The Business Times, 19 June 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes THURSDAY, JUNE 19,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Royal brothers charged with attempt to bribe
    602 1  -  Hiey allegedly offered HL Bank 6M $lm to get better refinancing deal for hotels By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] The Kumar brothers Raj and Asok, better known as the Royal brothers, were charged yesterday in a subordinate court with attempting to bribe HL Bank
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    S'pore, Thai economies to complement each other: PM
    348 1  -  They will explore how to add value, enhance competitiveness From Conrad Raj in Bangkok SINGAPORE and Thailand have agreed that their economies should complement rather than compete with each other. "We have agreed to explore details on how we can enhance each
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    Lock icon Amnuay will resign today, says his adviser
    118 1 Reuter [BANGKOK] Embattled Thai finance minister Amnuay Viravan wUI submit his resignation to Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh today, his adviser said. "We confirm that he (Amnuay) will resign and submit his resignation letter tomorrow," Pongsathorn Siriyothin told reporters late yesterday. The statement ended
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    Court dismisses Rafiq's option to buy Scotts stake
    838 1  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] In a surprise decision, the High Court has dismissed as unenforceable the option granted to Rafiq Jumabhoy to buy his family's entire 42 per cent stake in listed Scotts Holdings Ltd. In a 66-page written judgment, Justice Judith
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      95 1 UHUIMB akUte wormian •W Pot surrendered on June 18,1997," Khmer Rouge radio announced yesterday in a soecial broadcast in Pbnom Penh, Japan's trade surplus wared by more than 300 per cent to 738 billion yen to May, sparking Jitters in the markets, Ifc 10 Ekranßhd boas Ting Pek {Khiing has
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      16 1 Ctoh calls/or more financial ties, Pg 3 Baht weaken* on rumours of Amnuay's exit, Pg 6
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Disk drive industry may be heading for slowdown
      667 2  -  The sips growing stocks, sliding prices and Seagate's second profit warning By. Jennifer Lien DISK drive giant Seagate Technology has for the second time in two weeks warned that it is unlikely to meet profit forecasts for this quarter. That, coupled with
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      Hitachi Zosen associate's ex-director charged
      225 2  -  By> Tan Su Ten A FORMER director in Alteco Chemical Pte Ltd, an associate company of listed Hitachi Zosen Singapore Ltd, was yesterday charged with contravening the Companies Act. Tetsuo Sato was charged with authorising a loan of $17,335 from the company to himself on
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      Lock icon M2 still growing strong
      329 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Finance By Clarissa Tan DESPITE a marked fall in Ml growth in April, growth in M 2 the chief measure of money supply remained almost unchanged from March at 11.7 per cent. Ml which comprises currency in circulation and demand deposits, or
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      UK reinsurance firm Eagle Star Re gels nod to open regional office here
      199 2  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng BRITAIN'S Eagle Star Reinsurance has received in-prin-ciple approval to establish an Asian regional office in Singapore. The office is expected to open in the third quarter of this year, according to Asia Insurance
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      BT journalist wins print media award
      152 3 BTs Bangkok correspondent, Harish Mehta, has won the inaugural "Print Media Write Award", organised by the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (Amic) and sponsored by Singapore Press Holdings. The award aims to recognise excellence in writing about the print media in Asia. Mr
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      Lock icon Goh calls for more financial ties
      554 3  -  PM (MOTS TOOT TO THAILAND PM urges peater S'pore presence In llai banking and telecom* sectors From Conrad Raj in Bangkok PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong called on the financial sectors of Singapore and Thailand to have greater stakes in each other's economy, to
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      New weapon for SingTel, M1
      223 3  -  Each has acquired a data warehouse for strategic edge ey Toh Han Shih SINGAPORE Telecom (SingTel) and Mobile One (Ml), rivals in Singapore's handphone market, have each deployed a strategic tool to get ahead of the competition a data warehouse. Essentially a computer with a
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Talk of curbs hits HK buying
      469 4 HK residential transactions plunge amid rumours that Tung's taskforce will take tough action against speculation SCMP [HONGKONG] Residential property transactions have plunged after a top aide to Chief Ex-ecutive-designate Tung Chee-hwa pledged to recommend tough action to stamp out property speculation. Estate agents said
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      Lock icon No major changes expected for HK
      223 4 Reuter [HONGKONG] The booming Hongkong residential property market would cool by the year-end if the government enacts anti-speculation measures, Peter Churchouse, managing director at Morgan Stanley Asia, said yesterday. "I don't think there is going to be a big adjustment, but I think it
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      House Hunt
      1053 4 Properly transactions for districts 15 and 16 (setters 42 to 45 and 46 to 48) lodged between May 12 "97 and 14 *97. PROJECT NAME/ M* CONTRACT TENURE MftJHM/ PRICE PSF STREETNAME TYPE DATE LANQMEA* (SOFT) 55*000) (SS) District 15 Non-Landed Arthur Mans Apt 0905/97 FH 1636 1425
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      Lock icon So you want to buy a London property?
