The Business Times, 12 February 1997

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    12 1 The BusinessTime& MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    73 1 EXCHANGE BATES USI SI US8 1.416 t UN 1316 DM 0.601 0.881 YEN IN. Wit MM Itt jm tm 0i» HKS_ #129 0.183 BAHT_ 9939 0.066 HL'IIAH 100 0.042 0.060 nans bates SINGAPORE* 144 KUALA LUMPUR 955 JAKARTA 18.00 BANGKOK 1125 MANILA 116# HONOKONG _J}-50 TAIPH 125 SYDNEY 100
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    Asia comes first in expansion plans of US firms
    628 1  -  Region seen as viable production base and lucrative consumer market: survey By i Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Asia will remain the priority destination of investments by American manufacturers in the next five years, a recent survey says. Three-quarters of the manufacturers
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    Lock icon Fortune smiles on Taiwan bourse
    48 1 [TAIPEI] An employee ofa Taiwan stock brokerage disguised as the Chinese God of Fortune as the brokerage office reopened yesterday after a six-day Chinese New Year holiday. The local bourse rose 63.50 points to end at a six-year high of 7,410.47 points. REUTER
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    Lock icon Visa and MasterCard face multi-billion dollar lawsuit
    344 1 US retailers resist having to accept both credit and debit cards Reuter [WASHINGTON] Retailers in the US have got together to challenge Visa and MasterCard in an anti-trust suit that potentially could cost the defendants billions of dollars. The National Retail Federation, representing
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    Lock icon Sing dollar hits 3-month low against greenback
    342 1  -  By: Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The Singapore dollar came under pressure yesterday against the greenback as excess liquidity in the domestic overnight market forced local interbank rates down. From an opening of 551.4090, the Singapore unit slipped to a three-month low of 511.4170 against
    Source: Dow Jones Telerate; ALLAN  -  342 words
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    Authorised car dealers ready to do parallel imports
    460 1 They might go into the grey market if their main agency fines stop being viable [SINGAPORE] Authorised motor traders are ready to go head-to-head against parallel importers by entering the parallel importing business themselves if their main agency lines cease to be
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      148 1 fumki Harrimaa's Pamela Harriman, the late US ambassador to France, could never put to rest the legend spun from her history of captivating some of the world's richest and most attractive men on two continents, and marrying three of them, leaving on the wayside a chorus of angry women who
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Inadequate training, low pay rise driving away IT staff
      490 2  -  Finns, faced with manpower shortages, dump more work on them, says survey By Raju Chellam INADEQUATE training in "soft skills" and smaller pay rises are two key factors driving information technology professionals out of the industry in Singapore. These are the
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      Lock icon Int'l Press aims to be publishing centre
      624 2  -  ../ites spotlight on SINGAPORE'S BEST: Company plans to ride on coat-tails of the electronics industry Byi Clarissa Tan LOW Song Take wants to make his mark on as many things as possible. His company, International Press Co (IPC), prints cardboard boxes, wraps and
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      Lock icon Q4 growth lifted by services sector
      369 2  -  EYE OM THE ECONOMY GDP By. Anna Teo THE services sector provided the stron-ger-than-expected rebound in gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the final quarter last year, economists said yesterday. And with the surprise Q4 spurt, growth forecasts for 1997 are expected to be
      Source: Dept of statistics  -  369 words
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      Lock icon Tower Records eyes Orchard Rd, Marina Centre sites for 2nd store
      446 2  -  Site off the old Orchard Theatre is on shortlist By, Jenny Lam TOWER Records is planning to open a second store in Singapore and sources say it has narrowed its search for a 10,000 sq ft outlet to a
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      Shell reviewing manufacturing, supply and trading operations
      357 2 Move is part of larger plan to cope with growing competition OIL giant Shell is reviewing its manufacturing, supply and trading (MST) operations in Singapore as part of a larger plan to cope with an increasingly competitive market. The Anglo-Dutch group's chairman Tim
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      Rifkind arrives on official visit to Singapore
      131 2 THE British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Malcolm Rifkind, is due to start his official visit to Singapore today, said a statement from the Foreign Affairs Ministry yesterday. During the visit, Foreign Affairs Minister S Jayakumar and he will discuss
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon Different strokes: A$ and NZ$
      716 4  -  TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT Against the Ss, the A$ is set to resume its downtrend, while the Kiwi dollar retains its upward momentum By) Naresh Verma The writer is a manager of technical analysis advisory (South-east Asia) at Dow Jones Telerate. The opinions in this column are
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      Lock icon Asian bond issuers to offer greater variety
      629 4 More deals with longer maturities, wider range of structures expected Reuter [HONGKONG] International fixed income investors can expect Asian debt issuers to provide more deals with longer maturities and in a wider variety of structures in 1997, bankers in Hongkong said. "The key
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      Unit trust performance ranking
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Asean, EU talks may get sidelined
