The Business Times, 12 November 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85C SINGAPORE Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Govt studying options if property prices plunge
    600 1  -  But HngKiang does not say what would be considered 'sharp downturn' By, Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] The government may step in if there is a sharp downturn in property prices, National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang indicated yesterday. He did not specify what
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    Lock icon What in the world?
    45 1 [SINGAPORE] 'Oy to the World? Or is it 'Orto the World? A puzzling holiday message took shape on Monday outside Shaw Centre at the intersection of Orchard and Scotts roads as Christmas decorations sprang up around Singapore's shopping districts. ERIC CHU
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    Dr M won't apologise unless US has 'mandate from heaven'
    394 1  -  From. Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur NOT unless the US Congress has a mandate from heaven would he apologise for his remarks alluding to a Jewish conspiracy behind the regional currency turmoil, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad gaid yesterday. "Do
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    Indon crisis fuels labour unrest
    560 1  -  Froml S N Vasuki in Jakarta WORRYING signs that the current economic crisis is creating tensions between management and labour have surfaced in Indonesia. There have been two major cases of labour unrest this week, and more than 50 companies have informed the government that
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    Lock icon Trauma from currency, stock crisis yet to be
    1228 1  -  Bad loans set to rise with faffing property and share prices From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo CURRENCY and stockmarket collapses have provided high drama across East Asia for several months, but the real trauma is yet to come. Falling share prices and
    Source: World Bank  -  1,228 words
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      104 1 StntfXfcch's decision to giro up the Micropolis diskdrive unit is not surprising and its impact wont be significant, say mmJjpsU. IfcS f I J_\ e*peoted to bring in mwt»h mrmding ÜBibßHpii when felly o«Wled.P|HB The BPO market this year hasofertaken^^s metot tP» The battle of the Internet browsers has proven
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      67 1 Qnewitow tender may not be awarded, Pg 2 The Living Legend W 1 1 >Relßp Wortd Premiere: Bi-Retro Collection Minute Date Retrograde with Jumping Hour gerald genta UK HOUR GLASS Takashlmaya S. C Tel: 734 2420 Scotts S. C. Tel: 235 6527 Lucky Plaza Tel: 733 1262 Centrepolnt Tel: 734
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      4 1 More reports, Pg 12
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Queenstown tender may not be awarded: analysts
      579 2  -  Given the low bids, award may suggest govt thinks property prices are too high By\ Diana Oon THE latest land tender for a Queenstown residential site which drew unexpectedly low bids last week is unlikely to be awarded, market watchers said yesterday. If
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      SingTech move to give up Micropolis 'not surprising"
      509 2  -  Analysts also see little impact on suppliers as volumes were small By, Jennifer Lien SINGAPORE Technologies' decision to give up its Micropolis disk-drive unit was not surprising, industry players and analysts said yesterday. "It's just a minor scratch," said one supplier. "I
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      S-EA fundamentals still sound: Japan, S'pore
      351 2  -  Frxrni Conrad Raj in Tokyo BOTH Japan and Singapore feel that the fundamentals of the South-east Asian region's economies are sound despite their recent bashing from the currency turmoil. This was expressed at a lunch meeting between Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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      Lock icon Q3 spurt unlikely to spill into Q4
      371 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Outlook By. Audrey Tan THIRD-QUARTER economic growth is likely to have been led by the manufacturing and the financial and business services sectors, but the |purt is unlikely to be sustained into the fourth quarter, says Vickers Ballas. The
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      S'pore, HK sign extradition treaty
      241 2  -  Move necessary as previons treaty was made with UK From', Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong SINGAPORE and Hongkong yesterday signed an extradition treaty which will allow for the repatriation of fugitives from each other's territory. The treaty replaces one signed with the United Kingdom that
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        IMI chief Cambodians arriving today
        42 2 MTCHP. Qamrtasma, the International Monetary TvaA'* managing director, arrives here today on a two-day visit. He will hold tafla with officials of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The vtoit iapertof a tour of five South-Bast Asian countries.
