The Business Times, 22 April 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046^12^5 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE MONDAY, APRIL 22,1996 85<t
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    FINANCE
    24 1 mnuiB l2 I UK 114 OM UN U4$ nm mm tja KUALA LUMPUR. 11* JAKARTA MjN BANGKOK... 1S.7I jga «S££2! (Source: NatWest Bank)
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    Some foreign banks making a comeback
    643 1  -  Asian boom said to be drawing back Toronto Dominion, First Chicago By( Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The fast-grow-ing Asian market is forcing a number of banks which had cut back on the region or pulled out altogether to reestablish their presence. Among these are said
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    Tangs Studio to downsize
    301 1  -  By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Tangs Studio, the latest victim of the retail crunch, is downsizing and giving up one floor of retail space in Ngee Ann City to re-posi-tion itself as a pure fashion store. All its non-fashion related departments including gifts, houseware and furniture have
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    Lock icon Singapore firm in Hollywood film tie-up
    358 1  -  By, Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] The owner of the Peninsula and the Excelsior hotels in Coleman Street is making a foray into the film industry. YTC Corporation a local diversified company with hotel development and management as its core business has set up a film
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    £45m upgrading for CDL-linked hotels
    463 1  -  From Loh Hui Yin in Bangkok AS THE countdown begins to Thursday's trading debut of hotel chain Millennium Copthorne's shares on the London bourse, its Singapore part-owners are also busy with a £45 million (Ss9s million) upgrading programme. Three of the chain's London hotels are
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    Lock icon Fayeds to float Harrods for £1b?
    149 1 Reuter [LONDON] London's landmark Harrods department store may be floated on the stock exchange for as much as £1 billion (SS2.I billion), said a Sunday Times report. It said the store's owners, the Egyptian al-Fayed brothers, were considering plans for a flotation. A Harrods
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      50 1 DfSDB (free* aims to raise maeto USs4oom to«ahM focus manufacturing, Pg2 ■MB Firms are trying to gain market share before slowdown in loans growth, I I WMTHMTg SINGAPORE 2 REGION 46 WORLD 6 IT 7-10 UFBSTYLE 11-14 COMPANIES. 16-17 FINANCE 18 COMMODITIES 19 STOCKS 20-26 i i n J! 11l
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      9 1 Pwtawili, Rwwlrior to merge into one hotel, Pg 3
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Changes needed at Big 4 banks
      575 2  -  To be comparable with world's top bank* by 2006, retail operations most be improved: study By\ Shiv Taneja THE retail banking operations of the Big Four local banks are regionally competitive, but will have to make significant changes if they want to be comparable
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      Lock icon Uraco aims to boost revenue to US$400m
      592 2  -  e D» r V" S JJ Finn ti shift focus frun distribution to nyunfactunng spotlight on SDVOAPORE'fBEST: 4 Ang Wan May SEMICONDUCTOR distribuUraco Technology aims to ettand its sales revenue by a wrapping 850 per cent and stirt up several manufacturing plants in
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      Lock icon More new companies being set up
      332 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Business climate By, Jennifer Lien MORE new companies and businesses were formed in the first quarter compared to a year ago, figures from the Registry of Companies and Businesses show. Altogether, 5,500 businesses sole pro- prietorships and partnerships were registered
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      Tenders called for en bloc sale of two industrial buildings
      325 2 GORDON Industries Pte Ltd is calling tenders for an en bloc offer of strata units in two 60year leasehold industrial buildings in Kaki Bukit and Eunos Industrial Estates. Gordon Industries, which is jointly owned by Far East Organisation and Hongkongbased
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      Lock icon S'pore least stressful in Asia: expat survey
      178 2 Reuter VIETNAM is the most stressful country to live and work in Asia, followed by India, China, South Korea and Indonesia, according to a survey of expatriate managers by a Hong-kong-based group. At the other end of the scale was Singapore, trailed by
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      Lock icon Peninsula, Excelsior to merge into one hotel
      538 3  -  Owner YTC Corp will transform them into twin-towered hotel with $6m renovation By Agnes Wee THE Peninsula and Excelsior hotels along Coleman Street are to be merged into one hotel with twin towers in a 16 million renovation and restructuring project. The hotels'
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      Travel agencies shrug off Aussie hotels' rate rises
      295 3 AUSTRALIAN hotels increased their room rates for block bookings this month, but local travel agents are unfazed. The Australian Financial Review reported that average room rates are expected to grow by 13 per cent over the next 12 months because of rising
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      STPB leads first study mission to Jiangsu
      239 3 A TOURISM feasibility mission led by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) leaves today for Jiangsu, China. The five-day trip is the first such one by the STPB. The group—STPß officials plus representatives from Sembawang Leisure, JRC Consultants, Leisure Manage ment Consultancy, Wyss
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Indon growth calls for vigilance
      486 4 JAKARTA C ovt has to ensure booming economy dies not ran ont of control: analysts Reuter INDONESIA'S latest growth figures underline the need for constant vigilance to ensure that its booming economy dses not run out of control, said a World Bank official as well
