The Business Times, 8 August 1996

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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 Internet; http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes S I N G A P O R E THURSDAY, AUGUST 8,1996 85t
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Camerlin in reverse takeover of Malex via Brierley deal
    590 1  -  It will get Ms7lom cash and 36% Malex stake; Malex to make bid for Southern Steel By. R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] There's more to the week-long speculation that the Camerlin consortium is surprisingly selling its 20 per cent stake in Brierley after
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    Lock icon Foreign consultants to review Tenaga's role in power sector
    487 1  -  Mahathir says they will also look at viability of taikUaf second national grid By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The Malaysian government will appoint foreign consultants to review Tenaga's role in the country's power generation and distribution system, and the part played by
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    Lock icon From opium den to insurance hub
    275 1  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Once a den of opium addicts, Amoy Street is now emerging as Singapore's insurance hub. In the past few years, the street, with its elegant restored shophouses, has been attracting insurance institutions to set up offices there. Among them
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    Lock icon Goldtron denies CAD probe or financial troubles
    367 1  -  By\ R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Telecommunications company Goldtron Ltd yesterday strongly denied market rumours that its affairs were being investigated by the authorities or that it was in financial difficulties. In a statement, the Sesdaqlisted firm noted that "specifically, there is a report by
    Source: Bloomberg; ALLAN  -  367 words
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      Tourists spending less on hotels
      403 2  -  If inflation is factored in, total tourist expenditure last year nearly flat: survey By] Lee Han Shih TOURISTS may come to Singapore in record numbers, but they are cutting down spending on many things, especially hotels and food and drink. In fact, the only two
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      Business over the Net gets qualified thumbs up
      414 2  -  Ehctrwk trade m threshold of exploding though it still faces hurdles; Compaq chief By\ Kenneth James THE head of the world's leading personal computer company yesterday gave a qualified thumbs up to business over the Internet. Compaq Computer president and chief executive
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      Lock icon Compaq chief sees good growth in 2nd half
      157 2 Reuter COMPAQ Computer Corp president and chief executive officer Eckhard Pfeiffer said yesterday the company expected to maintain its margins in the second half of this year. He said this in response to a question after delivering a speech to the National
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      Lock icon Economic growth slows in Q2
      306 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Economic orowth By] Diana Oon THE Singapore economy more or less stagnated in the second quarter, inching up a mere 0.12 per cent quarter-on-quarter in seasonally-adjusted terms, according to J P Morgan. The quarter-on-quarter increase the lowest since the late-1980s translates
      Source: JP Morgan; ALLAN  -  306 words
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      TDB launches trade data site on Internet
      162 2 THE Trade Development Board yesterday launched StatLink, an interactive service making available the latest trade statistics, on the Internet's World Wide Web. Launched by Minister of State for Trade Industry Goh Chee Wee, StatLink contains 48 months of data and is updated monthly.
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      Chili's and Spageddies to expand in Asia and Australia
      500 2  -  Drive part of Pac-Am's plans for Nasdaq listing in Y7 By. Denesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE-BASED Pac-Am Food Concepts Group plans to expand Its Chili's and Spageddies outlets throughout Asia, Australia and possibly even Europe. The group the master franchisee of Chili's restaurants
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      Amston condo units see dismal response
      330 5  -  flwrmwjmtrm 23 aits pit back w aarkat B* Michelle Low THE 23 Amston condominiums that were put back on the market last weekend have met with dismal response sources said no firm buyers ha** been found for any of the units. The apartments in
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    • NEWS Roundup
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      S'pore-US Business Council holds its first meeting
      252 5 DEPUTY Prime Minister Tony Tan yesterday kicked off the first meeting of the high-powered Singapore-Unit-ed States Business Council, hailing it as another step towards building stronger ties between the two nations. The council, chaired by Dr Tan, is made up of business leaders
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      Homegrown ASA shows promise: analysts
      502 5  -  spotlight on sdkiapore's best: i Advanced Systems Automation By Annette Pau SHAREHOLDERS of Advanced Systems Automation (ASA) may be somewhat disappointed to watch their stock slip to 68.5 cents a share from 88 cents when the company went public last month. Yet, they should take
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      PLE-EDB scholarships awarded
      219 5 NINE puhlicly-listed and pri-vately-held Promising Local Enterprises (PLEs) yesterday Jointly handed out 17 scholarships to a pioneer batch of scholars under the PLE-EDB Scholarship Programme at an award ceremony. Launched in March to pool talent for local companies, the Economic Development Board (EDB) has set aside $15
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Angel Court sold for $39m
      608 4  -  $640 psf/gpr price shows developers' faith in district 11 By Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] A 25-unit apartment block at the junction of Thomson Road and Moulmein Road was quietly sold for a hefty $640 per square foot per gross plot ratio at the end of May,
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      End to shoddy construction?
