister of Forestry Jamaludin Suryohadikusumo as saying he would issue a ruling this
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      Lock icon A wary eye on Indon war games
      112 8 BEIJING AFP CHINA reacted warily yetterday after Indonesia launched its largest-ever military «oercises around the Natuna islands in the South China Sea. "China's stance towvds the South China Sea is pretty clear," a foreign ministry spokesman said. "We hope that the coußtry concerned
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      209 7 i i i ■i t .J i 'I < I i i f HI aU Have Singaporeans forgotten the art of self defence? Judging toy the local popularity of kung-fu movies, the answer would seem to be no. The Vento above can provide a family of five with the most
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      268 8 StcirTACT WEARABLE CELLULAR TELEPHONE I I w* i 1 j» =*<*-"7 j-" > 1 C*,v :V--II Manager (A rrwreer o< Tin Chong Guxe o< Conxwiew 911 Bukit Tmah Road Singapore *****2 Tel: 460 1708 Fax. 462 3617 -i.jjiiLiii.ii ii uyiiii vi in iiu njwi Actual size Actual size How small
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      166 9 Jakarta mate i■ 7 I „-i I B *1 jr k t. I up to a neui ITlillennium. 4 1 millennium Sirih Jakarta becomes the newest member of the (DL Hotels Group. i In the heart of the business triangle. Five minutes from Jalan MH Thamrin. Millennium Sirih Jakarta is
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Duty-free imports: Grace period for foreign firms may be extended
      450 10 BEIJING Bepert being drafted fir cabinet; posh for extension largely from provinces Bloomberg Business News, AFX-Asia IN A move which could save foreign companies millions of dollars, the Chinese government may extend the grace period given to foreign funded companies
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      Lock icon Reforms don't herald large-scale privatising
      182 10 BEIJING Reuter CHINA said yesterday its increasing effort in state enterprise reform did not hail the beginning of large-scale privatisation. Chen Qingtai, Vice-Minis-ter of the State Economic and Trade Commission, rejected privatisation of state-owned enterprises as part of the reform plan, the China Securities newspaper
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      Lock icon Central bank chief sees inflation around 7% this year
      152 10 BEIJING Reuter CHINA'S central bank governor Dai Xianglong has forecast annual inflation rate for all of this year to be around 7 per cent, the Financial News said yesterday. The newspaper quoted Mr Dai as saying that the government's macro-economic control
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        Lock icon China sees healthy current account
        79 10 AFP V iwmm [BEIJING] China is expected to report anatbar substantial coßtkhwbhftJl faith* capital uronut 3&dlmbi news sgency said yesterday. Citing government experts, Xinhua yesterday said the country's currsntaccount should be around USf7 billion (St 9 JS billion) JatigfeMVi by the end of the year.
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        Lock icon Taipei to cut import tariffs on 1.121
        92 10 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] Taiwan would cut tarttb on 1,121 imported tonal as part of its efibrts to free Hs markets and boost Ms Md to join ithe World Trade Organisation, LiuJung-chu, the director of customs administration at the finance ministry, said. The reductions, in
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        Lock icon 15 China officials arrested for graft
        58 10 AFP fHONGKPNG] Chineee authorities havemea(ed IS government officials in eastern China tor accepting bribes, it was reported yesterday. Hie 15, tedaiing the mayor and vice-mayor of Mingguaag city in Anhui province, were arrested after seme 56 eaeea of corruption were expoeed by members ofthepubUc,
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        Lock icon Beijing London sign tax accord
        71 10 Reuter [BEIJING] China and Britain signed a protocol on doubts taxation yesterday. The protocol amends an earliertax accord and extends tax sparing treatment to cenpanieeof both countries. That thatflnniMim ««'itttnlry receiving a tax holiday on investments in the other country are considered as having paid
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      Lock icon On the wash beat
      55 10 [SHANGHAI] Chinese country girls, dressed in contemporary fashions, doing their laundry in the traditional way by using beaters. They were washing their clothes by a stream in a village in Yongjia county in Zhejiang province, south of Shanghai Washing machines have yeUo penetrate many rural areas
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      Lock icon Taiwan investment in China rising in 2nd half
      394 10 SHANGHAI It may reach USssob in next two years as ties improve Reuterr TAIWAN investment in China started to pick up in the second half and could reach US$5O billion (Ss7o billion) in the next two years, the chairman of the Taiwan
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      Lock icon Qian invites democrats to help choose HK's next govt
      239 10 HONGKONG AFP CHINESE Vice-Premier Qian Qichen has invited the Hongkong Democratic Party to help choose the territory's first government under Chinese rule, a Chinese official said yesterday. The invitation to the democrats, fierce critics of China's plans for Hongkong, was in
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      274 10 How to get to the Eastern USA faster. I r 1 I ilh n m Tokyo m In Shtgmporr' J| V i h liL ~H Mr 1 Boston New York Minneapolis I Detroit Chicago J"'«, Cleveland Fly Northwest Washington D.C. x, f Lexington When you travel to the Eastern USA,
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  • ASIA
    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Indian govt set to fall, says opposition
