The Business Times, 1 October 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1,1997
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    CORPORATE RESULTS
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Foreign funds own 25% of KL stocks: Mahathir
    879 1  -  Malaysia to monitor foreign institutional investors From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur FOREIGN institutions own 25 per cent of Malaysian stocks, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad disclosed yesterday, while local institutions hold 20 per cent. The remaining 55 per cent is held by
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    Lock icon Ringgit dives 5 sen to 3.2450 against US$
    312 1  -  Marian unit now at 47 HTpore coots; ropiah hits new low of 3^70 By] Lorry Wee [SINGAPORE] The Malaysian ringgit led Asean currencies into uncharted territory yet again yesterday. Following a loss of six sen on Monday, the ringgit lost another five
    Source: Bloomberg  -  312 words
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    ST Energy joins SembCorp, Keppel to bid for Tuas Power
    402 1  -  The three will give TP the muscle to compete with Singapore Power By\ Ronnie Lim [SINGAPORE] A third company ST Energy—joins listed Sembawang Corp and Keppel Corp in bidding for a stake in new power player Tuas Power (TP). The
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    Raise rates to curb ringgit's plunge, say economists
    1021 1  -  Cap on interest rates may have to be lifted to reflect rising risk premiums By Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur THE cap on interest rates in Malaysia mpst be lifted to prevent farther depreciation of the ringgit, economists and treasury managers here
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    Fed keeps rates unchanged
    55 1 [WASHINGTON] The Federal Reserve yesterday left key US Interest rates unchanged at 5.5 per cent amid signs the economy is humming along with little inflationary pressures. '"'The decision left the federal funds rate which banks charge each other for overnight loans steady at the same level
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Top NCB official's move to Microsoft stirs a buzz
      417 2  -  ft may signal trend of 4 open season' on top technology officials in public sector By] Kenneth James NEWS that a top National Computer Board official has left to head software giant Microsoft Corp's Singapore operations has information technology (IT) executives
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      Western Digital to cut production plan for Dec qtr
      472 2  -  Disk drive maker blames pricing pressures; analysts surprised by BOV6 Bit* Jennifer Lien IN a sign that the disk drive Industry's problems are more widespread than earlier thought, Western Digital Corp (WD) said it intends to cut Its production plan for
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      Accommodate builders'ideas
      244 2  -  LHTTBR TO 188 BDITOR Patrick Chia Hospitality Associates YOUR front-page article yesterday on the withdrawal of the DBS Land/Far East loan package for HK buyers raises interesting thoughts. The failure or oversight by two large experienced developers to obtain prior approval from the Controller of Housing is surprising.
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      Lock icon PSA's monopoly to be reviewed before listing
      460 2  -  Kali urges new corporatised entity te seize new •ppertmiities By i George Joseph WITH the Port of Singapore Authority operating as a commercial entity from today, the government will review the new PSA Corporation's monopoly status some time before its eventual listing on
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      Carlton tops with $31.2m bid for Victoria St site
      216 2 CARLTON Hotel has submitted the top bid of $31.2 million for a neighbouring hotel tender site at Victoria Street. A total of eight bids were received by the Urban Redevelopment Authority for the 20,302 sq ft site which was put up
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      S'pore set for export rebound: UBS
      313 2  -  E7E OH THE ECONOMY Outlook By Audrey Tan THE surge in retained imports in the last two months suggests Singapore is on the brink of a productivity-led export rebound, says ÜBS Global Research in its latest Economics Weekly. In a report titled "Misplaced Despondence",
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      POSBank to launch new range of ATMs
      276 2  -  By Clarissa Tan POSBank will introduce a new range of automated-teller machines (ATMs) and a Giro facility that can transfer funds on a regular basis, chief executive officer Dileep Nair said yesterday. The new ATM, to be introduced early next year, can take
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      Boosting S'pore-German tie-ups in 3rd countries
      176 2 PROMISING local enterprises will be matchmade with German, firms for Joint investments in third countries, under a working group proposed by the German Singapore Business Forum (GSBF). The working group will target investments in industrial parks set up by Singapore in the region, GSBF
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        PUB's water warning
        53 2 THE Public Utilities Board yesterday said it would implement further water conservation measures if water consumption does not decline and the current dry spell persists. Average daily consumption of water in the first eight months of the year was 4.6 per cent higher than in the same
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        Esso chairman on Temasek board
        30 2 K W A Chong Seng, chairman and managing director of Ksso Singapore, was yesterday appointed to the board of Temasek Holdings, the government investment arm.
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        SingTel Paging extends roaming services
        34 2 FROM today. Sing Tel Paging will extend Its roaming services to Canada, Hongkong and the United States. It already provides this service in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia among others.
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      483 3 BREITLING 1884 NAVITIMER 4jgpL Early this century, aerial navigation was J The Breitling Academy thus stages aerobatics essentially a matter of dead reckoning, with the training courses where pilots have an aid of a map, an altimeter and a chronograph. opportunity to fly the three current top Cockpit instruments did
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  • FOCUS: TELECOM INDUSTRY
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      Win-win for everyone in mobile, paging markets
      653 4  -  Telcos six-month performance shows that both market and customers have gained, says TAS Reports by, David Boey [SINGAPORE] a A FANTASA TIC six months." That in a J nutshell sums up i the Telenication Authority of Singapore's assessment of the half-time performance of
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      Telcos hitting all the right numbers
      100 4 [SINGAPORE) It's smiles all round as telecom companies in the mobile telephone and radio paging industry take stock of their half-time performance and review their growth prospects. After six months of what all the telco bosses agree was intense competition, former monopoly Singapore Telecom,
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      Lock icon Competition fails to dent SingTel growth
      333 4 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom's efforts to gear itself to face competitors appear to have paid off. The former monopoly's figures show that its growth in the mobile phone and radio paging service markets has not been dented despite the onset of competition six months ago.
