The Business Times, 29 October 1996

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04(V12/95 w 85« SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29,1996
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    Hong Leong, GIC said to be buying HK's Marriott
    515 1  -  Partners in talks with Swire for hotel deal worth HKs2.2b Pronv Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE Hong Leong group, together with the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), may soon become the owners of the five-star JW Marriott Hotel in
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    Lock icon Philippine stocks take a drubbing
    386 1  -  Analysts cite political uncertainty, profit worries for 3.7% fall From, Al Labita, R Sivanithy in Singapore THE Philippine stock market crumbled 3.73 per cent yesterday, after having lost 4.4 per cent last week. Analysts attributed the sharp declines to continuing concerns that profits this year
    Source: Bloomberg; ALLAN  -  386 words
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    Sharper rise in labour costs in S'pore than in Taiwan, HK
    601 1  -  Strong Sing a major factor in 15.7%jnmpin US$ terms By, Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Wages and benefits of manufacturing workers grew more than 15 per cent in Singapore and Korea last year in US dollar terms, much higher than in
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    Lock icon Kian Ann pips two other IPOs expected this week
    359 1  -  Company offering 24m shares to pnblic at 60 cents each By I Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Kian Ann Engineering launched its initial public offer (IPO) yesterday, ahead of two others expected this week. Kian Ann, which distributes replacement parts for heavy equipment
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • PARLIAMENT Briefs
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        Big response to Back to Work
        115 2 A TOTAL of 1,655j0b applications were received in just a month in response to the "Back to Work" programme launched recently, Labour Minister Lee Boon Yang said yesterday. Almost two-thirds or 1,069 of the applicants were married women in the 30-54 age group, 83
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        Nod for $144m island reclamation
        90 2 PARLIAMENT has given the green light for the government to spend $144 million to reclaim about 34 ha of foreshore/seabed and reefs that, along with two causeways to be built, will link the small island ofKias and the islands of St John's, Lazarus and Renget.
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        PM dismisses quota for women MPs
        160 2 FIXING a quota on the number of women MPs would N neither encourage nor help qualified women to enter politics, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said in a written reply to NMP Kanwaljit Soin. Dr Soin had asked why the under-representation of women could
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      Bigger GRCs won't favour PAP or the opposition: PM Goh
      722 2  -  He says the amendment, passed yesterday, will give voters a bigger stake in poll results By Chuang Peck Ming BIGGER group representation constituencies (GRCs), which Parliament approved yesterday, will not give the ruling PAP any unfair edge but will make
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      Lock icon Catering growth still lukewarm
      321 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Commerce By, Jenny Lam THE catering trade index continued to limp along in August, turning in a weak 0.4 per cent growth at constant prices compared to a year ago. The latest growth figure continues to underscore the overall weakness in the
      Source: Dept of Statistics  -  321 words
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      NCB, Internet service providers in 2 ventures
      557 2  -  Services, incentives for I-Hub users; Content Hosting offers mirror sites By] Kenneth James SINGAPORE'S Internet access service providers (lASPs) yesterday set aside traditional rivalry to join hands with the National Computer Board in two major Internet initiatives. The first is a set of
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      Most firms satisfied with auditors: survey
      359 4  -  Unhappiness highest among foreign firms and those with less than $lm turnover By I Siow Li Sen NEARLY three quarters 73.6 per cent of Singapore companies are satisfied with their auditors, according to a recent survey by Temasek Polytechnic. Only 10.3 per cent were
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      Lock icon Metro expects Tampines store to boost sales by 25%
      444 4  -  By Jenny Lam RETAILER Metro expects its new store in Tampines, the first of a planned chain of suburban outlets, to perform strongly even in the first year. Metro Pte Ltd managing director Wong Sioe Hong projected that the store would
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      Lock icon 70% of wireless demand will come from Asia: expert
      440 4  -  Region's local loop, cellular phones and paging services to see 25% annual growth By Teh Hooi Ling THE Asia-Pacific region will account for up to 70 per cent of the demand for global wireless communication market by the year 2006, says
      Source: MTA-EMCI  -  440 words
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      TechParks bids may spark talk of conflict of interests
      656 5  -  TEDS PROPERTY COLUMN With Its close JTC connection, it may get valuable information for use in tenders By Lee Han Shih WILL the frequent appearance of the statutory board Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) in state land tenders raise talk of a
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      Novotel Orchid sticks to four-star upgrade
      330 5  -  No plans for boutique hospital at Dunearn site, says HongLeong By< Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] The Novotel Orchid Singapore is sticking to its plan to relaunch as a four-star hotel when it completes a $14 million renovation programme by year-end. A Hong Leong spokesman said
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      Bringing 'resort lifestyle' to the office
      396 6 Plaza Mont Kiara to have recreational facilities and landscaped settings [SINGAPORE] Malaysian developer Sunrise Bhd is using a catchphrase to sell offices that is usually the preserve of developers marketing residential property the "resort lifestyle" concept. Sunrise calls its first major office project in
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      Lock icon HK groups to list property interests
      100 6 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Far East Consortium International and its associate Far East Holdings International said they are planning to spin off their property operations in Malaysia and Australia in a separate listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Far East Consortium plans to inject HK$75
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      Lock icon S Australian nod for A$850m Smart City
