The Business Times, 5 March 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, MARCH 5,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    71 1 OCCBUKEE BATES usi" ss DS$—: 1.412 I 1.529— xm DM .0.679. .9.918 ¥190 .0.960.. 1J41 Ml 0198 9M4 ma •.!»..—Am BAHT 0.040 0.168 RUP1AH 100 0043 0.061 ram kates SWaAPORP .1.44 KUALA LUMPUH J. 16 JAKARTA 1866 BANGKOK 11.71 UAKOA 1 14.56 HONGKONO g.75 tIVB 8.66 mm 16.75 IP
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    Lock icon 16 MRT stations planned for NE line
    488 1  -  Tenders for $5b extension to be called from mid-year; 20ha of private land to be acquired By( Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] The 20-km North-East MRT line will run underground from the World Trade Centre to the future Punggol New Town, with comprehensive development planned
    MAPS BY ALLAN CHAN & FRANCIS TAN  -  488 words
  • Article
    Property firms with nearby projects expected to benefit
    614 1  -  CityDev, Malayan Credit, Wing Tai, DBS Land, Keppel among the lucky ones By, Abdul Hadhi, Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Property companies got their hongbaos a little late this year in the form of the 16 stations on the new North-East MRT line. Among
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    Lock icon Lawyer denies Leeson has £23m cache
    175 1 Reuter [FRANKFURT] The German lawyer representing the jailed former Barings trader Nick Leeson yesterday denied a British press report that Leeson controlled up to £23 million (Ssso million) in secret bank accounts in Germany. "That is completely wrong," said Eberhard Kempf, who acted for
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      151 1 IMbiuE TtoMf Psge The Philippines' Puerto Azul Beach Country Club offers many challenging holes sprinkled alongside an Infinitely blue ocean, Pfie MBWSTAIOB t W—■■lfclhlhs PiUMlj fir— aqwetad to haMflt, thispg. Distributed over time and assets, the overall impact on listed property companies is not expected to be pronounced. Omfart plus
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      New condos in KL expected to be harder to sell
      372 2  -  i Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] New condominiums in the M 5250,000M 5600,000 (*****,*****332,400) range in Kuala Lumpur may be harder to sell tfiis year, hit by a supply flood which will soften rentals, cautions Jones Lang Wootton. In its yearly wrap-up
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      Woodlands industrial block up for sale
      226 2  -  By. Abdul Hadhi (SINGAPORE] A six-storey freehold industrial building in Woodlands has been put up for sale. Marketing agent Colliers Jardine said yesterday units at Mandai Industrial Building developed by Hock Giap Development will be available for purchase from March 7. Apart from property
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      Mount Alvernia to expand medical centre
      275 2  -  By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Mount Alvernia Hospital plans to expand its recently-opened medical centre by converting an existing three-storey service block to house 20 consultation clinics. The hospital, which stands on nine acres of freehold land, may also build a new wing in the
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      372 2 J Jfg'SfypjyyynnTffiffW Mixed Development Site/Complex at A/ 3 South Buona Vista Road Tenanted mixed development with proposed 'J u3£ /j?/ extension onto adjoining site Potential for total redevelopment Total Site Area of 32,794 sq ft approx. Freehold Tenure wJSy Easy access to the city and the West via the AYE
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      103 2 Let Sintat Drive You To Your trtrom Ls4B3/ [Evening Rendezvous] Evening Rendezvous rates start from Ss4B nett inclusive of Physical Damage Waiver for rentals from 4 p.m. to 9 a.m. the following day, excluding weekends, eve of and public holidays. sit far x Want a car 60 Bendemeer Road, Singapore
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      447 3 George Bass has archaeology. more Bronze Age years The the below surface the depths Bass restricts himself and his divers to a maximum of twenty minutes a working the wreck. Accordingly he times eveiy dive he makes with a Rolex Submariner. "I^SWl^HK^v Depths of 46m are unlikely George Bass's Rolex
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon British Gas opens Asia-Pac OHQ here
      370 4  -  It plans to invest with u&rtners US$l billion in Asia over the next 5 years By' Toh Han Shih BRITISH Gas yesterday opened its new Asia-Pacific office here and unveiled its new plans for Singapore and Asia. British Gas Asia Pacific was granted Operational
      ARTHUR LEE  -  370 words
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      Shell, BP to supply fuel to vehicles in Mindef contract
      243 4 SHELL Eastern Petroleum and BP Singapore have won a Ministry of Defence (Mindef) three-year contract in a closed tender to supply fuel for commercial vehicles to all government ministries, Mindef said yesterday. The contract's estimated value is $41 million. All
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      US SMEs have wrong ideas about Asia
      197 4  -  By] Kevin Sullivan POPULAR misconceptions constitute barriers to international trade, particularly among small and mediumsized companies, business consultant Vikram SriHari said yesterday. Misconceptions about the prevalence of graft and corruption in Asia, for example, keep some American compa- nies out of the regional
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      TAS to allow operators to deal directly with Intelsat
      179 4 THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore yesterday said it would allow broadcasters and operators of satellite uplink and downlink services to deal directly with the global satellite system Intelsat. Direct access means that broadcasters and uplink/ downlink operators can now enter into
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      SingTel to cut rates for calls to 40 destinations by up to 18%
      348 4  -  The move will reduce revenue by at least $56 million, based on 1995 takings By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Telecom yesterday said it would reduce its rates for International Direct Dialling (IDD) calls to more than 40 destinations
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      Wuxi industrial park tenant pumps US$3m into factory
      193 4 WUXI Nemic-Lambda Electronics Co has invested US$3 million (554.2 mUlion) in a factory in Wuxi-Singapore Industrial Park (WSIP). The factory was opened in a ceremony over the weekend, making the company the 12th tenant to operate in the park since the latter
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      EDB scholarship scheme for local firms takes off
      148 4 The EDB-PLE Scholarship Scheme, set up to attract talent for promising mid-sized companies, has attracted the strongest take-up rate from precision engineering and electronics firms. And seven of the 13 companies which have accepted the Economic Development Board's helping hand are listed
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      Lock icon Workforce puts in longer hours
