The Business Times, 27 December 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85« SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    IBM to hire hundreds to push Asia services
    509 1  -  New Asean general manager gears np for boom in region By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] International Business Machines Corp (IBM) will hire "hundreds of infotech professionals" from early next year to meet the high demand for its services in Asia. A large number
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    Lock icon Yen hits 4-year low before steadying
    310 1  -  Fall worries officials From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE yen fell below 115 to the dollar for the first time in nearly four years at one point in Tokyo yesterday while the Nikkei-225 Stock Average plunged briefly below the 19,000 level before staging a
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    UOB to merge its two Malaysian subsidiaries
    424 1  -  Group also plans to have a joint-venture stockbroking firm in Malaysia By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] United Overseas Bank yesterday announced the merger of its two Malaysian subsidiaries, making the merged entity the fourth largest foreign bank there with shareholders' funds of MsB39
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    Lock icon PM Goh hits out at US comments on PAP election strategy
    634 1  -  No intention of getting involved, US Embassy clarifies By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday that he was "ftirious, flabbergasted and floored" by a US State Department official's criticism of the PAP's strategy to
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      151 1 H| WE& ms MMhrDI Some market watchers expect prices to ease by up to 5% in the first half of nact year in the absence of fresh factors, Pf 3 MEWSVALPI* life J* When BT reported on Nov 13 of plans to revitalise the company, the share price shot up
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  • THE 1997 GENERAL ELECTION
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      WP's Tang has 'extreme views'
      350 2 THE Workers' Party candidate in Cheng San, Tang Liang Hong, put himself up to be a Nominated MP in 1992 but was rejected because of objections to his "extreme views on Chinese language and culture", Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong disclosed last night. The written
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      PAP has even chance in Potong Pasir: PM
      270 2  -  Reporting by. Ang Wan May, Koh Su Haw, Jennifer Lien, Diana Oon, Audrey Tan, Clarissa Tan, Tan Su Yen, Anna Teo THE PAP has a 50-50 chance of recapturing Potong Pasir from Chiam See Tong, the former SDP leader who now heads
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      Lock icon Give me a clear signal to continue my policies: PM
      646 2  -  Bath PM and SM stress on the need to have good men' at the helm By I Chuang Peck Ming A CLEAR signal. This is what Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong wants from voters, so that he can carry on
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      Opposition candidates make GST an issue
      510 2 Don't see the general election as one of local issues, says Chiam See Tong SINGAPOREANS should not fall into the PAP trap of seeing the general election as one made up of local issues; they should instead question the government on national issues such
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      Lock icon Chiam wins $120,000 damages in libel case
      242 2 The Straits Times FORMER Singapore Democratic Party leader Chiam See Tong won $120,000 in damages yesterday from Chee Soon Juan and 11 other SDP leaders who defamed him in a press statement on Nov 6 last year. The 12 leaders of the SDP's
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      Heard and seen
      512 2 "Jeyaretnam says he has drawn Cheng San out of a hat and that an election win will be a birthday present for him. It will be a very expensive birthday present for the people of Cheng San." Senior Minister Lee Kuan Tew at last night's PAP rally
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    • VOTE Notes
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        Your plan is my plan
        78 2 TALK about cheek. Sin Kek Tong, the SPP candidate for Ayer Rajah, had a novel response on his party's plan* for the ward. "I shall get the PAP'S upgrading plant," he said at a rally. "I shall study it, and I tell the people of
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        Vote for what I do, not say
        118 2 EDUCATION Minister Lee Yock Suan, who is heading ths PAP team in Cheng San GRC, is a modest man, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said. "Since this is an election and he doesn't want to say what he has done in the Education
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        I am human,says Chee
        102 2 SDP leader Chee Soon Juan admitted yesterday that he bar "made many mistakes" but said he had done what he did because he "cared for Singaporeans". And if anyone had difficulty believing him, he added: "I make ao excuses. I tell you now. I am very
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        HDB subsidies not real: Chiam
        80 2 POTONGPasirMPChiamSeeTongwasatitagain yesterday: The government doea not give real subsidiss ft* housing board flats, he charged. Giving an example of the government'B "book subsidies", the secretary-general of the Singapore People s Party said: "They take from you at $2 (psf), they price it at $40, they
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        Why Chia Shi Teck chose tree symbol
        60 2 HOW dki independent candidate Chia Shi Teck choose a tree as his logo?. Initially he chose the elephant, because his wife thought "my skin's very thick". But he changed it to the tree and his message is: If voted in, he will be
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        Matthias to be stretched
        62 2 PAP candidate for MacPherson, Matthias Yao, may be in line for bigger things. And this came from the Prime Minister himself. Apart from being a Marine Parade MP, he is also senior parliamentary secretary In the defence and national development ministries as well as the PAP'S
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        Rallies for the non-residents
        40 2 WHO are the people who turn up for election rallies? Judging from the number of people with street director iei and many others driving around in circles looking fbr the election venues, they are obviously non-residents.
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Market players see up to 5% drop in HDB resale prices
      671 3  -  OUTLOOK 97: HDB Bigger nnits may free more pressure; larger supply of private, exec condos may hit market By Abdul Hadhi RESALE prices of Housing and Development Board flats will ease by up to 5 per cent during the
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      Volcanic rocks being smuggled in for concrete use
      422 3  -  Move prompted by sharp price rise of aggregate: sources By I Siow Li Sen VOLCANIC rocks, banned since 1968 as a component of concrete, are being smuggled in as a substitute for aggregate, which has seen its price rise sharply this year
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      Lock icon Strong pick-up after Q1 forecast
      363 3  -  EYE OM TUB ECONOMY GDP Byi Anna Teo GROSS doipestlc product (GDP) growth is expected to remain anaemic through the first quarter of 1997 and then pick up strongly thereafter, economists say. A poll of 15 Singapore forecasters by London-based Consensus Economics Inc shows projections
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      Sony's system will link its 41 regional companies
      531 4  -  Developed in S'pore, it will help transact nearly USSGb business from next year /ie/)ort.s by Raju Chellam ALL Sony companies operating in the Asia-Pacific will be linked by a new information system developed by the Japanese giant in Singapore. The system was
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      Sony's S'pore CEOs meet the media
      179 4 CHIEF executives of the six Sony companies in Singapore held a first-ever joint media reception last week in a reversal of the Japanese giant's low media profile. The group chalked up a "handling volume" turnover of about US$B.2 billion (5511.5 billion) in Singapore alone.
