The Business Times, 14 July 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85* SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, JULY 14,1997
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    FINANCE
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    Manila black market sees 12% surge in US$
    541 1  -  Amrions businessmen demanding greenback after Friday's 1L6% sport in official rate From. Al Labita in Manila THE US dollar yesterday fetched 33 pesos in the black market, 12 per cent higher than the banks' reference rate, as uncertainty swept the Philippine currency,
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    Gordon Wu proposes HK reclaims 10,700 ha of land
    469 1  -  Tang said to have unofficially hacked plan to house 3.6 m From. Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong ENTREPRENEUR Gordon Wu has proposed an ambitious project to reclaim 10,700 hectares of land to house 3.6 million people in housing-short Hongkong. Mr Wu,
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    Lock icon May global chip sales up for first time this year
    434 1  -  Asia-Pacific tops with 9% year-on-year growth to USs&3b By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Worldwide chip sales in May showed year-on-year growth for the first time this year, but observers are still holding their breaths for a clearer sign of a recovery
    Source: Semiconductor Industry Association  -  434 words
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    Lock icon Belting out fast food
    72 1 [SINGAPORE] Freshly baked burger buns whizzing by on conveyor belts at Haul Food'splant at Pandan Loop. Havl Food supplies buns to McDonald's. Ebery month Singaporeans chomp down over five million burgers, muffins and 600,000 eggs in the Island's 90 plus McDonald's restaurants. Havl Food, set up
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      90 1 DISIDB rfIBSAfIHIM I BfiVfrae na Business survival differs from company to company, gbr TT J Design and jfcrooneerinff's managing director Teo HockChwee, it means putting in backbreaking 18-hour days to ensure It J becomes a market leader in steelbased structural works, tarn IPO Komoco Motors, the vehicle distributorship owned by
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      15 1 Wrong calls on f/ie peso?Pg3 Thai woe* may get worse after peso's fall, Pg 3
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Sale of BP's Pasir Panjang refinery may have hit snag
      432 2  -  Delay in plans to retain land to govt |or redevelopment Ronnie Lim THE sale of BP's mothballed Pasir Panjang refinery which was to have been dismantled lock stock and barrel 'itnd re-installed overseas has apparently hit a snag. This, in
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      Low-rise block on Draycott Drive up for en bloc sale
      295 2  -  Analysts expect the six-unit freehold site to fetch around $40m By Abdul Hadhi THE owners of a low-rise apartment block comprising ;six units adjacent to Ardmore Park condominium have put their properties up for collecg tive sale. The site could
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      Lock icon Finance sector seen driving growth
      341 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Finance By, Audrey Tan THE financial and business services sector is expected to remain the growth driver this year and next, despite a continued slowdown in domestic loans growth, economists say. "Stockbroking and investment banking should strengthen as economic conditions improve,
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      Sydney bed tax may cause investor rethink
      393 2  -  Olympics-related tax could force hotel buyers elsewhere By- Ang Wan May IT IS NOT a big pinch for Hai Sun Hup or Thakral, but the new Olympics-targeted bed tax could make Asian investors think twice before buying their next hotel in Sydney. The
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Wrong calls on the peso ?
