The Business Times, 28 April 1997

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http:/ /www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, APRIL 28,1997
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Bullish Jakarta developers give politics the backseat
    693 1  -  Market bnoy&nt despite upcoming polls and fears of oversupply From\ S N Vasuki in Jakarta THE Jakarta property market a key barometer of domestic investor confidence is in buoyant mood as companies shrug off political concerns and go on a development binge to
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    Lum Chang chief denies SEC insider trading allegations
    488 1  -  Hearings against developer Bobby Ong postponed to Jnne From Ven Sreenivasan Andrew Marks in New York LUM CHANG Holdings chairman Raymond Lum has denied allegations of insider trading involving the NOLAPL merger. In a fax to the media, Mr Lum added that
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    Lock icon Funds flee Asia, but stay put in Hongkong
    273 1 Reuter [HONGKONG] Funds are fleeing most parts of Asia in favour of better performing markets elsewhere, but they have maintained overweight positions in Hongkong. However, that was not necessarily an overwhelming vote of confidence in the territory. Experts said the overweight position
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    Lock icon Creative expects robust 30% gross margins
    628 1  -  Company pins hopes on latest sound cards and DVD drives Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Creative Tech nology expects its gross margins to stay at a healthy 30 per cent for the next five quarters, and hopes to post 10 to 15 per cent higher sales
    Source: Bloomberg  -  628 words
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      98 1 nrsiDE OuhriNi Container Printers, an Enterprise 50 company, is diversifying to meet the competition, Pg2 Nfltwori[ scumcr HP is ramping up scanner production capacity in Singapore this year, nrpiio AmwUtsv Sponsors are wooing computer programmers, ITPgll Comfort Transportation, the largest taxi operator in Sin^^jQ^aoonadd fleet Tibs Taxis is also looking
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      251 1 Peaceful start as parties go on the hustings, Pg 3 -flamKEztfy The Hrrmh Clipper resemble* the porthole of a ship. The nautical, sporty appearance of the dial is enhanced by si* fine, gold rivets around the steel bezel. With an H-design metal bracelet or a buffalo hide strap with a
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon PM Goh briefed on challenges facing China at start of visit
      533 2  -  FM GOB'S VISIT TO CHINA He will meet Chinese premier Li Peng today and president Jiang Zemin tomorrow Front Quak Hiang Whai in Beijing CHINESE People's Political Consultative Conference chairman Li Ruihuan yesterday briefed Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
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      Lock icon Health Ministry to check, audit doctors more stringently
      391 2 Cheow Tong reviews rhflllpngM facing healthcare The Straits Times THE Health Ministry will be implementing more stringent checks and audits on doctors in a move to ensure that Singapore's high standards are not tarnished by a few black sheep in the profession.
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      Lock icon Asian $ market grows 11%
      314 2  - Asian market grows 11% EYE ON THE ECONOMY Currencies lh,\ Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE'S offshore Asian dollar market surged strongly by 11 per cent to US$524 billion (*****.6 billion) in February, according to latest figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The MAS. in its latest statistical bulletin, says that
      Source: MAS  -  314 words
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      Lock icon Containers Printers diversifies to meet the competition
      576 2  -  It is moving on from metal to plastic bottles, containers T"7r. spotlight on SINGAPORE'S BEST: liy i Clarissa Tan CONTAINERS Printers (CP), as its name suggests, is something of a printing firm. But instead of making impressions on paper, it makes them on
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Peaceful start as 3 Indon parties start hustings
      379 3 JAKARTA Survey of major cities yields no reports of violence as month-long campaign kicks off Reuter AFP INDONESIA'S three legal po litical parties hit the hustings yesterday at the start of a month-long general election campaign to woo nearly 125 million voters
      Reuter; AFP; RF.UTKR I  -  379 words
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      Plan for M$ 250m East Asean fund
      292 3 KOTA KINABALU It will help to finance ventures in 4-nation growth area SENIOR officials of four countries agreed to set up a special fund to enable businessmen to invest in the East Asean Growth Area (EAGA), The Star newspaper reported yesterday. The paper
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      Lock icon MME calls for pioneer status for derivatives market
      258 3 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama THE Malaysia Monetary Exchange (MME) has proposed to the government that the derivatives market be given pioneer status to help boost the industry. "We deserve the pioneer status if the government wants Malaysia to be a financial centre for
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      Lock icon Manila to probe abduction of fishermen
      167 3 MANILA Reuter PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos yesterday ordered an investigation into the alleged abduction by a group of Malaysians of seven Filipinos they suspected of stealing their boat engines. Mr Ramos directed the ministers of defence, foreign affairs and interior "to look into and take
      Reuter  -  167 words
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      67 3 This announcement appears as a matter of record only w Sin Soon Lee Development ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Ssls2 MILLION 6-575 PER CENT. SECURED BONDS DUE 2002 Arrangers U D SOCIETE GENERALE ASIA v (SINGAPORE) LTD (A limited company incorporated in Malayita) w Managed by Underwritten by
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  • CHINA – HONGKONG – TAIWAN
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      Taiwan: new kidnap hotspot?
