The Business Times, 4 August 1998

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12/97 85e SINGAPORE Internet http://bnsiness-times.asial.com.sg/ TUESDAY, AUGUST 4,1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    It's time to close Clob, says Malaysian NEAC
    635 1  -  Understanding in IX) was for this OTC market to operate for a while, it claims From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE National Economic Action Council of Malaysia (NEAC) has said that the time is now right for Singapore to close down
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    A rare bull on S'pore's economy
    606 1  -  SG Securities sees 2.7% for fall year, 13% for Q4, riding on electronics demand By, Audrey Tan (SINGAPORE] A rare bull has emerged among the forecasters tracking the Singapore economy: SG Securities says it expects a fourth-quar-ter recovery to 4.3 per cent growth, and
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    Lock icon Yen's plunge, Wall St fears unnerve markets
    729 1  -  Hug Seng leads fall, diving yen hits 146.70 By] R Sivanithy, Larry Wee /fyßShraaitiiy and LarryWee [SINGAPORE] The continued plunge of the Japanese yen to below 145 to the US dollar and worries about Wall Street's health sent regional stock markets tumbling yesterday,
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    Jobless rate may hit 7% if recession in '99: Swee Say
    850 1  -  By. David Boey [SINGAPOREI Unemployment in Singapore could hit as high as 7 per cent next year meaning some 126,000 people out of work if the economy slides into a recession, Lim Swee Say, deputy secre-tary-general of the National
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    Lock icon Dow down 57 at 1pm EDT
    54 1 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US stocks fell yesterday, led by oil shares, on concern that Asia's economic woes will cwt into US corporate profit growth. The Dow Jones index plummeted in early trading, felling 80.84 points. By lpm EOT. the index was down 56£4 to
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Vista Healthcare buys into IBC, eyes China
      332 2  -  By, Jenny Lam HOMEGROWN healthcare company Vista Healthcare Asia has bought a 26 per cent stake in IBC-Asia Healthcare (IBC), which plans to invest up to U5555.5 million (5596.2 million) to set up eight to 15 eye centres in China. "We view our
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      AYE likely choice for next phase of road pricing: Mah
      352 2  -  It's the only main expressway going into city from the west, minister says By I Christopher Tan THE Ayer Rajah Expressway would probably be one of the first roads to be included in the second phase of ERP (electronic road-pricing),
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      Lock icon Steady progress in construction
      296 2  -  E7E ON THE ECONOMY Construction By\ Diana Oon Construction work progressed steadily in April and May, with progress payments growing an average 11 per cent year-on-year. This was however slightly below the 15 per cent average growth chalked up in the first quarter of this year.
      Source: CIOB  -  296 words
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      Lock icon Businessmen from Indonesia, S'pore looking at barter option
      285 2  -  Idea, mooted by S'pore side, seen as way to move trade By' Yang Razali Kassim SINGAPORE and Indonesian businessmen yesterday discussed the possibility of countertrade as a means to facilitate Jakarta's imports and exports. The idea was mooted by the Singapore side
      CHRIS LOH  -  285 words
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      S'pore is HQ for IBM's online regional tie-up with banks
      319 2  -  ABNAmre and Visa among those who have joined alliance By Toh Han Shih SINGAPORE is the headquarters of a new regional online alliance between banks and computer giant IBM, that enables financial institutions in Asia-Pacific to offer various services through
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      Lock icon Bintan Resorts expects to meet 2011 deadline
      415 2  -  $2£b tourist hub project launched in Lagoi Bay By* Carol Eng DESPITE having built only about 600 hectares, or 3 per cent of the total land so far, Bintan Resorts is sticking to its original timeframe of developing all 23,000 hectares by the
      Source: Bintan Resort Management  -  415 words
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      RAdm Teo to attend S'pore aid handover in Jakarta
      217 2 EDUCATION Minister and Second Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean will attend a handover ceremony in Jakarta on Thursday to mark the first delivery of the Singapore's government's humanitarian aid to Indonesia, a statement said yesterday. The aid, in the form
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    • IN Brief
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        S'pore trade will be affected by euro
        106 3 THE European Union's introduction of the euro as a common currency by 2002 is a "fundamental shift" that will have implications for Singapore's trade with the EU, Trade and Industry Minister Lee Yock Suan told Parliament yesterday. "There are still considerable uncertainties surrounding
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        110.000 applicants on HDB waiting list
        129 3 THE Housing and Development Board had a waiting list ofllo,ooo applications for new four-room, five-roam and executive flats under Its Registration for Flats System (RFS) as of June 30 this year, said Lim Hng Khiang, the Minister for National Development. Mr Lim revealed that
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      SilkAir probe not likely to end within next 6 months: Mah
      340 3 INVESTIGATIONS into the December 1997 crash of SilkAir Flight MI 185 are unlikely to be completed within the next six months, Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday. However, the pace of the probe, led by Indonesia, has not
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      S'pore still keen to buy M'sian water: Yock Suan
      401 3  -  YESTERDAY Df PARLIAMENT But it won't be in dire straits when first water pact with KL expires in 2011 By\ David Boey SINGAPORE remains keen to buy water from Malaysia and is hopeful of reaching agreement with it at some point
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Li Ka-sking's costly decision
      661 4  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN The BE billionaire could lose hundreds of millions on his Bayshore project By Lee Han Shih LI Ka-shing, Hongkong's most famous billionaire, stands to lose a few hundred million dollars on a single housing project in Singapore. The project sits on the huge
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      Only 10 more units in Thomson 800 sold
      252 4  -  This brings total sold to 60 in the 390-nnit freehold development By\ Diana Oon ONLY 10 more units in Hongkong tycoon Li Ka-shing's Thomson 800 project have been sold since the development went on the open market on July 24, bringing the
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      At least 9,800 leasehold condos will be launched over next 5 years: JLW
      888 4  -  Figure based on go vt land sales for '93-97 and allows for easing of roles on delays By i Corlnne Kerk DEVELOPERS may be delaying their project completion, but based on government land sales from 1993 to
