The Business Times, 7 August 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7,1996 85c
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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  • Article, Illustration
    Seagate refutes talk of production cutback
    589 1  -  Firm making more high-end, portable drives than catting low-end output By■ Jenifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Disk drive maker Seagate Technology has brushed aside industry talk that a slump in the disk drive market was forcing it to cut production and freeze hiring. Seagate's vice-president for
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    Lock icon Big fund managers woo China's central bank
    539 1  -  They want share of the business of managing hngeforex reserves of People's Bank of China From. Peter Seidlitz in Beijing FUND managers of the world's leading banks are eyeing a new super-rich client: the central bank of communist China. In less than three
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    S'pore Petroleum ex-president joins Gajah Tunggal
    428 1  -  Cheng heads Indon group's chemicals, petrochem division From, Loh hui Yin in Bangkok CHENG Hong Kok, former president of Singapore Petroleum Company, has joined Indonesian conglomerate Gajah Tunggal to head its chemicals and petrochemicals division. Mr Cheng, who retired from the listed company at
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    Two more Amcol units under judicial managers
    330 1  -  Aural Engineering and Amcol Moltitech join parent and twe ether subsidiaries Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Another two companies belonging to the stable of beleaguered Amcol Holdings have been placed under interim judicial management A statement from Amcol's interim judicial managers said wholly-owned subsidiary
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      Q2 growth estimates down to average 7.7%
      607 2  -  Economists foresee sharpest fell to come ii third quarter of this year By. Anna Teo FORECASTS of second-quar-ter economic growth are now down to an average of 7.7 per cent, but the sharpest dip yet will come in the third quarter, say economists.
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      Chief statistician rebuts opposition inflation claim
      286 2  -  Reports by Chuang Peck Ming GOVERNMENT chief statistician Paul Cheung yesterday gave the lie to a claim by the opposition Singapore Democratic Party and the Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) that higher household spending in recent years was due largely to inflation. At a
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      Cost review panel ends session with SDP, PKMS
      81 2 AFTER a fruitless two-and-a-half hour hearing yesterday, the Cost Review Committee voted unanimously to end its session with the Singapore Democratic Party and the Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS). SDP members Chee Soon Juan, S Kunalen and Ghandhi Ambalam and the PKMS'
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      Lock icon Metro may sell its Kmart space at prime Lucky Plaza site
      423 2  -  Itcooldmakes4omon the deal; observers point to size, location By, Jenny Lam METRO Holdings is considering selling its huge 58,000 sq ft retail space on the fifth floor of Lucky Plata. The unit could fetch a cosy profit of around
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      Lock icon Building payment increase slows
      279 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Construction By Michelle Low EARLY statistics from the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) show that payments to construction firms came to $1.02 billion in May, just 4 per cent higher than the same month last year. Since January, monthly progress payments have
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      SPH to help Enterprise 50 firms establish web presence
      372 2  -  AsuOne hits seen reaching 20 million a month end of year Byi Chung Tsung Mion SINGAPORE Press Holdings is ready to help local companies establish a presence on the Internet via its Asia One web site. For a start, it will
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      Awards for excellence in unit trust industry launched
      282 2 THE Business Times, along with Money World Asia and Standard Chartered Bank, has organised the first ever award to recognise excellence in performance amongst the local unit trust industry. The annual "Fund of the Year Awards" will recognise fund management groups here
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      Unit trust website on Asia One
      114 2 BUSINESS j BT CENTRE: Funds SINGAPORE'S first website dedicated to the unit trust industry is now available at the Asia One Business Centre. CaUed BT Funds, the site wUI provide comprehensive information on the fUnd management industry here for the growing number of unit
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Call for uniform insurance guidelines
        92 2 MINISTER Without Portfolio Lim Boon Heng yesterday called on Singapore's insurance industry to oome up with uniform guidelines in presenting information to potential customers. "Singaporeans today ax* confronted with such a myriad of innovative insurance products which differ very little in substance but cost a
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        $12 m facelift for Hotel Phoenix
        59 2 HOTEL Phoenix is to undergo a $12 million renovation which wUI include outfitting rooms with their very own exercise and massage equipment The upgrading ofthe hotel's 802 rooms, suites and restaurant, which win start in October and be completed in May, wffl transform it
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      Corrections and clarifications
      108 2 IN our report 'LTA paves the way for buyers to import their cart'dated Aug 2, we mentioned that the Automobile Association of Singapore helped members import and register cars bought overseas under itscarnttdtdosmui service. The AAS has clarified that white it does help members do this, it
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      132 2 Member of the Association Ranked by The Timet 1 Good University Guide as one the top in the Ranked in the top league Schools by The Economist PROGRAMME FEATURES Degree conferred it the tame at awarded to on-camput students Strict control on curricula and astettmentt by the Univertity of Bradford
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon NZ$'s sudden change — pause or reversal?
