The Business Times, 8 October 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04^12/95 85C SINGAPORE Internet- http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8,1996
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    FINANCE
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    Two likely to be charged today in Amcol case
    447 1  -  CPIB case relates to the company's aborted joint venture in Mauritius By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau is expected to charge two persons today with offences related to their role in Amcol Holdings' now aborted joint venture in
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    Lock icon Thai stocks fall 6% to 3-year low
    280 1  -  By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] After threatening to collapse for some weeks now, the Thai stock market yesterday caved in, with panic selling triggered by economic and political worries sending the benchmark SET Index diving 6 per cent to its lowest level in more
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    Lock icon Commercial property deals rise
    508 1  -  Transactions hit $9b in first 9 months-up 15% over entire '95 By\ Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Commercial property transactions in the first nine months of this year totalled about $9 billion, more than 15 per cent above the $7.5 billion achieved for the whole of 1995, according
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    S'pore must deregulate quickly: SM
    519 1 Govt mnst divest its Sing Tel stake and ran it on competitive basis SINGAPORE has to deregulate its system quickly or be "wiped out in five to seven years", Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew has said. And as part of this move, the government will
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    Lock icon Dow tops 6,000 in early trade
    111 1 Reuter [NEW YORK] The Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed through 6,000 points yesterday for the first time but then succumbed to mild profit-taking. At 1 pm EDT, the Dow was off 6.71 points at 5,966.15 alter peaking at 6,002.17. In the broader market, declines
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      112 1 Taiwanese and Hongkong protesters yesterday planted flags on the disputed Diaoyu islands, Ikfiyrtyftji Lee Han Shih on why Pidemoo and DBS Land should marge, Pgs MBWBTAIfIE qMAr mhm this pg. Market not likely to accord Sing Tel historical PE of more than 30 if ftilly ■II i I n n
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      6 1 Thai offshore lending curbs, Page 6
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      346 1 B KEUTBR A nice tie breaks the ice [HARTFORDI] Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole (left) complimenting President Bill Clinton on his tie as they went on stage for their first debate at the Bushnell Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut, yesterday. Full report, Pgll VUI HEWLETT* A ISCI PACKARD ■^HI^^H^^^^^HI^^H^HIIB9PE@3IH^HH ;i Professional
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      5 1 SM meets Major, Pg 11
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Property prices: analysts divided
      605 2  -  Q3 economic data due next month critical factor in influencing market's direction By] Michelle Low IS THE residential property market headed up, down or sideways? It depends on who you ask. Most analysts seem to agree with the view expressed by National Development Minister Lim Hng
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      Lock icon Guild bits out at GE Life over cut in commissions
      570 2  -  Insarance agents body also seeking legal advice to oppose move By Catherine Ong, Soh Tiang Keng THE guild for insurance agents of Great Eastern Life Assurance has criticised a management move to slash commission rates and is seeking legal advice
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      Lock icon NSTB director, wife die in car crash
      421 2 The Straits Times NATIONAL Science and Technology Board (NSTB) executive director Vijay Mehta and his wife, Dr Amar Kaur, were among three people who died in a car crash near Perth on Saturday. They were in a car which was being driven by
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      Electronics fair to help S'pore develop as Ml procurement centre
      238 2 GLOBALTRONICS '96 will help Singapore in the next phase of its development as an international procurement hub, said a Trade Development Board official yesterday. The next phase is to cultivate medium-sized companies overseas to look to Singapore as an international
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      Electronics down 5.1% in August
      347 2  -  EYE OK THE ECONOMY Manufacturing By, Anna Teo Electronics output shrank 5.1 per cent year-on year in August its first monthly dip in over four years leading to a 7.6-per cent dip in overall manufacturing production. Besides electronics, output in seven oth- er key industries
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      Hearing starts in Jumabhoys' dispute over Scotts Holdings
      446 2  -  Plaintiffs contend Companies Act may have been breached By < Conrad Raj THE hearing on the Jumabhoy famUy dispute for control of Scotts Holdings began yesterday before Justice Judith Prakash with the plaintiffs contending that sections of the Companies Act as well
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      Internet panel targets suggestions within a year
      228 2 THE newly formed National Internet Advisory Committee (NIAC) hopes to make specific recommendations on Internet use in Singapore within a year, chairman Bernard Tan said yesterday. Assoc Prof Tan said the NIAC, which held its first meeting last week, has raised some issues
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        New ID cards for defence personnel
        41 2 [SINGAPORE] SAF and Ministry of Defence personnel will soon receive new identity cards to replace their current (Hies. The SAF card will replace the military identification card, SAF 118, and the Mindef card, SAF 13.
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        NUS team wins prize
        48 2 [SINGAPORE] A National University of Singapore (NUS) team won the top prize ofl3,oooat The Boston Consulting Group Strategy Case Competition on Saturday. The NUS team of four undergraduates was competing against teams from the Nanyang Technological University, Universiti Malaya and Uni versiti Sains Malaysia.
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        Corrections and clarifications
        42 2 IN our story "More funds vying for your trust" in the weekend edition ofBT, we said the minimum initial investment for the Abtrust Singapore Growth Fund is 16,000. It is, in feet, $1,000. We are sorry for the error.
