The Business Times, 23 May 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04(V12/95 Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE THURSDAY, MAY 23,1996 85e
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    SM's radical proposal to distribute wealth
    736 1  -  Mart km long-term solntion to ensure 'Singapore Dream' in't beyond grup Reports by Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday revealed three long-term proposals he had made to Cabinet, aimed at redistributing wealth and making sure the "Singapore Dream" was not beyond
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    Lock icon SM Lee's Mere plate number sold out
    115 1 [SINGAPORE] Punters took seriously a quip by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew in parliament on Tuesday that the number plate ctfa Mercedes Bern he bought in 1959 was "SS 6566, for four-digit". All bets on that number were sold out by early yesterday
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    Bishan condo land sees bids from 16 developers
    517 1 BRtwrtfrtagluM development site gets Just Mi [SINGAPORE] The market for choice condominium land is still hot but landed housing in outlying areas is not, going by the results of the latest government tender which closed a week after measures were introduced to
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    Praise for the two Beng Sengs
    434 1 [SINGAPORE] Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday assured businessman Ong Beng Seng that government regulators held nothing against him or his company, Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL). Mr Lee told Parliament that his brother, Lee Suan Yew, an HPL director, had rung him up on
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      46 1 >v;r I I considering the redevelopment of a huge BMW storage site in N. Kampong Arang, off Mountbtttm Road, into a BPBWBPii' l£wwtoj WWChl# Scolwt^toSwprice •'■"lip'iKS iS^JJ^AhWUy ipicplittw afrock wheat jqawr^b^Ctaitim BtoAr«th«i-llliquii t l,B TV*^ COMPANIES 17*19 FINANCE .JO C0MM0D1T1E5........ 21 STOCKS 22-26 11 i Mil
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      172 1 BtOU REPORTS, P* 2 SMLeec Can 'clean and mean' S'pore outlive me? Whjl returned the discounts: BG bee AM Lw clarifies Ho Ching's salary 7 J' T* r yr 1 una Lo k Group When it comes to fine Chinese I look no further because Ikng Kf Lofc Croup W|||
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  • PARLIAMENT
    • Article
      SM: Can 'clean and mean' S'pore outlive me?
      533 2 nhallAngo If whothfT honesty and integrity follows him to his grave SKNIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday spoke of the "gauntlet" thrown down to him by Harvaid Professor Samuel Huntington. Professor Huntington, in a speech in Taipei in August b«t year, compared
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      BG Lee proposed even tougher curbs
      336 2 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday disclosed in the House that the younger team of ministers had proposed tougher measures than the package unveiled last week to curb speculation in the property market "The Prime Minister asked DPM to cool this property market He
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      Ministers are like company directors; Davinder Singh
      621 2  -  nay hue a parallel doty to leek after their bailies' well-being, he nys By Lilian Ang GOVERNMKIfr ministers like director of a jpmpany who can iJHrsue prmm feir ests legitimately and honestly, as long as thera la no tonfllct frith tjeir fiduciary duties.
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      SM thanks Opposition for support
      180 2 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew thanked members of the Opposition for helping to clear publicly any doubts about the legality or propriety of the property purchases. "Mr Chiam has said so, Mr Ling How Doong has said so, Mr Low Thia Khiang has said so,"
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      BG Lee explains why he returned the discounts
      493 2  -  T» re-emphasise that he had n#t braght because efdisceuts Byi Chuang Peck Ming DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong returned the discounts he received for his Nassim Jade and Scotts 28 apartments because he wanted to re-emphasise that he had not bought
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      SM Lee clarifies Ho Ching's salary
      306 2 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yjpw yesterday clarified remade on Tuesday on the "meagre pay" of his tliljWi i-in-law, Ho Ching. Mdm'Ho, wife of DPM Lee Hste Loong and managing director of the Singapore Technologies group, had asked him to clarify. Mr Lee tokl the
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      397 2 DDfMT-TIM New premium papers and films for all lIIVII Pi Inkjet and laser printers. I- I' I**'1**' "—v.. -A. [MFWWI ©3^ For Laser Printers IjU 4567-114 Coated Laser Paper 115gsm Printing technical drawings, letters, $24.72 Superb output invoices, reports, charts, graphs, etc 250 sheets 987-203 OHP Film Laser IOOp Printing
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      20 2 Tertfi AIR INDIA'S AUSSIE CONNECTION 2 weekly fly fits (non-stop, morning departures) V ify WITH YOU M SMGAPORE BMCE IH4
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      429 3 Gerald genra I THE LIVING LEGEND I H I Bom In Geneva of Italian descant, he was attracted from childhood by the watchmaking. Since then, the greatest craftsmen have worked had to craate, I Ml- charm ofendushisstyis and peritenon. Altar tawing studied for several years in year after year, exception*
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      Plugging stamp duty loophole
      336 4  -  Mm to stop owners from transferring properties to companies Byi Agnes Wee THE government has ltwved to close a loophole which could have let residential property owners avoid stamp duty payable on property sold within three years of purchase. Amendments have been proposed to the Stamp
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      Lock icon Investment Race raises record $6.2m for Chest
      505 4  -  St&nchart wins five-year Race; new Race expected te start in Sep er Oct By\ Shiv Taneja THE Charity Investment Race raised $6.2 million over five years, making it the largest single fund-raising programme for the Community Chest, Finance Minister Richard Hu said last
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      Lock icon Building materials index up 1.7%
      304 4  -  EYE OX THE ECONOMY Construction By\ Siow Li Sen THE building materials price index rose 1.7 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, according to preliminary figures from the Construction Industry Development Board. The increase was no surprise because the construction industry was hit by
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      S'pore-Sichuan panel set up to boost business cooperation
      336 4  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE and the Sichuan province of China have formed a committee to promote business cooperation, especially in trade and services, infrastructure, manufacturing and tourism, between them. Yesterday, the two parties created the Singapore* Sichuan Trade 4 Investment Committee