      504 4  -  Architects' institute to draft minimum specifications By I Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The end may be in sight for shoddy construction work that results in problems such as uneven flooring, leaky plumbing and seeping windows. The Institute of Architects has agreed to set up a standing
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      House Hunt
      1009 4 Property transactions for districts 11 and 21 (Mdan 90 and 58 to 59) lodgmibttumn July 1519M and Aug y 1996. ms* sr ujs w (SDFD (WW 81 District T1 (sectors 28 to 30) Nirtli < w Adam Place Apt 12/06/96 FX 958 780 8M Angri Court Apt 27?05/96
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon US warns Indonesian govt to respect Megawati's rights
      304 6 WASHINGTON Ousted PDI leader files criminal complaint against govt-backed rival who replaced her AFP Reuter THE United States warned authorities in Indonesia on Tuesday to respect the rights of opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri whom they have summoned for questioning. "We know that
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      Lock icon Suharto accuses party of subversion
      169 6 JAKARTA AFP PRESIDENT Suharto yesterday accused a pro-democracy group of subversive activities, echoing earlier government statements. Mr Suharto, at a monthly cabinet meeting on the economy, said the People's Democratic Party (PRD) was "clearly involved in subversive activities", as quoted by Information Minister Harmoko. PRD,
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      Lock icon Aussie bid for KL navy contract discussed
      326 6 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama THE bid by Australian defence Firm Transfield for the multi-billion ringgit Royal Malaysian Navy patrol vessels contract was discussed when Australian Minister of Defence Industry, Science and Personnel Bronwyn Bishop met International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz yesterday. Speaking
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      Lock icon EU sanctions against Myanmar won't work: official
      311 6 BANGKOK EU commissioner: Threat toothless because of our low level of iu vestments AFP THE Imposition of sanctions by the European Union will be ineffective as a means of bringing pressure on Myanmar's military government, EU humanitarian commissioner Emma Bonino has said. Ms
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      Lock icon Tommy Suharto defends car policy
      210 6 SINGAPORE Indtn programme not unlike that in lTsia and India, he says AFP TOMMY Suharto, the youngest son of Indonesian President Suharto, defended his country's national car policy and said the programme was no different from what automakers were doing in India and Malaysia. He
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Guangdong tries to reinvent itself
      646 7  -  CHXMA WATCH It has given foreign investors a better deaL But Is this enough? By Lu Ning UANGDONG, China's economic M 1 powerhouse, decided recently to -w-open the door wider to foreign m I investors by allowing foreign-funded enterprises to sill more products in the
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      Lock icon Flooding forces govt to lower harvest estimate
      319 7 BEIJING AFP Reuter SERIOUS flooding across southern China has forced the government to downgrade its 1996 harvest estimate to the same level as last year, despite burgeoning domestic demand. The China Daily reported y«t*rday that the nation expects to reap 465 million tonnes
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon HK airport railway needs more workers
        61 7 Reuter [HONGKONG] A severe shortage of labour on Hongkong's Mass Transit RaUway Corp's (MTRQ airport railway project may affect the project's completion date, company y officials said. The number of workers on the project needs to be doubled to 11,000 by the end of
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        Lock icon China renews defence of Three Gergas
        62 7 AFP (BEIJING] China yesterday mounted a renewed and vigorous defence of its gigantic Three Gorges dam project, which has kmg been criticised by environmentalists. According to a feasiblHty study commissioned by the State Commission of Science and Technology, the dam—to be part ofthe largest
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        Lock icon Chinese ministry official jailed for graft
        104 7 Reuter [BEIJING] A court In China hat sentenced a former senior official in the Ministry of Personnel to lOyears In Jail for accepting 100,000 yuan (SI1&960) In bribes. Kang Yao, i tanner director of the ministry's Wage, Insurance and r Welfare Department, la the
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        Lock icon Optio libre cable link for Tibet
        52 7 Reuter [BEIJING] China will soon start construction of the first optic fibre cable linking Tibet to the rest of the country. The dO,OOO km cable would run across the Qinghai-Tibet plateau from Lanzhou, capital of western Gansu province, tei Lhasa, via Xlnlng in Qinghai
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        Lock icon Shanghai textile sector to axe 120,000
        67 7 Reuter [SHANGHAI] The Shanghai textile industry will sack 120,000 employees during the next two years due to the closure andmerger of factories, the Liberation Daily said. The Shanghai Textile Holding Company, the main state Sipany controlling the industry, declined to comment on report. The
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      Lock icon Most believe Beijing will retain HK system
      136 7 HONGKONG AFP THE majority of business leaders in Asia believe Beijing wUI implement the promised "one country, two systems" policy after it resumes control of Hongkong in July next year, a survey showed yesterday. The survey, by the Far Eastern Economic Review and
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      Lock icon Fast-growing cable TV market to reach over 200m by year 2000
      335 7 ■SHANGHAI But revenue growth seen limited by cnrbs on foreign content Reuter CHINA'S fast-growing cable television market would reach more than 200 million subscribers by 2000, offering a giant market for foreign programme makers, official media and industry officials
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      Lock icon HK$ rebounds after Soros denies short-sell blitz
      464 7  -  HONGKONG Unit rises to 7.7358 after Soros dismissed report he shorted it totnneof USs2b By I Quak Hiang Whai THE Hongkong dollar yesterday bounced back from its retreat in the past few days after a spokesman for George Soros denied press reports that
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      Lock icon Vice-president to stop over in US
      372 7 TAIPEI Washington to ignore China protests and grant transit visa to Lien Chan Reuter AFP TAIWAN confirmed yesterday that Vice-President and Premier Lien Chan planned to transit through the United States and urged China not to over-react. "Vice-President Lien's transit through the United States
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Bonds soar on BOJ assurance on rates
      463 8  -  TOKYO Prices hit four-month high hut stocks continue to slide in nervous market By, Anthony Rowley RENEWED assurances by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) that it intends to maintain an easy monetary policy sent Japanese government bond prices soaring to a four-month high
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      Lock icon Japan's recovery yet to gather pace: govt report
      255 8 TOKYO Reuter JAPAN'S economy is continuing on a course of gradual recovery, despite a disappointing slip in industrial output, but still needs easy credit to help it along, the government said yesterday. In a regular report on the health of the economy,
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      Lock icon NZ First to include institutions in foreign ownership rules
      216 8 WELLINGTON Reuter NEW Zealand First leader Winston Peters said yesterday big institutional investors such as AMP Society and National Mutual would be included in his party's restrictions on foreign ownership. In a speech to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, the opposition
