The Business Times, 22 May 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046^12/95 85e SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, MAY 22,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Be realistic about level playing field: SM Lee
    674 1  -  It's a fact of life that businessmen will favour seme customers over others By* Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday told young Singaporeans that the government cannot force the private sector to level the playing field for them. Addressing
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    Perwaja is insolvent with M$2.9b losses, M$7b debts: Anwar
    423 1  -  From, Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S national steel company Perwaja is insolvent and has accumulated losses amounting to M 52.98 billion (551.68 billion) and debts of nearly Ms 7 billion, Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told parliament yesterday. It
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    PM Goh: I probed Lees' condo purchases
    459 1  -  By l Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday related in Parliament how he had instructed the Monetary Authority of Singapore to investigate Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's purchases of units in Nassim Jade and Scotts 28 after he was
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    Dhana tells House of failed Nassim Jade deal
    378 1  -  SM and DPM paid higher prices than potential buyer By] Lilian Ang [SINGAPORE] Former national development minister S Dhanabalan yesterday disclosed that a company linked to Nuri Holdings, where he is now senior adviser, had considered buying Nassim Jade en bloc at
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      124 1 MSfIDB i WMtfarWaDStrmt? Will the wild gyrations in the Dow end soon? Pff4 The yntnoay Kept interest rates unchanged in hopes for smooth sailing in the months ■hod, With growth picking up and Inflation mostly contained, the antral bank did not see any reason to change tack now. Reutar jypltai
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      286 1 MORE REPORTS, Pg2 BGLee tells why he invested in properties Come clean, SM tells Ong Beng Seng Debate shows Singapore's high standards: Dhana Vactra 600 eehiwiie PC HH built-in ipukiri You a affordable, doesn't require an department and cornea pre-loaded with everything you need to run a email business or
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  • PARLIAMENT
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      BG Lee tells why he bought
      1030 2  -  I wanted to invest i prudently, to provide for my family, ho says *>< Chuang Peck Ming DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee fcsien Loong yesterday told Parliament he decided to infest in Singapore properties, rather than in shares or overseas assets, as he was confident
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      SM on donating discounts
      302 2 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday related how he and Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrived at their decision to donate the discounts they received on the properties they purchased. Mr Lee said they had sought the advice of a random group of ministers including
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      Debate shows Spore's high standards: Dhanabalan
      378 2  -  It emphasises that no oneisabeve examination, he says By] Lilian Ang THE public debate on the property purchases by the Senior Minister and DPM Lee Hsien Loong underlines the high standards Singaporeans have set for their leaders, and the leaders have set for themselves.
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      No other ministers bought at soft launches
      259 2 APART from Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, no other ministers have bought private property at soft launches since 1992, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong told Parliament yesterday. Replying to a query from Opposition MP Chiam See
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      Salaries: SM takes issue with Chiam
      351 2 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday stoutly defended the recent ministerial pay rises and said Singapore cannot count on its leaders having successful wives who could support their families. He said that in all his years as a politician, it was his wife who
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      SM advised to stay clear of tycoons
      229 2 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew disclosed yesterday how other ministers had urged him to keep his distance from businessmen. "Our problem now is we are going regional in a big way. So I've had ministers tell me: 'Better don't meet this type of
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      SM to Ong Beng Seng: Lay bare the facts
      464 2  -  By Catherine Ong HOW do you get a reluctant, low-profile tycoon to meet the press? Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew has his ways. In a colourful account to Parliament yesterday, Mr Lee said he met HPL managing director Ong Beng Seng
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    • PARLIAMENT Snippets
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        to banks' capital
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        Fow pay tax on property
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        Pulan Ubin to be a recreational
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        Parts merged
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Electronics grew 23.4% in March
      292 3  -  BTCOM THE ECONOMY Maniifacturina Byi Genevieve Cua THE key electronics sector achieved a strong output growth of 23.4 per cent In March, helping to boost the overall manufacturing industry's output by 11.5 Per cent The electronics sector's growth was the strongest among the 10 major
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      Tagore Lane industrial site sold for $91m
      199 3 Lffwer-than-espected price etnas with Ifiannhifk dml [SINGAPORE] A large freehold industrial site in the Upper Thomson area has been sold ft* $81 million to a private individual. While slightly lower than expected, the purchase price comes with a leaseback deal. Pharmaceuticals-based FK ZuaOig,
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      Sing Net, PacNet meet TAS service standards
      167 3 BOTH Sing Net and Pacific Internet (PacNet) have achieved Quality of Service (QoS) standards which are higher than the minimum levels set by the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) for the first quarter oflBB6. TAS said in a statement yesterday that overall, both
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    • News Roundup
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      SRC's uphill battle to recoup new $1.4b investment
      493 3  -  Bvtftisctutiagai efficient ipentiM and regfta's rising demand forprtfit By< Genevieve Cua THE joint venture Singapore Refining Company is expected to fight an uphill battle to recover its $1.4 billion investment in its new residue catalytic cracker (RCC) on Pulau Merlimau, as new
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      55 3 Chinatown Holel < < HI \t ll K...lil 1 'flic modern Business 'Mold '.Historic'Rmtii 1 md Clkinn K«>< >111 r.iirs 11-( mm SN'io (Mi I < >r Ki xi r\ .111< > 11 s 1 < I: (> J > S |(t(> I .1 (> S 2. 2 "> >
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      99 3 I,*, 2*' Cafe Americam, j jm m Itomm -Jf? •'<» «»<» -iff} j-i t n Iflt* f** Hf i »■'««>■» Like meet things American, it's kig. But it stUl MtM|n to ke coey, offering all that you need after a long day im Amsterdam. They cook up the genuine Yankee
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon Will the wild gyrations in Dow end soon?
