The Business Times, 30 June 1997

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 "IE -e* SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, JUNE 30.1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    HK and S'pore to sign new investment pad
    624 1  -  Agreement seeks to give business community added confidence in each other's territory Reports by] Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong EVEN as Hongkong prepares to become a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China tomorrow, it's been business as usual for HongkongSingapore relations. The
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    Lock icon British Empire's reign ends with festivity in the air
    519 1 IF there's anything that best symbolises Hongkong's reversion from British to Chinese rule, it's the triangular har-bour-front Citic Tower. Festooned with banners declaring the joy of Hongkong's reunification with China, Citic Tower sits between the venues of two major events today.
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    BT may be late tomorrow
    36 1 BT will delay its press time tomorrow morning to cover the Hongkong handover ceremony. As a result, readers in some areas may get their paper late tomorrow. We apologise for this.
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    Analysts on target for most corporate results
    475 1  -  Bat they were way off the mark for JC-MPH and Transmarco By < Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Market seers have not done too badly in their forecasts for the hatch of financial results ended March 31. While they made a few obvious wrong turns
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      23 1 A special 10-page supplement TODATI BT comes with a special supplement on the story of Hongkong's return, told through the eyes of Hongkongers.
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Ting-controlled firm sued over advisory fees
      443 2  -  Mmluuitbaiik NM Rothschild suing Plaza Bakyat Sdn Bhd forfoesofMs6m By Conrad Raj A SINGAPORE-BASED merchant bank has sued a company controlled by Bakurt Dam tycoon Ting Pek Khiing for over Ms 6 million (553.4 million) for non-payment of advisory fees. NM Rothschild Sons (S),
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      Lock icon Q4 better time for S'pore electronics: Fraser
      255 2 It s&ys negative sentiment could hit sector until Sep Reuter NEGATIVE sentiment could hit Singapore's electronics sector between now and' September, but the longer-term outlook is brighter, a report by Fraser* AMMB -Research, said. "Though PC demand is expected to pick up again
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      Gammon, Econ Int'l win MRT station deal
      129 2 A JOINT venture of Hongkong's Gammon Construction and Econ Piling, a subsidiary of listed Econ International, has clinched a contract to build the People's Park MRT station on the North East line. The contract, valued at $141.5 million, involves the construction of a
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      Lock icon Exports seen growing 7.8% in Q2
      362 2  -  EYE OH THE ECONOMY Trade By Audrey Tan ACCORDING to forecasts by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) economists, Singapore's exports should recover strongly in June, leading to a 7.8 per cent real growth in non-oil domestic exports in the second quarter. Given growth of 8.2
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      German business body sets goals
      295 2  -  By < Conrad Raj THE German Business Association (GBA) here will take a more proactive approach to promote trade and investment between Singapore and Germany. One of its main goals in the next 12 months or so is to get more local businesses to invest
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      Fed official on why US inflation is low
      268 2  -  By I Siow Li Sen THE competitive pressures confronting US businesses is one of the. factors keeping inflation low in the US and that looks like becoming a long-term trend, said a senior US central banker. The other factor is central bank
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      176 2 DOtlCPm An In-depth Profile of Malaysia's Leading Electrical Manufacturers in the a Electronics a Electronics Industry Tour indispensable and comprehensive guide to Malaysia's electrical and electronic products is now available on sale. Published by the Federation > Malaysian Manufacturers, this Directory provides a comprehensive overview of Malaysian electrical and electronics
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      18 2 Young I Parents I -When I you I want I the best I for your I children I
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Plan for 10-yr monopoly in MSC for Telekom runs into opposition
      450 4  -  KUALA LUMPUR Telecom operators against Coopers Lybrand's proposals for industry By. Meera Tharmaratnam TELECOMMUNICATIONS operators in Malaysia are bitterly opposed to recommendations proposed by government consultant Coopers Lybrand on how the industry should be revolutionised. At the heart of
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      Lock icon M'sian High Court allows suits by MBf units against UN envoy
      358 4 KUALA LUMPUR Param ordered to file and serve defence within 14 days Reuter THE Malaysian High Court has allowed a defamation suit against a United Nations envoy to proceed, saying he was not absolutely protected by immunity, local newspapers
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      Malacca picks 2 sites for Sumatra link
      144 4 ALOR GAJAH THE Malacca government will propose two sites believed to be ideal for the proposed bridge project to link the peninsula with Sumatra. Chief Minister Abu Zahar Isnin said the two locations are Kuala Sungai Linggi near here and Sungai Rambai in
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      Lock icon Contest for high flyers
      60 4 [JAKARTA] Indonesian children admire a giant bat kite entered in the Jakarta Internationa Kite Festival yesterday. The kite was made by participantsfrom Cilacap in central Java. The festival will last through July 3 and includes entries from Malaysia, the Netherlands and the United States. Participants from
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      Lock icon Ranariddh: Khieu Samphan must denounce Pol Pot first
      207 4 PHNOM PENH AFP NOMINAL Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan will have to denounce Pol Pot before he can meet the press at Preah Vihear temple on the ThaiCambodian border, Prince Norodom Ranariddh said yesterday. The royalist Funcinpec party chief and co-prime minister
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      Lock icon Coxsackie hits M'sian tourism
      104 4 BANDARBARU SERTING Bernama THE Coxsackie B virus outbreak in Malaysia has threatened the tourism industry where fears of infection had prevented even Malaysians to travel, said Arts, Culture and Tourism Minister Sabbaruddin Chik yesterday. He said the Coxsackie epidemic had caused uneasiness among tourists with young
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      Lock icon Moggie heads KL team for energy meet
      239 4 MANILA Bernama MALAYSIA'S Energy, Telecommunications and Posts Minister Leo Moggie arrived here yesterday at the head of the Malaysian delegation to a four-day Asean meeting that will tackle the region's energy constraints and prospects. The annual meeting, to be opened by President Fidel
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      Lock icon FBI blames Hun Sen's men for attack
      161 4 WASHINGTON AFP AN FBI probe into a grenade attack on a crowd of Phnom Penh protesters found that the personal bodyguards of one of Cambodia's prime ministers were responsible for the blasts, the Washington Post reported yesterday. At least 20 people were killed
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      199 4 Quality Development Measurement In Service Organisations CONDUCTED BY PROF. BO EDVARDSSON DIRECTOR OF SERVICE RESEARCH CENTER, SWEDEN 14-15 TH JULY 1997 HOLIDAY INN PARK VIEW, SINGAPORE Prof. Bo Edvardsson is the Director of Service Research Center, Sweden. Prof. Edvardsson has 8 books and numerous academic publications to his credit He
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      161 5 The first commercial r m I B A building to break through, the Raffles Place skyline, Shell Tower; «will now be •< n called Singapore Land TowerV U With its premier location within 1*.,. Singapore's financial hub and adjacent to i) >r V s »T 1- J position as the
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon HK police tighten security cordon
      441 6 HONGKONG b than 20,000 officers on doty to ensure a smooth transfer of sovereignty AFP POLICE yesterday tightened the biggest security cordon in Hongkong's history on the eve M ceremonies to mark the territory's return to China. If Police said measures were k place for