      154 6 Reuter [ADELAIDEI The South Australian government yesterday approved an AsBso million (***** million) key component of its proposed futuristic multi-function polis (MFP) project the first phase of a Smart City to provide 3,700 dwellings. Premier Dean Brown said in a statement that subject
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      Exhibition sale of NZ property worth NZ$160m
      392 7  -  Industrial buildings, office blocks, harbour marina, cineplex, on the list By: Diana Oon NEW Zealand-based property agents Bayleys Asia is launching an exhibition sale of more than NZ$l6O million (*****.03 million) worth of New Zealand commercial and industrial property here this weekend. The
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      Lock icon Beijing leads Asia in luxury housing rent
      374 7 AFP [SINGAPORE] Beijing dislodged Tokyo this year as the most expensive place in Asia to rent luxury housing, with Ho Chi Minh City a close third, a property expert told a regional industry conference here yesterday. The average rent for luxury residences in
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Thailand to buy Natuna gas from Indonesia
      222 8 JAKARTA The gas will be piped through Malaysia, say reports AFP THAILAND has agreed to buy Indonesian natural gas from the huge Natuna field in the South China Sea, in a deal that will see the gas piped through Malaysia, reports said here
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      KL stocks fall in absence of corporate tax cut
      319 8  -  KUALA LUMPUR But decline mated compared to sharp drops that Mowed 1994, D 5 budgets By Ven Sreenivasan AS EXPECTED, Malaysian stocks fell in the absence of a corporate tax cut in the government's 1997 Budget. The benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite
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      Lock icon KL may use capital controls in a crisis
      124 8 HONGKONG Reuter MALAYSIA may consider capital controls as a worst-case option to manage a crisis situation in excessive short-term capital inflows, Bank Negara assistant governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz said here yesterday. But Ms Zeti said the central bank did not envisage a
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      Lock icon Live wire livelihood
      62 8 [PHILIPPINES] An electrician sitting on telephone cables without any safety protection yesterday while installing new lines of fibre optics as part ofa major expansion involving 300,000 new lines for the Eastern Telecommunication Company. Following the government's liberalisation of the suffering telecommunication industry, billions of dollars will be
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      Lock icon Kohl, Suharto discuss human rights, E Timor
      138 8 JAKARTA Reuter GERMAN Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Indonesian President Suharto discussed human rights, including the contentious East Timor issue, yesterday. Mr Kohl had also invited East Timorese Nobel Peace laureate Bishop Carlos Belo to meet him, but the invitation was declined, the Chancellor
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      Lock icon Thai export growth up 3.1% in first 8 months
      141 8 +HH9MiSH AFP THAI Deputy Prime Minister Amnuay Virawan said yesterday exports in the first eight months of 19% rose 3.1 per cent year-on year, adding that growth would fall below target for the full year. The value of Thai exports in
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        Lock icon Myanmar frees top NLD official
        60 8 Reuter [YANGON] Myanmar's military government yesterday if J released a top National League for Democracy (NLD) A official detained last week for questioaing over a recent 1 student protest, a family member and NLD sources said, g Kyi Maung was deputy chairman of the NLD
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        Lock icon Queen Elizabeth II visits Thailand
        47 8 AFP [BANGKOK] Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrived here yesterday for her first visit to Thailand in 24 years, as the guest of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch. She was welcomed at Bangkok's military airport by King Bhumibol. —AFP
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        Lock icon Viet inflation now at its lowest
        50 8 Bloomberg Business News (HANOI] Inflation in Vietnam is at its lowest ebb since economic reforms began in 1987. The nation's year-on-year inflation rate through Oct 25 was 2.9 per cent, unchanged from September. Vietnam's inflation rate last year was 12.7 per cent.—Bloomberg Business News
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Application to join race for HK's top post closes
      795 9 HONGKONG New poll shows growing confidence in HK's political fntnre AFP CANDIDATES for Hongkong's first post-colonial government leader scurried to register their bids before a deadline yesterday, amid an apparent surge in public confidence in the territory's future. Businessman Peter Woo,
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      Lock icon Li Peng reassures HK on free expression
      110 9 BEIJING AFP CHINESE Premier Li Peng pledged yesterday that the press and individuals in Hongkong would enjoy "a large degree" of freedom of expression after the colony reverts to Chinese sovereignty next year. However, such freedoms could only be exercised within the "framework
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      Lock icon Growth in cross-strait trade inevitable: China
      160 9 BEIJING AFP DESPITE obstacles created by Taiwan's government, growth in China-Taiwan trade is inevitable, a senior mainland trade official just returned from a visit to the island said, according to China Daily. Guo Dongpo, chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International
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      Lock icon Taiwan's indicators on the rise
      84 9 TAIPEI Bloomberg Business News TAIWAN'S index of leading economic indicators rose 1.21 per cent in September, the first rise in three months and latest sign that growth may b# 4 quickening. Six of the seven indicators rose in September from August, the Cabinet's Council for
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Indian PM open to foreign investors' suggestions
      350 10 SYDNEY He agrees to cot red tape and accept proposals made by foreigners at India Economy Snmmit Reuter INDIAN Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda yesterday gave foreign investors carte blanche to help map out the country's economic ftiture. "Whatever you suggest in
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      Lock icon India to free consumer goods imports
      142 10 NEW DELHI FT INDIA will present its trading partners in the World Trade Organisation with proposals for liberalising imports of consumer goods in January, after 50 years of protection. The move is evidence that Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda is prepared to take
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      Lock icon LDP and allies fail to reach coalition deal
