The Business Times, 31 July 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MTTA (P) 023V12/96 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes THURSDAY, JULY 31,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    10 1 BHUW <44 1MI tttMIT Mu 1140 (Source: NatWest Bank)
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    Lock icon Here come the raiders
    34 1 [TOKYO] Government investigators entering the headquarters ofYamaichi Securities here yesterday in a raid of the brokerage s offices. About 100 investigators took part in the raid on the headquarters. REUTER
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    Nomura, DKB punished; police raid Yamaichi
    577 1  -  Penalties severe bat won't cause damage; raid en Yamaiehi HQ is latest action in sokaiya scandal From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S Ministry of Finance (MOF) yesterday announced severe penalties against the country's leading brokerage Nomura Securities and major commercial bank Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank
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    Lock icon IPC trounces forecasts with $18.8m half-time gain
    460 1  -  By. Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] IPC Corp has more than tripled its interim net profit to $18.8 million, beating analysts' full-year estimates of $15.7 million. The strong results, announced after the market closed yesterday, fulfilled the expectations of punters, who drove up the stock
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  • Article
    Redas blasted over appeal to curb govt land sales
    725 1  -  By Diana Oon, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Several potential property buyers and BT readers yesterday blasted developers for urging the government to curb land sales. After having had it so good for so long, developers should face up to the downturn in
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    Lock icon Dow tops 8,200 at 1pm EDT
    55 1 AFP [NEW YORK] Wall Street's blue-chip Index topped 8,200 points for the first time in early afternoon trading yesterday as share prices were buoyed by a strong bond market and favourable corporate earnings reports. At Ipm EDT, the Dow Jones industrial average was up
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article, Illustration
      Govt will retain central control in move towards thinking schools
      670 2  -  Law Ministry will set tip permanent centre to mediate in commercial disputes By< Chuang Peck Ming CENTRAL control will still be kept on curriculum and standards in the move to let schools develop thinking students on their own, Education Minister
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      Be alert at all times, Jayakumar tells envoys
      567 2  -  S'pore diplomats take stock a* economic competition grows By' Yang Razali Kassim FOR the fourth time, Singapore's "reconnaissance scouts" on the world stage are regrouping again. Some SO heads of missions and high commissioners from various parts of-the world, as well as
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      NCB, Nets launch Net certification body
      360 2  -  Netnuß will certify identities of parties talking oyer the Net By Toh Han Shih NETRUST Pte Ltd, the first Internet certification- authority in Singapore and South-east Asia, was launched yesterday. The authority acts as a trusted third party that certifies the identities of two
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    • Article
      Victoria Park site sold for $15.25m
      197 2 A GOOD-class bungalow site with redevelopment potential at Victoria Park in District 10 has been sold for $15.25 million or $480 per sq ft (psf) to a Singaporean investor who declined to be named. On a psf basis, this price is slightly higher than
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Royal Brothers hearing postponed again
        108 2 THE pre-trial conference cfRaJ and Aaokjuunar, better known as the Royal Brothers, has been postponed again. Theconference date, adjourned once before to yesterday, has now been changed to Aug 27. Replying to BT*s queries, Deputy Public Prosecutor Muhammed Hidhir said the adjournment was because both
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      • Article
        Power-Gen 97 could draw 7.000 visitors
        122 2 ASIA'S largest electric power exhibltioiH»m-coQfhreßce, Power-Gen 97, which will be held at Suntec City on Sept 9-11, is expected to draw 7,000 visitors, said its organisers i yesterday. Pennwell and Times Exhibitions and Conferences said more than 100 exhibitors from 90 some 2SO companies.
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    • Article, Illustration
      More vehicles registered in May, June
      355 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Communications By i Chee Jann Perng AFTER falling year-on-year every month in the first four months this year, the number of new vehicles registered picked up in May and June. May saw a 7.4 per cent Increase in the total
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
    • Article
      Help the sick property market, cut land sales
      479 4  -  LETTER FROM REDAS PRESIDENT TO LIM HTO KXAMO Heng Chiang Meng FURTHER to my earlier concern on the private housing rental market, I think the private residential property market is much worse than previously thought The article on the market situation in
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      Why should govt protect developers?
      487 4  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Silas Wong I REFER to your article about the Redas letter to the Minister of National Development. To be brutally frank myself, I am shocked and incensed at the contents of the Redas letter. The main message, shorn of all the
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    • Article
      Stick to objective, MND urged
      209 4  -  Mok Chek Pfam AT LONG last, the truth is out. The Ministry of National Development's anti-speculation measures implemented since May last year are effective then. The role of the MND is to keep property prices affordable and stable. For a while, it seems that the
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      Lock icon Ayala to expand regional presence in food, property
      641 4  -  Ayal* International wffl be spearheading its growth in region By Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE) The Philippines' oldest conglomerate, the Ayala group, is expanding its regional presence in the areas of property and food through its Singapore-based international arm, Ayala International Pte Ltd (AI).
