The Business Times, 18 August 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 "3 SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, AUGUST 18,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Analysts point to mitigating factors in Dow's 247-point fall
    698 1  -  Little panic, low volumes cited; but other analysts see troobting signs By] Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Stock markets worldwide kick off this week to a jangling uncertainty over whether last Friday's 3.1 per cent sell-off of US stocks is the start of
    Source: Bloomberg  -  698 words
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    China will defend HK dollar against speculators if needed
    344 1  -  Bat HK should be able to hold the fort for now: minister By\ Lu Ning [SINGAPORE] A senior Chinese official on Saturday issued a sharp warning to currency speculators that China would use its massive foreign exchange reserves to defend the
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    Lock icon Long live the King
    52 1 [TOKYO] A look-alike of the late rock "n roll star Elvis Presley, Peric Lee of Hongkong, performs at a concert on Saturday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Elvis 'death. The Elvis legacy is now a financial dynasty valued at as much as US$l billion (SSI.S
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    Housing market soft but collapse unlikely: DBS Land
    484 1  -  Deputy chairman sees prices easing 8% before consolidation By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] The property market is not headed for a collapse, in the view of DBS Land deputy chairman Han Cheng Fong. Commenting, over the weekend on receint warnings by developers thit
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      125 1 uveuiiE Hiriphwic At least 3 groups are likely to submit bids for the upHwiing tender in November to aetect up to 2 new mobile phone licensees, Pg 2 Tmasek ops stake in Shaspi-La Asia Temasek Holdings will pay HK|774m to increase its stake in Robert Kuok's bote! chain, Shangri-La f
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      17 1 HK finance chiefs confident despite storm clouds, Pg 4 Rally stretches small HK banks' valuations, Pg 18
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      85 1 No oaaM for alarm in Philly Fed report, Pg 7 Stock volatility causing switch to bonds, Pg 19 S*pore market in for a volatile week ahead, Pg 28 Market Review*, Pg 24 Crown Resort Melbourne, the most spectacular new entertainment complex in Australia is ready to thrill and ignite your
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      At least 3 groups expected to bid for handphone licences
      463 2  -  Bat analysts say not more than 5 bids will be submitted, compared to 10 in '94 By' Teh Hooi Ling AT LEAST three groups are likely to submit bids for the upcoming tender in November to select up to two
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      $50m fund to boost research in govt hospitals
      267 2 THE government has allocated another $50 million in funds to encourage doctors in public hospitals to carry out research work. Health Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said yesterday that the money would be used to reimburse hospitals which give research time to their
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      Lock icon Tibs buys 56 articulated buses, SBS says 'No' to extra-long buses
      462 2  -  By\ David Boey SINGAPORE'S two largest bus companies have arrived at different conclusions after testing several new-generation, high-capacity vehicles known as articulated buses. Singapore Bus Service (SBS) will not buy any while Trans-Island Bus Services (Tibs) has just spent
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      Income launches first car cooperative project in Toh Yi
      411 2  -  Half a dozen mere sock schemes likely in six months By\ Christopher Tan INSURER NTUC Income, which launched its maiden car cooperative project yesterday, expects to replicate the scheme in several parts of Singapore soon. "We'll set up a national registry
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      Lock icon Leading index up 6.8% in Q2
      341 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Economic growth By< Audrey Tan THE Composite Leading Index (CLI) rebounded strongly in the second quarter, growing 6.8 per cent year-on-year, figures from the Department of Statistics show. The indicator picked up for the second straight quarter after three quarters
      Source: Dept of Statistics  -  341 words
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      Seagate expects pickup in drive industry from Q4
      527 2  -  Chairman sees industry recovering after Q2 slowdown By Jennifer Lien THE disk drive industry should see a pick-up from the fourth quarter, Seagate Technology chairman A 1 Shugart said yesterday. "The summer's always pretty slow, but I think come September, we will
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Higher VAT pushes Thai prices up over weekend
      325 3 BANGKOK Increased levy to raise 66b baht, World Bank plorififtg TTKjlJph in Reuter THAILAND is waking up to a sense of new economic reality as the first austerity measure under a new International Monetary Fund-sponsored plan saw prices jump due to a
      Reuter  -  325 words
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      Lock icon Philippines' first satellite to be launched tomorrow
      295 3 MANILA Bad weather postponed launch from China by a day Bernama THE Philippines will launch tomorrow its first international satellite from Xichang, China, an official spokesman said yesterday. Press Secretary Hector Villanueva said the launch, set at 1.50 am, will be witnessed via
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Manila to blacklist meat dealers
        65 3 AFP [MANILA] Philippine Trade Secretary Cesar Bautista said here yesterday the government is seeking to impose a blacklist on local meat dealers to avoid possible trade sanctions from the US. The US is threatening to bring the Philippines before the World Trade Organisation due to
        AFP  -  65 words
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        Lock icon Suu Kyi's relatives jailed
        76 3 Reuter [YANGON] Three Myanmar democracy supporters, all of whom are related to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, the Myanmar government said in a statement yesterday. Ms Suu Kyi's cousin and close aide Cho Aung Than, his sister
        Reuter  -  76 words
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        Lock icon Marking independence
        58 3 Reuter [JAKARTA] Indonesian artists staging a performance depicting independence struggle in front of student activists and Jakarta residents in the capital to commemorate the country's 52nd anniversary of independence yesterday. The late founding President Sukarno proclaimed the country's independence on Aug 17,1945 after more than 350 years of
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        Lock icon Ranariddh in Manila to muster support
        71 3 AFP [MANILA] Ousted Cambodian First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh arrived in the Philippines yesterday to press his bid for international support against strongman Hun Sen, who unseated him last month. Prince Ranariddh declined to answer questions at the airport, where he was met
