The Business Times, 14 November 1996

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04# 12/95 :tT &**x SINGAPORE Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Creative win may cost Aztech $20m to $40m
    579 1  -  He further recourse for Aztech in copyright battle as Appeal Court rules in Creatine's favour By Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Sound card maker Aztech Systems could face damages and legal costs of between $20 million and $40 million as a result of losing
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    FJ Benjamin IPO closes 29.9 times subscribed
    441 1  -  Wben-issaed trading today expected te bring hefty price premium By« Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Fashion group FJ Benjamin's initial public offering has been 29.9 times subscribed, making it the second highest subscription rate this year after Kian Ann Engineering with 30.4 times. Some 58
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    Lock icon Sign of steady rate as Fed meets
    290 1 Reuter [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Reserve was widely expected to decide to hold interest rates steady at a policy-making meeting yesterday amid signs that the seesaw US economy is settling down to an even keel. With inflation seemingly under control and economic growth
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    Big boys absent from latest govt land tender
    536 1  -  tattoos Mds from land-hungry MCL and Centrepoint By Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Caution prevails in the residential property market with the latest government land tender showing developers bidding thinly and at low levels to cushion themselves against any further price declines. Familiar names
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      Packard Bell NEC to make PCs in Penang: report
      253 2  -  By. Annette Pau PC MAKER Packard BeU NEC Inc will start assembling personal computers in Malaysia next January for the Asia market, said NEC officials in Japan yesterday according to an AFP report Production of PCs for the Asia market will
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      Civil servants unlikely to get special bonus this year
      326 2 NTUC chief cites slowing economic growth as reason CIVIL servants are unlikely to receive a special bonus this year on top of their three months' bonus because economic growth is slowing, Said Minister-Without-Portfolio Lim Boon Heng yesterday. If so, this would
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      NTUC to offer buyers shares in its 2nd EC project
      267 2  -  By Diana Oon HOUSING co-operative NTUC Choice Homes' second executive condominium project in Choa Chu Kang will allow would-be buyers to become shareholders in the project, said NTUC chief Lim Boon Heng yesterday. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for NTUC's
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      IT the way to more effective democracy
      307 2  -  Visiting Danish minister points to easier data access, transparent society By' Toh Han Shih INFORMATION technology (IT) should create a more transparent society and a more effective democracy, the Danish Minister for Research and Technology, Frank Jensen, told BT yesterday. "That's part of
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      UBS sees weak '97 first half
      405 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Outlook By. Anna Teo THE latest movement in the composite leading index points to "further pain" through the first half of 1997, says ÜBS Securities. In quarter-on-quarter terms, the leading indicator rose 0.9 per cent in Q3 after declining for
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      Seven Fort Road bungalows offered as en bloc site
      220 4 THE owners of seven bungalows in Fort Road on the East Coast have banded together en bloc to offer a combined freehold site of close to 44,000 sq ft. Sole marketing agent Richard Ellis said yesterday the rectangular site within the
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      Big 4 banks may offer reverse mortgages here
      427 4  -  Scheme under study following cost review panel's proposals By I Soh Tiang Keng THE Big Four banks may introduce reverse mortgages in Singapore in future. They are studying the possibility of launching a scheme enabling homeowners to sell their houses to a
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      Hazel Park to be soft launched at $680 psf
      205 4 HONG Leong Holdings and Far East Organization will soft-launch phase one of Hazel Park.JtbQirjofait venture con, "dominium project In Vie Upper Bukit Timah area, next Wednesday at $6St per sq ft Hone Leong satd yesterrfey that, the official launch wffl fbl
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      Canadian deal targets S'poreans
      280 4  -  Developer offers holiday apartments in Vancouver hotel By* Ang Wan May A CANADIAN-based real estate company is selling holiday apartments within an ITT Sheraton-managed Vancouver hotel .pitched solely at Singaporeans. The units in the 128-suite hotel, called Sheraton Suites Le Soleil, range from C 5200,000 (S$210,000)
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Thai SME delegation here
        67 4 A 21-MEMBER Thai business delegation arrives here today for a two-day visit organised by the Thai-Singapore Business Council. It comprises representatives from Thai small and medium enterprises (SMEs) who will attend a business and networking conference at The (Mental Hotel The delegation will also be briefed
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        Industrial park gets pioneer tenants
        47 4 THE first tenants have moved Into Lend Lease Asia's first flatted factory in its Woodlands Admiralty Industrial Park The factories were sold out soon alter their launch in August last year. Lend Lease will market the second phase of the factories soon.
