The Business Times, 12 December 1996

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  • 569 1  -  Shipping tycoon wins 80% of votes; Patten and Democratic Party chief pledge support Fromi Quak Hiang Whai m Hongkong HONGKONG'S business and political community has welcomed the overwhelming victory by shipping magnate Tung Chee-hwa in the vote to become Hongkong's first chief
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  • 428 1  -  Prices hit by worries of sharp correction on Wall St By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] For the second time in less than a week, a sudden plunge in the S&P 500 futures contract traded in Tokyo yesterday raised worries of a sharp correction
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  • 112 1 AFP [WASHINGTON] Stocks plunged from the opening bell on Wall Street yesterday, then moved off their lows only to plummet again amid bond market jitters that pushed up long-term interest rates. Reversing strong two-day gains, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 112.13 points at
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  • 558 1  -  You never know what you're going to get: more on new issues or the scheduled review of Uruguay Round, says Tlkrui Bmuba Vikram Khanna THIS WTO Ministerial Conference does not seem to be going by the book. It was expected to be
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 708 2  -  YESTERDAY JX PARLIAMENT Only Low Tliia Khiang abstains from vote which sees Chee Soon Joan hit hardest with a $25,000 fine Chuang Peck Ming THE House yesterday accepted with only one abstaining vote the recommendation to fine four
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    • PARLIAMENT Briefs
      • 50 2 PARLIAMENT yesterday approved an interim budget totalling $11.4 billion to cover the first five months of the next fiscal year till end-August Finance Minister Richard Hu had asked fbr the interim budgst in ease the genaral election is not heid in time for the 1897 budget
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      • 65 2 MORE people are being discharged from bankruptcy monthly than are being made bankrupt since the new Bankruptcy Act which has liberal dischargi rales, came into force in July 1996, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Law Ho Peng KeesakL The number of persons discharged from bankruptcy roee from 544
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      • 71 2 PROPERTY owners who are tardy in paying property taxes will be brought to court to make them pay under the amended Property Tax Act passed yesterday. Other enhanced enforcement measures include a provision for the appointment of agents to facilitate the recovery of tax
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      • 61 2 THE 6.4 km MRT extension line to Changi Airport will start at the Tanah Merah station, Minister of State for Communications Gob Chee Wee said. It will have an intermediate station to serve the propoeed mega exhibition centre and the Changi business park and an
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    • 281 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Construction By\ Michelle Low A TOTAL of $1.04 billion worth of construction contracts was awarded in October, slightly under the $1.16 billion for October 1995, according to preliminary numbers from the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB). Private sector spending for October
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    • 254 2 THE Singapore operations of US-based electrical parts maker Thomas Betts will today start incorporating the manufacturing operations here of connector-products maker Augat. The move follows the completion of T&B's acquisition of US-based Augat yesterday for US$55O million (Ss77o million.) T&B's facilities
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    • 345 5 It aims to foster stronger ties between firms and NSmen The Straits Times THE Ministry of Defence will hold dialogues with employers from early next year. It aims to achieve a better understanding between companies and the NSmen employed by
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    • NEWS Roundup
      • 69 5 MINISTER for the Environment Teo Chee Hean will make an official visit to Malaysia from today to Saturday. He has been invited by Malaysian Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment Law Hieng Ding. Rear-Admiral Teo will meet with Mr Law to review the
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      • 55 5 ALL foreign workers applying for work permits from Jap. 1 will haveto undergo malaria screening as part of their medical examination. The Ministry of the Environment said existing work permit holders whose permits are due for renewal on or after July 1,1907, will also be
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      • 75 5 THE Sitex '96 information technology exhibition opens here today. Organiser Technofairs Corp Pte Ltd hopes the event will generate $30 million in new business for participating companies. The figure for last year was about $20 million. "We have 350 exhibitors from 20 countries... with
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    • 286 5 $131 m project will help transmit electricity from Teas station in 1999 SINGAPORE will have a second undersea cable tunnel for electricity transmission in mid-1998, when Singapore Power (SP) completes its $131 million tunnel project to bring electricity from its new Tuas
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    • 262 5 The Straits Times WORK at six construction sites was stopped last month because of grossly unsafe conditions, the Ministry of Labour said yesterday. In a statement, it said that IS of the 17 sites checked last month had violated safety
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
    • 194 4 Bernama (KUALA LUMPUR] Nishimat-su-Corpro Construction (M) Sdn Bhd (NCC) signed a M 5225.35 million (Ssl2s million) syndicated term loan facility for the construction of two hotels in Sabah on Monday. NCC is a joint venture between leading Japanese general contractor Nishimatsu Construction Co
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    • 612 4  -  New rules may be needed to break the stalemate arising from some owners holding out for more By- Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Property developer P L Kua's protracted efforts to buy up neighbouring apartment sites at Thomson Road in en bloc sales have taken a step forward.
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    • 290 4 HKs76om bid for commercial plot at high end of analysts' expectations Bloomberg Business News AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Singapore property tycoon Ng Teng Fong's Sino Land Co, one of the territory's biggest landlords, has paid HK$76O million (Ssl37 million) for a North Point commercial
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    • 1112 4 Selected property transactions for districts 11 and 21 (sectors 28 to 30 and 58 to 59) lodged between Oct 21 and Dec 7 Project Name/ Prop Contract Tenure Built-tn/ Price Ptf Street Name Type Date Land Area* (sqft) ($$*000) CSS) District II Non-Landed Balestier Court Apt 22/10/96 FH
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 257 6 MANILA Reuter PHILIPPINE President Fidel Ramos yesterday rejected opposition calls to put in writing a pledge to step down in 1998. A top churchman had warned that allowing Mr Ramos to run again could plunge the Philippines into "the
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    • 444 6  -  JAKARTA Transfer of state funds legal if based on govt regulations, parliament told S N Vasuki FINANCE Minister Mar'ie Muhammad has told parliament that it is legal for ministers to transfer state revenues to their personal bank accounts if it was based
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    • 382 6  -  JAKARTA Troubled airline pledges to speed up efforts to go public next year By S N Vasuki IN A major shake-up, troubled Sempati Air has replaced its high-profile president and pledged to speed efforts to go public sometime next year. The revamp of Sempati's top
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    • 419 6  -  BANGKOK Bat his critics say the policy statement lacks specifics By Loh Hui Yin REVIVING the economy and political reforms are the major goals of Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's administration, but his critics have said it was short on specifics. In his policy statement
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    • 62 6 [HANOI] A Vietnamese toddler unaware that her pants were hanging by her ankles as she forms part of a human chain to cross a busy intersection on her way to kindergarten in Hanoi yesterday. Vietnam's youngsters are now expected to live beyond 65 years of age, a
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    • 325 6  -  m MANILA Sum's a 23% rise over previous year, says survey of US firms By* Al Labita FORTY-SIX United States multinationals plan to invest 47 billion pesos (552.5 billion) to expand their existing businesses in the Philippines, an American business leader said yesterday.
