The Business Times, 7 August 1997

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023^12/96 SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes THURSDAY, AUGUST 7,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Business down sharply in Q2: BT-CBRD survey
    566 1  -  PoO of company performance also finds weak sentiment on 2nd half prospects By < Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Company performance was down sharply in the second quarter, with only foreign-owned firms emerging unscathed, a survey by BT and the Centre for Business Research Development
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    KL passes bill to allow share buyback by firms
    454 1  -  Some market players over move, cftmgfotential abuse From Meera Tharmaratnam m Kuala Lumpur IN A measure intended to boost the stock market, the Malaysian government has pushed through a bill that will allow companies to buy back their own shares or
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    Microsoft buys into Apple; rivals to share technology
    344 1 [SINGAPORE] Apple Computer and Microsoft stunned the computer industry yesterday with a tie-up that will see Microsoft buying a US$l5O million (Ss22o million) stake in Apple and the sharing of technology by two of the fiercest rivals in the industry. The alliance,
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      59 1 i B Thailand yesterday Ua /•cupped its two-tier cetnocy system and set body to jiwiu the PVttM OK CBpOlliß 81^ a.— it» BBMuICUu iHgihm j Baak of Thailand governor Ckiiyawat Wibulswasdi ywalsi'rt ny went on agonal TV to appeal for calm. P»7 SSyy«»l£yg tttt MSprA^D*^:Group net profit at DBS Bank
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      16 1 EL mtockmget respite after week's plunge, Pg 8 Apple rolls out souped-up servers, monitors, Pg 17
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      86 1 IB*. T*> 26fe Cf4&>£ i M ,,f fSEftKT fife. I '-l&t X' Jfe- At the tail end of a crash [AGANA, Guam] The tail section ofKorean Airflight 801 stands at the crash** In the earfy /turning hours yesterday. Giving the latest official casualty figures, JieefrAdmiral Marly Janaak, commander of US
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      Low bids for key industrial site
      481 2  -  Top bid is 30% lower than that for similar plot last year By' Tan Su Yen THE top bid for what is believed to be the biggest industrial site offered for sale by the URA (Urban redevelopment Authority) since 1992 has come in at
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      Lock icon Build upwards or relocate, precast concrete firms urged
      438 2  -  By Diana Oon OPERATORS in the precast concrete industry should either build high-rise factories or move production to nearby islands such as Bintan in order to remain competitive. Tan Tian Chong, director of the technology development and corporate services in the Construction
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      Lock icon Job ads volume up 13% in July
      343 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Job ads By i Chee Jann Perng AFTER a slowdown in June, the volume of recruitment advertisements in the local newspapers picked up last month, with all sectors recording larger increases. July saw a 13 per cent year-on-year in-
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      Most of China Square food court stalls taken
      290 2 CLOSE to 80 per cent of China Square Food Centre Singapore's largest food court and the first to sell its stalls has been sold or leased. Marketing agent Knight Frank said only a quarter of the 100 or so stalls in the
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      Firm gives advice on tapping tourist market
      369 2  -  Singapore-based Daedalus provides consultancy on tourism developments By, Ang Wan May THE region's beaches and cultural diversity are ripe for drawing tourism dollars but how do investors begin to tap this potential? Singapore-based company Daedalus Development is trying to provide the answers. It
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      Sustaining the momentum
      706 2  -  OOMMIMTiXT Currency crisis may help give Apec meet a 'sexy' gloss By Yang Razali Kassim AS shock therapy, the recent currency turmoil in Asean could turn out to be a blessing in disguise. And South-east Asia may well thank George Soros for jolting the region into looking
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      Commerce is tops for first time
      366 3  -  BT-CBBD BUBMEBS ACTIVITY SURVEY Sector excels in 18 out of 20 performance categories Reports by < Clarissa Tan FOR the first time since the survey started seven quarters ago, the commerce sector has emerged as the top performer in the business activity survey by
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      Just over half of respondents foreign-owned
      286 3 JUST over half, or 51 per cent, of the 148 companies that responded to the latest BT-CBRD business activity survey were either wholly or majority for-eign-owned. And among the 74 companies which reported their country of origin, about 38 per cent were from Japan,
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      How many basic telecom players? Decision in 2000
      378 3  -  Mak Tender set on basis that S*pore has right to open market further in future By' Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE will decide in the year 2000 or later on the number of new basic telecom operators in the market, as well as
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      Govt puts RCB information on companies on the Internet
      352 3  -  Data available includes company directory and business profiles By' Toh Han Shih A GOVERNMENT service offering information on registered firms and businesses in Singapore via the Internet was launched yesterday. The data available includes a company directory, instant information services such
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      For sale: site near Somerset MRT
      301 3  -  By Diana Oon OWNERS of 20 homes on Devonshire and Exeter roads behind Orchard Road are once again banding together to offer their properties for collective sale. A previous attempt to collectively sell the properties last year failed, mainly because owners could not agree
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      512 4 TROnSIEC i Ml I Trans Technology Pte Ltd /fifi etHQPE ELECTRONICS J FAR EAST PTE LTD Singapore, PenangMafacca, Kuala Lumpur, A subsidiary of Methods Electronics Inc., U.S. A Bangkok, Manila, Cebu, Saigon v QnEST Blk 209 Henderson Road #01 -03/03-03 Henderson Industrial Park Singapore *****1 Tel: 296 1919 Fax: 296
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      762 5 WKKr ASIAN MICRO (S) PTE LTD "Moving ahead into W the next millennium." Mr Victor Lim Croup Chairman MISSION OF THE GROUP It gives me great pleasure to announce that Asian Micro (S) Pte Ltd has been awarded ISO 9002 V The mission of the group is to develop a