      306 4  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Productivity By, Anna Teo THE dip in productivity growth last year to a more sustainable 3.7 per cent came despite a small increase in the number of hours worked. An alternative measure for labour productivity computed by the Ministry of Trade
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      It pays for govt departments to meet or exceed targets
      443 4  -  Such departments can keep expenditure savings and half of excess revenues By, Anna Teo AS autonomous agencies (AAs), ministries and government departments that meet or exceed output targets will be allowed to retain the full sum of their expenditure savings
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      149 4 We provide consultancy services on offshore structures, shelf companies and incorporations in ALL jurisdictions, including British Virgin Islands Mauritius Cayman Islands Hong Kong Bahamas Western Samoa Full nominee, management, corporate secretarial and professional administration services are available. We specialise in offshore trusts, offshore banks, and captive insurance companies for qualified
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      347 5 Your typical Lexus driver isn t, of course, your typical driver. And the driver is electronically power-assisted, adjusted and helped of safety it stiffens the faster the car is travelling. Tell him that, however, and he will insist, humhly, that he s just wherever possible to ensure the safest and
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Jakarta slaps 20% tariff on imports of ethylene
      430 6  -  SINGAPORE Move seen to benefit company owned by Prajogoand Suharto's son Bambang By i S N Vasuki THE Indonesian government has slapped a 20 per cent import surcharge on ethylene in a move that will benefit PT Chandra Asri, a domestic petrochemicals
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      Lock icon Property law being tightened
      350 6 BANGKOK Changes will streamline industry and protect buyers Reuter ALARMED by an oversupply of houses and property in Bangkok and rampant cheating of buyers by some builders, Thailand is amending its real estate law to protect buyers and bring order back to the industry. A panel
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      Lock icon Remembering the bullock cart
      54 6 [LANGKA WI ISLAND, Malaysia] A vendor cycling on a push cart decorated with the skull of a water buffalo along a street on Langkawi island on Sunday. The island still remains idyllic despite the rapid development that has occurred since it bereime a free port in
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      Lock icon Inactive investment projects to be revoked
      179 6 JAKARTA Reuter INDONESIA'S Investment Minister Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo said yesterday the government would revoke the licences of foreign and local investors whose projects did not get off the ground after three years. "I will revoke the licence if investors do not realise their projects within
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      Lock icon Keep Asean only for South-east Asia: KL
      230 6 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA yesterday objected categorically to proposals by certain Asean members to expand membership to non-South-east Asian nations, asserting that the Association of South-east Asian Nations' identity should be preserved. Foreign Minister Abdullah Badawi said Asean should consolidate after its expansion
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      Lock icon Govt rules out devaluation
      160 6 JAKARTA Reuter INDONESIAN Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad said the government was concerned about the economy but no drastic measures such as devaluation were planned, the Kompas daily said yesterday. "We don't need any drastic moves because of the current economic situation. We don't need any devaluation
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon China equipment in Spratlys raises fear
        57 6 AFP [MANILA] China has installed sophisticated equipment at structures it built on Philippines-claimed Mischief Reef in the Spratlys, a Filipino general said yesterday. The "improvement of the equipment of the Chinese government in Mischief Reef is a cause for worry," the Manila Bulletin quoted
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        French minister visits M'sia
        52 6 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (right) greeting visiting French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette at his office here yesterday. Mr De Charette arrived on Sunday for a three-day official visit to strengthen bilateral ties with Malaysia as France seeks to achieve a higher profile
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        Lock icon Indonesians wait for Timor car
        87 6 Bloomberg Business News [JAKARTA] Indonesian car dealers said demand is showing signs of weakening as consumers wait for a new, less expensive car called the Timor to become available, Bisnis Indonesia said. PT Timor Putra Nasional, a venture between President Suharto's son Hutomo Mandala Putra
        Bloomberg Business News  -  87 words
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        Lock icon Kohl may visit Manila in Oct
        81 6 AFP [MANILA] German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is to pay an official visit to the Philippines, tentatively scheduled for October, the Philippine presidential palace said in a statement yesterday. French President Jacques Chirac has also accepted an invitation from President Fidel Ramos to visit this
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Major assures HK residents of visa-free access
      647 7  -  HONGKONG Says he will m&rsh&ll world opinion if China breaches Joint Declaration By i Quak Hiang Whai BRITISH Prime Minister John Major yesterday assured Hongkong residents on key transitional issues such as vi-sa-free access and UK citizenship for stateless minorities, but also warned
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      Lock icon China to preserve HK's free port status
      170 7 HONGKONG Reuter CHINESE Premier Li Peng will promise to preserve Hongkong's financial independence and free port status in a report to China's parliament this week, a pro-Beijing newspaper said yesterday. The daily Ta Kung Pao said Mr Li would touch on the issue
      Reuter  -  170 words
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      SP Tao in venture to build US$250m Shanghai complex
      365 7  -  SHANGHAI By' Teh Hooi Ung SINGAPORE property tycoon S P Tao, Indonesia's Liem Sioe Liong and two Taiwanese firms have teamed up to develop a US$25O million (***** million) commercial complex in Shanghai which the developers say will have great impact
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      214 7 I YAN KIT ROAD, TANJONG PAGAR I W\ l J DUXTON I f PIAJN s k nunc tanjowo mom CON aria" I I l I I MOM PLAZA^/^ wmi» I I ———J 3 O Site Area: Approx. 22,100 sq. ft. o Within CBD I Freehold os mins walk to Tg
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      231 7 Eco-Drive /|Sw THI LIGHT-POWERED THE CLEAN WAY TO TELL TIME TTTTVIIVriTTIVI The solar-powered Eco-Drive makes disposable batteries a thing of the past. Converting light into energy XXX X vJ 1 X through a solar panel in the watchface, Eco-Drive stores a full two to six month's worth of energy, COLLECTION
