The Business Times, 8 October 1997

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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85C S I N G A P 0 R E Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    S'pore unscathed by currency crisis: Dr Hu
    486 1  -  But outlook for U8 and beyond depends on speed of region's recovery, he says By Ven Sreenivasan (SINGAPORE] The regional currency crisis has so far had a negligible impact on Singapore's economy, but the outlook for next year and beyond depends on how
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    Lock icon Hu remarks send S$ down to 1.556
    307 1  -  mas seen unlikely to stand in way of farther S$ weakening By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Reacting to Finance Minister Richard Hu's comments in Parliament yesterday, the Singapore dollar fell below the 1.56 level against the US dollar, hitting a 42month low of 1.5655
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    STIC to invest $200 m more in infrastructure, leisure projects
    367 1 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation (STIC) plans to invest "another couple of hundred million dollars" in various projects over the next two to three years, group president Tay Siew Choon told the Singapore Business magazine. In an interview in the
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    Jakarta may seek help from Japan, Asian nations
    565 1  -  But govt also has not ruled oat IMF financial aid: analysts From S N Vasuki in Jakarta THE Indonesian government is looking into seeking help from Japan and other Asian countries for a foreign debt rescheduling plan that would ease the pain
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      127 1 OH DE |Prl MW 90b ID bvHton dumped Sembawang Corporation's shares yesterday amid fears that the company might have to write off to f? ntVn following its nM e* n acquisition ot Delirrance Asia, Pg 17 ifl aMBw prytt tin m Tuan Sing Holdings is going ahead with its Shetford
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      86 1 Peso sinks as speculators defy new band, Pg 4 Money Matters, Pg 21 jHKK y JOT-.j. '^VT^SHH^Hy _4^B VW% V ERICCHU ER for sick computers [SINGAPORE] A "sic* "desktop computer attracted attention yesterday while getting some bed rest as part of a display by an anti-virus software vendor at Comdex/
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      123 1 Tang's first policy tast I Chief executive Tung Chee-hwa will deliver his maiden policy address today, spelling out the H way ahead for Hongkong under Chinese rule. Whaf s likely to be in store? See Ffel 6 A jC; f Haze, currency turmoil take centrestage, Pg 2 HI Crown Resort
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      22 1 Iwiinnrtißa nB S'pore properties, Pg 4 Uttle impact seen on S'pore banks, Pg 4 rimwlm capital inflow may trigger turmoil, Pg 4
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Haze and regional currency turmoil take centrestage
      630 2  -  XM PARLIAMENT Four bills also approved, but Jeya's motion on ministers' pay defeated By Ven Sreenivasan NOT unexpectedly, the impact on Singapore of two ongoing regional crises the haze and the currency turmoil took centreatage during question time in Parliament yesterday. Fielding a
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      Software to help architects check plans
      157 2 ARCHITECTS no longer have to thumb through pages of manuals to find out if their plans comply with building control standards. A self-checking software developed by the government is now available to pinpoint problem spots in the safety and lay-out of plans drawn up.
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      Causeway jam eases as Johor relaxes checks
      598 2  -  Bnt lorries still take 5 hours to clear customs: forwarders By George Joseph and Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The bottleneck at the Causeway eased somewhat yesterday as Malaysian Customs relaxed their stringent checks on lorries entering Singapore and kept more lanes open for clearance.
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      Lock icon HP's Vital deal is its first acquisition in Asia-Pacific
      430 2  -  US giant bays local firm Vital Technology to set op test ma mifccluriiig here By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] US giant Hew-lett-Packard Company has acquired Vital Technology Pte Ltd for an undisclosed sum as part of its plan to set up a
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      Lock icon Ad volume for manufacturing jobs up
      294 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Jobs By, Audrey Tan DESPITE the recent spate of well-publi-cised factory closures and cutbacks, labour demand in the manufacturing sector is still strong going by the volume of recruitment advertisements in the local newspapers. Tk/s Tne volume of advertisements taken
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      Cairnhill Circle redevelopments face glitch
      382 2  -  By, Jenny Lam TWO property developers which recently clinched collective sale tenders at Cairnhill Circle Kuok group's Allgreen Properties and listed TLB Land will have to deal with some restrictive covenants governing the use of the sites before they can proceed with redevelopment plans. Sources
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      CM expects revenue jump
      163 2 MACHINE tools and plastics equipment company Cincinnati Milacron (CM) expects to double revenue from its Singapore regional headquarters to $100 million by 1999 from this year's $50 million. This would represent about 15 per cent of the US firm's total revenue, said director for the Asia-Pacific
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      Govt explores links to Singapore One
      480 2  -  It hopes to share content and applications with other countries By' Toh Han Shih THE government is exploring the possibility of linking Singapore One to other countries that have similar high-speed electronic networks, Minister for Trade and Industry and Second Minister for Finance Lee
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Foreign banks fail to get Thana One assets frozen
      447 3  -  BANGKOK GMUrbanlu including UOB,T&t Lee, trying to recover 1.3b baht loan By Harish Mehta A BANGKOK civil court has rejected a request by a group of foreign banks including the Union Bank of Switzerland and Singapore's United Overseas Bank and Tat
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      Lock icon Vietnam speaks frankly of problems
      142 3 Reuter [HANOI] Vietnam published an unusually frank account of its mounting economic difficulties yesterday, citing slower industrial output and export growth, tumbling foreign investment and stalling tax revenues. Cabinet Minister Lai Van Cu, in comments reported by the official media, said the problems had been
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      Lock icon Thai cabinet delays debate on budget cuts
      390 3 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND'S cabinet postponed consideration of massive budget cuts yesterday amid reports that the reductions would be insufficient to meet stringent International Monetary Fund (IMF) targets. The decision to postpone consideration of cuts to the fiscal 1998 budget was made in the
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      Not time to write off Asean leaders
      665 3  -  AUVUBf Suharto and Dr M wfll prove their rwrillimra danpttn wirTvmry ami i.a^ By Yang Razali Kassim THE last few months have been a tough stretch for Asean's leaders. From Thailand and Malaysia to Indonesia and the Philippines, the heads of government have
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  • CURRENCY CRISIS
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      Indonesians selling S'pore properties, says consultant
      419 4  -  But other property consultants say widespread sales are not likely By Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Some Indonesians are selling their Singapore properties to cope with the currency crisis, says a major property consultant. But widespread sales are unlikely, say others. "The observation is that
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      Little impact seen on Singapore banks
      370 4  -  But higher risks will hit future lending prospects: analysts By i Clarissa Tan (SINGAPORE) The rupiah's slide will have little impact on Singapore banks, but it will affect their future lending to one of the hottest syndicated loan markets in the region, say analysts.