      585 3  - NZ$'s sudden change pause or reversal? miWIUML VIBWWIUIT The Kiwi currency is set to depreciate 5-8% in coming months against US$ and S$ By] Nareah Verma The writer is a manager of technical analysis advisory (South-east Asia) at Dow Jones Telerate. The opinions in this column are personal and do
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      Lock icon Japanese scaling back stock investments
      302 3 Reuter [TOKYO] Japan-based institutional investors are planning to scale back their stock investments this month, while boosting their bond and cash investments. An investment survey last week found that continuing widespread speculation that Japan and the United States will soon tighten credit was expected to
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      Lock icon Fund manager who has no qualms about sitting on cash
      616 3  -  PMaheriaMaM against staying fully invested at all times By i Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Investors who trust their money with fond managers expect the managers to stay fully invested, and not have them sitting on too much cash, right? Wrong, says
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon M'sia will seek to regain foreign investors' confidence
      323 4 KUALA LUMPUR Power failures will be history or many people will be history if I have my way, warns Bafidah AFP MALAYSIA will seek to win back foreign investors' confidence after an embarrassing countrywide power cut. International Trade and Industry Minister Rafldah
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      Lock icon Tenaga share price drops another 45 sen
      316 4  -  SINGAPORE Byi Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of Malaysian national utility company Tenaga Nasional fell another 45 sen or 4.6 per cent to a year's low of MJ9.30 on worries that its bottom line could take a beating in the aftermath of a massive
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      Lock icon Myanmar outlook bleak so long as junta rules: US
      281 4 BANGKOK Ecwomic prihlemi >mb tied to Ugh easts ef governing by force rather than consent Reuter A US ECONOMIC report on Myanmar, which sparked a sharp response from Yangon, questioned the long-term stability of Myanmar's economy as long as the military
      Reuter  -  281 words
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      Indonesia shows resilience
      617 5  -  inivmw Markets bounce back, proving system's ability to absorb occasional shocks By Yang Razali Kassim INVESTMENT bank JP Morgan issued a largely positive report on Monday about Indonesia's economic prospects in the wake of last week's civil unrest While the riots were a clear reminder of the
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      Lock icon Dishing out foreign TV
      52 5 [BANGKOK] Technicians fbcing an air-conditioning systam on the rocflopofa building in Bangkok near a satellite dish on Monday. Television viewers in Bangkok's inner city can watch programmesfhm international broadcasters via satellite dish but reception is poor for the five local channels because of surrounding high rise
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      Lock icon US$ 100m plan to expand mobile phone services approved
      236 5 HANOI Satarifcantagat almost complete natural cmrage AFP VIETNAM has approved a plan by Vietnam Mobile Services (VMS) to expand its telephone links to almost all of the country's provinces and cities at a cost of around US$lOO million (Ssl4l million), a
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      Lock icon Vietnam may ban steel imports as glut persists
      159 5 HANOI AFP VIETNAM is considering a ban on steel imports as the local market edges towards crisis with falling sales and a glut of locally-produced goods. Ministry of Trade officials told the Vietnam News Agency yesterday that they were planning to curb
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      Lock icon Megawati to go to police HQ on Friday: aide
      233 5 JAKARTA Reuter AFP INDONESIA'S ousted opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri will obey a police summons for questioning in connection with recent riots in Jakarta, an aide said yesterday. "Megawati and her lawyers decided that she will appear before the police on Friday.
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      111 5 To be a Key player in the global market, you need a truly global communications network. One that links all your customers, suppliers and partners wherever they are in the world. BT (British Telecommunications pic) has that network. Our global network for data, voice and image puts you in touch
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  • CHINA – HONGKONG – TAIWAN
    • Article
      Lock icon Think-tank offers growth blueprint
      423 6 BEIJING Deputy director proposes 400b-yuan package to reverse dip in China growth Bloomberg Business News A SENIOR Chinese economic adviser has proposed a 400 billion yuan (5568.25 billion) plan to kick-start the slowing economy. Lai Guangxian, deputy director of the State Economics and Trade Commission's Information
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      Lock icon Three rivers swell to danger levels
      247 6 BEIJING Reuter TORRENTIAL rains have swollen three of China's biggest rivers to danger levels and officials yesterday warned against epidemics in the wake of widespread floods. The waters of the Yellow River had risen to a historic high following several weeks of rain, an
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      Lock icon China draws up scenarios to counter HK problems
      261 6 HONGKONG Fears that Western interference may stir trouble in territory AFP CHINA'S leaders have asked state researchers to draw up studies into various difficulties, including unrest, that might arise in Hongkong after its return to China, it was reported yesterday. The decision
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon Guangdong bans new property projects
        57 6 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Guangdong province has banned new commercial and residential property projects for 12 months, provincial planning commission deputy director Zheng Guorui said. The South China Morning Post yesterday quoted him as saying the freeze is intended to reduce the stockpile of empty flats in
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        Lock icon Wage growth for Chinese workers slows
        94 6 Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] Wage growth for Chinese industrial workers slowed to 15.3 per cent year-on-year in the first half of this year, the slowest growth rate since 1993, the China News Service reported yesterday. Wages totalled 388.9 billion yuan (5165.92 billion). The growth
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        Lock icon Hemes, land of 400m Chinese threatened
        81 6 AFP [BEIJING] The homes and lands of some 400 million Chinese are threatened by desert, which is gobbling up 2,100 sq km of usable land a year, Vice-Forestry Minister Zhu Guangyao warned yesterday. One-third of China is already desert. Only last month, the State
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      Lock icon China plans to end loan quotes for four big banks
      228 6 BEIJING Reuter CHINA has effectively ended loan quotas for commercial banks and credit cooperatives and plans to phase out quotas still remaining for the four big state-owned banks, a central bank official said yesterday. A spokesman for the People's Bank
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Businessmen urge deregulation to boost competitive edge
      295 7 SEOUL Appeal comes a* agency moves against family-ran conglomerates AFP SOUTH Korean business leaders yesterday appealed for drastic government deregulation to increase their competitive edge abroad as an antitrust agency moved against family-operated conglomerates. The appeal came at a special luncheon between Presi-
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    • Article
      Smaller govt to be LDP priority
      275 7  -  TOKYO By, Anthony Rowley DOWNSIZING of government in Japan will be a priority platform of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's Liberal Democratic Party at the next general election, a senior party member said yesterday. "We aim to cut off the fat in a quite dramatic
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      Lock icon Hashimoto rules out election this year
      202 7 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto yesterday ruled out holding an election this year, citing a tight schedule with visits by foreign leaders and annual budget negotiations in December. While he is not required to call an election until the middle of next
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      Lock icon US sanctions on Libya, Iran leave S Korean firms unfazed
      192 7 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korean companies with massive contracts in Libya said yesterday that they were unworried over a US move to penalise foreign firms that invest in Iran and Libya. "I don't see any direct, negative impact on our projects
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      179 7 Thewestiniai PINGYANG Shanghai Business in Shanghai this summer Our rates will certainly help you keep a cool head. At The Westin Tai Ping Yang, we believe business should always be mixed with some leisure. That's why apart from comprehensive business services and amenities, you'll be treated to a host of
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Dole's tax-cut plans seen as pure election politics
      494 9 NEW YORK Wall St economists cool to his sudden embracing of supply-side economics AFP Bloomberg WALL Street economists gave Bob Dole's proposed economic programme a tepid welcome on Monday, viewing it as an election-year artifice driven by motivations more political than economic.
