The Business Times, 7 May 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046V12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE TUESDAY, MAY 7,1996 85€
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    M'sian corporate wealth surged 67% in 5 years
    627 1  -  Bumiputra share op L 3 percentage points to 20.6%, grew 12% a year From Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S corporate wealth surged 67 per cent to M 5179.8 billion (Sslol billion) in the five years to end-1995, fuelled by a
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    KL may review M$100,000 property levy on foreigners
    245 1  -  From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government may review the Msloo,ooo (5556,250) property levy on foreign buyers, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. But while this may be good news for the sector, brokers said the move is unlikely to
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    Bank stocks slide on funds fears
    425 1  -  Investors worry that return on equity may be hit By I By Siow Li Sen and Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Bank stocks fell yesterday amid concerns that a proposed requirement by regulators to raise minimum shareholders' funds for local banks would put pressure on their
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    Lock icon Ong Chit Chung heads Sum Cheong
    514 1  -  Mm appears to strengthen the hand of OdHongLeong By< Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Member of Parliament Ong Chit Chung, in a move that appears to strengthen the hand of Indonesianborn Singapore businessman Oei Hong Leong, has taken over the helm of the Singa-pore-based but Hongkonglisted
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      142 1 msiiiu im|^h City Developments will launch two freehold condo prciags In Upper Bukit Timah in the next few ■11 inilll montns, rgx i. MfitllPß ■tCMtHmmiitwr Wspg At lrat riwpw flu Mr Oeito put his Chtea connections tp work for the company. Mora, thispg. It's easy to 3 off the price
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      18 1 IT da aets growth target at e%, Pg7 Incomes go up—but so does the income gap, Pg 7
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      101 1 The Emaenegildo Zegna yachting Collection is a coordinated une of t]p LEISURE-WEAR INCLUDING CABAMS, RAINCOATS, SWEATERS, T-SHiRTS, SHIRTS, Wk TROUSERS ANO SWIMMING TRUNKS. THAT'S LIGHTWEIGHT AND UTTERLY WATERWttOF AUjOWING THE fOOf TO AI BREATHE NATIMALLY. IT HAS A LOOSE r CRSiNM9MG CUT AMi COMS IN A GREAT J VARiETTOfCOU**. ..-MmM
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Mercedes-Benz opens 1st regional parts centre outside Europe
      433 2  -  Facility will serve 30 cenntries and skonld bring in annual sales efUSs6om fay 2000 By] Kevin Sullivan GERMAN carmaker Mer-cedes-Benz yesterday opened its first regional parts centre (RPC) outside Europe in Singapore. The facility, located at Thyssen Haniel Logistics Centre at Changi
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      Mitsubishi Chemical Infonics to put in another $450m
      131 2 DISK media firm Mitsubishi Chemical Infonics announced yesterday it wiU invest an extra $450 million here to beef up its production of electronic data storage products. The company, part of Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, plans to buUd a new plant in Jurong
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      Lock icon PM Goh suggests 4 ways to cement ties with Brunei
      382 2 Private sector tie-ups for projects in third countries among the ideas The Straits Times [BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN] Singapore's Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday met Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and mooted four ideas on how the strong ties between the
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      Steady returns expected from Asia's US$60b water industry
      308 2  -  AsU to account for 60% of global water consumption By Kevin Sillivan THE Asian water industry, now worth US$6O billion (SsB4 billion) and expanding exponentially, promises steady investment returns, said visiting Lyonnaise des Eaux vice-chairman Guy de Panafieu yesterday. Mr De Panafteu,
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      SIM has a new governing council
      123 2 THE Singapore Institute of Management has installed a new governing council headed by chairman Tan Chok Kian. Mr Tan, who is better known as the chairman of Mount Alvernia Hospital, will be assisted by vice-chairman Robert lau. Mr lau is also the executive chairman
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      Lock icon Job hopping on the rise
      290 2  -  ETE OK THE ECONOMY Jobs By Diana Oon SLOWER economic growth did not result in lower employee turnover last year, according to the latest quarterly recruitment survey by locally-based Remuneration Data Specialists (RDS). RDS found that companies in the five sectors polled showed an overall
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      Pare Palais could net CityDev over $200m in pretax: analysts
      325 2  -  They expect project to be priced arwi $740-$770 pcf By] Michelle Low CITY Developments will launch two freehold condominium projects in Upper Bukit Timah within the next few months, one on its last large Hume Park parcel and the other
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        62 2 agreement that allbws IBM tobulliwßiadal rte management systems based on Infinity 's Data ModeL IBM said yesterday that Infinity's software enables the ueertodevelop and customise trading system and risk management applications tor one trading instrument, then customise and reuse that system (possible only in an object-oriented environment) for a
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        Poly to launch college
        54 2 THE Singapore Polytechnic said yesterday it plans to launch a yeer-kmg pilot project on establishing a "virtual college" at its campus. The remote-learning electronic facility aims to siipylsiiieul couveniAotial teaching. Part-time courses tor the polytechnic's graduates and professionals are planned. Ssangyong Cement (8) Ltd is donating
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        4% prodnstivity growth targeted
        70 2 THE ftingspore Productivity and .Standards Board said yesterday it will continue to promote productivity at national company and individual level* in a bid to achieve a 4 per cent overall productivity growth and 7 per cent eeeromic growth for Singapore. Highlights for 199*07 will inchide its
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      Zuellig site seen fetching at least $93m
      295 4 A FREEHOLD industrial site off Upper Thomson Road, the largest to go on the market this year, is being offered for sale by tender. According to property agents Richard Ellis, who are handling the sale, the site's owners, pharmaceuticalsbased FE Zeullig, can expect
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      Pontiac opens its case against CDL Hotels
