The Business Times, 1 February 1996

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04M2/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SI NGAPORE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1,1996 85*
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    Lock icon Stage set for predators to take over Kian Joo
    625 1  -  KL High Court orders winding op of the holding company of Malaysia's largest can-maker By Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The door is now open for corporate predators to mount a takeover of Malaysia's biggest can-maker Kian Joo, and the situation bears
    FORBES  -  625 words
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    Scotts disposes of India investment for $7m profit
    479 1  -  74-hecUre township land sold to ladlan industrialist RKJ&tia By< Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Scotts Holdings Ltd, whose shares have been suspended since Friday, yesterday announced the disposal of its troublesome interest in a land project near the Indian capital of New Delhi for
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    Lock icon IPO to raise US$32m for fantasy brothel resort
    273 1 Bloomberg Business News [LAS VEGAS] Taking the line that "the legalised brothel industry in America is long overdue for a resculpturing of its image and vitality", Sporting Houses Management Corp is hoping to raise US$32 million (5545.1 million) in an initial stock
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    UEA ready to sell land for 100,000 homes, if needed
    542 1  -  By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] The government will not hesitate to release sites for 100,000 private residential units over the next five years starting from 1997 if that is what it takes to satisfy demand. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      URA puts up 5 residential parcels for tender
      361 2  -  Sale of sites will meet govt's quantum of 1,000 private boosing units for 1905 By Abdul Hadhi THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday launched the sale of five residential land parcels, including two Eastwood Park sites that were launched last year but
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      Lock icon Training of NSmen to get big revamp
      469 2  -  Bettor educated NSmen will be better deployed: Tony Tan By< Chuang Peck Ming A FUNDAMENTAL review will be carried out on the training of full-time National I Servicemen, leading to big changes in training this year, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said yesterday.
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      EDB has 2 deputy chairmen this year
      113 2 THE Economic Development Board has appointed two deputy chairmen this year NUS vice-chancellor Lim Pin and STIC managing director Ho Ching. Their one-year term starts today. Prof Lim was also deputy chairman last year and has been a board member since 1989. Ms
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      Lock icon Growth in money supply slows
      308 2  -  EYE OM THE ECONOMY Finance By\ Paul Leo GROWTH in M 2, the chief measure of money supply, fell in November for the sixth consecutive month. Figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore show that M 2 grew 8.8 per cent year-on-year to $100.31 billion
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      HDB flats will remain affordable
      374 2 Wng Ifiinjjalia on veils farther stops ta kelp lewer {scene •wn flats NATIONAL Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang yesterday gave his assurance that public housing will remain affordable. The minister said that prices of new flats would be kept at a level where potential buyers
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      Furniture makers step up regional drive
      342 2  -  New information software system will help them monitor overseas operations By' Toh Han Shih SINGAPORE fUrniture companies are expanding their manufacturing base in Asia, using computer software to streamline their operations. The Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) is playing an active role in promoting
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      Saab recalls Convertibles for steering system check
      212 2 SAAB Automobile is recalling 54 Saab 900 Convertibles sold here since October 1994 to make sure their steering systems are working properly. The car maker's distributor here, Trans Eurokars, is notifying the affected car owners by phone. The voluntary recall follows four cases
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      Kewalram buys Lippo Centre for $2,160 psf
      353 3  -  By Abdul Hadhi LJPPO Centre in Raffles Place has been sold to the Kewalram Group for $2,160 per sq ft a price seen by industry observers as further confirmation that prime office space values are finally stirring. Property agents Edmund Tie Co (ET
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      Quantum to close plants in Penang and California by June
      318 3  -  David Mok AMERICAN disk drive maker Quantum Corp plans to close its Penang plant by June this year—a loss by the Malaysian state which could well turn out to be Singapore's gain. The Penang plant's production of high-end disk drives
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      Centrepoint Properties accepts general manager's resignation
      396 3  -  01 flits altar Mag chargri in caort with nrimAMM Jenny Lam CENTREPOINT Properties Ltd (CPL) said yesterday that it had accepted the resignation of its general manager Harold Tan Hock Chye with immediate effect Tan, 39 had been charged by the Commercial Affidrs Department
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      Lock icon Rich households saw sharp drop in inflation
      335 3 HIGH-INCOME households enjoyed the lowest increase in consumer prices last year. Inflation for Singapore's top 20 per cent income group was only 1 per cent in 1995, down from 8.4 per cent in 1984, the Department of Statistics said yesterday. In particular, the
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon OCBC building 72-unit condo
      388 4 Hefty profit likely because of low land cost and strong demand for projects in the area Richmond Park will soon have a new neighbour when the OCBC group builds a 22storey residential block on a freehold site just across the road from the posh condominium. A
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      House Hunt
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      9 4 The Straits Times APPOINTMENTS offers a quality labour pool
