The Business Times, 15 October 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    74 1 EZGBAME BATES ust ss 13S$ I £43 t 1.620 IBM DM OJWI 0.881 ana IM 0.826 IJ71 m M2J 0502 HKS 0.129 0.199 BAHT 0.028 0.044 dtUPIAIi 100 am 0.044 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 144 KUALA LUMPUR. 9.» MKARTA 18.00 |ANOKOK 11.25 RAMLA 1156 HONGKONG _&7S JfUPH 9.80 SYDNEY kS»
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    Malaysia joins wafer fab race with its first USS$830m plant
    700 1  -  lfliiManah gjflg dffll with US chipm&ker few* Eedah project; 2nd deal tomorrow By: Lee Han Shih, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Malaysia yesterday joined the race to build billion-dollar wafer fabrication plants, with Singapore and other Asian countries but a few steps
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    Thai finance sector revamp gets lukewarm response
    345 1  -  From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S much-awaited package of measures to restructure its troubled financial sector was given a lukewarm welcome by analysts yesterday. The centrepiece of the measures announced by Finance Minister Thanong Bidaya, Deputy Prime Minister Virabongsa Ramangkura, and Bank of
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    Lock icon Market blues
    68 1 [TOKYO] Share brokers watching prices go down in early trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday as the benchmark Nikkei average sank below 17,000pointsfor thefirst tii.ie in more than two years. Brokers said persistent worries about the economy prompted a slump to as low as 16,967 before a
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    Crazy bidding throws property bigwigs at Hongkong auction
    348 1  -  But law catches np with mental patient who outbids them all Fronv Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THERE are those who say the Hongkong property market has gone crazy and if yesterday's land auction is any indication, that may well be true.
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    Lock icon Asian govts to blame for currency crisis, says Greenspan
    1021 1 Curbs on capital flows will have unintended consequences Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] South-east Asian governments are primarily to blame for the recent currency troubles in that region, and any attempt by these nations to place controls on the cross-border flow of investment would
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      103 1 DTSXDE I Mte-- I ■Ml "ik LTA argri t» ixaraue rail artwork Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan has proposed ways to help speed up the expansion of Singapore's mass transit network, Pg2 A4aa Net-wtrirag A panel discussion held at the Comdex/Asia computer show explores how Asia's aspiring Silicon Valleys could
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      13 1 More carrots f/ian sficfcs in Thai plan, Pg 5 Auction results, Pg 8
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      125 1 "We cannot and must not turn the clock back. Rather, we should turn it forward. East Asian economies have to undertake more fundamental reforms and liberalise their economic systems to sustain continued growth of the real economy. 9 PM Goh Chok Tbng's f p jJt keynote address at Ufc the
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Tap private funds to speed up rail expansion: Mah
      424 2  -  Minister instructs LTA to increase mass transit network to the maximum By* Christopher Tan THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has been asked to consider external financing means to accelerate the expansion of Singapore's mass transit network. Posing this challenge last night
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      LTA posts net surplus of $128m, down 17.8%
      337 2 THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) posted a net surplus of $127.8 million for the 12 months ended March 31, 1997, down 17.8 per cent from the previous annualised period. In the previous year, the LTA was only in operation for seven months,
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      Asean businesses hurt badly by currency crisis: bosses
      455 2  -  Business leaders nrgo govts to maintain forex stability By Yang Razali Kassim ASEAN's business leaders yesterday said regional businesses have been badly hit by the currency crisis. In a joint communique issued in Singapore, they urged the region's governments to maintain currency
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      Acer offers CyberTV for surfing Net on TV sets from next month
      347 2 It will start selling device at about $500 end of this month SINGAPOREANS will be able to surf the Internet and watch teleyieion at the same ttme on tneir TV sets from next month. Taiwanese computer firm Acer
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      Lock icon August bank loans growth slows
      346 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Finance Byi Clarissa Tan u BANK loans growth slowed slightly to 11.7 per cent in August, weighed down by poor showings from the property and manufacturing sectors. Total bank loans stood at $136.87 billion in August, 11.7 per cent higher than
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      Region's currency woes won't slow down 3M's investments
      496 2  -  From Ronnie Lim in Minneapolis, Minnesota THE currency crisis in Southeast Asia will not lead to any slowdown in 3M Corporation's investments in the region, including a new US$lOO million (Ssls4 million) Singapore plant. Indeed the Minnesotabased company is developing "at full
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      STPB acts against unlicensed travel agents
      211 2 THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) is taking action against unlicensed travel agents. According to the board, its officers visited the premises of "a number of Ulegal agencies" on Oct 2. These agents may be prosecuted in court, it said in a statement. It
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      Corrections and clarifications
      134 2 IN our report on Internet telephony yesterday, it was stated that because Singapore Telecom (Sing Tel) has no immediate plans to offer Internet telephony to non-Internet subscribers, the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) has barred others from doing so. This is incorrect. Because Sing Tel has a
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Loss of faith in govt planning worse than markets crises: Mier
      396 4  -  KUALA LUMPUR M'sian think-tank echoes calls from business, investors for tough budget Reports by. Meera Tharmaratnam LOSS of faith in the government's economic management can have far greater impact on growth than a depreciating currency or stockmarket, a leading
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      M'sian consumers, businesses seen spending less next year
      360 4 CONSUMERS and businesses are expected to spend less in Malaysia next year, the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (Mier) said yesterday in a report which also forecast slower growth compared with official expectations. It said greater uncertainty over prospects had already dented
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      Give Asean's private sector a bigger say
      602 4  -  ASXAMVIBW especially since It has played key role In growth By Yang Razali Kassim ASEAN's economic ministers begin their annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur today with the currency crisis bound to dominate. The region's business leaders, meanwhile, had met earlier in Singapore to
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      More carrots than sticks in Thai financial revamp plan
      572 5  -  BANGKOK Bangkok says it will introduce a transparent financial system by year 2000 By Harish Mehta THAILAND yesterday announced more carrots than Sticks in a package of measures to restructure its ailing finance sector that desperately needs about 400 billion baht
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      Lock icon New appointment a Chavalit concession?
