The Business Times, 30 July 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 ■fSk SINGAPORE Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, JULY 30,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Slow down land sales, Redas appeals to MND
    804 1  -  Developers, in frank letter, say property market has nowhere to go but down By Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The property market is "becoming more sickly by the day" and prices of private houses and condominiums are heading for a collapse, developers told
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    Lock icon Creative posts record US$167m profit for year
    729 1  -  Its fourth qtr EPS of 56 US cents modi better tkan forecast By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology yesterday posted bet-ter-than-expected earnings per share of 55 US cents for its fourth quarter ended June 30, bringing ftill-year net profit to US$l67 million (*****.5
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    Lock icon Accord on balancing US budget by 2002
    322 1 It provides for a cot in capital gains tax from 28 per cent to 20 per cent AFP. Reuter [WASHINGTON] The White House and congressional Republicans, after seven months of haggling, reached a "historic agreement" to balance federal spending by 2002 that includes
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      102 1 NnrßOTckM Former deputy central bank governor Cliaiyawat yesterday named as Bank of Thailand's new chief. The sudden resignation of Hwmrhei Marakanondon Monday is believed to be Untied to the government's eoprgncy credit line from the IMF, P®o IL—ll>H— The Arte of regional cvrcncfteewiß depend on how events unfold in Thailand
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      32 1 Hal— at two Bishan condos stagnate, Pg 4 Credit////^ > WIN HIGH-ADVENTURE TRIPS i DRIVE AWAY A LAND ROVER DISCOVERY f •1 l '•«>' 1 No |oining Fee, No Annual Fee I-.t* (sw -v..
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lawyer suing ex-CJ, 4 others for defamation
      428 2  -  He's appealing to have case heard after claim was struck oat by the High Court By. Diana Oon FORMER Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin has been named as one of five defendants in a defamation suit filed by a lawyer involved in the
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      Waste recycling a private sector job, says Cheow Tong
      380 2  -  He says effort must be market-driven as there mist be demand for product By( Chuang Peck Ming RECYCLING waste to keep the environment dean and safe is a Job for the private sector and the government is pushing businessmen into it,
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      Lock icon '97 GDP growth seen at 6.5%
      314 2  -  EYE OM THE ECONOMY Outlook By i Chee Jann Perng EIGHT in 10 economists say Singapore's fiscal and monetary policies are "about right", according to a survey of Singapore forecasters by London-based Consensus Economics Inc. The rest think that the policies are "too restrictive".
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      Albright sees Seagate as symbol of US policy success
      526 2  -  By' Yang Razali Kassim IT was a visit clearly meant to drive home its symbolism. US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's tour of disk drive maker Seagate's plant may have been brief but it was one of her first stops upon
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      Sales at two Bishan condos stagnate
      372 4  -  BiduuiB«atarSo% sold, Seasons View ufcrlOfesMrtM By] Diana Oon SALES of two 99-year condo projects in Bishan have stagnated since their launch about a month ago, with buyers holding back in the uncertain property market. Market sources said Far Organization's Bishan 8 is just under
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      Lock icon Good interest in new project: HKL
      363 4  -  By, Jenny Lam HONGKONG Land (HKL) will start leasing spaos in its 1800 million commercial project in the Marina Centra ana in the second half of next year. "We have had a good level of leasing interest tan the finance and banking community here,"
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      Forum option terms given to Simon Cheong seen as unusual
      468 4  -  Property agents s*y there's nothing illegal about gnereos terms By i Catherine Ong THE seller of The Forum gave real estate dealer Simon Cheong an option to buy the Orchard Road shopping centre on terms that most property agents regard
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      101 2 < i 'nI Ask a German motorist what he thinks v r '•jmr. I*. >V k A ,*L. of a Renault and he's likely to 'lift. be biased he probably owns one. <S..Vt-V For the second consecutive year, Renault has been the bestselling imported car in Germany. To discover what
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      333 3 Palmer and Nicklaus. A legendary pairing. 7 For more than three decades Arnold "Looking back on all our years of Palmer and Jack Nicklaus have been competition," says Nicklaus, "I see it has joined in one of the most intriguing worked exactly the way it should. It has rivalries in
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      200 4 There's a new lion in Singapore Easy access to the fixed income market for Singapore Dollar investors. DB Lion Bond Fund. DB Fund Management Ud, a subsidiary of the Deutsche Bank Group, will launch the DB lion Bond Fund on August 6, 1997. Singapore Dollar denominated fund Invests primarily in
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      220 4 jj Why must you remain uncompetitive<7 1 Say NO to see dramatic results. I Chances are high that your company is still struggling with outdated batch processing accounting software. Which means there is considerable duplication of work in all the departments, reports are always delayed and morale of your accounts
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Hun Sen confirms he wants Asean mediation in Cambodia
      744 5  -  KUALA LUMPUR ■UmriDlmii sMßupMaHe; •lactarflhgllMtu Ist FM delayed By] Ronnie Lim CAMBODIA's Hun Sen yesterday sent the clearest signal which Asean, backed by the Asean Regional Forum (ARF) which includes superpowers like the US and China, was waiting for: that Cambodia
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      Lock icon Canada Mulls new curbs on Myanmar
      166 5 OTTAWA ItWpesteget rvkrstettlkte opposition activists Reuter CANADA is considering imposing new trade restrictions on Myanmar to press its rulers t» talk to pro-democracy activists, an official spokesman said on Monday. "We are looking at further trade sanctions/' spokesman Jennifer of the Department of Foreign
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      Lock icon World Bank denies Indon loans are wasted
      153 5 —t WASHINGTON AFP THE World Bank vigorously denied on Monday allegations that one-third of the money lent to Indonesia was wasted. In a statement on Monday, Jean-Michel Severino, the vice-president for East Asia and the Pacific, said that the report was "demonstrably untrue".
