The Business Times, 21 October 1996

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    58 1 STOCK MAKKET1MD8CES Week Change STI1 .2,064.52 -12.13 BT-SRI 981.96 KLSE COMP 1,175.60 +84.86 NIKKEI il ,612.30 +644.14 HANG SENG 12,510.06 +291.65 SET INDEX 948.09 +15.23 JAKAWA COMP 570.20 .-1.03 MANILA COMP S.0M.7S +-126.14 TAIPEI WPI 6,475.42 -102.94 SEOUL COMP 831.18 -9.62 CUSA CHINA B 8B2J1 -43 AUST ALL
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    FINANCE
    71 1 owns sirs us* ss USS J 1.415 I 1.588. .1243 DM 0.648 0.917 2ST r I glSSZ 0.564 Mi 0.129 .***** BAHT 0039.. 0.056 EUF1AH100 0.041 0 061 PUKE SATES SINGAPORE* .6.44 KUALA LUMPUR. 9.25 JAKARTA 18.00 BANGKOK 1125 MANILA 13.50 HONGKONG A50 TAIPEI _.M5 SYDNEY 10.75 TOKYO £00
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    S'pore-based buyers are tops in Wall Street
    540 1  -  Investors here poured USs3b into US stocks in first half compared with USs7.sb by rest of the world By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Singaporebased investors' enormous appetite for US equities made them the world's biggest buyers of Wall Street stocks in the first
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    S'pore losses from US investments soar to US$121m
    492 1  -  Ry\ Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Asian direct investments in the US are now, as a whole, comfortably in the black with income from the investments on the rise. But for Singapore, the losses have continued to soar, Figures just released by the
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    Market faces uncertainty as LDP fails to win majority
    376 1  -  From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto will today begin negotiations to form a new coalition government after his Liberal Democratic Party failed to secure an outright majority in yesterday's lower house elections. The result spells uncertainty for
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    Anwar's budget likely to stress sustained growth
    436 1  -  Analysts expect measures to tackle current account deficit From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim is expected to announce this Friday a budget for smooth and sustained growth, with measures to tackle thorny issues such as the current account
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      114 1 PBgPB bM '45HEt mLM No worries Richgold Industries is unfazed by the electronics sector's slowdown, P*2 Ifbyor force Singapore's share of the world disk drive market may be falling but the Republic is still a force to be reckoned with, P*4 HP believes its new sales strategy will grab market
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon PAP to field more than one minority candidate in GRCs
      394 2  -  PMGoh not ruling out raising minimnwi requirement for minorities in long ran By< Chuang Peck Ming THE People's Action Party will field more than one minority candidate the minimum required in group representation constituencies in the coming polls, Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Richgold plugs slowdown with consolidation moves
      733 2  -  On the cards are diversification and a listing spotlight on SINGAPORE'S BEST: By, Jennifer Lien THE electronics slowdown doesn't give Gary Tan sleepless nights. In fact, the founder of 14-year-old Richgold Industries keeps busy with plans to retool, refocus, and redefine his company's direction.
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      Lock icon August retail sales down 4%
      315 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Commerce By < Chuang Peck Ming AFTER the Great Singapore Sale in July, retail takings for August fell 4 per cent over the same period a year ago, compared with a rise of 3.5 per cent in July. Excluding motor vehicles,
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      Lock icon Disk drives: S'pore to remain major force
      724 4  -  fedustry here will vove to advanced products and RU), say market players By Jennifer Lien SINGAPORE'S share of the world disk drive market might be falling gradually, but the Republic will remain a force to be reckoned with. I' Market players and observers
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      EXECUTIVE MOVES
      391 4 Lionel Bray: has been appointed as director, multinational sales Asia Pacific, of Carlson Wagonlit Travel. In this role, Mr Bray will be responsible for multinational sales opportunities within the region. He will be based in Carlson Wagonlit's Singapore office. Mr Bray comes from Hogg Robinson Business Travel International.
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      817 3 .'js Every move Maybank makes in J would bring about better service. fIV of Innovations Despite increasing competition, Maybank efficiency. The Maybank Group remains fully I maintained its leadership position by strongly committed to harnessing the emphasising product/service and technology to provide innovative to enhancement to improve operational meet the
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      927 4 THE TOYO TRUST BANKING CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED IN JAPAN) TRUST NONCONSOUDATED BALANCE SHEET NONCONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME A* at March 31, 1996 and 1995 For yean ended March 31, 1996 and 1995 BANKING ACCOUNT BANKING ACCOUNT Million* of yen Million. ni wn ASSETS MM —iSST" nurnM* Millions of yen l!W«
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon WTO entry affects Apec loyalty: China
      260 6 BEIJING AFP CHINA has warned Apec that its commitment to the organisation's aims will depend on its entry to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the China Daily reported yesterday. "China's existence outside the WTO will definitely affect China's commitment to the trade and liberalisation
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      Lock icon Apec agrees on info-tech policy
      443 6 MANILA US wins support of Asia-Pacific states for bid to liberalise global trade in IT Reuter THE United States has won firm support from Asia-Pacif-ic nations in its efforts to liberalise the global trade in information technology. Philippine foreign affairs under secretary Federico Macaranas yesterday
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      Lock icon Home on the run
      80 6 [MANILA] A Filipino street vendor, his bicycle loaded with household utensils, pedalling away on a Manila's boulevard yesterday to avoid being arrested by the police. The vendor normally sells the utensils in a park near Manila's Convention Centre but police drove them away as part afthe
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      Lock icon Jakarta may grant East Timor special autonomy: report
      242 6 LISBON But island will remain part of Indonesia: official AFP INDONESIA could grant the former Portuguese colony of East Timor a "special autonomy" status, similar to that of Java where most of the country's population is concentrated, the Portuguese daily Expresso reported
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      Lock icon Four front runners for Thai PM post too ugly, says Thaksin
      162 6 BANGKOK AFP THE four front runners vying for the premiership in Thailand's November 17 general elections are "too ugly" to represent it on the world stage, said Thaksin Shinawatra, a former deputy premier in the Banharn administration. Comparing the
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        Lock icon Malaysian PM comes in 3rd in charity jog
        86 6 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad clocked 48.28 minutes in the 4.2 km jogathon organised by Bakti, the welfare and charity body of wives of ministers, deputy ministers and parliamentary secretaries, here yesterday. He came third in the senior veterans category
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        Lock icon Riot in East Java was planned: report
        125 6 AFP [JAKARTA] Military authorities in East Java say a violent riot there last week which left five people dead and scores of churches burned down was planned, press reports said on Saturday. "The perpetrators are being investigated. There must be an inciter and
