The Business Times, 15 May 1997

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  • 585 1  -  Thai currency hits 10-year low; SET Index tumbles 43% By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] In a day when the Thai baht came under sustained attack, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) intervened jointly for the
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  • 458 1  -  But company again denies it's to blame for interference on Mi's network on Monday By< Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) has indefinitely suspended Sing Tel Mobile from carrying out all trials on a hot new handphone technology and warned
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  • 363 1  -  By Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] A surprising slump in export growth last year put Asia at the bottom of the league among the world's major exporting regions, figures released by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) show. Export growth in Asia (excluding
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  • 384 1  -  By. Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] The number of applications to use Central Provident Fund savings to buy private residential properties a key indicator of demand in Singapore's property market slipped to one of its lowest levels in recent
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 517 2  -  Jgfat«6erahMst 50% above nearest rival hid from Wing Tai group By\ Diana Oon OCBC Group's Straits Trading Company (STC) and Great Eastern Life Assurance jointly put in the top bid in the tender for the final China Square parcel which
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    • 411 2  -  Oil Pudan biatrial Park lite is biggest «fiared since IM2 W Tan Su Yen THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) kicked off its industrial land sales programme for this year with what is believed to be the largest industrial site it has offered
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    • 238 2 IN A move to reduce construction site accidents, the government will make it compulsory for detailed safety provisions to be included in project contract documents. The new safety requirement will take effect in January, said Labour Minister Lee Boon Yang yesterday. The
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    • 306 2 SINGAPOREANS' mission must be to stay ahead of their strongest competitors, especially those in the region, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday. "The most immediate task is to prevent ourselves from being overtaken and overwhelmed by our competitors," he told students
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    • 193 2 The Straits Times THE Singapore government has placed an advertisement in The Straits Times pointing out that Malaysia's New Straits Times had altered a letter it sent earlier to clarify reports on the Malayan Railway (KTM) land issue. NST had refused to publish
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    • 338 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Business liquidity Lee Kee Yeng THE Central Provident Fund (CPF) default rate an indicator of business liquidity rose to 1.56 per cent in the first quarter. This is an increase from the full-year average of 1.45 per cent for 1996
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    • 299 2  -  By] Raju Chellam JAPANESE engineering conglomerate Yokogawa Electric Corp aims to gross $1 billion in revenues from Singapore alone by 2000 from its present $220 million, its chairman Takashi Yamanaka said here yesterday. Yokogawa will make Singapore now its Asean headquarters
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    • 233 3 f I how do we make every customer feel like our only customer? "B MM ■H As your business grows, don't you find access, jlnd a pnutnaty expenme it's difficult to give the same level customer service department now cf service to eath and every customer? costs much less to
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
    • 453 4  -  Is a freehold landed property worth $500,000 more than a similar leasehold one? By Diana Oon [SINGAPORE) Freehold or leasehold? With more leasehold landed housing coming up in the East Coast areas of Kew Drive/ Limau Garden and Eastwood Park, buyers might begin to wonder if
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    • 863 4 Property transactions for districts 15 and 16 (sectors 42 to 45 and 46 to 48) lodged between Dec 2, 1996 and Apr *****7) PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BULFfV PWCE PSF STREET NAME TYPE DATE LANOAREA* (SOFT) (ssm <S» District 15 Amber Park Apt 8/4/97 FH T743 1210
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    • 634 4  -  Rising capital values of above 10% a year make London an attractive proposal By\ Diana Oon IMPATIENT with the subdued property market at home, Singaporean buyers have been putting their money in overseas property. And London has, in the past year, become a favourite
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    • 59 4 Corrections clarifications IN A map we carried on Tuesday, we erred in saying that the Pare Palais condominium development was only 32 per cent sold. It is 80 per cent sold. We were also wrong in saying that UE Square is a 99-year leasehold development. It has a 929-year lease
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  • REGION
    • 342 6 HONGKONG SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew changed tack when he attacked Chris Patten's democratic reforms, having described the proposals as "very ingenious" when they were first announced in 1992, the spokesman for the Hongkong Governor said yesterday. In a letter to the South China
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    • 411 6  -  HONGKONG Deal seen reinforcing confidence in property market By" Quak Hiang Whai JUST days after a house at the exclusive Victoria Peak was sold for a record HK$72B million (Ssl3s million), a luxury apartment at the waterfront Repulse Bay has found a buyer at
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    • 514 6  -  HONGKONG But it will be managed by the HKMA, directed by financial secretary /fy' Quak Hiang Whai CHIEF executive-designate Tung Chee-hwa has appointed Financial Secretary Donald Tsang as the officer to receive and manage the Land Fund as part of the
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    • 51 6 [HONGKONG] Contractor Lam Chi Wah displaying a metal crown, a symbol of British sovereignty, after it was removed from one of Hongkong's 800postboxes yesterday. The British colony has embarked on a wholesale purge of British symbols, icons and insignia as the return to Chinese rule nears.