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      CyberWay in tie-up with Japanese firm
      382 4 Users will get faster, cheaper Access tt websites in Japaa LOCAL Infernal service provider (ISP) CyberWay has tied up with a Japanese counterpart to provide its customers faster and cheaper access to websites in Japan. The company yesterday sealed an international linkage agreement with
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      Panel: Buses meet standards, except during peak periods
      278 4 AN operational audit of bus services completed recently by the Public Transport Council showed that Singapore Bus Service and Trans-Island Bus Services have generally-com-plied with standards. But frequency during peak periods remains unsatisfactory. In a statement, the Independent watchdog body said the
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    • NEWS Roundup
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      499 4 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■>■■•■■■■■■■■■ j ramoBj Inrnw U=»fc HB- B Superior Shark's Fin with Crabmeat Braised Whole Abalone with Oyster Sauce Bird's Nest with Rock Sugar 1 m and Dried Scallop. Usual Price Si< Usual Price Stf m I N Now $21.80 (per piece) Now $16.80 (per person) I Superior Shark's Ha with
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      296 5 FREEHOLD RESTRICTION FOREIGNERS EASY m^MjMM^^MM INSTALMENTS W A Choice Invistment Opportunity value advantage of the assurance Excellent location located in Mandai Estate, just next to the Mandai Industrial Building; it has a good network of transportation as the Kranji MKT, Yew Tee Bukit Timah Expressway and Kranji Expressway. There is
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Sime may redevelop storage site
      368 6  -  Decision to build condos at 8,000 sq m industrial plot depends on conversion cost By\ Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Listed Sime Singapore, known for its property and motor distribution businesses, plans to redevelop a huge BMW storage site in Kampong Arang into a condominium project. The
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      HK still most expensive city for business, says survey
      277 6  -  By] Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Hongkong is still the most expensive city in the world to do business in, but cities in emerging markets, like Bombay, Moscow and Delhi, are fast catching up. A Colliers Jardine firstquarter survey of annual office rents
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      Industrial space to go for $600 psf
      334 6 Far East's project is first tt be marketed after gnt arts FAR East Organisation has launched Innovation Place in Mandai Estate the first industrial property to be marketed after the recent introduction of government measures to curb property speculation. Innovation Place, compris- ing
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      House Hunt
      655 6 Property transactions for districts 15 and 16 (sectors 42 to 45 and 46 to 48) lodged between May *****6 to May 18 1996. wjjki mm mat contract tome bulh* mi ff SHEETNAME TYPE DATE UWDAKA* (SOFT) (SSTKQ <S$) Bk+rktW<mt*n 4lta48> t NanJantM Ambergiades Apt 23/4/96 FH 1087 800
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      578 6 ii(L Ke PP c| P m 4 Integrated 1 Engineering p Limited J, I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I Notice of Annual General Meeting mh'-NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Board Room at the registered office at
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      65 6 Prim* Freehold Residential Development Site For Sale by Private Treaty Location The subject property it located along Tanjong Rhu Road, near to the junction of Fort Road and Tanjong Rhu Road. Description An existing old bungalow Land Area Approx. 15,100 tf Tenure Freehold Plot Ratio 2.1 Height Restriction: Up to
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Banharn presents 984b baht budget for next year
      571 7  -  BANGKOK PK Economy set fir s«ft landing growth forecast is &3% fir this year Mi 8% in 1197 By] Loh Hui Yin THE Thai economy, which has been showing signs of overheating, is set for a soft landing next year, said Prime
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      Lock icon IMF official: Loans no longer needed
      114 7 JAKARTA Bloomberg Business News INDONESIA is making prog, reas In reducing poverty and Improving Its economy and doesn't need loans from the International Monetary Fund, spftdStaiiiey Fischer, first deputy managing director at the "Indonesia has not borio fmn and okkimo need dor Indonesia to
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      Lock icon Anti-graft agency will quiz ex-MD of Perwaja
      132 7 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama THE Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) expects to question former managing director of Perwaja Steel Eric Chia in connection with the company's financial problems. "Chia will be questioned when the time comes/' ACA director of investigations Nordin Ismail said in a statement
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      Lock icon Thaksin wants some ministers axed
      288 7 BANGKOK Hell announce tMMimrif FDPwiQ remain in ce&litien AFP THAI Deputy Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, leader of the Palang Dharma Party (PDP), sakl yesterday he had asked Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa to remove several ministers from their posts. Mr Thaksin, who is to announce tomorrow
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      Lock icon Sarawak to waive property levy
      112 7 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S Sarawak state government will waive a MgIOO.OOO (5556,440) levy on foreigners who buy property in the state, a report said yesterday. Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud said the levy imposed by the central government in October to thwart speculation by
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      307 7 V I W> V T l lO 1 Uiu 'vj iou; i A m y ¥¥rr|H| mi fqryqv; I fl f I I Complimentary chute of Pinnacle performance golf balls for the first 50 I M I visitors daily (from 3rd —17th May; limited to one chute per customer). I
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      68 7 r Christofle Paris knife rest Museum edition Ssl4o per pair with GST roviiion Christofle The Shopping Gallery, #02-11/12 Hilton International Singapore, Oicfcart Road, Singapore 23M3. TH 733 7257. Itpace ChriataAe MM—m lftOriwd lto>d. Ltrd 4, Cwrtrcpoutt. Siaypcw 23W43. beta Sam Lmi i.390 OkM Rm4. Sknr Howe. 23N* ItkMhiaajra Stngifwt lament
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Chance for China to re-engage Taiwan
      690 8  -  cßnnrai A new post-election reality gowns to have come about with Teng-hui's lnangnral speech By Lu Ning ATWAN President Lee I, I 1 Teng-hui delivered his inI augural speech on Mon- I day. Beijing will be poring over this speech, as well as qther
