The Business Times, 11 August 1997

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  • 12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 023/12/96 85* SINGAPORE Internet- http://www.aslal.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, AUGUST 11,1997
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  • 771 1  -  Building frenzy ahead of Cwealth Games, 1995 cnrbs on foreigners cited From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur ALMOST two years after the 1995 property curbs on foreign buying, the Malaysian residential property sector is likely to see a slump in transactions if not
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  • 25 1 [SINGAPORE] A family checking out the scene early yesterday morning at the National Stadium after Saturday night's National Day celebration. ERIC CHU
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  • 195 1 Bernama {PENGKALAN HULU] Umno Youth regrets the action of an Asean member country which sold more than Mssoo million (***** million) of its currency at a time when other countries in the region were facing a fall in currency value. The movement's head, Ahmad Zahid
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  • 578 1  -  fflftfim Canary Riverside in London is first major project By Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) plans to build up a significant property portfolio in the UK beginning with its first major project the Canary Riverside at Canary Wharf in
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    • 118 1 I I A, iA P ♦vlr* SBart cards Hie number of reaetara for theee cards will shoot up from about 10,000 to 100,000 next year, according to an estimate by ADC Technologies, Pgt rm Why are big guns in the powerful credit rating business setting up base in Sfamxve, joining
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    • 232 1 Timeless values. Empire Period. Geneva enamel. Duplex escapement movement by llbery of London. These two exquisite watches, The Rolex Day-Date in the shape of peaches, are V is appreciated for more called «For China». than just the twenty-five The craftsmen of Geneva were languages in which itcan disrenowned for their
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 268 2 TRADE Development 'Board-led mission left yesterday for Angola and Mozambique, which the board has identified as possible gate"%ays to the southern African region. The region, which generat'lgd more than Ssl billion of *feade last year, is known for tts natural resources like
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    • 278 2 Move part of strategy to fight rivals in Asia market: report AFP [TOKYO] Mitsui Petrochemical Industries Ltd will Invest some 15 billion yen (SIIB7 million) to build a wholly owned plant for high-density polyethylene in Singapore with production starting in 2001, the Nihon
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    • 668 2  -  But absence of substantial bond markets begs question of why they do so Byy Clarissa Tan MORE big names in the powerful business of assigning credit ratings have set up base in Singapore, joining early comers like Moody's and Standard
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    • 344 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Currency By. Ang Wan May FOOD and beverage (F&B) revenue fell 1.1 per cent In May to $138.2 million. For the first five months of the year, Singapore's 1,050 cess-paying food and drink outlets had combined sales of $701.1 million, 1.1
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    • 472 2  -  Land alienation costs account for 62% of 1997 budget By Diana Oon THE Housing and Development Board's estimated expenditure for financial year 1997 saw a 27 per cent jump to $12.39 billion, with land alienation costs taking up a bigger proportion of overall
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  • REGION
    • 534 3 KUALA LUMPUR Some economists see sips of strain, others see exodns of foreign funds as temporary Reuter AFTER nine years of 8 per cent or more growth, the Malaysian economy was everybody's favourite at the start of 1997, a darling among emerging markets and
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    • 366 3 MANILA AFP THE governor of the Philippines Central Bank warned yesterday of lairge capital flight and a further weakening of the peso if Congress pushes through with plans to scrap the bank secrecy law and tax foreign currency deposits. Law enforcement officials
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    • 228 3 SINGAPORE Reuter, AFP ASEAN foreign ministers meet in Singapore today even as ousted Cambodian First Premier Prince Norodom Ranariddh made an eleventh hour appeal to them not to recognise the regime led by newlyappointed First Premier Ung Huot and the man who ousted
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    • 398 3 BANGKOK Minister heads for Tokyo for talks with IMF and dioor states Reuter, Bloomberg THAI Finance Minister Thanong Bidaya yesterday left cap in hand for Tokyo, saying he needed at least US$lO billion (5*14.7 billion) in standby credit from the IMF and other lenders
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    • 438 4 BEIJING There is no need to impose investment ceiling for foreign businesses, says senior govt official AFP CHINA launched an intensive campaign yesterday to ease fears over the damaging effect of direct foreign investment on the national economy, and to muffle calls
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    • 288 4 U BEIJING AFP CHINA plans to set up councils similar to shareholders' boards In a scheme to strengthen control over the capital assets of state firms, a top economic official was quoted as saying yesterday. Capital assets Include money,
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    • 55 4 [NEW DELHI] Indian schoolchildren taking part in a drawing competition held at one of the memorials to Mahatma Gandhi here on Saturday to mark the historic 55th anniversary of the Quit India movement launched by Gandhi as part of the struggle for independence from British
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    • 328 4 BEIJING feeing will Mt Mew example tf Australia, Europe AFP CHINA will not follow the recent example of Australia and some European countries by dumping gold reserves In order to reduce stockpiles, a top central bank official Was quoted as saying yesterday.