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    • 390 6 SINGAPORE Perception that they ape Western values is wrong, it says AFP A SURVEY by global advertising and communication firm Ogilvy and Mather (O&M) has debunked prevalent myths about young Asian adults, including the perception that they ape Western values, company officials
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    • 336 6 KUALA LUMPUR Infrastructure jobs in Andhra Pradesh worth about Ms2ob Reuter THE Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is negotiating infrastructure deals worth around Ms2o billion (5511.3 billion) with Malaysian companies and the government. Officials said yesterday that Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu, on
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    • 181 6 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN'S ruling Kuomintang (KMT) yesterday approved a minor cabinet reshuffle, amid mounting calls for a government shake-up over rising crime rates. The reshuffle was proposed by Premier Lien Chan who has pledged to step down in July when constitutional amendments are finalised. In
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    • NOTE Book
      • 78 6 Reuter [JAKARTA] Indonesian police yesterday denied that two senior employees of Canadian exploration company Bre-X Minerals Ltd were being held hostage by their colleagues at the Busang base camp in East Kalimantan. Lt-Col I wan Ismet, head of police in the Kutai regency
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      • 80 6 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR) Telekom Malaysia Bhd and SBC Communications Inc were to sign an agreement yesterday in South Africa with the South African government to buy a3O per cent stake in Telekom SA for US$l.26 billion (Ssl .8 billion), Bernama news agency said. It
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      • 52 6 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The chief minister of Malacca died ye«terday, three days after suffering from a stroke. Mohamed Zln Abdul Ghani, 55, fell into a coma early on Sunday and did not regain consciousness, his special aide Nairn Mohamad was reported as saying by Be mama
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      • 75 6 Reuter [TAIPEI] Two Taiwan police officers escorting accused hijacker Liu Shan-chung from Taipei's airport yesterday after authorities took custody of Liu from China earlier in the day. Liu, an unemployed journalist, commandeered a Taiwan airliner to China's south-eastern Xiamen city in March in the first and only
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    • 386 8 BEIJING Stocks dive; analysts expect shake-up in Shanghai anil Shenzhen exchanges Bloomberg CHINA replaced its top securities regulator Zhou Daojiong, according to stock market traders and officials, prompting speculation Beijing will crack down on the country's surging stock markets. Mr
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    • 395 8 HONGKONG Agency upbeat about China's economic reforms, HK's future AFP INTERNATIONAL agency Standard and Poor's yesterday raised China and Hongkong's credit ratings, expressing confidence in Chinese economic reforms and in the territory's future. After the upgrades of the two economies, Hongkong's credit
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    • 324 8 CANBERRA Reuter AUSTRALIA'S modest 1997/98 budget drew criticism yesterday from commentators and financial analysts who accused the conservative government of going soft on spending cuts and deserting the unemployed. But Prime Minister John Howard and Treasurer Peter Costello, in a round of media
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    • 402 8  -  NEW DELHI Indian PM to address Tata-SIA and Bangalore airport issues By: K P Nayar A FRESH battle is brewing between the proponents of foreign investment in India's aviation sector and their opponents. This follows clear indications that Prime Minister IK
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    • 283 8 SUVA AFP FIJI Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka yesterday admitted a coup he led 10 years ago was a mistake and filed a constitutional review seeking to reverse the racism institutionalised by his military'takeover. He said in a message to
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    • 313 8 MALE, Maldives Reuter THE leaders of seven South Asian nations ended a threeday summit yesterday with a pledge to form a free-trade zone by 2001 and launch political consultations to promote peace. Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom said leaders of
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    • 221 8 NEW DELHI Reuter INDIA'S federal police have named the late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi as the main accused in a probe into a controversial US$l.3 billion (Ssl.9 billion) artillery contract, the Indian Express newspaper said yesterday. The chargesheet also names other people, including
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  • FOCUS
    • 1062 7  -  Analysts dismiss fears of a Philippine-Thailand parallel which have sparked a plunge in banking and property stocks By, Al Labita (MANILA) THE Philippines is unlikely to go the way of Thailand, which is mired in an economic crisis. On the political front, Philippine governance is
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    • 494 7 Better fundamentals have altered banking landscape [MANlLA] Moody's Investors Service has given the thumbsup to the economic changes that have swept through the Philippines, and the consequent impact on the country's banking sector. But the credit-rating agency also warns, in its latest Banking System
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  • THE WORLD
    • 290 11  -  LONDON By, Neil Behrmann BRITISH MPs started a new term yesterday with news that their summer holidays have been cut short: the new Labour government unveiled a legislative programme containing 22 bills at the opening of parliament, with a further four if time permits. The
