The Business Times, 23 February 1998

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    20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12/97 85c S I X G A P O R E Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23,1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Trade financing of at least US$15b for Asia
    781 1  -  Offer led by G-7 export credit agencies; G-7 will also study crisis ahead of Hay summit From Neil Behrmann in London A "GROUND-BREAKING" meeting of 19 export credit agencies (ECAs) agreed, under the auspices of the Group of Seven nations, that they
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    Lock icon Suharto tells Clinton he's rethinking currency board plan
    724 1 US official reveals details of leaders' phone conversation Washington Post Bloomberg, Bridge News [WASHINGTON] Indonesia's President Suharto affirmed in a phone call with President Clinton over the weekend that he is rethinking a controversial currency scheme, a senior US administration official said.
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    Urgent steps to help firms tide over crisis top budget wish list
    696 1  -  By, Audrey Tan THE economic crisis and urgent measures to help firms tide over this period top this year's budget wish list of businessmen and analysts. But analysts say this Friday's Singapore budget is unlikely to be as
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    Cap corporate loan rates at 16.25%, KL tells banks
    730 1  -  Bank Negara also puts ceiling of 11.5% on fixed deposit rates Hit Meera Tharmaratnam in h Haiti Lumjntr MALAYSIA'S antral bank has further tightened its control over monetary policy hy directing local banks and finance companies to cap their fixed deposit
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      176 1 maiDE Breakthrough in Baghdad likely UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is on the 'verge of a breakthrough' In the crisis with Iraq over UN arms inspections after his meeting with Saddam Hussein, Pf 7 BajajaLanft fund-raising plan? Berjaya LaniTis expected to cut its stake in its crown jewel, Berjaya Sports Toto,
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      53 1 Ask Bill at MICROSOFT Corp chairman and CEO Bill Gates visits Singapore again next month. And in a special arrangement with *7 The Business Times, the software tsar will also answer questions V from readers in a series of articles in BT. Find out how you can participate. j# Business
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Maxtor to double capacity in S'pore in next few years
      494 2  -  New China plant is a strategic investment for capacity it will need from year 2000 Jennifer Lien US-RASED disk drive maker Maxtor Corp plans to double its capacity in Singapore in the next few years before expanding its upcoming China
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      Lock icon A boost from Asian Aerospace
      299 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Industry By\ David Boey APART from spawning aerospace and defence business deals, Asian Aerospace'9B, running this week at Changi, will give a much-needed fillip to various other sectors of the economy, not least the sluggish hotel industry. "Asian Aerospace is having
      Source: Asian Aerospace Pte Ltd  -  299 words
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      Two executive search firms opening offices in S'pore
      371 2  -  K&BandH Neumann bank on medium to long-term prospects Abdul Hadhi BRAVING regional economic uncertainty, global executive search firms Ray Berndtson (R&B) and H Neumann International are opening new offices in Singapore. In a written reply to BT, R&B president and chief executive
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      Boyden to boost Asean headhunting network
      272 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling GLOBAL executive search firm Boyden International is boosting its Asean network, with plans to open an office in Vietnam in the next 12 months. This is despite the current regional financial turmoil which is expected to halve the group's revenue
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        5-6% long-term economic growth
        65 2 EDUCATION Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday said the Singapore economy would grow by 5-6 per cent per annum in the long term despite the regional economic crisis. At a dialogue session with Queenstown residents, he said Singapore's economic growth will slow down as a result of
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        Meeting on haze-prevention efforts
        81 2 ENVIRONMENT Minister Yeo Cheow Tong will meet his Asean colleagues in Kuching, Sarawak, this Wednesday for an update on efforts to prevent a repeat of last year's haze. On the same day, his ministry will hold a meeting here of the inter-ministry haze task force. At
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon 25-day ban on Indon street protests conies into effect
      501 3 JAKARTA Military says there are plans to mount attacks to disrupt presidential elections Reuters AFP A 25-DAY ban on street protests went into effect in Indonesia yesterday as human rights activists said five people were killed and 13 reported missing in
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      Lock icon Chile, Hongkong join Apec business travel card trial
      393 3 ■PENANG It allows visa-free travel and faster immigration checks AFP THE Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum yesterday agreed to expand the trial of a regional business travel card from Australia, South Korea and the Philippines to Chile and Hongkong. "Today was in
      AFP  -  393 words
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      Lock icon Vietnam moves to speed up privatisation
      208 3 HANOI AFP VIETNAM yesterday announced plans to speed up its privatisation programme saying it would allow between 150 and 200 state firms to move into the private sector this year. The country's programme to liberalise state firms has gone ahead only tentatively only 21
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      Lock icon Jumping for victory
      64 3 IMANII j\| Philippine i*resident Fidel Harms (secttnd left) r*enactintt his victorious jump during the IVHti People haver reivlt. lie uus joined hy Senator Juan Pome Knrile (left), Mayor Alfredo lAm (second right) and liutz Aquino, who also took part in the anti-Marcos revolt. Yesterday's event marked the
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      Lock icon Howard's deferred visit
      125 3 MELBOURNE Bernama AUSTRALIAN Opposition Deputy leader Gareth Evans yesterday questioned the decision of Prime Minister John Howard to postpone indefinitely an official visit to Malaysia at 24-hours' notice. Mr Howard on Saturday postponed indefinitely his offi cial visits to Malaysia and Papua New Guinea so that he
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      Editor blasts politics behind CAHB-RHB merger talks
      539 3  -  KUALA LUMPUR Vested interests trying to sway news coverage; he says H'i Meera Tharmaratnam MALAYSIA'S prominent group editor for The New Straits Times yesterday lambasted politicking that surrounds the first week of protracted negotiations between Commerce Asset Holdings Hhd and Kashid Mussain IShd.
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon China financial reform urgent: Perc
      633 4 Failure to open up seen worsening Asian recovery AFP [SINGAPORE] The reform and opening up of China's financial sector is urgently required, according to an independent risk consulting firm which warns that failure to do so could aggravate the painful recovery of Asian financial systems.
