The Business Times, 3 December 1996

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04(V12/ 1 95 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    Lock icon Race hots up for S'pore's second telecom licence
    517 1  -  SP and Singapore Technologies join at least 10 other hopefuls By, Jennifer Lien, Toh Han Shih ALLAN [SINGAPORE] The competition for Singapore's second telecom licence is hotting up, with Singapore Power (SP) and Singapore Technologies (ST) joining at least 10 other companies
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    Dr Hu asking for $11.4b interim budget
    391 1  -  By i Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Finance Minister Richard Hu yesterday asked Parliament to approve an interim budget totalling $11.4 billion in case the general election is not held in time for the 1997 budget. But he said the sum, covering government spending
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    Taiwan's KMT to transfer US$30m HK assets to S'pore
    359 1  -  From, Bruce Cheesman in Taipei TAIWAN'S ruling party, Kuomintang (KMT), is transferring its assets of around US$3O million (Ss42 million) in Hongkong to Singapore. "The KMT is concerned that China could take political retaliation (when it assumes sovereignty over Hongkong next
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    Lock icon Preparing a world stage
    44 1 [SINGAPORE] HeUr J y Mof wvnad Yassin, 16, works on a catwalk beneath WTO banners at Suntec Convention Centrv mh*r» the first-ever ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation will be held next week. Centre where the SIEW YAW HOONG
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    GIC incurred losses in Rockefeller firm
    338 1  -  iTptre seeking ta recover lone* linked to possible wrongdoing by sacked MDtDrEo By< Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has suffered losses in its investments made through a Hongkong asset management company, Finance Minister Richard Hu said yesterday in
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      98 1 atgoß H I II I am Sutata^ An analysis of the odds fbr the PAP and the Opposition in the coming general election, Pg 6 jttWSYAIPIf WfeF*pJ»B4ftt»B3 m*mi**,pgis. Speculative forces at work. ♦lhillMhartiMh UJ\pg!S. No signs of recovery. Company returned net earnings of 5J26.9 miflion in 1991 am9%pgi& Could tempt
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      4 1 Parliament brief*, Pg 2
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Work on Changi Airport's third terminal to take off next year
      486 2  -  tPmstraction to be completed in 2003; ready for operations £■2004 Ang Wan May WORK on a $1.5 billion project £$> build a third terminal at Airport will start next Tyaar even though the two exiting terminals are not expected
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      Lock icon Sing $ to stay firm for some time
      356 2  - Sing to stay firm for some time ETE ON THE ECONOMY Currency By Anna Teo THE Singapore dollar, which weakened slightly last week immediately after the announcement that the economy will undergo a review of its medium-term economic competitiveness, will stay steady for some time to come, economists say. Last
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      Philips to invest US$1.5b in Asia over five years
      315 2  -  Company awarded OHQ status, may list on SES By* Clarissa Tan DUTCH electronics giant Philips has announced plans to invest US$l.5 billion (Ss2.l billion) in Asia and to recruit 35,000 new employees here over the next five years. The company's Asia-Pacify
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      Ngee Ann Polytechnic students head for Myanmar
      139 2 NGEE Ann Polytechnic and a joint venture between the Myanmar government and NTUC Fair Price is starting an annual training programme for Singapore business studies students. Twenty-three students from Ngee Ann's business studies department, accompanied by two lecturers, will leave for Myanmar next
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    • PARLIAMENT Briefs
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        Town councils can hire NTS cleaners
        79 2 TOWN Councils will be allowed to hire a small number of cleaners from non-traditional sources (NTS) under a special scheme, Labour Minister Lee Boon Yang said yesterday. Town council cleaning contractors registered with the Construction Industry and Development Board with a paid-up capital of
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        Bill tabled to amend Property Tax Act
        75 2 HEAVY penalties for offences under the Property Tax Act have been proposed under an amendment to the Act in a bill tabled yesterday. The Property Tax (Amendment) Bill, among other things, also provide for the appointment of agents by the authority to facilitate
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        Singaporeans not avoiding Australia
        53 2 THE current anti-Asian feelings in Australia have not scared Singaporeans off, Foreign Affairs Minister S Jayakumar said. There are no indications that Singaporeans are avoiding Australia in significant numbers. The government, he said, is satisfied with the Australian authority's assurance that it will protect Singaporeans visiting
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      108 2 I 1 WHICH ASIAN r j AIRLINE HAS THE I j I I I MOST FLIGHTS r i TO NORTH j j I AMERICA? j Before we give you the answer, we should also Vancouver and Washington DC. And with a total of 78 flights a point out that we
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      423 3 George Bass has archaeology. none has more than the a the below surface Bass and divers to maximum of twenty minutes Accordingly, every dive he makes with a Rolex Depths of 46m are unlikely George Bass's Rolex travels M to trouble a ~t 1 ft FT watch which back 33
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Learning to break down barriers
      617 4  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN The plight of a handicapped HUS student has highlighted a major Inadequacy In S'pore buildings By Lee Han Shih A RECENT story in The New Paper on the plight of a handicapped student at the National University of Singapore has highlighted a
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      Tuan Sing aims to sell four projects next year
      489 4  -  It will kick off launches with 106 leasehold houses at King's Road in Jan By. Michelle Low Considering Investing in Sydney Real Estate? Need help in your selection? Why not appoint your own qualified Agent in your search to give you
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      Scotts Tower en bloc sale first to go by auction
      278 4  -  Owners see it as best way to get higher price: observers By, Jenny Lam (SINGAPORE] The owners of Scotts Tower have decided on an auction to sell their building en bloc a first for collective sales, said Nicholas Wong, investment
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Slightly lower wage hikes likely next year, says RDS survey
      470 5  -  Executive pay rises seen at &5% and non-execntive increases at <L 3% By. Anna Teo BASIC salary increases next year are expected to be slightly lower than the 6.7 per cent for executives and 6.5 per cent for non-executives paid
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      IT MNCs to launch 'Asianised' software for region next year
      284 5  -  Microsoft among firms tailoring products for Asia By* Toh Han Shih INFORMATION technology multinationals will release a wave of software products geared specially for Asian markets next year, the AsiaPacific technology director of international consultancy Arthur Andersen, Malcolm Freame, told
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      Centre for firms starting up in R&D opens in Science Park II
      372 5 SINGAPORE'S first one-stop facility for technology-based companies starting up in research and development work will be launched today. The Innovation Centre is located at the Aquarius building in Science Park 11. It was developed by Singapore Science Park
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        High Commissioner to Sri Lanka named
        28 5 TAN Kah Hoe, the proprietor of Descon Chartered Architects Planners, has been appointed Singapore's High Commissioner to the Maldives and Sri Lanka.
