The Business Times, 26 September 1997

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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      Land supply cut: Impact seen as more psychological than real
      476 2  -  Data shews there'll ■till be net rise in hewing supply next year, say experts m Diana Oon MORE psychological than real that*s how property experts see the impact of news that the lead supply for private houstnf wifibe cut next
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      Easy access to traffic info on the way
      197 2  -  Carol Eng ROAD users will soon have my i***** to real-time information about traffic conditions and transport routes. The Land Transport Authority and National Computer Board yesterday signed a 1 memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop a $12 million Integrated Transport Management
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      POSBank to up savings rates
      248 2 POSBank will raise its interest rates for savings deposits by a quarter percentage point from October, the bank announced yesterday. However, there will be no changes as yet to mortgage rates at the bank's housing loan arm Credit POSB, a POSBank spokesman said. "The rise
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      Lock icon Int'l phone calls dip in August
      299 2  -  EYE ON 188 ECONOMY Industry By\ David Boey AFTER hitting a high of 20.7 million calls in July, the volume of outgoing international telephone calls dipped in August to 19.8 million, latest Singapore Telecom figures show. However, the volume logged last month is still
      Source: S'pore Telecom  -  299 words
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      $165m venture capital for high-tech firms
      350 2  -  TEGBMOMTB This includes $100 m fond to nurture technology start-op w Toh Han Shih AT LEAST another $165 million of venture capital will soon be available to accelerate Singapore's high tech industry, including a $100 million fund to nurture homegrown technology start-ups. Education Minister
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      BG Lee: govt plays active role in free market
      225 2 CONTRARY to popular thinking, governments should have an active role to play in a nation's hi-tech free market economy, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong last night. Speaking at a dinner for Tech Venture, a technology and venture capital conference,
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      Net panel wants clearer guidelines
      361 3  -  By] David Boey IF the National Internet Advisory Committee had its way, it would rewrite portions of the Singapore Broadcasting Authority's Internet Code of Practice to make the guidelines less ambiguous to net users. The 14-page NIAC report released yesterday said: "The current Code has
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    • NEWS Roundup
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      4 out of 9 NMPs from business community
      288 3  -  Lee lino Tub the only second-time appointee in latest batch of HHPs Byi Chuang Peck Ming THREE businessmen and a businesswoman are among the latest batch of nine Nominated Members of Parliament who will take office for two years from Oct 1.
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    • Article
      Forex loss may take 15% bite off Nipsea sales
      413 3  -  Finn sees at least USsl2omferezless this yean chairman By i Catherine Ong NIPSEA Holdings International, which owns 60 per cent of all the Nippon Paint business in Asia outside Japan, expects to take a foreign exchange loss of at least US$l2O
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  • IMF/WORLD BANK MEETINGS
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      IMF wants more debate on regional crisis fund
      489 4  -  Developed nations concerned that proposed facility will undermine IMF's role From Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong THE International Monetary Fund is uncertain about the merits of a regional crisis fund and wants to have more debate on it. Describing the fund as
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      Lock icon Wolfensohn calls for fresh assault on poverty
      295 4 AFP [HONGKONG] World Bank chief James Wolfensohn yesterday told the international community to "act now" in the fight against poverty at the closing session of annual financial talks here. "Let's not wait, let's try and focus on the issues now because waiting doesn't
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      Lock icon It's closing time...
      44 4 [HONGKONG] World Bank president James Wolfensohn checks the time as he chats with International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Michel Camdessus (left) at the closing of the World Bank/IMF meeting in Hongkong yesterday. The 1998 meeting will be in Washington. REUTER
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      Lock icon Manila has survived forex woes well: World Bank chief
      366 4 Ontlook for country positive, it's in pretty good shape, he says AFP [HONGKONG] The Philippines has weathered the South-east Asian currency turmoil "pretty well", World Bank president James Wolfensohn said here yesterday. "It seems to me that the Philippines is in
      AFP  -  366 words
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      Lock icon World gets to see booming Hongkong
      434 4 Meetings show HE'S importance as finance hub and as China's business gateway Reuter [HONGKONG] The biggest banking conference the world has ever seen drew down its curtains yesterday after putting the spotlight on Asia, building bridges with Beijing and opening a window on Hongkong's
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      140 4 I Impressionism I I Impressions of Bali I mm Impressionist Paintings H BM&. «^h 'Wm Jj^jM 'f| A jJm*r j/r \JM p||P *f /V f m m > M H Pablo Picasso. Spring at Biosgebup H Estimate US$ 6M-8M H > H 4< H South East Asian Paintings aAl J^
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      BOT denies taking out deposits from finance firms
      635 5  -  BANGKOK ■aaawhOat stack prises will fcs aOmai ta flrtnte 30% is a riagJedajb-MiDecl Bifl Harish Mehta THE beleaguered Bank of Thailand strongly denied allegations made in parliament yesterday that it withdrew deposits its employees' provident ftind made at some of the 58
