The Business Times, 1 October 1996

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04^ia®5 SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.8g/biztimes TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Interim S'pore earnings disappoint analysts
    692 1  -  1996 earnings growth estimates drop to 7.9-14% compiu-ed to 15-17% forecast at the start of the year By] R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The interim reporting season closed yesterday to the general disappointment of analysts, with most saying it was a letdown compared to their earnings estimates
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    Dhanabalan appointed Temasek Hldgs chairman
    363 1  -  Lee EkTieng among three stepping down from board By( Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Former cabinet minister S Dhanabalan has been appointed chairman of Temasek Holdings, the government investment holding company. He takes over from today from the Finance Ministry's Permanent Secretary, Lee Ek Tieng. Also leaving
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    Lock icon G-7 helps US$ hit 32-month high
    232 1  -  By] Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] The US dollar surged 0.68 yen in Asia yesterday to a 32-month high of 111.41 yen after the Group of Seven industrialised nations endorsed a strong US dollar at a weekend meeting. The greenback generally maintained its strength in early
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    Lock icon Ekran chief suffered mild stroke: sources
    510 1  -  Hospitalisation sparks fears about Baku project, drives stack prices dawn By. Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] News that Sarawak tycoon Ting Pek Khiing was hospitalised in Singapore for more than a week has raised fears about the M) 13.6 billion (557.6 billion) Bakun dam and
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      Mandela to deliver Singapore Lecture
      116 2 THE South African president, Nelson Mandela will deliver the 15th Singapore Lecture on Oct 14. Mr Mandela, who also heads the Afrioan National Congress, was imprisoned fbr 28 years in apartheid South Africa. Released in 1990, he was elected the country's president in 1994. Inaugurated
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      Utilities rebates for HDB households
      349 2 Payments in two equal instalments this month and in Dec ALL citizen households living in one to five-room HDB flats will receive a rebate on utilities bills starting this month, the Ministry of Trade and Industry announced yesterday. Households in one, two and three-room HDB
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      City Mansions up for collective sale
      272 2  -  Paterson Rd development likely to fetch $150m-sl6om By] Michelle Low ANOTHER Paterson Road property the 34-unit City Mansions has come up for grabs in an en bloc sale tipped to fetch $150 million to $160 million. City Mansions is the second Paterson Road property
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      Lock icon Nomura sees 8.1% Q4 growth
      341 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY GDP By, Anna Teo THE Nomura Research Institute is looking at economic growth recovering to 8.1 per cent in the fourth quarter the highest among forecasts so far. For the third quarter, Nomura's forecast of gross domestic product (GDP) growth is
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      LTA moves to relax import procedures for Japanese cars
      308 4  -  It levels playing field for individual* u&d parallel Importers Reports bf Christopher Tan THE Land Transport Authority has eased the import procedures for Japanese cars "to provide a more level playing held for individuals and parallel importers". The move follows a
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      Goldman Sachs starts monthly report on motor trade
      327 4 GOLDMAN Sachs, an investment bank of world repute, has started a monthly report on the motor trade here a move apparently prompted by concerns voiced by investor clients about the industry. "Reports of a slowing economy, lacklustre stock and property markets, and
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      BG Lee: good if 5 new faces turn out to be full ministers
      436 4  -  Reportsbf Chuang Peck Ming fT'S still early days but the tilling party will be doing extremely well if five out of its fcbout 20 new candidates for the coming general election feurn out to be full ministers
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      Portraits of 3 PAP candidates
      487 4 A trade unionist, a professor and a lawyer made up the second batch of new PAP candidates introduced yesterday. Below are thumbnail sketches of their background, why they join politics and their aspirations as MPs: HENG CHEE HOW is the chief executive officer of the
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      Lock icon Remisiers boost bank stock
      74 4 BUY, sell hold- That's what remisiers do every day. Yesterday, however, was different They gave Not just anything but their blood. Their donation was organised by The Society qf Remisiers Singapore (SRS) at the OUB Centre. It was the society's first donation to the national blood
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      DuPont plans to invest US$1.5b more in Asia
      356 4  -  New capital likely to go to India, China, S'pore and M'sia By( Genevieve Cua US-BASED chemicals giant DuPont plans to invest another US$l.5 billion (Ss2.l billion) in the Asia Pacific over the next three to four years, group president and chief executive
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      Philips pumping $62m into R&D here
      318 4  -  Electronics giant expanding regional process RAD centre By, Annette Pau DUTCH electronics giant Philips yesterday said it is investing $62.5 million over the next five years to expand its regional process R&D facility in Singapore. About $10 million will be invested in the initial
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      396 3 "Once you understand the basic swing;, it's just a matter of adapting it to different situations." DAVID LEADBETTER. Whether it is the proper routing of the to see that person play. Eveiything Ido works full swing, or escaping a deep green-side toward that." bunker, David Leadbetter has always had a
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      278 4 TO ADVERTISE CALL TOLL-FREE 1 800-74 1 1883 Jardine Strategic Payment of interim dividend for the six months ended 30th June 1996 Dividend An interim dividend of US$4.6O per share will be payable on 3rd December 1996 to ordinary Shareholders on the register of members at the close of business
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
    • Article, Illustration
      Watching HDB's mortgage loan growth
      562 5  -  TBBPEOPBBTT COLUMN Rapid growth in HDB loans fuelled by rise In prices, as well as By Lee Han Shih IN THE last financial year, the Housing and Development Board lent a massive 16.24 billion to buyers of its flats. This is equivalent to an average
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      Lock icon Servicing a gap in London
      887 6 Service apartments have a grip on most international cities but struggle to find their feet in London FT IN MOST international cities across the world the service apartment is a recognised option on the property menu. There has been an explosion in the market in
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      Sixty-year leasehold flatted factories to sell for $400-570 psf
      419 6  -  Woodlands units 2nd in area to be sold by strata title this year By I Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] A block of 60year leasehold strata titled flatted factories in Woodlands' Admiralty Industrial Park (AIP) will be on sale from Thursday. Northland Industries
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Thai stocks surge in expectation of Chuan-led govt
      613 7  -  BANGKOK SET lata and bftht roboandaa politicians fcnunbls to join partiMDMstlikfliy t* form new girt By] Loh Hui Yin THAI stocks surged over 4 per cent yesterday as investors welcomed the dissolution of parliament and the holding of snap polls which could
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      Lock icon Rupiah falls on Mar'ie's remarks
      227 7  -  SINGAPORE By\ Paul Leo THE Indonesian currency fell 3.5 rupiah to 2322 against the US dollar after the country's Finance Minister Mar*ie Muhammad reiterated that Jakarta intended to make a 5 per cent depreciation against the greenback. Mr Mar'ie told a conference sponsored by the
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      Lock icon Megawati to sue city
      102 7 JAKARTA AFP OPPOSITION leader Megawati Soekarnoputri will file a lawsuit against the Jakarta city administration over the closure of her party headquarters, her lawyer said. "Most probably we will file the suit to the Jakarta Administrative court tomorrow," lawyer Terkelin Brahmana said yesterday. The East Jakarta
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi house blockade continues
      146 7 YANGON AFP MYANMAR's military authorities kept up their blockade of Aung San Suu Kyi's residence yesterday as estimates of the number of her supporters detained in the last five days rose to around 500. Kyi Maung, a leader of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League
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      Lock icon KL mulls local content policy in telecoms