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    • 360 4 TOKYO AFP YAMAICHI Securities Co Ltd is on the verge of ceasing to to be one of Japan's "Big Four" brokerage houses after a payoff scandal dealt the ailing broker a severe blow, news reports said yesterday. Yamaichi chairman
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    • 235 4 SEOUL 10b wen set aside to rescue cash-strapped firms, it says AFP THE South Korean government is quietly giving survival loans to cash-strapped subcontractors of the ailing Kia Group to avert their Imminent insolvencies, the Korea Times said yesterday. The Small and Medium Business
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    • 190 4 TAIPEI Reuter TAIWAN flatly rejected a request to reopen its unofficial office in Phnom Penh, saying this was out of the question unless Cambodian strongman Hun Sen apologised for his mistake, local newspapers reported yesterday. Several newspapers quoted Foreign Minister John Chang as
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    • ASIA Notes
      • 42 4 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia for an estimated two millionfbrefcp w*WS»»» country, Deputy Hoax yesterday. The Identity cards would be WWW in vt Tj® o# colour® to represent dlflfer^e«4aoJUiafn<fp»f^ Tajol was quoted at saying by Betnai»eiMl*i •pmtf AFP
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      • 33 4 Reuter fSATTAHIP, Thailand] TTialland took#lBw|ytr South-east Asia's first aircraft carrier jwiaraar, heraldinf Its arrival wife a military take-off by a Sea Harrier Jet Thai PrtataMMStir Chavalit Yongehaiytidh officiated at
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      • 48 4 AFP [TOKYO] Tens of thoiwiids<tfpecipisliAtiiyß^ilii yesterday to s?snd the animal Obm mttsaamr vacations in their home towns or ovwisas 9*#9 Shinkansen bullet train leaving Tokyo Station was jam-packed with pitssnyrsQßmftnt bags and prssents fw their rslativee at horse, said coofastton would continue until Wednesday. —AFP
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  • REGION/WORLD
    • 408 5 MELBOURNE Trading to begin in Mov; 66% of shares allocated to Aussie investors: minister Bloomberg THE Australian government said the sale of one-third of Telstra Corp, its biggest ever public asset sale, will begin In October and its shares will be
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    • 405 5 NEW YORK Buba action to prop up dentachema rk my also affect dollar Bloomberg THE US dollar is likely to extend losses against major currencies this week if US economic reports show signs of inflation, leading US stocks and bonds to fall,
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    • 72 5 LOSANGELES Bloomberg NEWS Corp's Fox Sports may hire ex-junk bond financier Michael Milken as a top executive with Los Angeles Dodgers if it buys the team, said baseball owners. Mr Milken spent two years in prison and was fined almost US$l billion for
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    • 275 5 mSYDNEY Bloomberg, Reuter AUSTRALIA risks losing 100,000 jobs unless the government can attract investment in industry, warned a report based on a poll of foreign and local executives on Australian industry policy. The Metal Trades Industry Association (MTIA) report, prepared by the
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    • 296 5 CALCUTTA AFP SONIA Gandhi, the widow of slain Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, was under renewed pressure yesterday to taicp over the leadership of the Congress (I) party. Congress leaders told the party's national convention on its final day here that the 50-year-old Italian-born Gandhi
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    • 155 5 NEW DELHI AFP ONE out of three Indians believe their country will disin- tegrate into several independent nations during the next SO years, according to an opin- 1 ion poll published yesterday, jj The survey of 12,651 people by India Today
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  • BUSINESS IT
    • 567 6  -  Number of smart card readers to soar from about 10,000 to 100,000 next year By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The number of smart card readers in Singapore will shoot up from about 10,000 now to 100,000 next year, according to
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    • 555 6  -  New software R&D unit in India goes on stream By] Raju Chellam (SINGAPORE] Chip giant Intel Corp will boost investments in R&D in Asia "significantly" this year and next to take advantage of the booming growth in most Asian markets. The
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    • 578 7  -  Singapore will continue to be regional hob, top officials say By] Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Gartner Group Inc's acquisition of Datapro Information Services will not result in any layoffs of researchers and sales people in the region, Gartner Group Disitribution president E.