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      Lock icon Jakarta needs to address investor concerns: World Bank
      217 5 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA needs to address "reputational concerns" over perceptions of unfair practice and the quality of information here to recover from the regional economic crisis, a senior World Bank official said yesterday. "What worries investors? The quality of information they receive,
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      Lock icon Thais bite the bullet, welcome IMF's rescue plan
      327 5 BANGKOK Outside gmdance needed to nurse economy, they say IHT BEFORE Thailand's economic bubble burst, Siriwat Vora vejvutkuth built 28 luxury condominiums near a golf course and had a reputation as a skilled stock player. Now he sells tuna fish sandwiches and
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      Lock icon Indonesia declares forest fires a national natural disaster
      510 6 JAKARTA Peat and coal areas may also be alight making it difficult to pat oat; WWF calls it an intl catastrophe AFP, Reuter INDONESIA yesterday declared forest and ground fires that have choked the region with a smoky haze a national natural
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      Lock icon Ringgit still vulnerable: Barclays
      452 6  -  LONDON Short sellers not the main culprits behind decline, it says Byl Neil Behrmann THE Malaysian ringgit will remain vulnerable in the medium term, contends Barclays Bank in a gloomy review of the currency. "Attention has been focused on short sellers aiming to gain from the
      Source: Bloomberg  -  452 words
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      Lock icon Vietnam elects market reformer as premier
      302 6 HANOI Bloomberg, Reuter VIETNAM elected a 64-year-old Soviet-trained economist as prime minister, in what analysts said has been a remarkably smooth transition of power to a man regarded as an avowed market reformer. Phan Van Khai's appointment will likely cheer foreign investors as it
      Bloomberg,; Reuter; AFP  -  302 words
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      Lock icon Maybank ups base lending rate
      147 6 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYAN Banking Bhd said it will raise its base lending rate, or the rate it charges its best customers, to 9.45 per cent from the current 9.35 per cent. The bank Malaysia's largest last revised its base lending rate on July 15,
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      161 5 CHRISTIE'S ART South East Asian Pictures Chinese Ceramics and Straits Chinese Works of Art Auction: Sunday, 28 September 1997 Viewing: 25-27 September, 10 am to 6 pm (open to the pubic) Hyatt Regency Singapore, Sir Stamford Room (Magnificent Jeweis from the New York 28 October 1997 be Gallery Taks: Saturday.
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Taiwan spends US$1.4b propping up currency
      431 7 TAIPEI foreign exchange rucrvta fcß to 9-month -fcwrfUSsB7.Bb Bloomberg TAIWAN spent US$l.4 billion (SS2.I billion) propping up its currency in the seven weeks atoce the beginning of August, as currencies across the region slumped. That drove the island's August foreign exchange reterves to a
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      Taipei on track for US$10b rail project
      359 7  -  TAIPEI Island's largest infrastructure job to to awarded soon By\ Bruce Cheesman AFTER many costly delays in major infrastructure projects which have infuriated overseas construction giants, Taiwan looks set to be on track for a US$lO.4 billion (5515.8 billion) high-speed railway between Taipei
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      Lock icon Some progress on China's WTO bid
      455 7 HONGKONG Headway made in market access but sticky negotiations lie ahead: WTO chief Reuter, Bloomberg CHINA'S bid to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has made some progress on market access but sticky negotiations lay ahead, WTO direc-tor-general Renato Ruggiero said yesterday. "There has
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      Lock icon Taiwan govt officialised 20 years for graft
      147 7 TAIPEI AFP A MEMBER of Taiwan's highest watchdog body was sentenced to 20 years in jail on corruption charges yesterday, court officials said. "Tsai Chingchu took bribes despite his position as a Control Yuan member," a prosecutor told the press after announcing the
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      Lock icon Xinhua denies changes to rules on financial news
      243 7 BEIJING AFP CHINA'S Xinhua news agency denied yesterday it was final ising new rules on the control of foreign financial information, saying there had been a "misunderstanding" with the US administration over the issue. "We have not made any changes to the
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  • FOCUS
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      Nay vote likely on new NZ retirement savings plan
      1084 9  -  Lack of public debate, declining popularity of minister behind scheme dim its prospects fYotn, Lee Yoke Har in Auckland THE national referendum in New Zealand to decide on a compulsory retirement savings scheme is almost car tain to return a "No"
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  • ASIA
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      Liang Court venture may file civil claim over Aussie project
      404 10  -  SYDNEY 3ydnegr amnril faces claim ts its permit for Asloom project was declared void by wort By\ Surinder Singh A COMPANY owned by Singapore's Liang Court Holdings and property developer Stanley Quek appears poised to lodge a civil claim against
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      Lock icon Rao charged in court; pleads not guilty
      304 10 NEW DELHI AFP FORMER Indian prime minister P V Narasimha Rao, one of the country's key leaders of the past decade, was charged here yesterday with corruption and criminal conspiracy, domestic news agencies said. A court heard he had allegedly paid bribes to
      AFP  -  304 words
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      Lock icon Howard's office implicated as 'Travelgate' rocks Australia