      208 5 BANGKOK AFP THAI Premier Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's appointment of a new chief to oversee the country's economic affairs represents a significant concession to a key partner in his six-party coalition, analysts said yesterday. Mr Chavalit named deputy premier and industry minister Korn Dabarangsi to coordinate his
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      Analysts blasted for peso's fall
      458 5  -  MANILA Philippine central banker's speech coincides with unit's 1.3% fall against US$ By. Al Labita THE Philippine central bank yesterday blasted some foreign and local securities analysts for the "negative sentiments" hounding the currency market. "They make their living by demolishing that which has been
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      Lock icon Vietnamese dong also falls victim to currency woes
      332 5 HANOI Viet central bank widens unit's trading band to 10% from 5% Reuters VIETNAM yesterday became the latest victim of South-east Asia's currency rout, bowing to months of downward pressure on the dong by making room for it to slide. The central
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      Lock icon Dr M likely to raise currency issue at Chogm
      210 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is expected to raise the issue of the currency turmoil in Southeast Asia when he addresses the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Edinburgh at the end of the month, Bernama news agency
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      Lock icon Jewish group accuses Dr M of 'outrageous provocation'
      309 5 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters THE Simon Wiesenthal Center accused Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of "outrageous provocation" after he was quoted as saying that Jewish groups had an agenda to block the progress of Muslims. In a statement from the Jewish group's headquarters
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      112 5 Qss theze anyplace south crfo to get authentic Cantonese cuisine GW course. Savour the exquisite flavours of traditional Cantonese dishes, prepared by our team of master chefs from Hong Kong at the award-ivinning Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant. A member of Carlton Hotels Auckland Brisbane Melbourne SiiKjuixjre Sydney f A T
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  • WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
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      East Asian banks should form alliances: PM Goh
      537 7  -  As stronger regional financial institutions they can better face foreign competition From Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong BANKS in East Asia should form strategic alliances among themselves to become strong regional financial institutions to better take on foreign competition, said Singapore Prime
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      Lock icon Japan will drag down rest of Asia: MIT prof
      380 7 Capital will leave Japan, poshing yen to 140 level, he predicts AFP [HONGKONG] The combination of financial deregulation and economic stagnation will see capital desert Japan, pushing the yen down to 140 to the dollar and undermining the rest of Asia,
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      Tough reforms key to recovery
      442 7  -  Unless measures are credible, they won't hold: economists From Loh Hui Tin in Hongkong HOW determined South-east Asian governments are in enforcing tough solutions would decide who emerges ahead from the region's economic mess, say economists. For it is only by adopting difficult measures to
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      Lock icon Asia's economic crisis a wake-up call, says Ramos
      270 7 Reuters [HONGKONG] Asia's economic crisis is a "wake-up call", not a major turning point in the region's growth prospects, Philippine President Fidel Ramos said yesterday. Recent financial turmoil, rather than shocking the region into protectionist mode, was a timely reminder of the
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      67 7 Excerpts of speech, Pg 12 LONGINES' L'elegance du temps depuis 1832 '"*P m-w— /jiv M t, M w jf^r conquest 1 o u M 9 z 5 z o _1 ui O < 2 (Gents) Ref. No. LI 627.3,15,6. Price: 552.050. Sole Distributor: SMH S.E.A. (S) PTE LTD 438 A
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Breakthrough in China's bid to join WTO, says Brittan
      534 8 BEIJING Beying agrees to set a timfltahift to phase out aD import quotas, bat analysts are sceptical Reuters CHINA has breathed new life into its efforts to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by agreeing to a clutch of free-market principles,
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      Moderate response to HK auction of residential sites
      474 8  -  HONGKONG Prices reasonable and within projected ranges: analysts By< Quak Hiang Whai THE first government land auction after Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa's key policy speech last week drew a moderate response from developers yesterday with two residential sites fetching results within the
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      Lock icon China's domestic debt at alarming levels: economist
