The Business Times, 11 September 1997

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT A (P) 023/12/96 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1997
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  • 65 1 Dim IM4J3 (+24.75) BT-SRI 946.48 (-2.48) BTOOMP 1801.81 (-5.64) BTMGA ***** (-12.97) H MARKET MOOD; Mixed STOCK MAIKET INDICES Wednesday Change K1£K COMP -883.08 -25.67 NIKKKl I8.7W.77 +8.80 HANOSKXG 14,*****—-191.22 SCTIMDKX ***** -23.46 JAKARTA COMP —575.02 -2198 MANILA COMP —*****7 -16.09 TAIPKIWPI 9,***** +65.82 3WXI.COMP ***** +165 C1-SA
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  • 67 1 EXCHANGE RATES us* ss l«S 1.510 1.589 1400 DM 0562 0833 YEN IM #-838 1.266 MS #342 0.516 HKS 1.129 0195 BAirr 0.028—e.W2 ■HJP1AH 100 0034 0.052 PKIME KATES SINGAPORE* 144 KllALA LUMPUR 9* JAKARTA 18.00 BANGKOK US MANILA -12.50 HONGKONG A75 TAIPEI 900 SYDNEY JttKYO,. -110 !®Wi. >«•
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  • 733 1  -  Shares trailing below proposed rights price for 10 issues and it's touch-and-go for another 9 issues From Eddie Toh, Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur IT'S back to the drawing board for some 20 Malaysian listed companies which plan to raise over
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  • 418 1  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA may register a slower pace of growth in its gross domestic product next year compared to its projected growth of 8 per cent in 1997, said Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim last night.
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  • 520 1  -  Top bids by Far East 20% below Jnly offers for similar sites By Diana Oon [SINGAPORE) Caution was the order of the day yesterday as developers put in conservative bids for six parcels of land put up for tender by the
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  • 230 1  -  By R Sivanithy (SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Industrials Index (STII) yesterday stood out as the only regional benchmark to register a gain, rising for a seventh consecutive day when it added 24.75 points or 1.3 per cent to close at 1,944.63. The biggest
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 368 2  -  SINGAPORE TOURISM CONFERENCE Yields of gazetted hotels have stayed stable over past few years By, Ang Wan May HOTELIERS should start pooling information to improve occupancy and room rates, an industry task force led by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board said
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    • 288 2 Singapore Gold Circle scheme encourages intra-indnstry tie-ups SYNERGY between the private and public sectors in the tourism industry will be promoted through the Singapore Gold Circle (SGC) scheme to be launched next month. Organised by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB), the scheme
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    • 233 2 TOO few Singapore companies pay heed to succession planning. They should, so as to retain their best people and to avoid the cost of frequent staff and management changes, says consultants AT Kearney. The firm surveyed 25 Singapore companies, and found less
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    • 154 2 STANDARD Chartered Bank is launching a new renovation loan tomorrow which will treat the incomes of joint applicants individually in order to obtain a higher loan amount than the statutory maximum of $30,000. Currently, Stanchart, along with other banks, caps its renovation loans at six times
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    • 306 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Outlook By, Audrey Tan SINGAPORE will not be spared the capital flight from the region, but the good news is it stands out as the most resilient of Asean economies, says Vickers Ballas. "The weakening of the domestic property and construction sectors
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    • 485 3  -  Deal mate it 3rd biggKt supermarket operator in STpore By. Jenny Lam NEWCOMER Tops Supermarket is poised to -become the third biggest supermarket operator in Singapore through a takeover of eight sites now run by Oriental Supermarket and plans for more locations. Tops'
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    • 381 3  -  By' Toh Han Shih NORWEGIAN telecommunications firm Nera is launching a wireless network in Asean next year which it hopes will be bought by new Singapore telecoms bidders, a company official said here yesterday. City Link is a microwave radio network created
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    • 223 3 But issues need to be managed deticateiy: HR practitioner ATTRACTING foreign talent is a good competition strategy but the issues involved need to be managed delicately, says Lim-Ho Geok Choo, president of the Singapore Institute of Human Resource Management (SIHRM). "When it is perceived
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    • 335 3  -  By I Soh Tiang Keng DESPITE a difficult equity market climate in Asia, the first investment-linked funds introduced by the Insurance Corporation of Singapore (ICS) have posted growth ranging from 7.5 to 13.2 per cent in their first year. The return on the ICS
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    • 144 3 SINGAPORE Telecom Paging's Dataßoam subscribers will soon be able to use the service in Taiwan. This is a result of a memorandum of understanding signed between Sing Tel Paging and Taiwanese telecoms company EGA Mobile Data Consortium in Taipei yesterday. From next year, Dataßoam customers will
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
    • 624 4  -  Its two Newton projects will have a contemporary minimalist look Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] IN A tough market, developers are forced to come up with new and better ideas to market their properties. Main-board-listed Liang Court Holdings, for instance, has gone into niche developments and is
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    • 1090 4 Property transactions for districts 11 and 21 (sectors 28 to 30 and 58 to 59) lodged between Aug 11,1997and Sept 1997. PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE 8JLHNI PRICE PSF STREET NAME TYPE DATE LAND AREA* (SOFT) (SST>001 (SS) District tl Buckley Mm Apt" 21/03/97 Fh TV41 920 806
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    • 383 5  -  Projects make up 15% of SBS unit's total investments overseas From Abdul Hadhi in London WATERBANK Properties has projects totalling $173 million in London possibly making it the Singapore developer with the biggest residential property portfolio in the English capital. The London projects make up
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    • 459 5 Swire House revamp —little heat on rents Increased supply so tenants displaced by HK Land project will easily find space AFX-Asia [HONGKONG) Office tenants displaced by the redevelopment of Swire House will easily be absorbed by increased supply in and close to the central business district, providing little scope for
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    • 394 4 THE ASIAN PROPERTY MARKET September 16-18, 1997 Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre Suntec City AN ENTIRELY NEW EVENT FOR THE REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS AND INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS EVERYBODY WHO IS SOMEBODY IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY mml ill WILL BE AT MIPIM ASIA THE REAL ESTATE FIRMS THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
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    • 181 4 f™n For Sale Single Storey Warehouse at Gul Circle Land area :approx. 200.000 sq ft Built-in area:approx. 120,000 sq ft i Tenure :60 years wef Aug 1974 Clear ceiling height of 4.27 m Attraaive price and payment terms W ■■|fiM| |a|llili^H i, rf* ih il II 1 4- I !(1T
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  • ASIA'S VOLATILE MARKETS
    • 160 6 Reuter [JAKARTA] Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth may not be slowed as much as previously feared because of a currency crisis and should be about 6 per cent for the year, Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said yesterday. He told the Jakarta Foreign Correspondents'
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    • 367 6 FT [LONDON] Just a few months after the current bout of South-east Asian financial instability broke on an apparently unsuspecting world, Larry Summers, the former Harvard economics professor, is already in didactic mode, explaining how governments and markets might avoid