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      Lock icon Filipinos stranded by strikes over oil price hike
      458 4 Court bans oil price rises temporarily in blow to Ramos' economic reforms AFP [MANILA] The currency crisis spread to the streets of the Philippines yesterday as strikes crippled mass transport and the Supreme Court temporarily banned oil price increases in a blow
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      Lock icon Excessive capital inflow may trigger turmoil: ex-Fed chief
      310 4 Reuter [NEW YORK] Former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker warned on Monday that excessive capital flows into emerging markets may trigger economic or financial turmoil in those developing nations. "Let*B not lose sight of the fact that, for all our hopes., those
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      Peso sinks to 35.537 as speculators defy new band
      489 4  -  Unit's weighted average falls L 7% to near historic low From Al Labita in Manila THE Philippine peso sank deeper yesterday as speculators defied a new volatility band and snubbed the central bank's cut of its borrowing rates. The peso's weighted
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      322 4 I ASEAN SUPREME FUND LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the First Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on October 24, 1997 at 5.45 pm at the Marina Mandarin, Boardroom, 6th Level, 6 Raffles Boulevard, Singapore
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Why Taiwan's chip industry may go up in smoke
      442 5  -  TAIPEI Back «f island's 19 production Hue* has Doen m ®y nrcs at least twice a year By Bruce Cheesman TAIWAN'S semiconductor industry is in danger of going up in smoke, the island's top industrial safety watchdog said yesterday. The warning
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      Lock icon More Chinese invest in stocks, bonds: survey
      155 5 BEIJING AFP THE proportion of Chinese consumers investing in stocks and bonds has risen nine percentage points since last year to ST per cent, the official China Daily reported yesterday, citing a survey. Twenty-five per cent now hold state treasury or other bonds,
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      Lock icon Taipei spends US$2b supporting NT$
      406 5 TAIPEI Central bank also lets rates soar to cut money market fnnds Bloomberg TAIWAN'S central bank spent as much as US$2 billion (Ss3.l billion) in three days supporting the Taiwan dollar, as currencies across Asia fell to record lows. The central bank backed by the
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      Lock icon Spotlight on China's housing
      52 5 [BEIJING] Yang Haiying, in a traditional Chinese cheongsam, looking at the model of a new building in Shanghai at a housing exhibition here yesterday. The show focuses on the relationship between people and their habitats, as well as the construction of multi-storey apartment buildings and urban
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      Lock icon China announces mergers in steel, industrial sectors
      268 5 BEIJING Reuter CHINA yesterday announced a series of mergers in its steel and industrial sectors, saying the deals were part of a drive to reform the ailing state sector. In Fuzhou, capital of the south-eastern province of Fujian, 12 profitable firms in the
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      Lock icon More Taiwan-M'sia flights
      113 5 TAIPEI Reuter TAIWAN and Malaysia agreed yesterday to increase flights and liberalise their aviation markets as further steps towards completely opening up their skies. "Our two sides agree to a framework of total liberalisation, allowing each other's airlines to fly from any point of one country to
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      200 5 •:'»<* sUJ El IH Ha nwi mi IIVMIIWVHI IB H 1 Bia wJ ■JB BB BB 8 Bfc.B B^^^^B toft The coffee beans travel a long winding road before they end up in jour acquire their name and characteristics. Arabica beans, grown at higher nin .>/■ k cup. The voyage
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Tung's first policy test
      1164 6  -  HK's chief executive is expected to unveil measures to tackle housing woes as well as education, welfare issues in his maiden address to narliampnt By\ Loh Hui Yin [HONGKONG] TODAY, all eyes here will be trained on what measures Hongkong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa will unveil
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      Game plan for property
      867 6  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong AS Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa prepares his first policy address, there appears to be a general consensus among Hongkongers that residential property prices will remain steady to firm for at least the next five years. While some developers may cut
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      239 6 Unacfolling the Beat of £aat West Mr lit Business Kflh e NUS Graduate School of Business combines rigorous business education with a profound understanding of Asia. .< Did you know that...? We have trained more than 9,000 senior managers We have more Ph.D.s from the world's top 5 from 80
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      222 7 r!skAVERSE, ULTRA-CAUTIOUS, FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE WORKERS OF THE WORLD REJOICE. YOUR E-COMMERCE SOLUTION IS HERE. -m- HHIr *«l i H H r Mmmhmmp*' -T-a El* ~iji,~ -n gg*''£^^jj^yaHE^.gag f ■< I: SO LONG, FEAR, UNCERTAINTY AND DOUBT. HELLO, ELECTRONIC-COMMERCE. After years of anticipation and premature zeal, there's finally an electronic-commerce worldwide
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Japanese turn to foreign brokers
      446 8 TOKYO Italy bond issuers are shunning Japan's Big 4 bouses Bloomberg JAPANESE companies are selecting foreign underwriters, rather than Japan's scandaltainted "Big Four" brokerage houses, to manage new bond sales. Tokyo district prosecutors have charged Nomura Securities and Yamaichi Securities with offences related to alleged
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      Lock icon Asia likely to overtake West as financial centre: HSBC exec
      230 8 SYDNEY Bloomberg ASIA will likely surpass the West as the world's financial centre in the next two decades, according to Australia's head of Hongkong-based HSBC Holdings. "Asia is in the process of building financial centres which will equal, if not
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      Lock icon Economy still on recovery path, says Japanese agency
      306 8 TOKYO Bat it warns of poor mmwimt gpftwtin^ tasmess sentiment AFP THE Japanese government yesterday left unchanged its key assessment of the country's economy that it was on a recovery path, but added a cautious tone by warning of poor consumer spending
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        Lock icon Kim Dae Jung accused of stashing funds
        49 8 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea's ruling party accused opposition presidential candidate Kim Dae Jung of stashing 67 billion won (Ssll4 million) in secret bank accounts. The accusation drew immediate criticism from Mr Kim's National Congress for New Politics, which dismissed it as "nonsense".—Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Thinnest mini disk player
        47 8 AFP [CHIBA, Japan] A campaign girl showing off a new Sony minidisk Walkman MZ-R5O at the Japan Electronics Show *97 in Chiba yesterday. The Japanese consumer electronics maker will put the world's thinnest MD player on the market at 48,000 yen (*****). —AFP
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        Lock icon India's Reserve Bank may ease rates
        82 8 Reuter [BOMBAY] Bankers said yesterday they expect the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to further deregulate interest rates in a key policy announcement later this month but some said the market may not be ready for total deregulation. The RBI announces its monetary and
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        Lock icon Hashimoto rethinks privatisation issue
        71 8 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, bending to growing resistance from within his own party, is backing away from a proposal to make Japan's massive state-run postal savings and insurance systems private. Mr Hashimoto yesterday told cabinet members he wants to reconsider the issue with
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        Lock icon Sri Lanka clash death toll tops 400
        78 8 Reuter [COLOMBO] The death toll from two days of fighting in northern Sri Lanka has risen to more than 400 as soldiers battled Tamil Tiger rebels for control of a vital highway, military officials said yesterday. Some 200 guerillas and3o soldiers were killed
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      Lock icon Seven Seoul banks face mounting cashflow problems
      493 9 SEOUL Merchant banks exposed to 3.4 trillion won of had loans to Kia and 2 other groaps AFP SEVEN merchant banks in Seoul are faced with mounting cashflow problems in the aftermath of the near-bankrupt-cy of the automotive Kia Group, banking officials said
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      Lock icon US to press Japan to do more to open car market
      208 9 WASHINGTON Reuter AMERICAN trade officials on Monday expressed concern that Japanese enthusiasm for opening its car market to US competitors is waning and said they would press for more action in talks this week. US trade negotiators said they
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      Lock icon S Korea warns US of retaliatory measures
      308 9 SEOUL Unions also demand a hah to US pressure to open car market AFP SOUTH Korea has warned Washington of retaliatory measures if its probe of South Korean car import policies leads to sanctions, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. "If the procedures initiated