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      SunPage leads new players in client base
      330 4 (SINGAPORE) Yong Lum Sung, general manager of Singapore Technologies' SunPage, is quite happy with his company's half-time showing. He should be. Sun Page's subsqffig. tgat ofjctciy 100.000 biggest anwM tiw tiunee new players In Wf radio paging market. "The competition is intense," Mr
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      Lock icon Hutchison eyes 400,000 subscribers by 2002
      327 4 [SINGAPORE] Hutchison Intrapage has billed its half-time performance a success. Raphael Goh, Hutchison's chief executive officer, said: "We are very satisfied with our figures for the past six months, but of course we intend to pursue higher levels of growth." "We've stated that within
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      We're well ahead of original plans, says M1
      329 4 [SINGAPORE] Mobile One (Asia) expects to bag its 100,000 th mobile phone customer any day now which says a lot about its fighting spirit in the telecoms battlefield. Ml, a consortium comprising the Keppel group, Singapore Press Holdings. Cable Wireless and Hongkong
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      664 4 Efffil Notice To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 T ill Ik ANA HOTELS AII Ilk SINGAPORE LTD. II (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The directors announce the unaudited results of the Company for the six months ended June 30, 1997. 1997 1996 )AN-|UN lAN-JUN (Ss) (Ss) la. TURNOVER 17,533,500
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      203 5 fgp &y +<* I BHKhI v >: s r?"" '**>• e---''' v4<, u§rcg^»|sKß B Jtj .mi jl A-a I•} I s 3B HI £lE iff Ml 11 11 flL^iiKyik 9^gapiiig^^ptf Introducing a new company with 178 years of experience. After inheriting 178 years of experience in the port business, PSA
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      247 6 RISKAVERSE, ULTRA-CAUTIOUS, FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE WORKERS OF THE WORLD REJOICE. YOUR E-COMMERCE SOLUTION IS HERE. Pr -<ZIPP f ipfy jH^—i jwfc» t «T| PPP *£&Mm l|ttfi§ 1 •■«<-'*&* ppr r I •■P SUI J .7. 36*_ Bi s, *#w#m "isfr-*—^——l— dWf ;gJßM jyaH!!.^.iij»^B[|* >l ~?t~ jj >» x^-'■, T 's* 1
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Graft fears: Beijing in bid to reassure investors
      227 8 BEIJING AFP BEIJING Mayor Jia Qinglin has urged overseas Chinese investors not to shun the capital over fears of top-level official corruption, a report said yesterday. In an address to potential investors from Taiwan. Hongkong, and Macau, Mr Jia said the criminal
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      Lock icon HK govt inherits windfall of HK$197b from land lease sales
      464 8 HONGKONG iMntkriipHTi total reserves to HKs37ob, making it world's fourth biggest forex holder AFP HONGKONG'S post-handover government yesterday inherited a treasure chest worth HK1197 billion (5*38.89 billion) from sales of land leases. The land fund contribution pushed Hongkong's total reserves
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      Lock icon Taiwan PM sets terms for talks with China
      291 8 TAIPEI There most bene preconditions and sovereignty issue most be shelved: Siew AFP TAIWANESE Premier Vincent Siew said yesterday Taipei would hold talks with Beijing providing there were no preconditions and the issue of sovereignty was shelved. "The controversy over the sovereignty
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      Lock icon Patten warns about investing in China
      141 8 MONACO Reuter FORMER Hongkong governor Chris Patten warned industrialists to take a cautious approach to investing in China, arguing that Hongkong is "still the best base for doing business in China". Mr Patten told a conference here yesterday that China is "unlikely to deal
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      Lock icon Coins for China visitors
      45 8 [BEUING] A Beijing coin company worker showing the newly-issued commemorative "Visit China 97" coins yesterday. The set, which consists of two 10 ounce silver coins featuring icons of China the Temple of Heaven and a panda— costs 600 yuan (SSUO). REUTER
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      Lock icon Last minute rush for British passports in HK
      162 8 HONGKONG AFP HUNDREDS of people braved the rains and queued up outside the British consulate here yesterday to beat the deadline to apply for British passports for their children born before the July 1 handover. About 100 parents, some cradling their infant
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      365 8 "My Sountex mM aids braSght my life back to normal." "I was diagnosed with a "I was sensitive to my hear sounds I haven't heard in hearing loss when I was 26," hearing loss and when I years cricket sounds and says local business leader couldn't hear things properly, birds
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      90 9 THAT THEM MILLION OFF A MILLION IN EQUITIES. 4 faJfe.- 4H P~"~- i ipSsvfc n HOUSE IN -^pF c AN EXQUISITE PIECE OF CUSTOM FRENCH JEWELLERY FOR HIS WIFE Z9^^HBsgfl^^ rin HIS WIFE'S SHOPPING EXPEDITION TO HONG KONG. tni ii\> i ».>7>-*fr- ftfcfliTmijjj^^^^^M!( "fr i Sjjjjj^^^^B INSURANCE PAYING FOR THE
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Seoul announces amnesty for 7 tycoons
      439 10 SEOUL Clemency onto aimed at promoting economic recovery and national harmony: minister Reuter SOUTH Korea yesterday announced amnesty for seven tycoons, including the chairmen of the Samsung and Daewoo groups, convicted of bribing disgraced former president Roh Tae Woo. Justice Minister Kim Jong Koo
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      Lock icon South Korea's ruling party names its new leader
      242 10 TAEGU, South Korea Lee Urn Chang replaces Kim Young Sam as party chief Reuter SOUTH Korea's ruling New Korea Party appointed Lee Hoi Chang its new leader yesterday in an attempt to bolster his position ahead of presidential elections in December. Mr
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      Lock icon Pakistanis kill 15 in firing at border: India
      189 10 SRINAGAR, India Reuter FIFTEEN people were killed and at least 30 wounded yesterday when Pakistani forces fired artillery across the border into India's Jammu and Kashmir state, Indian authorities said. Army and police officials said in the state's summer capital Srinagar that
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      Lock icon Indian political leaders plan to launch WTO watchdog group
      315 10 NEW DELHI PAAVftiMIMii JMtA I«M4M bcwwibk nanona lists emerging as foreign players seek greater market access Reuter INDIA'S nationalists are stepping out of the shadows as a fractious government lurches from free-market reforms to rear-guard populist measures. Political leaders from a
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      Lock icon Drop those who oppose Asia ties, Aussies urged
      386 10 SYDNEY WoHSeosohn warns: Australia may lack leadership it needs AFP THE president of the World Bank has warned Australia that it may not have the leadership it needs to shake off hang ups over race, to take it into the 21st century
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      Japan hints at fiscal stimulus to revive economy
      408 10  -  TOKYO Industrial output fell 2-2%, retail ales down 0*5% iaAngnst By. Anthony Rowley AFTER latest data released yesterday confirmed a continuing slide in Japan's industrial output and sales, a senior official of the majority Liberal Democratic Party hinted that Prime Minister Ryutaro
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      835 10 Seoul's soul-searching, Pgl3 A IDCO IPCO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING !£J! ?15 HE^ B I. G J VE K tt lf t f the sth Annual General Meetin 01 Company will be held at the registered office of the Company, IPCO
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US manufacturing continues to expand: poll
      216 11 WASHINGTON Bloomberg US MANUFACTURING continued to expand in September as production and shipments rose during the month, a new industry survey showed. Last month's Apics/Evans Economics Business Outlook Index increased to 54.3 from 47.5 in August, "when activity was temporarily depressed" by the United
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      Lock icon US household income rises for second year running