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Good start for 2 new projects in Upper Bt Timah
      424 4  -  Pidemco's Hillbrooks and Far East Organization's Sherwood Condominium see take-up rate of 70-80% By Abdul Hadhi, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] With the Ghost Month out of the way and the year racing towards a close, sales of new freehold residential properties
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      A property merger to take an region
      675 5  -  THB PROPERTY column Pldemco and DBS Land should consider a tle-np By Lee Han Shih SHOULD Pidemco Land, following its stated quest to become "a world-class property company", attempt a merger with DBS Land? DBS Land and Pidemco are the largest of the
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      Lock icon Liang Court to sell London flats here
      317 5  -  By< Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Property group Liang Court Holdings will launch phase one of its second London project Westfield in Singapore this Friday. It will also market the remaining 15 units of its 56.1 per cent owned Stanhope Gardens apartments, located in South
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      KL, Jakarta agree to settle isles dispute at international court
      466 6  -  KUALA LUMPUR Breakthrough came during talks between Mahathir and Suharto By Ven Sreenivasan MALAYSIA and Indonesia have agreed to take a sovereignity dispute over the Sipadan and Ligitan islands to the International Court of Justice at The Hague. The breakthrough
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      Lock icon Bridge to link M'sian peninsula with N Sumatra?
      130 6 KUALA LUMPUR AFP INDONESIAN President Suharto agreed in talks here yesterday with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to consider building a bridge to link the Malaysian peninsula with North Sumatra. They also agreed to study Indonesia's proposal that ships use an alternate
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      Lock icon Nod for Viet economic zone
      94 6 HANOI AFP PRIME minister Vo Van Kiet has approved the development of Vietnam's first Chinesemodelled Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the northern province of Quang Ninh, a provincial official said. The first SEZ, located in the coal-rich province, will be based on the model which
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      Lock icon More Thai curbs on foreign banks' offshore lending
      310 6 BANGKOK Bloomberg Business News THE Bank of Thailand has imposed new measures on offshore lending by foreignowned banks, to better control the flow of foreign funds. The new measures, the second set to be introduced in four days, depend on what kind
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      Lock icon Six disqualified from contesting Umno posts
      225 6 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama SIX candidates have been disqualified from contesting Umno Supreme Council posts and one for the Youth Exco because of money politics, abuse of power and breach of the ban on campaigning. Umno deputy president Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday the six were
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon UK and China sign pact to allow LSE listings
      451 7 BEIJING First listing expected in Jan; electricity generating company Datang Power may be the first Reuter, FT BRITAIN and China yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Beijing to allow capital-hungry mainland companies to list on the London Stock Exchange,
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      Lock icon Association set up to make Taiwan more competitive
      188 7 TAIPEI AFX-Asia SIX major business groups said they have set up a competitiveness promotion association to help Taiwan become one of the five most competitive countries in the world. Association chairman Jeffery Koo, who is also chairman of the Chinatrust Commercial Bank
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon Gang of Four member freed
        74 7 Reuter [BEIJING] China said yesterday the sole surviving member of the notorious Gang of Four led by Jiang Qing, wife of the late chairman Mao Zedong, had been freed after serving a 20-year term for subversive crimes. "Yao Wen yuan was released upon completion of
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        Lock icon Strong support for Patten's policies
        66 7 AFP {HONGKONG] Support for Governor Chris Patten's management of Hongkong in the run-up to the handover next year remains strong, despite regular tirades from China over his policy, a poll showed yesterday. In a telephone poll by Asian Commercial Research, 67.2 per cent 0f406 respondents
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        Lock icon Taiwan trade surplus up 155%
        57 7 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's trade surplus in the first nine months of 1996 soared 156.2 per cent from a year ago to US$lO.l7 billion (5114.2 billion), the finance ministry said yesterday. Exports advanced 4.5 per cent to U5585.62 billion, year-on-year from January to September, while imports
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        Lock icon HK students pick US varsities over UK's
        79 7 AFP [HONGKONG] British universities are no longer the top choice for Hongkong students, who now prefer the US and gAustralia, a South China Morning Post report said yesterday. The US attracted 3,800 Hongkong students out of about 10,100 who were granted visas to
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      Lock icon Protest vessels may be seized, Japan warns
      159 7 TOKYO AFP JAPAN could seize foreign vessels involved in future protests around disputed islands in the East China Sea, a government official hinted yesterday after Chinese activists landed on the chain. "If protesters do not obey orders to leave in the future, we
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      Lock icon Taiwan, HK protesters plant flags on islands
      472 7 ABOARD THE HANGHAICHIA Boats collide with Japanese vessels in chaotic confrontations Reuter TAIWAN and Hongkong activists yesterday pierced a Japanese maritime cordon, swam ashore and hoisted Chinese flags on an East China Sea island chain, boldly challenging Japan's claim of sovereignty. Frogmen scrambled
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      280 8 (Without taking your pen off the paper.) was recently classified as a More Advanced of ads in the coming weeks about ordinary Not easy is it? Developing Economy. Singaporeans who have already done it. Don't worry if you can't solve it, most And to maintain our prosperity in these People
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Canberra urged to cut perks
      139 9 SYDNEY Bloomberg Business News THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Australia to slash its benefits such as payments to the unemployed, additional holiday pay, pension funds and sick leave payments to help reduce the nation's jobless rate, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. Treasurer Peter