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      Lock icon US$70m losses from Cambodian fighting
      175 5 ■PHNOM PENH Reuter RECENT fighting and looting in the Cambodian capital caused damage worth more than US$7O million (Sslo2 million), a senior government official said yesterday. "The total is not clear yet, but yesterday the committee estimated that there was more than US$5O million in
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      Rerngchai may have quit over IMF move
      548 6  -  BANGKOK Gtvtdedataatoaaak IMF emergency credit tine seen as reason for sodden resignation By< Alan Boyd THE sudden resignation of Thai central bank governor Rerngchai Marakanond is believed to be directly linked to the government's decision to seek an emergency credit line from the
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      Tackling Asean's currency Soros
      654 6  -  UiMflBW DrlPs blistering attack pots currency speculators on the agenda By Yang Razali Kassim IF there's anyone who knows how to rile Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, it is George Soros. Fresh from long leave overseas, the Malaysian leader returned home volubly upset with what he
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      Japan supports rescue package move
      380 6  -  TOKYO Talks with IMF seen opening door to bilateral financial aid By- Anthony Rowley JAPAN yesterday welcomed Bangkok's decision to begin talks with the International Monetary Fund for a rescue financial package to shore up the country's ailing economy. The talks are expected to result
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      Lock icon Manila cuts overnight rate by 3 points
      97 6 MANILA AFP THE Central Bank of the Philippines yesterday cut its overnight borrowing rate by three percentage points even as the peso remained stable in trading shortly before midday. The overnight borrowing rate was brought down to 22 per cent as widely expected
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      Lock icon Soros denies speculating in S-EA currencies
      251 6 NEW YORK FT GEORGE Soros, the international financier, has forcefully denied he had speculated against the South-east Asian currencies that have been in turmoil in recent weeks. Mr Soros said: "We have not made any sales of Malaysian ringgit or Thai baht over the
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      Neither one person nor a group behind Asean currency crisis: US
      454 6  -  ASEAN POST-MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE It is in US interest to see strong Asean From] Ronnie Lim in Kuala Lumpur THE recent speculative attacks on Asean currencies cannot be the result of a group of speculators or any one speculator, the
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      210 5 Neither o— person nor a group behind Asean currency crisis: US,Pg6 e *o JJ b q M On September 13, fairq tales will come true. q a q HI o !9 n .0 n rf ••q ti ti '0 *i d 8 I f Society's crdme de la crime will
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      976 6 [jU Union Europeenne de CIC (A BANK INCORPORATED IN FRANCE) Consolidated Balance Sheets Consolidated Statements Of Income (hi nUF mill lan) (ia F*F million) Assets 12/31/1996 12/31/1995 12/31/19* 12/31/1988 Cash, central banks, Giro accounts 141* 1026 I 487 M 07M Government securities and —on interbank (rantactions ItfOf 13*50$ equivalent *****
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon NT$ falls further to nine-year low against greenback
      422 7 TAIPEI Central bank says slide reflects dollar's strength; dealers see more weakness in NTS AFP, Bloomberg, Reuter THE Taiwan dollar fell yesterday, closing at an almost nineyear low of 28.17 to the US dollar, and is likely to drop further in the
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      Lock icon Zhu sure of strong growth till after 2000, says paper
      204 7 HONGKONG AFP CHINA'S Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji has said he is confident strong economic growth can be maintained in the country until the turn of the century, a newspaper here said yesterday. "We have reason to completely believe that China's economy
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      Lock icon Taipei tightening entry of China funds
      279 7 TAIPEI Mave aimed at maintaining economic stability, says PM AFP TAIWAN Premier Lien Chan has said the Nationalist island would tighten control over the entry of fluids and enterprises from China to maintain economic stability, a magazine report said yesterday. The government will not
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      Lock icon HK court affirms legality of provisional Legco
      557 8  -  HONGKONG DecisiMS of Rational People's (tepees cannot be challenged is HK courts judge By Loh Hui Yin THE new Hongkong government has won a landmark court case which affirms the legality of the provisional legislative council, and with it, continuity of the legal
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      Lock icon Hang Seng up 0.7% to new record
      203 8 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG share prices rose 0.7 per cent yesterday to a record closing high on selective buying of property shares, dealers said. "The market went up to a record high on a mixture of good news," said Ogyu Kenju, vice-president at Sanyo
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      Lock icon HK's historic return to China backfires on tourist trade
      303 8 HONGKONG June visitors down 14% as forecast influx kept tourists away Bloomberg HONGKONG'S historic handover to China was a bust for the tourist industry. Tourist arrivals fell 14 per cent last month compared with June 1996 because predictions of fully booked
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        Lock icon Shanghai state firms skun contracts
        110 8 Reuter [SHANGHAI] Most state-run companies in China* commercial centre (/Shanghai don't bother to sign contract* in their business deal*, making dispute* hard to resolve, an official newspapsr said yesterday. A survey of soms 70 Shanghai companies showed that contracts played a minor rote in businees
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        Lock icon Taiwan to cut troops by 10%
        133 8 AFP [TAIPEI] The Taiwanese military will go ahead with troop reductions despite strained ties with China, slashing troop numbers by more than 10 per cant over the next fbur years, a military spokesman said yesterday. "The plana to streamline military personnel in three stegse
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        Lock icon China to boost televison production
        88 8 AFP (BEIJING) Chlna'sStata Planning Commission plant to push colour television production up to S3 million ssts by the yur aooo, making China the world's largaet producer, mws reports said yesterday. "The colour TV Industry will heavily target exporta while raiting its domestic mark* coverage" commission