      397 11 WASHINGTON 1.2% growth hailed as sign that benefits of economic expansion are spreading more widely Washington Post INCOME for the typical American household rose in 1996 for the second consecutive year, the Census Bureau reported on Monday, signalling that the nation's five-year
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      Lock icon House backs bills slamming China human rights record
      310 11 WASHINGTON They include call for sanctions on China over Iran missile sale Bloomberg A US House of Representatives committee approved bills critical of China's record on human rights, arm sales, and press freedom, with supporters pressing for a vote by the full
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      Lock icon Germans still at odds over solidarity tax cut
      240 11 BONN Reuter CHANCELLOR Helmut Kohl's coalition failed yesterday to agree on how to reduce Germany's solidarity surcharge, its last option for a vote-win-ning tax cut ahead of next year's general election. Coalition leaders gave themselves a week to find ways to cover
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      Lock icon EU set to promote competition for long-distance calls
      337 12 BRUSSELS Tiociiilition to ho proposed today goes against British pleas ior ainereni nysuin Reuter THE European Union is set to unveil a plan today to make it easier for phone companies to compete for long-distance and international calls, rebuffing pleas from Britain
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      Lock icon Buba leaves key repo rate unchanged at 3%
      208 12 FRANKFURT Rate hike unlikely at least for next month or longer: economists Reuter THE Bundesbank yesterday again put off what is widely seen as an inevitable German interest rate hike, as it said it would keep its key securities repurchase rate fixed
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      Lock icon No change in govt's policy on EMU: Blair
      402 12 BRIGHTON, England He also justifies the interest rate rises since he took office Reuter THE British government's policy towards the European single currency has not changed, Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday. He told the ruling Labour Party's annual conference here that
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      Lock icon US House approves stop-gap spending bill
      262 12 WASHINGTON Reuter THE House of Representatives easily approved a stop-gap bill on Monday that would fund a wide swathe of federal programmes through Oct 23, preventing a government shutdown as lawmakers scramble to finish work on overdue spending bills. The Senate was expected to
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon US studying Total's Iran contract
        28 12 Reuter [WASHINGTON] The US Is studying a UB|ftfatlUoii(S9B to dwgogffiftoft giant deflwUS Whttiliaaessaid .jf j"j, was referring to the contract t^SdbyAiimiiSftrra^ Total BA.—Raster
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        Lock icon Netanyahu upbeat
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        Lock icon Teldata urges support
        38 12 Reuter a ooonSSn rfmSSSS d^ict officials In theKrvmlinttetthey waraßoMKU'sitaaMOTttk foundation and should lobby in favour of tb» draft*. The draft laws are seen as important steps in market (Am by international lending organisations and foreign
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      204 11 m mm m T ~aaeifcrs£ lllQ-l- (jj 1 OQ Comfortable air conditioned rooms feature nett per spectacular views of our spacious grounds and person (twin sharing) the sea beyond. A good golf course is a short 5 T minutes away. After your game, practice your Treat yourself to a resort
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      235 12 fflhl DEMAC »> Announcing a change of name for the name in material handling Effective 1 October 1997, the names of all MHE-Demag group members Products Services I will be changed to MHE-Dematic, to reflect the international identity of one of the Group's joint venture partners, Mannesmann Dematic AG. Industnal
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      The IMF is a force for good economics
      779 13  -  OPINION TBI BOTTOM LDfZa By Paul Samuelson The writer is an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This commentary first appeared in the Los Angeles Times IN THE IMF's half-century of life, I believe its general popularity has never been as
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      189 13 'We will of course have to buy up the shares they are dumping because somebody has to buy and I think it is better for us to do the buying.' Mahathir Mohamad Malaysian Prime Minister who was explaining why his government set up a 60-billion ringgit fund
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      Chavalit must not waste his chance
      620 13 EDITORIAL BY cancelling a crucial meeting to discuss a cabinet reshuffle, Thai Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh has only revived.. misgivings about his commitment to solving his country's deep-seated political and financial problems. Last weekend's convincing defeat of the censure motion against his six-party coalition
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      Lock icon Seoul's soul-searching
      1099 13  -  Summit on S Korea's economic ills gets nowhere near needed consensus on reform By] Louis Beckerling The writer is a BT senior correspondent SOUTH Korea's decelerating economic expansion and growing corporate bankruptcies came under the scrutiny of policymakers, analysts, and business leaders at the "Korea Summit" in Seoul
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      863 13 MftMtae wfll to flgkt ten THERE still seems to be no real commitment in Jakarta to combat the fires raging through Indonesian forests. Officials of the Suharto government cannot afford to sit on their hands and say there is very little that can be done. There
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Master of Pop art movement dies
      1111 14  -  Lichtenstein stands out for his satiric comic strip paintings which undermined Abstract Expressionist art, says wwummuuu knight CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT LAT-WP ROY Lichtenstein, the artist whose classic paintings of comic strips were a defining factor in the Pop art movement that exploded in the *****,
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      Lock icon Reigning with a common touch
      548 14 ROYALTY Spaniards love their down-to-earth king and royal family Reuter [MADRID] They are popular, down to earth and untainted by scandal. On the eve of Spain's second royal wedding of the decade, the House of Bourbon seems to be everything their embattled British cousins are
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      Lock icon DeVito hates in-your-face paparazzi
      536 14  -  PERSONALITY although comedian plays one in his new film U Confidential By Steve James Reuter [LOS ANGELES] Like many Hollywood stars, Danny DeVito hates the "in-your-face" breed of paparazzi the very creature he plays in his latest movie. "My character, Sid Hudgens, is in the vanguard
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    • CHATTER Box
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • WIRED FOR BUSINESS
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      Web sites as a business tool
      980 16  -  Firms can strengthen customer ties through well-designed sites, a leading IT consultant tells xbmmbtb jambs KENNETH JAMES PATRICIA Seybold doesn't believe in information technology for its own sake. She should know. The highly-regarded founder and CEO of the Patricia Seybold Group has spent an
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      Two Asian 'pushers' join the Net
      445 16  -  The obverse of normal Net browsing, posh technology sends news and info direct to jour screen By) Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] When America's PointCast Inc started a new service in early 1996 that offered Web customers a dozen channels literally on tap, most people scoffed
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        44 16 ORCHID Shop enfthlet you to send gifts of orchids to more than 00 countries via the Internet at This Website even has reminders of special holidays and festive days in various countries, giving you a raason to send the Oowera.
