The Business Times, 24 September 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 _85e SINGAPORE Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Telecom sector to admit up to two new players
    430 1  -  TAS to launch pro-qualification tender on March 1 next year By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] A pre-qualifi-cation tender will be called next year to select up to two new operators for Singapore's telecommunications sector when it opens up to ftill international competition
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    Lock icon Formula One racing to debut in M'sia
    237 1 Bernama [LISBON] Formula One car racing the ultimate in motorsport will make its debut in Malaysia in 1999. The green light for Malaysia to join the world circuit was given by Formula One Constructors' Association (FOCA) president Bernie Ecclestone. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad,
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    Lock icon US, UK stocks slide ahead of Fed meeting
    279 1 [NEW YORK] A nervous Wall Street opened with a 50-point loss yesterday ahead of today's Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates, but managed to recoup some of its loss to hit 5,856.27 at Ipm EDT for a fall of 32.19 points. With
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    Lock icon GE Life to slash agents' commissions
    657 1  -  Move aimed at cushioning firm's falling returns has agents np in arms By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Great Eastern Life Assurance, under pressure from declining investment income, is slashing commissions for its 4,700 agents by an average of 20 per cent from Jan 1.
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      139 1 m Qimt fsfau There is great value in Singapore stocks, said Hugh Young, managing director of Abtrust Fund Managers Singapore which launched its first Singapore unit trust yesterday, P|2B jgBWB VALUE n ii— iSLjL this pg.The rule against cherry-picking will level the playing field for Sing Tel mtutkm •w US
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      11 1 SkngTeL, SCV, TAS unit in S 'pore ONE venture, Pg 21
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      5 1 hurt GE Life, Pg 2
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Visa launching secure credit card system for shopping on Net
      541 2  -  Pilot kicks off early next year; it will use global security standard technology By 1 Toh Han Shin VISA International announced yesterday that it was launching a pilot project with banks and other partners to carry out secure credit card
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      Audi to set up Asia-Pac HQ here
      403 2  -  German car firm's office will oversee operations stretching from India to China By' Ven Sreenivasan GERMAN car maker Audi AG plans to set up its Asia-Pacific regional head office in Singapore next January to oversee its Asian market ex-Japan. Audi AG's director of
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      Lock icon August inflation up at 1.4%
      313 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Inflation By Anna Teo SINCE dipping to a low of 1.1 per cent in April, the inflation rate has climbed, rising to 1.4 per cent last month. The consumer price index (CPI) had risen, in year-on-year terms, 1.2 per cent in
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      Lock icon The rush before the show
      49 2 WORKERS feverishly putting the final touches to booths at the Comdex/Asia exhibition at Suntec City. The computer exhibition is scheduled to be opened by Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan tomorrow morning. More than 350 exhibitors representing 600 companies are expected to participate. ARTHUR LEE
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      Investment constraints hurt GE Life
      347 2  -  By I Soh Tiang Keng PART of Great Eastern Life Assurance's problem with declining returns on its investments is the constraints all insurance companies here face over how and where they invest their fluids. Insurers can invest no more than 35 per cent of their
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    • Article
      'Poor' label hardly applies to most one, 2-room tenants: DOS
      367 4  -  Such households earn $1,300 a month, V 3 of all households' average: department By Chuang Peck Ming THE label "poor" hardly applies to most Housing and Development Board one and tworoom tenants when measured by income, the Cost Review Committee
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      Caltex to get new image worldwide
      180 4 CALTEX service stations around the world will soon sport a brand new logo, a "hitech" environment and offer added services. The US oil company yesterday launched a US$5OO million (Ss7oo million) programme to support its new brand identity. The programme seeks to improve the
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Jaya attends UN assembly session
        94 4 THE Minister for Foreign Affairs, S Jayakumar, is attending the 51st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York,, which started yesterday and ends on Oct 4. He will deliver a statement to the assembly this Thursday and will also attend the Asean
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        Hn bound for IMF, World Bank meetings
        64 4 THE Minister for Finance, Richard Hu, has left for Washington, DC to attend the joint annual meetings of the board of governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The meetings will be held from Oct 1-3. He will be accompanied
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        CPF loan boost lor some NSFs
        138 4 POLICE and civil defence ftilltime National Servicemen (NSFb) will be offered interest-free loans of up to $500 for CPF top-ups. This is to enable them to benefit from the Third Share Ownership Top-up Scheme (Sotus IH) announced in February. Under Sotus m, the government
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        Trade mission to China planned
        73 4 THE Singapore Confederation of Industries (SCI) is organising a trade and investment mission to rhhm for Nov 9-17. The mission will visit the Singapore Township Project in Suzhou and the Singapore Industrial Park in Wuxi and will hold talks with Chinese businessmen and government officials.
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        MK card to mark Technology Month
        76 4 SINGAPORE MRT Ltd will launch a special edition commemorative MRT ticket next Monday. Entitled Science and TechnologyM a Bettor Tomorrow, it is produced in conjunction with the National Science and Technology Board for Technology Month '96 which ends on the Monday. Priced at $6,
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Do developers gain by overbidding?
      715 6  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN Some may see incentives in bidding high for land even when the market's not in an upswing By Lee Han Shih DO developers who take part in government land tenders engage in "signalling" industry jargon for purposely bidding high to indicate or
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      Another Kuok milestone
      494 7  -  Sugar King remembers his humble beginnings as rice trader at launch of Shanghai shopping mall From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong TYCOON Robert Kuok held a humble bag of rice at the opening of a store in his US$l billion (Ssl.4 billion) Kerry Everbright City multi-purpose complex
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      Wing Tai group adopts new brand name
      334 7  -  Wing Tai Asia will highlight company's regional profile By] Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Wing Tai Holdings's new corporate identity Wing Tai Asia will serve as an umbrella brand for the company's projects at home and overseas, as part of an effort to boost awareness
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      136 6 For Sale By Tender Freehold Residential Site 'Next to Novena MRT Station MRT Stafeor Moumtm WOAD [rhomeon I I Apts 00MM Ctnn 1° Qmimglum UnM ttmmm Square 1 CV Site Area 30,234 sq ft {2 WP for 10-storey apartment (Total: 72 units) 3 Tender dosing: 2 October 1996 J3 jaiMra
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      524 7 i- .'A .i; i. I. COLLECTIVE SALE SUFFOLK ROAD Exclusive residential neighbourhood P\ X W HOUtf MO VtMA Freehold site •wffwnewT** r^uc»< Swj DGP plot ratio of 2.8, Up to 30 storeys Combined land area: 17,482 sq ft (Approx) I' HOTEL \(i\ Excellent accessibility 7" \gv TwxtorCloM«: 22 Oct *96
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      309 7 FREEHOLD PRIME DEVELOPMENT SITE J, I Strategical/ located off Sims Avenue, at Lorong ■S M»>\ Ijfl |7 Geytang 3 w. \J Waking distance to A|unied MKT A amenities. Squarish land plot: *****m 1 (16,762 ft 1 RWH PjSP'* Outline planning permission wanted for ft-storey W(\ industrial building with besement L——
