The Business Times, 17 June 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES WTA (P) 023/12/96 8* SINGAPORE Internet- http://www.asial.com.Bg/biztimes TUESDAY, JUNE 17,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    SIA tie-up with Ansett and Air NZ expected this week
    628 1  -  Affiance likely to mdndejomt Europeu services, marketing and pricing From Peter Lynch in Sydney A DEAL between Singapore Airlines, Australian carrier Ansett and Air New Zealand is expected to be announced as early as this week. Australian industry sources say
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  • Article
    IPOs stay strong despite anaemic stock market
    730 1  -  New issues are a good bet as institutions shy away from Ariati tftfrfcf By, Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] The initial public offering (IPO) market is holding firm in the face of an anaemic stock market. Brokers say that is because IPOs will probably be
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    Lock icon Bidders for former US embassy site given choice of tenure
    422 1  -  By' Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] The former United States embassy site on Hill Street is being offered for sale with a difference buyers are given a choice of freehold tenure or 125-year lease. The 30,800 sq ft site within the
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Wide-ranging programme launched to forge closer ties
      506 2  -  Ml (HUTS TOOT TO THAILAND It G9WB OCOIIOQIC civfl S6TVIC6 AKCIUUIgBS ADll defence, enteral links From Conrad Raj m Bangkok THAILAND and Singapore are entering a new era of closer relationships between the two countries through the newly-launched SingaporeThailand Enhanced Programme or Step
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      Treat Thai firms as partners, not rivals: Yock Suan
      440 2  -  Fwm ventures for Tfgfon and China, he says Front) Harish Mehta in Bangkok INSTEAD of seeing each other arrivals, Singapore and Thai coafrmfa? should join forces Ift win 'markets in the region, Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister Lee Yock Suan yesterday
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      Sun plans to invest US$100m in the Pacific Rim region
      398 2  -  By, Jennifer Lien US-BASED computer company Sun Microsystems plans to invest some US$lOO million (Ssl43 million) in the Pacific Rim region for the next few years, chief executive Scott McNealy said yesterday. Sun will invest in "a whole bunch" of
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      Corrections & clarifications
      88 2 Corrections clarifications IN our report on visitor arrivals published on June 14, we stated that the average hotel occupancy rate was 81.3 per cent in April, down 2.4 percentage points from the same month last year. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board has pointed out that the 81.3 per cent was
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      Lock icon Bank loan growth falls to 13%
      356 2  -  EYE OH THE ECONOMY Finance By i Clarissa Tan OVERALL bank loan growth continued to fall In April, down to 13 per cent, dragged down mainly by property loans and loans to financial institutions. Latest statistics from the Monetary Authority of Singapore show that,
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      Lock icon Zahid's visit a positive gesture: BG Yeo
      257 2 Trip wu intended to imp mi Mrtwl rehttaHpheaays The Straits Times MINISTER for Information and the Arts George Yeo last night reiterated his view that Umno Youth chief Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's request to visit Singapore should be interpreted as a positive gesture intended
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      Lock icon Fallout from cinema explosion
      614 2  -  Operators will have to fill aa additional 12,000 seats in the next few years By' Tan Su Yen ABOUT 60 new cinemas with a combined capacity of 12,000 seats are set to open here in the next few years. This unprecedented boom will spread thin Singapore's
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      When Indian politics gets in way of business
      664 4  -  TUB PROPERTY COLUMN Deadlock over Bangalore airport prqfect will affect another STpore venture there By Lee Han Shih IF any proof is needed that property investment outside Singapore can be full of hazards, just look at Bangalore. So far. Singapore companies have
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      Lock icon Firms less upbeat about UK property: survey
      581 6 Gratia may be dne to general election which teak place mid-way daring the survey Reuter [LONDONJ Confidence in Britain's commercial property market remains positive but less strong than it was six months ago, a survey of businesses revealed yesterday. "There is less confidence
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      169 4 No. 438 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 1 Prominently located in Ang Mo Kio. HDB 60 years lease w.e.f. 1978. Land rent at $12 per annum. Land area 53,000 ft 2 (approx.). Existing Built-in area 74,000 ft 2 (approx.). Redevelopment potential. For further details or
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      225 4 PRIME DEVELOPMENT SinS FOR SALE BY TENDER Commercial Site (Former US Embassy) Site area: 30,838.9 aq ft apprax. I Tenure: FreehokVl 25-year leasehold. Vv/ffiKv/'*" /e Zoned commercial; potential Qron Floor Area: P 127,605.6 aq ft t Outfine Provisional Permiaaion (OPP) obtained. 5 II Development Charge: Baeed on 1991 DC Ralee.
