The Business Times, 15 October 1996

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04(V12/95 V 8» SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Poor market prompts 3 firms to delay IPOs for this year
    627 1  -  Other candidates may take cue from Delifrance, L&broy Marine offerings, say bankers By, Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] At least three companies have delayed plans to list on the Singapore stock exchange this year while others are adopting a wait-and-see attitude
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    Lock icon S'pore shares at 18-month low
    339 1  -  By] R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Hongkong and Malaysia stood out in a generally bleak day for regional stocks yesterday, during which pressure here led to the Straits Times Industrials Index breaking below the 2,050mark to reach an 18-month low, while Thai stocks fell to their lowest
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    Lock icon Comfort clinches franchise for Piaggio scooters
    393 1  -  Brand currently commands lion's share of market By i Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Besides being the largest taxi operator here and the distributor of Peugeot, Maserati and Seat cars, listed transportation group Comfort is adding two-wheelers to its four-wheel lineup. BT understands the group has
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    Quantum raising disk drive output by 10% in 3 months
    337 1  -  Move confirms turnaround in global PC market By Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Quantum Corporation, the world's leading maker of computer disk drives, is raising its production by 10 per cent in three months, confirming a growing industry view that the
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    Pribadi denies putting Amcol stake on the market
    186 1 [SINGAPORE] Indonesian businessman Henry Pribadi yesterday denied that he has put his stake in troubled Amcol Holdings on the market. "Contrary to yesterday's Business Times report, I have not put my 17.92 per cent stake in Amcol Holdings on the market," he
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      YTC Corp to underwrite unsold yacht club memberships
      259 2 THE Republic of Singapore Yacht Club (RSYC) has secured a bridging loan of $12 miUion from DBS Bank to help build a $54 miUion marina. And it has also received help from YTC Corporation a Singapore group with subsidiary companies involved in
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      Probo takes stake in Royal Brothers' hotels
      438 2  -  Move by Swedish financing firm could lead to sale of NZ, Aussie hotels By) Lilian Ang PROBO Pacific has exercised its option to assume part ownership of the Royal Brothers' six hotels in Australia and New Zealand a move expected to lead to
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      Concrete price hike postponed
      436 2  -  Aggregate suppliers receptive to idea of 30-day notice on price changes By I Siow Li Sen A MEETING last week between ready-mixed concrete and aggregate suppliers may have postponed temporarily a hike in concrete prices. Market talk had been rife that the price of aggregates would
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      Singapore managers most hit by information overload
      306 2  -  By( Clarissa Tan WE're number one again this time for stress levels. An international survey on information overload has shown that the number of Singaporeans stressed by their jobs outstrips that for other nationalities. The survey of executives identified as "key users of
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      Lock icon Loans growth hits 17.4%
      341 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Finance By\ Shiv Taneja OUTSTANDING bank loans to non-bank customers reached $122.5 billion at end-August, a year-on-year growth of 17.4 per cent, according to the latest data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Analysts for sometime now have been predicting a significant
      Source: MAS  -  341 words
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      Two East Coast sites up for sale at 'realistic prices'
      358 2  -  By Abdul Hadhi TWO residential sites on the East Coast have been put up for sale with what analysts described as realistic price expectations given current market sentiment. One, a 55,288-sq ft site, is the collective sale of Martia Court,
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      JM Sassoon lowers Q3 growth estimates to 2.8% from 5%
      529 2  -  Manufacturing finance/business sectors seen weaker than anticipated By, Anna Teo J M SASSOON, which led a BT poll of third-quarter economic growth forecasts with its 5 per cent projection last Friday, yesterday cut its estimate to 2.8 per cent. A
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      Wah Chang hotel and resort arm plans US$100om expansion
      318 4  -  New resorts in Seychelles and Indonesia among projects planned By < Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE-based Wah Chang Group is expanding its hotel and resort business which will involve investments of about US$lOO million (Ssl42 million), its president Ho Kwon Ping said
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      SSBC's office in Shandong now in operation
      361 4  -  S'pore investments in province total USsl-5b at end- June From' Teh Hooi Ling in Jinan SINGAPORE companies keen to invest in Shandong province, or those that are already here, can now go to the Singa-pore-Shandong Business Council's (SSBC) representative here for information or
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      Many top execs in union activities: Dhana
      339 4  -  By i Chuang Peck Ming CHIEF executives and professionals from the private sector make up more than half of the directors and trustees who sit on the boards of the labour movement's cooperatives and related bodies, Singapore Labour Foundation chairman S Dhanabalan noted
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      PM Goh outlines three steps to build up Asia-Europe ties
      623 4  -  7XOOO*B EUROPEAN VISIT Closing knowledge gap, dialogue on sensitive issues and consensus-building By Yang Razali Kassim [BRUSSELS] The theme Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was to address Was a major one how to bring Asia and Europe closer together to
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Has the Reit time come?