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    • 354 7  -  By Toh Han Shih {SINGAPORE] A local software firm has been bought by a US software company which listed on Nasdaq recently. Great Plains Software acquired the Singapore firm, Great Plains Software (Singapore) earlier this month, the latter's managing director, Philip
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    • 434 7  -  Apple dub to be formed to network Singapore users By] Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] South-east Asia's largest Macintosh show, Macworld Expo, retails to Singapore after three years, with more than 90 software and hardware exhibitors taking up over 2,000 sq metres of floor
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    • IT TAKES
      • 46 7  -  -OoavMtT Chee Jann Perng [SINGAPORE] SAP Asia has recently appointed Terence Chan as its executive vice-president for South-east Asia. Mr Chan, who has been with SAP for seven years, will manage the company's business in the Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore.
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      • 50 7 [SINGAPORE] Sun Microsystems has signed an agreement with Diba to acquire the all of the tetter's outstanding shares. If the acquisition is successful, Diba will become the Consumer Technologies Group, a new business unit within Sun's Microelectronics division. Diba is supplier for the information appliance industry.
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      • 23 7 [SINGAPORE] Informix Corporation has recently appointed Robert J. Finocchio, 46, as its president and chief executive officer.
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      • 51 7 [SINGAPORE] Autodesk opened a regional customer centre at Ngee Ann City earlier this month. Housed together with its headquarters here, the centre is designed to provide customers, business partners and other software developers the facilities to showcase their solutions, conduct seminars and workshops and run
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      • 55 7 [SINGAPORE] Infbcomm Asia, an event displaying audio, video, presentation, multimedia, computer and interactive conferencing technologies, will have 70 per cent more exhibition space and ova* 200 participating companies this year. The event, to be held from Sept 16 to 18 at Suntec City, is
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    • 568 8  -  Leading Internet company launches simplified versions of Suite Spot server software By Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Netscape, the leading Internet company, has launched simplified versions of its Netscape Suite Spot server software family in a bid to win over smaller companies that
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    • 464 8 Bloomberg [BURLINGTON, Massachusetts] Bankers had one question for Greg Craig when he was raising money for his high-tech start-up: Is Microsoft Corp in the same market? "You could be starting a bagel business and investment bankers will ask if Microsoft is getting
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    • 669 8  -  By Ho Hong Shing The writer is the regional manager of Clariion Asia-Pacific. IT ISN'T an exaggeration to say that today's applications are all business-criti-cal. Take away one application, or lose a few hours of uptime, and your organisation could be in
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    • 420 10  -  Suite of applications called webPLAN launched Byl Eugene Low [SINGAPORE! Quorum Growth Asia has launched webPLAN, a suite of applications that adds analysis and planning features to software used by manufacturing firms. The application, developed by Canadian firm Enterprise Planning
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    • 644 10 NYT [NEW YORK] Apple Computer is touting its new Mac 08 8 software as "the most significant Macintosh operating system release since 1984!" Well, maybe. But this much is certain: With OS 8, Apple has renewed the battle
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 50 11 prtcedst ip«r interface accelerator wtth on-chip digital NTSC/PAL television encoder for Internet PC/TV, Java, N€, PC «ad power Macs". The product is targeted at home and corporate users and can "project two differen* tasks, qb TV and computer monitor, at the same time", Per* said.