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        ERA posts $204m property sales in Nov
        64 4 LOCAL real estate agent ERA RMdty turned in $204 million in property sales for November, a year-on-year increase of 17 per cent. ERA president Jack Chua put it down to the company's innovative ways of providing better customer service, like its new mass
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        Old parking coupons can be exchanged
        46 4 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Housing Development Board said yesterday that parking coupons valid for 1966/1966 would not be valid in 1967. Motorists with expired coupons can exchange them for new ones throughout the year from Jan 2 onwards.
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      451 4 Q)ln& uut/i one k motif /n'a/i/ij decorated c/igfsy. Ny ay ronl December. When worldw famous guest chef Jean Lenoir, will be joining us y I(1 fl(l as part of our extensive seasonal celebrations. Owner of the landmark Hostellerie Lenoir in o y st e r bar Auvilliers-Les-Forges, in the Champagne
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon BOT sees exports growing by only 7.7% next year
      297 5 BANGKOK Stocks jolted by new forecast which is half that estimated by commerce ministry Bloomberg Business News THE Bank of Thailand (BOT) said export growth next year would be 7.7 per cent, about half the growth rate the commerce ministry forecast
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Mahathir wants chief minister's report
        100 5 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Selangor Chief Minister Muhammad bin Muhammad Taib has been directed by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed to submit a report on his alleged failure to declare the equivalent of Af 1.2 million (551.38 million) in foreign currency before his departure from Brisbane. Domestic
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        Lock icon Sabah storm toll hits 106
        81 5 Reuter [KOTA KINABALU] The death toll in a Christmas Day tropical storm in eastern Malaysia rose to 106 yesterday as rescuers began the grim task of identifying bodies pulled from rivers and under debris. Police said some 3,000 people were left homeless after tropical storm
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        Lock icon Blast at Yangon shrine kills four
        78 5 Reuter [YANGON] Four people were killed and 18 wounded after two bombs exploded at a religious shrine on the outskirts of Yangon late on Wednesday, official media reported yesterday. The explosions occurred as a large number of pilgrims were paying homage to the Buddhist
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      Thais set for 11% more tourist babt
      296 5  -  MBANGKOK By\ Loh Hui Yin THE tourism sector, the biggest money spinner for Thailand, is expected to grow next year, with visitor arrivals projected to rise 7.4 per cent to 7.84 million. Receipts from tourism will jump 11 per cent to 240 billion
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      Lock icon Rioters burn churches in Java town
      153 5 JAKARTA Reuter RIOTERS in Indonesia set ablaze at least three Christian churches, several other buildings and cars in the West Java town of Tasik Malaya yesterday, police and residents said. They said the reason for the attacks was not immediately clear but residents said
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      Lock icon Shares up as Ramos returns to work
      235 5  -  MANILA By Al Labita SHARE prices maintained an upswing yesterday after the market learned that President Fidei Ramos, who underwent surgery on Monday, was back at work. The 30-share benchmark Phisix index rose 12.99 points or 0.41 per cent to 3,165.52. This is
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      Lock icon Suharto calls for better capital monitoring
      222 5 ■JAKARTA Bid to improve management of foreign loans AFX-Asia PRESIDENT Suharto said efforts to monitor offshore loans and capital inflow must be improved in a bid to create more prudent management of foreign loans. "We need to be very cautious on the inflow of
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Chinese think-tank sees 10.5% growth in 1997
      411 6 BEIJING But Institute of Economy warns of problems in ailing state sector AFP •1 A CHINESE state-run think- <: tank has forecast robust 10.5 per cent economic growth and 6 per cent inflation in 1997, but p warned of problems in the ailjl
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      Lock icon Taiwan investors lose China appetite
      391 6 TAIPEI Projects down 23% this year after Bering's war games Reuter IT has not been a good year for Taiwan investors eager to enter the huge potential market in mainland China. Relations between Taiwan and China have been mired since Beijing's intimidating war games before
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      Lock icon Up to his eyes in cleaning
      62 6 [BEIJING] A young man keeping a close eye on his work as he scrubs down a stone lion in front of a Beijing department store yesterday. Beijing's heavy coal and vehicular pollution and dusty climate combine to create lots of work for the peasant
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      Lock icon Tung calls first meeting of HK's legislature-in-waiting
      246 6 HONGKONG Agenda likely to inclnde talks of operating procedures Reuter HONGKONG leader-designate Tung Chee Hwa has called the first meeting of the territory's interim legislature next Monday, members of the chamber said yesterday. Local media speculated the lunch meeting would discuss operating procedures
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      Lock icon China warns Guatemala against backing Taiwan
      227 6 BEIJING Reuter CHINA warned Guatemala yesterday against supporting its rival, Taiwan, but stopped short of saying whether it would veto a United Nations plan to send a peacekeeping mission to the Central American country. "It is regretful... It grossly interferes in China's internal affairs,"
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  • ASIA
    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Seoul confirms defections to North
        70 7 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea has confirmed the identities of a film producer and his wile whoee defection to North Korea wu announced by the North on Wednesday, the South'* Yonhap News Agency said yesterday. Yonhap quoted government officials as saying the couple, Paek Hung Ryong.