        69 11 AFP (NEW DELHI] An Indian opposition leader has predicted the country's minority government is set to fall, sparking fresh elections early next year, press reports said yesterday. Kanshi Ram, president erf the Bahujan Sam a) Party (BSPX said on Sunday in the northern
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        Lock icon Japanese warships visit South Korea
        79 11 Reuter tPUSAN] South Korean sailors yesterday welcomed into port the first Japanese warships to visit since World War U, signalling warmer ties between the two Asian adversaries. The visit of the 4,060-tonne training ship Kashima and 2,960-tonne destroyer Sawayuki to the southern port of Pusan
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        Lock icon Japan August foreign reserves up
        40 11 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's foreign reserves rose US$l.B billion (552.52 billion) in August to reach a new record high of US$2l4 billion at the end of the month. It represented the 34th consecutive month-on-month increase. —AFP
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        Lock icon Radical students:Police offer rewards
        56 11 AFP [SEOUL] South Korean police yesterday offered rewards of up to U59&200 (558,680) for information leading to the arrest (rf 16 radical student leaders accused of spearheading violent demonstrations. Along with the rewards, police also began distributing posters with photographs of the 16 students at bus
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      Lock icon S Korea's net foreign debt up 26% to US$21.6b
      209 11 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea's net foreign debt swelled to a record US$2l.6 billion (Ss3o billion) at the end of March this year, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said yesterday. The foreign debt represents a 26.3 per cent increase from the US$l7.l
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      Lock icon Hashimoto in no hurry to convene parliament
      173 11 TOKYO Reuter JAPANESE Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto is in no hurry to convene parliament or draw up a supplementary public works budget steps that would point to general elections in early autumn aides said yesterday. Mr Hashimoto huddled with cabinet and ruling party
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      Lock icon The age of protest
      71 11 [SEOUL] Women's rights activists staging a rally near the Supreme Court building in southern Seoul yesterday, calling for the equal treatment of female workers in the application of age limits. Female members of the state-run Korea Telecom Corp also joined the rally, which was sparked by
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      Lock icon Prosecutors appeal against Roll's jail sentence
      222 11 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korean prosecutors filed appeals yesterday against the jail sentences given to ex-president Roh Tae Woo and 14 other former generals last week for their roles in a 1979 military mutiny and an insurrection. "Their sentences were lighter than our demand," a
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      Lock icon Pledge to probe cross-media ownership
      329 11 WELLINGTON Opposition Labour Party also wants to look into foreign control of media Reuter NEW Zealand's opposition Labour Party yesterday promised a probe into cross-media ownership and the degree of foreign control if it wins power at next month's general election. In an interview after
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      Lock icon Japan investors may pull out if HK system changes
      400 11 HONGKONG Concerns that capitalist system may be undermined when China takes over territory next year AFP JAPAN has warned that its investors may pull out of Hongkong if the capitalist system is undermined after the 1997 handover to China. Informed sources,
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      Lock icon Reducing budget deficit mil not hamper growth
      409 11 SYDNEY Treasury secretary says forecast for business investment impressive Reuter, Bloomberg Business News TREASURY Secretary Ted Evans yesterday said Australia should continue to enjoy quite robust growth during the process of reducing the budget deficit by the equivalent of 1.5 per cent of
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Oil prices surge as UN delays Iraqi exports
      366 12 LONDON Fighting in Iraq sends Octfntireefor Brent erode 19 US$l a barrel en IPE Bloomberg Business News OIL prices surged as fighting in Iraq threatened supplies from the Middle East and forced the United Nations to delay allowing Iraq to export crude
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      Lock icon A Euro threat to 20,000 jobs in Britain
      209 12 LONDON Reuter, AFP BRITAIN'S lack of preparation for the single European currency could cost up to 20,000 jobs in industry and the City of London's financial district, an independent think-tank said in a report yesterday. "London, which dominates the intra-European foreign exchange
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      Lock icon Carnaby Streets up for sale – for £70m
      203 12 Carnaby Streets up for sale for £70m LONDON AFP, Reuter CARNABY Street, which came to personify London fashion in the "swinging 60s", is up for sale, it was reported yesterday. Carnaby Street, near Oxford Circus in the heart of London, was the birthplace of the miniskirt, the Mao collar and
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      Lock icon Greenback strengthens on hopes of Fed rate hike
      233 12 LONDON AFP, Bloomberg Business News THE US dollar jumped against all major currencies on European markets early yesterday on expectations of monetary tightening in the US. By late afternoon, the dollar had risen to 1.4858 marks in London from 1.4793 late last
