The Business Times, 16 July 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet• http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, JULY 16,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Salim to inject Indofood into QAF in deal worth $2.7b
    703 1  -  QAF to finance deal through five-fbr-one rights issue, borrowings By 1 Lee Han Shih, Clarissa Tan [SINGAPOREJ Singapore's biggest corporate takeover was set in motion yesterday when Indonesia's Salim group said it will inject the giant Indofood group into locallylisted
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    Kia's financial woes may derail Indon car project
    563 1  -  FT Timr Patra raHes on S Korean partner for technical and marketing support Frorn S N Vasuki in Jakarta INDONESIA'S controversial national car project, PT Timor Putra Nasional (TPN), has been thrown into jeopardy by news that its Korean partner, Kia Motors,
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    S-E Asian currencies still weak
    337 1 STO down 17 points to new 30-mth tow; HE stocks hit record high [SINGAPORE] Selling pressure eased somewhat yesterday but South-east Asian currencies remained weak, as were equity markets but with the exception of Hongkong. The ringgit again attracted the market's attention, after Acting Prime
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    Anwar confirms dispute over major terms in Bakun deal
    371 1  -  Row with ABB may delay construction and public listing of project From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur ACTING Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday confirmed that a major dispute has arisen with the main contractor of the M 515.5 billion (558.72
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      123 1 OUBDMSfI Parkway Holdings may spin off its primary healthcare business into a separate listed entry, Ft 15 HQElui nlos The new Hongkong government yesterday unveiled a five-year land aatos programme which win put about 430 hectares of land on the market, **7 Oust TMMI lAvt (had T«*> fashion designer Gianni
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      25 1 Banks oome to rescue of Kia Group, Pg 17 M$ acceptable: Anwar, Pg 4 Fresh measures h stabilise peso, Pg 4 Money Matters, Pg 20
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      89 1 Hue Indon asset injections likely, Pg 15 Tndoiood deal likely to fuel unease, Pg 16 J Explore new dimensions in time. Introducing the new Sport Classic", in poSshed steel with and without dktmonds. Water resistant to 50m. 5 year international warranty. Authorised Dealers: -ft Roy Eastern Watch #01-86/88 Lucky Plaza
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Riverside promenade will link Fullerton to Great World City
      381 2  -  Target completion date: end-98; building of walkway to be split between URA and developers By Diana Oon A VIRTUALLY uninterrupted riverside promenade connecting Fullerton Building in the Central Business District to Great World City in Kim Seng Road has been planned
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      Lock icon Indon officers board ships off S'pore
      191 2 Reuter INDONESIAN maritime authorities have boarded several tankers refuelling outside Singapore port limits, saying the ships were in Indonesia's territorial waters, shipping sources said yesterday. Indonesia bans refuelling of ships in its waters, unless it is done in designated refuelling ports, the shipping sources
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      Lock icon S'poreans carry the most cash in Asia after Japanese
      399 2  -  The average S'porean carries around U552,279: journal By\ Siow Li Sen FOR all the Republic's cashless channels and high level of industrialisation, Singaporeans still carry around great amounts of cash. In a comparison of Asian countries, it rates second highest after
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      Regional telcos go for mapping by satellite
      272 2 LOCAL companies Singapore Telecom and Mobile One are two of an increasing number in the region which are turning to a new out-of-this-world mapping technique satellite imaging. Spokesmen from Sing Tel and Ml confirmed on Monday that their companies have relied on satellite
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      Lock icon Slowdown expected in commerce
      345 2  -  EYE OM THE ECONOMY Commerce By< Audrey Tan WEAK consumption spending is expected to slow the commerce sector down this year, with economists forecasting growth below last year's 6 per cent. United Overseas Bank (UOB) says in its latest Economic and Financial Quarterly: "The bearish outlook
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      Not enough done to lower costs: business groups
      389 2  -  BUDGET 1)7 Govt also urged to impUmumt to encourage training By' Ven Sreenivasan WHILE the government seems to recognise the need to maintain Singapore's competitiveness, the budget does not do enough to lower the cost of doing business here or to encourage
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      S'pore institute, Dutch group in ultra-pure water venture
      415 2  -  By] Raju Chellam SINGAPORE'S Environmental Technology Institute (ETI) has tied up with Holland's largest scientific research organisation to develop technology locally to produce cheaper ultra-pure water used by wafer fob plants. "Even small improvements in eliminating contaminants can translate into multi-million-dollar savings
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      Crane maker to base Asian HQ here
      239 2 FRENCH tower crane manufacturer Potain SA will set up its Asian headquarters here in September to prepare for further expansion in a region where it sees enormous potential for growth. "We are now seeing encouraging growth in Myanmar, the Philippines and Indonesia, and
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      154 2 Major Office Complex and adjoining Prime City Hotel St George's Terrace, Perth, Western Australia Victoria Centre Office ffIHH Mlllll 11,072 square metres office complex IK Prime St George's Terrace location Outstanding corner exposure Plans available for hotel or serviced apartment conversion Prime City Hotel 127 rooms, restaurant, function room and
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      174 3 A 10-year peace of mind. The comfort of a 10-year warranty for We understand your home will be amongst your biggest and most important investments jfe for your future a place for you and your JHHJf family to have that sense of security. Which is why we are going the
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  • TURMOIL IN CURRENCY MARKETS
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      Lock icon Ringgit stays weak after Anwar's wider band hints
      405 4  -  KUALA LUMPUR Bank Negro's switch in tactics keeping speculators off balance: dealer Reports by Meera Tharmaratnam THE ringgit remained weak after Minister of Finance Anwar Ibrahim hinted yesterday that Malaysia would be prepared to accept a wider trading band for the ringgit.