      726 5  -  LlmHjiH progress *HI« week's talk* mty Agflail placing grmttiw nmphn«l« M >«am iOiXTDV By Yang Razali Kassim SENIOR officials from Asean and the European Union began talks in Singapore yesterday as part of a twostage. back-to-back meeting this week to strengthen economic, business and
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      Lock icon Thailand denies report of likely change in baht currency basket
      349 5 BANGKOK Cnrrency firms after ceming under early selling pressure Reuter THAILAND'S Finance Ministry and central bank yesterday denied a wire service report which quoted Finance Minister Amnuay Viravan as saying there may have to be a change in the basket
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      Lock icon Manila seeks to salvage reputation among investors
      287 5 MANILA AFP THE Philippines is to launch a campaign to salvage its reputation among overseas investors following a court ruling that scuppered a Malaysian company's investment plans. Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon yesterday said he would meet Malaysian Foreign Minister Abdullah Badawi and his
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      Lock icon Thai cabinet approves 99b baht budget cuts
      320 5 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND'S cabinet yesterday approved a finance ministry proposal to make budget cuts of at least 99 billion baht (555.4 billion) for the fiscal year to September 1997. Finance Minister Amnuay Virawan said government expenditure will be cut by 59 billion baht
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      HK investment in Taiwan soars by over 150%
      656 6  -  TAIPEI Small, medium-sized firms moving to avoid possible problems from HFs handover By Bruce Cheesman TAIWAN has emerged as a popular investment hedge for Hongkong's China traders as small and medium-sized companies seek a manufacturing safe haven in case of complications with
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      Lock icon New museum to mark handover
      103 6 HONGKONG AFP CHINA is to buUd a museum at the border with Hongkong to mark the handover of the territory in July, a report said yesterday. Zhang Quanfang, the communist party secretary for Shatoujiao in Shenzhen at the border with Hongkong, was quoted by the
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      Lock icon HK interim body to be based in Shenzhen
      268 6 HONGKONG British opposition makes it difficult to operate in territory AFP CHINA'S shadow parliament for Hongkong, widely opposed by Britain and the pro-democ-racy camp, is to be based in the Chinese city of Shenzhen in order to avoid "misunderstanding and rows". Rita
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      Lock icon Xinjiang town sealed off after separatist riot
      201 6 BEIJING Reuter CHINESE authorities have sealed off a town in the northwestern region of Xinjiang and arrested several suspects after at least 10 people were killed in a separatist Muslim riot last week, residents said yesterday. "They (outsiders) can't come to our town.
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon Taipei may up foreign equity limit to 30%
        67 6 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] Taiwan'# central bank and finance ministry are expected to raise the ceiling on foreign equity investments from 25 per cent to 30 per cent of total market capitalisation in March, the China Times Express quoted a senior bank official as
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        Lock icon Taiwan to ease limits on Japanese fruits
        88 6 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan has agreed to ease limits on imports of Japanese apples, oranges and pears in a bid to speed up its entry to the World Trade Organisation, a senior official of the Board of Foreign Trade officials said yesterday. "It is
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        Lock icon Tung Chee-hwa to move to new office
        73 6 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong's pott handover leader Tung Chee-hwa will officially move into his new offices this week with all the signs under Chinese geomancy pointing to good luck, his office said yesterday. Mr Tung is to start working at his new office in
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  • ASIA
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      Empty words from high places
      680 7  -  Stock and currency markets scoff at Greenspan's and Rubin's verbal intervention LETTER FROM TOKYO By Anthony Rowley w IGHT boys," says the I W stern-faced schoolmaster, "that I B will be quite enough JL \J noise for today!" The unruly class lapses briefly into dtence
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      Lock icon Presidential aide held over Hanbo scandal
      268 7 SEOUL Reuter SOUTH Korean prosecutors yesterday arrested a close associate of President Kim Young Sam and a top ruling party official over a loan scandal surrounding the failed Hanbo Steel Co. The arrest of Hong In Gil, a senior official at the presidential Blue
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      Lock icon Congress leaders trade blows after Punjab rout
      287 7 fc NEW DELHI AFP fclDlA's embattled Congress (t) party was facing a new bout of bitter infighting yesterday rfter it was routed in key elections in Punjab state. Supporters of Congress president Sitaram Kesri and $is predecessor, former premier P V Narasimha Rao,
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      Lock icon Japan's surplus fall foils bid to cap US$
      427 7 TOKYO Smaller gap may lead to farther weakening of yen against greenback FT THE announcement on Monday of a 31 per cent decline in Japan's current account surplus for 1996 undermined weekend attempts by the Group of Seven leading industrialised countries to
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon The extraordinary US ambassador
      3118 8 Pamela Harriman, late US ambassador to France, was as well known for helping to rebuild the Democratic Party as for her romantic exploits NYT [NEW YORK] PAMELA Harriman, the US ambassador to France, a leading figure in the Democratic Party and one of the most vivacious
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  • THE WORLD
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      Mad about or at Madeleine?