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        SingNet signs up 50,000th customer
        56 5 SINGNET, the Internet Service Provider (ISP) of Singapore Telecom, has signed up its 50,000 th customer, its vice-president of international telecommunications services, Ng Seng Sum, said yesterday. It now has the most customers among Singapore's three ISPs, he said at a ceremony held for the
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        Import-export re-registration extended
        22 5 THE Singapore Trade Development Board has extended the closing date for re-registration of importers and exporters to Dec 24.
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        Japanese general calls on Tony Tan
        41 5 THE CHAIRMAN of the Joint Staff Council of the Japan Self-Defence Force, General Shigeru Sugiyama, called on Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tony Tan yesterday. Gen Sugiyama is here for a three-day official visit.
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        Fulbright scholarship 50th anniversary
        47 5 AN EVENT to mark the 50th anniversary of the prestigious Fulbright scholarship programme will be held in the chapel of the Singapore Art Museum this Saturday. Speakers include Fulbright alumni, Singapore's Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh, and the US Ambassador to Singapore, Timothy A Chorba.
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        USIS offers improved web page
        53 5 THE United States Information Service Singapore has launched an improved World Wide Web home page offering a one-stop electronic gateway to more services and information. The USIS WWW site (http://sunsite.nus.sg/usis/) will give quick access to information including transcripts from next week's World Trade Organisation Ministerial
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        Senior US general in town
        41 5 THE US vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph W Ralston, will call on Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tony Tan on Thursday. Gen Ralston is in Singapore on a three-day official visit.
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        RSN, Swedish navy in joint programme
        35 5 THE Royal Swedish Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy are conducting their first bilateral Mine Counter Measure exchange programme here. It started yesterday and runs until next Tuesday.
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      4 5 THE Finest Scotch Whisky
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      103 5 NINE EXTRA GOOD REASONS TO FLY THAI We're pleased to announce a number date with important news for both service to you, both in the air and on of exciting service and product the business and vacation traveller. the ground. innovations that will make the For more information about any
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  • SINGAPORE'S COMING ELECTION
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      Lock icon Ground set for an upturn in PAP votes
      1208 6  -  An analysis of the odds for the PAP and the Opposition in the coming GE Ky Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] NOW that the work of redrawing the electoral boundaries is done, the decks are clear for a general election. The first question
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      Expanded GRCs is where the fights will take place
      1110 6  -  Stronger Opposition candidates may decide to fight in GRCs, and not SMCs By Koh Su Haw [SINGAPORE] When the Opposition won four seats in the last general election in 1991, pundits began talking of the likelihood of 10 to 20 Opposition
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      31 6 'Off For real- time stock r 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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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Analysts put M'sian inflation at 3.53%
      185 7 KUALA LUMPUR Reuter INFLATION in Malaysia, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), is forecast at 3.53 per cent in 1997 the same as this year a Reuter poll of major research houses said. The poll of 16 research houses forecast an average
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      Pefindo places ratings alert on Sempati Air's commercial paper
      536 7  -  JAKARTA Warning triggered by airline's financial performance: agency By\ S N Vasuki INDONESIA'S only credit rating agency, PT Pefindo, has taken the unprecedented step of placing a ratings alert on commercial paper issued by Sempati Air, the country's fast-growing private airline.
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      Graft charges hit Guoco shares
      557 7  -  MANILA Philippine senator alleges govt land deal with Hong Leong affiliate was tainted By. Al Labita SHARE prices of two listed companies linked to Malaysia's Hong Leong Group took a drubbing in Manila yesterday after a lawmaker charged in congress that a land deal involving
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      Lock icon Indonesian inflation rate at 6.9%
      127 7 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN consumer prices rose 0.57 per cent month-onmonth in November for an annual rate of 6.9 per cent, the Department of Finance said here yesterday. Month-on-month prices in the food sector rose 1.67 per cent in November, compared with a decline of 0.04
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Taiwan dilemma over direct trade with China
      400 8 TAIPEI Taipei most reach decision on policy before its planned entry into WTO AFP TAIWAN is struggling over the question of whether to allow China direct access to its markets ahead of its planned entry into the World Trade Organisation, said an official
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      Lock icon Growing support for China's bid to join WTO, say observers
      285 8 BEIJING Recent US-China talks ha ve made substantial headway AFP SUPPORT is growing for China's longstanding bid to get on board the World Trade Organisation (WTO), observers say. After years of on-off talks marked more by sniping between the US
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      Lock icon Farming out old black-and-white TV sets
      48 8 (SHANGHAI) A woman cleaning a black-and-white television set at Shanghai s biggest second-hand market yesterday. Many residents in this business city are replacing their black-and white sets with new colour models. Most second-hand sets are eventually purchased by less well-off farmers. REUTER
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      Lock icon Price rises hit Beijing residents
      195 8 BEIJING AFP BEIJING residents have been hit by huge price rises for basic items, with domestic heating doubling, post up 30 per cent and a mammoth 500 per cent rise in telephone services, the China Daily said yesterday. Experiencing the downside of sweeping economic reforms
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      Lock icon Hiring Mao actor seen as great leap backwards?