      686 6  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN Real estate investment trusts allow investors a unique way to invest In property By Lee Han Shih TEN years ago, in the depths of the last property downturn, one of the many stillborn ideas mooted to boost demand was for Singapore to
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      HK govt blamed for slow public housing scheme
      446 6  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong RENOWNED Hongkong surveyor Leung Chun-Ying has hit out at what he called the Hongkong government's slow public housing programme. Mr Leung, who is the managing director of property consultant CY Leung and Co and a vice-chairman
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      Jakarta property scene remains buoyant
      482 6  -  T&ke-np rate of prime office space jumped 50%: report From S N Vasuki in Jakarta DESPITE high interest rates and a tight monetary policy, Jakarta's property market has proven to be resilient. Consultancy firm JLW said in its latest market outlook that demand in most
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Dr M: No reason why Razaleigh can't take up Umno post
      350 7 KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said he saw no reason why former Semangat 46 (party) chief Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah could not assume a leadership post in Umno. "He (Tengku Razaleigh) is an Umno member and has
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      KL budget to discourage buying of imported goods
      470 7  -  KUALA LUMPUR Rapid growth of imports a main cause of Malaysia's cnrrent account deficit, says Mahathir Reports by Ven Sreenivasan THE coming Malaysian budget will contain a slew of measures aimed at discouraging the purchases of imported goods, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
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      Lock icon Indon Muslim leader apologises for church attacks
      245 7 JAKARTA Reuter THE leader of Indonesia's largest Muslim group has publicly apologised and asked for forgiveness for an attack by Muslims on churches in East Java last week in which five people died, a statement yesterday said. Abdurrahman Wahid, leader of the 30-million-strong
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      Thai finance minister Bodi quits in surprise move
      410 8  -  BANGKOK No reason given for move which seems puzzling as country is going to the polls next month By Loh Hui Yin THAILAND'S Finance Minister Bodi Chunnananda has quit, just four months after he was appointed to the job. The timing of
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      Lock icon Japanese investment in Thailand set to grow
      230 8 BANGKOK AFP DESPITE Thailand's current economic downturn, analysts say Japanese investment is set to grow by nearly a quarter this year as Thailand emerges as the favoured country for Japanese expansion in Asia. U Japanese investment in Thailand will increase by 25 per
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      Lock icon Takeaway service
      54 8 [HO CHI MINH CITY] A 19-year-old, who wished to remain anonymous, picking up a five condom at Vietnam's only "Condom Cafe" here recently. The cafe, which opened earlier this year, has been attempting to raise Aids awareness by handing out free condoms and safe sex literature with every
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      Lock icon Investment in Vietnam down
      268 8 HANOI Bnt Hanoi says slowdown due to focus on quality Reuter AFP FOREIGN investment in Vietnam, considered essential for the country's economic lift-off, fell sharply in the first nine months of 1996 due to a slowdown in the rate of project approvals, state media said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Viet State Bank won't devalue dong
      225 8 HANOI AFP A SENIOR official at Vietnam's State Bank has denied rumours of a planned devaluation of the Vietnamese dong, a newspaper said yesterday. Nguyen Ngo Minh, director of the central foreign exchange department, was quoted by the Vietnam News as saying that there
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        Lock icon Tribute to 'Mr Opposition'
        68 8 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR) Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday led many government leaders in paying tribute to "Mr Opposition" Tan Chee Khoon who died on Sunday after a long illness. Dr Tan, 77, who was a member of parliament for almost two decades, leaves behind his wife,
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        Lock icon M'sian industrial output down
        57 8 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's industrial output in August fell one pa* cent from July, the Statistics Department said yesterday. Ova- the eight months to August, output rose 10.8 per cent year-on-year. All three divisions undo- the industrial sector, which groups mining, manufacturing and electricity, showed increases
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        Lock icon Second Indon riot trials start
        77 8 Reuter [JAKARTA] A second group of supporters of ousted Indonesian minority party leader Megawati Sukarnoputri appeared in court yesterday accused of assault and disobeying police orders during the July 27 violence in Jakarta. Witnesses said Ms Megawati, who was ousted as leader of the minority
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Clear up barriers in energy sector, EU urges Beijing
      331 9 BEIJING China warned that it may not meet target |e!US$4Ob in foreign investments AFP THE European Union warned China yesterday that it would fail to meet a goal of luring in US$4O billion (5556.7 billion) in overseas capital to the energy
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      Lock icon Taiwan stops oil firm's China visit
      210 9 TAIPEI Reuter AFP STATE-owned Chinese Petroleum said that the Taiwan's government forced it to cancel a visit to rival China yesterday for an oil technology conference in a last-minute phone call. "We had a call from the Economic Ministry on Saturday, followed by a
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      Lock icon Medical costs, housing top worries for China workers
      313 9 BEIJING Only 38% named inflation first worry unlike last two years Reuter THE soaring cost of medical care and commercialisation of housing now outweigh inflation as the top concerns of Chinese workers, showed a survey issued by Xinhua. About 47 per cent
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      Lock icon HK police on alert after threat on MTR system
      247 9 HONGKONG Reuter HONGKONG authorities have been placed on a high alert after police received a telephone call threatening a gas attack on the territory's MTR underground train network. Security Branch spokesman Mak Kwok Wah yesterday said: "We received the call on
