The Business Times, 24 December 1996

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    85 1 EXCHANGE BATES USt SS USS L3N i i IJW UN DM #.*44 M91 YEN IM 0.87S 133* m UK MM HK8 «.t» 0.181 BAWT OJM 9.066 IUPIAH IM 1.042 MM PBHE1ATES 8LNQAP0RB* 144 KUALA LUMPUR J.26 UIARTA 18.00 BANGKOK MANILA 13.56 HONGKONG 8.5* TAIPEI _9» SYDNEY <M TOKYO 17t
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    Lock icon PAP returned to power, polls on Jan 2
    943 1  -  Opposition has paid a compliment, that the people want the PAP to ran the country, says PM Goh By < Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Soon after the People's Action Party was returned to power when nominations closed at noon yesterday, polling day
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    Lock icon Two Amcol ex-directors charged with insider trading
    513 1  -  They allegedly sold shares while having price-sensitive info By{ Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The Commercial Affairs Department yesterday charged two former executive directors of Amcol Holdings with insider trading involving 57,000 shares of the company. If convicted, Ng Chee Kheong and Tang Siu Shing
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      136 1 UfHJLUE Stage set for Planet HoQywood The restaurant outlet in Singapore will be the biggest in the Asia-Pacific, Pgß MWgTMBH CflJDstiflprakißgSertta ■mm*pg 13 Liquidity of Scotts shares drying up. But last Wednesday, more than two million shares were traded. {♦GKTiag trim first faJf Ims, pg 13. No impact I Stains
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      41 1 MORE ELECTION REPORTS INSIDE SBT one regret: MPs who win without a fight, Pg 2 Sole PKMS man fights on SDP ticket, Pg 2 Seen and heard at the nomination centres, Pg 2 The walkovers, and who's contesting where, Pg 3
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  • THE 1997 GENERAL ELECTION
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      SM's one regret: MPs who win without a fight
      593 2  -  Ji opposition wants to prove we are wrong, they should fight senior MPs: SM Lee By\ Siow Li Sen SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday that his one regret about the PAP's return to power was the high number of
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      748 2 "First let me congratulate you. Because of you, the opposition did not show up." Mah Bow Tan, leader of the PAP team for Tampines GRC which was returned unopposed, speaking to his supporters "The biggest surprise is that there were no surprises. Now that we are uncontested, I think that
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      Lock icon Sole PKMS man fights on SDP ticket
      391 2  -  Former PKMS deputy president Mohammed Aziz Ibrahim fielded in Aljunied GRC By 1 Tan Su Yen IN THE name of opposition unity, the Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) is not fielding any candidate under its banner. Instead, the PKMS has joined forces with
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      Lock icon At the nomination centres
      1586 2  -  Iteporting by i Anna Teo, Chuang Peck Ming, Ang Wan May, Jennifer Lien, Clarissa Tan, Michelle Low, Diana Oon,Audrey Tan Aug Mo Kio Secondary School THE Singapore Democratic Party did not contest Potong Pasir, leaving it a straight fight between incumbent Chiam See Tong and PAP
      ARTHUR LEE  -  1,586 words
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      And the hustings begin...
      43 3 Singaporeans go to the polls on Jan 2,1997 to elect a new Parliament. The People's Action Party clinched 47 of the 83 seats at stake at the close of nominations yesterday.The 36 seats being contested include 9 single seats.
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      Looking at the big picture
      28 3 Where are the opposition strongholds? Where will the tough fights be? The map below shows the constituencies where the election is being fought.
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      Ministers facing fights
      54 3 A number of ministers find themselves fighting for their positions. Education Minister Labour Minister Cheng San Lee Boon Yfcn& Jalan Besar Trade Industry Minister Environment Minister Cheow Tonft Hong Kah Teo Cbee Hean, Pasir Ris Information the Arts National Development and Health Minister Minister, Owp YnAljunied Urn
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      The Newcomers
      128 3 Half of the PAP's new candidates have become MPs, thanks to walkovers they received in their GRCs: The other 12 fighting their first election battle: CANDIDATE CONSTITUENCY CANDIDATE CONSTITUENCY Chan Soo Sea East Coast LOyfteo Kreta Ayer-Tangiin Chin Tet Tung Sembawang RRcrfndran Bukit Timah ITm iilDaipl Sembawang Stag
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      Saying good-bye
      92 3 Eighteen of the present PAP MPs are stepping down this election. Among them, 10 have served for at least 20 years. MEMBER/Age YR ENTERED MEMBER/Age YR ENTERED PARLIAMENT PARLIAMENT Bo Xafc 1*00*58 1966 Sob Lip Lin, 60 1979 Gh'ng J!t Koon, 62 1968 Chandra Daa, 57 1980 T*>ToonCtta,55
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      NOMINATION Notes
      236 3 i CHIA SHI TECK. one of tour candidates contesting the Chua Chu Rang constituency, is the sole independent candidate. The last election in 1991 saw seven unaffiliated candidates, the largest number in Singapore's history of parliamentary elections since 1968. TANG GUAN SENG, who lost his Hougang seat in
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      913 3 The Contests Oonstituendee where the opposition has fielded oandldatee Group Representation P"ir Ris 4Mb chuaciiuKang Constituencies Made UP 0f PoUing dlstricts from Eunos Made up of polling districts from ™^Total Electors:B6,BB7 Chua Chu Kang AQunied Satats Toto/ 24,070 Made up of polling districts from Aljunied, Q PAP yA /A .A.
