The Business Times, 6 November 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 02JV12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    M'sia wafer fab plans hit by suspended project
    1009 1  -  freeae on US$L2b Sarawak plant means only 2 of 5 fobs planned have taken off By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's ambitious wafer fabrication plans have taken another hit with the recent suspension of a Sarawak joint venture, Interconnect Technology. The US$l.2 billion
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    Concern rises as Suharto's kin challenge bank closures
    1056 1  -  Stocks, rupiah retreat on fears that govt may roQ hack order on bank closures From S N Vasuki in Jakarta WHILE technocrats in the Indonesian government are drawing strong praise for not showing any favouritism towards members of the First Family in
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    Volatility eases as stocks recover
    254 1  -  By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Volatility in the region's stock markets yesterday showed signs of slowing down. Trading was mixed and relatively quiet. News of a better-than-expected Malaysian September trade surplus helped cushion earlier losses for both the Singapore and Malaysian markets and led to a
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    Lock icon Chuan set to be Thai PM as new coalition takes shape
    441 1  -  Democrats poised to lead NAP and Chart Tliai in new atiguneot From] Harish Mehta in Bangkok A NEW Thai coalition government started taking shape yesterday, with opposition leader and former premier Chuan Leekpai expected to return as prime minister.
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      118 1 The Housing and Devetopment Board will Mid affordable studio fiaie ir the ekfarly, with the fir* units expected to be ready in the Year 3000, said Minister for National Development Lim Hng KHmiifiday,y»a wOOS Br ms n» forthcoming meeting between Prtoe MtnfTf—• Goh Chok Toog and his Malaysian counterpart U&ytLiTjtaSJa
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      26 1 S Korea heading/or deeper crisis than Asean, Pg 7 A new cause that unites the G-15, Pg 7 More reports on Markets in Turmoil, Pg 7
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      255 1 M AUDEMARS PIGUET The master watchmaker. «THE FINEST WATCH IN THE WORLD WILL ONLY BE WORN BY EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE.» Jules-Louis Audemars, EdwardAuguste Piguet, 1875. Garry Kasparov is the Audemars Piguet ambassador because he too strives for excellence. He wears a Royal Oak because he knows that 9 even for a
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      8 1 Hmtjt toll of Thai politics, Editorial Pg 13
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Kan Seng stated a fact about HDB Upgrading: Hng Kiang
      220 2 HpME Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng was simply stating trie facts when he said the government may have to slow the upgrading programme for public housing estates if there i$ an economic downturn, said Notional Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang
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      Suzhou park attracts US$90m new projects
      258 2  -  Biggest investment of USs4sm tones from S'pore consortium Frances Lui THREE new industrial and commercial projects worth a total of US$9O million (*****.5 Trillion) for the China-Singa-ppre Suzhou Industrial Park were signed at the Jiangsu Investment Fair in Hongkong yesterday. The largest investment of
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      Trial run for multi-function smart credit card
      301 2  -  w Toh Han Shih A SMART credit card offering secure shopping over the Internet and a customer loyalty programme plus the potential to provide many more services was showcased in Singapore yesterday. The so-called Select (Smart Electronic Loyalty E-Com-merce Transaction) card will in
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      HDB to build studio apartments for elderly
      440 2  -  Total ofsBo pilot phase units in four locations expected to be ready in year 2000 By< Abdul Hadhi THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) will build affordable studio apartments for the elderly, with the first units expected to be ready In the year
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      Pinevale sees 15% drop in applications for exec condos
      324 2  -  By] Diana Oon APPLICATIONS for the latest executive condominium, Pinevale in Tampines, dropped by 15 per cent compared p Chestervale, the last EC project marketed in August The due to higher prices and weaker sentiment, observers said. Still, the response to
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      Lock icon October may see double-digit drop in visitor arrivals
      349 2  -  Pollution from base, oil spill put off holiday-makers By. Audrey Tan SUN, sand and sea proved less of a draw in October as holi-day-makers shunned a region hit by smog pollution and an oil spill. As a result, Singapore's visitor arrivals may
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      Lock icon F&B shake-out continues in Aug