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      481 5 iagc A Pre-OwneJ Lexus outperforms, outskines and Or simply tke confidence of a regular and may seem ratker generous. But kave you ever outlasts most new cars tkat just rolled off tke exacting Lexus service. known Lexus to compromise on standards? assemkly line. But just kecause a Lexus is a
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      198 6 2 Single-Storey Factories Located in MacPherson industrial estate. Land area: 9,700 ft 2 (approx.). Built-in area 8,100 ft 2 (approx.). Redevelopment potential up to plot ratio 2.5. TcnderClOTtagDat^ll^ul^QPMThursdayHiflOp^ For details or tender package, please contact: Tan Boon Leong 320-2622 Karamjit Singh 320-3529 LimPoh Gheok 320-2623 Lai Gin Yet 320-3530 For
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Malaysia announces more Labuan incentives
      236 7 KUALA LUMPUR Reuter, AFX-Asia BANKS based in Malaysia's Labuan offshore financial centre will be allowed to trade in ringgit-based instruments, acting Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday. The offshore banks would ilso be allowed to maintain fheir ringgit balances in inter-est-bearing external accounts, ~he announced
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      Indon domestic car sales race up by 41% in May
      332 7  -  MJAKARTA Astra benefit! hot buoyant demand n»t extended to Timor By I S N Vasuki INDONESIA'S domestic auto sales soared a hefty 41 per cent in May over a year ago reflecting buoyant demand and a sustained recovery from last
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      Lock icon BOT should extend bad debt deadline: banks
      188 7 BANGKOK Bridge News News TOP executives of local commercial banks think the Bank of Thailand should extend the deadline for finance Arms to make adequate bad-debt provisions from the current two to five years, Business Day newspaper reported yesterday. Most local commercial banks
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      Lock icon Jakarta stocks soar on strong foreign and local buying
      520 7  -  JAKARTA Analysts cite farigjit fundamentals, enteral after polls By\ S N Vasuki POWERED by strong foreign and local buying, Jakarta stocks soared yesterday, with the benchmark Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index breaking the crucial 700-point for only the second time this
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      C'wealth Games '98: Head of organising firm quits
      343 7  -  KUALA LUMPUR By] Eddie Toh THE executive chairman of the firm organising Malaysia's Commonwealth Games has quit ahead of the ambitious event next September. But analysts said the resignation of Hashim Mohamed All, the brother-in-law of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, is not
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      105 7 k i- /:.r^^||H P% m ggk i <>%#^£i^^^B KT? 'kw*B iCWßiK^afcfe-ii^ oLaK v iL -v I I Please, sit back and relax in the comfort of our First or Business Class I I seats. Enjoy the fine wine we serve. The no-smoking environment. I B B And take comfort in
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Behind a Taiwan minister's jaunts
      705 8  -  John Chang's globe-trotting diplomacy may help him in a tilt at a better Job By) Bruce Cheesman [TAIPEI] TAIWAN'S globe-trotting Foreign Minister John Chang, off on his travels yet again in a bid to win further diplomatic recognition for Taipei, had a spring in his
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      Lock icon China to give bigger role to private sector
      435 8 BEIJING Govt to stop up efforts to cot ownership in areas seen as not vital to state interests Reuter CHINA will accelerate efforts to reduce state ownership and give a bigger role to the private sector this year in a campaign that
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      Lock icon Taiwan: 'One country, two systems' not for us
      298 8 TAIPEI AFP THE Taiwan government yesterday dismissed China's "one country, two systems" formula which in two weeks will be used to reclaim Hongkong. "The Chinese communist attempts to use the 'one country, two systems' model to solve China's reunification are totally unacceptable,"
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      148 8 laiT tMM -—tit I nil ftj BBBMB^BBlB^^""' h |I m jfl WiW J flit 4 IB II |&.Jfl IBisß IB IB 1H IB) Small things make perfection, BUT PERFECTION IS NO SMALL THING. A glance at the Rolls-Royce is enough to tell painstakingly created radiator shell and meticulous craftsmanship dovetailed
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  • CHINA-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon HSBC to move HK execs to Shanghai
      268 9 SHANGHAI Gradual shift because Shanghai fa PBvVIITHr vUIIMi 8 fioantialhiib, says gmml mnnagnr AFP HONGKONG and Shanghai Banking Corp (HSBC) said yesterday it planned to increasingly shift its management staff fh>m Hongkong to China's financial centre of Shanghai. HSBC general manager Chris Langley
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      Lock icon Taiwan currency at 8-year low against US$
      170 9 TAIPEI Reuter THE New Taiwan dollar closed at an eight-year low against its US counterpart yesterday while reflecting quar-ter-end demand for the US$, but dealers said they saw limited downside room ahead. Thd local unit finished at NTS27.9QB against Saturday's NT$27Jm close, marking
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      Lock icon China bans CFC use in aerosols
      133 9 BEIJING AFP CHINA last week banned the use by aerosol product manufacturers of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), substances that seriously damage the ozone layer, starting Dec 31,1997, the official Xinhua news agency said. This is the first time China has banned an industry from using substances
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      123 9 Tailor made solutions available. (Give us your measurements.)! i• I > j j; J > The Kuala Lumpur weekend that pays for itself. I Until 28 February, 1998, you can still save money with Shangri-La's popular Weekend Break. Just RM2oo++ per night includes breakfast for two in your room or
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  • ASIA
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      Sato pinpoints hollowing-out problem
      409 10  -  TOKYO Industrial are drifting production out of Japan too rapidly By Anthony Rowley JAPANESE manufacturing companies are shifting production to Asia and elsewhere at too fast a rate for Japan's economic good, the Minister of International Trade and Industry, Shinji Sato, warned yesterday. "The shift of
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      Lock icon Barclays to tie up with Hokkaido Takushoku
      351 10  -  TOKYO AllMiifa aima tn exploit Japan's asset securitisation By Anthony Rowley WITHIN weeks of Bankers Trust New York Corp announcing a ground-breaking agreement to form a business alliance with Japan's Nippon Credit Bank (NCB), Britain's Barclays Bank has agreed to do the same
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      Lock icon Bill passed to create Japan financial watchdog
      129 10 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S parliament enacted legislation yesterday to create an agency supervising banks and other financial institutions as a step towards proposed reform of the finance ministry. The bill, after clearing the powerful lower house of parliament on May 29, was approved by
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      Lock icon Pressure on Japan's EPA to reveal how it compiles GDP
      323 10 TOKYO lliere is growing sospkaoD that data is open to interpretation Bridge News, Bloomberg JAPAN'S Economic Planning Agency faces mounting pressure to disclose the kinds of economic data it uses to compile the nation's gross domestic product (GDP). The pressure
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      Lock icon Six top Dai-Ichi Kangyo execs resign
      211 10 TOKYO BuhcUnuiii the casualties Reuter SCANDAL-tainted Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd (DKB) announced yesterday that six of its executives, including chairman Tadaahi Okuda and vice-president Ichiro Pujita, had resigned from the company. The six, who all resigned last Friday, also included senior managing director Takeo
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      Lock icon India plans to phase out trade curbs in 7 years
      193 11 NEW DELHI Reuter INDIA plans to present the World Trade Organisation (WTO) with a proposal to phase out restrictions on imports within seven years, the Economic Times yesterday quoted Commerce Minister B B Ramaiah as saying. "India will table a
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      Lock icon Exports to power S Korean growth in second half
      336 11 SEOUL product wetk woo seen helping t» trim trade deficit Bloomberg SOUTH Korea's slowing economy will gather pace in the second half of this year thanks to surging exports, a government think tank said. The Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and
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      Lock icon Unions attack S Korea's financial reform package
      409 11 SEOUL Plan entrenches govt control, they say; BOK to pass supervisory role to new body AFP SOUTH Korea yesterday announced a financial reform package but it ran into instant opposition from bank unions and academics who slammed it as "institutionalisation" of government control.