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        Zanzibar president to pay visit
        19 4 THE president of Zanzibar, Saimtn Amour, arrives in wiU 1)6 boards including the WWhajiKgapore
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      10 2 Hdmejpj i Decor ■ii For people who love their homes
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      232 3 IB BlancpaiN Since 1735 there has never been a quartz Blancpain watch. And there never will be. 4 No one has ever seen a 1° 1735, Jehan-Jacques quartz Blancpain. No one Blancpain established what ever will. Nor will there has today become the oldest be an ordinary, run-of-the-mill Blancpain mechanical
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      305 5 To succeed in unfamiliar territory, you need someone with experience at your side i f Getting ahead nowadays often requires you to skilfully seek out and seize whatever situation arises. In the world of banking, this someone is -,ft opportunities wherever they may arise. More often than not, this involves
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Stalemate at Moulmein Apts
      648 6  -  Euro Asia is pitted against Ho Bee in its en bloc purchase plan for 28-unit development By. Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] AN OLD seven-storey apartment block at Moulmein Road is turning out to be a real test of patience for Euro Asia's P L Kua. Euro Asia
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      House Hunt
      1036 6 Property transactions far districts 11 and 21 (sectors 28 to 30 and 58 to 59) lodged between Oct *****6 to Nov 9199& PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN/ PRICE PST STREET NAME TYPE DATE LAND AREA* (SOFT) CSS'OOO) (SS) District 11 Wjjf r Non a Li9did i, iV
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      184 6 For reservations pleasecan 73^^ PROMOTION HIGHLIGHTS: Sun, Nov 17/24 Brunch Buffet at $49.50++ inclusive of a glass of Sir Janes Brut sparkling wine. Sun, Nov 17 Wine tasting/vintner dinner with Austrafian born wine specialist Simon Tam and local wine authority Tan Kah Hin at $115 Tue, Nov 19 Cooking classes
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      334 6 An IBM ThinkPad that suits your pocket!, -i I $3,7991 Pentium 120 MHz KhhhJ BMB 4XCD-ROM II FREE BMB *nd Lotus P Sm rtSuih CD-ROM The ThinkPad 365XD has never been more affordable. If* perfect for the executive who wants to do presentations on the move, of the person who
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      9 6 The Straits Times APPOINTMENTS offers a quality labour pool
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      M'sia likely to post October trade surplus
      266 7  -  KUALA LUMPUR B* Ven Sreenivasan MALAYSIA is likely to record its third consecutive month of trade surplus in October. Deputy Finance Minister AfTifudin Haji Omar hinted yesterday that with the country's exports growing steadily as import growth stabilised, there was a good chance
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      Indon official loses power to clear mining projects
      518 7  -  JAKARTA Mm said to be linked to row over Bre-rs Kalimantan (•Idivntan By\ S N Vasuki THE Indonesian government has taken away a key responsibility of a senior bureaucrat in the mines and energy ministry. He can no longer issue final contracts
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      Lock icon Thai Democrats seen in the lead
      314 7 BANGKOK nya Ckua's party likely t« fat 132 mts, trailed by NAFg 122 AFP THE Democrat Party of former premier Chuan Leekpai is likely to win the greatest number of seats in Thailand's general elections on Nov 17, according to a poU released yesterday.
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      Lock icon Gun ban, 5-day holiday during Apec meet
      263 7 MANILA AFP THE Philippines government yesterday declared a five-day holiday and a 15-day gun ban as part of a security clampdown for the Apec summit. President Fidel Ramos ordered a holiday from Nov 22 to 26 in greater Manila and the northern city
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      Lock icon Megawati suit to be settled out of court?
      266 7 JAKARTA Reuter INDONESIA'S election commission is pushing for an out-of-court settlement with ousted minority party leader Megawati Sukarnoputri who is challenging a ban on taking part in next year's polls, her lawyer said yesterday. Ms Megawati's law suit against the General Election
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      Lock icon Work on M$2b Kotaraya II project in JB to start next year
      220 7 KUALA LUMPUR Itwfllbesfafwptoce of city's urban renewal programme NST WORK will begin on the Ms 2 billion (SII.U billion) Kotaraya II project next year in the heart of Johor Barn's central business district. When completed in 2010, it
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      165 7 ZENITH Class 6 LIFE IS IN THE MOVEMENT 1 Home Decor For people who love their homes i i ,Vi. QP BUSINESS SUCCESS g ..4 pi m II w W'thO oDcHCG Business travellers are newer cramped for space at the Amaru Rayed Club. Be It space to Impress. Space to
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Taiwan cracks down on building scams
      631 8  -  TAIPEI Purging tfgugrters' and fciliklHUikff in tenders aimed at taring foreign players By\ Bruce Cheesman TAIWAN, keen to involve overseas construction giants in carrying out major infrastructure projects, is cracking down on illicit tendering practices in the building sector. The government has for years
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      Lock icon China's Jan-Oct trade surplus hits US$12.01b
      331 8 BEIJING Record exports help bring October surplus to USS3JH> Bloomberg Business News CHINA'S trade surplus ballooned to US$l2.Ol billion (5116.69 billion) by the end of October, boosted by a record month for exports and a crackdown on duty-free imports. The export surge may worsen
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      Lock icon China mounts drill against border rush
      284 8 HONGKONG Reuter CHINA has mounted a large-scale security exercise near Hongkong to prepare its troops to cope with any suddep storming of the border by Chinese citizens when the British colony reverts to Beijing's control next year. The semi-official China News Service said about
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        Lock icon Taiwan investments on the rise
        88 8 AFP *mvrtWA aavvrawHw wwm m m m {TAIPEI} Taiwan's inward and outward inveetments rose in the first 10 months of this year, the Investment Commission said yesterday. Hie January-October period sew the commission approving 990 inward investments worth US$l.9 bfflkm (312.7 biHfem), up 17 per
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        Lock icon Booming PC sales
        83 8 Reuter [BEIJING] Put of a large sign that Bays "software dog" in Chinese characters advertises software as customer* crowd a computer store in Beijing's "computer alley" in a north-western suburb yesterday. This year total salsa of personal computers are expected to reach 1.7 million, with J 860,000
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        Lock icon Power plant planned in Hebei
        49 8 AFP (BEUING] China will build a USfl.4 billion (511.96 billion) joint venture power plant in the northern province of Hebei this year, the China Daily reported yesterday. The Hanfeng Power Plant, to be built in Handan, will have a capacity of 2.4 million kilowatts.—AFP
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      Lock icon China facing growth challenges, say officials
      414 9 CHINA SUMMIT PrafaknsiocMepoor iOTMtment returns, weak farm output and joblessness Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] Chinese leaders, forecasting several years of high growth, told an international conference that the nation faces mounting economic challenges. "China will continue to enjoy sustained, rapid and healthy economic development
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      Lock icon China may soon okay new batch of B share firms
      292 9 BEIJING Reuter CHINA could soon approve another batch of companies seeking B share listings on domestic stock exchanges, Ma Tlyvngrhi, director of the executive office of the State Council's Securities Committee, said yesterday. "It is very hard to give a
