The Business Times, 10 September 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046V12/95 85c SINGAPORE Internet- http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, SEPTEMBKH 10,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Lane Crawford to shut Orchard Road store
    512 1  -  MPDLtolose contracted rent of $21.35 m, service charges of $2-9 m sy) Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Hongkong retailer Lane Crawford is ceasing its Singapore operations at its Orchard Road store from Oct 1. The loss-incurring upmarket retailer will terminate its lease at Lane
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    KLSE seeks views on 3-day delivery period
    291 1  -  Exchange asks brokers for feedback en effects of mm By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has asked broking houses in Malaysia for feedback on a plan to shorten the delivery period for shares to three trading days after the transaction
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    Lock icon Falcon Crest builder offers to rebuy units
    461 1  -  By. Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Private developer Ban Hin Leong (BHL) is offering to buy back units of Falcon Crest, an apartment block it built and sold in the early *****, at almost 10 times what it got for them more than 10 years
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    Panic selling grips Thai bourse, baht under threat
    402 1  -  From. Alan Boyd in Bangkok PANIC selling deepened the crisis in Thailand's stock market yesterday, with brokers warning that the capital flight would renew pressure on the besieged baht. The key Stock Exchange of Thailand Index plunged a further 21.19 points, or
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      90 1 ScUSSE*"*" Property and hotel tycoon Kwek Leng Beng is interested to buying the Metropofe hotel chain in Britain for £2SOm, nys a newsDaoer report lr~ pfit OtomoreexftfrMna ttu*iniFV V"-' SSSKLTW iA A good fit for CDL's dhlUoo NpS 'v' f A? Jft Bottomiine needs all the boost it can get
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      9 1 Editorial Pg 15 ,notanwaa w* FuU rtports, Fg U
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Former GM fined $60,000 for spreading misleading information
      260 2  -  By< Conrad Raj FOR the first time in Singapore, a person was convicted yesterday for disseminating misleading information that could have caused the share price of a listed company to Call. Harold Tan Hock Chye a former general manager of Liang Court
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      Tourism revenue seen rising 5-6% this year
      329 2  -  STPB launches plan to promote public awareness of the value of tourism By Agnes Wee REVENUE from tourism is projected to rise by some 5 to 6 per cent this year to about $12.3 billion, said Singapore Tourist Promotion Board chief executive Tan
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      New lease of life for Taman Jurong
      436 2  -  HDB estate fifth tobe redeveloped under Estate Renewal Strategy Byi Abdul Hadhi TAMAN Jurong will become the fifth Housing and Development Board (HDB) estate to be redeveloped under the Estate Renewal Strategy (ERS). At a briefing yesterday, National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang
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      Lock icon Punggol 21 concept to be used in new towns like Pasir Ris
      275 2 The Straits Times Plana are afoot to model new towns like Pasir Ris, Bishan and Tampines after the new housing concept to be mapped out for Punggol, National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang said on Sunday. He told
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      Lock icon Nokia handphone to have Asian language interface
      199 2 DUBBED the sexiest handphone by the British media, the Nokia 8110 was launched yesterday at Hotbods, Singapore's tamer version of the Chippendales. With its contoured body and sliding mouthpiece, it is a better facefit And there are three slide positions to choose from.
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      Lock icon Cause for concern or false alarm?
      351 2  -  EYE OMT THE ECONOMY Outlook Byi Anna Teo THE official composite leading index an indicator of economic activity about three quarters ahead has, with its 3.1 per cent dip in the second quarter, declined for three consecutive quarters. Is there cause for concern? The
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      Westin's S'pore hotels are best performers of the group
      339 2  -  They achieved gress operating margins in the mid-40% level By. Agnes Wee THE Singapore operations of the international Westin Hotels and Resorts group, represented by the Westin Stamford and Westin Plaza, were the top performers last year among the group's worldwide
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      Getting 200 tonnes of equipment and props ready for opera Aida
      298 2 WITH the world premiere of Aida only three nights away, no one has their arms fuller than freight forwarding company Trans-Link Express. The logistics provider for the opera has to make sure that the 200 tonnes of equipment and
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      Octagon's 7th floor up for sale
      112 4 THE seventh floor of Cecil Street building The Octagon has come up for sale by tender. Marketing agent Edmund Tie Company said yesterday that past transactions at The Octagon valued the building's space at close to $1,900 per square foot. The last known transaction
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      Hong Leong to launch Ballota Park next week
      370 4  -  $660-sf7o psf price range shows developers still cautious: analysts By\ Michelle Low THE Hong Leong group wiU start seUing its latest Upper Changi project Ballota Park next Friday, at prices which, analysts say, show developers are still cautious. Phase one of the
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      Lock icon Suzhou park officials urged to increase efforts
      450 4 uenant The Straits Times [SUZHOU] Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday urged Suzhou Industrial Park officials to redouble their efforts to attract investors, in the face of competition from other such ventures in China. He urged the Chinese officials working on the project
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      Lock icon CSSD attracts 65 projects, US$1.7b in investments
      203 4 The Straits Times [SUZHOU] A year ago, Rexton Hearing Systems, a German company manufacturing hearing aids, was the sole company operating in the Suzhou Industrial Park. Ten more have joined Rexton, and by the end of the year, another 12 are expected to
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        1.2m apply for ST2 shares
        47 4 THE finance ministry yesterday said almost 1.2 million Singaporeans have applied for the second tranche of Singapore Telecom shares, dubbed ST2. Of these, more than a million have been successfully allocated shares. The closing date for all applications is noon this Friday,
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        Trade minister at Aseas meeting
        68 4 TRADE and Ministry Minister Yeo Cheow Tbng will attend the four-day 28th Asean Economic Ministers' 4 Meeting (ASM) in Jakarta which kicks off tomorrow. Hie meeting is being preceded by the Senior Economic Officials' Meeting (SEOM) and the 10th Asean Free Trade Area council meeting.