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Saying 'yes' to a windfall
      636 4  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN But can Tuan Sing convince shareholders about future long-term' Investments? By Lee Han Shih TUAN SING chief executive Hwang Soo Chin is faced with the prospect of having to eat his own words, but on this occasion Mr Hwang may do it
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      Surge in flatted factory space given up in Q3
      275 4  -  45,000 sq m of leases terminated, highest in four years By\ Diana Oon [SINGAPORE) The electronics downturn continued to affect demand for flatted factory space in the third quarter with leases for 45,000 sq m of space terminated from July to
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      Lock icon Coles sells A$558m of assets
      286 4 Reuter [MELBOURNE] Australian retailer Coles Myer Ltd said yesterday it had sold AsssB million (5J620.6 million) worth of property assets to a range of investors. Earlier, property group Westfield Trust revealed itself as one of the buyers, purchasing shopping centres in Brisbane and Perth for
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      Lock icon HK govt urged to okay more apartment sales
      462 4 Bloomberg Business News (HONGKONG] Hongkong's largest business group has called on the government to approve more apartment sales as fresh signs emerged that speculation is driving prices to unrealistic levels. James Tien, chairman of the 4,400-member Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, said
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      61 4 I A RECORD OF J| EXCELLENCE garnered the top awards in the National 1992 AMMB Holdings Berhad (AHB) won: 1 The Best Accounting Information B «tK«Ts/ tHB 1 JKmm| v I I kBu!L 1 Arab-Malaysian Bank Berhad won: We are truly honoured to such 799^ I wt. I r,aiv ui
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      101 4 Mortgage I—iHif hits 4-year high in HK, Pg 6 We provide consultancy services on offshore structures, shelf companies and incorporations in ALL jurisdictions, including British Virgin Islands Mauritius Cayman Islands Hong Kong Bahamas Western Samoa" Full nominee, management, corporate secretarial and professional administration services are available. We specialise in offshore
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon November CPI up 1.4%
      307 5  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY CPI By Ven Sreenivasan THE Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1.4 per cent on a year-on-year basis in November. This is the same rise in the CPI as in October. Month-on-month, however, November's CPI rose by a marginal 0.2 per cent
      Source: Dept of Statistics  -  307 words
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      Some firms upset over top 1,000 list
      344 5  -  OCBC, Philips among major corporations omitted from DP's ranking Byl Siow Li Sen SOME major companies and multinationals are upset that they have been left out of a ranking of the 1,000 biggest companies in Singapore done by DP Information Network Pte Ltd,
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      Lock icon Stage is set for Planet Hollywood
      422 5  -  Restaurant outlet here willbe biggest in Asia-Pacific Jenny Lam PLANET Hollywood's latest restaurant, opening at Liat Towers next week, is poised to be the biggest and best of the group's Asia-Pacific outlets. And the 21,000 sq ft outlet, decked in Hollywood glitter at a
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      Cargo insurer NZI gets new name
      277 5  -  By Soh Tiang Keng UK-BASED General Accident Insurance (GA) has renamed its unit here, New Zealand Insurance Singapore branch (NZI), as part of a consolidation of its business in Asia. NZI, a leading cargo insurer, is now known as General Accident Insurance Asia. It
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Patten rejects Tung's request to back interim govt
      457 6 HONGKONG Bat both HE leaders say first discussion was long and constructive and agree to meet in future Reuter HONGKONG'S colonial Governor Chris Patten yesterday refused a request by future leader Tung Chee-hwa to support the interim legislature China will install in
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      Lock icon Ramos operated on for blocked neck artery
      517 6  -  MANILA Market dives, then recovers on news of successful surgery By. Al Labita THE Philippine share market yesterday was badly jolted by news that President Fidel Ramos underwent surgery to clear a blocked neck artery. The stock market was in a tailspin for
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      Lock icon HK new home mortgages hit 4-year high in November
      298 6 HONGKONG Bloomberg Business News NEW home mortgages reached its highest monthly level since December 1992 last month, prompting a government warning to banks about lending to speculators. Loans to buy homes including refinancing rose 1.8 per cent in November, above the
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      Lock icon Indon minister expects 7.9% growth next year
      208 6 JAKARTA AFP AN Indonesian minister has predicted that his country's economic growth will reach 7.9 per cent in 1997, slightly higher than the estimated 7.6 per cent for 1996, reports said yesterday. "We expect our exports to increase as the world economy improves,"
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      Lock icon China stocks still moving on speculation
      219 6 SHANGHAI Reuter LAST week's stern crackdown on China's stock markets has increased the speculative instinct of investors to trade on rumours of policy shifts rather than on fundamentals, analysts said yesterday. The share markets started their latest bull run in April when Beijing announced
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      Lock icon Suharto calls for flag of shame for 2% tax defaulters
      336 6 JAKARTA Rich who refuse to pay anti-poverty tax come nnder fire Reuter PRESIDENT Suharto of Indonesia has said a special flag of shame should be put outside the homes of those who fail to pay extra taxes for a poverty
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Most Thai Sanyo workers back at work
        96 6 Reuter [BANGKOK] Most employees of the fire-hit Thai Sanyo plant returned to work yesterday, six days after a fire which police and company officials said was set by dissatisfied colleagues following a row over bonuses. More than 80 per cent of Sanyo Universal
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        Lock icon Crackdown in southern Myanmar?
        77 6 AFP [BANGKOK] Dozens have been killed and some 25,000 people forcibly relocated in southern Myanmar as the military cracks down on the country's last major ethnic insurgency, a dissident student group said yesterday. The Myanmar ruling junta is pursuing a "four cuts" policy to cut off
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        Lock icon Krupp's aromatics venture in West Java
        112 6 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] Some of PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Complex's shareholders will form a joint venture with Krupp Stahl AG to build an aromatics plant in Merak, West Java, Chandra Asri spokesman Steve Beck said. "Because only some of the shareholders will enter it, this
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        Lock icon Graft case against B'desh ex-PM
        97 6 AFP [DHAKA] Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Bureau has filed a graft charge against former prime minister Khaleda Zia, police here said yesterday. The charge accuses Mrs Zia of abusing her powers to recruit illegally several hundred police officers during her tenure, an officer at the Ramna police
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      Lock icon Chun, Roh drop appeals against their sentences
      438 7 SEOUL Decision sparks speculation that President Kim would grant them amnesty AFP FORMER South Korean presidents Chun Doo Hwan and Roh Tae Woo gave up a challenge to their prison sentences yesterday, citing "national prestige", while prosecutors asked a court to restore Chun's
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      Lock icon Aussie farms now open to Aboriginal claims
      333 7 CANBERRA Sights of Aborigines, farmers can co-exist: High Court Reuter AUSTRALIA'S High Court yesterday threw open the nation's farms to Aboriginal claims when it ruled that land given to farmers by government grant could still be claimed by Aborigines under "native title" laws.
