The Business Times, 25 July 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE THURSDAY, JULY 25,1996 85c
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    FINANCE
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    HDB resale prices slip 3-5% as turnover falls
    689 1  -  Transactions down 20% from pre-May levels, say agents By. Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Prices of HDB resale flats, which have not looked back in the past few years, have begun to slip this month amid lower turnover. Price data obtained from a number
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    Lock icon Nikkei plummets 2.5% in biggest loss this year
    412 1  -  Bui R Sivanithy, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TOKYO share prices suffered their biggest single day fall of the year yesterday when the Nikkei stock average plunged 532.66 points or 2.52 per cent to 20,631.03 the first time it had fallen below 21,000
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    Swee Say quits EDB for NTUC
    336 1  -  Byi Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] In a widely-ex-pected move, the Economic Development Board yesterday announced the resignation of its managing director, Lim Swee Say, and his replacement by Ho Meng Kit, deputy secretary of the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Mr Lim, tipped to
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    $600m govt plan to make S'pore a tourism capital
    517 1  -  By Agnes Wee, Aug Wan May {SINGAPORE] The government will pump $600 million into the tourism industry in an ambitious plan to transform Singapore into a "tourism capital". Launching the Tourism 21 Plan yesterday, Trade and Industry Minister Yeo Cheow Tong
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      110 1 ■ytfllffi bthimtfiv for retailers? Don't count on it even if Isetan has bounced back into the black. Pf 17 WWIWBB mkmmei+m+thispg. At wnfrent price levels, resale market has to have more downside than upside. ♦WMaihUMHi hi iiy faJL, this pg. How it has changed. Two to three months ago all
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      7 1 High anxiety over Wall Street, Pg 13
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      50 1 Mihw flats are going 'cheap', Pg 4 1 >- i 1 jr J/ •V V\ V 1 i V ij V "*-w 2 H r 'ft i Hyundai Electronics build the chips used to monitor and control traffic flow. It s a chance to see technology y* changing before your
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      27 1 More reports, Pg 5 Hotel room shortfall expected in yeur2ooo, 9TPB plans to boost tourism receipts by 40% Some ideas on tackling the labour shortage in tourism
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      Emerald Garden title dispute to be heard in August
      288 2  -  Hearing adjourned to give both parties more tune to file affidavits to iqi|Hffl't thrir raMH* By i Conrad Raj A DISPUTE over whether Lum Chang Holdings has proper titles to its Emerald Garden condominium project has been adjourned by the High
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      New scheme to lift labour supply in wafer industry
      332 2  -  $200 m fond also set up to help chip makers develop important manufacturing capabilities By Jennifer Lien THE wafer fabrication industry will get a boost from a new programme aimed at easing its current shortage of technical and engineering staff. Over
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      SRC consortium may cut refining capacity by 20%
      422 2  -  Poor market, leak in plant may lead to shutdown By) Ronnie Lim THE Singapore Refining Company (SRC) consortium, including listed Singapore Petroleum, BP and Caltex, may cut crude runs at its refinery by one-fifth because of the poor market. If and when
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      4 furniture firms enjoy costs savings in China
      343 2  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling THE four Singapore fUrniture companies which have so far started operations in the Kunshan Furniture Park in China are benefiting from significant cost savings, says a furniture industry spokesman. "Local materials are half the price of those in
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      Lock icon Retained imports dip 0.6%
      299 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Trade Byi Genevieve Cua RETAINED imports shrank 0.6 per cent in June, its first dip into negative territory over the last 12 months. Retained imports imports less re-ex-ports are commonly used as an indicator for the manufacturing sector. When used for production,
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      Lock icon A business built on trust and good working relationships
      631 2  -  spotlight on y SINGAPORE'S BESTS Lian Hup Timber helped lian Hop to grow a long list of MNCs as customers By, Abdul Hadhi BUILDING up trust with clients is the basic ingredient for the success of any company, says Neo Koon
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    • NEWSRoundup
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        Health care subsidy panel bearing
        37 2 THE Select Committee on Verification of Health Care Subsidy of Government Polyclinics and Public Hospitals will be hearing oral evidence again on Monday at 2.15 pm at the Parliament House Committee Room.
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        Tony Tan calls on Banharn
        41 2 DEPUTY Prime Minister Tony Tan yesterday called on Thai Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa on the test day of a three-day introductory visit to Thailand. The visit was at the invitation of Thai Defence Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh.
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        Dairy Queen at 3 more Mobile kiosks
        55 2 DAIRY QUEEN ice-cream will be available at three more Mobil petrol stations by the end of the year, the American oil company announced yesterday. Currently, the ice-cream 1s offered at three petrol stations. Mobil acquired the franchise for the ice-cream from US-based food
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      432 3 Come To Asia's Largest Swiss Watch Exhibition-Sale Time Collection ExkiUlion-S*l^^^^^ I j£i/ ISSLaV Taltaikimaya Shopping Centre -f r Hour Glass I > s to present the Quality Time Collection, I I the in Asia. I -'V- a^tcr yearly International Watch and I Tourbilion Jewellery Fair held in the Swiss town
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Bishan flats going 'cheap'
      538 4  -  Sellers of HDB flats have lowered their price tags and transaction volumes have thinned By. Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] IN THE most marked indication that Housing and Development Board resale market prices may be coming down to earth, sellers of flats in normally much-sought-after Bishan have begun
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      S'poreans wooed by condo project near KL
      304 4  -  Bayers here offered 130 anits in 376-nnil project near new Sentul golf course By Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Sentul Raya, a redevelopment project in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, is offering Singaporeans yet another chance to buy Malaysian condominiums. Units on offer comprise condominiums in Sang
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      CDL opens first service apartments today
      249 4  -  By. Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted City Developments Ltd will launch its first service apartment project, Le Grove, today. The project, near the junction of Orange Grove Road and Stevens Road, will have 97 apartments for lease. There will be 59 two-bedroom units, 28 one-bedroom
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      House Hunt
      550 4 HDB transactions from July 1, 1996. vmj POSTAL CONTRACT BUUHN PWCE LOCATION DISTRICT DATE (SOFT) UNIT PSF (SS'OOO) CSS) 2-ftoom (Standard) C'wealth Dr 0314 T1/7/96 473 93 197 Anq Mo Kio Ave 1 2056 5/7796 742 229 309 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10 2056 5/7/96 742 192 259
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      Contractor jailed over illegal worker
      139 4 [SINGAPORE] Principal contractor Ang Ann Tiong of NS Chong Building Construction was jailed six months yesterday for employing one illegal worker, as new amendments to the Immigration Act make their impact felt. The amended Act requires that employers charged with harbouring or employing ille- gal
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      390 4 SIftCETOR SUB-LEASER NEW TECH PARK 151 LORONG CHUAN Floor area from 13,000 to 200,000 sq ft., including the unique hammerhead frontage, are available for sub-lease at attractive terms Virtually column-free space allowing Air-conditioned food court flexibility in ancillary office and factory Medical centre and sports facilities a y° ut Park-like
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  • FOCUS: TOURISM PLAN
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        STPB to be Tourism Board
        43 5 THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board will be re-named Singapore Tourism Board to reflect its expanded rote of being a fac ll itator of Singapore as a business centre and regional hub, on top of being a destination promoter.