      353 10 SYDNEY AFP A TRAVEL expenses scandal rocking Australia reached unprecedented heights yesterday when Prime Minister John Howard admitted his office was implicated. In what the opposition have dubbed Travelgate, Mr Howard told parliament that his most senior adviser knew of the alleged expenses
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      Lock icon Concerns mounting over Korea firms' credit risk: S&P
      234 10 SEOUL Agency says they are mr-erteodedand heavily leveraged AFP. Reuter CONCERNS over the credit risk of South Korea's corporations are mounting after years of ambitious growth and diversification, Standard and Poor's (S&P) rating agency said yesterday. Calling them "over-extend-ed" and "heavily leveraged",
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      Lock icon Kia likely to be placed under court receivership
      198 10 SEOUL AFP THE South Korean government and key creditors of the troubled Kia Group are likely to place Kia under court receivership instead of allowing it to reschedule its debts, officials hinted. The consensus was reached at a crucial meeting of six
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US firms' hiring slowed in Aug
      248 11 NEW YORK Bloomberg US BUSINESSES slowed their efforts to recruit new employees in August, pulling the Conference Board's index of helpwanted advertising down from recent highs. The business research group said yesterday its index of help-wanted ads in 51 newspapers across the country dropped
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      Lock icon US durable goods orders up a strong 2.7% in August
      355 11 WASHINGTON Growth is well ahead of analysts' expectations of a 0.5% increase Bloomberg FACTORY orders for big-tick-et products in the US registered a larger-than-expected increase in August, led by a record gain in demand for electronics. Demand for aircraft also
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      Lock icon Swiss pass bill to fight money laundering
      236 11 BERNE Reuter SWITZERLAND moved closer to toughening barriers against money laundering when the lower house of parliament approved late revisions to a new law yesterday. The bill tightens existing rules by giving bankers a duty and not just a right to report financial
      Reuter  -  236 words
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      The politics of disasters
      668 11  -  BDuminav From Poland and beyond there is a price to be paid By Kevin Sullivan LIGHT airplanes have been flying overhead, dropping water on the fires which from time to time engulf the mountain forests on this particular stretch of the Spanish coast. There isn't exactly
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      Seattle to send 100 leaders to visit S'pore next year
      587 12  -  WASHINGTON Team aims to learn business culture and bold ties By] Leon Hadar CLOSE to 100 top business and political leaders from the Greater Seattle region, including executives representing Microsoft and Boeing, are due to take part early next year
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      Lock icon Nod for telecoms rescue plan?
      252 12 WASHINGTON Help likely for US Udders who can't pay for phone licences Reuter US regulators yesterday are expected to approve a rescue package for wireless telephone companies unable to cough up money to pay for US$lO billion (Ssls billion) in licences won at auction, government
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      Lock icon UK trade deficit more than halved in July
      259 12 LONDON AFP BRITAIN'S world trade deficit more than halved in July, official data showed yesterday, suggesting that strength of the pound has not begun to bite severely into export orders. Britain's global trade deficit fell sharply in July to £450 million (Ssl.l
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Can monetary cooperation work for Asia?
      784 13  -  OPINION THE firrOMLDVE Anisha Sabhlok The author, an economist, is a freelance writer based in Singapore WE in South-east Asia are afflicted by a "haze" of more than one type. TTie environmental one should blow over soon; the economic one will take rather longer
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      119 13 'If Gordon Brown would like to make a P very large contribution, I would be happy I toacceptif World Bank president who was responding to the call by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown that the World Bank should do more to help the poorest
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      Washington's 'slow track'buffs
      580 13 EDITORIAL THE United States Congress is undertaking a historic debate on trade and globalisation, following President Bill Clinton's recent request to have his "fast track" trade negotiating authority restored Placing himself on the side of free trade, Mr Clinton has rejected the approach favoured by organised labour
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      Lock icon The world's economy at crossroads
      1151 13  -  Are we entering An era of falling prices? By] Hamish McRae The Independent CYCLES, shocks, yes, we know about those but what about the long-term trend? Talk to anyone seriously interested in investment and they will soon start discussing the present state of the economic
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      840 13 Wary «yw on gMMUtaattaa GLOBALISATION is the buzz word of the moment and the IMF's insistence on the irreversibility of this trend is becoming accepted wisdom. But not everyone is as happy as the IMF with the consequences. Bankers may believe governments are powerless to resist
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      A fascination for watches
      586 14  -  COLLECTOR'S Item Christie's will auction a collection on Sept 30 says MX LU CHISEN That such a mechanical device can keep track of something as abstract as Time, and not so much because of their external appearance, has made watches hold a certain fascination for us.
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      Some things to watch out for
      257 14 HERE are some simple guidelines to remember when looking at an old watch: The conditions of the case and mechanism are crucial. They must match and be in perfect working order. Originality is everything. Only the crystal and the strap can be new. The
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      Lock icon Artist Damien Hirst: man or man-made myth?
