The Business Times, 11 January 1996

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04(V 12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztlmes SINGAPORE THURSDAY, JANUARY 11,1996 85c
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    FINANCE
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    Landed property transactions slow down
    554 1  -  Om tutor is that new supply largely for W-year units By Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Against the thousands of condominiums and apartments changing hands these days, landed properties look like poor laggards. Data from the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers captures only about 540 caveats
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    Lock icon M$425m direct investment fund launched in Malaysia
    561 1  -  ftmi plans to take stakes mostly in private companies From, Ho Kay Tat JEN CHUA in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Capital Ventures (MCV), Malaysia's first direct investment ftind in which the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) is a substantial partner, was launched here
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    Lock icon The mystery of Cousteau's sinking Calypso
    160 1 [SINGAPORE] It's going down, that much is certain. But nobody is saying why, or what happened. This picture of one of the world's more renowned ships, the ocean research vessel Calypso of Jacques Cousteau fame, was taken yesterday evening near the yard of Kwong
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    BT, NUS to develop index to track business activity
    236 1 [SINGAPORE] Is the Singapore economy a dichotomous one, where the bigger, foreignowned companies fare better than the smaller, local firms? The Business Times and the National University of Singapore's Centre for Business Research Development (CBRD) are developing a Quarterly Index of
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      137 1 Thai retail mr Retailers in Thailand, reeling from a spate of mall fires and nationwide floods, are anticipating a distribution war. Big retail Pywifff are expected to move to the provinces in a struggle for market dominance, Pjgg BBwhS Via" 2m m ch mmm* M tt 15. Wplajilaii stocks are
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      39 1 >1 What happening to p aod^J Available at PuMtM ly Tkms Periodicals, Newsstands NTUC Supermarkets Caltex mmb*ot STOP PRESS kiosks 7 Eleven Mobil Times the Bookshop Cold Storage SPC ab Kinokuniya Shell BP VHV MPH Esso Singapore Prats Holdings
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      PR schemes for entrepreneurs under review
      391 2  -  Only 2% of those who cane here last year were businessmen By- Anna Teo (SINGAPORE] Some 7,900 foreigners mostly skilled workers and professionals came to Singapore to work last year, 16 per cent more than in 1994. Of these, only 185, or just over
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      Tapping Japanese expertise
      249 2 THE government is putting in place a match-making programme that taps the expertise*! Japanese professionals for the development of local companies. Yesterday, the National Productivity Board (NPB) sigafld a preliminary agreement with the Industrial Employment Stabilisation Centre (lESC) to match Japanese professionals with companies and government agencies
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      Nokia gets $50m MobileOne contract
      192 2 [SIIKAPORE] Mobile One has awftied a $50 million turnkey sudply contract for its GSM celmlar network to Nokia Telecommunications. Other contracts for the operator's PCS (personal communications service) mobile network and paging system will be announced shortly. Mobile One, which will be- gin its cellular
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      Lunar New Year air fares up on huge demand
      459 2  -  Fares up 10-17%; some short-haul flights folly booked By Ang Wan May AIR fares to short-haul destinations for the February holiday period have risen from 10 to as high as 17 per cent over November prices because of huge demand. And
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      Lock icon Export prices continue to fall
      325 2  -  EYE OK THE ECONOMY Trade By i Genevieve Cua THE prices Singapore manufacturers obtain for their exports continued to head south in October and November, but the impact was cushioned somewhat by a corresponding fall in import prices. The export price index stood at 80.6
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      Lock icon Coming first with the new E-class
      84 2 [SINGAPORE] Michael Thio is a happy man. Yesterday, he became the first in Singapore to own the new Mercedes-Benz ZclassM Mr Thio, 52, paid t235,000 (without COE)for his E230, his fourth Merc. He bought the car from independent importer Euromo<\ bile Pte Ltd. Asked
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      Aerospace show to fill hotel rooms
      412 2  -  Byi Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] Asian Aerospace '96 next month will be the first mega-event this year that will fill rooms at most major hotels in Singapore. But this time around, industry observers expect the increased room inventory to be able to cope with an
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      Case management for HK too
      474 3  -  AT 188 BAR Colony soans to have taken cm from SPpora to shorten waiting time By] Diana Oon THE successful implementation of case management (setting up timetables for various stages of the trial process) in the Singapore legal system seems to have caught on in
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      NT Sheraton to run hotel at Wuxi complex
      190 3 ITT Sheraton has been appointed to manage the hotel and service apartments at the Wuxi Commercial Complex (WCC) being developed by the Wuxi-Singapore Industrial Park Investment Company in China. The 351-room hotel, to be called the Sheraton Wuxi, will be an international
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      Property agents will have to pass common exams
      386 3  -  Govt and industry Mies working to pot together uniform minimum standards By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] In a move that promises to shake up the property industry, the government and certain industry bodies are working together to introduce uniform minimum standards for property
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      Asia can gain from M-E peace: Israeli official
      407 3  -  He says Israel wants diplomatic ties with all Asean countries By] Kevin Sullivan (SINGAPORE] Economic dividends from the Middle East peace process can have a positive impact on Asia, the deputy director for Asia and the Pacific at the Israeli Foreign Ministry,
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      188 2 Retail Development Management 1 Operations Conference P] I Who should attend: tfIfIUK.UIKIKZc Retailers, Traders, Wholesalers, Departmental Store/Boutique owners, Business Advisors Consultant, Legal Professional Consultants, Financial Marketing Analysts, Bankers, Shopping Centre j Developers Investors, Real Estate Agents, Government Officials, Official Publication Association Training Bodies. WOfilllK About the Workshop Leader: RETAIL WQRlil
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
    • Article, Illustration
      Signature Park revisited
      303 4  -  CityDev to market last phase of Toh Tuck Road project involving some 288 condo units, today By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] CITY Developments will market the third and last phase of its 928-unit Signature Park project at Toh Tuck Road today. The soft launch, involving some 288
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      S'porean to launch Perth project
      262 4  -  Latest project of former Simex trader is a 58-nnit bungalow development By. Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] A former Singapore International Monetary Exchange trader, Alan Tan, has joined the growing number of Singaporeans venturing into property development in Perth, Australia. Perth-based Mr Tan's latest project is Lawley
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      Scotts Holdings on Internet
      136 4 [SINGAPORE] Service apartment operator Scotts Holdings has launched its presence on the Internet with a home page on the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web allows graphical user interface, and combines text with sound and pictures. Visitors to Scotts' home page can call up information