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      • 62 11 Compaq Computer Asia is now offering new addition*!? its Armada range of notebook computers with thrwfl|p>« models running on MMX-enabled Pentiums. The Acmmk 1580DMT and 1530 DM will feature 2.1 GB hard drives, 12.1-inch CSTN disptaysand retail between SIMM aMV 3*5,499. The third model, the
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      • 56 11 Intel has announced a new Web-based management tool designed to ease control, installation, conflgnwHonand trouble-shooting ofseveral Intel bubs and switches. Customers can administer Intel hubs and switches from any networked PC, using "Intel Device View tor Web 1.01". fatel said the tool can be downloadsd
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      • 70 11  -  -Compiled By! Raju Chellam Ihtel has introduced LANDeek Virus Protect 5.0 (above), "the first product to offer unified WInNT and Novell NetWare client and server protection that can be managed from a single screen". The product offers centralised management throughout desktops, servers and remote osers from
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    • 362 11  -  By• Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Local firm CSA Automated has partnered US company Acacia Networks to bring to Singapore and Southeast Asia the latest Local Area Network (LAN) switching technology, including Gigabit Ethernet General, manager Francis Lim said: Through our new businMßrelatkMMhJp
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    • 217 11 [SINGAPORE] Videoconferencing firm PictureTel has launched a new family of products for small and large company Through AQA-Pacific Technology, these products are available in Singapore. The new video-conferenc-ing prodttfcts include LiveLAN 3.0, Live Gateway 3.0 and LiveManager 3.0. They allow video-conferen-cing over
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    • 75 11 Reuter [HOUSTON! Compaq Computer Corp said last week it introduced new uninterruptible power supply products targeted at entry-level and midrange servers and workstations. Compaq said it added two new models to its UPS product line, the Compaq Tower 700 VA UPS and Rack Mountable 1500 VA
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    • 192 6 BRINGING YOU THE BEST OF BORDEAUX THIS AUGUST. w\ I Vfl Vf VV g/ %wi (~\*UtfjfaoW Savour food and urine specialities from Bordeaux throughout this month at the Harbour Grill. Our set dinner menu includes speciality dishes from the o"""'"" Bordeaux region, such as Roasted Arcachon Oyster Crepinette on Seaweed
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    • 12 7 Maco6 Bgets high marks, but can Apple sell the software? Page 10
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 926 12  -  Daley's exhibition presents a dichotomy of energy and languor, says bum mpmkob BEN MUNROE SUMMER Romance, the latest exhibition at Opera Gallery, consists of figures, landscapes and interiors by European painter Dilley. Born in Madrid, 1932, he spent his childhood in France and was
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    • 328 12 OPERA Reuter THE rehearsal of Verdi's Rigoletto at Paris' giant Bastille Opera was superb, all the more since the two dozen privileged guests had the house's 2,700 seats for themselves. Singers rehearsed in jeans and T-shirts and yet provided the quality of a
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    • 319 12 I Announcing: Enrollment for 1997 Fall Semester for university students living in Singapore.* I OFS College with California State University, I Dominguez Hills, California, USA I f Make 'AvpCicatumfar I OFS College provides the first two years of a California State University college J I degree program for overseas university
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 151 12 THE WEATHER I Septra Slightly hazy with showers in the late morning and early afternoon mainly over Northern and Western Singapore. Temperature (33-25) £SS ?~il7 cES bZTmL m am BaMk um Ita Mm mi T**m BST Bsfc- 05$ 52? Br shNi 80. n/u Bmn at 3 CMy Coperiafß tl/14 Steven
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  • THE AST ENTERPRISE PAGE
    • 706 14  - Komala Vilas from Little India to the region Besides aiming for a public listing, the thosai restaurant chain also has bold expansion plans, says tan bv yen TAN SU YEN SINGAPORE could well have its first publicly-listed thosai restaurant chain in five years if the Komala Vilas Restaurant group has
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    • 316 14  - Catch this bus —for a hotel job By' Tan Su Yen HOW does a hotel group go about filling 2,500 vacancies in jobs from bartender to administrative assistant in a tight labour market? The Pan Pacific Hotel and Resorts group, owned by Japan's Tokyu Corporation, came up with a brainwave
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 394 15 Analysts cite shorter lengths of stay, less spending by visitors and higher costs Reuter {SINGAPORE] Singapore hostels are likely to induce a big l*yawn with flat or negative flkgtyings growth for the six Months ended June 1997, analysts said at the weekend.