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        Lock icon HK's post-handover chief: race opens
        49 9 AFP [HONGKONG] China began the registration of candidates in the race to become Hongkong's first post-colonial government chief yesterday. The China-formed Preparatory Committee handling Hongkong's transition has started to register candidates wishing to take part In the race. Applications close on Oct 28. —AFP
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        Lock icon Baghdad, Beijing sign oil agreement
        25 9 AFP [NICOSIA] Iraq and China have initialled a production-sharing agreement to develop an oilfield in the sanctions-hit Arab state. —AFP
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        Lock icon China's flower production set to triple
        37 9 AFP [BEIJING] China's flower production is to nearly triple by 2000, with annual exports rocketing from US$67 million (Ss94 million) last year to a projected US$lBO million, Xinhua reported yesterday. AFP
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        Lock icon Veteran dissident still in hiding in HK
        100 9 AFP [HONGKONG] Veteran Chinese dissident Wang Xizhe remained in hiding yesterday, while Hongkong support groups made preparations for him to seek political asylum in the United States, a dissident source said. Mr Wang, 47, who arrived in Hongkong at the weekend after disappearing
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  • ASIA
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      Mooted: Trips by Bush or Keating to give Apec a boost
      513 10  -  SYDNEY Trade grouping has lost momentum since Osaka summit, says former exec director By Surinder Singh AN eminent person could be appointed to visit each of the 18 Apec countries so as to revitalise the trade grouping ahead of
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      Lock icon NZ dollar and stocks surge in post-election rally
      306 10  -  SINGAPORE Byi Paul Leo NEW Zealand financial markets surged ahead as it appeared that a centre-left coalition will be the likely outcome of the weekend elections. The New Zealand dollar yesterday surged 0.71 US cents to 70.06 US cents, just off its
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      Lock icon Opposition to veto S Korea's OECD entry
      101 10 SEOUL AFP OPPOSITION parties said yesterday they would fight ratification in parliament of South Korea's entry into the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). "We have decided to veto South Korea's entry into the club of advanced nations," said a National Congress
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      Lock icon Anti-Asian debate threatens ostrich industry
      185 12 PERTH AFP MULTI-MILLION dollar investments in the Western Australian ostrich industry are being threatened by the fallout from Australia's bitter debate over Asian immigration. The West Australian reported yesterday. It quoted a major breeder, Geoff Todman, as saying two Singaporean investors had delayed investing in
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      US-Japan bid to contain China will backfire: expert
      362 12  -  TOKYO He hits oat at Clinton plan to find Aussie alternative to Okinawa base By- Anthony Rowley ANY attempt by the United States to contain China militarily by means of the US-Ja-pan Mutual Security Treaty will prove disastrous and will succeed only
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      Lock icon S Korea scales back sale of telecom stake to 2.8%
      216 12 SEOUL Bloomberg Business News THE South Korean government said it offered to sell 2.8 per cent of state-run Korea Telecom for 300 billion won (***** million) to private investors, scaling back plans foe a larger sale. The government wiU sell
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  • THE WORLD
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      Dole may get personal
      466 13  -  US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES With popularity dwindling he may have to get nasty and take up character Issues By Leon Hadar Republican presidential challenger Bob Dole is expected to mount an aggressive attack on President Bill Clinton when the two meet for their second televised national debate
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      Lock icon Probe into Riady campaign funds a must: Gingrich
      434 13 WASHINGTON AFP HOUSE Speaker Newt Gingrich warned on Sunday that Congressional and criminal investigations were "unavoidable" due to President Bill Clinton's acceptance of campaign funds from an Indonesian banking family. "I think it's unavoidable that there will be Congressional investigations, it is
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      Lock icon Clinton says he is in very good health
      243 13 WASHINGTON AFP PRESIDENT Bill Clinton, who has come under fire from Republican challenger Bob Dole for not releasing his full medical records, says he is in good health, according to an interview yesterday. The 50-year-old Mr Clinton, interviewed by the New York
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      Lock icon Euro's advent: 50,000 jobs may go
      363 14 LONDON Dealers, analysts and central bankers across Europe may lose jobs after 1999 Reuter FROM Scandinavia to the Mediterranean, scores of dealers, analysts and even central bankers are wondering if they will still have jobs after 1999. The advent of a single European currency
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      Lock icon Germany's Q3 economic growth up
      202 14 BONN Reuter GERMAN economic growth accelerated significantly in the third quarter of this year after showing a 1.2 per cent year-on-year gain in the second quarter, the economics ministry said yesterday in its monthly report. But, the report added, the export-led recovery after a winter
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      Lock icon Israel will honour pact with Palestinians, says Weizman
      330 14 CAIRO AFP ISRAELI President Ezer Weizman yesterday pledged that his country would honour agreements struck with the Palestinians, in fence-mend-ing talks with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak. "The (Israeli) government is not going back" on its agreements with the Palestinians, Mr Weizman
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Basic questions on education must be asked
      780 15  -  THE BOTTOM LDVE OPINION By Ong Wee Hock 77* writer was with the Economic Development Board for more than 15 years and was formerly general manager of CSA Holdings THE effects of changes to educational policies can only be felt many years after
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      115 15 'We have not reached the night of the long knives yet Drßrtrtfcßotall u Umno president on whether there would be a purge in the party. Those who believe economic liberalisation will usher in a miracle are either living in a fool's paradise or else trying to mislead