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  • AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Govt agency set up to woo foreigners to study, work here
      532 5  -  HMh aflkai m dties, OMtactSTpmrifl ilwirtmhkfcr b*< Catherine Ong THE government is stepping up efforts to woo foreigners to study and work here with the launch yesterday of an agency that will also act as a link for Singaporeans
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    • Article
      Small telecom dealers squeezed by competition
      435 5  -  Price cits ui By* Teh Hooi Ling SMALL telecom equipment retailers are finding the going tough four months after the opening up of the mobile communications market According to Derrick Wong, president of fiie Association of Telecommunications Equipment Suppliers (Ates). some dealers "are forced
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      SingTel to spend $20m to squelch millennium bug
      254 5 SINGAPORE Telecommunications will spend at least $20 million to tackle the millennium bug. Ng Yoke Weng, SingTel's chief information officer, yesterday said Sing Tel will use an estimated 2LOOO man-hours to rectify the problem. That alone could add up to $to million
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      1478 6 I BanLWustria I I 3.st Deceaber 1996 (In ATS thousand) run, i.rt Pceewber .996 (In ATS thousand) 1995 (U. *IS I I ™"——"™1. Due to credit institutions I I l. Vault cash 8 578 due on demand 35,615,397 25,953 I Balances with central banks and postal giro offices /.ioo.o/a b)
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Khmer rogue
      64 7 [ANLONG VENG, Cambodia] Notorious Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot during his trial on Monday as his former comrades denounced him at the Khmer Rouge stronghold of Anlong Veng in northern Cambodia. The veteran revolutionary and three of his top commanders were "tried" and sentenced to life imprisonment for
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      Lock icon Asian executives trust S'pore banks most
      164 7 HONGKONG AFP ASIAN'S business executives have least confidence in China's banks and trusted those of Singapore and Hongkong most, according to a survey released here on Tuesday. The survey carried out by the Hongkong-based weekly Far Eastern Economic Review said 67 per cent out
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      Lock icon Moving out Mr Clean may further undermine Thai govt
      502 7  -  BANGKOK Top finance official's removal leading to Opposition plans for no-confidence motion Reports by Harish Mehta THE removal of the top Thai finance ministry official, dubbed Bangkok's Mr Clean, is central to the opposition parties' proposed no-confi-dence motion that could further
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      Thai foreign exchange reserves seen plunging
      383 7 THAILAND'S foreign exchange reserve figures, due out today, are forecast to plunge to their lowest level since March 1995, following vain attempts by the central bank to defend the embattled baht, analysts said. The precarious foreign exchange reserves position highlights the need to obtain
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      Lock icon Vietnam central banker calls for stable exchange rate
      330 7 HANOI AFP AN official at the State Bank of Vietnam said a stable exchange rate was essential to protect the interests of investors, a newspaper said here yesterday. Vu Phuong Lien, vice-di- rector of the bank's Foreign Exchange Control Programme 'told the
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      Lock icon Peso plunges as Manila ads to flush out dollar hoarders
      376 7 MANILA Central bank's twin moves will farther weaken unit: traders AFP THE Philippine peso fell sharply against the greenback yesterday as monetary authorities braced for further currency speculation with new rules to flush out dollar hoarders. The peso closed at
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      Lock icon Daim Zainuddin dismisses speculators' claims
      287 7 LANGKAWI He says if there were no speculators, all would be stable Bernama CLAIMS by rogue speculators that the ringgit fell sharply because of Malaysia's weak economic fundamentals do not hold water, the economic adviser to the government, Daim Zainuddin. said yesterday. Before their speculative
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      NT$ comes under attack, but with Taipei's blessings
      454 8  -  TAIPEI Taiwan govt sees devaluation of robust NTS as a much needed export boost By 1 Bruce Cheesman CURRENCY speculators have jet their sights on yet another \slan unit but in this case, lie attack on the robust Taiwan dollar has Taipei's
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      Lock icon Beijing says foreign investments down by almost 50%
      262 8 BEIJING But official says downturn could be a technical correction AFP CHINA'S Foreign Trade Ministry announced yesterday an almost SO per cent plunge in contracted foreign investment during the first half of this year. Total pledged foreign investment in the January-June period
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    • Article
      Lock icon HK stocks forge ahead to new highs
      173 8 HONGKONG Reuter HONGKONG'S stock market gave the territory a huge vote of confidence yesterday, storming to record heights just a month after the former British colony became part of China. The Hang Seng Index jumped 211.12 points or 1.34 per cent to close
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Taking to the bottle
      31 8 [BELJING] Wu Wei of Bering with a young child yesterday as he carries an oversized promotional plastic beer bottle Jbr the sixth Beijing International Beer Festival. REUTER
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      HK team a sign of China's priorities
      656 8  -  GHOUL WATCH But ITtn I*M*fftr lUp I*—***1*—**** 1 to SAB.? By Lu Ning CHINA confirmed at the weekend that its cabinet has appointed former Chinese ambassador to Britain. Jiang Enzhu, as the new director of the Hongkong branch of Xinhua News Agency, which