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      House Hunt
      529 4 SdliSS? 5&M ftVm *****996to 1)9019S5Jbr at oict9 W*aor 28-90) Pr«J«et Prep Contract Tuari IiUMi/ Price Psl Street name type date land area* <sq ft) (8$'§H) (8$) District 11 (sector 28-30) Non-landed Bassein Rd Chancery Park EngAunMans Evelyn Mans Evelyn Mans GokihillTwr Hfllcrest Arcadia Hillcrest Arcadia Hfllcrest Arcadia Hfllcrest
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • NOTE Book
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      Lock icon Viet leader calls for tighter grip on foreign ventures
      180 5 HANOI Reuter VIETNAM'S highest communist official has called for stronger controls over foreign ventures coupled with efforts to promote the state sector ahead of a landmark party meeting in June. Party general secretary Do Muoi, who was speaking during a tour
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      Indon proposed wage hike will fuel inflation, warn analysts
      384 5  -  SINGAPORE But the move is justified, they flmphftgjgA, in the interests of equity By\ S N Vasuki THOUGH Indonesian trade unions have expressed dissatisfaction over the proposed 10.63 per cent increase in minimum wages, analysts cautioned it was enough to fuel
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      Lock icon New budget won't cool economy: World Bank
      268 5 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA'S 1996-97 budget, announced by President Suharto last week, would not be enough to cool the country's economy, a World Bank official said here as reported by the Antara news agency yesterday. World Bank director for Indonesia, Dennis De Tray, said
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      Lock icon M'sian properly sector has peaked: poll
      297 5 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg Business News, Bernama SEVENTY-FIVE per cent of chief executives said the Malaysian property sector has peaked, according to a survey conducted by a local property consulting firm. "This indicates that the outlook is changing," said John Loh, managing director at WTW
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      Lock icon KL's current account deficit can be slashed in five years
      240 5 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama MALAYSIA'S current account deficit could be reduced substantially over the next five years, the finance ministry's secretary-general, Clifford Herbert, said yesterday. But to do that, the country should remain competitive and address the issue of the import
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      80 5 V ,i g■ i I "f n.h' I I Just this once, live life in the slow lane. I BANYAN TREE 1 lINTAN I The new Banyan Tree Bintan is open So now you can luxuriate, relax and feel pampered in one of our 3 Pool or 24 Jacuzzi Villas.
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  • FOCUS: THAI RETAIL AND PROPERTY
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      Retailers brace for war after the floods
      777 6  -  Big retail houses move to the provinces in a struggle for market dominance From, Alan Boyd in Bangkok THAI retailers are bracing for a distribution war following disappointing Christmas sales, with the main battle expected to be fought in the provinces. A spate
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      Thai developers face a bleak year
      663 6  -  Cllj ill townhonses, hot prospects a year ago, are in over-supply From, Alan Boyd in Bangkok THAI real estate developers are bracing for another tough year, with liquidity problems and a glut in most market sectors overshadowing prospects of declining interest rates in the
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      302 6 A PC Server good, everyone will wanfWtake Notes [fi I j .v I '*r > A I A -HVPfBHHPBHHHpiIIHHHHHPHHHiiHIHM^HHHHH^IHfIIHv* (Unless, of course, you'd prefer a package that delivers Mail) t 4 i It's reassuring to know that IBM PC Servers lAS, at no extra cost The IBM PC Server 310,
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Tough tests for record T-bonds issue
      628 7  -  CmMAWATOB BeJJ&ng should pay attention to problems facing bond markets By i Lu Ning CHINA on Monday officially launched this year's Treasury bond issues with the sale of its first batch of 1996 one-year bonds worth 13.5 billion yuan (5J2.33 billion). The issue makes
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      Lock icon DuPont raising investment in China to US$1b
      410 7 SHANGHAI AFP, Bloomberg Business News 'V US CHEMICAL giant DuPont plans to raise total investment inCnina to nearly US$l billion (551.42 billion) by the end of the decade, a company official said yesterday. Alex Campbell, chairman of DuPont's China, Hongkong and Taiwan operations,
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        Lock icon Beijing software pirate 13m yuan
        92 7 Reuter (BEIJING) A Chinese court has ordered a Beijing computer software Arm to pay a record 13 million yuan million) in compensation for pirating the oopyright ofa domestic competitor, the Xinhua newt agency said yesterday The amount was the largest ever awarded in a software
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        Lock icon China's growth forecast at 9% annually
        65 7 Bloomberg Business News (PARIS] The World Bank estimates China's economy will grow by an annuali per cent to 9 psr cent over the next 10 years. Nicholas Hope, director for China at the World Bank, speaking at the organisation's European hsadquartsrs in Paris, said
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        Lock icon Electronics industry to grow 20%
        74 7 Reuter (BEIJING] China's electronics industry is forecast to grow by 20 per cent in 1996 with a production value 0f270-280 billion yuan (SfMNtbOtoiX Vice-Minister of Electronics Industry Zhang Jingqiang said yesterday. The industry's output value Jumped 384 per cent to 280 billion yuan in 1996
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        Lock icon Anti-dumping law against exporters
        90 7 Reuter [BEIJING] China's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation will soon enforce regulations to punish firms tint dump products or foreigh markets, the China News Service said yesterday. An exporter will be deemed to be dumping ifthe export priests lower than the CIF (cost, insurance
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      Lock icon WTO entry: China sees better prospects
      153 7 PARIS AFP CHINA'S Deputy Foreign Trade Minister Long Yongtu hinted here late on Tuesday that prospects for early Chinese entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) now look better. "The general atmosphere has been greatly improved," Mr Long told AFP, noting that the WTO's
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      Lock icon Approved foreign investments in Taiwan up 79%
      275 7 TAIPEI AFP THE value of approved foreign investments in Taiwan jumped 79 per cent over a year earlier to U552.93 billion (554.2 billion) in 1995, the Investment Commission said yesterday. The commission said that 413 projects had been approved in 1995, including 370
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      China, UK have agreed on key HK issues: Rifkind
      384 7  -  HONGKONG These include status of non-Chinese residents and new container terminal By i Quak Hiang Whai BRITAIN and China have reached sweeping agreements on key transitional matters including the issue of the Special Administrative Region (SAR) passports, the status of non-Chinese
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      Lock icon Locals will run HK, says China
      101 7 BEIJING Reuter CHINA will not name any mainland official to hokl nffira in the government of Hongkong after it resumes sovereignty in 1997 and neither will China remove a single penny from Hongkong's coffers, Chinese Premier Li Peng said yesterday. Beijing will take over
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      289 7 CTQ project! China drops objection to Jardine, Pg 16 Incorporation of offshore companies with Chinese name Memorandum and Articles of Association are issued in Chinese Certificate of Incorporation is issued with company name in Chinese ond tmtdintt service I characters pieau contact: Michael J Kingston Corporate documents notarised or OFFSHORE
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  • ASIA
    • Article
      New transfer pricing rules soon?