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      Lock icon UK, China sign pact on HK's forex reserves
      298 9 tf HONGKONG AFP BRITAIN and China signed an agreement yesterday on the transfer of Hongkong's US$6O billion (SsB4 billion) of foreign exchange reserves when the colony reverts to Chinese rule next year. Senior representatives of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group (JLG) signed
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      Lock icon Japan plans to resume yen loans to China: report
      169 9 MTOKYO Bernama THE Japanese government plans to resume its provision of low-interest yen loans to China it suspended since Beijing's testing of nuclear weapons in August last year, a national daily reported. Japan will convey the plan to China when the
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      A foreign investment riddle
      566 9  -  GHDVA WATCH Are overseas investors really doing so poorly In China? By Lu Ning IF you think the continuing losses incurred by China's infamous state sector are bad, you probably have not heard of the overall performance of foreign-invested enterprises. The untold story is that despite
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon New Japanese cabinet receives wide support
      184 10 TOKYO AFP SUPPORT for the new cabinet of Japan's Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto reached 52.1 per cent shortly after it was named last week, according to a Sankei Shim bun poll published yesterday. The poll found the cabinet, appointed last Thursday after an election
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      Lock icon Bhutto challenges dismissal
      110 10 ISLAMABAD AFP SACKED prime minister Benazir Bhutto yesterday filed an appeal in Pakistan's Supreme Court challenging her dismissal and the dissolution of the National Assembly by President Farooq Ahmed Leghari. The 42-page appeal was submitted by Ms Bhutto's lawyers to the assistant registrar of the Supreme Court,
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      Japan to open up telecom, IT and housing sectors
      443 10  -  TOKYO Govt panel report adds to the Big Bang deregulation already announced By Anthony Rowley JAPANESE Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto yesterday disclosed further plans to deregulate key sectors of the economy to add to the financial sector "Big Bang" announced on
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Graft case:Korean minister sacked
        65 10 AFP [SEOULJ South Korean President Kim Young Sam yesterday sacked his health minister over alleged Involvement in a graft scandal, bringing to three tike number of cabinet members dumped in as many week* President Kim immediately named Oxford educated 1 parliamentarian and former human righto activist
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        Lock icon Confidence in Aussie economy up
        98 10 Bloomberg Business News [MELBOURNE] Australians' confidence in their economy jumped this month, posting the biggest Increase in than a year and a half, in response to a cut in interest rales. The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment for November rose 8.4 points, or
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        Lock icon Bail extended for Rao in bribery case
        62 10 Bloomberg Business News [NEW DELHI] A Delhi court yesterday extended bail tusil Nov 21 for former Indian prime minister P V Narasimha Rao In a 1998 bribery case. The Central Bureau of jjj Investigation has charged Rao and his two former ministerial colleagues
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      Lock icon S Korea's unions set to take on employers over new labour laws
      272 10 SEOUL Face-off escalates after OECD endorses SEerea as member AFX till Organisation for Econom ic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The uniona brwhed Aide traditional rivalry ob Tuesday strike, demanding a sleeping chance in the tousb&nd re- strictive labour
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      Lock icon Foreign ownership of media not taboo
      216 10 I MELBOURNE Reuter BKc tjLaV v .v >" AUSTRALIAN Communication® Mintoter Richard Alston Mdd the govenv ment *oukl consider foreign ownership of fee media on a again ruled out jovernment's rfwss martin ownership inquiry. "Wfc tait fcave any objections to foreign ownership per at,
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      Lock icon More attacks on Chinese Australians since race row
      290 10 9i SYDNEY Reuter RACIAL vbuse against Chinese Attafralians has doubled, with Maty being spat at or physitylllt threatened, since indepe(|ptit politician Pauline Hereon sparked a xenophobic pace debate, according to a Chinese newspaper survey The forvey in the daily Sing Australia's largest
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      Lock icon Seoul ruling party seen winning presidency
      310 10 SEOUL Early surveys say opposition will lose next year's election AFP SOUTH Korea's ruling New Korea Party (NKP) Is buoyed by an early forecast that It will win next year's presidential election over a divided opposition, politicians said. NKP officials cited results of recent
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      104 11 Fish, cycle, camp, sail, tour, travel, visit, canoe, fly, climb, escape,watch tv, move house, snooze, work, chat, dine, play cards, jog, party, get together with friends, holiday with the kids, and of course, work. iil'f". ij I M i I mm S r.i I It I ||§S§ 1 t=—^ INDIVIDUAL
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  • THE WORLD
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      Leeson's boss wins appeal against four SFA charges
      473 12  -  LONDON Bob Baker gets public reprimand, ordered to pay costs on sth disciplinary charge By Neil Behrmann RON Baker, former head of Barings' derivatives trading in charge of rogue trader Nick Leeson, has cleared his name following an appeal to the UK
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      Lock icon Pilots unaware of impending crash
      366 12 NEW DELHI AFP AS INVESTIGATORS yesterday prepared to decipher information from two aircraft black boxes believed to hold the key to the worst mid-air collision in aviation history, it was learnt that the pilots were unaware of the impending collision. Civil Aviation Minister C M
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      Lock icon US producer prices up 0.4% in October
      315 12 WASHINGTON Rise reflect* surge in oil prices after latest US-Iraqi showdewn Bloomberg Business News PRICES paid to US factories, farmers and other producers rose 0.4 per cent in October, led by a surge in energy, Labour Department figures showed yesterday. Outside of energy
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      Lock icon Clinton may drop objection to balanced budget amendment
      216 12 WASHINGTON FT US PRESIDENT BUI Clinton has signalled an important concession to Republican leaders, suggesting he might drop his opposition to a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget. The results of last week's congressional elections made it likely that the amendment
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      Lock icon Further in German rates not ruled out
      239 12 m MUNICH AFP FURTHER cuts in German in* terest rates should not be ruled out, a member of the csn> tral council of the Bundesbank, Franz-Christoph Zeitler, said yesterday. "Even if the three key man ratee have fallen to an historic low point,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      KL spluses in bid to be hub of Islamic finance
      707 13  -  THB BOTTOM LOT OPINION- By Said Abdullah The writer is a journalist with the BT Foreign Desk T| M" ALAYSLA'S approach to Islamic bank- /I seems to be paying oft Rather than J m/ I seeking to jettison the current
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      168 13 'We had heard a lot of reports that people were being spat on and for Chinese, it is a terrible thing. In the Chinese culture, it means you are a mongrel dog.' -TOaaAßg president of the Chinese Australian Forum, on the current outbreak of racism in Australia.
