The Business Times, 14 April 1997

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 r 85a S I N G A P O R E Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, APRIL 14,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    52 1 CTOCT MUHET MDICES Week Change ST1I .2.068.48 -7.30 BT-SRI 986.28 -14.50 KLSECOMP- 1,138.36.. +1.58 NIKKEI *****.96 -13.61 HANG SENG 12,516.80—+S12.01 SET INDEX 713.B -0.47 JAKARTA COMP. ***** -0.28 MANILA COfcP —2,971.35 -89.24 TAIPEI WPL A583.08....+225.51 SEOUL COMP 696.95.. +9.53 CLSA CHINA B 1,297.55 -20.73 AUSTALLORD 2,380.50 +11.0 DOW
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    FINANCE
    72 1 EXCHANGE BATES uss ss USI 1.457 I 1.623 2.332 M 0.581 -.0.8* VIM 0.794 1.141 |IB .0J99 0.574 HKS 0.129 0.185 BAHT ..0.858.. 0.065 RUPiAHioe o.oe. o.ooo PUME RATES SINGAPORE* 8.44 KUALA LUMPUR. 9.25 JAKARTA i 18.0® BANGKOK 4 11* MANILA H50 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 125 SYDNEY MO TOKYO
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    Market unsure of impact of HDB curbs
    688 1  -  Measures not as severe as expected; oversold property counters may see rebound today By. Lee Han Shih and Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] Property market players are waiting with bated breath to see how demand and prices of lower-end condominiums and houses will be
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    Lock icon Little private property effect: Hng Kiang
    173 1 The Straits Times [SINGAPORE] The move to tighten the Housing Board's mortgage financing rules will have little impact on private property prices but could moderate prices of resale HDB flats, National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang said yesterday. Making third-time buyers of HDB flats
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    Lock icon Hopes recede of Wall Street rally
    277 1 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The hoped-for rekindling of US stocks, hinted at by rallies earlier last week, now looks like a flash in the pan after the rise in March retail sales and stronger-than-expected gain in producer prices announced on Friday. The Commerce Department reported
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    Easy loan schemes: govt won't intervene for now
    289 1  -  Innovative plans seen as private amusements By' Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] The government will not intervene for now in the innovative financing schemes introduced recently such as the easy-pay-ment "balloon" financing schemes offered by car distributors and the home refinancing schemes promoted
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    Lock icon No let-up in buyers eyeing private flats below $1.5 m
    400 1  -  Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] It was business as usual at showflats around the island over the weekend. Either the impact of the new HDB loan curbs hadn't quite made an Impact or even if they had, homebuyers appeared not deterred
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      8 1 Long-term rates, labour market worry Fed, Pg 13
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Mobile communication operators put the squeeze on airwaves
      371 2  -  Spectrum management* v becoming a vitfcl* v aspect of technical regulation in industry By 1 Teh Hooi Ling WITH a total of four mobile communications in Singapore, the airwaves are getting congested. The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS), for instance, had to
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      S'pore govt rated most proficient again by Beri
      387 2 No 1 rating is for sth straight year, but Swiss narrow lead THE Singapore government has for at least the fifth straight year been rated the most proficient among 47 worldwide by US-based Business Environment Risk Intelligence (Beri). But second-placed Switzerland narrowed
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      Drop in cases handled by Insurance Ombudsman Bureau
      280 2 THE number of disputes handled by Singapore's Insurance Ombudsman Bureau last year dropped sharply. There were five, compared with 12 in 1995 and 10 in 1994. Three of last year's five cases were outside the bureau's terms of reference, it said in
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      Lock icon Haworth's office furniture: beyond tables and chairs
      511 2  -  COMPANY VISIT Haworth US manufacturer sees fnrniture as a management tool to raise productivity By Audrey Tan OFFICE furniture will go beyond grey partitions and swivelling chairs, if US furniture maker Haworth has its way. Chairman Richard Haworth thinks furniture should be a
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      Lock icon Stronger US$ vs yen aids trade
      375 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY rate By i Clarissa Tan THE stronger the US dollar against the Japanese yen, the better it is for Singapore trade, said Vickers Ballas in an investment report. The report, dated April 1, notes that changes in the exchange rate
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      EXECUTIVE MOVES
      379 2 Gary Leonard Koh has been appointed Sun Microsystems' electronic commerce strategic business manager for the region. He will spearhead Sun Microsystems' expansion of its electronic commerce business throughout the region, leveraging on Java Computing technologies. He will also play a major role in positioning Sun Microsystems in Cybercity
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      172 2 When in Manila, make sure that your business address is the Hyatt. BUSINESS PACKAGE USsl2s++'Single or Twin Occupancy Subject to government tax and service charge Offer good from lanuary to December 1997 At the Hyatt, we do our best so that the pleasure of doing business in Manila is yours,
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      377 3 GLOBAL r T\ T rp T t T-i W m I I I I L^ I Ixi I n r a v V W W W Growing V S VJRUVVIiNU OF THE f—JmhL AFFLUENCE '.> T I I I U«,- r TT \T T^ HII x I J i v
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon M'sia to use 'spies' to check graft
      108 4 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA will place "spies" in the police and immigration departments in an effort to check corruption, a junior minister said yesterday. Deputy Home Minister Megat Junid Megat Ayub said the two departments had been identified as largely being involved in
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      Lock icon Rate squeeze seen hurting baht
      563 4 HONGKONG Moody's downgrade of Thai debt rating adds to woes facing battered economy Reuter LAST week's downgrade of Thailand's foreign currency debt rating was yet more bad news for a battered economy, and experts warned there is Uttle on the horizon to lift investors' spirits.
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      Lock icon Cool start to new year
      47 4 [BANGKOK] A motorcycle pillion passenger throwing water at a pedestrian armed with a water rifle in a Bangkok street on Saturday. In Thailand, water fights area traditional way to celebrate the Songkran festival —the Thai New Year which officially began yesterday. REUTER
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      Lock icon Activists deny US court rejected suit against Freeport
      314 4 ■JAKARTA Judge wints more info on rights abuses in USs6b case, they say AFP HUMAN rights activists in Indonesia's Irian Jaya province yesterday denied claims by mining giant Freeport-McMo-Ran that a US$6 billion (558.58 billion) rights abuse lawsuit against it had been
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      Lock icon Ramos makes ex-army chief transport minister
      201 4 MANILA Reuter PHILIPPINE President Fidel Ramos yesterday appointed former armed forces chief Arturo Enrile as acting transportation and communication secretary. Mr Enrile replaces businessman Amadeo Lagdameo, who resigned last month after a furore over a land deal with Amari Coastal Bay Development Corp, a
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      Lock icon Blackouts hit Indonesia
      139 4 AFP [JAKARTA] MiUions of Indonesians were plunged into darkness by a power outage yesterday, though the cause of the blackouts was not immediately known. Also not immediately clear was the extent of the financial losses from lost factory production. Jakarta and other major cities on the most
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      Lock icon Be fair in quelling unrest, says Indonesian body
      118 4 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA'S National Commission on Human Rights has caUed on the authorities to tread carefUUy in quelling a wave of unrest in order to prevent a backlash, a report said yesterday. The warning came as a government youth group vowed to
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      359 5 I NO MORE HYPE. No more jargon. No more paradigm shifts, okay? Everyone agrees the Web has the I I potential to be a monumental economic force. But from a business point of view, the Internet has had about as LEADING WORLD I much impact as the paper clip. Why?
