The Business Times, 21 June 1996

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 85* SINGAP ORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, JUNE 21,1996
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  • 553 1  -  He's confident change in leadership will net alter flight plan By Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday that Singapore had confidence in the new Indian leadership's desire to open its economy and integrate it with the world. Describing
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  • 392 1  -  Its task gets tougher asSPporeaims higher, says BG Lee By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Having garnered $6.8 billion in investment commitments last year, Singapore is shooting for $75 billion in 1996. But given the Economic Development Board's track record, the amount is likely to reach $8 billion, said
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  • 291 1  -  fly: Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] First Capital Corp will put the 235 unsold units at its Maysprings condominium back on the market today at the same prices as its April launch, said sources. Maysprings, a 99-year-leasehold project in Bukit Panjang, was thrust into
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  • 345 1 Fmip-foM firm* can make limited hrex deals frem July [SINGAPORE] CHINA announced yesterday that it would make its currency partially convertible by the end of this year, well ahead of its original deadline of 2000. The central People's Bank of China (PBOC) governor Dai
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 238 2 THE government is extending its variable performance bonus scheme to more Division One officers in the civil service. This is part of an exercise to revise salaries of services which are out of line with market rate. However, instead of revising monthly salaries,
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    • 406 2  -  Joint venture wins contract for phase two in largest single deal awarded here By] Michelle Low THE Jurong Town Corporation yesterday awarded a $1.2 billion contract for phase two of Jurong Island and Tuas View, and said it would call for tenders
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    • 456 2  -  US, Japan markets stay strong hot European, lTsian demand eases By Anna Teo IN line with expectations of moderating trade growth this year, non-oil domestic exports grew a slower 12.3 per cent in real terms last month, down from 17.8 per cent in April.
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    • 325 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Finance By Paul Leo GROWTH in M 2, the chief measure of money supply, took a breather in April after picking up strongly in February and March. Figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore show that M 2 grew 10.5
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    • 268 2  -  Surprise high prices for K&ki Bukit, Teas land parcels By> Diana Oon THE latest Urban Redevelopment Authority industrial land tender closed yesterday with bidders offering higher prices for land in Kaki Bukit and Tuas than fetched four months ago. Joint-bidders Sin Soon Lee Realty and
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    • 331 2  -  New system will cnt exposure and risks for banks, says HAS Reports by Paul Leo THE Monetary Authority of Singapore will be implementing a real-time system of settlement of transactions among banks. Called the Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system, it will replace the current system
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    • 90 2 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has increased the Singapore-dollar loan limit for offshore banks by $30 million to $150 million from today. MAS managing director Lee Ek Tieng told bankers at the 23rd Association of Banks in Singapore annual dinner last night that the move
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    • 292 2 SINGAPORE Cable Vision (SCV), the only cable network operator in Singapore, expects positive cashflow next year and a profit only in 1999. SCV president Daniel Goh yesterday projected that the company would achieve turnover of $46 million this year and almost double
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    • NEWS Roundup
      • 33 2 DR PANG Eng Fong has been appointed Singapore's ambassador to Belgium. He was Singapore's ambassador to the Republic of Korea from November 1994 to June 1996.
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      • 67 2 INNER Mongolia is out to woo Singapore investors for its biggest project to date—the expansion of a power plant requiring US$l5O million (Ss2ll million). A delegation of four headed by the chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, WuLUi, is here at the invitation of
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      • 92 2 SINGAPORE and Norway have extended their double taxation avoidance agreement by another three yean to Dec 31,1996. Under the agreement, Norway will grant a tax sparing credit for interest or royalties which are exempt fTom tax or subject to a reduced tax rate in
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      • 34 2 THE PC show 96 and Software show *96 opened yesterday at the World Trade Centre with about SO exhibitors more than last year's3oo. The shows will end on Sunday.
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    • 238 4  -  By. Jennifer Lien A THREE-party consortium led by Sembawang Media has acquired a premier Hongkong Internet service provider (ISP). The move is part of SembMedia's strategy to build up a stable of ISPs in the region, either by taking a stake in existing
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    • 312 4  -  OLOBAL INDIAN ENTREPRENEURS CONFERENCE Put and current links make common market of 2b possible Reports by Chuang Peck Ming AN INDIA-China common market in the near future is not far-fetched, a senior executive of Pepsico Food International said yesterday. This was especially so if
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    • 294 4 SINGAPORE is well-placed to help India's economy grow, be it as a springboard for investments into the region, a matchmaker for joint ventures or a conduit for foreign investments, said Trade and Industry Minister Yeo Cheow Tong yesterday. Each of these roles not
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    • 238 4 GO out and hustle for it that was the advice a Harvard don gave yesterday if India wants to attract more foreign investment into the country. Professor Roderick Lemonde MacFarquhar told the Global Indian Entrepreneurs Conference that Indian bureaucrats must get off
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    • 311 4  -  Chidambaram gives reassurance on low-priority moves By Vikram Khanna ALTHOUGH the Indian government is moving to discourage foreign investment in "low-priority areas", 85 per cent of Indian industry is open to foreign investors, according to the country's Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram. Speaking
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 67 4 THt new Indian government will take another look at the long-pending Joint venture between Singapore Airlines and India's Tata group to operate a new airline In India, Indian Finance Minister Palaalappan Chidambaram said yeeterday. He tokl reporters that he has invited SIA chairman 8 Dhanabalan
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      • 69 4 TWO London-baaed Indian trading Ann#, Biatdiat International and Qtam International. havebeengiven Approved International Tradsr(AlT) statue, with acoocesaionary tax rate. ThJ# bring# to thr#e the numb#rafnopr#efcl«nt Indian tradlngflrms in the ATT acheme,t&# Trad# Development Board #aidya#t#nlay. < ffe^gtad^^^^coucit#iijiisi/tax nttoflAjtf oatto# income <hrtved ilVtrl TTWtr wwHinnWlii
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
    • 453 6  -  After taking time off to have a baby, the veteran is returning to Leo Burnett By Arti Mulchand [SINGAPORE] FIRST she shocked the advertising industry here last April when she quit the helm of Saatchi Saatchi Advertising Singapore after nearly 14 years
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    • 289 6  -  Institute will tighten adherence to advertising codes By* Arti Mulchand THE Institute of Advertising Singapore (lAS) is to take over the operations of the watchdog for the advertising industry, the Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore (Asas). The institute, which will take over by the end
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    • 277 6  -  By< Agnes Wee GERMAN exhibition organiser Messe Frankfurt Singapore plans to mount two to three shows in Singapore each year, said its managing director Kurt Friedrich Mueller. The firm was incorporated here last October though it has had a representative office
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    • COPY Lines
      • 41 6 SINGAPORE-BASED Hickson Public-Relations has joined forcse with Fleishman-Hillard International Communications, one of the larceet PR firms in the world. The company, now known as Fiejbhman-Hillard Hickson, will oversee operations in South-east Asia, New Zealand end Australia.
