The Business Times, 3 October 1996

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 SINGAPORE Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    'Golden Amcol' to get oil palm estates, noodle factory
    612 1  -  Assets to be injected by white knight Sinar Mas said to be worth more than $2b By* Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] White knight Sinar Mas will inject some of its huge oil palm estates in Indonesia and a noodle factory in China
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    Asian stocks fail to stir; Euro stocks hit new highs
    216 1 [SINGAPORE] The recordbreaking performance on Wall Street on Tuesday failed to stir any meaningful reaction throughout regional markets yesterday. But European share markets rallied yesterday, with London, Frankfurt and Amsterdam scaling new peaks, while the dollar rallied to levels not
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    Lock icon Dow up 21 points at 1pm EDT
    74 1 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] US stocks rose to records for a second day amid hopes that the Fed wont raise interest rates this year. At Ipm EDT the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 5,***** r-up 21.62 points. Stocks were helped by
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    Singapore company to build US$300m China theme park
    447 1  -  Third Dragon also plans to develop 50m yuan orchard By] Lu Ning [SINGAPORE] Third Dragon Development Pte Ltd, a company owned by two Singapore Members of Parliament, is embarking on an ambitious expansion plan involving the building of a US$3OO million (*****
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    Lock icon Ekran signs key Bakun deal at last
    362 1 AFP, Reuter. Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Ekran Bhd ended repeated dels ys yesterday by signing a six-year key deal with Swissbased Asea Brown Boveri AG to build the M 513.6 billion (557.6 billion) Bakun dam. "The project should proceed smoothly from
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      114 1 Mb* first In the last two months, several prime bungalows have been put on sale, mostly by tender as opposed to the more usual private treaty, Rf 4 K5? Timing perhaps not opportune. ♦Tfatoa*%wU* A substantial investment for Tibs, whose market cap is below $130 m. Arte Mis 87% d
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon US: ball is in Asia's court on opening up telecoms
      341 2  -  Official says US, EU agree to improve market access offers before WTO meeting By Vikram Khanna THE US and the European Union (EU) have agreed to improve on their offers to liberalise market access in their telecoms sectors before the
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      Grandlink starts 2nd Shandong project
      350 2  -  Singapore developer building USs3oonr waterfront city From Michelle Low m Qingdao, Shandong SINGAPORE developer Grandlink will today start work on a US$3OO million (***** million) waterfront city project in Qingdao, Shandong, as file privately owned group steps up the pace of its developments in China.
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      Regional push by 3 firms gets EDB boost
      222 2 THE efforts of three local companies to go regional received a boost yesterday when they were given the Overseas Enterprise Incentive (OEI) award by the Economic Development Board. The companies are metal container manufacturer Superior Metal Printing; instant beverage producer Super Coffeemix,
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      America's Hooters restaurant to open here
      268 2 AMERICAN theme restaurant chain Hooters will open its first Asian outlet here in December at Clarke Quay. With an owl for a logo, Hooters of Singapore will run along the same "beach" theme as its sister restaurants in the US, selling itself as a
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      Lock icon Recovery seen in Q4 exports
      330 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Outlook By, Anna Teo EXPORT growth, which has seesawed somewhat in the last few months, should recover in the fourth quarter on the back of Christmas demand and cheaper PC prices, says Vickers Ballas. The brokerage reckons non-oil domestic exports should
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      Lock icon Panel: SDP, Ling had no basis for health-care subsidy claim
      355 2 The Straits Times THE Select Committee on Health Care Subsidy has concluded that the Singapore Democratic Party and its chairman, Ling How Doong, had no basis to make their claim that health care here is "hardly subsidised at all". It
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      Life insurance may grow up to 20%
      369 2  -  By\ Siow Li Sen THE life insurance business is expected to pick up this year, with investment-linked policies leading the way, the president of the Life Insurance Association, Law Song Keng, said yesterday. "We are projecting growth of 10-15 per cent for the
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Parliament sitting next Thursday
        18 2 PARLIAMENT will sit next Thursday at 12.30 pm, the Clerk of Parliament announced yesterday.
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        Aussie visas from travel agents
        56 2 SINGAPOREANS travelling to Australia on Singapore Airlines or Qantas can now automatically get the Electronic Travel Authority (ETA), which amounts to an entry visa, when they buy their airline tickets. Singapore is the first to obtain this service. ETA is available at 125 travel agencies
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        Computer tool to help legal research
        57 2 PUBLISHERS Butterworths Asia and the government-backed Information Technology Institute yesterday signed an agreement to jointly develop a computer browser tool to aid legal research, called the Legal Prospector. The move is part of the government's Law Practice 2000 project, which is aimed at increasing
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      482 3 Gerald genta THE LIVING LEGEND B Born in Geneva of Italian descent, he was attracted from childhood by the watchmaking. Since then, the greatest craftsmen have worked hard to create, II charm of exclusive style and perfection. After having studied for several years in year after year, exceptional new watches.