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      545 7 I Tnow when you do BUSINESS Oil I I 'Web it'll be nobody else's business. KM I IT IS A SCIENTIFIC FACT that people are curious and the thing they I most want to see is the thing you least want them to see. That's why the Internet ho. lotus
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Preparations begin for post-Deng party congress
      476 8 BEIJING The campaign is on to tighten np party rule, consolidate positions, crack down on graft Reuter A CONCLAVE late this year of China's Communist Party elite will be one of the country's political events of the decade, but no hint of what China's
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      Lock icon China banks in fight for personal savings
      357 8 BEIJING AFP CHINESE banks are only just managing to hold their own in an intense battle with the domestic capital market for individual savings, a senior economic official was quoted as saying yesterday. Treasury bonds, stocks and corporate bonds have all taken large
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      Lock icon Beijing goes green
      76 8 [BEIJING] An elderly peasant leisurely riding his cart past a new construction project in Beijing yesterday. Beijing has launched new offensives to protect its environment, issuing orders to all gas stations to carry unleaded fuel only as leaded fuel will be outlawed by the end of this
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      Taipei gets tax windfall from bull run on stocks
      329 8  -  m TAIPEI Stock trading netted NTsll.4b in tax revenue last month By Bruce Cheesman TAIWAN'S spectacular bull run, with the stock market increasing by more than 25 per cent so far this year, has led to a tax windfall for the
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      Lock icon China could see sharp fall in foreign investments
      242 8 BEIJING AFP CHINA could face a sharp decline in foreign investment over the next few years, between the elimination of tarifffree privileges and the introduction of pledged import duty cuts, a report said yesterday. "This year and next year will be difficult
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      355 9 I www.lotus.com I I LOTUS DOMINO IS AVAILABLE NOW. TODAY. It's not a blue print or a I I promise or a vision of an inkling of a possibility of the future. It's reality. And it's backed by Lotus. I I ffIOTUS IS THE SERIOUS BUSINESS SOFTWARE COMPANY. We I
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  • ASIA
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      India caught in political stalemate after govt's defeat
      590 10  -  NEW DELHI over whether United Front and Congress -will cot deal to avoid Afresh elections KBy Yogi Aggarwal ■NDIA was locked in a politiEcal stalemate yesterday after ■the defeat of the H D Deve ■Gowda-led government in a gvote of confidence in
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      Lock icon Interest rates to rise soon: Tokyo official
      117 10 TOKYO Reuter r JAPANESE government spokesman Seiroku Kajiyama *says Japan's interest rates will likely rise in the next one or two years as financial deregulation measures start tak- ing effect. r The financial daily Nihon t'Keizai Shimbun yesterday quoted Mr Kajiyama as saying:
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      Lock icon Seoul acts to grant amnesty to 2 ex-presidents
      488 10 SEOUL Prosecutors step op probe into possible graft by top politicians AFP SOUTH Korea's presidential office yesterday suggested an amnesty for two jailed ex-pres-idents as prosecutors stepped up a probe into possible corruption by top politicians. A presidential aide told the country's
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      Lock icon Don't ban trade with Iran, Australian farmers urge govt
      307 10 CANBERRA Reuter AUSTRALIAN wheat farmers urged the government yesterday to reject calls to ban trade with Iran after a German court found that Teheran ordered the murders of four Kurdish activists in Berlin in 1992. Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer is
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      Lock icon Aussie property surge held back by high jobless rate
      244 10 CANBERRA Reuter AUSTRALIA'S property market has strengthened over the past year, but would continue to be held back by the country's high unemployment rate. "The property market at the beginning of 1997 is much stronger than this time last year," the
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      Lock icon N Korea leaning towards peace talks: report
      426 11 SEOUL Concern that food-short regime may collapse without outside aid mounts AFP NORTH Korea was yesterday reported to be leaning towards joining historic peace talks in May amid mounting international concern that the foodshort regime could collapse without massive outside aid. The Joong-Ang
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      Lock icon Aussie bank mergers at least a year away
      292 11 SYDNEY Reuter AUSTRALIAN Treasurer Peter Costello said yesterday that it would be at least one year before the government would permit the nation's Dig four private banks to consider merging with one another. He said the banking sector would have to become
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      523 12 i 9 I <" ak/ Citibank Brings You A Rare Investment Opportunity. A Day With Peter Lynch, The Most Successful Money Manager In Wall Street History. In this day and age, it's not enough to tuck your money away in a savings account and keep it for a making it
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Rising long-term rates, tight labour market worry Fed
      507 13 RICHMOND, Virginia Indicators raise concerns abont future inflation, says voting member of FOMC Bloomberg RISING long-term interest rates and a tight labour market are leading concerns among federal monetary policy makers who are determined to head off future inflation, said Alfred Broaddus,
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      Lock icon Taipei chip makers deny Washington's dumping charges
      193 13 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN'S semiconductor manufacturers have denied charges by Washington of dumping in the United States, a report said yesterday. "Given Taiwan's high competitiveness, I don't think local semiconductor makers need to dump their products Stan Shih, the head of Acer Group, told
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      Lock icon UK helps Belgium in insurance fraud probe
      118 13 ■LONDON Reuter BRITAIN'S Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed yesterday that it is helping Belgian authorities in their investigation of a multi-million pound fraud on London's insurance market. "We are providing assistance to the Belgian authorities. It is one of our mutual legal assistance
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      Lock icon Iran to recall envoys from some EU states
      189 13 ■DUBAI Reuter IRAN will recall its envoys from European Union states that have summoned their Teheran ambassadors home after a German court's verdict that the country ordered political killings in Berlin. The Iranian parliament held a closed session to review the court
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      Lock icon Kohl schnapps back
      85 13 [BONN] A woman holding bottles ofpear-flavoured schnapps that bear caricatures of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, whose nickname is Birne or "pear here on Saturday. The maker of the schnapps, a company in Ahlen, 40 kilometres northeast of Dortmund, has received angry letters from Mr Kohl and was
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      Lock icon Let banks play bigger regulation role: Greenspan
      268 13 WASHINGTON Govt controls should be kejrt to minimum, says Fed chief Bloomberg FEDERAL Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan says US banks should play a larger role in regulating themselves and that government regulation of financial institutions must be kept to a minimum. "Private market
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      It's thumbs up for N+I exhibition
      701 14  -  Exhibition succeeds in its primary aim of providing education By Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Networld Interop (N+l) 97, which took place at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from April 7 to 11, was an excellent start as the first Asian event outside
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      Microsoft-HP venture comes up with SME solutions
      238 14  -  Leasing as part of finance option By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] HewlettPackard and Microsoft last week announced a new, joint initiative for SMEs (small and medium enterprises) to provide infotech solutions in Singapore. The initiative, the first of its kind for SMEs by the
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      Unisys to push Y2K solutions in Asia
      753 15  -  Y2K teams set up in every country in the region By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] US giant Unisys Corp has launched a worldwide initiative offering consultancy services to customers to solve their Year 2000 (Y2K) date problems. The Asian part of that initiative will
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    • IT TAKES
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        IT for the construction industry