      129 8 BEIJING Reuter BUSINESSMEN in eastern China have aroused public fury by hiring actors portraying Chinese leaders to try to attract customers and boost sales, the Xinhua news agency said yesterday. One clothing store in Zhe jiang had hired two actors to play
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      Lock icon Beijing plan to replace HK LegCo under fire
      249 8 GENEVA AFP CHINA'S aim to replace Hongkong's Legislative Council with its own assembly is a breach of law and should be condemned, said the Genevabased International Commission of Jurists. "The selection of the alternative Legislative Council is a clear breach of the
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan, US looking at how to cope with missile threat: Perry
      434 9  -  TOKYO Bath nations say rtrangtluwiing thff r security ties poses no threat to the region By. Anthony Rowley UNITED States Defence Secretary William Perry warned in Tokyo yesterday that "dozens of countries" are producing medium-range ballistic missiles and that
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      Tokyo criticised for failing to deregulate economy
      327 9  -  TOKYO Japan stack in a rut, says Miti bureaucrat at OECD symposium By Anthony Rowley JAPAN'S failure to deregulate its economy and to reform its administrative systems came under heavy attack yesterday from senior Japanese bureaucrats, business leaders and others during a symposium
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      Lock icon Indian court rejects petition against Enron power project
      131 9 BOMBAY AFP AN INDIAN court yesterday rejected a petition aimed at scrapping a multi-bUlion-dol-lar power project of the USbased Enron Power Corp in Maharashtra. The Bombay High Court set aside the petition filed by the left-wing Centre for Indian Trade Unions (Citu),
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        Lock icon Firmer recovery for Japan's economy
        56 9 AFP [TOKYO] Bank of Japan governor Yasuo Matsushita said yesterday the recovery of the Japanese economy was becoming firmer, but signalled a continuation of easy monetary policy. "While the economy is continuing its modest recovery, (it is showing) increasing firmness in its underlying force," he
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        Lock icon S Korea Nov trade deficit at US$1.8b
        63 9 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's trade deficit widened to US$l.B3 billion (552.6 billion) In November from US$4l4 million a year earlier, due to a slump in semiconductor exports. The trade deficit in the 11 months to November rose to U5518.64 billion from US$lO.Ol billion
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        Lock icon NZ First upbeat about coalition pact
        77 9 Reuter [WELLINGTON] New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said yesterday he was 96 per cent hopeful of reaching a coalition agreement with the caretaker National Party government or the Labour opposition "well before" Dec 13, the date by which parliament must reconvene. Nationalist New
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      131 9 The University of hull England 1927 let MBA Singapore 20th Intake Jan 1997 "ONI OF THE MOST ESTABLISHED AND REPUTABLE IN SINGAPORE!" S FIRST to offer TQM and a Systems Approach to Creative Problem Solving FIRST to offer Entrepreneurship and Project Management as fciwfrr core modules Completion in 21 months
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US manufacturing index posts gain in November
      381 10 TEMPE, Arizona Analysts say data points to economy rebounding from the recent 101 l Bloomberg Business News US MANUFACTURERS said business improved in November as orders increased, a sign that the economy could be rebounding from a recent lull. The National Association of
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      Lock icon Americans in a spending mood
      249 10 U NEW YORK Reuter AMERICANS were in a spending mood at the start of the holiday shopping season, flocking to favourite stores to quench a pent up desire to,buy gifts for their loved ones, retailers and analysts said on Sunday. The surge has been sparked
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      Lock icon Europe, US agree to revise arms treaty
      397 10 LISBON AFP EUROPEAN and US leaders agreed yesterday to revise a European arms limitation treaty, in line with demands by Russia, which is concerned over Nato military expansion into central Europe. The 30 signatories of the 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in
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      Lock icon EU hopes for IT deal at WTO meet
      314 10 BRUSSELS Bat countries differ on list of products to be covered:source AFP Bloomberg Business News THE European Union still hopes for a deal on information technologies (IT) at the forthcoming Singapore conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), a source close to
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      Lock icon German tax reform panel may call for rise in VAT
      264 10 BONN Reuter A TAX reform commission headed by Finance Minister Theo Waigel plans to recommend a two percentage point rise in the value-added tax as part of its plan to simplify Germany's tax system, commission sources said. Planned reductions in
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      EU shows signs of progress on budget stability pact
      304 10 BRUSSELS EUROPEAN Union finance ministers showed signs of progress yesterday towards breaking a deadlock on a new system for ensuring that states in a single currency, planned for 1999. maintain budgetary discipline after joining. Negotiations on a budget stability pact have
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      Lock icon Corporate confidence in UK high
      152 10 mLONDON Reuter Reuter ECONOMIC performance is strong and corporate confidence in Britain is high. The UPS Europe Business Monitor survey, published yesterday, showed about 40 per cent of Europe's business leaders mentioned the UK as one of the countries which should show the strongest economic
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Yeltsin sacks Russian army commander
        64 10 AFP [MOSCOW] Russian President Boris Yeltsin has sacked the commander of the Russian Army, General Vladimir Semionov, the defence ministry said yesterday. The ministry, quoted by Interfax news agency, said General Semionov had been fired by the president for "activities incompatible with his function that
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        Lock icon Students protest against Milosevic
        55 10 AFP [BELGRADE] Over 5,000 students yesterday took part in noisy protests against President Slobodan Milosevic in defiance of government warnings against further demonstrations. This comes as Mr Milosevic seeks to stifle the two-week-old protest movement which began after the government cancelled election results in which the
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        Lock icon VW to invest 35.6b marks in auto sector
        60 10 AFP [WOLFSBURG, Germany] Volkswagen plans to invest 35.6 billion marks (5132.4 million) in the auto sector in the 1997-2001 period, the German auto group said yesterday. The move is under a medium-term plan adopted by VW's supervisory board on Friday. It added
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        Lock icon Israel hits back in word war
        85 10 AFP [JERUSALEM] The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu counter-attacked yesterday in an escalating war of words with Arab states, singling out Egypt as a key culprit in souring the regional climate. Foreign Minister David Levy said the failure of Israelis and Palestinians
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      139 10 Presenting lie 04 oj Triple 3. We know they might not look Eveiy month you can feast on different like chefs but believe us, they are dishes in a buffet that combines the grace of y dressed appropriately. Rembrandt, the originality of Picasso and the N You see, these gentlemen
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Vital to teach old dogs new tricks
      792 11  -  THE BOTTOM LOTS OPINION By Ong Wee Hock The writer was with the Economic Development Board for more than 15 years and was formerly general manager of CSA Holdings NTUC secretary-general Lim Boon Heng made a profound observation recently when he noted that
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      93 11 As soon as there are written records, from around 5,000 years ago in the Far East, we find references to many sexual practices homosexuality, male and female transsexualism and transvestism, masturbation familiar to us today.' Timothy Taylor a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Bradford in
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      France's wave of unrest
      606 11 EDITORIAL THE 12-day truckers' strike may be over, but the effects of such a blow to the French economy may linger for a long while yet Worse, workers in several other industries have decided that they too deserve more pay and better retirement benefits. When will
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      Lock icon Linking pay to profit
      1077 11 Profit-sharing has become popular in many countries, thanks partly to tax incentives, bnt such breaks may be ending The Economist BOSSES' pay is often linked to company profits, to motivate them to work harder on shareholders' behalf. Why not extend this principle to the whole workforce
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      851 11 There are still many issues which will get in the way of better China-India ties, such as memories of the border war in 1962 and New Delhi's apprehension about China's relations with Pakistan, to name two. It is hoped these two of the oldest civilisations will
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      27 11 DOOHESBPRY By Garry Trudeau j V-mSUNOFrrmGON, —A C\ j A BUT J}T BUTMHCUTHAV- i J \SORfV.nL\ h > y I WWf \JNGTOCOMMTTOIT?) GVZXXJ I y//-/ VI \V\ $wceTHts\
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Australian brewers' spirited fight
      646 12  -  Beer firms are battling wine's invasion to try to regain market share, says iuuubmgiiiehiet MARIE MCINERNEY Reuter PORMER prime minister Bob Hawke, whose legendary drinking once landed him in the Guinness Book of Records, used to be the epitome of the beer-loving Australian male. But Mr
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      Lock icon Broadway sinking money into Titanic?