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      Lock icon Patten warns against govt meddling in last address
      282 6 HONGKONG HE doomed if free market approach is abandoned: governor AFP BRITAIN'S controversial last governor of Hongkong, Chris Patten, told the people of the territory yesterday that Britain had never left a place it had helped govern "so fabulously rich". But in
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      The transition
      266 6 CM pm Chris Patten, 28th and last Governor of Hongkong, leaves Government House for tbe last tin*. For good luek, the Patten furify will driro around the tirautar driveway of the governor's official residence three timefc Giuiiiii—ill llmiiM mill fir tumntl tntn n inn mm iwrt mm for
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      Lock icon Election to be held next May, Tung tells Downer
      190 6 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG'S first posthandover legislative election will be held in May next year, a spokesman for fliture ruler Tung Chee-hwa said yesterday. "May is what we're aiming at Mr Tung has said repeatedly the second quarter of next year is
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      Lock icon Risk of HK recession from flood of cheap land
      201 6 HONGKONG AFP EXCESSIVE release of stateowned land by Hongkong's incoming government could bring down the stock market and lead to a recession, a top banker warned in remarks published yesterday. But John Strickland, chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp,
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      Lock icon China supports HK$'s peg to US$
      226 6 BEIJING Reuter CHINA'S central bank supports the Hongkong currency's peg to the US dollar, the official People's Daily yesterday quoted central tank governor Dai Xianglong as saying. Mr Dai, governor of the People's Bank of China, was also quoted as repeating a pledge not
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      Lock icon Jiang vows to reassure foreign community of HK's stability
      311 6 BEIJING He stresses that interfere in general administration of HK AFP CHINA'S President Jiang Zem in vowed yesterday to use his historic visit to Hongkong to reassure the international community of China's commitment to the territory's future stability and prosperity. "We
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon UK,US reminders on free polls
        91 7 Reuter [HONGKONG] British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said here yesterday that when he meets Chinese leaders during the handover of Hongkong, he will remind them of their pledge of free polls in 1960. China, he says, was bound by the Joint Declaration to hold "free
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        Lock icon Thatcher urges HK to speak for rights
        75 7 Reuter [HONGKONG] Former British premier Margaret Thatcher admitted in a television interview here yesterday that she was "a bit fearful" for Hongkong when it reverts to Chinese rule but warned China thatthe world's eyes were upon it Ms Thatcher, who in 1984 signed
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        Lock icon Protests to be curbed after returns Tung
        59 7 Reuter [LONDON] Hongkong's ftiture chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, told pro-democracy activists yesterday their freedom to protest would be limited once Hongkong reverts to China at midnight today. Mr Tung told BBC television that peacefiil protests would be permitted. But exceptions are "In areas
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      Taiwan stock market seen due for big correction
      395 7  -  TAIPEI If not for HK factor, govt would have taken action: analysts By] Bruce Cheesman THE stock market is expected to undergo a major correction as the government withdraws support for a bull run since September that has made Taiwan one of
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      Most in US gloomy about HK's future: polls
      384 7  -  WASHINGTON wSiMMM aMVaMiMtAAiI ywws lnmiencea by visiting HK By Leon Hadar THE majority of Americans have expressed, in various opinion polls, a sense of pessimism about the political and economic future of Hongkong under Chinese rule. The main reason has been the
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      Lock icon Most Taiwanese are indifferent to HK's fate
      532 7  -  TAIPEI Majority of population 866 few comparisons ISK Aod their own stand-off against China By] Bruce Cheesman DESPITE an outpouring of stage-managed defiance by tens of thousands of demonstrators attending an anti-Bei-jing rally on Saturday night, most Taiwanese are sublimely indifferent to the
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      686 6 iPi Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Head Office Kungstradgardegatan 8, Stockholm, Sweden BALANCE SHEETS PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNTS December 31 The Group The Group 1996 1995 1996 1995 SEKM SEKM SEKM SEKM Cash and balances in Central Banks 4,836 2,067 OomrmOna Income Treasury b»Hs and other eligible Mis 43,604 59,387 r««»ivahte 28
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Dangerous child's play
      66 8 {DHAKA, Bangladesh] Poor children in the capital blowing up used condoms they picked from roadside dustbins as their parents are unable to buy them balloons. Such scenes are not rare in this city of nine million, some 40per cent ofwhom live in slums or sleep in the
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      India bill to hit TV broadcasters
      546 8  -  NEW DELHI Proposals indodmg curbs on cross-media holdings may upset nuyor TV firms'plans By Rajendra Bajpai THE Indian government has drafted a broadcasting bill that seeks to license satellite television channels and curb cross-media holdings, a move which could play havoc with major television
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      Japan recovery still weak despite 6.6% GDP rise
      280 8  -  M SINGAPORE problems fiOfvenkadtwAps of strength: oconomist By Vikram Khanna DESPITE a 6.6 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the first quarter, Japan's economic recovery is "tub-par" compared with past recoveries and this is unlikely to pick up any time
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      India rate cut latest move to curb liquidity
      553 8  -  BOMBAY Indian central bank's action seen as prelude to cot in prime rate By Yogi Aggarwal IN A bid to curb the excess liquidity in the banking system, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced last week a one percentage point cut
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      Lock icon Growth of S Korea industrial output weak
      207 8 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea's industrial output rose 6.1 per cent year-on-year in May, a lower rate of growth than last year, reflecting the country's overall economic doldrums, the National Statistical Office (NSO) said yesterday. The NSO attributed the lower output to slowing exports,
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      Lock icon Former DKB chairman commits suicide
      354 8 TOKYO Bloomberg A FORMER chairman of DaiIchi Kangyo Bank (DKB) who was questioned by prosecutors on Friday in connection with the bank's burgeoning loans-to-gangsters scandal committed suicide yesterday, NHK state television said. Kuniji Miyazaki's death is the latest development in a scandal involving DKB and
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      1106 8 Merita Bank Ltd Statement of accounts for the yar ended 31* Pocambf 1996 Consolidated Balance Sheet (fm mm.) Consolidated Profit and Loss Account (fn mm.) 51.12.1996 31.12.1995 1.1-51.12.1999 1.1-31.12.1996 yy V On^Si^«wmct»diin«Bid^ UfMMMM and central benka 1720 1192 On recivmbJ— from Ow putofc: and Rmmmi iroin oinw otnM oubtic sector
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  • THE WORLD
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      Tough budget expected from UK's Labour govt
      535 9  -  LONDON Net amovmt raised from taxation could be as much as £sfe economist By Neil Behrmann FINANCIAL markets and economists are predicting a tough first budget from the new Labour government. It needs cash to (Und an employment programme and the fashionable mantra
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      Lock icon Tory leader calls for referendum
      203 9 LONDON FT WILLIAM Hague, leader of the opposition Conservative party, on Friday demanded that tlie Labour government hold a referendum on the Amsterdam treaty signed with the UK's European partners this month. He claimed the document had "surrendered" some of Britain's vital interests. In a