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        Cyberstore for computer products
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        P for the onvestor
        64 16 SINGAPORB-besed Phillip Securities is offering the Itiilllp's On-line Electronic Mart System (Poena*). Poena is a software that aDras newt to trade stocks through the .fjim < anytime,anywhere. Users buy and sefl of Singapore s»d Ihe Kuala fl outstandingordorTuawt M < portfett* update their list of stoi
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      Summit may take legal action over raid
      354 17  -  Company says raid and charges of software piracy have hurt its businesses Byi Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Local compact disc maker SM Summit Holdings may take legal action to recover damages from the "private parties" that raided its premises in August In response to
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      Samudera offer subscribed 16.2 times
      183 17 [SINGAPORE] Samudera Shipping Line closed its public offer yesterday with a subscription rate of 16.2 times. The Sesdaq aspirant had offered 32 miUion shares to the public at 39 cents each. There were also 64 miUion placement shares and 32 miUion reserved shares which had
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      Nippecraft revises terms of its rights issue
      320 17 Move will double the amount company had planned to raise [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Nippecraft Ltd has revised the terms of a rights issue it launched late last year to raise fluids for the purchase of Harper CoUins' diary and stationery division. Under the new
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      Dimension to offer US$1.89 a share for Datacraft Asia
      206 17 [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank yesterday confirmed that Dimension Data Australia Pty Ltd will make an unconditional offer of US$l.B9 each for shares of Datacraft Asia that it does not already own. DBS said the offer is made at a "see-through" price determined
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      Grey skies hang over Singapore retailers
      634 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Jenny Lam PITY the retailers. Just when there appeared to be a glimmer of hope, with listed department stores reporting improved results, they are hit by a double whammy the regional currency crisis and the haze. The turbulence in South-east Asian
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      Lock icon Penguin Boat IPO set for next few days
      568 17  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Charter boat operator Penguin Boat International is poised to become this year's 30th new listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore when the company launches its initial public offering (IPO) in the next few days. The IPO will
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    • COMPANIES
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        HK$3.5b Henderson payout for Lee Shau-kee
        423 18  -  Property giant posts 15% profit rise, brings total dividend for year to HK$3.OB a share From< Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong Hongkong's Lee Shau-kee, arguably the richest man in Asia, is on a roll again with a dividend payout of some HK$3.5 billion (*****.3
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        AFP reports maiden interim profit of $24.7m
        429 18  -  Amcol results not included in gronp turnover and profit By* Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Asia Food Properties (AFP), the Sinar Mas vehicle that took over troubled electronics goods distributor Amcol, yesterday announced a group after-tax profit of $24.73 million in its maiden set of
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        AFP buys Houston building for US$39.6m
        189 18 [SINGAPORE] Listed Asia Food Properties (AFP) has, through some subsidiaries, bought a 25-storey office building in Houston, Texas, for U5539.65 million (5560.7 million). At the same time, it has sold its 80 per cent stake in a company which owns a 10-sto-rey office building
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        Four merger units of ST Engineering continue to surge
        398 18  -  By] David Boey [SINGAPORE] The shares of four Singapore Technologies companies have gained between 78 cents and $1.70 in a little more than a month since the Aug 28 announcement of their proposed merger. Shares of ST Aerospace, ST Automotive, ST
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        Bumpy ride ahead for Cathay Pacific
        393 18  -  But chairman rules out job cuts after MD paints bleak picture FromA Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong CATHAY Pacific must be prepared to weather the long haul before it recovers from the current slump, warned chairman Peter Sutch. However, he ruled out speculation that
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        Heshe cuts net losses by 52% to $5.95m, despite lower turnover
        254 18 [SINGAPORE] Heshe Holdings has slashed its net losses by 52 per cent to $5.95 million for the ye? to June 30, despite a 17 per cent fall in turnover to nearly $166 million. The company said yesterday that its
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        Lock icon A small player gets ready for a boom
        88 18 [TOKYO] Toshiba Corp promoter Naomi Furuya holding up a new compact digital video disc (DVD) player SD-P4lO which the company calls the world's Jlrst compact personal DVD player, at Toshiba's headquarters in Tokyo yesterday. The player, priced at 75,000 yen (*****) and
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        SsangYong, Ho Bee to develop UK property
        200 18 [SINGAPORE] SsangYong Cement Singapore has gone into a 30-70 joint-venture with private developer Ho Bee Investment to develop a freehold London property project. Called Lambeth Bridge House, the site in central London bought in May can be redeveloped to house 190 apartments for
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        Metroplex pulls out of deal to buy 18% stake in Burswood
        218 18  -  From Russell Baker in Sydney MALAYSIA'S Metroplex has pulled out of its proposed Asl23 million (*****.3 million) purchase of an 18 per cent stake in Perth casino group Burs wood. The Australian-listed Burswood announced yesterday that Burswood and Metroplex
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      • CORPORATE Results
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          Lee Kim Tah: down 33.3%
          82 18 [SINGAPORE] Lee Kim Tah Holdings reported a 33,3 per cent drop in half-time group net earnings t6 $1.19 million despite an 807.4 per cent increase in turnover to $129.4 4 million. Net operating profit jumped 277 per cent to $43 million, due to a 13.7
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          United Engineers: up 17%
          61 18 [SINGAPORE] United Engineers saw a 17 per cent earnings growth to $8.6 million for the half-year to June although turnover tell 14 per cent to $217.3 million. Earnings per share was 3.7 cents, net tangible asset per share was $2.91, up 0.07 cents. UE netted a
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          Noel Gifts $151.000 loss
          62 18 [SINGAPORE] Noel Gifts International has posted a loss of $151,000 tor the year ended June 30, after having made a profit of $716,000 in 1996. Turnover fell 0.9 per cent to $20.75 million. The company's loss per share based on existing issued share capital is 0.2
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          Vikay: loses of $14,8m