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      322 7 Time to enter lucrative automotive market is now 7T automotive Y# Comprehensive .InlM nuticxiol Trade r f Automotive Industry MfrlillOllPnVl*f7iilli»iwoglcioiwprnhanii¥oinlai'iiq<iongdtrßdnfairforrtiaqi<oiiioli*o > li haw wnftfctfalwl glowing outoiwtiw martcei* in the world. Demand kdmrWng myiti; for outomobtte ,~-l- and components, accessories, workshop *$*■<£ HHiIHIRN^EIHiiIIMIIHRH^RIIIIHMII^ffiJIRNI^IIH WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AT BSWBBW AfUAVTOMOTIVV'*7: ■■■■■■■■■■■■M
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      155 8 1 JloißßS^n ydfl ■i Nescafe Gold Blend is no ordinary coffee. It's aAuallj a blend of Quite a daunting task, considering we get the beans from over jfO I JB^ the choicest beans. And chosen very, very carefully at that Because locations in the world. After which each variety is
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Japanese holdings of US Treasuries hit record high
      418 9 TOKYO May's USs3oBb figure expected to rise as ..I!<„«! n„ —.1mffliurcinng S6OK Uglier yields overseas Bloomberg JAPANESE investors increased their holdings of US Treasury securities to record Mvels in May and will continue buying them in the months ahead, easing concern that
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      Reject Hanson's extreme views, Beazley urges govt
      346 9  -  SINGAPORE By 1 Toh Han Shih AUSTRALIA'S government should unambiguously reject the extreme views of Pauline Hanson, said the leader of the Australian Opposition, Kim Beazley, yesterday at a Foreign Correspondents Association lunch. Ms Hanson's extreme views on Asian immigration and Aborigines have
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      Lock icon India's Communist party to fight ban on strikes
      247 9 NEW DELHI AFP INDIA'S main Communist party hit out yesterday at a landmark court judgment banning general strikes. The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) pledged to fight the verdict, given on Monday by the Kerala High Court in the south of the
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      Gold Coast hotels hit by tourist downturn
      436 10  -  SYDNEY Oversupply of rooms, service apartments will also eat into rates, says report By I Surinder Singh SINGAPOREANS who have invested in hotel properties on Queensland's Gold Coast have reason to be down in the dumps. Tourist numbers to the region are down
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      Lock icon Star TV to sue Indian govt over satellite TV ban
      376 10 BOMBAY AFP RUPERT Murdoch s Star TV channel is to take the Indian government to court for banning satellite television companies from beaming direct to viewers' homes. Star TV spokesman Urmila Gupta told AFP the direct-to-home (DTH) ban "seemed to
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      Lock icon Kiwi drops to a 28-month low before recovering
      316 10 WELLINGTON Shares surge to record highs puzzling analysts, brokers Bloomberg, Reuter THE New Zealand dollar fell to its lowest level in 28 months after Finance Minister Bill Birch said on Monday he expects the currency to fall further by the end of
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      Lock icon Standing up for the boss
      47 10 [DHAKA] Officers and employees of Bangladesh's central bank, protesting yesterday against the alleged insult of the bank's governor, Lutfar Rahman Sarkar, by some loan defaulters a few days ago. Bank officials said the protest would continue until the "culprits are punished". REUTER
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      Lock icon Best ever Aussie trade figures leave markets unimpressed
      431 10 SYDNEY fapactafßßAgoid sales on AsL96b •ofto seen as one-off Reuter AUSTRALIA posted its best ever monthly trade performance in June, but the performance failed to stir economists or markets given the special one-off factors that drove the surplus into record territory. The
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      661 10 f 1 CENTRAL PROPERTIES LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES (Incorporated in Singapore) PROFIT AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT I UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 1»»7 1. Unaudited Pram and Lom Accounts Tht Group The Company 1997 1996 Change 1997 1996 Change SS'OOO SS'OOO SS'OOO Ss*ooo Turnover 13,531 6,092
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US labour costs up a meagre 0.8%, in line with forecasts
      576 12 WASHINGTON SaMaei Employment Oast Index fir Q2 ragpniti thrmit rf ■nekiitingiiflstin remains absent Bloomberg LABOUR costs for US businesses rose in line with expectations during the three months ended in June, a subdued showing that suggests the threat of
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      Lock icon Treasury borrowing reduced to US$10b
      198 12 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE US Treasury on Monday estimated its net borrowing will total US$lO billion (5514.6 billion) during the current quarter, less than previously estimated as the buoyant economy continued to generate strong tax receipts. Also reflecting strong revenues and a slower pace of federal
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      Lock icon Deadlock over German tax reforms
      318 12 BONN Bibb's plan to slash taxes unlikely to became law seta, say both govt, opposition Reuter GERMANVs plan to slash income and company taxes, dubbed the "reform of the century" by Chancellor Helmut Kohl's government, has no chance of becoming law soon, the government and
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      Lock icon Lehman, Nesbitt, JP Morgan named in Bre-X lawsuit
      277 12 ■HOUSTON Reuter INVESTMENT firms J P Morgan Co, Lehman Brothers Inc and Nesbitt Burns Inc have been named as defendants in a shareholder lawsuit charging Canada's Bre-X Minerals Ltd with mining fraud. The suit, filed earlier but amended last Friday to include
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon G7 intervention to prop up mark likely
        57 12 Reuter [FRANKFURT] RolfPeffekoven, a member of Germany's Council of Economic Advisers, said yesterday the Group of Seven industrialised nations' central banks might intervene on foreign exchange markets to support the Deutschemark He said that raising interest rates to support the mark would not
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        Lock icon In pursuit of artificial life
        49 12 wa [BRIGHTON, England] Sam and Josh Marsh from London investigating the Evolved Octopod, one ofthe exhibits of the European Conference on Artificial Life which begm hereon Monday. The Oetopod's "Brain" was created as a eufUweiangi an which allows the robot tolentonMve by itself. Reuter
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        Lock icon EU concern over trade laws of US states
        34 12 AFP [BRUSSELS! The European Union on Monday expressed concern about a growing trend for U8 cities and states to consider legislation So penalise with links So
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Who really wants Pol Pot to stand trial?