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    • 194 6 KUALA LUMPUR The Straits Times SINGAPOREANS and other foreigners stand to benefit from changes to rules on foreign ownership of property being considered by Malaysia's National Land Council. Foreign companies may be allowed to buy residential property for their staff to stay in even
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • 260 7 WASHINGTON AFP THIRTY-EIGHT members of the US film community on Tuesday sent an open letter to the Chinese government to protest Beijing's moves to block a US film on exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama. Human Rights Watch said. "We have,
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    • 566 7  -  HONGKONG He now has to deliver on promise of safeguarding stable, more prosperous HE Byy Quak Hiang Whai FOR an economy which has thrived on a strong executiveled government for an uninterrupted period of decades, the overwhelming endorsement which Tung Chee-hwa received from
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    • 391 7 WASHINGTON Visiting defence minister urges US not to interfere in Beying-Taipei affairs Reuter, AFP IN A blunt speech to US military officers, Chinese Defence Minister Chi Haotian said on Tuesday that China refuses to renounce the use of force to reclaim Taiwan,
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    • 189 7 TAIPEI Reuter TAIWAN said yesterday it was not worried that warming US-China military ties would harm the island's ability to procure advanced arms in the United States despite Chinese pressure to halt such sales. Taiwan Defence Minister Chiang Chung-ling said he
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    • 148 7 SHANGHAI AFP THE Chinese currency has remained firm against the US dollar after becoming convertible in the current account at the beginning of the month. A National Foreign Exchange Centre spokesman yesterday said that during the past 10 days, total transactions on the Shanghai-based China
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    • 664 7  -  CHDCA WATCH But leaders at China's helm will not forsake stability for a rosy economic picture By Lu Ning AS the end of the year approaches, Beijing enters the season of conferences. Holding four or five national conferences at this time of the year
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    • 191 7 TAIPEI AFP THE business empire of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) has decided to invest heavily in Okinawa in support of the Japanese government plan to develop the prefecture into an international port. Liu Tai-ying, director of the KMT Business Management Committee, yesterday said he
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  • THE WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
    • 487 8  -  New offers from five nations, improved ones from seven and more in the pipeline Hy i Catherine Ong AT LEAST a dozen countries have indicated they have made new or improved offers to open up their telecommunications markets, raising hopes that
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    • SIDE Lines
      • 97 8 AFTER three days of harried negotiations, it is not surprising that ministers and officials at the WTO ministerial meeting are looking bleary-eyed and walking around like zombies. The meeting has already been dubbed "Sleepless in Singapore" by some. At a press conference, US assistant trade representative Jefif
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      • 86 8 IT HAS put Singapore on the world map but Singaporeans appear nonchalant about the ongoing WTO Ministerial meeting. "It is a good thing. It has put Singapore on the world map but I don't think anything is going to come out of this (meeting)/' Jean
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      • 111 8 ACTING US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky met Malaysia's International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz late yesterday amid signs of further progress in reaching an Information Technology Agreement (ITA), an AFP report quoting a US source said. The two women met on the sidelines of the
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      • 76 8 ECONOMIC ministers of Asean and the European Free Trade Association (Efta) yesterday agreed to establish links for cooperation between the two groupings. The ministers called on secretariats of the two groupings to identify areas of cooperation and suggest an appropriate framework for cooperation between the
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      • 85 8 AN INTERNATIONAL labour group yesterday denounced the imminent trial of an Indonesian union leader for subversion and said the case dramatised the need to promote workers' rights worldwide. The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) spoke up for Indonesian labour leader Muchtar Pakpahan on the
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    • 216 8 AFP ARGENTINA is to blame for a big delay in drawing up a ministerial declaration to be issued by this week's landmark World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting, a Japanese government source said yesterday. The source told reporters in Singapore that Argentina suddenly stopped
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    • 220 8 Bloomberg Business News INDONESIA said it will support a global agreement eliminating tariffs on information technology provided a quarter of the 180 target products are excluded until after the 2000 deadline. "We can live with, basically, the proposal that the US
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    • 580 8  -  Offer includes satellite communications, end to SingTel's monopoly By Catherine Ong SINGAPORE will formally table to the WTO its offer to free up all telecommunication services in the year 2000, inoiuding ending Singapore Telecom's monopoly by then. The new offer goes
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    • 414 8  -  US, EU continue wooing Asian nations, bat stiD no final deal Kenneth James MAJOR trading powers pushing for a landmark Information Technology Agreement (ITA) stepped up their wooing of Asian countries but a conclusive accord remained out of reach when formal business ended on
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    • 42 9 AS THE WTO Ministerial Conference finishes its third day, media opportunities seem to get scarcer and journalists take advantage of what's available. They are seen here pouncing on Indonesian Trade Minister Tunky Ariwibowo after a briefing yesterday. CHRIS LOH
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    • 278 9  -  By\ Siow Li Sen TEXTILE-EXPORTING countries said yesterday they will continue to apply pressure on importers despite the latter pledging on Tuesday to stop dragging their feet on ending import quotas by 2005. Exporters said they were not overjoyed about the agreement
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    • 564 9  -  US must back down or chairman's statement may replace declaration Yang Razali Kassim IF THE United States does not back down from insisting that labour standards be mentioned in the WTO declaration, the Singapore meeting could end on Friday with only a chairman's
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    • 379 9  -  Polish minister says some parties will use issue to bargain By Larry Wee A FINAL compromise on the contentious issue of relating trade to core labour standards may well have to wait till tomorrow, the Polish Head of Delegation (HOD) to
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    • 244 9 THE WTO organisers of the event are making sure that everything is perfect for the thousands of delegates at Suntec City and the Raffles City Convention Centre. And whenever things turn out to be less than perfect, they fix it pronto. Take the
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  • ASIA