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Minister wants to tighten economy to avoid overheating
      377 5 JAKARTA Calls far cirttig aaititfrtntagkoß fcrriimn guia Reuter FINANCE MINISTER Mar'ie Muhammad said yesterday that Indonesia planned to moderate its economic growth to avoid overheating. "Moderate economic growth is our choice, growth that is not too high but is accompanied by a
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      Lock icon Canada's offer of aid for N-plant under study
      178 5 IWTBBook JAKARTA Reuter INDONESIA is considering an offer by Canada to help build its first nuclear power plant, estimated to cost some US$2.l bfflkm (8*2.96 billion), tbs official Antara news agency reported yesterday. "The Canadian governmsnt has officially offered us nuclear power
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      Lock icon Much work ahead to arrive at trade pact with Hanoi: US
      138 5 WASHINGTON AFP SK v&N months after normalising diplomatic relations, the Unlted States and Vietnam still have much work ahead in negotiating a trade agreement, a senior US official said an Tuesday. "The trade talks have begun, (and) at this
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      Lock icon State firms without prospects will be sold: Ariwibowo
      227 5 JAKARTA Reuter INDONESIAN Minister of Industry and Trade Tungky Ariwibowo said that state companies without prospects will be sold off, the official Antara news agency reported yesterday. "Unsound state companies without prospects will have to be sold," Mr Ariwibowo was quoted as
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      Lock icon Two ministers trying to end Bali's beer-tax hiccups
      379 5 JAKARTA Prtbe into conflict which is causing hotels to ran dry AFP TWO ministers have launched a bid to end a beer-tax crisis on Bali that has caused supplies of beer to most hotels on the vacation paradise to dry up, according
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  • CHINA-HONKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China will use force in Taiwan in certain circumstances: Zhu
      464 6 SANTIAGO Vice-Premier cites invasion of island by foreign countries and moves towards independence AFP VISITING Chinese Vice-Pre-mier Zhu Rongji said on Tuesday that China will launch a military intervention in Taiwan under certain circumstances. "If there were an invasion of
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      Lock icon Teng-hui hits back at Beijing
      252 6 m TAIPEI Reuter TAIWAN President Lee Tenghui yesterday hit beck et en attack by Chinese Premier Li Feng against the laland's drive for democracy, laying upcoming presidential elections would be the "most important event in history". "Communist China's Premier Li said he will not recognise
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      Lock icon Fujian to open investment zones for Taiwanese
      277 6 HONGKONG UPI THE Chinese province nearest Taiwan is setting up investment zones for Taiwan businessmen and encouraging Taiwan banks and insurance companies to set up offices this year, pro-China newspapers reported yesterday. Fujian laid out the welcome mat at the same time national
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      Robust loan growth signals strong earnings for banks
      317 6  -  HONGKONG Gtvt figures shtw flflj wtiUllfog WusapllS* J* Quak Hiang Whai THE Hongkong banking and finance sector looks set to show strong growth in earnings tor the currant corporate reporting season as the Hongkong Monetary Authority (HKMA) yesterday released healthy Industry figures
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      Lock icon China's tight monetary policy to continue
      315 6 BEIJING Owtralbukttfs prime objective is today inflation Reuter CHINA yesterday pledged there would be no let-up in its tight monetary policy in 1996, saying that the central bank's goal was to slay inflation not to prop up laggard state firms. People's Bank of China
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      SINO Brief
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      Lock icon Revised copyright law to reflect global norms
      179 6 BEIJING Reuter CHINA is to revise its five-year-old copyright law to strengthen protection against piracy in line with international norms, the Xinhua news agency said yesterday. "The revision will embody the Chinese government's resolution and it is a concrete step in improving our
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      Lock icon Beijing seen observing rule of law in HK
      169 6 WASHINGTON AFP HONGKONG Solicitor-Gener-al Daniel Fung voiced cautious optimism on Tuesday about the rule of law in the territory after it reverts to China next year, citing Beijing's huge stake in the status quo. "The system works in Hongkong and is seen
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon New jusen plan fails to cap possible public cost
      504 7  -  TOKYO Opposition party boycotts panel mooting in growing dispute over bail-out By, Anthony Rowley JAPAN'S finance ministry yesterday presented a final version of the plan to rescue the bankrupt housing loan corporations (jusen) but left the amount of potential losses to
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      Lock icon Tiger attack on bank leaves 53 dead
      198 7 COLOMBO UPI, AFP A MASSIVE bomb explosion oil Tuesday ripped through Sri Lanka's Central Bank building in the heart of the capital, killing at least 53 people and wounding more than 1,400, police and witnesses said. Gunmen from the separatist Liberation Tigers of
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    • ASIA Notes
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        42 7 AFP In the ground-breaking ceremontf U|illift(BtBatbUUon)power plant project being built by a subsidiary of Hongkong tycoon Gordon Wu's BopeweU Holdings Limited. To be completed here by mkHBee, the project will provide 28,000Jobe and increase economic growth, Ma Bhutto said on Tuesday.—AFP
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        Lock icon Japanese propose Wai for Nobel prize
        32 7 AFP iTUKYuJ gigntJapemese lawmatars said yesterday they the of his activities. Four lawmakers are from the Social Democratic Party and one from the New Party Sakigake.—AFP
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        Lock icon Aussie current account deficit narrows
