The Business Times, 6 May 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, MAY 6,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Bre-X shocker: There's little gold in Busang
    611 1  -  Falsification of data is without precedent in world mining history, says independent audit From S N Vasuki, Paul Gopal in Ontario THE Busang saga has proven to be the hoax of the century. In a shock disclosure, Canadian mining firm Bre-X Minerals Ltd
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    2 directors may have cheated CAM: auditors
    613 1  -  Report names executive chairman and group financial controller By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Two key directors of precision engineering company CAM International Holdings could have cheated the company of millions of dollars, auditors Ernst Young's said in a report to the Minister of Finance.
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    Phase 1 of electronic road pricing likely to include non-CBD areas
    410 1  -  By i Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] The electronic road-pricing (ERP) system to be implemented early next year could cover areas outside the central business district, according to Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan. "The first phase is likely to include all
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      118 1 ■HI DcCUBfttMB fldts Tang Liang Hong feared his extreme views would be exposed in court, said SM Lee Kuan Yew yesterday, testifying on the Ist day of a five-day J High Court hearing, Pg2 The Property Cttam Should exec condo developers be allowed to build large units too? P|« NEWS
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      8 1 SAT's accusations come after $24m probe, Pg 19
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      77 1 How the golden fairy tale soured, Pg 14 Indon ministry to go into damage control, Pg 14 The Creation collection f Reversible bracelet yellow and while gold spheres. i For Mother's Day 3 0 1 I 150 YEARS OF HISTORY AND ROMANCE Cartier boutique/ Singapore Millenia Walk, #01-22/23, 9 Raffles
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Tang feared his extreme views would be exposed in court: SM
      776 2  -  DEFAMATION SUITS AGAINST TANG LIANG HONG Consider manner by which he aggravated libel, SM says in seeking exemplary damages Byi Conrad Raj LAWYER Tang Liang Hong flinched from facing the court as he knew that his extreme views on
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      Tang fires his two lawyers
      350 2  -  But court rejects lawyers' application to be discharged By Chuang Peck Ming TANG Liang Hong sprang a surprise at the court hearing yesterday he fired his lawyers, after having appealed to them just three days earlier to continue representing him. But Mr Tang's move was
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      Lock icon IDD growth rate down in Q1
      272 2  -  E7E ON THE ECONOMY Industry By\ Lee Kee Yeng LATEST figures from Singapore Telecom show that 18.49 million outgoing international telephone calls were made in March, bringing the total first quarter volume to almost 52 million. A total of 17.85 million international telephone calls
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      HK's future rests on chief exec, legislators backing him: PM Goh
      311 2  -  Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE future of Hongkong depends very much on the chief executive and whether the legislators are practical people who will support the chief executive in making practical policies on behalf of Hongkong people,
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      Lock icon New exec condo to go at $440 psf
      450 4  -  ST Properties' Windermere imits will be bigger than in earlier projects By Diana Oon SINGAPORE Technologies Properties yesterday said it will be selling its first executive condominium project at an average price of $440 per sq ft, about 7 per cent higher
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      Pacific Net slashes up to 30% off ISDN rates
      314 4  -  Move follows rival Sing Net's rate cats last month By\ Siow Li Sen PACIFIC Net yesterday fired the latest salvo in the ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) Internet price war, slashing up to 30 per cent off its rates. The move
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      S'porean heads global professional body
      268 4 A SINGAPOREAN, Lee Fook Hong, has been elected international president of the worldwide body of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA). As president for 1997, Dr Lee holds the highest office in the UK-based professional body with a global membership of 46,000 chartered
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      Lock icon S'pore firm backs out of Indian airport project
      97 4 AFX-Asia [BOMBAY] Parmeshwar Holdings of Singapore has withdrawn from the consortium building the Bangalore international airport on the grounds that the project is not financially viable on a build-own-operate-transfer basis, the Business Standard reported. Parmeshwar is one of the partners in a
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      Rubbish removal fees to rise 8-11% next month
      202 4 REFUSE removal fees will go up on June 1. Those living in landed dwellings will pay more than flat dwellers. The increase for residents and businesses will go up from between 8-11 per cent. People in landed homes will have a 10
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      317 3 Centennial T O W E R k Yi'--'^tHHB» life M,»* mmm 1 ""W— pa a Mi vmgag? 4 v^»M'iiigMiiiii»aMM^M!il— Mi '-•TOPwi «p••■* iitsH^^^HHHBHHIIH* •«<* mmm i«|S g <i M i«■■ mm JWWHMBMM— N<i«>i«»Haiiius iiiiiiii«iiii||S Bold, Distinctive and Inspiring is how some would the spectacular works of Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella,
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      202 4 WORLD BUSINESS CLASS "No one provides more space to play air guitar!" Albert Teo. Music Entrepreneur. Singapore. Bk. o.v jjC HRk /V i ig*' 'WnjHHK M i nifr W H* m* j When you've spent 4 hours jammed in a stadium of screaming rock fans, personal space becomes more of
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      7 4 Bigger competition for housing developers, Pg 6
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      270 4 5=6? fFIGURE^ v out y For over 20 years, SINTAT Rent a Car has For every 5 accumulated rental days, you are been operating in Singapore and throughout entitled to 1 of the following fabulous prizes Peninsular Malaysia. of your choice: I day free usage of a new car in
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Bigger competition for housing developers
      684 6  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN Should exec condo developers be allowed to build large units too? BU Lee Han Shih THERE may or may not be another government property curb announced this week. But it is certain that tomorrow will be a bad day for many housing
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      DBS Land launching Holland Green
      204 6 [SINGAPORE] DBS Land's Holland Green, Singapore's first all-bungalow 99-year landed project, is being soft launched this week. In a departure from common practice, DBS Land is only opening its three show bungalows in the evening from 7 to 10 pm. "This is to allow potential
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      485 6 120,364 SQ FT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SITE FOR SALE BY AUCTION Location 2-12 Arang Drive besides Braddel! Heights Estate. An established and matured residential area in Dist 13.10 mins walk to proposed Serangoon MRT station and commercial center. Near to St. Gabriel's Primary School and accessible by CTE. (Title Lot 8833