      518 12 THEATRE A musical about the deadly cruise may sound weird but it may still be a hit NYT [NEW YORK] Ship leaves port. Ship hits iceberg. Ship goes down, taking more than 1,500 passengers with it. This is a musical? The producers of Titanic, which
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      The best 10 courses in Johor
      515 14  -  micklaus d'croz crosses the Causeway for a two-part ranking. The top 5 will be listed next week 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 Internet at the
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      Factors behind the rankings
      613 14 OUR ranking was performed by a team of four golfers who played all the courses in Johor over two months from Sep 15 to Nov 15 this year. CONDITION Much emphasis was placed on the maintenance of the course. The condition of the fairways and greens
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      155 14 MEMBERS of the public were invited to send in their personal rankings of the top 10 courses in Johor via the Internet. In slightly less than the two months that the poll was on line, we received 47 submissions from the public.
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      Asian equity looks promising
      416 15  -  Excesses of the 1993 leak unwound, many mi managers tell Conference b Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE] The outlook for jlsian equities for the next couple of years is very promising, with several major money managers turning bullish on fimerging Asia, an international conference of fund managers heard
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      297 15  -  By< Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology shares soared by as tuch as 31 per cent yesterday llowing last Friday's 37 per fcent price rise on New York's Nasdaq. Analysts contacted yesterday said the rise was not due to any major news, but to the gradual
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      Sumitro made Transmarco CFO
      152 15 (SINGAPORE] Sumitro Sukamto, the brother of wellknown Indonesian businessman Sukamto Sia, has been appointed the chief financial officer of retail-based Transmarco. In a statement yesterday, Transmarco said that with the new appointment, Mr Sumitro would resign from his post as the company's acting division- al general
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      Price and content strategies to make Net gains for ISPs
      796 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Toh Han Shih N RECENT years, four public-ly-listed companies have inH vested in the Internet, the world's fastest growing communications medium. They are Singapore Telecom, Sembawang Corporation, Singapore Technologies and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). In the medium
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      Scotts seeks belated nod for property move
      271 15 Dec 23 E6M to seek approval on move into property development [SINGAPORE] Scotts Holdings is belatedly seeking shareholder approval to diversify into property development. It is calling for an extraordinary general meeting on Dec 23 at 11 am at the Mandarin Hotel to
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      255 15  -  By Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] New issue Wee Poh Holdings finished its maiden trading day with a sparkling 84 per cent gain, to 83 cents, on a day when other recent initial public offerings also shone. The counter saw tremendous volume 53.6
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      Parkway to revamp Indon ops
      235 15 [SINGAPORE] Main boardlisted Parkway Holdings has announced plans to restructure its healthcare business in Indonesia. The company said yesterday it plans to merge its three Indonesian projects under one main investment vehicle PT Siloam Gleneagles Health Care (Siloam). Talks are going on with its respective
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      Hitachi Zosen interim falls
      128 15 [SINGAPORE] Shipyard Hitachi Zosen yesterday announced a 12.7 per cent fall in group net earnings to $5.3 million at half-time. Turnover eased as well for the half-year to Sep 30, by 13.7 per cent to $108.3 million. The group made an extraordinary gain of $47,000 from
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        Mulpha unit buys 51% hotel stake for 1.5b peso
        327 16  -  It plans to develop unused portions of Westin Philippines Plaza on Manila bay From. Al Labita in Manila MALAYSIA'S Mulpha International Bhd has made a 1.530 billion peso (SsBl.l million) cash acquisition for a 51 per cent stake in five-star Westin
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        Lock icon Requoted bank stocks shine on KLSE
        329 16 Merger talks expected to boost finance stocks Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] After a month-long suspension. Maybank, Kwong Yik Bank, DCB Holdings and Rashid Hussain made an impressive comeback on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday. As speculated by analysts, Maybank shares were requoted as high
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        Lock icon Lane Crawford posts HK$91m loss
        126 16 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Lane Crawford International Ltd, the retailing arm of Hongkong's Wheelock Co, recorded a first-half loss of HK$9O.B million (5516.5 million), due to the closure of its Singapore store and a slumping local market. The closure of its Orchard road store in
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        Lock icon Promet to hive off property holdings in restructure
        490 16 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR) Malaysia's listed Promet Bhd yesterday announced a restructuring scheme that will create four core divisions and see the group hiving off all its property holdings. Promet president and chief executive officer Soh Chee Wen said the revamp will create
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        Hong Leong, GIC team up again for HK station bid
        409 16  -  Duo in group trying for HKsllb property development at Tang Chang's third phase Prom* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONG Leong Holdings and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) have teamed up again to bid for a HK$ll billion
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        Lock icon PT Menara seeks partner for tower
        138 16 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's PT Menara Jakarta is seeking a foreign partner to help raise US$56O million (Ss7B4 million) to build a 558-metre telecommunications and broadcasting tower here, a PT Telkom statement said yesterday. PT Menara is a joint venture between PT Telekomuni kasi Indonesia,
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        Lock icon Lawsuit put off amidst partnership deal
        267 16 Reuter [JAKARTA] Indonesian businessman Jusuf Merukh said yesterday he had put off a US$l.9 billion (512.66 billion) lawsuit against Bre-X Minerals Ltd because the Canadian mining company had begun discussions over the Busang gold And. "I am delaying the legal action because Bre-X has
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        Lock icon Indosat cuts rates with SingTel, AT&T
        269 16 Bloomberg Business News AFX-Asia, [JAKARTA] PT Indonesia Satellite Corporation said it has reached agreements to lower accounting rates with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd as well as America Telephone and Telegraph Co. The accounting rate is used to determine the amount of money one phone company
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          Wong's Circuits shares fully placed out
          44 16 [SINGAPORE] Wong's Circuits yesterday said its 34.4 million placement shares had been fully placed out to institutional investors. A total of 8.6 million shares is on offer to the public. The offer closes at noon on Dec 10.