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      Lock icon Tietmeyer hopes Germany can meet Maastricht deficit goal
      325 9 FRANKFURT No reason to change monetary policy as inflation is low Reuter BUNDESBANK President Hans Tietmeyer said yesterday he hoped Germany could meet the Maastricht Treaty deficit goal this year but said sustainable budgetary discipline was more important than hitting targets. The
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      Lock icon Fed expected to leave interest rates unchanged
      482 11 WASHINGTON Policymakers satisfied with state of economy; will wait for fixture indicators Bloomberg Reuter US Federal Reserve policymakers, satisfied with the economy's present state, are expected to leave the overnight bank lending rate unchanged when they meet this week and wait for fresh
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      Lock icon Gingrich does not rule out cigarette tax increase
      406 11 m WASHINGTON Bo's unsure if hell support tobacco firms'settlement Bloomberg US House Speaker Newt Gingrich left the door open for a cigarette, tax as part of budrule it out," Mr Gingrich said on CNN's Evans and Novak show over the weekend. Legislation
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      Lock icon Clinton calls for tighter campaign financing controls
      253 11 WASHINGTON AFP PRESIDENT BUI Clinton on Saturday renewed his call for tighter campaign financing laws, announcing a new commission to advise federal regulators on free television time for candidates. Mr Clinton said in his weekly radio address that he has appointed two senior
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      Lock icon Israelis in demo against Netanyahu
      335 11 TEL AVIV Reuter CHANTING "Bibi resign", tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday in the Tel Aviv square where Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated. The protest organised by the Movement For Early Elections, which says it is unaffiliated with any
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      1018 9 ingJ&)bank Registered Office: De Amsterdamse Poort 1102 MG Amsterdam Zuidoost, The Netherlands BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1996 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR 199 i AFTER PRORTAPPROPRIATION Coneoffdatad Consoldated 1996 1995 ijjjj (in mWons of guKtore) (In mMons of guilders) w 10 179fi intofßSt income i»/o/ ASSETS Interest expense
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      3457 12 Bank I Keppel Bank of Singapore Limited and its subsidiary companies I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) BALANCE SHEETS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1996 I nm mm n. mi km m s-om *<000 J ooo raw $000 sin two »W CAPITAL 4 5M.032 543.910 5M.033 543.510 CIMM ASSCTS RESERVES
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Lock icon Tariffs on IT goods end from tomorrow
      510 13  -  Singapore's exporters stand to gain accumulated savings of about $L 5 billion by 2005 By] David Boey [SINGAPORE] The World Trade Organisation's information technology agreement (ITA) comes into effect tomorrow, marking the beginning of the end for tariffs levied on a broad sweep
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      Honeywell to push industrial control systems in region
      255 14  -  Market worth US$2OO million now, to double by 2000 By] Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] US-based control instrumentation company Honeywell recently launched a new automation system called Plant Scape, which the company said "is expected to play a major role in our expansion in
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      Buzzword this year – the extranet
      631 14  - Buzzword this year the extranet It will help boost the volume of electronic commerce Reportshy 1 Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Extranets will make electronic commerce explode by making it accessible to companies which previously found such commerce too expensive, the president of Click Interactive, Michael Ferro, told BusinesslT. Click Interactive
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      So how secure are they? Some opinions
      315 14 [SINGAPORE] Buslnees-to-businett commorc* on extranets will take off only tf extranets are secure enough, US software executive* have told BusinesslT. How secure are extranets bow? Two major concerns in extranets, wnicn are private links between companies based on Internet technology, are prntectkmofconfidential business
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      Bid to boost trade and research on Internet between Asean, Canada
      223 14 [SINGAPORE] Two related bodies are being developed which aim to bring together business and research in Canada and Asia on the converging areas of the Internet, telecommunications and multimedia. One, Panarie the Pacific Network for the Advancement. of Research,
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    • IT TAKES
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        Unisys CEO James Unruh to step down
        82 14 [SINGAPORE] American computer giant Unisys Corp said Its chairman and CBO, James Unruh, would step down once a successor has been identified. He has agreed to assist In the search and transition process and would remain as chairman until the company's next annual
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        US nod for Microsoft encryption export
        74 14 {SINGAPORE] Microsoft Singapore announced last week vi? that it had obtained US government approval for the export of 128-bit encryption software to banks worldwide for protection of online financial transactions. The US Department of Commerce licsncs win let Microsoft incorporate its encryption technology in
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        Doing software R&D in Bijing
        55 14 [SINGAPORE] China's State Science and Technology Commission ci China (SSTCC) and Hewlett-Packard recently opened their US$2 million (Ss2.B million) Joint research facility in Beijing's Haidian district The 400 sqm I RAD centre would focus on software modelling and 'f simulation tools for wireless communications and
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        Iona donates software to HK varsity
        73 14 [SINGAPORE] US-bassd lona Technologies has donated U*****,000 (*****,000) worth of Its Orbix software to the -*i City University of Hongkong. Orbix is a software development tool that conforms to the Oigect Management *d Group s CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) standard, which defines
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        S'pore Poly buys Platinum
        94 14  -  -OompfMkj Bilean Kher [SINGAPORE] Singapore Polytechnic has bought Uid Platinum'B database reorganisation solution called TSreorg to automate the repetitive and time-consuming task of reorganising tablespaces in its Oracle databases. Ita n head of the computer centre, Chang Boon Hai, said in a statement that "providing campus-wide
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      New technologies: the sky's the limit
      954 15  -  Competition in the air as new know-how gets overtaken now and then in the quest for bigger market Toh Han Shih COMPETITION among technologies never lets up. One technology promises to be faster and cheaper than another technology, only to be overtaken by a
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      Why e-trade is still more hype than reality
      602 15  -  By Subbaraman Iyer The writer is assistant director (corporate development), Singapore Network Services. The views expressed are his own. Electronic commerce involving businesses selling direct to end-users has been touted as the,luller application on the Internet. After all, this infostructure comprises 50
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      HP enters the PC photography market with slew of products
      287 16  -  By) Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Computer giant Hewlett-Packard Co last week announced what it called "the first PC photography system designed for home and office users". Called the HP Photo Smart PC photography system, the suite (pictured right) includes a photo
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      AST unveils 6 new desktops under Bravo brand
      226 16  -  By] Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] AST Computer last week announced availability of six new models of commercial desktops under a new Bravo MS brandname. The systems incorporate SNR (system noise reduction) technology that cuts system noise levels up to 70 per cent compared
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      Intel puts Fast Ethernet on a chip