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      Lock icon Checking for a good bargain
      40 4 [BANGKOK] Potential buyers checking cars at one of the government-arranged auction sites in Bangkok on Saturday. Thousands of bargain hunters flocked to the sites hoping to buy cheap cars repossessed by defunct finance companies. REUTERS
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      ILO paints a bleak picture of joblessness in Asia
      517 4  -  G-8 MEETING It warns of social, political risks arising ont of unemployment From Neil Behrmann in London THE International Labour Organisation (ILO) is predicting that unemployment will surge in Asia this year. Michel Hansenne. Director General of the ILO. a United
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      Lock icon G-7 upbeat about Asian growth
      489 4 G-7 MEETING AFP [LONDON) The Group of Seven issued an upbeat assessment on Asia on Saturday, saying its crisis-ridden economies could enjoy "vigorous" growth once again if they bit the bullet of reform. But the G-7 had stern words for Japan, saying its outlook for
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      Lock icon Jakarta under pressure to stick to IMF rescue plan
      473 4 Unanimous view that Indonesia must carry out effective reforms AFP (L()NI)()N| Indonesia came under strong pressure from the Group of Seven (G-7) leading industrial nations over the weekend to carry out reforms stipulated under an International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic rescue
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      Lock icon LDP not pushing supplementary budget for now
      315 4 Bat steps to boost spending possible in April-May: official Reuters (TOKYO) Japan is not now considering extra spending in the form of a supplementary budget but may take steps depending on economic conditions in April and May, the secretary general of the ruling
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Asian crisis deals big blow to China's engineering firms
      359 5 BEIJING Labour service providers also affected as many projects are shelved Reuters THE Asian economic crisis has dealt a devastating blow to Chinese engineering projects in the region, particularly in the property sector, the China Daily Business Weekly reported yesterday. Chinese
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      Lock icon HK financial secretary on visit to Beijing
      351 5 HONGKONG Nt firm agenda but talks ts include fimiiAiai crisis AFP HONGKONG Financial Secretary Donald Tsang flew to Beijing yesterday, basking in an enthusiastic response to Hongkong's first post-handov er budget. Mr Tsang, making his first official trip to Beijing since China resumed
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon Taiwan-EU talks on WTO entry
        76 5 Reuters (TAIPEI] Taiwan will hold a fresh round of talk* with the European Union here from tomorrow on terms for entry into the World Trade Organisation, newspapers said yesterday. The China Times quoted economics ministry officials as saying the talks would focus on issues related
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        Lock icon China to launch 10 satellites by 2000
        64 5 AFP [BEIJING] China plans to launch 10 satellites by the end of the century, Xinhua reported yesterday. This year should see the launch of a Sino-Braxilian satellite to monitor the earth's resources, it quoted a Chinese Academy of Space Technology director as saying.
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        Lock icon Lee Teng-hui to visit 4 African nations
        54 5 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui is to visit the four African countries of Burkina Faso, Gambia, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau in March, the Kuomintang-controlled Central Daily News reported yesterday. "The draft achedule for the trip has been fixed... after Foreign Minister Jason Hu's
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        Lock icon Green protest turns violent in Taiwan
        39 5 Reuters [TAIPEI] Some 300 environmental activists held a violent protest yesterday at the groundbreaking of a garbage incinerator in Taiwan's central county of Changhna, which left 12 people and five policemen injured. —-/?euxers
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      Lock icon To market, to market...
      63 5 (QINC>HUA| Villagers holding on to their pins at a weekly livestock market in this town in China s Sichuan province ntier a morninn session of price howl inn. Villagers in China's rural areas, who mostly measure their wealth in the livestoi'k thty own. are now to
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      Lock icon Taiwan cuts deposit for stock loans
      214 5 TAIPEI Bloomberg TAIWAN lowered the minimum deposit needed to borrow stocks to 70 per cent from 90 per cent of share value, the Ministry of Finance said. The cut, which makes it cheaper for investors to borrow shares when they bet stocks will decline,
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon S Korean chip makers selling off overseas units
      454 6 SEOUL Hyundai Electronics, latest victim of liquidity crunch, sells US unit for USs77sm AFP A LIQUIDITY crisis is forcing South Korean chip makers to sell off lucrative overseas units, underscoring their painful downsizing campaign which could affect the world's semiconductor market. The
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      Lock icon BJP chief vows to continue his death fast
      348 6 ■LUCKNOW AFP, Reuters THK leading candidate to be come India's next prime minister vowed to keep up a hunger strike yesterday as the country returned to the polls for the second phase of stag gered national elections. More than 2(N) million Indians
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      Lock icon Auckland's central business district still hit by blackout
      261 6 ■AUCKLAND Millions of dollars at stake as repairs will take at least a week AFP RESIDENTS faced evacuation, businesses were closing and tens of millions of dollars were being lost as the heart of Auckland. New Zealand's biggest city, remained gripped yesterday
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      Lock icon Asian crisis will prompt early Aussie poll: Labor
      182 6 SYDNEY AFP THE impact of the Asian financial crisis and signs the economy is set to slump have set the wheels in motion for ai) early election in July, an opposition leader said yesterday. "All the signs are that a July election
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      Lock icon Japan's satellite failure puts space plans at risk
      196 6 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE newspapers yesterday warned the satellite launch failure of the previous day could endanger the future of Japan's space programme amid intensifying international competition. Japan's USS36 million (Sss9 million) geostationary communication research satellite was lost in space on Saturday despite
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Annan, Saddam near breakthrough
      631 7 BAGHDAD UN Secretary-General holding talks with Iraqi deputy premier on draft document AFP Reuters Bloomberg UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is on the "verge of a breakthrough" in the crisis with Iraq over UN arms inspections following his meeting here yesterday with President Saddam Hussein, a UN
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      Lock icon Hundreds of foreigners booking flights out of Kuwait
      400 7 KUWAIT Embassies, US firms offering dependants free passage home Reuters HUNDREDS of foreign women and children are booking flights out of Kuwait after some embassies and US firms offered dependants free passage for fear of Iraqi attacks, aviation industry executives said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Barclays suggested merger with Stanchart: reports
      222 7 LONDON Bloomberg BARCLAYS pic, Britain's third-biggest bank, proposed a merger with Standard Chartered pic, a bank focused on Asia, during a meeting between the banks' chief executives earlier this month. The Sunday Telegraph reported. A Barclays spokeswoman, Susan Cottam, declined to comment on the
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      Lock icon EC to ensure euro entry data are fool-proof
      223 7 ULONDON AFP THE European Commission will do all it can to ensure that the figures it uses in its report on which countries qualify to join the euro single currency are incontestable. European finance commissioner Yves Thibault de Silguy said yesterday. The
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Write to Bill at BT
      245 8 Microsoft chief hits town next month ASK Bill. And that means you. BT reader. Microsoft Corp chairman and CEO Bill Gates (above) visits Singapore again next month, this time to promote his vision of The Connected Community. And in a special arrangement with The Business
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      Lock icon Server wars loom as top vendors unveil new models
      689 8  -  IBM, HP and Distal prepare to fight to grab marketshare Raju Chellam (SINGAPORE! The top three computer giants have released new products that may spark another nu\jor market war this time in the booming market for servers, used by companies to
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      Your guide to the server serenade
      239 8 HERE'S a brief list of some of new Intel-based servers just announced in the Singapore market. ♦From IBM Corp: The Netflnity 3500, with two-way Pentium ***** MHz processors. With prices starting at U552,400 (554,000), this entry-level application server comes with the Lotus Domino Intranet
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    • IT TAKES
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        Peoplesoft expanding Asean ops
        61 10 [SINGAPORE] Peoplesoft, a top-three provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, aims to continue expanding in Asean following a successful year in which the software company almost doubled its worldwide revenues. Asean managing director Robert Squires said staff strength at the company's regional headquarters in Singapore
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        Gemplus makes new appointments
        43 10 [SINGAPORE] Gemplus Technologies Asia has announced three appointments. Philippe Leblanc is its new director of technologies, Tye Beng Hong is promoted to director of the banking business unit and Heidi De-Koning joins Gemplus from Belgium as marketing manager, loyalty.