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      The hidden crisis in global banking
      668 15 EDITORIAL INVESTORS who are pouring money in unprecedented amounts into so-called emerging markets around the world are often blithely unaware of two very significant risks they face. One is that banking systems in many, or even most, emerging economies have at one point or
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      Lock icon India in the slow lane
      1048 15  -  Curbing inflation with high interest rates has caused industrial growth to decelerate By Prem Shankar Jha The writer, former editor of the Hindustan Times, contributed this article to BT WHEN India's exports recorded a mere 14.5 per cent growth in US dollar terms in the
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      Individual moves
      94 15  -  MIW.HIW Douglas B Kidd Managing Director Corporate Affairs Bankers Trust Co, New York CATHERINE Ong's article "Banks seek new roles as forex, derivatives fade" (BT, Sep 20) provided significant insight into Bankers Trust's business strategy, particularly with regard to the firm's commitment to clients and the building of
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      713 15 Towards Integrated Europe THE trend towards (European) disintegration may be ready to be reversed. Six months ago, I would have bet that the introduction of the single currency would be delayed and perhaps deferred indefinitely. I am now willing to bet it will take place on
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      Singapore's best 5 courses
      1489 18  -  imw m D'CRUZ continues with last week's ranking of the top 10 golf courses on the island, and finds that youth is on the side of the winners NICKLAUS D'CRUZ The writer is editor of The Asian Golf Review. This review and further information about golfing
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      Garden grows on the public
      217 18 THE public were invited to send in their personal rankings of the top 10 courses in Singapore via the Internet. A great gap appeared between the top half of the table and the bottom half. While the number one choice stood almost five points ahead
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      Toughie Serapong a hit with the pros
      212 18 WE obtained the help of Singapore's top professionals to indicate their personal ranking of the top 10 courses in Singapore. Although the number one choice was not unanimous, Serapong was the overall favourite as a championship layout. It is one of the toughest
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      $20,000 fine for dealer who altered client's buy orders
      450 19  -  Alterations done to apportion part of client's shares to another without their knowledge By] Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Stockbrokers and dealers who apportion shares out between clients' accounts without their authorisation run the risk of being prosecuted for fraud under the Securities
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      S'pore firms in $1.4b Viet resort deal
      471 19  -  JTC, Nat Steel, LKN units in tie-up for Danang project By: Harish Mehta in Hanoi A SINGAPORE consortium signed a contract last week to build a massive $1.4 billion tourism resort spanning 5,000 hectares in the picturesque mountain city of Danang in Vietnam.
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      More roller-coaster rides ahead for Thai markets
      719 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Larry Wee LIKE a roller-coaster, rises in Thai stock prices of late have been slow and arduous, while falls have been swift and sudden. Monday last week was a case in point. The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index once again
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      Econ sells stakes in 3 loss-making units
      257 19 [SINGAPORE] Construction and property group Econ International has sold its stakes in three loss-making subsidiaries one electronics firm and two watch-trading companies. The mainboard-listed group sold its 51 per cent stake in manufacturer Micro Union Industries to two company officials for $2; the
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      SembCorp gets control of Sembawang Maritime
      288 19  -  Byi Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Corporation succeeded by a narrow margin yesterday to gain majority control of Sembawang Maritime Ltd (SML) in a $258 million takeover offer which was extended by 18 days. In a surprise turn of events, SembCorp, through Standard Chartered Merchant
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      SIS places out Scotts shares
      276 19  -  By Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Scotts Investment (Singapore) Pte Ltd (SIS), the Jumabhoy family's holding company, has placed out Scotts Holdings shares to help pay off debts owed to related companies. An SIS spokesman said last night that the shares were placed out last week. But
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        Lock icon Two funds of state banks ready to sell Astra stakes
        318 20 Tigatfcar, they antral 183 par cant of carmaker Bloomberg Business News [JAKARTA] Two fUnds controlled by state-banks PT Bank BNI and PT Bank Exim, have said that they are prepared to sell their shares in PT Astra International, Indonesia's largest
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        Lock icon KLSE may see pre-budget rally but second board to dominate
        443 20 Investors' group chief expects Composite Index to cross the 1,200 mark in 4th qtr Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] A pre-bud-get rally by the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange is possible, with Tenaga Nasional having the potential to move up moderately, said Malaysian
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        KLSE infrastructure listing for toll road operator
        255 20  -  From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur URBAN toll road concessionaire Lingkaran Trans Kota Holdings Bhd (Litrak) is the second firm to secure a listing under the infrastructure project companies (IPC) guidelines. Litrak said yesterday that the Securities Commission has given the green light
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        Lock icon Nov 30 deadline for Renong's KTM bid
        182 20 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The threeparty consortium led by Renong Bhd which has been invited to bid for the privatisation of Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTM) Malaysia's national railway company has until Nov 30 to submit its proposal to the Economic Planning Unit (EPU).
