The Business Times, 4 February 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4.1997 85*
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Manila court overturns Renong's winning bid
    583 1  -  Decision over control of Manila Hotel could jeopardise govt's privatisation plans From Al Labita in Manila IN A ruling that could have wide implications for foreign investment, the Philippine Supreme Court yesterday threw out Renong Bhd's winning bid for control of the historic Manila
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    Lock icon KL's multimedia corridor will benefit S'pore: Bill Gates
    463 1  -  He cites Internet project as example of Microsoft's commitment to S'pore From Kenneth James in Davos, Switzerland MICROSOFT chairman Bill Gates said yesterday that Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) will benefit rather than threaten Singapore and cited an Internetbased project with the
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    Lock icon Creative shares surge 14.8% to close at $21
    481 1  -  Analysts generally expect the stock to gain up to 20% more to settle at $22 to $25 By. Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Following Its stunning surge in second quarter results, Creative Technology shares soared more than 18 per cent yesterday to an intra-day
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      124 1 DTSEDE Pikxstai Former Pakistan prime 1 minister Nawaz Sharif claimed victory in yesterday's election. Mr Sharif secured a seat in parliament, according to unofficial results released late yesterday, P|9 CSBMVnB yluiiwiwaii BmatfiwMag Hi, thispg. Sounds dramatic, but businessmen will find work-arounds, like getting the right local partner. Gtw*m*umwmgiMJft to dan
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      17 1 Technology's role in M E peace, Pg 10 Intel plan* to ramp up chip output, Pg 16
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      83 1 IJ Singapore's m Signature Dishes am il* ins M* Barbecued Sugar Multimillion- Cane Ribs dollar Chinese ■■MlP'llllflMl »M-<por4p««) All Braised Pigeon with 1 heme Goose Liver and Wild Mushroom Restaurant $32 (for 4 persons) presents Pan-fried Scallops glazed with Orange Sauce New *4 per person Baked Seabass Cl lISINF With
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      $989m of CPF savings invested by members last year
      168 2 CENTRAL Provident Fund (CPF) members last year invested a net sum of almost $1 billion of their savings in equities, endowment policies and bank deposits. According to the CPF board, since the CPF investment schemes began in 1986, a net $9.14
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      Seven new EDB board members begin 1-year term
      131 2 THE Economic Development Board has appointed new board jth0 j started thM?'Me-£ear,-tWrrv last *****1 l.i j aOPTD f*. Culled from both the public and private sectors, they are: Advanced Systems Automation/Microfits and Method managing director Jimmy Chew Hwee Seng, Toshiba Singapore managing
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      Lock icon Hot stocks
      63 2 [SINGAPORE) A worker at "bak kua (rou gan) seller Lim Chee Guan's shop holding up a sign warning of limited stocks of the sliced barbecued pork. A scene like this is every businessman's dream. By 5 pm yesterday, there was a queue of about 100 people outside the
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      Lock icon SM, BG Lee sue Tang over HPL remarks
      303 2 The Straits Times SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have filed a new lawsuit against Tang Liang Hong for remarks he made at three General Election rallies on their purchases of apartments developed by Hotel Properties
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      CPF applications to buy properly up 6% in Q4
      425 2  -  Monthly applications hit two-year low in Dec, only 549 applications filed By] Michelle Low APPLICATIONS for Central Provident Fund savings to buy private property came to 2,177 applications in the fourth quarter, just 6 per cent more than the previous quarter.
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      Lock icon Average CPF default rate up
      302 2  -  E7E ON THE ECONOMY Liquidity By, Audrey Tan MORE businesses faced cash flow problems last year, going by the pick-up in the CPF default rate. The average default rate of 1.3 per cent for the last quarter of 1996 took the full-year average to 1.45,
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      China property dispute nearer end?
      448 2  -  Investors agree to accept substitute project but developer rejects conditions By; Lu Ning SINGAPOREAN investors who had put $10 million into a China property project that never took off have agreed inprinciple to accept another project as replacement. But there is still a snag. Their
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      Poly, Yenom in crayfish breeding study
      116 2 NGEE Ann Polytechnic has teamed up with Goh Cheng Liang's Yenom Holdings to study the breeding of redclaw crayfish, the results of which would be used for large-scale farming in Thailand. Yenom is privately held by Mr Goh, the founder of Wuthelam Holdings, which
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      260 3 BREITLING MM HRONO 1 AT Mechanical chronograph The rugged and compact Chronomat was designed f<v T Designed for service in the demanding, split-second and developed in cooperation with the crack pilots L H world of fighter aircraft, the Chronomat is easy to of Italy's elite Frecce Tricolori flying team. 1
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon United the sale stands, divided it fails?