      544 4  -  TAIPEI Abduction of actress' daughter adds to fears that Taiwan is overtaking the Philippines in kidnappings By Bruce Cheesman THE grisly kidnapping of the daughter of a top actress has confirmed fears by tycoons here that Taiwan is replacing the Philippines as the most notorious troublespot
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      Lock icon Tung urges parents not to smuggle in China-born children
      315 4 HONGKONG Reuter HONGKONG'S future leader Tung Chee-hwa urged parents yesterday to resist the temptation to smuggle their Chinaborn children into the territory. He was speaking at a news conference in Hongkong after returning from a meeting with Guangdong provincial governor Lu
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      Lock icon HE'S super new bridge
      77 4 (HONGKONG) Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher delivering her speech during the opening ceremony of the Tsing Ma bridge yesterday. The US$92O million (Ssl.3 billion) Tsing Ma bridge which spans 2.14 km is the gateway to Hongkong s new airport on Lantau Island. More than 300,000
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      Lock icon Conservative elder statesman Peng Zhen, 95, dies
      493 5 DEATH OF AM OLD GUARD Only former president Yang Shangkun left as possible brake on yonnger group's power Reuter AFP [BEIJING] Former Chinese parliamentary chief Peng Zhen, a conservative hardliner and one of the country's revolutionary "eight immortals", has died aged 95, Xinhua
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      Lock icon A hardliner who came back to centre stage from exile
      469 5 m BEIJING AFP PENG Zhen, who died on Saturday aged 95, was the revolutionary "immortal" who opposed Mao Zedong, was viciously purged, then rose again to lead Communist hardliners against the speed of China's economic reforms. His death two months
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      Lock icon China's economy at its best since start of 90s
      485 5 BEIJING But it still has to deal with problem of inefficient state firms Reuter CHINA'S economy is in better shape now than it has ever been in the *****, but faces several striking problems, particularly the blind production of unwanted goods
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      Most of HK's exco members own foreign property
      422 5  -  HONGKONG By. Loh Hui Yin ALL but two members of Hongkong's executive council (exco) own properties overseas, including in the UK, Canada, China, Malaysia and Singapore. The exceptions are future justice secretary Elsie Leung Oi-sie and Chung Shui-ming, according to a report
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      229 5 Wm*m ix OUR MORE PERSONAL BUSINESS In Asia, business' personal. 1W wh added more flight attendants to oar long-haul choice of muffins, pastries and croissants at breakfast, up to four choices of entree and two dessert* at dinned more Asian mm on course, what truly sets us apart-service Jjf*. a|
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Chidambaram poised to return to finance post
      299 6 MADRAS After a marathon debate, his party has decided to rejoin govt, say sources AFP IN A move that will pave the way for former pro-reform finance minister Palaniappan Chidambaram to be back in the finance post, an Indian regional party yesterday decided
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      Lock icon Gujral pledges help for refugees
      433 6 JAMMU, India Indian PM urges Hindus to return to Kashmir Valley AFP INDIAN Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral pledged yesterday to help hundreds of Hindus return to their homes in the Kashmir Valley after they fled in the wake of Muslim insurgency. Mr Gujral, visiting
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      Lock icon Hanbo: many suspect presidents son lied
      351 6 SEOUL AFP ALMOST 90 per cent of South Koreans suspect President Kim Young Sam's son of lying over corruption charges, according to four polls published yesterday, as reports said he would be summoned by the prosecution this week. A huge 90 per cent of
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      Lock icon Calendar quirk slows Japan's Golden Week holiday exodus
      336 6 TOKYO Fewer firms give extra consecutive days off this year AFP JAPAN'S holiday-studded "Golden Week" was underway yesterday with millions of people leaving on vacation, but the usual mass exodus was slowed by an awkward quirk of the calendar. The holiday period
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      1601 6 (in millitnt of Cmnmdimn dollars) I 1 1' mm ST t 1.502 8.775 7.261 Cast Resources Securities 2.'*' 1.772 1.414 Cash and non-interest-bearing deposits with Bank of Canada and other banks Deposits with banks 923 460 331 Interest-bearing deposits with other banks 0.400 |n ITOO7 9006™ •.120 15.419 IHfl Ei»sais
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Trade supplants security in US-Japan summit
      451 7  -  WASHINGTON liy Leon Hadar THINGS did not work out as Tokyo officials had hoped in the weekend summit between US President Bill Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. The officials saw the meeting as an opportunity to highlight the strengthening security ties between
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      Lock icon Weak yen worries Japan, US
      386 7 WASHINGTON G-7 meeting expected to focus on strong US$, need to spur Japan's economy Bridge News Bloomberg Reuter THE US and Japanese finance ministers yesterday expressed shared concern about the recent weakness of the yen. In a bilateral meeting here before the Group of Seven
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      Lock icon Brief markets on euro transition, warns IMF
      328 7 WASHINGTON AFP Reuter EUROPEAN currencies could be hit by turbulence next year unless markets are briefed in advance about the rates of conversion that will be applied when the euro conies into being at the beginning of 1999, a senior monetary official warned
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      Lock icon Canadians to go to the polls 17 months early
      181 7 OTTAWA Reuter CANADIAN Prime Minister Jean Chretien, who is ahead in ratings polls, decided yesterday to call a June 2 general election, 17 months before the scheduled date. "I have just met with the Governor General, who has issued a writ
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Battling Major refuses to countenance defeat
      942 8  -  Though the polls point to nothing but a Labour victory come Thursday's vote, the Tories still believe they can sway the wavering voters to spring another surprise win Reports by Neil Behrmann The writer is BT's London correspondent [LONDON) Prime Minister John Major believes
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      Lock icon Labour's ability to govern questioned
      773 8 It is bogged down by contradictions; its members have little business experience TONY Blair will become Prime Minister of Britain on May 2 by the looks of it. But what will a Labour government be like? Not many people know, for in interview after interview,
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      76 8 On 30 April 1997, the last of the removal vans will unpack our new office at Great World City. Central and easily accessible by car or bus, we will be located outside the CBD, yet just off Orchard Road. Please note that our Customer Service Line will also change, effective
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Unique network scanner to debut in S'pore this year
      590 10  -  HP ramping up scanner production capacity in S'pore liy Raju Chellam in Hongkong THE world's first stand-alone network scanner, which will work on both corporate intranets and the Internet, may kick off its Asian market launch this year in Singapore, says
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      Gensym sees local collaboration as intelligent choice
      361 10  -  By. Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Officials of Nasdaq-listed Gensym Corp, which opened its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore last week, say the company will offer to work with local research centres to develop intelligent computer software systems. Gensym president Robert Moore, who was in Singapore
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      Lock icon Amelio says Apple will stay independent
      320 10 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Apple Computer Inc chairman Gilbert Amelio said the company remains firmly committed to staying independent, although unlike in the past he would not say for certain that Apple will achieve profitability next quarter. "We are not looking for partners," he said in
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    • IT TAKES
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        Strategic planning in IT
        81 11  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Eight organisations will be giving presentations on aligning information technology (IT) with business strategies at the IT Strategic Planning Conference from Aug 12 to 15 at the Mandarin Singapore. Presentations will cover ways to design IT strategy to meet the business
