The Business Times, 10 April 1996

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  • 415 1  -  But trading volume slumps in S'pore as institutional money stays on sidelines By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Share prices in the region stabilised yesterday amid relief, that Wall Street staunched a feared bloodbath and Tokyo discounted the Dow's dive. Brokers said
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  • 312 1  -  From, Anthony Rowley m Tokyo TOKYO stock prices bounced back dramatically yesterday more than recovering the sharp setback they suffered on Monday on fears of a plunge on Wall Street and ended the day at their highest level since February 1992. This led analysts to
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  • 460 1  -  By< Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Positive response to three models launched recently the new Nissan Sunny, BMW 316 i and Toyota Corona sent May's Category 2 COEs surging 20 per cent to a six-month high of $45,224. But the premium for Category
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  • 357 1 Investors kesftant ahead of release of consumer price data Reuter AFP [NEW YORK] The Dow Jones industrial average fell in early afternoon trading yesterday after an early rally fizzled out At Ipm EST, the Dow was down 6.15 points at 5,588.22. US Treasuries
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    • 105 1 5 DrissBssr -Or the tale of two independent importers of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars in Singapore, P* 2 f ■MniiKin yfipßW mmmmmxßm Anna's share price has dwd ui MijiHi qownwarat. iMMMpniM ps i& IPC eacpected to divest Unfortunate as company is already scaling down operations in US and Australia. ♦feMMWinMli l
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 287 2  -  Byy Ven Sreenivasan WHILE Singapore allows 99 per cent of all its imports to enter duty free, it has some service barriers and gaps in copyright law, notes the US Trade Representative's Office in a new report just out. The Republic had not
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    • 372 2  -  Advance Automobile's move sets precedent for former franchise holders Reports by Christopher Tan FORMER Peugeot distributor Advance Automobile is entering the lucrative MercedesBenz market as a parallel importer of the luxury marque. The move unheard of for a former authorised franchise holder is likely
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    • 161 2 Where gleaming Mercs once parked, brown cartons are piled unceremoniously. Wee Fong Credit, an independent importer of Mercedes-Benz cars, has fallen on hard times. It has converted its Lorong Kilat (offJ wrong Kechil) showroom into a storage areafor fashion apparel "Car business
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    • 496 2  -  PUB tt study possiDiiity 01 liquefied gu imports By\ Ronnie Lim SINGAPORE is in "on-going" discussions with Indonesia's national oil-and gas company Pertamina to buy natural gas from its Asean neighbour, a Ministry of Trade and Industry spokesman said yesterday in
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    • 452 2  -  By Agnes Wee THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) will work closely with the hotel industry and training institutes to co-ordinate and streamline training programmes. This will help to better address the diverse training needs of the hospitality and tourism industry, said
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    • 290 2  -  Retailer sells stake in Singapore joint venture By Bernice Tang BRANDED goods retailer FJ Benjamin and Lanvin are parting ways after a 25-year relationship. In a joint press statement, FJ said it had sold its 30 per cent stake in Lanvin (S) Pte Ltd
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    • 334 2  -  EYE OX THE ECONOMY Air cargo By] Rahita Elias SINGAPORE'S air cargo industry had a slow take-off this year, according to figures released by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. In January, the volume of airfreight passing through Changi Airport grew 7 per cent year-on-year
      Source: CAAS  -  334 words
    • 266 2  -  Csllsm development follows success of earlier Palisades project in city By! Diana Oon AFTER the success of The Palisades project in Vancouver, the Kuok group will be launching its second residential project there. The Residences on Georgia, this weekend. To be marketed
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    • 108 2 IN an article, "Allen Pathmarajah Quits as MD of Great Eastern", which appeared in The Business Times of Jan 25,1996, we said that Mr Pathmarajah replaced N N Handa some 12 years ago at Great Eastern Life (GEL) in the midst of an investigation into the company by the
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    • NEWS Roundup
      • 82 2 ECONOMIC Development Board chairman Philip Yeo takes over aa Cfrchalrman of the joint working committee of the China-Singapore Suihou Industrial Park from today. He replaces Wong Hung Khim, chairman of Jurong Town Corporation (JTC), the Ministry ofTrade and Industry said yesterday. Other Singapore members of the committee include
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      • 89 2 THE 1996 Sterling SUver Proof Coin Set will be released on May 7 by theßoard of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore (BCCS). Comprising ic> 6c, 10c, 20c, flOc, H and •8 coins, the set wUI have a floral theme. Also included in the proof coin
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      • 102 2 THAKRAL Corporation Ltd has opened its first electrical appliances market in China, the company anhoffhrefl yesterday. The JiangsuDafe Electrical AppliaixieeMiriet, the first of its kind in north-east China, was opened laat month. Total investment in the market, located near the Suzhou Industrial Park, is expected
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      • 98 2 the Land Transport Authority (LTA) saki yesterday it will review MRT safety and route protection measures following Monday's accident at the Paya Lebar MRT station in which adislodged piling hammer hit a viaduct The LT A will look at measures already in place, but
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
