The Business Times, 19 December 1996

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c S INGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    SRI Fund draws $249m by end of launch
    376 1  -  Better-than-expected figure includes $ift3hn from retail investors By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Regional Index (SRI) Fund raised an impressive $249 million at the end of its monthlong launch period, with retail investors chipping in $182 million. The fund is a
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    Three former Amcol directors charged under Companies Act
    332 1  -  By Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Three ex-direc-tors of Amcol Holdings were yesterday charged with breach of their director's duties under the Companies Act. Chng Heng Tiu alias Chuang Heng Tiu, former vice-chairman; Kang Thian Leng, former executive director and son of former managing
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    Lock icon Earnings face margin squeeze
    483 1  -  OUTLOOK 97: PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY Producers fear regional glut may drag prices down next year By[ Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Despite strong regional demand, Singapore's $2 billion petrochemical complex is expected to report poor earnings this year, squeezed by weak product prices and high raw material costs. Little
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    Lock icon Peru rebels threaten to kill 490 top businessmen, ambassadors
    488 1 Ministers and VIPs taken hostage during reception at Japanese envoy's residence Reuter, AFP [LIMA] Leftist Peruvian rebels stormed the Japanese ambassador's residence yesterday, threatening to kill at least 490 hostages, including the country's politicians, ambassadors and top business executives from around
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      126 1 INSIDE Bllilllll Ust3flg plans The owners of Ossia, which was listed last month aa the main board, are planning to list their retail arm World of Sports, P|l7 jreWBVAWB I $840 m at mi of month-tang kuach, thispg. Investors probably take it &at this fund won't be allowed to disappoint
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      14 1 Swlm firm in chemicals venture with EDB, Pg 2 Oil Industry outlook, Pg 2
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Swiss firm in chemicals venture with EDB
      269 2 SWISS company Lonza is investing US$l25 million (Ssl7s million) in a chemicals facility on Pulau Sakra in a joint venture with the Economic Development Board. A report in the December issue of Asian Chemical News said the facility will produce purified isophthalic acid
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      Excess capacity in region to weigh margins down
      676 2  -  OUTLOOK 97: OIL INDUSTRY Bat a check shows profits this year are better than expected for oil majors By\ Ronnie Lim DESPITE chalking up a reasonable performance this year, refineries here expect to face downward pressure on profits next year because of
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      Refiners' strategy for 1997
      135 2 SHELL 'Having committed substantial investments in the sum total of our activities, both in theßukom refinery and now in the second petrochemical complex and on Seraya, we will focus on optimising the returns on those investments by serving our customers as effectively as we can.' Shell,
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      Lock icon Oct progress payments up 7.6%
      243 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Construction By\ Michelle Low PROGRESS payments to construction firms amounted to $1.2 billion in October, according to early data from the Construction Industry Development Board. October payments are just 7.6 per cent higher year-on-year although the month's figures are preliminary and
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      SDP making unfounded claims again: Boon Yang
      308 2  -  By I Chuang Peck Ming THE Singapore Democratic Party is making unfounded claims again, this time regarding Central Provident Fund savings, Labour Minister Lee Boon Yang said. An article headlined "Don't let Govt retain your hard-earned CPF money" published in the SDP's New
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      URA selling last batch of residential land for 1996
      487 5  -  7.2 ha of land expected to generate up to 890 private housing units By. Agnes Wee THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is launching three big land parcels and 26 small ones within an estate for residential development. With this last batch
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      Lock icon POSBank launches first machine for cash deposits
      149 5 POSBANK has introduced a cash deposit machine to shorten queues at its counters. Called POSBsave, the machine, with touch-screen operations, accepts only Singapore currency notes in three denominations $10, $50 and $100. It can take up to 50 pieces at a go. The
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      Lock icon S'pore's software piracy rate among lowest in region: poll
      291 5  -  By, Jennifer Lien SINGAPORE had the thirdlowest piracy rate in the AsiaPacific last year, according to a global software piracy survey commissioned by the Business Software Alliance and the Software Publishers Association (SPA). The Republic chalked up a piracy rate of
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      Corrections and clarifications
      46 5 IN the article, "Chiam See Tong quits SDP to join Singapore People's Party", yesterday, it was reported that Mr Chiam secured his seat in Potong Pasir in 1980. This is incorrect. He secured the seat in 1984. We are sorry for the error.