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        New Adobe sales director
        41 10 [SINGAPORE] Adobe Systems has appointed Loh Tech Heng as its sales director for South Asia. He will be spearheading a sales and marketing effort to boost sales. Previously, Mr Loh was with Nokia Mobile Phones South-east Asia.
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        3Com has new Singapore MD
        68 10 [SINGAPORE] Soo Kok Leong has moved to networking major 3Com Corp, becoming its vice-president and Singapore managing director. He will be in charge of 3Com's new US$7O million (Ssl 17 million) manufacturing centre, the first such plant to be set up here by a major
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        EduTech Asia 98
        50 10 [SINGAPORE] EduTech Asia 98, a trade exhibition on educational supplies and technology, will be held at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from Feb 19 to2l. EduTech Asia will present tools, supplies and facilities for schools and educational institutions, including solutions for IT-based learning and teaching.
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        Microsoft Windows seminar
        46 10 [SINGAPORE] Hewlett-Packard Singapore will conduct a technical seminar on Microsoft Windows NT 5.0 on March 6 at the Grand Plaza Hotel on Coleman Street. The seminar costs $710.70 with GST. To register, call Monica Sng at 374 3020 or visit the Website http://www.hp.com.sg/custed/nts.
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        Talk on cabling systems
        47 10 [SINGAPORE] The Siemon Company, which makes telecommunications cabling systems, will conduct a seminar on Feb 27 at the Carlton Hotel The speaker, Robert Faber Jr, manager of educational services at the Siemon Company, US, will speak on developments in the the cabling industry.
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        Anixter seminar date
        53 10  -  f MMB.n J Wl uompuea oy Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Anixter will conduct a seminar on the ALC Programme on Thursday. The ALC Programme assures customers that the cabling infrastructure they purchase from Anixter will be capable of running their current and future applications trouble free. For
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      Regional currency crisis hits networking show
      360 10 [SINGAPORE] The Asian currency crisis has hit Networld+lnterop (N+l), the major networking show. In Singapore. N+l is expected to be smaller this year than last year. N+l will be held from March 30 to April 3 at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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      Lock icon Coopers, Brokat and Sun form e-commerce alliance
      469 10  -  Targeted first will be hanlrg and fiimnrial institutions, with the manufacturing industry later Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Leading con sultancy and services firm Coopers Lybrand Consultants, computer major Sun Microsystems and Brokat Systeme. a German software firm that offers Internet banking solutions, have
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      That Compaq-Digital deal: Let's not FUD-ge the issue
      771 10  -  By Darke Sani The writer is managing director (Singapore). Digital Equipment Asia f*actfic. THE article "Can Compaq Digest Digital?" by my industry colleague from HewlettPackard. Lim ChonPhung. makes for an amusing read. Like any good marketeer. Mr Lim puts on a brave
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      Lock icon Leap day may pose big problems in Year 2000
      229 10 NYT (WASHINGTON! Computers that survive New Year's Day 2000 by pretending it is 1900 may function fine but only for 59 days. In a new twist on the so-called year 2000 problem, experts say. Feb 29 will offer new opportunities for
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      Multiple security features in new Iras e-filing system
      388 10  -  Hy Raju Chellam (SINGAPORE) The new electronic filing system unveiled last week by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) will have multiple levels of security built in to prevent any form of misuse of the system. The system even allows overseas
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      VTEL targets Asian video-conferencing mart
      289 10  -  By, Annette Pau (SINGAPORE] Nasdaq-listed VTEL Corp. which makes digital visual communication systems. has raised its stake in Asian markets through its just-announced tie-up with lo-cally-listed network systems integrator Datacraft Asia Ltd. Datacraft will sell its entire line of videoconferencing systems to 11 Asian markets
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      Lock icon Yacht race Web site a phenomenal success
      1024 11  -  Tandem and Compuserve working with Quokka Sports to give constant updates From\ Shahiron Sahari in Auckland About the best way for the rest of the world to know how the crew of a yacht sailing around the world might be feeling at any
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      Lock icon Seagate Software escapes cuts and casts eyes on Asia
      440 11 Reuters [SINGAPORE) Seagate Software, a unit of Seagate Technology Inc, has escaped the cutbacks undertaken by its disk drive maker parent and is eyeing troubled Asia for growth opportunities, a senior official said last week. "We're growing and hiring people. The
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      Lock icon Netcenter online service adds 2 million members in six months
      272 11 Bloomberg (MOUNTAIN VIKW, California) Netscape Communications Corp said its Netcenter online service has surpassed three million members, making the company's Internet site more attractive to a prospective buyer. Netcenter, a free online service targeted at business professionals using Netscape's Web
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      Lock icon Microsoft teams up with broadcasters to transmit data
      265 12 AFP Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US software giant Microsoft has begun a pilot project with 12 broadcasters and cable television programmers to "broadcast" Internet news tickers to US home computers, company officials said last week. The broadcasters will be able to send data such
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      Sony introduces five new MultiScan monitors
      238 12 (SINGAPORE! Sony International (Singapore) Ltd last week introduced five new inultiscan monitors that will be available immediately in Singapore. At the top end. the GDM-W9OO is Sony's first product that combines 24-inch Trinitron CRT (cathode ray tube) with variable grille and an enhanced tungsten
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      IBM to launch Net storage server
      219 12 (SINGAPORE! IBM says it plans to launch an Internet storage server that speeds Internet access later this year. Called the Web Cache Manager, the US$l9O,OOO (*****,000) server is targeted at Net service providers and managers of intranets. Web Cache Manager helps organisations save on
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    • ON THE SHELF
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        Cisco's networked office stack for SMEs
        93 12 Cisco Systems Inc has announced the Cisco Networked Office stack, a complete networking solution for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This suite of stackable desktop products and software delivers secure Internet access, local area networking, Web-hosting and remote access. The stack complements the Cisco
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        Dell cuts prices on select models
        83 12 Dell Computer has cut prices on select models erf its OptiPlex corporate desktops, Power Edge 2200 servers, Workstation 400 systems, and Inspiron 3000 and Latitude CP notebooks. The largest reductions, 14-16 per cent, are on the Inspiron and Latitude notebooks. The OptiPlex line has
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        Canon's digital camcorder with SLR
        96 12 Canon has come out with MVI (multi-media video), which puts a still camera and video camcorder in one machine, making it the "first digital camcorder with a camera's SLR (single lens reflex) functions". MVI comes in three recording modes: Normal movie for normal video; digital
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        Compaq's 333 MHz desktops available
        43 12 Compaq Computer Asia has announced new desktops running Intel's latest 333 MHz Pentium D processors. For business users, the new Deskpro 4000 and 6000 models come with optimised networking capabilities and manageability features, with prices starting at $4,110.