      558 9  -  LETTHRFKOM WASHINGTON Washington's love affair with Albright may end over whether she told the truth about her heritage By Leon Hadar Mad About Madeleine: that was the cover of last week's issue of Newsweek. A very flattering photograph of the new US Secretary of State
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      Lock icon US entertainment, IT industries lost US$14.6b to pirates in '95
      264 9 NEW YORK FT PIRACY cost the US entertainment and information software industries at least US$l4.6 billion (5520.7 billion) in 1995, according to the latest figures from the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA). Business software was the worst affected sector with
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      Lock icon Simpson faces financial ruin with US$25m jury award
      311 9 LOS ANGELES Reuter OJ SIMPSON, held liable for the stabbing deaths of his exwife and her friend, now faces a life of financial ruin following a jury verdict of US$25 million (5535.2 million) in punitive damages against him. "You're not supposed to
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      Lock icon Economy's still strong: White House
      313 9 WASHINGTON No signs of downturn; President's animal report offers optimistic forecasts Reuter THE US economy's nearly sixyear expansion shows no signs of slowing down, with the country well placed to enjoy continued low unemployment and low inflation, the White House said on Monday. The annual
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      Lock icon US productivity up 2.2%
      124 9 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News US WORKER productivity during the fourth quarter showed the biggest gain in three years as labour costs slowed, Labour Department figures showed yesterday. Non-farm productivity increased a larger-than-expected 2.2 per cent in the fourth quarter. In the third quarter, nonfarm productivity was
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      333 9 The Singapore Trade Development Board (TDB) is proud to present: TDB International Day '97 on 19 February/from 9.00 am to 5.30pm at the Suntec Centre. The Guest-of-Honour, Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr Lee Yock Suan, will be delivering the keynote address on "Leveraging for Global Advantage, the Singapore Connection."
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      EU states risk being hobbled by the Euro
      829 10  -  OPINION THE BOTTOM LDVB By Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent TOYOTA Motor Corporation president Hiroshi Okuda provoked outrage when he suggested recently that his company might avoid further investment in Britain if it stays outside Europe's single currency. And
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      110 10 'If we want to send the Arabs and Africans and Asians back to where they came from, it is not because we hate them, it is because they pollute our national identity and take our jobs.' Bruno Megret deputy leader of the French National Front party. 'Remember,
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      New spirit in Sino-US ties
      615 10 EDITORIAL AFTER a two-month extension of a previous textile agreement that expired last year and some hard bargaining in Beijing, United States and Chinese officials have concluded a new four-year accord, ending the threat of a trade war between the nations. The textile pact last
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      Lock icon Agreeing to disagree
      1103 10  -  Tiffs over human rights will marr this week's meeting between EU foreign ministers and Asean By! Shada Islam The writer is a Brussels-based journalist who contributes toBT EUROPEAN Union foreign ministers attending their 12th ministerial meeting with Asean in Singapore on Thursday and Friday are eager to
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      903 10 Couftudng German signals LAST week's unemployment figures in Germany were scarcely a shock, but were nonetheless shocking. The jobless level in the two halves of the country combined is the highest since 1933. In the prosperous West, more than one in 10 is out of work.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      189 11 CRVPTIC CROSSWORD garment 16 Acquired permit ran —jBBBZ! 17 Senior politician in torment if seat is in jeopardy (8.2,5) —I^LJH-— medal in new role (6) I 20 Underwear sought by lawyers 26 Greek character bestriding N I 1 I 1 1 Italian mount (4) 27 They may be vital for
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Art of reaching the layman
      665 12  -  The SAM picked up valuable lessons on how to attract the man in the street writes pen muhroe BEN MUNROE VISITED by over 45,000 people during its four-month stay, and with an estimated market value ofs2oo million, the Guggenheim show at the Singapore Art Museum
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      The English Patient steals the limelight
      623 12 OSCAR NOMINATIONS [LOS ANGELES] The sweeping wartime epic The English Patient dominated the Academy Award nominations yesterday while the musical Evita, starring pop music icon Madonna, was virtually shut out of the competition. In a glittering pre dawn ceremony, The English Patient earned a
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      175 12 Where to wine, dine and entertain ft# ofi jZovc On Qaint TPalentLne 's 14. 7997 Crown Prince Hotel Singapore features Recipes of Love this St. Valentine's Day on 14 February 1997. Lovebirds can choose to partake in our International Buffet Dinner, or enjoy a romantic 5-course Western Set Dinner and