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          Aztech shareholders sell 1.2m shares
          86 16 [SINGAPORE] Substantial shareholders of Aztech Systems have sold some 1.2 million shares on Nov 29. Loh Ngiang Guan sold 961,000 shares at 10.462 each. He now has 9.4 million shares and a deemed interest in 141.3 million shares, or 39.26 per cent, of Aztech s
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          ATD unit forms leisure resort on Ubin
          71 16 [SINGAPORE] Alliance Technology and Development Ltd (ATD) said its subsidiary. Fort Canning Country Club, together with two other companies, has set up Übin Lagoon Resort Pte Ltd. The Joint venture will invest 122 million to develop and manage a leisure resort on Pulau
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          Poh Ah Tee owns 19.32% off Causeway
          46 16 [SINGAPORE] Causeway Investment's substantial shareholder, Poh Ah Tee, bought 4.45 million more shares at between $1.25 and $1.27 each for $5.6 million on Nov 28. He now owns 14.38 million shares or 19.32 per cent of the share capital.
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        Lock icon NTT may be split into few units under holding firm
        602 17 Japan govt says move needed for firm to enter global market Reuter, Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Japanese telecoms titan Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) may be split into several units under a giant holding firm in a compromise solution
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        Lock icon Jardine close to broking agreement in Pakistan
        279 17 Joint venture seen getting Karachi bourse membership Reuter [HONGKONG] Jardine Fleming Holdings Ltd said yesterday its Jardine Fleming Pakistan Broking (Pte) Ltd was close to reaching a joint-ven-ture deal with a Pakistan partner and membership of the Karachi Stock Exchange should follow. "The
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        Lock icon Goodman Fielder sells starch assets
        110 17 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Goodman Fielder Ltd has sold the trading assets of its Dutch starch business to Avebe B A, a Dutch cooperative producer, for As2B million (Ss32 million). "Our Dutch starch business was only a small part of our European foods group and
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        206 17 Compensation amount yet to be decided, it says Reuter [FRANKFURT] Germany's Deutsche Bank AG yesterday said it would have to pay an unspecified level of compensation to investors in its troubled London asset management unit, Morgan Grenfell Asset Management (MGAM). But the bank denied
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        CME to launch Taiwan futures index on Jan 8
        456 18  -  Chicago exchange beats Simex, Taiwan bourse, to set np first of such indices By I Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will be launching the world's first futures and futures options on Taiwanese equities on Jan 8, pipping
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        336 18  -  By. Louis Beckerling THE Australian dollar rallied further yesterday, rising as high as 82.14 US cents from an opening of 81.50 US cents in Asian trade. Against the Singapore dollar, the Australian unit rose from Friday's close of 551.137 to 551.15. Since the start of the
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        DBS, UOB and OCBC sign $750m loan for Millenia Tower
        300 18  -  Pontiac group says interest rate well below prime rate By Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Three of the Big Four banks have arranged and underwritten a $750 million finance facility for PLPM Properties the largest Sin-gapore-dollar loan deal this year. The
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        Lock icon Demand boosts bond, equity issue by 30%
        321 18 FT fLONDON] Investors scouring the world for higher yields have triggered a 30 per cent increase in issuing activity on international financial markets this year, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In some markets, the rises
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          Lock icon Prosecutors indict Hamanaka: report
          49 18 Reuter [TOKYO] Japanese prosecutors yesterday indicted Sumitomo Corp's former star copper trader Yasuo Hamanaka on a charge of fraud, local media reported. The move follows Sumitomo's announcement last month that it had filed a complaint against Hamanaka with prosecutors alleging fraud, Kyodo news agency said.—Reuter
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          Lock icon Daewoo Securities plans bank ventures
          75 18 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's Daewoo Securities said yesterday it planned to establish joint venture banks in Cam bod ka and Uzbekistan. Daewoo Bank (Cambodia) Ltd will be capitalised at US$lO million (Ssl4 million) with Daewoo holding an 80 per cent stake. It also said it
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          Lock icon Credit Lyonnais sees 30% Asia profit rise
          93 18 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Credit Lyonnais SA, the French state-owned bank that needed government help to escape bankruptcy, expects profits from Asia to rise as much ;as a third this year and a fifth in 1997, its chairman Jean Peyrelevade said. The bank
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        Lock icon NatWest plans to move into office supplies
        247 18 FT [LONDON] National Westminster, one of Britain's biggest banks, is considering selling office supplies, in what would be its first diversification outside financial services. The bank would aim to use its buying muscle to supply more than 3,000 stationery items to its own
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        Nord/LB raising US$500m from notes
        225 18 [SINGAPORE) Germany's Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (Nord/LB) is raising US$5OO million (Ss7oo million) through an Asian medium-term note programme. Through its Singapore branch, the bank will issue fixed rate, flexible rate and structured notes with maturities of up to 10 years. The notes will be denominated
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        Lock icon JGB, Euroyen soar to new highs
        227 18 SIMBH Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Japa nese Government Bonds (JGB) futures and Euroyen futures traded to their record highs for the third consecutive day yesterday. A continued flow of funds helped boost JGBs into uncharted levels. After opening at 126.37, December JGBs settled at
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        164 18 Reuter The dollar stuck to an uptrend against European currencies generally, benefiting from the mark's weakness. At 1335 GMT, the dollar was trading at 1.5420 marks against 1.5372 on Friday. The greenback was stable against the yen at 113.68. The dollar's next resistance level against the mark lies
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        Lock icon North Sea Oct crude oil output up 3.9%
        316 18 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg Business News [LONDONI UK crude oil production from the North Sea in October increased by 95,000 barrels a day, or 3.9 per cent, to 2.535 million bbl/day. That compared with 2.44 million bbl/day in September and was the highest