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Landlords' jitters
      488 6  -  They cut rentals, shorten leases, sublet units, resort to promotion ay Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] THE poor sentiment in the property market is catching. Even in prime districts, traditionally a rental stronghold, landlords are resorting to drastic measures. For landlords anxious to have a tenancy agreement signed and
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      Lock icon Signs of London property market cooling
      466 6 Prices op by 17.5% in Q2 compared to 21% in QL Nationwide FT [LONDON] Although Chancellor Gordon Brown may like to claim the credit for stifling London's property boom with his Budget measures, there is continuing evidence that the market started to cool three
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      House Hunt
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  • THAILAND'S FINANCIAL CRISIS
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      Thailand scraps 2-tier currency system
      670 7  -  Panel set up to oversee deposit guarantee as panic run on financial institutions continues By Harish Mehta [BANGKOK] Thailand has scrapped its two-tier currency system and set up a body to oversee the guarantee of deposits at financial institutions as officials worked furiously to stave
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      Businesses hit by forex turmoil
      1106 7  -  Greater struggle ahead as crippling interest rates loom Prom Alan Boyd in Bangkok LIKE the beep on a hospital ward cardiac monitor, exchange rate movements have become a nervy barometer on the health of Thai business. Bloated from a rich diet of easy cash and
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      Brave measures but it's only a beginning
      685 7  -  COMMENTARY Overhaul of finance sector will be trickiest part By Vikram Khanna THE economic cleanup measures approved this week by the Thai cabinet in anticipation of an IMF-led financial rescue package are brave and bold. But the financial markets will be asking some
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      Lock icon IMF help may keep Chavalit in power
      455 7 But pressure mounts for political change via new constitution Reuter [BANGKOK] Thailand's decision to seek help from the International Monetary Fund to get the economy back on track may end up helping premier Chavalit Yongchaiyudh keep his job, at least for a while,
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Bergsten: US$ will tumble sharply when it starts to fall
      381 8 SINGAPORE Greenback overvalued by 20%-25% against yen, mayor European currencies, be says AFP US ECONOMIST Fred Bergsten warned here yesterday of a sharp decline in the currently robust US dollar when long-term fundamentals begin dictating the direction of the currency.
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      Lock icon MPs vote Ung Huot in as first premier
      209 8 PHNOM PENH AFP CAMBODIA'S parliament yesterday installed Foreign Minister Ung Huot as first prime minister in place of the ousted Prince Norodom Ranariddh and stripped the royalist leader of his legal immunity. Mr Ung Huot, who is backed by the country's strongman
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      Lock icon KL stocks get respite after week's plunge
      589 8  -  KUALA LUMPUR Forecasts far immediate soppert rangßfrom low 800 a to 960 pots By: Eddie Toh THE Malaysian stock market managed to close higher after bleeding for almost a week but the outlook remains bleak, analysts said. The widely-tracked Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
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      Lock icon Malaysia's money supply grows faster in June
      339 8 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S money supply grew at a faster rate in June. This is increasing the pressure on its central bank to keep interest rates high to stave off an increase in the rate of inflation. "The economy is still overheating," said
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      Taiwan denies making US$10m offer to Hun Sen
      291 8  -  TAIPEI By: Bruce Cheesman TAIWANESE Foreign Minister John Chang yesterday dismissed charges by Cambodia's Second Prime Minister Hun Sen that Taipei had offered US$lO million (Ssl4 million) to pave the way for the reopening of the island's liaison office in Phnom Penh.
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      Lock icon Nomura's suspension has little impact on market
      432 9 TOKYO But analysts expect mere volatility daring its 5-day absence Reuter INVESTORS were unfazed by the disappearance of scandalhit Nomura Securities Co Ltd from the markets yesterday, but the exclusion of Japan's biggest broker could boost market volatility, analysts said. "Even though Nomura
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      Lock icon S&P downgrades S Korea outlook
      257 9 SEOUL AFP STANDARD and Poor's yesterday downgraded its outlook for South Korea's foreign currency credit rating from stable to negative, citing the potential cost of economic restructuring and North Korea's decline. The rating company said it reaffirmed the "double-A minus" foreign currency rating, and the
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      Lock icon Accounting irregularities in China
      87 9 BEIJING AFP A NATIONWIDE inspection of commercial accounting practices by China's finance ministry over the last three months has uncovered widespread irregularities, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. More than 16 per cent of the 840,000 enterprises and departments examined had opened false accounts, which involved a
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      Lock icon Xinhua won't meddle in HK affairs: new director
      176 9 HONGKONG Reuter A CHINESE envoy said yesterday that Beijing's Hongkong watchdog body would change its role now that the former British colony was under Chinese rule and it would not meddle in local affairs. Jiang Enzhu, 57, was speaking as he arrived
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      Lock icon Hanbo creditors may sell it in bits
      336 9 SEOUL Change of heart may rekindle interest from Pohang Iron Bloomberg, AFP IN an about-face, Hanbo Group creditors said they may sell off its bankrupt companies piecemeal if they can't get a buyer for the whole group at an auction next week. Hanbo,
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      Lock icon Taiwan admits five allies declined to sign pact
      229 9 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN admitted for the first time yesterday that the island's five Central American allies had declined to sign a free trade agreement with Taipei. But Foreign Minister John Chang said that an economic cooperation memorandum would be signed with El
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      Delay in China's WTO bid: bane or boon?
