The Business Times, 13 November 1996

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  • 13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 Sf SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1996
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  • 643 1  -  Move to beef np corporate governance rules and avoid repeat of Amcol affair By] R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore has spelt out detailed and wide-ranging rules governing audit committees and the appointment of external auditors that will beef up its
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  • 468 1  -  Rise follows news of recovery in US Oct semiconductor orders By, Jennifer Lien (SINGAPORE] Electronics stocks rose yesterday as news of a sharp recovery in the US semiconductor book-to-bill ratio pointed to healthier-than-expected orders for the Christmas season. But observers remain cautious about the
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  • 339 1  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong EVEN Superman needs a break. Billionaire Li Ka-shing, who heads Hongkong-listed conglomerates Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa Limited, has indicated plans to shift to a lower gear from 1998 and leave his huge business empire to younger managers. The
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  • 378 1  -  Spare parts distributor tops active list, closes at 94.5 cents By I Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Kian Ann Engineering set a record for new listings yesterday when it shot up 58 per cent on its market debut. The latest entrant to the
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    • 126 1 maiDH ■■■I ■I I M "fl I I SM Lee taftoored Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew was yesterday conferred the 1996 Architect of the New Century Award in Washington DC by the Nixon Center of Peace and Freedom, 9|t this pg. Obvious presence of ready sellers Likely to cap rise.
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    • 154 1 MORE REPORTS, Pf 20 Lawyers, aoooantants taken by surprise Rewards, penalties must be clearly spelled out l J I* 1 V m 1 r V WV■II fl v I" 1 mm m K"V M m. t fl 1 EL B Begin your oww tradition. The Patek Philippe men's Calatrava ref.
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 502 2  -  Market watchers stumped, many had expected volume to be dewn by at least 20% By Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] In sharp contrast to the private housing market which laboured under the impact of the stiff measures in May to curb speculation, HDB resale
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    • 210 2 [SINGAPORE] Diversified construction group Koh Brothers today soft-launches The Sierra apartment project in the Holland Road area and is offering a Mercedes Benz E2OO with COE as a lucky draw prize to woo buyers. Prices for the 947-year leasehold units ranging between 635 sq
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    • 615 2 NiXM Caster honours ktaas Architect «f the New Century AMERICA]* enterprise will reap rich rewards in East Asia if the US remains engaged in Asia in the 21st Century, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said on Monday.
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    • 301 2  -  E7E ON THE ECONOMY GDP By Anna Teo WHEN the Ministry of Trade Industry announced last week its revised full-year economic growth estimate of around 6 per cent, the rough and ready estimate of Q4 growth was thought to be 1.9 per cent or
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    • 432 2  -  Group banking on Chinese-language printer taking off in China next year By, Audrey Tan PRINTRONIX Inc. maker of business and industrial printers, is looking to an annual growth rate of 300 per cent for its Asia-Pacific sales. Robert Kleist, president and chief executive
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    • 423 4  -  An independent {Biididite M|> little to political process, he says Reports by Chuang Peck Ming BUSINESSMAN Chia Shi Teck, who last week unveiled his plan to contest die coming general election with a team of independent candidates, should go all the way and form
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    • 104 4 [SINGAPORE] Mobil Oil Singapore over the weekend installed a key component in its US$25O million (Ss3so million) lubricant base oil plant being built at its Jurong refinery. The lube base oil plant, to be completed by mid-1997, will enable Mobil to cater to the rising
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    • 473 4 TWO veteran grassroots activists and a Malay journalist were the latest PAP new faces unveiled yesterday. Below is a snapshot of their backgrounds, political aspirations and concerns: Ang Mong Seng, 47, has been involved in grassroots work for two decades. A graduate from the former
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    • 485 4  -  Growth in building workers not matched by number of supervisors MOL Reports by\ Siow Li Sen A SHORTAGE of supervisors on worksites due to the rapid growth of the construction industry has resulted in a high number of fatal accidents this year,
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    • 205 4 A SHORTFALL of safety officers on construction sites has been exacerbated by the high failure rate of those doing the required safety officer training course, said Ministry of Labour officials. Of the mofs than 400 worksites registered With the MOL which require either
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    • NEWS Roundup
      • 79 4 [SINGAPORE] A freehold industrial building in Sims Avenue will be launched on Nov 18 at prices ranging from $750 per sq ft to $1,100 psf for units between 1,680 and 2,360 sq ft in size. The building was developed by Eagle-Indo Land
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
    • 554 5  -  TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT By Naresh Verma [SINGAPORE] NEW HIGHS are the norm on the Canadian stockmarket, where there is nothing to suggest it is toppish and that the strong momentum will abate. Such strong upmoves, where money multiplies with ease, have a tendency to lull
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    • 178 5 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Equity mutual fluids sold in the US attracted cash at close to a record pace in the days following last Tuesday's election, according to Mutual Fund Trim Tabs, a research group that tracks fund inflows. An estimated US$2.5
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    • 492 5  -  By, Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] The problem of Ctesia, which is generally considered a good company can be summarised as thus would investors prefer a company that sells Guess? and Gucci compared to one that sells Prince and Caterpillar?