      772 13  -  OPINION BOTTOMUMB By Harish Mehta The writer is BT's Bangkok correspondent. HeisalsoßT's Indochina specialist. HOPES of Pol Pot being captured alive have receded despite US television footage on Monday showing him, now a frail old man, at a show trial by fellow
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      102 13 'You have had a failed actor, so might as well have a successful golfer.' -Arabia Sharp London bookmaker when a punter bet £30 (Ss73)at 1000 to lon Tiger Woods to become US president by 2020. 'Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the headon stage. They get
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      Prudence and the currency crisis
      603 13 EDITORIAL GOOD sense prevailed among central bankers from Asia and Oceania when they agreed in Shanghai last Friday to strengthen cooperation with the International Monetary Fund rather than seek narrow, nationalistic solutions to the currency crisis afflicting parts of the region. That said, however, it
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      Lock icon Clinton to push trade stand again
      1071 13  -  US president tries to regain initiative in Congress, seeking approval of fast track' authority By. Leon Hadar The writer is BT's fl Washington correspondent J AFTER months of procrastination on daaling with America's global trade issues, Presi dent Bill Clinton has decided to regain
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      743 13 IN THE next three weeks, Thailand will enter the most critical period in its modern history. Never before have crises of economics and politics come to a head together. Never before have the best and brightest of the country's people been rendered so impotent in trying
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Author's first book lands her in court
      918 14  -  While Arundhati Roy faces an obscenity trial in India, The God of Small Things has had rave reviews in US, oa y° romui ELISABETH BUMILLER NYT THE last chapter is, without question, erotic and subversive: a divorced Syrian Christian woman from the southern
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      Your chance to win a Breitling watch
      250 14 CONTEST IN COLLABORATION with watchmaker Breitling, BT's latest Lifestyle Exclusive contest offers a chance to win a grand prize worth a total of $10,000. In addition to winning Breitling's latest watch. Emergency, the prize includes a holiday package to Switzerland, and an opportunity
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      Lock icon Taking another bite at Holyfield
      13 16 (PASADENA, California] Some packagescf"E>xmdtrfMty Ear",madetfchomlate andinspired igSXESSSSSSSESZSSZES22!K2~3SK»» REUTER
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      Lock icon Lincoln Fest gets an extension
      497 16 ARTS ItepfMnftka »miml pm'fiynmg arts marathon gh«s it twt dkotq seasons NYT [NEW YORK] The Royals have decamped. Ditto Les Danaides (suitcases and all). The Zulu Macbeth, NG La Banda and Beowulf, bringing to an end the second annual performing arts marathon that made up
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      Lock icon Cunanan elusive in death as in life
      528 16 PEOPLE Final resting place ml—wi, fulfill parlour denies receiving his ashes Reuter ISAN DIEGO] The final resting place of the accused spree killer whose victims allegedly included Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace was a mystery on Monday. In death as in life, Andrew
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      Central Properties posts 27.3% rise in interim profit
      354 17  -  Improvement comes on 122* turnover jump; gross dividend of 30% recommended Abdul Hadhi fSINGAPORE] Khoo Teck Puat's Central Properties yesterday announced a 27.3 per fcpnt rise in group after-tax irofit to $13.28 million at halfrie. Announcing its financial Results for the six
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      China Strategic to raise Hk$460m via placement
      271 17  -  I Fnntftt Sin-Fog Ceramics Byt Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Hongkonglisted China Strategic Holdings (CSH) is raising about HK$46O million (SsB6 million) through a private placement of 132 million new shares. The shares will be sold at HK$3.5O each to individual and institutional investors
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      Simon Cheung's The Forum deal: simply extraordinary
      800 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Catherine Ong WHEN a man is seen to be making an extraordinary amount of money doing something ordinary, he inevitably arouses curiosity, suspicion and jealousy. This week, Simon Cheong, a chubby, bespectacled man who keeps a low-profile while doing high-profile
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      426 17  -  By' Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] Sin Soon Huat (SSH), which has just been upgraded to the main board from Sesdaq, is gunning for the region in a big way. The hardware supplier, which already depends on the region for 70 per
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      DBS Land may be close to raising Parkway stake to 39%
      200 17 [SINGAPORE] DBS Land, which recently bought a 19 per cent stake in Parkway for 1390 million, is rumoured to be close to a deal for another major block of shares in the company. Dealers said the market talk is
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        Lock icon KTM partners headed for clash
        412 18  -  Renong, DRB-Hicom disagree on type of high-speed track, shareholding of corporate vehicle From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE partners in the privatisation of KTM Berhad are heading for a clash as the countdown begins to their takeover of the national railway company on Friday.