      603 9  -  CHINA WATCH US tactics may backfire if delays give China time to revamp industries, make them more competitive By Lu Ning THE latest round of official talks on China's admission to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ended, as expected, on a discordant
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon British central bank faces dilemma over interest rates
      400 10 LONDON Industry straggling but rate rise would be needed to cool consumer spending AFP ONLY three months after gaining control over monetary policy, the British central bank faces an acute dilemma over whether to increase interest rates to cool down overheated consumer
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      Lock icon Chinese-American governor faces campaign finance probe
      192 10 SEATTLE AFP DELAYED disclosure of cash donations to now-Governor Gary Locke's 1996 election campaign has led to a formal Washington state investigation of his fund-raising tactics, The Seattle Times reported on Tuesday. The state's Public Disclosure Commission will decide whether to bring charges against
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      Lock icon Russian privatisation now more transparent
      268 10 MOSCOW Reuter RUSSIA'S privatisation programme, marked by shady un-der-the-table deals and public controversy, has entered a new era in which clear-cut capitalist competition looks set to hold sway. Emerging market economists analysing recent sales of key enterprises said yesterday that a major structural shift was
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      Lock icon Hiroshima remembers
      42 10 [HIROSHIMA] Children laying flowers in front of a cenotaph at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in prayer for the atomic bomb victims yesterday, the 52nd anniversary of the bombing of the city. About 45,000 people participated in the ceremony. REUTER
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      Monsanto to beef up IT infrastructure
      359 10  -  SINGAPORE USsUndeilflpMl with IBM, SSA and Arthur Andersen By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] US chemicals giant Monsanto Company yesterday signed a US$l6 million ($23.5 million) contract in Singapore to beef up its information technology infrastructure in 13 countries in Asia-Pacific. The contract will run for
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      Lock icon German finance minister presses for vital tax reforms
      323 10 I BONN Failure fuelling political disaffection and mockery: Waigel FT THEO Waigel, Germany's Finance Minister, has delivered a sharp warning that Germany was fuelling political disaffection at home and mockery abroad, by failing to implement vital economic reforms. In a bitter speech
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      Lock icon US seeks exemption from EU ban
      132 10 BRUSSELS Bloomberg THE US said it should be exempted from a European Union extension of a ban on products that could spread "mad cow" disease because the decision would unfairly hurt US exports of tallow and related products. "We don't see why a disease
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      18 10 Home Decor -For people who love their homes Young Parents When you want the best for your children
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Brown putting UK on road to recession
      820 11  -  THB BOTTOM LOVE OPINION By Neil Behrmann The writer is BT's London corresponden BRITISH Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown says time and time again that flie Labour government will create jobs. Unfortunately, however, his economic policies are already causing unemployment 1 9
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      116 11 'Politics is like a drug. When properly used, it can benefit mankind. If misused, it can destroy us.' Afeaai Fwii Waa Safleh a Malaysian lawyer and politician on the perception that politics is dirty. The consumer seeks a real wow.' -WabußGaapMl Citicorp's head of consumer banking worldwide,
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      Siege in the Middle-East
      655 11 EDITORIAL COMING so soon after it sealed its borders to Palestinians and cut off West Bank cities, Israel's decision to withhold transfer payments that are owed to the Palestinian Authority under their 1994 Paris reve-nue-sharing protocol just about closes the book on the Oslo peace process.
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      Lock icon Cleaning up Japan Inc
      1156 11  -  Tekyemastbeseento tackle corruption and make firms provide more information as Big Bang nears By, Andrew Pollack THE WORD for an auditor in Japanese is "kansa-yaku". But people here Jokingly call them "kansan-yaku", meaning a do-nothing job. Pity the corporate auditors in Japan. The lack of respect
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      798 11 Wu Tote of c onlldsnce In HE LI Ka-shing's two-pronged attack on Jardine is a major vote of confidence in the future of Hongkong. Those who believed it would be business as normal after the handover have been proved right by his choice of this moment
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Corolla set to have its day again
      698 12  -  Revamped model's performance and comfort make it hard for ohrihtuphuh tak to part company with it after a week-long test-drive CHRISTOPHER TAN Toyota Motor Corp launched the first Corolla in 1966. In the three decades since, the world has snapped up over 24
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      Rare treat for F-1 enthusiasts in town
      278 12  -  By\ Christopher Tan FOR a taste of Formula One racing the pinnacle of motor sports head for Takashimaya Square, where an F-l exhibition is on till Sunday. The highlight of the display is a replica of the West McLaren Mercedes MP 4/12, the
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    • BUMPER for BUMPER
      • Article
        Jaguar sales up record 30% in 1st half
        68 12 JAGUAR sales havsrieen by per cent to 21,977 units in j tlwflrstste months—its beet half ysar this decade. Hi sports oars set an all-time record gfMB6 units, 0r242 per j oent higher than the same period in 1986. pemand in Qermeny. the
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        Nissan develops new valve system
        57 12 NIBBAN Motor has developed a thre+etags variable valve u > lift and timing system that optimises the opening/doeing A and lift of the intake asid exhaust vahree according to operating conditions. To be incorporated into its lJ and 2.0-litre four-cylinder engines, the system improves torque
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        Honda unveils technical innovations
        70 12 HONDA Which has long smphasissd performance and —"I drtetngpisaeurs, is incorporating in ha llneqpssertee of technicannnovationa that could make BMW green with M envy. They are: sfto-D&k wishbone rsar suspension for bettsrstabtßty«vd comfort; a new slsUik j plus variable fsar ratio system tor better steering j
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        Elegant,with to beet
        53 12 THE sedan verskm of the Renault Megane is here. Called** the MegwieClaseic, the 1.6-Mre tour-door completes the Megane range. The others are the five-door hatchback, Megane Coupe, and the recently launched Scenic Monospace. Besides its elegant styling, the Classic boasts one of the largest boots around (apparently
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        Leisure drives,anyone?