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        URA awards site to Cariton
        66 2 n THK W*n*»devek)pmeat Authority hasawardedthe 1 Mar fcr a 20,309 a* ft Wymt leasehold site at the comer of Victoria Street and Bras Baaah Roads to Carlton Hotel (S) Pte Ltd wWeh put in the highest bid of 131.2 million. The giro* plans to use
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        Corrections & clarifications
        102 2 Corrections clarifications IN "Eastwood Centre showflat packing in visitors" tBT, ft Oet»X we said buyers In Eastwood Centre ha vstaea offered a 18,000,10-year membership at theSafiraGolf and Country Reeort tn Tanah Merah. Knight Frank, the marketing agmts for Eastwood Centre, hakdariftedthaih. thesis no agreement between the developer, Ho Bee, and
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      HK passes major test of public confidence as IBA run subsides
      658 3  -  SAP describes HK banks' rating as stable; govt pledges support for IBA From< Quak Hiang Whai m Hongkong HONGKONG has survived a major test of public confidence as the International Bank of Asia which saw withdrawals of around HKSI.S
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      Call for region's central bankers to help Thailand
      429 3  -  Bangkok can Up their experience: former Buba official By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Thailand's financial sector woes would go a long way towards being rectified if the authorities there were to invite experienced central bankers from countries like Hongkong or Singapore to
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      Lock icon Crucial for KL economy to pick up by June: Antah chief
      283 3 AFP [PERTH) Malaysia faces "a long period of problems" unless the currency and economy pick up before June next year, Malaysia's Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja'afar warned here yesterday. Tunku Imran, chief executive of Antah Holdings Bhd and the son
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  • ASIA'S BANKING CRISIS
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      Lock icon HK banks in no real danger, say analysts
      942 4  -  But things could change if high interest rates prevail and currency peg breaks By< Quak Hiang Whai [HONGKONG] IN the wake of the currency and stock turmoil which drove interest rates sharply higher and plunged the share and property markets into the
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      More questions than answers in M'sia's non-performing loans
      664 4  -  By, Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S non-performing loans (NPLs) could rise as high as 7-15 per cent of total loans next year, but whether banks provision aggressively will depend on where bankers see the economy going, analysts say. "If bankers see
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      S-EA bank credit ratings may fall further, hints S&P
      372 4  -  But changes are likely to be moderate, it says By] Louis Beckerling (SINGAPORE] Rating agency Standard Poor's has hinted at the likelihood of further downgrades of bank credit ratings in South-east Asia. "But unless events turn out truly cataclysmic, changes should
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      91 4 pDTIONAi IHTELUGENCE SEMINAR U F.Q: The Ultimate Empowerment for Managerial Success" By Dr Patricia Patton Shangri La Hotel, Singapore 11 December 1997, 9.00 am to 5.00pm Seminar ighligh ts I ,Q: I lie Solution to Organisational Problems I Q Management Skills for W Achieving and Maintaining High Performance 4 Implementing
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      354 4 Can foreign banks in HK weather interbank squalls? Pg 17 Ml&A* The Certified Diploma In Accounting WjW And Finance (CDAF) (Awarded by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, U.K.) A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR EXECUTIVES/MANAGERS The CDAF is poet-graduate qualification offered by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (United Kingdom). The
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Chuan moves quickly to assemble economic team
      404 6 BANGKOK But markets fall as realisation of difficulties sets in Reuters, Bloomberg NEW Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai yesterday moved swiftly to appoint a cabinet that would include Thailand's strongest government economic team in recent years as Thai stocks took their biggest tumble
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      Lock icon Suharto's brother sticks to his guns on bank closure
      334 6 JAKARTA ProbosataQo accuses Mar'ie and BI chief of refngmgtomeethim Bridge News INDONESIAN President Suharto's half-brother, Probosutedjo, yesterday reaffirmed that he does not accept the government-ordered closure of a bank he partly owned and has asked the government to reconsider the closure.
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      Lock icon Camdessus confident of Indon reform plan
      102 6 JAKARTA Reuters IMF managing director Michel Camdessus said on his arrival in Jakarta yesterday he was confident that Indonesia's economic reform plan could put the economy on a track for sustainable growth. "I am personally confident that if this programmers fully implemented, it has
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      Pricking a myth about Suharto
      602 7  -  UAMVIBW Bank closures show that for the president it's national interests first By Yang Razali Kassim THERE has been a long-standing belief that Indonesia's President Suharto, in power since 1967, will never step down from office. The thesis: He wants to protect his family for
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      Gain from weaker RM temporary: Dr M
      204 7 KUALA LUMPUR THE so-called silver lining in the form of higher export earnings as a result of the sharply devalued ringgit is only temporary, according to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. "We have to pay more for our imports and most of the
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      Lock icon First in line
      79 7 [KUALA LUMPUR) Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad walking in front of the first national truck called the "Perkasa "during its launch in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The truck is designed and manufactured by Malaysian Truck and Bus Sdn Bhd and is targeted to roll out 10,000 units during
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      Lock icon US can quiz Petronas on Iran trade: Dr M
      368 7 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama, Reuters MALAYSIA will not stop US officials from investigating Petronas' involvement in an oil exploration project in Iran undertaken jointly with French and Russian firms. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. However, "we want to know what questions
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      China slashes fees for securities exchanges
      387 8  -  SINGAPORE Analysts see 20-50% cuts as cautions bid by Beijing to boost market By Lu Ning CHINA yesterday announced sharp cuts in charges levied on the country's two stock exchanges and the 10-odd futures exchanges in an effort to boost the nation's securities market.