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    • 565 6  -  Most countries seen to have the resources to carry out a managed retreat By Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] The worst of the currency crisis that has afflicted South-east Asia during the last two months is probably over, although Thailand still faces
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    • 576 6 Meanwhile Moody's says it my cot credit ratings Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai banks were forced to raise prime lending rates to six-year highs, making it harder for cash-strapped companies and consumers to repay loans and dealing another blow to the country's struggling economy. The move, prompted
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    • 218 6  -  From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur FINANCE Minister Anwar Ibrahim last night hinted that the controversial Bakun dam in Sarawak might be delayed for up to two years. "It will be recalled that we have been discussing the issue of Bakun
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    • 374 6  -  From Al Labita in Manila PHILIPPINE stocks and the peso tumbled yesterday as speculation over President Fidel Ramos' tenure mounted, overtaking regional currency concerns. The Phisix composite index slid 0.7 per cent to 2,212.77 points, while the peso sank 2.2 per
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    • 590 7  -  Expectations of new economic bine-print and launch of red-chip futures lift sentiment Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong JWHILE the rest of the Hongkong market has struggled to recover from the recent currency turmoil, China-linked shares in Hongkong comprising red chips and
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    • 252 7 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] The recent shakeout in South-east Asian currencies will make it harder for Australian companies to compete in the region and another interest rate cut would benefit business, a survey released yesterday, said. "Lower interest rates and a lower Australian dollar would boost
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    • 636 7 Chidambaram's warning against currency speculators has desired effect Reuter, AFP [NEW DELHI] Indian financial authorities led by Finance Minister P Chidambaram and the central bank governor yesterday threw their weight against currency speculators and vowed to defend the rupee. Their
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    • 14 6 R&mos to tell in Nov if he '11 run for second term, Pg 8
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    • 9 7 China gears up for mergers, stock sales, Pg 10
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 432 8  -  BANGKOK CPP likely to join opposition Democrat, Chart Thai parties to dump PM in no-confidence vote By Harish Mehta THAILAND'S embattled Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh who is facing intense criticism for his failure to resolve the country's economic crisis now looks in danger
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    • 260 8 BANGKOK AFP THE wife of embattled Thai Premier Chavalit Yongchaiyudh is to offer a black chicken to a mythical "God of Darkness" in a bid to save her husband's shaky government, reports said yesterday. Phankrua Yongchaiyudh, well known for her
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    • 470 8 MANILA Church to go ahead with a nationwide protest on Sept 21 AFP PHILIPPINE President Fidel Ramos said yesterday that he will announce in November whether he will seek a second term, a move which has already drawn criticism
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    • 201 8 MANILA AFP MYANMAR will not join the Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem) next year despite its membership in the Asean, Philippine Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon said yesterday. "Well, we never thought that Myanmar will be accepted in time for (the) London (meeting). There was never
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    • 53 8 (KUALA LUMPUR] A worker putting up a billboard yesterday that will count down the days to the opening of the XVI Commonwealth Games. The games, being hosted for the first time in Asia, will be held in September next year and will feature 6,oooathletes and officials from
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    • 258 8 JAKARTA AFP JAKARTA does not rule out releasing jailed East Timorese rebel leader Xanana Gusmao as part of an overall solution to the question of East Timor, Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said yesterday. Mr Alatas said Indonesia could "seriously look
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • 479 10 SHANGHAI Key party congress seen approving more mnted role for state industry Reuter CHINA'S money men are gearing up for a surge of business from stock sales and corporate mergers as communist leaders try to breathe new life into the nation's wheezing
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    • 365 10  -  SINGAPORE He says territory's legal system largely unchanged after handover to China By Diana Onn HONGKONG'S legal profession will remain independent, and the rule of law will be maintained under its new administration, said Yang Ti-li-ang, former Chief Justice of Hongkong. Speaking of
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    • 299 10 BEIJING Desperate US tobacco industry preying on Asia, warns paper AFP CHINA yesterday accused the US tobacco industry of seeking to prey on vulnerable Asian markets after losing billions of dollars in a landmark legal defeat at home last month. "They have suffered
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    • 259 10 PANAMA CITY Reuter TAIWAN President Lee Tenghui ended a four-day visit to Panama on Tuesday, leaving behind a bag of financial commitments but also a possible diplomatic dispute between Panama and China. China reacted sharply to Mr Lee's presence alongside the presidents of
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    • 68 10 [BEIJING] A worker adjusting the water height ofa newly-installed fountain in the middle of Beijing's Tiananmen Square yesterday before the start of China's 15th Communist Party Congress tomorrow. Tiananmen Square has been transformed with flowers, fountains and other decorative features to mark the start
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    • 340 10  -  WASHINGTON He assures Americans abont HE'S political, economic future Byl Leon Hadar BEIJING has refrained from interfering in Hongkong's domestic affairs, Hongkong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa told US business leaders yesterday. "The central government has basically left us alone, totally alone in Hongkong," he
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    • 227 10 BEIJING AFP CHINESE prosecutors confirmed yesterday that a corruption investigation had started looking into Chen Xitong, the disgraced former communist party chief in Beijing. They said Chen, 67, had been taken into detention. The former mayor and party secretary had been under house arrest in
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    • 138 10 HONGKONG AFP POLICE in Hongkong raided six telecoms service providers, seized unlicensed equipment and arrested three people yesterday in a crackdown on breaches of Hongkong Telecom's international monopoly, a telecoms official said. This is the fifth such exercise conducted here in recent months,
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    • SINO Briefs
      • 60 10 Reuter [BEIJING] Chinese Premier Li Peng will attend the annual World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting to be held on Sept 23-25 in Hongkong, the Xinhua news agency said yesterday. Mr Li will deliver the opening address. Central bank governor Dai
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      • 69 10 AFP [BEIJING] China's booming life insurance market grew an impressive 44 per cent in the 12 months ending June, according to the results of a nationwide survey released yesterday. Of the 2,629 people covered by the Gallup-organised survey, 13 per cent had life insurance
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      • 52 10 AFP [TOKYO] Massive amounts of sulftir dioxide emission from China's coastal industrial zones are causing alarming acid rains in Japan, a Japan-China joint environmental research project revealed. Sulfur dioxide emissions are up to 45 times the level Japan marked during its high-growth period in the
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  • ASIA
