The Business Times, 10 June 1997

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 02JV12/96 v 85# SINGAPORE Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, JUNE 10,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Developers move to service flats for better returns
    559 1  -  Four big boys join the gune; more than 1,000 new units to come into ft/ Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Property developers are turning to service apartments for better returns. At least four major players Fraser Neave, the Kuok group, United Engineers and Wing
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    Lock icon Yen surge sends Tokyo stocks tumbling
    136 1  -  From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo A SURPRISE surge by the yen against the US dollar and other currencies sent Tokyo stock prices tumbling yesterday on fears that a further bout of instability could damage Japan's export-led economic recovery. The yen rose as far as
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    Booming business in moneylending
    346 1  -  By I Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] It may be a telling sign of the state of the economy the moneylending business is growing by leaps and bounds. According to the Registry of Moneylenders, licensed moneylenders loaned out an estimated $147 million in the first three months
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    Lock icon Singaporeans must actively embrace new technology: PM Goh
    539 1  -  SiDMNnOME multimedia network launched By\ Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] The World Trade Centre auditorium yesterday reverberated to the pounding of drums and dances with smoke signals. Then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong declared open Asia Telecom 97, the region's premier telecom event, and
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      54 1 UUUIIH M warn i mitiiublj araanainc dMMi h (fai maaetiT "V2V Swl* •taMßtriMct fir* v-.? u K f 1 ftfc E* N fe Hi SINGAPORE. ....2 ASIA TELECOM..... 4 PROPERTY 8,7 S-E ASIA M CHINA 10 ASIA. 1243 WORLD 15,16 BDKTOIUAL 17 LIFESTYLE I*3o TV 19 C0MPAN1E5........ 21-34 FINANCE 3*31
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      22 1 At your service, Pg 7 DBS Land's big plans, Pg 7 Japan said to let yen rise ahead of G-7meet, Pg 13
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      32 1 "i The Alfred Dunhill Centenary Indispensable whatever the angle. < i Visit Alfred Dunhill at Raffles Hotel Arcade, The Paragon, Ngee Ann City, Sogo Raffles City, Doimorvi Liang Court and leoding watch retailers.
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      4 1 More reports* Pg 4
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon PM Goh begins visit to Philippines
      494 2  -  Several MOUs to be signed, including one for setting-up of a training institute From i Conrad Raj in Manila PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong arrived in Manila yesterday for a three-day official visit to the Philippines. He was met at the Ninoy Aquino International
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      Lock icon Manufacturing's 1st rise in 5 months
      340 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Manufacturina By Jennifer Lien Manufacturing output rose 1.1 per cent in April its first positive showing in five months led by higher production of electronics, chemicals and transport equipment. The April industrial production figures, released yesterday by the Economic Development
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      PacNet's super fast access service
      231 2 LOCAL ISP (Internet Service Provider) Pacific Internet yesterday launched a new access service that downloads data up to 100 times faster than the latest 56kbps (kilobits per second) modems and 80 times faster than ISDN lines. The service uses ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) technology
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      Lock icon Two S'poreans caught malaria after Bintan trips
      388 2 Teacher aid mlm manager seriously ill, both warded at SGH The Straits Times TWO Singaporeans are seriously ill at the Singapore General Hospital after developing malaria following their separate trips to Bintan. Patrick Carroll, 46, was hospitalised on June 5 and Ong Eng
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      Corrections & clarifications
      44 2 Corrections clarifications IN our IT Takes column yesterday, we reported that an In-ternet-enabled symposium by Connected Computing Corp would be held at the ShangriLa Hotel on Wednesday. The event will actually be held at the Pan Pacific Hotel. We are sorry for the error.
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      95 2 < tte-u 'm,*& ■■<■■■%■■■ JlwJ ONE TOUCH laS^ j t9Er^ issa s 1 j I With the £l|f I Doa't waste Ihie Aicatsto™. Touch pro*. «■> I loddra for the user's guide. »>«ry.«y .<,««.« fi 4 It's mm>m vour finoer < lh fcwction y™ wonl A WWW fUW I«J|W.-< ilMfiri
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      154 2 I USJI Finance I Keppel Finance Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) /_f I NOTICE OF CLOSURE OF REGISTER OF I WARRANTHOLDERS OF 51,495,342 I WARRANTS 2001 TO SUBSCRIBE FOR I NEW SHARES IN THE COMPANY I ("WARRANTS 2001") I To All Holders of Warrants 2001 ("Warrantholders 2001")
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      257 3 Centennial lOW I R wVHHHBHHHHHHHHmMiniHni^HIHHHHHBHHHHHHI *9H Bold, Distinctive and Inspiring is how some would the spectacular works of Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, JJJJJJ»I« Attention to detail ensures a quality finish unique in describe the art of Roy Lichtenstein. Yet these are attributes James Rosenquist Dale Chihuly specially commissioned JJJ JJJ
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  • ASIA TELECOM 97
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      ICO may issue IPO for US$4b project
      482 4  -  Markets would be last fund-raising source for satellite phone service Ity i Catherine Ong ICO Global Communications, a London-based company which is developing a US$4 billion (555.7 billion) satellite handphone network and in which Singapore Telecom has an interest, may tap the stockmarkets
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      Lock icon S'pore ONE heralds future of exciting opportunities
      551 4  -  PM lunches project to install island-wide multimedia broadband network By. Kenneth James WITH a swish of a smart card, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday initiated a smooth blast-off of the Singapore ONE pilot network and services. For project participants witnessing the landmark
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    • QUICK CALLS
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        Octel plants its Asian HQ here
        76 4 OCTEL Communications announced that it would hoist its flag from its new Asia-Pacific headquarters in "downtown Singapore"—at Millenia Tower to be precise. The company, the world's largest provider of voice messaging technologies, also said in its news release that it is establishing a second-line
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        Virtual shop, real bills
        72 4 THE Infoland Online Store, located at http:y7www.infaland.coni.sg, was launched yesterday in tandem with Singapore ONE. This virtual store will "offer customers a searchahle database of more than 300 recently published CD-ROM titles", said iMedia, the shop's creators. Shoppers gmpty "select any number of items for their
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        Deggone it
        80 4 SUNDAY marked AT 97*s Press Day. Having to trudge to work an Sunday brings with it the rare privilege of appearing in less-than-businesslike attire (read: anything goes) for unfortunate scribes. One who turned up tn a "Police Dog Unit" T-shirt was politely ushered into the Press Centre by
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        Hallo,can you hear me?