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      Lock icon New govt to honour treaty with Jakarta
      307 4 AFP The treaty! unveiled last D ecember, was negotiated in s< tcret by the previous government under then prime minister Paul Keating, who lost power in the March 2 general "We were taken off guard and we thought it was very unsatisfactory that
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      Lock icon Agricultural deals signed
      215 4 BEIJING 28 foreign firms get contracts worth USs33om Reuter CHINA yesterday signed agreements worth US$33O million (*****.28 million) with 28 foreign companies for the development of its agricultural industry. Minister of Agriculture Liu Jiang said. Another 29 tentative co-op-erative agreements worth US$l4O million were reached with foreign
      Reuter  -  215 words
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      US-Viet copyright pact expected by June
      118 4 m HANOI f Aft? agreement between Vietn on and the United States on o pyright protection could be o mpleted by June, marking a s piificant step forward in normalising economic relations, a report said yesterday. A US official visiting Hanoi for talks on
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      Lock icon Copyrights: Taipei pledges support
      178 4 Reuter AFP TAIWAN'S top officials pledged yesterday to support protection of copyrights, a day after the United States applauded the island's protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). "Starting today, (we) support the Copyright Law, not to buy, not to sell, and not to manufacture products that
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      Lock icon Japanese unhappy with Viet investments, says report
      189 4 HANOI AFP JAPANESE investors are generaUy unhappy with their experiences in Vietnam, particularly once their projects have got past the easy initial stages, according to a report published yesterday. Investors were happy with the process of finding a partner and getting a licence
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      Lock icon Construction sector crackdown
      218 4 BEIJING AFP CHINA has launched a nationwide crackdown on the country's construction market, which has become a byword for corruption in recent years. The campaign co-spon-sored by the ministries of construction and supervision, the State Planning Commission and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce— is seen
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      Lock icon SEC looking into reforms for funeral insurance industry
      339 4 MANILA Reuter AN industry which began with ftineral insurance plans often shunned by die superstitious has now grown so big the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fears it has a monster on its hawk The Philippines' so-called "pre-need" industry began in
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        Lock icon Teng- to propose exchange visits
        16 4 AFP Inaugunid speech sides be allowed to visit each other's comtrtoa.—AFP
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        Lock icon Defence show opens to KL tommorow
        72 4 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] More than 600 companies will show their latest defence equipment and services at the Defenos Services Asia (DSA) exhibition which opens here tomorrow. Malaysian Defence Minister Syed Hamid Alhar said on Saturday several defence ministers and military heads in the region
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        Lock icon Taiwan programms killed
        31 4 AFP tt'AIPKII Military authorities in Taiwan have killed two programmes to develop short and medium-range surtsce-tosurface missiles on the grounds that th<J power of such weapons are limited.-AFP
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        Lock icon Chinese paging market set to soar
        74 4 Reuter fBEIJWG] The number ofpager subscribers in China win soar by four to five million a year untU 2006 when some 4060 million people wtil be linked to paging networks, the China Daily Business Weekly sakl yesterday. More than 22 people already ggte pager
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        Lock icon Phillippines foreign borrowings
        37 4 Reuter mm 11 11 m *W* [MANILA] The Philippine Central Bank approved a total of USIBJ billion (554.64 billion) in fSoreign borrowings by the private sector during 1996, or US$BOO million more than In
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      Lock icon Business leaders see coalition forming new govt
      558 6 BOMBAY flowdewn likely in opening op of consumer goods sector, they say AFP INDIA'S upcoming general election is likely to produce a coalition government which will slow down the opening up of the consumer goods sector to overseas firms, leading businessmen here said.
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      Lock icon Japanese trade barriers still high: Kantor
      359 6 WASHINGTON Progress made bat there are sanctuary markets to be opened Reuter AFP NEW US Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor said on Saturday that Japan continues to maintain excessive barriers against US-made goods that he said must be brought down. "They still have sanctuary markets,"
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      Lock icon Bomb kills 17 in heart of Indian capital
      345 6 NEW DELHI AFP INDIAN police launched an investigation yesterday into an overnight bomb blast which destroyed a hotel in the heart of New Delhi and killed 17 people, including two French nationals and four Nigerian tourists. A Kashmiri Muslim guerilla group and
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      Lock icon EU seeks to boost trade ties with Australia
      233 6 LUXEMBOURG AFP PLANS to deepen the European Union's trade and other ties to Australia will be approved by EU foreign ministers here today, clearing the way for the European Commission to open negotiations on a new trade and cooperation accord with Canberra.