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      No-nonsense advice from the IMF
      530 13 EDITORIAL ichel Camdessus, the articulate managing director of the InI ternational Monetary Fund (IMF), provided some no-nonsense advice to Asean countries: sustain high rates of economic growth; trim the burgeoning current account deficit; strengthen the domestic financial system and stop spenc&tg so much oh defence.
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      Lock icon Russia's tax crisis
      920 13  -  A task force is set up tifetflect taxes from unwilling payers so that cash-starved state can function By, John Thornhill Financial Times in Moscow THE first time Russia created an extraordinary committee, known as the Vecheka, was in 1917 jwjben "Iron Felix" Dzershinsky was entrusted with the
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      853 13 WMm Fsl—thria— pt aci THE prospects for peace in the Middle East rest much on the economic condition of the Palestinians. These days, it is bad and getting worse, a sure prescription for unrest. Regional economic ministers and businessmen meeting in this week can do something
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Good sport with no fancy airs
      733 14  -  The Alfa Romeo GTV, uncluttered by electronics, offers fun, feel and emotion, says CHRISTOPHER TAN CHRISTOPHER TAN IT IS not uncommon these days to find cars that are fitted with more electronics than your average personal computer. Electronic stability control, electronic skid control, electronic
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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      Lock icon Singer Tony Bennett finds his voice in art
      885 16 ENTERTAINMENT Tl*qoi ba is bettor known for his singing, for him art and music are inseparable LAT-WP [NEW YORK] When a singer talks about his or her big break —that lucky connection that turned their career around the story generally turns out
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    • CHATTER Box
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        Lock icon Casablanca poster goes for £23.000
        32 16 Reuter [IX>NDOhn A Aim poster for Qgsafrtanco, the war-time rftmmttoMto starting Humphrey Bogart and Inggli JMg Bergman, sold for £23,000 (S$S3,lBO) at auction house Christie's on Tuesday.—Rtuier
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        Lock icon Woody Allen's premiere
        40 16 AFP [VSNICB} US movie director Woody Allen will attend tia European premiere ofhis film Sotry On* Says I Love YoU when it opens here on Dec 17, officials said.—AJT '»L ■•iWY *x v V." '^'*lUa/iyf %l< tw^m*"
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        Lock icon A fat pay-off for Fergie?
        55 16 Reuter (NEW YORK] The Dudwea of Yoiii could wind up with fST I bigjoblntheUS. Sarah Ferguaon, once derided at'"foe Sjiii Duchess of Pork" because of her portly demeanour, Is WW S Interviewing for a job as a spokeswoman for Weight Jjgß Watchers —a programme she
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      Ilong Leong eyes HKsllb iailway station project
      529 17  -  Ng Teng Font's Sino Land boys HK plot for HKs37om-well ikm executions e'ftomi 4 Quak Hiang Whai Hongkong THE Singapore interest in Hongkong real estate remains Fresh from last week's victory in the hotly contested tender for the second package of the Tung
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      Plan to allow KL brokers to double as futures dealers
      465 17  -  Jtom' Ven Sreenivasan pi Kuala Lumpur Securities Com- u mission (SC) is planning to altow stockbrokers to hold "du«T licences so they can double m futures brokers. SC chairman Mohd Munir rii Abdul Majid said this was o a list
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      SembCorp sells its FCC warrants for $35.67 million
      148 17 [SINGAPORE] Marine-baaed conglomerate Sembawang Corporation yesterday announced that its whollyowned subsidiary, Sembation warrants to Hongkonglisted Guoco Investment for $35.67 million or $1 JO each. The sale price was baaed on Tuesday's closing price for FCC warrants. H»e warrants, which expire In May
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      KL needs some reforms for an efficient debt market
      631 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Yoke Har HE issue of private debt securities (PDS) in Malay- H sia is growing rapidly, which augurs well for the ■H country's ambition to have a developed debt market Some M 127.25 billion (5515.1 billion) in
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      Lock icon Malayan Credit shares spring to life
      342 17  -  Stock ip 7% is active trading w improved property sentiment, restructuring news By< Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Trading in Malayan Credit Limited (MCL) yesterday surged to 4.2 million shares following improved sentiment towards property counters and news of corporate changes. The volume was about three
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      New rules shrink pool of independent directors
      389 17  -  By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Many listed companies in Singapore will have to replace some members of their audit committees as a result of new definitions of independent directors by the stock exchange. Under amendments to the listing manual announced on Tuesday to
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        Hwa Hong to take part in $500m Indon toll road project
        261 18 [SINGAPORE] Singaporelisted Hwa Hong Corporation yesterday signed a major deal with Indonesian parties to take part in a $500 million toU road project in West Java. The company, whose shares were suspended yesterday after rising eight cents earlier, said
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        Lock icon Wee Poh using IPO proceeds for projects
        525 18  -  spotlight on SINGAPORE'S BEST By, Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Roadworks construction company Wee Poh, which is launching its initial public offering on Sesdaq within the next two weeks, said the small issue would be used to invest in local and overseas projects as
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        148 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] YTL Corporation Bhd had to fulfil certain conditions before Khazanah Nasional Bhd agreed to contribute US$l billion (S|l.4 billion) to part-finance its purchase erf Hongkong-based Consolidated Electric Power Asia Limited (Cepa), Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday. Mr Anwar,
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          JC-MPH wraps up deal for food firms
          77 18 [SINGAPORX] Jack Chla-MPH yaetarday paid US$l.6 million (SCU4 million) tor the remaining 80 par cant stain In Food 4 Snack Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd and the remaining 15.5 per cant equity interact in Bordan Food* (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd from Its joint-venture partner, Bordan
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          Republic Hotels l investment
          55 18 (SINGAPORE] Republic Hotels 4 Resorts yesterday announced that II hae Increased Its inreolwowl In a wholly-owned subsidiary, Newbury Inreatments, by $115 mllHow US mffllnw ilwt— rffl sack by way of capttalieetton of part of the tntereot rrnci k*n owing by Newbury to the company. Newbury's paid-op
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          91 18 Bernama PCUALA LUMPUR] AmstealCetvorabou Bhd said ft expects to maka an extraordinary gain of MkU million 1 (859g.7 million) at group leval from the propooed disposal of a ID. 14 psr out staka in A wslgamelod Oontalnsrs Bhd. In a reply to guartsa from the Knirialmpar