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      116 9 SGIC BUILDING 211 VICTORIA SQUARE ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 9^mjs&t m An opportunity for astute investors to aquire a central CBD office tower with all the fine hallmarks of a prime commercial property investment. LOCATION IMPROVEMENTS Central CBD address. 17 420m2 of net lettable area. CASHFLOW S QUAIJTY TENANTS Imputed net
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Portfolio managers hail US$33b Russia debt pact
      437 10 NEW YORK Analysts expect credit rating upgrade to follow deal lint no sign yet of move Reuter RUSSIA sealed its status as a site for mainstream international investment by signing a massive debt restructuring on Monday, US portfolio managers said. The Russian government
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      Lock icon 4.5 m Germans out of work, a post-war record
      361 10 NUREMBERG, Germany Setback for Kohl's drmtoqaainytor EMU: economists Reuter GERMAN unemployment set a post-war record in September, with seasonally-adjusted joblessness rising by 34,000 from August to 4.497 million, the Federal Labour Office said yesterday. The jobless data came as a blow
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      Lock icon EU states reject 12m jobs goal
      226 10 ■LUXEMBOURG AFP EUROPEAN Union governments have rejected proposals to target the creation of 12 million jobs in five years and cut the bloc's jobless rate from 10.7 to 7 per cent. Employment and social affairs ministers from the 15 EU states yesterday expressed concern
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      Lock icon Slowest rise in UK financial services since March' 96
      325 10 LONDON Reuter BRITAIN'S financial services sector suffered the lowest rate of growth since March 1996 over the three months to SefT tember, the Confederation 0 British Industry said ymtfc day. The CBl's survey,'ifk-o-duced in conjunction with Coopers Lybrand found 46 per
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      Lock icon Swiss money laundering law gets the nod
      272 10 BERNE Reuter SWITZERLAND tightened its controls against money laundering when parliament yesterday effectively gave final approval to a new law requiring bankers and all other money managers to report suspicious assets. The bill tightens the existing law by imposing a duty and not
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      Lock icon Clinton promises realistic goals for climate change pact
      693 11 WASHINGTON He says challenge is in coming up with strategy that won't harm economy Bloomberg PRESIDENT Bill Clinton said he plans to bring a set of "realistic and binding goals" to the table when the US and more than 150 other nations
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon EU's annual inflation rate hits 1.8%
        76 11 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] The European Union's annual inflation rate rose to 1.8 per cent in August from 1.7 per cent in July, staying below 2 per cent for the sixth consecutive month, 1 the EU statistics agency said. The figures from Eurostat -i ?how all
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        Lock icon Euro will be as strong as US$: Kohl
        65 11 Reuter fWOLFEN. Germany] German Chancellor Helmut Kohl yesterday said that Europe's planned monetary union would create a strong currency that equalled the US dolfer and was stronger than the yen. Mr Kohl said the euro would be ranked "next to the dollar
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        Lock icon Italian PM reveals draft labour law
        51 11 AFP [ROME] Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi yesterday announced a new draft labour law, reducing working hours and introducing job creation measures. He was trying to convince the Refounded Communists, whose support is essential to his centre-left government to back his 1996 austerity budget
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        Lock icon Major urges Blair to opt out of euro
        52 11 Reuter [BLACKPOOL, England] Former UK prime minister John Major yesterday urged his successor, Tony Blair, to use Britain's right to opt out from the euro. "TT*e economic case is not yet right" Mr Major said at the opening of the Conservative Party's
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        Lock icon Communists seek no-confidence vote
        53 11 Reuter [MOSCOW] The Communist faction, the biggest in Russia's State Duma, plans to seek a no-confidence vote in the government one of its leaders said yesterday. The l decision was surprising since both the reformist government and the opposition-dominated Duma had sent signals they wanted to
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      Lock icon Russia gives Blair star treatment, analysts hail ties
      417 11 Moscow Closer London relations may boost Moscow's EU links AFP RUSSIAN newspapers yesterday hailed the success of "film star" Tony Blair's first official visit to Russia, while analysts said closer London-Moscow relations could boost Russia's links with the European Union. Commentators were
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      Lock icon New way to access the Internet
      157 11 LONDON AFP DETAILS of a new method to access the Internet, via the ordinary domestic electricity supply cables, will be announced here today by a Canadian phone company and a British power utility. Canadian telephone company Nortel and British electricity supplier Norweb said in
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      Lock icon US investors have high expectations
      281 11 SAN FRANCISCO Bloomberg US MUTUAL fund investors are unrealistically optimistic about the outlook for equity market returns, according to a survey by Montgomery Asset Management. Investors expect annual average returns of 34 per cent for the next 10 years, according to the Montgomery report. The
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      Lock icon More tapes found of Clinton at fund-raising activities
      236 11 WASHINGTON White House says pertinent tapes will be passed to Congress Reuter WHITE House attorneys have found additional videotapes of President Bill Clinton at fundraisers and political events beyond those of White House coffee sessions released at the weekend, a presidential spokesman
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      Lock icon Republicans support fast track bill
      114 11 WASHINGTON Reuter US House Ways and Means Committee chairman Bill Archer said yesterday that Congressional Republicans were in virtual total agreement with the White House on fasttrack trade legislation. Mr Archer's committee is to consider the bill today. Mr Archer, a Texas Republican, told reporters
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      1087 10 [M Amtek Engineering Ltd.( (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) FULL YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT The Directors of AhM KafiMMVtaf Ltd wish to announce the following: A) AUDITED RESULTS FOR GROUP COMPANY THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 30th June 30th June 30TH JUNE 1997 1997 1996 1997 1996 stoop
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      144 11 ■wPI National University of Singapore S6H \3K/ Nanyang Technological University vftjy PUBLIC LECTURES B PROFESSOR JEROME I FRIEDMAN M Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor NM ouVpilce IN Dm QUARKS? PHYSICAL UNIVERSE" Date Wednesday Data Wednesday [lijijj 15 October 1997 22 October 1997 Tima 6:00 pm Time 6:00 pm VMM: Lim
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      339 12 We're in seventh heaven. H i^BIS^H! v fl tt. f 'j^^i^ We're proud and happy to announce the launch of our brand new Boeing 777 fleet on our Osaka flights. From 26th October '97, we will gradually upgrade our Singapore Osaka service passenger cabins ever created and is selected only
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Viet military will help, not hinder, reform
      757 13  -  OPINION THE BOTTOMLDVB By Harish Mehta The writer is BT's Bangkok correspondent. He is also BT's Indochina specialist THE international media is awash with simple-minded analyses on the political future of Vietnam, and what the appointments of Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      126 13 'Capital markets can hug you to death.' -Paul Yokker former chairman of the US Federal Reserve who pointed out that excessive capital inflows into emerging markets can create economic and financial turmoil. 'When my husband is home, I consider him the head of the Hashimoto family, not
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      Japan's continuing woes
      631 13 EDITORIAL PUBLICATION last week of the Bank of Japan's latest quarterly survey of business conditions, known as the "tankan", provoked more of the same predictions that the Japanese economy is headed back towards recession. Certainly, the findings of the September survey were unexpectedly gloomy, but it is
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      Lock icon JV strategies in China
      1129 13  -  ESS Economists View Surveys of SinoSingaporean joint ventures reveal valuable lessons on how to succeed By] Dr Wang Pien MOST Singaporean investors have used joint ventures (JVs) (including equity JVs and contractual JVs) as their entry mode when investing in China. During the past two years,
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      844 13 The raplak'i ptangt JUST as everyone thought the currency crisis was easing, the rupiah has come under another massive attack since last week. The rupiah appears to have fallen into a dark pit. Everyone knows there is a bottom, but nobody knows where it is. The