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      Lock icon Worst is over for NZ economy: National Bank
      212 7 WELLINGTON Reuter NEW Zealand economic activity has been crunched, particularly the tradeables sector, but the worst is over, the National Bank of New Zealand said in its December economic forecasts yesterday. It forecast the New Zealand economic cycle would bottom at 1.5
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      Lock icon Bail for Aboriginal boys accused of spitting at Hanson
      317 7 SYDNEY AFP TWO Aboriginal boys faced with spending Christmas behind bars for allegedly spitting at controversial independent MP Pauline Hanson were given conditional bail yesterday following a public outcry. In a specially convened hearing, a children's court judge ruled the boys
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Rebels release 225 hostages for Christmas
      451 8 LIMA Bat remaining 140 will stay till govt frees jailed comrades, say Tupac guerillas AFP LEFTIST rebels released 225 hostages from the besieged home of the Japanese ambassador here but said the remaining 140 including Asian diplomats and businessmen would stay until the government
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      Lock icon A white Christmas for them
      73 8 (CAPE BIRD, Antarctica] Penguin researchers from the United Kingdom and New Zealand celebrating Christmas at Cape Bird °n»? SS J„ y esterd °y- Cambridge University-based Fiona Hunter (centre) and New Zealand colleagues Sue Michelsen Heath (left) ana Kerry Barton (right) have set up their table
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      Lock icon US November consumer spending up 0.5%
      424 8 WASHINGTON Rise higher than analysts' 0.3% forecast; personal income also rose 0.5% Bloomberg Business News US CONSUMER spending picked up at the start of the year's busiest shopping season, the government said yesterday. Personal spending rose 0.5 per cent in November, while personal income
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      Lock icon Yeltsin back in office and ready for battle
      337 8 MOSCOW Reuter BORIS Yeltsin was back in the Kremlin yesterday, seven weeks after a multiple heart bypass gave him a new lease on life, and the 65-year-old president said he was "ready for battle". At what is effectively the start of a
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      Rumblings of discontent in Hawaii
      507 8  -  HAWAII Native Haw&ii&ns talking about running their own country By I Stella Danker WHILE Singaporeans won self-government in 1959, Hawaiians lost theirs when their islands were made the last and 50th state of the United States. But nearly 40 years on, the famed balmy islands
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      Lock icon Iran not linked to anti-US bombing, says Rafsanjani
      237 8 BEIRUT AFP IRAN'S President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani yesterday denied any Iranian link with the anti-US bombing in Saudi Arabia in June and said Teheran wants to develop closer ties with the Arab Gulf states. "The people involved were, according to official
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Netanyahu in talks with Palestinians
        55 8 Reuter [JERUSALEM! Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Palestinian negotiators yesterday who said that a US-brokered deal to break a peace deadlock over Hebron could be clinched by Christmas. PLO officials said Mr Netanyahu joined the talks while US special envoy Dennis Ross flew to
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        Lock icon 7 killed in explosion at US factory
        72 8 AFP (WASHINGTON] At least seven people were killed and two others injured in an explosion at a factory that makes bomb casings for the Pentagon in the south-central US state of Texas, local media said yesterday. The cause of the explosion, which occurred
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        Lock icon German solidarity tax to continue
        67 8 AFP [BONN] Germans will have to keep paying a "solidarity tax" to help rehabilitate the east for at least another two years, a ruling coalition deputy was quoted on Sunday as saying. The unpopular tax "cannot be dismantled at the pace that we initially thought
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        Lock icon Major dismisses 'silly remarks' about EU
        87 8 AFP [LONDON] British Prime Minister John Major on Sunday n dismissed "silly remarks" about Britain wanting to leave Europe, saying this was not in British interest and was not going to happen. Mr Major did not say who had made the "silly remarks". But
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      102 8 Get your favourite newspapers and magazines from 4 bus shelters at Shenton Way opposite Lau Pa Sat Festival Market Ang Mo Kio outside Ang Mo Kio MRT station in front of Blk 452, Ave. 3 between Blk 304 and Blk 307, Ave. 6 jflU b I ft mm iKk mm
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      US economy will run on its own steam
      802 9  -  THB BOTTOM UVB OPINION By i Paul Samuelson The writer is an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This commentary first appeared in Los Angeles Times AS THE YEAR ends, the US election is over. Bill Clinton will preside in America
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      122 9 Because I am human and he has got enough people disparaging him. He is not the first and he won't be the last paedophile.' •Am a mother with children who admits writing friendly letters to Marc Dutroux, the Belgium electrician under investigation for gruesome paedophile murders, several
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      A year of rude shocks for Thais
      631 9 EDITORIAL THIS year must go down as a year of rude shocks for Thais, more used in recent times to reading good news about their economy than about deficit figures. The seemingly attainable targets for key economic indicators made around this time last
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      Lock icon Sting in Fairfax sale
      1141 9  -  Black stake to Brierley, leaving Aussie premier stnck with a dilemma on media ownership Ny Peter Lynch The writer is a Sydney-based journalist who contributes to BT TWO WEEKS ago, Australia's influential Financial Review carried a special Christmas message for Canadian press baron Conrad Black. There,
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      828 9 ALBERTO Fujimori made six visits to Japan after being elected Peruvian president to obtain aid from Japan and Japan showered him with many favours due to his Japanese descent. By March this year, Japan had provided U552.27 billion (553.18 billion) in development and assistance loans. In
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      54 9 TheßusinessTimes ai<iAf««a TIMES HOUSE. 390 KIM SENG ROAD *****5 PHONE: *****11 FAX: *****71 INTERNET: biztimesfcasial.com.sg Executive Director Editor TJONGYIKMIN PATRICK DANIEL Chief Operating Officer Deputy Editor DENIS TAY MARGARET THOMAS Group General Manager (Marketing) News Editor THAMKHAIWOR RONNIE LIM Group General Manager (Production) Night Editor CHEW KENG JUEA TOHTECKSUN A
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon From critics' pets to punch bags
      1291 10  -  Movie critics are now turning against the Merchant-Ivory team, once the toast of film-makers, dbkek malcolm reports DEREK MALCOLM The Guardian THERE WAS a time when producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory, now celebrating their 35th anniversary together under the Merchant-Ivory banner, were
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      Lock icon Naples crib makers feel pinch as Italians cut back
