The Business Times, 29 February 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04^12/95 SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/bi2times THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29,1996 ~85?
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Dr Hu presents a 'hong bao' budget
    628 1  -  Measures will cost the government $2.45 billion, with individuals getting $1.72 billion By, Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Finance Minister Richard Hu yesterday presented a government budget containing a bumper crop of goodies for the average Singaporean and then some for businesses. There were no
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    Lock icon More SingTel shares soon for Singaporeans
    808 1  -  Byi Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] A second tranche of Singapore Telecom shares will soon be offered at a discount to Singaporeans with Central Provident Fund (CPF) accounts. Finance Minister Richard Hu announced yesterday that the sale is expected to take place in the second half
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    Comfort lands Maserati
    302 1  -  By* Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Ma-ma mia! The Comfort Group has landed the Maserati franchise, barely two months after assuming its distributorship of Peugeots. The listed transport group has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Eurocom Motors, with a paid-up capital of $100,000, to distribute the Italian brand here. Eurocom
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    Tax relief for parents, wives of NSmen
    246 1 [SINGAPORE] There was amused surprise in Parliament when Finance Minister Richard Hu announced that the rewards for National Servicemen would be extended to those who made it all possible their parents and wives. "The parents are the ones who brought up the NSmen.
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      113 1 Ite Art of Singapore Authority has submitted to Sooth Kora a proposal fcr a port rivalling in size Pusan, the country's biggest port, Aflppfag nmm, I*l I flats in hefty price premium, P*s PsSfej initial impact on riiare price could be frndrin, ftfepg. Hot SMlteinthefmflqsof fcrfort, but that could be
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      279 1 Comments, reactions and more budget reports inside Editorial: A budget for one and all, Pg 12 Toxiaeeattree will level playing field, Pg 3 Surplus to rise as govt cuts development spending, Pg3 growth seen at 7% a year, Pg3 I Arthur I Andersen I Associates I IX eeping abreast with
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  • BUDGET '96
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      What they say
      457 2 "This is a people's budget. It's not a budget which really addresses the cost of doing business in Singapore. But you don't have to pep up business in Singapore—they are doing fine by themselves...." "In all my years as MP this is the best budget so far."
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      One-off rebate of 10% for personal income lax
      495 2  -  Top income tax rate to be lowered from 30% to 28%, nnmber of tax brackets reduced to 10 By. Agnes Wee INDIVIDUALS will get a oneoff tax rebate of 10 per cent on their tax this year while the top rate of
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      Withholding tax cut to encourage know-how transfer
      389 2  -  Reduction ito makes it easier for S'pore firms to diversify borrowing sources By] Paul Leo THE government has reduced with immediate effect the withholding tax rate from 27 per cent to 15 per cent for payments to non-residents of royalties and rent for
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      HDB households to get rebates on PUB bills
      490 2  -  One to five-room flats to get rebates of $100 to $150 By Ven Sreenivasan THE government will give rebates on the utility bills of households living in HDB flats, which will more than compensate for the planned increase in electricity rates. Dr
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      Lock icon Quotes from Dr Richard Hu's budget statement
      348 3 On the need to respect market signals: "Much as some sections of the business community would like us to, we cannot artificially depress cost levels or resort to protectionist measures to gain an advantage over the competition." On the Importance of getting pricing
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      Surplus to rise as govt cuts development spending
      1280 3  -  Bid to rein in finances after 2 years of hefty jumps in outlays on infrastructure By' Vikram Khanna AFTER giving the economy a big shot in the arm over the last two years through heavy increases in infrastructure-re-lated outlays, the budget unveiled
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      Tax incentives will level playing field: finance firms
      372 3  -  By\ Shiv Taneja TAX incentives for finance companies to build up their general provisions will level the playing field, as banks have had the same incentives for some years now, industry observers said. Finance Minister Richard Hu said yesterday that from year
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      Property tax cut, duty on property transfers adjusted
      647 3  -  Moves expected to benefit mainly HDB resale buyers and non-residential sector By, Abdul Hadhi THE budget for 1996 drew some smiles from property market players but few felt a need to jump for Joy. On the property front. Finance Minister Richard Hu
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      Potential growth seen at 7% a year
      206 3 Robust regional growth has been a big boost, says Dr Hn THE Ministry of Trade Industry now reckons the Singapore economy's growth potential to be about 7 per cent per year over the next five years, Finance Minister Richard Hu said yesterday. "In
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      More accountability for public sector units
      420 4  -  They will gpt own say n> fjwnHal %nA personnel matters to promote autonomy By i Chuang Peck Ming BY April 1996, all public sector units including govern-ment-funded statutory boards will be run as autonomous agencies, with their own say in financial and personnel matters,
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      What they say
      247 4 The one per cent tax cut is nice to have, but I don 't think it will bring down costs very much. •a international Moomttogfaß Very encouraging budget with many incentives. This is a very detailed budget that caters to everyone. Leon* Horn Bee, MP (Thomson OHO
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      Estate duty eased with immediate effect
      235 4  -  By I Soh Tiang Keng TO REFLECT inflation and rising asset prices, the government has eased the burden of estate duty with immediate effect. Currently, estate duty death duty levied on property is divided into two tiers. The first tier is the first $10
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    • BUDGET NUGGETS
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        A positive Malaysian lesson