        35 7 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Australia's current account deficit in December unexpectedly narrowed 12per cent to A 11.688 billion (Ssl.7 billion). That rompares with a revised A*l.B6Bbillion in November.—Bloomberg Business Nun
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      Lock icon Monster of the sea
      61 7 [WELLINGTON] Steve O'Shea, a curator at New Zealand's Ministry (/Agriculture and Fisheries, examining a giant squid in Wellington yesterday. The 8-metre one-tonne mollusc, which will be preserved, was caught by a research vessel somesoo km off the South Island two weeks ago. It is the second
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      Lock icon Japan won't be asking US to reduce troops, says official
      152 7 ■TOKYO Bernama-Kyodo JAPAN does not intend to ask the United States to cut the number of US troops stationed in the country currently 47,000 because the bilateral security arrangement depends on the US military, a senior government spokesman said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Kim in bid to placate tycoons on trial
      222 7 SEOUL Reuter, AFP SOUTH Korean President Kim Young Sam invited top tycoons standing trial for corruption to a dinner yesterday in an apparent move to placate thfc busiiy—i■piiinity and rtMsure investors. the heads of conglomerates known as chaebol comes only two days
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      Lock icon NZ's foreign currency rating upgraded
      212 7 WELLINGTON Bloomberg Business News NEW ZEALAND celebrated a credit rating upgrade with special relish yesterday as it moved a notch above neighbour and arch-rival Australia for the first time. Standard and Poor's said it had raised New Zealand's long-term foreign currency rating to AA+ from
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      Lock icon Indian judge orders police to widen corruption probe
      336 7 NEW DELHI Opposition: Move shows investigators were playing down charges against Rao AFP INDIA'S Supreme Court has ordered federal detectives to widen a probe into a corruption scandal which has claimed the scalps of several top politicians and threatens to implicate dozens
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      84 7 Belville Gardens Tj JMffW uZTB at Robin Road Prime residential development site Potential to develop up to 10-storeys 552 with a plot ratio of 1.6 Site Area of 34,006 sf Freehold Tenure S o Closing date d tender 28 February 1996 (Wednesday) at 3 pm. Z J II j For
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Sharp cut in Bundesbank's rate
      469 8 FRANKFURT ■ark slips as central bank surprises with a 15 basis point reduction in fepe rate to 3.40% AFP THE Bundesbank surprised the financial world yesterday by cutting a key rate sharply, shoring up measures to reflate the French and German economies which were unveiled
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      Lock icon Slowing growth worries eastern Germany
      261 8 BONN Reuter EASTERN Germany's soaring economic growth rates of recent years are tumbling, fuelling concern that the region could have to wait another generation or longer to catch up with the prosperous western part of the country, Bonn's official forecasts for east German growth this
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      Lock icon Recovery in doubt after jobless rate rises
      271 8 0 PARIS Reuter PRANCE yesterday anflounced unemployment rose tbove three million at the end last year, casting a shadow Aver a new government E package unveiled on y meant to revive conconfidence and spending. Three economic stimulus packages since November lave aimed to
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      Lock icon All in a day's work
      53 8 [MUNICH] While visitors to the Munich Hellabrunn zoo are bundled up in warm clothing, these penguins are enjoying a walk in a familiar environment At temperatures, below zero Celsius, and a layer qf snow covering the zoo compound, the penguins are released every afternoon for
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      Lock icon Clinton says debt ceiling problem an emergency
      365 8 WASHINGTON Economy may be poshed into rtiifttiitß if US defaults on debt: budget director AFP PRESIDENT Bill Clinton called on Congress to raise the government debt ceiling to avert default on Mar 1, describing the problem as an emergency. "I think it's terribly
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      Lock icon Clinton says he is convinced of Russian reforms
      302 8 WASHINGTON Reuter, Bloomberg Business News PRESIDENT BUI Clinton on Tuesday met Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and said he was convinced Russia was "firmly moving forward" with its reforms. Trying to calm concerns that Russian President Boris Yeltsin will bow to pressures
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      Lock icon Greece, Turkey withdraw warships
      252 8 ATHENS UPI NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) allies Greece and Turkey pulled back from the brink of war yesterday as both announced acceptance of US mediation to end a standoff over two tiny, uninhabited islands in the south-east Aegean. Greek Foreign Minister Theodore Pangalos said the
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      Lock icon EU allows Sony, NEC in high-tech projects
      147 8 TOKYO Reuter SONY Corp and NEC Corp have been allowed to join high-tech development projects sponsored by the European Union for the first time, Japan's daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported yesterday. A recent change in EU policy towards high-technology development has made the
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      Lock icon Prosecutors seek new Berlusconi trial
      91 8 MILAN Reuter MILAN prosecutors requested yesterday that media magnate Silvio Berlusconi should stand trial for illegally channelling funds from his companies to disgraced former prime minister Bettino Craxi. The two prosecutors leading investigations lodged the request with an examining magistrate who must now decide whether
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Haveys escape
        25 8 AFP sSSKi^bekiforhourf^sorasSamideluSSrffi demanding incrsases in eduartk* >"rM police surrounded miirfatry aftsrtt nai cm Tiwwy nnai i man ana nHMwefl liwaipwwigwi tfa» balkltm tmmxlltriy.-ATP
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        Lock icon US prices
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        Lock icon Chiraco to new rule in