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        Lock icon HK'S Goodwill withdraws plans to list in S'pore
        263 18 Company cites S'pore regulations, market conditions; moiling HK listing next year Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hongkongbased Goodwill Investment Holdings yesterday announced it has dropped plans to list its packaging unit in Singapore, citing conditions imposed by regulators. In a statement released in Hongkong, the
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        Lock icon Market has stabilised but upside's limited, says stockbroker TA
        211 18 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] A leading Malaysian stockbroker said yesterday the stock market has stabilised but the key market index's upside will not be far from the current 1,000point level by the year's end. "We believe that the market has stabilised. The
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        419 18 Reuter [BANGKOK] Hopewell Holdings Ltd'* US$3.2 billion (8*4.68 billion) Bangkok man transit project appeared begged down as unpaid contractors stopped work and talks with the Thai government reached an impasse, analysts said yesterday. Thai officials have given Hopewell until the end of this month
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        Tradewinds to integrate seven plantation units for listing
        215 18 [KUALA LUMPUR] Tradewinds (M) Bhd has proposed to list seven wholly-owned plan-tation-based subsidiary companies under a newly incorporated investment company, Tradewinds Oil Palm Bhd (TOPB), on the main board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). Tradewinds announced on Monday that the
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        214 18 Bernama Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia Bhd is likely to post 15 per cent growth in net profit for the first half, as revenue from its push for more phone lines offsets higher interest costs and losses at a cellular unit. Malaysia's largest phone
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        Acer raises investment in Japan unit again
        139 18 [SINGAPORE] Acer Computer International (ACI) has once again injected fresh funds into subsidiary Acer Japan Corporation to boost the latter's working capital ACI said yesterday it raised its investment by 509 mUlion yen (556.3 million) to 1.14 biUion yen. This foUows a 474
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        142 18 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian and foreign companies applying to sell shares on Malaysia's new over-the-counter stock market don't have to set aside 30 per cent of its shares for bumiputras, or ethnic Malays, the Malaysian Busiims Times reported. The newspaper quoted Nazir Razak, a
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          92 18 [SINGAPORE] Unlad littWMttoal B»»rttt.«(Pl«> posted a S7 per cent rise tanatßrofltto»Mi»nnMlfggg| six months ended June ».Opers*tatto««~~*^E* cent to|Mmillion. The Which ieaiatftofUnited Overseas Bank, said its immediate prospects had besn hampered by the recent hit on re(k *aal i unsnryßurmeu. "Near-tennyiuopoUi appear doodad by
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          79 18 Bloomberg [JAKAKTA] PT Bank Negara Indonaala. thece«ntnr» -m largest bank, replaced ffro of to wwitylo Sukarman at fte vital poat of president Mr Sukarman, 56, hassarvedaa president since IMS, *ft§pil he left the same position at PT Bank TabunganMrifari. a M government-owned bank. Bank Nepara Indonesia's
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        Lock icon Hitachi plans to make 256-megabit chips at new plant by 2000
        232 19 Bloomberg (TOKYO] Hitachi Ltd, one of Japan's five biggest semiconductor manufacturers, said it will begin mass producing 256megabit dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips by the year 2000. The company wiU invest 150 billion yen (551.87 billion) to build
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        406 19 Anonymons book by employees criticises boss who's known as Japan's BiU Gates Bloomberg [TOKYO] Softbank Corp shares tumbled 14 per cent as a book allegedly penned by an anonymous group of disgruntled employees attacked company president Masayoshi Son, a businessman known as the
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        Lock icon Australis soars 22% on Foxtel deal
        233 19 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Shares in Australis Media rose 21.6 per cent yesterday after the Australian pay-television operator said on Friday it agreed to a reverse takeover by rival Foxtel. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and the Australian gov-ernment-owned Telstra Corp, who jointly own Foxtel, will take
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        293 19 Company ready to start installing base stations AFX-Asia IHONGKONGJ Hutchison Whampoa unit Hutchison Telecom said it is confident that the Chinese authorities will grant the go-ahead for the Great Wall network shortly. Hutchison Telecom finance director Agnes Nardi said that trials in three
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        Lock icon US chip industry consolidates with two major mergers
        458 20 Natieoal Semi's set te buy Cyrix in USss6om deal while Intel's baying a graphics chips maker NYT [SAN FRANCISCO} Consolidation in the US chip industry accelerated on Monday with the announcement of two mul-ti-million-dollar acquisitions. National Semiconductor Corp agreed to acquire Cyrix
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        AMD slashes chip prices by up to 55%
        365 20  -  By] Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] America's Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) yesterday cut prices of its MMX-enabled high-speed chips by up to 55 per cent in a knee-jerk reaction to Intel's decision to slash prices on some of its Pentium chips by up
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        Lock icon Donna Karan Int'l ropes in new CEO to salvage firm
        290 20 Founder to step aside for exec from Pole Ralph Lauren Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Donna Karan International said Donna Karan will relinquish daily oversight of the floundering retailer to a Polo Ralph Lauren Corp executive and concentrate on designing her namesake
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        Rhone-Poulenc expects drag to reap US$500m
        185 20  -  ffyi Chee Jann Perng [SINGAPORE] Prance's largest pharmaceutical company Rhone-Poulenc Rorer (RPR) expects worldwide sales of its best-selling drug Lovenox/Clexane to possibly hit US$5OO million (***** million) this year, up from US$4OO million last year. The drug is used to prevent blood-clotting in the
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        434 20 Bloomberg [PITTSBURGH] Westinghouse Electric Corp reported an unexpected profit in the second quarter as improved cash flow at its radio stations overcame a loss from the struggling CBS television network. Westinghouse's earnings feU to US$l million (Ssl .47 million), or break-even on
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        Lock icon Drag shares soar 40% in UK, US, eclipsing markets' gains
        244 20 limsters believe secter will see steady growth: analysts FT [LONDON] Investors in pharmaceuticals companies have become a lot richer over the past few months. Stock market indices have been breaking records around the world, but drug stocks have done even
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        218 20 Bloomberg [TORONTO] Inco Ltd's sec-ond-quarter earnings fell 41 per cent because of lower metal prices and higher production costs at the world's largest nickel producer. Profit from continuing operations fell to US$3O million (Ss44 million), or 14 cents a share, from US$55 million, or 42
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        1242 21  -  Outlook for Thailand seems better but don't celebrate yet Byl Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Regional currencies settled back yesterday to levels close to a week ago. But the past week saw more new lows for the year against the greenback the Singapore dollar, 1.4785;
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        506 21  - Aussie still in downtrend against Sing By] Naresh Verma (SINGAPORE] The markets are talking about another Australian interest rate cut in early August, but the Singapore dollar is also looking weaker on regional currency market spillovers. Prom a technical viewpoint however, the Singapore currency is likely to retain its strength
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        322 21  -  By NatWeet Markets Regional currencies THE Asian central bankers' meeting last weekend ended with no mention of intervention measures. Volatility is therefore expected this week and our stance is for some profit-taking before fresh short positions are taken on regional currencies. ftWmMhr Sing dollar bears have been encouraged