      842 10 SHOPPING Prospect of heavy Euro-tax in new year dampens spending Reuter [NAPLES] Italians, counting the cost of Christmas with the prospect of a big "Euro-tax" in the new year, are cutting back on one of their favourite seasonal adornments the nativity
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    • CHATTER Box
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        Lock icon Pope not seeing Madonna
        125 10 AFP [VATICAN CITY] Bad news for US superstar singer Madonna. Pope John Paul n is not going to see her—let alone baptise her little baby girl Lourdes Maria Leon. So said the Vatican press office on Sunday, as the pop icon and star of director Alan
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        Lock icon Even presidents get caught in Xmas rush
        50 10 AFP [WASHINGTON, DC] With three shopping days remaining before Christmas, US President Bill Clinton on Sunday was seen looking at earrings at a jewellery stand at the shops in Union Station. Mr Clinton spent about two hours shopping for family and friends. —AFP
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        Lock icon Liv-ing it up behind the camera
        123 10 AFP [STOCKHOLM] Scandinavian film star Liv Ullmann says that after directing three films, she would now rather work from behind the camera than in front of it. "If s much ftmnier to watch the actors. They amaze me all the time," the star of
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        Lock icon Tony Bennett recovers after surgery
        72 10 AFP [WASHINGTON] Singer Tony Bennett, whose double hernia flared up at a White House dinner last Saturday, was in good condition after surgery at Georgetown University Medical Center. The 70-year-old crooner had to cancel a sold-out concert on Sunday in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area. He
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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  • CYCLE & CARRIAGE GOLF PAGE
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      Ups and downs of Rainbow Hills
      1851 12  -  There is a lot of slope in play at the Bogor course amidst the hills of Mount Salak, says mtxcklatts d'Cruz NICKLAUS D'CRUZ The writer is editor of The Asian Golf Review. COURSES in the mountain do require a little I mathemat i c
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      CAD still probing Scotts Hldgs
      445 13  -  Bat company not told if exact nature of probe or which director is being investigated Bffi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The Commercial Affairs Department is continuing its probe into service apartments pioneer Scotts Holdings, but the company has yet to be informed of the exact nature
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      Lock icon YTL plans 1-for-2 bonus issue, special and bond issues
      324 13 They are to partly fond buying of shares in YTL Power Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian infrastructure developer YTL Corp Bhd said yesterday it is proposing a one-for-two bonus issue, a special issue and a bond issue. In a statement yesterday, the
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      Bousteadco profit falls 42%
      216 13 Turnover declines &3%te529.4m in the first half [SINGAPORE] Bousteadco Singapore yesterday reported a 42.4 per cent decline in interim net profit to $534,000 for the half year ended Sep 30. Turnover declined 5.3 per cent to $29.4 million for the same period, the company said yesterday.
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      The name's the thing in the corporate world
      594 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Rahita Elias AROSE by any other name, proclaimed Shakespeare, smells just as sweet. But the directors of some Singapore conglomerates would probably disagree. Last year, Singapore Technologies (ST) renamed its subsidiaries so that each of them would bear the
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      Lock icon Inchcape Timuran gets takeover notice from Arus Murni
      270 13 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Inchcape Timuran Bhd (ITB) said yesterday it has been served with a mandatory takeover notice by private firm Arus Murni Sdn Bhd, to acquire the remaining 51 per cent equity in ITB. A statement by ITB merchant bankers said
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      Lock icon Two former Citibank execs set up fund firm
      269 13  -  By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Two former Citibank executives have set up a fund management company to manage global equity portfolios for institutional and high net worth clients. The company is Global Value Investment Portfolio Management Pte Ltd. It manages discretionary funds in
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      CK Tang trims first-half loss
      148 13 (SINGAPORE] Department store owner C K Tang yesterday reported a $7.2 million net loss for the half-year ended Sep 30, compared to an $8.8 million loss in the same period last year. According to a Bloomberg Business News report yesterday, the company's loss per share
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        Lock icon M'sian banking stocks ride on merger hopes
        559 14 Interest in past few months sparked by real and rumoured mergers: analysts Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian banks have become the stock market's top flavour in the past few months amid a swirl of real and rumoured mergers in the industry's scramble to create
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        Econ in granite deal with related company
        206 14 (SINGAPORE] Econ International said yesterday Granite Resources Pte Ltd, a related company, will supply granite products to its subsidiary Econ Piling Pte Ltd for 18 months at a cost of 555.2 million. The Econ group recently won a Ss7o million subcontract for the
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        Lock icon Jakarta awaits word from firms on Busang deal
        325 14 Reuter [JAKARTA] Indonesian officials remained uncertain yesterday about a split of the huge Busang gold find, with Mines and Energy Minister Ida Bagus Sudjana saying he was in the dark over the deal between the two Canadian mining companies involved. The ministry's
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        Lock icon Kumpulan Fima to begin talks on tie-up with Canada bank
        288 14 Kumpulan, Bank of Nova Scotia looking at 51-49% share Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Kumpulan Fima Bhd and The Bank of Nova Scotia of Canada have received Bank Negara's consent to begin discussions regarding Kumpulan Fima's plan to own a 51 per
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        Lock icon Multipolar seeks 50.1% Matahari stake
        226 14 Reuter [JAKAFiTAJ Indonesia retail and information technology company PT Multipolar Corp said yesterday it had bought a 45 per cent stake in retailer PT Matahari Putra Prima and plans to buy an additional 5.1 per cent. Multipolar, a member of the d iversified Lippo Group,
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      • COMPANY Briefs
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          'Jack Chia-MPH unit completes sale
          57 14 [SINGAPORE] Jack Chia-MPH yesterday said its Malaysian subsidiary, Jacy Industries (M) Sdn Bhd, had completed the sale of its instant-noodle business to Medan Pulangan Sdn Bhd for $5.8 million. The sale was completed on Dec 21, and the group is expected to realise an extraordinary
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          Flextech to buy 80% of Spire Technology
          36 14 [SINGAPORE] Flextech Holdings has struck a deal to acquire 80 per cent of Spire Technology Pte Ltd for $1.66 million. Spire provides products and solutions to semiconductor fabrication houses.