      465 10 TOKYO Reuter POTENTIAL coalition partners in Japan's hung parliament yesterday failed to strike a deal to form a new government, remaining far apart on security issues and political reform, party officials said. Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) began negotiations
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      Lock icon Lift for Hashimoto as LDP-backed Ishii wins governor's race
      200 10 TOKYO AFP PRIME Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) scored another victory on Sunday in the gubernatorial race in Mr Hashimoto's home prefecture of Okayama, western Japan, a week after its advance in the general election. Masahiro Ishii, an LDPbacked
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        Lock icon Paper reports N Korean overture to US
        69 10 AFP [SEOUL] North Korea is courting the United States with a new overture that includes an offer to "recognise" the presence of US troops in South Korea, a newspaper here said yesterday. The overture was made last week when Paek Nam Jun, a
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        Lock icon Aussie move to quash euthanasia law
        73 10 Reuter (CANBERRA) Australia's parliament yesterday began debating a move to quash the world's first voluntary euthanasia law, which has been condemned by political, religious and community leaders. The world's first assisted suicide law came into operation in the Northern Territory in July. But legal
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        Lock icon Indian journalists protest attack
        76 10 AFP Reuter, [NEW DELHI] Indian journalists shouting slogans in New Delhi yesterday during a protest march against an alleged attack on journalists by Kanshi Ram, president of the Bahujan Samaj Party. They said Mr Ram led an attack on reporters staking out his house on Friday
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        Lock icon BoJ governor sees steady recovery
        51 10 AFP [TOKYO] Bank of Japan governor Yasuo Matsushita yesterday said the Japanese economy was steadily recovering. He said firmness had been observed in private sector economic activity, but it would be difficult to see an acceleration of the economic recovery any time soon, Kyodo News
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        Lock icon Plot seen in Murtaza Bhutto killing
        72 10 AFP [KARACHI] The husband of Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and two ministers were yesterday accused of involvement in a conspiracy to murder her brother. Lawyers for Ghinva Bhutto, the widow of Murtaza Bhutto, told a tribunal investigating her husband's death in a shootout
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      Lock icon S Korea arrests 5 for lavish spending overseas
      219 11 SEOUL AFP PROSECUTORS yesterday arrested and indicted five South Korean travellers on charges of lavish spending overseas, the first such arrests under new laws here. Together, the five had bought tens of thousands of dollars worth of watches, diamonds, ruby and emerald
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      Woolworths in bid to break Aussie oil stranglehold
      532 11  -  SYDNEY Retail chain to sell fuel bought on Singapore spot market at its store forecourts By Peter Lynch ONE of Australia's largest retail chains is bidding to break the controversial stranglehold of the country's major oil suppliers, using fuel purchased on the
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      Lock icon More jobs, faster growth from Aussie labour reforms
      131 11 CANBERRA Reuter AUSTRALIA'S conservative government promised more jobs and faster economic growth yesterday after securing essential minor-party backing for radical labour relations reforms. Industrial Relations Minister Peter Reith, who concluded a weekend deal to get his reforms through parliament, said the system
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      Lock icon Pakistan religious party chiefs held
      183 11 ISLAMABAD Reuter PAKISTANI police detained leaders of the religious Ja-maat-i-Islami (JI) party yesterday amid a second day of chaotic skirmishes with JI protesters in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, in which SO people were hurt. Staff of the private Edhi ambulance service said about 35 people had
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      Lock icon S Korea may revamp arms procurement
      302 11 SEOUL New Defence Minister plans reforms aiter predecessor's arrest Reuter SOUTH Korea's new Defence Minister said yesterday his ministry is considering sweeping reforms in weapons procurement following an arms scandal involving his predecessor. A ministry statement said such steps are necessary be- cause of
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      347 10 Two New Asian Opportunities jtSSSKk Invest in Korea's Financial Future Share in Asia's Growth jll- c Many investors find the Asia region an attractive investment Recent financial reform in Korea has lowered the barriers to foreign because, according to the International Finance Corporation, Asian investment. Templeton Investment Funds Korean Fund
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon One in eight UK directors 'serial failures', says study
      238 12 LONDON Reuter NEARLY one in eight directors on the boards of British firms are "serial failures" who move from company to company leaving failed businesses in their wake, according to a study published yesterday. The study, by information services company CCN
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      Lock icon S Korea, EU sign pact to boost trade, political relations
      287 12 LUXEMBOURG AFP THE European Union and South Korea yesterday signed a landmark accord aimed at boosting trade and political ties between the EU and its 10th biggest trading partner. Irish Foreign Minister Dick Spring described the agreement, which came three
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      Lock icon SocGen may sell part of portfolio worth 37b francs
      414 12 I PARIS Move is to raise cash to buy controlling stake in CIC bank, pacify British investors: report AFP Reuter SOCIETE Generate is considering selling part of its stock portfolio and property which are worth about 37 billion francs (Sslo.l billion),
      AFP; Reuter  -  414 words
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      Lock icon Cold and sheepish
      36 12 [MADRID] A herd of 2, 000 merino sheep standing in front of the Alcala gate on a Madrid street on Sunday. The sheep are en route to winter pastures in southern Spain. REUTER
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      Lock icon Greenback tops 114 yen to hit 42-month high
      262 12 LONDON Japanese appetite for overseas investments hits nnit analysts Reuter, AFP THE US dollar sparkled in European trading yesterday, hitting a 42-month high above 114 yen against the generally weak Japanese currency, while key bourses largely consolidated Friday's revival. A surprise takeover
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      Lock icon EU moves against Myanmar