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      Lock icon Sort out differences first: Jiang
      138 6 SEOUL AFP CHINA'S head of state Jiang Zemin has urged the two Koreas to get together before four-party talks proposed by US President Clinton and South Korean President Kim Young Sam, a report said here yesterday. He made the suggestion in a letter to Mr
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      Aussie Anns lose A$20b to fraud
      217 6  -  SYDNEY By! Selva Kumar A REPORT prepared by international accounting firm KPMG has shown that corporate fraud costs Australian businesses up to As2o billion (Ss22 billion) a year. Although the problem is not expected to increase any more than present levels, it will not
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      Lock icon Asians plan party to fight in polls
      180 6 AUCKLAND AFP ASIAN migrants in New Zealand are likely to form a political party to take part in general elections later this year, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) reported here yesterday. The move comes as a leading opposition party, New Zealand First, mounts an
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  • FOCUS: AUSTRALIA'S TIES WITH ASIA
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      Lock icon Engagement with Asia is crucial
      1421 7  -  Australia's new Foreign Minister Alexander Downer explains why strengthening links with Asia will be a pivotal part of his government's foreign policy Byy Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] VERY broadly, how does the foreign policy of your government differ from that of the Keating govWe don't have
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      501 7 Steamers Maritime Holdings Limited (Incorporated In the Repubfic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting ALL MEMBERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND the Annual General Meeting of the Company which will be held at the Emerald Room, 10 Hoe Chiang Road #04-02, Keppel Towers, Singapore *****5 on Tuesday, 7 May
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      145 7 University of South Australia Adelaide fljtl MA MB A Ma^emert' 0 9th Intake 23 May 1996 Ist Intake 28 May 1996 and Creativity, Leadership, 15 month programme Entrepreneurial, Strategic 9 modules plus a case study project Thinking and Communication 200 seminar hours Skills Up-to-date communication modules MMMifaQSlllMlll month programme Assessed
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Economic powers agree to open up global telecoms
      503 8 KOBE They will try to complete talks before WTO deadline but differences remain between US, EU AFP CANADA, the European Union (EU), Japan and the United States agreed yesterday to take the initiative to open up global telecommunications, despite lingering differences between
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      Lock icon Ministers rap protectionism in developing car markets
      180 8 KOBE AFP TRADE ministers from four economic powers yesterday rapped protective measures taken by developing countries particularly in their automotive markets, officials said. The ministers from Canada, the European Union (EU), Japan and the United States included the warning in a statement issued
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      Lock icon World Bank, IMF closer to debt forgiveness plan
      304 8 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News WORLD Bank President James Wolfensohn said the bank and the International Monetary Fund will move closer to approval of a proposal for forgiveness and rescheduling of the debt of 20 developing nations. Mr Wolfensohn, speaking as the Workl
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      Lock icon US economy poised for moderate growth this year
      387 8 WASHINGTON But outlook for 1997 uncertain, says Fed governor Reuter THE US economy looks set to enjoy moderate growth this year but the recent run-up in long-term interest rates raises questions about the outlook for 1997, Federal Reserve governor Janet Yellen said.
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      Lock icon Still room for dollar to rise: Bundesbank chief
      453 8 WASHINGTON Tietmeyer welcomes US$ recovery and US defence of greenback NYT Reuter Bloomberg Business News BUNDESBANK President Hans Tietmeyer said there is still some room for the dollar to rise, while its long-term prospects are checked by high US current account deficits
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      Lock icon Mergers, new technology could result in 25,000 job losses
      367 8 LONDON Banking, financial 86rviC6S 8660 aimntvalMrabk Reuter MORE than 25,000 British workers could lose their jobs in the next year in cuts brought about by mergers. Banking and the financial services sector are likely to be most vulnerable as mergers conspire
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      Lock icon First Sunday business paper in UK launched
      190 8 ■LONDON Reuter BRITAIN'S first Sunday newspaper devoted entirely to business was launched yesterday in an already crowded media market. The launch of Sunday Business was bedevilled by problems, with its London printer withdrawing at the 11th hour and reports that a major investor,
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  • BUSINESS IT
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        Lock icon NEC in Indian software venture
        38 9 AFP worth, develop computer software in India to expand the software business there. NBC wIH consign the development of "middleware", worth 200 million yen and Square-D tor a year to March IW7. —AFP
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        Lock icon British Telecom buys Dutch FT company
        56 9 Bloomberg (LONDON] British Telecommunications pic has acquired Ittfnhaave Groep, a Dutch information technology company, as pert of its push to expand across Europe. The purchase price has not been disclosed. With last year's sales of 161 million guilders (Ssl36 million), Rijnhaave is One ofthe
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        Lock icon Dell adds two more direct sales centres
        68 9 Knight-Ridder (AUSTIN, Texas] Dell Computer Corporation last week opened direct sales operations in Taiwan and South Korea. Sales of Dell desktops and notebooks began In South Korea on Wednesday while direct sales of desktops, notebooks And network servers began in Taiwan today. Dell
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        Lock icon Trigam to build plant in China
        77 9 Reuter ISIOULI Ttigem Computer Co Ltd has said that it will invest about US$l3O million (SIIB3 million) to build a PC plant In China with an annual capacity of 1.2 million units by the year 2000. According to a company statement, Triaam will expand
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        Lock icon Winbond shares fall 7%
        56 9 Bloomberg (HSINCHU, Taiwan) Shares in Winbond Electronics Corp fell 7 per cent after Economic Daily News reported Its earnings forecast for this year being halved to NT$6 billion (Ss3l3 million) from NTSI2 billion. The lower target was attributed to declining prices for SRAM chips amid alower-than-expected
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        VeriFone opens factory in Kunshan
        48 9 {KUNSHAN, China] VeriFone, a leading provider of secure payment solutions, has opened its USOO million *****8 million) manufacturing centre in Kunshan, China. 40 per cent of the Chineee market, and hat r*old US$l7 million worth of secure payment hardware and •oftmnbttrMT. Wkf ,",--,V,.