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 360 6 KUALA LUMPUR Amount's less than a third of govt forecast; one analyst says he expects surplus Bloomberg Business News MALAYSIA will likely chalk up a trade deficit this year that's less than a third the size of its official forecasts, economists said.
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    • 183 6 KUALA LUMPUR AFP HUMAN rights groups yesterday led criticism of die clampdown in Malaysia of a conference on East Timor, saying it had blotted the country's rights record. Amnesty International said it was "appalling" that Malaysian police had "stood back" and allowed members of
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    • 307 6 KUALA LUMPUR West trying to starve developing nations of investments, he says AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday reaffirmed his bid to keep nontrade issues out of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) ministerial meeting in Singapore next month. "We want
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    • 112 6 BANGKOK Reuter THE Thai cabinet approved a tax treaty with the United States which is to be signed during an official visit by US President Bill Clinton later this month, the acting finance minister said yesterday. "The treaty will be signed later this month
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    • NOTE Book
      • 54 6 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday the government was willing to help national power company Tenaga Nasional Bhd explore investment opportunities overseas. But Tenaga will first have to give priority to enhancing its service efficiency in the country, he
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      • 71 6 AFP [BANGKOK] Unocal Thailand said yesterday exploration drilling this year of 11 wells in the Gulf of Thailand had turned up commercial gas reserves as well as a new field. "As a result of this successful exploration programme... we can expect that the wells
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      • 57 6 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] V ietnam will consider any foreign company interested in participating in its power development projects, Electricity of Vietnam chairman Thai Phung Ne said. Between 19% and 2000, Vietnam's investment capital needs for its power generation and network development programme was estimated at
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      • 34 6 AFP [HANOI] Delegates to Vietnam's National Assembly wrapped up their second session of the year yesterday after a month dominated by debates on corruption and criticism of government policies. —AFP
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    • 216 6 MANILA AFP THE Philippines is to cut import tariffs to 5 per cent by 2004 as part of its commitment to free trade in the Asia-Pacif-ic Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum. Apec members have submitted individual action plans on free trade and investment which
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  • CHINA – HONGKONG – TAIWAN
    • 510 7 WASHINGTON ■btttefauMMlTS farm products seen tied to coming textile trade talks Bloomberg Business News CLINTON administration officials said they view China's threat of sanctions on US fruit, alcoholic beverages and other exports as a negotiating tactic tied to coming textile trade talks. The Chinese
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    • 186 7 WASHINGTON Reuter CHINA was rehearsing for a possible future all-out invasion of Taiwan during war games that overshadowed the island's first democratic presidential vote in March, the US Navy's intelligence office concluded in a study. The Office of Naval Intelligence assessed the March 8 to 25
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    • 273 7 BEIJING Bloomberg Business News OHINA's lowest inflation rate in almost five years won't precipitate lower interest rates, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing an unnamed central bank spokesman. "Judging from the present economic and financial situation, we can say that the two rate
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    • 124 7 HONGKONG AFP THE Hongkong assembly, in an unusual move, yesterday announced a three-week period of public consultation in a bkl to prod China into changing laws governing the Chinese military garrison that wiD be stationed here after July 1. >. The
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    • 130 7 HARROGATE, England Reuter HONGKONG governor Chris Patten said on Monday that he could not "say hand on heart that we have made any progress on enhancing the rights of the colony's ethnic minorities to settle in Britain". Mr Patten said there had been no
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    • 280 7 TAIPEI High-level meeting* laying ground for progress on rows Bloomberg Business New (TAIPEI] US-China ties are poised to improve in 1997, with a flurry of high-level meetings laying the groundwork for progress on economic disputes, a former US ambassador to Beijing said.