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
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      Thai council approves 6 boosters
      451 5  -  Talks with IMF for next tranche of USs4som loan start From. Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S council of economic ministers yesterday approved six measures to revive the crisis-ridden economy, but the measures have to get International Monetary Fund's blessings. The Thai government yesterday met the
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      Lock icon Habibie to focus on rupiah stability: report
      270 5 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesian President BJ Habibie said in an interview published yesterday his economic policies would concentrate on currency stability, increased competition and the health of small and mid-sized businesses. The Kompas newspaper quoted him as saying the stability of the rupiah against
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      Lock icon Yen tumbles to 7-week low against US$
      704 5  -  Some see it falling below 150 nnless there is intervention from Japan or US From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo WITH its props having apparently been kicked away, the yen plunged yesterday to a seven-week low of 145.70 against the dollar and 81.53 to
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      NEAC moves not enough to reassure market: brokerage
      376 5  -  From Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur POLICY measures announced by Malaysia's National Economic Action Council (NEAC) do not go far enough to allay market fears and if anti-market oriented measures are pursued, the ringgit could fall as far .as RM7 per US
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      Lock icon M'sia to issue RM1b bond
      54 5 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will make a one billion Malaysian ringgit (*****.1 million) bond issue at end of August to fund infrastructure development. The issue would be the First in a series that plans to raise RMS billion, Shafie Salleh, parliamentary secretary of the finance
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      HK revises GDP in Q1 to an even worse -2.8%
      562 5  -  First-quarter fignre originally put at -2%, govt expects Q2 to be miserable From] Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong THE Hongkong economy shrank more in the first quarter than was thought earlier and the government yesterday said the second quarter was
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      Lock icon China may have to devalue yuan over weak yen: think-tank
      367 5 Wanting contrasts with minister's pledge that unit will be kept stable AFP [HONGKONG] Even as Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan yesterday pledged Beijing's continued commitment to a stable yuan, a government think-tank has warned that the country will be forced
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      Lock icon Zhu: Strenuous efforts needed to hit 8% growth
      216 5 AFP, Reuters [BEIJING] Premier Zhu Rongji has said strenuous efforts were necessary if China was to achieve its target 8 per cent economic growth this year, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. "Arduous efforts will be required to reach this year's
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  • THE REGION
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      Abri sets up panel to probe conspiracy charges
      480 6  -  Indon military seen anxions to restore credibility, public confidence From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta ANXIOUS to rebuild its credibility and restore public confidence in its role as protector of the people, the Indonesian Armed Forces yesterday announced the establishment of a panel
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      Lock icon China's newspaper calls for justice in Indon riots
      441 6 BEIJING Punish those who attacked ethnic Chinese, it says Reuters CHINA'S official newspaper yesterday called on Indonesia to punish those responsible for racially motivated attacks on ethnic Chinese during riots in the South-east Asian country in May. "Indonesian authorities Should face the
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      Lock icon Taipei official on unofficial China trip
      224 6 BEIJING AFP THE first top official of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) to visit China since a civil war 50 years ago began a low-profile unofficial visit here yesterday ahead of attending a three-day seminar. Chang Jung-kung, director of the KMT mainland affairs department, paid
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      Lock icon HK lawmaker gets 3 years' jail for conspiracy to forge
      392 6 HONGKONG Judge says Chim's claims of a political plot are an'insult' AFP A HONGKONG court yesterday sentenced flamboyant legislator Chim Pui-chung to three years in jaU for conspiracy to forge and said allegations he had been the victim of a
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      Lock icon China plans venture capital funds for high-tech companies
      288 6 BEIJING Reuters CHINA is planning to set up venture capital funds to provide badly needed financial support for high-technology companies, financial experts said yesterday. The authorities were expected to issue regulations on venture capital financing later this year to pave the way
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      Suspend fresh ties with S'pore, urges Umno Youth chief
      548 6  -  He also calls for review of water supply pacts expiring in 2011 and 2061 From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Youth wing of the dominant Malaysian political party United Malays National Organisation has asked for a suspension of fresh dealings
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      Lock icon S'pore shouldn't resist if traders switch to Klang: Ling
      156 6 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama TRANSPORT Minister Ling Liong Sik yesterday said Singapore should not be unwilling if Malaysian traders switch an£ make Port Klang helping to build ports in other countries like India and when those ports were ready, the countries would
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      Lock icon China says it has started blasting dykes
      489 6 JIUJIANG, China AFP CHINA yesterday admitted it had begun blowing up dykes along the Yangtze River to flood the countryside in a bid to prevent major cities from being engulfed by the river. In Xlanning, central Hubei province, "11 small dykes were dynamited
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      Lock icon Don't worry if passports are not stamped, minister tells travellers
      146 6 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama TRAIN travellers from Singapore need not worry if their passports are not stamped on entering Malaysia, Deputy Home Minister Ong Ka Ting said. The minister said the travellers' particulars had been recorded into computers by the Malaysian
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      Lock icon Pact with US could deter Chinese attack: Estrada