        70 4 SINGAPORE out a trial to enable residents and vtaJtofl to access the Internet while on the move, wttbout thefemfcls of tugging around a portable computer, modenMmdtnobQe phone. The trial will involve locating GPTs Multimedia Kiosks in selected locations such as the airport and major shopping centres.
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        Wantel Virtual Globetretters
        107 4 "giant" Singapore ONE network at AT 97. Located at impc//W»vjtetiibConLSt > this site features 12 popular destinations and allows users to "virtually tour the world and experience the sights and sounds without leaving their hemes"* guabad an Abacus news release. This ntttyewice can whisk visitors to "the
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        Pick of the Day
        39 4  -  David Boey MOTOROLA'S triffedeck booth (Stand9o22) that comes packed with a bar, hospitality lounges and meeting rooms. Thsy even threw in a troupe of nubile dancers in body-revealtog silver lycra suits. OaspiM by Da-rtd Boer
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      185 5 ©NTT -itiL Singapore, 9-14 June I I International IWtc—w—laW— Union NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION Hn v jjptppi PPPBW^j NTT is the Telecommunications Partner of Countries All Over the World For over 100 years, NTT has contributed to the buildup of Japan's telecommunications network and facilities, offering diversified services to
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Getting more mileage from an ad spread
      610 6  -  THBPROPBKTT counur Snm Keong's drtve to sell a 'Jewel' pays off in more ways than one By Lee Han Shih THE most eye-catching ad in The Straits Times last Saturday was a full-page colour spread featuring a property called the "Jewel of Balmoral"
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      Lock icon DBS Land has big plans for service apartments
      635 7  -  Company scouting for more sites as it aims to become major regional player By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] DBS LAND plans to become one of the region's biggest operators of service apartments in the next few years with nearly 1,300 units costing
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      320 6 1W0 BUILDINGS ONE WINNING CONCEPT K A CENTRE. K A PLACE ■r strategic location m a sougm arar inaimnw Buildings that are elegant, futuristic, but practical Sinj&l A wide range of floor plates eritfi good I suoarvtsion oppov tunnies r 3 A cafeteria L/i Telecom I tel: *****42 Singapore Telecommunications
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      245 6 *4 adjoining units of 2-storey prewar intermediate shop houses Near junction M■ W I Serangoon Road RIV 111 •HI H I Lavender Street II 111 lEH* »t- 5 minutes' walk J ---^F——ll from proposed Boon Keng MRT station fIH HHH I Site area: approx LJ, 5,117 sq ft (total) Gross
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      503 7 The proud legacy of German watchmaking And for once, grandeur does not mean size, has reattained its former grandeur. J nlln tThe Lange 1. I The Lange Saxon ia. The first Lange watch of the Fashioned to the perfect size for company's revival marks the slender wrists, the Saxonia is
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Thailand to offer finance firms new incentives to merge
      461 8 BANGKOK Govttoissoeasmaiiy banking licences as needed, says minister Bloomberg, AFP THAI Finance Minister Amnuay Viravan seeking to strengthen ailing lenders, said new incentives for finance companies to merge will be announced this week. Mr Amnuay said one of the main incentives
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      Lock icon Thai govt partners want Amnuay out
      300 8 BANGKOK Members of six-party coalition poshing for cabinet reshuffle Reuter COALITION partners in the Thai government are making a fresh push for the removal of embattled Finance Minister Amnuay Viravan, who is frantically trying to put the nation's woeful economy back on track. The
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      Lock icon Thai developers seen offering discounts
      247 8 BANGKOK Reuter CASH-STRAPPED Thai property developers are expected to offer discounts to buyers to offset a continued slump in the sector as the government declines to offer any more subsidies, a research report said yesterday. Thaimex Finance and Securities pic said loans extended by two
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      Lock icon Alcatel to set up new regional multimedia centre in Cyberjaya
      363 8 KUALA LUMPUR Centre to support all present, future Asian multimedia networks AFP, Bernama FRENCH telecommunications giant Alcatel Telecom is to set up its new regional multimedia centre here in an effort to make Malaysia a media and entertainment hub for
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      Lock icon Indon FDI approvals down 26%
      130 8 JAKARTA Bloomberg INDONESIAN foreign investment approvals fell 26 per cent in the first five months of the year compared with the same period last year as investors held back from proposing investments because of fears about Indonesia's general election, Bisnis Indonesia said. The paper cited
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      Lock icon Viet party plenum meets to decide on new leaders
      310 9 Committee may settle top 3 posts, but announcements expected later HANOI AFP THE Vietnamese Communist Party's central committee yesterday began the task of breaking the deadlock over who will lead the country into the next century, sources in Hanoi said. The
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      Lock icon Land-mark ruling on loans?