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  • ASIA
    • 230 10 ji CANBERRA' Reuter AUSTRALIAN business expectations for the next year Improved in the December Quarter, while current business conditions remained subdued, a survey found. "The results of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (ACCI) national survey of business expectations show there has been an' increase
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    • 470 10 TOKYO drops reference to worrying factors, focuses in bright aspects of economy Reuter THE Japanese government brightened its assessment of the economy yesterday, moving "half a'step forward" with a positive picture of gradual recovery following a torpid summer. In its monthly report
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    • ASIA Notes
      • 102 10 AFP [TOKYO) Japan's Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto »ald yesterday he was not aware of the receipt of any political donations from prominent oil broker Junichi Izui who was arrested last week on tax evasion charges.'lam not acquainted with him," he was quoted as telling reporters
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      • 58 10 AFP [DHAKA] Two conglomerates including foreign and firms have signed contracts with the government to set up cellular telephone operations In Bangladesh, ofElelals said yesterday. The new competitors will break a monopoly In the sector held since lflWby the Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Ltd. a conglomerate
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      • 55 10 AFP [NEWDELHI] A dengue epidemic which has killed over 300 people in the capital is on the decline, an official said yesterday. "Hje worst is over and there have been no new patients for the last two days," said BK Dash, spokesman for All India
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      • 76 10 AFP (DHAKA} Bangladesh authorities yesterday threatened st iff punishment against firms who flaunt a ban on the promotion of consumer goods through lotteries. "The government has advised industrial and business concerns j to abstain from organising lotteries, lucky draws as these are punishable under the Bangladesh
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      • 62 10 AFP [TOKYO] The Japanese government a®reed yeeterday to set up 10 projects aimed at revitalising the economy of Okinawa, a group of islands in southern Japan. The islandyrtmain heavily dependent on the UnrtsdStates military Among the proposals are the expansion of a j free-trade
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    • 208 10 mTOKYO AFP FEDERATION of Bankers Associations of Japan chairman Shunsaku Hashimoto said yesterday he supported plans by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto for ftirther financial sector "I hate similar concerns that Tokyo maAsta-atirbe isolated in tha globalisation of financial markefr," the federation chairman said. "I think
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    • 151 10 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea's economic winter could begin to thaw In the third quarter of 1997, the state-funded Korea Development Bank said in a report yesterday. The country's crucial industries including semiconductors, petrochemicals and steel, would see an overall recovery late next
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    • 131 10 GUWAHATI, India Reuter INDIA plans to recover huge amounts of Mack money that virtually shores up a parallel economy in the country to help ease the government's cash crunch, a senior planning commission official said yesterday. Madhu Dandavate, deputy chairman of
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  • FOCUS
    • 1897 12  -  THE CHALLENGE FACING THE JAPANESE ECONOMY The Japanese need to make massive changes, not just economic but also social and cultural, in the post-bubble period in order to cope with the 21st Century Reports by' Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] WHEN a group of Asian economic journalists
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    • 513 12 Emergence of strong Asian companies seen as key reason A KEY aspect of restructuring in the postbubble period has involved the disintegration of the old keiretsu system under which Japanese manufacturers would purchase components only from other Japanese companies with whom they had
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  • THE WORLD
    • 502 13 WASHINGTON Mo change expected fir next 3-6 months as inflation is tame and growth subdued Bloomberg Business News INVESTORS, usually on pins and needles in the days before Federal Reserve policy meetings, see no reason for that this time. This time
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    • 305 13 GENEVA Reuter THE United States, the world's largest trading nation, must keep its markets open and resist pressures at home to take unilateral trade measures, a report by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said yesterday. A liberal and predictable US market
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    • 299 13 PARIS Report urges Fed to remain vigilant in controlling inflation AFP THE United States seems headed for continued moderate growth up to the end of 1997 with inflation remaining low, although monetary poli-cy-makers should remain "vigilant", the OECD said yesterday. The Organisation for Economic
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    • 60 13 [HAMBURG] A municipal worker on Monday steering a small convoy of boats carrying swans from Hamburg's Alster Lake to their winter quarters at the Hamburg-Eppendorf mills lake The annual operation, in which some 110 swans were moved to their temporary home during the colder season,
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    • 394 13 NEW DELHI AFP AROUND 350 passengers were feared killed here yesterday after a Boeing 747 Saudia airliner collided in mid-air with a Kazakh Airlines plane near the Indian capital, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. Civil aviation sources said the