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Australia cuts interest rate by half a point to 5%
      573 9 SYDNEY The fifth rate cct in a year comes after reports of low inflation and slow wage growth Bloomberg, Reuter AUSTRALIA'S central bank yesterday cut its benchmark interest rate for a fifth time in a year in an attempt to
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Japan industrial output down
        94 9 Bloomberg PTTHTWIrt ftHtmit. fl lc«V mMttlTB Of manufacturing strength, declined 3.1 per cent in June as higher taxes slowed spending at home, forcing companies to cut production, the government said. It was the fourth decline in the last five months and was more than the 3.1
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        Lock icon NZ immigration meet in Nov
        90 9 Reuter [WELLINGTON] New Zealand yeeterday set the dates Nov 13-14—for a conference intended to ponder ftiture directions for population change and immigratkm. Prime Minister Jim Bolger said that the conference, proposed as part of the agreement that brought his centre-right coalition government to power, should
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      • Article
        Lock icon Japanese bank on weddings
        86 9 Bernama {TOKYO] Wedding-related services in Japan boast annual sales exceeding one trillion yen (5112.3 billion) in 1906. A survey by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry showed a total 0f3,029 entities were engaged in wedding-related services as of Nov 1 last year. Their combined annual
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        Lock icon Visitors to NZ drop 3% in Q2
        93 9 AFP [WELLINGTON] Currency fluctuations, price-cutting by other destinations and a high New Zealand dollar were behind a 3 per cent drop in visitor arrivals to New Zealand in the June quarter, say tourism officials. Statistics show that visitor arrivals fall 10,000t0288,900 in April,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Yadav jailed after his bail plea was rejected
      179 9 PATNA, India AFP, Reuter A FORMER close political associate of Indian Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral was jailed here yesterday over a multi-million-dollar scandal, court officials said. Laloo Prasad Yadav's plea for bail was rejected after he surrendered to a court here.
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      Lock icon 1m Bangladeshi workers on strike
      267 9 DHAKA Reuter, AFP BANGLADESH'S nearly one million factory and transport workers walked off the job yesterday to protest against the government's privatisation policy and to demand higher wages, government and union officials said. "The country's economic life has almost collapsed due to the workers' strike,"
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      Lock icon Kia to undertake major downsizing
      379 9 SEOUL It will cot its 28 units to five and focas solely on auto-making AFP, Bloomberg SOUTH Korea's ailing Kia Group yesterday announced a drastic downsizing plan under which it will reduce its 28 subsidiaries to Ave focusing solely on the auto-making business. The plan
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      113 9 SI I s I>l s|(,\| I) U >l< B i o\(,i k 11 (,(,i D H n<i \ll KI s j I', f L .i t SINGAPORE'S MOST LUXURIOUS SHOPPING ENVIRONMENT IS NOW JJR A LINKED TO SINGAPORE'S MOST EXCLUSIVE FASHION GALLERY. \HI A A Tettooi. Ann* Molinari Bhimerine Brigari.
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Tories attack Cook over sale of Hawk jets to Indonesia
      249 10 LONDON AFP FOREIGN Secretary Robin Cook was accused yesterday of plunging British arras export policy into confusion after allowing the sale of Hawk jets to Indonesia to go ahead. Shadow foreign secretary Michael Howard said Mr Cook should have made
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      Lock icon Bombings in Jerusalem threaten peace talks
      361 10 Police fear more blasts; no one claims responsibility for suicide attacks Bloomberg, Reuter TWO suicide bombings in a crowded central Jerusalem marketplace killed at least 13 people and wounded at least 150, Israel Television reported, quoting people in the police and security services. Avigdor
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      Lock icon WTO panel to examine Indonesia car policy
      329 10 GENEVA Move after US complains Jakarta violates open trade Reuter THE World Trade Organisation (WTO) acted in flavour of a US complaint on Indonesia's car policy yesterday, ruling for the dispute to be settled by a panel set up to consider similar requests
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      Lock icon Previous govt's inaction made rate rises necessary: Blair
      303 10 LONDON AFP BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday defended the tough monetary policy of the Bank of England since the Labour victory in May, which has been blamed for penalising exporters by driving up the value of the pound. Mr Blair said
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      Lock icon EU gives conditional nod to GAN rescue
      272 10 PARIS French insorer rat be broken «p tad »old by the tad IMS Bloomberg GAN's 24 billion franc (5J5.7 billion) financial rescue by the French government was approved by the European Commission on condition the unprofitable state-controlled insurer is broken up and sold
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      Lock icon New Asia hand for US State Dept approved
      154 10 WASHINGTON AFP A KEY Senate panel yesterday approved former White House aide Stanley Roth as the top Asia hand at the State Department. Acting quickly, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee also approved new US ambassadors to Russia, France, Germany, Britain, Bosnia, Guyana,
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      It's summertime and the Republicans have the blues
