The Business Times, 5 August 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES lOTA (P) Q2JVI2/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet http://www.asial.com.tg/biztimes TUESDAY, AUGUST 5,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Singapore court orders Wallace to appear here
    684 1  -  Court appoints receivers for his assets and those of his wife By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] In an unusual move, US investment bank Merrill Lynch has succeeded in getting the Singapore High Court to order its former financial consultant Kevin Wallace to come to
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    Teo Lay Swee of Cockpit buys £40m London hotel
    490 1  -  He is said to be paying for purchase with Cockpit sale proceeds By< Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Cockpit Hotel owner. Teo Lay Swee, is the latest entrant to the UK hotel market with his purchase of the Paragon Hotel in London from
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    Lock icon M$ jumps, then eases after curbs on swaps
    350 1  -  Weekend note leaves rinffiit market twitcby; KLSE Composite down 2.4% By\ Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The Malaysian ringgit opened more than 2 per cent stronger in a kneejerk reaction to weekend measures to curb speculation, but closed at M 12.6120 to the US
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      64 1 Ready for a dose of the INF [BANGKOK] Thai Finance Minister Thanong Bidaya speaking to reporters yesterday after a news conference at Government House here. Mr Thanong said Thailand was still in talks with the International Monetary Fund but the framework of the basic rescue package for the Thai economy
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Seagate investing another US$100m in its media plants
      343 2  -  ItstwiS^irtpluti now produce over 59% of its total I disk media output By, Jennifer Lien I j BY December, disk drive giant Seagate Technology will have invested an additional US$lOO million (*****.6 million) in its I two Singapore media plants, bringing its
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      Lock icon Aussie minister's fresh approach to human rights
      469 2  -  He says the diplomacy fb based on achieving Jconslniclive outcomes ;L By] Louis Beckerling foreign miniswber Alexander Downer was applauded by his Singapore auJjience last night for defending 9b fresh approach to promoting jttiuman rights in the region. jjS The applause came during
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      Lock icon S$ seen still weak in second half
      358 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Currency to Eugene Low THE Singapore dollar is expected to remain weak in the second half of this year, according to a Vickers Ballas Investment Research report. The broking firm says the Sing dollar will "continue to be negatively
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      Alliance Securities loses last of its equities research team
      258 2 TROUBLED broking house Alliance Securities is making do without an equities research team since its last research analyst left last week. The company has hit on hard times since it became the subject of an investigation by the Stock Exchange of
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      Asean in the new millennium
      574 4  -  Roand-table gats advice from an Asean elder and hoars of challenges facing the grouping By Yang Razali Kassim IT's a pity that former Singapore foreign ministers Rajaratnam wasn't around. Of the two surviving founding members of Asean, only Thanat Khoman of Thailand was present at
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      Group faces 4 new challenges: Jaya
      448 4  -  Among his posers Will Ase&n's cohesiveness fray? By Yang Razali Kassim [SINGAPORE] Asean needs to tackle four new challenges in the new millennium, said Singapore's Foreign Minister S Jayakumar. Setting the backdrop for the "L6ok back, look ahead" meeting on the 30th anniversary of
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      Hutchison pagers now selling at Watson's stores
      331 4  -  Meve fellows rival SnnPage's tie-up with 7-Etaren outlets By 1 Teh Hooi Ling HUTCHISON Paging seems to have taken a leaf out of competitor Sun Page's book selling pagers through non-tradi-tional sales channel. The company hooked up with Watson's Personal Care Stores and
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      567 4 Do you have a Tom Yum gameplan? DBS Bank at Singapore fa take SO per cent stake la Sri Dhana Flaaace... —"> KL'a Amateel Seearltlea ta bay Bangkok'a First Aala SaearlUea... Malaysia's Maw Straits Tlmea te take over Thalland'a CMIC Flaaaee... For these fleet-footed non-Thai companies, the Thai erlala IS
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Causes and effects of HDB policy changes
      1494 6 Extracts of the National Development Minister's speech in Parliament last Monday IF WE were starting the public housing programme from scratch, I would be inclined to adopt the one-bite-of-the-cherry approach. It would be simple to understand and easy to implement. Although not so
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      No fixed public/private housing ratio
      265 6 THE government will not interfere with the private housing market in as far as target price is concerned. That's not our job. Our job is to ensure that there is indeed a long-term supply of private residential properties. We have no fixed target of ratio
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      On the affordability of HDB flats
      295 6 THE government's pricing policy for HDB new Hats is to set the selling prices of new HDB flats such that 90 per cent of new Singaporean households can afford at least a 3room flat, and at least 70 per cent of new households can
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      Figuring property trends
      631 7  -  THBMLOFHRTT OOLUMM Key may lie In developers'financial health rather than URA price Indices By Lee Han Shih JUST how distressed is the private housing market? Is it heading for a collapse, as predicted by the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (Redas); or are prices poised for