      508 3  - Wrong calls on the peso LUHMLfIOMIiWU Dangerous to leave free market forces to decide on the unit's fate By Al Labita FIRST, the property market. Then, the banks and later, the peso. What's next? For Manila officials, it's apparent that they don't know yet where the hordes of speculators will
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      Indonesia hopes to get US$5.3b in soft loans
      473 3  -  JAKARTA But govt fears Japan may cut down on its assistance By I S N Vasuki INDONESIA hopes to receive US$5.3 billion (557.6 billion) in soft loans from the Consultative Group of Indonesia (CGI), a grouping of rich donor countries, when it
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      Lock icon Thai woes may get worse after Philippine peso's fall
      472 3 BANGKOK Bah t seen weakening farther; M'sia's booming economy may also be hit: analysts Reuter THAILAND'S and Malaysia's currency and short-term economic problems could intensify following the Philippine peso's de facto devaluation last Friday, analysts said. The peso's effective devaluation put
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      Lock icon Tourism M'sia's No 2 foreign revenue earner
      249 3 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S tourism industry has replaced petroleum to emerge as the second biggest foreign revenue earner with M 511.2 billion (556.4 billion) last year, reports said yesterday. Moving up from fourth position in 1995, the 13 per cent increase in receipts
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      Lock icon Hun Sen calls for free, fair polls
      474 4 PHNOM PENH Sihanouk says he will not endorse new govt bat stops short of accusing co-premier of staging coup Reuter AFP A WEEK after deposing of his senior rival in two days of bloody fighting, Cambodia's Second Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday
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      Lock icon Thai tourism board calls for Justice after Pattaya hotel fire
      320 4 V BANGKOK Steps to ensnre hotels monitor fire prevention equipment AFP THAILAND'S state tourism board yesterday called for a thorough investigation into the Pattaya hotel inferno that killed 90 people and sought justice against those responsible for safety lapses. Seree
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      Lock icon Vietnam must treat foreign investors better: official
      345 4 HANOI Improvement of investment climate needed to raise country's profile AFP A SENIOR Vietnamese investment official said Vietnam must take better care of its foreign investors to raise its profile as an emerging market, a local report said yesterday. Do Quoc Sam, chairman
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        Lock icon Laos still wants to join Asean at end-July
        76 4 AFP [BANGKOK] Laos has confirmed its desire to Join Asean at the end of July, despite the indefinite postponement of Cambodia's entry into the regional grouping. Thai media reported yesterday. Laotian Foreign Minister Somsavat Lengsavad was quoted as saying Laos was ready
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        Lock icon Manila may give only 4 sectors protection
        55 4 AFP [MANILA] The Philippines may grant tariff protection to only four sectors of industry feeing tougher competition. Trade department sources said yesterday the committee on tariff and related matters decided to protect the chemical, automotive, tyres and textile industries because they have been
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        Lock icon Mandela in Bali before state visit
        90 4 Reuter [JAKARTA) South African President Nelson Mandela arrived on Indonesia's island resort of Bali yesterday ahead of a state visit to Jakarta this week, the official Antaranews agency reported. Mr Mandela was scheduled to take a rest before flying to Jakarta today for talks
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        Lock icon KL power producers contirbute M$60m
        66 4 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's power producers have contributed MS6O million (Ss34 million) to a trust account for the electrical supply Industry, Energy, Telecommunications and Posts Minister Leo Moggie said on Saturday. The fund will be used to subsidise the cost of providing electricity to rural
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      168 4 I lil Urn In conjunction with ICCIM '97 The 4th International Conference on Computet Integrated Manufacturing 21-24 October 1997 World Trade Centre, Singapore, Halls 3& 3A [l wjl mm 9 I w*w m 'rffii f: tS PMHM ASIA'S LARGEST AUTOMATION LOGISTICS EXHIBITIONS BE PART OF IT! Factory Automation Robotics Power
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Taiwan investment in China down
      320 5 TAIPEI Jan-Jane period sees 11% slide after Taipei adopts tougher stance Reuter TAIWAN'S investment in rival China slid 10.93 per cent between January and June this year from the same period a year ago after Taipei adopted a tough investment policy towards Beijing, the Investment
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      Lock icon China banks focus on conglomerates
      244 5 BEIJING AFP CHINA'S commercial banks are focusing on industrial conglomerates, encouraged by the state to revitalise the ailing public sector, it was reported here yesterday. Yang Kaisheng, vice-presi-dent of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), told the official China Daily: "Supporting large state enterprises
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      Lock icon China to allow foreign investment in defence sector
      386 6 BEIJING Move will help boost its electronic warfare capability, says report Reuter Bloomberg AFP CHINA plans to open its secretive defence sector to foreign investors next year to help boost its electronic warfare capability, an official newspaper said yesterday. China should no
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      Lock icon Taiwan to reshuffle cabinet in Sep: paper
      118 6 TAIPEI Reuter TAIWAN will postpone a cabinet reshuffle until September to maintain stability within the ruling Nationalist Party ahead erf a key party congress, the United Evening News reported yesterday. It quoted high-ranking officials as saying Vice-President and Premier Lien Chan would keep
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      Lock icon Ex-governor Patten's reputation hit by friendly fire
      392 6 HONGKONG Biography mentions times he made misleading comments AFP HONGKONG'S last British Governor Chris Patten sailed out of Hongkong two weeks ago, but his reputation is already under fire, thanks in part to a biography by his close friend Jonathan Dimbleby. The first
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      Lock icon PLA to soften image: report
      178 6 HONGKONG AFP CHINA'S People's Liberation Army (PLAX which took over ish counterparts in Hongkong this month, are set to open a press office to soften their hardline image, reports said yesterday. A PLA source said the new garrison was actively considering the idea and "would
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      Lock icon Protesters threaten Tung's political honeymoon
      474 6 HONGKONG New HK chief faces attacks from legal, human rights lobbies and trade unionists AFP Reuter NEW Hongkong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa's political honeymoon was under threat just two weeks into Chinese rule yesterday, as hundreds of grassroots demonstrators protested against threats to labour laws.