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      • 67 6 WAIXI never! Theee happy Coke drinkers are standing in front ofahuge 2.7 mwall built entirely of Coke cane. The walls have been painstakingly erected at Esso petrol statkms around Singapore to mark the Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship of the upcoming Atlanta Olympic Ctanee. And the Caeo-Jervoia outlet
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      • 60 6 Saatchi Saatchi wins APS account ASIA Padfle Breweries (APB) haa choeen Saatchi Saatchi Advertising Singapore to handle its media andplanning business. The company, which spends 110 re Alien annually on media activities in Singapore, handles hranrtnayhss Tiger, Helneken, Anchor, Guinneas Stout and ABC Stout Saatchi beat top agencies including Batey
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      • 70 6 tti* Hynos Team from Hungary's International Business School has won IntarAd,ths first international studmt v advertising competition. Creeted by the International Advertising Association and sponsored by Bosell Worldwids, the competition is designed as a practical advertising experience for undergraduate students. The taampreeeatad its winning marketing
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      • 38 6 SINGAPOREANS will soon get their first tasts of Carte d*Or. the first French icecream brand to enter the Singapore market The brand wffl be distributed and g marketed kjcany by company. Unilever, the
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    • 483 6 Unibank Hie Unibank Group Hie Unibank Group Balance Sheet Profit and Loss Account m at SI December 1994 1995 1994 1998 (DKK'OOO) (DKK *000) (DKK'OOO) (DKK'OOO) lll(erea(neaiwU ,6,457,413 16,406,192 Amtl Interest payable 9,041,270 9,561,267 Cash in hand and balances at Net interest income 7,416,144 6^44,925 call with central banks etc.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • NOTE Book
      • 51 7 AFP (MANILA] The Philippines will support Vietnam if it .applies Cor Apec membership, Philippine Foreign Undersecretary Rodolfo Severino said yesterday. Vietnam's eligibility would be viewed "in the light particularly of its membership in Asean and its place in South-east Asia and the Asia-Pacific
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      • 70 7 AFP I [HANOI] Vietnam see customs have discovered4,3oocasee t of smuggling since the start of the year, a 80 percent increase over the same period a year earlier, the official iVAan Dan newspaper reported yesterday. The value of smuggled imported and exported consumer goods— cigarettes,
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      • 65 7 Bernama [WASHINOTON] Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who Is spending part ofhis vacation in Victoria, Vancouver, visited Microsoft's headquarters in Seattle, Washington, where he had a "working lunch" with Its founder, Bill Gates, official sources said on Wedneeday. Sources said Dr Mahathir wants Mr Gates to serve
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    • 243 7  -  SINGAPORE By Kevin Sullivan MONACO, a tiny enclave on the Mediterranean coast near the French-Italian border, has been overlooked by potential investors from South-east Asia, said Prince Albert, son of Monaco ruler Prince Rainier, in Singapore yesterday. Prince Albert leaves for Hongkong today at the
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    • 552 7  -  JAKARTA Armed forces chief, minister open PDI splinter congress; say govt won't meddle in party affairs By\ S N Vasuki SUPPORTERS of embattled opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri clashed with security forces in central Jakarta yesterday, jangling the nerves of foreign fund managers who
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    • 263 7 BANGKOK Move alone would net help boost exports, say critics Reuter THAI Finance Minister Bodi Chunnananda's call for banks to cut rates to boost exports won guarded support yesterday from some analysts while others said he was encroaching on the central
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    • 155 7 AFP [JAKARTA] President Suharto's son-in-law looks likely to get his second military promotion in sue months next week as a special Indonesian army unit he heads is expanded, the Suara Karya daily reported yesterday. Army chief Raden Hartono was quoted as saying in
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • 220 8 BEIJING AFP CHINA'S powerful parliamentary chairman Qiao Shi has Vrged officials responsible for the controversial Three Gorges Dam to address concerns over the project's environmental impact and resettlement programme. Mr Qiao toured the construction site of the world's biggest
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    • 464 8 BEIJING Mote to phase oat older cars and switch to unleaded and higher octane petrol Reuter CHINA is making widescale plans to switch to cleaner and alternative fuel in cars and power plants in the next few years with energy usage set to soar,
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    • 73 8 [TAIPEI] Two children trying to blow down a standing egg at the Taipei Municipal Recreation Centre yesterday. According to local tradition, eggs can be arranged to stand at noon-time on a flat surface during the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on thefifth day of thefifth moon
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    • 286 8 WASHINGTON Reuter THE Clinton administration was preparing to approve a US$l37 million (Ssl93 million) sale of advanced United States technology to a Chinese firm that had previously sold nuclear weapons-related equipment to Pakistan, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The paper,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 181 8 »11 l/irkoanide is centrally and strategically I located in the premier Singapore Distribelt along Paair Panjang Road at Not. 1 and 2 Boon Leal Terrace At dKlrtnt atiUon to tin Paair Paigang indoitrial Harbourside enjoys: W/M Q cloae proxiimty to the Central Busineas District at S hen ton Way Raffles
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  • ASIA
    • 361 9 NEW DELHI Minimum tflni est frtm 7 to 5 years, but maturity nucha for other ltint Reuter AFP Bloomberg Business News INDIA'S Finance Ministry has relaxed external commercial borrowing rules for infrastructure industries, cutting the average minimum maturity for loans from seven
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    • 100 9 mSYDNEY AFP A ONE PER CENT Call in merchandise imports into Australia in May is likely to translate into an improvement in the current account deficit for that month. The Bureau of Statistics yesterday released data showing that imports fell to AJ6.62 billion (557.3
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    • 266 9 DHAKA It woea rival parties after poll* leave it just short of majority Reuter THE centrist Awami League awaited yesterday the call to govern Bangladesh for the first time in 21 years after election results left it just short of an absolute majority in
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    • 201 9 TOKYO Reuter NEARLY 20 per cent of products imported by Japanese companies are actually "reverse imports" of goods made overseas by Japanese-affiliat-ed firms. A survey by the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro), published yesterday, underlined the extent to which Japanese companies have shifted production
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    • 203 9 SEOUL AFP YIELDING to global trade trends, South Korea said yesterday that it would gradually lift its decades-long ban on Japanese imports, including such sensitive items as cars and home appliances by the end of 1999. The announcement by the Ministry of
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • THE WORLD
    • 720 10  -  WOBLDVIHW M4or and Yeltsin know well that making deals is the art of political survival By Kevin Sullivan 1 ODAY and tomorrow the ref I l naissance streets of Fk>rI ence will be given over to tl sleek motorcades, flawless_JL. ly tailored Euro-groupies, importunate camera
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    • 432 10 OBCDHALF-THA* ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Orguriiattai expeeti anuria* tepitt Jap&a'i recovery, robust US ezpawion Reuter AFP [PARIS] Economic growth will remain modest in the OECD area overall this year despite a more broadly baMd Japanese recovery, robust US expansion and a projected secondhalf pickup in Europe.