      1593 5  -  With its potential for capital and rental gains, houses may be a better investment than apartments which S'poreans tend to favour By. Lu Chisen [SINGAPORE] THERE has been a surge of interest in London properties lately. Every week lavish newspaper advertisements offer
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      338 5 I You can say NO to duplication I in your accounts department You must be fed up of the number of times the same voucher or invoice is made, posted, updated and written over and over aQain by the different departments in your company. This naturally leads to delays, errors
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Baht weakens on rumours of Amnuay's exit
      330 6  -  SINGAPORE Unit doses at 23J>5 against US$ in offshore markets, from 22.75 previously By] Larry Wee THE Thai baht yesterday weakened slightly in offshore markets to close Asian trading at 23.55 against the greenback, compared with 22.75 the day before, on rumours of
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      Lock icon Wheels of misfortune
      60 6 [HO CHI MINH] A "cyclo" driver relaxing as he waits for customers at a slum area in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam on Tuesday. Vietnam's reform policies have improved incomes since their launch in 1986. However, a side-effect has been the emergence of a growing
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      Lock icon M'sian group to build US$75m complex in Beirut
      206 6 BEIRUT Tourist project with Lebanese firm to be ready by year 2000 AFP A MALAYSIAN consortium plans to build a US$75 million (SIIO7 million) tourist complex on the Beirut seafront which will be completed by the end of the century, officials said
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      Lock icon Pol Pot surrenders: Khmer Rouge radio
      381 6 PHNOM PENH Broadcast does not say who he turned himself in to AFP NOTORIOUS Khmer Rouge guerilla leader Pol Pot surrendered yesterday, Khmer Rouge radio announced in a special broadcast monitored here. "Pol Pot surrendered on June 18, 1997," the radio said, without saying
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      Indon economy doing well, but risks remain
      627 6  -  WORLD BAKE REPORT Social equity, trade deficit, deregulation are preblem area* Reports from S N Vasuki in Jakarta THE Indonesian economy has done "very well" recently, the World Bank says, but significant risks remained in such areas as social equity, a worsening current
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      Call for greater transparency
      348 6 THE World Bank yesterday said Indonesia should adopt a more transparent, market-ori-ented strategy in solving the banking sector's problems. It also warned that commercial banks' exposure to the property sector was on the rise at a time when the increase in property prices had raised concerns
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      Lock icon Indon media ban law to stay, says new minister
      191 6 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA'S new Information Minister, former army chief General Hartono, said yesterday that a much-criti-cised law that allows the government to ban the media will remain. "That (legal) chapter must stay, in case there are actions that could no longer
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China's 5-month trade surplus exceeds 1996 total
      349 7 BEIJING Jan-lUy exports surged 29% while imports slipped 1%, says stats bureau AFP, Bloomberg CHINA'S foreign trade surplus in the first five months of this year has already surpassed the figure for the whole, of 1996, the State Statistics Bureau (SSB) said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Beijing claims credit for Hongkong's wealth and stability
      369 7 BEIJING People's Daily report ignores Britain's contributions totally Reuter CHINA claimed credit yesterday for Hongkong's prosperity and stability, saying a decision not to invade the British colony when the communists swept to power in 1949 was a crucial factor. In a front-page
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      Lock icon HK tycoons behind drive for smooth return to China
      425 7 HONGKONG AFP MONEY talks quietly in Hongkong, which is why the territory's obsessively discreet Chinese tycoons have been the silent force behind Beijing's drive to ensure a trouble-free handover. Hongkong has the world's highest concentration of US dollar billionaires at least
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      Lock icon Sino-US ties still improving: Jiang
      379 7 BEIJING China also refaratos commitment to a prosperous HE CHINESE President Jiang Zemin said yesterday the momentum for improved ties with the United States was being maintained and repeated Beijing's commitment to a prosperous Hongkong under Chinese rule. "Important mutual benefits exist in Sino-US ties,"
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      Lock icon HK retains foreign currency ratings
      239 9 »LONDON IBGA assumes China keeps Its premises so short term changes *ffl be limited Reuter JgONGKONG will keep its A+ Wig-term foreign currency rating after the British colony is handed back to China on July. 1, IBCA, the European ratBig agency said yesterday. 4, "The
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      Lock icon Taiwan lays down rules for investments in HK, Macau
      278 9 ft TAIPEI Pftjects threatening security or economy wOl be barred Reuter TAIPEI pledged yesterday to bar any Taiwan investment in Hongkong after its July 1 return to China if the project threatens the island's security or economy. The Mainland Affairs Council
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      What lies behind the US$14b trade surplus
      587 9  -  GHXXA WATCH Export flgnrea for first five month* Ajpfttr high By Lu Ning CHINA'S exports in the first five months of this year surged a surprisingly strong 26.5 per cent year-on-year to reach U5565.5 billion (5193.5 billion), official statistics show. Imports, on the
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      UK's biggest power firm in US$50m China venture
      275 9  -  SINGAPORE By] Lu Ning A SUBSIDIARY of the United Kingdom's largest power generator, National Power, yesterday signed a letter of intent to take a majority stake in an existing power plant in Yichang city, in China's Hubei province, and to invest in
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan surplus sparks market jitters
      504 10  -  TOKYO Fears of fresh trade frictions pile pressure on US dollar, Tokyo share prices By Anthony Rowley MARKETS became jittery yesterday after figures showed Japan 's customs-cleared trade surplus soared by more than ,9DO per cent to 738 billion yen (519.28 biUion) in May compared
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      Lock icon Tokyo's money supply growth slows again in May
      344 10 TOKYO Bloomberg THE growth of Japan's mostwatched measure of money supply slowed for the sixth time in the last nine months in May as April's tax increases slowed the economy, the Bank of Japan said. M 2 plus certificates of deposit grew
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      Lock icon Dai-Ichi Kangyo barred from bidding for govt bonds
      258 10 TOKYO Bait# stay till final punishment for illidt loading i« Bloomberg THE Japanese government said it will bar Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd from underwriting and bidding to buy government bonds at auction, the latest blow to the bank caught in a scandal
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      Lock icon Complex route to rupee convertibility
      293 10 NEW DELHI M |j i 1. 1 MIuHAJOTM (MOCnS, giant subsidy bills seed t» be tackled first Reuter INDIA needs to cut through a macroeconomic knot comprising multi-layered deficits and giant subsidy bills to achieve fiscal targets mapped out on the rupee's road to capital
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      Lock icon Indian police authorised to prosecute PM's party chief
      192 10 NEW DELHI Reuter AN INDIAN state governor on Tuesday authorised federal police to prosecute the leader of Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral's party in a US$2BO million (*****.7 million) corruption scandal, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said. The governor of the
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Not back to the good old days
      1728 11  -  The US, despite encouraging economic figures, is not returning to the pre-1973 boom years By. Louis Uchitelle NYT [NEW YORK] WITH the war barely over, Life magazine laid out, in a 1946 photo essay, a "roseate and wondrous" American dream. A singlestorey stone-and-clapboard
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon More leeway for US financial firms?