      2033 4  -  A look at whether an en bloc sale can be blocked by minority dissenters By S K Phang The writer is an advocate and solicitor with a PhD in Law. This article first appeared in the January issue of Singapore business [SINGAPOREI SEVERAL
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      300 4 INVITATION TO JOINTLY DEVELOP A PRIME CBD COMMERCIAL SITE Rare opportunity to jointly develop a prime V c ,v 7 —7 commercial building near Raffles Place uog pItZM C t in the heart of the Financial District ocsc j Combined Land Area: Approx. 1863.2 sq m I£ I I (20,055
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      74 4 ♦The Property Column has bean held over Good Class Bungalows District 10 For Sale By Tender 11 Lady Hill Road Part single part double-storey freehold conservation bungalow Land area approx. 27,465 sq ft 16 Ewart Park Single-storey freehold bungalow Land area approx. 30,255 sq ft Possibility of subdivision into 2
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      291 5 l< it-V'.tl't 11. i-I t•• v. jt No one knows who it was. Or where. To maintain our competitive edge it won't be resulted in a major money-saving restructuring. And But about 15,000 years ago some bright spark enough just to work harder. We'll have to work 'smarter/ not content
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon KL closes border posts after riots
      144 6 KUALA LUMPUR Reuter MALAYSIA closed part of its border with Indonesia on Borneo island yesterday in the wake of recent racial riots on the Indonesian side, Bernama news agency said. All border posts between Sarawak and Indonesia's West Kalimantan province would be closed indefinitely,
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      Two key meetings could set tone for Asia-Europe ties
      691 6  -  ASIA-EUROPE TALKS Asean-EU relations near critical turning point and may sink over E Timor issue By Yang Razali Kassim TWO KEY intercontinental meetings which Singapore will host back-to-back soon after the Lunar New Year and Hari Raya Puasa holidays could set
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      Lock icon Mining giant Freeport top Indon corporate tax payer in 1995
      422 6 JAKARTA Salim group founder Liem Sioe Liong heads individual list Reuter MINING giant PT Freeport Indonesia was the top corporate tax payer in Indonesia in 1995 and Salim Group founder Liem Sioe Liong the top individual tax payer, a senior
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      Lock icon Malaysia unveils M$160m plan to ease traffic woes
      272 6 KUALA LUMPUR Cabinet panel okays &ust-track solution; projects to be carried out immediately AFP MALAYSIA'S government yesterday announced an immediate Msl6o million (5590.7 million) plan to expand roads, build underground bypasses and overhead bridges to ease the city's chronic traffic jams. Deputy
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      Lock icon PT Citra to start on road-rail link in April
      169 6 JAKARTA Reuter A CONGLOMERATE controlled by Indonesian President Suharto's eldest daughter, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, will start building a 5.82 trillion rupiah (553.5 billion) road-rail link in Jakarta in April, the official Antara news agency reported yesterday. The announcement is likely to
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  • FOCUS
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      Privatisation the Chinese way
      1201 7  -  The town of Zhucheng, near Qingdao, has become a star in China's privatisation programme By] Lu Ning [SINGAPORE] TO A casual visitor, Zhucheng, about a twohour drive from China's famous port city of Qingdao, seems a typical sleepy little farming town in the middle of nowhere.
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      Bargain items at sale of state firms
      453 7  -  COMMENTARY Some lust need capital or raw manajpmifliitj others agfwtg By Lu Ning jk QUIET revolution is taking l\ place in China. Once completed, China's industrial landscape will be JLdrastically altered. The quietness is necessary for this quasi-privatisation exercise to proceed in an
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Chinese central bank acts alter trust firm's collapse
      426 8 BEIJING It is tightening grip on financial system, watching commercial banks, say bankers Reuter CHINA'S central bank, stung by the collapse of a major trust firm, is looking warily at the nation's financial system, warning of dangers to Beijing's prestige and social
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      Lock icon China's WTO bid making progress
      308 8 BEIJING Reuter AFP CHINA and the US have made headway in talks on Beijing's accession to the World Trade Organisation, with Washington keen to move ahead at the start of President Bill Clinton's second term, diplomats said yesterday. Visiting US trade official Lee Sands held
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      Lock icon Lee Teng-hui says no to 'one country, two systems'
      200 8 TAIPEI Reuter TAIWAN President Lee Tenghui yesterday ruled out reunification with arch-rival China under Beijing's "one country, two systems" proposal. He also said Taiwan needed submarines to defend its coast against possible Chinese aggression. "We cannot accept... the 'one country, two
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      Lock icon HK sees exodus of UK expats ahead of handover
      193 8 HONGKONG AFP THOUSANDS of British expatriates in Hongkong have quit the territory ahead of the July 1 handover to China, according to official figures quoted yesterday by a Hongkong lyFigures from the Immigration Department showed that 25 per cent of the