      433 8  -  SYDNEY PrepesedUxptHcy requires strict transaction disclosures by MNCs By\ Surinder Singh THE Australian Tax Office is planning to introduce new and onerous transfer pricing rules which will involve sweeping disclosure provisions. The Australian Financial Rm)iew (AFR) newspaper revealed in a report yesterday it had obtained
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      Lock icon Two Chun confidants arrested
      100 8 SEOUL AFP PROSECUTORS yesterday arrested two key confidants of Jailed ex-president Chun Doo Hwan, his former security service head and a one-time tax administrator, on corruption charges. Former security service head Ahn Hyun Tae and the former chief of thfe national tax administration office, Sung Yong
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      Lock icon An Indian tank on a par with the best
      50 8 [BOMBAY] Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao (centre) unveiling a homemade battle tank for the Indian Army on Tuesday amid tight security. Defence experts say the Arjun tank is on a par with the best of its kind in the world. AFP
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      Lock icon Trade surplus may shrink for 1st time in 5 years
      228 8 TOKYO Bloomberg Business News JAPAN'S merchandise trade surplus is headed for its first contraction in five years. With all but the last 11 days of the year tabulated, Japan's global trade gap for 1996 comes to U5596,484 billion (*****.8 billion),
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Japan's Nov TV and VCR exports down
        55 8 AFP (TOKYO] Japan's exports ofcokxir television sets and vkleo cassette recot datsfcß in November as manufacturers boosted oOhore output in Asia. "Exports hive been telling as Japanese mauuhclut w i are shifting 4 their prodoctkm to other Asian countries," an Klactranka h Industries
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        Lock icon Aussie manufacturers see 3.2% growth
        67 8 Reuter [SYDNEY] Australian mannflrtursrs eatpact the sector to grow 3.2 per cent in 1996 with the growth supported by a 11.3 per oent ri»e in exports, according to a survey by the Australian Chamber of Manufacturers and Telstra Corp. The projected growth compares with manufacturing
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        Lock icon Foreign investment approvals up 46.5%
        37 8 AFP million) in 867 projects last ysar, helped by a drive to introduce high-tech foreign technology Direct foreign investment approvals in manufacturing totalled U***** million In 1986, up 119.7 per cent. AFP
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      Lock icon Surprise choice for finance post
      230 8 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S prime minister-des-ignate Ryutaro Hashimoto surprised everyone yesterday by picking senior socialist Wataru Kubo to be finance minister in his new cabinet, the Jijl Press reported. Mr Kubo, secretary general of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) accepted a request from the head of
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      Lock icon Maharashtra chief backs reforms
      224 8 BOMBAY AFP THE chief minister of India's most industrialised state voiced strong support for the country's free-market reforms yesterday, two days after reviving an axed power project with US firm Enron Corp. Maharashtra chief minister Manohar Joshi told business leaders that his government backed economic reforms
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      293 8 ONE PENiI FUNCTION?! Why carry a pocketful of pens and A pencils when you could carry only one? fll Reach for the Rotring Quattro. This elegant 4-in-1 instrument packs 3 ballpoints red, blue and black and a o.smm pencil into one single barrel. With a Rotring precision and quality I
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD Watch
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      UK probe into Barings executives almost over
      190 9  -  LONDON By Neil Behrmann THE Securities and Futures Authority (SFA), the regulator in charge of the UK securities and derivatives industry, has almost completed its investigation into Stephen Norris and 11 other Barings executives. A spokesman said the SFA investigation team is passing
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      Markets wary as budget talks hit stalemate
      405 9  -  WASHINGTON Failure makes it difficult for Fed to cat rates at Jan meeting By Leon Hadar FOLLOWING weeks of hectic negotiations and two government shutdowns, President Bill Clinton and the Republican leaders in Congress suspended their talks on Tuesday after failing to reach
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      Lock icon Clinton vetoes welfare reform bill
      162 9 WASHINGTON Reuter PRESIDENT Bill Clinton on Tuesday vetoed a landmark bill that would have overhauled the nation's welfare system by giving states broad authority over anti-poverty programmes. In a statement, Mr Clinton said the measure, a key element of the Republicans' Contract with America, was
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      Lock icon White House raps columnist
      371 9 WASHINGTON Reuter PRESIDENT Bill Clinton would like to punch the nose of a columnist who criticised his wife, a spokesman said on Tuesday as the White House reacted sharply to attacks on Hillary Clinton's credibility. The two-fisted White House rhetoric came as new questions arose about
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      Lock icon LSE confirms order matching service
      228 9 LONDON Reuter THE London Stock Exchange has confirmed that it will introduce an electronic trading and order matching service in 1996. In an order-driven system, bargains are input into a computer system which then matches buyers and sellers. Currently the London shares are traded through
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      India could be in recession by election time
      840 10  -  TBB BOTTOM LXBB OPINION By Prem Shankar Jha The writer, former editor of The Hindustan Times, contributed this article to BT ONLY two months ago, India had seemed all set to achieve a 7 per cent growth rate in the fiscal year
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      111 10 The real test of a successful transition is what happens afterwards/ Malcolm Biflriad British Foreign Secretary speaking to the British Chamber of Commerce in Hongkong. 'It shows that trade adjustment is still progressing at a fast pace.' Tunrid Oknda an economist at BZW Securities in Tokyo. Japan's
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      Back to the future, with Hashimoto
      597 10 EDITORIAL RYUTARO HASHIMOTO'S formal election as Japan's new prime minister expected today represents a return to status quo ante, a restoration of rule by the Liberal Democratic Party, albeit without a popular mandate this time. For the present, at least, this rules out the
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      US mustn't let China bend trade rules
