The Business Times, 2 July 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MTTA (P) 023/12/96 85* SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, JULY 2,1997
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    FINANCE
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    Tung spells out plans to boost HK economy
    687 1  -  Property speculators warned as chief exec outlines plans for housing, education and welfare for aged From Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong THE day-old government of the Hongkong Special Administrative Region (SAR) got down to business yesterday with Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa spelling
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    Lock icon The morning after
    55 1 [BEIJING] The handover festivities at Tiananmen Square in Beijing were over and the crowds ofover 100,000 people have gone home to sleep. Butjust after sunrise yesterday, sweepers were out in fullforce, taking over the square as a massive clean-up got underway following the seven-hour marathon celebration of
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    Comfort ups cab rents; drivers to pay for satellite bookings
    304 1  -  By{ Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Listed transportation company Comfort Group yesterday raised the rental rates for its cabs, a month after bus and taxi fares were raised. On top of that, Comfort will charge its drivers 50 cents each time they
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    Lock icon HPL-led consortium looks set to buy Forum mall
    545 1  -  Groop likely to pay about $375 m for Orchard Sd property By. Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] A consortium led by listed Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) looks set to become the majority shareholders of Forum The Shopping Mall in Orchard Road. Sources said HPL,
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Economy set to bounce back as electronics cycle turns up: MAS
      486 2  -  MAS ANNUAL REPORT Singapore's GDP growth this year projected to range between 5 and 7% By Vikram Khanna THE Singapore economy is poised to make a comeback in tbe second half of this year in the wake of a
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      Lock icon Fund management set for double-digit growth
      357 2  -  Yolome of foods managed doubled iji last two years A/1 Diana Oon THE fund management industry should post "at least dou-ble-digit growth" this year, and contribute to the financial services sector's overall good performance, said a Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) spokesman yesterday. The
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      Lock icon Comfort Transportation launches cab-booking via PC
      404 2  -  PC Dial can cater to multiple, advance and specific bookings Byy Christopher Tan COMFORT Transportation, part of Comfort Group, yesterday introduced a system that allows cab-booking with a few keystrokes of the computer. Called PC Dial, it is unique in that it caters to
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      Less pressure on interbank rates to rise?
      313 2  -  EYE OM THE ECONOMY Finance By\ Clarissa Tan INTERBANK rates should face considerably less pressure to rise as the cyclical recovery in the Singapore economy gets underway, says ÜBS Global Research in a recent report. Tracing this correlation to a "paradoxical" monetary policy,
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      Lock icon Lower loss ratio for insurance industry
      315 2  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng AN absence of big insurance claims last year such as those arising from industrial mishaps resulted in a slight dip in the domestic general insurance industry's loss ratio. The incurred loss ratio the ratio of claims to premiums fell 0.8
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      SingTel cuts overseas ISDN rates
      166 2 SINGAPORE Telecom (SingTel) slashed its international Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) data rates by at least 23 per cent with effect from yesterday. "We expect this will encourage greater use of the service," said Lim Shyong, SingTel's vice-president of business communications. ISDN allows simultaneous data,
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      Pidemco clinches Melia at Scotts site for $189m
      408 3  -  Its price «f $1,004 fdffft slightly lower tku Scott Tower's By Jenny Lam THE Melia at Scotts hotel site tender has been awarded to Pidemco Land for $189 million. The government-linked property company yesterday confirmed that it has been awarded the tender
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      Values of apartments, condos slip 1.2%
      253 3 AVERAGE capital values of apartments and condominiums eased 12 per cent during the second quarter of this year, according to property consultants Jones Lang Wootton (JLW). In its latest quarterly report, JLW said capital values edged lower island-wide, from 1815 per sq ft (psf)
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      Paya Ubi factories to be launched at $380 psf in Q3
      373 3  -  Units to be smaller than rivals'and cestnptosLl-s3m By] Diana Oon PRIVATE developer Paya Übi Industrial Park Pte Ltd will launch its high-rise terrace factories in the third quarter at $380 per sq ft At these prices, the $300 million
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      Asia to get another five Radisson hotels
      296 3  -  Byi Ang Wan May THE owners of the Regent hotel brandname are opening another five hotels in Asia under the US-based Radisson hotel branding. Cartoon Hospitality Worldwide will bring the number of Radisson holds in Asia to 27 by the end of this
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      Lock icon Buying shares? Call POSBline to pay your broker
      402 3  -  POSBank will be first local bank to provide the service By\ Shiv Taneja INVESTORS will be able to pay for shares through POSBank's phone-banking service, POSBline, from tomorrow. POSBank will be the first local bank to provide the service, which utilises the
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Jakarta threatens to ditch arms deals with Britain
      463 4 LONDON Alatas says it will find •far suppliers if lAboor links sales ffftkknman rights AFP BRITAIN could lose its multimillion dollar arms trade with Indonesia if the Labour government insists on linking human rights and equipment files, Indonesia's foreign minister All Alatas
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      Lock icon Indonesia 'flexible' on proposed mining rules
      213 4 JAKARTA Reuter INDONESIA said yesterday it ii willing to be flexible on proposed controversial changes to its mining rules after receiving responses from mintaf companies. "There were various (counter) proposals, and the impact has to be seen from a wider perspective," Adjat Sudrtdjat, the
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      Lock icon Asean offers to help in Cambodian polls
      99 4 HONGKONG AFP ASEAN yesterday threw a lifeline to future member Cambodia, offering to help run its general election next year to prevent it sliding back to war. At an informal meeting here, Asean foreign ministers also addressed matters related to the other two
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      Pinning down graft in business
      620 4  -  LETTER FROM JAKARTA Two Indon seminars will dob&to tho sensitive Issue of corruption By S N Vasuki CORRUPTION has always been a sensitive political issue in Indonesia. Politicians and businessmen have usually treaded cautiously when speaking on the subject. Hence analysts are surprised with the
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      Lock icon Thai cabinet okays moves to help finance sector
      187 4 ■BANGKOK Reuter THE Thai cabinet yesterday approved a series of measures aimed at bolstering confidence in the beleaguered finance sector, a government statement said. Most have already been announced over the past few days. One is a plan to set up a
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      Lock icon Vietnam unveils moves to bolster industry as economy slows
      426 5 HANOI maap rfapntolb iffrmtwl Reuter VIETNAM released data yesterday that pointed to stowing economic growth and proposed new measures to boost industry, including a revamp of struggling state-owned firms. The General Statistics Office said that although the economy grew at a
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      Lock icon Anwar: cabinet to discuss crime prevention proposal
      270 5 KUALA LUMPUR Nkeaaiuti-criM My propose setting system ntkrait Bernama TODAVs cabinet meeting will discuss a proposal for a crime prevention device called the central monitoring system (CMS) to be installed in residential areas and commercial premises nationwide. Acting Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim
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      Is China, after HK's return, a cause for concern?