        84 12 LEISURE driving events are getting popular among corporations, some of which are orgintsingsuch tripe rt/S (usually up to Malaysia) as team-building sTCisee. As the togistics involved can be daunting, many leave the hasek to professional organisers. Auto adventure firm Wheels for Fun Beakies has put together drives tor
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        Parallel importers eye Suzuki
        69 12  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan FIRST Nissan, then Toyota, Mitsubism ana nonaa. now, parallel importers are targeting Suiuki. One grey dealer has brought in a flve-door version of the Wagon R, one of the first micro-cars distributed by Inchcape's Champion Motors and which spawned a following tor
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      Lock icon A chat with friends
      700 14 SHOW BUSINESS Jourifar Aniston tells of her new movie and 'corse' which seems to dog Friends stars Bridge News "STARRING me?" she queried, with her best gee-whiz attitude. "It seems faintly other worldly but, hey, if this is this world, then IH take it." Jennifer Aniston,
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      809 13 TV&RADXO 11 m Savannah. 7JO TamilSeithi News(V- IJ,lUltdI IWPBPBmWP i« mm. \+xx I Worship His 8.00 Berita 12. 2.00 PM TV Innovations. Shadow (Pt 2): The divine &30 Festival Filem ICI Dulux: j—'■ 2.30 The Winners. shadow is finally defeated Layar 12 Nuansa Bl- MMSOk i 3.00 Money, Money, Money.
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      265 13 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 A French couple needed to re5 Dummies found in ruined sofa 9 Government with main tradi- HI Hjf tions for reform (14) 11 Stray cardinal has a condition? 18 Tested the sharpness of sword HH iH and pen (4,3) 22 Many didn't drink after time Ih 23
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      1106 14 II 0 DBS BANK I 1 THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) If Ik A3 Shareholders I I The Board of Directors of The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd wishes to make the following announcement; 1 I 1. UNAUDITH) RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS
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      787 14 GB HOLDINGS LIMITED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company wi be held at the Company's Registered Office, 26 Jalan Terusan, Jurong Town, Singapore *****1 on Wednesday 27 August 1997 at 10.00 am to transact the following business: 1) To receive and consider the Directors'
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      DBS Bank interim profit up 13%
      546 15  -  It raises interim dividend-the first time in 16 years-to nine cents By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank yesterday posted a healthy 13 per cent rise in group net profit to $358.3 million for the first halfyear on the back of strong loans growth
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      Sri Dhana suspension will ease acquisition
      352 15 [SINGAPORE] The suspension of finance company Sri Dhana will actually facilitate DBS Bank's process of acquiring a majority stake in it, DBS Bank president Ng Kee Choe said yesterday. And although the bank has made loans to five of the 42 finance companies suspended
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      Odd how the market prices Acma's entrepreneurship
      819 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy WHAT price entrepreneurship in the local stock market? Ask diversified mainboard company Acma Ltd this question and the answer will probably be "not much". Investors, after first liking the entrepreneurial play Acma represents, have now seen fit to
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      OCBC said to be bearish about economic recovery
      407 15  -  Loans growth may hit single-digit levels, it teUs analysts By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] OCBC Bank is bearish about economic recovery in the second half and has told analysts that domestic loans growth could, in a worstcase scenario, fall to singledigit levels.
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      Lock icon HPL interim net earnings jump 24.5% to $13.3m
      265 15  -  Property group expects second half to be comparable By. Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Hotel Properties Ltd yesterday reported a 24.5 per cent rise in net profit to $13.3 million for the half year ended June 30. Turnover for the group was up 17.1
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        Australand posts 8.6% rise in interim net profit
        359 16  -  DBS Land unit aiming to beat forecast As4&3m fall-year pre-tax profit By* Abdul Hadhi (SINGAPORE] Australand Holdings yesterday posted an 8.6 per cent rise in interim group net earnings to Asl2 million (Ssl3 million), and said it expected to surpass its forecast
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        Labroy to tap US$60m
        154 16 [SINGAPORE] Labroy Marine will raise US$6O million (SsBB million) from the capital markets through a five-year transferable loan facility (TLF). In conjunction with the TLF, it will issue 41 million warrants to shareholders on the basis of one warrant for every five shares held. DBS Bank
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        Lock icon Jardine Group stocks still hogging the limelight
        369 16  -  By Louis Beckerling [SINGAPORE] Jardine Group shares and warrants yesterday again dominated activity on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, topping both volume and price-gain charts. But after a strong morning session, some profit-taking resulted in prices retreating from their day's highs. At a
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        Goldtron unit set to double sales to $50m this year
        246 16  -  By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Homegrown Goldtron Telecommunications (GT), a 75 per cent-owned subsidiary of mainboardlisted Goldtron, is set to double its sales to $50 million this year. It is also gunning for net profits of $5 million. Managing director
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        Scrap dual listing, adopt single quote
        336 16  -  LETTERS TO EDITOR Denis Distant I REFER to Lee Han Shih's article "Time to scrap the dual listing of Foreign and Local shares" (Hock Lock Slew, Aug 5) and totally agree with his views on this anomaly since locals can also buy "Foreign" shares
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        No data leaks before results release: IPC
        302 16  -  K K Teo Director, IPC WE refer to the article in the Hock Lock Slew column headed "Price-sensitive disclosures: crucial to ensure fair play" by R Sivanithy published on Aug 1. Please note that IPC has at all times been vigilant to ensure
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        MPHB chief's wife seeks M$500m, half of assets
        307 16  -  IHfe, in divorce cross-petition, seeks the l|ssoom from his companion: reports From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur ANOTHER Malaysian tycoon has become embroiled in a potentially expensive divorce case. Lim Thian Kiat, chief executive of listed Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd, has filed a
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        Republic Hotel profit falls 31% despite its bullish forecast
        331 16 [SINGAPORE] Main boardlisted Republic Hotels Resorts yesterday posted a 31.1 per cent drop in first-half net profit to $6.97 million, despite its expectations of better performance this year. The poor showing was mainly due to losses by its newly-opened Millennium hotel
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        SHC cancels $285m Surabaya venture
        185 16 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Industrial Corp (STlC)has cancelled a proposed $285 million industrial park joint venture in Surabaya, Indonesia, following a "detailed technical study". The government-linked conglomerate said yesterday it had decided not to proceed with the project based on the study's result. Its memorandum of
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          DBS Securities director to join DBS
          60 16 [SINGAPORE] DBS Securities director of research Mano Sabnani will leave the firm soon to take up a new post in private banking in DBS Bank. DBS Securities is the stockbroking subsidiary of DBS Bank. DBS officials said an official announcement on the date of
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          Keppel Fels signs 2nd jack-up contract
          48 16 (SINGAPORE] Keppel Pels has signed its second new construction jack-up contract this year, in excess ofUS$6O million (S$BBJ2 million), with Chilee Offehore of Texas. It Involves construction of a LeToumeau Super 116 class jack-up drilling rig, expected to be delivered In 1999.
