The Business Times, 1 August 1997

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/1296 SINGAPORE Internet- http://www.asial.ooni.ag/biztimes FRIDAY, AUGUST 1,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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  • Article
    MND studying Redas appeal on land sales
    606 1  -  Mrffanitargßton supply of private homes, says ministry By Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The National Development Ministry said yesterday that it is studying the letter of appeal by property developers to curb government land sales, and. pointed out that it does not have any
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    Lock icon Thai bourse sticks to 10% daily price swing limit
    469 1  -  IttkelltkhMxr, it Mm plan to raise limit to 30% From\ Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Stock Exchange of Thailand yesterday backed out of a plan to allow greater volatility in share trading, a move analysts said reflected fears of an unstable
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    Lock icon Soros funded Russian govt budget gaps
    164 1 Reuter [MOSCOW] Billionaire financier George Soros funded Russian government budget shortfalls on several occasions, in particular in the interval between recent Eurobond issues, a former top government official said yesterday. "There were instances of (Soros) giving credits to the government this year in the
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    Lock icon Great World view
    79 1 [SINGAPORE] Three workers at the Great World City along Kim Seng Road taking a break yesterday. They were touching up the facade of the retctil and (tffke development which is scheduled to open in mid-September. Developed by the Kuok Group, the project's anchor tenant is OG department
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    KL may appoint new Bakun contractor
    316 1  -  SBm,UBWt rflwlw (lfaqwHi, fnt nffltMplcKikitUr From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government will step In and appoint a new contractor for the massive Bakun dam if the developer and the main contractor fail to resolve their dispute over the main building contract,
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      17,000 grads a year needed by 2000
      663 2  -  YBSTERDAT Df PARLIAMENT Nimber double that «f cirrait output, Tiny Tan says in ovtliaiag three key natowsllj issues Byt Chuang Peck Ming AS the economy needs 17,000 graduates a year by the year aoor— almost double the cur- rent output—the government "must give
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      New Net service via TV signals launched
      322 2  -  PC isors need to have a decoder card costing $298 By Toh Han Shih PERSONAL computer (PC) users in Singapore can subscribe to a new fast Internet service from today which is broadcast through TV signals. They can receive Net websites and softwares
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    • Article
      Pidemco awards $45m Avalon job to Japan's Tekken
      188 2  -  By Diana Oon GOVERNMENT-linked developer Pidemco Land yesterday awarded a $45 million contract to Japanese construction com- pany Tekken Corporation. Tekken is appointed the main contractor for Pidemco's 1230 million Avalon project on Steven's Road, comprising 82 freehold apartments. The project, built
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      Lock icon Tuas second link toll charges will be reasonable: Hng Kiang
      402 2  -  By. Abdul Hadhi TOLL charges to be imposed at the second link to Malaysia at Tuas will be "reasonable", National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang said yesterday. The bridge will be opened to traffic on Jan 2,1996. Tolls will also
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      9 property agents struck off HDB priority list
      334 2 311 agendas retained In Theme; anether fifl aiaiitted for 2 years NINE property agencies, in- eluding well-known ERA Real ty Network, have been struck j off the Housing and Develop- mcnt Board (HDB)'s Listed Housing Agents Scheme (LHAS). I ERA was in
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      What Redas president should have said in '92
      475 2  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Thomas Ling I THINK this should have been a letter written by the president of Redas sometime in July 1992. "J think the private residential property market is better than previously thought. The newspaper article on the market
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      Allow property market to find new equilibrium
      366 2  -  Frank Ong I REFER to Mr Heng Chiang Meng*s letter to Mr Lim Hng Kiang reproduced in BT yesterday and Mr Heng's attempt to seek government intervention in reviving the property market. I am shocked that after eight good years for developers and
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      Lock icon Tough times in catering trade
      325 2  -  ETEOMTHEBOOMOMT Commerce Jenny Lam THE May catering trade data reflects the tough business climate in the food catering industry. To start with, the catering trade index fell 0.1 per cent in the month compared to a year ago the first fall at constant prices (or
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      Dutch pipe group starts work op new regional head office
      162 2 THE Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group, a worldwide distributor of steel pipes, valves and fittings, yesterday started construction of its new regional head office at Pioneer Road in Jurong. The new headquarters, consisting of a three-storey office block and
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Lock icon Royal's challenge: $800m sales by 2000
      617 4  -  By Ang Wan May (SINGAPORE] Royal sporting House is facing its biggest challenge in its 19-year history. If it makes it through the next three years, it will become one of the largest homegrown retail chains abroad. The plan is to double sales to
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      MEETING PLACE
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      127 4 THE STORYTHE I ■B Si e#7A I WORLD'S WAITING I rMmnmrrrTplfrM TO READI I WfjjM jp*> iP *> One journalism's greatest scoops the trial of the notorious Khmer Rouge guerrilla Pol Pot in the jungles of Anlong Veng only have been obtained by Nate REVIEW'S Asia H correspondent. Time and
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon M'sian asset prices have stabilised, says central banker
      405 5 KUALA LUMPUR April curbs on lending for stock, property purchases worked, says Bank Negara deputy governor AFP MALAYSIA'S deputy central bank chief said yesterday that while asset prices in Asian economies had risen "quite rapidly", those in Malaysia had "definitely" stabilised following
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      Lock icon Perceptions make peso vulnerable, say officials
      351 5 MANILA pjpUippine economic full infill ilii p" 1 good, says central bank governor AFP PUBLIC perception, such as expectations of a peso depreciation, has often made the Philippines vulnerable to currency speculators despite the country's strong economic fundamentals, monetary officials said. officials denied that
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Thai-made Hondas head for S'pore
        47 5 AFP {BANGKOK] Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd yesterday shipped out its first batch ofThal-inannftrtarsd ears to -Singapore in a symbolic boost to Thailand's flagging export performance. Some 130 Honda City cars wsrs assembled at Hoifdas factory in Ayutthaya, south of Bangkok. AFP
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        Lock icon Appeal by new Khmer Rouge chief