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      Networking firms target small businesses and home users
      601 9  -  Networking solutions will be simpler even as the technology becomes more complex, experts say By' Yeo Ai Hoon [SINGAPORE] The networking sector of Singapore's IT industry is expected to attract more small businesses and home users in the near future, key industry
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      3M eyeing public listing for Imation in New York
      191 9 [SINGAPORE] US manufacturing giant 3M is eyeing a New York public listing for its soon-to-be-spun-off division. The company hopes to list the division on the same day that it is incorporated as Imation Corp July 1, said 3M Singapore managing director
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      Lock icon Browser supplier Netscape goes into electronic commerce
      561 10  -  It has tied np deals with Genera! Electric Informatien Services and VeriFone Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Some marriages between major Internet companies and electronic commerce companies will spawn a booming Internet commerce. Netscape, which supplies 80 per cent of the world's Internet browsers,
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      ILOG funds research in 30 Chinese universities
      269 10 [SINGAPORE] The leading supplier of C++ software tools, ILOG, has decided that the best way to enter the market is through the classroom. That is why ILOG is ftinding 30 Chinese universities to do research using ILOG software. French-based ILOG will be managing
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      EDS signs $56m IT deal with Danamon Group
      153 10 [SINGAPORE] US computer giant EDS has signed a US$4O million (Sss6 million) contract to form an IT jointventure company with the Indonesian Danamon Group. This is the first instance of an Indonesian financial company allowing foreign companies to manage its entire IT
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      Correction
      63 10 IN A BT report on April 8, we reported that the new Visioneer Paper Port Vx is retailed at *****. This is the price of an older version. The new version is retailed at $660. However, ACA-Paciflc Technology, the exclusive distributor in Singapore, Malaysia, Hongkong and Australia, is offering
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    • IT TAKES
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        Atalla's latest Net product
        49 10  -  Compiled by Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Atalla, a division of Tandem Computer, a leader in hardware-based transaction security product*, has announced its latest product, a WebeafteD Internet Security Processor. The Websafe n provides the cryptographic services needed to make bank transactions safe on the Internet
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        New cyber-goods from Cisco
        50 10 [SINGAPORE] Cisco systems, an internetworking company, has launched a range of Internet products. Its A ***** Universal Access Servo- offers dial-up aoesas, modem management and network management. The Cisco Secure Server is a security server that allows for central control of network access, security and billing.
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        Common Architecture standart
        66 10 [SINGAPORE] A group of computer companies led by National Semiconductor, Optilnc.PicoPower Technology, SMC, Texas Instruments and VLSI Technology, has announced a new open standard for partitioning functions within PCs. The new Common Architecture standard simplifies the interconnection of PC components and the PClbus, allowing PC makers to
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        RAD Data unveils the KDI
        36 10 [SINGAPORE! RAD Data communtraHnna h— the KDI, a module that utilises the dual WAN links on the Kilomux 2000 to provide channel bypassing and drop-and-insert between two or more remote sites.
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      Reliability most critical factor in buying a PC
      575 11  -  Survey debunks certain much-cherished industry myths By Jennifer Lien A RECENT worldwide survey of corporate IT professionals has revealed a somewhat surprising result reliability, not price or features, is the most critical factor in the decision to buy a new PC. This
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      Lock icon With Superscape, your Web images 'pops out' of the screen
      932 11 Bloomberg [HdOK, England] Coming to a personal computer screen near you: 3-D viewing. And you don't even need ftinny glasses. Superscape VR Group pic, a pioneer in virtual-reality games software, has introduced 3-D Viewer software that turns flat two-dimensional World
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      Lock icon Cisco puts larger firms on shopping list
      319 11 Bloomberg [MANILA] Computer network designer Cisco Systems Inc, on a shopping spree for small technology companies In recent months, may now be looking for bigger purchases. "We believe that through that experience, we can now step up to larger acquisitions and mergers with
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      Changing the face of doing business
      840 11  -  By Steve King The writer is vice-president and managing director of Lotus Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. THE Internet and the World Wide Web is clearly one of the great success stories of the 90s. What has made it so successful is the common
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      IBM launches new line of servers
      470 12  -  Four new models with Pentium processors, the PC Servers 310,320,520 and the 720, unveiled bv Toh Han Shih IBM has launched a new line of PC servers, ranging from the low end serving 10 users to the super server serving 1,000 users. "We're refreshing
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      Here comes the super-thin Digital HiNote Ultra II
      224 12 [SINGAPORE] THE Digital HiNote Ultra n is a very thin notebook. At 1.1 inches, it is 10 per cent thinner than Digital's earlier HiNote Ultra line of notebooks. The 8.5 in x 11 in x 1.1 in Ultra n is also very
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      12 11 LOOKING FOR A JOINT-VENTURE PARTNER FOR A PROPOSED BUSINESS VENTURE MADRAS, INDIA
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      150 12 ■I Cathay Pacific SO* p»fcjifc^gpmmiiij) i»»i<«n <■»■■—§ d—«■—rli^hdfcwoa^Alahr»»iB«<|wta«t——twnmni it) ■wfarfimi—ilw. Your Web site only as good as your Internet server. Digital's powerful Alpha Servers enable faster loading of Home Pages and graphics apart from handling huge volumes of visitors to your BflSßygfc 1 cycles productivity. In one H| that's all.
