The Business Times, 30 December 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, DECEMBER 30,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    48 1 STOCK MARKET INDICES Uj 1(mk Quip S*B VtRM +4.79 BT-SR] 2J*$4*MI.7S KLSEOOHP 1JB9.N. +U4 NIKKEI —1MHJ4 ttl.42 BANG SENG H4W.I4- .„+Ol» SET INDEX 8K.71 JAKARTA COUP 637.43 +4*1 MANILA OOMP—J,17VJ>6 «i4 TAIPEI WP! UNJI +1X24 S80ULC01IP 6UJ2 Oft CLSA CHINA +97.41 AUSTALLflRD—SJHuS +MJ DOW JOKES MttJt.—+7L4I
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    FINANCE
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    Powermatic, Creative in race for hot technology
    567 1  -  Three companies want to make card that speeds up data transfers over existing phone tines By x Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Publicly-listed Creative Technology and Powermatic Data Systems are among a handful of Singapore companies eyeing the market for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
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    Lock icon US$3.6b pumped into US stock funds in a week
    404 1 Surge caps a record year with investments topping XJS$2OBb [NEW YORK] US stock mutual fund investors poured U553.56 billion (554.96 billion) into mutual funds in the six days ended Christmas Eve, reversing a three-week pullout. The net new fund inflows, which
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    Lock icon Sue us, PM Goh and SM Lee tell WP's Tang Liang Hong
    787 1 Tlireat to sae is an attempt to sidestep debate on his radical views, they say [SINGAPORE] Take us to court, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew told Workers' Party candidate Tang Liang Hong
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      132 1 ntsnw Stack gaoge Are the dealings of directors a pointer to changes in the fortunes of the stock market? Pf 7 $tOOm The small and medium enterprises' market for IT products and services could be worth more than 9600 million in the next few j-rs, lTPg# BT SRI company focas
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      8 1 Danger in the US mutual fund boom?Pg 7
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  • THE 1997 GENERAL ELECTION
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      PAP promises better life in Potong Pasir
      392 2  -  Don't be left behind, 12 years of opposition is enough, say PAP ministers Byi Chuang Peck Ming THE PAP promised Potong Pasir residents a better life if they broke the opposition's 12year hold on their constituency. Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said the
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      Lock icon Seletar Hills to be upgraded too: Heng
      230 2 The Straits Times PRIVATE estates in Cheng San GRC will be upgraded too, said Heng Chiang Meng, one of the PAP candidates there. Mr Heng said he is looking at improving parks, playgrounds, drains and other common facilities, and some of the first
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    • VOTE Notes
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        Many ideas but none practical
        80 2 INDEPENDENT candidate Chia Shi Teck is a man of many ideas but they are not practical ones. This was the verdict of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, who said he had known Mr Chia, a businessman standing in the single-seat ward of Quia Chu Kang,
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        De facto walkover in Kampong Glam?
        71 2 IF THE PAP gets a "de facto walkovet" in Kampong Glam, where the DPP candidate Tan Lead Shake has hardly been seen, Finance Minister Richard Hu can say: "I told you so." After touring Albert Centre yesterday, Dr Hu said PAP incumbent Leh Meng
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        Frogs, but no tigers
        96 2 OPPOSITlON ifchies have cried foul over "mosquito infested" and "swampy" rally sites allocated to them. The site for the SPPs Saturday rally along Bukit Batok Bast Ave 2 was described by rally speakers as "a pad! field" and "fit for frogs", the party's Ayer Rajah candidate,
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        One big lie
        67 2 THE government has made it clear that it will not raise the CPF withdrawal age, Finance Minister Richard Hu said yesterday. Opposition claims that this would go up from the current $5 years to 60 years wore "one big lie", he said. Describing these as propaganda tactics,
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        No toilets
        72 2 THOSE who drove to the WP rally at Yio Chu Kang Stadium on Saturday night expecting to circle around for a parking lot were pleasantly surprised to find they didn't really have to: the Apple facility nearby opened its and before too long its car park was fUll.
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        Low Thia Khiang gets star treatment
        86 2 INCUMBENT MP for Hougang, WFs Low Thia Khiang, seems to have been elevated to the same status as a TCS star. Reporters are told to wait for his arrival and speech at rallies (he usually makes the last speech of the night), and when
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      Lock icon Banking on a sound S$
      72 2 A young girl standing at an automated teller machine at an Overseas Union Bank branch in Potong Pasir yesterday. Next to the ATMis a campaign poster of the People's Action Party. The strong Singapore dollar has neutralised the effects of imported inflation although two-thirds of
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      Voter support needed to keep younger ministers in cabinet: PM
      640 2  -  S'pore&ns most not think they can be free with their votes By i Chuang Peck Ming, Tan Su Yen THE battle is not over, even though the People's Action Party was returned to power on Nomination Day, Prime Minister Goh
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      Lock icon US not interfering in S'pore's domestic affairs: WP
      639 2  -  Reporting by Ang Wan May, Annette Pau, Clarissa Tan THE US government's criticism of the PAP's election strategy does not amount to interference in Singapore's domestic affairs, the Workers' Party said last night. At their rally in Hougang, WP speakers made the
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      Heard and seen
      748 2 "Ifyou walk around Simei, you '11 be hard put to find out who the opposition candidates are because the posters are still not up and this is Day Five of the campaign. They are like masked marvels. We don't quite know who they are. Our SDP friends
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon West Java riots leave over 100 buildings damaged
      457 3 JAKARTA Troops still on guard in Tasikmalaya; 120 people detained after rampage: newspaper AFP INDONESIAN troops remained on guard yesterday in a West Java town where riots last week wreak millions of dollars of damage to over 100 buildings, reports said. Traffic
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      Lock icon KL plans warning system on storms
      246 3 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA may adopt an early warning system similar to that used in Hongkong to alert people of impending storms or floods, a senior government minister said in remarks published yesterday. The system, which uses different coloured balls or flags, could be
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      Lock icon NTT, trading firms to build phone network in Vietnam
