The Business Times, 26 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 MONDAY, MAY 26,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon 16-Mb DRAM prices ease 10% from March high
    544 1  -  Prices still 60% higher than historical low of US$5.5O posted on Jan 20 By. Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE! Prices of 16megabit dynamic random access memory chips (DRAMs) have eased by some 10 per cent from their 1997 high in midMarch, but there are
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    Lock icon In eager anticipation
    46 1 [BEIJING] Women in ethnic dress waving the Chinese national flag at a huge gala ceremony to celebrate the imminent return of Hongkong to Chinese sovereignty. About 10,000 people attended the mass gathering at Beijing's Workers' Stadium on Saturday. Full story, page 4. AFP
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    Report challenges current thinking on development
    367 1  -  From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE widespread belief that private enterprise can make a major contribution to meeting Asia's huge needs for power, transport, communications and other forms of basic infrastructure needs to be radically rethought, a Japanese official working group has warned. In
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    Banks could disclose more, says DBS head
    420 1  -  Byi Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Local banks could disclose more financial information, says DBS Bank president Ng Kee Choe. Speaking in an interview with BT for the annual Banking, Finance and Insurance supplement published today, he said: "Personally, I think there can be more
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    Lock icon Investors wary of prospects for Asia
    333 1 Central hank interventions do little to reassure investors Reuter [HONGKONG] Recent interventions by some Asian central banks to defend their currencies did little to reassure disaffected institutional investors, who continue to avoid the region in droves. Instead, the prospect of snapping currency pegs confirmed
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      6 1 Debate over Asian infrastructure, Pg 7
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Pick-up in sight at last for offshore oil-related industry
      689 2  -  Poll order books at rigbuilder Keppel Fels; more activity seen at supply bases By. Ronnie Lim THE offshore oil-related industry is finally seeing a pickup after a 13-year slump. Rigbuilder Keppel Fels and its US subsidiary Amfels have full repair order
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      Lock icon Semiconductor slump leaves equipment maker unscathed
      949 2  -  spotlight on SINGAPORE'S BEST: Manufacturing Integration Tech's '96 revenue grew 15% By Jennifer Lien LAST year's semiconductor slump seems to have barely dented Manufacturing Integration Technology's growth path. The semiconductor equipment maker posted revenue growth of about 15 per cent last year better than
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      Lock icon M3 up 10.6% in March to $145b
      355 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Finance By\ Lee Yoke Har M 3, the broadest measure of money supply, rose 10.6 per cent year-on-year to $145.1 billion in March after a 9.8 per cent growth in February. Ml grew 9.8 per cent year-on-year to $28.46
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      SSO tuning efforts to woo corporate funds, donations
      265 2  -  By I Soh Tiang Keng THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is stepping up its tempo to attract more corporate funds and donations. First, it hopes to woo new sponsors with concert series that are packaged in different ways. For example, the series
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      Prize for Republic Plaza
      183 2 MAINBOARD-LISTED City Developments Ltd has won international recognition for its flagship development the Republic Plaza. The building is the first in South-east Asia to win the International Real Estate Federation's Best of Real Estate Competition the FIABCI Prix d'Excellence. CDL headed the list of 30 buildings
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      105 2 Tomas Music Consultants presents The Music of Frederick Chopin by Richard Dowling (pianist) "..an especially fine young pianist." B&jg. sift The New York Times WtL Discriminating artistry." JHgfeb;. The Pretoria News "..a high voltage recital." The Fort Lauderdale Sun I Star Quality Talent." The Houston Chronicle I|^hßmHEEk Friday 27 June
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon 136 die in Indon election riots in South Kalimantan
      495 3 JAKARTA Hundreds of buildings burned; fears that death toll will rise; 181 people arrested AFP AT LEAST 136 people have died in election clashes which degenerated into mass riots in the South Kalimantan capital of Banjarmasin, local sources and police said
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      Lock icon Q1 trade surplus was 'managed': Dr M
      313 3 LONDON Malaysian govt told private sector not to import unnecessarily MBT THE trade surplus that Malaysia registered during the first quarter of this year was not an "accident" but was "carefully managed" by the government, according to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Asked to
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      Lock icon 250 Suu Kyi supporters held, says party
      197 3 BANGKOK AFP, Reuter MYANMAR's ruling junta has detained at least 250 supporters of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and is pushing ahead with a crackdown on her party, a senior party official said yesterday. The National League for Democracy (NLD) had documented
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      Lock icon Baht attack: the winners and losers
      552 3 SINGAPORE Eoropean banks take a hard knock, Thai banks triumph Reuter SPECULATIVE attacks on the Thai baht have been halted, at least for the time being, and the latest round of speculation among dealers is, who were the big losers? Harry's Bar on Singapore's
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Two poll systems shortlisted for HK legislature
      491 4  -  HONGKONG Democrats criticise decision to scrap first-past-the-post system used in '95 By] Loh Hui Yin THE first legislature of the Special Administration Region of Hongkong will be elected in one of two ways proportional representation or -.ingle-vote, multi-seat for the 20 geographical seats
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      Lock icon Beijing holds huge ceremony to celebrate HK's return
      279 4 BEIJING AFP ALMOST 10,000 people celebrated the imminent return of Hongkong to China with a resounding ceremony here pledging their loyalty to President Jiang Zemin, it was reported here yesterday. The crowd gathered on Saturday in Beijing's Workers Stadium to sing the
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        Lock icon Taiwan minister to visit African allies
        49 4 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Foreign Minister John Chang yesterday began visits to three diplomatic allies in Africa as a diplomatic tug-of-war with China intensified. Mr Chang would visit Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Sao Tome and Principe, with which it recently established ties, local newspapers reported.—Reuter
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        Lock icon Buddhists rally against crime in Taipei
        64 4 AFP (TAIPEI] More than 10,000 Buddhist followers paraded through Taipei streets yesterday, calling for spiritual purification and moral rehabilitation in the wake of a string of high profile crimes. Justice Minister Liao Cheng-hao and actress Pai Ping-ping, whose daughter Pai Hsiao-yen was kidnapped and
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        Lock icon Manila urged to drop lighthouse plans
        72 4 Reuter [MANILA] China has urged the Philippines to abandon a plan by its military to build a lighthouse on a disputed rock in the South China Sea, Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon said yesterday. "They told us, 'please, don't put up a lighthouse there or
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        Lock icon Beijing marks 'national shame' sites
        64 4 Reuter [BEIJING] The city has marked eight sites of "national shame" to commemorate atrocities committed during Japan's occupation In the 1930s and *****, the official media said yesterday. A white marble stone was placed at each of the sites around the capital and its suburbs
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      Lock icon N-equipment export bar will hit US firms: China
      268 4 BEIJING AFP BEIJING yesterday warned that US companies risked missing out on contracts for nuclear power development in China if Washington insisted on maintaining restrictions on nuclear equipment exports. A senior official from the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) pointed to the
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      Lock icon HK protest boat to Diaoyus reaches Taiwanese port
      162 4 mHONGKONG AFP A HONGKONG protest voyage to a disputed island chain reached a Taiwanese port yesterday, after rough seas, injury and engine problems hampered the boat's progress. The 30 on board, with two reporters, set out on Thursday to claim sovereignty over
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      Nestle making its mark in Qingdao
      603 4  -  LECTERFROM BEZJZMG World's largest (bod company leads a modernisation push in east/northeast China By Peter Seidlitz SITUATED on the edge of the Yellow Sea, Qingdao is one of the very few pleasant cities left in China. And it's booming. There are direct flights to
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      282 4 I ASIA WESTBOUND RATE AGREEMENT If I REGIONAL UNIT OF THE PAR EASTERN FREIGHT CONFERENCE) 1 WESTBOUND RATES ASIA/NORTH EUROPE 1 2 In November 1996 the Lines announced their business plan for 1997 and advised 1 ft that rates would be restored in 1997. i it Principals of the Asia
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Establishment is under no threat
      1594 5  -  MDOMESIAII ELECTIONS The key to political stability is strong and sustained economic growth which the govt has delivered; mob violence at the hustings will not destabilise the nation By] Lim Say Boon [SINGAPORE] FOREIGN investors' political apprehensions about Indonesia are understandable in the wake of
