The Business Times, 4 July 1996

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1996 85c
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    4 1 (Source: NatWest Bank)
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    New car market shrinks as half-year sales skid 15%
    729 1  -  Karket hit by curbs on financing, plunge in resale value, ban on COE transfers By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] The market for new cars has shrunk by 15 per cent, judging from sales registered by traders in the first half of this
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  • Article
    KL expected to reverse telecoms policy soon
    566 1  -  Govt set to throw industry wide open to competition From Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur IN AN about-turn, the Malaysian government is believed to have decided to allow free-for-all competition in the country's telecoms industry. This is in contrast to an earlier
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  • Article
    Lock icon Massive power failure hits 15 western states in US
    181 1 Reuter [LOS ANGELES] Blistering summer temperatures could have caused a massive power failure that created chaos across 15 western states in the US on Tuesday. Utility companies officials said it would take at least 24 to 48 hours before they knew
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    Lock icon Fed leaves rates unchanged
    148 1 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve policy-makers yesterday left the overnight bank lending rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent, a bet the US economy may shift into a lower gear that keeps inflation in check. The Federal Open Market Committee's stand-pat move was anticipated by many
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    Lock icon Amcol stock dives 17 cents to $2.82
    192 1  -  By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Amcol Hold ings yesterday fell to its lowest level in more than a year, despite the support provided by three large married deals. The distribution and property company was the second most actively traded counter, chalking up a total
    Source: Bloomberg; ALLAN  -  192 words
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Private developers for exec condos?
      517 2  -  Away will be found to tender land for exec condos so private developers can participate: BG Lee By: Diana Oon PRIVATE developers will be asked to take part in developing two sites in Ang Mo Kio earmarked for executive condo projects, Deputy Prime Minister BG
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      Lock icon Office space next hot property: Tie
      463 2  -  PBnifi MB—MAP Office capital values expected to rise another 5-10% by year-end: consultants Reports by Michelle Low OFFICE space could become the new hot property over the next few months, giveh that cautious sentiment Howards the private residential tnarket is likely to continue, a
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    • Article
      Investment sales top $5b or 85% of level for whole of '95
      283 2 SALES of investment development property reached a strong $5 billion to $6 billion in the first half of the year, equivalent to around 85 per cent of sales for the whole of last year. Data compiled by Edmund
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      Lock icon Jan-Apr net GST collection down
      346 2  -  "-m wmwwm* t n-n HI mnwai <wiiwwwMWi»wwMM——u— EYE ON THE ECONOMY Tax revenue By] Diana Oon THE government's net collection from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for the first four months of this year amounted to $311.3 million, lower than the $490.8 million collected
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    • Article
      S'pore inflation seen lowest in Asean
      511 3  -  Thailand and M'sia expected to lead region's economies with 8.6% and &2% growth respectively Yang Razali Kassim SINGAPORE is again projected to have the lowest inflation rate in Asean this year. But the Republic's gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to slow to
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      Govt reconvening Cost Review Committee
      176 3 THE government will reconvene the Cost Review Committee to look into claims by the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and the Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) about "phenomenal" increases in the cost of living. In a statement yesterday, the Ministry of Trade Industry (MTI) said the
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Asian companies in US$100m deals
        70 3 A GROUP of 15 companies from the region yesterday signed preliminary agreements worth some US$lOO million (Ssl4l million) with the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development District. They include Indonesia's Salim group, which plans to set up an oil palm processing plant; Singapore's Pisces Group and
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        French still keen on S'pore as launch pad
        73 3 A MEETING of the France-Singapore Business Council on Tuesday disclosed that French firms remain keen on using Singapore as a spring board for expansion into Asia, the Economic Development Board said yesterday. The meeting, held in Paris—the second since the council was
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        SIM launches 3 courses
        38 3 THE Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) said yesterday it was launching three programmes: the Master of Science in Information Resources Management, Diploma in Compensation and Benefits Management, and Diploma in Management Practice (Open Learning).
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      Libraries to get $1b boost
      222 3 THE government will pump $1 billion into new public library facilities over the next eight years, said Minister for Information and the Arts George Yeo yesterday. The move includes the construction of three new regional libraries one each in Woodlands and Jurong East and one
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      DuPont to pump US$100m into 2nd Lycra plant here
      105 3 US-BASED chemicals giant DuPont will invest US$lOO million (SSI4I million) in a second Lycra fibre facility in Singapore, taking its total manufacturing commitment here to about Ssl.l billion. By the time the new facility is completed in 1999, DuPont will have
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
    • Article, Illustration
      Frenzy confined to Ardmore
      751 4  -  Forget the Ardmore brouhaha For the wider property market it's a different ball game By' Tuan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] IN May 1993, homeowners islandwide woke up to press photographs of queues at the launch of Marco Polo's Pare Oasis and were convinced that a fever was
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      Indon property rules eased
      589 4  -  Non-resident foreigners with business interests allowed to own certain residences Fromi S N Vasuki in Jakarta THE Indonesian government will soon allow not only foreigners residing in the country but non-residents with business interests as well to own residential property. However, they will be limited to
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      House Hunt
      1109 4 Property transactions for districts 09 and 10 (sectors 22 fa 23 and 24 to 27) lodged between June 3,1996 and June 2&I 1996. Project Name/ Prop Contract Tenure Built-in/ Price Pifl Street Name Type Date Land Area* (sqft) (SS'OOO) CSS|| Dfctrk*OO0Motfln22to23) j Non-Landed Aspen Ht Apt T7W/96 999
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      34 4 o 926sqft o Seaview o Vacant o Attractive Price Amara Hotel, Ballroom 2, Level 3 25 July 1996, Thursday, 2.30 pm Contact Sole Marketing Agents JL W Commercial Dept. Terri Lee or Stuart Roberts
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • Article, Illustration
      Inflation rate clipped in June on lower food prices
      410 5  -  JAKARTA Bat trade front not encouraging: surplus shrank in April on higher imports By S N Vasuki INDONESIA yesterday released monthly economic data which, as expected, showed a moderation in inflation and a shrinking trade surplus due to higher imports. Information
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      Lock icon Pertamina proposes two firms for LNG project: report
      237 5 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA'S state-owned oil company Pertamina has proposed that two well-connected companies be given contracts for a US$l billion (SSI.4 billion) liquefied natural gas project (LNG), a newspaper said yesterday. The state oil firm had proposed that the two firms be
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    • Article, Illustration
      Viets end floating hotel contract
      359 6  -  SINGAPORE Hotel given up to Aug 30 to vacate site, operator told to quit country by Dec By Harish Mehta The business contract of the troubled, five-star Saigon Floating Hotel was terminated last month, and its operator has been told to quit Vietnam by December.