      159 3 TOKYO AFP NIPPON Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) and two Japanese trading Arms would build a telephone network in Vietnam at a cost of 21 bUlion yen (*****.6 million), a daily said yesterday. Under a 15-year business cooperation agreement with Vietnam's
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Detained Megawati supporters released
        76 3 Reuter [SURABAYA] All 18 supporters of ousted minority party leader Megawati Sukarnoputri, detained here in a clash with the army on Saturday, had been released by yesterday, a party official said. Sucipto, head of the East Java branch faction of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) that
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        Lock icon Missing Briton seen at rebel base
        103 3 AFP [PHNOM PENH] A Briton abducted in March has been reported alive in a Khmer Rouge stronghold near the Thai border, a rebel defector and the Cambodian government's investigation chief said yesterday. Twenty-ftmr-year-old Chhoy Vin, who defected to the government on Saturday in Siem
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        Lock icon Son Kyi allowed to leave home
        79 3 AFP [BANGKOK] Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was allowed to leave her house for the second time In three days yesterday, but opposition sources said restrictions on her movement have not been lifted. The Nobel Peace laureate attended a wedding in central
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      Lock icon Trumpeting in the new year
      54 3 [JAKARTA] An Indonesian youth making colourful paper trumpets on thefootpath of a Jakarta street yesterday ahead of the New Year's Eve celebrations. The noise-making instruments are a popular and prominent feature of both public and private events when residents of the nation's capital welcome in
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      Lock icon Halving corruption is good enough: Thai PM
      207 3 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND'S Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh says he will be satisfied with a 50 per cent drop in corrupt politicians and vote-buying as the country institutes political reforms. In an interview with the Sunday Bangkok Post, Gener- al Chavalit said a constitutional
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      Lock icon Vietnam sets 1997 inflation target at 7-8%
      166 3 HANOI Reuter VIETNAM has set a target for annual inflation during 1997 of 7-8 per cent, the Communist Party daily Nhan Dan has said. "The prime task for pricing management in 1997 is to carry out a study on policies and measures to
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Tung Chee-hwa to meet Provisional Legislature
      442 4 HONGKONG It will be the Chief Executive's first informal meeting with China-appointed body AFP THE head of Hongkong's post--1997 government, Tung Cheehwa, will hold his first informal meeting with the Chinaappointed Provisional Legislature today, members of the interim body said yesterday. The meeting between
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      Lock icon China hails Moscow visit as key step against US domination
      242 4 BEIJING AFP CHINA yesterday hailed premier Li Peng's visit to Moscow this week as a breakthrough in its efforts to unseat the US as the world's sole superpower. In an official Xinhua news agency editorial carried by all major newspapers,
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      Lock icon China impact on Asia seen growing
      340 4 SINGAPORE HK handover, closer Taipei-Beging ties will shape 'Greater China': Perc report AFP THE shaping of a "Greater China" in 1997 with Hongkong's handover and closer economic interaction between Taiwan and Beijing will influence the "health and dynamics" of Asian countries, a report said
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon Beijing to broadcast TV series on Deng
        66 4 AFP [BELTING] China will start broadcasting a 12-part television series on Deng Xiaoping, its paramount but ailing leader, on New Year's Day, state television reported yesterday. The programme will cover Mr Deng's rise through party ranks, his victory over the Gang of Four,
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        Lock icon Taipei's forex deposits hit new high
        54 4 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan's outstanding foreign currency deposits hit a record high of NT1323.6 billion (5116.5 billion) at the end of November, boosted by the island's continued trade surplus, the central bank said on Saturday. The end-November figure was up from NTJ293.8 billion at the
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        Lock icon 80 sick after gas leak at Guangzhou plant
        50 4 AFP [HONGKONG] Between 80 and 90 people in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou were hospitalised following a gas leak at a steel plant. The leak occurred on Saturday at the Guangzhou Steel Plant, the China-backed Ta Kung Pao reported yesterday. —AFP
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      Lock icon Teng Hui offers to speak at Beijing U
      179 5 TAIPEI AFP TAIWANESE President Lee Teng Hui has offered to speak at as part of a "journey of peace" to the mainland, the United Daily News reported yesterday. Mr Lee has offered to go to China since his May inauguration as Taiwan's
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      Lock icon Taiwan proposes constitutional reforms for 'checks and balances'
      396 5 TAIPEI Proposals still have to be passed by the National Assembly to become law AFP TAIWAN is moving ahead with its democratisation process by proposing constitutional reforms to install "checks and balances" on the government, analysts said yesterday after a week-long national
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      Lock icon Philippine army chief's Spratly visit irks China
      212 5 MANILA AFP CHINA admonished the Philippines yesterday to refrain from moves that could harm bilateral relations following a Christmas Day visit by Philippine military officials to a Fili-pino-held island in the disputed Spratly islands chain. The statement, issued by the Chinese embassy here,
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      Lock icon Taipei, Beijing to set up direct phone link: report
      269 5 TAIPEI Tlie underwater cable connecting Fangshan and will be ready in March fti AFP TAIWAN and China have signed an agreement to build the first direct telephone link between the two rivals, the China Times reported yesterday. The underwater cable connecting
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      Lock icon Raking in the tourist dollars
      58 5 [BEIJING] Workers putting finishing touches to a signboardfor the upcoming Visit China Year in 1997 outside a Beijing hotel yesterday. China is expected to earn a record US$lO billion (SSI 3.9 billion) from foreign tourists this year, an increase of almost lspercentfrom lastyear which raked
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      Lock icon China warns of terrorist campaign in Tibet
      140 5 BEIJING AFP A LARGE bomb explosion in the Tibetan capital on Christmas Day has sparked official warnings from China of an all-out terrorist campaign by separatist groups led by the Dalai Lama. The bomb exploded outside the offices of the Lhasa City Metropolitan
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      320 5 9 V f —s if^...^.-j-^. f J How we made the Cefiro fly. On September 8, 1996, in Arizona, USA, a team of engineers fitted the engine of the 143 horses and a staggering 255 Nm of torque. And in near silence, at that. 3-litre Nissan Cefiro into an aircraft.