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          Sing Investments interim up 22%
          56 16 (SINGAPORE] Sing Investments Finance posted a net profit of $2 J million far the half year ended June 30, up 22 per cent from the previous half year. Turnover slipped 5.6 per cent to $15.56 million. Earnings per share is 5.21 cents while net tangible
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          RDC first-half net profit up 37.45%
          64 16 [SINGAPORE] Resources Development Corporation, the listed arm of SembCorp, registered a net profit of $9.5 million for the half year ended June 30. The 37.45 per cent improvement was attributed to profits from its residential properties at Ardisia Gardens. The impending closure of the
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        Lock icon Cathay Pacific's interim profit a poor HK$1.06b
        496 17  -  Weak summer travel, currency fluctuations among factors blamed for poor showing From, Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong CATHAY Pacific Airways yesterday turned in a set of weak results for the first half of this year, below even the lower end of analysts' projections.
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        Lock icon Apple rolls out souped-up servers, printers, monitors
        369 17 Software for developing Macintosh programs upgraded Bloomberg [BOSTON] Apple Computer unveiled faster computers, sleeker printers and sharper monitors aimed at corporate and sophisticated users, as the struggling computer maker tries to entice new customers and keep its old ones happy. It also introduced
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        Lock icon Cisco fourth-quarter profit rises 34%, matching forecasts
        331 17 Bloomberg [SAN JOSE, California] Cisco Systems Inc's fiscal fourthquarter profit rose 34 per cent, matching expectations, as sales growth picked up and profit margins held firm. Cisco's profit excluding charges and gains rose to U*****.2 million (*****.5 million), or 55 US cents a
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        Lock icon Pru tackles mis-selling as earnings rise
        278 17 Reuter [LONDON] Britain's largest life insurance company Prudential Corp pic yesterday announced a steep rise in provisions to cover the costs of its review into pension mis-sell-ing in the late 1980s and early *****. It said provisions would rise to £450 million (551.06 billion),
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        Lock icon Intel, SAP in Internet commerce venture
        387 17 Pandesic system will allow firms to sell goods on the Net FT. Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Intel, the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer, and SAP America, the US arm of the German business software group, are forming a joint venture to offer business systems linked to
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        Lock icon Shrinking handphones
        56 17 [TOKYO] Japan's Sanyo Electric Co Ltd released this handout picture yesterday showing the industry's smallest and lightest Personal Handy-phone System (PHS) handset, PHS-P221 "Pascal". Pascal, 11 cm long, 4 cm wide and 1.6 cm thick and weighing 68 g including the battery, will be put on market from
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        Dickson ties up with int'l brands
        317 17  -  They include Brooks Brothers, Coach, Ferrari and Polo From Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong DICKSON Concepts (International) Ltd has signed agreements with international brands as part of its expansion even as it goes over the books for its US$l3O million (SSI9I million) takeover of
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        JVC's Indon plant to boost its output in Asia
        287 17  -  By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Consumer electronics firm Victor Company of Japan (JVC) plans to boost its manufacturing network in Asia with its latest addition in Indonesia as part of its strategy to focus on Asia's growing markets. Production from the plant
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        Nicholas-Applegate doubles its non-US funds to US$1.3b
        503 18  -  Farther doubling expected over the next few years with new Asian arm By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] US-based Nich-olas-Applegate has more than doubled the amount of non-US funds it manages to US$l.3 billion (Ssl.9 billion) following its acquisition of Credit Lyonnais' Asia-Pacific asset
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        Lock icon Stanchart wins and loses on forex
        438 18 Strong hits interim results but bank sees big profits from East Asia forex trading Reuter, AFP [LONDON] Standard Chartered pic, the London-based bank with a big Asia-Pacific region franchise, yesterday reported first-half pre-tax profits of £435 million (Ssl billion), seriously affected by the strength
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        Lock icon NatWest Markets interim profit dives
        293 18 Reuter [LONDON] Britain's National Westminster Bank pic on Tuesday revealed the parlous state of its investment banking arm Nat West Markets, which saw its first half pre-tax profits tumble to £58 million from £219 million in the previous first half. While this included the already
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        Thai telecom firm AIS secures US$93m syndicated loan
        422 18  -  Deal is first major offshore loan here by Thai firm since crisis By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Advanced Info Service (AIS), a leading Thai cellular telephone company, has clinched a syndicated deal here with 12 banks to raise US$93 million (*****.3 million)
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        Lock icon Aetna's Q2 net income slides 20%
        153 18 Reuter [NEW YORK] Aetna Inc. one of the biggest US health insurance companies, posted sec-ond-quarter profits that disappointed investors on Tuesday and scaled back its growth projections for the year. Investors drove its stock down more than 12 per cent. The Hartford, Connecticutbased company's
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        Lock icon Euroyen subsides on Nikkei gains