      355 2  -  eye on the economy Commerce By] Frances Lui THE shake-out in the food beverage (F&B) Industry continued in August. Latest figures from the Singapore Tourist and Promotion Board show there was a net closure of 38 F&B outlets in August, bringing the total number in
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      SMEs from Asean, EU to get together next week
      277 2  -  Matrhmaking eppertedtieefarW firms at 2-day event By. Audrey Tan OVER 300 small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) from Asean and the European Union will meet to discuss opportunities for cooperation next week. The 1997 Asean-EU Parten ariat opens on Monday at the
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      Lloyd Webber's Joseph to be staged next year
      246 2 JOSEPH and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most successful musical extravaganzas, will premiere at the Kallang Theatre on Feb 24 next year. It will be the fourth Andrew Lloyd musical to be staged in Singapore, after Cats in
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      181 3 ■KMneSH HvllwH < I SOME PRIVATE BANKERS BELIEVE THAT I I ALL CLIENTS ARE THE SAME. I I I I B I I 1 I I I WE BELIEVE THAT I I ALL CLIENTS ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT. I Private Banking that each Asian client is very much an individual requiting
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  • FOCUS
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      Going for the chain effect in petrochem
      1299 4  -  Singapore strategy of starting new chemical product chains is paying off with $2b projects in the pipeline By. Ronnie Lim [SINGAPORE! SINGAPORE'S strategy of starting new chemical product chains to create a more integrated petrochemicals/chemicals manufacturing cluster here is paying off. In the
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      169 4 Where to wine, dine and entertain 0 t UJe'ue brought back something that's been missing from Friday nights for quite a while. Style. '^^BR^daMjgy V r j* Step into an era where everything is choreographed to perfection. The sound is Gig Band, the dining is intimate, the dress is lounge
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      213 4 TOEMONET£^ I AMOUNT OFFERED SGD7(X)MIO I I ISSUE CODE N*****0E I I ISSUE DATE 14 NOVEMBER 1997 I MATURITY DATE 15 NOVEMBER 2004 fej, I INTEREST RATE TO BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE I j AVERAGE YIELD OF SUCCESSFUL I "I APPLICATIONS I PRICE TO BE DETERMINED AT THE AUCTION
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      More homes coming up in River Valley
      407 5  -  Three new projects will yield more than 200 apartments at Holt Road, with the first launch in a few weeks' time By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] THREE smallish freehold apartment blocks are coming up at Holt Road, in the River Valley area. The
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      House Hunt
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      KL businessman buys Melbourne office block
      233 5  -  Jason Yeap paying As4omforthe building in the CBD By\ Surinder Singh [SYDNEY] Malaysian businessman Jason Yeap has agreed to pay As4o million (5544.1 million) for an office building in Melbourne's CBD, according to a report In The Australian newspaper here. The vendor, Macquarie Bank,
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      347 5 I CHEN YUAN I I DRAGON PEARL I 1 Tr RIVER VALLEY VIEW I P j Hhrtr V»H»r J.rmn I! /{it; J xr Combined Site Area Appro*. 60,687 sq ft Ii t r E>aa Ratio :it I I BuMng :Up(o3o-storeys I 1• Tenure :FreeMd I ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Hi I I For further
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      77 5 MortgagM't Site! Donl H—l Baat iwyl Good Ma) Brand new 27rsty datacftad wtfi s/pooi beauttJ landscape Just TOP. Auguat 97. FreehoW 17,170 8,379 aq II 7+Ulbdmw.altflachadbatinm. QuaNty finishes, vacant. Auction on 13/11/97 (Thura) Purpose-built Part 1/Part 3 Storey Light Industrial Building Site Area: approx. 44,000 sq ft Build In Area:
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      16 5 GETTO See Sunday QaU** a Sunday Classified ■jwlal mi antkytf*, collectors' items, and arts crafts iAJ
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      164 6 I YOU'VE OOT $710 MILLION TO IMPROVE I I THE LIFE OF THE BUSINESS TRAVELER. I I Ho do you spend it? I I I j 1| r I w H _l-__ fl I I J T 3 j I r v» «y »'I I jSWr fl j m I
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Indian exporters worried as rupee holds steady
      433 7  -  By] Rajendra Bajpai tn New Delhi V INDIAN exporters are deeply concerned by the appreciation of the rupee against SouthjL east Asian currencies, which have plummeted against the US dollar in recent months, fe The Thai baht, Malaysian y ringgit and Indonesian rupiah
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      Lock icon Philippine central bank cuts rates
      104 7 AFP [MANILA] The Philippine central bank yesterday anjg nounced cuts in key rates and opened a lending window to Jl help ease pressure on interest B rates. Central bank managing di--2L rector Amado Tetangco said B the overnight lending rate was cut to 16 per
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      Lock icon Rupiah crisis over, says Suharto