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        ST E&E awarded $2.8m TAS contract
        176 20 [SINGAPORE] The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) has awarded ST Electronic and Engineering (ST E&E) a $2.8 million contract to set up a Radio Direction Finder (DF) system, which will aid TAS in its regulatory role of managing the island's radio frequency spectrum. Expected
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        Lock icon Telekom in M$4m deals
        139 20 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia has signed two more agreements in Negeri Sembilan state to provide telecommunications systems and services at Kemayan Square and Planters' Haven, it was announced here yesterday. The Kemayan Square agreement was signed with Dataran Khas Sdn Bhd, Kejora Duta Sdn Bhd
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          Teck Wah Paper issues 34m warrants
          64 20 [SINGAPORE] Teck Wah Paper Products yesterday announced an issue of 33.9 million warrants to subscribe for 33.9 million new shares of 10 cents each. The warrants. are in conjunction with a $35 million transferable loan facility and a $15 million term loan. The exercise
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          Another Shop N Save site for QAF
          53 20 [SINGAPORE] QAF has secured another site for its Shop N Save supermarket chain in Bedok North. It also said yesterday that it had raised the paid-up capital of Shop N Save to $15 million by taking up an allotment of 9.4 million shares
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          Lock icon Samanda in timber talks
          67 20 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Samanda Holdings Bhd is in the final stages of talks to acquire "certain material assets" involved in timber and timber-related activities. It said on Friday that a full announcement would be made "in due course 1 after conclusion of the talks. Shares of
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          Lock icon Sateras' plan to buy stake terminated
          72 20 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Sateras Resources (Malaysia) Bhd's proposed acquisition of MBf Asia Capital Corporation Holdings (MACCH)'s 49 per cent stake in National MBf Finance (Fiji) (NMBfF) has fallen through. The agreement for the purchase has become null and void and was deemed terminated as
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        Corrections and clarifications
        61 20 IN OUR Oct 12 report headlined "PD Intl buyer of combined 13.19% stake in Causeway", we said that Albert Hong's RSP Architects was one of the shareholders of PD International. Mr Hong has clarified that RSP is not a shareholder and that he holds shares in PD
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        Lock icon New World to sell US$300m in convertible bonds
        552 21 Developer will form new company, New World China, which will seek listing in HK by year 2000 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] New World Development Co Ltd is selling US$3OO million (***** million) in bonds that can be swapped for shares of its
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        Lock icon Aussie exchange could be taken over if it lists
        264 21 But possibility of foreign exchange buying it unlikely, says chairman Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) said it could be taken over if its plan to trade publicly as a company on its own exchange goes ahead. "Maybe
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        Lock icon Brierley unit to buy Manco, 20% owner of Cedenco
        113 21 Reuter [WELLINGTON] Brierley Investments Ltd (BIL) said yesterday its subsidiary, Eglett Investments Ltd, had agreed to buy Manco Ltd, which owns 20 per cent of fruit and vegetable processor Cedenco Ltd. Manco was established in 1993 by a group of Cedenco
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        Lock icon Price curbs lead to Dhaka stock fall
        68 21 [DHAKA) Investors with share certificates crowding the kerb market on Friday in front of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), which imposed a "circuit breaker" to prevent share prices moving more than 10 per cent in either direction, after weeks of bullish trading. Share
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        Lock icon IBM Korea ties up with LG Electronics to make PCs
        349 21 Reuter [SEOUL] IBM Korea will team up with LG Electronics in a US$3O million (5542.5 million) venture to manufacture and sell personal computers (PC) in South Korea, company officials and industry sources said yesterday. Industry analysts said a combination of
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        Lock icon US IPOs raise record US$36b
        235 22 Reuter [NEW YORK] US initial public offerings have shattered their 1993 annual record, raising over US$36 billion (5550.8 billion) so far this year despite a sluggish third quarter. New equity issues raised US$33 billion in 1993. "The third quarter was an about-face in IPO issuance,"
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        Lock icon JAL shares hit by news of new carrier
        418 22 Rifting fuel prices, retirement payouts, weak yen, poor fare scheduling among airline's problems Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co shares fell for the fourth successive day amid news that ticket broker HIS Co will start a new airline in Japan. JAL
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        Lock icon Unilever comes under fresh attack from EC
        376 22 FT [LONDON] Efforts by Mars to weaken Unilever's leading position in the £15 billion (5532.8 billion) a year European ice-cream market will receive a fresh boost this week when Brussels renews its attack on a Unilever selling practice in the Republic of Ireland.
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        Lock icon Telerate woes pull down Dow Jones' Q3 profit
        472 22 Financial services unit faces rising competition and lags rivals in software NYT [NEW YORK] Wall Street is thriving again, as the stock market flirts with record highs almost daily. And the price of a key raw material in the newspaper business newsprint
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        Lock icon Philips warns of drop in 2nd-half earnings
        164 22 Bloomberg Business News [EINDHOVEN, Netherlands] Philips Electronics NV, in its latest profit warning, said yesterday that second-half operating income could fall from a year earlier, prompting shares in the Dutch electronics company to drop 5.9 per cent in initial reaction. The company, in
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        Lock icon St George proposes A$2.7b merger
        482 23 lteger with Advance Bank will create Australia's fifth largest bank Reuter [SYDNEY] St George Bank Ltd announced yesterday an agreed A 52.65 billion (552.96 billion) merger with Advance Bank Australia Ltd its fifth merger attempt in the past two years. The merger of the two