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      Temporary weakness in M$ acceptable: Anwar
      264 4 KUALA LUMPUR FINANCE Minister Anwar Ibrahim suggested Malaysia could accept a weaker ringgit temporarily, as spiralling interest rates inflict too high a burden for the economy to bear. "I do not think we can accept a continuous rise in interest rates," Mr Anwar told
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      Lock icon Thai minister to meet Japan bankers
      656 4  -  TOKYO Ifcanoog in bid to pat together major package of Japanese financial aid By, Anthony Rowley THAI Finance Minister Thanong Bidaya will meet with executives of 22 leading Japanese banks in Tokyo tomorrow as part of an effort to put together a major package
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      Baht seen stabilising in a couple of weeks
      326 4  -  ■BANGKOK By Harish Mehta THE Thai baht which fell to a record low on Monday down 22 per cent from its predevaluation level is expected to stabilise in a couple of weeks, provided Thailand's battered economy is not hit by further bad
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      Lock icon Slump in the market
      59 4 [MANILA] Stock traders at the Philippine Stock Exchange monitoring share prices from a computer terminal as the Composite Index fell 2.0 per cent, or 54.87 points, to close at 2,655.86 yesterday. Turnover was 5.566 billion shares worth 1.17 billion pesos (5556.3 million). Analysts said profit-taking prevailed
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      Taiwan help for Asean currencies comes with conditions
      335 4  -  TAIPEI By] Bruce Cheesman TAIWAN has promised to use its vast foreign exchange reserves to help its neighbours in South-east Asia weather the devaluation of their local currencies. But as with most offers of help from Taiwan, there is a catch: the
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      Fresh measures to stabilise peso
      407 4  -  MANILA One-month borrowing rate now 25%; peso at four-year low; stocks fall by 2% By, Al Labita THE Philippine Central Bank yesterday launched a fresh round of interest rate measures to check the rampaging volatility of the beleaguered peso. It raised its one-month borrowing rate
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      10 4 Young Parents When you want the best for your children
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon US and Japan may accept status quo in Cambodia
      406 6 TOKYO Paper says Tokyo coalition without Ranariddh may be unavoidable Reuter, AFP THE United States acid Japan have indicated that they may accept the status quo in Cambodia following Second Prime Minister Hun Sen's "military victory" over his rival Prince Norodom
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      Lock icon Johor urged to study economic ties with S'pore
      126 6 ■JOHORBARU Bernama THE Johor government should conduct a comprehensive study on the economic ties between Johor and Singapore following the recent spats between the two parties, the state assembly was told yesterday. Barisan Nasional member Mohamad Kasbi said the study on the
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      Lock icon Strong European interest in super corridor: Dr M
      228 6 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that about 74 per cent of Europe's IT/multimedia companies exposed to the government's promotion on the proposed Multimedia Super Corridor project are interested in setting up their businesses in the MSC. He said
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        Lock icon Thai Maritime gets nod to privatise
        43 6 AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's cabinet yesterday approved the privatisation of Thai Maritime Navigation and authorised incentives for the first five years of its operations. Thai-registered shippers with Thai vessels will also be exempted from corporate income tax. —AFP
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        Lock icon 6 ministers under graft probe since '90
        50 6 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Six ministers were under investigation by the Anti Corruption Agency from 1990 until now, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nazri Aziz said. During the same period, two deputy ministers and a parliamentary secretary were also under investigation. Bernama
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        Lock icon US to take up Myanmar issue
        72 6 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright plans to take up the "central issue" of Myanmar in talks with Asean foreign ministers here next week. Sandra Kristoff, a special assistant to President Bill Clinton, warned that Myanmar's entry would affect Asean "s
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      Press Hun Sen for an early election
      599 6  -  UAVfIBV Asean can take 'constructive Intervention' one step farther By Yang Razali Kassim IN this column exactly one week ago, it was proposed that Asean not sit on the sidelines but intervene in the worsening Cambodian crisis. Asean's principle of non-interference notwithstanding, I
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      131 6 Cambodia strife leaves cargo stranded, Shipping Times Pgl Perception can sometimes be an r f V/'/: "V r f* 4, ST obstacle to the path of discovery. f 9 *r, v A* It's better to keep an open mind. 4 f v mil The next time you see a Renault,
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      HK to offer 430 ha of land for sale over 5 years
      465 7  -  HONGKONG Developers hail Tung Chee-hwa's move which will generate 146,000 apartments By\ Quak Hiang Whai, Loh Hui Yin THE new Hongkong government yesterday unveiled a five-year land sales programme which will put about 430 ha of land on
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      Hongkong details policy on land leases
      312 7  -  By< Quak Hiang Whai THE Hongkong government •yesterday released details on how it now deals with land leases and related matters, a move which will provide clarity, certainty and consistency to property investors. The new land policy, announced by Secretary for Planning, Environment and
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      Insider trading hits Taiwan bourse
      421 7  -  TAIPEI Booming market sees surge in trading irregularities By Bruce Cheesman BOOMING stock prices in Taiwan have led to the resurgence of an old nemesis of the local bourse rampant insider trading. A bull run which has lasted nearly 10 months, triggering a rise in
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      Lock icon HK exchange warns firms of con men
      121 7 HONGKONG Bloomberg CON men are impersonating senior executives at the Stock Exchange of Hongkong and soliciting funds or favours from listed companies, the exchange warned. Asia's second-biggest stock exchange said officials at listed companies or firms sell- ing shares have received telephone calls
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      Lock icon China's interim trade surplus up 20-fold
      337 7 BEIJING Msnnfartnring experts help snrplns soar to USsl7.Bb Bloomberg CHINA's trade surplus rose 20-fold to U5517.77 billion (5525.6 billion) in the first half of the year, as manufacturing exports soared. Exports in the first six months of the year rose about 26 per cent
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      41 7 *k m There's Only One Singapore Bank pT h P 9 u T.-« v 1 7 i fV That Ms f jtj ihe way in Project Financing. I I J V jj r DBS BANK j We re Closer To You
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  • ASIA
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      Japan sees China as potential security threat
      337 8  -  TOKYO Defence White Pftper also expresses concern over North Korea By* Anthony Rowley CHINA is again identified as a potential threat to East Asian regional security in the Japanese government's latest defence White Paper which was approved yesterday by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's
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      Lock icon Nomura engaged in 250 illegal deals: SESC probe