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    • 40 11 [LONDON] Pupils from Prince William and Prince Harry'sformer school, Wether by, lining up to watch the Queen's carriage leave Buckingham PaladtOn her way to Westminster Palace for the State Opening of Parliament yesterday. REUTER
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    • 476 11 WASHINGTON Largest fall in almost 4 years points to low inflation; Fed may refrain from raising rates, say analysts Bloomberg PRICES paid to US factories, farmers and other producers unexpectedly fell 0.6 per cent in April, the largest drop in almost four years and
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    • 228 11 BONN Reuter FINANCE Minister Theo Waigel yesterday said the government may have to increase new borrowing for 1997 because of persistently high unemployment, but said he was sure Germany would qualify for the single European currency. Mr Waigel said the government
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    • 182 11 MOSCOW Reuter NATO and Russia yesterday agreed on a deal intended to forge a peaceful new relationship after years of mistrust and sweep away Moscow's concerns over the expansion of the Western defence alliance. The text of the deal was agreed at talks in
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    • 370 11 BRUSSELS Luxembourg acts to protect economic, monetary onion FT LUXEMBOURG, due to hold the next European Union presidency, is preparing a "warplan" to head off speculative attacks in the financial markets that could threaten economic and monetary union. Under the plan, one option would
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    • 285 11 WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia Bloomberg THE US economy can't continue to grow at its recent pace without sparking price pressures in the long run even though right now, the economic picture is "as bright as it gets", Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond president Alfred Broaddus said
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    • 180 11 BRUSSELS Bloomberg THE European Union's most senior anti-trust official yesterday described as "totally nonsensical" a claim by Boeing Co that the EU's handling of its planned US$l5 billion (5521.6 billion) acquisition of McDonnell Douglas Corp could spark a trade war between the US
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    • 444 11 LONDON EIU cites reversion to China for fall from top spot to 14th place Reuter HONGKONG is set to lose its position as the country with the best business environment, according to a new ranking produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Hongkong, due to
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 668 12  -  THE BOTTOMLTIIE OPINION By Loh Hui Yin The writer is BT's Hongkong corresponden SAY: "Immigrants from China", and invariably cosmopolitan Hongkong brethren think of poor, lowly-educated and ill-man-nered people massing at their doors. So when Hongkongers were recently told the territory's population
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    • 111 12 These women have turned themselves into farm animals. No woman of any intelligence or who has any sense of morality would stoop so low.' Victoria GiDick family values campaigner on the two British lesbians who impregnated themselves with the sperm donated by friends. 'People never get tired
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    • 631 12 EDITORIAL ON current indicators, a case can be made that the Philippine property and banking sectors haven't yet reached the crisis levels that Thailand is grappling with. But that would miss the point What financial markets have been saying for some weeks now is that unless
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    • 1186 12  -  The Budget that Aussie Treasurer Peter Costello produced was anything but exciting By\ Peter Lynch The writer it al Sydney-based journaMsti who contributes to BT in Sydney FIRST, the politics: Australia's Liberal-Coalition Government is facing its biggest crisis since its election last March. Vacillation over Aboriginal
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    • 830 12 CwlHlTllitlMtMt THE Chavalit government is turning a blind eye to the importance of confidence at a time when the economy is in a fragile state. If Cabinet members could only see that confidence is the cheapest and easiest thing to rectify compared to the more gigantic
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 38 12 By Garry Trudeau W IN A F6UJ MINUTES, UE'UEE kf/SHEET ORIPE ANPIMU- YOU GUYS GQOJSEME,MAN. V PUTTING IN. THE- BUS BACK BE TAKING Off, OF COURSE.SO AfiETHE IPIPNTGETA TOTHEHOJELtOUBEWXEP J <JUSTHUNT TOTHMKWUAII g OEST!I CHAt&JOgfB inffoktof the terminal.
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • 68 14 IT's a good time to sign up as a Tibs Skytrek account holder. Not only will it give you finger-tip access to Tibs' fleet of cabs through a satellite-tracking system, it could also win you a trip to London. Current account holders who use
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      • 128 14  -  -Compiled by i Christopher Tan THE one-litre Seat Salsa, a newcomer to the Category 1 (small car) segment, is doing quite well, it seems. After collecting about 150 orders at the beginning of the year, agent Barcelona Motors had been trying to secure COEs, which had
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    • 714 14  -  Those who value safety, comfort, luxury and a high equipment level will love the S4O, says Christopher tax CHRISTOPHER TAN AT A glance, you might think the Volvo S4O expensive. After all, a few grand more will buy you a two-litre 3-series equivalent. And like
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 388 15  -  Group invests USsllm in joint venture through its Toronto-incorporated luahhcare vehicle By Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE) Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation (STIC) has invested US$ll million (5515.8 million) in a maiden healthcare joint venture which will develop a hospital and clinics in China. The mainboard-listed