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    • 379 14 LONDON vows to fight against court rating limiting working week to 48 hoars AFP, Bloomberg Business News, Reuter THE European Court of Justice ruled yesterday that Britain must accept a European Union plan limiting the working week to a maximum 48 hours, the court
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    • 239 14 UNITED NATIONS AFP THE complex process to elect a new secretary-general for the United Nations started yesterday amid tensions marked by firm US opposition to re-election of Boutros Bou-tros-Ghall and France's threat to veto any non-Francophone candidate. In recent months, Egypt, France,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 761 15  -  THB BOTTOM LDfB OPINION By Loh Hui Yin The writer is BT's Bangkok correspondent POLITICAL analysts are busy. With less than a week to Thailand's general election on Sunday, they are trying to work out how the different political alliances are likely to come
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    • 138 15 'I don't believe (the allegations) are true. I think females are throwing themselves at the drill sergeants.' Bnwn military trainee, 31, on the investigation ofallegations qf rape ft and sexual harassment offemale recruits at aUS army camp. 'We think publishing the full translation Jjo w is appropriate
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    • 581 15 EDITORIAL THE unexpected and dramatic announcement by Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto that Tokyo intends to fully deregulate its financial markets with a "Big Bang" similar to those in New York and London met with predictable scepticism, given Japan's past failure to implement reforms. But
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    • 1114 15  -  President Suharto ends tension with NU, Indonesia's largest Muslim welfare group By I S N Vasuki The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent THE meeting was organised at the very last minute. Abdurrahman Wahid, charismatic chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Muslim welfare organisation, was supposed
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    • 849 15 Focus 01 the long term THE Singapore Government, the trade and commerce sectors, and economists feel the manufacturing sector's poor performance is basically a cyclical event. In other words, everyone agrees the current difficulties are not a result of structural problems in Singapore's economy or its
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 613 16  -  Qiu Deshu's works have taken traditional Chinese painting into unexplored ground, xola lens reports IOLA LENZI THE term "Assuring" conjures up visions of rugged natural terrain scarred with crevices and crags; or perhaps an ill-maintained road buckled by dramatic changes in weather patterns. When the term
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    • 603 16  -  ■THEATRE Comedy suffers from little humour and a shallow script By Corinne Kerk [SINGAPORE] Let's face it, $2.4 million is a lot of money. It's also the kind of windfall some lucky folks together with like-minded neighbours get for selling their crummy old apartments
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    • 1375 18 PEOPLE Her latest film Li a throwback to romantic comedies she made in 70s NYT [BEVERLY HILLS] Ever since she sat in front of a backstage mirror as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl and self-deprecatingly drawled,"Hello, gawjuss," Barbra Streisand has in one
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 357 19  -  Move to buy 70% of company privately owned by Cam Int'l fhairmtn By] Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Listed Tuan Sing Holdings has agreed to buy a majority stake in a large Shelford Road property project which is privately owned by the chairman
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    • 472 19  -  Possible new moves include restructuring of company and building up fafld hank By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Property group Malayan Credit Ltd (MCL) is poised for a rejuvenation with several changes lined up including the appointment of new managing director Lim Ee Seng. Industry sources told
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    • 194 19 [SINGAPORE] Straits Steamship Land and Far East Levingston Shipbuilding are selling their respective 20 per cent stakes in Keppel Telecom. SSL and Fels, both members of the Keppel group, signed a conditional sale and purchase agreement yesterday with fellow Keppel subsidiary
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    • 249 19 [SINGAPORE] Food and beverage manufacturer Pokka Corporation (Singapore) yesterday said it intends to exercise an option to purchase sister company Pokka Food (Singapore) from its Japanese parent Pokka Corporation. An extraordinary general meeting will be held before the option expires on Sep
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    • 320 19  -  Some see economy bottoming ont and say property dip is lower than expected By Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Property stocks rose yesterday on sentiment that the worst is over for the residential property sector and the economy, analysts said. The SES Properties
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    • 194 19 [SINGAPORE] Alliance Securities has revised upwards its earnings growth forecast for the Big Four banks from 12 to 13 per cent this year, compared with last year's 10 per cent. A recent report by Alliance Securities said that despite weaker sentiment in the
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    • 196 19  -  By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore was halted 35 minutes before the usual spm close yesterday due to technical problems with the computerised trading system. It is unclear what the problems were, but a spokesperson for the