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      Lock icon Vijit too rigid and conservative: finance minister
      245 6 BANGKOK Reuter THAI Finance Minister Bodi Chunnananda yesterday revealed his previous disagreements with former central bank governor Vijit Supinit on drafting national budgets and described him as too rigid. A day after Mr Vijit tendered his resignation, Mr Bodi said he would also
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      Lock icon Megawati faction to be barred from elections
      272 6 JAKARTA Reuter AFP THE Indonesian government will not permit a political faction headed by opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri to contest the 1997 parliamentary elections, Antara news agency said yesterday. Ms Megawati, the daughter of Indonesia's late founding president Sukarno, was ousted from the
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Humpuss unit to make motorcycles?
        65 6 Reuter [JAKARTA] Indonesian President Suharto's youngest son is considering entering the motorcycle business. An official of PT Timori*Putra Bangsa, a new company in the Humpuss Group controlled by Mr Suharto's son Hutomo Mandala Putra, said the company was studying a venture to manufacture motorcyclss. The
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        Lock icon Hopewell to sign Thai rail project deal
        42 6 Reuter [BANGKOK] Hongkong's Hopewell Holdings and construction firm Philipp Holzmann (Thai) Ltd are poised to sign a 30 billion baht (Ssl.7 billion) deal to construct Bangkok's mass transit project, a Philipp Holzmann official said yesterday.—Reuter
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        Lock icon Indonesia-Westinghouse venture
        34 6 Bloomberg Business News [PITTSBURGH] Westinghouse Electric Corp and Indonesia said they have agreed to form a joint ventursto explore opportunities to market the company's products and services in Indonesia. Bloomberg Business News
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      16 5 I Cathay Pacific Service warts July 1. Daily flights commence September I. All flights via Vancouver.
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      110 5 BT (British Telecommunications pic) can connect you to over 1,300 cities in more than 110 countries. That's because we have one of the largest global networks for data, voice and image in the world*. We are in 15 countries and 65 cities in the Asia Pacific region alone. Small wonder
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Taiwan proposes visits to thaw year-old freeze
      432 7 TAIPEI Either side could take first step, says Straits Exchange Foundation to its counterpart Reuter TAIWAN, frustrated by a year-long freeze on talks with arch-rival China, proposed yesterday to start up mutual visits across the Taiwan Strait and said either side could take
      Reuter  -  432 words
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      Lock icon China trade minister plans September visit to US
      283 7 BEIJING Bloomberg Business News IN ANOTHER sign of warming US-China trade ties, China's Foreign Trade Minister Wu Yi plans to visit the US in September. "Madam Wu will lead a government delegation," Jin Ligang, chief of the trade ministry's American division, said
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    • Article
      Office rental seen breaking new ground in a year
      259 7  -  HONGKONG Teh Hooi Ling HONGKONG'S office rental will edge back towards its record high achieved in 1994/95 in the next 12 months, and prices will probably break new ground, predicted Leung Chun Ying, managing director of CY Leung Co. Mr Leung,
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      Lock icon China's Apstar launch a success
      164 7 BEIJING Reuter CHINA successfully launched Hongkong's Apstar 1A telecommunications satellite yesterday after a delay caused when China's first new-gener-ation Long March 3B rocket blew up within seconds of lift-off last February. State television showed the Long March 3 rocket with Apstar 1A on board being
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      Lock icon Basic Law carrot for HK Democrats
      183 7 HONGKONG Reuter THE largest pro-democracy party in Hongkong could be welcomed aboard China's team picking the territory's future leaders if the group showed respect for the future constitution, a senior China adviser said yesterday. A local successor to Governor Chris Patten and new provisional
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      180 7 Incorporation of offshore companies with Chinese name Memorandum and Articles of Association are issued in Chinese Certificate of Incorporation is issued For further information with company name in Chinese and immediate service characters pUase contact: Michael J Kingston Corporate documents notarised or OFFSHORE authenticated by the Embassy of the CORPORATE
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      7 7 Editorial: The future of Hongkong, Pg 10
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Greenback stays firmly above 110-yen level
      380 8  -  TOKYO Market boosted by re-appointment of finance bureau chief By, Anthony Rowley THE US dollar consolidated its latest gain on the Japanese yen yesterday by keeping firmly above the 110-level in Tokyo as the foreign exchange market grew increasingly confident about Japan maintaining its
      Source: Reuter; ALLAN; AFP  -  380 words
    • Article
      M'sian family buys A$90m Skygarden
      207 8  -  SYDNEY By Surinder Singh SYDNEY'S landmark Skygarden complex has been bought by a high-profile Malaysian family through its Singapore registered company, Dradgin Pte Ltd, for As9o million (Ss99 million). The purchase follows the pullout of Mulpha International Berhad of Malaysia la3t week after entering into
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      Lock icon Aussie PR man pleads guilty to insider trading
      136 8 SYDNEY Bloomberg Business News AUSTRALIAN public relations consultant Murray Williams was committed for sentencing after a magistrate accepted his guilty plea to one charge of insider trading in Australis Media shares, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. Williams was committed via a part
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    • Article
      Japanese banks lose hold on top international slots
      297 8  -  TOKYO Supremacy set to contract farther in coming years By, Anthony Rowley JAPANESE banks have begun to cede the top international slots which they have occupied for a decade to leading banks from other parts of the world, according to a survey
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      Lock icon Aussie govt to cut migrant levels to tackle joblessness