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      878 14  -  The power suit is making a comeback, says david colmam DAVID COLMAM NYT PORGET that the garment in question has been a staple of women's wardrobes for more than ISO years and a uniform for working women for half that time. The woman's suit has
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      526 14 PEOPLE Governor and wile revive images of Eva and Jnan to win votes Reuter [BUENOS AIRES] She has not dyed her hair blonde and does not sing Andrew LloydWebber ballads from balconies, but Hilda Duhalde's version of Evita may turn out to be the most
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      37 14 OUR REPORT yesterday headlined "BT Golf Index at Its highest level since November" was accompanied by the wrong table. We are sorry for the error and reproduce here the correct table. SB*****8BHh2 86 8
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      Ads in a whole new ball game
      995 16  -  The Net's unique characteristics call for different strategies in advertising, experts tell toh w m amw TOH HAN SHIH INTERNET advertising is a whole new ball game, the experts say. The Internet is a unique medium with its own characteristics, and thus requires
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      Getting the most out of Net advertising
      337 16 [SINGAPORE] The Internet is a unique advertising medium that offers advantages not available to more conventional mediums. Here are some tricks of this emerging trade. ♦Web sites need to be updated constantly. Graham Thomas, Saatchi Saatchi Asia-Pa-cific regional director, says this is important
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        Here come the e-toys!
        99 16 YOU'VE heard of ama2on.com which offers the widest range of books. Now the toy companies have caught on. Take a look at http://www.etoyB.com/shopping/etoys/ html/home.shtml. That's the Internet site for toys. Not just electronic toys, but all toys. From top toy-makers, including Brio, Mattel Fisher Price, Hasbro,
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        Getting to know the real java beans
        116 16 SINCE Sun Microsystems has hijacked the brand name, Java, most high-tech businessmen think of Sun when they hear the coffee's name. But what if you want to look at the real thing? If you are keen on trading in actual Java beans, for
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        Find answers to e-commerce here
        99 16 YOU'VE heard enough jargon about electronic commerce, but are still lost You would love an online presentation again on cashless payments. How do you locate the exact topic you ars looking for? Fret no more. Go to http://www.ech.ncbjcov.sg/view/ech/gitwTuiphfwii That*s Singapore's ECH, for Electronic Commerce Hotbed.
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        Help on postal codes
        75 16 STILL conftised over the six-digit postal codes that Singapore Poet implemented a year or so ago? Can't figure out which building should go with which code? The answer*s online. Just go to: http://www.Bingpost.com.sg/ pc«d. That's Singapore Post's Website and has all the help you need to
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        Saveur a tasty site ...
        93 16 Saveur a tasty site SINGAPORE Is synonymous with food, so how can food courts be left out of the Net? Here's a tasty site for that informal but important business lunch: singnet.com.ag/~weeyong/chomp.htm. That's a site hosted by a food centre at Serangoon Gardens and has a complete listing of sll
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon SembCorp hits year's low on $200 m write-off fears
      557 17  -  Shares hit $5.75 also on worries of cash call and rising debt from Delifrance deal By\ Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE) Sembawang Corporation's share price plunged to a year's low of $5.75 yesterday amid growing realisation that it might have to write
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      Lock icon Boost seen if Creative succeeds in takeover
      254 17 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology Ltd's possible takeover of US-based Cambridge SoundWorks Inc will boost its product range beyond its mainline sound cards, just as the competition heats up, analysts said yesterday. Cambridge, a manufacturer of stereo speakers and other multimedia products, revealed on
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      Datacraft Asia gets Dimension Data's offer
      127 17 [SINGAPORE] Datacraft Asia said it received notice yesterday of an unconditional offer for its shares from Johannes-burg-based Dimension Data. The company also said it would send a circular with advice from Datacraft's bankers, as well as the recommendation of its directors, to shareholders and
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      APB could, consider wine business in China
      642 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih IN THREE to five years, companies like Lum Chang, Lian Huat and Asia Pacific Breweries could find themselves in the same competing business. No, Lum Chang and Lian Huat are not going into beer brewing, nor is
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      SES seeks listed companies' feedback on share buybacks
      425 17  -  Issues range from criteria, number of shares to safognards By. R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore has written to the bosses of listed companies asking them for their feedback on share buybacks. In a letter dated Oct 2, the SES
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      SBS to pay Tibs $1.69 m to settle apportionment dispute
      281 17  -  By* Christopher Tan [SINGAPOPRE] Listed Singapore Bus Service will pay rival Trans-Island Bus Services $1.69 million as settlement for a disputed revenue apportionment a fraction of the $11.4 million the smaller company sought in a suit. In a statement yesterday,
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        Tuan Sing going ahead with Shelford project
        382 18  -  No slowdown seen despite charges faced by partner, Cam's Raymond Chew By. Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Listed Tuan Sing Holdings is going ahead with its Shelford Road residential project despite the troubles faced by its partner Cam International's ex-chair-man Raymond Chew. Tuan Sing's chief
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        Tong Meng to sell foreign shares in Public Bank
        273 18 [SINGAPORE] Tong Meng Industries has sold more of a block of 21.37 million foreign shares in Public Bank Bhd on the open market, a stake which is worth about 50 million Malaysian ringgit (5523.8 million) based on the bank's closing price
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        Lock icon Metrobank unfazed by loan slowdown
        426 18 Bank focusing on other sources of income: president Reuter [MANILA] Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co remains unfazed by a possible slowdown in loan growth and is instead generating low-cost funds and focusing on other sources of income, bank president Antonio Abacan said yesterday. Metrobank, the
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        Thai banks facing new rule may have to raise 260b baht
        281 18  -  From, Harish Mehta in Bangkok IN ANTICIPATION of a proposed government rule forcing Thai banks to raise their capital adequacy, 15 debt-lad-en commercial banks will have to tap the stock market to raise 260 billion baht (Ssll billion) in
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        Lock icon Coles Myer needs better earnings to keep rating
        153 18 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Coles Myer Ltd needs to improve the earnings of its core businesses if it's to retain a stable "A3" counterparty credit rating, Moody's Investors Service said. The international ratings company said Australia's largest retailer's earnings and cash flow will fall
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        Lock icon Aussie insurer giant plans float
        422 18 Reuter [SYDNEY]. The Australian Mutual Provident Society, the nation's largest insurance and funds management group, said yesterday it planned to list on the Australian and New Zealand stock exchanges next year with a market value of at least A 59.4 billion (5510.6 billion). To be
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        Ekran unit's dispute may derail group's restructure
        483 18  -  Wembley in row over profit guarantee for subsidiary Clifford From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TING Pek Khing, the executive chairman of listed Ekran Bhd, has hit another snag in his efforts to restructure the group, involved in the stalled Bakun dam project
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        Lock icon Indofood sees zero to negative profit growth
        126 18 AFX-Asia {JAKARTA] PT Indofood Sukses Makmur said it expects a zero to negative growth in net profit due to the rupiah's depreciation, company corporate secretary Indra Yosefa said. "At a minimum level, the net profit growth will be zero or a drop of
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          TMC placement tranche folly taken op
          50 18 [SINGAPORE] Transit-Mixed Concrete's (TMC) placement tranche 0f3.375 million shares has been fully taken.up. The shares were placed out as part of its initial public offering, which comprises another public tranche of 10.125 million shares at 41 cents each. The public offer closes on Mondays
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          Excel signs option to sell premises
          60 18 [SINGAPORE] Excel Machine Tools has granted an option to Lunik Engineering Services Co to buy its premises at 11, Gul Street 1 for $2.38 million. Given a net book value of 1 about $1.5 million, the gain from the sale will be about $880,000.