      577 10  -  milHIflOM WASHINGTON By Leon Hadar THIS was supposed to be the season in which the Republican troops on Capitol Hill were to launch a major assault on the Democratic-controlled White House, expose dark secrets of international intrigues and political corruption involving President
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Hard, to shake off Japanese gangsters' hold
      828 15  -  THE BOTTOM UMB OPINION 'By Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent IT IS tempting to regard Japan's corporate establishment, or large parts of it at least, as being hopelessly corrupt in the light of recent scandals that have linked big-name companies
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      115 15 The late Botak Chin, one of the most notorious criminals, was very intelligent Unfortunately, he used his mind for the wrong reason/ a Malaysian psychiatrist on the proposal by his country's Education Ministry to award marks for student behaviour. 'Even the sharks are friendly here.' -lbkuMdluni a
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      Legal challenge to HK
      650 15 EDITORIAL THERE was a collective sigh of relief from everyone in Hongkong who valued stability and order when a challenge to the legality of the Special Administrative Region's provisional legislature was dispelled in Tuesday's ruling by the Court of Appeal. At a time when the new
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      Lock icon Curbing China's cycles
      1013 15  -  Chin* needs an effective macroeconomic management system to avoid stop-go growth By Yu Qiso THE CHINESE economy achieved a soft landing in 1996, and for the first half of 1997, its inflation remained under control. Will the economy heat up in a new round of business cycle
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      835 15 I—i iw aw THERE is little sign of the dust settling within the international community in the wake of last week's decision to admit Myanmar to the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean). Asean has clearly failed to persuade Western countries to give "constructive engagement" a
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon A man of many names
      1016 16  -  But Evan Hunter's preferred identity is Ed Mcßain, writer of the 87th Precinct police series, says CLYDE HABERMAM CLYDE HABERMAN NYT AVINGan identity crisis over somebody else's identity borders on the absurd. There it was all the same when, midway through a long lunch at
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      Lock icon Romance writer sorry for plagiarism
      611 16 PEOPLE Dailey aAmti copying from rival's works for two novels; blames psychological problem LATWP [WASHINGTON! Heaving bosoms and throbbing loins are all very well, but if you really want to make a romance writer breathe heavily, try pinching her prose. Janet Dailey, who has sold
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    • CHATTER Box
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        Lock icon Keann's not up to Speed
        185 16 AFP [LONDON] Film roles for Spied star Keanu Reeves "arent flying in", the actor has admitted in the latest edition of British gossip magazine Hello! Coukl it have anything to do with him turning down Speed 2 to play with his band, Dogstar? Reeves, 32,
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        Lock icon Di and Fergie:friends again?
        155 16 Reuter [LONDON] Britain's Duchess of York offsrsd an olive branch to her former sister-in-law Princess Diana, after an eight-month rift cauaed by her autobiography. "Nothing can stop me loving her with all my heart," Ftirgiewaa J quoted as saying by the Daily Telegraph. Relations between the
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        Lock icon Pertrait perfect
        39 16 Reuter [MOSCOW] Actress Sofia Loren looking at her portrait laeoanUdby tfat organlasrs during the dosing camuuny of tiM 30th International Moscow film festival onTueeday Loren attended the festival as a gnast of honour.—Jtcalr v.. 4; r '''f-_r
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        Lock icon Trumps named in libeal suit
        149 16 Reuter [LONDON] Ivana Trump's estranged husband, Rfccarde Manuccelll, began libel proceedings In England ipiillt. hie wife and her ex-husband Donald Trump, Mr Mazzuccelli's lawyers said. Kate Day, a spokaewoman fer London law firm Mfebooo da Raya, said the articles Mr MaasucosPl ellepe aiv libellous ejpp—wt
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      802 18 PROFILE Morris Lifting, hotel the past for his larger-than-life works, has now come into his own Reuter [MIAMI BEACH] If it is true that he who laughs last laughs best, architect Morris Lapidus, 94, is enjoying a long and satisfying chuckle. The legendary hotel designer,
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      312 18 FILMS ABCinsarpriseiMl t§ develop dmvm ucript LATWP [HOLLYWOOD] Though the television industry has recently voiced an aversion to dramatising sensational truecrime stories, the ABC network is planning a made-for-television movie about Andrew Cunanan, the alleged serial killer in the slaying of fashion designer Gianni
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      Lock icon Big Four banks' interim profits seen up 12-18%
      609 19  -  The smallest, OUB, expected to lead the pack with spillovers from last year's very good leans growth M Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] It's half-time, are predicting interim profits growth of 12 to 18 jfegeut for the Big Four jggfcs, with OUB leading the
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      AFP shares fall below US$1
      318 19 [SINGAPORE] Newly-listed Asia Food Properties will be facing an uphill task in its bid to sell another US$25O million (*****.5 million) in new shares to new investors. The company, which took over the ill-fated Amcol Holdings, yesterday broke through the US$l barrier for the first
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      Chunghwa-SingTel share swap: Is it likely to happen soon?