      450 4  -  wg WHIffJWi VIHWPIHHT US stocks will be susceptible to more downside this year By] Naresh Verma The writer is a manager of technical analysis advisory (South East Asia) at Dow Jones Telerate. The opinions here are personal and do not represent the
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      Lock icon Big bettors behind penny stock surge
      613 4 Retail investors may end np holding shares that fallback Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] The 24 mechanics at Florida Power Light Co in Miami could have bought a lottery ticket. Instead, they bought about one million shares of Comparator Systems Corp for less than
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      215 4 «ffr V 1" yIX -r\- M i j\ 5-8 March' 97 J International Convention and Exhibition Centre International Hospital Pharmaceutical j"HoSl^medlca 7 97~ 1 Medical Equipment Supplies Exhibition j 5-r$ Mareh'97 Reply Covponj Held in conjunction with I I the Ist Asia Pacific I Ye#! 111,11 intere,tecl exllibitin B M
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Will East Asean airline lead to bigger things ?
      684 6  - Will East Asean airline lead to bigger things AOAVUBW Joint airline agreement marks a warming in Manlla-KL ties By Yang Razali Kassim ONE eye-catching development this week was the announcement by the Philippines that it was working with Kuala Lumpur to start an East Asean airline. In a statement on
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      Lock icon Ministers say okay to second airline to compete with Thai Airways
      223 6 BANGKOK Ftreign ownership of the new company will be limited to 15% AFP THAILAND'S council of economic ministers has approved the establishment of a second airline to compete with Thai Airways International, a statement said yesterday. In a bid
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      Lock icon Suharto says he has no role in choosing nation's next leader
      259 6 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA'S President Suharto told visiting Australian journalists yesterday that he had no role in choosing the nation's next president in elections two years away, a senior official said. "The presidential choice is fully in the hands of
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      Lock icon Study warns of risks from Indon nuke plan
      275 6 CANBERRA A Chernobyl-type disaster will make S'poreaalhreable Reuter RADIOACTIVE fallout from a nuclear accident in Indonesia would be disastrous for millions of people in Asia and Australia and could leave cities such as Singapore unliveable, an Australian study warned yesterday. The study
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      Lock icon Sewerage firm told to cut rates after 200% rise
      325 8 KUALA LUMPUR IWK*i prices open privatisation drive to ridicule, says flriirtiFtfr AFP THE Malaysian government has directed the country's privatised sewerage treatment firm to cut its rates after consumer complaints of bills jumping by as much as 200 per cent, reports
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      Lock icon Govt to intervene in power firms' talks
      214 8 KUALA LUMPUR AFP THE Malaysian government is to intervene to help find a power supply agreement between national electricity firm Tenaga Nasional and Ekran Bhd, the main contractor for the Bakun hydroelectric dam, reports said yesterday. "The government will take part in ongoing
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    • NOTE Book
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        Some 119m Indon voter registered
        73 8 (JAKARTA] Some 119 million Indonesians have been registered to vote In the 1907 general elections, press reportssald yesterday. A national voters registration committee registered the electorate averVdaysftam May l.Ae general secretary of the NsttonalfflectoraTßody CLPU). Suryana Subrata, was quoted by the Afcrffa Indonesia daily as
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        Lock icon And he did return
        58 8 AFP [LUBANG, Philippines] Former Japanese Army World War II Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda posing with a group of dancing schoolgirls who welcomed him to this island ywtantay, Onoda hid for 29 years after the war in the Lubangjungle, emerging only to surrender In 1874. Ha was oauddng
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        Lock icon Jobor to be in new Master Plan
        81 8 Bernama (KUALA LUMPUR] Johor win be selective in attracting only high-tech, capital-intensive, high valued-added skin »nd strong tocal-couteot industries, Mentrißeear Abdul r Gfaani Ottoman said yesterday at the Malaysia-US Business ATsctoology Partnership Dialogue in San Francisco. "We an oonlldant the dynamism and momentum
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      Lock icon International hunt for Tansil
      122 8 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN authorities have sought the help of 119 countries to trace escaped bank swindler Eddy Tansil, reports said here yesterday. "We have sought help from 119 countries, through diplomatic channels," Justice Minister Utoyo Usman was quoted by the Republika as saying. Mr Usman, who
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      Lock icon 12 Apec members submit tariff cut plans
      208 8 MACTAN, Philippines Offidnl iodines to identify tkose yet to send in proposals AFP MOST of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum members have submitted tariff reduction proposals ahead of a November summit, an official said yesterday. Federico Macaranas, chairman of the second Apec
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      680 7 Toshiba proudly announces the world's first revolutionary 120 MHz Pentium 9 processor notebook computer with both internal and external PCI capability, the Tecra™ 700 Series. There's a lot to work with, and even you ahead. Like a snappy modular design complete with Quad-Speed CD-ROM drive Selectßay™ and removable HDD and