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        Lock icon Hata launches own party in Japan
        108 7 AFP [TOKYO] Former Japanese premier Tsutomu Hata yesterday left Japan's main opposition New Frontier Party (NFP) to launch a new political group, taking with him 12 other MPs, Jiji Press and Kyodo News reported. Mr Hata's new party—expected to be named Taiyoto or the
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        Lock icon Foreigners put US$3b In Indian bourses
        71 7 AFP [NEW DELHI] Foreign institutional investors pumped more than US$3 billion (554.17 billion) into Indian bourses since January, despite political uncertainty and a slowdown in industrial production, the Economic Times said on Wednesday. It quoted the national markets watchdog, the Securities and Exchange Board
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        Lock icon India aiming for 7% average growth
        80 7 Reuter [NEW DELHI] India's Planning Commission said yesterday Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda's cabinet had accepted Its proposal for a 7 per cent annual growth rate for the country's ninth five-year plan starting on April 1,1107. "India will aim for an sverage growth rate
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      Lock icon Korean bourse falls on strike fears
      504 7 SEOUL Stocks drop 2*8% aftar onions urge protest agningt gn/Mmi Aii^i 111 labour laws AFP SHARE prices plunged 2.8 per cent on the Korea Stock Exchange yesterday afternoon on panic selling prompted by a nationwide strike call in angry reaction to the snap revision
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      Lock icon Japan's November industrial output declined 1.9%
      311 7 TOKYO Bloomberg Business News JAPAN'S industrial production declined in November from October, the third time in six months output has fallen, as production by car and electronics makers slackened. Those same companies are forecasting output will rise in the coming months as consumers buy
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    • Article
      Japanese banks urged to step up loan write-offs
      421 7  -  TOKYO mII CWM> smid gigng of fresh tnrmoil By. Anthony Rowley A SENIOR Japanese finance ministry official last night called on the country's leading banks to accelerate the writing off of their non-performing loans caused by the collapse of the bubble economy.
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon A watershed pact for India, B'desh
      1008 8  -  Treaty to share Ganges waters marks breakthrough but will it last? By Yogi Aggarwal [NEW DELHI] A WATERSHED in relations between India and Bangladesh was crossed with the signing of a 30-year treaty on the sharing of the waters of the Ganges. With this,
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  • THE WORLD
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      Gift accord — a free-for-all?
      640 9  - Gift accord a free-for-all? HUKOPnAX VIEW US-EU pact to standardise Christmas gift tariffs has already encountered Asian opposition By Kevin Sullivan The writer is a Spain-based Journalist who contributes to BT News that European Union and United States negotiators had reached unexpected agreement this week in talks to standardise Christmas
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      Lock icon Li Peng visits Russia to boost economic ties
      155 9 MOSCOW AFP CHINESE PREMIER Li Peng arrived here yesterday on a three-day visit aimed at bolstering economic ties, particularly in the energy sector. Interfax news agency said Mr Li would meet President Boris Yeltsin at around 0800 GMT today, and later hold
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    • Article
      Lock icon Blast at Peru siege embassy residence
      293 9 LIMA It's not clear who are behind the explosion; no iqjnries reported Reuter A LOUD explosion early yesterday shattered a Christmas lull in tension at the Japanese embassy residence in Lima where Marxist rebels held 104 VIP hostages under the gun for a ninth
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    • Article
      Lock icon US corporate profit growth in 4Q slows down
      374 9 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News CORPORATE profits in some of the US's most important industries increased at a slower pace in the fourth quarter as economic growth winds down. Automakers, phone companies, chemical makers and food companies all slipped this quarter as consumer
      Bloomberg Business News  -  374 words
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Clinton's dirty money coming out in the wash
      702 11  -  THB BOTTOM LUTE OPINION By William Safire The writer is a New York Times columnist NEVER in the history of the White House has so much influence been for sale for so much money to so many foreign connections. In olden times,
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      137 11 This is the last straw people fornicating in the skies over our city.' -Gerald Star president of homeowners association on company that offers privateflights out of a Los Angeles airport so that passengers can engage in airborne sex. There's nothing we can do about it That's capitalism
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      Rocky road to Mid-East peace
      579 11 EDITORIAL DESPITE the expected accord between the Israelis and Palestinians on the West Bank cily of Hebron, perhaps as early as next week, there are signs that the policies of the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu may set Arabs and Israelis towards a new round
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      Lock icon IT pact 'vital as rice'
      947 11  -  Tokyo official hopes dissenting Asean nations will sign pact soon and give a lead to other countries By. Anthony Rowley The writer isßT's Tokyo correspondent JAPAN is hoping that Asean countries which declined to put their names to the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) signed by
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      935 11 JAPAN'S Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi has meted out discipline to some of his errant bureaucrats in the collusion scandal involving a nursing home operator. But we do not consider the case closed. Rather, this should be the first step to eliminating the unwholesome mutual
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon The secret of magic
      1237 12  -  Those who know do not speak, and that's the key, writes douolas martin DOUGLAS MARTIN NYT TWO or three times a day, people fill each of the 1,282 seats of the Martin Beck Theatre. By Sunday, when "Dreams and Nightmares" ends its run, they will have
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      Some food for thought: Pricey does not mean nourishing
      736 12  -  SECOND Opinion By l Ong Wee Hock FADS and fantasies may be acceptable in films and fashion but, in food, these can be disastrous. During the Tudor era in England, eating anything which grew from the soil was considered lowly and