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      Lock icon Jobless figure sparked rate cut: central banker
      247 8 MSYDNEY Reuter THE Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) recently cut official interest rates in an attempt to reduce the unemployment rate, RBA board member Dick Warburton said yesterday. He said the RBA board, which met on July 30, saw that the economy was
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      Lock icon Govt plans fund to help firms buy foreign brands
      168 8 NEW DELHI AFP THE Indian government is planning to set up a Brand Acquisition Fund to help domestic firms acquire international product names, a newspaper reported yesterday. The fond will form part of the US$l4 million (5119.7 million) Brand Equity Fund,
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Retail sales slow in late June, July
      503 9 WASHINGTON Inflation nnder control, so rates unlikely to be raised at next Fed meeting Bloomberg Business News THE US economy cooled in late June and July as retail sales slumped, helping keep inflation in check, the Federal Reserve said yesterday. Such a combination
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      Lock icon US economy may be slowing: Fed governor
      262 9 WASHINGTON Reuter FEDERAL Reserve governor Edward Kelley said on Tuesday he saw signs the economy may be slowing from its hectic second quarter pace, but added that the central bank needed to be vigilant because risks remained. The central bank is hoping that
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      Lock icon No plans to counter Dole cuts: Rubin
      271 9 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News US TREASURY Secretary Robert Rubin said yesterday President Bill Clinton has no intention of countering any Republican election-year tax cut plans with one of his own. "I can tell you categorically there is (no tax cut proposal) presently planned,"
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    • Article
      Lock icon France will retaliate at once if its firms suffer US sanctions
      241 9 PARIS US anti-terrorist law bans energy deals with Iran and Libya Reuter PRESIDENT Jacques Chirac said yesterday that France would retaliate immediately if the United States applied sanctions against French firms under an anti-terrorist law banning energy deals with
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      Lock icon US forces must stay in the Gulf, says Perry
      84 9 WASHINGTON AFP The United States' "strategic imperative" required keeping US forces in the Gulf, Defence Secretary William Perry said on Tuesday, calling for resolve in the face of terrorist attacks. Mr Perry reiterated warnings that US forces in the Gulf faced
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Siberia-Pacific pipeline seeks investars
        78 9 Reuter [MOSCOW] A proposed pipeline linking Siberia with the Pacific Ocean could provide Asian countries with oil and o P T??* Ruwl<t economy, project coordinator Sergei Fokln said yesterday. But investors are not rushing in to fcnd it, and it Is uncertain whether it will ever
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        Lock icon Neta, Levy in power tag-f-war
        21 9 Reuter i over power and pieetige in a spat that stole fttbMdllßM Jordan thfai tot, Netanyahusoffice.—Renter />'
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        Lock icon Kedak seeks anti-trust action in Japan
        57 9 AFP [TOKYO] Eastman Kodak Co of the UShaafUeda complaint with Japan's Fair Trade Commission calling fbr steps against antt-trustprofctems in tbe Japanese film market, company officials said yesterday. In a oomplaint filed with the Jspansas anti-trust watchdog, Kodak called for "enforcement action" against anti-competitive
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        Lock icon Major's bid to cash in on
        60 9 AFP fe«ofa crippling Tube strike yesterday, PriiQf Minister John Msjor'sCoossnfattve government sonabwbdra#73 political capital from the Ministers laid down the gauntlet and called on the opposition Labour Party to brsak with party traroonwd condemn outright the surgßofwcrkers'protest which has wreaked havoc with travel in
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      New US welfare law written in meanness
      732 10  -  TBI BOTTOM urn OPINION By. Anthony Lewis The writer is a regular columnist with The New York Times THE DECISION by US President Bill dinton to sign the Bill ending the national commitment to help poor children has been widely described as a
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      113 10 'Even among the intellectual elite, EMU is more associated with the big bird roaming the Australian outback than with monetary union' Germany's biggest bank. In a report delivering a damning verdict on US tndlfference towards European monetary union. 'One miscalculation and Cunard could end up like the
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      Pill for an over-achievinq economy
      617 10 EDITORIAL GIVEN the recent sudden concern about Singapore's economic performance, all ears will be on Prime Minister Goh Chok eve-of-National Day message this evening. His announcement of growth in the first half —and in particular the April-to-June quarter— will provide firm indications of the outlook
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      Lock icon Lessons for the Euro
      1010 10  -  Historical gold standard may well have something to teach Europe about monetary onion By\ Stephanie Flanders Financial Times TALK to European policymakers and bankers these days and they will tell you that they have stopped wondering whether European Monetary Union (EMU) is going to happen it
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      816 10 FOR all of Taiwan's success in minimising ethnicity in politics, it has trouble thinking in more modern terms about sovereignty. In some senses, Taiwan can be seen as a post-modern state. Because of its conflict with China, it lacks many of the basic trappings of state
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Signs of life on Mars found in meteorite
      673 12  -  Discovery seen as compelling evidence that at least microbial life existed on Mars long ago, reports Mm mm* wmord John Noble Wilford NYT Scientists studying a meteorite that fell to Earth from Mars have identified organic compounds and certain minerals that they
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      Lock icon One more plait and I'll be ready
      42 12 [CHODZIEZ] Agnieszka Karnabal, combing the hair qfher husband Wieslaw ("Seven Bears") on Tuesday before an elders' council during the 20th Assembly of the Polish Movement of the Friends of American Indians in western Poland AFP
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      Lock icon New flair in New York's restaurant fare
      495 12 FOOD Energy, ambition and imagination keep food scene alive in the dty NYT [NEW YORK] Jean-Claude lacovelll is scouting locations in SoHo for a pasta restaurant. He already owns Jean Claude and SoHo Steak in that downtown neighbourhood and Caffe Lure nearby. Cheah
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      Lock icon HK restaurants on course for handover
      184 12 FOOD AFP [HONGKONG] Restaurants in Hongkong are promoting an 11-course feast aimed at cashing in on the territory's return to Chinese sovereignty in July next year. The menu, called "The 1997 Handover Feast", has been adopted by many Chinese restaurants in Hongkong and in
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      Lock icon Making computer use easier on the eyes
      559 12 HEALTH TlataipnUanseu D 0 corrected wiu proper adjustments in work 6irironnwot NYT [NEW YORK] In days gone tfy, children were often warned that reading in poor light or in awkward positions would "ruin" their eyes. Fortunately, problems rarely ensued. Not so among today's
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        More choice station wagons
        64 14 THOSE shopping for station wagons have some fresh choices of late. These include estate versions of the Citroen Xantia, Mercedes C-class and E-class. The two-litre Xantia estate goes for $148,888 with COE, while the C-class T-models are priced at $196*000 (two-litre) and $$06,000 (2.8-litre) without COE.