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        Lock icon Indonesia to build new LNG refinery
        75 6 AFP [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government plans to start construction of a new liquefied natural-gas (LNG) refinery, the eighth for Bontang, East Kalimantan, in March next year, a report said yesterday. The plant, which would have a production capacity of 3.6 mUlion tonnes of LNG
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        Lock icon M'sia's civil servants to get bonuses
        72 6 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's 800,000 civil servants would receive bonuses this year, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said in remarks published yesterday. Dr Mahathir said he has agreed in principle that a bonus be given but he declined to provide details. "It is up to
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      S'poreans in China JVs seen as arrogant: survey
      576 7  -  SINGAPORE Such attitude may cause disharmony and affect ventures' performance By' Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE partners in SinoSingapore equity joint ventures are perceived as being too arrogant an attitude which the mainland Chinese can't tolerate from overseas Chinese. This would cause disharmony
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      Lock icon Vow to air-drop Taiwan flags on Diaoyus
      203 7 TAIPEI AFP TAIWANESE activists yester day vowed to send two helicopters to air-drop Taiwanese flags onto disputed islands in the East China Sea later this month, despite warnings by both governments in Taipei and Japan. "We will go ahead with our plan, with
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      Lock icon Grandpa's turn to relax
      55 7 [BEIJING] A boy pedalling his grandfather past a military policeman on a street in the capital yesterday. As China moves from a traditional extended family society to a nuclearfamily society, the government plans to enact laws to assure that adult children take responsibility for the care
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      Lock icon HK apathetic about chief executive's race: poll
      273 7 AFP [HONGKONG] The leading contestants in the race to become the first leader of Chinaruled Hongkong are being outclassed by another rival apathy, according to an opinion poll published yesterday. Former chief justice Yang Ti Liang was backed by 29.7 per cent of
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      Lock icon China warns against loss of state properties
      225 7 BEIJING Reuter CHINA called yesterday for vigilance to control the alarming flow of state-owned property to foreigners. "Foreign investment is not a free lunch," the official China Daily Business Weekly quoted Tang Zongkun of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences as saying. "Blind
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Australian govt in surprise by-election win
      428 10 HOBART PM interprets victory over Labor as measure of voters' satisfaction with govt Reuter AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard yesterday seized on a spectacular by-election victory to threaten parliamentary opponents into backing his economic reforms. The Liberal-National government won the by-election despite almost every
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      Lock icon US govt agency scraps plan to buy NEC computers: report
      280 10 TOKYO Move follows NEC suit to suspend US anti-dumping probe AFP A US government agency has notified NEC Corp of its plan to scrap a tentative accord to buy supercomputers from the Japanese firm which has been embroiled in a
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      Lock icon Action against Shell over price hikes?
      219 10 COLOMBO AFP SRI Lanka's privatisation authority said yesterday it was seeking legal advice on possible action against the AngloDutch company SheU for raising prices twice after buying the local gas monopoly. The Public Enterprise Reform Commission (Perc) said it asked the state attorney-gen-eral to
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      Lock icon Battling dengue fever
      64 10 [BOMBAY] Children running on a street beside a truck as city workers spray insecticides last Friday in the Indian capital where more than 200 people have died from an epidemic of dengue fever. New Delhi's Hindu nationalist government has been sharply criticised by opponents and the judiciary
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      Lock icon Bolger, NZ First to begin talks on forming coalition
      215 10 WELLINGTON AFP CARETAKER Prime Minister Jim Bolger's National Party will begin negotiations today with one-time rebel cabinet minster Winston Peters' New Zealand First (NZF) party to see if they can form a centreright coalition government. Mr Peters, whose NZF wound up
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        Lock icon Arms dealers quizzed in Seoul graft probe
        69 10 AFP [SEOUL] South Korean prosecutors questioned arms dealers In an investigation into alleged graft by sacked defence minister Lee Yang Ho, suspected of leaking secrets on military purchases, television reports said yesterday. The probe started on Saturday, with an unidentified number of arms
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        Lock icon Non-cash payment for defence exports?
        69 10 Reuter [HOBART, Australia] Australia may accept commodities instead of cash as a way of promoting its defence exports Defence Industry Minister Bronwyn Bishop said on Saturday. The defence industry was too reliant on the Australian armed forces for orders, said Ms Bishop "To get the
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        Lock icon At least 34 killed in south India floods
        62 10 AFP [NEW DELHI] At least 34 people were killed and thousands left homeless in southern India after heavy rains triggered flash floods, newspapers reported yesterday. Rail and road transport were seriously affected across both Andhra Pradesh and the adjoining state of Tamil
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  • THE WORLD
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        Lock icon Israeli tax inspectors raid Murdoch firm
        85 11 AFP [JERUSALEM] Israeli tax inspectors yesterday raided the offices of a company owned by the Australian-born press magnate Rupert Murdoch suspected of tax evasion, officials said. Seventy inspectors searched the offices of News Datacom in Jerusalem and Haifa and those of the company's lawyers
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        Lock icon Battered body is German millionaire's
        83 11 AFP [FRANKFURT] A battered body found in woods near the city of Wiesbaden was that of kidnapped German millionaire Jakub Fiszman, regional police said yesterday. An analysis carried out overnight of genetic samples taken from the body found by searchers on Saturday confirmed it was
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        Lock icon British bobbies to get new look
        66 11 Reuter [LONDON] Britain's "bobbies", renowned for their distinctive Prussian-style helmets around the world, will get a new look for the next millennium. The distinctive headgear worn by British policemen since 1863 will be worn only for ceremonial duties. For everyday patrols bobbies will sport
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      Lock icon Deficit reflects strong economy: Kantor
      200 11 WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia Bloomberg Business News THE persistent US trade deficit is a positive sign that the US economy is strong, rather than a point of worry, Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor said on Saturday. The US has "a much stronger economy than any of our trading
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      Lock icon A faith which weathers all difficulties
      51 11 [SARAJEVO] A group of Catholics protecting themselvesfrom the rain with umbrellas as they gather in a war-damaged church in a western suburb yesterday. Life is slowly returning to normal in the former frontline neighbourhood which still bears shell marks from the 43-month long siege.