      1020 10  -  Keeping bar high for Bering's WTO entry will help ensure it adopts global norms By] Robert Manning Robert Manning, a State Department Asia-policy adviser from 1969 to 1993, is a senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute. This article first appeared in The
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      837 10 Priority for Haahfawte THE Liberal Democratic Party, the Social Democratic Party of Japan and new party Sakigake have sought to protect their ft-agile administration from a dissolution of the lower house with a solid huddle. The new policy statement by the three parties, which will be
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • CHATTER Box
      • Article
        Lock icon Fiennes to be star and producer
        71 11 UPI RALPH FIBNNES, nominated for an Oscar for Schindler's List, will star in and produce The Child in Time for Fox Searchlight Pictures. Budgeted at US$lO million (5514.2 million), the picture will be t>ased on the best-selling novel by British author lan McEwan. The
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        Lock icon Budget cuts may affect film-maker
        75 11 UPI DOCUMENTARY film-maker Ken Burns, praised for his highly rated series on the US Civil War and baseball, is working on another documentary series on the history of jazz, which he hopes will airon PBS in the year 2000. But he says the project is
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        Lock icon Parker-Bowles: Queen of frump
        73 11 AFP [LOS ANGELES) Richard Blackwell holding a picture of Camilla Parker-Bowles on Tuesday, No 6 on his 36th annual Worst Dressed List announced at his home here. Blackwell said about Parker-Bowles: "What woman who is about to be queen, hopefully, is going to walk around looking
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        Lock icon Pakistan's screen hero shot dead
        82 11 Reuter PAKISTANI film star Sultan Rahi, hero of hundreds of Punjabi-language action movies, was shot dead near Gujranwala city on Tuesday. Rahi was travelling from Rawalpindi to Lahore when he was intercepted by unidentified gunmen at dawn near the Gujranwala bypass, i Rahi, in his
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        Lock icon Star seeks help from the stars
        87 11 AFP ITALIAN actress Gina Lollobrigida consulted an astrologer in Bremen in western Germany on Tuesday for help in choosing her next film. "1 believe a little bit in what the stars say," the 68-year-old actress, whose zodiac sign is Cancer, told reporters, explaining that
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        Lock icon Aussie ecstatic about Seles' victory
        129 11 AFP MONICA SELES yesterday made her first appearance in > 'Australia since her April 1993 stabbing, despatching Belgian Dominique Monami at the Sydney International amidst a reception worthy of a movie star. The match saw the American No 1 seed continue her unbeaten record in
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      Lock icon Toons from the East
      775 11  -  The wealth of talent and low labour costs have made Manila a centre for film animation, says alistaib McDITOSh ALISTAIR McINTOSH Reuter YabadabaDOO.The wacky world of film animation has found a natural home in the Philippines, where laughter is the weapon of choice to fend off
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      290 11 ARTS The Washington Post JULIE ANDREWS, voice of perennial freshness, returns to the pop-hit classics on Julie Andrews: The Making of Broadway The Music of Richard Rodgers, a new PolyGram Video release. The selections are for the most part successes associated with Andrews
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      417 11 DIVERSIONS LAT-WP [NEW YORK] Before meeting ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, her husband of 26 years, Linda McCartney was a successful photographer. Nowadays, she devotes much of her time promoting vegetarianism with her cookbooks and a line of ready-made meatless food (available in England). She was recently
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      Lock icon Fighting piracy in Italy
      419 11 ARTS Bloomberg Business News [MILAN] The music industry, fed up with the piracy of recordings in Italy and the loss of US$l5O million (Ss2l3 million) in annual revenue, is fighting back by setting up an anti-piracy office in Milan. Two industry associations and six record companies
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      Lock icon Tea connoisseurs find their paradise at Jadebrook
      654 12 EPICURE NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Donald Wallis drinks 20 to 30 cups of tea a day. These are not ordinary teas; they are virtually unknown outside China. He said that in 1994 he sipped the entire world's supply of the highest-grade dragon well green
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      284 12 DIVERSIONS UPI [BEIJING] Paced with a chronic shortage of books for ethnic minorities, a Chinese official said yesterday that the government will set up a special fUnd to promote the publication of "high-quality" volumes. On the second day of the Second Minorities Publication
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      654 14 RECREATION Reuter [NEW DELHI] Across the Indian sub-continent, cricket is more than a game. It is an industry that spells funds for firms and fun for fans, with all the trappings of a social ritual tinged with political colour. As India,
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      721 14  -  CBS procrastinated over his nasty comments about 1 women's golf last spring, writes george vegsey GEORGE VECSEY NYT THE wages of stonewalling are bountiful. Ben Wright so vigorously denied making nasty remarks about women's golf last spring that CBS rewarded him with a new
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      KL shares on Clob outshine Sesdaq stocks
      301 15  -  By Ven Sreenivasan (SINGAPORE] Stocks on the Singapore second board have been rising in the current rally, but they are outpaced by Malaysian stocks traded here on Clob International. While foreign funds are fuelling the broad rally by buying blue chips and heavyweight
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      347 15  -  Some analysts fear that prices will ninnce once i ¥iBVV syndicates pnllont From Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur SECOND board stocks on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) have stolen the thunder from main board counters during the New Year market
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      YHS likely to stay above $4.30 when relisted
      301 15  -  By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Yeo Hiap Seng's share price is widely expected to trade above $4.30 when trading resumes on Jan 19. Analysts believe the price will be underpinned by bullishness over the group's property prospects and its core business of food
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      SingTel set to buy out some of its rivals in Philippines?