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      Lock icon US accused of ignoring European monetary union
      351 9 a FRANKFURT Dertscke Bank says such neglect could iamage US interests FT GERMANY'S biggest bank has delivered a damning verdict on US indifference to the European Monetary Union, saying most Americans thought of the EMU as a big Australian bird rather than an
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      Lock icon East Europe gaining in FDI race: study
      181 9 PRAGUE Reuter NEW infrastructure projects should boost a surge in foreign direct investment (FDI) in reforming Eastern European economies which have already become top global FDI destinations. In a study of post-Commu-nist Europe, released yesterday, Germany's Dresdner Bank economist Mark Piazolo said FDI,
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      Lock icon Pay day – at long last
      110 9 Pay day at long last group (^miners surrounding a wages clerk as she prepares to pay < S2; thfsyear. The striking miners went back to work yesterday after receiving their pay. The miners, who had been out/or three weeks, took their decision after obtaining an undertaking from Yuri Maiyshev, the
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    • Article
      London Clearing House plan for £250 m fund, cover
      245 9  -  LONDON By] Neil Behrmann EXCHANGE members of the London Clearing House intend to set up a £250 million (***** million) fund and insurance cover to protect themselves from a Barings-type collapee. The LCH clears and settles business of the London International
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Time to take stock of our golden child
      708 10  -  nOSOTTOM LIMB OPINION By Kenneth James The writer is BT's technology editor Electronics, the golden child of the Singapore economy, is getting better press these days but it still looks more than a tad tarnished. For the better part of this year,
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      147 10 Tlie most important male bonding ritual is the argument If you want to get closer to your native male companions, do not attempt a heart-to-heart conversation Instead, start an argument' -Kate Fa British anthropologist in Passport to the Pub, a guide for foreigners on how to behave
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      Lone ranger against the world
      609 10 EDITORIAL WHETHER it is Myanmar, Cuba, Libya Iran, Iraq or Sudan, the unmistakeable message of a series of punitive measures taken or contemplated by US President Bill Clinton and Congress seems to be that the world at large should have to pay the price of
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      Lock icon Bob Dole's free lunch
      1187 10  -  Economists are not impressed despite his standing as the US' fiscal conscience By: Richard Stevenson NYT POLITICAL leaders of all stripes, Republican presidential hopeful Bob Dole foremost among them, have conditioned voters to see reducing the federal budget deficit as Job 1 and to view with
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      825 10 Oatfci—lnr—pf Ih IT IS a useful rule of thumb for most developing nations tljat, if you want your economy to grow by, say, 8 per cent a year, you'd better make provisions to increase installed electrical capacity by about 12 per cent per year. So for,
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      38 11 S 1 J j I H should I compromise? /I ,\m MmP i ynpf ~^w&" M IlKrr m We Bft II a *®i..W *JK Kc*a£-~ HVI 3 ?j- HI ■^■■i jM IRjc K1 w ■II Phones. No compromise.
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Aide fails to resurrect Nixon
      1059 12  -  A book on Nixon's off-the-record remarks makes him out to be an envious and sad man, says mcßisoxAXDTAin MICHIKO KAKUTANI NYT IT IS one of the Ironies of political history that Richard M Nixon, obsessed with loyalty and doomed by a tape-recording system, should have
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      Lock icon The seven-step guide to finding your life mate
      724 12 NYT [NEWTON, Massachusetts] Three years after his divorce, psychologist Herman Lowe felt the time had come to abandon the dating scene, settle down and tie the knot. The next step was obvious. Find that special someone. Like so many of the hopeful
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    • CHATTER Box
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        Lock icon Living happily ever after – the diverse
        96 12 Living happily ever after the diverse Reuter PHOTOGRAPHS of Prince Andrew kitting his former wiito* Sarah Ferguson in front of their two daughters were v splashed across UK newspapers yesterday. The couple, who divorced four months ago, arrived at a charity golf 7~\ tournament in Andrew's new Aston Martin sports
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        Lock icon wants to make
        80 12 AFP TEJWY Anderson, who was held hostage by Iran-backed militants in Lebanon for six years, brushed aside yens of torment and said on Monday he wanted to live permanently in Beirut M I am very happy to be baek," he •aid on his arrival at Beirut International
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      • Article
        Lock icon Roy Roger's house
        48 12 Knight-Ridder ABOUT M onlookers decided tlto US$7O,OOO (8980,149) minimum price was too steep for the two-bedroom htntse In j southern Ohio built by Roy Rogers and his ffether In 1922, J so the auction was called off. The star, 84, now lhree in Vtctorville, California.—Knishtßiddtr
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      307 12 CAPTURE THE CHINA MARKET TOP 22,000 BUSINESSES IN CHINA It's the official directory of the TOP 22,000 BUSINESSES IN PR. CHINA. Compiled directly from the database of the China State Statistical Bureau, the 2 volume, 2000 pages directory is authoritative and complete, containing a wealth of information including:•Sales turnover •Name
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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      251 13 UKVPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Commonplace pedantries per- I I I I I I 6 Pail to make little Florence quiet 10 Currently batting, but without —LmJ——LmJ—-mm——> hope of success (2-3) 11 In resisting attack army corps I gains respect (9) 12 Achates has to change his 13 Cold and warmth
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  • REVIEW OF OLYMPICS 96
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      Lock icon The US may not be No 1 after all
      1151 14  -  Greater population and wealth helped the US to the top spot Imt there are other factors to consider By Denoah Divyanathan WITH the conclusion of the Atlanta Games, the Americans must be relieved at having finally re-claimed the top spot in
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    • CHEERS and Jeers
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        THE HIGHS
        218 14 Great moments and the things we'd rather forget about Atlanta 1996 ♦Carl Lewis long jump win and oarsman Steven Redgrave's rowing gold. Both men equalled discus thrower Al Oerter's feat of four consecutive golds in the same event, and Lewis also equalled Paavo Nurmi s record for most