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      Lock icon Travolta plays an angel who's certainly no saint
      731 14 CELEBRITY In his latest role, he's Archangel Michael with some bad habits LAT-WP [NEW YORK] John Travolta gives a wicked angelic smile, so fitting for his latest role as a famous cherub with some bad habits in the movie Michael, opening on
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      Lock icon When Gone With The Wind was nearly damned
      632 14 FILMS Documents reveal farcical censorship tussle Reuter [NEW YORK] Using a treasure trove of documents few people knew existed, film expert Aljean Harmetz has recreated the making of one of the world's most successful films Gone With the Wind and in the
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      Lock icon Not-too-merry X'mas for US retailers
      540 14 SHOPPING NYT [NEW YORK) For retailers the Christmas selling season produced a script with more twists and turns than the film The English Patient. Shoppers laughed: Merchants were forced to slash prices in the last week. And they cried: Many were unable to buy certain
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      1161 14 I I I THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 KING SALMON TRADING PTE LTD (In Liquidation) Atagenera meeting of KING SALMON TRADING PTE LTD duly convened and held on the 20th day of December, 1996 the following special resolution was passed: SPECIAL RESOLUTION That the Company be wound up voluntarily pursuant
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      MCL may change name, logo
      376 15  -  It's part of strategy to revitalise company and shed image as sleepy group: sources By, Jenny Lam {SINGAPORE] Property group Malayan Credit Ltd is planning to change its name and logo as part of an overall strategy to revitalise the company, sources say. BT understands
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      196 15 (SINGAPORE] The share price of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) rose 10 cents yesterday in reaction to news that the media giant could reap extraordinary gain of $458 million from proposed sales of properties. The increase came amid a generally quiet market on Boxing
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      BAT appoints Richard Wooding exec chairman
      105 15 [SjBfcAPORE] British-Ameri-dtiHbbacco Company (SingapfljKUd has appointed Richanl" Wooding its executive chairman, effective Dec 19. It also appointed Ng Jue Meng its human resources director on the same day. BAT said yesterday that Mr Wooding, who resides in the UK, and Mr Ng are also
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      Electronic Resources to buy China partners' stakes
      199 15 (SINGAPOREJ Electronic Resources Ltd (ERL) has proposed to turn a Chinese joint venture into a ftill subsidiary because it wants to "enjoy the full benefits of the growing China market". The company, which is seeking shareholders' approval, said yesterday that the personal computer
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      Minuses outweigh pluses for Centrepoint Properties
      723 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Abdul Hadhi CENTREPOINT Properties recently announced a 40 per cent jump in net earnings to $125.9 million for the year ended Sep 30,1996, some 5 per cent higher than market expectations of around $120 million. Still, some analysts have put a
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      OUB Centre buys $31m freehold site in MacPherson
      279 15 (SINGAPOREJ OUB Centre Limited, the Overseas Union group's property arm, has acquired a fi-eehold redevelopment site in the MacPherson Industrial Estate for $31 million. The purchase was made through wholly-owned subsidiary Ampat Industrial Pte Ltd, said property consultants Richard Ellis yesterday. The
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      Nippecraft to raise $13.7m from rights issue
      306 15  -  Move to repay bank loans; firm will also sell three factories By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Diary maker Nippecraft Ltd yesterday announced a one-for-four rights issue at 28 cents each to raise $13.75 million to repay bank loans. The renounceable rights will create 50
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      Asiamatrix seeks nod for deals
      228 15 [SINGAPORE] Asiamatrix Ltd is calling an extraordinary general meeting on its proposal to sell a leasehold site and machinery in Senoko South and buying a smallish plastic engineering firm. In a circular to shareholder, the company said it proposed to sell the Senoko premises for
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        Lock icon Promet in Laguna Lake plan
        504 16 'Its Philippine unit joins group of {investors in 185b peso ■project near Manila Bernama HMANILAI Promet Bhd's Philippines unit has joined a group of investors that plan to ■spend 184.7 billion pesos (Ss9.B billion) developing the Laguna 4Lake area near Manila, said ■an official at
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        183 16 [SINGAPORE] Fashion and gold jewellery retailer Second Chance Enterprises has received in-principle approval to list on Sesdaq. the second board of the Stock Exchange of Singapore. The company said yesterday it would be the first Malay company to list in Singapore. BT understands that Second
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        Tat Lee fails again to get Thai offshore banking licence
        363 16  -  From Loh Hui Yin in Bangkok TAT Lee Bank has failed in its attempt to get a Thai offshore banking licence again. The Singapore bank was among 23 applicants for seven licences that were up for grabs after seven offshore
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        Lock icon Shanghai bourse expels 13 errant dealers
        150 16 AFP (SHANGHAI) The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has expelled 13 dealers who were among more than 600 traders penalised since June 1995 for violations of trade rules, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Shanghai Securities News daily reported that most of the 600 dealers were
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        Lock icon Thai Telephone to raise 11b baht
        210 16 Bloomberg Business News [BANGKOK! Thai Telephone Telecommunications pic said it hopes to raise about 10.75 billion baht (SssB7 million) by selling new shares and through loans. Shares of the country's second largest standard-line phone system operator fell 1.5 baht, or 5.7 per cent, to
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        Temasek-linked fund in service-apartment tie-up
        489 16  -  Joint vratnrewitk Thai developer to invest la region'* cerrke apartaoati From Loh Hui Yin in Bangkok A MAJOR regional property fund. In which Singapore's Temasek Holdings is a shareholder. has teamed up with a Thai property developer, President Park Properties, to invest in service apartments
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        Lock icon GE Capital buys 7% stake in Bank Bira