      620 15  -  BOCK LOOK SIBW By Lee Han Shih AFTER committing itself to a billion-dollar stake in Belgium telecom operator Belgacom, is Singapore Telecom gearing up for another equally massive investment in the Philippines? Talk in Manila is that SingTel could
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      Lock icon HK-listed Interform launches share offer in S'pore
      338 15  -  Byi Chan Siow Ling [SINGAPORE] Hongkonglisted Interform Ceramics Technologies yesterday launched an offer of shares for a secondary listing on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Singapore. The company is offering 50 million shares at 64 Hongkong cents (12 Singapore cents)
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      SHK axes research team in Singapore
      197 15 [SINGAPORE] Hongkongbased stockbroker Sun Hung Kai Securities has axed its 10person research team in Singapore in a regional cost-cut-ting exercise. A source said the team, led by research head Ann Treimann, was dismissed just before Christmas. The company compensated the staff with a month-and-a-half
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        Posim to move into Lion group in M$1.2b deal
        382 16  -  Amsteelwflleninp with at least 50% control of Sabah Forest Industries and big stake in Posim From. Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur TYCOON William Cheng will be injecting second boardlisted trading Arm Posim into his Lion group under a deal worth close
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        Lock icon KFC (M) names new exec deputy chief
        178 16 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] KFC Holdings (M) Bhd said it had appointed Ishak Ismail, who was at the forefront of the company's boardroom battle last year, as executive deputy chairman of the company and its subsidiaries. Mr Ishak was made deputy chairman on Dec
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        Look north for top gainers: expert
        353 16  -  But Indonesia, Thailand, Vila may see little change By 1 Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] North Asia is where to put your money this year and some parts of South-east Asia are to be avoided altogether if you follow Citibank regional market strategist Alex Erskine's rankings
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        Lock icon MAS may make cash call: analysts
        277 16 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) will probably make a rights issue or place new shares to help pay for a Mslo billion (5|5.6 billion) aircraft acquisition, analysts said yesterday. They said MAS is expected to raise equity soon to help pay
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        Pernas Int'l Hotels confirms privatisation approval
        370 16  -  From] Ho Kay Tat m Kuala Lumpur PERNAS International Hotels and Properties Bhd (PIHP) yesterday confirmed that the government has approved the privatisation of assets owned by its parent company, Perbadanan Nasional Bhd (Pernas). However, PIHP itself has yet to receive any proposal relating
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        China lifts ban on Jardine in container port project
        395 16  -  Britain, China to accept arrangement being worked out by consortia From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE Chinese government has dropped its objections to the inclusion of British hong Jardine Mathesan as a developer in the controversial Container Terminal Nine CT9
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        Lock icon Bambang, Kotjo to get foreign funds for Summa takeover: report
        217 16 Reuter [JAKARTA] President Suharto's son Bambang Trihatmodjo and businessman Johannes Kotjo are ready with fresh funds to take over the collapsed Bank Summa, the Bisnis Indonesia daily reported yesterday. The newspaper quoted sources close to Mr Kotjo as saying that
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        Hai Sun Hup buys $25m warehouse
        111 16 [SINGAPORE] Marine-based Hai Sun Hup Group has bought a freehold warehouse property in Pasir Panjang Road for $2S million. It intends to keep the fivestorey building for its own use said Lee Hon Klun of Edmund Tie Co which handled the transaction. Hai Sun
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          Comfort sells paging firm holding
          63 16 SINGAPORE] The Cqmfortjgroqp has acid Kantfttt per cent stake In Singapore Technologies ST Telecommunications for $2. It said the move waa in Ihrf with its process of rationalising its investments. BTP also repaid ah totereat-ftve loan of 1210,000 to Contort HF* was set up last
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          queries Sonvest Holdings
          49 16 [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singaporehaa queried Bon vest Holdings of the sharp increase Is its price and turnover on the exchange yesterday. The mate board listed company rose 12 cents to $1.58 with &78 million shares traded compared to the previous day's volume 0f612,000 units.
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          Nippocraft appoints new GM
          49 16 [SINGAPORE] Main-board listed Nlppecraft has appointed David KohEngHeng as general manager of its local operations and Anthony Brooks as managir rsiponslblsftr the group's creative design and. YeoHlap Seng from 1868 through last year, while Mr 'tM Brooks was a director of Rhino Rugby (UK) from
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        Lock icon Asian chip stocks dip after US tumble
        570 17 Declines sparked by profit concern* and fears «f fell in kef chip demand indicator Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI] Semiconductor stocks fell around Asia after US chipmakers tumbled in New York on Tuesday on concerns that earnings won't meet expectations. Declines were also spurred
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        S'pore group Amoy buys Sydney office building for A$8m
        202 17  -  From Surinder Singh in Sydney SINGAPORE group Amoy Property Pte Ltd, which last year bought a 50 per cent stake in the Hunter Valley golf resort, Cypress Lakes, has now purchased the Westpac Banking House building in Sydney's central business district
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        Lock icon Olympic TV rights: Murdoch bids US$2b
        301 17 Offer is fiercest challenge yet to Euro broadcasters FT [LONDON] A consortium backed by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has submitted a bid worth more than US$3 billion (552.84 billion) for the European telecasting rights fin: the winter and summer Olympics between 2000 and 2008.
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        Lock icon Motorola disappoints with US$432m 4th qtr income
        354 18 Next few quarters will be difficult as well, it warns, citing pricing pressures Bloomberg Business News [SCHAUMBURG, Illinois] Motorola Inc on Tuesday reported earnings that fell short of Wall Street expectations, and warned that the next few quarters may be difficult as well.