      279 7 KUALA LUMPUR Proposal aims to cot imports, capital oatftow and maintain high growth AFP MALAYSIA is considering imposing a local content policy for the telecommunications industry to cut imports of telecommunication products and equipment, a senior minister said yesterday. The government wanted to
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      Lock icon Vietnam warned against abrupt dong devaluation
      387 8 HANOI Cut in the value of the dong could help trim country's trade Mb economists Reuter AS Vietnam prepared for a currency devaluation to tackle its growing balance of payments problem, bankers and economists warned yesterday that a sudden slide in the currency's value
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      Lock icon US-Viet China Beach project may run aground
      325 8 DANANG, Vietnam AFP THE massive VietnameseAmerican "China Beach" luxury hotel complex planned near central Danang has become a major example of the failures of foreign investment in Vietnam. The granting of a licence for the project was announced with great fanfare at the
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      Lock icon Monfirm on WTO agenda
      150 8 JAKARTA Bloomberg Business News INDONESIA will fight any attempts to put labour standards, government procurement and Investment Issues on the agenda for the World Trade Organisation's upcoming ministerial meeting, a government minister said. "We will reject any discussion on new issues that might be introduced by
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon Taipei's indirect trade with China down
        98 9 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan's indirect trade with China slid 1.2 per cent to U5812.17 billion (Ssl7 billion) in the first seven months 0f1996 from the same period in 1996. The Board of Foreign Trade yesterday said Taiwan's exports to China grew 0.2 per cent to
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        Lock icon Beijing raise coal production
        69 9 Reuter [BEIJING] China is to spend 88.9 billion yuan (Ssls billion) on developing its biggest coal mine to raise annual production to 60 million tonnes. The Xinhua news agency yesterday said the ShenfU-Dongsheng coal mine will raise annual coal production from 10 million tonnes to 25
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        Lock icon HK can be debt market centre: BOC
        47 9 Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong can become the Asia-Pacific's debt market centre if it speeds up its development. The Bank of China said in a report yesterday that Hongkong's financial markets, the moet open in the region, could attract foreign Issuers. —Reuter
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        Lock icon East-west wealth gap widening in China
        75 9 AFX-Asia [BEIJING] China yesterday said the wealth gap between coastal regions and the interior of the country was still widening. The official Xinhua news agency said in a commentary: "As the east has surged ahead economically at an annual growth rate of more than
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        Lock icon More China-bound investment projects
        57 9 Reuter (TAIPEI] Taiwan's Economics Ministry has given the nod to 10 China-bound investment projects worth US$11.31 million (SH5.8 million). The ministry yesterday said it had agreed to let Charoen Pokphand Enterprises invest US$1.08 million In a food processing venture on the mainland. It did not give
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      Lock icon Patten expected to announce hike in welfare spending
      282 9 AFP, Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong governor Chris Patten is expected to announce increased welfare spending in his last policy address, despite warnings from Beijing against such a move, it was reported yesterday. The South China Morning Post quoted an unnamed source as saying
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      Lock icon Peter Woo throws his hat in the ring for HK's top job
      288 9 HONGKONG AFP LEADING Hongkong businessman Peter Woo yesterday announced his candidacy to become Hongkong's first chief executive, the top job after China takes power here next summer. Mr Woo, 50, who recently stood down as chief executive of
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      Lock icon Reunification of China and Taiwan unstoppable: Qian
      310 9 BEIJING Foreign minister also sees smooth transition of Hongkong from UK to China control AFP NO power on earth can prevent the eventual reunification of Taiwan with the Chinese mainland, Foreign Minister Qian Qichen was quoted yesterday as telling a reception for overseas
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      Lock icon Beijing eases rules on foreign trading
      202 9 BEIJING Foreign-Chinese joint ventures to kick off in Prolong area AFP CHINA'S foreign trade ministry issued regulations yesterday allowing overseas firms for the first time to set up foreign trade joint ventures with Chinese partners. China's import-export sector is currently dominated by monolithic, state-run
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      China making headway in inflation, growth battle
      310 10 WASHINGTON Betying successfully cooling overheating economy without slowing growth, says central bank chief CHINA has been making progress in cooling inflation, opening its foreign exchange market and maintaining growth as state-owned companies work off their huge debt loads, said the chief of the
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      Lock icon Li Peng warns Japan over islands
      265 10 BEIJING AFP CHINESE Premier Li Peng beat the nationalist drum in an address to the nation yesterday that carried a specific warning to Japan over an emotional territorial dispute in the East China Sea. In a speech to Chinese and foreign dignitaries on the
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      Lock icon Japan, EU agree on China's WTO entry
      227 10 TOKYO AFP JAPAN and the EU agree that China should be admitted to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), EU President and Irish Prime Minister John Bruton said yesterday. Mr Bruton told a news conference after the fifth JapanEU summit that the two sides
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      Lock icon China's green shut down
      149 10 M BEIJING AFP GOVERNMENT inspection teams fanned out across China yesterday to oversee the closure of tens of thousands of small factories named in a nationwide pollution blacklist. The National Environmental Protection Agency (Nepa) has sent the teams to every nook and corner of the country
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon NZ tipped to get first female PM in Oct 12 election
      456 11 WELLINGTON Labour party leader Helen Clark, 46, reputed to be ice-cold performer AFP LABOUR Party leader Helen Clark is moving closer to becoming New Zealand's first female prime minister, as opinion polls show the Oct 12 general election will
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      Lock icon NZ's wholesale electricity market opens today
      483 11 WELLINGTON Reuter NEW ZEALAND'S new wholesale electricity market geared up for its launch yesterday as players began entering bids and offers in the day-ahead and physical markets. When the market officially opens today, the wholesale price of electricity will for the first time be
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      Lock icon Court postpones hearing in Rao fraud case
      306 11 NEW DELHI Security fears lead judge to consider change of venue AFP AN Indian court yesterday postponed a hearing in the US$lOO,OOO (SS140.000) fraud case against former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao until Oct 9. Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke said the case,
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      Lock icon 12 big banks to write off 1.7t yen jusen debt
      256 11 TOKYO They say earnings for full year to next March not affected Reuter MAJOR Japanese banks said yesterday they would forgive a total of 1.68 trillion yen (5521.2 billion) worth of loans they had extended to failed mortgage firms, but
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      Lock icon Aussie housing sector recovering
      204 11 SYDNEY Reuter, AFP AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard yesterday said the housing sector, which had been weakening for about two years, was beginning to recover, but that the manufacturing sector was flat. "The housing sector is beginning to recover," he told Sydney radio station 2UE. "Manufacturing
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  • THIS WORLD
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      Charter for stable forex markets
      442 12  -  WASHINGTON IMF panel adopts 11 'commandments' for soond monetary and fiscal policies By Anthony Rowley A NEW charter for preserving stability in international foreign exchange markets was adopted on Sunday by the IMFs policy-making Interim Committee. IMF managing director Michel Camdessus termed it the "eleven
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      Lock icon German reforms may cut tax burden by 30b marks
      321 12 BONN Bloomberg Business News REFORMS planned by the German government to take effect in 1999 could reduce the net tax burden by as much as 30 billion Deutschemarks (Ss2B billion), said Finance Minister Theo Waigel yesterday. The lowering of income and
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      Lock icon Arafat to attend summit in US today