      215 12 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE Clinton administration ended its silence on a key issue in the bipartisan drive to revamp banking laws on Tuesday by saying it could accept a plan to let financial firms engage in a "modest" amount of non-financial activities. John Hawke, a
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      Lock icon US worker productivity climbs a strong 2.6% in Q1
      364 12 WASHINGTON Productivity gains fastest in foor years, offsetting higher labour costs Bloomberg US WORKER productivity rose in the first quarter at the fastest pace in almost four years, offsetting higher labour costs in many industries. Productivity a measure of the time
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      Lock icon Israeli finance chief quits over currency reforms
      141 12 JERUSALEM Reuter ISRAELI Finance Minister Dan Meridor quit yesterday in a tiff with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over currency reforms adopted by the cabinet. The changes, approved overnight despite opposition by the finance chief, prompted the Bank of Israel to lower its key
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      Lock icon EU summit puts major reforms on backburner
      276 12 AMSTERDAM Leaders agree on mtdfUrt to the constitution Bloomberg EUROPEAN Union leaders settled for a modest set of revisions to the EU constitution, postponing some issues it hoped to resolve. The 15 EU leaders ended a two-day summit well after midnight with an
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      Lock icon G-7 leaders plan closer watch over global financial institutions
      287 12 WASHINGTON Bloomberg LEADERS of the Group of Seven industrialised nations plan to take further steps at their Denver summit this week to strengthen oversight of global financial institutions. "The summit will continue to build international cooperation to meet the increased risks
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Washington in knots over a tattoo
      762 13  -  THE BOTTOM UMB OPINION By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent WASHINGTON has decided to take time out of "Donorgate", the story about the illegal contributions to the Democratic party and its sub-plots (Asiagate, Lippogate), and to place on its agenda an
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      123 13 'I would say if you're a high-powered banker or if you're a yuppie or a chuppie (a Chinese yuppie), you might go for a silk, perhaps dark colour, to lend a bit of gravitas to one's status in the banking WOrld -David Tug retailer of upmarket traditional
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      Jakarta's signal to the US
      629 13 EDITORIAL INDONESIA sent a strong signal to Washington that it resents American interference in its domestic affairs —when it cancelled a deal to buy nine F-16 aircraft and withdrew from a USfunded military training programme. President Suharto took the action in protest against concerted attacks
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      Lock icon Fear grips Australians as economy falters
      951 13  -  Despite falling interest rates, unemployment is at &8% and consumer! are afraid to spend By\ Peter Lynch The writer is a Sydney-based journalist who contributes to BT INTEREST rates have fallen four times in a year. Inflation is averaging 2.5 per cent. The Australian
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      798 13 PradoosHttte privacy PRIVACY is a precious commodity in a crowded world. Everyone needs a bit of anonymity, but with the advent of computers and the Internet, it's getting tougher all of the time. Our personal lives (and finances) are at the fingertips of anyone with a
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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      25 13 DOOMESBURT By Garry Trudeau Mfe! 1 W\ m£* MGTOPO I HKrveereotiSMOuK HT -mem* W x%H fl P \%£XLt GRAPHICS". J M&?PAG£. &VGMBA HOL- PONTUKe J\'%™%g-
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon It will be cheongsams galore at HK's party
      489 14  -  HK's tai-tais are going the Chinese way on June 30, says padl maibhmb PAUL MAJENDIE Reuter Discard the Dior. Leave behind the Yves St Laurent. A silk, figure-hugging cheongsam definitely is the designer dress to wear at the gala to mark Hongkong's
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      Lock icon Rickshaw-era set to die naturally
      470 14 PEOPLE N§ mere to stamp eat trade in HK m Imps' are in their 80s Reuter (HONGKONG] The rickshaw, relic of an imperial past, will survive Hongkong's return to China but may be lucky to last three years to the millennium For the rickshaw "boys"
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      Lock icon Holvfield puts his faith to the test again
      807 14  -  BOXING The fighter wk* beat Tyson against all odds last year pars op far a rematch By] Dan Meffect NYT [NEW YORK] That Evander Holyfield today is the heavyweight champion of the world cannot be explained by reason or research. Here is
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      Cathay's new project: US$7m animated film
      426 14  -  FILM By< Corinne Kerk AFTER a successful return to movie-making last year, cinema distributor and exhibitor, Cathay Organisation, is embarking on a new project the co-production of a US$7 million (Sslo million) animated feature film. Its film production arm, Cathay Asia Films, is partnering
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      A thousand miles of vintage fun
      1423 16  -  Christopher tam talks to lawyer Chia Quee Khee who completed the ItaUan vintage car rally, Mille Miglia CHRISTOPHER TAN Man domesticated the horse not justfor transportation. Lots of other animals could do the job. He picked the horse for its speed. When he invented
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      What's faster than a Porsche? A Beemer
      978 16  -  Singaporean Ringo Chong beats speed demons with an aging BMW By < Christopher Tan IF ANYONE could use a Lada Samara to outrun a Subaru WRX, it would be Ringo Chong. Early this month, 33-year-old Ringo did just that Not in a Lada,
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        Porsche prototype tops Le Mans race
        112 16 THE Porsche name emerged victorious once again in this year's just completed Le Mans showdown. However, the car was not a factory model like last year's GT-1; but a prototype designed by Briton Tom Walkinshaw and raced, under the Reinhold Joest team. The car
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        Cars more vulnerable than trucks
        95 16 IN COLLISIONS between cars and light trucks, 80 per cent of the fatalities are in the cars, a study found recently. Even though cars remain twice as common as light trucks, collisions involving cars and light trucks have been killing more Americans than collisions between
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        Together in electric dream
        50 16 THIS IS the Nissan FE V 11, a second-generation "ftiture electric vehicle" that was born ofa collaboration between Nissan and Sony Corp. The car uses an advanced lithium-ion type battery that enables a range of more than 200 km between charges. That's quite a walk, man.