        216 18 SIMM JL Report Reuter [SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures subsided yesterday as players cashed in some of their recent gains following a late bout of short-cov-ering in the Nikkei. Dealers said the Japanese interest rate market remained on an uptrend amid
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        Futures hit by tighter interest rates
        164 18  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES -By I Perry Gilbert Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE) The Simex MSCI Taiwan futures contract weakened slightly due to tighter interest rate conditions affecting the corporate profits of leading electronic companies. The tighter interest rates also dampened participation in
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        Lock icon Crude steady as stockpile seen rising
        260 18 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK) Petroleum futures were little changed amid expectations that an industry group would report US crude oil inventories rose last week while gasoline supplies fell. The American Petroleum Institute was expected to report that crude oil inventories rose 2.1 million
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        266 18 AFP London THE US dollar was off its best levels against the mark in late trade here as a result of profittaking after the US currency hit a new eight-year high of 1.8910 earlier in the session, dealers and analysts said. According to Bankers Trust economist Michael Scarlotos,
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      1689 19 mmemmmm'Mmm im Nn 31 Group 456 -3 AS Ports 2*4 -1400 Apppy National 762 -M UMDomcq 440 -2400 Ainac 142.400 3400 Ai4* Group »45 -U00 HTM 506.400 -3 Mnc 24* MOO MCC .145 16.400 BOC Croup 1145 16.600 B«Potretaun» 889.200 27.600 6TR 1*6.400 unch Sank o< Scotland
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      1570 19 AFP Qnu» ****** JAPANESE share prices closed one per cent higher yesterday as bargain-hunting revived the market after three consecutive days of declines, brokers said. "With the improvemerit in sentiment, the Nikkei-22S Index is likely to continue rising towards 20,500 points in the near term," a broker at a
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      1623 20 Reuter fl Hang Seng ♦170.08 HONGKONG'S Hang Seng In dex climbed 170.08 points, or 1.04 per cent, to a record close of 16,541.60 yesterday on renewed interest in property stocks and record-breaking turnover, brokers said. Market activity was centred chiefly on blue chip property stocks and China plays, both
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      666 20 Reuter n Shenzhen B Index -L 49 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B Share Index closed down yesterday, dragged lower by weakness on the domestic A share market, analysts said. The B Share Index lost 1.49 points or 1.13 per cent to 129.96 on turnover of HK$46 million against HK$34 million
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      364 20 AFP □WPMn -5&21 AN ONGOING consolidation on heavyweight electrical and financial shares pushed the Taiwan stock market down 0.6 per cent yesterday, brokers said. "As market leading electrical plays performed weakly, investors refrained from increasing shareholdings," said Lei Pei-yu of Pacific Securities Co Ltd. Tuesday's sell-offs by institutional investors
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      256 20 AFP n Wellington -IL2 THE New Zealand share market closed down 0.4 per cent yesterday on turnover of $57 million. The NZSE-40 Capital Index was down 11.2 to 2,532.71. km* Ml (000) ANZ Banking 12.10 -0.10 ***** MNMMO» Hioqs 1.01 -0.01 8500 Air No* 2»«lond (A) 3.05 -0.07 *****2
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      817 20 AFP P SET Intel -13J6 THAI share prices dropped 2.0 per cent yesterday amid investor gloom, as traders took stock of the closure of another 42 finance firms the previous day, analysts said. The central bank said on Tuesday it had already sunk 430 billion baht into the 58
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      403 20 AFP nCompoate latex +4.7» SHARE prices closed 0.6 per cent higher on the Korea Stock Exchange yesterday on the back of institutional buying of cyclical large-caps and strong second liners, dealers said. Shares recovered the lost ground, eventually closing higher, brokers said. "We are seeing a continued technical rebound
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      589 20 AFP >115 AUSTRALIAN share prices rose 0.7 per cent yesterday with industrial stocks leading gains across the board. The Australian Stock Exchange's main indicator, the All Ordinaries Index, gained 19.5 points to 2,727.1. The All Resources rose 10.2 points to 1,436.8, while the All Industrials closed up 31.5 points
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      729 20 AFP n Composite Index -14-02 SHARE prices closed 2 per cent lower yesterday with investors lightening their exposure to blue-chip stocks as part of a broad market consensus that depreciation of the rupiah and regional currency problems will continue in the longer term, dealers said. "Basically we are now
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      Lock icon MANILA
      288 20 AFP ♦ias9 PHILIPPINE share prices rose 0.7 per cent yesterday on a technical rally, analysts said. "It is mostly technical. I don't think it is going to last for too long." said Javier Barredo of Solar Securities Inc. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 18.59 points to close
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        Lock icon Local funds help shore up market
        179 21 AFP rl Composite fate 4W MALAYSIA'S key stock index closed 0.7 per cent higher yesterday in volatile trade with local institutions supporting blue chips stocks. "Local funds stepped up support later in the session and stemmed the slide in prices," a dealer said. The
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        Tuan Sing warrants: Profitable strategy exists despite time decay
        179 22  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy TODAY, we look at the warrant issued by property firm Tuan Sing Holdings and find there is an interesting investment possibility. The first thing to note is that Tuan Sing's warrant expires in about six months'