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      Lock icon Beijing blasts anti-China measures by US Congress
      271 8 BEIJING It describes moves as gross interference in its internal affairs AFP CHINA yesterday expressed strong displeasure at a series of proposals before the US Congress which it described as "gross interference" in its internal affairs. "We noticed that the US Congress ignored
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      Lock icon Central bank okays sale of securities firm
      102 8 SHANGHAI AFP THE People's Bank of China has approved the rcquisition of a securities firm By 16 other enterprises to form one of the country's biggest stockbroking firms, a news report said yesterday. The Shanghai Financial News daily said that after the acquisition
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      Lock icon Yeltsin upbeat on stronger economic ties with China
      419 9 HARBIN,China Russia aims to expand cross-border trade turnover which now stands at USslb Reuters RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin yesterday visited Harbin, a Chinese city with strong Russian links, and appeared upbeat on prospects for stronger economic cooperation with China. "I'm very happy
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      Lock icon Li Peng begins Japan trip with talks with Hashimoto
      288 9 TOKYO Six-day tour aims to create constructive partnership Reuters CHINESE Premier Li Peng arrived in Tokyo yesterday to begin a six-day visit to Japan aimed at turning an often testy bilateral relationship into a working partnership. Mr Li's visit kicked off
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      Lock icon Jiang will attend Apec summit
      100 9 BEIJING Reuters CHINESE President Jiang Zemin will attend the fifth Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Vancouver this month, a foreign ministry spokesman said yesterday. "We hope this summit will not only achieve progress in trade, investment and liberalisation but will also substantially promote economic
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan economy seen growing just 0.2% in '97
      712 10 TOKYO r Economists polled see slowest growth in 4 years, far worse than 1.9% forecast Bloomberg JAPAN'S economy will proba- _~hly grow only 0.2 per cent this year, its worst annual perfor- -»-> mance since the recession of ~..,1993, economists said. That
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      Lock icon Sokaiya scandal may hurt Toshiba, Mitsubishi profits
      403 10 TOKYO Arrest, raids come at time when both need to focus on strategies Reuters LEADING electronics makers Mitsubishi Electric Corp and Toshiba Corp face the possibility of a further decline in already weak earnings with news of their links to Japan's widening racketeer
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      Deputy PM of NZ defers decision on coalition
      462 10  -  AUCKLAND By: David McLoughlin NEW Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters, has decided to keep the Prime Minister-designate, Jenny Shipley, waiting a while longer before announcing whether he will remain in coalition with her National Party administration after her coup last week
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      Lock icon India to summon Murdoch
      154 10 NEW DELHI AFP A DELHI judge ordered the Indian government on Monday to summon media magnate Rupert Murdoch to appear in a court for broadcasting allegedly "obscene" films on his Star TV network. The judge said the external affairs ministry must ensure the summons reach him,
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      332 10 We're in seventh heaven. We're proud and happy to announce the launch of our brand new Boeing 777 fleet on our Osaka flights. From November '97, we will gradually upgrade our Singapore Osaka created and is selected only by leading airlines around the world. service with a brand new fleet
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  • THE WORLD
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      Wall St more concerned with economic reports than FOMC
      450 11  -  NEW YORK Tomorrow and Friday may be tumultuous days for US markets analysts By. Andrew Marks UNLIKE previous occasions. Wall Street is less concerned about the outcome of today's meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee and is instead looking forward
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      Lock icon Blair tells of dangers which rule out early EMU entry
      369 11 LONDON Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday that Britain was near the peak of the economic cycle and that this ruled out early British entry into European economic and monetary union. In a speech to business leaders, Mr
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      Lock icon UK inflation up 2.8% but rate increase seen unlikely
      221 11 mLONDON AFP ECONOMISTS here expressed disappointment at official figures published on Monday showing that British inflation rose to 2.8 per cent in October, missing the government's target for the fifth month in a row. However, they said fears that the highest
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      Lock icon Kodak to cut 10,000 jobs, US$1b charge expected
      204 11 NEW YORK AFP US PHOTOGRAPHY giant Eastman Kodak said yesterday it will eliminate 10,000 jobs and probably face a US$l billion (Ssl.6 billion) restructuring charge in the fourth quarter of 1997. The goal, according to chairman George Fisher, is to reduce costs
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      Lock icon US hands Tokyo list of priority sectors for deregulation
      292 11 WASHINGTON Reuters THE United States urged Japan on Monday to do more to deregulate its ailing economy by submitting a list of sectors that it said Tokyo should tackle on a priority basis. US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky said the list
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      733 12 (ttt Longest applause: 1 hour 20 minutes Longest lasting rainbow: 6 hours Longest echo within a building: 15 seconds For Placido Domingo's performance of Othello Sheffield Chapel of the Mausoleum, Hamilton 30 July 1991 14 March 1994 gui/r 1840-1845 f %> Longest time balancing on one foot: 55 hours 35
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Will limits be set on rule of law in Australia?