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      Hold talks on some issues before WTO meet: Norway
      286 12  -  OSLO By Yong Mei Fong NORWAY yesterday called for dialogues preferably before the inaugural World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference in Singapore in December to discuss human rights and environment issues. Three months ago, during his visit to Norway, Singapore Prime
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      Lock icon Govt backs Lebed's pact with Chechen rebels
      251 12 MOSCOW AFP. Reuter THE Russian government approved yesterday a plan to end the war in Chechnya signed by national security chief Alexander Lebed and the rebel leadership in the breakaway republic over the weekend. Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin told Gen Lebed in a
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Khmer Rouge finds it can't fight money
      711 13  -  Tim BOTTOMZJXE OPINION By Harish Mehta The writer is a BT correspondent specialising in Indochinese affairs IT IS NOT tanks, guns orpunji sticks that are finally destroying Cambodia's Khmer Rouge. At the end, it is the desire for economic development, in evidence everywhere
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      168 13 4 I feel that over time, the American people will be more interested in hearing what I have to say about politics than what others have to say about sex.' -Dkk Karris former Democrat strategist who resigned in the face of a tabloid report about a relationship
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      Is Japan in for a triple dip ?
      681 13 Is Japan in for a triple dip EDITORIAL JAPAN'S economy appears to be poised on the brink of a "triple-dip" recession, something that would be unparalleled outside of the Great Depression Already there have been charges of a serious failure of official policy-making, through errors of both commission and omission,
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      Arc of crisis in Asia
      1135 13  -  Its explosive economic growth contains political and military d angary warns US academic By] Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent A Dangerous Pacific Century? Pacific Defense: Arms, Energy, And America's Future In Asia (William Morrow and Company: New York, 1996), by Kent Colder
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      854 13 Wait most protect Knrds FIVE YEARS ago, western powers used force to establish a safe haven for the Kurds in northern Iraq... It was an improvised response to a crisis which had arisen as a by-prod-uct of the West's swift victory in the Gulf war. Like
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      37 13 POQWESPURT By Garry Trudeau WELCOME BACK 10 CON- 111 UfRBGOiHS t) GO NOW J) OUR TINUIN6CONVENTION kVST EXCELLENT FLOOR REPOR- ■fj r SAN WU r UHATTI COVERAGE ON'ALL TER, ELMONT POE, STANPING I J gr av I
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      Lock icon Film on IRA hero likely to stir passions
      537 14  -  Neil Jordan's account of the life of Michael Collins is generating much heat in the UK, says vera VERA HALLER Reuter DUBLIN-BORN director Neil Jordan says he never lost more sleep over a film than over Michael Collins, his controversial epic about
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      Lock icon Searching for glory with power
      677 14  -  USOPEN niliypNaiiul Ivanisevic om their mighty serves to batter *pp« rants By] Harvey Aratoa NYT [NEW YORK] In the very first game of what vaguely resembled a conventional tennis match, this was how Mark Philippoussis served notice on Sunday to Cedric Pioline that the Frenchman
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      Lock icon Magic ends for Davenport
      457 14 Tim Henman knocks out Todd Martin to do Britain proud NYT, Reuter, AFP [NEW YORK] Lindsay Davenport had become a favourite song, something to be played over and over again. People couldn't get enough of her. But it seemed the round-and-ropnd wore her so thin that
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      2298 16  -  Trust the advice of the caddies whose local knowledge will help you through the unusual layout of Surabaya's Finna course, says mickl&us D'CRUZ NICKLAUS D'CRUZ The writer is editor of The Asian Golf Review This review and further information about golfing in Asia are
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      Lock icon Orchard Parade interim profit up at $21.6 million
      493 17  -  Bit sharp rise is attributed to change in accounting method By. Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] Orchard Parade Holdings (OPH) yesterday posted interim group net earnings of $21.64 million for the six months ended June 30. This is up sharply from the $11.4 million
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      SES amendments a finetuning of rules
      389 17  -  LUI HUITOTHBUmTUIt Peter Chia manager, public affairs SES I REFER to the article entitled "New force-sell rules take effect" which appeared in The Business Times yesterday. The article contained several inaccuracies and conveys misleading information that contra players are expected to be hardest hit
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      Sunrise still not on horizon for local shipyards
      701 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Rahita Elias IT WAS a dark and drippy night last Tuesday when Keppel Shipyard got ready to celebrate the launch of its newest and largest dock in Singapore. Against the staccato beating of raindrops on the-tent top, Keppel Corp
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      Temasek selling Contech to STIC unit for $1m
      264 17  -  By Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] A Singapore Technologies Industrial Corp (STIC) subsidiary is to buy up a Temasek Holdings construction subsidiary as part of a move on Temasek's part to streamline its construction businesses. The deal entails STIC's Singapore Technologies Construction (ST Con)