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon EU leaders adopt jobs plan, keep single currency on track
      537 12 AMSTERDAM OMfrmiM calls fcr BukfnAtabte Mgk-tadifirm Bloomberg EUROPEAN Union leaders approved the agreement on jobs put together by EU finance ministers earlier yesterday. The agreement resolves a conflict between France and Germany over how to fight unemployment and still maintain
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      Lock icon Q1 net profits up for US factories
      186 12 Washington Bloomberg AFTER-TAX profits of US fee tories rose in the first quarter of 1997, the Commerce Department said yesterday. Seasonally adjusted, aftertax profits for manufacturing, mining and trade corporations averaged 6.2 US cents (8.8 Singapore cents) per dollar of sales in the
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      Lock icon US Congress seeks again to ban federal shutdown
      405 12 WASHINGTON Meve prompted by differences in latest tax bill wrangle Bloomberg THE Republican-led US Congress will reintroduce legislation to prevent a federal shutdown in case of disagreement between the president and congress over on-going budget and tax talks, said House Majority Leader
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      Lock icon UK budget may abolish tax credits on dividends
      184 12 LONDON Reuter BRITAIN'S Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, is considering abolishing a tax credit on dividend payments which could raise up to SS billion (5f11.7 billion) from pension funds and other tax-ex-empt institutions, the Financial Times newspaper said. The newspaper said
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      Lock icon Leaked proposals show govt plans to privatise 'Tube': BBC
      341 12 LONDON Reuter BRITAIN's easlntMped London Underground railway could be 9old off to the private sector according to leaked government proposals drawn up under a review by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott The proposals include selling a controlling stake in the ageing
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      Lock icon Influence buying claims complicate vote on China's MFN
      399 12 WASHINGTON DawntiMi l^ritflnte Reuter US Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said allegations that China sought to infhan the 1996 US elections have complicated this year's vote on renewing China's Most Favoured Nation trading atatm. Mr Lott told ABC-TVs This Week programme the
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Bangkok needs to keep money flowing in
      823 13  -  IM BOTTOMLZKB OPINION By Larry Wee The writer is a BT senior correspondent BY the end of last week, the Bank of Thailand had shut off another loophole by which foreigners accessed domestic baht And it can be expected to keep up the
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      108 13 'Like a promiscuous lover, sOriSnes are not averse to jumping from bed to bedif they think there are more exciting times to be had* -DrChMOgChMOgKoog SlA's deputy chairman on the airline's alliance with Ansett. This is a society which continues to be characterised by deep fissures which
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      Japan all set for Big Bang
      623 13 EDITORIAL IT is easy to lose sight of the wider significance of Japan's financial Big Bang in all the technical minutiae that is flowing out of officialdom. Yet it is no exaggeration to say not only that Japan could emerge as a financial services
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      Lock icon Rising stars of Abri
      1188 13  -  Civilians prove no match as Suharto re-positions his army's top brass By S N Vasuki The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent LAST WEEK'S surprise reshuffle within the Indonesian Armed Forces (Abri) again demonstrates President Suharto's tight grip on the country's defence establishment. Analysts said senior officers
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      759 13 US too ttali oa Mid-Bast AS superficially appealing as is the case to let the current Israeli-Palestinian standoff slip into an indefinite pause, it is a dangerous case that badly needs to be rooted out of Clinton administration thinking before tension in the region turns to
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Els wins his second US Open
      1048 14  -  The 1994 winner edges out Colin Montgomerie by one stroke, reports guftom biwwm CLIFTON BROWN NYT IN A dramatic US Open that took many improbable turns, Ernie Els found the sweet path to victory on Sunday. Surviving a memorable four-way duel on the Congressional
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      Lock icon A symphony for the return of HK
      335 14 MUSIC CUna-fem cwptnr lets his marie corny fatting* about hisUrj AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong's change of sovereignty may not have been arranged in total harmony but a Chinese composer hopes his special "handover" symphony will be music to the ears of international VIPs on
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      Lock icon Slasher flick shelved
      145 14 FILM Reuter (TOKYO] Japanese film distributor Asmlk Corp has postponed the release of a blockbuster US teen slasher film in the wake of the killing and beheading of an 11-year-old schoolboy. The murder of Jun Hase in the port town of Kobe last month has sent shockwaves
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • CYCLE & CARRIAGE GOLF PAGE
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      A wicked beauty of a nine-holer
      1357 16  -  Phuket Country Club's new course offers plenty of agonising and watery challenges, says migkuub D'ckuz NICKLAUS D'CRUZ The writer is editor of The Asian Golf Review. This review andfurther information about golfing in Asia are available on the Internet at the BT-Asian Golf Review
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      Club membership: real asset or status symbol?
      1003 16  -  Choices galore for those who want to take tip sport that was «ioe only for the privileged By] Nicklaus D'cruz IT is intriguing to try to work out the value of a golf club membership. Is it a sound investment a genuine asset
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      F&N Coca-Cola sees profit doubling in 1997
      390 17  -  0 a 26% fall in Mftfysts say target ta achieve R Sivanithy tWGAPOREj F&N CocaCfljU, which oversees the soft '%ijf&s operations of local conglomerate Fraser Neave Ltd, is wnfident that despite a St dip in the first half, it |ill expect 1997's profit
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      Centrepoint Properties to sell major projects this year
      409 17  -  By. Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Fraser Neave's property subsidiary, mainboard-listed Centre point Properties (CPL), plans to sell at least two mqjor residential projects this year. CPL director and CEO Jeffrey Heng said yesterday that Springfield, its 110-unit strata housing project in Jalan Chempaka
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      Ossia Int'l buys stakes in 4 companies
      209 17  -  By. Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Ossia International, which has been on an aggressive acquisition trail, has bought significant stakes in four companies. They are a Singapore golf trading company, a Malaysian men's apparel manufacturing business and a related distribution company, and a New Zealand
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      Wiser to wait for the budget before buying UK stocks
      680 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Neil Behrmann THE London stock market has become a two-tier market which is increasingly difficult to fathom. According to the blue chip FTSE 100 index, the market is booming, but the broader market, particularly smaller stocks, tells
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      OUE's Hainan Mandarin opens Aug 1
      130 17 [SINGAPORE] Overseas Union Enterprise the hotel arm of Overseas Union Bank and owner of the Mandarin Singapore said yesterday it is opening its US$77 million (S$UO million) Hainan Mandarin on Aug 1. It will be one of the first international five-star hotels in Hainan.
