The Business Times, 10 April 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85* SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes THURSDAY, APRIL 10,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Canberra lifts ban on foreigners buying banks
    696 1  -  Sweeping Australian financial reforms pave way for Asian takeovers Prom Russell Baker in Sydney AUSTRALIA has lifted its ban on foreigners owning local banks, clearing the way for Asian banks to seek a significant presence here. In what some describe as the country's
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    Lock icon Yeo Ning Hong leaves ST group to focus on PSA
    351 1  -  By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Former Cabinet minister Yeo Ning Hong is giving up his executive chairmanship of Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd (STPL) to focus on the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA). Dr Yeo, who has been nonexecutive chairman of
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    Thai finance firm in merger talks with DBS Bank
    465 1  -  From From Harish Mehta in Bangkok and Siow Li Sen in Singapore LISTED Thai finance company Sri Dhana Finance and Securities is in merger talks with Singapore's DBS Bank, a senior official of the Thai firm said yesterday. The talks come
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    Lock icon Where there's smoke, there's a break-in
    101 1 [SINGAPORE] Onefalse move, and the man disappears into a cloud of white smoke. This is not quite a David Gopperfleld magic show, but it may be an option for security-conscious homeowners. Andrew Knights, chief executive of Smokecioak Ltd, demonstrated yesterday how a smokecioak' works.
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      114 1 Biankmt Pandan Valley homes have not lost their appeal, although the American School has moved out selling prices are still holding. P|4 SospoDsn surprise China's premier trading group Sinochem has suspended plans to float unitonSES, Pglfl MBWSYMJPH OObcCktltitiMwU*af tost otters ip, pg 2. Part of higher COE premiums likely to
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      33 1 Dollar poised to test 127 yen A COUPLE of variables are being added to the equation as Japanese officials hint of currency intervention and a likely rise in long-term interest rates, Pf 7
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      19 1 More reports, Pg 8 +Will changes lead to a Big Bang? +Bid for National Australia Bank not ruled out
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Prudential, NTUC Income, AIA unlikely to cut bonus rates
      502 2  -  Income will probably revise rates next year; OAC Insurance still debating issue By Soh Tiang Keng IT IS almost certain that three of the Big Four companies in Singapore's life insurance industry Prudential, NTUC Income and AIA will not cut their
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      MCL top bidder for 2 of 3 sites
      387 2  -  Bids for state land in Geylang, Mugliston Park said to be fair By Diana Oon MCL LAND topped the list for two of the three residential parcels in a government tender which closed yesterday. Consultants said MCL's offer of an average of
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      Lock icon BankAm beefs up retail products
      473 2  -  By\ Shiv Taneja BANK of America is beefing lip its retail products here, say industry sources. Plans include distributing third-party unit trusts and the launch of the bank's own investment management products, sources said this week. There is also talk that BankAm, which hived off
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      PSB hands out $585m in grants in a productive first year
      201 2 THE Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) approved $585 million in grants last year under its Local Enterprise Financing Scheme and the Local Enterprise Technical Assistance Scheme. This was revealed at a press conference yesterday outlining PSB's achievements in its
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      Lock icon Changi voted No 1 airport
      145 2 Reuter SINGAPORE'S Changi and Britain's Manchester have been voted the world's top two airports by long-haul airline passengers, the International Air Transport Association (lata) said in Geneva yesterday. Changi's spanking terminal ousted Manchester, undergoing reconstruction, from the top spot it held last year in a
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      Lock icon Output set to rebound from Q2
      321 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Manufacturing By. Andrey Tan THE manufacturing sector will contract for the third consecutive quarter in the first three months of the year, but a "strong rebound" in economic growth should follow shortly after, says Yamaichi Research Institute. It forecasts a
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      COEs: Cat 1 hits new high of $35,550; most others up
      376 2  -  By Ven Sreenivasan COE premiums for all categories of cars, except luxury cars, were up for May. As was widely expected, the premiums for Category 1 cars (1,000 cc and below) hit a new high of $35,550, surpassing the
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      Lock icon KTM acts against two firms for illegally renting out its land
      380 2 Railway obtains Mareva injunction, says the two are also squatters themselves The Straits Times MALAYAN Railway (KTM) has obtained a Mareva injunction which restrains two companies which have been collecting rent illegally from squatters on its land from moving
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      Hydraulic parts maker opens regional HQ
      296 2  -  Victors Inc expects Asia-P&c sales to hit USssoom in 5 years By Audrey Tan US-BASED hydraulic parts maker Vickers Inc expects its Asia-Pacific sales to surge to US$5OO million (SJ72O mUlion) in five years, from around US$lOO million now. The company, a whollyowned subsidiary
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      146 3 i BERTOLUCCI OUTSTANDING HAND-CRAFTED SWISS WATCHES The divers' watch from Bertolucci hints at the energy beneath totally water-resistant at 300 meters. No wonder it requires your elegance. Despite its exclusive bracelet and hand-crafted many months to make; like the man who wears it, the divers movement this is an active