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        Thematic zones
        58 5 ELEVEN thematic zones will be developed to boost the number of visitors and extend their average length of stay. These will be developed over a 10-year period with Chinatown kicking off as a test-bed for an "ethnic zone". Other themes include "entertainment district", "museum and heritage trail", "the
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        Destination Marketing Council
        36 5 AlO-MEMBER Destination Marketing Council led by the STPB with private sector representatives will be formed to create a bigger impact on the marketing of Singapore. It will serve as an Integrated marketing platform.
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        Singapore Tourist Card
        31 5 THE Singapore Tourist Card will allow tourists to handle their routine transactions from travelling on public transport to visiting attractions and getting refunds on GST with less ftiss.
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        Satellite account for tourism
        33 5 A TOURISM satellite account will be developed to measure the tourism industry in economic terms and its contribution to Singapore's GDP (gross domestic product) and GNP (gross national product).
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      Ideas to tackle labour shortage in tourism
      210 5  -  Byi Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Self-cleaning toilets, automated hotel checkin counters and automated self-ordering at the table in restaurants are some examples of how the tourist industry could solve the problem of tight labour. These were among suggestions put forward by a 16member
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      Hotel room shortfall seen in 2000
      488 5  -  But expected shortage can be met with more land released for hotel development over the next few years By. Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] SOME 38,000 hotel rooms will be needed in the year 2000 if Singapore achieves its target of attracting 10 million visitors by
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      Lock icon STPB plans to boost tourism receipts by 40%
      440 5  -  By< Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) yesterday launched an ambitious plan to boost tourism receipts by 40 per cent in five years to $16 billion. However, to do this it not only has to reverse a sliding
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      61 5 For further information on the new Audi A 4 or details on arranging a test drive, contact: Motor Ultima Pte Ltd. 15 Queen Street, #01-01, Singapore *****7. Telephone 338-3844. There are other cars with five-valve performance. But the prices are stratospheric. And the seating*s just for two. The new Audi
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • NOTEBook
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        Lock icon Sable's half-year exports hit US$160m
        80 6 AFP [SUBIC BAY] Exports by industries based in the former US naval base of Subic Bay jumped 452 per cent from a year earlier to US$l6O million (***** million) in the six months to June, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority said yesterday. It said Acer
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        Lock icon US, Indonesia sign new tax pact
        73 6 Reuter [JAKARTA] The US and Indonesia yesterday signed a reciprocal agreement lowering the rate of the withholding tax on interest, dividends and royalties to 10 per cent from 15 per cent. It is an amendment to the existing US-Indonesia tax treaty. A US official
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        Lock icon Thai govt's hands-off tack on market
        57 6 Reuter [BANGKOK! Thai Finance Minister Bodi Chunnananda yesterday said his ministry will not intervene in the stock market which has plunged over the past few weeks. "The Finance Ministry will not issue any new measures to deal with the stock market because the fall
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        Lock icon Ramos denies pressure on asylum issue
        48 6 AFP [MANILA! Philippine President Fidel Ramos yesterday denied claims by an exiled communist leader that Manila pressured the Netherlands to reject his bid for political asylum there. "We would not interfere with the internal affairs of the Netherlands government," he said. —AFP
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      Lock icon Dr M ready to stay for as long as he's needed
      142 6 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who completed 15 years in office this month, said yesterday he is willing to remain at the helm of the government for as long as he is needed. Dr Mahathir said
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      US, Asean agree on telecom issue
      283 6  -  JAKARTA But they clash over issues like graft and labour standards Yang Razali Kassim THE United States and Asean have agreed to secure a global pact by as early as 1997 to open up world trade in telecommunications, financial services and maritime activities. But
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      A problem of duplication
      665 6  -  ABEAM WATCH Exciting economic proposals get lost under the weight of political, security issues By Yang Razali Kassim from Jakarta RUSSIAN Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov did not have too much to say as a newly-elevated dialogue partner of Asean. But in his debut at Asean's so-called
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      The cost of nationalism
      590 7  -  CHINA WATCH China must resist resorting to protectionism to satisfy rising nationalist sentiment By Lu Ning THE hottest book this summer in Beijing is decidedly no light reading for the nation's elite vacationers on the beach of their Beidaihe summer retreat. China That Can Say No,
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      Lock icon Pet love
      43 7 [HONGKONG] Pet store owner Connie Leung, 24, owner of five chinchillas herself, playing with one of the store's chinchillas. The dictates ofdensely packed high-rise living means some Hongkong people have turned to the chinchillas as a new kind of pet. REUTER
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      Lock icon US-China high level talks near year end
      181 7 JAKARTA Reuter THE United States and China have agreed to a series of high-level official meetings near the end of the year. US officials said yesterday that during an hour-long foreign ministers' meeting here, it was agreed that US Secretary of State Warren
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      Lock icon Financial industry booms in Yangtze river delta
      212 7 BEIJING Shanghai starting to grow into financial centre, says report AFP CHINA'S Yangtze river delta has drawn a concentration of financial services unmatched anywhere else in the country, Xinhua reported yesterday. In Shanghai alone, the number of financial points and outlets had doubled
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      195 7 Incorporation of offshore companies with Chinese name Memorandum and Articles of Association are issued in Chinese Certificate of Incorporation is issued For further information with company name in Chinese md immediate service characters pleaM contacl Michad J Kingston Corporate documents notarised or OFFSHORE authenticated by the Embassy of the CORPORATE
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      212 8 A design like no other car in the world. Th For which other car is designed with features like electronic engine control that provides excellent fuel economy Factory-original leather seats. Cruise Conti these: A radical, sculpted elliptical shape that delivers and impressive performance at all engine speeds. New reflector halogen
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      175 9 lap in the world. The new Ferd Taurus. Hovides excellent fuel economy Factory-original leather seats. Cruise Control. Complex that traps dust and pollen as small as 3 microns. Electronic all engine speeds. New reflector halogen headlamps for enhanced down-the-road temperature control air-conditioning. And remote keyless Suspension. Plus side visibility, especially
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Pace of recovery still weak, warns Hashimoto
      361 10 TOKYO Labour market pressures raising concerns about sustainability of growth, says Kubo AFP JAPANESE Prime Minister Ryutaru Hashimoto said yesterday the economy was recovering on the back of stronger private-sector demand but warned that the pace of the recovery remained weak. The economy
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      Lock icon S Korea to let more invest in North?