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        VirusScan 3.0 for Mac
        60 12  -  -Compiled by Raju Chellam Network Associates' Virus Scan 3.0 for the Macintosh will be available next month. It will come with an automatic virus detection feature for network administrators, an easierto-use interface, real-time and on-demand file scanning, and pre-configured rollout capabilities. The $89 product is also
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      321 13 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS i 2 3 4 JHF E j p j K 1 Was red as could be leaving the m 5 Alarms and anxiety aboard j ship (6) 9 The Krench new ||H HH H|[ trust that's humanitarian (8) __^BL__JBB—JBL_H^^^BIH__JIH__|!H__ 10 To adulterate alcoholic drink I j J
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      525 14  -  Long search ends in striking retrospective of Gobardhan Ash's art says bem mumroe BEN MUNROE CALLUPGajah Gallery and director Jasdeep Sandhu is likely to be out of town and on a dusty road, looking for art in Indonesia. Or Myanmar. Or India. And it was on
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      421 14  -  Hong Viet Dung offers atmospheric works at his solo exhibition By\ Ben Munroe LAST seen in the 1996 Cicada exhibition Rural Poetry, the works of Hong Viet Dung are in Singapore again, this time in his first solo exhibition here at Plum Blossoms Gallery, entitled
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      877 14  -  MUSIC Soprano Barbara Hendricks will be performing with the SSO here this weekend By. Andrew Lim [SINGAPORE] Barbara Hendricks has been singing professionally for slightly more than two decades now. Born in 1948, she celebrates her 50th birthday this year, and judging from
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      506 14  -  UTHEATRE fly] Ben Munroe [SINGAPORE] FOR a second year running. The NecessaryStage theatre group is filling the void left when the National Arts Council stopped the Young People's Theatre Programme. and is presenting a group of plays involving young people. This year, the
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      528 15  -  It wins $7m-sBm in orders from Iran, Bahrain, Pakistan, India By l Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] Mainboard listed Sin Soon Huat has stepped up its globalisation strategy in recent months by expanding actively beyond its mainstay Asean markets. In the last six months, the
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      203 15 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Australia's Telstra Corp is vying with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd to purchase a stake in Malaysia's Time Telecommunications Bhd. a Malaysian business weekly reported yesterday. The Edge said the two com panies were believed to be in preliminary negotiations with Time, noting
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      787 15  -  MARKET MATTERS Steps needed to make market more efficient and transparent Eddie Toh THK stock market meltdown has taken a heavy toll on both inves tors and brokers. A wowing number of brokerage companies In Malaysia, in a country with 61 houses, will have to
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        447 16  -  Company's 70% share is likely to be reduced to 51% to fond property projects FYom Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur BERJAYA Land, which is part of tycoon Vincent Tan's conglomerate, is expected to reduce its stake in its crown jewel, Berjaya
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        313 16 Bernama [IPOH] Property developer Anson Perdana Bhd is optimistic it will be able to maintain its profitability level in the current financial year ending Aug 31.1998. given the improved contribution expected from its plantation division. Its executive vice-chair-man. Soo Tian Chai. said profits from
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        333 16 Reuters |SI N(! Ai'OKKI Philippine l.ong Distance Telephone Co (I'M IT) chairman Roberto Romulo said on Saturday the Asian currency crisis did not dampen PMlT's 1997 growth rate to any great extent. "I am not in a |M>sition to speak on 1997 results
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        502 16 Laem Thong Bank also writes off 75% of its capital Bloomberg (BANGKOK) Laem Thong Bank, the smallest of Thailand's 15 banks, accomplished what banks controlled by a whiskey tycoon, watch manu facturer and powerful land baron couldn't stay out the government's hands. To
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        449 17 Improved HK market sentiment, stable growth prospects for China are catalysts Reuters [HONGKONG] Thirsty Chinese enterprises are expected to revive their listing plans, taking advantage of an improved market sentiment in Hongkong and expectations of stable growth in China's economy, analysts
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        150 17 AFP [HONGKONGI International rating agency Moody's Investor Service on Friday lowered the short-term currency rating of China Light and Power Co Ltd. one of Hongkong's two utility firms. The agency lowered China Light's short-term currency rating to "prime-2" from "prime 1". after announcing the downgrade of
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        298 17 Bloomberg [HAMAMATSU CITY. Japan] Yamaha Corp. the world's largest maker of musical in struments, said parent-compa-ny net profit for the year through March will be onethird lower than it forecast last November. Yamaha now expects to post unconsolidated net profit of 5 billion yen
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        77 17 (TOKYO) A photo showing the cover of Gold Book of Ferrari, which the Italian government will publish in a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first win of the Rome Grand Prix by Ferrari. Japan s Mitsubishi Materials Corporation announced on Friday that they will supply an
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        164 17 Bloomberg |TAI I'KI President Enterprises Corp, Taiwan's largest food company. has bought a 22 per cent stake in Granny (iiwsc Foods lor more than US$lO million (SSIH.I million) in a hid to expand its market share in the IJS. Oakland, California-has**! (iranny Goose,
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        312 17 Florida, New Jersey pension fnnds and 3 others back the move Bloomberg (NEW YORK) Florida and New Jersey pension funds said they will vote about 5 million Walt Disney Co shares for placing a majority of outside directors on the media compa ny's
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        414 18 Purchase from S&ison of Japan to be in cash and assumed debt Bloomberg [LONDON] Bass pic said it agreed to buy the Inter-Conti-nental Hotels Resorts chain from Japan's Saison Group for US$2.9 billion (554.7 billion) in cash and assumed debt. The
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        410 18 Move fuels talk it may be about to make major acquisition FT |LONDON| GEC last Friday became the first company to raise euros in the syndicated loan market, fuelling speculation that it could be on the verge of making a substantial