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    • 305 15  -  It hopes the name change will faring more management contracts By, Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] SMI Hotels Resorts who are they? This oft-asked question is one that the company's new head, Michael Ow, hopes never to address again once its 13 hotels are given
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    • 649 15  -  MABXBT MATTERS Need to address some concerns before granting boy-back power By Eddie Toh MALAYSIA is in a hurry to leapfrog into the international arena. Besides the ambitious Multimedia Super Corridor which aims to propel the country into the IT age, the
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    • COMPANIES
      • 459 16 Hang Sang gflffl |t 18,000 by year-end on confidence is HE'S future and benign US rate scenario Reuter [HONGKONG] Bullish brokers and fund managers In Hongkong are rushing to rerate the world's sixth-largest stock exchange just a few weeks after the territory returned
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      • 427 16 Plans to diversity Walmart and add new specialty stores [SINGAPORE] Roly International Holdings said it is aiming to more than double its earnings within the next 12-18 months to restore them to previous levels after a very sharp downturn in the
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      • 186 16 AFX-Asia Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Landmarks Bhd has repented relatively sharp falls in mid-year profitability despite a 62 per cent rise in turnover to M 5121.6 million (5567.7 million) from M 575.2 million the same period last year. It declared no dividends. Group profit after tax fell
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      • 162 16 AFP [MANILA] Cement Industries of Malaysia, a subsidiary of the Renong Group, is studying plans to set up a cement plant in the Philippines, a senior Filipino trade official said yesterday. Ofelia Bulaong, governor of the Board of Investments, said the plant would produce
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 272 17 NYT [ATLANTA] Coca-Cola Co's stock feU nearly 6 per cent on Friday after the Atlanta-based beverage giant said its thirdquarter earnings would only "slightly exceed" results from the same time a year ago. The reason: One-time gains from sales of bottlers aren't
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      • 266 17 Company will gain control of US market for supermarket coupons, promotions Bloomberg [WASHINGTON! US federal regulators cleared the way for News Corp to complete its US$l.35 biUion (Ss2 billion) purchase of Heritage Media Corp and take control of the US$l biUion
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      • 330 17 Investor confidence expected to return after resignations AFP [SYDNEY] BHP Co Ltd chief executive John Prescott admitted yesterday that restoring investor confidence after a week of turmoil and shock resignations in Australia's biggest company would be "a gradual process". But he said the resources
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      • 213 17 Reuter [LONDON] British Telecommunications pic said yesterday it did not believe any institutional shareholders were calling for it to abandon a US$2O billion (5529.5 billion) takeover of troubled US firm MCI Communications Corp. But ahead of the completion of a review of MCl's
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        53 17 [TAIPEI] Grief-stricken relatives, whose loved ones are among the 16 who died in the crash of Taiwanese Formosa Airlines' Dornier 228 aircraft, wait in the airport in Taipei yesterday. The aircraft was on the way to the offshore Matsu islands from Taipei. The cause of the crash is
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      • 287 17 Swedish drngm&ker predicts higher growth next year FT (STOCKHOLM] The Astra AB stock tumbled almost 7 per cent on Friday after the Swedish pharmaceuticals group announced lower-than-expected first-half earnings growth. Astra, whose anti-ulcer agent Losec is the world's topselling prescription drug,
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 329 18 mmt also gets licence for STpore branch which will have its t «wn broker network Reuter, Bloomberg JSYDNEY] Australian insurer tMMI said yesterday it had concluded the purchase of a 20 per [cent stake in Allianz Insurance (Singapore) in
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      • 169 18 Bloomberg '[SYDNEY] AMP Society Ltd, j Australia's largest insurance •company and money manager, said only a few of its 2.2 million policyholders indicated 'they were against next year's initial public offer. AMP chief executive George Trumbull said the •company, which is owned by
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      • 471 18 Bat deregulation expected to spur insurers to improve financial health Reuter [TOKYO] The new chief of Japan's life insurance body says that he does not expect the country's sweeping "Big Bang" financial reforms to lead to a shake-up in the industry.