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    • 424 10 WASHINGTON Move helps to snstain growth and hold down inflation: report Reuter THE OECD said yesterday it expected the United States Federal Reserve to nudge up short-term interest rates to keep the economy on a "promising" path of sustained growth and
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 69 10 Reuter [MOSCOW] President Boris Yeltsin swept three hawks out of his entourage yesterday, completing a rout of Kremlin hardliners less than two weeks before a runoff election against his communist rival In a pre-election bombshell bound to delight Russia's liberals, Mr Yeltsin, 66, sacked First Deputy Prime
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      • 72 10 Reuter {WASHINGTON] The rich had a greater increase in income than the poor since the late *****, as shifts occurred that rewarded higher educated and skilled workers, the Census Bureau said yesterday. Its report, "A Brief Look At Postwar US Income Inequality", covered 1968*1994 and
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      • 53 10 Reuter (WASHINGTON] The United States will oppose UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali for a second term. An administration official said yesterday that "we're not going to support him" in his run for a second term. "Generally, we're looking for someone who can make the United Nations more
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      • 69 10 Reuter (BRUSSELS] The European Union yesterday condemned new US legislation that punishes companies doing business with Iran and Libya. "We strongly object to tilt extra-territorial nature of this bill," a spokesman for EU trade commissioner Leon Brittan said. The US House of Representatives on Wednesday
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    • 298 10 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News THE US trade gap in goods, services and investments rose 16.9 pa- cent during the first quarter as the deficit in merchandise trade widened and the surplus in services narrowed. Foreign demand for Treasury securities rose as did US
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    • 302 10 FRANKFURT Bloomberg Business News GERMANY'S money supply expanded faster than expected in May, signalling that Europe's largest economy is on the mend and dashing hopes for cuts in interest rates. The M 3 money supply, a leading Indicator of inflation, grew
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 729 12  -  nMOTYNi OPINION By Said Abdullah I%e writer is a journalist with The Business Times Foreign Desk THE BID to tap the financial potential of Muslims in the region is showing signs of taking off, especially in Malaysia In March this year, Deputy Prime Minister
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    • 131 12 'It is easy to look at the bubbling cauldron where the future is being smelted and not see fresh creation, but only turmoil' writing on anxiety in the industrialised economies. Today if you are not corrupt not a bandit, you amount to absolutely nothing. You can die
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    • 634 12 EDITORIAL THE controversy over Indonesia's national car project, PT Timor Putra Nasionai (TPN), refuses to go away. This week, the Consultative Group of Indonesia (CGI), a grouping of rich donor nations, is meeting in Paris to set Indonesia's soft-loan assistance for 1996-97. The project, a joint venture
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    • 888 12  -  cow crisis, the European Union must deal with Britain By Shada Islam THE European Union's twiceyearly summits, bringing together leaders from the bloc's 15 member states, are designed to send a message of confidence and unity to a watching world. But the
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    • 414 12 SELDOM have the green shoots of recovery needed such careful nurturing. Japan's GDP data for the first quarter suggest that the government's efforts to revive the economy are succeeding. But it will be a while before it is strong enough to grow unaided. Neither the Ministry
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 42 12 SntOAPOREDtE Ctoy fay ek> dopul I don court wk TV* he* J J ('uijrwrtpk ihrtt I/w "0 lo*Qir «bk Old? J )f~ 'With the new property regulations in effect, the slowdown in property transactions is forcing conveyancing lawyers back to court work/'
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 613 13  -  Barry Manilow's concert leaves one contented in its afterglow, says bolltbabrisom HOLLY HARRISON 0 M going to the Barry ||H HH Manilow concert." Say these words out loud and people look at you like you have just said something, well, dirty. I used to think this was
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    • 665 13  -  SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL By< Andrew Lim [SINGAPORE] Gounod's Faust is one of the best-loved operas in the entire French repertoire, containing many tunes that are known for their brilliance and heartfelt sentimentality. It was good to hear the famous waltz, Faust's Salutation Aria, the
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    • 795 13  -  WINE Ike wines from NX, Italy, Chile and S Africa were soft, mellow and eqjoyaUe By] David Gabriel [SINGAPORE] Over the past three weeks we have looked at the Merlot grape in France, America and Australia. Several wines have been tasted, mainly blends which contain
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    • 50 14 [ASCOT, England] Race-goers arrivingfor thefirst day of the annual Royal Ascot on Tuesday. The event is one of the highlights of the United Kingdom social calendar and it provides an opportunity for women to show off the latest styles and designs in the fashion industry. REUTER
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    • 364 14 WIMBLEDON Wimbledon will earn USs6omfrom debenture sales NYT [LONDON] Having trouble getting tickets to Wimbledon? Here's a deal only tennis fans could refuse. For a mere U5530,400 (5542,776), you could buy one centre court seat for each of the 13 days of the tournament for each
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    • 741 14  -  EUROP CUP The hurts of their play seemed te bete try andwinfreekieks By\ Shahiron Sahari [SINGAPORE] Italians perhaps simply have bad luck in England, which may not be what new Chelsea manager Ruud Gullitt wants to hear just after signing terms with former
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 185 17  -  By Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Main board Hated Informatics Holdings has posted a 20.4 per cent rise hi net profit to |6.9 million for the financial year ended March 31, on turnover of 168.1 million. The result is lower than the |4 per cent rise forecast by
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    • 396 17  -  Sesdaq offer aimed at raising $15m to fond expansion By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Homegrown Wuthelam conglomerate has applied to the Stock Exchange of Singapore to list its plastic injection moulding business on Sesdaq. Wuthelam Holdings executive chairman Koh Boon Hwee told BT yesterday that he