      91 9 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S highest court has ruled that banks seeking to recover bad loans backed by property can't sell the land in private transactions, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported. Malaysia's Federal Court ruled that lenders must now go through the lengthy court-administered foreclosure process
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      Lock icon A chance to put her foot up
      38 9 [MANILA) A Filipino street vendor (right) taking time out from selling cigarettes to have her toenails cleaned in a Manila street on Sunday. The pedicure cost her 30pesos (SSI. 60). REUTER
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      Lock icon 10% tax on Riau hotels likely
      162 9 ■JAKARTA AFX-Asia THE Indonesian government is considering imposing a 10 per cent development tax on hotels and restaurants in Riau province following the rise in popularity of Batam island, the Jakarta Post quoted Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Minister Joop Ave as saying. Mr Ave
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      Lock icon KL appealing against Mon ban on oil palm projects
      301 9 mKUALA LUMPUR Bernama PRIMARY Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik yesterday asked Indonesian authorities to allow Malaysian investors who have already obtained initial approvals and those who have begun clearing work to undertake oil palm cultivation, to be allowed to carry on
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      Lock icon Phnom Penh, Swedish firm in telecoms venture
      140 9 PHNOM PENH AFP THE Cambodian government has signed a joint venture deal with a Swedish firm to give the country its second international telecommunications server, local reports said yesterday. Under the terms of the US$3O million (5543.2 million) contract, Royal Millicom Co, itself
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Taiwan bank gets around ban on China investment
      571 10  -  TAIPEI Bank Sino-Pac buys US bank, gets nod to keep its Besng representative office By] Bruce Cheesman A TAIWAN bank has found a way around a ban on a presence in China simply buy out a US bank and retain its representative
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      Lock icon China economy strong: World Bank
      493 10 BEIJING But the country still needs to speed up reform, create jobs Reuter THE World Bank's chief of mission in China has said he expects China's strong economic growth to exceed forecasts for this year, but warned of the need to accelerate reform of lumbering
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      Lock icon China's stake in HK Telecom won't lead to market opening
      337 10 BEIJING Neither will HE firm get edge if China liberalises: ministry Bloomberg CHINA'S purchase of a stake in Hongkong's largest telephone firm does not mean China is about to open its telephone services market to foreign competition or to give
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      Lock icon China tightens rules on travel to HK before reversion
      280 10 BEIJING Reuter CHINA has issued tighter rules on already restricted travel to Hongkong to prevent a flood of visitors eager to witness Beijing's historic resumption of sovereignty over the British colony, officials said yesterday. "The reason why we limited people from
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      Lock icon Foreign VIPs may boycott HK house swearing-in
      191 10 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG'S future leader met Chinese officials yesterday to discuss handover ceremonies amid doubts that foreign VIPs will attend the swearing-in of the territory's legislature. Chief executive-designate Tung Chee-hwa, who will take office after July 1, went to Shenzhen to meet Luo
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Carmakers riled by Samsung report
      400 12 SEOUL Industry bocty will ask Saimg til apnlngygA for questioning Kia's profitability in report Bloomberg SOUTH Korean carmakers vowed to block Samsung Group from muscling in on their business, reflecting concern the crowded auto market will spur hostile mergers and acquisitions. The Korea Automobile Manufacturers
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      Lock icon Nomura, DKB suspended from Keidanren
      397 12 TOKYO DKB may be barred from underwriting government bonds NYT. Bloomberg, AFP JAPAN'S most powerful business group said yesterday it had suspended Nomura Securities Co Ltd and Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd (DKB) as members for 12 months for their roles in a widening pay-off scandal.
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan cabinet reshuffled
      148 12 COLOMBO Reuter SRI Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga yesterday, sacked her transport minister and brought eight new faces into her cabinet in the first reshuffle since her People's Alliance (PA) government took' power in 1994. Mrs Kumaratunga's new cabinet did not include Srimani Athulathmudali, leader of the
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      Lock icon Congress (I) party has rare leadership contest
      260 12 NEW DELHI AFP INDIA'S oldest political party yesterday looked for a new leader in its first contested elections in nearly 50 years but current chief Sitaram Kesri, symbolising the old guard, was set for a huge win, a spokesman said. Congress (I) spokesman
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      Japan said to be letting yen rise ahead of G-7 meet
      464 13  -  TOKYO Analysts see ploy to avoid trade friction, but ministers dismayed by surge By. Anthony Rowley JAPAN is allowing the yen to appreciate in advance of next week's G-7 summit in Denver so as to avoid renewed trade friction,
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      Sharif wants faster telecom privatisation
      480 13  -  KARACHI Analysts feel taxes will affect bow company does By] Farhan Bokhari THE last 100-share vouchers in Pakistan's state-owned telephone company, the PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunications Corporation Ltd) were converted into shares yesterday. This is the first significant step after the government last month ordered renewed
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        Lock icon Trial of President Kim's son from June 23
        76 13 AFP [SEOUL] South Korean President Kim Young Sam's second son, Kim Hyun Chul, jailed last month on charges of graft and tax evasion, will go on trial on June 23, lawyers said. Hyun-Chul was was jailed on May 17 and indicted on
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        Lock icon US, Japan join talks on N Korea
        68 13 AFP [SEOUL] THE US, Japan and South Korea held talks here yesterday on North Korea's food problems and progress toward four-way peace talks aimed at formally ending the 1950-53 Korean War. "The agenda included North Korea's political and economic situation as well as
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        Lock icon PNG may re-elect first premier
        59 13 AFP [PORT MORESBY] Papua New Gulneans may turn to their first leader, Michael Somare, in an election this week, observers say. Five men, three of them ex-prime ministers, are front runners for the top job, which will be decided in a parliamentary vote a fortnight