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        Mercury.lead warning on medicines
        82 4 THE Ministry of Health has found excessive metal content in two Chineee proprietary medicines. Shu Wei Hua Qi Jiao Nang, sold under the Zhong Ti brand, was found to contain excess mercury, while Shanhaidan Capsule (batch number *****8), sold under the Qindan brand, was found to
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      288 3 BREITLIN G 1884 c{** '-f T:;-.y_ <^ffeJ *.*"'t y *£/\M3*ioSi*+C i*fe Mlir\ taM| AEROSPACE Multifunction quartz electronic instrument watch with hybrid displays. Altitude. Speed. Time... All shown by a Hours and minutes shown by conventional pointer or needle on an indicator, even on the hands aircraft. Because a pointer sweeping
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      312 4 Smaller .Asian Companies fc t Offer Bigger 'Investment Ckoices jMSS^Smm Templeton Investment Funds Asian Smaller Companies Fund. <*»'- v; r v TL The Asian Smaller Companies Fund seeks to benefit from professional management of the 1 benefit through investment in shares of new or assets day-to-day. smaller companies which emerge
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      12 4 DBS Land's landmark Shanghai project takes off, Pg2o THE Finest Scotch Whisky
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      179 5 <K^o 1 if *V.. is A Sbi«& pps. •<-* *;v«y«£?- i V i < o •> 5 m Republic Plaza, the towering new landmark of the Singapore skies, introduces the prestigious Republic Plaza 11. When completed, Republic Plaza II will be the last new office development at Raffles Place, the
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Mixing movies with shopping
      624 6  -  TBBPROPBETT COLUMN Cinoplex-cnm-mall complexes: will the trend last? By Lee Han Shih IN 10 years all stand-alone cinemas could be gone In Singapore. What will take their place? The death knell for cinemas as a separate entity was first rung when Yishun 10, a multiplex with
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      $25m facelift for Conrad International
      313 6 [SINGAPORE] The hotel industry's new kid on the block, the Conrad International Centennial at the new Millenia Mall in Marina Centre, is spending a total of $25 million to outfit the premises. The 509-room hotel, which will open its doors on Nov 8, sister hotel
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      Making a spirited break with tradition
      381 7  -  Some 20 units said to have been sold in Far East's soft-launch of Regent Heights By, Jenny Lam NG Teng Fong's Far East Organization has soft-launched Regent Heights condominium during the Hungry Ghosts month breaking away from a long-established tradition. Developers avoid marketing their
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      Condo site in Upper Serangoon area could fetch $60m
      252 7  -  By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] A big condominium redevelopment site with a 999-leasehold tenure in the Upper Serangoon area has been put up for sale. Marketing agent Joints Lang Wootton said yesterday that the squarish 122,000 sq ft site approximately the siae
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      137 6 For Sale By Tender Freehold Development Sites Opposite Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station /Z Mi liMi i I GARDENS t 18 September 1996 at 3pm 7j I r floors of office space, two floors of shops restaurants minutes from the Orchard MRT station, always outside the Restricted Zone. 25 SCOTTS ROAD
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      335 7 Investment For Sale By Tender 6-Storey Commercial Building At 78 South Bridge Road J Ideal for finance trading IB companies gj GFA approx 6,500 sq ft H Freehold tenure Within close proximity to Raffles Place MRT Fully tenanted Tender closing: 17 September 1996 at 3pm For Sale By Tender Hie
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      168 7 Prime Freehold Industrial Premises For Sale By Tender No. 30 Shaw Road Location Situated at Shaw Road, off MacPharaon Rood and Paya Leber Road. Description A 5-atoray Hght industrial bulcflng on a near rectangular site with a 70m frontage to Shaw Road. Legal Description Mukim 24, Lot 40-81. Land Area
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon S'pore envoy called in over merger remarks
      271 8 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama SINGAPORE has been informed that Umno felt offended and viewed seriously the statements of the Republic's leaders which insinuated that there is no meritocracy in Malaysia. Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday conveyed the message to the Singapore High Commissioner
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      Financial institutions urged to merge
      354 8  -  KUALA LUMPUR Merger will give them the size to compete, says Bank Negara governor By Ruth Wong BANK Negara Malaysia governor Ahmad Mohd Don, yesterday urged Malaysia's smaller financial institutions to merge to enable them to expand into new businesses. Speaking at his annual conference
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      Budget woes but Laos will join Asean next year
      339 8  -  SINGAPORE We are preparing ourselves; Laotian deputy minister By Harish Mehta LAOS is committed to joining Asean next year despite experiencing severe budget constraints and a shortage of trained manpower, said Laotian Deputy Foreign Minister, Phongsavath Boupha. "Our membership has been
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      Lock icon Economy seen headed for soft landing
      333 8 KUALA LUMPUR Reuter MALAYSIA'S announcement of a sharp growth slowdown in the second quarter from last year's swift expansion confirmed that the economy was headed for a soft landing, economists said yesterday. They said Malaysia was keeping its promise of slowing business activity and
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      Bambang to take part in US$1.5b MRT project
      378 9  -  JAKARTA Basic design of Jakarta system finalised, decree for implementation expected soon By\ S N Vasuki INDONESIAN tycoon Bambang Trihatmodjo, chairman of the Bimantara group, will be participating in a US$l.5 billion (Ss2.l billion) project to build an MRT system in Jakarta.