      352 6 MANILA Bow over Spratlys highlights need for military agreement AFP PHILIPPINE President Joseph Estrada said yesterday that an agreement on joint military training with the US could deter a possible attack by China over a dispute over islands in the South China
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      Lock icon NZ jobless rate hit 7.6% in Q2, highest in 4 years: poll
      249 7 WELLINGTON Bloomberg NEW Zealand's queue of unemployed probably swelled to its biggest in about four years while the number of jobs shrank as Asia's slowdown crimped demand for exports and a sluggish economy hurt consumer demand. A contraction
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      Lock icon Indian PM backing bill to fight graft
      150 7 r W NEW DELHI AFP INDIA'S Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee pleaded with Parliament yesterday to back a bin designed to fight top-level corruption 30 years after it was first proposed. Mr Vajpayee said the bUI would counter corruption carried out by "public
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      Lock icon Japanese entrepreneurs seeking overseas funds
      140 7 TOKYO Reuters FRUSTRATED by a credit crunch choking off muchneeded fluids at home, Japanese entrepreneurs are starting to seek money from overseas, said Yoshito Denawa, president of management consultant D Brain Co Ltd. Hopes that Japan's youngest companies could ignite a recovery for the economy
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      Lock icon Japanese firms face 60t yen pension time-bomb
      494 7 TOKYO Shortfall figure based on Dai wa research doable previous estimates Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese companies are facing a pension time-bomb rivalling the banking sector's woes in scope, and it may not be easy to deftise. Firms in Japan could be 60 trillion yen
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      Lock icon Aussie Labor Party calls for more migrants
      367 7 CANBERRA Opposition leader says immigration vital to prosperity Reuters AUSTRALIA'S opposition Labor Party yesterday made a bold caU for more migrants, setting itself squarely against the conservative government and anti-immigration MP Pauline Hanson. Denouncing Ms Hanson as xenophobic, opposition leader Kim Beazley said
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      Lock icon China has over 18m handphone users: report
      341 7 BEIJING Proliferation doe partly to heavy investment by foreign companies Reuters THE number of mobile phone users in China has exceeded 18 million since the device was introduced in the late 1980s, Xinhua news agency reported. The decade it took for mobile phone
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US June personal incomes up 0.2%; spending rises 0.6%
      474 8 WASHINGTON Data provide farther evidence domestic demand may offset effect of Asian crisis Bloomberg US consumer spending and incomes rose in June, further evidence that domestic demand may offset Asia's economic drag over the coming months. Spending rose 0.6 per cent
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      Lock icon UK struggling with low productivity, high pound
      406 8 LONDON AFP THE twin strains of high interest rates and low productivity are blighting British business, with widespread job losses and gloomy forecasts piling pressure on the Bank of England before it meets on monetary conditions on Thursday. Union leaders and employers united
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      Lock icon Victory afloat
      51 8 [AUGUSTOW, Poland] A girl dressed as a knight standing on a dragon boat floating on a lake in this eastern Polish city on Sunday. Every year people from all over Poland come to take part in a "floating "contest. The dragon boat is one of this year's favourites.
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      Lock icon Russian reform on track: IMF official
      400 8 MOSCOW Country boosting tax revenue, trimming budget deficit Bloomberg RUSSIA is boosting tax revenue and narrowing the budget deficit in line with its U5522.6 billion (5539.2 billion) loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund, said IMF first deputy managing director Stanley Fischer yesterday. Mr
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      Lock icon Russia to unveil terms of Gazprom sale
      218 8 MOSCOW Bloomberg RUSSIA "is coming close" to deciding terms of the sale of 5.87 per cent of OAO Gazprom, the world's largest natural gas company, First Deputy State Property Minister Alexander Braverman said. Under an order from President Boris Yeltsin, the government must
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      Lock icon EU overseas investments up 46% last year
      276 8 BRUSSELS Bloomberg EUROPEAN Union countries invested 46 per cent more overseas in 1997 than the previous year, the EU statistics office said, a sign companies are eager to shift production closer to local markets. The increase, which includes investment both inside and outside
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      Lock icon New Liffe chairman faces clamour for change
      462 8 LONDON Better technology, lower costs, global outlook sought Reuters BRIAN Williamson, who took over as chairman of the beleaguered London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange yesterday, has said his top priority is to ask customers what Liffe should do to survive. Better
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      Lock icon Japan largest holder of US Treasuries in May
      180 8 WASHINGTON Bloomberg JAPAN re-established itself in May as the largest holder of US Treasury securities, US government statistics showed. Japan-based investors held U*****.9 billion (*****.5 billion) worth of the US bills, notes and bonds in May, up from U*****.2 billion in the
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      Lock icon Japanese ad agency Asatsu to tie up with Britain's WPP
      224 8 TOKYO AFP ASATSU Inc, Japan's No 3 advertising agency, said yesterday it had agreed with Britain's WPP Group on a capital and business tie-up. "In the course of industrial globalisation, Japanese companies cannot cope by themselves," Asatsu chairman Masao Inagaki
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    • Article
      Lock icon Fake Viagra sold over the Internet: report
      229 8 LONDON Reuters FAKE copies of the impotence drug Viagra are being manufactured in Thailand and India and sold around the world via the Internet, according to a British television report yesterday. Criminals are set to make millions of pounds selling the pills, which
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Asean must keep talking in tough times
      773 9  -  188 Borromara OPINION By Ronnie Lim The writer is BT's trade and industry editor IT is remarkable cynics may even call it hypocritical that amidst all the angry rhetoric among various Asean member countries, no less than four Asean meetings were held in
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      90 9 Triton wore too much make-up, investors drank too much on the honeymoon, and now they've woken up next to an ugly duckling.' -FadelGheit an analyst, on a suit against Triton Energy Ltd brought by shareholders who accused the oil exploration company of artificially inflating its stock before
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      More power-sharing in Cambodia ?