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  • ASIA
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      Fall of Labor has racist undertones
      571 8  -  LETTER FROM STDMBY Some candidates who played the antl-Aslan card won By Selva Kumar THE immediate reaction to the opposition's landslide victory in the Australian federal election last Saturday was that the coalition's pitch that "It's time for a change" had worked. However, it
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      Lock icon Markets give thumbs up to Howard
      386 8 SYDNEY PM-designate confirms economic manifesto, including privatisations AFP, Reuter AUSTRALIAN markets rallied yesterday as Prime Minis-ter-elect John Howard confirmed details of his economic manifesto, including a series of multi-billion-dollar privatisations. The share market, however, was plagued by technical malfunctions which delayed the opening bell
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      Lock icon Good ties with Canberra to continue: Suharto
      152 8 JAKARTA AFP PRESIDENT Suharto said yesterday that Indonesia should continue to build up good relations with Australia under the newly-elected Prime Minister John Howard. Indonesian Ambassador to Canberra, Wiryono Sastrohandoyo, quoted President Suharto as saying, "we should continue to build good relations with
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      Opposition succeeds in delaying vote on jusen rescue plan
      358 8  -  TOKYO Government still hopes to pnsh through a modified version of the (IMi this week Byi Anthony Rowley THE prospects for resolving Japan's financial system crisis and for continued economic recovery were thrown back into the balance yesterday when parliamentary opposition
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon 'Comeback' Dole hopes to lead race from now on
      508 11 WASHINGTON Of the 8 primaries being decided, Georgia offers best chance for npset Reuter SENATE majority leader Bob Dole hopes to put past difficulties behind him this week and take control of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, starting today
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      Lock icon 12 killed in fourth bomb blast in Israel
      232 11 TEL AVIV AFP, Bloomberg Business News AT least 12 people were killed and 65 wounded yesterday in a suicide bomb attack near a crowded shopping centre in the heart of Tel Aviv. Police said it took place close to Dizengoff Street, where
      AFP,; Bloomberg Business News  -  232 words
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      Lock icon Rough ride seen for new Turkish coalition
      184 11 ■ANKARA Reuter TURKEY'S new right-wing coalition, billed by the secular establishment as a bulwark against the rising tide of political Islam, will be hard pressed to deliver on its free-market, pro-Western promise. Turkey's stock market has soared up 14 per cent in two
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon No-win situation after Spanish poll
        74 11 AFP [MADRID] The conservative Popular Party, stung by its narrower-than-expected electoral win, said yesterday there was a good chance it could cut a deal with regional parties in just the kind of arrangement it had wanted to avoid. Conservative leader Jose Maria Aznar, 43, said
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        Lock icon Sinn Fein barred from Belfast talks
        66 11 Reuter [BELFAST] A delegation from Sinn Fein, political wing of the IRA, was barred yesterday from entering preliminary political talks in Belfast aimed at breaking the Northern Ireland peace process deadlock. The 10-member delegation led by the party's president, Gerry Adams, was denied access
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        Redesigned US$100 notes
        70 11 [WASHINGTON] US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan announced yesterday that the redesigned US$lOO notes will be issued by the Federal Reserve System to depository institutions from March 25,1986. The 1986 series of US$lOO notes will be shipped to different regions of
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      Lock icon World borrowing up 30% to all-time high
      256 11 PARIS AFP BORROWING on world capital markets jumped by 30 per cent to an all-time record of U551,258 billion (551,761 billion) in 1995 despite the impact of Mexico's financial crisis and slowing economic growth, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said
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      Lock icon Consumer spending drops
      107 11 WASHINGTON NYT US CONSUMER spending dropped unexpectedly by 0.5 per cent in January the largest decline since August 1992 as snow and the government shutdown helped restrain demand. Personal income, meanwhile, increased 0.1 per cent for the month, the Commerce Department said yesterday, while the savings rate
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Timing is vital in adopting new technology
      789 13  -  THE BOTTOM UNB OPINION By Kenneth James The writer is BT's Technology Editor r |N THE course of his budget statement Finance Minister Richard Hu mentioned the In•ternet Once. In passing. Why on earth would _«a budget speech dwell on a particular technology
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      115 13 'Most of the East Asian governments are in what you might call the cult of growth. Economic growth has become the single most important source of political legitimacy.' -AlexlfagDO a political scientist at the University of the Philippines, on why Asian leaders tend to avoid discussions of
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      Building on the Bangkok accord
      629 13 EDITORIAL IN THE END, the naysayers were proven decisively wrong in pouring scorn on the notion that the Asia-Eu-rope Meeting would be more fruitful if sensitive peripheral issues were sidelined in favour of more substantive trade and economic issues. After two days of informal meetings,
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      US nationalists versus free-trade theorists
      875 13  -  Critics of laissez-faire want power to beat off challenges ignored by conventional analysts Byi Alan Tonelson Alan Tonelson is a research fellow with the US Business and Industrial Council Educational Foundation in Washington. He contributed this commentary to BT PAT Buchanan's critics across the political
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      Chance to achieve harmony
      417 13  -  MAILBOX Tan Kok Tim Singapore *****0 I REFER to the article "Changing the way the world shapes up" (BT, Mar 1). The historical summit of Asian and European leaders in Bangkok was a timely start for closer cooperation between East and West. It is hoped that
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Author of The Lover dies at 81
      436 14  -  Marguerite Duras' writing was simple and terse, reflecting her own rejection of sentimentality, notes alax riding ALAN RIDING NYT MARGUERITE Duras, author of the best-selling novel The Lover and one of the most widely read French writers of the postwar era, died on
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      An evening with heavenly voices