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon The reigning crybaby of folk-rock
      911 13  -  Hootie and the Blowfish are four normal guys who've turned out hits with songs of self-pity, joh pareles listens to their new album JON PARELES NYT ITs official: America's new national pastime is self-pity. There's so much to sulk about —economic insecurity, social disorder, frustrating
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      Lock icon Farewell, supermodels
      614 13 FASHION No-name, new faces reveal the meed in fashion today NYT [NEW YORK] The models of the moment all look about 16. They are uniformly white, branch-thin as Twiggy, with blond locks cropped prisoncamp short. Their names do not matter much to anyone besides their bookers. You could
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      Ambassadors of music
      485 14  -  CONCERT REVIEW Camerataßern showed its mettle in performance foil of colour and enthusiasm By] Benjamin Loh [SINGAPORE] It is often said that the smaller the ensemble, the more revealing the «nn« of the individual players. Camerata Bern, which hails from Switzerland and comprises 14 string players, was
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      A Chinese artist inspired by Bali
      831 16  -  ART Ha Yongkai is showing some 30 works which area cnlmin&tko of three years of offort By Iola Lenzi [SINGAPORE] Bali remains an inexhaustible source of artistic stimulation. Beijing artist Hu Yongkai is currently showing about 30 recent works on paper, including a number
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      725 14 Authentic Shangiai uuisme wiQi Nonnern Southern HmSum. Alsoavahbb iiSwcl value for money IWii SET LUNCH 2-3 person $22.00++ 4-sperson $35.00++ 6-7 person $58.00++ fjflKi jf 8-10ponon $118.00++ ji^sH!W| r 1 (ii—ipfcjfciaoi i) ***************. I Part *03-43*6 People's park Complexs(os9lo3l I I Bering-style stewed sharks fin with Chicken in I J
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      109 15 Where to wine, dine and entertain i Ji g qj|r Cockpit Hotel l^j^ WMtaiMMHHMHMMBaaMaMaM Reward vour Secretary v v with (lianni Versace. \pril 22 26 Ristorante i aru\o Secretaries W»» A 11* 4-eourse Italian set-laneh m coffee tea >r:u>. 'Ac jic !n> .r.v i\ *sWin/ bottles of < iKinm Vcr
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      655 15 TVVRADIO Howard's (Drama &30 Tinjauan (L). m JT Last Ep, See Our Choice). MO HotelSr3fA«. lot km me winners. UM> The Oprah Winfrey MM Inside Britain. LM Money. Money Charlemagne. 106 Taxi IL3O TV Innovations. 230 Beverly Hillbillies. L3O AM Close. TV Innovations. m Deadbolt (See Our mo The Sooty
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      341 16 7 THE BUSINESS TIMES EXCLUSIVE I I Vv kt ~sa. KfmSmSß H H^' v r h m M W I R <bm^hh| tilings? Or have we grown accustomed to the PART 1 Tlie Awe pictures portray a typical tone of Compaq computers being used i wonders wnkn vie computer has
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Property launches spur finance firms to boost loans portfolios
      495 17  -  Firms trying to gain market share ahead if slowdown in loans growth: analyst By* Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE] Finance companies like Hong Leong Pinance and Tat Lee Finance are capitalising on the recent spate of property launches to beef up their housing
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      CWT sees good prospects for core services
      326 17  -  Firm expects higher demand for logistics and transportation By< Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Logistics group CWT Distribution Ltd expects good prospects for its core divisions of transportation and logistics in the current year. 1 In the group's 1995 annual report, CWT chairman Goon Kok
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      Perception and external factors driving up ringgit
      461 17  -  But Bank Megara Is ready to act against speculators wbo play aroond with the currency By Ho Kay Tat THE price of a stock or currency moves up and down because of changes in one or a combination of the following factors: ♦fundamental
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    • REGION
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        425 21  -  Mabnhay Holdings seeks foods from AIG to build USs3lom water system to meet city's rising demand From Al Labita in Manila THE Asian Infrastructure Group (AIG), a regional fund in which the Singapore government is a shareholder, has agreed to
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        365 21 Group moving towards manufacture of army vehicles Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The DRBHicom group plans to set up a defence depot in Malaysia in its drive towards greater defence industrialisation. Diversified Resources Bhd (DRB) director Bhaskaran Filial said on Friday that given the group's
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        Lock icon PAL deal: Lucio Tan uses flagship firms
        201 21 AFP [MANILA] The tobacco and beer firms of ethnic Chinese tycoon Lucio Tan are to be used as the vehicles enabling him to gain majority control of Philippine Airlines (PAL), the loss-making national carrier, a senior official said over the weekend. Central Bank
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        World without strangers ? For Giordano, not quite
        677 21  - World without strangers For Giordano, not quite HAM G SENG DVSIGHT Investors get Jitters after retail company's lack of disclosure on China store closures By Quak Hiang Whai THINGS were beginning to look up for casual-wear retailer Giordano. The infamous brush by its then chairman and founder Jimmy Lai with
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Bell Atlantic board says yes to merger with Nynex
        409 22 Nynex also expected to okay move which will create second largest US phone company after AT AT NYT Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Bell Atlantic's directors voted on Saturday to merge with Nynex, according to people close to the discussions. The
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        Lock icon Murdoch going for World Cup finals?
        256 22 FT [LONDON] Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is about to make a multi-billion dollar bid for the world broadcasting rights for the World Cup finals in 2002 and 2006. t The move is the latest challenge to organisations such as the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
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        Lock icon Laidlaw's C$835m deal
        75 22 Bloomberg Business News (TORONTO] Laidlaw Inc, in a move to bolster its school-bus business, said it agreed to acquire all the shares of Scott's Hospitality Inc in a C 5835.8 million (*****.4. million) deal. Laidlaw plans to sell Scott's food businesses including over 400 Kentucky Fried Chicken
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        Lock icon Planet Hollywood shines on debut
        202 22 NYT [NEW YORKJ Does 75 times earnings sound like too much to pay for a restaurant company? Not to Wall Street, at least not if the company is Planet Hollywood. That restaurant chain went public last Friday with lots of Hollywood hoopla, trotting out Arnold
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        Lock icon Packer to fund pay-TV operator
        150 22 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] In a blow to Rupert Murdoch's plans to dominate the Australian pay television industry, his long time rival Kerry Packer has agreed to fund cash-strapped pay-TV operator Australis Media Ltd. Mr Packer, Australia's richest man, is among a group of investors
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        UK stocks close at 11th record high for year
        361 22  -  Takeover talk, American buying fnel 36-point gain From, Neil Behrmann in London THE London stock market broke its 11th record of the year when bid speculation and American buying boosted the FTSE 100 by 36 points on Friday to close at
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        A$ seen hitting 82-83 US cents
        413 23  -  Favourable response to new govt, rise in commodity prices among reasons for S6P bullishness By Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] The Australian dollar will end the year at 82-83 US cents, with interest rates remaining steady throughout 1996, predicted Sydney-based MMS Standard Poor's general manager Paul
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        Insured losses in natural disasters fall to US$14b
        324 23 [SINGAPORE] Natural catastrophes around the world last year cost US$lBO billion (***** billion) in economic losses an all-time high. The Asia Insurance Review, in its latest issue, said the amount was nearly triple the previous peak of US$65 billion recorded in 1994.