      605 9 More power-sharing in Cambodia EDITORIAL ALTHOUGH international observers seem generally agreed that the Cambodian election was fairly conducted, new worries have surfaced over the country's political and economic future. Hun Sen and his ruling Cambodian People's Party may have the most seats in the new 122-seat parliament but cannot govern
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      Lock icon Baby bust undoes Japan
      949 9  -  The deeper disease behind Japan's economic woes is its declining birthrate By, Ayako Doi, Kim Willenson The writers are editor and publisher of the Japan Digest. LATWP AS the wheels of the Japanese economy have spun themselves ever deeper into the sand, there has been an
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      'Non-core'use of CPF not prudent idea
      324 9  -  MAILBOX email: btletter@asial.com.sg Ronald Chong PLEASE refer to the letter, "Allow CPF funds to be used for renovations", by David Ong (BT, July 28). The writer asked the Board to consider allowing CPF savings to be used for renovation loans, especially in the light
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      599 9 EUacttreaMofaidcracUl INDONESIA'S latest rescue package is a huge gamble even if donors come up with all of the US$7.9 billion (5513.6 billion) promised at last week's conference in Paris. The money will largely go to financing a safety net that can help ensure social stability in
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      142 11 CBTPTIC CROSSWORD 27 Weather 28 Involved in happy oriental A festival (8) 14 Take off though also YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION used for landing (5) i Mpl DOWN 16 Stayed, but is escorted out (8) UolfiloyolMEUEtf^EH 2No doubt it was used in by- these orders refer to gone days (8) anthem? (8)
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Film restoration by numbers
      738 12  -  A novel method uses equations to produce electronic picture elements to replace damaged areas of film. The result: ageing screen classics end up good as new at a fraction of the cost of traditional chemical restoration, mxgk Edwards reports NICK EDWARDS Reuters Researchers in high-tech Singapore
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      Beautiful and challenging
      686 12  -  GOLF Bint&n's Banyan Tree course may be merciless bat it does reward yon with thrilling scenery By: Nicklaus D'Cruz [SINGAPORE] When you have a host of golf courses to choose from, what makes you settle for the Banyan Tree golf course in Bintan is its incredibly satisfying
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      80 12 Prices of dub membership SINGAPORE REGION 1996 CSS) 1996 (SS) A#C JULY JUNE JULY SICC 127,000 120,000 Legend 12,000 13^)00 TMCC 120,000 107,000 Tanjung Puteri 13,000 12£00 Sentosa 95,000 85,000 Poresia 13,000 11,000 Laguna 92.000 85,000 Palm Resort 12.500 11,000 Jurong 64.000 Ponderosa 12.000 11,000 Orchid 60,000
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      Job jitters whack golf club prices to record lows
      367 12  -  By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The advertised prices of leading golf club memberships hit record lows last month as demand fell sharply amid rising fears about job security amongst professionals. The Singapore Island Country Club, considered by many to be Singapore's premier
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      Jurong Shipyard posts 74% rise in interim gain
      463 13  -  $33Jn net includes Sembaw&ng Shipyard's results By y Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] THE shiprepair industry appears to be one bright spark amidst the gloom and doom pervading the region, with Jurong Shipyard announcing a 74 per cent jump in interim net profits. JSL,
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      Foreign shares of Big Four get boost from UOB interim results
      316 13 Banks seen having lower-than-expected regional exposure [SINGAPORE] The foreign shares of the big four local banks rose, buoyed by better-than-expected first-half results and reduced loans exposure at United Overseas Bank Ltd, which reported its set of earnings after the
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      Econ chairman, 2 directors resign
      222 13 [SINGAPORE] Econ International chairman Andry Pribadi and two directors, representing the controlling shareholder of the company, have resigned. The mainboard-listed construction and property group yesterday said that the chairman, Wilson Pribadi and Deddy Kusuma, had "ceased to be directors of the company with effect from
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      SingTel will lose competitive edge if it does not act quickly
      730 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Teh Hooi Ling Through no fault of its own, Singapore Telecommunications found itself dealt two blows in the past three weeks or so. If it does not do something, and quickly, its long-term competitive position could
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      Gleneagles in tie-up with Japan health specialists
      163 13 [SINGAPORE] Parkway Holdings' healthcare arm, Gleneagles International GP Pte Ltd, has joined hands with two Japanese healthcare specialists to serve Japanese patients in Singapore and around the region. Gleneagles has signed a joint-venture agreement with Akira Wu and Nippon Meden Pte Ltd to
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      Magnecomp 1H profit more than doubles to $15.7m