      554 5  -  MAITBt Region watoUag toss* if eolargsd China, with new dose of nationalism, win flex muscles By Yang Razali Kassim THE brief ceremony marking Hongkong's peaceful return to Chins is the story of the decade. As it fobbed the world's headlines, bat
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      Lock icon Stop bickering in public, Anwar warns cabinet
      235 5 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama ACTING Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has warned cabinet members not to make public statements about other ministries. If they have to, he said, they could voice their views through proper channels, that is through the prime minister, him or the
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  • HONGKONG'S RETURN
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      Lock icon Communist Party key to success: Jiang
      445 6 BEIJING He also cites socialism as another factor behind China's rapid advancement AFP. Reuter THE Communist Party and its socialist ideology were responsible for China's rapid advancement in recent years and the keys to the country's future, Chinese President Jiang Zemin yesterday told a
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      HK must tackle housing issue with care: SM Lee
      472 6  -  HONGKONG Or it could upset property prices, stocks, banks and liquidity By] Loh Hui Yin ANY attempt by the new government to solve Hongkong's housing problem will have to be made with care as it could upset the property and stock
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      Hongkong starts new era with HK$350b fiscal reserve
      393 6  -  HONGKONG From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE Hongkong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government started its first day with a fiscal reserve of HK$35O billion (5564.61 billion), boosted by the addition of HKII7O billion from the Land Fund. The Hongkong government said
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      Lock icon Testing Beijing
      96 6 [HONGKONG] More than 2,ooomembers and supporters of a group branded subversive by Beijing staging what they called "a march for love" here yesterday to test the waters on Hongkong's first day under Chinese rule. Police made no attempt to stop the crowd, made up of members ofthe Alliance
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      Opinions
      125 6 'Jiang made a very good speech, with his assurances that Hongkong will retain its capitalist system for 50 years.' Stanley Ho, chairman of Shim Tak Holding*, on Jiang Ttmto'nwr»»ak daring 'Ifeel proud when I see thefive-star flag (of China) go up. It is a happy day for the Chinese.'
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      Lock icon Jiang said right things and set right tone, say US officials
      288 6 HONGKONG Reuter US officials expressed satisfaction that Chinese President Jiang Zemin "said the right things" and set the right tone during his speech on Monday night at the ceremony marking Hongkong's return to Chinese rule. A senior US official
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      Hongkong's complexion will change
      717 6  -  But dont assume the British can do more Ibr SK than the Chinese can By Noordin Soplee I WRITE this at 1.30 am on July 1,1997, from a nice seat at "The Ceremony for the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's
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      Lock icon Jiang, Li Peng urge Taiwan to follow Hongkong example
      385 7 BEIJING Reunification of Taiwan with in gightj says President Jiang AFP, Reuter CHINA'S top leadership joined together yesterday in urging Taiwan to follow the example of Hongkong and reunify with the motherland. At an 80,000-strong rally in central Beijing to celebrate
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      Hongkongers in Taiwan now treated as 'aliens'
      389 7  -  TAIPEI Those with Overseas Chinese status special privileges By Bruce Cheesman THE atmosphere at the next meeting of the Hongkong Club, an exclusive weekly gathering of Hongkongers based in Taiwan, will be unusual as the former colony's elite executives in Taipei come to
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        Lock icon China opens foreign office in HK
        85 7 Reuter [HONGKONG] China's Foreign Ministry unveiled its office hi Hongkong yesterday, the Office of the Commissioner, to handle the territory's external affeirs and serve asachannel to the central foverameirtlA Beijing. Under the Basic Law, Bering will handle Hongkong's defence and foreign relations botallow the
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        Lock icon PLA troops sweep into Hongkong
        56 7 AFP IHONGKONG] Thousands of People's Liberation Army troops swept into Hongkong yesterday to secure Chinese bases here in the first hours after the territory returned to mainland rule. Troops backed by armoured cars, helicopters and warships crossed from southern China at 6 am to a
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        Lock icon UK does not rule out seeking UN aid
        96 7 AFP [HONGKONG] Britain will consider going to the United Nations if China fails to hold democratic elections for a new Hongkong legislature, Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said here yesterday. "We have not ruled out taking any breaches of the Joint Declaration to
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      Lock icon Newspapers, copywriters cash in on HK's red letter day
      285 7 HONGKONG AFP LEADING Hongkong firms had their copywriters working overtime to create slogans greeting Chinese sovereignty, while keeping their legendary eye for a profit. Hongkong newspapers were yesterday a mass of corporate welcome messages marking the end of British rule, expressing
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Nikkei takes a hit from widening sokaiya scandal
      364 8  -  TOKYO Stockmarket benchmark sheds 429 points By. Anthony Rowley THE Tokyo stockmarket fell sharply yesterday on fears that the scandal involving illegal payments by Nomura Securities and Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank to a corporate extortionist could soon embroil Japan's three other major securities
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      Lock icon S Korea posts US$98m trade surplus, its first in 30 months
      248 8 SEOUL Bloomberg SOUTH Korea posted its first trade surplus in 30 months in June, a turnaround that some analysts say signals the economy is poised to rebound from four years of declining growth. The US$96 million (Ssl4o million) surplus
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      Lock icon Queuing to vote in Bangladesh
      68 8 [MANIKGANJ, Bangladesh] Women queuing for their turn to vote in a parliamentary by-election in the district ofManikganj, north of Dhaka, on Monday. The by-election, to fill a parliamentary seat which fell vacant following the death of a legislator, is a stronghold of main opposition Bangladesh