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          Datacraft wins China Airlines deal
          57 14 [SINGAPORE] Dataeraft Asia has secured a contract from China Airlines to install Cisco CP (Channel Interface Processor) for high speed direct connection to the airline's existing IBM mainframes. This is the first such installation in Asia and Dataeraft is the first integrator to be awarded
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          Lock icon Pan Pacific halves stake in hotel project
          81 14 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Pan Pacific Public Company Ltd has halved its stake in Kunming Stone Forest Hotel Co Ltd. Yesterday it said its stake was now 30 per cent so that it could focus its resources in the publishing and media industry. The cut
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          Lock icon Clipsal ups stake in M'sian unit
          71 14 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Electrical fittings firm Clipsal Industries (Holdings) Ltd has raised its stake in a Malaysian subsidiary to Msl2 million (556.63 million) from Ms 2. Yesterday it said it had subscribed for 11.99 million more shares of Msl each at par in Huge Eastern
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        Lock icon Yaohan Int'l to slow store expansion in China
        427 15 It's pushing back, by a year, its plan to have 1,000 stores in Yangtze River delta Reuter [SHANGHAI] Yaohan International will slow its China expansion, pushing back by one year its plan to have 1,000 stores throughout the Yangtze River delta by
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        Lock icon AT&T's next CEO makes first management reshuffle
        315 15 Reuter [NEW YORK] John Walter, the future leader of AT&T Corp, made his first mark on the largest US telecommunications company with a management shuffle on Sunday. Mr Walter, who is to become chief executive officer of AT&T on Jan 1,1998, replaced Joseph
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        Lock icon Bosch-Siemens venture to make 'green' dishwashers in US
        317 15 It's bnilding 50m mark plant to turn out upmarket machines FT [LONDON] A German joint venture plans to sell Americans dishwashers that use European technology to save water and energy. Bosch-Siemens Hausgerate, the world's fifth-largest maker of white goods, is to build
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        Indonesian group buys 51% of Allied Industries
        203 15 [HONGKONGJ Allied Group Ltd and Allied Properties (HK) Ltd have sold their holdings in Allied Industries International Ltd to an Indonesian-based investment group with extensive manufacturing operations in China, the companies said in sta&ments yesterday. Allied Group and Allied Properties sold their combined
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        Lock icon UK's Sears may sell catalogue shopping business
        279 15 Reuter Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Sears pic, a UK department store and retail chain operator, said it is in "advanced discussions" to sell its catalogue shopping business, Freemans, to The Littlewoods Organisation. Sears, which owns the Selfridges department store in London, has sold
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        Lock icon Northern Electric's fate hinges on appeal ruling
        390 15 Independence at stake as deadline was extended for hostile bidder C&lEnergy FT [LONDON) The survival of Britain's Northern Electric as an independent power group depends on the outcome of an expected appeal to the UK Takeover Panel that it should not be penalised
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        Lock icon Samsung still interested in Fokker
        277 15 Reuter [AMSTERDAM] South Korea's Samsung Aerospace is still interested in taking over bankrupt Dutch planemaker Fokker, according to Korean media yesterday, Dutch ANP agency reported. Korean media said Samsung will re-start talks about a Fokker takeover in the New Year and cited Samsung as saying
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        Lock icon Ming Pao posts HK$18m interim net loss
        377 15 End of price war, lower newsprint prices fail to boost company's prospects Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG! Ming Pao Enterprise Corp, whose flagship Ming Pao Daily is one of the territory's most highly respected Chinese-language newspapers, yesterday reported a net loss of HK518.53 million
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        Lock icon UK agency probing fraud in Norwich Union float
        377 16 Nat West suspends 18 staff for allegedly backdating policies to get windfall bonuses FT {LONDON] The Personal Investment Authority is investigating a series of allegedly fraudulent attempts to cash in on Norwich Union's £4 billion (559.3 billion) flotation. The news emerged as
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        Lock icon A$2.6b Aussie bank merger gets nod
        437 16 90% of Advance shareholders approve merger with St George Reuter (SYDNEY] Advance Bank shareholders cleared the way for Australia's largest bank merger yesterday when they approved a scheme for St George Bank to make a cash and scrip offer worth A 52.65 billion (552.9
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        Lock icon Chevron unveils US$5.9b capital spending plan
        447 16 Bloomberg Business News [SAN FRANCISCO] Chevron Corp has announced a US$5.9 billion (SsB.2 billion) capital and exploratory spending programme for 1997, the largest in company history. It said on Sunday that 1996 operational earnings are expected to reach a record. About US$3.6 billion, or
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        Lock icon IT magazine honours Chase officer
        245 16 Cited for combining Chase and Chemical's sprawling systems NYT [NEW YORK] The executive who oversaw the information technology portion of the merger of Chase Manhattan Corp and Chemical Banking Corp and leads the combined bank's efforts in electronic commerce has been named "Chief of the
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        Lock icon China sets Three Gorges bond yield
        178 16 Reuter [BEIJING] The maximum yield of the proposed one billion yuan (Ssl6B million) bond issue to finance China's Three Gorges project would be 40 per cent more than bank deposit interest rates, an official said yesterday. The People's Bank of China, or central bank,
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        Lock icon Hinduja in 40b rupee refinery venture
        243 16 Investment group will work with Bechtel and Sumitomo Corp Reuter [NEW DELHI] The Hinduja group of companies will hold a 51 per cent stake in an oil refinery planned for eastern India in partnership with Bechtel Group Inc of the US and Japan's Sumitomo
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        Lock icon Tussle on to manage Manila bond offer
        164 16 AFP [MANILA] Four more international investment houses have offered to underwrite the Central Bank of the Philippines' proposed US$5OO million (Ss7oo million) to US$l billion 30-year Yankee bond offering, sources said yesterday. Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Citicorp and Lehman Brothers have submitted proposals