        70 5 AFP j| [HONGKONG] The new Khmer Rouse military chief says former dictator Pol Pot has been ousted after be admitted piis crimes, and has launched an appeal for international fhelp, Far Eastern Economic Review reported yeeterday. Im Iwguon told US Journalist Nate Thayer that
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        Lock icon Jakarta riots:Case closed,says minister
        67 5 Reuter f. {JAKARTA] Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Politic* •iand Security SusiloSudarman said yesterday the I? government regarded the case of the Jakarta riots in July „Innt ymr im Whig rloeod TTwr rnwtwtM^ k of Human Rights in a report In Octobsr last year found five Ppeppte
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      Lock icon Pet peeves
      54 5 [MANILA] A Filipino woman displaying some Japanese electronic Tamagotch toys in a Manila mall yesterday. Education Secretary Ricardo Gloria ordered a ban on the toy in schools and public offices saying that the Japanese-made virtual reality pet, costing aboutsoopesos (5525.28), is affecting the education cfchildren and the productivity
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      Lock icon Hopewell misses Bangkok deadline
      224 5 BANGKOK AFP HONGKONG'S Hopewell Holdings yesterday missed a deadline to submit revised plans to complete a long-de-layed road-rail transit system In Bangkok, the Thai transport minister said. "Hopewell said they would inform us of their progress by the end of this month (July), but (yesterday) we
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Taiwan chip makers to build 30 plants over 10 years
      429 6  -  TAIPEI CMtfef say companies an mrextending theasefoes and may faceanotker prtdnetkagfrt By Bruce Cheesman IN an act of faith in recovering chip prices, IC (integrated circuit) manufacturers in Taiwan have disclosed huge investment plans that will lead to 30 new
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      Lock icon China warns US over transit visa for Teng-hui
      135 6 BEIJING AFP CHINA urged Washington yesterday to withdraw plans to issue a US transit visa to Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, warning the move could only damage Sino-US ties. US State Department spokesman James Foley said on Wednesday the US expected to issue
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      Lock icon Taipei bourse shoots past 10,000 while NT$ slumps
      356 6 TAIPEI Interest In electrical issues, construction sends stocks np as HT$ hits 9-year low AFP, Reuter THE Taipei bourse's key index soared past the 10,000point mark to its highest close in more than seven years yesterday, while the Taiwan dollar slumped to
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      Legal challenges show rule of law is paramount: Tung
      427 6  -  HONGKONG *One country, two systems'coming along 'ray, very well indeed', he says By Loh Hui Yin A MONTH after Hongkong became part of China, it's business as usual and that also includes the usual demonstrations, law suits and media scrutiny which
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  • ASIA
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      Fall-out from sokaiya scandal rains on Yamaichi
      562 7  -  TOKYO Shares M; media reports suggest (resident, chairman my step down soon Anthony Rowley WE fall-out from Japan's Spreading scandals over sokaiya corporate extortionists continued yesterday as Japanese media speculated that both the president and chairman of Yamaichi Securities would soon resign in
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      Lock icon Japanese banks cleared to sell mutual funds
      291 7 *TOKYO Bloomberg JAPAN'S Ministry of Finance will allow commercial banks to sell mutual fUnds from Dec 1, as part of the government's "Big Bang" campaign to tear down the walls separating banks and brokerages. Under the plan, commercial banks can invite companies that
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      Lock icon Up to 20 buried in Aussie landslide
      208 7 THREDBO, Australia Reuter RESCUERS searching for up to 20 people buried in the ruins of two Australian ski lodges destroyed in a landslide said yesterday there were no signs of life in the wreckage. But as darkness fell in the Snowy Mountains, 400
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US growth slowed to 2.2% in Q2
      484 8 WASHINGTON Inflation lowest since '60s; weak consumer spending accounts for much of slowdown Bloomberg THE US economy cooled at mid-year while inflation registered the lowest readings since the early *****, Commerce Department figures showed yesterday. The gross domestic product grew at a 2.2
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      Lock icon Capitol Hill jubilant over new US budget deal
      597 8  -  WASHINGTON But analysts are sceptical of the real effects mi economy BY\ Leon Hadar PRESIDENT Clinton and the Republican leaders of Congress will be celebrating this week their flve-yaar plan to balance the Federal budget for the first time in 30 years,
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      Lock icon Barings director banned from directorships for 4 years
      259 8 LONDON AFP A DIRECTOR qf Barings Bank, brought to its knees by rogue trader Nick Leeson in 1995, was banned by the High Court from holding company directorships for four years, the British government announced on Wednesday. Angus Maclean was singled out
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      Lock icon Israel arrests Palestinian militants
      186 8 JERUSALEM AFP ISRAEL arrested dozens of Palestinian militants yesterday and threatened raids In self-ruled areas following a double suicide bombing in a crowded Jerusalem market The Israeli authorities also issued an arrest warrant for the chief of the Palestinian police, General Ghazi Jabali, in a series
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon France Telecom stake for sale again?
        79 8 Reuter [PARIS] France could offer a minority stake in France Telecom for sale in September, relaunching what could be the country's biggest ever market float, an official source said yesterday. But the Socialist-led government, elected two months ago pertly on a platform of opposing
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        Lock icon 20m marks for German flood victims
        59 8 Bloomberg [BONN] The Federal Ministries of Finance and Internal Affairs said they would pay 20 million Deutschemarks (S$l6.Q2 million) in direct aid to flood victims In the eastern German state of Brandenburg. The aid conies as thousands ofpeople were forced to evacuate their homes
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        Lock icon Second chance for German tax reforms
        60 8 Reuter [BONN] Chancellor Helmut Kohl's government vowed yesterday to have another crack at pushing through sweeping tax reform legislation, just hours after Parliament's mediation committee had thrown out the plana. The ruling coalition plans to ask Parliament to send the 30 billion mark (5524.03
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        Lock icon Arafat asked to replace self-rule cabinet
        89 8 AFP [RAMALLAH, West Bank] The Palestinian Legislative I Owncil matte an unprecedented call yesterday for Pi MlteM Yasser Arafat to replace his entire self-rale I CabtoeMue toourrupthm accusations. "The council I passed s resolution calling on President Arsfht to reform 1 his cattnet and
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        Lock icon Swiss President defends Holocaust fund
        89 8 AFP [ZURICH! Swiss President Arnold Roller yesterday hit j back at critics ofhis proposed humanitarian ftind, insisting his government had not caved In to pressure from US Jewish groups and politicians to aid Holocaust victims. "The solidarity foundation is a great idea tor our country.