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      New entrant LJ's profit up 35%
      263 17 [SINGAPORE] Newly-listed trading and engineering group Lindeteves-Jacoberg (LJ) yesterday reported a 35 per cent rise in interim net profit to $4.61 million over the previous corresponding halfyear. In its maiden set of results, Lindeteves-Jacoberg also recorded a 9 per cent rise in turnover to
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        SocGen launches new division
        445 18  -  y? Asian commodity and W. trading arm is part of strategy to make ,P S'pore regional HQ By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Societe Generr~.i ale is launching its Asian commodity and trading division here as part of a strategy to r make Singapore its regional headquarters
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        Econ to strengthen core divisions
        251 18 [SINGAPORE] Econ International will beef up its three core divisions engineering and construction, building materials and equipment, and property development for future growth, said Econ chairman Andry Pribadi in the group's annual report The group also expects its overseas operations in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
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        New Crosby chief to be named soon
        311 18 [SINGAPORE] Societe Generale, which took over Hong-kong-based Crosby Securities International (CSI) last month, will be naming the new chief executive within a couple of weeks, a senior bank official said. Charles Pierron, chief executive officer of SocGen's Singapore branch, added that ■SocGen, the
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        39 18 [HONGKONG] Simon Heale (right), Cathay Pacific's deputy managing director (commercial) demonstrating the airline's new economy class personal television sets to cabin attendants yesterday. Cathay Pacific is spending HKfl billion (SSIB2 million) retrofitting itsfleet REUTER
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        Lock icon Kelanamas to sell 26m Perstima shares
        106 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Kelanamas Industries Bhd has entered into an agreement to dispose of 26.4 million ordinary shares of Msl each or 22.03 per cent of the issued and paid-up share capital of Perstima Bhd. The proposed M 5237.6 million (Ssl34 million) sale to
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        STAe wins US$21m Northwest Airlines deal
        214 18 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe) has clinched a US$2l million (5129.6 million) contract with Northwest Airlines to modify nine Boeing 747-200 aircraft with an option for another six. According to a statement issued yesterday, the contract was bagged by STAe's commercial aircraft maintenance arm
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        Lock icon Tenaga may not raise rates but will focus on cost cutting
        273 18 Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Tenaga Nasional Bhd, seeking to restore its battered public image, indicated that it may not seek an increase in the tariffs it charges customers for electricity and, instead, may focus on cutting costs to
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        Lock icon New forms for businesses
        138 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The Registrar of Companies (ROC) will use new business registration forms in a move to upgrade its efficiency in maintaining records of business registrations at all levels. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Abu Hassan Omar said the changes were consistent with the
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        Sum Cheong and China state unit team up
        358 18  -  They will jointly undertake projects in China and SE Asia By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Hongkonglisted Sum Cheong International has struck a co-opera-tion deal with China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSC). The two parties will jointly seek, evaluate and undertake various construction
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        Malaysia's MMC eyes Indon oilfields via Aussie firm
        302 18  -  Prom\ Surinder Singh in Sydney LISTED resources group Malaysia Mining Corporation plans to move into the fast-de-veloping Indonesian oil business through a Perth company, City View Corporation Ltd, local press reports said yesterday. City View chairman Mark Smyth was quoted in yesterday's
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        Lock icon Eden's IPO oversubscribed
        162 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Eden Enterprises (M) Bhd's public issue and offer for sale of 4.12 million shares have been oversubscribed by 53.51 times. It received 137,102 applications for 224.41 million shares. For the bumiputra applications, which constituted 30 per cent of the shares offered as approved by
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          Teck Wah profit plunges 68%
          77 18 [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-listed Teck Wah Paper Product yesterday reported a 69 per cent drop in group net earnings to 1216,000 for the half-year ended June 30 despite a 9.6 per cent rise in turnover to 127.01 million The group attributed the drop to start-up losses from
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          Tuan Sing forms holding companies
          42 18 [SINGAPORE] Property and construction group Tuan Sing Holdings has formed two wildly owned subsidiaries, Golden Cape Investments and Silveridge Investments. Both investment holding companies have an authorised capital of $100,000 and issued and paid-up capital of $2.