      83 12 U LUXEMBOURG Reuter THE European Union yesterday imposed strict limits on contacts with Myanmar officials and their families in response to what the 15-nation bloc sees as Myanmar's continuing failure to respect human rights. EU foreign ministers agreed on the move part of a gradual build-up
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      Americans want only centrists
      571 13  -  CHICAGO With the economy booming, the 'angry white male'is less angry these days By Leon Hadar IF Democratic Senator Paul Simon of Illinois had retired in 1994, and Republican A 1 Salvi had chosen to run for that seat in that year of the Republican "revolution",
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      Lock icon US official in Taipei denies soliciting funds for Clinton
      233 13 TAIPEI AFP THE head of the American Institute in Taiwan yesterday denied a Newsweek report that he had pressured Taiwanese businessmen to donate money to US President Bill Clinton's Democratic Party. "It's absolutely groundless, an intrigue by the desperate Republicans to
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      Lock icon Clinton to announce lowest fiscal deficit in 15 years
      303 13 WASHINGTON USslo7b shortfall represents 34.5% fall from last year Bloomberg Business News PRESIDENT Bill Clinton was expected to announce last night that the US government finished its fiscal year on Sep 30 with the lowest annual deficit in 15 years, U*****.3
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      Japan decides that 'floating' is a dirty word
      774 15  -  THB BOTTOM UMB OPINION By Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent JAPAN has developed a "fear of floating" and is trying to convince its major trading partners that the system of floating exchange rates which has prevailed since the breakdown
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      112 15 "Don't take us for granted. Please go bask and tell your respective governments to give us a chance, so I'm not forced into a corner, to do things I'm not fond of doing." -limKengYaik Malaysian Primary Industries Minister urging Indonesian and Thai rubber producers to support Malaysia's
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      KL's problems of success
      597 15 EDITORIAL A DECADE of unrelenting growth inevitably creates problems. The architects of Malaysia's economic achievements have decided to tackle head-on its problems of success and last Friday set out a blueprint for this task While the latest budget mapped out clearly the route to be taken,
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      Lock icon Pain of restructuring
      1221 15  -  The road to European and Japanese competitive revival will be lots tougher than the US one By\ Stephen Roach The author is chief economist of Morgan Stanley Financial Times THE world is abuzz with talk of restructuring, and one thought seems to unify the debate that the
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      821 15 Vietnam's Investment bog THE importance of continued foreign investment is not lost on Vietnam's pro-reform prime minister, Vo Van Kiet. In his speech last week opening the National Assembly, Mr Kiet urged legislators to shore up investor confidence by easing complicated licensing procedures and addressing a
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      Stunning fusion of art and technology
      774 16  -  An exhibition of prints highlights the advances in print-making since the *****, says ben mumroe BEN MUNROE THE spindly silhouette of a stork-like bird, its graceful shape filled with images of lush greenery and bursting flowers, is about to dive across the fiery sun
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      Lock icon Sky's the limit for bubbly 2000
      748 16 CHAMPAGNE Champagne makers await a rich harvest at the torn of the millennium Reuter [REIMS, France] Three years before the New Year party of the century, champagne makers are licking their lips at the prospect of huge demand for their special millennium bubbly at
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      214 17 UHYPI'IC CROSSWORD across 7 Lifted guncase to add pad8 Classification of information ■l" given to soldiers (5) MB— 11 Contents of bottle namely, ~IH nail-varnish (6) 12 Chap's means of focusing (4) I I j j 13 Call out to tragic king emergency over H| 15 Refuse to go down
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      1605 18  -  The Bali Golf Country Club is a course that thrills the senses with variation in topography, scenery and adventure, says mickiaus d'ckuz NICKLAUS D'CRUZ The writer is editor of The Asian Golf Review. This review and further information about golfing in Asia are available on the
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon SIA foreign shares fall 7% after interim results
      517 19  -  Fall of $1 to year low of $13, after a 70-cent gain last Friday; analysts lower profit forecasts Byy Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines' foreign tranche yesterday suffered a sharp fall in price as investors dumped the stock following its disappointing interim
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      Lock icon Faber, Tongkah in M$7.5b hospital deal
      385 19 KL awards 3 firms 15-year contract to ran support services in 127 govt hospitals AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's government yesterday awarded a M 57.5 billion (554.2 billion) 15-year contract to three companies to operate support services in govern-ment-run hospitals. The three groups are Faber
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      China Construction Hldgs an attractive partner
      657 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Russell Baker THE Australian Stock Exchange's Asian Index has failed to generate a great deal of interest since it was launched in February this year. The index does boast 30 companies with a combined market capitalisation of about Asl.4 billion (551.57
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      Rajabali asked sons to surrender 1957 rights
      670 19  -  JUMABBOY FAMILY FEUD He admits 1992 surrender letter was his request but says 'I never exercise it' By\ Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Rajabali Jumabhoy, the 98-year old patriarch of the Scotts Holding group, had asked his three sons to surrender their rights under the
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      G'zhou Inv's debut: no deals done
      179 19 [SINGAPORE) Guangzhou Investment made its secondary listing debut on Clob International yesterday but no trades were done. Dealers said the counter, which was offered to the public at HK52.56 per share, was quoted at a bid-offer spread of HK52.42-HK$2.6O but failed to find any
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        SingTel opens Shanghai office to tap opportunities
        309 20  -  Representative office is SingTel's second in China and its sixth in the world By i Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] SINGAPORE Telecom yesterday opened a representative office in Shanghai which will explore business opportunities in China, among other functions. The office, to be headed by