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        Lock icon Philips to axe 1.000 jobs at Grundig unit in Germany
        324 18 Catscomeontop of 10,000 jobs axed over four years Bloomberg Business News [AMSTERDAM] Philips Electronics NV wants to cut at least 1,000 Jobs this year at its unprofitable German consumer electronics unit Grundig AG, a spokesman said. The cuts will come
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        Lock icon Seagate surprises with 61% profit rise
        270 18 Bloomberg Business News [SCOTTS VALLEY, California) Seagate Technology Inc. a maker of computer disk drives, yesterday said net income for the second quarter rose 61 per cent, beating most analysts' expectations. Net income for the three months ended Dec 29 rose to U*****.7 million
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        44 18 [LONDON] Sir Christopher Bland standing with a television camera on the day of his appointment as chairman of the BBC on Tuesday. Mr Bland takes over from Marmaduke Hussey, chairman of the board of governors for the last nine years. REUTER
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        Lock icon Equifax, IBM join hands on credit-card processing
        306 18 Bloomberg Business News (ATLANTA] Equifax Inc and International Business Machines Corp have formed an alliance to provide credit card processing services to emerging markets worldwide. Terms of the venture were not disclosed yesterday. The agreement links America's leading credit information provider with IBM,
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        Lock icon Dun & Bradstreet to split
        215 18 Dun Bradstreet to split Reuter IWILTON, Connecticut] Dun Bradstreet Corp, the 155-year-old financial information services firm, yesterday said it would split into three separate publicly traded companies through a spin-off to shareholders. The new Dun Bradstreet will consist of Dun Bradstreet Information Services, Moody's Investors Service and the Reuben Donnelley
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          Lock icon Thai-Suisse insurance joint venture
          43 19 AFP {ZURICH] Suisse de Reassurances insurance group has set •gUp a Thai joint venture, SR Risk Management Services Ltd. §!t has a 49 per cent share, while 10 Thai insurance firms ffihare the other 51 per cent equally. —AFP
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          Lock icon Further charges against Daiwa Bank?
          47 19 Bloomberg Business News (TOKYO) US prosecutors are considering indicting Daiwa Bank on conspiracy and other charges later this month, on top of the 24 counts the bank is already facing for unauthorised bond trading at its New York branch.— Bloomberg Business News
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          Lock icon Lloyd's chairman re-elected
          22 19 Reuter ELONDON] The ruling Council of Lloyd's of London insurance market has re-elected David Rowland as chairman for 1996.—Reuter
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        476 19 Trader said to have created USs3som in phantom profits Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] The Securities and Exchange Commission said Joseph Jett should be barred for life from the securities industry and ordered to pay tens of millions of dollars in fines for allegedly creating
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        Asia Insurance rated 'A' by S&P
        158 19 [SINGAPORE] Homegrown Asia Insurance Company has been given a single A rating by Standard Poor's for the third year in a row. The assessment, which Asia Insurance received recently, was part of SAP's annual rating exercise on the creditworthiness and financial strength of companies
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        Price of Simex seats down 25%
        353 19  -  Slowdown in trading pares price to $290,000 on the secondary market By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The price of a Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) seat on the secondary market has plunged as a slowdown in trading bites. Seats are now being offered at
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        Lock icon Merrill Lynch denies it offered US$1.2b to settle suit
        247 19 Bloomberg Business News, NYT [NEW YORK] MerrUl Lynch Co denied reports it offered US$l.2 bUlion (Ssl.7 bUlion) to settle a lawsuit flled by Orange County, California, to recover investment losses that drove the municipality into bankruptcy in 1994. "MerriU Lynch has
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        Lock icon US mutual funds asset growth seen slowing to 9% this year
        230 19 Bloomberg Business News [BOSTON] US mutual funds assets will grow less than 9 per cent in 1996, or well below annual rates of the past decade, according to research group Dalbar Inc. 'The stock market will suffer a moderate
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        Lock icon Vietnam's first oil refinery poised to start
        311 19 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [SINGAPORE] Vietnam's first oil refinery is ready to take off as new partners have been chosen to replace France's Total which earlier pulled out of the US$l.2 billion (511.7 bUlion) project, a Petrovietnam official said yesterday. Ho Si Thoang, president
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        161 19 Reuter, AFP THE dollar regained its composure after being knocked off balance on Tuesday by worries over the US budget. But losses were never that spectacular in a market loathe to sell the dollar too aggressively given the background of a generally subdued mark amid growing speculation another
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        882 20 [KUALA LUMPUR] Tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market fell two sen to M 515.75 a kg yesterday amidst easier conditions. Dealers said the market was influenced by the US$5.OO fall in the price of tin metal on the overnight London Metal Exchange. Turnover rose slightly to
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        1123 20 Reuter [SINGAPORE] A soft close in Tokyo stocks and the US dollar's fall below 105 yen spurred intense short-cover-ing in Euroyen futures, which ended firmer for the third straight day yesterday. Dealers said September Euroyen would face resistance at 99.25. After rising to 99.22, it ended at 99.20
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          Thai raw sugar premiums case
          94 20 [TOKYO] Thai FOB raw sugar premiums have eased over the last few days on crop delays due to adverse weather and a labour shortage, traders said. Mar-May shipment fob premiums were traded at 80 points over New York May futures, while May-July shipment was offered
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          Cocoa arrivals at Ivory Coast up
          107 20 [LONDON] Arrivals of cocoa at ports in the Ivory Coast up to Jan 5 are estimated at between 680,000 and 695,000 tonnes, with 40,000-45,000 tonnes thought to have been delivered last week, trade sources said. Arrivals at this time last year amounted to only
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          Total aluminium stocks down
          60 20 [LONDON] Total aluminium inventories fell 136,000 tonnes to 3.470 million tonnes in November from an upwardly revised 3.606 million tonnes in October, according to provisional figures released yesterday by the International Primary Aluminium Institute. Total unwrought aluminium inventories in November fell 57,000 tonnes to 1.929 million
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          Swiss cocoa imports plunge