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      Lock icon Call to raise tariffs slammed
      123 9 WELLINGTON Reuter NEW Zealand Finance Minister Bill Birch yesterday slammed a plan by the Alliance to raise import tariffs and said the left-wing grouping would extract a high price for entering a coalition with the Labour Party. Mr Birch quoted the Manufacturers Federation as saying
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        Lock icon Rao gets respite from summons
        60 9 Reuter [NEW DELHI] Former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao yesterday won a brief respite as the Supreme Court reserved a decision in a criminal "cheating" case in which he has been summoned by a Delhi court to testify. Until the Supreme Court pronounces its
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        Lock icon About 36m homeless in India
        65 9 AFP [NEW DELHI] Some 36 million Indians are homeless, a figure that increases by one million a year due to the country's population explosion, a minister said in remarks published yesterday. "Massive efforts and investment are required to meet the housing needs of the people,"
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        Lock icon Woman seeking to meet Lange arrested
        48 9 AFP [WELLINGTON] A woman armed with an air pistol has bean arrested after seeking a meeting with former prime minister David Lange, a police spokesman said yesterday. He said the Asian woman has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon. —AFP
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        Lock icon IMF stance seen hurting Pakistan
        80 9 Reuter [KARACHI] The IMF's apparent reluctance to reactivate a stalled US$6OO million (SsB4o million) standby loan may send stock prices reeling and prompt foreign lenders to j reduce their exposure to Pakistan, dealers and bankers said yesterday. The government said last Friday that three days
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      Lock icon Minister warns of comeback by BJP
      315 9 NEW DELHI Comments follow Congress' warning to PM Gowda not to woo its members AFP HINDU nationalists could return to power in India if the Congress (I) party withdrew its support for the ruling cen-tre-left coalition, a minister warned in comments published yesterday. Home
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      Lock icon Japan's consumer spending still down on job worries
      211 9 TOKYO Reuter JAPANESE consumers worried about their job and salary prospects are keeping a tight rein on spending and there seems little chance of them going on an economy-boosting buying spree, analysts say. Despite a year of rock-bottom interest rates, consumer spending
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  • THE WORLD
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      Debate serves Clinton well
      492 11  -  US PRESIDENTIAL debates Dole in bid for clear win over President who manages to defend his record By Leon Hadar Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole looks unlikely to increase his support among American voters, following his first televised debate with Democrat President Clinton. Attacking his rival
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      Lock icon SM Lee has meeting with British Prime Minister
      238 11 LONDON Leaders discussed opportunities for bilateral trade The Straits Times SINGAPORE'S Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew called on British Prime Minister John Major at No 10, Downing Street, yesterday. Mr Major had returned on Saturday from the European Summit in Dublin and
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      Lock icon M-E peace talks enter 2nd day
      93 11 GAZA STRIP AFP ISRAEL and the Palestinians were headed yesterday into a second day of critical peace talks focused on Israel's longdelayed withdrawal from Hebron, as tensions eased after last month's bloody clashes. Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said he hoped for rapid progress in
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      Lock icon Senior Tory member defects to new Referendum Party
      185 11 LONDON Reuter BRITAIN'S ruling Conservatives, already mired in scandal over allegations of parliamentary corruption, suffered a new blow yesterday when a senior member quit to join tycoon James Goldsmith's new Referendum Party. Lord McAlpine, a former Conservative treasurer and deputy chairman, embarrassingly
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      Lock icon CDU approves tax plan
      119 11 BONN Reuter CHANCELLOR Helmut Kohl's Christian Democrat (CDU) party executive gave its overwhelming approval yesterday to a tax-cutting plan intended to reduce the overall burden on German taxpayers by 30 billion marks (5528.5 billion) from 1999. Party bosses unanimously backed an amended plan drafted by Mr
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      EU's importers make stand for free trade
      737 13  -  Eft*™" OPINION By Shada Islam The writer is a Brussels-based journalist who contributes to BT FOR too long, the only people wielding any clout vis-a-vis European Union policymakers have been representatives of Europe's main manufacturing and service industries, expounding a protectionist message. Luckily,
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      122 13 'I just believe in one thing: 195 million people need entertainment when their primary needs are fulfilled.' Peter Oontha who plans to launch a 40<hannel satellite TV network in Indonesia. Prostitutes are... migrant workers in a way. Not all prostitutes are forced into prostitution by pimps. They
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      Hongkong's future, without Patten
      621 13 EDITORIAL IT is a pity that Governor Chris Patten allowed himself to indulge in some petty pointscoring in his final speech to Hongkong's Legislative Council last week Whatever the exercise may have done to burnish Britain's self-image, it is not likely to make things easier for
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      Lock icon Power of the media
      1278 13  -  Reversing an election pledge* the Coalition government will not hold a public inquiry into who controls Australia's media By\ Peter Lynch The writer is a Sydney-based journalist who contributes to BT HE has cut government spending, introduced tough new laws to curb trades unionists, and launched
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      828 13 ForoQMlrucUf t PRESIDENT Suharto criticised a number of retired generals last month for being "inconsistent" in their views and for voicing "ideas that oppose the spirit of Pancasila and the 1948 Constitution", After such remarks, the statement by Army Chief of Staff General* Hartono the other
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Yeh wins tight fight
      748 14  -  Yokohama S'pore PGA Championship was a three-cornered fight says Eileen Chan Eileen Chan TAIWAN'S Yeh Chang-ting captured the Omega Tour's Yokohama Singapore PGA Championship at the Jurong Country Club in a hotly contested three-cornered fight. The 29-year-old Taiwanese golfer started the final round of the US$2OO,OOO