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      1930 22 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Of Or M«7 Last V* Day LadtOudta W* W* YM Nj« MC* High L— Stwo Campawr <•«»' Hm. Law —V«f Cw P/I W 478 269 m s 5000 AIS8 50c 273 *3 65 273 269 271 274 5.0 4 9 137 81 mi 5001 AM0650C 83
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        1240 23 TURNOVER COOO) VAllIC COOO) Main Clob TtO tto* CUt TtUi I ''industrial 91.606 16.793 108,399 264.866 ».6tt «."*lnanc« 6.332 7.639 14.021 ".429 t4,687 66.T17 «<>«•« 2 0«2 843 2.925 4.322 U67 M» ProwtrtiM 56,900 8.788 65.688 212.433 0388 22X821 >* Plantation 3.578 3.578 6,742 6.742 uinino 436 436 634 634
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        213 24 Steda HK Land USKk 49,015,000 HKL RFWt*****3 18.890.000 JMH US25c 400 W,363,000 JSHUS5c500 7,275,000 JSH Wt96 6.850,000 Asia FoodtProp 5,725,000 OairyF US 5c 5.254,000 A8R HWqs 5c 5.184,000 FHTK HWqs 20c 4,563,000 SinqTei «c 3.972,000 Stnda HK Land USIOc 164.432.060 JMHUS25c400 84.4V4.336 JSH US5c 500 31,247.444 OBS Foreign 24.523,010 City
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        Lock icon Takeover talk continues to propel Jardine stocks
        682 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMKEMTABY Sesdaq index jumps 4%, benefiting from rotational flow of fonds ont of the market's other segments By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The shares of the Jardine stable of companies continued their upward march on various Chi-na-linked or takeover rumours yesterday, while
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        HOT STOCK
        70 24  -  -ty Ven Sreenivasan INDONESIAN-amtroUed Van der Hant ram strongly by 14 cents to &S8 yesterday, but it fixes resistance in the immediate future. The shorHBM RSI i* MIU tn neutral position while the MACD suggests that** stock will trend sideways within a tight band aivemi the $2.60 level
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          The Citi never sleeps
          158 24 CITIBANK recently got into a spot of trouble in Taiwan with an overly aggressive marketing tactic. It ran an advertising campaign offering free tripe to Macau for new subscribers of its credit cards. More than 100,000 people applied but Citibank only managed to fly 40,000 of
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          Out to launch
          127 24 "FROM the stupendous view of an exclusive lunch club. Singapore stretches leafy and sun-drenched to an inexplicably grey sea. So little has changed since the last time. And yet so much has." The portentous opening words of a novel of epic sweep? Or the start of a
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          Impact of PCC's rate cut
          107 24 IN ITS latest telecommunications review, ING Barings has forecast accounting rates for US routes for Singapore Telecom to foil 10 per cent from the current USSOJ» per minute to US$O.BO. THE US'Federal Communications Commission is currently negotiating with a number of Asian countrieeto lower accounting
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          Getting artay
          102 24 WHO said that ftindmanagsra are boring, booriah big beer drinkers with few akills other than an exceptional ability to speed-read the Bloomberg machine. We have just received an invitation from Gajak Gallery for the opening of Prop Art 1906 today. The event is being sponsored by Aberdeen Asset
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          Some are more than others
          126 24 1—- r m *a AT A press conference to announce his acquisition of troubled American store Barney's, Hongkong retsDar Dickson Poo® was rattling off details and mimbsrs in the complicated deal, leaving harried journalists to catch up with him. His aidss would not hand out
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      158 16 This announcement appears for the purpose of record only August 1997 4 SHDWPLA SHOWPLA ASIA LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 27 June 1977) RENOUNCEABLE RIGHTS ISSUE OF 80,000,000 new ordinary shares of par value 550.25 each In the capital of the Company ("Rights Shares") at US$O.l9 for
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      42 20 MONT® BLANC Available at MONTBLANC BOUTIQUES Singapore: Ngee Ann City #01 32 Raffles City #01-3 7 A Millema Walk #0 MONTBLANC CORNER: Sincere Watch Limited #01-013/015 Sontec City Mall. MONTBLANC SHOP IN SHOP: Dam MONTBLANC SERVICE CENTRE: Ngee Ann City #01 32
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      328 24 To advertise call toll-free 1800-*****83 BUSINESS Notices NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Jeannie Ng of 10G #06-26 Braddell Hill Singapore *****6, have applied for a Public House, First Class (Extended) Licence in respect of M/s Uncle Tom's Cabin Karaoke Pub located at 138 East Coast Road Singapore *****8, and
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      323 24 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Chan Wai Mo Louis of 36 Leonie Hill #12-02 Singapore *****0, have applied for a Wholesale Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s Selective Wines Pte Ltd located at 391 A Orchard Road #09-08 Ngee Ann City Tower A Singapore *****3, and that this
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      294 25 Bridge News Reuter A FIRMER tone was evident for capesizes in both the Atlantic and the Pacific with vessels fixed in at improved levels and an increase in enquiry in the Atlantic, brokers said. The Biffex market found more stability again without the accustomed support from a rising
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      384 25  -  SEUJKBM OH SAFETY OF CREW AMD SHIPS AT SEA He warns shipowners against treating it as international waters By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] There are "no international waters" in the Singapore Strait as all of it comes completely under the territorial waters
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      296 25 Lloyd's List [TOKYO] Japanese shipping lines face massive fines when calling at US ports from September after Tokyo-sponsored talks on port practices in Japan failed to meet a July 31 deadline set by Washington. At the last session
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      36 25 [HAMBURG] Europe's biggest floating crane from the German company Harms Bergung being used to mount a 45-tonne crane on the quay wall at the Gerd Buss Afrika Terminal of the Port of Hamburg.