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Bungalow owners blink first
      843 4  -  If you have lots of spare cash, this is the time to grab a bungalow, say property insiders By' Tan Su Ten [SINGAPORE] THE last year has seen a test of willpower between the owners of prime bungalows and their would-be buyers. Owners who were looking
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      House Hunt
      1084 4 Property transactions for districts 09 and 10 (sectors 22 to 23 and 24 to 27) lodged between Sep ***** to Sep *****6. PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT 1 rENURE BUH.T-W/ Doirr note PSf STREET NAME TYPE DATE LAIC AREA* (SOFT) (SSTOO) (SS) District 9 Aspen Ht Apt 16/0/96 999
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      Landed homes from $1.2m
      314 5  -  Scotts launching Villa Begonia-its first residential property project in S'pore By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Property group Scotts Holdings is officially launching its maiden residential property project in Singapore tomorrow. The 44-unit Villa Begonia is a mixed landed property project on Begonia Road off Yio Chu Kang
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      Invitation to take part in US$1.6b Bali project
      140 5 [SINGAPORE] An Indonesian company controlled by President Suharto's youngest son Tommy Suharto has invited Singapore-based hotel groups to take part in a US$l.6 billion (552.2 million) Bali hotel project. Hotel and tourism property consultants JLW TransAct, acting for the developers, Tommy Suharto's
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      205 4 NORTHLAND INDUSTRIAL BUILDING 1 INDUSTRIAL BUILDING 2 I H|-L <* t 1 T^^*WH^^HißBHßrßte ß ft*. <$ liili" 1 r a J MMWIMR i I E wifb ?38r3! vHfri jr^^^nmßHvPl l?l) Jd ri J c U)oodlands •An Investment of excellent value with sound v growth potential. Suit owner-occupiers and j investors.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Stocks surge after positive trade, inflation numbers
      485 6  -  JAKARTA July imports fall, surplus sharply up at USsso9m; foreigners seen back at bourse By I S N Vasuki INDONESIAN stocks closed sharply higher yesterday after the government released favourable monthly economic data which showed a moderation in inflation and a sharp rise
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      Lock icon 800 supporters arrested: Suu Kyi
      213 6 ■YANGON Reuter DEMOCRACY leader Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday that up to 800 of her National League for Democracy (NLD) members and supporters had been arrested by the Myanmar military government since last Thursday. She told reporters at a friend's house a few blocks
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      Lock icon Call to tackle growing Viet trade deficit
      202 6 HANO Reuter VIETNAM'S Government Statistics Office yesterday said that the country's economy was at risk from a fast growing trade deficit and warned that measures were needed to tackle the problem, including restrictions on imports. The office issued data showing the gap between
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      Amnuay is second party leader to drop out of polls
      363 6  -  BANGKOK His Nam Thai party will not contest the Nov 17 elections By) Loh Hui Yin ANOTHER senior politician, Amnuay Viravan, and his small Nam Thai party have decided not to contest the Nov 17 general elections. He is the
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      Lock icon Baht at 32-month low against US$
      220 6  -  SINGAPORE By] Paul Leo THE Thai currency yesterday tumbled to a 32-month low against the US dollar on domestic and international factors. Spurred by an across-the-board slide in Thai interest rates, the baht fell 0.033 baht to 25.438 baht against the greenback. Thai rates
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      86 6 r dona "latutation^ I■HHrl r I jpl- WjM Mr Eka Tjipta Widjaja I I ILUI Sinar Mas Group I II on being accorded the I 1996 Emerging Markets Chief Executive Officer OfThe Year Award I I ING Bank International Media Partners I I during the Joint Annual Meetings of I
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Abort plans to replace current legislature: Patten
      379 7  -  HONGKONG Destabilising to set up provisional body before handover next year, lie warns Reports by Quak Hiang Whai IN HIS fifth and final policy address, Britain's last Hongkong Governor Chris Patten yesterday appealed to the Chinese government to abort plans to replace the
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      Patten's last policy speech draws flak
      164 7 AS EXPECTED, Governor Chris Patten came under heavy fire from all directions after his rather moderate fifth and final policy address to the Legislative Council yesterday. Beijing officials, pro-Chi-na, democratic and even the business sector took shots at Britain's last Hongkong governor after his
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      When good news is not so good
      634 7  -  cam* watch China's new roles on trade Joint ventures come with many cnrbs By Lu Ning CHINA unveiled its long-awaited scheme to allow foreign firms to set up trade joint ventures on Monday. The regulations are a further step in liberalising the country's
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      Lock icon Law to rein in random penalties
      78 7 BEIJING AFP CHINA has passed a law aimed at reining in rogue government officials by limiting official powers to send citizens to jail or close down their businesses without a trial. The Administrative Penalty Law "will help prevent random imposition of penalties unauthorised fines
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      Lock icon China a big buyer of US Treasury bonds
      251 7 HONGKONG Bloomberg Business News CHINA, flush with hard currency amid a record trade surplus with the US, bought a quarter of all US Treasury bonds sold to foreign central banks during the first half of the year. China made its US$ll billion
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      699 7 BUSINESS A ,(> V,,N,K,,S| xl 1 lOM.-I'RI-.K INIMI-741 IXKJ OSPREY MARITIME LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE) I W®' HALF YEAR UNAUDITED PROFIT The Directors wish to announce the following unaudited results of the Group for the six months ended 30 June 1996. I I FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS AS AT 30 JUNE 1996
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon NZ economic reforms may stall, warns S&P
      449 10 NEW YORK Although process nnlikely to threaten country's AA+ foreign currency rating Bloomberg Business News INTERNATIONAL ratings company Standard Poor's Corp has warned that New Zealand's economic reforms may stall, or even stop for some months after its national elections on Oct 12,
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      Lock icon Howard pledges again: We won't bring in GST
      197 10 PERTH Reuter AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard yesterday restated that the government had no plans to introduce a goods and services tax (GST). "We went to the last election promising there would be no GST and it is just not on," Mr
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      Lock icon Aussie treasurer moves US bond markets