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      Acma associate, US firm discuss tie-up
      301 17  -  But main terms still unresolved in Hayes, Micronics talks Bi/, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Ailing modem maker Hayes Microcomputer Products, an associate of mainboard-listed Acma Ltd, is in merger discussions with US-based Micronics Computers Inc. Micronics said on Friday that the two parties were discussing
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      BT-SRI firms to hold roadshows in Europe, US
      187 17 [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore is holding roadshows in London, Amsterdam and New York for companies whose shares are in the recently-launched Business Times-Singapore Regional Index (BT-SRI). Senior management from 10 of the 38 companies in the BT-SRI will first speak
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        Pacific Andes net earnings up 28% to HK$75m
        439 18  -  Turnover mars 74* toHKsL37bdneto reclassification of HKs27m interest income for accounting Byi Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Frozen seafood trader Pacific Andes Holdings Ltd (PAH) yesterday turned in a 28.6 per cent net earnings gain in its maiden set of fUllyear results to HKI7S.6
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        Lock icon Ekran shares up 11% on speculation
        217 18 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Shares of Ekran Bhd, the main developer of the giant Bakun hydroelectric dam, jumped 11 per cent just ahead of the close yesterday on speculative buying, analysts and dealers said. Ekran gained 55 cents to close at M 55.55 with 11.66
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        Goldtron takes 5% stake in Guthrie GTS for $19m
        225 18  -  Guthrie bought same proportion of Goldtron last October By I Clarissa Tan (SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-listed Goldtron has bought a 5 per cent stake in developer Guthrie GTS eight months after the mainboard-listed company acquired a similar stake in it. Goldtron's $19.2 million
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        Australand makes good debut in both S'pore and Australia
        245 18  -  DBS Luml-c«iitrailed firm gains 21%, gorpririiig analysts By- Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Australian property developer Australand Holdings, which is controlled by DBS Land, made a good debut yesterday on the stock exchanges of Singapore and Australia. The new stock closed at A
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        ASA earnings up 56% to $11.6m
        171 18 [SINGAPORE] Advanced Systems Automation (ASA), which produces machines for the encapsulation of semiconductors, yesterday posted strong earnings results. Group net earnings for the year ended March 31, 1997, rose 55.6 per cent to $11.6 million, yielding an earnings per share of 12 cents. The
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          Tianjin Zhong Xin Placement taken up
          56 18 [SINGAPORE] TianJin ZhongXin Pharmaceutical Group yesterday said all 80 million of its placement share* priced at 68 US cents have been ftilly subscribed by institutional Investors. TianJin is the first Chinese state-owned enterprise to seek a primary listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore.
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          Lock icon Berjaya Land's profit up 95.8%
          70 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR) Beijaya Land Bhd yesterday posted a group pre-tax profit 0fM5306.2 million (*****.7 million) for the financial year ended April 30 96.8 per cent higher than the M 1157.4 million previously. Group turnover increased by 12.3 per cent to M 82.38 billion from
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          Keppel completes major conversion
          102 18 [SINGAPORE] Keppel Shipyard has completed major works on the conversion of the Armada Ptrkasa, a 58,660 dwt tanker, to a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility. The contract for the conversion was awarded to Keppel by Bumi Armada Navigation of Malaysia in March. Buml Armada,
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          Lock icon HK's red chip index soars on debut
          94 18 Reuter [HONGKONG] The Hang Seng red chip Index soared on its debut yesterday, substantially outperforming the blue chip index, but many said this latset market barometer was not representative of the red chip, China-affiliated sector. The Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index of 32
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        Lock icon Banks reap HK$1b from warrants on Jardine companies
        424 18 SCMP [HONGKONG! A surge of warrant issues on the Jardine group of companies has seen investment banks reap more than HK$93O million (Ssl7l million) from investors over the past 10 days on little more than speculation. The run of seven call-war-rant issues
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        Bank Negara blocks merger move by Suria, MBf Capital
        330 18  -  From Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur BANK Negara has blocked a possible merger between MBf Capital Bhd and Suria Capital Holdings, surprising the financial community here with its quick decision. Sources said the central bank did not approve an application to
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        Lock icon Clouds hang over public offers by Telstra, Optus
        567 19 Investors see heavy losses from pay-TV business as biggest obstacle Reuter [MELBOURNE] Uncertainty is clouding the planned multibillion dollar public offerings of shares in Australia's two main telecommunications companies. The offers a one-third stake in state-owned Telstra Corp and a major issue
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        Lock icon Graeme Hart buys Burns Philp stake
        362 19 m investor acquires 144% of troubled group Reuter [SYDNEY] Burns Philp Co Ltd said yesterday that New Zealand investor Graeme Hart had become a substantial shareholder, buying about 14.9 per cent of the troubled yeast and spice group. The stake was purchased through Mr
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        Lock icon Small machine in a big boys' game
        96 19 [LONDON] This new Psion Series 5 hand-held computer was launched on Sunday in London The four megabyte RAM model will cost £440 (551,025) and the BMB version £500. Later this year, Psion will introduce a Series 5 model with built-in GSM mobile-phone technology,
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        Lock icon Boral's gas unit may bid for govt assets after float
        404 19 Flotation will raise more than AsB6om for Ansae group Reuter (ADELAIDE] Boral Ltd's float of its gas distribution businesses would set up the new company to bid for gas and electricity distribution assets in Victoria and New South Wales, analysts
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        Lock icon BHP, Newmont vie for China gold mine stake
        237 19 AFP [BEIJING] Australian mining giant Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd (BHP) and US-based company Newmont are vying for a stake in south-western China's Lannigou Gold Mine project, the official China Daily Business Weekly reported on Sunday. China National Gold Corp (CNGC) plans
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        Lock icon Disappointing results wipe £300m from Rank stock
        491 20 Shares firm only after BZW reiterates its long-term buy* recommendation Reuter [LONDON] More than £300 million (***** million) was wiped off the value of British leisure company Rank Group pic on Friday following a disappointing trading statement. Yesterday, .however, the shares firmed to
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        Lock icon AT&T sees Telstra staying with WorldPartners group
        290 20 US company is talking 'quite aggressively' with Anssie firm Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] AT&T Corp expects Telstra Corp to remain part of its World Partners group, even as other global alliances try to woo away the state-owned Australian company. The US company is talking "quite
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        Lock icon Trail to blaze
        60 20 [KAMALGANJ, Bangladesh] A man walking on a railway track towards the raging fire yesterday at a gas field owned by the US-based Occidental Ltd in Bangladesh's north-eastern Moulavibazar district's Kamalganj area. Several thousand of nearby residents have been evacuatedfrom the area. Experts had been called in from