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Anti-govt protests continue in S Korea
      575 6 SEOUL Unrest over unpopular labour law is set to escalate tomorrow when telecom workers join the strike AFP SOME 25,000 angry workers marched around rilling party headquarters here yesterday to protest against an unpopular new labour law that has caused crippling strikes at South
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      Lock icon Farm sector to help India post 6% GDP growth: analysts
      407 6 NEWDELHI Reuter A RECOVERY in the agriculture sector will offset a slowdown in industrial growth and help India post gross domestic product growth of 6 per cent in 1996-97 (April-March), analysts said yesterday. This compares with an official target of
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      Lock icon Indian inflation rate over 7%
      142 6 B NEW DELHI AFP INDIA'S inflation rate hit a new high for fiscal 1996 when it passed the 7 per cent mark, officials said yesterday. The annual ised rate rose by 0.28 percentage points from 6.8 last week to 7.08 per cent, provisional figures for
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        Lock icon Bangladeshi opposition to stage protests
        61 6 AFP [DHAKA] Bangladesh's main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday warned it would stage three days of anti-government protests beginning on Jan 5. The BNP's protests would be held in small towns on the first day, regional cities on the second and culminating in a
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        Lock icon Successful test of Indian-made missile
        60 6 AFP [NEW DELHI] Indian scientists yesterday successfully flight tested an indigenously built surface-to-air missile named Trishul (Trident), the Press Trust of India reported. Trishul has been dubbed by analysts as India's answer to the US-made Patriot, which was effectively used to shoot down incoming Iraqi
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        Lock icon Stark sun warning
        64 6 AFP [SYDNEY] Erin Hofftnan (left) and Jane Duffy heading for the surf past a billboard promoting gun block in the city on Saturday as weather forecasters warned of extreme levels of ultraviolet radiation during the summer period. Australians spend more time outdoors than any other Westerners and
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        Lock icon Pakistan may levy new taxes: Khalid
        79 6 Reuter [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan's government might have to levy new taxes to avert an economic crisis, caretaker Prime Minister Meraj Khalid was quoted as saying on Saturday. "If s not necessary that the fresh tax package would carry imposition of new taxes worth 2S billion
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      Lock icon Pyongyang apologises for submarine intrusion
      488 6 USEOUL Unprecedented move paves way for North and Sooth Korea to begin peace talks AFP HOPES soared here yesterday after an unprecedented North Korean apology paved the way for the two Koreas to bury the hatchet over a submarine intrusion, and salvage peace plans for
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      Lock icon Bondi Beach to have a dry New Year's Eve
      220 6 B SYDNEY AFP ALCOHOL will be banned from Sydney's annual Bondi Beach New Year's Eve bash this year in an attempt to prevent the drunken riots which marred last year's celebrations. police said yesterday. Under the ban, even those who take
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      416 6 BUSINESS Notices PARKWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED US$lOO,OOO,OOO Secured Hybrid Notes Due 1997 In accordance with the provisions of the Notes, notice is hereby given that for the Rate of Interest for the 6-month period from 30 December 1996 to 30 June 1997 (182 days) is fixed at 6.9375% per annum payable
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      505 6 •TO \l>\ I KIIM < Ml 1011 -I KM I SIN). 741 ISX. SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL TRUSTS INVESTMENT CORPORATION (established under the laws of the People's Republic of China) U5570,000,000 FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE DECEMBER 1998 In accordance with the provisions of the Notes, notice is hereby given that for the
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      262 6 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 10 AND IN THE MATTER Of KUMON SINGAPORE PTE LTD (M LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN. that the creditors of the abovementioned Company, which is being voluntarily wound up. ara required on or before 30 January 1997. to aand in that namaa
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Monitoring directors' trades for trends
      889 7  -  Such dealings have proven to be a useful guide to the health of the overall stock market Reports t Neil Behrmann [LONDON] ARE the dealings of directors a pointer to changes in the fortunes of the stock market? Events on the London stock market show
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      Inherent dangers in US mutual fund boom: report
      935 7 Mutual fond says wide spread of investors a problem if market dives IT IS hardly surprising that Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan is trying to deflate the Wall Street bubble slowly. According to Fed watchers, he is not only concerned about the
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Rebels may have softened conditions for freeing hostages
      423 8 LIMA Newcommnoiqne MMitihw dfnrmnii for release of i iHju'isoned Reuter, AFP MARXIST guerillas holding the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Lima may have softened their conditions for freeing the 83 hostages remaining in the mined and booby-trapped building. In a communique read out
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      Lock icon German minister slams politician for EMU remarks
      300 8 FRANKFURT Politician claims it will be costly for Germany to join nnion Bloomberg Business News GERMAN Finance Minister Theo Waigel accused prominent Social Democrat Party politician Gerhard Schroeder of "missing no opportunity to manipulate public opinion" by saying the upper house of parliament
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      Lock icon Strikes paralyse Israel after union leader's arrest
      259 8 JERUSALEM AFP A SUDDEN wave of strikes paralysed airports and railways and telephone, postal and banking services in Israel yesterday alter a union leader was arrested for ignoring a court order. Thousands of passengers were stranded at Ben Gurion international airport following a
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      Lock icon US issues new rules on encryption exports
      119 8 WASHINGTON Reuter THE Clinton administration said on Friday it had issued new rules governing export restrictions on computer encryption technology. "The new export rules for encryption products will promote the robust growth of international electronic commerce and secure global communications while balancing our
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      SME mart for IT could be worth $600m here
      675 9  -  Regional SME market may be thrice as large By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) may represent more than $600 million in potential demand for infotech products and services in the next few years. Stephen Yeo, chief executive of
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    • IT TAKES
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        Sun, Netscape to work together
        75 9  -  Compiled by Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Sun Microsystems and Netscape Communications Corporation have announced that they wiU work together to foster the development, dissemination and commercial success of a broad range of open standards-based technologies. This is to incorporate support for Sun's WebNFS Internet file system
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        Net software support for SmartStart
        71 9 [SINGAPORE] Compaq Computer Corp will add intranet software support to its integration tool, Smart Start, from next month. This will offer the broadest choice of open intranet solutions on its high-performance ProLiant and ProSignia server platforms at the lowest total cost of ownership, the company
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        CRAYQuest Singapore 1997 awards
        101 9 [SINGAPORE] The National Supercomputing Research Centre (NSRC) and Cray Research has launched CRAY Quest Singapore 1997. This is the second year of the awards programme which recognises Singapore's best industrial and academic researchers who apply high-performance computing or supercomputing technology in research and development. The programme
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        WHO picks FORE Systems
        49 9 [SINGAPORE] The World Health Organisation has chosen FORE Systems to install a 2,000-seat desktop ATM network at its premises in Switzerland. The new network will provide improved bandwidth, support existing applications and provide sufficient capacity and Quality of Service to accommodate future applications, Fore said.