          89 20 [ZURICH] Switzerland's imports of cocoa plunged 10.6 per cent in November from October to 4,389 tonnes worth 18.7 million Swiss francs, while sugar and coffee bean imports dipped slightly, the Statistics Office said yesterday in its monthly report. Imports of coffee beans fell 1.3 per cent
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          EU to licence up to 80,000 tonnes sugar
          117 20 [LONDON] The EU was likely to licence tonnes of white sugar exports at a maximum rebate 0f45.064 European currency units per 100 kg at its weekly tender yesterday. Traders forecast a bigger tonnage than usual this week, although one admitted he has
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      REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      4698 21 -31.71 SHARES ended mixed yesterday, bruised by profit-taking after a collapse of high-tech shares in New York and a firmer dollar against the yen. Participants were waiting to see how Wall Street fared last night and for Japan's new government today. The Nikkei Average finished down 39.76
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      1561 21 QUata -28J9 UK stocks fell for a second day, tracking an early decline on Wall Street after weaker-than-expected earnings from Motorola hit US technology stocks and undermined the rest of the market The FTSE 100 Index closed 28.8 points down at 3,671.5. Yet traders reported little selling
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      2378 22 AFX-Asia P Hang Seng -***** SHARE prices closed sharply lower as sentiment was dampened by continued fears that blue-chip companies and financial institutions may raise fUnds from the market through share placements and covered warrant issues, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed down 122.57 points at 10,304.63 after
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      488 22 Reuter rl Shanghai B Share lain *OJ3 SHANGHAI B Share Index ended up yesterday with market sentiment improving a little after the index had stayed above the SO-point level for the past few trading days, brokers said. The index rose 0.13 point to 51.44 on volume of 5.3 million
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      1147 22 Renter PSEThig «aj» STOCKS finished slightly higher after fluctuating on alternating periods of profit-taking and bargain-hunting. The SET Index closed 3.18 points up at 1,352.34 on moderate 12 billion baht turnover. Gainers topped decliners 193 to 140 with 94 unchanged. "There was a lot of swing in the market
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      990 22 Bloomberg Business News DflMpwtohlg -in STOCKS fell to its lowest level in a week, led by Kabelmetal Indonesia, in the wake of the fall in New York. "Investors reacted to the drop on Wall Street by reducing their risk," said an analyst. He said some foreign investors regard Indonesia
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        Lock icon Stocks gain as players buy blue-chip laggards
        6858 23 KUALA LUMPURReports Bloomberg Business News ♦102 STOCKS rose as investors bid up prices of big companies that haven't kept up with the 5.5 per cent rally in the benchmark index this year. "Investors fearing a pull back would want to stick with stocks
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        76 26  -  -by Paul Leo JEN CHUA KIM KNG Holdings had a good run in the last 1 J week, rising 23 ants, or 18 per art, to $1.50 yesterday, and U is time to take some prqfUs. Buying interest is slowing down 2.76 million shares changed hands yesterday compared
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        Investors continue to take profit after recent surge
        679 26  -  WUiiIMHIBT OOMMBNTAST Analysts say market has strong support at the 2,300 level and is preparing to make its way to 2,400 By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Shares were down yesterday as investors continued to realise some of the gains of the past week.
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          Rats beat bears in Tokyo bourse
          132 26 ACCORDING to Yutaka Nakai at Daiwa Securities In Tokyo, the Year of the Rat, which begins on Feb 19, is auspicious for the Japanese stock market Mr Nakal has studied the links between the stock market and the 12 animal symbols of theChineee zodiac.
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          99 26 SINGAPORE Technologies Industrial Corp Is one would-be conglomerate with a «trong foreign following. As the current bull run Is fed by foreign money, a market watcher believes that STIC is likely to be courted again, and again. STIC's foreign ihareholding limit is 2S per cent As
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          81 26 TALK about sales that have literally gone sour. Hongkong-listed soy milk maker, Vitasoy International, has recalled all its 80 rrts- k J JT Z3 million packs of Vitaeoy paper»packed prodiKts after complaints from consumers that the soy milk drinks have a sour taste. Thelateetflaaoohasnotonlyledtotfce fl trading in tfi+rnmypiny
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          86 26 HONGKONG brokers used to Joke about the dumb "gwetto" ftmri manager who bought shares at China Light A Power, a Hongkong utility, thinking it was a China stock. This week's announcement by Credit Lyonnais proved the okl adage that thoee who live in glaashoueae shouldn't throw
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      122 16 Announcing: a new California State University program for College students living in Singapore C at the College campus j Students who have completed High School may Here Now now enroll at the OFS College in Singapore to do College Location the first two years of a California State University degree.
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      66 17 TOPICS 'Vietnam: East Asia's Potential Tiger? 9 Assessing Political Prospects for the 21st Century Mr. D.H.& Truong Director, Saigon Business Corporation Pte Ltd I "The Civil Code of Vietnam** by Ms. Franca Ciambella Resident Lawyer, Osier Renault Venue: American Club; Dale: 1 February 1996; Time: 1 lam-2pm For registration/ further
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      48 19 SALES AGENCY FOR PORTUGALALGARVE We offer an exduaxe Saks Representation for our Luxury Golf Properties to experienced agents baaed in Singapore. Interviews can be arranged by mutual agreement. Please contact: Mr: Has Ditz, Sales DirectorCsrvoeko Qube Lda. Apartado 24, P-8401 Lagoa Condex Portugal Tel: *****-82-357 262 Fag: *****-*****-715
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      73 24 HERMES Sole Agent: DICKSON WATCH JEWELLERY (S) PTE LTD pi pic IA wholly owned subsidiary of DICKSON CONCEPTS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED 1 M U yl Available at: BU-—t. J DICKSON WATCH A THE PROMENADE 300 Orchard Road *01-03 Singapore *****1 Tel: *****00 CENTREPOtNT-176 Orchard Road #01-05/06 Stngapore *****3 Tei *****22 fr--
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      195 26 notices j nmsuncauatrsanum i We, GASINOO MARINE PTE LTD. 70 Shenton Way. f Marine House, 15-03, Singapore *****8, hereby give notice that in consequence of our intended change of names of three vessels that we applied to the Registry of Singapore Ships, under Section 386 of the Merchant Shipping Act
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      81 26 liieMMrcf The Cowp*Mf i Act Cap. 50 Ami hteMwrrf TRADITIONAL PTOOD furniture rre ltd (b, Utmbtrj' \blmumry I i|iiirfariinj NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVBN. purjutnt to Section 305(2) of Ike Coaapaaiea Act, Cap. 50, Art Ike Haal Company will be held at 336 Sank Street M6-30S New Bridge Centre SianKMo3o336on ISFekraary