        125 16 Reuter [JAKARTA] GE Capital, a subsidiary of the US General Electric Co, said yesterday It had bought a 7 per cent equity stake in Indonesia's Bank Btra. Mark Norbom, Indonesian country manager for GE Capital, made the announcement at a news conference
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          Chemical Industries net down 31%
          75 16 [SINGAPORE] Chemical Industries (Tar Bast) Limited yesterday reported a 31.4 per cent drop in Interim group net earninfi to $1J million. Turnover for the half yaar ended Sep 30 roee 11 per cant to $14 JS million. The company also said it had sold the
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          Waterbank sells London apartment
          45 16 (SINGAPORE] Waterbank Properties (S) Pte Lid has sold a Water-dale Manor service apartment 1b London to one of Its employees tor £19&452 (*****,17T). The sale was made on Dec It, said Singapore Bus Service (ltTi) Ltd yesterday. SBS is Waterbank's parent
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          SM Summit takes 25% stake in Sherford
          58 16 [SINGAPORE] SM Summit Holdings Ltd has taken a 25 per cent stake In Sherford (M) Sdn Bhd for MIS.7 mlllton (522.06 million). It subecribed for 3.7 million shares of Mil each at par. The Malaysian company, which has not started operations, will be
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          84 16 Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Landmarks Bhd hat appointed Mohamed Razall Rahman its new chairman, eflbctive Tuesday. He replaced Annuar Senawt, said the company yesterday. Last week, Mr Razall bought 90.5 million Landmarks shares, equivalent to a 22 per cent stake. The acquisition through cloeely-held Peremba
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        Lock icon SEC to adopt new derivatives ruling
        475 17 US firms may be legally required to project potential losses from holdings Bloomberg Business News (WASHINGTON] The Securities and Exchange Commission will adopt a rule in the new year requiring companies to disclose potential losses from their derivatives holdings, even though some businesses and
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        458 17 Focus of bourse to be initially on offshore mntn&l funds Bloomberg Business News [GRAND CAYMAN] The Cayman Islands is about to launch its own stock exchange, which will initially be geared towards offshore mutual funds, the chief executive of the exchange said. While
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        Lock icon Sony Corp to own 50% of Sony Pic directly
        153 17 Reuter [TOKYO] Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) said yesterday it would transfer a 50 per cent stake in its wholly owned subsidiary Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) to its parent Sony Corp on Jan 10. By making Sony Pictures an equally owned company
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        Lock icon BellSouth to buy up to 64% of Tele 2000
        287 17 Bloomberg Business News [LIMA] Bell South Corp will buy as much as a 64 per cent stake in Peru's Tele 2000, the country's largest cellular telephone service operator, for US$l22 million (Ssl7l million). The Lima stock exchange said on Tuesday that
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        405 17 Technology and retail issues dominated as 850 firms sold stock Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] From Deutsche Telekom AG and Lucent Technologies Inc to celebrity-back-ed Planet Hollywood International Inc and upscale Saks Holdings Inc, 1996 was dominated by technology and retail initial
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        213 17 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] An estimated 611 Japanese companies were involved in mergers and acquisitions in 1996,67 more than last year, said Yamaichi Securities Co in a statement. It marks the first time since 1991 that more than 600 Japanese companies have been involved in
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        Lock icon NEC to sell 60b yen stock to offset subsidiary's losses
        372 17 Move part of 98b yen capital infusion into electronics unit Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] NEC Corp will cover losses racked up by a unit by selling about 60 billion yen (***** million) of its equity investments, the company said. The
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        Lock icon Concord Pac shareholders to acquire new shares
        230 17 Reuter [VANCOUVER] Shareholders of Concord Pacific Holdings Ltd, owner of the former Expo 86 site in Vancouver, said they will become shareholders in Burcon International Developments Inc, a North American real estate development, investment and management organisation with assets over Csl billion (551.02
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        Simex to launch Taiwan stock futures on Jan 9
        447 18  -  Mm coincides with lftWHTh of similar contract by Chicago Utrfrnntik Exchange By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Slmex) will launch its Taiwan stock Index fliturea contract on Jan 9 to coincide with the launch of a similar
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        Lock icon Jardine Fleming loses major client
        307 18 UKPtct Office Pension Fond ends USs4BomdMl SCMP [LONDON] Jardine Fleming (JF). Hongkong's largest Investment bank, received a blow to its reputation as an influential fund manager this week, when one of its largest clients opted to take its business elsewhere. As part of its regular
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        231 18 SCMP [HONGKONG] The Hongkong Monetary Authority has urged banks to exercise extra care in lending, especially for luxury properties, after reporting a rapid growth in residential mortgage loans last month. According to its monthly survey, new residential mortgage loans approved In November
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        Lock icon IBJ ends bid to save non-bank properly finance firm
        322 18 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] The Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd (IBJ) has stopped trying to rescue Koel Corp, a non-bank real estate financing company, and will allow It to be liquidated at the end of next March. An IBJ public relations
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        Lock icon Siam Cement in US$3b Indon petrochem venture
        222 18 AFP [BANGKOK] Slam Cement pic plans to Invest In a venture led by the Tlrtamas Group In Indonesia to build an integrated petrochemical complex which could require a total Investment of US$3 billion (554.2 billion), a senior executive said. Tlrtamas has already started
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        Lock icon JGB depressed by Nikkei's fall