    • 903 3  -  Credit problems to your discredit? Here are some ways to help you solve them By i Chan Siow Ling [SINGAPORE] DEBT can creep up on you even amid good times, a buoyant economy and jobs-aplenty. Oh no? Well, your spending may get out of
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    • 442 3  -  TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT: KL SECOND BOARD By. Naresh Verma The writer is a manager of technical analysis advisory (South-east Asia) at Dow Jones Telerate. The opinions in this column are personal and do not represent the views of the writer's employer. His views art also
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    • 148 3 [SINGAPORE] The pattern projected peaks and troughs through the year remains the same, but the levels have dropped off somewhat. With the market's retreat over the last two months, the Xll Arima the forecasting magic box of the National University of Singapore's Centre for Business Research Development
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  • REGION
    • 692 4  - Korea tension Asia's flashpoint BSUMYUSm A single reckless act by Pyongyang could spark a crisis By Yang Razali Kassim THE situation in North-east Asia is not looking good at all. Barely has trouble between China and Taiwan subsided and tension has surfaced in the Korean peninsula. So a "new" flashpoint
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    • 55 4 President Suharto, rubs his eyes as he shares alight moment with Airforce chitf, Gen Sutria Tubagus (right) and while attending the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Indonesian airfare in Jakarta yesterday. He said Indonesia would boost its military strength gradually but neighbouring countries
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    • 139 4 HANOI AFP VIETNAM has authorised a South Korean firm to build a US$29O million (*****.6 million) tourist resort on a former prison island off the country's southern coast, a report said yesterday. PMC Jinwon Co Ltd will join Con Dao Marine Product
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    • 343 4 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama CHINA has picked 700 projects requiring about US$6.7 billion (559.4 billion) of foreign funds under the first phase of its Transcentury Green Engineering Project to be implemented between 1996 and 2000. Some 300 projects in urban environmental infrastructure
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    • 297 4 BEIJING Reuter CHINA'S President Jiang Zemin asked former US president George Bush yesterday to use his influence to help Sino-US ties, battered by disputes on trade, Taiwan, human rights and nuclear sales. "Mr Bush is an old friend of the Chinese people," the
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    • 292 4 TAIPEI Contacts between Taipei and Bering likely to begin seen adds Craig Thomas AFP CHINESE President Jiang Zemin has indicated that cross-strait tension had eased, visiting US Senator Craig Thomas said here yesterday. Mr Thomas, chairman of the foreign relations subcommittee on East
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    • 376 4 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday gave an assurance that the government was taking all the necessary steps to resolve Perwaja's problems. Dr Mahathir said the government would act against anyone proven to have caused irregularities which contributed to the state-owned
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    • 117 4 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg Business News NKK Corp said it is not linked with Frilsham Enterprises Inc, a company that Malaysian authorities say was paid M 176.4 million (5542.4 million) by Perwaja TrengganuSdn, an ailing state-owned steel products maker. Finance Minister Anwar
      Bloomberg Business News  -  117 words
    • 339 4 HONGKONG Source says President Jiang will host the emit AFP Reuter CHINA plans to hold its major ceremony for the handover of Hongkong next year in Beijing, a report said yesterday as disagreements with Britain over the change loomed. "The reality is
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    • 189 4 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama A TOTAL of 104 companies fi*om Hongkong have registered for business in Labuan since it was declared an International Offshore Financial Centre (IOFC), Deputy Finance Minister AfTifuddin Omar told parliament yesterday. The investment roadshows held in Hongkong from 1991 to
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    • NOTE Book
      • 26 4 Bloomberg Business News IKtIALA L4IMPOIU I Iprt>}ecte4|fl be worth I mm five years, up IBmtm Prime Miiil«t«'Anwiu It 1 Btoomimw J
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      • 71 4 Reuter [BEIJING) ChlM may po«tpon« an At*llta<te»Uln» for 1 i*gistr»tkm of foreign economic intormstftm vendoftif 1 ?«fttlations to govern their busineas cannot I an said yesterday. The Foreign f Administration <Wre official sttd it was the regulations would be made public. Xinhua has taken "t
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      • 55 4 AFP Malaysia said yesterday it would fbctis on producing more technically-skilled worker fcitt*l*xt isF* yaw® to east a cltfd|p)tbour shortage accompany tt)| the country's rapid economic growth. Under the Seventh Malaysia Plan, the number oTtechiilcal students will Jump to more than 134,000 fiomjust 24,000
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    • 460 6 TOKYO Policymakers wary about fragile rebound and back current soft monetary policy Reuter JAPAN'S economy is treading a gentle path of recovery but the improvement remains fragile and does not warrant a change in current soft monetary policy, economic policymakers said yesterday. "I
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    • 379 6 SEOUL US, Russia criticise Pyongyang's sabre-rattling AFP NORTH Korea stepped up its war rhetoric yesterday, warning that its 1.2 million-strong army was ready to attack South Korea on the orders of its leader, Kim Jong n. "Currently, the situation in our
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    • 179 6 TOKYO AFP JAPAN should study the possibility of carrying out joint military activities with the United States in East Asia, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama said yesterday. "We should start with problems which could arise close to us," he told a