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        THE LOWS
        233 14 ♦The Centennial Park bombing. ♦The Singapore team's poor showing. ♦The Olympic flame, which looked like it was burning in the red french fries container of a famous fast food company. ♦US chauvinism, especially towards China and Irish swimmer Michelle Smith. ♦Tennis the greatest non-event at the Games. The
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      Lock icon Games won't return to US soon
      681 14  -  With go many capable dtiec inline, the US may not host another Games for a while By, Dave Anderson NYT (ATLANTA) Suddenly, like Atlanta itself once upon a time, the Olympics are gone with the wind taking them to Sydney in 2000. And for
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      446 15  -  Poor shipyard earmngi partly offset by contribution from property and fin*n+i*\ am mn By. Rahita Elias (SINGAPORE] Listed conglomerate Keppel Corp has performed worse than analysts had expected, turning in a 3 per cent lower interim net profit of $100.1 million. For the
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      Amsteel group to inject assets into M'sian Feedmills
      369 15  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan (SINGAPORE! Kuala Lumpurlisted Amsteel Corporation will be a substantial shareholder of Malaysian Feedmills after a capital restructuring involving the injection of various Amsteel assets into the Singapore company in exchange for the tatter's shares. The revamp will give Amsteel
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      Eastern profit up 19.3%
      120 15 [SINGAPORE] Eastern Publishing yesterday reported a 19.3 per cent rise in net interim group earnings to $837,000 on a 16.4 per cent jump in turnover to |8 million. The company said higher ad volumes in its publications and a rise in the number of exhibition booths
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      Tenaga's earnings power uncertain after blackout
      738 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Ven Sreenivasan 5 HILE some Malaysian analysts may joke that hAv the darkness that befell Peninsular Malayjg s sia last Saturday evening was to mark "Appreciate Tenaga Nasional Day", investors are not likely to be amused. The 16-hour power shutdown was
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      Aztech realigns manufacturing
      244 15  -  By. Jeniefer Lien [SINGAPORE] Troubled Aztech Systems has restructured its manufacturing operations in Singapore and Batam in an effort to tighten costs, president Michael Mun said yesterday. Volume manufacturing, previously done at Aztech's Singapore plant, has been moved to Batam. The Singapore plant will now concentrate on
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      Myanmar bans import of Heineken, Carlsberg beers
      427 15  -  Move follows firms' polios t from investments there By* Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] The Myanmar government has banned the sale and import of Heineken and Carlsberg beers following the withdrawal of the companies' investments there. Dutch brewer Heineken, bowing to pressure from hu-man-rights activists,
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      Bats interim earnings rise 0.4% to $17.2 m
      152 15 [SINGAPORE] British-Ameri-can Tobacco Company Singapore (Bats) yesterday reported a marginal rise in interim group net earnings of 0.4 per cent to $17.2 million. Turnover for the half year to June 30 fell 6.9 per cent to $159.3 million due mainly to lower
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        Prajogo made chairman of UPP
        133 16 [SINGAPORE] Indonesian timber tycoon Prajogo Pangestu, who heads the giant Barito Pacific group, has been appointed chairman of United Pulp Paper Co (UPP), effective yesterday. The move finally consolidates his hold over the company after taking it over since November last year. Yesterday, UPP announced
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        Brierley deal details likely today
        268 16  -  to announce its financing plana for the acquisition By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Listed Malaysian cement firm Malex Industries Bhd yesterday said an announcement regarding its purchase of a 20 per cent stake in New Zealand's Brierley In- vestments could be released today. Company secretary Chung
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        238 16 Reuter [SYDNEY] Asian companies were not directly involved in the heavy turnover of food group Goodman Fielder Ltd, with institutions buying the stock off-loaded by Brierley Investments Ltd, a market source told Reuters. About 23 million shares were traded yesterday, representing 1.8
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        First Engrg proposes 3-for-10 warrants issue
        135 16 [SINGAPORE] First Engineering yesterday said it proposes to issue 21.24 million detachable warrants on the basis of three warrants for every 10 ordinary shares. The warrants are in conjunction with manager DBS Bank arranging a $15 million transferable loan facility and $12 million revolving
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        Barclays unit in venture to buy Thai sub-broker
        349 16  -  BZW and partner buy Bangkok Securities for 720 m baht From Loh Hui Yin in Bangkok BZW International Holdings, the investment banking arm of UK's Barclays Bank Group, and local broker Krung Thai Thanakit have teamed up to buy sub-broker Bangkok Securities
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          Sing Tel EGM on exeo share options
          46 16 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom will hold an extraordinary general meeting on Sep 27 to eeek shareholder approval on modifications to Its executives share option scheme. It plans to extend the ranks of executives eligible to take part in the scheme.
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          36 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malayan United Industrie* said its takeover offer for Pengkalen Holdings will end on Aug 15. A recent news report had said the acquisition was completed last Saturday.—Bemama
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          Acma seeks trading suspension
          17 16 [SINGAPORE) Acma has asked the stock to suspend trading of its shares today.
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          85 16 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Singapore Airlines is still interested in buying into Australian airline Anselt Holdings, The Australian newspaper reported. Ansett chief executive Kan Cowley is believed to have met SIA chief executive and deputy chairman CheongChoong Kong in Singapore last month. An SIA spokesman
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          Gold Peak places out shares
          50 16 [SINGAPORE] GP Batteries International said yesterday seven million of its shares have been placed out by Its' controlling shareholder Gold Peak Industries (Holdings) to international institutional at U552.72 (SIBJ4) each. The placement will reduce Gold Peak's stake to 50.9 per cent from 59.8 per cent.
