The Business Times, 11 December 1997

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT A (P) 02JV12/96 85f SINGAPORE Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Creative Technology makes US$77m acquisition...
    645 1  -  But company says Asian cnrrency turmoil is likely to hit its sales growth By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE! Creative Technology yesterday announced a US$77 million (Ssl2s million) purchase its biggest ever of US-based sound card maker Ensoniq Corp, but disappointed shareholders by disclosing the Asian currency
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    ... while IPC hits another bump over Hagenuk purchase
    730 1  - while IPC hits another bump over Hagenuk purchase Mobikom investor files 50m mark plan for Hagenuk By, Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Hagenuk Telecom, the German associate of Singapore-listed IPC Corp recently put under court protection, has drawn the interest of a German businessman after news that a takeover by IPC Corp
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    Merc prices fall by up to $30,000, BMWs unchanged
    757 1  -  By i Christopher Tan Benjamin Tan [SINGAPORE] Good news if you're shopping for a Merce-des-Benz, not-so-good news if it's a BMW you're eyeing. In response to the massive fall in COE premiums especially those for big cars most motor traders, including
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    Socially sensitive Indon rice harvest looks lean next year
    1222 1  -  Higher prices, shortages could hearten tension From, S N Vasuki in Jogjakarta AFTER a prolonged dry spell, the monsoon season has finally arrived In the fertile plains of Central Java. But farmers in this dense-ly-populated province, whose small holdings contribute a
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      139 1 ctr rope BUI "I can drive away a car, return it, ana me owner wont even know it Vary easy," Pfl3 "ft V. V' kftflks The Malaysian central bank will ctoee down troubled banks, bat it will safeguard the interests of depositors, s&id its governor Ahmad Don, Wtn'prmn Malaysia's Se<j||rities
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon SGS-Thomson may slow pace of regional plans
      382 2  -  Gmpaiiy cautions about current turmoil tat sajs it win t scale down Asian operations Reports by' Ven Sreenivasan SEMICONDUCTOR giant SGS-Thomson Microelectronics may slow the pace of its investments in the region amid the prevailing economic and currency turmoil. Jean-Claude Marquet, corporate vice-president
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      EDB working on technical manpower needs
      277 2 THE Economic Development Board (EDB) is stepping up its coordination with institutions of higher learning to increase the output of technically trained personnel to meet the needs of the manufacturing and international services sectors for the next five years. The EDB forecasts that investments
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      Lock icon 170,000 more beeper subscribers
      380 2  -  EYE ON TOE ECONOMY Telecommunications By: David Boey THE number of pager subscribers in Singapore has grown sharply, thanks to lower prices of beepers as a result of competition among the four players here. According to the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore, there were 170,000 new subscribers
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      New Changi Hospital, IBM get Training Award
      139 2 THIS year's National Training Award winners for the manufacturing and service sectors are IBM Singapore and New Changi Hospital respectively. The winner for the small and medium enterprises category will be announced today. The annual Singapore Productivity and Standards Board award honours companies
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      Petrochem players grow cautious
      502 3  -  Economic crisis, slow regional demand means some planned plants will be shelved By 1 Ronnie Lim AT LEAST two tough years to ride out before a cyclical upswing in the years 2000/2001 that's the medium-term outlook for Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore's $3.4 billion second complex, or
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Check-up confirms BG Lee in good health
        59 3 DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was found to be in excellent health with no sign of recurrence of lymphoma during a routine medical check-up on Tuesday, his press secretary Julian Cheong said yesterday. The check-up included a physical examination, scans, blood tests
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        More aircon buses coming
        33 3 MORE air-conditioned buses will be on the roads on public demand. The Public Transport Council will ask operators to have eight aircon buses in every 10 of their fleet.
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      Corrections & clarifications
      67 3 Corrections clarifications i JN a report yesterday—"OPH's Leong Horn Kee steps aside as head of naf 1 devt GfC" —we wrongly said that Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng is the chief whip of the People's Action Party. Mr Wong is the Leader of the House and the PAFs Second
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      Salary growth for executives dips to 7% this year from 7.9%: Hay survey
      347 3  -  Annual base salaries forecast to rise 7% next year By' Teh Hooi Ling EXECUTIVES' salary growth this year dipped slightly to 7 per cent from 7.9 per cent last year, a survey by Hay Management Consultants showed.