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      136 8 jMHttu What you need productivity, enhances communications and fiercely reduces operating costs. competitive corporate Take a look at some of its features: world is a communication 4 Way Multipoint Conferencing capability system that allows you not Annotation capability only to talk to your business partners but to Easy documents/ mt
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      81 8 The Most Comprehensive On-Une (No Batch Processing), User Friendly and Flexible Includes BILLING GST RETURNS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (GL) ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES (AR) Accounts payables <ap> INVENTORY (TRADING MFG) Also capable of cai eg ANALYSIS MANAGEMENT REPORTING (MIS) SALES/PURCHASE ORDERS L/C MONITORING SEVERAL OTHER ADVANCE SYSTEMS •g. TRUE MULTI-CURRENCY (Party ledger in
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China welcomes US renewal of MFN status
      410 9 BEIJING But annual debate ever renewal hurts their trade relations, it says Bloomberg Business News AFP THE annual US debate over China's most flavoured nation trading status hurts business relations between the two nations, said China's Vice-Pre-mier Li Lanqing. Speaking to delegates at
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      Lock icon HK likely to boom after 1997: official
      240 9 BANGKOK Reuter HONGKONG is likely to experience a strong economic boom late next year on the euphoria expected to accompany the British colony's smooth reunification with China, Hongkong's Financial Secretary Donald Tsang said yesterday. Mr Tsang told a business seminar that China had
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      Lock icon Lee's offer to visit mainland Ms to move Beijing
      315 9 BEIJING Reuter CHINA responded yesterday to a conditional offer by President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan to visit, saying that action and not words was needed to prove Taipei's commitment to eventual reunification. "The Taiwan authorities must first stop their international activities
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      China inviting bids for Yangtze River bridge BOT project
      236 9  -  SINGAPORE By] Lu Ning CHINA will invite foreign tenders for the construction of a third Yangtze River bridge in Wuhan, Hubei province under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) scheme late this year or early next year, Hongkong's pro-China newspaper Wen Wei Po reported
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon At least 15 die in shopping arcade blast
      193 10 NEW DELHI AFP AT LEAST IS people were killed when a powerful bomb blast sparked off an inferno yesterday in one of New Delhi's busiest shopping arcades, the United News of India and witnesses said. "Many people are feared trapped in the
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      Lock icon Congress and allies take first step to topple BJP government
      484 10 NEW DELHI Ooafitkn names Rao's former information minister as their choice for Speaker AFP AFX-Asia Reuter FORMER premier P V Narasimha Rao's Congress (I) party and its allies yesterday named a candidate for the post of Speaker in parliament in
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      Lock icon Calm returns as general is held
      176 10 DHAKA AFP LIFE returned to normal here yesterday as the Bangladeshi government said it had regained control ova: the military and detained the head of the armed forces, accused of fomenting a minor revolt Tanks that late on Monday had taken up position outside
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      1424 10 •TO ADVERTISE CALL TOLL-FREE 1800-741 1883 B Wenture —i VENTURE MANUFACTURING (SINGAPORE) LTD I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING I of Shareholders will be held at 5006 Ant Mo Kio Avenue 5 #05-01/12,
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  • FOCUS: NEW ZEALAND ELECTIONS
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      Uncertainty before NZ's Oct polls
      1405 11  -  Crucial election and new voting system will determine if economy will stay deregulated, open From, David McLoughlin m Auckland NEW Zealanders will vote in their first proportional representation election on. Oct 12, Prime Minister Jim Bolger announced yesterday. It is likely to be the most
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      176 11 HOTEL CONVERSION Treasury Building, Adelaide Q Unique Heritage Building Long Term Lease Prestigious Position Situated in the heart of Adelaide's business precinct, the Treasury Building offers potential investors the opportunity to acquire a prestigious position and a unique historic presence. The Treasury Building is an icon of I the past,
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      66 11 FOR SALE S^BB3 97% leased as at. 174 basement April 30,1996. car spaces. First class Floor-by-floor tenancy profile. after hours air •An income v conditioning, stream planned Highly accessible for growth. location adjacent Technical Queen services for the Victoria Building. 90's and beyond. Comprehensive 24-hour on-site internal and computer- external
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Landmark damages appeal
      387 12 WASHINGTON Supreme (tart roles that USs2m damages award for paint flaw •near leader grossly excessive Bloomberg Business News THE Supreme Court for the first time struck down a punitive damages award as being too large, handing a major victory to American businesses in their drive to rein
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      Lock icon German GDP falls further in first quarter of 1996
      337 12 BONN Reuter THE German Economics Ministry yesterday sharpened earlier predictions of economic contraction in the first quarter, saying that the economy shrank about the same amount as it did in the fourth quarter of 1986. By Anglo-Saxon definitions, two consecutive quarters
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      Lock icon US to grow on and on?