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      Lock icon China passes law to punish faking of statistics
      312 8 q BEIJING Bloomberg Business News Reuter CHINA passed a law punishing purveyors of shoddy statistics yesterday in an effort to provide policy-makers and investors with more accurate economic information. The new law will set punishment guidelines for those who provide or circulate
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      Lock icon Heseltine defends lobbying for business in Beijing
      400 8 M BEIJING AFP BRITISH Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine defended yesterday his intense lobbying for British firms seeking contracts in China, dismissing as "naive" suggestions that commerce and politics could be divorced. Mr Heseltine was wrapping up the Beijing leg of a one-week
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      US trade official: Don't misjudge our resolve
      407 8  -  SINGAPORE MFN renewal deesn't meuUSwMi't pvrsM its interests By- Yang Razali Kassim A BAY after President Bill Clinton said he would extend Most Favoured Nation (MFN) treatment to China by one year, a top US trade policymaker warned Beijing not to underestimate US
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      Lock icon Plan to make major cities resistant to quakes in 10 years
      232 8 BEIJING Reuter CHINA has launched an ambitions plan to make all its major cities resistant to earthquakes of up to 6.0 on the Richter scale by early next century, the Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The project will designate
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    • SINO Brief
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      86 8 Incorporation of offshore companies with Chinese name Memorandum and Articles of Association are Issued in Chinese Certificate of Incorporation is issued For further information with company name in Chinese and immediate service characters pUaucomact: Michael J Kingston Corporate documents notarised or OFFSHORE authenticated by the Embassy of the CORPORATE SERVICES
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      139 8 g——l^—————————m/m They say you can tell how civilized To begin with, a Discovery traffic situation quite effortless. a society is by the way it believes in will physically raise her to a driving Add to this the inherent j£jt i treating its women. position which makes cruising strength of its
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Congress in deal to push reforms
      482 9 hntara, party will back cantrut-left frwttefragnt, agrw to torch* mra jwwrstoiUtM NEW DELHI Reuter INDIA'S economic reforms are likely to be protected under a deal emerging between the defeated Congress party and a leftist alliance trying to wrest poorer from Hindu nationalists, politicians said
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      Lock icon Big current account deficit worries South Korea
      251 9 SEOUL Bat eeMany Meant* be heading for atft landing this year AFP SOUTH Korea's high-growth economy seems to be for a soft landing but its bulky current account deficit is a main source of concern, Economy and Finance Minister Rha Woong Bae said
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      Lock icon Times are hard, but N Korean collapse not inevitable: academic
      252 9 SEOUL AFP NORTH Korea will not collapse "unless we make it so", a senior US expert said here yesterday, while urging the international community to help build the communist state's confidence rather than take advantage of its weaknesses. "I do
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      Lock icon Devastated by a car-bomb
      62 9 [NEW DELHI] Residents in New Delhi gathering round shops and buildings destroyed by a car-bomb on Tuesday. Officials said yesterday that at least 28 people were killed in the bombing. An anonymous telephone caller told an Indian news agency that the bombing <tf the busy shopping
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      Lock icon Firms see weakening conditions, lower inflation in next 6 months
      455 9 ■CANBERRA MmiOMI HU PB j supports expectation it CEOs at talks Bloomberg Business News,Reuter AUSTRALIAN companies see weakening business conditions and lower inflation over the six months to Sep 30, a survey by the Business Council of Australia shows. Business
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      Lock icon More generals under house arrest
      136 9 DHAKA Reuter AT least five generals, including the sacked army chief, have been placed under house arrest in Bangladesh for their involvement in a Called revolt, military sources said yesterday. They said that apart frSm army chief Lt-Gen Abu Safch Mohammad Nasim, who was sacked
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      Lock icon Minamata pollution case finally settled
      274 9 TOKYO Reuter JAPAN yesterday brought to a close the mercury poisoning case that awoke the world to the dangers of widespread industrial pollution three decades before Chernobyl District courts in several major cities mediated an end to the battle over the Minamata disease, named after
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      103 9 SIS I r that would stop ordinary cars. mirrors, electric sunroof, automatic conclusion: there's no safer or more Milw 1 i Harsh as the outside world transmission and enough space to sensible vehicle for man or woman may be, the Discovery's interior is comfortably seat a family of seven. or
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  • THE WORLD
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      Mahathir's a hit in US
      558 10  -  ummraoM WIHHWHTOM His critique of American society Impresses execs of US companies By Leon Hadar IN THIS poet-Cold War era in which the "clash of civilisations" is replacing the struggle between communism and capitalism as a central ideological focal point, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
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      Banks to plug into securities settlement system
      313 10  -  LONDON Swift proeoMiag of aad lets paper work By Neil Behrmann GLOBAL electronic confirmation of securities dealings has entered a new dimension following the approval of a proposal to link major international settlement systems. Members of Swift, the international settlement system for banks,
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      Lock icon Princess from the past
      56 10 [WASHINGTON, DC] The Andean "Princess ofAmpato" mummy resting in a glass case in an exhibition which opened on Tuesday at the National Geographic Society headquarters here. Sacrificed as a gift to the gods, the mummy is the first frozen Inca female ever found in the Americas
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      Lock icon US raps EU over hi-tech tariffs
      290 10 GENEVA AFP THE United States attacked the European Union for applying high duties on imported products of high technology, diplomats here said yesterday. The US had argued that the EU had put some products, such as personal computers and equipment for local area networks