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        Designed by Chinese for China
        83 16  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan AFTER inviting tenders from major car-makers for a national car project China has decided to go it alone. On line is the Lucky Star mini family car, a modern-looking hatchback that looks like a cross between the new Mercedes-Benz A-class and
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Ting scraps proposed Bakun rights issue
      496 17  -  Da* operator likely tetecar more debts fodfeslsJ>b project, analysts from: Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur' EKRAN Bhd boss Ting Pek Khiing has scrapped the proposed rights issue of Bakun Hydroelectric Company, the operator of the planned M 115.5 billion (SsB.B billion) dam in Sarawak.
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      Kim Eng earnings up 39%, plans sale of 40% of HK arm
      448 17  -  By i Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Brokerage houat Kim Eng Holdings yesterday announced a solid increase in year-end earnings, as well as the intended sale of a 40 per cent stake of its Hongkong arm to its own managers.
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      No bull, Mr Greenspan, what goes up must come Daw-n
      1059 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Anthony Rowley WHEN the phone started ringing off the wall the other day, I knew right away who it was going to be. "Al," I said, "I've been expecting your call." There was a short silence and
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      Keppel Land bags freehold site in Sunset Way for $77m
      328 17  -  By. Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Keppel Land emerged the top bidder for a freehold site in Sunset Way with its offer of $77.1 million in a tender which closed on Tuesday. The 135,000 sq ft freehold site is Keppel's third major
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      Accept AFP's offer for Amcol, says adviser
      433 17  -  Each share's NTA is only 83 cts compared with bid of $1.88 By: Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Each Amcol share is backed by net tangible assets (NTA) of perhaps only 83 cents, and shareholders should accept a bid by Asia Food Properties (AFP)
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        Corporate governance seminar on July 25
        171 18 [SINGAPORE! A leading authority on corporate governance, Adrian Cadbury, will speak on the topic at a seminar here next month. The Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) is holding the seminar on July 25 in conjunction with its two-day SES Investment Fair at the Singapore
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        APL insider trading cases: SEC reschedules hearing dates
        453 18  -  Hearing for Abdul Ismail set for Aug 3, no new dates for other 2 businessmen By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The preliminary injunction hearings against three men accused of insider trading in the Neptune Orient Lines-APL case have been rescheduled. The US Securities
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        Lock icon Philippine SEC orders deeper probe of 4 brokerages
        308 18 Bloomberg [MANILA] Philippine regulators ordered a more thorough investigation of SBC Warburg Securities and three other brokerages for allegedly manipulating the price of stocks, saying an initial probe was inconclusive. The Securities and Exchange Commission said it reviewed the preliminary reports implicating
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        300 18  -  Shares rise after BT report on site potential sy Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE) ANA Hotels says it has not at any time contemplated redeveloping its property at Nassim Hill, in response to a June 7 BT report on hotels with redevelopment potential.