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        Lock icon End of work restrictions for HK women
        15 6 AFP for companies to obey it ended yesterday.
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        Lock icon Crime, corruption main concerns HK poĺ
        51 6 Reuter [HONGKONG] Rising crime and corruption are Hraiglumf's'biwt cancans now that the ten Itoyltea been handed back to China, a poll of3oo people contacted by tt»S*ndayHongkoni StontotfeaHL People wertasiMtf to chose their greateet concerns among law end order, the economy, a stable gorernroent and
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        Lock icon floods have
        27 6 Reuter [HONGKONG] Floods caused by tonrsntiaUain in sowlh saetern China's Jiangri province ha»e kfflad U peoyte in ascent days, the 7\i tog ftwnewsmyet said yeetefday.—Atuttr
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      251 6 Analysis of the Singapore Budget 1997 16 July 1997 2pm-spm Hilton International Ballroom How will the Budget impact you and your organisation? What effect will it have on your business plans for the rest of the financial year? In this year's Budget Seminar, Ernst Young's tax consultants will present their
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Tokyo's financial services offer
      392 8 GENEVA It wQI lift forac curbs, allow individuals and firms to deal with overseas bankers Reuter JAPAN offered on Friday to permanently lift curbs on foreign companies operating in its financial services market in what it called a bid to raise prospects for a global pact
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      Drowning in monetary Soros
      688 8  -  LBTTBRFBOHTORO Is letting George Soros take over the IMF as mad an Idea as tt soonds? By Anthony Rowley THE moment I heard about what had happened to the Thai baht (not to mention the Philippine peso and all). I phoned the managing director of the
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      Lock icon Chaebol to protest against new balance sheet rules
      431 9 P SEOUL New challenge may force Seoul to back-pedal on reform bill again AFP SOUTH Korea's powerful conglomerates are joining forces to protest parts of a financial reform package that would require them to present consolidated balance sheets by 2000. The conglomerates,
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      Lock icon Part of Chun's slush fund found, say prosecutors
      159 9 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korean prosecutors have seized millions of dollars they believe is part of jailed ex-president Chun Doo Hwan's hidden slush fund, reports said on Sunday. Prosecutors told Yonhap news agency that US$7.B6 million (5511.2 million) worth of bank deposits and
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      Lock icon Nomura profit fall may not be sharp despite scandal
      191 9 TOKYO AFP CTjs APAN's Nomura Securities fc June despiSjk dints payonscanml, a business newspaper said Yesterday. The nation's largest broIjferage is forecast to report a 7 pgr cent fall in pre-tax profit to 34 billion yen (Ss42B million) li the April-June
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      Lock icon Gujral admits he was caught in a dilemma
      217 9 NEW DELHI Khar embezzlement scandal brought hard dimfflg for Indian PM AFP fttDLAN Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral has admitted ftp* the first time he was Otught in a "dilemma" over an ebibezzlement scandal which Crocking his coalition, reports said yesterday. Mr
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      Lock icon Bangladesh floods leave 57 dead
      148 9 DHAKA AFP THE DEATH toll from four days of landslides and floods in Bangladesh has risen to 57 after 14 more fatalities were reported overnight from affected districts, officials and news reports said yesterday. Local officials in southeastern Bandarban hill dis- trict also reported 19
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      Lock icon Rabuka sympathetic to Indians
      149 9 AUCKLAND AFP FIJI Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka was "sympathetic" to Indo-Fijians despite overthrowing a government they backed in a coup, the author of a key report on the country's previous constitution said yesterday. Former New Zealand Governor-General Paul Reeves told Radio New Zealand yesterday: "Very early
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Murder of ETA hostage sparks outrage in Spain
      228 10 ERMUA, Spain AFP VILLAGERS took to the streets yesterday in an outpouring of rage, sorrow and disbelief in this Basque home of murdered ETA hostage Miguel Angel Blanco Garrido. Spain's world famous Pamplona bull runs were suspended until late yesterday in a
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      Lock icon France drops plan to sell stake in Thomson-CSF
      311 10 PARIS It hahs privatisation prams, lays new strategy will be on veiled in week* Bloomberg FRANCE dropped its plan to sell its controlling stake in Thomson-CSF, Europe's biggest defence electronics company, the government said. "The government has decided to put an end
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        Lock icon Russia repeats objection on Nato
        70 10 AFP [MOSCOW] Russia strongly reiterated its opposition to Nato membership for the Baltic ex-Soviet republics j yesterday as US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright insisted that the allianoe's doors remain open. President Boris Yeltsin also said he was "displeased" that during the. North Atlantic Treaty
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        Lock icon China spent its US funds legally: FBI
        77 10 Reuter [WASHINGTON] FBI investigators believe that most of th» US$2 million (552.9 million) China allegedly spent or budgeted to raise its political influence in the US wait towards legal activities, such as lobbying and bringing senators to Bering, the US News and World