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        Lock icon HK equity funds top single-country funds in Asia this year
        267 23 Investors getting 31% return on money, says HK association SCMP [HONGKONG! Equity funds here have topped the performance table of Asian singlecountry funds for the year to March 1996, according to the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association (HKIFA). Investors in
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        Lock icon Report of probe at Fidelity inaccurate: SEC
        316 23 Bloomberg Business News [BOSTON] The Securities and Exchange Commission, in an unusual public statement, took issue with a report in The Washington Post that said the agency is investigating trading at Fidelity Investments. The report said Jeffrey Vinik, manager of Fidelity's US$56 billion
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        Lock icon Revamp at Pakistan bank before sale
        129 23 Reuter [KARACHI] The State (cen tral) Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Saturday appointed a new management for the state-run United Bank Limited (ÜBL) to improve profitability ahead of its privatisation. "The new management has been directed to initiate steps to ensure prudence in lending,
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        Lock icon German rate cut good for US$
        562 24  -  SI MUX Weeklyßoundup Expectation of Japanese rates remaining low is also good for greenback By Callum Henderson [SINGAPORE] Once again, the Bundesbank surprised the market, cutting official rates sooner than many were expecting. It cut the discount and Lombard rates by SO basis points,
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        Lock icon Mounting fears of weak harvest send wheat prices climbing
        899 24 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP (LONDON] Fears are mounting of a weak 1996 harvest, as seedlings in the fields of North America and Northern Europe suffer the effects of this past winter's cold and dry weather. Prices climbed on the Chicago futures market,
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      755 25 Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory it ranges between zero and 100. In practice, however, it fluctuates between 10. and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: *****0/[(up average/down average)
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    • MARKET REVIEWS
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        Lock icon No such thing as cheap breakfast
        855 26 NEW YORK Consumers are beginning to rebel against high prices; markets are getting jittery about inflation FT THERE was some good news for breakfast cereal eaters in the US last week, when Post, the third largest cereal maker in the country, decided to cut
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        Lock icon ASIAN MARKETS Roundup
        891 26 Bloomberg Business News AFP PSytaqr *18J SHARE prices rose 0.8 per cent over a patchy week which brokers said followed no particular pattern and was notable only for its inconsistency. "It was a fair week with a reasonably firm tone, but there was no great story behind
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        1634 26 Bloomberg Business News QPark ♦17.71 THE benchmark CAC 40 Index gained 17.71 points, or 0.85 per cent, on the week to 2,074.74. Generate des Eaux SA alone boosted the index more than 5 points on hopes the company will return to profit in 1996. Best performers were
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        Lock icon FTSE scales new heights on favourable indicators
        320 26 LONDON AFP EUROPEAN interest rate cuts, a healthy British economy and takeover bid speculation propelled the London market to record highs last week as the FTSE 100 Index soared above 3,800 points. The FTSE broke three consecutive records during the week, to end
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        Lock icon More profit-taking in store for bank, property stocks
        127 26 HONGKONG AFP SHARE prices feU 0.3 per cent on slim volumes and lack of fresh incentives following a 2.6 per cent drop the previous week, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Hongkong's key Hang Seng Index feU 31.34 points to close at
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        Lock icon Nikkei hits 50-month high on near-term optimism
        213 26 TOKYO AFP STOCK prices rose last week amid near-term optimism, with the key index briefly climbing to its highest level in four years and two months, brokers said. Although a fast-paced advance came to a halt after the Nikkei Stock Average briefly topped
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
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        Lock icon Shares at 17-month high on foreign buying
        7537 27 KUALA LUMFUK Reports money. —AFP, Bloomberg Business News n Composite Index +2L96 SHARE prices closed the week 1.9 per cent higher when the market barometer reached 1,172.20 a 17-month high with investor-confidence boosted by the ringgit's rise and the Dow Jones' higher finish.