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        Giordano hopes to open Beijing outlet by year-end
        450 17  -  Retailer in talks with potential partners; firm potts flat interim results From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong GIORDANO International Limited, which reported flat interim results yesterday, could return to operating stores out of Beijing before the end of the year. Giordano chairman
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        Salim unit to tap 33b pesos in IPO
        359 17  -  From, Al Labita in Manila A PHILIPPINE telecommunications unit of Indonesia'? Salim Group plans to raise up to 33.3 billion pesos (Ssl.B billion) in new funds under an initial public offer (IPO) to push its expansion. Smart, the Philippines' second largest cellular
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        376 17 Firm says downward pressure on margins has moderated AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Hongkong Aircraft Engineering Co Ltd (Haeco), which will no longer be a Hang Seng Index constituent stock from Aug 30, yesterday reported a marginal 2.6 per cent rise in net profit to
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        225 17 Reuter [SHANGHAI] Chinese brokers yesterday welcomed the freeze on shares held by senior managers in their own firms, saying it would help curb insider trading and provide a fairer environment for investors. The Shanghai Stock Exchange announced the freeze on Aug 1 and the
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        CityDev's Kiwi unit lifts asset base to NZ$ 450m
        281 17  -  Company's 24 Australasia hotels offer 3,476 rooms By. Agnes Wee THE CDL New Zealand (CDLNZ) group, New Zealand's biggest hotel operator and a member of City Developments, now controls total assets with a book value of over NZ$45O million (***** million).
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        CDL Hotels' unit chalks up 53% rise in pre-tax profit
        372 17 [SINGAPORE] A member of the Singapore-based CDL Hotels International group, Millennium Copthorne Hotels, which was listed in London in April, yesterday announced a S3 per cent increase in interim pre-tax profit to £15.1 million (5132.9 million) on a pro forma
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        Lock icon Guess Inc delays IPO for 2nd time
        102 18 Bloomberg Business News [LOS ANGELES] Guess Inc, the designer jeans maker, postponed its initial public offering for the second time, causing some analysts and traders to seriously question how well the stock will fare once it starts trading. The stock in the Los
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        278 18 Better earnings due to lower operating costs and revamp expenses Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Barclays pic said yesterday first-half pre-tax profit rose a better-than expected 15 per cent on across the board increases in income and lower costs. Britain's third-largest domestic bank
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        264 18 PacifiCare boys PHP to form sth largest US healthcare group FT [NEW YORK] The US' managed healthcare industry witnessed another big takeover on Monday, this time bringing together the Californian companies PacifiCare Health Systems and FHP International to create the country's fifth largest
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        230 18 Reuter [NEW YORK] General Electric Capital Corp said on Monday it agreed to buy First Colony Corp for US$l.B billion (552.5 billion), making it a leader in selling term life insurance and filling a hole in its financial services offerings. The deal
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        486 19 Task ferce, including legal and accounting expertsfrom US, to leek into huge center trading leases Reuter [TOKYO] Sumitomo Corp is pulling together a 50-member task force, including legal and accounting experts from the United States, to investigate its'huge copper trading losses, company sources said
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        NationsBank axes forex dealers in Singapore
        152 19 [SINGAPORE] Nationsßank Corporatlpn has retrenched 12 staff members, mostly foreign exchange dealers, from its Singapore office. Market sources said the dealers, were informed three weeks ago of the downsizing of the trading room. One source said the NorthAmerican bank, which has an ■offshore licence
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        86 19 [BOGOTA] Tens of thousands of Colombia's coca growers marching in an anti-government protest across a vastjunglecovered area of southwestern Colombia on Monday. The farmers have threatened to storm an. oil refinery andpumping station owned by state oil company Ecopetrol to protest thedestruction of their prized
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        DBS to raise US$ 100m loan for PNB
        135 19 [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank has been mandated by the Philippines National Bank to raise US$lOO million (Ssl42 million) through the issue of a floating rate certificate of deposit on a fully underwritten ba£is. The funds raised from this three-year loan for PNB will
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        259 19 Reuter [BANGKOK] Foreign exchange dealers said yesterday they did not expect the Bank of Thailand (BOT) to relax its long-standing practice of keeping the baht's trading range within a narrow four satang band any time soon. Dealers polled by Reuters
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        217 19 HllwriJi Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Eurodollar futures lost more of their recent gains yesterday as players cashed in their profit ahead of the US Treasury Department's quarterly refunding auctions. Dealers said the US interest rate futures remained firmly underpinned despite subsiding from last Friday's highs when
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        170 19 Reuter AFP THE dollar managed to edge up to the 107 yen level during a quiet session and dollar/mark was also a little firmer, but both were being led by action on mark/ yen, dealers said. Mark/yen bounced sharply from six week lows amid light bidding in a
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        314 19 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] World oil prices fell yesterday in quiet trade with markets warily watching political developments in the Middle East which sparked a strong rally last week. September North Sea Brent crude futures was down nine US cents at U5519.54 a barrel at
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      1533 21 Reuter QffikkaJS -33m STOCKS ended lower yesterday, unable to recoup losses after a strengthening of the yen against the dollar spooked foreign investors into cashing in long ftitures positions in the morning, brokers said. They said the sell-off spread bad sentiment into the cash market At the end of
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      1566 22 Reuter QHuigSeog +CJ7 HSBC Holdings surged into uncharted territory yesterday, lifting stocks to a higher close despite a lack of followthrough from other sectors in the market. The Hang Seng Index added 63.17 points at 11,134.60. Turnover was HK55.93 billion, of which HSBC accounted for HK$l.9B billion. "Today, we
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      609 22 Reuter QShmghaiß Share lain 444 SHANGHAI'S B Share Index ended firmer on a sharp rise in Shanghai Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone Development. The index closed up 0.44 point to 50.97, on turnover of 14.3 million shares worth US$5.7 million. "Domestic investors believe in the future of the Pudong
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      326 22 AFP Pwyhta «a SHARE prices finished 3 per cent higher as investors pursued index-linked counters. "Institutional investors, especially foreign institutions, bought large-capitalisa-tion issues," said a trader. The Weighted Price Index rose 183.32 points to 6,266.96. Turnover totalled 1.5 billion shares worth NT550.19 billion. Rising stocks outnum- bered those falling
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      688 22 AFP -&04 SHARE prices closed lower on widespread profit-taking led by local investors with general sentiment weakened by political concerns. "Today, locals were taking profit and some of the govern-ment-owned brokerage houses were unloading the stocks they bought last week right after the riot," a dealer said. "Indonesia is
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      777 22 AFP PSEThig -im STOCKS fell as profit-taking followed reports that a 21 billion baht (551.17 billion) support fund would not become active until later in the week. "There was profit-taking after the news on the fund, and sentiment was hurt by reports that the International Monetary Fund had recommended
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      302 22 AFP Q Manila -3111 SHARE prices closed lower as the market took a rest after a strong rally in previous days. "The bourse went up so much in the past few days, it is taking a breather now," said a trader. "It is just a matter of time before
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      399 22 AFP nftppoßtehte *175 SHARE prices closed firmer, helped by a rally in blue chips. The Composite Price Index rose 3.75 points to 828.05. Turnover was 20.3 million shares worth 404.6 billion won. Despite the rise in the index, falls beat risers 430 to 408. Blue chips attracted buying support,
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      592 22 AFP DinOrtetrta -1M STOCKS eased as profit takers swooped on the bourse after a series of strong sessions. "The fall was expected after the strong days that we had and the Dow lost a bit of oomph," a trader said. The All Ordinaries Index dropped 10.8 points to 2,222.9.