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        Lock icon Israeli troop wound 16 Arabs
        64 10 Reuter [HEBRON, West Bank] Israeli troops wounded 16 Arabs, including five journalists, during dashes here yesterday m as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned 10 Palestinians that they wHI pay deariy if violence q continues. Palestjnianson the side of the city ruled by the a Palestine
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        Lock icon German economist pessimistic on deficit
        78 10 AFP [BONN] Germany's public deficit win not meet the r<s Maastricht criteria to qualify for joining the single m European currency, an economic adviser to the jj government told the Berlin Tagesspiegel daily. Wolfgang Franz, a member of the council that advises the )t) government
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        Lock icon Blair to vet Labour's MPs: report
        67 10 AFP [LONDON] British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to vet his Labour party's parliamentary candidates in a move condemned by toft-wingers as a bid to purge tbem from the House of Commons, according to The Sunday Times, whic|L based its report on a leaked
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      Donorgate: Hollywood gets into the act
      608 10  -  LOTS FROM WABHZVOTOV Die Bard actor IVed Thompson may try to transform hearings Into media-grabbing event By Leon Hadar FANS of film star Bruce Willis may recall one of the main characters in the second Die Hard movie, a tall and tough air traffic
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      601 10 I A DREAM I I years ago, was moonlighting large Japanese I S in Jurong. On a starry evening while walking to M I motorbike, suddenly I had a strange feeling. I was M I standing all alone in huge empty carpark looking I I at a large monolith building.
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Internet security and congestion 'will be prime concerns for users'
      480 11  -  By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Data security and growing data congestion on the Internet will be the prime concerns that users have to contend with this year, says the chairman of the Internet Engineering Task Force (lETF), Fred Baker. These will
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      Digital to use more AMD K6 chips, says Bob Palmer
      207 11 [SINGAPORE] Digital Equipment Corp, the US giant that's at loggerheads with chipmaker Intel Corp, will use more chips from Intel's rival, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Digital's chief Robert Palmer said here last week. "My expectation is we'll use more K6
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      Digital's new R&D lab to focus on Internet, networking technologies
      463 11  -  Company to use Singapore ONE as testing ground Reports by, Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] US-based Digital's new $14 million research facility here, which began work early this month, will focus on Internet and networking-related technologies, including network computers (NCs), high-speed switching,
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      HP to unveil new 3D graphic system
      140 12 (PALO ALTO, California] Hewlett-Packard Co said last week it would introduce a speedy new three-dimensional graphics computer system that challenges Silicon Graphics Inc's grip on high-end graphics supercomputing. John Austin, manager of research and development at HP's Chapel Hill, North Carolina, graphics laboratory,
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      HP opens $10m customer service centre
      281 12  -  It's the first such centre of its fciwH for HP in Asia' By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] HewlettPackard Co last week opened its new $10 mUlion customer service centre in Singapore with a promise to provide "world-class service to users in the Asean region". The
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      Regional firms take up Microsoft's Net technology
      344 12  -  Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Major firms in Singapore and the region have bought Microsoft's latest Internet technology, the Microsoft Commercial Internet Server (MCIS). MCIS is a suite of Internet services including electronic commerce, Internet shopping, videoconferencing, news services, online voting, and email, and
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    • IT TAKES
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        Wide- format printer sales to grow 35%
        69 12 (SINGAPORE] Sales of wide-format printers (using AS size paper) are expected to grow 35.2 per cent per annum in unit sales between nowand 2001, according to figures from Hewlett-Packard. By2ool, the market for these printers would cross Ss3 billion. HP's newest printer, the
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        Anixter Education Services gets NCB OK
        55 12 [SINGAPORE] Anixtef Education Services (AES) has received approval from the National Computer Board for its certification programmes under the Critical IT Resource Programme. Citrep aims at accelerating the development of Emerging, critical and specialised IT skills required by both the IT industry and user
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        SingTel support for Mt Everest quest
        59 12 [SINGAPORE] Next year, when the first Singapore Mt Everest expedition team climb# the world's highest mountain. Singapore Telecom will equip them with MPLUS and Inmarsat-B high-speed data services and Internet e-mail via Singnet-ISON. Sing Tel will also sponsor an expedition Website, hosted by Singnef