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      Debate over Asian infrastructure
      1244 7  -  Contrary to current thinking, private enterprise cannot satisfy the region's huge infrastructure needs, says a Japanese study Anthony Rowley [TOKYO] LIKE the small boy in Hans Christian Anderson's The Emperor's New Clothes who scandalises the fawning admirers of the naked emperor's supposedly fine attire by declaring
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Criminal action against Japanese bank likely
      455 8 TOKYO Dai-Ichi Kangyo said to have forged records to hide bad loans to extortionist AFP JAPAN'S beleaguered finance ministry Is preparing to take unprecedented criminal action against a leading bank over a loan scandal in what is seen as a move to set aside
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      Lock icon Japan economy set to grow after June
      358 8 TOKYO Slowdown caused by April's taxes will be shortlived: analysts Bloomberg INVESTORS are awaiting a stream of data due out this week for clues to the severity of Japan's economic slowdown caused by the nine trillion yen (*****.7 billion) tax bill handed out
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      Lock icon Food aid
      66 8 [NAMYANG, North Korea] Chinese of Korean ethnicity waving goodbye to their North Korean relatives on Friday as they headed back into China. The people of the border town of Namyang are among the lucky few who can depend on Chinese of Korean ethnicity to help them with food
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      Lock icon Howard's move to cut immigration slammed
      290 8 SYDNEY AFP AUSTRALIA'S race debate sparked by right-wing MP Pauline Hanson could have been snuffed out in a single sentence from Prime Minister John Howard, his former party leader John Hewson said yesterday. In a stinging rebuke of former colleagues now in government, the
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      Lock icon Boom seen for food processing in India
      412 8 U NEWDELHI FT INDIA'S market for processed foods will treble to US$62 billion (5588.7 billion) by 2005, providing "one of the largest opportunities in India today", according to a report by consultants McKinsey Co. Fastest growth will be in "basic" foods such as
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Worst may be over for US$
      638 9 NEW YORK Greenback seen rising against major currencies on US growth prospects Bloomberg THE US dollar's worst days may be behind it as currency traders focus again on prospects for continued economic growth and higher interest rates in the US. The currency knocked down
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      Lock icon UK Chancellor forced to delay early date for budget
      284 9 ■LONDON Officials grapple with sweeping proposed changes AFP BRITAIN'S Chancellor of the (Exchequer Gordon Brown has been forced to abandon an early date for his first budget as officials grapple with the sweeping changes he proposes, press reports said yes- terday.
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      Lock icon Election shock heralds era of uncertainty in Iran
      200 9 TEHERAN AFP IRAN headed yesterday into a new and uncertain political era after the shock victory of a moderate candidate over the standard-bearer of the country's ruling conservative Islamic clergy. Former culture minister Mohammad Khatami won a crushing victory over parliamentary speaker
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      Lock icon Sunny days may help French voters weather the polls
      413 9 PARIS Bloomberg POLLING stations all over France opened in sunny weather, encouraging expectations that voter turnout won't disappoint as 39 million French can cast their ballot in the first round of parliamentary elections. The results from the first exit polls weren't
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      NCS to offer regional Net trading
      495 10  -  Singapore launch, then Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan iw Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Local firm National Computer Systems (NCS) will launch a fully operational business-to-consumer electronic commerce service for the region early next month. The new service will have all the necessary security
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      Strong China demand boosts regional PC shipments
      553 10  -  It is now also the region's largest PC market, says IDG By] Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] China's buoyant personal computer market helped offset weak demand in South Korea and Australia as PC shipments in the Asia-Pa-cific countries collectively grew a respectable 14 per cent
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      Business-to-business Net commerce 'to boom in Asia'
      666 11  -  GE Information Services cashing in with offerings Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] US firm GE Information Services (GEIS) believes business-to-business Internet commerce will explode, and is expanding its offerings on that front in Asia. "We focus very much on business-to-business. We believe that is
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    • IT TAKES
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        IT Best Practices Seminar
        69 11 [SINGAPORE} The Information Technology Institute and the Data Processing Management Association are jointly organising the Best Practices Seminar 1997 which will be held on Wednesday and Thursday at the Hotel Inter-Continental. The seminar will explore how organisations can exploit new technologies while improving its practices in
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        Impactnow tours Asean
        91 11 [SINGAPORE] Impactnow, a showcase of the latest Internet and Datawarehousing technology solutions put together by Sybase, will be coming to Asean countries next month. The show will feature the latest technologies from Sybase and Powersoft, including "Jato" and "Jaguar". There will also be in-depth discussion sessions highlighting
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        Anixter gets IEEE endorsement
        77 11 [SINGAPORE] Anixter Education Services has initiated a strategic partnership with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Singapore (lEEE), a professional body of scientists and engineers based in the United States which promotes standardisation and acts as a consultant on electrical and electronic development to the
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        Smart data warehousing
        71 11 [SINGAPORE] The Meta Group is organising a presentation on the operation, direction and impacts of i data marts. It will be held at the Inter-Continental Hotel on June 5. The speaker will be Ecaterina program director with Application Delivery Stfategiro. with the theme Getting Data Mart Smart
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        Dell offers extra service
        103 11  -  Compiled by Lee Kee Yeng [SINGAPORE] A new on-site installation service has been incorporated into every purchase agreement for every Dell Power Edge 4100 and 6100 system. The service will also come as an optional extra for those with 2100 systems. This will include diagnostic tests
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      Bentley Systems to set up R&D unit here
      550 11  -  By] Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] US-based engineering software company Bentley Systems plans to set up an R&D unit in Singapore to take advantage of the boom in new construction projects and to participate in the government's Corenet initiative. The R&D facility will be
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      Lock icon Enter the desktop PC that can see like humans
      431 12  -  Local creation can analyse things in three dimensions based on binocular stereoscopic vision Toh Han Shih [SINGAPOREJ Engineers at Ngee Ann Polytechnic have given some of the powers of human sight perception to the humble desktop computer. This computer, connected to
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      Is the info highway broad enough for business?
      756 12  -  By Toh Han Skih The writer is a BTjournalist IN A few years, if not next year, the Internet will be an important channel for commerce in money, services, goods and information throughout the world. Telecommunication companies (telcos) will face the challenge
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      Locally designed technology wins American award
      219 12  -  By Lee Kee Yeng [SINGAPORE] A locally developed software designed to improve the efficiency of the container trucking industry has been awarded the Innovation Application of* Artificial Intelligence Award (IAAI) from the American Association of Artificial Intelligence. The award is presented to applications that
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    • ON THE SHELF
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        Kodak's digital video camera here
        77 13 KODAK'S digital video camera, DVC3OO, will go on sale from this month at ***** retail. The company says it is its first peripheral device to support the USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface, and can take still or motion pictures, and do video-conferencing on a desktop
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        Norton's crash recovery software ready
        40 13 SYMANTEC Corp's Norton Crash Guard 2.0, which it says "recovers most application crashes and hangs", is now available. Working on Symantec's Anti-Freeze technology, the software can be downloaded only from Symantec's website (http://www.symantec.com) at U5519.95.
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        AST's new notebooks here
        86 13 AST has launched two sets of MMX-enabled Pentium notebook computers. At the high end are two models in the P-series, with 32M8 RAM, 2.1G8 or 3GB hard disk, 10-speed CD-ROM and 12.1-inch TFT colour SVGA, running on 150 MHz or 166 MHz and retailing from $5,755.
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        Gaming accelerator from Diamond
        44 13 DIAMOND Multimedia has come out with a new software driver that's 20 per cent faster and works on a Monster 3D gaming accelerator. The new driver-enabled Monster 3D, retailing at $319, supports Windows and DOS, and includes 10 three-dimensional games.