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      246 22 Bloomberg Business News PWeffiagton +4M STOCKS gained as optimism that interest rates will decline helped fuel offshore investor interest. The NZSE Top 40share Index rose 6:89 points to 2,184.36. Bloomberg Busi- "B *h cwo AMZ Banking 7JS 75K) >*» 7000 t*2!" (A) 3.n -0M *****0 AJr N*w ZMitnd (6)
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        Lock icon Tenaga, Maybank lead fall
        7552 23 Bloomberg Business News Q Composite Index -12.77 STOCKS tumbled yesterday as concern over earnings growth pulled down bellwethers Tenaga Nasional and Maybank. "Tenaga may lose its monopoly status in power transmission," said an analyst. "Maybank may post slower growth." The KLSE Composite Index fell 12.77 points
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        Gopeng wrts worth watching
        3541 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy MALAYSIAN property, construction and mining firm Gopeng Bhd has had a bit of rough time lately its shares hit a 52week peak of M 55.60 on July 17 but have since collapsed almost 20 per cent to M 54.52 yesterday. In
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        59 26 ~W PACIFIC CARRIERS fell one ant to $1.04 with 61.000 units traded 60 per cent of the lOday avenge 1(B*S00 shares. RSI are either in or bouncing up from oversold territory. Daily Moving Average Convergence-Diver-genet Indicator is about to signal a buy- However, the upside is limited to
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        Four-day rally comes to a halt on earnings worries
        866 26  -  mOKUIIBT COMMENTARY Investors expect interim corporate results to be nninspiriiig and second half to be no better; mixed session for bank stocks By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The four<lay rebound that had taken the Straits Times Industrials Index from below 2,100 to
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          100 26 MALAYSIA'S International Trade and Industry Minister Rafldah Axis said yesterday that her country is seeking to win back foreign investors' confidence after a massive power failure last weekend. The blackout, the second in four years, came Just days after she had reassured Japanese investors in Tokyo
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          121 26 FIRST they thought Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali was a Greek restaurant on lower Manhattan. Now Americans are being damned for mistaking the Emu for a big Australian bird rather than an attempt to link European currencies and economies. "Most Americans have not heard about the Emu and those who have could
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          85 26 WE WONDER if bad debt provisions by bank* in Hongkong would soar with the guidelines issued by the Hongkong Monetary Authority (HKMA) yesterday on code ofpractiee for debt recovery agencies. Under the new guidelines, "authorised institutions" must ensure that their debt collectors do not reeort to "intimidation
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          Porche it is not
          117 26 PERHAPS it was inspired by Hongkong's hugely successful Club Volvo, or perhaps its owner wants die world to know which car he drives. We notice that Club Ferrare, a KTV lounge at Cairnhill Road, has just changed its name. It is now called Club Porsce. Even
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      289 27 KRF/Global News Reuter THE holiday season gripped an already slow, weak freight market with new businees limited and |tl|| ■-A J 111X16 reported iixgg, y J brokers said. The seasonal torpor has now taken over Biffex, Clarkson Wolff said in its daily report The BFI came In 1
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      444 27  -  It has asked SNSA for permission to reproduce the Singapore Bunkering Procedure By' Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's Port Klang wants to copy the Singapore Bunkering Procedure (SBP) to use as a guide for its bunkering industry. Responding to queries
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      213 27 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] A four-year deadlock over plans to expand Hongkong's container terminals may be broken as early as next month, a government official said yesterday. Hutchison Whampoa, Jardine Matheson Holdings and other port operators are making progress in talks to build
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      Port state control the new guardian of maritime safety
      660 27  -  STRAIT TALK By I Seafarer GRIZZLED old sceptics like Seafarer may one day have to accept that the safety of the world's merchant fleet Is In safe hands. That day hasn't dawned yet, but perhaps 10 years from now we will
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      202 27 AFP [HANOI] Vietnam has approved a Japanese-financed plan to build container handling facilities in the northern port of Haiphong at a cost of around US$4O million (5156.4 million), a report said yesterday. The port will have a capacity of 6.2 million tonnes by 2000
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        67 27 Knight-Ridder [CAIRO] Egypt earned less from Suez Canal revenues in June compared with May, mainly due to less traffic, said a report by the Cabinet Information and Decision Support Centre issued over the weekend. The report said the Suez Canal earned U*****.5 million (SS2IOJI
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        97 27 AFP [HARWICH, England] Over 1,000 passengers were led to safety off a car ferry in dock after fire broke out in a lorry on board the vessel on Monday, a spokesman for the ferry company said. The3l,ooo-tonne Konirtgen Beatrix, of the Swedish ferry company
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        Lock icon yang Ming plans US$ 83m bond issue