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      Lock icon Fed gambling on inflation rate easing off
      378 10 WASHINGTON Interest rata* left nckufßiiihtpe that petrel, grail price nrga mat last Reuter THE US Federal Reserve's decision on Tuesday to keep interest rates unchanged is a calculated gamble that «ralatlng inflation will moderate in the months ahead. The decision by the central
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      Lock icon European firms in need of massive revamp: report
      424 10 LONDON I v Y!.7 Reuter EUROPEAN companies face inmlwi rnu ucturing it flwy **1 "gg u to cowpeto internationallyer Improve shareholder vahi«, US investment bank JP Marpn said In a report re"European companiee are cutting cost*, merging, expanding globally, increasing dividends, buying
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      Lock icon OECD takes US to task over sanctions
      236 10 PARIS AW THE United State* cams aider fire from its OECD partners here on Tueedayovar Us recourse to unilateral trade sanctions, banned under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) rale book. Leon Brittan, the top BU trade negotiator, sharply crttlcissdths United fhstes ft sim
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      Lock icon EC tiding to ease ban on UK beef
      371 10 BRUSSELS HmcMMiafMr British threat to disrupt EU meeting* NYT THE European Commission said it will try to ease a ban on exports of British beef after the British government pledged to cripple European Union decision-making until the ban is lifted. The EtTs
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      143 10 ALOCASSIA APARTMENTS LIMITED The Definitive Apartments at3B3Buk.it Timab Road A new trend is emerging in the Hospitality industiy apartments with service that cater to the business travellers (for periods of 1 month to 2 years). Alocassia Apartments is located just outside the city limits in a prime residential area. Only
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      41 10 JUNE 5 WORKSHOP inlfMifar financial consultants, trust officers, brokers, and investment professionals who are involved in portfolio management, asset allocation and securities research prmrtiifcy DRTUUN SENER Financial Advisor to Worid Bank and Former President of State Investment Bank of Turkey sci—lai
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      241 11 te LEADING BUSINESS-CRITICAL M TECHNOLOGIES. Ll b3 MANY OF THE BRIGHTEST iv 1 MINDS m I BILLIONS OF TRANSACTIONS I6MI TO WINDOWS NT SERVER. §|gj l|H ANNOUNCING THE MICROSOFT AND TANDEM COMPUTERS 1" I ALLIANCE. I On May 7th, Microsoft Corp. and Tandem Computers Incorporated Microsoft is a world leading
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Rising output keeps lid, on US inflation
      790 12  -  Tu BOTTOM UKB OPINION By Lee Boon Keng The wrtitr is a lecturer at the Nanyang Business School, NTU THE US economy recorded a growth rate of 23 per cent in the first quarto* of this year. Hiis triggered off a belief that
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      130 12 Technology is never an apocalyptic replacement for everything. We still have horses, but they are used for different reasons, and we have other types of manure to step in.' head of data architecture at MCI Communications Corp, and a founding father qf the Internet, on supposed threats
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      Oil for presidential politics
      677 12 EDITORIAL IT will be weeks, perhaps even months, before Iraqi oil starts flowing again. But when it does happen, United States President Bill Clinton may be as much a beneficiary as Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. For, in the run-up to the American presidential election, petrol prices,
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      Lock icon Germans face crunch
      1069 12  -  Talk of radical surgery to the system is fuelled by the crisis in Germany's social market economy By] Peter Norman Financial Times THIS YEAR could turn out to be an annus horribilis for Germany's Chancellor Helmut Kohl. True, recent official figures showed registered unemployment fell below 4
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      799 12 IN the 1960s programme Cointelpro, the FBI sought to "disrupt" organisations with disfavoured political agendas, and targeted the leaders of such groups for harassment. But as Judge Wilson wrote, "there is nothing unlawful in distributing literature, recruiting new members, collecting money...even if others find such literature
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Art on the streets
      906 13  -  The Festival of Arts is spreading a big canvas all over town, reports hollt habrxsom HOLLY HARRISON THE song says there are SO ways to leave your lover, and it seems that at this year's Singapore Festival of Arts (May 26 to June 27) and the
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      Lock icon No script, no plot just winners
      588 13 PROFILE NYT [CANNES] Silence in the Palais. Mike Leigh cupped his head in his hand, in an agony of disbelief. He had spent the day in the dark, quite like in a Mike Leigh movie, where the actors don't know what the plot is,
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      Lock icon Are the aged eating well?
      1090 14 HEALTH Diet defirienoes rate risk of disease bat researchers disagree about sofartkn NYT IF YOU are 60 or over, you may not be eating enough protein or fibre, calcium, zinc, B vitamins, vitamins A, D, C and E, selenium and carotenoids. It may sound like
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      Lock icon George treats politics as part of popular culture
      620 14 MAGAZINE Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] George magazine doesn't take politics lightly, though it doesn't cater to political junkies, either. Its articles are written in a chatty style, zooming in on popular culture and politics as a part of that culture. "We
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      Scoring with killer looks
      895 16  -  MOTORING mm-*. -l 1J irtoenu motors SDOtua take a bow for not flinching at tiukigk By\ Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Bold lines rising from the grille form a V across the bonnet, blending into the conch-shaped wing mirrors on either sides to create an elegant and energetic
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      Lock icon Air bags that save can kill too
      393 16 US branching USslom campaign tfUfll public about air bags Reuter [WASHINGTON] Air bags in cars can kill people, especially small children, who are not wearing seat belts in a collision, US officials said on Tuesday. They announced a US$lO million (Ssl4 million) public
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        Your money back after 10 years cover
        75 16 AXA SOME Assurance and Inchcape Insurance Brokers have teamed up to offer the first personal accident policy that gives you bade your entire premium at the end ef 10 yesroofcovsrse*. The Total Refund Plan is valid even if you have madeaclaim within the
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        Sounds almost too good to be true?