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        Ingram Micro now IBM distributor
        61 12 [SINGAPORE! IBM Singapore has appointed Ingram Micro Singapore as its newest distributor for its complete range of PC products. Headquartered in California, the US$l2 billion (Sfl7 billion) Ingram Micro is the world's largest wholesale distributor of technology products and services, operates in 19 countries and
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        Aimquest adds 60 more ISPs to GRIC
        80 12  -  Oo—pitodby Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Aimquest Corp, which founded the international roaming consortium called Global Reach Internet Connection (GRICX has added 60 more Internet Service Providers and telcos to the alliance since January, raising the total membership to 100 and extending TCP/IP point of
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      How SMEs can use the Internet to boost quality
      647 13  -  By Seamus Phan The writer is an Asia-Pacific zone partner with McGallen Bolden Associates, Singapore THE world is moving towards a total quality mindset, one which not only expects product and service quality, but process quality as well. As more countries
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      Cyberspace names.legal.headaches
      1057 13  -  Lawyers say website addresses pose many grey areas in law and offer unscrupulous ways to make money By' Toh Han Shih WHAT'S in a name? In cyberspace, it is money and legal headaches. Two lawyers, Oo Ban Leong and Jo-Ann See, told BusinesslT that the issues of trademarks
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      Lock icon Making that chip decision when you buy a PC
      878 14 Here's a simple guide on what all those specifications mean before you dish out your money for the purchase AP Buying a pc is getting complicated because there are so many versions of Intel's Pent i u m processor floating around.
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      New digital video camera that can work on the Web launched
      340 15  -  It can do personal videoconferencing, video-mail and allow video-editing on the PC By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Home-grown Canvas Technology Pte Ltd last week announced availability of a new digital video camera that can do personal videoconferencing, videomail, allow video-editing
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      Lock icon Apple searches for man to take up most thankless job in computer industry
      698 15 AP [NEW YORK] It's the most thankless job In the computer industry. Gilbert Amelio's abrupt dismissal as chairman and chief executive of Apple Computer Inc last week leaves an opening unlikely to attract many resumes. Despite Mr
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      493 16  -  Participating companies will have 'virtual shopfronts' linked to their respective homepages By Eugene Low ISINGAPORE] Walking past Fullerton Building, you see Boat Quay further along the Singapore River. Do you want to continue on foot or would you prefer a river cruise
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        72 16 EPSON Singapore has announced the availability of the EMP-7000 (above), a portable XGA projector that works with VGA and SVGA PCs, notebooks and workstations. Manufactured in Japan, the 5518,599 system can project graphics, photographs, X-ray images, animation and engineering designs with no loss of detail,
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        54 16  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam TEKTRONIX Singapore's new Phaser 560 colour laser printer (above) is now availahle, with I,2oodpi resolution, advanced toner formulas and TekColor rendering technology. Targeted at the corporate market, the 556,499 printer comes with Adobe Post Scrip page-processing software and flexible networking
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        311 20 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Cosco Pacific Ltd is buying a fifth of Hongkong's Liu Chong Hing Bank Ltd, ensuring financial backing for further expansion, executives said. The US$25l million (***** million) acquisition is part of a plan to expand the Hong-kong-traded subsidiary
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        420 22 £2b sale may include part of speciality chemicals unit bought from Unilever in May Bloomberg [LONDON] Imperial Chemical Industries pic is poised to sell some of its industrial chemicals units to DuPont Co of the US for about £2 billion (554.84
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        312 22 -FT [NEW YORK] British Telecommunications (BT) looked set to proceed with its planned US$2O billion (Ss29 billion) merger with US telecoms group MCI, in spite of Thursday's revelations that MCl's business prospects have been seriously derailed. Peter Bonfield, BT chief
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        171 22 AFP [NEW DELHI] Indian tax enforcement officials last Friday charged top officials of ITC Ltd, the country's first multinational with a Fortune 500 listing, with foreign exchange violations totalling US$llO million (SslsB million). Officials said the charges were made in Calcutta, the headquarters of
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        478 23 Move aimed at guiding local banks' relationships with their clients Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong's key banking organisations on Friday released a non-statuto-ry Code of Banking Practices meant to guide local banks' relationships with their clients. The code was jointly issued by the Hongkong Association
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        304 23 Reuter [LONDON] International accountancy firm Deloitte Touche said on Friday it would appeal a Luxembourg court ruling limiting the fees due to the firm for its liquidation of collapsed Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI). The Luxembourg court fixed Deloitte's fees at £1.809