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        PageMeter Web-tracker available free
        70 13  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam US-BASED WRQ Software is offering free download of Express Page Meter, "the first Web tracker to see through both proxy and browser caches for accurate counts of Web-site visitors". The software operates on both the server and the client using either ActiveX
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      Compaq announces new servers and storage devices
      181 13 [SINGAPORE] US computer giant Compaq Computer last week announced three new Proliant servers, an entry-lev-el storage solution, and two DAT (Digital Audio Tape) drives, which wiU be available this month. The three new servers are the Proliant 6000, for missioncritical, enterprise-wide, highend applications,
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      ThinkPad 380 – desktop power in an affordable notebook
      327 13  - ThinkPad 380 desktop power in an affordable notebook By Lee Kee Yeng [SINGAPORE] Computer giant IBM has launched its ThinkPad 380 series of notebooks with prices targeted at the midrange consumer such as students and executives who travel occasionally. The ThinkPad 380 notebooks' prices range from $3,599 to $5,999. Weighing
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Goodbye Beijing Opera?
      774 14  -  One of the world's great art forms seems to be singing its swan song, says henrv chu HENRY CHU LAT ONLY minutes into Farewell My Concubine, the Oscar-nominated film chronicling the lives of two Beijing Opera stars, a strict old master lays down a sweeping claim. "If
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      Lock icon A lavish welcome for erstwhile outcast
      500 14 PERSONALITY Russia celebrates the 70th birthday of cellist Rostropovich AFP [MOSCOW] Russia has laid on lavish celebrations for the 70th birthday of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, the erstwhile "enemy of the people" who is now a national hero. "He has been received in Moscow almost
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      Scoring better with Schubert
      556 16  -  MUSIC Renee Fleming's keen sense of drama spices np some Schubertian favourites By. Andrew Lim Schubert Lieder Renee Fleming, soprano Christoph Rwhwibwh, piano Deoca 450 294-2 66 minutes AMERICAN soprano Renee Fleming didn't exactly get off to a flying start as a recording artiste. Her first
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      Competent delivery of all-Mozart programme
      415 16  -  MUSIC SSO's concert last Friday had many musical moments, bat could have been tidier By Benjamin Loh MOZART is often said to be too difficult for professionals and too easy for amateurs. Indeed, going beyond the seemingly easy notes and creating refined and elegant sounds
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      152 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 c 1 1 1 g 28 They embrace the cloth be- fore grace (6,5) DOWN favourite ones (8) SATURDAYS SOLUTION 1 Fancy a movie? (7) L n k AItM O LI6HTCITI 2 Parking, I can set alarm (5) 1« Sound of contentment about LBjEF 3 You'll
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Dismal days ahead for Thailand's IPO market
      408 17  -  Eight firms cancel listing plans; only two IPOs in Ist qtr From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S market for initial public offers (IPOs) has virtually dried up. And with eight companies having cancelled plans for IPOs, the outlook is hardly encouraging. According to
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      Lock icon Amnuay tries to ease fear of stock plunge
      281 17 AFP (PATTAYAJ Thai Finance Minister Amnuay Viravan yesterday moved to ease fears of a stocks plunge following the collapse of merger plans that were aimed at bailing out Thailand's largest finance firm. Friday's scrapping by respected Thai Danu Bank of a plan
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      HK$374b for 15m, shares: HK at its best—and its worst
      750 17  - HK$374b for 15m, shares: HK at its best —and its worst HANG SENG INSIGHT Speculation frenzy has hit again; Is It getting out of hand? By Quak Hiang Whai SO, the Hongkong speculative fever goes on. First, it was the luxury property market which went ballistic when one mansion was
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        Lock icon Tan Chong eyes listing for 3 units on KLSE, HK
        426 18 Group hopes to get approvals by end of year; plans forget plant firmed op I. [KUALA LUMPUR] Tan Chong Motor Holdings plans P to list simultaneously its sub- sidiaries APM Automotive I Holdings and Warisan TC Holdings in Kuala Lumpur
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        Lock icon Thai polyester maker Tuntex sees turnaround this year
        397 18 Reuter [BANGKOK] Loss-making Thai polyester fibre maker, Tuntex (Thailand) pic, sees its operation raking in profits this year on rising polyester prices and its planned production capacity expansion. Tuntex (Thailand), an affiliate of Taiwan's Tuntex Distinct group, last week announced a net
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        Lippo's Manila unit Medco expects good performance
        299 18  -  Exportß&nk expected to contribute balk of the company's income From< Al Labita in Manila MEDCO Holdings Inc, an investment holding unit of Indonesia's Lippo Group, expects good results in the medium term. Its president, John Lee, said in its latest annual report that
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        GP Batteries gets CPF trustee share status
        156 18 [SINGAPORE] The GP Batteries International stock has been accorded Central Provident Fund trustee share status. This will take effect tomorrow when the listing currency of the company's shares and warrants are converted from US dollars to Singapore dollars. The company said yesterday that
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        237 18 Bloomberg [MANILA] Credit Lyonnais is buying a seat on the Philippine Stock Exchange, joining a lengthening list of foreigners entering a market where trading has shot up 11-fold since 1991. The French bank last month agreed to pay 73 million pesos (Ss4 million)
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        Lock icon MBf eyes setting up Myanmar bank
        251 18 MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] MBf Holdings Bhd, which has been busy expanding its operations regionally, is planning to establish a bank on a joint venture basis in Myanmar by the end of this year. President cum chief executive officer Loy Hean Heong said MBf is
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        YTL Power close to deals with China and Zimbabwe
        304 18 [KUALA LUMPUR] YTL Power International Bhd is at an advanced stage of negotiations to sell electricity in China and Zimbabwe, The Star newspaper reported on Saturday. "YTL Power has the cashflow (of Ms2oo million a year from its profits) to immediately
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        One third of Nokia global sales from Asia by 2002
        416 19  -  Finnish telecom group has plans to site manufacturing plant in the region By' Teh Hooi Ling [HELSINKI] Nokia, one of the world's leading telecommunications group, expects to garner close to one third of its global sales from the Asia Pacific
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        Lock icon Mazda Motor posts 13.9b yen gain
        260 19 Carmaker cuts costs, benefits from strong dollar Bloomberg [TOKYO] Mazda Motor Corp posted a pre-tax, or current, profit of 13.9 billion yen (*****.3 million) for the year ended March 31, as it overcame a sales slump by cutting costs and selling share holdings. Japan's
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        Lock icon Arnotts: market share almost back to normal
        137 19 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Arnotts Ltd, Australia's largest maker of cookies, said its market share has almost completely recovered from a poisoning threat earlier this year which led to its products being cleared from supermarket shelves. Chris Roberts, Arnotts' managing director, said: "We normally are
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        Lock icon Tokyo firms expect slower 9.8% profit growth this year
        220 19 Non-manufacturing companies' growth seen rising 29% Bloomberg [TOKYOI Japanese companies expect their current profit to grow an average 9.8 per cent in the year to March 1998,4.1 percentage points less than the year just ended, according to Bloomberg earnings analyses. The
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        Lock icon Keen interest in Ten Australia stake
        231 19 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] The forced reduction of Can West Global Communications Corp's stake in the Ten Group Australian television network has generated strong interest from more than a dozen potential investors. Can West chairman and chief executive Izzy Asper said yesterday that while existing Ten
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        62 19 [BOMBAY] Depositors in the CRB Group, a financial services conglomerate, demanding a refund on their deposits outside the Reserve Bank of India in Bombay on Friday. The CRB group suddenly closed shop on May 15 leaving debts of US$l7l million (*****.5 million) and assests of less