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          SembCorp appoints STIC chief to board
          41 18 [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Corp has appointed Singapore Technologies Industrial Corp (STIC) chairman Wong Kok Siew to ittboard of directors. He has also been appointed as a member of Semba wang Corp's executive committee and budget committee.
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          Thai bank signs US$100m FRCD
          87 18 [SINGAPORE] Thailand's Nakornthon Bank has tapped the Singapore offshore market for US$lOO million (Ssl4i million). It will issue floating rate certificates of deposit (FRCDs) through its Cayman Islands branch to 17 financial Institutions. The five-year issue, sealed yesterday, will carry an interest margin of 0.5
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        Lock icon First Pacific's interim profit down 29.7%
        484 19 IndM-ctntroUed group expects 2nd half to improve with possible one-off gains Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] First Pacific Co Ltd said first half net profit fell 29.7 per cent as a lack of one-time gains outweighed strong growth in its mobile phone business. The Indonesian-controlled
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        Lock icon HSBC group to construct own building in Tokyo
        264 19 Building seen as emphasising group's presence in Japan Reuter THE HSBC group, headed by flagship company Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp, is planning to construct its own building in Tokyo's business district, a HongkongBank spokeswoman said yesterday. The planned 10-storey building, which
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        Riady family vows to keep Lippo group
        439 19  -  Restructuring of finance arm not a divestment, says deputy chairman From S N Vasuki in Jakarta THE Riady family, founders of Indonesia's high-profile Lippo empire, has reassured investors that the family would maintain a controlling stake in the group. The reassurance comes after
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        Lock icon Amcor reports rare slump in profit
        469 20 Firm Mamas paper pricephmfiaii poor packaging bosinesa in AistraHa and Germany Reuter [MELBOURNE] Global paper and packaging group Amcor Ltd announced yesterday a rare slide in annual profit, blaming weak world paper prices and fiat economic growth at home, but its shares held firm
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        Lock icon TNT may get up to A$75m if News Corp sells Ansett stake
        307 20 [SYDNEY] Global media company News Corp Ltd would pay transport firm TNT Ltd up to As7s million (SsB3 million) if News sold its SO per cent stake in Australia's Ansett Airlines before June 2003, TNT said. TNT also
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        Lock icon Samsung plans commodity-based investment spree in Australia
        490 20 Food, energy and metalaareaettebe the main aectera Reuter [SYDNEY] South Korea's Samsung Co group, anticipating a future food shortage in the region, is planning one of the biggest commodity-based investment sprees ever in Australia by a foreign company. After quietly servicing Australia-Korea trade
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        Lock icon Dasa, unions agree on cost-cutting plan
        391 20 Bloomberg Business News [MUNICH] Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG (Dasa) said it reached an agreement with unions on a cost-cutting programme intended to tw«k» the company profitable. Employees approved the so-called "Dolores" plan, announced in October, after months of demonstrations and walkouts protesting proposed job cuts
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        Lock icon Morgan Grenfell stops 3 funds
        485 22 It also suspends a fond manger over possible irregularities Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Morgan Grenfell Asset Management halted trading in three funds and suspended a fUnd manager after it said it discovered "possible irregularities" in some unquoted securities held by the portfolios. Morgan Grenfell, one
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        Lock icon Jardine Fleming sanctions fair and sufficient says SFC
        288 22 Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong's top financial watchdog and investment fUnds association yesterday defended as both severe and fair the penalties meted out to securities house Jardine Fleming for flouting trading rules. Financial regulators in the British colony, which prides itself as Asia's top
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        China studying scope for foreign joint ventures in fund management
        380 22  -  But direct foreign participation not likely in near future, says HE group From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong CHINA is conducting feasibility studies on the idea of Sinoforeign joint ventures for its domestic fund management industry, the Hongkong Investment Funds
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        Euroyen trading likely to subside, with tankan report setting tone
        386 22  -  Shift of focus may benefit Eurodollar, say traders By\ Siow Li Sea [SINGAPORE] Interest in the Euroyen futures contract which is traded on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) is expected to dissipate quickly now that the Bank of Japan's
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        Lock icon Japanese banks lower deposit rates
        196 22 Bernama-Kyodo [TOKYO] Japan's 10 big commercial banks yesterday lowered their time deposit interest rates for terms of six months or longer to levels matching the record loprs set last September, the banks said. Deposit rates had been picking up after declining to record low levels
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        Lock icon Newbank takes over failed credit unions' debts
        224 22 Bernama-Kyodo [TOKYO] Resolution and Collection Bank, the Japanese version of Resolution Trust Corp (RTC) of the US, was created yesterday to take over the assets and debts of bankrupt credit unions. The new bank was established by reorganising Tokyo Kyodou Bank, which was
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        Lock icon Euroyen steady in slow trade
        249 22 HiMKI Report Reuter (SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures ended barely changed in lacklustre trade after tracking a confined range all day. Sentiment is bullish, dealers said, but the contract is in overbought territory and likely to consolidate before making further gains. September Euroyen contract ended at
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        175 22 Reuter London THE dollar closed up, supported by speculation about higher US interest rates and concern over Iraqi military activity in the Kurdish north. The US currency's progress was painfully slow though as the release of key European and US data looms later in the week and US
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        322 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [SINGAPORE] Low stocks, a cut in refinery output and the onset of winter demand will prompt India to import up to 100,000 tonnes of ftiel oil per month until February, traders predicted yesterday. India's fuel oil inventories had run low because
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      1538 23 Reuter Q Nikkei 22S -81.71 STOCKS ended lower, after the key index battled fiercely to avoid sinking past the 20,000point level on pressure from the Dow which weakened on Friday. Brokers said trade was thin and centred around speculative shares. The 225-issue Nikkei Average lost 59.79 points to 20,107.11.