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      178 6 GROUND FLOOR WAREHOUSES at AMTECH BUILDING JMBfflllWBffl ::!:i i" New high-tech warehouse/factory building. 10 loading bays with docklevellers. Ample basement car &r lorry parking. Fully leased to reputable tenants. For further details please call: Investment Sales Division Industrial Division Karamjit Singh 320-3529 BrendaOng 320-2624 YongChoonFah 320-3527 LimPohGheok 320-2623 We provide
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      685 6 Asia Matrix Limited NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at M/S N M Rothschild Sons (Singapore) Limited, The Exchange, 20 Cecil Street #09-00, Singapore *****5 on 28 May 1997 at 9.30 a.m. for the following
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      189 7 "C TYE SOON LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 29th July 1957) Invitation in respect of i 59,835,000 New Shares of $0.10 each comprising:(i) 41,885,000 Offer Shares at $0.31 for each Offer Share by way of public offer; and (ii) 17,950,000 Placement Shares at $0.31 for each Placement
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      373 8 F J-EELING LOST. LITTLE HELPLESS. IT'S TO BE I EXPECTED. YOU'RE IN A EAR AWAY LAND. BUSINESS TO RUN. y m P®| DEADLINES TO MEET PEOPLE TO 'fell \gM ANSWER TO. And you cannot make key \l mm decisions because you cannot even make contact. No mobile phone to network
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Philippine stocks rebound 5% after month-long slump
      291 9  -  MANILA Analysts cite fall in inflation; property, bank sectors shrug off doom-mongers By. Al Labita THE Philippines' main share index yesterday edged up 130.77 points, or 5.01 per cent, to 2,736.42, halting a monthlong slump set off by speculation of a looming crisis
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      Lock icon Gunmen attack Cambodian TV station
      281 9 PHNOM PENH Grenade blast may mark escalation of coalition govt row Reuter UNIDENTIFIED gunmen killed an announcer and wounded two others during an overnight grenade attack on a state-run television studio in southern Cambodia, police said yesterday. Officials feared the attack marked a fresh escalation
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      Lock icon PPP branch considering Megawati as Indon presidential candidate
      317 9 JAKARTA Party supporters hold parades despite military warnings AFX-Asia, Reuter A BRANCH of the Muslimbased United Development Party party (PPP) is considering proposing ousted PDI head Megawati Sukarnoputri as a candidate for the presidency in 1998, the Suara Pembaruan newspaper reported yesterday.
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      Lock icon Viets, Thais, S'pore easing visa rules?
      155 9 HANOI AFP THE governments of Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand have agreed to streamline and in some cases waive visa requirements for short-term visitors between their countries, reports here said yesterday. Vietnam agreed to allow Singapore passport holders to stay in the country for a
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      Lock icon Viet banks likely to be stuck with overdue debts
      241 9 HANOI Reuter VIETNAM'S central bank governor has said commercial banks stand little chance of reducing overdue debt on their books because many corporate borrowers are in dire fl- J nancial straits, the Nguoi Lao 4 Dong newspaper said yester- -Z day.
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      166 9 Qold. Silver. Silk. Jade. J Our restaurant uses only the finest ingredients. >— I ■H Shimmering gold leaf casts an understated an emperor's summer abode, Summer Pavilion has Choose from 12 kinds of premium Chinese leas. glow through Singapore 's most unconventional perfected the art of exguisite Cantonese cuisine. Or
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      HK property deals up 60% in April despite govt curbs
      324 10  -  HONGKONG Bat market appears to be cooling as developers offer up to 15% discounts By Loh Hui Yin PROPERTY transactions shot up almost 60 per cent last month compared to March despite efforts by the Hongkong government to rein in
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      Lock icon Shipping out
      68 10 [HONGKONG] Royal Navy supply ship RFA Sir Percivale sailing past Hongkong island yesterday to load up British military belongings in the final phase of the Britain's historic pullout from Hongkong. In the remaining 56days until the territory's return to Chinese rule, over 2,000 tonnes of the Hongkong s
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      Banker keen to see faster Taiwan financial reforms
      384 10  -  TAIPEI By Bruce Cheesman LIBERALISATION of Taiwan's financial sector is not proceeding at a quick enough pace for the most prominent foreign banker in Taipei, Brian Clayton, the head of retail banking for Citibank in North Asia. Mr Clayton, Citibank's top executive
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      Lock icon Taiwan crime crisis leads to threat to impeach Teng-hui
      372 10 TAIPEI Opposition deputies want President to reshuffle cabinet AFP TAIWANESE opposition deputies threatened yesterday to impeach President Lee Tenghui, holding him responsible for social unrest stemming from unsolved brutal murders which shocked the nation. The threat came as the tumultuous National
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      Lock icon Zhao Ziyang barred from elder statesman's funeral
      300 10 BEIJING Reuter CHINA'S former Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang, purged after the army crushed demonstrations for democracy in 1989, has been barred from attending the funeral of elder statesman Peng Zhen, a source said yesterday. Diplomats say China's current leadership remains nervous about
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Aussie govt pressed to maintain media diversity
      445 11 CANBERRA Public appeal, threat of parliamentary inquiry pot pressure 4 on prime minister Reuter THE Australian government faced mounting pressure yesterday to maintain media ownership limits, with a public appeal to the prime minister from leading Australians and the threat of a parliamentary
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      Lock icon South Korean firms weighed down by snowballing debts
      267 11 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korean firms are suffering from snowballing debts, which climbed 19.4 per cent annually from 1990 to reach a total of US$5l3 billion (*****.7 billion) at the end of 1996, a central bank report said yesterday. The soaring debts were
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      360 11 Seven TV network chief may bid for Fairfax, Pg 21 wjj&j f> 1 V±'t 9 ,9 h Bk V Vk 9 1 ■mjL jl Nera ASA is a dynamic, innovative and technology- cellular telecommunications networks. We A key breakthrough in mobile satellite driven company that is setting global standards in
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      137 11 The University of Hull "One of the most established in Singapore!" IM.MBA Singapore 21st Intake July '97 B FIRST to offer TQM and a Systems Approach to Ij il J Creative Problem Solving FIRST to offer JJJJ, Entrepreneurship and Project Management as Jlmubf core modules Completion in 21 months *312
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Congress to let stats bureau make CPI changes
      406 12 WASHINGTON Bnrean to be given resources to improve US' main inflation gauge Bloomberg CONGRESS plans to allow the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) to make its own changes to improve the nation's main inflation gauge, John Kasich, ah Ohio Republican and chairman
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      Lock icon US homes completed in March down 10.4%
      198 12 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE number of housing units on which construction was completed dropped 10.4 per cent in March, the Commerce Department said yesterday. Total homes completed fell to an adjusted annual rate of 1.4 million in March, down from 1.56 million in February.