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    • FOCUS
      • 538 20  -  MEW RULES FOR AUDITORS AMD AUDIT COMMITTEES By R Sivanithy, Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] LAWYERS and accountants expressed surprise yesterday at just how apparently far-reaching and onerous the new corporate governance rules announced by the Stock Exchange of Singapore are. Some were also uncertain how
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      • 320 20 (SINGAPORE] The audit committee of a listed company will from next financial year be required to submit a report which the stock exchange hopes will promote greater accountability to shareholders. Under amendments to the listing manual announced yesterday, the report by the audit committee will be
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      • 408 20  -  Most independent directors eligible but may be hesitant By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Most current independent directors will qualify to sit on audit committees given the stock exchange's rather "broad" definition of what constitutes an independent director, said observers. But those qualified may not
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      • 438 20  -  By\ Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The audit partner responsible for the external audit of a listed company's accounts will be named in the annual report under latest amendments to promote corporate governance. A new clause 9805 said the listed issuer shall disclose
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      • 683 20  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih COMING just four months after Amcol Holdings collapsed with a bang, the Stock Exchange of Singapore's revised guidelines on audit committees, independent directors and other issues of corporate governance raise a number of interesting questions. For
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 87 21 [SINGAPORE] Lum Chang shareholders will meet on Nov 37 to approve the company' t Joint venture purchase with Singapore Press Holdings of The Promenade building in Orchard Road. At $270.9 million, the purchase price represents about 91 per cent of Lum Chang's net assets
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        • 51 21 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Circuit printed board maker Elec Eltek has restructured its management to better position itself in the fast-chanatas information technology market. New appointments include farmer senior vice-president of finance and administration Canice Chung as chief executive officer and Johnny Ng as vice-president of corporate control and
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        • 26 21 [SINGAPORE] Chevalier Singapore Holdings has bought a freehold terraced industrial building at Genting Lane for $11.5 million from Pour Seas Realty Holdings.
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        • 56 21 [SINGAPORE] Locally listed Pan Pacific Public Co has agreed to buy an additional 100,000 ordinary shares of $1 each in the capital of Channel KTV at $4.97 each. This is in addition to the one m illion convertible preference shares which it
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        • 45 21 [SINGAPORE] Parkway Holdings said yesterday that 5.97 million of its warrants which expired on Nov 7 were exorcised at $1.35 each, raising its total Issued and paid-up capital to $152.79 million. It added that2B,ooo of the 1906 warrants remained unexercised.
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        • 17 21 [SINGAPORE] Parkway Holdings subsidiary Gleneagles Hospital has incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary, Gleneagles Radiology Consultants.
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      • 251 21 Jardine retail anit cautious about expansion there SCMP [HONGKONG] The Jardine group's retail arm, Dairy Farm International, is losing money on its China operations, according to newly appointed Asia regional director Gene Auerbach. Mr Auerbach, who took charge in September, gave a pessimistic
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      • 289 21 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malayan United Industries Bhd (MUI) yesterday proposed a one-for-two rights issue and revised a special share issue for ethnic Malays to raise a total M 51.063 billion (Sss9o million). The proposals would increase and strengthen the capital base of the group to
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      • 333 21  -  It hopes to raise market share to 50% with new $7.6 m centre at Bnkit Batok By( Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted vehicle inspector Vicom aims to raise its market share to 50 per cent from the current 3540 per cent with the start-up
        Source: Bloomberg  -  333 words
      • 358 21 Bernama (KUALA LUMPUR] AMMB Holdings Bhd reported a 43.60 per cent rise in its unaudited group pre-tax profit to M 5433.39 million (*****.5 million) for the half-year ended Sep 30 from M 5301.61 million in the previous corresponding period. The company said
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      • 232 21  -  From Surinder Singh in Sydney AUSTRALIAN listed company Pacific Dunlop announced here yesterday that its subsidiary, Ansell International, had won a Asl2o million (SSI32 million) contract to supply surgical and examination gloves to a US firm. The five-year contract is between Ansell and
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    • REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 313 22 AFP, Reuter [NEW DELHI] The Indian government has backed a plan to revamp scandal-hit tobacco firm ITC Ltd, a newspaper rePorted yesterday. The Business Standard said the scheme had been put forward by British American Tobacco (BAT) and India's state-run financial institutions,
        AFP,; Reuter  -  313 words