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      Right time to buy New York condominiums
      437 7  -  Manhattan homes will sustain yield* in coming jean: agents By- Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] New York is poised to become the "flavour of the month" for local investors seeking overseas residential property. According to veteran Manhattan property broker Mika Sakamoto, senior vice-presi-dent with the
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Malaysia posts M$2.8b trade deficit in June
      308 8 KUALA LUMPUR Jane gap the largest in years; analysts concerned with slow export growth AFP Bloomberg MALAYSIA posted a trade deficit of Ms2.B billion (511.6 billion) in June, reversing May's surplus of M 1156.2 million, the statistics department said yesterday. June's deficit was
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      Lock icon Crises may spur change in Asean
      335 8 SINGAPORE Reuter THAILAND'S financial woes and Cambodia's political crisis could spur Asean to greater economic deregulation and regional cooperation, a consultancy report said yesterday. The Hongkong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc) said it was extremely significant that the downward pressure oh most Asean
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      Lock icon Hun Sen hangs tough on trial for ousted Ranariddh
      169 8 PHNOM PENH AFP DEFIANT Cambodian Second Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said he would not back down from a pledge to put his ousted co-premier on trial if he returns to the country. The tough comments came two days after a
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      Lock icon IMF package goes to Thai cabinet today
      420 8 IMPACT OF CURRENCY TURMOIL Central banker says aid package could be painful for public AFP THAILAND announced yesterday that an International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic aid package likely to prove pa infill in the immediate term would be presented to the cabinet today.
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      Lock icon M'sian economists warn of negative effects of BLR cap
      473 8  -  KUALA LUMPUR From] Meera Tharmaratnam THE Malaysian central bank's strategy to cap the base lending rate (BLR) may lessen the pressures on borrowing costs, but economists warn that the measures could have negative side effects on the economy. Banks, which are
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      Investors continue to cash out of KL stocks
      433 8  -  KUALA LUMPUR From Eddie Toh INVESTORS yesterday continued to cash out of the Malaysian stock market due to the latest capital control measures unveUed by the Malaysian central bank and analysts said the medium-term outiook remained uncertain. Besides Bank Negara's move to
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      S'pore to stay safe haven: report
      375 8  -  SINGAPORE BacMt MUdown tt S$ irratimuU, aays London research firm By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE will continue to be a safe haven in the turbulent seas of Asia's currency crisis, says London-based financial research firm Independent Strategy. In its July 29 bulletin entitled Singapore: Sun
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      Lock icon Warning of recession if peso falls further
      162 8 MANILA AFP, Bloomberg PHILIPPINE industries yesterday warned of a recession if the monetary authorities failed to stop a further slide of the peso. Manufacturers "will be forced to scale down their production output and prices will go up", Raul Concepcion, president of the
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Chinese monetary body modelled on US Fed set up
      406 9 BEIJING Move will make the setting of monetary policy more stable, say analysts Reuter CHINA has taken a bold move to reduce political influence in setting money supply by creating a special policy body modelled after the US Federal Reserve, analysts
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      Lock icon HK's Q1 real GDP grows 6.1%
      305 9 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG'S real gross domestic product (GDP) growth roee In the first quarter of the year to 6.1 per cent year-on-year, official data said yesterK The Census and Statistics Department, meanwhile, said that real GDP growth for 1996 was revised downwards from 4.7
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      Lock icon Tri-ing out
      67 9 [BEIJING] A man trying out the steering of a tricycle at a suburban sidewalk store in western Beijing yesterday. The steel-pruned, Chinese-made trikes feature a troy which can be used to carry produce or transport people and are a cheaper alternative mode Of transport for people who cannot
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      Reining in Taiwan's brawling legislators
      572 9  -  um rmoH TJJPB MPs bo loaffar bnmime to amitt charges By Bruce Cheesman TAIWAN'S legislators, notorious throughout Asia for their pugilistic proclivity, will now have to be on their beet behaviour in Parliament Parliamentarians In Taiwan are more noted for their Jabs and left hooks
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      Lock icon Beijing may open up telecoms market by 2010
      237 9 HONGKONG AFP CHINA is expected to let foreign companies operate or have direct stakes in its telecoms market by around 2010, it was reported yesterday. "I think conditions will be ripe in about 2010 or it could be quicker than we think"
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      Lock icon China off-peak phone rates cut by up to 40%
      180 9 BEIJING Bloomberg CHINA cut off-peak rate* for International phone calls as much as 40 per cent on Aug 1, the second time In a month officials have reduced International calling charges. Han Songlin, chief of the ministry's international communications department, said
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      Lock icon Patten's alleged leaking of secrets: critics gleeful
      147 9 UHONGKONG AFP CRITICS of former Hongkong governor Chris Patten erupted with glee yesterday at a British government inquiry into allegations that he had leaked official secrets to a journalist. Just Ave weeks alter Hongkong's last governor ended his mission on a moral high