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Omni expected to launch Sesdaq IPO by month-end
      520 13  -  Proceeds,seen exceeding $15m, to be used for Shanghai plant, more machinery By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Local electronics and plastics group Omni Industries is expected to launch its initial public offer of about 40 million to 50 million new shares on Sesdaq by
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      M'sians target Aussie health firms
      499 13  -  Landmarks, Beijaya spearhead purchases to help further their regional ambitions From Russell Baker in Sydney MALAYSIAN groups are targeting Australian companies to help further their regional healthcare ambitions. Last month Landmarks Bhd paid Mss6 million (5531.9 million) to buy a 24.7 per cent stake in
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      Lippo firms back in favour as earnings prospects brighten
      756 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW S N Vasuki INDONESIA'S Lippo Group, whose listed companies were shunned by foreign fund managers last year, is once again getting favourable attention. The shares of the group's listed counters, which include a clutch of financial services, property
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      Rafiq's share option under attack from expert witness
      391 13 THE JUMABHO7 CASE [SINGAPORE] Raflq Jumabhoy's share option, which entitles him to take over the Jumabhoy family's 100 million Scotts Holdings shares, came under attack by an expert witness yesterday. The Canadian expert, Eric Scott Terry, a senior lecturer at the National
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Giordano shares jump 12%
        429 14 Biggest one-day gain in 21 months as management revamp fuels talk of China breakthrough Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Giordano International Ltd, one of Asia's fastest-growing clothing merchants, rose as much as 11.7 per cent as a management reshuffle fuelled speculation of a breakthrough in the company's
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      • Article
        Lock icon Dragonair revamp seen linked to HK handover
        202 14 Reuter [HONGKONGJ What is seen as the start of a top management reshuffle within Hongkong's airlines linked to its handover to China took place on Monday with Stanley Hui taking up his new position as head of Hongkong Dragon Airlines (Dragonair), industry sources
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      • Article
        Lock icon Petronas Gas share price seen stabilising: analysts
        347 14 They dismiss ramonrs of an erosion of its distribution monopoly AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Petronas Gas Bhd's share price is expected to stabilise at its current level of around Ms 9 after gradual falls over the past few weeks on concerns about an erosion
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        Lock icon PAL to double capital
        146 14 Bloomberg Business News [MANILA] Stockholders of Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL) unanimously agreed to double the airline's capital to allow the airline to buy, instead of lease, some of the 36 new aircraft it has ordered. "With a bigger capital base, we will have to borrow less
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      • Article
        Silkair faces possible defamation suit
        310 14  -  By Conrad Raj (SINGAPORE] A Britishbased aviation research set-up is planning to sue Singapore's regional airline Silkair for alleged defamation. Oxford-based Inflight Research Services (IRS) says it is preparing to sue Silkair after the regional carrier allegedly refused to apologise and retract the alleged defamation
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      • COMPANY Briefs
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          FCC forms units for property projects
          61 14 [SINGAPORE] First Capital Corp has formed two subsidiaries to develop a residential parcel in Tanjong Rhu and a commercial parcel at Robinson Road. Both sites were clinched at an Urban Redevelopment Authority tender late last year. First Seacrest will develop the Tanjong Rhu plot
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          Pacific Carriers to sell vessel for US$9m
          31 14 [SINGAPORE] Pacific Carriers' wholly-owned subsidiary, Beliak Shipping, has agreed to sell its vessel, Ikan Beliak, to Dileship Marine Corp for US$9 million (5512.7 million).
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          M1 providing phones for Asean-EU meet
          66 14 [SINGAPORE] Ml—a consortium comprising the Keppel group, Singapore Press Holdings, Cable Wireless and Hongkong Telecom is providing more than 200 mobile phones and pagers for about 100 support officers coordinating the Asean-EU Ministerial Meeting on Feb 13-14. Formerly known as Mobile One, Ml is
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          SMRT deputy chairman joins SSL board
          73 14 [SINGAPORE] Straits Steamship Land, which will be renamed Keppel Land at the end of the month, has appointed the deputy chairman of Singapore Mass Rapid Transit, Lim Leong Geok, to its board of directors. The other directors are chairman and managing director Lim Chee
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        Aussie-listed Accor to run UOL unit's Viet hotel
        156 14  -  From Russell Baker in Sydney UNITED Overseas Land subsidiary Hotel Plaza has chosen Australian-listed Accor Asia Pacific (AAPC) to manage a luxury hotel it is developing in Vietnam. AAPC will announce today that it has signed a contract to manage the Hotel