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    • 271 17  -  $3a rait wu filed by Lee Kim Tib HMgg mr Batm runt By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Local constriction giant Lee Kim Tah Holdings yesterday said it had settled a $3 million civil suit against former Commercial Affairs Department director Glenn Knight and
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    • 177 17 [SINGAPORE] The BritishAmerican Tobacco Company (BAT) is back in Cambodia after an absence of more than two decades. The company has formed a US$25 million (Ss3s million) venture with a Cambodian businessman and SUTL Investments, the investment arm of Singapore-based mar- keting and distribution group,
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    • 702 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Rahita Elias m EMBAWANG Maritime Ltd m (SML) believes in going for I what it wants at ftill speed. In the past few weeks, it has it been hi the news for its p, acquisition of the Dilmun Navigation
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    • 441 17  -  Sesdaq offer a result of recent change in major shareholding By Ven Sreenivasan {SINGAPORE] Lindeteves-Ja coberg (LJ) which launched its Sesdaq initial public offering yesterday could in feet have made it to the mainboard if not for a changeover in controlling shareholding two years ago. Under
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    • 148 17 [SINGAPORE] Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation's scrip dividend scheme has been approved by shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting held on June 8. OCBC said in a statement yesterday that the issue price of the new shares under the scheme for the 1995 final dividend of 11 cents per
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
      • 361 18 Chairman says company will go ahead with the TITIT tk innil rt UaywO |MiiJoCl Bloomberg Business News AFP Bernama (KUALA LUMPUR] Lawyers representing Ekran Bhd, the Malaysian company promoting the US$5.3 billion (557.45 billion) Bakun hydroelectric dam, have appealed against Wednesday's High Court
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      • 106 18 [SINGAPORE] Shipyard Hitachi Zosen Singapore yesterday announced a 107.3 per cent increase in group net profit to $6.3 million for the year ended March 31. It attributed this to higher interest income coupled with the group's emphasis on cost management. Group turnover increased 19.3 per cent
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      • 331 18  -  By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Food products distributor QAF Ltd yesterday reported a 9.5 per cent dip in group net earnings to $13.25 million for the year ended March 31. This works out to earnings of 3.9 cents per share, down from 4.2 cents in
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      • 351 18 Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Shares of Malaysian transport companies rose yesterday amid speculation that a company controlled by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's son is poised to buy stakes in rival companies. Analysts said Konsortium Perkapalan Bhd is likely to unveil plans
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      • 271 18  -  Invostmcot costsj mMnActnriHg ud lMtabihuptaketoQ FYom Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur CLOB-LISTED Beijaya Industrial Bhd tumbled into the red in the year ended April 30, 1996. It yesterday announced m net loss of M 836.79 million (5830.7 million). This translates into
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      • 242 18 [SINGAPORE] Metalock (Singapore) Ltd yesterday posted group net earnings of $2.44 million for the year ended March 31, more than double the $858,000 reported in the previous year. This works out to earnings per share of 10.16 cents, up from 3.58 cents previously. Net
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      • 202 18 [SINGAPORE] Main-board listed Resources Development Corp (RDC) is selling its 30 per cent stake in one Vietnamese company but buying a 20 per cent stake in another. In a statement yesterday, the building materials supplier said it has agreed to sell its 30
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      • 229 18 Indonfinn raises US$100m from Asian market [SINGAPORE] Indonesia's largest non-state-owned transport company, PT Steady Safe, yesterday said it has successfully raised US$lOO million (Ssl4o million) from Singapore's Asian dollar market The three-and-a-half year transferable loan facility, at an interest rate of 1.7 percentage points over the Singapore interbank offered rate,
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        • 30 18 [SlNOAK>Rg]JtrdtoiM««fattonHoldtoii(JMlD > t|»? > j| tiHtmatalwMfng Of the -%#f|rrn H> filial ll>J wmwftuttmtnl dtrnrfrrt"fftfiiffrt<iiF laahaa payment far lMSdlvldende, JardineSfratetic i,v 5 Holding's a&l per cent stake in JMHia nowdihitadtoflM percent.
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        • 36 18 [3lNOAFOßl)Reeourcee Daieiupawn OtywiiWh announced that a recent bonua issue haareeultsd in substantial shareholder Tsmaeek Holdings increasbv its holding to 90.M per cent This tranatatee into 1106 milliOß shares, up from 12JH million sharea.
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        • 31 18 [SINGAPORE] Temaeek Holdings said Its eubetastial by 11,000 shares on June 17, end not by I&oooshares as It had announced earlier. The price was 117M14 and not H9OJ7S. w < -J&V
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      • 43 19 [BEIJING] Workers putting thefinishing touches to a new billboard for portable telephones made by Finnish company Nokia here on Tuesday. More than 90 per cent of cellular telephones sold in China's US$2.5 billion (553.5 billion) mobile communications market are imported. AFP
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      • 345 19 Strategic mm to focus on US and dAllan^atymiinfljA^ investment products Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] PaineWebber Asia Ltd will stop selling Japanese equity products worldwide by the end of this month and cut about 30 jobs in its Tokyo office, a company official said
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      • 305 19 AFP [WELLINGTON] The market value of Brierley Investments Ltd's (BIL) British hotels has risen dramatically in the past year, according to its annual report released yesterday. The Thistle Hotels annual report underlines the increase in value of the assets as the general economy has
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      • 426 19 False or misleading recommendations being made by people who are not licensed investment advisers FT [SYDNEY) The Australian Securities Commission has issued a formal warning to the estimated one million Australian Internet users about "unsubstantiated securities information" published to entice investors to buy