      306 8 SINGAPORE St&nch&rt man sees its total public sector debt at 45% of GDP AFP CHINA'S domestic debt has risen to alarming levels which require swift government remedies, Standard Chartered Bank's chief economist for North Asia warned yesterday. "The point I am making is
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      Formosa Plastics chief back on warpath
      363 8  -  TAIPEI By. Bruce Cheesman THE granting of the Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon (Second Class) has done little to blunt the stinging tongue of Taiwan's most vocal critic of government economic policy, Wang Yung-ching, head of the Formosa Plastics Group. Perhaps because
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Report of US bias in Korean election irks Seoul
      247 9 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea yesterday voiced dismay over a Washington Post article which said some US officials were keen to see a change of government in Seoul, a foreign ministry official here said. "We expressed our regret to the US through
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      Lock icon Nikkei poised to sink further, say analysts
      428 9 TOKYO Index hits two-year low before recovering worries about earnings and banking resurface Reuters JAPANESE stocks, which careened past the 17,000 barrier for the first time in more than two years yesterday, have yet to see the worst, economists said. Although the key
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      Australia has brilliant future in IT, says Kenichi Ohmae
      393 9  -  SYDNEY Anssies urged to take a leaf out of Mahathir's book By I Surinder Singh AUSTRALIA has been urged to forget its problems with Malaysia and take a leaf out of the Malaysian premier's book in planning for the future. Kenichi
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      A setback for India's satellite dreams
      358 9  -  NEWDELHI C&OS6 massive lwamui stall plans for commercial laimches By\ Rajendra Bajpai THE recent failure of two Indian satellites has been a setback for the country's plans to lease out satellite communications channels and enter the billion dollar business of launching commercial satellites. A
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon European growth seen surging to 3% next year
      438 10 BRUSSELS EC report sees growth of 15-member bloc outstripping US for Ist time since 1991 Bloomberg EUROPEAN economic growth will surge in 1998 to the fastest pace in nearly a decade, putting most European Union countries on course to adopt the planned
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      Lock icon Diana's death: UK shops lose £230m
      142 10 LONDON AFP THE national mood of mourning in Britain after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the closure of many shops on the day of her funeral last month cost British retailers £230 million (*****.7 million), according to a report published yesterday.
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      Lock icon US wants to expand trade with South America: Clinton
      309 10 m BRASILIA, Brazil Bloomberg UNITED States President Bill Clinton and Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso signed agreements pledging cooperation in education, law enforcement and clean energy yesterday as Mr Clinton tried to underscore that the US wants to expand trade with
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Big spending Delhi robs India of its future
      754 11  -  BOTTOM nn OPINION > Prem Shankar Jha The writer, former editor of the Hindustan Times, contributed this article to BT EVER SINCE the Congress government of P V Narasimha Rao in India was ousted by the 14-party coalition now headed by Prime
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      171 11 'Youll be drinking acid instead of Bordeaux.' Frauds Yeoh boss of Malaysian firm YTL, warning the country's young people that the yuppie lifestyle they enjoy will be wiped out if business cannot endure the current economic crisis. 'I guess the bride of Frankenstein is a big look
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      Life after death in Thailand
      619 11 EDITORIAL ALL the brave plans to revitalise Thailand's stricken economy will come to naught unless Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh can bring himself quickly and fully to implement the constitution that King Bhumibol Adulyadej signed into law on Saturday. Not for nothing is the document referred
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      Selling in cyberspace
      1123 11  -  Seattle is hub for geeks experimenting with new ways to sell products on the Net By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent IF MILAN is the capital of fashion, New York the centre of publishing, and Hollywood the leader of the film industry, Seattle has
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      Madness to accept annual haze in Asia
      459 11  -  MAILBOX Steve Oh Winthrop West Australia via Internet THE HAZE over South-east Asia is a tragedy that could have been avoided. If the Indonesian government had been more diligent and effective in its control of land use, the problem would not have arisen.