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        CIM explained
        69 11 [SINGAPORE) In the dark over Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)? Well, a new book, The CIM Debacle: Methodologies to Facilitate Software Interoperability by Valdew Singh, manager of research and development at the CIM centre in Nanyang Polytechnic, will shed some light. It covers aspects of enterprise modelling, systems life-cycle
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        Business on the Net
        71 11 [SINGAPORE] Hewlett-Packard will be holding a series of presentations on how companies can move beyond the initial Web publishing applications of the Internet and use it to support commercial transactions. Topics include Internet security and standardisation, the role of the government and the future for Value-Added
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        AT&T sponsors NUS course
        76 11 [SINGAPORE] AT&T has announced its sponsorship of a new distance learning course at the National University of Singapore. The US$6O,OOO (S$86,000) grant will be used to develop a graduate course in the Master of Science Programme in Management of Technology. The course, Managing New Product Development,
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        Making use of the MSC
        63 11 (SINGAPORE] A forum on how to make full use of Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) for business, venture and real estate opportunities will be held on May 29 at the Marina Mandarin Singapore. Topics include a pick of the property hot spots in and around
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        TV series that targets SMEs
        74 11 [SINGAPORE] A television series designed to show how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can use computers to run a successful business has made its debut on Singapore's Premiere 12. Sponsored by Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft with the support of NCB, the six-part weekly programme is part
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        Tektronix picks Daewoo in Vietnam
        33 11 [SINGAPORE] Oregon-based Tektronix Inc has appointed Korean company Daewoo as its exclusive disfHlratof m Vietnam. The move will allow Tektronix to gain a foothold in the Vietnamese market.
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      Java world tour comes to Singapore
      548 11  -  Sponsors woo programmers, promote '100 per cent pore Java' initiative liy] Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] A Java road show rolls into town this week with a message its sponsors hope will prove irresistible to the region's software developers. "Write once, rim anywhere" is the key
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      HP offering services to minimise breakdown time
      205 11 [SINGAPORE] HewlettPackard will be offering IT services and support after July to ensure customers can run mission-critical applications with high availability on an Microsoft NT operating system. High availability means that the computer system must run with a minimum of breakdowns. For example,
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      Smart cards going big time
      680 12  -  Payment industry to be top market for them by 2005 ffy Lee Kee Yeng [SINGAPORE] The payment industry will be the No 1 market for smart cards by the year 2005, with one billion plastic payment cards in existence, the Asia Card Technology conference held
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      Showcase of new products from ACT 97
      261 12 The Asia Card Technology 97 (ACT 97) exhibition and conference held at Suntec City last week featured various new smart card technologies designed for the retail and banking sectors, the next biggest market for smart cards. ♦Loyalty schemes Hypercom displayed its range of
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      Y2K: Legal liability rears its ugly head
      645 12  -  Bit William Ehrncke The writer is managing director of Meta Group Asia-Pacific. WITH about three years left in the year 2000 (Y2K) countdown, the question of legal liability and damages resulting from Y2K-re-lated loss is not one of "if', but of "who" and
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      Intel kicks off mega-network product launch
      443 13  -  New products will enable much higher bandwidth By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Intel Corporation kicked off its biggest ever network product launch last week in Singapore ahead of a road show through key cities in the Asia-Pacific. "This is the biggest announcement of networking
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      IBM to aggressively push mainframes to banks this year
      406 13  -  E-commerce and Internet banking to fnel mainframe demand By] Raju Chellam (SINGAPORE) International Business Machines Corp will make a concerted marketing effort to push mainframe computers and solutions targeted at the banking and financial sector this year. Big Blue will focus
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      Don cites ways to make technology make money in Asia
      698 13  -  By 1 Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Hi-tech firms here wanting to create innovative products must not so much regionalise as leap to the US and Japan, says an academic. "One challenge local hitech firms have is that the lead user
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      Casio is first here with Windows CE palmtop
      239 14  -  Hy] Raju Chellam (SINGAPORE) Japan's Casio last week announced the commercial availability of the first hand-held PC with Windows CE. Microsoft's compact version of Windows, in Singapore. The two models, under the Cassiopeia brand, will be Casio's first CE offering in Asia
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      Computer peripherals from Sony
      225 14 [SINGAPORE] Sony International has launched two new products designed for multimedia computer audio-video presentations. ♦DSC-F1: A lightweight digital camera that comes complete with software which allows the enhancing and retouching of images. It comes with 640 x 480 resolution with 350,000 pixels. The LCD screen can
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      Lock icon High phones bills will be a thing of the past with this software
      622 14  -  It's possible with Vocal Tec technology "y Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE) Companies with operations scattered throughout the world can cut their phone bills dramatically with the latest technology from Israel-based Vocal Tec. Its Vocal Tec Telephony Gateway
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      159 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Cuba s leader a revolu- jj p a j n t e r calling home, possi- SATURDAY'S SOLUTION tionary sort (6) bly about the start of employ- 2 Jack's training for the fif- ment (12) I^J H [*J p [M A N N H B PP^ g
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      ATD clinches BT League
      771 16  -  A fourth-place finish in the final round was more than enough for A C Neo and his team, reports bit .ton cham EILEEN CHAN POR pace-setter Team ATD Resources, coming in fourth in the final leg of the six-round affair proved more than sufficient to become
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      Purpose and direction from Thiollier
      513 16  -  CONCERT REVIEW Hie guest pianist gave the SSO a rallying point last Friday By] P Y Van SPECULATION has always surrounded Brahms' Symphony No 3 in F major. Op 90. Was it a personal statement from the composer? (The conductor Richter called it the composer's
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      Lock icon Comfort, Tibs looking to join ranks of Merc cabs
      416 17  -  Move may create wait-and-see attitude among potential Merc buyers analysts By l Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] It's good news for some, and not-so-good news for others. Comfort Transportation, the largest taxi operator here, could soon add Mercedes-Benzes to its fleet. Tibs Taxis
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      DBS Land confirms plan
      159 17 Preparations for fisting of Aussie subsidiary in progress (SINGAPORE) DBS Land has confirmed a BT report on Saturday that its Australian subsidiary, Australand Holdings Pty Ltd, is going for a public listing in Australia and Singapore. In a brief statement over the weekend, the company said
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      Corrections and clarifications
      86 17 IN OUR Company Briefs column on Friday, we reported that Keppel Corp had made adjustments to the exercise price and share entitlement for its call warrants issued on Dec 10, 1996. Keppel and HSBC Investment Bank have clarified that the call warrants in question were issued by
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      Orchard Parade's 2-for-5 bonus issue gets SES nod
      170 17 [SINGAPORE] Listed property group Orchard Parade Holdings (OPH) has obtained the Stock Exchange of Singapore's approval for its two-for-five bonus issue. It is planning to issue 83.46 million shares to mark the group's good 1996 results and its 30th anniversary this year.