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      Lock icon Dear, dirty old Dublin inspires Roddy Doyle
      498 14 BOOKS His next book is about an old man who Ims through the birth pangs of Ireland Reuter [FRANKFURT] Award-win-ning Irish writer Roddy Doyle, whose first book The Commitments became a hit film, has climbed into the head of a 96-year-old man and
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      656 16  -  ■wi-imi d>cruz takes stock of Singapore's best golf courses and surveys professional golfers as well as the public for their opinions. The 6th-10th positions are ranked this week, and the best five next week NICKLAUS D'CRUZ The writer is editor of The Asian Golf Review. This review
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      A word from the professionals
      265 16 WE OBTAINED the help of five of Singapore's top professionals to indicate their personal ranking of the top 10 courses in Singapore. While there were clear favourites at the top of the list, things got a little fuzzier at the bottom. Seletar just managed to
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      Public poll on ranking of courses via Internet
      169 16 MEMBERS of the public were invited to send in their personal rankings of the top 10 courses in Singapore via the Internet. In slightly less than the two months that the poU was on line, we received 189 submissions. All the scores
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      717 16 OUR ranking was performed by a selected team of four golfers who played all the courses in Singapore from June 2 to July 18 this year. By retaining the same members throughout the ranking exercise, we were able to ensure a consistent assessment. Having a complete
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      Delifrance offers 45m shares at 78 cents each
      488 17  -  chain's pinboard IPO is the first by a French company in S'pore By Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Customers of cafe-bakery chain Delifrance can now bite into more than a tuna sandwich the company yesterday launched its initial public offer of 45.16 million shares
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      564 17 Shares in Hong Leong group companies see sharp price increases raid heavy trading MBT [KUALA LUMPURI Talk of a restructuring of the massive Hong Leong group, and the possible listing of tycoon Quek Leng Chan's Hongkong financial services arm in Kuala Lumpur, is
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      135 17 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Promet Bhd will place out 53.378 million new shares, representing 9.1 per cent of the company's enlarged share capital, at M 51.92 per share to investors. The issue price represents a discount of 9.9 per cent to the last traded price of MJ2.13
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      Caution flies out the window as China-linked shares rally
      545 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Quak Hiang Whai ITS party time for China-linked stocks again. Caught up in the waves of euphoric buying, investors are once again throwing caution to the wind. Less than a week after a report by the research department
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      Easyknit closes below offer price on debut
      301 17  -  By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Easyknit International Holdings became the second counter in as many trading days to close below the offer price on its debut. The Hongkong garment maker's shares, whose offer price was HK$3.O5 (550.56), closed at HKS2.9O yesterday on volume of
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      250 17 AFP [NEW DELHI] The US$6OO million (SsB4o million) joint venture airline proposed by Singapore and India will be a casualty of the new India airline policy likely to be announced next month. Civil Aviation Minister C M Ibrahim was quoted by newspapers as saying
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        Lock icon Tenaga in M$9b grid upgrading
        463 18 Move comes after outdated grid plunged much of Malaysia into darkness for 12 hours in August Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Tenaga Nasional Bhd said it will spend Ms 9 billion (Sss billion) by the end of next year to upgrade the outdated electricity grid that
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        403 18 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Net profit of Tenaga Nasional Bhd, Malaysia's monopoly power distributor, for the year ended August was unchanged from last year's M 51.25 billion. The results were better than what analysts had forecast, thanks to a March 1 increase
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        Technology Resources to offer Orbcomm services
        370 18  -  Satellite system to provide affordable data communication By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Come 1998, affordable data communication will be possible, to and from, anywhere on the face of this earth, via Orbcomm's satellite system. And Malaysia-listed Technology Resources Industries (TRI) will become the first
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        170 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Landmarks Bhd has announced that Premium Properties Sdn Bhd, a 51 per cent owned subsidiary of the group, and CFE Holdings (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd have signed an agreement to sell their entire equity in President Hotel to Dermajaya Properties of Brunei
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          Nippecraft in dark over price rise
          79 18 [SINGAPORE] Mainboard-listed Nippecraft has told the Stock Exchange of Singapore it cannot account for the rise in its share price and trading volume other than to attribute it to takeover rumours reported in the press. Nippecraft added that its holding company, St Kilda's Investment,
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          STA Engines buying $3m workshop
          52 18 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies subsidiary ST Aerospace Engines yesterday agreed to buy a workshop site from Singapore Aerospace Manufacturing (SAM)- ST A Engines paid SAM a deposit of $300,000, representing 10 per cent of the purchase price. The balance of $2.7 million will be paid on
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          Thakral shareholders approve dividend
          72 18 [SINGAPORE] Thakral Corp shareholders have approved a dividend of 20 per cent gross less 26 per cent income tax for the year ended March 31. Thakral has applied for Overseas Headquarters status and if this is approved retrospectively the dividend will be exempt from tax. Shareholders
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          Lock icon Tommy Suharto denies moves on Astra
          77 18 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] President Suharto's son Tommy Suharto yesterday said in a television interview he is not interested in PT Astra International shares nor is he planning to use that company's plant for the national car programme. "I do not need the Astra plant to