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Aussie economy set for pick up: report
      442 10 E CANBERRA Access Economics sees growth accelerating from 24% Reuter AUSTRALIA'S economy is set for a strong pick up in growth, with an imminent recovery, falling unemployment, steady inflation and a recovery in the retail and manufacturing sectors, a leading forecaster said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Banks delay insolvency move on Kia for 2 months
      300 10 SEOUL But extra bail-eat loans suspended mien Kia directors resign AFP, Bloomberg CREDITOR banks of the nearinsolvent Kia Group yesterday decided to give the group two months until Sep 29 before declaring the group insolvent, Yonhap News Agency said. But the
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      Lock icon Hanbo steelworks to be auctioned
      266 10 SEOUL FT CREDITOR banks for Hanbo Steel will try to auction the Korean company's bankrupt steelworks next week, having rejected a 2,000 billion won (553.3 billion) joint offer by Pohang Iron Steel (Posco) and Dongkuk Steel as too low. The creditors, led by Korea First
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      Lock icon Towering above the southern hemisphere
      46 10 [AUCKLAND] Fireworks and laser light crowning Auckland's newly opened Sky tower on Sunday. The 328-metre high tower is the highest in the southern hemisphere and stands taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The tower cost US$4B million (5570.5 million). REUTER
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      Lock icon Black economy accounts for 23% of B'desh GDP
      201 10 DHAKA AFP THE underground economy alone accounts for nearly 23 per cent of Bangladesh's gross domestic product, a study published here yesterday said. 'The underground economy has been using an increasing share of government resources at the cost of the formal economy,"
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        Lock icon Phone links between two Koreas
        67 10 Reuter [SEOUL] North and South Korea yesterday linked up theiij public telephone lines for the first time since the Korean peninsula was divided at the end of World Warn, Seoul officials said. The lines will allow South Korean workers i preparing to build nuclear power
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        Lock icon Aussie PM launches home page on Net
        92 10 Reuter [CANBERRA] Australian Prime Minister John Howard yesterday announced his own home page on the Internet to provide instant access to his speeches and media interviews, as well as information on government policies. "The new home page covers information of use to Australians
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        Lock icon S Korean forex reserves up for 4th month
        86 10 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea's foreign exchange reserves rose for a fourth month, thanks to a narrowing current account deficit, the Bank of Korea said yesterday. The central bank said foreign exchange reserves reached U5533.6 billion (Ss49 billion) at the end of July,
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      Lock icon Be prepared for early polls: Indian election watchdog
      271 10 NEWDELHI OoalitiMigNtseMld fall apart any time', state govts told AFP INDIA'S autonomous poll watchdog has asked state governments to be prepared for early parliamentary elections, The Times of India reported yesterday. Election Commissioner GVG Krishnamurthy said all states should revise voters' registers
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Selling something? Watch the skies
      264 11 LONDON Reuter BRITISH companies are tuning in to weather forecasts, not to find out if employees need to grab an umbrella as they head to work, but to help predict consumer trends a move that is saving them millions of pounds a year. "Using detailed
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      Lock icon US construction spending falls 1.1%
      480 11 WASHINGTON Unexpected Jane fall takes spending to lowest level since Jan Bloomberg US CONSTRUCTION spending unexpectedly fell 1.1 per cent in June to the lowest level since January, another sign the economy slowed in the second quarter. Spending fell to a U*****.5 billion (SsB7o billion)
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      Lock icon Labour party takes three hits but calms shock waves
      313 11 LONDON AFP BRITAIN's rejuvenated ruling Labour Party has been damaged for the first time by a suicide, a divorce and a question of shared loyalties. Yesterday, Labour appeared to have calmed shock waves that spread following the announcement of Foreign Secretary
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      Lock icon White House wants tougher tobacco deal
      279 11 WASHINGTON Reuter AN adviser to President Bill Clinton said yesterday that the U*****.5 bUlion (Sss4l billion) tobacco deal between states and the tobacco industry needed to be toughened to include stiffer penalties against tobacco companies. The White House also wants greater power given to
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      Lock icon Russia to lop off 3 zeros from the rouble from '98
      494 11 MOSCOW Price stability, controlled inflation allow reform: Yeltsin Reuter RUSSIA will knock three zeroes off its bloated rouble from the start of next year now that the hyper-inflationary price rises of recent years are history. President Boris Yeltsin said
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Currency traders: high risk, high pay
      813 12  -  BOTTOKLXHB OPINION By Larry Wee The writer is a BT senior correspondent THE GENERAL impression seems to be that foreign currency traders are typically overpaid and boorish, given to loud exaggeration and conspicuous consumption thanks to the likes of Nick Leeson So very few
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      130 12 This is a US$5O billion (5573.3 billion) windfall to the tobacco industry.' US Senator Bfehard Dnrbin after congressional allies of the tobacco industry succeeded in getting a tax break into the US$95 billion tax<ut package Congress passed that could be worth billions of dollars to tobacco companies.