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    • 535 15  -  SembCorp unit also engaging consultant for studies on Natuna link to Jurong Island By. Ronnie Lim [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Corp subsidiary Sembawang Engineering and Construction (Sembec) is putting together a consortium which is likely to include JTC International to build part of a 480-km gas pipeline
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    • 765 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Neil Behrmann LONDON'S blue chip FTSE 100 index has soared 5.5 per cent to a record 4,699 points since Tony Blair's astounding victory. Global investors, particularly Japanese and German, who bought UK bonds and shares during the past year
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    • 425 15  -  fiy Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE) The shares of listed shipping company Osprey Maritime Ltd hit a fourmonth high of $2.40 yesterday after Tuesday's announcement of its US$75O million (551.07 billion) takeover ofMo-naco-based Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation. But profit-taking and weaker sentiment in the
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    • 245 15  -  Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] A major pharmaceutical company in China has received in-principle approval for a primary listing in Singapore the first Chinese company to have a primary listing here. Tianjin Zhong Xin Pharmaceutical Corporation (TZXP) previously known as Tianjin Traditional Chinese Medicine
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
      • 482 16  -  Preliminary talks held between Ansett and competition commission: report From Surinder Singh in Sydney A THREE-WAY alliance between Singapore Airlines. Ansett Australia and Air New Zealand to provide services linking Australia with Europe via Singapore could materialise by the end of
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      • 313 16 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian conglomerate, the DRB-Hicom group, is looking for acquisitions in automotive, finance and construction business for faster growth. Chairman Saleh Sulong said yesterday: "We are looking at acquisitions with a view to expanding rapidly." The conglomerate is made up of
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      • 226 16 Bernama [MANILA] A unit of Malaysia's Mulpha International Bhd has opposed the stocks rights offer of an affiliate, saying it failed to comply with the government's full disclosure policy. In a complaint lodged with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mabuhay Holdings Corp (MHC)
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      • 376 16 Phone operator one of three to raise funds in next 12 months Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Binariang Sdn, Malaysia's third-largest cellular phone company, delayed its planned initial public offering until the end of the year, blaming a slump in the stock market.
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      • 319 16  -  Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] Equipment supplier Poh Lian Holdings' initial public offering closed on Monday with an encouraging subscription rate of 33 times. The lion's share or 42.4 per cent of the number of shares offered will go to small investors who
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      • 262 16 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] A Malaysian Islamic court yesterday dismissed a divorce application by Renong Bhd's executive chairman Halim Saad in the latest twist to a high-soci-ety saga that has shaken the construction giant. Judge Shahrie Ismail struck out the divorce application when the billionaire tycoon
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      • 383 17 Criminal complaint filed against three in pay-off scandal Reuter, AFX-Asia [TOKYO] Three former executives of scandal-hit Nomura Securities were arrested yesterday in connection with a pay-offs scandal that has linked the brokerage company to racketeers. And in another blow, Nomura witnessed the defection
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      • 379 17 Reuter [TOKYO] Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's Japanese satellite broadcasting venture yesterday unveiled a long list of new Japanese partners, ranging from a terrestrial broadcaster to a top advertising agency. The strong line-up could give the venture an edge over its rivals in the
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      • 455 17  -  Japan bourse calm; bank denies rumours of significant forex losses From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Tokyo stock market yesterday shrugged off rumours of major problems at Sumitomo Trust Banking Company, one of Japan's seven leading trust banks, despite the fact that the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 548 19 Digital sees patent suit having no impact on its own business Reuter NYT [SINGAPORE] Digital Equipment Corp does not see its business affected by its surprise suit against Intel Corp for patent infringement. "There's no impact to us continuing to sell our products, no
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      • 511 19 Firm pins hopes on new software which rnns on most PCs Bloomberg [SAN JOSE, California] Apple Computer Inc's chief executive on Tuesday described the PC maker's comeback strategy for software developers, yet he failed to reassure many of them that it's enough to save
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      • 306 19 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] The European Commission has approved British Telecommunications pic's purchase of MCI Communications Corp after BT agreed to provide, at cost and in a timely fashion, circuits for rival operators in its UKUS submarine cables. Its clearance, which was widely expected, leaves