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      Lock icon New British govt sets off for a fresh start with EU
      500 12 LONDON Reuter. AFP BRITAIN'S new Labour government yesterday pledged a "fresh start" with the European Union as it moved to join the Social Chapter on worker rights so reviled by its Conservative predecessors. "We want to draw a line
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      Lock icon German industrial output increases 0.5% in March
      314 12 BONN Rise for second month led by 2.8% gain in construction activity Bloomberg GERMAN industrial production advanced for the second straight month in March, the government said, as a revival in construction activity improved prospects for faster economic growth in the next few
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      Lock icon Russia's 20% budget cut plan may trigger battle
      309 12 MOSCOW Reuter THE Russian government has sent a bill to parliament that would cut spending of the underfunded 1997 budget by one-fifth and could foster one of the year's hottest political battles. Mikhail Zadornov, head of the State Duma's budget committee, yesterday
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Dealing with real estate bubbles in Asia
      769 13  -  THE BOTTOM LDVE OPINION By Vikram Khanna The writer is BT's regional economics editor WHY, in the *****, have so many real estate bubbles sprouted all over Asia? No major commercial city in the region seems to have escaped Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Hongkong,
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      124 13 'In fashion, as women gathered a sense of personal power, skirts crept to heights unseen before in adults.' Bettyann Hofcznuum levies on her book which shows how X-rays revolutionised the way people saw reality. I brought them together, and I take credit for breaking them apart.' Chuck
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      Bumpy ride ahead for Britain ?
      650 13 Bumpy ride ahead for Britain EDITORIAL GIVEN his stunning parliamentary majority, British Prime Minister Tony Blair cannot afford to fail voters, especially the young, who supported him in the expectation that his promised "radical centrist" government would be as radical as it would be centrist Should he falter, he may
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      Sinophobia sells in US
      1227 13  -  Anti-China books are the latest hits and serve as powerful public relations tools for China bashers By. Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent IN the early *****, as the Cold War was ending, American intellectuals suggested the geostrategic rivalry between Moscow and Washington was
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      765 13 Suharto's M«1 daughter TWO successive strong leaders, Sukarno and Suharto, have shaped the course of Indonesia's history in the past 50 years. The current president, Mr Suharto, is said to hold the nation in thrall because of his personal charisma. But he will be 77 years
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  • THE BUSANG SAGA
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      Lock icon How the golden fairy tale soured
      1505 14  -  From a_glittering find of stunning prospects, over which several parties squabbled for control, Busang has ended as the century's greatest hoax Reports by S N Vasuki in Jakarta THE Busang saga revolves around three key players Bre-X president David Walsh, exploration director John Felderhof
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      Indon ministry to go into damage control
      405 14 THE Busang saga has profoundly embarrassed the Indonesian government The Mines Energy Ministry, which has been aggressively promoting Indonesia as a resdurce-rich location for foreign investors, is expected to spend a lot of time now containing any adverse fall-out from the shock disclosure
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      Hoax hatched because of lax supervision?
      352 14 ONE theory making the rounds before yesterday's disclosure was that Bre-X geologists may have been working in concert with the laboratories that conducted the actual testing of samples from the Busang site. But this theory has been discredited because Strathcona has essentially exonerated the
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      86 14 Dale Carnegie Training® Dr. Earl Taylor, USA presents LEADERSHIP PROGRAM Date 12 (Mon) &13 (T\ie) May *97 Time 9.00 am to 5.00pm Venue 39 Scotts Rd, Sheraton Tower Develop Your Own Leadership Style Communicate Respect for Others Listen to Learn Learn How to Handle Mistakes Develop a Shared Vision and
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon When the place is the thing
      846 15  -  A drama staged in a fountain is an experience not to be missed, says hollt harxuson HOLLY HARRISON There's an ambulance on call in case of injury. Crew members hover everywhere, ready to scoop up the fallen. The audience itself is swathed in protective
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      Lock icon Cinema's great circus turns 50
      1073 16 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL Nostalgia's likely to set the tooe for this year's festival which ends oil May 18 NYT [PARIS] It takes special talent to idolise glamour and money and still appear intellectual, yet this peculiarly French gift may well explain the perennial success erf
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    • CHATTER Box
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        Lock icon Neeson's net Wilde enough?