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      29 7 For Sale By Tender The Octagon Freehold tenure CBD location i Exclusive whole floor 6,189 sq ft Tender closing: 10 October 1996 Please contact: Molly Soh Jessica Yap j
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      900 8 mm 0 SELF-COTE (S) PTE LTD Celebrates The Achievement Of ISO 9002 pfsirV For Its Architectural Waterproofing Paint. rasriiHJ CERT N0:***** HSelf Cote (S) Pte Ltd is established in 1992 as a manufacturer of the superior Self-Cote Multipurpose Coating System. In just four years, it has made its mark as
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Thai markets muted as horse-trading continues
      386 9  -  BANGKOK They will mm sideways until political situation clears ape analysts By] Loh Hui Yin FINANCIAL markets were muted yesterday as politicians in the six-party coalition continued their horse-trading to find a replacement for outgoing prime minister Ban ham Silpa-archa. In early trade, the
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      Lock icon Malaysia posts M$ 624.5m trade deficit in July
      349 9 KUALA LUMPUR growth cause for concern: analysts AFP MALAYSIA posted a trade deficit of M 5624.5 million (*****.6 million) in July, compared with June's surplus of M 3551.4 million, the statistics department said yesterday. July's deficit was due to imports of M
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      Jakarta plans to halve cost of Natuna
      307 9  -  SINGAPORE By Harish Mehta INDONESIA is looking to almost halve the US$45 billion (Ss63 billion) cost of developing its giant Natuna gas field based on a similar cost-cutting approach by the British oil industry, Britain's minister for energy, Lord Fraser said. "The Indonesians
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      Westin signs KL hotel agreement
      171 9 SINGAPORE WESTIN Hotels and Resorts has just signed its latest management accord for a Westin Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. Coming hot on the heels of its signing last week of a management contract to manage the Westin Resort, Guam, this latest deal makes it the
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      Lock icon Malaysia threatens to scuttle rubber pact
      236 9 U KUALA LUMPUR Reuter MALAYSIA warned yesterday that it would refuse to ratify a new United Nations global price pact unless Indonesia withdraws its bid for the top post of the global rubber group, the International Natural Rubber Organisation (Inro). Primary Industries Minister Lim
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      Lock icon BNI plans to float up to lb shares
      313 9 JAKARTA Reuter INDONESIA announced its next major privatisation plan yesterday, saying it will divest up to a 25-per cent-stake in giant state-owned bank PT Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) later this year. "We expect to list up to a 25per cent stake, or
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      Lock icon Viet projects: failures up
      196 9 HANOI AFP VIETNAM needs better arbitration and legal systems to stem a rise in the number of failures of foreign investment projects, a report said. Doan Mau, head of the project monitoring bureau at the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), said the government had withdrawn
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      Lock icon Megawati settles suit against army official
      394 9  -  JAKARTA But she's pursuing another case against govt over PDI ouster By\ S N Vasuki INDONESIAN opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri has reached an out-of-court settlement with a senior army official over a 50 billion rupiah (5530.4 million) defamation suM she had filed against him.
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      7 9 Editorial: Beyond Thailand's numbers game, Pg 17
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  • ADVERTORIAL
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      First the Internet, now the Intranet
      811 10 THE world is in love with the Internet, but the business sector has started romancing its cousin, the Intranet. At its simplest, the Intranet is the use of Internet technologies, such as the World Wide Web, within an organisation. Instead of using telephone or
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      Novell's Intranet Ready Solutions and offers
      197 10 IntranetWare A complete server operating environment which eases NetWare users into a full-service Intranet platform NetWare 4.11 Newest release of Novell's renowned network operating system, NetWare Manage Wise 2.1 A complete end-to-end PC network management system for different Intranets to increase network reliability Group
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      Novell
      64 10 Founded in 1983, Novell is the world's leading provider of network software. The company offers a wide range of network solutions for distributed network, Internet, Intranet and small-business markets. Novell education and technical support programs are the most comprehensive in the network computing industry. Information about Novell's complete range
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  • AN INTRANET SPECIAL
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      Novell leads the way for corporate users
      540 11 Beyond web publishing and group messaging, the Intranet can also become a robust secure computing platform for corporate use. By writing the correct interfaces, the Intranet can be connected to existing host or server computers and to the information they contain. These can
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      Your Novell Intranet Specialists
      223 11 UNDER a new programme to spearhead the use of Intranet among local companies, leading network software provider Novell has appointed seven leading IT vendors as authorised Novell Intranet Specialists in Singapore. Novell will provide training for the Intranet Specialists to equip them with technical capabilities to
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      The awards...and the accolades
      418 11 Hunk of GtoupWise as electronic mail on steroids...' ComputerWarld Oct 24,1984. We considered Miaoeoft Exchange previous to choosing Group Wise 4.1 and found it did not meet our various enterprise requirements. Therefore, we are oommitted to Group Wise and future Group Wise next-generation solutions.' Joe Antwchon,
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      Free your HR staff for critical tasks
      170 11 A TRUE LIFE SCENARIO "DOES my medical insurance cover this procedure?" "When can I enrol my husband?" "How do I join the 401(k) plan?" Such were the questions that occupied the days and lowered the morale of Allison Mello's Human Resources staff. It
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  • CHINA – HONGKONG – TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Friday sentencing for Cardan's George Tan
      168 12 HONGKONG AFP A HIGH Court judge yesterday delayed the sentencing of George Tan, former head of the failed Carrian property and finance group who pleaded guilty in Hongkong's largest fraud case. Judge Michael StuartMoore said he decided to delay sentencing to Friday as he
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      Lock icon Taiwan increases ceiling for share ownership by foreigners
      380 12 TAIPEI Analysts see short-term boost from move, Irat doubt longer-term impact Reuter THE Taiwan government's decision to raise the ceiling on foreign ownership of Taiwan shares will give the market a psychological boost, however, longer-term benefits may be limited, analysts said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Local investors banned from buying B shares
      326 12 SHANGHAI Move intended to stop leakage in foreign funds; analysts Reuter CHINESE securities authorities are determined to gradually force domestic investors out of the foreign currency B share markets to stop a leakage in foreign funds, analysts said yesterday. The official media over
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      Lock icon Not for the boys'room
      40 12 [BEIJINGM woman glances cU a pair of bare-breasted statues outside an interior decorating store in Beijing. As incomes rise many Chinese are beginning to indulge in such extravagant decorations to brighten their usually small flats. REUTER
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon 200 m yuan swindles Woman held
        60 12 Reuter [BEUING] Police in eastern China have arrested a 58-year-old woman for swindling businesses out of more than 200 million yuan (5J33.74 million) since 1994, the China Women's Daily said yesterday. Wang Baoqin, a retired factory worker, set up a steel trading company and
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        Lock icon Guangxi begins anti-pollution drive
        54 12 AFP [BEIJING] The southern Chinese province of Guangxi has launched a major anti-polhition rampwign ordering the closure ofBsB industrial ftrna before the end of the month, f Xinhua said yesterday. Ttie companies on the pollution blacklist include 324 paper mills, 413 gold-dressing plants, and 96 tanneries,