      228 7  -  -*y Yang Razali Kassim [KUALA LUMPUR] President Suharto said Indonesia has overcome the crisis of confidence in the rupiah, as seen in the currency rising from 3,700 two days ago to 3,300 to the US dollar yesterday. He said the show of solidarity by Asean
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      Lock icon Plan to set up system to stabilise Asian markets
      243 7 Bernama [WASHINGTON] Japan, the United States and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) A have agreed in principle to set up a new mechanism to stabi»lise turbulent Asian financial markets, officials said yesterday. The system will incorpoB rate a Japanese government V
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      Lock icon South Korea seen heading for deeper crisis than Asean
      552 7 Costly defence of ww ivuuinc cunu wjiiftCTft oo boding banks, say bankers Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea is plunging deeper into a financial crisis that may soon dwarf those in Thailand and other parts of South-east Asia, bank executives said. A costly
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      A new cause that unites the G-15
      649 7  -  jrv 'f The currency crista In S-B Aria mkleriliiM the relevancy of the group of developing nations By Yang Razali Kassim Leaders of the Gfoupafis nations started their seventh summit with some scepticism about the organisation's future. But by the time it closed
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      PM Goh, Dr M meeting will be good for ties: M'sian minister
      569 8  -  KUALA LUMPUR Causeway problem not serkrasenoagjifbr foreign ministers to intervene, says Abdullah Badawi By' Yang Razali Kassim AN UPCOMING meeting between Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohamad next year will be good for
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      Weaker ringgit may help KL cut '97 trade deficit
      270 8  -  KUALA LUMPUR By Eddie Toh THE weaker ringgit, which boosted Malaysia's trade balance in September, may help the country achieve a lower-than-expected trade deflcit for the year. Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday announced a larger-than-expected trade surplus of 1.21 billion Malaysian
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      Lock icon Philippine court overturns oil price deregulation law
      331 8 MANILA Bloomberg THE Philippine Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a law that ended two decades of state controls on oil prices in February, striking down a pillar of the government's economic reform programme. In a 9-2 decision, the justices ruled the industry must return
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      125 8 Come and Celebrate J WITH US AT SALUT! "Fine wine Food Affair 1997" 2nd Labels of Bordeaux t a 7 v 2 Awine amdfbod tasting sessimt f 2 featuring only the best cfFremh 2 Italian adstne paired with five quality vintages from Bmdttmx, Frame*. X 5 Date: Monday, 17th November
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon HK to lower land prices to meet housing targets
      619 9 HONGKONG Slide in home prices, sales may pat thousands of property agents out of jobs, warn analysts Bloomberg Reuters HONGKONG'S government will sell land to developers at lower prices, as well as make it cheaper for them to develop agricultural land,
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      Lock icon Stanchart boosts HK property market with HK$1.3b buy
      257 9 HONGKONG FT STANDARD Chartered, the international banking group, has given a vote of confidence in Hongkong's economy and property market by announcing it would pay HK11.3 billion (*****.2 million) for new offices in the Special Administrative Region. "This is a clear billion-dol-lar
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      China tightens rules on foreign buying of firms
      419 10  -  SINGAPORE Foreign investors given three months to pay for asset and equity purchases By Lu Ning CHINA has tightened up the time framework for foreign investors to pay for their asset and equity purchases in Chinese enterprises. Foreign investors interested in setting
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      Lock icon Taiwan to unify financial control
      284 10 TAIPEI Reuters Taiwan Premier Vincent Siew yesterday unveiled a plan to unify the island's regiilation of banks, insurance companies and securities firms under a single regulatory agency. "The supervision of banks, insurance companies and securities firms, which is currently handled by separate entities, will be
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      Fresh beginning or false start?
      681 10  -  OBIXiVITOI Bow wfll Slno-US ties tare now that Jiang's vtrtt Is overt By Lu Ning UM thousandJourney starts with m the first step," Chinese i President Jiang Zemin quoted a well-known Chinese saying when he wound up his week-long visit to the US. Although the
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      228 9 CURRENCY VOUmUTY AEDASA-PAOAC SECURITIES MARKETS Organised by Department of Finance and Accounting, NUS In conjunction with The Forex Association of Singapore and The Singapore Foreign Exchange Market Committee Jones Lang Wootton, Of Course. In two deals alone this year, we have closed over one billion dollars worth of property sales.