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          Hua Yuan takes 95% of DBS Land unit
          80 18 [SINGAPORE] DBS Land said Hua Yuan Holdings has taken a 95 per cent stake in a subsidiary, Shanghai Pudong Xinxiang Real Estate Development Co Ltd, which is incorporated in Shanghai. Hua Yuan is a 70 per cent subsidiary of Peony Holdings Pte
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          DBS Land trays Belmond Green
          44 18 [SINGAPORE] DBS Land, through its wholly-owned subsidiary DBS Realty Pte Ltd has acquired a 100 per cent stake in Belmond Green, a Singapore incorporated company. Belmond Green owns various strata units comprising office, retail and residential units in Singapore.
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          Lock icon San Miguel, Ayala in talks
          56 18 Reuter [MANILA] San Miguel Corp and Ayala Corp said they have started talks regarding possible "joint forms of cooperation" in their food subsidiaries. "No conclusions or agreements have been reached at this time," both firms said in a joint statement. However, they plan to continue
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          Lock icon Bre-X faces another class-action suit
          116 18 Bloomberg [CALGARY, Canada] Bre-X Minerals faces another class-action lawsuit, a lawyer representing a group of shareholders of the collapsed mining company said. Clint Docken, a partner at Docken Co in Calgary, said he expects to file a statement of claim on behalf of as many
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        Lock icon Intel seen buying into Digital to settle bitter patents dispute
        401 19 It's expected to pay Digital USs6somfor state-of-art rhipmaking plant FT [SAN FRANCISCO] Intel, the world's biggest chipmaker, is expected to acquire a substantial portion of the semiconductor operations of Digital Equipment, one of the largest US computer companies, in a
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        Lock icon Motorola Q3 earnings up despite US$95m charge
        273 19 Semiconductors, land mobile, cellular products do well Reuter [SCHAUMBURG, Illinois] Motorola on Monday reported higher third-quarter earnings of US$266 million (5J414.69 million), or US$O.44 a share, despite a special pre-tax charge of US$95 million to exit the Macintosh computer-clone business. A year ago,
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        Lock icon Satisfactory Q1 for News Corp despite Titanic blowout
        433 19 AFP [ADELAIDE, Australia] Media conglomerate News Corp's first-quarter performance was satisfactory but the movie Titanic had proved extremely expensive, its annual general meeting was told yesterday. Chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch said the company's UK newspaper profits were up 20 per
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        Lock icon Occidental to pay US$3.7b for stake in Elk Hills Field
        362 19 FT [LOS ANGELES] Occidental Petroleum is poised to treble its US oil reserves and double its gas holdings by paying U553.65 billion (555.69 billion) for the federal government's 78 per cent stake in Elk Hills Field, California. The agreement, heralded
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        Lock icon GM okays terms for US$10b Raytheon deal
        389 19 Reuter [DETROIT] General Motors Corps board of directors on Monday approved final terms of the long-awaited spinoff and merger of Hughes Electronics Corp's defence business with Raytheon Co that now value the deal at US$lO.l billion (5115.6 billion). When GM and Raytheon first
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        Lock icon Jusco's Yaohan move sparks Moody's review
        230 19 AFP [TOKYO] Moody's Investors Service Inc said yesterday it had put Japanese supermarket operator Jusco Co Ltd under review for possible downgrade on news of its support for a troubled competitor. The New York-based agency said Jusco's senior unsecured long-term debt rating of "Baal"
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        Lock icon Daiwa Bank halves profit forecast
        175 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Daiwa Bank Ltd halved its earnings estimate for the six months ended Sept 30, blaming unrealised equity losses. The bank now expects to post a net profit of 5 billion yen (5563.5 million), down 50 per cent from its previous forecast of 10
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        Lock icon Fedex beefs up ground transport business with US$2.7b purchase
        556 20 Deal with Caliber System will create USslsb powerhouse, says Fedex chief Bloomberg [MEMPHIS, Tennessee) Federal Express Corp agreed to buy Caliber System Inc for US$2.7 billion (554.2 billion), making its package-delivery business more competitive with United Parcel Service of America Inc.