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      A politically-balanced US budget
      603 12 EDITORIAL US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton and the US congress want Americans to join the celebrations taking place in Washington this week to mark their agreement on a fiveyear plan to "balance" the Federal budget for the first time in 30 years. The accord, aimed at reducing
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      Lock icon Thais' 'tequila' blues
      1107 12  -  Crisis triggered by overvalued currency ami lfiA lending that followed Urge capital inflows By, Jeffery Sachs The writer is the director of the Harvard Institute for International Development Financial Crises in Emerging Markets: The Lessons From 1995. Brooking Papers Economic Activity 1996, II Financial Times THE recent
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      839 12 AS THAILAND prepares to swallow the unpalatable medicine prescribed by the International Monetary Fund, the pressures that have toppled a succession of South-east Asian currencies recently seem to be abating. But history suggests it is only a matter of time before another victim finds itself in
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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      Lock icon A fast growing generation gap
      925 14  -  Japanese, long accepted as models of filial piety, are witnessing a rapid change in attitudes towards the elderly, says Nicholas norm NICHOLAS KRISTOF NYT WHEN she married 56 years ago, Mrs Kanbe recalled softly, she lived with her husband's parents and cared for them as
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      Lock icon Leave Nintendo at home, let's go to the game centre
      658 14 COMPUTER GAMES Mew faaaratten fIUM Areata are Jammed with players sold on high-tech fantasy NYT [NEW YORK] At Wizards of the Coast Battletech devotees encapsulated in simulators with the size and complexity of jet cockpits are barking warnings to teammates
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      Mirzan Mahathir to seal M$2b MISC deal soon?
      315 15  -  ItfßOfttosupend HISC, Keftsertftm, Diperdana trading for five more days From Eddie Toh ito Kuala Lumpur Businessman Mirzan Mahathir is expected to seal the deafllo buy a big chunk of naH lipping company Maiternational Shipping tion for about Ms 2 bil.l billion) soon.
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      Wee Poh units win $32m jobs
      152 15 [SINGAPORE] Diversified construction group Wee Poh Holdings yesterday said its subsidiaries Wee Poh Construction and W P Piling have clinched contracts totalling $32.4 million in value. An associate company, OVM Prehas also secured a job about $460,000. Wee Poh Construction won a $K£ million
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      Lock icon DBS eyes more bond deposit sales after Teledata success
      445 15 Bank hopes to deepen S*pore's bond market, earn fatter fees Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank plans to seU more securities backed by corporate bonds, following the successful sale of such securities linked to Teledata bonds. DBS said last week it sold all
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      Time to scrap the dual listing of Foreign and Local shares
      899 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih IT IS time for dual listing of Foreign and Local shares to be scrapped. But who is to do it, and how? Dual listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore started in May
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      UPP interim net up 89% to $1.72m
      223 15 ISINGAPORE) Despite a 17 per cent drop in turnover, Indone-sian-linked United Pulp Paper (UPP) achieved an 89 per cent surge in after-tax profit to $1.72 million for the half year ended June 30,1997. The company's strong performance was largely due to its main
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      Lock icon Amcol had problems with key supplier Funai Japan
      531 15 Ex-directors allegedly aware off poor ties whoa nailing shares The Straits Times [SINGAPORE] Amcol Holdings' key Japanese partner Tetsuro Funai did not wish to deal with a new batch of shareholders led by Indonesian Henry Pribadi, it was revealed during an insider
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        Lock icon HK's Dickson wins bid for Barney's
        600 16  -  ItpaysUSs7Bmfor 51% stake in the bankrupt US luxury specialty store From'. Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong DICKSON Poon, the Hongkong retailer with the Midas touch, has won control of the bankrupt American luxury specialty store Barney's Inc. paying US$7B million (Sslls million) for a
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        Lock icon Asia Pulp & Paper buys 4.36% of Indah Kiat
        190 16 Asia Pulp Paper buys 4.36% of Indah Kiat Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's PT Purinusa EJca Persada sold 4.36 per cent of PT Indah Kiat to Singapore-based Asia Pulp Paper Ltd last week. Purinusa sold 230 million Indah Kiat shares to Asia Pulp Paper, Indah Kiat said in a statement to the