      308 10 SEOUL Big team from South will be allowed to attend N Korea's investment seminar AFP SOUTH KOREA will allow its business executives to attend an investment seminar in North Korea in September, paving the way for the largest commercial delegation yet to
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      Lock icon S Korean economy seen resuming brisk growth next year
      290 10 SEOUL Reuter SOUTH Korea's economy is expected to resume brisk growth in the second half of 1997 after bottoming out earlier that year, aided by a recovery in global markets, economists said yesterday. "The economy will be out of the tunnel
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      Lock icon New Bangladesh govt to cut import duties in budget
      159 10 DHAKA Reuter BANGLADESH'S new government plans to announce a budget that will cut some import duties, provide subsidies for agriculture and increase taxes on luxury goods, government officials said yesterday. "The new government has crafted the budget carefully, avoiding any risk
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  • THE WORLD
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      Supervisory reforms for Bank of England
      446 11  -  LONDON Three new divisions created to monitor banks in the wake of Barings' collapse By. Neil Behrmann THE Bank of England announced yesterday major bank supervision and surveillance reforms to remedy the inadequacies exposed by last year's Barings collapse. The reforms follow recommendations of
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      Lock icon Barings man says he's been made scapegoat
      383 11 LONDON Former exec accuses top bosses of using him as their defence Reuter THE "four musketeers" who ran Barings bank used two of their colleagues as their main defence against accusations of blame for its collapse, Ron Baker, former head of Barings financial
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      Lock icon TWA crash: no concrete evidence of bomb found yet
      257 11 NEW YORK AFP NYT INVESTIGATORS examining the small amount of wreckage recovered so far from the crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 said on Tuesday that they had not yet found any concrete evidence that the plane was destroyed by
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      Lock icon Too soon to dismiss a rate hike: Greenspan
      356 11 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News Reuter FEDERAL Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday that it's "too soon to tell" whether the robust US economy will slow down soon enough to make an interest rate increase to control inflation unnecessary. "We are seeing
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      57 11 LOTS 41 BURGUNDY LANE 4 Prime Residential Development Sites Zoned Ranging from 1.3503 3.0293 hectares hectares TENDERS CLOSE SPM W.S.T. 14TH AUGUST 1996 Singapore office: David Ling or Singopore office: Corille Koh or Ashley We* Cheng Shin How I Ph: 220 3888 Fax: 221 5775 Ph: 224 8181 Fax. 225
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      425 11 Nissan Singapore's Most Popular Commercial Vehicle. In fact, one in every three commercial vehicles in Singapore is a Nissan. making it the most popular brand in the market. And in keeping with our tradition of backing the best, Nissan is proud to be the official sponsor of the Singapore 1996
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      204 12 I Hp There s only one place jur people who have made it Today in Asia, one development is being recognised as one of the most prestigious ever launched. It is the KM I Billion project that is proclaimed as the regional focal point for both international business conglomerates The
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      US stand on Boutros-Ghali indicts itself
      721 13  -  THB BOTTOM LIMB OPINION By. A M Rosenthal The writer is a regular columnist for The New York Times THE US decision to veto the re-election of the secretary-general of the United Nations tells us a lot about the Clinton administration all bad and
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      152 13 There isn't a single white person in Thabo's office unless it's a secretary or a tea girl or something. Whites don't like thflk Kaiser Ny&tsumba a columnist for Johannesburg's largest daily newspaper, The Star, on South Africa's deputy president, Thabo Mbeki, whom President Nelson Mandela recently endorsed
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      CPI and the perception gap
      687 13 EDITORIAL ONE needn't be a rocket scientist to see that an inflation rate of 2-3 per cent just "doesn't sit right" in Singapore, opposition politician Chee Soon Juan argued in the runup to the reconvening of the Cost Review Committee (CRC). The Singapore Democratic Party
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      High anxiety reigns
      1205 13  -  Wall Street, the Fed and everyone else are confused over the US economy, taking stocks on a roller coaster ride By Leon Hadar the writer is BT's Washington correspondent THAT economic experts tend to give a good name to those unreliable weather forecasters has been confirmed again.
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      855 13 Indian bodgst a letdown GIVEN his reputation as a reformer, P Chidambaram, India's finance minister, might have been expected to produce a bold first budget. Instead yesterday's effort, which targets a deficit of 5 per cent of gross domestic product, suggests he has been nobbled by
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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      45 13 DOOMESBURY By Gary Trudeau 1 ONB OF MY KXJNPS LANP6P tuATTA ARB YOU FvS MA HOJSe JUST NORTH OF I MINUT&— KJPPIN6? 9?1 Tue airport. rrM&otwep I s WURSIPB THZV.C. 1511 WONBOF THB TVP-ZAHKJN6 %,NO«j MAJ&JBP TOHBR. I HAPBABeS? U&TTCOBP CAPRBSINTHB I N7H?5Os! fflß BS
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  • OLYMPICS 1996
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      Lock icon Strug's golden moment
      1133 14 Gutsy American gymnast leads US women's team to historic gold SOUTH Africa's golden Penny Heyns doubled up to win a second Olympic swimming title on Tuesday, while Chinese strongman Zhan Xugang set three weightlifting world records. But it was American gymnast Kerri Strug who stole the hearts
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      Yugoslavia wins first gold
      535 14 L3o&m LATEST YUGOSLAVIA picked up its first Olympic gold medal of the Atlanta games in the women's rifle three-position finals. Aleksandra Ivosev clinched the title with a convincing 686.1 points. Russia's Irina Gerasimenok claimed the silver while Renata Mauer of Poland collected the bronze. Australia celebrated
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      162 14 MEW-TECH-PARK l Singapore's Premier High-Tech Industrial Building I The new extension at New Tech Park is Features: a virtually column free space allowing flexibility available for lease. With unit size ranging in ancillary office and production layout I from 12,500 sq ft to 100,000 sq ft, central air-conditioning I state-of-the-art
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      249 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 8 A Caledonian cravat (5) 9 Bang-on-time news coverage IH Hi H|| 11 Leaves cracks (4) 11 I w j j 12 Join a very loud team (5) 13 This last cabin not open for business? (4) II II II If 7 If 22 End of motorway illuminated
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Rolls-Royce revs up for '97
      871 16  -  MOTORING Company has applied light-turbo technology to new cars to give tfcom more'oomph' By< Christopher Tan {SINGAPORE] It's official. These are the first glimpses of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars' lineup for 1997. Don't see any difference? Well, that's not surprising since there are practically no alterations
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        Toyota still the best-seller
        66 16 TOYOTA remained the top-seller in the first-half tally of commercial vehicle registrations by Singapore Motor Traders Association members. In the six months, 1,230 Toyota vane, trucks and buses wore sold. Next came Mitsubishi, with 1,139 units shared by Cycle Carriage r (258) and Goldbell (881). The
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        Kah Motors forms upmarket division
        63 16 KAH Motors, the authorised agent for Honda cars hers, is setting up a separate division to market upper-tier models such as the Legend, Vigor and NSX. Called Prestige, the division win be run by a different team and will have a dedicated section in the
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        Job hazard for thieves
        90 16 UK CAR magazine What Car? has voted BMW the hardest make to steal. In its April issue, it said: "The 1998 Security Award goes to a car maker that has elevated security almost to an art form. The BMW range gave our security testers the most
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        For breezing around
        49 16 BMW plans to launch the M Roadster in spring 1907. The open-top twoeeater will have an M 3 power plant capable of 321 horsepower. It will boast a specially developed electronic engine management system, double-Vano* camshaft control, compound disc brakes at the ftanCfend a new suspension.