      411 16  -  By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Intel has put the world's first Fast Ethernet solution on a single chip, the Intel *****. This means fast connection to the network can be an integral part of a personal computer (PC) that takes up very little
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        HP's NetServer,rack data-storage here
        74 16 Hewlett-Packard has announced the availability of its d**| Net Server LXr Pro and its new Net Server Rack Storage/BSE system. The Singapore-manufactured servers are targeta&Z at medium and large companies and the rack supports t W eight hot-swop disk drives that can hold 72 GB of
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        Adobe Illustrator 7.0 out
        74 16 Adobe Systems in now shipping Illustrator 7.0 for Win 96, <Hi NT and Mac systems. Adobe says that "the new look-and-feel of the software will enable users to work more efficiently and intuitively across all Adobe 4m applications by supporting identical menu structures, palettes and keyboard
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        Price cuts for Exabyte tape drives
        78 16 SxabyteCorp last week announced it was cuttingltet ng prices on Its Mammoth Bmm tape drive from UStfi,VWto a U554,196 (816,000). The company said the price cots were en account of"cost savings from efficiencies achieved through incrsased production" and would make the 0 Mammoth the
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        Lotus Mall Release 8 on the way
        52 16 Lotus Development Coip announced It U shipping ccMaijL, Moese 8, with integrated Internet eccees, enhanced e-mail management toola, simplified system administration, and bunded with Lotus Mail a POPS mail client The package is priced at *79.96 tor Lotus Passport volume jj purchasers, the
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        Studio quality audio for PCs
        62 16 Taiwan's GVC Corp's PWA-S2S, a sound card that "brings studio quality audio to PCs for under USI3O" is now available. The card is based on S3"BSonicVibes PCI audio accelerator technology and works under DOS, Win 96 and l and oflfers a host offeatures, including Soundßlaster
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        Sharp launches MMX notebook
        74 16  -  —Compiled by Raju Chellam Sharp Singapore's topof-the-line notebook computer, the PO9BOOT, with Intel's IQBMH2, MMX-enabled Pentium is now available. With a retail tag of $5,999, the syatem ship* with 33 MB RAM, 10* peed CD-ROM drive and 2.1 GB removeable hard drive. Sharp said thia modal
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      790 17  -  Theatre Works has put up a perceptive drama on the plight of construction workers and rickshaw pullers in Workhorse Afloat, says bem homroe BEN MUNROE OLD Sisyphus himself was alive and working hard as usual at the Victoria Theatre last week, still engaged in his
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      721 17  -  Fast spins and twists of the men contrast with the serenity and fluidity of the women in a lively display By Ben Munroe TWO men stalked, daggers drawn, hatred oozing from their every feline step. Twin flashes of steel, as two arms arced together,
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      667 18 THEATRE For the first time, theatre-goers in China get to see their former leader as an elderly man Renter [BEIJING] The audience gasped, then cheered, as they saw for the first time the man who transformed China from a Stalinist backwater into an economic powerhouse
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      Capturing the true essence of Chopin
      471 18  -  MUSIC Pianist Richard Dowling conveys the poetry in the works By Benjamin Loh [SINGAPORE] The music of Frederick Chopin, with its beautifully spun melodies, romantic sentiments and passionate outpourings, has long been a staple of the classical pianist's diet. But attractive as the pieces
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      The diva as music teacher
      824 18  -  THEATRE Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally, abounded in delicious unpleasantries By Andrew Lim [LONDON] For the past two months, Maria Callas has been the focus of the music scene in London. EMI reissued some of her complete opera recordings in fresh packages, Classic
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      Customer service is key for SMEs
      606 20  -  The trick is to focus on quality in their operations, tan bu vmi finds out from the author of a business book TAN SU YEN SMALL and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) tend to overpromise and underperform, declares Karen Leland, author of lively business how-to book,
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      Lock icon Abalone trader's success recipe
      664 20  -  Persistence pays off for Landen which has garnered 75% of local market for vacuumpacked abalone By 1 Tan Su Yen FOR seafood trader Lauden Leong, customer service means working with restaurant chefs to perfect a recipe for that quintessential Chinese delicacy: the abalone. Once the chef
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Metro sees early profit from its Cairns hotel
      366 21  -  4-star hotel tipped to make As7m in next six months and Aslsminl99B By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Metro Holdings expects its newly opened hotel in Cairns, Australia, the Oasis Resort, to be profitable jiext year. A Metro spokesman told BT that the four-star
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      SingTel falls after Telkom denies tie-up
      192 21  -  By David Boey {SINGAPORE] It was a rollercoaster ride for Singapore Telecom on the stock market last week. After climbing steadily all week, its shares fell sharply on the last day of trading, tumbling 15 cents to $2.58. The fall wiped out all price
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      KL should trim brokerage rates for retail investors
      681 21  -  MARKET MATTERS Shorter settlement period will make this even more necessary By Eddie Toh ON Friday, Acting Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim introduced a string of measures to further deregulate the stock market. The two main revisions are the relaxation of the chain-listing
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        Rashid Hussain eyes bank licence in S'pore
        287 22  -  RHB chairman also keen to open bank in each of the Asean capitals From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur RASHID Hussain, who controls the third largest banking group in Malaysia, is keen to have a banking presence in Singapore. Mr Rashid, executive chairman
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        Analysts on what it takes to estimate companies' results
        380 22  -  By< Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] In estimating results, say analysts, both the material and immaterial come into play. "We look at the company's management, the feel of the stock market, the state of the company's industry," said one analyst. "Then we rely
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        BizWeek's Global 1000: S'pore firms stay on list
        427 22  -  Of the II that remain on list, only three move up in rankings By' Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE} Most of the companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore which appeared in the Business Week Global 1000 last year have managed to
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        Lock icon Will Kotjo buy VDH shares sold by banks?
        501 22 Bigger problem is whether regain investors' confidence: analysts Reuter [SINGAPORE] Indonesian corporate player Johannes Kotjo was once known as the man with the Midas touch in the Singapore stock market, but disappointing results for his key company have analysts raising questions. Infrastructure
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        MPHB's plan to list bank may occur within a year: analysts
        360 22  -  From Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur THE Multi-Purpose group backed by tycoon T K Lim plans to list its wholly owned subsidiary Multi-Purpose Bank, and analysts say it could happen within the next year. This is part of its
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        Lock icon BHP expects much better results by 2000
        446 23 MD takes Mame for group's recent woes when net profit dived to worst in a decade Reuter [MELBOURNE] Australia's largest listed company, The Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd (BHP), assured investors of much higher performance by the year 2000, but again played down
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        Lock icon Cepa protests to Pakistan over move to cancel power deal