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      • 322 19 Bloomberg (LONDON) Cable Wireless pic (C&W), which is joining Keppel Corp and Singapore Press Holdings to bid for a second Singapore telecom licence, posted a 17 per cent higher operating profit, reflecting cost control and improved demand. The company, which made
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      • 139 19 Kyodo [FRANKFURT] Lufthansa German Airlines and four other major international airlines announced yesterday they will form the world's largest airline service alliance. Lufthansa and the four airlines United Airlines of the United States, Thai Airways International, Air Canada and Scandinavian Airlines System,
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 376 20 All six, including ailing Chogin Osaka Credit, are North Korean thrifts Bloomberg [OSAKA] Japanese regional financial authorities ordered the merger of five thrifts founded by North Koreans to help bail out the ailing Chogin Osaka Credit Cooperative, also a North
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      • 245 20 Companies using corporate bonds, profits for funding Bloomberg [TOKYO] The average amount of outstanding loans extended by Japanese banks was unchanged in April as companies continued using profits rather than bank loans to fund investments, the Bank of Japan said yesterday. Loans outstanding
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      • 271 20 Reuter (SYDNEY) Standard and Poor's said yesterday it has raised its long-term ratings on London-based HSBC Holdings pic and revised its outlook to stable from positive. It also raised its ratings on Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd, the Hong-kong-based principal subsidiary of
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      • 355 20 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Westpac Banking Corp said its net profit in the six months ended March 31 rose 12.9 per cent to As63B million (*****.6 million), driven mainly by the purchase of Trust Bank New Zealand. The Sydney-based bank said revenue rose 12.2 per cent
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      • 227 20 Combined earnings at US$l4 Jb, return on assets also np Bloomberg [CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia) US commercial banks reported US$l4.l billion (5520.2 billion) in first quarter net income, an all-time high for any three-month period. The results of 230 commer- cial banks comprising 79 per
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      • 196 20 STIWRX Report Reuter [SINGAPORE) Simex Japanese government bond (JGB) and Euroyen futures drifted lower yesterday after trade in a Japanese trust bank's stocks were suspended early in Tokyo. Dealers said the market was unnerved by rumours that Sumitomo Trust Banking Co had racked up foreign
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      • 199 20  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert By Perry Gilbert, vice-presi-dent, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures yesterday moved sharply higher, as the Taiwan cash index posted the largest one-day rise in nine months. Volume in the Simex MSCI Taiwan
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      • 210 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON) World oil prices fell yesterday after US data suggested demand for crude and petrol in the key North American market would fall. Figures released by the American Petroleum Institute (API) showed a hefty seven-million-barrel rise in crude stocks from
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      • 266 20 AFP, Reuter London STERLING and the dollar gained ground yesterday on the London forex market, the pound being supported by a new drop in UK unemployment and the dollar rising against European currencies thanks mainly to the German mark's weakness, forex dealers said in late afternoon. Despite a
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    • 1569 21 SICOMFPTPKBS May 14 WW tM»n w CtoM VoHmt 0*» HgrtH Mb Uw mt (tw—t) teitmt Jm 97 159.50 159.00 01.75 75 800 Jtfff *3.75 MOJO *175 200 1945 «m97 *4.75 *150 *3.00 200 1995 SfJ *5.75 *250 *4.25 200 1995 Stee97 *7.50 *5.75 *5.75 375 4200 JWHar 99
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    • 1624 21 Reuter Q Nikkei 225 *«U1 STOCKS closed modestly higher yesterday, but recent bullishness in blue-chip issues was watered down by concerns over Sumitomo Trust Banking Co Ltd's equity financing, brokers said. News that the central government and local governments were removing Nomura Securities from their lists of bond underwriters
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      1630 22 Reuter Q Hang Seng +***** STOCKS stormed into uncharted territory yesterday as a surprisingly powerful advance swept the Hang Seng Index to its first close above 14,000 points. The blue-chip index surged 247.12 points, or 1.78 per cent, to an intra-day and all-time closing high of 14,153.58. Analysts said
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      666 22 Reuter n Shenzhen B Index -7.63 CHINA'S A and B share indices ended sharply down yesterday for the second day in a row on fears that Beijing is planning tough measures to cool down the over-heated stock markets, analysts said. The falls suddenly reversed a strong upward trend during
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    • 346 22 AFP QWP Index +m5O SHARE prices in Taiwan soared 2.9 per cent as govern-ment-run funds ploughed money into the bourse following recent sharp declines, brokers said. "The market opened higher due to active buyings of banking shares by the gov-ernment-owned Labor Pension Fund and the ruling Kuomintang-run enterprises, attracting
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    • 266 22 AFX-Asia n Wellington -2J7 SHARE prices closed slightly lower, weighed down by weakness in Telecom following disappointment over its earnings. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed down 2.17 points at 2,300.99. AFX-Asia U«yt4 US (000) AN2 8«ntiing 9 40 -0.05 7758 Adv«nt*g*s mags 1.35 unch 3100 AirNr»2t*l«n«(A) 3 03 -0.04