        148 16 AFP (LONDON) Uaa Ninon, flit lrisn star of tne Houywooa tUm&Schlnditr'sListmnA Michael Collins, haabeen slammed as "too heterooexuaT for the role of the flamboyantly gay writer Oscar Wilde that he has been cast in, it was reported on Sunday. "He is a big hetsrueexualmanandit simply doesnt
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        Lock icon Girls spice up politics
        144 16 Reuter (LONDON) Britishpop quintet the Spice Girts, musical k crusaders for "girl power", said on Sunday they were delighted at the record number ofwomsn elected to Britain's parliament on May Life great that girts at* successful, in the musk industry or any industry." Meianie Chiahofan. known
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        Lock icon Britannia rules at Eurovision
        55 16 AFP i: [DUBLIN] Britain, repraeented by Katrina and the Wavee and their tune Loot Shine a Light, won the 42nd Eurovision song contest on Saturday. Britain has woo the pop musk prize before in 1967,1900,1978 and 1981. Ireland, which won last year and thua hosted this
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      121 15 Strike Gold Club Oasis At The Hyatt, the most At The Oasis sophisticated health club in town, is now reopening up limited Gold Life transferable memberships. A haven where a whole new concept of fitness and well-being is being conceived, it boasts the latest in state-of-the-art equipment and luxurious facilities.
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      756 15 I|—l PRESSCRETE HOLDINGS LTD I I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Annual General Meeting of Presscrete Holdings Ltd will be held at 31 Changi South Avenue 2, Singapore *****8 on 28 May 1997 at 10.00 am for the
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      Care to own the green you play on?
      2020 18  -  The Grand Golf Club in Australia offers ownership of 69 hectares of freehold land with attractive benefits, says nickxjhts D'CRUZ NICKLAUS D'CRUZ The writer is editor of the Asian Golf Review. THE Grand Golf Club has set the sky as its limit.
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      Slide arrested, index goes up
      482 18  -  BT GOLF INDEX BTs eight-club index hit 194.75 last month its highest level since last November By Ven Sreenivasan THE slide in golf club membership prices was arrested temporarily in April, with the BT Golf Index up 1.63 points from the previous month's level to
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      CDL buys 8b yen Osaka building
      401 19  -  Comp&ny teams up with Itochn Corp for its first purchase of Japan property By\ Lilian Ang [SINGAPORE] City Developments Ltd (CDL) has made its first foray into the Japanese property market, teaming up with Itochu Corporation to buy a commercial building in Osaka for
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      E&Y's accusations come after $24m probe
      701 19  -  Dealings with three companies whose backgrounds E&Y was unable to check By. R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Auditors Ernst Young's accusations of dishonest concealment of facts, cheating and criminal breach of trust against CAM International directors Raymond Chew and Ng Chee Tiong arose after investigations into
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      China play may still emerge despite Sinochem's backout
      774 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lu Ning SINOCHEM, China's trading conglomerate, pulled out of a planned listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) after spending more than 20 months preparing for it. No official reason was given, but privately, one company official said
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      Lock icon Comfort buys 10% of Tye Soon; IPO is launched
      367 19  -  By i Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Transport operator Comfort Group has bought 10 per cent of auto parts dealer Tye Soon, which yesterday launched its initial public offering of 59.835 million shares at 31 cents each. Comfort's stake comprises 4.97 million new
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        UOL Building on Somerset Road for sale
        367 20  -  Freehold land could fetch at least $160 m, say analysts By Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted United Overseas Land Ltd is selling its freehold UOL Building on Somerset Road by tender. The group's general manager for properties, Wey Kim Long, told BT that the
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        SC acts to tighten internal controls of KL brokers
        268 20  -  By\ Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN stockbroking firms will soon have to set up an independent compliance unit to oversee their backroom operations to avoid another Barings collapse, said a senior Securities Commission official yesterday. Sharkawi Alis, the commission's director
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        CM Telecom buys 2 shops
        87 20 [SINGAPORE] CM Telecom International is buying two shop units in Hongkong for HK546.5 million (558.67 million). The Foreign Board-listed company said yesterday that the first property is at Causeway Bay and costs HK523.5 million. The second one, in Sincere House on Kowloon is- land, costs
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        Online data service on listed firms
        142 20 [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday announced it is to jointly provide an online information service on listed companies. The system, which was developed by United Engineers subsidiary Sky Media, will be called the Sky AR Directory. Available for public subscription before the
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        Lum Chang, SBS buy London block for £14m
        392 20  -  £3m-£sm annual rent expected from service apartments By Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Lum Chang Holdings (LCH) and Singapore Bus Service (SBS) have bought a service apartment building in Kensington, London. for £13.88 million (5532.5 million). The 50-unit service apartment block was bought
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          Goldtron director resigns
          27 20 [SINGAPORE] Goldtron said Lee Ean Lean resigned as a director, effective yesterday. He will also cease to be a member of the audit committee.
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          QAF buys Everyday Bakery for M$4m
          37 20 [SINGAPORE] QAF Ltd has bought 100 per cent of the issued shares of Everyday Bakery and Confectionery Sdn Bhd through wholly-owned Ben (Perak) Sdn Bhd for M 54.2 million (552.4 million).
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          Pan Malayan wins Cairnhill site bid
          74 20 [SINGAPORE] Pan Malayan Holdings' $25.4 million tender for a 948.9 sq m residential site at CairnhiU Circle has been accepted by the sellers. Tat Chuan Development, a wholly owned subsidiary of PMH, plans to develop a 20-Btorey apartment of 19 units on the site.
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          SBS'unit applies for more JTCI shares
          32 20 [SINGAPORE] The wholly-owned property arm of Singapore Bus Service, Waterbank Properties, has subscribed for another 2.06 million shares in its associated company, JTCI Industrial Holdings (Manila).
