The Business Times, 17 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 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Property analysts lower price projections
    573 1  -  Al5-20% drop in private residential prices likely by mid-1998 By Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] With developers no longer holding back launches and the take-up rate appearing weak, analysts are taking a second look at their price projections. Market experts who only a few months ago had
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    Lock icon Container traffic
    55 1 (SINGAPORE] The spanking new Great World City Shopping Centre on Kim Seng Road threw open its doors in a soft launch yesterday. On hand to direct heavy midday traffic were staff from the complex as taxi drivers headedfor the shopping centre to pick up promotional free gifts of
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    Customs officers conduct checks on Borneo Motors, C&C
    488 1  -  Visits appear to be part of probe into a negations of duty evasion By i Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Customs officers have visited Borneo Motors and Cycle Carriage in what appears to be a full-scale investigation into allegations of duty evasion. The checks
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    Property stocks drag STII down
    310 1  -  By, R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] More bad news on the property front yesterday hit the already-fragile sentiment in the local stockmarket, sending the Straits Times Industrials Index down 50.79 points or 2.74 per cent to 1,804.24. Traders woke up to news that the Housing Development Board
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    Causeway jam hurting electronics sector
    544 1  -  Production delays, late shipments jack op manufacturers costs By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] The Causeway jam is likely to hurt electronics exports and output, and lower Singapore's short-run competitiveness, say manufacturers and economists. The jam is the latest in a string of bad surprises including regional
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      115 1 Mm Singapore is tackling one pi the worst oil spills in the wgion, following a collision between a Supertanker and a ship Wits si* in the Singapore Strait AMiIbBMPKI 1 XMAvs Manufacturing will not Jtoid the key to success in the next century. Branding wffl, eays Stan Shih, one of
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      18 1 Piuycity atookmfall, Pg 2 Poor response to JL W auction, Pg 2 Developers offer better deals, Pg 2
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      12 1 Market reports, Pgs 23-28 Sept nam-oU exports seen growing only 6.4%, Pg2
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Property stocks suffer on news of HDB tightening
      375 2  -  THE STATE OF THE PROPERTY MARKET Abdul Hadhi SENTIMENT in the property market, already shaky, took another hard knock yesterday amid news of a tightening of HDB's occupation rules. Although market experts say the actual number affected should be quite small, immediate
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      Lock icon HK prosecutors ask for 4-month stay in Kevin Wallace case
      235 2 AFP [HONGKONG] A former Merrill Lynch banker at the centre of a multi-million dollar fraud inquiry had his bail extended for four months yesterday in what the prosecution described as a "very complicated" case. Kevin Wallace, a private banker who
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      Shop with Her World on the Net
      205 2 WOMEN'S magazine Her World ventures into a whole new world today cyberspace. It is launching a virtual mall at http://www. ecomz.com/herworld. The Her World Shopping Mall will operate as an online shopping centre where businesses can take up a "store" to display their
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      Lock icon JLW auction: they came, they saw, but didn't bite
      357 2 Only one deal cloMd; i, ..tin j nay era unwilling t» pay high prices, saysananotianecr /fy Aug Wan May TWO hundred peopleturned up but there were harttly any takers for the properties put up for sale at a Jones Lang Wootton
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      Developers offering sweeter deals
      399 2  -  By] Diana Oon DEVELOPERS are offering price discounts and other sweeteners in a bid to push sales in projects that are nearing completion. Buyers looking at projects launched about two years ago will find that developers are now "very open to negotiation" and have "a greater
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      Dutch MNC to invest $32m in manufacturing here
      250 2 DUTCH multinational Ten Cate Enbi International BV will invest $32 million in manufacturing operations here by end-1998, and is also looking at possible ventures in China and India, company officials said yesterday. The company yesterday opened its first manufacturing facility in Asia
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      Integration is trend in telecoms: C&W exec
      267 2 SHOULD TelcomOne win the second basic telecoms licence in Singapore, it will be a very important sister company for Mobile One, an official from one of the latter's owners said yesterday. This is because integration of services is the way to go in
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      Lock icon Slight pickup in August M2 growth
      301 2  -  E7E ON THE ECONOMY Finance By Clarissa Tan THE three measures of money supply showed better growth in August, though the uptick in the growth of M 2, the most common measure, was a mere whisker. M 2, comprising currency in circulation, demand deposits
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      Non-oil domestic exports seen growing only 6.4% in Sept
      459 2  -  Economists scale down figures on weak electronics recovery By, Audrey Tan DESPITE the weaker Sing dollar, non-oil domestic exports are forecast to grow just 6.4 per cent in September a far cry from the double-digit growth predicted just a month ago.
