The Business Times, 2 April 1997

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85* I SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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  • Article
    Tokyo feels heat from biggest corporate failure
    596 1  -  Three affiliates of Nippon Credit Bank collapse under I,Boob yen debt From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE single biggest failure in Japanese corporate history rocked Tokyo yesterday as an affiliate of the troubled Nippon Credit Bank Ltd collapsed under a mountain of debt
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    Lock icon HK stocks reel as Dow's falls come home to roost
    443 1  -  Sftng plnmmAtg 3.7% to its lowest level since October ProrrH Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG shares plunged nearly 4 per cent yesterday as the market caught up with heavy losses in the last two sessions in Wall Street. Spooked
    Source: Bloomberg  -  443 words
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    Telecom industry gets $100m grant scheme
    454 1  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] The government yesterday marked the start of competition in mobile communications by announcing a $100 million telecommunications development grant scheme and the scrapping of licence fees for mobile phones. Speaking at the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore's fifth anniversary dinner
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    Lock icon Baby, it's you
    59 1 [SINGAPORE] 77* buzz is on for Hutchison Paging. At its Raffles Place promotion yesterday, thin Hutchison Paging staffer was making heads turn with his placard of a larger-than-life infant and! the slogan, Bom with an attitude". The company is one of three new players in Singapore's recently
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      More can be done to block M'sian pirated software: US
      369 2  -  By, Audrey Tan ALTHOUGH Singapore has about the lowest computer software piracy rate in Asia, piracy remains a problem here and more can be done by the government to combat the recent upswing in pirated software from Malaysia, says the
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      ST Messaging fires price salvo with $9.80 offer
      397 2  -  Paging operator prices numeric plan 10 cents below Hutchison's Teh Hooi Ling THE war has begun. ST Messaging, one of the new entrants in the paging market, yesterday undercut fellow newcomer Hutchison Paging by 10 cents to offer its numeric plan at
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      Collective sale for 4 Cairnhill houses
      237 2 OWNERS of four terrace houses in Cairnhill Circle are banding together to sell their properties to the highest bidder. The four plots, which add up to a redevelopment site area of 11,183 sq ft, went on sale by public tender on Monday. Located in
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      ORC to make 120MB floppy drives in S'pore
      499 2  -  Local firm hopes drive will eventually replace conventional L44MB drives in PCs By Kenneth James HOME-GROWN O R Computer System (ORC), the major developer of the ultra-high capacity floppy drive used by Compaq Computer and other major PC players, will begin making
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      Lock icon Calvin Klein goes full steam into Asia
      536 2  -  By, Jenny Lam AMERICAN fashion house Calvin Klein is poised for a major expansion in Asia, a move which is spearheaded partly by its tie-up with Singapore fashion diva Christina Ong. Mrs Ong's fashion vehicle Club 21 had recently clinched the rights to
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      So were you taken for a ride – in a bullock cart?
      220 2 So were you taken for a ride in a bullock cart? WE confess. We took you for a ride yesterday with our report about a proposal to introduce bullock-cart and horse-car-riage rides in the central city area. It was our traditional April Fool's Day story. And, riddled though it was
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      Lock icon Private spending growth to slow
      314 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Consumption By Lee Kee Yeng GROWTH in private consumption is expected to slow down this year, going by latest forecasts culled by Londonbased Consensus Economics Inc. The projections by 15 economic forecasters in Singapore peg private spending growth at between 5.1
      Source: Dept of Stats/Consensus Economics Inc  -  314 words
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      Minor fire at Mobil is second mishap in two days
      249 2 MOBIL Oil Singapore has run into two mishaps in two successive days during its on-go-ing maintenance shutdown, with a minor fire at its refinery yesterday morning, following a deadly gas leak at its aromatics complex on Monday. Yesterday's fire caused
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Esso, BP raise petrol prices
        82 2 PETROL giants Esso and BP increased pump prices over the weekend. Petrol went up four cents and diesel was increased two cents per litre. Premium grade leaded petrol now costs 134.7 cents per litre, and unleaded premium costs 122.6 cents. Intermediate-grade unleaded petrol now retails
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        S'pore grads first among 'firsts'
        68 2 GRADUATES of three University of London (UOL) programmes conducted at the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) took eight of the 15 first-class honours awarded to external students of these programmes worldwide. This is the highest number of "firsts" achieved by students from the UOL programmes
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        New CEO for tech park developer
        84 2 INFORMATION Technology Park Ltd (ITPL) announced that Kang Kok Hin has replaced Cheang Kok Kheong as chief executive officer with effect from yesterday. ITPL, the developer of International Tech Park in Bangalore, is owned by a Singapore consortium led by Technology Park of Singapore
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        Ambassador to Mongolia appointed
        30 2 THE government has appointed Michael Teo Eng Cheng as ambassador to Mongolia. BG Teo is concurrently ambassador to Korea and will continue to reside in Seoul.
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      160 2 Have you ever wondered why there is such a high turnover in your Accounts Denartment? Make a qualified person do drudgery. Make him do duplication all day long. Make him camp in at month ends. Nights out at year end. Also expect him to perform miracles. And what do you
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      7 2 Singapore Business Giving you the winning edge
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Don't go long on US bonds
      504 4  -  TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT With price and cycles pointing south, caution is needed By Naresh Verma The writer is manager of technical analysis advisory (South-east Asia) at Dow Jones. The opinions in this column are personal and do not represent the views of the writer's employer.