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      Lower COE speeds up car buyer's plans
      289 3  -  By Clarissa Tan THE fall in COE prices in the latest January tender has prompted some gear shifting among prospective car buyers. In the case of Keith Chia, a public affairs executive with Singapore Airlines, he has moved up his plans to buy
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      116 2 KOREAN AIR FLIES EVERY NIGHT. NON-STOP TO SEOULKorean Air flies nightly, non-stop from Singapore to these flights, three nights a week you can to Seoul. Which means after a hard day's work in fty to Seoul via Bangkok, and one night a week Singapore, you can get a great night's
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Newton/Moulmein seen holding its own
      714 4  -  Convenient location makes area popular with expat tenants, say analysts By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] PRICES in the prime Newton/Moulmein area are expected to hold up despite 1,100 new condo apartments due to come onstream in the next one to two years, and more in neighbouring
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      Asian-owned Aussie hotels up for sale
      770 4  -  Sydney's Regent Hotel under receivership; regional crisis seen taking toU on tourism By] Frances Lui [SINGAPORE] It looks as if the Asian infatuation with Australian hotel properties over the past few years is beginning to wane amid the regional turmoil. Industry sources told BT
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      House Hunt
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Bank Negara won't hesitate to close down troubled banks: head
      739 6  -  But he promises interests of depositors will be protected amid talk of bank failures From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian central bank will close down troubled banks but it will safeguard the interests of depositors, said its governor
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      ADB head wary about capital account liberalisation
      410 6  -  Opening of ADB's Development Institute He says China could face S-EA type tnrmoil if it deregulates From> Anthony Rowley in Tokyo ASIAN Development Bank president Mitsuo Sato yesterday hinted that unrestrained capital account liberalisation helped bring about the financial and economic crisis in
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      Lock icon Monitor capital inflows to avert crisis: Mr Yen
      297 6 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Vice Finance Minister Eisuke Sakakibara said yesterday that a mechanism to monitor capital inflows was needed to prevent a currency crisis similar to that which has hit Asia. He also cautioned against full liberalisation of foreign currency transactions in
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      Lock icon IMF drafting emergency lending plan
      134 6 AFX-Asia [LONDON] THE International Monetary Fund is moving rapidly to create a large-scale lending programme designed to bail out countries that have lost the confidence of foreign investors, the Wall Street Journal Europe reported, citing details of the plan obtained by the newspaper. A proposal
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      Lock icon Five more South Korean banks ordered to close
      648 6  -  From. Jennifer Veale in Seoul SOUTH Korea drew closer to a financial meltdown yesterday as the battered won plunged for the third consecutive day despite government efforts to inject liquidity into the cashstarved system. Even as the government moved to suspend the
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      News of Suharto meeting ministers bolsters rupiah
      598 6  -  Analysts say recovery is temporary, govt most mull hard options By S N Vasuki (JAKARTA] The Indonesian rupiah gained some ground yesterday, as President Suharto held a meeting with senior ministers at his residence to demonstrate that he was in good health, contrary
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      Lock icon Bangkok approves action plan to deal with unemployment
      317 6 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved an action plan to relieve the strains of unemployment as joblessness climbs amid the ongoing financial crisis, the labour minister said. Labour and Social Welfare Minister Trairong Suwankhiri said his ministry's proposal was designed to
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      Lock icon Japan moves to help troubled banks
      296 6 Lower house approves extending public foods to banks that merge Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's lower house of parliament approved legislation that will broaden the scope of a fund to protect the nation's bank depositors. The legislation will allow financially troubled banks that agree to merge
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon SC to get more powers to deal with listed firms
      470 7 KUALA LUMPUR New bill allows Malaysian regulators to initiate civil action in fraud cases NST MALAYSIA'S Securities Commission will be given more teeth in its role as the watchdog of listed firms under a bill tabled in parliament on Tuesday.
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      Lock icon Ramos to sign law to complete tax reform
      140 7 MANILA AFP PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos will today sign into law an act that completes the overhaul of the Philippines' tax system. The statute which revises the personal and corporate in-come-tax schedules "will be signed tomorrow (Thursday)", Mr Ramos said. The measure, part
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      Lock icon Don't let US interfere in trade: Mahathir
      220 7 TEHERAN AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister yesterday urged Islamic leaders meeting here to smash attempts by the United States to sabotage trade between Muslim countries, the official Iranian news agency Irna said. "The United States is putting obstacles in the way of economic cooperation
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      Lock icon KL slashes budget for Commonwealth Games
      333 7 KUALA LUMPUR Govt contribution halved to RMl4J>m in austerity drive AFP THE Malaysian government has halved its contribution to the costs of the closing and opening ceremonies of next year's Commonwealth Games under an austerity drive, organisers said yesterday. The initial budget was supposed
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Govt pushing Chinese firms to go abroad
      607 9  -  CHDUViTOH Venturing out will serve to Improve quality of China's Anns By Lu Ning STATE-OWNED China NaUonal Nonferrous Metals Co Is bidding for a large stake in a big Chilean copper mine to secure supplies to satisfy its huge domestic needs, it was
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      Lock icon Fears over plan in Taiwan to vote on Bayer project
      334 9 TAIPEI bllSlll€SSoB say referendum hinders investments; Taipei fears backlash AFP FOREIGN businesses in Tai#an yesterday objected to a possible referendum over a NT$5O billion (552.5 billion) major investment project by Germany's Bayer Group. "The referendum concept, as part of the
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      Lock icon China wants US accord on its WTO bid by May
      252 9 B WASHINGTON Bridge News CHINA has told the US that it wants an agreement on its bid to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by May 1998 when the Geneva-based world trade body holds its summit for member nations, Kyodo
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      Lock icon HK starts anti-piracy reward plan
      201 9 HONGKONG AFP COPYRIGHT organisations yesterday announced a HKJI.2 million (*****.400) reward plan to encourage people to give information against copyright pirates, a senior government official said. Six international and one local organisation have put up the money to provide rewards of between HK$5,OOO and HK$lOO,OOO
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      Lock icon Downer to China: Open economy further
      187 9 BEIJING Reuters AUSTRALIA'S Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer yesterday hailed 25 years of ties with China but said the rising Asian power must open its economy further to enjoy more growth. Mr Downer, in the Chinese capital on an official visit to mark
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Regulator seeks to penalise Daiwa, Nikko over payoffs
      366 10 TOKYO Finns broke law by paying3B4m yen to racketeer, it says Bloomberg JAPANESE financial regulators said Daiwa Securities Co and Nikko Securities Co broke the law by paying 384.3 million yen (Ss4.B million) to a racketeer and asked the Ministry of Finance
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      Lock icon Aussie proposals for electronic commerce
      120 10 CANBERRA Reuters AUSTRALIAN Treasurer Peter Costello yesterday released reform proposals that he said will facilitate electronic commerce for both business and consumers. The proposals, part of the Corporate Law Economic Reform Programme, include amending legislation to enable the electronic settlement of transactions in Commonwealth government