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        Times Pub's ATT clinches US course franchise
        271 16 Courses to prepare US-bonnd students for entrance tests [SINGAPORE] Times Publishing Group subsidiary Advanced Training Techniques (ATT) has landed a franchise from The Princeton Review (TPR), which offers courses to prepare students for US university admission tests. Under the 10-year agreement being signed
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        Lock icon Kerry Properties considers Beijing housing project
        349 16 It will redevelop HE godown; plans to replenish land bank AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Kerry Properties Ltd deputy chairman Edward Kuok said the company is looking at a Beijing low-cost housing project, which will take one to two months to finalise. The company also said it
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        Lock icon Bakun project faces financing problem: Ting
        390 16 Ekran chairman says problem is in wording of ABB contract AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's massive U555.44 billion (SsB billion) Bakun dam project is facing a funding problem involving a contract signed with Swedish engineer Asea Brown Boveri AG (ABB), reports said yesterday. Ting Pek
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          Creative's US$10m staff bonus
          52 16 [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology is rewarding its with a special bonus totalling US$lO million (S$l4J million). The bonus, which has been approved by Creative's board, will be paid to staff in its 23 worldwide offices for helping the group to achieve its recent dramatic turnaround, said chairman
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          Vickers buys into Ashoka
          76 16 [SINGAPORE] Vickers Ballas has agreed to buy a 1 one-third stake in Ashoka Fund Ltd (AFL) for just under US$lO million (Ssls million). It said yesterday that it had paid for 100 of the 9,996 AFL shares of US$l,OOO each that it will subscribe for. In
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          Top change at Cosco
          40 16 [SINGAPORE] Lu Hong Fei has relinquished his post as president of Coeco Investment but will remain as director. Wang Lu Jun has been made chief executive officer and will take over the duties of the president.
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          Osprey appoints director
          22 16 [SINGAPORE] Osprey Maritime has appointed Charles Klotz as director. Mr Kk)tz, 55, is the chairman of GL Holdings Corp.
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          Lock icon TRI Interim pre-tax gain up 42%
          94 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Technology Resources Industries Bhd (TRI), the parent company of Cellular Communications Network (M) Sdn Bhd (Celcom), has posted a 42 per cent rise in interim pre-tax profit to M$22D million (Ssl23 million). Group turnover swelled 45 per cent to Ms96B million
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          Lock icon AT&T rate cuts will hit PLDT
          144 16 Bloomberg [MANILA] Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLOT) said it would receive up to US$66.l million (Ssloo million) less revenue from international calls this year if AT&T Corp wins a 30 per cent rate cut. AT&T proposed cutting the accounting rate—the rate that carriers
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        Lock icon HSBC interim profit up 11%
        823 17  -  HONGKONG HSBC Investment Banking's net falls 33%; other major imits post positive results By Quak Hiang Whai HSBC Holdings pic yesterday unveiled an 11 per cent increase in net profit to £1.757 billion (554.2 billion) for the six months ended 30, 1997, well within market
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        Get into US stocks by year-end: strategist
        458 17  -  New savings from US budget deal set to flood bourse next Jan By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Try to get into US stocks by November or December because come next January, billions of dollars in new savings thrown up by last week's US
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        Lock icon BA Q1 profit falls 36% on strong £, crew strike
        286 17 BA Q1 profit falls 36% on strong crew strike Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways pic's first-quarter profit before a one-time gain fell 36 per cent, hurt by the stronger pound and lost bookings from a cabin crew strike. Profit for the three months ended June 30 before the gain was £74
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        Lock icon Inadequate disclosures: Hongkong warns recalcitrant companies
        221 17 AFP [HONGKONG] The Hongkong stock exchange is "seriously considering" taking further action against companies which repeatedly fail to provide adequate price-sensitive information in a timely manner, the exchange's top official said yesterday. Alec Tsui, chief executive of the Stock Exchange of Hongkong, said in
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        Lock icon Jobs adding big names to Apple board?