      420 4  -  Suit centres on whether Millenia and Millennium are mnfngingty timllap By Conrad Raj PONTIAC Marina lawyer Davlnder Singh told the High Court yesterday that there were three issues at hand in its civil suit against CDL Hotels International for using the "Millennium" brand
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      Property on the market for $40m
      225 4 AMERICAN disk drive maker Seagate Technology is selling its corporate office building in Kallang Bahru, which could fetch up to $40 million. Seagate is selling the eightstorey property as it is moving to new facilities at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5. Seagate Building has
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      Geylang building expected to fetch up to $12m
      182 4 A FREEHOLD commercial bufllQpfcluis come up for sale a new comThe three-storey property, on a 5,094 square feet site along Geyiang Road, is expected to fetch between $10 million and $12 million. Built-in area totals 11,722 sq ft The building now has
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      45 2 WHY ARE MNCs DOWNSIZING FROM MINIS TO FACT? Real-Time Accounting of course. They are |j*Ts|| moving out of the old, outdated batch processing accounting to FACT Real-Time Business Accounting Software. You can too. KaHttaM WorldWldeWeb http://www.fact.com.sg INSTANT E-mail info fact.com.sg ACCOUNTING Toll FfM 1800-*****32 POWER
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      475 3 A History of Performance. 1914: The Kew Observatory certifies 1979: Dr. Sylvia Earle, Rolex as the first wristwatch in history diving to a depth of 1,250 to outperform the pocketwatch. feet in the JIM diving suit, 1 OO times her descent on her The world s first truly Rolex Oyster
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      409 4 FOR SALE BY TENDEHtI No. 17 to 27 Tan Qiiee Lan Street Kate' la(m^]3r t!sg! -i Rafft-S 1 I Beach' f /"sir/ 11 adjoining 3-storey conserved Provisional Permission for local shophousM shopping development Site area: 1,118 sq m approx. Potential for hotel use ■r ggg years leasehold Excellent accessibility; less
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      158 4 Large Freehold Residential Site at Giiillemard Road m Site Area: 16,897.3 sm(iBi,BB3sf v Plot Ratio: 2.8 /s (9ross> I ff r\ M 1 w Increasingly sought N S after residential area i \IJ~~-zi nSn |Dly Walking distance to fji\SL( fliP PayaLebarMßT L Station, Sub-regional V«m«o Centre and SAP 8 I
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      85 4 Homely bungalow with swimming pool set amidst luscious greenery and vast 39,700 sq. ft (approx.) land. To enquire, call Exclusive Marketing Agents: m Kestrel properties PTE LTD Tel: *****23 ext'66/*****042 BANKING HALL or SHOWROOM at Cecil Street for Lease Size: 3,188 sq ft To enquire, please call: m Kestrel propkkiiks
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      382 5 Naturally, praise also comes from ih ose who've never driven a Lexus. ii Tkose wko are distinguisked enougk to own a (in tke LS, one always remains in control, regardless quietness: sounds interfering witk normal speeck Lexus rarely take a kack seat to anyone. So wky is of tke seating
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      In for the long haul?
      786 6  -  THBPKOPHRTY COLUKM Tnan Sing's purchase of two floors In the well-known No 9, Queen's Road Central Knifing l malrinynfa «p« r|l n fl Tg By Lee Han Shih IS Tuan Sing Holdings following in Hong Fok Corporation's footsteps and becoming a speculator in Hongkong's property
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      Lock icon NBC in US$440m office deal
      1130 6 Its purchase of space in Rockefeller Center fuels talk that new owners may be parcelling out landmark NYT [NEW YORK] They will not even officially take title to the property until later this month, but Rockefeller Center's new owners have already sold a huge chunk
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      515 6 I HINDHEDE DRIVE I I A PRIME LEASEHOLD 999-YEAR SITE CLOSE TO NATURE J7 p wmi Legal description: MK 16 Lot 32-6 *A. MkTURE KSEfM Leasehold 999-year w.e.f 7/6/1884 3®* Ideal for development of dwelling houses up to 3-storeys on the site WP granted for 3 detached bungalows and Ci
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      81 6 Prime Freehold Industrial Development Site FOR SALE BY TENDER Location Tagore Ave. off Upper Thomson Road. Near to Ang Mo Kio and J&Zz Yishun New Town. *s!?* Legal Description Mukim 20 Lot 1278 fiy Land Area Approx. 143,310 sq.ft Tenure Freehold v 0 COi. H J y> Master Plan Zoning
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  • FOCUS: 7TH MALAYSIA PLAN
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      Lock icon M'sia sets growth target at 8%
      669 7  -  Seventh Plan will promote shift from input-driven to productivity-driven strategy, says report Reports by] Ho Kay Tat (KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is targeting annual economic growth of 8 per cent over the next Ave years, but the acute labour shortage and an expected slowdown in
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      Incomes go up — but so does the income gap
      407 7 Incomes go up but so does the income gap HOUSEHOLD incomes of all Malaysians rose substantially between 1990 and 1996 but income inequalities between the various ethnic and income groups widened. "Income inequality in the economy has widened a bit, but it is not an extremely big disparity," the director-gener-al
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      Privatisation to be speeded up
      424 7 MALAYSIA'S privatisation programme, a bedrock of the economy, will shift to higher gear over the next five years with the private sector slated to invest a whopping M) 68.3 billion (5538.3 billion) to beef up the country's physical infrastructure. "During the Seventh Plan period, the
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      M$1.83b surplus forecast for 2000
      137 7 MALAYSIAN government planners expect the country*! current account deficit to tun into a surplus by the end of th< Seventh Malaysia Plan in tlx year 2000. According to the report, a surplus of M|1.83 billion (511.03 billion) is forecast for 2000 compared with a deficit
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      498 7 For more than a century and a half, Patek Philippe has been known as the finest watch in the world. The reason is very simple. It is made differendy. It is made using skills and techniques that others have lost or forgotten. It is made with attention to detail very
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Kedah's Mentri Besar resigns
      137 8 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama KpSDAH Mentri Besar Osman Aroff has tendered his resignation, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. ±The announcement ended nths of speculation regard- Mr Osman's position, i Dr Mahathir told reporters at Parliament House that he had yet to make a decision on Mr
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      Thailand-S'pore ties to get a boost