      467 14 ART EXHIBITION Qype over UK's bad boy of art may be rarishmfr judging by the sales of his book Reuter DAMIEN Hirst, Britain's bad boy of art, who shot to fame for suspending animal parts in formaldehyde, has acquired near-mythical status in the
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  • ASIA'S CORPORATE LEADERS
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      From fish nets to a global empire
      1141 16  -  Gob Cheng Liang, founder of the Wuthelam group, attributes much of his success to luck and his capable staff, says gatbbmmb omo CATHERINE ONG HE made Nippon Paint a household name in Asia and builtamulti-billion-dollar business empire across the region. But modest to
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      The intuitive towkay and the analytical MBAs
      769 16  -  Initial dashes have evolved into happy compromise for both sides By i Catherine Ong WITH his father out of the room, Goh Hup Jin, eldest son of Goh Cheng Liang, lowers his voice and, in an almost conspiratorial tone, says: "He hasn't retired."
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Scotts Hldgs narrows losses to $1.22m
      331 17  -  By Conrad Raj (SINGAPORE] Scotts Holdings' operations continue to improve as group net losses decreased to $1.22 million for the year ended June 30 from |8.21 million previously. We it reported an operating profit of $2.43 million oompared with a loss of $1.67 tfplMon
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      Lock icon MBf Finance drafting plan to woo back customers
      378 17  -  GPO says it honoured all withdrawal requests without cash aid from Bank Negara Frontl Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MBf FINANCE, which faced a run on deposits over the past three days, is drafting a plan to woo back its customers. "We
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      Creative soars 10.5% as results near
      210 17  -  Bui Annette Pau [SmGAPORE] Creative Technology shares yesterday jumped $3.60 to close at a new year-high of $37.60, up 10.5 per cent from Wednesday, as investors started speculative buying before its first-quarter result announcement which is expected soon. Analysts said the launch of its
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      Lock icon Sale of Heshe stake aborted
      141 17 Reuter [SINGAPORE] The sale of a 19 per cent stake in garment retailer Heshe Holdings Ltd has fallen through, one of the company's substantial shareholders said yesterday. Tan Sim Chew said in a notice to the Stock Exchange of Singapore that he agreed to sell
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      620 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih IF all goes well, Natsteel will list its electronics subsidiary Natsteel Electronics Ltd (NEL) in the next few days. The exercise will give a big boost to Natsteel's asset base (and also make NEL's chief executive Chester
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      252 17  -  ItH be multimedia, data-driven if it wins telecoms licence Teh Hooi Ling {SINGAPORE) The Semba-wang-led consortium that is bidding for a basic telecoms licence will build its edge on data and multimedia services should it win the licence. "If we get the
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      Elec & Eltek profit up 21% to $59m
      310 17 Elec Eltek profit up 21% to $59m [SINGAPORE] Elec Eltek International Co, which yesterday announced a better-than-expected 21.1 per cent rise in earnings to $59.4 million for the year ended June, will decide on a $40 million to $50 million expansion at its Kaiping plant in China in the next
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        744 18 Exposure to M'sia a negative rather than a cushion for loans slowdown in S'pore, say analysts AFXAsia [SINGAPORE] The problems facing the Malaysian economy are sharpening concerns over Singapore banks' exposure to slower loans growth and an increase in non-performing loans, analysts said.
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        241 18 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Pacific Century Group Japan Co Ltd is borrowing US$2BB million (*****.6 million) from Japan Development Bank at the lowest ever interest rate offered by the bank. The company, a joint venture between Hutchison Whampoa Ltd and the private-ly-owned Pacific Century Group, will
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        292 18 Better-than-expected results boosted by rhangA Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Renong Bhd said yesterday profit before a gain for fiscal year ended June 30 rose a better-than-expected 32 per cent, helped by a change in the way it records profits. Renong, which has interests in
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        AFP formally takes over Amcol from judicial managers
        206 18  -  By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Asia Food Properties (AFP) has formally taken control of the management of property and electronics distributor Amcol Holdings except for outstanding matters related to certain of its investments in Singapore, Indonesia and Mauritius from the judicial managers. This
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          57 18 [SINGAPORE] Newly-listed GAW Holdings reported net earnings of $2.42 million for the six months ended June, up 25 per cent from the same period last yeer. Turnover rote 33 per cent to $59.55 million. The results are within the company's expectation and it projected "satisfactory"
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          93 18 [SINGAPORE] LC Development has reported a 73 per cent plunge in net profit to $845,000 on a 37.8 per cent drop in turnover to $14 million for the year to June 30,1907. But die company made an extraordinary gain of nearly $15.7 million from the
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          Pacific Carriers' interim falls 53%
          83 18 [SINGAPORE] Pacific Carriers has reported a 53 per cent foil in interim net profit to $6.4 million on a flat turnover of $63J million for the period to June 30,1967. The company said its results were affected by the weak dry bulk freight market and
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        404 19 Money to be spent over 4 years on making faster chips, multimedia products Bloomberg [SEOULJ LG Semicon Co said yesterday it would spend US$l4 billion (5521.2 billion) to become one of the world's largest semiconductor makers in four years,
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        178 19 AFXAsia [HONGKONG] Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd (CKI) said it has signed joint venture contracts with Qinyang Aluminium Electricity Group Co to invest in two 55megawatt power plants in Qinyang City, in China's Henan province. CKI said in a statement that it will
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        258 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US corporate profits will rise as much as 13 per cent in the third quarter, marking almost six years of earnings growth, as a robust economy and low unemployment boost sales of pickup trucks, computers and other big-ticket items.