        116 15  -  Compiled by Lee Kee Yeng [SINGAPORE} Sibex 97, the exhibition for the building and construction industry, will highlight the use of information technology. A/E/C Systems Singapore 97 will be held in conjunction with Sibex 97 and is the first computer show for the industry. It
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        ST Computer to distribute Cylink
        72 15 [SINGAPORE] A subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation, ST Computer, has been appointed by California-based Cyllnk Corporation as its Singapore distributor and preferred Asia-Pacific value-added reseller. With this appointment, ST Computer will be offering Cylink's range of data security products, including SecureWAN, SecureLAN and Secure
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        How to make full use of the web
        77 15 [SINGAPORE] Lotus will hold a two-day conference, Lotus Inter Web 97, on May 8 and 9 at the Raffles Ballroom, Westin Stamford. It will show business executives and developers how to make fUll use of the web. In addition to seminars, there
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        Informatics opens 13 new centres
        90 15 [SINGAPORE! Publicly-listed Informatics Holdings is rapidly expanding in the Asia-Pacific region as it opens another 13 new centres —12 in India and one in Pakistan. Mr Steven Chan, executive director of Informatics, said that the company sees a growing demand for trained IT professionals in
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        Big Blue goes Assure
        72 15 [SINGAPORE] Singapore-owned Azure Technologies Pte Ltd has been appointed the distributor for IBM in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Azure will market the suite of IBM open systems storage solutions and products on both IBM and non-IBM Unix platforms. The move is part of IBM's
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        Open Market appoints CSA
        82 15 [SINGAPORE] CSA Automated, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSA Holdings, has been appointed the system integrator for Open Market Inc, a provider of Internet commerce software. Open Market's software manages Internet commerce within a corporation and has features such as on-line customer service, security authentication and order
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        Asia Card Technology 97
        114 15 [SINGAPORE] The Asia Card Technology 97 (ACT 97) exhibition will be held at Sun tec City from April 23 to 25 and will showcase the latest smart card technologies and their business applications. Highlights include a series of technical workshops to educate the industry on Smart
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      Here's how when you want your financial statements on the Net
      225 16 {SINGAPORE] Fancy releasing your annual reports, initial public offerings (IPOs) and •proxy statements to a worldWide audience? Bowne International, the world's largest financial printer, is now marketing its Internet services to Singapore firms. The advantages of using the Internet
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      Sweden's IFS opens S'pore office
      208 16 [SINGAPORE] Sweden's IFS (Industrial and Financial Systems) last week opened its office in Singapore, stating it will use "Singapore as a launchpad to the other AsiaPacific countries." The company opened its office in Malaysia in mid-1994. IFS' president and chief executive, Bengt Nilsson, said the
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      IBM 'reinventing' the OS/2 operating system
      305 16  -  It will broaden channel base in Asia By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] International Business Machines Corp is "reinventing its OS/2 operating system" to function more effectively around network computing technologies to help OS/2 customers extend their applications to the Internet. "We will continue to enhance
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      Tivoli's systems management software range launched here
      214 16 (SINGAPORE] IBM last week launched Tivoli's systems management software, the TivoU Management Environment (TME) 10, for large enterprise#. The soft ware and solutions will be marketed and supported by IBM throughout Asean. Texas-based Tivoll was acquired by IBM in March last year for
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      Novell unveils long-term 'cross platform' strategy
      382 16  -  Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Novell aims to see its Novell Directory Services (NDS) on all the major network operating systems (NOS) such as Unix, Microsoft NT and Intranetware, says its Asia-Pacific business development director, Nick Jackson. NDS' presence in NT and Unix will increase
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      MCSB Systems opens FT training centre
      209 16 [SINGAPORE] MCSB Systems has opened an education centre here targeted at providing external Information Technology (IT) for the IT professional. The centre offers IT programmes licensed by the USbased company, Learning Tree International, which is the world's largest independent IT training firm. Courses will
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      Singapore ready for Internet of the next generation
      635 17  -  FOCUS: METWORLD IMTEROP 97 3Com chief expects" ISPs to adopt a policy-based service that offers different levels of service and security By 1 Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The next-gen-eration Internet will have to reach over 10 times today's 60 million users, must
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      Internet interests in Asia team up to form trade body
      226 17 [SINGAPORE] A trade association has been chartered to promote the common business interests of the Internet-relat-ed service industry in Asia-Pa-cific, it was announced at the Networld+lnterop conference held here last week. The Asia-Pacific Internet Association (Apia) will address business issues
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      The truth about cats, dogs and networks
      539 17  -  By Kenneth James The writer is BT's Technology Editor ASK BUI Lohse whether the Internet and networking is more hype than truth, and he tells you the truth about cats and dqgs. Mr Lohse is the president and CEO of Softbank Forums, the
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      The authoritative, the exhaustive and the innovative
      434 18  -  By} Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] When International Data Group launched its books subsidiary in 1990, it opened a treasure trove, netting itself millions of dollars writing about common software the way you wish those bulky manuals were written. The first bundle came from IDG's
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      Sharp launches the multi-slim Notevision
      191 18  -  By] Lee Kee Yeng [SINGAPORE) Sharp Singapore will soon launch its newest multimedia projector the Notevision XG-NVIEA (above). With a width of 264 mm, it will be the slimmest model on the market so far. The projector, which retails at $8,999, is at the high
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      Low-cost external Smart card reader that fits into PCs
      177 18 [SINGAPORE] Schlumberger Electronic Transactions has launched a low-cost Smart Card reader (right) for easy connection and use with PCs. It enables companies to quickly develop Smart Card-enabled applications and manufacture them cost-effectively in large volumes. Smart Card is part of the
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      322 14 Singapore ready for Internet of the next generation Page 17 Do You Have an Internet Strategy? No matter in, the Internet will change the way you do business. have an Internet strategy because the company that successfully exploits the opportunity will have decided advantages over the competition higher productivity, better
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      668 20  -  BEMJAMXNXiOB finds the pianist lacking in technical finesse and musical insight BENJAMIN LOH After all the hype and fanfare surrounding the sensational sales of David Helfgott's Rachmaninov disc, not to mention the success of the movie Shine which sparked off this Helfgott frenzy in the first
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      560 20  -  MUSIC By P Y Van FRIDAY night with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra was an evening of pleasant music making. Starting with Schubert's Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D 458, the SSO, under the baton of Choo Hoey, delivered a very fresh and
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      504 21  -  Earnings of these companies will be hit if measures affect HDB upgraders' buying power By Lee Han Shih Diana Oon (SINGAPORE] Earnings of about a dozen listed companies are sensitive to measures that affect the buying power of HDB upgraders, with First
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      719 21  -  HAM G SEMG XM SIGHT HE home prices may Call by up to 10% following the rate hike Quak Hiang Whai THOSE who have tracked the impact of Singapore's "May 14 Movement" may see soirte similarities appearing in Hongkong's real estate market. Is Hongkong
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        1213 22  -  Stockbroker's decision to go international 11 years ago has put it in good stead today in an industry buffeted by declining margins and intense competition By R Sivanithy fSINGAPOREI Some six years ago, the government first sounded the rallying cry to "go regional".
