The Business Times, 5 September 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,1996 85<t
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Financial markets unfazed by second US missile strike
    490 1  -  crTsis IN IRAQ Calm returns to oil market asnuyor players discount impact of raid By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] A second US strike against Iraq early yesterday morning failed to fuel further panic in the oil markets, which on Tuesday had briefly touched
    Source: Bloomberg; ALLAN; AFP  -  490 words
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    Lock icon Wider no-fly zone enforced
    185 1 Reuter [BAGHDAD] The United States fired a second wave of missiles at targets in southern Iraq yesterday and enforced a wider no-fly zone, pursuing one of its most serious confrontations with President Saddam Hussein since the Gulf War. Seventeen Cruise missiles were fired from four ships
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    A spate of new car models is rolling up for Christmas
    476 1  -  By\ Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Over a dozen new car models are due to line the showroom floors in the last quarter, in time for what some say will be a season of lower COEs. Leading the pack with the
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    Forecasts for Indon growth raised to 8%
    420 1  -  Economists cite investment demand, central bank's snccessfnl policy From\ S N Vasuki in Jakarta AT A time when most regional economies are slowing down, economists are revising upwards their forecasts for Indonesia's GDP growth to an impressive 8 per cent this year. The
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      54 1 If in! mm oil market seen as psychological Pg 10 Biijhfc stocks fall for Bth day running, Pg 6 m ■f I I Singapore Paragon, Suntec City Mall, Daimaru. Isetan Orchard, Isetan Scotta, Sogo Raffles City, Takashimaya Kuala Lumpur Star Hill Shopping Centre, KL Hilton, Sogo Pernas Jakarta Plaza Sena
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      7 1 High «ui mmlaccount deficit acceptable, Pg 6
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Extensive network of assistance plans for truly needy
      237 2 THE government may frown on state support for Singaporeans but it has in place an extensive network of assistance schemes for the truly needy, including bus and taxi subsidies for the disabled, the Cost Review Committee was told on Tuesday. "Low-income families
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      Caution, patience urged over HK, Taiwan issues
      400 2  -  gMLmrs visit to crnuA United, economically strong China is a key to peaceful solution: SM Lee By Lu Ning SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday that China could rise to become a major world economic and military power in 30 years, but
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      Daimler-Benz looking for funds to finance Asian projects
      366 2  -  By\ Siow Li Sen DAIMLER-BENZ, the largest industrial group in Europe, may tap the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) and Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd for funds to help finance its operations in Asia. A senior company executive said yesterday that the
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      Lock icon Jan-May manufacturing usage up
      316 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Industry By Teh Hooi Ling THE manufacturing sector consumed 3.8 billion kilowatt hours (kwh) of electricity in the first five months of the year 7.6 per cent up on the same period a year ago. In May, the sector used 6.5 per
      Source:; ALLAN  -  316 words
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      US chip firm sets up plant here
      297 2 Venture with STpere grevp to build wafer polishing factory A US-BASED semiconductor services company has set up a joint venture to develop a silicon wafer polishing and reclamation factory here. The setting up of this facility, which observers say could be the region's
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      Lock icon Electronics slump slows take-up of JTC factories deadline
      433 3  -  ■•re flatted factory space vacated than takes op in Q2 By Michelle Low THE electronics slowdown has shown up in demand for ffcctory space more Jurong Town Corporation flatted factory space was vacated than taken up in the second quarter. Data released
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      Nets payments up 4 times to $2.1b over five years
      423 3  -  ityl Soh Tiang Keng ELECTRONIC spending has shown a big Jump during the piat Ave years as Singapore moves closer to a cashless society. Singapore consumers last year paid 12.1 billion to buy goods and services through Nets (Network for
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        days to credit ST A share
        52 3 takes seven days before the proceeds from the sale of Singapore Telecom Adhmea at e credited into Off miHim y an minis TlMtiiianl wmisftii lugliiflissafcn* ST A shares being credited in time for the money to be used I tebuyST2shares, adknae offsr doses on
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        laws
        19 3 A MEETING of senior Asean information officials agreed that regiilsMnnaand lam eieimjssssijtosetupa aaA floroish, die iMBg yesterday. >'* v ••••>*•
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      384 2 *u; r Find out-how to start S and where to go. cetting started on the net Have you been wondering what all the Mr Roy Phu Sa,es Man ef S/n Ne hype is about Do you know what your Understanding The Internet competitors have done already Explanation or Internet terms
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      6 2 Chin* stance over Hongkong, Pg 8
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      73 2 I 1 V- -I ■■'m *'i*'' w 3 v -> JLi_ J A 4 IF YOU THINK PHANTOM OF THE OPERA AND LESMISERABLESWERE BIG AIDA1$ 10 TIMES BICCER... DATES PRICES VENUE 12, 13, 14, SEPTEMBER 1996 $150 $250 SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM BOOK AT ALL S STIC OUTLETS OR PHONE 348
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon What is better than an en bloc sale?