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    • 131 6 TOKYO Reuter JAPAN'S ruling coalition is considering the possibility of freezing its planned spending of 685 billion yen (558.97 billion) of taxpayers' money for the liquidation of ailing mortgage Arms or jusen, Quick News Service reported yesterday. Quick News Service, which is affiliated with
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    • ASIA Notes
      • 64 6 Reuter (NEW ZEALAND] Flower exporters are aet to double their earnings over the next four years to NZ$lOO millfcm(S996 million) despite a soaring Kiwi dollar. The flower export grown more than 2SO par cent since 1999 to c NZ$5O million in the
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      • 59 6 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Privateeector machinery orders in February rose l&9per osnt from a year earlier, following* 13.9 per cent rise in January, the Economic Plaining Agency said yesterday. The data eKcii>dssq»lsistMr«h«m orders in February rose 8 per cent after jumpimm per while oOUiore orders
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      • 55 6 AFP [WELLINGTON] New Zealand's fovermnent wants to ps2^JS^i^?^2^i? l,ato pp acoilrtams4rfoiistottie Privy Council in London, Attorney-General Paul laet said make the New Zealand Court of Appeal the court of last reeort But the minority government may not be afaie to muster enough support
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      • 54 6 Reuter (CANBERRA] Australian bMtnmm now but improving over thatrnratng Australian Chamber ofCommsrce safel, importing on its March survey of Investor confidant*. The survey found descriptions of current conditions still ftUowtnfaraeaiit downward trend. But respmieei toqaestions about expectations were more positive than in the last
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    • 441 6 NEW DELHI It's election time and astrologers are out in fan force to cash in on the fever AFP WITH elections around the corner, Indian politicians armed with their horoscopes are making a beeline for astrologers to learn what the planets and
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    • 344 6 TOKYO AFP JAPAN and the United States remained far apart on settling an insurance market dispute after weekend talks in Los Angeles failed to find a solution, Japanese Finance Minister Wataru Kubo said yesterday. Mr Kubo said the two sides would
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    • 14 4 N Koreas army ready to attack, Pg6 Method tat N Korea's madness, Pg 8
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  • FOCUS: TAIWAN-US RELATIONS
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    • 180 6 Editorial: Method in North Korea's madness, Pg 8 /CVTWsTl r hfiW r For Christian Denis, the \™yir% merely taste OYSTER»BAR should be an to embrace all five senses. Hailing from town Tongeren, Bclguun, Christian own* Restaurant Clad St Denis and uses only thefreshest seasonal herbs and spices to flavour bis
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  • THE WORLD
    • 342 7 BRUSSELS Denial prompted by reports of threat te punish Britain Reuter EUROPEAN monetary officials yesterday poured cold water on speculation that Britain will be forced to join a future exchange rate mechanism (ERM) after the launch of a
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    • 294 7 ZURICH Reuter A SWISS newspaper yesterday quoted unnamed sources as saying financial group CS Holding AG was pressing Union Bank of Switzerland (ÜBS) to agree to a merger. Spokesmen for both ÜBS and CS Holding declined comment on the report in yesterday's
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    • 249 7 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News WHOLESALE inventories unexpectedly fell in February as higher sales helped American tilsinesses clear unsold goods ffcom warehouses. Inventories fell 0.2 per cent during the month the largest drop since March 1994, when stocks declined by 0.5 per cent, US Commerce
      Bloomberg Business News  -  249 words
    • 238 7 LONDON Market given up hope of Japanese interest rate rise: analysts AFP THE US dollar consolidated above the 108-yen level yesterday on the London market, reaching a level it had not seen for more than two years on sentiment that any
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 775 8  -  thh BOTTOM UMM OPINION By Maggie Ford The writer is a Jakarta-based journalist who contributes to BT PRESIDENT Suharto's plan to upgrade the Indonesian migrant worker force in foreign countries looks like a win-win situation all round. With 2.5 million new workers coming onto
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    • 120 8 'Like a shirt, the anti-subversion law is frayed, with too many holes. It's better to buy a new shirt that is more suitable to the climate of change.' -Bakunitoilupa secretary-general of Indonesia's Human Rights Commission. There is a fascinating paradox in northern Vietnam. You see an urge
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    • 648 8 EDITORIAL AS North Korea's apparent madness has never been entirely devoid of method, its current muscleflexing along the demilitarised zone that it refuses to recognise can also be explained in terms of both immediate and long-term calculations. Clearly, Pyongyang hopes that its military blustering will
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    • 1026 8  -  The biggest investors and employers abroad, they also win lion's share of global investment. Bat Asians are catching 19 By I Chuang Peck Ming The writer is a BTcorrespondtkt IF a recent study of global investments commissioned by the French government is anything
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    • 773 8 Korea plays wtth Are NORTH Korea is playing a dangerous game of brinkmanship by raising tension in the demilitarised zone to try to win concessions that might help stave off the collapse of its communist regime. Just as it engaged in brinkmanship to wring concessions out
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 1909 9  -  He chats about food and wealth with nim*».iwi«g w— GERALDINE FABRIKANT NYT WHAT do you do after you have made more than 70 films, opened three restaurants, written one autobiography and won an Oscar? If you are Michael Caine, you give up the Hollywood rat