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      449 8 BUSINESS Notices "> NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Lim Ah Tee of 2J Jasmine Road Singapore *****3, have applied for a First Class Beer House in respect of M/s Springleaf Taiwan Porridge Restaurant Pte Ltd located at 273 Thomson Road #01-01 Novena Gardens Singapore *****4, and that this application
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      431 8 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Neo Aik Gek of Blk27l,BishanSt.24, #14-220 Singapore 2057, have applied for a Public House (Extended) First Class in respect of M/s Lemoh Tree Pub located at 95, Beach Rd, Beach Hotel, #81-01 Singapore *****9, and that this application will be considered by the Liquors
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  • ASIA
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      Winning 372b yen bid for Tokyo prime land exceeds expectations
      431 9  -  TOKYO Sale suggests that land prices have finally bottomed out By. Anthony Rowley THE winning bid for the auction of three tracts of prime land in central Tokyo yesterday exceeded most predictions, suggesting that land prices in Japan have finally
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      Lock icon Toss for luck
      48 9 [OSAKA] Men dressed in matching ceremonial kimono throwing soya beans during a 'setsubun' ceremony at the Sensoji temple in Tokyo yesterday. During setsubun, Japanese households toss dried soya beans outside their home to drive away evil spirits and bring good luck to their families. AFP
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      Lock icon Ex-PM Rao wins first legal battle – court dismisses charges
      331 9 Ex-PM Rao wins first legal battle court dismisses charges m NEW DELHI AFP FORMER Indian prime minister P V Narasimha Rao, who faces a string of corruption charges, won his first legal battle here yesterday when charges that he used official aircraft for personal use were dismissed. The New Delhi
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      Lock icon S Korea steps up probe into political links to Hanbo scandal
      388 9 SEOUL Investigation of politicians only if corruption is evident AFP SOUTH Korean prosecutors yesterday stepped up a probe into the alleged corrupt involvement of politicians and government officials in a stormy scandal over the debtstricken Hanbo Group. "Hanbo Group
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      Lock icon Japan govt debt seen hitting 92% of GDP
      177 9 TOKYO AFP OUTSTANDING debts held by Japan's national and local governments are forecast to rise to about 475 trillion yen (555.5 trillion) by March 1998, reports said yesterday. The forecast government debt figure would represent 92 per cent of gross domestic product
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      Lock icon Nawaz Sharif claims victory in elections
      394 9 ISLAMABAD Poor voter turnout and three deaths mar elections which ended yesterday AFP FORMER Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif claimed victory in yesterday's election which was tarnished by a poor voter turnout and three deaths in election clashes. Mr Sharif, whose party was expected
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      489 9 *BHP Expressions of Interest PURCHASE AND REMOVAL OF THE POWERHOUSE AT MOUNT WHALEBACK, NEWMAN, WA. BHP Iron Ore Pty Ltd has recently upgraded the power generation facility at its Mount Whaleback mining operation at Newman, Western Australia, (located approximately 1,200 kms North-East of Perth). Expressions of interest are sought from
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Clinton expected to propose US$98b tax cuts in budget
      347 10 WASHINGTON Focus on providing low-income families access to education FT PRESIDENT Bill Clinton will call for tax cuts worth US$9B billion (Ssl37 billion) when he unveils his budget proposals for the coming fiscal year, administration officials said on Sunday. The proposed
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      Lock icon EU to take Germany to court over restrictions
      200 10 BRUSSELS Reuter THE European Commission, determined to remove remaining obstacles to a single market in financial services, decided yesterday to take legal action against Germany over investment trust restrictions. The European Union executive said it would take Germany to the Luxembourgbased European
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      Technology's role in M-E peace
      609 10  -  wounncoifOMic FOKUM Where, when and how does the 'network society' fit In? By Kenneth James in Davos Technology is changing society in ways even the experts are only beginning to grasp. But as a key to peace in the Middle East? Business chiefs attending the
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      Lock icon Americans' December income up 0.8%
      309 10 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News AMERICANS' incomes increased during the last month of 1996 as workers put in more hours on the job and spent more freely on Christmas gifts and other holiday items. Personal income increased 0.8 per cent during December, the largest rise in
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      Lock icon US-EU Cuba row: WTO chief to be pressed for panel
      279 10 BRUSSELS Reuter THE European Commission was planning to press World Trade Organisation chief Renato Ruggiero yesterday to name a dispute panel to settle the simmering row between the European Union and US over Cuban trade links, officials said. "Today we
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      Lock icon Balanced budget call a threat: Rubin
      157 10 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News A PROPOSED amendment to the Constitution barring the federal government from ever again spending more money than it takes in would expose the economy to unacceptable risks, said Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin in testimony to the House Judiciary Committee yesterday.