      107 12 PARIS Reuter THE economic expansion under way in the United States can continue for a long time, Lawrence Summers, US Deputy Treasury Secretary, said yesterday. "I think this expansion has a long way to run because I don't see the kind of imbalances that
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      Lock icon Iraq accepts tough UN plan
      206 12 UNITED NATIONS Reuter IRAQ, whose economy has been devastated by nearly six years of sanctions, awfiKwl a tough UN plan on Monday to sell limited quantities of oil in order to buy food and medicine for its p^fl* The accord allows Iraq, which has the
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      Lock icon Blast at FBI office in US-Mexico border town
      236 12 LAREDO, Texas Reuter AN EXPLOSION rocked FBI offices in this US-Mexico border town on Monday, blowing out windows but causing no injuries, and an anonymous caller claimed responsibility, officials said. The bomb left a two-foot-wide crater in a parking lot outside the
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      Lock icon Major to lock horns with EU over beef ban
      166 12 LONDON AFP BWlf'BHPrtineMihister John Major yesterday threatened to cease cooperation in European Union business unless there was progress by late June on a partial lifting of an EU ban on British beef. "Without progress on lifting the ban we cannot be
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      1234 12 •TO ADVERTISE CALL TOLL-FREE 1800-741 1883 CI Wentiire S VENTURE MANUFACTURING (SINGAPORE) LTV (Incorporated in tho Republic of Singapore) ■■■1 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby ftvan that tha Daonth Annual Ganaral Meeting of the Company wfli be held at the Boerd Room.soo6Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5*05-01/ l2.Techptace
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      119 12 FOR SALE BY INTERNATIONAL TINDER leaders tlisi at 3pi, Tbirsdiy 20th Jut, 1996 t the affices af Jaaes lug W««tt«a. b WAVERLEY GARDENS P d ♦o. hi H i It T dJi o if n *< o <*< 5t rf io.H 0 •in n i K i READY TO GROW
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Dangerous greed fuels property fever
      837 13  -  OPINION fIU BOTTOM in Ong Wee Hock The writer was with the Economic Development Board for more than f 15years and last worked as general manager qfCSA Holdings SINGAPORE'S property prices have skyrocketed and foreigners and speculators have been blamed. Now that the Government has
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      97 13 'Our attitude toward intellectual property-right piracy is consistent and we nave always opposed this (copyright theft)/ -CUmm (Octal of China's State Press and Publications Administration. 'We are here to decide whether, under Islamic laws and principles, a woman who has reached the age of maturity wants to
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      Rather safe than sorry
      617 13 EDITORIAL SOLID, safe but unattractively staid. Singapore's banks, and its financial system overall, regularly earn top marks from analysts but also criticism for being a tad unadventupoua In a recent report, Hongkong-based Political Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc) called Singapore banks prim matrons. While rating Singapore's financial
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      Lock icon New growth industry
      1159 13  -  Placement firms grow with the rising demand for hi-tech temporary workers, directing skills to the right employers By' Timothy Bgan NYT THE hiring hall of the Information Age is a fourth-floor office encased In glass and granite, just a few blocks from a waterfront that once buzzed
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      817 13 YESTERDAY, US business leaders were hailed for making their companies leaner and meaner. Today they are vilified for their brutality and short-sightedness. Even Stephen Roach, chief economist of Morgan Stanley and a guru of "downsizing", has recanted his earlier faith. The produc-tivity-led recovery is now a
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      Lock icon Mike Leigh does it again
      991 14  -  It was a good year for English-language features, says mm nui KENNETH TURAN LAT Ina victory that was all the more satisfying fix-being both expected and deserved, Mike Leigh's remarkable, truthfUl and emotional Secrets and Lies won the Palme d'Or on Monday night at the
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      Lock icon Ajax, but not Juve hopes history repeats itself
      401 14 EUROPEAN CUP FINAL DMch kiln Mat Biluckupii wfettcMUbeadaaric Reuter [ROME] Ajax Amsterdam will be hoping history repeats itself when it meets Juventus in the European Cup final In the Olympic Stadium today. For obvious reasons, Juventus will be hoping it wont Twenty-three
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      HK$12b project up for grabs
      415 17  -  S'pore, HK property giants are forming consortiums to bid for station project inKowioon From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong AFTER the prestigious Central and Kowloon tenders, the battle lines are being drawn for the HK$l2 billion (552.2 billion) property project at the proposed airport-railway Tai
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      WBL interim profit up 80%
      359 17  -  Antomotm, tohmm products offset poorer performance in property sector By I Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Diversified WBL Corp, the listed distributor for Rolls-Royce and Jaguar, reported significantly better earnings on a slightly lower turnover for the firsthalf ended March 31. Despite a 4.3 per cent drop
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      Lock icon Cooling of economy need not dampen Jakarta bourse
      595 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW S N Vasuki PUNTERS who sit on paper profits made from the impressive rise in the Jakarta stockmarket this year are in two minds to book profits now or hope that the bull run will be sustained. Broadly, most
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      US-dollar stocks buck market trend
      316 17  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] One group of Singapore-listed stocks that has been holding its own amid all the gloom and negative sentiment hanging over the local bourse are US-dollar denominated equities. While stocks across the board are being mauled by bears, counters like Clipsal, GP
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      PacCan in two China toll expressway ventures
      414 17  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Pacific Can Investment Holdings announced yesterday that it had signed preliminary joint venture agreements for two toll expressway projects in China with a total investment of two billion renminbi (*****.48 million). The first joint venture will operate and
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      CityDev in $310 m deal
      179 17 [SINGAPORE] City Developments has entered into an agreement to buy New Tech Park in Lorong Chuan for 1310 mtiiinn in what could well be the largest Industrial property deal in recent years. The option papers were signed yesterday by newlyformed subsidiary Branbury Investments and the
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        Telekom to oppose KL's equal access plan...