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      Lock icon Tories narrow Labour's lead to 14 points
      185 11 ■LONDON AFP BRITAIN'S ruling Conservative Party has dramatically eroded the commanding lead of the Labour opposition, cutting it from 23 percentage points to 14 in two weeks, according to an opinion poll published yesterday. The NOP poll in the Sun- day Times said
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      Lock icon Israel rejects Europe as co-sponsor for M-E talks
      138 11 JERUSALEM Reuter, AFP ISRAEL rejected yesterday a demand by French President Jacques Chirac that Europe co-sponsor Middle East peace negotiations. "A mediator entering into the conflict or into the negotiations is inconceivable," Foreign Minister David Levy told Israel Radio. "I told President
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      Lock icon S&P: firms may top govts' credit rating after EMU
      363 11 LONDON It plans to give AAA rating to European Monetary Union bnt individual govts may be rated lower FT EUROPEAN companies will be able to obtain credit ratings higher than those of their own governments once the single currency is introduced,
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      Lock icon Holocaust victims' wealth: Swiss to dig into 1949 pact
      345 11 ZURICH Swiss said to have transferred Jewish assets to Warsaw Reuter SWITZERLAND said on Saturday it would dig up more details of a secret 1949 accord ceding Poles' unclaimed wealth in Swiss banks to Warsaw before answering World Jewish Congress (WJC)
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      Lock icon Clinton ahead of Dole by more than 20 points
      442 11 WASHINGTON US president stays in lead despite alleged impropriety of Indonesian donations AFP REPUBLICAN challenger Bob Dole kept lashing at US President Bill Clinton over alleged campaign financing improprieties, but polls showed the incumbent's lead widening ahead of the Nov 5
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      57 11 I THE ICORER DEVELOPMENT BRNIC I fl m I is proud to announce I I the opening of its I I Singapore Branch I I 21 October 1996 I I Located at 8 Shenton Way #07-01/02, I I Treasury Building, Singapore *****1 1 j Tel: 224 8188 Fax: 225 6540
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Microsoft gurus flesh out Windows everywhere' vision
      549 12  -  Technology show to demonstrate it's ready to deliver on ambitions road map By\ Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] The Microsoft juggernaut rumbled into town last'week and proclaimed the way to the future. A future spe*t "W-i-n-d-o-w-s". Microsoft vice-president Rich Tong neatly summed up that future
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      IBM's mainframes prove the pundits wrong
      342 12  -  By 1 Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] To misquote Majfk Twain, the report of the mainframe's death was an exaggeration. live years ago, Stewart Allsopj a journalist of Infoworld magazine, wrote: "On March 15, >996, an Infoworld reader will unplug the last mainframe." Today, IBM's
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      Lock icon Firms with two-server solutions 'will come up tops'
      585 12  -  HP believes its new sales strategy will grab market share from Son and Compaq By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] In the competitive server market, companies offering two server solutions will grab market share from companies that offer only one, said Steve Haslett,
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      Innomedia and Creative to face Diamond challenge
      364 12  -  By' Toh Han Shih {SINGAPORE] US firm Diamond Multimedia is set to take on homegrown Creative Technology and Innomedia (run by former Creative staff) with its new modems, 3D graphics and videoconferencing products. James Cutburth, marketing vice-president of Diamond's communications division, said there
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      Lock icon Netscape and 40 firms in real-time media agreement
      260 12 Reuter [SAN FRANCISCO} One of the Internet users' biggest frustrations the long wait required to access audio and video could be eliminated if 42 companies are successful in an effort announced last week. Netscape Communications Corp and Progressive Networks Inc said they
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      S'pore 'all set to be free port for information flow'
      951 13  -  Internet commerce gum also says existing laws are sufficient to deal with problems in cyberspace Toh Han Shih (SINGAPORE] Existing laws are sufficient to guarantee that Singapore is a safe and moneygenerating free information port, says Internet commerce guru Roger
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      Lock icon Apple launches two home PCs and cuts prices on others
      289 13 Bloomberg Business News [CUPERTINO, California] Apple Computer Inc has introduced two new models in its Performa home-computer line and slashed prices on some of its existing models, as it mobilises for the crucial holiday buying season. It said it would
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    • IT TAKES
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        Internet online research
        94 13  -  Compiled by Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] The largest on-line research study on Internet demographics here was launched last Wednesday. Spanning over the next four weeks, it will look at usage patterns, access requirements, hardware capabilities, pricing issues, as well as attitudes towards the current issues of on-line transactions,
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        Coda wins new contract
        56 13 [SINGAPORE] Financial software supplier Coda has been awarded a contract to supply Coda-Financial solutions to Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise. Standard modules in the software include general ledger, asset management and automatic monthly depreciation calculations. The new system will be operational by April next year, after a
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        EDS made Omron solutions provider
        85 13 [SINGAPORE] Japanese conglomerate Omron has contracted Electronic Data Systems (EDS) as its Asia-Pacific IT business solutions provider. EDS' System 21 has also been adopted as Omron's global IT solution. System 21 is an integrated business software suite that includes open platform, client-server and object-oriented technology.