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      Lock icon Gujral gives plum posts to women in reshuffle
      233 13 NEWDELHI AFP INDIAN Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral handed down high-profile posts to four new women cabinet members during a reshuffle of his ministerial council yesterday, officials said. Mr Gujral appointed Kamla Sinha as minister of state for external affairs in his
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      809 12 Land Keppel Land Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I, >.*■■ v." Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at 230 Victoria Street #15-05, Bugis Junction Towers, Singapore *****4 on Wednesday, 25 June 1997 at
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon France stalls planned EMU stability pact
      455 15 LUXEMBOURG Paris will not sign up unless new provisions written in, causing panic and delay Reuter, AFP FRANCE threw the European Union into turmoil yesterday, telling its partners it wanted time to study an already agreed deal designed to keep budget deficits from ballooning
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      Lock icon EMU delay will hit German growth
      268 15 BONN Reuter DELAYING introduction of Europe's planned single currency by just one year would put a damper on German economic growth and abandoning the project altogether would have dire consequences, a study said yesterday. A study by the Frankfurtbased Wefa institute, commissioned by news
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      Lock icon Heat on Jospin to raise wages
      212 15 PARIS AFP FRENCH Prime Minister Lionel Jospin and his new leftwing government faced a rough ride on pay demands yesterday, only a week after taking office. Virtually all trade unions planned a demonstration in Paris today in defence of employment in Europe. Yesterday, French
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      Lock icon Use of rates in monetary policy getting harder
      384 16 bams for international settlements annual meeting Excessive credit OHgeg fiwiHal instability, says future EMI chief AFP, Reuter [BASEL] Central banks are increasingly at sea ever the use of interest rates to manage monetary policy, the future head of the European Monetary Institute
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      Lock icon Reforms may raise unemployment: BIS
      245 16 AFP [BASEL] Vital reforms and deregulation are likely to increase unemployment in industrialised countries in the short term, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) forecast in its annual report yesterday. The report was published three days after official German unemployment rose to a post-war record
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      Lock icon Yeltsin praises new pro-reform govt
      204 16 MOSCOW Reuter PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin expressed confidence in the proreform Russian government formed in March during a meeting yesterday with First Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Chubais, Russian media reported. "I am happy with your many draft decrees and resolutions. They are fresh and not at
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      Lock icon Ahern in early talks to form new Irish govt
      274 16 DUBLIN PM-apparentto define parameters of peace envoy post AFP BERTIE Ahern, winner of Irish general elections and new prime minister-apparent, was in talks yesterday to form a new government with the Northern Ireland peace process high on his agenda. Among the
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Will European Union freeze out Myanmar?
      692 17  -  (©PINION TBBMTTOHI UMB By Shada Islam The writer is a Brussels-based journalist who contributes to BT EUROPEAN Union foreign minteters meeting in Luxembourg last week issued a laconic two-paragraph reaction to Asean's decision to admit Myanmar. Europe hoped for "continued close cooperation" with Asean,
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      154 17 'If things are so bad, why is the Israeli stock market skyrocketing?*^ Israel's prime minister, after his first year in office, on the rise of the Israeli market in theface of criticism that he's thwarting the peace process by being less willing to make some of the
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      Optimism over HK's economy
      628 17 EDITORIAL CONFIDENCE in Hongkong's economy is brimming, despite dire predictions ahead of the territory's return to Chinese sovereignty. Economic growth in the first three months of this year reached a brisk 6 per cent —the highest quarterly growth in two years. It builds on the 4.7
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      1003 17  -  Better climate attracts investment, •nA «kiH«d H" 1 are returning home By. Rajendra Bajpai The writer is a New Delhi-based journalist who contributes to BT GUL Teckchandani, the chief investment officer of Sun F&C, is a high-flying money manager constantly on the phone telling overseas clients
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      Issue is modems, not the network
      310 17  -  MAILBOX Ms Foo Kim Leng Corporate Communications Manager Singapore Telecom WE refer to the article "Singapore phone lines can't support latest modems: Sing Tel" by Raju Chellam (BT, June 4). The headline suggests that there is a problem with our network which results in
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      487 17 WHEN the leaders of the world's wealthiest industrial democracies met for their annual economic summit meetings in the 1980s, they heard sermons from then US president Ronald Reagan and British prime minister Margaret Thatcher about the magic of the free marketplace. Now, in an odd turnabout,
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      Lock icon Directors: the new generation
      1071 18  -  The latest wave of filmmakers finds that fame can be as mercurial as their style of work, says WT glT lin WHINKATJB BERNARD WEINRAUB NYT IN A quiet but unmistakable generational shift, a new wave of film directors, whose artistic sensibilities and flashy editing style seem
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      Lock icon Dinosaurs raking in monster takings
      318 18  -  MOVIE Hie Lost World is topping ticket sales here, like in the US By Corinne Kerk THEY might be extinct, but nothing's going to stop the dinosaurs in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, from smashing all box-office records in Singapore. The film's opening on 40
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      Lock icon HK yuppies hope for business as usual
      588 20 PEOPLE Accustomed to the good life, they will pose a problem for China should it abandon its 'hands off pledge Reuter [HONGKONG! A new-genera-tion army of Asian white-col-lar professionals runs boomtime Hongkong, a tough nut for China to crack if it abandons a
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      Lock icon Surprise win at Kemper Open for Leonard
      499 20 GOLF Wiebe, botnysd by pnilM and nerves, kmsby&gtroke NYT [POTOMAC, Maryland] For Justin Leonard, it was a great way to prepare for this week's US Open. For Mark Wiebe, it was a cruel ending to a potentially heartwarming story. Without a victory on