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      • 228 19 Move will usher in electronic trading and cut paperwork AFP [BOMBAY] India's stock markets watchdog yesterday issued guidelines for the functioning of share depositories which would computerise transactions on bourses across the country. The Securities and Exchange Board of India said a recognised stock
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 371 21 New ckief operating officer meets Gates, expresses need to end antagonism AFP AFP (NEW YORK] Apple Computer's new chief operating officer, Marco Landi, said on Wednesday that the computer maker was ready to bury the hatchet and do business with Microsoft,
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      • 323 21 Market for the chip estimated to exceed USslb a year Bloomberg Business News [DALLAS] Texas Instruments Inc has won a six-year battle over the patent for the singlechip microcontroller, a device used in millions of electronic products. The US Patent Office ruled that
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      • 74 21 FRANKFURT] A model holding the smallest digital camera plannedfor the hobby photography market, a Kodak Digital Science DC2O, costing some 650deutschemarks (Ss6oo). The camera, including various software programs to create digital postcards and homepages for the Internet, is able to store eight to 16 images using 24
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      • 336 21 Bloomberg Business News [STOUGHTON, Massachusetts] Reebok International is hoping the sight of 3,100 Olympic athletes dressed in its apparel will sway the world's consumers to spend more of their money with Reebok and less with rival Nike Inc. To that end, Reebok is
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      • 140 21 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Australia's News Corp and Japanese computer software publisher Softbank Corp will buy Japan's Obunsha Media for 41.75 billion yen (***** million) through a 50-50 joint venture. Softbank said yesterday that it and News Corp will each pay 20.875 billion
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      • 258 21 Bloomberg Business News [PARIS] Three major shareholders in Total SA, France's second-largest oil company, have agreed to sell 6.8 million shares to Deutsche Mofgan Grenfell. Consortium de Realisation, or CDR (the shell company set up to sell the state-owned Credit Lyonnais'
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 339 22 THH SUMITOMO DEBACLE Sumitomo told of concern over Hamanaka's deals and size of positions, says exchange chief Reuter [LONDON] The London Metal Exchange (LME) had told Sumitomo Corp several times since late 1991 of its concern over deals struck by
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      • 347 22 Reuter [WASHINGTON] One year ago, on June 19, 1995, the futures industry released its well-regarded report and recommendations on maintaining the financial integrity of markets in the light of the stupendous collapse of Barings. But today, the industry is back on
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      • 84 22 The Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore (BCCS), in Us latest annual report, said that total currency in circulation in Singapore stood at ftMNtan last year, MpwMft over 1994. In keeping with its policy of maintaining clean notes, BCCS withdrew MMaW Mta (total value ofsMAmgMem)fhm
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      • 261 22 Hefty reserve taken as a prudent move: Bank of New York Reuter [NEW YORKJ Bank of New York Co Inc on Wednesday surprised Wall Street with a hefty reserve for future losses in its credit card unit, traders said. Analysts noted
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      • 306 22  -  From. Loh Hui Yin in Bangkok TWO Thai financial institutions have tapped the Singapore offshore syndication market for loans totalling about $190 million in the past week. Thai Danu Bank took an US$BO million (Ssll2 million) loan while finance and
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      • 235 22 SOKEXReport Reuter [SINGAPORE] Renewed fears of an interest rate hike dominated trading in Simex Euroyen futures yesterday, pushing the market to a weak close despite efforts by Japanese government officials to reassure investors. "I've lost count of the number of times MOF (Ministry of Finance) and
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      • 177 22 AFP THE dollar yesterday shrugged aside German figures that showed its money supply was higher than expected in May. The dollar recovered from a burst of selling that followed the German data showing M 3 money supply grew at an annualised 10.5 per cent in May. Analysts said
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      • 284 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] Oil prices meandered in a tight range yesterday and the mood stayed bearish with Iraq still dogging trade. London August futures for benchmark Brent crude slipped two cents by 1400GMT to U5517.98 a barrel. "Iraq is still nagging
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    • 2003 23 JaM P—o *tA. A. Corp Adr 62 -V4 At Ports 2791/2 -41/2 Atkey National 350 -1 AMed Lyons 4651/2 «V2 aimc no 1/2 *.ioo Argyll 348 -4J20 Asda Group 1T7I/2 -1/2 ■ATM 5101/2 -21/2 BiCC 324 -2 BOC Group 9291/2 -I3V2 M Petroleum 557 unch m» 2S4
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    • 1522 23 AFP Ham *mM JAPANESE share prices closed 0.3 per cent higher yesterday, with the Nikkei stock average supported by a late futures rally, brokers said. "Downside support is very strong" and share prices were unlikely to Call unless foreign investors started to sell, a broker at Tokyo Securities Co
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      650 24 AFP Dftmpoatelhta -150 SHARE prices closed 0.4 per cent lower following riots between police, military and political demonstrators in the city, dealers said. "I do not think they were freaking out... but surely riots are never good news," said a dealer with a Hongkong brokerage. The Jakarta Stock Exchange
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      792 24 AFP □SET Inter -1101 THAI share prices fell 1 per cent in sluggish trading yesterday due to a lack of good news and tight liquidity, dealers said. "There was no positive news to spur the buying, and this was compounded by tight liquidity in the local money market," said
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    • 302 24 AFP O Manila +440 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.1 per cent higher, but the absence of positive news kept a lid on a further upside. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index rose 4.40 points to 3.191.23. Turnover volume rose 3.5 per cent from the previous day to 15.25 billion shares,
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    • 402 24 AFP P Composite fata -7J84 SHARE prices closed 0.9 per cent lower on the Korea Stock Exchange, led downwards by profit-aking on blue chips after a two-day technical rebound, brokers said. "The index remained in the negative territory throughout the session on profit-taking, with no boosting factors seen," said