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        Korean cars pose world threat
        86 16  -  —Ooepllsdby Christopher Tan ACCORDING to the Economic Intelligence Unit, the South Korean motor industry now poeee s "major international threat". By the end of the decade, new domestic registrations are forecast to rise by 23 per cent to 1.98 million units from 1.56 million last
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      Belgacom sees new synergies
      378 17  -  Chairman says group will benefit from experience of new shareholders including Sing Tel By' Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Belgian telecommunications operator Belgacom expects to benefit from its new major shareholders, which include Singapore Telecom, in the areas of human resource, technical know-how and possibly joint operations. In
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      Lock icon MAS to expand capital base
      327 17 Airlme also wants to list shares on bourses in Europe, Americas and Far East Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System Bhd said it wants to expand its capital base and list shares on stock exchanges outside Malaysia. "Seven hundred million shares is very
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      Isetan's recovery exception rather than rule for retailers
      797 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Jenny Lam OPTIMISTS would like to think that Isetan Singapore's recent return to the black with a $2 million profit after two years of losses is a sign that calm is finally returning to the rough seas faced by
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      Focal Finance posts 41% leap in profit to $9.4m
      287 17 [SINGAPORE] OCBC Bank s Focal Finance yesterday announced a 40.5 per cent jump in net earnings to $9.42 million for the half-year ended June 30. It also proposed to raise $69.5 million through a bonds cum warrants issue. Focal's earnings were
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      M'sian punters target transport stocks
      393 17  -  By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Transport sector shares hogged the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange actives list on speculative trading ahead of Konsortium Perkapalan and Diperdana Corp resuming trade today. Bonded warehousing specialist Integrated Logistics, which has been active in recent days, rose to a high of
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      Singatronics sells stake in Ampro Computers
      131 17 [SINGAPORE] Electronics subcontractor Singatronics has divested its stake in USbased Ampro Computers for about US$2.7B million. Singatronics invested US$2.Ol million between 1988 and 1993 in the Californiabased designer and manufacturer of single-board computer products through its whol-ly-owned subsidiary, Singatronics Microcomp Pte Ltd. In a
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        Chase Perdana to raise M$235m
        268 18  -  From, Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur CONSTRUCTION and proper-ty-based Chase Perdana Bhd said yesterday it plans to raise M 5235 million (Ssl33 million) through rights and bonds issues to finance its projects and repay debts, but will sweeten the deal with a bonus issue. It
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        Good IPO support for Acer's Mexican associate
        183 18 (SINGAPORE] Acer Computer International associate Acer Computec Latino America (ACLA) has received strong support from investors for its initial public offer (IPO). An Acer spokesman here said yesterday that the domestic tranche of the Mexican associate's IPO was subscribed about four times. But
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        Lock icon Rationalise making of telecom products: Telekom
        368 18 It says two or three manufacturers for each product will ensure economies of scale and quality MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia Bhd is asking the government to rationalise the telecommunications manufacturing sector so that there are only two or three manufacturers for each product.
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        Lock icon Sime Darby's chief is CEO of the year
        47 18 [KUALA LUMPUR] Nik Mohamed Yaacob, chief executive officer of Sime Darby Bhd, holding the "Malaysian CEO of the Year 1995" trophy and a laminated front page copy of today's Malaysian Business Times at a presentation ceremony here yesterday. REUTER
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        Goldman sees 20% rise in price of SPH (F)
        525 18  -  Group's potential in mnltimtwHi frmriiHUff overlooked, it says By* Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] US investment bank Goldman Sachs expects the foreign share price of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) to rise to $30.80 in a year's time and sees exciting potential in the
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          Cam Mech eyes new business
          49 18 [SINGAPORE] Cam Mechatronlc yesterday gave two possible reasons for Tuesday's 11.6 per cent increase in its share price. It told SES that it is negotiating with "unrelated third parties on possible areas of co-operation", and it is also considering buying a new business interest
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          Venture Mfg rights oversubscribed
          56 18 [SINGAPORE] Venture Manufacturing said yesterday its renounceable rights issue 0f35.49 million sham has been oversubscribed by S. 12 per cent The company received acceptances for 35.46 million rights shares, or 99.9 per cent of the total rights shares offered; and excess applications for 1.14 million rights
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          Lock icon Pidemco Land's US$120m note issue
          65 18 Reuter [HONGKONG] Singapore government-owned Pidemco Land has mandated Standard Chartered Investment Banking to arrange a US$l9O million (***** million) floating rate note issue, bankers here said yesterday. It has a maturity of five years with no put or call options. It will be priced at
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          Two CMB Asia directors resign
          51 18 [SINGAPORE] CarnaudMetalbox Asia (CMB Asia) yesterday said director# Michael Fam and lan Mac Lean resigned yesterday following a restructure. Controlling shareholder CarnaudMetalbox Asia-Pacific has been dissolved. As a result, CMB Aala-Paclflc's shareholders. Fraser and Neave and CarnaudMetalbox of France, now hold shares directly in (2MB
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          Lum Chang shares suspended
          16 18 [SINGAPORE] Lum Chang Holdings' shares were yesterday temporarily suspended from 9 am.