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      Lock icon N Korea agrees to peace talks
      210 8 NEW YORK AFP IN a major breakthrough after months of on-again, off-again talks, North Korea agreed on Monday to attend four-party negotiations aimed at forging a definitive peace treaty with South Korea. Officials from North Korea, South Korea and the US announced in a
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      Lock icon Samsung to cut chip output as prices fall
      110 8 SEOUL Bloomberg SAMSUNG Electronics and other Korean semiconductor makers will cut output by 20 per cent this month because of falling global chip prices, the Yonhap news agency said. The price of 16-megabit dynamic random access memory (Dram) chips has fallen 3
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      Lock icon Gujral says sacking of investigator won't affect Yadav case
      246 8 NEW DELHI AFP INDIAN Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral yesterday denied the sacking of a top investigator would slow investigations into political corruption. Mr Gujral said Monday's abrupt transfer of Joginder Singh, the high-profile director of the federal Central Bureau of
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon German hourly labour costs highest in world, says survey
      415 9 FRANKFURT Despite falling mark, pMition unlikely to change much Jl caning months, say analysts Bloomberg THE hourly cost of employing a worker in Western Germany if higher than any other country in the world, according to a new survey, and that
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      Lock icon Key US manufacturing indicator down in June
      484 10 WASHINGTON NAPM index suggests economy is slowing after hectic Ql, supporting views that Fed won't raise rates Bloomberg A KEY gauge of US manufacturing fell in June fi-om a month earlier as orders slowed suggesting a factory production boom may be shifting into
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      Lock icon US-Japan telecoms row hots up
      283 10 TOKYO FCC says no licences for NTT, KDD until dispute over market access is resolved Bloomberg US FEDERAL Communications Commission chairman Reed Hundt said Japan's two biggest phone companies won't get US operating licences until a dispute over access to Japan's telecommunications market is resolved.
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      Lock icon Hands-off Internet policy gets thumbs up
      235 10 WASHINGTON Reuter THE Clinton administration's new "hands off policy for the Internet has attracted widespread praise, but not all of the plan is getting such a warm reception. President Bill Clinton and Vice-President A 1 Gore were to formally unveil the Internet report yesterday
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      Lock icon Bonn tells Telekom to open networks
      178 10 BONN Reuter THE German government yesterday ordered phone giant Deutsche Telekom AG to grant rivals access to its local networks, a ruling that could prove to be crucial to ensuring competition in Europe's biggest telecoms market. The ruling forces Deutsche Telekom to allow rivals
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      Lock icon UK manufacturers enjoy 13th mth of growth
      308 10 LONDON Reuter BRITISH manufacturers chalked up their 13th successive month of growth in June as buoyant domestic demand continued to offset the detrimental effects of a rampant pound, a leading business survey showed yesterday. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing Supply's latest purchasing managers
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      Lock icon EU launches scheme to help innovative small firms
      173 10 BRUSSELS Reuter THE European Union launched a scheme yesterday to help make venture capital available to innovative small companies, saying Europe should take a cue from the United States in its effort to create jobs. "Europe can't just sit back and concentrate
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      Lock icon Dutch telecom Big Bang offers big prizes
      399 10 AMSTERDAM Lower prices and new services will boost market Reuter [AMSTERDAM] Dutch telephone users face a dizzying array of offers and deals over the coming months as the Netherlands liberalised voice telephony from yesterday, and every one can win, said a phone company
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      Lock icon France Tel confirms loss under US rules as it awaits IPO nod
      422 10 PARIS Reuter FRANCE Telecom confirmed yesterday it posted a 1996 loss under US accounting rules and said it awaits a decision by the government on whether its suspended initial public offering (IPO) will go ahead. The decision on
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      EU should not be hostage to passing fad
      828 11  -  THE BOTTOM LOTB OPINION By Paul Samuelson The writer is an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This commentary first appeared in Los Angeles Times THOMAS Carlyle called economics Hie Dismal Science. What does a sour Scottish philosopher know about political
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      98 11 'Having to try to play golf and sing karaoke, because it leads to quiet diplomacy.' -YiKhaai Vietnam's deputy foreign minister on what he found unique about Asean. 'We want peace but the only way to have peace is by destroying those who don't keep the peace.' -Owral
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      The unique HK experiment begins
      687 11 EDITORIAL THE Hongkong handover is an experiment without parallel With the historic moment over comes the hard part: China has to make its "one country, two systems" formula work. There are no current models for reference and none in history either. A capitalist enclave has
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      Lock icon New Delhi's sale of state firms fares badly
      1040 11  -  It is nowhere near its target and analysts point out that even its motives are wrong By Rajendra Bajpai The writer is a New Delhi-based journalist who contributes to BT INDIA began selling shares of its public sector companies four years ago
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      826 11 THE ancient and peaceful Japanese centre of Kyoto is set to become a battlefield in December over acceptable levels of greenhouse emissions. It is a battle in which Australia finds itself on the wrong side compared with key international players not because the problem of global
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon HK goes partying— and shopping
      981 12  - HK goes partying and shopping The much feared, long awaited return of HK was anything but tense, says SBTB FiBOV SETH FAISON NYT IN the middle of a crowd that jammed the streets of downtown Hongkong, Carolina Mak hooted excitedly as the mass of people around her began counting down
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      Lock icon Yanni at the HK ceremony?