      301 8 ■SYDNEY Canberra also to crack down on using tthpm marriages to gain entry AFP THE government will cut immigration levels by 8 per cent and crack down on immigrants using sham marriages to gain entry into Australia. Prime Minister John Howard
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  • THE WORLD
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      EU-Asean ties: call for new dynamism
      383 9  -  BRUSSELS European Commissioner suggests updating 1980 pact ora joint action plan al Shada Islam THE European Commission yesterday called for a "new dynamism" in Europe's relations with Asean, arguing that improved political, trade and economic ties with the world's fastest growing economies would help
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      Lock icon Industrial output rose in May
      210 9 BONN Bloomberg Business News INDUSTRIAL production in Germany went up for the third month in May, the government said, putting Europe's biggest economy on the road to recovery after a prolonged slump. Overall output in May rose one per cent, the Economics Ministry said, twice
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Laid flat by privatisation
      42 9 [LIMA] Peruvian street-cleaners carrying a "crucified" man to protest against recent job cuts and plans for more dismissals after the privatisation of the capital's cleaning services this month. The move resulted in an 85per cent smaller workforce. REUTER
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      Lock icon Yeltsin takes lead in exit poll
      272 9 MOSCOW AFP Bloomberg Business News RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin was ahead of his Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov in yesterday's presidential run-off election, according to an early exit poll shown on television. The poll gave no figures or other indications of the lead, but only
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    • Article
      Lock icon 17,000 miners sacked
      116 9 JOHANNESBURG AFP MINING giant Anglo American has sacked at least 17,000 miners who embarked on a wildcat strike last week at the world's biggest platinum mine. A company spokesman yesterday said the miners at the Rustenburg Platinum Mines had demanded immediate refunds of their benefits schemes. They
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      Lock icon US factory orders up 1.9% in May
      249 9 WASHINGTON Third consecutive increase sign of strong Q2 growth Bloomberg Business News ORDERS placed with US factories rose in May for the third consecutive month, as increasing demand for aircraft offered further evidence of strong economic growth in the second quarter of the
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      Lock icon A widening gap in investments
      156 9 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News THE value of foreign-owned assets and investments in the US exceeded the value of US investments in other countries by US$Bl4 billion (551.15 trillion) in 1995, the Commerce Department said. That means the gap between securities, stocks, property, bank deposits and
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      167 9 R EGALIAN PROP ~~E C~H i PHoE N I X INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY ARE YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO BE? S Success and satisfaction often depend on being in the right place at I jJi|i the right time. The latest exclusive residential development from I UK's leading developer Regalian Properties guarantees
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Global outlook is vital to Singapore
      846 10  -  THE BOTTOM LIMB OPINION By Chuang Peck Ming IT seems a logical step to take. A company seeking to become a global player goes regional first That way, it gets to wet its toes near the shore before heading for the deep, far horizon
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      136 10 The sound industry isn't so sound after 811-' -OOHbLM a fund manager, after Aztech Systems, the computer products maker, said slow sales and falling prices for CD-ROM drives at its US retailer will lead to a loss in the first half. 'People are really starting to think:
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      The future of Hongkong
      645 10 EDITORIAL WITH less than a year to go before Hongkong reverts to China it is inevitable that the doomsayers are out singing dirges in the dark But much of the pessimism is truly overblown. It has little bearing on the nature of the coming event and
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      Tokyo banks losing clout
      1063 10  -  Ponding and capital adequacy constraints erode global dominance By. Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent FOR years, the world's largest banks have almost exclusively been Japanese. But this year, Germany's Deutsche Bank has emerged as the most powerful bank in terms of assets, while
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      870 10 Tht start kmer POSTWAR traffic accident deaths in Japan recently topped the 500,000 mark. The death toll far exceeds the combined number of people killed in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The total number of accidents is 22 million, and nearly 26 million people
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Museum addition draws the vitriol
      1047 11  -  The Victoria and Albert Museum proposes an ultramodern new building, and the protests have immediately started, reports alan riding ALAN RIDING NYT IN THE 1980s and beyond, while France's Socialist government embarked on a series of daring architectural projects that eventually transformed the face of
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      Viets go down memory alley
      547 12  -  BOWLING The opening of a new bowling alley in Ho Chi Minh revives a once popular game By Harish Mehta [SINGAPORE] When a Singapore company broached the subject of opening a bowling alley in Ho Chi Minh City, it was surprised because the Vietnamese loved
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      Lock icon The greatest show on wheels
      746 12 CYCLING Most of its 148 m franc budget comes from sponsors and TV Reuter [NOGENT-SUR-OISE, France] Orson Welles, who paid a visit to the Tour de France in 1950, described the race as greater than any of his films. "It's like a super production, only
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    • CHATTER Box
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        Lock icon Charles-Diana divorce soon: paper
        117 12 Reuter [LONDON] Prince Charles and his estranged wife Princess Diana will be divorced within two weeks. The Daily Mirror, a top-selling tabloid, yesterday said Buckingham Palace would issue a statement the week after next saying a settlement had been reached and Dian& would be granted all
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        Lock icon Thompson as Hillary?