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        Lock icon Samsung move may thwart any Hyundai bid for Kia
        462 19 Analysts say rival's takeover of Kia will be a nightmare for Samsung as it is altering car industry Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] Samsung Group's purchase of a 5.1 per cent stake in Hyundai Motor Corp is to keep Hyundai from buying
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        Lock icon Saks considers plan to run Barneys
        377 19 Proposal likely to end dispute between Barneys and Isetan Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Saks Holdings Inc is studying a plan to take control of Barneys Inc, which sought bankruptcy protection in January after a dispute with its Japanese partner, Isetan Co. Under the
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        Lock icon Sumitomo to build plants in S'pore
        174 19 Production facilities for aery lie acid to be sited on Pnlan Sakra Reuter [TOKYO] Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd yesterday said it would build production facilities for acrylic acid and its derivatives in Pulau Sakra, Singa- pore, with completion scheduled for July 1996 and a
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        296 19 Reuter [TAIPEI] The head of China's main Shanghai stock market, in an unprecedented visit to rival Taiwan, said yesterday he hoped to learn from Taipei's advanced financial system and expected cooperation to grow. "This is the first mission to Taiwan
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        Lock icon Compaq's Q2 profit up 8.5% beating estimates
        178 19 Bloomberg Business News [HOUSTON] Compaq Computer Corp said its second-quar-ter profit rose 8.5 per cent, paced by a 14 per cent rise in sales and higher gross margins. Net income rose to US$267 million (*****.88 million), or 97 US cents a share, from
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        Lock icon Chips help PepsiCo post robust profits
        403 20 Earnings iip 15% in 2Q with boost from new low-fat chip, demise of rival Bloomberg Business News [PURCHASE, New York] PepsiCo Inc's earnings rose 15 per cent in the second quarter as new products and the demise of its main snacks rival solidified Frito-Lay's
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        Lock icon TI loses bid to revive US$51.8m patent verdict
        205 20 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] Texas Instruments Inc lost a legal fight to reinstate US$5l.B million (5573.31 million) in patent-in-fringement damages against three competitors. A Washington-based appeals court affirmed a Texas federal judge's decision last year to throw out a jury's verdict against
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        Lock icon NYSE earnings up 45% in 2nd qtr
        216 20 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] The New York Stock Exchange said its sec-ond-quarter earnings rose 45 per cent as average daily trading surged to record levels. The Big Board, the world's largest stock exchange, said earnings climbed to U5522.4 million (5531.7 million) from
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        Lock icon Chase to cut banking fees for some customers after merger
        243 21 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Chase Manhattan Corp took a step toward matching the fee-less consumer banking of its principal competitor, Citicorp a move that wiU have the most impact on 3 per cent of its customers. Chase said it
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        Unit trust funds up by $148m to $2.4b in June
        354 21  -  More than 20 funds slated for launch between now and the year-end by existing and new players By Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Unit trust funds increased by $148 million last month, taking total funds under management by the 16 unit trust
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        Spurt in import prices of rice
        440 21  -  Importers fear farther rise but NTUC Fair Price plans to hold retail prices By I Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The import prices of rice rose significantly this month after being stable since the beginning of the year. And rice importers are bracing themselves for
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        Lock icon Salomon gain hits US$29lm on fixed income trading
        497 21 FT Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Salomon on Tuesday turned in its second strong quarter of the year with after-tax profits of US$29l million (Ss4lo million) for the period to the end of June. The results signal a greater consistency in earnings
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        Lock icon Euroyen, JGB up in active trade
        224 21 SIMM Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bonds futures ended an active session higher buoyed by flight-to-quality buying after Tokyo stocks plummetted more than 2 per cent. "Stops were triggered at 96.75 and above in the December contract, taking it up to
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        160 21 Reuter THE dollar was calm as operators took advantage of a summer lull to start an early countdown to today's Bundesbank council meeting. Purchases of marks for yen depressed dollar/mark by about half a pfennig, but shortcovering shored the US currency. Trading was directionless as the market had
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        Lock icon Lower Chinese, Indian fuel oil demand curbs prices
        302 21 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [SINGAPORE] Floods in China and India's lower fuel oil demand for agriculture are threatening spot fuel oil prices as Asia's major buyers cut imports for August, industry sources said yesterday. "The recent floods in China are expected to dampen
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2339 23 LONDON Mmtrials ■II24 hn *h A. A. Corp Adr 573/4 -1/2 A8Port« 260 -2 AMoy National 555 -7 1/2 A Mad Lyons 427 21/2 Amoc 93 -2 Argy* 346 AsdaGroup US 1/4 1/4 BAT Ind 491 -3 BKC 315 -1 BOC Croup 912 -4 BR Patroioum 587
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      1658 23 AFX-Asia □Nikkei 225 -ttg SHARE prices closed sharply lower, affected by ongoing futures-led selling along with selling in the cash market by foreign investors. The 225-share Nikkei Average closed down 532.66 points at 20,631.03, a 2.5 per cent decline. Turnover was 260 million. There were 91 gainers and 1,016
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      1696 24 Reuter n Han* Sen* -165.45 STOCKS ended sharply lower after a slide in Tokyo share prices prompted a sell-off in afternoon trade. The Hang Seng Index fell 165.45 points to 10,699.86 on a turnover of HK$3.B7 billion. "The sharp fall in Tokyo dampened sentiment and triggered the fall," said
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      633 24 Reuter Q Shanghai B Share Index *OJO SHANGHAI'S B shares ended up, helped by Shanghai Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone Development with buying from major institutions. The index rose 0.10 point to 50.57 on volume of 8.6 million shares worth US$3.2 million. Brokers said that major institutions' buying of
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      374 24 AFP fIWP Index *158 SHARE prices finished higher on buying by securities dealers and retail investors. Domestic securities traders and small investors pursued cheap construction and financial plays, said a trader. The Weighted Price Index added 9.58 points to 6,095.74. Turnover was 1.09 billion shares worth NT535.14 billion. Rises
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      766 24 AFP Q Composite Index -6.45 SHARE prices closed lower in quiet trading, with most activities focused on the debut of Surya Dumai and Ramayana Lestari, amid concerns over US interest rates. A dealer said: "The market was weak, like the rest of the region. The global market is confused
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      840 24 AFP P SET Intel -20.83 STOCKS fell as foreign institutions began to unload holdings ahead of the announcement of economic indicators and sec-ond-quarter company results. "A lot of selling pressure came from foreign players, especially in the banking, telecommunications and finance sectors," said one dealer. The SET Index was
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      Lock icon MANILA
      334 24 AFP Q Manila -94.74 SHARE prices plunged 3 per cent as uncertainty on Wall Street and a dearth of incentives on the domestic front kept investors away. The Composite Index fell 94.74 points to 3,075.36. Turnover was 8.04 billion shares worth 2.53 billion pesos. PLDT fell 15 pesos to
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      419 24 AFP P Composite Index 430 SHARE prices closed lower as blue chips met heavy selling pressure after reports of bleaker economic prospects for 1997. The Composite Price Index fell 6.3 points at 832.48. Turnover was 19.7 million shares worth 460.2 billion won. Falls beat rises 512 to 317. The
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      618 24 AFP QAHOrtinanes -22J SHARE prices tumbled as disappointing inflation data and fears of a national coal strike shook investor confidence. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the consumer price index rose 0.7 per cent in the three months to June for an annual inflation rate of 3.1 per cent
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      278 24 Reuter H Wellington +9J6 SHARES ended firmer thanks mostly to a sharp rally in the debt markets, with a whiff of renewed corporate activity assisting the tone. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 9.98 points to 2,095.85. Reuter MM azt COM) ANZ B«nktnq .1 17.01 0.16 ***** Advant*q*s Hiaqi 1.54
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        Lock icon Rate hike fear pushes stocks to 5-mth low
        7934 25 Bloomberg Business News CI Composite Index -10J7 STOCKS fell for a third day to its lowest in more than five months amid concern interest rates may rise. "I wouldn't be surprised if there was some form of credit tightening in buying property
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        SSL warrants attractive despite gloom in properly sector
        183 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy LOCAL property stocks have come under a lot of pressure lately following the government's recent measures to curb property speculation. Yesterday, many of them tumbled in line with a 1.5 per cent loss for the STII. Yet,
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        HOT STOCK
        67 28  -  Paul Leo TONGKAH HOLDINGS tested resistance between $2.49 and $2.51 yesterday before ending at $2.40, up nine cents from the previous day's close. With strong buying interest and technicals showing the possibility of a trend taking shape, investors should start accumulating the stock. Yesterday's volume of 2.1 million
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        Players scurry for cover as Dow and Nikkei slide
        901 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY London's poor opening adds to the gloom, causing STII&ndKLCI to tumble below important support levels By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The gloom shrouding the local stock market deepened yesterday, with an alarming 2.5 per cent plunge in Japan combined
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          S$ to tip south?