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        Phillips' multimedia TVs
        59 13 [SINGAPORE] Phillips has launched a new range of multimedia TVs for Both the home and office. Available in 21-, 29- and 32-inch formats, they offer larger, brighter screens at a fraction of the cost of a similar-sized monitor. With Artificial Intelligence Picture and Incredible Sound technology, the
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        Wearnes launches the CDD-1220
        70 13 [SINGAPORE] Wearnes Peripherals International has launched the CDD-1220, a 12-speed multi-tasking CD-Rom drive, which will be available by next month. This offers users a transfer rate of 1,800 Kbytes per second, which is a 20 per cent improvement over the CDD-1020 launched in August. The CDD-1220
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      Lock icon Netscape unveils software with business market focus
      481 14 Move underpins its strategy of competing with Microsoft which is giving away free products Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Netscape Communications Corp has unveiled Internet products that shift its focus to the business market and underpin its strategy of competing with Microsoft Corp.
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      Giving new life to enterprise computing
      857 14  -  By Gregory Hauw MIS managers and CIOs often see the Internet and Intranet as distinct computing entities from their more conventional IT infrastructure. This can be a very big mistake. By leveraging on their commonalities, and by exploiting the possible synergies of the two,
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      6 14 There are no barriers, only bridges.
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      670 16  -  Nolan's paintings appeal to lovers of 20th Century art, says iot.a t.ttmzi IOLA LENZI JUST as South-east Asia boasts its pioneer painters, Australia too can claim its share of legendary artists responsible for developing that country's modern movement. The Australian High Commission in Singapore is currently showing
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      505 16  -  MUSIC Brahms' German Requiem was given an uneven performance by SSO and churns By\ P Y Van THE first performance, in Vienna, of Brahms' German Requiem Op 45 was hissed at, apparently as the timpanist decided to drown out all competing voices in the great fugue
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      181 16 MUSIC IN THE Gramophone Awards for 1996, announced recently in Britain, lan Bostridge's recording of Schubert's Die Schone Mullerin for the Hyperion label (reviewed in BT two weeks ago) clinched the award in the Solo Vocal category. The Concerto award, as well as Record Of The
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      201 16 THE WEATHmt Singapore; Showers in the morning. Temperature (32-24) Arik-Padßo Hi/Lo* Cood. Europe B/lo* OmML ImHm HVU* OWL Auckland 19/11 Cloudy Amsterdam 14D6 Cloudy Aftanta 17/W Cloudy Bangki* Tamil Ateas 22/13 Cloudy Buenos Aires 22/12 Clouch N*- 18/11 Cloudy Berin IMB Showws Clung) 12/01 iVwh B"«hay U~a Cloudy Bonn IJ<%
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      417 19 Gronp dismisses rumours it is selling stake in Kwong Yik [SINGAPORE] Maybank has announced plans to open a second branch in Papua New Guinea next month. The bank has also dismissed rumours that it is selling its stake in Kwong Yik Bank,
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      312 19  -  By i Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] All applicants for the initial public offer of bakery and cafe chain Delifrance Asia will be allocated shares, pared down where appropriate. Delifrance said in a statement late last Friday that applicants for up to 49,000 shares will be allotted
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      764 19  -  MARKET HATTERS Stocks rally after Umno assembly; all eyes are now on the budget By Ven Sreenivasan SO THERE is life after all for the Kuala Lumpur bourse after the Umno General Assembly. In the months leading up to the Oct 9-12 Umno triennial
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        Listed Indon cocoa butter maker to double capacity
        354 21  -  Davomas Abadi targets ontpnt of 160,000 tonnes and plans to go into chocolate making From I S N Vasuki in Jakarta PT DAVOMAS Abadi, Indonesia's largest producer of cocoa butter a vital ingredient in chocolates is doubling its capacity and plans to
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        473 21 SCMP [HONGKONG] Swire Properties is said to have reached an agreement to sell 80 per cent of the JW Marriott Hotel at Pacific Place in Admiralty for about HK$2.2 billion (Ss4o2 million). Marriott International would continue to manage the 604-room
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        290 21 Bloomberg Business News [BANGKOK] Phatra Thanakit pic, one of Thailand's largest investment banks, posted a net profit decline of 42 per cent in the third quarter from the same period a year earlier because of lower commission income and losses from
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        250 21 S Korean giant may take over motor company: report Reuter [SEOUL) South Korea's giant Samsung Group has entered into negotiations with Ssangyong Group over the takeover of Ssangyong Motor Co. The Chosun Ilbo newspaper yesterday quoted unnamed sources at Ssangyong Group as saying a meeting
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        638 21  -  HAXO SENG INSIGHT Even with strong reserves and growth, the currency peg may not survive a crisis By Quak Hiang Whai WITH the unprecedented transfer of Hongkong's sovereignty back to China just 250 days or so away, hardly a week passes here without someone raising
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        541 21 It plans to iqject its property development assets into 6BH Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Arab-Ma-laysian Corporation Bhd (Amcorp) has proposed to acquire a strategic stake in Goh Ban Huat Bhd (GBH) amounting to about 50 per cent of the latter's issued and paid
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        165 21 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Mutiara Telecommunications Sdn Bhd is committed to investing Msl.2 billion (***** million) by 1998 to upgrade its services, a company official said yesterday. The investment includes its new Msloo million satellite earth station in Bukit Tinggi, 105 km from Kuala Lumpur,
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        Lock icon Microsoft expected to meet 15% Q1 growth forecast
        428 22 Analysts say strong sales of Windows 95 and NT likely to boost revenue by 19% to USs2.4b Bloomberg Business News [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp will meet or slightly beat Wall Street's earnings estimates for its fiscal first quarter because of strong sales
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        440 22 FT, Reuter [ROMEJ Olivetti, the troubled Italian information technology group, bowed to shareholder pressure on Friday in appointing four new nonexecutive directors. One of the four, Dario Trevisan, a Milan lawyer, will directly represent British and US institutional investors. His appointment had been urged
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        203 22 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co ranked first for the second year in a row in Institutional Investor magazine's annual beauty contest of Wall Street's best-and-worst research departments. The rest of the top five were: Morgan Stanley Co, second this year and