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      Megawati supporters open party office in Jakarta despite warning
      335 9  -  JAKARTA She may be signalling mm aggressive strategy: analysts By\ S N Vasuki DEFIANT supporters of Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday opened an office in east Jakarta despite a warning from a senior military official that the move was unacceptable.
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      Lock icon A giant takes shape
      44 9 [HO CHI MINH CITY] Traffic yesterday passing the partially completed Saigon Centre Hotel in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City. A dozen buildings of more than 30 storeys are under construction in the city, changing its skyline dramatically. AFP
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      Lock icon New Sarawak govt sworn in
      152 9 KUALA LUMPUR AFP THE new state government of Malaysia's timber-rich Sarawak was sworn in yesterday following the landslide victory of the ruling National Front coalition, which however was denied a clean sweep. The opposition clinched Ave of the 62 seats in the state legislature. The
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      Lock icon Afta's going smoothly, says Asean official
      243 9 JAKARTA Bernama, AFP EFFORTS towards the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) are continuing smoothly and all the member countries are keen on speeding up the process, an official has said. Asean secretary general Ajit Singh said Afta would make the region attractive for foreign
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Listed firms cheated investors with false statements: report
      317 10 SHANGHAI Such cams hurting credibility of company information, says newspaper Reuter SOME Chinese listed firms have issued false statements on their performance and cheated investors, the Shanghai Securities News said yesterday. One of the most serious incidents involved China Sichuan International Cooperation
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      Lock icon Search on for foreign listing hopefuls
      216 10 BEIJING AFP CHINA is in the process of selecting a fourth group of firms for listing overseas, the China Daily said yesterday. A Japanese securities executive urged listing on the Tokyo bourse as an alternative to Hongkong and New York. Guo Shuqing, secretarygeneral of
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      Lock icon Remembering Mao
      63 10 [BEIJING] Chinese lining up outside the Mao Zedong Mausoleum in Tiananmen Square to view Mao's remains yesterday, which was the 20th anniversary of the death of "The Great Helmsman who founded Communist China in 1949. No large-scale events were organised by the government for the occasion but thousands
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      Lock icon Taiwan minister's visit: China protests
      148 10 KUALA LUMPUR AFP CHINA has lodged a "strong" protest with Malaysia over a visit by Taiwan Foreign Minister John Chang, a Chinese embassy official said yesterday. "We have already made a very strong representation to the Malaysian government on the matter," the official said. Mr
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      HK to sky financial hub: China official
      293 10  -  SINGAPORE By' Teh Hooi Ling HONGKONG will maintain its status as an international financial centre for years to come and its economy will continue to grow at its present rate well after 1997 as long as China's economy does not falter, said a
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      781 10 Ki) Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited (INCORPORATED IN THAILAND) Balance Sheet Statement of Profit and Loss As at December 31,1995 For the year ended December 31,1995 ASSETS 1995 1994 1999 1994 BAHT BAHT CASH AND DEPOSITS AT BANKS INTEREST AND DIVIDEND Puti md deposits at bwh INCOME in Thailand 23,027.952,231
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon S Korean firms slash jobs to tackle soaring costs
      229 11 SEOUL Cutbacks are threatening to become the biggest since 1980 AFP SOUTH Korea's major business groups are laying off staff to reduce production costs, blaming high wages for eroding their competitive edge abroad. The cutbacks, threatening to become the biggest since
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      Lock icon Scientists to check out herbal fuel discovery
      112 11 MADRAS AFP INDIA'S top scientists have been drafted in to try and make sense of a baffling invention claimed to be the world's first "herbal fuel", a government official confirmed. V Ramamurthi, secretary at the Department of Science and Technology, said the country's
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      Lock icon Trade surplus sinks as imports rise
      212 11 TOKYO Reuter JAPAN'S trade surplus plunged in July from a year ago as imports increased, but the pace of the fall is likely to slow in the future, economists said yesterday. "I'd say there is a general consensus that the current account surplus is
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      Lock icon Shutdowns before polls likely to hurt govt
      255 11 M WELLINGTON Reuter THE collapse of a small New Zealand airline yesterday with the loss 0f250 jobs put the focus on a slew of recent large shutdowns that are likely to hurt the conservative government five weeks before a general election. Kiwi International