          87 28 A US BROKERAGE sees a further softening of the Singapore dollar. It contends that the government has a tight grip on the exchange rate but may relax it somewhat as price pressures are less than earlier anticipated. In June, Singapore's CPI rose just 1.2 per cent
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          Testing the property market
          152 28 IT SEEMS sellers may not be the only ones suffering in today's lacklustre property market. Believing that it will be easier to acquire a choice unit after the May 15 government curbs, a banker has been trying to buy a unit in The Anchorage on the
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          Plastic is king
          99 28 CREDIT cards have become a necessity rather than a means to conspicuous consumption, if figures from Euromonitor, a UK-based data provider, are anything to go by. In a survey done early this year, Euromonitor found that the plastic currently accounts for 40 per cent of the world's
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          Coke it is
          62 28 MONTHS after the Coca-Cola Company was named by Fortune Magazine as America's most admired company, its CEO, Bob Goizueta, was voted CEO of the Year by a jury of his peers in the US magazine Chief Executive. Eight hundred and thirty-four million daily servings of its drinks
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          Change at Netwest Markets
          84 28 NATWEST Markets has appointed its deputy chief executive John Howiand-Jackson chairman for the Asia-Pacific region, a move that will boost the UK firm's presence in the region. Mr Howiand-Jackson replaces Philip Deer, regional managing director for Asia-Pacific, who is returning to London as senior manager responsible
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      325 29 Knight-Ridder Reuter A LOWER rate reported on the key US Gulf-Japan grain run spread gloom among owners here, brokers said. This was one area of the market that has been holding steady with pressure on for first half August positions. Otherwise, activity remained sluggish in most areas of
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      293 29 scs WtKBk MM SS M CWT Distribution 1.44 -0.03 12 Ctwan Hup Holdings. 1.04 -0.01 122 Cosco tovoitmont 1.34 -0.01 45 «LS 6.90 "0.40 2M FrttaM Link* 0.72 unch 40 GBHoMng* 1.01 -0.02 40 Hal Sun Hup 1.03 unch ISS Hitachi Zoson 0 835 -0.013 316 WC HoMngS
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      395 29  -  Operational headquarters in S'pore projects 140 members by mid-'97 By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] The Cambodian shipping registry, which now has 68 ships in its fold, expects to see the number double by the middle of next year. Goh Thean Hock, executive director
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      135 29 Reuter [ISTANBUL] A Turkish shipmaking and foreign trade firm will sell to Germany's Ferrostaal AG three 6,750 deadweight tonne (dwt) bulk carriers that are being constructed in Turkey's state shipyards, a company official said on Tuesday. The project run by Turkish ship
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      Back to square one with OECD subsidy deal dead
      632 29  -  MEWBUILDS By\ David Hughes IN GENERAL the pattern of recent orders has followed that of recent months. The list above gives a representative sample of contracts which have come to light in the past fortnight or so. Included in the list
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      238 29  -  By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE) Newly formed Sembawang Wah Kwong Shipping has bought its first vessel, a 39,000-cubic-metre liquefied petroleum gas tanker, and a second is expected to be acquired next month. According to a statement by Sembawang Maritime Ltd (SML),
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      Lock icon Hyundai to build US$95m shipyard in Vietnam
      236 29 Approval expected next month for nation's biggest yard NYT [HANOI] Hyundai Corp and three of its subsidiaries expect approval next month for a US$95 million (*****.9 million) project to build Vietnam's largest shipyard. Hyundai Corp, Hyundai Engineering Construction Co, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co
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        72 29 AFP (TAIPEI] A roadshow to interest foreign investors in an offering of global depositary receipts (GDRs) by Taiwan's Evergreen Marine has already begun, a company spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said Evergreen, the world's largest container shipping line, hopes to raise around US$2OO million (Ss2B2 million from
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        Lock icon Norwegian Cruise names president
        47 29 Reuter (CORAL GABLES, Florida] Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd has said that Hans Golteus, 53, was appointed president and chief operating officer. Mr Golteus replaces Adam Aron, who has resigned as president and chief executive, but will remain a non-executive member of the board.—Renter
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        Lock icon Tanker explodes after exiting Bosporus
        82 29 Knight-Ridder (ISTANBUL) An explosion followed by fire rocked a Maltese- registered tanker on Tuesday soon after it exited Turkey's Bosporus strait through Istanbul into the Marmara Sea, Turkish radio reported. However, the strait connecting the Marmara with the Black Sea subsequently remained open, Bosporus traffic
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        68 29 Reuter [JOHANNESBURG] A Greek-owned ship has sunk in a heavy storm off the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean and two of its 29 crew were still missing, South African maritime officials said on Tuesday. The Sundance, which has a 12,499 gross tonnage,
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      951 30  -  SHIP REPAIR INDUSTRY IN INDIA: DEMAND EXCEEDS SUPPLY the sector is kept busy with repair work but it must increase infrastructure and capacity to handle growing demand, 4ow that life extension of vessels is seen as a route to profitability in the international maritime trade Amit
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      310 30 PACE Evergreen 6 H Everprime 13 AMI 3 Famous 7 Abie 13 Feedertrans 7 Accord 12 FL-§right Ahrenkiel 4 foongSun 12 Appenship 4 fro a '2 Astro 3 Frt ort<1 Austral 11 G Link IS Avant 6 Cemartrans 13 BSA 7 Censhpg 13