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      ACU DEPOSIT RATES
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      Analysts give New Toyo the thumbs up
      550 4  -  Strength of paper products maker lies in its growth potential in the region Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] New Toyo International, next in line to get on the Stock Exchange of Singapore's main board, has received the thumbs up from analysts. The company, which makes
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Indon govt plans seminar on Sukarno's 1966 exit
      468 6  -  JAKARTA Analysts puzzled; move criticised by opposition including Sukarno's daughter By S N Vasuki AS INDONESIA'S ruling establishment braces itself for crucial parliamentary elections on May 29, analysts are puzzled by the government's plan to hold a seminar on the dramatic events
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      Lock icon Megawati barred from May polls, final list shows
      186 6 f ■JAKARTA AFP PRESIDENT Suharto's children and other relatives will contest general elections next month while opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri and her supporters have been barred, a final list of candidates showed yesterday. The National Election Institute published a list of 2,285
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      Lock icon Thai securitisation draft bill gets nod
      242 6 BANGKOK Reuter THE Thai cabinet on Monday approved in principle a draft law on securitising doubtful assets and debts in a move to help the ailing property sector but analysts do not expect any quick respite for cashstrapped developers. "I don't think this will
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      Lock icon Thai central bank clears officials in BBC case
      155 6 BANGKOK Reuter THE Bank of Thailand said yesterday it found deputy central bank governor Jaroong Nookhwun and two other senior bank officials not guilty of negligence in a bungled civil court case against executives of Bangkok Bank of Commerce pic. A central
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      Lock icon KL to discuss bilateral ties today
      250 6 KUALA LUMPUR AFP THE Malaysian cabinet is expected to take up bilateral ties with Singapore at its weekly meeting today following Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's return from Japan. Sources close to the cabinet said Dr Mahathir would ask his ministers Cor an explanation for
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      Lock icon Bangkok city lines go dead after bungle by phone body
      151 6 ft BANGKOK Reuter THOUSANDS of telephones went dead yesterday in the central Bangkok financial district after a failed attempt by the Telephone Organisation of Thailand (TOT) to switch phone systems, TOT sources said. "Some 33,000 telephone lines in the central
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      Satellite phone system launched
      192 6  -  SINGAPORE By 1 Toh Han Shih A PORTABLE pvwnal satellite phone and communication system that Is lighter and about 75 per cent cheaper than previous ones and which will appeal to the Asean market was launched here yesterday. The service, called Planet 1, is meant for
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      Cambodian violence a setback for Asean
      602 6  -  AHAVIBf Khmer Infighting poses msjor problems for group By Yang Razali Kassim THE weekend blast in Phnom Penh which killed 12 people and injured 100 other*—including opposition leader Sam Ralnsy and several journalists does not bode well for Asean. In the pest, such violence
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      307 6 When Lucent Technologies wanted to show off their new logo, we responded in nanoseconds. They had a new name and logo, little known as yet in «g Japan. But Lucent Technologies' Microelectronics Group was about change that this global communications and computing business. the chips were down, so to speak.
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  • CHINA – HONGKONG – TAIWAN
    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon PLA team may be sent to HK this month
        67 7 AFP [HONGKONG] China is likely to send a 200-member advance military party to Hongkong this month, after agreement between Beijing and London, it was reported here yesterday. The first batch of2oo-unarmed members of the People's Liberation Army will arrive in April,
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        Lock icon Motorola donates 5m yuan to China
        81 7 AFP [HONGKONG] Motorola Inc has made donations of cash and gifts worth five million yuan (S$860,000) to promote higher education in China, the semi-official China News Service said yesterday. A financial donation of three million yuan has been made to eight institutions, mainly universities
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        Lock icon Scrap illegal levies, local govts told
        65 7 AFP [BEIJING] China's central government has tried again to curb the host of illegal levies imposed by local governments on already impoverished farmers, Xinhua reported yesterday. A 13-point decree from the central committee of the Communist Party and the State Council orders all local
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      Lock icon Foreign banks to pay 33% tax on yuan trade
      225 7 SHANGHAI Reuter CHINA has set the income tax rate for foreign banks doing local currency business at 33 per cent, the same as that for Chinese banks, officials said yesterday. Chinese bankers welcomed the move, saying the tax rate would enable
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      Lock icon Vancouver's HK settlers go home
      354 7 VANCOUVER Posh factors include new corporate rules FT THOUSANDS of the Hongkong Chinese who have transformed Vancouver from a sleepy provincial capital into a vibrant international city in the last 10 years are turning their backs on Canada to return to the British territory. Community
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      Lock icon US will defend Taiwan from attack, Gingrich tells China
      516 7 TOKYO Bering warns US not to mD more high-tech weapons to Taipei Reuter [TOKYO] US House Speaker Newt Gingrich said yesterday that Washington stuck to its one-China policy but added he had told Beijing that in his view the US would
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      No capital gains tax for HK property: Treasury Secretary
      439 7  -  HONGKONG Colony won't Mow STpore move to curb speculation despite prices rising 30% over past year By] Loh Hui Yin HONGKONG will not follow Singapore by imposing a capital gains tax on property sales to cool down the property market, a
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      Lock icon China human rights abuse widespread?