    • 456 11 SYDNEY Howard's decision meant to save jobs, bnt blasted by critics as reversal of govt policy AFP AUSTRALIAN premier John Howard yesterday announced a five-year freeze on tariffs for textiles, clothing and footwear in a major reversal of government policy and his
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    • 429 11 TOKYO They disagree on bad debt exposure, fature strategies AFP A PLANNED merger of two Japanese banks was called in doubt yesterday due to disagreement on the extent of bad debt exposure and future strategies. Both Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, the 10th biggest Japanese
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    • 360 11  -  ■SEOUL Peregrine chief and gpvt adviser cross swords at summit Reports by Louis Beckerling SHARP differences of opinion over the course of the Korean economy and the required pace of reforms emerged here yesterday in addresses to an economic summit. First
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    • 243 11 SEOUL A SENIOR official in the China government has hinted that a new policy statement seeking to allay the concerns of foreign investors in China may be expected soon. The hint came yesterday from Long Yongtu, China's vice-minister of foreign trade and
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    • 318 11 WASHINGTON Bloomberg JAPAN must continue to strive to boost its economy through improved domestic demand rather than by spurring exports, US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said. "That is a very substantial challenge for Japan," Mr Rubin said on Tuesday on Cable News Network's
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    • 380 11 SYDNEY Reuter AUSTRALIA'S biggest *»ver float, the partial privatisation of government-owned Telstra Corp, hit further trouble yesterday when rival telephone group Optus Communications launched an As9oo million (Ss9Bl million) suit against it. The legal action came a day after the Australian government
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    • 283 11  -  SYDNEY Singapore office to be downscakd from next year By\ Surinder Singh THE Australian Tourist Commission (ATC) will revamp its marketing operations in Asia as part of a new drive to tap into the growing markets of India and China. A report in
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  • THE WORLD
    • 469 12  -  LONDON Kove Mold lead to tax rises, cots in budget allocations and subsidies From, Neil Behrmann in London A SCOTTISH parliament, which is likely to be established following a referendum on devolution today, has long-term significance for Asian investors. The referendum will be followed
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    • 66 12 [FRANKFURT] Potential clients yesterday taking a virtual test drive of one of Opel's latest models at the lAA International Frankfurt Car Show. With virtual reality, the German car-maker can dispense with the real car body, engine and all—to attract visitors to its booth. After all, who can resist
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    • 244 12 NEW YORK Investors keen on aggressive growth and growth fnnds Bloomberg US mutual fund investors poured an estimated US$6.O9 billion (559.2 billion) into equities funds in the one-week period ended Monday, a huge increase from the prior week when US$4lO million was invested, according
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    • 303 12 WASHINGTON Bloomberg INVENTORIES of goods at US wholesalers fell in July, the first drop in three months, while sales unexpectedly rose, government figures showed. Wholesale inventories fell 0.6 per cent during the month to a seasonally adjusted U*****,457 billion (*****.7 billion)
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    • 339 12 BONN Reuter GERMANY'S economic recovery quickened in the second quarter of this year, official data showed yesterday. But economists said growth was still led mainly by exports and domestic investment remained weak. Gross domestic product expanded one per cent in the second quarter
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 684 13  -  THE BOTTOMLIKE OPINION By Toh Han Shih The writer is a BT correspondent DO business gurus tell us anything new, or are they masters of the obvious (MO) mouthing fcliched generalities? These days, many business gurus talk of peace, happiness, the soul and the
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    • 122 13 f 4 I don't know many central banks willing j to be that transparent. I am willing to walk through Bangkok nude.' Thanong Bidaya Thai finance minister on disclosing the bank's forward foreign currency positions. 4 lt is unlikely, of course, that the actual Eve made these
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    • 609 13 EDITORIAL AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard has finally acknowledged that his nation needs to take the high road to tax reform if its economy is to stay competitive after spending his first 18 months in office denying that his administration will change the taxation system in its
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    • 881 13  -  Problem is Japan, the US, China and other Asian nations don't agree who the treaty is supposed to defend By< Chalmers Johnson The writer is president of the Japan Policy Research Institute in San Diego; his latest book is Japan: Who Governs? (Norton, 1995)
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    • 421 13  -  MAILBOX Chang Meng Teng Managing Director Squire Mech Pte Ltd Singapore WE ARE the mechanical and electrical consultants for the Republic Plaza. We are indeed flabbergasted that a reputable newspaper like yours allowed the publication of an inaccurate, unfair and unsubstantiated report headlined "Singapore's Tallest
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    • 406 13  -  Edward Anderson, the Asia Foundation representative in Sri Lanka, writing in Los Angeles Times US tobacco firms knw Asia IN HONGKONG, hip clothing stores pass out American cigarettes free to their customers. Salem sponsors a "virtual reality" dome, where teenagers attack one another with laser guns.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 330 14 MOTORING Sotheby's Geneva sale shows signs of revival in market Reuter [GENEVA] A Geneva auction of rare sports and classic cars, including one given as a present by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler to an Indian Maharajah, netted US$3.5 million (555.25 million) on Tuesday night. A
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    • 1027 14  -  The Fairway Limo doesn't offer the best driving but holds appeal, writes Christopher tam CHRISTOPHER TAN THE oft-quoted "they don't make 'em like they used to" is one we relate to well enough. And it certainly applies to cars. The question is, if someone actually made an
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    • 360 14 DEATH OF DIANA Renter [PARIS] New blood tests on Henri Paul, the driver who died with Princess Diana in a high-speed Paris car crash, showed he had taken anti-de-pressant drugs as well as alcohol before getting behind the wheel, a source close to
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • 83 14 MORE than two-thirds ofcars made today are front wheel-driven. Front-wheel-drive is less complicated (meet engines are in front, after all) and thus less expensive to make. It also frees up more space in the rear and boot Such cars art also lighter and less likely
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      • 73 14 CHRYSLER supercar Viper last week cut its teeth in GT racing at the Pokka 1,000 km in Suzuka, Japan. Viper Team Oreca beat the competition to capture the top two spot* after a gruelling six-hour race. Chrysler plans to put more Viper GTS-Rs on
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      • 74 14 HONDA has introduced an improved electric power steering (EPS), incorporated with variable gear ratio. EPS, as the name suggests, uses an electric motor monitored by a microprocessor that determines the amount of assistance required according to speed and driving conditions. Advantages include simplicity, better consumption and
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      • 65 14 HOT on the heels of BMW, Nissan will be fitting a luxury model with a side airbag system with head protection. The supplementary restraint will be available in almost all other models by 1999, and for rear passengers in some top-end cars. Unlike BMWs tubular
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      • 44 14  -  Coeepfledbj Christopher Tan THE recent Tag Heuer Formula 1 exhibition raised $12*500 for the Community Chest of Singapore. The money was raised through an auction of a racing helmet worn by Mika Hakkinen at this year's Australian Grand Prix.