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      1631 10 I©] [@1 SIN SOON HUAT LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-First Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Conference Room, 19 Jurong Port Road. Singapore *****3 on Frida* the 21st day of November 1997 at 10.00 am for
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Dongbu, IBM in 2 trillion won chips tie-up
      250 11 SEOUL AFP -tSOUTH Korea's Dongbu Group yesterday announced a yffe-up with IBM to produce semiconductor chips under a two trillion won (553.2 billion) "project, raising concerns of Overcapacity in the competitive industry. 21 With IBM technology, Dongbu will produce 64-M and 256-M
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      Lock icon Lanka cuts import duties, offers to holidays in budget
      361 11 COLOMBO Sweeping concessions for agriculture, tourism and electronics AFP SRI Lanka yesterday slashed import duties on vehicles, machinery, gold and textiles, and offered tax holidays to hospitals and hotels in a budget weighed down by high defence expenditure. Justice Minister G
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      Aussie varsity gives S-EA students more time to pay fees
      356 11  -  SYDNEY Move aimed at those facing cost rises in wake of devaluations By\ Surinder Singh THE Asian currency crisis has prompted Queensland University of Technology to defer partial payment of 1996 fees for some new international students. It is the
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      Lock icon Wrong rates timing will mar economy: BOJ
      351 11 TOKYO Easy monetary policy helps raise household incomes, makes economy active Reuters RAISING Japan's interest rates at the wrong time would undermine efforts to restructure the economy, Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Yasuo Matsushita said yesterday. Mr Matsushita told a meeting of business
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      116 11 B V LG A R I te "Wm -"f CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN JEWELLERS an n- >'•% r J' "-V i ml a of ■f x a bub I wm I Ifil H ■KHBIiHHA I J MS s W A Mil -tr>~ i»v K I m Bfe f jSff.&v,;jfc^ «yß|gpp^n |c A«
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Euro could destory European Union, says Soros
      236 12 BONN Reuters GEORGE Soros, the financier who in 1992 is widely believed to have made a billion dollars exploiting rigidities in the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), said yesterday the European single currency could cause the downfall of the European Union itself. "The single
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      Lock icon US 3.5% growth strong, but future unclear: Fed
      323 12 CHICAGO Labour market seen as factor that may slow economy Bloomberg US Federal Reserve governor Susan Phillips said on Tuesday the US economy's 3.5 per cent annual growth rate in the third quarter was "strong", but it was unclear how long the
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      Lock icon US Senate to mull laws to force firms to act on millennium bug
      431 12 WASHINGTON Problem seriotu threat to US economy and may spark global recession: economist FT, Reuters THE US Senate is to consider legislation that would require all public companies to disclose progress in dealing with potential problems resulting
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      Apec-linked business group calls for 'fast track' extension
      496 12  -  WASHINGTON From'. Leon Hadar A MAJOR US business group, representing companies which export to East Asia, has called on the US Congress to extend President Bill Clinton's "Cast track" trade negotiating authority. It argued that such a move would help the US
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      255 12 Enjoy your weekends wkh The Business Times. Subscribe now and be a proud owner of a Motorola GSM StaiTAC" 90 ceMar phone! The weekend edKJon of The Business Times features Hestyie topics art, travel and spedal cublne In addtton to Its thought provoking analyses and commentaries on (he ftnandal maifcets
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Days of sleaze and graft in Europe
      736 13  -  TBS BOTTOMLDTE OPINION By Salil Sarkar The writer is a Paris-baatdJournalist who contributes to BT LET NO ONE claim that corruption is unique to Asian societies. These are the days of sleaze and graft in western Europe. Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's flamboyant media baron,
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      129 13 'A businessman should have a Rolex, a good car, nice clothes.' -SarapeegTOhagkah a Thai defending his foreign-made status symbols although he has lost more than 50 per cent of his business. 4 lf you use the yardstick of 10 sticks per 100 mg, a pollution level of
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      Heavy toll of Thai politics
      608 13 I EDITORIAL THAILAND'S brand of self-destructive politics is taking a heavy toll Millions of middle-class workers are expected to lose their jobs because politicians have grossly mismanaged the economy. And now, the Thai king has been taken ill with worry, the royal physician reported yesterday.
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      Lock icon West's values at fault?
      1017 13  -  Foreign investment helped force domestic savings into property and stocks, leading to asset bubbles By< Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent THE International Herald Tribune newspaper led it* front page one day this week with reports of a "humbled Asia" cowering in the debris
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      Region's high savings go into unproductive sectors
      206 13  -  ifAn.pftT Tan Chin Hwee Singapore via Internet POLITICIANS in the region have repeatedly reminded investors of our strong fundamentals and thus they feel that their countries do not deserve this selling down by overseas funds. Repeatedly, the evidence of our relatively high saving
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      Power plants: the market rules
      335 13  -  email: btletter@asial.com.sg Choo Wai Chan (Mrs) public relations manager Public Utilities Board Singapore I REFER to the letter headlined "Hurry to build power plants is poor policy" by Andrew Chiang (BT, Oct 21). The government has implemented a number of measures to improve energy efficiency