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        341 22  -  Move prompted by consumer electronics boom in Brazil By' Ronnie Lim [SINGAPORE] A consumer electronics boom in Brazil is prompting mainboard-listed Japanese injection moulding company Showpla Asia and GIC to double capacity at their new joint venture Brazilian plant which only
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        180 22 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR) Autoways Holdings Bhd said it has undertaken an internal restructuring to streamline its operations for future expansion. In a statement on Friday, it said all companies involved in the principal activities of construction and engineering will be grouped under its whollyowned
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        KLSE market cap Ms M$43b in two-week slide
        376 23 Key index down 5uJ% after property loan curbs and drastic falls in Dow IN THE two weeks since the market began its slide on March 31, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has shed about Ms 43 billion (5524.7 billion) in market capitalisation.
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        346 23 Ailing bank suffers huge loss of 24£b baht for last year Reuter [BANGKOK] The Stock Exchange of Thailand said on Friday that the troubled and suspended Bangkok Bank of Commerce pic's deteriorating financial position makes it a candidate for delisting. The Thai
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        199 23 AFP [MANlLA] The merger of San Miguel Corp's soft drink operations with Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd (CCA) of Australia will result in larger volumes that will benefit the company, the firm said yesterday. San Miguel, -the Philippines' beer-based consumer giant, issued the statement in reaction to
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        480 23 Regulators unhappy with fast rise and market volatility Reuter [SHANGHAI] The buU run on China's stock markets is likely to slow over the next few weeks largely due to persistent rumours that the securities authorities are planning new anti-speculative measures,
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        382 23 AFP [HANOI] International music giant Polygram has appointed two local distributors to sell its music in Vietnam, becoming the first foreign company to offer its music here, a report said yesterday. Polygram Far East, the Hongkong-based music arm of Philips International,
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        256 23 Reuter [HONGKONG] Lai Sun Hotels International Ltd and China's Cosco (Hongkong) Group Ltd are planning to cooperate in future business development after the Chinese concern bought a 20 per cent stake in the hotel firm. Shipping group Cosco (HK) took up 357
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        369 24  -  Company aims for 4% «f the high-end luxury car sector in 5 years foonv Christopher Tan 'in Perth fiOLLS-ROYCE Motor Cars is eyeing a one-third increase in Its share of the high-end luxucar sector (HLS) in five time. The company's regional \inanager, Stephen
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        473 24 Salary, bonuses and stock options benefits add up to USss.7Bm AFP Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Compensation for chief executives of the largest US corporations rose 54 per cent last year to an average of US$5.7B million (SsB.3 million), or 209 times the average pay for
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        381 24 Bloomberg [EXETER, New Hampshire] Tyco International Ltd said it will buy AT&T Corp's undersea fibre-optic cable unit for US$B5O million (511.21 billion) in cash, adding installation services to its cable-making business. The business consists mainly of the Submarine Systems Inc unit,
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        322 25  -  Infinity aims to service needs of local and regional banks in risk management By Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Infinity Financial Technology Inc, a USbased provider of financial trading and risk management software, has set up an office in Singapore to service the
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        481 25 Reuter [BOMBAY] Union Bank of Switzerland plans to launch India's largest debt ftmd by a registered foreign institutional investor, a senior bank official said. ÜBS said its US$35O million (Sssoo million) debt fund which underlined its growing commitment to Asia had been approved
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        470 25 Firm attributes fall to heavy investment in technology Bloomberg [BOSTON] Fidelity Investments said its net income declined 2 per cent to U*****.1 million (*****.3 million) in 1996 from a record U*****.1 million in 1995, in a year when some of the company's
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        621 25 Analysts surprised by US Agriculture Department's forecast Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US food companies and overseas buyers are using up soybeans at an accelerating pace, depleting supplies even more rapidly than expected, government figures show. The US Agriculture Department forecast that by Aug
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        164 25 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Morgan Stanley Group Inc and Dean Witter, Discover Co selected the 14 board members of their new company. The new board is larger than Morgan Stanley's current board, which has 11 directors, including five executives from the firm
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        202 25 Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp (HSBC) plans to boost its presence in the Hongkong gold market as part of its treasury expansion, the bank's treasury chief said on Friday. "The focus we are starting to put on our buUion business is consistent
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        562 26  -  Weeklyßoundup Large net capital outflows from yen into US$ assets seen gAntinning By Callum Henderson MMS International [SINGAPORE] Japan has drawn a line in the sand so far and no further on US$yen. Where the line is exactly is of course hard to teU, but the major
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        892 26 COMMODIT7 Weeklyßoundup AFP (LONDON] Speculators buzzed to the sugar market in droves last week and prices sweetened, contrary to predictions made in early 1997 that the market was set for a meltdown in the face of a surplus production worldwide. This
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        161 27 SES The Straits Times Industrials Index began the week in positive territory but gave back all its initial gains, and more, finishing the week at 2,068.48, down 7.3 points (-0.35 per cent). Turnover was thin. Malaysian stocks trading on Clob, Singapore's over-the-counter (OTC) market, experienced selling pressure as
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        141 27 Outlook DBS Bank has been falling in line with the financial services sector. Concerns over US interest rates and weakness in property counters have been primarily responsible for the weakness in banking stocks. DBS Bank also maintains a 10 per cent stake in Thailand's Sri Dhana Securities. Provisions
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        142 27 Outlook Venture Mfg is an OEM producer specialising in removable computer storage devices. While hard disk manufacturers have experienced highly volatile movements in their stock price, Venture has maintained steady growth due to diversified product-line and customer base. This has helped to protect Venture from the downturn in
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        266 27  -  Source: Analysed by. Johan Tellvik a director of Bridge Int 1 Broking EmaiL jtellvik%bridge.com Babittvw Strength Index RSI measures the rate at which prices move. As a rule, an RSI above 80 indicates an overbought condition while RSI below 20 indicates an oversold market. RSI is more
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        366 28 LONDON AFP THE London stock market closed the week slightly higher, despite concerns that share prices might weaken during this pre-election period, especially with polls predicting a Labour victory. The Footsie-100 Index of leading shares ended the week up 31.4 points at 4,270.7 points, a