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      ICI investing over $600m in region
      339 5  -  Balk of investment slated for proposed plant in Shanghai ffyi Genevieve Cua UK-BASED chemicals giant ICI plans to invest between Ss6oo million and Ss7oo million in facilities in the AsiaPacific to support its polyurethane business over the next five years. The bulk of the
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      Seagate to invest US$70m in new plant
      220 5  -  By. Jennifer Lien SEAGATE Technology, the world's largest disk drive maker, yesterday said it will invest US$7O million (Ss9B million) to build a new recording head plant in the Philippines to meet increasing demand. The investment forms a portion of the US$3OO million
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      287 3 spirit of Christmas, captured in time with Bertolucci at THE HOUR GLASS, Scotts. hUVW(VK .mk^ jjn^HML f^//\ KlZ—-2HKL_ 32J Every piece of precious stone is set by band on Bertolucci s jewelled timepiece*. j Kk The ladies jcoellery model in IBkt gold set vtth diamonds is sure Thegents' model in
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon New projects swamp HK
      331 4 Launch of 5 projects turning Christinas into hectic time SCMP [HONGKONG] Developers will swamp the market with new residential projects, turning the traditionally quiet period for property sales at Christmas into a hectic time for home-buyers. Analysts believe positive sentiment, fuelled by successful sales in recent
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      Lock icon Grandlink seeks M'sian partners
      457 4 Singapore property developer keen to team up with Kuala Uimpur firm for Qingdao projects Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] SINGAPORE property dev e 1 op e r Grandlink Group, which has staked its future on Qingdao, a coastal city in China's Shangdong province, is keen to team up
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      House Hunt
      1070 4 Property transactions for districts 15 and 16 (sectors 42 to 45 and 46 to 48) lodged between Dec 2, 1996 to Dec 14, 1996 PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUttJHN/ PRICE PSf STREET NAME TYPE DATE LAND AREA* (SOFT) (SS'OOO) (SS) District 15 Hon-Landed Arthur Mans Apt 14/11/96
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      Far East sells 90% of The Bayshore
      316 4  -  Remaining 100 condos in the 1,038-nnit development will be leased ont By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] The Far East group has sold all but 100 of the 1,038 units in The Bayshore condominium in the East Coast. Far East executive director Heng Chiang Meng
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      182 4 Prime Residential Site at 145 Killiney Road 3» B»«* w~^ oomc«». iffl. Site area 40,111 sf approx. r«y«,ESS Redevelopment Site in District 9. I Walking distance to Orchard Road /Y Shopping Belt and Somerset MRT Station. DGP plot ratio of 2.8; up to 10-storey. Closing date of tender: 23 Jan
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Sanyo fire a reflection of Thai economic woes
      467 6  -  BANGKOK Bonos cot leads to workers' riot and arson at Thai plant Hy Loh Hui Yin THE burning of applicance maker Sanyo Universal Electric's factory over a dispute on bonus payment highlights the difficulties facing Thailand's economy, observers said. "A lot of
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      Lock icon M'sia govt sees M$2.4b surplus next year
      127 6 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama THE federal government expects a surplus of M 52.44 billion (551.36 bUlion) next year, Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday. Mr Anwar, who is also finance minister, said 1997 government revenue was projected to reach M 560.77 billion while
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      Guoco's Manila unit raps order to suspend trading
      326 6  -  MANILA SEC suspension order unjustified, may hurt investing public, says Centennial City By. Al Labita A LISTED unit of Hongkongbased Guoco Group yesterday denounced an order by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suspending the trading of its shares. In a statement
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      Lock icon FDI approvals fall 25% in Indonesia
      204 6 JAKARTA Bloomberg Business News INDONESIA'S approvals of foreign direct investment in the country fell 25 per cent from January through Dec 15. Investment Minister Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo yesterday said the government approved 959 projects with a total investment value of U5529.9 billion (5541.9 billion) during
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      Lock icon Suharto approves plan for satellite city near Jakarta
      137 6 JAKARTA Reuter PRESIDENT Suharto yesterday approved plans to build a satellite city near the capital Jakarta that would be developed by his second son, Bambang Trihatmodjo. "The president has approved the plan to establish a new city in Jonggol, West Java, to
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      195 6 NOCi brings you Gifl tS from Around the World J Give tfte most extraordinary gifts this Christmas JSMMiy SF** Too cute ibr words Vk £tJH Here's a different WTO. It's the World Teddies Organisation -with «S#*S&£V personalities,costumes W "^S* and charms representing diverse nations. Price ranges from $899. The over
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China share markets stage strong recovery
      468 7 SHANGHAI AFP, Reuter IN THE midst of a tumultuous week, share prices on China's two bourses rebounded strongly yesterday, closing 7.4 per cent higher after institutional buying erased earlier losses prompted by the government's warning against excessive speculation. Some stocks had fallen by almost
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      China denies plan to let foreigners buy A shares
      302 7  -  SINGAPORE By] Lu Ning A SENIOR central bank official has denied that China will open up its domestic A share market to foreign investors early next year. A recent report in the proChina Hongkong paper Wen Wei Po had said China
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      Why China will not give up WTO chase
      677 7  -  CHXMA WATCH Gaining entry before or at same time as Taiwan offers a tactical advantage By Lu Ning BEIJING is in a bad mood, a friend, who was here with the official Chinese delegation for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting, told
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      IMF gives optimistic report on HK
      490 8  -  HONGKONG It expects 15% GDP growth this year and 5-5-5% next year By i Quak Hiang Whai IN A highly positive assessment of Hongkong, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said uncertainties over the territory's political transition next year have been significantly reduced in the
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      Taiwan trails S'pore, HK in bid to be regional hub
      473 8  -  TAIPEI Island behind in shipping, airfreight, financial and telecom services, says study By: Bruce Cheesman TAIWAN still lags behind Singapore and Hongkong in its bid to become the leading investment and trading hub for the Asia-Pacific, says a study by
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      Lock icon Jiang pledges support for HK leader-designate Tung
      331 8 BEIJING Reuter CHINESE President Jiang Zemin yesterday greeted future Hongkong leader Tung Chee-hwa with a pledge of support. saying the appointment of the tycoon turned chief ex-ecutive-designate marked the dawn of a new era. "Of course, I will support him," Mr Jiang said
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      Errant developers beware
      288 8  -  SINGAPORE Guangdong, Fuzhou to fine developers who fail to start projects on schedule By: Lu Ning AUTHORITIES in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong and in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province, have announced they will fine developers or confiscate their properties if they fail to start projects
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        Lock icon Taipei's concerns over ties with US
        75 8 AFP [WASHINGTON] Taiwan officials fear stepped-up exchanges between China and the US may cost Taipei's close but unofficial ties with Washington, Senator Frank Murkowski said on Tuesday. The senator, just back from Asia, cited "a sensitivity in Taiwan at this time that because of
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        Lock icon China's arable land put at 147m ha
        75 8 Reuter [BEIJING] China has 147 million hectares of arable land, much larger than earlier estimates had shown, the Xinhua news agency said yesterday. This indicates that arable land represents 15.3 per cent of China's total territory, the news agency sa id. In June,
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        Lock icon Hanan insurance official sacked for graft
        54 8 AFP [SHANGHAI] A former general manager of the Henan branch of the People's Insurance Company of China has after 1)***** acc used of corruption and embezzlement, the Xinmin Evening News reported departments would prosecute Zhou Huafu, who had allegedly embezzled more than 4.3 isrr
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      Lock icon Call for joint venture Taiwan-China-HK bank
      132 8 TAIPEI Reuter TAIWAN, China and Hongkong business heavyweights are considering forming a joint-venture bank in Hongkong to promote commercial links across the Taiwan Strait. "We have proposed the idea to our Hongkong and mainland Chinese counterparts to jointly set up a bank in Hongkong."