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      Lock icon Japan's current account surplus soars 220% in Oct
      369 10 TOKYO Weak yen boosts anto and computer-related exports, says AFP JAPAN'S current account surplus in October ballooned 220.2 per cent from a year earlier, boosted by brisk auto and computer-related exports on the back of a weak yen, the finance ministry said
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      Lock icon Nothing beats Mom
      47 10 [SHANGHAI] A South Korean mother wrapping her two children inside her coat as the thermometer plunged to -11.3 Celsius in Seoul yesterday. The cold weather, coupled with the country's worsening financial crisis, is sending the nation into a state of anxiety and depression. REUTER
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      Lock icon Asian PC sales forecast to drop in Q4 and 1998
      372 10 SINGAPORE AFP GROWTH of personal computer (PC) sales in Asia is expected to slow down in the last quarter and into 1998 because of the regional currency crisis, a technology research •firm said yesterday. International Data Corp (IDC) said next
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      Lock icon Peters denies his party moving to the right under Shipley
      352 10 WELLINGTON Reuters DEPUTY Prime Minister Winston Peters yesterday reaffirmed his New Zealand First party as centrist, and denied there would be a move to the right in a coalition led since Monday by Prime Minister Jenny Shipley. "There will be
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      Lock icon Congress again asks Sonia to lead
      335 10 NEW DELHI Hie party feels tnly she has the charisma to sway the electorate AFP INDIA'S Congress Party yesterday stepped up its pressure on Sonia Gandhi, widow of slain former premier Rajiv Gandhi, by formally asking her to lead its upcoming election campaign. "If
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon UN global warming meeting extended
        79 11 Reuters {KYOTO] A UN meeting on global warming went into an extra day yesterday and a senior US official said chance* of an agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions wore down to 30 per cent In a bleak forecast about a possible collapse of the
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        Lock icon Korean peace talks again in March
        78 11 Reuters [GENEVA] Landmark talks aimed at bringing lasting peace to the Korean Peninsula ended yesterday with an agreement to return to Geneva in March, US Assistant Secretary of State for Asia and Pacific Af&irs Stanley Roth said. Mr Roth told a news conference after
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        Lock icon Yeltsin has acute respiratory infection
        38 11 Reuters [MOSCOW] Russian President Boris Yeltsin has an acute respiratory viral infection resulting from a cold and will stay at a sanatorium outside Moscow for 10 to 12 days, the Kremlin confirmed yesterday.—Reuters
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        Lock icon Blair vs 20 Labour MPs on welfare cuts
        77 11 Reuters [LONDON] British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday prepared to face down his first major Internal revolt, with up to 20 Labour MPs set to vote against a bill cutting single mothers' welfare payments. The government wants to reduce state benefits for
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        Lock icon Christie's considering new takeover bid
        62 11 AFP [LONDON] Christie's, one of the world s oldest auction houses, is considering whether to accept a revised takeover bid from a mysterious suitor, after rejecting an offer earlier this week. The British-based auctioneer said it had received "a modified preliminary approach in relation to
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      Lock icon US current account deficit widens to US$42b in Q3
      413 11 WASHINGTON L Deficit on track to exceed USsl4Bb 1 posted for 1996 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US trade deficit in goods, services and investments widened to U5542.16 billion (5568.4 billion) in the third quarter, as the fallout from the Asian financial crisis
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      Lock icon US consumers call for lower phone access charges
      266 11 WASHINGTON Bloomberg CONSUMER advocacy and business groups, seeking to lower long-distance phone rates, are asking US federal regulators to slash fees local phone companies charge longdistance companies to complete calls. Their bid is the latest salvo in a long fight over how
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      Lock icon Time to take note of Greenspan's worry about stock prices?
      552 11 WASHINGTON US firms won't be aUe to sustain profit growth in D 8 due to Asian crisis; analysts Reuters THE last time the US stock market was near current levels, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan felt compelled to warn investors
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      Lock icon US-Malaysia row holds up WTO deal on finance sector
      319 11 GENEVA AIG objects to KL policy of majority domestic ownership AFP A ROW between the US and Malaysia over investment guarantees remains unresolved, officials said here yesterday as negotiators rushed to seal a vast deal liberalising global financial services by the
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Saddam's fine triumph not his work alone
      771 12  -  THE BOTTOM LDVB OPINION By A M Rosenthal The writer is a columnist for The New York Times FOR seven years Saddam Hussein has murdered Iraqi children, thousands. He refuses to provide the foreign food and medicine they must have. They die; he
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      93 12 'We don't have any skeletons in our policy closet. We don't even have a closet.' Oesar Baotista Philippines Trade and Industry Secretary on why his country has emerged relatively unscathed from Asia's economic turmoil. 'In the past, we could not get even enough to eat Now we
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      Japan's banking system bail-out
      697 12 EDITORIAL IT is now almost certain that Japan will employ public money to finance an injection of funds into the official Deposit Insurance Corporation (DIC) as a backstop against further bank failures. It is by no means certain, however, that public aid will also extend to
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      Lock icon How US can stay super
      1182 12  -  Former US National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski gives some helpful and not so helpful tips By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent THE NOTION that the end of the Cold War has transformed the United States into the world's only remaining superpower is
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      825 12 Reviving MarstauUi MORE than four years have passed since May 1993, when Marsinah, a labour activist, died a gruesome martyr's death defending the rights of her fellow workers at a small watch manufacturing plant in Surabaya. As may be recalled, her death and the tangled court
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        Info service for Japan drivers
        73 13 NISSAN Motor Co has teamed up with NTT Mobile Communications Network, Hitachi and Zenrin to form an information services company. Called Compasslink Corp, it will provide drivers in Japan with information they need through an operator, a cell phone and a navigational system. Traffic conditions,
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        Another Beemer sportster?
        40 13 THIS is the ZO7, BMW's concept successor to the legendary 507 sports car. It has an eight-cylinder engine with a six-speed sequential gearbox, and new springs. Whether the car will go into production has not been decided.
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        Audi A6 in 1.8-litre version
        87 13 THE Audi A 6 is now available with a 1.8-litre power plant. The recently developed four-cylinder aluminium engine incorporates five-valve technology and produces 125 horses and a torque of 168 newton-metres at 3,500rpm. The new car, available from next year, is capable of a respectable
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        Limited edition Harleys for '98
        81 13 HARLEY-Davidson is celebrating its 95th anniversary next year with a limited edition range of bikes. For the Singapore market, there will be six XLI2OOC Sportster 1200 Customs, four FLSTF Fat Boys, four FLSTS Heritage Springers, three FLHTCUI Ultra Electra Glides and two FLHRCI Road King
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        New generation generator
        57 13 DELPHI Automotive Systems has developed a liquid-cooled generator, an increasingly necessary innovation in today's high-performance cars. Because of features such as turbo-charging, temperatures under the bonnet can reach 125 degrees Celsius—a level at which air-cooled generators simply can't function. Delphi's liquid-cooled device uses the vehicle's existing engine
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        Is that an Audi or a pick-up?