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 489 17  -  All four touch their year-highs as buyers pile in ahead of overseas roadshow By] David Boey [SINGAPORE] The four Singapore Technologies (ST) companies soon to be merged into a single $2 billion entity surged in the stock market yesterday to touch their
      Source: Bloomberg  -  489 words
    • 299 17  -  By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Resources Development Corporation (RDC), a member of the Sembawang group, yesterday announced that it has-reached a settlement with a former sub-con-tracter which had filed claims of $67 million against it. The settlement amount was not disclosed. Malaysian quarry operator
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    • 224 17  -  By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Disk-drive component maker MMI Holdings hopes to achieve 20-30 per cent revenue growth this financial year, and expects new customers to contribute about 30 per cent to growth by FY99. "This is not a forecast but an internal
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    • 591 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Conrad Raj Hundreds of former Amcol Holdings shareholders must be wishing now that they had followed some of their compatriots in dumping their Asia Food Properties shares when they were listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore on July
      Source: Bloomberg  -  591 words
    • 306 17  -  Only 2-3 listed bidders; offers below reserve price: sources By Ang Wan May LIM Kah Ngam's Hotel Equatorial site has so far received two to three bids from main-board-listed property companies. and all at least 10 per cent below the reserve price, sources
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    • 251 17  -  Core business is in work on external building facades Byi Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] Permasteelisa Pacific (PP) yesterday received in-principle approval from the Stock Exchange for a mainboard listing. Nomura Singapore will lead manage the issue for PP. an established designer, manufacturer and engineered solutions
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
      • 441 18  -  Internal control measures take centrestage; industry body welcomes move From< Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE Securities and Futures Commission yesterday released a consultation paper on new code of conduct proposals for fund managers in Hongkong. The SFC said the Fund Manager Code
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      • 149 18 Bernama [MANILA] The Bank of Southeast Asia (BSA), the Philippine commercial bank that entered into a merger agreement with the DBS Bank on Monday, said yesterday it was positive that the central bank of Philippines will approve the deal between the two
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      • 266 18 Ringgit fall, higher interest not expected to slow profit growth Bloomberg (KUALA LUMPUR] YTL Corp said fiscal 1997 profit before a one-time gain rose 17 per cent, less than analysts had expected, led by higher sales and its construction and electricity units.
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      • 79 18 [YANGON] Cars yesterday whizzing by a Myanmar version of the worldwide hamburger chain McDonald's. The local joint opened recently in a commercial street of Yangon. Several copies of worldwide-known fast-food chains have emerged over the past year in the Myanmar capital in response to local demands for
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 119 18 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) and its affiliates have cut their stake in Policy Management Systems Corp to 4.92 per cent from 8.5 per cent. They sold shares at U5548.87 to U5556.50 each between June 10 and Aug 21,
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        • 77 18 [SINGAPORE] The former chief executive of the Hongkong stock exchange, Francis Yuen, has been appointed deputy chairman of Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments (PCRD). He also becomes the chairman of Top Glory Insurance Co (Bermuda) Ltd, which is 55 per cent owned by
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        • 69 18 [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Corporation said that one of the concert parties in its Jurong Shipyard takeover sold 63,000 of its shares on Sept 4 at $5.94 per share. The party sold another 50,000 SembCorp shares on Sept 5 at $6.05 per share. To date, SembCorp shares held by
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        • 86 18 [SINGAPORE] Heshe Holdings is buying a 40 per cent stake in Jesselton Holdings Pte Ltd via a purchase of 375,000 shares at $5 apiece from two shareholders for $1.87 million and a subscription 0f375,000 new shares for a further $1.87 million. The amount will be
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        • 84 18 [SINGAPORE] Printing company HBM Print yesterday reported a 55 per cent surge in interim net earnings to $405,000, despite a 12 per cent drop in turnover to $13.5 million. The increased profit was due to lower interest and depreciation charges. The fall in group
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      • 27 18 ST AUTOMOTIVE is the dealer for Opel, not Audi, cars as stated in Tuesday's Hock Lock Slew column. We are sorry for the error.