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      295 7 Small Land Parcels for Sale <5% rn I lITIAVf FOR residential developments AJL v/ 1111 To allow for a wider participation in government land sales for residential development, the M Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), on behalf of the government, is offering for sale small M /J sub-divided parcels at Chuan
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon India's industrial growth plunges: report
      256 9 BOMBAY AFP INDIA'S industrial growth has fallen sharply in 1996, and officials predict a top GDP growth rate of between 5.5 and 5.8 per cent this fiscal year, a leading newspaper said yesterday. The Economic Times yesterday quoted government figures showing industrial growth in the
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      Japan's real growth to fall to 1.9% next year: EPA
      462 9  -  TOKYO BOJ shares view that consumption tax rise will canse significant fiscal drag By Anthony Rowley JAPAN'S real economic growth rate is likely to fall to around 1.9 per cent in fiscal 1997, mainly as a result of the planned
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      Lock icon On the fast track
      54 9 [TOKYOIA Japan Railway official peering into the driving cabin of a new Model 500Shinkansen bullet train yesterday upon its arrival at the Tokyo station after a trial run The streamlined train reaches a top speed oj 300 km per hour, nearly the operating speed of the
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      Lock icon Japan Nov trade surplus up 0.2% in surprise rise
      418 9 TOKYO First upward move in two years likely to boost yen against US$, say economists Reuter JAPAN'S trade surplus confounded expectations and rose last month for the first time in two years, a development which economists said was likely to boost
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      Lock icon Murdoch criticises Howard govt for being just status quo'
      178 9 MELBOURNE Reuter MEDIA magnate Rupert Murdoch has upset the Australian government by accusing it of achieving nothing major in its first nine months and aUowing itself to be diverted by the racism debate. In remarks aired nationaUy yesterday, the Australianborn chairman
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      Lock icon Prosecutors to take Roll's case to Supreme Court
      322 9 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korean prosecutors will take former president Roh Tae Woo's corruption case to the Supreme Court in a bid to overturn his acquittal on the graft charges. But Prosecutor General's Office officials yesterday said the prosecutors had yet to decide
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      Lock icon Indian coalition govt may collapse soon: politicians
      306 9 NEW DELHI AFP INDIA'S minority government may soon collapse after six months of walking a political tightrope, top politicians said here yesterday. Fears of an imminent collapse of Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda's centre-left United Front government have already caused gloom in
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      74 9 lETWORK. BETTER WHICHEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT. 1/400 Mega Ark freighter net\»&ft s better than ever. There are more flights to Melbourne, Sydney, Frankfurt, New York in!' I >üblin. mall, we serve 79 cities in 44 countries with a weekly cargo capacity of 126 million Singapore w_ n fleet
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Fed committee votes to keep rates unchanged
      474 10 WASHINGTON US seen growing with low inflation in '97, no rate rise nntil second half: Merrill Bloomberg Business News THE US Federal Reserve voted on Tuesday to leave interest rates unchanged, concluding that inflation remained dormant despite sporadic surges in economic activity. The
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      Lock icon Hats for a hoot
      38 10 [LONDON] Memorial statues offormer US president Franklin Roosevelt and Britain's wartime prime minister Winston Churchill in London's fashionable Bond Street are given a seasonal lift with Santa Claus hats left by a prankster. AFP
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      EC call to strip Myanmar of tariff preferences
      334 10  -  BRUSSELS Executive arm says it has proof of forced labour in key sectors By\ Shada Islam THE European Commission's executive arm yesterday called for a stop to giving Myanmar millions of dollars worth of EU tariff preferences, saying it had evidence of
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      MPs slam BoE, auditors over Barings failure
      389 10  -  MLONDON By\ Neil Behrmann AN ALL-PARTY committee of British MPs has slammed the Bank of England (BoE) and auditors over the Barings collapse, but it is far more understanding of Singapore's role. Referring to the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex), the Treasury Select
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      Lock icon EU to launch antitrust probe into Boeing-McDonnell deal
      305 10 BRUSSELS Inquiry, starting Jan, seen as both complex and problematic Bloomberg Business News THE European Commission will open an antitrust inquiry into Boeing Co's US$l3.9 billion (5519.4 billion) acquisition of McDonnell Douglas Corp amid concern that the alliance will "reinforce the dominant
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      Lock icon Russia may face debt crisis by end-1998
      256 10 MOSCOW Reuter RUSSIA could be heading for a debt crisis by the end of 1998 because its debt servicing costs are higher than the rate of economic growth. Deputy Finance Minister Oleg Vyugin said yesterday. "Economic growth is generally absent, and yields on
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      Brunei Sultan meets top politicians
      199 10  -  PARIS By I Salil Sarkar THE visiting Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah took every opportunity to meet France's top politicians in what is seeit as the start of an earnest en 4 gagement between the tw<x countries. France hopes the Sultan's state visit will jack
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      10 10 Mated response from Asia to Fed rate decision, Pg 18
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon The conference that was no talkfest
      1680 11  -  Vikram Khanna looks back on the WTO's first Ministerial Conference that wound up last Friday at Suntec City Vikram Khanna "Ever since I 've been in Singapore, my bed has been in pristine condition." US ACTING Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky joked with a group
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      340 11 REALISIN G THE Robotics The Intelligent Choice In Data Communications David Stephenson, together with US Robotics form an unrivalled alliance off total offffice &IT communications m /I""1V yTT TTV TT A r I T TiT rjizz:7~?~zrs~ (J/ v-MVUYL U l\l IUAI IUJN o technologically astounding breakthroughs to answer all M
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      1918 12 C— Internet: http://www.ncb.gov.sg/cpf Jr^Jß.. Newsline Mora investment rrffpfc paEmEi choices from I lan By Chen JINGWEN, SPH reaches $80,000 in 2003. Q: What are the investments 3 Others T _Jm I The current cash compo- allowed under CPUS? Singapore government f y/r On 1 Jan, the Basic nent in the
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Hanoi moves to flush out hot dollars
      836 13  -  THE BOTTOMLDfE OPINION By Harish Mehta The writer is a BT correspondent specialising in Indochinese affairs CHASTENED speculators are pulling out their US dollars from Vietnam. Currency speculators stepped into Vietnam five years ago, attracted by high interest rates on deposits in the
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      109 13 'Where political principle and business expediency clash, you can be sure expediency will win.' -Andrew Neil former London Sunday Times editor on Rupert Murdoch, who owns the paper. 'We found that the young could often use religion as an excuse to suit conveniences. Some of them say