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      14932 36 EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Oest'n Heme Heme Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Neme Number Number 04/08 12/01 Hanjin ELIZA V300 45-*****24 A 04/01 12/08 Orient E»p ELIZA JOO 45-*****55 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 04/00 ,yo1 Shr,y Euz 300
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        1750 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Bookinq/Balanct Rstls STi'P Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Ac» JM JOOC 25/2000 IA 24/1500 24/1659 24/1900 I 2A 24/1700 25/0659 25/0900 'Ac7|JI* 07M 27/1500 2VBOO 24/1659 24/1*00 1 21 24/1700 25/0659 25/0900 J 25/0700 25/1159 25/1400 4 25/1200
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        658 43 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Depart ui 01/96 U "j09 ikmjsK* 26.07/0MX J4y» *133 J02 akxiqsKK 24.07/230( C •°<* 5/96 *1 iionpiOt 24.07/1800 C Nino R 5/96 JOI ilongMi 24.07/1830 6" 9/96 JOI ttongadt 24.07/1600 Bt I Jtfi II *****6 JOI otonqsidc 24.07/1330 M JB Ratawt 9/96 JOI
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        267 43 JULY 28 Costa Rica: Guanacaste Day. Ecuador. Guayaquil Foundation Day (Guayaquil only). Israel: Ninth of Ab fast. Tunisia: Republic Day. JULY 27 Bahrain, Ivory Coast. Lebanon. Oman, United Arab Emirates-, (tentative) Market and Public holiday. Prophet's birthday (depends on sighting of the moon). Tanzania: (tentative) Manlid (depends on
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        899 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        321 44 UK govt to investigate alliance between BA and American Airlines NYT [LONDON] Six US airlines have called on President Bill Clinton to suspend "open skies" negotiations with the British government, alleging that the UK plans to use the proposed
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        Lock icon BA's economy-class fares to US frozen
        126 44 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] The UK Civil Aviation Authority said it froze economy-class fare increases on British Airways pic's US routes from London's Heathrow Airport, saying it's concerned the fares are rising faster than BA's costs. The regulator said it won't allow "further increases"
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        Lock icon Eels bring fat profits for Chinese airlines
        152 44 AFP [BEIJING] Chinese airlines are squirming with delight at the fat profits they are reaping by flying hundreds of tonnes of live eels to Japan, Xinhua reported yesterday. Ahead of Japan's nationwide eel-eating-day on Saturday, Chinese airlines have dispatched staff to the countryside
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        208 44 NYT (PARIS] Louis Gallois, head of the French aerospace group Aerospatiale, is to take over as chairman of SNCF, France's the state-owned French railway company. His switch to terrestrial transport will fill the gap left by Lok Le Floch-Prigent. The latter who resigned as chairman
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        Lock icon New Bimantara car launched
        63 44 [JAKARTA] Guests checking out a Cakra Isoocc sedan unveiled by PT Bimantara Citra and South Korea's Hyundai Motor during a launching ceremony on Tuesday. The Indonesian conglomerate is controlled by Bambang Trihatmodjo, a son of President Suharto of Indonesia, who will compete with his younger brother
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        Lock icon Union calls on ValuJet managers to step down
        205 44 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] The union that represents 600 ValuJet Airlines Inc's flight attendants asked the US Department of Transportation to remove the carriers top two executives, citing safety concerns. The Association of Flight Attendants, AFL-CIO, which represents ValuJet's 600 flight attendants,
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        Lock icon EU expected to clear Air France aid despite doubts
        252 44 Reuter [BRUSSELS] The European Commission was set to authorise yesterday the payment of the third and final tranche of a massive state aid package to Air France, despite some internal criticism about the airline's behaviour. In the background to the expected
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          86 44 AFP [SHANGHAI] Shanghai put its first air-conditioned bus on the road this week with the help of a foreign air-conditioner maker as the temperature hit 36 degrees celsius, a report said yesterday. The Liberation Daily reported that public bus No. 46, plying the route between
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          Lock icon PIA begins mango service to Europe
          74 44 Reuter [KARACHI] The state-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) said it had begun a freighter service to transport mangoes to Europe. The service began on Friday when more than 70 tonnes of mangoes were flown to Frankfurt for overland distribution in the European Union, a
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          Lock icon China's VW to boost productivity
          77 44 Reuter [BEIJING] Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co, a joint venture between Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corp and Germany's Volkswagen AG, has imported a manipulator system from the US' ISI Co to raise productivity by 60 per cent. The system was undergoing a final performance test at the
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          Lock icon Kuwait airline eyes Russia, China
          67 44 Reuter [KUWAIT] State-owned Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) would like to start services to Russia, China and South Africa, a KAC official said in remarks published yesterday. KAC assistant director of research Ayman al-Mutair added that the airline, which flies to more 40 destinations, was also
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1526 44 CITY FII6HT ETA FUCff ETP S0326 2355 S044I dO 1 IH779 2359 AMaMa S0230 1830 Fiteaka S0989 1700 S0990 0105 0f81 1930 tinw 5*183 2115 Aastartfam KL843 0455 KL838 2300 Gaaiwzlloa PRC 0125 0650 DL26 2355 S0803 1905 S0804 1020 S025 0650 S026 2355 CZ153 2045
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        Lock icon Qantas, unions fail to reach agreement