      200 12 HITs RETURN AFP [HONGKONG] A song panned by critics as a duff copy erf New Age composer Yanni was given a baptism of fire here yesterday to a prestige audience that included Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Song of Peace, an anthem commissioned from Chinaborn composer
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      Lock icon Love and loss in Hongkong
      533 12 HK's RETURN Director Wayne Wang sheets new film amid dues aid kMplaiithedty NYT (HONGKONG] Filming a street scene in this hustling and bustling city has never been easy, what with all the local gangs of organised criminals who demand protection money virtually every time a
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      Lock icon France pays tribute to Jacques Cousteau
      517 12 OBITUARY NYT [PARIS] On a rainy morning that sent a foggy light through the stained-glass windows of Notre Dame Cathedral, France paid tribute to Jacques Cousteau on Monday and accorded him a funeral Mass of the kind normally reserved for heads of state. A
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      SIA-Pratt & Whitney tie-up to overhaul jet engines
      492 15  - SIA-Pratt Whitney tie-up to overhaul jet engines Berames expected to top USs3oom within two years; PAW to direct all work in the region to the facility By( Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Pratt Whitney's joint venture with Singapore Airlines to overhaul jet engines for the Asia-Pacific region, announced yesterday, will have revenues
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      Jaya adding $50m to fleet asset
      252 15  -  By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] A strong pickup in its offshore marine charter business has prompted mainboard-listed Jaya Holdings to embark on a new building programme which will add more than $50 million to its fleet asset value. The maritime company, which has investments in
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      Lock icon Jakarta bourse a bright spot but ride will be a slow one
      661 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW S N Vasuki THE Jakarta stock market has confounded the cynics by staging an impressive post-election rally this month. Yesterday, the benchmark Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed at a record high of 731.62, up
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      Lock icon M$5m fund set up to train bumi staff in broking firms
      377 15 Securities watchdog releases details on moves to open np finmriti market AFX-Asia, Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The Secu rities Commission has set up a Mss million (Ss2.B million) training fund for bumiputra staff in stockbroking firms. The Star newspaper reported.
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        More capital for GRP China
        84 15 [SINGAPORE] GRP (China) Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of GRP Ltd, has raised its paid-up capital from >4.1 million to J7.5 million comprising 7.5 million $1 shares. On the transfer of 960,000 shares in New Sea Plastics Pte Ltd held by CDS Commerce Development Pte Ltd
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        Chng Jit Koon at Kep Finance
        35 15 [SINGAPORE] Chng Jit Koon, former Senior Minister of State for Community Development, has been appointed a board director of Keppel Finance. He is also director of several publicly-listed companies.
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        Scotts director resigns
        20 15 [SINGAPORE] Scott Holdings last night announced the resignation of Alain Ahkong as director and audit committee chairman
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        Vikay appoints ecex deputy chairman
        58 15 [SINGAPORE] Vikay Industrial said it has appointed Foo Meng Tong as its executive deputy chairman. A former diplomat, Mr Foo has been a member of the firm's board since 1993. In his new post, Mr Foo will lead and direct the company in meeting its
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        New Tuan Sing appointments
        61 15 [SINGAPORE] Tuan Sing Holdings and SPP Ltd have appointed Thai Chee Ken as non-executive director and chairman of their audit committees. A chartered accountant, Mr Thai has 30 years of experience in public accounting. Go GiokLian has resigned from Tuan Sing as a director while Loo
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        SPP units up Chinthe stakes
        66 15 (SINGAPORE] SPP Ltd's subsidiary Bestmix Pte Ltd and its associate Rip-Mix Concrete Pte Ltd have each each acquired 1&697 shares in Chinthe Concrete Pte Ltd from Kokang Singapore Pte Ltd. Bestmix and Top-Mix each paid $109,000 far their shares. The acquisition has resulted in Bestmix
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      Corrections & clarifications
      43 15 Corrections clarifications OUR market capitalisation table yesterday put Dairy Farm's value at $199 million. Its correct market capitalisation should be $1,907 billion, putting it in 29th place rather than 163 rd in the ranking by market cap. We are sorry for the error.