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      All aboard the ITA train
      623 13 EDITORIAL WITHOUT a doubt, last week's landmark accord on information technology products will have a profound impact on national economies. It is understandable that some countries hesitate to sign up. But they will be the losers if they wait too long. The Information Technology Agreement
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      Lock icon Price of the good life
      1176 13  -  US debate rages over CPI measurement as each notch affects billions of dollars in payments pegged to it By Louis Uchitelle NYT AS heart-bypass operations are performed, more people have them, extending their lives. But the operations raise health-care costs. Is this inflation, as the
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      No artificial preservatives in Asia Pacific Breweries' beer
      184 13  -  MAILBOX Sng Tong Chye I WOULD like to draw your attention to the article headlined "Beers for every occasion" (BT, Dec 7-8). The article was well written but unfortunately, there is a serious flaw either in the interpretation or the gathering of
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      605 13 BUck spot tn East Asl* DESPITE major improvements in living standards, some 450 million people still live in poverty in East Asia. To close the gap between rich and poor, priority must be given to rural development, broad-based social services and the inclusion of those who
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      803 16  -  The 1997 Pirelli Calendar is launched in London, samuex.ee checks out the fuss. SAMUEL EE There were more bones than usual at London's Natural History Museum on a cold November night. It was, after all, the gala dinner to launch the 1997 Pirelli Calendar, so some
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      449 16 Avedon explains how the Pirelli calendar is kept less tyre-some HE MADE Brooke Shields a household name with her provocative Calvin Klein ads back in the early 80s. He did the same with the Pirelli calendar, which has been coveted more for the way he
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      306 16 COLLECTING LAT WHEN an anonymous bidder coughed up a whopping U*****,500 (SI850.500) for Clark Gable's gold-plated Oscar, film historians lamented that a Hollywood treasure would be lost forever, collecting dust over some millionaire's fireplace. But on Tuesday, the film buffs got a Tinseltown
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      Lock icon World of Sports plans listing
      376 17  -  Founders likely to float minimum number of shares to retain control of sports retailer Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] The owners of fashion and sports group Ossia International, which listed last month on the main board, are planning to list their retail arm World of Sports (WOS).
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      GP Batteries earnings rise 14% to $ 12.8m
      340 17  - GP Batteries earnings rise 14% to 12.8m INTERIM RESULTS Company reports 12.8% turnover growth to $172.6 m liy. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted GP Batteries International yesterday posted a 14.3 per cent rise in interim net profit to $12.78 million. Turnover grew slightly slower, up 12.8 per cent to $172.6 million
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      Causeway gets another extension to repay loans
      210 17 [SINGAPORE] Causeway Investment Ltd has secured another extension to repay about $700,000 in shareholders' loans. The industrial equipment supplier said yesterday that it would now repay Dharmala International Ltd $150,000 by Monday, and $125,730 by the end of the month. It would also
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      F&N's silence on Myanmar operations raises questions
      653 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih IN A briefing given by top officials of the Fraser Neave group on Monday, Myanmar must have been the topic they were most reluctant to discuss. First, the country disappeared from the six comprehensive charts provided by
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      CM Telecom interim profit up 5% to HK$44m
      239 17 [SINGAPORE] Hongkongbased CM Telecom International saw its group net profit rise just 5 per cent to HK543.7 million (557.9 million) at halftime. For the six months to Sep 30, turnover rose 30 per cent to HK5378.8 million. Earnings per share rose one
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      Osprey gets CPF trustee stock status
      181 17 (SINGAPORE! US dollardenominated Osprey Maritime starts trading in Singapore dollars from tomorrow with an added bonus from then, the shares can be bought with Central Provident Fund savings. Osprey said yesterday it has obtained permission from the CPF for investors to be able to
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      Scotts seeks nod for 3 non-exec directors
      155 17 [SINGAPORE] Property based Scotts Holdings has called an extraordinary general meeting for Jan 13 to seek shareholders' approval for the appointment of three non-executive directors. In a circular distributed yesterday, Scotts said it wanted to appoint Christopher Claridge, Jeremy Ironside and Esther Tan
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        390 18 With the rescue plan, approved by S'pore authorities, Lion will have 7L7% MFL stake Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Lion Group expects the restructuring of Malaysia Feedmills Ltd (MFL) to be completed in the first quarter next year, its chairman and managing director
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        457 18 It's waiting for EL to announce scheme before deciding on 30% equity offer AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Lion Group yesterday reaffirmed that it is still keen on taking part in the privatisation of debt-ridden Perwaja Steel, despite backing out of the interim management company.
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        363 18 Markets close mixed; with some dipping on firmer US bond yields AFP [TOKYO] Asian stocks were mixed yesterday, with most markets reacting with moderation to the decision by the US Federal Reserve Board not to raise interest rates. Still, some markets fell
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        New post for Inchcape chief
        107 18 [SINGAPORE) The Singaporebased chief executive of Inchcape Bhd, Jeremy Hobbins, has been appointed chief executive of Inchcape pic's marketing services businesses in the Asia-Pacific. With this appointment, which takes effect on Jan 1, Mr Hobbins will join Inchcape pic's group management board and report directly
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          IPC unit execs get options nod
          51 18 [SINGAPORE] IPC Corp Ltd said options to buy shares in its subsidiary Torita Corp Ltd have been granted to three of Torita's senior executives. The options were granted by IPC Capital, Torita's immediate holding company. The three will pay a total 0f1726,857 for the
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          Discounted flats for 2 CityDev staff
          55 18 [SINGAPORE] City Developments said yesterday one apartment in each of its residential projects, Trellis Park and Chantilly Rise, will be sold to employees. The two staff members will buy the units at a preferential discount under a scheme governing sales of units in company
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          Sunright subsidiaries lift capital
          40 18 [SINGAPORE] Sunright Ltd said its subsidiary KES USA Inc has increased its paid-up capital from US$l,OOO (SI1.400) to US)I.2 million, while KES* subsidiary KES Systems Inc has raised its paid-up capital from US$lOOO to US$l.OB million.