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        Lock icon Euro$ down in thin trade
        208 16 SOKEXReport Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Eurodollar futures were a touch softer in extremely thin pre-Christ-mas conditions, with Euroyen unchanged, thinned by a holiday in Japan, traders said. Eurodollars adopted a slightly negative slant in early trade tracking developments in Chicago after US treasuries reacted to the
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        165 16 AFP New York The US dollar fluctuated within a narrow band in a dormant market here yesterday with many traders opting out at the start of Christmas week. "It's pretty dead," said Chris Iggo, chief of Barclay's BZW. "We'll have some volatility into next week but we have
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        Lock icon Iraq oil seen depressing crude prices
        276 16 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] Resumed Iraqi oil exports should see a 500.*****0,000 barrels per day (bpd) increase in world oil stocks during the first quarter of next year and downward pressure on oil prices, Opec's Viennabased secretariat said yesterday. The expected stockbuild would contrast
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        1559 16 fTERBAMK CROSS RATES Dee 23 AS C$ ECU Ffr Pi HK$ Ind is Nptofc Yen Won «}n>h Ptw S$ Band Sfr HT$ BOlt Hmi US$ Austral 1.088 6.178 0.641 4.173 1.236 6.159 28.527 18.819 0.909 6.726 2.011 1125 ***** 20.946 1.114 3.728 1065 21.*****.384 0.477 0.796 Canada 0.919 6.085 0.589
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1538 17 SICOM FUTURES Dec 23 MNKt (Marts dntai a at SJOpti RSS1 CONTRACTS caati/H) Oaaa Mm Opt* Moot* High Uw Sttt CtwH) Iwtamt Jan 97 174.75 t75 Ft* 97 ***** 2050 Mar 97 180.50 2125 Apr/JM 97 ***** ***** ***** 300 5925 J«VSep 97 ***** 5760 Oct/Dtc 97 *****
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2029 17 10NMM NcU **»tl11l fmta *fAB Ports 273 1.600 Abbay National 756 7 AWad Domacq 439.400 *14.400 Amac 92 .600 AsdaGroup 123.400 -1800 •AT Ind 478.400 -1 WCC 272.400 15.400 80C Group 873.400 -I BR Patrolaum 692 -1 BTR 271.400 wich Banko< Scotland 308.400 1.600 Barclay* 1002 7.600
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      768 18 AFP PI Composite Index +0.55 SHARE prices closed 0.1 per cent higher yesterday lifted by gains in selected stocks in thin pre-holiday trading, dealers said. "The index was lifted by Telkom and 811... it is a thin trading day because many stocks went up but most are small stocks,"
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      1610 18 AFX-Asia Q Hang Seng +200.07 SHARE prices closed sharply higher as a morning rally in Cheung Kong, Hutchison Whampoa and New World Development gathered momentum during the afternoon, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed up 200.07 points at 13,331.48, off a high of 13,361.24 and a low of
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      Lock icon CHINA
      637 18 Reuter, AFP QShenzhen Blndex *7.68 SHENZHEN'S B Share Index rebounded sharply yesterday after last week's falls with investors snapping up stocks in firms expected to post strong results in 1996, brokers said. The B Share Index rallied 7.68 points or 6.11 per cent to close at 133.24 on volume
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      397 18 AFP EJWP Index +3L51 SHARE prices finished 0.5 per cent higher yesterday as bargain hunters pursued construction issues. "Undervalued construction plays outperformed other sectors' issues as the construction industry showed signs of recovery following several years of doldrums," said Stanley Shu of Core Pacific Securities Corp. The Taiwan Stock
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      272 18 AFP Q Wellington -«J7 SHARE prices eased 0.3 per cent yesterday in quiet preholiday trade, brokers said. The key NZSE-40 Capital Index closed 6.17 points lower at 2,343.81. Turnover totalled NZ$43 million. AFP Ml US roooi AN2 Banking 8.67 0.12 5494 Advantages HMqt 1-28 0.03 ***** Air N»w Zealand
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      819 18 AFP Q SET Index *3.0 SHARE prices closed 0.4 per cent firmer in thin trading yesterday rallying after a heavy drop in the index in the morning on concerns about bad debts in the banking sector, analysts said. United Securities analyst Songkold Pichaikul said heavy buying in Krung Thai
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      415 18 AFP CI Composite Index -&33 SHARE prices closed 1.2 per cent lower on the Korea Stock Exchange yesterday with major blue chips sliding on profittaking, dealers said. "Trading was dull, as investors remained on the sidelines amid no signs of support coming through from the public pension funds," said
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      Lock icon MANILA
      326 18 AFP Manila -40.28 SHARE prices declined 1.3 per cent yesterday as President Fidel Ramos underwent surgery on a blocked carotid artery. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index dropped 40.28 points to close at 3,139.92. Turnover volume was 5.6 billion shares valued at 2.9 billion pesos, compared to 5.18 billion
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      609 18 AFP F1 All Ordinaries »(L7 SHARE prices closed 0.3 per cent firmer yesterday, buoyed by a strong Wall Street, brokers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's main indicator, the All Ordinaries Index, closed 6.7 points higher at 2,380.5. The All Resources Index rose 4.0 points to 1,375.3 while the All
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        Lock icon Telekom, Tenaga lead fall
        8262 19 shares. Bloomberg Business News, AFP Q Composite Index -5.28 MALAYSIA stocks fell, led by Telekom Malaysia Bhd and Tenaga Nasional Bhd amid concern Tenaga has become too expensive relative to its projected earnings. "No doubt Tenaga has very good earnings but its shares are a bit
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
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        Clipsal warrants may see more upside but caution needed
        3734 20  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy IN YESTERDAY'S column, we featured Gamuda's warrants as an extreme example of how a deep-in-the-money warrant can behave with its huge 37 per cent conversion discount. Today's feature is a more "normal" example of a similar
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        1548 21 TURNOVER TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Matn CM Tata* Main CM Tata! industrial 21.618 3.972 25.590 64,884 7.066 71.950 Flnanca 2.093 593 2.686 23.822 920 24.742 HotatS Propartlat 4M 52 540 1.426 81 1.507 5.972 2.005 7.977 46.761 2.076 48.837 Plantation 204 204 613 613 Mining 78 78 200 200 ■LW
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        HOT STOCK
        48 22  -  by! Shiv Taneja SINGAPOR LAND, which fell 20 cents to $7.55 yesterday on volume of 783,000 shares, is beginning to look attractive and investors ought to start accumulating the stock. Daily RSI and Stochastics are oversold, and the directional indicators are giving out strong by signals.