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        Asian convertible bonds fund launched
        290 23  -  By! Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] German fund manager DB Investment Management (DBIM) will launch DB Convert Asia, a fund that invests in Asian convertible bonds, today. The investment adviser for the fund is the Singaporebased DB Fund Management Ltd (DBFM). Both DBFM and DBIM are subsidiaries
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        Lock icon 80,000 tonnes of aluminium sit in Chinese ports as prices fall
        515 24 Chinese end-users refuse to pay the higher prices of the time of ordering Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Falling world metal prices have spooked Asian aluminium traders who said yesterday that up to 80,000 tonnes of the metal was sitting
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        Lock icon Stanchart's Equitor is still top custodian
        287 24  -  It retains the position in Singapore in survey of agent banks By\ Shiv Taneja Source: Global Custodian Agent Bank Review/Fall '96 ALLAN [SINGAPORE] Standard Chartered Equitor, the custodial services division of Standard Chartered Bank, has been awarded top spot by Global Custodian magazine's annual
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        Mergers, closures expected on LME
        464 24  -  Sumitomo copper debacle continues to take its toll on traders From Neil Behrmann in London RESTRUCTURING, mergers and closures are expected to take place on the London Metal Exchange in the wake of the US$2.6 billion (553.7 billion) Sumitomo copper debacle. Changes will be seen
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        Lock icon US interest in Lloyd's agencies surges
        207 24 FT [LONDON] More than £1.7 billion (553.7 billion) of underwriting capacity at Lloyd's 17 per cent of the market is set to come under new management. That follows a flood of proposed acquisitions since the 308-year-old insurance market won UK government approval for its
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        Lock icon Traders doubt China buying huge amount of soybean oil
        253 24 Reuter [HONGKONG] Asian traders raised their eyebrows yesterday at reports that China had bought hundreds of thousands of tonnes of soybean oil, saying the authorities had issued import licences for only a fraction of that. 'Total quota issued for soybean oil
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        158 24 Reuter THE dollar was trading close to Friday's closing levels here but was well supported as optimism about European Monetary Union was given another shot in the arm from Finland's entry into the European exchange rate mechanism. Finland reaffirmed its commitment to be in the vanguard of monetary
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        Lock icon Oil up on renewed Kurdish fighting
        293 24 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] World oil markets jumped back in the saddle and rode higher again yesterday, shrugging off last week's heavy price fall amid renewed concerns over winter heating oil supplies and tensions in the Middle East. November North Sea Brent crude was
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1612 25 SICOM FUTURES Oct 14 RUMCK (Murw datinq as at SJQfa) ISS1 CONTVACT(S caati/ka) CIom VoiMM 0*M Km mm io« sttt mm) utamt Nov 96 174.50 400 DKM 176.50 400 1875 JM 97 W.00 178.00 179.75 325 1W0 Fa8 97 «150 178.75 180.50 1125 2250 Mir 97 182.00 179.50
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2191 25 LONDON Oct 14 hM *h AB Ports 274.400 1400 Abbey National 608.400 8 Allied Domecq 490.400 *9 Amec 108.400 unch AsdaGroup 110.400 *2 BAT M 449.400 *2 BtCC 298.400 »1 BOC Group 889 *5.600 BR Petroleum 699.400 -.600 BTR 261.600 200 Bo* of Scotland 279 *3.600 Barclays
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      1547 25 Reuter Hwjmms +«u» STOCKS managed to claw back into positive territory by the end of yesterday's session but turnover tumbled to a new low for the year, brokers said, adding that it reflected the cautious trade. They said most investors were inactive ahead of the elections on Sunday. The
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      1603 26 AFX-Asia fI Hang Seng +111-96 SHARE prices closed sharply higher yesterday, with gains led by the financial sector after a rally on Wall Street on Friday, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed up 111.95 points at 12,330.35. Turnover was HK56.93 billion. "The rally was led by banks and
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      637 26 Reuter Q Shanghai B Share Index *0.30 SHANGHAI shares rallied due to the strong performance of Pudong shares yesterday, but trading remained sluggish with most investors sidelined. The index rose 0.30 point to 48.59 on volume of 4.8 million shares worth US$l.7 million. Brokers said domestic institutional buying of
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      361 26 AFP □wp Index +OJ7 SHARE prices closed barely higher yesterday as investors adjusted their shareholdings. "Institutional and major retail investors sold electricals and picked up cheaper steel and construction issues," said a trader. The TSE Weighted Price Index rose 0.97 point to 6,626.41. Turnover was 2.1 billion shares worth
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      725 26 AFP D Composite Index -QJ2S SHARE prices closed marginally lower yesterday with most foreign investors sidelined amid a lack of incentives and locals focused on buying Astra International shares, brokers said. "The market was dull apart from the Astra story. No foreign funds made any significant orders," said a
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      816 26 AFP QSCT Index -1436 SHARE prices closed 1.6 per cent lower yesterday amid interest rate concerns, shortly before it was announced that the country's finance minister had resigned. "Interest rates are rising due to the current account deficit, meaning higher costs, more bad debts, and lower earnings," said a
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      Lock icon MANILA
      305 26 AFP Q Manila -37.73 SHARE prices closed 1.3 per cent lower yesterday as foreign investors unloaded blue chips. "Continued foreign selling of the blue chips dragged down the market despite bar-gain-hunting on the second liners," an analyst said. The Composite Index fell 37.73 points to 2,935.86. Turnover was 16.8
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      412 26 AFP n Composite Index +L4B SHARE prices closed firmer yesterday, aided by gains in second-tier shares, dealers said. The Composite Index edged up 1.48 points to finish at 842.28, rising for the eighth consecutive trading day. Turnover was 56 million shares worth 915.4 billion won. Risers beat falls 587
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      613 26 AFP MAD Ordinaries *215 A BOOM in resource stocks and hopes for an interest-rate cut boosted prices yesterday to a record closing high. The All Ordinaries Index gained 26.5 points to 2,363.3. The former record closing level was 2,350.4 on Feb 3, 1994. Turnover was 311.9 million shares worth