      348 8  -  BANGKOK Banharn's visit to the Republic will focus on joint investment projects By] Loh Hui Yin DEEPENING bilateral economic cooperation will be the focus of talks during Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-ar-cha's official visit to Singapore at the end of this month. Besides two-way cooperation,
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      Lock icon Scriptures on CD-ROM
      48 8 [BANGKOK] A monk comparing computer printouts with a volume of the Buddhist scriptures "Tipitaka "for inaccuracies while putting thefinal touches to a Romanised version of the ancient Pali language text on CD-ROM. The 12-year-old project of putting the2,500-year-old text on CD-ROM is nearing completion. AFP
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      Singapore Power tie-up in race for China project
      426 8  -  BANGKOK Thai firm, SP have 33% stake each in consortium, Japan's Tomen holds the rest By Loh Hui Yin THAI conglomerate Saha Union and Singapore Power each hold a 33 per cent stake hi a consortium which is in hot contention for
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      Lock icon Minimum wage for workers at foreign firms to go up
      272 8 HANOI AFP VIETNAM is to raise the minimum wage for workers at for-eign-owned businesses to US$45 (Ss63) a month in major cities, a rise of US$lO, a report said yesterday. From July 1, workers at foreign firms will receive a
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      61 8 EN BLOC OFFICE FOR SALE I M I'll (VI mm I 1 1 .111 <. O (MM) t| (I 111 I o I 11 ill Ik i >. h 111 < 111 i»v r I II (1 1 t» i I wo l< vi I of >. I 4 I
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      247 8 TO ADVERTISE CALL TOLL-FREE 1800.741 18S3 i MORE NOTICES ON PAGE 28 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPAMES ACT. CAP SO THOME HOUXNGS PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LAUDATION Al an EMoßfcwy Qanarai MaaUng at thm Company d*amad to to taM on 2 May IMS to Mowing muluSinr wan paaaadaa•PECUL RESOLUTION
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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        Lock icon China no threat to neighbours, says Li
        57 9 AFP IBEUINGl Chinese Premier U Peng assured the leader of japan's New Frontier Party, Ichiro Oiawa, here yesterday that China would never poae a military or economic threat W its neighbours. Mr U also said Bering and Tokyo should adopt a loogterm view
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        Lock icon Disking up Western fare
        43 9 AFP {BEIJING} A man transporting a second-hand satellite dish here on Sunday. Deepite regulations controlling the purchase and nee ofsuch dishes, hundreds of thousands of dishee are set up illegally, giving viewers around the country access to weetern channels.—AftP
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        Lock icon Apee meething on energy operation
        43 9 AFP the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) working group on regfcnial energy cooperation starting today Over 70 officials will attend the tw<>day meeting which aims to promote regional cooperation on energy supply and Remand, a government spokesman said—AFP
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        Lock icon Banks get depealts despite new rule
        30 9 AFP Itaqpite l&st math's withdrawal of an inflation-linked interest rate for medium to long-term deposits, the Shanghai Securities News daily reported yesterday. —AFP Sti
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      Lock icon Fears over rising grain imports unfounded: China
      387 9 BEIJING Exaggeration to ay wtge wwiM mm it etker nations' rice bowls researcher AFP FEARS over the global consequences of China's growing demand for imported grain are not only unfounded, but also fail to address the responsibilities of major Western grain producers, a
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      Lock icon Slower inflation in April sets the stage for Taiwan rate cut
      237 9 TAIPEI Bloomberg Business News A NEW cabinet report showin* slower inflation in April Suggests Taiwan's central bank will lower interest rates m soon as the end of the month to revive growth. "It clearly should set the stage for
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      Lock icon GDP for 1995 at 6-year low of 4.6%
      363 9 HONGKONG Last quarter saw &2% rise; prospects for improvement not expected to be good AFP HONGKONG'S real gross domestic product rose 3.2 per cent year-on-year in the last three months of 1995, giving a full-year growth figure of 4.6 per cent, a
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      250 9 "OVER tSO CEO* MOi mi OMs ALREADY 111 THE PROGRAMME!" The University of hull England 1927 ■MBA "ONE 01 THE MOST ESTABLISHED IN SINGAPORE!" FIRST to offer TQM and a Systems Approach to Creative Problem Solving FIRST to offer Entrepreneurship and Project Management as core modules Completion in 21 months
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Growth in Asia-Pacific to stay robust, says Australian study
      420 10 HONGKONG But it calls for prudent management in economies hieing rising deficits FT GROWTH prospects in the Asia-Pacific region remain robust, but rising current account deficits in some economies require careful management and will put upward pressure on international interest rates,
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      Lock icon Ruling party studying big investment in Australia
      97 10 TAIPEI Reuter A BUSINESS unit of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party said yesterday it was considering a huge investment in northern Australia but would not confirm a report that its budget could reach US$3.7 biUion (SSS.2 billion). "It's stUl in a very, very preliminary
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      Lock icon Polls apart over India's election results
      435 10  -  BOMBAY By' Yogi Aggarwal WITH the last phase of Indian elections beginning today, pollsters are having a field day. They are also sending out contradictory messages. A case in point is The Times of India poU. A second poU published by the newspaper on
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      179 10 THE GREAT J HIGHLIGHTS air-ticket to Theses Resort Return economy air-ticket to Q an^ Bm h Airways Green and buggy fees for three games of golf Two dinners and light supper Joondalup Country Club All transfers as stated in the TEE OFF at four WOrld cIaSS golf and pnzes COUrSeS
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon China's MFN Status will be renewed: Gingrich
      387 11 WASHINGTON Hevse Speaker says vote will be favourable if Clinton skews leadership Bloomberg Business News THE US House of Representatives will renew China's most favoured nation trade status in June, House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Sunday. Despite mounting opposition in Congress, the
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        Lock icon on prospects for recovery