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Still popular with homeowners
      609 4  -  Interest in the Pandan Valley/Mt Sinai condo belt remains strong despite the relocation of the American School By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] THE relocation of the Singapore American School from Ulu Pandan Road to Woodlands does not seem to have dampened interest in the Pandan Valley/Mt Sinai
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      Three bungalow sites in Shelford Rd up for sale
      317 4  -  Freehold plot of 44,500 sq ft could fetch over $40m By] Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Three bungalow sites in Shelford Road have been put up for collective sale by their owners. Nos 12A, 14 and 14A Shelford Road, which have a combined
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      House Hunt
      1081 4 Property transactions for districts 11 and 21 (sectors 28 to 30 and 58 to 59) lodged between May 5,1996 and Apr 7, 1997. PROJECT NAMEJ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN/ PRICE PSF STREET NAME TYPE DATE LAND AREA* (SOFT) (SS-000) (SS) District 11 Arcadia Gdn Apt 6/2/97 99 7500
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      302 4 Prime Residential ]jiJ(P site at No ls WZ//» Newton Road \V/ Site Area: 7,738 sq approx Jfck/f/ 4 Freehold Written Permission obtained for a b,ock of 11 store y apa rtments Easy accessibility via Central 8 Expressway 2! Closing date of tender 7 May 97 (Wed) at 3 pm. KAtdPCH
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      54 4 RIVERWALK OFFICE SPACE SALE I LEASE Good Investment Opportunity Singapore River Front CBD/Financial District Vicinity Ample Parking Lots Accessible to Current MRT (next to future Clarke Quay MRT) Approx. 1,200 16,000 sq.ft. remaining Expected TOP June '97 <> Sale $1200 PSF Lease 5.50 PSF (inclusive) BP No: 3-*****-1996-AAOOI Singapore Business
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      85 5 > LU -J Q. 0 1 UJ 'II 0. o o Success starts with an attitude. A confidence that you can integrate ideas with knowledge to change forever the way business approaches a challenge. The greater the resources, the greater the possibilities. Z v. 3 o ;li o O tJ
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  • REGION
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      Moody's lowers ratings of Thai govt and bank debt
      334 6  -  BANGKOK Downgrading comes a day before lannch of USssoomThai bond issne in US By) Harish Mehta MOODY'S Investors Service has lowered its sovereign debt rating for Thailand to A3 from A 2 and its long-term debt rating for five Thai banks.
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      Lock icon KL may jail CEOs of firms caught polluting
      126 6 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA will press its judiciary to impose mandatory jail sentences on chief executive officers of companies convicted of seriously damaging the environment. "The cabinet has directed the ministry to go for mandatory jail sentence apart from fines because it
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      Lock icon HK's future govt publishes planned changes to two laws
      453 6  -  HONGKONG Proposals will curb political links with foreign groups, tighten control over rallies Byl Loh Hui Yin HONGKONG'S future government has published proposals which would curb political parties' links with overseas groups and also give police wider powers to decide on
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      Lock icon Suharto's daughter admits link with Muslim head
      215 6 JAKARTA Reuter INDONESIAN President Suharto's eldest daughter acknowledged on Tuesday a link with the head of the country's largest Muslim organisation, underscoring her powerful role in the ruling Golkar party. Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, a prominent businesswoman, was quoted as saying, by the official
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      Lock icon Myanmese exile groups deny link to mail bomb
      211 6 TOKYO AFP MYANMESE dissident groups in Japan yesterday denied any link to a mail bomb which killed a daughter of a senior army official in Yangon. "That blast has nothing to do with us," said a statement issued by a joint action
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      Lock icon US$ hits 126.93 yen but eases after Tokyo warning
      400 7  -  TOKYO Dealers still expect currency to test higher levels against yen this week By, Anthony Rowley SCALING peaks not seen since August 1992, the US dollar touched 126.93 yen at one point in Tokyo yesterday, although it later eased back to
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      Lock icon Beijing keeps capital goods tax-free for another year
      212 7 BEIJING AFP CHINA yesterday announced a one-year extension on the tax-exempt status allowing foreign joint ventures to import capital goods duty free. The duty-free status of imports by foreign-funded enterprises set up by the first quarter of 1996 wiU be extended by
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      Lock icon Ruggiero to visit China next week
      225 7 HONGKONG AFP RENATO RUGGIERO, direc-tor-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is to make an unprecedented visit to Beijing next week in a bid to keep alive China's 10-year negotiations to enter the trade body, it was reported yesterday. Mr Ruggiero told the South
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      Lock icon Indian PM lashes out at Congress for challenge
      186 7 NEW DELHI AFP DEFIANT Indian Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda yesterday hit out at the Congress party for challenging his government for power, saying his job was "not negotiable". He spoke out after last-ditch peace talks were announced between the ruling
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      Lock icon China's central bank faces a juggling act