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          Lock icon Faber explains profit shorthall
          108 18 Bernama [KUAI>UJMP'UK]raber Group Bhdsetd the difference in 1 group profit of Mliog.l4 million (8160 A million) fbr the jw ended Juno SO. and the forecast profit of Msl*L3 million was attributable to aavanl reasons. Retted the delay tn signing the conoaotiocaeveeNtt for the privatisation of the
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        Cosco eyeing leisure business
        601 18 Difnlflciteßivi Unrfrm^MMkl £yLa*tag [SINGAPORE] Cosco Holding* (Singapore) Ft* Ltd, the parent of listed Coeco Investment Ltd, Is diversifying to cushion the Mow to shipping following a global slowdown. The company Is eyeing the leisure end entertainment sector now that It has moved Into isufsity and oil
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        M'sia's Denko to buy 40% stake in Ghana bank for US$26m
        222 18  -  From, Ruth Wong in KucUa Lumpur SECOND-BOARD manufacturing concern Denko Industrial Corporation Bhd plans to diversify Into the financial sector by buying a 40 per cent •take In Ghana's largest commercial bank. Denko sakl It is buying 66 million
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        Indon bank to raise up to US$20m from IPO this month
        283 18 [SINGAPORE] Indonesia's Bank Uraum Servltia (BUS) plans to raise between US$l5 million (Ss2l million) and US$2O million from Indonesian, Singapore and other Asian investors through an initial public offer at the end of tills month. During a roadshow here
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        480 19 Firm to Invest USs99m in a plant in one of Shanghai's free trade zones Reuter [SHANGHAI] Announcing Intel Corp's plans for the first manufacturing plant in China cm Tuesday, a top company official said Intel wants to see half of its
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          Lock icon IBM unveils Internet business strategy
          56 19 Bloomberg Business News {NEW YORK] IBM unveiled services for insurance, pehHiteßm and utihtycompont«* that want touae the Internet todobuaineea. Theaervicea include PetroConnect to M toe petroleum industry trade h Energy Network EwAan«e, a service offered with Siemens AGthatletoutilitieebuyandeeaelactricitjr.and Insure-Commerce for insurance companies that want to
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          Lock icon Japanese firms join Mobil's Qatar project
          56 19 Bloomberg Business News {FAIRFAX, Virginia! Mobil Corpiwid Itoehu Corpand Nissholwai Corp agreed to takeaTpar cent stake in its U513.5 billion (554.9 billion) liquefied natural gas project in Qatar, and to help sell toeftiei in Japan. Mobil and Qatar GeneraiPtfrolwwCGrpa^ their share of capital costaand
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          Lock icon Eurotunel turnover up 102%
          37 19 AFP [PARIS] Eurotunnel said yesterday it had increased its totalturamrexdudlngtaxeeinthaflratnine monthsby 108 per cent from the same period last year. Turnover amounted to 2.922 billion francs (SIBO4 million) from 1.443 billion francs. AFP
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        Lock icon DragonAir COO to join Cathay Pacific in March
        195 19 Bridge News [HONGKONG] Philip Chen is leaving his post as director and chief operating officer of Hongkong Dragon Airlines, becoming deputy managing director at Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, Cathay announced yesterday. The company announced toe move in a statement which said Mr
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        Lock icon News Corp yet to see any profit in Internet business
        261 19 L&chl&n Murdoch says Net's immediate future is unclear Reuter [MELBOURNE] News Ltd managing director Lachlan Murdoch yesterday said News Corp had yet to see profits from its Internet businesses and admitted the immediate future of the Internet was unclear. "Nobody
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        Lock icon International phone market in Japan is up for grabs
        272 19 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Japan's international long-distance market is up for grabs and everyone from one-man operations to the US's largest telephone company are scrambling for a piece. Today, Catena Corp in Tokyo became the latest, saying it will take on
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        Lock icon ST Dupont valued at up to 1.2b French francs in IPO
        185 19 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] S T Dupont, a luxury goods maker owned by Hongkong businessman Dickson Poon, will be valued at up to 1.2 billion French francs (***** million) in its initial public offering, its parent company said. Dupont
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        Lock icon Sunbeam to slash half its Workforce in huge revamp
        391 20 K' t percentage terms, is believed to be largest US employee seduction of its kind NYT OKEW YORK] Albert J Dunlap, fee chairman and chief executive of Sunbeam Corp for nearH four months, announced on fbesday that half of the company's
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        Lock icon France to raise 10b franc from Elf sale
        217 20 Bloomberg Business News [PARIS] France said it is raising 10 billion francs (Sss2.B billion) through the sale of 9.1 per cent of oil company Elf Aquitaine SA's capital. The Finance Ministry said 4.6 per cent of Elf, or 12.58 million shares, will
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        Lock icon Microsoft board approves stock split
        353 20 Bloomberg Business News Reuter [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp's board approved tye software company's sixth stock split in 10 years to make the shares more affordable after their rapid rise this year. Microsoft shareholders will receive one additional share on or about Dec 6 for each
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        Lock icon Dulux treatment for a dog
        48 20 [LONDON] "Baggybush Midnight Madness", an Old English sheepdog, known as "Thomas"for short, getting the red carpet treatment on his arrival at an awards ceremony on Tuesday. Thomas won the search/or the new Dulux dog which is usedjbr the paint company's advertising campaign. REUTER
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        Lock icon Wal-Mart, JC Penney post disappointing profits
        342 20 Share prices of many retailers fall amid holiday sales concern Reuter [CHICAGO] Retail giants WalMart Stores Inc and J C Penney Co posted disappointing profits on Tuesday as concern about the coming holiday shopping season took lis toll on the stock prices of major
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        Lock icon Westinghouse unveils plans to split into two entities
        320 20 Focus on broadcast assets after spinoff ef industrial bodiless Reuter [PITTSBURGH] Westinghouse Electric Corp, as expected, announced plans to focus on its broadcast assets by splitting in two and spinning off its industrial business in a tax-free distribution to shareholders. Once a
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        Lock icon Goldman, Merrill and Morgan widen lead over rivals: survey
        598 21 Tkejr will aacfc earn •far USslb this yeara dear rip their tadnsn Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs Co, Merrill Lynch Co and Morgan Stanley Co are gaining a hammer lock on advising America's top companies, a new study of
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        New BZW chief executive for Asia named