      92 7 GENEVA AFP CHINA'S human rights record received a grilling yesterday by a top US official here who told the Human Rights Commission that abuses in the country were still widespread. US permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador William Richardson, acknowledged two decades of economic
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      983 7 Southern Bank Berhad (Incorporated in Malaysia) (5303-W) AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1996 The Directors are pleased to announce the audited results of the Bank and the Group for the year ended 31 December 1996 as follows:The Bank The Group 1996 1995 Change 1996 1995 Change RM'OOO
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Gowda's party confident of getting budget passed
      458 11 INDIA'S POLITICAL CRISIS Bat opposition party BJP says budget most await confidence vote on govt on April 11 Reuter, Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Embattled Indian Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda moved to win public support yesterday with a proposal to push his government's
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      Lock icon S Korean trade deficit quadruples to US$1.88b
      358 11 SEOUL March exports down i JL9%, hit by slump in chip, car shipments AFP SOUTH Korea's trade deficit ;more than quadrupled in a year to US$l.BB billion (552.7 billion) in March, hit by a protracted slump in semiconductor and auto exports, the government
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Landmark decision in Pakistan
        78 11 AFP [ISLAMABAD] Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced on Monday a landmark decision to do away with a discretionary presidential authority to dissolve the elected national assembly. President Farooq Ahmed Leghari had agreed to the move, which will "restore the supremacy of the parliament", Mr Sharif
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        Lock icon S Korea gets four new chaebol
        83 11 Reuter [SEOUL] South Korea has promoted four businesses to the rank of chaebol, the 30 largest industrial conglomerates in terms of assets, the Fair Trade Commission said yesterday. They are the Anam, Keo Pyung, Miwon and Shinho groups. Anam and Keo Pyung grew rapidly
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        Lock icon Inquiry into PNG mercenary deal begins
        63 11 Reuter [PORT MORESBY] A public inquiry began in Papua New Guinea yesterday into a US$36 million (5550.4 million) contract between the government and a British military firm for mercenaries and arms to crush a long-running rebellion on Bougainville island. The deal last month sparked
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      Lock icon Howard meets Jiang, says China visit successful
      363 11 BEIJING Reuter AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard yesterday met Chinese President Jiang Zemin and hailed his visit to China as a successful attempt to bolster economic ties between Beijing and Canberra. "A good thing about the visit is that I brought a very
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      7 11 Singapore Business Giving you the winning edge
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      595 11 India loses no matter who wins, Editorial Pg 14 Java here to hange the way the internet, intranet and enterprise are New become Customers are better. new paradigm shift, s Sun Microsystems reaffirms its leadership advanced network technology. close. THE NETWORK IS THE COMPUTER™ N+l KEYNOTE SPEAKERS JflUfl DRV G>
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US shareholders sue Bre-X for fraud
      419 13 DEL RIO, Texas Investors in lawsuit seek class-actioa status; shares climb op in Toronto Bloomberg Reuter BRE-X Minerals shareholders in Texas and New York have filed fraud suits against the mining exploration company, saying it misled investors about the size and value of its
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      Lock icon US leading indicators index bits new high
      224 13 NEW YORK Bloomberg THE US index of leading economic indicators intended to project economic activity over the next half year increased for the 13th straight month in February. The Conference Board's index rose 0.5 to a new high of 103.5 in February, one
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Netanyahu,Mubarak in war of words
        77 13 AFP [JERUSALEM] Israeli FrttM Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Heeni Mubarak traiai virulent barbs via the laraeil media yesterday, each accusing the other of sabota(Ulf the peace process. Mr Mubarak opened the sktraMl by charginf that Mr Netanyahu had dragged tlte Middle East into
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        Lock icon Part of France Telecom to be sold in May
        76 13 AFP [PARIS] The French state aspects to eftar fart of Frtnes Telecom for sale in May, PUiaeee Minister Jean ArtMs said yesterday, adding that the flovefnawnt hepee la talis 30-50 billion francs (597.7-sl2JbUlion). "Somepaints hm% yet to be settled: the price
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        Lock icon Major-Blair TV debate off?
        82 13 AFP [LONDON] A live TV debate between Prime Minister Jehu Major and Labour oppoeition chaOenger Tsny Blslr, to have been the flrst in Britieh politka, appeared to be dead in the water yesterday alter a new round of accusations. Labour campaign managsrFetar MsMMss* saMtks debate was
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      Lock icon US faults China, Japan on trade curbs and piracy
      308 13 WASHINGTON Bloomberg CHINA and Japan topped a list of countries the Clinton administration says are restricting access to American products. The annual review is a precursor to steps the administration might take, coming 30 days before the administration releases a report
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Jobs market: Don't follow in Spain's steps
      785 14  -  THB BOTTOM UVB OPINION Bjl Paul Samuelson The writer is an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This commentary first appeared in Las Angeies Times BECAUSE economics is not an exact science, there can be sensible debate about which policies are best
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      110 14 'Sexual harassment, especially at mostly male workplaces, is serious. Amid low awareness, however, it is supposed to be tolerated as a joke.' »■■!> limih a Japanese lawyer on the launch of sexual harassment insurance for companies in Japan. 'If the Chinese indeed tried to influence the election
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      India loses no matter who wins
      666 14 EDITORIAL NO matter how India's political crisis is resolved, it is bound to affect investor confidence and slow down growth just as a boldly imaginative budget promised to give a boost to industry. Tragically, this blow to the aspirations of 940 million Indians has
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      Lock icon Fed's winning record
      986 14  -  US central bank's superior information is key to successful moves against inflation By< Gerard Baker Financial Times WHY did the United States Federal Reserve raise interest rates last week? The obvious answer is that it concluded the risk of rising inflationary pressures in the US economy warranted
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    • Article
      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      801 14 THE decision by Sitaram Kesri, the veteran leader of In dia's once all-powerful Congress party, to withdraw his support from the country's ruling coalition is extraordinary. It comes when the 13party United Front minority government seems to have forged a coherent strategy both on domestic and
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      A good weekend for art
      832 16  -  Some disappointments but Sotheby's and Christie's auctions were an overall success, says BBN MUMHOE BEN MUNROE Nobody liked artist Lee Man Fong's painting Life in Bali enough to pay the estimated $700,000 to $900,000 for it, but that didn't mean that last weekend's art auctions
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      749 16 PROFILE Writing not only pays for John Grisham, it gives him a chance to get back at people NYT [NEW YORK] John Grisham writes a double-edged brand of escapist fiction. A Grisham is a page-turning legal thriller in which the leading character often
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      S'pore-managed funds grow 39% to $125b
      700 17  -  Another 26 fond managers set np operations here; 2 local offices manage above $10b each By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Asian markets may have under-performed last year, but Singapore's regional role as a major fund management centre continued undiminished, data provided by fund managers showed.