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        Lock icon Selling Indonesia on the Net
        52 18 [JAKARTA] An employee of telecommunications company Indosat demonstrating the firm's new Indonesia Interactive service for the Internet in Jakarta yesterday after its launch. The new product carries tourist information on points of interest such as the Borobodur temple as well as stock, shopping and flight
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        Lock icon Everbright unit sells HK$1.9b shares to help pay for bank stake
        272 18 Bloomberg China Ever-bright-IHD Pacific Ltd, controlled by China's cabinet, sold HK11.9 billion (Ss3so million) of shares for the second time this month to pay for a one-fifth stake in one of China's most profitable banks. The transaction represents a
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        Lock icon China Resources arm to buy HK bank from parent
        113 18 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] China Resources Enterprises Ltd, the investment arm of China's Foreign Trade Ministry, said it will buy a Hongkong bank for HK12.0 billion (*****.8 million) to develop its business. China Resources' chairwoman Zhu Youlan said the company will buy SO
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        Lock icon Bank Islam to start operating in Labuan soon
        263 18 It also plans to introduce takaful insurance tartness Bernama [LABUAN] Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd (BIMB)'s first offshore banking subsidiary, Bank Islam Labuan, is expected to be fUlly operational early next month, says its managing director, Ahmad Tajudin Abdul Rahman. He said the
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        Lock icon Dijaya sees fallout from lending curbs
        268 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Dijaya Corporation 'Bhd, formerly known as Jasa Megah Industries Bhd, expects further challenges to the group from measures implemented by Bank Negara in April to restrict lending to the higherend property sector to curb asset inflation. "Hence, the group has to
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        Lock icon Gencor, QNI to merge nickel operations
        221 19 Reuter [BRISBANE] Australian nickel producer QNI Ltd said yesterday it would merge its nickel operations with those of South Africa's Gencor Ltd. QNI said it would issue 504.03 million new shares and that Gencor would hold up to 56 per cent of the enlarged
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        Lock icon Philips, Lucent to merge phone equipment ops
        306 19 Merger win create world's largest supplier of phones witkOSKLsb in sales Bloomberg [MURRAY HILL, New Jersey] Philips Electronics NV and Lucent Technologies Inc will merge their consumer phone equipment operations. The new venture, called Philips Consumer Communications, will be the world's largest supplier
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        Lock icon Kmart sells Canada unit for C$185m
        264 19 Sale to investor groop part of strategy to focMonPShnwhwi Bloomberg [TORONTO] Kmart Corp said it sold its 123-store Kmart Canada Co unit few CslBs million (*****.4 million) to a group of Canadian and US investors as part of a strategy to focus on its
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        Lock icon Jardine may invest NT$12b in Taiwan
        389 19 Group remains i,J 4a committed 10 Hnngknng aiU China, says exec Reuter [TAIPEI] Trading house Jardine Matheson, whose two centuries in Hongkong bred deep suspicion in China, said yesterday it planned major new investments in another territory long estranged from China Taiwan. "We have
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        50 19 [TOKYO] Japanese electronics giant Toshiba unveiling the world's smallest digital still camera yesterday, the card-sized Allegretto. The Allegretto can be connected to a computer via a built-in PC card and will beput on the market in Japan next month at a price at 59,800 yen (*****). AFP
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        Lock icon Bayer forms joint venture with Sinopec
        98 19 Bloomberg [LEVERKUSEN, Germany] Bayer AG. Germany's secondbiggest chemical company, said it has formed a Joint venture with China National Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) to make polyurethane plastic. In a statement on Monday, Bayer said it holds 55 per cent of the venture, known as Bayer
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        Lock icon Motorola plans US$12.9b satellite network
        460 20 It will provide voice, data, video communications to phone firms and businesses Bloomberg [SCHAUMBURG, Illinois] Motorola Inc, moving to domi- nate the satellite communications market, plans to build a /'USSI2.9 billion (5518.4 billion) ..-global network to provide voice, data and video communications to phone firms,
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        Lock icon BSkyB told to drop stake in bidder for digital TV
        365 20 FT [LONDON] British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyß) must drop its equity stake in one of the contenders to launch commercial digital terrestrial television (DTT) in Britain, the Independent Television Commission (ITC) has decided. Unless it does, the British Digital Broadcasting (BDB)
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        297 20 Bloomberg [LONDON] EMI Group, the UK's largest music recording company, said it will return to shareholders as much as £499.1 million (511.16 billion) or about 10 per cent of its market capitalisation, by giving them special shares redeemable for cash. EMI said after reviewing its financial
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        Heinz fourth-quarter earnings up 9.4%
        134 20 [PITTSBURGH] H J Heinz Co said fiscal fourth quarter earnings rose 9.4 per cent as the condiment and weight-loss company continued to streamline its operations. Profit from operations rose to U*****.2 million (*****.4 million), or 50 cents a share, for the period ending April 30,
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        Lock icon Oracle's Q4 earnings up 35%, in line with forecasts
        243 20 Reuter [REDWOOD SHORES, California] Oracle Corp said on Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 35 per cent, close to Wall Street expectations, on strong sales of its database software and applications. Oracle, the second-biggest software company after Microsoft Corporation, said net
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        Lock icon UK investment banks losing global dreams
        374 21 Funk problem is that they haven't been able to get toe-hold on Wall Street: analyst AFP [LONDON] The shock resignation of the Nat West Markets chief and a pledge to trim back operations at the bank is seen as the latest British failure to
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        Lock icon PNB mulling new products
        222 21 Unit trust tad msnt|or looking at futures and options Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), the largest unit trust fUnd manager in Malaysia, is preparing itself to participate in new products such as futures, options and the Securities Borrowing and Lending markets. PNB has allocated
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        Bank of China issues US$200m FRN
        173 21  -  Five-year FEN te be listed on Stock Bxchan# ef S'pore By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] The Bank of China yesterday launched a fund raising exercise in the Asian and international capi- tal markets through the issue of a US$2OO million (***** million) floating rate
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        Lock icon Euroyen eases but falls seen limited
        242 21 SIMM Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures slipped in thin trade yesterday but dealers said the downside looked limited ahead of the Bank of Japan's tankan business sentiment survey, due on June 25. A belief the tankan would paint a negative picture of the
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        Futures surge for filth straight session
        190 21  -  MMTUVUmDRBS -By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refix) Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures rose for fifth straight session yesterday, with the June contract closing at 372.0, up 4.0 points. Buyers continually emerged on any weakness in the cash index,
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        Lock icon Gulf states seen riding out oil price fall
        215 21 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [DUBAI] Opec Gulf states may be hurting from weaker oil prices but the pain is not enough to prompt drastic action when Opec ministers meet in Vienna next week. Gulf industry and banking sources said yesterday. Though benchmark Brent
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        278 21 Reuter THE US dollar was steady in midday trading and is likely to remain around current levels until the beginning of next week, when the G-7 summit in Denver finishes, said dealers. An analyst said she expects dollar/yen to trade within a 110-115 range for the next three
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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      1517 22 AFP Damns *a SHARE prices closed 0.5 per cent lower yesterday with the Nikkei Average depressed by selling of export-linked issues after the dollar temporarily plunged against the yen. Brokers said that trading was slow as the yen's rise made investors cautious. The 225-share Nikkei Average fell 95.81 points
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      1427 24 AFP -103JI STOCKS fell yesterday on con- cern over measures to curb the property market by the incoming government of Tung Chee-hwa. Dealers said profittaking was triggered by re- ports of impending measures !to cool speculation on the property market. "The property market is bound to slow, so institutions
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      620 24 Reuter Mm -3J» THE Shenzhen B share market ended lower yesterday, hit by fears that heavy profit-taking in a newly-listed A share issue would drag down the domestic index and hit foreign currency B shares. The B Index lost 3.08 points at 146.62 on a turnover of HK$4O million.