      248 12 m CAIRO Reuter, AFP PALESTINIAN President Yasser Arafat will go to Washington today, where US President Bill Clinton is hosting a Middle East summit, Palestinian sources said yesterday. But the White House yesterday said that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had declined to attend
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      Lock icon Gold falls below US$380 for first time in a year
      327 12 LONDON Analysts expect price of precious metal to dip farther Reuter GOLD fixed below the psychological US$3BO support yesterday for the first time in over a year after edging down in jittery early trading, traders said. "There's a general concern
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      Lock icon US new home sales in August up 4.7%
      298 12 M WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News SALES of new single-family homes in the US soared to the highest level in more than a decade in August, defying economists' predictions of a slowdown and a six-month climb in borrowing costs. Americans' appetite for new
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Even Bill Gates makes mistakes
      684 13  -  THE BOTTOMLDVB OPINION By > Larry Wee The writer is a senior correspondent with BT EVERYONE makes mistakes individuals, companies and even nations. But the way we cope with mistakes and failure makes all the difference. In particular, a fear of the consequences of failure
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      165 13 'Di knows Wills has a healthy interest in pretty women and thought it would be great for him to meet Naomi and her friends.' -Ihtta London tabloid on Prince William's date with three of the world's best-known supermodels Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer and Christy Turlington at Kensington
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      Going back to Thai voters
      563 13 EDITORIAL THAI politics is notoriously difficult to read, even for the most seasoned pundit So it was again when Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa dissolved Parliament last Friday, breaking the political impasse that had seized Thailand's political system Thais are now set to go to the
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      Lock icon Rubin's winning ways
      1173 13  -  The US Treasury Secretary is credited with the apparently invincible economy By Michael Prowse Financial Times By a twist of fiate, a multi-mil-lionaire from Wall Street has become the most successful and in some ways influential member of President Bill Clinton's cabinet. Questions are raised about the
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      837 13 US starts ti aecapt EMU EUROPEAN officials and bankers have long complained of lack of sufficient understanding by their US counterparts about their plans to launch a single currency in 1999. Most US observers have not focused on the issue of European monetary union (EMU). Instead,
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Aids kids gain from model giver
      154 14 FASHION Reuter [MILAN] British supermodel Naomi Campbell, her hair cropped dramatically into a neat bob, took time off the catwalk on Sunday (right) to sign copies of her book Naomi and raise money for children suffering from Aids. Campbell, 26, wearing a chocolate brown
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      Lock icon Rafter knocks out Matsuoka in 1 hr
      331 14 Former world champion Wilander bows out in round one of Heineken Open Australian Patrick Rafter put up an impressive showing last night when he hit eight aces to knock out Shuzo Matsuoka of Japan in the first round of the Heineken Open in
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    • CHATTER Box
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        Lock icon Elton John 'not buying hack Watford'
        132 14 AFP [LONDON] Music legend and multi-millionaire Elton John will not be renewing hit commercial Interest In Watford after his record company dismissed reports linking him with the club on Sunday. The Atlanta-based pop legend was reported to be prepared to pay £8 million (5113.2
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        Lock icon Japanese novelist Shusaku Endo dies
        101 14 Reuter (TOKYO) Shusaku Endo, one of Japan's best-known novelists and winner of major Japanese literary awards, died on Sunday aged 73, his femily said. Critics said as a Roman Catholic, Endo offered a unique view of Japan to the world. He was known at horns
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      2330 16  -  The Bumi Serpong Damai Course in Indonesia has a versatile layout that caters to almost every aspect of the game, writes mcKLAUs D'caox NICKLAUS D'CRUZ The writer is editor of The Asian Oolf Review. This review and further information about golfing in
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      VDH in $204m venture to build Indon toll road
      418 17  -  It has 39% stake in 24 km project; alse reveals increase in EAPRC holding By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Engineering and infrastructure company Van Der Horst (VDH) said yesterday it has set up a joint venture company with two Indonesian partners to
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      Jardine Matheson expects profit slump
      447 17  -  Dairy Farm start-op casts major cause: finance director By < Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Trading profits for Jardine Matheson Holdings (JMH) for the whole of 1996 will not match the level seen in 1996, group finance director Chris Cowan predicted yesterday. "The outlook for Dairy Farm
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      Bullish start for Presscrete
      248 17  -  By] Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Specialist contractor Presscrete Holdings made its market debut yesterday by topping the actives list and closing 15 per cent higher than its offer price. Dealers said the stock's performance was reasonable, given the relatively weak interest in the market. Presscrete, which started
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      The Jardine fire engine didn't rush out in time
      650 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Catherine Ong INVESTMENT analysts hate surprises and it is probably fair to say that some of them couldn't have been too amused when the Jardine group's first set of interim results trickled in early last month. Trickling in
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      534 17  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Hongkongbased CM Telecom International Ltd yesterday became the first company to make an initial public offering on Singapore's newly set-up Foreign Board. The supplier of telecommunications products and services in Hongkong and China is offering 75.96 million shares comprising
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        Sampoerna is Astra's 2nd biggest shareholder
        550 18  -  His 9.81% stake may pit him against members of Indon First Family, analysts say FSkrm\ S N Vasuki til Jakarta IfcfDONESIAN tobacco tycoon Ffctera Sampoerna has emerged as the second largest Shareholder of PT Astra Inter%ational following his disclotgtre to regulators that he now
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        LKH buys rest of stake in Duxton Hotel owner
        165 18 [SINGAPORE] Listed Low Keng Huat yesterday announced it had acquired the remaining 49 per cent in Everett Investment Pte Ltd, making it the owner of the holding company which runs the Duxton Hotel. LKH said it paid $2.96 million cash to
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        Mandarin Oriental expects HK bonanza for next 2 years
        311 18  -  Handover ceremony, new airport's opening underpin occupancy By\ Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Mandarin Oriental Hotel (MOH) expects to enjoy bumper earnings for the next two years in its key market, Hongkong, managing director Robert Riley said yesterday. "1997 will certainly be a
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        Ting's hospitalisation hits Robert Tan-linked stocks
        336 18  -  By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The hospitalisation of Ekran Bhd boss Ting Pek Khiing seems to have not only affected Ekranlinked stocks but also Robert Tan-linked stocks. Mr Tan, who controls a slew of listed Malaysian companies, is a close friend and business associate of
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        Ekran's profit doubles to M$128m
        274 18  -  From, Ruth Wong m Kuala Lumpur EKRAN Bhd, the flagship of tycoon Ting Pek Khiing, beat market forecasts by registering a sharp 96 per cent hike in net profit for the year ended June 30 to M 5128.66 million (5172.2 million). This gives the timber
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        100 18 Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Tenaga Nasional Bhd plans to restructure its operations into three separate businesses, the official news agency Bernama reported. The businesses will focus on power generation, power transmission and power distribution, Minister for Energy, Telecommunications and Post Leo Moggie said
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          National Kap loss widens by 57%
          40 18 (SINGAPORE] National Kap yesterday posted an interim net loesofsl.lmityion, a widening of56J per cent from the •696,000 loss of the previous corresponding pertod It blamed overcapacity and the "worldwide downturn in all electronic industries".