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      1440 24 Reuter PHingStng -62.46 STOCKS ended the session weaker, hit by fears of higher interest rates, but prices were off their lows by the close as bargain-hunters stepped in around support levels. The Hang Seng Index fell 52.45 points to 11,106.57 after reaching the day's low of 11,046.82. Turnover was
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      557 24 Reuter, Bloomberg Business News QSuumuu B Store Mb +OJ7 SHANGHAI B shares firmed in slow trading, with investors adjusting their positions on the basis of firms' interim results. The index ended up 0.17 point to 51.58 on volume of 6.1 million shares worth US$2.l million. Brokers said institutions were
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      329 24 AFP HWPhfai +17J7 SHARE prices finished higher as investors reacted calmly to the inclusion of Taiwan stocks in Morgan Stanley indices. 'Though 72 issues were officially listed in Morgan Stanley indices from today, investors were more concerned over the issue of Taiwan's direct shipping links with China," said a
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      254 24 Reuter PWeDmgtop -UK SHARES closed lower in quiet trade. Brokers said it was no surprise for the market to retreat after the weakness in US markets on Friday. The Top 40-share Index ended 12.05 down at 2,216.72. Renter h*2 «o *t- cmm AMZ Banking 7.45 -OK) 663 Advanlafn HMfi
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      741 24 AFP □set Mm -iia» SHARE prices closed lower due to concern over the country's export performance and local political worries. "Sentiment was poor all day. Foreign investors were concerned over last week's figures on exports and the current account deficit, while locals were worried about the political situation," said
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      320 24 AFP Dof«it»hig -7J3 STOCKS closed lower amid fears about planned new stock listings and a technical correction following recent steep gains. "Investors are jittery about the high level of stock supply planned this month, exported to be one trillion won (511.7 billion)," said an analyst The Composite Price Index
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      541 24 AFP □ilONtaria -Bl A GLUT of profit results and fears of a US interest rate rise pushed share prices down. The All Ordinaries Index closed 12.0 points lower at 2,256.7. Turnover was 248.96 million shares valued at A 5468.09 million. Mayne Nickless which reported an 85 per cent plunge
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      690 24 AFP IJn—qi—frnfafrT 458 SHARES closed lower in thin trade, with foreign investors absent amid concerns over the outlook for US interest rates. "The concerns about interest rates in the US seem to be rattling everybody and it is just making matters worse here," said a dealer. The JSE Composite
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      Lock icon MANILA
      246 24 AFP Qlub +28j88 SHARES firmed after the release of higher-than-expected gross national product figures for the first half of 1996. "The GNP figures caught a lot of investors by surprise," said an analyst, referring to the 7.06 per cent growtlf in the six months to June. The Composite Index
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        Lock icon Plantation, car stocks lower
        6992 25 Bloomberg Business News HOwnpoßtelaig -1237 STOCKS fell to their lowest point in two weeks, led by plantation and car stocks amid concern earnings growth will slow. Both these counters, which were once among investors' top picks "are not that hot now", said an analyst. "They've come
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        HOT STOCK
        70 28  -  Paul Leo METRO HOLDINGS fell 15 cents to $5.00 yesterday with 1.1 million units done, slightly more than half the lOday average of two million shares. The correction from the high of $6.20 on Aug 23 to yesterday's close is about 61 per cent, a fibonacci ratio, of
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        Most Asian marts drift on stronger US bond yields
        855 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY The STii's break below the 2,150-point level on low turnover indicates participants' general apathy and the market's wait-and-see mood By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The pall over the stock market was decidedly darker than the gloomy weather outside yesterday.