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        Lock icon Italian appliance maker Merloni sets tough profit targets
        243 20 FT [LONDON] Merloni Elettrodomestici of Italy, Europe's fourth largest maker of domestic appliances, has set tough targets for improving profits and shareholder's value as it attempts to combat difficult sales conditions across the continent. Francesco Caio, Merloni's new chief executive, said he
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        Lock icon Branson sells 33% of V2 Records to McCarthy
        183 20 Reuter [LONDON] McCarthy Corp pic, the leisure and technology investment company, said on Sunday it had acquired a 33 per cent stake in Richard Branson's V 2 Records for £55 million (*****.6 million). "Richard Branson's credentials in the music world are impeccable,
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        Lock icon LVMH seeks arbitration in row with Guinness
        206 20 AFP [LONDON] Luxury goods group LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton has initiated its quest for arbitration in a fierce battle with the Guinness drinks empire over its proposed merger with Grand Metropolitan. LVMH, which owns 14.2 per cent of Guinness, tried unsuccessfully to
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        Lock icon HK local insurers in uphill fight with foreign firms
        365 21 Latest complaints involve insurance council elections and its help hotline SCMP [HONGKONG] Despite holding a 20 per cent share of the market for new premiums, Hongkong's life insurers say they are fighting an uphill battle with their more established foreign counterparts.
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        Lock icon Bonn loses battle to protect public banks' special status
        352 21 FT [BRUSSELS] Germany has failed to have an amendment protecting the special status of its public sector banks included in the final draft of the new European Union treaty to be discussed at yesterday's Amsterdam summit. It had wanted to enshrine
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        Lock icon Bank of East Asia to open office in KL
        125 21 Bloomberg (KUALA LUMPUR] The Bank of East Asia Ltd, Hongkong's third-largest publicly traded bank, will open a representative office in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, the company said yesterday. David Li, the bank's chairman, will hold a news conference at the Thursday
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        Lock icon A painting that's larger than life
        78 21 [C ALGARY .Alberto]\Doug Driediger of Calgary painting a 650sq metre mural depicting oil rigs and workers and rural life in Alberta. The mural is located at the back of the Petroleum Club in Calgary. Driediger uses an outdoor acrylic latex paint and expects the
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        Lock icon Saudis may allow more funds worth US$6b
        374 21 First fond to allow foreigners access to shares set up Bloomberg [RIYADH] The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA), having allowed in foreign portfolio investors for the first time, is now considering licensing more funds worth about US$6 billion (SsB.s billion), analysts said yesterday.
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        Lock icon Copper loses shine alter Sumitomo scandal
        439 22 Copper futures and options trading at LME down 15% in Jan-Kay this year Bloomberg [LONDON] Copper's trading appeal has been tarnished by the fallout from Sumitomo Corp's US$2.6 billion (553.6 billion) loss in a trading scandal —disclosed a year ago—and a wide divergence in
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        Lock icon UK insurer Norwich Union's offer heavily oversubscribed
        370 22 Public offer at 290p is at top end of pre-float forecasts Reuter [LONDON] Norwich Union, the British insurer which started trading on the stock market yesterday, said on Sunday that its public offer of shares had been priced at the top end of
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        Lock icon NatWest may trim investment banking unit
        253 22 Bloomberg [LONDON] National Westminster Bank pic may announce plans to trim its investment banking unit, Nat West Markets, the Sunday Times reported, without citing sources. The announcement will follow a report to be released in about a week on how the unit lost £90
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        Lock icon US hedge fund in talks to sell palladium to Japan
        375 22 Reuter [TOKYO] Officials of US-based hedge fund Tiger Management, which is believed to hold a massive amount of palladium through speculative futures trade, visited Japan last week to sell the metal, traders said yesterday. Tiger Management associate director Dwight Anderson
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        Lock icon Euroyen, JGBs hit by BOJ operation
        248 22 mm rift Report Reuter [SINGAPOREI Simex Euroyen futures fell on sales of Japanese government bond (JGB) futures yesterday as the market shed some of its recent euphoria following the Bank of Japan (BOJ)'s less than generous money market operation. "The BOJ drained 200 billion
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        Futures up after breakthrough on Saturday
        191 22  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES -By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Rtfco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE! The Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures finished sharply higher yesterday after a major technical breakthrough last Saturday. The Taiwan stock market rose on optimism that rising orders will drive up
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        Lock icon India defers decision on raising oil price
        199 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [NEW DELHI] India's United Front coalition government yesterday deferred a decision on whether to raise petroleum product prices and scheduled another meeting for June 27, a senior alliance member said. Railways Minister Ram Vilas Pas wan told reporters after the
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        284 22 Reuter, AFP London THE US dollar was on a downtrend against European currencies while the mark was stable as operators waited for a possible deal in Amsterdam on the stability pact. At 1235 GMT, the dollar was at 1.7329 marks against 1.7382 on Friday and stood at 114.07
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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      1593 23 AFP □fflkkaUS +152.72 JAPANESE share prices closed at the year's high yesterday as late futures-linked arbitrage trade pulled up the key barometer, brokers said. Sustained strength in the finance sector prevented share prices from declining into negative territory although buying slowed in the afternoon, they added. "As strong support
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      1486 24 AFP Q Hang Seng ****** SHARE prices rose 2 per cent yesterday as investor sentiment was buoyed by a strong Wall Street, brokers said. "The continued firm tone to the US asset markets on Friday helped underpin the Hang Seng Index's technical rebound," said an analyst. The key Hang
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      Lock icon CHINA
      604 24 Reuter Q Shenzhen B Index +2J7 SHENZHEN'S A and B shares closed higher yesterday on a rebound extending from Friday following recent falls brought about by Beijing's tough crackdown on excessive speculation. The B Index gained 2.97 points to 149.12 on turnover of HK$65 million. The A Index jumped
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      385 24 AFP P TP later ♦13&27 NEWS that the government plans to raise the ceiling on bank investments in securities sent the Taipei bourse up 1.6 per cent yesterday. The finance ministry plans to raise the ceiling for investments by local banking institutions in securities from 15 per cent of
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      230 24 Reuter nWeOngtoß +4-S3 SHARE prices ended modestly firmer yesterday thanks mostly to strength in the domestic bond market. The NZSE Top 40-share Index gained 4.53 points to 2,370.82 on turnover of NZ$5l.7 million. Reuter *m» 1 V- mm AN Z Bontunq 10.60 0.10 *****0 Adv«nt«qti Htdgs 1.20 -0.01 *****