        110 12 Reuter [LONDON] British actress Emma Thompson may play Hillary Clinton opposite Tom Hanks as President Bill Clinton in a film about America's first couple. The Academy Award winner's agent yesterday said Thompson was negotiating with director Mike Nichols but would not commit until seeing the final script.
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      • Article
        Lock icon Yves St Laurent on the Internet
        79 12 Reuter [PARISJ The Yves Saint Laurent fashion house will its new high-fashion collection simultaneously on the >si Internet global computer network and on a Paris catwalk 1 on July 10. "For the first time, Yves Saint Laurent opens Its doors and reveals to you
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      • Article
        Lock icon Fergie marches to her own drumbeat
        97 12 Reuter [LONDON] Britain's newly-divorced Duchess of York has come to believe in "nature's essence" and in taking control of her life as "the conductor of my own orchestra". The c former Sarah Ferguson, popularly known as Fergie, wh* also plans a Rome debut as
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      Lock icon Surprises galore at Wimbledon
      434 12 TENNIS AFP Reuter SINGER Cliff Richard replaced Pete Sampras on Centre Court yesterday to brighten a rain-swept afternoon at the All England Club as rain ruled out play for over three-and-a-half hours on men's quarter-final day. Sir Cliff, backed by a group of players including Martina
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    • Article, Illustration
      The new Honda: a true Legend
      966 14  -  MOTORING Uiis Honda is distinctly different from other high-end Japanese cars By i Christopher Tan BEFORE picking up the new Honda Legend for a test-drive, I was prepared for a predictable ride very comfortable and very boring. It's going to be more or less
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • Article
        Honda hones cornering ability
        94 14 TO ENHANCE cornering ability, Honda has developed what it calls the direct yaw control system, which effectively redistributes the drive force of the front wheels. During cornering, depending on speed and angle, the outer wheel will be given more drive force (to make it spin faster).
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      • Article
        New agents do well
        80 14 NON-MEMBERS of the Singapore Motor Traders Association did not fare too badly in the first half. About 400 Audis, 300 Subarus, 250 Renaults, 119 Peugeots, 82 Citroens, 35 Daihatsus and 30 Porsches were registered in the six months. For new agents Le Car and Motorviva, the
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        A Volvo executive move
        66 14 VOLVO Cars of North America executive vice-president William Hoover will leave his post in September to become executive vice-president for Volvo Cars Asia Pacific. The new position will relocate Mr Hoover to Singapore, where he will be responsible for creating the overall organisational structure of Volvo's
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        Kah Motor draw winner
        100 14 HONGKONGBANK and Honda distributor Kah Motor recently held a draw in which Prime Account holders stood to win a Honda Odyssey. The results were made known last week. And guess who won the $135,000(ex-COE) multi-purpose vehicle Ronald Ooi, managing director of Kim Eng Securities. "My friends
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        Ferrari puts up brave F-1 face
        102 14 FERRARI has already lost the world championship, but it will continue to fight for this season's runners-up slot, team chief Jean Todt insisted on Tuesday. Mr Todt, the Frenchman drafted in by Ferrari three years ago from Peugeot's racing division, was putting a brave
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        New Ferrari F50s all pre-sold
        85 14  -  Compiled by i Christopher Tan TALKING about Ferrari, the new F5O basically a street-legal F-l car is now only available on the secondary market. All 349 to be produced have been pre-sold. They now command a US$2OO,OOO (*****,000) premium over the factory price of U*****,000.
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      Day of woe for high-tech stocks
      564 15  -  Aztech selling hits 'electronics sector; |forman firm Escom's Might sends shivers Wy Kenneth James |SINGAPORE] For watchers of high-tech stocks, yesterday Was a textbook case for the Xfrles. I Aztech Systems shares continued to slither downwards following the company's Monday announcement of shock Interim
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      Small investors to get 45.4% of LJ shares
      313 15 [SINGAPORE] Lindeteves-Ja-coberg Ltd (LJ) has set aside 45.4 per cent of its 30.8 million public offer shares for small retail investors who applied for up to 9,000 shares. Another 45.6 per cent has been reserved for investors who applied for between 10,000
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      49% stake for KL foreign brokers by '97?
      233 15 Report quotes Anwar as saying move is being looked into [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia could allow foreign brokerages to own up to 49 per cent in its securities companies as early as next year. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anwar Ibra- him
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      Should the Muns have been more open on Aztech's woes?