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      Lock icon EC sets up accounting guidelines on cutting deficits
      308 10 BRUSSELS Bloomberg Business News THE European Commission set out accounting guidelines to clarify what member states can do to reduce their budget deficits to the level required to qualify for the planned Euro-, pean single currency. It set a March 1 deadline
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      Lock icon Emerging market economies in the red
      353 10 LONDON Their cnrrent account deficits seen to total USslsob FT THE world's emerging market economies are moving deeper into the red their current account deficits are likely to be almost half as big again this year as they were in 1996. This growing reliance
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  • ANALYSIS
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      In Britain, all politicians sound the same
      724 11  -  THBBOTTOM UMB OPINION By Anthony Lewis The writer is a regular columnist in The New York Times where this articlefirst appeared IN THE run-up to the British election, now likely to take place in May, it seems increasingly difficult to tell the two
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      155 11 I really think that for any woman the right to have a baby is intrinsic and to do it in the safest possible way is also something that should go unquestioned.' 23-year-dd Anstraluii lesbian who won a landmark case and A 57,500 (558.025) because a Brisbane fertility
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      Leave the yen alone
      645 11 EDITORIAL AT the meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial countries (G-7) in Berlin starting Saturday, Japanese Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka is reportedly expected to ask his peers to help curb the decline of the yen against the US dollar through coordinated intervention
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      Lock icon US targets Yangon
      1019 11  -  Aung San Sun Kyi and K/anmar have become a cause celebre in the US By'. Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent THE husband of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's opposition leader, was in Washington last week, meeting government officials and journalists and addressing an audience
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      Minimising warrant problem
      537 11  -  MAILBOX Yours faithfully Mok Chun Hoong Petaling Jaya, Malaysia I REFER to your Jan 23 Hock Lock Siew column "UOB 1997 warrants may pose huge problem". It did not address the issue which was raised viz: how UOB would determine the basis for selecting which foreigner would
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      411 11 Aid that pays dhrttsads THE Microcredit Summit which began in Washington yesterday draws attention to a 1990s rarity: a development programme which everyone likes. Even the harshest critics of aid find it difficult to object to making credit and saving facilities available to the world's poorest.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon All-male orchestra changes its tune
      768 12  -  Vienna's world-renowned Wiener Philharmoniker has given in to public pressure and is accepting women members, reports jobkporthr JOHN PORTER DPA THE Wiener Philharmoniker, probably the best known orchestra in the world, has agreed to break with a century-old tradition of not allowing women members. For
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      Lock icon Sun sets on Webber's London Boulevard
      233 12 MUSIC Reuter [LONDON] Sunset Boulevard, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of the tale of an ageing Hollywood screen star, will close in April, producers said on Sunday. The curtain will fall on the £4.5 million (5510.2 million) blockbuster because producers cannot find a big
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      Lock icon Star Wars returns in triumph
      793 14 FILM Star Wars reopened last weekend to an almost reverent reception, reaping in a staggering USs3&2m NYT [HOLLYWOOD] Several days ago George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, joined an office pool betting on how much money the reissue of his film would earn last
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      Lock icon New CD catches Madonna in her early days
      515 14 MUSIC Reuter [LOS ANGELES] Madonna has topped the pop music charts for over a decade by carefully crafting her image, but a newly released recording called Pre-Madonna gives fans rare insight into the Material Girl's early days. The CD, which recently went
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      149 13 Where to wine, dine and entertain IKva I^H |wnmn» j, Fresh fish is flown all the way down from Norway three times a week...and after our :S Chef's performed tKe necessary magic, we <4 don't stop to ask people what they think of §i our Salmon, because that wou dhe
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      138 13 Luna Coffee House 6 FEBRUARY• 10 FEBRUARY 97 Buffet Lunch with Chinese New Year Delicacies 12 noon 2.30 pm Adult $24.80 Child $15.80 Buffet Dinner with *Chinese New Year Delicacies 6.30 pm 9.30 pm Adult $25.80 Child: $16.80 L FEBRUARY 10 FEBRUARY 91 High Tea with Chinese New Year Delicacies
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      Time Tel woos investors with free handphones
      389 15  -  Time Engineering unit seeks listing as Infrastructure Project Company FYom Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE competitive cellular phone market in Malaysia will soon witness a more intense bout of price war. Time Telecommunications Holdings Bhd (TTHB), which runs the Adam network, yesterday
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      338 15  -  By Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] IPC Corp's market capitalisation yesterday fell some $75 million to $485 million as the counter resumed trading after being suspended since Thursday. The selldown, which slashed 7.5 cents off the IPC «tock to 48.5 cents, was triggered by