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      816 24 AFP n SET Mm -106 SHARE prices dropped 0.8 per cent in thin trading yesterday on concerns over second quarter earnings and bad debts. Analysts said selling in bank and finance stocks led the index down amid expectations that non-performing loan disclosures due when earnings are announced next month
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      388 24 AFP DOnpoatehig -2J2 SHARE prices closed slightly lower yesterday on a correction following recent steep gains. Dealers said the market opened slightly higher on strength in construction and insurance shares but later slipped on profit-taking. The Composite Index lost 2.92 points at 789.05. Turnover was 58.6 million shares worth
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      558 24 AFP nUOriMria tIU INVESTORS buying into highyield companies spurred share prices to a third consecutive record close yesterday, finishing the day 0.5 per cent higher. "The investing public is looking for good yields and tax effectiveness," a broker said. The All Ordinaries Index closed 14.0 points up at 2,669.3.
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      645 24 AFP Composite Intel 4W SHARE prices closed higher yesterday as foreign investors led the buying, spurred by Wall Street's gains and by poor sentiment in markets elsewhere in the region. A trader said the market was benefitting from negative sentiment on other South-east Asian economies, such as Malaysia and
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      Lock icon MANILA
      326 24 AFP P Manila -10.75 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday as the market consolidated from the previous week's gains, brokers said. "There was a lack of fresh news to perk up buying sentiment," said an analyst. The Composite Index fell 10.75 points to 2,790.86. Turnover was 2.5 billion shares worth
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        Lock icon Shares off lows as blue chips recover
        521 25 AFX-Asia n Composite Index -QJ6 SHARE prices closed off lows yesterday, led by a measured recovery in selected blue chips while the Second Board Index continued to strengthen on retail interest, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 0.98 point at 1,077.40,
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        Accumulate G K Goh wrt while waiting for market to rally
        204 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy MARKET volume has fallen drastically in the past few months and so have prices. In such an environment, perhaps it's no surprise that stock broking counters are almost completely out of favour after all,
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        HOT STOCK
        53 28  -  -bf! Shiv Taneja GUTHRIE GTS, which closed 1.5 cents higher at 61 cents on a volume of 32.5 million shares yesterday, will see more upside in the medium term. The upward price movement is supported by the daily and weekly RSI and stochastics charts, as well as the
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        The big yawn of the past two weeks continues
        672 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY The STII manages to close higher for the first time in nine consecutive sessions but byjnst 0.96 point By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] There was little to distinguish trading in the local market yesterday from any of the sessions
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          Encore DBS Land
          103 28 SHAREHOLDERS of DBS Land can count themselves better served than most when it comes to disclosure by their company. That's not just content, delivered with an eye for fine detail, but style and presentation as well. Not for nothing is the group a winner at annual report
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          Creating a gold rush
          193 28 FORGET the Busang gold rush. Creative Technology is launching its own, and the rewards promise to be more bountiful than the deposits in those Indonesian jungles. As part of a US$5O million (5571.4 million) marketing campaign for its AWE 64 sound card, Creative is giving away
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          Inner circle
          84 28 A LOCAL bank held a briefing for analysts at its board room recently. One analyst was convinced that all those stockbrokers who had been calling a "buy" on the bank counter were seated at the table, while those who'd called a "sell", or were generally negative on the
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          Butt seiously
          80 28 A VISITOR to a certain security-conscious establishment was momentarily flummoxed by a no-nonsense edict that greeted him at the main gate of the premises. "Please show your pass without demand." He would have complied readily anyway, but had to do a double take all because of a scrawny
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          Summer blues
          89 28 THE long, slow, hot summer is getting mighty uncomfortable for some dealers and analysts. Instead of taking it easy since the market is kind of languid, it appears that in some brokerages, the morning meetings have turned into battlefields, according to one player. In a dull market, dealers
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          Tailpiece
          65 28 WHAT will be the greatest growth industry of the next 10 years? Wags might quip: regulation, given the burgeoning global fund management industry, according to a recent issue of Investors Chronicle, the UK-based financial magazine. But more seriously, the magazine quoted Anne Donald of US investment bank Dillon Read
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      286 29 Bridge News, Reuter THE stand-off continued for Atlantic Panamax tonnage, with owners remaining bullish about rates while charterers warned business could be limited for the later positions. Some charterers insist this nudge upwards in rates will be shortlived. Whichever way you lookatßiffexnow.a minimum of two opinions is more
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      Lock icon Cruise King eyes S'pore as hub for new venture
      531 29  -  Carnival Croises Asia is set to begin operations on May 1, next year with the Tropicale By. Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Cruise King Micky Arison will be here this week to talk to the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) on the possibility
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      Over 20% S'pore-flagged ships get safety certificate
      305 29 IMO urges shipowners not to put off getting ISM certification [SINGAPORE] More than 20 per cent of Singapore-flagged ships which are required to obtain the International Safety Management (ISM) certificate have already done so, and another 30 per cent are already in the
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      Better conditions seen at Melbourne port
      275 29  -  From. Jerzy Farynski in Sydney THE overall performance of the port of Melbourne has shown significant improvement in the past six months. That's the finding of Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (VECCI) latest port users' survey. The survey of around 1,000 port
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      Lock icon Fire in oil tanker kills one in Yokohama
      93 29 AFP [TOKYO] A fire broke out yesterday in an oil tanker anchored in Yokohama port, south of Tokyo, killing one of the seven crew-members on board, the maritime safety agency said. The fire happened at around 1:00 am (1600 GMT Sunday) on
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        Lock icon Taiwan may allow China-owned vessels
        66 29 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] The Ministry of Transportation and Communications is expected to permit China-owned, foreign-registered vessels to sail to Taiwan's international ports via third destinations shortly, an MoTC official was quoted as saying by the United Daily News. The move will follow the exchange of notes
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        Kvaerner Fjellstrand bags US$25m deal
        78 29 [LONDON] Kvaerner Fjellstrand has clinched a US$25 million (5535.5 million) contract to build a high-speed passenger and car-ferry catamaran, with an option for a second similar vessel. The 60-metre vessel will be built at its shipyard in Omastrand, Norway, for ferry operator, Express Ferries Ltd.