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        Lock icon Pepsi gets US$5.5b from getting out of food
        215 20 Bloomberg [PURCHASE, New York] PepsiCo Inc said it raised US$5.5 billion (SsB.s billion) by spinning off RFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell into Tricon Global Restaurants Inc and exiting its restaurant business, to gain cash to pay off most of its short-term
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        Lock icon Microsoft to step up stock repurchases
        351 20 Move will halt share dilution due to stock options for staff Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Microsoft Corp suggested it would boost stock repurchase efforts that have failed to keep pace with the number of shares issued to employees. The Redmond, Washington, software giant relies on stock
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        Lock icon Agnelli, AGF in white-knight bid for Worms
        331 20 Reuter [PAßlS] Italy's Agnelli family and French insurer AGF on Monday launched a "whiteknight" bid for financial holding Worms et Cie, rivalling a hostile approach by financier Francois Pinault. The counter-offer values Worms at about 31.5 billion francs (SsB.2 billion), according to AGF
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        Lock icon Alcoa beats forecasts with 59% jump in 3rd qtr earnings
        378 20 Bloomberg [PITTSBURGH] Aluminum Co of America said third-quarter earnings rose 59 per cent, exceeding estimates, as shipments increased and aluminium prices recovered from a slump a year earlier. The world's largest aluminium producer's profit from operations rose to U*****.2 million
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        Lock icon Marriott Int'l reports 16% rise in Q3 profit to US$67m
        337 20 Results boosted by strong demand for lodging in summer Reuter [WASHINGTON] Marriott International Inc on Monday reported a 16 per cent rise in profit for its fiscal third quarter, boosted by expansion and strong demand for lodging during "a terrific
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        Lock icon Markets dislike being disappointed
        1205 21  -  Keep hedging, not just forex but also interest rate and liquidity risks By- Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] WE CONTINUE with our fourth instalment on risk: what it is, how it is measured and the professional management of risk exposure. With volatilities in regional markets reaching unprecedented heights,
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        VAR the risks are minimised
        455 21  -  TbU£ howa Or how fund managers compute financial market risk By Larry Wee (SINGAPORE] This week, we go through an example of value at risk (VAR) computation. Typically, financial market risk is computed as follows, based on a spot foreign exchange rate of 1.50 Singapore
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        Tung's maiden annual policy speech
        350 21 ANALYSIS TODAY, Hongkong's Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa will deliver the new Chinese SAR's first annual policy address. Although unlikely to touch on specific fiscal numbers, it is expected to outline broad government targets for the medium-term. Market expectations are running high that Mr Tung will
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        THE WEEK AHEAD
        286 21  -  Compiled by Larry Wee ANZ Bank (ANZ), Independent Economic Analysis (IDEA), and MMS Int'l (MMS) United States Today: Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan to speak before the House Budget Committee. Friday: September producer price numbers due. Last month's numbers were at +0.3 per cent month-on-month, and core
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        Alternative risk markets may pose threat to insurers
        403 22  -  But Industry will continue to grow, says CEO of Mnnich Reinsurance S'pore Reports by 1 Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Alternative risk markets financial markets investing in risks may pose a serious threat to world insurers and reinsurers in the future, a top
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        S'pore College of Insurance wins award
        208 22 [SINGAPORE] The Singapore College of Insurance has won the Educational Service Provider of the Year prize in the inaugural Asia Insurance Industry Awards 1997. The college, together with the other Asian winners, was presented the awards at a gala dinner at the Ritz Carlton
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        Lock icon Forget universal banking, exec urges Asian banks
        455 22  -  Outmoded view is opening Asian banks to By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Asian banks try to be all things to all men and that is their single most obvious mistake, said Michael Lafferty, chairman and chief executive of UK-based Lafferty Group. Mr Lafferty, whose
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        Certification scheme for Stanchart managers
        225 22 [SINGAPORE] Standard Chartered Bank has introduced international certification for all its property banking customer relationship managers. Fred Saarloos, the bank's head of priority banking, said all customer relationship managers (CRMs) have to undergo a global certification programme being offered jointly with the Securities Institute of
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        Lock icon Japanese banks rush to write off bad loans
        412 22 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's biggest banks are rushing to wipe an estimated 28 trillion yen (5*355.6 billion) of bad loans from their books by the end of the fiscal year, spurred by new government standards that force them to take a stricter look
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        Lock icon Euroyen steady in quiet trade
        218 22 STMITX Report Reuter [SINGAPORE! Simex Euroyen futures traded in narrow ranges yesterday, little affected by the comments from a Bank of Japan (BOJ) official about the temporary slowdown in the economy. Deputy governor of the BOJ, Toshihito Fukui, was speaking to business leaders in the
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        Interest rate fears continue to prompt selling
        161 22  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES -By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract closed lower yesterday, as interest rate fears continued to encourage investors to sell shares. The currency defence by the Taiwan central bank is
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        Lock icon Fuel oil traders wait for clearer trend
        238 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [SINGAPORE] The high sulphur fuel oil market here was steady yesterday as buyers were waiting for a clearer trend in the crude market, traders said. "Some players are still figuring out the crude market," said one trader. An European major
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        286 22 Reuter AFP J fOTpV"" THE US dollar was drifting in a narrow range at Europe's mid-session after the Bundesbank kept its key money market rate on hold and data showed German unemployment rose in September both of which had been well anticipated. Although the news out of Germany
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      2157 23 LONMN Oct 7 l»*Hllla*« rma *h 31 Group 519 *2.600 AB Ports 280.400 3 AMey National 944 *1 ADM Oomecq 492.200 8^00 Amec ISO unch A Ma Croup 157.600 MM BATInd 553 -3 BG We 267.600 .200 BICC 172.400 -1 BOC Group m6 -1 BRPetroieum 939 »1
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1629 23 AFP □Nikkei 226 jgg JAPANESE share prices failed to sustain Monday's technical rebound yesterday as they closed 1.8 per cent lower under profit-taking and futures-linked selling, brokers said. "The downturn of international blue chips, which became the target of profit-taking, dragged down the market," said a broker at a
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      1535 24 AFP UjHangSeng +3198 HONGKONG share prides closed 0.2 per cent higher yesterday on selective blue-chip bargain hunting, dealers said. "Trading is cautious as investors are not buying aggressively, on the eve of Hongkong Chief Executive Tung Cheehwa's maiden policy address," said Steve Cheng, sales director at Lippo Securities. He
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      Lock icon CHINA
      633 24 Reuter nShenzhen Blndex -L 39 THE Shenzhen B share market closed lower in dull trade yesterday, with institutional investors sidelined due to uncertainties over the enforcement of a new criminal law. The B Index lost 1.39 points to 127.34 on turnover of HK$22 million. The A Index edged up
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      388 24 AFP QWP Index -17L24 STOCKS fell 2 per cent yesterday due to tight capital flow triggered by the central bank's actions to shore up the Taiwan dollar, dealers said. "The government's moves to support Taiwan dollars from devaluation drove funds to the forex market, depleting capital from the bourse,"
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      737 24 AFP n Composite Index +LO6 SHARE prices edged up 0.2 per cent yesterday but the fall of the rupiah further undermined market sentiment. "Many people were misled by early sharp gains in Telkom and Astra," said a dealer. "When they found out that the gains were not sustained, they
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      815 24 AFP Q SET Index -10,46 SHARE prices fell yesterday after a medium-sized commercial bank announced a share issue to raise capital. The market was lower on bank-led selling amid concerns of further capital increases after the Thai Military Bank announced plans to increase its capital to 12 billion baht
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      Lock icon MANILA
      330 24 AFP Q Manila -40.81 SHARE prices fell 2.1 per cent yesterday amid continuing concerns over the weak peso and the rise in interest rates. The peso fell to a new low of 35.981 to the dollar in early trading while interbank overnight interest rates are reported to be 150
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      404 24 AFP P Composite Index -1418 SHARE prices closed 2.2 per cent lower yesterday as investors worry over more corporate loan defaults and their impact on financial markets. News of loan defaults by Woosung Food, a beverage maker, hit the market hard. "Woosung Food's loan defaults just provided a perfect
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      592 24 AFP DMOnttMrieg -15.4 SHARE prices fell yesterday despite expectations of pentup demand as investors awaited the float of telecommunications giant Telstra. "We expected a day and half s worth of trading today, but it just didn't happen," said a broker. The All Ordinaries Index fell 15.4 points to 2,754.3.