      • 469 22 Reuter [SYDNEY] Rupert Murdoch's global media group, The News Corp Ltd, yesterday reported an 8.1 per cent fall in net profit for the first quarto- of 1996/97, in stark contrast to market expectations of a healthy rise. But analysts said Mr
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      • 265 22 Microprocessor with 500 MHz speed first product from tie-op AFP, Reuter [SEOUL] South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co (SEC) and Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) of the US have jointly developed the world's fastest microprocessor, SEC said yesterday. The microprocessor had a speed of 500 megahertz,
        AFP,; Reuter  -  265 words
      • 345 22 Analysts expect new group, with over 360b francs in revenue, to trigger other consolidations Bloomberg Business News Reuter [PARIS] French insurers Axa SA and Union des Assurances de Paris SA (UAP) said they agreed to combine in a move that will
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      • 48 22 [VEVEY, Switzerland] Members of the environmental organisation Greenpeace hanging on ropes at the facade of the Nestle headquarters in Vevey on Monday, unfolding a giant banner during their protest against the processing and use of genetically engineered food by the Nestle group. AFP
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      • 296 22 Bloomberg Business News [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Telekom's initial public offering will cost about 900 million deutschemarks (SsB43 million), half of which will go to the banks selling the shares, the state-owned phone company said in a revised prospectus. In addition,
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      • 425 22 HE power firm to appeal to govt after it is asked to delay capacity expansion Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Shares in China Light k Power Co, the territory's biggest power producer, posted their steepest decline in eight months after the government asked it to
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      • 235 22 Bloomberg Business News [SHANGHAI] The Shanghai Stock Exchange told domestic investors to nominate foreign proxies if they want to keep trading hard-currency Bshares, a mild first step in a long-expected crackdown, traders said. The benchmark Shanghai B-Share Index surged on the news, rising 1.4
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 385 23 SnmitaM acorns niTTi oi fraud through ffwiping mmactioo Reuter, AFP {TOKYO] Former star copper trader Yasuo Hamanaka was indicted on forgery charges yesterday, while his former employer Sumitomo Corp accused him of committing fraud in connection with a US$2.6 billion (553.6 billion) trading scandal. Sumitomo
        Reuter,; AFP  -  385 words
      • 450 23  -  Frndtecapftatifleoii merger of two CPF UVMtDHDt By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] DBS Asset Management (DBSAM) yesterday announced the launch of the Central Provident Fundapproved Shenton Asian Opportunities Fund (SAOF). Hie fund will take advantage of Asia's strong economic growth as well as capitalise on the
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      • 322 23 Bloomberg Business News [TAlPEl] Moody's Investors Service said it may cut the credit ratings of three of Taiwan's biggest banks as the slowest economic growth in six years drives bad loans to record highs. First Commercial Bank, Hua Nan Commercial Bank and
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      • 417 24 But sources doubt market can compote with Singapore, HK Reuter [TOKYO] Japan is expected to lift controls on stock-related derivatives as part of a drive to free up its financial markets, but industry sources have doubts about whether the products can really take
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      • 401 24 It's trying to raise as much as US$L5b for private equity investments Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Lehman Brothers, as part of its effort to raise long-term earnings, is returning to merchant banking and setting out to raise as much as US$l.5 billion (Ss2.l billion)
        Bloomberg Business News; Source: Bloomberg  -  401 words
      • 254 24 NYT. [NEW YORK] In an attempt to bolster the public's confidence in financial audits, its version of the Good Housekeeping seal of approval, the accounting industry is expected to adopt yesterday a new standard aimed at clarifying the auditor's role in detecting fraud. The
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      • 241 24 [SINGAPORE] The local arm of UK insurance giant Prudential Corp pic has committed Ss2s million to a group fund that will make direct investments in emerging Asian markets. In a statement from Beijing yesterday, Prudential Corp said it had set a
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      • 252 24 STMHX Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures rebounded yesterday, partially reversing for the first time big losses triggered by comments by Japan's "Mr Yen" last week. Dealers said the rally, which had pushed June Euroyen futures up 10 ticks to a high of 99.19
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      • 157 24 Reuter London THE dollar recovered from two-month lows against the mark as Bundesbank council member Hans-Juergen Krupp said he believed "a stronger dollar might be more appropriate". The dollar had also softened against the yen in recent days on the belief US rates are on hold and the
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      • 307 24 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [BAGHDAD] Iraq said yesterday its oil installations were ready to export oil as soon as an oil-for-food deal signed with United Nations was put into effect. "The oil ministry is ready to market Iraqi crude oil immediately after the implementation
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    • 1482 25 8I00M FUTURES Nov 12 MM (tatam timtm U»>M> ISS1 CONTRACT;* CtoM MM 0»M Month U» tiH (totw*) tatorwt oursr tso.25 "5» JM 97 113.90 O50 FM97 185.00 *25 Mar 97 506.75 186.75 186.75 50 »50 Apr/Jon 97 117.75 3600 97 188.75 4410 Oct/Dtc 97 B9.25 KS 3 CONTRACT