      771 13  -  OPINION THE BOTTOMLDVB By Peter Lynch The writer is a Sydney-based Journalist who contributes to BT WHAT are we to make of Australian Prime Minister John Howard's claim that both houses of Parliament will be dissolved and he will go
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      122 13 'Investors are like cattle. Maybe they heard a cricket Maybe they heard thunder. Maybe they heard a mountain lion. One of them starts moving. Then the others start moving. They stampede. Then they stop.' Frederick Howe a US money manager on the market turmoil. They're like a
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      A defeat for the global economy
      545 13 EDITORIAL IT IS a pity that the United States Congress surrendered to naked political pressure from a neo-protectionist coalition of trade unions, environmentalist groups and others, and decided to put off voting this year on President Bill Clinton's request for so-called "fast track" trade
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      Lock icon Blow for free trade as Clinton loses fast track
      762 13  -  Failure to win over hostile Democrats will make it politically difficult to stem US protectionist tide By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent THE DECISION by US President Bill Clinton and the Republican leaders on Capitol Hill to shelve
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      909 13 ■addaa pots UV to the tact WITH a sense of history repeating itself, the world can only hold its breath while Iraq once again plays a game of deadly brinkmanship. It is a simple but effective tactic which keeps the United Nations team impotent in Baghdad,
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Filling a gap in women's fashion
      540 14  -  Donna Karan may be the answer to baby-boomers' needs, says CONSTANCE WHITE! CONSTANCE WHITE NYT A S A new coterie of designers has moved to the forefront in the last few years, critics both inside and outside fashion have taken issue with the lack
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      Lock icon New look at cholesterol theory
      597 14 HEALTH Lowering cholesterol by 25% as good for the heart as a 40% cot, say studies Reuters [ORLANDO] Two studies presented on Monday challenge the assumption that Mood cholesterol levels must be reduced to the lowest levels possible to best prevent heart attacks and other
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      SMEs gain in browser battle
      873 16  -  Competition has produced new Web capabilities cut out for small to medium sized businesses, says david mok DAVID MOK THE fight is in the open now, and the field is even between the two Internet browsers Netscape Communications' Communicator 4 and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4
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      Suits against Microsoft may change Web life
      467 16  -  Will HQ Gates' link dominate the world? Not if the US Justice Dept can help it By\ Raju Chellam SOFTWARE giant Microsoft Corp last week faced its newest lawsuit from the state of Texas, which accused Microsoft of interfering in its antitrust investigations.
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        Singapore Business new website
        42 16 MONTHLY magazine Sbifoporrßttsinmhasiixwsdtoa new website. It is now at httpuywww .asial.oonuf/sinbus. Netsurfera can now not only raad the montyafc^WHlmm stories, but alao subscribe to the mapaliw wJHUtmuis Internet form, using AaiaOne Commerce's ekrtrnntr commerce server. Check it out
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        Curtin database on South Asia
        42 16 A DATABASE on South Asian countries is Bow available fh>m the Curtin University of TschttStoßT la Wsat Anstndia. It is reportedly the p»kl«t«n Maldives. LaonchedearttT this year hyAnstrtmi Deputy Prime Minister Ttm Wither, I w rtsjptiass isfoond
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      $1.1b raised so far this year from 34 new listings
      828 17  -  Six more firms believed to be waiting to l&nnch IPOs before the year is out w Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Despite the weak market sentiment this year, the IPO market has shot way past last year's mark. With more than a
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      ER surges 24% on tie-up with Ingram Micro
      353 17 [SINGAPORE] Electronic Resources Ltd yesterday "shot up by 24 per cent on news of its tie-up with a multi-billion-dol-lar US group that may lead to a general offer. The mainboard-listed electronics product distributor was among the day's top gainers when it surged
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      Can foreign banks in HK weather interbank squalls?