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      PUB helps consumers identify energy savings
      184 11  -  Choo Wai Chan (Mrs) public relations manager Public Utilities Board Singapore I REFER to the letter by Lee Eng Lock headlined "We should be more energy efficient" (BT, Oct 2). Since 1981, the Public Utilities Board has been conducting energy audits for industrial and
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      Urgent need for baby care
      129 11  -  Chan Shu Chun AS a new mother of a two-month-old baby, I face the dilemma of having to continue working while seeking proper professional care for my baby. Could the Ministry of Community Development look into this issue and provide a good solution for working
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon E Asian growth will continue: PM
      1436 12 Excerpts of Goh Chok long's keynote address at the 1997 East Asia Economic Summit organised by the World Economic Forum in Hongkong yesterday incfifnflAnc urAiil/1 ilon Ko noroc_ u/niilH HaUD to I SOUTH-east Asian currencies have succumbed to heavy speculative attacks in recent months.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • WIRED FOR BUSINESS
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      Lock icon Asian Net-working
      839 14  -  The Web will be the glue that enhances, holds together Asia's aspiring Silicon Valleys, baju cbeluuh reports RAJU CHELLAM THE Internet will be the glue that will enable Asia's aspiring Silicon Valleys to succeed individually and collectively and will help enhance the comparative advantages of each high-tech location
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      Pockets of high technology
      436 14 HERE'S a sampling of some of Asia's high-tech zones: Singapore Technically, Science Park I and II (the third is coming up), are designated areas for sunrise industries and cutting-edge R&D. However, Singapore does not have any specified zones for high technology, unlike other countries. Special projects
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    • BOOK marks
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        Citibank on the Net
        92 14 CUSTOM-build your own portfolio of financial investments you can do so at Citibank International Personal Banking at http://www.citibank.com/ ipb-singapore, one of the bank's two Web sites. Citibank International Personal Banking offers an array of financial products and services, including time deposits, investment funds, premium deposits and
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        Ron Kaufman offers online wisdom
        64 14 BUSINESS guru and consultant Ron Kaufman offers his wisdom on the Net, at http://www.ronkauftnan.com. Mr Kaufman helped create the Singapore Airlines Service Quality Centre and is a consultant to SLA, the Singapore government and other companies and governments. This site has articles on his ideas
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        Get to know local furniture makers
        55 14 USEFUL information on Singapore's furniture industry is available at http://www.sflc.org.sg, courtesy of the Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC). The Web site offers information on Singapore furniture manufacturers, exporters and suppliers. It also contains information on the Singapore Furniture Design Centre and the Singapore Furniture
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        KLSE info at your fingertips
        68 14 FIND out about the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) and the Malaysian securities industry at the KLSE Web site at http://www.klse.com.my. It has a daily market summary along with details of the main KLSE indices. There is also information on the history and operations of
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        Smarten up with smart cards
        86 14  -  Compiled by Koh Han Shih, Koh Su Haw A GLOBAL smart card association, the Smart Card Industry Association (SCIA), has been set up to promote the adoption, use, understanding and innovation of smart cards. Smart cards will be a big part of life in Singapore—
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      TMC initial offer 49 times subscribed
      316 15  -  By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Despite depressed market sentiment, Transit-Mixed Concrete's (TMC) initial public offering attracted a subscription rate of 49 times at its close on Monday. The pre-mixed concrete supplier, which offered 6.75 million Sesdaq-bound shares for public subscription, received $135.3 million in application
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      Tuan Sing looking to buy more hotels in Australia
      471 15  -  Group may push Aussie associate to acquire hotois in three cities Reports by. Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Tuan Sing Holdings may push its listed Australian associate Grand Hotel Group (GHG) to acquire hotels in at least three other cities Down Under. Property
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      Currency turmoil will trim turnover
      355 15 [SINGAPORE] The regional currency turmoil will eat into the turnover of Tuan Sing Holdings' Indonesian and Malaysian operations for the current financial year. But because of the relative infancy of these operations, the impact on group turnover will be small. Tuan Sing's chief executive Hwang
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      Investors appear to have faith in both Telstra and rival AAPT
      616 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Russell Baker THE same institutional investors desperately seeking shares in Australian telecommunications giant Telstra are, it seems, just as keen to get their hands on the stock of its emerging competitor, AAPT. At first glance this
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      Lock icon Hind seeks $1,000 psf/ppr for Imperial Hotel site
      484 15  -  By Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Hind Hotels International is trying to sell its freehold Imperial Hotel site at $1,000 per square foot per plot ratio (psf ppr). Sources told BT that Hind Hotels' property consultant Edmund Tie Co has been scouting for buyers
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      SM Summit shares up 7.6% to 63.5cts
      194 15 [SINGAPORE] The price of shares In local compact disc maker SM Summit Holdings shot up as high as 16 per cent yesterday before closing 7.6 per cent or 4.5 cents up at 63.5 cents. Retail investors piled on after a court on Monday
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        SingTel, others in A$40m pact to part indemnify AAPT
        462 16  -  telco's stock "float prospectus tells af provisions for "Battle with Telstra Russell Baker m Sydney JSJNGAPORE Telecom and the JJJRher existing shareholders of Australian telecommunications group AAPT Ltd have JJJitered into an agreement which could require them to partially indemnify AAPT
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        Lock icon Jardine says volume behind Aussie delisting
        171 16 Reuters, AFP [HONGKONG] Jardine Matheson Holdings managing director Alasdair Morrison said yesterday the group's decision to withdraw the secondary listings of its companies from the Australian Stock Exchange was due to trading volumes. "There was really no trading in the shares taking place there.