        76 11 Reuter Bundesbank president Hans Tletmeyer said yesterday that the prospects for economic recovery in were not as bad as sometimes presented.''The 'itesearch institutes also express the hope in their spring report that the economy will gain a foothold this year, "Mr ,v Tietmeyersaid. Important preconditions for
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        Lock icon Brittan to discuss copyright with China
        54 11 Reuter [BEIJING} European Trade Commissioner Leon Brittan imrfnit ftirm yitnrlnr tn trrtn lummnr rnit ngri nni null i on issues such as copyright piracy that are troubling Slno-European trade. Mr Brittan was to raise the issue of copyright protection when he meets Chinese officials,
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        Lock icon Credit Lyounais fire to cost Fir50m
        57 11 Bloomberg Business News [PARIS] The fire which destroyed two-thirds of Credit Lyonnais' landmark Paris headquarters will cost the bank's lead fire insurer, Assurances Generates de Prance, as muck as 50 million francs (5H3.6 million), according to analysts. Analysts estimate the total damage to property
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        Lock icon US mobile phone auction raises US$10b
        73 11 Reuter [WASHINGTON] A free-wheeling federal auction of airwave licences for the next generation of cellular phones finally ended yesterday after small companies plunked down a record US$lO.2 billion (5114.3 Mfflon) in bids. The final taßy at the Federal Communications Commission auction was double the
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        Lock icon Intel soon annual PC sales of 100m
        65 11 Reuter DBOMBAY] Worldwide personal computer sales will reach 100 million a year within the next two years, replacing taktvisions as the most popular electronics device, Intel Corp chiefCraig Barrett said yesterday. "PC sales are catching up with television sales fast," Mr Barrett said
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      Lock icon Russian banks may face new liquidity crisis
      221 11 Moscow Reuter RUSSIA'S banking system is on the verge of a new liquidity crisis, as most commercial banks posted a loss in the first quarter, Inkombank president Vladimir Vinogradov said yesterday. Banks' assets remained at last year's level in the first quarter of
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      Lock icon Opinion polls show Yeltsin closing gap on his communist rival
      266 11 MOSCOW But opponents cast doubt on reliability of the recent surveys AFP Reuter PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin appears to be closing the gap on his communist rival in the presidential elections set for June 16, opinion polls show, although his opponents
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      93 11 l£ «V AUCTION Well oiled smooth running investments. Western Austrafa Foar service stations located in the Perth suburbs of Girrawheen, Karawara and two in Port Hedland, are being offered for sale by Public Auction at 4 separate parcels. Each service station is leased to a major oil company and is
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      325 11 Great minds think alike. Now there's an IBM ThinkPad 760 priced for each one of them. H sales guy, the the marketing guru-they all want IhM That's why we've designed an S family of ThinkPad* 760 notebook computers, priced to give everyone t >/.f |< I wfe IV the power
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Freeport saga holds lessons for miners
      762 12  -  TOT BOTTOM Lom OPINION By Maggie Ford The writer is a Jakarta-baaed journalist who contributed this comment to BT LIGHT is beginning to shine at the aid of the dark tunnel enclosing US mining company Freeport McMoRan Copper and GokLFYeeport, the operators of a
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      119 12 They were more like colonisers than immigrants. Hie money came first The paupers followed, smuggled in and bilked by their own kind' -WhHarrtwn New York city councilwoman criticising Asians in her district. 'It only goes to prove the wisdom of the old Sanskrit axiom: In bad times,
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      Clearing the air in Hongkong
      618 12 EDITORIAL THERE are good reasons to welcome the deal allowing Chinese interests to acquire large stakes in the two Hongkong airlines, Cathay Pacific and Dragonair. But it is quite pointless to pretend that the fate of either is the touchstone of China's commitment to the
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      Lock icon Can China feed its growing numbers?
      969 12 US pottiioist warns tk&t China's grewing appetite fir graia is a tioM bemb. Bat the pfMrmhtaaigr prove him wreng The Economist THIS year, world prices for farm commodities have shot up: the price of wheat, for instance, has risen by 40 per cent. The
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      396 12 ADB need not bow to US IN failing to make up its arrears to the dwindling soft loan fund of the Asian Development Bank, the US is again behaving badly towards an international organisation of which it is a member. Especially when it claims a large
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Coffee without the coffee
      630 13  -  babxabt feder gets to taste a strange New Age concoction brewed for those in need of a jolt BARNABY FEDER NYT IMAGINE coffee without the coffee, soda pop with just the pop. That's Water Joe, perhaps the strangest New Age beverage yet—artesian-well water mixed with a
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    • CHATTERBox
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        87 13 Washington Post PRESIDENT Bill Clinton sprat about 90 minutes on Saturtlay portraying himself to a TV movie scene that was taped in the Oval Office. A Child's Wish will air on CBS after the November presidential election. The movie tells the story of a family's hardships after
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        34 13 Reuter ACTORS Paul Hogan (right) and Eltyah Wood, stars of the new film Flipper, pose at the party after the Aim's premiere at Universal Citywalk in Loa Angeles on Stmday. —Rtuttr
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        74 13 NYT CHRISTOPHER Bird, whose books The Secret Uf*<f Plants and The Divining Hand: Thesoo- Year-Old Mystery of Dowsing drew good-natured scepticism and some praise, died on Thursday in a Blairsville, Georgia, hospital In the bestselling The Secret Life qf Plants, Bird, 68, and
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        30 13 Reuter PRINCESS Diana is threatening to make estranged husband Prince Charles wait another 20 months before granting him a divorce, the Daify Express said. Reuter
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      956 14 PROFILE Another tribute for actor-director who has a reverence I I 17 !l 111 ior moivKtaaiity NYT [NEW YORK] 'There's a rebel lying deep in my soul," Clint Eastwood remarked years ago. "Anytime anybody tells me the trend is such and such, I go in the opposite direction.