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      767 22 AFP, Reuter Q Composite Index -127 SHARE prices closed 0.4 per cent lower yesterday as investors took profits on selected stocks after a fall on Wall Street, dealers said. "It seems to me the market is pretty strong given the late rebound on the index. Obviously, local investors dominated
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    • 346 22 AFP pi Manila +2&81 SHARE prices rose 1.1 per cent but analysts, noting the thin volume, described the rise as mere consolidation. Maurice Cruz of IGC Securities Inc said the rise was not a sign of renewed confidence."There is no major news pushing it up. It is just part
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    • 594 22 AFP PAUOrdmarieg -3i SHARES eased 0.2 per cent off its record high of the previous day with investors uninspired by Tuesday's federal budget and "spooked" by reports about News Corp, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed 3.9 points lower at 2,530.4. Brokers said investors were concerned by US
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      835 22 AFP n SET Index -2SM THAI share prices slumped 4.8 per cent to a five-and-a-half year low yesterday amid fears of a baht devaluation as the authorities intervened to support the currency, dealers said. Chai Jilasevenuprapun, an analyst with Asia Securities Trading, said sentiment was very bad on fresh
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      • 559 23 Reuter, AFP Q Composite Index CONTINUED weakness in automobile stocks and a sell-off in a handful of small-capitalisation issues by speculators brought Kuala Lumpur shares to a sharply lower finish yesterday. "No positive news is coming out as yet," said Ami Moris, a
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      • 8149 23 MOUSTRtALS Consumer products 1997 Last Vol Oey M« Cep >—> Lew C—M*Y OOP Lwr P/t $*M 790 590 Ajinomoto 590 -5 12 595 590 32.7 239.1 448 300 Angkase 310 unch 90 310 308 9.2 457J 905 650 Apollo Food Hlg 650 -20 90 695 650 260.0 11? Si SSKSU
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      • 195 24  -  WARRANT WATCH n,,] R Sivanithy YESTERDAY'S column featured the Malaysian warrants of Country Heights, which are currently trading at a 30 per cent conversion discount, despite having plenty of time left to the expiry date. It seems that this is not an
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      • 3895 24 BONDS, LOANS ft WARRANTS m 1997 Last Vol Day Last Quota A»g Hiqh Law Stno Company Sala »or- (OOO) High Low Buyar Sallar Prtaa 68 44.5m 3000 m AM0B cS.5%*****6 50 -2 4 50 50 44 5 50 62 41.5 3160 *Acar ******1 USS 53.5 »2.5 167 54 50 51.5
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    • 2414 24 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr Gr •997 Last Vol Day Last Quote Nv YM W M Cap HIgft Low St no Company Sal* COOO) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $m.l TtS 310 ms 5000 AISBSOc 310 02 79 316 310 308 312 50 4.9 0.5 63 8 318.0 137
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      • 1757 25 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE ('OOO) Matn Clob Toil mm CK>* Tata! Industrial 37.391 10,204 47,595 142,799 17,273 160,072 F inane* 6.585 16.189 22.774 81,246 32,339 113.986 Mot*U 3.292 297 3.589 9.137 901 9.638 Properties 7,348 9.937 12,889 91.001 9.679 56.680 Plantation 196 196 363 363 Mining 220 220 969 969 8LW
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      • 5303 25 Transaction Date :May 14 Cr Gr M Wt 1997 Last Vol Day Last Ouote Otv 01* YM Nat Cay Avq High Law St No C«wn«any Solo COOO) High Low Buyer Se«er Cm P/E Smll Price INDUSTRIALS 5146 ASE NT$10 200 OS- 885 885 1275 ASF US$0.***** US885 8
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      • 1239 25 Gr Cr M Wt 1997 Last Vol Day Last Ouott Olv 04* YM Hat Cap A «g Hiqh Law StNo Company Sal* COOO> High Low Buy.r Saftar Cvr P/E Smll Prk. SESDAQ 186 109 a 2000 ABRHktqiSc 109 cd 6 26 114 109 K>9 m 3.0 6.0 O.t 155.7
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        62 26  -  by! Shiv Taneja CITYDEV, which closed yesterday at $13.60, 10 cents higher on a volume of 1.8 million units, may move sideways over the next few trading sessions, but the longer term trend is definitely upwards. The weekly MACD chart indicates more upside for this counter, and based
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      • 228 26 Stocks Volume •MBf Capital 9,524,000 •MBf Hldqs 50c 4,899,000 Papular 10c 4,855,000 Serial Sys 10c 3,152,000 SingTel 15c 2,784,000 DBS Land 2,743,000 SIA Foreign 2,592,000 City Oev 50c 1,858,000 •Promet 1,840,000 MMI Hldgs 10c 1,789,000 IWB > SIA Foreign 34,242,670 DBS Foreign 30,625,340 SPH Foreign 25,808,006 City Oev 50c 25,150,452
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      • 692 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Observers attribute this to S'pore shares reaching 'fair value' quickly; Creative takes another, hard knock, By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The local stock market yesterday continued its recent reversal, vindicating the view of observers who on Tuesday said that
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 128 26 THE Century Report, a London-based intelligence report that keeps its readers informed about opportunities that lead to profits in the stock market, said in a promotional flyer that there are three ways to create stock market wealth. One, through the exploitation of natural resources; two, invention and
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        • 141 26 THE Dutch, it seems, know all about flow control and that is why The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has handed over the management of New York's John f Kennedy Airport to the Dutch, according to an Asian Wall Street Journal report. And
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        • 106 26 SOME time ago this column told the tale of how seafood lovers, especially aficionados of pepper crabs, were getting confused by the presence of two restaurants along the East Coast with similar names. Jumbo Seafood Pte Ltd at the UDMC Seafood Centre is now taking the other