      187 8 TOKYO AFP NOMURA Securities engaged in some 250 illegal deals over four-and-a-half years, the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) said yesterday. The SESC said it had advised Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitzuzuka to take administrative and other appropriate action against No- mura
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      Lock icon Hunting down the hunters
      59 8 [CALCUTTA] Policemen in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta displaying the seized skins ofßoyal Bengal Tigers on Monday. Police arrested two poachers who allegedly killed tigers in the Sunder bans delta forests of the state of West Bengal. Environmental authorities have banned trading in parts of
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      Lock icon NZ poised for tough monetary management
      447 8 WELLINGTON Reuter NEW Zealand financial markets were ready for a tough line from the Reserve Bank yesterday after inflation data dashed their high hopes, even though the figures were in line with expectations. The New Zealand dollar had weakened ahead of the data, easing
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      Lock icon Sydney hotels get concessions from bed tax
      355 8 SYDNEY Respite will mem As3om shortfall in NSWs tax revenue AFP SYDNEY'S luxury hotels won a partial victory yesterday in their fight to defeat a hotel bed tax imposed by the New South Wales state government to help pay for the 2000 Olympic
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      India's coalition under severe strain
      517 8  -  NEW DELHI Aiatystsfareeee early election as among United Front partners widen By Rajendra Bajpai INDIA'S 13-party United Front coalition government has come under severe strain because of major political differences among its partners. Many analysts believe it could lead to an early election. Parliamentary elections
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      Lock icon Aussie CPI inadequate: central bank
      258 8 n CANBERRA Bloomberg THE Reserve Bank of Australia claims the country's Consumer Price Index (CPI) is "inadequate" as a measure of inflation because it includes Interest charges such as mortgage rates. In Its submission to the Australian Bureau of Statistics 13th Series Review of the
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      412 9 feff;- Suntec City, July 24 9 1997 1 V 1 South East Asia's dynamic growth into (he next century offers unique business opportunities with its &-S-K.l access to large consumer markets. Itochu Corporation of Japan, with assets of US$64 billion offers a i y strategic network of Industrial Parks in
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Mark weakness an overreaction by markets: Waigel
      505 10 BERLIN Bundesbank sees do need to raise rates despite unit's plunge to six-year low against US$ Bloomberg, Reuter FINANCE Minister Theo Waigel said yesterday Bonn wanted to see a strong mark and that the present strength of sterling and the US dollar against
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      Lock icon Targeting poverty
      124 10 WASHINGTON Reuter AN uneasy alliance of the World Bank, governments and community groups wants to help developing countries escape the poverty trap, but both sides admitted on Monday they faced a legacy of mistrust The Structural Adjustment Participatory Initiative, formally launched on Monday, follows on from a World
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      Lock icon Bridging life and death
      52 10 [RAMAT G AN, Israel] Australian athletes struggling to cling on to the scaffolding ofan Israeli sports stadium bridge after it collapsed on Monday, before the opening parade of an international Jewish sporting event, the Maccabiah games. Two athletes were killed and at least 45 people were
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      Lock icon US retail sales pick up in June
      416 10 WASHINGTON Rise of 0.5% after three months of decline; economy may he gaining steam Bloomberg Reuter [WASHINGTON! Sales at US retail stores picked up more strongly than expected in June following three straight monthly declines, the Commerce Department said yesterday, signs the economy
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      Lock icon EU meets on expanding behind former Iron Curtain
      197 10 STRASBOURG Reuter THE European Commission met yesterday to formalise the list of countries it thinks should be asked to take part in the European Union's first enlargement behind the former Iron Curtain. No surprises were expected with Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary,
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      US dissatisfied with Asian offers to open up financial services
      355 10  -  SINGAPORE Official to visit Asia in Aug to negotiate improved offers By' Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] Plans to liberalise global trade in financial services under the auspices of the World Trade Organization hit snags in Geneva on Monday when the US
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      Lock icon Britain's pensions industry slammed by Office of Fair Trading
      340 10 LONDON Reuter MILLIONS of Britons are losing out because of shortcomings in pension products, according to a hard-hitting report from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) published yesterday. Director General of Fair Trading John Bridgeman called for radical changes in attitude
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon ETA warns against isolation
        62 10 Reuter [MADRID] The political armofßasque guerilla group ETA warned that government attempts to isolate the rebels after the killing of a young politician could exacerbate their long-running conflict with Spain. "The strategy of lynching and the hunt for militants or sympathisers-is not going to solve the
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        Lock icon Capping her achievements
        27 10 AFP [LIVERPOOL] British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie Booth striking a pose after receiving an honorary fellowship from John Moore University yesterday. —AFP
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        Lock icon Russia-Nato meeting finalised
        77 10 Reuter [MOSCOW] Russia and Germany finalised plans yesterday for the first meeting of a Ruasia-Nato partnership council giving Moscow a say in the Western defence alliance's affairs. The council, created under an agreement signed by President Boris Yeltsin and Nato leaders in May, will meet in Brussels
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        Lock icon French Leftists attack Chirac
        77 10 Reuter [PARIS] French Leftist leaders accused conservative President Jacques Chirac yesterday of acting like a political boes rather than a head of state. "He showed that he wanted to take on the role of opposition leader rather than that of president," said Socialist Party head Francois
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Let's welcome prospect of human cloning
      726 11  -  OPINION THB BOTTOMLDVE By Raju Chellam The writer is a BT correspondent EVER since Scottish scientist Dr lan Wilmut "created" Dolly the sheep with a single cell from an ewe, almost every political and religious zealot has gone on record condemning it In a
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      104 11 This is bad timing.' -Vutiy Tsibtiyvv Mir space station commander, with an irregular heartbeat days away from a critical repair effort. 'When I was growing up, in the shah's days, the way to rebel was to become a Marxist or even better, an Islamist Now the way
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      HK still needs English
      564 11 EDITORIAL ENGLISH language proficiency among Hongkong students seems to be falling. It is a problem that could have implications for Hongkong's reputation as an efficient financial centre, and the new Special Administrative Region (SAR) government should get to grips with it quickly. The just-released A-level results
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      Lock icon Are unions villains of the labour market?