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      Lock icon Brown remains committed to stable, competitive pound
      252 8 LONDON Reuter dSctocellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has reaffirmed his desire for a ''stable and competitive pound over the medium term". Mr Brown said that exporters and industry, hit by the rise in value of sterling, wanted the government above all to
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      Coping with the challenge of change
      854 8  -  Bnrgar Sing bows out of Ftaaes while some govts grapple with dunging times IDlMil vmw By Kelvin Sullivan Managing change is the essence of sound business, successful politics, and happy relationships. The facts are as follows: a) change happens, often unpredictably; b) it generates
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      155 9 I Introducing the new Royal tv Sun Alliance Insurance Group pic. The outcome of a successful merger in Kngland, between Royal Insurance Holdings pic and Sun Alliance pic in luly l lK >o. The result, a phenomenal SSI32 billion excess total assets derived from transactions in over 1 2 1
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Bakun dispute over contracts puts KL in bind
      685 10  -  MTMUII OPINION By Eddie Toh The writer is BT's Kuala Lumpur correspondent TING Pek Khiing, the developer of the M515.5-billion (SsB.6 billion) Bakun dam in Sarawak, has finally disclosed the nature of his dispute with the main contractor, Asea Brown Boveri of
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      109 10 'We must bear in mind that we are not building stores. These are shelters for human beings.' Anwar Ibrahim Malaysia s Deputy Prime Minister to housing developers on louxost homes. 'Why can't 1 sit down to a koala steak or a breast of sulphur crested cockatoo?' -Joe
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      Redas shoots itself in the foot
      688 10 EDITORIAL IT was surprising, nay, shocking to see the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (Redas) appeal to the National Development Minister to scale back government land sales for private housing. Although some property consultants have been advocating this for months now, developers themselves
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      Lock icon Weathering El Nino
      936 10  -  El Nino weather systems are building op bad news for commodity-growing regions worldwide By Gary Mead FT PEACE and goodwill to all may be in short supply this Christmas, if some long-range weather forecasters are to be believed. There is a growing consensus among meteorologists that one
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      People like Hanson a miority
      308 10  -  MAILBOX James Tan President Chinese Australian Chamber Of Commerce Southport, Queensland IT is obvious Patrick Ngai (BT, July 22) has an axe to grind when he wrote his letter headlined "Asians should avoid Australia". By publishing his letter The Business Times must take full responsibility
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      522 10 ANY attempt to force financial sector reform through the US Congress deserves respect. As so often before, the latest effort falls short of the mark. The bill now under scrutiny in the House of Representatives' finance and hazardous waste subcommittee, known affectionately as "cash and trash",
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      340 11 UKVPTIU CROSSWORD Still without a subject for dis- IH-— cussion? (10) P I 1 p I I I 8 Street in Paris many deplored ■ht— 9 Plant producing a variety of materials (5-4) I I I II M I 1 1 I 11 Boat obtainable for a pound in HbT2
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Colour prints come into their own
      978 12  -  A recent exhibition by a veteran photographer and his protege shows that colour photos can be as artistic as black-and-white ones, says bbniidiibiOE BEN MUNROE STILLS and Movement, showcasing the work of veteran Williaip Chan and his newly-found protege. Daniel Zheng, follows hard on
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      738 12 Bi. AM ERICAN EXPRESS BANK (a mmrni ahUhnr aT Amartm tfiw Company) CONSOUDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,1996 n+mmMO»*ar. ano»oat CONSOUDATED BALANCE SHEET (Millions of US dollars, except share data) REPORT OF ERNST YOUNG LLP December 31 im ins INDEPENDENT AUDITORS am Cash and noninterest earning dyoiiu with banks
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Acma's US associate gets backdoor Nasdaq listing
      439 13  -  IfejM'merger dml with Naadaq-listed firm eraM gjve Acma USs44mbMk profit By] R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE) Diversified telecommunications firm Acma Ltd yesterday ended speculation surrounding the fate of US associate Hayes Microcomputer Products by announcing that Hayes has finally managed to gain a backdoor listing
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      ICB interim gain up a weak 7.6%, UOI profit down 56%
      252 13 [SINGAPORE] UOB subsidiary Industrial Commercial Bank (ICB) has announced slightly better interim profits while earnings at insurance arm United Overseas Insurance (UOI) were dented by the lacklustre stock market. —For the six months ended June 30, ICB's net gain
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      Pacific Can to buy M'sian property firm
      277 13 [SINGAPORE] Pacific Can Investment Holdings has agreed to acquire a Malaysian property company for $11.56 million, paving the way for the can making-cum-construction company to diversify into property investment and development The company said yesterday it would buy a controlling 51 per cent
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      Price-sensitive disclosures: crucial to ensure fair play
      806 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy 1.1 VER the past week, we've had four listed companies making significant announcements either about earnings, new products or new developments Creative Tech- nology, Venture Manufacturing, IPC and Acma. Oddly enough, despite the obvious price-sensitive nature of the
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      DBS Land buys Hamburg hotel
      324 13  -  By Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] DBS Land is adding another piece of history to its hotel portfolio with a $64 million deal to buy the 100-year-old Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Hamburg. The purchase, made through subsidiary Raffles Holdings, works out to 1396,000 for each of
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    • COMPANIES
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        HK bourse no cowboy market: CEO
        622 14  -  He produces fignres to refnte claims that market is speculative and volatile Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE Hongkong bourse is no cowboy market, its chief executive Alec Tsui said yesterday, adding that it is now the sixth largest in the world in
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        Roly posts 53% fall in profit to US$7.8m
        378 14  -  By 1 Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] Roly International Holdings yesterday reported a 52.9 per cent fall in net profit to US$7.B million (5511.4 million) in what it described as "a year of transition". Roly markets home decor products and children's consumer products
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        SingTel, Thai telecom firm sign MOU
        147 14 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications yesterday signed a mutual cooperation agreement with Telephone Organisation of Thailand (TOT), its rumoured acquisition candidate. Under the memorandum of understanding, the areas of cooperation include joint projects, working on TOT's privatisation and preparation for .competition, and staff exchange. Sing Tel
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        Lock icon Supermodel-owned cafe chain coming to town
        299 14  -  Fadrioo Cafe will open in The Paragon by the middle of next year By] Diana Oon (SINGAPORE] Orchard Road will soon welcome another "theme restaurant" chain, Fashion Cafe, owned by supermodels Claudia Schiffer, Elle MacPherson, Naomi Campbell and other partners. The restaurant will take