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        Lock icon Bulk of award in Dow Jones libel case dropped
        291 20 Judge throws out USs2oom of record liymngAg pgainat Wall Street Jonrnal Reuter [NEW YORK] A US district court judge in Texas on Friday threw out the bulk of a record U*****.7 million (*****.5 million) libel award against Dow Jones Co, the
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        Lock icon EMI seen posting £380m pre-tax profit
        390 20 Excellent sales of Spice Girls' debut album help Bloomberg [LONDON] EMI Group pic, a British music company, is expected to post annual pre-tax profit of £380 million (S$BBS.4 million), buoyed by the continued success of the Spice Girls and by its strong music publishing
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        Lock icon Sega, Bandai postpone results
        162 20 Bloomberg [TOKYO! Sega Enterprises Ltd and Bandai Co said they will postpone reporting earnings until they sign a merger agreement on Wednesday. The companies said the delay will not affect their plans to merge on Oct l. Sega, maker of the Saturn video game machine, announced
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        30 20 [NEW YORK] Westing house Electric Corp last Friday said that Peter Lund, who is president of the CBS television and cable group, has resigned. REUTER
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        Lock icon Pepsi shuts down bottling venture in South Africa
        264 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] PepsiCo Inc said its franchise bottler in South Africa, New Age Beverages, has halted its operations, capitulating to Coca-Cola Co's overwhelming lead in that country's soft-drink market. PepsiCo said the three-year old joint venture filed for voluntary liquidation in
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        Lock icon Unocal restates Q3, full year earnings per share
        179 20 Bloomberg [EL SEGUNDO, California) Unocal Corp restated its pershare earnings for the third quarter and full-year 1996 to reflect a reduction related to an exchange of the company's convertible securities. The restatement doesn't change previously reported 1996 net earnings, cash flows or
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Lock icon Tokyo stocks' surge may have wounded Tiger fund
        425 21 Its Jagnar hedge fond sold heavily through end-April before the market's 4% rise FT (LONDON] Tiger, thought to be the world's second-largest hedge fund with about US$9 billion (Ssl3 billion) in investment assets, may have suffered severe damage from the recent surge
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        Lock icon Big Aussie banks not seen as targets for foreign bids
        292 21 Reuter [SYDNEY] Australia's "big four" banks are unlikely to be taken over by foreign banks in the medium term, the recently appointed chairman of Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) said. "There is no certainty, whatever is being said at
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        76 21 [ABU DHABI] Pakistan's President Farooq Ahmed Leghari (right) is greeted upon his arrival in Abu Dhabi on Saturday by United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Mr Leghari, who is accompanied by ministers for the interior, oil and trade and
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        461 21 British court awards £2Jhn order against sentenced tycoon Reuter [LONDON] Victims of the biggest banking fraud in history won a symbolic victory in a British court on Friday but the six-year battle to claw back their losses is far from over. The liquidators of Bank
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        Lock icon Japan's bank recovery faces hurdles
        529 21 Provisoes eat heavily into recurring profits and' Big Bang 9 will increase competition FT (TOKYO) Japan's 10 largest commercial banks scrambled to tackle their bad debt mountain again last year, ahead of the government's plans to deregulate the financial sector through its proposed "Big Bang"
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        Lock icon IEA urges govts to maintain emergency oil supplies
        413 21 Reuter (PARIS] Industrialised oil consuming nations expressed "serious concern" about the security of their oil supplies on Friday and urged governments to hold on to the cushion of spare stocks needed to guard against crisis. The International Energy Agency of 24 mainly
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        553 22  -  SIM rift Weeklyßoundup Speculators attack a currency only when they think there is justification fly Callum Henderson [SINGAPORE] Less than a year ago, commentators were predicting the death of the foreign exchange market as volumes slumped and European Union politicians confidently forecast an untroubled birth for
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        Lock icon Halt in Russian exports pushes platinum, palladium to 7-year highs
        868 22 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON) A freeze on Russia's precious metals exports, in force since the start of this year, pushed the prices of platinum and palladium to a high last week. Russia is reorganising its exports system and has insisted
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1684 22 S1C0M FUTUHES May 23 IWI UMwh HI 1 CONTRACTS carts/kg) CIom Vokma Opan Mwtt W|h Low Satt (ten) teterest Jmff 161.00 550 Mft 142.00 ***** ***** 50 1995 tefW ***** 2020 »9t 163.00 2020 fttctt ***** 164.00 164.50 300 3900 JwAtar II 165.50 7275 Apr*J»98 166.50 8025 8SS
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      4093 23 Nat aarn EPS MHC Mar 12 I 0.210 0.5901 0.43 dm* TV LY TV LY M CrodR Mar 13 P 50.672 44.272 13.7 t23 tiirairii mm (t«R) (tm) (ct«) (ct») Mayfran Apr! F 0.442 0330 Oil 138 "—rr Magnum Corp* Mar 12 P 283.822 240.533 19.0
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    • SINGAPORE WEEKLY MARKET OUTLOOK
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        101 23 SES Singapore stocks moved sideways in a holiday shortened trading week. News of changes in the roles of HDB housing ownership affected the local property counters. The squeeze on property counters brought the overall market lower. However, Node (non-oil domestic exports) rebounded sharply in April which boosted the
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        114 23 Outlook Creative Technology has outperformed the STII by 80 per cent since the beginning of the year. Creative Technology is to reacquire market share in the sound chip arena. According to reports, the company's second quarter net profit was predicted to be U5523.9 million on strong performance by
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        Lock icon EXPLANATION OF TERMS
        265 23 Source: Analysed by Johan Tellvik, a director of Bridge Int'l Broking E-mail: jtellvik@bridge.com 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
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        119 23 Outlook Hotel Properties is one of the best managed hotel operators in the region and it posted impressive 50 per cent 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 the
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        Lock icon Investors turn bullish on HK's return to China
        237 24 HONGKONG Bloomberg, AFP HONGKONG'S Hang Seng Index enjoyed another record week, with prospects still bright despite the attractions of profit-taking, analysts said on Friday. "We are looking at more of the same," said Howard Gorges of the South China brokerage. Mr Gorges
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        ASIAN MARKETS Roundup
        901 24 Q Sydney THE Australian market would be looking to Wall Street for direction over the coming week, brokers said on Friday, warning that a correction in the United States could smother its record-breaking rally. The Australian Stock Exchange's benchmark All Ordinaries Index finished at a record close
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        Lock icon Wall St celebrates Fed's decision to hold rates
        409 24 NEW YORK Move seen to mean economy will expand without stirring inflation AFP THE stock market soared and the bond market faded last week in the wake of Tuesday's decision by the US Federal Reserve to leave interest rates unchanged. The Dow
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        WORLD STOCK MARKETS
        1657 24 CI Paris -0-8% FRENCH stocks are poised to fall amid concern a worse-than-expected showing by the country's ruling centre-right majority in yesterday's legislative elections could trigger a sell-off by foreign investors. On Friday, the benchmark CAC-40 Index rose 21.25 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 2,762.90. For
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        Lock icon Footsie pauses to digest record-breaking month
        293 24 LONDON AFP THE London stock market marked time last week after a month that saw a series of records broken. The Footsie-100 Index ended down on Friday at 4,661.8 points from 4,693.9 the previous week, for a fall of 0.68 per cent. After the
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        Lock icon Expectations of BOJ rate hike may weigh on Nikkei