        487 18  -  unless competitors are made to provide less profitable services: company From Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur TELEKOM Malaysia Bhd will oppose the plan to allow equal access in the industry from 1999, if its competitors, who will gain from such a move,
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        AMMB proposes 1-for-1 bonus issue
        260 18  -  lprom\ Ruth Wong Aua/a Lumpur Respite turning in results s%hich were a shade below ex -Jjectations, finance group J|MMB Holdings gave sharespiders reason to cheer with a jfenerous 1-for-l bonus issue In a statement yesterday, ijjLMMB said the proposed isof 218.8 million shares ifrould be
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        JIHD to buy 21.38% of Satelindo
        437 18  -  Move by hotel firm to achieve more balanced portfolio and steady earnings By\ Wllliam Chia [SINGAPORE] Listed property group Jakarta International Hotel Development (JIHD) is acquiring a 21.38 per cent stake in telecommunications company Satelindo for 922 billion rupiah (*****.2 million) to achieve a
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        318 18 NST [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia remains underweight in most analysts' asset allocation strategies for Asian emerging markets, the Securities Commission said in its annual report. It said that many analysts felt there was insufficient fiscal tightening in the recent budget and eyes are on
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        Tax write-back lifts bottom line at Bousteadco
        420 18  -  By William Chia [SINGAPORE] Industrial products company Bousteadco Singapore has achieved a 41.2 per cent rise in net profit to $3.52 million for the year ended March 31. But the increase in aftertax profit was largely due to a lower tax bill as
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        Indonesian banking system improving, says Moody's
        387 18  -  From S N Vasuki in Jakarta IN SEPARATE assessments, international rating agency Moody's and the World Bank have concluded that the health of the Indonesian banking system was improving though there was considerable scope for regulatory tightening. Moody's, which assigned long-term foreign currency deposit
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        Lock icon Artwright opens at 3 times IPO price
        179 18 Bloomberg Business News Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The stock of Artwright Holdings Bhd, which makes office ftirniture, started trading yesterday at almost three times its initial public offering price. The stock opened at Msll, up MJ7.10 from the IPO price of M 53.90. It
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          Vikay to invest $11.2m in China plant
          64 18 [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-llsted Vlkay Industrial Ltd is investing $11.2 million in a frontline sheet process at its Heng Gang plant in China to meet growing worldwide demand for liquid crystal displays. The upgrading will be financed by s rights issue of 48.8 million ordinary
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          Cosco transaction terms changed
          71 18 [SINGAPORE] The transaction terms of the bareboat charter parties between Coeco Singapore Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coeoo Investment, and Golden President Shipping Corp and Golden Hilton Shipping Corp entered into in May 1986 have been changed. Under the agreement Coeco Singapore was to charter
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          76 18 Reuter [BANGKOK] Thailand's Bangkok Bank of Commerce pic, which the government took over lest Friday, carried about 77 bUUon baht (Bst2 billion) of problem and high risk loans. BiirachaiPnwkhemrooog, director of the central bank's commercial bank supervision division, yesterday said central bank auditors found that
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          66 18 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Super Enterprise Holdings Bhd yesterday said it was in the midst of negotiations for an acquisition of assets and had requested suspension of its share trading on the KLSE to continue until farther notice. Shares of Super were suspended last
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          Lock icon Mycom to buy stake in timber firm
          48 18 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Mycom Bhd yesterday said J it had agreed to acquire aOO per cent stake taUNPPtywood f Sdn Bhd for M 148.31 million (Ss27 million) cash. UNPIs involved in the trading and production of high-quality M timber products.—Ratter
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        Lock icon Marks & Spencer posts 7% rise in pre-tax profit
        296 19 Marks Spencer posts 7% rise in pre-tax profit Company eipecbi further growth as consumer confidence incrauMß chairman Reuter [LONDON] British food and clothing retailer Marks Spencer yesterday reported a 7.2 per cent rise in year pre-tax profit to £993.7 million (512.11 billion) and said it expected further growth as consumer
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        Lock icon Casio profit falls 17% to 6.2b yen
        371 19 prices hit US sales and strong yen eat into revenues Bloomberg Business News (TOKYO] Casio Computer Co profits fell 16.6 per cent after two subsidiaries in the US reported losses, with high prices hurting US sales and a strong yen eating into revenues.