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        Khong Guan reports $1m loss due mainly to cocoa subsidiary
        334 14  -  By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Khong Guan Flour Milling slipped into the red with a $1.04 million loss last year compared tp.a net profit of $1.06 million the previous year due mainly to a $3.69 million loss suffered by key subsidiary
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Apple shares jump 5% on talk of Jobs' return
        585 15 But analysts say it 11 be hard to find a top-tierCEOto work with Apple co-founder Reuter [SAN FRANCISCO) Apple Computer Inc stock jumped 5 per cent on Wednesday amid speculation that Steve Jobs, the company's charismatic cofounder, would be named chairman
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        Lock icon Strong £ sends Glaxo income down 2%
        229 15 Strong sends Glaxo income down 2% Bloomberg [LONDON] Glaxo Wellcome said interim pretax profit fell 2 per cent, within expectations, as the London-based drugmaker suffered from the strength of the pound and declines in anti-ulcer drug Zantac. The world's second-biggest drugmafcer after Novartis AG said pretax profit in the half
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        Lock icon Daimler's interim gain doubles to 1.85b marks
        260 15 Reuter [LONDON] German industrial giant Daimler-Benz AG said yesterday its group operating profit more than doubled in the first half of 1997 to 1.85 billion Deutschemarks (551.48 billion) from 827 million marks in the same period a year earlier. The group, Germany's largest,
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        448 15 Heavy investments to break into local markets also prove to be drain on earnings Reuter [NEW YORK] Long-distance carrier MCI Communications said on Wednesday that profits edged lower in the second quarter, hurt by competition in its core long-distance business
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        223 15 Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] CDL Hotels New Zealand, the nation's largest hotel owner and operator, said first-half net profit fell 40 per cent, reflecting a one-time tax charge and the sale of assets in the same period a year earlier. Net profit fell to NZ$4.B
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        179 15 FT [LONDON] BAT Industries surprised investors by not raising its interim dividend, blaming the strong sterling and uncertainty linked to last month's US tobacco industry legal settlement. BAT shares closed down 20V4pat519Vipon Wednesday. The strength of sterling knocked £61 million (Ssl47 million)
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        402 16  -  First time that banks lag behind; large part of nnit trust funds comes from overseas By\ Siow Li Sen ISINGAPORE] Despite aggressive marketing, bank deposits in Singapore have for the first time fallen behind unit trusts in the competition for fUnds. Along
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        UK deal boosts assets of Aberdeen's S'pore office
        306 16  -  Assets managed to double to $2.7b after UK acquisition By\ ShivTaneja [SINGAPORE] Locally-based Aberdeen Asset Management Asia (AAMA) will almost double its assets under management to $2.7 billion as a result of its UK parent's purchase of a fund management unit AAMA
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        333 16 Reuter [LONDON] Former depositors in collapsed bank Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA were dealt a blow on Wednesday when a London court threw out a £550 million (511.3 billion) claim against tjie Bank of England over its supervision of BCCI.
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        Quotation of Singapore Government Stocks (31, July, 1997)
        340 16 MMCATtVt NUMBER MBBUVMCn COUPON W1IMI1 OF DAYS OF cncumic GROSS Rati amount payment accrued accrued RsonmoN HATURITY YEAR RAISED (%M) (*M) satis INTEREST (S YIELD (V. PA) i.917 N*****1W 1995 2 950.00 1/B 1/8 152 9016» 2.56 tS.tl.g7 N*****1F 1992 37/8# 600.00
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        316 16  -  By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Insurer Axa Life yesterday announced the launch of an investmentlinked insurance plan which lets investors create their own portfolio mix of funds depending on their risk appetite. The fund, called Investor's Choice, will be available from Monday.
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        241 16 mini Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures subsided yesterday after touching new contract highs early in the day on continuing signs of weakness in Japan's economy. Dealers attributed the slip to a reaction to comments by Tomomitsu Oba, former viceminister of international affairs,
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        Futures surge as cash index breaks 10,000 level
        165 16  -  MSCITAIW AM FUTURES By Perry Gilbert By Perry Gilbert, vice-presi-dent, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures contract rose sharply yesterday, trading on the August spot month. Locals were closing short positions with PhUip pushing the spot contract
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        214 16 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [JOHANNESBURG] International oU companies, attracted by vast unexplored areas and world class gas finds, are flocking to Mozambique with several already active in one of the world's poorest countries. Analysts and diplomats said Mozambique, just emerging from 16 years of civU
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        269 16 Reuter, AFP THE US dollar contained its losses at mid-session, stabilising against the mark and rising a bit against the yen as the market waited for announcement of US gross domestic product figures. At 1255 GMT, The dollar was trading at 1.8313 marks against 1.8327 in the morning
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      1423 17 AFP PlßkMaß ♦D&jß JAPANESE share prices rebounded yesterday as foreign investors led buying support for international blue chips in late trade, brokers and analysts said. "There is nothing which can pull share prices out of the recent trading range, so investors are and will be influenced greatly by the
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      1542 18 Bloomberg pHaagSaag ****** THE benchmark stock index rallied to a record for the second straight session yesterday, driven by banks and developers likely to profit from the lowest borrowing costs in 17 months. Cheung Kong led property companies higher, surging 6.5 per cent As a group, developers accounted for
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      593 18 AFXAsia ClShaMtoißlate -M 4 CHINA B shares were mixed yesterday. with electrical appliance makers in Shanghai attracting the most investor interest. Traders said the surging Hongkong market continued to divert foreign investor attention away from mainland markets. Hongkong's Hang Seng Index closed at a new high of 16,365.71 points,
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      382 18 AFP OWPhte *nm THE key index soared past the the 10,000-point mark to its highest close in more than seven years yesterday, fuelled by favourable sentiment among investors. Along with renewed buying interest in electrical issues, construction shares were also boosted by optimistic comments by Liu Tai-ying, chairman of
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      254 18 Reuter n Wellington -314 SHARE prices closed a touch easier yesterday as the market consolidated after a recordsetting rally earlier in the week. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 3.64 points weaker at 2,571.88. Reuter Mtl U) OW ANZ Banfclnf 12.20 ♦0.05 4*250 HM*s 1.0S *0.04 *300 Air Nn ZhM
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      792 18 AFP Q SET Mm -13J1 STOCKS fell as investors took profit amid scepticism about economic data released yesterday. An analyst said the data showed a smaller than expected monthly drop in foreign reserves of US$9OO million (511.3 billion) to U5532.4 billion in June but investors had difficulty believing it.