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        332 18 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an informal inquiry into whether top Computer Associates International Inc executives traded on inside information about the company's offer to buy Computer Sciences Corp. a person close to Computer Sciences said. The inquiry involves
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        322 18 First step towards a Dr Pepper-Seven Up distribution network FT [LONDON] Cadbury Schweppes is expected to announce today that it is taking a stake in a new bottling company. This is seen as the first step towards creating a distribution network
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        433 19 Decision follows bills passed for use of up to 30 trillion yen to restore troubled financial system Bridge News [TOKYO] ALL nine city banks and most trust and long-term credit banks have decided to use public funds to expand their own
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        393 19 It regroups activities after taking over Forbes Ceylon Reuters (COLOMBO) Sri Lankan investment bank Vanik Inc is restructuring itself by regrouping businesses after taking over Forbes Ceylon Ltd. the head of Vanik said. "We are in the process of finalising our business restructuring plan. We are
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        220 19 FT [NEW YORK) US investment bank and credit-card group Morgan Stanley. Dean Witter, Discover on Friday announced plans to simplify its name in an effort to create a global brand. By dropping "Discover", and the two commas which appear in its official
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        296 19 US bank keen to woo affluent retail clients, says CEO FT [LONDONJ Merrill Lynch, the US investment bank, is looking for further acquisitions in Europe to increase its ability to sell its investment products. In an interview with the Fi nancial Times yesterday. David Komansky. chairman
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        424 19 Comparison based on returns over four weeks ending Feb 13 Bloomberg |NKW YORK] Small cap mutual funds have overtaken large capitalisation funds that have traditionally held most of the respect of the investing world. Over the four weeks ending Feb 13, small cap US
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        444 19 Japan Small Company fund at top for now Bloomberg (NKW YORKI Dimensional Fund Advisers' Japan Small Company fund, which shot to the top rank among mutual funds this year, may not stay there for long. The fund, made up of small companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Kxchange, is up
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        1860 19 PRIME LEMDDfO RATES wok a. ABN Amro Bar* NV '/> ASSA Bank Limited 8'« ANZ Group I Allied Irish Bank PIC Vh American Express Bank I '/t Aftb Banking COfp to Arab Bank PIC m Ataiu Bank Ud 8 Ben Mm lee Bank Bhd 8 Banc a CommefCiale ItaliaM 7v«
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        534 20 STMBX Weeklyßoundup [SINGAPORE] Forex markets experienced a choppy week, but saw virtually range-bound trading last week, ahead of the key weekend events the announcement of Japan's fourth economic stimulus package and the Group of Seven meeting. Conflicting reports and talks as to whether the Japanese
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        851 20 COMMODITY Weekly Roundup AFP |LONDON| Sugar prices fell to a more than four-year low last week, hit by slack demand and the Asian economic crisis, while oil prices rose slightly. Sugar on the Uindon fu tun's market, for delivery in
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      1781 20 S1COM FUTUEB8 Feb ><> RUBBER (Mni(M| aatSJ8p4 RSS1 CONTRACT'S oMs/m CtoM VetMM OpM Mont* IN> Um Sett (to—n) Ittmmt Mar 98 OUt BT50 128.50 50 220 *pr 98 02.00 3525 May 96 135.00 3375 Jun 98 07.00 3225 Jul/Sep 98 145.00 4175 Oct/Dec 98 152.25 Mfc25 152.75 300
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      4278 21 N«t urn EPS Lien Hoe* Sept 26 I 23.060 n.407 12.0 615 Date TY LY TV LY Lim Kan Nqam Sept 15 I 0.051 9.015 0.03 6.12 Company «nn <$m) (Sm) <ctt> (eti) Linde-Jacob Sept 3 I 7 803 4 609 5.3 3.7 Alexandra Hldgs Dec
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        93 21 DATACRAFT is one of Asia's premier independent providers of communications system integration. Its performance in III KY9H was outstanding. Sales growth was due to strong telecommunications companies business. With the company's excellent management and strengthened financial position, Datacraft should gain market share at the expense of less capable
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        108 21 Sf'M has been in the media spotlight lately after the jjreen light for the merger of the Foreign and Ixical tranches of its shares. The move will boost the stock's liquidity. The nsrent government acceptance of a pro|Misal to allow share huyhacks will have a further |M»sltive
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        269 21 Source: Analysed by Peter Coker, a director of Bridge Int'l Broking Relative Strength Index RSI measures the rate at which prices move. As a rule, an RSI above 80 indicates an overtxwight condition while RSI tx'low '21) indicates an oversold market. RSI is more effective in detecting
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        278 22 HONGKONG AFP TRADING in Hongkong shares is expected to remain volatile, depending on major oank profit results, after gaining 3.2 per cent of their value Dver the past week, dealers said. The market will be trading range-bound, unless there is some important news to
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        904 22 n Sydney -7.9 THE Australian share market is in for a volatile week, stoked by company profit data and an address to the Senate Banking Committee by US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan. brokers said. "The markets have been a bit complacent recently and I think we
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        519 22 NEW YORK Dow Jones' rise fuelled by spate of takeovers in auto, high-tech sectors AFP BLUE chip stocks set two new record highs last week but the raging bull market was slowed by profit taking and apprehensions over the Iraq crisis. President
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        1908 22 Paris +2.3% FRENCH stocks could rise to records in coming days as an improving economic outlook bodes well for profits and as low yields make bonds less attractive. The benchmark CAC 40 Index on Friday gained 11.87 points to 3.262.50 19.21 points short of its closing record
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        333 22 LONDON AFP THK London share market moved ahead firmly last week, setting three new closing high records, including on Friday, as operators speculated on future mergers and acquisitions and interest rates on the bond market declined. The Footsie Index finished the week
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        354 22 TOKYO AFP JAPANKSE share prices are to face a tough week ahead, with a lack of fresh incentives limiting their upside prospects, analysts said. "Tokyo stocks are going to move narrowly since there will be few buying incentives in the market."