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        312 19 Bourse seeks fuller disclosure of firm's likely acquisitions Reuter AFP, (HONGKONG) Trading in the shares of China-backed Cosco International Holdings Ltd was suspended yesterday after the Stock Exchange of Hongkong requested fuller disclosure of the company's possible acquisitions. A spokesman for Cosco
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        72 19 [TOKYO] An Olympus Optical Co promotion staff member holding up the new digital camera Camedia C-1400L on Wednesday at the camera and precision instruments maker's booth at the World PC Expo fair in Makuhari, east of Tokyo. The 470g camera has a super-high-resolution progressive CCD chip with
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        249 19 AFP [HONGKONG] Shares of Para mount Publishing Group Ltd were higher yesterday following the purchase of a 20 per cent stake by a China-backed firm, dealers said yesterday. Shares of Paramount, formerly a member of the listed Allied Group, rose some
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        192 20 Reuter {LONDON] Britain's Pearson pic and Telefonica of Spain joined forces yesterday to launch a major assault on the media markets of the Spanish speaking world. Communications company Telefonica is paying 23.1 billion pesetas (***** million) for a 20 per cent stake in Pearson's
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        749 20 Foreigi firms clamour for Wall St listing US investors seek more exotic stocks FT [NEW YORK] Richard Grasso looks a little smug. Large international companies are lining up to list on the New York Stock Exchange, where he is chairman and chief executive. Hoechst, the latest,
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        210 20 FT [LONDON] Shares in Gucci, the Italian fashion group, tumbled by US$ll.O6 to U5547.19 in New York on Wednesday, after it warned that profit growth would be slower than expected in the second half of the year. Domenico De Sole, president, said trading had
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        358 20 ■mtoeonreno deceptive means to monopolise market Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Intel Corp said the Federal Trade Commission has notified the world's largest chipmaker it has begun a wideranging investigation into the company's business practices, the second such inquiry in six years. The FTC,
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        279 21  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Thailand's life insurance companies are bracing themselves for flat growth this year amid rising inflation and the backlash of the baht devaluation. This scenario is painted by the Asia Insurance Review, which quotes Apirak Thaipatankul, director of the Thai
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        192 21 Reuter (TOKYO) The yield of the key Japanese long cash bond fell below 1.9 per cent in Tokyo yesterday, and traders said the yield may be on its way for a try at an all-time global low. The yield of the key
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        459 22  -  Teckniltfir fend will also invest in Motech, health, agri tech counters By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] UOB Asset Management has teamed up with US fund manager Robertson Stephens Investment Management to launch Singapore's first unit trust that invests in global technology stocks the United Global
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        345 22 Bloomberg (NEW YORK] Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, Paine Webber Group Inc and Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette Inc aire likely to be the next brokers to be acquired following Travelers Group Inc's agreement to buy Salomon InC, analysts say. They'll need to combine with other big
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        218 22 Reuter [WASHINGTON] Wednesday was pay day for Warren Buffett Ten years after investing US$7OO million (Ssl.l billion) to save Salomon Brothers from the clutches of a hostile takeover, the billionaire saw his investment pay off when Travelers Group Inc agreed to buy the New
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        277 22 SZMEZReport Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures inched to new contract highs yesterday as the longer end of the yield curve broke historic ground amid persistent pessimism about Japan's economy. The yield on the key long cash Japanese government bond (JGB) ploughed through a series
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        Futures volume at a record 9,425 contracts
        168 22  -  MS&TAIW AM FUTURES By Perry Gilbert, By Perry Gilbert, vice-presi-dent, Refco Singapore [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures contract traded a record volume of 9,425 contracts yesterday while open interest was a new high of 13,181 contracts as at Wednesday. Institutional traders
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        209 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [ALMATY] China and Kazakhstan face an awesome task carrying out the huge oil deal signed on Wednesday, a senior Kazakh official said yesterday. Both countries signed a package of oil and pipeline deals worth nearly US$9.5 billion (5514.4 billion), called
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        269 22 Reuter THE US dollar recovered some ground yesterday after a sharp decline prompted by Japanese and German statements undermining sentiment in the greenback. At 1245 GMT, the dollar had firmed to 1.7751 marks from 1.7745 on Wednesday and to 120.74 yen from 120.27 the previous evening. Japan's deputy
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      1678 23 Bloomberg Nikkei 225 -78J2 STOCKS fell yesterday after four days of gains, led by car-makers, amid concern the weak economy will hinder profit growth. The 225-stock Nikkei Average fell 78.12 points to 18,341.96. The broader Topix Index fell 6.12 points to 1,418.05. An estimated 412 million shares were traded,
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      1619 24 Bloomberg Wiling Seng +43L15 STOCKS rose yesterday, as the benchmark index posted its biggest one-day gain in three weeks and China-backed companies surged. Banks and property shares accounted for almost 60 per cent of the main index's gain. They rallied as US bond yields fell to their lowest in
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      662 24 Reuter F1 Shenzhen B Intel *0.47 SHENZHEN'S A and B share indices ended higher yesterday as sentiment was buoyed by Beijing's pledge not to flood the market with new listings. The B Index gained 0.47 point to 128.99 on turnover of HK$34 million. The A Index climbed 4.74 to
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      392 24 AFP □wpiafai -aom SHARES fell in volatile trade yesterday, dragged down by a lack of investment despite the cut of reserve requirements by the central bank. "Against the backdrop of prevailing pessimistic sentiment, a large number of investors dumped their holdings," an analyst said. The TSE Weighted Price Index
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      746 24 AFP Index +5J57 SHARES rose yesterday, with some foreign buying improving confidence among local investors, dealers said. "It's worth noting that some foreign investors have started to buy again. It's a good sign for the market," said a dealer. But he added that investors were focusing only on selected
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      835 24 AFP Q SET Index *2034 SHARES rose yesterday on a stronger baht and speculation that a censure debate in parliament will not disrupt the progress of political and economic reforms. The stronger baht encouraged buying as it implied that exporters were more relaxed over the political and economic situation.