        39 8 AFP [PARIS} fVM>cllPr»«lds»rtJp|oeiiClili mi «p>tfj||gife hmeylMriaffcr a dartaf which j>» aald hi wooMm it IjHjjf gffipjp Bib t>pean cote In Nato. H» Franca wanted "a nxire with Europe doing more for tt> own asaalty".—AFP < >
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        Lock icon Unions attack
        11 8 Reuter [BONN] Tfee G«rman govwnmnt't couM»rthog»>ri itrrtm to tfrrihjSßSSS^^^
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        Lock icon Major bid to break N Ireland
        41 8 AFP -tth thn Vrnttnt nf ttw m>tn Catholic inn I y lnlmlTiiim \m||i grt|||i' break the deadlock ovwhlsplaai to M«ittsiSMtf& nil pern pnnie Ulfcu In TTiiiltwinlieliim nomiligllim said Mr Major would meet the party "»gitaeeon'\-~AfIP
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      161 8 [1 [a wKa H WM ii£. J 1 Detailed Enamelled Dials SL High Precision Hands H FC-340M85 Power Reserve Already early in the 18th century, Geneve became known as a major centre for creation and production of timepieces. Since then the Genevese watchmakers rose to unparalleled heights in the art
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Society must deal with women's role
      786 10  -  OPINION THB BOTTOM LDIB By Ong Wee Hock Thewriter was with the Economic Development Board for more than 15 years and last worked as general manager of CSA Holdings THE IMPACT of the changing role of women in Singapore should not be underestimated Women's
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      130 10 'I'm not going anywhere in a hurry. One of the advantages of this move is that I can take some time, shake the trees and think carefully.' _j«—tth„i„ Hpngkong Airport Authority finance director who resigned and will leave the government post this summer. 'If s a grand
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      Malaysia fights the perception gap
      574 10 EDITORIAL IF MALAYSIA'S economic mandarins needed any further evidence of worrying signs in the country's macro-economic picture, they needed to look no further than October's trade, figures released last Friday. The country ran up a whopping trade deficit of Ms9.B billion (555.43 billion) in the
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      Republicans' contract with America stalls
      916 10  -  Their stand on the budget was a mistake which made Clinton leek gted. Bat is the Republican revolution over? By] Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent THIS was the month in which the Republicans, who took over Congress in November 1994, were expected
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      808 10 T» to frw of anchor WMpoos IN announcing the resumption of nuclear testing last June, French President Jacques Chirac said France would conduct seven or eight tests by May. He subsequently changed the plan to six tests by the end of February, perhaps out of consideration
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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      48 10 DOOMESBURYIft/ Gary Trudeau rncrrr-f U/ANTTO JUST YOU 1 I OUT TAXES FOR. VERY LISTEN 160T I TAXE&MTH OtpVE FORBES. qjj THE TAXES OF DCtfT* J ALL RICH PEOPLE B I EXOTEP BUCHANAN I 11( equina /vp vn/FrThz A STEVE FORBES A L UJHfTB, BLACK. ■Q ABOUT COOLING HIS
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Lack of tax incentives stunts UK film industry
      727 11  -  A survey reveals these and other problems, reports John Dawson John Dawson Bloomberg Business News RITAIN needs to attract more I investment into films and establish itself as a major global exporter in the business, according to a new survey on the
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      432 11 OBITUARY The writer who gave life to Superman in 1934 dies of heart failure in Los Angeles Reuter [NEW YORK] Jerry Siegel, who as a teenager in the Depression co-created Superman and started a craze for comic book superheroes that has never abated, has
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      492 11 OPERA Offers of money poor in to help opera house rise from the ashes Reuter [VENICE] Italian officials have vowed to rebuild Venice's world famous Fenice opera house, destroyed by a raging inferno as canals near it were ironically dry as part of a plan to
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      562 12 HEALTH HewWwTitdi—i prwbKt witlMvt uteDk tuts Mpg NYT [NEW YORK] People with mild to moderate high blood pressure may benefit from a low-sodium salt substitute that retains the same salty taste which many consumers crave, a new study now suggests. While
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      241 12 GOLF Ha feels he wu A|WHtmr UPI [PERTH] World No 1 golfer Greg Norman has returned home to Australia and found himself embroiled in a controversy over appearance money. Norman will meet European PGA tour executive director Ken Schoflekl later this week to determine whether he
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      826 14 PEOPLE His works mark the turning point from medieval to modern philosophy IHT [PARIS] France is set to celebrate the man who thought therefore he was and thus became the quintessence of a French intellectual. Four hundred years after the birth of Rene Descartes, Mar 31,
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      Scotts fine-tunes management further
      436 15  -  ißprmments follow Ernst A Young's criticism of company's lodi&ii Mitel ft! Conrad Raj (SINGAPORE] Scotts Holdings Ltd is making further changes to its management nid reporting guidelines following criticism by its auditors, Ernst Young. The remarks were from a report, commissioned by fcotts' audit committee on
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      CityDev buys rest of Republic Plaza
      273 15 (SINGAPORE] City Developments Ltd (CDL) has bought Its partners' 30 per cent stake In CDL Properties (CDLP), which owns its new flagship building Republic Plaza, for $47.06 million. The partners are J C No 1 (Singapore), a subsidiary of Itochu Corporation which owned 23
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      A larger and different pie for car sellers here—eventually
      778 15  - A larger and different pie for car sellers here —eventually BOOK LOCK SBW By Christopher Tan THE Parliamentary debate on the White Paper on land transport may be over, but the document itself is still pretty much talked about outside Parliament. It contained a set of proposals for a world-class
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      Fels secures US$100m contract from Petrobas