      810 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Quak Hiang Whai WHEN a foreign banker was asked recently about his plans if the Hongkong exchange rate link with the US dollar were to collapse, his reply was that there was nothing much one could really do. You
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      F&N gets nod for US$32m investment in Viet plant
      314 17  -  Factory to make dairy products, beverages, foodstuffs By Louis Beckerling [SINGAPORE] Fraser Neave has received the go-ahead to proceed with a U5532.2 million (5550.7 million) investment in a food manufacturing plant in Vietnam. Under an investment licence granted to F&N's whol-ly-owned
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      ABR posts $429,000 interim loss
      237 17 [SINGAPORE] ABR Holdings, which Is being taken over by the Europa group, yesterday announced a net loss of $429,000, compared with a $60,000 profit in the previous corresponding half. For the six months ended June 30, the fast-food and ice-cream company posted a 7.2 per
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        NCR shifts Asia-Pac HQ to Singapore
        309 18  -  EDB gives US firm OHQ status, says S'porewillbe springboard for its regional expansion By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] America's NCR Corp, which was spun off from AT&T early this year, announced yesterday it has moved its Asia-Pacific headquarters to Singapore from Tokyo. It has been
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        Lock icon SIA expects $25m in annual rentals from new building
        273 18  -  By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines' newly-opened flagship building at Robinson Road is expected to attract annual rentals of more than $25 million when fully occupied. The building is now two-thirds occupied. The commercial building, owned by subsidiary SIA Properties,
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        Small investors to get 33% of JIT public tranche
        269 18 [SINGAPORE] Small investors will get about one-third of JIT Holdings' public offer tranche of 22.8 million shares, the company said yesterday. Contract manufacturer JlT's public offer tranche, priced at 88 cents a share, was 41.4 times subscribed, drawing application monies of
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        Lock icon New World Infrastructure net up 35%
        376 18 Company favoured by analysts as cheap, defensive stock Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Net profit of New World Infrastructure (NWI) for the year ended June rose 34.8 per cent to HK1612.4 million (*****.6 million), just under forecasts for a 37 per cent rise to HK1620 million. Operating
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        Lock icon Astra posts Q3 loss as costs surge with plunging rupiah
        477 18 22b rnpiah loss comes after 4% fall in profit in first 9 months Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Astra International, Indonesia's largest car maker, posted its first quarterly loss in more than two years as the cost of borrowing money rose and
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          Delifrance offer price at $1.80
          79 18 [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Corp, through subsidiary, Coleford, will make an unconditional offer for the shares of Delifrance Asia not already owned or controlled by Coleford or parties acting in concert with Coleford. The offer price is $1.80 for each share. Delifrance has appointed Bankers Trust Company
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          Lock icon Philippines okays SME board
          66 18 AFX-Asia [MANILA] The Philippine Stock Exchange board has approved the creation of a fourth board for small and medium-scale enterprises, according to president Jose Luis Yulo Jr. Mr Yulo said such a move was more viable than an earlier plan to set up a separate exchange
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          Lock icon M'sia OTC board for small firms?
          98 18 Reuters' [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is considering setting up an over-the-counter (OTC) trading board for small firms which may have problems getting listed on a proposed high-technology stock exchange, an official said yesterday. Nazir Razak, a director of the Malaysian Exchange of Security Dealing Automated
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          Lock icon Bangkok Land payment delay
          91 18 AFP [BANGKOK] Bangkok Land declined to comment yesterday on a payment delay which could have a devastating effect on Thailand's faltering efforts to prepare for the 1996 Asian Games. A company official said she had no knowledge of any possible default on a U554.47 million (Ss7