        58 13 THE Audi Al2 concept takes on a pick-up truck look here. Called the Al2 Open End, the car's roof and tailgate retract (in opposite directions) at the push of a button to create an avant garde utility vehicle. A flatbed rear accommodates a
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        Nissan goes green in paints
        43 13 NISSAN is developing a lead-free anti-corrosion undercoating that is friendlier to the environment. In cooperation with several paint makers, it is working on a substitute that contains phosphoric acid and "a harmless heavy metal with high anti-corrosion performance".
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        Transport trivia
        107 13  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan FINALLY, here are some useless numbers. By 2000, Daimler-Benz will make 25 per cent of Mercedes-Benzes outside Germany, up from just 5 per cent today. By 2005, Toyota estimates 33 per cent of new car sales in the world will be made up of
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      Lock icon Confessions of a repo man
      1380 13  -  It's 1.30 in the morning, do you know where your car is? If you don't there's a certain group of people who might know. Christopher taw gathers the following story after talking to three of them CHRISTOPHER TAN mi CAN drive ■I away a mm
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      300 men and about 12,000 cases a year
      251 13 TEN things your hire-pur-chase agent never told you: ♦Exactly how many vehicles are repossessed each month? Only the police know for sure. But a spokesman said the CID did not collate such data and it would be too manpower-inten-sive to do so
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      2048 14  - Deirdre Moss animals' best Mend A wish to help led her to SPCAI4 years ago but the exec officer has grown to see her vocation as a calling from above, says jaime ee JAIME EE Animals look up to Deirdre Moss. It's not that she's taller, or that some dogs
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      New CPF-approved unit trusts set to hit market
      470 17  -  They aim to Up rale allowing investment in stocks listed in US, Japan and Germany By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] A slew of new Central Provident Fund-ap-proved unit trusts are slated for launch over the next several weeks, as fund managers aim to
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      Huan Hsin revises terms of Chaoji investment
      177 17 [SINGAPORE] Phone cord maker Huan Hsin Holdings has revised some of the terms in its U552.55 million (Ss4.l million) investment in Chaoji Holdings, the company said yesterday. The investment wiU represent a 51 per cent stake in Chaoji, as previously announced. However, Hsu
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      C&W happy with M1 investment
      287 17 [SINGAPORE] The deputy chief executive of Cable Wireless pic (C&W) said yesterday he was very pleased with the group's investment in Singapore, in particular its interest in Mobile One, which has secured nearly 20 per cent of the market share in the mobile phone market
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      Salim's bid for San Miguel looks set to succeed
      658 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Al Labita IT would seem fiitile for San Miguel Corp (SMC) to mount a counter attack against the takeover assault of Indonesia's Salim Group. By all indications, Salim's backdoor entry into SMC appears to have the blessings of
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      Active trading for revamped SBS Bus
      220 17  -  By Ven Sreenivasan (SINGAPORE] Singapore Bus Service Ltd (SBS Bus) saw active trading on its first day on the mainboard following the restructuring of Singapore Bus Service (1978) Ltd three months ago. The stock oscillated between an intraday high of $1 and a low
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      Lock icon Easyknit to raise HK$490m via rights offer
      115 17 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Easyknit International Holdings Ltd announced it is raising HK$49O million (*****.7 million) through a rights offer. According to the Hong-kong-based maker of knitting equipment, the shares will be offered at 10 Hongkong cents each on the basis of three shares for
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        YHS in US$6m soft drinks venture in China
        478 18  -  C&dbnry Schweppes, China firm also in Gnangzhou tie-up From Loh Hui Yin in Guangzhou SOFT drinks manufacturer Yeo Hiap Seng and its longtime partner Cadbury Schweppes have set up a US$6 million (559.7 million) joint venture in Guangzhou to manufacture the Oasis
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        Lock icon Petronas Gas first half pre-tax profit rises 17%
        141 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Petronas Gas Bhd yesterday reported a 17 per cent increase in its pretax profit for the six months ended Sept 30 to 505.31 million Malaysian ringgit (*****.8 million) from RM431.75 million in the previous corresponding period. The company said
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        Lock icon China Everbright in talks to buy NatWest securities team
        496 18 It is said to be eyeing 80-man team at Nat West Markets in Hongkong Bloomberg [HONGKONG] As foreign investment banks in Asia shed businesses and staff in the face of crumbling markets, China Everbright Holdings Co, an investment arm of China's
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          Acceptances for Apollo offer
          79 18 [SINGAPORE] At the close of Samta Investment's offer for Apollo Enterprises' shares and warrants yesterday, Samta received valid acceptances for 33.04 million shares and 6.44 million warrants. That represented about 21.41 per cent of Apollo's issued share capital and 18.84 per cent of its outstanding warrants.
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          Lock icon MBf ditches plans to buy bank
          81 18 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] MBf Holdings has dropped plans to acquire a bank due to current market conditions, the national Bernama news agency reported. Officials at MBf could not be immediately reached for comment. MBf Holdings and its affiliate MBf Capital had suspended their shares
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          Lock icon Kloffe extends trading hours
          77 18 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (Kloffe) said yesterday that daily trading would be extended by half-an-hour from next week. The move is to align trading hours with the KLSE, which announced on Tuesday that trading would start 30 minutes earlier
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          Lock icon KL Kepong profit down 10%
          138 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Kuala Lumpur Kepong said group pre-tax profit fell 10 per cent to 271.1 million Malaysian ringgit (*****.5 million) for the year ended Sept 30. But it felt that the current higher palm product prices would help it achieve better results in 1998.