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      674 25  -  SHIPSHAPE By' Yong Mei Fong THE newly-appointed chairman of the Singapore National Shippers Council (SNSC), John Lu, is mildmannered but he will not hesitate to put his foot down when he has to. Such as when he feels that shippers
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      260 25  -  Keppel Fels unit to deliver rig in second half of 1999 By] Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Amfels, the wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Fels, has bagged a construction jack-up drilling rig contract worth over US$6O million (5588.2 million) from Chiles Offshore of
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      264 25  -  By] Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Canadian Pacific Limited has completed its US$34 million (5549.9 million) acquisition of US-based Lykes Bros Steamship Co's container division, the group said. The acquisition includes the Lykes Line brand name, organisation, container fleet and main vendor contracts. CP said
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        85 25 Reuter [LONDON) Evergreen Marine Corp (Taiwan) Ltd said it had taken delivery of the first In a series of 10 large containership9 from Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. A statement issued by Evergreen s European headquarters in Hamburg said the ship, Ever Dainty,
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        63 25 Reuter (OSLO] Norwegian shipping group Leif Hoegh Co ASA said it had ordered a US$57 million (SsBa.B million) car carrier to be built at Poland's Stocznia Gdynia SA. The ship is to be delivered in June 1999 and the contract includes an option for
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        57 25 Reuter [SHANGHAI! Shanghai's port handled 1.12 million tonnes of containers in the first half 0f1997, a year-on-year increase of 31 per cent, the official Xinhua news agency said. That figure was expected to rise to atotal of 2.3 million tonnes for the year. Xinhua
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      975 26 LOS AXOBLBB PORT: PRIVATISING PILOTAGE Pilots' insistence on staying unionised is the main sticking point as the pnvate sector considers running port s pilotage Journal of Commerce STRIKING Los Angeles port pilots are moving inexorably towards privatisation, but they will work for a private company
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        177 39 AagT Colombia Anniversary of Battle of Boyaca. Ivory Coast: National Day. South Africa Sikukuu ya Wakulima. Singapore: National Day. South Africa National Women's Day. Aagtt Thailand: The Queen's Birthday. Aa«lS Franc*: Assumption Day. Belgium: Assumption Day. Aug 17 Indonesia: Independence Day. Aa4(3B Hong Kong: Liberation Day. Philippines: National
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        837 39 THIS report, compiled by C°ck*tt M*rtne OU Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars Instead of single price* for a more comprehensive description of the market Price* shown are based on average stem Market movements are lndtcat ed The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        303 39 CwftM NO MB **2-9 0-9 K.4 0.07 75 0.07 DmhKt Batar tlilltil Art AtaaMaa Sathmt MrttwE2S 3 0 I 0 0 0 31 ——J =12 310 Aw *7.0 0.2 12.5 0.06 39 0.02 V* 3M mw ma oj n.6 0.12 0.09 M/In M/H «H/N MM mm
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        312 40 Reuter [ATLANTA] United Parcel Service and its 185,000 striking Teamster members were under pressure to restart stalled labour talks yesterday as the effects of the three-day-old work stoppage rippled through the US economy. Labour Secretary Alexis Herman spoke to UPS chief executive James
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        158 40 AFP [TOKYO] Isuzu Motors Ltd has decided to delay the start-up of construction of its second truck plant in Thailand due to slowing demand, a company official said. Isuzu had initially planned to start construction of the second truck plant this year.
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        553 40  -  Important to keep Boeing from becoming too dominant: Virgjn chairman By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Airbus Industrie won orders from Air Canada and Virgin Atlantic Airways for 26 planes worth US$4 billion (Sss.B billion), scoring a victory over Boeing Co on the very
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        Lock icon Korean Air jumbo with 254 people crashes in Guam
        347 40 Bloomberg [AGANA, Guam] A Korean Air jumbo jetliner carrying 254 people crashed in heavy rain while trying to land on the Pacific island of Guam. The South Korean Foreign Ministry said only 30 people survived the crash, making it the second-worst
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        328 40 Pakistani airline aims to reverse decline in profit Reuter [KARACHI] The state-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), faced with declining profits, says it plans to cut operational expenses and improve services to boost revenues. "There are many reasons for declining profits," PIA chairman
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        Lock icon New KL airport's opening postponed
        166 40 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The opening of Malaysia's Ms9-billion (Sss billion) new KL International Airport in Sepang near here will be postponed, reports said yesterday. The scheduled start-up date of Jan 1 will be pushed back but no longer than three months, said Transport Minister Ling
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          Lock icon Duesseldorf airport incurs loss due to fire
          82 40 Reuter [DUESSELDORF, Germany] The April 1996 fire at Duesseldorf airport led to losses of 107.7 million marks (5164.4 million) in 1996 for the airport operating company compared to profit of 36 million marks the previous year, the group said. Sales in 1996 fell
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          Lock icon Toyota's Aussie unit to boost exports
          97 40 Bernama-Kyodo [NAGOY A] The chairman of Toyota Motor Corp told an Australian cabinet member that he thinks Toyota's Australian subsidiary will double exports by 2000 from the 1966 level, company sources said. Shoichiro Toyoda made the estimate when he met John Moore, Australia's Minister
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          Lock icon Guangxhon expects road deal this month
          67 40 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Guangzhou vice mayor Chen Kaixhi said he expects a deal between Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd and Hopewell Holdings Ltd to build part of a ring road to be signed this month. The South China Morning Post quoted Mr Chen as saying
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          85 40 Reuter [TOKYO] Sales of imported cars in Japan fell for the fourth straight month in July after the government raised the consumption tax 2 percentage points. Sales of imported autos in Japan fell 25.6 per cent in July to 31,354, the Japan Automobile Importers
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1447 40 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD MOW 280 MOW «C MM* OF* 1130 QF8Z 2055 Ho CM MM YH741 13W SOJ72 0930 SO 229 2220 S017I 1420 SOT74 MM Aastartaa IUJ43 0455 KL838 2300 Jjgg »05 YH740 WW 0125 0655 012* 2355 743 1,0 so£ 0655 m
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        Lock icon Aeroflot eyes former Soviet markets
        202 40 Reuter [MOSCOW] Aeroflot Russia's international airline said it was seeking to reestablish routes within Russia and neighbouring republics lost when the former Soviet monopoly was broken up in 1992. Leonid Mokhov, Aeroflot's deputy head of marketing, said that the airline planned to double the number
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