      635 4  -  A combined en bloc sale By' Tan So Yen [SINGAPORE] AS prime freehold sites become rarer, developers are pushing to combine two or more en bloc sites to allow for larger developments and better profits. This is especially true of the Stevens/Balmoral
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      House Hunt
      983 4 Property transactions for districts 9 and 10 (Motors 22 to 27) kxtftd bttumn Aug 19,1996 and Aug 21 1996. spur ssr ""ss "■uja *1 oofd mm m 8 District 9 AapenHt" Apt VV96 999 024 646 55? Chateau Eliza Apt 9/7/96 Fh 872 1250 Mf Clemenceau Court Apt
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      364 4 Semi-detached for togetherness Have you ever wanted to be In our semi-detached factories together, corporately speaking? you can come together and Consolidation of business segregate activities over five activities—research, manufac- floors (total areas average hiring, sales, marketing and 4,700 sq.m.). administration could give And why pay rent when you you
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Stocks fall for 8th day running
      397 6 BANGKOK Propeilj, financial counters decline on rate concerns, Moody's downgrading Bloomberg Business News AFP THAI stocks fell for an eighth day, with property issues dropping on concern that interest rates won't be cut anytime soon or may even rise, analysts said. Financial issues also
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      Lock icon Taiwanese foreign minister in Jakarta?
      217 6 JAKARTA AFP TAIWAN Foreign Minister John Chang is in Indonesia for an unofficial visit, expected to anger China, and will meet Indonesian Foreign Minister All Alatas, a government source has said. Indonesia and Taiwan do not have diplomatic ties and the visit will come in
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      Lock icon Myanmar opposition groups sue Unocal over gas pipeline
      392 6 ■LOSANGELES Rights abuses alleged; US court flfhtii to liar oil giant from joint venture AFP MYANMAR opposition groups sued Unocal on Tuesday, alleging the US oil giant's deal with Myanmar's military regime to build a gas pipeline is resulting in widespread human
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      Lock icon Singapore-M'sia merger? Jakarta won't object
      174 6 KUALA LUMPUR AFP INDONESIA would have no objections to Singapore reuniting with Malaysia as long as the move benefited Southeast Asia, a senior minister was quoted as saying yesterday. "This is a matter for Malaysia and Singapore to work out. "We will accept whatever decision
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      Lock icon High current account deficit acceptable: World Bank
      219 6 JAKARTA AFP A WORLD Bank official said Indonesia's high current account deficit was stUl acceptable since it was the result of a rise in imports for productive activities, a report said here yesterday. "The deficit is growing because more people are investing in
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        Lock icon Entreprenour's body to be formed
        49 6 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR) Bu>lwwmtn from Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia will form a Regional I Entrepreneur Council tomorrow to identify areas for joint ventures. The council, was propossd by Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwr Ihrahtm Win War of Technology and Research B J Habibie. Bemamo
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        Lock icon Suharto's son-is-law to be ?
        61 6 Suharto's son-is-law to be AFP [JAKARTA] President Suharto's son-in-law, head of the Kopassus special military force, has been recommended to become a regional commander. Gen Raden Hartono sakl Maj Gen Prabowo Subianto was one of the people recommended to become regkmsl commander. IfMaJ-Gen Subianto was "to be prepared" to become
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        Lock icon Indonesia's tourist arrivals up 20.7%
        60 6 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's international tourist arrivals for the first seven months of lWt totalled 2,886,000, up 20.7 per cent from the same period last year. Information Minister Harmoko said. Foreign currency earnings from tourism between January and July 1906 was U3I2J billion (3*4 billion), up
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        Lock icon Malaysian minister to discuse rail link
        48 6 AFP (KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Transport Minister Ling Uong Sik said he would discuss the proposed Trans-Asian rail link during a visit to Myanmar and China at the and of this month. At present there are no rail linkabetween Myanmar and China. —AFP
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      Lock icon WTO urged to heed needs of developing countries
      191 6 JAKARTA Alatas warns agiinst linking stcial and trade issnes AFP INDONESIA called yesterday on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to heed the problems faced by developing countries in meeting free trade commitments. Foreign Minister All Alatas warned that efforts by Western countries
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Policies on drawing board to encourage Chinese to buy homes
      507 7 SHANGHAI OntwutitiEiki home ownership one of the main engine* of economic growth Reuter CHINA'S State Council, or cabinet, is drawing up policies to encourage private buying of homes, which it wants to become one of the main engines of economic
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      Reforming China's bank reserve system
      665 7  -  amivmi Plan to tower ratios don't mean ohufß In monetary policy By Lu Ning WHILE the Chineee central bank'* unexpectedly steep interest rate cuts announced on Aug 22 < caught everyone's attention, its quiet lowering a day later of the interest rates on assets commercial
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      Tsang sees 6-7% growth before year 2000 comes round
      293 7  -  HONGKONG Bco—ilc prujetti 'breathtaking*, mjt financial secretary Byi Quak Hiang Whai THE Hongkong economy's growth will rise from the current 5 per cent to reech 8 to 7 per cent before the century Is out. Financial Secretary Donald Tsang predicted yesterday.