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        307 21  -  Thai economy to be announced (DMG). Compiled by Larry Wee Larry Wee Sources: ANZ Banking Group. Independent Economic Analysis (Idea), Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (DMG) and JP Morgan (JPM) Aug 1: July unemployment data expected. After June's plus 217,000, ANZ, Idea and JPM are looking for July's key
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        Deutsche Bank unit launches first trust here
        352 22  -  DB Uoo Bond Fund to invest in bonds of G-7 countries, Australia, NZ, STpore By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Singaporebased DB Fund Management, the investment management subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, yesterday launched its maiden local unit trust, the DB Lion Bond Fund. Pitched at
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        Panin Bank taps US$65m from Asian dollar market
        315 22  -  lata bank also applies t« set up an •fßce in S'ptre By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Bank Pan Indonesia (Panin Bank), which has applied for a licence to set up a representative office in Singa- pore, yesterday signed a deal here with
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        OUB Manulife extends grace period
        355 22 [SINGAPORE] OUB Manulife has broken industry tradition here in extending its moneyback guarantee period for life insurance plans from 14 to 45 days. David Allen, president of the company, told BT yesterday that the extended period is not only a first in Singapore but also
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        Lock icon Lehman fires five from Asia research group
        209 22 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Lehman Brothers Inc has fired about a quarter of its Hongkong-based Asia research group as it refocuses its efforts on investment banking, a spokesman said. The five analysts who are leaving Lehman are chief strategist Abhijit Chakrabortti, financial economist Paul Alapat,
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        Lock icon Euro$ up ahead of US labour cost index
        246 22 SIMKX Report Reuter [SINGAPORE) Simex Eurodollar futures firmed yesterday ahead of the release of the quarterly US employment cost index (ECI), known to be a key indicator in setting Federal Reserve policy. "Greenspan has given a very optimistic view of the economy
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        Futures volume hits record high
        161 22  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTOBBS -Byl Perry Gilbert By Perry Gilbert, vice-presi-dent, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan index futures saw a record volume of 4,310 contracts yesterday, surpassing the previous record of 4,304 on AprU 28, as the cash market attempted to break
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        206 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [DOHA] Qatar plans to spend two billion riyals (SsBoB million) on expanding output capacity of its lone refinery to 137,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 80,000 by the year 2000. "The scheme comprises the construction of a 27,000 bpd condensate refinery
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        273 22 Reuter AFP THE US dollar remained on a general downtrend, starting the day with a dip due to a correction. Analysts said they will be watching the US labour cost index for the second quarter due out later yesterday, which is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve. At
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      1514 23 AFP P Nikkei MB -171H JAPANESE stocks closed at their lows yesterday, hit by profit-taking and futures-led declines in late trading as investors turned cautious following three straight days of gains, brokers said. "As share prices closed higher in the past few days, investors turned cautious over the level
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      230 24 Bloomberg ♦Ms SHARES rose for a fifth consecutive session yesterday, as a weaker exchange rate helped exporters. The NZSE Top 40share Index rose 28.35 points, or 1.1 per cent, to 2,570.46. m» m mm nimiioii mo »a» mm Mwnla«MHM«i 104 "O-Ot S7100 X* 0.01 *****3 NmnZNMIII *-65 0.04 25*44®
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      715 24 AFP SHARE prices closed 0.8 per cent higher yesterday as confidence in the rupiah returned, dealers said. A broker said the market was rising because of increased stability on the foreign exchange market. The Composite Index rose 5.54 points to 716.36. Turnover was 280.1 million shares worth 459.3 billion
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      1521 24 Bloomberg HHMgSaK *MMT STOCKS rose to a record high yesterday as Hutchison Whampoa surged amid optimism that its telecommunica-. tions unit's expansion in China will fuel profit growth. Hutchison climbed 4.2 per dent to a record close for a second day after the company said it signed a joint
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      347 24 AFP QWPMt -3MI SHARES fell yesterday as investors took profit on electrical issues that had rallied sharply in recent trade. "Investors rushed to dump electricals and switched their fUnds for other lagging issues in late trade," said a broker. The Weighted Price Index fell 30.71 points to 9,892.34. Turnover
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      759 24 AFP HSETMn jjj SHARE prices closed higher yesterday as the country prepared to ask for IMF economic aid and the central bank chief quit under political pressure. The resignation of Rerngchai Marakanonda as Bank of Thailand governor was largely discounted as investors opted to take the approach to the
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      339 24 AFP nCiiiihfilw -114 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday as investors stood on the sidelines amid concern over corporate loan defaults. Dealers said trade was quiet as most investors became cautious amid the uncertain future of companies sheltered by anti-insolvency agreements. The Composite Index lost 1.24 points to 732.68. Turnover
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      488 24 Bloomberg HAnONtorin «*1 STOCKS rose yesterday as resources gained amid optimism that rising metal prices could spur earnings growth. Brokers said gold stocks gained as the precious metal rose. The All Ordinaries Index rose 8.1 points to 2,731.9. Turnover was 337.4 million shares worth A 5794 million. There is
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      590 24 Reuter PStoifaißhte AM THE Shenzhen B share market closed lower in subdued trading yesterday despite modest gains in the A share market. The B Index lost 0.40 point to 129.70 on turnover of HK$25 million. The A Index finished up 2.69 points at 397.15 on turnover of 4.1 billion
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      214 24 AFP FllUiifla ♦MS SHARE prices closed barely higher yesterday investors stood on the sidelines. The Central Bank of the Philippines announced it was cutting overnight borrowing rates three percentage points to 22 per cent. The PSE Composite Index rose 0.25 of a point to close at 2,592.46. Turnover was
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        Lock icon Shares higher on late bargain-hunting
        179 25 AFX-Asia Po-pntohte SHARE prices closed slightly higher yesterday on late bargain-hunting by retail investors as concerns eased following the stabilisation of the ringgit, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed up 2.2 points at 1,031.61. The Emas Index closed up 0.7 point at 294.14 and
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        Palmco warrant figures do not merit a buy recommendation
        176 26  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy OUT-OF-THE-MONEY warrants are usually viewed with suspicion because their exercise prices are above the current underlying share price. However, as we have pointed out in this column before, this type of instrument typically offers the high-risk
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        HOT STOCK
        62 28 INFORMATICS HOLDINGS, which closed seven cents higher yesterday at $1M on a volume ef 6.7 million shares, still has more upside despite the sharp rise In its share price over the last couple of trading sessions. Even though the daily and weekly RSI and stochastics are past 75,
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        631 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Brokers say many investors feel electronics counters have reached their fair valnes after the steep gains last week By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Electronics counters yesterday pulled back after a fine run that took them to several consecutive all-time highs while
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          Elton John for ringgit benefit concert?