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      Innomedia to sell Internet telephone technology
      499 9  -  It will allow cheaper long distance calls By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Singapore high-tech company Innomedia wiU sell Internet phone technology in Singapore and overseas from the second quarter of next year. This will enable long distance calls at a much cheaper rate than
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      Parametric to double Asian revenue next year
      185 9 [SINGAPORE] Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), a US producer of computer aided design, manufacturing and engineering (CAD/CAM/CAE) software, will next year double its Asia revenue and increase its world revenue by 50 per cent, said its marketing vice-presi-dent Karen Ekberg. Ms Ekberg, who was
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      Poor telecom links between countries still a hindrance
      686 10  -  Action: Sing Tel takes part in fibre optic network project to enable it to launch innovative broad bandwidth services By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Information highways are well developed within countries such as Singapore, but the telecommunication links between nations are still
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      Privacy of data on the Internet must be protected too
      735 10  -  By Tbh Han Shih The writer is a BT journalist' WITH governments and corporations pushing Internet commerce, the main concern is Internet security. But a more subtle and insidious problem has not received much notice the issue of privacy of
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      516 10 I PC August V 6 Workhorse Portable 1996 Most Products PC Computing D«ir Latitude™ XPi PI33ST Intel 133 MHz Pentium* processor 256K8 cache 11.3* SVGA colour TFT display BMB EDO RAM 128-bit graphics accelerator 11 B I 4lf O 810 MB hard drive Utfl 1 »J 3.5'144M8 diskette drive m
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      808 11 TV&RADIO when Rachael's divorced &30 Campaign Report (M). 1 M*\B:T»J I M parents also show up. 9.00 Darah Dan Cinta (Malay L3O PM TV Innovations. 12.00 MN Picket Fences Dan- Drama). 2.30 The Winners. te's Inferno. 10.00 J Pop Cafe (Japanese Va w I 3.00 Money. Money. Money. IXBO AM
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      296 11 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 9Bh 6 But he probably hasn't a small B|| j j I j vocabulary 8 Egyptian a bus crash wS. SB 9 Honest view about retrograde HI 10 Have endless aspiration for a 11 Got right in to the hollow place 12 Dislike a particular form of
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon A birthday bash befitting a legend
      1088 12  -  The Oriental, one of the world's finest hotels, turned 120 last month. GOH HWEE LENG was in Bangkok to soak in the grandeur of the celebrations GOH HWEE LENG IT WAS a sight and sound rarely seen and heard in bustling Bangkok. The Chao
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      1194 12 THEATRE With his film version of the play completed, the actor is giving up the role for good NYT [LOS ANGELES] Since the first time he saw it performed as an impressionable English schoolboy, Hamlet has been Kenneth Branagh's obsession if that's not too
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      698 12 FOOD Plans for Paris and HE surveys but Tokyo to be left out Reuter [NEW YORK] The man who eats out 10 times a week is on a diet and clearly is not going to order much as he and his wife enter their
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Sale of businesses set to boost ST Computer
      284 13  -  Bankers Trust say s the company will also be able to tap into STE6Fs growth Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] The sale of ST Cfttfeuter Systems' (STCS) simulator and command and control businesses to ST Electronics Engineering (STE&E) will improve the former's net
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      DBS Bank promotes top executives
      342 13  -  NgKeeChoe fills long-vacant president's post By I Shiv Taneja [SLNGAPORE] Confirming an earlier BT report, DBS Bank yesterday announced senior level promotions, including that of Ng Kee Choe to the post of DBS Bank president, which has been vacant for over a Afro promoted were
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      A year that saw rise and fall of KL Second Board
      747 13  -  KAUBT MATTERS It wont be surprising if main board makes a comeback in *97 By Lee Yoke Har IF there is one thing to remember the Kuala Lumpur stock market by in 1996, it will be the dramatic rise
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        Lock icon HK Telecom set to lose over 50% of market share
        318 14 Utility already lost 15% in first half, says chief exec SCMP [HONGKONG] Hongkong Telecom stands to lose more than half its market share by 2005, according to the latest telecommunications report from SBC Warburg. Hongkong Telecom chief executive Linus Cheung
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        Lock icon Tenaga looking to revamp operations
        115 14 Bernama [KAJANG] Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) is in the midst of reviewing its operations and that of several subsidiaries to strengthen the organisation's management, executive chairman Ahmad Tajuddin Ali said. Among the subsidiaries whose operations would be reviewed are Tenaga Nasional Properties Sdn Berhad (TNP)
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        Thakral set to keep up its investment thrust
        1037 14  -  Company Focus It is setting aside up to USslsm a year for investments and sees major boost in China business By. Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] THAKRAL Corporation Ltd (TCL) will be ad•ding some US$lO million (Ssl4 million) to US$l5 million each year during
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        Lock icon MBf Group aiming for multinational status by 2000
        265 14 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Loy Hean Heong, president and chief executive officer of MBf Holdings Bhd and MBf Capital Bhd, said the MBf Group wUI be transformed into a multinational corporation by the turn of the century. Mr Loy said its overseas operations
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        Lock icon Soh Chee Wen sells stake in 2 companies
        358 14 Hell still manage Promet, after Ms66sm sale Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Corporate strategist Soh Chee Wen will end up with a cool M) 664.5 million (*****.7 million) from his divestment of his 17 per cent stake in Promet Bhd and 32 per cent
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        Lock icon Morgan Stanley complains of losses at hands of traders