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          Mason far Millfield
          168 28 IN RESPONSE to an item In this column last Saturday about Millfleld, the British public school in Somerset, we received a fax from David Mason, chairman of the Old Millfleldian Society: "I am aghast! Millfleld, my alma mater, 'is not seen to be a particularly famous or
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          No ecstasy for banker's nephew
          95 28 WE HEAR that the 25-year-old nephew of a well-known banker was nabbed recently at a night spot, and tested positive for the drug Ecstasy. He claimed he was unaware that someone had spiked his orange juice with the designer pill. Another club that was raided
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          Sexy handphone
          56 28 TALKING about Hot bod. We've received an invitation to the launch of "The Sexiest Handphone In the Market" from Nokia Mobile Phones to be held at the semi-striptease joint at Clarice Quay. We wait with bated breath for the Nokia 8110 which promises to be "stylishly designed to
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          Crosby chaps return
          82 28 TRACKING your brokers can be just as difficult as monitoring your stock prices. In a one-line statement yesterday, Crosby Securities said two of its senior executives who left the group recently—Mark Martyrossian in Hongkong and Pattera Dilokrungthirapop in Thailand—have decided to rejoin the group. No reasons were
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          Abtrust keeping mum for now
          68 28 ABTRUST Fund Managers, which win be launching its first Singapore unit trust before the end of the month, is not letting the cat out of the bag just yet A company official would only hint that the trust will "go against the current trend and
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      311 29 Knight Ridder, Reuter SHARPLY lower rates on the key US Gulf-Japan grain cast a pall over the freight market, although the upcoming Labor Day holiday has also contributed to sluggish trading, brokers said. Bififex immediately moved lower, correcting the curious upward move of the previous close, Clarkson Wolff
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      422 29  -  CONFERENCE ON NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION Ttaffic through straits off Malacca and STpore wOl increase with S-E Asia's economic boom, says Jayaknmar Reports by] Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Foreign Affairs Minister S Jayakumar yesterday cautioned users of the straits
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      264 29 [SINGAPORE] Japan may join a regional programme for marine pollution prevention and management, said International Maritime Organisation (IMO) secretary-general William O'Neill yesterday. In his keynote address made to participants of a conference on the straits of Malacca and Singapore, Mr O'Neill said that 11
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      288 29  -  WATERFRONT REFORM, PORTS A SHIPPINO CONFERENCE Unions have contributed to port inefficiency, says John Sharp From Jerzy Farynski in Sydney THE national interest in bringing about waterfront reform in Australia is very strong and cannot be left solely in the hands of maritime
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      103 29 MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] Sabah Shipyard has built and delivered a power barge and a fuel storage barge, the first Malaysian company to undertake such a venture. It was awarded the contract in January this year to construct the 40 megawatt barge mounted power plant and
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        72 29 Reuter [BEIJING] China National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corp signed a US$l2O million (*****.2 million) deal yesterday to build two cargo vessels for a Myanmese shipping company, the Xinhua news agency said. The Chinese firm would make two 12,000-deadweight tonne cargo ships
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        86 29 Reuter [LONDON] Kvaerner ASA said over the weekend that Kvaerner Mandal has been awarded a US$36 million (5550.7 million) contract by the Royal Norwegian Navy for a sea-going catamaran. "This contract is very important and makes the future clear for Kvaerner Mandal, which is one of
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        78 29 Reuter (SEOUL! Two Japanese navy ships docked in the Korean port of Pusan yesterday, marking the first such visit since Japan's occupation of the country ended in 1945. Some 550 seamen and officers from the 4,000-tonne trainer ship Kashima and 3,000-tonne escort destroyer Sawayuki
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      247 29 Reuter [DAR ES SALAAM] The Tanzania!) port of Dares Salaam, the gateway to much of East and Central Africa, plans to increase its cargo-handling capacity and navigational aids. Tanzania Harbour Authority (THA) managing director Samson Luhigo said a US$35 million (5549.3 million) dredging
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      132 29 Reuter [LONDON] British transport and construction company Peninsular and Orient Navigation Co (P&O) has begun preliminary discussions on cooperation with its competitors in the ferry business between England and France to counter the impact of Eurotunnel. The British government earlier this year decided to remove
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      1072 30  -  AEROSPACE INDUSTRY: CLEARER SKIES AHEAD Aircraft makers are starting to emerge from a five-year slump and the industry's top executives have gathered for the Farnborough Air Show with expectations for orders and major plans for new products By Reed Landberg NYT AT A former military airfield