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    • 2087 25 LOMOOH Baatt 9mm AS fortj 268.400 2.400 Attoy National 646 unch AMadDomacq 4S4 -M Amoc 99 -2 Asda Group H9 *.600 •ATM 42* *6 MCC 299.400 unch BOC Group 855 *4 8R Potraiaum 687 6.600 •m 239.400 -4 Bank at Scotland 277.400 *1400 Barclays 9S1 *7400 BUI
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    • 1532 25 Reuter Qawa ****** STOCKS ended on a firm note yesterday, cheered on by the bull run on Wall Street and strong US semiconductor data. Brokers said that the market was also supported psychologically by signs that the domestic economy was not really as feeble as thought by some. At
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      1516 26 AFX-Asia PI Hang Sen* *3146 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday, finishing above the key resistance level of 12,800 points for the first time, led by rotational buying in blue-chip property stocks in the afternoon session, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed up 34.45 points at a record 12,806.31
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      619 26 Reuter FlSheniheoß Share lain +QJB THE Shenzhen B market closed slightly higher in slow trading yesterday on light buying after steady declines over the past few sessions. The B Index gained 0.18 point to 88.98 on turnover of HK514.64 million. Despite the rise, market sentiment remained fragile, with little
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    • 249 26 Bloomberg Business News QWeSingtoo -425 SHARES were mixed yesterday. Telecom fell ahead of its first-half results on concerns over its loss-making Pacific Star unit The 40-share Index fell 4.25 points to 2,325.80. ■Nit us room ANZ Banking U( ♦O.OI 1*318 AOvantagai HW«i 1-27 unci) ***** Air Naw Zealand (A)
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      788 26 AFP HSCTMai +C4O SHARE prices closed higher yesterday on bargain hunting and short-term speculative trading ahead of Sunday's general election, brokers said. "Investors who bought shares today seemed to be betting on the result of the election," said a trader. The SET Index rose 6.40 points to 953.68. Turnover
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    • 363 26 AFP MOnmitehig +23ifl SHARE prices jumped 3.2 per cent yesterday amid increasing expectations that the government would soon take measures to support the ailing stock market, dealers said. The Composite Index rose 23.01 points to 752.54. Turnover was a weak 28.1 million shares worth 399 billion won. Risers beat
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    • 605 26 AFP PAD Ortotriai -14J SHARE prices fell yesterday, with key industrial and banking stocks the main culprits. The All Ordinaries Index dropped 14.6 points to 2,343.5. Turnover was 346.7 million shares worth A 5664.5 million. The banking index fell 40.4 points to 3,825.4, led down by Westpac which lost
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    • Article, Illustration
      722 26 AFP Q Composite latex -4.08 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday on profit-taking among heavyweight stocks after strong gains last week. "There was profit-taking across the board. We should see a little more of this up to Thursday," said a trader. The JSE Composite Index fell 4.08 points to 507.06.
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    • 274 26 AFP Q Manila +M 7 SHARE prices closed fractionally higher yesterday as foreign investors stayed out of the market and locals concentrated on second-liners. The Composite Index added 0.77 point to 3,047.74. Turnover was 18.59 billion shares worth 2.582 billion pesos. Petron Corp rose 10 centavos to 8.60 and
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 7701 27 AFX-Asia Fl Composite Index ♦9.61 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday with Tenaga Nasional leading a blue chip rally which boosted the index, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed up 9.61 points at 1,189.21 on volume 0f302.6 million shares worth M 52.42 billion. The Second Board
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
      • 203 28  -  WARRANT WATCH By Paul Leo WITH property counters leading the local stock market higher yesterday, investors may do well to look at their warrants to get a better leverage. One such warrant is that of United Overseas Land, which rose 8.5 cents to 78
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      • 3385 28 wWiKMWi ■>——w lllx i_„t V*4 Day LmI 0—t« *»1 u, stiw Company M *01- (000) Hl«h Lot 8«yo» *o«or Prlco M 47 m 1000 m AM08 c5.5%*****6 50 5 t? 35 SI 39 3160 *Acor ******1USS 483 KM 86.5 3164 Acma ******4 90.5 *2.5 67 91 68 90 91 86
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    • 1905 28 MALAYSIAN STOCKS <■ J Or o (996 LMl Vai Day LMtOHto »«<»»* "Cap H9» L— c.mpar W» rooo) w» t— 8»»af «*> cv w 625 MO msSOOO AB850C 4»cd imch 1 490 4» 4» <5 55 03 8*9 4204 119 84 ms 5001 AM0650C 92-5 H 173 94
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
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      • 4334 29 Or Or M «tt mm Last Voi 0*7 Lm< Ouota ON OK YM JM C* *5 Mm. L~ mill I Saio (000) Hm» Low mgm «—f Cw %_JP/t industrials 5146 ASC NTSK) 200 US- III QtLO "S2 *5 1258 *^Sfi > 00 }£Sy unch IS 176 176 177
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      • 889 29 Or Or M Wt ItN LMt VM Oa* LaalOaata 09» 09» YH MM Caa A«8 hi» L— wm Cinn «n roow l— »r» »—>r c*w Pit W maa fffffftC 2*9 OS 8 2000 AMHMaiSc W IS* 197 193 <«S 106 1.0 142 0.1 115.6 92.3 194 M H 2049
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        78 30  -  bfl Paul Leo THERE seems to be a battle near the resistance level at $1. 70 for Keppel Finance. Nearly all of the volume over the last two trading days was done at $1.68. But judging by the technical factors, the buyer is likely to be the victor.