        98 4 MALAYSIA'S pro-growth policies are welcomed, even though its success will put pressure on Singapore, Finance Minister Richard Hu said "We will just have to push ahead, raise our skill and productivity levels, and continue to attract higher quality investments here, if we are not to be
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        Stamp duty on property leases out
        56 4 ST AMP duty on property teases has been cut by half to reduce business costs. Currently, the stamp duty rates on leases ranged from 0.8 per cent for those withaleaae period of less than one year. to 33 per cent for those with a
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        Incentive for pollution control
        74 4 AS of Jan I, spendings on highly-efficient pollution control and energy-efficient equipment can enjoy 100 per cent depreciation in the first year. This means the qualifying expenditure on such equipment can be written off totally "g against taxable income in the year after the year of
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        Relief for water recycling
        71 4 A COMPANY in water-intensive industries, already given tax break or other incentives, can now qualify for investment allowances on capital spending in water recycling plants and have the allowances set off against chargeable income taxed at the normal rate if it satisfies certain water conservation levels
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        S&C rebates for HDB flats
        65 4 THOSE staying in rented or owner-occupied HDB flats will enjoy bigger rebates on service and conservancy (SAC) charges and rentals. These range from two to three month's gross SAC charges and two to three months'net rent, depending on the size of flats. The rental and
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        $200 CPF Medisave top-up
        84 4 A TOP-UP of $200 will be made on Oct 1 into the CPF Medisave account of every Singaporean aged 21 and above. In addition, a second instalment win also be made in the Pre-Medisave Top-Up Scheme—set up last year for adder Singaporeans who retired before or
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      189 2 qj> l 1 vi. 1 fyirit This event marks yet another milestone for YTL Corporation. In YTL has been involved in developing Malaysia's infrastructure 1992.YTL was awarded the first license to become an independent power since 1955. kis now a fuMy integrated infrastructure devdoper, with producer in Malaysia. In building
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      165 4 U£ TECH PARK warYhousing solutions rot tomorrow SL fUfctrtUKnanr mmuasmm The Parirt proximity to the 12 passenger life PSA seaport means cheaper hbh and 16 "drive-through" cargo lifts transportation and more efficient mm to all floors. regional distribution TECH PARK ikhibm (wmMimmmounmr Floor-to-floor Close proximity to the heights of 5m
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      365 4 INDIA: W J THE UNCAGED TIGER Singapore will host the first ever Global Indian Entrepreneurs Conference (GIEC '96). Riding on the wave of India's ambitious f and far-sighted reforms, the Conference will explore the political background and the potential of the reform process and GLOBAL provide a platform where the
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      House Hunt
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      Premium on Tampines flats
      485 5  -  Resale flats there fetch 5-10% more than national average By t Abdul Hadhi Twenty-five years ago, mention Tampines and people would think of duck farms, squatters, sandpits and swampland though not necessarily in that order of übiquity. Now, Housing and Development Board (HDB) resale flats in
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      Seasons Park sees strong take-up rate of 67%
      281 5  -  By Michelle Low (SINGAPORE] Seasons Park's marketing pitch seems to have succeeded as crowds thronged the project site in Yio Chu Kang yesterday for its soft launch. In all, 183 units were booked out of 272 units put on the market at
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      Two sites in Newton/Novena area offered for en bloc sale
      266 5 [SINGAPORE] The collective sale phenomenon is picking up steam again, after the Chinese New Year. Two more en bloc sales in the Newton/Novena area one at Moulmein Road and the other at Sarkies Road were launched yesterday. Both tenders are
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      Group of used car dealers puts in top bid for Eunos site
      163 5 [SINGAPORE] A consortium of second-hand car dealers put in the highest bid for a parcel of land to be used as a car mlm centre at the corner of Eunos Link and Übi Avenue 2. The dealers, partners
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  • FOCUS
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      Re-discovering Asia—on Asia's terms
      1200 6  - Re-discovering Asia —on Asia's terms ASIA-EUROPE SUMMIT More affluent, more confident and assertive, Asia is demanding no less than a partnership of equals based on mutual respect By Yang Razali Kassim [BANGKOK] OME 700 years ago, M European explorers, hoping to circumvent Muslim power, travelled to the East in a
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      94 6 Teochew Raw Fish. A Fresh Approach To Tossing Up Luck. Authentic Teochew-style Yu-Sheng at Hung Kang Restaurant. It's a different approach, but it's not new. In fact, every dish is a faithful re-creation from age-old recipes, using only the freshest ingredients. Surely the most savoury way to usher in another
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      50 6 Restoria: Darkens grey hair 1 in 5 minutes I Will not wash out and last for weeks. fl 2 MMHPi Restoria; I Available at Apex, Eel uardia n NTUC Healthcare and independent pharmacies. Marketed A Distributed by: M ACCORD MARKETING SERVICES V Tel: (65) 736 1659 Fix: (65) 732 1920
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Singapore, South Korea agree to boost ties
      428 7  -  SINGAPORE President Kim proposes formation if South Korea-Asean 21st century committee By 1 Walton Morais PRESIDENT Kim Young Sam and Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday reached agreement on a wide range of economic issues that aim to propel South Korea-Singapore ties into
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      Nikkei falls below 20,000 on jusen, interest rate fears
      472 7  -  TOKYO Drip wis medeet Wt anfysts see signs ifbearuben Anthony Rowley TOKYO'S Nikkei-225 stock average fell back through the 20,000 level yesterday as fears over the possibility of rising short-term interest rates added to market nervousness about the fete of the
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Lawmakers discuss scandal
        13 7 AFP Indian parUcnert opened a ftill-ecale b 3K> j; I
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        Lock icon Reports of TVs,VCMs at record highs
        47 7 AFP ftOiCYO} Japan's imports cf colour telavlalooegid fhlaoc Mantle recorders hit record highs in D<cmtf» and tl»*tal»<rflS6& In Deoonber, Japan's colour TV imports ria*lL9 per cent from a yaar earlier to 7M484 units, bringing the annual total toT.4gmflMop,uplL« percent from UN.—AFP