          96 28 THE beleaguered ringgit showed signs of a fight-back against currency speculators this week, but clearly could do with more support. We understand this may come from unusual quarters. Fans of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's forthright views on currency speculator George Soros may invite
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          Men behaving sportingly
          123 28 WITH cable TV not yet widely available in private estates here, some desperate sports Cans have resorted to taking rather drastic measures Just to catch the latest on work! sports. One well-known chief executive of a large company has resorted to renting an HDB flat in Tampines
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          Hongkong's undercovered cops
          147 28 IT SEEMS many Hongkong police officers routinely botch criminal cases by leaving the lens cap on their cameras when supposedly recording "evidence". A sceptical defence barrister told a drugs-trafficking case this week it was absolutely unbelievable that the police could be so dense. "No human being, unless
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          Plain talking
          156 28 "DIPLOMATIC language** has, until recently, been a polite way to describe the fine art of talking without saying anything. Of course there are lees polite descriptions of the art-form, which is practised not only by diplomats but by many politicians. But in the diplomatic terrain at least, the
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          66 28 AS REPOSITORIES go, the Internet must qualify as the Fort Knox ofPox. A sample from a Web page alleging "Summer Fun" for kiddies: "Make apple volcanoes! Ingredients: apple, peanut butter, raisins. Method: Cut off top of apple. Scoop out core and then fill apple with peanut
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      237 18 Coopers Security Audit of I &Lybrand intranet Internet 1-4 September 1997 I This course covets the underlying technologies H which govern today's Intranet and Internet networks: H how these technologies are put to use In applications like electronic commerce and the World Wide Web, the security risks and exposures, how
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      377 19 TROPHY RUNDLE MALL INVESTMENT For Sale By Tender r 77 Rundle Mall, Adelaide, South Australia. Fully leased investment, anchored by SUSSAN Huge land holding 868m2 approx ■F N.LA. 1750m2 approx Hb Substantial Rundle Mall and Francis Street frontage. Estimated net income $430,000 approx. Tenders close 3.00pm Friday sth September 1997
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      940 20 HUHIHKS 6 Notices To advertise call toll-free 1800-*****83 I I IN THKMATTCB OS THI COMPANIES ACT, CAP.» 'W r CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (FAR EAST) LIMITED. 52 JALAN BUROH, JURONG TOWN, SINGAPORE *****7. TEL *****11 FAX: *****90 f-k3 4a*.3. PSQa NOTICC Of MCOTNQ HOTICM IS IIiWIIT OIVCN THAT the Thirty Third Annual
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      30 26 SFor real-time stock information, call 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. *f_. 1
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      1660 28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES CLASSIFIED I YOUR GUIDE TO MORE PRODUCTS SERVICES MaMMmee r To advertise call toll-free 1800-*****83 ;BuSllllasSiVofoigg NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Goh Watt Heng of Blk 129 Bukit Merah View #17-170 Singapore *****9, have applied for a Wholesale Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s
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      124 29 Bridge News Reuter IT was lacklustre trading ft* moat sectors of the market with little new enquiry surfacing and rata* atill at softer levels, biDksrs Biflta eased slightly in the morning season, but in spite ofan index coming in 16 down (to 1294) for the second day in
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      7 29 feilii SBls ii Source: BRIDGE
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      PSA teams up to form logistics venture in China
      407 29  -  Shanghai to be used as launching pad for a aeries of regional distribution centres By Marcus Hand [SINGAPOREJ The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) is moving into logistics centre investments in China and has formed a joint-venture company to set up
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      271 29 [SINGAPORE] Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) will launch a dedicated Japan-South-east Asia service on Aug 1 offering direct calls at Singapore, Jakarta and Manila. The weekly, fixed-day Japan Indonesia Service (JIS) adds to OOCL's existing three direct services to Japan, providing
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      International Group clubs' united stand against EC likely to pay off
      670 29  -  marrTAix By\ Seafarer [LONDON] THERE has been quite a bit happening in the area of liability insurance recently. The International Group (IG) of Protection Indemnity (P&I) clubs has decided to get its act together and present a united front
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      Lock icon Japan concerned about shrinking maritime sector
      302 29 Number of Japanese sailors and merchant vessels dwindling Bridge News [TOKYO] The declining number of Japanese sailors and merchant vessels is giving rise to concerns of possible instability in the supply of Japan's mostly imported daily necessities, such as food and energy resources, Kyodo
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      Lock icon UASC set to boost services with delivery of giant ships
      583 29 10 box vessels it will receive next year to be deployed mainly in South-east Asia AFP [ABU DHABI] The biggest Arab shipping venture is set to boost operations sharply after it takes delivery of 10 giant vessels from Japan that
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      NOL christens two tankers
      106 29 [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) christened two new 107,000 dwt crude oil tankers in Tokyo Dockyard, Japan, yesterday. The two new tankers, Eagle Columbus and Eagle Charlotte, are scheduled for delivery this month and in October this year and will be operated by NOL's fully owned
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        Consortium wins bid for Saudi terminal