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    • REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 511 19 Wall Street gives fall blessing to deal, making it 4th-largest US hotel company LAT-WP [NEW YORK] The flurry of consolidation in the US hotel industry continued on Tuesday as Starwood Lodging Trust said it would acquire Westin Hotels Resorts for US$l.57 billion
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      • 514 19 Takeover will help designer resolve succession issue Bloomberg [MlLAN] Holding di Partecipazioni Industrial SpA, an Italian clothing and publishing company, said it signed a letter of intent to buy a controlling stake in fashion company Valentino SpA. Milan-based HPI said the
        Bloomberg  -  514 words
      • 227 19 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] MCI Communications Corp and British Telecommunications pic unveiled security software to detect fraud on phone networks, which costs telephone companies an estimated US$2 billion (S|3 billion) a year. The "Sheriff" program is designed to detect patterns of high-volume calls to let phone
        Bloomberg  -  227 words
      • 371 19 Tokyo High Court upholds '94 decision, but Tito appeal Bloomberg [TOKYO] Fujitsu Ltd didn't infringe on the patents of Texas Instruments Inc (TI) in the manufacture of two semiconductor products, a Japanese court ruled. The Tokyo High Court rejected an appeal by TI of
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      • 181 19 Reuter [SAN FRANCISCO] Apple Computer said on Tuesday that it had decided not to proceed with a spin-off of its Newton Inc unit because of the "tremendous potential" for one of its products, the eMate 300 portable computer. But the company did not rule out
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 485 20  -  But the recent market upheaval may not be all bad for an overcrowded industry, says banker By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] As their wealthy clients start to lick their wounds from the recent mauling in the regional stock and currency markets, some private bankers
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      • 533 20 Sale is to raise 1.9b marks to finance its expansion of investment banking Bloomberg (FRANKFURT) Commerzbank AG, Germany's thirdlargest listed bank, said it will sell 30 million new shares to finance a "controlled build-up of investment banking". Shares fell as much as 5.6
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      • 166 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Nationsßank Corp plans to sell as much as US$4 billion (Ss6 billion) of bonds backed by its high-grade commercial loans this week in its first such sale, according to investment bankers familiar with the transaction. The Charlotte, North Caro-lina-based
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      • 265 20 FT [FRANKFURT] Jurgen Sarrazin is to step down as chairman of Dresdner Bank next year. The unexpected move is thought to signal the bank's desire to raise its profile at a time of rapid change in German banking. Mr Sarrazin, who rarely speaks to
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      • 182 20 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Salomon Brothers said it will pull out of its South Korean joint venture, becoming the second international brokerage in a week to run into trouble with its Korean partner. A spokeswoman for Salomon Brothers Hong Kong Ltd said the break-up
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      • 299 20 Q3 write-off will be for closure of high-cost mines Bloomberg (TORONTO] Stung by depressed bullion prices, gold mining company Barrick Gold Corp is taking a US$3B5 million (*****.5 million) charge in the third quarter to phase out some higher-cost mines as part of a
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      • 142 20 STUBX Report Reuter [SINGAPORE! Simex Euroyen and Eurodollar futures were confined to well worn ranges on meagre volumes yesterday as a lack of leads severely hampered interest. "It's very quiet. We've just been range trading for the past few days and we're not expecting
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      • 148 20  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTUBES -By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd (SINGAPORE) The Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures contract finally saw a move in positive territory, helped by favourable changes in the investment ceiling of domestic banks. Buying in the September 1997 contract
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      • 339 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [DUBAI] Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with multi-billion-dollar plans to consolidate its position as the world's most powerful oil state in the next decade, Western industry sources based in the kingdom said yesterday. Oil and gas developments coupled with major renovation
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      • 252 20 AFP London THE US dollar eased from morning levels at mid-day on the London forex market due to fears of Japanese-US trade tensions, forex dealers said at lunch-time. The greenback was off to 1.8061 marks against 1.8135 in the morning, the latter unchanged from Tuesday evening, and it
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      • Article, Illustration
        1396 20 DTTERBAMK CROSS RATES Sept 10 kj C$ ECU FIT Da MK$ Imt t» Hptoli Yw Won M$" M2S Nk t« Hto S$ Sir MT} 8a« torn* U<$ Australia L007 6178 0*72 4 434 1.318 5.634 26.565 ***** 0.868 6.612 2.U3 2M5 29.529 23.280 1.099 1423 1084 20.816 25.935 0.458 0.728
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    • 1686 21 8IC0M FUTURES Septio RU88ER (Murts dosing u it SJOpn) »SS1 CONTRACTU c«rtsA»> Ctos* Votofl* Op«n Month Hlqft Low Satt (tonws) lntor»»t Oct 97 134.50 1425 Nov 97 13*25 1550 OK 97 M0.75 1950 Jan/tor 98 146.75 14*75 146.75 75 5910 Apr/Jun 98 152.75 ***** Jul/Sep 98 156.00 4800
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    • 2241 21 LONDON Sa»t W Net *h AB Ports 274.400 -18 Abfcay National 855 -5 AMadOomacq 464.400 -3.600 kmc 143.400 3 Asda Group 142.400 -1 BAT Ind *****0 -5 BCPtC 264.400 -4.600 BtCC 161.400 uncti BOC Group 1054 9.600 BR Pttrokim 887 -141/2 BTR 218 *4 Bank ot Scotland
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    • 1578 21 AFP Um*m *8J« JAPANESE share prices closed marginally higher yesterday, with the Nikkei stock average supported by bargain hunting in stagnant trading, brokers said. Trading remained sluggish throughout the day, with investors unwilling to take fresh positions ahead of July current account data and second quarter gross domestic product
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      1538 22 AFP IT3 Hang Seng -19L22 HONGKONG share prices closed 1.3 per cent lower yesterday after a late futures-led sell-off and as investors awaited news on China's 15th Communist Party Congress, dealers said. "All the good things should be reflected in prices already," said Alvin Owyang, associate director at OCBC