      311 10 SYDNEY Reuter AUSTRALIAN Treasurer Peter Costello moved the US bond market yesterday with remarks labelled here as an "outrageous" gaffe after he quoted the US Federal Reserve chairman as saying inflation posed no short-term threat. Mr Costello, who met Alan Greenspan in private in
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      Lock icon Govt not in danger of being toppled, says Janata party
      242 10 NEWDELHI Bat Congress warns: Don't take our support for granted AFP INDIA'S ruling coalition said yesterday it faced ho danger of being toppled despite a threat from the Congress (I) party to withdraw its vital parliamentary support. "We face no
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      Lock icon Japan poised to file WTO complaint over Indon car
      177 10 ■TOKYO Reuter JAPAN plans to file a complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over Indonesia's national car policy within a week or so, a trade ministry official said yesterday. Indonesia's national car plan, announced earlier this year, has come under
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  • THE WORLD
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      FTSE 100 soars past 4,000 to set new record
      384 11  -  LONDON Index up 22.9 points to reach 4,015.1, surprising many By Neil Behrmann THE London stock market powered through the 4,000 barrier yesterday, reaching a new all-time record. In buoyant trading, the FTSE 100 blue chip index jumped 22.9 points to
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      Lock icon Unfair trade: US targets four nations
      248 11 WASHINGTON Reuter THE United States targeted four nations for investigations on charges of unfair trade practices on Tuesday and hailed progress with Japan to deregulate its insurance industry. Brazil, Indonesia and Australia face investigation for programmes that affect carmakers. Argentina was challenged for excessively
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      Lock icon Clinton to sign securities trade bill this week
      118 11 WASHINGTON NYT THE Senate approved legislation on Tuesday to streamline the regulation of mutual funds, investment advisers and stockbrokers. The bill, National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 19%, was passed by the House of Representatives on Saturday. President Clinton is to sign
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      Lock icon Blair outlines key Labour targets in confident speech
      314 11  -  LONDON By: Neil Behrmann OPPOSITION leader Tony Blair laid out his vision for Britain in the next century in an inspirational speech that staked his claim to be the country's next Prime Minister. His speech at the Labour Party's annual conference in
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Carrian case ends shrouded in mystery
      766 12  -  THE BOTTOM LXMB OPINION By Mohan Kuppusamy GEORGE Tan's three-year jail sentence may have ended the "longest and most complex commercial fraud case in the history of Hongkong", as Hongkong's At-torney-General Jeremy Mathews trumpeted last week. Whether justice was done in the Carrian scandal
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      132 12 This was more than just a brilliant conference speech with something for everyone. It was a personal manifesto delivered with conviction by a man of decency and courage.' London newspaper in an editorial on British Opposition leader Tony Blair. This was one of the most deceitful speeches
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      Restraint needed in island disputes
      626 12 EDITORIAL THE dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands generally surfaces to coincide with the anniversary of the Japanese army's invasion of Manchuria in September 1931. And usually it is limited to noisy demonstrations in Beijing and Taipei and Hongkong. It would have been been no different
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      Lock icon Monetary policy maze
      1009 12 The complicated way it feeds through to the economy has changed from the '70s to' Bos to'9os The Economist LAST WEEK was the one when the Fed called in the Feds. A report that eight governors of America's regional Federal Reserve banks wanted interest rates to rise
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      862 12 BUtr takes leaf from CUntm BRITAIN'S Labour Party has rebounded to a healthy lead in the polls based on a modernised, middle-class platform far removed from the old socialist themes of nationalisation and union power. Having lost four consecutive national elections since 1979, Labour is determined
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Wealthy Chinese turn to antiques
      698 14  -  For more than a century, the flow of Chinese antiques has been out but there are signs the tide is beginning to turn, reports oraham e&bmshaw GRAHAM EARNSHAW Reuter THEY already have luxury houses and cars, they have their portable phones and possibly a mistress
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      Lock icon Ike Turner makes a comeback
      480 14 PEOPLE He hopes to overcome his reputation as Tina Turner's abusive ex-husband Reuter [BOSTON] Ike Turner is tired of being known as the meanest man in music. "It hurts, man," says Turner, who launched a comeback recently with his first east coast of the United
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      Trying out car co-ops here
      748 16  -  MOTORING NTUC Income has committed $Lsm on a car co-op pilot project to test oat the idea By < Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Will car cooperatives work here? The answer could be somewhere between the cynicism of car owners and the optimism of those on the
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        Beemer tops wet-weather test
        85 16 A BMW 3281 emerged tops in an Independent wet-weather test conducted by an American non-affiliated research institute, Automotive Marketing Consultants Inc. and monitored by the US Auto Club. The Beemer beat a four-wheel-driven Jdep Grand Cherokee, a Lexus ES 300 (front-wheel-drive), and a Volvo 850 Turbo
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        Side airbags in all BMW 5-series, 7-series
        130 16 BMW has announced that it will upgrade the equipment level on its 1997 line-up. From September this year, side airbags will be standard on 5-series and 7-series models. Tubular headbags at the side will be added later next year. Steptronic trans, now found
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        New engine for Mitsubishi cars
        71 16 MITSUBISHI motors will use direct injection technology on all its petrol-driven cars in the 21st Century. Mitsubishi says the new engine is more efficient than a diesel, but without losing the petrol engine's advantage in power. In such an engine, petrol is injected directly into
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        Nissan to launch stationwagon
        98 16  -  OwplMfay Christopher Tan EGGED ON by a worldwide revival in lifestyle vehicles, Nissan announced last week It would soon release a 25-litre in-line six stationwagon. The Stagea will have technological marvels such as electronic torque split four-wheel-drive system, twin airbags and anti-lock brakes. With the rear