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      379 26 Singapore dosing Share Prfcos 10/01/1996 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH stllf# US$ US$ US$ US$ ullßf Jardine Matheson 7.30 7.28 7.30 7M Iffifflil Jard,n# Strategic 3.14 3.06 3.04 &£0 mMf j Dairy Farm 0.07 1.01 0.07 1.02 Hongkong Land 1.88 1.83 1.88 1.02 |MR|>|| Mandarin Oriantal 1.28 1.24 1.24 1.28 BBUJyial
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      224 26 I PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SHIP'S NAME I I OFFICIAL NOTICE I I We, SOON FONG SHIPPING PTE LTD of 151 I I Chin Swee Road,# 12-11 Manhattan House, I I Singapore *****6, hereby give notice that in I I conaequence of our intended pnrchaae, we have I I applied
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      284 27 Knight-Ridder, Reuter IN the dry cargo market, tonnage in the US Gulf/Atlantic, particularly of modern Panamaxes, appeared to be In increasing short supply, broking sources said. But elsewhere, conditions were stable at best, and in certain areas such as the Indian Ocean and South Africa very weak, they
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      Thai shippers accuse govt of bowing to foreign pressure
      380 27  -  Ommcil wants Act to be implemented to control searing handling charges From Alan Boyd in Bangkok SHIPPERS have fired their latest salvo in a simmering conflict over soaring handling charges, accusing the Thai authorities of bowing to foreign pressure. The National
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      IMC gets first of 11 new ships in US$330m expansion plan
      296 27  -  By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] IMC Shipping has taken delivery of the first of 11 new ships under its massive US$33O million (***** million) order. A spokesman from the flagship company of the diversified Hongkong-listed IMC Holdings said the
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      573 27  -  MMIIHIUaW By\ Rahita Elias AS THE Institute of London Underwriters' (ILU) governmental and international affairs adviser, Anthony Nunn has a pretty hectic schedule since travelling forms an integral part of his job. "As an adviser, I try to create greater
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      Lock icon Yang Ming, K-Line tie-up kicks off
      98 27 Reuter [TAIPEI] An alliance between Taiwan's state-run Yang Ming Marine Corp and Japan's Kawasaki Kisen Kalsha (K-Line) began operations on Tuesday when a Yang Ming vessel sailed from the northern harbour of Keelung, Yang Ming said in a statement. The two firms offer Joint
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      Lock icon Snowed under
      54 27 [BOSTON] A US Navy crew member of the historic USS Constitution, known as 'Old Ironsides', tossing snow off the stern of the ship as he shovels out the vessel from a blizzard that dumped up to 60cm of snow on the Boston area and most of the north-eastern
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      Lock icon Indian shipping finance giant plans fund
      141 27 Reuter [NEW DELHI] India's leading shipping finance company SCICI Ltd is planning to set up a specialised fund for developing infrastructure in the country, the Press Trust of India quoted a senior executive as saying on Tuesday. The fund would be set up with
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      Lock icon Foreign car makers in limbo
      875 28  -  CHXHA'S GAR INDUSTRY! PARTS COME BEFORE THE WHOLE fifeijing has been willing to approve car-part ventures with foreign firms, but is closely guarding ise more lucrative car-assembly market from overseas companies, say analysts to Mishi Saran Knight-Bidder HINA is continuing to 1 strictly limit fl
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      311 28 PACE Ml •AM. 3 AM* 7 Accord 12 AMen 6 AkrmkM 4 Appenship 4 Astro 10 Austral II Avant 6 BSA n Bitvnindo 7 •tang Mas 12 BhqM Ejtprrss •CON 4 CMA n COSCO 7 CSAV 3 Cctrtmary 7 Central Ex II Chahaya
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        868 41 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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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        484 41 JAN 11 Nepal: Market and Public holiday. National Unity Day/Basanta PancfaamL Morocco: Market and Public holiday, Day of Independence Charter. IAM IB Japan: Market and Public holiday, Adults' Day. Sri Lanka: Market and Public holiday. JAM SI Nepal: Market holiday, Lhochhar festival. JAM 22 Pakistan: Market and Public
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        Toyota commercial makes the most popular in S'pore
        375 42  -  Mitsubishi and Nissan take second and tkird spots respectively By( Christopher Tan (SINGAPORE] Toyota, which hogs the passenger car market as its bestseller, is also king in the commercial vehicle arena. Unlike the passenger segment, its position here is undisputed as there
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        Lock icon Beijing to raise car taxes, limit registrations
        186 42 AFP [BEIJING] Beijing is to raise taxes on cars sold in the capital and limit the number of new registrations this year in a bid to tackle growing traffic and pollution problems, a newspaper confirmed on Tuesday. Quoting local officials, the China Economic
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        Lock icon EC to approve SAS-Luffhansa alliance this month
        194 42 Reuter [BRUSSELS] The European Commission (EC) is expected to give the go-ahead this month, but on a number of conditions, to a strategic alliance between Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and Germany's Lufthansa, an EU source said on Tuesday. A decision was expected at
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        Lock icon British Airways cancels 11 European flights
        321 42 Rare move blamed on shortage of baggage handlers at Heathrow Airport NYT [LONDON] British Airways pic (BA) cancelled 11 European short-haul flights on Tuesday after what it called a "shortage" of baggage handlers at London's Heathrow Airport left the carrier illequipped to handle passenger
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        Lock icon CAL accepts blame for Manila accident
        135 42 Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI] China Airlines (CAL) accepted the judgement of the Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) that pilot error was responsible for an accident in Manila. "We respect and accept" the judgement, the company said in a news release yesterday. The release said
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      13 27 China's car industry: foreign companies in Umbo Car-assembly market closely guarded. P««b 2
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      59 27 Toyota commercial makes the most popular in SP pore Mitsubishi takes second spot. BaokFttfe §1- AJ/- I I rr r r^rr r /Tr< r r |C If ICT Pi AIN c -A it IMfi 'ill ?4* MMr***', SI "'w k r kmjp %S S 1 I i[ SEE FOR YOURSELF.
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      196 28 >MppN Matleeel Shipping Association. Business Giving jra winning fef;j iJSJPIPIIPIBPHK^ ll*pM RKtfanQ UMUngta: WHatHMOULA 1(VD1 fttrVA»w/Bn*i I I SEA DREAM 12A)1 18AM MnVMNrtJKMartas M GTS SUNRISE 20-01 FttrVAtwAJK/NarNw I B' Lo«d» EAV. 11#8 t*l m PiIHHIIiifIIiiHHiHNMiHK I LoadngtorW layseana I HERMEUN MiOiiw I ■ran grace iBBBBBBB—iM—I I tOßtfBatoQBpc»».E/W. Malays tortonwlN
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      386 33 FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES JJP 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 y HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) Weekly Smiling To UNITED KINGDOM SCdTL^n/ London*^ CALL OUR FRIENDLY GROUP FAMOUS EUROPE GIRLS RAMLAHIIMAH MOLLY *****33 J ___J P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22
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