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    • Article, Illustration
      661 22 Reuter PI Shenzhen B Index *0.83 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B Share Index closed slightly higher yesterday as investors anticipated bullish news for China's stock markets from the 15th Communist Party Congress, due to open in Beijing tomorrow, brokers said. Shenzhen's B Share Index edged up 0.83 point or 0.60
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    • 381 22 AFP QWPbda +«J2 TAIWAN share prices gained 0.7 per cent on a rebound prompted by government moves to boost the lagging stock market, brokers said. "Investors were encouraged by the central bank and the Ministry of Finance's announcements to inject more funds to stabilise the stock market," said Pin
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    • 256 22 AFP Q Wellington +(L9B SUGGESTIONS from Treasurer Winston Peters that corporate tax rates may be cut helped the benchmark NZSE--40 Index to close up 6.98 points at 2,485.11. Turnover totalled NZ$93 million. AFP S**H> m (000) AN2 Banking 11.48 unch 3450 Advantages Hiagt 0.88 unch 9400 Air Nn Zaa4and
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    • Article, Illustration
      794 22 Bloomberg, AFP □set Index -23.46 THAI share prices dropped 4.2 per cent yesterday after leading commercial banks announced a rise in lending rates and amid concerns about the country's credit rating, analysts said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index was off 23.46 points at 541.55 points, while the
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    • 416 22 AFP n Composite Index »lflS SHARE prices on the Korea Stock Exchange edged up 0.4 per cent yesterday, led by a moderate rebound among blue chips and other cyclical largecaps after recent sharp falls, dealers said. The Composite Index closed up 2.65 points at 691.62. Turnover was 27.1 million
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    • 598 22 AFP PAH Ordinaries -&0 AUSTRALIAN shares closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday following lacklustre trade ahead of the release of August unemployment figures. The Australian Stock Exchange's key All Ordinaries Index fell 8.0 points to 2,666.5. The All Resources Index fell 11.9 points to 1,374.0 and the All Industrials
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    • Article, Illustration
      731 22 AFP P Composite Index -2198 SHARE prices closed 3.8 per cent lower yesterday on concerns over the future direction of the rupiah, dealers said. "The rupiah and interest rates are at relatively more comfortable levels but the market is seen going in the opposite direction on the assumption that
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    • 340 22 AFP n Manila -16.09 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 0.7 per cent yesterday as investors took profits following a surge the previous day, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 16.09 points to 2,212.77. Turnover totalled 4.33 billion shares worth 2.20 billion pesos compared to the previous day's
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 8554 23 INDUSTRIALS Cmsmmt pnMs 1997 Lest VeI Day Not Cap High low Cm*—*, im OOP WHO L— P/t Smd 790 400 Ajinomoto 450 -22 4 4M 450 2*9 162.4 44ft 231 Anqkasa 2 SO -6 M 286 280 8.3 4(2.9 905 370 Apofto Food H4q 545 -15 29 550 535 15.9
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      • 569 23 AFP Q Composite Index -25J7 MALAYSIA'S key stock index closed 2.9 per cent lower yesterday as investors cashed in after three days of consecutive gains. A research manager at a local brokerage said the bourse was going through a correction after the index
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
      • 3480 24 BONOS, LOANS WARRANTS m ,997 Last Vat Day L4* Ovot. A»g High Low Strvo Company Satf ♦or- COOO) High Law Bwyar Satlar Prica 68 30.5 m 3000 m AMDS c5.5%*****6 31 31.5 35 81 415 3160 -Ac*f ******1USS 57 -15 23 58 57 56.5 57.5 131 43 3164 Acma *(*****4
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      • 169 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy FEW shares exemplify the plight of the Malaysian stock market more than Rashid Hussain Bhd, whose warrants are currently among the most heavily punted. Amidst rumours that the primary owner of the company is under probe for short selling during
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    • 2251 24 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr Cr 1997 Last Vol Day La»t OuM M W W M Cap Hmi Law Stna Camp—y Sata »A- COOO) W# Law fcryar »*> c w W 478 147 IDS 5000 AIS8S0C 222 -16 198 238 220 220 225 5-0 4.9 05 505 227.7 137 54
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 1728 25 TURNOVER COOO) VAIUE ('OOO) MaM cut Total Jtttn CH> Total industrial 83.478 40,169 123.647 224,898 51,383 276.281 FHWtct 9.676 19,565 29,241 91,381 46,762 138,143 Hotels 2.185 1,386 3.572 5.954 1.655 7.609 Proportios 11.945 11.065 23.010 67.471 10.857 78,329 Plantation 2.939 2,939 OW Minmq 369 369 566 566 BLW 8.971 23,149
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      • 5161 25 Cr Cr M Wt ,907 Last Vol Day Last Ouote Dlv Dlv YM Net Cf A»« Mlgfl Law S«Mo Company Salt COOP) High Low Buy? Seller CVr H P/t $mll Prfce INDUSTRIALS t57 83 e 1020 ACE Dynamic s60c 88.S -1.5 '36 92.5 87 88 89 8 9
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      • 1157 25 Cr Cr M Wt 1997 LMt VI 0*f Last Ouata Wv Dtv Yi* N.t C«# H*9K Loo St No C ornery StM COOO) HI9* Law Mr U—t Cw W IESDAQ 186 76 2000 ABR Midas 5c 133 IVIC 10 10 8.1 190.0 592 no 412 144 t 2049 ASAulolOc
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      • Article, Illustration
        71 26  -  bj Shiv Taneja ST Aerospace closed yesterday up 30 cents at $3.60 on a volume of 4.63 million shares, compared with its lOday traded average of 1.68 million shares. The stock is trading just off its high for the year. Trading in the next few sessions is expected
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      • 239 26 Stocks Volume Form Hldqs 5c 15,726,000 BBR Constn 5c 12,672,000 •Rekapacific 8h 11,437,000 •RHB Cap Wt99 11,239,000 Amara Hldqs Lt 8,934,000 Asia Food&Prop 7,923,000 Hotunq Inv NT5 7.357,000 SM Summit 10c 7,085,000 •Berjaya Group 5,751,000 ■Hew Toyo 25c 5,353,000 Stocks SI A Foreiqn 36,677,940 DBS Foreiqn 27,573,124 UOB Foreiqn 23,474,502
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      • 644 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Interest in Singapore Technologies group of companies and US dollar issues also a positive factor R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Local blue chips yesterday rose for the seventh consecutive session, although this performance was somewhat marred by a sharp decline
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 51 26 WE DON'T know whether to take this as a promise or a threat. Vouching to disclose regularly the Bank of Thailand's forward foreign-currency commitments, Thailand's Finance Minister Thanong Bhidaya said: "I don't know many central banks willing to be that transparent. I am willing to walk through Bangkok