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      • 898 30  -  STOCK MAUBT COMMENTARY Dealers say the STII could have ended higher If not for a technical hitch which halts trading in the last half an hour By Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] Local stocks, led by property counters, rose for the fourth consecutive trading
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 73 30 WHO owns the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore? The answer can be found in the eight-foot bronze sculpture fronting the hotel. Looking from the lobby outwards, it looks exactly like the Chinese pictogram "Ong". Ong, of course, is the surname of hotelier Ong Beng Seng, whose Hotel
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        • 111 30 SOCGEN-CROSBY has assembled a new Malaysia research team after the old one was obliterated by a series of departures. But its ability to woo the new members has come at the expense of other firms like Prime East, Kim Eng Securities, Peregrine and Rashid Hussain. The
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        • 112 30 AS FAR as anyone knows, Indonesian businessman Johannes Kotjo became interested in football only three months ago when he put in a sponsorship for the Balestier Central Football Club. Now Mr Kotjo is said to be interested in buying the Nottingham Forest Football Club. His timing
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        • 69 30 NO SOONER has America found its first Chinese governor in Washington state it is now rumoured that it would soon get its first Chinese Cabinet officer. Talk is Professor Chang-Lin Tien, the chancellor of University of California at Berkeley, would be asked by his good
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        • 104 30 OWNERS of a newly-opened manufacturing plant in Victoria, Australia were disappointed recently when the local media foiled to pick up news of its plant opening on Nov 6, or the fact that it was officiated by Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett. Instead, the TV stations and papers ran
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    • 28 29 For real-time stock information, call Quickstock on 1900-913-0003 at 30 cents a minute. Stock numbers are available in the stock pages of The Business Times and Lianhe Zaobao.
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 254 31 Bridge News Reuter WITH holidays in various places around the world trading was quiet on the freight market, although flie tone remained firm. Tbe Baltic Freight Index on Monday Increased by a further 2S pototstostand at lytt/The •wftoKl* ft) hrtintrel QBuPBIiM* fixtures TiWßi There was an ineraaee in
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    • 325 31  -  It says the bill will attract more foreign ffhipg to Australia From Jerzy Farynski in Sydney THE Maritime Union of Australia has written an open letter to members bf parliament protesting against provisions in the industrial relations bill that it says not
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    • 321 31 Reuter [LONDON] Bigger demand than was expected for grain and minerals in Asia's booming economies has caused a spectacular recovery in world freight rates, after they had collapsed only a few weeks ago to the lowest in a decade. The cost
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    • 589 31  -  STRAIT TALE By I Seafarer SOME weeks ago Greenpeace was referred to in this column when Seafarer reflected on the need for professionalism when mounting protests at sea. That comment was made in the light of tragic goings-on, involving inexperienced protesters, in the
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    • 303 31  -  Law can lead to fairer trading environments From David Hughes tn London DESPITE the recent decision by the European Commission to fine several ferry companies for alleged price fixing, shipowners have been told they can use European Union competition law to
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    • 60 31 [NEW YORK] Carnival Cruise Lines'new USs4oomillion (S$S66 million) Carnival Destiny, the largest cruise shipper constructed, arrives in New Yorkpast the Statmof Liberty on Monday, /bra series tfiftaugithil activities. Theflrst cruise ship to exceedlol,ooo gross tons, Carnival Destiny accommodates a maximum of3,4oopassengers, is HlkPom?ikil9kinm of
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    • 223 31 [WASHINGTON! The United* States has not set a deadline for deciding on whether to im>| pose sanctions on Japanese* freighters in retaliation for Ja-I pan's regulations on the use off its ports. "There's no deadline to de-. cide," the official of
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