      887 11 OECD study weakens critics' claim that countries with strong anions are likely to have more jobless UNIONS are often cast as the villains of the labour market. Their goal is to bargain collectively rather than let wages and benefits be determined on an
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      806 11 ÜBiTfc CAMBODIAN Co-Premier Hun Sen has bitten a chunk off Asean's ear by single-handed-ly forcing the regional organisation to do what it said it would never do. Last week, in a major policy reversal, Asean was driven to issue an uncharacteristic statement that it demanded the
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      38 11 DOOMBBBORY By Garry Trudeau I Tl I I meats HOC* trvea*-'} I KIM? you *OUM£AN7h€ONSS M MNY tUHOSe NAME HAS [TMNeveRGoseen MY MA* BeoOM£ SYNONYMOUS lOTJH %S\ ING TOSdCMY ff I RUNNING CHRONIC VIOLATIONS OFMIN-V I I SHO&SA6AIH
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Russian film's slow recovery
      943 12  -  An unfamiliar air of optimism is wafting through the mammoth movie studios in the ghost town of Russia's Hollywood, writes tamora manunr VANORA BENNETT LATWP THERE'S no razzmatazz here: "Russia's Hollywood" looks as if a storm had hit it. A damp set sags forlornly on an
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    • CHATTER Box
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        Lock icon Lina Minnelli to model for Fendi
        96 12 AFP US SINGER/actrsss Liza Minnelli is to take on a new role as catwalk model for Fendi's fashion collection in Rome tonight Apart from the show, the 51-year-old daughter of Judy Garland and Vincent Minnelli will also be the main attraction in two galas,
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        Lock icon Catching the last show
        59 12 AFP THOUSANDS cramming Into London's Caveat Garden on Monday to watch the Farewell Gala performance from the Royal Opera House on a giant screen. The 188-year-old building closed after the performance for a £214 million (SWO.OO million) redevelopment project partly taxied by a £7WS million lottery
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        Lock icon Playgirl to stop copies with nude Pitt
        101 12 Reuter A LOS ANGELES judge ordered Playgirl magazine not to deliver any more copies of its August edition that contain photographs of movie star Brad Pitt in the nude. However, 4 Judge Robert O'Brien did not order the magazine's recall, as Pitt had
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        Lock icon Diana says sons want her to leave UK
        105 12 Reuter PRINCESS Diana told Journalists and photographers following her on her luxury holiday on the French Riviera that her sons want her to leave Britain for a quieter life, £j newspapers reported. The Princess, who interrupted her holiday at the villa of
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        Lock icon OJ's mansion auctioned for US$2.6m
        124 12 Reuter OJ Simpson's luxury mansion in Norwalk, California was sold off at a bargain auction price of US$2.6 million (5|8.75 million), but the families of Simpson's slain ex-wife and bar friend will not see any of the money. Patrick Dobiesz placed the winning bid on
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        Lock icon 4,000 couples to party with the Queen
        94 12 Reuter BUCKINGHAM Palace was scheduled to open its gates yesterday for a unique garden party, celebrating the triumph of love over adversity. Four thousand couples who married in 1947 ami stayed that way have been invited to join Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
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      Lock icon Movie rapped over Clinton's unwilling role
      790 14 FILM Hie makers of Contact have overstepped the bounds of propriety, says White House LAT-WP (WASHINGTON] It might be okay to use special effects to depict the fictional Forrest Gump offering to flash a scar on his rear to the former President Johnson, but
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      Lock icon Gianni Versace shot dead
      492 14 FASHION Bloomberg [MIAMI] Gianni Versace, one of Italy's top fashion designers, was killed yesterday by two gunshots to the head by an unidentified gunman near his Miami Beach home. Versace, 51, was the founder and chief designer of the eponymous Milan-based fashion house. The Calabrlan-born designer
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      Parkway may list healthcare unit
      497 15  -  Group may list holding company for Shenton fcfct Maritiiim Aahi« aw Sesdaq in 1999 By, Jenny Lam PARKWAY Holdings may spin off its primary healthcare business into a separate listed entity which, if successful, would make it the second such play here after Raffles Medical
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      2 Creative founders net $200m; Sim's portfolio worth $730m
      312 15 [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology's share price recovery in the last few months has catapulted two of its founders into the upper echelons of Singapore's millionaire league and lifted chairman Sim Wong Hoo's portfolio to three-quar-ters of a billion Singapore dollars. Ng Kai
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      Lock icon SIA foreign shares fall amid turmoil in currency markets
      213 15 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines foreign shares were lower amid continuing concern about regional currencies and possible uncertainty about the company's ftiture treatment of its foreign shares, analysts SIA foreign closed down 30 eenta at $12.90 on volume of shares, following a
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      More S'pore companies likely to see Indon asset injections
      704 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih WHERE QAF and Amcol go, will other Sin-gapore-listed companies follow? Are we likely to see more "asset injections" by Indonesian groups into Singapore-listed companies under their control? The answer seems to be a firm "yes".