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        861 24 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] The oil market was unsettled last week by Germany's plan to sell part of its strategic oil reserves to plug a hole in its public finances so it can meet the tough entry
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        136 25 Long term buy Venture Manufacturing is an OEM producer of removable computer storage devices. While hard disk manufacturers have experienced more volatility, Venture has maintained steady growth as a result of a diversified product-line and strong customer loyalty. This has to a large extent insulated Venture from the
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        146 25 Hold Parkway Holdings Is one of the best South-east Asian healthcare providers with operations in India, Indonesia. Malaysia, and Singapore. Initially overseas healthcare operations will not add significant revenue to operations However, longer term this is where the company expects much growth. Short term, local hospital operations are
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        263 25  -  Sourer: Analyst! by. Johan Tellvik a director of Bridge Int'l Broking E-maiL JteUvikQbridge.com ■•IftttvaMi Mgtfcfßinr RSI measures the rate at which prices move. As a rule, an RSI above 80 indicates an overbought condition while RSI below 20 indicates an oversold market. RSI is more effective in
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        448 26 NEW YORK Analysts say it's a foregone conclusion that the Dow will break mark AFP Bloomberg WALL Street paused last week on its way to 8,000 points in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index as traders hung back before breaking through
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        937 26 n Sydney -343 AUSTRALIAN mining stocks which wilted as the gold price plummeted could recover some of their losses and push the market higher over the coming week if the metal stabilises, brokers said on Friday. The Australian Stock Exchange's benchmark All Ordinaries Index finished at 2,699.1
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        206 26 ■HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG shares are poised to strengthen further in the week ahead after the index surged 2.7 per cent during the first fUll week of trade under Chinese rule to an all-time record closing high, dealers said. The market will continue to strengthen,
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        1510 26 *7JI FRENCH stocks will likely be mixed to lower this week with investors concerned about the possibility Europe's single currency will be postponed. On Friday, France's benchmark CAC-40 Index rose 12.50 points to 2,941.59. In the week, it rose 7.11 points, or 0.24 per cent, setting a
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        419 26 LONDON AFP SHARES here fell slightly last week, in the light of the third successive rate rise in as many months and as economists expected the monetary screws to be tightened further stiU in the months ahead. The FTSEIOO Index of leading shares
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        303 26 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices are likely to retain their firm tone in the coming week amid emerging views that the latest phase of consolidation has all but ended, brokers said. "Since the Nikkei index did not close below
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        471 27 AFP Composite index -00.1 THE Malaysian stock market is expected to be volatile in the coming days after plummeting 5.2 per cent over the past week to Friday, analysts said. "Investors are likely to remain cautious due to uneasiness caused by fears of speculative
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        225 28  -  WARRANT WATCH -Byy Ven Sreenivasan AS any investor worth his salt knows, going for a stockbroking company's shares is not a wise move when the market is in the doldrums. But after four months of sliding, the Singapore bourse is now approaching
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        71 30  -  -ir Ven Sreemivasan The stock of healthcare-based Parkway Holdings which has been very active of late is reaching a medium term resistance at its current price leveL Although it is still below its 52-umk low of $715, the monthly RSI suggests it is overbought and could have a
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        669 30  -  the week ahead Bat STII expected to trend np only from mid-Aug when funds re-rate market for second half By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] So the much hoped-for corporate tax cut did not materialise in the national budget. No real surprise there. Honestly, how
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      875 22 ASEAN FUND LIMITED 4, (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) C<j The Board of Directors of ASEAN Fund Limited is pleased to make the fotowing announcement RESULTS FOR THE HALF YEAR BIDED 31 APRIL IM7 (These figures have not been audited) T 1 He* 98 to 1 Nov 95 to
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      415 25 21 -25 July 1997 Halls 3 3A, World Trade Centre Singapore 22 July 12 noon 6 pm 23 24 July 10 am 6 pm 25 July 10 am 5 pm The forthcoming 1997 international suppliers from more than 25 countries/areas event, comprising HVAC ASIA *97 and and source from the
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      28 28 For real-time stock information, Scall Quickstock on 1900-913-0003 at 30 cents a minute. Stock numbers are available in the stock pages of The Business Times and Lianhe Zaobao.