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    • 607 24 AFP FlAflOrdmaries +1&3 AUSTRALIAN share prices firmed 0.7 per cent as a late rally lifted most sectors and also boosted market leader BHP, which had been harshly marked down during the week despite a generally strong market. The All Ordinaries Index, rose 15.3 points to 2,248.5. The All Industrials
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    • 270 24 Bloomberg Business News PWeDingon +4J3 The NZSE-40 Index gained 6.93 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 2,093.54 points. It has gained in four of the past Ave trading days. Advancers outnumbered decliners by 20 to 11. ■> *h mm AN2 8«nMn« 6.65 -0.04 141Z0 Atfv*nt«9*t HM91 1.58 unch 5000
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    • 272 24 Reuter P Shanghai B Share Mg -0.71 THE B shares dipped yesterday on cautious sentiment, with investors waiting for clear direction from Shenzhen's B share market and stimulative measures from the Shanghai authorities, brokers said. The B Index closed down 0.71 point or 1.36 per cent to 51.99 points,
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 7165 25 KOALA ÜBMPURReports Bloomberg Business News ♦HM MALAYSIAN stocks surged to their highest level in almost four weeks, led by carmaker Proton Bhd and United Engineers Bhd, amid optimism that profits will rise. "Earnings of Proton will be much higher than market consensus, propelled by higher
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
      • 3617 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy MALAYSIAN firm Metroplex's 1998 warrants provide an interesting study into how warrants are priced some observers believe the market has underpriced it. An examination of the numbers is therefore merited. The warrant has an exercise price of M 51.58, compared to
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        23 28  -  •5 Paul Leo yw Wee njm. v a Urn Urns k> Jump in*o the country* hGsjor support is at 35 cm*-Wifmthm*
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      • 838 28  -  mOMODT OOMMHTAIT Surprise string buying if Malaysian equities came mainly frem the UK, say brokers By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] An unexpected late and strong burst in Malaysian equities that wrong-footed many observers provided the main talking point in what was
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 97 28 IT IS difficult to bo punctual for appolntmsptainßigfcolLYouaroolthsr early or late—mora likely the latter Thie wm Qm cast with a fort ian bank whoso ambition to maka It to an oOUiort branch harawaaalmoatthwartad by tha notorious traffic Jama. Whan application tor tba Bangkok Intarnational Banking Facility
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        • 97 28 HIRE'S a bit of trivia for investors. Llwkliwi Jacobegg. which will become the 47th company to be listed on Seedaq, will not only bo among the Mggset companies on the second board but also among the moat profitable. Based on its iseue prtea.it will be the loth larvset
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        • 63 28 EVER TONE is talking about property development theee days, Includingof course, taxi drivers. Want to know the secret of property company Fhr East Organisation's succeas? "Must be government connections," says a taxi driver knowledgeebly. "If not, why is it that Par Eaetcomee tope in the large land bids,
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        • 91 28 WHILB on taxi-drivers, a traneport analyst related how aha wae given a diaoourse by ona raoantly. Tha City Cab driver want on about how reluctant he and hia colleagues were about taking up the oAr to drtvea Mercedes-Beni. At a reported dally rental of >130
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        • 98 28 IT IS not unuauallbrlooal companies to ■»rV thf —nrlrw nf penwraei in emuie t that all goes well whan they move to now premises. But few would expect The Netherlands'larpiet bank to be suparatittoue. Yet, whan the bank recently moved to its posh new quarters en ftmr Qoora
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    • 365 28 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 99 MS KBE (PTE.) LTD la MmM Valaatwj UqtodadM) PINAL MEETING NOTICE is hereby givea pwmaaK to Scctioa Mafic Coapaaia Act. Cap. SMiIW Mm** of the ■Makers of the Coaapaay will bs beM M I Cotoatbe Cotatt.#6p-ll.lispnantn *****2 m Moaaday. 2M July I9M st 1 1.90
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    • 149 28 MTMS MATTOI OP TMC COUP AUKS ACT, CHAPTKRM AND MTMSMATTBIOP WOWPFUL mtVATS UMTTB) Nones of—mia of CMKDITQaS NOTICE It NIMBY WVEN pureuant to EicEm SSE af te Compante Act. Chapte «0 Sm( aiiN of te irc4Ein af te CfMpifiy nM MM 4(i Mm: Dte July IMS TkM 11.00 a.m. U
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    • 317 28 ""WWW Closing Share Mm 20/OS/ISSS CLOM WWV LOW HKM a||||a US$ US$ US$ UBs _3SSL iES* 7 10 7.06 7.20 IfEBB n *tr»t»f»c. 9.06 3.02 3.00 3.10 nHr A arm tOB io# muDm 7 2.32 wmrnm or*» mi 1.3 a 1.33 1.35 1.33 Miiiiiiliii Jnrdlnn 3ti«l»ilt WO6 Q. 30 0.296
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    • 272 28 IN THE MATTES OT THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SB And IN THE MATTES OT MONO FATT GARMENT MANUTACTUBEB PTE LTD (la maabao' vutuamry bqaidaboa) At a Extraordmary General Meeting ef toe above oampany held on 11 lane 1996 the ruaahstiuas were B\rnjTm Canal voluntarily pursaaat to Section 290(1)0) ef toe
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    • 469 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. AND IN THE MATTES OP TOP HOLDINGS PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS" VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) At a Extraordinary General Meeting of the Menken of the abovenamed Company duly convened awl held at t. Palace Mansion. #02-04. Geyta*. Lorong 26. Singapore 3*413 on Monday. 17
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    • 134 28 M THE MATTER OF THECOBMAMESACT, (CHAPTER 90) AND MTMEMATTBIOP FTI LTD (MtMMRS* VOLUNTARY WMOMQUP) NOTICE IS HERESY GIVEN thai tha creditors of tho to botof voiunwrßy wound up. aroioquirad on or batons 22 July 1886 to sand thoir namos and •ddrseaea wßh petßcutors of Bwir datoto or ctotma and Bw
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 291 29 Knight-Ridder Reuter THE market was quiet and lifeless late in the day, brokers said. A weak global steel market weighed heavily on the capesize sector, and things are unlikely to change anytime soon, they said. Fixture TAMKBB& The trading pattern of the tanker market continued the same way,
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    • 247 29 Jm» m f CwtDUtifcytmn L44 uncft 2 Chuan MupHaMngs. 104 unci) M CaacatoHHianil —140 undi FELS 7.95 uncti 330 FraMrtUnM 0.7*9 undi M Qlfeoiin 117 undi HMSMHI* 104 -002 333 IWacMXaaaw 0.97 *0i©l O MCNlMhil —HKUO Ul undi S Jurana Shipyard 7.45 -0.05 *23 KappJcerp 12.00 undi *15
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    • 491 29  -  Port of Singapore Authority's group operating income jumps 15% to record $L94b By' Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) posted a 15 per cent jump in group operating income to $1.94 billion last year, and plans to increase its capital