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      Lock icon Krajicek enters Round 2 with win over Bruno
      328 16 HEINEKEN OPEN Wimbledon champ will meet Pat Rafter of Australia next AFP (SINGAPORE] Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek entered the second round of the U*****,500 (*****,300) Heineken Open tennis tournament here yesterday with a hard-fought 7-6, 6-3 win over Nicola Bruno. The second-seeded
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      333 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Hurried around with a lubricant, but it didn't improve things! (7) BM Hi |B flB SB M 5 This issue is one of three to be j—^""l f considered (7) 9 Resigns, surprisingly, on the way fIH BB H 8H BB BB 10 Put head of department
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Labroy Marine launches IPO
      522 17  -  Shipping and shipyard company offering 52m shares at 69 cents each for mainhoard listing by Rahita Elias [fINGAPORE] Mainboard aspfrant Labroy Marine yesterday launched its initial public offering of 52 million shares at an issue price of 69 cents each to raise $19.65 million. The offer,
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      Elizabeth Sam joins OCBC board of directors today
      291 17  -  By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Elizabeth Sam has been promoted to deputy president of OCBC Bank and has become a member of its board of directors making her the first woman director of a Big Four local bank. The bank announced Mrs Sam's
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      Plantation giant with big property potential
      668 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Abdul Hadhi Malaysian plantation giant Kumpulan Guthrie has lagged the broader Kuala Lumpur stock market but it should not be written off yet. The company's shares have not traded beyond the M53.60-Ms4 range for a large part of the last 18
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      Tibs to set up motor vehicle venture in China
      269 17 USs7sm will be invested in project with Chinese partner [SINGAPORE) Transport group Tibs Holdings yesterday entered into an agreement to set up a joint-venture company in China with a stateowned company to design and make coach chassis and trucks. Tibs said
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      Hai Sun Hup unit in China deal
      250 17 E7Z wins deal to manage Grand Son Hotel in Changsha [SINGAPORE) KYZ Zenith Hotels International, in which listed Hai Sun Hup has just taken a 50 per cent stake, has won the management of the Grand Sun Hotel in Changsha, China. Hai Sun
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        DBS Land forms unit for service apartment business
        228 18 [SINGAPORE] DBS Land has formed an investment holding company to take charge of its growing service apartment business. In a statement yesterday, the listed property developer said the new wholly-owned subsidiary, Stamford Holdings, will have an authorised and paid-up capital of $1
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        422 18  -  Share price jump fuelled by talk that fonnder is engaged in share swop with DCB By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The stock of Malaysian financial services group Rashid Hussain Bhd (RHB) continued to surge yesterday amid market talk it is undergoing a restructuring which will turn it
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        227 18 Reuter [HARARE] The Zimbabwean government has sacked the entire board of its power utility, Zesa, for opposing a deal with Malaysia's YTL Corp Bhd to privatise the corporation. In a statement to state media, Transport and Energy Minister Simon Moyo said yesterday that President Robert Mugabe
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        Ariza holds 57% of Berger Int'l
        124 18 [SINGAPORE] Ariza Holdings now owns 59.23 million Berger International shares, representing 57 per cent of the latter's issued share capital, after its unconditional takeover offer for the paint company expired yesterday. It said that holders of 5.08 million Berger shares, repre- senting 4.9 per
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        Lock icon Manila fails to sell National Steel stake
        268 18 Bloomberg Business News [MANILA] The Philippine government failed to sell a fifth of money-losing National Steel Corp, possibly putting an added financial burden on Malaysia's Wing Tiek Holdings Bhd. The state-owned National Development Co received no bids at yesterday's auction for 448.6 million
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          Omni Mold to sell Omni-Tech stake
          69 18 [SINGAPORE] Omni Mold will be selling its 50 per cent stake or one million shares in Omni-Tech Molding to its joint-venture partner, The Tech Group, for $1.43 million. The transaction is not expected to have any effect on its earnings per share as at
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          Tri-M sells Optics Storage shares
          42 18 {SINGAPORE] Tri-M Technologies has divested 608,800 Optics Storage shares to the latter's shareholders for $1.13 million. It said that the divestment will not have any material impact on the company's net tangible assets and earnings per share.
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          Prima boosts subsidiary's capital
          63 18 (SINGAPORE] Prima Ltd yesterday said its wholly-owned subsidiary Prima Food Services (PFS) had increased its authorised capital by $5 million to $9 million comprising nine million shares. PFS has also increased its issued and paid-up capital to $13.12 million from $7.72 million. PFS' subsidiary Confectionary Transformation
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          DBS Land unit sells property to staff
          83 18 [SINGAPORE! DBS Land Ltd said yesterday that its subsidiary, the Australand Holdings Pty Ltd (AHL) group, has sold a property developed by AHL to one of its employees. The sale is expected to be completed by the first week of this month. The
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          Wah Shing buys into Pricerite Group
          62 18 [SINGAPORE] Toy manufacturer Wah Shing said its wholly-owned subsidiary Man Wah Trading has taken a 4.57 per cent stake in the Pricerite Group or 9.1 million shares for a total consideration of about HK$B.Bl million (511.6 million) in cash. Hongkong-listed Man Wah is the
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          UOB Asset completes OSK purchase
          51 18 [SINGAPORE] United Overseas Bank subsidiary UOB Asset Management has completed the purchase of a 70 per cent stake or 1.4 million shares of Msl each in OSK Asset Management Bhd for Msl.4 million (*****,000). The latter will now change its name to UOB-OSK Asset Management
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          Corrections and clarifications
          76 18 DUE to computing errors, there were three mistakes in the table on Corporate Earnings published on Tuesday. Jardine Strategics earnings should have been *****.85 million, which would rank it 6 instead of 48. Jardine Matheson's earnings should have been $296.99 million, ranking it 9 instead of 44.