      403 13  -  By, Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Magnecomp International yesterday posted net profit of $15.7 million for the six months to June, more than double the $6.9 million in the same period a year ago and exceeding analysts' expectations. Analysts polled in the August
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      Penguin Boat's interim dips 6.2%
      225 13  -  By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Start-up losses by a subsidiary and higher taxes caused boat builder and charter vessel operator Penguin Boat International's interim earnings to sink 6.2 per cent to $3.4 million, from $3.7 million last year. This was despite a 21 per cent surge
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        Aokam to convert bonds worth US$127m into stock
        356 14 < Company also plans to borrow BM3Bm from bondholders [KUALA LUMPUR] Aokam Perdana Bhd unveiled a plan to convert bonds worth US$l27 million (*****.1 million) into stock and borrow 38 million Malaysian ringgit (5515.8 million) from bondholders in a bid to resuscitate
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        72 14 [KUALA LUMPUR] Construction of a mammoth railway project was stopped on Sunday in Kuala Lumpur. Bouygues SA, Europe's largest construction company, told Bloomberg News last week it stopped work on the city's central railroad station because Kuala Lumpur Sentral Sdn Bhd had not paid it for two to
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        Lock icon Ming Pao HK$167m in the red
        115 14 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkongbased publishing firm Ming Pao Enterprise Ltd said yesterday it suffered a net loss of HK5166.93 million (5537.3 million) in the year to March. The group had posted a profit of HK57.35 billion in the same period earlier. The firm, which publishes
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        Lock icon Taiping Con slides 28% after it unveils asset sell-off plan
        331 14 Company to offload 2 shopping centres, hotel to cnt debt Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Shares of Malaysian property firm Taiping Consolidated Bhd slumped sharply yesterday after it announced it will sell two popular shopping centres and a top hotel to reduce
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        Malaysian council clarifies stand on Clob
        459 14  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Asgari Stephens I REFER to your series of articles dated July 24 and July 25, referring to the Malaysian government's National Economic Recovery Plans (NERP) and its comments on Clob (Singapore's over-the-counter market). Firstly, let it be clear that in
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        Shortsellers getting help?
        244 14  -  Lim Wen-Jen Singapore THE recent Mid-Continent Equipment case is a perfect example of what goes around will eventually come around. Amid the regional turmoil, as stock prices tend to trend downwards, shortsellers have done their part in further depressing the market. Basically, they sell shares that they
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        Lock icon Village Roadshow makes fresh bid for Golden Harvest
        202 14 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Village Roadshow Ltd, an Australian cinema company, said yesterday it launched a fresh bid for Golden Harvest Entertainment (Holdings) Ltd and joined forces with its major shareholder to control the Hongkong film distributor. The company said it made the 60
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        Lock icon Distacom to triple stake in HK phone operator
        174 14 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Distacom HK Ltd, in which the Singapore government has an interest, will triple its holding in Sunday, one of the fastest-grow-ing mobile phone services in Hongkong. Sunday officials said Lai Sun Development Co and three other companies will halve their
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        Lock icon Theme to close two-thirds of its outlets in HK, Macau
        246 14 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Theme International Holdings Ltd, which only a year ago was jockeying to become the Ann Taylor of Asian retailing, said it will shut almost two-thirds of its outlets in Hongkong and Macau in a bid to cut costs.
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          SingTel's ST-1 launching on Aug 25
          69 14 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom's first commercial satellite will be launched on Aug 25. The US$24O million (*****.9 million) satellite called ST-1 is owned by Sing Tel and Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom. ST-1 will have 14 C-band transponders and 16 Ku-band transponders to be shared equally between
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          Eastern Pub's net profit falls 6.5%
          65 14 [SINGAPORE] Eastern Publishing has reported a 6.5 per cent decline in net profit to 9890,000 on a turnover which fell 11 per cent to $6.6 million for the year to June. Earnings per share fell to 1.27 cents from 1.36 cents, while net tangible
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          No couse for share price surge: Li Xin
          40 14 [SINGAPORE] Li Xin Industries yesterday said there was no unannounced material information or development about the company's business or affairs which would account for an unusual surge in its share price recently.