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        Lock icon Nippon Credit to close S'pore unit too in revamp
        172 16 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nippon Credit Bank wUI close all of its overseas operations, including its Singapore branch, by November as part of an ambitious restructuring plan. The bank said yesterday it will shut branches in London and Hongkong in September, the Singapore
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        Lock icon Artwright proposing bonus, bonds and warrants
        277 16 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Artwright Holdings Bhd said it is proposing a bonus and bonds issue as well as a warrants offer. In a statement sent late on Monday to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, the office furniture supplier said it is proposing a bonus
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        Lock icon Bumper crop of new stock sales to hit Jakarta soon
        557 16 More than 6.66 trillion rnpiah worth of shares will come to market this month in rights sales and IPOs Bloomberg [JAKARTA] The Jakarta Stock Exchange's ability to digest new stock sales will be tested by the busiest month in its
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        Lock icon TV with a 'plas' factor
        73 16 [TOKYO] Matsushita Electric Industrial's Chiho Shibahara standing beside a new wide-screen television with a 42-inch (106<m) plasma display hanging from a wall during a press preview in Tokyo on Monday. Matsushita said that it would start selling the plasma television at 1.5 million yen (5518,650)
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        Lock icon Concert to be listed in London, New York and Tokyo
        456 16 US nod for merger of British Telecom, MCI expected by antnmn Reuter [TOKYO] British Telecommunications pic and MCI Communications Corp yesterday announced that Concert, the global telecoms firm to be created on their merger, would be listed in London, Tokyo
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        Lock icon Berjaya Group back in the black with M$81m profit
        235 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Berjaya Group Bhd achieved a turnaround in its performance, reporting a net profit of M 181.2 million (Ss46 million) for the year ended April 30, from the previous financial year's loss of M|7.2 million. In a statement yesterday,
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        Salim group's Smart taps shareholders for 1.7b pesos
        322 16  -  From. Al Labita in Manila SMART, the Philippine telecom wing of Indonesia's Salim Group, has raised 1.7 billion pesos (Ss92 million) from its shareholders to help bankroll its expansion, an official said yesterday. Smart spokesman Ramon Isberto said the money was infused
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        Lock icon Murdoch unit upbeat on Sky NZ bid
        406 16 Reuter [WELLINGTON] Rupert Mur-doch-dominated New Zealand newspaper publisher, Independent Newspapers Ltd (INL), said yesterday it was confident its second bid for a stake in Sky Network Television would be successful. INL, which is 49.5 per cent owned by Murdoch vehicle News Corp, was
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        Lock icon Taiwan to allow simultaneous listings abroad
        314 16 Sharwafftnip companies can also be listed and traded on the island's exchange Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Securities and Futures Commission said yesterday it was lifting a restriction that has prevented companies from listing shares simultaneously on the Taiwan stock exchange and foreign bourses. The liberalisation,
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        Foreign funds dump San Miguel on tie up with Coke Amatil
        478 16  -  USs2.7b share sw»p with Aussie firm seen m unfavourable te SHC: analyst From Al Labita in Manila FOREIGN funds yesterday dumped the B sham of food and beverage titan San Miguel Corp (SMC) shortly after it wrapped up its
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        Lock icon Baht takes a break
        1128 17  -  But there are sterling signals from the charts and London property fronts By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] THAI markets took a muchneeded breather last week, after the emergency decrees to jump-start the rescue of the financial sector and news that 16 weaker finance companies have to shape
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        When a spot forex position rolls into a forward deal
        578 17  -  TUI9 mew bOWH By Larry Wee BT Senior Correspondent A FOREIGN exchange deal is an exchange of currencies between two parties on a mutually agreed date and at a mutually agreed rate. The date this exchange takes place (the value
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        TRADE RECOMMENDATIONS
        255 17  -  By NatWest Markets Regional Currencies Hal btkb Exploit the inverted yield curve but stay clear of offshore spot forex positions. Active exploitation of this curve has led to a much more gently inverted slope but we suspect the current shape will remain in place till mid-August, when the
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        Lock icon THE WEEK AHEAD
        269 17  -  Compiled by Larry Wee Sources: Independent Economic Analysis Holdings (IDEA); JP Morgan (JPM); MMS International (MMS) and Technical Data (TD) United States My SB June employment statistics due, always watched closely by bond market and therefore stock market. The key non-farm payroll number is widely expected to
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        Lock icon Sumitomo, Templeton in equity investment tie-up
        311 18 Deal meshes Japan's search ftr returns with foreign interest ahead ef Big Bang FT [TOKYO] Sumitomo Life Insurance, Japan's third-largest life insurer, and the Franklin/Templeton Group, one of the largest US fund managers, have agreed to co-operate on international equity investment. The move highlights
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        46 18 [BANGKOK] Young boys enjoying a ride on a locally assembled vehicle in Thailand's north-eastern province of Si Sa Ket on Monday. The vehicle is the most popular among Thai farmers in rural areas where it is used for ploughing and carrying farm products. REUTER
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        Lock icon Australia's bonds top market in Q2 after rate cut
        415 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Australia's was the best performing major government bond market during the second quarter, as a surprise Interest-rate cut by the central bank helped hand local-currency investors a 6.28 per cent return. Australian yields fell to their lowest in
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        Lock icon Record US$572b US securities sales at half time
        481 18 FlflnwjaapsMfc in Q2 aftar MrlMiaQl Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Companies and governments sold a record U*****.9 billion (*****.8 billion) of stocks and bonds in the US, the world's biggest capital market, so far this year as debt and equity markets bounced back from
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        Lock icon GE Capital Corp to buy Colonial Penn
        383 18 Mtve allows it t« sell car insurance via direct marketing Bloomberg [STAMFORD, Connecticut] General Electric Capital Corp said it will buy Leucadia National Corp's Colonial Penn car insurance unit for US$95O million (Ssl.3 billion). The transaction allows GE Capital, a unit of General
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        Lock icon Research cess for KL rubber processors
        261 18 Reuter (KUALA LUMPUR) Malaysia will hold rubber processors responsible for paying a replanting and research cess from next year and retrench 1,246 civil servants from the industry, a government minister said on Monday. The new cess system will help recover nearly Ms4o million (5522.7
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        Lock icon JGBs firm on bond-buying rumours
        238 18 sibki Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Japanese government bond (JGB) futures were firmer in late trade yesterday. Dealers said rumours that Japan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) would buy outright bonds worth about 100 billion yen (Ssl.2 billion) fuelled a rally in JGBs. September JGBs surged to
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        313 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [SEOUL] Tougher pollution laws that came into effect in South Korea yesterday could add millions of dollars in costs to refineries. New government laws on sulphur in oil products means that the South Korean refining sector has to choose between buying
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        182 18 Reuter London THE US dollar traded within a narrow range as the market waited for results of the Federal Reserve's monetary committee meeting, while sterling was up a bit ahead of presentation of the British budget. At 1225 GMT, the dollar was trading at 1.7447 marks against 1.7435
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      1536 19 AFP Qnua -***** JAPANESE share prices closed 2.1 per cent lower yesterday, with the Nikkei Average depressed by profit-taking and futures-led declines, brokers said. "For the time being, the Nikkei Index is expected to trade at around 20,000-point mark, with the possibility of a fall below that level," a
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      Lock icon MANILA
      342 20 AFP PMi +433 SHARE prices rose yesterday on late buying by Investors. "There were some last minute orders on Metrobank which pushed the market into positive territory," said a trader, adding that the bourse suffered earlier from an absence of foreign fUnds. The Composite Index rose 6.33 points at
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      700 20 AFP nOwmoateMc +1M SHARE prices rose to their second consecutive record close yesterday amid confidence in the country's economy, dealers said. "Regionally, Indonesia is relatively attractive," an analyst said. "Some people say it was foreign buying that lifted up the index, but I think we are seeing aggressive buying
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      411 20 AFP rl Composite lata +12J3 SHARE prices closed 1.7 per cent higher yesterday as investors bought actively after the country posted the first trade surplus in 30 months, dealers said. "Until yesterday, everybody was betting on more consolidation. But investor sentiment turned around on the news of the June
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      597 20 AFP DAllOrimariei -4.7 SHARES eased yesterday as negative waves from Wall Street combined with a measure of profit-taking to give the market a sedate start to the new financial year. The All Ordinaries Index ended 4.7 points lower at 2,721.2. Turnover was 350.3 million shares worth A 5892.01 million.