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        Lock icon Acer plans to move into software
        320 16  -  USs6om fond created to in vest in Asian software firms By 1 Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Acer, more well-known as a computer hardware manufacturer, is set to invest heavily in Asian software firms, its chairman Stan Shih said here yesterday. The Taiwanese group has
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        GP Batteries to buy Duracell operations in US
        260 16  -  Deal involves purchase of latest battery technology Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted GP Batteries International has signed a letter of intent to buy Gillette subsidiary Duracell's Lithium lon (LI) cell manufacturing and battery pack assembly operations in the United States. The battery maker
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        Lock icon MUI associate to have 20% stake in Regal Hotels
        149 16 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's Regal Hotel Group pic said yesterday it would raise a minimum of £40 million (Ssloo million) through a cash subscription by Regent Corporation, an associate firm of Malaysia's Malayan United Industries Bhd (MUI). The company said it would
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        Lock icon RM328m boost for Pernas from MNI share disposal
        222 16 Bernama AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Pernas International Holdings Bhd has reported a hefty jump in group pre-tax profit for the half year ended July 31 to 401.3 million Malaysian ringgit (Ssl99 million) from RM34.67 million in the previous corresponding period. The company said
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        Lock icon Hutchison to buy stake in Western Wireless
        189 16 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hutchison Whampoa Ltd said yesterday its subsidiary Hutchison Telecommunication Ltd had agreed to buy a 5 per cent stake in Western Wireless Corp for US$74 million (*****.7 million). In addition, Hutchison Telecommunication would pay US$24B million for a 19.9 per cent
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        CNAC share offer seen priced at up to HK$2.58
        399 17  -  Company starts sales pitch with fond managers in OK for its impending IPO From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong CHINA National Aviation Co Ltd (CNAC), which holds a controlling stake in Hongkong's Dragonair, yesterday started its sales pitch with fund managers
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        372 17 Its capital spending in Australia slowing down Reuters [MELBOURNE] Australian state-owned telecom group Telstra Corp yesterday unveiled plans to expand its busi- ness further into the Asia-Pa-cific through takeovers or partnerships. Telstra chief executive Frank Blount, who this week embarks on a global roadshow for
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        Lock icon Reliance Industries profit up 29% in first half
        372 17 Bloomberg [BOMBAYI Reliance Industries Ltd, India's largest petrochemical maker, said its profit grew 29 per cent in the half year to Sept 30 as it cut costs and boosted production with new plants. Net profit climbed to 8.4 billion rupees (Ss3ll million)
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        Lock icon Jusco profit down 17.7%, hit by consumer gloom
        369 17 Chain store operator expects continued tough times ahead Reuters [TOKYO] Gloomy consumer sentiment hit profits at Jusco Co Ltd, a major Japanese chain store operator, in the first half of the 1997/98 business year and the company said it expected continued tough
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        Lock icon Texas Instruments Q3 profit soars
        300 18 Strong demand for chips underpins 2nd consecutive quarterly record earnings Blobmberg. Reuters (DALLAS) Texas Instruments' third-quarter profit skyrocketed on strong demand for specialised computer chips, underscoring one of the most dramatic turnarounds in the high-tech industry this decade. The company's profit from continuing operations surged
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        Lock icon Apple ships early version of its Rhapsody system
        378 18 It also cuts some Powerßook prices by up to US$l,OOO Bloomberg [CUPERTINO, California) Apple Computer shipped an early version of its Rhapsody operating system software to developers and cut prices by US$l,OOO (551.530) on some Powerßook models, as cofounder Steve Jobs speeds
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        Lock icon McDonald's Q3 profit seen rising
        261 18 Bloomberg [OAK BROOK, Illinois] McDonald's is expected to report higher third-quarter earnings, though the gain will come mostly from new restaurants and contributions from outside its basic food business, analysts said. The world's largest fast-food chain is expected to earn 67 US cents a share,
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        Lock icon Coca-Cola chief in hospital in critical condition
        321 18 FT [NEW YORK] Robert Goizueta, the chairman and chief executive of Coca-Cola, was in critical condition in Atlanta's Emory University Hospital on Monday with complications arising from his treatment for lung cancer. Coca-Cola said Mr Goizueta, 65, has been placed in intensive care
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        Lock icon ITT to combine hotel, corporate, gaming HQs
        310 18 Revamp to save USsssm a year will also see 86 fired Bloomberg [NEW YORK) ITT Corp said it plans to combine its corporate, hotel and gaming headquarters and fire 86 people, or about half the staff, stepping up its campaign to win over
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        Lock icon Credit risk worries continue to dominate
        1155 19  -  Buying of greenback on dips still recommended Ry) Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] WE BEGIN this week where we left off the last, when we expressed a fear that the Indonesians would probably have to do more than just consult with the International Monetary Fund. Last
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        Lock icon THE WEEK AHEAD
        295 19  -  Compiled by Larry Wee Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (DMG), Independent Economic Analysis (IDEA), and MMS Int'l (MMS) United States Today: September retail sales could be hurt by bad weather and the death of Princess Diana, according to IDEA. They are going for minus 0.1 per cent (ex-auto sales),
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        Caution in Europe over US$ prospects
        584 19  -  Buba rate hike, Fed's warning on stocks pat markets on alert From Neil Behrmann The writer isßT's London correspondent. Our series on risk will resume next week in London FOREIGN exchange forecasters are more cautious about the short-term prospects of the US dollar against