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      Lock icon China softens stance over HK
      390 8 HONGKONG Observers note clear signs of moderate approach as 1997 nears Reuter CHINA is showing clear signs of softening its often combative approach to Hongkong in the countdown to next year's handover, political analysts and politicians say. The first signals emerged with Foreign Minister Qian
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      Lock icon HK's chief judge under pressure to resign
      272 8 HONGKONG Reuter HONGKONG'S chief judge came under intense pressure to quit the judiciary yesterday after stoking the political fire with a bid to become the territory's leader after Britain hands the colony back to China in 1997. Politicians and legal experts said Tuesday's
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      Lock icon Working groups to be set up to boost Sino-British trade
      139 8 BEIJING AFP BRITISH and Chinese trade ministers agreed here yesterday to set up three special working groups to boost cooperation in the chemical, aviation and energy industries. The agreement was announced following between Chinese Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan yet to recover My from impact of asset deflation
      384 9 WASHINGTON Senior official also warns of danger of capital flight to developing markets Bloomberg Business News EISUKE Sakakibara, the di-rector-eneral of the Japanese Finance Ministry's International Finance Bureau, said the country's economy has yet to recover fully from the impact
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      Lock icon World police on parade
      43 9 [TOKYO] A Tokyo Metro Police officer standing guard while the New York Police Department marching band passed by during the World Police Parade here yesterday. Major police departments from six nations and school bands participated in the parade AFP
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      Lock icon Aussies launch trade campaign targeted at India
      280 9 SYDNEY As6m scheme aims to boost trade between the two Reuter AUSTRALIA yesterday launched its biggest overseas trade promotion aimed at India at the start of a 15-month campaign to upgrade ties with South Asia. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the As 6
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      Lock icon Fairfax blasts minister for 'inaccurate public musing'
      383 9 SYDNEY AFP AUSTRALIA'S Fairfax media empire angrily struck back yesterday against Communications Minister Richard Alston, accusing him of aiding a campaign to undermine it by Rupert Murdoch's rival empire News Corp Ltd. In a statement in his papers here, John Fairfax Holdings managing
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      Lock icon Plan to put Murdoch man on TV Asahi board rejected
      160 9 TOKYO AFP MEDIA mogul Rupert Murdoch's plan to appoint one of his men to the board of a Japanese television broadcaster in which he has a major shareholding has been vetoed by the government, officials said yesterday. The News Corp
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  • FOCUS
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      Desert Strike ain't Desert Storm
      627 10  -  ononmir AlthoMh the Irani leader ha* mhtraml pnHttetl naallty i« W« tMnfltiw By Leon Hadar TO many observers, it may look like a rerun of Desert Storm. US missiles attack Iraqi targets and American diplomats attempt to unite the "international community" against Baghdad. A US
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      Lock icon Pentagon confident Iraqi military targets destroyed
      565 10 crYsis IN IRAQ WASHINGTON Tttrd strike not ruled out; Moscow warns of anarchy in world while EU remains divided on issue AFP Reuter Bloomberg Business News THE Defence Department yesterday said it was confident that two US cruise missile attacks against Iraqi military targets
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      Impact on oil market seen as psychological
      429 10  -  SINGAPORE TraianiaS'ytnny physical stocks wiwHSwMe >ii panic if lacftllti fcr By\ Ronnie Lim THE impact of US missile strikes against Iraq with the second wave Just launched yesterday morning on the oil market has been more psychological than anything else, said industry executives
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      28 10 For real-time stock information, call Quickstock on 1900-913-0003 at 30 cents a minute. Stock numbers are available in the stock pages of The Business Times and Lianhe Zaobao.
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Investors expect Fed to raise rates soon
      464 11 NEW YORK Strong economic data prompts forecasts of hikes on Sep 24 Bloomberg Business News IT'S only a matter of time before the Federal Reserve starts raising interest rates to slow the economy and curb inflation, say investors. Bond traders have been waiting
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      Lock icon Growth spurt but rate hike unlikely
      320 11 FRANKFURT Bloomberg Business News TODAY'S expected announcement of an economic rebound in the second quarter is unlikely to prompt the Bundesbank to raise German interest rates, analysts have said. The message from the central bank's policy-makers, who are expected to leave interest ratecj untouched
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Arafat, Netanyahu arrive for summit
        85 11 AFP {EREZ CROSSING, Gaza Strip] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat h arrived at this crossing point between the Gaza Strip and Israel yesterday for their first direct meeting. Mr Arafet came accompanied by Teije Larsen, the UN envoy to the
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        Lock icon Kohl on Ukraine's role In Europe
        66 11 AFP [KIEV] Gorman Chancellor Helmut Kohl said yesterday that the stability and independence of Ukraine were vital for the rest of Europe and he sought to allay Russian fears about Nato's plans to expand eastwards. Mr Kohl said his two-day visit to the former
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        Lock icon US weekly retail sales up 1.3%
        51 11 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] US retail sales rose 1.3 per cent last week from the prior week, boosted by a 10 per cent increase in sales at May Department Stores Co, according to the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi/Schroder Wertheim weekly same-store sales report—Bloomberg Business
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      Lock icon Pay and benefits of many workers still lagging: Reich
      243 11 WASHINGTON Reuter DESPITE job growth, lower unemployment and solid corporate profits, Labour Secretary Robert Reich said on Tuesday that the pay and benefits of many workers are still lagging. In his annual post-Labour Day assessment of the American workplace, Mr Reich
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      Lock icon US new construction spending at 5-month low
      291 11 WASHINGTON Reuter SPENDING on new construction dropped sharply in July to its lowest rate in five months, the Commerce Department said yesterday, as new-home building slumped at the steepest rate in more than a year. The 1.4 per cent plunge in spending to
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Political vile temper arrives in the mail
      733 12  -  TOB BOTTOM LDVB OPINION By< Russell Baker The writer is a New York Times columnist NYT EVIL TEMPER is everywhere. It doubtless has to do with the political campaign. Presidential campaigns often bring out the worst in people, and not just in politicians
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      154 12 We're workers. Our work is to be a sex object, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't be guaranteed certain basic protection and rights/ -Jut a dancer at the Lusty Lady nude club in San Francisco, on her fellow dancers who voted to form a trade union.