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      Creative shares jump $1.70 to 3-year high of $29.80
      258 15  -  By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology shares hit the $30 level yesterday before closing at a three-year high of $29.80 on expectations of solid year-end results. Following a US$l h rise to USI2OV4 on Nasdaq on Monday, Creative opened at $30
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      DBS Land appoints three new directors to its board
      252 15  -  Group taps former chiefs of POSBank, SAF, Temasek unit By 1 Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Property group DBS Land yesterday appointed Bertie Cheng Shao Shiong, Foo Kok Swee and Winston Choo Wee Leong to its board of directors. Their appointments follow
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      CAM gets $10.9m boost
      111 15 [SINGAPORE] CAM International Holdings yesterday said it has completed the sale of a 49 per cent stake in its aeroponics venture to Sime Darby subsidiary Consolidated Plantations Berhad for $10.88 million. CAM'S 80 per cent-owned subsidiary, CAM Agro-Innovation, will hold the remaining 51 per cent in
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        SBS Taxi in joint venture with Aussie firm to buy London cab radio circuit
        330 16 [SINGAPORE] A unit of Singapore Bus Service (1978) has teamed up with an Australian company to buy the operator of one of the largest taxi radio circuits in London. SBS Taxi yesterday entered into a joint
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        Taiwan's Hotung Investment gets nod for SES listing
        278 16 [SINGAPORE] Taiwan's Hotung Investment Holdings Ltd (HIHL) has received in-princi-ple approval for a US-dollar listing on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Singapore. HIHL is an investment holding company with a 40 per cent stake in Taiwan's largest capital investment
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        Indofood deal likely to fuel unease
        628 16  -  Earlier asset shuffles ty Salim Group involving Indofood have also sparked controversies From S N Vasuki in Jakarta OAF'S acquisition of a majority stake in PT Indofood, the latest in a series of asset shuffles by the Salim Group, is likely to fuel some
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        Freight Links net profit up 26% to $5.5m
        167 16 [SINGAPORE] Freight Links Express Holdings has improved its net profit by 26 per cent to $5.51 million while turnover more than doubled to $177 million for the year ended April 30. The Sesdaq-listed company attributed its stronger results largely to acquisitions made
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          AFP to start trading Amcol to be delisted
          76 16 [SINGAPORE] The 453,828,776 shares and 34.022,141 warrants of Asia Foods it Properties, the takeover vehicle for Amcol, will start trading on Friday. Trading will commence on "ready" basis. There will be no trading in the "cash" market. The exercise price for each
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          Nod for OCBC's Taipei branch
          111 16 [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Ministry of Finance has approved an application by Singapore's OCBC Bank to set up a branch in Taipei, making it the 45th foreign bank with a branch in Taiwan, the ministry said. There are already five Singapore banks with a branch or a
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          Dovechem bags Shell contract
          129 16 [SINGAPORE] Dovechem Terminals Holdings has been awarded a flve-year contract for the manufacture and SUDDIv of steel drums, bitumen handling and f»yvi«V»Hng operations in Pulau Bukom by Shell Eastern Petroleum. To manage the total operations, the company together with Tian San Co (Pte) Ltd, an established
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        Metro pulls out from Beijing project
        270 16  -  By, Jenny Lam (SINGAPORE! Mainboardlisted Metro Holding* withdrawn from a joint venture to build an office building in Beijing. The company said in its latest annual report that its pullout from the venture with Evergreen Company Ltd was due to "further delays encountered and
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        Behind the Raffles Holdings name
        580 16  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Lim Joke Mui (Mrs) WE refer to the article entitled "What's in a name? DBS Land will have to sort out the Raffles Holdings name before listing". For the benefit of DBS* Land's shareholders and your readers who may not be
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        Lock icon Air NZ to use S'pore as a regional hub
        454 17 Services to Bangkok and Osaka to be cut in alliance with Ansett andSIA AFP [SYDNEY] Air New Zealand plans to revamp its Asian operations by cutting services to Bangkok and Osaka and developing Singapore as a regional hub for its alliance
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        Lock icon Hopewell shares suspended after report hints at sale
        282 17 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Trading in shares of Hongkong tycoon Gordon Wu's flagship Hopewell Holdings was suspended yesterday after press reports said a third party may take a stake in the property and electricity concern. Hopewell requested that trading in its shares and warrants
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        Lock icon Banks come to rescue of Kia Group
        617 17 Creditors pick 18 of Korean group's 38 affiliates for bail-oat Reuter [SEOUL] South Korean banks yesterday stepped in to rescue the Kia Group, the country's eighth-largest business conglomerate whose car-making flagship has been battered by slumping sales. Creditors selected 18 of Kia's 38
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        Lock icon Cheung Kong in tie-up to build 5-star hotel?
        114 17 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Property developer Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd is expected to team up with Fook Lee Holdings, an unlisted company, to redevelop a warehouse into a five-star hotel, the Hongkong Standard newspaper reported without citing any sources. Cheung Kong will pay a
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        Lock icon Texas Instruments posts robust Q2 earnings
        426 18 Profit bolstered by strong semiconductor revenues, higher operating margins Reuter [DALLAS] Texas Instruments (TI) said yesterday strong semiconductor revenues, especially from digital signal processors, and higher margins fuelled better-than-expec-ted second quarter earnings. The Dallas-based semiconductor giant said semiconductor revenues in the quarter rose 17
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        Lock icon Strikes seen hurting GM's Q2 profits
        382 18 Flat performance overseas also a dampening factor Bloomberg [DETßOlT] General Motors Corp's second-quarter earnings are expected to fall because two strikes lowered production and trimmed profit by 67 US cents a share, offsetting improvements made in North American plant efficiency, analysts said. GM is
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        Lock icon Another sign of China's changing taste
        56 18 [BEIJING] A worker putting the finishing touches on the sign of new American restaurant Chili's Grill and Bar yesterday in Beijing. The international restaurant chain just opened its first outlet in China and plans to set up 20 more restaurants in maior Chinese cities
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        Lock icon Microsoft releases latest test version of Net browser
        418 18 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] The Internet browser wars are heating up again with Microsoft scheduled to post the latest test version of its Internet Explorer yesterday and announce support from some 250 content providers. Microsoft executives said the so-called Preview 2 of Internet Explorer
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        Lock icon Quantum slashes solid-state disk prices
        193 18 Bloomberg [MILPITAS, California] Quantum Corp has cut the price of its high-performance storage devices by as much as 40 per cent in a bid to make the technology competitive with hard disks for larger computers. Quantum's ESP 3000 and ESP 5000 lines of solid-state disks
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        Lock icon Campbell to can units in non-core businesses