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      • 405 18 Bloomberg (SACRAMENTO, California] Goldman, Sachs Co agreed to pay up to US$4B.5 million (5571.8 million) to settle a lawsuit in which California alleged that fraud by the securities firm left a state agency responsible for US$l42 million in bonds issued by
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    • FINANCE
      • 422 19 Trend evident as some banks are trading at earnings multiples of 3 to 4 Renter [BOMBAY] Bank shares have become front runners on Indian stock markets since a 1993 public issue by the State Bank of India (SBI), but investors are becoming increasingly
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      • 208 19 Bloomberg [NEWARK, New Jersey] Prudential Insurance of America said its executives knew before 1992 that agents used de'ceptive sales tactics and failed to stop the practice. While Prudential took steps to halt the abusive sales practices at the time, "on hindsight, those steps
        Bloomberg  -  208 words
    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 574 20  -  m—n« Weeklyßoundup Not short positions in mark futures A options at highest level in several years Callum Henderson MMS International [SINGAPORE] USS-mark hit a cycle high of 1.8913 last week a level not seen since late 1989 —and then retraced amid growls from the Bundesbank and
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      • 850 20 COMMODIT7 Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Base metal trading on the London Metals Exchange (LME) came under public scrutiny last week, as prices seemed out of synch with supply and demand conditions. Prices in the trading club, where the bulk of global base
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    • SINGAPORE WEEKLY MARKET OUTLOOK
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        201 21 SBS The Straits Times Industrials Index closed lower for the week at 1,943.92, down 0.006 per cent. The overall market was dragged down, especially the foreign listed tranches, by rumours over the abolition of the dual listing system. The Monetary Authority of Singapore clarified that it has no
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      • 259 21 Source: Analysed by Peter Coker, a director of Bridge Int'l Broking RSI measures the rate at which prices move. As a rule, an RSI above 80 indicates an overbought condition while RSI below 20 Indicates an oversold market. RSI Is more effective In detecting divergences (sell signals).
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      • Article, Illustration
        102 21 The Avimo Group of companies has acquired two optic companies in the United Kingdom—Omitac Electro Optics and Omitac Film Limited which produces optical lenses and lens coatings. Higher earnings are expected after the company's acquisition of the two companies. Demand continues to be strong for Avimo's electro-optics divisions.
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        93 21 The track record of Lung Kee Metal, a Hongkong-based mould base maker, has been excellent. Prospects are positive because the company is one of Asia's largest manufacturers of metal bases used for plastic injection moulds. The moulds are used by 2,000 customers in various industries, which explains
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    • MARKET REVIEWS
      • 474 22 11 NEW YORK investors noxious over several important economic reports this week AFP KEY US stocks took a nosedive last week even though the Dow Jones index of industrial hit a new record on Wednesday. Analysts said investors were anxious about this week's
        AFP; REUTER  -  474 words
      • 882 22 D Sydney 4U THE Australian bourse could emerge from the doldrums and experience some volatility in the coming week as the profit reporting season gets underway, brokers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's benchmark All Ordinaries Index slumped 0.6 per cent or 16.1 points to 2,711.4 in the
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      • 407 22 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG stocks are expected to trade lower as investors pause before pushing the market to yet more record highs, dealers forecast on Friday. The Hongkong bourse has soared 10.5 per cent since the territory returned to Chinese rule on July 1.