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      2042 16  -  Thailand's Nichigo Resort and Country Club is a challenging course set amid lovely surroundings, says miwkmto p*crui NICKLAUS D'CRUZ The writer is the editor of The Asian Golf Review BARELY three hours north-west of Bangkok lies a world in complete contrast to the chaos
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      Creative signs US$60m credit deal
      312 17  -  Stock falls 50 cents to $9JO but hankers confident of company's prospects By, Jennifer Lien (SINGAPORE] Creative Technology shares yesterday fell SO cents, even as the multimedia firm signed a US$6O million (SsB4 million) syndicated revolving credit facility with 10 banks. Creative stock closed at
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      FCC condos: 4 in-laws got public discounts
      178 17 [SINGAPORE] First Capital Corporation (FCC) announced yesterday that four in-laws of executive director Lay Kok Weng were among the buyers who received public discounts of between 7-10 per cent for inits in its Maysprings condominium project. In a stock exchange announcement, FCC said
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      SPC chief executive to retire in June
      226 17 [SINGAPORE] In a surprise decision announced yesterday, Cheng Hong Kok, president and chief executive of Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC), is to retire from the listed group at the end of next month. He will be replaced by Thomas Shiah, who is currently chairman
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      Lesson for Barito: customer is king, even in plywood industry
      741 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW S N Vasuki MKk NALYSTS were bracing I themselves for the worst I when Indonesian timber I Barito Pacific an- HHnounced its results on I April 29. Market talk had it that Bari--1 to's earnings were set
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      Opel dealer seeks discount nod for directors
      437 17  -  By Gensvisve Cua [SINGAPORE] Opel dealer Singapore Technologies Automotive has become the first company here to apply the new guidelines on the sale of properties involving directors and related persons to the sale of cars. The company said yesterday it will seek shareholders'
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      Wing Tai apologises for not seeking nod for past deals
      456 17  -  Transactions were done as far back as six years ago By] Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] Wing Tai Holdings' board of directors has apologised to shareholders for not having sought their approval for transactions done as far back as six years ago.
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      Liang Huat wins 3 projects
      130 17 [SINGAPORE] Mainboard-listed Liang Huat Aluminium Ltd been awarded three projects worth US$3 million (554.2 million) in China and Vietnam. The company will supply US$l.2 million worth of high performance curtain walling to the headquarters of the China National Complete Plant Import Export Corporation (Complant) group.
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        Lock icon MUI, ally to vote against sale of Pengkalen Capital
        275 18 Bttk disagree witk Pengkalen Holdings' rationale to sell stocktaking stake Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malayan United Industries Bhd, which together with a friendly party, Choong Kok Min, holds more than SO per cent of the issued capital of Pengkalen Holdings Bhd, will
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        Off target: 2 companies say why
        159 18 [SINGAPORE] Jurong Engineering said yesterday its audited operating profit for the year ended Dec 31, 1995 was $1.39 million lower than the unaudited figures for the same period. It blamed provision of doubtfUl debts, recognition of a loss from inter-company sale of a crane,
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        Tycoon stalks Bank Mashill Utama
        358 18  -  Gunawan to double stake by baying l&Jm ■ere bank shares By i S N Vasuki [SINGAPORE] A takeover could be brewing in Indonesia's banking sector, judging by a report in the Bisnis Indonesia newspaper yesterday. It said shipping tycoon Amir Gunawan has disclosed plans to
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        45 18 [HANOI] A man pushing a bicycle heavily loaded with boxes of Vietnamese Halida beer on the way to deliver than to a drink shop in Hanoi yesterday. The consumption of beer in Vietnamese cities rises during the hot months of summer. AFP
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        L&M shares fall on news of quarry plan
        236 18  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Constructionbased L&M Group Investments fell 18 cents or 5.5 per cent to $3.06 as investors dumped the stock following its weekend announcement that it might be buying into an Indonesian granite quarry. Analysts said the fall in the
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        Kanzen Bhd founder sells 20% stake
        120 18 [SINGAPORE] Malaysian businessman Lim Kim Hong may have failed to regain control of Kanzen Bhd but he made between Msl9-$2B million (5510.7 $15.8 million) in under three weeks by selling his 20 per cent stake in the company. Mr Lim's investment company, Sumurwang, said
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          Maybank ups base lending rate to 8.7%
          51 18 111 •'.y ll [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Malayan Banking fihd said yesterday it is raising its base lending rate, or the interest rate offered to its best clients, to 0.? per cent firemen per cent The rise will be effective from today.' r 5
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          UOL Equity ups stake in UIC
          54 18 [SINGAPORE] UOL Equity Investments Pte Ltd (UEI), a wholly-owned subsidiary ofUnited Overseas Land Ltd (UOL), has acquired 340,000 shares in United Industrial Corporation Ltd (UIC). The shares were bought last Friday at $1.43 per share. UEI now holds 156.7 million UlCehares, representing an 11.6
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          Gleneagles sets up new subsidiary
          56 18 [SINGAPORE] Parkway Holdings Ltd'B Gleneegies International Pte Ltd has incorporated a new subsidiary. The new 100 per cent owned subsidiary, Glefteagies International Laboratory Services Pte Ltd (Gils), has an authorised share capital of $100,000 and a paid-up capital of $2. Gils will be providing clinical
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          Two Clob counters to go soripless
          48 18 [SINGAPORE] Clob-traded Diversified Resources and Sarawak Enterprise Corporation have been designated for scripless conversion from today to May 30. After June 2, these companies' share certificates will not be accepted fisr delivery for trades on the exchange. 33 x*' > it- f' t >...