        AFP  -  71 words
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        Lock icon M'sia trade delegation heads for India
        50 3 AFP (KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will send a high-powered investment delegation to India to boost trade and seek joint-venture opportunities for Ave days from today, reports said yesterday. The delegation, led by International Trade and Industry Minister Rafldah Aziz, would visit Bangalore and Hyderabad. —AFP
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      Lock icon KL looks into cutting toll rates
      328 3 KAJANG Works Ministry hopes to complete review in 6-9 months bat govt most ensure pact with Phis not contravened Bernama THE Malaysian cabinet has directed the Works Ministry to study the possibility of lowering toll rates to lessen the burden on road users. Works
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      670 3 A DREAM I 20 years ago, I was moonlighting for a large Japanese fl in Jurang. On a stany evening while walking to I motorbike, suddenly I had a strange teeling. I was fl standing all alone in the huge empty carpark looking fl at a large monolith building. I
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  • CURRENCY AFTERSHOCKS
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      Lock icon IMF slammed over currency attacks in South-east Asia
      331 4 KUALA LUMPUR Ex-lTsiaxi Treasury official says it is slow to respond to crisis AFP A FORMER Malaysian Treasury official yesterday blasted the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for failing to stop speculators from hammering South-east Asian currencies. "What has the IMF done to
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      Lock icon Rupiah's fall will push up inflation: minister
      386 4 JAKARTA Suharto adviser says currency speculation is subversive, urges govt to act AFP THE sharp drop in the value of the Indonesian currency will result in a higher inflation figure. National Development Planning Minister Ginanjar Kartasasmita said yesterday. "It is impossible for us
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      Lock icon Japan funds hail rupiah float plan to stay put
      333 4 TOKYO Reuter INDONESIA'S decision to float its currency has been welcomed by Japanese funds, helping to reinforce their relatively positive view of the country despite turmoil in Asia as a whole, fund managers in Tokyo said. And while Japanese funds remain
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      Lock icon HK finance chiefs confident despite storm clouds
      500 4 HONGKONG But analysts say speculators may regatta* for attack AFP HONGKONG'S financial chiefs exuded serenity over the weekend, even as the storm clouds of currency speculation began to gather on the horizon and the local stock market braced for turbulence. Financial Secretary Donald
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      1092 4 w A. National Australia Bank Umltad Mr/ma mO U A.CJ********** MM#Raglelered Office: 500 Bourlce Street, m Mefcoume, Victoria 3000, Australia. Awsfrmllm Bmmk (Al amounts are expreaaed in Australian currency unless otherwise stated). Balance Sheet as at September 30,1996 Statement of Profit and Loss for year ended National Australia Bank Limited
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China's leaders look set to promote private enterprise
      503 5 BEIJING Upcoming party congress Boon giving approval to business of making money Reuter CHINA's top leaders have started to furl their beach umbrellas and head back to the city after secret seaside sessions on how to underline the importance of the private
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      Lock icon China B shares poised for further rise
      411 5 SHANGHAI But party congress may weigh on market, say analysts Reuter CHINA'S hard-currency B shares were poised to rise further over the next month, but a major Chinese Communist Party congress in September or October would overhang the market, analysts and brokers said
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      Lock icon Lift sanctions to cut trade deficit, Beijing tells Washington
      323 5 BEIJING Reuter BEIJING yesterday urged the US to lift sanctions on sales of nuclear equipment and hightechnology to China,'say ing the relaxation would help to cut the US trade deficit. "There is a 'short cut' to quickly enlarge bilateral trade. That
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      Lock icon Shark attack
      59 5 [HONGKONG] Temperatures soared in Hongkong yesterday and this man enters the water at a crowded beach carrying a shark float. But his shark will beof little help in fighting the EColi bacteria. The Environmental Protection Department's just-released rating of Deep Water Bay was poor according to the trends
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      Lock icon Beijing in talks with UAE over oil imports
      304 5 ABU DHABI oil fron Saudi Arabia, Oman and Knwait AFP CHINA is holding talks with the United Arab Emirates to start imports of UAE crude oil to meet its rising consumption due to economic growth, a Chinese trade official said yesterday "There
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Thousands of South Korean workers rally to support Kia
      460 6 SEOUL Group's chairman in China to lannch first Sino-Sonth Korean passenger car plant AFP THOUSANDS of South Korean workers rallied here yesterday to press the government to step in and save troubled automaker Kia Group from its financial crisis. "Defend Kia
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      Lock icon Political row erupts over defection of S Korean
      369 6 SEOUL Baling, opposition parties trade vitriolic accusations AFP A POLITICAL war erupted here yesterday over the alleged defection of a South Korean religious sect leader to •North Korea, with ruling and Opposition parties trading vitriolic accusations. "The defection clearly showed a communist
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      Lock icon Indian importers get hint to cover forward rupee positions
      504 6 GOA But central banker's view not expected to shake firm spot rate Reuter A SENIOR Indian central banker's verdict that the rupee is overvalued is unlikely to shake a stubbornly firm spot rate, but there was a broad hint to corporates
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      Lock icon Aussie central bank seen cutting rates again
      375 6 SYDNEY Bloomberg INVESTORS will be looking for economic evidence this week which supports speculation the Reserve Bank of Australia will reward low inflation with another interest rate cut, the sixth since mid-1996. US interest rates will also be in the spotlight as the
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Dhaka opposition now against early polls
        66 6 AFP [DHAKA] The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has apparently changed its mind on pressing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed to hold mid-term elections, The Daily Star reported yesterday. The paper said BNP chief and former prime minister Khaleda Zia told editors of
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        Lock icon Women pilots for Sri Lanka air force