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      213 12 MASSIVE 1782 LOAD CAPACITY POWER STEERING ELECTRICALLY OPERATED WINDOWS INFRARED REMOTE CENTRAL LOCKING ENGINE IMMOBILISER ASHPERICAL DRIVER'S MIRROR 4 CHANNEL ABS DRIVER'S AIRBAG PRE-TENSIONER SEAT BELTS 3 REAR HEADRESTS LEATHER SEATS FOG LAMPS HIGH MOUNTED STOP lAMP 3RD QUARTER WINDOW DEMISTERS WOOD PANELLING INTEGRATED TAIL SPOILER ALLOY RIAAS 205 SECTION
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Strong US dollar benefits global economy: G-10
      377 13 BASEL Central bankers urge Europe to continue structural reforms Bloomberg Business News THE world's top central bank governors agree that a strong US dollar is in the interests of the global economy, Bundesbank president Hans Tietmeyer said. Speaking for the Group of 10
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      Lock icon US economy expected to grow 2.3%
      346 13 WASHINGTON Inflation will remain rabdued, say economists Bloomberg Business News THE US economy will probably grow at a 2.3 per cent pace both this year and next while inflation remains subdued, according to a survey by the National Association of Business Economists. The NABE
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      Lock icon Inflation risk seen in fall in jobless rate
      160 13 BOSTON NYT THE drop in the unemployment rate to 5.1 per cent in August raises the risks of unacceptable wage inflation, Laurence Meyer, one of the newest members of the Federal Reserve Board, warned on Sunday evening. "That makes a difference," Mr
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      Lock icon Beefing up airport security
      97 13 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News PRESIDENT Bill Clinton will ask Congress for US$l billion (511.4 billion) to beef up the nation's defences against terrorism at airports. "Shortly I will submit to Congress a budget request for more than US$l billion to expand our FBI anti-terrorism forces and
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      Lock icon BA to cut jobs over next 3 years
      226 13 LONDON AFP BRITISH Airways will cut the size of its workforce over the next three years as part of a plan to save money and concentrate its transport activities, the airline confirmed yesterday. The Independent newspaper reported yesterday that British Airways has
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  • FOCUS: EURO TRAVAILS
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      Lock icon Euro will not be easy money
      678 14 Hie 3-year transition period for European firms to switch to a single currency will cause many problems, a study forecasts FT [LONDON] IF ANY European politicians thought switching to a single currency would be simple, a 56-page French government-backed report may change their minds.
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      Lock icon French firms urged to get ready for Euro
      374 14 FT (LONDON] Large French companies could face severe problems in 1999 unless they speed up their preparations for the planned introduction of the European single currency, a study sponsored by the French central bank and finance ministry warns. The study, based on
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      The meaning of being developed
      791 15  -  TD BOTTOM un OPINION By Ong Wee Hock The writer was with the Economic Development Board for more than 15 years and was formerly general manager of CSA Holdings. THE CURRENT slowdown in, the economy is surely just a blip in the 30-year march towards
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      114 15 The tacit assumption of the political consultant is that the candidate is a lump of clay, and you use polls and focus groups to shape him.' a historian of the US presidency. 'He who doesn't get invited to dinner is out of the fighter business.' fcdnidl of
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      Bangkok's blues
      586 15 EDITORIAL THE downgrading last week of Thailand's sovereign debt rating by the credit-rating agency, Moody's, was unwelcome but not unexpected Over recent weeks, the bad news has been coming thick and fast from Bangkok. For instance, exports which comprise more than one-third of Thailand's GDP grew at a
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      Lock icon High price of ageing
      1067 15 Demise of the Age of Affluence can partly be blamed on the elderly Americans The Economist AMERICANS, particularly older ones, love to reminisce about the golden years of the 1950s and *****, when the economy boomed and living standards rose swiftly. Their nostalgia is understandable: Nowadays,
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      784 15 Stop tIMM Mm ttof strik* TERRORISM is psychological. It works because of fear and hysteria. Everyone feels vulnerable. But the worse thing we can do is let terrorists panic us into ill-considered reactions such as tampering with freedoms (unrestricted wiretapping, for example, or other dangerous expansions
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      31 15 POOMESBURT By Garry Trudeau CAtmTZIAMAUN6- TRUST MB. SIR.. PKAAVN9*ARB\\ PEN IS FINAL- I I pu# <&- ANPMZCAN IT* A BUYEfiS 71 SSS1£^i!LA wese BUDGET Li BACK IN 1 VN6RJP STILL ATTRACT MARKBT.