      564 14  -  MUSIC Impressive offering from the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Chorus By. P Y Van FRIDAY'S concert with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under the baton of Lim Yau was a well prepared and balanced musical offering with Arvo Part's Symphony No 3, Britten's Les
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      207 15 CHVFTIC CROSSWORD 1 The royal house set trap —LJ—U—u— about time! (11) 9 A number enter new craft, 9 showing watchfulness (9) 10 Superior European university 13 One finds this really sickening fIII~LhT"HHIH 15 An example of the popular atti- IL_L_L-J__l_l_J_L_Hbl jj j^po by the sea (8) store into use
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  • THE GOLF PAGE
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      A test of skill for all types of golfers
      2250 16  -  The Philippines' Puerto Azul Beach Country Club offers many challenging holes sprinkled alongside an infinitely blue ocean, reports micklausd cbuz NICKLAUS D'CRUZ The writer is the editor of The Asian Golf Review GOLF courses by the seaside often maintain a unique
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      221 16 'I'lUi WEATHER EMngaporec Fair and windy. Temperature (32-24) PaiMti HVLo* Good. Europe HVLo* Goad. America HVLo* OmL Auctond 18/16 Cloudy Amsterdam O&fll Cloudy Atlanta 20/12 Sunny toiift* 35/22 Sunny Aten 13/06 Cloudy BuenoaAiti 26/17 Cloudy Bqjjng 11/-2 Showers Berlin 06/2 Cloudy Chicago #2/-4 Snow Bortny 31/23 Sunny Boon 06/01 Cloudy
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      Comfort plans $60m placement
      384 17  -  Lum Chang Securities aad DBS Securities managing private placement of 48m new shares: source Ry\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Comfort Group, the listed taxi operator, will be raising $60 million through a private placement of 48 million new shares at $1.25 each, BT learnt yesterday. Trading
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      Not many more upsets seen in tech ferns' results
      473 17  -  But analysts say slow 4th-qtr will reflect in this year's earnings By David Mok [SINGAPORE] Despite early disappointments from some big guns among locally listed electronics firms, market watchers are generally not expecting many further surprises as more electronics companies release
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      Is the Wall Street bull run nearing its end?
      806 17  -  HOCK LOCK SEBW By Neil Behrmann ON WALL STREET, hope springs eternal. In a volatile week, the Dow Jones index first dipped 145 points in four consecutive trading days; then it suddenly jumped by 51 points at last Friday's close. At
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      Aztech's net profit leaps 50% to $25.3m
      264 17  -  By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-listed Aztech Systems' profits rose almost 50 per cent last year, slightly below analysts' expectations. Net profit was $25.3 million, up from $17 million in 1994, while turnover jumped 115 per cent from $307.5 million to $662.1 million. Earnings
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      Nod for JC-MPH to sell 64.9% Bousteadco stake
      315 17  -  Pnt option exercised for Janburgh to bny stake for $57.2 m Hy William Chia [SINGAPORE] Jack ChiaMPH shareholders yesterday approved the sale of a 64.9 per cent stake in Bousteadco for $57.2 million. JC-MPH said yesterday that it had, on the same
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      Pentex interim net profit up 36% to $7.6m
      225 17  -  By, David Mok [SINGAPORE] PentexSchweizer Circuits has posted a solid 36 per cent rise in interim net profits, and looks set to meet analysts' expectations for the full year to June 30, 1996. The printed circuit board maker said yesterday that net
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Inter-Roller returns to black on strong sales
        289 18 [SINGAPORE] Inter-Roller Engineering Ltd has bounced back into the black with a net profit of $2.13 miUion for the year ended Dec 31 compared with a $1.91 million loss in 1994. The turnaround was due to the doubling of sales to $32.3 mUlion,
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        Asia File gains M$11.60 on debut
        362 18  -  Stationery maker closes at Msls; syndicates are still playing np IPOs, says a broker From Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur STATIONERY maker Asia File Corp Bhd yesterday notched up a record 342 per cent premium over its share offer price when it made
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        Strong profit growth seen for banks
        379 18  -  Analysts cite good interest spreads and loan growth in 1995 By\ Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] Wide interest rates spread and strong loan growth will ensure double-dig-it growth in 1995 earnings for banks, say analysts. Crosby Securities Research expects earnings per share (EPS) to grow 11
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        Lock icon Shinawatra 4th-qtr profit doubles to 666m baht
        318 18 Most of the earnings come from stakes in subsidiaries Bloomberg Business News [BANGKOK) Shinawatra Computer Communications pic, one of Thailand's largest telecommunications groups, said its net profit in the fourth quarter doubled from the same period a year earlier, on a par with
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        HPL seeks nod for apartment sales to directors, their kin
        308 18 [SINGAPORE] Hotel Properties has sought shareholder approval for the sale of apartments at its upmarket Scotts 28 and Nassim Jade projects at discounts of up to 5 per cent and 11 per cent Respectively to several company and members of
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        Lion may make China venture part of MCL
        249 18 [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's Lion Group plans to inject a Chinese motorcycle business into Singapore-listed Metal Containers Ltd (MCL) as part of its takeover offer for the latter. Omali Corp, a member of the Lion Group which is making the offer for MCL, said
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        Wearnes preparing for move up to mainboard
        323 18  -  By\ Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Wearnes International, formerly called Polytek Wearnes, is gearing up to move from the second board Sesdaq to the mainboard. This was revealed by chairman I F Tang in its latest annual report, but no timing of the planned
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      • COMPANY Briefs
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          Pribadi clarifies Amcol share transfers
          101 18 [SINGAPORE] Amcol managing director Henry Pribadi has informed the Stock Exchange of Singapore that two earlier notifications by his investment company Indograha Holdings of a transfer erf Amcol shares to Indograha Holdings' two wholly-owned subsidiaries were not correct On Nov 14,1995, Indograha said five million
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          Avimo S'pore now known as Afimo Group
          23 18 [SINGAPORE] Avimo Singapore has changed its nam* to Avtmo Group Ltd wffh effect from February 1986.