    • 541 10  -  A$ falls by almost one US cent and drops from S$Ll2 to S$Ul against S$ SINGAPORE By] Louis Beckerling THE Australian dollar yesterday fell almost one US cent to 79.37 US cents in response to yet another cut in official rates by the Australian
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    • 204 10 CANBERRA Reuter THE Australian Senate yesterday approved the AsB billion (Ss9 billion) one-third privatisation of telecoms carrier Telstra Corp, opening the way for the biggest share offer in the country's history. All non-government parties opposed the sale bill, which passed the
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    • 514 10  -  AUCKLAND No restrictions an foreigners buying local companies By David McLoughlin NEW Zealand's new Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters, has abandoned his former strong opposition to foreign investment. This appears to be the only major concession he had to make to secure
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    • 308 10 SEOUL Analysts foresee sectoral crisis unless government steps in AFP THE sickly Seoul stock market has driven South Korea's financial institutions into a precarious corner, a survey said yesterday, as analysts predicted a sectoral crisis unless the government comes to the
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    • 309 10 TOKYO Deficit of 668b yen fuelled by Japanese travelling overseas AFP JAPAN'S deficit in services surged in October to a new historic high for the second consecutive month, dragging down the overall surplus on the current account, finance ministry officials said yesterday. The deficit in
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    • 129 10 WELLINGTON Reuter THE limousine of New Zealand's prime minister was set on fire early yesterday, just hours after his party emerged victorious from two months of tortuous coalition negotiations. Assistant Commissioner Neville Trendle, the police commander, said police and the diplomatic protection squad will
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    • 117 10 MADRAS AFP INDIAN Prime Minister Deve Gowda said he was astounded by the hoard of gold and silver seized from the home of an ac-tress-turned-politician in southern India. Mr Deve Gowda said late yesterday that he was "shocked that documents and assets "worth several
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  • THE WORLD
    • 298 11 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News THE United States should not use the dollar as a means of reducing the nation's trade deficit, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said. "That isn't the direction to take," Mr Rubin said on Tuesday in an appearance on
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    • 66 11 [MADRID] Thousands of civil servants holding umbrellas and banners as they take part in a march through central Madrid during a public sector strike yesterday. Spain's conservative government said only 15 per cent had heeded a call to strike against a public-sector wage freeze while
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    • 287 11 NEW YORK NYT HEADY profits on Wall Street are generating so much extra revenue from income and business taxes that New York City may end its fiscal year with a surplus of US$35O million (Ss49o million). But officials said yesterday that even
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    • 384 11 WASHINGTON Washington Post THE White House on Tuesday night released to Congress correspondence between President Clinton and John Huang that shows Mr Huang tried from the earliest days of the administration to get his Lippo Group bosses into the Oval
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    • 483 11 WASHINGTON Benign inflation outlook means Fed unlikely to raise overnight lending rate, say analysts Bloomberg Business News INFLATION was a no-show again in November as prices paid to factories, farmers and other producers rose only 0.1 per cent when volatile food and energy costs
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    • 336 11 KANSAS CITY, Missouri Strong performance of manufacturers will keep growth on track Bloomberg Business News THE US economy should continue to expand at a pace between about 2 per cent and 2.5 per cent. Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank president Thomas M Hoenig
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    • 376 11 WASHINGTON US may have to mull retaliation for military housing complex bombing The Washington Post THE Saudi Arabian government has given the Clinton administration detailed data meant to support the Saudi belief that the June bombing of a US military housing complex
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 803 13  -  THB BOTTOM LIMB OPINION By Ong Wee Hock The writer was with the Economic Development Board for more than 15 years and was formerly general manager of CSA Holdings IT IS perhaps understandable that local entrepreneurs harbour the feeling that they are discriminated
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    • 117 13 'When I want to know what goes on in Belgrade, I tune in to London.' Dunn Tabic Belgrade taxi driver, because nationwide television and radio stations in Serbia are controlled by Milosevic loyalists. 'A lot of parents are in denial. They don't want to accept the fact
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    • 678 13 EDITORIAL TO no one's surprise, Winston Peters has emerged as the kingpin of New Zealand politics. By agreeing to his terms, the National Party has conceded so much ground to remain in power that it might as well have offered him the prime ministership.
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    • 1005 13  -  Tories claim their labour market reforms have created jobs in the UK bnt more needs to be done By Robert Chote Financial Times IN THE forthcoming UK general election campaign, Britain's Conservative government will claim to have transformed the country's famously dysfunctional labour market for the better.
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    • 805 13 Chin* nearer to Joining WTO TEN YEARS seems long enough for negotiations on China's membership of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and then the World Trade Organisation to have dragged on. They must not be extended forever. But the question confronting China and its
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    • 807 15 TVVRADIO ;s*. *&'M- 3JS Rewind. 3.00 AM Close. W.i 11 11.« 4.00 Cinema Cinema Cinema. 9.00 AM WTO Ministerial 4hi Adbreak. Conference Brought To 5.00 Sell-A Vision (r>. 12.00 NN News. You Live On The WTO 030 See Friday s Schedules. ltw PM Muzikal Sabah. Channel. M >.12.45 Fokus Niaga.
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    • 308 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Understand new paper that leads to closure 8 Build-up of people in favour of time-share? (13) j I 1 i j 1 1 1 1 11 Blackguard has to go back in BB regret (5) 12 Torrid at the Spanish water- "I I I I f I
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 686 16  -  MOTORING The new Peugeot 406 is a welcome addition to new line-up of better mid-rangers By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] The French have long been able to build cars that feel like they glide, rather than roll along on rubber. And motoring journalists through the years
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    • 203 16 [SINGAPORE] A group of bikers are combining their love for riding with a worthy cause in May, when they will fly their steeds to the United States for a fund-raising journey. The 13 riders and six pillions, many of whom are toplevel executives with
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • 48 16 sr SIME-OWNED Performance Motors has sold all of its "World Trade Organisation cars". The 200 BMW 728 i sedans used by delegates for the ongoing ministerial meeting here were priced at $280,000 with COE. That's a good $20,000 cheaper than their showroom equivalents.