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        Lock icon Manila cases vehicle industry rules
        29 7 AFP [MANILA] The Philippine government has aaaed rules governing the vehicle industry partly in a bid to attract foreign aoaombhrs.—AFP fjflEß «> w. S v
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      Lock icon Goh tells of shared vision between France, S'pore
      286 7  -  SINGAPORE Chirac and team hear ef possible French retain rail link plan By Kevin Sullivan FRANCE and Singapore "share the same pragmatic views" on international issues, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said last night at a dinner in honour of French President
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      Lock icon Asian execs optimistic about region: poll
      202 7 HONGKONG AFP LEADING Asian business executives are very optimistic about the region's economic growth prospects this year, according to a magazine poU published yesterday. In its weekly fax poll, the Hongkong-based Far Eastern Economic Review said 70 per cent of the more than 220
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      Lock icon Prosecutor blames Chun Doo Hwan for Kwangju massacre
      349 7 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korean prosecutors yesterday officially fingered jailed former president Chun Doo Hwan as responsible for troops opening fire on pnxlemocracy protesters in the 1960 massacre in Kwangju. "There was no one who issued an explicit order to shoot during the
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      Lock icon PNG group launches campaign against BHP
      153 7 PORT MORESBY AFP LANDOWNERS near the Broken HUI Proprietary Co Ltd's controversial Ok Tedi copper mine have begun an international campaign to discredit the company, the group's spokesman said on Tuesday. The group is targeting the Australian mining giant's international markets because of what
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      Lock icon Cynics slam Hashimoto's bid to seek opposition aid to pass Japan's budget
      208 7 TOKYO Reuter PRIME MINISTER Ryutaro Hashimoto yesterday sought opposition help to pass Japan's budget, a move cynics saw as a sop to outraged voters before passage of a plan to use tax money to wind up the ailing
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      China's new forex rules a boon for foreign investors
      659 8  -  SINGAPORE Yuan convertibility in torrent account but Bering to tighten grip en capital account forex transactions By] Lu Ning A BIG headache for foreign investors in China will lift on April 1 when China's new set Of foreign exchange regulations come
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      Lock icon China urges Taiwanese to rise up, resist split with mainland
      284 8 BEIJING Reuter CHINA yesterday urged the people of Taiwan to rise up and resist any attempt at a permanent split with the mainland. It used the 49th anniversary of an abortive uprising in Taiwan to make the call in a
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      Lock icon Electronics exports soar
      113 8 BEIJING Reuter CHINA'S exports of electronics products grew sharply last year and exceeded imports for the first time, the China Daily reported yesterday. China exported US$l7 billion (5523.8 billion) worth of television sets, tape recorders and other electronics goods, an increase of 50 per cent over 1994,
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      Hectic lobbying for overseas IPOs
      565 8  -  HE top guns in bid to convince Bering the colony Is the best place to raise tends CHDtAWATOH By Lu Ning THE Lunar New Year period is the busiest time for provincial representative offices in Beijing. Despite assumptions about communist control, lobbying central government bureaucracies
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      Lock icon Remembering a massacre
      71 8 REUTER [TAIPEI] Former legislator Stella Chen preparing to pummel an effigy of Taiwan's late former president and ruling Nationalist Party leader Chiang Kai-Shek during a protest yesterday in Taipei to commemorate the anniversary of a 1947 massacre ofthe island's people by government troops. The massacre, still one
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      Lock icon US still monitoring China's piracy record
      331 8 WASHINGTON Kantor checking if China's honoured one-year-old accord AFP THE United States is still weighing China's compliance with a year-old accord on protecting intellectual property, US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said on Tuesday. "We've attended all of the deliberations and we've been able to
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      Lock icon British decision soon on post-1997 visas for HK
      238 8 HONGKONG AFP BRITAIN will shortly decide whether to grant visa exemptions to Hongkong passportholders after the British colony is handed back to China in 16 months, it was reported yesterday. British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind told an 11member delegation from Hongkong's assembly
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      Lock icon China to pursue inquiry into ex-Poiitburo member
      275 8 BEIJING Reuter CHINA'S inquiry into the highest ranking victim of its anti-corruption drive former Beijing Communist party leader and Politburo member Chen Xitong will claim more victims, official media said yesterday. Official reports of a speech by China's top graft-buster, chairman of the
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      Lock icon Many foreigners' agents abusing their positions
      180 8 BEIJING Reuter CHINESE agents of foreign ventures have been found abusing their familiarity with local culture and business practices to violate the law, the China Daily said yesterday. Authorities investigated 659 agencies representing foreign businesses in Beijing last year and found 113 were in
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      246 7 Analysis The Singapore Budget 1996 How will the Budget impact you and your business? What effect will it have m on your business plan for the rest of the financial year? Come to the seminar and hear the views from our tax consultants in their analysis of Budget 1996. In
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      85 8 with Chinese name Memorandum and Articles of Association are issued in Chinese Certificate of Incorporation is issued For further information with company name in Chinese immediate service characters pUast co »tact: Michael J Kingston Corporate documents notarised or OFFSHORE authenticated by the Embassy of the CORPORATE SERVICES People's Republic of
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Forbes wins Arizona primary
      401 10  -  WASHINGTON Dele finishes third and may be forced tedrep eat unless he wins seme nuyer primaries seen By\ Leon Hadar REPUBUCAN Senator Robert Dole continues to face obstacles to his goal of winning his party's presidential nomination after finishing an embarrassing third in Tuesday's Arizona primary.