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        Lock icon Apple, IBM sign Mac licensing deal
        168 20 Reuter [BONN] Apple Computer yesterday confirmed it had signed a deal with IBM allowing the computer giant to license its Macintosh operating system. The announcement was made by Apple's German subsidiary which said IBM would be allowed to sub-license the Mac operating system but
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        Lock icon New World Infrastructure to raise US$250m
        397 20 Firm plans to finance China projects with convertible bonds to cash in on 26% rise in share price Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] New World Infrastructure Ltd said it may raise US$25O million (SS3SO mUlion) with convertible bonds to finance its road, rail, bridge and
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        Austotel sues law firm for A$57m
        454 20  -  Brierley nnit says the firm concealed conflict of interest in 1986 deal From Surinder Singh in Sydney AN Australian company now owned by Singapore-linked Brierley Investments Ltd is suing its former lawyers for A|s7 million (5563.3 million). The accusations by the company, Austotel Trust,
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        398 21  -  It offers three sob-funds, depending on the investor's appetite for risk By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Composite insurer Insurance Corp of Singapore has launched its first in-surance-linked unit trust, aimed at giving investors the flexibility of investing across a range of risk profiles. Called
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        GE Life launches investment-linked policy
        277 21  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Great Eastern Life has launched its first in-vestment-linked product, the Greatlink Growth Plan, which allows policyholders to enjoy the benefits of life protection as well as investment opportunities in the Asean region. GE Life is the last of the Big
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        299 21 Five new members with about 10 years experience each jam sales and trading teams in HE, London Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] HSBC Markets has added five bond specialists to its sales and trading teams in Hongkong and London, most of whom have been in the
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        171 21 Reuter [HONGKONG] Zhu Xiaohua, a vice-governor of the People's Bank of China China's central bank will be appointed president of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Hongkong's Sing Too Daily said yesterday. Mr Zhu, the third-most important official in the
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        Asian central banks tipped to increase gold purchases
        431 22  -  The banks now have about 5% of reserves in gold, versus 37% in 1980; fond manager From, Neil Behrmann in London ASIAN central banks will increase purchases of gold, predicts Richard M Pomboy, proprietor of Pomboy Capital Corp, fund managers based in
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        220 22 Onus wifl be on bankers to consider risks carefully Reuter [PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida] US regulators are seeking new, less intrusive ways of persuading banks to manage their risks wisely as the industry undergoes change, Federal Reserve governor Susan Phillips said on Saturday. "Rather than continue
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        137 22 Reuter [MANAMA, Bahrain] The Saudi Investment Bank (S AIB) plans to offer shares to shareholders and the public in June to raise its paid-in capital by four times to 720 million riyals (*****.6 million). The bank has has paid-in capital of 180 million riyals. The
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        Lock icon HK to get Amex lower annual interest credit card
        249 22 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] American Express is banking on increasing its business in Hongkong with a new credit card that carries a lower annual interest rate than its competitors. "The last thing we want to create is a price war in
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        227 22 HI—KI Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen and Eurodollar futures finished scarcely changed as holidays in Tokyo and London kept volumes depressingly low, dealers said. Eurodollar futures remained at a standstill for much of the day despite a weak overnight finish on US treasury markets on Friday,
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        165 22 AFX-Asia New York THE DOLLAR was mixed in quiet early-session trading yesterday with the London and Tokyo markets closed and no new US economic data due out. At about 1400 GMT, the dollar was trading at 1.5265 marks from l. 5250 late Friday and at 104.88 yen from
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        308 22 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] US crude oil prices rose amid concern a Norwegian oil workers strike that began on Saturday could halt up to 40 per cent of the output of Europe's biggest oil producer. West Texas Intermediate oil rose
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      1510 24 Reuter AFP PHugSng -3170 STOCKS closed yesterday modestly lower in anaemic trading, tracking Wall Street's downturn on signs of inflationary pressures, players said. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index fell 36.70 points to 10,697.54, off the day's low of 10,649.90. Turnover dwindled to HK13.18 billion from Friday's adjusted HK14.78 billion.