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      Cooperating while competing
      560 12 EDITORIAL THAT Thai and Singapore leaders can now talk openly about their economic rivalry and at the same time discuss bilateral cooperation speaks volumes about how their relationship has matured These days, the two sides even want to venture into third countries to work together to take
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      Lock icon Banking's capital ills
      1102 12 Japanese banks are fMMiig ap to raiae wn equity but investors ka4 better be wary The Economist LISTEN to the soothing words from officials at the Japanese finance ministry's banking bureau and you would be forgiven for thinking that Japanese banks have scarcely a care in the
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      811 12 THE US bombing reveals the broader strategic morass in the Middle East today, which is by no means the fault of America. There aren't three countries in the Middle East today aligned with one another. The core countries Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria and the
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      31 12 POOMEBBURT By Garry Trudeau .AMDHeFULCUMONS IHG IS ONE GAf, PEMODefenseOFim/m&v m MARK-/mmeß pas- J £3?£LLF MARRJAGE &LL MJAS A |<S47S ABANPONEP, FOR- W\ F€£UNG KM LOW 1 I JUST MOUJ, MARK
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Edberg's game face
      1113 14  -  The Swede's playing with superior passion in his Slam swansong, reports robxkfxmm ROBIN FINN HE IS not the grand old man of this Grand Slam tournament yet, but unseeded Stefan Edberg, the two-time Open champion who is using this US Open as his definitive Slam swan song,
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      Lock icon Seles in semi-finals
      143 14 AFP SECOND-seeded American Monica Seles crushed South African Amanda Coetzer 6-0, 6-3 on Tuesday to reach the semifinals of the US Open tennis championships. Seles lined up a semi-final clash with fourth-seeded Spaniard Conchlta Martinez, who beat unseeded American Linda Wild 7*6 (8/6), 6-0. The last of
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    • PASSING Shots
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      547 14  -  U MUSIC By] Philip MoClallan AFP [YANGON] Two decades after Myanmar strongman Ne Win showed his disapproval of popular music by personally destroying a drum kit in the dance hall of a leading hotel hard rock is making a
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      1353 16  -  Porsche's team tackles arguments directed against vehicles and their use By i Christopher Tan {SINGAPORE] Five hundred million. That is how many motor vehicles there are on the roads in the world today. Experts say there will be 1.3 billion cars around by the middle
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      Lock icon SembCorp buys Paterson Road property for $47m
      483 17  -  Company believed to have made $70m --•g jjJSjilwi—rf oner tor AngnDiaView By Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Corporation has made its first major foray into the property market with the acquisition of 26, Paterson Road, for $46.89 million signalling a move into property development.
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      Electro Magnetics attracts new offers
      323 17  -  All is not lost despite Macon aborting rescue plan, say> MD By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The interim judicial managers of Sesdaqlisted Electro Magnetics (1992) Ltd have already received "a couple" of offers from interested parties to rescue the company after« planned bail-out was called
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      Pidemco keen on more M'sian projects
      283 17  -  By\ Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Pidemco Land is looking to developing more residential projects in Malaysia following its team-up with Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) to build condominiums in the mega Kuala Lumpur Sentral project. Pidemco president Liew Mun Leong yesterday said he was "positive
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      IPC may want to reconsider its business plans
      618 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih IN THE next two years, IPC Corp chairman Patrick Ngiam will face some very tough choices. His decisions could well decide the future of the company. IPC is in for a rough ride, as its interim
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      Amcol judicial managers off to Mauritius
      400 17  -  By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Amcol Holdings' judicial managers are expected in Mauritius today to find out first hand what happened to the company's U5539.6 million (Ssss million) investment in the island republic which lies some 800 km east of Africa. Judicial manager Nicky
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        Tibs to move into vehicle leasing
        239 18 (SINGAPORE] Bus operator Tibs Holdings yesterday announced it intends moving into vehicle leasing and financing, an area which rival Singapore Bus Service entered recently. Tibs' wholly owned subsidiary, Tibs Investments, has incorporated two new subsidiaries Tibs Capital and Tibs Leasing for "possible ventures into
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        Creative's sales plan gets strong response in China
        366 18  -  More than 200 Chinese computer stores and companies have applied to join sales network By] Lu Ning [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology's plan to create a network of exclusive sales agents in China has received strong response from Chinese computer stores and companies, according
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          PCI, Liang Ct in the dark on high volumes
          90 18 [SINGAPORE] PCI Ltd said It was not aware of any reason for the unusual trading volume in its shares on Tuesday and yesterday. Cloee to 3.4 million PCI shares changed hands yesterday, making it one of the day's most active counters.
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          Freight Links finance controller quits
          54 18 [SINGAPORE] Freight Links Express Holdings (FLEH) yesterday said its financial controller and company secretary OngChong Hock had resigned. FLEH also announced it would leaae about 6JBO square metres of land in Tuas from the Jurong Town Corporation and combine it with another piece of land
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          Hour Glass calls EGM
          54 18 [SINGAPORE] The Hour Glass has called an extraordinary meeting to seek shareholders' approval for two matters: the agreement with Burberrys Watch Company for the distribution of its watches in the Asia-Paeific region; and the lease agreement for office space in Tong Building The EGM will be
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          DBS Land warrants expire soon
          32 18 [SINGAPORE] DBS Land warrants 1966-1806 issued last year by Robert naming will expire on Sep 26. Tba exercise price of the warrants is now $&33 per share.