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      Lock icon US CPI up 0.4% in biggest rise since Oct '93
      375 10 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News THE prices which Americans pay for goods and services posted the biggest increase in January in more than two years as energy costs surged, Labor Department figures showed. Consumer prices rose 0.4 per cent last month,
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      Lock icon US December trade deficit widens 1%
      465 10 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News THE US trade deficit in goods and services widened I per cent in December to U556,778 billion (559.5 billion) as the country posted a record annual shortfall in merchandise alone. It was the first monthly increase in the trade shortfall
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      Lock icon Cuba agrees to UN call for probe
      207 10 HAVANA AFP CUBA yesterday agreed to the UN Security Council's call for an international probe into a Cuban MiG's downing on Saturday of two US planes flown by an exile Cuban opposition organisation. The foreign ministry said in a statement that it would
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      Lock icon Russia, Belarus may pool some govt spending
      170 10 MOSCOW Reuter BELARUSSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko was quoted as saying yesterday that Russia and Belarus might draw up a single budget for some items of government spending and create "supranational bodies". The move could mark a first tentative step towards an eventual union
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      Lock icon UK, Ireland seek to revive peace talks
      225 10 LONDON Brfttt tffidals imj govt's hand forced by OLA tombing Reuter BRITAIN and Ireland yesterday prepared to launch a package of proposals aimed at reviving the Northern Ireland peace process, less than three weeks after it was shattered by a resumption of an
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Turkey to get govt
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        Lock icon tight ahead of
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      Lock icon Trade may take back seat to HK politics on Major's tour
      276 10 LONDON Reuter PRIME Minister John Major set out yesterday to boost British trade and investment links with Asian nations, but political problems look likely to dominate the agenda of his week-long tour. Mr Major will attend a summit of
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      264 11 Setting The Standard In Asia (Our Record Speaks For Itself) II International Financing Review I Best Syndicated I Asian Loan I B est Cash Loan House I House of the Year I Management Bank BA Asia Limited I BA Asia Limited I ank 0 America ra Bank of America LB)
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Shrill ACTU should get its tune right
      803 12  -  OPINION TUif BOTTOM LIMB By Tye Kim Khiat The writer is BT's deputy foreign news editor FOREIGN investors have more than a passing interest in how the election pans out in Australia this weekend If the Australian Labor Party is turned out of
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      129 12 The enemy is really cash and cheques/^ Advanta Corp chief executive, on its crtdU-card business rivals. 'It's sort of like saying that the government can come in and rewrite your lease (to permit the landlord to) use your bedroom as a retail supermarket on Monday, Wednesday and
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      A budget for one and all
      682 12 EDITORIAL THE budget presented yesterday by Finance Minister Richard Hu would seem to give everybody, from the biggest of corporate bosses to the humblest of citizens, cause for cheer. Cuts in personal, corporate and property taxes; a slew of CPF top-ups, rebates on HDB
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      Ball in Rao's court
      1102 12  -  India's PM is the man who can ensure proper reform of electoral finance, the crucial part two of political cleansing By. Prem Shankar Jha The writer, former editor cf The Hindustan Times, contributed this article to BT WHEN the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation filed the
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      805 12 MMmnfenrintaf THIS year's White Paper on education in Japan says university reform has spread rapidly in recent years and produced many results. The report strikes an optimistic note, and has the ring of the Education Ministry taking all the credit for what has been achieved. But
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      57 12 HM)NESBURYift/ Gary Trudeau IHE BUZZ ON THG PLACB IF I SAW- H2Y' OVER. IKNOiUAI WAT TWO OF THE ORG- THBRZ. MIK&-LOOK! ITS OH~.RI6HT/% Tj=lm Gorm n rfcso final brad* bunch hang uhavs-her-namb.! ~th& wght./ I ££•< rl UMBve F pops r H£F£ ANPmesnißjLese &rl ujho usb> to play jZ —Pl/wi
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Too many tragic characters
      716 13  -  Year Zero was competent if taken as a narration of simple facts, says mehta HARISH MEHTA LIKE the Jewish Holocaust, one story that refuses to go out of fashion in cinema and theatre is South-east Asia's own genocide: the killing of about two million Cambodians by
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      A cultural wonderland in Wellington
      734 13  -  Exciting treats in start at NX's ta be held next month By Cas Carter [WELLINGTON] New Zealand's capital city has been transformed into a cultural wonderland. The 1996 New Zealand International Festival of the Arts next month is that country's largest cultural event and is
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      A show of extraordinary breadth
      393 13  -  A three-man revue races through American history By] Kevin Sullivan THE Reduced Shakespeare Company marvellously illustrates what entertainment must have been like before television, cinema, radio even. The company's three-man, 90minute revue at the Jubilee Theatre this week is energetic and all-inclusive music, recitation, scatological
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      691 14 BUSINESS Yes, say CEOs. No, say women, citing male stereotyping and preconceptions of women NYT [NEW YORK] Sheila Wellington was about Ave minutes into a presentation on Tuesday morning when she spoke discouraging words: According to 325 chief executives in a new survey,
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        69 14 Reuter CHELSEA Clinton turned 16 on Tueeday. Like naoet US teenagers, turning 16 also has special meanlng forCheboa because it is the age that teens can legally drive. The White House said President BUI Clinton and his wife, like many parents, are slightly saddened
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        49 14 Reuter GRAMMY award-winning record producer Quincy Jonas f (centre), who wss named MusiCaree Person of the Year, m hugging singwsTamia (toft) and Otortogstatotrlortoi dinner tn Jones' honour in Los Annates on Monday. MusiCaree is a programme ofthe National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to aid muaiciana.—Reuter
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        Lock icon Law & Order cast know their limits
        98 14 Law Order cast know their limits UPI WHILE the actors on cop shows like NYPD Blue and //omickfe have plenty of opportunity to flex their dramatic muscles, the cast of NBC's Lau> A Order has coma to tsnte with the limits of the story-driven production. And that e includes getting
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        42 14 UPI SYLVESTER Stolloo. ha. fITO, up on hi. tatt**Bocy. International CreaUv. Mmugement, after only tour months and has signed on with the William Morris Agency. Before ICM. he spent 14 years with Creative ArtW.Agmcy._OW »-iM4 7fry
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      897 16 GOLF He's hitting his ball almost ridiculous distances, after recovering from back iqjory two years ago NYT [MlAMl] This is a good time to look in on Fred Couples, as he stands on the 18th tee at the Doral Resort and Spa getting ready to
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      423 16 HEALTH NYT [NEW YORK] How most people fare in old age may not be a matter of fate or genes, as many believe. The way people age whether in their 70s and 80s they end up sick, demented and sexless or
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      365 16 But actual cost of making the 3.8 kg statuettes staysasecret FILMS Reuter [CHICAGO] Oscar will shine a little brighter at this year's Academy Awards. Roughly 50 of the 33 cm tall statuettes, which will be handed out at a glittering March 25 awards
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      1033 16 FILMS Being a big star does not always translate into success at the box office NYT (HOLLYWOOD] Mary Reilly, a drab, somnolent and expensive drama in which Julia Roberts plays the maid in the Jekyll-Hyde household, opened and virtually closed over the weekend. Its
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      Wing Tai's interim gain jumps 2.5 times
      405 17  -  But group hard pot to meet analysts' fail-year forecast of $125 m, given its $43m interim profit By Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Wing Tai Holdings yesterday turned in a set of superb interim results, although they fell short of the market's sky-high expectations.