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      Lock icon Want Want on US$100m expansion
      330 17  -  Snack maker plans posh into sake, sugar starch production By* Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Snack maker Want Want Holdings is spending US$lOO million (Ssl44 million) to expand its capacity nd launch new products in W"he money will come from retained earnings and borrowings, the Taiwan-based
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      JSL takeover would be major funding exercise for SembCorp
      687 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih LIFE for Sembawang Corporation shareholders is never dull. On Monday, they learnt that their company is pushing ahead to merge its shipyards with that of friendly rival Jurong Shipyard. Now, it looks like they may
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      Creative wins temporary restraining order in US
      555 17  -  Order obtained against chip maker Cyrix and a retailer By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology has won a temporary restraining order against USbased Cyrix Corp and a Cyrix customer in a US court, the company said yesterday. The order restrains chip maker Cyrix
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        KLSE main board listings: paid-up raised to M$50m
        684 18  -  Bat track record requirement eased under new guidelines from SC From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur LOCAL and foreign-based companies that aspire to be listed on the main board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) will now need to have a
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        42% of Excel shares for big investors
        336 18  -  Annette Pau [SINGAPORE) Big investors who applied for at least 100 lots of Excel's initial public offer have been allotted the lion's share of the issue. They got about 42 per cent of the shares, while retail investors trying for up to nine
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        Lock icon F&N in KL Sentral retail project
        167 18 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Resources Corp said it is planning a joint venture with Singapore's Fraser Neave Ltd to develop part of the Kuala Lumpur Sentral project in the Malaysian capital. The group, which includes Fraser Neave's Centre point Properties Ltd unit, will sign
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        Mulpha in buy-out to boost bid for control of affiliate
        359 18  -  M&buhay Holdings now owns 43.6% of Interport Resources From Al Labita in Manila A LISTED flagship of Malaysia's Mulpha International Bhd has bought out some shareholders of an affiliate company it has been fighting to gain control of. The buy-out
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          New Toyo plans US$3.5m China plant
          50 18 {SINGAPORE] New Toyo, whose IPO closes today,is planning a US$3.5 million (Sss million) plant in the Wuhu Development Zone in China. The project, which will have an annual capacity 0f24,000 tonnes, will be its first venture into the corrugated carton box business in China.
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          Informatics buys part of UK consultancy
          52 18 [SINGAPORE] Informatics Holdings has expanded its consultancy business abroad with the acquisition of the education division of UK- incorporated NCC Service® Ltd (NCCSL). The acquisition, which will cost £2.15 million (SSS million) in cash, will be made through Informatics' wholly-owned unit, Thames Management Consultants
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          CM Telecom in China joint venture deal
          74 18 [SINGAPORE] CM Telecom International (CMTI), which is listed here on the foreign board, has entered into an agreement in China through associated company CM Mobile Telecom Hongkong (CMM). The contract is with China Motion Telecom Development (CMTD) to set up a joint venture
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          SBS Engineering ups paid-up capital
          41 18 [SINGAPORE! Singapore Bus Service Ltd's wholly owned subsidiary SBS Engineering has increased its paid-up capital from $5 million to $20 million by the allotment of an additional 15 million $1 shares to its parent at par.
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          Changes in boards of directors
          99 18 [SINGAPORE] These companies yesterday announced changes to their boards: Joining: Pan-United Corporation Ch'ng Jit Koon, chairman and non-executive director; Henry Ng Han Whatt, deputy chairman and chief executive officer, John Lim Kok Min, group managing director. Singapore Telecom Lim Chuan Poh, director. First Engineering Yin
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        Norwegian firm gets SES nod for secondary listing
        211 18  -  Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Nera ASA, a Norwegian telecommunications group, has received inprinciple approval for a secondary listing on the mainboard of the Stock Exchange of Singapore, the company said yesterday. "With about 39 per cent of our revenue coming from Asia,
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        Lock icon Gold Peak may cut stakes in S'pore units
        194 18 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Gold Peak Industries (Holdings) Ltd, a Hongkong electronics company, said it is preparing for the possibility that its Singaporetraded subsidiaries could sell shares this year. The subsidiaries, GP Batteries International and Clipsal Industries, could sell new shares equivalent to up
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        Lock icon First Pacific unit NTT in Philippine multimedia project
        239 19 Bloomberg [MANILA] Smart Communications Inc said it formed a joint venture with Nippon Telegraph Telephone Corp to provide multimedia services in the Philippines. Smart, a unit of Hongkong's First Pacific Co Ltd, and NTT filed an application with the Securities and Exchange
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        502 19 Money raised from IPOs in US this year may fall 20% from last year's record USs6ob Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Global stock sales are tapering off from last year's record US$3Ol billion (***** billion) pace, largely because offerings in the US,
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        Lock icon Decoder box subsidy to cost £700m: BSkyB
        236 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] British Sky Broadcasting Group has told its digi-tal-television partners it may cost £700 million (551.65 billion) £200 million more than expected to subsidise the cost of set-top decoder boxes, the Financial Times said. BSkyß, the UK's leading satellite broadcaster, British Telecommunications
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        Lock icon ITT sells Alcatel Alsthom stake for US$530m