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          Jack Chia ups stake in listed group
          73 18 [SINGAPORE] Jack Chia-MPH chairman and major shareholder Jack Chiarapurk has increased his stake in the company by 290,000 shares to 138.5 million shares representing 55.14 per cent of the total equity. The additional shares were bought on Feb 29 at an average price
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          Flextech unitt sells back investment
          64 18 [SINGAPORE] Flextech Holdings' wholly-owned subsidiary Rockford Technology has sold its entire shareholding 0f500,000 shares in Lantech (M) back to Lantech's original shareholder Yeo Hong Huan for M 5750,000 (*****,000). Flextech Holdings decided to dispose of Lantech after the latter foiled to secure the contracts as
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        Lock icon Taiwan sets new rules for foreign retail investors
        360 19 Baying limited to US$5 million and foreigners residing in China barred from trading Knight Ridder [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday formally announced a new set of regulations for investments in the local stock market by foreign retail investors. The Taiwan
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        Lock icon Body Shop founders decide against taking company private
        381 19 Borrowings needed to fnnd future growth deter such a move, they say Reuter [LONDON] Body Shop International pic founders Anita and Gordon Roddick said yesterday they had decided against a move to take the company private. The Roddicks said in a joint
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          Lock icon Brierley sells radio group to GWR
          45 19 Reuter [WELLINGTON] Brierley Investments Ltd confirmed yesterday it had sold New Zealand radio group Prospect Ltd to GWR Group pic for NZ$25 million (5523.8 million) cash. A Brierley spokesman said GWR had announced the purchase in London on Friday.—Ratter
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          Lock icon Nan Ya profit up 15%
          85 19 Bloomberg Business News {TAIPEI) Nan Ya Plastics Corp's 1996 net profit rose 15 per cent. Nan Ya's net profit rose to NT18.02 billion (Ss4lo million) and pre-tax profit rose to NT$B.B5 billion, propelled by gains in its polyester division and a strong expansion in electronics.
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          Lock icon Coke's China sales up 38%
          64 19 Reuter [SHANGHAI] Sales in China grew 38 per cent in 1996 and the company expects to maintain the same level of growth in the coming years, Coca-Cola (China) Ltd's general manager Steve Chan said yesterday. Mr Chan said total Coke sales in 1996 amounted to
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        Lock icon Fletcher unit drops plan to raise newsprint price
        271 19 Bloomberg Business News [WELLINGTON] New Zealand forestry and energy group Fletcher Challenge Ltd's Canadian subsidiary has dropped its plans to increase the price of standard newsprint from April 1. "It's an acceptance there will be some destocking," Fletcher Challenge spokesman Barry Akers
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        Lock icon HK conglomerate First Pacific's net profit rises 39% to HK$1.19b
        288 19 Sale of 85% stake in bank gives firm HKsBlsm gain KnightRidder [HONGKONG] First Pacific Co Ltd, a diversified conglomerate based in Hongkong, yesterday announced profits attributable to shareholders excluding exceptional items of HK11.189 billion (Ss2l7 million) for the 12 months
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        Above US$2 trillion seen pouring into emerging markets
        407 20  -  Mutual fond monitor chief says developed countries need to diversify investments From Shiv Taneja in Hongkong OVER US$2 trillion (Ss2.B trillion) of US pension and mutual fund assets will be invested outside of the US over the next 10 years, with a
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        Lock icon Despite rise, IBM not satisfied with stock price
        319 20 Computer giant believes fast growing parts of its business are undervalued Renter [NEW YORK] International Business Machines Corp, whose stock soared by nearly 35 per cent in the last month and a half, isn't satisfied with its share price. The computer giant
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        Lock icon Lehman to pay £80,000 fine in Maxwell case
        349 20 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Lehman Brothers International said it has been fined £80,000 (*****,800) by the Securities and Futures Authority (SFA) for keeping inadequate records and lax internal procedures in dealings with the late Robert Maxwell. Lehman is the sixth securities firm
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        Simex to launch Automated Trading System on March 15
        356 21  -  ATS operational from 7-35 pm to 1.00 am; six contracts to lie listed initially By\ Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] The Singapore International Monetary Exchange will launch its muchawaited Automated Trading System on March 15. The electronic trading system, which is an order
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        Lock icon China opens interbank market to more banks
        126 21 AFP [SHANGHAI] China has opened its national interbank market to seven more banks and 20 regional capital centres from March 1, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Shanghai Securities News reported that with the new addition, the number of members in the Shanghaibased interbank
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        Lock icon Asian forward currency market to boom
        443 21 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Burgeoning interest in South-east Asia's high-yield currencies and heavy capital and investment flows into the region will boost Singapore's forward currency markets this year, dealers said yesterday. The bulk of the increase will be in exotic currencies, chiefly the Thai baht and
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        Indon forex bank taps S'pore market for US$10m
        192 21  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Four banks in Singapore yesterday signed a deal here to lend US$lO million (5514.1 million) to Bank Tiara, an Indonesian foreign exchange bank. The 25-month term loan from Singapore's offshore market bears interest of 1.125 per cent
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        156 21 Reuter, AFP THE dollar was holding steady on the European foreign exchanges as the market remained more focused on election results, forthcoming economic data and possible interest rate cuts. Traders will be fixated with economic data over the coming few days with German growth and US employment figures
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        Lock icon Oil prices slide on Iraq, Opec output concerns
        309 21 EMEROT REPORT Reuter [LONDON] Oil prices dipped yesterday amid renewed concerns that Iraq may accept a United Nations plan allowing Baghdad to sell oil in return for food and medicine. Remarks by Kuwaiti Oil Minister Abdul-Mohsen al-Mudej about Opec crude output quota
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        COMMODITY Reports
        913 22 [UALA LUMPUR] Tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market closed five sen higher to M 515.62 per kg yesterday despite lacklustre trading on the overnight London Metal Exchange. On the KLTM, at the opening level, bids totalled 120 tonnes compared with offers of 88 tonnes. Final turnover
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        1074 22 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures ended higher yesterday on follow-through buying from last Friday's strong rally. "There was follow-through buying in the morning, when (September Euroyen) opened above 99.06 and people wanted to cover shorts," said a dealer at a US futures firm. The session was fairly quiet
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          Hubel buys grain and cotton
          74 22 [HONGKONG] China's Hubei province has purchased 4.75 million tonnes of grain from farmers as of Dec 20, the official Economic Daily reported yesterday. Of the total, 3.24 million tonnes were purchased at the government-fixed price, reaching 112 per cent of the compulsory quotas set by
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          India unlikely to import instant coffee
          101 22 [NEW DELHI] The Indian government's decision to allow the import of instant coffee, including decaffeinated coffee, may not lead to imports, industry officials said. The decision's real aim is to cut the" retail price of domestic coffee rather than encourage imports. The government on
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          Uganda coffee prices continue slide
          104 22 [LONDON] Prices for coffee in Uganda have continued to slump in line with sharply lower robusta futures in London. Exporters in Kampala yesterday morning pegged FAQ coffee in a broad range between 1,200 and 1,300 Uganda shillings per kg, down from 1,400-1,450 shillings in mid-December.