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      Metal Containers gets nod for share split
      209 17 [SINGAPORE] Metal Containers Ltd (MCL), the target of a takeover by Malaysia's Lion group, said yesterday it has obtained in-principle approval from the Stock Exchange of Singapore for a share split. The move, which requires shareholder approval, will double the number of shares
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      Lock icon Scentsurround keeps low key after deal
      210 17  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Mystery still surrounds Scentsurround Worldwide a privately-held company which on Monday bought a 21 per cent stake in listed disk drive component maker Cam Mechatronic. Efforts to locate the company's officials yesterday proved futile. A visit to Scentsurround's registered
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      SingTel in race against time to get foreign investments to pay off
      580 17  -  BOCK LOCK SEW By Lee Han Shih WHAT cost Singapore Telecom close to nothing in 1993, $7.7 million last year and somewhere between $30 million and $50 million next year? The answer is amortisation of goodwill, an item
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      Transmarco phone consortium gets Sri Lanka licence
      254 17  -  By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Lanka Bell, the renamed consortium led by Transmarco, has received a telephone licence from the Sri Lankan government after all. The licence was issued on Monday after Lanka Bell paid a one-time licence fee of 300 million rupees
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      Citibank financing for KL scripless shares resumes
      334 17  -  Move comes after internal review over legal issues By Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Citibank has reinstated financing for Malaysian scripless shares following an internal review. A Citibank spokesman told BT yesterday it had informed its customers as well as brokers of the change "now
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      Tuan Sing pays record price for industrial site
      210 17 [SINGAPORE] Listed property and construction company Tuan Sing Holdings has paid a record price for a freehold industrial site in Pasir Panjang. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Asiaview Properties, Tuan Sing is forking out $29 million, or $929 per sq ft for the
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        Lock icon Tenaga gets nod to raise tariffs by average 8.3%
        588 19  -  But increase expected to have little impact on group's profits From] Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur THE government has given Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) the greenlight to raise tariffs by an average 8.2 per cent, but analysts said it would
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        M'sian watchdog interviews brokers about Repco trades
        286 19  -  Bid to g»t more data on buyers and trading pattern, says source Prom] Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur THE Securities Commission (SC) yesterday interviewed traders at several broking houses about their dealings in gambling counter Repco Holdings in its inquiry into events
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        Singatronics calls EGM for Aussie hotel purchase
        161 19 [SINGAPORE] Diversifying electronics subcontractor Singatronics is calling an extraordinary general meeting for its As34-million (Ss36 million) cash purchase of the Parkroyal Hotel in Melbourne. Singatronics said in a shareholders' circular that it expects to complete the deal by the end of next month.
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          24 19 QualtfPt»Ltf,purcha4pdB4,OOOshareiinQAFLtdat6.7« lf number of QAP and are deemed to have an m interest in the shares as they hold voting shares in KMP.
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          SES queries MHE Heshe
          40 19 ItumjArutusj TT* stock Excnange yesterday queried £3M Material Handling Engineering Ltd (MHE) and Heehe HoMinfs over sharp rises ill their share prices and turnover. Material Handling Engineering said it was unaware ofany reason for the movements.
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          Temasek ups DBS stake to 29.2%
          30 19 ISINGAFOREJ Temasek Holdings has purchased 5,000 •hares ofDBS Bank for $66,856, raising the number of DBS P TTnnfriihnrrnitrnimiftlio 1 n> i mill iCliiiwTi ■nliar^
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          Gucco ups FCC holdings by 2.5m shares
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        US West's takeover move will help SCV
        363 19  -  By i Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The proposed takeover of Continental Cablevislon by US West will have a positive impact on its interest in Singapore CableVlsion (SCV), said Randall Coleman, president of the Republic's only cable TV operator. "The only impact (on SCV) is
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        UMW exceeds forecasts with 43% leap in profit to M$98m
        319 19  -  From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MOTOR group UMW Holdings Bhd posted a strong 43.1 per cent jump in group net profits to MJ98.3 million (5554.3 million) last year. Earnings per share came to 38.8 sen, up 30.2 per cent
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        CWT unit to tie up with KLSE's Halim Mazmin
        129 19 [SINGAPORE] CWT Distribution Ltd's subsidiary, Jurong Districentre Pte Ltd, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Malaysian shipping group Halim Mazmin Berhad (HMB) to incorporate a joint-venture logistics company in Malaysia. The new company will provide general storage services and cargo
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        Roly buys children's apparel retail chain in HK for $1.3m
        208 19 [SINGAPORE] Recently-listed Roly International has acquired a 12-out-let retail chain in Hongkong which sells branded children's apparel. The company said it has agreed to buy Toonsland Ltd from Excelsior Sport Ltd for $1.3 million. Toonsland distributes four li- censed children's
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        Lock icon Giordano founder under probe after selling 27% stake
        433 20 Jimmy Lai sold his shares hours after saying he had no definite plan to do so Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Jimmy Lai, the publisher who takes on China's Communist Party, is under investigation by the Hongkong stock exchange after selling his stake
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        Hutchison Whampoa, BAe to float 25%of Orange
        367 20  -  Dealing in Orange shares to start on April 2 on London exchange and Nasdaq From Neil Behrmann in London HUTCHISON Whampoa and British Aerospace are floating 25 per cent of Orange, their UK mobile phone network, giving the latter a market capitalisation of
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        Lock icon AT&T to offer discounts on new Net access service
        352 20 US phone company's mm sends shares of smaller Internet access firms down Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] AT&T Corp said on Tuesday it would offer a discount on a new service linking home computer users to the Internet via modem, sending
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        Lock icon Apple internally like uncontrolled urban development: CEO