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          Tibs Taxis' paid-up capital hits $10m
          59 14 [SINGAPORE] Transport operator Tibe Holdings has subscribed for nine million $1 shares at par in subsidiary Tibs Taxis, raising the tatter's paid-up capital to $10 million. The company said the increase was to provide Tibs Taxis with additional working capital. The unit started in
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        HSBC net falls 16% as bad debts surge
        659 15  -  Analysts stunned by USs9oomjnmpin charges for bad debts to US$l Jsb From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong AFTER leading a mini-run on the Hongkong bourse recently, HSBC Holdings, Britain's largest bank, yesterday unveiled worse-than-expected interim results, with net profits slipping 16 per
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        Santander analyst calls for sell on HK bank stocks
        353 15  -  Overexposure to falling property market cited By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Santander Investment has put out a bearish call on Hongkong-listed banks, saying investors ought to "short Hongkong banks" because they were overexposed to the soft property market there. The broking
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        Lock icon Pearson eyes US listing after sterling results
        349 15 Reuters BRITISH media group Pearson pic, posting higher than expected profits, yesterday renewed its pledge to deliver double-digit annual earnings growth and said it was eyeing a possible US stock market Hsting. Pearson said its pretax pre-exceptional profits surged to £85.6 million (*****.8
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        Lock icon NEC cuts microchip capital spending to stem losses
        457 15 17% drop less drastic than 20-30% cats by Japanese rivals Bloomberg [TOKYO] NEC Corp, Japan's largest maker of microchips, said it is cutting capital spending on microchip production in the year through March 1999 to stem losses on its unprofitable computer memory
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        Lock icon Daiwa cuts overseas operations in revamp
        424 16 over37ojobstobe axed in New York, London and HK; S'pore will be Asia HQ: president FT [TOKYO] Daiwa Securities, Japan's second biggest broker, has launched a sweeping rationalisation of its foreign operations. The move follows last week's decision to create three joint ventures with Sumitomo
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        Lock icon Two more Seoul banks set to unveil merger
        422 16 Move by Hana, Boram will create Bth largest Korean bank with USs36b assets Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hana Bank and Boram Bank are expected to announce a merger this week, creating South Korea's eighth largest bank with US$36 billion (Ss62 billion) of assets, bank
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        Lock icon IBJ sets up global currency options team
        157 16 Reuters [TOKYO] Major commercial bank Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd began setting up a global currency options team yesterday to enhance its risk management operations and its profit base, senior bank officials said. The team to eventually comprise 10 members will make IBJ
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        Lock icon Winterthur Swiss sells stake in Aussie arm
        229 16 Bloomberg {SYDNEY] Winterthur Swiss Insurance Co, Switzerland's second-largest insurance company, sold its stake in Australian-based HIH Winterthur International Holdings Ltd for a less than expected A 5436.5 million (***** million). Credit Suisse Group had been keen to sell Winterthur Swiss* stake in HIH
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        Lock icon Saudi Arabia ready to support earlier oil cuts
        364 16 If prices stay low in Sept, it may agree to trim more output ahead of Nov meeting Reuters [KUWAIT] Opec heavyweight Saudi Arabia may back a third round of oil cuts even ahead of Opec's November meeting if world oil prices are
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        Lock icon Euroyen, JGBs close off highs
        222 16 KEMELReport Reuters ISINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond futures (JGBs) were off their highs in sluggish trade yesterday as the sagging yen discouraged investers from taking big positions, "The JGBs were quite mixed this morning. It opened with a strong net bid, trading up
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        Reserve ratio cut fails to bolster futures
        164 16  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES Cecilia Loh THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures fell for a seventh day, erasing early gains as the lowering of reserve ratio of 2 to 5 per cent was not substantial in giving the futures market a boost. Lite-on
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        Lock icon Oil falls as inventories keep rising
        241 16 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg, Reuters [NEW YORK] Crude oil fell more than 3 per cent amid scepticism that output cuts by members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries will reduce a worldwide oversupply. A survey by Bloomberg News last week showed that Opec members,
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        287 16 AFP AFX-Asia, THE dollar was up sharply on the day, but eased a touch through the afternoon as a handful of profit-takers capped its rise. Dealers said a rapidly growing feeling of disenchantment over the new Japanese administration's resolve to reform the nation's ailing economy is driving the
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      1626 17 Bloomberg PnadMi22S -axw JAPANESE stocks fell for the first time in five days as losses by the yen against the dollar dragged down share prices across Asia, sharpening concerns Japan's economic ills are spreading to the rest of the region. Banks paced decliners as investors doubted new Prime Minister
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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      1382 18 AFP Q Hang Seng -***** SHARE prices slumped 4.8 per cent in volatile trade yesterday due to concerns over the territory's economy as well as the weakening Japanese yen, dealers said. "It is due to a combination of internal and external factors," said Alex Tang, research head at Pacific-Core
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      Lock icon CHINA
      629 18 Reuters QShflozheoß Index -(L 56 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B Share Index closed lower yesterday, under pressure from sharp losses in the neighbouring Hongkong stock market and renewed weakness in the Japanese yen, analysts said. The B Share Index slipped 0.55 point to 62.76, on turnover of HKIIO million. "The
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      333 18 AFP QwPMex -33M SHARE prices closed lower yesterday amid concerns over the yen's weakness and losses in Hongkong. The Weighted Price Index dropped 23.64 points to 7,599.04, following a 0.4 per cent decline in the previous session. "The market reflected negative leads overseas the Japanese yen slipped near 145
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      251 18 AFP Q Wellington -1&27 SHARE prices fell yesterday as investors fretted over regional market weakness following a sharp drop on Wall Street at the weekend. The NZSE-40 Capital Index dipped 18.27 points to 2,104.04 points. Total market turnover value was NZ5102.77 million. m v- r—> AN2 Banking 12.75 0.15