        71 6 Reuter [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka's air force, facing an acute shortage of pilots, plans to bring in women to fly transport aircraft. Military officials said the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) was likely to recruit women pilots by year-end. Officials said the SLAF needed
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        Lock icon Japan's Aum doomsday cult expands
        66 6 AFP [TOKYO] The Aum Supreme Truth doomsday cult, blamed for a 1995 nerve gas attack among other crimes, is becoming more active as membership increases, a report said yesterday. The cult opened its new headquarters last month in Tokyo's downtown district of Shinjuku, where an
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        Lock icon Honoured inspector caught taking bribe
        86 6 AFP [BOMBAY] An Indian police inspector honoured by the country's president on independence day has been caught accepting a 50,000 rupee (552,060) bribe, the Press Trust of India said yesterday. The Bombay-based inspector was caught in a police trap on Saturday evening following a complaint
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      Lock icon Aussie tax system facing big crisis: business leaders
      408 6 SYDNEY Need for more revenue for welfare, health spending underlined AFP SENIOR Australian business figures turned up the heat on Prime Minister John Howard yesterday, saying the taxation system was a national crisis and urgently needed comprehensive reform. "We must reform the
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      324 6 IBM/Open Sesame Great Value Bundle. For only $299/- a month" you get a complete networking solution with a superfast Windows NT server with network adapter hub and 5 user license for a state-of-the-art accounting, sales and distribution software with optional add-on manufacturing modules. And for only $59/' 3 month you
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      114 6 The Freshest, Tastiest Abalone At Xin Cuisine ulm 4 Be it braised or steamed, you will relish this nutrient-rich shellfish delicacy, skillfully prepared by our Hong Kong Master Chef, Fok Wing Tin. Savour the Fresh Tasmanian Greenlip Abalone $28 per piece, cultivated live in the South Pacific Ocean of Australia.
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Falling short
      52 7 [ST PETERSBURG, Russia] Russian Air Force Lt-Col Viktor Glotov descending on a crowd of people on Dvortsovaya square in St Petersburg during the celebrations of the Russian Air Force Day on Saturday. Due to high winds, the parachutist missed the safe landing area and broke a leg on
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      Lock icon Kohl vows to keep single European currency stable
      338 7 BONN Meanwhile, foreign miwigtAr fojfc of delay for the enro Reuter, Bloomberg GERMAN Chancellor Helmut Kohl vowed in an interview released yesterday that Europe's planned single currency would be stable. He also said that, on top of meeting the entry targets for
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      Lock icon High grain prices point to era of food scarcity: US think-tank
      354 7 WASHINGTON Reuter THE grain price increases of the mid-1990s suggest the world is moving into an era of food scarcity, the think-tank Worldwatch Institute said on Saturday, citing hurdles to boosting food output. "All the key food security indicators
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      Lock icon Philly report should give Fed no cause for alarm
      448 7 WASHINGTON index likely to show slower growth, easing inflation bars Bloomberg. US CENTRAL bankers need look no fUrther than the next monthly survey by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank for evidence that the economy isn't growing fast enough to spark inflation.
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      Lock icon Ageing Europeans seen saving furiously
      238 7 ■LONDON Reuter AN AGEING European population will save furiously in the first half of the next century, causing a long period of low consumer spending, according to Lloyds Bank. The dramatic swing in saving patterns will knock whole economies off course, costing jobs and cutting
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      Lock icon US-Asia financial services talks to cover broad aims
      352 7 WASHINGTON WaiktagtM expects m concrete foals at this week's meetings Reuter TALKS this week between top American and Asian officials on liberalising financial services will lay down broad objectives rather than bring concrete deals, according to a senior Treasury official. "We are
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      883 7 /Q DBS LAND DBS LAND LIMITED I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I The Board of Directors of DBS Land Ltd wishes to announce that the unaudited results of the DBS Land at RATIOS I Group for the half year ended 30 June 1997 are as follows:- I I)
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Resurgent Apple draws good crowds at MacWorld Expo
      818 8  -  Slew of new products attracts students, hobbyists and Apple loyalists By] Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] South-east Asia's biggest Macintosh event ended yesterday on a buoyant note with Apple's traditional customers, especially students and hobbyists, showing a new note of confidence in the beleaguered
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      Sumitomo Chemical to invest $4m to beef up IT infrastructure here
      200 8 [SINGAPORE] Japanese giant Sumitomo Chemical Co (SCC) will invest Ss4 million on beefing up its IT infrastructure here. Part of the funds will go to IBM, which will provide the hardware, consulting and integration services for the busi- ness
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    • IT TAKES
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        Aztech appoints Tithes distributor
        45 11 [SINGAPORE] Aztech Systems Ltd has appointed Tithes Marketing as the local distributor for its new Desktop Photo Developer which was launched last week. Since its appointment, Tithes Marketing has signed on more than 25 dealers with more than 35 stores islandwide.
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        Siemen Nixdorf to hold exhibition
        64 11 [SINGAPORE] Siemen Nixdorf Informations systeme AG will host a conference-cum exhibition at the Merchant Court Hotel on Sept 1 and 2. The event will display a new range of products for Siemen Nixdorf s self-service sector and the latest cash reprocessing systems. Bankers, retailers and
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        Symantec opens Koala Lumpur office
        53 11 [SINGAPORE] Symantec Corporation has opened its sixth Asian office in Kuala Lumpur. The new unit will be headed by Gun Suk Ling, who is the national sales manager for Malaysia. At the Singapore office, Kerrie Turner has been appointed regional marketing and distribution sales manager
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        AimQuest to host conference
        45 11 [SINGAPORE] Aim Quest Corporation will host a conference aimed at the 145 Internet service providers (ISPs) and telcos of the Global Reach Internet Connection (GRIC). The event known as the GRIC World Summit *97 will be held in San Francisco tomorrow.