        227 20 Reuter [BOSTON] Apple Computer Inc chief executive officer Gilbert Amelio said the troubled company has to simplify its corporate structure and keep its loyal users in order to survive. Mr Amelio, in his third week as Apple chief, gave a one-word answer when
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          Lock icon Hutchison shares rise as Li ups stake
          54 20 Reuter [HONGKONG] Shares of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd rose on overseas buying after chairman Li Ka-shing raised his holding, brokers said yesterday. Mr Li raised his stake to 44.80 per cent from 44.18 per cent, the stock exchange said yesterday. The stock was up
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          Lock icon Ampolex says Mobil bid inadequate
          43 20 Reuter [SYDNEY] Ampolex Ltd said the formal takeover offer from Mobil Corp announced yesterday was inadequate. Mobil earlier formally offered A 54.25 per Ampolex ordinary share, AK27 per Ampolex preference share and A 17.00 per Ampolex convertible note.—Renter
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          Lock icon Daimler-Benz to tell tie-up stake
          48 20 Bloomberg Business News [STUTTGART] Daimler-Benz AG said it would sell its AEG AG subsidiary's SO per cent stake in AEG Schneider Automation SAS, to French electronics firm Schneider SA. Daimler-Benz did not disclose how much Schneider would pay for the stake.—Bloomberg Business News
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          Lock icon IBM hikes salaries, closing Russian plant
          61 20 AFP [NEW YORK] IBM announced on Tuesday it was hiking salaries by an average of 8 per cent this year. A spokesman said this followed an improvement of results after the poor performance of the past few years. Meanwhile, the Financial Times of London
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          Lock icon Harrods owner to revive Punch
          53 20 Reuter [LONDON] Mohamed A 1 Fayed, chairman of the Harrods luxury department store, yesterday announced the launch of a new media company that plans to revive British humorous magazine Punch in September. The company, Liberty Publishing, aims to launch and acquire or take stakes in
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        56 20 [BEIJING] A traveller in Beijing yesterday reading a map in front ofan advertisement for Motorola cellular phones. The US electronics giant signed a USs22smillion (5J316.6 million) deal to provide cellular phone service to one million people in the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Sichuan, Fujian, Henan and Jilin,
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        Lock icon Listing aspirant Optus rings up first profit in four-year history
        290 20 Reuter [SYDNEY] Australian telephone carrier Optus Communications Pty Ltd rang up its first profit in its four-year history yesterday in a result that analysts said was above expectations and augured well for its share float this year. Optus reported a
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        Lock icon Wal-Mart reports first profit fall in 25 years
        364 20 Reuter [CHICAGO] Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Tuesday posted its first drop in profits since becoming a publicly traded company in 1970, but the US' biggest retailer joined others in predicting a rebound this spring. Wal-Mart and two other large retailers, Limited Inc
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        Lock icon British lawmakers seek new answers on Barings'fall
        435 21 Committee will study differences between British, STpere reports; BOE officials may be questioned Reuter [LONDON] A powerful British parliamentary committee said on Tuesday it aimed to establish what the Bank of England (BOE), Britain's central bank, knew about Barings before its collapse a
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        Lock icon Malaysia's DCB Bank raises base lending rate
        164 21 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's DCB Bank Bhd, a subsidiary of DCB Holdings Bhd, is raising its base lending rate (BLR) to 8.6 per cent from 8.4 per cent effective Mar 1, Bernama news agency said yesterday. Quoting a bank statement, it said the
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        Stanchart pre-tax profit up 30% to £661m
        394 21  -  Asia-Pacific markets account for SB% of 1995 profit From Neil Behrmann in London BOOSTED by booming Asian turnover, Standard Chartered's pre-tax profits surged 30 per cent to £661 million (551.43 billion) for the year ended Dec 31,1995. "Asia-Pacific markets account for 68 per
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        166 21 Reuter, AFP THE dollar held fast near 104 yen and was half a pfennig higher in Europe, supported by concerns that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) may intervene again through other central banks outside of its time zone. The dollar briefly traded below 104 yen in early trade,
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        Lock icon New on-line banking scheme for people on the move?
        231 21 Bloomberg Business News [SAN FRANCISCO] Visa International Inc said it plans to launch a pilot programme in the second quarter to provide on-line banking with a handheld personal communicator instead of a personal computer or laptop. The programme will let bank
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        Lock icon Iraq, Turkey to discuss reopening oil pipeline
        322 21 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [ANKARA] Iraqi OU Minister Amir Muhammad Rasheed wiU lead a delegation to Turkey next week for talks on reopening a pipeline from Iraq if Baghdad agrees to a United Nations plan for limited oU-for-food sales, Turkish officials said yesterday. "The
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        904 22 [KUALA LUMPUR] Tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market dropped three sen to M 115.68 per kg in tandem with lacklustre trading of other base metals on the overnight London Metal Exchange. Dealers said higher offerings by sellers following lack of buying interest among local institutional buyers
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        1152 22 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures recovered from an early sell-off to close only slightly lower yesterday after Japanese economic data confirmed market expectations. Lingering fears of higher interest rates kept Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures sentiment bearish, and the contracts saw intense selling in the morning
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          India cotton output up slightly
          91 22 [NEW DELHI] The government estimates India's 1995-96(Sep-Aug) cotton output at 1&3 million bales, up from 12.1 million a season earlier, according to an official government statement on the economy put before Parliament yesterday. Yields have gone up, compensating the fall in area under cotton, the
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          Aussie coal mine resumes production
          97 22 [SYDNEY] Australia's MIM Holdings Ltd yesterday said coal production resumed last week in the longwall sector of the Oaky Creek mine after flooding halted operations for six weeks. Additional pumps have been installed to improve precautions against any further flooding of the underground mine. Oaky
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          Higher natural gas price expected