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      334 24 AFP □Manila -JMB SHARE prices fell yesterday on revived rumours that certain large firms might default on their bank loans. "There are rumours of bank defaults," said a trader. The PSE Composite Index fell 11.48 points to 2,065.56. Turnover was 2.4 billion shares worth 1.8 billion pesos. The Bank
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      419 24 AFP Q Composite Index -8.75 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday as investors sold actively after the government failed to take any action to stabilise the market, dealers said. "Disappointment was felt as the government showed no signs of acting to boost the ailing market," a dealer said. "There seems
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      608 24 AFP yiADOrfaaricg ♦1013 SHARE prices gained 0.4 per cent to a record close yesterday, spurred by futures-relat-ed trade, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index firmed 10.3 points to 2,779.2. Turnover was 433.4 million shares worth Asl.lB billion, with rises beating declines on a ratio of about six to five.
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      268 24 Bloomberg Wellington *1136 SHARES rose yesterday as bonds rallied boosting the appeal of the yields available from equities and as money market rates fell. The key NZSE Top 40-share Index rose 14.36 points to close at 2,565.58. Within the index, rises beat falls by 25 to nine. Swt 25
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        553 25 AFX-Asia Composite Index *9.92 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday as buying support by local institutions led the composite index higher. Dealers said the gains were made despite Standard Poor's revision of Malaysia's long-term foreign exchange rating from stable to negative. The KLSE Composite Index rose
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        184 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy A MALAYSIAN warrant that is finally showing signs that it may have bottomed out and is now stirring into life is that issued by property firm South Malaysia Industries (SMI). A review of its numbers is perhaps in order.
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        67 28  -  Shiv Taneja ST Shipbuilding d Engineering cJeeed five cents higher yesterday at $2.64 on a volume of 2.7 million shares. In the last three months, the share price has run up from around 11.80 to its current value. Investors should begin to take profit now, as the dally
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        707 28  -  STOCKMAUBT COMXBMTABY In Malaysia, a rally led by plantation shares falters when SAP downgrades the country's long-term rating from 'stable' to 'negative' By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A recovery in property counters and a sudden play on electronics stocks were the main talking points
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          170 28 PLANTATION stocks are hot, and that*s not another bad joke about forest fires and the haze. 3T readers who took advice we gave more than a month ago would have been beaming yesterday as the share prices of plantation stocks KLK (up 20 cents to $3.92), 101 (up
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          102 28 AFTER wielding the stick. Microsoft is now waving a carrot The US software giant has a new scheme to woo companies to go legal by offering freebies and goodies. Companies can now buy low-cost licences to run Microsoft's software, under a new scheme called Molp (M icrosoft Open
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          86 28 SOME gamblers at Genting Highlands casino in Malaysia are peeved that the company has installed machines to shuffle cards for the popular game of black jack. "I am not going back to Genting. How to count the cards?" said a disgruntled gambler from Singapore. However, gaming analysts reckon
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          112 28 BRACE yourself. That time of the year looms once again. The lights and the decorations are going up and the hah- will be coming down. It's the year-end festive season and the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board is billing it as "The World's Longest Street Party". Be prepared
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      2119 20 A Consolidated Income Statement na CREDIT LYONNAIS FRF in Millions, Year Ended 31 December Head Office: 19, bd des luliens, ***** Paris jZ 7ZZ List of Subsidiaries and Associated Companies Registered Office Lyon Singapore Office s 65, Chulia Street, #37-01, OCBC Centre intent income from: 121.112 imjm CONSOLIDATED COMPANIES IN
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      744 21 PACIFIC CARRIERS LIMITED (KOMMBaiKmUCffWrOK) The Directors of Pacific Carriers Limited wish to report as follows to shareholders:UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE 1997 Tk Greap fttC—pmj 1997 1994 X 1997 199* $'000 $'000 (Intrust/ $'000 $'000 (litems*/ Decreese) Docreose) 1 (a) Turnover 43,310 43,454 0 49,409 34,751
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      787 28 BUSINESS Notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 98 AND IN THE MATTER OT INDUCTOTHERM SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBER'S VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION [Pursuant to ScctfanZWUMk)) Al an Kx inordinary General Meeting of die Company held at 36 Robinson Road. *I*4l City House. Singapore *****7 on