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        258 22 Waning demand for black-and-white copiers and higher expenses blamed Bloomberg Business News [STAMFORD, Connecticut] Xerox Corp reported an unexpected 2.3 per cent decline in third-quarter profit, sending the company's stock plummeting 14.2 per cent on Friday. The office-products company's net
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        193 22 Bloomberg Business News [BOSTON] PepsiCo Inc last Friday signed a multiyear agreement to become the official soft drink of Major League Soccer (MLS), the US Soccer Federation and two large youth soccer organisations. The agreement, also with the American Youth Soccer Organisation and the US
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        412 22 FT [LONDON] Plans which could lead to the creation of one of Europe's biggest construction groups were announced yesterday by Amec of the UK and •Spie Batignolles, a subsidiary of Schneider, the French electricals group. Amec proposes to purchase a
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        398 22 Rise 0f36-38% on higher ad revenue, cheaper newsprint Bloomberg Business News, Reuter [NEW YORK] Tribune Co and New York Times Co's thirdquarter earnings beat expectations on higher advertising revenue and lower newsprint prices. Tribune said net income rose 36 per cent, while New
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        569 23  -  New settlement will cot risks for banks and require them to have funds for immediate obligations ftrom Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE Hongkong banking community will go real-time for its inter-bank settlement system on Dec 9, a move which will help reduce settlement risks
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        291 23 Firm laying off three from natural gas team; focus on base metals and oil [NEW YORK] Lehman Brothers Inc is shutting its precious metals trading business and firing eight people, spokesman Bill Ahearn said. "We're focusing on the markets in which we have a
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        341 23 Bloomberg Business News Reuter [TAIPEI] Two of Taiwan's Big Three commercial banks said they will lower lending and deposit rates amid the island's lowest short-term interest rates since 1993. "The problem is that businesses aren't that willing to invest right now," said Jennifer Lu,
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        Lock icon US to study effects of oil futures
        219 23 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] The US government plans to study whether futures markets are having a "dampening impact" on heating oil inventories, Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary said. The review, which will also involve the Treasury Department and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is
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        HK, S'pore monetary authorities in Repo deal
        166 23 [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Hongkong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have signed a bilateral repurchase (Repo) agreement which will boost liquidity between the two institutions. The agreement, signed in Hongkong on Saturday, is HKMA's seventh Repo pact. HKMA had earlier
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        364 23 Trader gets burnt trading zero-coupon convertible bonds; loss reflected in Q3 results Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Morgan Stanley Group Inc lost US$25 million (Ss3s million) in convertible bond trade in the third quarter, a person familiar with the situation said. A trader at
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        672 23 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Fuji Bank will write off bad loans of between 100 billion yen (SSI.3 billion) and 150 billion yen to major construction company Tobishima Corp, a business daily said on Saturday. The major commercial bank will cover the expected losses
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        581 24  -  Sliwi Weeklyßouwlup But outlook may change if UK cuts taxes and rates, and ifUS$-mark breaches 1.5500 Collum Henderson MMS International This report does not constitute a solicitation to invest in any [SINGAPORE] Last week, we alluded to sterling's superior fundamentals and suggested mark could reach 2.45
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        898 24 COMMODITY I Veeklyßou n dap AFP [LONDONI After months of feverish excitement, calm has returned to the world's cereal markets, with the prospect that the United States, the world's number one exporter, will produce bumper soy, maize (corn) and
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      1809 24 SICOMPUTPRBS Oct 18 RUBBER (futur*s dosing «it 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cwtsAq) Clost Volume Open Month Hfagh Low S*tt (tonnes) Interest Nov 96 176.00 450 Dec 96 178.00 1725 Jon 97 181.25 1850 Fob 97 182.75 2250 Mar 97 183.50 1850 Apr/Jun 97 187.00 184.50 184.50 225 3825 Jul/Sep
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      754 25 Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory it ranges between zero and 100. In practice, however, it fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: *****0/ [(up average/down
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        Lock icon Little excitement as Wall Street sneaks to landmark high
        807 26 NEW YORK Analysts beginning to question relevance of the Dow Jones index FT PUT out more flags. Last week was the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke though the 6,000 barrier for the first time, and stayed there. It did
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        Lock icon Strong overseas buying drives Hang Seng to record high
        153 26 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG share prices surged 2.4 per cent to a record high close in the week to Friday on strong overseas buying, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Hongkong's key Hang Seng In- dex gained 291.65 points during the week
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        872 26 Pi Sydney +1&2 AUSTRALIA'S resource sector helped share prices gain 0.8 per cent over the week to Friday while interest rate-sen-sitive banking stocks floundered amidst speculation about an interest rate cut. The Australian Stock Exchange's key barometer, the All Ordinaries Index, climbed 18.2 points, or 0.8 per
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        1942 26 Puis +L 77% FRENCH stocks are expected to rise in the days ahead amid hopes interest rates will fall, benefiting companies that do best when the economy expands. On Friday, the CAC 40 Index rose 19.90 points to 2,185.23, the highest it's been since May 17,1994. That
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        Lock icon Footsie soars to new high on Wall St's advance
        451 26 LONDON AFP A RAMPANT Wall Street lifted the London stock market to record highs last week, when renewed bid activity added an extra sparkle to share listings here. The FT-SE 100 Index of leading shares rounded off the week with a
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        Lock icon Investors return ahead of polls
        338 26 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices rose last week on buying by public funds and foreign investors ahead of weekend general elections, brokers said. "Buying by foreign investors continued last week," a Japanese broker said. "But shares were bound in a tight range ahead of forthcoming
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        Lock icon August trade surplus boosts KLSE stocks
        8211 27 624.65. Bloomberg Business News, AFP VH Composite Index ■*•3438 MALAYSIA'S stock market ended the week 3.1 per cent higher on Friday fuelled by strong buying of key blue chips by foreign investors. "The market is on an upward trend, boosted by a trade surplus