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      GP Batteries' earnings up an expected 14.5%
      373 21  -  Record profits, sales despite margin pressures from >Japan; new products spur growth By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted battery maker GP Batteries yesterday reported a full-year unaudited net earnings rise of 14.5 per cent to (23.7 million for the year ended March 1997, in
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      Lock icon Telekom buys US$206m stakes in Thai firms
      404 21  -  Deal involves 20% of Samart and 33* of its mobile phone unit From Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuaia Lumpur TELEKOM Malaysia Bhd signed a deal yesterday to take i 20 per cent stake in Thaitftsed Samart Corp pic and a &per jarrit stake in
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      Huan Hsin IPO 18 times subscribed
      238 21 [SINGAPORE] Telephone cord maker Huan Hsin Holdings received a lukewarm response to its public offer of eight million shares. The exercise was 18 times subscribed one of the lowest take-up rates among recent new listings. Other new offers this year have had much better
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      Finding a comfortable niche in property development
      640 21  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Christopher Tan SO Comfort Group is going into property development. And why shouldn't it? If shipyards, bus companies and car dealers can make a tidy sum in the business of building homes, why not a taxi company? What's surprising though
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      Lock icon Creative gets more legal relief in Cyrix US lawsuit
      194 21 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology said yesterday it and US subsidiary Creative Labs Inc had obtained additional preliminary injunction in their lawsuit against Cyrix Corp and some OEM customers of Cyrix's Media GX chip, including Compaq. Creative filed a lawsuit in a
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      HPL sells travel wing to Anglo-French
      233 21  -  Travel Bog Touring has been limit-making agency By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] HOTEL Prop erties Ltd (HPL) has sold its travel arm which has mostly been making losses since operations began seven years ago. Local travel agency An-glo-French has bought Travel Bug Touring, HPL's
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      Excel Machine Tools makes $3.1m net gain for half year
      230 21 [SINGAPORE] Newly-listed Excel Machine Tools yesterday posted interim net earnings of $3.1 million on a turnover of $31.6 million in its maiden public announcement of results for the half-year ended March. This compares favourably to the group's full-year net profits
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        China Telecom (HK) prepares for £5.5b IPO
        344 22  -  Parent to transfer assets in China and in HE Telecom before flotation, expected within 18 months From Neil Behrmann in London GOLDMAN Sachs, the investment bank, is advising China on a huge £5.5 billion (5512.8 billion) telecommunications share issue on the Hongkong Stock
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        MBf Capital, Suria Capital seek clearance for merger talks
        341 22  -  Trading in MBf Capital suspended; Stiria stocks surge &3% on heavy volume From. Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur THE finance ministry has received a proposal for merger talks between MBf Capital Bhd and Suria Capital Holdings Bhd, said Finance Minister Anwar
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        Lock icon Astra unit United Tractors expects profit to grow 25%
        252 22 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] United Tractors sees net profit and sales growth of 25 per cent in response to increased revenue from its construction, machinery and mining divisions, vice-president director Martin Imanto said. He also said United Tractors' president commissioner Teddy Rachmat, who
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        Lock icon Indonesian finance ministry to merge state banks: report
        331 23 Bank Negara Indonesia considering buying Bank T&bung&n, merging operations AFX-Asia Bloomberg [JAKARTA] The Finance Ministry and Bank Indonesia reportedly plan to merge the existing seven state banks into four to prepare the banks for a more liberalised regime, Bisnis Indonesia reported. The
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        India's 100 largest firms show 1.1% profit fell for '96/97
        440 23  -  Analysts say lower tuns, rates this year likely to lift results From Rajendra Bajpai in New Delhi ANNUAL earnings reported by 100 of India's largest companies show their combined net profit has dropped 1.1 per cent to 54.3 billion rupees
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          Nursalim ups Tuan Sing stake
          73 23 [SINGAPORE] Tuan Sing Holdings said substantial shareholder Liem Tek Stong (Sjamsul Nursalim) now has a majority stake 0f50.5 per cent 0r573.6 million shares in the company. Mr Liem increased his shareholding by 3J per cent or 36.9 million shares at 52 cents apiece, up from
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          Two more CPF trustee stocks
          32 23 [SINGAPORE] The CPF Board said yesterday that mainboard-listed Isetan (Singapore) and Seedaq-listed Summit Holdings will be admitted to the CPF trustee stock list with effect from today.
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          Lock icon Ekran asks for suspension
          74 23 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian infrastructure developer Ekranßhd requested a suspension ofits shares on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange today, pending an announcement. No other details were given, and company officials could not immediately be reached for comment Ekran is the main developer of the controversial Bakun
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          Lock icon MIDF gets nod for stockbroking
          44 23 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Bhd(MIDF) has secured in-principle approval from the finance ministry to operate a stockbroking business. The company said that with the impending award ofa stockbroking licence, it has formed two stockbroking subsidiaries. —Bemama
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          Ngin Kee makes strong debut
          71 23 [KUALA LUMPUR] Ngiu Ree Corporation (M) Bhd, the newest entrant on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Second Board, made an impressive debut on the bourse yesterday. Ngiu Kee shares closed at a high of M 17.30 (554.15). The stock recorded a premium of M 54.70
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        Kuok's Philippine firm to up capital by 156%
        352 23  -  Money to be used to fund new property ventures, says KPPI Fromi Al Labita in Manila THE listed Philippine flagship of Hongkong-based Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok is raising its capital by 156 per cent to 10 billion pesos (Sss4l million) to fund
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        Lock icon More acquisitions brewing up for Foster's?