          88 18 [SINGAPORE) Vikay Industrial turned in net losses of $14.8 million for the year to June 1997, after last year's interim earnings oflBl,ooo. Turnover grew by $.7 per cent to 9518 million. Loss per share on a tally diluted basis was f 7.16 cents. Net tangible assets
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          RMCA Reinsurance:up 317%
          68 18 [SINGAPORE] Debt-ridden RMCA Reinsurance last night announced a net profit of $18.1 million for the year ended June. This represents s sharp jump 0f317 per cent from the net earnings of $4.35 million in the same period last year. The high earnings were largely due to two
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          Broadway Industrial: $1.38m loss
          66 18 [SINGAPORE] Packaging group Broadway Industrial "u 5 Group posted net losses of $1.38 million for the half-year to June due to the soft consumer electronics market and higher expansion costs. Turnover rose 44.5 per cent to $37.5 million. Loss per share was 1.2 cents on existing
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          Zagro Asia: down 41%
          63 18 [SINGAPORE] Zagro Asia's sarnlngs tumbled 41 par cent to $1.7 million for the half-year to June on a 1.8 per cent turnover decline to $37.3 million. Earnings per share fell to A cents from 3.1 cents due to the enlarged post-IPO share capital of 115 million
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          Allaince Tech & Devt:losses widen 60%
          59 18 Allaince Tech Devt:losses widen 60% [SINGAPORE! Alliance Technology 4 Development saw net losses widen by 80 per cent to $5.4 million for the half-year to June. Turnover rose 31 per cent to $22.7 mfflioiL Losses per share grew one cent to seven csnls, while net tangible assets per share fell
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          Singapura Building Society up 5.9%
          61 18 (SINGAPORE) Singapura Building Society last night pr announced a per cent rise in group net earnings to 16.2 v million for the year ended June this year. This was achieved or the back of a 7.7 per cent turnover increase to IB4£ million. The directors
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        Lock icon Cheung Kong group ups HK Laud stake to 4.02%
        255 18 Reuter [HONGKONG] Property tycoon Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong group has raised its stake in Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd to 4.02 per cent, the second time in a week that the group has upped its stake inj the Jardine stable. Jardine notified
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        Lock icon No respite in sight yet for Asean currencies
        1204 19  -  Ringgit and rupiah hit hard as sentiment takes a turn for the worse By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] After a two-week breather, a few asterisks are appearing in our tables to show that Asean currencies are once again having a rough time of
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        Measuring market risk
        497 19  -  Tell 9 .meC howa Frequency and extent of price movements help to determine how risky an asset is By. Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] After last week's discussion of the various forms of market risk, we now look at how financial market professionals measure risk. For if they are
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        The Indonesian banking sector
        354 19 ANALYSIS STRAINS in the Indonesian banking sector are starting to show up. On the one hand, banks have been forced to cope with a rupiah depreciation which has exceeded 30 per cent since January this year. On the other, Bank Indonesia (BI) had, at one stage,
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        THE WEEK AHEAD
        297 19  -  Compiled by Larry Wee Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (DMG), Independent Economic Analysis (IDEA), JP Morgan (JPM) and MMS Int 7 (MMS) United States Today: September National Association of Purchasing Managers' index of expectations. After August's 56.8, DMG expects a stronger 57.5 showing while IDEA and MMS are going
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Power futures contracts seen not viable in S'pore
        459 20  -  Too few players, say industry officials; proposed Asean grid may create market By Ronnie Lim [SINGAPORE] Power futures contracts or futures on wholesale electricity prices will not be viable in Singapore, even when electricity supply is liberalised here in 1999, as there
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        Lock icon An Feng Kingstream plant near completion
        250 20 Reuter (PERTH] An Feng Kingstream Steel Ltd said yesterday construction of a 1.3 million-tonne-a-year cold-rolled steelmaking plant in Taiwan was nearly finished. v An Feng Kingstream, Vhich was created through the Aug 5 merger of Kingstream Resources Ltd and An Feng Steel Co Ltd
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        Lock icon Aetna to take charge of up to US$105m, Q3 net seen falling
        457 20 Insurance and health-care services company's shares plunge 10.5% on news Bloomberg [HARTFORD, Connecticut] Aetna Inc said it will take a charge of as much as a US$lO5 million (*****.6 million) in the third-quarter because of higher managed health-care
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        Lock icon Midland fined over pensions work
        261 20 Reuter [LONDON] Midland Bank, the UK retail banking unit of HSBC Holdings was on Monday fined £150,000 (*****,255) by British financial watchdog the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation (Imro) over its conduct of pensions transfer business. The fine was related to business conducted between May 1990
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        Quotation Of Singapore Government Stocks(Sept 30,1997)
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        Lock icon Bankers Trust may up stake in NCB
        159 20 AFP [TOKYO] Bankers Trust Co of the US said yesterday it had secured an option to take a further 15 billion yen (SslB9 million) stake in Japan's troubled Nippon Credit Bank (NCB). The decision followed an assessment by Bankers Trust that "the restructuring
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        Lock icon Players turn wary on eve of tankan
        259 20 SI Ml'H Report Reuter (SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures shed some of their recent heady gains yesterday as players turned cautious ahead of the Bank of Japan's quarterly tankan survey of business sentiment. Dealers said the market shrugged off
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        Futures end lower in line with cash market
        169 20 MSdTAIWAM FUTUKES [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures contract closed lower yesterday, as the cash index declined to its lowest point in three months. Tighter credit conditions in Taiwan, combined with currency concern, also contributed to the weak performance in Taiwan
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        Lock icon Indian Oil plans hefty new investment
        223 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [NEW DELHI] State-run Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) plans to invest 330 billion rupees ($513.9 billion) over five years in new projects, its chairman said yesterday. "It (Indian Oil) has projects on hand of about 130 billion rupees and investments of over
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        271 20 Reuter, AFP THE US dollar drifted lower against the mark and the yen in mid-afternoon European trade yesterday as the market awaited the Federal Reserve's policy making meeting and the Bank of Japan's tankan survey due later yesterday. Dollar/mark had gained early in the day after the Bundesbank