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        Ford Taurus ad turns women off
        55 14 THE Ford Taurus ads seem to be turning some potential women customers away. What would have been an effective placement with good visuals and attractive layout was spoilt by the last line in the copy. It said: "A car designedfor a man who knows
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        Do pick the right tyres
        94 14 FITTING your car with after-market tyres that are beyond manufacturer's specifications might do more damage than good. If the tyres are too wide, there might be scuffing during a hard corner. This in torn might jeopardise steering and braking. Consumption may also be affected. If
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        Indian market to double by 2000
        85 14 IN a report, the EIU expects the Indian vehicle market to more than double by 2000. Sales are forecast to rise from 587,000 in 1906 to 1.25 million in 2000. Growth will be strongest in the passenger car segment with numbers rising from just
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        GM developing new car platform?
        90 14  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan GENERAL MOTORS Corp has declined to comment on a report that it is developing a new global compact car platform that will replace current Saturn, Chevrolet Cavalier, Pontiac Sunfire and Opel Astra models. Automotive News reported that the new vehicle platform,
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      A macho car with diehard fans
      666 14  -  MOTORING Beyond 110 kmh the Range Rover feels amazingly smooth By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] What do Michael Jordan, Queen Elizabeth II and Mel Gibson have in common? They all own Range Rovers. They're not the only ones. Many people find the idea of a
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      597 14  -  SPORTS Atlanta's mascot was a marketing failure from the start By] Denesh Divyanathan [SINGAPORE] With the Atlanta games behind us, one notable question begs to be asked: where was the Olympic mascot the past few weeks? Olympic mascots are usually highly visible, but the
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      Lock icon Acma denies having problems in Russia
      457 15  -  CompaqycMfiniis latest Rnsaan deal with Gazprom at US$l6B mflboo By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Telecommunications and engineering firm Acma yesterday refuted market rumours that it was having problems with its Russian partners and instead confirmed the value of their latest Russian deal with Gazprom at
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      Lock icon Kloffe volume hit 325 contracts in July
      276 15  -  By R Sivanithy After a quiet business on the newly--nipnched Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (Kloffe) is picking up, with daily average volume reaching 325 contracts in July from 107 in January. Figures provided by Kloffe recently also show an increasing
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      Will Kloffe become a major influence on the KLSE?
      597 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy ARLY last week, an intereBtinB suggestion was made that movements in Malaysian stocks could HI one day be dictated by events in the futures market. Such a link is not uncommon in other more sophisticated markets
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      Property helps RDC lift profit
      361 15 Hmwmg projects and overseas nmts help group post first-half earning of $6Jhn (SINGAPORE] Resources Development Corporation (RDC) has reported a 14 per cent higher interim group net profit of $6.9 million. The company attributed the improved performance for the six months ended June 30 to
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      Eltech slashes interim loss to $1.4m
      271 15 [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Eltech Electronics has cut its interim net loss by 75 per cent to $1.43 million following a restructuring exercise. Turnover rose 8.2 per cent to $51.55 million due to "higher sales in the Far East and the US," Eltech said. For the
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Plus gets nod to increase N-S Expressway tolls
        542 16  -  lacreaiea Mtw agreed rate; govt yrwrises From Ruth Weng .in Kuala Lumpur HIGHWAY operator Project Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan itPlus) the North-South Expressway concessionaire yesterday received approval .from the Malaysian govern- jnent for a long-delayed hike .in its toll rates. Works Minister Samy Vellu
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        Goldman sees weak DBS Land share price for short-term
        352 16 in (hart-term natal lactate dtoi [SINGAPORE] Goldman Sachs has dropped its rating of property counter DBS Land one notch from a "buy" to "market outperformer". A report from the US investment bank's Singapore research office yesterday said that although DBS Land's
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        Easyknit to go into fashion retailing
        486 16  -  Garment exporter hopes retail business wfll be ever 50% of sales in 3 to 4 years By, Jenny Lam (SINGAPORE] Cotton garment exporter Easyknit International Holdings, which has applied for a secondary listing in Singapore, plans to diversify into the business of retailing casual
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        Lock icon Claiming her fair share?