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          Lock icon Hong Leong Prop in Putrajaya venture
          54 20 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Hong Leong Properties Bhd (HLPB) has formed a joint venture with PutraJaya Holdings, Mohd Haneef Haji Mokhtar and PutraJaya Properties to develop a 266.48 ha housing and commercial project in Putrajaya. The project will enable Hong Leong to expand its property-related
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        KIE's steam, gas plants in Suzhou start operating
        119 20 [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Keppel Integrated Engineering (KIE) has started operating its steam and industrial gases plants in the Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SSIP) in China. The US$9 million (Ssl3 million) steam plant supplies steam to beverage maker Pokka, Lilly Healthcare and Hitachi Semiconductor.
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        197 20 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Cycle Carriage Bintang Bhd, a Malaysian auto distributor, said its growth in passenger car sales this year may match its 15 per cent growth in 1996. "We would be very happy if we can maintain between 10 and 15 per
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        Lock icon Prices surge as China ups quota on new share issues by 5b yuan
        524 21 Sudden rash to issue shares too soon could cause A shares to fall, brokers warn Reuter, AFP [SHANGHAI] China yesterday announced a flood of new share issues in an attempt to cool the country's surging stock markets,
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        381 21 Canberra to jumoance relaxation of rules allowing such bid AFP [SYDNEY] The owner of Australia's Seven television network said yesterday he could make a bid for the A 12.5 billion (Ss2.B billion) Fairfax newspaper empire. But Seven network owner Kerry Stokes said
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        Lock icon Regent Pacific prices HK IPO on high end at HK$2.62
        333 21 Fund management company hopes to raise HKs424m Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Regent Pacific Group, seeking to prove to Hongkong investors that red chips come in more than one shade, said it is selling shares at HK52.62 each to raise about HK$424 million
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        Lock icon 2 HK-listed firms under scrutiny
        131 21 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Property developer Pearl Oriental Holdings and timber product maker Pacific Plywood Holdings are under scrutiny by regulatory authorities here over their soaring share prices, according to South China Morning Post. The Securities and Futures Commission has privately expressed concern that it was "uncomfortable"
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        Lock icon Plans in HK for covered warrants on Taipei stocks
        380 21 Analysts say move unlikely to spark row with Taiwan bourse SCMP [HONGKONG] Several investment banks may be preparing to unveil covered warrants in Hongkong on individual Taiwan stocks despite a recent controversy over the launch in the territory of two call
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        Hongkong China Ltd net profit up 23%
        135 21 [HONGKONG] Hongkong China Ltd, a Lippo Group company, posted a 23 per cent rise in net profit for 1996 supported by increased sale of investment properties. The firm said in a statement here that net profit rose to HK$545 miUion (SJIOI.B mUlion) from
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        259 21 Reuter [HONGKONG] Shanghai Industrial Investment (Holdings) Co Ltd has no plan to lower its 65.1 per cent stake in its Hongkong-listed arm, Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd, a company spokesman told Reuters yesterday. "Our parent has no intention or no plan to lower its shareholding
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        167 22 Reuter [OBjIANDO] Microsoft chairm&feill Gates told a legion of impendent Microsoft service pisyiders on Sunday that the giant's future deon its success with ectjqiuter networks and the InMgnet, and that the independent service providers were a lb that success. !jpssaid others in the indusas
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        343 22 Merged company expected to enjoy annual revenue of more than USs7b Bloomberg, Bridge News [RICHMOND, Virginia] James River Corp agreed to buy Fort Howard Corp for about US$5.B billion (558.35 billion) in stock and assumed debt, creating the second largest US
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        287 22 Authorities look into share deals before earnings report Reuter [FRANKFURT] German software manufacturer SAP AG said yesterday that it was the target of a probe into suspected insider trading which a market watchdog official said could become one of the most serious such cases
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        321 22 Midland, Matanshita. and Brit Tel may join £700 m venture FT [LONDON] British Sky Broadcasting will announce tomorrow that it will soon launch 200 channels of digital television in the United Kingdom, combined with interactive services such as home banking, shopping and the Internet
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        Barclays' private banking office gets regional thrust
        380 24  -  BPB has moved to bigger premises at Shell Tower and boosted staff strength By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] The private banking division of Britain's Barclays Bank is adding more resources to its Singapore office after establishing it as a base for several regional operations.