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      453 15  -  OCBC (Foreign) falls 80C; Pacific Bank down M 51.46 By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE! OCBC Bank's share price took a beating yesterday on news last week that the merger talks between its Malaysian unit and Pacific Bank was off. OCBC Bank's foreign
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      Wing Tai goes into service apartments
      352 15  -  Unit to sign pacts with LP Hospitality and LP Hotels By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted property developer Wing Tai Holdings' service apartments business is likely to go into full swing soon. Wing Tai said yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary Winshine intends to enter into
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      Lock icon Petronas buys BHP's stake in Viet field
      174 15 Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Petroliam Nasional Bhd, the state-owned oil and gas company of Malaysia, said it bought Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd's 43.75 per cent stake in the Dai Hung oil field in Vietnam. "We have bought over," BHP's stake in
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      GIC seen involved in Ipoh Ltd's securitisation strategy
      623 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Russell Baker THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) is moving deeper into Australian property with its purchase of a 9.4 per cent stake in Ipoh Ltd earlier last month. This is its third investment in an Australian-listed property
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        Intel plans to ramp up microprocessor output
        389 16  -  But has no plans to raise motherboard portion of its business From, Kenneth James in Davos MULTIMEDIA companies like Creative Technology, Aztech Systems and California's Diamond Multimedia can breathe a conditional sigh of relief. Chip supremo Andy Grove doesn't think his company, Intel
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        Lock icon A tense task
        41 16 [MANILA] Linemen hanging onto high tension wires as they check newly-installed cables of the state-controlled, energy company National Power Corporation (NPC) yesterday. The linemen are suspended on wires that will carry 230,000 volts per cable when operational. AFP
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        Lock icon Rafiq is Scotts' biggest shareholder, High Court told
        476 16 THE JUMABHOT CASE Iqbal never did anything to stake his claim to share option The Straits Times [SINGAPORE] The biggest shareholder of Scotts Holdings is Rafiq Jumabhoy because he owns the entire share option and he has never agreed to share it
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        Berjaya, Olympia strike gaming deals
        222 16  -  From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN-LISTED Berjaya Group and Olympia Industries have struck new gaming ventures in the African continent. Berjaya Group said Ghana's Department of National Lotteries had appointed its subsidiary, Berjaya Lottery Management (HK) Ltd, as con-sultant-cum-project manager to help the department
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        CDL gets go-ahead for A$85m project after 7-yr tussle
        262 16 [SINGAPORE] Listed City Developments Ltd (CDL) has obtained approval for its A$85 million (S$91 million) residential project at Birkenhead Point in Sydney after a sevenyear tussle with the area's city council. A CDL statement yesterday said the 331-unit waterfront development at
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          GP Batteries wins US award Again
          71 16 [SINGAPORE] Main board-listed OP Batteries International has been named the Manufacturer and Outstanding Quality Manufacturer of the Year 1966 by American consumer electronics retail chain Radio Shack. Ova: 900 Asian manufacturers were considered for the awards, which GP Batteries won for die second year
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          SES approves Lion AsiaPac stock split
          59 16 [SINGAPORE] Lion AsiaPac Ltd has received approval from the stock exchange for its l-into-2 stock split Each issued and paid-up share of $0.50 will be split into two shares of 60.25 each. On completion ofth? exercise, the company's paid-up capital will remain unchanged at
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          Super Coffemix transfers stake in unit
          32 16 [SINGAPORE] Super Coflteemix Manufacturing has transferred its entire holding 0f460,000 shares of MH each in Super Coflteemix Marketing Sdn Bhd to Super Food Technology Sdn Bhd.
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          Jade on 'ready' trading tomorrow
          38 16 [SINGAPORE] Trading in the shares of Jade Technologies Singapore Ltd will cease on a "when issued" basis and will commence on a "ready" basis from tomorrow, the Stock Exchange of Singapore said yesterday.
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        Lock icon Samsung to invest US$3b to cut reliance on chips
        526 17 Fllfflkip firm mimw yearly sales target for first time after crash in chip prices Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] Samsung Electronics Co will invest more than US$3 billion (554.2 billion) this year to reduce its reliance on memory chips, after missing its
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        Lock icon Nintendo unfazed by merger of Sega and top toy maker
        378 17 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese computer game maker Nintendo Co Ltd president Hiroshi Yamauchi said yesterday that his company was unfazed by the planned merger of rival Sega Co Ltd and top toy maker Bandai Co Ltd. Mr Yamauchi told the Foreign
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        Lock icon Henderson Land boosts Tokyo bourse's profile
        241 17 Reuter [TOKYO] The listing in Tokyo this week of Hongkong property developer Henderson Land will boost the market's international profile and may lead more Asian firms to seek listing here, analysts say. But unless Japanese financial deregulation gets into full swing, stock authorities are