        135 16 [MANILA] Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos talking to reporters at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday. She was to dissolve Puerto Azul Land Inc. In its petition, the Marcos family alleged that Puerto Azul Land chairman Rebecco Panlilio 'fraudulently schemed" to become the controlling
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        CCL awards $20m job to complete Meralodge
        132 16 [SINGAPORE] Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL) has awarded a contract worth (20.4 million for the completion of its Meralodge condominium The job was given to Gammon Pte Ltd after financial troubles hit the previous contractor Sung Foo Kee Construction. Sung Foo, which changed its
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        Lock icon Gajah Surya plans to acquire private bank
        370 16 Mmfmisputtf awet reshuffle in Gajah Tunggal group Reuter [JAKARTA] Indonesian finance firm PT Gajah Surya said yesterday it planned to buy a stake in one of the country's largest private banks, in a major asset reshuffle in the Gajah Tunggal group. PT Gajah
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        Lock icon Audit committees may have to be set up before firms can list
        300 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPURJ The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange is looking at the necessity for a company to establish its own audit committee as part of its listing requirement "We do not intend for any of our rules to
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      • COMPANY Briefs
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          SingTel awards $5m countract to Nokia
          66 16 [SINGAPORE] Telecom mhawiffy ttnpfini'i Tsleram PageUnk has awarded a $6 mQUon contract to Nokia Telecommunications for the supply of a nationwide trunked radio network The new system is to meet the gnming demand for the Trunked Radio Service. The new network will have an
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          GSI back in the black with $8.6m gats
          52 16 [SINGAPORE] General Securities Investments (GSI) recorded s group net profit ofg&8 million tor the six monthe ended June ao after suffering a g7£ million loss in the corresponding period last year. The company said it benefited from the relatively better performance of
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          Arab-M'sian Securities signs loan
          50 16 [SINGAPORE] Arab-Malaysian Securities Sdnßhd, the securities arm ofthe Arab-Malaysian Banking Group (AMBGX has secured a Mgl 10 million (B|62millian) syndicated standby letter of credit IlKflity. The deal was arranged by Tokai Bank, which haealfi percent etake in AMMB Holdings Bhd, the ultimate holding company of AMBG.
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          Acer wins Russian PC deal
          98 16 [SINGAPORE] Acer Computer Russia, a subsidiary of mainboanMiatod Acsr Computer taternatlonel (ACI), has won a contract to supply 580 computers to Rnssla's Federal Employment Service (FBS). The first shipment of Acer Aspire PCs from Acer's plant in Finland is eomectod to take place early next
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        Lock icon Staff exodus at SHK Securities
        564 17 Sources close to company say retail brokerage lost 50 staff In Hongkong alone Reuter Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Hongkong's largest home-grown retail brokerage, Sun Hung Kai Securities, has been hit by a staff exodus, losing around 50 of its staff in Hongkong alone, sources close
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        Cathay meets forecasts with 1st-haJf profit up 12% to HK$1.1b
        505 17  -  HKs64lm from sale of Dragpnair stake takes net np 67.5% Frorrv Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong CATHAY Pacific Airways yesterday matched analysts' forecasts with a net profit excluding exceptional item of HK11.106 billion (Ss2o3 million) for the six months to
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        Lock icon Sleeping on the job
        53 17 [HONGKONG] Floor traders at the Hongkong Stock Exchange reading newspapers or catching some sleep while waiting for orders during a slow trading day on Tuesday. HSBC Holdings' 34 per cent increase in profits reported on Monday and a higher close on Tuesday did little to lift
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        Lock icon China to lift market cap of listed firms to 15% of GDP by 2000
        299 17 AFP Reuter [SHANGHAI] China hopes to increase the number of publicly listed companies and raise the total market value of listed companies to 15 per cent of the gross domestic product by 2000, a newspaper reported
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        SM Prime to float US$150m Eurobond issue to fund huge mall
        291 17  -  Taipan Henry Sf* flagpklp roadshow in 4 cities From, Al Labita in Manila LISTED SM Prime, the flag ship of taipan Henry Sy, is floating a US$l5O million (*****.5 million) Eurobond to help ftind the construction of what would
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        Wah Kwong Shipping's profit up 3%
        97 17 [HONGKONG] Vessel disposals and cost cutting contributed to Wah Kwong Shipping Holdings' profits of HKS424 million (5177.6 million), a 3 per cent rise for the year to March 31. The sale of older vessels had boosted profits, according to the firm's managing director George
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        Lock icon Goodman expects one-time losses of up to A$75m
        345 17 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Australia's largest food company, Goodman Fielder Ltd, yesterday said it would report up to As7s million (5582.12 million) of onetime losses after tax, including write-downs for the value of its poultry business and a gelatin factory. The losses
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        Lock icon US chips' book-to-bill ratio seen up in July
        594 19 Bat analysts alse believe that chip sales in Jaly fell frem Jane's level Reuter Bloomberg Business News [SAN FRANCISCO] Semiconductor analysts believe the US industry's book-to-bill ratio in July was likely slightly above June's 0.91 ratio, but they also believe chip sales
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        Lock icon Netscape fires anti-trust salvo against Microsoft