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        Lock icon Mao still sweeps besteller lists
        62 12 Reuter [BEIJING) More than two decades after his death, China's late chairman Mao Zedong has swept the bestseller lists at a Beijing book fair, the Beijing Youth Daily said yesterday. A two-volume biography of him, three-volumes of his Selected works and a book of his
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      Lock icon HK key inflation figure falls to lowest level since July '87
      244 12 ■HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG'S key measure of inflation fell to an annual 4.9 per cent in August, its lowest rate since July 1987, the Census and Statistics Department said yesterday. The consumer price index's main A measure tracks the 50
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon North Korea demands return of submarine and crew
      286 13 SEOUL Reuter NORTH Korea demanded yesterday the immediate return of a submarine, which it said had strayed accidentally into South Korean waters, along with its crew and the bodies of those shot dead. It was Pyongyang's first direct statement on a drama
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      Lock icon HK opens trade, tourism office in Sydney
      174 13 SYDNEY AFP HONGKONG'S first trade, business and tourism office outside the British territory was opened here yesterday. Offices for the Hongkong Economic and Trade Office, the Hongkong Tourist Association and the Hongkong Trade Development Council wiU be located at Hongkong House in Sydney's
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        Lock icon Japan patrols repel Taiwan, HK boats
        79 13 Reuter [TAIPEI] Japanese patrol ships yesterday repeUed five boats carrying Taiwan and Hongkong activists trying to land on a disputed East China Sea archipelago, reports from the flotilla said. State-run Taiwan Radio said two of the private boats "tried to force their way at
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        Lock icon Australia, Indonesia in cooperation pact
        43 13 Reuter [CANBERRA] Australia and Indonesia yesterday signed an agreement aimed at boosting cooperation and information exchange between the two neighbours' finance industries. Australian Treasurer Peter CosteUo and visiting Indonesian Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad signed the agreement in Canberra.—Renter
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        Lock icon Delhi is world's 4th most polluted city
        70 13 AFP [NEW DELHI] The Indian capital is the world's fourth most polluted city with its 200,000-odd vehicles and thousands more factories spewing out 2,000 tonnes of fumes every day, a parliamentary report said yesterday. The report said 30 per cent of the city's
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        Lock icon CaUto scrap death penalty in India
        61 13 AFP [NEW DELHI] Indian Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda is being urged to abolish the death penalty, newspapers reported yesterday. The National Bar Association has called on Mr Gowda to nominate a team of experts to consider the issue of banning the death
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    • Article
      Aussie bid to be financial hub has failed: report
      539 13  -  SYDNEY Turnover in key markets has declined; business moving to Asian centres sack as S'pore, Hongkong By 1 Surinder Singh AUSTRALIA'S push to become a major financial centre in the Asian region has failed, according to a report by the Securities
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      Lock icon Leadership crisis grips Congress
      369 13 NEW DELHI Party to choose between Kesari and Antony following Rao's resignation AFP INDIA'S Congress (I) party was embroiled in a leadership crisis here yesterday after outgoing president P V Narasimha Rao quit in disgrace following a stormy five-year reign. The Congress Working Committee (CWC), which
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      Lock icon Outlook for Aussie economy sound, says finance minister
      360 13 SYDNEY Underlying inflate set to fell within nil in ntii.n all OAL oqecuve 014-3* Bloomberg Business News AUSTRALIA'S Finance Minister John Fahey yesterday said the outlook for Australia's economy is "sound". Mr Fahey also said underlying inflation "seems set to fall within
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      Victoria gives the green light to women-only taxi service
      391 13  -  MELBOURNE By. Kevin Clarke A MELBOURNE entrepreneur has come up with a bright idea to make money and make the streets safer for women at the same time. Judy Balmforth has won the legal right to operate a women-only taxi service.
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Yeltsin's illness hits markets
      581 14 MOSCOW President's doctors to meet tomorrow to decide on operation Bloomberg Business News RUSSIAN stocks, bonds and loans fell after reports about President Boris Yeltsin's deteriorating health raised concern about the country's leadership. Mr Yeltsin's doctors said he has a 50 per cent chance of surviving
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      Lock icon Buba member warns against rushing into EMU
      278 14 FRANKFURT Bloomberg Business News BUNDESBANK council member Reimut Jochimsen warned against Europe rushing into monetary union before its members have fulfilled the conditions needed to ensure the stability of a single currency. Mr Jochimsen said delaying monetary union was "neither a question of
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      Lock icon Clarke under fire for backing EMU
      314 14 LONDON Eurosceptics want PM to rale oat joining monetary onion Reuter BRITAIN'S ruling Conservatives have been plunged into bitter conflict once again over the European Union, with Finance Minister Kenneth Clarke under fire from rightwingers angry at his support of a single EU currency.
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      Lock icon UK locks horns with EU over cattle cull
      245 14 KILLARNEY, Ireland AFP EUROPEAN agriculture ministers yesterday attacked Britain's decision to shelve a slaughter of up to 150,000 cattle at-risk of "mad cow" disease and ruled out any early moves to lift the worldwide export ban unless the cull goes ahead. The
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      Lock icon IMF urged to stop bailouts
      394 15 NEW YORK Rather than seek IMF loans, countries should try to restore investor confidence, says bank grouping ATT A GROUP of the world's largest banks is urging the world's governments and the IMF to stop using public money to help developing countries that fall into
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      Lock icon Most Egyptians would back war: paper
      268 15 CAIRO AFP MOST Egyptians would back a break in ties with Israel or even a war because of the "provocative" statements by right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the government daily Al-Akh-bar said yesterday. "Netanyahu's statements against Egypt have provoked many Egyptians and if
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      161 15 ATtfENS Reuter GREEK prime minister-elect Costas Simitis said yesterday he had received a mandate from President Costis Stephanopoulos to form a fouryear socialist government. "The president has given me the order to form a new government. I shall present the government within the next few
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      1097 14 I rish Banks pic (Incorporated in the Republic of Ireland with Limited Liability) Exchange Rale: IR£l -US$l.6OlB as at 31 December, 1995. I Consolidated Balance Sheet Consolidated Profit Loss I 31 December 1995 A porkimt r ACCOlint for the year ended I 1995 1994 31 December 1995 Restated ,R£m 1994
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      638 15 Even the Kaiser of Germany had to wait a whole year If s always worth the wait for his Lange watch. i by Lange lm made a state to the The first Lange watch of modern times. It took «brought along a valuable gift I 1 four years to develop
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      721 17  -  THE BOTTOM LOVE OPINION es/ Ong Wee Hock The writer was with the Economic Development Board for more than 15 years and was formerly general manager ofCSA Holdings OBSERVERS in Hongkong watching too intensely the countdown to the 1997 handover may be missing the economic
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      110 17 'I'm well-paid. They don't pay me to lose money.' Roberto (Matte Coca-Cola Company chairman and chief executive, explaining his company's decision to invest in a USssoomillion (SS7OO million) venture in Venezuela. 'We're saving it for our old age.' -Gin-am a 104-year-old Japanese, about the money she and
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      630 17 EDITORIAL THE real danger of the political crisis that now grips Thailand is that wrangling for the top job can so easily become an end in itself, distracting attention from the long-term need for political stability and economic consolidation This is not to deny that Thailand's