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1598 19 SICOM FUTURES Dec2 RUBBER (futures closinq «s at S30pw) RSS 1 CONTRACTS cwitsA«) Clou Votomo Opto Moflth W+ low Soft (toowi) Intomt 178.50 900 J* 2 180.25 2100 Mar 97 183.25 1550 ApfAton97 185.75 4050 97 186.50 5010 Oct/Doc 97 J87.00 375 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US ctots/kq) Vofcmo
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2303 19 LONDON Urt«itilili •*2 Pence *h AB Ports 275.400 .400 Abbey National 709 12.600 ANiedOomecq 435 -12.400 Amec 94 -3.400 Asda Group 118.400 unch BAT Ind 472.400 2.400 BICC 275 -6.400 BOC Group 889.400 2.400 BR Petroleum 681 -5.400 BTR 238 *.600 8*1* of Scotland 295 2 B*clays
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      1640 19 AFX-Asia □>6kfcg22s -345J7 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday, hit by a late sell-off in futures, in the wake of resurgent bond prices. The decline was exacerbated by the lack of buying support in the cash market. The 225-share Nikkei Average closed down 345.67 points at 20,674.69 a fall of
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      1667 20 AFX-Asia 23 Hang Seng +123.63 SHARE prices yesterday closed at their highs for the day, led by property stocks in comparatively quiet trade. The Hang Seng Index closed 123.63 points up at 13,517.56 on turnover of HK$7.3B billion. The December futures contract was last quoted at 13,605, while the
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      645 20 Reuter Shenzhen B Index *14J7 THE Shenzhen market soared 10.5 per cent to a year-high close in heavy trading yesterday as investors poured money into a market that has been on a bull run over the past two weeks. The B Index surged 14.97 points to 157.68. Turnover rose
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      415 20 AFP QWP Index +156.75 SHARE prices rose 2.3 per cent yesterday as investors bought heavyweight issues. "Heartened by the robust performance of the Formosa Plastics Group shares, investors returned to buy blue chips," said a dealer. The TSE Weighted Price Index rallied 156.75 points to 6,982.81. Turnover was 2.07
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      773 20 AFP rl Composite Index +3J6 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday on gains in selected blue chips, while overall market sentiment was weak, dealers said. "I think the overall sentiment is still positive, but investors just become more selective and careful with this market," said a broker. The JSE Composite
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      853 20 AFP □set Index -5J4 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday in thin and volatile trade as investors waited for policy announcements by the new cabinet, analysts said. Foreign investors were sidelined due to speculation of a change in baht policy to help exports, despite Bank of Thailand denials, said an
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      366 20 AFP Manila +&58 rnmmrn SHARE prices closed higher yesterday as the bourse was buoyed by strong economic growth data. "Foreigners are starting to buy," said a trader after official data said gross national product rose 6.8 per cent in the third quarter. The Composite Index rose 5.58 points to
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      459 20 AFP Fl Composite Intel +L3S SHARE prices closed higher yesterday, on the purchase of second-liners as investors focused on short-term yields. The Composite Index edged up 1.35 points to 727.83. Turnover was 23.3 million shares worth 392.3 billion won. Risers beat falls 511 to 358. The index rose nearly
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      629 20 AFP PAH Ordinaries -3j5 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday after early offshore selling in blue chip shares. The All Ordinaries Index lost 3.5 points at 2,385.1. Turnover was 406.4 million shares worth A 5622.2 million. National Australia Bank fell 19 cents to A 515.11 while Macquarie Bank fell 21
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      267 20 Bloomberg Business News Q Wellington *1147 SHARES rose yesterday as interest rates fell to their lowest levels since February. The NZSE Top 40-share Index rose 19.47 points to 2,367.89. Volume was NZ$74.l million. Dec 2 C»OOI ANZ Banking 9.25 ♦0.05 ***** Advantages Htggj 124 uncti 5800 Air New Zealand
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        Lock icon Prices fall on profit-taking
        7814 21 AFX-Asia Q Composite Index -634 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday on profit-taking after initial gains following the resumption of trading in Rashid Hussain, Maybank, DCB and Kwong Yik, dealers said. The KLSG Composite Index closed down 6.34 points at 1,220.18 after a high of 1,242.00 on
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        SSL 2000 warrants worth keeping a close eye on
        3636 22  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy THE crossing of a parcel of 7.06 million Straits Steamship Land warrants yesterday at $1.57 each sparked off interest in the instrument, which ended the day a net three cents up at $1.60 on a total
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        1590 23 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main CtoO Total M«ln Clot) ToUl Industrial 32,901 7,338 40.239 98 186 16.074 114,260 rlnanc* 3,974 6,184 10.158 37.029 22,241 59,270 1.640 209 1.849 4.407 355 4,763 Prop«ftl*J 3,563 3,860 7.423 20.862 5,117 25,979 Plantation 1,616 1,616 4.804 4.804 Miring 288 288 750 750 *0.771 3,629
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        HOT STOCK
        68 24  -  *1 Shiv Taneja IPC CORP closed half a cent lower yesterday at 49.5 cents, which is near its year low, on a volume of 1.3 million shares. Daily RSI appears neutral, while daily Stochastics calls for a buy. But buyers have to take a medium to long term
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        Wee Poh makes brilliant start in otherwise quiet day
        927 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY With speculators' ardour cooling in the ELSE Second Board, money is flowing into small-cap stocks, particularly new issues R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A stunning debut by Sesdaq's Wee Poh, sudden interest in Creative Technology and heightened activity in Malaysian
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          Now we know...
          90 24 FORECASTING Singapore's economic growth has been an occupational hazard of sorts for economists. Until recently, they've mostly found themselves way off the mark, quarter after quarter. But one economist claims there's a simple rule of thumb to doing the forecasts: The average of this quarter's growth ancj
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          Cheap chats
          80 24 JUST before he began speaking at a fund management conference yesterday, Alan Albert, senior managing director of Merrill Lynch Global Asset Management, was told by conference organiser Simon Osborn that he had the unique achievement of speaking at all six conferences organised by the International Herald Tribune/International Fund
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          Where rumours should be headed
          177 24 HERE are a few juicy rumours making the rounds in Jakarta's investment community. We are highlighting them only because market rumours in Jakarta have a higher success rate (that is, they turn out to be true) than any other bourse in the region. So here