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon ER and Frasier win top Emmys
      959 16  -  Playing a town doctor, a radio psychotherapist and doctors in an emergency ward help TV star and shows garner awards, reports amita gates ANITA GATES NYT ER, NBC's fast-paced hit medical series, won the Emmy that many people expected it to receive a year
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      Lock icon Championship organisers come up aces
      805 16  -  US OPEN Byi George Vecsey NYT [NEW YORK] They tossed the ball high in the air and swatted a perfect ace. Was it blind luck or perfect wisdom or flat-out justice? Does it matter? The powers who operate the US Open finally did the right
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      Lock icon Sampras slams home for 4th title
      583 16 Second-seeded Chang no match for champion NYT [NEW YORK] Pete Sampras was on a last-ditch mission on Sunday night at the US Open, where time was running out on his final chance to seize control of a Grand Slam title in 1996 and keep
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      Kwek Leng Beng eyeing Metropole hotel chain
      305 19  -  Tycoon keen to boy Lonrho chain for £250 m: report From Neil Behrmann in London PROPERTY and hotel tycoon Kwek Leng Beng is one of the potential buyers of the Metropole hotel chain which is owned by British conglomerate Lonrho, it was reported
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      YHS may launch up to four property projects by end-96
      298 19  -  By. Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Soft-drinks manufacturer Yeo Hiap Seng may launch up to four residential projects by the end of this year, marking its debut in the property development business. Three of the four projects are 99-year leasehold landed developments
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      649 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih HAS Marco Polo Developments Ltd (MPDL) obtained the best deal it could from sister company Lane Crawford? And should their latest agreement not be subject to a shareholders' vote? Yesterday MPDL and Lane Crawford,
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      443 19  -  Switchgear maker pricing shares at 29 cents each By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Homegrown switchgear maker SMB United aims to raise $22.2 million through an initial public offer (IPO) of 103.12 million shares launched yesterday. The offer, which closes on Sep 19, is the second
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      189 19  -  By] R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Hongkong brokerage Sun Hung Kai Securities is closing its unit here by the end of this year. Sources said the company had given notice to about 10 people, mainly support staff. They were verbally told that they would be retrenched
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        Takeover talk boosts Wing Tiek
        428 20  -  Ex-Diperd&na chief may be in move which could lead to bid to boy into Perwaja By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The Kuala Lumpur market is abuzz with talk that Shahrani Abdullah, former executive chairman of haulier Diperdana Corp, has bought into steel maker Wing Tiek Holdings
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        295 20 Bloomberg Business News {SINGAPORE] Far East Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd's (Fels) diversification into electric power suffered a setback in Pakistan where its proposed US$l4O million (*****.7 million) venture with Jaya Holdings was scrapped. "You knock on the door, the door doesn't open. It's off," said
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        Kay Hian posts flat interim profit as market slides
        240 20 [SINGAPORE] A quieter market and lower stock prices in recent months left broking firm Kay Hian with flat aftertax profit of $21.39 million up just 1.9 per cent. But group turnover for the interim ended June 30 was actually up 22.9
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        128 20 [SINGAPORE] Industrial equipment supplier Causeway Investment pared its net losses 35.9 per cent to $907,000 for the half year to June 30. Turnover was up 26.9 per cent to $22.09 million. However, continued pressure on profit margins caused operating losses before interest payments and depreciation to widen
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        447 20 The Straits Times {SHANGHAI! Raffles is coming to Shanghai in the form of a US$3OO million (***** million) commercial centre. Dubbed Raffles Square, the building in downtown Shanghai is slated to be completed in the year 2000. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday
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        SingTech unit plans digital radio network
        231 20 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies' mobile trunked radio subsidiary plans to invest over $30 million in an advanced and fully digital trunked radio network over the next five years. Public trunked mobile communications is a wireless service similar to cellular phones, but used by closed user
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          Hind Hotels posts 47% profit rise
          67 20 [SINGAPORE] Hind Hotels International yesterday reported an interim group net profit of $2.67 million, up 47.3 per cent from the corresponding period last year. Turnover rose 14 per cent to $19.58 million. Earnings per share was 4.05 cents while net tangible asset backing per
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          Tiger Balm joint venture in India
          43 20 [SINGAPORE] Tiger Medicals Ltd yesterday entered into a agreement with four individuals to form a joint venture company in India, Haw Par Medicals (India) Pte Ltd. The company will manufacture and distribute Tiger Balm products in India.
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          RDC to co-purchase carrier
          78 20 [SINGAPORE] A Sembawang Industrial subsidiary, Resources Development Corp (RDC), said yesterday it and Link Highway Shipping (LHS) plan to buy a converted bulk bitumen carrier, MT Retalink 111. The purchase will be done through RM Shipping (RMS), whose authorised capital will be raised to $5 million
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          Tax relief for Electronic Resources
          44 20 [SINGAPORE] Listed Electronic Resources Ltd has become the first electronics distribution company to be awarded the Approved International Trader status by the Trade Development Board. As a result, it will pay a concessionary tax rate of 10 per cent.
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        432 22 Move will enable both to cat staff, costs and save resources for other areas: analysts Reuter [TOKYO] Amid intensifying competition in the international chemical industry, two leading Japanese chemical firms said yesterday they are discussing a merger that could create the second-largest chemical producer in
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        210 22 AFP [SYDNEY] A leading Australian energy company said yesterday it had won a multi-mil-lion dollar contract to design and supervise the construction of an electricity station in Vietnam. Pacific Power International Pty Ltd (PPI) said it would provide project supervision and support for
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        151 22 Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] Daewoo Electronics Co, South Korea's third-larg-est electronics maker, said it will probably buy Thomson Multimedia, the consumerelectronics arm of state-owned Thomson S A by the end of this year. "We are in negotiations with the French government and expect to
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        173 22 Reuter [TOKYO! Japan's Sanyo Electric Co said yesterday it planned to launch next-gener-ation television sets in Japan next month that can be used to surf the Internet. The sets, which will come in 21-inch (53-cm) and 28-inch models, will allow users an initial 10 hours
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        348 22 They are expected to be twice as fast as current models Reuter [NEW YORK] International Business Machines Corp will unveil today the third generation of its low-cost mainframes, which are almost twice as fast as current models and much-anticipated by
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        476 22 Higher advertising revenue helps boost netg&intoAsUsm Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Seven Network Ltd, Australia's second ranking commercial television network, said its net profit almost tripled to All 15.1 million (***** million) in the 53 weeks ended June 30 as its advertising revenue picked up. It
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        109 22 Reuter [JAKARTA] A subsidiary of Indonesia's state-owned oil company Pertamina plans to go public next year, the unit's president director said yesterday. "We hope we can go public in the first quarter of 1997," Aswad Dipo, president director of PT Elnusa, told reporters. "The money will
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        Lock icon Tingyi aims to double production lines
        228 22 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Co, China's largest noodle maker, will double the number of food and beverage production lines it operates by the end of this year to diversify earnings. In a statement, the company said its US$l5O million (Ss2lo
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        Lock icon Bailout to cost Deutsche 350m marks?