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      190 13 mnniiri Minimi THE long awaited resignation of Thai Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh clearly mirrored the huge epiphany of several months ago: General Chavalit is a senseless and selfish leader who did not take into consideration national interests or the nation's prevailing sentiment. Only his own thoughts
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
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      TV's kooky chef
      1807 14  -  Singapore-born celebrity cook Nancy Lam may have hit big time but success didn't come easy, she tells jaime ee JAIME EE NEXT to her, Julia Child looks like a catatonic old biddy. She makes Martha Stewart look like a Sunday School teacher and Madhur Jaffrey like a
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      Progen receives approval to list on Sesdaq
      320 17  -  Float of ventilation systems manufacturer expected to be launched next week By, Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Homegrown company Progen Holdings Pte Ltd yesterday said it has received in-principle approval to list its shares on Sesdaq. The float, to be lead-man-aged by DBS Bank, is
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      Lock icon M'sian closed-end fund scraps IPO
      283 17 DanaMntiara failed to attract minimom EMlSOin subscription Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Dana Mutiara Bhd, a publicly quoted closed-end fund, on Tuesday became the first local company to cancel an initial public share offer because it failed to •reach a minimum subscription of ISO million Malaysian ringgit
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      Staking their claims in a slumping Aussie sector
      741 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Russell Baker AUSTRALIA'S listed resources sector is scraping rock-bottom at the moment. Falling gold and base metal prices, the feared impact of Asia's financial crisis and general stockmarket uncertainty have seen the shares of many resources companies plunging. But
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      Grand Central sells Sydney property
      331 17  -  Bnt hotel group calls off sale of Wellington property By. Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Hotel Grand Central has found a buyer for a property it owns in Sydney, Australia, but its proposed sale of another in Wellington, New Zealand, has fallen through. The hotel group
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      Informatics interim net earnings up 17% to $4.5m
      280 17  -  (food results spurred by regionalisation efforts, says MD By\ Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Informatics Holdings' net earnings rose by 17 per cent to $4.5 million for the six months ended Sept 30, spurred by its regionalisation push. Group turnover rose 27 per
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      97 17 AFX-Asia [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology said personal computer digital video disk drive orders from its customers are averaging over 100,000 units a month following the launch of the product in March. Creative spokesman Mary Rachel Yee said PC-DVD shipments to the US account for the bulk of
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        MUI buys Plaza on Hyde Park Hotel for £44m
        265 18 M'sia firm closer to becoming global hotel player with deal [KUALA LUMPUR] Malayan United Industries Bhd (MUI) has taken another big step towards becoming a global hotel player, acquiring the Plaza on Hyde Park Hotel in London for £44 million (*****.1
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        Lock icon Telekom earnings will be affected by weak ringgit
        338 18 But company will still post a profit in the year to December, says chief executive AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Current year earnings of Telekom Malaysia Bhd will be affected by the ringgit's sharp decline in recent months, chief executive Mohamed Said Mohamed All
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        Lock icon Court orders Wharf to give up ownership of principal unit
        236 18 Bloomberg, SCMP [HONGKONG] Wharf Holdings has been ordered by a US federal judge to surrender ownership of its principal subsidiary to satisfy a US$l5O million (*****.9 million) judgment in a law suit The judgment stems from a dispute with Denver-based
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        Lock icon Margins raised for Hang Seng futures
        294 18 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] The Hongkong Futures Exchange increased initial margin requirements for its Hang Seng Index futures contract to HK$9O,OOO (SI*****) from HK175.000 in a move to limit the risk of defaults posed by the increasing volatility of Hongkong's stock market. The exchange also raised
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          Lock icon Maybank lifts landing rate to 9.75%
          77 18 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malayan Banking Bhd 1» raising its base fending rate, at which most home loans in Malaysia are financed, to 9.75 per cent from 9.46 per cent effective today The bank—Malaysia's largest—last raised the rat* from 9.35 per cent on Sept 28.
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          4 ST firms get nod for single tranche
          70 18 [SINGAPORE] The group of four Singapore Technologies' companies received shareholder approval yesterday to go ahead with a plan tn amalgamate th*fr aharoa nn<Ur n single listing on thft Stork F.Tphnngo nf Slngnpfiff ff Aerospace, ST AutonmHwi ST Torhfwxl^gW. Engineering and ST Electronic
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          CWT commissions $70 distripark
          55 18 [SINGAPORE] Logistics firm CWT has commissioned its third flagship distripark here. The 170 million five-storey office block with a four-storey warehouse complex in Jurong Port Road is equipped with the latest in warehousing and distribution technology needs. About 70 per cent of the 70,000 sqm distripark
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          Amtek buys shares in M'sian firm
          88 18 (SINGAPORE] Amtek Engineering baa bought 11,000 one rlngglt shares in Malaysian firm Kris Component# Bhd at an average price 0fRM2.90 per share, raising its stake from 43.25 per cent to 43.17 per cent Amtek will ftmd the purchase from internal sources. executive chairman and
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          SNP Corp to buy Interad Advertising
          67 18 [SINGAPORE] Printer and publisher SNP Corp has agreed to buy Interad Advertising Consultants Pte Ltd from Temasek Management Services Pte Ltd. SNP is paying $1.2 million for the one million $1 shares comprising the entire issued and paid-up capital of Interact, to be financed