      621 7  -  CUD!A WATCH Rate cut hinges on political, economic priorities By Lu Ning THE deputy director of China's State Administration of Taxation, Xian Huaicheng, was in town last week. One of the masterminds behind China's comprehensive tax reform of 1994, he gave an interesting
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      459 7 I The 7th International Boating Showcase for the Southeast Asia Region incorporating MARINA ASIA 97 COMMERCIAL CRAFT ASIA 97 TACKLE ASIA 97 WATER SPORTS A DIVE EXPO ASIA 97 H i -i. -> M -w- -.I—— WW".*" 1 mummhmmmhhm ~^(H H Irode Aimbrion H Child Mow? 2 ss2Wper entry Admission
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  • AUSTRALIA: FINANCIAL REFORMS
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      Lock icon Reforms unlikely to have Big Bang effect
      483 8 SYDNEY Analysts say impact of Wallis Inquiry will be milder than 1983 deregulation Reuter AUSTRALIA'S latest financial reform proposals are aimed at tidying up existing rules and are unlikely to have the "Big Bang" effect of 1983's original deregulation, analysts said yesterday. Treasurer
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      Lock icon Foreign takeover bids for NAB not ruled out: brokers
      181 8 SYDNEY Reuter AUSTRALIA'S largest bank, National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB), cannot be ruled out as a takeover target of foreign banks after the release of the Wallis financiarreport, brokers said yesterday. NAB shares rose sharply yesterday after the government released the
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      Lock icon Call for new body to oversee regulations
      288 8 CANBERRA RBA to remain responsible for financial stability Reuter THE WaUis Inquiry into the financial system has recommended that a single agency should oversee some financial regulatory operations. The report also said the Reserve Bank of Australia should remain responsible for the stabUlty
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      Lock icon Insurer: tie-up with bank makes no strategic sense
      338 8 SYDNEY Reuter LIFE insurer and money manager Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMP) said yesterday a merger with a major Australian bank after the end of the "six pillars" policy would not make strategic sense. "We have difficulty seeing where either an acquisition
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      298 8 Perhaps admired them from afar: The telecommunications firm that set of 90% system uptime-and surpassed it] The auto manufacturer that radically accelerated its time-to-market with a powerful new data system. The financial services processor that gives institutions in 20 countries W/ highly secure transactions-instantaneously. Granted, at DIGITAL we're known for
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US Congress urged to act on financial reform
      357 9 LONDON Mergers held up by current laws: House Hanking panel chief FT THE US Congress must act soon to legislate for far-reach-ing reform of the country's financial system, James Leach, chairman of the House of Representatives' Banking Committee, said here yesterday. Mr
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      Lock icon US economic growth seen continuing this year
      303 9 DULUTH, Minnesota Circumstances favour expansion, says Fed official Bloomberg THE US economy is enjoying "favourable" circumstances that should continue to propel it forward through 1997, Gary Stern, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said on Tuesday. "The US economy is in
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      Lock icon US$9b World Bank help for Russia?
      119 9 MOSCOW Reuter THE World Bank could lend Russia up to US$9 billion (Ssl3 billion) over three years, ItarTass news agency quoted World Bank president James Wolfensohn as saying. Mr Wolfensohn, speaking to the agency in Washington before a visit to Russia, said he hoped
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      Lock icon The Saint for MP?
      43 9 [KNUTSFORD, England] BBC journalist Martin Bell speaking to journalists at his hotel here on Tuesday. Mr Bell has offered to stand as an anti-corruption candidate in the parliamentary seat of Tatton, Cheshire, in the forthcoming British general election. REUTER
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      Lock icon US demands Asia, S America open financial markets
      279 9 PARIS AFP THE US repeated demands that developing countries, notably in Asia and South America, open their financial markets widely to competition, in remarks made by US Deputy Trade Representative Jeffrey Lang in Paris yesterday. Referring to talks, under the aegis of
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      Lock icon Joint bid to solve German job woes
      186 9 BERLIN Bloomberg GERMAN political and union leaders, battling with persistently high unemployment, sought to end their squabbles and find concrete measures to put the country's 4.5 million jobless back to work. Speaking at a jobs summit in Berlin organised by the DGB German
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Will summit deliver united voice for EU?
      774 10  -  THB BOTTOM UMB OPINION By Shada Islam The writer is a Brussels-based journalist who contributes to BT KEEPING TRACK of the European Union's long and complicated negotiations on institutional reform is no easy business. Even the name of the exercise the inter-government conference
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      155 10 Twenty-seven years of teaching, you want some recognition. Nobody paid me a scrap of attention. And you write one book, boom, you're in the public eye.' Frank MeCoart 66-year-old retired New York City schoolteacher who won the Pulitzer Prize for biography for 'Angela's Ashes', a searing story
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      Only retraining can save jobs
      625 10 EDITORIAL CRUCIAL to Singapore's continued prosperity, the concept of tripartism was further strengthened by the recent NTUC conference's commitment to worker welfare in the 21stcentuiy. NTUC 21, the blueprint adopted on the occasion, also demonstrated that a labour movement remains as important today as ever.