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          67 18 Reuter [HONGKONG] Kerry Securities Ltd (KSL) yesterday confirmed local newspaper reports that it has decided to restructure and downsize. "Essentially, the KSL business will no longer be research focused or institutionally driven," Kerry said in a statement. Some 40 Hongkong-based staff would be released initially. The
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        Lock icon HK fee plan may widen gap between brokers
        234 18 South China Morning Post [HONGKONG] The Hongkong stock exchange has drawn up controversial plans for the launch of negotiated commissions in a move that could widen the divide between small local brokers and large international houses. A consultation paper distributed to exchange
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        Lock icon BA plans to sell stake in USAir
        387 19 Move to end turbulent link-up as BA seeks ties with American Airlines Reuter [LONDON] British Airways pic plans to sell all its shares in USAir, bringing its troubled three-year relationship to a close as it prepares for a strategic alliance with another US
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        Lock icon Key Samsung executive steps down in revamp
        377 19 Move indicates company will focus more on marketing Bloomberg Business News [SEOULJ The executive who helped build Samsung Electronics Co into the world's biggest chip maker has resigned from his post in the most sweeping management reshuffle in the group's 58-year history. Kim
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        241 19 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Bankers Trust Australia Ltd said it's not interested in selling its 13.5 per cent stake in newspaper publisher John Fairfax Holdings Ltd to any bidder in a takeover play. "We haven't been approached by anyone and
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        61 19 IAESCH, Switzerland] Workers putting together the neon sign forNovartis at a factory in the town of Aesch near Basel, on Tuesday. The United States Federal Trade Commission has agreed to the muUi-bdlion-dollar merger of Swiss drug giants Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz to form Novartis the
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        180 19 AFX-Asia [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co Ltd shareholders have filed a 2.26 billion yen (***** million) lawsuit against JAL's three top managers on alleged charges of causing sizeable losses to the company by becoming involved in a property development in Hawaii, Jiji Press said yesterday. "We
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        139 19 Bloomberg Business News [BRUSSELS] The European Commission said it opened an antitrust investigation into the French government's plan to inject 10 billion French francs (552.68 billion) into Thomson Multimedia, giving competitors such as Philips Electronics NV a chance to criticise the subsidy. The
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        548 20 Move will create one of industry's top players with assets of 15 trillion yen Reuter [TOKYO] Two Nomura Securities asset management firms yesterday said they would merge next October to create a top player with a competitive edge on rivals in Japan's rapidly
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        326 20 Bloomberg Business News [CHICAGO] A former bond trader has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for attempting to manipulate US Treasury bond futures and options prices on the Chicago Board of Trade in 1992. Darrell Zimmerman, 36, of Vancouver, British Columbia, pleaded guilty
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        36 20 [LONDON] An oversized model of Britain's first two-colour coin is carried by a Treasury worker during its unveiling on Tuesday. The £2 coin will go into general circulation in November next year. REUTER
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        Lock icon Chase gives stock options to all 63,000 employees
        273 20 Total windfall could amonnt to hundreds of millions of dollars Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Chase Manhattan Corp has awarded stock options to all 63,000 employees, promising a potential windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars to workers if the bank's shares
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        Lock icon Thailand sees dip in 1997 rice exports
        140 20 Reuter. [BANGKOK) The Thai Rice Exporters Association expects to ship around five million tonnes of rice in 1997 compared with 5.2 million tonnes projected for 1996. Vorapong Pichpongsa, president of the association, said yesterday: "The competition for medium and low-grade rice would be
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        OUB arranges US$50m FRCD
        252 20  -  Biggest fund-raising exercise by S'pore branch of BNI By Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Overseas Union Bank has arranged a US$5O million (Ss7o million) floating rate certificate of deposit (FRCD) issued by the Singapore branch of Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI). Fifteen regional and international banks, nine of
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        Lock icon Goldman Sachs revenues reach record US$6b
        239 20 FT [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs, the largest investment bank partnership on Wall Street, on Tuesday reported record 1996 revenues, though profits fell just short of the high reached in 1993. Goldman's strong performance, particularly in the fourth quarter, is likely to fuel expectations that
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        Lock icon Euroyen steady in dull trade
        233 20 SIMEXReport Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures shuffled aimlessly in thin trade yesterday as a lack of new leads and year-end apathy kept players in the wings, dealers said. "It's an end-of-year market and nobody's really reacting to anything." said a Japanese bank dealer, adding that
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        166 20 Reuter. AFP London THE dollar was boosted against the mark as a slowdown in German money supply growth in November left glimmers of hope for a cut in the key German money market rate at the Bundesbank's last meeting of 1996 today. Dollar/yen was more subdued, smarting near
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        Lock icon Iraqi oil exports leave Gulf
        319 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [DUBAI) A supertanker laden with Iraqi crude has left an Iraqi port for the first time in six years. Gulf oil industry sources said yesterday. The 274,000-tonne tanker Star Africa left the Mina alBakr export terminal under a United Nations oil-for-food deal
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1760 21 SICOM FUTURES Dec 18 RUMCR (Mures dosing as *t 5 JOpm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cults/kg) Ck>S« Volume Opto Month Kiqh Low Sett (towm) Interest J«n 97 176.25 175 Feb 97 179.25 178.75 179.25 175 2050 Mar 97 182.00 182.00 182.50 25 2125 Apr/Jun 97 185.25 1200 5550 Jut/Sep 97