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
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        CityDev warrants cleverly priced
        3685 28  -  WARRANT WATCH By: R Sivanithy THE latest covered warrants will be those issued by Credit Lyonnais on property blue chip City Developments. Although a first here for the brokerage. Credit Lyonnais has had extensive experience in the covered warrants business in Hongkong, where it is one
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2245 28 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Or 0c ItM Last Val *Mt Last Quota 0t» Hi YM NM NC« HN> L— Km Ciwpaai Bala COOP) HM» Law Bayar laBar Cvr P/t *a 4bb a mm Aisasoc sos 5 m S2B «m soo ioi ii oj mj hm n M I SOW AMOS
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        HOT STOCK
        70 30  -  -By Paul Leo HOTEL PLAZA is a medium term buy. It appears to be trading near the bottom of a "rounding" formation on the weekly chart, similar to the one between mid-UPS and earfy this year. Weekly Relative Strength Index is at 25 indicating an oversold situation. Expect
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        Lock icon The tide has turned in favour of M'sian stocks
        1044 30  -  gTOCKMAMDBT COMMENTARY SHx month* ago investors were avoiding the ELSE but now Malaysia is the place to be By R Sivanithy WHAT a difference a few months makes. Last October, Malaysian stocks were avoided like the plague, mainly because of worries
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      117 17 i a n ypi Bp! iff y pHft 1111 "*1 BjBM M g jSCSL^s Not just down under, but all over. Qantas' services to Australia and New Zealand are unmatched. But we can take you and Bangkok, with flights to Jakarta five times and Kuala Lumpur three times weekly. a
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      471 18 (H IllllUi TO MIJJM The Stamford Tyres Group of companies began in the early 1930s as a tyre retail shop and service station. The Group has since grown from strength to strength to develop into a player the tyre Stamford Tyres is principally engaged in regional distribution: (V) High performance
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      18 22 I "This is the best battery life on a Pentium -based, single-battery, color notebook computer we have observed."
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      32 22 I No 1 OFFSHORE COMPANY SPECIALISTS BAHAMAS JERSEY BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS MAURITIUS CAYMAN ISLANDS SEYCHELLES IRELAND WESTERN SAMOA Tel: (65) *****82 Fax: (65) *****91 OFFSHORE WITH CONFIDENCE Edmund Tie Company 293 3228
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      139 23 I To All Bosses 0 I From Orchard Parade Hotel V 1 /"I Event East Meets West Buffet Lunch Venue Golden Shower Room Mezzanine floor Time 11.30 am to 2.30 pm daftly Price $40 nett person* except 24 April 1996 $45 nett person* 24 April 1996 Activities Guest appearance by
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      209 25 Quickstock... Cost: 30 cents a minute Real-time stock info (stock no. on SES page in BT ZB faxback). Portfolio Manager monitors your stocks (subscription needed). For a fax on Quickstock, call 740-235 3 (24 hrs). To SPH AudioTex Department Singapore Press Holdings Ltd 82, Genting Lane Singapore *****7 Tel: 740-1492
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      589 25 TO ADVERTISE CALL TOLL-FREE 1800-*****83 HBM PRINT LTD NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Second Annual General Meeting of the Company win be held at 745 Toa Payoh Lorong 5. HBM Building, Singapore *****5 on 9 May 1996 at 10:30 а.m. for the following purposes:
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      65 27 I Company anniversaries. Official openings. Corporate achievements. Topping-up ceremonies. And other special events. They are a cause for celebration. Use them to increase your company profile by taking out a Supplement in our group of newspapers. Talk to us! We'll be pleased to be your marketing partner. Joe Heng 740
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      18 30 I business Notices I() \l>\i;K|lS i: c 1011-IKII IN 0(1-74 I| S ,s.< More Notices on Page 25
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      344 30 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I YEW WING SOON of 83-B Keong Saik Road Singapore *****8, have applied for a Public House Ist Class Licence in respect of M/s STREETERS NICHE located at 35 Keong Saik Road Singapore *****2, and that this application will be considered by the Liquors
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      342 30 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I ONG WEE CHUAN of Blk 531, Choa Chu Kang St 51 #05-315 Singapore *****1, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s Golden Hung Ho Marketing located at 29 Sungei Tengah Road Singapore *****3, and that this application will
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      357 30 Home# Pecor 't?; I -For people who love their homes NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I MAHESH KUMAR of 97 Siglap Road Singapore *****9, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s NILGIRI'S SUPERMARKET PTE LTD located at 88 Serangoon Road Singapore *****3, and that
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      684 30 IN THE MATTER OT THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 98 AND IN THE MATTES OP WILLY (STOKE) PTE LTD (INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OP SINGAPOU) (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN lhat pursuant 10 Section 308 of (he Companies Act, Cap 50 thai a Final Meeting of die members
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      253 31 Simpson Spence Young WITH the Greek Easter following the European holiday so doeely this year, the slackening In activity mentioned last week has continued. However, the difference this week is that a number of significant deals have come to light atU fer farther trading BULK CMMHBMi "Bergen Malaya":
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      375 31  -  Outcome of talks will sot tone for other productivity deals around the conntry From Selva Kumar in Sydney THE Australian shipping community is waiting eagerly for the outcome of talks between a stevedoring company and the Maritime Union of Australia, after a
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      275 31 AFP [ATHENS] The death of Stavros Niarchos, the shipping legend known for his flamboyant lifestyle and heated rivalry with fellow magnate Aristotle Onassis, marks the passing of an era for shipowners. Mr Niarchos, who died last Monday in Switzerland after a long
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      677 31  -  DOCKYARD By. David Hughes LAST WEEK Nick Granger, director of the UK's Shipbuilders' and Shiprepairers' Association, told Shipping Times that the industry was now having to cope with the problems of success. He also spoke about how the UK shiprepair industry was set