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        555 23 AFP Composite Index +6.2% MALAYSIAN shares are expected to consolidate recent gains this week following a 28 per cent surge since markets reopened after the holidays at the end of last month, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stwk Exchange Composite Index ended the week
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        9783 23 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 1998 Last Vol Wee* Net Cap mm L— S1» •OOP wm» Low P/t Smil 310 180 AiinoaMto 270 -15 13 285 270 15.0 109 4 148 73 Angkasa 121 unch 258 125 112 2.8 178.4 290 123 Apollo Food Hlg 226 4 51 270 220 6.6 90
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        216 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy IN THE-money warrants are very hard to come by these days, since the currency crisis made its painful presence felt over the past nine months or so. Most share prices have fallen below the exercise prices of their warrants, making the
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        4178 24 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS wt 1997/98 Last Vol Wt*k Last Ouott Av« High Loo Stno Company Sale »or- I 000) High Low Buyer Sollor Price 9 m 3000 m AMDBcS 5%*****6 IS -2 48 16 15 14 17.5 SI 8 3160 *Acer W*****1USS 16 249 18 16 18 8 5 3164
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      2716 24 Week Ended :reb 20 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr Or '997/98 LMt y« «HI LMt Ouott Dry Drt rid Net M Ca* t- lo» Stne i OOOi Hign lm Bu»»* Vnier C *r P/C $m« 4*9 28 m»5COC 58 50c K.% 5 5C'2 -J 95 '07 '{,8 50 33 10
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        1548 25 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main Clob Tom Main Clot) Total Industrial 472.2)1 675,217 1.147,428 008.918 491.155 1,300.073 Finance 64,579 337,055 401.634 462,307 332.877 795.184 Hotels 13,415 11.509 24.924 19,905 5,887 25.792 Properties 86,534 174.472 261,006 209,489 83,096 292,585 Plantation 31,713 31.713 32.655 32.655 Mining 7,805 7,805 6.t52 6.152 BLW 19,388
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        6047 25 Wc<;k Ended Feb 20 1997/98 Last Vol Wea* Lot Oust* Olv 01* VM Net Cap A»g High Low StNo Company Sale (000) High Low Buyor Sallar C'vr H P/I Jmll Price INDUSTRIALS 157 18.5 e 1020 ACE Dvnamics60c 39 0.5 578 43 33 35 39 31.9 40 5146
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        411 26 Stacks VaiMM •Renong Bhd 50c 207.013.000 ♦RHB Cap Wt99 124.174.000 •M Resources 106.326,000 •Rekapacific Bh 105,305.000 *MBf Capital 100,995,000 Easyknit HKIOc 98.252.000 •RHB Cap Bhd 64,279.000 Asia Food&Prop 46,018,000 •Multi-Purpose 42,108,000 •Renong WtOO 42,022,000 Stocks •Renong Bhd 50c 158,690,065 UOB Foreign 153.688,724 OCBC Foreiqn 122,107.618 SIA Foreign 118.858.531 •M Resources
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        73 26  -  by Shiv Taneja TOTAL Access Communication closed 14 US cents higher last Friday at US$l.5B on a volume of 4.27 million units, compared with its 10-day traded average of 2.22 million shares. The counter has run up a fair bit in the last two months, and investors should
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        702 26  -  THE WEEK AHEAD The question to ask, amid the mood swing, is how long the stock upward momentum will last R Sivanithy AN EARLY sell off followed by strong rebounds does such resilience, as seen last week, mean the market has weathered
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      305 27 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young BUYERS are still waiting for a modern or reasonably modern Panamax bulker to be sold, and thereby set a bench mark and give an indication as to where the market is today. There has been plenty of activity in respect of inspections with
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      301 27 SCS 000 wm n *b w CWT Distribution 0,75 -0.03 4* Chow Hup 0.42 -0.04 »0 Cosco invastmant 041 Fratght Links 0.33 ubch 43 GB Holdings 0.325 Hai Sun Hup 0.60 unch 544 Hitachi Zosan 0.605 -0.02 23 IMC HokSnqs MK 5.60 Jaya Holdings 0.425 -0.01 10 Jurong
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      556 27  -  JSL's new dock to make np for shortfall when Sembawang yard is redeveloped By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE'S shiprepair capacity will remain unchanged when Sembawang Shipyard Pte Ltd (SSPL) closes down its Admiralty Road yard and moves in with parent Jurong Shipyard (JSL). JSL
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      271 27 Advisory council draws together top shipping execs [SINGAPORE] Eight of the world's top shipping industry executives will gather here this week for the inaugural meeting of PSA Corps International Advisory Council (lAC). The nine-memberf>)uncil draws together top executives from leading international shipping lines
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      412 27 Reuters (CANBKRRAJ Australia's leading farming body predicted yesterday it would become a major player in the stevedoring industry within 12 months. The National Farmers' Federation (NFF), planning to bring its first non unionised trainee dock workers onto Melbourne's Webb Dock today,
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      Forest trades – new shipping battleground
      697 27  - Forest trades new shipping battleground LOVER SCENE By\ David Hughes THK main talking point of the moment has got to be P&O Nedlloyd's buyout of Blue Star. It was certainly a move that made sense for the Anglo Dutch container giant which saw Blue Star's reefer business nicely complementing its
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      1022 28 SAFETY ZN THE AIR As more people fly, airlines worry about how to control passengers who become violent or abusive in mid-flight Financial Times A FEW years ago, in Senegal, Hans Krakauer fell into conversation with a senior French military official. What, the official asked, were
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      356 28 PAGE Evergreen 6 ANL 3 FlBright 15 Accord 8 M Ahrenkifl M FoongSun 8 Appenship 5 Ff0ti '5 AsiaOCL 15 W l«*S 16 Astro 3 CL,n 4 Austral 9 Gemartrans 8 A«ant K Genshpg 9 B'tang Mas 8 Glory Nav 16 BSA 7
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      19200 36 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel voyagv Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage telephone SIN Oest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Numbei ft/02 09/03 OOCL HOT A HARTA Ml 45,*****1 A 25/02 09/03 PIL KOTA HARTA 0»l 49 1214*9) To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003
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        535 43 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jaroaf Part Aloot United 01 JK> Mow* 22.02/2200 Auooukcoh 2 J04 jiongs«J« 22 02/1530 8*«w V002 J15 ilonqiid* 23.02/2300 Kit KM AM i A/98 JK UOOQSK)* 22.02/2100 Sm ChMt» Uc62 J23 jlonq$«l« 22.02/2399 •i»*s* 3/98 J03 HonqsKj* 2302/0600 2(00 1 J14 Jtoofljid*
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        1841 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklnq/Bolinct Rstls SMp V*y Mo Etk/Btr NrM Fran Ta Fraa Achttvtr 007 2VUM U 22/HM 22/1451 22/MM Art WU 21/2)00 M 22/HM 22/MM 22/MM M 22/1900 22/MM 22/MM 2* 22/1700 21/MM 23/0900 2* 22/1700 2V0*M 21/0*00 4CICMMT tm 21/1*0 *T
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        204 43 F*b 33 Brunei: National Day. Luxembourg: Carnival Monday. F»b 34 Portugal: Carnival. Mar 3 Greece Orthodox Lent Monday. Mat 17 United Kingdom: St Patrick's Day. Mar 30 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Mar 31 Mexico: Juarez Day. Mar 3fl Greece: Independent Day. Ayr! Hong Kong:Ching Ming Festival. Apr 7
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        843 43 THIS report. complied by Cockett Marin* Oil l.td. shows price range* In U9 dollar* In •lead of single price* for a mor* compr*h*n •lv* d**crlptlon of th* mark*! Prlc** shown ar* based on avvrag* tlMd *t*m Market movement* ar* Indicated Th* Cock*tt Bunker Price Index change
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        487 43 Carton ISO Mi 1016.5 0.0 Ml O.M 106 0.05 It OoMlty *«t»f ImMm *»h Aluminium SoOimont No rtovt (25 5 0 0 1 1 0 JIJT 300 AM 965.5 0.4 tt.» 0.06 27 0.01 Iim 3<0 MM 992.0 1.0 16.6 0.09 43 0.04 ««/WM »t/y %H/U
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        458 44  -  They will spell out French group's new mission after revamp of its business arms By] David Boey [SINGAPORE] FRENCH aeronautics and defence giant, Groupe Aerospatiale, has come to Asian Aerospace '98 in a big way just ahead of the group's
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        243 44 (SINGAPORE) Northwest Air lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have been named as 1997 airlines of the year by Air Transport World magazine. It is the first time Northwest has clinched the award, and KLM's second after a gap of 12 years.