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      1648 21 Reuter n Nikkei 225 -320.43 STOCKS fell sharply in thin trade yesterday but the benchmark index finished above the 20,000 level. Brokers said the fall was triggered by speculative futures sales, adding that the feeble sentiment may linger for a while. The 225-share Nikkei Average ended down 320.43 points,
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      2319 21 LONDON Industrials DtcM Nuct *h AB Ports 267.400 -1.600 Abbey National 736.400 18 Allied Domecq 425 unch Amec 88 -.400 Asda Group 123.600 -.400 BAT told 467.200 -2.200 BtCC 250 2 BOC Group __i 870 -5.400 BR Petroleum 674 10 600 BTR 266 9 Sink of Scotland
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      1660 22 AFP Q Hang Seng -4935 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday, after sentiment turned negative through the afternoon following sharp declines in late Tokyo trade. Dealers said the weaker close in Tokyo reminded institutions of the concerns over US interest rates. The Hang Seng Index closed down 49.35 points at
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      704 22 Reuter Shenzhen B Index +12J6 THE Shenzhen B market surged yesterday. after two days of plunges, with investors recovering from the shock of the central government's crackdown on the stock markets this week, traders said. The B Index closed 10 per cent limit-up, or 12.16 points, at 133.8 and
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      397 22 AFP □wp Index +404(5 SHARE prices Finished higher yesterday as investors bought low-cost issues. "Some investors bought lagging cheap stocks while large-capitalisation blue-chips stayed firm," said a dealer. The TSE Weighted Price Index advanced 40.95 points to 6,896.52. Turnover was 1.37 billion shares worth NT543.91 billion. Risers beat falls
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      277 22 AFP n Wellington -2.49 SHARES ended weaker yesterday with about two-thirds of the volume made up by crossings. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 2.49 points down at 2,351.22 on turnover of NZ552.3 million. AFP 1 rooo ANZ Banking 6 60 0.10 6250 AOvonUgot Mldgs 1.21 -0.04 2800 Air No*
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      864 22 AFP kJ SET Index -13.41 SHARE prices closed 1.5 per cent lower yesterday with selling pressure in blue chips led by institutional investors. Dealers said said selling was mainly in banking, financial and communication stocks. The SET Index lost 13.41 points to close at 853.82. Turnover was 71.2 million
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      423 22 AFP n Composite Index -L 96 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday in the absence of buying interest, dealers said. The Composite Index inched down 1.96 points to 661.39. Turnover was 25.3 million shares worth 378.3 billion won. Falls beat risers 672 to 267 with 87 stocks unchanged. Second-line stocks
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      622 22 AFP n All Ordinaries +7 Jd THE positive influence of a stronger Wall Street market boosted shares yesterday in an otherwise quiet day's trading. The All Ordinaries Index rose 7.9 points to 2,323.7. Turnover was 353.9 million shares worth A 5844.8 million. A slip in copper prices overnight and
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      770 22 AFP Composite Index +5.65 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday on the back of strong gains in Telkom and other select large cap stocks. "The locals were very active today. We saw windowdressing start today, with a lot of small, dormant stocks gaining," a trader said. The Composite Index added
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      353 22 AFP Q Manila +12.59 SHARE prices rose yesterday in continued light trading ahead of the holidays. "There was a lot of yearend window dressing," said a trader. "The index is trying to get to a higher level after falling for so many days." The PSK Composite Index rose 12.59
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        Lock icon Property stocks save the day
        8150 23 Bloomberg Business News n Composite Index -L 94 STOCKS were little changed yesterday as a rise in some property stocks, including Tan Tan Development, offset a fall in Hume Industries, a seller of building materials. Investors were cheered by the US Federal Reserve's move to
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        Prices perk up on strength of Wall St's performance
        925 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Although the market has entered a year-end directionless drift, there's a general feeling that it's far from dead yet, says a dealer R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A relatively firm Tuesday session on Wall Street helped return some poise to
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        60 26  -  -bjl Shiv Taneja NATSTEEL, which rose two cents yesterday to close at $3.02 on a volume of 1.15 million shares, is near its high for the year. It is a sell at current levels. Weekly RSI and Stochastics are well over 75, and the directional indicators call for
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          Terms of endearment
          94 26 "HOLD ME". "I'm with you". "Talk to me". If you think these are suggestive lines, think again. They won Finnish telecom giant Nokia the Advertiser of the Year and the Award for Excellence for Most Creative Use of the Media at the fifth Media Magazine Advertising Awards
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          Oriental art?
          63 26 WE'RE all for experimental art, but the Oriental Hotel may have gone a mite too far. In its Degas Suite, named after the famous French painter, the hotel has hung a copy of one of his paintings of ballerinas. The work is impressive, but would have been a
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          Penetrating India's market
          84 26 PACIFIC Dunlop has taken the plunge in the country of the Kama Sutra with a 50 per cent stake in India's JK Chemicals, which manufactures condoms for the domestic and international market. We gather that JK Chemicals has a 25 per cent share of the condom market,
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          Corporate tab
          92 26 GOING cashless isn't only the preserve of individuals, United Overseas Bank reminds us. UOB's Corporate Unicard, which has been available since 1994, caters specifically to the needs of companies, be they sole proprietorships, partnerships or limited companies. The card functions like a regular ATM card to make purchases
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          My pal, Chee-hwa
          106 26 EVER since Tung Chee-hwa, chief executive-designate of Hongkong, hit the headlines, it's amazing how many people in town have first-hand knowledge of him or and his family. One former 80-year-old airline executive proclaimed to friends how he used to sell air tickets to Mr Tung's father. A
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          Conversion headaches
          99 26 THE deadline at the end of the month for all Malaysian shares to go scripless is giving some custodian banks here headaches. One banker said a Singapore-based client "lost" a few shares because the registrar of a particular company had refused to accept that his client owned the