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        297 17 AFX-Asia [TOKYOJ Yaohan Japan Ltd president Mitsumasa Wada said the restructuring plan outlined by the group reflects the failure of the company's recent active investment programme to expand operations. Earlier, Yaohan said it plans to cut parent assets to 120 billion yen (5)1.38 billion) by
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        Lock icon Bank of East Asia posts 14.5% rise in profit to HK$1.88b
        332 17 Outlook for HE banking sector in 1997 optimistic bank AFP [HONGKONG] The Bank of East Asia Ltd said yesterday that net profit rose 14.5 per cent from a year earlier to HKII.BB billion (*****.4 million) in 1996. "The profit
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        Guidelines issued for M'sian unit trust industry
        255 18  -  New measures are part of move towards disclosure-based regime: watchdog From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Securities Commission has issued guidelines to regulate Malaysia's unit trust industry which manages almost Ms6o billion (Ss34 billion) worth of flinds. The regulatory watchdog yesterday announced
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        309 18 AFP [BOMBAY] India's largest development bank, the stateowned Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), said yesterday it was planning a major restructuring, including offices overseas, to meet growing competition as the Indian economy opens up. Chairman Siraj-ul-Haque Khan told a news conference: "IDBI's strategic
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        Lock icon Japan's Apollo Leasing faces bankruptcy
        364 18 S&kora Bank rejects rescue plan over 490b yen debt FT [TOKYO] Apollo Leasing, a Japanese non-bank lending institution with debts of 489.7 billion yen (555.6 billion), is struggling for survival after its main backer, Sakura Bank, turned down a rescue plan. If Apollo filed for
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        65 18 [MANILA] Staff of Allied Banking Corp, majority owned by Filipino tycoon Lucio Tan, banging wooden clogs during a demonstration outside their offices in the Makati financial district yesterday to demand salary increases. The employees have been holding similar demonstrations daily during their lunch breaks, sometimes rapping
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        260 18 FT [CHICAGO] The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the world's busiest futures exchange, is reconsidering its partnership with the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe), due to start on May 9. "We are under a lot of pressure from electronic traders to revisit
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        225 18 mwhi Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond futures traded listlessly yesterday as a lack of fresh factors and the impending Lunar New Year and Hari Raya holidays kept most players from taking new positions. "It was a typical Monday. Most dealers
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        166 18 AFP New York THE US dollar traded higher against major currencies except the pound sterling early yesterday following the bond market's welcome of the lastest US economic statistics. Around 1545 GMT, the US dollar traded at 1.6445 marks from 1.6375 on Friday, 121.86 yen from 121.38, 1.6477 marks
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        278 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [NEW YORK] Nymex oil prices were called to open lower yesterday in a followthrough to Friday's sell-off, with traders seeing no news and gingerly bearish technicals fuelling yesterday's session. "It looks like it's followthrough to Friday's selloff," said Mary Forsyth, an energy
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      1582 19 AFP □am as mam SHARE prices fell back yesterday, with the key market gauge closing 1.3 per cent lower on prof-it-taking following the previous week's gains, brokers said. "Investors continued to sell issues they bought last Friday," a broker at a mid-sized securities house said, pointing to selling among
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      1611 20 Bloomberg Business News AFP IJj Hang Seng +12^28 STOCKS rose as Sun Hung Kai Properties and other real estate companies staged their biggest rally in three weeks. Declining borrowing costs shored up confidence that property prices and corporate profits will keep rising. Sun Hung Kai, Great Eagle Holdings and
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      352 20 AFP UJWP Index ♦3L4» SHARE prices rose 0.4 per cent to their highest close in seven years yesterday as investors hunted for bargains. "The modest rally was mainly driven by asset-backed paper and food issues while most investors declined to take initiatives ahead of a week-long holiday," said Lei
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      748 20 AFP n Composite Index -X 66 SHARE prices closed 0.5 per cent lower on the Jakarta Stock Exchange yesterday following profit-taking on selected blue chips. "There was some profittaking but I see the market basically recovering today, in key with Hongkong's performance yesterday," said Adnan Tan, sales director at
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      834 20 AFP □sgr Intel -2141 SHARE prices slumped 3.5 per cent yesterday to a 53-month low as market sentiment was undermined by worries about the baht, analysts said. James Capel Asia senior analyst Kasem Prunratanamala said the index was likely to fall further on concern over the currency and persistent
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      334 20 AFP Q Manila *2&M SHARE prices rose 0.8 per cent as foreign funds powered the market index to its third consecutive record high close yesterday. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index rose 25.69 points to close at 3,447.60 points. Turnover fell to 28.2 billion shares worth 4.517 billion pesos compared
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      414 20 AFP rl Composite Index +4J2 SHARE prices closed 0.6 per cent firmer on the Korea Stock Exchange yesterday, helped by a blue chip rally, dealers said. "Blue chips drove the market higher, but a wait-and-see attitude was also prevailing amid concerns over the Hanbo scandal," said a Daewoo Securities