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      1525 21 AFP Dwktoiag jUI JAPANESE share prices closed 0.6 per cent lower yesterday as late futures-led arbitrage selling reversed earlier gains on public fund buying, brokers said. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, the key barometer of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, shed 99.50 points to end the session at 17,887.71. But
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      Currency turmoil expected to hit full-year earnings
      532 22  -  Markets likely to stay weak in short run tmtil extent of slowdown becomes dearer, say analysts By] R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Although stockbroklng analysts have expected no major surprises in this year's interim earnings, most have revised downwards their full-year earnings per share (EPS)
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      Electronics firms turn in 35% growth but recovery is patchy
      390 22  -  By. Jennifer Lien (SINGAPORE] Listed electronics companies turned in a mixed bag of interim results, although on average the results were stronger than at end-1996. The 28 stocks on the SES Electronics Index averaged 35 per cent growth in interim
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      Property groups' combined earnings slip 19.7%
      456 22  -  Foil-year results expected to be flat at most, says analyst By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] The property shakedown Anally found its way into developers' bottom lines during the current round of financial results. Combined earnings of listed property companies at half-time slipped 19.7 per cent
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      Analysts lower forecasts for banks amid regional turmoil
      464 22  -  For the first-hall, local banks perform mostly within expectations By< Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] While local banks have performed mostly within expectations for the first half-year, the regional economic turmoil has caused analysts to lower their forecasts for the rest of the year
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      BT's corporate earnings review
      3438 22 Half-year ranking of SES main board companies compiled by Julie Wee and Alijah Tahar ofBT RANKING COMPANY INTERIM EARNINGS CHANGE TURNOVER CHANGE EPS CHANGE CURR PREV PERIOO CURR PREV CURR PREV CURR PREV (SSM) (S$M) (S$M) (S$M) (CTS) (CTS) ■I na MmlarBwi Jun-97 ***** 678.82 26.9
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      Half-year ranking of Sesdaq companies
      724 23 RANKING COMPANY INTERIM EARNINGS CHANGE TURNOVER CHANGE EPS CHANGE CURR PREV PERWO CURR PREV CURR PREV CURR PREV (S$M) (S$M) (S$M) (S$M) (CTS) (CTS) H2 W«am»s Intl Mar-97 8.02 T121 -285 ***** 234.84 -11.7 4J20 530 -27 6 6 Llndatavas-Jacobarg Jun-97 730 4.61 693 6838
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1495 24 Bloomberg DHangSeag ****** STOCKS closed higher yesterday as Hutchison Whampoa jumped more than 3 per cent, driving the benchmark index above 15,000 points. The territory's biggest diversified company rallied as traders focused on its ties to China. With China Telecom (HK) raising HK13.7 billion (Ss73o million) in Hongkong's biggest
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      Lock icon CHINA
      649 24 Reuter Fl Shenzhen B Index +QJS THE Shenzhen B share market ended higher yesterday in slow trading due to an upcoming holiday and caution over the enactment today of a new criminal law which includes securities crimes. The B Index rose 0.15 point to 130.22 on turnover of HKS37
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      371 24 AFP Pwpmbi -ia»J5 STOCKS fell yesterday as fund managers adjusted shareholdings in electrical issues. "Several major fund managers dumped electrical shares due to redemption pressure," said a dealer. The Weighted Price Index slid 120.55 points to 8,708.83. Turnover was 1.4 billion shares worth NTJB6.9 billion. Electrical shares fell 2.4
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      742 24 AFP PCupoatehdei +0.45 SHARE prices rose yesterday, amid selective foreign interest in large-cap stocks, dealers said. A dealer said the market was in a cautious mood after a further fall in the rupiah and regional currencies. "People are still cautious on rupiah and interest rates," he added. The JSE
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      814 24 AFP Q SET Index AM SHARE prices fell yesterday as central bank data came out in line with expectations and investors held out for details of a planned restructuring of the finance sector. Analysts said the figures from the Bank of Thailand were largely as expected and while there
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      Lock icon MANILA
      337 24 AFP Q Manila -L 7» SHARE prices fell in sluggish trade yesterday due to the absence of market-moving news. The PSE Composite Index shed 1.76 points to 2,057.39. Turnover was 3.4 million shares worth 1.8 billion pesos. Analysts said that concerns over the peso's stability have been dismissed, despite
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      396 24 AFP rl Composite late *2104 STOCKS closed higher yesterday, with sentiment buoyed by hopes for government stockboosting measures. Dealers said prices began to move higher, led by flnancials and blue chips, just minutes after a slightly weak opening, and gathered momentum throughout the session. Trading was active with expectations
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      599 24 AFP PAflOrdaarias -7.7 STOCKS fell yesterday in a volatile session at the close of the September share price index (SPI) futures contract. "There were a lot of funny things happening today," said a trader. "There was obviously somebody with large positions in the SPI who wanted the market to
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      214 24 Reuter M Wellington +145 SHARES closed a touch stronger yesterday as second-line stocks notched good gains at quarter's end, albeit on light volume. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 3.45 points at 2,557.08, with Brierley up two cents at NZ$l.35 and Fletcher Paper also up two at NZ$3.OB. Renter go
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        Lock icon Shares up slightly despite ringgit fall
        445 25 AFX-Asia M Composite Index +&50 SHARE prices closed slightly higher yesterday largely on local support despite a falling Malaysian ringgit, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed up 5.50 points at 814.57. The Emas Index was up 1.15 points at 229.57, while the Second
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        Jurong Engineering warrant has good upside potential
        175 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By) R Sivanithy THE newest warrant to be listed in the Singapore stock market is that issued by Jurong Engineering. It looks interesting and could potentially be one of the better bargains to be had. The warrant expires in July 2002,
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        69 28  -  -bfl Shiv Taneja LAND <ft GENERAL closed 1.5 cents lower yesterday at 99.5 cents on a volume of 2.96 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 2.3 million shares. The share price has been declining for the past several months. Although the daily and weekly RSI