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        Liang Huat bags second India project
        204 20 [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Liang Huat Aluminium said yesterday it has secured a $3.5 million fabrication project in Bangalore its second such curtain wall project in India this year. The company will be responsible for designing, making and installing curtain walling and cladding in Diamond District,
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        Lock icon Westmont firms in restructuring
        180 20 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Westmont Land (Asia) Bhd (Westland) on Saturday said it plans to acquire a 32.9 per cent stake in Westmont Industries Bhd for M 5421.8 million (Ss23B million) through a newly-formed investment holding firm, Newco. In a restructuring of companies controlled by tycoon
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        Shangri-La puts US$12m in Myanmar unit
        334 20 Funds will pay for a 27.78% stake and interest-free loans to Traders Square Co [SINGAPORE] Shangri-La Hotel is pumping US$l2.l million (5516.9 million) into a Myanmar company controlled by its parent, Kuok (Singapore) Ltd. Part of the money will be for a 27.78 per
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        Asiatrust Bank seeks to double capital
        248 20  -  From Al O Labita in Manila LISTED Asiatrust Bank, partly owned by a Singapore-based fund, is doubling its authorised capital to 2 billion pesos (*****.6 million) to partly cover its stock dividend. The private development bank told the Philippines Stock Exchange in a statement
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        Puerto Azul Land ties up with Daewoo for marina project
        260 20  -  From Al O Labita in Manila AN affiliate of a Singaporebased Japanese fund has tied up with South Korean chaebol Daewoo to build a marina in the Philippines, the company said yesterday. In a statement, Puerto Azul Land Inc (Pali)
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        Lock icon Securities One Q3 profit falls 40% to 110m baht
        196 20 Bloomberg Business News [BANGKOK) Securities One pic said third-quarter net profit fell 40 per cent from the year-earlier period because of light trading and share declines on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. The country's largest pure brokerage house said profit fell
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        Surge in sales lifts Jacks Int'l interim profit 40%
        205 20 [SINGAPORE] Consumer products distributor Jacks International yesterday reported a 40 per cent increase in net earnings to $899,000 for the half year ended July 31. The improved performance came on the back of a 25 per cent increase in sales to
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          OUT rights issue oversubscribed
          59 20 (SINGAPORE] Overseas Union Trust (OUT) said yesterday its one-for-one rights issue of 28.1 million shares was subscribed 1.03 times with 29.8 million applications at the close of the offer last Tuesday. Its offer of $50 million unsecured fixed rate bonds due in 2001 with seven million
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          Compact's Indon JV gets green light
          55 20 [SINGAPORE] Compact Metal Industries said that the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board and the Ministry of Ju#taa have approved its joint venture with two arms. Compact Metal Industries subsidiary Compact Investment Jakarta formed the venture company, PT Indal Compact, with PT Cakra Compact Aluminium Industries
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          Resources Dev director resigns
          27 20 [SINGAPORE] Resources Development Corporation said Low Seow Juan had resigned as a director and from the audit committee with effect from last Friday.
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          Lock icon Deutsche Telekom soon on board: TRI
          89 20 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Technology Resources Industries Bhd (TRI) president Tajudin Ramli said yesterday that Deutsche Telekom, which bought a 21 per cent stake in the Malaysian firm earlier this month, has submitted two names for TRl's board. "The two will be on the board
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          Lock icon Ayala Land 9-month profit up 34%
          101 20 AFP [MANILA] The Philippines' Ayala Land Inc said yesterday net profit rose 34 per cent from a year earlier to 3.27 billion pesos (***** million) in the first nine months of the year. The flagship company of the prominent Ayala family in the Philippines
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          Lock icon Intria parent in Penang bridge proposal
          117 20 Reuter [KUALA Mekar Idaman Sdn Bhd, the parent of Malaysian construction company Intria Bhd, has been asked to submit a proposal to the public works ministry to build additional lanes on the Penang bridge, the longest in Asia. Works Minister Samy Vellu said on
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          Lock icon HLG Futures to buy seats on MME
          84 20 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] HLG Capital Bhd said yesterday its unit HLG Futures Sdn Bhd had agreed to buy two seats on the Malaysia Monetary Exchange (MME) for a total of M 51.15 million (SI650.000). The MME trades interest rate futures and plans to
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        Lock icon Acer says dispute with FDA resolved
        251 21 Reuter [TAIPEIJ Taiwan computer monitor giant Acer Peripherals said yesterday a threatened US import ban caused it to briefly halt shipments to the US but the dispute has been resolved and no lasting impact is likely. A spokesman said an Acer Peripherals plant in
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        Lock icon UBS' third quarter lags 1st half's strong results
        228 21 Foil year outlook positive but depends partly on provisions Reuter [ZURICH] Union Bank of Switzerland (ÜBS), Switzerland's largest bank, yesterday said results for the first nine months of 1996 were higher than a year earlier but the third quarter lagged strong first-half
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          Lock icon Citic to focus on finance sector
          70 21 Reuter [BEIJING] China international Trust and Investment Corp is focusing its domestic operations on the financial sector where it hopes to see 70 per cent of its profits, said group executive director Chang Zhenming. "We are making money in the financial sector though manufacturing
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          Lock icon Concord Land in HK$800m share issue
          64 21 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Concord Land Development Co said it plans to become the fourth Hongkong property company to go public this year, raising up to a net HKIBOO million (*****.4 million). It plans to sell 300 million shares at HK53.34 to HKs&96each, it