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        302 43 SEPTS Qatar: Independence Day. SEPTS Pakistan: Defence Day. SEPT 8 Malta: Our Lady of Victories. SEPT 11 Pakistan: Quaid's Death Anniversary. Spain: Market and Public holiday in Catalonia, Catalan National Day. Madrid markets open. Chile: Anniversary of 1973 coup. SEPT 14 Nicaragua: Battle of San Jacinto. IS Israel:
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        939 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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        431 44 Carrier to ose NZs3som in cash reserves and to borrow NZsl9om to fond purchase Reuter {WELLINGTON] Air New Zealand Ltd said yesterday it had agreed to buy 50 per cent of Australia's Ansett Holdings from TNT Ltd for a total of
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        Boeing reveals new sales order worth US$6.3b
        254 44 muummooaa am, show 406 aircraft ordered m far this year compared with 346 sold for whole of "96 [FARNBOROUGH, England] Boeing Co announced yesterday a package of new aircraft sales together worth US$6.3 billion (SsB.B billion). It said orders included the launch sale
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        300 44 Bloomberg Business News [FARNBOROUGH, England] McDonnell Douglas Corp said won US$7lO million (Ssl billion) worth of orders for its commercial aircraft from airlines in the US, Egypt, Turkey and Brazil. The biggest of the new orders is from TWA of the US, Which
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        66 44 [PRAGUE] Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus spraying champagne on the new mid sized Skoda Octavia sedan at a street party unveiling event in Prague's Old Town Square on Sunday. The Octavia is thefirst upmarket post-communist model launched by Volkswagen AG's Czech unit Skoda Automobilova
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        201 44 Reuter [MUNICH, Germany] Daim-ler-Benz Aerospace AG, Germany's largest aircraft maker, is spinning off two of its aircraft plants as part of a compa-ny-wide effort to reduce costs and return to profit by 1998, Dasa said in a statement. According to Dasa,
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        163 44 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's sales of new cars fell 2.1 per cent from a year earlier to 290,144 units in August, reversing a 5.4 pec cent rise the previous month, an industry group said. The Japan Automobile Dealers Association yesterday said in
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        Lock icon Air traffic controls over Africa chaotic, says pilots' report
        219 44 AFP [JOHANNESBURG] South African pilots have warned that "chaotic" air-traffic management over Africa is endangering airline jets and their passengers, the Johannesburg Sunday Times said. The Airline Pilots' Association of South Africa, the report said, intends to raise the "intolerable" situation
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          83 44 [SINGAPORE] Worldwide logistics firm Air Express International (AEI) has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by Bristol-Myers Squibb to handle air and ocean export movements finom Europe. The contract covers transport of bulk finished pharmaceuticals and r-humtcal x: products ranging from infent feeds to hair dye.
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          Lock icon Doctors call for smoking ban on airlines
          70 44 Reuter [LONDON] Doctors from across Europe urged "Htrwy yesterday to ban smoking on all flights that use European:: airports to improve the health and safety of passengers staff. 'There is no such thing as a smoke-free arte on any aircraft where even one
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          Lock icon Ansett may scrap first-class cabin
          50 44 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Ansett Airlines Holdings Ltd may scrap first class from its domestic air service in a bid to cut losses, The Australian Financial Review reported yesterday. First-class seat sales have dropped 45 per cent in two years, the paper said.—Bloomberg Business News
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          Lock icon NZ strikes may affect int'l flights
          72 44 Bloomberg Business News [WELLINGTON] Strikes by New Zealand's air traffic controllers planned for next week may lead to a ban on international flights, the New Zealand Herald newspaper reported yesterday. It said a contingency plan prepared by the Airways Corp, which runs the traffic
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          Lock icon Cathay flying daily to New York
          48 44 Knight-Ridder [HONGKONG] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd has been flyir the Hongkong-New York route daily since Sunday, increasing its frequency from the current ft flight* par week. The change also means that the airline now flies twice daily to Vancouver, Cathay said. —Knightßidder
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        Lock icon China to sell Zhuhai airline, airport stakes
        197 44 KnightRidder [HONGKONG] China has signed preliminary agreements to sell a group of Saudi Arabian investors up to 35 per cent of Zhuhai Airlines and 49 per cent of the Zhuhai airport in the country's southern special economic zone, the South China Morning Post
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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        Lock icon Rolls-Royce hopes for more orders from Egypt group
        213 44 Reuter LONDON] British aero-en-gine maker Rolls-Royce said it hoped a deal worth up to US$45O million (*****.5 million) with the private Kato Group of Egypt for engines to power Russian Tupolev airliners would be followed by more. But a Rolls-Royce spokesman said
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