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        Lock icon Flaw in Pentium can crash PCs, confirms Intel
        311 19 It's moving fast to fix flaw that can be exploited by nasty programmers Reuters [PALO ALTO, California] Intel Corp said on Monday it found a design flaw in its Pentium computer chip that could be exploited by malicious programmers to crash PCs
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        Lock icon British Telecom in alliance talks with phone firms
        497 19 Company to sell its MCI stake; Concert venture to stay Bloomberg [LONDON! British Telecommunications pic, having agreed to sell its stake in MCI Communications Corp, said it is in talks on alliances with several US phone companies. The largest UK phone company
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        Lock icon Daimler halts A-Class deliveries for redesign
        287 19 Bloomberg [STUTTGART, Germany] Daimler-Benz AG, the German cariftaker, said yesterday it wilMialt deliveries of its new A-Cflass subcompact and spend up to 100 million Deutschemarks (5592.4 million) this year to redesign the car. The move was announced after more than 1,000 Daimler customers cancelled
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        487 19 Reuters [CUPERTINO, California] Apple Computer Inc on Monday introduced dramatic changes in the way it designs, builds and sells its computers and declared war on Dell Computer Corp as it begins to sell directly to customers. The computer maker also introduced a
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        Lock icon Tremors in North Asia
        1280 21  -  Yield curves show that the worst is not yet over By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] WHILE last week was one of measured recovery for most Asean markets, it was a terrible time for North Asia. And yield curves for this region, as well as in Hongkong, rose
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        Calculating credit risk
        541 21  -  by Larry Wee THIS week, we move on to an actual example of how credit risk is calculated by financial institutions. Once you can calculate it, then it remains for you to set aside capital to provide for that risk, in the same way that we have
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        THE WEEK AHEAD
        343 21  -  Compiled by Larry Wee Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (DMG), Independent Economic Analysis (IDEA), JPMorgan (JPM) and MMS International (MMS). United States WITH North Asian markets looking vulnerable, US events like •"--today's Federal Reserve Open Market Committee Meeting will be closely watched for a hike in the key Fed
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        S'pore's financial sector reforms
        381 21 ANALYSIS DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's Sesdaq speech last week could mark a turning point in the balance between regulation and supervision in Singapore's financial sector (FS). Credit rating agencies have warned recently of "disclosure risks' and the nervousness surrounding this was evident last month
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        Lock icon Swiss banks plan to set up euro clearing bank
        456 22 Move to provide direct access to new EU clearing system FT (ZURICH) Swiss banks are planning to found a Swiss Euro Clearing Bank in Frankfurt to provide direct access to Target, the European Union's new clearing system. Target, whose full title
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        Lock icon UBS 9-month net jumps 88%, sees Very good' year
        388 22 Bank also says it 'successfully managed'global market turmoil in Oct Bloomberg [ZURICH] Union Bank of Switzerland (ÜBS) said ninemonth net rose 88 per cent, suggesting third-quarter earnings soared, and became the second big Swiss bank to predict bumper full-year profits. ÜBS
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        Lock icon PW-Coopers merger: Schiro strongest
        261 22 FT [LONDON] The most powerful figure in the giant accountancy firm planned by Price Waterhouse and Coopers Lybrand will be PW's chief executive, Jim Schiro, according to confidential documents sent to partners worldwide yesterday. The merger proposals state that Mr Schiro, already lined up to be
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        Cuhaya gets US$30m offshore loan
        236 22  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] An Indonesian producer of coconut and palm oil fats, Cuhaya Kalbar Tbk, has raised US$3O million (5547.1 million) from Singapore's Asian dollar market. The offshore syndicated deal was sigited here recently between Cuhaya and 12 banks, eight of them Singaporebased.