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          66 18 Reuter [JAKARTA] Shares of Indonesia's PT Barito Pacific Timber were active in early trading yesterday on talk that President Suharto's daughter could take a stake in the timber conglomerate, brokers said. Barito topped the active list in early trading, with volume approaching three million shares after 80
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        Lock icon Innovest gets Congo timber concessions
        189 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Innovest Bhd has acquired two timber concessions in Congo for U552.34 million (553.3 million) and been awarded a billionringgit land reclamation project in Bagan Datoh, Perak. The company said yesterday it had signed agreements with the Congo government to acquire two timber
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        385 19 BRISBANE Regulator granted order to halt acquiring of shares in dispute over breach of rules Bloomberg Business News MARSFORD Investments Pte Ltd, a company controlled by Hongkong businessman Gordon Wu, has been stopped by Australia's companies regulator from proceeding with its takeover
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        Lock icon Anglo American review may see asset sales
        375 19 LONDON Mining giant reacting to major changes in S Africa after the end of apartheid FT ANGLO American, the biggest mining group in the world, has launched a strategic review which is expected to lead to the disposal of some noncore assets. Anglo
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        164 19 TOKYO Reuter THE Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ) said yesterday it had sold part of its stake in fast-ex-panding personal computer software wholesaler Softbank Corp, a move brokers said could weaken the share in the near term. IBJ denied a weekend report
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        Lock icon Channel Tunnel operator proposes equity-for-debt swap
        314 19 PARIS Bloomberg Business News EUROTUNNEL, the debtplagued operator of the Channel Tunnel, said it wants to swap 8.7 billion French francs (552.38 billion) in debt and outstanding interest for 45.5 per cent of its equity at 10.4 francs a share under a proposed deal
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        307 20 USslob bid to merge their US refining and marketing businesses report Renter [NEW YORK] US oil giants Texaco Inc, Shell Oil Co and a Saudi Arabian company are negotiating the merger of their US refining and marketing businesses in a deal that would
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        Lock icon Mitsui Petrochem, Mitsui Toatsu to merge next year
        345 20 Mitsui To&tsu chief will assume presidency of combined entity AFXAsia [TOKYO] Mitsui Petrochemical Industries Ltd said yesterday that it and Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals Inc have signed a memorandum of understanding to merge in October next year. The merger, said Mitsui Petrochemical, will
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        BNP in talks with owners of PrimeEast Capital
        361 22 French bank understood to be seeking to buy out Bank of East Asia [HONGKONG] Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) is understood to be in talks with the owners of Singapore-based Prime East Capital, just months after another French bank, Societe Generale, acquired
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        Lock icon Forex trading offered on the Net
        356 22 But experts say it is unlikely to overtake established markets FT [LONDON] Currency speculation has moved to the Internet, with the launch of a new scheme aimed at wealthy investors. Currency Management Corporation, a London foreign exchange market-mak-er, is offering clients a 24-hour ability
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        223 22 Bloomberg Business News [HONOLULU] US banks want to control the purse strings when it comes to doling out electronic cash (e-cash), a new form of money computer companies and banks are racing to put in consumers' wallets. The industry, which hopes to profit from
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        Lock icon Former Prudential manager arrested
        122 22 Reuter (TOKYO) Police yesterday said they had arrested a former executive of the Japanese subsidiary of Prudential Securities Inc of the US on suspicion of embezzling 1.13 billion yen (5514.1 million). Prudential Securities (Japan) Ltd last week accused Atsumi Kikuchi, 37, a former assistant general manager,
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        Lock icon Nissho Iwai to set up firm in Singapore
        95 22 Reuter [TOKYO] Japanese trading house Nissho Iwai Corp yesterday said that it planned to set up a wholly-owned finance subsidiary in Singapore later this month. The new firm, Nissho Iwai Capital Asia Pte Ltd, will be capitalised at Ssls million and trade
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        Lock icon Euroyen, JGBs toppish: dealers
        230 22 SIMTIX Report Reuter [SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures ended firmer yesterday but dealers said both were looking "toppish" and could slide back soon. The two markets opened sharply firmer on the back of an unexpected dip in US payrolls data on Friday.
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        159 22 Reuter, AFP London THE dollar was near session lows in late Europe trading but stayed locked in familiar ranges as a subdued market contemplated a week promising few trading incentives, dealers said. Dollar/yen. unsettled overnight by Japanese calls for higher interest rates, dipped as stops were hit at
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        316 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter (LONDON] Where is all the oil going? World oil output is at record levels and refineries are running flat out. But five-year high oil prices and inventories at worryingly low levels heading into winter have prompted oil analysts to speculate that global
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1775 23 SI COM FUTURES Oct 7 W88CR (futures ctosiaq «it SJOvm) RSS 1 CONTIACTtS cMtsAo) Ck»« V«hmm Open Month Hi* Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Nov 96 174.75 "50 D«c 96 176.75 2175 Jan 97 180.00 200 WOO Feb 97 180.75 200 WOO Mar 97 ***** 200 1800 Apr/Jwi 97
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2328 23 LONOON Miitrtils Oct T *h ABPorts 266 -1.400 AbCey National 613 3.600 Allied Domecq 442 -3 Amec K>6 1 Asda Group 105.400 -1 BAT Ind 424 -5 BICC 287 -2.400 BOC Group 878 5 BR Petroleum 700 12.600 BTR 268 -2 Bank of Scotland 272.400 -3.600 Barclays
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      1666 23 Reuter Q Nikkei 225 *12J8 STOCKS closed mixed yesterday after moving in narrow ranges and languishing at weaker levels for most of the day, shrugging off a surge on Wall Street. Participants retreated to the sidelines ahead of the long-awaited listing of West Japan Railway Co, brokers said. They