        404 23 Bloomberg [SYDNEYJ Foster's Brewing Croup Ltd, Australia's largest brewer, is still looking for possible acquisitions, despite the costs associated with last week's buyback of 13 per cent of its stock. Foster's chief executive Ted Kunkel also said Foster's was fully committed to maintaining its
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        Lock icon BAA's FY97 pretax up 10% to £444m
        356 24 Figure boosted by more travellers, highflr spending on airport shopping Bloomberg [LONDON] BAA, the operator of seven UK airports, said fiscal 1997 pretax profit rose 10.2 per cent before one-time items as more people flew and they spent more on retail goods. Pretax
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        Lock icon Ralph Lauren IPO seen to command designer price tab
        391 24 Reuter [NEW YORK] Polo Ralph Lauren Corp's sought-after brand name and strong history should guarantee its initial public offering a fancy price tag when it comes to market this week. The issue comes on the heels of offerings by other fashion
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        Lock icon ABB to cut jobs in W Europe over next five years
        400 24 Growth will come mainly from emerging economies chief exec FT ABB, the Swiss-Swedish engineering group, is to shed thousands of jobs in western Europe over the next five years in a renewed drive to increase efficiency, cut costs and
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        Lock icon Granada Group interim seen rising 29% to £237m
        356 24 Strong showing at Forte hotel, TV ops seen boosting results Bloomberg (LONDON] Granada Group pic, a UK leisure and media company, is expected to post a 29 per cent increase in firsthalf pre-tax profit, led by a strong performance at its Forte
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        Lock icon Microsoft may invest US$1b in Comcast
        258 24 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Microsoft Corp is in talks to invest about US$l billion (Ssl.4 billion) in cable operator Comcast Corp, a source close to Comcast has said. This will be Microsoft's boldest bid to transfer its software industry dominance to the media world. An agreement
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        Hero signs US$40m loan here
        346 25  -  Proceeds for supermarket expansion, debt repayment, reserves Byi Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] PT Hero Supermarket, Indonesia's largest such chain, will open another seven to 10 outlets this year, funded by a US$4O million (5557.2 million) syndicated loan signed in Singapore yesterday. Hero's finance director Lisa Gunawan
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        Lock icon Isetan sued by investors who bought Barney's debt
        294 25 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Isetan Co is being sued by a group of Barney's Inc investors in the latest move by the New York retailer's creditors to recover money they're owed. The investors who bought about US$97 million (Ssl39 million) of Barney's debt
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        Lock icon Safeco to buy Lincoln National unit for US$2.7b
        357 25 Deal seen expanding Seattle-based insurer's presence Bloomberg (SEATTLE] Safeco Corp has agreed to buy Lincoln National Corp's property and casualty insurance unit for about US$2.7 billion (513.9 billion), people familiar with the transaction said. Safeco, a Seattle-based insurer. is expected to announce
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        Lock icon Banks to set up global forex payment system
        413 26 6-20 meeting to prepare for new venture which may become holding firm FT [LONDON] A group of leading international banks plans soon to set up a company to handle payments in the US$l.3 trillion (551.86 trillion) a day foreign exchange market. The
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        Lock icon US$ bond issues setting new highs
        343 26 Market bullish on US inflation; investors switching out of European currencies FT [LONDON] A record level of dollar bond issuance is expected to continue over the next two weeks after a series of big ticket bond issues pushed total offerings to a new peak
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        Lock icon Euroyen, JGB firm as US$ slips
        285 26 SIMK% Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures scaled higher yesterday supported by the swift fall of the US dollar, dealers said. Hedge funds entered the market over the day to cover short positions in both contracts, which could fuel
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        Lock icon Currency boards offer advantages: BIS
        140 26 Reuter [BASLE] Currency boards, a system Bulgaria will adopt on July 1, offer several advantages, but countries can face problems managing fragile financial systems when there is no lender of last resort, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said. Faced with a rapid withdrawal of
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        Lock icon Crude oil plunges to 16-month low
        255 26 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Crude oil plunged to a 16-month low on Friday as imports from Europe, South America and elsewhere overwhelm strong US refinery demand, causing reserves to swell. US inventories of crude oil last week reached a two-year high of 323.6
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        280 26 AFP, Reuter THE dollar remained on a downtrend against the German mark early yesterday afternoon on the London forex market, hit by a spot of profittaking after initial slippage at mid-day, forex dealers said. At 1345 GMT, the greenback slipped below the psychological threshold of 1.71 marks to
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      2299 27 u»o» m ymi Jmt Hf *t 31 Croup 516 AB Ports 260 4.600 Ubiy National 882 *24 AWadDemacg 423 -6.400 Amac 141 *1 Asda Group 126 1.800 BAT Ind 552.400 6 80 Pic 209 -6 BICC 177.400 unch BOC Group 1029 -2.400 BR Patrotaum 751 -1 BTR
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      1611 27 AFP □Nikkei 225 -2CJ3 JAPANESE share prices lost ground yesterday with the key market barometer closing 1.3 per cent lower as the yen's rally against the US dollar drove profit-taking among leading bluechips, brokers said. "Some investors became wary about nearterm prospects, fearing the negative impact of the dollar's
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      707 28 AFP Q Composite Index -152 JAKARTA share prices eased 0.4 per cent yesterday on light profit taking. "The broad market is in profit taking mood. It's very quiet today," said Schroders Indonesia institutional sales representative Kian Guntur. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed 2.52 points lower at 692.50.