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      • 78 16 A UK company is working on a futuristic taxi which will feature dual-power systems, new safety components and easy access for the handicapped. A9quith Motor Carriage 1 says the cabs in production by end-1997 will be able to use natural gas as well as petrol.
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      • 82 16 THE Motorcycle, Bicycle and Accessories Show, Mobax 97, is on Jan 10-12 at the World Trade Centre. Highlights include a US$lOO,OOO (S$140,000) Cagiva, vintage machines and an appearance by a mountain biking champion. The show is organised by Safe-KNT. Tickets are sold at 3,
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      • 62 16  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan CYCLE CARRIAGE will offer a new edition of the Mitsubishi Space Wagon (above) this month. Fresh features include two-tone leather, wood, an air-scoop bonnet, front bumper kit, rear spoiler and alloy rims. An electric sunroof and roof-rack will also be available.
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 310 17  -  Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Uraco Hold ings topped the actives list yesterday with 16.7 million shares traded, of which 11.9 million units were crossed in married deals. The counter, which has been trending upwards since October, opened at 89 cents. Heavy trading in the
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    • 128 17 AFX-Asia [SINGAPORE] Trading in International Factors Singapore (IFS) shares was suspended in mid-mom ing yesterday pending a company announcement, a Singapore stock exchange official said. Dealers said the stock had begun rising early this month on speculation of a takeover possibly by a governmentlinked firm. IFS
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    • 763 17  -  HOCK LOCK SXEW Lu Ning THE vice-governor of China's central bank caused a stir last week when he told a seminar that new regulations on Sino-for-eign joint venture funds, to be announced early next year, would include provisions allowing
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    • 296 17  -  Firm ties op with Star Surya to distribute Rolls-Royce, Bentley, anH Jagnar Hy Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Listed Wearnes International, through fully owned Malayan Motors, has teamed up with Jakarta's Star Surya group to distribute Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Daimler and Jaguar cars in Indonesia. The
      FILE PHOTO  -  296 words
    • 275 17  -  Michelle Low (SINGAPORE) Wing Tai Holdings said yesterday it will reduce its interest in a recently announced $200 million deal to buy Cairnhill Hotel from 75 per cent to half. The group also said it has roped in Dutch
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    • 285 17 (SINGAPORE! Small investors will get just under half of the 8.06 million shares that Wong's Circuits (Holdings) offered in its initial public offer. They will get 47.72 per cent of the IPO. with the biggest chunk going to investors who applied for
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
      • 377 18 Analysts see Sime Darby merging UMBO with Oriental Bank to form fourth largest bank in ITsia AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's largest multinational Sime Darby Bhd said yesterday that it has received Bank Negara's approval to start talks to acquire a majority stake in Oriental
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      • 405 18  -  By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) is expected to reap roughly NZ$lO6 million (*****.4 million) from part of its equity holding in New Zealand's listed DB Group, following the latter's proposed capital reduction exercise. DB yesterday said its proposed capital reduction
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      • 316 18  -  Entire 69.2% stake in Philippine firm to be sold for Msl.l7b cash From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Wing Tiek Holdings Bhd has proposed to sell its entire 69.2 per cent stake in Manila's National Steel Corporation (NSC) to Hottick Investment Ltd for
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      • 209 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Pernas International Holdings Bhd. which hopes to post a group pre-tax profit of Mssoo million (***** million) by the year 2000 and Msl billion by 2003, will announce its rationalisation exercise to capitalise on its synergies and remove duplication by
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      • 204 18 AFP {KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian power giant Tenaga Nasional Bhd will invest MslB billion (Sslo billion) by 2002 to expand its infrastructure, the company's chairman said here yesterday. The investment will include building a Ms 2 billion transmission system to boost the existing national power grid's distribution
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      • 184 18 [SINGAPORE) Singapore property group Scotts Holdings and its joint venture partner, Southeast Asia Development Corporation Bhd, have obtained syndicated financing facilities of M$UO million (Ss6l million) for the development of The Ascott Kuala Lumpur. This project in Malaysia comprises service apartments and a luxury condominium
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      • 156 18 (SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Pengkalen Investments yesterday announced it is proposing a renounceable rights issue of 35.6 million new shares of $1 each with 5.9 million detachable warrants. The rights issue will be made on the basis of six rights shares with one warrant for every four existing
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 61 18 [SINGAPORE] L&M Group Investments Ltd has agreed to take 60 per cent of a new company that will market and install Tyfo S Fibrwrap products in the Far East. Its partners in L&M Structural Composites Pte Ltd are Structural Composites International Company
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        • 35 18 [SINGAPORE] Goldtron Ltd has received approval from the Malaysian Securities Commission for the listing of Measurex Corporation Berhad (MCB) on the second board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
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        • 44 18 [SINGAPORE] Tiger Medicals Ltd has sold its 51 per cent stake in Shanghai Huanhe DHA Pharmaceuticals Co Ltd for U554.56 million (556.4 million), to Shanghai Jiufu Pharmaceuticals Company. The sale yielded an extraordinary gain of about *****,000.