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    • 675 9 Secrets about men from Mayflower Madam TV TALK SHOWS Sydney Barrows answers some searching questions Reuter [WASHINGTON] It's a long way from the posh discretion of her former profession to the glare of tacky daytime TV talk shows, but Sydney Biddle Barrows, better known as the "Mayflower Madam", takes it
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    • 705 9  -  BRANDY is in high spirits as an affluent Asia takes to cognac By] Kevin Sullivan [SINGAPORE] The Asian propensity to consume vast amounts of expensive plonk is not going to disappear any time soon, a state of affairs which pleases Gilles Hennessy no end. Mr
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    • 368 10 BROADWAY Sondheim's new Broadway show has words, but no music Reuter [NEW YORK] A new Steven Sondheim show opened and closed on Broadway this month but this one was no West Side Story or Sunday in the Park with George. It had words, but no
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    • CHATTERBox
      • 81 10 AFP BRITISH actress and model Liz Hurley had an aflfcir with a US actor, Tom Stoemore, in Los Angelas in IM2 while she waa still the companion offilra star Hugh Grant, The Sun -u* reported yesterday in Britain. Sizemore, 32, who was in Natural Born Killers
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      • 58 10 Reuter A BLACK swastika was plastered on Marion Brando's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame early on Monday after the actor came under fire for saying Hollywood is "run by 7 Jews". THe Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which places the plaques to honour movie and television greats,
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      • 31 10 Reuter ACADEMY Award-winning actor Ben Johnaon, who won the Oscar as best supporting actor in the 19T1 movie Tim Last Piaurt Show, died on Monday. He was TJ.—Rtuttr
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    • 814 12  -  ART Bmrth—l Art Landmark Books, 882.40 ftTaflaMs ntTTstlwsl Ifussaat gift shops By, Jay Khoala [SINGAPORE] Anyone curious enough to ask, "Is there a South-east Asian sensibility in art?" and foolish enough to expect a one-stop answer may now rest easy. Last year, the
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    • 54 12 [BURBANK, California] Actress Cybill Shepherd holding the top of a shell bikini presented to her by talk show host Jay Leno during the taping of The Tonight Show with Jay Lena on Monday at the NBC television network studios in Burbank. Shepherd stars in the
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    • 547 12  -  AWARDS The selection process behind the top US journalism award By* Geseva Overgolser LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] You've seen the pictures: A newsroom crowd, huge smiles, an editor pours champagne over someone's head. You've heard the quotes: A playwright or composer. surprised on vacation, reacts with dignified delight
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    • 405 12 FILMS Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong's international film festival faces pressure from Beijing and an uncertain future after next year, key players in the industry said yesterday. This year's 16-day film bonanza, which ended yesterday, drew big crowds from the region who flocked to
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    • 112 11 •Dnakatam Ily •UveUhln •LoMBGUckm entitles customer to Ijo% worth of food voucher. ill f Prosperity House Restaurant 3E River Valey Road Ckrt Quay Singapore (Traded Maricet) T******63 O Hotel Mel Id-Scotts HIGH FASHION AT HIGH TEAv,^ Join us every Saturday at the EL PATIO for that old-time tradition of afternoon
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 323 13  -  ■mamas after Nortel's pullout; Acma also to have pore say In Hayes A R Sivanithy flPjflpyOßE] Acma Ltd yesfiggby announced its latest gain control of trouMp QI modern maker Hayes 9Hn l ««ifi|puter, just one week '■Mr its partner, Canada's Northern
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    • 419 13  -  By< Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Listed IPC Corp and France's Groupe Bull are likely to make a final decision on the future of their 8lBgapor»-based Zenith joint venture by next week. The two owners of Zenith Data Systems Asia-Pacific are currently discussing the
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    • 719 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW William Chia MALAYSIAN-LISTED Tongkah Holdings, which is headed by Mokhzani Mahathir, has been on an acquisition spree. Its plan appears to be to build up three core areas in a hurry: healthcare services, stockbroking and manufacturing. One major coup has been the healthcare privatisation
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    • 604 13  -  Tkey expect ik&res, offered at Ms2£o, to top Mss on debut From Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur THE flotation of stockbroker Hwang-DBS (M) Bhd, in which DBS Securities has a 30 per cent stake, should be well-re-ceived by the market given the buoyant trading
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    • 479 13 AFX-Asia [SINGAPORE] New listings on the Singapore market later this year are expected to meet with a poor response, mirroring the weak performance of initial public offerings in 1995, bankers said. "I think sentiment is mild to moderate," said Loo Ngan Seng, vice-president
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
      • 342 14  -  New SEC chief also warns he will not tolerate Interference from politicians From Loh Hui Yin in Bangkok THAILAND'S new Securities and Exchange Commission chief has pledged he will continue with the policies of greater transparency and more capital market developments laid down by his
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      • 285 14  -  By] Lu Ning [SINGAPORE] China Merchants Shekou Port Service Co (CMSP), the first Chinese Arm to have a secondary listing in Singapore, is counting on more Chinese companies listing here to boost interest in its shares, which have seen a lacklustre performance.