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      261 26 Reuter *l*-93 SHARES rallied strongly yesterday to close firmer despite an inconclusive general election on Saturday. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 14.93 points higher to close at 2,264.47. Reuter Oct m un veeei AN2 0.10 «727 Advantogts MMJgj 1-32 0.02 ***** Air N«w Zttltnd (A) 2.68 -0.40 *****2 Air
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        Lock icon Market up, led by Tenaga
        7988 27 Bloomberg Business News PI Composite Index +BJI STOCKS rose, led by Tenaga Nasional, amid expectations the power company won't have to compensate consumers for a national outage on Aug 3, traders said. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that Tenaga may not have to pay
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        HOT STOCK
        68 30  -  Paul Lao INNO PACIFIC Holdings will be well supported at 50 cents. Hence any further decline from yesterday's closing of 54 cents is a buy. Some short-term weakness is likely given that the daily RSI is near overbought region. However, Average Directional Movement Index is signalling an emergence
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        Property stocks, blue chips dealth another blow
        922 30  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Across the Causeway, blue chips stage afternoon rally and Second Board springs back to life R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] It was more misery for local stocks yesterday, with a continued downgrading of property stocks and other blue chips leading.to the loss
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          The road less travelled
          109 30 MALAYAN BANKING BHD lists its many achievements in its just-released annual report for the year ended June 30,1996 like becoming the first Malaysian commercial bank to earn a pre-tax profit of more than Msl billion (Msl.B billion or 551.02 billion to be exact). But what has
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          No grey market yet for Delifrance
          85 30 DELIFRANCE's initial public offer is likely to draw a lot more retail investors interest because of Singaporeans' familiarity with this chain that is famed for, among others, its croissants. But brokers now say there is yet to be a grey market price made for
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          Turning old tissues into new
          154 30 KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP. which makes Kleenex, came out with its four Coldcare premium lines of paper tissues in July to replace the Kleenex Extra-Lafge and Ultra tissues. Two contain aloe vera, vitamin E or silicone to soothe and soften, one has a scent that's released when
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          Capitalism for kids
          157 30 WANT your kids to have an early taste of what capitalism is? Send them to the Breakers Money Management Camp, an intensive week-long investment camp for children in wealthy Palm Beach, California. Camp instructor Susan Bradley takes a class where all the kids have not just electronic
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          Star guide
          97 30 WATCH movements of Neptune and Pluto. Yvonne Morabito, a financial astrologer with a Master's degree in business from New York University, sees favourable portents. Movements of Neptune and Pluto suggest improving sentiment, and a rising dollar will soon draw overseas investors to US stocks, says Ms Morabito, who
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      283 31 Bridge News Reuter TRADING slowed on the freight market but, whether justified ornot, the week closed on a more optimistic note for some sizes, brokers said. ■f The BFI rose 9to 1,063, marking a 00-point upward move since the beginning of the month. Votnme totaled MO k**, of
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      436 31  -  Bill before Senate seeks to cat shipboard apprenticeship From, Alec Almazan in Manila [MANILA] The Philippines may not make it to the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) white list of countries complying with the 1995 Standards for Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW)
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      254 31 Bridge News [LONDON] Traffic through UK ports rose for a record sixth consecutive year in 1995, increasing by 2 per cent to 548 million tonnes, the Department of Transport has announced. Inward traffic climbed 3 million tonnes to 285 million tonnes and
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      Newcastle coal terminal to be expanded at a cost of A$700m
      243 31  -  It will become the largest of its kind in southern hemisphere From Jerzy Farynski in Sydney THE Port Waratah Coal Services shipping terminal at Newcastle, already one of Australia's major coal exporting terminals, is to become the largest of
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      245 31 Reuter [CARACAS] The International Federation of Freight Forwarders' Associations (Fiata) has set global liability standards for multimodal transport services in a bid to facilitate trade. The standards were approved at Fiata's 25th annual congress held recently in Caracas, Venezuela. President Brian Kelleher
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      196 31 Reuter [LUXEMBOURG] The European Court of First Instance has reduced but did not annul fines for anti-competitive behaviour against four shipping lines operating between West 'Africa and Europe. Compagnie Maritime Beige (CMB), Dafra Lines. Deutsche Afrika-L&e and NedJJpyd Line operate a shipping
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        81 31 [SINGAPORE] Straits Shipping, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Steamers Maritime Holdings, will launch a new shuttle service between Singapore and Saigon New Port in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from Saturday. The 250-TEU Orient Makarw will depart from Singapore every Saturday and arrive in
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        130 31 (AOMORI, Japan] A seaside village and a local fishermen's union are suing four foreign companies for damages over a cargo ship that has been abandoned near s local beach for three years after running aground. The village of Shariki, Aomori Prefecture in northern
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        87 31 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] An Indonesian-registered oil tanker, M T Permaisuri has been fined M 5150,000 (5585.500) for polluting Malaysian waters in the Malacca Straits. The vessel was detained two days some 10 nautical miles from Port Dickson in Negri Sembilan after Police Air Wing