        55 27 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Yang Ming Marine Corp said yesterday it plans to issue US$B3 million (Ssll7 million) in overseas convertible bonds to finance a ship-buying project "We hope to make the issue by the end of this year, but details have not been
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      332 27 New code ewers special compeosatioD for anti-pollntion services [LONDON] The International Salvage Union (ISU) and the International Group of protection and indemnity clubs have agreed on a new code of practice aimed at avoiding future wrangles over payment for anti-pollution services. The ISU
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      277 27  -  Ro-ro, general cargo service will also callat S'pore, Laem Chabang From Jerry farynaki in Sydney NYK Line (Australia) will start a new ro-ro (roll-on roll-off) and general cargo service later this month that will cover all mainland Australian ports and call
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      Lock icon Safely evacuated from grounded ship
      78 27 [GOTHENBURG, Sweden] A lifeboat and a small tourist boat are tied to the Swedish cruise L ship Gripsholm on Monday after it ran aground late on Sunday on a sandbank in the strait separating Denmark and SwedenAbqut 600 German, Norwegian and Ukrainian passengerswere evacuated in
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      Controversial ex-Marina chief Balbon found dead
      157 27  -  From, Alec Almazan in Manila THE controversial ex-chief o£ the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina), Paciencip Balbon Jr, who was removed from his position by President Fidel Ramos in May, died in a diving incident over the weekend i Police here are investigating, although the
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      881 28  -  RAILWAY CONNECTIONS: ASIA SETS SIGHTS ON EUROPE Asia's rapid economic growth and the end of the Cold War have fired interest in rebuilding the region's railways for a line that reaches all the way to Europe but there are problems to be overcome Michael Richardson
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        Lock icon N Korea opens skies to attract foreign investment
        337 44 But uncertainties abound before scheduled opening in Dec, say analysts Reuter [SEOUL] North Korea's agreement with the International Air Transport Association (lata) to open its skies to world airlines appears to be a bid to attract investment, South Korean analysts and officials
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        Lock icon India allows private airlines to use Airbus planes
        222 44 AFP [NEW DELHI] The Indian government has given approval for domestic private airlines to use Airbus Industrie aircraft in their fleets, officials said yesterday. India's private carriers, which are equipped with ageing aircraft of East European make or Boeing 737-200s, welcomed the
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        Lock icon Five US airlines slash fares to as low as US$5O
        157 44 NYT [CHICAGO] Five major US airlines slashed fores on Monday, hoping to spark a surge in travel as the summer draws to a close. UAL Corp's United Airlines, AMR Corp's American Airlines, Delta Air Lines Inc, Trans World Airlines Inc
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        Lock icon Rafidah revs up Triumph launch
        49 44 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz reacting with a start after revving up a Triumph super bike yesterday. Ms Rafidah was launching the British-made Triumph range of motorcycles which is reentering the Malaysian market after an absence of 20years. REUTER
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        Lock icon Ansett expands network into China
        206 44 AFP [SYDNEY] Ansett Australia announced yesterday that it is to expand its fledgling international network with services to the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai from the end of this year. Australia's second international carrier, in which Air New Zealand is poised to acquire a 50
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        Lock icon Merpati to complete split from parent Garuda this year
        244 44 Reuter [JAKARTA] Indonesia is completing the separation of Merpati Nusantara Airlines from its parent Garuda Indonesia in order to boost the performance of both companies, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Jakarta Post said the split was expected to be finished later
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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        Lock icon European air passenger traffic to grow 6.4%
        249 44 Airline UMcUti« also predicts cheaper fares Reuter [BRUSSELS) Passenger traffic on Europe's major airlines is to grow 6.4 per cent each year for the next five years, marginally up on long-term forecasts, the Association of European Airlines (AEA) said on Monday. "Foreseen for
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          Lock icon Proton to invest in Philippine project
          69 44 AFX-ASIA [MANILA] Perusahaan Otomobil National Bhd unit Proton Pilipinat Corp win invest 3 billion peeoe (Ssl62 million) in a helicopter assembly project in Pangasinan province. /htfß/nr quoted a Proton Pilipinas official as saying the project involves the construction of an assembly plant, a service
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          Lock icon Toyota to build brazil car plant
          60 44 Reuter [SAO PAULO] Japaneee car maker Toyota Motor Corp was to announce officially yesterday the construction of a US$l5O million (*****.5 million) car assembly plant in Sao Paulo state. Sao Pauk) state governor Mario Covas and AkiraYokoi, vice-president ofToyota Motor Corp, was to hokl
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          Lock icon Aussie govt to limit airport ownership