      527 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Bruce Cheesman SINGAPORE Telecommunications has emerged as the frontrunner in a bid by Taiwan's state-run Chunghwa Telecom to engineer a share swap with top Asian carriers. But punters thinking of picking up the phone to contact their brokers
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      Lock icon Jakarta gives its blessing to QAF-Mofood deal
      326 19 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's government yesterday gave its blessing to the sale of Salim Group subsidiary PT Indofood Sukses Makmur to Singapore's QAF Ltd, saying that the deal would add 1.7 trillion rupiah (***** million) to its coffers. Coordinating Minister for Production and Distribution
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      Viet businessman suing Rothmans
      346 19  -  Company icfluwd of wrongfully ending a 1991 agreement By I Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] A Vietnamese businessman is suing local cigarette manufacturer Rothmans of Pall Mall (Singapore) for breach of contract. Bui Van Tuyen alleges that Rothmans, in a letter dated Nov 21, 1995, wrongfully terminated an
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        Sempec, 2 Indon groups apply to be power suppliers
        487 20  -  Sempec's bid accepted, further negotiations needed before foreign bids can be registered By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Singapore moved yet another step closer towards privatising its power sector with three more independent power producers (IPPs) submitting bids to supply electricity to the
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        DBS Bank bond deposits fully taen
        196 20 [SINGAPOREJ Both tranches of DBS Bank's novel 24 million bond deposits backed by Teledata Singapore have been fUlly subscribed a day before the offer was due to close. DBS Bank said yesterday it had received 1,217 applications for the 18 million bond deposits offered
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        SingTel, Ayala to tap 6b pesos for Globe
        371 20 {MANILA] Singapore Telecom (Sing Tel) and Ayala Corp are {fusing 6.1 billion pesos (Ss3oB million) to push the expansion *f their listed joint venture Globe Telecom, company officials said yesterday. J? Globe spokesman Jones said the move, llhrough a rights offer, was
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        Bank Negara may lift lending curbs: Nik Din
        406 20  -  ELSE chief expects credit limits for share deals to ease From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Bank Negara may lift its recent curbs on banks' lending for share purchases, Nik Mohamed Din, executive chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, said
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          L-Jacoberg to buy remaining stake in unit
          38 20 (SINGAPORE] Lindeteves-Jacoberg Ltd has agreed to buy up the remaining 49 per cent of its subsidiary, Best-Li ndeteves Waste Systems Sdn Bhd, for $2 million. The unit makes waste treatment systems.
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          Mixed response to Osprey rights offers
          59 20 [SINGAPORE] Osprey Maritime yesterday said Its rights share issue was 100.5 per cent subscribed while its rights preference share offer was 91.7 per cent subscribed. It had offered 144.2 million shares at US$l.45 each on a 1-fbr-l basis and 77.8 million redeemable cumulative convertible
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          Superior Metal sells property for $6.5m
          32 20 [SINGAPORE] Superior Metal Printing will sell Its property at 19 Gul Way to Evershine Traders Corp for 16-5 million, yielding an extraordinary gain of $3 million.
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          AsiaMatrix gets takeover notice
          31 20 [SINGAPORE] Asia Matrix yesterday received a takeover notice from Silver Beads International Ltd for the 12.6 million shares the latter does not own at Ssl .46 each.
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          Hotung IPO placement fully taken up
          28 20 [SINGAPORE] Hotung Investment Holdings yesterday said its placement tranche of 48.5 million shares at 26 US cents each was fully taken up.
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        193 20 Bernama [LANGKAWI] The point of contention causing a dispute between Ekran Bhd and Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) over the Bakun dam project in Sarawak is whether ABB can claim any cost overruns, Ekran's executive chairman Ting Pek Khiing said yesterday. Revealing for the
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        Lock icon Sony set to post strong Q1 showing
        397 20 Bloomberg (TOKYO] Sony is poised for a banner first quarter, thanks to profits from hit Hollywood films such as Air Force One and continued demand for its electronic gadgets like digital camcorders. Sony, which reports first quarter earnings today, and other Japanese manufacturers
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        Lock icon Telekom to up stake in Samart to 24.99%
        187 20 AFP (BANGKOK] Telekom Malaysia International Sdn Bhd will increase its holding in Samart Corp pic to 24.99 per cent from 20.12 per cent, Samart president and chief executive Charnchai Charuvastr said in a statement. Mr Charnchai said Telekom Malaysia will pay US$l4
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        414 21 Stock am* altar Merrill aygnuM it to y predicted rwliiUf iagwfll aid to profits Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Citicorp shares rose 4.7 par cent after an analyst predicted the bank will announce a consolidation of its businesses that could boost 1986 earnings by
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        UBS and its funds buy 11% stake in HK jeweller