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      703 18 AFP PSETMn -5*83 THAI shares tumbled yesterday as investors fled bank and finance issues amid rumours over more drastic capital writedowns, analysts said. Losses were extended in the afternoon despite the announcement of a 25-point stimulus package aimed at kick-starting the. economy through public spending. Analysts said the package
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      405 18 AFP PCtmpogfo Index -&02 SOUTH Korean share prices yesterday closed lower on news that the Japanese yen had breached the 145 level against the US dollar. "A weaker yen and the Hongkong market's steep fall weakened sentiment in the afternoon," a dealer at LG Securities said. He said futures-linked
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      580 18 AFP QAH Ordinaries -30^ AUSTRALIAN share prices closed down yesterday after being pushed sharply lower by a slump in Asian markets, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index shed 30.8 points to close at 2,673.8. The All Industrials Index fell 54.8 points to 4,723.0, while the All Resources lost 11.3
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      643 18 AFP DftppogtoMc -441 INDONESIAN share prices yesterday closed 1.3 per cent lower on negative sentiment over regional weakness and profit-taking from the previous week's gains, dealers said. "The weakness was due to falls in regional markets," a dealer with a local brokerage said. The Composite Index was 6.46 points
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      Lock icon MANILA
      284 18 AFP □Mufl* -KS4 SHARE prices lower yesterday on concerns over the skidding Japanese yen and fears of rising domestic inflation. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index lost 64.54 points to 1,543.07. Joey Roxas of Eagle Equities Inc warned that prices had yet to bottom out. Volume fell to 295.84 million
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        Lock icon Shares back below key 400-point level
        374 19 AFP kJ Composite Index -HL3B MALAYSIAN share prices ended lower yesterday, dragged down by lower regional markets as well as concerns over the easing of domestic monetary policy, dealers said. The Composite Index plunged below the 400-point psychological barrier to end at 386.27 points,
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        Grand Central wrt: time on its side
        176 20  -  WARRANT WATCH -By] R Sivanithy BUYING low-priced warrants which have plenty of time left is actuaUy quite a defensible strategy in these troubled times, because although it may be hard to envision now, the market wiU recover eventually. This is actually the time
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        HOT STOCK
        73 22  -  -by Shiv Taneja REKAPACIFIC BHD closed half a cent lower yesterday at 7.5 cents on a volume of 2.08 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 1.3 million units. The counter is heavily oversold, according to its daily aid weekly RSI charts. However, it is unlikely
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        Lock icon Week starts on sour note on yen slide, HK plunge
        717 22  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Not helping is news of more EL corporate woes; STH ends np, however, on late propping np By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A slide in the Japanese yen to 145.67, a steep drop in Hongkong equities because of
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          Never too late?
          155 22 SOME experts are saying that if a company is only now starting to face up to the infamous Millennium Bug or Year 2000 (Y2K) problem, it may already be too late. In Singapore, major government bodies and large corporations are reportedly well advanced in their Y2K preparations.
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          Talk of the trade
          99 22 WE know that the hospitality trade's job is to make its clientele feel good, and perhaps never more so than in the current tough spell for the tourist industry. It may even have come to the point where competitors start to turn on each other, even
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          And straight talk
          58 22 HERE'S another hotelier telling it like it is. Most of us try to make our jobs sound more exciting than they really are, but this is how the marketing manager of a hotel here described his vocation to one of our reporters: "My job is just to
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          Pride and passion
          79 22 PIZZA Hut is getting its customers into the swing of National Day. In an advertising pamphlet entitled One People, One Nation, One Pizza, the restaurant announces two budget packages—Merdeka Meal and Majullah Meal—deliverable to the doorsteps of customers. The first serves three and costs $23.95, while the
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          Bracing for Y2K
          197 22 AN irate treasury boss here in Singapore complained last Friday that in order to make it Y2K compliant, he's just been presented with a $30,000 quotation by the company that installed his phone system. Silly really, when you consider that his bank paid about $80,000 for it
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      112 21 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Quek Siew Khoon Paul of Blk 899 C Woodlands Dr. 50 #09-298 Singapore *****9, have applied for a Retail Beer Shop Licence in respect of M/s Aik Quan Minimart located at Blk 515 A Woodlands Dr 14 #01-183 Singapore *****5, and that this application
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      112 21 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Quek Siew Siang Francis of Blk 677 Woodlands Ave 6 #09-738 Singapore *****7, have applied for a Retail Beer Shop Licence in respect of M/s Aik Quan Minimart located at Blk 6738 Choa Chu Kang Crescent #01-02 Singapore *****3, and that this application will
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      428 22 [SINESS A <>ttCCS loadvvrlisc toll-lriT ISOO-741 IS,S3 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF EMBROIDERY HOUSE PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding Up) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 the
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      151 22 MIRO MARINE PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(2) of the Companies Act, Cap 50, that the Final Meeting ol the abovenamed Company wil be held at 27 Cantonment Road, Singapore *****5 on 4* day of September 1998 at 10.30 a.m. for the
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      379 22 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Leong Peck Chee of Blk 126 Tampines St 11 #04-464, Singapore *****6, have applied for a Public House Ist Class Licence in respect of M/s Restaurant Aikyakn located at 695 East Coast Rd Singapore *****9, and that this application will be considered by the
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      272 22 M THE MATTE* OF THE COMMNKS ACT CAP. 60 AND M THE MATTER Of SUfKA QREEN INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary liquidation I At »n extraordinary general meeting of Supra Green International fte Ltd duly convened and held at 1 Sophia Road aOV22 Peece Centra S'ig«po'e *****9 on 3
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      539 22 •3 TmgUn MaH, «vry third Saturday of tht month, spm 1 lpm |cata| f NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Tan Yew How of 27 Lucky Heights Singapore *****1, have applied for a Beer House Ist Class Licence in respect of M/s Ah Meng Cafe Beer Garden located at 180