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      S-E Asia's vital seas
      1257 10  -  US and the region, especially Singapore, have every reason to ensure safe sea-lanes By\ Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent DURING the Cold War, maintaining freedom of navigation through the waters of Southeast Asia was a major goal for US forces, both to permit
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      COEs: setting the record right
      263 10  -  MAILBOX Zainul Abidin Bin Ibrahim Assistant Director Corporate Communications Land Transport Authority Singapore PLEASE refer to the article "COEs for Cat 1 and 2 hitting new highs soon" by Christopher Tan (Business Times, Apr 5-6). Firstly, we would like to point out that it is
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      528 10 Human rights dhrMas Bnropt WITH three other nations, France has decided to disassociate itself from a resolution condemning Chinese human rights that the EU has put forward each year since the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. The impression has thus been created of a divided Europe
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      400 11 I I Founded in 1942. Sin Soon Huat Limited has come a long may in establishing itself SUMIHIH BUSSRNINTERNRTIQNRL PTE LTD as a regional industrial player in South East Asia. Recognised as a leading company for i stienton Haii 17-07 Hobina House j providing a broad spectrum of industrial harduiare
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon OK LAH! The British are coming
      726 12  -  This month and next the best of Britain will hit the shores ofSJjore. David soznr highlights some attractions of the UK OK LAH. rest DAVID BOEY BRITONS are on the march. And they're heading our way in strength and style, courtesy of the UK
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      Lock icon How Gorby-talk was translated into history
      910 12 ■BOOKS A Soviet translator recalls Cold War summits and working with Gorbachev Reuter [MOSCOW] When the history books picture key moments at the end of the Cold War, they will probably show the bald, moustachioed head of Pavel Palazhchenko popping up between US president
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      Lock icon How BMW is going places
      967 14  -  BMW chairman gives a review of the firm's policies and performance in 1996 By i Christopher Tan BAYERISCHE Motoren Werke, Bavarian Motor Works or simply BMW Ag was formed in 1916. From the brink of collapse in the late--*****, the independent company turned around in
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        Virtual Volvos
        128 14 VIRTUAL reality has become a new tool In car designing. According to Volvo Car Corp design director Peter Horbury, the Swedish car maker is among the first few to make use of VR technology in its design process. At the recent press test-drive of the C7O coupe in
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        Targeting womon
        83 14 MAZDA is showcasing a concept car aimed at women, with supposed feminine touches such as tortoise-shell accents on the door handles and leopard-print carpeting. Chevrolet has gone one step further, it has unveiled an actual production sedan it expects to appeal to women. The Chevrolet Prizm is based
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        Rover opens design centre
        84 14 BMW-OWNED Rover Group has opened a new design and engineering centre at its 363-hectare test and proving ground at Gaydon in Warwickshire, England. The £80 million (Ss7o million) high-security building is home to more than 1,000 engineers and designers work: ig on Rover's cars and 4x4
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        Weekend driveaway to The Mines
        66 14 AUTO VENTURE company Wheels for Fun is organising a driveaway over the Hari Raya Haji weekend later this month to The Mines Beach Resort, located just before Kuala Lumpur. Activities include shopping, golf, watersports, lazing in the sand, and more shopping. Not all meals are
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        Banking on fancy cars
        134 14 FANCY CARS seem to be the choice enticement among banks these days. Last year, Standard Chartered offered three Jaguars—one of them an XKB coupe—worth about $850,000 to get new deposits. The programme was apparently so successful, it decided to hold another. This time, four Mercedes-Benxes form
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        Nissan creating 3,500 jobs in UK
        109 14 NISSAN'S £215 million (*****.9 million) investment in a third model at its Sunderland plant will create 800 direct new jobs and an additional 2,700j0bs among UK component suppliers. Nissan will build a new "C sector" model, alongside the Micra and Primera. Last year, the
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        New MBT tickets feature the Ford
        99 14  -  Compiled by 1 Christopher Tan SINGAPORE MRT Ltd has launched a limited Thematic Edition ticket 9et featuring pictures of the world's first mass-produced car— Ford —in various stages of production. Each set comprises four tickets in an attractive folder. Priced at (27 a set,
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      Lock icon So' you want to be another Jackie Chan...
      240 14 PROFILE Japanese ninja actor to open school for action star wannabes DPA [TOKYO] A Japanese ninja movie star, Sho Kosugi, yesterday announced that he will set up a ninja academy both in Tokyo and Hollywood for Asians wishing to become action movie
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      Sinochem suspends listing plan
      475 15  -  Chinese state-owned trading conglomerate declines to give reason for change By Lu Ning [SlNGAPOßE] In a surprise move, Sinochem, China's premier state-owned trading conglomerate, has suspended its plan to float its Asian unit on the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES). This is despite the SES granting
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      Lock icon Raffles Medical's offer 50 times subscribed
      398 15  -  Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Raffles Medical Group's initial public offer raked in a subscription rate of 50 times, a creditable performance compared with the weak showings by the previous few offers. The Sesdaq-bound health care group said yesterday that it received 56,241 applications for the
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      SMC deal provides breathing space for Coca-Cola Amatil
      752 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Russell Baker Coca-cola Amatii's a 53.4 billion (Ss3.B billion) deal with San Miguel Corp (SMC) grabbed the headlines last week. It resulted in the largest Coca-Cola bottling group outside the US. Ostensibly, the rationale for the deal which will
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      Serial Systems makes tame debut
      298 15 (SINGAPORE) Retail investors who sold their Serial System shares yesterday enjoyed at best a 3.5 cent or 5 per cent premium in the first two hours of trading. The stock closed at 61 cents, just 3 cents above the public offer price. Institutional investors who