        287 21  -  ferflMtgriitrafcr hbnpetahelp Ite Sri Im kits farripeapuHMa Byi Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Union Bank of Switzerland (ÜBS) and the fluids it wMwiggpa have bought an 11 per cent interest in Tse Sui Luen Jewellery (International), a company listed on the Hongkong
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        Lock icon EU deepens probe into Siemens, Elektrowatt deal
        317 21 Reuter [BRUSSELS] The European Commission began a full probe on Tuesday into Siemens' acquisition of part of Credit Suisse's stake in Elektrowatt, saying it feared for competition in the markets for electricity meters and payphones. A decision to start an in-depth probe into
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        Lock icon BMW revs up profit by robust 30%
        519 21 Mew models, string US dollar boost interim results Reuter [BONN] German luxury carmaker Bayerische MotorenWerke AG reported on Tuesday a robust 30 per cent increase in net profit during the first half of 1997 as new models and a strong US dollar boosted
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        Lock icon Dresdner Bank to raise 2b marks to expand abroad
        428 22 Shares up on pijms to expand investment banking activities; first-half operating profits rise 23% Bloomberg [BERLIN] Dresdner Bank AG. Germany's second-largest bank, said it is planning to raise about 2 billion Deutschemarks (Ssl.6 billion) to expand investment banking abroad. Shares soared
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        SocGen AM (S) sets $1b target
        386 22  -  Flu hr S'pare office to triple usetsmder management in next tmtittrwjHri By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] The local office of Societe Generate Asset Management plans to triple its assets under management to over Ssl billion in the next two to three years, its new managing
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        Lock icon Break-up of Fleming trust may start trend in sector
        337 22 Qrwpuiar shareholder pressure to wind np flagship FT [LONDON] Robert Fleming, the investment bank and ftind management group, yesterday announced proposals to wind up its flagship £513 million (511.2 billion) Fleming Far Eastern Investment Trust, in a move that could herald
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        Lock icon Abbey National eyeing small acquisitions
        181 22 Bloomberg [LONDON] Abbey National pic said it win likely announce (Urtber acquisitions this year, indicating they would be smaH purchases in treasury or personal lending. Britain's second-largest mortgage lender, which said first-half net income roee 26 per cent to £469 million (Sfl.l billion), said it
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        242 22 SIMK1 Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures shot to new contract highs yesterday as Japan's weak industrial output data and widening brokerage scandals reinforced hopes of steady rates. News of a raid at the offices of Yamaichi Securities and
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        Futures consolidate as July contract expires
        171 22  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTU&HS -By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd (SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures contract consolidated at the 4,300 level as the July contract expired at noon yesterday. As expected, the cash index in Taiwan touched the 10,000
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        Lock icon Soros eyes stake in Russian oil firm
        226 22 BNBROTBBPORT Reuter [MOSCOW] US financier George Soros has expressed Interest in bidding for a stake in Russia's state-owned oil company Rosneft, a company spokesman said yesterday. Mr Soros indicated he was prepared to spend US$l billion (511.4 billion) on the project, the spokesman
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        280 22 Reuter THE US dollar gained ground against all other major currencies, pushed up by a weak yen and dollar buying by US investment funds, dealers said. At 1245 GMT, the dollar was at 1.8445 marks against 1.8332 on Tuesday and to U&93 yen against Tuesday's 117.95. The greenback
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      1397 23 AFP Pumas -lam JAPANESE share prices closed near their lows yesterday, pressured by profit taking and ftitures-led selling following a raid on a major brokerage firm in a widening pay-off scandal, brokers said. Share prices opened modestly higher on the back of Wall Street's gains. But they fell back
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      1462 24 Reuter Q Hang Seng +21L12 THE Hang Seng Index scaled new heights yesterday as a rally in the property sector propelled the index through 16,000 points with enough momentum to carry it further in days ahead. The index charged to an in-tra-day record high of 16,055.19 points before closing
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      607 24 Bloomberg na«A«Bhiß +0*34 CHINA B shares were mixed as foreign investor interest turned to the surging Hongkong market. Hongkong's benchmark Hang Seng Index rose as much as 1.66 per cent to a new intra-day high of 16,055.19 points. "The Hongkong market is doing so well, there's no point trading
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      288 24 AFP PWTMn -4MB STOCKS rose yesterday as investors pursued low-priced and export-oriented issues. "As electrical issues consolidate after recent gains, investors picked up other lagging manufacturing issues," said a trader. Textiles and shipping got a boost from a weaker Taiwan currency. The TSE Weighted Price Index rose 50.45 points
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      230 24 Bloomberg SHARES closed higher yesterday. The NZSE Top 40-share Index rose 5.06 points to close at 2,575.52. Earlier, the index rose as high as 2,577.07, its highest level since October 1987.—Bloomberg mm m cmm »HT >rtmn ——12.15 *0i5 ***** I III, BI)mi IliM L01 -003 5H00 *lrMX»IUU 3J5 0.04