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        End of road for PacCan toll ventures
        160 18 [SINGAPORE] Chinese company Hebei Highway Development Co has called off plans to work with Pacific Can Investment Holdings on two road projects in China. Listed PacCan said here yesterday it had been informed by Hebei Highway it was terminating preliminary agreements to form
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        San Teh posts 11% rise in interim profit to $7.5m
        279 18 [SINGAPORE] San Teh Ltd yesterday reported an 11.48 per cent rise in interim group net earnings to $7.58 million. The higher group profit for the half year ended June 30 was posted on a 6.1 per cent rise in turnover
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        Pentex-Schweizer posts 2.2% fall in profits
        178 18 {SINGAPORE] PentexSchweizer Circuits has turned in lower-than-expected results its full-year net earnings fell 2.2 per cent to $11.6 million. The consensus earnings forecast of 14 analysts polled by The Estimate Directory was $13.9 million, or a growth of 18 per cent from a year
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        ST Computer sells its 25% stake in PacNet
        149 18 [SINGAPORE] ST Computer Systems Services, a listed subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Industrial Corp, has sold its entire stake in Internet service' provider Pacific Internet. ST Computer said yesterday h sold its 25 per cent holding of 1.49 million shares to its partners
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        Cold Storage (M), Dairy Farm in joint-venture deals
        227 18  -  From, Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur RETAILING group Cold Storage Malaysia Bhd has struck joint venture agreements with giant retailer Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd in a bid to enhance its competitiveness. The agreements entail Cold Storage buying a 30 per cent
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        529 19 Interim results within expectations; analysts see better Reuter [HONGKONG] Wharf Holdings Ltd's interim earnings announced yesterday came in within the range of expectations and analysts expected to see an improvement in sec-ond-half figures compared to the first half. The Hongkong conglomerate reported first-half profit of
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          Lock icon IBM order
          52 19 AFP (TABPSQ Taiwan's computer giant Acer fee is to sign a US$2 billion (S$2J billion) contract with International Bmtasss Machtnss Carp, Acer officials said yesterday. Under the original equipment manufacturing (OEM) accord, Acer will produce70,000 to80,000desktop computers for IBM next year, the officials said. No further details were
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          Lock icon Noomra-led group to buy £1.6b UK homes
          99 19 AFX-Asia {LONDON] A consortium tad by Nomura Securities Co Ltd is aet to buy for £1.6 billion (553.5 billion) 58,000 Ministry of Defence homes occupied by service frmilies, the Financial Times reported yesterday, quoting no sources. The Momnra consortium, calWi Awnjngtnn Ho"**, includes
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          Lock icon fails to block Pioneer plan
          15 19 Bloomberg Business News optionedwme to itsemi^^aiaS SbidA its stake la&agrok&^^optionsi^^o^aM^ute
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        Lock icon Unveiling the next generation DVDs
        59 19 [CHIBA, Tokyo] These people are watching a video programme of the next-generation digital video disc (DVD) at the World PC Expo '96 in Chiba, a suburb in Tokyo yesterday. Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd will launch in the Japanese markets two models of its
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        Lock icon Full-year gain for TNT falls 75% to A$9.8m
        248 19 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Transport company TNT Ltd said annual net profit fell 75.4 per cent to A 19.84 million (5510.82 million) amid a slump in non time-sensitive freight operations and in the performance of airline Ansett Australia. Equity-accounted profit for the
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        Lock icon New rules to be set up for personal account dealing
        312 19 FALLOUT FROM J ABDDfEB SCAMP AL Reuter [HONGKONG] The fallout from a scandal involving late allocation of trades at Jardine Fleming was still attracting attention in the colony yesterday, but the company escaped further sanctions and said business continued as
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        Lock icon Hitachi, Mitsubishi likely to be hard hit by weak chip prices
        285 20 Parent pre-tax profits expected to drop by mere than 30%, says report AFP [TOKYO] Weak microchip prices are likely to slash parent pre-tax profits of Hitachi Ltd and Mitsubishi Electric Corp this financial year by more than 30 per
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        Lock icon Express Newspapers planning to cut about 85 jobs
        273 20 Reuter [LONDON] Britain's Express Newspapers, seeking to halt a long-term sales decline, announced plans on Tuesday to shed around 85 Jobs as it puts its Daily and Sunday Express national titles under a single editorial team. Express Newspapers, part of the recently
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        Lock icon Olivetti head quits amid mounting losses
        190 20 AFP Reuter [MILAN] Carlo de Benedetti made an inglorious exit from the telephone and information technology giant Olivetti which he had run for 18 years, when he was finally ousted on Tuesday from the chairmanship. Mr De Benedetti himself had called an emergency board
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        Lock icon E Asian trade slowdown explained
        422 21  -  Structural problems, low forez rates to blame for trade woes By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] East Asia's declining trade performance vis-a-vis the developed economies is due to structural problems and artificially low exchange rates, according to research house Independent Strategy. In its latest report, "East Asia:
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        Lock icon M'sia to launch second credit rating agency today
        142 21 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will launch a second credit rating agency to cope with the rapid expansion of the country's capital market, central bank officials said. Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will launch the Malaysian Rating Corp Bhd today, the central bank
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        Lock icon Rising Malaysian interest rates seen peaking
        269 21 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian interest rates, which have been on an uptrend this year, may be peaking, Arab-Malay-sian Finance Bhd chairman Azman Hashim said yesterday. "They probably might stay around these levels for a while," Mr Azman told reporters after the company's annual and
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          Lock icon Manila to tax banks' repo deals
          72 21 AFX-Asia caroling on Sep 15 a 36 per cent tacome* earned by domestic bank* from treasury bills purchased fh>m the central bank under reverse repurchase agreements. Based on the memorandum of understanding signed by BIR, Central Bank and Bankers Association of the Philippines, banks
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          Lock icon F Growth Fund to list in Dublin
          73 21 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Formosa Growth Fund Ltd plans to liat on ths Dublin stock exchange baftre the end of the year and withdraw its listing on the Hongkong Stock Exchange. The ftmd, managed by Taiwan ftmd manager KwangHua Securities Investment and Trust
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          Lock icon Pakistan cancels sale of bank to Saudis
          80 21 AFP [ISLAMABAD) Tl*e Pakistan government has cancelled the proposed sale of state-owned United Bank Ltd (ÜBL) to a Saudi Arabian concern, Basharahfl Ltd, a government statement said yesterday. Fresh bids from parties interested in buying ÜBL will be invited with the approval of