        336 19 Company complains of limited Internet connections Bloomberg Business News [MOUNTAIN VIEW, California] Netscape Communications Corp complained to the US Justice Department about what it called anti-trust violations by Microsoft Corp in the market for Internet software products. The charge of anti-trust violations is the
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        Lock icon Average earnings of stockbrokers in US up 6% last year
        362 19 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Stockbrokers earned an average of U*****,839 (*****.613) last year, a 6 per cent increase from 1994, as equity markets and trading surged, according to the Securities Industry Association, Wall Street's trade group. They may make
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        Lock icon Westinghouse Q2 profit slips 6.9% despite broadcasting gains
        415 19 03 results expected to be hit by talis in ad revenae and ratings at CBS TV netwwk Bloomberg Business News (PITTSBURGH] Westinghouse Electric Corp's second-quarter profit fell 6.9 per cent as weaker results at Its power-systems businesses offset gains in broadcasting, and
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        Lock icon BP dividend up 18% on record interim
        373 19 FT [LONDON] UK oil group British Petroleum on Tuesday announced an 18 per cent diviafter reporting recdq)? first-half, pre-excep-' tional profits of £1.28 billion (552.79 billion), a 23 per cent increase over the first half of 1995. BP's decision to raise the second-quarter
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        Lock icon JC Penney to buy Fay's for US$285m in stock
        190 19 Bloomberg Business News [PLANO, Texas) JC Penney Co said it will buy the 272-store Fay's Ine drugstore chain for US$2B5 million (Ss4o3 million) in stock, one of the retailer's first moves to fight competition by expanding through acquisitions. Fay's shareholders will
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        Lock icon Guess snips its IPO size and price
        432 19 Bloomberg Business News [LOS ANGELES] Not even supermodel Claudia Schiffer can put a pretty face on Guess Inc's initial public offering. After twice postponing the sale, the Los Angeles-based apparel company on Tuesday snipped the offering by nearly a quarter amid a faltering
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        Lock icon Stanchart 1st half pre-tax profit up 40% to £448m
        397 20 Rise exceeds expectatieasasbank earns £42m frem sale of businesses and HK profit surges 34% Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Standard Chartered pic's pre-tax profit in the first half rose a better-than-ex-pected 40 per cent as it sold off businesses and saw profits
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        Lock icon Dresdner Bank posts 44% rise in operating profit for first half
        476 20 Gain attributed to surge in commission income and vary successful first qtr Bloomberg Business News [BERLIN] Dresdner Bank AG said operating profit rose a higher-than-expected 44 per cent in the first half of 1996 as commission income surged. "The
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        Lock icon BOJ to tell banks to improve management
        414 20 FT [TOKYO] The Bank of Japan is to order several leading banks to improve the quality of the management of their overseas branches following the discovery of serious shortcomings in the operations of their New York offices. The move follows an investigation by
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        Shell restarts distillation unit
        314 20 Demand picking op so extra capacity comes at right time [SINGAPORE] Amid a slightly more favourable market, Shell Bukom is restarting today a 200,000 barrels per day crude distillation unit (CDU) which it shut exactly a month ago for maintenance and repairs. This will add significant
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        Lock icon Lloyd's investor sues Citibank
        259 20 Reuter [NEW YORK] A Lloyd's of London investor filed a class action suit against Citibank in US federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday claiming the bank had mismanaged the insurance underwriters' accounts. Lloyd's investors, known as Names, are responsible "only for that portion of the losses
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        Lock icon Thailand to leave tin producers' association
        230 20 Reuter (BANGKOK) Thailand plans to inform the Association of Tin Producing Countries (ATPC) in October of its decision to quit the eight-member group, a Thai official said yesterday. The official from the Department of Mineral Resources said Thailand's fast growing tin consumption in the
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        Lock icon S'pore copper premiums slide
        271 20 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Copper premiums here eased further on weak demand while threemonth prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) will probably remain trapped in a narrow range for the rest of the month, metal traders said yesterday. Copper premiums here over LME cash metal dipped to
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        169 20 Reuter Iffliilftn THE dollar held onto overnight gains on both the mark and the Japanese currency but a lot of attention was centred on the French franc languishing at four-month lows. The yen was hit by a newspaper report saying that the Bank of Japan had deferred a
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        Lock icon Oil steady; markets lack fresh news
        303 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] World oil prices were steady yesterday in generally light trading with traders casting about for news to provide a fresh impetus after last week's rally. World benchmark Brent blend crude oil futures for September delivery were two US cents down
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1537 21 AFX-Asia n Nikkei 225 -atyn SHARE prices closed sharply lower, on renewed futures-led selling by hedge funds and selling in the cash market by foreign investors, dealers said. The 225-share Nikkei Average closed down 267.29 points at 20,477.59, a fall of 1.3 per cent. The Topix Index ended 16.37