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        Lock icon Euroyen sheds gains but falls limited
        212 22 SSMSSLReport Reuters (SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen futures eased yesterday as players remained concerned that the Japanese government would take fiscal stimulus steps to jump-start the economy, dealers said. But analysts said Euroyen futures remained well supported on the lower end as Japanese stocks continued to
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        Futures consolidate at the 316-318 level
        137 22  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES Perry Gilbert vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd. [SINGAPORE) The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract yesterday consolidated at the 316/318 level, in a subdued trading session. The tone of the market was upbeat despite adverse regulation announcements concerning planned company
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        Lock icon Backing for Opec to boost output grows
        262 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [DUBAI) Saudi Arabia appeared to have stepped closer in securing key backing for its proposal to let Opec members open up the taps next year to meet world oil demand. United Arab Emirates (UAE), a core Gulf Arab member of
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        288 22 Bloomberg London THE US dollar rose above 125 yen for the first time in six months yesterday amid expectations Japan's economy won't improve enough in the foreseeable future to trigger higher interest rates. The Japanese currency has also been undermined by doubts that an economic stimulus plan to
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      2132 23 LONDON Industrials toll N<k» ilGroup 469 3 A8 Ports 277 -4 AbOey national 960 14.600 AHied Oomecq 507 26 Amec 13® uoch AM* Group *60 uoch BAT tad 535 -10 BGPfc 260.400 *1 BICC 162.400 2.400 BOC Group 985 unch BR Petroleum 831.400 *1.400 Bid 196 -3.600
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      1649 23 AFP QNikkei 225 ♦170J3 JAPANESE share prices closed 1.1 per cent higher yesterday, supported by short-covering after recent declines, brokers said. The Nikkei Average of 225 leading issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 170.03 points to finish at 15,867.23, while the Topix Index of all issues on the
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      1584 24 AFP TjPjHangSeng +1L29 STOCKS rose yesterday, but were off their highs in mixed "trading as worries of higher interbank rates re-emerged. "The market is trading nicely, but is off its highs after «»«rttniours that prime interest rates will go up again on Friday," said a dealer. "The market is
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      631 24 Reuters n Shenzhen B Index -0.49 THE Shenzhen B share market closed lower yesterday in dull trade with most investors sidelined due to a lack of fresh news. The B Index fell 0.49 point to 118.01 as turnover contracted to a year low of HK$9.5 million from Monday's HK$l5
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      386 24 AFP QWPlnfax -54J6 STOCKS closed 0.7 per cent lower yesterday as investors stepped to the sidelines. "Investors remained cautious amid uncertainty over expectation of the Taiwan dollar devaluation, the situation in Iraq and whether the Federal Reserve would adjust interest rates," said a trader. The Taiwan dollar was expected
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      722 24 AFP Qfinmpngite Index -1454 STOCKS fell 3 per cent yesterday as concerns over corporate earnings and a lack of confidence in the market outlook sparked selling pressure across the board. "Basically, the market is still in a bearish mood and the announcement of poor third quarter results by some
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      817 24 AFP P SET lata -2040 STOCKS ended 4 per cent down yesterday amid heavy, foreign-led selling in the financial sector on expectations that widespread capital increases will dilute current share values, analysts said. One analyst said another cause of uncertainty was the delay in finalising new Prime Minister Chuan
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      327 24 AFP II Manila *1(131 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday oil a technical rebound and a stronger peso. "It's a technical rebound. Some people are picking up stocks at very cheap levels," said a trader. "But the volume is still very thin." The PSE Composite Index rose 10.31 points to
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      417 24 AFP Q Composite Index -121 SHARE prices closed slightly lower yesterday in volatile trade which saw a tug-of-war between retail investors' buying and foreign selling. Dealers said yesterday's trade was a repeat of recent patterns in which retail investors were absorbing continued foreign sell-ofFs. "The won was firmer against
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      591 24 AFP HUQrfcri" +14 SHARE prices rose slightly yesterday in muted trade ahead of next week's massive Telstra float. "Nobody's rushing to buy anything, investors, are hanging off, waiting for the Telstra float," said a broker. The All Ordinaries Index edged up 2.4 points to close at 2,524.0. Turnover totalled
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      261 24 Reuters F1 Wellington »14J2 SHARE prices ended firmer on light turnover yesterday as the market slowly clawed back ground from Monday's fall. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 14.62 points higher at 2,433.74, but turnover was light at just NZ$4l million. ton «a row AN2 Banking 10.90 0JO ***** Atfvantagas
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        Lock icon Shares off highs on lack of fresh leads
        289 25 AFX-Asia PI Composite Index +2J7 SHARE prices closed off their earlier highs yesterday after Standard Poor's Credit Week report failed to sustain buying interest, analysts said. They said lack of fresh leads and fears of higher interest rates erased earlier gains as
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        RHBC wrt's premium is 120% – not 11.8% as reported
        164 26  - RHBC wrt's premium is 120% not 11.8% as reported WARRANT WATCH Byl Louis Beckerling THE warrant of Malaysian banker RHB Capital Bhd was yesterday incorrectly valued in this column against the ordinary share of securities house, RHB Bhd. We apologise for the error. In contrast to the quite modest premium
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      61 28  -  by Shiv Taneja CUPSAL INDUSTRIES closed seven US cents lower at U552.52 on a volume of 932,000 shares yesterday, compared with its 10-day traded average of 423,100 units. In the medium term, there is likely to be more downside for this county, according to the weekly MACD chart
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      677 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Property stocks rise on ♦«lk of compromise measures to stabilise residential property prices; dealers see Sm rise as a technical rebonnd By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Stocks made modest gains yesterday In line with a generally firmer trend around the
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        Not for senior citizens
        130 28 A SEVENTY-SOMETHING lamented that he had sold a house for $3 million (cost 130,000), after holding it for more than 80 years, and put some of the proceeds into unit trusts. When he last checked on how the unit trusts were doing, he found that their
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        Never say die?
        99 28 ELECTRONICS contract manufacturer JIT Holdings saw Its Initial public offer (IPO) subscribed by a hearty 41.4 times. However, chairman and founder Tommie Goh, who has the number "8" or "3" (which sounds like "Prosperity" and "Life" in Cantonese) repeated on his car number plates and in his
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        Making money 101
        145 28 ONE investor said he has come up with a strategy which should double his money even in the current state of the stock and property markets. Some conditions apply, though. First (me must have investment property (spare property which has largely been paid for), and second, both
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        IRaqi oil 101
        71 28 WHEN asked about the impact of the current Iraqi tension on crude oil prices, a sceptical trader here yesterday replied: "What tension? The market suspects it waa all Iraqi-engineered." The Iraqis have learnt to use the market Juat aa the Iranian* did earlier on, he aHegMi. "They
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        Pulling its weight
        103 28 THE City of London contributed about 4 per cent to the grots domestic product of Britain, according to a report by British "T Invisibles. The banking sector has grown faster than the rest ofthe economy. Its growth rate averaged per cent a year in the past decade,
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        Safer than banks?