        230 18 SOKElßeport Reuter {SINGAPORE) Simex Japanese Government Bond (JGB) futures continued to meander lower yesterday, pressured by sharp falls In the Nikkei Average. The Nikkei fell below the critical 19,000 level for the first time in over a year, which triggered selling in the typically thin
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        Lock icon US oil firms to get boost from price rise
        302 18 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Most of the nation's big oil companies are expected to post double-digit profit gains in the fourth quarter because of much higher crude oil and natural gas prices. The high prices "are going to
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        170 18 Reuter M«w York THE dollar opened stronger against the yen but off overnight highs as market players mulled over the latest foreign exchange policy remarks by senior Japanese officials. The dollar surged briefly above the 115 yen barrier in Far East trade yesterday to its highest level in
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      1751 19 SICOM FUTURES pecM RUNNER (hitur *s ciosiag *s *t 5.30pm) RSS 1 cMtsAo) Close Volume Ope* Moflt Low Sott (towws) Interest i" 2 0 ff 5 F«t> 97 178.00 2050 M* 97 181.25 m00 181.25 300 1825 Apf/Jun97 184.50 5925 Jwl/Sep 97 189.00 185.00 187.50 1350 5610 Oct/Dec
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      1659 19 AFX-Asia Q Nikkei 225 -257.83 SHARE prices closed broadly lower yesterday on intense futures-linked selling, but the Nikkei index closed above the 19,000 point level on a late wave of bargain-hunting, brokers said. The 225-share Nikkei Average closed down 257.83 points at 19,291.58. The Nikkei March futures contract was
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      WORLD STOCK M ARKETS
      2429 19 LONDON Industrials OttU hm AB Ports 273 1.600 Abbey National 756 *7 Aiied Domecq 439.400 14.400 Amec 92 .600 Asai Croup 123.400 -1.800 BAflnd 478.400 -1 BtCC 272.400 15.400 BOC Group 873.400 -1 BR Petroleum 692 -1 BTR 271.400 unch Bank of Scotland 308.400 -1.600 Barclays
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      402 20 AFP QwPbdex -48.69 SHARE prices finished 0.7 per cent lower yesterday in directionless trade with many investors away for holidays. "More investors retreated to the sidelines due to the absence of fresh cues and ahead of the New Year holiday," said a trader. The TSE Weighted Price Index dropped
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      90 20 Reuter THE Shenzhen stock exchange had to halt trading yesterday afternoon due to a breakdown in its telecommunication system, an exchange spokesman said. "The problem occurred at around noon, after the morning session ended and our engineers are trying
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      786 20 Bloomberg Business News CI Composite Index -0.24 SHARE prices closed slightly lower yesterday in lacklustre trading with most investors away on holiday, brokers said. "The market is really slowing down we had expected some more window-dressing and program trading but it didn't happen," said a broker. The Composite Index
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      448 20 AFP CI Composite Index -18.75 SHARE prices plunged 2.8 per cent yesterday, as labour unrest deepened following a snap revision of the nation's labour law, dealers said. "Investors dumped their holdings en masse on expectations of escalating labour tensions." said a dealer. The Composite Index closed down 18.75 points
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      852 20 AFP Q SET Index -14J4 SHARE prices fell 1.8 per cent in thin trading yesterday despite central bank predictions that economic fundamentals would improve next year. An analyst said the data, especially export growth this year and the current account deficit, weakened sentiment. The SET Index dropped 14.94 points
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      319 20 AFP Q Manila ♦11W SHARE prices rose yesterday in thin trade slightly buoyed by President Fidel Ramos' departure from hospital following surgery earlier this week. The PSE Composite Index rose 12.99 points to 3,165.52. Turnover was 2.3 billion shares worth 1.5 billion pesos. PLDT rose 25 pesos to 1,425.
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        Lock icon Stocks down on profit-taking
        8052 21 Bloomberg Business News Q Composite Index -L 64 STOCKS ended a little lower yesterday as the benchmark index was let down by profit-taking on blue chips. A fall in Tenaga Nasional offset a rise in AfTln Holdings, which gained on speculation it may merge with another
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        64 24  -  Iv Shiv Taneja MALAYAN CREDIT, which closed yesterday one cent lower at $2.11 on a volume of 644,000 or almost 10 times its lOday traded average, is expected to trade sideways for the next few sessions In the longer term, however, the Indications are that the stock will
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        Share prices perk up but liquidity dries up
        897 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY The holiday season is blamed for the extremely quiet and featureless session except for near-feverish punting on the ELSE Second Board By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Prices firmed slightly yesterday but liquidity dried up drastically hitting its lowest level this
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          Up the ladder at DBS
          87 24 THE market is abuzz with talk of impending high-level movements at DBS Bank. Ng Kee Choe, deputy president, is expected to move up to the top slot, which is currently vacant. And the most likely person to take his place is Tan Soo Nan, currently
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          Of poor volumes and 5pm
          106 24 WITH a lot of people away during this holiday season, dealing rooms are like ghost towns. One dealer best summed up the mood for the day when he told our reporter that the best thing about the market yesterday was spm, the end of the
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          SAI, there's a blackout
          85 24 ONE wag noted that the next time the lights go out in Kuala Lumpur, residents will probably go "SAI" sigh). Tenaga Nasional Bhd's executive chairman Dr Ahmad Tajuddin Ali, who took over the helm of the power company after its second major blackout in four years,
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          Trivial pursuits
          297 24 HOW many trivia questions can you answer about the year in business and finance? Here are some questions raised by Bloomberg: I) What major country had one of the best-performing stock markets in the world this year, fuelled by the outcome of its presidential election? 2) A record
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      322 25 Bridge News, Reuter TRADING drifted away as the countdown to Christmas began on the freight market, brokers said. With few players around and trading further curbed by upcoming holidays in the east little definite news emerged. Trading as expected was sluggish with the market closing midday, Clarkson Wolff