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      • 150 14 Reuter [HONGKONG] Telecoms equipment maker HB International Holdings Ltd rose yesterday after it announced the sale of a 23 per cent stake to Singapore's Transmarco Ltd. Its shares rose 15 HK cents, or 15.31 per cent, to a 52-week high
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      • 299 14  -  From, Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur SETRON (Malaysia) Bhd, a manufacturing firm controlled by businessman Amin Shah, has proposed to take a 90.7 per cent stake in his private firm Business Focus Sdn Bhd for MI2IO million (*****.5 million) in
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      • 497 14 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Shares of Singapore's banks, seen as proxies for the country's rock-solid economy, remain good buys despite recent disappointing earnings, although some are stronger "buy" candidates than others, analysts said. "Prospects for banks are healthy on the back of buoyant economic
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      • 304 14 Sector expected to outpace properties and conglomerates SCMP [HONGKONG] Analysts' forecasts of profits for Hongkong banks have risen more than for any other sector in the aftermath of the reporting season. The April edition of The Estimate Directory shows a sharp
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      • 477 14  -  TVE's advice to shareholders comes after Shaw decides to take up increased bid From l Qoak Hiang Whai in Hongkong REVERSING an earlier decision, Hongkong-listed TVE Holdings has told its shareholders to accept the revised cash offer from South China Morning Post (Holdings) The
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      • 492 14 But Wo says company can finish job before next Asian Games AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] Thailand's Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Peerapong Tanompongphandh said yesterday Hopewell Holdings Ltd unit Hopewell Thailand could not complete the construction of its elevated road and rail
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 60 14 [SINGAPORE] Super Coffeemix Manufacturing Ltd said it will lease a 9,387aqm plot offend at Sanoko South Road from Jurong Town Corporation to buUda manufacturing-cum-warehotistng facility lor its3-in-l instant beverage packaging aettvitiasandeeretiflake manufacturing operations. The 30-year lease will commence from June 1,1986. Super Coffeemix has the
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        • 35 14 [SINGAPORE] Pan-United Corporation has incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary HI Aspiration to own and operate a bulk carrier. The subsidiary has an authorised capital of $500,000 which has been fUliy paid-up.
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        • 82 14 [SINGAPORE] Share option holders of Bousteadco Singapore, which is being taken over by Janburgh Holdings, should exercise their options immediately and sell their shares in the open market or accept the offer by Janburgh to buy the shares at 9LOO each if they are uncertain
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    • REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 66 15 Reuter [NEW YORK) KPMG Peat Marwick chairman and chief executive Jon Madonna will resign both positions when his turn expires in October, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The vacancy is expected to spur jostling for the poet among several top partners in the firm,
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        • 75 15 Bloomberg Business News [PARIS] French department store chain Goleries Lafayette stamped to a net lose of393million French francs (SsBl .6 million) in 1986 as a drop in consumption was compounded by fcar of terrorism and a wave of transport strikes. The company posted a profit
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        • 65 15 Bloomberg Business News [SCOTTS VALLEY, California] Seagate Technology Inc said it will expand its disk-drive facility in Nakon Rstchiama (Korat) Thailand by more than 80 per cent It said construction is under way ona 129,0005q ft plant in northeast Thailand, about 238 km from Bangkok.
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        • 69 15 Reuter (SYDNEY] News Corp Ltd chairman Rupert Murdoch has aid News doet not want to control Australian newspaper publisher John Fairfax Holdings Ltd. "We don't want Fairfax," Mr Murdoch was quoted as saying in a pre-recorded television interview. News currently holds a per cent stake
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      • 298 15 Deal gives German group wider selection with rights to US firm's programmes Reuter [NEW YORK] Viacom Inc and German media group KirchGroup said on Monday they would form a strategic alliance to broaden Viacom's presence in the European television market and expand KirchGroup's programming
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      • 297 15 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Australia's third largest oil explorer and producer, Ampolex Ltd, yesterday began a campaign in the courts to block New Zealand entrepreneur Ron Brierley's claim to nearly 10 per cent of the company. Ampolex is asking the Supreme Court
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      • 141 15 Reuter [SHANGHAI] Shanghai B share companies have delayed publishing 1995 results because of stricter reporting requirements and disappointing performance linked to an austerity policy last year. As of yesterday, only three of the 36 B share listed firms had published 1995 results,
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      • 241 15 NYT [NEW YORK] Nynex Corp and Tribune Co announced on Monday separate investments in companies that provide electronic guides to the Internet's World Wide Web, revealing growing investor interest in such services. The Tribune Company said it had paid US$7 million (Ss9.B million) for
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      • 462 15 Analysts expect 70% rise in Japanese firms'earnings Reuter [NEW YORK) Japan stands to outperform major international stock markets this year as US investors worry about the US market's heady levels and seek to diversify abroad, Wall Street strategists say. "Among the US, Europe, and
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      • 269 15 Potential buyers see Mercury as springboard to UK telecoms market FT THE list of potential buyers for Mercury Communications, chief domestic rival to British Telecommunications (BT), is lengthening as negotiations which could lead to a merger between BT and Cable and Wireless