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      261 26 BUSINESS Notices V TO ADVERTISE CAM. TOLL-FREE 1800-741 ***** I 1 A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY S 8 FOR EXPERIENCED 8 KVli Ol'l 1< \IORS sjj Changi Sailing Club would like to invite tenders <2 for its newly refurbished restaurant. V Q Extended to seat approximately 120, our main restaurant is situated
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      383 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF NINOE SINGAPORE PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, that the FINAL MEETING of the members of the abovenamed Company wi*
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      292 27 Bridge News, Reuter PRE-HOLIDAY profit-taking added to the pressure in Biffex, with longs anxious to lock in gains, Clarkson Wolff said in its daily report. Physical market was a little confused and mixed, with feelings that Pacific market is likely to ease near-term, and Atlantic also looking to
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      292 27 mm $mm w New y- m CWT Distribution 114 *0.01 W ChuaaHup 0.925 *0405 S3 Cosco Invastmant —144 -0.02 t FEUS 6.95 *0.10 1S7 Fratght links 0.63 -0.01 S3 C8 Holdings 0.885 *0.005 39 Hal Sun Hup 0.98 *0.005 290 Hitachi Zot«n 0.80 *0.005 13 IMC Hoidbtgs HK5.60
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      Marine hull syndicate plans to raise its profile
      456 27  -  It will have regular discussions with local and foreign shipowners based in Singapore By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Marine Hull Syndicate (SMHS) intends to raise its profile in the industry with plans for regular discussions with local and foreign shipowners based
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      Japan may ease licensing rules at ports
      267 27 [NEW YORK] The Japanese Ministry of Transport in Tokyo has announced that it expects to relax its licensing regulations at Japan's ports over the next three to five years amid threats of US sanctions. The move comes as the Japanese government is seeking
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      182 27 Reuter [NEW YORKJ Grain freight rates could get a boost following the accident in New Orleans over the weekend, which curtailed freighter traffic at one of the world's biggest ports and backed up vessels in the Mississippi River, shipbrokers said. While
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      MPA donation for Fei Yue centre
      71 27 [SINGAPORE] The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) made a SIIO.OOO donation to the Fei Yue Family Service Centre during a goodwill visit on Tuesday. Thirty children from the centre received gifts from MPA Director-General Chen Tze Penn and were brought on a
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      Year ends with no sight of predicted VLCC building boom
      728 27  -  HEWBUILPS By David Hughes THE most cursory of inspections will suffice to see which yard should end up the year feeling pleased with itself. South Korea's Samsung yard has secured a clutch of large tanker orders, plus a similar-sized drillship
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      HK firm to regionalise its training centre
      383 27 Ming Wah will first open the centre to seafarers from other firms in HE in '98 [HONGKONG] The territory's Ming Wah Shipping Co plans to turn its seamen's training centre into a full maritime centre for Asia, and in line with this objective
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      Another Yangtze River port opens to foreign vessels
      347 27 [BEIJING] Foreign vessels can now sail up the Yangtze River as far as 1,300 km, with the recent opening of Chenglingji Port. Chenglingji, located in Yueyang City of central China's Hunan Province, on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, has become
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      1255 28  -  SHIPPING COMPANIES: STRENGTH IN UNITY The only organised cooperation the world's shippers have to protect their common interests is national shippers' councils, when what they need is to set up multinational alliances and bodies to leverage their collective power Byi Gerard Verhaar American Shipper THE only
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        258 41 Das 28 Japan Emperor Akihlto's Birthday. Deo M Austria. Czech Republic, Denmark. Finland. Slovakia. Sweden Christmas Eve. Germany Market holiday, Christmas Eve. No IBIS trade or floor trade on FrankfUrt stock exchange. Netherlands Markets close at midday. Last session before Christmas. Portugal: Markets closed in afternoon, Christmas Eve.
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        771 41 THIS report compiled by Cockett Martne OU Ltd. (how* price ranges in US dollar* instead of single price* for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are baaed on average-stxed stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        434 42 Asia is seen to take on half of all global air traffic by year 2010, against 26.4% in 1985 AFP [PARIS] The race to build or expand airports in key Asian cities, including Kuala Lumpur, Hongkong and Bangkok, is picking up steam,
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        Lock icon Campaign in US to get seat belts buckled in planes
        251 42 AP [WASHINGTON] The federal government spent the last 28 years trying to get motorists to wear seat belts, with reasonable success. Now the government is turning its attention to commercial airlines, where an average 58 passengers annually are injured in
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        121 42 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] US and French government officials concluded two days of formal talks in Paris without reaching agreement on a new treaty governing air travel between the two countries. The talks, the first formal negotiation since the French renounced the existing
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        Lock icon 'Killer buses' off the roads
        67 42 [NEW DELHI] City government buses plying the hectic Bahadur Shah Zaffar Marg on Tuesday in New Delhi where the Indian capital's infamous private buses "licensed to kill"— have always suffered from an image problem. Their owners are on an indefinite strike after the traffic police
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        Lock icon Air Canada plans no-show penalties on forwarders
        230 42 Reuter [LONDON] Air Canada plans to impose no-show penalties on freight forwarders who persistently book but fail to claim cargo capacity on its transatlantic services. Because monetary penalties would be difficult to enforce, Air Canada plans to punish offending forwarders by withholding freight
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        Lock icon South American airlines may get a lift from Mercosur accord
        248 42 Bloomberg Business News [FORTALEZA, Brazil] Six South American nations signed an accord easing access to sought-after airline routes, in a move that may stimulate air travel throughout the region. Regional airlines such as Brazil's Transportes Aereos Regionais SA which bought
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        285 42 The company seeks to manage the planned airport in Manila and others AFP [MANILA] The US firm, Lockheed Martin Corp, is seeking management and operation contracts for three major airports in the Philippines, a local newspaper reported here Wednesday. The Business World newspaper quoted Thomas