      741 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih ARE the Mun brothers responsible for creating the overly optimistic impressions of their company, Aztech Systems? Michael Mun is the president and driving force behind Aztech. His younger brother Hon Pheng is a director
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      QAF's advice on Salim group's offer
      214 15 [SINGAPORE] Food group QAF yesterday advised shareholders to refrain from taking any action in relation to their QAF shares and warrants which may be prejudicial to their interest. QAF's statement follows news on Tuesday that its major shareholder Qualif Pte Ltd has made a
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      Creative's company secretary quits
      85 15 [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology company secretary Yeo Choon Tat has tendered his resignation, effective July 12. The sound-card maker said he had been replaced by Ng Keh Long, who is vice-presi-dent of corporate treasury. Mr Yeo's resignation follows the departure of president and chief operating officer Chay
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      Local banks set to report 15% profit growth in first half
      413 15  -  Hy\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Local banks are expected to report robust first-half earnings growth of about 15 per cent. For the full year, analysts polled in the July edition of The Estimate Directory expect consensus earnings growth for the
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        Kemayan to base hotel operations in Australia
        451 16  -  Group plans backdoor listing, launches reverse takeover of firm in Victoria From I Surinder Singh in Sydney MALAYSIAN conglomerate Kemayan Corporation wants to base all its hotel and tourism operations in Australia and intends to do this through a backdoor listing on the
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        UOB investment arm in KL tie-up
        181 16 [SINGAPORE] The investment arm of United Overseas Bank (UOB) is getting into the Malaysian fund management industry through a tie-up with Kuala Lumpur-listed OSK Holdings and its whollyawned stockbroking subsidiary OSK Securities. The local bank yesterday said UOB Asset Management would pay Msl.4 million
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        Pengkalen Inv explains $9.3m loss
        213 16 [SlNGAPOßE] Pengkalen Investments yesterday said the $9.37 million operating loss it posted for the nine months ended March 31,1996 included a $3.93 million loss incurred by its Indonesia operation. "This operation commenced commercial production on Jan 1, 1995 and therefore did not impact the 1994
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        SBS buys 80% stake in Ken-Air unit
        237 16 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Bus Service (SBS) announced yesterday that it has bought an 80 per cent interest in Ken-Air Auto Services Group (KASG) for $19.8 million. KASG, one of Singapore's leading car rental and leasing companies, comprises KenAir Rent-A-Car, Ken-Air Leasing, Ken-Air Car Care
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        Lock icon Pengkalen, MUI shares requoted
        136 16 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] The shares of Malayan United Industries (MUI), Pengkalen Holdings and its subsidiary Pengkalen Capital were requoted yesterday following a suspension from June 28. MUI shares closed yesterday one sen lower at 1.58. Pengkalen Holdings rose 45 sen to MJ6.40 and Pengkalen Capital closed
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        Lock icon Bakun dam firm to seek listing soon
        589 16 Bakim Hydro-Electric Corp likely to offer 4 billion shares &tMsLBoeach Reuter Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Bakun Hy-dro-Electric Corp (BHEC), which signed an agreement yesterday to sell most of its power from the controversial dam, will soon apply for a stock market listing, its key
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        IPC Peripherals in US$5m joint venture
        198 16 [SINGAPORE] IPC Peripherals, a subsidiary of IPC Corp, yesterday said it has set up a joint venture with Transtech Electronics to pump US$5.3 million (557.5 million) into a California panel display company. The investment, made through the newly formed I PC-Transtech Display, represents a
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        Lock icon Sinora debuts at M$5.80
        118 16 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Timber firm Sinora Industries Bhd opened at M 55.80 against an offer price of Msl.Bo on its debut on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's main board yesterday. Sinora rose M 53.25 or 180.6 per cent to M 55.05 after hitting MSJ6 earlier. A
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          MobieOne to raise $70m
          68 16 [SINGAPORE] Second mobile phone operator Mobile One (Asia) yesterday signed an agreement with Schroder International Merchant Bankers to arrange a $70 million seven-year guaranteed floating rate note issue. This is to help finance the group's cellular network. The notes will be issued in several tranches, in
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          Ko, Djeng & Partners restructured
          39 16 Ko, Djeng Partners restructured [SINGAPORE] Parkway Holdings has completed the restructuring of Ko, Djeng Partners Dental Surgeons. It has also completed the sale and purchase of 60 per cent of the issued capital of Ko, Djeng Gleneagles Pte Ltd.
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          Payment of interest on loan stock
          40 16 [SINGAPORE] Venture Manufacturing yesterday said interest on its unsecured convertible loan stock due 1999 at the rate of 2.5 per cent per annum less applicable Singapore income tax will be paid on July 29.
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          City Dev to sell 49% of Palmerston
          66 16 [SINGAPORE] City Developments has agreed to sell 490,000 shares of Msl each representing 49 per cent in Palmerston Holdings Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary. EUisor Holdings Sdn Bhd, wholly owned by bumiputras, is buying the shares for $1.86 million, deemed equivalent to
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          Anric Pacific names financial officer
          23 16 [SINGAPORE] Auric Pacific has appointed Philip Smith as chief financial officer and joint company secretary, effective last Monday.
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          GAM Mechatronic's EGM on July 25
          43 16 [SINGAPORE] CAM Mechatronic will hold an extraordinary general meeting on July 25 to seek shareholder approval to change its name to CAM International Holdings. The group said the new name will better reflect its fast-growing overseas operations.