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          S Megga chairman dies
          46 19 [HONGKONG] S Megga International Holdings Ltd, which makes cordless telephones and other telecommunications products, said its chairman and major shareholder Larry Leung Ray-Man died on Saturday. Mr Leung owned 24.7 per cent of the company through a family trust. Bloomberg Business News
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          Lock icon Onex buys IBM Canada unit for C$750m
          64 19 Reuter [TORONTO] Canadian turnaround specialist Onex Corp said on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire electronics maker Celestica Inc from IBM Canada in a Cs7so million (5T772.5 million) deal. Onex president Gerald Schwartz said the company will consider launching an initial public
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          Lock icon OU Electric to cut microchip spending
          46 19 AFP [TOKYO] Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd has revised downwards its forecast capital outlays in the microchip sector for the year to March by about three billion yen (5537.5 million) to about 44 billion yen, a spokesman said yesterday. —AFP
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          Lock icon HP enjoys higher order rate
          57 19 Bloomberg Business News [SAN FRANCISCO] Hewlett-Packard Co indicated on Tuesday that its order rate is rising from the sluggish 8 per cent growth recorded in its third fiscal quarter. Chief financial officer Robert Wayman indicated, however, that the rate remains well below the 24 per
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        Lock icon Foster's bubbly about domestic units
        223 19 Reuter [MELBOURNE] Australia's largest brewer, Foster's Brewing Group Ltd, yesterday painted a robust picture for the future of its domestic wine and beer units while pledging improvement from offshore divisions. Foster's net profit for the year to June 30 rose 2 per cent to A
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        Sun Hung Kai posts 6.5% profit rise to HK$11b
        300 19  -  Results reflect strength of recovering market From i Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong SUN HUNG KAI Properties, the territory's largest property group, continued the string of creditable corporate results from property conglomerates by reporting yesterday a net profit of HK111.04 billion
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        Lock icon Dutch telecom group offers US$1.6b for TNT
        316 19 Move to create Europe's largest fast-post business Reuter (SYDNEY] Dutch telecommunications and postal group Koninklijke PTT Nederland NV (KPN) yesterday launched a US$l.6 billion (552.25 billion) takeover bid for worldwide transport group TNT Ltd, seeking to create Europe's largest fast-post business. If combined.
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        Lock icon Mosel sells HK unit to focus on venture with Siemens
        299 19 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Taiwan chipmaker Mosel Vitelic Inc sold control of its Hongkong unit that will supply US-based Motorola Inc to focus its efforts on a new US$l.7 billion (552.38 billion) venture with Germany's Siemens AG, analysts said. By
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        Lock icon Chrysler, BMW in S American tie-up
        159 21 Washington Post CHRYSLER Corp and Germany's BMW are forming a US$5OO million (SJ7O4 million) company to produce small-car engines in South America, the two carmakers announced. The companies didn't state the location of the proposed joint venture, which is scheduled to begin production by
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        Lock icon Cold summer hits Coke sales
        446 21 Company says it will takeUSs42om in charges to cut costs, inventories Bloomberg Business News (ATLANTA] Coca-Cola Co said international sales growth slowed in the third quarter and that it will take at least US$42O million (SssBB million) in charges to cut costs and its global
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        Lock icon Apple may return to black by Dec as sales pick up
        316 21 Firm confident it will be profitable again no later than March Bloomberg Business News [CUPERTINO, California] Apple Computer could return to profitability by December as sales pick up and the company's turnaround plan helps cut expenses, its chief financial
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        Lock icon The magic of Disney
        49 21 [FLORIDA] Mickey Mouse and Roy Disney look upward as fireworks are launched during the rededication of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista on Monday. The event was to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the opening of Walt Disney World AFP
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        Thistle Hotels makes disappointing debut
        316 21  -  Shares dip from opening level despite conservative pricing FYotn, Neil Behrmann tnlxmdon THE new listing of Thistle Hotels proved to be disappointing in a buoyant London stock market yesterday. Merrill Lynch, the lead broker, opted Tor caution and the shares were placed at 170 pence,
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        Lock icon US$152b US merger boom in 3rd quarter led by telecoms
        193 21 Reuter [NEW YORK] The booming market for United States' mergers and acquisitions plowed ahead in the third quarter, led by transactions in the telecommunications and utilities sectors, and a resumption of activity in commercial banking, according to data released on
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        Lock icon Eurotunnel, 6 banks agree on £8b debt restructure
        458 22 But there will be no deal nntil all 225 banks and most shareholders say yes Bloomberg Business News [PARIS] Eurotunnel, the operator of the Channel tunnel, narrowly avoided bankruptcy with agreement on the "basic principles" of an accord to restructure debts of
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        Lock icon ABN Amro admits considering MeesPierson sale
        276 22 But Dutch bank declines to name parties in talks Reuter [AMSTERDAM] Dutch bank ABN Amro NV will sell its MeesPierson investment banking unit under the right circumstances in a disposal that analysts believe could raise up to two billion guilders (Ssl.6 billion). The bank
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        SRC's 60,000 bpd plant to close for a week
        365 22 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Refining Company (SRC) of which listed Singapore Petroleum is a partner yesterday said it had shut down a 60,000 barrel per day (bpd) refining plant for a week to carry out technical repairs. This will reduce capacity at the
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        India's Telco signs US$72m loan deal