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          Discounting a discount card
          86 24 WESTPAC Banking Corp has launched a privilege card for its Asian banking clients, and said it is the first Aussie bank to provide such a service in Asia. It said cardholders can enjoy all sorts of exclusive shopping and gourmet dining at discounted rates. Clearly this
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          Seeing pink over report
          107 24 REMISIERS and dealers don't always agree with the content of the research material from their research department. But at Malaysia's Jupiter Securities, the issue at hand is not content but colour. Superstitious remisiers and dealers are ruffled by the research department's move to change the colour
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      292 25 Bridge News, Reuter AS expected, activity was United on the tanker market, following the holiday in the US, with a Uck of publicly quoted new cargoes, brokers said. Although a few fixtures ejnerged for the big ships, this week has seen a decrease in the amount of business
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      450 25  -  Intertanko chief says they don't actually have a bad record as accident rates are down despite activity By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Tanker owners need to work on the image of the industry in order to improve its standing among politicians, regulators and
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      330 25 Monetary limit in sanctioning contracts increased Business Line [CHENNAI] The Indian central government has enhanced the financial powers of all the major port trusts in sanctioning projects. With this, the monetary limit for the board of the major port trusts to enter into
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      US under-keel requirements partially suspended
      232 25 Move follows petitions from several international organisations [WASHINGTON] The US Coast Guard late last week announced that it has temporarily suspended part of the un-der-keel clearance requirement. It was to take immediate effect, PR Newswire reported. The under-keel clearance measure was part of the final
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      144 25 AFP [TOKYO] Japan and China have failed to reach an agreement on liberalising China's shipping businesses, Japanese transport ministry officials said. Maritime bureau officials from the two countries held four-day talks last week in Tokyo on shipping, but no accord was reached, the
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      ABS rules revised for small vessels
      165 25 [SINGAPORE] Classification society American Bureau of Shipping has revised its rules for small vessels, in the process adding in a new section devoted to offshore support vessels. The revision, approved by the Technical Committee of ABS, will be published and made available early next
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        81 25 Reuter [BEIJING] China's State Council, or cabinet, has approved a 5 billion yuan (SsB39 million) port to be built in Huanghua in northern Hebei province. The Cftina Doi/y Business Weekly reported recently that the new port on the Bohai Bay would have four mooring
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        Daewoo bags US$220m building deals
        60 25 [NEW YORK] OMICorp has announced that it had signed contracts with Daewoo Corp and Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd for the construction by Daewoo in Korea of two Suezmax crude oil tankers of 156,000 dwt The contract, which included an option for the construction of two
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        67 25 Business Line [NEW DELHI] The Kandla Port Trust is to involve the private sector in augmenting its existing facilities with a view to crossing 50 million tonnes of cargo handling by 2001-2002, the trust chairman, A K Nigam, has said. Mr Nigam said the
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        69 25 Reuter [AMSTERDAM] Dutch transport and shipping group Koninklijke Nedlloyd Groep NV intends to alter the management structure of its European Transport and Distribution business. "The new structure aims at optimising the flexibility of Nedlloyd's organisation and to further enhance customer orientation," the company said. A Nedlloyd
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      9 officers of oil-spill tanker charged
      194 25 (SINGAPORE! The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has filed charges against nine officers of the Singaporeregistered oil tanker Song San, which is being investigated for an oil spill that affected parts of Sentosa in August. The officers face a total of 20 charges
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      1140 26  -  AIR CARGO: CARRIERS DONT TAKE HIGHER DEMAND FOR GRANTED Burned by too much capacity in the region last year, air cargo carriers have become much more conservative, restraining capacity this year although the market is up and rates are slightly higher Andrew Blum The
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      280 26 PACE OfaftCargo n ACL 11 Eaitmal 2 Aeiocean 13 ECl 6 AMI 3 EES 13 AMe 13 Ethiopian i Accord 12 Eurohans 6 Ahrenkiei 4 Evergreen 6 Appenship 4 f*novs 1 Astro 3 R. Bright n Austral n Eoong Sun 12 Avant 6
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      15796 32 EXPORT ETA ETA Adv*rtts*r V*ss*l Voyag* TaWphon* ETA ETA Adv*rtls*r V*ss*l Voyao* THatrfwn* SIM DmCk Nam* Nan* Number Ngmtwr SIN OnTn Nam* Nam* Numtwr Number HMNMMMHMHaMHBaNMSMMMHHMNNNMNNMaHMMBHMNNNMWMNMI ONNNNMMNMNNNMMMNMMNMMMMMMMMMNMMNNNNNNMNMNNNENRNNMMM!? AVB W/U Harbin SINAR TOBA V2M 45-12*0224 VB N/B Ortont Exp SINAR T08A 204 45-*****55 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 w /B
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        1575 39 RECEIVINC Of EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCI CARGO Bookinq/Bolonco Rstls Shlp V °V Ho Etb/Btr Period From To From AaUUc 0641 03/2359 U 02/1500 02/1659 02/1*00 AU Ba 04/0900 02/1100 02/1699 02/1900 2* 02/1700 03/0659 03/0900 1 03/0700 03/1159 03/1400 03/1200 03/1459 03/T700 M U 05/0900 U 02/1500
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        207 39 Dae 3 Ghana: Farmers Day. United Arab Emirates: Market and public holiday. Dee 5 Thailand: The Royal Birthday Anniversary of H.M. the King. DMI Ecuador Quito foundation day (Quito only). Finland: Independence Day. Spain: Constitution Day. Deo 7 Austria Public holiday. Immaculate Conception. Italy: St. Ambrose Day. Ivory
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        751 39 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine OU Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive be script ion of the market Prices shown are based on average-sUed stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index chance and
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        320 40 Airbus has been conducting trials with 3M but Cathay is the first to apply the technology Reuter [HONGKONG] Cathay Pacific Airways Limited is the first airline to test fly a new "sharks skin" aircraft coating which could reduce fuel costs
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        314 40 Journal of Commerce [WASHINGTON] Federal Express Corp is granting its most senior hourly employees a 3 per cent pay raise next year, as well as raising some entrylevel pay scales and making money available for similar raises for salaried employees.