        72 16 Guardian Insurance, through Nelson Hurst Insurance If Brokers, has come up wtthAutoNHance, another g» innovative motor-related policy. It covers "acts of Qod". jl riots and other civil unrest, and offers special discounts toil drivers above SO. Another unique benefit is the brand-new 11
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        Starting' em up young
        74 16 BMW has Just launched the BMW Junior Bfltt—a II mean-lookingtricycle modelled after the RIIOOOS, T *J suitable for three to flve-year-okb. BMW says "depending II on the strength of the rider, the bike can be accelerated to m I speed of 8.3 kmh almost within a
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        For those who want alfresco motoring
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      HKBank places out 30% of KHJC
      496 17  -  132 m shares said to be priced at $L4O each; James Capel part ef name to By< Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The HongkongBank group yesterday placed out 30 per cent of Kay Hian James Capel Holdings (KHJC) for some $185 million losing Its position as
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      Causeway Point to cost $500m
      275 17  -  GPL will start —rfcrtin Witilmdw nail next year By- Michelle Low (SINGAPORE] Centrepoint Properties Ltd's (CPL) Woodlands retail development, Causeway Point, will cost about |SOO million, said a company official yesterday. This works out to nearly $780 per square foot, given that the project will
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      Japanese corporate outlook still clouded by uncertainties
      812 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Anthony Rowley THE corporate reporting season in Japan is currently in full swing and, as expected, most companies are posting much better results for the year ended March 31. However, the outlook for the current year and for fiscal 1997
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      Amcol in Mauritius property tie-up
      478 17  -  ItwUlimat USs4omiareMrt, housing development By William Chia [SINGAPORE] Beleaguered Amcol Holdings, which is in the midst of a boardroom tussle, announced yesterday it is entering into a joint venture to undertake property development in Mauritius. It is tying up with Groupe Roland Maurel (GRM) of
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      Two in talks on stake sale: Ho Wall
      200 17 [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-listed Ho Wah Genting, formerly Horiguchi Engineering, said yesterday one of its directors and a substantial shareholder have been approached by a party to acquire their stakes. The two together hold less than 3D per cent of the issued paid-up capital
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        Oei Hong Leong defends his China strategy
        490 18  -  His China Strategic Holdings posts 40% rise in net profit toHKs2s3m fitMßl Quak Hiang Whai fn Hongkong BUSINESSMAN Oei Hong Leong yesterday slammed his Hltractors in China for criticising his strategy of buying up Chinese state-owned companies, saying these were people who were
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        Lock icon Sabah Foundation yet to discuss NBT timber deal
        531 18 NST [KUALA LUMPUR] The Sabah ;foundation's board of trustees has yet to discuss the timber :feal between its investment arm, Innoprise Corporation Sdn Bhd, and North Borneo j Timbers Bhd (NBT), Chief Minister Salleh Tun Said said on Tuesday. Mr Salleh, who
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        Chinese-character pager unveiled
        204 18 [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-listed electronics company Goldtron Ltd has unveiled a Chinesecharacter display pager, hot on the heels of Singapore Telecom's launch of its new Chi-nese-character paging service. Goldtron said yesterday that the four-line alphanumeric pager known as Legend 2000 has been developed by its wholly owned subsidiary, Goldtron
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        Indon paper firms' profits seen falling
        439 18  -  Analysts cite lower prices and overcapacity From S N Vasuki in Jakarta are revising earnings forecasts of Indonesia's )iulp paper manufacturers downwards as prices begin to 'Soften in world markets and the industry faces the spectre of overcapacity. Investor enthusiasm towards listed paper stocks
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        IOI selling Malacca site for gain of M$400m
        236 18  -  From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur PLANTATION-based 101 Corporation Bhd is selling its 2,374 ha Jasin Lalang estate in Malacca state for M 5458.4 million (S$2SB million) a move which will reap the group an extraordinary gain of MS4OO million. The buyer,
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        UM Land bonus issue
        149 18  -  From] Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur UNITED Malayan Land Bhd (UM Land), DBS Land's 20.8 per cent Malaysian associate, plans to reward its shareholders with a generous 2-for-l bonus issue. In a late statement on Tuesday, UM Land said the proposed bonus issue of 146.75 million
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        Keppel Bank promoting renovation loans
        455 18  -  By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Keppel Bank, once again reinforcing its more aggressive image, is promoting its unsecured personal and renovation loans while some of the bigger banks are tightening credit. Yesterday, Keppel Bank repeated its consumer loan package advertisement where a customer needs to
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        Chemical Industries' earnings down 15%
        204 18 [SINGAPORE] Chemical Industries (Far East) Ltd yesterday reported a 15 per cent fall in group net earnings to $7.7 million, despite a 6 per cent increase in turnover to $27.3 million. At the company level, Chemical Industries' net earnings fell 43 per cent to $6.6
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        Lock icon Companies' poor response to queries frustrates KLSE
        311 18 NST (KUALA LUMPUR] The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) admits that it is sometimes "frustrated" when its queries to listed companies fail to elicit any information from them. General manager Mohd Salleh Ma) id said on Tuesday: "We have to think of a
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          Hochstadr named Thakral vice-chairman
          48 18 [SINGAPORE] Consumer electronics trading company Thakral Corporation has appointed Herman Hochfttadt as a non-executive vice-chairman with effect last Monday. Mr Hochstadt, 63, who serves as Singapore's High Commissioner to South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland, Is alto an independent member of ThakraTs audit committee.
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          Telecom sets up holding company
          56 18 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom has set up a wholly owned subsidiary here, KA Land Pte Ltd. The directors of the investment holding company are Telecom chief executive officer Lee Hsien Yang and senior vice-president Chua Sock Koong. The company has an authorised capital of $ttO million
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          Pan-United wraps up $4.5m ship job
          39 18 SINGAPORE] Pan-United Shipyard, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pan United Corp, has completed a $4.5 million contract to lengthen a vessel, MV Searoad Mersey, for a new Australian client, Coastal Expressline Pty Ltd.