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    • 233 29 [SINGAPORE] NKK Corporation of Japan has clinched an order to build three Aframax tankers for a Liberian owner. The first and second tankers will be delivered to its customer, Royal Maritime, in the last quarter of 1997. The third will be delivered in the first quarter
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    • 727 29  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK ■y Selva Kumar THE House of Lords will have to settle the issue of whether a "fair rate for equipment and personnel" in the special compensation provisions of the International Salvage Convention can include a
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    • 226 29 Hongkong's FBM Marine International teams up with Abeitiz [HONGKONG] FBM Marine International a subsidiary of The Hongkong Parkview Group, has set up a US$3O million (Ss42 million) joint venture with Aboitiz Co to build fast ferries and other high-speed craft at a
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    • 89 29 [BOMBAY] An Indianfamify in Bombay looking at a ship that was stranded at sea as strong winds lashed the coastjust before a cyclonic storm hit the neighbouring state of Gujerut on Wednesday. Several ships ran aground and oil production was disrupted after
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    • 205 29 Knight-Ridder [NEW YORK] Touting a "long term strategy... to diversify into sectors that can create synergy with our core shipping business", Chinese company Jinhui Shipping and Transportation Ltd announced they established a subsidiary to expand into production, trading, and transportation of Chinese metallurgical coke. "The
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    • 167 29 Reuter [BRUSSELS] The European Free Trade Association surveillance authority decided on Wednesday to authorise a prolongation of Norwegian aid schemes in support of the shipbuilding industry. The authority first approved the three schemes in 1995. They cover grants for shipbuilding, covering both new ships
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    • 201 29 AFP [TEHRAN] Iran has turned two ports on the gulf into "special" economic zones to compete for business with the Gulf Aqfb states. Morteza Alviri, the head of free-trade zone regions in Iran, did not clarify the new status of Imam Khomeini
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    • PORT Shots
      • 55 29 AFX-Asia [MANILA] Keppel Corp Ltd unit Kepphil Shipyard Inc said it has delivered a 4390 dead weight tonne oil tanker to Terban Marine Corp. Kepphil president Hoeing Hock said 1 the tanker, the largest the company has built in the Philippines, win be chartered by Terban
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      • 74 29 wm 11 mm [MANILA] The Philippine Association of International Shipping Lines ha» appealed to the country's Department' and Communications to sort out the > various pikrtagsprobtoms its members have encountsrld throughout Philippine porta. In the lataat of several disputes, the largest harbour pilots association has
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      • 52 29 AFP (STOCKHOLM] 11>ereporton the wreck ofthecar-fcrry -*2 Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea in 19M, has tan delayed, the leaders of Sweden'spolttical parties on Wedneeday, according to the Swedish news The decision wa« taken during a meeting of the party leaders at the Swedish
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    • 878 30  -  CREDIBILITY GAP: VALUJET CRASH BRINGS DOWN WATCHDOG'S CHEERLEADER ROLE In the wake of the crash of a ValuJet aircraft into Florida's Everglades, the Federal Aviation Administration has tacitly acknowledged that it cannot continue to promote airlines while acting as die aviation industry's watchdog Byi Adam Bryant
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    • 406 30 PAGE Everprime 18 ML I? Fl Bright 7 AFTShpg 17 rMC 13 Am 3 i Famous 7 API 14 Farwide 16 fMf is Feedertrans 18 Accord 8 row**" Ahrenkiel 4 Appenship 4 Frt Astro 3 CLink 5 Austral 9 <*»" ftTM 6 Gemartrans
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    • 12698 38 EXPORT eta eta Mmtiwf WMMt vw T>npmw cta eta amrnam «mmi t T T am mm many* Thames ast u-smm A am ttm mmM colombobav uma from jam mi JAM n MA« HM W/W MOt COCOUDO BAY 0TWD25 45-27B7M4 ££?£?«#ft?J OTnL. WM m COLOMBO AAV MWD25 »mn Ivory
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 508 47 Voy WO Bfth AnjwI P—rtart W 06/% J17 alongside 21.06/2359 AoodadMrw *571 JH atongsid* 20.06/1200 to** 1 Jtt alongside 21.06/1200 A"«* $«av* 0696 J20 alongside 21.06/2000 03 1/96 J13 alongside 20.06/2330 ■t Mrnal ***** J01 HontwK 20.06/0600 Mms Joy 11/96 J01 alongside 20.06/0400 ft lestari 4/96 JOt Hongs*
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      • 1443 47 rcceivh* or EXPOtT ra cowtaihcis and ixl camp >oottn/»il>im Rsth SWp Voy No Etb/ltr Hho4 Trwm T» Fnm *****at 0V44 11/900 M 20/1900 200*54 MM 1 JV070C *****4 ?w«oo 4 21/1200 MMM 21/000 AaJMi 24M 23.0*00 i~~ *****0 20/1*54 20/1400 2t *****0 2V045» 2V0400 1 2V070C *****4 21/1400
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      • 800 47 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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      • 443 47 JUNE 21 Finland: Midsummer's Eve. JOMBM Argentina: Flag Day. Canada: Market and public holiday Quebec only, St Jean Baptiste Day. Luxembourg: National Day. Portugal: Market holiday only in Oporto, Saint Peter. Spain: Market and public holiday in Catalonia, Regional Goverment Day, Madrid markets open. Venezuela: Battle of Carabobo.
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    • AIR & LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 202 48 AFP [OTTAWA! The Canadian Senate defeated a government bill on Wednesday that would have restricted the amount of damages investors may receive following the cancellation of a controversial project to privatise Toronto's Pearson International Airport. The contract, signed by the Progressive Conservative government
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      • 122 48 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Australia's antitrust regulator has cleared Air New Zealand Ltd's plan to buy 50 per cent of loss-making Australian airline Ansett Australia Holdings Ltd from TNT Ltd. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said it had concluded the acquisition would not substantially
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      • 345 48 Foil shutdown would cost company about 45b won, or 5,500 cars, a day in lost production Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] A four-day strike at South Korea's largest autoparts maker has forced Hyundai Motor Co to cut its auto production and threatens
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      • 52 48 [BEIJING] A visitor to the China Auto 96 car show getting into a Hyundaifamily car on Tuesday. Many of the manufacturers at China's largest auto show were showing family and recreational cars in the hope of appealing to a growing number of Chinese with large disposable