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      657 24 Bloomberg Business News -MS STOCKS fell for a third day, led by market bellwether PT Telkom, as higher US interest rates convinced investors that Indonesian shares have nowhere to go but down. "In the short term, the interest rate trend in the US is likely to be negative for
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      356 24 Reuter nCiliriUhlirr +145 SHARES rose across the board to close higher yesterday, as investors focused on individual stocks that fit into certain theme plays, brokers said. "Investors aren't looking at fundamentals, but liquidity, themes and everything else," said a Schroder Securities broker. "The market is being driven by interest
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      535 24 Bloomberg Business News □AnOHMrin -L 8 STOCKS traded mixed, with paper and packaging stocks dropping, led by Amcor Ltd, amid concern that profit from manufacturers in 1996 will be lower than expected, traders said. The benchmark All Ordinaries Index dropped 1.8 points, or 0.08 per cent, to 2,297.2. A
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      239 24 Reuter Qwrilagf -am STOCKS, having battled high interest rates for several months, faltered yesterday to close sharply weaker. The NZSE-40 Capital Index plunged 30.24 points to 2,109.68. Reuter «a nam Ww»n &05 -as M424 LAS Midi ***** Afrl—ZnlimtA) 151 -OjOT 20*37 Air Hn ZMtand (B) 4.95 -0J5 ***** AmwrlCw*
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      576 24 Reuter AFX-Asia PauuiOwlßSfcirehte 4jff SHANGHAI'S B share index ended down yesterday on overseas selling late in the session but brokers said market sentiment improved after Beijing issued a new set of rules governing B share trading. The index lost 0.317 of a point or 0.62 per cent to 51.221
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      341 24 Bloomberg Business News HWPMa -55.47 STOCKS feu, led by financial shares, amid concerns that the government isn't moving quickly enough to stimulate Taiwan's sluggish economy. "The government isn't likely to do anything right away," said George Hou, manager of the US$35 million Taiwan Growth Fund at Jardine Fleming Taiwan
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        Lock icon Stocks fell on fears over interest rates
        7338 25 KUALA hJJMPURReports Bloomberg Business News Dftmporitofaig -Mil STOCKS fell for a third day, led by Hicom and banking stocks, as investors worried that rising US interest rates will brake the flow of money into Asian stocks and cause rates to rise in Asia,
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        Kemayan premium very reasonable
        3365 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan THE warrants of acquisitive Malaysian conglomerate Kemayan Corporation made an explosive debut on Clob International yesterday. Some 8.8 million lots changed hands with the price closing at $1.50. Trading in Kuala Lumpur was more subdued, with 880,000 traded and the price
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        HOT STOCK
        72 28  -  -By Paul Leo L&M Group Investments Jktt 18 ants to $3.o9yat§rday with 2.53 million thorn don* -1.9 times the lOday average of 2.36 million units. Further decline to crucial sup port at $2.74 can be expected. The daily Moving Average Convergence-Divergence Indicator Just signalled a seU. A break
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        Shares drift lower as property rumours continue
        772 28  -  STOCK MAUBT (wwnwiir Bank stock* kit too; fears also of Dow correction and kigker US interest rates By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Stocks drifted lower in quiet trading in the absence of significant institutional participation yesterday. The Straits Times Industrials Index feU 12.6 points
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          Phillip's a big bull on Malaysia
          106 28 PHILLIP Research it super bullish on the Malaysian stock market In its latest weekly report, it forecasts that the Kuala Lumpur bourse will increase its turnover by 103.7 per cent this year to reach Ms36t9bQlkm, just a little more than the roaring turnover of
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          Cold fest ever mertgagas
          120 28 AMID the aggressive battle for a slice of the mortgage loans market, there are some bankers who are having cold feet A bank executive confessed that he to worried at the way Singapore financial institutions are dishing out property loans as if there was no such
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          Hitting a moving target?
          100 28 HOW does one track sUS*7 trillion leviathan ofan economy? With a lot of difficulty. According to a US news report, every single market forecast this year of monthly US job data has been off the mark. US seen had expected April's job additions to total 117,000
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      442 18 Till fin i Tin (Tiiiiirfi satf '!„v. > Ptei i T i Ic rl aMI aisa l i i OEIC was Incorporated into Pisces Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd in August 1995 as its wholly owned subsidiary. J I e principal activities of the company are that of distribution in M
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      120 19 KEMET Solid Tantalum Multilayer Ceramic f Capacitors Mil Ji r r UMJye are pleased 11 •31 to announce ine appointment ".41 I <i r t'i J of aistriSutorsnip 4 in Sin yap ore ancf jlCalausia to: EEIC A member tf Pisces Techntlegies General Electronics Instrumentation G>ip (Pte) Ltd 101 Kitchener
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      292 29 Knight-Ridder Reuter MODERN panamaxes capable of May grain loading in the US Gulf continued to obtain firmer ratee to the Far East, with most of this business now being conducted on timecharter, ahipbrokers said. Panamat fortunes in the Atlantic proved the predominant element in the Baltic Freight Index
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      Semb Maritime takes its ferry services into China
      391 29  -  Joint venture to ran the first high-speed ferry service in Wind T&ihn Lake By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Maritime Limited (SML) is taking its ferry operations into China, with a joint venture agreement to operate the first high-speed ferry service in
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      Lock icon Village near Kangar to be developed into modern port
      322 29 Bernama [KANGAR] Sungai Baru, a traditional Ashing village near here, is to be developed into one of Malaysia's most modern multi-purpose harbours by the year 2000, with facilities to handle foreign merchant ships and other ocean liners. Three investment groups, keen
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        P&O Containers joins TWRA and Anera
        78 29 [SINGAPORE] UK-based PAO Containers has become a member of the two rate-making groups Tranapectfte Westbound Rate Agreement (TWRA) and Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement (Anera). The carrier, though an established player in the Europe-Asia and trans-Atlantic trades, Joined the groups only after forming
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        Swedish Club to pay 5% hull refunds
        82 29 [LONDON] The Swedish Club is set to pay a 6 par cant premium reftmd on hull insurance for the 1966 underwriting year. The club's board will make the recommendation to the AOM on June 13. The total amount refunded will be about US$3.5
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        NKK gets 3 bulker orders
        80 29 [LONDON] NKK Corp recently received 3 orders for its new MX Series capesize bulkers, bringing the total number of orders to 9. Mitsui OSK, K-Line and NYK each ordered one capesize bulker from NKK. The 170,000 deadweight too ships will probably be used to carry
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        US marine underwriters sue NOAA
        69 29 [LONDON} The American Institute of Marine Underwriters has asked a federal court in Washington DC to overturn regulations issued by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) which state how damages would be assessed against vassal owners in the event of oil spills under