        AFP  -  407 words
      • 1533 22 Q Paris -L 7% FRENCH stocks fell, dragged lower by a slump In the US dollar and lower US shares. US dollar earners, such as Total SA and L'Oreal SA, led the decline. France's benchmark CAC--40 Index fell 60.07 points, or 1.97 per cent, to 2,996.27, the
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      • 383 22 LONDON AFP THE London stock market burst past the psychological 5,000 barrier last week, lifted by a stream of positive earnings from leading blue chip companies and hopes of a pause in monetary tightening in Britain. The Footsie-100 Index gained 132 points, or 2.7 per
        AFP  -  383 words
      • 330 22 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices are likely to recover after flirting with the 20,000-point level in the past week, although trading is expected to be modest during Buddhist "Obon" festivities, a broker said. "Many are on vacation during Obon festivities so I
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 7212 23 Ckhmt mAKts 1997 Last V* Week Mt Cap WHfc U» ClMpwy Ml "OOP HNb Lew P/t |m8 790 540 AJInomoto 550 -W 2 5*0 550 30.5 2229 446 291 Angkasa 291 -13 499 304 291 83 429.1 909 *K> Apo*> Food MkJ *55 -5 M 4M 430 2*2.0 7*5 372
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      • 264 23 AFP Composite lain -70*37 THE Malaysian stock market Is likely to drift downwards after plummeting 7 per cent last week to touch its lowest level since 1994, analysts said. "There would be more selling pressure but the fall should be contained within 10
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
      • 3476 24 Mqi Lut Val Waa* m *2 Mm. L«. Mm CMnpany «f rooot W» u» >*«r Prtea 68 42 m 3000 m AM08 cS.5%*****6 42 ~67 44~ 42 42 44 81 41.5 31*0 A A«ar ******1 USS 68.5 *3.5 334 69.5 60 67 69 131 68 3164 Acma ******4 72.5 -93
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      • 181 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy CONTINUING our theme of looking at Malaysian warrants that offer good gearing and therefore the best possible gains when the market snaps back, today's focus is the warrant issued by Nanyang Press. The only catches in
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      • Article, Illustration
        378 26 SOURCE: Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Research Stocks V«Imm Aland USIOc 144.549.000 »RFWt*****3 41,460.000 US25C 400 30,708.000 Aflii Food&Prop 26,705,000 Jtt Wt98 18,701,000 JSH US5C 500 18,523,000 TbnjinZhong 16.948,000 Mryf US5c 15,696.000 10f Capital 15,665,000 fcppel Cory 15,399,000 HKlandUSKk 463,946,102 JMH US25c 400 246,975,410 UP Foreign 203,954.779 0BS Foreign 198,396.134 QCK Foreign
        SOURCE: Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Research  -  378 words
      • Article, Illustration
        60 26  -  -fcfl Shiv Taneja IPC Corp closed last Friday down one and a half cents at 48.5 cents on a volume of LSI million shares. In the near term, the counter is expected to trade sideways, with a negative bias. Investors taking a long term view of the counter
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      • 691 26  -  TBS WEES AHEAD Lingering uncertainty over dual listings may also sideline market players, despite solid Q2 growth By R Sivanithy THESE are odd times we live in. Just when beleaguered market players might have started thinking that the worst could be over
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    • 132 21 I i \*®t i 1/ Ifeju, f\ >' T n fl fc«dsL "K" Line. Shipping in your corner of the world. When you're shipping in the Pacific region, "K" Line offers you more than just local city offices and extensive regional shipping routes. We also offer a local specialty warm,
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    • 35 25 )l ROLEX /M AT ROY FEASTERN WATCH *x\> </ m ~i 1 F -f ■j *1 E J« e i 111 ju® i 1 wf^*}] H i,'/ 4 |T# 'fo—F* *J *r§ •11 ■■3Of t 'yp
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    • 1314 26 For further information on which newsstands carry Her World, Go, Singapore Business, Home Decor, Young Parents, Please call our Customer Services Section on 1800-749-2577. •wfcinwcc r To advertise call toll-free 1800-*****83 BUSAMeSSS Notices NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Foong Kok Hoong of Block 152 Yishun Street 11 #03-52 Singapore
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    • 253 27 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young $HE focus of attention stays in the dry bulk factors with purchasing tgrisrest being maintained farcapesixe/panamaxand handymax bulkers. It ia tply the lack of serious salt* candidates that jtivviMfi more sales being Qpoduded and generally sneaking any fresh units wining to the market
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    • 137 27 y- _jL—2t— —*5, firrOMrMlHi w "S -£5 82 Ofetw m -olos MJ fnMNLMa—.&44 uncti OS bi r T i am *0.005 r h6Swh5 «.m -aoos no StcMZMW MM M>dt 37 -ao* 173 £*sm=i8 55 l&MirXLS„ lOO weft 219 3BSiS!3rZZ.u« -oloi 1 SpB«r_ UM "0.04 TM ££■>>!■ IM iTo
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    • 491 27  -  Total cargo volume up 8.6% to 156 million tonnes in first six months, figures show Reports by' Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE! Rotterdam, the world's busiest port in terms of cargo tonnage, looks headed for a new record this year, having chalked
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    • 242 27 [SINGAPORE] The port of Rotterdam, after months of heated public debate on whether its proposed expansion is necessary, is likely to proceed to build a mega facility costing US$2 billion (552.9 billion) to US$4 billion. According to the Rotterdam Municipal Port Management (RMPM),