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      • 54 18 A BT report on Tuesday said that fund manager John Govett Asia has been qualified to manage funds on behalf of Central Provident F\ind investors. The company clarified yesterday that it plans to apply to the Monetary Authority of Singapore for approved status to manage funds on
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      • 211 18 (SINGAPORE] The Sum Cheong group is teaming up with Japanese giant Mitsubishi Construction to work on regional construction projects. Sum Cheong Corporation Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Hong-kong-listed Sum Cheong International Ltd, will sign a memorandum of understanding today with Mitsubishi
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      • 419 19  -  Breakdown due to differences in what the companies want from alliance From. Loh Hui Yin in Bangkok A PROPOSAL for Shinawatra International to sell a substantial stake to Germany's Deutsche Telekom has fallen through after more than half a year's negotiations. The breakdown
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      • 322 19 Reuter (JAKARTAI The Indonesian Mines Minister said yesterday the government has cancelled parliamentary approval for an application for contracts of work by Canada's Bre-X Minerals Ltd for the huge Busang gold find. "We cancel it. The Bre X contracts of work will be processed
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      • 358 19 Bloomberg Business News [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government sold 388 million shares of domestic phone monopoly PT Telkom for 1.41 trillion rupiah (SsB4o million) in the third largest share sale in Indonesian history. Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Securities partnered with Indonesia's PT Makindo
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      • 198 19 AFP, Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Oriental Land Co, operator of Tokyo Disneyland, will spend 325 billion yen (Ss4 billion) to develop a new theme park and resort town near Tokyo Disneyland. At least 275 billion yen will be spent to construct
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 76 19 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] American Express Co stock on Tuesday rose US$3. or 5.8 per cent to US$54 7 amid speculation that the travel and financial services company may be bought by another firm. Amex said it never comments on market
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        • 55 19 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] Acer Inc and International Business Machines Corp (IBM) have finalised a global logistics cooperation project worth over US$2 billion (Ss2.B billion), the Economic Daily News cited sources as saying. Under the deal, IBM would procure desktop and notebook PCs from Acer, with delivery due
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        • 59 19 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] FT Holdings, the artificial Christmas tree maker and trading company owned by Jimmy Lai Kam-wing, plans to sell shares to the public, the Hongkong Standard newspaper reported yesterday, citing unidentified sources. Analysts estimated the company may sell between HK$3OO
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 435 20 Deal will make it the dominant radio chain in the US with USslb revenue Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK) Westinghouse Electric Corp and Infinity Broadcasting shareholders approved the radio broadcaster's purchase by Westinghouse for about U553.73 billion (555.2 billion) in stock and US$l
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      • 170 20 Reuter [SAN FRANCISCO] AT&T Corp chairman Robert Allen on Tuesday called Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates a tough competitor who would "do virtually anything to kill the rest of us". In remarks to the Commonwealth Club, a current affairs forum in San
        Reuter  -  170 words
      • 64 20 [CARACAS] A Coca-Cola truck passing in front of a PepsiCo parking lot filled with new Pepsi-Cola trucks. US soft-drinks giant PepsiCo's will make a slow but steady return to the Venezuelan market after it was effectively ousted in August by the surprise defection of its local bottler
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      • 316 20 Reuter [NEW YORK] Time Warner Inc said on Tuesday that it plans to spend an estimated US$4OO million (Sss6o million) to US$45O million in three years for one million set-top television boxes from Scientif-ic-Atlanta Inc and others. The boxes
        Reuter  -  316 words
      • 272 20 Firm to beef np its digital signal-processing chip business Reuter [SAN FRANCISCO) Texas Instruments Inc vice-chairman Pat Weber says his company plans to reduce its capital expenditure "significantly" in 1997. Mr Weber told investors at the Montgomery Securities Tech Week conference on Tuesday
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      • 138 20 Bloomberg Business News (PARIS) German drugmaker Hoechst AG yesterday said it will buy the 43.5 per cent of France's Roussel-Uclaf it does not own for what a person familiar with the transaction said would be 18 billion French francs (554.7 billion). The news
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 373 21  -  But for S'poreans, MAS curb of 2 months' salary still applies Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] MasterCard International yesterday unveiled a top-of-the-line World MasterCard with no pre set limit which will be launched here next year but Singaporeans shouldn't hold their breath in anticipation. For local
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      • 339 21 Bloomberg Business News [BANGKOK] Profit growth in the Thai banking industry will be less than 10 per cent next yearbecause of relatively slow economic growth and rising numbers of non-perform-ing loans, Thai Farmery Bank said. Some banks will also have
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      • 315 21 US currency controller says loans getting more risky Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] Some US banks should improve their corporate lending practices because the loans are becoming increasingly risky. Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig told the Robert Morris Associates' Risk Management Conference
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      • 410 21  -  Also offer fewer, more flexible products, says M&G officer Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE) Insurance companies should issue simple policies and documents to attract more business. And they should offer fewer but more flexible products to stay ahead of the competition. These recommendations were
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      • 444 22 Acquisition will make investment bank world's seventh largest custodian Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Morgan Stanley Group Inc will buy the global asset custody business of Barclays pic, making the investment bank the world's seventh largest caretaker of stocks and bonds held by
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      • 448 22 Problems at Iraqi terminal, reluctance of refiners to lift crude hinder flow: analysts Reuter [SINGAPORK] Iraqi crude oil is not likely to hit Asia until January due to problems at Iraq's Mina al-Bakr terminal and the reluctance of regional refiners to lift the
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      • 118 22 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Gross unit trust sales in the 10 months to October were a record U553.77 billion (555.3 billion), the Hongkong Investment Fund Association chairman Andrew Ijo said. Mr Lo said net sales for the period were U*****.48 million, also a record
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      • 387 22 Basle Committee stands firm despite criticismsof conservativeness FT (LONDON] Regulators have refused to alter their rules for measuring how much capital banks must keep as a cushion against market risks, despite criticism that they are too conservative. The Basle Committee, comprising supervisors
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      • 225 22 [SINGAPORE] Securitisation Infrastructure Funding Corp (Sifco) is issuing guaranteed floating rate notes to raise US$225 million (Ss3ls million), joint lead manager Nomura Singapore said yesterday. The issue is part of a US$5OO million medium-term note (MTN) programme announced last month which is being guaranteed
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      • 232 22 SiilßX Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Eurodollar futures ended lower yesterday after being sold off in late afternoon trade on the back of declines in the 30-year US Treasury bond and in key December S&P 500 stock futures traded in Tokyo. There was little consensus among
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      • 152 22 Reuter, AFP London THE yen firmed against the American dollar on European markets, as investors from the Asia-Pacific region moved into the Japanese currency after a cut in Australian interest rates. There is a link between the Australian dollar and the Japanese yen similar to that between the
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      • 323 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter (LONDON) Oil prices extended losses in cautious trade yesterday following news that a big heating oil stock shortfall in the US is easing. Brent Blend crude for January delivery hit a low of U5522.89 a barrel in morning trade, down
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      • Article, Illustration
        1476 22 DtTERBAMK CROSS RATES A$ C$ 8wfc ECU nr P» m} IKh fcptofc Tw in H$ NZ$ Nfc ti Pw S$ 8—d Sir WT$ Mrt Hmt ttS< Australia 1.078 6.178 0.635 4.143 1225 6.129 28.407 18.636 0.895 6.652 1999 1.138 31.848 20.828 1109 3.705 L047 a/*****55 0.470 0.792 Canada 0.928 6.H8
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    • 1818 23 SICOM FUTURES Ijet-n RUBBER (Mum dosing *s *t S.30fm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cwitsAg) Close Volume Open M—** 1 Htflh Low Sett (tonnes) Interest JW97 I 175.25 350 F*b 97 178.50 177.75 ***** 350 2300 **97 W2.25 1975 Apr/AM 97 186.25 185.25 185.00 525 4425 Jul/Sep 97 186.00 185.50 186.00
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    • 2409 23 LONDON hUaitriili o«n hKi AB Ports .7267.400 -4 Abbey National 705.200 2.200 Allied Domecq 426 -2 An»c 89.400 unch Aide Group 119.400 -.600 BAT Ind 486 -1 BICC 267.400 -2.600 BOC Group 895.400 -5 BR Petroleum 671.400 -14 BTR 254 4 Bank of Scotland 288 -8.400 Barclays
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    • 1663 23 Reuter Q Nikkei 225 -***** STOCKS ended sharply lower yesterday with most investors preoccupied with the debut of Tokyo Disneyland operator Oriental Land, brokers said. Futures-linked sales in particular helped drag the benchmark down in the afternoon session, they added. The 225-share Nikkei Average dropped 253.74 points at 20,568.38.