        523 17 He is said to be keen nn Tiflgfman chief for CEO FT. Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Apple Computer's management melodramas are set to continue this week amid speculation that the struggling personal computer pioneer will add some "big names" to its board of directors.
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        Lock icon Tokyo exchange plans to overhaul system
        259 17 Bloomberg THE Tokyo Stock Exchange said it will need to conduct an overhaul of its trading system to prevent computer problems from causing the entire system to shut down, as it did on Friday morning. "We intend to raise confidence in our system by
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        Lock icon Nomura plans to shake up overseas operations
        433 18 It will switch from regional to global structure to help it fight Western banks FT [TOKYO] Nomura, the disgraced Japanese securities company, plans to restructure part of its overseas operations in an effort to compete more effectively against Western investment banks. The revamp
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        Lock icon In memory of miners' strike
        58 18 [LUPENI, ROMANIA] Romanian President Emil Constantinescu addressing miners at the entrance of Lupeni coal mine last Saturday during celebrations of the 1977c0al miners'strike. Around 45,000 miners from Jiu Valley, 350 km south-west of Bucharest, started a strike for better living conditions in 1977. That was
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        Lock icon Japanese commodity funds to lure private assets
        543 18 Fluids and govt taking steps to reshape industry Reuter [TOKYO) When Japanese think of commodity futures, many still recall the case of an Osaka commodity broker who was stabbed to death in public 12 years ago after fleecing thousands of investors in a
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        Lock icon China approves ICI's Shanghai venture
        103 18 FT [SHANGHAI] Imperial Chemical Industries has won Chinese approval for a US$4OO million (SssBB million) joint venture in Shanghai, paving the way for the largest chemicals venture in the city and one of the largest polyurethane plants in the world. The deal is part of
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        Policy to cover fund managers' liability launched
        293 18  -  Typical claims are improper trading, dispute over fees By Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] The Chubb Group of the US yesterday launched the first insurance policy here that covers liability of fund management companies and unit trust trustees. The policy, called the Unit Trust
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        Lock icon Sanyo Securities gets loan extension
        184 18 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Sanyo Securities Co said nine life insurers agreed to extend repayment of 20 billion yen (***** million) in loans for three months to Oct 31.1996. Sanyo borrowed the money from the insurers in 1994 to pay for losses on speculative loans it made
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        Lock icon Euroyen retreats as Nikkei recovers
        243 18 SOKBLReport Reuter [SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen futures slipped back from their highs yesterday as Nikkei cash and futures markets staged a partial recovery before the close. "When the Nikkei collapsed, everyone was expecting a rally in Euroyen. But it didn't materialise. So those who were holding
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        Futures close lower on profit-taking
        159 18  -  MS<3 TAIWAN FUTURES -By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Rtfco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures contract closed lower yesterday, on profit-taking. Major sellers were Merrill Lynch Futures, UOB Bullion Futures and Refco Singapore, while BZW Futures was a noted buyer.