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      405 25  -  New service for breakbulk timber exports will serve Port Klang-S'pore-Anstralia trade By: Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] National carrier Neptune Orient Lines' (NOL) subsidiary Specargo Forwarding is launching a roro (roll-on roll-off) service for breakbulk timber exports. Specargo will launch the service next month
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      Lock icon Malaysian govt urged to increase shipping fund from M$800m to M$2b
      288 25 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Listed shipping line Global Carriers has urged the Malaysian government to boost the existing shipping fund from MsBoo million (*****.4 million) to an initial amount of Ms 2 billion. This will spur the growth of the
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      Court admits expert evidence, departing from usual practice
      702 25  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By I Selva Kumar THE English Admiralty Court has declined to follow an old common law rule that expert evidence cannot be admitted on matters of navigation or seamanship if nautical assessors are present to advise the judge. However, the
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      Some big Tokyo yards to phase out seniority system
      271 25  -  From next year, managers will have to earn pay rises From Bruce Rutledge in Tokyo SOME of Japan's big shipbuilders have sent a chilly holiday message to their managers: the seniority system is beginning to be phased out and in 1997
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      256 25 Reuter [OSLO] Norwegian shipowner Leif Hoegh Co ASA plans to merge operations for refrigerated carrier ships with Safmarine of South Africa and Britain's Tufton Oceanic to form the largest specialised reefer operating group in the world. The new company, UniCool
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      287 25 Thronghput at 37 ports down by nearly half in fiscal 1990-95 NYT [TOKYO] The amount of cargo handled annually at 37 Japanese ports decreased by up to 43 per cent between fiscal 1990 and fiscal 1995 even though 133 billion yen (Ssl.6
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      140 25 Reuter [RIGA] Nine companies including Nomura and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have entered bids to privatise Latvian Shipping, the world's 19th largest shipping group. Newspaper Dienas Bizness on Monday said Nomura had joined with Estonian-based Hansa Investments and Norwegian
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        74 25 [SINGAPORE] Evergreen will be adding new ports to the network served by its deepsea vessels. The Swedish port of r Gothenburg and the Taiwanese port of Kaohsiung will be included in its Asia-Mediterranean-Europe (AME) schedule while the Thai port of Laem Chabang is being
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        92 25 [SINGAPORE] The first of six new vessels for Myanma Five Star Line (MFSL) of Yangon is arriving in Singapore today enroute to Yangon. The Chin Shwe Haw, a 3,300-dwt multi-purpose vessel, was delivered recently by its builders, Zhong Hua Shipyard, in Shanghai. A second new
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        63 25 Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co, one of South Korea's biggest ship repairing companies, said it received new shipbuilding orders from a state-run shipping company in Iran worth US$2OO million (Ss2Bo million). A company spokesman said Hyundai signed an agreement to build six
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        87 25 -FP (HALIFAX, Canada) A Coast Guard vessel and a tugboat rushed to help a bulk carrier adrift in the Gulf of St Lawrence on Wednesday. But after a day of drama which began on Christmas Eve, the Bahamanian-registered Pine Islands was safely
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        71 25 AFP [PARIS] A Franco-Australian team of archaeologists is preparing to plumb the depths off the South Pacific Cook Islands to look for a 19th century English wreck, French I members said. The operation will search for a three-mast ship the Julia Ann which sunk on Oct
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      1179 26  -  QBINA PORTS: CONSTRUCTION FEVER Fi)rts from the north to the south of the country are constructing new wharves and the major container lines are committing to direct calls and even jumping into intermodal transport to cater for rising container trade Hi Matthew Flynn Lloyd's List THIS
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        239 41 Dec 27 Hungary: Boxing Day. India: Christmas. Ireland Market and Public Holiday. United Kingdom Half-day on London SE, LIFFE Commodities no APT. Baltic Exchange closed all day. Deo 28 Costa Rica: New Year (to Dec 31). India: Christmas Vacation. South Korea: Market Holiday. Dm 2* Costa Rica: New
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        850 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average-sited stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        Lock icon Boeing-Airbus rivalry expected to continue
        477 42 Fight for new plane orders will be as fierce as ever next yean analysts Bloomberg Business News [TOULOUSE, France] Even with the third largest jet maker in the world, McDonnell Douglas Corp, being swallowed by Boeing Co, the contest to sell airplanes next year will
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        Lock icon French official backs mechanical explanation for TWA crash
        274 42 NYT [PAßlS] The director of the French government agency that investigates air disasters has said he agrees with American safety investigators that a {pechanical problem probably led to the explosion of TWA FHght 800. "It's not my investigation, and I'm not passing
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        149 42 Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI] Federal Express Corp, the world's largest courier express company, will set up its second regional hub in Taiwan. "Taiwan is the most convenient transhipping spot in the region," said Rebecca Liu, marketing manager of the air courier's
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        Lock icon Saab to move Asia-Pac base to Melbourne
        120 42 AFP [MELBOURNE] Swedish car giant Saab Automobile AB is to move its Asia-Pacific regional headquarters from Singapore to Melbourne, it was announced here yesterday. Mark Birrell, industry minister for the state of Victoria of which Melbourne is cap- ital, said the Saab office
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        EVA Air to cut flights to Panama
        199 42 [TAIPEI] Taiwan's EVA Airways is cutting flights to Panama starting Jan 1 due to lack of passengers, a move that the airline stressed had nothing to do with politics. The Economic Daily News said on Wednesday that EVA dismissed speculation that the move