        479 14 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] Morgan Stanley Co says it sustained a "severe" loss at the hands of professional traders and wants the Securities and Exchange Commission to change some trading rules. The securities firm got caught off guard when news was
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        SembCorp raising $350m
        83 14 [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Corp (SembCorp) is raising some $350 million to refinance its short-term loans. The funds are being raised through the issue of 350 miUion one per cent redeemable cumulative preference shares (RCPS) of $0.01 each at $1 per share. The exercise was first announced in August
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        Lock icon FCC to buy 20% of HK property firm from Guoco for HK$1.4b
        302 14 SCMP [HONGKONGJ Singapore property developer First Capital Corp (FCC) has agreed to buy 20 per cent of locally-listed property developer Lap Heng Co from the Guoco Group for about HK$l.4 billion (SS2S2 million). Guoco announced on Nov 2
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        Lock icon Foreigners seen wary of Japanese stocks in '97
        197 14 Reuter [TOKYO] Foreign investors, often a driving force in long-term rallies in the Japanese stock market, are likely to turn more cautious in 1997, analysts say. The yen's weakening against the doUar cuts the dol-lar-denominated value of Japanese equities, which may send
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        Lock icon China's interbank market seen a limited success
        408 15 System allows ynan to move freely and interest rates to be market-driven but it's still small in scope Reuter [SHANGHAI] China's one-year-old local currency interbank market has opened a channel for free movement of the Chinese yuan and allowed interest rates to be
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        Lock icon Arab-M'sian finance group plans to review structure
        206 15 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] The ArabMalaysian group, one of Malaysia's biggest finance houses, is to review its organisational structure, group chairman Azman Hashim said. "We will be looking into our group structure (to see) whether there is any better way of doing our business,"
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        Lock icon Insurers escaped big disasters in 1996
        236 15 Only USs9baf USsBob til fry natural catastrophes paid out Munich Re Bloomberg Business News [MUNICH] Natural catastrophes caused US$6O billion (SsB4 billion) in damage this year, though insurers only paid out about US$9 billion, the world's largest reinsurer said. More than 11,000 people were
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        Lock icon Yamaichi in 150b yen bail-out of non-bank unit
        397 15 It is the third top Japan brokerage to do so to write off bad property loans FT [TOKYO] Yamaichi Securities, the weakest of Japan's big four stockbrokers, is to inject 150 billion yen (Ssl.B billion) into its non-bank affiliate, Yamaichi Finance, to
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        Lock icon A dismal year for Beijing's commodities brokers
        272 15 Reuter [BEIJING] China's commodities brokers posted dismal results this year with as many as 80 per cent of them losing money. the Futures Herald newspaper said. In an article contributed by the Shanghai Cereals and Oils Exchange, the newspaper also accused China's market
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        Lock icon Energy fund tops performance ranking
        442 15 But 1997 will pose new challenges to Global Resources Fond as oil prices may weaken Bloomberg Business News [BOSTON] Past performance is no guarantee of future success. That's what investors in State Street Research Management's Global Resources Fund should remember as the ftind ends the
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        1796 15 PRIME LENDING RATES (close of business on 20 Dec 96) ftA£S AM Amro Bank NV (V, ABSA Bank United ftv« AN2 Banking Group _ft* Ailed Iris* Bank PLC ft American Express Bank 7 Arab Banking Corp 7 Arab Bank PLC ftvt AsaN Bank Ltd 7 BfCI _ftv 4 Ban Hln
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        Lock icon US$ stays strong against yen
        588 16 CURRENCY Weeklyßoundup Reuter [NEW YORK] The US dollar ended little changed versus the yen on Friday, after an in-tra-day rally took the greenback to its highest level against the Japanese currency in almost 45 months. Concerns about a weak Japanese economy and stock market weighed
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        Lock icon Markets quiet as traders stay away in holiday-shortened week
        882 16 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] All was quiet last week on the commodities markets, as most traders stayed away from their desks during the Christmas holiday period. During a week in which the London Metals Exchange (LME) was closed for two days,
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      1667 16 8TO0M FUTUilBB Dec 27 RVMER (Marts dostoea at SJO*m) tSS 1 tm&sM) Close Volume Open Moot* M# Lew Sett (tonnes) Interest JM 97 ***** 174.00 175.00 125 200 Ft* ft 178.00 178.00 178.00 50 2050 Mar 97 181.25 1825 Apr/Jan9T 184.50 5925 Ja(/$ep 97 187.50 5610 Oct/Dec 97
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      BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      4376 17 Net urn EPS KohBros Sep 25 I 2.358 1.854 0.99 0.78 Date rr LV TV LY KuHm Mil*' Sep 20 I ***** 27.201 12.3 14.4 Company mm (San) <Sm> (cts) lets) LC Oev Nov 14 F 3.129 1193 2.4 LI —L6M Sep 27 I 1.0611 0.871
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      Lock icon CHARTING SERVICE
      753 17 Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory it ranges between zero and 100. In practice, however, it fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: *****0/((up average/down average)
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        Lock icon Bulls gallop aimlessly on Wall Street
        795 18 NEW YORK The Dow is np 26% and the Nasdaq 22% since Jan but their roates up were totally different FT THE bulls had two runs during 1996, and were still galloping, albeit rather aimlessly, as the year came to a close. Those two
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        Lock icon Gains in property, banking stocks boost Hang Seng
        185 18 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG share prices closed 2.1 per cent higher during a holiday-shortened week on selective buying of property and financial shares, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Hongkong's key Hang Seng In- dex gained 272.73 points from the previous week's finish
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        ASIAN MARKETS Roundup