          75 44 Knight-Ridder [MELBOURNE] The Australian government yesterday said it would reverse a decision to remove cross-ownership- restrictions on the ownership of airports. The move means limits win be placed on the number of airports that can be owned by an individual company in legislation providing
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        Lock icon Mercedes, IBM in car electronics deal
        148 44 Reuter [NEW YORK] Daimler-Benz AG's Mercedes-Benz unit and International Business Machines Corp said on Monday they had agreed to team up to develop the next generation of automotive electronics. Financial terms were not disclosed. Initially, IBM and Mercedes said they will develop a new
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      71 39 #S)TOYOFUJI SHIPPING CO, LTD.I MULTI-PURPOSE VISSIL KM 10/10, CONTAINER I BRIAR RUIR CARGO nssa I vot I n I m 1 it I 1 u I jw WfH |14 l>S/M|N/ttlll/ttln/tlhl/ttln/til nmrKMKi m U/w I 1 WmtkOfKi 155 |H/H| 14/ltl -I-I I mm TOT IHiIWIMIMI I IH I >i mtu lui
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      988 39 EVERY 6 DAYS Nedlloyd Lines TO AUSTRALIA IHfIAEQBC PHONE (GENERAL) 221 MM FMTE ENOUMEB 3210MW 200 CF3 (RHONE) *****10 CFB (FAX) 270(733 I TOHWW "J* rTm am S™ RHINE 1316 09/06 25 AW 26/06 27/06 BUNQA PELANGI DUA /3316 12/06 28/08 01/09 02/09 30A* NU OCEANIA /5326 14/08 05/09 03/09
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      614 40 f SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 1 M 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWESTCENTRE S PORE 0106 VMM TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 j Ct NO. IM7MMMM "mSSSISS?i »Vl MfKJ,- L J_ 2 22 A 9 f?} 2 4 JESS|CA CEL>A j2223H^^ffIBH 7SLGS/WEEK SSSEESEEB 3slgs/WEEK 1 VOV
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      26 40 TRAMP CHARTIBIMQ GOLDEN SPORE 02 AUG FOR INDUCEMENT CGO ANY DIR PtOJKT CAtCO/TtAJtSHyiIPIT SBVKI BBBML MENTS: RfTBMME MBCES PTE LTD NMIWMLUCN UMLOB SM6APOHEI7MM TH_*****08 TUL2MM HUtZMMM
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      487 40 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOAOMO VOY SPORE I PXELANQ* HMJFAX N.VOMK NORFOLK N. ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPICO HOUSTON HOGQHMMERVA OS3S 12/13 AUG I 26 SEP 2* SEP 29 SEP OS OCT OSOCT 10 OCT MOCT HOEOHOUKE 0638 2*3OAUG I 21AUO 16OCT ISOCT 21 OCT 38OCT 24OCT 1 NOV
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      478 40 f Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN IWtL VOY ISM MM 1 VANESSA MN 12AM 20AM XOUR OCMIHI 422 ISAM 20/00 < TRADE FAST TFSIOB 20AM 2BAM KOTA CAHAYA CAHIO3 2SAM 03*00 —J i -A I REGULAR ILrtCHEVSK SERVICE (VESSEL vor STOW ILYCHEVSK EVER GREET 0120-OOOW
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      863 41 SUPER EXPRESS SERVICE TO SEA lAL SHIPPING AGENCY (S) PTE LTD TEL MO& *****06 (INBOUND) *****77 (OPS) FAX: *****33 CFS: *****31/*****42 i CR NO. **********0Z INBOUND FROM JAPAN I VbY OiAKA KOBE Y6KOHAmU TfrY6 h6»GKONC EKEUWC AS PEGASUS 301 09-10/08 ~11-12/08 j SEA RANGER 311 05/08 06AM 07/08 08/08 2
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      101 41 ACCIPTING BREAKBUUC CARGO PROM SIN TO SUEZ, AIEXANPRA, JtPOAH AND AOAIA JHLrf 8f B}fc PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION DIRECT SIRVKI TO KARACHI ACCEPTING iRKAKBUIX A CONTAINERS TOE WT (ASM 1 UttfM m \m i IWH WVI Ilt/W/* SEA-PAC MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD. C«y > Ct T»wn ftiwn i OW mm m
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      654 42 as w P% m I SINO IXPRISS SHIPPING (PTI) LTD. V WW I 11 COLL Yin QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. m 1 TEL: *****90 <4 LINES) FAX: *****96 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SWOHANS fNANGNAI (CONTAIN!! SIIYICE) Also occepting container coroo to: VBSa/VOV EttSHI ETAHKG ETASHA W/THKG: Beqoo Chiwon r
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      623 42 jfoSIJS! I ~*n~/\ H y MAC-wtLS SPORE. *****22 (24 LIMES) kuchnq: (CMQnun I"*JV/ J 80U: (094) *****9 MftHl ft- Win 11—1 aagjgag 20TH ANNIVERSARY OFFER:-(LOWEST-LOWEST RATES) cebu ETA sin "PACIFIC EXPRESS" V 21N 9-8 SHANGHAI "GOODWELL" VNOI7 9-8 HONG KONG "OOCL HOPE" V 6306 13-8 CALL: PHYLISS/ YEO/ MALA/ XIUHUA
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      376 42 I fawn WENDER I CONTAINER LINES J ATTRACTIVE FCL/LCL RATES TO: I Indian Sub-Continent Ports: MADRAS/BOMBAY/ CALCUTTA COLOMBO CHTTTAGONG NHAVASHEVA/ j PORT KELANG PENANG I MADRAS WWSHPG 8L FWDG (P) LTD I TEL .9144-534 0450 FAX :91-44-534 0200 I BOMBAY WWAGENCIES PVT LTD I TEL: 91-22-207 5832 FAX: 91-22-207 5831
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      85 43 r PSgWHIffiTBIBSft-Hffa K&"Sg|BM|M 8"pot» PXatang LoadngFor I OZGURAKSOY 14AM 18/08 Rc*rVAtwAJK/Nan I ASPILOS 2QAM Atw/RdnVUK I t* Loada E7W. Majayda. mrtnnida I I PAN CRYSTAL I I Damman/Kuwait I iPWnS CXAai/A. Dhato»4)oha/Bafrari/DernmarvKuwa<tß {ST AYNURKALKAUAN Hodaktah/Jaddah/Pt Said/TrfpoM I I Lotting for 1 I PAN EXPRESS Loa Orlaana/ChariaatotV I NorttMCamdan I PANTOMEDO
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      49 43 FAX- S etvmmmim CALL USNOW!! ATTRACTIVE RATES FOR REGULAR FCL/FCL SAILINGS JAKARTA SHANGHAI HONCkdNG HOCHIMINH SURABAYA COLOMBO BANGKOK CALCUTTA LAEMCHABANG MADRAS P.KELANG BOMBAY PENANG TEL-2*5 8400 (W! GUNK EXPRESS PTE III) V?CT u sn Tom taesnmi LINK LCL (OKSOUOATIO* SfItVICE YAN6ON Acc«pling Door Mrnry/ Proitct HomKng/ ICL from Vongon
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      133 43 USA Singapore to all USA destinations via Los Angeles We accept both FCL LCL, vessel departs every Monday. For general enquiries, please call 542 7668. For booking, please call f* tln y Tlan at 548 9584 or Sf la Can at 548 9585. CONSOLIDATION, WAREHOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, I 11.My.tay rfc |ra
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