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        Lock icon Boeing CEO says Pentagon positive to merger
        216 42 Reuter [SEATTLE] Boeing Co chief executive officer Phil Condit said on Tuesday the initial response from Pentagon officials to the company's planned merger with rival McDonnell Douglas Corp had been "very, very positive". At a news conference in Seattle, Mr Condit also indicated
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        Lock icon FAA probing faults in converted jets
        246 42 Reuter [SEATTLE] Federal Aviation Administration officials are investigating potential structural problems with converted Boeing Co 727 freighters used throughout the air cargo industry, an agency spokesman said. "There have been some indications that there might be some problems with the work that has been
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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          Lock icon JAL unit to offer low-priced flights
          89 42 AFP [TOKYO] Japan Airline® Co Ltd (JAL) said yesterday it would set up a subsidiary specialising in low-priced domestic services. The unit will be set up at the end of March with the initial capital of4oo million yen (Ss4o9 million), the leading Japanese carrier
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          Lock icon China Airlines plans Mosoow flights
          61 42 Bridge News [TAIPEI] Taiwan's China Airlines, the nation's mat™ commercial airline company, may begin plying a twice-weekly route to Moscow in April 1997, an official at the Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. At the same time, the Russian airline company Transaero will commence
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          Lock icon Thai facination for Mercs
          84 42 Oana-TNA [BANGKOK] More than 400 Mercedes Benz passenger cars were imported into Thailand lost month, making the poeh German-made car the top ranking foreign vehicle brought into the country, the Customs Department revealed. The department said a total 0f1,090 foreign cars were imported in November, of
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      102 28 YEAR END LOADER TO U.S.A. OSAKA BAY V. 04E849/NYK STARLIGHT V. 55 ETA SPORE: 29 DEC 1700 HRS CY CUT-OFF: 29 DEC 1300 HRS ETA ETA ETA ETA LAX PORTLAND VANCOUVER SEATTLE j 18/01 21/01 23/01 24/01 t ft Singapore Business Giving you the winning edge TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE WEEKLY
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      589 28 ill routes lead t# INDIA Countdown Begins... •j" 1 DISCOVER NEW BUSINESS li J OPPORTUNITIES Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, *97. At World Trade Centre, Mumbai, India. Plan your visit now Confirm your participation Qxast few stalls left^ CONTACT FAIRPLAY EXPOSITION GROUP Hansraj Damodar Trust Bldg., 2nd Floor, 12/14 Goa
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      1200 29 HANJIN SHIPPING um MMi.inTf um m ma rvt ra m ra m noMMwmi a/u a/u it/ii !•£!—lL2l—!!£' n/ii n/n ii/ii n/»i n/oi h/ii 21/11 m/ii a/ii u/ii a/11 n/» a/ii H. SAM WAMCKCO OOg 11/tl M/II Q/»l M/ 11 M/ 11 M/ 11 M/»l B/»l »/ll a/11 a/11 li/jTIyT" 5/jT
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      102 29 Ifiwfl ORIENT EXPRESS LINES (U.K.) LIMITED ilfiL (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) I —> WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE VKSO VOY smcAfoti wjggr vtssa m kmuy swgapom NORDKAP 404 20/12 27/12 NORDKAP 403 12/12 20/12 LEERORT 911 25/12 01/01 LEERORT 910 17/12 25/12 SINARTO6A 205 04/01 11/01 SINAR TOBA 204 27/12
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      1150 30 <CT DSR-SENA TOR 111 Round the World Container Services TOUK/COmTNBNr FBOMUttCONTINENT mm. wv |£i 1 imt I«v Iww I m mix luw I [kmr dot lum mn wv ham m ant m U msmm mm aIF "Sir Sir it.fi 12« Ota***™ ftM2 h.h ».ii an an an rllan ■Hf—"—- winat
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      409 30 Direct Container Service to Fangcheng Zhanjiang Vessel S'pore Fangcheng Zhaniiang LiANBAO 03/01 00/01 10/01 I -cr /VOffTRANS CONVENTIONAL SERVKE TO THARAND AND MALAYSIA BREAKBUIK, RO/RO AND HEAVYUFT ANY WBGHT THAI RAG STATUS PRIORITY BERTHS A*tyessYJ7A SAAH) SUP 21-21/11 10-21/11 M-a/n i*-»/ii ovoi/oi oho/pi ksk txprtss VJIA 09-11/01 IMI/01 10-17/01 17-10/01
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      1426 31 M STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Koppol Towers Singapore *****5 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 SAMH BRUNEI COHVINTIONAI SERVICE |H0 CHI MINH FUU COttTAIMIK SERVICE Ivpse vot law I mua I |ypsa vor itahmpat) n*hcmmgs)~[ I I mrt lam u/n~ ot«nmajuuiov mm »/n UZI3 smirsHcn max I
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      1697 31 I SINGAPORE S GtHERAL AGENTS 6 SHfNTON WAY TIL 226 1900 FAX *****08 OUTWARD (B I) *****02 iOHORI OfFICI COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #17-MNSIU>G SAUS/IKGS 4205M1/43 INWARD DEFT <D/ 0) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD _gjjOHiy»7WOOOO« TOWER TWO (OMIQ9) CONVENTIONAL 42QS8SO/SS T/SHfMT DEFT *****25 TEL 02-07-35 ***** FAX: 02-07-*****70
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      660 32 NANTAI LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA W«a ¥0T I gw flu I Bin CFT I WJI fWC Sg~ numiauai nn 21/12 3yii mi 07/11 21/11 mi~ mi mi »®sa us mi "Wiiir mi 01*2 mi mi MM<MB tiff 11/11 Ml Ml "mF llfll
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      758 33 I B ML MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myon«or National Um) loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Vtssa VOV SM PKG PfN PGU PAGAN 2MW SID MYOMA TWA IUW 23/12 MALAYSIA AUNTS: KHKTUO SHIPPING AGtMOtS KIM: 111 02-03-*****00 PEL: Til 01-03-*****01 Ptt: m 02-04-*****02 PGO: Til 0247-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A »orvi<o of
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      443 33 (j& FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) TWICE WEEKLY SAILINGS TO BUSAN SOUTH KOREA V| 1 4*jSuSAN FOR ENQUIRY BOOKINGS, PLS CALL OUR HOTLINE *****33 [30 lines) SYLVIA/MICHELLE POH P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU
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      46 35 To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... document ial 740-6000^^^F/^''' l Jr^v ill be faxed Jf the port Step key in the four number digit code Key in your Example: r-I—i fax number To NEW YORK (NYC) 2275 for calls within Singapore United States
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      503 37 a I Weekly LCL A FCI f I Services to Caribbean Is hipping A Central America MASS* VANCOUVER WOT MABBK 9702 9702 Port Country 22/12 29/12 Belize Cily Belize 25/0) 01/02 Bridgetown Barbados 28/01 04/02 Cartagena Colombia 27/01 03/02 Gas»r.ej S» Lucia 27/01 03/02 Fort de France Martinique 29/01 04/02
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      584 39 f SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE} LTD. M~~_J 11 COLLYER QUAY #0«-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. 1 TEL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTIAMS SHANGHAI (COHTAINiR SERVICE) Also accepting container cargo to: VESSfI/VOY ETA SIN ETAHKG ETA SHA W/T HKG: Beiiioo. Chiwan. GOOD LUCK 9611/9612 19/12 24/12 28/12
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