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        Lock icon Mitsubishi seeks slake in China auto firm
        243 42 Reuter [TOKYO] Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp confirmed yesterday it was seeking to acquire a stake in China's Changfeng Auto Factory pending approval from local government authorities in central Hunan province. "We are currently in talks with Chang Feng Auto over the issue but
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        322 42 Otherwise it may lose market share, warns aviation body chief AFP [NEW DELHI] The chief of a world aviation body has said India requires at least US$5 billion (Ss7 billion) to upgrade its airports to meet growing air traffic, the Press Trust
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        196 42 Reuter [BEIJING] China Eastern Airlines will list in New York and Hongkong simultaneously at the beginning of 1997, the Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday. China Eastern would be the first Chinese carrier to issue shares overseas. Xinhua did not say
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          71 42 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Nissan Motor Co Ltd has injected 50 billion yen (***** million) in fresh capital to Nissan Europe NV, which is suffering from sluggish sales. "The capital increase was Intended to improve our consolidated earnings," a spokeswoman said. The Netherlands-baaed wholly subsidiary,
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          108 42 AFP [SAVANNAH, Georgia] A federal judge here has sentenced an airline passenger who disrupted a XJSAir flight and assaulted members of the cabin crew to Si months in Jail. The sentence included 200 hours of community service, a fine to be paid to the
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          Lock icon Bus explodes in Philippines, killing 17
          75 42 AFP [ZAMBOANGA) A bus loaded with passengers and gallons of gasoline overturned and exploded in the southern Philippine island of Basilan on Christmas day, killing 17 people and injuring 12 others, police said yesterday. The bus was on its way to the village of
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        258 42 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's national car company Proton Bhd is to roll out next week its millionth vehicle and unveil new market targets to accelerate exports, company officials said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad would also launch a new Proton model
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      1378 29 W^^TRAIT^HIPPIN^rnTD 10 Ho« Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore *****5 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 SAIAH t BRUNEI CONVENTIONAL SERVICE HO CNI MINH FUU CONTAINER SERVICE S mSR m a |vissa yor TTTgisSrrF*Haia«is,| vhw n/n 03/01 04/qi otcn malum yhh* n/u n/n srmrsHOft wwn os/oi 00/oi 00/oi o»cn majuuiov mom 04/oi
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      410 37 Sea K Land YEAR END LOADER U.S.A. BRIGIT MSK V.9702 ETA SIN ETD SIN 29 DEC '96 30 DEC '96 CALL BOOKING HOTLINE TEL: *****33 NOW! SINGAPORE MALAYSIA INDONESIA MAINLINE *****22 KUALA LUMPUR 03-293M28 BANDUNG 022-3036*5 CUSTOMER SYC(IN) *****00 PORT KLANG 03-*****0® BELAWAN 061-*****3 CUSTOMER SVC(OUT) *****33 PENANG 04-*****90 JAKARTA
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      1526 37 $(*soms «kitim«s r^TrSj T AND BIST WISHES FOR I Nedlloyd Lines k HAPPY new year en **********0 A H SINGAPORE PHONE (GENERAL) *****89 RATE ENQUIRIES *****41/24*200 CFS (PHONE) *****10 CFS (FAX) *****23 TO EUROPE EVERY THURS/FRI/SAT $4n PV* Sou L»f> »1m A»V M«r Br* OOCL FRANCE /3516 28/12 13/01 14/01
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      657 38 -i- SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR M. 1047BMQQ0Q0 BOOIUWSS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/43 JESSICA/CELIA/AUDREY SnZEEBEBHSB 7 slgs/v^ek 3 slgs/WEEK VESSEL VbY SIN JAK [VESSEL IVOY |«N |SUB SWAP JAVA 909 28/12 (SAT)
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      412 38 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOAONCI VOY (SPORE RKELANO* HALIFAX N.YORK NORFOLK N. ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPKX) HOUSTON HOEQH MMERVA 0636 MPT IS DEC 17 FEB 20 FEB 21 FEB 28 FEB 24 FEB 04 MAR OS MAR HOEQHOUKE 0638 13/14 JAN OS JAN OS MAR OS MAR 10
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      167 38 SIN FAR EAST 04/01 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 05/01 BANGKOK 05/01 MANILA/CEBU 05/01 JAKARTA/BE LAWAN/SURABAYA 05/01 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 05/01 BUSAN 05/01 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 05/01 HONG KONG SIN CHINA 05/01 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DAL IAN/SHANG KAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGOAO/HAIKOU SIN EUROPE/UK 05/01 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU ROM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIN USA/CANADA 05/01 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK
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      333 38 Singapore Soviet Shipping 4 Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: 100S*****00N BOMBAY/COCHIN I VESSEL WY ISIN BOM TRADE FAST TFSI7S OVOI 11/01 MEKHANIK KURAKO MK27N 07/01 16/01 KOTACAMAVA CAHI73 16/01 ZVOI VANESSA 14N IWOI 28/01 f I I I REGULAR ILYICHEVSK SERVir f f I VESSEL VOY SPORE I4.YCHEVSK EVER QUARD
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      557 40 I f SINO IXPRISS SHIPPING (PTI) LTD. 1 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. m TEU *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINO EX $IMOTMMS MMggMI (CONTA MIK SIKVICE) Also accepting contoiner cargo to: VESSEI/YOY ETA SIN ETAHK6 ETA SHA W/T Mfr Beijiao,Chiwon, eooowta 9M9/WI0"Is/oT^ ~iw~ SSttflStK*
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      406 40 -BUNOA SURIA" V.5506 "MAJAPAHIT" V.23S ETA SIN 29/12 ETA SIN 02/01 MANILA PINANG/PORT KELAHC "PIYA BHUM" VSOI 'ACX LOTUS" V.090A ETA SIN 30/12 ETA SIN 30/12 BANGKOK ROTTERDAM/HAMBURG! "HUSUM" V9OS -HY ADMIRAL* V.304W ETA SIN 30/12 ETA SIN 30/12 ~3T BOOKINGS HOTUNE NUMBERS F&O WL SINGAPORE *****63 IPOH -05 *****8
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      337 40 I JOSHUA SLD 31/12 1 laGMOSMMAS 07/01 10/31 ROrVAIwAJK/Nan I J." I CENTAURUS 20/01 28/01 AdnVAtwAJK/Nar I «KM Loadngtor 1 ORKUN KALKAVAN HodaidahUaddatVAqaba/Pt Said KASJF KALKAVAN Itsrfy/AqalWP! Srtd/Tripol PAN CRYSTAL Dubai/A.Dhabi/Darr*nan/Ki*va* 1 SAMMI FRONTIER I HERAKLES Hodaidah/JaddaTtfAqaba Toada Slngapora, EJW. Mataywa, indonaaia 1 ILoadng for 1 OTRADA Loa Angaiaatlaw Ortaan/Chailaatan/
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      138 41 I I LEGEND R Thunderstorm Temperature c X\ A r Weother Wind direction with speed in knots Rom Cloudy Sky Wove h "9 hf Wy* wmds ore indicoted by orrows which ffy with the wind y One tu» circle represents calm or light and variable winds i One holf flee
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