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      605 20 AFP Hill Ordinaries *12 SHARE prices closed 0.1 per cent firmer yesterday as investors bought banking stocks amid expectations of a cut in interest rates, brokers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's key All Ordinaries Index rose 3.2 points to 2,426.9. The All Resources Index closed 6.0 points weaker at
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      267 20 AFP n Wellington -&80 SHARE prices eased 0.4 per cent yesterday amid weakness in blue-chip stocks, brokers said. The key NZSE-40 Capital Index fell 8.80 points to 2,377.94. Turnover totalled NZ$39.8 million.—AFP F(k! US root) AN2 Banking 8.95 -0.04 7634 AdvanUgot HMgs 1.39 0.02 ***** Air N»w Zt«l*n<J (A)
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        260 21 AFP AFX-Asia rf Composite late +SJB MALAYSIA'S key stock index ended 0.4 per cent higher yesterday on buying of selected flnance stocks despite a broadly lower market ahead of the festive season, brokers said. "Investors were unwinding ahead of the Lunar New Year," said a
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        Straits Steamship Land warrant a cheaper proxy for underlying stock
        188 22  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan ONE warrant that is rather interesting, but has been somewhat of a laggard of late, is Straits Steamship Land. The warrant expires in December 2000 and has a $3 strike price. The underlying share slipped
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        63 24  -  by! Shiv Taneja SHORT term investors might be tempted to buy Keppel Bank's shares on its recent weakness, but investors with a long term outlook ought to expect more downside in the weeks ahead. Yesterday the bank's shares closed down six cents to $4.10 on a volume of
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        Holiday mood sets in but sentiment stays firm
        612 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY S'pore-listed secondliners, especially electronics counters, in limelight By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Stocks took a breather of sorts yesterday with volumes falling as the market headed into a short trading week. Dealers said trading on the broader market remained subdued
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          The bet is off
          122 24 THE hostile bid by Hilton for ITT is likely to cost Singapore entrepreneur Ong Beng Seng a lucrative line of business. According to reports in the United States, ITT was planning a Joint venture with Planet Hollywood International to set up a string of casinos. Planet
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          Looking to Hongkong
          68 24 ACCORDING to Hongkong property consultants, Singapore developers put up some 2,000 condos for sale in Hongkong in 1996. Most of these seemed to have come in the second half of the year—or after the Singapore government's anti-speculation measures had dampened domestic demand. Considering that the Singapore market
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          We got a message for you
          157 24 SOME of the biggest names in the computer business may not believe in direct communication. So it was that one of our journalists found himself as a go-between In a war of words between Microsoft and Oracle, the world's two biggest software companies. The
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          No lack of (motor) spirit
          74 24 THE motor industry here is probably the most competitive in the world, and is made complicated by the vehicle quota system. More than a handful of agencies have changed hands in the last few years, and a couple more seem to be on shaky grounds.
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          When the chips are down
          122 24 THE wafer fabrication industry has gone into the "warring kingdoms" stage, according to Taiwan newspapers. In an obvious reference to a period of intense warfare in China's history, reports there said Taiwan's wafer fab companies have gone into high alert ever since the South Koreans
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      162 18 I Have you ever wondered why there is such a high turnover in your Accounts Department? I Make a qualified person do drudgery. Make him do duplication all day long. Make him camp in at month ends. Nights out at year end. Also expect him to perform miracles. And what
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      87 20 ♦The Shenzhen and Shanghai stock exchanges were closed yesterday for the Lunar New Year holiday. Trading will resume on Monday, Feb 17. You may have been unable to get your copy of The Business Times, The Straits Times, The Sunday Times, Lianhe Zaobao and other daily newspapers from your usual
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      314 25 Bridge News Reuter THERE is now some evidence that rates are firming for modern tonnage in the Atlantic area and the week ended with shipowners feeling more optimistic, brokers said. Biffex, not surprisingly, opened on a cautious note, Clarkson Wolff said in its daily Biffex market report. Sellers
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      Philippine owners buy 101 ships worth US$89m
      386 25  -  More purchases than charters last year a sip of long-term commitment From. Alec Almazan in Manila PHILIPPINE shipowners bought a total of 101 vessels with a combined value of about U5588,942 million (*****.2 million) for domestic use last year. These vessels had a
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      313 25 Port authorities want to boost capacity, Irat anions are against move Reuter [COLOMBO] Colombo's shipping and port officials say they are running out of time in the race to retain its hub and regional port status. The port authority is caught between an urgent
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      232 25 US carriers agree to provide tariff info to shipping wfhsny Journal of Commerce [WASHINGTON] Sea-Land Service Inc and APL Ltd, the largest US-flag shipping lines, have agreed to provide tariff information to Chinese authorities, barely averting a serious confrontation between the two sides.