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        JSH warrants among best buys
        3986 28  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy IT'S interesting to note a few recent developments surrounding the Jardine stable. The first is that all five of its locally-listed companies have been included in the new regional index, known as the BT-SRI Index. The second relates to one
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      2514 28 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr Gr 1996 Lut Val «Ht Last Oust* Dlv Mi ra M M Cap High Low Stno Company Salt COOP) High Low Buyer Setter H C'vr H P/I $n* 625 360 m s 5000 AISB 50c 422 cd -8 20 434 420 424 430 5.0 4.9
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        1459 29 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main CI— Totl mm CI— Total Industrie 117,759 68.498 186,257 314.989 133.000 4^J.988 Financa 19,148 18.183 37.331 208.603 30.368 238,971 Hotel? 4.226 1.268 5,494 10.947 2.193 13.140 Proportiai 28,551 27.118 55,669 146,994 38.661 >05.655 Plantation 3.418 3.418 9.217 9,217 Mininq 1.266 1.266 3.373 3.373 BLW 23.969
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        4850 29 Cr Or M Wt t99« Last Vol Week Last Quote Oty OW VM Net Cap A*g High Low StNo Company Sale COOP) Ml» Lw >HW W C w LI? m P C INDUSTRIALS 5146 ASE NTS10 200. US- I on o I 1000 900 ASF US$0.***** US900 '50
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        75 30  -  -Br Paul Leo GUTHRIE GTS rose one cent last Friday to 69 cents with 2.1 million shares traded, 7.4 times the lOday average 0f283,000 units. There is still more upside to the stock as indicated by the Average Directional Movement Index even though Relative Strength Indices are heading
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        Lock icon M'sia expected to continue to hog investors' attention
        1141 30  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Release of S'pore trade figures this week could provide some spark here, bat most observers not upbeat BU R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The way trading went on Friday, Malaysia should in all likelihood enjoy the liquidity and both speculative and
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      344 30 BUSINESS Notices 10 Al)\ KKTISI. CALL T01.1.-I Kl.l. ISOO-741 IX,S3 mii i rr— NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Tan Poh Neo of 9 Yio Chu Kang Road #03-05 Koven Centre, Singapore *****3, have applied for a Retail Beer Shop (12) in respect of M/s Bez Services Trading located at
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      313 30 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Moorthy Supramani of Blk 35 Circuit Road, #03-444, Singapore *****5, have applied for a First Class Beer House Licence in respect of M/s Makkal Restaurant located at No. 11, Circular Road, Singapore *****7, and that this application will be considered by the Liquors Licensing
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      491 30 LIQUOR LICENCE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, Low Fatt Mun of Blk 329 Übi Avenue 1 #07-629 Singapore *****9, have applied for a 2nd Class (Public House) Licence in respect of M/s JACK'S PLACE (SIMEI) located at 3 Simei Street 6, Eastpoint #03-14, Singapore *****3, and that this
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      497 30 I THE STRAITS TIMES I CLASSIFIED EMPLOYMENT YOUR CAREER GUIDE noowiitt NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I OH AH SIN of BLK 22 SIN MING ROAD *03-246, SINGAPORE *****2, have applied for a Retail Beer Shop in respect of M/s AH SIN MINIMART 1996 located at BLK 22 SIN
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      183 30 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Paolo Scarpa of 12 Taman Warna Singapore 1027, have applied for a Ist Class Public House in respect of M/s Da Paolo Ristorante Italiano Pte Ltd located at 80 Club Street Singapore *****8, and that this application will be considered by the Liquors Licensing
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      277 31 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young MARKET undertones are a bit busier. Rumours abound over the VLCC Agios Nikolaos (280,00/91) owned by East med which is reported sold to Korean buyers in excess ofUS$6O million (sold to them last year for US$52 million). Venels sold for farther trading Kjuoaiubui
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      381 31  -  HKs4ob Western Corridor Railway a viable project, seminar told From, David Taylor in Hongkong HONGKONG and the Chinese ports of Yantian and Shekou need and will benefit greatly from the Western Corridor Railway project. This was the message the Kowloon Canton
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      205 31 Reuter [TRIESTE, Italy] Carnival Corp has taken delivery of the Carnival Destiny, the world's largest cruise ship, after its completion by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. Fincantieri said it had handed over the 100,000 plus gross tonne ship, which is taller than the Statue of Liberty,
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      720 31  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes SEVERAL conversion contracts have come into the news recently, including two long-running sagas. The heavylift ship Fairmast was the focus of a dispute when it suffered damage at Kepphil's yard. The owner, Swiss-based Jumbo Navigation, said the ship's
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      Cosco gets certificates of quality from 2 class societies
      173 31 [HONGKONG] Cosco (HK) Shipping Co, one of the largest fleets in Hongkong, has obtained four international certificates of quality and maritime safety from two classification bodies. The China Classification Society (CCS) awarded the shipping giant two certificates here last week International
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      262 31 No Taiwanese govt official will attend meeting in HK Reuter [TAIPEI] Shipping executives from Taiwan and China will meet in Hongkong in early November for talks on direct links between the island and the mainland, a local newspaper said yesterday. The sides
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      Lock icon S'pore ship in trouble, half of crew evacuated
      172 31 Reuter [HONGKONG] Half of the crew of a Singapore-owned ship were evacuated by helicopter south of Hongkong yesterday after its engines failed in heavy seas. The vessel was later cleared to continue its voyage after repairs, a Hongkong government spokesman said. Eleven
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        54 31 Bloomberg Business News [ROTTERDAM] Royal Nedlloyd Group NV said the planned merger of its container shipping unit with that of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co will definitely include Damco Maritime. Damco Maritime, which employs about 470 worldwide, will continue to operate as an "independent"
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        EC urged to remedy conference system
        81 31 [LONDON] European shippers broadly welcome the European Commission's work to develop a maritime strategy but express regret about the absence of any proposals to sort out the liner shipping conference system. Towards a New Maritime Strategy, the document issued recently by the commission, represents
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        41 31 [BEIJING] Shanghai, China's largest port, handled a record 1.37 million standard containers in the first nine months of this year, China Transportation News reported, a 25.7 per cent increase over the same period of last year.