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      Bull runs and red chips
      763 17  -  HAXO SEMO INSIGHT Stocks with China links riding high on hopes of asset iqfectkm Quak Hiang Whai SUDDENLY after so many years of talks and endless quibbling, the reality sank in. Last Monday, a 40-strong advance party of the Red Army crossed the border at
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        Lock icon MRCB has 45.26% stake in NSTP
        93 18 Reuter {KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) said on Saturday it had bought an additional 1.20 million shares in publishing group New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) from the open market. The shares were acquired between April 14 and 21 at prices ranging from
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        Lock icon George Town plans rights issue to raise M$ 553m
        311 18 Funds will be used to finance Leavesden studio project and bank purchases Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR) George Town Holdings Bhd, the diversified group which owns the Leavesden studios north of London where the James Bond film Goldeneye was made, is proposing a
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        Lock icon High-rise gloom
        51 18 [KUALA LUMPUR] Two Malaysians walking past a condominium nearing completion next to Kuala Lumpur's top convention centre Putra World Trade Centre. Bank Negara's clampdown on bank lending to the property sector was met with criticism from industry groups, including the Malaysian chapter of the International Real Estate Federation.
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        Lock icon KL firm pulls out of US$ 2m China gold deal
        139 18 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Ganz Technologies Bhd said on Saturday that it has decided not to proceed with its proposed gold mine investment in China. In a statement, it said various conditions which determine the viability of the proposed investment has
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        Lock icon KL curb won't hurt project: Guthrie
        316 18 It says most buyers of Guthrie Corridor units are owner-occupiers Bernama [SHAH ALAM] Guthrie Property Development Holding Sdn Bhd forsees no setback for the Guthrie Corridor project it is developing, from Bank Negara's recent lending curbs on high-end property projects. Its acting general manager,
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        Lock icon George Kent group pre-tax profit down 48% to M$ 11.26m
        350 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] George Kent (Malaysia) Bhd's group pre-tax profit for the year ended Jan 31, 1997 dropped 48.1 per cent to M 5511.263 million (556.48 million) from M 521.714 million previously. The lower profit was due to postponement and
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        Lock icon Telekom's M$ 1.88b profit growth over 10 years
        152 18 Bernama [MALACCA] Telekom Malaysia's profit has increased from M 54.91 million (552.82 million) to M 51.89 billion during the 10year period it has been a privatised body, its executive chairman Mohamed Said Ali said. He said Telekom's total assets had also increased
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        Lock icon MPHB says it can maintain earnings
        177 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Multi-Pur-pose Holdings Bhd, which reported a group pre-tax profit of M 5363.35 million (Ss2o9 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1996, says it can maintain its present level of earnings in the current year. For 1995, it reported a higher
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        Lock icon IJM unit in Penang land project
        233 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Jelutong Development Sdn Bhd (JDSB), a subsidiary of IJM Corporation Bhd, will develop new integrated urban precincts for commercial, retail and light industrial use on reclaimed land in the north-eastern foreshore of Penang. In a statement to the Kuala Lumpur Stock
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        Lock icon Park24's lot in parking space seen rising
        364 18 Japanese firm's profit expected to surge 46% to 1.6b yen Reuter [TOKYO] Navigating the congested, narrow streets of Tokyo is easy compared to the headache of hunting for a place to park. But one firm is trying to change all that by transforming
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon The Net effect: phone call revenues to take a beating
        295 19 Deutsche Telekom risks USsl73m fall in 2001; others face similar declines study FT [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Telekom, Europe's largest telecommunications operator, will see international call revenues fall by at least US$l73 million (*****.12 million) in 2001 as cheap Internet telephony grows
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        Lock icon VW lost 1.3b marks in futures: report
        454 19 Currency speculation caused losses, says magazine; carmaker declines comment Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Volkswagen AG, Germany's largest carmaker, declined comment on Saturday on a report in a weekly news magazine Der Spiegel that it lost more than a billion deutsche marks through currency speculation. In
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        Lock icon CBS unit widens Westinghouse's Q1 loss to US$ 151m
        360 19 Bloomberg [PITTSBURGH] Westinghouse Electric Corp said its firstquarter loss widened more than expected as the poor performance of its CBS television unit offset strong results at its radio network. The company lost US$l5l million (*****.4 million) or 23 US cents a
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        Lock icon Hertz shares driven up on first day of trade
        299 19 Ford Motor nnit rises by as much as 19% over US$24 IPO price Bloomberg [PARK RIDGE, New Jersey] Hertz Corp shares rose as much as 19 per cent in their first day after a US$4BO million (SS69I million) initial public offering
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        545 20 Hiii Leong's large diesel purchases meet growing Chinese demand, traders say Reuter [SINGAPORE) The Singapore oil trader who hit headlines with massive diesel purchases early this month is seeking to capture a big share of the lucrative Chinese market, industry sources said on Friday.