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      Camerlin makes a pile from Brierley stake sale
      598 15  -  Paper profit conld top $100 m; Malex deal approved by all authorities By\ Lee Han Shih [SINGAPOREI Camerlin's deal to sell its Brierley Investment stake to Malaysia-listed Malex Industries has bagged a multi-million dollar paper profit for the company. Camerlin is owned
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        Lock icon Electronics stocks stage further gains
        348 16  -  Shares riding on rising sentiment after reports of higher chip prices By Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Electronics stocks performed strongly again yesterday, mostly due to rising sentiment following recent reports of increases in semiconductor prices. The SES Electronics Index continued its rebound, rising 0.34 points to
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        SMC denies management shakeup
        399 16  -  From, Al Labita in Manila LISTED Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp has denied rumours that there will be a management shakeup at Tuesday's annual stockholders' meeting. The market has been rife with rumours that a coup is in the offing to oust board chairman Andres Soriano
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        FCC and Jurong Engrg to issue bonds
        246 16 (SINGAPORE) First Capital Corporation (FCC) and Jurong Engineering are issuing bonds to raise capital for expansion. Property group FCC said yesterday that it would issue $146 million worth of secured fixed rate bonds through subsidiary Century Square Development. "The proceeds of the issue
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        Lock icon Broker puts CityDev NAV at $18.40, calls for a strong buy
        272 16 Renter [SINGAPORE] HSBC James Capel has called for a strong buy on Singapore property and hotels group City Developments Ltd (CityDev) as it has calculated that the group's prospective net asset value per share (NAV) is $18.40. In a
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        Lock icon Renong plans train line to S'pore
        117 16 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Renong Bhd is promoting a plan to build an MSB.3 billion (554.78 billion) high speed train line between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported. It quoted an unnamed government official as saying the proposal caught the DRB-Hi-com group
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        KL Linear City sees no hitch in funding
        441 16  -  Main component of project exempted from lending carta Reportsbj Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE developer of the massive KL Linear City, which is expected to cost MSS-10 billion, is confident of getting funding despite Bank Negara's property lending curbs. A KL
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        Lock icon Philippine exchange names new president
        164 16 Bernama [MANILA] A government technocrat has been chosen as the new president of the con-troversy-wracked Philippines Stock Exchange (PSE), PSE chairman Wilson Sy announced here yesterday. Mr Sy told reporters that Jose Luis Yulo Jr, a management expert, was picked by the PSE's search committee
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        Eviction runs into snags as squatters demand better deal
        280 16 THE KL Linear City, expected to be the world's longest building when completed, has hit some snags in its efforts to evict squatters from its construction site along the Klang River. The squatters spurned a previous deal and are demanding cash
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          Sincere buys space at Suntec
          38 16 [SINGAPORE) Sincere Watch has bought 825 sq m of office space In Suntec City for 16.57 million. The premises will aid the company's expansion and cut Its reliance on short-term rented properties. ''■i
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          Keppel Land merges 4 units
          48 16 [SINGAPORE] Listed property group Keppel Land will integrate four of its key management subsidiaries into one company, Keppel Land International, from today. The four merged units are Steamship Investment k. Development, Straits Mansfield Property Marketing, Straits Property Management and Straits Steamship Retail Management.
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          Corrections & Clarifications
          62 16 Corrections Clarifications We ran a Bloomberg report yesterday saying that Vickers Bellas Holdings was considering a stake in Air Philippines. Vickers has clarified that it is not considering any acquisition In any airline company. However, there had been preliminary talks between Air Philippines and Vickers Ballas Philippines Fund, a closed-end
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        Lock icon Cosco pays HK$610m for 20% of Lai Sun Hotels
        303 17 Lai San Dev shares up as investors hope firm will cash in on greater opportunities in China Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Cosco (Hongkong) Group, a unit of China's largest shipping company, bought one-fifth of hotel company Lai Sun Hotels International for about HK$6lO
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        Lock icon New Corona beer plant
        73 17 [ZACATECAS, Mexico] An engineer working on a laptop on Tuesday, as packed bottles of Corona brand beer pass by on a conveyor belt at the new Modelo Group plant in Calera, in the north-central state of Zacatecas. Modelo had built the US$356 million (*****.5 million)plant with
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        Lock icon Taiwan firm plans Viet, Philippine power units
        255 17 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's food giant President Enterprises Group plans to establish power plants in the Philippines and Vietnam after giving up a US$lOO million (Ssl44 million) power project in China, reports said yesterday. The mass-circulation United Daily News said the group decided to
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        Lock icon Face-off between Apple and IBM
        406 17 Fee negotiations threaten to break up the Power PC alliance NYT [SAN FRANCISCO! In a showdown that could portend the final blow to the shaky personal computing alliance between Apple Computer and IBM, the two companies are planning to try to renegotiate licence fees for
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        Lock icon Seagate profit better than expected as sales rise 19%
        343 18 income of U*****.7m for Q3 after a USsls7m loss a year earlier Bloomberg [SCOTTS VALLEY, California] Seagate Technology Inc reported better-than-expected earnings for the fiscal third quarter as sales rose 19 per cent. For the three months ended March 28, the
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        Lock icon Microsoft targeting TV market