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        464 24  -  But it wfll avoid speculative forays, says group's GEO By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Great Eastern Life's new investment unit plans to raise its exposure to equities but avoid speculative forays, say senior executives. GE Life chief executive officer Tan
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        11 Japan banks lend US$50m to Astra unit
        181 24 [SINGAPORE] An Astra group member, PT Pantja Motor, has borrowed US$5O million (Ss72 million) from 11 Japanese banks here. The company is the sole agent of Isuzu cars in Indonesia. It signed a one-year revolving credit facility with the banks yesterday. Interest
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        281 24 FT [SAO PAULO] George Soros, possibly the world's bestknown speculator, and Gencor, the South African mining group, have emerged as potential shareholders in Brazil's Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), the world's largest iron ore company. Mr Soros is one of the investors in
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        168 24 AFP, Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia yesterday launched its first life reinsurance company to stem the outflow of millions of dollars in premium payouts and boost the country's aim to be a regional financial hub. Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim described the setup of the Malaysia
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        NZ monetary conditions index slips
        228 24 [WELLINGTON] Bankers Trust New Zealand's monetary conditions index fell to a more than four month low after the central bank said weak business and consumer confidence surveys are relevant to the tracking of interest rates and the New Zealand dollar. The index stood at 121.5
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        Lacklustre day for index futures
        196 24  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan index futures saw lacklustre trading yesterday, with the May 1997 contract falling 25 ticks to 338.5, an 11.75 point discount to the MSCI cash index. OCBC Bullion
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        204 24 EMERGY REPORT DPA, Reuter [VIENNA] The oil cartel Opec said yesterday in Vienna that its basket of seven crudes averaged U5517.90 per barrel last week, up slightly on U5517.57 during the week before that. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries secretariat said that its basket
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        252 24 Reuter lioinion THE dollar yesterday recovered from troughs against the mark and yen in late Europe after ambling sideways in narrow dealings, the market subdued by a UK bank holiday. "There is not much going on. The markets are very quiet and we are stuck in small ranges,"
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        1423 24 IUTERBAUK CROSS RATBB May 05 AS C$ Rmt ECU Ffr Dm HK$ Ind 8s Von Won M$ PMQ 5$ «nd Sfr Iff* 6Ht t»S Zrtrtb 1080 6.(78 0.693 4.558 1351 6.061 28.003 *5rt 0590 6.906 1563 1(35 ********** 101 3.466 ISO 2l«J«0.«3 0.4« 1782 Canada 0.926 6.027 1642 4.222 1.251
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      1676 25 jjjjjOM POTUEB8 May 05 MJ98ER (Miitn dosiaq at 5 JOpm) RSS1 CONTRACTUS cmtsAfl) CtOM VotWM OpOfl Moirth Higl* Low Sett (ton—s) Inttrtit Jun 97 157.00 157.00 157.00 250 975 -M 97 158.50 1970 A»*97 158.50 2020 159.25 2020 Oct/pec 97 160.25 3750 98 ***** 6000 RSS 3 CONTRACT
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2361 25 LONDON Industrials ■*1 NM 31 Group 517.400 6.400 AB Ports 274 1.600 AbPay National 637 -7.400 AIN«d Domecq 424.400 -7.600 Amac .143.400 .400 Asda Group 116.400 *1.200 BAT Ind 522 7 BG Pic 181 .800 BICC 221 »1 BOC Croup 949.400 1.400 BR Petroleum 703.400 -3.600 BTR
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      1632 26 Reuter, AFP 0 Hang Seng +317.64 STOCKS raced ahead yesterday to close sharply higher after a strong rally on Wall Street on Friday spurred heavy buying in interest rate sensitive property and banking stocks, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index jumped 317.64 points, or 2.43 per cent, to 13,399.34
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      647 26 Reuter M Shenzhen B Index +4-87 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B share index closed yesterday sharply higher on active buying triggered by surges in Shanghai's B share market, brokers said. The Shenzhen B Index gained 4.87 points or 2.76 per cent to end at 181.14 on turnover of HK5253.9 million.
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      397 26 AFP Q VP Index -4544 SHARE prices finished 0.5 per cent lower yesterday in slow trading as most investors retreated to the sidelines. "Most market participants declined to take initiative due to the lack of fresh incentives while some investors transferred their capital to the secondary over-the-counter market," said
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      332 26 AFP nmnfl* +130.77 SHARE prices soared 5.0 per cent yesterday following news of a lower inflation rate for April and a rally on Wall Street last week, but brokers warned the recovery could be short-lived. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 130.77 points to 2,736.42. Turnover totalled 10.916
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      257 26 AFP n Wellington -OJ2 SHARE prices closed barely lower yesterday with the key New Zealand Stock Exchange 40 Capital Index easing just 0.92 point to 2,276.61. Turnover totalled NZ$53.l million. AFP M|l 1 fM> ANZ Banking 9.25 -0.05 5650 Advantages HMgs L35 -0.03 ***** Air Not Zealand (A) 2.96
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      732 26 AFP, Bloomberg Composite Indg 410 SHARE prices closed 0.8 per cent higher yesterday following limited foreign buying in selected heavyweight stocks, brokers said. "Overall, the market was relatively quiet despite the index increase," said an institutional sales manager with a Singapore-based brokerage, adding that a massive Indonesian gold mining
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      588 26 AFP H AD Primaries +L 1 SHARE prices closed marginally higher yesterday in cautious trade as investors anticipated a pull-back on a bullish Wall Street, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed 1.l points up at 2,492.7. The All Resources Index was 1.0 point firmer at 1,392.2 while the
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        568 27 AFP n Composite Index -199 MALAYSIA'S key stock index closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday as a lack of fresh leads kept investors sidelined despite a sharp rise on Wall Street. "The market appears to be breaking away from tracking Wall Street but
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        8103 27 ■WM" Commmt pnteti 1997 Last Vol Day Nat Cm M>» u» ciw»iir m -obo nn> u» p/K 790 600 Ajinomoto 640 5 2 640 660 36.6 267.5 448 300 Anqkasa 324 4 27 324 322 9.6 477.7 905 670 Apollo Food Mlq 730 20 92 730 700 292.0 428 189
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        Affin Holdings warrants fairly priced, worthy of consideration
        176 28  -  WARRANT WATCH R Sivanithy CONTINUING our theme of looking at "fairly" priced warrants, today's feature is the warrant issued by Malaysian financial services group Affin Holdings, an instrument that certainly has some very interesting numbers. The warrant's strike price is M 53.75,