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      375 18 AFP POnpoßtofalg 4.77 SHARE prices eased marginally in thin trade yesterday, with most large stocks lower on concerns the weakening yen may hurt exports. Dealers said reports of a weaker yen against the dollar and declining DRAM microchip prices weakened sentiment towards some large-cap shares. Investors were also sidelined
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      570 18 AFP HlHrfcria *M SHARE prices closed barely higher yesterday, consolidating after an official interest rate cut the previous day. A broker said the Reserve Bank of Australia's fifth rate cut in 12 months had been well and truly factored into the market in recent times. The All Ordinaries Index
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      690 18 AFP Ijfl— i-0.71 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday in trade marked by profit-taking, dealers said. < "We actually expected the market to go up today and it was quite firm this morning. But since it was lower again in late morning, investors became nervous and quickly look profit," a
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      281 18 AFP FlUnrik ♦aOJB SHARE prices closed higher yesterday, buoyed by healthy interim corporate profits and the central bank's lowering of a key interest rate. The PSE Composite Index gained 20.96 points to 2,616.40. Turnover was 9.7 billion shares worth 1.9 billion pesos. Philippine Long Distance Telephone rose 40 pesos
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        195 19 AFX-Asia □ftmpußttMm -ILK) SHARE prices closed lower yesterday on rumours of a substantial trade deficit for June. Dealers said the outlook for the KLSE looks gloomy, with the ringgit and interest rates remaining major concerns. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 11.90 points at
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        Discount on ER wrt not unexpected
        211 20  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy ELECTRONIC counters seem to have lost their recent upward momentum, with the sector correcting almost every day so far this week. The falls have been quite rapid as in the case of Creative Technology, while in others like the
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        209 22 ttirtif ViImm W»CCofpi>5t„ 18.510,000 Asia roodiProp 16,690,000 HKlandUSIOc 9,269,000 Nin« Tai 25c 4,902,000 Raffles MedlOc 044,000 Venture Mfg25c 4,034,000 OeSlMd 3,966,000 KeppeiCorp 3,443,000 'Magnum CorpSOc 3,377,000 HesheWt99 3,316,000 Sttdtt City Dev 50c 26,808,668 Venture Mfg25c 26,730,624 HK Land US10c 23.068.4t3 Keppei Corp 21,594,696 Wng Tai 25c 19,707,362 DGSLand 17,777,214 U08
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        HOT STOCK
        65 22  -  Ven Sreenivasan IPC CORP has retraced somewhat qfkr a Jump in anticipation of its interim results. The technicals indicate toot the stock's surge was nothing meet than a flash-in-the-pan. With the RSI in overbought and the MACD suggesting, a consolidation, the counter looks set to drtf I sideways
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        Lock icon Property stocks take another hard knock
        651 22  -  STOCK MARKET COMHBMTARY SES Properties Index falls 2.3 per cent; in Malaysia, shares were hit by talk of poor Telekom results and of an impending interest rate hike By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Local property counters led the Singapore market lower yesterday for the second
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          Crash landing for China analyst
          193 22 EARLIER this year, Wang Qi, the Hongkong-baaed head of China research for CEF Securities, attracted an IPO roadshow by China Eastern Airlines. Senior management—including, in this case, the airlines chairman—began by discharging a public relations broadside about being a great and wonderful company. But a
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          Pr for his rights
          108 22 AT THE recent Aeean meeting in Kuala Lumpur, one of the moat hounded parttcipanta waa Cambodia's Foreign Minister UngHuot Other than a prepared statement read on arrival at the airport, he maintained a stony silence throughout That would not do as Cur as the 1,000-ptus journalists
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          Finally,sometching to call their own
          86 22 IT LOOKS like the ftind management industry in Singapore might finally get its own aseociation. Word is that the final details are being worked out, and about time too. we'd reckon, given that the idea was first mooted by Pinance Minister JttchardHu*coupteotyearsaf&We understand the tentative
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          Something show this care
          49 22 THE latest deterrent to breast cancer is fish oil, according to newt reports. We are not sure whether you should be eating tbefith oil, or applying it externally. But if it is the latter, then it might also double as a very effective birth-cootrai device.
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      490 22 UlimmSflf To advertise call toll-free 1800-*****83 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Goh Choon Sang of Blk2, Jalan Batu #05-59, Singapore *****2, have applied for a Ist Class Public House (IPH) licence in respect of M/s POP PUB KTV, located at 1189, Upp Serangoon Road #03-01, Hougang Plaza, Singapore *****5,
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      269 23 Bridge News, Ratter Although panamax Activity picked up, weaker tarels continued to be seen for modern ships in the east with rates now hovering in the Low USso,ooodally range. Sentiment was still jtirly bullish, but there was no real change from Tuesday, Clarkson Securities Ltd said in its
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      552 23  -  Authorities to jointly study how some ports can attain world-class status From, Alec Almazan, Marcus Hand in Singapore THE Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is exploring the possibility of jointly developing and upgrading ports in the country with the Port of
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      297 23 Hopes of an early end to four-year dispute dashed Journal of Commerce [LONDON] The European Commission is preparing more charges against ocean carriers in the trans-Atlantic trades, dashing any hopes of an early end to the four-year dispute. Members of the Trans-At-lantic Conference Agreement
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      When exclusive jurisdiction clause will not be enforced
      710 23  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By I Selva Kumar BILLS of lading often contain an exclusive jurisdiction clause that provides for a dispute to be heard in a particular country, often the shipping line's flag state. However, going by two recent decisions in England, shipping
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      Keppel Singmarine Dockyard gets ISO 9001
      160 23 [SINGAPORE] Keppel Singmarine Dockyard has been awarded ISO 9001 accreditation for international quality standards. The certificate was presented to Goh Boon Kiat, executive director of Keppel Singmarine, by Ronald Henderson, regional director of the American Bureau of Shipping Quality Evaluation (ABS). To ensure continued
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      Mitsui, RCL to set up Thai bulk shipping firm
      195 23 [SINGAPORE] Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) of Japan has teamed up with Regional Container Lines (RCL) to set up a new joint venture company in bulk shipping in Thailand. The joint venture, Asian Bulk Shipping, is 51 per cent owned by RCL
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      Foreign funds pour into Yantai port
      147 23 [YANTAI] East China's seaport city of Yantai, in Shandong Province, witnessed rapid foreign trade growth in the first half of 1997, Xinhua news agency reported. According to the Yantai Foreign Trade Commission, the import-export volume soared to US$l.27 billion (Ssl.B billion) for the first
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        Lock icon Evergreen's June revenue
        51 23 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Evergreen Marine Corp. the world's W«p* container shipper, said revenue fell 20.6 per oentmJuneto NTS2.3O billion (*****.3 million). Revenue in the first six months of the year also dropped 13.3 per cent to N1*13.7 billion from a year earlier, the Taiwan-based company said in a
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        IHL to build tanker for World-Wide
        71 23 [TOKYO] Ishikawalima-Harima Heavy Industries Co(IHD has received an order from World-Wide Shipping Grow of Hongkong for a double-hull tanker weighing3oo,ooo tonnes. The ship will be 330 metres long and 60 metres wide, and is scheduled to be completed by the end of January, 2000.