        876 18 Q Sydney +2L8 INVESTORS held their interest in Australian shares despite the holiday-shortened week and helped advance the market by 0.9 per cent by the end of the week. The Australian Stock Exchange's key barometer, the All Ordinaries Index, finished the three-session week at 2,395.6 on Friday,
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        WORLD STOCK MARKETS
        1981 18 Q Paris +28.42 FRENCH stocks should get a boost in the days ahead as money managers look to boost their portfolios at the beginning of the year. On Friday, the benchmark CAC 40 Index rose 0.14 per cent to 2,306.95, up 3.2 points, on 5.4 million shares
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        Lock icon Footsie breaks record before slipping back
        262 18 LONDON AFP THE London stock market posted modest gains during the shortened week last week, in which the bourse closed for two days over the Christmas break, profiting from weak trading volumes to break new records. The Footsie Index of 100 leading companies ended
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        Lock icon Consumption tax hike sends Nikkei plunging to year's low
        461 18 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices slumped to the year's low during the week as investors saw a government tax and budget policies putting a damper on the economic recovery, brokers said. "The recent sharp falls are a sign of investor disappointment
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
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        Lock icon Interest in selected blue chips boosts index
        8136 19 AFP, Reuter AFX Asia ft Composite Index +SJM MALAYSIA'S key stock index rose 0.5 per cent last week, helped by interest in selected blue chips despite a lethargic market due to year-end holidays, brokers said. "Trading is expected to remain thin in the
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2376 20 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Or Or 1996 Last Vol Waaft twt Ouot* Olv 0* YM Nat M Cap H>» Law Stno Company SjX COOP) High Law Buyar **a«f C'vr P/I $m* 625 360 m ***** AISB 50c 168 Cd 15 372 364 368 378 5!o 4.9 a4 741 377.5 n9
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        MAIN BOARD
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        HOT STOCK
        68 22  -  By J Shiv Taneja INTERFORM CERAMIC TECH has had a good run these past few months. On Friday, it closed three cents up at HKSI.I9 on a volume of 542,000 shares traded. But investors should expect a correction in the very near future. Investors should sell new, and
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        Lock icon Key market role for interest rates in 1997
        1160 22  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Watch earnings performance and liquidity flows too, say brokerages Bit R Sivanithy (SINGAPORE] As 1996 rolls out and 1997 prepares to make its entrance this week, investors must surely be asking themselves whether the new year will bring better
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      275 23 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young WITH the festive holiday virtually upon us we have seen a whole rash of sales being reported in various sectors of the market and a number of rumours surrounding other tonnage. A number of container vessels which were previously reported sold have now
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      290 23 Hi* 4 'W& Nc 27 St CWT Distribution L20 *0.01 91 ChuanHup 0.935 *0.005 4 Cosco Invattmant 1.58 *0.03 63 FELS 7.05 *0.05 56 rraiqht Links 0.635 -0.01 4 06 Holdings 0.865 *0.015 22 Mai Sun Hup 1.00 unch 32 Hitachi Zosan 0.79 *0.01 18 IMC Holdings HK5.60
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      PSA launches improved version of FastConnect
      494 23  -  Fast Connect II to result in faster turnaround time for ships, and increased rebates for lines By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) has launched an enhanced version of its transhipment system to accelerate the connection of containers. Fast Connect 11,
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      Japan-US row: talks set for next week
      155 23 [TOKYO] Japan and the US will hold talks on Jan 6-7 in Washington over a US claim that its shipping companies are put at an unfair disadvantage by Japanese loading practices. Japan's Transport Ministry was reported by Kyodo News as saying that the
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      1996 a watershed year with stage set for even far-reaching changes
      641 23  -  LINER SCENE By David Hughes WELL it is time to say goodbye to 1996. Most liner operators would be happy to see the back of the old year, were it not for a sneaking suspicion that the new one
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      Rotterdam port offers IT training in joint project
      147 23 [ROTTERDAM] The Rotterdam Municipal Port Authority has launched a joint programme with various other organisations to train better educated port employees and jobless people to become information technology staff. Rotterdam port needs this type of worker, but because of pressures on the
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      Lock icon TWRA cancels rate hikes for chemicals, resins
      286 23 Other freight rate increases to take place as planned Journal of Commerce (LOS ANGELES] Shipping lines that carry US exports to Asia have decided not to implement a freight rate increase for chemicals and resins in 1997. Shippers see this action by the
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      Shenzhen to set up int'l container centre
      92 23 [SHENZHEN] Comprehensive design plans for an intermodal cargo container shipping centre in Shenzhen have been approved by authorities, who believe the project will play an important role in promoting transport between the city, in south China's Guangdong province, and Hongkong. As a port
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        Sunken carrier off S'pore removed
        86 23 [SINGAPORE] The sunken bulk carrier Herceg Novi has been removed from its location outside Singapore's port limits. In a press release, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said salvage operations had been jointly conducted by Smit International Singapore and Semco Salvage and Marine. To
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        Lock icon No Taiwan flag in HK after July 1
        62 23 AFP [BEIJING] Ships flying the Taiwan flag will have to lower their colours to anchor in Hongkong's port after the British territory reverts to Chinese sovereignty next year on July 1, China's government said in a communique. However, Hongkong-registered vessels will not
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        Lock icon UK to reintroduce prison ships: report