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        369 28 YORK Analysts divided on Bow's direction as new data points to accelerating inflation AFP "FRIDAY'S huge selloff on Wall Street wiped out gains from a rally earlier in the !week, as new interest-rate fears jolted the financial markets. The Dow Jones index of
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        882 28 :Q Sydney +U UNCERTAINTY that plagued the Australian market over the week would continue to i dampen trade over the coming week, brokers said, ahead of Jjie release of key inflation da*ta in the United States. 1 The Australian Stock Exchange's barometer, the All Ordinaries Index, gained
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        235 28 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG shares are expected to fall in volatile trading this week due to the lack of fresh incentives amid uncertainty over possible changes in US interest rates, dealers said. "There's not much else to trade on at the moment, with interest rate
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        1837 28 *56^50 FRENCH stocks could fall in the coming sessions amid worries that corporate earnings won't meet expectations and concern over rising US interest rates. The benchmark CAC-40 Index fell 1.28 per cent, or 33.41 points, to 2,574.56 on Friday, following a decline on Wall Street. That trimmed
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        338 28 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices are expected to remain sluggish in the coming week as a continued slump persists in the banking sector, brokers said. "The market is not yet quite ready for a recovery so long as the movement of
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        284 29 Bloomberg AFP PI Composite Index +L5B THE Malaysian share market is expected to drift sideways in a narrow range this week after rising a marginal 0.1 per cent in the week to Friday. "Selling pressure will continue this week. Trading is likely to be
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        187 30  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy IT LOOKS like it would be best to steer clear of Malaysian property and finance stocks, given the turmoil in both sectors following Bank Negara's recent credit curbs. Casting our net away further afield
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        62 32  -  Br i Shiv Taneja NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES, which closed last Friday five cents higher at f1.20 on a volume of 1.14 million shares, is still a buy at current levels. Daily and weekly RSI and s toe has tics are just above 25, and the daily and weekly
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        439 32 Source: Deutsche Morgan Grentell Research Stocks WtKm Raffles Med 10c 37,860,000 •Berjaya Ind 21,428.000 HK Land US$0.10 18.579,000 "MBf Hldqs 50c M.723,000 KB F Land Bhd M,706,000 wM n n Tai 25c 13,979,000 J$H US$0.05 500 13.898.000 **L Industries 13,705,000 "Westmont Land 12,989,000 WitSteel 50c 11,721.000 Stocks DBS Foreign 67,238,682
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        709 32  -  THE WKhit imp Market expected to feel relieved that HDB curbs were not as tougji as speculated By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Just as analysts were concluding that the government's latest property measures were not as tough as was expected, Wall Street underwent one
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      294 33 Simpson Spence Young GREEK buyers and Panamax bulkers are again the dominant factors in the market during this week. A ftirther 4 vessels of this type have been reported sold, 3 to Greek buyers, the exception being the older 1978 built Petropolls sold to clients of Great Eastern
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      Manila pledges it will make it to IMO white list
      459 33  -  Ship manning industry fears supply of seamen hit if STCW convention not met From, Alec Almazan in Manila PHILIPPINE government officials have assured an international ship manning and training conference here that as the major supplier of seafarers to the
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      258 33 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] General cargo volume at the Port of New York and New Jersey, the busiest US port on the east coast, slipped 1.7 per cent to 14.3 million tonnes last year. Releasing these figures recently, port officials said the
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      HK needs more ship officers, ratings: survey
      171 33  -  From David Taylor in Hongkong HONGKONG needs an extra 802 officers and 1,861 ratings to meet ocean-going sector manpower needs, even as the the number of trainees is falling and training courses look likely to close down. The 1996 Manpower Survey Report on
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      Good news in store for yards that repair bulk carriers
      556 33  -  DOCKYARD By: David Hughes THERE has been quite a flurry of activity in the shiprepair scene. In Singapore, Sembawang Maritime Limited's (SML) contract to modify and refurbish the Saigon Floating Hotel shows the advantage, on some occasions at least, of
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      Lock icon Japan minister hails move to avert US sanctions
      256 33 US and Japan negotiators urge FMC not to impose US$lOO,OOO levy AFP Reuter [TOKYO] Japanese Transport Minister Makoto Koga has welcomed moves to avert sanctions by the US over a bilateral port dispute with Tokyo. "It is quite favourable that Japan and
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      PSL orders 2 new ships and buys 4 second-hand vessels
      283 33  -  By' Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Thailand's largest shipping firm, Precious Shipping Company Limited (PSL), has ordered two newbuilds and bought four second-hand ships worth a total of US$Bl million (*****.8 million). The Bangkok-based tramp operator recently announced plans to expand
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        68 33 Reuter [LONDON] A Welsh ship repair company said it had won the first ever sub-contract from China fbr work involving the conversion of an oil tanker into a floating production platframHarrtoPya Marine Ltd said it had won a multi-million dollar erdatfrom Hyundai's shipyard at
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        59 33 Bernama [KU ALA LUMPUR] MpIlM Bhd Mid tt is id&iirtag three ships for a total of US$l2 mfflion(Ssl7.l million) to expand its fleet s lie with the aim of strengthening Its charter business. The proposed acquisitions will increase the group's total deadweight tonnage to
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        54 33 Reuter [SYDNEY] PAO Porta, part of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co, yeetarday said a container crane collapeed onto Sydney's While Bay wharf after it was hit by the no one was injured but the rail-mountad gantry caaaa was aateneively damaged. The ship, operated byNorway*s Wilhelmsen Lines, had
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      1031 34  -  AIRCRAFT SAFETY: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION GETS TOUGH One repercussion of the ValuJet crash last May is the renewed scrutiny of potentially hazardous air cargo, and shippers are having to adjust to higher costs of dangerous goods transport By, Andrew Blum Journal of Commerce Michelle Jepsen's company
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      411 34 PAGE EuroHansa 6 L 13 E»efqre«fl 6 ANL 3 Egypta'IShip 14 Able 4 PL-Bright 6 Accord 8 9 famouJ 7 Appenship 5 13 Astro 3 FoongSun 8 Austral 9 Frota M Avant 6 Frt Links 13 B'tanq Mas 8 frt World 7 BSA
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
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        1824 49 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklmj/Bolonco Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/Ptr Ptriod From To Froi* La nut 070* 15/0700 U IVHOO 0/*W 13/BOO U I W/0700 KW tWWO 4 W/12W W/WW 14/1700 MMM 0T7t N/0700 M 0/800 UW WWO W 1 (V0700 W/HW W/W00 4
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        238 49 Apr 14 Bangladesh Bengali New Year's Day. India Market holiday. National and Bombay bourses closed for localfestival (Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti). Saudi Arabia (TENTATIVE) Eid al-Adha (dependent on sighting of the moon). Thailand Songkran festival Day. Apr IS Saudi Arabia (TENTATIVE) Eid al-Adha (dependent on sighting of the moon).