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      Lock icon Tunisia seizes Italian fishing boat
      136 23 AFP [TRAPANI, Italy] A Tunisian patrol boat fired on three Sicilian fishing boats in international waters yesterday and seized one of them, local authorities said here. Commander Ferdinando Lotti of the port office on the island of Lampedusa called the seizure "an act of international
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      968 24 BOEING VENTURES: LOOKING BEYOND THE JUMBO JET The aerospace giant's past attempts at diversification produced mixed results. Its new ventures look more promising NYT IN the aerospace business, Boeing seems invincible. By placing big bets on new aircraft and paying close attention to research
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      98 25 (SUM) ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED %.ml, (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) 1— SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE VPSH YOY SHGATOM MHHAY VftSfl VOY iOWAY SMCAfOM NOEDKAP 414 01/08 09/08 NORDKAP 413 23/07 01/08 AJTHA PARICHART 005 04/08 11/08 JUTHA PARICHART 004 27/07 04/08 ALBERT BRIDGE 002 08/08 16/08 ALBERT BRIDGE 001
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      1531 26 DSfi-SENATOR 181 Round the World Container Services fO UK/CONTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT I VMS. Jg Ml BTM MIT MV I HAM m LHA IIvESStL I VOT I LHA IFU I WTM IMV I MOM Mil LONDON SENATOR WF7S4 N M M M »0S M M 17 M M M CMOYAMO PAMK
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      1462 27 |VKtS«L VOY SIN POU PKO PEW BCW M I BIK WAN QHEYAMAT PJL-1246 31/07/07 07/08/97 02/08/07 18/08/07 18/08/97 IRAN MEELAD PJL-1238 30/08/97 IS/07/87 11/07/97 WAN QHEYAMAT PJL-1238 21/08/97 01/07/97 |WAN YAmMN PJL-1228 10/08/87 20/05/87 ACCEPTING FULL CONTAINER SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN CIS COUNTRIES I.E. AZARBAUAN, ARMENIA. KAZAKHSTAN. UZBEKISTAN.
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      1495 27 lllff iONf Ifl ffiffi" HAMiAtm 1 ciMHi •umwmn, niwiw a mowmai I m 6 WIHJOH WAY nL 226 1900 'AX: *****0S OUTWARD (l/l) aSifiJnSnl JSS.'SSL *****4,/43 WWAIO DIPT (0/0) *****15 COSTAft AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD COWVIMTKmAI *****50/55 T/SHfMT PCFT *****25 TH: 01-07-35 ***** FAX; I SnwfCMfi/ttmf fZTIIIL W"° f!L m
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      402 27 fIJL+IPERKAPALAN DAI ZHUNA jlJf TONGJOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 KVCKMt+MSTiST TUK$n/\ /~M9AMA+*K>*fTY WtnTA POCTKUMG Si; Y/mj GIHU r ,7M •V* WON 6 9735 03/01 AfPU ***** 04/01 GMfNG ***** 05/01 MUACCA lit FAX: SIMM GISOON ***** 04/01
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      1295 28 SSa—i ■■WWW/WIIMWIIWMWLIIMMWWW SGP ROM AMW HM TUP ZEE LHV LHV THP ROM ANW HtG PKL SGP E. DMNTY RW-M1 OXM ttM HM ttM 2M JVM 25/00 I GLEEFUL RE 041 M/ 17 M*7 OM7 IM7 1117 M/H HM E. RESULT RW4IS IVM SMI MM SIM KM ISM MM E. GENERAL
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      1064 28 lIXFOIT vissa *oua M **L MMIAM(WTIAI msa votmi m jm am mm mm mp I M«MUM M17R4151 OZ/W JVW JM count M 4303* H/07 70A17 71/W 77/07 73/07 M/n I I* COIKHT (WONT 07/W 17AM 17, J 11/ M 11/ M TOM 17/ M 7QA» UH ONWUO 04*4-0301 77/07 71/07
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      419 28 /CII NANTAI LINE FUUY CONTAINERISED SIRVKI TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRKA vcsa vot m rm |am |~qr~ mwwws Oils M/M 14/01 KM ttM MOW Pitt It/01 WW 31 AH C3/W MMTOIWKBS OI4S KM 13/OT IQ/M mmouffli pns 31/w m/w lyw 17/w MH WA6OW 001S 07/W 17/W WW tS/W murma pits is/w
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      591 29 M MYANMA WBBk FIVE STAR UNE wT (Myoamar Notional Um) Loadtog for Ynju (Know) VtSStt VOT SM P«G KM PGU PAGAN 244W SU) PAIIEM 14IW SU) MALAYSIA AGENTS: OOUSTiAO SHIPPING AGiNCES MIL TU 02-03-*****00 PKL TH 02-03-*****0) POfc m 02-04-*****02 PGO: TH 02-07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A swvko I NORTHBOUND TO
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      1130 29 A HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LIP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 Ivcsa Ivor M 1 I amt I ma I -i I m HYRDMAI 304W 03/00 20/00 21/00 23/00 21/00 24/00 24/00 HT ADMIRAL NOW 10/00 27/00 20/00 M/ 00 30/00 31/00 02/04 MYMGMKSS 304W 17/00 03/04 04/04 05/04 44/04
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      512 29 FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES fffS 30 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 g/ HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) WPMEMMESS:vOT.IaMto.CMLj| f Mlft nMBTTT li.r— n DAILY SAILING TO HPTJH» Kl_A— ATTRACTIVE RATES! CALL IVY FOR BOOKING *****33 P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****33 (20 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 *=S
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      974 30 MANQKOK JAKARTA VESSEL ~VOY SIN BKK VESSEL VOY SIN JKT DANU BHUM 06N Frl In Pt TUe 06/06 XETHA BHUM 211SJB Frt In Pt St 02/06 OANU BHUM 06NB Sat 02/06 Tbe 06/06 A NAN BHUM 76SJ Sat 02/06 Tbe 06/06 YANTRA BHUM" 199N Sun 03/08 Wed 06/06 EAGLE TlD€*
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      687 30 jjyS PUL INTERNATIONAL UNE hj^nternatlonal a^UiMi-Ota MhrSAf katawa to parti W ten »i n>*H KX (epbry/IMM I* d Mria «n Mm. wuhhiik I) 4sm/w« g— S I .frltt I BtmmtMlMflM ML IBM a I fi/H SS Wm. MiSJiSu I 9731 I 04/08 I MOM I M/M I m I 11/