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          Want Want to buy Orchard Towers office
          62 18 [SINGAPORE] Mainboard-listed Want Want Hokiings baa signed an option to buy an office from FJ Benjamin on the 17th floor of Orchard Towers for $6.05 million. The freehold office unit with gross floor area 0f3,800 sq ft is valued in FJ Benjamin's books
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          Corrections and clarifications
          62 18 [SINGAPORE] Van Dar Horst has clarified that market rumours referred to in a BT report yesterday about the group laying off dozens atworkers from several of it» Singapore operations are unfounded. It added that the reduction in staff at its service engineering division was pert of an
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        Lock icon BA Q2 profit falls 44% on crew strike, stronger £
        400 19 BA Q2 profit falls 44% on crew strike, stronger 2nd straight quarterly decline for airline after passengers turn to rivals during strike Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways pic's profit plunged 44.4 per cent in the second quarter, hit by a summer strike by cabin crew and a stronger pound that cut
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        Lock icon Microsoft eyes another cable TV firm
        498 19 It's said to be near agreement on investing np to USslb for stake in US West NYT Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Microsoft Corp is close to an agreement to invest up to US$l billion (511.6 billion) in the cable television operations of US West, according
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        Lock icon Germany's Krupp, Thyssen agree to merge
        248 19 FT [BONN] K r upp Hoesch and Thyssen, the German engineering groups locked in an acrimonious takeover battle this year, said on Tuesday that they have agreed to merge. The surprise announcement, made after German stock markets closed, presages creating a company with annual
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        GE Capital unscathed by financial turmoil
        477 20  -  Optfatkos expected to jtow at 40% a year ovefaert few years, sajtMokr official By\ Shiv Taneja The operations of UNton-bank financial giant GE Capital have emerged unseated from the recent financial Ifrmoil, and in fact are expectgl fa grow at a massive 40 per
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        BZW selling Asia business separately
        310 20  -  UnflrUiiitymr buy# raises worries of exodus By\ Shiv Taneja [SimfOßE] With Credit Boston not interested In buying Barclays Banf£BZW investment banking ojjrations in Asia, there is conottn -that BZW Asia may losevfnt of its people before a buyajfid found. Ftttyng up a brave front yestenay,
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        Lock icon Putnam steps up presence in Japan
        197 20 FT [TOKYO] Putnam Investments, a leading US fund manager, is aiming to make Japan its largest overseas market for its operations outside the US. Putnam is stepping up its plans to move into Japan's lucrative pension management market on the back of a recently
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        226 20 himnt Report Reuters [SINGAPORE] Slmex Euroyen futures shuffled in narrow ranges but held a firm tone yesterday on persistent Indications of weakness in Japan's economy. Dealers said that news of Sanyo Securities' bankruptcy continued to underpin the market, which also found support in Tuesday's data
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        Number of negative factors take their toll
        149 20  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd. [SINGAPORE) The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures traded lower for most of the session yesterday. Institutional activity was moderate wilh some buying seen at the -10 point discount to the
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        Lock icon Gulf states big winners in Opec deal
        246 20 ENERGY BEPORT Reuters {DUBAI] Saudi Arabia's initiative to get the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to turn up the taps in 1998 would, if adopted, mainly serve Riyadh and its Gulf neighbours, analysts and regional industry sources said yesterday. Riyadh's proposal
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        276 20 Reuters London THE US dollar advanced at mid-day against all other major currencies from its morning levels, boosted by a dip in German industrial output and a weakening yen. At 1235 GMT, the dollar was at 1.7316 marks against 1.7244 on Tuesday. The greenback stood at 122.65 yen
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        Lock icon DLJ in venture to buy leisure properties
        197 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette Inc said it formed a joint venture with Simon Deßartolo Group to invest at least US$l billion (Ssl.s billion) in race tracks, movie theatres and other entertainment properties in the next 18 months. The partnership, called Simon/DLJ
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      1614 23 AFP Qnuas -Bios SHARE prices closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday on selling by foreign investors trying to cut their exposure to Asian markets, brokers said. The 225-share Nikkei Average fell 52.05 points to finish at 16,448.05, while the broader Topix Index fell 8.33 to 1,274.63. An estimated 340
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      1919 23 X) Naca *h 31 Croup 475 -12 AB Ports 282 -1 AMay National 850 -lt3 AIM Domocq 503 5 A mac >41.400 -2 A uta Group 153 -.200 ■ATM 543.400 -16.600 BG Pie 267 1.600 BKC 167 6.600 BOC Group 1039.050 -9.950 Bit P»(rofum 801 -2 BTR
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      HONGKONG
      1559 24 AFP Q Hang Seng -99.03 SHARE prices fell in cautious trade yesterday as investors ignored a stronger overnight close on Wall Street. "The market is trading without any real direction," said an analyst. "There was a lack of interest on the part of institutional investors." The Hang Seng Index
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      CHINA
      580 24 Reuters FlShaufaaiß Index ♦IH THE Shenzhen B share market ended higher in thin trade yesterday, aided by buying by retail investors. The B Index rose 2.94 points to 118.05 on thin turnover of HK$2l million. The A Index rose 7.48 points to 427.50 on turnover of 8.8 billion yuan.