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        • 140 26 IN THE never-ending battle between the two biggest credit card associations (Visa and MasterCard), Visa International yesterday rather triumphantly informed us that the "power of Visa as the world's leading card payment brand and one of the top consumer brands was further confirmed recently
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        • 167 26 HOW does a bloke know when he is really poor? According to the Hongkong government, poverty is a more complex problem than not having enough money to buy basic necessities, or having a roof over one's head. Responding to the results of a survey which found that
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        • 123 26 A PRIVATE banker recently related how difficult it is to have even a short get-away-from-it-all weekend break during these trying times. She was on the beach on one of Malaysia's finest islands when her mobile phone rang and it was the office informing her about the
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        • 130 26 NORWAY'S Nera Telecommunications is launching a microwave radio system called City Link soon. The system is a wireless alternative to the copper and fibre-optics cables and is capable of transmitting up to 155 megabit per second. Nera's South-east Asia managing director Samuel Ang reckoned that it would
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    • 291 27 Knight Ridder, Reuter THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to 1,309 on Tuesday from 1,315 on Monday. Fixtures TANKERS: Activity picked up for Mediterranean loaders with several reports of aframax vessels being fixed at firmer levels. With a shortage of suitable tonnage being
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    • 560 27  -  But time frame for liberalisation is too conservative, say tug operators By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Tug operators welcomed the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore's (MPA) move to liberalise tug services but said that the time frame was overly conservative. "The announcement has
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    • 315 27 Reuter [MADRAS] India is studying a proposal to build a navigable, canal running between the southern coast of the mainland and Sri Lanka, an official of the Tamil Nadu government said. Ships from West Asia and India's west coast now
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    • 76 27 rSINGAPOREI The Ever Dainty is one of two new vessels of the Evergreen group of Taiwan that have made maiden calls at the Port Authority of Singapore's (PSA) Brani Terminal recently. With a capacity of 4,173 TEUs (20-ft equivalent units) the Ever Dainty is deployed
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    • 173 27 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea's new shipbuilding orders jumped 152 per cent from a year ago to 6.78 million gross tons in the first eight months of this year, thanks to rising oil taker demand. In August, new orders totalled 262,790 gross tons, or eight ships,
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    • 315 27 500-passenger vessel scheduled for delivery in July next year [PERTH] High-speed vessel construction specialist Austal Ships has landed an order from Indonesia for a 44-metre cruise catamaran to be used in support of the tourism industry in Bali. Scheduled for delivery in July next
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    • 207 27 Reuter [LONDON] Transport workers unions have urged US president Bill Clinton to suspend sanctions imposed on Japanese ships calling at US ports. International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) general secretary David Cockroft has written to Mr Clinton opposing the use of US economic
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    • 339 27  -  From Alec Almazan in \fanila PHILIPPINE port authorities remain confident that cargo volumes will continue to rise despite the economic instability caused by the on-going foreign exchange crisis. Following the trend of neighbouring currencies, the Philippine peso has been declining since July
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    • 677 27  -  SHIPSHAPE By Marcus Hand Described by his colleagues and friends as "the guru" of the ISM (International Safety Management) code, Capt Graham Botterill is a leading authority on ship safety. Chairman of shipping consultants Ferriby Marine, former adviser on ship
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    • 758 28 LIBERIA RECOVERS Traffic is returning to the two main sea ports and the main airport is preparing to reopen within weeks Reuter TRAFFIC is returning to Liberia's two main sea ports following the end of civil war and the main international airport is preparing to
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      • 195 41 Sept 11 Pakistan: Quaid's Anniversary. Spain Holiday in Catalonia, Catalan National Day. Sept IB Japan: Respect for the Aged Day. Slovakia Feast of Sorrowful Virgin Mary. South Korea Chusok (Thanksgiving). Sept 16 Hong Kong: Chinese Mid Autumn Festival. Taiwan: Mid Autumn Moon Festival. Mexico Independence Day. Sri Lanka
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      • 855 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars In stead of single prices for a more comprehen sive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesiied stem Market movements are indicat ed. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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      • 550 41 Carton 180 Mm 990.1 0.9 15.4 0.06 59 0.04 if 14 OmsKv Water IhMm Ask Alunlmva Sedlnent No above C2S 0 0 1 0 0 0 Mt 380 Ave 96S.8 0J 12.7 0.06 32 0.02 Um 160 Mai 994.0 0.6 17.7 0.09 51 0.07 M/MM »M/M
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      • 497 42 China's airlines are forming alliances in order to cnt costs and expand sales Bloomberg [BEIJING] Hainan Airlines Co Ltd, a regional Chinese airline 21.3 per cent-owned by US financier George Soros, will foi m an alliance with five other Chinese carriers
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      • 285 42  -  FRANKFURT CAR SHOW From Christopher Tan in Frankfurt AMERICAN car icon Cadillac will be exported to Singapore and two other Asian markets next year as General Motors re-establishes its luxury flagbearer as a global brand. At the world premiere of the 1998 Cadillac Seville
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      • 424 42 Reuter [FRANKFURT] German manufacturers at the Frankfurt car show gave the impression of a European car industry beaming with health, but French firms remained in the doldrums. Car makers, including Germany's Volkswagen AG and General Motors Corp unit Adam
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      • 260 42 AFP [PARIS] Boeing Co is considering spending up to US$l billion (Ssl.s billion) on developing new expanded versions of its 747 jumbo jet to compete with Airbus Industrie's plans for a super jumbo, the Wall Street Journal Europe said yesterday. "We are