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        55 31 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Yangming Marine Corp said it would strengthen its operations in Asia by cooperating with Taiwan's Cheng Lie Navigation Company to add a new weekly Japan-Taiwan-Hongkong-Thailand route. The two firms will use four 1,100 20-foot-equivalent-unit container ships to sail the new
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        84 31 [PORTLAND] The Port of Portland has approved new stevedoring and terminal agreements giving Evergreen preferential berthing at the port's main container terminal for at least two years in exchange for a 10 per cent increase in the carrier's minimum volume commitment. Evergreen accounts for about
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      1166 32  -  PROBE IHTO SAFETY: PROBLEMS WITH MISHAPS ON FOREIGN VESSELS An American Coast Guard inquiry into the foreign-flag dominated cruise industry declared it safe in the hope of improved standards, but regulators would prefer more powers to investigate problems that still arise By, Jim Morris NYT
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        679 47 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 indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        318 48  -  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries wins contract in international tender By] Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Japan's largest aerospace company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI), has received an order for a large-sized jet engine test cell from SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC), the aircraft maintenance
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        167 48 Bernama [YANGON] Malaysia has secured landing rights to three new destinations in China and an additional frequency each to Beijing and Guangzhou. The additional routes, to Shanghai, Xiamen and Shenzhen, increases the destinations to be served by Malaysia Airlines in China to
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        160 48 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan wants to make regional passenger jets in partnership with US aircraft giant Boeing, a newspaper reported over the weekend. The Commercial Times said Premier Lien Chan on Friday expressed Taiwan's willingness to cooperate with Boeing during a meeting with
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        145 48 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwanese aircraft maker Aerospace Industrial Development Corp (AIDC) is planning to team up with Bell Helicopter Textron Inc of the US on helicopter production, aviation officials said over the weekend. AIDC, owned by the economic ministry, is negotiating with Texas-based Bell
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        305 48 for unit opposes fall integration with parent group Reuter [STUTTGART, Germany] Daimler-Benz AG appears to be on a collision course with the management of its flagship automotive subsidiary Mer-cedes-Benz AG over a proposed management revamp. Sources close to Germany's largest industrial group
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        145 48 Reuter [PARIS] French state-owned airline Air France expects to conclude an alliance deal with an Asian carrier in 1997 after its recent pacts with Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines. "Our next aim is to conclude an Asian partnership. I expect we will
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        213 48 Fierce competition for contracts worth billions to modernise air force Reuter [SEOULJ Fighter jets from Russia, France and the US roared across the Seoul sky at the weekend as the three countries enter the final stage of a dogfight for one
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        242 48 AFP [WASHINGTON] Sales in Japan of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler vehicles increased 35 per cent from January to September compared with the same period a year ago, a trade association reported here. But the American Automobile Manufacturers Association said
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        155 48 AFP [SEOUL] Korean Air (KAL) has reached a tentative agreement with Boeing Co to supply parts worth US$6OO million for the 8747-X giant passenger jets designed by the US company, reports said yesterday. Yonhap news agency quoted aviation sources as saying
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          66 48 AFP [ANILAJ The Philippine s labour secretary Leonardo Quisumbing has taken jurisdiction over a dispute at Philippine Airlines (PAL), effectively preventing a planned strike in the troubled firm, a document obtained ova- the weekend showed. The 8,000-member PAL Employees Association had threatened to strike
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          Lock icon MAS flies to Yangon from Nov 12
          61 48 Bernama [YANGON] Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will launch its inaugural flight to Yangon on Nov 12 and will operate two flights a week to the Myanmar capital for a start The service will be operated on Tuesday and Friday using the 8735 aircraft that
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          62 48 AFP [LIMA] Searchers probing the Pacific waters off the coast of Peru have located one of the black boxes from the Aero Peru Boeing 757 that crashed earlier this month killing all aboard, the airline said. Searchers also retrieved three more bodies, bringing to
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      628 43 I" VESSEL VOY SIN^^IAAA SIN I TIGER BRIDGE 478N 21-22/10 27-30/10 04-05/11 I TIGER BAY 479N 25-26/10 30-03/11 08-09/11 I TIGER WAVE 480N 28-29/10 03-06/11 11-12/11 I TIGER ISLAND 481N 01-02/11 06-10/11 15-16-11 1 TIGER BROGE 482N 04-06/11 10-13/11 18-19/11 I TIGER BAY 483N 08-09/11 13-17/11 22-23/11 IVESSE^^^^VO^^Sill^^CA^^Sl^^l XOUR SPORE