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      TAIPEI
      405 24 AFP Mwr Index +78J0 STOCKS rose yesterday due to strong foreign investor interest and buying of electrical issues, dealers said. "Electricals replaced financial issues to become the leading sector, following recent sharp plunges on hightech shares," a dealer said. Foreign institutional investors have begun buying shares at low levels
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      WELLINGTON
      266 24 Reuters Q Wellington *458 SHARE prices closed slightly higher yesterday. The market started in negative territory in the morning, but positive comments from Moody's helped it to close up. The NZSE Top 40-share Index ended 4.58 points up at 2,474.6 on good volume of NZ$72 million. Reuters fc»i cs
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      BANGKOK
      831 24 AFP F1 SET lata *£78 SHARE prices rose in volatile trade yesterday amid speculation over the shape of a new government to follow the imminent resignation of the current premier. Bargain-hunting took over in the afternoon on expectations that former premier Chuan Leekpai, leader of the opposition Democrat Party,
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      SEOUL
      434 24 AFP rl Composite Intel ♦111! SHARE prices rose yesterday, with sentiment buoyed by the stable won and a slowdown in foreign selling. Gains by Financials amid takeover speculation helped lift the market in mid-after-noon. dealers said. Retail investors were the main buyers. The Composite Index rose 13.61 points at
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      SYDNEY
      603 24 AFP DAPOrdmariM -&8 SHARE prices eased 0.2 per cent yesterday after a rush for bargain banking stocks in the last hour of trade helped pull the bourse back from its intraday low in an otherwise modest trading session. The key All Ordinaries Index finished 5.8 points lower at 2,545.8
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      JAKARTA
      684 24 AFP □Composite Index -3M STOCKS fell yesterday as investors remained cautious amid worries of a row between well-connected businessmen and the government following the closure of 16 banks. "Investors have been worried about earnings quality of most listed companies in the short term and now they have to think
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      MANILA
      312 24 AFP PjMi *1183 SHARE prices rose yesterday, driven by surprisingly lower inflation rates for October. The National Statistics Office announced that the inflation rate in October hit 5.7 per cent from a year earlier. The PSE Composite Index rose 19.53 points to close at 1,900.67. Turnover was 737.5 million
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        Shares close higher on trade surplus
        251 25 Reuters Hftmpoßtahig *7*2 SHARES closed higher yesterday following a slightly better-than-expected trade surplus for September, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index rose 7.82 points at 733.76. It had dipped to as low as 706.90 earlier. The Emas Index closed up 1.33 points at 205.47,
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        Too many Tat Lee Bank wrts?
        208 26  -  WARRANT WATCH Hy R Sivanithy ON THE face of it, Tat Lee Bank's latest warrant must rank as one of the best bargains in the market. At 36 cents, this just out-of-the-money warrant with an exercise price of $2.59 commands a very reasonable 16.14
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        210 28 ttrrftt VdHM •RHBCapWt99 10,788,000 SingTel t5c 5,680,000 Hotting In* MT5 5,415,000 •Rekapacific BH 5,265,000 •Land General 5,154,000 •MBF Land BM 3,670,000 HKL*FWt97l203 3,360,000 HKLandUSIOc 3,277.000 IPCCorpn5c 2,938,000 Asia Food&Prop 2,822.000 StKto t SIA Foreign 31,417,372 U06 Foreign 19,432,920 08$ Foreign 16,744,584 0U8 Foreign 14,871,504 SingTel 15c 14,754.082 OCBC Foreign 12.487,458
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        STII succumbs to profit taking after 4 days of gains
        675 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY The only saving grace in a very cautious market is that the benchmark index maiiflgAg to dose above the 1,700-point level By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] After rising for four straight sessions, the local stock market yesterday succumbed
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        HOT STOCK
        59 28  -  l-by Shiv Taneja OUB FOREIGN closed 10 cents higher yesterday at $5.75 on a volume of 2.58 million shares, compared yoith its 10<lay traded average of 2.7 million units. Investors who haven t already bought into OUB's Foreign tranche should do so, as most of the technical indicators
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          Trading places
          107 28 MELBOURNE'S Crown Resort casino recently took out 35 advertisements ranging from quarter-page to full-page in a Malaysian daily on one day alone. The publicity blitz prompted at least one research house in Malaysia to reinforce its sell recommendation on Genting Bhd and its casino arm Resorts World in
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          If you're looking for trouble...
          144 28 YOU've come to the right place. While blue chips lose their lustre on the KL stock exchange. North Borneo Timber or NBT— dubbed an acronym for "Nothing But Trouble" a couple of years ago by disgruntled punters—has continued to rise. TTw counter closed at RM53.50
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          Hold on to that hot-seat!