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      1111 17  -  Australian PM's foreign policy fumbles didn't help to win friends in the region By] Peter Lynch The writer is a Sydney-based journalist who contributes to BT IT WAS Australian Prime Minister John Howard's first regional state visit. One of his most senior officials called it a
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      Fatty Filet-O-Fish
      111 17  -  MAILBOX David Lim I REFER to your story on the free burger giveaway by McDonalds (BT, Sep 19) and the attribution that a healthy lifestyle was evidenced by the fact that 160,000 of the 300,000 given away so far were McChicken and Filet-O-Fish. In a College of Physical
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      734 17 Tlm Bun's mooey-motmt&ini BEFORE Marxism died, we knew what to do about the su-per-rich. We could express envy, without shame. We could hit the fortunate few with high taxes...None of that would be acceptable now. Yet there are enough billionaires, measured in dollars, to form a
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      569 18 Dubbed sexiest man alive, the son of the late US president Kennedy marries girlfriend Carolyn Bessette in a private ceremony in Georgia on Saturday AFP PUBLISHER John Kennedy Jr, son of the late US president John F Kennedy, has married girlfriend Carolyn Bessette in a weekend ceremony
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      Lock icon Dorothy Lamour dies at 81
      314 18 PEOPLE Star best known for sultry role in Bob Hope Road films Reuter [LOS ANGELES] Actress Dorothy Lamour, best known for her role as the sultry, romantic sidekick in the string of Road movies starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, has died. She was 81
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      The enchanted Gunimg Geulis
      2267 20  -  The Bogor course is breathtaking, challenging, tough, tantalising, motivating one which needs superlatives to describe, says mickuus D'CRUZ NICKLAUS D'CRUZ The writer is editor of The Asian Golf Review. This review andfurther information about golfing in Asia are available on the Internet at the BT Asian
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      132 20 1 w W j It Isn't difficult to see why Mercedes-Benz is the most popular marque in Singapore. Because regardless of the age of the car, there's no mistaking a "1 Mercedes-Benz for any other. Its timeless design defies every whim of fashion. That's why a Mercedes-Benz will IC4.U k3
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      Amtek posts 47% rise in group profit to $21.6 m
      448 21  -  Microlite Electric unit to move vehicle electrical devices production to Pndong By. Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] Amtek Engineering yesterday reported a 47 per cent rise in group net earnings to $21.6 million for the year ended June 30,19%. The company also
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      Hong Fok posts $9.12 m profit
      255 21  -  Turnaround in first half helped by sale of factory units By. Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Hong Fok Corp which owns commercial buildings yesterday reported group interim net earnings of $9.12 million, largely due to the sale of some factory units. The amount for the first
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      LC Development's profit up 162%
      238 21 Turnover increased 22% over previous year to $22.6 m [SINGAPORE] Lum Chang subsidiary, LC Development, yesterday posted a 162 per cent jump in group net profit to $3.1 million for the year ended June 30. This was on a turnover of $22.6 million, which was
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      SBS earnings could pick up speed in the next year or two
      781 21  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Christopher Tan THE casual observer would be forgiven for wondering if SBS is trying to turn itself into another Cycle Carriage a wheelsbased company growing roots in piling. But going by its interim results, SBS
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      Lock icon Goldtron chairman cuts stake by 4.8%
      224 21  -  By\ R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Goldtron chairman Ong Soon Kiat yesterday said he had reduced his stake in the telecommunications firm to 19.12 per cent from 23.9 per cent. He sold 18.2 million shares at 90 cents apiece. The block deal, which hit the board
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      Sing Tel, SCV, TAS unit team up to form S'pore ONE venture
      301 21  -  Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPOREI Singapore Telecom, Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) and a subsidiary of the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) have teamed up to develop and construct a core network that can deliver multimedia services to all homes
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      Rotary net interim profit jumps 5-fold to $3.28 m
      213 21 (SINGAPORE) Rotary Engineering yesterday posted sharply higher interim group net earnings, which grew nearly five-fold to $3.28 million from $672,000 in the first six months of last year. However, a $666,000 loss from an associate company depressed profit attributable to shareholders
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        Lock icon Shell Refining's interim operating profit soars
        286 22 Better refining margins help posh profit up to Ms66m Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Backed by improved industry refining margins, Shell Refining Company (FOM) has gained a pretax operating profit of MJ66.34 million (5537.3 million) for the six months ended June 30, 19%, o.ver three times
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        Lock icon Esso M'sia interim gain up 28% on record sales
        168 22 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Esso Malaysia Bhd said yesterday that a 23 per cent rise in six-month revenue to Msl.ol billion (***** million) reflected a record sales volume of 82,000 barrels per day. In a statement releasing its earnings for the first
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        Lock icon For palm oil distillation
        60 22 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik inspecting the KDL-5 Modular laboratory short path distillation system after he launched the Palm Oil Congress here yesterday. Mr Lim said Malaysia's output of crude palm oil is expected to reach B.Bmillion tonnes by the year 2000
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        SMB closes up 1 cent on debut
        206 22 [SINGAPORE] Newly listed switchgear manufacturer SMB United Ltd made a disappointing trading debut yesterday, closing at 30 cents, one cent above its IPO offer price of 29 cents. About 16.8 million shares changed hands during the day, making it the second most heavily-traded
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          Grand Central profit dawn 48%
          54 22 [SINGAPORE] Hotel Grand Central yesterday reported a 48 per cent drop in group net profits to 13.3 million for the half year ended June 30. It said this was due to renovation works which interrupted operations, plus high gearing and amortisation of capitalised assets. No
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          Win* Tai boys stake in KL associate
          78 22 [SINGAPORE] Wing Tai Holdings has acquired 500,000 shares of Msl each at par in its associate company DNP Holdings Bhd for M 5877,370 (*****,000). This represents 0.16 per cent of the issued share capital of Kuala Lumpur-listed DNP. Wing Tai also said its
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          HPL nnit forms Japan company
          31 22 [SINGAPORE] Hotel Properties Ltd's 75 per cent-owned subsidiary, HPL-21 Holdings (owned through HPL Leisure Holdings), has formed a new company, HPL-21 Japan Kabushiki Kaisha (HPL-21 Japan).
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          SembCorp offer: circular soon
          31 22 [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Maritime Ltd (SML) said yesterday its shareholders will receive a circular by Oct 5 with advice on Sembawang Corp's voluntary conditional takeover offer for SML.
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          No material impact on FY96: Cam
          94 22 {SINGAPORE] Cam International said yesterday, in a reply to the SES, that its earlier announcement of the share sale of its Penang subsidiary to two parties will not have any material impact on FY96 ending Sep 30. This is because the financial year is
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          Overseas Union Trust gets nod
          31 22 [SINGAPORE] Overseas Union Trust said its extraordinary general meeting yesterday passed resolutions to increase its authorised share capital, bonus issue, renounceable rights issue and unsecured bonds.