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        Cabletron's new president and CEO
        54 11 [SINGAPORE] Cabletron Systems has appointed Don Reed, a senior officer at Nynex, as its next president and chief executive officer. Mr Don, 53, will succeed the outgoing founder S. Robert Levine on Sept 1. But Mr Levine will still remain with company through November to
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        Canon organises free seminars
        33 11 [SINGAPORE] Canon will hold free seminars on short-run digital printing, the intranet and digital photography at the Westin Hotel on Sept 4 and 5. For details, call Wendy Ch00ngat*****32.
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        AMP seminars on cabling solutions
        53 11 [SINGAPORE] AMP will hold a series of seminars in 16 Asia-Pacific cities to highlight the role of premises cabling for high speed, high bandwidth networks. The seminars, to be held this month and next, will also present the participants with the latest developments in cabling
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        Lucent Technologies appoints two MDs
        58 11  -  -Compiled by Chee Jann Perng [SINGAPORE] Lucent Technologies has appointed two managing directors for its Global Private Systems business. Alex Quintana will now be in charge of North Asia and the South Pacific, while Attley Ng will be responsible for South. They will focus on
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      Further support for K56flex 56 kbs modem standard
      537 11  -  All three local Internet service providers are now making it available By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] While there are still two standards for the 56.6 kilobits per second (kbs) modem and the final standard has yet to be decided, more Singapore Internet
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      NCR targeting local financial and retail sectors
      262 11  -  Pressing need for data warehousing in large corporations identified By Chee Jann Perng [SINGAPORE] US-based NCR Corporation, armed with its latest data warehousing program, is targeting local government agencies and large companies in the financial and retail sectors here. "We see the most
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      HP to base future strategy on Intel's Merced chip
      214 11  -  By. Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] HewlettPackard will base much of its future computer strategy on Intel Corp's next-generation microprocessor now being jointly developed by HP and Intel, a senior HP executive said last week. The 64-bit microprocessor, code-named Merced, incorporates key technology
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      Now here comes the PC consumer chip
      463 12  -  SGS-Thomson aiming the chip at mostly thin-client consumer applications By Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] A "multimedia PC-on-a-chip" that's the latest product surfacing from SGS-Thomson's systems-on-a chip efforts. The PC consumer chip aims to integrate a Pentium-class microprocessor block with almost everything you need on
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      Key to e-commerce? E-security
      601 12  -  By Tony Puah The author is managing consultant on e-commerce with Hewlett-Packard South-east Asia Pte Ltd. Electronic commerce has been slow to take off because of concerns that it was unsafe to transmit financial information over open networks such as the Internet Hie development of Secure
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      Lock icon Mainframe returning to centre stage, research group finds
      662 13  -  Firms recognising that mainframes have significant cost and efficiency advantages over client/server systems By] Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Leading IT analyst Brian Jeffery has this message for companies that are ditching mainframes to go the Unix or Windows NT client/server route: Think again.
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      Lock icon Hongkong firm promises liberation from laptops
      670 13 Reuter {TAIPEI] For globe-trotting executives who thought it would free them to work almost anywhere, the laptop computer has turned out to be a mixed blessing. These machines do fit on one's lap, but those who carry them soon find the word "portable" to
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      Printer graveyard?
      86 14 [SINGAPORE] Epson's great monster upgrade produced a printer graveyard at Ngee Ann City during the National Day weekend. About 2,000 users brought their used printers from competing brands to trade in for Epson's new 1440 dpi Stylus colour printers. What did Epson do with the unwanted printers? At
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      Compaq launches latest generation of Presarios
      457 14  -  Products designed to meet a range of consumer needs and targeted at the home-PC market By] Divya Seshamani [SINGAPORE] Compaq has launched a new generation of Presario home PCs a lineup that includes some of the industry's most powerful desktops and boasting breakthrough multimedia
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    • ON THE SHELF
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        Wireless infrared keyboard here
        76 14 HOMEGROWN Pen Technology Pte Ltd has introduced a wireless, infrared, notebook-sized keyboard that works on v four AA batteries. Called Perx EXPTO, the $125 unit (above) rw works with PC and Win9s, can operate up to seven metres V, away, has hot keys to launch users
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        New CP-ROM titles from Aasoft
        46 14 ACER Computer's software arm, Aasoft International Pte Ltd, has announced the availability of four new CD-ROM titles: Print Master Gold Deluxe (utility) at $104; Medical Housecall (family doctor)at $44; Nine Month Miracle (pregnancy) at $44; and Colliers 96 (encyclopaedia) at $55.