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      1032 43 Sea K Land ALL-WATER SERVICE TO U.S.A SL INITIATIVE V.628W ETA SIN EIDSIN 27 OCT '96 28 OCT '96 vtssa wt ms« "nogT cowrchcypsh "W ac "15~ o» gt —s"!—!* S"L«JL ibsims SoT~li7is S7io hhuirq k* '•<!! m/ 2/! i IMS MS *11 IS/10 77/10 atUMGATOI 1011 15/11 17/ Jj/
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      1584 43 I J .y Nedllovd TO EUROPE I^^pSh Nedlloyd Lines every thubs/fri/sat C* **********0 ft l| SINGAPORE PHONE (GENERAL) *****89 RATE ENQUIRIES *****41/248/260 CFS (PHONE) *****10 CPS (FAX) *****23 TQEIMOPE KHffTHUWWWMTI Sin PVf Sou Rim Arv H«m Bf* OOCI HOPE ,'5426 24/10 25/10 09/11 07/11 08/11 12/11 TYN£ /1426 25/10 15/11
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      581 44 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********00 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41 /*****43 JESSICA/CELIA EZSEMEEEEB 8 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK pvOY [SIN |JAK I VESSEL IVOY I SIN ISUR MAERSKNARA 9643 iNPT 24/10
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      138 44 KSKK FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD 14-A Hongkong Street, Singapore *****7 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****02 CR Mo. **********0 M /PLD SHIPPING FORWARDING AGENCY MIRI, SARAWAK, EAST MALAYSIA S2& Tel: 07-085-*****9 Fax: 07-085-*****9 SINGAPORE TO K.BELAIT/MIRI (ACCEPTING CONTAINERS AND CONVENTIONAL CARGO) SINGAPORE TO BR(JNEI/IAB(IAN/ KCICHING/KOTA KINABAUI (DOOR-TO-DOOR, FCU/LCL, DIRECT SAIUNGS) SINGAPORE TO
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      442 44 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOADING VOY SPORE PXELANO'I HALF AX N.YORK NORFOLK N.ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPCO HOUSTON HOEOHCUPPER 0236 23/24 OCT 17 OCT 13 DEC 160 EC 17 DEC 24 DEC 20 DEC 28 DEC 31 DEC HOEOHDRAKE 0438 14 NOV 07 NOV 08 JAN 09 JAN 10
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      160 44 SIN FAR EAST 27/10 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 28/10 BANGKOK 28/10 MANILA/CEBU 28/10 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 28/10 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E MALAYSIA 28/10 BUSAN 28/10 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 28/10 HONG KONG SIM CHINA 28/10 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU OALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU SIM EUROPE/UK 28/10 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU RDM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIM USA/CANADA 28/10 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all IPI points
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      606 44 9. Singapore Soviet Shipping: Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY COCHIN I VESSEL VOY I SIN BOM < KOTACAHAYA CAHI67 22/10 30/10 MEKHANIK KURAKO MK24N 23/10 31/10 ORIENT CORD 013 27/10 04/11 VANESSA 11N 01/11 09/11 REGULAR ILYICHEVSK SERVICE I VESSEL VOY SPORE ILYCHEVSK EVER GLORY 0130-073W 16/10 13/11
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      1192 45 i ASIA EUROPE EXPRESS (AEX) WESTBOUND SERVICE VESSEL VOY LfH RTM HAM ANT FXI L HY FEDERAL 301W 29 OCT 13 NOV 14 NOV 16 NOV 18 NOV 19 NOV T IHY ADMIRAL 303W 05 NOV 20 NOV 21 NOV 23 NOV 25 NOV 26 NOV 1 .HY HIGHNESS 301W
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      2188 45 Iff? NAM SOU UN IRH RTM PMT j VtSSB HO. SfOßf HUG RfSAN IMH MKT HOT NGO SHORZU TYO Kli 2J- E £2 ,tu 11,1 ,fc >«' oawni Mot 2110* 2110 2110 2110 30.10 31.10 APLWDOWSU 3426 26. 021 24. 0 11.11 1111 14.11 1111 MS. DANUOt 4406 23.10* 24.10
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      654 46 Z^X /Pi SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. Mll COLLYER QUAY «o€-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. m TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SIMOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) Also accepting container cargo to: VESSEI/VOY ETA sin ETAHKG ETA SHA W/T HKG: Beiiiao, Chiwon, GOOD WELL 9603/9604 31/10 05/11 _09/n
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      543 46 m am MAC-HELS S'POftE M'SIA Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC I -K-/\""~ l HKiaWIIM S10U: (084)*****9 MAMLA: (632)*****61 V— X p£NANG* (06)*****6 BANGKOK: (662) *****67 SURABAYA: (31)*****0 RKELAHO: (03) *****77 JKT: (21)*****07 MOW: (61)*****3 hkg eta fremantle eta "LA SEINE" V.6406 24-10 "B.DELIMA" V.437 28-10 PKG FXT/RTM/HAM "B. SEROJA" V.6431
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      290 46 SSBKKKtttKKk NICHOLAS 25/10 02/11 RdnVAtw/UK/N*! I, MELERI 18/11 Rdm/AtwAJK/Nan I PAN FORTUNE 2<yil 25/11 RdrrVAtw/UK/Nan I Loads EVW. Malaysia, Indooeaa M I Loading for I PAN CRYSTAL Oubat/Bahrain/Damman/Kuwait I CAPT YANNIS L Dubai/A-Dhabt/Doha/BahratrVDammaVKLiwait I MAKAR Hodeklah/JeckJah/Aqaba/ Pt. Said I HAUM METE 1 APJ KARAN Dub ai/BahraurVDotWDamman/Kuwart I 'Loads Singapore, EVW
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      126 47 LEGEND: "t R Thunderstorm Temperotire °q n Shower Wtolhw Wind direction with speed in knots Rom V_y '< Cloudy Sky Wov hw 9 hf f #rrww wfc c,, Wy witk the wind f Qy One Kit circle represents cotm or light ond vonobie winds J_ One hoff Heche represents 5
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      57 48 M.V. "BROTHER HOPE" VOY. 30 ARRD 13TH OCTOBER lf% Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessel is hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the 22nd October 1996 0900-1200 hours at PT6. No further survey will be entertained thereafter. As Agents: "K" Line Kinkai AB
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