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      1632 24 AFX-Asia F1 Hang Seng +***** SHARE prices closed sharply higher yesterday, with gains posted across the board in heavy trade. Dealers said the rally was spurred by Friday's record high on Wall Street, with concerns over a rise in US interest rates receding. The Hang Seng Index closed up
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      664 24 Reuter P| Shanghai B Share Index +0.01 SHANGHAI B shares ended up yesterday due to a flurry of last-minute speculative buying after the market spent most of the session down in dull trading. The index edged up 0.01 point to 49.08 on volume of 4.1 million shares worth US$l.5
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      402 24 AFP Q VP Index -2124 SHARE prices finished 0.4 per cent lower yesterday as investors sold electrical issues. "Electricals, which spearheaded the wave of upswings, turned weak as investors took profit after five winning sessions," said a trader. The TSE Weighted Price Index slid 24.24 points to 6,620.42. Turnover
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      794 24 AFP D Composite Index -104 SHARE prices closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday as heavyweight stocks consolidated after recent gains, dealers said. "I think it is just that we have had a good run and some people are starting to cash some of their gains before the next run,"
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      854 24 AFP □set Index -60.26 SHARES slumped 6 per cent yesterday with heavy selling by foreign investors in the finance and banking sectors on concerns about weak growth projections and interest rate trends, analysts said. The SET Index lost 60.26 points to 944.63. Turnover was 126.7 million shares worth 9.0
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      360 24 AFP n Manila -10J1 SHARE prices closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday as foreign investors sold stocks, particularly property issues. The PSE Composite Index fell 10.11 points to 3,121.03. Turnover was 9.9 billion shares worth 2.5 billion pesos. Petron Corp fell 30 centavos to 9.30 while PLDT fell 10
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      419 24 AFP P Composite Index +1&90 SHARE prices closed 2.3 per cent higher yesterday on expectations that the government would soon announce economy-boosting measures. "Today's steep rise was somewhat surprising, given the still high margin of selling and the huge stock supply slated for the remaining months of the year,"
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      628 24 AFP n All Ordinaries +213 SHARE prices surged one per cent yesterday with a record high in view. The All Ordinaries Index gained 24.3 points to 2,339.8. The record close is 2,340.6 recorded Feb 3, 1994. Turnover was 194.52 million shares valued at A 5520.4 million. News Corp ended
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      277 24 Reuter F1 Wellington ♦30.48 SHARES shrugged off concerns over Saturday's general election when it closed at a 2Vi-year high yesterday. The NZSE-40 Index rose 30.48 points to 2,274.76, its highest since March 1994. Reuter Oct 7 MS V- (000) ANZ Barton? 1 8.37 0.07 ***** Advantage! Htags 1.32 unch
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        Lock icon Buying fails to prop up index
        8143 25 Bloomberg Business News Cl Composite Index -L6B SHARE prices closed lower yesterday despite attempts by institutional investors to buy selected blue chips to shore up the composite index. A fall in Petronas Gas offset a gain in Maybank, which rose on speculation it may
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        MAIN BOARD
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        HOT STOCK
        58 28  -  by] Paul Leo WING TAI Holdings has closed the price gap between $3.20 and $3.44 established in mid-May. The question now is, what's nextf With RSI in overbought territory, a consolidation between $3.00 and $3.50 is likely. Moreover, daily Moving Average Convergence-Divergence Indicator is over stretched and is
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        Clob counters rise as other sectors go on retreat
        789 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Property stocks take a bashing on recent report that private property transactions down in the third quarter By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A slight pick-up of interest in Malaysian second-liners traded here yesterday on Clob International was the only
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          Pure S'pore trusts
          84 28 OF THE 17 or so unit trust managers in Singapore, only two have launched pure Singapore unit trusts (these exclude the nine CPF-approved unit trusts which invest in trustee stocks on the local bourse). The first was set up many years ago by the low-profile, some may
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          102 28 BT Public Relations A Business Times reporter received a call from a member of the Great Eastern Life Assurance guild asking whether he is interested in writing about insurance agents' grievances on GE Life's decision to cut commissions. After establishing that this newspaper is interested, the caller asked how much
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          Leaf executive
          110 28 WE THOUGHT of leaving this job advertisement for a "Leaf Executive" in the South China Morning Post to British-American Tobacco Company to explain. But on second thought, we had better do it just in case some job-seekers bark up the wrong tree. The key role of the Leaf
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          80 28 IN AN advertisement in The Straits Times on Saturday, St Francis Lodge apartments billed itself as "High Glass Living". We thought it was a typographical error but realised that the developer meant for that description to be taken literally when we read further on. The ad said
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          DOWn syndrome
          113 28 IF WE go by what analysts say, the local stock market will not benefit whether the Dow Jones Industrial Index is up or down. Analysts here were quoted as saying that with the Dow, one of the best performers so far this year, looking set to continue its
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          Rising from the ashes
          50 28 BARINGS seems to have rebounded from its troubles over Nick Leeson in a spectacular way. ING Barings was voted "best overall emerging markets bank" by ftmd managers polled in the latest issue of UK-baaed Emerging Markets Investor magazine, which is part of the Risk publications group.
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      297 29 Bridge News, Reuter THERE was little new to talk about on the freight market as the week came to a close, brokers said. Fixtures TANKERS: The pace on the tanker market slowed to its usual Friday level with new business slow to emerge and little in the way