        448 23 HK-based ctmpuqr upset by sadden mm titeramuteprfject AFP [ISLAMABAD] Hongkongbased Consolidated Electricity Power of Asia Ltd (Cepa) has protested to the Pakistan government over a move to cancel a power project deal with the company, reports said on Saturday. In
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        Lock icon Omron plans India, China sales drive
        157 23 AFP [TOKYOI Omron Corp, Japan's top maker of control components, plans to expand its Asian sales drive into budding growth centres in India and inland China, Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported yesterday. Omron has recently set up a sales unit in New Delhi with capital
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        Lock icon Giordano seeks joint ventures in China
        279 23 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong clothing retailer Giordano International is seeking to establish two or three joint ventures in China, company chairman Peter Lau said. "We're in talks with parties, Hongkong- and Chinabased, from the perspective of joint ventures in China. We could have two or
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        Lock icon Shanghai Petrochem seeks acquisitions to propel growth
        290 23 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Shanghai Petrochemical Co, whose shares soared last week after it said it signed a letter of intent to buy a state-owned acrylic-fibre maker, is looking for more acquisitions, executives said. Shanghai Petrochemical, one of China's three largest petrochemical manufacturers, wants to
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        Lock icon Phone giants AT&T, SBC suspend merger talks
        372 24 Official criticism meant it would have token years for deal to get federal nod Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Phone gi"["ants AT&T Corp and SBC Communications Inc have suspended their merger talks, dealing an apparently fatal blow to what would have been tjie largest corporate merger
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        Lock icon Renault to close Belgian plant
        270 24 Bloomberg [PARIS] Renault SA said it will go ahead with its disputed plan to close a car plant in Vilvoorde, Belgium, overriding protests by the Belgian state and paving the way for a return to break-even this year. Carmaker Renault's chief executive Louis Schweitzer and
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        Lock icon UK govt blocks Bass, Carlsberg link-up
        344 24 Jtecommend&tion of Monopolies, mergers ;frody overtnrned FT ILONDON] A merger designed *by Danish brewer Carlsberg ted its UK rival Bass to create ."Britain's biggest brewer was blocked on Friday on competition grounds. Margaret Beckett, the UK -Industry secretary, overturnEd the recommendation of the Monopolies
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        173 24 Bloomberg [MILAN] The Italian government said that because of excess demand it enlarged its sale of a third block of shares in Eni SpA, reducing its stake in the energy company to 51.5 per cent. Three times as many individual and institutional investors wanted
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        Lock icon Drinks merger rift: chiefs to meet
        356 24 FT [PARIS] The chairmen of LVMH, the French luxury goods and drinks group, and the British Guinness and Grand Metropolitan groups are to meet in Paris on Wednesday to try to resolve their dispute over the two UK companies' proposed £23.8 billion (5556.6 billion)
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        Lock icon China faces uphill task in selling treasury bonds
        559 25 Stockmarket boom, banks'withdrawal from secondary bond market blamed AFP [SHANGHAI] China is facing difficulties in selling all 248 billion yuan (5542.75 billion) worth of treasury bonds it plans to issue this year without resorting to administrative means, analysts said. More than half
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        412 25 Bnt 1196 growth was not equally shared by participants FT [LONDON] Last year set new records in volumes and profits for the derivatives industry. The fruits of growth, however, were not shared equaUy by all participants. While over-the-counter (OTC) markets generally continued
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        Lock icon US bond buyers gain from bucking odds
        278 25 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Investors who swam against the tide in the US Treasury market this quarter ended up the biggest winners. Those who bought 30-year benchmark bonds three months ago had returns of 6 per cent in the period the best of any
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        Lock icon Thomas Cook wins HK airport deal
        202 25 AFP [SINGAPORE] British-based Thomas Cook, a global travel and financial services group, said it had won the right to be the sole supplier of retail foreign exchange services at Hongkong's new Chek Lap Kok Airport. The group said in a statement issued here last
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        376 25 Ailing Mutipwy studies merger with another Thai firm Reuter [BANGKOK] Thailand's Pinance One wants a foreign investor to take a stake in the ailing company but is considering consolidation with local finance firms, the company's president said on Saturday. "At the moment for Finance One,
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        Lock icon Bonn likely to miss EMU targets
        562 26  -  u»—u« Weeklyßoundup Meanwhile, on data front, eyes will be on US non-farm payrolls Callum Henderson, MMS International [SINGAPORE] The road to European Monetary Union is a rocky one, an uphill process where the summit occasionally seems nearer or further away. Though the German government
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        837 26 COMMODITT Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON) The oil market responded last week with a shrug to promises made by Opec producers at their Vienna meeting to cut back on massive over-production to lift crude prices. The 11 members of this powerful cartel agreed,
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        177 27 The Singapore market see-sawed between a high of 2,043 and a low of 1,968 last week. The first three days saw artificial support provided by programme buying on illiquid counters like YHS, C&C, Semb Corp and WBL Corp. However, the index lost its gains due to lack of fresh
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        113 27 Outlook Excel Machine Tools is a manufacturer and exporter of computerised numerical control machines, and it exports its machines worldwide such as to America, Europe and most of Asia. It posted an impressive growth and its production is about three times its previous capacity. With the strong demand
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        108 27 Outlook Want Want, the Chinese cracker manufacturer and distributor, offers 20 and 25 per cent growth in fiscal year 1997 and 1998 respectively. The stock is now trading at 24x 1997 consensus earnings estimates. With the mainland Chinese economy rebounding and with more plant capacity coming on-stream, the
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        Lock icon EXPLANATION OF TERMS
        262 27 Source: Analysed by Johan Tellvik, a director of Bridge Inl'l Broking E-mail:jtellvik@bridge.com lelattte Streegth RSI measures the rate at which prices move. As a rule, an RSI above 80 indicates an overbought condition while RSI below 20 indicates an oversold market. RSI is more effective in detecting
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        Lock icon Wall Street: volatility is the name of the game
        457 28 NEW YORK BaDer-ceaster week, witkblltrfegtredb; Hukimeto's remarks •n sale ef US beads AFP BLUE-chip shares finished on the down side after the previous week's lurching volatility (Uelled by remarks by the Japanese premier and profit-tak-ing after recent gains. End-of-quarter portfolio squaring
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        ASIAN MARKETS Roundup
        907 28 Hani -m END-of-flnancial-year buying that propped up key stocks in the past week could give way to a sell-off on the Australian bourse, brokers warned on Friday. "It will be interesting to see what happens after the first of July when some of those stocks could come
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        Lock icon HK shares likely to be strong when trading starts under Chinese rule
        242 28 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG shares are expected to be strong when the stock market wakes up under Chinese rule after hitting an all-time high on the final day of trading under British sovereignty, dealers said. "The market's sentiment looks