        337 19 Sale represents a gain of more than 25% over book value of shares NYT [NEW YORK] Takeover target ITT Corp said on Monday that it had sold its remaining 4.5 million shares in Alcatel Alsthom, the French telecommunications equipment maker, for about US$53O
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        Lock icon Compaq to focus on customised orders, direct sales
        277 19 Bloomberg [HOUSTON] Compaq Computer Corp said it is revamping its manufacturing and distribution strategy, building more computers to fill corporate customers' specific orders and selling directly to end users. The move is an effort to reduce costs by controlling inventory and harnessing
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        143 19 Reuter [AMSTERDAM] Dutch financial services group ING Groep NV (ING) said yesterday it is combining its ING Barings investment banking unit with its ING Bank International corporate banking unit. ING spokesman Ruud Polet said the two subsidiaries had been cooperating since the Dutch
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        Lock icon A psychological shift
        1322 21 As the Dow slides on fears of more rate hikes, investors question the bull market's underpinnings NYT [NEW YORK] IT HAS been one of the greatest bull markets in history, with a run that in February helped push the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 7,000 points for
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        Simex overhauls energy futures for better hedging
        555 22  -  Exchange launching revised fuel oil and gas ail contracts after nolliM comnanies. brokers and traders By\ Ronnie Lim [SINGAPORE] A major revamp of energy futures is underway at the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) aimed at providing the oil industry with better hedging
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        DBS launches new global bond fund
        409 22  -  Funds invested in Asian, 6-10 bonds; 8% returns expected By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank's asset management arm yesterday announced the launch of a global bond fund pitched at investors looking for fixed-in-come exposure with lower volatility than equities. The executive director of PBS
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        322 22 FT (WASHINGTON] James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank, on Monday won pie unanimous approval of member states for a sweeping reorganisation of the institution designed to increase its efficiency. The plan involves adding US$25O million (Ss36o million) to the organisation's running costs by
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        239 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter (SINGAPORE) The local bunker market faces stormy seas as it struggles to maintain a hold on shippers increasingly preferring to refuel in South Korea and the UAE. industry sources said yesterday. "The Asia bunker pie is growing, but Singapore is getting a
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        Traders keen to buy into April contract
        198 22  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Ric Trotta Trotta, floor manager, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan index futures opened at its low and swiftly moved higher, as buyers aggressively looked to get long in the April contract. Cash stocks also moved
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        259 22 Bloomberg [CHICAGO) Corn and soybeans for delivery following the 1997 harvests plunged after the government said plantings in the US this spring could be the largest since the 1980s. Farmers intend to plant 68.8 million acres of soybeans, up 7.2 per cent from last
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        292 22 Reuter London THE US dollar recovered some composure and was off lows against the mark and a touch firmer against the yen, though still raw after sharp falls in US assets and jittery ahead of Wall Street's opening. "There is a bit of nervousness with the Dow being
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      1670 23 Reuter Q Nikkei 225 -IMUI STOCKS ended moderately lower on the first day of the 1997/98 financial year yesterday, as Wall Street's overnight tumble hurt global shares, while bank woes renewed worries about Japan's financial system, brokers said. The 225-share Nikkei Average shed 133.81 points to 17,869.59. Its June
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      2331 23 LONDON Industrials *»f 91 Nam AB Ports 270 -4.400 ABfcey National 739.400 -5.600 Allied Domecq 448 -12 »m« 144 4.600 Asda Group 107.400 -1.600 BAT Ind 509.600 -7.400 BGPtc 161 -1 BtCC 268.400 *1.400 BOC Croup 942.600 -12.400 BR Petroleum 706.400 unch BTR 262.200 -4.800 Bank of
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      1546 24 AFP {jHangSeng -460J3 SHARE prices plunged 3.7 per cent yesterday, following a sharp fall in New York over fears about US interest rates. "Trading is volatile, following the fall on Wall Street," ,«said a dealer. He said there 'was strong selling pressure on property and financial shares due to
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      648 24 Reuter k3 Shenzhen B Index -0.07 THE Shenzhen B market closed lower yesterday as investors took profit from gains earlier in the session but the mood remained positive. The B Index edged down 0.07 point to 162.50 on turnover of HKJ73.3 million. "Investors took profit after the B Index
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      393 24 AFP QVP latex +15L21 STOCKS finished 2 per cent higher yesterday as investors bought bargain-priced issues while prices elsewhere in Asia fell in reaction to a sharp overnight drop on Wall Street. "Confidence was restored by Formosa Plastics Group's pledge to drop its investment in a mainland power plant
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      263 24 Reuter Q Wellington jUj SHARE prices ended sharply lower yesterday, the market responding to the cumulative effect of sharp falls on Wall Street. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 29.26 points down at 2,207.48. Reuter *#rw mm AHZ BAnkinq 8.82 -0.18 ***** A0v*nt*9»> HWqs 1-J0 unci) nOOO Ak Nn ZuMnd
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      818 24 AFP P SET Index -IOJI SHARE prices fell in thin trading yesterday after falls on Wall Street led to selling pressure on blue chip and secondline stocks, analysts said. The SET Index was off 10.69 points to 694.74. Turnover was 53.6 million shares worth 1.8 billion baht. The banking
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      409 24 AFP Q Composite Inig -435 STOCKS closed lower yesterday, as investors remained on the sidelines after the release of dismal trade figures. "The trade figures showed our economy was worse off compared to last year. People realise that we are not yet out of the woods," an analyst said.