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          Lock icon Coca-Cola triples size of Hangzhou plant
          48 21 Reuter [BEIJING] The Coca-Cola Co said yesterday it has tripled the size of its bottling plant in China's eastern city of Hangzhou. The Coca-Cola bottler, Hangzhou BC Foods Co Ltd, had poured an additional US$2O million (5528.2 million) into its operation. —Reuter
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          Lock icon Britain's Alliance gives float details
          61 21 Reuter [LONDON) Alliance Leicester, Britain's fourth largest building society, yesterday announced details of its stock exchange flotation, which Is expected to value the company at some £2.4 billion (555.5 billion). The society said it will distribute 250 free shares to around 2.4 million qualifying members
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        Lock icon Compaq leads again as PC market grows 16.3%
        291 21 In US, market grows 12.5% in third quarter; Apple slides to third position, says Dataquest NYT, Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK) The global market for personal computers continued to see strong growth in the third quarter, according to figures from mar-ket-research firm
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        Lock icon Belgacom enters French market
        161 21 Bloomberg Business News [BRUSSELS] Belgacom, the Belgian phone monopoly, said it entered the French phone market through the 20 million French franc (555.5 million) purchase of Euroteleport from French local authorities. This will allow Belgacom to offer all types of services to Euroteleport's 20,000 customers in
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        Lock icon Warner Records cuts jobs amid industry woes
        251 21 Reuter [LOS ANGELES] In another sign of sluggish music markets, Time Warner Inc's Warner Bros Records said this weekend it is cutting the national staff of its black music division by 35 to 40 per cent. While the cutbacks amount to less than
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        Lock icon Visa's Q2 trade volume in Asia-Pacific up 25%
        268 22 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Visa International stated yesterday that its second-quarter 19% Asia-Pa-cific trading volume was up 25 per cent year on year to U5527.5 billion (Ss39 billion). Singapore had the slowest volume growth of 13 per cent to US$74O million in the three
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        Lock icon ANZ denies report of merger talks with Standard Chartered
        454 22 Bloomberg Business News Reuter [MELBOURNE] Australia New Zealand Banking Group Ltd denied it is considering an As 24 billion (5526.8 billion) merger with London-based Standard Chartered pic. "The ANZ bank is not investigating or discussing a merger with Standard Chartered," the
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        Lock icon Texaco signs Thai oil exploration deal
        128 22 Reuter [BANGKOK] Thailand said yesterday it signed an agreement awarding petroleum exploration and production rights to Texaco Exploration (Thailand) II Ltd, a unit of USbased Texaco Inc. Texaco Exploration would spend over 300 million baht (5516.6 million) in the first three years of exploration
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        Set up multi-lateral repo pacts, urges HKMA chief
        385 22  -  Suggests linking real-time global settlement system to regional systems From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG Monetary Authority chief Joseph Yam yesterday called on Asian central banks to set up multi-lateral repurchase agreements to avert any future financial shocks instead of the
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        Templeton launches two sub-funds
        393 22  -  It says Asia fluid has low risk and Korean fond good timing By Lee Yoke Har [SINGAPORE] A low-risk investment vehicle and great timing for entry that's how Templeton Asset Management Ltd (TAML) has positioned its Asian Growth Fund and the Korean Fund respectively, both of
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        Lock icon Citibank, Japan's postal savings in tie-up
        288 22 Citibank roped in after Japan's mmmArrinl banks rejected tie-up Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Citibank will be the first private bank and the first foreign one to link with Japan's postal savings system, the world's largest savings institution, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications said
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        Lock icon Euroyen backs off from highs
        227 22 SOKEXReport Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures backed off from their recent highs yesterday as the market took a breather amid a lack of fresh news. A trader said June Euroyen would face strong resistance at 99.33 unless there were comments from Japanese officials indicating the
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        161 22 Reuter lionilffß THE dollar/yen was raring to go higher as the Japanese unit took a beating across the board, but dollar/mark struggled for gains. The dollar hit a 3w -year high of 114.00 yen in early trade, while mark/yen stuck near its best levels since February 1993. The
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        Lock icon Russia wants lion's share in future oil deals
        293 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter (MOSCOW] Russia, dramatically changing its approach to foreign investment in its huge oil sector, said yesterday that new domestic companies, not Western majors, would be given the upper hand in future billion-dollar energy deals. Vladimir Tumarkin, chief spokesman for
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1736 23 S1C0M FUTURES Oct 28 RUBBER (faturo doiiaq ts at 5.30pm) RSS 1 CONTRACTS cwrts/kq) CtoSt Open Month Higk Low Sett (tonnes) Merest Nov 177.50 Dk 96 179.50 «5 Jan 97 182.75 M50 Fete 97 ***** 2150 Mar 97 185.00 1750 Aor/Jun 97 186.00 900 4875 Jul/Sep 97 *****
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2327 23 LflHMH tatestftals wa Mn AB Ports 275 5.600 Abbey National 636 *T7 Allied Domecq 473.400 8 Amec 105 1.600 AsdaGroup 1M *.400 BAT Ind 436.400 unch BICC 293.400 unch BOC Group 863.400 +3 BR Petroleum 667 .600 BTR 256 2.600 Bank of Scotland 285.400 5.400 Barclays 982
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1672 23 Reuter H»toi22s *146.44 STOCKS snapped out of their five-day losing streak yesterday, ending on a positive tone. Brokers said, however, that turnover was extremely thin as most investors were on the sidelines, searching for sound reasons to trade on. The 225-issue Nikkei Average closed 145.44 points higher at 20,885.41.
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1623 24 AFX-Asia n Hani Seng -125.61 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday, but off lows led by declines in the property sector but with profit-taking seen across the board, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed down 125.61 points at 12,262.77. Turnover was only HK$5.5 billion. "The market is drifting easier.