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        Lock icon Taiwan Semiconductor profit seen falling by half
        178 14 Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co will see profits halved this year, an analyst said, despite a better-than-expected 28.6 per cent profit increase for 1996. Profit at the world's largest integrated-circuit foundry company climbed to NT$l9.4 billion (***** million), or NT$7.3O
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        548 15 Resulting loss may mean it won't be back in the black this fiscal year NYT (CUPERTINO, California) In two moves underscoring the extent of Apple Computer's planned corporate overhaul, the company said on Monday it would incur a huge loss
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        Lock icon BP shares fall despite 27% surge in Q4 profit
        426 15 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] British Petroleum pic stock fell after a surge in fourth-quarter profits and a boost in its dividend failed to offset concern by investors that the boom in oil prices is over. BP said profit rose 27 per
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        Lock icon Accounting changes lift Unilever Q4 profit 67%
        309 15 Bloomberg Business News [ROTTERDAM] Unilever NV said fourth-quarter net profit rose 67 per cent, helped by a change in accounting methods, and said it will sell specialty chemicals units representing 9 per cent of sales. The Anglo-Dutch maker of products such as Persil
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        Lock icon Ericsson Q4 pre-tax profit jumps 39% with growing demand
        262 15 Bat shares down as grOSS faii« due to price cots Bloomberg Business News (STOCKHOLM] Ericsson AB. the world's biggest supplier of telecommunications equipment, said fourth-quarter pretax profit jumped by 39 per cent, more than expected, amid growing demand for mobile telephones
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        Lock icon Westinghouse to buy 2 US music TV channels for US$1.6b
        324 15 FT [LOS ANGELES) Westinghouse Electric, the industrial group bidding for a new lease on life as an entertainment company, is to pay US$l.55 billion (552.2 billion) for two US country music television channels owned by Gaylord Entertainment Inc. The all-share
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        DBS arm to launch higher risk fixed-income fund
        498 16  -  Expected to debut end-Feb, the new fond targets returns of 8-10% a year By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] DBS Asset Management (DBSAM) is poised to launch a higher risk fixed-income fund, breaking away from the mould of fixed income funds which concentrate
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        317 16 Suit raises questions about Chase's move into M&A business FT [NEW YORK] ADT, the home security company on the receiving end of a US$3.5 billion (554.9 billion) hostile takeover bid, on Monday lashed out at Chase Manhattan in a
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        263 16 Bond rates up no thanks to Hanbo Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] Export-Import Bank of Korea, a government borrower, sold US$5OO million (Ss7o6 million) worth of global bonds, paying investors a higher-than-expected interest rate due to the country's biggest financial scandal in 12 years. The bonds, with a five-year maturity, pay
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        262 16 AFP [HONGKONG] Gross sales of Hongkong's unit trust industry soared 45.3 per cent year-on-year to a record high U554,487 billion (556.33 billion) in 1996, the Hongkong Investment Funds Association said on Monday. "It is the first time that annual gross sales have exceeded
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        Lock icon CME plans to trade NZ$ futures
        132 17 AFP [CHICAGO] The Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced on Monday that it had filed for regulatory approval to trade futures and options on the New Zealand dollar. "New Zealand has transformed itself in the past decade from one of the most restrictive economies to one
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        Lock icon US SEC probing annuity sales practices
        203 17 Reuter [NEW YORK] The US Securities and Exchange Commission is probing the variable annuity sales practices at over a dozen insurers, an SEC official said. Gene Gohlke, associate director for compliance at the SEC, called the probe a routine inspection and said he was
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        Lock icon Siemens to launch issues in three currencies
        422 17 Plan is to merge them into a single Euro-denominated Eurobond later IHT [PARIS] A pan-European corporate bond market denominated in Euros is on its way to becoming a reality. Siemens AG is set to launch this week simultaneous issues in Deutschemarks, French francs
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        273 17 Plan to halve capacity at French nnit seen as step in right direction Reuter [LONDON] Oil giant Shell's decision to halve capacity at its Berre l'Etang unit in France could signal a halt to a swathe of big refinery closures over the
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        Lock icon Euroyen, Euro$ may move higher
        232 17 MMFXReport Reuter [SINGAPORE) Japanese and US interest-rate futures had a listless session on Simex yesterday as a holiday in Japan and the absence of some local players after an extended weekend hampered intercut, dealers said. But they said Euroyen and Eurodollar futures showed |hj tential