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        3696 28 BONOS, LOANS ft WARRANTS wt 1997 Last Vol Day Last Ouota Avg H.-gh Lav Stno Company Sal* *or- COOO) Hign Lav Buyer SaHar Prica 68 44.5 m 3000 m AMD8 cS.5******6 44 5 -3 1 44.5 44.5 46 52 62 41.5 3160 "Acaf ******1USS 46 *0.5 6 46 45.5 45.5
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2354 28 Transaction Date May 5j MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr Gr •997 Last Vo4 Day Last Ouote Mv Otv VM I«at M Cap High La* Stno Company SaK COOO) High Law Buy* Saflar Cvr P/E $ma 478 330 m s 5000 AISB 50c 336 00 28 342 334 336 338 iO
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        1612 29 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) mm at r«m tux cut t «m tndu»trt#t 37,034 9,343 46,377 147,270 >9,821 167,091 rtntnc* 8,522 20,704 29,22* 84,073 33,814 07.890 HMMS 758 228 906 2,304 429 2.733 PrmrtiM 7,748 6,936 K284 42.121 7,207 49,328 Ptontrtton 442 442 1,116 1.H6 iM n i,in JM 46* •U*
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        5132 29 Transaction Date :May 5 Gr Or M Wt 1997 Last Vef Day Last Ouata Dlv Dtv VM Nat Cap A*f M»» Law StMa Cmwy »a«a COOP) HMh Lew ■wyo «—ar CMt Pit. %mm Ertt> MMISTRMLS 5146 ASE NT$10 200 US- 885 885 1275 ASF US$0.***** US885 885 88
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        1093 29 6r Of M Wt 1997 Last VI Day La«t OMtt Mr ON YM Net Cap Av* Htgh Lo» StNo Company Sat* COOO) M«h Law Buyer Se4er CVr P/E SmN Mm tfSffAO 186 115 2000 ABR Hidqs 5c 115 cd unch 42 115 115 113 115 3.0 6.0 0.1 164.3
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        220 30 Stacks Volume •MBf Hldgs 50c 11,083,000 •MBf Capital 7,267,000 HK Land US$0.1 4,810,000 WC 3,542,000 SmqTel 15c 3,411,000 Uraco Hldgs 10 3,366,000 Wing Tai 25c 3,324.000 •MSF Land Bhd 3,096,000 NatSteel 50c 2,830,000 SIA Foreign 2,572,000 Stacks SIA Foreign 32,580,745 0C8C Foreign 23,688,286 UOB Foreign 23,106,458 *MBf Capital 20,195,630 City
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        HOT STOCK
        71 30  -  by 1 Ven Sreenivasan KEPPEL LAND, which announced the purchase of a huge tract of prime land in the Newton area, looks set to trend up in the weeks ahead. Fundamentals aside, the daily and weekly RSIs are in oversold re fion, while the momentum indicators point to
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        Property stocks in favour as market recovers further
        607 30  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Market sentiment helped by return of confidence to Wall Street; however, STII's late steep fall from its intra-day high suggests investors are still cautious BfJ R Sivanithy A RETURN of confidence to Wall Street, brought about by an easing
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          155 30 A READER advises that incommunicado counter SM Summit featured in Grapevine last week is not the only public company which has no listing in the telephone directory. Joining the stable of the silent minority is investment firm Transpac Industrial Holdings. Shareholders in the two companies would have entirely
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          Come anytime, lah
          87 30 Interested in attending the opening of a real up-market boutique? We have just received an invitation to send a journalist to Kwang Sia Fashion's "first million dollar boutique" at Los Angeles' Rodeo Drive. But we are baffled. The invite cites the scheduled opening as being "in late
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          120 30 Finally, a restaurant operator who believes in providing good service without expecting any tips in return. Sugisawa, a Japanese restaurant in International Plaza, actually refused a tip from one of our reporters who ate there recently. What happened was that upon finding out that the restaurant did
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          122 30 Want to learn something about investing in mutual funds and have a shot at winning HKJI,OOO at the same time? Check out the Fidelity Investment Quest on the internet at http://www.fidelity.com.hk. Four sets of multiple choice questions will be posted from May 5 to June 29 on
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          87 30 At the show houses of DBS Land's Holland Green bungalows, a koi pond within its manicured gardens was full of bubbles but there wasn't a koi in sight. "Don't worry," said a sales executive, "we accidentally spilled some soap into it but we won't put any fish
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      243 31 Bridge News, Renter Fixtures TAMKEMi Lacklustre trade continued on the tanker market following the numerous May Day holidays. Exxon is seeking a very large crude carrier Cor May 28 loading from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea and the Chinese Petroleum Corp for a 245.000-248,000-tonne cargo from
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      451 31  -  Conference has again acted without consulting shippers first, says council By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] A fUrious Singapore National Shippers' Council (SNSC) has lambasted the Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC) for raising freight fees again without consulting shippers, and has flatly rejected the
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      248 31 Most cargo handling equipment is currently imported Business Line [BOMBAY] Big-time manufacturers said to include Korea's Samsung, Japan's Mitsubishi and Europe's Kone are currently looking for joint venture partners to make port-based cargo handling equipment in India. According to port developers
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      245 31 Journal of Commerce [NEW YORK] If they want to avoid sexual harassment lawsuits, employers in the maritime industry will have to do more than just put anti-dis-crimination policies in their personnel manuals, said a speaker at a Women's International Shipping and Trading Association
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      220 31 Bernama-Kyodo [TOKYO] Japan has proposed to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) a convention with an eye towards preventing sea disasters involving older vessels. Transport ministry officials said last week the ministry drafted the international pact in the wake of one of Japan's worst oil spill
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      108 31 Journal of Commerce [SAN FRANCISCO] Strike "longshoreman" from the list of acceptable gender-neutral terminology. The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union is now the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. The West Coast dock worker union approved the name change at its recent biennial
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      248 31 Bridge News [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) said yesterday it is still optimistic about resolving differences between Taiwan and Hongkong on post-July shipping links, after the two sides failed to reach a consensus on flag issues
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        62 31 AFP [MANILA] The Subic Bay free port north of Manila has signed a 64 million peso (553.5 million) financial management contract with a group led by Siemens Nixdorf and Microcircuits Corp. The German-led group would integrate by computer linkage, the finance, accounting, budgeting,