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        Lock icon Britain approves Lloyd's £3.2b rescue package
        348 21 IM—nifi rmnpaij caQad Evaluate to set op to reaoto pait claims and tosses Reuter [LONDON] The British government yesterday approved the Lloyd's of London insurance market's £3.2 billion (557.04 billion) recovery plan which will allow investors finally to walk (Tee of past liabilities. The
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        Lock icon Deutsche to inject £200m into three suspended UK funds
        505 22 Mm to restore confidence after suspension of Morgan Grenfell fund manager amid probe FT Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Deutsche Bank, the German bank, is injecting £200 million (Ss43B million) in cash into three suspended investment funds run by its UK subsidiary,
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        Lock icon LME willing to make changes to trading practices
        434 22 UKregnlatflrsdoeto complete review of market at year's end Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] London Metal Exchange chairman Rai Bagri says the exchange is ready to embrace changes to its trading practices when UK regulators complete a review of the 119-year-old market at the
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        Lock icon Euroyen discounts Iraqi news
        229 22 SIM HI Report Reuter (SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures yesterday ended steady in dull trade enlivened only by news the US had launched a second attack on Iraq. The news sparked a brief spurt of early activity which fizzled out later. "There was really nothing going on
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        175 22 Reuter AFP THE dollar closed little changed against the mark but lost ground against the yen as concerns over rising oil prices in the wake of the US military intervention in Iraq faded. Dull trading was exacerbated by the market's wait-and-see mode ahead of US jobs data due
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        Lock icon NY crude falls as M-E supply seen steady
        321 22 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] New York crude futures fell yesterday on perceptions that US missile strikes against Iraq aren't likely to threaten Middle-East oil supplies. However, futures prices are expected to be underpinned by the UN's postponement of Iraqi oil
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      1595 23 Reuter QffikkriZß) 43.72 STOCKS closed mixed yesterday and brokers said the impact of the second US missile attack on Iraq was marginal, although the news initially jolted the market and pulled the Nikkei down close to its key 20,000 level in late morning trade. The 225-share Nikkei Average closed
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      1546 24 Reuter Hang Seng ♦***** STOCKS cabounded yesterday, as investors believed the Middle East conflict would not escalate and impact on corporate earnings. The Hang Seng Index advanced 119.77 points to 11,076.95. Turnover was HK13.87 billion. "The big cap stocks were hit the hardest yesterday, suggesting that the fall was
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      550 24 Reuter p Shanghai B Store hin -flit SHANGHAI B shares ended down on weak market sentiment despite domestic support. The index shed 0.16 point to 51.33 on volume of 10.5 million shares worth US$3.9 million. A broker said: "Overseas selling in stocks which posted poor interim results was still
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      347 24 AFP QwPMg -am SHARE prices finished 0.5 per cent lower as investors remained concerned over simmering tension in the Gulf. "Most investors were sidelined following US missile attacks on Iraq, but the impact of a new Gulf crisis will be short-lived," said a trader. The TSE Weighted Price Index
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      716 24 AFP IjOaißflateliig +5.41 SHARES rose in moderate trading. Market activity improved a bit in the second session, but it was mostly rumour-driven, brokers said. The JSE Composite Index rose 5.46 points to 546.00. Turnover was 134.8 million shares worth 291.8 billion rupiah. A dealer said that "foreign investors were
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      777 24 AFP QSCTMg -14.71 SHARE prices fell as investors reacted to the downgrading of Thailand's sovereign shortterm debt rating by Moody's Investors Service. "The main reason for the losses was the Moody's report yesterday. People are looking at the impact it will have on funding costs and profitability," said an
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      Lock icon MANILA
      298 24 AFP Manila -102» SHARES closed lower amid uncertainty over US interest rates. Opinion was divided on whether the US missile attack on Iraq had a significant effect on the market. The PSE Composite Index lost 10.29 points to 3,197.60. Turnover was 8.2 billion shares worth 1.8 billion pesos. PLDT
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      329 24 AFP HCihIUMIU ♦»LB4 SHARE prices rose 2.8 per cent in anticipation that a planned expansion of the foreign shareholding limit would boost the stagnant market. The Composite Price Index shot up 21.84 points to 791.64. Turnover was 28.6 million shares worth 491.9 billion won. Risers beat faljs 677 to
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      548 24 AFP DiMML^ni A RECOVERING bond market combined with a sound performance on Wall Street to boost shares yesterday. The All Ordinaries Index rose 13.9 points to 2,258.5. Turnover was 268.6 million shares valued at A 1609.3 million. Among the leaders, BHP rose 11 cents to A117J23, miner CRA rose
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      261 24 Reuter Pfftflapai +MJ4 SHARES closed stronger on hefty volume and brokers said they were in good shape for a further rise. The Top 40 Index closed 14.64 points ahead at 2,237.73 on volume of NZ$7l million. Renter h*4 «a *f- mm ANZMUnt 7.40 290 A0v«nt*goi hmqs 1.40 unctl 4000
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        Lock icon Banks lead the way higher
        292 25 Bloomberg Business News Oompoote biflz ♦1110 STOCKS rose, led by banking counters, after the fourth-biggest bank cut its base lending rate, which analysts said could lead to a fall in interest rates. "It's a positive sign," said an analyst. "Falling interest rates can help banks
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        Liang Court warrants: high premium but good gearing
        209 26  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy THERE was a fair bit of activity in Liang Court's shares yesterday, which drew a query from the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Although the company replied that it did not have any knowledge of reasons behind the
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        HOT STOCK
        63 28  -  -mi Paul Leo WANT WANT HOLDINGS fell one US cent to USS2J9 yesterday with 354,000 units traded, twice the 10-day average 0f171,000 shares. An analysis of the day's trading showed that the bulk of the trade was done a US$2.3O and the decline only came in the last
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        Calm returns after knee-jerk reaction to M-E tensions
        621 28  -  STOCK KAUBT COKMHXTART bill's fall, perceived as 'odd', is not indicative of broader market as winning counters ponnd losers by a three-to-one margin By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] After Tuesday's rough patch brought on by the escalating tensions in the Middle East, some
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          Jardine stays in
          141 28 THE word around town in the last few days was that rival Hongkong Aind managers tried to lobby for votes to kick the Jardine Fleming Group out of the executive committee of the Hongkong Investment Funds Association (HKIFA) when the fund management body met for its annual
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          Smoke from insurers?