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        Precious Shipping buys 2 vessels
        57 29 [SINGAPORE] Thailand's biggest shipping company. Precious Shipping, has bought two vessels tor a total of US$2l million. The ships, both of which were built by Japanese yards, will be delivered next month, bringing the line's fleet to a total of 44. The purchase is in
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        Modification for Rotterdam rail link
        61 29 THE Betuwelijn rail link for train haulage between the port of Rotterdam, planned for construction, will be equipped to allow double stack container rail haulage. The decision was taken by Dutch Minister of Transport and Public Works Annemarle Jorritsma. She does not intend the whole
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      20 crew rescued from Romanian vessel
      205 29 (JOHANNESBURG] South African authorities have rescued 20 members of the 21strong crew of a Romanian flag vessel believed to have sunk off the country's notorious Wild Coast near East London, Lloyd's List has reported. Twelve crew members were rescued from a life raft, and
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      Lock icon Marine sales going off the boil
      868 30 GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM: NEW MARKETS SPROUT Marine GPS markets may be among the strongest now, but will be overtaken by car navigation and other markets NewsPage Marine gps (Global Positioning System) markets may be some of the hottest consumer and commercial segments today, but
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      285 30 PAGE Ethiopian 6 ACL n Eurohans 6 ani 3 Ewrgrwn 6 Accord 12 ftno<a 1 Appenship 5 FL-«right Astro 3 FoongSun 12 Austral 11 G Link 4 Avant 6 Gemartrans 13 BSA 7 Onshpg 11 Batammdo 7 Glo6rtinfc 7 B'tang Mas 12 Golden
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      15574 36 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyaqe Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Trie phone SIN Dest'n Nam# Sam* Number Number SIN Dest'n None Manx Number Number MHHHHHHHHHHHHHHMHMMHHHHHHHHHHHHHNMMHK shhmhnhmmhhmhmhmmnhhhhnhhnmhhhhhmhhnnhhhr a To BRISBANE (BNE) 20SB Queensland, Australia lb ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 it/ot */07 cosco da he 0034E 45-22*1900 Ivory
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        174 43 taaa Sweden: Midsummer Day. Jmll Canada: Canada Day. Jil4 United States: Independence Day. Jbll4 France: National Day. United States: Independence Day. Jallß Brunei: H.M. The Sultan's Birthday. Jall7 Brunei: Maulud Rasul. Indonesia Birthday of Prophet Mohammed. Malaysia Brithday of Prophet Mohammed. JalZl Belgium: National Day. M 23 Egypt:
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        888 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine OU Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars Instead 0( single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are baaed on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
        359 43 CwtM no Max 992.9 0.7 K.0 0.10 OjK f twMw Art MmWm Si—it No atow £25 10 10 0 1*1 %H/ H 300 Aw 906J OJ 123 0.07 37 0.02 J i—a 300 Mai 9911 L0 17J 0.12 M 0J6 4 »M» %M» W —W Wo
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        Lock icon Boeing, Airbus in war of words
        498 44 PARIS AIR SHOW Airbus accuses Boeing of trying to kill competition; latter says trade fiction will hnrt everybody Reuter [LE BOURGET, France] The world's leading aircraft manufacturers, Boeing Co and Airbus Industrie, traded insults and veiled threats in a transAtlantic dogfight at the Paris
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        Lock icon Lockheed Martin plans expansion in aircraft services
        215 44 Reuter {LE BOURGET] Lockheed Martin plans to expand activities in aircraft service and support, the president and chief operating officer of the US aerospace group's aeronautics sector told Reuters. James Blackwell said at the Paris air show that four companies grouped in the
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        Lock icon New orders for Rolls-Royce
        161 44 AFP [PARIS] Britain's Rolls-Royce Aerospace put its Trent turbofan troubles in Asia behind it yesterday, as it announced orders worth a total of US$75O million (551.06 billion) from British Airways, South African Airways and Icelandair at the Paris Air Show. Managing director Colin Green told reporters
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        Lock icon Airbus plans to stretch A340's passenger capacity
        279 44 IHT [PARIS] The European Airbus consortium said on Sunday it intended to challenge Boeing Co's monopoly on aircraft larger than 350 seats by stretching its four-engine A 340 model to carry as many as 378 passengers on long-haul routes. The president of Airbus
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        Lock icon Dassault passes documents to Belgium in bribes probe
        308 44 Reuter [BRUSSELS] French industrialist Serge Dassault has handed over documents relating to a bribery investigation to the Belgian judiciary, Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene said on Sunday. On Friday, the court in Liege, eastern Belgium, had lifted a year-old international arrest warrant
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        Lock icon China to launch natural gas taxis
        135 44 AFP [BEIJING] Natural gas powered vehicles mainly buses and taxis be introduced in Beijing In an attempt to cut the city's serious pollution problem, the China Daily Business Weekly reported on Sunday. China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), with support from the central and municipal
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          Lock icon Boeing gets two orders for business jets