        192 44 Bloomberg Business News [MELBOURNE] Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd and labour unions failed to reach agreement in wage negotiations on Tuesday, a labor union spokesman said. "The parties seem to be a fair way apart still," said Keith Harvey, national industrial officer of the Australian
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      693 30 L*w* services represented RiKmi 01 R«g»«&y <x Shipping Agents. National Shipping Assoc Membersolfie Singapore Freight Forwarders Association v^ ?omDi\o liltC HPlß*('] j|M» fio 111 §3 >11 el* Uli m Just talk to us... Iris Lim 740-2044 Tan Up Chuan 740-1645 Jarrod Leong 740-2089 Philip Koh 740-2382 EXPORT 3 x Japan
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      1743 31 OHANJIN SHIPPING UMHMA/VOT M gtjg* WH TW> TOT In PTT BBi ~Wt WW IPS WTC OB "TV! TO TU Tm PtS n.mhwmm« a/w a/17 I »/w u/w u/w u/w m/w M/w iyw 11/w ~w/w~ m/w~ ~u/w~ ii/w~ ~u/w u/w~ nm nm ww~~ u/w HBOAWHWII m/w u/w a/w a/w a/w h/w
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      156 31 f/rar) ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITEDf UgJ, (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING UMTTED) > WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE* vKSfI VOY siHGAfOftt tmu vessel VOY *ma uhgatou; LAMPHUN NAVEE 200 28/07 05/08 ORIENT MUMBAI 100 26/07 11/06 ELIZA 300 04/08 12/08 LAMPHUN NAVEE 200 05/08 18/08 ORIENT MUMBAI 101 11/08 19/08 EUZA
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      868 32 :TTT——■ \m' i i ihJ.l■ iI^IW^J^»ITJr^j^H»r^i t fini r #/jfii t ihllJl3Jh 5 fesa VOY HAM MUM ANT UU ST» fttU* Sl* *6 UO ItO SKI «W W j; HtßHim i«ario7r~ i/7 1 in m~ 30/7 r I, LUDWI6SHAfDt Dtwrtss WAV V 7 S/7 k/1 Vfl M JUL. 4d. XHStGWUS
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      1562 32 I NORASIA I VESSEL VOY fSS PKL QOA LAS BCL VAL ALQ ROT AKT FEL LHA WMKH. 9629-3 3<W7 01M IMM 21« 10A0 2MM ZIM t2M Z3M 2MW 2M» NCA SHANGHAI 9UO 3 IW M 21i 2MH SM i 1« DM IM JIM M ItM MSCALEXA TM 14N IW M
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      387 32 Direct Container Service; to m Fangcheng Zhanjiang Vessel S'pore Fangcheng Zhanjiang UANBAO 05/08 10/08 12/08 /VQ/?TRANSr Mehi-Pwpese RO/L0 Carrier Actepfhg; RO/RO, Ramp Capacity opto 40 tons Howry Lift opto 68.5 tons ijJl QmJL /I? n P UwVWnono/ Dfctm M/UlraHn/llNfVn UVFOMQ Thai Flag Statas M»bywt V.27A SUID 28-10/07 27-28/07 02-04/08 A*lxpms
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      1123 33 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Ho* Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****58 Fax: *****17 SAAAH j HUMI CONVENTIONAL SERVICE I SA«AWA» CONTAINER StKVICI VBSa I VOT Ia» MM Ivtssa vot [siwGAMtE I BUMMO SgMjSSjjg V ***** I 24/07 I 10/07 31/07 CAJUJIA M W-32 iH\TU W/OO
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      1973 33 I) QMM&JUM (TIMT2Q BVH W* SHAMBHAI D m wa» Bva owmm Wttj t soutmhui oma wa mommm 4 WMO, WMMOU M— I fh|»i lit—rrfl|iin: ONk M/I/WMN* M>/h%Wr MMM*N mOUOmCk ifmef I CoSr4* SHIPPING HI LTD fc Cf w fn i■ < <—w CMmtsaaammmm. fmtm im-iA *tn»n Ur«is'ii r. i t
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      711 34 RICHFIELO MARINE AGENCIES (8) PTE LTD UTEL *****33 (12 LINES) FAX: *****15/*****03 HI TELEX: R8 ***** RISHIP (3 Unas) Cfl NO **********0E j&r ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING UNES X (National Lira of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Vws Voy ETA~ I Loading for Spor« AUyot 45W8 28/0B P*" ol ww Wi NttMim
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      516 35 FAMOUS CONTAINER UNESI JJfSS 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 A HOT UNE: *****33 (30 LINES) 4 SAILINGS A WEEK TO S BANGKOK 7 THAILAND V BANGKOK W FOR BOOKING l/\ *****33 CONTACT AMY m .———< P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH:
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      532 39 IRtjPIGAL Weekly LCL A FCL Sorvkos Ripping 4 MAERSKASIA MARGRETHE OCTAVO 9631 MAERSK 9605 Port Country 29/07 06/06 Wiz« City Belize 01/09 09/09 Bridgetown Barfeodoj 04/09 12/09 Cartagena Colombia 03/09 11/09 Casir.es S». Lucia 03/09 11/09 Fort de France Martinique 04/09 12/09 Freeport Bahamas 30/08 07/09 KKgston Jamaica 01/09 09/09
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      1329 39 ADVANCE CONTAINER LINES (PTE) LTD A I 140 CacM Street, #12-00, PIL Building, Singapore *****0 LbZ TEL: *****21, FAX *****19, TELEX :RS ***** ACLPL CR NO. **********06 BANGKOK JAKARTA (8 Sallltif&WMk to PAT, 2 Satltnu to MT, 2 Sailings Id LCH) (4 SiillneVWMt) > °p r AU ™WnT IBAB VESSEL
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      377 41 WENDER CONTAINER LINES < j ATTRACTIVE FCL/LCL RATES TO: Indian Sub-Continent Ports; MADRAS/BOMBAY/ CALCUTTA COLOMBO j CHTTEAGONG NHAVA SHEVA PORT KELANG PENANG MADRAS WWSHPG FWDG (P) LTD TEL 9144-534 0450 FAX 91-44-534 0200 BOMBAY WW.AGENOES PVT LTD TEL 91-22-207 5832 FAX 91-22-207 5831 PKLANG SUASA MASYHUR SDN BHD TEL: 02-03-368
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      367 42 SHIPPINGTIMES BUSINESSCENTRE A D VERT I S I NG THAT DELIVERS YOUR BUSINESS FACTS THR 0 UGHTH E FAX JUST CALL 740-6000 1 Document Code \mmimo so 12 HHHHH If you need insurance coverage for your cargo, look no further. NTUC INCOME'S Cargo Insure-Line has just the plan for your
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      244 42 MM To advertise in 1 Business Centre now I request for 1 Document Code J ***** Shipping Times Business Centre Advertising that deliver* your bualneu tacU through the tax Are you looking "HSnrS for a freight forMprder who IS Call SFFA for peace 1 E3 Reliable 0 Efficient of mind
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      231 43 ==m CONSOLIDATION, WAREHOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, household removal and air cargo service EXPRESS® PTE UDm L ————I LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICE An affiliate of Mitsui OSK Lines/Hal Sun Hup Group fv*-™ Ph DCSTINAH9W SZ2SS #0»-02A>3 r~U TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/NAGOYA/KOBE ffl/07 CM/08 11/08 Wnwow 0104 HONOKONO 31/07 07/08 14AM f«ss, J>m <*** SINQAPORE CERT NO. 95/5290
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      34 44 TIONG WOON MARINE PTE LTD Regular fortnightly barge service to Kalimantan, Sulawesi- Inducement Cargo Accepting return cargo to W. Malaysia as well. For enquiries, please call 261 7888 or fax 777 6631 Marine Department.
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