      365 15  -  Deal comes shortly after another Job worth USs23om By] Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Listed rigbuilder Far East Levingston Shipbuilding (Fels) has clinched a US$lOO million (Ssl42 million) contract from Petrobras, less than a week after bagging a US$23O million deal. Fels yesterday said it would
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      S'pore Tech group sets target of $1b net earnings
      320 15 [SINGAPORE] One of the targets of the Singapore Technologies group is to follow the footsteps of Singapore Telecom and Singapore Airlines and realise after-tax profits of over $1 billion. The target could be reached in 10 years, or as little as
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        Lock icon Repco applies for more outlets
        409 16 The gaming operator expects approval for operations in third quarter of 1996 MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] Gaming counter Repco Holdings Bhd appears to have applied to the Sabah state government for approval to open more gaming outlets, going by the statement it made to the Kuala
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        Lock icon Indon consortium drops Telekom
        297 16 Consortium's chief cites Telekom's disagreement with ether partners Reuter [JAKARTA] One of five consortia assigned to operate and develop Indonesia's telephone system has dropped its strategic partner, Telekom Malaysia Bhd, over an "internal disagreement", its president director said yesterday. Asked if the consortium, Daya Mitra Malindo
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        PMCW raises Johan stake to 9.3%
        211 16  -  Prom] Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur PAN-MALAYAN Cement Works Bhd (PMCW), part of the Malayan United Industries Bhd (MUI) group, yesterday said it had accumulated a 9.3 per cent stake in Johan Holdings Bhd. The company, through subsidiary Delight Consolidated Sdn Bhd, paid
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        Showpla to move into China in April
        182 16 [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Showa Plastics (Showpla) has completed feasibility studies on setting up a plant in Jinan, China, and expects to start operations there in early April this year. The Japanese plastics injection moulding company disclosed this in a statement to the Stock Exchange
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        Informatics launches education software
        210 16 [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Informatics Holdings yesterday launched the first two components of a multimedia education environment software co-developed by the National Computer Board's Information Technology Institute. Called the Students' Multimedia Integrated Learning Environment (Smile), the $2 million project is expected to enhance the learning process for Informatics'
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        ABR still evaluating possibilities
        110 16 [SINGAPORE] Ice-cream company ABR Holdings says it is still evaluating possible Indonesian acquisitions in non-re-lated business sectors and is not aware that such an evaluation or any other reasons could be the cause of the recent increase in the company's share price. The company was replying
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        Lock icon Move for M'sian banks to take share orders hailed
        421 16 MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] The stockbroking industry has welcomed new legislation that allows banks to take buy and sell orders for securities transactions as the marketplace is now open to the smallest investor in the most remote town in Malaysia. With over
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        Khong Guan posts $449,000 profit
        151 16 [SINGAPORE] Khong Guan Flour Milling turned in a net profit of $449,000 for the six Months ended Oct 31, up 165 per cent from before. The company said increased interest income had contributed to better group pre-tax profit. However, the figure was lower because of
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          Creative gets
          43 16 PI®MEDIA 3D graphics care technology from BDlab». The licence enables Creative to leverage its strength to aound sikl communications to deelgn future solutions that incorporate high-performance 2D and ai>»-aphic*» audio and communications capabilities. The company is also vendors like Microeaftgwii* develoiwfrad
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          40 16 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] KosDenkolssesklng the approval of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Cor a listing of it* seeking a listing of its enlarged Issued and pai&up share capital through an oOmr by aviating sharshßlrt— ofMfc wiHHrm nrtfaary
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          37 16 AFP (KUALA LUMPUR] Six more firms have been listed ibr trading iMMW-ti%TrtiTnpi»wriiff^ Bhd.UMWHokltngsßhd.MWß Holdings Bhd and MBf': Holdings Rhd, The firms will be traded scripiess from March 4, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange said yesterday—AFP
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        HK unveils listing rules for infrastructure firms
        439 17  -  Territory joins S'pore and M'sian bourses in race to tap region's booming sector From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE contest among regional bourses for infrastructure project companies picked up steam yesterday as Hongkong unveUed its own listing requirements for such candidates. Expanding
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        364 17 Reuter [HONGKONG] China Strategic Holdings Ltd said yesterday it would focus on China infrastructure projects this year, including a coal pipeline, a road and a bridge. Executive director Mico Chung told reporters the firm expected a proposed coal slurry pipeline project to get
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        342 17 AFP, Reuter [HONGKONG] Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is trying to form a joint venture between its Hongkong-based Star TV unit and China state-backed companies, including China Central Television (CCTV), it was reported yesterday. The joint venture will likely beam CCTV programming through Star TV's network
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        Lock icon Taiwan to get Intel's motherboard technology
        125 17 Reuter [TAIPEI] Intel Corp has decided to transfer computer motherboard technology to several Taiwanese makers in a bid to boost the microprocessing market, an Intel Taiwan manager said yesterday. "Intel's entry last year into computer motherboard production aims to expand the microprocessing market and