          91 44 Reuter [SEATTLE] Boeing Co has received two new orders for Its business jets, giving It a total of 20 orders. Boeing said ina statement the customers have asked to remain anonymous. The business jet Is a high-performance derivative of the Boeing 737-700 with
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          Lock icon GM Buana to produce Cadillacs
          31 44 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] General Motors Buana Indonesia plans to produce Cadillac sedans here early next year, the Antara news agency said, quoting GMBI president commissioner Probosutejo. -AFX-Asia
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          Lock icon Timor sees sales of 35,000 units this year
          84 44 AFX-Asia (JAKARTA) PT Timor Distributor Nasional, the distribution arm of national car maker PT Timor Putra Nasional, sees sales 0f35,000 units this year and 70,000 next year, Bisnls Indonesia reported. Timor Distributor Nasional chairman Soemitro Soerachmad said by 1999, when the company's
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          Lock icon BA adds flights for HK '97
          54 44 Reuter [HONGKONG] British Airways pic said it would run three extra flights between Hongkong and London to accommodate an Increase in passenger demand during the territory's changeover to Chinese rule on July 1. The carrier will add two extra services, both departing from London
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1584 44 CITY FU6HT ETA FU6WT ETP S0604 1020 AdtteM* 0f81 1930 0f82 2055 Hanoi VN74S 1300 VN744 MOO S0229 2220 VW741 1310 VW740 HW Amstarta* S0327 0805 6A892 0030 HatYal TG407 2105 T6406 0620 GAOT7 1045 KL844 0040 M895 ICQ HM_M K1837 1455 KL838 2300 NtCMMWi VW741
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        Lock icon Volvo for the Philippines market
        66 44 [MANILA] A Filipino model showing off thefeatures of a Volvo V4O Estate wagon, one offive new car models which made their debut at the historic Manila Hotel grounds last week. Luxury cars such as the Volvo costing 1.37 million pesos (5574.000) to 2.67 million pesos
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        Lock icon 50 bidders keen on Aussie railway
        335 44 Govt hopes to master enough votes to approve the sale Reuter [CANBERRA] Fifty potential buyers have expressed interest in AN, the Australian government's loss-making rail operation, Transport Minister John Sharp said on Sunday. Mr Sharp added he was confident that the upper house of
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      15 29 Newmarkets sprout for global positioning system Marine GPS markets may take a backseat. Pace 2
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      259 29 Boeing, Airbus ip war of words over competition McDonnell merger at the centre of row .Back Page People Germany's Thyssen Haniel Logistics company's operations in the United States, appointed Peter Landsiedel as its re- The port of Galveston has appointed Ron gional director, East Asia. He is based in R
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      592 30 Lmm MfvtoM represented /^MKmw byMwnb ,o ,h R^»Wlr y o, Msmb**<yt* Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Freight ror»nter» Naßonat Shipping Amoc. Awodrton. EXPOW 3 x Japam ■2 Hnwqfcnnu •1 x x Kowhiung, KwUg «ccipliin FQ M HK/HAHA/SENPAI/CBU/ICN AgUW— MM IMP '17M HM I 24M I KM 1W IU? MJ7 MJ7 M*
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      2082 31 OHANJIN SHIPPING I II Inr~ ■Mi l M |UMHAM/YOY |MM |SM 5M TSE IWW I TOP CM IMT I M «t lOM MM OOS IWC lOW I YVI ini Tit ITKI IK I OOMMINOISI W/M 10/07 12/07 11/07 13/17 13/07 IS/07 11/07 15/87 14/07 IS/>7 IS/07 10/07 14/07 112/07 1
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      65 31 rtß?y ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED sSKI. (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) WEEKLy SINQAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE VKSa VOY SWGAKWI 10—AY VtSSCI VOY WAY gMWi NORDKAP 412 20/06 27/06 NORDKAP 411 12/06 20/06 TBA 24/06 03/07 SINGAPORE OFFICE: MUMftAI OFFICE: rmi «««Srfi^r~ K,NO:M4MMOOOO KS&J IOOWNGS: *****57/ *****26 Dm., Govondi (lort) H'TMI
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      1250 32 DSR-SENATOR in Round the World Container Services FROM UK/continkm' vessel I w»r sm in smv ww Im"hw ima N vtssa I vor Ilha I htm Isrv |nam I m Iwrr Ism"! CMOYAM MOSCOW WfTtt BM 1117 1117 12.07 11t7 11JT W«7 OSRROSTOCX S7» 81 CT.M 21H M M MM 11
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      23 33 Ch REGALIA LINES I' I l I Special FCL Tariff to USA Tel: *****68 Fax: *****51 AsAfH: QUESTOK (Alt GO EXPKESS PTE LTD
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      1202 33 j—CT 1 mm. jui (fi iim dmai no mvsi I ilRMAV<12 MTS), KARACM (14 MVS) J I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGEMTS: 6 SHINTOM WAY TEL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (IA) *****02 JONORIOFFIO: COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD «17-mmsmm saus/mgs 420SM1/43 inward deft (D/0) *****15 COSTAR AGENCIES (Aft) SDN BHD _gJjOJ]Wjggggg *****25
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      425 33 PERKAPALAN DAI ZHUN j£U TONG JOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 K9CMM4-fASTtST TWAMSn/ MHJUtA-HtNHUTY BOTH A/ HO CHI MUHH-MMCATID A WHO ***** 11/04 GIWI ***** 19/04 W A 5257 22/04 GOOM 9755 21/04 GM 9749 22/04 «Hoa 9713
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      497 35 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 UNES) Twice Sailing To UNITED KINGDOM a London DIRECT SAILING TO SOUTHAMPTON FELIXSTOWE Please call for FAMOUS MOLLY I *****33 I P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****33 (20 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 t*
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