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        Financial credit risk in Malaysia
        342 19 ANALYSIS IN TERMS of foreign debt exposure, Malaysia is less vulnerable than Thailand or Indonesia, but on the domestic front, there are few economies which are now as highly geared as Malaysia's. Its foreign debt stood at U5536.4 billion (5555.9 billion) at the end of
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        Lock icon Syndicated loans to US firms up 33% in 3rd qtr
        437 20 Banks arrange USs3oob, making the quarter one of the largest ever Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Banks' syndicated loans to US companies grew 33 per cent in the third quarter from the same period in 1996, making it one of the largest
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        Lock icon Japanese bank to disband due to huge bad loans
        461 20 Troubled loans at Kyoto Kyoei Bank hit 129 billion yen AFP [TOKYO] Kyoto Kyoei Bank Ltd, a troubled regional bank based in Kyoto, said yesterday it would disband because of huge bad loans, the latest failure in the nation's ailing banking
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        Lock icon J P Morgan net up 43% on investment banking, trading surge
        273 20 Bloomberg (NEW YORK] J P Morgan Co, the fourth-largest US bank, said third-quarter profit rose 43 per cent, as revenue from investment banking and trading surged in a strong global market. Net income rose to US$396 million (*****.3 million)
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        Asia-Pac insurance brokers' meeting opens on Monday
        172 20 [SINGAPORE] The first-ever Asia-Pacific gathering of insurance brokers kicks off here on Monday. Insurance Commissioner Lim Shu Chiau will open the two-day Singapore International Insurance Brokers Conference to be held at the Raffles City Convention Centre. Over 200 delegates from 17 countries will
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        Lock icon Euroyen, JGBs close off highs
        239 20 SnVTRX lie port Reuters (SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures came off their highs yesterday as players were once again spooked by the possibility Japan might need to issue deficit-covering bonds, dealers said. A senior Liberal Democratic Party official was quoted as
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        Futures contract hit by move to prop up NT$
        151 20  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES -By Ric Trotta Ric Trotta. Floor Manager, Refco (S'pore) Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract finished lower yesterday on moderate volume. The October contract lost 2.2 points at 347.7. The cash fell 33.8
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        230 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [DUBAI] Saudi Arabia and China have discussed tripling Saudi oil exports to China to 60,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 1998 from 20,000 bpd, Saudi Oil Minister All Ibrahim alNuaimi was quoted as saying. The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA)
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        267 20 Reuters London THE US dollar was buoyant against the yen, rebounding from the short-lived dip seen after a senior Japanese official said the nation's markets were too pessimistic about the domestic economy. The yen was kept on the defensive for much of the European morning session amid expectations
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1874 21 nCOMFPTPRBS Oct n MWEI (Mwti dMtoQ w «t SJOfw) US 1 CONTRACTU teetsAa) Close Volume Open Mgl> High Low Sett (tonnes) Intf st Nov 97 136.50 150 Dec 97 VW.00 1600 Jan 98 143.00 143.00 143.00 25 2145 Fe6 96 146.00 146.00 146.00 25 2145 Mar 98 149.00
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      1660 21 AFP P Nikkei 225 *****9 SHARP prices rebounded yesterday on a late wave of bargain-hunting and short-covering after hitting a 26-month low earlier in the day. The 225-share Nikkei Average rose 101.69 points to finish at 17,306.39, recovering from a low of 16,967.73. Turnover on the first section totalled
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2254 21 LONDON MmiIiIbIi Oct M Nki 31 Group 503.400 2 302.400 1 AbOry National 965.200 -5.200 JUMOdMCt sn *2 Amec 153 3 Asda Group 158 -.600 SAT li* 611 -.600 BC Pk 259.400 unch 9ICC 182.400 5 BOC Group 1126.400 -11 M Petroleum 924-200 BOO •TR 241.400 -2.600
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      1600 22 AFP Qj Hang Seng -***** SHARE prices dropped 1.7 per cent yesterday to below the important support level of 14,000 points as investors were disappointed over a poor show in the government's land auction. Dealers said speculators started selling futures contracts after the land auction price was lower than
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      636 22 Reuters nShenzhenßlndex -0.73 SHENZHEN'S A and B share indices ended down in quiet trade yesterday amid a lack of fresh news, with confidence weakened by the market's dull performance. The B Index lost 0.73 point to 125.50 on turnover of HK$l3 million. The A Index lost 1.19 to 359.35
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      398 22 AFP QWP Index -3181 STOCKS closed lower yesterday as investors retreated to the sidelines, dealers said. "Investors remained cautious over the market's prospects, while tight credit in the financial market also also attributed to the bearish trading," said a trader. The Weighted Price Index fell 33.81 points to 8,429.35.
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      256 22 Reuters PI Wellington *2(180 SHARE prices ended at a record closing high yesterday but off their intra-day peak, brokers said. The benchmark NZSE-40 Capital Index closed 20.80 points higher at 2,612.90 on turnover worth NZ596.95 million. The index hit an intraday peak 0f2,627.31. Reuters Oct 14 U$ ('0001 ANZBanklnq
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      819 22 AFP Q SET Index -7.82 SHARE prices fell yesterday despite approval of a comprehensive fiscal reform package featuring massive budget cuts, new indirect taxes and tough financial reforms. Trading picked up in the last hour as details began to come through, with the measures containing little in the way
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      423 22 AFP n Composite Intel +7.68 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday, lifted by Monday's market-boosting measures by the government. The market opened sharply higher, led by blue chips and financials, before retreating on a lack of fol-low-through buying later in the morning session. Blue chips were the focus of buying
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      605 22 AFP n All Ordinaries -L 3 SHARE prices dipped slightly yesterday as interest waned ahead of the November float of national telecommunications carrier Telstra Corp. "Telstra has really taken a lot of money out of the market," said a broker. The All Ordinaries Index eased 1.3 points to 2,662.0.