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        1417 28 FlParii +0% FRENCH stocks are poised to rise to new records this week as investors bet the US Federal Reserve won't raise interest rates at its July meeting to subdue the buoyant US stock market. Retailers, such as Carrefour SA, could rise. On Friday, France's benchmark CAC-40
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        453 28 LONDON AFP THE London stock market advanced cautiously last week ahead of the British budget on July 2, with a tight veil of secrecy drawn ova- Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown's fiscal plans. The Footsie-100 Index of leading shares gained 46.4 points, or
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        Lock icon Nikkei may get boost from rally in bank stocks
        258 28 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices are likely to hold firm after modest gains during the past week, with the key market barometer rising towards this year's high set earlier in June, brokers said. "The market will be bullish in the coming
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        Lock icon Another weak week seen for KL stocks
        266 29 AFP POMgMtohlg -37.48 THE Malaysian stock market is expected to be weak in coming days after dipping 2.5 per cent over the past week to Friday, analysts said. "There may be a slight rebound today as some firms begin to window-dress ahead of
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        M'sian warrants: IGB Corp's among those worth looking at
        190 30  -  WARRANT WATCH By' Ven Sreenivasan IN THE previous column, we pointed out that several Malaysian Clob-traded warrants have drifted down to seemingly attractive levels in recent weeks on the back of a general weakening in market sentiment. But on closer examination,
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        410 32 SOURCE: Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Research Stocks VdwM Van der Horst 82.392.000 Tianjin Zhong 72.713.000 Hesl* Hldgs25c 42.608,000 Ty* Soon 10c 19.991,000 Excel 20c 18,459,000 HK Land USKk *.089.000 *MW Capital 14,290,000 Raffles MedKk M,025,000 DBS Land 13,614,000 •IMW-Purposo 12,816,000 Mwh Van dcr Horst 197,750,277 UOB Foreign 99,698.897 OCBC Foreign 93,09,649
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        60 32  -  v hf Shiv Taneja VOL closed unchanged last Friday on a volume of 1.57 million shares, which was more than twice its 10-day traded average. In the near term, the counter is expected to lose more ground. However, longer-term investors might to buy this stock on any further
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        617 32  -  the wees ahead With the Hongkong market closed for three days, 'pink chips'here may also attract some interest By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Does the Dow's rollercoaster ride last week point to Wall Street stocks approaching a near-term resistance just short of
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      285 33 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young ALTHOUGH the market has been somewhat slower iut week, there are still a number of Interesting sales worthy of comment The tanker sector has fteen most activity and late reports indicate that Messrs Lykiardopulo have bow committed their coated panamax Sienna <GB,OOO/86)at around U5526.5
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      480 33  -  It tops Caribbean offer by USs2sm, says Celebrity will be a strategic fit in its stable By. Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Carnival Corp has launched a rival bid of US$525 million (***** million) for Celebrity Cruises Lines, topping Royal Caribbean Cruises' bid last
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      233 33  -  From. Alec Almazan in Manila A CRIPPLING strike at the Port of Manila's North Harbour terminal was brought to an end with the efforts by the country's major shipping lines. Cargo handling operations at the Philippines largest domestic port were crippled when about 500
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      721 33  -  LZMER SCENE By) David Hughes [LONDON] SO, P&O Nedlloyd has made up its mind. It will throw in its lot with the Grand Alliance. Inevitably that will make the Anglo-Dutch company look a bit more like P&O Containers and little less
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      208 33 [SUVA] A new international shipping service for Fiji was launched last week as a container vessel of the AustraliaNew Zealand Direct Line docked in the tiny island nation. The shipping firm is to dedicate three of its seven container vessels to the South Pacific
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      Two more quay cranes for PPT
      83 33 [SINGAPORE] Two new quay cranes were delivered to the Port qfSingapore Authority's (PSA) PasbrPaniang Terminal last week, bringing the numberqfsuch cranes at the terminal tofour. Thefirst two were installed in ApriL The total contract for PPT's 44 bridge cranes and 24 quay-side cranes stands
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      309 33  -  USflmfaflMity study commissioned; DeIWDTKQt ports planned From Alan Boyd in Bangkok THAILAND is shifting the focus of its port investment southwards after a decade of building up heavy goods terminals in the eastern seaboard industrial belt. A package of pending marine
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        52 33 Reuter [LONDONI Britain's PenlMOlar and Ortantal SMn Navigation Co said last week it sold to mqfortty state ta Dutch roadtanks business HAS Transport Group in a da*l valuing the firm at £13 million (9180 million) PIO said it sold the company to a management-tod
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        84 33 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Shun Tak Holdings Ltd, which ran talk* between Hongkong and Macao,.Bakl piiMmiwi tvafflr Mill percent in the first six months of 1907, a company (Mreettjr said. While the company, controlled by casino moful Stanley Ho, lost marketahars, it stffl carrias mors than*
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        71 33 Reuter [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Maritime Conmilsstoft (FMC) said that it has suspended proposed sanctions against Japanese shipping companies until Ssp 4 Ills decision came after John Graykowskt deputy administrator of the US Maritime Administration, vitttsd s Tokyo last week to assess progress in
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      938 34 OCCAM CARRIERS: BUSY SEASON Rate discounts, prevalent earlier in the year, vanish as shipping lines enjoy brisk volumes from a surge in demand Journal of Commerce THE busy season for oceanborne imports from Asia is off to a fast and furious start, with vessel
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        806 49 THIS report. complied by Cockeu Marine OU Lid. allow* price rente* In US dollar* In stead at tingle price* for a more comprehen•lve description of the market Price* ihown are beaed on averageated stun. Market movement* are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        300 50 KL minister says open skies pact won't mar relations with China [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia and Taiwan have agreed in principle to liberalise air travel between the two countries, Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said. The proposed open skies pact with Taiwan is
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        222 50 BernamaKyodo [TOKYO] Japan and Russia have agreed to let their national carriers inaugurate transSiberian flights to and from Japan's northern city of Sapporo, Japan's Transport Ministry announced here. The agreement provides for two trans-Siberian flights per week each to Japanese and Russian carriers
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        513 50 [DUBAI] Dubai airport has recorded an increase in passenger and cargo traffic during the first quarter of this year. It handled about 2.2 million passengers, up 13 per cent and above 98,000 tonnes of total cargo, an improvement of close to 9
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        57 50 [SYDNEY] A man waiting for a tram to pass on Sydney's 3.6-kilometre new light rail system in China Town, on Friday. Trams, last seen on city streets 3&years-ago, haix been reintroduced as part ofa public transport initiative, and are expected to be available to the
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        435 50 Bering was actually expected to raise local ticket fares Bloomberg [BEIJING] China is giving an unexpected break to foreigner travellers, who will no longer have to pay more than locals for air tickets in the country. The cut, effective from tomorrow,