        73 28 LISTED fast-food aerator KPC Holdings v(Malaysia) Bhd is now "safer" than some banks in the heart ofKunla I Jimpur. The cash-rich company beefed up its security T foroe recently, hiring more than 10 guards for its headquarters compered to just a handful a few months ago. The
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      219 20 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 90 AND IN THE MATTER OF SRL-M (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (M MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION i NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306(1) of the Companies Act. Cap. 50 that the Final Meeting of Members of the Company
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      446 20 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF HANWAH IMPORT EXPORT (S) PTE LTD (Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of HANWAH IMPORT A EXPORT (S) PTE LTD. duly convened and held on 10th November 1997 the following was
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      1810 28 BUSINESS Notices To advertise call toll-free 1800-*****83 UON ASIAMC UMITBD (Incorporated in tho Ropublk of Singapore) NOTICE OP ANNUAL GINIRAL MUTING NOTKi IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-seventh Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Enterprise Room, Level 4, The Westin Stamford A Westin Plaza, 2
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      153 28 This announcement appears as a matter of record only. B O RCMS HOTELS LIMITED I (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pontiac Marina Private Limited) H 5GD310,000,000 I FINANCING FACILITIES J Comprising a I SGDIOO,OOO,OOO Fixed Rate Bonds Issue I and a I 5GD210,000,000 Variable Rate Notes with Revolving Underwriting Facility I
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      311 29 Bridge News Reuters RATES continued to fall for US Gulf Panamaxes and Atlantic vessels in general, brokers said. The rate on the key route to Japan is now down to U5521.25 without for a November position. Slow start to the week, same mood prevails as last, Clarkson Securities
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      416 29  -  Greater liberalisation and competition will take place, says S'pore minister Reports by. Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Globalisation and the IT revolution will have a major influence on the development of the transport and logistics industry, Minister of State for Communications Dr John Chen
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      Port control authorities have tough message for non-ISM compliant ships
      797 29  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer LAST WEEK the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) revealed the results of a survey intended to see how many ships will comply with the first phase of the implementation of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code. For
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      221 29 (SINGAPORE] With the opening of the 3rd Asia Pacific Transport Logistics Congress focusing on the role of IT in the logistics industry, IBM chose to use the event to launch its new TransConnect for Shipment Management (TransConnect) service in Asia yesterday. TransConnect is a net-work-based
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      345 29 [SINGAPORE] The Vice-May-or of Dalian, Li Yongjin, is leading a 12-member team from the north-eastern Chinese city on a visit to Singapore. Mr Li and other officials of the Dalian Municipal Government called on Minister of State (Communications) Dr John Chen on
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      Hongkong shipowners plan to hire seafarers from China
      258 29 Mainlanders will help alleviate shortage of sailors in Hongkong [HONGKONG] Shipping companies here may start hiring sailors from mainland China to staff their ships, citing a shortage of local seafarers, the industry's main grouping said. The Hongkong Shipowners Association announced the plan
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      917 30 SOUTH-EAST ASIAN WATERS Up to 20 merchant vessels have been hijacked in the region since 1994 and annual losses amount to USs2oom Bloomberg Moored at the Cambod i a n port of Sihano uk ville, a 45-foot yacht equipped with top-of-the-line rigging and navigational equipment, bobs
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        147 45 Nor 12 India Taiwan Dr. Sun Yat Sen's Birthday. Nov 14 Iran, Jordan, Sri Lanka Nov 15 Brazil How 17 Azerbaijan, Colombia Nov 18 Latvia, Morocco. Oman Nov 20 Mexico Not 22 Lebanon Nov 24 Japan Labour's Thanksgiving Day. Nov 27 United States: Thanksgiving Day. Nov 28 Albania,
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        855 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price range* In US dollars instead of tingle prices for a more comprehensive description at the market Prices shown are based on average slsed stem. Market movement* are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        590 46 Airlines may alter their aircraft deliveries slightly; air cargo growth to remain strong AFP [SINGAPORE] Airbus Industrie and Boeing Co said yesterday that Asia's financial turmoil may force airlines to re-evaluate and re-schedule aircraft purchase And deliveries slightly but buSness
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        203 46 [SINGAPORE] All British Airways (BA) flights throughout the world will be smoke-free from next year. The smoking ban will be implemented on all flights from March 29, BA directorgeneral Robert Ayling said. Ninety-five per cent of BA's 7,000 flights a week are
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        344 46  -  Boeing disagrees with Airbus' forecast of size of market, and required investment By) Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] With air transport passenger traffic growing at about 5 per cent a year worldwide, aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus Industrie differ in the types of plane they
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        305 46 Plan to introduce the Opel Corsa and Yectra within three years AFP [NEW DELHI] General Motors Corp of the US, the world's largest car firm, will launch two new models in India within three years, an official told the Press Trust
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        232 46 AFX-Asia [NEW DELHI] General Motors Corp is willing to mediate to resolve the dispute between the Indian government and Suzuki Motor Corp over their auto joint venture Maruti Udyog Ltd, the Business Standard reported yesterday. It quoted GM's chief executive
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        480 46 They hope to replace France's Peugeot in unprofitable venture Bloomberg [HONGKONG] A money-los-ing factory in southern China has become the latest battleground for Japanese, American and European car makers vying for potentially the world's biggest car market. The combatants: Honda Motors
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        359 46 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Motorsikal dan EnJin Nasional Sdn Bhd (Modenas) has started exporting to Cambodia and is considering building an assembly plant in the country, a company spokesman said. "We are confident Modenas will be number one in a few years," he
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      18 29 South-east Asian waters: Hotbed for pirates Up to 20 merchant vessels have been hijacked since 1994. Page 2
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      118 29 Boeing, Airbus not affected by Asia's currency crisis Airlines may alter their aircraft deliveries slightly v BackPage More reports, Back Page H Bi/-'ilMl 1 1 mill ill f^il/ilJiliJl^AJiMiiLiiLll^ilfc^^^^^^^^^B BK v., >: i Hra L > A, .fa-i|iI, gt, I*" al t routn to inc cbk v.obk When the Port* alM*Bler
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