        172 18 Bloomberg (CAMDEN, New Jersey] Campbell Soup Co said it may sell or spin off businesses with US$l.4 billion (Ss2 billion) in annual sales that aren't related to its soup, sauces, baked goods and food service lines. The world's largest maker of soup may
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        Lock icon Uncapping the forex fizz
        1213 20  -  In percentage terms, rupiah, M$ and S$ are down only 0.7,1.25 and 0.89 against US$ since July 1 By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] First the Thai baht succumbed to speculative selling on July 2, then the peso last Friday and by Monday this week, four out of
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        Yield: the long and short of it
        603 20  -  Tdl<9 iMWB By Larry Wee YIELD curves have been added to our weekly presentations because they give the reader an immediate perspective of both short-term interest rate fluctuations as well as long-term capital market developments. Graphically they present, to both borrower and investor,
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        TRADE RECOMMENDATIONS
        301 20  -  By: NatWest Markets Regional currencies Ylwltabts While we do not think that the storm has cleared for Thailand, we are cautiously suggesting that the 12-month forwards can be shorted (baht can be lent) at the 360-380 level, but tight stops must be established. recommend aggressive accumulation of the
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        Lock icon THE WEEK AHEAD
        275 20  -  Compiled by Larry Wee Sources: ANZ Financial Markets (ANZ); Independent Economic Analysis (IDEA) JP Morgan (JPM) Uldtad Statu July 16: Today will see June consumer prices released. After last week's benign producer prices came in negative for a record sixth straight month, tonight's numbers are expected at
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        Lock icon Swiss Bank Corp, Japanese bank form ventures
        216 21 Bloomberg (TOKYOI Swiss Bank Corp and Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd said they have joined forces to form a global aUiance targeting asset management and investment banking. The two companies wiU cement their relationship by taking a 3 per cent equity stake
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        Lock icon Euroyen slips on lack of incentives
        257 21 SSMEUieport Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures lost ground in technically driven trade yesterday as a lack of fresh buying incentives prompted players to test the downside. The market showed little reaction to the release of Japan's revised May industrial output data, which showed a
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        July contract struggles in volatile trading
        149 21  -  NSCITAIWAXrOTUBBS By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd. [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures contract saw volatile trading yesterday, with the July contract struggling to hold the 410-point level. Rumours of liquidity tightening by the Central Bank of China caused
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        Lock icon S America buying cheap Asian diesel
        251 21 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [SINGAPORE] Abundant supplies and low prices of diesel in Asia have triggered a rare flow of the product to South America which could resuscitate the ailing market if it continues, traders said yesterday. "Everybody is looking at the same thing in
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        279 21 Reuter.AFP THE US dollar strengthened against the mark as the German currency was not helped by remarks by German Finance Minister Theo Waigel, who suggested the possibility of concerted intervention in the mark's behalf. The dollar was up at the noon-hour to 1.7955 marks against 1.7905 on Monday.
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        Lock icon Merrill emerges as major player in forex market
        631 22 x u e/ Turnover quadruples Mice first half 1996, as Merrill takes advantage —ffcyt rhingAfl FT, Bloomberg (NEW YORK] The growth happened 90 fast that the Bank of England blinked. A few weeks •CO, it asked whether Merrill Lynch's foreign exchange turnover
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        Lock icon Citicorp profit up 8% despite credit card losses
        436 22 Reuter (NEW YORK] Several US banking companies have reported second-quarter earnings higher than a year ago ind in line with, or slightly above, expectations. Earnings of Citicorp, the second largest US bank, rose 8 per cent, as higher corporate banking profit offset
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        Lock icon Schroder hires NatWest's microcap stock analysts
        327 22 Departure of group of 13 comes as Nat West revamps its equity division Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Schroder Co hired a group of 13 analysts who focus on microcap stocks from Nat West Markets, said people familiar with the situation. Nat West, the US investment
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        Lock icon SBC Warburg in Russian tie-up
        336 22 New firm to try get slice of booming equity business Bloomberg [MOSCOW] SBC Warburg, the investment banking arm of Swiss Bank Corp, has formed a joint venture with Russian brokerage Brunswick Investment Ltd to enter the booming Russian share trading business. Warburg will combine its
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      1615 23 AFP Nikkei 22S -18m JAPANESE share prices closed 0.8 per cent lower yesterday as investors sold stock to lock away profit from a strong rally the previous day, brokers said. "We saw no particular factor to affect the market today, but after strong gains yesterday and with the Nikkei
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      1548 24 AFP F1 Hang Seng ****** HONGKONG share prices rose 0.8 per cent yesterday to their third consecutive record close amid bullish sentiment about banks and mainland stocks, dealers and analysts said. "Basically, the strong market sentiment remained intact throughout most of the day, as speculators went on late buying
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      Lock icon CHINA
      609 24 Reuter njShanfcaißlnigi -L 44 THE Shenzhen B share market ended lower yesterday, driven down by profit-taking after rises in the past three sessions. The index lost 1.44 points to 132.81 on turnover of HK$56 million. The A Index recovered from early losses to end up 2.21 points at 413.23
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      383 24 AFP QWPMn -3m SHARES succumbed to selling of manufacturing issues yesterday as investors turned cautious after recent gains. "Investors took profit on expectations of possible measures by the central bank to cool down the overheated market," said an analyst. The Weighted Price Index slid 37.56 points to 9,555.98. Turnover
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      684 24 AFP pflmpiMritalilg -021 SHARES closed slightly lower yesterday with the market lacking clear direction after trade in the rupiah stabilised. The JSE Composite Index fell 0.29 point to 722.21. Turnover was 277.2 million shares worth 471 billion rupiah. The rupiah was steady at 2,449 to the dollar, following a
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      810 24 AFP UfSEThit jttl STOCKS rose 2.2 per cent yesterday in a technical rebound supported by expectations of backing from Japan and the International Monetary Fund for a state liquidity fund. Expectations the IMF and Japanese authorities would be involved in setting up a state credit line to boost confidence
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      Lock icon MANILA
      306 24 AFP Q Manila -6487 SHARE prices fell yesterday on profit-taking amid prevailing uncertainty over the peso and interest rates. "People are not sure of the impact of a weak peso on local stocks. It seems only a few companies will benefit from depreciation," a trader said. The Composite Index
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      392 24 AFP Dolißt»hig -M> SHARE prices dropped yesterday, with sentiment shaken by Kia Group being put under a bank agreement against insolvency. Sentiment was shaky after the reports that Kia Group would be protected by bank agreements against corporate insolvency, but shortcovering support for the market emerged towards the close.