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        772 49 THIS report, complied 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 averagesized stem. Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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        376 49 ISO Mu 992.5 LI 16.8 O.tl 71 0.08 a m M Dmiltv ittw tiihl— ish MaMa MhMdt M ibow E25 111 K Jl2r. 380 AW 965.6 0.5 12.7 0.07 32 0.02 l 52 380 Mu 995.9 7.0 17.9 0.18 81 0.07 wn %ifl n/u %M/M mt
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        257 50 NYT [SEATTLE! Boeing Co, traditionally just an aircraft manufacturer, is more aggressively seeking work in airline maintenance and other aviation services. In January, the plane maker created a unit, Boeing Enterprises, to pursue new opportunities in aviation-related businesses. The move comes as major
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        370 50 Cutbacks by car makers to tackle growing stockpiles spark concern AFP [SEOUL] South Korean commentators sounded an alarm yesterday over possible domino bankruptcies among auto parts manufacturers as major car makers cut production to tackle growing stockpiles. "Auto parts companies face domino bankruptcies,"
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        Lock icon Aerospatiale backing out of Airbus integration deal: report
        253 50 French partner wants to keep production plants ont of restructured group Reuter [HAMBURG] France's Ste Natlonale Industrielle Aerospatiale was backing out of an agreement to turn the Europe's Airbus consortium into a unified corporation, Germany's Der Spiegel news weekly said over the
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        197 50 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's air carriers are expected to add more flights to America, after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) upgraded the island's safety rating, aviation officials said yesterday. China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Airways Corp, Taiwan's two International carriers flying the Taiwan-US
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        Finnair to phase out DC 9s and MD 80s
        142 50 [SINGAPORE] Finnair will be phasing out its existing fleet of DC 9s and eventually, its MD 80s. The airline said in a recent statement that It had requested bids from Europe's Airbus Industrie and Seattle-based Boeing Co. The family of planes
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          58 50 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's Halla Group said it had signed an outline agreement to build an auto parts factory in Indonesia. Halia's honorary chairman Chung In-Yung *v. signed a memorandum of understanding with Indonesia's Bimantara Group in Jakarta to build a plant producing
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          Lock icon Thousands stranded in Bangkok airport
          64 50 Reuter [BANGKOK] Thousands of passengers remained stranded in the Thai capital Bangkok late yesterday as airlines struggled to clear a backlog of delays caused by an Indian air traffic controllers strike, airline officials said. The 1m industrial action indefinitely delayed scheduled Friday jy flights on
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          Lock icon Toyota to buy engine parts from US firm
          76 50 AFX Asia [TOKYO] Toyota Motor Corp plans to start buying engine imparts from Dana Corp of the US by the end of April, the 7% Nlhon Keizai Shimbun reported. It will be Toyota's Qrst -p purchase of non-Japanese made engine components. Under
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          Lock icon New airport terminal in Majorca
          66 50 AFP [PALMA DI MAJORCA, Majorcal A new terminal with a capacity of up to 1150,000 passengers a day was inaugurated at Palms da Majorca's Son Sant Joan international airport U on Saturday, airport authorities said. Son Sant Joan, Europe's main airport for charter flights and
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        Lock icon Gulfstream eyes China market for its business jets
        251 50 Reuter [BEIJING] Gulfstream Aerospace Corp has yet to make its first sale to China but it sees this fast-growing economy as a major market for its business jets one day, a senior company official said over the weekend. "China will be a
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      12 33 Aircraft safety: US aviation agency gets tough Screws tighten over cargo. Fi«b2
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      270 33 S Korean auto parts suppliers face bankruptcy Cutbacks by car makers spark off concern. Back Pag© ISM TRAINING COURSES Due to the great success of our previous courses, Bureau Veritas is scheduling another ISM Training Course and a Internal Auditor Course to assist shipowners in understanding, implementing, maintaining and effectively
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      748 34 Lines services represented Islfi9kx\ by Members of the Registry of Members of the lilgll/ Accredrted Shaping Agents, UIW Singapore Fmight Forwarder. S pore National Shipptng Assoc Association #AtSsormatic Maa*uii tut THE ECOLOGICAL HUMIDITY ABSORBER Condensation in containers? No problem! The Solution is The Absormatic drying pole. By attaching T 'Y/f£?