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        Lock icon Wing Tiek: 2 banks want repayment
        253 18 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Wing Tiek Holdings Bhd, a Malaysian steel maker, said two banks have asked it to repay loans totalling 15 million Malaysian ringgit (556.6 million). Wing Tiek said it had received claims from Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) for RMS million and Bumiputra Merchant
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        Lock icon Tongkah sees manufacturing as main profit contributor
        391 18 Kestrel stockbrokmg arm has limited market exposure Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] With the current downturn in the stock market, Tongkah Holdings Bhd feels that its manufacturing division will be the main contributor to its bottomline in the future, said executive chairman cum chief executive
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        Lock icon John Hancock Int'l gets SC waiver
        173 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] John Hancock International Holdings, which holds a 32.3 per cent stake in John Hancock Life Insurance (JHLI), has been granted a waiver by the Securities Commission from the obligation to undertake a mandatory general offer for the remaining voting rights in
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        Lock icon Intria doesn't rule out selling Costain to Skanska
        298 18 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Intria Bhd said it will keep the option to cede its control of Costa in pic, a UK construction company, to Sweden's largest construction company Skanska AB. "So far, Skanska has not indicated whether they will exercise the
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        Lock icon Asia woes likely to drag down US technology stocks
        465 19 Wall Street Analysts slashing earnings forecasts for most segments of industry Reuters [PALO ALTO, California] Technology stocks likely will lag behind the rest of the stock market for the next three months as Asia's economic illness eats into the earnings of
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        Lock icon Big four to stay on top as PC sales seen rising 15% in Q4
        290 19 Reuters [MOUNTAIN VIEW, California] Forecasting 15 per cent personal computer sales growth during the fourth quarter, International Data Corp on Tuesday said the industry will continue to be dominated by the "big four" vendors. These four
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        Lock icon Philip Morris to restructure Kraft
        281 19 It's taking USs63om charge to cut 2,500 jobs, close plants FT [NEW YORK] Philip Morris, the US tobacco and food group, will take a US$63O million (Ssl billion) charge to restructure its poorly performing Kraft Foods International business, cutting 2,500 jobs or 8 per cent
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        Lock icon Oracle chief loses US$2.1b in a day
        378 19 Massive paper loss results from US$9 dive in share price Bloomberg [REDWOOD SHORES, California] Oracle Corp chairman and chief executive Larry Ellison, once the fourth wealthiest person in the US, lost a quick US$2.l4 billion (553.47 billion) on paper as shares of his
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        Lock icon HKBank of Canada net up 17% to C$138m
        145 19 Reuters [HONGKONG] HSBC Holdings said yesterday that Hongkongßank of Canada reported consolidated net income of C 5138.3 miUion (*****.7 million) for the year to Oct 31, a 17 per cent rise from a year ago. The bank had total assets of C
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        Lock icon SEC in US to charge auditors over conflicts
        395 20 Aoditors fail to ensure independence from public firms they audit, it says Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Securities and Exchange Commission will file charges against accounting firms of different sizes next year for failing to ensure their independence from public companies they audit, an
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        Lock icon Oil firms to expand hiring, spending: survey
        319 20 Bloomberg [HOUSTON] Oil companies will spend more to find oil and natural gas in 1998 and expect to hire more workers, a closely watched survey indicates. Companies are optimistic about the energy industry's future because they believe oil and natural gas demand will
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        Lock icon Protest brewing
        51 20 [BOGOTA, Columbia] Colombian coffee growers carrying a giant banner that read "Coffee!" at the start of the Coffee Merchants' Congress here on Tuesday. At least 100 demonstrators rallied in front of the National Coffee Building to demand better coffee prices and to be able to refinance their debts.
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        Lock icon Dreyfus sells all its Asian equities
        255 20 Bridge News [NEW YORK] Dreyfus Corp has sold all of its equity holdings in Asia because of the financial turmoil in that region, the firm's head of international equities, Ron Chapman, told reporters on Tuesday. The firm sold the remaining 2 per cent of
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        Lock icon NationsBank gets nod for Barnett deal
        235 20 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] NationsBank Corp has won US Justice Department approval for its US$l6 billion (Ss26 billion) acquisition of Barnett Banks Inc by agreeing to sell US$4.l billion in deposits in Florida. The Justice Department said the sale of the deposits, which are located in
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        Lock icon Euroyen softer, but falls limited
        228 20 niwhii Report Reuters (SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen futures showed a soft bias yesterday, but dealers said falls were limited by caution ahead of the Liberal Democratic Party's package of economic stabilisation measures. An outline of the package is expected tomorrow and fUll details are due on
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        Futures contracts surprise with a 60-tick gain
        161 20  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contracts caught some traders by surprise with a 60tick rise to close at 351.2, despite a decline in the US market overnight.