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      • 157 15 Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI] The government will sell 10 per cent of the shares in state-run oil monopoly Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC), or NT$lO billion (Sssl6 million) of its paid-in capital, starting next January. "We plan to set the face value of the
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 441 16 Move will be in conjunction with the govt sale of shares to the public Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY! Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd said it will buy back 100 million shares, or about 10 per cent of its stock,
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      • 405 16  -  becomes Asian centre for worldwide investment banking By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The Deutsche Bank group aims to be a leading forex player in Asia, as well as Europe, following a major revamp at the bank last year. As part of
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      • 350 16 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] CS First Boston, trying to stem a wave of defections, detailed with unusual frankness how it paid bonuses for 1995 to employees in a firmwide memo. The firm, a unit of Swiss banking group CS Holding AG, told
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      • 113 16 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Price Waterhouse LLP said on Monday it admitted 67 employees to its partnership, of whom about 40 per cent, or 27 people, work in management consulting. The sixth biggest US accounting and consulting firm will have about 980 partners after June 30,
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      • 255 16 FT [LONDON] Oil production from existing reserves could be dramatically increased within the next decade according to the world's largest oil Services group. Schlumberger, the big Franco-American group, believes new production technology is set to add billions of barrels to total world reserves, while
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      • 124 16 Reuter [TOKYO] Japan's Sumitomo Corp said yesterday it expects world copper prices to fall gradually to an average US$2,lOO (552,961) per tonne by the last quarter of 1996 as supplies of the metal rise substantially in North and Latin America. The leading
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      • 116 16 AFP (JAKARTA] Forestry firms holding timber estate concessions are still far from meeting their obligation to plant 4.05 million hectares to support their pulp and paper plants. A report from the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry's directorate for forest management supervision said that, as of
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      • 230 16 KIM HI Report Reuter [SINGAPORE! Simex Euroyen futures came to a weak stop yesterday after a roller-coast-er ride which featured concerns about higher interest rates in Japan and reports the ruling coalition was mulling a plan to freeze the use of taxpayer funds to wind up
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      • 162 16 AFP New York The dollar was firm against other leading currencies here yesterday, benefiting from major US hedge fund purchases in London. At 1430 GMT the dollar was trading at 1.4916 German marks against 1.4820 on Monday and 108.18 yen against 107.75 yen on Monday. The greenback climbed
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      • 314 16 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Crude futures rose as refined product prices soared in New York amid concerns cold weather in the US north-east and rising gasoline demand will deplete alreadylow US inventories further. Futures were also lifted by speculation a third round
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    • 2000 17 BBBWfc vlk-, »l Paaco A. A. Corp Adr 621/4 -1/4 A8 Ports 295 -41/2 ABfeoyNatlonai 562 »1 A»*d Lyons 496 -2 Amoc 104 4 318 -2 Asda Group 106 -1/2 ■ATlnd 5n *6 ■CC 342 »1 BOC Group 675 -2 MMrotan 5791/2 11/2 BTR 321 -1 Ban*
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    • 1497 17 AFP Hmm» «aiM3 SHARE prices dosed 1.5 per cent higher yesterday with active buying by institutional and US investors, brokers said. "Sentiment should remain strong through the week, with limited profit-taking to pull (share prices) down," a dealer with a Japanese brokerage said. The Nikkei Stock Average of the
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      1646 18 AFX-Asia Piling Seng -3151 SHARE prices closed lower but off earlier lows as the market made a technical correction following falls on Wall Street overnight, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index fell 32.51 points to 11,107.37 from a high of 11,119.02 and a low of 10,912.32 on turnover of
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      634 18 Reuter PSuuufliaißShirehig -&213 SHANGHAI'S B share index ended down yesterday, with a fall in some major shares and heavy selling of shares of Huaxin Cement, which reported poor 1995 results yesterday, brokers said. But most investors remained on the sidelines because only three of the 36 B share companies
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    • 357 18 AFP □WFfata -me SHARE prices finished 0.2 per cent lower yesterday as a result of profit-taking. "Market sentiment turned cautious and investors took profit after five successive winning sessions," said George Hou of Jardine Fleming Taiwan Investment Management Co. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index declined 10.08 points
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      698 18 AFP EjfiMnpftateiaig -021 SHARE prices closed a meagre 0.05 per cent lower yesterday as interest in selected banking stocks offset a weak regional mood, brokers said. "The market was basically flat, I think we are entering a technical rebound stage," said a senior dealer at a Hongkong brokerage. The
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      804 18 AFP H SET Mar +133 SHARE prices edged up 0.2 per cent in lacklustre trading yesterday as investors stayed sidelined in a holiday shortened week, a broker said. "Investors are not planning to hold shares during the four-day holiday," said Sriporn Sanguab-tham of Wall Street Finance and Securities, explaining
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    • 412 18 AFP HOwnporitehig -7.21 SHARE prices closed 0.8 per cent lower due to uneasiness ahead of tomorrow's general elections and concerns about the North Korean threat, dealers said. "These political variables will be the key to the market's direction this week," said a dealer at Ssangyong Securities. The Korea Stock