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      344 24 AFP Hwphfcx <aus STOCKS rose 0.4 per cent to a seven-year closing high yesterday as investors sought semiconductor issues. "More investors switched to promising IC (integrated circuit) issues by selling shares of other manufacturing sectors," said a trader. "Although most electrical shares have been overvalued, any price declines in
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      244 24 Bloomberg QWeDmgtoo +32J8 SHARES rose yesterday amid offshore demand. The NZSE Top 40-share Index rose 32.18 points, or 1.4 per cent, to 2,400.21. Turnover was NZ$5B.9 million. Rises beat falls 27 to 10. —Bloomberg *b» i v- rmm A KZ Banking 10-55 -OM ***** Advantage* HMgi U2 -0.04 74*00
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      774 24 AFP QSETMg -14.78 SHARE prices dropped 3 per cent to an eight-year low yesterday on widespread but unconfirmed rumours that Finance Minister Amnuay Viravan would resign over policy conflicts, analysts said. An independent Thai news service, INN, said in a radio broadcast after the bourse closed that Mr Amnuay,
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      381 24 AFP -me SHARES closed 2.4 per cent lower yesterday, with foreigner investors taking North Korea's threat of war as an excuse to sell financial issues. "Foreigners sold flnancials and some blue chips amid concerns over the country's risk after reports on the North's threat of a war," a dealer
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      529 24 AFP QAllOriiaarM -&3 SHARE prices slipped yesterday alter Wall Street consolidated for the second day from a record-breaking performance the previous week. The All Ordinaries Index fell 8.3 points to 2,673.4. Turnover was 453.5 million shares valued at A 1965.0 million. The banking sector was particularly hard hit, sinking
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      704 24 AFP fjOanmoßtehlg +&.71 SHARE prices rose 0.8 per cent yesterday on selected buying by foreign investors. "I would say that our market is getting expensive but it's still attractive relative to other markets in the region," said a dealer. The JSE Composite Index closed 5.71 points firmer at 710.79.
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      Lock icon MANILA
      300 24 AFP QIUmU +2SJO SHARES closed 0.9 per cent higher yesterday, boosted by gains in the property sector. The PSE Composite Index rose 25.10 points to 2,823.35. Turnover was 7.3 billion shares worth 2.3 billion pesos. Among property issues, Ayala Land Inc rose one peso to 22.50, Empire East Land
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        Lock icon Shares buoyed by favourable M3 data
        312 25 AFX-Asia Q Composite bin ♦ILU SHARE prices closed higher yesterday, buoyed by a favourable M 3 growth figure and retail support for Second Board stocks, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed up 11.19 points at 1,088.12. Volume stood at 223.7 million shares worth
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
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        While bulls bet on Clipsal warrant its shares may appeal to investors
        173 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy AMONG the best performers yesterday were the shares and warrants of Clipsal Industries, an electrical goods counter whose instruments are traded in US dollars. Despite their sharp run-up, the warrant's numbers still look
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        HOT STOCK
        58 28  -  -If I Shiv Taneja HTP HOLDINGS shot up 13 cents yesterday to $1.11 on a volume of 3.89 million shares, making it the most actively traded stock in the market. Short-term traders should cash out now, while longer-term investors ought to buy on weakness. The weekly MACD chart
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        Demand for US$ stocks fails to lift broader market
        669 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMBMTAKY With turnover and share prices moving ever lower, the only bright spot is in Malaysia, where demand for bine chips is firm By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] After regaining the 2,000-point level on Tuesday following a week-long stay below
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          Joining the plobs
          65 28 FOR a card company that claims that membership has its privileges but has always insisted that you pay for that membership, American Express has yielded to a widely practised market trend. It recently invited non-members to sign on for a six-month free trial, with a Sharp Databook
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          Ods to the King
          184 28 WE HAVE just received the 1996 annual report of Indonesian cigarette company HM Sampoerna. The report is mandatory reading for anyone who thinks selling cigarettes is an easy business or has serious doubts about a cigarette company's passion and dedication towards providing a quality smoke. The
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          If only life were like this
          188 28 A COLLEAGUE, green-eyed with envy at the obscenely long spell of leave his co-workers higher up the totem pole have been granted this vacation season, received this short witticism from a friend trying to soothe frayed nerves. "The year is made up 0f365 days,
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          Till debt do you in
          85 28 YOU'D have thought that after the 18M stock market slump which burnt lots of investors, brokers would be a little more careful in taking large orders from retail punters. A lawyer handling bankruptcies said he was astonished at the large amount of debt piled up
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          Landlords head backwards
          102 28 WITH home rentals softening, landlord* are bending over backwards io please their tenants. When a tenant rang his landlord recently complaining about a faulty washing machine, the landlord hunted high and low for the machine's warranty card but to no avail. Worried about the upcoming lease renewal,