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      760 24 AFP n SET Ma *B SHARE prices fell yesterday, with investors hesitant pending a shakeout at the finance ministry and the release of economic data today. Analysts said the market was underpinned, however, by the prospect of economic assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). An analyst said investors
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      377 24 AFP yOniihiß -&7> SHARE prices closed lower yesterday with most investors sidelined in the absence of incentives to buy. Dealers said local institutions continued to sell Posco, depressed by its plan to take over bankrupt Hanbo Steel, adding to pressure in the broader market. The Composite Index lost 5.79
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      535 24 AFP HaouMrin +3J STOCKS rose yesterday in a lacklustre response to the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to cut interest rates by a half percentage point. "The market was pretty ho hum about the rate cut this morning; that's indicated that it was pretty much factored in," said a
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      726 24 AFP 130—trite fate +6JB SHARE prices closed 0.8 per cent higher yesterday on gains among heavyweight stocks as concerns over the rupiah abated, dealers said. "I think investors are more confident now on rupiah stability. They are taking positions again on some big shares," a dealer said. The Composite
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      235 24 AFP Q Maria +1* SHARE prices rose in cautious trade yesterday amid concerns over the peso and interest rates. "People are just waiting for the volatility in the currency to die down and for interest rates to drop," said a trader. The PSE Composite Index rose 2.96 points to
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        Telekom, UEM lead shares lower
        203 25 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday on profit-taking In blue chips, led by Telekom Malaysia and United Engineers Malaysia, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 6.87 points at 1,024.74. The Emas Index fell 1.39 points at 292.75 and the Second Board Index gained 2.07
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        Heshe's shares appear a better bet than its warrants
        184 26  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy HESHE's shares and warrants have been doing decent volumes lately, leading to rumours that something is brewing. What this could be is anyone's guess; for now, our brief is to look at the warrant to see
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        Redas' letter deals hard blow to property stocks
        659 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Electronics counters under pressure too after recent run-up and on concern that interim results may not be as good as expected By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] There was really only one direction for property stocks, and the broad market, to
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          Don't cry for my condominium...
          86 28 THE tears now being shed over the state of the property market by the Real Estate Developers Association of Singapore (Redas) have put several BT readers more in mind of crocodiles than condominiums. Prices, they pointed out in calls and a letter to BT after
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          ... save your tears for 'Aseanies'
          124 28 save your tears for 'Aseanies' WHO said politicians didn't deserve those huge fat pay cheques? They should be decorated, what's more, every one, for service above and beyond the normal call of duty. We're talking about the Asean delegates who attended this week's Post Ministerial Conference Dinner on Monday night
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          From the Vanities of Bonbonie...
          141 28 THE dust raised yesterday in the US House of Representatives from ail that bipartisan backslapping over an agreement on tax cuts and a balanced budget may take some time to settle. The crescendo of Democrat and Republican self-congratulation, could keep dry-cleaners out of business for
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          ... To The Denfire of the Vanities
          137 28 To The Denfire of the Vanities IN A less confident, reflective mood in the *****, Americans chased Tom Wolfe's satirical novel, Bonflretfthe Vanities, to the top of the best-seller lists. Today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 8,000-point plus and half the citiaenry invested on Wall Street, you can't
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          Paunt! Private lives for sale?
          105 28 IN THE United Kingdom, the Data Protection Registrar has reportedly issued an enforcement notice against British Gas ordering it to stop disclosing details of its customers to marketing organisations. Similar warnings have been sent to London Electricity and Southern Electric, and more notices may be
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      1704 28 To advertise call toll-free 1800-*****83 BUSINESS iVotaces THE COMPANIES ACT CAP. 50 FUJI! SINGAPORE COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED (to Voluntary Liquidation) Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the above Company duly convened and held on 23rd July 1997 the following Special Resolution was duly pawed "Thai the Company
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      237 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF 2000 SUPERMARKET PTE LTD (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of2ooo SUPERMARKET PTE LTD duly convened and held at 11 East Coast Road #02-28 Odeor> Katong Shopping Complex Singapore *****2, on
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      315 29 Bridge News, Reuter ACTIVITY continued in a sluggish vein for the fi-eight market. There was talk of wheat cargoes to be moved from the US and Canadian west coast to Pakistan, but brokers are unsure of the impact this will have on freight rates as levels remain weak.