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    • 619 18 AFP DAflOrtiMriai -LB SHARES closed 0.06 per cent lower yesterday after a strong afternoon recovery from a sharp sell-off in the early session, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index ended 1.5 points weaker at 2,221.0 alter dropping to a low of 2,203.2 in early trading on the back of
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    • 276 18 Bloomberg Business News n Wellington -5J2 THE New Zealand Top 40 share index declined 5.12 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 2,127.78 points. Trading was valued at NZ529.7 million. Bloomberg »i «a row» ANZ Booking 6.70 -Oil )0753 Advantaqai Hldgt 1.63 -0.01 6S00 Air Ntw Zaatond (A) 3.61 -0.04
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 7226 19 KUALA UlMfUßfleporte Bloomberg Business News POnDMifr lain -0.73 STOCKS were little changed as Asas Dunia Bhd rose for a second day on investors' view of the potential of its property developments while Tenaga Nasional Bhd, the national power company, fell. The market
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
      • 3380 20  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THE LATEST nil-paid rights to warrants to make their appearance on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange are those of oleochemical maker Southern Acids (Malaysia) Bhd. At first glance, the MSI asking price and the Msl.ol subscription cost may make the
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    • 2080 20 MALAYSIA* STOCKS Of Qf if* Y« On LaatOuota Ok Mi W M M Cap ,WN> U» St— Ctupiny Ml POOP) wm> L— —yor CV P/I %m* 425 4M a $000 AISSSOc 4M -4 $4 414 m tot 414 $4 U (J *«J sou 7M J! AMOBSOc sack M
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      • 3798 21 Or Or M Wt 199* Laat VH toy LaatOnata Mr Mr W Ml Cap Avg h» n» «tw» c t saoa fOBB> mm u» rntfm %mm cv m $3 w» 5144 ASENTSK3 200 US- 2M MS 1258 ActfSOc USW3 until W Its W 162 M3 ION 7J 10
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      • 779 22  -  STOCK MARKET OOMXBMTAKY PHcm higher as Dew fall was not as big as feared bet lew larnover soggeets market eeald he is fir reeky tines By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Local equity prices managed to rebound modestly yesterday despite the expected overnight plunge
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 115 22 WE WERE more than a little surprised to see a robust-looking Deacon Chiu coming through Changl airport last Thursday after a Singapore Airlines flight from Hongkong. The patriarch of Hongkong-listed Far East Consortium group and owner of Singapore's Tang Dynasty Village became the butt
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        • 70 22 WE ARE envious of ths Shanghai-based newspaper, Business News. The Indonesia Plywood Aaaociation (IPA), a Reuters report said last week, had "entrusted" the Bustrmstows with the aoctustv* right to disseminate information on ha poeition on plywood laeuee. More to the point, a senior official of IPA's Hongkong
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        • 95 22 THE LINE M|«ntlß(MtDdan«rkM •peculator from an hmetoriaa thin one Indeed. A speculator often becomes an Investor whan his position turns soar and he has to hold on to his stocks for longer than he Intended; and many a time, ths prices never recover. So, whafs ths difference?
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        • 71 22 rr SEEMS that fcr broking houass to stay SSSSSSSSSSBL. An analyst aUsscurtttss firm wbossnams#i •tarts with a letter doss to Z, told a BT Journalist hs couldn't commsntona particular issue as his company was |1 usually amoog the last to gstSES Jj announcements dus to its position
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        • 100 22 A spats ofbrokerage bankruptcies In Turkey has prompted the nation's Capital Markets Board to require brokers to clear trades through the Takasbank central depository. That means brokers win be required to place cash or securities on deposit at the central clearing bank before executing
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    • 1258 22 BUSINESS NOTICE Bank off Queensland Limited Series 3 Transferable Loan Certificates ("TLCs") repayable 9 December 1997 In accordance with ths provisions of ths TLCs, notics is hereby given that lor ths Interest Period from 10 April 1996 (inclusive) to 10 July 1996 (exclusive) the Interest Rate applicable to the TLCs
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    • 387 22 Singapore Closing Share Prices 09/04/1996 CLOSE PREV LOW HUH lllll* uss uss US$ US$ JarcMna Mathaaon 7.96 7.66 7.66 8.00 FfiBIII Strategic 3.18 3.18 3.16 344 I wrnr J Dairy Farm 0.86 0.836 0.936 0.86 Hongkong Land 2.36 248 2.28 2.36 ■■■■■■■I Mandarin Oriantal 1.26 1.28 I.M 1.26 PMM" Jardlwa
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 307 23 Knight-Ridder Reuter THE freight market was lifeless with European shipbrokersonan extended holiday, brokers said. They said news of fixtures concluded last week were non-existent, and no new business was forthcoming. However, Iranian charterers did recirculate orders for tonnage to cover a 50,000-tonne cargo of corn for April-May dates
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    • 272 23 sb MMi *Fl *A- ttl CWT Distribution L58 -0.01 14 Oman Hup 1.16 *001 329 Coko invastmant 1.82 undi 114 FttS 7.90 -0.05 37* FratahtUnfcs 0.935 Midi 30 CSHoMnqs L21 unch 31 Hal Sun Hup 1.01 undi 93 Hitachi ZOMn LOO *0005 45 IMC IHMim HN 5.60 Jayalllldfcui
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    • 403 23  -  Republic is United Transport Tankcontainers' Far East headquarters By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] United Transport Tankcontainers (UTTC), based in the UK, is using Singapore as its springboard into Asia. In an interview with Shipping Times, UTTC managing director Keith Wise said the company
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    • 235 23 [MAJURO] The Marshall Islands ship registry nearly doubled in 1995, largely as a result of a flurry of refiaggings by major US shipping companies. It is now one of the fastest growing in the world, nearly doubling both the number of ships and the
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    • 725 23  -  STRAIT TALE By I Seafarer NOT MUCH that is good has been said about last year's special International Maritime Organisation conference on ro-ro passenger ship safety or the subsequent European agreement to impose tougher regional standards. But international politics, as