          75 28 FOR all the talk in the life insurance industry about raising insurance premiums for smokers, we are more than mildly surprised to learn that several insurance companies were among the top 20 largest shareholders of Rothmans Industries as at June 1996. They are NTUC Income, 1J per
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          Spiky sculpture
          115 28 AN AUSTRALIAN sculptor commissioned by Singapore businessman Robin Loh for one of his buildings on the Gold Coast has had to dismantle his work and take it away because of "bad/en# shui". Apparently, the sculpture had too many spikes and Mr Loh didn't like it A radio report
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          ADRs gaining ground
          135 28 IN THE first six months of this year, Asian issuers of American Depository Receipts (ADRs) raised US$l.5 billion (SS2.I billion), according to the Bank of New York. Among them were: Asia Sat, Hongkong's satellite telecom company, and Macronix, Taiwan's semiconductor company which was the first to list
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      291 29 Knight Ridder Reuter &GHER bunker fuel costs it the result of the US missile attack on Iraq aSded to the short-term gloom for ship-owners, brokers said. The Baltic Freight Index came in 6 points down at 1,065, in line with expectation, but the index still has downside potential,
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      343 29  -  We need to be heard, say shipowners of 10 Asian countries at ASF panel meeting Froml David Taylor in Hongkong NATIONAL shipowners associations from 10 Asian countries attended the Asian Shipowners Forum (ASF) Ship Insurance Committee meeting in Hongkong this week and called
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      World tanker charter rates may rise next year: report
      265 29 Fewer VLCCs being built, more oil being produced and consumed [SINGAPORE] World tanker charter rates may rise next year from a combination of factors, including lower ship replacement rates and higher oil production and consumption. These factors may combine to push
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      Lean times for South Korea as well as shipyards worldwide
      611 29  -  NEWBUILDS By David Hughes RUMOUR has it that the South Korean shipyards are worried that they are losing out in their battle with their Japanese rivals. Several of the Korean yards have expanded their capacity significantly recently and are said
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      138 29 Reuter [HANOI] Vietnam's Planning and Investment Minister has passed plans for a U5595.39 million shipyard project involving Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co to the prime minister for approval, the state-con-trolled Vietnam Economic Times said. Approval from the prime minister is usually a formality for
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      213 29 Business Line [BOMBAY] Amer Ship Management Ltd, a subsidiary of the UK-based Foresight group, plans to acquire five drilling rigs over the next five years, in a bid to become the largest offshore drilling contractor in Asia. Foresight, with an operational fleet
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      188 29 NYT [NAGASAKI, Japan] A six-month-old agreement that ended a heated dockyard dispute between a Japanese shipbuilder and the US Navy at the port of Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture is threatening to unravel because of ship repair regulations. SSK (Sasebo Heavy Industries Co) agreed in February
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      RCL vessel makes maiden call
      177 29 [SINGAPORE] Thai-based feeder operator Regional Container Lines' (RCL) latest and biggest vessel made its maiden call in Singapore last weekend. The Thai-flagged Itha Bhum was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan at a cost of approximately US$3O million (5542.3 million). With a capacity of
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      Negros Navigation, Kvaerner Fjellstrand in shipyard deal
      255 29  -  Philippine, S'pore firms to set up shipyard to build "flying cats' From Al Labita in Manila LISTED Negros Navigation Co (Nenaco) has tied up with Singapore's Kvaerner Fjellstrand (S) Pte Ltd to set up a shipyard in the Philippines, In a report to
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        84 29 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Co said on Tuesday it sold its Oilfield Services Ltd unit to the unit's management and Royal Bank Development Capital Ltd for £37.5 million (5582.1 million). P&O said the sale gives it profit of about £24.5
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        110 29 Knigkt-Ridder [ATHENS] Hellenic Shipyards (Skaramanga) Ltd, the largest ship repair facility in the Eastern Mediterranean* began operations under British management on Tuesday.'-! The UK's Brown and Root was picked last month to -I; undertake the management of the ailing yard for five years after talks
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        101 29 AFP [MONTREAL] The 153 passengers aboard a German liner grounded in the Arctic Ocean since last week will be evacuated by air on Wednesday or yesterday, Canadian coast guard officials said. Hanseatic Tours of Hamburg, Germany, which owns the cruise ship, has made arrangements
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      Global Alliance adds Port Klang to China service
      99 29 [SINGAPORE] The Global Alliance of shipping lines is adding direct calls at Port Klang to its China Express Service between China and north-west Europe. The alliance is temporarily dropping Jeddah from linehaul service. It now serves Port Klang by feeder westbound, and
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      960 30  -  WORLD TANKER FLEET: LOOKING AHEAD World oil demand next year is tipped to rise but the number of very large crude carriers on order declined during the past two years, a combination of factors which could push up world tanker charter rates By\ Diane
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        296 43 SEPT 0 Pakistan: Defence Day. SEPT 8 Malta: Our Lady of Victories. SEPT 11 Pakistan: Quaid's Death Anniversary. Spain: Market and Public holiday in Catalonia, Catalan National Day. Madrid markets open. Chile: Anniversary of 1973 coup. SEPT 14 Nicaragua: Battle of San Jacinto. SEPT 15 Israel: New Year.