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          Simo unit declares sales to employees
          42 18 [SINOAPORE] Sime Singapore subsidiary Amston Properties has agreed to sell 15 of the 52 units of The Amston, its condominium development at Hillview Avenue, to its employees. None are Sime Singapore directors or relatives of directors.
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        Lock icon Ameritech to unveil pact with MFS
        422 19 Alliance will put firm ahead in mooting roles fir entering long-distance market Bloomberg Business News [CHICAGO] Ameritech Corp, in a bold stroke to meet most requirements necessary to open its local phone market to competition, was to unveil yesterday an agreement to allow MFS
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        Lock icon Saks raises US$400m from IPO
        474 19 Shares are expected te ater despite years of losses Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Saks Fifth Avenue raised US$4OO million (***** million) in an initial public offering of its shares, which were expected to soar during trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. Saks
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        Lock icon Kmart posts interim loss of US$99m
        386 19 Reuter [DETROIT] Kmart Corp on Tuesday posted its fifth consecutive quarterly loss but pledged to sceptical shareholders at its annual meeting here the worst is over for the struggling retailer. Two labour unions said after the annual meeting they expect to win a shareholder
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        Lock icon Acer plans US$500 Internet PC with storage
        168 19 Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI] Acer Inc will introduce next month an Internetready personal computer (PC) with a disk drive for less than US$5OO (Ss7oo), the first computer at that price with storage capacity, a company spokeswoman said. The inclusion of a storage drive
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        Lock icon Nintendo sales fall but profit up 20%
        357 19 Bloomberg Business News [OSAKA] Japan's top manufacturer of computer game players said current, or pretax, profit in the most recent fiscal year rose 19.8 per cent to 117.1 billion yen (Ssl.s billion) at the parent company. Sales fell 14.3 per cent to 300
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        Lock icon Australia comments could be misleading: News Corp
        189 19 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said Australis Media Ltd's public comments about Australis' funding requirements may mislead investors. "Australis' public statements about its funding requirements may mislead the market and Australis has an obligation to inform the market in this
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        Lock icon Tokyo banks lag in technology
        478 20 Financial bodies slow to respond to developments in electronic banking NYT [TOKYO] Japanese banks may be losing in the race to develop the leading-edge technologies that will be used in electronic money systems in the future. Banking industry officials yesterday acknowledged that Japan's financial institutions
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        Lock icon Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan to sell Belgian unit
        239 20 AFP [TOKYO] Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd (LTCB) said yesterday it had signed an accord with Banque Paribas SA of France to sell its Belgian unit as part of its restructuring of European and US operations. An LTCB spokesman said
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        DBS-arranged PNB issue snapped up
        310 20  -  From, Al Labita in Manila A Philippine bank's US$lOO million (*****.83 million) foreign debt issue syndicated by Singapore's DBS Bank has been fully subscribed, the bank said yesterday. In a statement, the staterun Philippines National Bank (PNB) said 33 institutional investors snapped up the issue,
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          Axa Sime Assurance raises cover
          68 20 {SINGAPORE] Axa Sime Assurance has raised its underwriting capacity through a link-up with the Axa group's global risk programme. Axa Sime said this week ;that it can now provide insurance for properties worth $15 million or more. Its managing director Anthony Tan said the "large
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          Lock icon Public disclosure regime for NZ banks
          79 20 Reuter New Zealand baa taken a further step $own the deregulation path by moving from intensive supervision of banks to a mainly public disclosure regime. "Disclosure is fundamental to the new system," Reserve ;Bank of New Zealand governor Don Brash said yesterday. He said
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          Lock icon ANZ Funds Management interim up 80%
          75 20 Bloomberg Business News ANZ Funds Management's after-tax profit l*ose 86 per cent in the six months to March 31 to A 928.8 million (SsB2 million). The Amis management arm of Australia New Zealand Banking Group Ltd said it is the .highest profit recorded by
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          Lock icon China's biggest bank increases loans
          82 20 Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] The Industrial Commercial Bank of China, the country's biggest bank, increased working capital loans 53.3 per cent this year to help out key state enterprises, a senior official said. The bank has already lent 46 billion yuan (557.7 billion) this year
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        60 20 [AMMAN, Jordan] A Jordanian money changer embracing millions of Iraqi dinars at his office in the centre of Amman on Tuesday. Stock prices ofJordanian food and drugs firms dealing with Iraq firmed and money changers and shippers celebrated on Tuesday after Iraq reached a
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        Lock icon Japan steel firms expect bumper profits
        176 20 Reuter [TOKYO] Japanese steelmakers said yesterday they expect to report handsome profits for the last business year due to cost-cutting efforts, but analysts question if the gains will continue. The steel firms' profit forecasts for the current year, which range from 20 billion yen
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        Lock icon CBOT sees overseas expansion as key to its survival
        296 20 First Taiwan futures exchange to get CBOT technology Reuter {TAIPEI] Brisk overseas expansion is the key to the Chicago Board of Trade's survival and is already bringing valuable price signals into the US futures markets, CBOT chairman Patrick Arbor said on
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        Lock icon Euroyen eases in choppy trade