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        277 50 Bloomberg [DETROIT] US sales of cars and light trucks feU 1.3 par cent in June from the year-ago month, with General Motors Corp and Chrysler Corp posting declines as they missed out in some of the hottest markets, analysts said.
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        296 50 Reuter [LONDON] British Airways pic said on Saturday it had warned any cabin staff who took part in a planned strike that they could be sacked or sued for damages, a spokesman said. lain Burns confirmed a story in the Express
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      575 39 //i FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES yff 80 ROBMSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****6 y HOT LINE: *****33 (30 UNES) BARCELONA/SPAIN 04/07 LEHAVRE/FRAMCE 04/07 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 04/07 HAMBURG/BREMEN 04/07 j GENOA/ITALY 02/07 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 04/07 GOTHENBURG/SCAM 03/07 ROTTERDAM 04/07 I AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 03/07 FELIXSTOWE/UK 02/07 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 04/07 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 03/07 NEW YORK/EC 04/07 FREMAHTLE/ADELAIPE 04/07 j
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      860 40 AllttKO* I >T KILAMO VESSEL VOY SIN BKK VESSEL VOY SIN PKL ORABHUM 11N Moo In Pt Thu 03/07 JABU BHUM 7359 Mon InPt W«£ WW BAM BHUM S2N Tuo 01/07 Sat 06/07 SRWAMUT SRS3I7 *Hd 02/07 St OVQ7 QUWU BHUM 7763 Thu 03/0 MATHU BHUM" 337N W«d 02/07 St
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      714 40 \~M ACCORD A SHIPPING PTE LTD TIL *****5 A (40 Un*s) FAX *****44 fQff kIAMG (03) WI Ml K M DWfCT ACCtSS Ta s *****57 (IXROST SOOKMO) HSMGUOAMG MiSIIW *****57 (EXPORT DOC), *****44 (IMPOST) ffIUMG <04) SSI lUS MAiU (71)0410/79 POtT CTA XII NHTT CTA SIM EOtT IU SIN POtT
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      315 41 Waaldy LCLAPCL H ■ODICfII twvkii to Corfcb—n W la HIm«»o A Central Anwrka akphuvmbl aroma 014E 019E Port Country 02/07 09/07 RafcraCily Ma 05/08 12/08 Bridgatrnm Borbodo* 00/06 15/08 Cortofpno Colombia 07/08 14/08 CaririM St. Lucia 07/08 14/08 Fort da Franca Morliniqu* 08/08 15/08 Frwporl Bahama* 03/08 10/08 Kington Jamaica
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      451 41 f PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I 140 CedStrest, 903-00 PtLßuMcflng. Singapore *****0. I I CRNO: **********06 S IB fi fi fl iS SI icmi lol_ ji/y jZ% la gff a/7 ay yff E= j ßi i 11# "a .'A MW m liF MB AMB. FOtT SMBAA BASSAWA ASSAt VIA
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      27 43 To retrieve more schedules, Just follow these simple steps... /IW the port your Step key in the four number digit code for calls within Singapore UfHtOd StQt&&
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      74 44 @TOYOFUJI SHIPPING CO, LTD. MULTI-PURPOSE VISSIi FOR RO/RO, CONTAINER ft BREAK BULK CARGO v!Ssa Ivotl ft 1 siw I jit 1 ii I a 1 jw ffIWU m >1/171 DfIfMMK M K/17 W/W |11/I7 |l J/*****/17 21/17 YBstt Ivorl sm I pi lii Iml in jti SOVTIKIN CIOSSI 114 N/N
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      73 44 ygyy RIPBUSAHAAN PH/QARAN \F KALIMANTAN I¥w sw I «T Irmw IWMUI I jjsaii \sr m Iw I-™* SURAKAYA/PANJANG HL -1 H/iz -5- B&n i nm w/»y i in utwi wtmmm tot m umiim PBtn Doily reviving cargo at Juronfl Port J3. I Accepting fcrtakb«lk/rolUi»*r»g/20 h GP Container* Sp2ol.* m ood
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      105 44 M KAWASAKI KINKAI KIBEN KAISHA, LTD. JMML HQWB KOMfi I STUAITS S'pora KOutoif Mtoln Nnsng —i vi nm n*7 MVENTUM OUKN V 34 11/17 UMI motnbi stm nt nm mm mm MMUMnvi mm iw 11*7 LION HEART VII Um IM7 jufim aci vm vm nm CR NO **********02 SPORE: A
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      114 44 <jg:>»OTC UNI I OVERSEAS TRANSPORT CO, lID. MAUMTRIS Fa TO INDIAN SUKOHT/ARABIAN GULF/OS msa 55? m um w v OOQAMKM MI »/M H/47 ALSO ACCEPT TO: OKBTCOKt 6W2S 91/17 «w bb* SWWL VUIMNMI SWM 11/17 14/67 mm nt 17/17 u/«7 mMammu.mm.rn, SAM MUVBAM SWI7 11/07 23/17 KMMI BUMMA, IMMMIT MS
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      70 44 row WRL IS HMBfe t. wmtm/smmm SOUTHBOUND «ffl. <W PfWMT j aa: fig asm -sss jaumi sub najm uml mAMt mm Bggil my, »fcgWL- flggW ma«» wins g/wiiii) ■frra HOtTHtOMNP VCSfI. iOf SM P GUOMK M M Bxfii wis —pi —i wwr hima mii 97m —ni —i wmr mm fnFi
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      442 45 TIGER BAY 547N 30-OVO7 OWHI/07 13-14/07 I TIGER WAVE 548N 04-04/07 09-12/07 17-18/07 I TIGER ISLAND 549N 07-06/07 12 16«07 21-22/07 I TO BE ADVISED 560N 10-11/07 16-19/07 24-25/07 I TIGER BAY 551N 13-14/07 19-23/07 27-2807 I TIGER WAVE SS2N 17-ISW7 23-2807 31-01/06 IWsSEL^^^W^^si^^CA^^Sl^| TIGER SPRING 289CN8 01-01/07 07-10/07 16-17AJ7
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      701 45 FREIGHT UNKS EXPRESS 62 Toll GuMn Road, Singapore *****1 Tel: *****66 (60 Unas) Fax: *****33 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg CONSOUDOTON SERVICE ARGENTINA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN BUENOS AIRES 30/06 CAPETOWN 02/07 CHILE ETD SIN DURBAN 02/07 VALPARAISO 02/07 JOHANNESBURG 02/07 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN PIRAEUS 07/07 VALENCIA/BARCELONA 07/07
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      637 45 I fl 1000- tSinoopowl Pte Lirf <±> 170 Ahm lad #11-04 (S) *****0 Hi SII #01-121 |«ph tTBVIJVI QMOIISTtTIOOOON M: 272 7127 rJIMIiO IWA, W42 kc 272 712} x rl ■——*1 tr/ *r**rr TO USA p" spo lOM m mem IK OVTBOVNO STD \m |AM |HK \m mmtrmtw Ivw luT
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      97 45 Consolidation to CHINA 50RTS V *i. Af Skapgkai Tianjin JHfal. 1 1 1 ...JM deitg^^^B a*<i FREIGHTWORLD PTE LTD 3 Maritime Square #11-04 Cable Car lowers. Singapore *****4 SASIA EXPRESS LINE flt DIRECT LINK TO AMAZONAS/MANAUS NORTH BRAZIL TRANSIT TIME 30 DAYS (DIRECT CALL) rntttm tt/w «/«r 17/ir «ucmt, tt/n
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      1224 46 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD ""BP™ 15 McCALLUM STREET 803-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 mmmmm tel: *****81-3 fax: *****08 (outward) 227 ms (inward) tlx: R*****0 100KIIIQS CALL DIRECT 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK NHS [TO —R» PW IWL IV6V MM I** ~~l ANWJAVAkAffR AJT6II 26/te(SAT) 01/07(TUE) ORIENTINDEPENDENCE 1040 28/06(SAT) 02AJ7(WED) SNAP
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      1101 46 YANG MMG LIE I u I ik'*' TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSOAY/SUNDAY l.'.laMiU ARRIVAL FIXED DAY-MONDAY VESSEL VOT IMI I CM* NTH IMM FXT L£H MM VESSEL VOT LBI FIT HAM AMR HFA I SIM MING MOOM A725wl 304*1044)7 22/07 204)7 194)7 23/07 MING STAR A7I9E SLD SLO SLD SLO SLO
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      430 46 9_ Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR no: **********0n BOMBAY/COCHIN VESSEL VOY SM BOM PMQ PKL KOTA SELAMAT SMTO27 06/07 13/07 27/07 29/07 TRANSCORD 102N 06/07 18/07 29/07 01/00 TRADE FAST TFSI9I 07/07 10/07 30/07 02/00 KOTA CAMAYA CAHIO7 18/07 27/07 11/00 13/06 ANNOUNCING REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE
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      1067 47 VOY I Sfrl 1 CMS I MLA 1 GEN I SCN 1 LEH I ANR FEL I HSNGA 9725-3 02 AA 06XJI 16 JUL 18 JUL 20 AJL 23 AJL 24 AA 25 JUL 1 MSC JASMINE 9726-3 10 AJL UAA 23 AJI 25 AJL 27 AA 30 AH 31
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      693 48 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING rr 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE iSINOTRANSI i s (*****7). TEL: *****00 FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 3INOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SIM ETA HKG ETASHA GOOOLUa 9716 27/06 02/07 06/07 MEW HAffIUNG >704 04/07 09/07 13/07 GOOD WELL 9718 11/07 16/07 20/07 MORDSUMD
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      343 48 Ssp!s£»£)a3e<w7 vsstssg^ P.KEUMiO:(W»>I»ry JKftgl)—tWMDNi#l)»««t> IX PKG TO HONGKONG IX PKG TO PUSAN EX PKG TO SYDNEY MV "CY EXPRESS' V.726N "EUROPEAN EXP" V.OBN MV "B. KENARI" V.221 ETA PKG 6-7-97 ETA PKG 8-7-97 ETA PKG 6-7-97 Ufa eAlia Hi WW/ WVIW/CHWn TtL (Q3)*****77 1 BRiSBAHE/SYPHEY/MlLEOUriigl AUCKLAND mv "nol crystal* V4ts
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      185 48 IsEA CONCERT 3CZO6 Rdm/AIwAJK/Nan I ■SAMM FORTUNE 05/07 HdnVAtw/UK/Nwi I ■sv TRADER 15/07 20/07 N*VRdnVAtw/UK I muRATNRAN 25/07 28/07 NvVßdnVAtw/BrraVUK I J I mill mi Hi I ill nil I ■SAMMI FRONTIER Hodaidah/ Jaddah/Aq4ba/Egypt I ■PAN CRYSTAL Dubai/Bahrart/Darrrnan/KuMrait I ■LEOPARD 1 Adan/Jaddah/Aqaba/Hodaidah I ■SEA RESOURCE HodaidaiVJaddaWAqabWEgypt I *Loada Singapore, E/W.