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        164 17 AFP London The dollar scored gains against European currencies, strengthened by dollar buying by US investment funds, forex dealers said. At 1335 GMT, the dollar was trading at 1.6707 marks, up from 1.6556 on Monday evening. It stood at 122.93 yen against Monday's 122.76. The greenback started the
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        301 17 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [SINGAPORE) Crude oil prices in Asia have slumped to their lowest level in almost six months, bringing some respite to beleaguered importers, analysts said yesterday. Brent crude for March were quoted on Simex at US$2l.OB/16 per barrel, the lowest
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        1367 17 IMTBRBAMK CROSS RATES FebI1 c$ ecu or p» m m88»*»mi v« w m$ tasMfcti n* s$ 8mm sfr ire 9m Pm* m Aa*rrfi« 1029 4.178 0.651 4261 1.264 5.886 ***** ***** 0.935 1607 1.890 I HO 30.542 20.025 1075 1330 1086 20.932 19.725 0.465 0.760 CiNd* 0.971 6.137 0.632 4.146
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      1723 18 SICOM FUTURES Feb n RVMCR (Mm dosing at SJOpa) tSS 1 COWTIACTts curtsA?) ClOM Votema Open Mawth High low Satt (toaws) Hrttrxt Mr 97 172.75 1525 Apr 97 175.75 25 1175 May 97 176.75 25 1325 Jw 97 177.75 25 1175 JutfSap97 179.25 5535 Oct/Dac 97 180.75 2550
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      2396 18 r+n ciw—a London; FTSC-100 4J04.4 3.3 Parte: C AC-40 2,582.09 13.28 Stockholm: OMX una* Frankfurt OA* 3,***** »3-22 SruMate: 8CL-20 2,080.94 -7.64 MtUirHtb-30 18,717 -176 Amsterdam: EOC 698.72 *3.M Zurich; SMI 4,408.4 *24.1 Jo'burg: Johan-tnd 8,293.1 *6.4 rano Vafcw Oimi Toronto: TSE Comp 6,081.27 -20.47 Naw York:
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      1580 19 AFX-Asia -***** SHARE prices closed lower yesterday after a late-after-noon sell-off, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed down 189.33 points at 13,454.21. Turnover was HK57.56 billion. The February futures contract was last quoted at 13,380 while March was at 13,385. A broker said: "It was always going to
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      392 19 AFP Index +6159 SHARE prices rose 0.9 per cent to their highest close in almost seven years yesterday as investors bought electrical and construction issues. "Electrical issues led the rally on the back of high dividends and increasing buying by institutional investors," said a broker. The TSE Weighted Price
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      345 19 AFP □n-fli -27.32 SHARE prices fell yesterday as Investors took profit. Brokers said the market was still in its consolidation period. The PSE Composite Index fell 27.32 points to 3,358.70. Turnover was 48.8 billion shares worth 3.4 billion pesos. PLDT closed unchanged at 1,580 pesos while Petron Corp was
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      842 19 AFP QSCTlndei -124 SHARE prices dropped 0.4 per cent yesterday on poor sentiment over the baht's performance, with the main market index falling to its lowest point since July 1992, brokers said. An analyst said sentiment was dampened by the weakening of the baht, causing some share prices to
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      416 19 AFP F1 Composite Indei +ZM SHARE prices closed higher yesterday as expectations of ample liquidity offset concerns over the escalating Hanbo Steel scandal, dealers said. The Composite Index rose 3.64 points to 713.43. Turnover was 41.3 million shares worth 669.7 billion won. Risers beat falls 522 to 283. "The
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      603 19 AFP HAM Primaries +L 7 SHARE prices ended slightly firmer yesterday in directionless trading as investors were sidelined while waiting for interim profit results. The All Ordinaries Index rose 1.7 points to 2,448.1. Turnover was 310.6 million shares worth A 5668.5 million. Among the leaders, resources giant BHP was
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      256 19 Reuter n Wellington -2(128 MOST leading stocks ended significantly lower yesterday. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 20.28 points down at 2,310 as investors struggled to find good reasons to buy. u» roooi ANZ Banking 9.05 *0.10 9451 Adv«nt«g*s Hktgt 1.37 -0.02 ***** A*N*wZM«nd(A) 2.78 *0.01 *****6 AirN*wZMtand(6> 3.80 0.01
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        3 wrts are top percentage gainers
        215 20  -  WARRANT WATCH -w Ven Sreenivasan A STRONG surge of buying hoisted three Singapore-listed warrants to the top of the percentage gainers list yesterday. Jack Chia-MPH warrant jumped 13 cents, or 22 per cent, to 72 cents, Eltech Electronics warrant rose 5.5 cents, or 21
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        3888 20 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS 1996/1997 Last Vol Day Lilt Ouota Avq High Low Stno Company Sat* ♦of- (OOO) H,gn Law Buyar Salter Prtca 65 47 m 3000 mAMDBc5.5<******6 615 -0.5 35 62 61 61 62 51.5 39 3160 'Acar ******1 USS 47 -1 4 47 47 47.5 48 110 86 5
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2398 20 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr fir 1996/1997 Last Vol Day LMt Quota Hv Ok W IM M Ca* Htqh Low Stno Company Sal* COOO) High Low Buyar SaNar Cot Pit SmH "625 360 ms 5000 AISB 50c 410 *2 24 412 402 410 4ti SO 4.9 0.4 85.1 420.6 126