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        126 44 AFP IJAKARTA) Indonesia's Sem pati airline will put up to 1,400 of its 2,000 employees on leave with reduced pay from next month, reports said last Friday. The move comes after the airline was forced to cancel services on seven domestic
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        319 44 AFP (TAIPEI) Six days after a China Airlines airplane ploughed into a row of houses outside a Taiwan airport killing 202 people, the cause of the crash remains a mystery, newspapers here reported yesterday. Despite initial readings of the cockpit voice recorder retrieved
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        Lock icon Cebu Pac crash: pilot warned by computer
        286 44 AFP (MANILA] An onboard computer warned the pilot he was flying too close to the ground shortly before a DC-9 passenger jet crashed in the southern Philippines, press reports said yesterday, citing transcripts from the plane's black box. The Cebu Pacific Air crash
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1689 44 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT tTO At* MmM 0*156 1725 MH2 1135 74 W05 ORIST 2235 50,75 ttso SOI76 12W Amtttrdcn RL(43 0550 HP12 1135 S0343 0755 $0328 2330 *•<T* TMOT 1540 TG40( M4S M.837 1540 IllSM 2335 ""•S Auckland N***** 2045 «242(5 2045 H htakl 7
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        66 44 [BIRMINGHAM, UK] Workers who were involved in the production of the last ever Rover 100 Mini Metro to roll off the production line at Long bridge in Birmingham last Friday, signing the finished vehicle before handing it over to the Heritage Trust in (iaydon
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        212 44 Bloomberg [MANILA] Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL) said it delayed airplane purchases from Airbus Industrie Inc and Boeing Co, and reduced flights on international routes to pull out of a nosedive caused by Asia's currency crisis. The jets are part of a US$3.2 billion (555.2
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      87 27 Aerospatiale's tour deforce At Asian Aerospace, French group's top execs will spell out new mission after revamp. Back Page v-; 4MB' yi J?.jsiai 45! 1 a ~INN» I tumm-. Ifc.4 n.r-**mnmmm —-2- r-' i 'j-i -Ifcai•-» "»VWfHP SWffJ'«» I Visa Freight u-{p'o^ Seru/'ces Pte Ltd V' i" W*' r- /V'V.p.
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      595 28 AiSkA l ,zl yr* a (-Bo® Members d trie HegsJry of Sngapore Accreo*eo Sr.iocxrg Agents UUy Assoc ator V"'-y Sngaoore Sfvcpflg Assoc.at or sailing schedules Place an ad in... Shipping Times Just talk to us... Iris Lim 740-2044 Jarrod Leong 740-2089 EXPORT 3 Japan -2 x Hongkong -1 x Manila
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      1171 29 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE ViSSfl VOY SIN HTM AND HAM IRV SOU FXT LEH VESSEL VOY RIM ANR HAM IRV SOU HI lIH SIM HY GENERAL JOM 24/02 13/03 14/03 17/03 11/03 TYNI 2068 01/02 03/02 06/02 07/02 24/02 EIRE SOU 26/02 21/03 18/03 19/03 16/03 DANUBE 6064 07/0204/02 05/02
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      104 29 ORIENT EXPRESS LINES (U.K.) LIMITED ||gj, (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING UMITED) WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE VtSStl VOY SINGAPORE BOMBAY VESSEL VOY BOMBAY SINGAPORE lEERORT 310 23/02 04/03 ACHIEVER 006 11/02 23/02 ALBERT BRIDGE 012 27/02 08/03 ALBERT BRIDGE 3l 1 15/02 27/02 SS SINGAPORE 100 02/03 11/03 NORDKAP 423 18/02
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      1860 30 DSR-SENATOR LINES TO UK/CONTINENT TO RED SEA/MEDITERJRANEAN/CANADA VESSEL W)Y "si!!"" LtH HTM «NR HAM »RV FU VfSStl VP* SIN JED GIT SPf EOS Vl£ MIH TTUK COSMOS *0811 20 IB 13 03 14 03 12 03 13 03 15 03 AMERICO VESPUCCI WMBII 72 02 04 03 10 03 1?