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      268 24 Reuter □Wellington -ILO3 SHARE prices closed weaker in sluggish trade yesterday as negative reaction to a poor current account figure on Monday slowly took hold. The NZSE-40 Capital Index lost 11.03 points to 2,591.07. Turnover was NZ$39.B million, down from Monday's NZ$5O.7 million. Reuter fctr *t- mm AN2 Banking
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        Shares end higher on bargain hunting
        476 25 W Composite Index +&30 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday amid bargain hunting with late buying interest in blue chips helping the Composite Index to close above 800 points, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed up 9.30 points at 803.45. The Emas Index rose
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        Teledata 2002 warrant: gearing a drawback but worth collecting
        170 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By\ R Sivanithy AT 24 CENTS, local telecommunications firm Teledata's 2002 warrants must be among the cheapest in absolute terms available in the local market. Since they have so much time left to expiry, their collapse from a July
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        201 28 •RHBCap Wt99 11,891,000 fekapedfk: Bk 10, 529,000 DOS land 5,247,000 HK LandUSIOc 4,687,000 SingTel 15< 3.552.000 •Beirjaya Group 3,215,000 •Land i General 2.993.000 Tlanjin Zhong 2.923.000 SanwderalOc 2,657,000 H Resources 2,596,000 Stocks DBS land 17.924.780 HK LandUSIOc 15.208.480 SIA Foretgn 15,028,892 DBS Foreign 12.799.044 0U8 Foreign 11.632,098 *RH8CapWt99 10,653,345 SkigTet
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        66 28  -  Shiv Taneja HONGKONG LAND closed six US cents lower yesterday at USS3JO on a volume of 4.68 million shares, com-. pared with its lfrday traded average of three million units. The stock has fallen JO US cents since the beginning of the month. Based on the weekly stochastics
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        Lock icon Sudden ringgit recovery restores some confidence
        663 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY But focus falls on Malaysian second-liners in particular 'highly oversold' counters diverting attention away from Singapore stocks By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A sudden firming of the Malaysian ringgit yesterday helped restore some confidence to the battered stock market. But it was
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          Value at what? huh?
          105 28 RECENT financial market headlines have been screaming record falls and escalating credit risks. Little wonder, then, that financial consultants are organising risk management seminars all over the place. Our friends at Reuters tell us that one such chit-chat they organised in Bangkok about a month ago
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          Tense relaxation
          141 28 AMBITIOUS and hard-driving many managers may be but they would allow themselves a round of golf or a hobby or two. Apparently, that's not so in the case of Jacques Blondeau, chief executive of the Paris-based SCOR reinsurance group, who gave the keynote address on Monday at the
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          Bloomberg by Reuter
          61 28 First we had Bloomberg by Bloomberg, the autobiography of Michael Bloomberg who started the worldwide financial services outfit bearing h is name. Now we have Reuter filing stories for Bloomberg. No, not the world famous newswire outfit that also provides financial services In competition with Bloomberg. Bloomberg's
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          Next change?
          57 28 TWO fellas driving by the landmark Shaw Centre at Scotts Road two nights ago were amused that the lights were out on the S and the H on the signage. Could it foretell that the Aw family of the Tiger Balm fame would some day come to own
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          Not so innocent on the Internet
          130 28 IT APPEARS that perverts and sex maniacs have now gone high-tech. A 4(Vy ear-old American car dealer has been charged with raping a 13-year-old girl he met on the Internet Police said he met the girl on the Internet a few months ago. learned
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      434 28 BBSBXBSS Notices THE MATTER OF THE COMMMES ACT, CAP SO AND M THE MATTER OF MANOAAM TRAVEL (PRIVATE) LTD. (In dMbn* VWurrtwy Windkil^-Up) SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON IST DAY OF OCTOBER IM7 At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 100 Beach Road #25-06 Shaw Towers Singapore *****2
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      648 28 To advertise call toll-free 1800-*****83 FLEXTECH HOLDINGS LIMITED I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I ANNOUNCEMENT I FLEXTECH HOLDINGS LIMITED (THE "COMPANY") I RIGHTS ISSUE OF $22,000,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF LOAN STOCK ("LOAN STOCK") WITH 26,400,000 WARRANTS ("WARRANTS") TO SUBSCRIBE FOR 20,400,000 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.15 EACH ("SHARES")
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      384 28 THE STRAITS TIMES CLASSIFIED &):b EMPLOYMENT your career guide [g*n» IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 80. AND IN THE MATTER Of INTERNATIONAL DRUM MIXER PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY QIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of The CompanieeAct, Chapter 50, that tha final Meeting
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      336 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 80 AND IN THE MATTER OF SHIP-SEARCH (S) PTE LTD, (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of SHIP-SEARCH (S) PTE LTD. duly convened and heid at SSS North Bridge Road. •08-08 Blanco Court Singapore *****0 on
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      323 29 Reuter Bridge News THERE was some talk that rates for large modern Panamaxes should soon be back at US$lO,OOO daily for round voyages, but this was one of the few signs of change in a typically slow start to the week, brokers said. Another quiet day on the
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      270 29 CWTDht LIO uncti 9 OMR Hap 0.835 *0.01 208 CaacoNw 0.96 WXOtS 236 MMLMl 0J9 '0.005 52 CSHeMnts 0.515 -0-025 II Hal $M Hup 0.90 -0.01 60 MtacMZaaan 0.55 unch 58 MCHaMn* HK540 Jay* iWMInfi 0.72 unch 9 Jurana Shipyard 6.50 -OJO 12 KappalCarp 5.75 -0.10 822 1—lirtLS
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      Shipping firms urged not to use hi-cube containers
      485 29  -  CONTAINER ASIA 97 Some benefits of containerisation may be lost, says Malaysian minister From Marcus Hand in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA has called on shipping lines not to use the higher than standard "hicube" containers or some of the benefits of containerisation may
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      Lock icon Gutted cruise ship given 3 months to comply with fire safety rules
      304 29 Reuter [LONDON] The cruise liner gutted by a blaze last weekend had been given a three-month extension to comply with new fire safety regulations which entered force at the beginning of this month, Lloyd's Register said. A spokesman
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      Lock icon Tanker ablaze
      42 29 [KAOHSIUNG] Firefighters using water canons to put out fire ignited by a huge biast onboard a 200,000-tonne tanker outside the southern Taiwan port of Kaohsiungyesterday. No one was injured at the maritime incident and an investigation was under way. AFP
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      NOL ship an unlucky victim of Liverpool docks dispute
      683 29  -  STRAIT TALE By\ Seafarer THE problems encountered by the Neptune Orient Lines' containership Neptune Jade in recent days may seem puzzling to the outsider. The ship was unable to discharge containers from the UK port of Thamesport. Pickets blockaded the dock