        390 24 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices are likely to be pressured by interest rate rise speculation in the coming week despite some buying of selected international blue chips, brokers said on Friday. "Now that a 0.50 per cent federal fund rate hike
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        Lock icon KL stocks seen extending last week's rally
        540 25 AFP M Composite Index +3&29 THE Malaysian stock market is expected to improve in the week ahead despite some profit taking after a 3.5 per cent rally in the week to Friday, analysts said. "Last week's recovery has restored players' confidence. Turnover will
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        8354 25 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 1997 Last Vat Week Nat Cap High Law Company Sal* OOO High Lao P/E SmM 790 560 Ajinomoto 605 15 9 605 580 33.5 245.2 448 293 Angkasa 324 16 179 328 306 9.6 477.7 905 610 Apollo Food Hlg 720 55 85 725 650 288.0 428
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        Wise for YTL shareholders to keep an eye on the warrant
        192 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By. R Sivanithy WITH only three months left to expiry, Malaysian energy provider YTL Corp's warrant has started to slip into a discount, a perfect illustration of how such an instrument should behave. As this discount starts
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      2365 26 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr Gr 1997 Last Vol «Nt Lot Quof Mi Ml VN M M Cap HHk Law Stno Company SjM C000) Htgh Lw Buyer Se«er Cot P/l Sail 478 298 m$ 5000 AISBSOc 340 »24 465 344 304 340 342 SO 4.9 0.4 69.5 348.8 137 903
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        1462 27 TURNOVER COOO) VALUC 000) HUM CIO T** mn Ctefc T»««l Industrial 184,379 73.4S0 *****9 400,952 144,470 545,430 rmwxt 25.992 67,792 93.784 255,533 136.949 392,481 Mortis 2,620 9,635 12,255 7,329 18,277 25,606 Prop«rtl*s 22,627 39.411 62.038 138.137 47,490 185,627 Plantation 6.356 6.356 33.340 33.340 Miranq 2.047 2.047 5.771 5.771 8LW 17,839
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        5564 27 Week Ended JVfay 231 Gr Gr M Wt 1997 Last Vol Week Last Ouota Dtv Olv YW N.t Cap Avg High Low StNo Company Solo COOO) High Low Buyer S«ll«r H CWr P/C Smll Price INDUSTRIALS 5146 ASE NTSlO 200 US- 885 885 1275 ASF US$0.***** US885 335
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        1273 27 Cr Or M Wt 1997 Last Vol iHt Last Oust* Dtv Otv VM N.t Cap Avq Mlqh Law StNo Company Salt COOO) Law Buyar Sallar C'vr P/E $m* Prlca SESDAO 186 99 5 a 2000 ABR HidQS 5c 103 cd -2 178 108 99 5 102 103 3.0 6.0
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        76 28  -  1* Ven Sreenivasan CLOB- TRADED Golden Plus Holdings is currently deep into overbought territory on the daily RSI chart and momentum indicators suggest that there is strong upside resistance at current levels. However, the technicals suggest that if the counter is able to keep its head above the
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        426 28 SOURCE: Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Research Stocks Volume Tye Soon 10c 51,614,000 HK Land US$0.10 34,111,000 •MBf Capital 32,552,000 •MBf Hldgs 50c 20,568,000 •Renong Bhd 50c 16,247,000 •Renong WtOO 14,854,000 Aztech 5c 14,644,000 •Multi-P Wt98 14,089,000 •CASH 50c 13,228,000 SingTel 15c 11,845,000 Stocks HK Land US$0.10 91,376,306 *M8f Capital 89,978,810 OCBC
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        Return of syndicates boosts investor sentiment
        708 28  -  THI! WEEK A ITT! AH With foreign funds likely to be sidelined, the syndicates are all the market has going for it By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE) Sizing up just where the local market will head is always a difficult business, one that requires consideration
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      404 18 SINGAMAS SING AM AS CONTAINER HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability) EXPIRY OF 1997 WARRANTS The board of directors of Singamas Container Holdings Limited (the "Company") would like to remind holders of the 1997 warrants carrying the rights to subscribe in cash for new shares of HKSO.IO
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      203 28 ADI BOCA CIPTA PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding Up) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act. Cap 50 that the Final General Meeting of the Members of the abovenameil Company will be held at No. 87 Beach Road. #02-03 Chye
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      530 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 ANO IN THE MATTER OF YUAN FENG IMPORT A EXPORT PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306 (2) of the Companies Act, Cap 50 that the Final Meeting of Members of the abovenamed company
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      264 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 ANO GRANGEWAY TRADING PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held at 87 Club Straal Singapore *****5 on Ihe 20th day of May 1997 the following Special Resolutions were duly passed
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      307 28 SINGAPORE BUSINESS Giving you the winning edge IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MASTER PLATES (S) PTE LTD ON MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Extract of the Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of Master Plates (S) Pte Ltd held at
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      579 28 SAN TEH LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at San Teh Industrial Building, 100 Eunos Avenue 7, Singapore *****2 on 25 June 1997 at 2.30 pm for the purpose
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      277 29 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young WITHOUT the excuse of holidays for a change, there has been an increase of activity throughout the market, including demolition, and a significant number of sales have been reported in many different sectors of the market. Demolition has been very active, mainly in
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      284 29 Mhhhhhhmhi Wgn it <m CWT Dtatrfeution U4 -0.02 3 Chuan Hup 107 -0.04 296 Cosco Invaftmant L26 -0.01 26 FraMM LMu 0.4S -0.02 428 MrfoMhl* 0.78 uncti 27 Mat Sun Hup LOO uncti 436 H*acM2aaan ___0.71 uncti 207 IMC HoMngs HK5.60 Jaya Ho4dinqs 1.00 unch 2 Juranq Shipyard
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      Evergreen plans to expand global operations
      475 29  -  Taiwanese line to set up 4 transhipment centres in Kaohsiung, Vang Tan, Gioia Tanro and Panama Reports by Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Taiwanese shipping giant Evergreen Marine plans to strengthen its global network through four transhipment centres serving its expanding fleet and helping to reduce
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      Inter-Asian trades boost Uniglory's growth
      245 29 [SINGAPORE] Continued growth on inter-Asian trades is sustaining growth for Uniglory Marine Corp of Taiwan. In a recent statement, Uniglory said such growth "indicates that this positive trend will be sustained in 1997". It added that the handover of its Far East-South AfricaSouth America service
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      264 29 Italy's Fincantieri completes USs4oom cruise ship for P&0 Reuter [MONFALCONE, Italy] The world's largest passenger ship, the Grand Princess, was launched last week at state shipbuilder Fincantieri's Monfalcone shipyard in northeast Italy. Alison Ratcliffe, wife of the P&O Group's Princess Cruises Ltd chairman Peter Ratcliffe,
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      Turkey yard sets its sights on being a member of VLCC league
      742 29  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes PREPARING a vessel for major conversion work usually involves a certain amount of cleaning and preparation work, especially if the vessel has been out of service for some time. Cleaning out two-and-a-half tonnes of
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      STSE's Benoi yard building syncrolift
      312 29  -  $40mplan to redevelop and upgrade yard By] Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Specialist shipyard ST Shipbuilding and Engineering (STSE) is building a 6,000-tonne lifting syncrolift as part of a $40-million redevelopment and upgrading plan for its Benoi yard. The syncrolift, which can accommodate vessels of up to
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      37 29 [TOKYO] Japanese sailing boat Kanrin-maru (foreground) leading the sailboat parade in Tokyo Bay to attract people during the 50th Tokyo Port Festival yesterday. About 150 sailboats and motor boats took part in the parade. AFP
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      Croatia's shipbuilders get big boost from Russian order
      426 29 Industry, on the brink of collapse in 1993, now has 40 ships on order [ZAGREB] An order for 10 Russian tankers has brought the order book of Croatia's flagship shipbuilding industry to a bulging US$l billion (551.44 billion) for the next three