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      254 20 Reuter Q Wellington -ILIO A LATE rebound in Telecom was enough to drag shares off session lows yesterday to end slightly down from Monday's record. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed 11.10 points down at 2,490.86. Reuter «i i *t- mm A HZ Banking 10.75 uncti 22T74 A*>«nUqnHMgt LOT uncfi
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        Lock icon Blue chips firm on late buying interest
        488 21 AFX-Asia Q Composite Index +L6O SHARE prices closed slightly higher in moderate trade yesterday as late selective interest in blue chips reversed early losses on the main index despite a prevailing undertone of caution over Hongkong, dealers said. The KLSE composite index closed
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        Uniphoenix wrt dicey at this stage
        212 22  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan A MONTH ago, we highlighted the Clobtraded warrant of Uniphoenix Corp. In that article, we noted that the warrant was trading at a discount as its time was running out. However, the instrument has been rising steadily since then,
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        HOT STOCK
        78 24  -  -•n Ven Sreenivasan PACIFIC ANDES was back on the action list yesterday as it slipped two US cents to SZS US cents on a volume Of 1.98 million shares. But the counter looks poised for a recovery. The RSI is in oversold zone while the mommtum indicators point
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        212 24 Stacks Mm Tianjin Zhong 13.348.000 Wing Tai 25c 4,516.000 Wnq RCPS5.25 4.000,000 SingTel 15c 2,511,000 Van iter Horst 2.215.000 'Multi-Purpose 2,081,000 Pk Andes 20c 1,963,000 Keppel Land50c 1,619,000 •MBf Capital 1.241,000 ChmaNUSk 1225,000 Stocks Tianjin Zhong 14,908,550 SIA Foreign 12,531,724 0CBC Foreign 11,026,246 MS Foreign 11,012,700 U06 Foreign 10,172.053 City
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        Fed meeting overshadows MAS' upbeat prognosis
        602 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMBMTAB7 Stocks drift as funds remain cantions amid signs that US inflationary pressures have not qnite eased By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE) The Monetary Authority of Singapore's upbeat prognosis for the local economy did little to firm up market sentiment yesterday, with stocks
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          Park and (taken for a) ride
          72 24 ITS a case of bureaucracy getting in the way of good service. The Oriental Singapore provided complimentary parking coupons to those invited to a media event at the hotel premises yesterday. But these coupons were only valid if guests had valet-parked. For those who
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          Hi-tech haiku
          77 24 GUESS it had to happen some time. A web site called News of the Day features a page (www.newsoftheday.com/technology/) of commentary on tech events—in haiku, or at least, something close to the Japanese verse form. Nothing profound, but what the heck, it's the Net One example: Lifeforms found
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          Johnny who?
          163 24 A COLLEAGUE was at the popular Fabrice music bar in the Marriot Hotel one evening when he almost choked on his scotch and soda when introduced to a strapping, six-foot-two Caucasian. "Meet Mr Johnny Walker," his drinking companion said nonchalantly. The colleague quite uncharacteristically broke into a guffaw,
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          A colonial hangover?
          37 24 WITH Hongkong returned to its rightfUl owners now, we wonder ifHongkongers, with their penchant for exotic names, had considered some of the following: Handover Chan, Reunited Li, SAR-Li Yeh, Good-bye Geh or Mainland Wong.