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      1057 35 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE [ttssa VOY SIN r* HAM KV SOU UH~| [vESSEI VOT RTM HAM WN SOJ 10 PRO SW NEDU.OYD AMERICA $157 17/04 OR/OS 04/0$ 10/05 lALOM 2)37 23/03 25/03 21/03 24/03 15/04 MAAS 1157 11/04 04/05 06/05 09/05 10/05 NEDUOYO AfRICA *137 27/03 25/03 29/03 14/04 3157
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      2321 35 HANJIN SHIPPING USA CANADA' UNI HAUt/VOY UM SI StA POX I TTW TOP CHI WT [KM I PHt BWI MfM IPS NYC OK TVt YYZ YUt TK Tt6 H.SMOAFOtfO2SI 14/04 17/04 00/0S 10/05 00/ OS 11/05 11/05 U, OS 10/06 13/05 14/05 13/05 11/05 "u/oT" 14/ OS "io/5~ 14/ OS
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      100 35 rxw?* ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED 1/£iL (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) —> WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE V "SEL VOY SINGAPORE IQMtAY VESSEL VOY HHUAY SHtGAfOBE LEERORT 916 18/04 25/04 LEERORT 915 11/04 18/04 SINAR TOBA 210 25/04 02/05 SINAR TOBA 209 17/04 25/04 NORDKAP 410 30/04 07/05 NORDKAP 409
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      1602 36 <(P DSR-SENA TOR in Round the World Container Services TO UK/CONTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT Vtssa Ivor fsSn HTM OHV I HAM IRX I MIT LHA llvtSStl VOT LMA RTM_ HAM_ _FLX_ _*jT_ UN SB WN7IO 15.04 06.06 06 05 00.06 10.06 CHOYAHG SUCCESS E€7l7 20 03 27 S3 20.03 25 03
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      1150 36 NORASIA FIXED DAY WEEKLY DIRECT CALL TO SHANGHAI, QINGDAO XINGANG, CHIWAN WITH FAST TRANSIT TIME FOR MORE DETAILS/BOOKING CONTACT:- PATRICIA/CALVIN/WILSON smoapom NSA SHIPPING PTE LTD ALSO ACCEPTING LCI TO: TIL: *****83 FAX: *****90 C* MO. **********0 C VENKE/TWEITI/ANCONA/ALEXAHDRIA/POKT THAILAND pe AGENCIES CO LTD TEL M2-*****M SAJO/PIRAEUS IMALTA/BARCCLONA VALENCIA IHQOWIIIO FT
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      423 36 -gy/VO/?TRANS CONVENTIONAL SIRVKE TO THAILAND AND MALAYSIA BREAKBUX, RO/RO AND HEAVYUFT ANY WBGHT THAJ RAG STATUS PRIORITY BERTHS tohhprwsV.4s* MM SARID lf-M/04 10-10/04 Asa Exprvu V.46A 23-15/04 2A-26/04 20-30/04 01-04/05 Asia Express V.47A 07-09/05 10-10/05 13-14/05 14-17/05 Ash Express V.4IA 20-22/05 23-23/05 20-27/05 27-30/05 BOOKINGS I ENQUIRIES: m fit mm
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      1238 37 cg<tc POU PKG PEN T SUR BA BIK VESSEL VP' yri 7 31/03/07 jJJJIJ QMCYAMMT istß 12/04/97 25/04/97 IfWNQMYAMAT PJL-IZ2V TO iw+ivi M/ni/OT 29/04/07 IRAN TAKHTI 13/03/97 o™>3/97 29A)3/97 23/03/97 arrFPTiNfi FULL CONTAINER SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN CIS COUNTRIES I.E. AZARBAUAN, ARMENIA KAZAKHSTAN. UZBEKISTAN. TURKMENISTAN, KIRGISTAN, TADZHIKISTAN GEORGIA
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      1890 37 TO MOJI, NAGOYA, YOKOHAMA 1 AND KOK VIA HONS KONG I DIRECT CALLING TO KAONSKIN6, TAIWAN I WITH SWOtT TIAMSfT Of S DAYS J I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6SHIMTOW WAY TIL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (1/1) *****02 OFFICE: 1 I COSTAR SHIPPING PTI LTD #17-0« DIS HOG SAUS/BKGS *****41/43
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      418 37 i IPFRKAPATl PFRKAPAT AN pai zhun A jM if TONG JOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 KUCNIMG-FASTIST TRANSIT/ MUARA-PRIORITY BERTH 7/ HO CHI MINN-DiDICATtD~7 GtSOON ***** IS/04 GITONG 9792 22/04 GIHOCK 9703 16/04 APPU ***** 11/04 GUOO 9749
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      964 38 IE El ?K Urn Z> Sw; jwHSnII I I E REACH RW-013 11/04 M/ 05 14/05 10/05 12)05 IXOS lE. GLOWING RE-039 23/03 JW3 25/03 27/W 21J3 221 I I E REWARD RW-023 Zi/04 11/05 21/05 17/05 19/05 20/05 21/05 |E. 600DS RE 056 31/03 03/04 02 tM 04 04
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      569 39 FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES JMf mm 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 y HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) BARCELONA/SPAIN 18/04 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 17/04 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 18/04 HAMBURG/BREMEN 18/04 GENOA/ITALY 15/04 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 17/04 GOTHENBURG/SCAN 17/04 ROTTERDAM 18/04 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 17/04 FEUXSTOWE/UK 21/04 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 18/04 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 17/04 NEW YORK/EC 18/04 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 19/04 VANCOUVER 18/04 BRISBANE
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      895 40 BAHOKOK r T o' < "'*s" Q VESSEL VOY SIN BKK VESSEL VOY SIN PKI r~T n UAS EMPAT 7546 Moo In Pt Wad 16/04 BAM BHUM 41N Tua 15/04 Sat 19/04 P.wwa r 3»N W,d S* 19AM BUNQA SEROJA 7063 Tua 15AM Wad 16/* XETHABHUM 197N Thu 17/04 S
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      516 40 PUL INTERNATIONAL LINE PUL INTERNATIONAL Hw <M 1 V* 1 jMUTOWKI) 4SI6S/WK gl'WigM* HSiltl SUtAIAYA 2 SI6S/WK M«im» lAT 14W \j/M 5H JL- jS* ma s JIM. i«!_ mbwmayl M/ 04 n* 25/04 Ftl 24/04 ggjWW W T5/5T TIT Tlftr W SfMAEAHCISU/W* uci i w7TTca~l um I DftAGON lAU 01S
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      657 41 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD i^S 1 "S 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 ML Building. Singapore *****0. I Cfl NO **********06 I UmiP"" Hi t l'!'l i'i jar I'l Miill'i I" 111I 11 aaam E -a. |&1 m m w w ra=ss=js^ WMOOII I IY/S 17/5 M/S »/S V/i W/S S/t
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      48 44 TOKYO SHINBI KAIUN CO PTE LTD ll'd 10 ANSON ROAD #30-06 illUl INTERNATIONAL PLAZA S PORE 0207 *****25 (6 LINES) FAX: *****05 A *****10 C/R: *****P*****E SERVICE TO: FAR EAST/U.S.A/EUROPE 12/04/97 JAPAN, HONG KONG 13/04/97 USA ALL BOOKINGS AND ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT: S'PORE OFFICE TEL: *****25 (6 LINES)