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      317 29 Bernama [SINGAPORE] The Singapore agent of a ship caught desludging crude oil in Malaysia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) was fined 82,675 Malaysian ringgit (5537,931) by a Malaysian court last week. The Malaysian Business Times reported that the owner of the vessel
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      Lock icon Frontline's revised US$434m bid for ICB Shipping fails
      469 29 Bloomberg [STOCKHOLM] Frontline Ltd's revised US$434 million (*****.4 million) bid for shares in fellow tanker operator ICB Shipping AB of Sweden failed to acquire a majority of the voting stock by its set deadline on Friday. No holders of 'A' shares, which
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      Lock icon Yangming declines comment on tanker explosion
      105 29 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] Yangming Marine Transport Corp said it would not comment on the explosion of a Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC) oil tanker off Kaohsiung. Yangming Marine operates four oil tankers for CPC. The tanker which exploded is one of the four. "Yangming Marine followed
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      Lock icon Virtual office in the sky
      665 30 THE HIGH-TECH AIRPLANE Airlines compete to offer in-seat telephones and power points for PCs 30,000 feet above ground FT PITY the poor business traveller. A flight used to be the only undisturbed time he or she could get. Contact with the office was impossible, so
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      Lock icon Western Pacific Airlines of US files for bankruptcy
      220 30 Bloomberg [COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado] Western Pacific Airlines said it filed for bankruptcy court protection from creditors, a week after scrapping plans to buy Frontier Airlines to compete better against United Airlines in Colorado. The two-year-old airline also said it's talking to an
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      356 30 PAGE Fl-Bright 6 A£L 12 Famous 7 AIM. 3 Farwide 12 Able 16 Foon< Sun 8 Accord 8 Frot Ahrenkiel 12 Ml*** Appenship 5 Frt ort<l Astro 3 6 4 Austral 9 &WMrtr ,s ,3 Avaot 6 9 B'tang Mas 8 Ctory Ha*
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        206 45 Oat 10 Hong Kong Chung Yeung Festival. Japan: Sports Day. Taiwan Double Tenth National Day. Oak IS Canada: Thanksgiving Day. United States: Columbus Day. Oat as Thailand: Chulalongkorn Day. oaa Taiwan Taiwan Retrocession Day. Oat 27 New Zealand: Labour Day. Oat at Malaysia: Deepavali. Singapore: Deepavali. Oat 81
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        846 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marina OU Ltd showsprlce rangesln US dollars Instead S&wssa-— Prices shown are baaed on average-siaed »»«n Market movements an indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index charge and the individual changes in the columns are based on the previous report All Indlcaa
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
        306 45 Ort 2 r?? 9»2J 10 ITJ OJO 59 0.04 P—tT —tf OwtMo AM Tifcirt Ho itovc E25 1 0 3 0 0 0 «MN *0 Am 905.7 0J UJ 0.06 31 0.02 WtMl KUI f 300 MB 994.0 0.8 17.7 0.09 91 0.08 =2 *22 %wu
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        Lock icon Air Mauritius to expand South Asia hub in S'pore
        417 46  -  It seeks more flights and possible cooperation with Singapore Airlines By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Air Mauritius is looking to strengthen its South Asia hub in Singapore with the addition of more flights and a possible collaboration with Singapore Airlines, its regional
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        Lock icon Gar show in Hanoi draws 38 exhibitors
        59 46 [HANOI] A Vietnamese model stands beside an American Ford Explorer during the Vietnam '97 Auto Exhibition which opened yesterday. The five-day show attracted 38 exhibitors including Ford, Toyota, Daewoo and Hyundai. The Vietnamese car market once touted as one of South-east Asia's most
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        Lock icon Indian Airlines to increase domestic air fares by 14%
        431 46 Thai Airways to raise international fares 3-5% AFP [NEW DELHI] Indian Airlines announced its fourth fare increase in two years, hiking prices by up to 14 per cent, an airline spokesman said. The spokesman said the company was forced to act
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        Lock icon Malaysia Airlines cancels flights to Langkawi
        141 46 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airlines yesterday cancelled flights to the northern holiday resort island of Langkawi due to poor visibility. The airline said in a statement that flights scheduled for departure between 8 am 12.30 pm to and from Langkawi had been cancelled due
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        Lock icon Ford to invest US$2b in historic plant
        192 46 Bloomberg [DEARBORN, Michigan] Ford Motor Co agreed to spend US$2 billion (553.18 billion) to modernise its historic Rouge manufacturing complex in Dearborn, Michigan, if United Auto Workers members change their contract, according to union documents distributed. Union officials agreed, among other things, to
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        Lock icon New carrier aims to break Swissair's N American grip
        365 46 Swiss World Airways plans debnt in December AFP (GENEVA] A new long-haul carrier Swiss World Airways (SWA) plans to make its debut in December with an immediate goal of breaking Swissair's grip on North American routes, the new company said. SWA
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          Lock icon Japan to halve maintenance staff abroad
          99 46 AFP [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co Ltd said it would boost its outsourcing of aircraft maintainance to foreign carriers and halve its maintenance and inspection staff stationed offshore by 2001. JAL's plan follows a decision by the transport ministry to deregulate the aviation inspection sector
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          Lock icon China to sign US$2b deal with Boeing
          120 46 AFP {BEIJING} Contractors admiring a model of the new Boeing 737 at the Boeing booth of the Aviation Expo here yesterday. Hie exposition will open today. China is poised to sign a US$2-bWion (Ss3.l billion) contract to buy 30 Boeing aircraft, air industry
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          Lock icon Daihatsu to open Argentine factory
          69 46 AFX-Asia (BUENOS AIRES] Daihatsu will open a factory in Argentina next year to build small buses ami trucks, a company spokesman said. The company will spend US$lO million (*****.7 million) to build the plant, which will employ about 100 people, die spokesman said. He said
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        Lock icon Singapore Airlines' load factor up in Aug
        372 46 Overall load factor of 7L7% best operating performance in six years Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines Ltd said a key measurement of its operating efficiency rose in August, giving the airline its best overall operating performance in six years. The airline's overall load factor
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      25 29 The high-tech airplane: Virtual office in the sky Airlines compete to offer in-seat telephones and power points for PCs 30,000 feet above ground. Page 2
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      215 29 AirManrithisto expand Sooth Asia hob in S'pore It seeks more flights and possible cooperation with Singapore Airlines. BackPage I ASIA WESTBOUND RATE AGREEMENT I I ASIA/NORTH EUROPE TRADE I I BUSINESS PLAN 1998 I I At a recent meeting of the FEFC Principals, a Business Plan for 1998 I I
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      100 31 ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED OEL (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE VKSB VOT SHOAMM KIM YtSM VOT HMMT SWMHEf OOQ ADMIRAL 007 13/10 21/10 JUTHA PARtCHART 007 30/09 11/10 JUTHA BARICHABT 008 17/10 27/10 OOCI ADMIRAL 006 04/10 13/10 MEGHNA 831 20/10 29/10 MEGHNA 830 11/10
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