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        674 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY M'si&n shares to close slightly higher despite ringgit's steep fell; meanwhile, electronics shares stay in the fore By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE) Bank and property stocks yesterday benefited from a "flight to quality" that pushed the Straits Times Industrials
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          112 28 A HALF-DAY seminar on Insomnia, called "Sleepless in Singapore", was held at York Hotel over the weekend. Organised by the National University Hospital's department of psychological medicine, the seminar saw four doctors and a psychologist addressing the causcs of sleeplessness and the ways to overcome it To promote
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          128 28 NOTHING like leveraging off a "hazy" situation to peddle an air steriliser. We recently got a letter from Alresearch Technology Pte Ltd telling u? how wonderflil their product—Gerraltrol 200 was. And just in case we didn't really believe them (not that we have any reason to disbelieve them),
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          136 28 LAST month in New York, American Express and the World Monuments Fund jointly announced the new World Monuments Watch list of 100 Most Endangered Sites. A wonderflil collaboration of corporate sector working for a good cause? Yeah, sort of. On page six of a glossy book which lists the
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          78 28 APPARENTLY, Elton John's already famous Candle in the Wind is now even more popular after it was re-written tor Princess Diana's fUneraL But here is what one caller to a morning talk show had to say about this new-found popularity (tongue firmly in cheek,
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          140 28 FOLLOWING US-based Crown Cork Seal's takeover of CaraaudMetalbox of France last year, their businesses worldwide were consolidated to streamline overlaps between the two packaging giants. So when CCS announced the closure of two factories in Malaysia a few days ago, a colleague called up their Asia-Pacific headquarters in
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      1313 23 DIMENSION DATA AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED (Incorporated in Australia) UNCONDITIONAL CASH OFFER FOR DATACRAFT ASIA LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Introduction On 23 August 1997, Dimension Data Australia Pty Limited ("Dimension Data* or the -Offeror-), a subsidiary of Dimension Data Holdings Limited, made a voluntary cash offer (the "Australian
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      494 28 BUSINESS Notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 PURSUANT TO SECTION 290(2)(b) and IN THE MATTER OF KEYA (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding Up) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above named Company duly convened and held at 6001 Beach Road. #12-01 12-11 Golden
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      312 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. SO (Section 291 (1)) AND IN THE MATTER OF COMMUNE INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (In Credßort' Winding Up) STATUTORY DECLARATION OF MABtLTTY OF COMPANY TO CONTMUE BUSINESS AND THAT MEETING OF THE COMPANY AND ITS CREDITORS HAVE
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      570 28 To advertise call toll-free 1800-*****83 COMMUNE INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (Incorporated h tie RapuMc of Singapore) (In Liquidation) NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to SocMon 298 at ti» Companiaa Act, Cap. SO Rial a meeting of cradHors of Via abovenamed company, wR ba hafcJ at Via office of Maaars Ang Co. at
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      271 28 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 00 AND IN THE MATTER OF HEWEI SHOWPLA (S) PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) Extract of the Mtnutea of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on the 24th day of September. 1997"SPECIAL RESOLUTIOMThat the Compeny be wound up voluntarily purauant to
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      190 29 Bridge News, Reuter IT WAS a typically slow start to the week with little reported fixed, brokers said. Rates remained fairly steady around US$lO,OOO daily for modern Panamaxes in the east and weak for Atlantic traders. The Baltic Freight Index was up 2 at 1279. Volume totalled 147
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      486 29  -  New firm must aspire to be one of market leaders of maritime industry: chairman W Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation, till yesterday known as the Port of Singapore Authority, wants to be more than just the operator
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      363 29 [SINGAPORE] The corporatised PSA was launched yesterday with the unveiling of its new symbol last night by Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan at a glittering ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton. The logo features a globe encircled by "waves". The globe, formed by
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      1196 30  -  PORT OF BALTIMORE Focus on roll-on, roll-off traffic and traffic to South America and the Mediterranean has led to rise in cargo handled lh\ Stephanie Nall Journal of Commerce THE Port of Baltimore, which saw its traffic levels drop 8.8 per cent in 1996, is staging
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      409 30 PAGE I Famous 7 AEL 12 Farwtde 12 AMI 3 FoongSun 8 Able 13 Frota 13 V Accord 8 Frt Links 13 AhrenkiH 12 Frt World 13 Appenship 5 G L** < Astro 3 Gemartrans 16 Austral 9 Genshpg 9 Avant 6 Glory
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      15747 38 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advartisar Vassal Voyaga Tettphooe ETA ETA Advartisar V«w Voyaga Talapho» SSnMSSnaMSSSnawMMMMBiSSSSiMMHiMHSSSaHaaMSiaSii aMNmRSi**M«H£mM***aMNM£MMMM*2SS£****Mo2MSM 01/10 OS/12 Clan S A JIN YU V.I750/VALE V MSB 45-*****1* A 04/10 02/11 MOL NEDLLOYO SINGAPORE 7®SA 45 ******4 n ..|i un It 05/10 31/10 COSCO RIVER CRYSTAL 0045 65
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        228 45 Oot 1 China: National Day. Oot 2 China: National Day Holiday. Oot Australia: Labour Day. Oot 10 Hong Kong: Chung Yeung Festival. Japan Sports Day. Taiwan Double Tenth National Day. Oot 13 Canada Thanksgiving Day. United States: Columbus Day. Oot 23 Thailand: Chulalongkorn Day. Oot 28 Taiwan Taiwan
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        839 45 THIS report, complied by Cockett Marine OH Ud, show* price ranges in US dollars instead of single price* for a more comprehensive description of the market Price* shown are based on average-tlnd stem. Market movements are Indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        341 45 990.7 1.0 16J 0.10 59 0.04 52L25 PmttY Wot of *tUm tok Hmtubm S,*m,rt No akOM E2S 0 0 1 0 0 0 h/H 380 Am 986.1 03 13.2 0.06 31 0.02 .c/KM %.,/v kM J52 M0»«" "40 OJ 17.7 0.09 51 0.06 !S22 %w He
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        347 46 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese vehicle exports rose for the 15th straight month in August as a combination of a weaker yen and strong demand for popular sport-utility vehicles made Japanese exports more attractive abroad. Exports rose 41.6 per cent in August from a year
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        357 46 Reuter [FRANKFURT] A share offering in Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Germany's second largest ever, kicked off on Monday as subscriptions opened for the government's remaining 37.5 per cent stake in the airline. The issue valued at 4.5 billion Deutschemarks (553.9 billion) at current share prices