        472 23 Pay-out of op to this amount needed to compensate investors of three funds under probe: report AFP. FT, Reuter [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Bank is going to have to pay out up to 350 million Deutschemarks (Ss33o million) to compensate investors who put money into three
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        381 23 China will initially restrict transactions toPndong development zone FT [BEIJING] China expects to issue "within weeks" guidelines allowing foreign banks to engage in local currency business. But their activities will initially be restricted to Shanghai's Pudong development zone. Di Weiping, deputy director of the foreign
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        209 23  -  By Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] The irregularities at fund manager Morgan Grenfell are confined to three European funds managed in London, and have had no impact on the company's operations here, a Singapore-based spokesman for the firm said yesterday. In Singapore, Morgan Grenfell Investment Management manages
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        Asean fund nets target of US$100m
        270 23  -  By. Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] THE Association of South-east Asian Nations' second fund, launched in Singapore and Japan last week, has met its objective of raising US$lOO million (Ssl4o million). The Asean Supreme Fund's subscription agreement was signed yesterday by 45 managers representing leading banks
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        448 24 Investors turn cantions on Asian shares for economic, political reasons Reuter [TOKYO] Japanese investors are becoming wary of putting money in South-east Asian securities amid political woes and slowing economic growth in the area, and this has also depressed trade in Asian currencies, fund managers
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        44 24 [SEOUL] Workers at South Korea's traditionalKyongbokpalace in Seoul demonstrating a traditional method ofseparating grainsfrom rice stalksfor tourists visiting the palace yesterday. South Korea's agricultural ministry said the country's rice crop this year would surpass its demand of 4.85 million tonnes. REUTER
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        263 24 Los Angeles Times [WASHINGTON] The cash operation at the Los Angsles branch of the Federal Reserve Bank which processes US$BO billion (Ssll2 billion) of coin and currency every year is riddled with defects in its accounting system, according to a confidential draft
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        Banks sign deal to lend PNB US$100m
        335 24  -  Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Showing confidence in the Philippines' growing economy, bankers here gave its largest financial institution, Philippines National Bank (PNB), its second loan in barely four months. Sixteen banks based in Singapore, Labuan and Hongkong yesterday signed the agreement to lend
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        248 24 m win* Report Reuter (SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures ended on a firmer note yesterday following the weak-er-than-expected US August employment data. Although weaker than expected, the US job data released on Friday triggered market fears that the US interest rates might be hiked in
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        168 24 Reuter AFP London THE dollar hugged 1.49 marks and 109 yen throughout the European session as a string of US economic data later in the week kept a lid on activity. Immediate supports just below both thresholds failed to give way despite sporadic downside tests by interbank operators,
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        316 24 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [MOSCOW] Russia's oil industry may find 1997 its first real chance to turn the tide against steep output declines, as the domestic economy shows some of its best signs since post-Soviet reforms began, energy analysts said yesterday. A 0.2 per
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        Nymex hopes to finalise pact with Simex
        193 24  -  By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE) The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) hopes to reach an agreement with the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) on the installation of Access, the US exchange's electronic trading system, its president, R Patrick Thompson, said yesterday. Mr Thompson told
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      1591 25 Reuter +*74 STOCKS closed mixed, as an early morning rally, sparked by August US employment data on Friday, fizzled out, brokers said. Since the rebound was frail, stock prices may be trapped in a limited range this week, they said. The key 225-share Nikkei Average closed up 49.74 points
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      1514 26 Reuter dWHtngSeng *187.01 STOCKS staged a healthy rebound yesterday, more than recouping last week's losses, but low turnover suggested investors remained cautious on the near-term outlook. The Hang Seng Index ad- vanced 187.01 points, or 1.7 per cent, to 11,212.60. Turnover was an unimpressive HK$3.2O billion, compared with HK13.35