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      824 30  -  CRUISE SHIP INDUSTRY: ENTER A NEW PLAYER The world's latest cruise ship, Disney Magic, the first of two built for US entertainment giant Disney, goes into service next March and demand for the first trip is so high that a lottery is being held
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      381 30 PAGE EuroHansa 6 A& 13 Ev«-gre«*i 6 ANL 3 FLBright 7 Able 4 Famous 7 Accord 8 Farwide t3 Appenship 5 F °0^ Sun 8 Astro 3 Fro(l M Austral 9 Frt Links 13 Avant 6 13 Btang Mas 8 CLink 4 BSA
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      15317 38 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vassal Voyaga Talaphona ETA ETA Advartlsar VWMl Voyaga Talaphona cim Datt'n uim* Nama Numbar Numbar SIN Dast'n Nam* Nam* Numbar Numbar 29/05 2V0* OSEN NEW YORK SENATOR WF725 *5-8348* A «/M 22/04 Hanjin H. YOKOHAMA 084W 65 *****24 JO/05 19/06 MISC MS. ELBE
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        637 45 V*sm< Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jurwig Part Arttis Pride PwtOOl JIS alongside 27.05/0800 Aseanvictofy 5 J 09 jtonqside 27.05/2300 Bangkhonthi 42 J11 alongside 26.05/0600 Bt Afrizal *****7 J01 alongside 26.05/0600 Bt Sejati *****7 J01 alongside 26.05/0600 Dorianne 1 J17 alongside 25.05/0300 F St Laurent 1/5/97 J17 alongside
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        1794 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklng/Bolonco Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From «OOI 704* 28/1900 24/0700 26/1159 21/1400 4 26/1200 26/W59 26/1700 AoJa4* 344A 27/0500 3 26/0700 26/1159 24/1400 4 26/1200 26/1459 26/1700 *u\awiMtf ~0240 27A2M 21 15/1700 26/0659 24/0*00 1 26/0700
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        186 45 Ma y 28 United Kingdom: Spring Holiday. United States: Memorial Day. May 31 Brunei: Royal Brunei Malay Regiment Anniversary. Jan 2 New Zealand: Queen's Birthday. Jan 5 Denmark: Constitutional Day. Jon 7 Malaysia Birthday of SPB Yang Di-Pertuan Agong. Jan 0 Australia: Queen's Birthday. Hong Kong: Tuen Ng
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        815 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 averagesized stem Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        420 45 180 Mu 9910 0.8 16.0 0.11 61 0.04 Otwlty Wetar twH- Art AhHtnlw Umrn* No atow £25 0 0 2 1 0 0 JT5T 300 Aw 986.4 0.4 12.4 0.07 32 0.02 Cnn 380 Mai 9914 tl *6.7 0.13 82 0.07 "SH mrnit He above 635
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        302 46 It aims to resume full service in repaired Channel Tunnel passage on June 15 Bloomberg [LONDON] Eurotunnel, which has received regulatory approval to resume heavygoods freight service in the Channel Tunnel, said it will start trial runs in the next few days in
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        Lock icon MAS among 4 bidders left in race for Sun Air
        171 46 AFP [JOHANNESBURG] Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Virgin Atlantic Airways of Britain are among four bidders left in the race for South Africa's domestic Sun Air, the Transport Department said on Friday. Four of the original eight interested parties, including Air
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        Lock icon Frankfurt firm seeks German airport alliance
        155 46 Reuter [FRANKFURT] Flughafen Frankfurt Main AG (FAG) said it was seeking to set up and lead a German airports alliance. Such an alliance could lead to the formation of a "Deutsche Flughaefen AG" which could part-own or operate several major German airports in competition
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        Lock icon Mercedes expects to boost output for M-class vehicle
        237 46 Bloomberg [TUSCALOOSA, Alabama] Daimler-Benz AG's MercedesBenz assembly plant in Alabama expects to boost production to meet demand for the new M-class sport utility vehicle, company officials said. The German automaker's first sport utility vehicle will be introduced in the US and Canada
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        Lock icon Cathay B747 airliner delayed due to fuel leak
        493 46 Problem comes on top of grounded Airbus fleet and work-to-rule by its pilots AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong's Cathay Pacific airline, already troubled by a work-to-rule by pilots and an Airbus fleet grounded with mechanical problems, hit more trouble yesterday with a fuel leak
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        Lock icon Thai Airways orders nine Airbus aircraft
        130 46 AFP [TOULOUSE] Thai Airways International has signed a contract to buy nine twin-en-gined big-capacity airliners from Airbus Industrie. The airline had ordered four A 330-300 with 261 seats and five A3OO-600R aircraft with 317 seats, equipped with engines made by Pratt and Whitney. The
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        Lock icon Japan's Honda restarts Accord exports to US
        156 46 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd has resumed exporting its Accord model to the United States for the first time in two years to meet firm demand, company officials said on Friday. The carmaker plans to export about 20,000 units produced at
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          Abacus CRS now available in Pakistan
          68 46 [SINGAPORE j Abacus Distribution Systems said its computerised reservation system will be available to travel agencies in Pakistan following the successful cutover of a group of pilot travel agencies. Travel agencies will be provided with Abacus' workstation Abacus Whiz, allowing agents to make reservations
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          Lock icon Daewoo needs more time to fulfill pledge
          83 46 AFX-Asla [SEOUL] Daewoo Motor Co said it will take more time to fulfill its pledge to ensure that 60 per cent of auto parts for Daewoo cars made in Romania were locally produced. "We're trying very hard to localise auto parts production as
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          Lock icon Orders for Booster more than doable
          75 46 Bloomberg [STUTTGART, Germany] Porsche AG said new orders in Germany for its two-seat Boxster more than doubled from the previous year's level with customers still having to wait up to a year for a new car. The company said new orders in Germany, its
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        1685 46 CITY FlIGHT ETA FU6HT ETD Adelaide SQ230 1830 S0229 2220 Hatelrtl AY97 1335 AY90 2135 krnmm RJ188 1325 mttUrnt S09TT IMS SOm 000 Amsterdam KL843 0455 GA896 0030 Ho CM Mb* VH741 1310 VM742 0905 S0343 0745 KL838 2300 ***** 1420 S0172 0930 K1837 1455 S0328
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        FedEx develops Apec tariff database source
        220 46 [MONTREAL] Federal Express has developed a new In-ternet-based customs and trade database desiged to expedite global commerce. The database was developed by FedEx at the request of the US Department of Commerce and, when available, will be the only consolidated tariff and customs-related information
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      1253 30 j NORTH AMERICA I EXPORT I I OTHER DESTINATIONS I DIRECT TO WEST COAST II WEBT COAST Of CENTRAL AMERICA (MARGARITA SERVICE) vtssa vot I ETA SM letd SMI u OAK I VCR sal DAL I HOU lOK I NY I MEXICO arr «ssa I vot I s* n.oumAi| acjuutu
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      956 30 Unes services representee Memb f <* the Registry of vISPv Accredrted ShW"9 Agents, S pore National Shipping Asso Members of the Singapore Freight Forwarders' Association. Jjtblormatic AMAtiiiiiii THE ECOLOGICAL HUMiOltv ABSORBER No problem! The Solution is The Absormatic drying pole. By attaching W*" f* m the one time use disposable
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      1097 31 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE [vtssa vot m ktm ham rv sou taT] [vessel vor rtm »u« mv sou um m m~] THAMfS 5217 29/05 19/0* 17/* MMS 2197 04/05 04/05 09/95 10/05 27/05 MOSU 1117 JO/OS 15/0* 17/0* 20/0* 21/0* DA»UK 41*7 10/05 07/05 01/05 20/05 ELK 3217 31/05 20/0*
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      2710 31 HANJIN SHIPPING USA CANADA* [UNE HAUL/VOY MM P**"" SM TO TIW I TOf CH lOn DPI Pit >WI MBR IPS KYC OB YVR YY7 YU. TTC YH» KKguwGotg a/os lyoT" u/m 21/0* m/o* 22/0* n/ot 24/0* 21/0* 24/0* 2s/o* 24/o* u/ot 27/0* ?s/o* 71/0* 7s/06~ ts/o* m/o* a/ot h. Tokyo
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      1605 32 <C DSR-SENA TOR All Round the World Container Services TO UK/CONTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT VESSU [*OY I SIN RTM IWV I HAM |FU AJTT I LMA VESSEL IvOT IHA HTM IIBV IhAM HI 1 MIT SI KW YORK SENATOR WF72S 155" »Q» 21 M 22 K 23 H 2106 21M CMOT
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      1080 32 NORASIA WEEKLY SAILING TO RUSSIA, ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUNIA VIA RIGA PLS CALL US FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT: PATRICIA/ CALVIN/ WILSON smoapom NSA SHIPPING PTE LTD I ALSO ACCEPTING LCI TO: TIL: *****83 FAX: *****90 C* MO. **********0 C VEfMCE/TOEfTE/ANCONA/ALEXANDRIA/POffT THAI-AMD PB AGENCIES CO LTD TEL. M 2-*****88 SA»/mAEUS/NALTA/BAACELONA«VALENCIA —iniMIIA PT