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      130 31 [HONGKONG) Shandong Lanshan GATX Terminal Co, a joint venture between Gate Terminals (Pte) Limited of Singapore and Sinochem Shandong Import and Export Corporation, has begun operations. The company is providing liquid bulk storage, handling and packaging services, according to Li Qinlin, vicemanager
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      1080 32  -  9MM 06: GERMAN SHOWCASE FOR MARINE EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS The Shipbuilding, Machinery and Marine Technology Exhibition and Conference in Hamburg displays the latest faarine-related technical innovations and shows what the big players in the equipment market are up to k Rodney Lanz KA M BURG'S Shipbuilding, Machinery
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        140 45 OCT IS Azerbaijan: Independence Day. oor at Guatemala: Race Day/Discovery of the Americas. ostst Hong Kong: Chung Ytung Festival Ma Thailand: Chulalongkorn (In Remembrance of King Rama V). Oat Si Taiwan .-Taiwan Restoration Day. Oat Si Greece: OHI Day. New Zealand: Labour Day. Oak SI Taiwan Birthday of
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        630 45 THIS report. complied by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows pries rangM In US dollar* Instead of single prices for a ■tor* wapSssa>» dsacrlptton at the Prices shown ars based an avcragscslsi Ths Cocfcstt Bunksr Price tote change and the individual chancss In ths colums ars bsssd
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        306 46 ■ove to allow Japanese, and US airlines to fcperate joint flints Bridge News {TOKYO! The Transport Ministry is planning a phased liberalisation of joint operations -Involving Japanese, Asian and US airlines on Asia-Pacif-ic routes, in response to fastcrowing passenger volume,
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        294 46 Reuter [TOKYO] Japanese airlines face the prospect of growing competition in the domestic market after a Tokyo discount ticket agency said yesterday it plans to launch internal flights in the next few years. The company, HIS Co Ltd, would be the first new
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        ANA to increase flights between Tokyo and S'pore
        284 46  -  By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] All Nippon Airways (ANA) plans to increase the frequency of its flights between Tokyo and Singapore from the current five a week to daily in a year or so. This is despite the fact that it currently
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        200 46 Reuter [LONDON] The future for freight forwarders "is rather modest compared to an exciting one foretold for express carriers", DHL International (UK) Ltd managing director, Nick Butcher said. "International customers are looking for greater efficiency in their supply and distribution chains, thus freight forwarders are
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        Lock icon McDonnell Douglas makes buy-back offer to Air India
        259 46 it wants carrier to boy medium capacity long range jets Business Line tNEW DELHI] McDonnell Douglas Corporation has offered to buy back MD-11 aircraft and replace them with MD-XX, the advanced, high-ca-pacity long-range three-en-gine jetliner, if Air India considered their medium-capacity long-range
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        47 46 [ALMATY, Kazakhstan] A Kazakh child laughing as he hangs on a Russian-made army helicopter Mi-24 during the Almaty Aerospace 96 air show in Almaty airport, on Sunday. A Kazakh-Russian joint project Almaty Aerospace 96 is the only aviation exhibition in Central Asia. REUTER
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        Lock icon Air cargo growth for US and Canada forecast to grow 6.1%
        268 46 Reuter [LONDON] Air cargo growth for the combined US and Canadian markets is expected to be at an annual average rate of 6.1 per cent during the next 10 years, and 5.5 per cent for the 20 years to
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          86 46 AFP [JAKARTA] Silk Air is to increase the frequency of its 4>v> weekly flights between Singapore and Manado, Northern Sulawesi, this week to three from the current two, a news «r»« report said yesterday. The Antara news agency quoted local Silk Air spokesman B Tilaar as
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          Lock icon Toyota to sell Turkish-made cars in EU
          84 46 AFP (TOKYO] Japan's Toyota Motor Corp said yesterday it planned to export cars it makes in Turkey to the European Union. Its Joint venture company, Toyota-Saband 1-)S Automotive Industry and Trade Inc, would export the Toyota Corolla model to the EU, a Toyota
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          Lock icon Virgin considers replacing A340s
          89 46 Reuter [HONGKONG] Virgin Atlantic Airways said it is considering replacing its Airbus Industrie A 340 aircraft with higher capacity Boeing Co 747-400* becauae of high demand between Hongkong and London. But aircraft availability and scheduling preclude an immediate change, David Woodward, general manager commercial for the
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          Lock icon Transaero to fly to Kazakhstan
          92 46 Reuter [MOSCOW] Private Russian carrier Traneaero said yesterday that it would begin regular flights this month from Moscow to Akmola, the planned new capital of Kazakhstan, and to the central Russian etty of Baaara. Company spokeswoman Natalya Alexashina said that weeUy Sunday flights between Moecow
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        Lock icon Emirates gets financing for B777 purchase
        158 46 Reuter [DUBAI] Dubai governmentowned Emirates airline said yesterday it had signed a US$l26 million (*****.6 million) financing agreement with an international consortium of banks for the third of seven Boeing 777 twinjets on order. An Emirates statement Said the financing was led by Emirates
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1341 46 CITY FUGWT ETA FU6HT CTP LH778 1605 0f5 2235 AbaPMM MfT4 2335 1845 AdaiaMa S0230 1830 0F82 2055 OfM 1930 Frtrmfcj S0989 1700 ***** 0105 Amsterdam GA897 1045 GA892 0030 «fH?I jfll7 2320 K1837 VM5 KL844 0040 ftl—HwPtC CZ354 09» S0327 1530 K1838 2300 Hmo4 VH745
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        Lock icon GE, PAL to set up aircraft services venture
        133 46 AFP [MANILA] General Electric Co of the US and Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL) have agreed to form a joint venture aircraft engine services operation here, the airline said yesterday. The facility, which would be housed at PAL's maintenance base at Manila airport,
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      294 31 Japan plans to open np Asia-Pac air routes Move to allow joint flights. Back Pace > I Tbs Maritime aad Port Authority has launched a Customers' Improvement and Suggestion Scheme and would like w m m j to hear from anyone who has ideas on CEYV flfiOflttCEwl AH how the
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