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      800 28 AFP QSETlafax +3L84 THAI share prices gained 0.7 per cent in heavy and volatile trading yesterday with the index pushed up by late bargainhunting in blue chips, analysts said. Foreign investors were bargain-hunting mainly in undervalued shares with strong fundamentals in the banking, communications and energy sectors, which had
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      303 28 AFP ♦15-57 71 Manila +1&57 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.6 per cent higher yesterday. "Investors are buying companies which had been left behind during the recent upturn," said Henry Ong of Sapphire Securities Inc. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index gained 15.57 points to 2,778.37. Turnover totalled 6.07 billion shares
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      400 28 AFP POwnpoatelaig *1124 SHARE prices closed 1.60 per cent higher on the Korea Stock Exchange yesterday with sentiment boosted by lower interest rates and reports of a stronger yen against the US dollar, dealers said. The Composite Index closed the session up 12.24 points at 775.01 on volume of
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      WELLINGTON
      256 28 QWeUmgton -5J2 SHARE prices on the New Zealand Stock Exchange eased yesterday as investors took profits. The NZSE-40 Index closed 5.12 points lower at 2,371.02. Turnover totalled NZ542.7 million. —AFP 1 fW ANZBwiunq 10.15 ***** Advent*?** MkHjs U2 -0 06 ***** Air Not Z**l*nd (A) 2.93 unch *****8 Air
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      285 28 Reuter HHwAmAMU +6144 SHENZHEN'S A share market closed up yesterday on a technical rebound supported by bargain-hunting from retail investors after Beijing's ban on state bank funds entering the country's stock markets drove share prices sharply lower last Friday, brokers said. The A Share Index rose 5.44 points or
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        Lock icon Trading quiet with index ending flat
        488 29 AFP Q Composite Index MALAYSIA'S key stock index ended barely lower yesterday in quiet trade as light bargain hunting was offset by a lack of foreign interest. "There was some bargain hunting on second board and situational stocks but foreign funds remained sidelined as
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        Kulim warrant may be a good seed for medium-term investors
        175 30  -  WARRANT WATCH Kb /ft, Ven Sreenivasan ALTHOUGH the current market mood does not favour warrants, there are gems for investors who take a six to nine-month perspective on returns. One such instrument is the Kulim Bhd warrant, which is traded
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      2263 30 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr Of 1997 Last Val On LutOwt* Mr B» YM Net M Cap HH» Lear Urn Cininy Sate fOOO) Leaf Buyor SeBer Cw P/C »«< 478 298 m s5000 AJS8 50c 310 1 6 312 3W 306 318 s!o 4.9 0 5 64-2 318-0 137 90.5
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        1478 31 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE ('OOO) ciot T«ti mm cut T«m industrial 24.795 8.286 33.081 82.585 15.901 96.4*5 rmwci 2,449 3,419 5,868 28.924 7.058 35.982 M«««« 655 302 957 1.895 535 2.430 Proeartwi 7.064 3.190 10,254 44,903 3.680 48.584 Ptantatton 5.650 5.650 15,683 15,683 MtnrM} 76 76 201 201 8LW 2,953 6.113
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        223 32 Stacks Vataw HK Land USKk 8.326,000 •Westmont Land 4,891,000 JSHWt98 4.727,000 fHTK Hldgs 20c 4,328,000 JMH US25c 400 4,031,000 JSH US5c 500 3,913,000 MS Land 3,172,000 •CASH 50c 3,090,000 KeppeJCorp 2,508,000 Ubroy M 20c 2,455,000 Stacks JMH US25C 400 32.411,250 KKLandUSIOc 24,946,890 City Dev 50c 21,808,781 SiA Fofeiqn 16.597,118 leppet
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        Dow's record-shattering run fails to inspire
        624 32  -  Anaemic mood blamed on shift of institutional fonds away from region to Latin America and E Europe STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Bff Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The New York stockmarket's record-breaking run, with the Dow Jones surging past the 7,400 mark for the first time on
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        HOT STOCK
        54 32  -  bT Shiv Taneja LABROY MARINE, which closed one cent lower yesterday at $1.68 on a volume of 2.45 million, has been on a downtrend for the last two and a half months. A price reversal appears on the cards. The buy signal is supported by the daily and
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          By any other name
          67 32 SINGAPORE Bus Service is trying to come up with a new term to replace "bus driver". In an internal contest, it is giving $300 to the person who coins the winning name. Here are some of our suggestions: Commuter Consultant, People Mover, Transport Technician, Express Expert.
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          Chicks for "free"...
          108 32 THERE are several ways of getting your hands on a Tamagotchi You could of course buy it from a store, but if you'd rather stick a hefty 130,000 in a handful of unit trusts from UOB Asset Management, they'll give you a "lovable egg" for free. Given
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          Eat your words
          94 32 DONT be overly surprised if you one day find yourself having to ask staff at the World Trade Centre (WTC) for directions to "McDonald's" and aid up shepherded to some Asian food cum dim sum Joint on the 9econd floor. You see, the eatery there calls itself
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          Scared?Who me?
          86 32 DINOSAURS are clattering about town again in the sequel to the film Jurassic Park, which is currently filling the cinemas. Are we imagining things or was the following conversation overheard in one of those cinemas the other day: "There's no need to be scared grandpa. It's only a
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          A rand act of kindness
          42 32 DID you hear about the 86-year-old grandmother who was discharged from the Singapore General Hospital? It 9eems that a considerate doctor gave her a three-day unfit for duty medical certificate. Now who said we Singaporeans lacked compassion?