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      401 32 CONVENTIONAL INDONESIA SERVICE VESSEL ETA ETO DESTINATION SAM WALIE 28A)S 23/05 JAKARTA SEMARANG CHAHAYA VICTORY 29/05 30/05 BAIIKPAPAN SEMARANG CHAHAYA SEJATI 02/06 03/06 SURABAYA. JAKARTA SEA SHINE 04/06 06/06 JAKARTA SEMARANG FULL CONTAINER SERVICE SINGAPORE TO JAKARTA VESSEL VOY S PORE LOADING PORT TOMARI 035SJ 27/05 JAKARTA (berthing at W1)
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      1517 33 VESSEL VOY SIN POU PKG PEN JKT BA T BIK IRAN VAHOAT PJL-1237 25/05/97 23/05/97 22/05/97 04/06/97 02/06/97 IRAN YAMIN PJL-1226 10/05/97 20/05/97 IRAN MOeiN PJL- 1240 03/06/97 06/06/97 18/06/97 16/06/97 ACCEPTING FULL CONTAINER SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN CIS COUNTRIES I.E. A2ARBAUAN, ARMENIA, KAZAKHSTAN, UZBEKISTAN. TURKMENISTAN, KIRGISTAN, TAOZHIKISTAN
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      1828 33 PORT SUEZ VUIUIMSSOL WEEKLY SAILING I SINGAPORE'S GCNERAL AGENTS: 6 SHENTON WAY TIL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (B/L) *****02 JOHORE OFFICE; I COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #17-08 DISBLDG SALES/BKGS *****41/43 INWARD DEPT <D/ 0) *****8S COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD |CR NO: **********011 TOWER TWO (*****9) CONVENTIONAI *****50/55 T/SHPMT
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      420 33 /7JLIPERKAPALAN DAI ZHUN > TONG JOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C m REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 KUCMIMG-FASTiST TRAMsir/ MUARAFRIORITY BERTH NO CHI MINN-DEDICATED GISOON 971 M 29/05 GUOO 9752 2S/05 GWOCK 9709 27/05 GIGI 9747 30/05 GiGi 9747 30/05 GIHUAT A 5227
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      1396 34 EURQPEAJK/SCAMDtNAVIA/FINtAND/BUSSIA riGPI ROM ANW HBG THP ZEE LHV LHV TMP ROM ANW HBG PKI SGP E ROYAL RW-031 31/05 20/W 2VD6 21/06 23/OC 24AM 2S/W E. GIFTED RE-OW 29/04 01/06 N/04 02"05 03A16 27/06 E. REFINE RW-011 07/06 27/06 02/07 20/06 30AM 01/07 82,1)7 E. GROUP RE-OS 3 06AM OtAM
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      1252 34 I EXPORT VESSEL VOTAGI SGf DM JIA AM DMN IAM KWT lAI VCSSCL VOTAM DM JBA AW DMN lAN SGf UN! (MOW *****1W 21/05 01/04 08/06 01/04 10/0* 11/D4 MA* 17/04 URICIO** 0454 0406 11/05 11/05 11/05 70/05 21/05 07/04 t um onward 045M7i* 05/04 is/u is/ot ii/u 17/04 11/04
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      492 34 NANTAI LINE 1 FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA VESSEI VOT SIX IKU I PU» ffT~ WAMIAJ rtIWQ 01SS 06/ M 20/0* 2S/M mmjm m u/ot jt/n M/ot os/o? MOftf 01SS WM 07/07 110/ It/07 HAMTAIPRINCESS 01SS 05/07 lt/07 24/07 NAXTAIQUEEX 021S 14/07 23/07 27/07 01/01 NAMTAI PWMfI OltS
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      677 35 BSfl jl mm MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR UNE (MyaiMW Notional Lino) v Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) VESSEL VOY UN PKG PIN PGU PINYA 144W SLD PAGAN 144W M PT MALAYSIA AGCNTS: MXISTCAD SUPPING AGfMGIS KUL HI 07-03-*****00 Ptt: Til 02-05-374*101 Pflfc ni 02-04-*****02 PGO: m 02-07-*****21/4 BANK LINE s rv
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      1203 35 A HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO, LIP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 [VESSEL I VOT pn UN I tTM I ANT I HAM I ORE I m HYCOMMOOOUE 306 01/04 10/04 11,06 21/04 21/04 21/04 24/04 HY ADMIRAL 30 7W 15/04 02/07 03/07 05/07 05/07 04/07 00/07 HY HIGHNESS 30SW 22/04
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      620 35 rig FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES llBnw 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 y HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) BARCELONA/SPAIN 30/05 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 31/05 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 30/05 HAMBURG/BREMEN 30/05 GENOA/ITALY 28/05 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 30/05 GOTHENBURG/SCAN 29/05 ROTTERDAM 30/05 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 29/05 FELIXSTOWE/UK 01/06 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 30/05 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 29/05 NEW YORK/EC 30/05 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 28/05 VANCOUVER 30/05 BRISBANE
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      1191 36 1 BANGKOK PT KILAHO VESSEL VOY SIN BKK VESSEL VOY SIN PKL ORA BHUM 06N Mon In Pt Tbu 29/05 BUNOA SEROJA 711» Tue 27/06 Wed 2a/05 LI LA BHUM 02N Tue 27/05 Sat 31/05 GURU BHUM 7751 Wed 28/05 Fri 30/05 MATHU BHUM" 332N Wed 28/05 Sat 31/05 BUNOA
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      770 36 PUL INTERNATIONAL LINE PUI^NTERNATIONAL My Wrid liMiri fiadv into DHo t Rm4 Day Mh >»■■■ to prnn Mmm> I Mp|im fcup<to| KK CafitOry/IMM u d faMta m Mm. JAKARTA (tfTC 1) 4SI6S/WK SIN MAOtSX NAKA 9777 IM PT IMON I 30/0} I Htl 02/06 I HtinwMft pg hr/Miru ir/ti S
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      768 36 A ACCORD A SHIPPING PTE LTD IB.: *****56 (40 lin«s) FAX: *****46 Km UAHG (93) Wl9Ol JV vl oiucr access m: *****57 (export booking) mm cudamc ion ui 1177 *****87 (EXPORT DOC), *****64 (IMPORT) rfMAMG (04) UJ 1449 URL:HTTPV/WWW.ACCORD.COM.SG IUAtTA (Jl) 049 97/9 PORT ITA SIN PORT ETA SIN PORT
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      449 37 Weekly LCI FCL rODICaI Services to Caribbean R hipping A Central America API CHINA APLSNGAPOtt 018 OUE Port Country 28/05 04/06 Belize City Bdin 01/07 08/07 Bridgetown Barbados 04/07 11/07 Cartagena Colombia 03/07 10/07 Castries St. Lucia 03/07 10/07 Fort de France Martinique 04/07 11/07 Freeport Bahamas 29/06 06/07 Kingston
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      893 37 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD --Tr*r"r Jgj 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PlLBuilding, Singapore *****0. CR NO: **********0E fri e ['i'l I pi I: a m inn kajhLT ham* M/i I ii/A 3/7 s/7 ii>; I Ufl I 35 W«. ft I W ffi. B. 18. ffi, wI j I mm
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      31 37 /'NORBULI^ I P/' NORBOLK CARGO SERVICES LTD I REGULAR CONVENTIONAL |MOWUUMKOO IS/06 20/0* RM/AMS/AMT/W I|^^^^^sw«s^LOAoSGro^^^^^ iNORMJt BONY 10/06 COIOMO/KB) SEA PORT ALSO LOADS SABAHfIARAWAMMOO PORTS I Mmmmi SAM> n/mum I WHIP
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      601 47  -  Faced with a bombardment of new technology and more demanding customers, Asian banks are forced to rethink their strategies for the future By Shiv Taneja 1 It is perhaps the sign of the times that as the decade and in this case, the millenium
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      1238 48 As president of DBS Bank, 52-year-old Ng Kee Choe has to harness the efforts of an organisation that is represented in 13 countries, employs over 3,soopeople and has assets of over 5555.7 billion. In an interview with Shiv Taneja earlier this month, Mr Ng talked
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      1390 49  -  THE FUTURE: A LOCAL FOCUS Rising competition and r-hamrintf i technology will force banks here to rethink their strategies ftu Paul Maddox The writer is a partner of Coopers Ly brand Consultants Pte Ltd 'AS SINGAPORE banks prepare to launch themselves into the next millennium,
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      1156 50  -  THE FUTURE OF BANKING: AN ASIAN PERSPECTIVE The slowdown in export growth and a misallocation of credit point to more difficult times ahead By, John Doyle The writer is the banking analyst and associate director of research at ÜBS Securities SEVERAL unhealthy trends
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      1287 52  -  THE ECONOMICS OF BANKING IN ASIA Hiey risk being the losers if they don't solve problems like protectionism and weak regulatory structure By' Vikram Khanna The writer is BT's regional economics editor. ASIA needs a stronger and more dynamic financial infrastructure. This was the assessment
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      1335 53  -  MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS <£ There is more to a J; merger than just a handshake and a on an agreement By, Allen K Merrill The writer is managing director of financial institutions group A T Kearney Singapore BANKS undertake mergers to deliver increased shareholder value,
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      1102 54  -  INSIGHT: THAILAND There is need for stricter enforcement and the maintenance of a high level of financial provisioning By) Harish Mehta The writer is BT's Indochina correspondent At an Irish pub in Bangkok called Delaney's, where young Thai businessmen, bankers and assorted MBAs gather nightly,
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      732 54  -  M INSIGHT: CHINA With 29% bad loans, they are inefficient and unprofitable By] Louise do Rosario The writer is a Hongkong-based journalist who contributes to BT. China's economy has undergone a sea change since reform started in 1979 but one important industry remains little
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      1471 56  -  INSIGHT: JAPAN A more modern, efficient and safer financial system is set to emerge from the ashes of the current crisis that has gripped the Japanese banking industry By. Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent The curtain is rising on what one Bank of