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          No numbers please
          61 24 IT SEEMS that (me of the big growth areas of the banking business is shrouded in mystery. At a press briefing on the economy at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday, a Journalist asked for figures on private banking activities in Singapore. "If there were figures
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          Licence plate handover
          104 24 A COLLECTOR of car licence platae bearing numbers "1997" which sounds in Cantoneee like the words for longevity and endless luck—is hoping his collection of similar plates will fetch him a fortune. According to Agence France Presae, Choi Shao-hei, who three years ago bought a special licence
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      305 25 Bridge News, Reuter TRADING was sluggish in most sectors of the market ip a "typically Monday trading pattern", brokers said. Panamax rates in the east remained firm although there was little activity with new business tcarce and a standoff between owners and charterers. The Biffex dropped 20 points
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      438 25  -  US east coast port aims to develop a presence in Asean, China and S America By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The port of Boston is targeting the Asean region and South America in an effort to increase its share of the US east
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      366 25 Reuter [CHITTAGONG] Bangladesh on Monday began allowing port users to operate private equipment to speed up cargo handling, in a move aimed at eventual privatisation of the country's main Chittagong port, port officials said. "This has ended a battle between the government and the port
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      744 25  -  STRAIT TALK By\ Seafarer 1T SEEMS hardly any time at all since a former Baltic cruise ferry came alongside at Singapore Cruise Centre and was shown off to the press by the fledgling Star Cruises as its first vessel. The response
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      372 25 Share of cargo handled by M'sian registered ships expected to double NST [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian merchant fleet is expected to reach 900 ships or seven million deadweight tonnes by the year 2000, International Trade and Industry Minister Rafldah Aziz
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      274 25 BernamaKyodo [KOCHI, Japan] A court in Libya has slapped a fine of 2,000 dinar (557,530) each on all but one crew members of a Japanese tuna boat and ordered seizure of their vessel for violating the African country's territorial waters, according
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      705 26 GERMAN SHIPPING: FOCUS ON HAMBURG'S CONTAINER TRADE The German port has increased its maritime cargo turnover, reflecting the upswing in German exports Despite the subdued economic climate in Europe, the Port of Hamburg increased its maritime cargo turnover by 4.1 per cent in the first
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        206 41 M 2 China Partial market holiday, trading in Shenzhen B shares suspended due to Hong Kong public holiday. Hong Kong Public and Market holiday, day after Hong Kong's return to China. Jul 3 Belarus: Republic Day. Jul 4 Iran (tentative) death of Prophet Mohammad. United States: Independence Day.
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        826 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. show* price range* in US dollars instead of single price* for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are baaed on averagesited stem. Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        324 42 FT [WASHINGTON! Boeing officials yesterday expressed optimism that US regulators would today allow a proposed US$l3-billlon (5518.4 billion) merger with McDonnell Douglas, creating the world's largest aerospace company with more than 210,000 employees. The Federal Trade Commission has until midnight toriight to halt
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        277 42 Reuter [DETROIT] While bargainers worked to end a 69-day strike at General Motors Corp, the car maker disclosed that work stoppages have taken a US$49O million (*****.8 million) bite out of its second-quarter profits. GM said in a US Securities and Exchange Commission
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        507 42 Competitors slam delivery giant's bid to boy more flights into growing South American market Journal of Commerce [WASHINGTON] US cargo airlines are attacking Federal Express Corp's bid to buy more flights in the potentially lucrative Argentine market, charging the delivery giant with trying
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        416 42 Bloomberg [MEMPHIS, Tennessee] Federal Express Corp said fiscal fourth-quarter net income rose 15 per cent, fuelled by higher profit from its international business, pushing fullyear earnings to a record level. The company, known for its overnight package delivery service, said net income
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        108 42 Bloomberg [CALGARY, Alberta] Canadian Airlines International Ltd said its 70 lenders and aircraft lessors agreed to a plan to defer Csl7o million (Ssl7s million) in payments. The formal agreement, though, came after the company resumed normal debt and lease payments earlier this
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          91 42 Reuter [TOKYO] Mazda Motor Corp will boost production at (me of its plants in Japan, partly to meet increasing demand in Europe, a Japanese business daily said yesterday. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun said the operation rate at Mazda's Hofti plant in western Japan would average
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          70 42 Reuter [KUWAITI Kuwait Airways Corp (KAC) and Royal Jordanian Airlines have agreed to resume direct flights between Amman and Kuwait for the first time since the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait .A KAC official told the Kuwait News Agency (Kuna) in Amman that the
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          80 42 Finnair has decided on the Airbus femily to replace its 12 121-seater DC-9s, currently operating on European routes. Pinnair has ordered 12 aircraft from Airbus Industrie comprising the A319.A320 and A 321. The first two planes ordered are A32os and scheduled to enter operation