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      780 18 6 THE SIAM COMMERCIAL BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED Head Office: 9 Rutchadapisek Road, Ladyao, Jatujak, Bangkok *****. Tel: 544-1111. Annual Report For The Year Ended December 31,1996 ASSETS IM6 1995 LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' i CASH AND DEPOSITS AT BANKS EQUITY If* 1995 Cash and deposits at banks DEPOSITS in Thailand
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      92 20 H Investment Seminar Thursday, 26 June 1997 6.30 8.00 pm I Mandarin Hotel Singapore, 4th floor I I SPECIFIC /—"•x I HE Mr Geoff Ward, I INVESTMENT ——r I Hi<rh Commissioner I OPPORTUNITIES I and I Mr Chris Gorton, I I Regional Director and I Chief Representative East I Asia,
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      94 20 -f T M Free drinks at .ir The Regent (with a rather pleasant catch). An open bar ail evening or a complimentary bottle of wine? There has to be a catch. And there is. The fishermen's freshest, in fact, prepared in abundance before your eyes and served with live music
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      381 21 Net Profit BEF 10.29 billion Operating Continuation of the "Network hannesburg Acquisition of IQliUu 2000" restructuring programme an 11% stake in Amerbank in rnniirn l P fr\ aiK intensification erf informa- Poland and enhanced activity in ILJJ. LU.C WJ tion technology and telematic Poland, the Czech Republic and j|Y| yy|Y\Vr*
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      436 28 BUSINESS Notices SinGAPORE AIRLinES LIITIITED M 7 (Incorporated «i the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Singapore Airlines Limited (the "Company") will be held at Mandarin Court D, 4th Floor, Main Wing, Mandarin Hotel, 333 Orchard Road, Singapore
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      370 28 Bank of East Asia Opens Kuala Lumpur Office (KUALA LUMPUR) The Bank of East Asia. Limited, of Hong Kong has today opened a Representative Office in Kuala Lumpur. This is the Bank's second outlet in Malaysia, following the opening last February of an Offshore Branch in Labuan. The Bank of
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      Lock icon DAILY FREIGHT
      296 29 Bridge News r Timecharter rates for Panamaxes in the east continued to improve with levels edging over US$lO,OOO daily. Activity in both the capesize and handysize markets was again sluggish, with very little emerging. Hie summer seems to have now arrived for the capestess with trading quiet in
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      90% of world's fleet yet to get safety certificate
      483 29  -  Speakers at ship management meet urge firms to rnsh to meet July deadline next year By: Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Procrastination on the part of shipowners with regard to ISM certification was the underlying concern among speakers at a ship management conference.
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      Fierce competition may lead to lossmaking deals
      708 29  -  MEWBUIIJDS By- David Hughes AT last there is a little less talk about ordering containerships. Only boxship contract, for two smallish feeder vessels are included in this week's representative newbuildings list. And there are indeed fewer containerships being booked. Shipping is, as frequently
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      Lock icon Ferries set to face new EU rules
      230 29 Reuter [LUXEMBOURG] Ferry operators offering services out of EU ports will have to register the names, gender and age bracket of passengers and crew on longer voyages if EU ministers reach a deal on new rules late yesterday. The moves are intended to
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      Expansion at port of Rotterdam faces further obstacles
      282 29  -  By' Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] The port of Rotterdam has met with another delay in obtaining the go-ahead from the Dutch government for its expansion proposal. There was much speculation that the government would reach a decision last week on the proposed
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      Lock icon Container moves: PSA does it again
      252 29 [SINGAPORE] With an average rate of 86 containers moves per hour, the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) has one of the highest productivity rates in the world and is showing no signs of slowing down. Last month, PSA achieved 145 moves per hour on
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      DEME orders 2 new dredgers for US$155m from Dutch builder
      261 29  -  New vessels to be used for projects in South America, Africa and SE Asia By] Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering (DEME Group), one of the world's largest dredging companies based in Belgium, has placed an order for
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      Lock icon From old port to business hub
      999 30 LONDON'S DOCKLANDS: SHOWPIECE OF REGENERATION Semi-derelict port has been transformed into a commercial and residential centre in a successful regeneration scheme Lloyd's List LONDON'S Docklands area east of the city was once a port in its own right, but is now better known as
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      282 30 PAGE Ethiopian 6 ACL n Eurohans 6 AM. 3 Evergreen 6 Accord 12 Fimous 7 AppensNp 5 Fl-Bright 6 Astro 3 FoongSun 12 Austral tl Clink 4 Avant 6 Gemartrans 13 BSA 7 Genshpg 11 Batamindo 7 GloMinfc 7 B'tang Mas 12 GoWen
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        171 43 Juaa Sweden: Midsummer Day. JUI Canada: Canada Day. JaM United States: Independence Day. MM France: National Day. United States: Independence Day. Mil Brunei: H.M. The Sultan's Birthday. Jtol 17 Brunei: Maulud RasuL Indonesia Birthday of Prophet Mohammed. Malaysia Brlthday of Prophet Mohammed. Ad SI Belgium: National Day. Mas
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        827 43 THIS report complied by Cockett Marine OH Ltd. ihow* price range* in US dollar* InMad of tingle price* for a more comprehensive description at the market. Price* shown arc baaed on average•l»d item. Market movement* are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