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        Lock icon Marubeni pre-tax profit rises 12%
        243 19 AFP [TOKYO) Major Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp said yesterday its parent pretax profit rose 11.7 per cent from a year earlier to 39.17 billion yen (*****.49 million) in the year to March. An overall revenue rise of 2 per cent to 14,659.26 billion yen,
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        Lock icon ANZ first-half profit increases 7% to A$520m
        422 19 Lower-than-expected results blamed on sluggish loan market Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Australia New Zealand Banking Group Ltd said net profit in the first-half ended March 31 rose a lower-than-expected 7 per cent as it faced increasing competition, higher costs and sluggish demand for
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          Lock icon Move to Mst Chinese firms in London
          72 19 Reuter [BEIJING] Chinese and British officials are discussing allowing Chinese firms to list in London. 'The early signing ofthsMOU between the Treasury and the Chineee Securities Regulator Commission... will enable Chinese companies to be listed OS the London Stock Exchange** t t British
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          Lock icon Aussie, US watchdog sign pact
          65 19 Reuter [SYDNEY] The Australian Securities Commission (ASC) said yesterday it had signed an information sharing agreement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. "The agreement will provide an early warningmarhimlOTi for the AST and AnahnMam mmrtat «r regulatory action by the SEC againatacompany whose securities
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          Lock icon North Face to launch IPO
          63 19 Bloomberg Business News IWAaHDWTOW North Ite* fee win Join the lfct of high-profile brand namae marketed through an Initial public offering to be traded on Naadaq. The manufacturer ofoutdoor apparel, sleeping bags and backpacks filed with the Beciaritiss and Exchange Commission to raise about US$3O.3
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          Lock icon Shanghai Securities erased from top 20
          79 19 Bloomberg Business News [SHANGHAI] Shanghai International Securities Co, ftvmeiiy China's top brokerage, waaabaent from a list of the country's top 20 securities firms in terms of trading or profit A survey in newspapers ranked HuaxiaSecuritlee Co aa China's biggest brokOTage last year, with trading
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        Lock icon Indon govt signs US$500m loan facility in S'pore
        359 20  -  Largost foreign govt syndicated loan By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] The Indonesian government yesterday signed a US$5OO million ($706 million) standby facility its first loan syndication deal in Singapore. The eight-year revolving facility is also the largest foreign government loan deal signed
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        Stanchart merges two parts of its global operations
        281 20  -  By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Standard Chartered Bank has integrated its global merchant banking and capital markets businesses, with a strong focus on Asia, the chief executive of the investment banking unit, Garry Southern, said. The move to integrate the capital markets and
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        Lock icon Stock fund will act only if falls get out of hand
        167 20 Reuter [TAIPEI] A NTS2OO billion (5510.3 billion) stock market stabilisation fund will not provide market support unless market losses are seen as slipping out of control, said Taiwan's economic policymaking body yesterday. "But some fund contributors, such as postal
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        224 20 SIMBT Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond futures finished firm following the release of weaker-than-expected industrial production data for March. Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry said industrial production in March fell a revised 6.0 per cent from the previous month,
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        166 20 Reuter AFP THE dollar held near 16month highs above 1.54 marks at the European close after bullish comments by a Bundesbank official ended days of dollar drudgery and pushed the mark lower. Bundesbank council member Olaf Sievert said the German economy would benefit if the dollar rose by
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        320 20 ENERGY REPORT AFXAsia [LONDON] Crude oil prices will weaken again in the long term, analysts said, despite surprise price rises after Monday's agreement between the United Nations and Iraq on a resumption of some Iraqi oil shipments. Opec oil ministers,
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      1504 21 AFX-Asia Hwmas ♦in.w SHARE prices closed higher in modest, choppy trade on the back of a rally in futures prices in closing trading, brokers said. The 225-share Nikkei Average closed up 112.74 points at 22,091.74. Turnover was estimated at 400 million shares. Share prices recovered lost ground in the
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      1507 22 Reuter QHmgSqut +IMJB STOCKS closed sharply higher for a second straight day yesterday, stirred by Wall Street's renewed bull run, players said. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up 101.18 points, or 0.92 per cent, at 11,088.77, off a day high of 11,121.91. Turnover grew to HK15.06 billion from
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      589 22 Reuter nshmdutfßawMn ma THE Shanghai B market fell for the first time in five days amid concern that a lack of quality companies will hamper earnings growth. The B Index edged down 0.22 point to 50.05. Trading was worth U552.95 million. Hotel and tourism-related stocks led the market lower
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      357 22 AFP DwPhte -45.fi SHARE prices finished lower as investors dumped financial scrips. "Institutional and retail investors were seeking to reduce their portfolios in banking and insurance shares, while cheap paper and textile sectors outperformed the market," said a broker. The Weighted Price Index dropped 45.41 points to 5,729.48. Turnover
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      664 22 Reuter jyjj SHARE prices closed lower yesterday, with investors sidelined ahead of the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in New York and upcoming new share offerings, brokers said. "There is no incentive at the moment, but when the IPOs (initial public offerings) kick in, things should pick
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      742 22 AFP HSETMg *u» SHARE prices closed slightly higher despite many investors being sidelined over an anticipated Cabinet reshuffle and after last week's poor corporate results. "There was no positive news to spur the market, and the worse than expected company earnings kept investors away," said a trader. The SET
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      286 22 AFP Bmi *\bm SHARE prices closed higher following a strong performance by Wall Street. The Composite Index rose 15.62 points to 3,126.97. Turnover was 14.6 billion shares valued at 2.9 billion pesos. Philippine National Bank rose 2.50 pesos to 450 and Petron Corp gained 0.25 to 10.25. Filinvest Land
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      333 22 AFP -is if SHARE prices closed lower, led by a fall in blue chips amid growing pessimism about the economy, dealers said. The Composite Price Index shed 15.19 points to 919.88. Turnover was 27.8 million shares worth 664 billion won. Falls beat risers 668 to 159, with 83 unchanged.