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      552 24 AFP QAllOrthiriai -3614 SHARE prices slipped 1.3 per cent yesterday, weighed down by anxiety over official interest rates and a general lack of interest in the market. 'The market is taking a breather alter going a little bit too hard on expectations of an interest rate cut," said one
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      252 24 Bloomberg QWeOmgtMi -3141 SHARES fell yesterday, after a report showing consumer prices in the April June quarter rose and pushed interest rates higher. The NZSE Top 40-share Index fell 34.41 points to 2,470.91. Bloomberg mb us mm ANZ Banning 10.SO -0.40 2400 UvaMifHHMtl 1.09 0.01 ***** Air New Zealand
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        Lock icon Shares dip further on ringgit concerns
        429 25 AFX-Asia X El Oompo«ite Index -3*02 SHARE prices closed lower on continued concerns over speculative activity in the ringgit despite assurances about the country's economic fundamentals from acting Premier Anwar Ibrahim, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 3.02 points at 1,012.48. The
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        Numbers show Bolton Properties warrants are worth watching
        172 26  -  WARRANT WATCH -By! R Sivanithy THE collapse in both local and Malaysian stocks over the past few weeks means that several warrants are now out-of-the-money, which makes these instruments interesting. The main reason for this is that out-of-the-money warrants typically offer the
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        HOT STOCK
        66 28  -  fcf Ven Sreenivasan WING TAI has been stuck in the $4.00 to $4.30 band for some two months now. The technicals indicate that this sidewards pattern wiU continue for the medium term. Both the weekly and monthly RSIs are hovering around the neutral region, while the MACD suggests
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        Lock icon Sell program from Europe drags shares lower
        686 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Bulk of STII fall happens daring final hour of trading uncertainty prevails as market is still uneasy over region's currency jitters By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] An afternoon sell program originating from Europe yesterday pushed stock prices here and in Malaysia
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          Cheap videocam on the horizon
          130 28 THE sign, "video camera at half price", is seen almost everywhere in Far Bast Plaza and Lucky Plaza, but this of course only applies to older models. Well, soon all video cameras may be sold for half, or even a quarter of their current prices.
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          The paper tigers
          128 28 A BT reporter contacted a well-established US investment bank here earlier this week to get its views on one aspect of the Singapore Budget. Instead, he was told to direct all press queries to the bank's Hongkong office. Over the years, foreign banks have established offices here
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          Mirror, mirror on the wall
          77 28 NOBODY can say the Far East group is not Cast on its feet. According to a reader, the group's Bishan 8 showflat initially had a smallish mirror in the bedroom. Some viewers probably commented on the small size of the room. The next time the
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          Generous employer
          95 28 SEMBAWANG CORP aspires to be No 1 in the many areas of business it is in. Though it is a long way from that objective, there is at least something SembCorp is good at paying its people. Last year, SembCorp's wage bill, that is, its wage 6, salaries
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          Whale of an argument
          164 28 AS ARGUMENTS go, this one takes the cake. Russel Seitz, a member of a Harvard think tank, argues in Forbes magazine that it is time to cull some whales. The protected Minke whales, for example, are said to have grown to hundreds of thousands, and their
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      346 28 BUSINESS Notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SEIUM A UMING ENGINEERING PTE LTD At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Seilim Liming Engineering Pte Ltd held on 7 July 1997, the following resolutions were passed pursuant to Section 179(6) of the Companies
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      409 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF OSCAR VISION PRODUCTIONS PTE LTD (Members' Voluntary Windng Up) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 306 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 that a Final Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company wfl
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      313 28 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Ong Gim Guan of Blk 136, Bedok North Ave 3 #01-148 Singapore *****6, have applied for a Retail Beer Shop Licence in respect of M/s Ong Joo Seng located at Blk 136, Bedok North Ave 3 #01-148 Singapore *****6 and that this application will
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      312 28 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Chua Teng Hong of 434, Pasir Panjang Road Singapore *****5, have applied for a Retail Beer Shop Licence in respect of M/s Chua Chuan Huat located at 434, Pasir Panjang Road Singapore *****5, and that this application will be considered by the Liquors Licensing
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      45 29 Bridge News Reuter hoid at firm t tP tin Atlfntir. although jMjßiMapmizemarKm mrlUtn mm its beet tbr report S£SSSI!SS2sS laded IS and doted 5 down gMMlgegi j Rooked from the area last g^yaeforVLCCS bSSjzzz *****-tcnne tjtma ooaaiANakfaK y i ii na jttT 2£s*»Linfc%2e
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      402 29  -  Sane shipping lines begin tiresome snspended services By] Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The strife in Cambodia has left cargo destined for its ports lying in docks in Singapore, Hongkong and Thailand. But some shipping companies are making tentative steps to resume normal
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      159 29 Reuter [LOS ANGELES] A shipping logjam snarled traffic at the busiest port on the US West Coast on Monday as pilots went on strike for more pay. With 11 ships waiting to be unloaded at the Port of Los Angeles, seven
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      745 29  -  STRAIT TALK By\ Seafarer LAST WEEK Intertanko chairman Richard du Moulin commented on the independent tanker owners' organisation to pick appropriate times for its executive committee meetings. He was speaking after the committee had met at London's Baltic Exchange where
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      285 29 [SINGAPORE] Singapore's mega container facility development Pasir Panjang Terminal (PPT), is progressing well and will be ready to start operations by the first half of next year. The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) said business would commence with four berths