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      1680 24 AFX-Asia Q Hang Seng -***** SHARE prices closed down sharply yesterday, with sentiment hit badly after S&P futures fell in Tokyo amid concerns over forthcoming US economic data. The Hang Seng Index closed down 152.86 points at 13,189.60. Turnover was at HK$ll.l billion. The December futures contract was last
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      700 24 Reuter ki Shenzhen B Index -7.42 THE Shenzhen B market closed lower yesterday due to profit-taking and a new crackdown by securities regulators on mainland Chinese buying B shares. The B Index fell 7.42 points, or 3.8 per cent, to 186.45 on turnover of HK5509.83 million. Local brokerages had
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    • 414 24 AFP Q VP Index -3839 SHARES finished lower yesterday on short-term profittaking with bearish sentiments. "There were no fresh incentives to boost the bourse and most investors were keen on collecting profit rather than making medium or longterm investments, despite bargain prices," said an analyst. The TSE Weighted Price
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    • Article, Illustration
      731 24 Bloomberg Business News P Composite Index -Oil STOCK prices were little changed yesterday as investors weighed the outlook for strong earnings growth in Indonesia against the chance that global markets could tumble and take Indonesia's stocks with them. "Domestic growth and current valuations provide a good argument for higher
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    • Article, Illustration
      855 24 AFP riSCT Index -3.60 SHARE prices fell yesterday on selling pressure following the announcement of the government's economic policy and amid a shortage of fresh news. A dealer said investors had doubts over the new government's economic policy, which was unveiled in parliament by Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh. The
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    • 349 24 AFP EJMmJU__ _+3138 SHARE prices rose yesterday on selected blue chips and slight foreign buying. "The market is showing good signs. But after this week is over, it could be moving sideways as foreign funds are not so active," said a trader. The PSE Composite Index rose 32.38 points
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    • 426 24 AFP n Composite Index +LBB SHARE prices closed higher yesterday, with gains limited in the absence of signs that the government would come to the rescue of the ailing market, dealers said. "Today's trading proved that the current market is entirely reliant on government intervention for a rebound," a
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    • 615 24 AFP riAll Ordinaries -2j5 SHARES closed down yesterday in a market unsettled by the surprise announcement of a half percentage point cut in the official interest rate. The central Reserve Bank announced it would cut official cash rates by 50 basis points to 6 per cent. The All Ordinaries
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    • 277 24 AFP PJ Wellington +19.96 SHARES ended strongly yesterday, reacting to news of a new coalition government between the National Party and New Zealand First. The NZSE--40 Capital Index rose 19.% points to 2,377.53. AFP #«n us (ooo) ANZ Banking 9 20 0 15 ***** *dvjnt*q»s Hiafli 1.2S unci *****
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 8564 25 Bloomberg Business News Composite Index -10.19 STOCKS fell yesterday, led by Tenaga Nasional. after futures on the Standard and Poor's 500 Index plunged, prompting investor concern that the LIS market will falter. "The sharp fall in the S&P index affected sentiment here," said a trader. S&P
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
      • 179 26  -  WARRANT WATCH R Sivanithy ONE warrant that has not been featured in this column before is that issued by Chinese shipping firm Cosco Investments. Upon close examination, however, we find little to recommend it all the numbers point to the shares
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      • 3909 26 BONOS, LOANS ft WARRANTS WY 1996 Last Vol Day Last OlMta Htgn Law Stna Company Sal* ♦of- i OOO! HtgA Law Buytr SaMar Prtea 54 47 m 3000 m AMOB c5 5H*****6 50 51 52 51.5 39 3160 "Acar ******1 USJ 48 -2 10 40 48 48 50 108 86.5
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    • 2566 26 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Cr Cr 1996 Last Vol Day Last Quote Dlv Dtv Vld Nat M Cap Htqn Law Strvo Company Sat* COOO) High Law Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $m« ~625 360 ms 5000 AISB50c 372 cd 1 31 300 372 372 378 SO 4.9 0.4 78.8 381.6 119
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 1590 27 TURNOVER COOO) VAIUC COOO) MUb ch» TX1 MH> CH> Wjj Industrie 44.296 10,804 57,101 104.570 25,006 129.576 rinanc* 5,748 1.959 7.707 73.814 5.486 79,299 Hottli SO* ISO 651 1,401 240 1641 Prop»rtt«l n.379 5,404 16,783 89.219 8.007 97.226 Plantation 441 441 1.160 1.160 MWwx) 421 421 844 844 84.W 11.632
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      • 4898 27 Cr Or M W« 1996 Last Vot Day Last Ouetl 01 y Mv VM Net Cap Ayg HI* Low StNo Company SaM COOOl High U» Buyer Seller C w H P/C SmH Met MMJSTMALS 5146 ASE NTS'O 200. US- 1000 900 ASF US$0.01 tOO US900 885 900 214
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      • 1092 27 Or Of m wt *99* Laat Vat Day Last OwoL 0* Dtv YM MX Ctp «n HUfc L— Company Ml COOO) jgg U» —WT MNr Cw P/S $m.i Prtc» SCSOAQ 289 135 a 2000 A8RMId9$Sc 166 -4 24 167 166 165 173 3.0 14.2 ai 103.8 73.8 172 146
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        66 28  -  i v Shiv Taneja A RALLY in DBS Land's shares is very much on the cards, but unfortunately it will be rather short-lived. Investors should be ready to jump ship at anything over $5.30. Yesterday, the stock closed 15 cents up at $5.15 on a volume of 4.46
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      • 864 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Talk of possible US action against Iran, Iraq sends SAP plunging which traders say will translate to a free fall on Wall Street overnight R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Negative rumours that included talk of heightened Middle East tension yesterday
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 50 28 THE UOB Asset Management juggernaut, which swept five of the seven awards at the inaugural Fund of the Year awards in September, trundles on with plans for yet another unit trust launch (their 11th, but hey, who's counting!), details of which will be announced tomorrow.