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          Lock icon M'sia to get Islamic index
          33 22 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will soon have a separate Islamic index for listed companies engaged in activities allowed by Islam, Deputy Finance Minister Affifuddin Omar said yesterday. —AFP
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        Astra up on renewed talk of bid
        476 23  -  baflimgupa significant stake buyer is hard to identify: analysts From\ S N Vasuki m Jakarta SHARES of PT Astra International, Indonesia's largest automobile manufacturer, posted hefty gains yesterday on renewed market talk that a major takeover bid was in the works. Analysts said
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        Lock icon HK to stay as Lippo's base outside Indonesia
        314 23 Reuter [JAKARTA] The Lippo group expects Hongkong to remain as its international base outside Indonesia and is comfortable with the prospect of the colony's reversion to China next year, Lippo deputy chairman James Riady said yesterday. A company expanding outside Indonesia needs
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        Lock icon San Miguel to close Canlubang plant to cut costs
        256 23 Bloomberg Business News [MANILA] San Miguel Corp, the Philippines' largest brewer, said it would close an eight year-old bottling plant south of Manila to cut costs. The company said it no longer needed to run the Canlubang bottling facility in Calamba,
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        490 24  -  ®«t tawar advertising *■4 high newsprint Prices see operating profit falling 13% From rr Quak Hiang Whai Mffonglcong ROBERT Kuok's South China M»rning Post (Holdings) (SCMP) has registered lower operating profit for its last financial year but the Hongkong
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        Lock icon Top Aussie cotton producer to offer half its shares to public
        411 24 Bloomberg Business News {SYDNEY] Colly Cotton Ltd, Australia's largest cotton producer, is being sold to the publ&tn a sale that will capitalise the Company at AIIO7 million (S#lls million). Commonwealth Funds Management, which is the trustee, is restructuring the
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        Lock icon UK's Premier Oil to make As9lm bid for Discovery
        347 24 Bloomberg Business News [PERTH] British-based Premier Oil pic said it will make a cash bid for all of the shares in Australia's Discovery Petroleum. Premier said the bid will be made at 70 A cents a share, valuing Discovery at A|9l
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        Lock icon Fujitsu aims to be among world's top three PC suppliers by year 2000
        318 24 Company is already one of top 10 PC makers in Japan FT [TOKYO] Fujitsu, the Japanese electronics group, is aiming to become one of the top three personal computer suppliers in the world by the end of
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        Lock icon Aussie shareholders' group to quiz BHP directors
        412 24 Bloomberg Business News [MELBOURNE] The Australian Shareholders' Association said it will take the directors of The Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd (BHP) to task over the company's performance at today's annual shareholders' meeting in Sydney. BHP is Australia's largest natural resources company. It
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        Lock icon BASF to invest in giant chemical complexes in m'sia and India
        451 24 Gams firm will pomp USs3oom into plant FT [LONDON] BASF, the German chemicals company, is to invest several billion deutschemarks in giant chemical complexes in Malaysia and India modelled on the company town of Ludwigshafen, which lies at the
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        Lock icon MIM to sell most of its oil, gas business to Santos
        262 24 Bloomberg Business News [BRISBANE] Australia's MIM Holdings Ltd said it will sell most of its oil and gas business to Australian gas producer Santos Ltd for A 545.1 million (5150.26 million). The sale includes a 20 per cent interest
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          Lock icon Peugeot Citroen Interim gain halved
          76 25 Bloomberg Business News [PARIS] PSA Peugeot Citroen, France's biggest carmaker, said first-half net profit was halved by strong price competition, slow economic growth, and the franc's weakness against other European currencies. Net profit was 602 million French francs (***** million), down from 1-22 billion francs
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          Lock icon Laohlan Murdoch is new MD of News Ltd
          48 25 Reuter [SYDNEY] News Ltd, the Australian unit of News Corp Ltd, said it has appointed Lachlan Murdoch as its managing director. Mr Murdoch, the son of Rupert Murdoch, joined News Ltd in 1994 as general manager of Queensland Newspapers. Renter
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          Lock icon Matrix Holdings' profit soars
          64 25 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Matrix Holdings Ltd, a Hongkong-based gift and novelty manufacturer, said net profit quadrupled in the first six months as sales grew. A change of financial year-end also helped. Profit for the period ended June 30 rose to HK14.11 million (*****,431), from HK11.04
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          Lock icon LG plans to invest L 5 trillion won
          67 25 Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] The LG group will invest 1.533 trillion won (552.6 billion) over the next eight years to build plants in South Korea to produce electronic appliances, metals and apparels. LG signed an agreement with the Ministry of Construction and
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        Lock icon Inchcape pic on track to divest testing, insurance businesses
        327 25 Bloomberg Business News (LONDON] Inchcape pic, a UK car distribution and marketing company, said first-half pre-tax profit before extraordinary items fell one per cent and confirmed it is "on track" to divest its testing services and insurance businesses. Inchcape is poised
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        Hilton eyes expansion opportunities in Asia
        300 25 Group's venture with Ladbreke beasts its financial muscle [HONGKONG] Hilton Hotels Corp said it sees opportunities to expand its hotel and gaming businesses in the Asia-Pacific region following its recent reorganisation. "An important avenue of growth for us will be growth in the hotel
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        Lock icon 20 firms bidding for stake in Italian telecom unit
        433 25 GTE of the US among companies planning to buy 61% stake in publishing division Seat FT [MILAN] Some 20 international telecoms and publishing groups are lining up to buy the Italian government's stake in Seat, the publishing division of Stet, the
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        Lock icon Clinton blamed for Raytheon's 600 job cuts
        189 25 FT [LOS ANGELES] Raytheon, the US electronics and engineering group, has blamed the White House for an unexpected decision to cut a further 600 jobs from its defence manufacturing workforce. "We are not downsizing, we are being downsized," William Swanson, general manager of
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        Lock icon Alcatel launching drive to cut working capital
        453 25 Mm part of debt redaction scheme; group ha* debt-equity ratio of 61% FT [PARIS] Alcatel Alsthom, the French telecommunications and engineering group, is launching a drive to cut working capital. The initiative is designed to help Alcatel's debt reduction programme. It had net
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        Lock icon Fund manager sees plenty of value in Singapore stocks
        504 26  -  Abtrust Sfagipore Growth Fund launched to invest in local tranches By\ Shiv Taneja (SINGAPORE] There is great value in Singapore stocks, especially in the Big Four banks and companies like Singapore Airlines and Singapore Press Holdings, fluid manager Hugh Young said
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        Lock icon Clinton to unveil plans for inflation-indexed bonds
        332 26 Treasnry expects such securities to stimulate savings and reduce cost of capital Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] President Bill Clinton will unveil the US Treasury's final plans for in-flation-indexed securities at a campaign appearance tomorrow in Pittsburgh, administration officials said on Sunday. They declined
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        Lock icon Rubber prices expected to stay weak
        278 26 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Rubber prices in South-east Asia will continue to languish in the doldrums because of poor demand and ample supplies, traders said yesterday. "I see the continuation of the bear market," a senior dealer at a Western commodity trading company in Singapore told
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        Lock icon Cepa behind takeover bid for Allied Queensland
        416 26 Gordon Wu nnit keen on the steaming coal, says broker Reuter [BRISBANE] The power generation division of Hongkong billionaire Gordon Wu was behind the 70 cent per share takeover bid for Allied Queensland Coalfields Ltd by Singapore-based Marsford Investments Pte Ltd, advising stockbroker
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        Lock icon Revamped Lloyd's courts US clients to regain market share