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      600 24 AFP PAllOriiiariai -70J SHARES crashed 2.9 per cent to their lowest level in more than three months yesterday, wiping A 510.58 billion (Ssl2 billion) off the exchange's market capitalisation. The All Ordinaries Index finished 70.1 points down at 2,352.2, which was its lowest close since Dec 19,1996, when it
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      763 24 AFP P Composite Index -10.23 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday as Wall Street's fall and regional market weakness undermined sentiment. "The Dow was down and regional markets have also tumbled. I think the downturn in the region has affected sentiment here," said a trader. "There was some foreign buying
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      334 24 AFP P Manila -SLH SHARE prices fell yesterday in reaction to the fall on Wall Street, brokers said. The PSE Composite Index fell 51.19 points at 3,171.79. Turnover was at 9.9 billion shares worth 2.1 billion pesos. Petron Corp fell 25 centavos to close at 10.50 pesos while Philippine
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        Lock icon KL loan curbs continue to hit shares
        565 25 AFX-Asia Q Compositelndex -15J33 SHARE prices closed lower across the board yesterday on the back of a continued selldown following new monetary measures introduced by Bank Negara. Dealers said a consecutive decline on Wall Street further dampened market sentiments. The KLSE Composite Index
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        206 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By. R Sivanithy THE KLSE Second Board has gained a reputation for being one of the most volatile segments available to local punters. It's also an area which has frequently confounded its critics despite falling steeply in the
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        65 28  -  by; Shiv Taneja INFORMATICS HOLDINGS, which closed 0.5 cent higher yesterday to 75 cents on a volume of 2.19 million shares is a buy at current levels. There is a strong buy signal from the daily MACD chart, and this is supported by the daily and weekly RSI
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        208 28 StedU VotWM HK Land US$0.1 4,615,000 UB 3.774,000 'tasted Wt 3.208,000 KWHIdgs50c 3.199,000 •EACB50C 2,679,000 •Kemayan WtOO 2,479,000 •PJDevWt 2,362,000 •AsiaPacLd 2,258,000 HBF Land 3hd 2,230,000 •Berjayalnd 2.214,000 Stocks J CNy Dev50c 18,960,950 OCSC Foreign 18,652,964 DOB Foreign 18,392,615 MS Foreign 17,937.130 SU Foreign 10,765,920 HK Land US$0.1 10,459,810 NatSteei50c
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        Market resilient despite Dow's 157-point fall
        628 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Broad market, however, registers a relatively weak 112-221 advance-decline score; observers call for caution in the face of Wall Street uncertainty By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Traders here who braced themselves for a selling onslaught following another weak session on Wall Street
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          What's that name again?
          166 28 SPARE a thought for the brokers working at what used to be known simply as HG Asia. The firm had just got around to persuading everyone to use the more fUlsome and formal Hoare Govett Securities, when Dutch banking group ABN Amro decided to lay some
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          Can we chat?
          104 28 AT LEAST one independent director is lamenting what he perceives to be a general lack of communication between directors and the Stock Exchange of Singapore. As an example of the state of affairs, he claimed that some directors these days will not reply to any SES query
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          They've got the boatman talking
          161 28 THE competition between Singapore Telecom and Mobile One is taking on the nature of a cloak-and-dagger game. For its launch show at Boat Quay on Monday night that was washed out by the rain, Ml had chartered a barge which it decked out with the
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          Be there or be square
          137 28 SO YOU thought the folk* at Ml were devastated when they were rained out on Monday night? Well, if they were, they recovered quickly. Soon after chief executive Neil Monteftore announced that the river show had to be cancelled, we gather that Ml got straight
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          A win-win-win situation
          98 28 A NEW type of operator has sprung up with the Ml launch. Some Ml trialists who were queue ing to return their trial handphones were approached by middlemen to transfer the phones to them for a fee. This is allowed as long as the transferee signs up
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      529 18 QSR MANAGEMENT PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 21st Hoor Kar East Finance Centre 16 Harcourt Road Hong Kong on Friday. 14 March 1997 al 1.30 p.m.. the following Special Resolutions were passed:It was rcsolved:That the Company be wound-up voluntarily pursuant
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      529 18 M THE MATTER Of THE COMPAMES ACT, CAP. M SEME SWPPMG PTE LTD Msatosn' NMqf Liquidation At an Extraordnarv General Meebng of tie Company deemed to be hen on 27 March 1997 the following resolutions were duly paiwt as:SPECIAL RESOLUTION That the Company be wound up voluntarily.' OROMARY RESOLUTION 'That
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      PSA negotiating to build container terminal in Aden
      485 29  -  It has a contract to provide management, operations services at an existing terminal By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) is all set to operate and manage an existing terminal, and negotiating to build a new container terminal,
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      India's Gesco orders 2 Samsung tankers
      181 29  -  Afhuuunsof 106,000 dwt to cost USs4omeach From Vivek Raghuvanshi in New Delhi INDIA'S Great Eastern Shipping Company's (Gesco) has placed an order with Samsung Shipyard of South Korea to build two Aframax tankers of 105,000 deadweight tonnes. Gesco officials told Shipping Times that the
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      Myanmar ports handle record cargo traffic
      158 29 [YANGON] Seaborne trade passing through the ports of Myanmar reached an all time high of 7.34 million tonnes in the 1995-96 fiscal year. The official New Light of Myanmar newspaper quoted Myanmar Minister for Transport The in Win as telling a recent seminar on
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      GMDSS: an IMO creation crying wolf on a massive scale
      639 29  -  STRAIT TALK By\ Seafarer THERE are definite limits on what the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) can do, should do, or can be expected to do. IMO is the sum of its member governments and, as with individual governments, it should
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      Intermediary appointed to look into Rotterdam's expansion dispute
      214 29 [ROTTERDAM] Dutch Minister of Transport Annemarie Jorritsma has appointed an intermediary and researcher to look into the conflict surrounding expansion plans for the port of Rotterdam. The man appointed is A Middelhoek, who in addition to his other projects, was recently responsible
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      Lock icon M'sian shipowners pick 3 sectors that need attention
      312 29 Govt help needed in liner container trade, tanker trade as well as offshore oil and gas sectors, they say Bernama [KUALA LUMPURi The Malaysian Shipowners Association (MSA) yesterday identified the liner container trade, tanker trade and offshore oil and gas sectors as
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      Lock icon Danyard sale to Malaysia's PSC finalised, says Lauritzen
      245 29 Bat USsloom deal still subject to approval of M'sian authorities Reuter [COPENHAGEN] Danish shipbuilding and shipping group J Lauritzen said yesterday it had finalised the sale of 48 per cent of its Danyard unit to Malaysia's Penang Shipbuilding Construction Sdn Bhd (PSC).