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        • 134 28 THE IPO of Wong's Circuits was subscribed some 10.5 times, which is by all accounts very successful, considering the lacklustre performance of other foreign currency issues. And the reason for its success? Some say it rode on the bullish IPO sentiment. But people in the know
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        • 69 28 EVER tried buying parking coupons from MPH bookstore? It's not a simple procedure. When your turn comes, the counter clerk keys in the serial numbers of each booklet into the cash register, re-records them manually in separate sections of a file, and tells you after all that that
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        • 62 28 THERE are 49 Observer International Organisations represented at the World Trade Organisation meeting in Singapore. Apart from the more common names like WHO. Asean, ILO and OECD, there are two lesser known organisations OIE, or the International Office of Epizootics (related ti animal disease), and
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        • 205 28 BROKING house Jardine Fleming Securities, in noting the proliferation of twin towers all over Asia, had this spooky curse to recount in a report on Asian banks and their exposure to property loans. Don't take this seriously but we're always game for a good yarn.
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    • 716 28 BUSINESS Notices ro \l)\ KK I ISK (\lI. I OI L-KR I I 1800-741 IXB3 IN THE MATTES OK THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF INTER-CROUP APPARELS PTE LTD NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP |PURSUANT TO SECTION 2*K I Hb)| Al an Extraordinary
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    • 491 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF WESTWOOD PROPERTIES PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the ahovenamed Company, held at 17 Kallang Junction #04-01. Singapore .*****4 on the Kih day of November 1996 al 11 a.m RESOLVED
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 299 29 Bridge News, Reuter RATES for Panamax tonnage is strengthening on strong demand for December loaders, brokers said on Tuesday. The strength was especially impressive in the Atlantic where Top Glory booked the 1965-built, 67,359dwt Narwal basis Dec 16-20 delivery Key West for a trip to China at US$l4,OOO
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    • 274 29 M% ft* few w CWT DtstrttwHon tM -0.01 13 CfetanHup 0.94 *0.005 594 Cosce Invastmant 1.46 -0.02 S rtis 7.10 unch 109 MatoMLMs 0.65 -0.01 142 GCHoMngs 0.895 unch 14 HaiSunHup 0.999 *0.009 70 HttacNZasan 041 -0.01 62 IMC HoMngs MK5.60 JayaHeMlnga 1.02 unch 9 Mronq Shipyard 6.80
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    • 491 29  -  It hopes to rope in foreign shipowners as partners By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] China is courting shipowners as joint venture partners to set up its first ever international training centre for Chinese seafarers. Terence Zhao Wei, assistant manager of China Marine
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    • 284 29  -  System allows them to cnt costs and raise productivity From Bruce Rutledge in Tokyo JAPANESE shipbuilders are looking to the Internet and related systems to cut costs and increase productivity. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced last week that all its ship-designing will be digitised and three
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    • 896 29  -  SHIPSHAPE By David Hughes Maritime fraud has been with us for a very long time. Delegates to IBC's recent charter parties conference heard that the first documented case involved a certain captain Hegestratos some 2,000 years ago. The case
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    • 279 29 Reuter [COLOMBO) Colombo port has cracked down on labour and plans new tariffs to improve services and attract bigger and more modern vessels, industry officials said. Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) officials said they faced mounting complaints of delays. Ships were
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    • 138 29 Reuter [COLOMBO] With the sharp rise in container traffic at Sri Lanka's main port of Colombo, the port could hit almost full capacity next year. "At the rate of 129,000 containers a month we could handle 1.5 million containers next year, very close to our capacity,"
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    • 219 29 Journal of Commerce {WASHINGTON] Japans transportation department said it will reduce government involvement in port operating practices in response to a threat by the US to fine Japanese lines calling at US ports. The Ministry of Transport announced a plan
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    • 142 29 [OTTAWA] Canada has amended the Canada Shipping Act (CSA) to keep in step with international conventions and other federal and provincial legislation, and the move paves the way for an overhaul of the legislation. According to the Canada News Wire, Canadian Transport Minister David Anderson who
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      • 66 29 Reuter [SEOUL] Daewoo Heavy Industries Co, a unit of South Korea's Daewoo Group, said yesterday it had won a US$9O million (Ssl26 million) order from two European companies to build an oil tanker. Daewoo said in a statement the order was received from British Petroleum
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      • 89 29 [ROTTERDAM] The Chinese state shipping company Cosco has concluded a storage contract with Europe Combined Terminals (ECT) with a term of two years. This represents an extension of the current contract, said Cargoweb News. It is expected that Cosco will tranship about 65,000 containers per
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      • 79 29 Business Wire [TACOMA, Washington] The Port Commission ofTacoma has adopted a U5553.3 million (5574.6 million) budget for next year to meet the anticipated continued growth in cargo volumes. Capital improvement projects totalling US$52 million are planned for 1997. They form the cornerstone of future port
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      • 70 29 [HONGKONG] The ISF Marlins English Language Test for seafarers will shortly be launched by the International Shipping Federation (ISF), as part of its programme to improve standards of personnel and encourage implementation of the 1995 amendments to the STCW Convention. "Pressure has been mounting