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      305 29 Oct 7 W CVT Distribution US unctl 22 Chuan Hup O.MS unch 72 Casco Invastmant 1.38 *0.02 60 FCLS 6.35 -0.20 85 Fraight Links 0.70 unch 16 Gb Holdings 0.925 -0.005 16 Hal Sun Hup 0.995 -0.005 73 Hitachi Zosan 0.815 -0.005 19 IMC Holdings —HK 5.60 J*1*
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      TWRA, TSA to increase charges from Nov 1
      463 29  -  Hikes necessary to reflect higher costs, say rate-making groups By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Two rate-mak-ing groups the Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement (TWRA) and the Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement (TSA) will be raising charges with effect from Nov 1. TWRA's latest series of
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      262 29 524 ships failed safety tests in the region last year Journal of Commerce [LONDON] Bulk carriers accounted for nearly half the ships detained in ports in the Asia-Pacific region last year after failing safety tests. Figures published by countries in the
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      Star Cruise plans to order more giant passenger ships
      316 29  -  Fast-growing M'sian operator will change name to Star Cruises From David Hughes in Paperitrurg, Germany MALAYSIAN cruise operator and listed company Star Cruise plans to order a further series of large passengership newbuildings, significantly bigger than its two 75,000 gt ships
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      212 29 [HONGKONG] A new company has been formed to lease, repair and service refrigerated containers (reefers) in China and Hongkong. The 50-50 joint venture by Kooll International (ReeferContainer Leasing) and Shando International Group will be an agent for Carrier Transicold in South-east Asia and
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      Bangladesh seeks to expand merchant fleet
      216 29 [DHAKA] The Bangladeshi government plans to expand the country's merchant fleet to increase its capacity to handle the import and export cargo. Five new ships, including a mother tanker, are being procured by the state-run Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) as part of the government's
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        108 29 [SINGAPORE] Cargo volumes at the Port of New York and New Jersey in the first half of 1996 increased by 18 per cent compared to the same period last year. Total cargo reached 26 million long tons, with imports increasing 24 per
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        CSSC's US$103m bank loan settled
        100 29 [HONGKONG] Sanwa Bank and Sumitomo Bank have settled on the arrangements for a joint, two-year US$lO3 million (*****.2 million) loan to China's largest shipbuilder, China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC). According to a recent Nikkei English News report, the loan was guaranteed by the Import and
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        Salvors call for changes to LOF
        76 29 [TOKYO] International Salvage Union (ISU) president Arnold Witte told the ISU's AGM last week that Loyd's Open Form (LOF) needs to be streamlined and made "more cost effective". He said that although "LOF can be a highly effective salvage contract from an operational point
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      Oman to build US$250m terminal capable of handling 6,000-TEU ships
      194 29 [SINGAPORE] Oman is developing a US$25O million (Ss3so million) transhipment container terminal able to handle the new generation of giant 6,000-TEU (20-foot equivalent unit) containerships. The Omani government recently signed a deal with the Salalah Port Services Company, which will
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      1175 30  -  SHIPPING SUBSIDIES: HARD TO CUT IN US ELECTION YEAR Just as an international deal to end subsidies for shipbuilders was about to go into effect it unravelled when Congress, only weeks from the US election, realised the US would also have to cut its
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      315 30 PAGE EES 13 ACL 11 Eth '°P»n 6 Ae< ocean 13 Eurohans 6 AM. 3 tmyeen 6 Able 13 Famous 7 Accord 12 Fl-Bright Ahrenk.el 4 FoongSun 12 Appenship 4 Frota 12 Astf0 3 Frtwortd Austral 11 L 1 Avant 6 Gemartrans 13
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        639 43 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Allan* Jay* A144 Jllree jqj alongstd* 07.10/2300 Ayse Am 10/96 J15 alongside 07.10/0800 BangkDonthi 37 J07 alongside 08.10/1200 Batam indaft M315 J02 alongside 08.10/2300 Bt Afrizal 5/% J01 alongside 08.10/0300 Bt J Ray 2 *****6 J01 alongside 07.10/1400 Bt Lestari ***** J01
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        1773 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Bolonct Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Aci Mdt 3IW 06/1300 U 07/1500 07/1659 07/1900 AcTMT 5SC 10/2000 07/8M 07/1659 07/1900 26 07/1700 08/0659 01/0400 3 06/0700 06/1159 06/1400 6 08/1200 08/1459 08/1700 Ml »<■ 6681 09/0900
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        166 43 OCT 8 Peru: Memorial of the Battle of Angamos. OCT# Azerbaijan: Army Day. Ecuador: Guaquil's Independence day (throughout country). Uganda: Independence Day. Korea: Hanggul Day. OCT 10 Japan: Health Sports Day. Taiwan: National Day. Kenya: Moi Day. OCT 11 Costa Rica: Discovery of America (To Oct 12). OCT
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        696 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        508 43 Carta* Oct 4 DMStty Water IhMm Ask *1—Utoan Sa<lnaat no Mai No ataM £25 992.6 1 1.0 0 17.6 9 o.n 0 57 0 0.00 0 KN/M Una 300 AM 300 Mai 908.0 991.5 0J LI 13.9 19J 0.07 0.11 32 54 0.00 0.00 U/M*l %M/N
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        478 44  -  Offer ends Oct 19 for flights to London, Brisbane, Perth, Jakarta, Bombay By] Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] British Airways (BA) and Qantas yesterday launched a promotional programme offering passengers a roughly 25 per cent saving on air fares to five international
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        47 44 [HO CHI MINH CITY] A Vietnamese model standing beside a South Korean Daewoo Cielo during the Auto Vietnam '96 exhibition which opened late last week. The car is assembled in Vietnam, in one of the Vietnamese government's 14 licensed car assembly joint ventures. AFP
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        277 44 Imports from Germany up 31% from a year earlier Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Sales of imported autos in Japan rose 5.7 per cent in September to 38,017 vehicles, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said. That's the 34th monthly increase in the last
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        239 44 It is in talks to buy 21.4% of Toyota Sooth Africa AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Toyota Motor Corp said yesterday it was in talks to take a stake in Toyota South Africa Manufacturing Ltd. A Toyota spokeswoman said the car maker was negotiating