        406 18 It will help hardware makers torn PCs into advanced TV sets Bloomberg, NYT NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Microsoft Corp, looking for new markets to keep its revenue growth going, said on Tuesday it will help the computer hardware industry turn the personal computer into an advanced television
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        Lock icon Motorola disappoints with slow orders
        173 18 Bloomberg [SCHAUMBURG, Illinois] Motorola Inc's orders and sales were less than expected in the first quarter, indicating that growth in its chips and cellular phones won't pick up until the second half of 1997, analysts said. Motorola on Tuesday said company-wide orders rose 4 per
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        Lock icon Procter & Gamble to buy Tambrands for US$1.8b
        435 18 Procter Gamble to buy Tambrands for US$1.8b P&G plans to grow the Tampax business through broader retail distribution Reuter [CINCINNATI] US consumer products company Procter Gamble Co yesterday said it will acquire Tambrands Inc and its Tampax tampon brand for US$l.B5 billion (552.6 billion). Procter Gamble, which makes such personal
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        Lock icon Intel chief nets US$94m from rise in share price
        246 18 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Intel Corp chief executive Andrew Grove's salary and bonus last year rose only 8.9 per cent but the increase in the chipmaker's stock price netted him a profit of U5594.5 million (Ssl36 million). Mr Grove's salary rose
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        Lock icon Proposal to tighten bank rules in emerging markets
        407 19 Basle Committee aims to improve supervision, promote greater stability in financial markets FT [LONDON] Bank regulators have issued new proposals designed to tighten supervision in emerging markets and promote greater stability in financial markets. The Basle Committee, which groups supervisors from the
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        Lock icon Prudential ups stake in financial firm
        330 19 St James's Place deal will boost business with wealthy clients Bloomberg [LONDON] Prudential Corp said it will pay up to £39.6 million (5592.6 million) to raise its stake in financial services company St James's Place Capital pic to 29.9 per cent, increasing its business
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        Lock icon MMI cleared for S'pore reinsurance
        156 19 Reuter [SYDNEY] Insurance group MMI Ltd said yesterday it had received approval from the Singapore insurance commissioner to write inward reinsurance business in Singapore. "This (reinsurance business) provides a vital link in MMl's Asian strategy," the company said in a statement. MMI is 38 per
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        Lock icon China plans to sell up to US$3.1b in notes, bonds
        580 20 Govt taps world bond market to fond massive infrastructure projects Bloomberg [HONGKONG] China is headed for its biggest round of international bond sales in three years as it steps up spending on roads, power plants and industry. The government and
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        46 20 f KISANGANI Zaire] Scores of diamond traders waiting impatiently to enter the only buyers concession open here yesterday. With the recent fall ofMbuji Mayi, the diamond industry in Zaire (worth hundreds of millions of dollars), is now concentrated within rebel-held territory. REUTER
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        Lock icon Japan starts special bank to take over failed Hanwa
        502 20 New unit, capitalised at 10 billion yen, to handle Hanwa's liquidation Bloomberg [OSAKA] The Japanese government has started a special bank to take over operations of Hanwa Bank, the president of the new bank said. Hanwa Bank failed in November under
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        Lock icon Barings bondholders may get offer soon
        164 20 Reuter [LONDON] Thousands of bondholders who lost nearly £275 million (*****.9 million) in the collapse of British bank Barings will shortly hear details of a compensation offer, The Times newspaper reported yesterday. Negotiations brokered by the London-based City Disputes Panel are nearly complete, although
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        Lock icon Yield of US indexed notes rises as demand slumps
        403 20 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US Treasury's second sale of in-flation-indexed notes drew far less demand than the inaugural sale in January, forcing the US government on Tuesday to pay a higher-than-ex-pected yield on the securities. The Treasury on Tuesday sold US$B,OO3 billion
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        Lock icon Euroyen firms after choppy session
        205 20 SOKEXReport Reuter (SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen futures firmed in late trade yesterday, lifted by Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka saying that Japan would maintain its easy monetary policy, brokers said. After a choppy day which saw December Euroyen fall through support at 99.09 to a low of
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        Futures move higher after quiet start
        181 20  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPOREI Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures opened on a quiet note yesterday, and slowly moved higher, hesitant to follow the strong cash index opening. The discount to cash in the
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        Lock icon Opec chief in discussions on price slide
        227 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON) Opec president, Libyan Oil Minister Abdalla el-Badri, has consulted on the telephone with his ministerial counterparts to discuss the slide in world oil markets, sources said yesterday. Opec members have watched the value of their crude oil exports dive
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        270 20 Reuter uanoon THE US dollar calmed down by Europe's midsession after shooting to a fresh 56-month high against the yen overnight, with traders saying bullishness was still intact but operators had judged it was time to ease off. Some Japanese officials' comments sounding a warning on "excessive moves"
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      1624 21 Reuter □Hitka22s -3ia33 STOCKS ended yesterday's trade with hefty losses brought on by continued selling of financial sector shares and profit-taking of some bellwether issues which had rallied on Tuesday, brokers said. The 225-share Nikkei Average finished 318.33 points lower at 17,703.37. Its June futures shed 330 points to
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      1561 22 AFX-Asia Hang Seng +2811 IARE prices closed slightly gher yesterday, having trad--1 in a narrow range for most the day, with attention shift,g to China-related stocks. The Hang Seng Index osed up 28.11 points at i,426.68 on turnover of K56.65 billion. The April conact finished at 12,370 and the