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      1260 30 MY LJNE YML Internet Web Site http //www yml.com tw j'l> 4X <1 ft *1 l^ T IJ* Wi' M 1 i S-l II 1 -'"JT" 'J r T-""ll" 'J if./' I*' 114 'i I UA'JMI TWICt WHKLY IVfRY THUASOAY/SUNOAY VfSSfl VOY SIN CMB HTM HAM FXT LEH ANR OOVfR
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      574 30 JESSELTON LINE I SS t At TIL: *****56 FAX: ***** 12 MUARA LABUAN VCSSCI VOT FTD HA VfSSii VOT fTO ETA SPORE MUARA SPORE UN APRR GiORT VOSE/9I 22/02 2S/02 APMGIORY VOSE/W 22/02 26/02 J. PROSPER VO6E/W 27/02 02/03 GOSPER VO6E/98 27/02 03/03 APRIIGIORT VO6l/98 04/03 07/03 ««»CIORT V 064/98
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      1341 31 VESSEL VOY SIN BKK POU PKQ PCN BLW SUW BA I BIK IRAN QHEYAMAT PJL-1272 12/02 20/02 EIBE OLDENDORFF PJL-1277 IS/02 23/02 ACCEPTING CONTAINER/BREAK-BULK SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN CIS COUNTRIES I.E. AZARBAIJAN. ARMENIA. KAZAKHSTAN. UZBEKISTAN. TURKMENISTAN. KIRGISTAN, TAOZHIKISTAN GEORGIA VIA B. ABBAS. BIK AGENT IN SINGAPORE AGENT IN
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      1928 31 TO EAST WIST AFRICA 1 (VIA DURBAN) IVIRY FRIDAY I" SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGHITS: 6 SHENTON WAY TEL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (B/L) *****02 JOHORE OFFICE; COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #I;-O«DBSBIDG SALES/IKGS 4205M1/43 INWARDOEPTID/0) *****8S COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD C> NO: *****89Q000M TOWIR TWO (06M09) CONVENTIONAL *****50/55 T/SHPMT PERT
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      595 31 [tnr\ EASTERN CAR LINER, I|_%J ECL (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD sPfciAiizi IN RORO HEAVY UfT upto 122 tows] Ed (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD LOADING FOR MV"WST^IorR*V S A PORT KLANG/BONTANG MV WHITE FLORES V.6 MV "ORIENT ULAC" V.lO ETA 9N 16/ 0? 98 MAn6AS fl J TA 22,02 98 ETA S*l 19,'02/«8
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      1513 32 EUROPE/U K/SCANDINAVIA/FINLAND/RUSSIA SGP ROM ANW HBG THP ZEE LHV IHV THP RDM ANW HBG PKI SGP E DAINTY RW-004 28/02 20,03 25/03 21/03 23/03 24/03 25/03 E GROUP RE 057 29/01 28/01 30/01 01/02 24/02 25/02 E RESULT RW Oil 0«1J3 27/03 01/04 28/03 30/03 31/03 01/04 E GLAMOUR RE
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      930 32 \tkAm MAC-NELS S'PORE M'SIA Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC 1 IVv J NOt **********08 SJBU: (064) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****61 PENANG: (04) *****36 BANGKOK: (662) *****57 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MON: (61) *****3 KUCHING (062) *****1-3 MANILA GINOA/BARCELONA/LE HARVI MV "ANRO TEMASEK" V.2BN MV
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      435 32 NANTAI LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA VESSEL 1 VOT I SIM PUJ I PUB I CPT I R/BAY nantai vtttus o?SS 22/0? 02/03 06/03 09/03 GOLDEN DRAGON 003S 01/03 11/03 15/03 19/03 NANTAJ POWCESS OTPS 08/03 23/03 27/03 NANTAI QUttW 026S 17/03 25/03 29/03 02/04 OS/M SANTA
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      1361 33 A HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. [VESSEL VOY I SIN I SOU I lEH I RTM 1 ANT I HAM BRVTFET] IVKSB VOY I SOU IUH RTB AMT HAM BBV EEI SM MY GENERAL 310W 23/02 11/03 12/03 14/03 14/03 14/03 17/03 NY COMMODORE 310E 29/01 05/01 03/02 02/02 01/02
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      972 33 norwegkxi spec allied outocornen WNfmLH£l«S£« (J)0)^O(§ TO NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA [VESSEL VOY RAMP [~HEIGHT SIN LAX CRI NUA SAV lAI ORF NYC NIW MOB TAiKO FBOS TOO Tow OM 2«702" 21/03 WO4 08/04 10/04 12/04 13/04 14/04 19/04 20/04 TOUR GOING FBO6 400 Tom 6.3 M 17/03 10/04 19/04
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      998 34 ANGKOK/LAEM CH ABA WO JAKARTA/PAN JA WO VESSEL VOY SIN BKK LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN ACX JADE 14N In Pt 26/02 ACX RUBY» 16S In Pt 26/02 HATHA BHUM" 02N 24/02 27/02 DEJA BHUM 736S 24/02 27/02 26/02 NANTA BHUM 382N 24/02 28/02 27/02 XETHA BHUM 226S 26/02
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      422 34 BINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 39 NEIL ROAD. SINGAPORE 0208 TEL *****88 FAX *****64 TLX: R*****5 SINMER CR No: **********0W Receiving Cargo at PTI I Blntulu I I Mi—ra VfSSCL VOY SIN ITU «Ss« VOY SIN MUA IMM WBO4E ?4 2S/02 01/03 WBO4I 74 2V02 02/03 I Sent V9804E 01
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      403 35 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO EUROPE EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE ~VSL VOY ["S PORE A OAM/R DAM I H lURG I BREMEN I ANTWERP A VESSEL 27/3 1/4 OMIT 5/4 TO AUSTRALIA FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VSL VOY_ *pS?*Mr FHi BX SYO MB. NIA API FHE P4O NEDLIOYD BRISBANE V OSS 1402 21®
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      56 35 0 HANGLI SHIPPING DIRECT REGULAR SERVICE JAKARTA SURABAYA JAKARTA 27 02 28/02 P JAMA 05/03 06/03 P KAUMANTAN 1103 12/03 P SUMATERA 17/03 18/03 P JAWA SURABAYA 25/02 25/02 SHAN FURYU 06/03 06/03 SHAfMON EXPRESS 11/03 12/03 SHAN FURYU 20/03 20/03 SHAffWN EXPRESS Owners: UNITED SHIPPING ORGANISATION PT. INDONESIA SHANNON
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      595 40 ENG LEE SHIPPING CO PTC in> I I M *****75 (4 lint) tan SUW)I/53MtM I I T C« lUi **********<K I VESSEL VOY SIN ETA SIN ETD DESTINATION Union Slot 8 03/98 73/02 24/02 Hmm/Umm Umon Star 10 03/98 23/02 25/02 Bomon/B popon Star 12 02/98 23/02 27/02 Soroboyo/ltuS knag
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      486 40 m FAR EAST 01/03 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 01/03 BANGKOK 01/03 MANILA/CEBU 01/03 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 01/03 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E MALAYSIA 24/02 BUSAN 01/03 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 01/03 HONG KONG SIN CHINA 01/03 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU OALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/OINGDAO/HAIKOU m EUROPE/UK 01/03 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU RDM/ANT/lEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES m USA/CANAPA 24/02 LOS ANuIIES/NEW YORK all IPI points
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      1310 41 i ASIA MEDITERRANEAN EXPRESS (AME) WESTBOUND SERVICE I VESSEL VOY SIN CMB PIR GOA VIC UH AN« FXI I N SHANGHAI 9807 3 25 FEB 0) MAR 10 MAR 12 MAR U MAR 7 MAR ULMAR JV ftIAR I MSC ROSSELLA 9808 3 07 MAR 11 MAR 20 MAR 22
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