        309 26 NYT (NEW YORK] After a brush with near financial ruin this summer, Lloyd's of London, the world's oldest insurance organisation, is painting a picture of renewed financial strength, and representatives are making an earnest pitch for new business in a tour
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        Lock icon Euroyen, Euros$ end flat
        245 26 SiKEXßeport Reuter [SINGAPORE] Interest rate futures on Simex were inert for most of yesterday's session as a holiday in Japan and caution ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy-setting meeting severely hampered activity, brokers said. "There's nothing to be said about any of the markets. It's unchanged
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        172 26 Reuter AFP THE dollar was lower in European trading, dragged down by squaring of long positions and a sharp fall of stocks in early US trade, dealers said. Selling pressure on the dollar was exacerbated by thin trading and the wait-and-see attitude many players adopted ahead of the
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        Lock icon EU diesel users bear brunt of oil price rise
        327 26 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] Diesel oil users throughout the European Union are paying the price of a recent escalation in Middle East tension and the higher costs of producing a new grade of "greener" fuel, industry sources said yesterday. The retail
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      653 28 AFP WOwnptritaMai +LlB SHARE prices closed 0.2 per cent higher yesterday as the bourse recovered from earlier lows on late buying of Astra. "People are basically all looking at the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) tomorrow but the players in this market only had eyes on Astra," said one
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1598 28 Reuter QHangScng +2>.77 STOCKS encjpd firmer yesterday, after the Hang Seng index hi|t a new 1996 intra-day high, wjth investors hoping that if the Federal Reserve raises interest rates this week, it will only be a small hike. J "There seem to be no concerns over the FOMC (Federal
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      601 28 Reuter C 3 Shanghai B Share Index -029 SHANGHAI B shares eased yesterday after the authorities banned domestic investors from buying new B shares, but brokers said the news had largely been digested thanks to recent rumours. However, they said that the news hurt market sentiment because most trading
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      372 28 AFP QWP Index -3111 SHARE prices finished 0.6 per cent lower yesterday as investors sought to take profit in a holiday-shortened week. "Most investors sought to sell stocks ahead of long holidays," said Steven Ou of Jen Hsin Securities Co Ltd. The TSE Weighted Price Index declined 36.11 points
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      814 28 AFP P SET fate -ILBI SHARE prices fell 1.1 per cent yesterday as opening gains on the news of the prime minister's impending resignation gave way to profit-taking amid concerns that his replacement may come from within the coalition government. "In the early morning, investors bought on the basis
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      328 28 AFP HmmH» +132 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday in cautious trading. "Investors are buying selected second liners and speculative issues," said a trader. The Composite Index rose 2.32 points to 3,244.54. Turnover was 25.596 billion shares worth 2.531 billion pesos. Trading was sluggish due to concerns over an impending
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      390 28 AFP QjOaqMotebiex +4L83 SHARE prices rose slightly yesterday after profit-taking erased almost all early gains in unsettled trade ahead of Chusok holidays, the Korean version of Thanksgiving. "Amid the lack of fresh news, blue chips and financial favoured by foreigners fared well, as the market looked forward to the
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      589 28 AFP QlHOriiMriM -2U A SLUMP in the resource sector coupled with weak base metal prices helped force down share prices yesterday. "Once again resources were hardest hit," a broker said. "This was combined with a downward fall in copper prices over the weekend and a weaker gold price." The
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      256 28 Bloomberg Business News QWeflington SM SHARES declined yesterday as newspaper publisher Wilson Horton Ltd shed its dividend. The NZSE Top 40-share Index fell 5.09 points to 2,233.79. Bloomberg Busi —a m *t- mm AMZ Banking 7JB0 a05 4866 Atfvantaqat HMgi L32 -0.03 ***** Ak Now Zaatand (A) 3.09 -0.01
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        7254 29 11I1111U11 ill U1C 9LA U1UI1U15 ended June 30. AFX Asia, Bloomberg Business News Q Composite Index -4.09 SHARE prices eased slightly yesterday, led by Tenaga Nasional, after the release of July trade figures which showed a deficit of M 5624.5 million (***** million), compared with
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        64 32  -  Paul Leo PROVISIONS SUPPLIERS CORP has been trading between 82 and 96 cents since late last year and wiu continue to do so. Yesterday's s.scentfall to 85 cents was accompanied by a volume 0f21,000 shares -14 per cent of the lOday average of 152,696 units. Daily Relative Strength
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        872 32  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Bulk of selling believed to have originated from US clients; meanwhile, KL's Second Board continues to steal the limelight By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Share prices here weakened considerably yesterday, with the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's Second Board grabbing, once again,
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
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          Can you hear me?
          64 32 AT THE launch of Scottish fund manager Abtrust Singapore's first unit trust here, bagpipers were out in force—a nice little touch to what could otherwise become very boring press conferences. The pity was, at one stage, the bagpipers seemed to have got a second wind and
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          Ahead the world
          83 32 ALTHOUGH Malaysia's national oil company, Petronas, has yet to officially award a mandate for its proposed US$5OO million (SS7OS million) financing, bankers believe CS First Boston is the front-runner to secure the mandate. Euro week reported that roadshows organised by the US investment bank are believed to
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          37 32 ONE of our journalists received a receipt from Hertz which carried this address: Singapore. Seychelles Island. We can only hope that the route directions that Hertz gives along with its rental cars are little more informed.
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          The meek shall inherit
          82 32 A READER, sounding really angry, called yesterday to complain that the only consolation for Singaporeans who put up with poor and shoddy service without a murmur is that "the meek will inherit the earth": In case you don't get it, he was being sarcastic. He was
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          Top arranger
          128 32 CHASE MANHATTAN arranged 52 syndicated loans in Asia from Jan 1 to Sep 12 with a total value of US$3.B6 trillion (555.44 trillion), making the American bank a top arranger of Asia market loans in terms of value. If you wonder what market share this gave Chase, Euroweek
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          September fells for UK stock?
          128 32 STOCKMARKET historian David Schwartz has data to suggest that UK stockmarket pundits had better be cautious. Historically, in a bull market, the run-ups occurred 61 per cent of the time in the month of September. But since 1972, September has suffered five declines in bear
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      239 22 i This announcement appears as a matter of record only ASEAN SUPREME FUND LTD 4 (a company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of Singapore) I Issue of 10,000,000 Redeemable Preference Shares of US$O.Ol each in the capital of the Fund at the price of US$lO for each Share
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      195 29 y Here's An Opportunity To Enhance Your Corporate Presence For booing* contact (11 I■ I To launch the Singapore Regional Index, a Special Feature will be published with The Straits William Tan 740 1628 111 111 Times, The Business Times and Lianhe Zaobao on 16 October 1996. R Subraman am
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      189 30 //sj I i j/wm£ LIS' Singapore Handicrafts presents the splendour of the majestic rosewood. inspired UV H MB! Discover the unique charm and beauty of classic rosewood furniture from Singapore Handicrafts Singapore's k leading rosewood specialist. A rosewood masterpiece with its refined lines and exact proportions will add a m
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      359 32 BUSINESS Notices I() \D\I KIISI \I I KH.I.-I Ri: i: IS 00-74 I ISS 3 I ■PW IM—— >11 111 111 i^——> W 111 I ST Capital Limited (Incorporated in the Republic ot Singapore) a member of Singapore Technologies NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an
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      352 32 In the Matter of The Com pan im Act. Cap.so and In lha Mailer ot KM PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General MaaMnj ot tfw abovanamed Company duly convanad and held at 2 Hava4ock Road, #0707 Apoflo Centre, Singapore *****3 on Monday, the 23rd ov dvpttii