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      698 22 Reuter n Shenzhen B Index -L 56 SHENZHEN'S B Share Index fell yesterday dragged down by Chongqing Changan Automobile, which reported a substantial drop in profits for 1996. The Index slid 1.56 points to 157.77 with turnover rising to HKSBO.I6 million. Changan. in its annual report issued yesterday, said
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      296 22 AFP QWP Index +195J9 SHARE prices rallied 2.3 per cent to their highest close in almost seven years yesterday, thanks to general positive sentiment among investors. "Retail and institutional investors were active in pursuing shares on expectations of more gains for the bullish market," said a broker. The Weighted
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      821 22 AFP CI SET Index -2.73 SHARE prices fell yesterday as profit-taking overcame bargain hunting on the news that a credit rating agency had downgraded bonds issued by Thai financial institutions. An analyst said the index fell gradually during the afternoon session following the Moody's Investors Services announcement, although it
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      413 22 AFP Fl Composite Index +ZM SHARE prices closed higher yesterday, boosted by a rally in second-liners, dealers said. The Composite Index added 3.69 points to 698.66. Turnover was 43.7 million shares worth 679.7 billion won. Risers beat falls 536 to 254 with 122 shares unchanged. The market traded in
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      592 22 AFP All Ordinaries +2Q«3 SHARES closed higher yesterday after the release of a government report on the financial sector generated strong interest in bank and insurance stocks, brokers said. "Banks are up because the report now allows foreign ownership in quite a big way into the banks," a trader
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      249 22 Reuter Q Wellington -3.92 SHARE prices lost their early gains by the close of an insipid day's trading yesterday. The NZSE Top 40-share Index ended 3.92 points down at 2,220.70 after sluggish volume of NZ$39 million. Reuter «n mm AHZ Banking 8.75 -0.35 W Adventeqes M logs 1.27 002
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        Lock icon Rebound stalls as investors take profit
        274 23 AFX-Asia PI Composite Index +L6O SHARE prices closed mixed in directionless, rangebound trading yesterday. Dealers said a measured technical rebound in early trade was short-lived as sporadic selling resurfaced with investors keen to take quick profit on any gains. The KLSE Composite Index closed
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        Pilecon wrt worth considering after steep fall since mid-March
        183 24  -  WARRAMT WATCH By R Sivanithy JUST a few weeks ago, the Pilecon stock and warrant were among the darlings of the market. With vague rumours regarding a takeover or the introduction of some prominent person as a major shareholder it didn't
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        HOT STOCK
        69 26  -  -If I Shiv Taneja BERJAYA INDUSTRIAL closed unchanged yesterday at $1.84 on a volume of 12.34 million units, almost six times its 10<iay average. Having found support at just above the $1.80 mark, the share can be expected to trade upwards in the days ahead. There is a
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        Early rally fizzles out as institutions stay away
        631 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Institutions said to be still unsure about full impact of Bank Negara's lending curbs and also waiting for clearer picture to emerge on S'pore economy By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] An early rally on both sides of the Causeway yesterday
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          Coffee and massage
          124 26 DURING a tour of Networld Interop '97, an information technology conference cum exhibition held this week at Suntec City, a team of journalists were shown the press room. A journalist (not from BT), probably anticipating the stress of covering the conference, suggested a couple of massage chairs
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          Crisp marketing
          100 26 WHAT do these have in common: a packet of potato chips, a box of starch powder and a plastic puzzle (the kind you shift tiles around to form words or a picture; this one spelt out the word "crisp")? We didn't know either, until we received a package
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          Hello, Dolly and Mary and Mary ...
          116 26 Hello, Dolly and Mary and Mary DOLLY, the cloned sheep named after the famous American singer/actress, does strange things to people. US President Bill Clinton is concerned, many scientists are up in arms and even a normally straight-laced British magazine has broken down and published a ditty about it. Well,
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          Hsu Feng to shoot in S'pore?
          161 26 HSU FENG, a popular Chinese actress in the 1970s and now better known as a producer of prize-winning films such as Farewell My Concubine, might move her production company from China to Singapore. According to the weekly magazine Yazhou Zhoukan, Hsu has been trying
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          HE'S top earner
          117 26 WHO is the biggest wage-earner in Hongkong? Well, the Inland Revenue Department there would not say. It would not even give the sex of the person, presumably because this would drastically narrow down the number of possible candidates. But the IRD did reveal that this high-earner paid
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      313 27 Reuter ANOTHER day went past with new cargoes scarce and rates generally looking slightly softer, brokers said. Some brokers said there had been signs of the market being "talked up", but there was little evidence that higher rates had been agreed. The day never found Monday's volume, but
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      406 27  -  Turnkey deal will tap the company's specialist skills SML president Billy Lee By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Singapore's Sembawang Maritime Ltd (SML) has clinched a turnkey deal to repair and upgrade the Saigon Floating Hotel, which is to be transformed into a five-star
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      Release hijacked ship, ICC urges China
      196 27 [SHANGHAI] The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appealed to China to release a hijacked ship carrying a cargo of sugar which has been held in a Chinese port for 20 months. The Cyprus-flagged Anna Sierra, belonging to an Indian state trading firm, had
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      545 27  -  NEWBUXLDS David Hughes THERE were no actual contracts reported for VLCCs but that did not stop London shipbroker EA Gibson from issuing a strong warning to independent owners to refrain from ordering such vessels. There are good reasons for not ordering. The basic
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      Lock icon Aden port project: dredging to start soon