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      348 28 THE COMPANIES ACT CHAPTER 50 SECTION 290(2Xb) NOTICE OF MSOUmOM IDCMITSU TANKER SIMOAPONE PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY UOOWATWN) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Idemitsu Tanker Singapore Re Ltd held at 16 Raffles Quay *31-01 Hong Leong Building Singapore *****1 on the 19th day of September 1997, the following
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      318 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF INTER-MARITIME MANAGEMENT PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Extract ol the Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members ot Inter-Maritime Management Pte Ltd signed by representative ot holding company relating lo proceedings ot subsidiary
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      535 28 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANES ACT. CAP. SO AND M THE MATTER Of CSA TIW-M (S) PTE LTD (InMnJma' V iiMiiUbi y I lipriitetliin) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and heid at 25 KaUang Avenue *07-01 Kallang
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      302 28 NOTICE Of FINAL MEETING MTNE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER SO AMD IN THE MATTER OF INVESTMENT DYNAMTCS PTE LTD (M MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN M He Frial General Meeting of N member* of tie abovanemeri Company wfl be held at tw UquxJafcW Otoe. 47 Hi
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      272 29 Bridge News, Reuter THERE was a surge in activity for Panamaxes in the Pacific with several vessels reported fixed on QBriod basis and increased Interest in business from (he US and Canadian west coast. Excess of tonnage, and a lack of new crop cargoes tipped the scales in
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      Lock icon S'pore signs revised int'l treaty on oil spill claims
      361 29  -  Protocol raises limit of compensation in oil pollntionincidents from $28m to $118 m By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPOREI Singapore has become a party to the revised version of the international convention on oil spill claims which significantly raises the limit of
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      Lock icon Stena to cut costs and freeze investment
      286 29 FT [STOCKHOLM] Stena Line, the world's largest ferry company, is planning an investment freeze as part of a restructuring and cost-cutting plan. The loss-making Swedish group, which has spent 3 billion Swedish kroner (***** million) on new vessels in the past two years,
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      Court of Appeal awards damages for wrongful Mareva injunction
      722 29 ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK LAST week's Admiralty Casebook was based on a decision of the High Court, which Heng Holdings has successfully appealed against. It was based on a report in the Singapore Law Reports (1997,2 SLR 550), which did not make reference
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      380 29 Govt-owned yards to be privatised by end-1998 Lloyd's List [MILAN] An unidentified Japanese shipbuilding group has shown interest in buying two Italian shipyards which are to be privatised by the end of 1998. The yards are Nuovi Cantieri Apuania at Marina di
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      Lock icon Training ship catches fire
      64 29 [MANILA] F- -°.flghters from the Philippine Coast Guard training their water hoses on the smoulderir_ civilian training ship which caught fire at Manila Bay. Investigators said the blaze may have started in a classroom on the ship's higher deck. All 14 crewmen of the burning Asian
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      Lock icon Yangtse ports find niche
      675 30  -  CHHVA SHIPPING Smaller ports near Shanghai are starting to handle more cargo generated by barge traffic By Russell Barling THE focus of the shipping world is on Shanghai but, further down the Yangtse, smaller ports are starting to see significant volumes of cargo generated through barge
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      Lock icon Cosco drops direct calls to Le Havre, Xingang
      251 30 Cargonews China (HONGKONG] China Ocean Shipping Co (Cosco) has dropped two ports of call from its Asia-Europe container route to boost the service's "express" marketing potential and trim costs. Direct calls at the ports of Xingang and Le Havre have been eliminated,
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      15632 38 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Adv*rtis*r V*ss*l Voyaga T*l*phon* ETA ETA Adv*rtis*r V*ss*l Voyag* TH*p«on« SIN Dast'n Nam* Nam* Numb*r NumD*r SIN D*stn Nam* Nam* Numb* Numtwr 01/10 13/11 NYK CSAV HONGKONG 001N 45-*****23 To BUENOS AIRES (BUC) 2060 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Aroentina Ivory Coast. Cote D'I voire
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        792 45 Vessel Voy Mo Berth Arrival Departure JaaiM Innil Proi 09/97 J09 a»*g»(ii 2609/0700 Donqstwl *714 J02 2109/1000 Ctinnti I JM jtomjiK* 01.10/2000 MM PTm *****A JO *»l»* 2 2025. Jo Rom J05 tuoqiif 26.09/0*00 DVOM) II So* 09/97 J07 all«0»0» 2109/2000 SSHMU 23 JB H-W/HOO Sac 12 *****7
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        1739 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND La CARGO Booklnq/BoUnco Rsth Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Ported FroM To From Ac* Stmt 2*46 20/0700 M 25/800 2s/»9* arno 25/800 25/145* 25/800 U 2 VI700 26/065* 26/0*00 a n/rrao it/out 24/0*00 3 26/0700 26/n5* 24/W00 4 26/1200 24/M59 26/1700 AO VMM