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        72 31 Reuter [BONN] German industrial groups Thyssen AG and Veba denied a report that they were interested in taking over bankrupt shipyard group Bremer Vulkan Verbund AG. The business dally Handelsblatt said on its front page that the two companies, while distancing themselves from takeover
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        55 31 Bloomberg [MIAMI] Carnival Corp said It has agreed to buy a 386-passenger ship from Club Medlteranee SA's Services et Transports Cruise Lines for US$45 million (5164.8 million). Carnival's Windstar Cruises Division said it will rename the Club Med ship and remodel it to accommodate
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      218 31 Bloomberg [MILAN] Italian state-con-trolled shipbuilder Fincantieri has completed the assembly of the two fore and aft sections of Disney Cruise Line's vessel Disney Magic, confirming its leading role among the few world shipyards capable of building large cruise ships. The ship is the first of two
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      813 32  -  RO-RO SHIPPING: MORE CARS ON THE MOVE The few lines specialising in transporting cars and trucks are experiencing bottlenecks because of the sudden rise in Japanese car exports late last year but the entry of Hyundai Merchant Marine has kept a lid on rates By,
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        185 45 May 8 Belgium: Ascention Day. Denmark: Ascention Day. France: Ascention Day. Indonesia Awal Muharram (Mall HUrah). Indonesia: Ascention Day. Malaysia: Maal HUrah. Netherland: Ascention Day. Norway: Ascention Day. Sweden: Ascention Day. Switzerland: Ascention Day. Brunei: Awal Muharram May 17 Norway: Constitutional Day. May 18 Denmark: Whit Sunday. Netherland:
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        752 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars In ttead of single price* for a more comprehen •Ive description of the market Prices shown are baaed on average sued stem Market movements are Indlcat ed. The Cockett Bunker Price Index
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        469 46  -  Variant of Trent 800 series to power proposed long range Boeing aircraft By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Britain's RollsRoyce Aerospace Group is in talks with Boeing Co to develop a variant of its Trent power plant for the proposed long range 8777-200 X aircraft. Rolls-Royce
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        281 46 Reuter [PARIS] US aero-engine maker Pratt Whitney said on Wednesday it is in talks with European consortium Airbus for a potential contract to supply motors for a stretch version of the long-range A 340 wide-body jet. "We are in the process of
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        233 46 Reuter [MIAMI] A report by safety regulators on the fatal crash of ValuJet Inc Flight 592 will censure the airline and the Federal Aviation Administration, the Miami Herald reported on Sunday. The National Transportation Safety Board's final report is due in July.
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        116 46 Reuter [HELSINKI] Finnish airline Finnair said in a statement yesterday it had set up a long-term strategic maintenance cooperation with German Lufthansa, based on which it had won a nine-year deal worth 300 million markka (5583.1 million). "Finnair's technical unit and Lufthansa Technik have
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        53 46 [BEIJING] A Chinese auto company in Beijing offers to convert cars which can use only petrol to run On both liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and normal fuel. China's capital plans to lead the country in using less-polluting unleadedfuel in a campaign to clean up the city's
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        304 46 Carrier to place order for 23 medium capacity long range jets by year-end AFP [NEW DELHI] India's civil aviation minister said on Monday that Air India would decide on its US$2 billion (Ss2.B billion) project to acquire 23 medium capacity
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        124 46 AFP [ISTANBUL] Tempers boiled over in the cockpit of an Airbus A 340 on April 4 as the Turkish Airlines plane was on a flight from Bangkok to Singapore. An argument began shortly after take-off from Bangkok and quickly developed into a full-scale
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        266 46 Bernama [IPOH] Malaysia is considering having open skies agreements with other countries besides US in an effort to boost her aviation industry, Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said. Among the countries are intermediary destinations for long-haul flights such as South Korea, Taiwan and Japan,
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          78 46 Reuter [WELLINGTON] Cathay Pacific Airways said It plans to increase the number of Airbus A 340 planes flying between Hongkong and Auckland to seven next year from three. The company, the world's largest buyer of the four-engine Airbus A 340 planes and
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          65 46 AFP [ROME] Italian air traffic was likely to be disrupted yesterday—the 50th birthday of loss-making flag carrier Alitalia if a planned national strike by air traffic controllers went ahead. Traffic control unions have called a stoppage from 1000 GMT to 1400 GMT although civil
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          64 46 Reuter (FRANKFURT] Lufthansa has announced the first auction of airline tickets in Europe on the Internet Tlie auction to take place on June 5 will be for economy-class return tickets from Germany to destinations in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America, the German airline
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          Lock icon Viet truck plant begins production
          93 46 AFP [HANOI! A US$6O million (ST2 million) Joint-venture plant built by Isuzu Motors Ltd and Itochu Corp in Ho Chi Mlnh City has begun producing small trucks, an Itochu official said on Sunday. Itochu and Isuzu each have a 36 per cent stake in the
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          74 46 Reuter [RUESBELSHEIM. Germany! Germany's Adam Opel AG, a unit of General Motors Corp, said last week it was recalling all its 1,300 Opel Vectra model cars due to problems with their door-mounted air bags. Opel said problems In one vehicle with sensors installed
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        Lock icon FBI chief urges end to criminal inquiry in TWA crash, points to mechanical failure
        339 46 NYT [NEW YORK] Stopping just short of ruling out sabotage as the cause of the crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800, FBI director Louis Freeh said on Sunday that the evidence in the case points
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      323 31 Rolls-Royce plans 8777 engine Variant of Trent 800 series. BaokPags Lloyd's Maritine Directory 1997 The directory, which runs comprehensive information on maritime services providers, now comes in two volumes. H An electronic version on CD-Rom is also *ia£3ir I available. Call Hongfcong-toased LLP Asia Limited at tel: 852 *****222 for
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