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      • 248 48 Airline will shrink to about one third of its cnrrent fleet Bloomberg Business News [WASHlNGTON] ValuJet Inc will shrink to 15 planes, about a third the size of the airline's current fleet, if it's allowed to resume flying, and
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      • 304 48 .Ti angling plant has annual capacity of 60,000 mini-vans Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] Ford Motor Co said its first Chinese-made vehicles light trucks made by Chinese partner Jiangling Motors Co will start production by next year. "You can't compete in China
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      • 254 48 Production to be doubled to 17 aircraft a month within next two years Bloomberg Business News [SEATTLE] Boeing Co said it wUI double output of its 737 jet within the next two years, marking the third time since December the world's leading maker
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      • 313 48 Liberalising aviation is best interests not only of consumers but also economy: Cheong Reuter [SEATTLE] Singapore Airlines Ltd managing director Cheong Choong Kong on Wednesday called for open skies between' the United States and Asian countries to match trans-Atlantic agreements. Mr
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      • LOG Book
        • 92 48 Reuter [FRANKFURTI Gorman state railway company Deutsche < Bahn plans to transfer its freight business into an independent unit, Cargo AG, in January 1907, Germany's Manag* Magaztn* reported on Wednesday. In an advano*rekaae of an article tn ha p»hH«h«ri hvi»y, said Deutsche Bahn would
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        • 46 48 Reuter [VIENNA] Austria's state-owned railways Oesterreichischeßundesbahn(Oeßß), plagued by losses of kmu ri Tfirrhtfltngi In ttn slltnf psissimei inns stlum, ate looking for bigepmding Japaneaa tourists to boost revenues. OeBB on Wedneedsyrevealeda partnership agreement with Japan Airlines to saß Austrian tall tour packages in Japan.—Jtartr
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        • 80 48 AFP [TOKYO] Japan yesterday approved an application by All Nippon Airways Co Ltd to start a flight aervice between Kansai International airport in Osaka, western Japan, and Bombay, officials said. The transport council, an advisory body to Transport Minister YoehiyukiKamei, also approved ANA's
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        • 63 48 Reuter fROMEI The managing Airmrtrnr rftm»KWi fW> airline Alitalia Mid an outline accord with union* on rescuing the struggling carrier marked the start of a hard task and not the and of an its probing* Domenteo Cempella said in a statement he was very satisfied
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    • 2590 42 AS AGENTS; V UWI (WMMW) Hi LTD ((UttUWi war ITHEBItt»B-»i7MM> TEL *****77 TELEX KAWAKIRS23I6S RAX: *****16/7/8/9 1% T MALAYSIA; T UWHIAWiTf (MALAYSIA) WW —> I M WLj TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU*****2M5 1 MDONESIA: P».T. SARANA LMIT MTBMUSA, THj JKT *****08 .umnimmiuniui mu■ uuujmWmj'tf.'/iliHfW''J'juu|M|l[Wli.''■ l
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    • 1133 43 MP 01 fCULCL CONSOLIDATION fhJLrZ? GERMANY/SINGAPORE] lLl,,!!T ma >k Marshalling Forwarding Services (MFS) "1 V*\ u. via Bremen and Hamburg V ■Kfiki A"N j f UNpzK) Our staff at your service: ik Jsr Francis DID: *****54 Maria DID: *****75 j fiT B W* Nicholas DID: *****77 Salha DID: *****71 MOmLig
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    • 456 44 □E SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LIME: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CELIA 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK mm V 0? —|sm pAK IveMb. Iv6y|*n l*uw DERAJAT TTSS 22/06 (SAT) 25/06 (TUE) OFUENT INDEPENDENCE 987
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    • 383 44 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOAMNQ VOY SPORE I PKELANQ* HAUFAX N.YORK NORFOLK N.ORLEANS SAVAMMH TAMWCO HOUSTON HOEOH DRAKE 0436 00/07 JUL 130 JON 20 AUG 23 AUG 2B AUQ OS SEP 29 AUG 088EP 10SEP HOEOH DYKE 0636 XV2I JUL 114 JUL 06 SEP 06 SEP 12SEP
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    • 173 44 FCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO ASIA/F.E., EUROPE, USA, AUST, NZ, INDIA, S. AFRICA, MED., ETC. PLEASE CALL *****00 (16 LINES) VIETNAM CONVENTIONAL SERVICE "DOOR TO DOOR" SERVICE im HAsa iQAMwcrot ma kong of h/m Hoamm lATO 30/04 HAIPHONG Also Accepting Cargo For All Oth«r Vi*tnom«s« Port* PLEASE CALL: *****22 (8 UNES)
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    • 560 45 i X Singapore Soviet Shipping jfflt Co. Pte. Ltd. CH NO: **********0H BOMBAY/COCHIN (VESSEL VOY I SIN BOM XOUR OEM INI 420 M/ 00 02/00 TRADE mar TFSIOI 28/00 03/07 KOTA CAHAYA CAHI9O 29AM 07/07 MEKHANIK KURAKO MK2ON 30AM 08/07 HEBUUBBYICHEWKmnnCi N I VESSEL VOY S'PORE H.YCHEVSK NUOVA TRIESTE 0113-015W
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    • 400 45 HHBB3 SIM FAR EAST 25/06 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 23/06 BANGKOK 23/06 MANILA/CEBU 23/06 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 23/06 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 23/06 BUSAN 23/06 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 23/06 HONG KONG SIN china 23/06 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DAL lAN/SH ANG HAI/XING ANG TIANJIN/QINGOAO/HAIKOU SIM EURQPEAJK 23/06 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 23/06 RDM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIM USA/CANADA 24/06
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    • 380 45 2XM CZJ FULL CONTAINER SERVICES DIRECT SERVICE FM SINGAPORE AT ATTRACTIVE RATES To> PORT SAID ASHDOD ALEXANDRIA PIRAEUS TRIESTE VENICE KOPER NEXT SAILING- ZIM TRIESTE V. 202/W ETASIN2MM CALL SERENE JACQUELINE AT 323 0112/323 0124 OR FAX AT*****44 AGENT: STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD 70 SHENTON WAY. §07-03, MARINA
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    • 650 46 UNO IXPRISS SHIPPINO (PTI) LTD. V M M J 11 COLLYER QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. TEL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 BINOEX jjjjMg VUMjUd (tONTAINII SItYICI) Also accepting container corgo to: VESSa/VOY ETA SIN ETAHKG ETA SHA W/T HKG: Chiwon. CHANG YING 9615/9416 21/06 24/06 27/06
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    • 321 46 ATTRACTIVE FCL/LCL RATES TO: 1 Indian Sub-Continent Ports MADRAS/BOMBAY/ CALCUTTA I COLOMBO CHITTAGONG ..JS NHAVASHEVA ,o A- 'I m WENDER CONTAINER LINES ENQUIRIES BOOKINGS PLS CALL TEL: 224 6744 nr ••d rtf O.K. LINE fe FULL CONTAINER SERVICE 3 1 PORE/JAKARTA VESSL VOV SM JKT > 1M 2MI »M mmmn
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    • 100 48 JAPAN/HONGKONG JAPAN/STRAITS FREIGHT AGREEMENTS Notice to Consignee^ Consignees are hereby informed that the Agreements have decided to revise the captioned charges upward as follows; 1. Terminal Handling Charge Sinoopofi New Currnt Dry cargo 20' SslB2 Ssl62 40' Ss27o Ss23o Reefer 20' ***** Ssl62 40' Ss3sl Ss23o Revised rate will be
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