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        299 17 Indonesia says it has to concentrate on its own aircraft industry Renter [JAKARTA] Indonesia said it regretted it could not meet a Dutch request to help the ailing plane maker Fokker NV, the official Antara news agency reported yesterday. Minister for Research and Technology
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        Lock icon Apple mulls options as talk of merger fades
        389 18 Analysts expect an even bigger restructuring charge and more layoffs Reuter [SAN FRANCISCO] As talk of a merger with Sun Microsystems Inc fades, Apple Computer Inc is mulling all its options to restore profits, amid Wall Street forecasts of another big write-off
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        UK's Hanson breaking up into four listed companies
        384 18  -  From Neil Behrmann in London HANSON, the huge British conglomerate, is breaking up and splitting its Anglo American empire into four separate listed companies, each concentrated in a narrowly-de-fined business sector. Lord Hanson, the chairman, who over three decades preyed on undervalued
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        260 18 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] MCI Communications Corp's fourthquarter profit rose 17 per cent as a record number of long-distance customers spawned the largest increase in phone traffic in five years. Net income rose to US$2B4 million (*****.2 million), or 41
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        Lock icon Hasbro lukewarm to Mattel's offer to resume merger talks
        418 18 Bloomberg Business News [LOS ANGELES] Mattel Inc's chairman and chief executive John Amerman called on a reluctant Hasbro Inc to resume talks that would combine the world's two largest toymakers in a US$5.2 billion (557.38 billion) transaction. Hasbro's chairman and chief
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        318 18 Payments of USs37m to subcontractors under scrutiny Reuter [BUENOS AIRES] An FBI team is in Buenos Aires investigating whether the local unit of International Business Machines Corp committed any US crimes, an Argentine judge said on Tuesday. Investigating judge Adolfo Bagnasco, probing an alleged
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          Lock icon Sicom waives coffee-clearing fees
          62 19 -Bmtimr (SINGAPORE] The Singapore Commodity Exchange (Sicom) said yesterday it has waived clearing foes far its robusta coffee futures contract, effective Monday. Consequently, Sicom brokers have cut their commission charges for the contract from the same day. Both changes will remain until the end of this
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          Lock icon Bank of China signs US$935m loan deal
          45 19 Reuter [BEIJING] The Bank of China has signed a US$9B5 million Export Import Bank of Japan, Japanese bank officials said yesterday. It is the first such untied loan by Japan's BhHmhowk in Phtwa, a «pftkft»maw mM—ReUtV ■1 Z *■>. >'
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          Lock icon Hokkaido Takushoku Bank to sell offices
          80 19 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Hokkaido Takushoku Bank Ltd will sell its w<> w lt Mll li«iHilli« I* <!>■■■ <i TI« t B l-_ JJ 1% maoquarters puiMing in Sapporo, to jttoiiiitno, as well aa offices in Osaka and 18 other location# to a subsidiary,
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          Lock icon Life insures to extend Sanyo Sec loans
          39 19 Reuter Securities Co Ltd by one year until the end of January 1986, a spokesman said yesterday. This was to allow Sanyo to count the loans as capital In its balance sheet.—Renter
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        Coutts sets US$500m target for S'pore branch
        344 19  -  By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Private banker Coutts Co expects to manage more than US$5OO million (Ss7os million) by the middle of next year from its Singapore office, which has just been upgraded to a branch. Coutts general manager for Singapore John Harris
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        Robust sales for four new unit trusts
        414 19  -  Trusts launched last month by Tat Lee, Morgan Stanley and Schroders off to a strong start By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] The unit trust industry has gotten off to a strong start this year, with four units launched in January reporting robust sales
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        763 19 Superstitions, bribes' are often deciding factors in global fiwanrial Reuter [LONDON] You might think a cool head and a detached, analytical mind are essential qualifications for the dealers risking hundreds of millions of dollars in the global financial markets. You might
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        Lock icon Iraqi oil ports get ready to receive tankers
        319 19 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [BAGHDAD] Iraq has prepared its oil terminals to receive tankers as soon as it is permitted to export oil again, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) said yesterday. "Iraq's ports and its operational and technical cadres are ready to provide
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        161 19 Reuter AFP THE dollar maintained a steady bias in European trade but even a generous reduction in the German repo rate failed to encourage the bulls to make a charge through key 1.4920 marks resistance. Dealers said the 15 basis point cut in the repo rate to 3.40
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        995 20 [KUALA LUMPUR] Higher offerings following the lack of consumer demand on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market saw the metal declining four sen to close at M 515.76 per kg yesterday. One dealer said the volatility of the Malaysian currency against the US dollar lately was also another contributory
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        1050 20 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures recovered from their lows to end steady yesterday after the Bank of Japan governor Yasuo Matsushita told parliament he favoured an easy monetary policy. Euroyen futures came under pressure briefly from the release of better-than-expected December housing and construction starts which pushed the