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        Lock icon Top Pepsico exec quits after less than 4 months
        447 17 HeadofUSsllb worldwide beverage operations cites personal reasons NYT Bloomberg Business News (NEW YORK] In an announcement that took executives and analysts in the beverage industry by surprise, Pepsico Inc said on Tuesday that Christopher Sinclair, head of its US$ll billion (5515.5
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        Cheung Kong Infra IPO at HK$12.65
        411 17  -  Price a 5% discount to NTA value of HK$l&3O a share From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong CHEUNG Kong Infrastructure (CKI), a spin-off from Li Kashing's flagship Cheung Kong Holdings, yesterday launched its initial public offer in Hongkong with an issue price of HK512.65
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        Lock icon Lufthansa's first-half pre-tax profit falls 47%
        238 17 Bloomberg Business News I FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa AG said pre-tax profit for the first half of 19% fell 47 per cent as a price war and the April fire at the Dusseldorf airport led to a sharp decline in passengers. Pre-tax profit at the
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        Lock icon Escom seeks protection to negotiate rescue plan
        203 17 Bloomberg Business News [BOCHUM, Germany] Computer maker and retailer Escom AG will start insolvency proceedings after its estimated 1995 loss soared to 180 million Deutschemarks (5J166.5 million) and banks refused to help finance a reorganisation plan. The decision allows the company to remain
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        Lock icon Remaining anti-trust curbs on IBM to be phased out
        236 17 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON) International Business Machine Corp and the Justice Department have reached an agreement to end the last remaining terms of a 1956 anti-trust decree. The government said on Tuesday that earlier agreements had already freed IBM from most
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        Lock icon Apple's Mac sales down by 30%, says paper
        124 17 Reuter [NEW YORK] Apple Computer's sales of its Macintosh line of personal computers have dropped 30 to 50 per cent in April and May compared to year-ago levels, the Wall Street Journal said yesterday. Reports from key retailing chains and from research
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        Sing $ slips further against M$
        431 18  - Sing slips further against M$ Ringgit breaches 56.75 level; strong showing said to be spurred by US commercial demand By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE) The Singapore dollar continued to weaken against the ringgit yesterday at one point falling to a psychological low of 56.75 cents before rallying to close at
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        Lock icon Wolff suspends three Tokyo staff amid Sumitomo probe
        255 18 Reuter [LONDON] Top British-based metals brokerage Rudolf Wolff on Tuesday suspended three staff members at its Tokyo office as it conducted its own inquiry into the Sumitomo copper scandal. A spokesman for Wolff did not say what irregularities, if any, had been
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        Lock icon Morgan Stanley Q2 profit up 81%
        130 18 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Morgan Stanley Group Inc said second-quarter earnings rose 81 per cent to US$3Ol million (*****.4 million), as investment banking revenue doubled amid a boom in merger advisory and stock underwriting businesses. Net income rose to US$l.B3 a share in
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        Lock icon CS Holding to focus operations in London
        289 18 Reuter [LONDON] London's position as Europe's leading financial centre received a boost on Tuesday when major Swiss financial group CS Holding announced plans to focus all its investment and corporate banking operations in the city. The Swiss company's plan follows similar decisions by
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        Lock icon Sentiment on Euroyen softens
        209 18 SOnSUieport Reuter [SINGAPORE! Simex Euroyen futures ended weaker yesterday as sentiment turned soft despite Bank of Japan governor Yasuo Matsushita's stance that BOJ policy on interest rates will stay on course for the time being. "Sentiment was quite bullish for the contract when Matsushita said rates
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        174 18 Reuter AFP London THE dollar closed higher in European trading amid broadbased yen selling and ahead of the result of the Russian elections, traders said. The US currency took on a tough technical level in the 110.50/60 yen area but offers said to be around 110.80 capped the
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        Lock icon Oil prices rise on US holiday demand for petrol
        282 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] Oil prices edged higher yesterday on strong United States demand for petrol ahead of its long Independence Day holiday weekend and the unexpected shutdown of a North Sea oil field, traders said. London benchmark North Sea Brent
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2163 19 mmmmsammsm Mi Note *fA. A. Corp Adr 631/2 *1/4 A8 Ports 279 1 Abbey Not lonel 565 tl AIM Lyons 447 -2 1/4 Amec 96 -1 Argyll 346 -2 AsdeGroup 1193/4 21/4 BAT Ind 492 -6 BICC 311 -1 BOC Group 928 *4 BR Petroleum 561 7
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      1654 19 Bloomberg Business News Q Nikkei 22S +3L06 JAPANESE stocks were little changed as hope that the US dollar's strength will boost exporters' profits offset concern that interest rates may rise and economic growth will slow. "Growth may be slower in the second half of the year so investors don't
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      1701 20 Bloomberg Business News PjHangSeng -2L15 STOCKS slumped amid concern rising interest rates may stunt corporate earnings growth. Utilities and conglomerates paced the decline. A report on Tuesday showing US home sales are accelerating raised concern that the US Federal Reserve may raise rates at its meeting later yesterday or
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      666 20 Reuter AFX-Asia Q Shanghai B Share Index *0.35 THE B Share Index ended up yesterday on a rise in Pudong developer Shanghai Lujiazui Finance and Trade on a rumour that the company would offer generous interim rewards to investors, brokers said. Company officials declined to comment. The B Share
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      389 20 AFP Q VP Index -62.42 PRICES in Taiwan finished 1.0 per cent lower due to dwindling buying interest amid a lack of new incentives. Most investors were reluctant to buy at highs due to the lack of fresh incentives while the market was consolidating recent gains, said Sean Fu
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      690 20 AFP nCompoate Index -0.34 SHARE prices closed 0.1 per cent lower yesterday in moderate trading dominated by local speculation with foreign investors largely sidelined. "All the stocks which made significant percentage gains in prices were mostly due to local punting," a dealer with a London-based brokerage said. The Jakarta