        248 22  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] India's largest maker of commercial vehicles, Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company (Telco), yesterday signed a deal here with 12 banks to borrow US$72 million (Sslo2 million) from the offshore markets of Singapore, Asia and Europe. The eight-year syndicated loan
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        Lock icon New issues of bonds hit record US$509b this year
        230 22 FT [LONDON] The volume of new issues of international bonds has already reached a record level this year, with issuers taking advantage of relatively low interest rates and greater stability on financial markets. Figures for the first nine months of this
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        Lock icon Euroyen futures seen rising
        250 22 Sfinini Report Reuter [SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen futures may be able to make more gains if the yen takes a further battering against other major currencies this week, dealer said. Euroyen has risen over the last few days as the yen has slid against the dollar to
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        154 22 Reuter, AFP London THE dollar was steady at higher levels against other major currencies in afternoon trading, as the expected assault on 112 yen level failed to materialise, dealers said. US construction spending data had no immediate effect on dollar sentiment. "I think we will see a break
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        Lock icon Kazakhstan may tender Caspian Sea oil blocks next year
        284 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [ALMATY) Kazakhstan, sitting on some of the world's largest offshore oil and gas reserves, may hold tenders for energy blocks in its continental shelf of the Caspian Sea by the end of 1997, a top Kazakh energy official
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1690 23 MCOM POTPRES Oct 2 RUMCR (tuturrs ctotuiqij it SJOfa) RSS1 CONTRACTS ctttUAfl) Ooso Vohimo Opon Worth High Law Sott (towns) Irttrtrt Nov 96 176.50 1250 Dac 96 178.50 2250 Jan 97 180.00 180.00 ***** 150 2100 F«t> 97 181.50 ***** 182.50 150 2100 Mar 97 183.00 183.00 183.25
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      1595 23 Reuter HiBUmHK *38.63 STOCKS ended marginally firmer yesterday after wandering narrowly in both .positive and negative territories for most of the day, brokers said. Most investors were on the sidelines due to a lack of incentives to buy, despite the Dow's overnight rise to a record high. The 225-issue
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2339 23 LONDON Oct 2 tma *h A8 Ports 267 unch APOey National 60®.400 *9 Allied Domecq 448.400 -3.600 Amec —>05 unch Aid* Group 104*00 -L800 BAT tad 435.400 4 WCC -294 *.600 BOC Group 873.400 1.600 BR Petroleum 685.400 12.400 BTR 276.600 2.200 Bank of Scotland 265 9.600
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      705 24 AFP fl Composite Index *110 SHARE prices rose 1.6 per cent yesterday as the market was boosted by Telkom shares and the release of positive economic data, dealers said. "Telkom continued to drive up the market, spurring better sentiment towards blue chips," a dealer said. The Composite Index rose
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      811 24 AFP n SET Mac -awe SHARE prices dropped 2.5 per cent yesterday following prof-it-taking due to political concerns and fears about rising inflation, analysts said. "Investors are concerned that inflation will increase because of flooding in Thailand and because of the November election," said a trader. The SET Index
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      Lock icon MANILA
      298 24 AFP Q Manila -18J0 SHARE prices closed 0.6 per cent lower yesterday amid an absence of positive news. The PSE Composite Index fell 18.10 points to 3,171.88. Turnover was 22.2 billion shares worth 2.4 billion pesos. Ayala Land Inc, the Philippines' largest property firm, fell one peso to 31.
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      392 24 AFP rl Composite Index *454 SHARE prices closed 0.6 per cent higher yesterday as investors bought bargain-priced stocks, dealers said. The Composite Price Index rose 4.54 points to 794.01. Turnover was 45.3 million shares worth 783.3 billion won. Rises beat falls 601 to 292. Analysts said there was increased
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      610 24 AFP rlAnOrihiiritti *2>i SHARE prices surged yesterday as the transport sector rallied after Dutch Group KPN announced a takeover bid for transport giant TNT. The All Ordinaries Index added 29.1 points to 2,314.6. Turnover was 362.22 million worth A 51.06 billion. TNT soared 79 cents to finish at A
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      248 24 Reuter QWeflmgtoo +8J79 SHARE prices, assisted by a rally in the bond market, ended firmer yesterday. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 8.79 points higher at 2,221.35 on moderate turnover of NZ$39 million. Renter mi v- am AMZ Banking .8.31 *009 ***** AOvantogoi hmqs 130 unch 3250 AlrNeeZeelendtA) 3.01 -0.01
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      308 24 AFP HWP Index jjj SHARE prices finished 0.4 per cent higher yesterday as institutional investors returned to the market. "Domestic and foreign institutions were active in buying stocks amid an inflow of capital in the local banking system," said a trader. The TSE Weighted Price Index advanced 24.51 points
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1534 24 AFX-Asia H Haag Sag +30JI SHARE prices closed higher yesterday on futures-led buying, recovering from earlier losses, dealers said. Profit-tak-ing, mainly in properties, eased in the afternoon after keeping the market in negative territory in the morning. The Hang Seng Index closed up 30.66 points at 11,951.88. Turnover was
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        656 25 Bloomberg Business News Q Composite Index +4J6 STOCKS rose yesterday, led by Telekom Malaysia Bhd, amid expectations that Jhe economy is slowing from its rapid clip and interest rates are close to their peak, traders said. "Because of the improved macro-economic situation, people are moving
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        First Engrg nil-paids too high
        213 26  -  WARRANT WATCH R Sivanithy THE top percentage losers for yesterday were the nil-paid rights to plastic mouldmaker First Engineering's recent warrant offer. Since these rights were very actively traded (1.1 million) compared to the underlying shares (only 13 lots), a review of the numbers could
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        1184 27 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) CH> TrtH CH8 Tt« Irxtuttrlal 26,874 6.480 33,354 73,934 15,4*4 89.421 FUxnc# 1.701 1.991 3,692 T7.0S1 3.950 23.001 Hotels 1-.539 23? 1,776 4,4«6 419 4,905 Propartws 3.364 2.884 6,248 ***** 4,427 24,773 Plantation 704 704 1.753 1.753 MMng 369 369 937 937 8LW 3.212 3.667 8.879