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      • 212 42 Bloomberg (JOHANNESBURG) Virgin Atlantic Airways will consider investing in South African Airways once the government sets a schedule for the sale of the carrier, said Richard Branson, chairman of UKbased Virgin Group. "We will look at it, as will airlines around the
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      • 571 42 But passenger traffic grew only 5% during the first half: report Reuter (GENEVA] World airports reported a rise of 8 per cent in cargo movements during the first half of this year against the same period in 1996 but only 5 per cent
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      • 277 42 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's high-speed railroad authority said it had finalised plans for the country's problemplagued high-speed train project, with operations due to start in 2005. But the overall cost of the train project has soared to around US$l9 billion (5528.5 billion)
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    • 835 28 f IMPORT 1 I NORTH AMEMCn I QULF/INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT 1 [SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (DIRECT FROM WEST COAST) QULF KARACHI EXPRESS (QKX) I VESSEL VOY 0U( VAN SEA LA SM YESSB VOT JEA —H KAR (01 KG SM HONG KONG EXPRESS 10W533 IS/M 20/08 21/01 25/01 11/09 DAMMAMIAY 17! 21/01 31/
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    • 1028 29 PACIFIC SOUTH WEST EXPRESS (DIRECT) ALSO ACCEPTING MANAUS VIA lAX/HOU vtssa voy na sura shetd lax dm m»* ch _hyc hi hou nor —ha— API JAPAN OIK 01/09 03/09 04/09 19/09 23/09 24/09 24/09 25/09 26/09 24/09 J4/W__27/09 tPtKOKA oiBT"Q>7orio7o9~"n7or 26/09 30/09 01/IO 01/10 02/10 «Zlg 01/IO 01/10 03/10 APITHAJUMD
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    • 1511 30 <C DSR-SENATOR im Round the World Container Services TO UK/CONTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT «SS€L |VOY Isi'iTl RTM IMT I tRV I HAM FU I LH* llttSSfl [~VOY Utt FU WY WW Si HONGKONG StNATOfI WFtST ITS" (MlO Hit #7 10 M 1« CHOYANG SUCCISS EE73B 17 00 10 0* 10 00
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    • 1284 32 EUROPUm/SCANDINAVIA/riHtANO/RUSSIA rsSTI ROM ANW HBG TMP ZEE LHV LHV THP RDM AMW HBG PKI MP E REWARD RW-025 13/W 03/10 00/10 04/10 00/10 07/10 00/10 E GLAMOUR RE-OS 2 17/00 IMW 10/00 10/00 15H0 10/W E RIGHT RW 030 20/00 10/10 10/10 11/10 13/10 14/10 15/10 E GARLANO RE 050
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    • 751 33 BSA A. WOK MYANMA «BBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) W loading for Yangon (Rangoon) VfSSEL VOY SIN PKG PEN PGU CHIN SHVW HAW 7W SU) PATHf IN 143 IN FT MALAYSIA AUNTS: lOUSTIAD SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL HI 02-03-*****04 PKL TIL 02-03-3/***** PEN: m 02-04-2****** PGD: HI 02-07-*****21/4 BANK
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    • 1206 33 MERCHANT MARINE CO. LVD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 I VESSEL VOY LiH RTM AW I HMI Nt IfL 307W 14/0T 01/10 02/10 04/10 04/10 04/10 07/10 HY (OMMOOORI M.W 21/09 00/10 09/10 11/10 11/10 11/10 14/10 HY FEDERAL JOOW 21/09 15/10 11/10 14/10 10/10 14/10 21/10 HY ADMIRAL WW
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    • 46 35 To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... document gWai 740-6000^3^/~^ lep be faxed Select the port I your Step A Step key in the four number coc^e Key in your Example: fax number To NEW YORK (NYC) 2275 United States for calls within Singapore
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    • 363 37 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO EUROPE EXPRESS SEMi-COWTAIMERISED SERVICE ~VSL VOT OAI*|M BURG |»Rf*IEM |*MTWtRP "iUui 39W8 30/9 3/10 OMIT 7/10 TO AUSTRALIA ~1 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE WL VOY_ 7Sg"sST fflt IWt SYO MEL Hl* MX. FRI AUSTBfTIWWSf VO7S 04,09 OMR 1409 1409 2209 2WM 2MB MX. CRYSTAL VSOS 11.09 1109
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    • 1234 37 ADVANCE CONTAINER LINES (PTE) LTD A II 140 Cacil Street. #12-00. PIL Building. Singapore *****0 Li TEL *****21. FAX *****19. TELEX RS ***** ACLPL CR NO. **********0E BANGKOK JAKARTA (5 Sailingi/Wee* 10 PAT, 3 Sallinga to BMT. 2 Sailing! to LCH) (4 Saillaas/Weetl M!l^? a wTm# SIN VKSa I VOY
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    • 1066 38 BAHOKOK/LAIM CH ABA WO J AKAMTA/PAH J ANO VESSEL VOY SIN BKK LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN MATHU BHUM 347N8 In Pt 14/09 XETHA BHUM 214S In Pt 13/09 DANU BHUM 011N ***** 16/09 XETHA BHUM ***** 12/09 13/0» DANU BHUM 011NB 13/09 16/09 A NAN BHUM 79S 13/09
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    • 680 38 1 ACCORD A SHIPPING PTE LTD Til *****56 (40 Lines) FAX *****46 tOtTOJN6 (03) WlOOl gg DIRECT ACCESS TEL: *****57 (EXPORT BOOKING) HUM GUDMi (OnSSIIS/7 225M57 (EXPORT DOC), *****64 (IMPORT) FfHAMG (04) UJ1440 URLjHTTP://WWW.ACCORD.COM.SG JAKAtJi (711*40 0/70 POtT Ilk SIN POKT ETA SIN POM ITA SIM POKT ITA SIIT (FAR
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    • 54 38 0 HANGLI SHIPPING DIRECT REGULAR SERVICE JAKARTA SURABAYA JNURTA 13/09 13/09 P JMKA 16/09 17/09 P.SUMATERA 21/09 21/09 P KALIMANTAN 28/09 29/09 P JNMA SURABAYA 17/09 18/09 SHANNON EXPRESS 23 09 24/09 SHAN FURYU 01/10 02/10 SHANNON EXPRESS 07/10 01/10 SHANRJRYU Owners: UNITED SHIPPING ORGANISATION PT. INDONESIA SHANNON SHIPPING CORP.
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    • 439 39 OSINO EXPRESS SHIPPING 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE ItSINOTRANSI S (*****7). TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) "VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SINGAPORE ETA HONGKONG ETA SHANGHAI JIN YU 9748 12/09 17/09 21/09 JIN FU 9750 19/09 24/09 28/09 NEW HAIHUNG 9712 26/09 01/10 15/10 JIN
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    • 268 39 a« Mflft-MELS S'PflftE M'SIA I Carrier: MN COUTH LINES, INC I I CffNO. 1200S7S0000C SJBU: (064) *****9 MANILA: (832) *****61 V PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK: (682) *****67 SURABAYA (31) *****0 P. KELANO: (03) *****77 JKT (21) *****07 MDN: (61) *****3 FXT/RTM/HAM DUBAI MV "HJ MARSEILLES" VO44W MV "ORIENT CORD" GW37
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    • 174 39 jggmmmmmk I S pore P.Keiang Loading For J OCEAN ISLAND 10/09 Nan/Rdm/Atw/UK I lucky WEALTH 30/09 MarVßdrrVAtw/UK I DELFINI 05/10 Nan/Rdm/Atw/Bmn/UK I I* Loads E7W Malaysia. Indonesia I IV Loachng for ■ESPERANZA C J edd ah/Aqab a/Egypt I ■RAINIER Dubai/Doha/Bahrain/Dam man/Kuwait I ■GLOBAL JANE Dubai/Doha/Bahram/Damman/Kuwait I iNO Dubai/Doha/Bahrain/Damman/Kuwait I ■CHIAN
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    • 132 41 gggg2HHEEHEHHEI*IH »JV LEGEND R Thunderstorm Temperature c X\ Weather _X Wind direction with speed m knots V Goody Sky 00 imoV* H«I« Wov Surface winds ore indicated by arrows which fly with the wind One HjN circle represents calm or kght and variable winds One hoW Heche represents 5 knots
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