        180 21 [SINGAPORE] BZW, the investment banking arm of Barclays Banks, yesterday announced the appointment of Roger Davis as chief executive for Asia. Based in Hongkong, Mr Davis replaces John Richardson who resigned recently. Mr Davis Joined BZW in February from Jardine Fleming in India
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        Sierad Feedmill gets US$50m bank loan
        170 21 [SINGAPORE] Eleven banks 10 of which are based here have lent US$5O million (Ss7o million) to Sierad Feedmill, a leading Indonesian poultry feed manufacturer. The three-year syndicated k>an, which comes in two tranches, was signed here recently. Tranche A, for US$l6 million, bears interest
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        US$98m Asians loans for Thai, Indon firms
        372 21  -  USs33m goes to SP International, USs66m to Loosmn By< Conrad Raj DESPITE concerns over tendings in Thailand and Indonesia, selected borrowers are still able to obtain funds from the Asia dollar market in Singapore. In fact, with so few good names around, these
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        Lock icon Sedgwick pretax profit up 5% on Asian growth
        247 21 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Sedgwick Group pic said its nine-month pretax profit rose 5 per cent as growth in Asia offset "a particularly severe" decline in insurance premium rates in the United Kingdom. The British insurance broker said pretax profit for the
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        Lock icon Speculation not a bad word: China forex official
        413 21 ftwuHMpmake the market more competitive, he says Reuter [SHANGHAI] The Shanghaibased China Foreign Exchange Trading Centre could do with a little speculation to spice up the market, a senior official said, adding that speculation should not be considered a dirty word. The
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        Lock icon Ex-top copper trader faces second arrest warrant
        318 21 Hamanaka hiring forgery charges now suspected of fraud Reuter [TOKYO] Japanese prosecutors said yesterday that they had arrested Sumitomo Corp's former star copper trader Yasuo Hamanaka on suspicion of fraud in the latest legal action against him. Hamanaka, already under arrest and in
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        Lock icon ABN Amro to invest US$500m in Latin America
        253 22 Bloomberg Business News [AMSTERDAM] ABN Araro Holding NV, the Netherlands' biggest bank, said it will invest up to US$5OO million (Ss6os million) to double the number of offices in Latin America in four years and maintain its position among the region's top
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        Lock icon Magellan Fund sells bonds to buy technology stocks
        542 22 Manager Imp shares of firms expected to generate substantial earning! growth Bloomberg Business News [BOSTON] Fidelity Investments' Magellan Fund cut its bond holdings in September to the lowest level in almost a year and used the proceeds to buy technology stocks such
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        Lock icon Metway shareholders okay takeover
        371 22 Queensland selling two companies to it in return fir shares Bloomberg Business News [BRISBANE] Shareholders of Metway Bank Ltd approved a takeover of Suncorp Finance and Insurance and the Queensland Industry Development Corp (QJDC), which will create one of Australia's 10 largest listed financial institutions. The
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        Lock icon Euroyen up on rise in JGBs
        228 22 SIMUK Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen fixtures were higher late yesterday on the back of a rise in Japanese government bonds (JGBs), renewing dealers' bullish expectations after the market's recent losses. Dealers said December JGBs were likely to remain supported at 123.35 and breach
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        153 22 Reuter AFP THE dollar was range bound against the mark but below highs against the yen as markets expected no rate change from the Federal Open Markets Committee meeting and tame October producer prices. Analysts said that underlying support for the dollar against the mark followed a spate
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        Lock icon Russian oil output in last stretch of decline
        326 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [MOSCOW] Crude oil output in Russia, the world's thirdlargest oil producer, is finally ending a decade of dramatic decline, but it is still a long way from switching back into top gear. "We could see 1997 output stabilise at
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      1506 23 AFX-Asia □wkMaas -am STOCKiS finished lamely yesterday, shedding all of their gains accumulated on Tuesday, brokers said. They added the market was battered by profit-taking as well as Intermittent selling bouts of ftitures, with the market direction unclear and domestic investors quiet. The 225-share Nikkei Average lost 226.99 points
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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      1500 24 AFX-Asia Q Hang Seng SHARE prices closed higher yesterday, led by flnancials and property companies. Dealers said the outcome of the land auction was largely discounted by the market. The Hang Seng Index closed up 137.38 points at 12,943.69. Turnover was HK*7.B3 billion. "I'm seeing a lot of Japanese
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      565 24 Reuter FlOwifceoßStarglndei +037 THE Shenzhen B market closed marginally higher in dull trading yesterday due in part to sharp gains by Tellus Machinery. The B Index rose 0.37 point to 89.35 on turnover of HK112.88 million. Trading was very sluggish, with institutions remaining sidelined and thin speculative trading dominating
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      304 24 AFP HwFMm HJ7 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday, boosted by stronger buying of electronics issues. "Expectations for a recovery by local semiconductor firms and positive performances on major overseas markets had stimulated buying interest," said an analyst. The TSE Weighted Price Index rose 6.17 points to 6,577.29. Turnover was
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      132 24 Reuter HW«ffiag» ♦WJ« SHARES rallied yesterday, inspired by Telecom's strong performance ahead of its halfyear profit result The NZSE--40 Capital Index ended 17.14 points stronger at 2342.94. ■wo m rmm ANZtaMnt as -an moo MMMfHNHp US -OOJ WW MrNnlNMIM LH *003 M4TH wnrzmmii) Ul »aos nw •micw) an nic»
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      767 24 AFP n SET Mm SHARE prices closed 2.7 per cent higher yesterday on heavy speculative trading led by financial shares and selective buying among blue chips ahead of this weekend's elections, dealers said. A dealer said institutional investors were seen in the market, particularly, in the banking, communication and
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      393 24 Bloomberg Business News riCwpwitihic «m STOCKS were little changed yesterday after the benchmark index posted its biggest gain in 18 months on Tuesday, amid reports the governments may cut transaction fees and ease regulations to lilt shares. "Many investors are waiting for the government move," said an analyst. The
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      401 24 AFP nuwrtu CONTINUING anxiety about company profit* overshadowed good newt on Wall Street and a firmer gold price to bold •bares to a rise of just 0.1 per cent yesterday. The All Ordinaries Index closed 3.4 points up at 2,346.9. Turnover was 372.6 million shares worth A 1748.1 million.