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          Colombia sugar output at record high
          109 22 [BOGOTA] The burgeoning Colombian sugar industry will continue breaking production and export records in 1996, the Association of Sugarcane Growers (Asocana) said. Last year's all-time output of 2.07 million tonnes should increase 10 per cent in 1996 while exports, which grew 18.8 per cent
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          Statoil expects to boost oil output
          68 22 [COPENHAGEN] Statoil expects to increase its oil output this year to a total 480 million barrels from 448 million barrels last year, the Norwegian state-owned oil producer said yesterday. The increase is primarily due to the commission of new fields namely, the Heidrun field
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1127 22 S1COM FUTURES Mar NMtt Mm tiMkqu it 5.30pm) jBS 1C0HTtACT(S ctfltaAt) CtOC* VotaM OfM Mot* W» Uw Sttt (toaww) tnfmt Apr 96 229.00 227.00 227.00 125 2625 toy 96 225.50 225.50 226.00 75 4000 Ml96 224.50 2875 *2*96 224.50 ***** 223J0 150 ***** Oct/ftK 96 224.50 224.50 223.00
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      REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      4673 23 ■***** STOCKS closed weaker yesterday in sluggish trade. Investors stayed away, focusing on the fate of the budget Bill for the next fiscal year, which includes using taxpayers' money to wind up ailing mortgage firms. "The market believes the Bill will be passed in parliament. But if
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      1618 23 HLmdoo +ISJ SHARE prices closed near their highs for the day as Wall Street consolidated its earlier gains and hopes of an interest rate cut in the UK took hold. The FT-SE 100 Index was up 15.9 points at 3,768.6. Volume was 562.6 million shares traded in
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      2489 24 AFX-Asia +59.11 SHARE prices closed higher but off their morning highs on overseas buying following Friday's rally on Wall Street. The Hang Seng Index closed up 59.11 points at 11,254.05, after trading to a high of 11,311. Dealers said that the market's earlier gains were eroded by profit-tak-ing later
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      Lock icon CHINA
      711 24 Reuter CI Shanghai B Share Index -OJS SHANGHAI B Shares fell, led by Shanghai Lujiazui Finance and Trade Development Zone Co, as some investors bet a glut of office space will knock the property developer's profits. The B Share Index, which tracks the 36 shares that foreign investors can
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      1228 24 Reuter FlSETladei +199 STOCKS withstood several bouts of late selling to end the day slightly higher in thin trade after investors bought large capitalised shares, especially banking issues, brokers said. The SET Composite Index finished 3.99 points higher at 1,325.86 on 4.2 billion baht turnover. The index fell to
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      1060 24 Bloomberg Business News Composite Index +193 STOCKS rose as gains at Barito Pacific Timber outweighed declines at Astra International, a car maker. "Barito's price is up because it looks like plywood prices may recover in Japan," said a trader. Japan and South Korea are the two biggest export markets
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        Lock icon KLCI breaches 1,100 on blue-chip buying
        6911 25 KUALA LUMPUR Reports Bloomberg Business News P Composite Indei +1X34 STOCKS rose above 1,100 points for the first time in 16 months, led by foreign fund managers buying blue chips. "Investments in mutual fUnds for equity markets have been rising all year," said an
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        Treading in deep waters
        3730 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy FOR some weeks now, Malaysian warrants have undergone a noticeable narrowing in conversion premiums. Whether or not this is indicative of the belief that rallies there are unsustainable is, of course, debatable, but it does give us an opportunity to illustrate
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        HOT STOCK
        72 28  -  By Paul Leo GOLDTRON has been trading within well dtflned ranges since November. In late January, it broke its previous range qf f1.35-f1.48 and has been trading between f 1.23 and f1.36 ever since. At yesterday's close of I Lut u lower end °f the range at f1.23
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        M'sian stocks steal the show on trade data rumours
        888 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Trading in S'pore stocks continues to be dnll, with dealers citing the lack of major earnings surprises as the main factor R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Malaysian stocks were the main beneficiaries of what little buying interest there was in
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          JF ventures into Taiwan
          171 28 THOSE who make the most money from the stock market are inevitably the ones who dare buy when the market is in its bleakest mood. Investors who went in during the June 4,1989, crash in Hongkong equities, for example, would have made a bundle selling out
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          Chemical waste
          52 28 THE merger of Chase Manhattan Bank with Chemical Bank and the resulting corporate downsizing npw taking place appear to have spawned a few black jokes. The latest that is making its rounds at Chase headquarters: What do you call a Chase employee who is going to be retrenched?