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      125 49 LIGCNO K Thunderstorm Temperature c A y Shower Weother —X Wind (firection with speed in knot* Ron vJ Cloudy Sky Wov# Wfoc« wind* ore indicated by arrows wKtdi Hy witfc the wind Ono tul circle represents calm or fight and voriable winds 1 One half Heche represents 5 knots I—»
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      54 50 M.V. "SILVERSTAR" VOY2 ARRIVED 21 JUNE 1997 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessel is hereby notified that a general survey will be held on I July 1997 0900-1200 hours at PPW PT9. No further survey will be entertained ti\e re after. As Agent! AB SHIPPING PTE LTD
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  • THE BUSINESS TIMES
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      Hongkong's new era
      87 51 At midnight tonight, hundreds of television cameras from networks around the world will focus on the British Union Jack coming down and the Chinese flag being raised against the spectacular backdrop of Hongkong's Victoria Harbour. ■the end of the ving under colonial I a half; it will
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    • HONGKONG'S NEW ERA
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        Lock icon Hongkong's rocks-to-riches story...
        1222 52  -  Through the changing times, her peeplehaie consistently proven their Ability to not Repert^kj Vikram Khanna bushka praised the typical HongI t-i feanger as "the pure form d-homo-tottomicus". Ifcttfkdpg is a free-marketeer's ultimatedm»s coqse true <uclas*ic lesson in hftfo"yWK*pund institutions and the righfpfijiwives, tha*powerof private enterpjpreafi transform even
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        ... and how it will unfold from here
        1380 52 and how it will unfold from here Most Hongkongen are optimistic although some balancing of their interests with China's is inevitable ONE reason why the economic future of Hongkong is such an imponderable is that the issue is not only about economics; it is also about politics, culture, the way
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        Good returns for ordinary Chinese
        505 53  -  From 'patriotic' video games to a July 1 silk newspaper edition, the handover is good business in China Byl Lu Ning IN the buildup to welcoming Hongkong back to the motherland, the Chinese government has revved up its propaganda machine to fullthrottle. In Beijing, for
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        UK business trying not to rock the boat
        654 53  -  The new Labour govt is also adopting a cantions stand By Neil Behrmann A recent London Daily Telegraph article thundered: "The last significant portion of our overseas possessions will pass from British rule with the return of the Crown Colony of Hongkong
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        Lock icon VOICES
        5251 54  -  The people of Hongkong tell Catherine oho how the territory has shaped their lives and why they plan to stay put Photos by oubih jokes GARETH JONES Frank Tsao, 72, TYCOON OME people may find it ironic that Frank Tsao, kj who fled China a year before the communists
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        Lock icon In Retrospect
        1392 56 During its 156 years as a British colony in the shadow of China, Hongkong has seen the best and the worst: high-living and opium dens, peace marches and unruly riots, dizzying property booms and stockmarket crashes. Here are some of the milestones in its tumultuous life: SOURCES: A
        SOURCES: A HISTORY OF HONG KONG, HONG KONG-RETURN TO THE HEART OF THE DRAGON, TIME, NEWSWEEK; REUTERS; AFP; FILE PHOTO  -  1,392 words
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        The last Governor bids adieu
        1149 57 CHMSTOPHER PATTEN speaks to STEVE VINES in one of his last interviews uestton: Are you sad to be Answer. I'm sad to be leavlove, sad to be the staff. It's sad for Alice, who's had period here And I to discover this more sfcvagefy tlgn
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        Political novice in the hot seat
        999 57 TOKO CHEE-HWA will have to joggle many demands, says LOH HUI TIN CY Tung, the father of Hongkong's Chief Executive as of tomorrow, proved prescient in his choice of name for his son, Chee Hwa. It means "build China". Tung Chee Hwa will have
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        Lock icon The changing political kaleidoscope
        1035 57  -  Hongkong's politicians, be they Democrats, commnnists or independents, are jostling for a place in the new system By I Steve Vines HONGKONG'S new order politicians are used to getting up very early on Saturday mornings for the weekly meetings of the Provisional Legislature held across the
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          YES
          1061 58  -  Economist Michael Enright points oat that Hongkong does face challenges, but from a position of strength Michael Enright THE dynamism and competitiveness of the Hongkong economy have attracted businesses from all over the globe. But as the world focuses its attention on Hongkong and its transition to Chinese rule,
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          NO
          1402 58  -  Investment analyst Dr Marc Faber sees Hongkong's role being usurped by Chinese Cities SUCh as Shanghai Dr Marc DrMarcFaber, known as "DrDoom", is* Hongkong-based fund manager and t/Se publisher of The Gloom, Boom and Doob report He has lived in Hongkong sin& 1973 and plans to remain in HonghaiQ
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        Through their eyes
        2739 59 TUy-ee <L /3clthd(U^ yu6it<£&iudj\ Sjo&Lk butvk on fUz Ud^doi/ey. f I'VE LIVED with this thing for m so long now, that I feel a sense 9 w of terrible anti-climax. Of OOUrse, it's symbolically historic and all the rest of it, but for me, it's nothing much
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      112 51 Hongkong: past, present, future pS Leaders and politics pT Views from China and UK p3 Images of change pt Voices of Hongkong pV Bulls and bears? pt Historical milestones p6 Personal opinions pit HKgr Vikram Khanna DarifMK Elizabeth C. Wirtz I M > I f By 2010 Hong Kong's skyline
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      241 53 Upgrade Microsoft Office 97, the world's most popular office suite allows you to get powerful results faster and easier than ever before. The new Office 97 has more powerful versions of Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Access. In addition,it has a smart new desktop information manager Outlook. What's more, Office 97
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      123 59 .*4 A moment of your time. X* I (After all, some things can't be rushed.) An appreciation for the finer things in life does not happen overnight. It must be acquired through experience. Cultivated over time. > Good taste cannot be merely bought. Those who recognise quality know that Cyma
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