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      452 29 Union Pacific Railroad, trackers and shippers in favour but some maritime unions are cautious [WASHINGTON] The largest Western railroad, truckers and industrial shippers have lined up in support of the proposed US$B25-million (Ssl.2 billion) acquisition of US-flag carrier APL Ltd by Neptune Orient Lines,
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      Japan still ahead of Korea in ship orders
      635 29  -  MEWBUXLDS I By. David Hughes THE past fortnight has seen yet another VLCC (very large crude carrier) contract to swell the growing numbers in the world orderbook. About 60 VLCCs are now on order, all at Korean and Japanese yards. The latest
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      Lock icon Free port to be built in northern Philippines
      230 29 AFP [MANILA] A free port will be completed and put into operation in the northern Philippine province of Cagayan within 10 years, President Fidel Ramos said on Tuesday during a provincial visit. Mr Ramos said in a speech that the Cagayan Freeport
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      Lock icon India plans measures to encourage river transport
      358 29 More to attract private investors to develop sector Lloyd's List [NEW DELHI] India's Ministry of Surface Transport has made ready a plan to accord preferential treatment to river transport and ask all public sector undertakings to use inland waterways to ferry a fixed
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      62 29 [GAZA STRIP] Construction work underway at the sea port being built in Gaza City. Under the terms of renewing the Middle East peace talks, which were decided between Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy and top Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath, joint Israeli-PLO committees will be formed to
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      Mitsubishi is Japan's top builder
      108 29 [TOKYO] Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) maintained pole position in the Japanese shipbuUding industry last year, with 12.4 per cent of the country's total newbuildings order book, although this was down 1 per cent on its 1996 performance. IshikawaJima-Harima Industries climbed to the number two slot
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      Lock icon ACL may move from Sweden, considering other domiciles
      313 29 Reuter [LONDON] Container shipping group Atlantic Container Line AB (ACL) said it was exploring options for quitting Sweden. "The board of directors has initiated a study to explore various potential future tax and cost efficient domiciles for the company," ACL said. The
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      775 30 ASXAM BT7MKBKXMCH NEW KID ON THE BLOCK Taiwan's expanding refining capacity has led its state oil company to plunge into the regional bunkering market Lloyd's List TAIWAN'S state oil company Chinese Petroleum (CPC) is gearing up to grab a bigger piece of the region's bunkering
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        404 44  -  It win cot transit times from Asia to the US in half from two days to one Reports by Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Federal Express (FedEx) is launching a new route from Malaysia and Singapore to the United States via Japan
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        Round-the-world flight to start in Sep
        181 44 [SINGAPORE] FedEx will launch a scheduled round-the-world flight in September this year. The daily flight will originate in Indianapolis connecting Europe to the Middle East and Asia via Paris, Dubai, Bangkok and the carrier's Asian hub in Subic Bay. The flight will be served
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        81 44 f VICTOR VILLE, California] A sub-scale remotely piloted Blended-Wing-Body aircraft taking off at El Mirage Dry Lake near Victorville on a test flight. The aircraft, designed and built by Stanford University as part of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) and McDonnell Douglas research programme, is
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        158 44 AFP {NEW DELHI] Air India has deferred a US$2-billion (552.9 billion) proposal to buy aircraft from either Airbus Industrie or Boeing Co. A spokesman for the company said a two-hour meeting of the board of directors of the state-run carrier failed to decide on
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        329 44 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] The European Commission approved Boeing Co's US$l6.2 billion (5523.8 billion) purchase of rival McDonnell Douglas Corp after the US aircraft maker agreed last week to amend contracts with US airlines, according to the commission's chief spokesman, Klaus van der Pas. The decision by
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        Lock icon Cathay's passenger loads lower than expected
        142 44 Bloomberg [HANOI] Passenger loads on Cathay Pacific Airlines were lower in the first half of the year than expected, said chairman Peter Sutch, one week ahead of announcing the company's interim results. Mr Sutch said handover jitters among tourists thinking about visiting Hongkong after
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        Lock icon Toyota may buy engines from Europe supplier
        95 44 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Toyota Motor Corp is considering buying diesel engines from a European supplier for its compact cars to be produced in Britain beginning late next year, a company spokesman said yesterday. "We are studying various options, Including our own engine and
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        Lock icon Alitalia hopes to find partner by end of year
        331 44 Italian carrier singles out ELM as prime candidate Reuter [ROME] Italian flag carrier Alitalia is seeking an international alliance by the end of the year, with Dutch airline KLM as the prime contender, the chairman of state industrial holding Iri said
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          Lock icon Cathay to sell Aussie data centre: report
          80 44 AFX-Asia [SYDNEY] Cathay Pacific is preparing to sell its As2lo million (*****.7 million) Australian data processing centre west of Sydney, the Australian Financial Review reported, citing no sources. 'The operations of the centre, which was enticed to Australia five years ago with the
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          Lock icon Continental Air gets warning letter
          69 44 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Continental Airlines Inc's catering facility in Houston, Texas, failed to meet sanitary standards in a June inspection, the Food and Drug Administration said in a warning letter. During a July 9 inspection, FDA investigators found several sanitation violations that led the agency to
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          Lock icon Nissho Iwai to invest in Manila airport
          116 44 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Nissho Iwai Corp will take a 10 per cent stake in a Philippine joint venture to build a third terminal at the Manila international airport, the Nlhon Kelzal newspaper reported yesterday. The project worth some 60 billion yen (Sf?44 million),
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          Lock icon Pilots from 5 airlines hold talks
          87 44 Reuter [ZURICH] Representatives of more than 12,000 pilots from Delta Air Lines, Swissair. Sabena, Austrian Airlines and Flnnalr met for the first time in Zurich to discuss ways to strengthen their cooperation. Aeropers, the pilots '•'V: association for Swissair, a unit of SAir Group,
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        Lock icon UPS continues talks with union in attempt to avert strike tomorrow
        433 44 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] United Parcel Service (UPS) of America Inc and its largest labour union continued negotiations to try to avert a nationwide strike tomorrow, as more customers began diverting their packages to other carriers. The world's largest freight transportation
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