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          Hwa Tat Lee mopping up red ink
          58 18 [SINGAPORE] Hwa Tat Lee Holdings yesterday said it had reduced its interim net loes from $136 million last year to $1.69 million this year. It also announced it will sell its building at frKaltang Way to Nat Steel Electronics for $20.1 million, for
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          Heshe poets $12m loss
          45 18 [SINGAPORE] Heshe Holdings announced a $1137 million loss fbr the year ended June 30, compared with a locs of $13J8 million a year ago. Loss per share was 4.36 cents, while loss per share on a fully-diluted basis was 177 cents.
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          Hotel Royal interim soars
          79 18 [SINGAPORE] Hotel Royal Ltd yeeterday posted an increase in its interim net profit of over 12 times to $166 million from $213j000 a year ago. Earnings per share was B£3 cents, up from 0.71 cents a year ago. The company attributed its food results to a
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        386 19 The UK firm wants to forge telecom ties across S-E Asia Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] British Telecommunications pic said it is in talks to buy a stake in at least one South-east Asian telephone company. "It's in the
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        Bigger Philippine land bank for Kuoks
        247 19  -  From. Al Labita m Manila THE listed firms of tycoon Robert Kuok are investing a further 512 million pesos (5527.4 million) to boost their land bank in the Philippines. Of the amount, 60 per cent will come from Kuok Philippines Properties Inc (KPPI) and
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        156 19 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese chemical companies need to undertake "drastic" restructuring to remain competitive, Moody's Investors Service Inc warned yesterday. The call by the New Yorkbased credit rating agency came as chemical companies saw their share prices drop on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. "Japan's chemical
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        69 19 [RARIT AN, New Jersey] A youngster trying out Nintendo's newest video game player, N64, as others wait their turn at the Toys R Us store here on Sunday, the first day of the official release of the new video game player in the United States. Nintendo hopes to
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        380 19 Firm looking forward to deregulation from July next year Reuter [SYDNEY! Telecom Corp of New Zealand says it is shaping up to become a major player in the Australian telecommunications market when it deregulates in mid-1997. Telecom, New Zealand's largest
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        Lock icon Gates leads US mega-rich again
        548 20 Wall Street rally gives big boost to net worth of 400 named In Forbes'list Renter [NEW YORK] Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates is the richest person in America for the third year in a row, according to Forbes magazine. In its issue reporting on the
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          Lock icon Carlsberg ups stake in Falcon to 50%
          51 20 Bloomberg Business News [COPENHAGEN] Danish brewer Carlsberg said It paid 90.5 million kroner (SI2I million) to increaseits stake in Swedish brewer Falcon Bryggerier to SO per cent from 30 per cent Carieberg bought the additional stake from Sweden's Spira Invest AB. —Bloomberg Business
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          Lock icon Rank sells unit for £72m
          51 20 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Rank Organisation said it sold its Rank Precision Industries engineering business to Schroder Ventures for £72 million (*****.7 million). Rank had sakl last month it would seU the unit as part of a reorganisation to focus on leisure businesses. —Bloomberg Business
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          Lock icon First outsider to head Philips
          57 20 Reuter [AMSTERDAM] When Cor Boonstrabecomssths new chairman of Philips Electronks today he will be the first outsider in die firm's 108-yaar history to head ths company. Mr Boonstra, who Joined the company only in 19M, replaces Jan Timmer who hauled Philips back from the brink
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        Lock icon Trump buying historic NY building
        212 20 Reuter [NEW YORK] Donald Trump has agreed to complete a US$2O million (Ss2B million) deal to buy a historic office building in New York's financial district by year-end, The New York Times reported. On Saturday, the newspaper said Mr Trump confirmed reports in the real
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        Lock icon HSBC unlikely to bid for ANZ
        450 21 Analysts dismiss renewed rumours, citing the high cost and high risk of such a takeover deal Reuter [HONGKONG] Banking giant HSBC Holdings pic is unlikely to bid for Australia New Zealand Banking Group Ltd in the near future because the riskreward relationship does not
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        Lock icon Westpac securitises loans
        125 21 Reuter [SYDNEY] Westpac Banking Corp said yesterday that it and Societe Generale Australia had finalised the As34o million (*****.5 million) securitisation of a Westpac mortgage product into Societe Generale's new residential mortgage securitisation vehicle. Westpac said the mortgages to be securitised were from its Basic Option home
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        Lock icon MasterCard to launch new corporate cards
        236 21  -  The payment cards are to be launched worldwide over the next 18 months By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] MasterCard International yesterday announced the launch of a slew of corporate payment cards in the United States, some of which will be rolled out selectively around
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        US$25m offshore facility for AFC Merchant Bank