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      578 26 Reuter Pshiaghiiß Share lain 4M SHANGHAI B shares ended down, with market barometer Shanghai Lujiazui recovering dramatically just before the close. The index ended down 0.09 to 51.09, after hitting an in-tra-day low of 50.37 on volume of 9.8 million shares worth US$4.3 million. Brokers said that late buying
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      368 26 AFP QVFUez +43L46 SHARES closed higher due to an influx of foreign capital. "Sentiment was upbeat due to increasing institutional purchases and an influx of foreign capital," said a trader. The TSE Weighted Price Index rose 63.46 points to 6,435.43. Turnover was 1.82 billion shares worth NT158.99 billion. Risers
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      708 26 AFP □Compoattbfex -L 23 SHARE prices fell yesterday, with most foreign investors sidelined amid weak sentiment despite a rise on Wall Street last Friday. An analyst said: "Sentiment is weak towards Indonesia. Fund managers always ask: 'Why Indonesia?' when recommended to come into this market." The Composite Index lost
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      807 26 AFP PSETMat -2LH SHARE prices fell 2.1 per cent yesterday on concerns over the economy and domestic politics as a promised support fund failed to make much of a dent. "The value was not large, so the support fund is not doing much, while negative sentiment is a big
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      287 26 AFP QMujb -3.74 STOCKS fell yesterday as foreign investors sold shares. "We expected some recovery today following Wall Street's rise on Friday but most investors are Just ignoring that. Foreigners are still net sellers," said a trader. The PSE Composite Index fell 3.74 points to 3,166.42. Turnover was 4.2
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      360 26 AFP no«np«toMg ***** SHARE prices closed higher yesterday, fuelled mainly by technical factors with blue chips bouncing back. "Prices ran up for no particular reason, the rally was purely technical in nature," a dealer said. The Composite Price Index surged 12.12 points to 797.38. Turnover was 23.1 million shares
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      593 26 AFP QfllOrfluriM +13-8 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday as the market was buoyed by strong performances in US markets. The All Ordinaries Index ended the session up 13.8 points at 2,250.8. Turnover was 232.8 million shares worth A 5419.5 million. Resource giant BHP closed six cents higher at A
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      255 26 Bloomberg Business News Qweffingtoo +&2S SHARE prices closed marginally higher as Telecom fell while Fletcher Challenge's energy shares rose. The NZSE Top 40 Share Index rose 0.25 point to 2,232.07. Bloomberg mm m *h rmm ANZ Banking 7.45 ♦0.09 ***** Adv*ntag*> HMqt 1.35 -0.05 1000 Air NOT 2nM (A)
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        7839 27 AFX-Asia Index -LOS SHARE prices closed mixed yesterday, with a strong upward momentum in second-board stocks fuelled by speculative buying. Dealers said investors have discounted the positive second-quarter GDP growth released earlier in the day. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 1.05 points at 1,104.28. The
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        58 30  -  Paul Leo FELS/ril 30 cents to 27.06 with 506,000 shares done 2.3 times the JOday average 0f219,800 units. Further decline can be expected as the daily Relative Strength Index is declining/bom overbought region. However, the medium-term picture is positive. Weekly RSI is bouncing firm oversold territory. Hence any
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        Sentiment slightly better, with boost from Dow
        880 30  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Several Asian stock markets make a recovery on relief over improved US interest-rate sentiment By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The local market, like most of its Asian counterparts, began the week yesterday on a more positive note, bolstered by the rise
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          114 30 THERE is a sliver lining to every cloud, so the saying goes. The recent Singapore trade delegation to Thailand, led by Trade Minister Yeo Cheow Tong, started its visit in a state of high anxiety as delegates were worried about meeting busy schedules
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          Milenia and Millenium
          85 30 FRIENDS and colleagues of Drew A Napier lawyer Dedar Singh have found his new-born twins so confusingly similar that they are suggesting that he name them Millennium and Millenia. Dedar is part of the team led by Davinder Singh acting for Pontiac Land in its civil suit
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          73 30 A SUCCESSFUL Singaporean wrote in to Asia Week to warn would-be overachievers of the consequences of success. Having "arrived", he warns that the five Cs may be followed by the five Ds, which he defines as: Decay (hair and teeth); Disability (worsening myopia, arthritis, etc),
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          114 30 HERE'S Morgan Stanley's latest stance on the local stock market: "We remain significantly underweight in Malaysia and Singapore. The Malaysian market is likely to be driven by speculative local retail activity in smaller third- and fourth-line stocks which is a game most institutional investors cannot play.