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        Lock icon No Iraqi oil unless new aid plan passed
        230 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [BAGHDAD] Iraqi Oil Minister Amir Muhammad Rasheed yesterday said Iraq won't pump oil under the third oil-for-food deal with the United Nations unless a new aid distribution plan was approved. The UN Security Council had voted to approve extending
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        273 20 Reuters The US dollar fell by more than one yen by midday after Japan's Ministry of Finance said concerted intervention was always a possibility and a large Japanese corporation called for a lower dollar/yen. Traders said the dollar was also weighed down by a yen comeback on the
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      1768 21 LJIMJUM lK» >R*HIHbI| Nw 31 Group 903 -11 AS Parts 299 *5 Akboy National 1013 -7.400 AMadDomacq 532 -9.400 Amac 128 unch Asda Group 175.400 1200 ■ATM 545 -***** BGPtc 206 3J00 ■ICC 165 -8 BOC Group 969 -3 Bfl PvtroMum 839 -8400 BTR wi 3 Bank
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1593 21 AFP Q Nikkei 225 -2jß3j SHARE prices ended lower yesterday, hit by profit-taking following sharp gains the previous day amid lingering concerns over the health of the economy, brokers said. "Concerns over the stability of the financial system are fading but prospects for the economy are still negative," a
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1511 22 AFP 418.26 HONGKONG share prices closed sharply lower yesterday on profit-taking on investors' concerns over rising local money market rates, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index tumbled 468.25 points, or 4.1 per cent, to close the day at 11,022.41 points. Turnover was HKIIO.I billion compared with HK18.98 billion
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      Lock icon CHINA
      616 22 Reuters Qginrriut B Index -0.49 SHENZHEN'S B shares closed lower yesterday as declines in the Hongkong stock market dented the confidence of foreign investors. The B Index slipped 0.49 point to 104.10 on a turnover of HK$9.6 million. "The fall in the B shares was related to weakness in
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      387 22 AFP OwPMa ♦nu» SHARE prices closed higher in brisk trade yesterday as investors returned to buy amid renewed optimism about the market's outlook, dealers said. "General market sentiment was very optimistic," said a trader. The TSE Weighted Price Index increased 170.06 points to 8,503.55. Turnover was 3.5 billion shares
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      242 22 AFX-Asia Q Wellington -1196 SHARE prices were lower in dull trade yesterday, with the main interest the listing of Sky Network Television. The NZSE-40 Index fell 13.96 points to 2,396.12 on turnover of NZ543.5 million. The listing of Sky Network relieved an otherwise dull day. dealers said.—AFX-Asia New «a
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      638 22 AFP P Composite fain -U56 STOCKS closed lower yesterday with sentiment bearish on the rupiah's weakness, declines on regional markets and continued concerns over President Suharto's health. The JSE Composite Index fell 9.56 points at 415.94. Turnover was 268.5 million shares worth 334.1 billion rupiah. The rupiah was trading
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      Lock icon MANILA
      282 22 AFP Qfeajk -6.66 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday as investors dumped Philippine Long Distance Telephone and took profit from an eight-day rally. The Composite Index shed 6.86 points to 1,972.84. Turnover was 2.5 billion shares worth 1.04 billion pesos. PLDT lost 55 pesos to 870 while its troubled affiliate
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      421 22 AFP rlComposite lota +ILBS SHARES rose yesterday with blue chips attracting buyers after a market stabilisation plan eased concerns about the financial markets. Dealers said there was hope that the latest measures could improve liquidity, easing the strain on the system as corporates tried to secure fUnds. They said
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      585 22 AFP □HOrj-ri, -28J STOCKS fell yesterday, shaken by a fall on Wall Street and a plunge in the gold price which hit mining stocks. Brokers said the softer market was due to a combination of factors including a weakening of resource stocks, a poor finish for the Dow and
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        Lock icon Shares firmer as locals buy blue chips
        532 23 AFX-Asia Q Composite Index +7.21 SHARE prices closed firmer yesterday, with local interest in key blue chips leading the main index to a higher finish, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed up 7.21 points at 636.36 on volume of 192 million shares
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        Petronas Gas warrant is not as good a buy as Petronas Dagangan
        185 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy WE HIGHLIGHTED Petronas Dagangan's warrant In this column last week, when It cost 67 sen. At the time, we said it was one of the most compelling buys In the market It closed
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        HOT STOCK
        57 26  -  by Shiv Taneja CLOB-LISTED Rekapociflc Bhd dosed one cent higher yesterday at 31J cents on a volume of 3.2 million shares, compared with its lOday traded average of just over eight million units. Despite the falling volume and possible near-term weakness, investors with a long-term view on this
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        Concerns over Q4 economic data drag prices lower
        641 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY An unpromising electronics sector pins donbts over corporate earnings also keep buyers away By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] After Monday's strong raUy, the local stock market feU back yesterday for the second consecutive session, dragged lower by earnings worries, a
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          Now you know
          155 26 EVER wondered who those faceless analysts are out there crunching numbers and churning out tomes of research on companies, stock markets and economies? Well, Indosuez WI Carr Securities has decided to bring them out into the sunshine with thumb-nail sized photographs of its teams of analysts on
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          Calling it a day
          100 26 QUITE unrelated to the launch of Indosuez WI Carr Securities' new research product, the Arm announced on Tuesday the resignation of John Mulcahy,'managing d irector of its Hongkong operations. "Following a strategic review of the operations of Indosuez WI Carr, the role of Hongkong managing director
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          A threat to can it all
          127 26 BAD news for companies such as can maker Klan J oo and soft drinks manufacturer Fraser Neave. A big fight is brewing between the Malaysian Tin Can Manufacturers' Association and Perst ima on the tatter's move to raise the price of tin plate. Perstima
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          The real thing