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        305 42 Threat of serious disruption having impact on BA's overseas customers FT [LONDON] Talks will be held during the next few days to try to prevent industrial disruption by British Airways cabin crews and ground staff at London's Heathrow airport from
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      14 25 Hamburg's container cargo on the rise Increase reflects upswing in German exports. Page 2
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      173 25 FedEx trying to corner Argentine market rivals FedEx in bid to buy more Argentine routes. Back Page Sharaf Group A Sharaf Group, a major shipping and trading group, professionally managed and headquartered at Dubai, United Arab Emirates, envisages the following openings within its shipping organisation due to their strategic growth
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      103 27 Ant ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED ?JpJ, (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING UMTTED) WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE VESSEL VOY SINGAPORE ROMBAY VESSEL VOY BOMBAY SINGAPORE MEGHNA 826 07/07 15/07 MEGHNA 825 25/06 06/07 NOftDKAP 413 11/07 19/07 NORDKAP 412 29/06 11/07 JUTHA PARICHART 004 13/07 22/07 JUTHA PARICHART 003 02/07 13/07
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      1154 28 DSR-SENATOR ili Round the World Container Services TO UK/CONTINENT FBOM UK/CONTINgNr |«B IWW MM B Mil IWV 1 HOW fU HIT LHA VEMEL |Wf IL* WTM I—W |nAM |m |«WT llSij CALFOMMOMfm wrna mm ~i*W~nW nv vv »u *r chotawglort era MM i«« n« 13 mmm mm PUOONGSENATOR WN7M 1717
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      402 29 AJLIPERKAPALAN DAI ZHUN^\ aQ/ TONG JCX) SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO **********0 C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 7KKMm+fASTtST TUMSIT/ M9JUtA-HtIOMY U*TH A 7 »0 CMI MOUhMMCMTiB AfPU ***** 03/17 GUOO 9750 09/07 SHOO 971S M/ 07 ft 9750 94/07 GITONG f7JJ 10/07 «Moa 9710
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      468 31 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES _JjBo ROBINSON ROAD. #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 LINES) Twice Sailing To UNITED KINGDOM DIRECT SAILING TO SOUTHAMPTON FELIXSTOWE Please call for FAMOUS MOLLY I *****33 P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****33 (20 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) j. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 CWT GLOBEUNK PTE LTD
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      676 32 ACCORD SHIPPING PTE LTD TH 5 *****56 (40 Lirws) FAX *****46 POgtBMK M9M7IMI OMSO ACCESS TB.: *****57 (KXPO4tT 8004QN0) MfllfiHMW (97) 35/ I J/7 *****87 (EXPORT DOC), *****64 (IMP08T) fBSHK m WI44S UWjHTTP;//WWW-ACCO«O.COM.SO JAUiTA (71) Ml/71 VAA7 WA SIN ~POiT m til HHTT ITA SIN FOOT ra SMI (FAR EAST)
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      48 32 0 HANGLI SHIPPING WRECT REGULAR SERVICE JAKARTA SURABAYA MUfflA 04/07 OMJ7 P.JM 17/07 11/07 f.MUMNDM 21/07 22/07 P.JM SURABAYA MPORT 03/07 SHANNON EXMESS 05/07 06,07 awi rami 14/07 19/07 SHAIMON EXPRESS 2CVO7 21/07 MAN rami UNTIED SMPFMQ OfWAMSATION FT. MDONESIA SHANNON MARITIME CORP. PANAMA TEL: *****88 FAX: *****00
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      89 36 @TOYOFUJI SHIPPING CO, LTD. MULTI-PURPOSE VESSEL FOR RO/RO, CONTAINER I BREAK BULK CARGO rasa |m| w I sw it 1 I n HrT my—s 34 H/n h/v ii/iy n/t; u/iy »/>y TMMS MQHC 5 >7 jlf/t/l M/ 17 M/ 17 17/>7 21/17 44/ M rasa Ivotl sm I w I
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      421 37 TIGER WAVE 540N 04-04/07 09-12/07 17-18/07 I TIGER ISLAND 549N 07-OOT7 12-16/07 21-22/07 TO BE ADVISED SSON 10-11/07 16-19/07 24-26/07 I TIGER BAY 561N 13-1407 19-2307 27-2807 I TIGER WAVE 552N 17-1807 23-28(07 31-01/06 I TIGER ISLAND SS3N 21-22*07 05-09/07 13-1407 Ivessel^^VO^^Sl^^CA^^Sl^l TIGER SPRING 289CN8 01-01/07 07-1007 16-17/07 I XOUR
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      1036 38 El 1k v -a *****1 TWICE WKKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY ARRIVAL FIXED DAY-MONDAY VESSEL VOY I SIN ICM RTM HAM FXT LBt MM VESSEL VOY L£H FXT HAM AMR HFA IBTH DOVER BRIDGE A726W103/071 06*7 26/07 24/07 23/07 28*7 MALACCA BRIOGE A72OE SLO SLD SLD SLD SLD 08/07 NORMANDIE BRIDGE J726W106/07
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      411 38 Singapore Soviet Shipping fl® Co. Pte. Ltd. Cfl NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN vessel voy sin bom pnq pkl TRANSCORD 102N 04/07 13/07 27/07 29/07 KOTA SELAAAAT SMTO27 00/07 17/07 01/00 03/00 TRADE FAST TFSIOI 00/07 18/07 02/00 04/00 KOTACAHAYA CAHIB7 18/07 27/07 10AM 12/00 TRANSCORO 103N 30/07 00/00 23/00 28AM ANNOUNCING
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      743 40 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING jy] 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE fSINOTRANSI J 8 (*****7). TEL: *****00 FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) YESSa I VOYAGE ETA SINGAPORE ETA HONGKONG ETA SHANGHAI I NEW HAIHUNG 9704 04/07 09/07 13/07 6000 WELL 9718 11/07 16/07 20/07 NORDSUND 9702 28/07
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      364 40 WLAM JJAC-NELS STORE M'SIA 1 fTTTxTTI Carrtofs MM CONTIK LMES, MC I ~l\V J wwiimnmw 6«U: (064) ****** MAMLA: (832)*****11 «NAWQ.(O4)tt«B > BANGKOK: (662) *****67 9URABAY*(iI) *****0 KHLANQ: (06) *****77 JKT {21)*****67 MPN: (61)*****3 EX PKG TO HONGKONG EX PKG TO HJSAN EX PKG TO SYDNEY MV "CY EXPRESS" V.726N
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      148 40 ijsspip|ill)ipwik S-poreWCstai^joedEg^^^^^^^^ I SEACONCERT 30/36 RdnVAJWUK/Nan I SAMMI FORTUNE 06/07 Rdm/AfwAJK/Nan I ■SV TRADER 15AJ7 20/07 NarVßdm/Atw/UK I MURAT KJRAN 25/07 28/07 NarVßdrrVAtw/BmrVUK I Loads EJW.Malaysa. Indonesia I I Aqstoa/Egypt I I Oubai/Bahrain/DarnmarVKiiwait I I AderVJecMah/Aqaba/Hode«** I SEA RESOURCE Hodsidah/JeddattAq*>a/Egypt I 1 Tot* Singapore, E7W. Malaysia. Indonwa I PAN QUEEN
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      127 41 LIGfNO: R Thunderstorm Temperature c V Shower Weother Wind direction with speed m knots Rain Cloudy Sky Wov height Svrface wmds or* indicated by arrows which Hy with the wind One fu« crcte represents calm or kght and variable winds l__ One hoW Heche represents 5 knots L— One ft*
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      194 42 Established shipping line with container services to major trade has vacancy for SALES EXECUTIVES. Knowledge of shipping or forwarding Minimum 1-2 years experience in sales For appointment, please phone 325-1810 or 226-3314. New Self Propelled 100 T Floating Crane Barge FOR SALE Built: July/August 1997, Thailand Class ABS A 1
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