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      586 22 AFP PAllonfa»ri«« -83 SHARE prices eased after the local bourse ignored a new record on Wall Street and followed the weak resource sector down to end the session just off its lows. The All Ordinaries Index fell 8.3 points to 2,242.9. Turnover was 407.2 million shares valued at A
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      260 22 Reuter Qwdlmflfrn 431 TELECOM pulled the local share market to a slightly lower close yesterday. The NZSE--40 Capital Index ended down 3.31 points at 2,087.21. Turnover was NZ$64 million. «a *h rmm AN2 Banking 6.95 wtcti *100 Advant«9»t Htdgs 1.64 -0.01 8100 Air NtwZMMnd(A) 3.58 0.09 4304*1 Air Not
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        7181 23 KOALA hvMuritwißeports Bloomberg Business News QOwnpoatalMtai -i.47 STOCKS fell to their lowest point in six weeks, led by blue chip companies like Maybank and Telekom Malaysia on concern that prices have outrun potential earnings. "It's just hard to find cheap stocks nowadays," said an
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        US$-based warrants promising
        3566 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By Ven Sreenivasan IN RECENT weeks we have highlighted the warrants of two US dollar denominated stocks, Clipsal and GP Batteries, which showed promise. Since then, both warrants have continued to perform well. In recent days, more investors are switching to US dollar denominated stocks
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        75 26  -  Paul Leo AMOL HOLDlNGS'failure to push above $4.10 yesterday is an indication that the mini bull run started since early March is running out of steam. In fact, it ended 12 cents lower at $3.98 yesterday on strong selling pressure. Volume was 7.69 million shares, 3.7 times the
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        Fears of bigger correction set in after promising start
        880 26  -  wocminr COMMBMTAKY Dealers see further losses if STII foils below psychological support level 0f2,300 points By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] After starting on a promising note, stocks succumbed to market jitters as the day wore on. The Straits Times Industrials Index rose
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          HERE is a 'ring fencing' example
          166 26 EVER heard of the term "ring fencing" in financial markets? Some debt issuers in Hongkong are wondering if they should protect themselves by putting in legal clauses in their debt papers to restrict their liabilities to Just Hongkong. This means that should the Hongkong
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          And here is a HK tip
          85 26 PERHAPS our developers here can take a leaf from their counterparts in the colony should demand for properties really turn sluggish. After Hongkong tightened credit to cool the property market back In 1983, developers offered their own financing as an incentive for prospective customers.
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          Hot COE news that wasn't
          117 26 THE day after the government announced wide-ranging measures to cool the property market, a rumour making the rounds of some investment houses had it that the car market was next on the "hit list". One particular version pertained to an impending change to the COE
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          You can't take this for granted
          92 26 A BT staff was pleasantly surprised to aw that she had received a government grant for her treatment in a class A ward at the Singapore General Hospital She had not 4 asked for a grant and was under (the correct) assumption that class
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      427 27  -  IMO not likely to grant waivers and grace seminar told By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Shipowners who do not comply with the International Safety Management Code by the July 1,1908, deadline are likely to face some serious consequences. At an ISM seminar yesterday, Marine
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      235 27 Reuter [BRUSSELS] European Union industry ministers urged the US, Japan and other countries on Monday to quickly ratify an international agreement on eliminating much of the aid which may now be granted to shipbuilding. At their regular meeting in Brussels, the ministers issued a
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      591 27  -  STRAIT TALK By\ Seafarer MOTICEABLY absent from Intertanko's annual general meeting held earlier this month in Hongkong was its annual report. It appears that the publication featured pictures of vessels belonging to a nori-Intertanko company, said to be Maersk of Denmark. So,
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      196 27 AFP [SYDNEY] Australia's trade union movement warned yesterday that the nation's ports face unprecedented industrial warfare as the government geare up for labour reforms and restructuring the maritime industry. Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) vicepresident George Campbell also flagged a major wages campaign
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      281 27 Local ports stfll being upgraded, says KL deputy minister AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian exports through Singapore's port are expected to rise over the next few yean until efforts to upgrade local ports are completed, Malaysia's deputy transport minister said yesterday. "Malaysia's export via