        221 20 SIMBX Report Reuter (SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures ended lower after a choppy session, which saw the December contract trade to a high of 98.91. Dealers said Euroyen futures were underpinned by continued confidence about Japan's interest rate outlook following comments by Bank of Japan governor
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        164 20 Reuter THE dollar closed lower after German data Increased the perception that the Bundesbank would not ease credit In the near term, analysts said. German money supply growth fell in April but the pace of decline is unlikely to be enough to comfort the Bundesbank, they said. The
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        Lock icon Seoul has no immediate need for Iraqi oil
        324 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [SEOUL] South Korean refiners have no immediate need for Iraqi oil but they could buy next year if the price was right, traders said yesterday. Refiners have locked in most of their purchases for this year, traders said. "The
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      1437 21 Reuter Dwtems -13X74 STOCKS closed lower on technical selling in lacklustre trade. With the topside heavy, unwinding of arbitrage-linked buying positions put pressure on the market. But the risk of sharp falls was limited on buying on dips. The 225-share Nikkei Average closed down 133.74 points at 21,958.00, after
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      1618 22 Reuter -MB STOCKS closed narrowly mixed in aimless trading, as the market consolidated this week's sharp gains. The Hang Seng Index edged down 5.96 points to 11,062.79. The All Ordinaries Index dipped 3.92 to 5,287.27. Turnover was HK54.26 billion. "Wall Street finally took a pause overnight, so the market
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      575 22 Reuter n Shanghai B Shu* htoi 4g THE Shanghai B market ended down, led by Huaxin Cement, whose fall was triggered by rumours that Shanghai Huili, which makes similar products, will shortly issue B shares at a low price of US$O,2OO. The index lost 0.10 point to 49.95 on
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      343 22 AFP Flwpiiig +aa SHARE prices finished higher as investors hunted for bar-gain-priced stock in the food and paper sectors. "Bargain hunters pursued food and paper counters while foreign and domestic institutions retreated to the sidelines due to the lack of fresh incentives," said a trader. The Weighted Price Index
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      660 22 AFP QCampoaitelafax -OJO SHARE prices closed lower in lacklustre trade yesterday with selling pressure concentrated on PT Telkom. "Sentiment here is still weak and the market is very boring," said a trader. The JSE Composite Index fell 0.90 point to 616.39. Turnover was 77.1 million shares worth 232.8 billion
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      785 22 AFP □set Mm -MJ7 SHARE prices fell 1.9 per cent yesterday as a sell-off in the finance sector dragged the index down, brokers said. The SET Index plunged 24.07 points to 1,266.52. Turnover was 105.9 million shares worth 8.1 billion baht. Declining issues outnumbered those advancing 273 to 73,
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      Lock icon MANILA
      300 22 AFP Qiub *am SHARE prices closed higher on encouraging macro-eco-nomic news. Investors were encouraged by the balance of payments surplus, high foreign exchange reserves and expectations of better corporate results, analysts said. The PSE Composite Index gained 29.00 points to 3,155.97. Turnover was 8.6 billion shares valued at 3.5
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      318 22 AFP QCiliiMiiiH *4JB SHARE prices rose due to bargain hunting on selected blue chips, brokers said. The Composite Price Index rose 4.12 points to 924.00. Turnover was 29.2 million shares worth 669 billion won. Advancing issues outnumbered those declining 414 to 368 with 118 stocks unchanged. The index lost
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      583 22 AFP FlAHOrtlMriei +12 SHARES struggled to gain 0.1 per cent after a quiet session which was supported by BHP and the banking stocks. The All Ordinaries Index gained 1.2 points to 2,244.1. Turnover was 368 million shares worth A 1661.2 million. BHP ended 14 cents up at A 518.89.
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      257 22 Reuter -L7> SHARES ease as the market mulled a downbeat political poll that might put the brakes on the bourse until the Oct 12 general election. The NZSE-40 Index ended 1.70 points lower at 2,085.51. Reuter in m ww ANZ Banking 7.00 0.05 7903 Mvan 1.60 -0.04 7000 NrNM2NM(A)
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        Lock icon Stocks fall for a 2nd day, led by Tenaga
        7364 23 KUALA LJSMPWBLReports Bloomberg Business News -SJB STOCKS fell for a second day, led by Tenaga Nasional on concerns that prices have outrun potential earnings. "There's nothing to get excited about the market," said a trader. "Companies' earnings can't catch up with
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        Lock icon Jardine Strategic gaining favour
        3552 24 WARRANT WATCH Ven Sreenivasan WITH locally-listed companies being buffeted by so much bad news, there has been a noticeable shift by investors to companies with a relatively larger overseas business portfolio. As we have highlighted in recent days, USI denominated stocks have been doing particularly well
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        HOT STOCK
        71 26  -  Paul Leo SATERAS Resources fill two cents to $IJ6 yesterday on a moderate volume 0f606,000 units compared to Us 10day average 0f843,800 shares. The Clob counter will continue to trade between $IJI and $1.57 in the medium -term, as it has been since the beginning of the year.
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        Property stocks regain some ground in mixed day
        897 26  -  STOCK HAUBT OOKIIBRAn Some analysts said baying was fuelled by talk that property curbs might be fine-toned By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Stocks closed mixed in thin trading as investors remained uncertain about the market's nearterm direction. Some 85.8 million shares worth $299.9
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          Did Ong Beng Seng wear socks?
          118 26 WHILE parliament was debating the weighty issue of whether Hotel Properties Ltd gave improper discounts to Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, stockbrokers who follow reports of the purchases haves profound question. They noted that HPL boss, Ong
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          Maysprings speculators backing out?