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        44 20 [HO CHI MINH CITY] Labourers transporting rice at a warehouse fronting a wholesale market in Ho Chi Minh City's Cholon district, on Saturday. Vietnam ranked third among the world's exporters of rice last year, selling more than 3 million tonnes. REUTER
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        Lock icon Bankers Trust to acquire US$ l33b in trust assets
        301 20 Institutional custody business to be bought from Nationsßank Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Bankers Trust New York Corp has agreed to acquire US$l33 billion (*****.5 billion) in institutional trust assets from Nationsßank Corp, which would give the New York bank almost US$2 trillion
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        Lock icon New refinery won't hit spot Tapis market
        125 20 Bridge News [PHUKET] Spot supplies of Tapis crudes will likely remain constant in Asia once Malaysia's new refinery in Malacca comes onstream in the first quarter of 1998, according to participants in the two-day sixth Asia Oil Trading and Marketing Conference which ended
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        Lock icon US set to lift ban on Argentine fresh beef
        447 20 Hay approval tipped because herds are new disease-free Bloomberg [WASHINGTON! The United States is expected to lift its 66-year-old ban on imports of fresh beef from Argentina next month, Argentine and US officials said. Argentine Secretary of Agriculture Felipe Sola urged
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        390 20 Growing demand from US also keeping prices high Reuter (NEW DELHI) A squeeze in world supply and growing demand from the US have boosted Indian pepper prices, which are expected to remain high, trade officials and exporters said last Friday. "The demand for
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        1884 20 PRIME LENDING RATES I> on Xpr 'J.'t BANKS ABN Araro Bank NV 6v« ABSA Bank Limited 6* ANZ Banking Group Allied Irish Bank PIC 6 American Express Bank 7 Arab Banking Corp 7 Arab Bank PLC 6^4 Asa* Bank Ltd 7 BFCE Ban Hin Lee Bank Bhd 6vt Banc a
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        571 22  -  gfiffrrg Weeklyßoundup Group expected to confirm that the 1995 dollar weakness has been corrected By Callum Henderson MMS International This report does not constitute a solicitation to invest in any currency or Simex product. [SINGAPORE) What lies ahead for the US dollar? Clearly, much depends
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        871 22 COMMODITY Weekly Roundup AFP (LONDON) A strike at La Escondida in Chile, the world s biggest copper mine, drove up the price of copper last week. Production at the Chilean mine plunged dramatically after part of the workforce walked
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      1845 22 u ii.o>u>.iM>wwwiMfi:iMWiir i> n n rge>aiy 6goi iamwwi irft 1 t f r "MiiMiraf SICOM FUTURES Apr 25 RUBBER (futures closing as it 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cmtsAq) Ck>s# Volume OpM Month Hlqh Low Sett (tonnes) Interest 1 153.50 1 250 Jun 97 154.25 150 725 Jul 97 155.75
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      4458 23 Nat tarn CPS Ming Wah Apr 2 F 11.934 9.862 6.83 6.39 Oatt TV LV TY LV MISC* M»r 17 P 477.342 440.984 47.7 56.2 Company *nn ($m) ($m) lets) let*) MOIL# Mar 19 P 60.1 537 8.66 7.78 1 M Plantation* Mar 10 F 17.104
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        249 23 Market Outlook Market sentiment has gone from bad to worse. In the past week, there were not only rumours of Morgan Stanley reducing their weighting of Singapore, but investors dumped stocks in all sectors. Following trends in other regional markets, local and foreign institutions were liquidating positions and reducing
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        140 23 Outlook Robinson and Co has rallied strongly on strong interim earnings. Net profit rose 21 per cent to $13.7 million while investment income jumped an impressive 36 per cent. Contributions from subsidiaries increased over the period and overall group operating profit should remain strong in the second half. The
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        120 23 Outlook I lotel Properties is one of the best managed hotel operators in the region and it posted an impressive 50 percent growth in fiscal year 1996 net profit to $29.3 million. Strong performance from its distribution and retail arm helped and investors have continued to snap up
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        253 23 Bridge Relative 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 effective in detecting divergences (sell signals). A divergence occurs when stock prices make
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        359 24 NEW YORK Better than expected quarterly reports, higher bond yields rub off on Wall St AFP BLUE-chip stocks finished the week on an upbeat note on Friday as traders warmly welcomed a series of better than expected quarterly reports tampered by higher bond yields. The
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        884 24 fjSydney +323 THE positive tone of the Australian share market should be maintained in the week ahead, brokers said on Thursday, with the key index likely to top the 2,500-point level. The Australian Stock Exchange's barometer, the All Ordinaries Index, gained 32.3 points, or 1.3 per cent,
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        Lock icon China-related stocks to take centrestage
        180 24 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG investors are expected to maintain their focus on China-related issues, dealers said on Friday after a week in which shares edged up 0.8 per cent. "The market will remain in its current trading range" as investors switch to buying China-related stocks due
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        WORLD STOCK MARKETS
        1953 24 Q Paris -0.4% FRENCH stocks are expected to fall in the days ahead amid concern the country's ruling centre-right coalition could see its parliamentary majority dwindle in June elections, threatening economic reforms. On Friday, the benchmark CAC-40 Index fell 0.1 per cent to 2,536.26, as gains in
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        Lock icon London bourse shrugs off upcoming polls
        421 24 LONDON AFP THE London stock market posted modest gains last week, helped by an early surge on Wall Street, with investors unworried at Labour's anticipated victory in British general elections on May 1. The Footsie-100 Index of leading shares closed on Friday at 4,369.7