        219 21  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] The Singapore branches of Ave Japanese banks have lent out US$25 million (Ss3s million) to AFC Merchant Bank, a Singaporebased Asean financial institution, in the offshore market here. The five are Fuji Bank, Sumitomo Bank, Sumitomo Trust and
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        435 22 More battering expected in the region with weak demand and adequate supplies, say traders Reuter [SINGAPORE] South-east Asian rubber prices, which have been battered for weeks by soft demand, may slide further because of continuing weak consumer interest, regional traders said yesterday. "It's probably going
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        Quotation Of Singapore Government Stocks (Sep 30,1996)
        365 22 Wms: if INDICATIVE <3? t NUMBER MIDDLE PRICKS 4Mnimir OF DAYS OP (EXCLUDING GROSS w.~rr,__, A RATE AMOUNT PAYMENT ACCRUED ACCRUED REDEMPTION MATURITY YEAR RAISED PA> OM) DATES INTEREST mLDT.PA) '2 N*****1N 1994 j 33/8# 500.00 1/12 1/5 121 *****# 2.17# €$W rC9510bX
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        Lock icon One Holding to lift capital
        78 22 Reuter [BANGKOK] Thailand's One Holding pic, the investment arm of Finance One pic, said yesterday it would raise its registered capital to 3.8 bUlion baht (*****.5 million) from 2.2 billion baht by issuing 160 mUlion new shares. The new shares wUI be offered to existing
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        Lock icon Crisis systems talks less urgent: Dresdner
        191 22 AFP [WASHINGTON] An improvement in the global economic environment has made it less urgent for the international financial system to create crisis prevention systems, the head of Germany's Dresdner Bank said here. Juergen Sarrazin told a news conference on Sunday during meetings of the
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        Lock icon Euroyen, JGBs end firm
        222 22 Report Reuter [SINGAPORE) Comments by Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Yasuo Matsushita gave a lift to Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bonds (JGBs) yesterday, as the market shrugged off Japan's August industrial production data which matched expectations. His comment that the fall in long-term interest rates
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        171 22 Reuter, AFP T^|^n THE dollar remained strong against the yen, fuelled by growing perceptions of slow Japanese economic growth and a widening US-Japan interest rate gap. Pro-dollar comments from officials at the weekend's G-7 meeting in Washington also buoyed the US unit. Japanese Finance Minister Wataru Kubo said
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        Lock icon UN aide optimistic on Iraq oil deal
        312 22 EMERGY REPORT Reuter [GENEVA] United Nations Under-Secretary General Yasushi Akashi yesterday voiced optimism that the delayed "oil-for-food" deal meant to bring relief for the sufferings of ordinary Iraqis would go into force soon. Mr Akashi, top aide for humanitarian affairs to UN Sec-retary-General
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      1503 23 Reuter Q Nikkei 22S STOCKS closed modestly higher yesterday, with trading remaining quiet on the last day of the first half year of the financial year. Brokers said the market's attention was shifting to how the key stock index would move today. The key 225-share Nikkei Average finished up
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      Lock icon Interim results suggest 4Q recovery likely
      432 24  -  akLBCTROMICS Analysts see better SH as 17 firms with rtiHWig fim<UmAntalg post rise in net profit ft/' Jennifer Lien {SINGAPORE] After a generally lacklustre first half for listed electronics firms, analysts are projecting a better Second half as a fourth-quar-ter recovery becomes increasingly likely.
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      Bough going for the industry as a whole
      412 24  -  MARINE By] Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Singapore's marine and shipping industry generally fared poorly in the first half of this year. The Big Three shipyards all saw operating profits fall at half-time this year, with Sembawang Shipyard emerging as tfye star performer in
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      Big Four banks top $1b mark for first time
      590 24  -  BANKZNO AND FINANCE UOB generates most profit while OUB leads in earnings growth By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Interim group net earnings of the Big Four local banks powered past the $1 billion mark for the first "lime, driven by a 22
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      Wing Tai stands out as most players post satisfactory results
      450 24  -  PROPERTY By. Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Wing Tai Holdings which started out making garments but now makes its money from property was the star performer among listed property groups in the recent reporting season. The group reported a 73 per cent
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      BT's corporate earnings revil rporate earnings review
      2940 24 Half-year ranking of SES main board companiescompiled by Julie Wee and Alijafm wain board companies Qompiled by Julie Wee and Alijdh Tabor of BT RANKING COMPANY INTERIM EARNINGS ClANGC TURNOVER CHANGE EPS CHANGE CURR PREY Pat0 CURR PREY CURR PREY CURR PRCVI (SSH)
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      Interim earnings of Sesdaq firms sink 33%
      1099 25  -  SESDAQ COMPANIES Of 29 companies, 19 reported improved results while 10 were worse off By Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] The share prices of Sesdaq companies generally reflected poor interim earnings but there were a few gems. Total earnings for the 29 Sesdaq companies whose
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      738 26 AFP gcwmwawlafai *QM SHARE prices closed slightly higher yesterday as investors were sidelined in the absence of fresh incentives. "You still have some speculative buying on Astra, you have some foreign interest in likes of Indofood and Sampoerna but it is just a few blue chips," said a trader.