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          Astley & Pearce is new Erco AP
          64 28 Astley Pearce is new Erco AP TALK about an identity crisis. Money broker Astley Pearce Pte Ltd has changed its name to Exco AP Singapore. The reason for the change, it said, is that it used to be a group of 27 companies trading under 10 different names in 15
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          Punchline for fund managers
          68 28 WHO said fund managers are staid and boring people? In the afternoon "snooze" session of a mutual funds conference in Hongkong yesterday, Paul Mack, director and general manager of Credit Lyonnais International Asset Management (HK) Ltd, woke up his audience with this question: What's the difference
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          Size of HK funds
          146 28 HONGKONG never fails to remind anyone who cares to ask that it is the centre of Asian fund management. True, but figures on the size of Hongkong's unit trust and mutual ftind industry are anything but misleading. Data show that there are over 1,180 unit trusts
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      1554 18 JANBURGH HOLDINGS PTE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT UNCONDITIONAL TAKE-OVER OFFER FOR BOUSTEADCO SINGAPORE LIMITED On 22 January 1996, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited ("OCBC Bank") announced on behalf of Janburgh Holdings Re Ltd ("Janburgh") that Janburgh and its shareholders had, on 21 January 1996, entered into a
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      359 19 BUSINESS TIMES TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1-800-741-1883 FAX:74I-1298 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 90 AND IN THE MATTER OF PROTEA INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD ON LIQUIDATION) Extract of the Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting signed by the Representative of Holding Company relating to Proceedings of Subsidiary Company pursuant
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      400 19 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAR SO AND IN THE MATTER OF OKAWA ENTERTAINMENT PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of OKAWA ENTERTAINMENT PTE LTD, duly convened and held on 27 Feb 1996 the following were duly passed:1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION
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      409 19 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAR SO AND IN THE MATTER OF MORIMASA DAIICHI DEVELOPMENT PTE LTD AAAsnAkAvo' UAIHWI*mi Mom Don voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of MORIMASA DAIICHI DEVELOPMENT PTE LTD. duly convened and held on 27 Feb 1996 the following were
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      119 28 SsTI M E S 11 This announcement appears as a matter of record only. j March 1996 TOSHIBA TOSHIBA CAPITAL (ASIA) LTD. (incorporated with limited liability in the Republic of Singapore on 13th January 1996) I U. 5.5300,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme with the benefit of a Keep Well
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      179 28 c. M. MM ENTOPma PTE LTD (Incorporated In S4n«apo<v) IhMmtm'VoMttyUMMonl NOTICE Of FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Com pan** Art. Cap 50. that the Final Maating of members of tha abovenamed Company w«beho<d at 102 Uppar Croaa Street, #06-11 0 0 Bunking Singapore
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      426 28 Singapore Closing Share Prices 04/03/1996 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH Jardine Matheson 8.15 7.90 7.95 8.20 strate ,c 3.38 3.38 3.38 3.40 D« |ry Farni 0.985 1.03 0.985 1.01 Hongkong Land 2.25 2.20 2.20 2.26 Mandarin Oriental 1.37 1.32 1.33 138 mhmiga Jardine Strategic W9B 0.48 0.425 0.435 0.48 Published by
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      296 28 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 54 AND CM THE MATTER OF DATA DESIGN (S) PTE LTD (In Members Voluntary liquidation) Al an hx inordinary General Meeting of die company held on 29th February 19% the following Special Resolution was duly passed: 'RESOLVED that the company he wound
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      316 29 Knight-Ridder, Reuter AT THE end of another week, owners will want to forget the Baltic Freight Index dropped a further seven points to 1,357, a total drop of 43 points. Time-charter rates for modern Panamaxes from the US Gulf to the far East and within the Pacific have
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      RCL orders 2 more box ships costing US$36m
      365 29  -  Contract comes only a month after previous order for 2 ships worth USs43m By Yang Mel Fong [SINGAPORE] Regional Container Lines has placed another US$36 million (5550.4 million) order for two 628-TEU (20 ft equivalent unit) container vessels just a month after
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      Sea Japan '96 draws keen foreign interest
      328 29  -  Foreign firms make np more than half of exhibitors From Bruce Rutledge in Tokyo ALL EYES in the shipping community here this week will be on the second ever international maritime exhibit and conference to be held here Sea Japan '96 which kicks
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      Cuba ready for shipping comeback
      177 29 [LONDON] Maritime agencies in Cuba are keeping themselves busy even though efforts to end a US-sponsored economic blockade of Cuba have been put back by the recent downing of two private planes by the Cuban air force. The Caribbean nation's Italian contractors recently completed a
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      Lock icon Halla's LNG deal with French firm
      137 29 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's Halla Engineering and Heavy Industries Ltd has signed an agreement with France's SOFREGAZ to jointly build liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and ships in Asia. The memorandum of understanding was signed in Paris last week and a formal agreement is
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      Lock icon Filipino, S'pore, HK yards vie to repair Cunard liner
      209 29 AFP [MANILA] Shipyards in the Philippines, Singapore and Hongkong are vying for the contract to repair a British luxury liner whose engine room was razed by a fire in the South China Sea, officials said on Sunday. A statement from Subic
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        65 29 [SINGAPORE] Nedlloyd Districenters has taken charge of the regional blooming and outgoing orders, and the various warehousing activities, of AC-drive manufacturer ABB Industry and induction-motor manufacturer ABB Motors. The company, part of the Dutch Royal Nedlloyd group, said in a statement that the move was
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        Lock icon Regina Maersk sails into Kobe
        75 29 Bernama-Kyodo [KOBE] The world's largest container ship entered Kobe port yesterday, showing how the city has recovered from the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1996 that damaged much of the port's facilities. TheBl,4BB-ton Regina Maersk, 318 metres long with a beam of 42 metres, is
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        2nd group to bid for HK river terminal
        68 29 [HONGKONG] A second consortium has reportedly bid to build and operate Hongkong's first river trade terminal. The consortium, Odelon, comprises New World Infrastructure, Henderson Land Development, SHK Hong Kong Industries, Guangzhou Investment and Sea-Land Orient Terminals. The other confirmed bidder is River