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      1226 30  -  CATHAY PACIFIC: INTERVIEW WITH MANAGING DIRECTOR DAVID TURNBULL Chief of Hongkong-based airline may be pleased with its 28 per cent jump in net profit to HKs3.Bb last year but his eyes are set on challenges ahead, such as the aviation industry's next downturn at the
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        191 45 A§rl Taiwan Tomb Sweeping Day. Hong Kong: Chlng Ming Festival. A»r« Thailand Chakri Day. Philippines: Day of Valour. A#rU Thailand: Songfcran Festival Day. Ayr 18 Brunei: Hari Raya HaJi. Indonesia: Id-el- Adha. Malaysia: Hari Raya Qurban. Singapore: Hari Raya HaJi. Apr SB Australia: Antac Day. Denmark St. Bededag.
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        844 45 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marin* Oil Ud. show* price ranee* In US doOare In stead at single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Price* abown are baaed on average•tted stem Mark*! mmmmm are Indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        349 45 CoMo NO Ma mJUKJ0.ll 71 0.00 Nor 27 Otmtty M* BmMm At* I) MM No Mom £25 2 1 9 4 0 0 M 0J I2J 047 33 0.02 (DM 300 Mn 995.9 7J 17.9 O.N 01 0.07 ■*1 »»A »Qi »NW W mm* Ho Mom
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        307 46 Bid to maximise benefits of open skies policy which started yesterday Journal of Commerce (BRUSSELS] The European Union today will unveil plans to stop airports from overcharging foreign airlines in a bid to maximise the benefits of its "open skies" regime. Neil Kinnock,
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        168 46 Bernama [JAKARTA] Malaysia's second carrier, Air Asia Sdn Bhd, has embarked on an aggressive expansion plan following the launch of its operations four months ago. Its senior group director of corporate finance and advisory Maznah Abdul Jalil said that Air Asia, which launched its thrice
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        Lock icon Chauffeur's gift for Tung Chee-hwa
        66 46 [TIELING, China] Shang Yuecheng standing in front of a luxury 11.2 metre limousine, the longest in Asia, which he built and plans to present to Tung Chee-hwa, Hongkong'spost-1997chiefexecutive, asagift, in Tieling city in north-eastern Liaoning province. Mr Shang, who is a chauffeur by profession, used
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        195 46 Reuter [MOSCOW] Russia's flagship terrier Aeroflot has achieved international standards of air security, a senior International Air Transport Association (lata) official said on Monday. Brian Wall, lata's director of security services, spoke in Moscow, where he was meeting Aeroflot officials on air security
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        Lock icon US safely officials probe complaints obout airbags
        305 46 370,000 Mazda 626 sedans and Chevrolet Camaro coupes involved Reuter [DETROIT] Federal safety regulators are investigating complaints that air bags exploded prematurely in a probe that covers about 370,000 Mazda 626 sedans and Chevrolet Camaro coupes. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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        Lock icon Roll-Royce secures engine order from Continental Air
        261 46 Deal to power 8757 aircraft worth nptoUSs24om Reuter (LONDON] British engineering group Rolls-Royce pic on Tuesday said it had won an order worth up to US$24O million (*****.2 million) to supply engines to power up to 16 additional Continental Airlines Boeing 757 aircraft.
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        232 46 AFP [WASHINGTON] The Clinton administration on Monday said it had received reports that European countries may have tried to influence the outcome of commercial aircraft competitions in flavour of Airbus Industrie. The office of the US Trade Representative, in an
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          66 46 Reuter ILONG BEACH] McDonnell Douglas Corp on Monday »ai£ AMC Aviation, an Egyptian charter flight operator, ordered two range alrplam*. The worth about USIIOO million (***** million), are ttfeedukdfbr delivery in Aagaat and to October 1996. AMC Aviation, formed In 19W. currently operates a
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          Lock icon Passenger trats killing 19
          30 46 Reuter [PAMPLONA, Spain] A Spanish Civil Guard member standing beside the wreckage site on Monday after a screaming passengers in the wreckage. The train, carry ing
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          45 46 AFP continued i artppUay nationwiA* gtrfM fry th» 2K^ trucks and 800.000 liaht and nvwllnm mmmnwiii—«., went off the roads after midnight (mSunday to scrapping ofa new tax, the All India Motor Transport 2pSru«^ I D^Slai!^as^C^ eerVlCeta^
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          Lock icon Taiwan to d air score with Japan
          72 46 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] Taiwan and Japan will discuss a major amendment to their existing aviation agreement which airlines to reoj^ T*frel and Osaka. 'Tm optimistic about the talks later this year," said Hsieh Mlng-hui, an offlckl with the TaiwaneS Ministry ofTransportation and Communications. But
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        Lock icon Mercedes US unit revamps management