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        Market players stay away ahead of year-end holidays
        902 22  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Volume hits one of the lowest this year; analysts expect mild rally when investors return in force at start of new year Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The Singapore market went through one of its quietest trading days this year as
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
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          A Scotts shareholder's concern
          65 22 ONE shareholder attending Scotts Holding's annual general and extraordinary general meeting yesterday raised his concern over the absence of chief executive and managing director Chng Hee Kok. The shareholder wanted to know whether Mr Chng (who is MP for Tampines) was more concerned about attending to
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          Sleepless over stocks
          73 22 A FINANCIAL consultant recently told a Christian meeting: "If you own too many stocks, and the prices of many tumble, you can hardly sleep. It is better to own fewer stocks and sleep better. For sleep cannot be bought with money." Some investment analysts may not entirely
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          Going the ADSL way
          172 22 AT LEAST one Singapore company is seriously contemplating the possibility of producing ADSL cards. ADSL is a technology which brings high speed Internet and video to personal computers and television in the home, and is an alternative to Singapore Cable Vision's cable modem. Telecommunications companies (telcos)
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          Creditable showing
          103 22 FACED with the daunting task of having to compete with the Singapore Regional Index Fund for investors' dollars, it is indeed creditable that Rothschild Asset Management managed to raise $20 million at the end of the three-week launch of its latest unit trust offering, the Five Arrows Asian
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          KL carrier's PE discount to stay
          103 22 MALAYSIAN Airline System's core operating profits will grow below market average, according to Salomon Brothers. Thus, the company's PE discount to the market is likely to remain. MAS, which has traditionally traded at a premium to the KLSE Composite Index, has traded at a
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          Benchmark goes global
          67 22 BENCHMARK, a magazine that rates Asian unit trusts, will from January be extending its publication to include "Global Funds Analyses". The bi lingual publication will be done in the same format as its "Asian Funds Analyses" and will be published in January and July each year. The
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      MAIN BOARD
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      302 23 Reuter, Bridge News IT WAS a slow end to the week, with little activity in most sectors of the freight market ahead of the Christmas break, brokers said. Generally the light interest was again attributed to book squaring, said Clarkson Wolff in its daily Biffex report. The Baltic
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      S'pore yards can look forward to better year
      562 23  -  OUTLOOK 97: Shipyards But overall improvement will be gentle and gradual, say analysts By: Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Singapore shipyards are likely to have a better 1997 but the road to improved profitability will still be an uphill one, say analysts. OCBC Investment
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      300 23 Aid will stop once OECD deal comes into force, says EC Reuter [BRUSSELS] The European Commission has decided to maintain EU shipbuilding aid ceilings until the end of 1997, if an international deal to scrap most support to the sector has not
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      Lock icon P&I clubs secure 40% cut in reinsurance premium
      211 23 Journal of Commerce [LONDON] Shipping companies around the world have secured a hefty decrease in the cost of reinsuring their ships against liability risks such as collisions, crew and passenger deaths or injuries, cargo loss and oil pollution. The group of protection
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      101 23 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Global Carriers Bhd yesterday signed a Ms7o million (5538.8 million) loan agreement with Multipurpose Bank Bhd to finance the purchase of vessels in line with its fleet expansion. Global Carriers is a locally incorporated investment holding company set up in 1995 and
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      232 23 Business Line [NEW DELHI] Indian Surface Transport Minister T G Venkataraman has invited the private sector, particularly nonresident Indian businessmen, to invest in the inland water transport (IWT) system. At a conference here last week on the development of inland waterways and water transport,
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      217 23 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's shipbuilding industry is expected to recover from this year's doldrums, with new orders growing 36 per cent annually to 6.8 million tonnes in 1997, an economic think-tank said. The rosy prospects predicted by the Korea
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      85 23 AFX-Asia [TOKYOJ Export shipbuilding orders in November rose 26.6 per cent year-on-year to 207,004 gross tonnes, the Japan Export Shipbuilders Association said. In the month, orders for two bulk carriers with tonnage of 29,600 gross tonnes were awarded, as well as seven oil carriers
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      144 23 Reuter [PHNOM PENH] The government of Japan announced over the weekend that it had completed U5532.7 million (5545.8 million) in renovations at the Phnom Penh port and handed over the site to Cambodia. Officials at the handingover ceremony said it would
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      1141 24 AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING: IN THE WAKE OF BOEING-McDONNELL MERGER 0 The European consortium's fierce rivalry with Boeing will intensify but the airline industry's fear of being held to ransom by a giant monopoly is probably Airbus's best guarantee of staying in the race Journal of Commerce
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        252 37 Dm 24 Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Sweden Christmas Eve. Germany Market holiday, Christmas Eve. No IBIS trade or floor trade on Frankflirt stock exchange. Netherlands: Markets close at midday. Last session before Christmas. Portugal: Markets closed in afternoon, Christmas Eve. Sri Lanka: Market and Public holiday.