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      875 20 AFP fl SET Index +29.03 THAI shares soared 2.3 per cent as investors reacted positively to the resignation of the governor of the central Bank of Thailand, brokers said. "Investors were looking for good news to shore up the market, which has been bearish for a long time," said
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      Lock icon MANILA
      364 20 AFP PJ Manila +48.05 PHILIPPINE share prices rose 1.4 per cent to a record closing high yesterday due to heavy buying of property shares and blue chips. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 46.05 points to close at 3,351.73 points. Turnover rose to 13.13 billion shares worth 3.97
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      370 20 AFP Composite Index »<L3I SHARE prices edged up on the Korea Stock Exchange in a tug of war between bargain hunting and profit taking, brokers said. "Investor sentiment improved on the belief that the market has bottomed out," said a dealer with Daewoo Securities Co. The Composite Price Index
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      613 20 AFP Q All (Minima jjj SHARE prices closed 0.9 per cent lower yesterday amid jitters ahead of a US Federal Reserve's Open Market committee meeting. The All Ordinaries index closed 20.5 points lower at 2,235.8. The All Industrials Index dropped 25.4 points to 3,368.0, while the All Resources Index
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      287 20 Reuter Q Wellington *2119 THE NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 22.19 points (1.05 per cent) up at 2,128.40 yesterday. Turnover was worth a higher-than-normal NZ$B4 million, signifying a probable foreign investor interest. Reuter Mi W (tOO) ANZ Banking 7.00 "0 06 2974 Advantages HM91 '60 unch 8000 Air N«w ZtalwM
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        Lock icon Money data sparks fresh fears on rates
        7955 21 AFP Reuter Q Composite Index -4.75 SHARE prices ended 0.4 per cent lower yesterday on concerns that local interest rates could be raised to cool consumption, brokers said. "The central bank's release of May's money supply figures has sparked fresh concerns that rates
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        Gopeng wrts worth high-risk punt
        3634 22  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy THREE months ago, we highlighted the rights to new warrants being issued by Malaysian plantation firm Gopeng Bhd as worth subscribing to. If you did, your cost to get the warrant would have been M 51.56. In a lacklustre market,
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        63 24  -  By Paul Leo KEMAYAN Corporation is a buy at yesterday's close of $2.16. Daily Relative Strength Index is approaching oversold territory while the weekly indicator is deeply oversold. Buying interest is returning strongly to the Clob counter. Yesterday's turnover was 2.56 million shares, 3.4 times the 10-day average
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        Caution rules as market awaits Fed's rate decision
        896 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Aztech shock still taking its toll; meanwhile, sharp inter-bank rate rise hits Malaysian shares By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Dealers worried about the current slump in the local stock market found little cheer from yesterday's events, as prices again closed
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          Privatisation gains and woes
          255 24 TEMPLETON president Mark Mobius has this view of state-owned companies that are privatised: they will not perform well in the early years because of benefits paid to retrenched workers; but in the long run, they will do well. He recently related a story of an Argentinian
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          A lighter 1997
          90 24 HKMAGAZINE, Hongkong's free circulation magazine, has come up with some interesting items in its latest poll among its readers. For instance, what is the greatest hidden benefit in Hongkong after 1997? The answers included "crisis creates opportunity", "bargain shopping", "ethnic cleansing", "sex lies and pretty girls from
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          Wrong mindset
          69 24 THE Great Singapore Sale has set one stockbroker thinking. He said that if investors would put as much work in their stocks selection as they did shopping, they would have made a generous return, if not avoided some losses. Investors, he noted, would buy stocks based on rumours
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          Leaving nothing to chance
          91 24 TALK about being incisive. In a recent report, Alliance Securities said it recommended a "corehold" on the foreign tranches of the Big Four banks. Coreholds, we are told, are for blue chips and growth stocks that should be included in any institutional portfolio. Alliance then went
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      310 25 Knight-Ridder Reuter THERE was little to get excited about on the tanker market with a lack of new publicly quoted business still in most sectors of the market. Even details of concluded business were not that forthcoming, brokers said. ♦Fina is said to have booked the Stena Continent
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      454 25  -  Expansion will enable smallest of Big Four yards to accommodate vessels of np to 25,000 dwt By\ Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Hitachi Zosen Singapore Ltd (HZSL), the smallest of the Big Four yards, is investing $15 million to expand its shipbuilding capabilities. Managing director Foo
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      787 25  -  HEWBUILDS By David Hughes Sometimes it is difficult to see the wood for the trees in the shipbuilding business. Although there have been slack periods on the ordering scene this year, the overall impression has been a steady stream
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      180 25 Fall to 49 ships totalling 1.9 m gross tons attributed to weakness of yen Reuter (SEOUL] South Korean shipbuilding orders plunged in the first half of this year mainly due to weakness in the Japanese currency, the Korea Shipbuilders' Association said in
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      Wilhelmsen to begin calls at Qingdao
      179 25 [SYDNEY] Australian shipping company Wilhelmsen Lines will commence direct, fortnightly calls at the Chinese port of Qingdao next month, and is finalising arrangements for domestic feeder links to Dalian, Xingang and Shanghai. Qingdao will be serviced by Wilhelmsen Lines' "round the world" service with
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        NKK gets four panamax bulker orders
        61 25 [TOKYO] NKK has received four orders for its newly developed 74,000 dwt panamax bulker. Two orders reportedly came from a subsidiary of Cosco and the other two came from undisclosed interests. NKK's 74,000 dwt panamax is slightly bigger than its main competition: Hitachi Zosen's
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        Bids open for Dighi liquid cargo port
        42 25 [BOMBAY] India's Maharashtra state government has invited global tenders to construct a liquid cargo port at Dighi, 64 km south of Mumbai, on a build, operate, transfer basis. This will be Maharashtra's second port privatisation.