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      706 24 AFP QOwpootebfaz -LSC SHARE prices closed lower yesterday on profit-taking in blue chips although gains on second and third liners lifted the index up in the afternoon, dealers said. "The market was pretty boring. But some gains on penny stocks helped the index to move up a bit during
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      273 24 AFP FllLupl* *L 75 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday with trading concentrated on small scrips. The PSE Composite Index gained 1.75 points to 3,049.49. Turnover was 10.61 billion shares worth 2.22 billion pesos. Philippine Long Distance Telephone gained 25 pesos at 1,600 and Petron Corp lost 10 centavos to
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        Lock icon Prices down on profit taking
        7718 25 AFX-Asia kl Composite Index SHARE prices closed lower yesterday on heavy profit-taking on selected blue chips, with most investors sidelined on lack of fresh leads, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 5.69 points at 1,183.52 on volume 0f277.86 million shares worth M 52.31
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        Keep an eye on GK Goh wrts
        3683 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By. R Sivanithy THE sharp increase in business done yesterday led to heightened increase in stockbroking counters, so it makes sense to review a warrant from this area. Since we've recently covered those issued by Kim Eng. this leaves those issued
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        HOT STOCK
        67 28  -  bf Paul Leo FIRST CAPITAL CORP was unchanged yesterday at $3.44 with 131,000 units done, less than the 10-day average of 205,700 shares. The counter is likely to undergo some short-term correction as daily RSI is in overbought region. But the long-term picture is still very bullish as
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        Rally continues amid growing view worst is over
        848 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMHEHTARY Although property counters still dominate, brokerage firms are beginning to attract investors' attention By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] After a quiet start, the local stock market yesterday enjoyed a hefty afternoon rally, making it the fifth session in a row
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          IPOs still going strong
          103 28 WE HEARD Kay Hian James Capel has received applications for 83 million Ossia shares from its retail clients. This is more than one-and-a-half times the number of shares being offered, an indication that the renewed interest in IPOs is not about to fade away soon. The
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          Singapore for a quick punt?
          93 28 ONE regional economist just back from a marketing trip in Europe, the US and Hongkong says fund managers are looking for short-term profits from the Singapore market. The idea is that most of the bad news is out on Singapore following the third quarter GDP
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          Two bourses, one problem
          110 28 THE SES wasn't the only one facing a technical hitch on Tuesday when trading was interrupted for about half an hour. The KLSE trading system also faced minor kinks, according to the New Straits Times. The KLSE's problem occurred early in the trading day, at 9.30
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          Illegal to sell but not to buy
          123 28 UNDER Singapore law, everybody has to use Singapore Telecom for long-distance calls. But it is an open secret that many companies make use of the services of call back vendors, which offer calls at sharply lower rates. Using these services is not illegal,
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          What EPF has been buying
          80 28 MALAYSIAN stockbroker Jupiter Securities is bullish on KL stocks. It notes that the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has been accumulating shares in a big way. Some recent filings show the EPF to be the buyer 0f44.195 million Proton shares; and 237 million Diperdana shares. The
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          Which Hugo?
          83 28 MEN fashion wear Hugo Boss is doing a booming business in Taiwan, selling some NT$lBO million (559.2 million) worth of apparel last year. Despite this, the company may not be able to register its brands in Taiwan as there is already a Taiwan company, also in the fitshion
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      262 29 Bridge News Reuter 4 TRADING remained sluggish on the freight OMu-ket, with details of Concluded business slow to Marge, brokers aakL Sources said the market yas at pteeent "going through a phase of re-evaluation and The Baltic Freight Index rose 13 to 1,515, m Clarkson Wolff said Jven
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      480 29  -  Environmental concerns expected to delay project by np to two years From Alan Boyd in Bangkok THE construction of two deep-sea ports on Thailand's southern seaboard is expected to be delayed for up to two years by growing opposition from environmentalists.