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      955 58  -  MALAYSIA M'si&n banks are reluctant .to merge despite calls by the central bank to do so and falling prices of their stock :i*y Eddie Toh The writer is BT's Kuala Lumpur correspondent the good earnings outlook, the 37 banking groups in Malaysia
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      857 58  -  INDONESIA Competition is forcing Indonesia's banks to pool resources to remain profitable By! S N Vasuki The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent INDONESIA'S private banks, buffetted by increased competition and higher capital requirements are on the throes a major shake-out. The industry has already witnessed
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      1095 60  -  AUSTRALIA Recommendations in a recent report will give Australians more than a bone to pick with their financial institutions Hy Russell Baker The writer is based in Sydney and regularly contributes to BT AUSTRALIANS love to hate their banks and the recent Wallis Report
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      857 61  -  VENTURE CAPITAL They are harnessing growth trends in Asia; a trade publication noted recent S'pore VC-backed IPOs have far exceeded those in HE By] Mark T Geh The writer is executive director of Rothschild Ventures Asia Pte Ltd FUELLED by the 557.4 billion pool of
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      694 61  -  COMMODITIES AND TRADE FINANCE Contrasting countries and market situations demand innovative strategies By] Philippe Fournier The writer is general manager, Asia, commodity and trade at Societe Generate Bank, Singapore THE globalisation of trade has forced the world of finance to adapt itself to new
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      1264 62  -  ASIAN BOND MARKET Of the total portfolio flows, debt issuance has dominated equity flow, nowhere more so than in Asia-Pac By i Chi Lo The writer is regional economist, Asia-Pacific Economics, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (Asia) PORTFOLIO flows to developing countries jumped by an estimated 66
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      1267 64  -  PRIVATE BANKING Growing affluence in Asia opens np a whole new range of services that banks can offer their customers ft/: Reto Callegari The writer is head ofAsia-Pacific private banking at Credit Suisse BY THE turn of the century, it is likely that more wealth
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      1129 67  - There's a kind of hush but not for long ACCOUNTING International pressures are forcing local hanks to be more transparent in their faawwai disclosures By\ David Mason The writer is a CPA. The views expressed in this article are his and are necessarily shared by his firm INVESTORS Have long
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      1301 68  -  DERIVATIVES Derivatives are making a big Comeback in Asia as :eerporates view the financial products as an alternative risk management tool fty Lim Hock Kheng The writer is an executive director of a major international banking consultancy firm. NATIONAL boundaries have become less relevant
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      1201 69  -  FUND MANAGEMENT There is still room for improvement in STpore's ever-growing fond management sector By' Tan Keng Hook The writer is director of Schroder Investment Management Singapore THAT the Singapore fund management industry has grown following the catalyst measures announced in September 1994 is seen in
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      895 69  -  By. Peter Douglas The writer is director of Abtrust Fund Managers Singapore USED properly, unit trusts can be safer than cash. Like any powerful tool, unit trusts can be misused, and, while one of the safer forms of investment tool, they can damage your financial
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      1086 70  -  BOND FUNDS Bond funds are little-known unit trusts that offer individuals an alternative avenue to invest their money Phoon Chiong Tuck The writer is director of fixed income at Prudential Portfolio Managers, Singapore. The opinions in this article reflect the personal views of the
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      719 70  -  CPFFUNDS James McCarthy The writer is general manager/chief investment officer at DBS Asset Management AFTER buying a home, our CPF funds probably represent our next best asset enhancement opportunity. Under the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS), members can invest part of their retirement funds in
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      923 71  -  FUND MANAGEMENT The region offers tremendous growth opportunities for fond managers seeking a challenge t*y\ Lee Yuit Chieng The writer is director of business development at Morgan Grenfell Investment Management (Asia) Ltd TODAY fund management is one of the most hyped sectors in the financial industry,
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      779 71  -  RISK MANAGEMENT By Andy C W Yang The writer is vice-president of risk management advisory at Bankers Trust Company. The contents of this article reflect the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Bankers Trust or
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      Lock icon Life's changing facets
      827 72  -  LIFE INSURANCE As the industry here matures, companies will be competing by means of new and better products and more sophisticated services t*y Tan Beng Lee Mr Tan Beng Lee is the chief executive officer of Great Eastern Life WHICH are the fastest changing industries in the
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      619 72 INSURANCE OMBUDSMAN BUREAU A free service to individual policyholders or sole proprietorship policyholders to settle claim disputes THE Insurance Ombudsman Bureau, set up by the insurance industry and officially launched in August 1987 by the Insurance Commissioner, serves the insuring public by acting as adviser, adjudicator,
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      920 73  -  INVESTMENT LINKED INSURANCE Insurance policies these days not only protect your future, they also provide attractive returns on investments By' Tan Suee Chieh The writer is chief executive officer of Prudential Assurance Co, Singapore FIVE years ago, investment-linked insurance policies were almost unheard of.
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      Lock icon Stretching your resources
      890 73 RETIREMENT PLANNING Retirement may not mean a step down in one's standard of living OVER the years there have been a number of issues raised concerning senior citizens. These would include better housing, welfare needs and more recently, financing. With the present interest rate of 2.5-3 per
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      939 74  -  MOTOR INSURANCE By\ Peter Yap The writer is chief executive officer of Overseas Union Insurance Ltd MOTOR insurance is the most common non-life insurance currently available. There are now about 650,000 vehicles on the road. Fifty insurance companies offer motor insurance in Singapore and
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      648 74 CRITICAL ILLNESS INSURANCE THE main objective of critical illness policies is to help the insured face and cope financially with one of life's greatest unpredictables terminal disease or illness. Cancer, stroke, heart diseases. These medical problems are increasingly common as Singaporeans become more affluent but
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      643 74 TRAVEL INSURANCE SINGAPOREANS are among the most well-travelled in the region. When school and public holidays are on, thousands of Singaporeans would venture beyond our shores to tourist destinations the world over. And with the rapid regionalisation and globalisation of home-grown companies, many more are travelling for business.
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      1125 75  -  HOUSING FINANCE As property prices surge, choosing a bank with the right financing plan becomes a top priority for the house-hnnter Hy Elsie Foh The writer is executive vice-president and head of retail banking at DBS Bank WITH better education, strong economic growth and rising affluence,
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      680 75 Last Hay's anti-speculation curbs have generated some positive effects HOUSING loans remain a main income earner of finance companies today. According Monetary Authority of Singapore data, the combined housing loan portfolio of finance companies registered a growth rate of 21.3 per cent year-on-year to $3.3 billion
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      1392 76  -  FINANCING OVERSEAS PROPERTY A look at the perils and pitfalls of applications for loans to boy foreign property By I Stephen R Evans The writer is managtjig director of Hill Samuel Bank AS A result of increased interest in buying overseas residential property, there is now
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      1378 77  -  TECHNOLOGY Electronic commerce is expected to grow threefold from USs7b between 1995 and the year 2000 in the Asia-Pacific region alone By. Donald Van Stone The writer is senior vice president at MasterCard International THE Internet and the microchip seem to be
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