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        65 25 Bloomberg Business News [OSLO] Kvaerner ASA, a Norwegian shipbuilder, said it won an order worth US$2OO million (Ss2Bo million) to deliver two car and passenger ferries to Greece's Attica Enterprises SA. The ferries, which will operate on routes between Greece and Italy, will be ready
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      ICS puts out checklist for cargo handling
      222 25 [LONDON] The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has just come out with a checklist for cargo handling, and already it has received the support of international maritime bodies. The Ship Shore Safety Checklist for Unloading Dry Bulk Cargo Carriers was published with the
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      1107 26  -  AZXtUME INDUSTRY: PLAYERS TEAM UP FOR COMMON GOAL Alliances have become the fastest growing area of competitive advantage and the airline of the future will be a conglomeration of several carriers allied by the desire to offer customers a seamless, worldwide product By: Ian
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        2001 39 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofclng/blanct Rstls SWP Vo» No Etb/Btr Period From To From Omm 915* 04/1500 U 03/1500 03/1659 0J/1400 2» 03/1700 04/0459 04/0*00 1 04/0700 04/1159 04/1400 4 04/1200 04/1459 04/1700 04/700 U 03/1500 03/1459 03/1900 M 03/1500 03/1459 03/1900 4ci Uh
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        193 39 JULY 4 United States: Independence Day. NYSE, New York Cotton Exchange, NYMEX Coffee Cocoa Sugar Exchange. American Stock Exchange and Nasdaq closed. JULYS United States: NYMEX Coffee Cocoa Sugar Exchange closed. Czech Republic, Slovakia: Cyril and Methodius Day. Venezuela: Independence Day. JULY 7 Iran: (tentative) 40th day of
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        815 39 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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        392 40 A 3rd incident last month involving an Eastwind Airlines jet could provide important clues NYT [WASHINGTON] Air-safety investigators struggling with two unsolved crashes of Boeing 737s said on Tuesday that an incident involving another 737 last month could provide important clues. In
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        193 40 It says the plan pays no heed to safeguarding jobs, standards or wages Reuter [BRUSSELS] Plans to open up competition in EU airports' ground-handling services were thrown into doubt on Tuesday when the European Parliament's transport committee rejected a deal agreed
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        219 40 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airline System Bhd (MAS) has maintained it will have no problems financing the Mslo billion (555.6 billion) cost of purchasing 25 new Boeings to expand its fleet.H "When the time comes, we will make our payment," MAS chairman Tajudin
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        Lock icon Unemployment benefits for ValuJet staff
        55 40 [ATLANTA] ValuJet flight attendant Colleen McDade (centre) filling out unemployment benefits forms on Tuesday sponsored by the Georgia Department of Labour m Atlanta as other employees wait in line. The unemployment benefits are available for 2 000 employees in Georgia as ValuJet airlines continues its
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        Lock icon Lockheed confident rocket can slash cargo costs 10-fold
        182 40 Reuter [LOS ANGELES] LockheedMartin Corp said on Tuesday it is confident its next generation space shuttle can cut cargo costs dramatically. Lockheed spokesman Lee Whitney said the rocket could reduce cargo costs more than ten-fold to at least US$l,OOO (551,400) a pound
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        153 40 Reuter [WASHINGTON] US and British officials have met again to discuss a liberalised aviation services agreement, but no progress was reported. US Transportation Department officials said the talks were an "ongoing" effort, although they could not immediately say when further discussions would
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        Lock icon Australia, NZ in single air market talks
        110 40 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Australia and New Zealand are expected to reach a landmark agreement this week to create a single TransTasman aviation market, clearing the way for Air New Zealand to become the third domestic carrier in Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald
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          Lock icon Sales at GM's China unit rise 46.5%
          111 40 Bloomberg Business News [SHANGHAI] Shanghai Automotive Industry (Group) Corp, General Motors Corp's partner in a US$l billion-plus (Ssl.4 billion) Shanghai joint venture, said sales rose 46.5 per cent during the first five months of the year to 24.569 billion yuan (554.14 billion), the
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          Lock icon Kiwi Airlines gets US$2m investment
          89 40 Bloomberg Business News [NEWARK, New Jersey] Kiwi International Airlines said it received US$2 million from a private Investor that will help the airline meet expenses following a government-ordered reduction in flights. Newark, New Jersey-based Kiwi said the investor, Recovery Equity Investors, has options to invest
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          Lock icon Phoenix bike exports up 31% in 1st half
          82 40 Bloomberg Business News [SHANGHAI] Phoenix Co, China's biggest bicycle maker, said exports rose 31 per cent during the first half 0f1996 to 720,000, the Business News reported. Exports were worth USs9o.l million through June, an Increase of 32 per cent, and the
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        Lock icon Nissan revamping European sales
        118 40 AFP [TOKYO] Nissan Motor Co Ltd of Japan will reorganise sales and production of cars in Europe to raise profitability, a company official said yesterday. The official however declined to confirm a report in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun that Japan's second largest automaker was considering cutting
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1542 40 CITY FU6HT ETA FU6HT ETP Gomvi SR183 2115 S044I 1SI0 Guangzhou S0803 >905 S0804 1020 AMaMo S0230 1830 COP 1045 Of* IMP Hanoi VH741 1310 VN740 1410 Amstartfaa KL843 0455 K1838 2300 Hat Yal TG407 2105 TC408 0820 SO/DL25 0650 S0/D126 2355 MI895 J145 MI896 1805
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      23 25 Global alliances the way to go Airline of future will be conglomeration of carriers allied by desire to offer seamless product. Page 2
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      41 25 Rudder swings may have caused crashes of B-737s Incident involving Eastwind Airlines jet could provide important clues. BackPage Aral 1! K&' ?^|MMBMaKaM|»|^^E^pfc^PCTp^«^jfea^|.^}g^ "flMihSSir Br" K<A T I*. J -Tk rr. r I VHk^B TURN TO OUR 24-hour BUSINESS CENTRE. PAGE 14.
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      360 27 EXPORT 3 x Japan •2 x Hongkong -1 x Manila -1 x Kooshiung, KeeJung (Accepting KL to BKK/NAHA/SENDAI/CEBU/LCH) Vffm vpv wg *N jkt I fIUI MO* Hkd *A 6 KW TYO Yt* iM2 HAS 6iA M* szzi—wr 9ur Tu? j&sl nsi um mz 1107 im imz_ OM| 0107 12-07 17J7
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      482 28 Direct Container Service to 1 Fangcheng i Zhanjiang S'pore Fanecheng Zhaniiang UANBAO 07/07 12/07 14/07 I /VO/fTRANS TEL 6S-*****67 FAX: 65-*****90 Nj^rLhirS<r*»T«hg^MfciU—Qbdbw^n Multi-Purpose RO/L0 Carrier Accepting: RO/RO, Ramp Capacity opto 40 tons Heavy lift opto 68.5 teas Omnetiomd/ Bred Mr /Cmtmer/Ketfm batmen Thai Flag States Asklxfnu V.2SA SUP SUB SAW
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