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      251 32 In the Matter of The Companies Act, Cap.so and In the Matter of SJ INVESTMENT PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of tie abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 1 Hevekx* Road, #0707 Apollo Centoe, *****3 on Monday, the 23rd day of September, IMC
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      285 32 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER SO AND IN THE MATTER OF VINTEL MARKETING PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Extract of the Minutes of an Extraordinary Qanaral Maatiny of the members of VMel Marketing Pte Ltd held at 8 Robmaon Road #08-00, Coeco BuMng. Singepore *****4 on
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      105 32 JACK CHIA-MPH LIMITED (Incorporated in ttw Republic of Singapore) LOST CERTIFICATES Notice it hereby given that certificates numbered *****8/49 covering 1.000 shares each in the name of Low Cher Kiah, deceased have been reported lost Notice also hereby given that the original certificates wiM be deemed duty canceled and void
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      290 32 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF KUMtAJ INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING (PTE) LTD On Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS (Pursuant to Section 290(2)(b)] At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company deemed to be held on the 19 September 1996, the following resolutions
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      306 33 Bridge News Reuter IT WAS an extremely dull end to a slow week on the freight market with the outlook essentially gloomy for the next few months, brokers said. The Baltic Freight Index dropped to 1,001, close to breaking the "psychological" 1,000 barrier. The direction of futures trading
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      297 33 SES '000 'orrotitrttutton Ltl unch 35 Chuon Hup 0.975 unch 94 "Cosco Mvottmont _.UO -CM S «LS 7.05 *0.05 16 frttaMumu an -0.01 CBHoldinga 0.925 -0.013 10 Hoi Sun Hup 0.99 -O.OOS 1*9 Hitachi Zojon 0.825 -0.01 33 IMC Hotdtags HK5.60 < «lay o Holding* 1.04 -0.01 3
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      More mergers between carriers predicted
      386 33  -  mTERMODAL ASIA '96 Medium-sized lines more likely to merge than shipping giants, conference told By. Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] More mergers between shipping lines are likely to take place in the wake of the merger of Nedlloyd Lines' and Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's container
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      Penguin orders S-E Asia's biggest straddle carrier
      263 33  -  Australia's Crib Point to build 500-tonne vessel for S'pore ferry operator By: Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] One of Singapore's biggest ferry operators, Penguin Boat Services, has awarded a contract to build South-east Asia's largest marine straddle carrier to an Australian engineering company. Melbourne-based Crib
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      Lock icon Training ship sails in-with 2 S'porean cadets
      201 33  -  By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Two Singaporeans were among the 160 trainees aboard the German sailing school ship SSS Gorch Fock, which made its maiden call at Singapore yesterday. The two cadets, Leon Chua Kee Thye, 22, and Quek Soon Leong, 20, are attached
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      Lock icon Aussie firm wins patrol boat deal from Thailand
      201 33 AFP [ADELAIDE] Australia has won a contract to build three patrol boats for the Royal Thai Navy in a joint venture with a company in Thailand, the shipbuilders announced here yesterday. The 30-metre boats will be built by the Australian Submarine Corporation
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      Lock icon Aussie govt blasts union ban on Indon ships
      85 33 Reuter [CANBERRA] Australian Transport Minister John Sharp said yesterday union bans against Indonesian ships would harm Australia's trading interests and threaten jobs. "The Maritime Union of Australia has again embarked on a course which is harming our trading reputation overseas and threatening
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        Lock icon Kepphil yard's expansion approved
        75 33 Reuter [MANILA] The Philippines' Board of Investment has approved a 450 million peso (5524.1 million) expansion project by Kepphil Shipyard Inc. according to documents released yesterday. The expansion involves the construction of a graving dock with room for vessels of up to 40,000 deadweight tonnes (dwt)
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        Lock icon Canada to double oil pollution penalties
        56 33 Reuter [OTTAWA) Canadian Transport Minister David Anderson has introduced amending legislation that will double the potential liability for oil spills. "The amendments introduced will substantially raise a shipowner's liability in the event of an oil spill or other maritime incident," Mr Anderson said in
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        Kawasaki sets up Indon Joint venture
        66 33 [TOKYO] Kawasaki Kisen has established a joint venture in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta with a local coastal shipping operator. Previously, Kawasaki had operated as an agent and freight collector in Indonesia, but with that country's relaxation of regulations on foreign investment and because
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      Lock icon Hutchison confirmed Subic winner
      155 33 AFP [MANILA] A subsidiary of Hongkong's Hutchison Whampoa Ltd won its bid to develop a container terminal at the Philippines' Subic Freeport following a re-evaluation, authorities said yesterday. The re-evaluation, carried out on the orders of President Fidel Ramos, confirmed that Hutchison Ports Philippines Ltd (HPPL)
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      Philippines in race to comply
      949 34  -  WORLD SEAFARING: STRICT STANDARDS SET The IMO has revised the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping convention, requiring training institutions to pass strict quality controls and a country's maritime administrations to pass muster too By. Alec Almazan in Manila Government agencies in Manila are going
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      312 34 PACE EES 17 Ml B EWoP«» '0 Ae«ocean 17 ANL 7 Evergreen 10 Abie 17 8 Famous 11 Accord 16 Feedertrans 11 Ahrenkiel 8 Fl-Bright II Appenship 8 FoongSun 16 Astro 7 FroU 16 Austral 15 Frt World 11 A«ant K) Lin 16
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        Largest oil, gas show opens today
        394 35 Osea96 and RLPAsia96 will showcase products and services from over 1,300 international suppliers and manufacturers. The 11 th Offshore Southeast Asia conference and exhibition (Osea96) and the third Asian Internationa] Refining, LNG and Petrochemical technology exhibition and conference (RLPAsia96) will be opened today by
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        Better technology
        1216 36  -  Dr Aung Khin best used. Dr Aung Khin is a petroleum consultant who is based here. Continued from Page I Malaysia has awarded six deepwater blocks SK-A, B, C, D, E and SB-G covering 27,685 sq km in the South China Sea to Mobil (four blocks) and Shell
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        Process technologies: key to future petroleum industry
        740 36  -  Dr Aung Khin Energy demand is driven by population growth, rising living standards and urbanisation. The world's population now stands at 5.8 billion and will grow to over 8 billion by 2020 and 10 billion by 2050. Global oil demand grew by 1.7
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        Petrochemical industry: closely related to refining industry
        317 36  -  Dr Aung Khin The petrochemical industry has close ties with the oil refining industry and an understanding of the interface between the two is crucial for maximising synergistic opportunities. Implementing the interface effectively means the key to a successful downstream oi business in
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        Technology showcase
        810 38 Highlighted here are some of the myriad products and services that will be exhibited at Osea96 and RLPAsia96. The Asia-Pacific, which accounts for some of the most significant oil and gas projects in the world, is of vital importance to the world oil market. South-east Asian countries awarded
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        The latest in refining, LNG and petrochemical technology
        548 38 The third Asian International Refining, LNG Petrochemical Technology exhibition and conference (RLPAsia96) is Asia's leading downstream oil and gas event. Over 200 companies will show their latest in refining, LNG and petrochemical technology and services. Country pavilions taking part in the show
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        205 51 Sept 24 South Korea: Heritage Day. Sept 26 South Korea: Chusok (Korean Thanksgiving). Sri Lanka: Market and Public holiday. Sept 27 South Korea: Chusok (Korean Thanksgiving). Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival. Sept 28 South Korea: Chusok (Korean Thanksgiving). Taiwan: Teacher's day (Confucius' birthday). Oct 1 National Day holiday (to Oct