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      689 22 AFP P Composite Index -SJH SHARE prices closed lower amid selling pressure in late trading yesterday following news about a meeting between government and International Monetary Fund officials. "It's obvious that the market was disappointed with (State Secretary) Murdiono's explanation about the IMF meeting," a dealer said. Mr Murdiono
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      Lock icon MANILA
      331 22 Bloomberg |3 Manila +12J2 STOCKS rose yesterday, paced by property companies, on hopes that a cut in bank reserves will lead to lower borrowing costs. "The stability in the pesodollar rate and the decline in interest rates has somewhat dissipated some of the pessimism," said a trader. The Composite
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        Lock icon Shares close lower ahead of budget
        281 23 AFX-Asia k J Composite Intel -BJ3 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday on late profit-taking ahead of what is expected to be a tough budget on Friday, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 8.93 points at 822.59. The Emas Index lost 1.31 points
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        Apollo wrt good for a quick punt
        214 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By\ R Sivanithy THERE seems to something going on with Apollo Enterprises' shares and warrants both have been creeping up in the past few sessions. A review of the numbers is called for and, despite the recent rises, these are arguably
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        MAIN BOARD
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        71 26  -  bfl Shiv Taneja EASYKNIT fell 13 HK cents yesterday to 47 HK cents on a volume of 926,000 shares. The daily and weekly RSI and stochastics are below 25, but the weekly MACD chart is in neutral territory with a slight downward bias. It is possible that there
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        217 26 Sttcfci VdMM Hat EleclOc 11,895,000 HK LandUSIOc 5,400,000 SM Summit 10c 5,276,000 NatSteel 50c 3,846,000 •RHB Cap Wt99 3,149,000 •MBf Capital 2.586.000 SlngTc* 15c 2,371.000 •Refcapacific Bh 2,343.000 OUB Foreign 2.320,000 KimEng25c 2.033.000 Stwto S Nat ElectOc 29,741,560 HK Land USWc 17,496,580 OUB Foreign 14,600,341 NatSteel 50c 14,216.250 OCBC Foreign
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        Shares drift, with Friday's KL budget cited as reason
        671 26  -  STOCK KASEET COMMENTARY Blame also falls on the Hongkong market, which eases 1.7%; players still licking wounds from currency and stock bashing By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] "Nondescript" and "featureless" would probably be no overstatements of how trading was in the local
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          183 26 WITH the 10th anniversary of the 1987 Wall Street crash on Oct 19 just around the corner, here's some sage advice from someone who's lived indeed, prospered from that and even the more spectacular Oct 29,1929 crash, courtesy of Bloomberg. Retired stockbroker Roy Neuberger, who's
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          Calling all 'syndicates'
          107 26 TIMES are tough these days for stockbrokers—dwindling volume and weak sentiment are making several wonder about their future. It's got to the state where some are even hoping (praying, perhaps?) for the quick return of the notorious "syndicates" to start their manipulative activities again. The premise, of
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          Singing the same tune
          67 26 ING BARINGS SECURITIES appears to have only one CD playing in its telephone system—Vivaldi's Four Seasons. One reporter called the house a few times two days ago and heard Spring each time. Yesterday, it was the turn of Winter. X Wonder if it is part of
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          Thailand-who's running the shop?
          155 26 BEING "saved" by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may be akin to taking 5 a lift out of the debt-jungle on the back of a tiger. Talk is that one of the strings which is woven into an IMF lifeline for Thailand, is that nobody in
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          How can lah?