          172 26 HERE'S something from real grapevines. For years, a lot of people who should know better thought pinot blanc and chardonnay were one and the same. Hot so, says the New York Times in a piece on Steele Pinot Blanc 1996. Pinot blanc, a distant cousin of pinot
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          So much for yippees
          106 26 IN LAW governing insider trading, recipients of insider information are somewhat inelegantly called tippees.asa colleague found out at an in-house seminar on stock market law. Seems that attempts to introduce the word into the English language proper Initially created quite a kerfuffle among English MPs. One
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      304 18 PACIFIC CAN INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an Extraordinary General Meeting will be hekJ at 19 Cecil Street #04-00, Pacific Can Building, Singapore *****4 on 26 December 1997 at 10.30 a.m. for the purpose of considering
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      306 27 Bridge News Reuters HIGHER timecharter rates were seen for Panamaxes from the US Gulf. The morning session gave a very mixed impression, Clarkson Securities Ltd said in its daily Biffex comment. There was a higher increase in volume traded than has been seen recently, but the upward run
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      434 27  -  180 vessel bookings made for berths this month, the highest achieved in one month By] Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] As the regional cruise industry hots up with the entry of Sun Cruises, the Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC) expects December to be its best
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      370 27  -  It may want safety measures to cover smaller ships too From David Hughes in London THE InternatiSnaT Maritime Organisation (IMO) is to consider extending new measures to improve bulk carrier safety to cover smaller ships. A new Chapter 12 to the International Convention for
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      61 27 [COLOMBO] A worker watches a gantry crane lifting the 1.5 millionth transhipment container at Sri Lanka's port of Colombo recently. The port, south Asia's transhipment hub, has recorded a 25 per cent growth over the past two years and is expected to handle more than 1.6
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      252 27 AFP [TOKYO] The captain of a North Korean freighter has been arrested on suspicion of using a bogus 10,000 yen (*****) bill, Japanese authorities said yesterday. The suspect has been identified as Ri Pil Song, 35-year-old North Korean skipper of
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      383 27  -  Investors doubt viability of projects without adequate cargo support From] Rajendra Bajpai in New Delhi INDIA'S efforts to privatise ports and expand facilities are beginning to face problems because of doubts in investors' mind about the viability of the projects without adequate
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      312 27 Lloyd's List [LONDON] Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has hit back at allegations by shipbuilder Meyer Werft that the Estonia, which sank in 1994 with the loss of 852 lives, was unseaworthy and should not have been issued with a passenger ship safety
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      793 27  -  NEWBUIZiDS By: David Hughes THE buildup of VLCC newbuilding orders continues, as can be seen in this week's list of recent orders. These major investments must be at least partly in response to the current firm market. But the
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      843 28 ANOTHER CBANOEOVER IK HOMOKONO Many key questions still remain unanswered in the countdown to the switch from Kai Tak airport to the new site Reuters SOME time next year, there will be airliners on their way to Hongkong with nowhere in the territory to
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      261 28 PAGE ECl 5 ACL 9 EES 8 AHL 3 Ethiopian 6 i Accord 8 Eurohans 6 Appenship 5 Evergreen Astro 3 F#mous 7 Austral 9 r on 9 Sun 8 BSA 7 CUn 4 Batammto 7 Gemartrans 8 I SHr I fungus a
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        188 41 Dm IS Kenya, Mexico, Russia Dm IS Sri Lanka DmM Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, S. Africa Dm S3 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. DmM Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovakia Sweden: New Year's Day. Switzerland: Christmas Eve. DmM Albania, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Austria Australia: Christmas Day. Belarus, Bolivia,
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        866 41 THB report compiled by CockettMarine OU Ltti showi price rmngee in US dollars Inatead of alngle prioee tor a more comprehensive deecrtptlon of the market Prioee shown are bneed on average-eiaed etem Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual changee
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        341 41 Carta* 180 tUx 99X9 12 W 109 54 0.04 (W S Dewttv Mater tasMw Art AJaaMaa MM Ho afeow E2S 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 rrj- »0 AM 9W.I OJ 12J 0.0* 34 0.02 380 Mai 997.0 0.9 K.6 0.10 91 0.0i »W %i/»
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        389 42 Aceord will cover global network strategy,road trucking and cargo handling facilities Reuters [FRANKFURT] The six airlines linked in the global Star Alliance have agreed to form a broad cargo alliance to complement their existing link-up on passenger services, Lufthansa Cargo said. The six
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        667 42 Reuters The top US safety Investigator criticised Boeing Co and the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday for the slow pace of ■voluntary inspections of Boeing 747 centre fuel tanks. At a hearing on the explosion on July 17,1996,
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        228 42 Bloomberg [BRASILIA] Bayerische Motoren Werke AG was to detail yesterday its plans to build a US$l5O million (SS24O million) factory in Brazil to produce Land Rovers. BMW said in January it planned to build a Brazilian factory to produce the all-ter-rain vehicles,
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        291 42 IMPACT OF CURRENCY TURMOIL Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korean Air, South Korea's biggest airline, said it will sell five passenger jetliners to its creditors this month to improve its finances. The disposal underscores the seriousness of the cash flow problems some Korean companies
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        143 42 Bloomberg [HANOIJ Vietnam Airlines suffered a slowdown in the second half of the year as a result of currency turmoil in the region, on which it depends for 70 per cent of its business, the Vietnam News reported, citing company officials. Growth of 7.8 per cent
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          96 42 AFX-Asia {HONGKONG] Hongkong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd said it will increase handling charges by 30 per cent when its new facility in Chek Lap Kok, Super Terminal 1, comes into operation in April next year. Managing director Anthony Charter said the rise in