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        1508 21 TURNOVER ('000) VALUE (*000) MH> cut rt«i mm CK» r»m Industrie 73.071 55.773 128.846 146,565 90,517 237, Off FkMflCt 10.292 35,858 46,150 *3.654 38.903 132,557 Hotels 1.486 2.649 4.135 3,901 5.107 9.006 Prop«rtf«* 5.932 34.328 40J60 36.472 40,865 77.337 ManUtkKi 1.744 1.746 4.527 4,527 Mlntfwj 732 732 2.195 2.195 BLW
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        MAIN BOARD
        4966 21 Cr Gr M Wt 1996/1997 LMt Vot Day Last Quote Dlv Div YM Net Cap Av« High LOW StNo Company Sato 000) High Low Buyer Sollor C'vr HI $mll Price MMfSTRIALS 5146 ASE NTSIO 200 US- 1000 900 1275 ASF USS0.***** US900 90.0 214 165 1258 AcorSOe US169
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        842 21 LMt Vel ">•» L«< Out* D* Wv YM Not Ca» AwJ n Law Cowpmy C OOP) Hlfti L#w Buytr IHitf C'vr PAE $m* Prtc« SESOAQ 135 2000 ABR Hidqs 5c 165 142 166 164 165 169 3 0 14? fit m i 71 a i&c 183 66 2049 ASAutofoc
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        HOT STOCK
        62 22  -  bf! Shiv Taneja FU YU's 3.5 cents rise yesterday pushed it passed the 60-cent level to close at 63.5 cents on a volume of 3.5 milllion shares more than 10 times its 10day average of 327,700 units. Not surprisingly, daily and weekly RSI and stochastics are overbought, and
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        Broad market charges into Year of the Ox
        666 22  -  But some bine chips succumb to profit-taking players chase Malaysian Clob-traded stocks mCKMABKBT COMMENTARY By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The stock market kicked off the Year of the Ox on a strong note yesterday with second liners, particularly Malaysian Clob-traded stocks, grabbing centrestage.
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        217 22 SMu Htmm •MBfHWgs50c„ 26,202.000 •hornet 19,140,000 •Berjaya Ind 13,524,000 fACS 50c 10,826,000 Lteroy M 20c 10,306,000 SMS United 10c 8,282,000 HK Land US$0.1 8,265,000 IWiong WtOO 7,653,000 •W Corp Wt 6,136.000 •AmsteH Wt 5,965,000 Mi IM Foreign 29,811,924 fromet 29,366,230 *lerpy Ind 24,809,400 It Land US$0.1 24,637,230 f»f Hidgs 50c
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          Bull trends
          149 22 "LONG-TERM investors will do well in the Year of the Bull (Year of the Ox to some), but traders and speculators may be gored as world markets charge around like a herd of mad cows," predict the half-serious experts at Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia Ltd in their annual
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          A hole in his pocket
          114 22 A GOLFER, who is also a banker and who goes frequently to Phuket in Thailand for his game, had this story to tell He decided to invest in a condominium built by the same people who built the "best golf course in Phuket". However, after
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          Land of the free fall
          102 22 MORE about Thailand. The state of the Thai stock market is being increasingly brought up at many a party and dinner gathering. Many Thai stocks have lost more than half their values, with some having plunged by as much as 90 per cent from their
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          Funny Valentine
          74 22 ORCHARD ROAD has finally outdone itself. The standard of some outdoor decorations has hit an all-time low. If you happen to pass by Orchard Point (between Centrepoint and Orchard Plaza), you will notice a giant figure of a woman with unsettling features and quite odd proportions. Crawling up
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      603 22 g BUSINESS IN THE MATTEK OF HBP THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER. 9* AND IN THE MATTEK OF UDINDA ASIA ENTERPRISES (PTE) LTD (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Chapter SO that a Final Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed company
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      270 22 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Ram Kripal Pandey of 34-B Hertford Rd Singapore *****8, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop in respect of M/s Metrade (S) Pte Ltd located at Blk 21, #01-163 Ghim Moh Rd Singapore *****1 and that this application will be considered by the Liquors
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      326 22 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 WALMAR MARINE PTE LTD (In Liquidation) At a general meeting of WALMAR MARINE PTE LTD duly convened and held on the 3rd day of February. 1997 the following special resolution was passed: SPECIAL RESOLUTION That the Company be wound up voluntarily pursuant to Section 290(1
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      201 22 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Saminathan Shanmuganathan of 30, Woodsville Close Singapore *****8, have applied for a 2nd Class Beer House in respect of M/s Sutha's Restaurant Pte Ltd located at 19 21 Upper Dickson Road, Singapore *****8, and that this application will be considered by the Liquors Licensing
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      327 23 Bridge News HOLIDAYS curbed activity in a slow start to the week on the freight market, but rates remained firm for Panamax tonnage in both the Atlantic and Far East, brokers said. Biffex was reasonably quiet, with little fresh physical news emerging after the Far East New Year
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      294 23 StS i iJK 'toe H*n s$ CWT Distribution 1.23 -0.01 50 Oman Hup L01 *0.07 1492 Cose* Investment 1.50 -O.OI 33 FELS 6.75 -0J5 457 Freight Links 0.78 *0.03 457 GtHoMta* 0.935 *0.025 83 HaiSunMup 1.05 *0.02 376 Hitachi Zoeen 0.83 *0.025 193 MC Holdings HK 5 .60