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        280 44 Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] The South Korean government denied a news report that it's responsible for a delay in a Samsung Aerospace Industries bid to take over the manufacturing arm of bankrupt Dutch aircraft maker Fokker NV. The Asian Wall Street
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        Lock icon Probe into Denver bonds dropped
        81 44 Bloomberg Business News [DENVER] The Securities and Exchange Commission has closed its two-year investigation of Denver's sale of US$3.9 billion (555.5 billion) in airport bonds without filing any charges. "After a thorough consideration of all the relevant factors, the staff determined not to recommend an
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        218 44 Reuter [BEIJING] Officials with Volk-swagen-First Automotive Works in north-eastern China yesterday dismissed a report that the joint venture faced possible closure. "This report is incorrect," said a spokeswoman of the joint venture, referring to a report by the German news magazine Der Spiegel. "Production
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        334 44 Reuter [PARIS] Europe's car firms put on a brave face at the Paris car show last week. While the champagne flowed and skimpily clad beauties draped themselves over the metal, leaders of major vehicle manufacturers stepped up to podiums to put
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          75 44 AFP [MANILA] Honda Motor Co Ltd plans to export left-hand drive City cars from the Philippines if there is sufficient demand, a newspaper reported here yesterday. "I cannot say completely the timing, but there is a plan," the Japanese auto maker's president Nobuhiko Kawamoto
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          53 44 Bernama [LANGKAWI] The number of Taiwanese tourists to this duty-free island is expected to increase when Malaysia Airlines (MAS) introduces direct flights for the Taipei-Langkawi-Kuala Lumpur sector at the end of the month. The thrice-a-week service will use the Boeing 737 aircraft which can carry
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          73 44 Bloomberg Business News [CARACAS] Deutsche Lufthansa AG said it is suspending service to Venezuela and Ecuador in order to concentrate on more-profitable air routes. Lufthansa's decision to suspend service to Venezuela was partly based on a dispute with the Venezuelan government over foreign exchange remittances,
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        1733 44 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD wT Fakoofca $0989 1700 S0990 0105 Adoiaida S0230 1830 6*19 I I S** 7 2320 OF81 1930 f|pp>liWC_ CZ354 0925 Amstardam GA897 1045 GA892 0030 Hanoi VN741 1300 VN744 MOO KL837 1445 KL844 0040 VW745 1300 VM740 1410 S0327 1530 KL838
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      16 29 US changes its tune on shipbuilding accord Tough to act in US election year. Pago 2
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      323 29 BA, Qantas offer 25% discount on fares to 5 cities Promotion ends on Oct 19. Back Page out two on for the th«f3^^^M^^^^H|^P|j j *}SBHIIIBJff Honqkonq IV www.info.qov.hk/pdb/ World guide on LNG _^J^pp LNG World Overview 96, Qm a guide on liquefied /OV©l S6dj\ I.NGWORI.D natural gas, lists the overview
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      604 30 [SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (DIRECT FROM WEST COAST) [OULF KARACHI EXPRESS (QtOQ 1 "vissa VOY OAK VAN SU U «N VESSEL VOY OW *AR j COt SM IKXTOTAZ 5W 14/09 19/09 10/09 21/09 10/10 DAMMAMIAY OH 20/09 29/09 04/10 10/10 14/10 NEPTUNE ALEXANDRITE 24W 23/09 24/09 24/09 30/09 17/10 HOIMX OH
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      723 30 Unes services represented I by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents. Spore National Shipping Assoc Members o« the aluu Singapore Freight Forwarders Association CALL US... ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. In the demanding world of marine With a worldwide supply network of lubrication, the efficient servicing of more than 550 ports
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      1211 31 PACIFIC SOUTH WtST EXPRESS (WRECT) vtssa vot wa aw re swnp mimiwiHifKiiiiHOiiiaa* <W01» 0101 07/10 00/10 10/10 25/10 29/10 30/10 30/10 31/10 31/10 30/10 30/10 01/11 HIMUm 0001 14/10 16/10 17/10 01/11 05/11 00/11 06/11 07/11 07/11 00/11 00/11 01/11 Aft WW* 0001 21/10 23/10 24/10 00/11 12/11 11/11 13/11
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      106 31 f ABy ORIENT EXPRESS LINES (U.K.) LIMITED ISsJ. (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE VESSEL VOY SINGAPORE BOMBAY VESSEL VOY BOMBAY SINGAPORE NQRDKAP 401 09/10 16/10 NORDKAP 400 02/10 09/10 EUZA 303 16/10 24/10 EUZA 302 09/10 16/10 SJNARTOBA 202 26/10 02/11 SINAR TOBA 201 18/10 26/10
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      1404 32 <CT DSR-SENA TOR Round the World Container Sen/ices I m U4 FROM UK/CONTINENT j«a ww mT" m m ho fu «t lm vessel vov lha m w ho m «i -WUiOfCAKUA WG444 Mil 0111 MlO 03.11 2111 DSR SENATOR EEO4I 15 M 10 M IT.B 10 MAN H.II NEWYORKSEN WFO4S
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      1444 33 PTE LTD 10 Ho« Chiang Road #11*01 Koppel Towers TMLJBW Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fox: *****17 BttAH j MIINiI CONVtItTIOHM St«VI« UAHAWAK COHTAIMEB SIIIYKI Imsa vot a «ua i Ivpsa vor Isiwctfoti kuohq SHAHS STAB VH23I I 11/10 14/10 I 15/10 CABAXA M W-3I VttlSIA 08/10 !®Zl® SIUITSMOH VH24I I
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      1816 33 3 SAILINGS PER WEEK FOR SINGAPORE EUROPE SERVICE L a SMGAPOtf'S GtMKAI AGOfTV iSWRMNT m.*» If*. CM) WWNRW/B*JV: 470SM? JOWOM COSTAR SHIPPING FT! LTD fiz-MNSiuM saus/m« mm-mntM"-. «os»s COSttt«KW BHD quo: ii7l7oiocomi room mo(O4MW) cowvorwm 4205«50/si _T/sijPMTjfrT__j_msgs VtSSB/VOTAGI fSGP I HKG SHA OA MO Mi ON )VV KBSH/WME HW W
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      576 34 B RICHFIELD MARME AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 UNES) FAX: ***** IS/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Unas) CR NO: **********0E ETHIOPIA* SHIPPWB LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Voy Si Loading tor »pow 44W8 28/10 As at3, ————j Andbwt 46W8 20/11 Dybout.A—ab, H KIEN
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      729 35 i BSA a. M MYANMA IUBk FIVE STAR UNE (Myanmar National Lin*) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) vßsa voy sim wc pen pgu AVA 137W sab PAGAN 234W 12/10 IMATitt AGENTV OOUSTEAD SMPPMG AGtNOES KUL m 02-03-*****00 PU: m 02-03-3764)01 Wit TH 02-04-*****02 PGO: Til 02-07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A Mfyj<» t<
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      499 35 FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 LINESI i— r i* -1 T —7|| —l Accepting i"^T shipment to JPf 1 EUROPE/ 7J W MEDITERRANEAN J; SCANDINAVIAN J ports daily IB i I Poland We make Sure Our Standards Never Change For more details
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