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        • 118 26 TALKING about food, fans of the famous Newton char kway teow better get his new address again if they want to continue to savour the delicious flat noodles. The hawker, who had relocated from his Newton coffee shop stall to one at Hill Street Food Centre, has to
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        • 88 26 ONE of our guest writers doesn't know if she should feel lucky or disturbed. After a column she wrote on the Malaysian economy, she received a letter from a Business Times reader. She thought she would get either praise or criticism for her analytical
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    • 974 18 BUSINESS Notices ELECTRONIC RESOURCES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fourteenth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Orchard Hotel, Orchard Ballroonrr 3. Level 3, 442 Orchard Road, Singapore *****9 on 30 May 1997 at
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    • 360 26 BUSINESS Notices Millf Jardine Matheson Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the members of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited will be held at 9.00 a.m. on Thursday, 12th June 1997, at the Princess Hotel, 76 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton HMOB, Bermuda. Appointment of Proxies a) Registered Shareholders Registered Shareholders
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 328 27 Reuter, Bridge News RATES spiked up for Far East Panamaxes in a move that caused some surprise here although there does appear to be a tightness for early modern ships, brokers said. Another disappointing day in terms of volume, although the end of day sell-off could pave the
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    • 260 27 CWT OMrttuflon U« undi 4 Ouan Hup LOO *OuOOS 169 Cosco Mvaatmant _L26 -O.OI 24 FrvtqMLMu 0MT3 -0.009 215 06H>i*m aw -0.02 23 Hal Sun Hup U» -0.02 2M HNacMZaaan 0.73 -aoi 13 IMC Mil—n HK5 60 JjyaHohPngi 0.985 -0.015 4 Shipyard 6.50 -0.05 in Carp 6.95 uncti
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    • 398 27  -  S'pore willing to play a central role in developing it, says MAS'lnsurance Commissioner Reports by Yong Mei Fong {SINGAPORE! Singapore is committed to and is willing to play a central role in developing the marine hull insurance market in Asia, said Lim Shu
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    • 373 27 [SINGAPORE] The initiative to launch a marine insurance market in Asia is laudable, but major obstacles stand in the way of the development of such a market for the region. This was the view of a number of marine insurers,
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    • 275 27 [SINGAPORE] The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) and Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) signed a long-term terminal service agreement (TSA) on Tuesday. Under the deal, PSA guarantees a customised package of services and certainty of rates to meet HMM's needs. It also assures the
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    • 141 27 Reuter [SEOUL] A South Korean container ship sank after colliding with another ship early yesterday off the South Korean coast. All the 11 crew members on board the sunken vessel were rescued. An officer at the Pusan Maritime Police said by telephone a small
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    • 353 27  -  Acqnisitionof Gotaas-Larsen gives firm 11 per cent of the global market By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Osprey Maritime's main aim in its acquisition of Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation is to become a major player overnight in the rapidly growing liquefied natural gas (LNG) market.
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    • 176 27 Journal of Commerce [LOS ANGELES] The US Maritime Administration (Marad)'s top official has said he supports rationalisation in the shipping industry, but will only approve the purchase of APL Ltd by Neptune Orient Lines of Singapore if the stand-alone US corporation
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    • 1119 28  -  MOW CHINA SHIPPING AGENCY: A CLOSER LOOK China's new Shanghai Shipping Exchange is not the first unilateral attempt by a developing country to control its national shipping and trading. But China may not be able to enforce its extra-territorial rules Rw Gerard Verhaar EACTIONS to
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    • 261 28 PAGE EAS intl 11 ACL 11 ECl 6 ANL 3 E" Abi« 4 Ethiopian i i Accord 12 6 Ahranklai 4 E*afgraan 6 Appanshlp 5 famous Astro 3 Fl-BrlgM i Austral 11 FoongSun 12 Avant 6 6 Link 4 USA 7 Gamartrans 13
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    • 15146 34 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA AdvtrtiS*r VhuI Voyaqa ETA ETA Atfyartisar VmmI Voyaq. Tata0»na SIN Dast'n N*m. Nam* NumOar SIN Dast'n Nam# Nama N urntw Numb* To BREMERHAVEN (BRV) 2057 A Germany To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 is/os 00/04 trade selene ok* 45 *****24 Ivory Coast, Cote D'lvoire n/os
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 644 41 VMM< Voy Wo BrtH Anlwl P*P*ftiirt JM| Nr< IMh 9701 JIT HonQiMt 14.05/0900 M JM HIM 0W597 JOt HongM 8.05/0430 6 H Offrtort ***** J02 alonpM* 14.05/1200 fra-TET *****1 M MM; 605/800 "nmrium 1 JV4 llongtM* 24.05/1200 i jos noa/aoo lull mm 01/97 J11 ilongudt 8.05/230C Mjn f
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      • 1800 41 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCI CARGO Boofclng/B«l«nc* litis Ship Voy Wo Etb/Btr Nftod From To Frow Ac i Uly 0044 IT/BOO tl M/ITOO 8/***** B/OW j ivotoo a/iao b/mm 4 is/woo b/mm is/iroo taiwii oil mm H M/mo b/nm b/omo i ivoroo anm is/moo 4 B/I2M
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      • 220 41 May IS Paraguay: Independence Day. Spain: Holiday in Madrid, Patron Saint of Madrid. Saint Isidro. May 17 Iran: (TENTATIVE) Martyrdom of third Imam(Ashura). Lebanon: Ashoura. Pakistan: (TENTATIVE) 9th ofMuharram (dependent on sighting of the moon). Norway: Constitutional Day. May 18 Estonia/Latvia: Whit Sunday. Germany: Pentecost. India: Moharram. Pakistan:
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      • 963 41 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine OU Ltd. shows price range* In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average-slsed stem Market move menu are Indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index chance and the
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      • 353 41 Carta* 180 Max 909.7 0.8 16.0 0.11 61 0.06 a M» a DmhNv Mater hiifci Is* kbmlMim hi—I No Mm E2S 0 0 3 1 0 0 =Ii 222 380 AM 986.4 0.4 12.6 0.07 32 0.02 JJ2 380 Mix 992.9 7.0 17.1 0.18 81 0.07
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    • AIR & LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 324 42 Lufthansa, United Airlines, Thai Airways, Air Canada and SAS make np Star Alliance AFP [FRANKFURT] A major new airline partnership was due to come into being yesterday in an alliance of five of the world's biggest airlines in Europe, Asia and
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      • 243 42 Reuter [LONDON] British Airways and American Airlines are expected to seize on an announcement by rivals due yesterday to argue that while a regulatory headwind is holding back their own alliance others are allowed to get ahead in the race to create global
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      • 57 42 [SYDNEY] Construction work being carried out at Sydney's domestic terminal yesterday as the AsBoomillion (S$880million) upgrade of the airport gets underway. As the main gateway for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Sydney's Kingsford Smith International Airport is to be upgraded with the aim ofcreating a
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      • 337 42 FT Timor's projected sales targets questionable, says minister AFP [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government will slash the amount of credit allocated to PT Timor Putra Nasional, the country's national car firm, due to questionable projected sales targets, news reports said yesterday.
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      • 103 42 AFP [BEIJING] Britain's RollsRoyce pic has launched construction of a US$3O million (5543.2 million) Chinese joint venture to supply it with advanced aircraft-engine turbine blades, Xinhua reported yesterday. Rolls-Royce will hold a 49 per cent share of Xian XRA Aerocomponents Ltd, located in the northern
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      • 226 42 AFP [NEW DELHI] Indian airport authorities on Tuesday rejected Saudia's claims that air traffic controllers (ATC) were overworked at the time of the world's worst mid-air collision which killed 349 last year. The authorities said: "The tone and clarity of the ATC transmissions
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      • 369 42 Dutch expertise to operate arrivals hall on 30-year lease [AMSTERDAM] The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates New York's John F Kennedy International Airport yesterday turned over management of the airport's arrivals building to the Dutch government, the Asian
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        • 61 42 [TOKYOJ All Nippon Airways (ANA) said on Tuesday it will appoint former managing director Kenzo Yoshlkawa as president to succeed Seiji Fukatsu, 64, who will resign at the end of June. Mr Yoshlkawa. 60, will be formally appointed president at a directors' meeting at the
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        • 92 42 Reuter [SYDNEY] Hastings Funds Management Ltd, manager of the Australian Infrastructure Group (AIF), said yesterday it welcomed the New South Wales state government approval to the proposed Sydney light rail system extentions. The proposal will now enter the formal development approval process including preparation of
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        • 66 42 AFP [MONTREAL] Canadian aeronautic group Bombardier has announced the sale of six regional jet planes to South African Express (SAX) for Csl79 million (*****.4 million). Delivery of the 50-seat two-engine planes will place from August 1997 to May 1996, Bombardier said in a statement SAX plans
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        • 89 42 [SINGAPORE] Federal Express (FedEx) has opened a new_. and expanded facility of over 1,000 square metres in Brisbane. The new facility was opened in response to increasing demand in the south-east Queensland market, which FedEx said has been growing by 260 per cent on
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        • 64 42 AFP [BOMBAY] Japan's Mitsubishi Corp has picked up a one per cent stake in India's largest utility vehicle manufacturing firm, MahindraandMahindraLtd, officials said here on Tuesday. The investment has a five-year lock-in period, the company officials said. Mitsubishi bought into Mahindra and Mahindra
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      • 291 42 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] New World Infrastructure Ltd is to finance the acquisition of a 30 per cent stake of Wuhan Airport from its parent company and other new infrastructure projects with the proceeds from its HK2.O billion
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    • 20 27 So who's afraid ofSSEX? China attempts to control its national shipping and trading through the Shanghai Shipping Exchange. Page 2
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    • 12 27 The Shipshape column has been held over owing to pressure on space
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    • 232 27 5 airlines form major new alliance Lufthansa, United Airlines, Thai Airways, Air Canada and SAS make up Star Alliance. Back Page MM June 1997 JH *7 Oriental Hotel M FV I Singapore 1997's Premier Event For Port Operators, Investors, Transportation Groups, Shipping Lines, Financiers Infrastructure Developers Port of Singapore Authority
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