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      195 31 Simpson Spence Young THE proliferation of holidays, with the Hongkong handover and national holidays in Canada and the USA, has not helped the market which has been rather slow moving and only limited sales being reported. The recent trend of "as is" sake for demolition has continued with
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      429 31  -  Terminal operator EOT gives in to Danish carrier after talks lasting months By' Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Rotterdambased terminal operator Europe Combined Terminals (ECT) has given in to Maersk Line's demands for its own terminal at the port, but will jointly operate the
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      Lock icon Shanghai exchange blamed for rate hikes
      151 31 American Shipper [NEW YORK] Several liner carriers have told the European Commission that rate increases in the market from Shanghai to northern Europe have been imposed on them by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange. The move by the shipping lines follows the revelation by American
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      Lock icon Fewer piracy attacks but casualties high: bureau
      183 31 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Piracy on the high seas remained high with seven ship crew members killed in 79 attacks in the six months to June, with 36 violent cases recorded, officials said. "The number of casualties this year is almost as high as
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      Consolidation in port business unlikely to match that of carriers
      778 31  -  LDIER SCENE By: David Hughes WE have heard a lot recently about mega consortia of liners and are beginning to hear similar things about ports. It is being said that the world ports scene will be dominated by just a
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      261 31 Area expected to enjoy rapid economic growth Reuter [BEIJING] China's north-east-ern Bohai region is expected to show rapid economic growth and become the largest container shipping centre in northern China in the next century, the China Business Weekly said yesterday. The
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      Lock icon Philippine port handler wins bid to operate Saudi terminal
      247 31 AFP [MANlLA] A consortium led by the Philippines' International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI), has won the tender to run Saudi Arabia's second largest container port. ICTSI said it has entered into a partnership with The Maritime Company for Navigation (TMC),
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        78 31 AFP [SYDNEY] A crippled Indian balk carrfcr laden wtthcofll ran aground on a sandbar after its engines felted near in Island in the Torres Strait off northern Australia, marine safety authorities said yesterday. The47,000-tonne PnkthUtttflWtr. tmitan yiwinmnl Sh ipplng Corporation, aleo developed steering problems and drifted on to
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        44 31 T *n»<na Kan W ■'t 111 J3£, 4~ fieifcd leasing business oHYiJler VermietteeeScM mbH (TVG) of Hamburg. The purchase, from the Rabobank subsidiary De Lege Landen International of Eindhoven, adds 2,190 trailers to the Ti mi—erka fleet and increeses the company's customer baae.
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        62 31 American Shipper Intermodal volume on UBand Canadian ndlroada continues to run ahead of last year's pace. Through June 21, volume totalled 4,888,710 trailers and containers, up ?J per cent, according to the Association of American Railroads. Excluding intermodal shipments, railroads moved t.B million carloads during the year's
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      945 32 Are CARGO SHIPMENTS: DEFINING THE PARTIES INVOLVED An agreement is being drafted to serve as the basis for legal relationships between air-cargo carriers and forwarders American Shipper IS a forwarder an agent of an airline, or an independent shipper that's a customer of the
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        203 47 Jul 14 France: National Day. United States: Independence Day. Jul IB Brunei: H.M. The Sultan's Birthday. I*llo Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab Emirates: (tentative) Moslem Prophet's birthday (dependent on sighting of the moon). Jvl 17 Brunei: Maulud Rasul. Indonesia Birthday of Prophet Mohammed. Malaysia Brithday of Prophet Mohammed.