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        Lucent first vendor to meet PC 097 specs
        66 14  -  Raju Chellam LUCENT Technologies Microelectronics Group said it is the first modem equipment vendor to pass the new PC 97 technical requirements for the "Designed for Windows Logo from Microsoft". Lucent said this logo paves the way for its OEM customers, who
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      178 8 This however is just part of what the experts in the field have to say about ALR 1 products. Rankecl as one of the top 5 PC server suppliers worldwide, ALR multiprocessor servers made in the U.S. are making a difference to corporations in over 30 countries p K7eWso 3
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      95 8 ExpenslWr It depends on your values. B\iA The true value of a Cyma watch is not something to be measured by mere price. By far, the more important consideration will always be the degree to which it reflects one's personality. Thus one can rest assured, in all cases, that a
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      780 15 TV&BAPIO i. 10-30 News 5 Tonight. 630 Paramapadam. 11-00 Friends The One With 7.00 Temples of India. 7m -riT T.; ovatlons The Hypnosis Tape (See 7JO Tamil Seithi (T). rr® Th e Winners. Our Choice). 830 Berita 12 (M). "J P°^; M °r n r y oney UJ3 CyblU When
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      818 16  -  The Substation presents an extremely potent exhibition by a M'sian artist, says bek mukroe BEN MUNROE Another addition to a growing trend of canine-inspired art is a collection of paintings by Malaysian artist Zulkifli Yusoff entitled Ahmad and His Shadow, named to remind viewers of Aesop's Fable
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      784 16  -  THEATRE In Ivan Heng's latest, gifted acting covers up textual holes By Ben Munroe JASON and Shuyi get married and move to Cockfosters in London. She used to be a he, and that is okay with Jason because in this marriage of convenience he
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      480 16  -  CONCERT REVIEW By P Y Van CLASSICAL music in Singapore lags in the popularity stakes compared with other forms of concert music. As a result, publicity tends to be proportionately less. But in a generous gesture to the classical music scene here, the Ban Hin
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      474 16  -  CD REVIEW By, Andrew Lim DAME Felicity Liott has established herself over the years as one of Britain's best loved singers, and is just the right person to discourse on the "English" preoccupation with gardens, flowers and spring. But in fact, only four
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      390 17  -  It will pay HKs774m to raise stake in Robert Kook's hotel chain to 9.21% tYorn, Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong SINGAPORE government investment company Temasek Holdings will pay HK$774 million (*****.4 million) to raise its stake in tycoon Robert Kuok's hotel chain, ShangriLa
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      663 17  -  fritd-half framings likely to be boosted by overseas projects By, Abdul Hadhi EINGAPORE] DBS Land over jMLweekend announced a 12.8 iwcent rise in group net earnna to $113.46 million at halfgroup results for the &x months ended June 30, CYI, were described by DBS
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      669 17  -  HAM G SEMO DTSIGHT HE bourse has climbed 2,000 pts since July 9, so profit-taking is healthy as investors realise gains and come back for more Hv Quak Hiang Whai TRACKING and explaining equity markets can be a tricky affair.
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        252 18 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia Bhd said the continued depreciation of the ringgit against the US dollar is affecting its bottom line as the company is exposed to foreign loans. At the dollar/ringgit level of 2.80, the company is incurring a foreign exchange loss of
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        359 18  -  Poor results blamed on lower property-linked income and weak loans growth By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Tat Lee Bank has reported a dismal performance for the interim period ended June 30, due largely to lower property-related income and poor loans
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        412 18 Rupiah's plunge seen affecting Indocement, Astra among others Bloomberg [JAKARTA] A raft of Indonesian companies with large for-eign-currency debt expect profits to be dented after the central bank set free the rupiah, sending it to a record low. "We can
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        549 18 Tmgl to maintain rapid growth seen in first katf, say analysts Reuter [HONGKONG] Some of Hongkong's small banks enjoyed a strong rally in the stock market last week, led by Ka Wah Bank, but while analysts see strong growth for the sector,
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        156 19 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Coca-Cola Co introduced a new drink in China to help it keep its commanding position in its fast-est-growing market. Coke, which has almost one-quarter of China's market, launched the Smart brand carbonated soft drink in apple, mandarin orange, coconut, peach and watermelon
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        282 19 Benchmark Bombay index corrects after 8-month-kmgraQy Reuter [BOMBAY] India's boiling stock market is showing signs of cooling after an eight-month-long rally but fund managers said it was a good opportunity to accumulate shares. "Far from an over-bought zone the market is hardly
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        217 19 Reuter [NEW YORK] Bell Atlantic, whose U5525.6 billion (5538.6 billion) merger with Nynex Corp was approved on Thursday, said on Friday that it expects to invest about US$5 billion in 1997 to maintain quality and add to its US wireline activity. The company
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        147 19 Bloomberg (NEW YORK] Analysts at Merrill Lynch and PaineWebber cut their earnings estimates for Gillette on weakness in the company's Braun shaver business in Japan and Germany. Merrill Lynch's Deepak Raj cut his estimate for Bos-ton-based Gillette's 1997 earnings to U552.55 a share from U552.55-U512.60.