        76 23 AFP [LONDON] Britain will reintroduce prison ships next month in a bid to overcome overcrowding in the country's jails, a newspaper report said yesterday. The Express said British officials had inspected and approved the use of a six-deck ship, the Resolution, currently anchored in
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      Lock icon Players take case to court
      1181 24  -  TWA FLIGHT 800 CRASH: LEGAL SCRAMBLE TO ASSIGN BLAME STARTS Government officials have not determined what caused Flight 800 to explode on July 17 off Long Island killing 230 passengers, but already plaintiffs' lawyers have filed 23 multimillion-dollar lawsuits against Boeing and TWA ify Don
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      470 24 PAGE East M'sia 2 AEIOcean 16 E,hw Mn 6 m 14 EuroHansa 6 AFTShpg 14 Ewgreen 6 ANl 3 FL-Bright 9 AN* 16 f»* '5 II Accord 8 9 Fimous 7 Ahrenkiel 4 firm** 14 Appenship 4 FoongSun 8 Astro 3 FroU 8
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        647 39 Vessel Voy No Barth Arrival Oapartnrt J"**" 1 P«t -1)M U«n Km 603* J06 Bt Afruat 12/96 JOI St 52/96 JOt aloiUHd* f BTDmiasjay 68/96 J01 *n*ide 2 M Fa Bam 22/96 J01 RU2 22 ***** JOI alongside 2/1800 8t P Tetor ***** JOI itongsK* 29.12/1300 Bt Pi|
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        COHTMNER SCHEDULES
        1775 39 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS ANO LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Aci ciwtr 02a 3(vuoo u 21/15oo 21/1*51 nmo0 aci i*o> J2M 11/0500 nmoo 21/1*51 21/1100 21 21/1700 30/0*51 JO/WOO J 10/0700 Witt* 10/1400 4 30/1200 30/1459 30/1700 Ac* Lrrfotfer Oil*
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        121 39 Deo 31 Argentina Market holiday, Bank balance day. Austria Market holiday, New Year's Eve. Azerbaijan Market holiday. Solidarity Day. Belgium Market holiday, New Year's Eve. Bulgaria Market holiday, New Year's Eve. Costa Rica Market holiday, New Year's Eve. Denmark Market holiday, New Year's Eve. Ecuador Market holiday, New
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        837 39 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average-sized stem Market movements are Indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        447 40 Top 5 producers will find it tough to meet sales targets set, say analysts Reuter [TOKYO] Japan's car makers have set rosy targets for 1997, but industry analysts say that just means a fierce sales battle compounded by a feeble economic
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        91 40 Bloomberg Business News {WASHINGTON] Comsat €orp won a US$lOO million (Ssl4o million) contract from the Federal Aviation Administration to provide satellite services for new airline navigation technology. Comsat Mobile Communications will provide services for the satellite-based navigation system known as the Wide Area Augmentation System
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        187 40 AFP [SHANGHAI] China's largest bank has extended a 500 million yuan (5583.5 million) loan to builders of an airport in Shanghai's Pudong New Area, a newspaper reported here. The Pudong branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China extended
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        218 40 Record I.oBm vehicles exported in first 11 months AFP [SEOUL) South Korea's auto exports surpassed one million vehicles in first 11 months of 19% to make it the world's fifth largest auto exporter, the Korea Auto Manufacturers' Association (Kama) said. Cumulative shipments
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        210 40 AFP [NEW DELHI) India's stateowned national domestic airline, Indian Airlines, needs a cash injection of around US$26O million (***** million) over the next five years if it is to remain competitive, an expert panel has reported. The committee, headed by Vikjay Kelkar,
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        256 40 AFP [NEW DELHI] A judge investigating last month's collision between a Saudi jumbo jet and a Kazakh airliner which left 349 people dead, has agreed the aircraft black boxes should be decyphered abroad, a newspaper said yesterday. The Indian Express said Judge R
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          71 40 Reuter [SHANGHAI] A joint venture between Volkswagen AG and Shanghai Automobile Industrial Corp reached its 1996 production target 0f200,000 Santana cars, the Liberation Daily reported yesterday. The joint venture produced 160,000 Santanas in 1995. Santanas account for more than 50 per cent of
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          84 40 AFP [SHANGHAI] Work on the first phase of Shanghai's 96km outer ring road will start in the new year, a newspaper said last week. The Wen Hui Bao daily reported that mayor Xu Kuangdi said that the first phase of the ring road stretching 35.65 km
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      1175 26 NORASIA FIXED DAY WEEKLY DIRECT CALL TO GENOA BARCELONA WITH FAST TRANSIT TIME FOR MORE DETAILS/BOOKING CONTACT:- DORIS PATRICIA SINGAPORE NSA SHIPPING PTE LTD ALSO ACCEPTING LCL TO: T*L: *****83 FAX; *****80 CR NO. **********0 C VENK*/TWMT€/ANCONA/ALEXANDWA/PORT THA&AND p« AO£NC«COLTp TtL *82 *****88 SAIO/PIRAEUS/MALTA/BARCELONA 1 VALENCIA INDONESIA PT HALUAN BELATAM
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      1428 27 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD jW/d 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers MSingapore *****5 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 SABAH BRUNEI CONVENTIONAL SERVICE HO CHI MINH FULL CONTAINER SERVICE vtssa ~vot |in mua vtssa voy sm (sat) mna»mxs) SmmSTM VH3OI I 31/1? 04/01 05/01 OflliHT KAXAJIOV WOIM 04/01 07/01 STMITSHOK V
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      458 29 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 y HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) BARCELONA/SPAIN 03/01 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 04/01 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 03/01 HAMBURG/BREMEN 03/01 GENOA/ITALY 01/01 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 03/01 GOTHENBURG/SCAN 03/01 ROTTERDAM 03/12 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 03/01 FELIXSTOWE/UK 06/01 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 03/01 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 02/01 NEW YORK/EC 03/01 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 01/01 VANCOUVER 01/01 BRISBANE 31/12 TORONTO/MONTREAL
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      899 31 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD jSgfeSaS" 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. j CR NO **********06 |vt«a VOT ntc SIN syp n am. fit pig siTl 159 H/12 MZIL m -L2ZJ IAZI MZJ 2ZZJ mJ_ ICQTA HABTA HTAO3S 5. 6/1 1M 25.! 23.! 27/1 3/2 Li liaisr a...