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      Mobil to buy first ship built in US yard that meets OPA 90 rules
      241 25 [FAIRFAX, Virginia] Mobil Corporation will purchase the first newbuild double-hull ship built in a US shipyard that meets the requirements of the US Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90). OPA 90 requires that by 2015
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      239 25 Bernama [JOHOR BARU] Johor Port Berhad (JPB) registered a cargo throughput of 19,017,363 freight weight tonnes (fWt) in 1906, an improvement of 17 per cent compared to the previous year. Of the total cargo handled, 38 per cent were liquid bulk Qaflgo followed by containerM
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        79 25 Reuter [BANGKOKJThoreeen Thai Agencies pk said yesterday it would buy four cargo v-sls worth a total ofUB|l7 miaion (5123.8 million). Thoresen TTiai said in a filing to the Btock Exchange of Thailand that s decision to buy the ixir *1 vessels was made during tl»shipptagcossg>any*S board meeting
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        69 25 [SINGAPORE] Singnurine Dockyard and KngtoeeringPte Ltd, a subsidiary of Stngmarine Industrie# Limited, has clinched a newbuilding contract worth *12 million from PT Freeport The contract, whkh isfcra lWo6dwt copper concentrate self-unlosriij* km, 1s expected to be completed in the second quarter at 1966 and wis be classed
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        93 25 [TOKYO] Merchandise trade through the port ofKobe totalled billion biak*)tol966, equal to9g per cent of the 1964 level beAx-e the harbour was damaged by the earthquake of January 1966, according to a preliminary report released last week by the Kobe Customs House. Kxportsamouniad t04U7.6 bfittonyen, with
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      196 25 [LIANYUNGANG] The Chinese seaport of Lianyungang, at the eastern end of one of the world's longest land bridges, has reported a 47-fold increase in its container traffic. Located in east China's Jiangsu province, Lianyungang handled 12,118 containers through the Eurasia Continental Bridge
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      850 26  -  PACIFIC CONTRACTS: SMALL SHIPPERS ANGRY Smaller importers say they'll end up paying for deep discounts the lines give their larger brethren under the new process but the Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement group calls that an unrealistic assessment By} Peter Tirschwell Journal of Commerce
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        399 40 Developing countries fast catching up with traditional leaders, says report Bridge News [NEW YORK] Newly industrialised and developing countries are catching up fast in the global car market, and the traditional market leaders, North America, Western Europe and Japan are falling
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        251 40 Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] South Korea's car output in January fell to its lowest level in 44 months as labour strikes paralysed production. The country's six car makers Hyundai Motor Co, Kia Motors Corp, Daewoo Motors Co, Asia Motors Co, Ssangyong
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        60 40 [PERTH] The wreckage ofa Dromader water bomber plane lying in the remains of a Perth house after it crashed whilefighting a nearby bushfire yesterday. The pilot walked away with only minor injuries after he clipped one house and then smashed into the neighbouring house in the south-east suburb
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        238 40 Reuter [PARIS] French state-owned aerospace firm Aerospatiale and car maker Renault have formed a venture to develop a new generation of engines for light aircraft. The 50-50 venture, Societe de Motorisations Aeronautiques, expects to apply for certification of the new
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        242 40 Business Line [NEW DELHI] Boeing has offered to further drop the prices of 8777-200 and even arrange loans for Air India to buy the MCLR (medium-ca-pacity long-range) aircraft without the crucial sovereign guarantee required. The Boeing proposal offering more sops and highlighting
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        169 40 Reuter [ST PETERSBURG] Russia plans to convert a military air base in Leningrad region into an international cargo airport by the year 2000. Sergei Skripnikov, a head of the international projects department in the Leningrad region administration, said the project would cost
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        300 40 Indon govt hopes it will solve capital's transport woes AFP (JAKARTA] Indonesian authorities are to start building a US$2.4 billion (553.3 billion) triple-deck road and railway project in July to overcome Jakarta's transport problems, a report said yesterday. The project includes a
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        224 40 AFP [ANAHEIM, California] The Franco-German aerospace company Eurocopter on Sunday launched onto the market its new light helicopter, the EC-120, manufactured jointly with China and Singapore. The new model, called the Colibri after a bird that hovers, was unveiled at the opening of the annual US
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          65 40 Reuter (LONDON] Crucial talks between UK and US officials on negotiating a new open skies agreement due to start yesterday in Washington have been delayed for two weeks due to a senior negotiator falling ill. A UK government spokesman said: "Our lead official is in
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          80 40 Reuter [TOKYO] Japan Air System Co Ltd plans to launch an airline company before the end of 1997 to operate commuter flights between regional airports, a Japanese business daily said. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported over the weekend that the new airline would be
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          67 40 Reuter [STOCKHOLM] The bus division of Swedish vehicle maker' AB Volvo said yesterday it had signed a memorandum ef authority with the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation on the production of buabodiet. The aim was J to develop passenger and environmentally friendly and cost-efficient
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          39 40 Reuter [JAKARTA] Indonesia's largest tyre maker PT Gajah Tunggal said yesterday it expected to increase its tyre production capacity in 1997 because of predictions of strong domestic motorcycle and car sates. Reuter
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        137 40 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Toyota Motor Corp will suffer a sizeable output cut for at least a week after a fire at its Aisin Seiki Co affiliate plant, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said yesterday. "It is unavoidable that output will be reduced
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        117 40 [TOKYO] Air cargo imports at Narita airport in 1996 dropped 3 per cent from the previous year, marking a year-on-year decline for the first time in five years. This was largely due to the yen's weakening against the dollar, airport authorities
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      9 33 Shipping your cargo to Mumbai? Please refer to Bombay.
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      68 40 M.V. "GREEN ERA" VOY. 3 ARRD 31ST JAN 1997 M.V. "UNISON EVER" VOY. 1 ARRD 31ST JAN IW7 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessels are hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the sth February 1997 *****200 hours at PT9 (NTY'S office). No further
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