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        Lock icon Nikkei expected to stay firm as sentiment improves
        298 24 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices are likely to remain firm in the coming week, with the nation's first post-war failure of a life insurer taken as a sign of progress in restructuring the financial sector, brokers said. "Market participants saw Friday's news
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        8394 25 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 1997 Last Vol Week N«t Cap High Low Company Salt 000 High Low P/E Smil 790 600 A|inomoto 645 5 14 660 640 35.7 261.4 448 300 Angkasa 316 4 624 322 312 9.4 465.9 905 670 Apollo Food Hlg 720 5 256 740 700 288.0 428
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        Lock icon Investors likely to keep to sidelines
        539 25 Bloomberg AFP Gf Composite Index -15J3 THE Malaysian stock market is expected to be bearish this week with investors remaining on the sidelines following a 1.4 per cent fall in the week to Friday. "Investor sentiment has been dampened by an overdose of negative
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        3889 26 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS m 1997 Lait Vol W«h Last Ouott Avq M«h Low Stno Company Solo *Of- COO°) H*h Low Buyer S—r Price 68 45 m 3000 m AMDS c5.5******6 47.5 *i 2 55 47 5 48 53 62 41.5 3160 "Acer ******1USS 46 *2.5 196 46 41.5 46 46.5
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        With Keppel warrant expiring on June 30, it's best to avoid it
        199 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy KEPPEL Corp has had a terrible time lately despite the incentive of a bonus issue. Its shares have been pummelled to new lows almost every day last week. After adjusting for the bonus,
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2498 26 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr Cr ,997 Last Vat Week Lot Quota Dtv Wv VW Net M Cap High Law Stno Company Sato COOP) High Low Buyer SeMof Cvr P/t $mM 478 330 m s 5000 AISB 50c 346 unch 207 362 338 348 356 5.0 4.9 0.4 70.9 354.9
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        1519 27 TURNOVER 000) VALUE ('000) Mam Clob Total Main Clt Total Industrial 237.425 75.379 312,804 708.842 137.823 846.665 Finane* 31.995 23,098 55.093 398.399 40,494 438,893 Hotels 6,364 2,796 9,160 16.791 5.077 21.868 ProMftlas 39.568 51,769 91,337 207,911 74,838 282.749 Plantation 19,609 19,609 49.072 49.072 Mtninq 1.810 1.810 4.772 4.772 BLW 25,481
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        427 28 Source: Deutsche Bank Emerging Markets Research Stocks Volume SingTel 15c 29,201.000 MMI HldgslOc 26,889.000 •Berjaya Ind 23.579,000 *KL Industries 22,781,000 Raffles Med 10c 18,162,000 •Westmont Land 17,621,000 Hai Sun Hup R 16,595,000 NatSteel 50c 16,358,000 Keppel Corp 13,936,000 HK Land US$0.10 12,816,000 Stocks DBS Foreign 117,481,474 (JOB Foreign 116.793,014 SIA
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        58 28  -  -*ri Shiv Taneja SIA Foreign, which closed 40 cents higher last Friday at f12.70 on a volume of 2.15 million shares, has risen just under f1.50 in the last month or so. The medium-term outlook indicates more upside, and based on the daily and weekly MACD charts, the
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        US data due this week cloud market's outlook
        681 28  -  THE WEEK AHEAD Current pessimism of Wall Street players expected to be very strongly felt here By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] No doubt about it, the turn of the monetary screws in the US and in Malaysia last month has upset the markets.
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      5175 27 Week Ended Apr 25| Cr Gr M 1997 Last Vol Wo* Last Quote DW Olv YM Net Cap Avg High Low St No Company Solo COOP) High Low Buyer SoHor CvT H P/t 5mH PrtC INDUSTRIALS 5146 ASENTS***** US- MS 885 885 1275 ASF US$0.***** US885 »«f 2
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      1261 27 Cr Cr M Wt 1997 Last V«4 Weak Last Ouott (Nv Mv VM Net Cap Avq Mlqh Law StNa Company Sale COOP) High Law Buyaf SaOaf H C'YT P/t SmH Price SCSOAQ 186 115 a 2000 ABRMIdgsSe 115 cd -6 18 122 115 116 125 3.0 6.0 0.1 164.3
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      297 19 Why is it called the Govett Asia Pacific Growth Fund? medium to long term a prospectus and application form, simply capital growth through call us or return the attached coupon, investments in a Or visit any of Standard Chartered Bank s combination of 20 branches throughout Singapore. developed YES please
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      682 23 BUSINESS Xotirrs IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER SO UNISYS INTERNATIONAL SINGAPORE PTE LTD MEMBERS VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company convened and held at 11 Keppei Road *10-00. Singapore *****7 on 22 Apnl 1997. the following resolutions were duly passed1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING-UP
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      184 26 rilfe < You love your white and blue shirts but they all look alike. ;'>- Why not tailor your shirts in your favourite colours with different collar, '^SjgL•.HHk BL cuff and pocket designs and make a difference. J m mSSm. CYC now offers you a cotton rich Oxford Weave fabric
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      810 28 BUSINESS Notices la the Matter of the Coihpaafci Act, Cap. 59 And In Ike Matter of CHANGI-POINT HEALTH CENTRE PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 336 Smith Street #06-308 New Bridge Centre Singapore *****6 on 21st
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      266 28 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Peh Oon Kee of Blk 512 Hougang Ave 10, #05-65 Singapore *****2, have applied for a First Class Beer House Licence in respect of M/s Choh Dee Place located at Blk 346-A #01-01 Kang Ching Road Singapore *****6, and that this application will be
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      214 28 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Lim Tai Peng of Blk 109 Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 #04-14 Singapore *****9, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s Sing Huat Seng located at Blk 108 Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 #01-94 Singapore *****8, and that this
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      332 28 SINGAPORE BUSINESS Giving you the winning edge I To advertise call toll-free 1800-*****83 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Chiew Ai Yih of Blk 303 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 #06-1111 Singapore *****3, have applied for a Ist Class Public House in respect ot M/s Kuriya Japanese Restaurant located at