        246 46 It will have its first American CEO at end of next year Reuter [MONTVALE, New Jersey] Mercedes-Benz of North America Inc on Monday announced a major management succession plan that will put an American in charge of the company for the first time at the
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      22 29 Cathay Pacific keeps focos on hone front Interview with MD David TurnbuU.Page2 Ikm Is bo freight report doe to the Euter holiday
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      213 29 Oriental Hotel g B m Singapore 1997's Premier Event For Port Operators, Investors, Transportation Groups, Shipping Lines, Financiers Infrastructure Developers Port of Singapore Authority PS 0 Australia Ports, Australia Philippine Ports Authority IMC Pan Asia Alliance, Singapore Port Authority of Thailand Price Waterhouse, Plant Location International, Saigon Port Vietnam Belgium
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      17 29 EU plans to stop airports from overcharging Bid to maximise benefits of open skies policy. Back Page
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      119 40 Unral KAWASAKI KINKAI KISBN KAISHA. LTD. JAPAN/ NONB KOMB STRAITS tl(111 i'S, o PQud P-K«l»ng P«n«n B nUNCISS VIM MPT OCfANU OUIIN VIS 17*4 MM4 HON HURT Vtt 12/04 omint uw wo IM4 17 mt TWWKIi ACf W7 I*o4 IM4 MCEMAT VI 11/04 WH OUGHT VI H/M 'ALSO ACCEPTING CARGOES
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      434 41 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TRANSCORD 523N CH-<HO4 09-IVO4 17-I&G4 I TIGER WAVE 524N 01-06/04 13-16/04 21 22AM I TIGER ISLAND 62SN 11-12/0* 16-20*04 25-2004 I TIGERBROGE 526N 14-15*04 20-2304 28-29/04 I TIGER BAY S27N 17-1004 23-27/04 01-0206 I TIGER WAVE 528N 21-22/04 27 30Q4 *****6 IVESSEL^^VOY^SjJ^^CA^^SW^I XOUR
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      488 41 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS Toh Cuan Road Singapore *****1 ULu klrm, Tel: *****66(60 Unes) Fax: *****33 E-MAlL:flesin®singnet.com.sg kliiK CONSOLIDATION SERVICE CANADA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN MONTREAL 09/04 CAPETOWN 04/04 TORONTO 09/04 DURBAN 04/04 VAN COUVER 09/04 JOHANNESBURG 04/04 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN PIREAUS 06/04 VALENCIA/BARCELONA 07/04 INDIA
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      659 42 *SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD Jfls McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S PORE *****5 S TEL: *****81 -3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 K< CR HO. **********00 C ALL PI R ECTL? NE: 22 2 2941/j!3 J ESS ICA/CELIA/MEI CHAN 3 SLGS/WEEK (Vessel [sii [j® [vessel ivoyiwm isur
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      1135 42 *****31 TWICE WEBOJ EVERY TMURBOAY/BUNOAY ■I.'.IJ.MJ ARRIVAL FIXED DAY-MOMOAY ofi «or I»I mm m ist am ntm. wi lin «t mam am mm I MING SUN AM* IOMM I MO* 24AM 2MM 27W GWUM.TAfIBR.OGt A7O7E SLO SLD SLD SLO SID MO* MMGSWTH J7lJ* I OMM I 23AM 2MM 2MM 2MM
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      447 42 Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: 100S*****00N VESSEL VOY StN BOM H KOTA CAHAYA CAHI7S 01/04 08/04 j SEA SUCCESS I 03N 08/04 17/04 M TRADE FAST TFSIBB 18AM 26/04 MEKHAMK KURAKO MK3IN 23/04 01/06 J ANNOUNCING REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO j BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA I VESSEL VOY SM
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      445 43 I Mflir 79 Hi CHI MIHH CITY IMFOHT FHtM Hi CHI MIHH CITY mm lw> ir nWTT mac I mm m mmac dm g»—i m m/n o»/w» n/m m mnmimrmmm in wn m/m SS nm «ns oi/wi ri/n m/m »m m/m worm vu nm mm ERMfIKIOU 971 c MAi fttl/li)
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      517 44 «INO EXPRISS SHIPPING Mf—A 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE itSINOTRANSI 7 S (*****7). TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 3INOEX S|NOTMNS iJJJJjJJJJjjJji (CONTAINKR SERVICE) YPSa VOYA6E EIASIN ETAHKG ETA SHA 6. LUCK 9708 04/04 09/04 ~U704 0.610tY 9710 12/04 11/04 21/04 6. WELL 9710 19/04 25/04 28/54 G. LUCK
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      468 44 "Ssu TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/KOBE/ OSAKA MV "SEA RANGER" V. N124 ETA SIN 06/04 NA6OYA MV "ALLIGATOR FORTUNE" V. 187 ETA SIN 06/04 CAU BOOKING: 220-2022 MARILYN/YONG/HAMIDAH/MAS/LOOI CAIXi WCWUiMMMt 1 CONSOLIDATION. WAREHOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSEHOLD REMOVAL AND AIR CARGO SERVICE LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/NAOOYA/KOBt 06AM 13AM «VO* J HONOKONO O>AM 1 VP* MAM w*
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      122 44 IRENE In ft 02AM RdrrVAIWBmnAJK I DELTA STAR OMM RdnVAiw/BnraVUK/Nan I CANALP ISAM 20*04 RdnVAtw/UK/N*i I GAMMA 18AM RdrrVAtwAJK I VANK 01/06 10/06 RdnVAIWNwi I Low* EVW HMtym. Inrton— J Ijssw zzsssxaxsszu I I was 1 ssssasr I SEA MASTER Dubai/A. Oh*x/DammarVKuwart I lame* S>iqapor». EJW. Matayw. mrtonaaw I I
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      49 46 ANNOUNCEMENT With effect from Ist April 1997, please be advised that all our business transactions will be handled by: ECL (Singapore) Pte Ltd CR No. **********0E Our address, telephone, fax, telex numbers remain unchanged. ECL Shipping Agencies Pte Ltd 9 Temasek Boulevard Suntec City Tower Two #22-02 SINGAPORE *****9
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