          122 26 THE Auditor-General is (literally) getting people to clean up their acts. In his latest annual report, he tut-tuts on the hygiene standards of holiday bungalows reserved for the Prime Minister's Office. "Disused washing machines and dryers were found stored in the laundry room," goes the report "Household
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      296 27 Bridge News, Reuters PANAMAX rates started week firmer with rumours of stronger Atlantic rates while levels continue to rise in Far East, but trading remains slow hampered by Coal Trans conference in Istanbul this week, brokers said. The Biffex market suffered heavily from the lack of any influx
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      308 27  -  By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation is adopting a flexible approach to accommodate containers arriving out of schedule due to the traffic congestion at the Causeway. PSA Corp, in reply to media enquiries, said last night that it has
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      786 27  - The passing of Britannia a lesson for all maritime nations STRAIT TALE By Seafarer THE UK's royal yacht Britannia is being decommissioned at the end of the year. "So what?" you might well ask. At first sight it is a purely UK matter concerning, 'as some of the world's press
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      446 27 Taiwanese giant to order USs3.3b of ships and planes, set np aerospace venture Reuters (TAIPEI] Taiwan shipping giant Evergreen Marine group yesterday said it planned to order ships and planes worth US$3.3 billion (Sss billion) and establish an aerospace venture. Analysts said the massive
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      35 27 [BAYONNE, France] Rescuers keeping an eye on a Panamanian cargo ship that ran aground in south-western France. Heavy seas pushed the vessel to the shore where the crew members were safely rescued. REUTERS
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      157 27 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's deputy prime minister John Prescott outlined a three-point plan to boost the UK's shipping industry. Mr Prescott said the government regards shipping as an important element in a modern integrated transport system. He said the government will involve the industry in
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      275 27 Reuters [LONDON] A recession in the tanker shipping market is on the cards for the start of the next decade, said SBC Warburg Dillion Read, the investment banking arm of Swiss Bank Corp. But the downturn, triggered by an oversupply of
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      70 27 AFX-Asia [BEIJING] China said it will construct its largest navy shipyard in Shanghai, the China Daily Business Weekly said. The State Council recently approved construction of the shipyard in Waigaoqiao, to be opened in 2000 when it starts producing 1.8 million deadweight tonnage
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      736 28 BRITISH SHIPPING Industry, unions welcome formation of a joint working party with the government to seek ways to promote shipping Reuters British shipping industry leaders and unions on Monday welcomed a UK government commitment to boost the industry, but cautioned that remedial action was now urgently
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        188 43 Oct 23 Thailand: Chulalongkorn Day. Oct 28 Taiwan Taiwan Retrocession Day. Oct 27 New Zealand: Labour Day. Oct 30 Malaysia: Deepavali. Singapore: Deepavali. octal Taiwan Birthday of President Chiang Kai-Shek. Nov 1 Belgium: All-Saint Day. France: All Saints Day. Philippines: All Saints Day. Sweden: All Saints Day. NOT
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        917 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine 0U Ltd. (how* price ran«es In US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Price* shown are baaed on average-sized stem Market movement* are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index chance and the individual
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        420 43 Cirton 180 tUi 993.9 tO I7J 0.10 56 0.04 Pel 9 OwttT Wrttr »hHw Art UumMm Mwj No *wr €25 2 0 3 0 0 0 300 Aw *5 8 0.3 13.0 0.04 31 0.02 tiiM 380 Mm 997.0 0.9 17.7 0.09 91 000 5S ,/v
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        271 44 AFP [JAKARTA] A team of experts from the European consortium Airbus Industries are to leave Indonesia as a two-week search for the missing black boxes of an Airbus A-***** that crashed in North Sumatra goes on, reports said here yesterday. "Our colleagues from Airbus
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        141 44 Bloomberg [BOMBAY] Airbus Industrie, the European aerospace consortium, said it hopes to sell more than 135 planes, worth US$lO billion (5515.4 billion), in India over the next 17 years. Airbus estimates Indian companies will have to buy 275 aircraft over that period
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        507 44 Govt to appeal against court decision to block move to privatise 38 airports FT [BUENOS AIRES] The Argentine government yesterday appealed against a court decision declaring unconstitutional a presidential decree to privatise 38 of the country's 59 airports. The move will add
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        522 44 Public offering more than two times oversubscribed Reuters (FRANKFURT] Germany's biggest public offering this year took off at Frankfurt's bourse on Monday, as shares in Bonn's remaining stake in the airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG went on sale at 33.30 Deutschemarks. Assembled bankers,
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        265 44 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Toyota Motor Corp will market the first mass-pro-duction car equipped with a hybrid petrol-and-electricity power system, which it says nearly doubles fuel efficiency and cuts carbon dioxide emissions in half. The Prius, unveiled yesterday by Japan's largest car maker,
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        252 44 Reuters [WOLFSBURG, Germany] German car maker Volkswagen AG said t it has so far sold 56,000 of its new Golf models after the car officially went on sale in Germany last Saturday. "We are pleasantly surprised with the sales results,'* a VW spokesman
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      95 27 Argentine airport sale tied down by legal wrangle Govt to appeal against court decision to block move to privatise 38 airports. Back Page Plan to revive shipping hailed, Page 2 TAKE THE .IL, HAMBURG im ROUTE TO SUCCESS Hamburg is Europe's leading world -^L. solutions. The Port o# Hamburg offers
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      380 40 Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY COCHIN VESSEL VOY SIN BOM PNG PKL TRADE FAST TFSI9O 17/10 25/10 00/11 08/11 HAI XfONG HX0066 24/10 01/11 13/11 IVII DIANA 106N 30/10 06/11 22/11 24/11 KOTACAHAYA CAHI9S 04/11 12/11 27/11 28/11 REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA I
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      765 42 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapore *****1 Tel *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 E-mail flesin@singnet.com.sg CONSOLIDATION SERVICE ARGENTINA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN BUENOS AIRES 20/10 CAPETOWN 19/10 CHILE ETD SIN DURBAN 19/10 VALPARAISO 22/10 JOHANNESBURG 19/10 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN PIRAEUS 19/10 VALENCIA/BARCELONA 20/10
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