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        Lock icon Oil seen falling if Iraq gets UN nod
        247 18 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg (NEW YORK] Crude oil could fall this week if the United Nations approves an Iraqi humanitarian aid distribution plan, paving the way for a resumption of limited Iraqi oil exports. UN officials said last week the plan could be
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        270 18 Reuter New York THE US dollar opened higher versus the mark as momentum from a strong US employment report and doubts that the German central bank will act to curb the pair's heady rise persisted. But the US dollar was well off its overnight high of 1.8730, the
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      1551 19 AFP Q Nikkei 225 -***** SHARE prices closed lower yesterday as foreign investors took profit on blue chips in the absence of buying interest, brokers said. "Although high-tech issues had been bought mainly by foreign investors, their trading stance towards the sector has started changing, with active profit-taking emerging,"
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1549 20 Bloomberg □HmgSeng -11M3 STOCKS took the biggest tumble in more than two weeks yesterday as doubts grew over whether profits at banks will top investors' expectations. HSBC Holdings and Hang Seng Bank, which reported six-month profit after the market close yesterday, paced the decline after rising to record highs
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      650 20 Reuter +<U3 THE Shenzhen B share market ended slightly firmer yesterday, buoyed by a strong rise in television tube maker Shenzhen SEG. The B Index inched up 0.03 point to 130.89 on turnover of HK$45 million. The domestic A share market gained 4.53 points to 413.99 on turnover of
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      399 20 AFP HwpMg *im STOCKS rose yesterday as investors pursued low-cost textile and electrical issues. "The rally was mainly driven by buying of bargainpriced textiles and electricals," said a broker. The Weighted Price Index gained 16.86 points to 10,065.76. Turnover was 2.79 billion shares worth NT5216.35 billion. Falls beat risers
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      258 20 Bloomberg n Wellington -ISJS SHARES fell yesterday after a decline in US bonds weighed down on domestic bonds. The NZSE Top 40-share Index fell 15.85 points to 2,558.78. Decliners outnumbered advancers by 20 to 15. Bloomberg «a rww A*Z 12.00 -0.30 6196 ASvontogot HldQS 1.01 -0.04 ***** Air New
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      824 20 AFP HSETMat +IL7B SHARE prices gained 1.8 per cent yesterday ahead of the cabinet's expected approval today of an economic aid package from the International Monetary Fund. An analyst said sentiment was supported by progress on the government's negotiations with the IMF even though a package has not been
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      404 20 AFP POwnpoßtoliig +3.7t SHARE prices rose in thin trade yesterday, amid a mild rally among blue chips and second-liners with strong earnings prospects. Shares traded in a tight range throughout the session on investor concerns over the uncertain future of the Kia group, while declining deposits for stock-buying kept
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      590 20 AFP QAllOrilMriaß -2L5 SHARES drifted down yesterday on a drab bank-holiday Monday here. "The resource stocks fared better than the industrials and the banks due to some reasonable commodity prices on Friday night," said a broker. The All Ordinaries Index shed 21.5 points to close at 2,706.0. Turnover was
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      769 20 Bloomberg nCompoatelndei jjf STOCKS fell yesterday, on concern the rupiah's weakness may prove lasting and crimp corporate profits. "Profits may be eaten up by higher interest costs and forex losses," said an analyst. "The consensus forecast of about 22 per cent average earnings growth for listed companies could fall
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      Lock icon MANILA
      328 20 AFP Manila *3JB» SHARE prices closed higher yesterday on selective buying. The PSE Composite Index gained 3.89 points to 2,639.53. Turnover was 2.6 billion shares worth 1.6 billion pesos. San Miguel Corp's A shares were unchanged at 37 pesos while its B shares rose 1.50 to 63. Manila Electric
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        Lock icon Shares lower on currency swap curbs
        270 21 AFX-Asia D Composite Into -2107 SHARE prices closed sharply lower yesterday as investors sold down their positions in the market in order to secure ringgit following Bank Negara's currency swap curbs. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 24.07 points at 978.56. The Emas Index
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        F&N warrant looks attractive
        224 22  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan ONE warrant that looks extremely attractive as a medium-term buy is beverage maker Fraser Neave. A look at the figures reveals why. The instrument, which slipped a cent to $2.97 yesterday, is within a whisker of its 52-week low of $2.90.
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        61 24  -  -n Shiv Taneja WINO TAJ ftU four cents yesterday to $3.96 on a volume of 1.94 million shares, compared with its today traded average of just over two million shares. Having /alien below the $4 support level, investors can expect more downside in the days ahead. Those looking
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        Stocks continue to drift sideways on low turnover
        643 24  -  STOCK MARKET GOKMBMTAXT Brokers attribute the lacklustre session to the lack of fresh news that will spur interest ahead of the reporting season By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Local stocks continued to drift sideways on low volumes amid a lack of fresh leads.
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          When the twain shall meet?