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        Lock icon Smallest piloted plane takes off
        65 44 [LONDON] Pilot Tim Senior from the Acrosuperbaties team launches the world's smallest piloted aeroplanefrom the roofofa Mitsubishi Shogun, at London City Airport on Tuesday. TheCriCri plane, just l&t long and 4ft high and with a wingspan ofltfl, was driven down the runway until the Shogun
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        Lock icon Cathay in technology tie-up with IBM and Sabre
        266 44 It announces a 10-year deal for IT solutions AFP ([SINGAPORE] Cathay Pacific J Airways is to develop a range of market-driven information technology systems under a 10-year agreement announced yesterday with US technology giants IBM and the Sabre group. International Business Machines
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        Lock icon BA resumes check-in at de Gaulle airport after agreement
        220 44 Bloomberg [PARIS] British Airways pic said it resumed check-in at Charles de GauUe Airport after shutting its counter for seven weeks on concern there wasn't sufficient security at Air Algeria's check-in counter. British Airways is now checking passengers in at three
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        Lock icon EU transport ministers reach aircraft checks deal
        265 44 Non-EU planes could be subject to checks and be grounded if found unsafe Reuter [LUXEMBOURG] European Union transport ministers struck a deal on Tuesday allowing national civil aviation authorities to inspect non-EU aircraft using their airports and ground dangerous ones. "We have political
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        Lock icon Air Macau plans 6 more China routes
        167 44 BernamaXinhua [MACAU] Air Macau is to open new routes to six more destinations in mainland China, bringing the number to 11, the Macau CivU Aviation Authorities (MCAA) said yesterday. A memorandum of understanding was signed here by representatives of the MCAA and the
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        Lock icon Car market will fall without incentives: Fiat
        236 44 Bloomberg [TURIN, Italy] Fiat SpA chief executive Paolo Cantarella said Italy's car market will slip back to last year's size if the government doesn't extend incentives and warned that the company might have to lay off workers temporarily. Speaking at the company's annual
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          Lock icon US to sign open skies pact with KL
          68 44 AFX-Asia [WASHINGTON! The US will sign "open skies" pacts liberalising air traffic with Malaysia, Brunei and New Zealand this week. Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater said. "We (have) offered open skies to rapidly growing economies of the Pacific Rim and tomorrow, I my
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          Solair signs deal with Delta Air
          53 44 [SINGAPORE! Banner Aerospace subsidiary Solair has signed a memorandum of understanding with Delta Air Lines as the airline's sole supplier of airframe materials from the surplus market Solair*s president Timothy Daggett expects the agreement to generate US$150 million (S$213 million) in revenue over the
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          Lock icon JAS strike grounds 361 flights in Japan
          64 44 AFP [TOKYO] Japan Air System Co Ltd cancelled 361 flights yesterday as cabin crew begin a one-day strike over summer bonuses. The cancellations affected 92 per cent of domestic services. Negotiations between management and two unions representing pilots and flights attendants were continuing
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      13 29 Regeneration of London's Docklands Semi-derelict port turned into a business hub. Paqp 2
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      145 29 EU ministers reach aircraft checks deal Non-EU planes could face safety checks. Back Page ri >: HP ■SPglM^ Jpprjr. 1 BT U 3 w s Vs^r*. K EAS International Shipping Pte Ltd 9 HIfAS International Transportation (S'pore) Ptelfi^H H EAS International Transportation Ltd China 1 B Croupage By Seafreight/Consol By
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      595 30 Lines services represented ffmSk l\by Members o»#»ReQi«tiyo« Membersoflhe Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Fretght Forwarders' S'pore National Shipping Assoc Association. saUio^. SIOTPWGT^^SONLmE Just talk to us... Iris Lim 740-2044 Tan Lip Chuan 740-1645 Jarrod Leong 740-2089 3 x Japan 2 Hongkong 1 Monte 1 x Kooifeung, KWung (Accepting Fa to SKK/NAHA/SENOAJ/CCW/ICH)
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      76 31 ItjTOin ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED siifj, (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) y WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE ViSSli VOY SINGAPORE IQiHAY VESSEL VOY IQMIAY SHCAfOM NORDKAP 412 21/06 28/06 NORPKAP 411 13/06 21/06 T.B.A. SINGAPORE OFFICE: MUMBAI OFFICE: jJSK. Jordin# Sfc.pjwnjj Amikw (C* NO **********0 C) Orml Express Lines Ud.,
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      1579 32 <CT DSR-SENATOR jKISh Round the World Container Services TO UK/CONTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT Ivor Ism" 1 rtm mv ham nx |ant |um 11 vista Ivor luu Irtmlmv Ihmi lax lantlbnl CHOYANG MOSCOW WfTZI 22 01 1117 11.17 1i.07 IJO7 11J7 10 07 DM ROSTOCK "st» "5* ~Z7m »M ¥¥IoF 10M HAUMHANOUMS
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      431 33 f/J-iIPERKAPAT .AN DAT ZHITN jgfy TONG JOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 /KWCMH+fASTUT TWJMSH/ MtUUtA-HtMHUTY KM*/ /MO CM MIM+MBKATtB A lews '755 21/04 GIWI ***** 20/04 GWUAT A 5257 22/04 GJGI 9749 22/04 G«GI 9749 22/04 OHOCI 9713
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      517 35 FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES JIP 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) Accepting shipment to r/ 1 EUROPE/ T) MEDITERRANEAN Jj ffi\ SCANDINAVIAN M| J ports daily I Pofaknd 1 V France We make Sure Our Standards Never Change For more details please call for Joanna/Nolly *****33
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