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      267 31 ICTSI and US line to manage part of Pakistani port Bloomberg Business News [MANILA] A venture between the PhUippines' largest port operator and American President Lines has completed an agreement with Pakistan to upgrade and manage part of Karachi's port Enrique Razon, chairman
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      179 31 Bloomberg Business News [ZURICH] Giant Swiss freight hauler Kuehne Nagel (KAN) said 1995 net profit rose 11.5 per cent as business grew in North America, Europe and particularly in Asia-Pacific Rim countries. Net profit rose to 59.2 million francs (5568.3 mUlion). Total sales feU
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      136 31 Reuter [HONGKONG] China's Shanghai Hal Xing Shipping Co said last week its operating results for 1996 would continue to be pressured by excessive shipping capacity and high interest expenses. Chairman Li Shaode said in a statement the company's profit in 1995 was hit by
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      252 31 Bernama [PORT KLANGJ Malaysia win be charting another first In the region by the end of the year with the production of combat boats utilising Swedish technology for local and regional markets. Called the CB9O, the US$l million (511.4 million) boat
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        237 49 Belarus: Remembrance Day (Orthodox holiday). Israel Memorial Day. National Sovereignty Day. IsrotL Independence Day. ARM Italy: Liberation Day. Australia/New Zealand: Ansae Day. ggXprSlnal liberation Day. Tanzania: Union Day. APS ST Bahrain/Kuwait/Lebanon/ Oman/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/United Arab Emirates: (tentative) (depends on sighting of the moon). South Africa: (tentative) Freedom Day. Araas
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        452 50  -  US group looking for site to consolidate local and regional offices By. Rahita Elias (SINGAPORE] Atlanta-based United Parcel Service plans to house both its local and regional operations based in Singapore under one roof. UPS regional vice-presi-dent for Asia-Pacific Charles Adams
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        66 50 (NEW DELHI] Villagers watching a salvage operation at a site where a passenger train slammed head-on into a freight train on Friday night. Indian authorities called off a rescue operation at the site where 60 people were killed and 100 injured, and arrested one of the
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        356 50 jPrivate car market can't make op for irop in public gnendlltf Reuter (SHANGHAI] China is producing too many passenger cars as an austerity programme has slammed the brakes on demand for models bought with public money, officials and salesmen said. They said that
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        297 50 AFP {NEW DELHI] Air India is expected to report record losses •f more than US$7O million |Ss96 million) in fiscal 1995-96 to push the flag carrier into the red for the first time in seven years, officials said last Saturday.
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        255 50 Reuter [TOKYO] Honda Motor Co Ltd plans to beef up sales of Chrysler Corp's Jeep Cherokee and Wrangler models through Honda dealers to support Chrysler's goal to sell 100,000 cars a year in Japan by 2000. By the end of April,
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        305 50 US car maker expects worldwide demand to soar Reuter [PONTIAC, Michigan] General Motors Corp (GM), convinced that the rest of the world will pick up America's passion for trucks, is launching a major push to increase its share of the global truck market. GM
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        276 50 NYT [LONDON] British Airways has unveiled a new alliance with America West Airlines, but the deal could be blocked by the US, which wants greater access for its carriers to London's Heathrow airport. The two airlines have concluded a code-sharing agreement
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        139 50 Reuter [BONN] Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG (Dasa) has entered into talks with US-based Fairchild Aircraft to sell its Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH unit, the Cerman magazine Der Spiegel reported over the weekend. Spiegel said Fairchild is already looking over Dornier's books and that the Dornier 328 aircraft
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          75 50 Reuter [BEIJING] A US$6 million (SsB.4 million) Joint venture between China and the US to make environmentally-friendly vehicles has begun in the northern Chinese city ofTianjin, Xinhua said cm Saturday. The plant would produce vehicles to transport coal, cars, containers and oil tankers, Xinhua said,
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          81 50 Bloomberg Business News [NAGOYA, Japan] Survivors and families of victims of the 1994 China Airlines crash at Nagoya airport filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking 1.28 billion yen (5516.6 million) from the airline and the plane's manufacturer, Airbus Industrie, the Daily Yomiuri reported citing Kyodo
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          64 50 Reuter [BEIJING] South Korea's Halla Group has signed a U5527.4 million (Ss3&3 million) joint venture deal with the Beijing Fork Truck Plant to make diesel and storage battery-driven trucks, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. The plant would have annual production capacity 0f7,000 to
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          62 50 AFP (TOKYO] Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp plans to boost its pickup truck production in Thailand by 40 per cent from the current level by 2000, Jiji Press quoted company officials as saying on Saturday. The car maker plans to raise its Strada truck output to
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      491 47 r Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. 4 CR NO: **********0N HVESSEL WY StN BOM COC I VANESSA 04N 2V04 04AM I TRADE FAST TFSIB7 27/04 08/00 P XOUR MA 006 30AM 00/06 KOTA CAHAYA CAHI66 OOAM 13AM BE6ULAR ILYICHEVSK SERVICE (VESSEL VOY SPORE N.YCHEVSK NUOVA QENOVA 0103-011W MAM 22AM
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      565 47 STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD AQWTSRM ZIM CONTAINER SiRVK! GOLD STAR UNC LTD SCTM SNtPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: 220-6666 (8 LINES) FAX: *****70 U *****12 (MARKETWG) (CK NO. **********0-E) N. AMBKA/CARMEAN SBVKI mbvmb^vb MHB Iwr M Ibmbim IM fifl Vtt HW ffT 9U Bit M/M Z.(ARAMIB bS/BS 18/BS 81/ M
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      704 48 ft I tvs am I Ac SINO IXPRISS SHIPPING (PTI) LTD. V WW I 11 COLLYER QUAY #00-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. TEL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTBAHB SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIN/HKQ/BHAI STORE HKO SHAJ ¥MML VOY ETA I ETP ETA I iTP ETA ETP amttMß
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