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      791 26 AFP set Index +5L06 SHARES soared 4.9 per cent in heavy trading yesterday as investors returned to the market after the announcement that a general election will be held in November, analysts said. "The market was bullish now the political confusion is over and local investors were optimistic at
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      Lock icon MANILA
      299 26 AFP □Mmk -53J3 SHARE prices closed 1.7 per cent lower yesterday as foreign investors stayed out of the market. The PSE Composite Index fell 53.93 points to 3,169.78. Turnover was 16.8 billion shares worth 2.6 billion pesos. Petron Corp eased 40 centavos to 9.50 pesos while the Manila Electric
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      410 26 AFP PCompogta Index jjj SHARE prices fell yesterday, as investor sentiment turned sour despite an expected influx of funds under a new foreign stock quota. Foreigners can buy up to 20 per cent of a listed company's shares from today, up from 18 per cent. "Investors are turning increasingly
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      556 26 AFP PAllOrihiriai +7.4 SPECULATION about a cut In interest rates ahead of today's meeting of the central Reserve Bank of Australia board pushed share prices higher yesterday, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed 7.4 points higher at 2,290.4. Turnover was 254.7 million shares worth A 1719.5 million. BHP
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      226 26 Reuter QWeUiagbm -3L71 SHARE prices ended sharply lower yesterday on high turnover, which suggested the sale of part of a large portfolio. The NZSE-40 Index lost 31.76 to 2,190.26 on turnover worth NZ$62 million. Renter m *f- mm ANZ5«*tn« 8.01 -004 2MH A0vanU«o« HKJqs U2 undl 1000 MrNnlNMIA) X01
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      378 26 AFP CI VP Index -149 SHARE prices finished lower yesterday amid quiet trading as most investors were absent from the market. "After a three-day break, some major retail investors have not yet returned to the market while institutional investors refrained from buying heavily," said a broker. The TSE Weighted
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      1377 26 AFX-Asia Q Hug Seng ****** SHARE prices closed higher yesterday, on firm institutional and trader buying interest, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed up 143.04 points at 11,902.43. Turnover was HK15.96 billion. An analyst said he believes the gains represent "more than just window-dressing". "I think if s
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        Lock icon Telekom leads shares higher
        7766 27 Bloomberg Business News P| Composite Index +4.68 STOCKS rose yesterday, led by Telekom Malaysia, which was buoyed by expectations it can beat its rivals in its increasingly competitive market. Telekom shares rose 20 sen t0M522.10. The KLSE Composite Index rose 4.68 points to 1,135.27. Turnover was
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        Time Engineering warrants worth accumulating if premium narrows
        3533 28  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy MALAYSIAN telecommunication firm Time Engineering's warrants together with their underlying shares have fallen back quite sharply after a brief flurry soon after they were listed recently. The shares have actually broken below Mss, which has given some
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        HOT STOCK
        67 30  -  Shiv Taneja Shares in Lindeteves-Jacoberg Ltd dosed yesterday at 87 cents, down one cent on a volume of 1.3 million shares. At current levels, the directional indicators art mixed, but the daily and weekly RSI and Stochastks are overbought Investors should consider taking profit, for if the price
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        Selective blue chip buying fails to lift general market
        819 30  -  BTOOKMARZBT COMMENTARY Qi Second Board again features strongly, falling 4.7%, although observers say any talk of a crash is premature By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Despite a marginal firming in the Straits Times Industrials Index, local stocks yesterday ended mainly weaker although
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          Estate agents'exam fever
          161 30 WE HEAR that last week's examination for real estate agents who want to get onto the approved list of agents for public flats saw a record turnout 0f3,000 candidates. Some 1,800 sat for the Chinese language paper. Among the candidates for the exam, conducted by the Inland
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          JF and the Voodoo lounge
          109 30 THE just-retired Jardine Fleming chief Alan Smith, who was in Singapore in the 1960s before the merchant bank was kicked out by local regulators, is reportedly a fan of the Rolling Stones. The South China Morning Post said his Stones devotion dated back to his
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          Starting them real young
          89 30 BANKING for kids is now the hip thing in town. A couple of weeks ago, United Overseas Bank launched TX (for Generation X?), a new teens savings account designed supposedly to match the lifestyle of today's youth, while yesterday, POSBank announced the launch of its "Baby"
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          Greener pasture?
          118 30 SOME brokers have decided that if there's no action on the bourse, they'll keep themselves occupied on the golf course. BT reporters trying to get in touch with brokers in recent weeks have found that some have decided they'd rather polish up their golf rather than twiddle their
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          Giving sales a kick-start
          113 30 SUB-AGENTS of car distributors, especially those who deal in the less popular brands, appeer to be bending the rules to secure sales. More than one, when told that the 30 per cent downpayment was a problem, offered to "help". How they were going to do so
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      288 17 I E9 m shang chang ru zhan chang I W I The Corporate World Is A Battlefield This old Chinese wisdom is true even today many attempts to establish businesses and business relationships in Mainland China have turned into H battles, some lost, some won but always a protracted and
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      301 31 Bridge News Reuter THE week ended on a quiet note with little news surfacing here. Fixtures TANKERfk It was a typically alow Friday for the tanker market, with very few new publicly quoted cargoes, brokers said. Sinochem is said to have taken the Noura for an Oct 11,220,000-
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      440 31  -  Norwegian giant will open new offices in the republic in the middle of this month By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Oslo-based shipbuilding and engineering conglomerate Kvaerner AS plans to move its world headquarters for ship equipment to Singapore soon after the
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      Welcoming young minds on board
      111 31 [SINGAPORE] Students from six tertiary institutions were given an educational tour last week ofKateMaersk, one of the largest container ships in the world. The6,ooo-TEU (20-ft equivalent unit) ship was on her maiden call in Singapore. The event, jointly organised by the Port of Singapore Authority
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      Lock icon Gulf states urged to invest in commercial fleet expansion
      257 31 Fleet has not grown in line with rising trade: report AFP [ABU DHABI] Gulf Arab states should make large investments to boost their commercial fleet, which transports only one fifth of their crude oil and petrochemical exports, a shipping study recommended
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        60 31 [ROTTERDAM] Kuhne Nagel, the Swiss/German freight forwarding group, has opened a new container terminal at the port of Waalhaven, Netherlands. The terminal will have container-handling capacity of around 350,000 boxes a year. It will be operated by Unlport Multipurpose Terminals BV, Kuhne Nagel's Dutch stevedoring subsidiary.
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        Lock icon Hanjin Heavy out of court receivership
        71 31 Reuter [SEOUL] Han)in Heavy Industry, a debt-ridden shipbuilding unit of South Korea's Hanjin Group, said yesterday it had emerged from court receivership as its business was back to normal. A Hanjin Heavy offlc ial said the company had been under court receivership for seven
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        Lock icon Sea Containers to build S Carolina plant
        68 31 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] Sea Containers Ltd said it is building a container factory on 3.2 ha at a closed navy base in Charleston, South Carolina. The plant will make such things as steel boxes for lightweight cargo and flat racks for carrying
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      Lock icon Indian shipping firms buy fewer ships
      189 31 Business Line [MADRAS] Indian shipping companies acquired fewer ships in the current year despite a fall in second-hand ship prices. In the first six months of 1996, the industry added just four vessels of 92,735 grt (ocean-going) for international trade as against 13 totalling
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      Canal linking Seoul and Inchon to be built
      120 31 [SEOUL] South Korea's Construction and Transportation Ministry has given the go ahead to a canal that will connect Seoul to its second largest port city. The 18km waterway is expected to facilitate the transportation of goods to and from the capital city's
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      FEFC drops surcharge plan for Japan
      169 31 [TOKYO] The Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC) has withdrawn a tentative plan to introduce a terminal handling charge (THC) for outbound cargo from Japan, prompting the Japan Shippers' Council to instantly claim victory. The issue had been raised by the Asia-Europe conference during discussions
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      PSL finds small is beautiful
      967 32  -  •SHZPPXMO INDUSTRY: THAI COMPANY SPECIALISES IN COMPACT CARGO j Precious Shipping has a lucrative niche in handy-size vessels, with cumulative earnings growth of 56 per cent a year !:since 1991, and is optimistic despite forecasting lower earnings in the year to December amid a drop
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        140 45 ocrri Nigeria: National Independence Day. oot a China: National Day holiday. OCT 3 Germany: Day of German Unity. Honduras: Soldier Day. South Korea: National Foundation Day. ocre Egypt: Armed Forces Day. OCT 7 Australia: Market and Public holiday in Canberra, New South Wales and South Australia only, Labour
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        667 45 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine (y Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagestxed stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        290 46 Locally-made trucks and buses to rollout next year AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will this week launch its national motorcycle while preparing for locally-made trucks and buses based on Japanese technology next year, car officials said yesterday. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will on Thursday
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        292 46 Reuter [HANOI] Demand for cars in Vietnam, a country where the most popular form of transport is still the bicycle, is set to more than double by 2000, the vice-minister for industry said in an interview published on Sunday. Nguyen Xuan Chuan
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        Lock icon New Ansett chief expected to revive ailing airline
        364 46 Cathay Pacific's managing director Rod Eddington to take np post in January next year Reuter [SYDNEY] The appointment of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd's managing director Rod Eddington as the new executive chairman of Ansett Australia has boosted hopes of a revival for
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        Lock icon ValuJet spreads its wings again
        312 46 After 3-month grounding, US carrier took off yesterday Reuter [ATLANTA] US discount carrier ValuJet Inc, a former darling on Wall Street but the bane of other airlines, was scheduled to return to the skies yesterday for the first time since its grounding three months ago.