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          129 30 IN THE wake of the landslide victory in Sarawak by the ruling National Front coalition, Malaysian brokers are boldly predicting the return of Sarawak plays on the KLSE. Sentiment for KL-listed stocks in general, and Sarawak-linked counters in particular, is also expected to be further boosted by the
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      308 31 Knight-Ridder, Reuter RATES continued to drift slowly down at the end of one of the slowest weeks In the freight market for what brokers here described as "years" rather than months. Another down day for Biffex trading with prices retracing quickly back to levels at Thursday's lows. The
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      461 31  -  New company will have one of world's biggest box fleets, with 112 ships and 540,000 TEUs From David Hughes in London TWO of Europe's largest container carriers, Britain's Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company and the Netherland's Nedlloyd, are merging their container shipping
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      230 31  -  Delegation visiting Taiwan to ensure access for vessels after July 1'97 From', David Taylor in Hongkong GEORGE CHAO, chairman of the Hongkong Shipowners Association (HKSOA), will lead a shipowners delegation to Taipei to ensure entry approval for ships registered in what will
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        58 31 Business Line [MUMBAI] The government is considering a proposal to accord "special status" to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in a bid to develop it as a world class port. As a prelude to this, the post of JNPT chairman has been upgraded to the
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        95 31 Knight-Ridder [CAIROJ Egypt earned U*****.3 million (Ss2l4 million) in July from Suez Canal tolls, up from U*****.5 million in the previous month, said a report by the cabinet information centre last week. The report said a total of 1,229 ships transited the waterway in
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      223 31 New reefer box rates at Jawaharlal Nehru from Aug 16, at Mnmbai from Sep 1 Business Line [BOMBAY] The member lines of the India-Pakistan-Bangla-desh Conference and the Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement (Anera) have announced an upward revision in their terminal handling charge for
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      268 31 AFP [HONGKONG] China plans to open not only Xiamen and Fuzhou for direct shipping links with its rival Taiwan, but also eight other larger coastal ports, it was reported yesterday. After announcing last month regulations for direct shipping links with
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      234 31 Reuter [BEIJING] China's eastern coastal city of Xiamen has started building its first port facilities specially designed for trade with nearby Taiwan, despite Taipei's ban on direct shipping links, Xinhua news agency said. A joint venture Firm owned by Chinese, Dutch and British partners
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      117 31 Reuter [GDANSK] The administrator of Poland's bankrupt Gdansk Shipyard said yesterday the company's financial situation was so bad that it should be liquidated, unless a significant injection of capital for it was found. Michal Lachert told Reuters that offers by two foreign consortia to invest
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        194 45 ■apt II Pakistan.: Quaid's Death Anniversary. Spain. Market and Public holiday in Catalonia, Catalan National Day. Madrid: markets open. Chile: Anniversary 0f973 coup. So* 14 Nicaragua: Battle of San Jacinto. Sept IB Israel New Year. Costa Rica/El Salvador/Guatemala/ Honduras/Nicaragua: Independence Day. Japan: Respect for the Aged Day (in
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        321 46 Parcel express firm plans to use 5 jets for weekend charter traffic from crnise lines, tour operators Reuter [LONDON] In a landmark diversification into passenger operations, United Parcel Service (UPS) plans to convert five of its Boeing 727-IOOs into quick-change-cargo-to-people carriers (QC). The US
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        60 46 [TOKYO] A newly-developed Shinkansen (bullet train) sitting at the Hamamatsu workshop of Central Japan Railway Co (JR Central), last week. JR Central made a test run on the new train 30QX on a track between Kyoto and Maibara, at a speed 0f443 km per hour, the
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        170 46 AFP [BEIJING] Road and air transport have seen a rapid growth in China and this has come about at the expense of railway traffic, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. At the beginning of the Chinese lunar new year in February, when tens
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        332 46 US-based jet maker talking to Tata abont MD-90 and to Air India abont MD-11 AFP [BOMBAY] United Statesbased aircraft manufacturer McDonnell Douglas fired a warning shot at its rivals here yesterday, saying it aimed to grab a 25 per cent share of the
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        229 46 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Aer Rianta, an Irish state-owned airport owner and operator, has joined Australian companies Lend Lease Corp Ltd and Brambles Industries Ltd in a joint venture to bid for leases on Australia's major airports. Lend Lease, a real estate and financial services
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        231 46 Campaign aimed at reducing number of children killed Reuter [DETROIT] Automakers, suppliers, insurers and the US federal government's auto safety agency have launched a US$lO million (SII4 million) safety awareness campaign aimed at reducing the number of children killed accidentally by
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        391 46 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's state bank Bank Bumi Daya has given a bank guarantee that will allow the first batch of the country's controversial "national car" to be distributed to dealers. The Timor national cars qualify for tax and tariff breaks if they
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        126 46 Reuter [LONDON] Air Express International (AEI) has announced a dramatic expansion of its operations in China with the opening of five offices. Seven Chinese cities are now served by AEI. The new offices are located in Tianjin, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Pudong and Changchun. Changchun
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          85 46 Bernama [PETALING JAY A] The Department of Civil Aviation yesterday took delivery of a mobile radar system which will be used as a back-up air traffic control system at airports. The Transportable Air Traffic Control Radar System was handed over to Transport Minister Ling
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          70 46 AFX-Asia [MANILA] The Philippines and Taiwan will conclude an airline agreement by end-1996, pavipg the way for introduction of additional flights between Manila and Taipei starting in 1997, Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines director Reynaldo Rodriguez said. Mr Rodriguez said the agreement will allow
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          60 46 Reuter [FRANKFURT] Wage talks at Deutsche Lufthansa started yesterday with wide differences of opinion between the airline and its main unions, both of which have already rejected the airline's call for a pay freeze. Lufthansa has said that it believed conditions meant that it should in
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        1434 46 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD LHTW 2359 AtaltaM GA974 2335 Ftfmfta $0989 1700 S0990 0105 Adelaide SO2 30 1830 OF82 2055 Gm»i SRW7 2320 WW Guangzhou PRC 1 C2354 0925 Amstirim GA897 *M5 GA892 0030 Hanoi VN741 1300 VH744 MOO KL837 1445 WJ44 0040 VN745 1300
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        180 46 NYT [FRANKFURT] Germany's Federal Cartel Office has opened an inquiry into Lufthansa, the airline, for allegedly overcharging customers on the Frankfurt-Berlin route, one of the country's busiest. The move threatens one of Lufthansa's most profitable routes where it has a virtual monopoly. Analysts estimate that
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      27 45 <$ S.Y. SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD SINGAPORE Colombo, Bombay, Karachi Maldives MV BADINH/end September JAPAN/KOREA South-east Asian Ports MV PHUYEN/end September TEL: *****03,*****87 FAX: *****91 TELEX: RS *****
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