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        UK minister slams IOPCF states
        59 29 [LONDON] The UK's shipping minister has criticised International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (lOPCF) states for not paying Sea Empress oil spill claims straightaway. Lord Goschen said: "It is disappointing that the states on the lOPC Fund Executive Committee decided not to make payments Immediately. The
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      Lock icon Kvaerner to buy Trafalgar House for £904m
      371 29 Move gives Kvaerner a presence in both UK and S-E Asia Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Europe's largest shipbuilder, Kvaerner A/S, has agreed to buy Trafalgar House, a UK engineering and shipping company, for £904 million (511.95 billion). Kvaerner has offered 50 pence for
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      869 30  -  TRAIN CONNECTIONS: US MOVES OUT OF STEAM AGE The state that is home to Disney World leads the way by choosing a private-sector consortium to build the first high-speed railway in the country a USs4.Bb, 510 km system comprising two main routes By. Richard
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        862 43 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 movefWilttJ' 111 l ttftfltfefed. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        353 43 MAS 5 Israel Market holiday, Purim. Nepal Fagu or Holi. MAR 6 Ghana; Independence Day. MAKB Belarus: International Women's Day. Nepal: International Women's Day. Russia: International Women's Day. Ukraine-. International Women's Day. Uganda: International Women's Day. MAS 12 Mauritius: National Day. MAS IS Belarus: Constitution Day. Hungary: Anniversary
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        Lock icon World air passenger, cargo traffic up in '95
        428 44 Chicago's O'Hare airport remains world's busiest passenger airport Reutar [GENEVA! World airports reported steady growth in both passenger and freight traffic in 1995, handling over 2.2 billion passengers and 45 million tonnes of cargo, according to a report issued yesterday. The report
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        Lock icon US to set date for further air cargo talks with Japan
        291 44 KnightRidder [WASHINGTON] Talks to further crack open Japan's air cargo market ended on a disappointing note late last week with no progress reported, a Department of Transportation aide said. The official, who did not wish to be identified, said
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        Lock icon Memphis still world's top cargo airport
        131 44 Reuter [GENEVA] Memphis, base of US express freight carrier Federal Express Corp, remained the world's busiest cargo airport in 1995, Airports Council International (ACI) said yesterday in its latest survey. The airport handled 1,712,066 tonnes of cargo last year, up 3.5 per cent on
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        Lock icon Major rolls through HK airport
        55 44 [HONGKONG! British Prime Minister John Major driving a huge roller, ceremoniously laying the runway of Hongkong's new Chek Lap Kok airport under construction on Sunday, as a worker helps him. The US$2O billion (5528.2 billion) airport is to be completed after China regains sovereignty of
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        Lock icon Air India threatens lock-out
        175 44 Reuter [NEW DELHI] Air India has threatened to lock out aircraft maintenance workers unless they call off a strike which the state-owned airline said is costing it three million rupees (*****,000) a day, news reports said on Sunday. The airline suspended 12 aircraft engineers and told
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        Lock icon Good times for Russian private airline
        298 44 Transaero competing with national carrier Aeroflot AFP [MOSCOW] Business is booming for the Russian private airline Transaero, which has become a competitive rival to national carrier Aeroflot since civil aviation ceased to be a state monopoly with the collapse of the Soviet Union. In
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        Lock icon Chinese team in Netherlands to look at Fokker
        210 44 Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] A Chinese delegation left for the Netherlands on Saturday to inspect Fokker NV, with an eye towards buying the ailing Dutch aircraft company, said an official with Aviation Industries of China (Avic). Chinese aviation officials are "going with
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        Lock icon Air NZ hopes new Aussie govt will tackle aviation issues
        238 44 Reuter [WELLINGTON] Air New Zealand Ltd said yesterday it hoped Australia's new coalition government would move quickly to tackle unresolved issues in aviation policy.. The Liberal-National coalition, which won Saturday's federal election by a landslide, said during the campaign that
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          Lock icon Mercedes to build new engine plant
          58 44 Reuter 18TUTTG ART, Germany J German automotive group Mercedes-Bern AG confirmed It would invest one billion marks (*****.4 million) in a new engine plant at its Untertuerkheim works in Stuttgart A spokesman recently the company would build four- and five-cylinder engines at the new
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          Lock icon Stolen cars in Ukraine
          99 44 AFP IKUSV, Ukraine] A policeman sweeps snow from a car on the grounds of a special car park for stolen vehicles seised by police on Saturday. Every third car brought into the Ukraine for the last two years is a stolen vehicle from western European countries,
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          Lock icon Carnival Air to hire more attendants
          84 44 Bloomberg Business News (FORT LAUDERDALE, FloridaJCarnival Air Lines Inc Mid it plans to hire as many as 50 flight attendants in the New York area within a month. Carnival Air is owned by Micky Arison, chief executive, chairman and majority shareholder of Carnival Corp,
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          Lock icon Cathay inaugurates freighter service
          70 44 Reuter [LOS ANGELES] Cathay Pacific Airways inaugurated its weekly freighter service to Chicago and New York with the first flight to Chicago's O'Hare airport on Saturday. New York flights will operate ex-Hongkong on Thursdays, tra, arriving the same day at New York's JFK and departing tiie
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          Lock icon Nissan launches new luxury sedan
          52 44 Reuter [TOKYO] Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Monday it was launching a completely remodelled Leopard luxury sedan in Japan. The new Leopard went on sale yesterday with a monthly sales target 0f1,500 cars. It features dual airbags and an anti-lock braking system (ABS) as
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          Lock icon Aussie airport official quits
          61 44 Reuter [SYDNEY] The former chairman of the Airports Council International, Jack Moffatt, has resigned his position as second-in-charge of Australia's {federal Airports Corporation (FAC), the government-owned airports operator said yesterday. The FAC did not give any reasons for Mr Moffirtfs departure, bat it followed a restructuring
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