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        903 47 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine OH Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollar* instead at single price* for a more comprehen slve description of the market Prices shown are based on averagestaed stem. Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        Lock icon BA staff reject catering unit sale, threatens strike
        640 48 British carrier to suspend cabin crew who went on strike Bloomberg News Financial Times [LONDON] British Airways said its catering staff voted to reject the airline's plan to sell a long-haul-catering unit, raising the threat of a second strike. Officials of the
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        Lock icon Emirates sees cargo output rise 23%
        499 48  -  It forecasts 4fi% growth in cargo operations oat ofSTporehab By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Emirates Sky Cargo said it expects cargo volumes to rise 23 per cent and Is forecasting a 45 per cent growth In cargo operations out of Singapore this year. "Emirates is
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          80 48 AFP (MANILA} Mitsubishi Motors Corp will introduce a bigger model of its Galant aeries in the Philippines next month, trade department sources said yesterday. Sources said Mitsubishi Motors (Philippines) Corp had asked the Board of Investments for aslot in "category three" of the government's
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          Lock icon HK's new airport in business centre deal
          83 48 Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong's Airport Authority said it had signed a franchise agreement for the operation of a business avistion centre at the new Chek Up Kok airport. The centre, to be completed by the end of 1998, would provide services for executive aircraft
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          Lock icon Chinese name favourite airlines
          83 48 AFP [BEIJING] Passengers on China's 16 airlines named three carriers—China Eastern Airlines, Xiamen Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines —as the nation's best in 1996, pushing Air China from the top spot, the China Daily reported. Of China's 25 major airports, Shanghai's Hongqiao airport Xiamen's Gaoqi airport and
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        Lock icon Merpati, Sempati to sell all their Fokker-27 planes
        223 48 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's stateowned Merpati Nusantara Airlines and private company PT Sempati Air plan to sell all their Fokker F-27 airplanes, a report said. "All our Fokker F-27 airplanes will be replaced by BAe-1465," Merpati's president Budiarto Subroto was quoted by the
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        Lock icon S Korea's high-speed rail line to undergo massive repair
        269 48 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's high-speed railroad authority yesterday announced a costly plan to repair its faulty work, following advice by US engineering supervisors. The decision came three months after US supervisors Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (WJEA) found "serious safety" risks in
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        Lock icon US concerned over EU stance on Boeing merger
        377 48 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US turned up pressure on the European Union to tone down its rhetoric on Boeing Co s proposed acquisition of McDonnell Douglas Corp. US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky said the US is "concerned" with "some of the rhetoric coming
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        Lock icon McDonnell Douglas' jetliner unit not for sale: Boeing
        342 48 Reuter (SEATTLE] In response to press reports, Boeing spokesman Sherry Nebel reiterated that the company's main interest is in McDonnell Douglas' defence and space operations. But she said that did not mean Boeing would want to try to sell the Douglas Aircraft
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      668 32 Uom services representee by Member* o» the Registry at \VKgmfj Accradftad Shipping Agents, zy Spore Naflonal Shipping Aaao Mentoers of the Singapore Freight Forwarders' AseooeDon. ■nJirr the ECOLOGICAL humidity ABSORBED I Condensation in containers? No problem I The Solution Is Tha Absormatic drying po«e. By attaching tLiSf tha ona time
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      468 35 f/l IPERKAPAIAN DAI ZHUN > jgfy TONG JOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 /KwcuM-tAsnsT mutsir/ mutA-mom um 2 no cm mmbPtMCATt* ~7 MM f7117 14/07 WWI ***** 11/17 CWOCI 071* 15/07 ATlti 9721* 17/07 GtWI N 97** 11/07
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      517 43 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS I 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapore *****1 Tel: *****66 (60 Unas) Fax: *****33 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg CONSOUDJOTON SERVICE ARGENTINA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN BUENOS AIRES 14/07 CAPETOWN 13/07 CHILE ETD SIN DURBAN 13/07 VALPARAISO 16/07 JOHANNESBURG 13/07 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD *IN PIRAEUS 13/07 VALENCIA/BARCELONA
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