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      300 22 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Teo Lai Kck of 116 Yunnan Crescent Singapore *****6, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s West Village Food and Drink located at Blk 960 Jurong West St 92 #01-188, Singapore *****0, and that this application will be considered
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      319 23 Bridge News, Reuters THE week ended with a small flurry of grain cargoes being fixed, but trading generally remains lacklustre. TANKER& The week ended with new cargoes in short supply. There was a little activity still in the Caribbean market, more for the Panamaxes than the Aframaxes. Aframax
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      472 23  -  Attempt to force exporters to use M'si&n ports will only backfire By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The Singapore National Shippers Council (SNSC) has called on the Malaysian authorities not to discourage Singapore companies from setting up factories and investing in the country by forcing
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      Lock icon Schooner rises from watery grave
      63 23 [RAUMA, Finland] Diving group C-Star salvages the wreck of Schooner Jonkoping (right) from the bottom of the Baltic Sea near Rauma, on the south-western Finnish coast. The Schooner was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1916. The diving group has also recovered several bottles of
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      Korean yards forecast to see drop in newbuilding orders this year
      479 23  -  By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Despite a strong surge of newbuilding contracts received by Korean yards in the second quarter following a relatively dry spell, Korean analysts are forecasting a 30 per cent drop in orders by weight logged by
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      206 23 Reuters [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka's Colombo port needs to consider liberalising its ship refuelling business if it is to maintain its status as an international hub, a top shipping official said yesterday. "In an international port, bunkering is a prime factor, but we
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      Lock icon P Klang can handle more cargo: terminal operator
      408 23 [SINGAPORE] Port Klang will be able to handle any increases in cargo traffic as its three terminal operators are currently operating at 50 per cent of capacity. According to Kelang Port Management (KPM) managing director Abdul Halim Harun, the combined annual capacity
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        87 23 Reuters [HOUSTON] Shipping traffic was slowed on the Houston Ship Channel on Sunday when a 230-foot cargo vessel sank while it was being loaded. A Coast Guard spokesman said a slow bell, or a warning to cut speed, was in effect in the area of
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        Lock icon Pan-African ports group to be set up
        77 23 Bridge News [NAIROBI! A Pan-African ports association will be established by the end of next year and will serve as the official mouthpiece of the continent's ports, according to a report of the first meeting of a committee charged with creating the association
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        74 23 [NEW DELHI] The Indian government has banned the operation of foreign vessels on coastal routes with immediate effect. Hie decision is in line with the national agenda of the BJP-led coalition government to reserve coastal shipping at the country's major ports for domestic companies. However,
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      1115 24  -  MALAYSIAN SHIPPING KL may even force shippers to use home ports to win back some of the external trade currently transitting S pore By i G Durairaj Lloyd's List [KUALA LUMPUR] MALAYSIA'S policy planners remain unclear how they can divert national cargo from being transhipped at
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        184 37 Any 10. Singapore: National Day Holiday. South Africa: National Women's Holiday. Aaglfl. Thailand: HM The Queen's Birthday. Aug 15. Austria: Assumption Day. Belgium: Assumption Day. France: Assumption Day. Greece: Assumption Day. Italy: Assumption Day. Luxembourg: Assumption Day. Portugal: Assumption Of Our Lady. South Korea: Liberation Day. Spain: Assumption
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        300 38 But airline is confident of reversing losses after settling dispute Bernama [MANILA] The nearly twomonth strike by pilots and staff of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) has caused the company to lose 4.9 billion pesos (*****.9 million). In the month of June alone, the
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        103 38 AFP [BEIJING] Boeing Co will be among 600 aerospace firms from more than 30 countries exhibiting at the Nov 15-22 Autumn Air and Space Show in southern China's Zhuhai city, organisers said. China is planning on highlighting its latest space technology at the exhibition,
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        Lock icon Kuwait's national carrier plans shake-up ahead of privatisation
        350 38 AFP [KUWAIT CITY] Kuwait Airways Corp (KAC) is to raise fares, cancel unprofitable routes and lay off hundreds of employees before its full transformation into a public shareholding company. The chairman of Kuwait's state-owned national carrier, Ahmad al-Meshari, said that a shake-up
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        1653 38 cm FLIGHT ETA fUOHT no SO2001 0835 LK6373 2350 AMaMa BA7J01 (930 BA7382 2055 IH77I WO S02i 2350 Oftl 1930 Of82 2055 W457J 1610 LH779 2359 $0229 2220 $***** 1610 HZ4579 2359 Aaitartaai ****** 0755 KL844 0040 OWt *<5 MQQ> 2359 S0327 0755 U.838 2300 FMMi
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        Lock icon B757-300 makes maiden flight
        213 38 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing's 757-300 twin- engine jetliner made its maiden flight, as the world's biggest airplane maker seeks to tap the charter-airline market with a stretched version of the 757-200. The single-aisle jetliner, which can carry as many as 289 passengers, landed at Boeing Field near
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        Lock icon Relying on wind speed
        60 38 [TOKYO] Picture shows an experimental high-speed rail vehicle called the "aero-train The train uses solar and wind power to generate electricity and scientists estimate that the aero-train could achieve speeds ofsoo km/h. Scientists in Japan hope to start testing a prototype in 2002. The GETS logo
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        Lock icon China drops plan to build MD-90s
        209 38 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China cancelled plans to build 20 McDonnellDouglas MD-90 aircraft in Shanghai because of a poor reception from Chinese carriers and Boeing Co's own decision to stop production of the jets in the United States, officials said. The failure of the aviation project,
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      380 23 PAL strike costs 4.9b peso But carrier is confident of reversing losses after settling dispute. Back Page Malaysia ponders options, Page 2 International Workßoat Show Singapore The International Workßoat Show will industry will be represented including be brought to Singapore for the first maket leaders such as Hvide Marine, time
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