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      S'pore jv yard aims for $100m revenues in three years
      481 29  -  By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] PT Kunangan Asiapac Marine (KAM), the recently inked joint venture between Singapore-based V C Chin and Japanese shipbuilding firm Nichimo, aims to generate $100 million in revenues over the next three years. KAM will initially focus
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      1059 30 •AVIATION INDUSTRY: RUSSIAN AEROSPACE '97 Future looks up as Russia's economics ministry takes on the job of restructuring the aviation industry Flight International < OULD the I; M Russian avia- U 1 tion industry a at last be on '■•H the verge of I
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        201 45 MM Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab Emirates: (tentative) Moslem Prophet's birthday (dependent on sighting of the moon). MIT Brunei: Maulud RasuL Indonesia Birthday of Prophet Mohammed. Malaysia Brithday of Prophet Mohammed. Egypt, Lebanon, Ivory Coast: (tentative) Moslem Prophet Mohammed's birthday (dependent on sighting of the moon). South Korea:
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        876 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marina Oil Ltd. ihowi price ranfM In US doilari tnMih><n<pirs—wpM •lve deecriptfcxi of the market Prices ihown are baaed on average h ateoi. Market movements an Indlcat ed. The Cockett Bunker Price Index chains and the Individual rhanan the col übum
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        371 46 Reuter (BRUSSELS] US aerospace giant Boeing said it had made progress but no deal in talks at the weekend with the European Commission on its planned US$l4 billion (S*2o billion) merger with McDonnell Douglas. "We have not reached a final agreement. We
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        141 46 Reuter [LONDON] British Airways pic chairman Colin Marshall told shareholders at the company's annual meeting yesterday he was still hope Ail of securing BA's proposed alliance with American Airlines, despite protracted regulatory delays. The proposed alliance, which was announced just over a
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        187 46 Bloomberg [SEOUL] The South Korean government has announced a package of restrictions on air poUution caused by vehicles, amid concern that rising air pollution could threatens the health of Korean citizens. The move came as the number of vehicles in South Korea
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        91 46 [NEW YORK] One of the three Evergreen International 747 jumbo jets, to be used by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in its investigation into the cause of the July 1996 crash of TWA flight 800, sitting on the tarmac at New York's JFK International
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        377 46 Stock gets 'hold' rating from investment bankers Salomon Brothers Reuter [HONGKONG] Salomon Brothers is forecasting growth in dedicated cargo capacity at Korean Airlines (KAL) of close to 11 per cent compounded over 1997-2000 as a result of the South Korean flag
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        Lock icon BA staff agree to talks, lifting threat of strike
        582 46  -  British carrier hopes to restore full flight schedule by middle of week By Feiix Chan [SINGAPORE] Tension eased at British Airways (BA) yesterday as ground staff rejected a walkout in favour of fresh talks over the proposed sale of the airline's
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          65 46 Reuter [WASHINGTON) World Airways Inc said it successfully resolved contractual issues with Philippine Airlines and it expects no material change in its ftna&eial results. World said in a news release that it received a substantial payment from PAL, on July 11, and that PAL reconfirmed its
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          60 46 Reuter [COPENHAGEN) Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and strategic partner Lufthansa of Germany are workii* on a joint computerised check in system that the two carriers hopewm cut prooessing costs. Lufthansa staffmagnjne iMfihatmat said that the project, expected to end its development phase within six months, could savs
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          Lock icon Consortium wins Bangkok subway deal
          63 46 AFP leading a coneortium that has (***** million) subwiy construction contract with the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority. Thailand's ITDsaid ths Z 10km subway will run between the Huay Kwang district in north-eastern Bangkok and the Bang Sue district in tha north-west of the city. The consortium
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          74 46 AFX-Asia (TOKYO) Toyota Motor Corp unit Toyota Motor 8al« USA "i Inc said it U taking actkm tn Florida to block Republic Industries Inc fhwt buy tog Lexus of Tampa Bay and an affiliated dealership, Lexus of Clearwater, both owned by Gulf Management inc. Recently,
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        203 46 Reuter [CHICAGO] United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp, said it reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the Association of Flight Attendants union. The new contract, which is subject to ratification by the airline's 20,000 flight attendants, would run through the
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      15 29 Russia's aviation industry: ray of hope Economics ministry takes on job of restructuring industry. Ffe»2
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      145 29 BA staff agree to talks, lifting threat of strike British carrierhopes to restore full (light schedule by middle of week. BaokPagß TAKEjTjjHE^ '>?. Hamburg Is Europe's leading world trade and distribution center. And you can profit front the advantages if oficrs. the best daily tntemodal connection* to the growth markets
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      419 33 /7-JLIPERKAPALAN DAI ZHUN if U TONG JOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO; **********0 C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 KUOMG -TIL *****5 MKMIH+fASTtST TBJUUITji muu mom mm A FAX: *****0 1 f ■aiarra SI MM &KM 751 'W 1 OWI f7141 If/17 Ami ***** 17/17
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      440 44 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING jy) 11 COLLYER QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE fSINOTRANSI i 3 (*****7). TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 \^rhLr TLX: R*****1 SINOEX X^i^Z SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VBSEI VOYAGE ETA SINGAPORE ETA HONGKONG ETA SHANGHAI NOtOSUNO 9702 18/07 24/07 28/07 I NEW HAIHUN6 9706 25/07 30/07 04/08 6000 WELL 9720
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      67 46 Cl) M.V. "BROTHER STAR" V0Y.42 A«RD It JULY 1997 (2)M.V. "PANDURATA" VOY. I AMD 12 JULY 1997 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessels are hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the 17 July 1997 *****200 hours at P9 (NTY's Office). No further survey
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