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        920 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        Changi Airport voted most secure airport in Asia
        345 44  -  Second and third positions go to Tokyo's Narita and HE'S Kai Tak: survey By\ Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Changi Airport has been voted the most secure airport in Asia, according to the latest Asian Executives Poll. Of those polled, 62.7 per cent said
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        Lock icon Lockheed and Alenia to develop new airlifter
        191 44 Reuter [FARNBOROUGH, England] US defence and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin Corp announced on Tuesday a major joint venture agreement with Italy's Alenia Aerospazio, a a unit of state-owned Finmeccanica, to develop and market a new tactical airlifter. The agreement was unveiled at the
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        Lock icon US travel agents settle lawsuit against 5 major airlines
        280 44 NYT [NEW YORK] A particularly contentious lawsuit pitting travel agents against five of the nation's major airlines was settled on Tuesday, with an agreement in principle just hours before jury selection was scheduled to begin. Terms of the settlement would not
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        274 44 European group aims to triple sales this year AFP [SINGAPORE] European aviation giant Airbus Industrie yesterday announced new orders from Hongkong-based Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and US courier service Federal Express Corp as it aims to triple sales this year. Cathay Pacific signed a
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        Lock icon Polar Air Cargo to begin services to Japan
        169 44 Reuter [TOKYO] Japan's Transport Ministry said yesterday that Polar Air Cargo of the US is expected to start cargo service to Japan following an agreement in April between Tokyo and Washington on air cargo services. The agreement provides an expansion of business
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        Lock icon Dragonair fined for importing missile parts
        226 44 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkongbased carrier Dragon Airlines Co Ltd was fined in court here on Tuesday for illegally importing missile parts into the territory. The airline was fined HK$BO,OOO (5514.560) after pleading guilty to two charges of breaching the import and export ordinance, following the
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        Lock icon Pudong airport urged to clarify flight matters
        254 44 Foreign airlines call for mixture of intl and domestic services Reuter [SHANGHAI] Foreign airline executives have called for Shanghai's new airport to handle a mixture of international and domestic flights and for early consultations with foreign airlines before its 1999 scheduled opening. Construction
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        Lock icon Daimler in infrastructure deals with Ukraine firms
        219 44 Bloomberg Business News [KIEV, Ukraine] DaimlerBenz AG of Germany has reached agreements for various projects in Ukraine worth between 400 million Deutschemarks (SS37B million) and 500 million marks, Daimler officials said during German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's two-day visit to the country. The infrastructure
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          62 44 AFX-Asia [SYDNEY] The federal government has dropped Adelaide Airport from the first tranche of airports being offered to private investors, The Australian Financial Review said. The As 3 billion (553.3 billion) airport privatisation programme is to be launched in two weeks with expressions of interest
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          Lock icon Air Philippines may be grounded
          86 44 AFX-Asia [MANILA] The Air Transportation Office said it Is likely to permanently cancel the operating permit of Air Philippines Inc if the airline fails to comply with government's safety rules. "Unless they comply with all our requirements for safety, we will not let them operate,"
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          Lock icon Qantas' int'l market share up
          68 44 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways Ltd's international market share rose in May 1996 to 39.4 per cent, according to government figures. That compares with 37.1 per cent in April, or 37.9 per cent if Qantas' wholly-owned subsidiary Australia Asia Airlines is included. Australia Asia
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          Lock icon American Air reaches accord with pilots
          54 44 AFP [WASHINGTON] After a two-year contract dispute, American Airlines has reached an agreement with its pilots union, the company announced on Tuesday. Marathon, 18-day negotiations between the airline and the Allied Pilots Association within the context of federal arbitration led to agreement over the
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          Lock icon El Al to get explosive scanner at airport
          75 44 AFP [FOSTER CITY, California] The Israeli airline El A 1 will receive a sophisticated explosives detection scanner, CTX 5000, for its terminal in New York's John F Kennedy International Airport, the device's maker said. El A 1 is the first air carrier
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      38 44 ASIA/MEDITERRANEAN RATE AGREEMENT Notice to Shippers PORT CONGESTION TARTOUS (SYRIA) In the light of conditions at the port concerned, Member Lines have decided to introduce congestion surcharge of 5% for Tartous (Syria) with effect from 17th September, 1996.
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