      207 27 Reuter [ADEN] Yemeni officials said on Monday they expected dredging in Aden harbour to start on April 17 under a project to restore the port as a key staging post between Europe and Asia. It would be the first tangible work to revive
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      Lock icon Asia Securities buys stakes in 5 vessels from Sinotrans
      204 27 Reuter (HONGKONG] Asia Securities International Ltd said it would buy 91 per cent stakes in five bulk carriers from third-party China National Foreign Trade Transportation Corp of Beijing (Sinotrans) for HK5495.15 million (5590.1 million). Asia Securities and Bengal Star Investment Corp,
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      Slight drop in number of visitors at METS Asia
      295 27  -  By] Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] This year's METS Asia exhibition saw a slight decrease in the number of visitors, compared to last year. The second annual marine equipment trade show, which closed on April 4, recorded a total trade visitor count of
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      Orders roll in for Japan's three major shipbuilders
      307 27 [TOKYO] Japan's three major shipbuilders are enjoying an increase in orders for medi-um-size and large vessels, while future business outlook is also improving for doublehull crude carriers to replace ageing vessels built in the *****. Competition among the companies is expected to
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      137 27 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Two unions of Japan's dock workers ended their ban on working night shifts and returned to regular operations yesterday, said a union official. The National Council of Dockworkers' Unions of Japan and the Japanese Confederation of Port and Transportation Workers Union had
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      874 28 BBZP PXRACnri ON A STEEP RISE Cargo theft and violent attacks on ships have rocketed over recent years, raising costs for carriers, both in goods lost and increasing insurance premiums, but ports worldwide lack preventative methods and technology Lloyd's List THE aviation Industry Is a
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        197 41 8»rl8 Thailand: Songkran Festival Day. Ayr 18 Brunei: Hari Raya Hajl. Indonesia: Id-el-Adha. Malaysia: Hari Raya Qurban. Singapore: Hari Raya HaJL A»raß Australia: Antac Day. Denmark: St. Bededag. Japan: Greenery Day. New Zealand: Antac Day. Apr 80 Netherlands: Queen's Day. Itojrl Belgium: Labour Day. China Labour Day. France:
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        950 41 THIS report, conpltod by CodMtt Maria* Oil Lid. (how* price ranpae la US dodara iaeaaad of tfaoa prtcaa tor mot* anpraheaaive daacrlpttoa of the markat Prtcaa ahown are baaed on wm aliad atem Markat bmtcbmbu art Indicated Tha Cocfcatt Bunkar Prtca Inda changi and th* individual
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        445 42 Bat industry representatives say report's estimates are not realistic Journal of Commerce [WASHINGTON] Airport executives in the US say an independent estimate of airport development needs over the next five years backs their case for much more spending, but airline
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        Lock icon CSX, Norfolk Southern unveil plan to split US$10.3b Conrail purchase
        265 42 Reuter [NEW YORK] CSX Corp and Norfolk Southern Corp on Tuesday unveiled the highly anticipated details of their proposed US$lO.3 billion (5514.7 billion) acquisition of Conrail Inc that call for both railroads to split key routes of the Philadelphia-based carrier.
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        82 42 [MANILA] President Fidel Ramos (centre) joined by Charles Adams (on Mr Ramos' left), president of United Parcel Service (UPS) in Asia Pacific, and other officials and crew give the thumbs up at the inaugural/light of the launch of regular UPS air services in the Philippines on
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        274 42 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hongkong's airport authority has defended the charges it plans to levy on use of the territory's future Chek Lap Kok airport, arguing they were "fair, reasonable and competitive". Hitting back at airlines which have criticised the planned charges as too
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        Lock icon US and Japan resume talks on open skies accord
        234 42 Tokyo not ready for new pact: Northwest Air official Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Recent charges by the Japanese government that US carriers are unsafe signal that Japan is not ready to agree to a new, more open bilateral aviation accord, a Northwest Airlines
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        Lock icon TWA offers US$75,000 to family of each victim killed in crash
        221 42 AFP (NEW YORK] TWA has offered U5575,000 (*****,250)f0r each of the 230 people killed in July when a Paris-bound Boeing 747 crashed near New York, a representative for 55 families said on Tuesday. TWA made the offer, which is
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        Lock icon Nissan exporting luxury cars to Taiwan soon
        324 42 Reuter [TOKYO] Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Tuesday it would start exporting luxury sedans to Taiwan, the first major Japanese car maker to do so after Taipei lifted a 23-year ban on Japanese car imports in February. Other Japanese car makers said
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        Lock icon Malaysia doesn't see Fokker rescue deal proceeding
        226 42 Problem could be that Stork wanted money first before due diligence study Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia does not expect a proposed rescue of bankrupt Dutch planemaker Fokker to proceed, Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday. "We entered into serious negotiations but I
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          88 42 Reuter [JOHANNESBURG] A formal complaint by South African Airways (SAA) against a tie-up between Britiah Airways pk and local South African carrier Comair has been overruled, the two allied airlines said in a statement on Tuesday. The airlines sealed a franchise agreement last
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          Lock icon Indian truckers consider sew otler
          99 42 Reuter [NEW DELHI] India's striking truck owners kept more than two million vehicles off the road far the ninth day yesterday while they considered a government offer to solve the crisis, state and transport officials said. The strike was triggered by a planned 6 per
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          Lock icon VW's March sales soar in China
          54 42 Reuter [BEIJING] Salee of Volkswagen vehicles soared in China in March with heavy demand from government agenciee and taxi companiee, the company said in a statement issuedfromHongkongonTuaeday. Shanghai Volkswagsn reported salee 0f20,831 vehiclee in March white FAW-Volkswagen in north-eastern Changchun aoldjjQj can. the company
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