          69 22 [HOUSTON] Energy analysts at Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs Inc, have >■- raised their 1996 natural gas price «<,'♦ o>. estimate to US$2.lO (552.96) per thousand cubic feet from US$l.BO. Citing a lack of additional natural gas supply able to move to the US from Canada
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          Inco in dilemma over takeover
          118 22 [TORONTO] Falconbridge Ltd's surprise bid for control over the Voisey's Bay deposit has forced Inco Ltd into a dilemma of either losing institutional investor support or losing its dominance over world nickel markets. Inco has been widely expected to submit its own takeover bid for
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          India wheat output forecast
          77 22 [NEW DELHI] Wheat output in the 1995-96 (Jly-Jun) agriculture season is forecast at 65.2 million tonnes, close to last season's record 65.6 million, the government said yesterday. "The prospect of production is quite good," said the Economic Survey—an authoritative government statement on the economy. But output
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      1374 23 Quita +223 SHARES closed higher, with the market underpinned by a firm opening on Wall Street and renewed bid activity, but gains were limited by a weak gilts performance in the wake of yesterday morning's disappointing gilts auction. The FT-SEIOO Index closed up 22.3 points at 3,738.2,
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      REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      4542 23 DWH -80.43 STOCKS gave up their early gains yesterday as arbitragelinked selling turned active in late trade, with the Nikkei Average finishing below the 20,000-point level for the first time since Dec 29,1995. Jitters about rising domestic short-term interest rates hurt sentiment, brokers said. "Market speculation that
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      2325 24 AFX-Asia P| Hug Seng +f7J3 STOCKS closed higher in light trading ahead of the expiry of the February futures contract. The Hang Seng Index closed up 67.63 points at 11,264.65. Turnova* was HK$4.BO billion. An analyst said the market traded sideways for most of the day with investors waiting
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      1121 24 AFX-Asia jg SHARE prices closed lower with early gains eroded largely due to selling pressure on Astra International spurred by expectations that the government will grant tariff exceptions to a competitor, dealers said. The Composite Index closed 2.08 points lower at 595.28 after pushing through the 800 barrier in
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      1173 24 Bloomberg Business News Qsetmm -m» STOCKS fell, led by industrial issues such as Siam Cement and Vinythai, as they reported worse-than-expected performances for the fourth quarter. "These results are awful," an analyst said of Siam Cement's results. "This is the biggest shock from any company for the fourth quarter."
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        Lock icon Shares little changed; Telekom, DCB fall
        383 25 KOALA LUMPUR Reports Bloomberg Business News Q Composite Index -0137 STOCKS were little changed, with declines by Telekom Malaysia and DCB Holdings cancelling gains in shares such as Petronas Gas and Lingui Development. "The market is looking very, very expensive," said an analyst, adding
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        Reliance Pacific attractive
        227 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Second Board looks to be the place to be, judging by the ballistic performance of many of its occupants yesterday. In the past, we highlighted two warrants from this sector Golden Frontier and Federal Furniture both of
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        218 28 Stocks Vtl— Cam MechlOc 15,767,000 MippecraftlOc 14,220,000 Aitech 5e 4,621,000 •InsasBhd 3,663,000 HK Land US$0.1 3,132,000 Informatics 5c 3,103,000 Amcol 25c 2,628,000 •Pegi Msia 1,930,000 •WrisHyd50c 1,885,000 •MBf Capital 1852,000 Stocks CamMechlOc 15,317,890 Amcol 25c 10,108,600 City Dev 50c 10,001,482 Nippecraft 10c 8,711,295 TAC BtIO 200 8,646,187 UOB Foreign 8,543,392
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        73 28  -  -By Paul Leo AMCOL Holdings has fallen back to its breakout area in early January. The 13.8 per cent, or 62<ent, drop to $3.86 yesterday from its recent high at $4.48 on Jan 15 has pushed the daily Relative Strength Index near zero. However, with momentum indicators yet
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        680 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Rnn-np in prices of second-liners both here Mil in Malaysia seen as 'clear syndicate play' to woo external investors By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Weak external stimuli and caution ahead of the local budget announcement yesterday contributed to the mixed finish
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          145 28 WE'VE highlighted some "wonder stocks" in this column before, but few have enjoyed the phenomenal success of Super Enterprises, a company listed on the KLSE Second Board. The counter rose from M 58.15 on Monday to Ms2o yesterday or a breathless 145 per cent in two days. A
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          152 28 THE net worth of investor Warren Buffett, chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, has grown to US$l6.6 billion (5523.4 billion), making him the world's wealthiest businessman, according to USA Today. In a proxy filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company disclosed that Mr
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          Emerging markets'risks sulmerging
          109 28 A US INVESTMENT house which had recently advised clients to buy into emerging markets for their fundamentals, has just issued another newsletter supporting this call. The US house now says that emerging market risks are at their cyclical lows. This conclusion is based on studies of emerging
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          Watch the cricket
          84 28 IN CASE you missed reading the regional stock market reports yesterday, it had some interesting information about the preoccupations of Indian investors and brokers lately. In Bombay, a news agency reported: "Share prices closed lower in subdued trade with attention focused on the Australia versus India cricket
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      266 29 Knight-Ridder, Reuter BROKERS reported more enquiry from Caper charterers, especially In the Atlantic, bat there are few signs yet of improving rates for owners. It has been a quiet start to the week for Panamaxes and Handy-sises more or less world-wide with conditions very poor for geared tonnage
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      529 29  -  Dutch company also invited to draw op plan for mega port sooth-west of Ptuan By Yong Mei Fong, Walton Morais [SINGAPORE] South Korea intends to develop a mega port with a capacity similar to its largest port Pusan, and the Port
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      668 29  -  MBWBDHJMS By David Hughes L\ ARGE containership orders continue to dominate the scene. Ja- pan's NYK has finally taken the I newbuilding plunge. ConfoundI ing the Japanese shipping press, the company pulled back from building its expected 6,200 TEU (20-ft equivalent