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      989 28  -  US AIKT.TWB SAFETY: VALUJET UNDER A CLOUD Investigations following the crash of Valujet Flight 592 on May 11 near Miami reveal that the airline was found again and again to have shortcomings in such areas as record keeping, maintenance, training and cockpit discipline By. Adam
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        793 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of sing l 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
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        384 45 MAT 22 Sri Lanka: Market and Public Holiday. MAT 22 Israel: Shavuot (Pentecost). ■ATM Bulgaria: Cyrillic alphabet celeSouth Korea: Buddha's Birthday. MATIt Bahrain: (tentative) Market and Public Holiday. MAT 27 Belgium. Denmark, Germany: No IBIS trade or floor trade on Frankftxrt stock exchange Ivory Coast. Luxebourg, Norway, Sweden,
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        320 46 MMt private buyers nse their vehicles t* earn a living in trwHug ff pa Aflftngf r truupcrt Reuter [BEIJING] Private car sales in China are growing by more than 50 per cent a year and they now account for nearly a
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        223 46 Bloomberg Business News [TIANJIN, China] China granted Toyota Motor Corp final approval to form a 25 billion yen (***** million) en-gine-parts joint venture with Tianjin Automotive Industry Corp. China's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation issued its final approval on May 13,
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        73 46 [BANGKOK] A mechanic jump starts a car stuck on a Bangkok main street with an emergency battery attached to the back of his specially equipped motorcycle on Monday. For a membership fee rangingftvm 790baht(S$43) to I,99obaht, the company provides emergency roadside assistance to beat Bangkok's
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        224 46 Reuter [BElJlNG] Boeing Co is still in the running to be part of China's proposed 100-seat regional jet, but the US aviation giant's European rivals' chances are "comparatively high", a senior Chinese official said on Monday. Boeing, which said earlier this
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        164 46 Reuter [LONDON] A powerful committee of the British parliament said yesterday it was worried by the quasi-monopo-listic hold over the airports of south-east England held by BAA pic, formerly the British Airports Authority. The all-party Transport Committee called on British regulators to examine whether BAA
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        304 46 USgnrtnrgßdto ttlitrHO vnuunc prnrfleges to China permanently NYT [DETROIT] The chairman of General Motors Corp declared on Monday that the best growth opportunities for the American car industry lay in Asia, and he called for the US to extend full trading privileges
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        302 46 Reuter [CANBERRA] Australian Transport Minister John Sharp said yesterday that Badgerys Creek remained the preferred site for Sydney's second major airport while a site at Holsworthy in Sydney's south would be considered as an alternative. "Badgerys Creek at this time remains the
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        133 46 NYT [WASHINGTON] Ford Motor Co has no plans to sell cars through Mazda Motor Corp dealerships after increasing its share in the Japanese company to 33.4 per cent, executive vice-president Wayne Booker said on Monday. Ford is, however, working more closely with
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        208 46 AFP (TOKYOJ Japan's transport ministry plans to ask British authorities to clarify change in the ownership of Hongkong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, a ministry official said yesterday. "We are interested in the ownership changes of Hongkong's airlines which should be more than SO per
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      257 39 Sea EZ Land INTRODUCING OUR ALL-WATER SERVICE TO U.S. EAST COAST FIRST SAILING MARORETHE MSK VOY 9604 CUT-OFF ETA SIN ETP SIN 9 JUN 96 9 JUN 96 10 JUN 96 0200 HRS HALIFAX 22 DAYS ELIZABETH 24 DAYS NORFOLK 26 DAYS CHARLESTON 28 DAYS BOOK NOW!!! HOTLINE: *****33 ALSO
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      959 39 jS-NedMoyd rZ l^sl NedjMLines WQttQB PHONE (GENERAL) *****88 RATE ENQUBES *****41/244/280 CFS (PHONE) *****10 CPS (FAX) *****23 IW—« mm liiii I Mi tm |j| mi Aar* Hon Ml 00CL HONOUR /5206 22/05 13/06 11/06 12/06 06/06 000. BRITAIN /1206 24/05 09/06 10/06 11/06 IMNUK /3206 25/05 10/06 11/06 15/06 16/06
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      441 42 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOAOMO VW 9POHE I PJCELANO* HAUFAX N.YORK NORFOLK N.ORLJEANB SAVANNAH TAMPtCO HOUSTON HOBOHQEHE 0334 MFT I Oi JUL 11 JUL 14JUL 21 JUL 17 JUL JUL M JUL HOEQH CUPPER 0234 OM7 JIM 130 MAY >4 JUL 27 JUL 30 JUL 00 AUG
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      267 43 SIM FAR EAST 27/05 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 26/05 BANGKOK 26/05 MANILA/CEBU 26/05 JAKARTA/BELAWAM/SURABAYA 26/05 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 26/05 BUSAN 26/05 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 26/05 HONG KONG SIM china 26/05 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU OALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGOAO/HAIKOU SIM EUROPE/UK 26/05 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOll 27/05 ROM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIM USA/CANADA 27/05 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK ail IPI
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