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        937 51 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine OU Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        Lock icon JAL to resume India service after four years
        386 52 Japanese carrier responding to growth in air traffic dne to Indian economic boom Business Line [NEW DELHI] JAL (Japan Airlines) will resume flights from India to Japan from October after a gap of four years. It will be the second Japanese and
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        Lock icon Big enough for family of 8
        62 52 [HAIPHONG, Vietnam] A self-conscious family ofeight shunning attention as they and a rider cram onto a cyclo in Haiphong, a northern Vietnamese coastal town, over the weekend. As an ever increasing number of motorbikes and cars make their way onto the already crowded streets,
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        Lock icon Chrysler to open Seoul unit to step up marketing foray
        251 52 AFP ISEOULJ Chrysler Corp of the US plans to open a whollyowned subsidiary in Seoul to import and distribute its cars in the flourishing South Korean car market. "As the world's eighth largest automotive market, it makes good business sense
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        Lock icon Aussie car makers wary of M'sian imports, inquiry told
        271 52 Mounting concern over KL's attempt to launch Proton cars AFP [CANBERRA] Efforts by Malaysia's highly-protected car Industry to enter the low-tariff Australian market could provoke a backlash in the Australian industry, trade officials told a senate committee here yesterday. Foreign Affairs
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        Lock icon Nissan, partners to build car plant in Vietnam
        273 52 They will hold 75% stake in USsllom plant Bloomberg Business News [HANOI] Nissan Motor Co is leading a group of partners planning to build a US$llO million (SSIS4 million) car plant in Vietnam, the nation's 14th approved car project. Nissan Motors will
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        Lock icon Canadian union approves deal with Chrysler
        193 52 Reuter (TORONTO) Ail overwhelming 85 per cent of Chrysler Canada Ltd workers participating in a ratification vote on Sunday voted in favour of a three-year contract that limits the company's ability to contract out jobs. About 42 per cent of the 12,600 unionised members
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        Hongkong air cargo rising to record high
        169 52 [HONGKONG] Hongkong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (HACTL) is set to establish a new air cargo handling record for 19% with cumulative throughput for the first eight months of this year rising 3.6 per cent to 918,326 tonnes. The latest figures show that HACTL
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        Lock icon Malaysia's 2nd national airline to fly on Nov 17
        212 52 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's second national airline, Pacific Eagle, will begin scheduled flights on Nov 17, Air Asia Sdn Bhd director Tik Mustaffa was quoted as saying yesterday. He told the Business Times daily the airline would begin with scheduled chartered
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          Lock icon Sydney airport gets road funding
          64 52 Reuter [SYDNEY] Australia's Federal Airports Corp (FAC) said yesterday it has approved Ass 6 million (5162.1 million) for road development work at Sydney airport. The funds will be used to build an elevated road separating the domestic arrivals and departure terminals, and for redevelopment of
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          Lock icon THAI piano in emergency landing
          104 52 Reuter [BANGKOK] A Thai Airways International Airbus with 160 people on board was forced to make an emergency landing on Sunday night after a fire warning signal was triggered, an airline official said yesterday. The Airbus A 3-6008 flight bound for Kaula Lumpur was forced
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          Lock icon Alpha Airports sells US airport kitchens
          62 52 Reuter [LONDON] Alpha Airports Group pic said yesterday it was selling its loss-making US flight catering kitchens at JFK, Newark, Miami and Orlando airports—to Chicago-based Flying Food Group for £6.8 million (5514.8 million) cash. "The continuing difficult market conditions in the US have meant
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          Lock icon Aer Lingus averts strike by pilots
          89 52 Reuter [DUBLIN] A threatened strike by pilots at Irish national carrier Aer Lingus was averted on Sunday with only hours to spare when both sides agreed a compromise package after last-ditch talks to settle the dispute. Aer Lingus and the Irish Airline Pilots' Association
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          Lock icon BA to appeal against French ruling
          79 52 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] British Airways pic said it appealed a French court's award of 26 million francs (SJ7.I million) to French passengers taken hostage by Iraq after their BA flight stopped in Kuwait during the 1990 Iraqi invasion. The French Court of First
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        139 52 AFXAsia [MANILA] Philippine and Hongkong aviation officials will meet in Hongkong on Oct 1-2 to finalise a bilateral air services agreement, a Philippine official said. Unlike in previous meetings, Philippine carriers agreed to set aside demands for additional flight frequencies to
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      16 33 Philippines in race to comply International Maritime Organisation is setting strict standards for seafarers. Page 2
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      279 33 Osea 96, SLPAsia 96 opens today Showcase of oil exploration, refining and petrochemical sectors and their associated services. Page 3,4,6 ■IH IBM's new GMin Asla-Pao IBM has named Leslie J Rechan the Asia-Pacific general manager of its travel and transportation industry solutions unit. He will now lead the team in
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      114 35 i ScT! RLPAsIaVO M jj The 11th Offshore South East Asia Conference Exhibition "'"'t' The 3rd Asian International Refining, LNG Petrochemical Technology Exhibition Conference i Asia's Leading Oil Gas Show is Now On! ;j World Trade Centre, Singapore £Jb irn I to Singapore Exhibition Services on orqanisinq <\ iJ OSEA96
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      3740 37 More Than 1,300 Reasons To Be At Asia's Premier Oil Gas Event M I SMGAPORE I ""T" 'ti I JO B A Aft JEss. fSSf I?| RA cbOA I M /SEASIO £si~=i gf 11M #«iJICI M%S HP comtikx SVSTIMS i* AD AFT ASK x ißfc UMTOD uk ADVAACID CONTIKXS FTI
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      1300 39 PACIFIC SOUTH WIST EXPRESS (DIRECT) vcsa voy wa sin eta swetp lax mi wm qg wyc m hounok sul maggog ook 23/09 25/n 20/00 11/10 is/10 14/10 10/10 17/10 17/10 it/10 10/10 u/10 ItftOTKA 0101 07/10 09/10 10/10 25/10 29/10 30/10 30/10 31/10 31/10 30/10 30/10 01/11 tfITMMUNP 001 14/10
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      410 40 Direct Container Service to m Fangcheng i Zhanjiang Vessel S'PW Fangcheng Zhaniiang UANBAO 04/10 09/10 11/10 I /Vt)/?TlfrANij» TELM-*****67 FAX: 65-*****90 Muht-Purpow RO/L0 Carrier Accqrtwg: RO/RO, Ramp Capodty up to 40 toas Heavy Lift opto 68.5 tons Commtmol/ Break B*k /Contmer/Keeim Coalmen Thai Flag Status »*Uy«» V-M* 1*77/* Rl-84/I* 30-01/f
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      1549 41 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Ho* Chiang Road #11-01 Koppol Towers Singaporo 0208 Tel: *****88 Fox: *****17 Isaiah t irunei conventional service Sarawak container service 388 Jffi |UN *1 MUA la IviSSIl VOY [sMWOtI I KUONNG STumsiM mm u/vt 01/10 w/io cam mim mi<u 25/01 17/01 STUmHOK W231 01/10
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      666 42 B RICHFIELD MAMNE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 UNES) FAX: *****18/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Unas) CR NO: **********0E I® ETMonAiMPraeu»: Y (NMlhH«(Eihpia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Vooool Voy KTA Loading for Spor# N*»an« 44W8 2^lo Andrwt 4CWB flm DpbocALA*«to, H KIEM mwa LMIE FULLY CONTAINERISED REGULAR
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      1381 47 ADVANCE CONTAINER LINES (PTE) LTD API 140 Cecil Street. *12-00, P| L Building. Singapore *****0 Mlj Li TEL *****21. FAX *****19. TELEX RS ***** ACLPL CR NO **********06 BANGKOK JAKARTA '™i' VESSEL VQY SIN IKK SIN vlssa VOY SX JKT SM SBSAMUT *****7 25/09 Wed 28/09 Sat 02/10 Wed SUAE
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      756 49 2; m HR W PS 2- n SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. Mll COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. m TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) Also accepting container cargo to: VESSfI/VOY ETA SIN ETA HKG ETA SHA W/T HKG: Beijioo, Chiwon,
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      58 51 BELL SPEDITION LINE SINGAPORE Colombo, Bombay, Karachi Maldives MV BADINH/early October JAPAN/KOREA South-east Asian Ports MV PHUYEN/early October Othervessels available for Time/Voyage Charter Wc accept aU kinds of General Cargoes Breakbulk Cargoes IMCO Cla*s Cargoes Heavy Lift Equipments Project Shipments 1 General agent: S. Y. SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD I
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