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        Lock icon Manila airport using bomb detection device
        232 46 Bernama-PNA [MANILA] Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) general manager Francisco Atayde has announced the operation of a highly sophisticated and state-of-the-art x-ray technology at the premier airport with the installation of two automated explosive detector equipment. According to Mr Atayde on Sunday, the CTX-5000
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          Lock icon Toyota rolls out 90 millionth vehicle
          79 46 AFP [TOKYO] The 90 millionth Toyota vehicle made in Japan rolled off the production line yesterday at the auto giant's Tahara plant, Toyota Motor Corp announced. The silver metallic Aristo 3.0 V, built in the Number Four Assembly Shop at Tahara in central Japan,
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          Lock icon Swiss pilot survives 30m fall from sky
          86 46 AFP [BUGNY, France] A Swiss pilot had a lucky escape on Sunday when his ultra-light aircraft fell 30 metres out of the sky and he suffered only a broken ankle and a head injury, police said. The accident happened just after take-off when
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          Lock icon Chrysler reaches deal with union
          84 46 Bloomberg Business News [AUBURN HILLS, Michigan] Chrysler Corp and the United Auto Workers union reached agreement on a three-year contract, leaving General Motors Corp as the only major US car maker without a new labour accord. Details of the settlement covering 66,000 hourly and salaried
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          Lock icon SAS cuts Stockholm-Oslo fares
          100 46 Reuter [STOCKHOLM] Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) said yesterday it would cut ticket prices on the Stockholm to Oslo route on all of its 14 flights between the two Scandinavian capitals. SAS said in a statement it would cut its Euro Class (business class) ticket price by
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        Lock icon Kobe's newly rebuilt highway reopens
        196 46 AFP [TOKYO] Kobe's elevated highway, a symbol of the destruction of last year's terrible earthquake, reopened yesterday. The authorities hope this will tell everyone the city is back in business. Images of the Hanshin Expressway, twisted and lying on its side, shocked millions worldwide after
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      251 31 New Ansett chief expected to revive ailing airline Rod Eddington to take up post next Jan. Back Page OTPS 1 newvtoe-ehalrmAn Mm JJdaa win become vice-chairman of United Parcel Service from Nov l£* He succeeds James Kelly, who is replacing UPS chairman Kent Nelson when he retires in December. Wheels
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      113 45 i LfGCNO: K Thunderstorm T*mp*rotur* c X\ Show#* W*oth*r Wrtd <£r*ction with «p**d in knots W«.NM S*rf*c* win* *r* indic*t«d by arrows wtedi fly witli tfi* wmtf On* M arcta r«pf««nh cotm or light and variable wndi 4_» On* So* N*ch* represents 5 knots L—► On* fu> d*ch* represents 10
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      151 46 0 HANJIN SHIPPING To all our valued customers and parties concerned, We are please to announce that HANJIN SHIPPING has officially appointed VISAGE CONTINENTAL SDN. BHD. to be the General Agent in Malaysia, with effect from Ist October, 1996. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our
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      871 47  -  The aim 20 years ago was to give the business community the news it needed. This remains the goal as we enter the information age by Patrick Daniel, BT editor by I Patrick Daniel BT editor Twenty years Is not a long time in
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      1140 48  -  Love it or hate it, there's no denying the compelling nature of the Net. But mastering the Net is more complex than just taming the technology £*> by Kenneth James "by i Kenneth James TbtwrtterfaKßTs Tedmieer Mter ami YOU call the support line
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      588 48  -  Is the Internet a threat or a hope for dally newspapers? A by Margaret Thomas 'by I Margaret Thomas MmStiZnaiay. SOME of you will be reading this on a computer screen. Mostly because you are miles away from Singapore and the Internet lets you keep up
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      1359 49  -  With more homes and offices all wired up for the Information Age, what does the future hold for a humble newspaper such as The Business Times#* by Lee Han SNh by i Lee Han Shih Tto writer, a aaalor oarmpaaiaat, it ITt nrilirt mlliniii.iy—i—ttMi praMaatlatltaihM**
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      991 50 WHAT do you think will be the most significant developments for businesses, economies, and society over the next 20 years as the world, and Singapore, move into the information age? We put this question to some of Singapore's leading IT-savvy personalities past and present heads of computer companies;
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      945 52  -  The masses are coming online and it's time for companies to stake their place in the digital marketplace fa by Ted Fang by Ted Fang Dm writer is cMcnta* drtcter of Twa Htedia, a mw mmßs coMpanjr. Yov*! itei Mm ImcM war Mi eopkr atterac——•ijfeaiwf imm
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      945 52  -  Predict the present. Challenge your assumptions about doing business with the virtual corporation fa by Joe Carter and Yeo Guar Kal a by Joe Carter,Yeo Guan Kal Tl» writers an wtth Aadaraaa GnnlhK. lot Cuter ii ataaagteg pirtear af flfea United Static aad Fraaca, aai Yip tea
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      1130 53  -  Just when you thought you'd finished your long-term IT plan, in came the Internet. And it is going to be the master agent of change by Tomml Chen by Tommi Chen In JTZ Nat—lmmMmcMcjmUc WE are Into the age of information, but only
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      878 54  -  The world may be getting smaller, but businesses are expanding globally and people are travelling more. The need to keep in touch means communications technology will play an increasingly important role in our lives by Vlmal Goei by Vimal Goel A large majority of today's workers are
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      252 54 Phones that let you do more than call home WILDFIRE Is an electronic assistant that undsrstands your spofcsn commands and manlaaKl. n BCrOvOS, rOlitW, ofK2 announcss your Incoming calls, raganfleee of your location; maintains your contact list and lots you volcodW sM your outgoing calls; schedule! and reminds
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      953 55  -  The information age calls for the adaptability of the chameleonfa by Doris Yee j>byl Doris Yee The writer is the maiMCM* of information technology A sendees at the National Science and Teclinology Board (NSTB). She can bo contacted at IMAGINE this scenario: You wake up, climb out