          116 24 SOM£ people in Raffles Place who have nothing better to do are taking bets on when the Hang Seng Index will meet up with the Nikkei Average. In the early *****, when the Japanese economy was hale and hearty, and Hongkong was still reeling from
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          Gay,okay;Dutchman,sorry
          85 24 A SENIOR English banker told a friend how he received a cunicolum vitae from a Job applicant where, under the marital status heading, the applicant, a Dutchman, had put "Settled with a live-in partner." The suspicion this naturally raised was that the live-in partner was another bloke. Out of
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          Seal missing in Korea
          132 24 ITS BEEN eight months, and the trouble-maker has not yet been found. IPC Korea's managing director, TH Kim, is apparently still on the run from the Korean authorities after it was revealed that the Korean subsidiary was unable to pay bade its loans. What's more, Mr
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          Nothing's changed
          183 24 IF INVESTORS are looking for farther evidence that investing in Singapore can be a pretty profitable experience, they need only ask Lennie Um, head of investment services at PPM Worldwide. Mr Lim is the frontrunner in Datastream's annua] Fantasy Fund Competition, and he racked up returns of almost
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      290 25 Bridge News, Reuter IMPROVED levels were reported on the key US Gulf to Japan grain run with Hanjin said to have booked in tonnage at U5522.75 with combination port discharge, up 25 cents on the last done. Spot physical market appears to be alao finding support or at
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      481 25  -  Moves to help reduce port costs for customers and cut red tape By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Shipping lines can expect rate cuts and costsavings at Singapore once the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) corporatises in a few months' time. In a statement
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      76 25 [YOKOSUKA, Japan] The US aircraft carrier Independence is seen at its home port of Yokosuka after an estimated 35,000 litres of oil spilledfrom the 80,643-tonnef/essel. The spill, equivalent to about 200 drums of oil, had not spread outside waters around the US Navy's Yokosuka
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      218 25  -  By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) is investigating a collision a week ago between a very large crude carrier (VLCC) tanker and a containership in waters outside Singapore port limits. The MPA said that the collision between the 3,169-TEU
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      265 25 AFP [PKRTH] Salvage workers were confident they could save a Stricken iron ore carrier drifting off the Australian territory of Cocos Islands, a maritime rescue official here said. A Singapore-based salvage crew boarded the abandoned MV Goodwill, a Panamanianregistered carrier, on
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      217 25 AFPReuter [RIYADH] The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) announced yesterday an order for three container ships to be built by South Korea's Samsung for a total of US$l27 million (*****.7 million). The ships, each with a capacity of 4,400
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      225 25  -  -By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] OT Africa Line (OTAL) is expanding its presence In Asia with new agents in Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and Hongkong. Harpers Shipping has been appointed the agent in Singapore for the line that specialises in shipping to West Africa. Its associate
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      788 26 TWA FLIGHTBOOCRASH: CAUSE STILL A MYSTERY US aviation officials study industry comments and flight test results to decide if fuel tanks should be changed Bloomberg UNITED States aviation officials will spend the coming weeks studying industry comments and flight test results to determine if fttel
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        547 40 Fears that strike will create chaos in package-shipping business across US NYT [WASHINGTON] The president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced a strike on Sunday night for 185,000 workers at the United Parcel Service after talks faltered in a dispute
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        70 40 [MANCHESTER] The British Aerospace ATP (.Advanced Turbo-Prop) plane is towed from the runway at Manchester Airport after it landed with a failed port side undercarriage. Seventy passengers and crew escaped injury when a pilot safely landed their British Airways ATP plane on two wheels.
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        312 40 TV watchdog says ads most not condone irresponsible driving Reuter [LONDON] Britain's television watchdog has said it upheld complaints against three different car commercials and warned that car ads must not condone irresponsible driving. In its monthly report, the Independent Television Commission
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        192 40 AFP [NEW DELHI] India is mulling over a plan to set up a new aviation security force for its main airports, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. PTI quoted sources at the civil aviation ministry as saying that the proposal, initially involving the
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        113 40 AFX-Asia [NEW DELHI] Air India said it will discuss a US$2 billion (552.9 billion) proposal to buy 23 passenger jets from either Airbus Industrie or Boeing Co, by the end of the month. "Air India will not take much time if
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        424 40 US may impose sanctions if talks fail to resolve issue Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US and Japanese government negotiators will attempt to resolve once and for all a longstanding dispute over Federal Express Corp's Asia routes when they meet in Tokyo this week.
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        387 40 [WASHINGTON] An international group of airlines and plane manufacturers said they opposed nearly all the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) recommendations for centre fuel tanks. NTSB made the proposals to minimise the chances of ftoel air fumes igniting and destroying an aircraft
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        108 40 [TAIPEI] China Airlines Co Ltd shares yesterday were higher ahead of the company raising its 1997 pretax profit forecast again, dealers said. At 9.39 am, China Airlines rose 0.60 to 35.00 on a volume of 1.52 million shares while the transport sector was unchanged. The
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        43 40 AFX-Asia CAL said its profit forecast increase has been reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission and accountants are now auditing the new numbers. The company said it will release the new forecast immediately after the audit is completed. -AFX-Asia
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        128 40 AFX-Asia [TOKYO] Leading car stocks were broadly lower, hit by selling in the wake of weak July car sales data released on Friday, along with a report of Toyota cutting its 1996 sales target, brokers said. In the morning, Toyota was off 140 at 3,370 yen,
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