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1576 22 Reuter QlUngSeog -7M STOCKS snapped their fiveday winning streak yesterday to end slightly weaker as the market took a breather following recent hefty gains. The Hang Seng Index ended 7.06 points lower at 11,127.54. Turnover was HK54.59 billion, down from HK55.93 billion on Tuesday. "Basically, we are just maintaining
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      Lock icon CHINA
      634 22 AFX-Asia Reuter FlShinjMß Share hig *OJ4 SHANGHAI'S B Share Index ended up but off the intra-day high on profittaking in the last 15 minutes of trading. The B Share Index was 0.94 point higher at 51.91 on turnover of 16.4 million shares worth US$l2.9 million. A broker said: "Sentiment
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      333 22 AFP DWPhte SJS2 SHARE prices finished lower as investors took profit following heavy gains in the previous session. "Profit-taking emerged in late trading and wiped out early gains," said a trader. The Weighted Price Index declined 5.52 points to 6,261.46. Turnover was 1.65 billion shares worth NT558.91 billion. Risers
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      229 22 Bloomberg Business News Qwiiitftt -ma STOCKS fell yesterday on profit-taking. The Top 40share Index dropped 12.81 points to 2,171.55. Trading was valued at NZ564.5 million, up from NZ554.5 million. mi i *t- mm ANZ Banking TJS unch T7247 Atfvtntaan HMfl 148 unch TT700 AirNniNM(A) 3.18 -0.01 M0900 AJrNtwZMlM OS
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      759 22 AFP HSEfhia *7J6 SHARE prices closed up in anticipation of intervention through a newly-established 21 billion baht (511.17 billion) bourse support fund. "Sentiment was improved by the psychological impact of the support fund on shortterm investors, but in the longer term, company earnings could be hurt by falling export
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      379 22 AFP nOwnporitthig +6J6 SHARE prices closed higher in a technical rebound led by blue chips. The Composite Price Index gained 5.98 points to 834.03. Turnover was 20.1 million shares worth 386.8 billion won. Risers beat falls 507 to 269 with 170 unchanged. Blue chips were mostly higher. L,G Electronics
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      579 22 AFP QiUMoarM -U SHARE prices closed lower in lacklustre trading despite a late rally in banking and insurance stocks. The All Ordinaries Index fell 1.1 points to 2,221.8. Turnover was 228.9 million shares worth A 1578.2 million, with 428 falling stocks outnumbering 402 advancers. Among the leaders, resource giant
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      655 22 AFP -MS STOCKS eased on profit-tak-ing in moderate trading. "The market was fiat. There is not much incentive to do anything significant for institutional investors in this market," said a dealer. The JSE Composite Index eased 0.85 point to 553.94 points. Turnover was 138.7 million shares worth 303.6 billion
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      Lock icon MANILA
      313 22 AFP Q Manila +7JO SHARE prices closed higher in a technical rally following the previous day's losses. The Composite Index rose 7.3 points to 3,128.82. Turnover was 2.034 billion shares worth 1.747 billion pesos. An analyst said the market was "still very weak" and predicted that there would be
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        Lock icon Shares up, led by UEM
        7683 23 Bloomberg Business News H Composite Index 4C STOCKS rose, led by United Engineers Malaysia (UEM), after the Bernama news agency reported that the government approved its proposal for a toll hike for the North-South Highway. "Definitely, it's good news for the company," said an analyst.
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    • WARRANTS&OPTIONS
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        Acma rights worth picking up
        3638 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy THE latest nil-paid rights to warrants to trade on the local exchange are those issued by Acma Ltd, a mainboard-listed firm whose shares have been bashed a fair bit lately. The stock dropped from around $4 a month ago to
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        HOT STOCK
        62 26  -  *1 Paul Leo OP BATTERIES fM two US ants to US$3.B4 yesterday with 7.1 million shares traded, of which seven million were married at US$l7l Hence, buying support can be expected between US$l7l and US$l7B. Daify Moving Average Convergence-Divergence Indicator will signal a buy soon. Daily and umkfy
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        Market ends mixed as traders play waiting game
        780 26  -  Sl^Juyiby^ Investors fearful of more downside and prefer to wait at least until the interim corporate results season is over By Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] Despite the Straits Times Industrials Index having fallen IS per cent from its year's high of 2,493.71, investors
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          Pere-grim clients
          76 26 TALK about poor timing! Last weekend's massive power blackout in Malaysia apparently came just a month after Kuala Lumpur-based Peregrine Securities had taken Tenaga Nasional on an international road show. A little bird in the Malaysian capital tells us that, in the wake of the weekend's unfortunate events
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          Barings chases out evil spirits
          70 26 MORE than a year after it came cloee to going kaput. Barings Singapore is taking no chances with the opening of its new offices at Republic Plaza yesterday. Its management consulted self-proclaimed geomancers within the firm to main* sure that an auspicious date and time
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          Singalaysia and Malaysiapore?
          116 26 MALAYSIA has a big current account deficit, while Singapore has a big surplus, right? Not quite, according to WI Calx's Regional Strategist David Scott In a recent report, he argues that Singapore and Malaysia can be seen as essentially one economy because of the way ftinds flow
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          Yes miff yourself
          72 26 PHILIPPINES' president Fidel Ramos said recently that it would be unseemly to have world leaders sniffed by foreign sniffer dogs at the next Apec meeting in Manila in November. "We will not allow somebody's dog to be sniffing at another leader," he said. "You miff your own."