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      212 29 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Yangming Marine Corp plans to order five new large-sized container ships which will cost more than US$3OO million (Ss4l7 million) for its future expansion at year-end or early in 1997. "We plan to order five new large-sized container
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      160 29 Reuter [SCHIEDAM, Netherlands] Dutch shipbuilding and engineering group IHC Caland NV has won a number of large orders and contracts from India and Brazil. The company said the contracts took new orders for the current year so for to l .29 billion guilders
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      136 29 [SYDNEY] P&O Ports is the new operator Of Newcastle's important Kooragang Island No 2 (K2) berth. New South Wales Minister for Ports Carl Scully announced that the company would operate the berth from February next year. Its plans for the berth include a A
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      715 29  -  SHIPSHAPE By' Yong Mei Fong KELANG Container Terminal's (KCT) managing director Abdul Samad Mohamed may be feeling the pressure from new kid on the block Westport Holdings, but he is determined to maintain the sincere and "no-frills" style that
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      269 29 Projects worth USs92om licensed last month Reuter [HANOI] Government approval for a deep-sea port project in southern Vietnam has reversed an apparent downturn in foreign investment, official media reports said on Tuesday. The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) said licence was granted last
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      Maersk seeks to build its own terminal in Rotterdam
      229 29 [ROTTERDAM] The Danish shipping company Maersk wants to build its own terminal in the port of Rotterdam. According to Het Flnancieele Dagbkut, the company is currently negotiating on this with the Rotterdam Municipal Port Authority. This step by the world's biggest
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      1098 30  -  w i'KiHinnii mTURKATIOMAII PORT HOLDINGS: LOOKING BEYOND HK Tie Hutchison Whampoa unit wants to develop regional ports outside Hongkong to capitalise on the rapid growth of inJra-Asia trade and has teams in the region evaluating opportunities, says group managing director John Meredith Jonathan Eley
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        815 43 THIS report. ecafX by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. ahowa price ranaee in US dollari inataad of single price* tor a more comprehensive deVrtptton of the market Prtcea shown art baaed on aveniHtad Mam. Market movement* are Indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index changt and the individual
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        Lock icon ADtranz and GE unveil new locomotive
        150 44 Reuter [KASSEL, Germany] ADtranz and General Electric Transportation Systems unveiled on Tuesday a new diesel-electrlc locomotive that will compete in a market estimated at more than US$l billion (511.39 billion) by the end of the century. ADtranz, the joint venture of ABB Ltd and
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        412 44 Makeover signals intention to expand independently and internationally Bloomberg Business News Reuter, [NEW YORK] USAir Group Inc on Tuesday announced it would change its name to US Airways and adopt new colours for Its aircraft in early 1997 as part of
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        67 44 [ALrJAFR, JORDAN] Camels passing by Britain's jet-powered car, Thurst SSC, at M-Jafr which roared the deserts southern Jordan on itsfirst trial/or an attempt to break the world land speed record, on Tuesday. British Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green drove the 9.5-tonne car up
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        430 44 Reuter [ZURICH] Delegates from the world's airlines began a round of emergency meetings in Geneva on Wednesday to discuss strategies to counter a recent surge in fuel prices that is gnawing at profitability. The industry's global body, the International Air Transport Association (lata), said
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        144 44 Renter [TOKYO] Nippon Express Co Ltd said yesterday that it had rejected requests by three European carriers for an increase in cargo rates. A spokesman for Nippon Express, which is the largest transport company in Japan, said Air France, Lufthansa and
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        154 44 Reuter [NEW YORK] CSX Corp and Conrail Inc are expected to reaffirm their US$B.5 billion (SIII.B billion) merger deal after failing to agree on an improved CSX offer for the railroad company, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The newspaper cited
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        281 44 Consortium to refine laser system for Air Force Bloomberg Business News [SEATTLE] A Boeing Co-led group won a US$l.l billion (Ssl.s billion) Air Force contract to develop an airborne laser missile-defence system, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The Boeing group, which includes TRW Inc and
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        Lock icon Samsung seeks joint Korean acquisition of Fokker: report
        219 44 AFP [SEOUL] Samsung Aerospace Industries Ltd (SAI) has proposed that other South Korean conglomerates, including the giant Hyundai group, join it in a takeover of the bankrupt Fokker NV, a report said yesterday. "Samsung has proposed that relevant groups including Hyundai form
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        Lock icon Honda to set up motorbike parts venture in Vietnam
        146 44 AFP [BANGKOK] Asian Honda Motor Co Ltd said yesterday that it had signed a joint venture agreement to set up a U5513.78-mil-lion (5119.1 million) motorcycle parts joint venture in Vietnam. Goshi-Thang Long Auto Parts Co Ltd will supply mufflers, shift pedals,
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          83 44 [TOKYO] Kinteteu World Express Inc, ft leading air cargo transporter, has set up a trucking firm in Beijing with a 1 local firm, Nikkei English News quoted company officials It saying. The jointvitture will begin operations on Jan M With a staff of 20 and a
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          Lock icon China tops in m-bike output
          53 44 AFP (BEIJING) China has become the world's largest motorcycle producer, with production totalling 7.8 million tmfts last year, the official Xinhua news agency reported ;rsesterday; the figure accounts tor 43.5 per cent of the. v world output China exported 81,000 motorcycles to 104 countries and
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          Lock icon Deputy MD appointed at Cathay
          69 44 AFX-Asia (HONGKONG} Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said it appointed Philip Chen deputy managing director. Mr Chen is currently chiefexecutive officer of Hongkong Dragon Airlines Ltd. Cathay said In a statement that Mr Chen's 40 appointment will take effect in mid-March 1997. Dragonair said it appointed
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          Lock icon Bertrand Faure sells Portugal unit
          89 44 Reuter f>ARIS} French car seat makar Bertrand Paure said on Tuesday it has signed an agrsemsat to aril Its Ftaripol Portuguese subsidiary to Copo of Spain. Flexlpol makes foam blocks. The sale is partof Bertrand Paure's aim of fbcusing on its core passenger seat business,
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          Lock icon PAL stewards agree to avoid strikes
          61 44 AFP [MANILA) Philippine Alrllnw (PAU flight stewards agreed early w^^^ Buenaventura MagiaMnsakl officials held conciliation talks with the flight stewards and attendants'union and memoramlum of agreement. The ground crew of the airline launched a crippling strike from Oct 31 to Nov 2, S ind
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      197 29 USAir to change name, colours Makeover signals intention to expand independently. BMkPafs mpiL PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD Principal's Representative to be based in Karachi reporting to HQ in Singapore. Candidate must have a sound knowledge of the container liner shipping market and shipping agency business. Pre-requisites: Minimum 5 yean
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