        75 29 [SINGAPORE] A consortium of Philippine-based International Container Terminal Services lac and Saudi Arabia's The Maritime Navigation Company, has won a tender for the management, operation and maintenance of a container and reefer terminal at King Abdul Ask port in Saudi Arabia. The consortium will
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        Lock icon British Gas plans LNG terminal in India
        99 29 AFP [BOMBAY] British Gas pic plans to build a USHOO-miUkm (S*sBB million) liquefied natural gas terminal in India, company officials said. A company spokeswoman said an application was submitted on Monday to New Delhi's Foreign Investment Promotion Board, seeking permission for the project
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        Lock icon Yangming silent on reported tie-up
        59 29 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] Yangming Marine Iransport Corp has declined to comment on reports it will join forces with Rien Hung Shipping Co Ltd to offer services on southern hemisphere routes from September. The Commercial Times cited unnamed Kien Hung Shipping officials as saying Yangming Marine will
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      Lock icon Old bulk carriers pose danger
      1046 30  -  amp SAFETY: HIGHER STANDARDS NEEDED Unsafe designs and poor maintenance on old ships registered with flags of convenience give that sinking feeling By Felix Chan Evidence has emerged over the last few years that suggest the design of some bulk carriers was fundamentally unsafe and
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
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        177 45 Mm Switzerland: National Day. Zambia: Farmers Day. Aag4 Australia Bank Holiday (New South Wales and Northern Territory only). Canada Civic Holiday (market and public holidays in all provinces except Quebec, which opens for business as usual). Ireland Market and Public holiday. Croatia: Thanksgiving. Mm Colombia Anniversary of Battle
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        692 45 THIS report. eooplM by Cockett Marine Oil Lid, shows prise rnnpse to US dollars ln stsad of stogie pricee tor a aiore coavrehanslve description of the oMrhot Prleee shown are h—ad on arersge ed. The Cockett Bunker Price Index chan* and the Individual changes to ths
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        408 46 US carrier says European proposals are unfair AFP [WASHINGTON] American Airlines has warned that reported European Union conditions on its proposed alliance with British Airways could scuttle the plan. EU anti-trust authorities, according to sources in Brussels, have sent British Airways and Britain's
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        204 46 AFP [BOMBAY] German car maker Volkswagen AG is close to Wwaiiaing a deal with the western Indian state of Maharashtra to build a US$277-million (*****.2 million) factory, its first in the country, officials said. Avinash Bokil, head of the industrial
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        74 46 {SHANGHAI] A transparent acrylic car attracts the attention ofadmirers at the Shanghai Museum as part of a display of a new range of products by American engine maker Delphi Automotive Systems, the world's largest supplier of car parts. Private car ownership in China is still small, but
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        Lock icon Chrysler to invest US$1.2b in Jeep plants
        426 46 New plait will enable car maker to increase export prodnctlen Bloomberg [TOLEDO, Ohio] Chrysler Corp has said it will invest US$l.2 billion (Ssl.7 billion) in Toledo, Ohio, for a new Jeep plant and improvements to the existing one, after months of negotiations yielded
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        Lock icon Schiphol to decide on plan to cut night flights soon
        591 46  -  Proposed meaure draws fierce protests from airlines and freitfit carriers From' Yong Mei Fong in Amsterdam AMSTERDAM'S Schiphol Airport will announce early next week if it will go ahead with plans to slash night flights significantly, a proposal that has
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        221 46 Reuter [PHNOM PENH] The Cambodian government and Orient Thai Airlines have formed a joint venture to operate a new airline, company officials said yesterday. Kampuchea Airlines win begin service by next week, said Orient Thai managing director Udom Tant iprasongchai. He did not
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        Lock icon Toyota still undecided on site of European plant
        212 46 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Toyota Motor Corp, Japan's largest car maker, said it is still undecided about where it will build its second European auto plant. The Sunday Times reported the car maker will likely choose BuraaBton, in central England, as the site for
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      82 31 ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED ySI. (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAjQjHUTTLE vma vot awwow tmm waa w tornm it mom NORDKAP 414 01/06 09/06 NOBDKAP 413 23/07 01/06 JUTHA PAfICHAKT 005 06/06 15/06 JUTHA BMBCHAKT 004 30/07 07/06 AIBERT BRIDGE 002 10/06 16/06 ALBERT BWDGE 001 01/06
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      1448 33 SIOTC* WM T1L*****00 FAX: M6?20l I COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD fiz-MMSMK saus/bkgs 420sw 1/43 inwardocft(D/oj 4»szts COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SMI OHO awOiiiy/mjiMi toiw two iomw) cowvßmomi 42>sts</5s T/SHfipgr 42»sns raitn/mimHUbtM/mnTi rtiyvw [w Iks si u 10 1 ML m NTH TS/W m h H m w n|» JKN Hf D0«?f
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      482 33 /7JLIPERKAPALAN DAI ZHUN jf §J TONGJOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 ■•CM -THi *****S KWCBM+fMSTBT I*AMSfT/\ MU/UtA-HtHHttTY Bi*7H A FAIi ms— f 1 f POfTKIAM -TIL *****75 GISOIG ***** 02/00 GIWI ***** 01/01 Wb»777n GBOOII ***** 05/00 GITONG
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      528 35 I FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES [IE 80 ROBINSON ROAD. #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 2/ HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) W HUE MWMII. ««■!—ti iw i| HlllMttMMMuaui DAILY SAILING TO v ATTRACTIVE RATES! CALL IVY FOR BOOKING *****33 P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****33 (20 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 UNES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22
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