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      665 34 44 AS AGENTS: "K" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CP NO: **********0M£5T REG NO: M2-0D1739M) K TEL *****77 TELEX: KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****16/7/8/9 W Tf MALAYSIA: "K" UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****256 INDONESIA: P.T. K" UNE (INDONESIA), TEL: JKT *****08 We
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      502 34 mmm ISLAND LINE PTE LTD mWW SubsJdhry of H* Sm Hop Group 200 CANTONMENT ROAD #09-02 SOUTMPOMl S'f0M 01*7*3 Mmm m. 32*4340 fax: sn«Mi TU: IS 220*1 ft 15 20*72 INTRA-ASIA container service TO INDONESIA "vtssn Tvor [~hn |*T rvissa P$* P« [vtssn dot l mi I kw SEMTOSA1AYA TwT~
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      227 34 T P.I FWUSAHAAN PBAfARAN W KALIMANTAN DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO JAKARTA/PALEMBANG Vmml Voy ETA/ETO DESTINATION RACHMANUELI 15/96 02/03 J«a Jakarta/PaUmbang RACHMANUEL 111 1/07 04/05 lea Jakarta/Palembong RACHMANUEL II 1/07 01/09 Jea Jakorta/Palembong RACHMANUEL I 1/97 11/12 im Jakarta/Palembong SURABAYA/PANJANG NIAGA 02/03 Jea S«r»b»»l/P»n|»*g CARAKA JATA NIAGA 03/04 Jea Pa«|a*g/Sirab«ya PERAWAN/DUMAI/JAMBI/rBARU
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      1270 34 ■njri MHMNS LJNIE QQ2SI TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY H2222J ARRIVAL FIXED DAY-MONDAY VESSEL VOY I SM I HTM HAM FXT LB» AM HFA VESSEL VOT lEH FXT HAM AW HFA SM MING GLORY A652W |0201 I 2SOI 23/01 2201 2701 MING MOON A645E SID SLO SU) SLO SLD 31/12 NUMBER
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      607 35 I VESSEL VOY MAA SIN I TIGER WAVE 496N 01-02/01 07-11/01 16-17/01 1 TIGER ISLAND 497N 10-14/01 19-20AJ1 I TIGER BRIDGE 498N 09-10/01 15-19/01 24 25/01 1 TIGER BAY 499N 12-13/01 17-21/01 26-27A)1 1 TIGER WAVE 500N 15-16/01 20-24/01 29-30/01 I TIGER ISLAND 501 19-20/01 24-28/01 02-0301 CAL SIN TIGER
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      426 35 Sea K Land YEAR END LOADER U.S.A. BRIGIT MSK V.9702 ETA SIN ETD SIN 29 DEC '96 30 DEC '96 CALL BOOKING HOTLINE TEL: *****33 NOW! SINGAPORE MALAYSIA INDONESIA MAINLINE *****22 KUALA LUMPUR 03-*****28 BANDUNG 022-*****5 CUSTOMER SVC(IN) *****00 PORT KLANG 03-*****08 BELAWAN 061-*****3 CUSTOMER SVC(OUT) *****33 PENANG 04-*****90 JAKARTA
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      1603 35 SEASOM S greetings NSwife Tr,r,r mm CR **********0R I M SINGAPORE PHONE (GENERAL) *****69 RATE ENQUIRIES WW— CFS (RHONE) *****10 CFS (FAX) *****23 TO EUROPE EVERY THUWS/FWI/BAT LA SEINE /5526 02/01 03/01 25/01 23/01 24/01 21/01 OOCL BRITAIN /1526 03/01 24/01 25/01 19/01 20/01 21/01 OANUBE /3526 04/01 20/01 21/01
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      792 36 —w SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARO) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********00 BOOKINGSCALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/43 J£SSIC»/CELIA/*UDBEY [2222****** 7 slgs/week QEB3EI 3 slgs/week I VESSEL [VOY Jsm TJAK I VESSEL |VOY SIN SUR MAERSKNARA 9701 iNPT
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      477 36 HOEGH_p lines HARPERS SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD PT HARPUL HOEGH LINES HARTRA HOEGH SDN BHD 70 ANSON ROAD *17-00 INDONESIA P KEIANG *****08 APEX TOWER SINGAPORE JAKARTA PENANG *****5 TEL: *****88 FAX: *****76 TEL: 62-21-*****72/73 J. BAMRU *****0 PPW PT6 GOOOWN OFFICE: *****75 FAX: 62-21-*****17 K KINABAIU 088 ***** SIM
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      365 36 9. Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN I VESSEL VOY I SIN BOM TRADE FAST TFSI7S 03/01 11/01 MEKHANIK KURAKO MK27N 07/01 15/01 KOTACAHAYA CAHI73 15/01 23/01 VANESSA 14* 19/01 28/01 i MM HYIQHEVSK SERVICE VESSEL VOY SPORE ILYCHEVSK EVER GUARD 0141-060W 31/12 27/01 NUOVA TRIESTIE
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      189 37 JUL Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A I sc II l I.COM VIM USI KM( i; I lIKOI (.110l I I III; \>OKI l> I i y^ 1 m I I EESM K3SJK3mB!3nBMJiEBBinMI I i ■■Igi-afcft: M Xi U. J ■■i m' ■blx2B WiildßI Bl'iijJlßL^'ißM-* M i"'?" 11 ni' in I I
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      594 38 Z^X 7 y>"i SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. I 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. m TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****9S TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) Also accepting container cargo to: VESSEU/VOY ETA SIM ETAHKG ETA SHA W/T HKG: Bei|iao y Chiwan r~rr TTTivi Fangcheng,
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      511 38 am MAC-NELS S'PORE- M'SIA Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC I\ /V~ I cm NO. **********0E SBU: (084) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****61 V/ X J PENANG (04) *****6 BANGKOK: (662) *****67 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 P. KELANG. (03) *****77 JKT (21) *****07 HON: (61) *****3 KUCHRKfc (062) *****3 HONGKONG SYDNEY/MELBOURNE "NED EUROPA"
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