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        Lock icon Finnlines ups BTL stake to 20%
        101 29 Reuter [HELSINKI] Finnish cargo shipping company Finnlines Oy said yesterday in a statement it bought 4.1 million shares in Swedish Bilspedition Transport ft Logistics AB (BTL) to become its biggest owner with 20.2 per cent of shares and 23.7 of votes. Finnlines bought the
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      Shipyard accident: Conversion work goes on, ministry looking into causes
      338 29 [SINGAPORE] Conversion work on the vessel Whakaaropi will continue, even as investigations are being made into the cause of the accident at Keppel Shipyard which injured eight workers. A Keppel Shipyard spokesman told Shipping Times yesterday that the conversion of
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      Lock icon Port Hang's box traffic up 22.8% in first quarter
      279 29 MBT [PORT KLANG] Container throughput at Port Klang increased by 22.8 per cent for the first three months this year to 303,256 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) from the 246,781 TEUs recorded during Janu-ary-March 1995. This growth can be attributed to several
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      Shanghai won't be a threat to HK: Chinese official
      289 29 Time needed to build deep-water berths at China, port [HONGKONG] Shanghai is expected to emerge as an international shipping centre by the end of the century but will not threaten Hongkong's status as a key international transhipment port, a leading transport
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      Lock icon Daewoo wins US$330m German ship orders
      133 29 AFP [SEOUL! South Korea's Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd has won a total of US$33O million (***** million) worth of shipbuilding orders in Germany, a company spokesman said yesterday. Daewoo landed an order to build two 320,000-tonne mine carriers valued at US$l5O million for Krupp
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      Lock icon New life for maritime culture
      936 30  -  US SHIPBUILDING: INDIAN TRIBE TO START YARD Pequot Indians plan to build and sell ferry boats in New London, first to transport their casino patrons across Long Island Sound, and then for a national and international market reviving the industry in the area Bg Klark
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        812 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price range* in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        447 43 MATS Ireland/ United Kingdom: Market and Public Holiday. Japan: Children's Day (in lieu of Sunday, May 5). Thailand: Substitution for Coronation Day, government offices open. Lebanon: Martyr's Day. Chile: All Saints' Day. MAT 7 Iran: (tentative) Eid Ghadir alKhum. MATS France: Victory Day. MAT Belarus/Russia/Ukraine: Victory Day. MAT
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        Lock icon Virgin Atlantic expresses interest in super jumbo
        492 44 Further boost for Boeing's and Airbus' plans to build 500-seat plane NYT [LONDON] Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic has become the third airline to express a strong interest in buying double decker "super jumbo" aircraft capable of carrying more than 500 passengers. Boeing of
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        Lock icon Samara car now made in Finland
        46 44 [HELSINKI] Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, in Finland for a one-day visit, takes the wheel of thefirst Finnish-made Euro-Samara car which was given to him here on Sunday. The car has been produced for years in Russia by Tnrln REUTER
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        Lock icon British Airways plans to revamp regional operations
        300 44 Reuter [LONDON] British Airways pic (BA) is planning a shake-up of its regional operations, and an expansion of its Personal Equity Plans, credit card and insurance businesses, according to UK Sunday newspapers. An industry source said BA is to announce a franchise deal
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        Lock icon Daewoo to open more sales outlets in UK superstores
        304 44 NYT [LONDON] Daewoo, the South Korean car maker, is expected to open more car sales outlets in Salisbury's Savacentre superstores, following the success of a pilot project at Colney, in Hertfordshire, next to the M 25 London motorway. The venture between
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        Lock icon CIS allows A-300-600 plane to be used by its airlines
        204 44 Reuter [MOSCOW] The Interstate Aviation Committee of the Commonwealth Independent States (CIS) has certified Airbus Industrie's A-300-600 jet to operate in the CIS, a Moscowbased representative for Airbus said on Sunday. Boris Rybak, general director of Infomost which represents Airbus
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        Lock icon S Korean car exports likely to be hit by yen
        361 44 Hyundai expects overseas sales to fall 10-18% Reuter [SEOUL] South Korea may have to slash its target for overseas car sales this year by as much as 15 per cent as a weakening yen erodes price competitiveness, a senior Hyundai
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        Lock icon Air NZ may make share issue
        289 44 Needle raise capital to finance Ansett purchase Bloomberg Business News [WELLINGTON] Air New Zealand Ltd is likely to make a share issue to help finance its purchase of half of Australian airline Ansett Holdings Ltd, said managing director Jim McCrea. "It's likely we will
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          Lock icon Ansett stops up Sydney-Jakarta flights
          44 44 AFP [JAKARTA] AnMtt Australia airline has Increased It* Sydney-Jakarta service from twice to four times s week, a company statement said here yesterday. The Boeing 767-300 flights, starting yeeterday, will operate every week on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.—AFP
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          Lock icon Ford, Halls set up Portugal vunture
          98 44 AFP [BEOUL)Asut»kllanr of South Korea'sHalla Group n>d Ford Motor Co ofthe US wiH builds US$42 million (SSSSJ million) Joint venture auto parts plant in Portugal s group' spokesman said yssterday. The joint venture betwesn Hallaaimate Control Corp, (HCCC) and Ford will 1J million clutchss
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          Lock icon China Air buys stake in air courier firm
          77 44 AFX-ASIA [TAIPEI] China Airlinss Co Ltd said it has acquired a 25 per cent stake in Qtobal Sky Express (Taiwan) Co Ltd for NT&S million <*****,500) with ths aim of expanding its door-todoor delivery business. The company plans to extend its domsstfe
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          Lock icon Tokyo studies car recyoling plan
          92 44 Bernama-Kyodo [TOKYO] The Ministry of International Trade and Industry Is conskhrlng making automakers and dealers responsiblsfbrooHsctiagdlnssdcars to step up parts recycling end reducs pollution. The plan istorequire car makers and dealers opsratlnc on the domestic market to eetabliah a recycling (rouilsation by joint investment for
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          Lock icon Air Macan to launch Bangkok service
          75 44 AFP [MACAU] Air Macau will launch a thrice-weekly service to Bangkok this month, the airline announced yesterday. Including the Thsiland flight Air Macau now flies to six regional destinatione from the new Macau International Airport The other rtesHnsl hen are Taipei and Kaoehmgtn: Tstwan,
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      346 29 Virgin Atlantic expresses interest in super jumbo Further boost for Boeing and Airbus. Book Page ECT management team vt- *1 -w '■HHHIBSSSESihfr" ajjV I mm Europe Combined Terminals (ECT) now has Delta 2000-8 and daily operations, while Rob a three-strong management team heading its van Eyndhoven handles information systems. Delta
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