          93 26 THERE is talk in the market that a substantial proportion of buyers of Maysprings condominium, most of them presumably speculators, are returning their options in the wake of the recently announced measures to cool the property market. When the developer, First Capital Corp, was contacted for
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          Rights on the dot
          87 26 WE HEAR that Indonesian companies, encouraged by the current bullish market conditions on the Jakarta Stock Exchangs, are preparing for rights issues faster than the investment community can handle them. A broker told us yesterday that he received a call on Monday morning from a major
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          Ever-changing master plan
          101 26 KEEPING track of the telecoms industry la not easy, given the rapid technological changes. In Thailand, the task is compounded by frequent changes of ministers in charge ofthe transport and communications portfolio. Each new minister would naturally view things differently from his predecessor. Then there's the private
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      259 27 Knight-Ridder, Reuter BROKERS dsecribed dry cargo freight market on Tuesday a* "pessimistic", noting a lack of demand for tonnage in the mineral trades and from grain houses. There were occasional pfW nf fmtotanro tn falling rates, such as in early positions for Panamaxes in US Gulf; but the
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      444 27  -  Korea Marine Transport bunches weekly service, sets up Joint veil tore shipping agency By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Korea Marine Transport Company (KMTC), an established player in container shipping in North Asia, is making a strong move to enter the South-east Asian
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      117 27 Bloomberg Business News [SHANGHAI] China International Marine Containers Ltd, the world's second largest container manufacturer, will invest U5585.16 million (5549.2 million) for the first phase of construction of a Shanghai refrigerated container plant that win have annual capacity of 2,000 units of
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      Orders continue to flow but not for large crude oil tankers
      617 27  -  NEWBUILDS By\ David Hughes WELL, after all the speculation, the major UK liner company P&O Containers has gone for 6,000plus TEU (20-ft equivalent unit) ships for its latest newbuilding orders. And the new ships will indeed be big 6,674
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      244 27  -  By Rahita Elias (SINGAPORE] Pan-United Shipyard, a member of the Pan-United Corp group, has completed a $4.5 million vessel lengthening project for Australian client Coastal Expressline Pty Ltd. The ro-ro/container vessel, called Searoad Mersey, transports consumer products and vehicles between Melbourne and Tasmania
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      224 27 AFP (WDNEYIIt uses aerodynamic principles as old as the bird, yet its space-age technology is more advanced than a space shuttle and at least three countries are racing to perfect It The all-Australian Sea Wing could be a boat
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      221 27 Shipping conference told of port policy Ysia should adopt Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's port system must undergo rationalisation to prevent over-capitalisation and overcapacity, the conference on Asian ports and shipping was told on Tuesday. Professor Bruce Marti of the University of Rhode Island in
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      179 27 Reuter [MANILA] The Philippines has Invited bids from 29 foreign shipyards for 12 new patrol vessels which will be used to guard the country's coastline against smugglers, poachers and other intruders, officials said on Tuesday. The new vessels are part of a 15-year
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      113 27 Bloomberg Business News [MANILA] Seven port handlers have qualified to bid for a 25-year contract to upgrade and operate a cargo terminal at the Subic Bay Freeport, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported on Tuesday. The seven are International Container Terminal Services
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      923 28  -  OEMBHAL ELECTRIC COMPANY! BIG BOY IN AIRPLANE LEASING The leasing division of US-based company's finance arm has the largest fleet in the air, owning or managing one of every 12 commercial planes worldwide. Its engine division won more than half of all orders in the
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        799 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        356 41 MAT St Israel- Shavuot (Pentecost). MAT M Bulgaria: Cyrillic alphabet celebration. South Korea: Buddha's Birthday. mat St Bahrain: (tentative) Market and Public Holiday. ■ATS7 Belgium. Denmark, Germany: No IBIS trade or floor trade on Fnnkftirt stock exchange Ivory Coast, Luxebourg, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland: whit Monday. United States: Memorial
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        402 42 Clear signal santu Britain to open its nkicni f Aiimric >n airlines NYT [WASHINGTON] The US, sending a clear signal it wants Britain to open its skies to US airlines, on Tuesday announced antitrust approval of two separate cooperation agreements between
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        53 42 [TOKYO] Toyota Motors president Hiroshi Okuda standing beside Toyota's new mini-van Ipsum on Tuesday at a hotel here. Ipsum has a three-row, seven-seat body with a 2.0 litre engine which powers either a firontwheel-drive version or a full-time four-wheel-drive model Toyota will export this mini-van abroadflrom
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        312 42 Many countries ratting Mgtfs Bloomberg Business News (WASHINGTON) Aircraft manufacturers may have amassed excess production capacity for years to come, due in part to shrinking defence budgets in many countries, Boeing Co president Philip Condit said on Tuesday. "We're in a situation of overcapacity
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        325 42 Reuter [SYDNEY] Australian transport group TNT Ltd reported yesterday its profits had sunk 67 per cent in the nine months to March 31 and flagged further bad news for shareholders for the ftill year, blaming poor market conditions. TNT reported a ninemonth equity
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        240 42 AFP [LONDON] An artificial island built Bkm off the east coast of England slap in the Thames estuary may be the answer to burgeoning air traffic levels, a parliamentary committee said on Tuesday. "Clearly the idea of an airport in the Thames estuary is
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        285 42 UmlbMktapa* peak mnmer travel ißuwi mrwefcn Reuter [NEW YORK] The fetal crash of ValuJet Inc Flight 592 is having little impact on the nation's newest airlines, which are reporting normal traffic trends as the peak summer travel season approaches. Although some airlines
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          49 42 AFP [FRANKFURT] Iran plana to buy at laast 10 AtttaaFtMflr?" for 1.5 billion mark* (SIM billion, the JfcsnVto'fir A/fc«m*n«zw<un# daily rnwrtedy^ Iranian ambe«ador to Germany. The paper laid mgrtlattone were umfcg way ftr A Z t> that the talto ware taking pbipe,
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          35 42 AFP [HONGKONG! The annual Maaon Jbr dorian. a xmsmKfr*? ssssgil during April, Chart* for April were up Ju»t(U par c«t in April over the H?* previous year at *****5,488.—AFP j*&f
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        361 42 Reuter (WASHINGTON] Car air bags can kill people, especially small children, who are not wearing seat belts in collisions, US officials said on Tuesday, and announced a US$lO million (Ssl4 million) public education campaign on the matter. "Air
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