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      285 27 KRF/Global News Reuter ACTIVITY on the key routes particularly for panamaxes and capesizes has so for been spasmodic, brokers said. The market remains range-bound, Clarkson Wolff said in its daily Bifftex market report Little adjustments on the index saw it 1 point higher at 1,062. Volume totalled 150
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      452 27  -  New law seeks to break liner operators' control over freight rates From Alan Boyd in Bangkok THAILAND has given the first stage of approval to a new maritime bill aimed at reducing the country's dependency on regional shipping firms including
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      166 27 AFP [MANILA] The award of the contract to modernise and operate a container terminal in the former US naval base of Subic Bay has been postponed for up to 15 days due to a protest by one of the participants in the tender, Philippine
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      625 27  -  MEWBUILDS By] David Hughes THE newbuilding scene has been quite lively over the last fortnight or so with a good number of contracts being reported. The table above is only a representative sample of the newbuilding orders placed but it does show
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      179 27 Knight-Ridder {NEW YORK] The US Coast Guard said all large, singlehull tankers sailing in US waters must meet new requirements in order to prevent oil spills. For some vessels the new rules will take effect as early as this fall. The
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      Major lines bidding for Indian container terminal
      271 27 Sealand, M&ersk, Evergreen, P&O reportedly in the race [MADRAS] Leading lines here have gone into a huddle to prepare their bids for the first major private container terminal in India. The last date for submission of bids in project for the new terminal
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      71 27 [HONGKONG] Jiaxing on the Yangtse River Delta is upgrading its Zhapu Port with a U5596.4 million (*****.9 million) investment in the second phase of construction. Jiaxing could become a river and land transport centre in the northern part of the province, according to Xu Liangji, deputy party
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        67 27 Knight-Ridder [LONDON] Russia and Iran plan to build a port on the Caspian Sea capable of handling about 10 million tonnes of cargo a year, the British Broadcasting Corp reported on Tuesday. The BBC quoted the Russian Interfax news agency as saying the port
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        85 27 Reuter [STOCKHOLM] A second vessel in less than two days ran aground ofTSweden's south coast on Tuesday while navigating shallow waters between Denmark and Sweden, the Swedish coast guard sakL The Cyprus-flagged oil tanker Betty Thertse, carrying 5,700 tonnes of gas oil, stalled on
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        76 27 AFX-ASIA [TAIPEI] Taiwan Cement Corp said it expects the planned exclusive port at the Hoping cement industrial park in eastern Taiwan to become operational by July 1999. "As preparatory work has yet to be completed, we cannot say when construction will begin," a
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        51 27 [BOMBAY] A flash strike by tally clerks of the Mumbai I* Port Trust over the arrest ofa fellow colleague for alleged'" theft has affected port operations. Negotiations were on \xf settle the issue, officials said. Cargo handling virtually came to a standstill over the
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      928 28  -  IJIDXJJV SHIPBUILDING: YARD STUCK IN DEEP WATER ftorwegian major Kvaeraer offered to take 40-60 per cent equity in ailing Hindustan Shipyard Ltd and convert it into a building and repair facility, but the Indian government's indecisiveness threatens the tie-up proposal Amit Mitra Business Line THE
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        407 42 Low prices and WVMIfliMiVi tastes boost sales to record high in July Reuter [TOKYO] Foreign car makers are continuing to make strong inroads into the Japanese market, with sales of imported cars surging to a record in July on the back of
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        219 42 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Toyota Motor Corp said yesterday it would build a USIISO-million car plant in Brazil. The leading Japanese car maker said the plant, to be sited in Indaiatuba, near Sao Paulo, would make Corolla passenger cars in cooperation with Toyota
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        47 42 [PETERSHAUSEN, Germany] Railway workers cleaning up the site of a crash here on Tuesday, after a freight train carrying trucks derailed and crashed into a highspeed train. Nobody was injured. The damage is estimated to be 10 million Deutschemarks (559.5 million). AFP
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        Lock icon USAir wins judge request in suit against BA
        227 42 Reuter [NEW YORK] USAir Group Inc was granted its request for its antitrust lawsuit against British Airways and American Airlines to be linked to a similar case from Virgin Atlantic Airways and heard by the same judge. A federal court record made
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          46 42 AFX-ASIA [JAKARTA] The government will Invite local and foreign..« companies to develop an aircraft main termor** frrtllty for use within the East Asean Growth Area (EAGA), which encompasses Bruneii Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia, Transport Minister Haryanto Dhanutirto said yesterday. -AFX-ASIA
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          45 42 Reuter [CHICAGO] United Airlines said on Tuesday it would launch a freight service between the US and Asia next March. A United Airlines statement said four DC-10-30 aircraft from Its fleet win be converted for freight service.
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          Lock icon Cheung Kong to buy 2 China highways
          87 42 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd" will pay 671 million yuan (*****.7 million) to build and run two highways in Jiangmencity in south China's Guangdong province, the South China Morning Post <»*> reported yesterday, citing the China News Service. It
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          73 42 Reuter [ADELAIDE] Australia's national rail passenger ami freight Jinks may be hit by a strike later this month, the PubUc Transport Union (PTU) said yesterday PTU national secretary Roger Jowett aaid employees were concerned about the ftiture of Australian National (AN), the troubled federal
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        218 42 AFP [HONGKONG] The Hongkongbased carrier Dragon Airlines Co Ltd said yesterday it had been charged with unauthorised importation of US-made missile parts into the territory. The shipment arrived in Hongkong's Kai Tak airport from Beijing in May 23 and was reportedly bound
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      19 27 Shipyard: hope for salvage slips away Joint venture proposal with Kvaerner threatened. P«|B 2 ItaMfcf'k prim ara tag carrMiMt»«rt?prM*
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      424 33 I FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) 4 SAILINGS A WEEK TO S BANGKOK J J AND REGULAR SAILINGS TO cSabang THAILAND BANGKOK I 'jg f FOR BOOKING i/\ *****33 CONTACT AMY P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 UNES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10
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      683 39 if Au SINO IXPRISS SHIPPING (PTI) LTD. V MMI 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. m 1 TEL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX I tINOTUm MAMOHAI (CONTAIN!! SIKVICI) Also occepting container cargo to: .VESSEI/VOY I ETA SIN ETAHKG ETA SHA W/T HKG: Beiiioo. Chiwon. JW*
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