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        MAIN BOARD
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        HOT STOCK
        60 28  -  By Paul Lao DATACRAFT ASIA yesterday fell one US cent to US$l.OB with 429,000 shares traded, 2.5 times the lfrday average of 174,900 units. Average Directional Movement Index is indicating that a trend will emerge soon. Its direction will only be apparent when it breaks above resistance at
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        Dow's record close fails to revive Singapore stocks
        853 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Poor interim results and concerns over an economic slowdown cited for an &8-point fall in the STII By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A record-breaking Tuesday session on Wall Street failed to spark an advance here yesterday, leaving second liners to
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          MSCI in September
          110 28 THE strongest performers among developed equity markets In September were Hongkong (+6.5 per cent), Italy (+6.3 per cent), Prance (+5.4 per cent) and the US (+5.4 per cent), according to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) index. The weakest performers were Austria (-3 per cent), Switzerland (-2.5
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          Pre-shrunk Easyknit
          63 28 EASYKNIT International Holdings' 70 per cent under-subscription has spawned a number of rather unkind comments In the market One la that the public offer certainly wasn't easy, and It now looks like the underwriters are all tied up In knots. Another la: "Let's hope that unlike fabric, the
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          Beware Tsang's torch
          56 28 HONGKONG Financial Secretary Donald Tsang isn't one to be messed around with, and don't say we didn't warn you. He told the Los Angeles Times recently: "Whoever tries to speculate against the Hongkong dollar will certainly be burnt Whoever tries to do this, I'm going to burn
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          World class wonder
          90 28 FOR those who wondered what exactly Pidemco meant about becoming a "world class player", here's an Indication of where it has set its standards: It has named seven meeting rooms at its new office In Millenla Tower after some ancient and modern wonders of the world. They
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          CPF's printing bonanza
          119 28 GOOD news for printers in Singapore if a suggestion by some Central Provident Fund members is taken up. According to them, all CPF members should be given a copy of the board'B annual report, seeing how much of their money is tied up with the fund (about
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          A full plate
          124 28 FUND manager Rothschild Asset Management Singapore will have its plate full for the next several months. We understand it recently received approvals from the Registry of Companies and Business for two unit trusts, the first of which is expected to be a fixed income unit trust to
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      281 29 Bridge News, Reuter gr" •THE FREIGHT market Xf&ained very flat, partly influenced by holidays in Wfi Far East The BFI Mined three points to 1,003 ■m account of slightly Htmer Panama* fixtures in r Pacific. About one third erf all 9fenamaxes now trading me over 15 years of
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      368 29  -  Manila port operator studying projects in Rflfnngng ami Mindanao By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Listed port operator Asian Terminals Inc of the Philippines plans to add two more ports to its stable one in Batangas and another in Mindanao. ATI executive vice-presi-dent Richard
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      212 29 Reuter [TAlPEl] Taiwan's shipping giant Evergreen Marine said on Tuesday it has decided to buy another eight container ships which local media estimated would cost the company some US$6OO million (SsB4o million). The company already has 26 ships on order. "We have just decided
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      106 29 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp said its plans to enter a slot charter deal with China Ocean Shipping Co unit Fair Weather have been delayed. It said the Keelung Harbor Bureau, a Taiwan government regulator, has delayed processing its application to
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      85 29 Business Line [BOMBAY] US carrier American President Lines (APL) has announced a new direct container service between Singapore and Bombay. The service is offered in conjunction with the Singa-pore-based Sea Consortium Pte Ltd and will double APL's service frequency to Bombay to twice a week.
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      637 29  -  MEWBUILDS i By] David Hughes LAST week the Baltic Freight Index crashed through the 1,000 barrier to its lowest level for nine years. Panamax owners are struggling to obtain rates that only cover bare operating costs and some are contemplating laying ships up.
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      Rolls-Royce joint venture to develop Argentine port
      274 29  -  Subsidiary teams np with Mersey firm for USslssm deal By: Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] UK engineering group Rolls-Royce pic and Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC) have won a US$l55 million (Ss2l7 million) port terminal development contract in Argentina. Rolls-Royce's materials handling subsidiary, Clarke
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      171 29 Business Line [VISAKHAPATNAM] Visakhapatnam port aims to take over Bombay's position as top port in terms of cargo volume handled. It handled 32.02 million tonnes during the last financial year, finishing a close second to Bombay port, and is confident it will do
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      260 29 MARICHEM ASIA '96 Region lacks industry standards, says BP official [SINGAPORE] Chemical industry players were urged yesterday to work together and promote safe carriage of chemicals in the region. D V Bessant, BP Chemicals' distribution services manager, said at Marichem Asia '96 conference
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      287 30 PACE EES IS Id 4 Ethiopian 8 Aeiocmi 15 Eurotww ani 5 Evergreen 8 Able 15 [T™ I t Accord 14 H-Bright 9 Ahrenkiel 6 ADoenshio 6 Frota ST 5 9 Austral 4 J 1 Avant 8 Gemartranj 15 BSA 9 Genshpg 6
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        692 45 Vtsstl Voy No Borth Arrival Dopartur# £«»«4 2 7 J "*5 MO* «2SS fmm »rt* J* £5£ES. ««»•««< m J02 *»t"» H552? HM5 014* JO M«0»» H-SHi IMa 4 J11 ftongs** 0210/0200 IN4H HcrtOT 07/* JB Jtoofu* 502S Ilwu 04/W JOS Hon*** 04.10/2154 W* J» MTO* OJWHOO Nugt