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      770 30 fl ACCORD A SHIPf>IWQ PTE LTD TH: ***** M (40 Lnms) FAX: *****46 MTKLUIG tU) M 7 fMI M DMfCT ACCISS TB.: *****57 (IXPOMT BOOKING) MSMMMMC ff/7SSI XVI *****87 (KXPOMT DOC), *****64 (IMPORT) MUHG mm MM LHIUHTTP://WWWJkCCOBtO.COM.SO JMtffA (II) ******9 pot ilk sin poti m tiii row n» sw po«t
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      461 31 Wo«kly LCL ft FCL M fODICaI Sotvkrs to Caribbean it hipping ft Central America APITHA&ANO Afl PHtIPPINK~ 015E 015 C Port Country 06/08 13/08 Belize City Beiize 09/09 16/09 Bridgetown Barbados 12/09 19/09 Cartagena Colombia 11/09 18/09 Castries St. Lucia 11/09 18/09 Fort de France Martinique 12/09 19/09 Freeport Bahamas
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      767 31 f aaagPff pacific international un£s (pte) ltd I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I I CR NO **********06 lasa YOT w IMI I m M UL m riL -3H m 11 iJ 11' if ill J If- I 111 lll'i I 111 ll 111 Ell SMI fen
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      829 31 VESSELS I VOY SN JED PSD LEH HAM RIM THP TSSR NALLE DC TAURUS A2IW 04/06 14/06 15/08 HW 2S/06 Z7AM ~~2BAM ~2BAM VLLE DC CARMA C2IW I<VO6 20/06 22/06 31/06 01/09 a£« MAM <*08 VH£ DC SAfIfTTA S2IW 17/06 27AM 20AM 07/08 Q6AM WW 11AM i 5S Vlil DC
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    15209 32 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advartisar Vassal Voyaga Talaphona ETA ETA Advartisar Vnnl Voyaga T»«aphona SIN Dasfn Nam Nam* M—>r NumOar SIN Dast"n Nam* Nam* Numbar Numbar MMMMMHMMMMMMMMMMRBtKMMMMMHNNMMMINMMMMMMOli NBO)*****00MM*****8B8888M8B*****80MBBBBOBBOM)OMROOBOB*****080MBai 05/08 15/00 MISC B TERASEK 227 45-*****22 A 05/00 B/Ot PIL BUNGA TERASEK 227 45 32*993 05/00 30/06 PIL BUNGA
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      43 33 To retrieve more schedules, Just follow these simple steps... document be faxed m~ %M ?reSS your Step key in the four number digit code Kev in vour Example: i—L» fax number To NEW YORK (NYC) 227$ e United States for calls within Singapore
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      426 35 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER WAVE 566N M-05/08 10-13/08 18-19/08 TIGER ISLAND 557N 07-08/08 13-17/06 21 22/06 TIGER BRIDGE 568N 10-11/08 16-19/08 24-25/06 TIGER BAY 559N 13-14/08 18-22/06 27-28/06 TIGER WAVE S6ON 18-19/06 24-27/06 01-02/09 TIGER ISLAND S6IN 21 22/06 27-31/06 04-05/09 I VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN
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      657 35 FREIGHT UNKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapore *****1 Tel *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 E-mail flesin@singnet.com.sg CONSOLIDATION SERVICE ARGENTINA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN BUENOS AIRES 04/08 CAPETOWN 07/08 CHILE ETD SIN DURBAN 07/08 VALPARAISO 06/08 JOHANNESBURG 07/08 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN PIRAEUS 03/08 VALENCIA/BARCELONA 04/08
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      831 35 OOCL (Singopore) Pte Lid CFS Keppel Distrpk gbj, I »to~R~<«?1-O4(S)07»« Mk 513 #01-121 tmS a NO *****7M000N W: 272 7127 «f 3769 ISO kt 3MMI3 fuMIWI fac *****2S NOiTM kUMMKA UM/ CMUBA MSTKMIA TO USA SGP SfO OAK Ofl MEM NYC OUTBOUND |sGf SYO |m£L I AOi |FK ME Aft
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      783 36 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR HO. 1047M*****0 BOOKINGS CA LL D ECTLI N E: *****41/43 JE SSIC A/C ELI A/M EI CHAM 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK [VESSEL I VOY IS* I JAK
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      383 36 irfllimTHllMlOMllMlh— P.I PERUSAHAAN PELAYARAN j W KALIMANTAN j DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO 1 JAKARTA/PALEMBANG/DUMAI I Vmml IYn l sw I JET IP'IASC |MliAI~ I i RACHMANUILI [h/VF 11/07 04/ M I>/M 1 1 lACwmmnii 7/»7 nm m/M 11/ M I IACHMANUII 111 I 10/97 M/M 10/ M 17/ M I
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      1007 36 rn YANG MMG UNE Liil *1 *****21 TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY *****1 ARRIVAL HXED DAY-MONDAY VESSEL VOY I SIM Icm HTM HAM FXT LEH MM VESSEL VOY LEH FIT HAM MR HfA HSTH MING EAST J73OW IOJM I 20/08 22AM 23/08 25/00 MING GLORY A724E SIO SLO SLO SLD SLD
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      436 36 9 Singapore Soviet Shipping <mCi. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN VESSEL VOY SIN BOM PNG WCL TRADE FAST TFSI93 03/06 11/00 25/06 27/08 KOTASELAMAT SMTO29 10/Oe 17/00 02/06 03/00 KOTACAHAYA CAHIB9 15/06 23/06 07AM OOAM TRANSCORD 104N 21/06 29/06 12AM 14AM TRADE FAST TFSI9S 26/06 06AM 21AM 23AM REGULAR
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      939 37 REGULAR SAILINGS TO i ji u j -fjijiuji i Starting with our vessel NISC OSAKA Voy 001 A J OUR ASIA-AUSTRALIA EXPRESS SERVICE STARTS ON 18 AUGUST 1997. i LOOK OUT FOR OUR SCHCDUIiS NEXT MONDAY 1 APM SAIQON SHIPPING THRICE WEEKLY DIRECT TO HO CHI MINH CITY EXFOKT TO
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      470 38 SINO IXPRBSS SHIPPING jy| 11 COLLYER QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE iSINOTRANSI 3 (*****7). TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSft VOYAGE ETA SINGAPORE ETA HONGKONG ETA SHANGHAI MM WEIL TO 01/08 WW 10/ M NORDSUND M 08/08 13/08 17/08 NEW HAIHUNG 9708 15/08 20/08 24/08