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    • 364 23  -  Philippine shipping sector buoyant, says stockbroker From, Al Labita in Manila THE Philippines' buoyant shipping outlook should awaken a listed unit of Singapore's Keppel Corp from its drowsy showing in 1995, analysts say. Passenger and cargo shipping is brisk and this should translate into
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    • 261 23 European Parliament fears figure is tee high Lloyd's List [BßUSSELS] Commissioners in Brussels have been urged by the European Parliament to examine the controversial US$2O billion (Ss2B billion) limit on P&I (protection indemnity) cover, amid fears it is so high it
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    • 81 23 [OSAKA] Smoke pouring from the stricken 12,529-tonne container ship Ever Trust which caughtfire in Osaka Bay yesterday, killing one Philippine crewman but 19 others were later rescued, the Japanese Maritime Safety Agency said. Seven Taiwanese crew and 13 Filipinos were on board the Panamanian-registered
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    • 199 23 Reuter [SYDNEY] An Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) inquiry into tugboat services has recommended that the current method of price scrutiny on tugboat services at Australia's major ports be relaxed. The current method of vetting of each proposed movement in tugboat charges
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    • 138 23 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Oil tanker Fukushin Maru, detained ofT Malaysia's east coast state of Trengganu, has been released, Malaysia's Marine Department said yesterday. It was spotted by a Malaysian Air Force helicopter allegedly dumping sludge in Malaysian waters 49 nautical miles from the Trengganu state capital
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    • 939 24 WORLD SHIP REGISTERS: TURNING A FLAG OF CONVENIENCE INTO SYMBOL OF QUALITY pie Central American state now has the single largest fleet in the world, and aims to improve its reputation by increasing efforts to attract new and larger vessels and tightening quality control Lloyd's List
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      • 889 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 245 41 APR 10 Israel: Passover (last day). APR 12 Sri Lanka: Market and public holiday (to April 13). Thailand: Songkran Festival. Lebanon: Good Friday (Eastern). APR 13 Bangladesh: Bengali New Year's Day. Sri Lanka: Market and Public holiday. APR 14 Egypt, Lebanon: Easter (Eastern). APR 15 Belarus: Orthodox Easter.
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      • 454 42  -  Market data analysts Enromonitor expects leased cars to hit 7.6 m by 2000 By < Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] By the year 2000, one-fifth of all new cars sold in the world will be leased powering the long-term rental market to US$l62
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      • 44 42 [PINGXIANG, China] An old unman walking along the railway tracks connecting Vietnam and China in Pingxiang border town. Since February when the cross-border rail link was reopened after 17years, 101 people from 14 countries have made the journey across. REUTER
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      • 150 42 AFP [TOKYO] American Honda Motor Co Inc plans to introduce an electric car in the US state of California early next year, according to a statement received here yesterday. The US subsidiary of Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd said the purpose-built electric vehicle,
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      • 182 42 Reuter [SAO PAULO] Flat's Brazilian unit said on Monday it does not have enough information to comment on a local report accusing it of bribery and industrial espionage. The company also said in a statement it rejected any insinuation that some Fiat employees were involved
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      • 216 42 Railroad, imion usable to agree on new labour contract Bloomberg Business News [PHILADELPHIA] Conrail Inc's negotiations with a key union may be halted by federal mediators as early as this week, a move that could result in a crippling strike at the north-east's largest railroad. Jedd
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      • 142 42 Bernama [NEW DELHI] Formal talks here between Malaysia and India on the expansion of air services between the two countries have been inconclusive. Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik led the Malaysian delegation which included Malaysia Airlines (MAS) managing director Wan Malek Wan Ibrahim. The
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      • 317 42 US$L2b deal may be announced daring Li Peng's France trip NYT [BEIJING] Premier Li Peng of China today begins a threeday visit to France during which Airbus Industrie hopes he will announce a US$l.2 billion (Ssl.7 billion) order for at least 30 new aircraft
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        • 74 42 Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] Daewoo Corp, one erf South Korea's biggest conglomerates, will invest in a 7.86 billion yuan (S|l J billion) Joint venture to make car parts in China, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The report didn't disclose the size
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        • 136 42 Bloomberg Business News [CHICAGO] Five major US airlines on Monday reported big increases in traffic in March. UAL Corp's United Airlines, the nation's largest carrier, said its revenue passenger miles rose 7.4 per cent in March to 9.8 billion from 9.2 billion last
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        • 71 42 Reuter [ST LOUIS] McDonnell Douglas Corp said on Monday it named Michael Sears as president of Douglas Aircraft Co, its commercial aircraft unit in Long Beach. California. Mr Sears had been vice president-general manager of McDonnell Douglas' largest tactical aircraft programme, tk® F/A-18 Hornet strike
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        • 95 42 Bernama [PETALING JAYAJ The Customs Department on Monday lifted a ban impoaed last Friday on manual clearance of cargo documents at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang after a two-hour closed door meeting with representatives of freight forwarders. Federal Territory Customs director
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      • 320 42 NYT [SEOUL] Samsung Aerospace Industries Co of South Korea said China favours a European group over US planemakers as partner in a US$2 billion (Ss2.B billion) China-South Korea project to build a 100-seat jet in Asia. "We believe China
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