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      142 56  -  After 20 years of almost straight-line economic growth, Singapore is now nearly a developed country. Along the way we've gained accolades galore, spread our economic wings, seen political renewal, and uncovered a business scandal or two. Anna Teo looks back on the news that shaped Singapore. Anna
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      They made the news
      1196 57  -  A look at the movers and shakers who made their mark on Singapore business in the last 20years*& by Anna Teo d by Anna Teo frt /(WnTiTWw l/WSfi pOOpfw itK/iTO poHcymekers than businessmen m Me top newsmakers In BJ's lint 10 yean: ALBERT WINSEMIUS: The Dutchman
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      541 58  -  Just how far have we come in 20 years? The social graces may still be a little lacking, but in the numbers game, Singapore has leaped ahead. Anna Teo gets out her calculator Anna Teo The Economy 1976 HO 1995 Per capita GOP Singapore has not
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      508 59  -  Some are 20 times larger. One has gown 216 times in market value. Others have taken new shape. And a few have completely disappeared. We take a therhandnow look at the companies on the Singapore stock exchanged by Conrad Raj ifiyi Conrad Raj VT IMIOMML Us
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      717 59 business Times published its first ranking of Singapore-listed companies in October 1976. This became a bi-annual tradition. Here's what's happened to some of the top 20 companies in that first ranking Hongkong Land: One of the colony's largest property coupsnlee end e member of the Jardbio Mathoson
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      351 60 WE began life in 1969 as a supplement three times a week In The Straits Times. As the economy grew, it became clear that Singapore needed a full newspaper »;devoted to business news and issues. And so, on Oct 1, 1976, BT was re-born. In
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      What's the buzz?
      1832 61 The hours are erratic, the pace often frantic. Newsmakers are not always forthcoming and readers can be unforgiving. So what keeps us at our jobs as journalists? IAMWE EE, Ufeetyte editor 13 ymn InJoumaMtm IN A financial paper you tend to read mostly about businessmen making It.
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      Mind over machine
      1181 62  -  They say it's going to be the biggest problem of the information age. But coping with information overload may be just a matter of reprogrammingyour own mind<& by VlkramKhanna *by Vikram Khanna BT» Years ago. i had a friend who. every now and then, was apt to
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      456 47 I«S I E 2 Tame, don't destroy the wild wild web... Kenneth James 3 Get set for future shock... Lee Han SNh 4 What's ahead? More substance than hype... Ted Feng 7 Sign on and soar ahead TommiChen t Technology on tap... Vlmel Goei Great new world... Doris Yee 19
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      281 48 SiirW' @sSE™l@l H H 9 l!| H BH B1 r 5% §*f§ I I fir »W T A Premier Dish served Exclusively *t Top of the Plaza for the first time. Sturgeon is a specialty of Heilongjiang, China. Carxying a shell on its bade. Sturgeon is a huge fish about
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      185 49 pjrjylry jjff s one t^e l ar g est developers servers that keep running. Servers in the world, with millions that allow you to configure Microsoft °f customers around the globe, there's Windows NT Server simply and easily just one thing about Microsoft that with one CD. And Compaq has
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      225 50 dHHIHIHHVHHHHIHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHIH HIHHHHHIHB Y (XAxlamalajmal/ In Macau, doing Business u doesn't just mean all work... tven the ancient. Ch\nese tavpans, the great. Waters at doesn't. gel your adrenaline purring, the heart.Stopping the tast., cou\d have t.o\d you that.. tor Vl \was Macau act.\on ot the Macau Grand Prix in November
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      60 51 i '♦li, A leading financial centre it needs a leading business paper. f i 'JVIM J Jms We are pleased to congratulate M *w Ihe Business Times I i on meeting the needs of I Singapore for I'f the past twenty years. m t r L ft. Jard^nes f lardine
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      134 53 I i —w* mn garja-a* mm over ■a u Today computer eitker evolve at an astonishing pace or they become as antiquated as the dirigibles once koused at Moffett Field. LG Semicon, in concert with Chromatic Research in nearhy Mountain View, is at the forefront of of Silicon Valley most
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      330 54 El fa H Introducing the 3Com* Super Stack™ II Port Switch There's nothing like the Port Switch Hub in anyone Eg pi hub. In ancient time, not long after Genghis Khan else's product line. Of course, there's no other product Q B 1 himself, it seems, there were hubs, line
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      99 55 The National Science and Technology Board Invites you to visit Its website (http://www.nstb.fov.sg). There you can leam more about the Board's minion, In short, this le to develop Slngspors Into a centre of exoeaence In certain areas of science and technology. It does this by supporting the growth of MO
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      152 57 TODAY! v, m ii I *j TS m I 1 I Buy any version of Microsoft Office 95 or Office Professional 95 in Singapore between 25th September 1996 and 31st January 1997 and your free j copy of Office 97 will be sent 9 to you in January 1997. —Microsoft
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      321 58 iM JM| -jSS •~f zci ttrth l H i "If I can visit HiiYlS on the Internet, how come I can't e-mail my colleagues in accounts?" gliii Today we do business from the farthest reaches wrong report Fear not Notes can share your new report with everyone in the world
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      98 59 A m m V A TffiMTEABIK 1 Edited And Published In Hong Kong Since September 1,1976. As Asia's only regional business newspaper, The Asian Wall Street Journal has helped set the daily business agenda for the region's business leaders for 20 years. Today, from print sites in five major Asian
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      466 60 Rocketing power. Plummeting prices. We do things differently at Dell. Most manu- desktop PC powered by Intel's 166 MHz facturers ship their mass-produced PCs to Pentium* processor at a price many manudealers, where they sit on shelves waiting to facturers charge for a 133 MHz model. And why be bought.
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      110 61 isa*. >J>C jtlMOMfci .U« V ■SBT" So,, Your .Company *antsto 0 B^ f K y nternet. Do you hire an IT firm? Or do you engage an advertising company? Neither. Because having the technological expertise or creative skills just isn't enough. You want to hire a company that is a
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