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    • 791 27  -  LZMER SCENE By David Hughes THE US-Japan port row continues to throw a shadow over the liner industry. Although there had been optimistic noises from the three Japanese carriers who may face punitive port charges, the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) reports
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    • 379 27  -  From< Alec Almazan in Manila SUBIC Bay authorities, after several futile attempts to award the container terminal contract to tender winner Hutchison Port Holdings, have given up and are now conducting a rebidding exercise. The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), the state
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    • 142 27 [SINGAPORE] All five bodies have now been recovered from the tug boat that sank off Pasir Panjang last Thursday. According to a Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) spokesperson the bodies of the four missing crew members were found on Friday and Saturday. The bodies
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    • 92 27 [LE HAVRE, France] floating dike surrounds the Katja anchored in the north-western port of Le Havre. Authorities banned swimming and sailing from beaches near here after the tanker was holed as it tried to dock at an oil terminal, releasing 120 cubic metres of
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    • 339 27 Survey of traffic separation scheme shows gross violations Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] About 200 vessels were found to have flouted the International Rules and Regulations for safety for the traffic separation scheme (TSS) in the straits of Malacca and Singapore in a
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    • 103 27 Lloyd's List [SEOUL] DSR-Senator Lines has announced that it is to integrate its activities with leading shareholder, Hanjin Shipping of South Korea. Steps will include a series of office closures, and replacement of DSR-Senator's "round the world" service with a pen-dulum-style operation. Hanjin and
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    • 1027 28  -  HK MERCHANT MAW: NUMBERS COUNT Demand is rising but seafarer numbers are dropping, a combination that worries shipowners and the government By] P T Bangsberg Journal of Commerce THE number of Hongkong seafarers is dropping steadily amid an inexorable rise in demand, a combination causing concern
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      • 857 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges In US dollars Instead of single price* for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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    • AIR & LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 433 44  -  Express deli very giant sticking to its'last, final and best'offer By] Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] As the strike by the International Brotherhood of the Teamsters against United Parcel Service (UPS) in the US goes into its second week the two sides remain deadlocked. Talks
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      • 268 44 Reuter [DUBAI] Saudi Arabia is considering a private sector proposal to set up a domestic airline in a joint venture with the flag carrier Saudi Arabian Airlines Corp, officials were quoted as saying yesterday. Ismail Abu Dawood, chairman of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and
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      • 47 44 [KINGMAN, Arizona] Several cars of an Amtrak train lying astrewn after the train derailed crossing a buckled bridge outside Kingman. More than 300 passengers were aboard, enroute from Los Angeles to Chicago, when it derailed, injuring about 100 people, authorities said. REUTER
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      • 471 44  -  By Selva Kumar THE Singapore High Court has held that a freight forwarder which issued its own house airway bill cannot be treated at law as a "contracting carrier" and will be treated as the agent of the airline. The
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      • 446 44 One reason why UPS stands firm in talks with onion Reuter [ATLANTA] The Teamsters could have a tough time getting United Parcel Service to budge during renewed contract talks because of a growing threat to the company's core business from Federal Express Corp,
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      • 384 44 Reuter [SHANGHAI] Chinese airlines see mergers as one of the best ways of achieving economies of scale in order to drag small debt-ridden companies out of the red and attract the best pilots, industry analysts said yesterday. "Most of China's airlines
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      • 158 44 Reuter, AFP [TAIPEI] A Taiwanese turboprop airliner on a domestic flight crashed on the offshore island of Matsu yesterday, killing all 16 people on board, officials said. Rescuers found one critically injured survivor but she died on the way to hospital on
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      • 122 44 Reuter [ABU DHABI] Abu Dhabi has earmarked over 1.1 billion dirhams (SS44I million) to expand its main airport by the year 2000, an official said in remarks published yesterday. Civil Aviation chairman Hamdan bin Mubarak al-Na-hayan was quoted by the Emirates News daily as saying a
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