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        529 19  -  Dew's 247-poiiit fall on Friday seen accelerating trend From Neil Behrmann in London THE vicious volatility of Wall Street and other stock markets is causing pension funds, insurance companies and other institutions to switch funds from shares into bonds, say brokers. This trend,
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        420 19 Weak franc boosts results at makers of Swatch, TAG watches Bloomberg [ZURICH] SMH SA and TAG Heuer International SA said first-half net income soared after the Swiss watchmakers' earnings were boosted by the weak Swiss franc. SMH, the maker of Swatch and Omega watches, said
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        617 21  -  Gronp aims to raise region's contribution to profit to over 25% in next few years By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] BZW, the investment banking unit of Barclays Bank, is refocusing its operations, and nowhere is this more apparent than at BZW Asia, its
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        347 21 544,000 kg of meat thought to harbour E Coli bacteria Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Hudson Foods widened its recall of minced beef suspected of harbouring E coli bacteria to more than 544,000 kg, the US Agriculture Department said. The recall was expanded for the second consecutive day
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        531 21 Insurer has sent sales packages of asset to likely buyers Bloomberg [BOSTON] Prudential Insurance Co of America said it put up for sale the landmark Prudential Centre office, residential and retail complex in Boston's Back Bay section. Prudential has sent out sales
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        327 21 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Two former accountants at American International Group (AIG) and a third person were charged with embezzling more than US$7OO,OOO (551.06 million) by redirecting cheques and wire transfers that belonged to AIG and its customers. The Queens, New York, residents are accused of
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        308 21 FT [TOKYO) It was an inauspicious day for the Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE) to announce last week that it will offer both arabica and robusta coffee contracts when it launches a yen-based coffee future contract, as it coincided with an accelerating downward move
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      580 22  -  gT rgg Weeklyßoundup Corporates, banks hedge exposure to dollar, adding to slide Callum Henderson MMS International {SINGAPORE] Asian regional currencies are now more in the international spotlight than at any previous time, with authorities abandoning the defence of the Malaysian ringgit and Indonesian rupiah after
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      887 22 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup Reuters AFP [LONDON] Crude oil prices held firm last week in the face of a resumption of Iraqi crude sales under the oil-for-food deal brokered between Baghdad and the United Nations. Brent North Sea crude prices inched upwards amid
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        203 23 SBS The Straits Times Industrial Index closed higher at 1,953.80, up 0.5 per cent for the week, boosted by a surge in the local shares of Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). Another frantic round of selling in the Foreign shares and buying in the Local
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        75 23 Accumulate Company reported excellent first-half net profit of $12.6 million (+59 per cent) on only 9 per cent marginal increase in sales. Domestic earnings depend on new locations situated in high traffic flow areas, but exciting prospects lie in two other areas— distribution of educational programs via CD-Roms;
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        69 23 Accumulate GP Batteries is the leading manufacturer of most types of alkaline batteries for consumer applications and rechargeable batteries for telecom equipment The company is reaping benefits from low-cost manufacturing centres while increasing their global market share. The strengthening US$ against Sing dollar will reverse translation losses into
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        260 23 Source: Analysed by Peter Coker, a director of Bridge Int'l Broking RSI measures the rate at which prices move. As a rule, an RSI above 80 indicates an overbought condition while RSI below 20 indicates an oversold market. RSI is more effective in detecting divergences (sell signals).
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        462 24 I NEW YORK Bat losses prompt no investor panic; rest of month shonld see adjustments to recent sharp run-up AFP THE New York Stock Exchange closed out the worst week in its history on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial
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        388 24 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices are expected to recover following a sharp fall the past week, but gains are expected to be limited, brokers said. "The Nikkei index may be rising as high as 19,750 points next week, but it is unlikely
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        865 24 n Sydney -453 THE Australian bourse is expected to have a quiet week with no major data expected other than import and company profit figures, brokers said last Friday. "To be honest the focus will be on US policy makers rather than domestic statistics," a Colonial Bank
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        1776 24 Q Para -75J3 French stocks closed mixed after US consumer-price figures showed inflation at an 11-year low, indicating interest rates probably won't be raised soon. France's benchmark CAC 40 Index fell 75.03 points last week to 2,921.24. The market was closed on Friday. Electrical equipment maker Legrand
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        324 24 LONDON But domestic factors stay positive with prospects of a halt to interest rate rises AFP THE London stock market crumbled last week in the face of a sharp slide in New York, despite some positive domestic developments, particularly on the monetary
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        458 24 HONGKONG Currency fears, profit-taking may hit Hang Seng analysts Reuter HONGKONG shares could face a major shakeout when the market reopens tomorrow, with fragile sentiment due to concerns about the Hongkong dollar likely to be exacerbated by shaky Wall Street stocks, analysts said. "The Hang
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        7999 25 MWfTMALS pniicti 1997 Lut vol «Ht Net Cm L Company SM 000 High LM P/l $mil I?2 152 500 -50 7 520 500 27.7 202.7 £2 US. 278 13 603 2»2 269 S-2 409.9 600 Apollo Food Hlq -630 25 121 650 600 16.3 252.0 7 S5 Hi r j«Y*Land
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        267 25 AFP P Composite Index -2118 THE Malaysian stock market is expected to consolidate after dipping 2.4 per cent last week, analysts said. "Uncertainties plague the bourse. All eyes would trail the weakening local ringgit," said Danny Ooi at Inter-Paciflc Securities. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