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          Ill wind blowing
          52 32 RESIDENTS of the Tiara might want to hold their noses for a while. Their new neighbour Great World City is doing some landscaping. The fresh dirt they have moved in comes with a foul odour, not unlike manure, and can be overpowering when the wind blows in
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      274 33 Bridge News, Reuter PANAMAX rates remained weak in a slow end to the week despite a significant amount of vessels fixed, brokers said. Surprisingly there were a few new orders quoted tor ships in the east. June closed 18 points up in an otherwise unchanged market, CIS said
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      335 33 It is the first shipyard in the Philippines to get the certification of intl quality standards [SINGAPORE] Keppel's Cebu Shipyard Engineering Works (Cebu Shipyard) has become the first shipyard in the Philippines to achieve ISO 9002 certification. A member of Singapore's Keppel Group, it
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      CITS to offer course on transport management
      439 33  -  Institute teams up with MTU on executive programme starting nert month By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The Singapore arm of the UK-based Chartered Institute of Transport (CIT) is stepping up its education programme in support of government efforts to develop Singapore into a maritime,
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      235 33 NewsPage [FORT LAUDERDALE] A lifesaving drill quickly turned into the real thing when two crewmen became trapped in a lifeboat dangling from the side of a freighter at Port Everglades. A third shipmate was thrown from the boat and into the water
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      Lock icon Leasing venture draws strong response
      267 33 UAE-BAe firm's share issue expected to be oversubscribed by many times AFP [ABU DHABI] A major leasing venture created last month by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and British Aerospace (BAe) opened its doors to subscribers over the weekend and dealers reported a strong response.
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      Lock icon Hyundai to launch service linking Far East, US east coast
      159 33 News Page [SEOUL] Hyundai Merchant Marine will open a new containership service connecting the Far East and the east coast of North America. Under the shipping space exchange tie-up with Zim of Israel, Hyundai Merchant Marine will launch in mid-June
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      888 34 BUROPBAN AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY: OVERHAUL ON THE WAY Leaders such as members of Airbus Industrie know they must consolidate to meet challenge of merged US makers Bloomberg AS the world's aerospace executives flock to Paris for the twoyearly air show extravaganza this week, the mood
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        182 47 jtuia Philippines: Independence Day. taM Hong Kong H.M.The Queen's Birthday. Ja 22 Sweden: Midsummer Day. Ml Canada Canada Day. Jilt United States: Independence Day. Jul M France: National Day. United States: Independence Day. MIS Brunei: H.M. The Sultan's Birthday. JolX7 Brunei: Maulud Rasul. Indonesia Birthday of Prophet Mohammed.
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        788 47 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 averagestzed stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        457 48 Partners will retain ownership of their cM aircraft factories: Aerospatiale chief FT [NICE] Aerospatiale of France said over the weekend the four manufacturers which owned Airbus Industrie had agreed on the broad outlines of a European holding company to manage their civil aircraft,
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        433 48 Reuter [GRASSE, France] The chairman of state-owned Aerospatiale said he was optimistic the new French Socialist government would go ahead with privatisation of the aerospace group planned by the previous conservative administration. "I am relatively optimistic the privatisation will take
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        191 48 AFP, Reuter {TOKYO] Eleven people were injured, one critically, when a Japan Airlines (JAL) MD-11 jet from Hongkong hit severe air turbulence late on Sunday in central Japan, police said yesterday. JAL flight 706 with 180 passengers and crew members aboard shook violently when
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        306 48 Communist transport minister also wants fresh talks on railway reform AFP IP ARIS] The new communist transport minister of France, Jean-Claude Gayssot, said on Sunday night that he wanted fresh talks on plans to reform the railways and on the future of Air
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        Lock icon MAS seeks new Eastern European destinations
        148 48 Bernama (PARIS] Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is eyeing expansion to new gateways in various Eastern European cities, its senior vice-president (commercial) Bashir Ahmad said yesterday. To start the plan, he said, MAS will be flying to Zagreb in Croatia from October this year, which would
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        60 48 [SHANGHAI] Workers check an Ansett Australia Airlines 747 that touched down at Hong Qiao International Airport here on Sunday. It is Ansett Australia's maiden light to China and a company official said the move marked an important step in the growth of the Australian airline.
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        238 48 Bloomberg (WELLINGTON] The New Zealand government yesterday ratified its "open skies" pact with the US to allow unrestricted air travel between the two countries. Officials representing the two governments reached agreement on the pact 10 days ago. "The Cabinet has now authorised me to
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          104 48 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Motor Co's new models haw vaulted it into second place in South Korea's local auto market, ahead of Kia Motors Corp and gaining on leader Hyundai Motor Co Ltd, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing auto industry sources. Sales
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          Lock icon CAthay resumes Chicago freighter fights
          60 48 AFX-Asia [HONQKONG] catnay Facinc Airways wttsaia it nas recommenced freighter operations to and from Chicago. The company will operate four flights to and itom Chicago a week, it said, adding that it briefly yielded the operation to unit Air Hongkong but has resumed the route
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          Lock icon PAL's plans for MacroAsia
          76 48 AFX-Asia [MANILA] Philippine Amines (PAW may turn over some flight operations to Mam>A*ia Corp, PAL president and chief operating officer Jose Antonio Garcia said. "We are planning to transfer some ofournoiHiirect airline operations to Macro Asia," he said, adding that this will allow PAL to focus
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      18 33 Paris air show: ITC MAMfAfM ua mergers worry Europeans Overhaul of European aircraft industry on the way. Fage2
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