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      Lock icon CHINA
      671 24 Bloomberg Business News rl Shenzhen B Share Index +0-31 THE Shenzhen B stock market yesterday rose 0.31 point to close at 90.30. Hainan Dadonghai Tourism Centre, whose main asset is a hotel on the island of Hainan, rose three cents to HK55.75 on 221,200 shares of trade. The shares
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      397 24 AFP QWP latex -3119 SHARE prices closed 0.5 per cent lower yesterday amid uncertainty over the bourse's short-term outlook. "Most investors were hesitant amid an unclear picture of the market in the short term while many heavyweight bluechips continued their downward trend," said a broker. The TSE Weighted Price
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      616 24 AFP P All Ordinaries -LI SHARE prices fell yesterday after a slump in blue-chip mining stocks BHP and CRA. "It was surprising to see BHP as weak as it was considering the copper price was up 10 per cent last week," a broker said. The All Ordinaries Index dropped
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      762 24 AFP P Composite Index -4.07 Share prices closed 0.7 per cent lower on profit-taking yesterday as foreign investors were largely sidelined, brokers said. A dealer with a Hongkong brokerage said foreigners were absent and the index drifted down on profit-taking by local investors. "There is no real incentive for
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      824 24 AFP SET Index -&79 SHARE prices closed down 0.7 per cent yesterday in thin trading ahead of the disclosure of central bank statistics later in the week. "Investors are concerned about the economic indicators, particularly investment and manufacturer indices, as the Bank of Thailand has not released such figures
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      Lock icon MANILA
      256 24 AFP CI Manila -110.44 SHARE prices fell 3.7 per cent yesterday amid negative sentiment over disappointing Philippine National Bank (PNB) profits the previous week. The PSE Composite Index fell 110.44 points to 2,852.16. Turnover was 6.9 billion shares worth 2.9 billion pesos. PNB fell 10 pesos to 312.50. Philippine
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      419 24 AFP D Composite Index -1L73 SHARE prices closed 1.5 per cent lower yesterday amid jitters over liquidity problems, dealers said. The Composite Index fell 11.73 points to 780.08. Turnover was 26.2 million shares worth 479 billion won. Falls beat risers 719 to 184. Korea Electric Power eased 100 won
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        Lock icon Shares down on profit-taking
        8239 25 AFX-Asia kl Composite Index -1(188 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday on profit-taking in reaction to last Friday's Budget, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 10.86 points at 1,162.09 on volume 0f347.7 million shares worth Ms2.B billion. An analyst said: "The market is having a
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2406 26 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Cf Gf 1996 Last Vol Day Last Quota Wv Wv Yld Net M Cap HM» L— Stno Company Sale COOP) High Low Buyer Sa*w Cw P/C Sm« 625 360 ms SOOO AISB50C 438 Cd -2 ts 440 436 4)8 440 SO 4.9 OJ 91J 4493 n9
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        1577 27 TURNOVER COOO) VALUC COOO) mm co» Tti Mm ck* T«m Industrial 36.546 7,209 43,755 97,866 '6.400 "4266 financt 5.611 2.419 8,030 60.152 5,015 65,167 Hot Ms 816 227 1,043 2,128 404 2.532 Prop«*t«s 3.767 5.078 8.845 17.303 7.033 24J36 Plantation t.123 '.123 2.479 2.479 Mining 99 95 258 2M BC*
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        MAIN BOARD
        4644 27 Of Or M Wt to<M Last Vtf Day Last Ouot« CXv Olv VM N.t Cap Av« Hi 4 h Law StNo Company S<K COOO) High Law Buyer Seller H C'vr P/C $m« Price INDUSTRIALS 5146 ASE NT$10 200 US- 1000 900 ASF US$0.***** US900 '*0 WO 214 165
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        M'sian budget, SIA results dampen sentiment
        908 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Players react negatively to disappointing interim results by Singapore Airlines and no cnts in corporate tax in the Malaysian budget By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Apart from feverish punting on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's Second Board, there was little to distinguish
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        HOT STOCK
        73 28  -  by Paul Leo STIC yesterday fell two cents to $3.08 with 1.87 million units done, 4.1 times the lOday average of 455,600 shares. A little more downside can be expected but support should be found at $3.00 where it should then move up. Relative Strength Indices are approaching
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          Courting MP-lawyers can be tough
          150 28 WHEN you have two Members of Parliament who are also lawyers on a court case, it is well nigh impossible to fix dates for a court hearing to accommodate both of them. Lawyers for the plaintiffs in Jumabhoy vs Jumabhoy found this out yesterday. The
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          Fancy a Ferrari? Think again
          85 28 HERE are some of the costs of owning a Ferrari. Hong Leong boss Kwek Leng Beng has just sold his relatively unfashionable 512TR model for about $600,000, taking an estimated $300,000 loss for one year of ownership. Apparently, the car only clocked up 5,000 km
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          Market woollies
          136 28 KL-BASED Jupiter Securities has just circulated a tongue-in-the-cheek list of ready-made comments that new brokers can use when explaining market movements to their unknowing clients. Jupiter claims that with its list, "almost any All, Ayappan or Ah Kow" can sound like a top-gun dealer/analyst. For example, when the
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      276 29 Bridge News, Reuter ACTIVITY for Panamaxes aa&iinued at a slow pace, as Charterers and owners Mt« breather, but rates bmfUlrm, brokers said. Baltic Freight Max came in 18 points up t&ij&S, which left a mixed feeling amongst traders pgpcially on the first day af averaging for October settlement.
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      435 29  -  Registry gains 2 million gross tons in short span of 10 months By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] In just five months, the Singapore ship registry has moved up by another million gross tons (gt) to breach the 17 million gt mark,
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      125 29 AFP [BEIJING] Guangzhou, southern China's biggest foreign trade outlet, plans to improve its port facilities to accommodate ships in the 50,000 deadweight tonne (dwt) category by 2005, the official Xinhua news agency reported over the weekend. Huang Guosheng, director of the Guangzhou Port Administration, said
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      194 29 Reuter [TEHERAN] Iran has awarded a US$26O million (*****.6 million) contract to build 10 cargo and passenger vessels to three state-run local firms, Iranian media reported. The deal, between the commerce ministry and the industry ministry, includes six 22,000-tonne cargo vessels, two container
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      248 29 Proposal will |ive greater autonomy to port managements Business Line [NEW DELHI] The Surface Transport Ministry is drawing up a proposal to corporatise all the 11 major port trusts in the country and turn them into companies. The concept, which will be
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      258 29 Journal of Commerce [BEIJING] China is turning to overseas finance in a bid to ensure its exports of ships continue growing at a time of lower value in new orders. A group of 16 international banks recently agreed to a loan package
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        81 29 [SINGAPORE] Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) is offering shipowners an integrated systems certification scheme which will simplify auditing for ISM and ISO 9000, and also give owners the opportunity to demonstrate compliance with the new Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) crew management requirements.