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        823 37 TIIIS report compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehenalve description at the market Prices shown are baaed on average-siaed stem. Market atovementa are Indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        224 38 AFP [SINGAPORE] Northwest Airlines of the US and Garuda Indonesia Airlines have signed an agreement to form an operational and marketing alliance, Northwest said here yesterday. Under the alliance, the two airlines propose to offer codeshare services on each other's flights across the Pacific
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        288 38 USsl.sb sales far outstrip those of Boeing, McDonnell Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] Airbus Industrie, the world's second biggest supplier of civil aircraft, said sales to China in 1996 were the best yet, topping American rivals Boeing Co and McDon-nell-Douglas Corp. In April, Airbus sold
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        74 38 [BEIJING] A Chinese diesel locomotive pulling a passenger carriage past a section ofßeijing's skyline on the way to a central city station yesterday. The Ministry of Railways is drafting new guidelines for its nationwide train service to meet growing air and roadway competition for passengers
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        290 38 Reuter [NEW YORK] Trans World Airlines Inc's TWA top management remains in flux as the carrier struggles for a turnaround. TWA's short-term prospects will remain under pressure until the airline improves its service, strengthens its management team and sharpens its market
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        490 38 Safety board's proposals costly and may not be effective: industry execs NYT [WASHINGTON] The recommendations that the National Transportation Safety Board made more than a week ago to prevent explosions like the one that destroyed TWA Flight 800 are facing broad opposition from
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        271 38 [EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut] Swissair and Sabena of Belgium, two of Europe's leading airlines, have selected Pratt Whitney PW4168 engines for their new fleets of Airbus Industrie A 330-200 aircraft. Swissair will take nine of the twin engine jets, and Sabena will acquire
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        225 38 Construction of auto parts plant will start next year Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] Daewoo Motors Corp, South Korea's third largest car maker, plans to start building a plant in China as early as 1996 that would assemble 300,000 small passenger
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        91 38 AFX-Asia [MANILA] Promet Bhd, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferricariles and three other companies have agreed to work together up to build a 200 billion peso (5910.6 billion) railway in Mindanao, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported. The group also includes Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios,
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          88 38 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] The International Air Transport Association said rumoured increases in landing charges s£ Chek Lap Kok airport will be "deeply negative" for Hongkong, adding that it wants consultations with the tz government over the level of charges. "The economic significance of the
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          38 38 Reuter [LONDON] A baggage handler walking past dozens of suitcases outside Heathrow airport. Britain's airports experienced their busiest pre-Christmas rush on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of holiday makers set off for their festive getaway. Reuter
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          79 38 Reuter [BOGOTA] A small cargo plane transporting newspapers. crashed in northwest Colombia, killing four people, officials said on Sunday. The Russian-made twin-motor Antonov aircraft crashed late Saturday just a minute before it was scheduled to land at Rionegro airport, near Medellin, Colombia's third
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          92 38 Business Line [COIMBATORE] The Union Civil Aviation Ministry has cleared a proposal to run international flights from Coimbatore civil airport The maiden flight by the domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, is likely to be introduced from the Peelamedu Civil Aerodrome in the 1997
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      411 26 Direct Container Service to Fangcheng Zhanjiang Vessel S'potc Fangcheng Zhanitam UANBAO 03/01 08/01 10/01 tt /VO/?TRANS COHVBfnOHAi S£RVKI TO TMAIAMD AND MALAYSIA BREAKBUUC, RO/RO AND HEAVYUFT ANY WEIGHT THAI FLAG STATUS PRIORITY BERTHS A* Eyw» V.3IA 70-71/11 11-31/11 01-OJ/0I Ash IywV.W OMI/t) 00-09/01 IMJ/»1 Ada Expreti V.4OA 10-11/01 72-71/01 7S-70/01
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      1394 27 O STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore *****5 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 SAiAH I BRUNEI CONVENTIONAL SERVICE HO CHI MINH FUU CONTAINER SERVICE VtSSE yo? g Yl&Sil VOT fTAHCMfTUtS) SItWSHOfI VHXI 24/12 M/H M/ 12 QtltHT MAKAIOV VH24W 2»/H 11/12 STMms m» W/12 02/01
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      1176 27 3 SAILINGS PER WEEK FOR SINGAPORE EUROPE SERVICE i I ******* WW m=»Tw F*X:226 220« 0UTW»«D(l/U *****02 WHOM WW: I SHIPPING PTE LTD #17-08 DBSILDG SALES/IKGS *****41/43 INWARD DEPT (0/0) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES /Alt SDN RHH I IB Mil iIS fST m■"Z m Z m SESmt mmmMm Fr««.s.e«,c^,./^ SS ggj
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      460 29 (fe FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES _jfp= 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) TWICE WEEKLY SAILINGS TO BUSAN SOUTH V| KOREA V. J |*|BUSAN o FOR ENQUIRY BOOKINGS, PLS CALL OUR HOTLINE *****33 30 |jnes SYLVIA/MICHELLE POH v P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7
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      1250 33 ADVANCE CONTAINER LINES (PTE) LTD A I 140 Cedl Street #12-00. PIL Building. Singapore *****0 MV Li TEL: *****21. FAX: *****19, TELEX :RS ***** ACLPL CR NO. **********0E BANGKOK JAKARTA <».«««»«> VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIN VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SIN ANGUUJA W6 26/12 Dm 02/01 "tkT" SMAfi JAVA (UTC2)
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