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        3722 26 BONOS, LOANS i WARRANTS 1997 List Vol Woo* Last 0»o«« A»g High Low Stno Company Soto ♦or- COOO) High Low Buyor Sottor Prko 68 39 m 3000 m AMOS c5.5******6 40 -2 41 40 39 40 41 81 41.5 3160 *Acor ******1 US$ 66 5 -2 208 68 64 66.5
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        183 26  -  WARRANT WATCH uiy I -By. R Sivanithy FOLLOWING the recent theme of looking at stockbroking warrants, today's feature is the warrant issued by Malaysia's TA Enterprises. Like OSK's warrant which was featured here on Saturday, this instrument also has some decent numbers. The
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      2319 26 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr G» 1997 mt Vat «M La*t Oust* Mv Otv VM Mat M Cap High Low Stno Company Sate COOP) High Law Buyer Se4e< Cvr P/t f* 478 235 ms 5000 AISB50c 236 32 520 270 235 236 240 5.0 4.9 03 515 242.1 137 75
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        1429 27 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE ('OOO) >M» at T«1 lUfc CH6 T«H MMW 565.875 77.314 643,194 1.067.741 131.423 1.199,164 flNKt 74.763 41,236 T18.019 727.219 75,507 #02.726 Motto 20,292 4,395 24,687 45.962 6,030 52.012 PWHrtlM 65.620 44.843 110.463 292.297 50,059 342.356 HanUtton 10.297 10.297 18.060 16.060 MMn« 1.774 1,774 3.141 3,141 M.W 41.566
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        419 28 SOURCE: Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Research Stocks VataM Hotung Inv MT5 221,504.000 Amara Hldgs Ltd 81,753,000 SM Summit 10c 41,949,000 Asm FoodS Prop 30,588,000 HK Land USKk 28,414,000 CM Telecom 75c 20,566,000 SingTel 15c 20,450,000 Tianjin Zhong 16,191,000 IPC Corpn 5c 15,899,000 'Magnum CorpSOc 15,629,000 Stacks DOB Foreign 162,811,801 OCBC Foreign
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        Lock icon Nervous market in for a volatile week ahead
        732 28  -  the WEES ahead Dual listing controversy could be overshadowed by US market moves By R Sivanithy IF THERE'S one thing that could overshadow the current Local/Foreign dual listing controversy, it's Wall Street. And as luck would have it (bad luck, in this
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        65 28  -  -¥l Shiv Taneja CITY DEVELOPMENT ckmi 20 cents lower last Friday at $11.80 on a volume of 1.95 million shares. It is trading near its low for the year, and long-term investors should use this opportunity to accumulate the shares. The buy signal is supported by the weekly
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      5260 27 Wtvk Endod Aiu> 15 1997 Last Vol Week Last Quote Dt» Dlv VM Net Cap Avg HUfc Low StMo Company Sale COOO> High Low Buyer Mw Cvr P/E SnWI Prtco MBUSTRtALS 157 104 c 1020 ACE Dynamic s60c 106 -6 694 112 104 105 107 -10.7 86.8 106
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      278 18 'itWti T t It's time for Honours The Business Times and DHL Worldwide Express invite you to nominate individuals "I and companies for the 1997 Singapore Business Awards. lld C JITC my Since 1985, the Singapore Business Awards have sought to give recognition to outstanding />|y| *j -m gjk 4--j
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      291 29 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THERE has been a noticeable slowdown in the pace of the market probably due to the holiday season finally having some effect. However, despite the feck of sales to report there are still a couple of interesting deals to eonsider. The wet sector
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      Lock icon Grounded cargo ship towed to Finnish port
      158 29 AFP [KALAJOKI, Finland) A German cargo ship that ran aground in the Bothnia Bay off Finland's western coast last week was pulled free on Saturday and is expected to arrive at a Finnish port during the night, officials said. The two Finnish tugboats
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      94 29 AFP [HONGKONG) Twenty-four crewmen were rescued after they abandoned a Panamani-an-registered freighter which caught fire in the South China Sea over the weekend, local radio RTHK reported. The ship was about 50 nautical miles south of Hongkong when the fire broke out before dawn, it
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      Lock icon India acts to speed up cargo handling at ports
      528 29  -  3-month drive starting next month also aims to cot pre-berthing delays By] Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The Indian government will be taking steps to speed up cargo clearance and cut the notoriously long waiting time for loading and unloading of ships in
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      710 29  - ISM Code a means to reduce accidents and avoid negligence charges STRAIT TALK By i Seafarer WHAT is negligence? A strange question, you might think, but one which has become very important to the shipping industry. There was a time, and not so long ago, that being tried for negligence
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      253 29 [MANILA] The Philippines was hit by three maritime disasters within hours of one another on Friday claiming at least 22 deaths and leaving 25 missing. The operators of one of the vessels, which capsized in Manila Bay, killing seven Hongkong tourists, have been
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      Lock icon Shipwreck loaded with champagne to be refloated
      295 29 AFP [STOCKHOLM] A Swedish cargo ship carrying 5,000 bottles of 90-year-old champagne, sunk in the Bay of Finland in 1916, will be towed underwater to Sweden this week in an operation to salvage the valuable cargo, the daily Dagens Nyheter reported. Once in
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        75 29 Bernama [JOHOR BARU] The Johor Marine Department has detained a vessel registered in Cyprus for dumping solid waste in waters offTanjung Piai near Pontian last Monday. Johor harbour master Capt Zulkarnain A yob sakl the STTMaxus Wtduri was still detained in the are* fa*
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        94 29 AFP [CAIRO) Suez Canal revenues dropped by 2.7 per cent in f the first six months of the year over the same period in 1996, according to an official report The report, published in the government newspaper Al-Ahram, said canal revenues fell to
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        72 29 AFP [RIO DE JANEIRO] An oil slick from a ship belonging to the Brazilian petroleum company Petrobras, reached three beaches in the northern part of Rio, state environmental agency officials said. Oil which seeped from the Sao Miguel washed up early Saturday onto the
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      721 30 NORTH AMERICAN EAST COAST PORTS Canada's Halifax enjoys rising throughput as it competes with US East Coast ports for the shipping lines of the world Journal of Commerce CARGO exports through the port of Halifax in Canada are running 40 per cent higher this year
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      387 30 PAGE V famous 7 ACL 13 Tmrtt 13 ANL 3 FoonQSun 8, Able 13 Froti 13 Accord 8 Frt Links 13 Ahrenkiel 13 W World 13 Appenshtp 5 Lrtl Astro 3 Gemartrans 16 Austral 9 Genshpg 9 Avant 6 Glory 13 B'taoq Mas