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      265 28 HONG LEONG CORPORATION LIMITED 5525,000,000 Floating Rate Notes Due 1997 In accordance with the provisions of the Notes, notice is hereby given that the Issuer wishes to redeem all of the Notes on the Interest Payment Date falling on 30 May 1997. Agent Bank Qi ABN AMRO (Asia) Ltd NOTICE
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      281 29 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THERE has been more activity in the tanker sector with a couple of modern Aframax tankers being reported sold as well as various other rumours of tonnage working, a, Demolition prices remain firm. Vessels sold for farther trading touccq—m Orion II: 61,775 tdw
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      283 29 uWImm ifci Tn r nn r uneh 26 OGotHu*—— l.OT *0.02 94 CMeo Investment—1.33 -0.01 10 FcaMit Links 0.545 *0.035 1841 G8 Holdings 0.86 urvcti 2 Hat Sun Hup tOO *0.025 118 Hflaehi Zos«n 0.75 uneh JO IMC Moldings —-HK5.60 Ja>« Hidings 1.00 Jurong Shipyard 6.50 -0.1 105
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      PSA wins deal to manage, operate Fuzhou terminals
      499 29  -  Together with its two consortium partners, it will also develop a deep-water facility at the China port Reports by Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) has clinched a 50-year deal to manage and operate existing container terminals, and
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      260 29 [SINGAPORE] The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), in addition to port ventures in China, has its eye on logistics centre investments in the country, and may make Shanghai the launch-pad for its foray in this area. According to a report in its latest newsletter
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      259 29 AFP [SEOUL] One sailor was killed and nine others were reported missing yesterday after a South Korean tanker loaded with gas struck a rock off a southern island, spewing oil into the sea, officials said. The 990-tonne tanker, Chuckyangho, was
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      Tanker fire's death toll rises to 3
      88 29 [SINGAPORE] The death toll from the fire on board a Singa-pore-registered oil tanker has risen to three, after a second Chinese crewman's body was found in the vessel and a third victim died in hospital. Fire broke out at the bow of the
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      H&W makes history; shipyards in UK set up Internet site
      589 29  -  DOCKYARD By, David Hughes HARLAND Wolff (H&W) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has good reason to be pleased with itself. It has just successfully completed probably the biggest shiprepair job in history, and immediately followed that by winning the refit of
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      368 29  -  Iqniqne and Arica will cater to growing trade between Asia and Latin America From Ronnie Lim in Iquique, Chile CHILE plans to expand capacity and facilities at its two northern Chilean ports of Iquique and Arica to cater to growing trade
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      Lock icon More cargo, ships in HK port in Q4
      130 29 Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong's Census and Statistics Department said 10,788 ocean vessels with a total capacity of 47.3 million net registered tons entered Hongkong in the fourth quarter of 1996. This represented an increase of one per cent in the number of vessels
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        Lock icon Evergreen unit given nod for China depot
        75 29 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] Evergreen Marine Corp (Taiwan) Ltd has secured Investment Commission approval to invest US$5.5 million (517.8 million) to build an inland container depot in Shenzhen, China, the Commercial Times cited commission officials as saying. Evergreen Marine already has depots in Qingdao, Shanghai
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        Lock icon EU clears US$ L6b ship aid to 3 countries
        66 29 Reuter [LUXEMBOURG! EU industry ministers gave the green light last week to state aid totalling some US$l.6 billion (552.2 billion) to ailing German, Spanish and Greek shipyards despite strong opposition from the bloc's three Nordic member states. The ministers also agreed
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        Lock icon PAO orders new US$ 320m superliner
        105 29 Reuter [LOS ANGELES] Princess Cruises said its sister company. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co, has ordered a US$32O million (*****.6 million), superliner set for the UK market in 2000. It will be the largest ship ever built for the UK market, and it
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      Lock icon New lease of life for port city
      996 30  -  TAIWAN-CHINA SHIPPING: CLOUD OVER KAOHSIUNG LIFTS WITH CHINA BAN Taiwan's southern port will be the chief beneficiary of the end to a ban on shipping between Taiwan and China Taipei wants it to grow into a hub for regional trade rivalling HK and
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      14772 38 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertise V«s* Voyaq* T*l*phon* ETA ETA A<Mrt«c V*ssrf Voy*,* TW SIN D*stn Nam. Nam. Numb.r NumMr SIN D«fn Nam. Nam. Numb* Num6*r 04/05 12/05 Multilin* SEA SUCCESS I 04N 45 *****33 To BOSTON (BOS) 2054 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Massachusetts, United States Ivory Coast.
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        743 45 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Ais Mamas KM J "*7 alongside "JW30 Bt Me. *****7 JOI alongside Bt S Matasu *****7 JOI alongside 27 04/2300 Bt Sur li *****7 JOI alongside 27 04/2300 Cmt Success 01/97 J16 alongside W/MOO Oanang Glory 16 J06 alongside £££22? Oi&ena Happy
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        1796 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofcing/Btlonco Rstts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Ptrlod From To From •u Ja0» 340* 9/0500 1* 27/1500 27/1*59 27/1900 2A 27/1700 21/0*59 21/0900 21/0700 21/1159 20/M00 4 28/1200 20/1459 20/1700 Angallia 924A JO/WO 2* 27/1700 2VBM9 20/0900 21 27/1700 21/0*59 20/0900
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        195 45 Apr 20 Japan: Greenery Day. Apr 30 Netherlands: Queen's Day. Mayl Belgium: Labour Day. China: Labour Day. France: Labour Day. Malaysia: Labour Day. Norway: Labour Day. Philippines: Labour Day. Singapore: Labour Day. Sweden: First of May. May 3 Japan: Constitution Day. lUjrß Japan: Children's Day. Netherland: Ascention Day.