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      Lock icon Indian ship subsidy may get nod by end of Feb
      292 23 Cabinet approval will give major boost to shipbuilding industry Business Line [VISAKHAPATNAM] The Indian shipbuilding industry is set to receive a major boost, with the Finance Ministry and the cabinet likely to approve a shipbuilding subsidy scheme before the end
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      Lock icon Carnival places order for third mega luxury liner
      422 23  -  Italian shipyard Fincantieri to build ship similar to Carnival Destiny costing USs43om By' Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Carnival Corporation, the largest cruise operator in the US, has placed an order for a third mega luxury liner along the lines of Carnival Destiny,
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      Ruling on Nagasaki Spirit lets salvors know where they stand
      727 23  -  STRAIT TALE By I Seafarer LAST WEEK the UK's House of Lords followed decisions by lower courts in the Nagasaki Spirit case by rejecting arguments that "special compensation" awards should include a profit element. It was not the decision they
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      295 23 Committee to determine if port is accident-prone Bernama, Bridge News [POßT KLANG] Malaysia's Klang Port Authority (KPA) chairman Michael Chen said port officials would soon investigate the weekend accident involving a cargo ship at West Port, to determine if the port was accident-prone.
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      HKSOA owns fewer ships
      102 23 [HONGKONG] The number of ships owned by Hongkong Shipowners Association members dropped last year. HKSOA figures for 19% show deadweight tonnage down by 725,000 to 55.3 million and a corresponding drop of 300,000 gross tons to 32.8 million. The fall was caused by the resignation of
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      Cenargo to develop UK warehousing centre
      204 23 [SINGAPORE) Britain's largest privately-owned shipping group Cenargo International Limited plans to develop the former naval site at Eaglescliffe, Teeside, into an integrated warehousing and distribution centre. Cenargo was recently selected as the preferred bidder for the 40.0 haex-Royal Navy Supply Depot site, which it
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      US keeps up pressure on Japan, will decide on sanctions by end-Feb
      232 23 [WASHINGTON] The US will make a final decision late this month to impose proposed sanctions on Japanese freighters amid an ongoing dispute over Japan's seaport services, US administration and industry sources said. But Washington is taking the usual
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        Lock icon Daewoo Heavy wins US$150m order
        64 23 Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] Daewoo Heavy Industries Co, one of South Korea's biggest shipbuilders, said it received a US$l5O million (Ss2lo million) order from Canadian shipping company Maritime Ltd to build three 2,800-tonne container ships. Daewoo already secured an order last month to build an
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        Lock icon World's first MST delivered
        95 23 Reuter [OSLO] The world's first multipurpose shuttle tanker (MST), BergeHugin, has been delivered to a partnership < between Den norskestats oljeselskap AS and Bergesen ASA from its South Korean shipyard. The vessel is sailing towards the North Sea as a conventional tanker ami will pick up
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        Japanese union demands wage increase
        64 23 [TOKYO] The Japan Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Workers' Unions wants a 13,000 yen (*****.20) rise in basic monthly salary for its members and submitted the proposal to management late last week, said a Nikkei News report This is the first pay rise request from
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        70 23 Reuter [TALLINN] Estonian Privatisation agency will call a second round of tenders to decide on one or more bidders to buy a stake in Estonian Shipping, the country's second largest company. The agency said in a statement that five groups of companies presented
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      207 23 NYT [NEW YORK] Business and civic leaders are hoping to lure a gambling boat to a depressed area of Queens, in an attempt to inject some economic life into the region. The plan, initiated by the Rockaway Chamber of Commerce last week, is
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      1031 24  -  FLOWER POWER: ANNUAL AIR FREIGHT GROWTH SEEN AT 10-15 PER CENT Air shipments between the United States and Latin America are slow in the weeks after the Christmas-New Year holidays, but air freight demand typically rises in the weeks that follow, when flowers pour north
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      361 24 PAGE Ethiopian 6 J3 EuroHansa 6 AM. 3 EufOMSt Abie V6 Ewrgreen 6 t Accord 8 H.-Bright 9 Ahrenkiel 4 famous Appenship 4 Farwide 13 Astro 3 FoonqSun 8 Austral 9 Frota 14 Avant 6 WUnks B'tanq Mas 8 Frt World 7 BSA
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      14164 32 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser VmmI Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SV M/02 07/03 OSEN HAMBURG SENATOR WF7K 45-2274*4 A is/02 04/03 MISC A PL. INDONESIA 3047 65-*****22 To ADELAIDE (AOL) 2007 H/02
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