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      98 44 P.I PWUSAHAAN PHAYARAN W KALIMANTAN i DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO JAKARTA/PALEMIANG V.M.I Vtv IM/nO DESTINATION RACHMANUdI 4/17 Is/1* Apr Jokorto/PoUmbong RACHMANUIL 111 S/17 11/21 Apr Jakarta/PoUmbonfl RACHMANUiL II S/17 14/15 Apr Jokarta/PoUmfeonfl 1 RACHMANUEII 7/17 11/30 Apr Jokorlo/PaUmbong SURABAYA/PANJANG CARAKA JAVA NIAGA 17/11 Apr P»n|lNQ/Slir«l»»Yi I NIAGA 14/15 Ayr Surabaya/Puling
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      520 45 I InGERBRIDGE 526N 14-15/04 20-23/04 28 29/04 I 1 TIGER BAY 527N 18-19/04 24-28/04 02-03/05 I I TIGER WAVE 528N 2V22/04 27-30/04 05-06/05 I I TIGER ISLAND 529N 25-26/04 30-04/05 09-10/06 I I TIGER BRIDGE 530N 28-29/04 04-07/05 12-13/05 I TIGER BAY 531N 02 0305 08-11/05 16-17/05 I TIGER SPRING
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      590 45 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapore *****1 Tel *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg IMPORT SHIPMENTS DELIVERY NOTIFICATION, PLEASE DIAL 567 7866 Vessel Shipment Press 1 for ETA Press 2forUnstuffing Invoice charges enquiry enquiry ll+***|STAl JHIPPINB AGENCIES HI ITD|ZjSJ]| Agont for? Zia C«rt*Nr Sarvka/G«U St« Um, W/Srtfc
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      966 45 OOCL (Singapore) Pte Ltd CFS Keppel Distrpk For kookmg 9a\ 79 Amm Red #21-04 (S) *****4 Hk 513 #01-128 t MfMrf (g)i V U ■ll Ct MO 1H*****000H W: 272 7127 nf 3269 180 *****13 to 221 3942 fe»: 272 7125 I—l NOtTH AMIKKA USA/ CANADA AUSTIALIA fO (ISA I
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      1587 46 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD "■■f™ 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 HMMIB TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********00 BOOKINGS CALL j-jW^ 2 22 2 941/43 A/MEICHAM irjj22i2MEEEE3B 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 slgs/week VESSEL [VOY [SIN |"JAK ~1 IVESSEL IVOY |SIN |SUR BUANA
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      1358 46 Eiaassiß TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSOAY/SUNOAY H2Q321 ARRIVAL FIXED DAY-MONDAY yrSSfi VOY I SJN I HTM HAM FXT LEH ANR «S«L VBT L£H EXT HAM AMR MM SM GIBRALTAR Bfi A7ISW I 17/04 I 1(M)6 OftlS 07*5 11 *5 MING GLORY A7OBE SLD SLO SLD SLO SU) 15*4 RrtWßßioa J7ISW I
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      423 46 Singapore Soviet Shipping fl&Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN VESSEL VOY SIN BOM TRADE FAST TFSIBS 18AM 26/04 MEKHANIK KURAKO MK3IN 20AM 04/06 KOTA CAHAYA CAHIBI 29/04 07/06 SEA SUCCESS I 04N 09/05 17/06 ANNOUNCING REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA I VESSEL VOY SIN BOM/N.SHEVA TRANSOCEANIC 05-97 20/04
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      1117 47 i|ASU-»W)ITiWm«ANBCPRiSS(A»«)-WISWOU»IPS«Via I vtssa VQY SIN PKG CMB MLA GEN BCN RTM Ftl lEH I MSC RAFAEiA 9714-3 17 APR 18 APR 22 APR 01 MAY 03 MAY 04 MAY 09 MAY 10 MAY 11 MAY N. SINGA 9715-3 22 APR 23 APR 27 APR 06 MAY 08 MAY 09 MAY
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      1448 47 Ivtssa roMwc- pjung* I spob Ihm I sou m I w Ira 1 [msa Ina 55 nkg Ipusmlkmh Inkt liok Ingo Isnnzu Ityo ND.MAAS HS7 1104* 17.04' 1104 0105 01M 1045 04.05 MS. LA LOW TOT TT3T HO4 2104 UW MS.MNUK 1157 1144* 20.04* 21.M 07.05 09.05 1045 11-05 ND.
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      513 47 APM SAIQQN SHIPPING THRICE WEEKLY DIRECT TO HO CHt MINH CITY \EXfOHT TO HO CHI KIHH CITY IMP OUT FROM HO CHI MIHH CITY VBSa I VOT I PBT W I Bjgn VBSa VOT FTP HQ* tttgQM MUGON UUMMfTAM lON (11/04) (11/04) 15/04 (TUB It/04 MUGOM UUMANTM O*S 11/04 15/04
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      436 48 OSINO EXPRESS SHIPPING 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE fSINOTRANSI S (*****7). TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SIN ETA HKG ETA SHA G. WELL 9710 19/04 24/04 28/04 6. LUCK 9710 26/04 01/05 05/05 0. GLORY 9712 03/05 08/05 12/05 G.
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      212 48 MAC-MELS S'POBE M'SIA I Carrier: MN COWTB LINES, INC ITI cm MO: **********0 C B®U: (084) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****61 LJV/ > PENANG: (04)*****6 BANGKOK: (682) *****67 SURABAYA: (31)*****0 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MON: (61) *****3 ACCEPTING LCL TO VANCOUVER/TORONTO/MONTREAL MV "CHESAPEAKE BAY" V. 07E516 ETA SIN
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      170 48 S pore P.Ketang Loading For DELTA STAR 15/04 RdnVAtw/BmnAJK/Nar I CANALP 20/04 27/04 Rdm/AtwAJK/Nwi 1 gamma 30/04 RdrrVAtwAJK I VAN K 18/04 RdrrVAtwAJ K I Loads E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia I ■STARSIN Hodeidah/Jeddah/Aqaba/Egypt/Algiers 1 ■PAN CRYSTAL Dubai/Bahrain/Damman/Kuwait I ■a VERMEZ Hodetdah/Jeddah/Egypt I ■a HAZER Jeddah/Aqaba/ttaly I ■SEA MASTER M Dubai/A. Dhabi/Damman/Kuwart
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      118 49 LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperature c X\ 2. Weather —S Wind direction with speed in knots VSUskr wov.^t Serfoce winds ore indicated by arrows which Hy with the wind Q On« ful circle represents calm or hght and vonoble winds On* half Heche represents 5 knots I—» One ful Heche represents
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      194 50 6 BANGLADESH SHIPPING CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT International Freight tender is invited from vessel owners/agents/ brokers for transportation of 100,000 metric tons (5 pet more or less supplier's option) murban crude oil from Jebel Dhana to Chittagong under lifting 21-23 May, 1997 Laycan on account of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC). Tender
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      57 50 MV. "OCEANIA QUEEN" VOY. 13 ARID 7 APRIL I*7 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessel is hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the 15 April 1997 0900-1200 hours at PT6. No further survey will be entertained thereafter. As Agents: "K" Line Kiafcai AB
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