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      477 38 |"N J ewilttisemwew SBU: (OSt) *****S MAMLA: (832) 812MS1 v PfNAHO:(IM)tMBI BANGKOK: (MS) *****57 SURABAYA: (31)*****0 KB-AHQ: 3SMSH JKT(2I)«SO>IfI7 MDW: (tl)544Sa EX PKG TO NON6KON6 lEX PRC TO MISAN S.NM.M. »T»M«ZT MV tY PROGRESS' 730N MV "KMTC PUSAN* V7ION AETA PKG: 3-8-97 ETA PKG: 5-8-97 EIABCG 3^97 hw aui MMW/
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  • SHIPS IN PORT
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      721 39 Vessel VoyWo Berth jwlwi Dtpsrturs AIM J»T» A»7 JerW< alongside 01.08/0600 AJtar Act 7 JM HonqsKk 0106/1200 AMU* Pros 07/97 J15 alongside 05.08/1500 Salatacstrai 14 J04 alongside 01.08/2300 Satan KM *368 J02 ikn)uK 31.07/2300 St Dua P»tra *****7 JO! alongside 31.07/1500 St Ull n *****7 J01 MnqsM 31.07/1900
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      195 39 Aaf 1 Switzerland: National Day. Zambia: Farmers Day. Aaf4 Australia Bank Holiday (New South Wales and Northern Territory only). Canada Civic Holiday (market and public holidays in all provinces except Quebec, which opens for business as usual). Ireland Market and Public holiday. Ah# Croatia: Thanksgiving. Aaf 7 Colombia
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      835 39 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars in stead of single prices for a more com pre hen slve description of the market. Prices shown are baaed on average sized stem Market movements are indtcat ed The Cockett Bunker
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      122 39 LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperature V Shower W#oth»r Wind drection with speed n knots Rain Cloudy Sky Wave height S-rfxe mwh ore indicated by orrow, w*<* Hy the ind (i) One ful arcie represents calm or light and variable mndt i— One half fleche represents 5 knots J— One Mftecherepr«ents 10
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      Lock icon Aero engine market worth US$14b a year by 2014
      563 40  -  RoDs-Royce forecasts demand for over 18,700 new aircraft from 1906-2014 By. Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The world's civil aero engine market is forecast to be worth US$l4 billion (5520.5 billion) a year by 2014, according to a report by British aero engine
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      126 40 Reuter (KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's passenger car sales totalled 142,193 units from January to June 1997 against 118,552 in the corresponding 1996 period, the Malaysian Motor Traders Association (MMTA) said yesterday. Commercial vehicle sales during the period totalled 37,798 units versus 29,485 in
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      399 40 Travel agents can continue to market discount fares Bloomberg [ST LOUIS] Trans World Airlines Inc lost its lawsuit alleging that Omega World Travel Inc violated an agreement by selling discounted TWA tickets from a travel agency owned by financier Carl Icahn. Under
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      214 40 AFP [NEW DELHI] Indian Airlines, the country's state-run domestic carrier, has asked a special panel to evaluate bids for the purchase of six new aircraft by next month. A company spokesman said a meeting of the board of directors recommended the 50-seater planes
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      Lock icon Canadian Air's 2nd-qtr profit reflects lower costs
      308 40 Bloomberg [CALGARY] Canadian Airlines Corp posted a secondquarter profit, which exceeded analysts' expectations, because of lower wages, fuel and other costs. Net income was C 52.6 million (552.7 million), or C 50.06 a share, compared with a loss of C 523.8 million, or
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      412 40  -  Deal will help strengthen partnership between the airlines By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE) Northwest Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have struck a deal for Northwest to buy back KLM's 19 per cent share in the US carrier, saving the two airlines' groundbreaking
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      Lock icon BA cancels 35 flights till mid-Aug
      232 40 AFP [LONDON] British Airways announced late on Wednesday it had cancelled 35 flights to Europe from London's Heathrow airport up until the middle of August because of industrial action. The cancellations between Aug 4 and Aug 11 come on top of the suspension this
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      ANZ in flyer accord with Lufthansa
      117 40 [SINGAPORE] Air New Zealand and Lufthansa German Airlines announced yesterday that they have reached an agreement to develop a frequent flyer alliance. The pact wiU bring new benefits to both ANZ's Air Points members and Lufthansa's Miles and More customers. For customers of both
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      AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      62 40 An established shipping company has immediate vacancies for Documentation Assistant 1 GCE 'NVO' level 2 Must be able to type H Experience in shipping an advantage 1 Shipping Cashier GCE*N7'O' level I Accurate customer oriented I With or without expenence Operations Assistants 1 ■P GCE'o7'A'level Experience in Equipment Control or
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