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        171 45 Sept 28 Taiwan: Birthday of Confucius. Oct 1 China: National Day. Out 2 China: National Day Holiday. Oot Australia: Labour Day. Oot 10 Hong Kong Chung Yeung Festival. Japan: Sports Day. Taiwan Double Tenth National Day. Oot 13 Canada Thanksgiving Day. United States: Columbus Day. Oot 23 Thailand
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        898 45 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        386 45 cortoo no Max 9902 0.9 15.4 o.oe ojm Soft 11 Density Wlttr KmOut Ash Aluminium Sediment No atooM £25 0 0 1 0 0 0 380 Am 905.8 OJ QJ 0.06 32 0M Eum 380 Max 994.0 0.8 17.7 0.09 51 0.07 Wo ikon C35 3
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        Northwest Air confirms order for 50 Airbus jets
        487 46  -  Deal valued at USs2b; options for farther 100 aircraft valued at US$4 Union By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Northwest Airlines confirmed an order for 50 Airbus Industrie aircraft and took options for another 100, as the carrier looks to simplify its fleet to
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        311 46 Both sides to meet again next month in Washington Reuter [TOKYO] The US and Japan failed to strike an aviation deal in their latest round of talks and will miss their self-imposed deadline of Sept 30, Japan's Transport Ministry said yesterday. "An agreement
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        276 46 FRANKFURT AB FREIGHT CONFERENCE Reuter [FRANKFURT] The current turbulence hitting the Tiger economies of South-east Asia may not have a great impact on air cargo business, Boeing Co regional director marketing, cargo, David Pierce said. "We're just starting to look at
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        285 46 Reuter [FRANKFURT] German car giant Volkswagen AG is to launch a 24-hour spare parts air cargo-based distribution network for Asia from a new Singapore hub next year, a senior logistics manager said. The regional centre would cut delivery times substantially by using
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        Lock icon Big Boeing order may come before Jiang visits US
        347 46 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's next bil-lion-dollar order of Boeing aircraft may come during next month's visit to China by US Commerce Secretary William Daley not as widely expected during the late-October visit of China's President Jiang Zemin to Washington, officials said. The
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          72 46 Reuter [HONGKONG] United Airlines said it has appointed Henry Ma as its new general manager in Hongkong. Don Curran, vice-president in charge of United's Pacific sooth division, said Mr Ma's appointment is significant because Hongkong is the airline's second largest market outside the US.
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          56 46 Reuter [LONDON] Britain said it has appointed an independent expert to investigate last week's rail crash in which six people were killed and 13 seriously injured. The Health and Safety Executive said Tony Barrell would lead the inquiry into last Friday'B crash. Mr Bairell will
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          77 46 Reuter [LONDON] British Airways has suspended its Glasgow* New York service and warned that other long-haul routes could be at risk if its American Airlines alliance is not sanctioned, the Independent newspaper said yesterday. The paper quoted British Airways chief executive Bob Ay ling as
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        Lock icon 3rd-qtr earnings of most US airlines expected to rise
        360 46 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Most US airline companies other than Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines Corp will have improved third-quarter earnings, as they ride a wave of heavy traffic complemented by low fuel costs. Unusually strong demand in the traditionally busy
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        46 46 [BEIJING] Taxi drivers waiting anxiously for fares outside their cars at the Beijing railway station. The city's economic boom over the last 10 years has increased the demand for taxis and at the same time caused serious deterioration of the capital's traffic situation. AFP
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        134 46 Bloomberg [HOUSTON] Continental Airlines Inc pilots said they will seek approval to strike if the union's board rejects a contract on Oct 1, though a walkout wouldn't occur for at least two months. "After six months of negotiations, if we can't
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        1678 46 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD AM«W« $0230 mo AWT 1335 AY90 2135 AmMH $0327 0135 KLM4 0040 SBITT M85 SOW! <00 KL837 1455 W.838 2300 NoCMMMi VN741 1310 VNT42 0850 DL26 2355 S0171 1420 SOI72 0930 S026 2355 GA839 1705 GA636 1210 AacfclM *273 1605 S0285
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      1600 33 tmcv SAIUNO TO 1 > MCW TOftK 39 NTS I mum-Kim I I SINGAPORE'S GENIR/U. AGENTS: 6 SHENTON WAY TEL: 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/l) COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #17-0 I DOS HOG SAUS/IKGS *****41/43 INWARD DEPT (0/0) *****1S COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD CR NO: *****M00W TOWP TWO
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