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        252 40 Bloomberg Business News AFX-Asia, [MANILA] General Motors Corp plans to set up a distribution centre in Manila within three months, GM chief economist G Mustafa Mohatarem said. The Philippine Inquirer quoted him as saying "We are going to be announcing one
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        Lock icon Tunnel evacuation exercise criticised
        233 40 AFP [LONDON] An evacuation exercise carried out by Eurotunnel in the Channel Tunnel has come under fire from British politicians and safety experts. A Eurostar train had raced through the tunnel with passengers on Sunday for the first time since a Nov 18 fire shut down
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        Lock icon KLM to scrap less profitable routes
        271 40 Bloomberg Business News [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV said it will scrap "less profitable" routes as part of its plan to increase the profitability of its network. KLM said this "further fine-tuning" of its route network frees up capacity that will be put
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        Lock icon India in US$1.8b Russian jet deal
        347 40 Analysts say the Snkhoi fighter-jet deal Is the best boy India cenld go fer Reuter [NEW DELHI] India has signed a contract to buy up to SO Russian Sukhoi SU-30 MK fighter jets in a deal worth US$l.B billion (552.52 billion). Defence analysts said
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        Fokker planes contain design error, says report
        252 40 [AMSTERDAM] Planes made by Dutch aircraft maker Fokker contain a design fault that might have led to a fatal crash in Brazil last month. According to Associated Press, which quoted Dutch national daily Algemeen Dagblad, Dutch Aviation Authority (RLD) has warned various airlines
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        Lock icon Top aviation firms at India show
        185 40 AFP [BANGALORE, India] Top aviation firms from the West and east Europe are showcasing their latest military and civilian products at India's second international airshow here which began yesterday, said officials. US-based aviation firms such as Boeing Commercial group. Lockheed Martin International, McDonnel Douglas,
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          Lock icon Ansett to scrap first class in Australia
          112 40 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Ansett Holdings Ltd, an Australian airline, said It would scrap first class on its domestic flights. The decision Is part of a plan announced earlier this year to cut costs by AIISO million (Ssl7o million). "We run a three-class
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          Lock icon Qantas link boosts Amex sales 30%
          81 40 Reuter [SYDNEY] American Express Co*s Australasian and South Pacific unit yesterday said its link with Qantas Airways Lid's frequent flier programme had boosted sales through American Express cards by 80 per cent a year. "The spend lift has been 30 per cent annually and
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          Lock icon Passenger sues EgyptAir over lost cat
          89 40 AFP [CAIRO] A South African man who lost his Siamese cat on a Cairo-Johannesburg flight Is suing the Egyptian national carrier for unspecified damages, airport officials here said. The man discovered that the cat, whom he is said to "love more than his own
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        1436 40 CITY FU6HT ETA FLIGHT ETD (?aaii|il>aa> «C C2354 0920 AMaM S0230 1815 0F82 2050 Of mo Uml VH745 1255 AmtwtfM 6A897 1145 KL844 0125 S0329 1525 KL837 1540 KL838 2335 0126 2355 Hat Yai TG407 2120 MI895 2155 T6408 0820 MI896 1815 S026 2355 Ha CM
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      21 25 Flaying it safe in the Pacific Too much capacity in the region makes air cargo carriers much more conservative. Page 2
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      233 25 Cathay to try 'shark skin' < fta n g It will be the first to apply the technology to save fuel costs. Back Page Cruise Convention eaten > jlf on the refton 1 cruise scene at the Satfraii J OBaPHtfnwfakta starts v > tomorrow at the World Trade Centre here.
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      1210 28 DSR-SENATOR In Round the World Container Services Iwt r* inn jMVIMM 1 FU MT |UU VttVL WT |utt HTM MV |MMIFU I MI rrl mmtauTiM mm kh ait nn an an aii ur choyanbvctoST «a~ all" TiTT "itii" "ali~ mil 1711 an" HWJimau wmm mi 2 an 31.11 to net
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      356 28 Direct Container Service to Fangcheng 3 i: Zhanjiang J VgSMH S'pore Fanyhpfiy UAHBAO 02/12 07/12 0»/B~ «i 9M410 /vd/fTRANS=i Mrili PapwßO/LOCaviar Accapttog: RO/JtO, Ramp Capmdty tph 40 tms H—ry Uft tpf 615 torn CmrtM/M M /(mhim/Rmfm CMmQC 7baiFbgStthn vja sua www MID **fa>ww V47A DO-11/12 10-H/H IS-U/ll 22-24/tt MiEaprm VJIA
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      1231 29 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD §Btm 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers ■MUM Singoporo *****3 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 SAMH I HUHtI CONVIMHHIAI StiVKE HQ CHI WWW FUti COWAIHIt IHVICI w I»1 ■> [msa wr "nTafpSn imKowwin mm I"/" I 'V» 'V» msmBAUMw mm 07/11 10/11 s mwow VHWI 11/11
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      414 29 _JJ /-JLIPERKAPALAN DAI ZHUN A i/W TONG JOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C f REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 295? /fsoriw-fACTiff ruMsn/ muutA-Huomsttnr/ ko chi AffU Mils §4/11 GUOO M 35 fS/ll GMUtf AS4H M/ 11 K «500H HM 05/11 GfTOUC HI. N/12 g
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      1138 30 EUROPE/UK/SCANOINAVIA/fINLAND/RUSSIA fliTI ROM ANW HM IMP ZEE LHV LHV TUP ROM ANW HBG PKL SGP I E ROUMO RW-BZI 87/11 28/1* 27/12 21/12 21/12 31/12 E SIFTED RE-888 10/11 13/11 12/11 14/11 15/11 N/12 11/12 E REWAAO RW-821 14/12 OMI MAI 84/81 N«1 87/81 88*1 E 6 ROUP NE-M1 17/11
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      567 30 RTW SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD Notice of Chonoe of Address We are pleased to advise that effective 30th November 1996, our new office will be located at: 333 J ALAN BESAR SINGAPORE *****8 Tel No: 392 1111 (16 Lines) Telex No: RS ***** RTWSHP Cable: CONTSHIP Fax: 392 8552/ 553/
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      597 30 NANTAI LINE 1 FUUY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA wjja wt sm wii |w en m m m %z »us ivi? a/ii a/it ii/ii i vii 14/11 '41/ ii mwwm »'w ?i/» a»/i? mi MI ~m ~w~ mi "itT "g 11/11 IVII 11/11 Ml n/e
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      706 31 MHR MYANMA wHBk FIVE STAR UNE (Myamor Notiaool Liao) Loading for Tango* (Raagoaa) vßsa m si prg poi pgii 143 Sl* PAGAN 2J7W SU MALAYSIA AGENTS: lOUSTEAD SMPPMG AGENCIES ML T& 02-03-*****40 PRL HI 02-03-*****01 PEN: m 02-04-1****** POO: TU 02-07-*****21/4 tg| BANK UNE (A sorvko of Aa+ow Wok Sl#fto|)
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      1034 31 HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. UP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 I PNA I PRE I PW I VBSa VOT SW LBI ITB ANT MAM Mil IB 05/12 05/12 07/12 Ml OUR! JO2W N/12 25/12 24/12 20/12 20/12 N/12 31/12 12/12 12/12 14/12 NtCOOHOOORf 303W 15/12 01/01 02/01 04/01 04/01
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      434 31 I FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) I JAPAN 2 SAILINGS PER WEEK! j *****33 Jj_/ CONTACT JANICE LEE < .1 P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 CWT QLOBEUNK PTE LTD TWj*****99 (84
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      39 33 To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... Ste^ 74Q-6QQQ^^^^|^^^^P the port Step key in the four number digit code Key in your Example: ,-JL-, fax number To NEW YORK (NYC) 2275 for calls within Singapore United States
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      429 37 m m m ps^^l SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY «0«-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. I TEL: *****00 (4 UNE3) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX 4 0. SINOTtANS mmmi (COHTAINEI SItVICI) Also accepting container cargo to: VESSayVOY ETA SIN etahkg eta SUA W/T HKG: Beipoo, Chiwon,
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