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        421 46 NYT [WASHINGTON] With the hours ticking away, US Airways and its pilots negotiated feverishly in the hope of reaching a new contract in time for the airline to meet a deadline to confirm an order for as many as
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        619 46 Accord ends 3-year dispute; expected to lead to closer cooperation Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Northwest Airlines Corp and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV signed an agreement that ends a threeyear dispute and extends a profitable trans-Atlantic alliance for another decade. The accord calls
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        204 46 Reuter [DETROIT] Chrysler Corp said it will retire its 10-year-old Eagle brand at the end of the 1998 model year due to sagging sales for the model series aimed at younger, import-ori-ented buyers. Chrysler started the Eagle brand in 1987 as a place to
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        159 46 [SINGAPORE] Kuala Lumpur's Subang Airport was closed for two hours yesterday morning due to poor visibility caused by heavy smog from the haze affecting the region. The airport was closed between 7.00 am and 9.00 am yesterday after visibility dropped as
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        381 46 Company in merger talks with other domestic airlines AFP [HONGKONG] The newlylisted China Sputhern Airlines Co Ltd said its interim profit rose 35 per cent to 409.33 million yuan (5174.9 million) in the six months to June. The Guangzhou-based airline's vice-chairman Yan Zhiqing
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      92 29 Port of Baltimore revived by smart planning Focus on ro-ro traffic has led to rise in cargo handled. Page 2 UOB Plaza. 80 Raffles Place. Singapore Headquarters of United Overseas Bank Group. L-Kiw*'l Rated as the best Singapore bank by Euromoney, the UOB Group has the expertise and track record
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      20 29 ELM, Northwest extend alliance for 10 more years Accord ends 3-year dispute; expected to lead to closer cooperation. Back Page
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      107 31 ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED OgJ. (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING UMITED) WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE VKSEL VOT SINGAPORE lOMIAY VESSEL VOY KXMAY SINGAPORE NORDKAP 417 03/10 12/10 NORDKAP 416 24/09 03/10 ALBERT BRIDGE 005 06/10 14/10 ALBERT BRIDGE 004 27/09 05/10 JUTHA PARKIHART 008 08/10 16/10 JUTHA PARICHART 007 29/09
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      52 40 JAPAN MAIN PORTS I KOB/ E'g( OSA ACCEPTING FCL CONTAINIRS TO (tVtRT mo SUN) CALCUTTA, MADRAS, COLOMBO, rn.»r»...» TUTKORIN, COCHIN, lOMIAY, KANDLA, DUBAI, COMPETITIVE RATES BANGKOK A MSM OUDANO, REGULAR SAIUNOS TO ABOVE PORTS, CONTACT: JUUA/ ROSII/ KIITH/ DAVIO NEW PORT SERVICE: UMM QASR, IRAQ Regular FCL Service/ Ship Broking/
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      50 40 [CONVENTIONAL BREAKBULK SERVICE 1 Dannlnr VCi STORE LOAMHG FOR Regular FCL Service to. 07/10 colombo/tutkown CAIITU TBN 07/10 CALCUTTA TBN 08/10 CHfTTAGONG m.u m TBN 12/10 bomeay mm ■mm #m tbn 15/10 dubai/dammam TBN 15/10 KAOHSRJNG DADTC GOewt AGENTS: NfTERNAVE AGBOES PTE UD Wlm U J TEL *****22 TIA2IW4 WtOTW
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      40 40 REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER A BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS A DURBAN EXPORT VOY rsiN PTL DBN ALS AMALIA 11WB 02/10 12/10 17/10 ALS MARY 12WB 30/10 10/11 15/11 ACCSMINQ TO JOHANNESBURG AGENTS: SINGAPORE BEN UNE AGENCIES T*t: *****22 Fax: *****53
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      479 41 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER ISLAND 569N 01-02/10 07-11/10 15-16/10 TIGER BRIDGE 570N 03-04/10 0903/10 18-19/10 TIGER BAY 571N 07 08/10 12-17/10 21-22/10 TIGER WAVE 572N 11-12/10 16-20/10 25^10 TIGER ISLAND 573N 15-1&10 20-25/10 2930/10 TIGER BRIDGE 574N 18-19/10 24-28/10 01-02/11 I VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN XOUR
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      724 41 I I FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapore *****1 Tel: *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 E-mail flesin@singnet.com.sg CONSOLIDATION SERVICE ARGENTINA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN BUENOS AIRES 06/10 CAPETOWN 04/10 CHILE ETD SIN DURBAN 04/10 VALPARAISO 08/10 JOHANNESBURG 04/10 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN PIRAEUS °5/10
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      1757 42 MV I HlfE 1 YML Internet Web Site http: //www.yml.com.tw E-mail Address cs®hp72o.yml.com.tw Sltt.4'4 AV4 TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY ■I'l-J.IAJI ARRIVAL FIXED DAY-MONDAY VESSEL VOY I SIN I CM! RTM HAM FXT LEH AIM VESSEL VOY LEH FXT NAM AM MM SIN PAX A739W 103/10 I 07/10 25/10 24/10 22/10
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      617 42 3E samudera shipping line ltd 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 St *****81 3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********00 POO*tIWSS CAtIL OIBECr LIME: *****41/43 JESSIC*/CELI»/MEICH*II 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK IVESSEL |VOY |S>N |JAK [VESSEL VOY Isw ISDR SMAR NU§A 970 MPT 04/10 (SAT)
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      364 42 X Singapore Soviet Shipping aa Co. Pte. Ltd. CR MO: **********0* BOMBAY/COCHIN VESSEL VOY SIN BOM PNG PKL DIANA 104N 07/10 18/10 27/10 29/10 KOTACAHAYA CAHI93 11/10 19/10 31/10 02/11 TRADE FAST TFSI9O 17/10 26/10 06/11 08/11 HAIXIONG HXQO6S 24/10 01/11 13/11 15/11 REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA VESSEL
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      87 43 I BREAKBULK CONTAINERS DIRECT SERVICE FROM S'PORE TO KARACHI VOYAGE ETA SWGAPQtf ETA CMOMO ETA KAUCH J IS3-HW Ot/IQ/17 lt/10/W I IKHW 13/10/17 H/IQ/W IS/10/W I ALSO ACCEPTING FUU CONTAINERS FOR DRY PORT j LAHORE, SIALKOT, RAWALPINDI AND RISHAWAR SEA-PAC MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD. E 3 Marfhm# Squar* *11-02 E WIB
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      491 44 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING jy] 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE fSINOTRANSI \r-Jt J S (*****7 J.TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SINGAPORE ETA HONGKONG ETA SHANGHAI JIN YU 9750 03/10 08/10 12/10 JIN FU 9752 10/10 IS/10 19/10 CHANG YING 9702 19/10
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      376 44 am MAC-NELS S'PORE M'SIA I Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC I-f\7 V* J OR MO: **********0 C SIBU. (064) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****61 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK: (662) *****67 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 P KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MPN: (61) *****3 FXT/RTM/HAM T LAX/LGB/NYC MV "PUDONG SENATOR" VOO2W MV
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      157 44 lucky WEALTH 06/10 NarVRdnVAtwAJK I deIFINI 06/10 Nanffldm/Atwtfßmn/UK I I* Loads EVW Malaysia, inoooesia I I^M ESPERANZAC Jeddah/Aqaba/Egypt I ■RAINIER Dubai/Doha/BahrairVDamman/Kuwait I ■GLOBAL JANE [>ibai/Doha/Bahrain/Damman/Kuwait I ■MO DuDai/Doha/BahranVDamman/Kuwart I ■chian MARINER I "Loads Singapore, E7W. Malaysia, Indonesia I 1 Loading for ■SPAR EIGHT Los Angeles/New Or*»rvO*rtestorV I Norfolk/Camden ■OKTEM AKSOY
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