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        202 45 OCT 3 Germany: Day of German Unity. Honduras: Soldier Day. South Korea: National Foundation Day. OCT* Egypt: Armed Forces Day. OCT 7 Australia: Market and Public holiday in Canberra, New South Wales and South Australia only, Labour Day. OCT 8 Peru: Memorial of the Battle of Angamos. OCT*
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        681 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description at the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        392 45 Cwtaa WO Mai 992.7 LO 174 0.» 57 0.00 Sm 27 OwhHt Wfttr N»Mm Art UmHkm SiOwint No itot £25 2 0 9 0 0 0 s no Am 9013 0J M.I 0.04 H 0.00 122 310 MM 99L5 U 193 0.10 94 0J» aafln %lft
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        417 46  -  Local transport firm awaits final nod, expected by year-end, for China joint venture By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Singapore bus and taxi operator Tibs Holdings aims to break into the international bus and coach market within the next 10 years,
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        177 46 Reuter •[LONDON] British Airports Authority (BAA) will meet in I two weeks to consider a project to develop a £50 million (Ssllo million) fast rail link between Heathrow Airport and the City of London backed ,by Richard Branson's Virgin 'Group, the Times newspaper said
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        282 46 Big six European car makers expected to face shake-oat Reuter [PARIS] Europe can expect to see more car plant closures and job losses, while manufacturers will have to get used to tighter profit margins, General Motors Europe chairman Richard Donnelly said on Tuesday. Mr
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        203 46 Reuter [PARIS] France said on Tuesday financial constraints would force it to slow down plans to extend its costly 300kmph high-speed TGV rail network. Junior transport minister Anne-Marie Idrac said lower than expected profitability of TGV trains and widespread austerity as France struggles
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        255 46 Reuter [DETROIT] Chrysler Corp capped off a record model year on Tuesday by reporting robust September US car and truck sales, while General Motors Corp said its sales for the month declined slightly. Chrysler's car and truck sales, backed by aggressive
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        313 46 US aviation agency proposing changes toß737jets Reuter [SEATTLE] Boeing Co chairman Frank Shrontz said on Tuesday he expected airlines to bear most costs of any changes ordered for the company's jets by the US Federal Aviation Administration. The National Transportation Safety Board
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          93 46 Reuter [FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida] The widow of a retiree who died after having a heart attack on a flight to the Bahamas sued Continental Airlines on Tuesday, alleging the plane should have made an emergency landing, her lawyer said. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of
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          Lock icon TWA,Jordan airline in code-share deal
          98 46 Reuter [NEW YORK] Trans World Airlines Inc said on Tuesday it has reached a code-sharing agreement with Royal Jordanian Airlines for flights between the US, the Netherlands and Jordan. TWA is the first US airline to have such an agreement, providing service five times a
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          102 46 AFP [LONDON] Rover, the British subsidiary of German car manufacturer Bayerische Motoren-Werke (BMW), is to invest £400 million (SsBBo million) to build a new version of the company's small motoring classic, the Mini, a press report said yesterday. The Financial Times said Rover
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          Lock icon Nissan says demand strong for Stagea
          73 46 Reuter [TOKYO] Nissan Motor Co Ltd received 2,500 domestic orders for its Stages station wagon in the first week after it went on sale on September 24, a spokeswoman said yesterday. When it introduced the Stagea, Nissan said it had a monthly sales target
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        317 46 Reuter [WASHINGTON] US safety officials issued 17 airworthiness recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday based on findings from an American Airlines crash in Colombia last year that killed 159 people. The US National Transportation Safey Board
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      189 29 Tibs eyes intl bus market Final nod expected for China joint venture. BackPage The Second International Exhibition Conference on Chemical Industry Logistics Nfericfyem THE CONFERENCE THE EXHIBITION From Plant to Customer that's the theme of Chemical and plastics companies in the AsiaMarichem Asia 96, the only international Pacific spend in
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      1315 32 ADVANCE CONTAINER LINES (PTE) LTD A A I 140 CacN Street, #12-00. PIL Building. Singapore *****0 Lz TCL; *****21, FAX *****19. TELEX RS ***** ACLPL CR NO. **********06 BANGKOK JAKARTA vissa voy w swe an vtMa *>* LALAZAR 929 05/10 Sot 08/10 lue 12/10 Sal RAN SNAR (UTC2) 1023 05/10
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      110 33 t I ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED i 01-JL (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) IjgggggJ WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE. VISSEL VOY SINGAPORE ICMHAY VKSH. VOY IQMIAY SINGAPORE; SINAR TQ6A 201 04/10 11/10 SINAR TOBA 200 26/09 04/10 NORDKAP 401 09/10 16/10 NORDKAP 400 02/10 09/10 ELIZA 303 16/10 24/10 EUZA
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      1379 34 <<r DSR-SENATOR ill Round the World Container Sen/ices TO UK/CONTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT [nsm Ivor sm" j htm wv Ihom fu lawtllhal\titui Ivor luw htm mv hah fu ua m wiuoiMmu wgu4 nlO ti.ii a. it aa.ii a. it dshsmatm ejmi is m it a it a it aa a ait
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      463 34 Direct Container Service to I 0 im Fangcheng iis Zhanjiang i Vessel S'pore Fangcheng flujH LIANBAO 11/10 16/10 18/10,1 I A/Q/?TRANSMMTL6^2O326^ Royt* U—r Sorvko To togkak I Lw Cfahay Muhi-Purpose RO/L0 Carrier Accepting: RO/RO, Ramp Capacity opto 40 tons Heavy Lift upto 63.5 tons Break M /Container/Reefers Containers Thai Flog
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      1492 35 3 SAILINGS PER WEEK FOR SINGAPORE EUROPE SERVICE j J I SINGAPORE GENtRAi AGENTS: ISMOfTON WAY TIL 224 1000 FAX: ***** M OUTWWO (l/U IMI CAM lIM I COSTAR SNIPPING PTE LTD iu-oioosiiog saus/mgs 42os*4i/43 mwmokpt(d/o> 4?057« COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD l 1 Tow»i>wwS»w) conventtqnax 4205«0/s3 t/shtwt oifT 470S<7S
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