          113 28 HALF of all merger and acquisition activity in the United Kingdom is from management buy-outs and buy-ins, says 3i, a UK-based firm. Buy-outs happen when the incumbent managers take over the company while buy-ins are when a new management team takes a stake in a
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          Take two
          110 28 YOU've done all your painstaking research and written your speech, and the fourth annual Asian investment roadshow is due to get underway. Then along comes the October crash Mark-11. Back to the drawing board! Delegates to the JP Morgan Fourth Annual Fixed-Income Investor Roadshow which got underway in
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          Don't get 'Thai'd up' in stocks
          68 28 AT LUNCH with a very prominent and reputable Thai stockbroker yesterday, we overheard a striking admission. "1 don't buy Thai stocks, never have," said the broker who has spent his working days for the past many years persuading others to do just that He
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          An act of faith gets unrewarded
          98 28 A BUSINESSMAN commenting on the recent spate of corporate buy-backs of shares by directors related his experience in the Thai stock market. "We thought it was such a wonderful opportunity to buy back the shares of our company a year ago because the stock
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      506 18 fa WEE POH HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Second Annual General Meeting of the Company I wiW be held at Board Room One, Level Two, Pinetree Town Country Club, 30 Stevens Road. Singapore *****0 on Wednesday,
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      266 28 TMCCOMMMEtMT.CAP.iI SILO DEVELOPMENT (SEA) PTE LTD (taVokmfcry WMlng-Up) At an Exbaovdbwy Ganam Maadng of Dm abownamad Company Md on th* 31st of Octobar 1917. An fpHftrrtflQ Special Rssokitkxi wis duly pasttd:"THAT Km Company ba wound up voluntarily pursuant to Sactton 290(1 Kb) of tlw CompanMs Act. Cap. 50 and thM
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      DAILY FREIGHT
      337 29 Bridge News, Reuters RATES continued to ease for large modem Panamaxes in the east with new business still limited despite a return to work in Japan, brokers said. The sentiment on Biffex remained sour again, Clarkson Securities Ltd said in its daily report. It was led by the
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      351 29  -  Number of incidents dropped 10%, death toll jumped 73% in first 9 months By. Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] In the first nine months of the year, 45 crew were killed and another 28 injured when pirates attacked their ships, according to a report by
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      395 29 LAT [LOS ANGELES] Most of the vital sectors of Los Angeles' economy have been locked up by the traffic jam that has snowballed through the Union Pacific Railroad's troubled 57,600-km system since Monday. The trouble has stranded cargo in the
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        75 29 AFX-Asia [TOKYO] September shipbuilding orders rose to 1.86 million gross tonnes, or 26 contract vessels, from 785,138 gross tonnes, or 27 vessels, a year earlier, the Japan Ship Exporters for 12 and orders for 14 bulk carriers totalling 497,600 gross tonnes. In the six months to
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        65 29 Bernama-Xinhua [DALIAN] China stopped some 200 ships carrying foreign garbage from entering the country last year, according to a state environmental protection official Following the shocking exposure of imported chemical reftise in 1994, China has stepped up its checks and supervision on rubbish imports
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        76 29 Reuters [SEOUL] New orders received by South Korean shipbuilders surged 183 per cent to 10.77 million gross tonnes for 172 vessels in the first 10 months of this year, the Korea Shipbuilders' Association said yesterday. The 10-month figures compared with 3.81 million gross
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      418 29 Journal of Commerce (NEW YORK] Panama Canal authorities are set to rewrite transit rules by December, including restricting drafts, if the El Nino drought continues to shrink water depths. "El Nino is really affecting the whole region. This Nino, they
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      364 29 Penang Shipbuilding to prepare privatisation report on Alexandria yard [SINGAPORE] Malaysia is to enter into a technical cooperation, information and training arrangement with the Port of Koper in Slovenia. Malaysian Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said that the pact will also cover
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      729 29  -  SHIPSHAPE By Felix Chan IF IT were up to Hans Ludwig Beth, the Port of Hamburg's mantra would be "we do anything and everything". The Port of Hamburg's chairman of marketing and public relations is convinced that an increasing number of ports
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      820 30  -  XMDXAM POWER MARKET Businesses are keen to set up terminals and transport LNG to India in vessels to meet projected high demand By: Rajendra Bajpai in New Delhi A HOST of foreign companies have expressed interest in setting up port-based liquefied natural gas (LNG)
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        539 44  -  Guiiers hope to join 6-member group early next year, says Air NZ general manager By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Air New Zealand and Ansett Australia expect to throw their collective hats into the Star Alliance ring in early 1998. "We have indicated
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        326 44 Reuters [PARIS] European aircraft consortium Airbus appears to have overtaken archrival Boeing in the sales race so far this year, following an order for 124 Airbus narrow-bodies confirmed from US Airways. Airbus has only once beaten Boeing in annual
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        237 44 AFP [HONGKONG] The Hongkong government reiterated yesterday its plan to open its new multi-billion-dollar airport next April even if a railway line direct into central Hongkong was incomplete. Nicholas Ng, secretary for transport, told the Provisional Legislative Council that
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        461 44 Reuters [PARIS] Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, seeking a quick end to a crippling truckers' strike, pledged on Tuesday to speed up a settlement by applying even a partial agreement to the entire industry. "The government strongly hopes that negotiations succeed and commit as many
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        217 44 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System Bhd said its inbound passenger load had fallen by 10-15 per cent due to the recent air pollution problems. The New Straits Times quoted vice-president (passenger sales) Rashid Khan as saying that the normal passenger load
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