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    • 1141 30 SHIPPING INDUSTRY: CONTAINER LINE PREPARES GLOBAL STRATEGY Strong profit growth at Taiwan's leading carrier shows no signs of slowing and is paving the way for an aggressive fleet expansion programme, opening of new routes and terminal investments Lloyd's List STRONG profit growth at Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp
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    • 288 30 PAGE i Drift Cargo n ACL tl Eastmal 2 Aetocean 13 6 ANL 3 EES 13 Age 13 Ethiopian 6 Accord 12 £"<*«» 6 Ahrenkwt 4 App«Kl*p n Astro 3 n. Bright n Austral tl f <"»*** A.ant A Froti '2 J? I
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      • 791 43 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure jmim Aflp«4 1 OU JU Monqudf 15 12/1800 *rtt>$ Oc mo* J02 Kmgut* U U/WS U on U/* M «on|M M.U/IOO R Lallan 524* JOI Mats* U.U/1000 Cm 12.01 JU *.12/1300 FC*I 1201* J03 IMng»M 12.12/800 tmmmtm 12/* jis ttoHvf a 12/otoo
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      • 1807 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/BatMCt Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Acs w» o«m M/itoo ivnoo n/*5i ivmo 21 IV1700 12/0*51 12AM0 I 12/0700 I2/H51 12/M00 4 12/1200 12/M51 12/1700 MM* 0(072 13/2300 M VBOO N/MM VfMO n/noo n/*5i n/noo 2A
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      • 215 43 Dae 12 Georgia, Russia Constitution Day. Kenya: Jamhuri Day. Mexico Virgin of Guadalupe. Deo 13 Malta: Republic Day. Dee 10 Czech Republic Stock market closed until January 7,1996 inclusive for Christmas/New Year. Bangladesh Victory Day. Bahrain: National Day. South Africa Day of Reconciliation. Dee 23 Japan Emperor Akihito's
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      • 871 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine OU Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 539 43 Carte* WO Max 990.0 12 14.5 O.W 64 0.00 DecS toMttY Hater IttMut Ask Aiumimuo Sediment No above E25 0 2 0 0 0 0 3M AM 985.0 0J 13.6 0.07 33 0.00 la. 380 Mai 996.3 1.2 17.9 0.12 64 0.00 Wlr3 »■</■ mi mmt
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      • 315 44 Reuter, Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] European railway firm Adtranz, has set up a 343 million yuan (5557.3 million) joint venture with China's biggest subway car maker to produce rolling stock for mass transit systems. Under the terms of the 30year venture, Adtranz will
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      • 58 44 [HANOI] A motorcycle-taxi driver reading a newspaper while waiting for passengers at the corner of a Hanoi street yesterday. Replacing rickshaws progressively in cities, motorbike-taxis are becoming a popular means of transport because they are less expensive than taxis but faster than rickshaws. A driver can earn
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      • 140 44 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's car industry expects to produce three million cars next year, up 8.3 per cent from this year's estimated 2.77 million. The Korea Automobile Manufacturers' Association (Kama) said auto exports in 1997 were forecast to reach 1.35 million
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      • 302 44 Freight Transport Association seeks dialogue with airlines Reuter [LONDON] Britain's Freight Transport Association (FTA) has written to key airlines operating out of Britain formally protesting against the way in which air cargo fuel surcharges for air cargo were announced and introduced, said
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      • 250 44 Reuter, Bloomberg Business News [WARSAW] McDonnell Douglas Corp is enticing Poland to buy its aircraft by promising that that it will assemble up to 50 F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft in the country should Poland buy the jets. McDonnell Douglas
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      • 387 44 Measure to be taken if dispute with pilots cannot be settled, says chairman AFP, Bloomberg Business News AFX-Asia [MANILA] Philippine Airlines (PAL) will slash by half a US$4 billion programme to buy new aircraft if a settlement cannot be hammered out
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      • 210 44 Reuter [LONDON] The European Commission plans to investigate north European airlines suspected of over-charging in markets where they enjoy a monopoly, an aide to European Commission transport commissioner Neil Kinnock said. Flexible fares between main European airports "remain a pretty expensive
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      • 313 44 Changes to laws will ensure transparency in sale of slots Reuter [BRUSSELS] The European Commission will recognise formally, perhaps as early as January, the existence of a market for selling airport slots, which analysts estimate at up to £10
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      • LOG Book
        • 75 44 Bridge News {TOKYOJ An advisory panel to the transport minister has published a new 5-year plan for the nation's airport facilities relating chiefly to major city areas. According to Kyodo news service, the plan, the seventh of its kind and covering fiscal 1996-97 (Apr-Mar)
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        • 81 44 AFP [JAKARTA] State-owned Nusantara Aircraft Industry (IPTN) and Southern Philippines Airlines (SPA) have reached agreement on supply of Indonesia-made planes. A memorandum of agreement for the sale of IPTN aircraft to SPA was signed between representatives of the two companies here, the Bisnis Indonesia daily
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        • 76 44 Reuter [HONGKONG] Tsing Ma Management Ltd (TMM), a joint venture 40 per cent owned by Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd, said it had won a four-year contract to operate tollroads linked to Hong Kong's new airport. The company said the contract for the Tsing
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        • 82 44 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] China Aerospace International Holdings said it is to sell 52.63 per cent of its vehicle manufacturing plant Aircar Assets to Business Focus Engineering for HK1381.3 million (S|69 million). Aircar Assetsjiara 96 per cent stake in Sino-foreign joint venture Gulzhou Huahang Automotive
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        • 55 44 Reuter [JAKARTA] Myanmar Airways International (MAI) has become the first Myanmese operator to operate to Indonesia, the airline said in a statement yesterday. It said the airline's inaugural service on the route began on Tuesday when a Boeing 737-400 arrived in Jakarta from the capital
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