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      16086 38 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Heme Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 21/01 12/09 DSEN WASHINGTON SENATOR WF737 65 6J4WK A 21/00 13/09 Hanjin TRADE MAPLE 013W 65 *****24 23/01 n/09 MISC NORM AN
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        580 45 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jaraaf Nrt leioi 08/97 JOT alongside 18.08/0800 Rainbow Joy 2 J04 alongside 17 08/1900 S Bellona 97 JM alongside 24.08/2300 Sum an 98/97 J16 alongside 17.08/1500 Untan 9712 J23 alongside 20.08/0600 Wintec UC45 J22 alongside 17.08/1900 Batam Indaft N373 J02 18.08/0900 19.08/2300
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        1772 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AMP LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rjtls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Perkx) From To From hi Hitmen 00M lf/0700 a 17/1500 17/1*54 17/HM j N/oroo a/mi a/MM 4 a/1200 WWW N/1700 ka Lmmtm KM WM i ff/BM V/IW IT/MO m/0700 a/iH4 a/MM 4 a/1200 B/M54
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        191 45 Aof 18 Hong Kong Sino-Japanese War Victory Ad| 19 Philippines: Quezon Day Aug 25 Hong Kong: Liberation Day. Philippines: National Heroes' Day. United Kingdom Summer Holiday. An| 31 Malaysia: National Day. Sepl Canada: Labour Day. Sep 15 Japan: Respect for the Aged Day. Sop 10 Hong Kong: Chinese
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        888 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars in stead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        495 45 C*»o« 180 MM 992 9 0.9 6.4 0.0T 75 0.07 <HH Ptwrty Watm gajgw Am AhuHntoin Sedi—nt No abow E25 2 0 1 0 0 0 MO Aw 986.4 0J 12.7 0.06 34 0.02 bin J80 Mai 991.4 0.9 17.7 0.12 83 0.09 K/Wj %iri m/m
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        Lock icon Dutch court rules Schiphol's night flight ban invalid
        438 46  -  Only the Dutch Transport minister can impose such a ban, says the court By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] A Dutch court has ruled that Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport acted unlawfully when it imposed a ban on night-time flights to curb rising noise levels. The
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        Lock icon UPS and Teamsters continue marathon talks
        310 46 AFP [WASHINGTON] Marathon talks between United Parcel Service and striking Teamsters continued late on Saturday with 185,000 drivers and handlers on the picket lines heartened by surveys showing the public is on their side. UPS spokeswoman Erica Webster said that the company expected the
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        53 46 [HAPEVILLE, Georgia] Delta Airlines introduces its new leadership:president and chief executive officer Leo Mullin (lefty, nonexecutive chairman of the board Gerald Grinstein and chief operating officer Maurice Worth, posing behind a Delta MD-11 jet model. Mr Mullin was the first picked up by Delta outside the
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        Lock icon Argentina's transport hit as opposition unions hold strike
        207 46 FT [BUENOS AIRES] Much of Argentina came to a standstill as opposition trades unions called a general strike in protest against high unemployment and the government's free-market economic policies. Most bus drivers heeded the strike call, and protesters set up roadblocks on
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        Lock icon FAA corrects errors in 2 airport-based systems
        219 46 The Washington Post [WASHINGTON] The Federal Aviation Administration said that errors had been found and corrected in two of its 191 airport-based systems that warn controllers if a plane flies too low. The agency ordered testing and recertification of all the low-altitude warning
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        Lock icon MAS expects passenger capacity to increase by 7%
        250 46 Malaysia's national airline also forecasts 10% growth per year Bernama (KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airlines (MAS) expects its passenger capacity to increase by 7 per cent until March next year to 43.020 million from a growth of 17 per cent to 40.097 million
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        Lock icon Korean Air Lines cancels night flights to Guam
        227 46 Reuter [SEOUL] Korean Air Lines (KAL) said yesterday it was cancelling its night flights to Guam after a fatal crash on the Pacific island that killed 226 people, mostly South Koreans, earlier this month. Flight 801 was regularly scheduled to leave Seoul
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        Lock icon Toyota to make luxury cars in Australia
        161 46 AFP (TOKYO) Toyota Motors Corp will start to produce luxury cars in Australia next year following the decision by the Australian government to keep 15 per cent auto import tariffs until 2004, a daily said yesterday. Japan's top car maker plans to assemble
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          Lock icon Air China in deal for flight simulators
          59 46 AFP [BEIJING] China's national carrier, Air China, has signed a US$35-million (5552.5 million) contract for flight simulators to train urgently-needed new pilots, Xinhua reported yesterday. The machines, which simulate cockpit conditions of the Boeing 777-200 and the Boeing 737, will be imported from
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          Lock icon China's car output, sales up in July
          104 46 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's car makers raised production and sales in July, with output of 43,414 cars, up 47.6 per cent on the same month last year, the Shanghai Business News reported. Cars sales for the month were 43.76 per cent up on July
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          88 46 [ORLANDO] Florida's Orlando International Airport has proposed a US$965 million (511.4 billion) expansion that would be financed mostly with revenue bonds, the Orlando Sentinel said. The plan calls for US$432 million of revenue bonds backed by landing fees and airport rents and another US$33l million backed
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      1483 33 [VESSEL VOY SIN BKK POU PKO PCM BLW SUR BA BIK IRAN VAHDAT PJL-1253 03/09 29/08 07/0® 22/09 24/09 IRAN GHEYAMAT PJL-1248 31/07 07/08 02/08 18/08 18/08 RAN MEELAD PJL-1238 30/08 18/07 11/07 ACCEPTING FULL CONTAINER SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN CIS COUNTRIES I.E. AZARBAUAN, ARMENIA, KAZAKHSTAN, UZBEKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN,
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      2228 33 ACCEPTING CARGO TO/FROM 1 SHiKOH t HUANGPU I I— y WMCT SAIUNG J I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHINTO* WAY TIL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/U _^^3o3or BB THO«TfSar™ BI l^^^™^^^| COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #17-08 ORS HOG SALIS/WGS *****41/43 INWARD DEPT (0/0) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD
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      1408 34 EUROPEAJX/SCANOWAVIA/RNLAMD/BUSSIA SGP ROM ANW HBG THP ZEE LHV LHV TM> ROM WW HM PU. SOP i REPUTE RW-tlt 23/ M 12/09 IVM 13AM ISAM IMM 17/09 E GIVEN RE-059 26/07 29/07 29/07 30/07 31/07 25/09 29/09 E RACER RW-019 30AM 19/09 25/09 29AM 22*9 23/09 24AM I GALLANT RE-OS 2
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