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          China copper output up 23%
          97 20 [HONGKONG] China produced 843,000 tonnes of copper in 1995, up 23.3 per cent from 1994, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday, quoting the China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Corporation. Final output for 1995 Ear exceeded earlier government estimates. China at the end of
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          BHP wants better prices for its coal
          98 20 [SYDNEY] Australia's giant Broken Hill Proprietary said yesterday it was hopeful of an early agreement on higher contract prices for hard-coking coal deliveries to Japanese steel mills. The third round of talks between Australia's largest company and Japanese steel mills over the price
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          India food grain buffer stocks down
          95 20 [NEW DELHI] India's food grain buffer stocks were 27.39 million tonnes as of Nov 30, versus 31.6 million a year earlier, a government statement said yesterday. Buffer stocks' minimum required level is 16.60 million tonnes, the statement said. The minimum is set by the
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          Kenya coffee do well at auction
          112 20 [NAIROBI] Prices for Kenyan coffee at Tuesday's auction here continued their upward trend for a second consecutive week, rising by around US$2O (5528.40) per 50 kg. Exporters here said the sharp rise in prices was in line with strong arabica futures on the New
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      REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      4667 21 +*130 SHARE prices closed broadly higher yesterday, but off their highs, after the Nikkei Average rose to a 19-month high. The Nikkei Average closed up 90.30 points at 20,812.74, off the day's high of 21,021.63. This was the first time it has risen above the 21,000 level
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      1567 21 ghmtm +2AA SHARE prices closed higher, boosted by a firm Wall Street amid growing expectations for a 0.25 percentage points rate cut in the US after the Federal Reserve meeting, dealers said. The FT-SE 100 rose 24.0 points to a new record closing level of 3,759.3, also
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      2376 22 AFX-Asia PHingSeog ♦158J4 SHARE prices closed sharply higher on heavy buying by US ftinds on expectations of a US interest rate cut. The Hang Seng Index closed up 158.24 points at 11,359.70, off a high of 11,411 and a low of 11,201. Turnover was HK$9.l billion. A dealer said
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      Lock icon CHINA
      444 22 Reuter 41 SHANGHAI B Share Index closed slightly higher yesterday on a late round of speculative buying. The index rose 0.1 point to 51.48 on volume of 3.81 million shares worth U551,499 million. An announcement by Shanghai Refrigerator Compressor that it would issue SO million new B shares at
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      974 22 Bloomberg Business News Q Composite bin ♦138 STOCKS rose to their highest point in nearly two years as investors decided US interest rates will fall, spurring investors to switch money into Asia. "Large, liquid companies are going to keep moving," said a trader. "In a liquidity-driven market, investors don't
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      1144 22 Bloomberg Business News HSEThte ♦MJ> STOCKS rose to a seven-month high, led by financial and property shares, as investors wagered the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates, analysts said. "More fUnds will flow in soon," said an analyst, "especially after the Federal Reserve meets this week." The SET Composite
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        Lock icon Shares up broadly amid more foreign buying
        7051 23 KOALA LUMPUE^eporte Bloomberg Business News FlOompogiteliMtei +153 STOCKS rose, as foreign investors bid shares higher in advance of an expected cut in US interest rates. "It's quite widespread, in that it's not just happening in Malaysia, it's happening in the region as well,"
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        C K Tang, PSC for the risk-averse
        236 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy A QUICK scan of the warrants page reveals two warrants that have not performed in recent memory. Both share similar features and since they are written on shares with low historic volatility, they appear to be best suited
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        71 26  -  Paul Leo GLOB-TRADED MUI is a buy at yesterday's close ef $1.19. Daily RSI has bounced up from oversold region and momentum indicators are neutral. Yesterday's volume qf673,000 shares, (less than half the 104 ay average of 1.58 milium units) indicates that the selling has fallen off. Watch
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        Property stocks lead gains on hopes of Fed rate cut
        714 26  -  STOCK MMMMBV COMMHMTASY Brokers generally ponied by STII rise, which came despite the lack of foreign demand By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Hopes of a US interest rate cut yesterday apparently benefited local property stocks and also enabled the Straits Times
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      1415 26 Singapore Closing Shars Moos 31/01/1996 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH US$ US$ US$ US$ AIMIT Jardine Matheson 8.40 8.45 840 8.80 ■rironi «tratagic 3.40 3.30 3.38 3.42 kX&Er A Dalry Farm 0.86 0.97 0.84 0.89 MM Hongkong Land 2.27 2.18 2.18 2.28 ■VMVfnfM Mandarin Oriental 1.24 1.28 1.24 1.27 Mifciima Jardlno
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      180 26 The 1 Business Times I(I•A I I A bold new look and a fresh approach to the news and views. Faster wih the news, and wilh (he meaning of (he news. Shaqxr focus on business and onrixts. *Deepef analyse of bends, and more opinion and connenbty j Start my "TheßusinessTimes
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      282 27 Knight-Ridder, Reuter POSITIVE signs for owners were apparent on some aspects of the dry cargo market despite another fall on the BFI, down 10 points on Tuesday to 1,510, broking sourcee said. Panamax rates remained under pressure, particularly from Brazil, Argentina and South Africa, but activity elsewhere for