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        67 29 Reuter [LONDON] Cunard Line, the cruise line subsidiary of Norway's Kvaerner ASA, is selling the cruise ship Gripsholm to Saga Holidays for U5519.25 million (5527.l million) in order to sharpen its focus on the top end of the cruise market Gripsholm is currently chartered to Bremen,
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        Lock icon MISC,PIL to call at Napier in NZ
        84 29 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR) Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MISC) and Pacific International Lines (PIL) are adding Napier as a port of call in their joint service to New Zealand. At the same time, service frequency will be improved by one day to 12 days.
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      189 29 [SINGAPORE] The UK's Pro tection and Indemnity (P&I) Club has agreed that a limit of US$4 billion (585.6 billion) be the optimum level for claims other than oil pollution. In a circular put out last week to its members, the club pointed out
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      874 30  -  AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS: SPOTLIGHT ON AIRBUS INDUSTRIE the European consortium faces the challenge to turn from an alliance of aerospace companies into a stand-alone business capable of fighting US aircraft maker Boeing on equal terms Ross Tieman FT Deprived of both a stock market profile and
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        Lock icon Garuda keen on investing further in air cargo
        295 44 Reuter [JAKARTA] Indonesia's national airline Garuda said yesterday it was committed to ftirther investment in the air cargo sector after launching its first cargo flight at the weekend, and was confident of growth potential in the market. Garuda on Sunday unveiled its
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        320 44 AFP [MARSEILLE, France] Air France chairman Christian Blanc hinted in an interview published here yesterday that Air France may acquire the private French airline AOM to counter British Airways' ambitions on French routes. "AOM is nothing like Air Liberte," Mr Blanc
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        Lock icon EU officials visiting US for initial aviation talks
        265 44 Reuter {BRUSSELS] Officials from the European Commission, most of the 15 EU countries and representatives from Europe's airlines will converge on Washington this week for getting-to-know-you open skies talks with US counterparts. While the two-day meeting from tomorrow will be no more
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        399 44 Federal Aviation Administration head aims for goal of zero accidents NYT [CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts] The US airline industry needs to improve its flying safety record to avoid a future public perception "that safety is going to hell in a handbasket", according
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        Lock icon Protest against fuel price increases
        63 44 [MANILA] Public transport drivers parking their jeepneys (mini buses) in a vacant lot in the Manila suburb of Quezon City yesterday after they launched a one-day strike to protest against fuel price increases. The strike stranded thousands of commuters who use the jeepneys—the most popular
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        Lock icon Talks on Fokker deal have a long way to go: Samsung
        238 44 AFP [SEOUL] Negotiations on acquiring aircraft builder Fokker have a long way to go, said South Korea's Samsung Group as both it and the Dutch government aenied a weekend report that an agreement was already on paper. "My understanding
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        288 44 Affordable family car will debut in Jan next yean report AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Toyota Motor Corp said yesterday it would launch its "Asia car" in Thailand early next year, but declined to disclose further details of the project. "We plan to launch the
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        Lock icon CNAC takes over regional China airline
        180 44 AFP [HONGKONG] China National Aviation Corp (CNAC), the controlling shareholder of the Hongkong Dragon Airlines (Dragonair), has acquired a regional Chinese airline, it was reported yesterday. CNAC, which has applied to set up an airline company in Hongkong, has taken control of Zhejiang Airlines,
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        Lock icon Rolls-Royce plans to sell several businesses: report
        187 44 Reuter [LONDON] Rolls-Royce pic is planning a reorganisation which will involve selling many of its remaining industrial power operations and its materials-handling business, according to the Sunday Times newspaper. The newspaper said chief executive John Rose wanted to focus resources on the company's
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          83 44 [SINGAPORE] Hongkong-based Dragonair has announced planes to expand its all-Airbus fleet by acquiring up to iL eight more aircraft from the consortium's new generation'' product line. The carrier has signed a contract for the purchase of two single-aisle A32Qs and an option of five more,
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          Lock icon Ford car promotion
          57 44 Reuter [SHANGHAI] Shanghai people fill in a form in which they guess the number of footballs in a red Ford car (background). If you guess correctly, you win a Ford gold coin worth s,oooyuan (*****). A Chinese agent of Fbrt Motor Co is using this as a
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          Lock icon Honda-SIEL to launch City model in'97
          82 44 AFX-Asia [BOMBAY] Honda-SIEL Cars India Ltd, a joint venture sg. between Honda Motor Co Ltd and the SkkiharthShriram 5| group, will launch its 1.3 litre City model in November next year, the Financial Express quoted Honda SIEL president and chief executive TerooFujisaki as saying.
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          Lock icon Turkey to build 2nd airport in Istanbul
          84 44 Reuter [ISTANBUL]-Turkey is to build a second international airport in Istanbul within the next two years and has secured the necessary financing for the project The state-run Anatolian news agency said last week quoted Deputy Prime Minister Tansu Ciller as saying that the
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