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      291 29 Not enough foreign-going vessels te carry eoutry's cargoes, they say MBT (KUALA LUMPUR] Existing measures to boost the local shining and port services are not enough to address the country's growing freight and insurance deficit, local shipping officials sayThe reason they cite: there are simply
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      194 29 AFP [MANILA] The Philippine Air Force was on stand-by yesterday to evacuate more than 800 passengers and crew from a British cruise ship adrift in the South China Sea after a fire, an official said. "I have placed them on red alert," Lieutenant General
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      Hitachi Zosen delivers product tanker
      84 29 [SINGAPORE] Hitachi Zosen Singapore recently delivered a 10,000<iwt product tanker. Ocean Cheetah (above), to Ocean Tankers Singapore. The new vessel measures 120 metres in length and can carry about 13,778 cubic metres of cargo. It is installed with threepumps, which are capable of simultaneously loading/discharging
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      Lock icon Kvaerner seeking to buy Trafalgar
      282 29 Nwwegiugrwp expected td make formal offer smb Reuter [OSLO] Norwegian shipbuilder and offshore engineering company Kvaerner is on the prowl again, this time eyeing Britain's Trafalgar House pk conglomerate. Kvaerner, which flailed in a hostile bid for British construction and engineering firm Amec pic last
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        93 29 [SINGAPORE] The world's largest container vessel, the ReginaMaersk, will start its scheduled shipping service j between Rotterdam and the Far East from J«ne 1. The < WJOO-TEU ship, which embarked on its maiden voyage to the Far East recently, caned at Singapore on Monday. In the
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        Lock icon U-Ming's pre-tex profit up 130%
        79 29 Bloomberg Business news [TAIPEI] Pre-tax profit at U-Mlng Marine Transport Corp, one of Taiwan's largest shippers, surged 130 per cent in the jnHgh*y tatynnHw)^fhtyyint rataa, the company said. Profit climbed to NTtl.2 billion (Ss6l minion), or NT12.17 a share, from NT9621 million, or NTfO-99 a
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        Calcutta strike called off
        54 29 [CALCUTTA) The pilots' strike which has crippled the T' twin ports of Calcutta and HaMiahasbosn called off, following the reinstatement by Calcutta Port Trust nfc*r>wH |mIM UiUrpßiinf^f piiOCS. I Iff port uiißUltt fyPM fill iQ pay, the issue behind the strike, butsays it is prepared to
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        Seafarers' union faces huge claims
        51 29 [MANILA] Tne railipplnee largest seafarers union, Amoeup,ls seeing a largsnumber of claims from its members. Figures ft* the first six months of last year show that payments, to 970 seamen, from Crsw Cost Concept) Provident Fund reached USfIJB f 1 a aC flni retirement ana
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      907 30  -  JRORTH ATLANTIC FLIGHTS: AIRLINES 60 FOR ALLIANCES Germany's flag carrier plans to file for a US licence to allow it and its US partner, United Airlines, to combine their trans-Atlantic operations into a 'seamless' service. Hie goal? Lower fares from increased efficiency John Schmid NYT in
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        842 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, show* price rtngef in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on aversge-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index chance and the individual
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        379 43 MAB 1 South Korea: Independence Movement Day. MAB3 Morocco: Anniversary of the King's accession. MAI 4 NepaL- Fagu or Holi (To Mar 5). Sri Lanka: Market and Public holiday. Thailand: Market and Business holiday, government offices open, substitution for Makha Bucha Day. MASS Israel Market holiday, Purim. NepaL
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        Lock icon Thai Airways gets nod to buy US$5b worth of planes
        307 44 31 aircraft ti to sold to help pay for purchases over next 5 years Bloomberg Business News [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International pic's board of directors approved a plan to order 21 new airplanes over the next five years at an
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        Lock icon Blazing pile-up on Belgian motorway
        81 44 [DEINZE, Belgium] Belgian police search far bodies ofdrivers following a blazing 120-vehicle pile-up on a motorway in north-western Belgium on Tuesday. Dozens qfcars and lorries were burnt in a tangle of metal on a 2 km stretch ofthe El 7 motorway, an artery which crosses
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        Lock icon Samsung Aerospace still not decided on Fokker purchase
        267 44 BwrinNieriMt interested in bidding for Ditek jet maker Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] Samsung Aerospace Industries Co, South Korea's largest aircraft maker, said yesterday it still has not decided whether to buy troubled Dutch aircraft-maker Fokker NV even though Canada's Bombardier Inc has
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        Lock icon Tokyo vehicle exports down 11.7% in Jan
        247 44 Declining trend expected to be more severe this year AFP [TOKYO] Exports of Japan's motor vehicles feU 11.7 per cent from a year earlier to 265,309 units in January, the 13th straight monthly decline, the Japan Automobile Manufacturer's Association said yesterday. Car exports
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        Lock icon Agnelli retires after 30 years at helm of Fiat
        231 44 Reuter [MILAN] Gianni Agnelli, Italy's most powerful businessman, bowed out yesterday as chairman of industrial giant Fiat after 30 tumultuous years in the driver's seat of the country's largest company. Agnelli hands over the reins of a huge conglomerate spanning cars
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        Lock icon Air NZ on what a blocked deal will mean
        108 44 Reuter [WELLINGTON] Air New Zealand Ltd said yesterday it would gradually lose business if its proposed purchase of 50 per cent of Ansett Airways was blocked by the anti-mo-nopolies Commerce Commission. "Without the benefits brought by the proposal, Air NZ will
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        Lock icon Jakarta to unveil new policy for car industry
        203 44 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia is expected to release a new policy for the highly-regulated car industry yesterday that allows duty-free imports for the production of Indonesian cars. A source, who had access to President Suharto's decree, said the core of the new policy
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        Lock icon Swissair official to head Sabena
        201 44 NYT [BRUSSELS] Swissair AG stamped its authority on Sabena SA by appointing one of its executives to head the Belgian airline after outgoing chief executive Pierre Godfroid failed to implement a cost-cutting plan. Paul Reutlinger, the 53-year-old marketing director of Swissair, pledged to press ahead
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      54 44 Y* x NOTICE TO TRADE STRAITS/NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CONFERENCE t SINGAPORE TERMINAL HANDLING CHARGE (THC) Members of the Straits/New Zealand Shipping Conference wish to announce the increase in Singapore THC to SslB2/Ss27o per *****' with effect from 1 April 1996. Members: Blue Star Line Nedlloyd Lines NYKLine P&O Containers 28
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