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      408 27  -  Far Extern Silo and Shipping Corp plus tt set op skipping ompwy here By' Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Taiwan's largest grain importer, Far Eastern Silo and Shipping Corporation (FESSC), has registered a wholly-owned subsidiary in Singapore and will be transferring two
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      144 27 Reuter [LONDON] Merchant ship losses in 1996 fell to the lowest level recorded by the Institute of London Underwriters. The insurance body said in its annual report on Tuesday that losses in 1995 were 95 ships over 500 gross tons, with a combined tonnage
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      124 27 Reuter [LONDON] US cruiae ship giant Carnival Corp is thought to have reached an agreement to take a near 30 per cent stake in Britain's Airtours pic, The Independent newspaper reported on Tuesday. "A City yesterday (Monday) tKat the deal documents were close to
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      460 27  -  newbuiijmi By, David Hughes AT FIRST sight this week's list of nswbuildings follows the now familiar pattern with bulkers and oontainershlps dominating the scene and more esoteric vessels such as cruise liners adding some variation. But there la one interesting
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      84 27 Knight-Ridder [JAKARTA] Some of the 12 ships carrying tonnes of Imported rice and waiting to unload at Jakarta's Taxtfung Prlok harbour will be diverted to another port, Bisnls Indonesia reported yesterday. The newspaper quoted National Logistics Agency, or Bulog chairman Beddu Amang as saying "Bulog
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      124 27 [SINGAPORE] A ship's captain who played a major part in the rescue of all the passengers and crew qfa sinking ship was given the PSA Commendable Act Award on Tuesday. On Jan 4, Captain Radic, master qf Sea Lark, noticed the Bianka Prima in
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      Lock icon A P Moeller takes delivery of giant container vessel
      203 27 ■aerak Um te gat 11 mere super vessels ever the next 3 jeers Reuter (COPENHAGEN] Danish shipping and energy giant A P Moeller on Tueeday took delivery of what it said la the world's largest container ship. The company aaid in
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      Lock icon Costly fiasco for US aviation
      967 28  -  FUOHT CONTROL MODBRMZSATZOM PROGRAMME: A TECHNICAL NIGHTMARE A dearth of technical experts has led to a huge waste of public funds and has pushed its air traffic control system to breaking point as obsolete equipment means many delays for flights and millions of dollars lost
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        818 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        591 41 Malaysia: Partly Market and Public holiday. Federal Territory Day (Kuala Lumpur and financial markets closed, other states open). Malaysia: Market and Public holiday, Hindu festival Thaipusam. Sri Lanka: Market and Public holiday. New Zealand: Market and Public holiday, Waitangi Day. SJoamia. Market and Public holiday. Cultural Day. Lebanon:
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        333 42 Export-Import Bank to extend USslb loan, to be guaranteed fcy Rnadan govt Reuter (WASHINGTON] The US has agreed to lend US$l billion (Ssl.4 billion) to the Russian airline Aeroflot to start building a fleet of wide-bodied Jetliners, the US Export-Import Bank
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        236 42 AFP [MANILA] The 15-member board of PhUippine Airlines Inc (PAL) decided yesterday to obtain a US$5OO million (***** million) loan to partly finance a US$3 billion reflecting programme. 1 The PhUippine National Bank will be the lead arranger of the loan, Gabriel Singson, governor of
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        Lock icon HK Airport Authority official quits
        113 42 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Hongkong Airport Authority finance director James Dundas has resigned and wUI leave the government post this summer. After four years of making budgets and preparing financing packages for the territory's new HK1154.6 billion ($2O billion) airport, the 45-year-old career banker is
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        Lock icon Pan Am to fly again 4 years after shutdown
        384 42 Carrier plans to start domestic flights tMi ■■■>■—' Reuter [NEW YORK] Pan American World Airways was reborn on Tuesday, four years after financial troubles forced one of the world's air travel pioneers to shut its doors. The new Pan Am plans
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        Lock icon China Southern Airlines plans US$2b expansion
        159 42 Reuter [HONGKONG] China Southern Airlines will need US$2 billion (Ss2.B billion) in the next five years to purchase 20-25 large passenger aircraft and expand its business, the Hongkong Economic Journal said yesterday. "A portion of the money needed will be raised from a planned
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        Qantas named top airline by magazine
        192 42 [SINGAPORE] Qantas has been named Airline of the Year by leading US aviation magazine Air Transport World. The award will be presented to the airline's chief executive and managing director, James Strong, here in Singapore on Feb 5, the eve of the Asian Aerospace
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        Lock icon West Japan Railway tests new bullet train
        236 42 AFP (TOKYO] West Japan Railway yesterday successfully tested a new high-speed Shinkansen train capable of operating speeds of about 300 kilometres an hour, and viewed as a rival fbr its French equivalent y The Shinkansen series 500, with its sharply pointed nose resembling
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        263 42 ■ad Arrtws team hopes to boost sales of Hawk aircraft Reuter [feANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei] Britain's crack Red Arrows aerobatics team put on a breathtaking display of precision flying yesterday to boost the chances of the country's Hawk aircraft being sold to Brunei.
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      16 27 US flight control modernisation plan a costly fiasco Air traffic control system at breaking point Pm#»2
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      45 27 US to help finance Aeroflot's purchase of jets Export-Import Bank to lend US|lb. Back GETTING r rT7 7 r- /S- \J~ —/S/S ATr^r r rr rr rr^ J -J J PLAIN oAIfJI -'G SEE FOR YOURSELF. DIAL 740 6000 AND FOLLOW THE VOICE INSTRUCTIONS NOW.
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