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        680 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        466 45 Carta* MO Mm 992J 1.1 t6.« 0.H 71 0.06 Km 24 DwnMt Itatar IiiMm As* AkwMaai U*mmt Wo aboM E2S 1 1 4 0 0 MO Aw 966.4 0.5 12.7 0.07 J1 0.02 i™. 360 Mu 999.9 7.0 17.9 0.W 81 0.07 «t/wi %W %W* »M/M
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        Lock icon Airbus, Lockheed in talks to develop superjumbo
        353 46 European plane maker needs other investors to help finance development of itsA3XX Bloomberg [BETHESDA, Maryland] Airbus Industrie said it is in talks with Lockheed Martin Corp to develop a 600-seat aircraft, in a move that would help the European group compete with Boeing
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        307 46 Bloomberg [BEIJING] The airliner that Airbus Industrie plans to build with Chinese and Singaporean partners will be smaller than any of its existing aircraft, an Airbus spokesman said. Robert Alizart, vice-presi-dent of corporate communications for the European consorsaid a framework agreement on the
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        339 46 Reuter [CHACHOENGSAO, Thailand] Japan's Toyota Motor Corp plans to boost car exports from its Thai plants following completion and expansion of a second Thai car-assembly facility. "We expect to increase our car exports assembled from Thai plants. The new advanced factories will raise
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        Lock icon France the top choice for plant site
        185 46 Bloomberg [TOKYO] France looks increasingly like Toyota Motor Corp's top contender as a site for the company's third auto plant in Europe. A report in Japan's Daily Yomiuri newspaper over the weekend was the latest to suggest France will be the next nation
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        233 46 It will make new terminal an issue in probe into BA-American tie-up Reuter [LONDON] British Airways pic's arch rival Virgin Atlantic Airways said it would challenge a decision giving BA and its prospective alliance partner American Airlines pride of place in London
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        Lock icon India to devise plan to minimise impact of truckers' strike
        298 46 Recent 9-day strike affected all economic sectors before it ended Business Line [NEW DELHI] Stung by the criticism hurled from all quar ters for its inability to end the nine-day truckers' strike before it could shake all segments of the
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        Europe ministers want more measures against crime in transport sector
        201 46 [AMSTERDAM] German Transport Minister Matthias Wissman and his Dutch counterpart Annemarie Jorritsma are after improved measures against fraud and criminal activities in the transport sector. The ministers made this clear during the recent transport ministers meeting involving just about all
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        Lock icon Boeing mulls freighter version of 737-700 jet
        214 46 Reuter (EVERETT. Washington) Boeing Co is considering producing a freighter version of its new generation 737-700 jet. Joseph Ozimek, director of product marketing for Boeing's commercial airplane group, told reporters last week that a decision on the possible new jet would likely be
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          96 46 Bernama [SEATTLE] Malaysia Airlines (MAS) late last week took delivery of its first Boeing 777 aircraft outfitted with latest features making it the world's most luxurious commercial plane today. The aircraft, named Super Ranger, three weeks ago set an aviation record by making
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          75 46 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's motor vehicle output in the year to March 1997 rose 5.2 per cent from the previous year to 10,612,045 units, the first annual Increase in six years, an industry group said. The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said car production rose 7.0 per
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          95 46 AFP [FRANKFURT] Lufthansa Cargo could launch air cargo feeder services by rail between Germany and Switzerland this autumn, a senior cargo manager said. Hans Driedger, general manager capacity management, said the services would be a joint venture with Swissair and Germany's rail operator, Deutsche
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          94 46 Reuter [LONDON] British airports operator BAA pic denied that a change In accounting policy meant it now feared that a project to build a giant passenger terminal at London Heathrow might be blocked. A lengthy planning inquiry has delayed the £1.5 billion (553.4 billion)
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        1823 46 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETO Adelaide S0230 1830 S0229 2220 Helsinki AY97 1335 AY98 2135 Amman RJ188 1325 Hiroshima S0977 1655 S0978 0120 AmsfrdM. KL843 0455 GA896 0030 Ho Chi Mint. VN741 ,310 VH742 0905 S0343 0745 KL838 2300 1420 S0172 0930 BJ37 1455 S032> 2130
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      980 32 NORASIA FIXED DAY WEEKLY DIRECT CALL TO GENOA BARCELONA WITH FAST TRANSIT TIME FOR MORE DETAILS/BOOKING CONTACT:- PATRICIA/CALVIN/WILSON MNQAPOK NSA SHIPPING PTE LTD ALSO ACCEPT** LCL TO: TEL: *****83 PAX: *****90 CM NO. **********0 C VENKX/TWESTi/ANCONA/ALEXANDWA/POKT THAILANO P9 AGENCIES CO LTD TEL: 642-*****88 SAIO/PIRAE US/MALTA/BARCELONA 4 VALENCIA ■BOOM9HU PT HALUAN
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      1461 33 ut««n VOY SIN PGU PKG PCN SUR BA BIK IRAN TEYFOURI PJL-1223 20/03/97 23/04/87 31/03/97 IRANGHEYAMAT PJL-1229 15/04/97 12/04/97 58/03/07 23/03/97 IRAN TAKHTI PJL-1224 13/03/97 07/03/97 28/03/87 23/03/W PJt-1230 25/04/97 27/04/97 07/05/97 ACCEPTING FULL CONTAINER SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS 4 CIS COUNTRIES LE.AWRBAUAN. ARMENIA KAZAKHSTAN, UZBEKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN. KIRGISTAN. TAOZHIKISTAN GEORGIA
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      1819 33 TO SOUTH FULLY 1 MM IOGIimCS VIA I NAPIIS J SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGEMTS: 6 SHENTON WAY TEL 226 1900 FAX: *****00 OUTWARD (l/L) *****02 JOHORE OfFKE; COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #i 7-08 o»sildg saus/BKGS 4205M1/43 INWARD DEPT (D/O) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD CRNO: **********0 M TOWER TWO (*****9)
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      415 33 f! 1 |PF,RKAPATJVN DAI ZHUN A Iffy TONG JOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 KUCHIMG-FASTtST TUUSIT/ MUAMA-MIOKITY BiKTK 7 HO CHI MIMN-DtDICATID~7 AfPU ***** 02/05 GIWI ***** 30/04 GMOCK 9705 30/04 GKOON 971 OS 03/05 GUOO 9750 00/05
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