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          105 42 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Dutch carrier KLM has announced special cut-rate fares to the US for the winter season. The move follows cuts in transatlantic fares from competitors Delta Air Lines Inc and United Airlines. The airline will offer a fere 0f767 guilders (Ss6l7) for two
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          108 42 AFP [HONGKONG] Officials here have unveiled the routes of two new rail developments to cost HKIIO billion (SS2.I billion). A new line would link the satellite city of Shatin with the Ma On Shan housing area some five kilometres J away. The line was
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        155 42 AFP [MOSCOW] Russia will postpone delivery of two Su-27 jet fighters to Vietnam until the cause of the crash of an An-124 Ruslan transport plane in Irkutsk has been established, Interfax said. The jets were scheduled to be delivered in mid-December as
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        208 42 Reuters [STOCKHOLM] Swedish car maker AB Volvo is looking at the possibility of major acquisitions in its quest to reach 10 per cent annual growth, the company's chief executive officer told an analyst meeting. "We are looking at a couple of acquisitions
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      228 28 YEAR END VESSEL TO USA FEEDER VESSEL HAMBURG EXPRESS VOY 17E849 ETA SPORE 28/12/97 1700 HRS ETA HONGKONG 01/01/98 IST DAY FOR LCL 26/12 CFS CLOSING 27/12 B4 12.30 PM a CLOSING 27/12 B4 MIDNIGHT FEEDER VESSEL ACX RAFFLESIA VOY 0058 ETA SPORE 30/12/97 1200 HRS ETD SPORE 31/12/97 (SAILING
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      584 28 Unes&servces represented Members of the by Members o» the Registry* r-J 3#l Singapore Freight Forwarders \£|jj|w Accredited Sh.ppmg Agents. Association Singapore Shipping Association r» IhMl*^a*MM EXPORT 3 x Japan •2 x Hongkong •1 x Manila •1 x Kooshiung, K—lung (Accepting FCI to BKK/NAHA/SENDAI/CEBU/ICH) VMML W pn HH Jff If Iwn
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      1084 29 PACIFIC SOUTH WEST EXPRESS (DIRECT) ALSO ACCEPTING MAHAUS VIA lAX/HOU Ivcsa Ivor m Iswni Isnnp lux m nan en xrc aji hqu not «a AfIIHNMND OIK 00/12 10/12 11/12 20/12 30/12 31/12 31/12 01/01 01/01 31/12 31/12 02/01 Viwurfts 0181 15/12 17/12 U/12 02/01 06/01 07/01 07/01 00/01 00/01 07/01
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      2436 29 HANJIN SHIPPING CANADA* Hit VSt/YOT 181 Ml f"«N UNIHAUt/VOT SIA I rox I DBI I<M DTT M I MfM OPS |MW CMP WTC TV TK |TK TH m ncotoooooisi u/u u/u hwosioiw/mx m/oi h/oi n/ei u/oi u/oi u/oi h/oi u/oi is/o» is/»i u/oi n/oi h/oi u/oi u/oi u/oi OWTAMG ATUSOQ3I
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      103 29 pt ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED lljtj, i (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) VKStI VOY SINWOHI IOWMT VBStl VOT MgMT SMWOHI SINAR TOBA 220 12/12 21/12 SINAR TOBA 219 30/11 12/12 OOCI ADMIRAL 010 15/12 24/12 OOQ ADMIRAL 009 03/12 15/12 KEDAH 009 19/12 28/12 KEDAH 000 07/12 19/12 ACHIEVER
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      1144 30 <T DSR-SENA TOR in Round the World Container Services TO UK/CONTINENT UtOM UK/CONTINENT Kttn [wt fir RIM IMT 1 m HAM FIX I LHA ||ffiSS& VOY LH» FU HTM WW HAM 081 MM^lrrri 7ii I W VUUXYOJTO* SENATOR ff7Sl 11.11 17.11 10.11 11.11 *1.11 17 12 CHOYAM VOI6A WN7S 1112
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      1150 30 MMG YML Intorrwt WM> Sit* http: //www.ymLcom.tw IlLl fl,*AkkX*Ui'* VESSEL VOY LEH FIT HAM AMR HFA SIN MING MOON 04/A743E SLO SLD SID SLO SLD 16/12 MALACCA BRIDGE 89A744E SLO SLO SU) SLO SLD 23/12 MING STAR 02/A745E SLO SLO SLO SLO 16T12 30/12 MING GALAXY 99/A746E I<Vl2 ***** *****
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      589 30 LIKE A TIL: 22SS2S0 PAX: *****37 EHU vßsa vot no n* rasa vot n» n* sran buma spoh im JFtOSFB VW/17 11/12 14/12 JHOSFB V2H/07 11/12 IS/12 AMULGUXT VJII/I7 U/12 19/12 AfttGUXT V3IK/V7 14/12 J.PTOSW VJOE/97 20/12 2S/12 IFOOSFB V3OI/97 20/12 24/12 tntaon rra/v 2S/12 m/ij vnaotr rm/v 2S/12 29/12
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      1094 31 lyase. VOY FM I BKK I POU I PKO P«W I BLW I «UW IBA BMC ■UNMMgAW PJL-1291 11/11 84/11 ■UMTWPOUM PJL-1260 18/11 MAM MOOM PJL-1262 02/12 11/12 13/12 WANWAHPAT PJL-126S 17/12 I- 2g/12 ACCEPTING CONTAINER/BREAK-BULK SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN ft CIS COUNTRIES I.E. AZARBAUAN, ARMEMiL<AZAKHSTA>T UZBE Kl
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      2179 31 CARGO TO €J J. AREAS: I ST. PETERSBURG, RIGA, TALLINN, j jl SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SNENTON WAT TEL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWAID (»/U COSTAR SHIPPING Ml LTD #i7-os d*s buk saus/ngs 420SMi/43 inward dipt (D/o) *****15 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD amkummmm rowa two (omo*) conventiomai 42osiso/s5 t/shputocrr
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      863 32 I-iSS/ VVJ «WMO» IMIIIIIUIM MHJ: (084) *****9 MAMLA: (632) *****61 W »<ANQ;(0«)a8a«J8 BANGKOK: (B82) ******/ SURABAYA: (31) 2*lBBo P. KELANQ: (03) *****77 JKT (21) *****07 MOM: (81) *****3 PUSAH USA/JAPAN MV "HYUNDAI GENERAL" V.308E MV "HANJIN CHUNGMU" V.162E ETA SIN: 15-12-97 ETA SIN: 14-12-97 j LA£ AUCKLAND MV "CAPE NELSON"
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      381 32 /CZ > NANTAI LINE FUUY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA vbsh VOT m wn <w t/uT impm ore m a/ii Mi uKOi mot m n/i? n/n w/ii ty»i mi mm wiq oin a/i? w/ti ivii MMMjgS M Ml llfll 14/11 TV%] H/»i mmmm opts h/ii n/»i m am mmrBKBS
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      641 33 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES /IKS 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 2/ HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) MB PAGE AfIOKSS: wni.laMki.coa.>) E-MML ADDRESS: IiMMaMM DAILY SAILING TO rftrT: ATTRACTIVE RATES! CALL IVY FOR BOOKING *****33 P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****33 (20 UNES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 CWT
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      895 34 CXIANO I I J>K*IIT»/PAWJAWO VESSEL VOY SIN OKK LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN XCTHA BHUM 221n5 nTpT 14/12 MATHU BHUM 383S In Pt 13/12 ANAN BHUM MN 12/12 17/12 MATHU BHUM ***** 12/12 13/12 ANAN BHUM 86NB 13/12 17/12 DANU BHUM* 0178 13/12 18/12 KITI BHUM 32N 14/12 17/12
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      478 35 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO EUROPE I A VESSEL M W OMIT 1M TO AUSTRALIA PULL COMBMNKR MMWCB at wt Iki k m m wo m. w* «nt m fj o rmnnnwr mm |ii/« wt are ant a/» nm *vn wgTunwmu n«|iw»a" »vu bot «*i h*i unm v.o»|a/t2vra ttm «wi ti»i
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      999 35 ADVANCE CONTAINER LINES (PTE) LTD A I I 140 Cecil Street, #12-00, PIL Building, Singapore *****0 MA V m I TEL: *****21, FAX: *****19, TELEX :RS ***** ACLPL CR NO **********06 OPERATIONS: *****60/ *****06 I 1— I JAKARTA (5 SaWnaaAWaak a PAT) (9 SrtllMasNa» Vtssa 1 VQY l hn JKT
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