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      Marina LRT line may put brakes on $100m monorail proposal
      465 2  -  By, Jenny Lam THE $100 million monorail recently proposed for Marina Centre by a private consortium may not get off the ground in view of the government's plan to proceed with building a Light Rapid Transit (LRT) line for the
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      More services please for the mobile phone user
      634 3  -  Operators can still do plenty to make owning a handphone a more enticing prospect By 1 Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] SINGAPORE consumers have been bombarded, wooed and confused by the two mobile phone operators since competition began in April 1. First, their
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      MEETING PLACE
      126 3 Owitton Title VMM Or|MlMr r Oct 21-24 ICCIM*97 International World Trade Singapore Industrial Conference m Computer Centre AutooHtiM Integrated Manufacturing Association (StAA) TofcftMM* MVI •uNw+7 CtiemAsia '97 International World Trade Singapore EiMbftlm Conference Ctntr Services let J3MT47 Ho* 10-14 SMI i Spatial Structures: Mandarin PrestmsedS Design, Contraction. Singapore
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      Alcatel's colourful phones: 2m sold in under 2 months
      449 3  -  Firm hoping for 8-10% (rf global GSM mobile markets by year's end By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] France's Alcatel Telecom, the late-comer in the mobile phone business, is hitting it off with consumers with its colourful phones and expects to corner
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      A new look at Asean cooperation
      672 4  -  ASSAM ECONOMIC MINISTERS MEETING OOMHBMTARY By Yang Razali Kassim HIS health may not be as good as he would like, given the mild flu that has hit him, but Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad found the Asean Economic Ministers meeting at Subang Jaya compelling
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      Members take first step to liberalise services
      487 4  -  Five sectors to be opened up by next March From Yang Razali Kassim in Kuala Lumpur ASEAN yesterday took a first but significant step to liberalise its services sector, brushing aside fears that the regional currency crisis would slow down economic integration among
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      Thailand lowers growth forecast to 2.1% this year
      531 4  -  BANGKOK '08 growth pot at 1.6% following 100b b&ht cut in budget By Harish Mehta IN an admission that Thailand's woes will worsen, the country's Budget Bureau has lowered its economic growth forecast to 2.1 per cent this year, and a mere
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      Lock icon Looking for clear signals in KL budget
      561 6 SINGAPORE Market will look for steps to boost investor confidence in Anwar's budget Reuters, AFP MALAYSIA'S key stock index closed 0.1 per cent higher yesterday ahead of today's budget as late buying support from local funds pared early declines, dealers said. The KLSE
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      Lock icon Dr M's leadership: DAP calls for motion of confidence
      512 6 KUALA LUMPUR Umno source speaks of unease at PlTs swipes against foreigners AFP MALAYSIA'S main opposition party yesterday urged the government to introduce an emergency parliamentary motion of confidence in the leadership of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. "This would enable the
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      Lock icon US raps Mahathir for remarks on Jews
      282 6 WASHINGTON Reuters THE US blasted Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Wednesday for remarks implying Jews were behind his country's financial woes. The US State Department noted that Dr Mahathir denied having charged that speculative attacks on regional currencies were part of a
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      Lock icon Hats off to power firms
      60 6 [MANILA! A Filipino worker catching an instrument with his helmet while perched near the top of a steel pole in Manila yesterday. Rehabilitation and improvement of lines continue even as the peso's de facto devaluation hits power firms. Power rates have been raised to cover
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      Lock icon Rupiah falls 2.9% against US$ on fears over economy
      172 6 JAKARTA Bloomberg THE Indonesian rupiah slipped 2.9 per cent against the US dollar yesterday, its lowest level in seven days, on mounting concern that Indonesia's government won't do enough to increase competition in its economy. The Thai baht fell 0.4 per
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      252 4 ilicV\wp\, TKe Clarke Quay Beer Fesf. lis a dream come frue. If you like beer, you're going to love the Clarke Quay Beer Fest. From October 17 to 26, you can enjoy all your favourite brews fIHL and introduce your taste buds to some new ones. It's going to be
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      462 5 Who said the words "IBM" and "affordable" don't go together? It 's not every day you see great quality products at these prices. So if anyone in your business needs Jresh IT, NOW! $3,099.00 GST now's the time to buy. Lease from $93 per month IBM THINKPAD 380D-2AA Perhaps Jane
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      296 6 IHH?i iif?jgg" s4 TOi4e live4X*HeHt Pitt* Located just next to the Awana Roundabout, GOHTONG JAYA, one of the most exciting new Townships amidst refreshingly cool mountain air and tranquil ambience, now offers a rare opportunity for the very discerning to own elegant tTATVM J homes at a destination which is
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Beijing acts to cultivate demand for stocks
      411 8 SHANGHAI Regulators seek to nndo damage from earlier bid to crack down on speculation Bloomberg CHINESE securities regulators are moving to undo the damage they did to their stock markets earlier this year in an effort to crack down on market manipulation and
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      Lock icon Taipei central bank cuts reserve requirements
      136 8 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN'S central bank yesterday announced a reduction of reserve requirements by 0.5-1.5 percentage points, effective immediately, to help boost the stock market. The requirements on cheque deposits and demand deposits are to be cut by 1.5 percentage points while those on time
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      Lock icon On the road to Chinese socialism
      68 8 [BEIJING] A flatbed bicycle driver making a fare hauling a private businessman and his load of goods past a sign which reads "Build the Victorious Road of Developing Socialism with Chinese Characteristics" in Beijing. "Socialism with Chinese characteristics "is the euphemism coined by the
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      Lock icon Tung seeks Japan's help in China's privatisation plan
      270 8 ■TOKYO Big opportunity for Tokyo, HE to provide capital and expertise, he says Reuters HONGKONG leader Tung Chee-hwa yesterday asked Japan to join forces with Hongkong to speed up China's ambitious plan to privatise 350,000 state-run firms. "(Reforming) state-owned enterprises obviously is
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      Lock icon China told to keep one-child policy
      272 8 BEIJING AFP CHINA must persist with its one-child policy to ease pressure on its environment and resources and to prepare for the challenge of an aging population in the next century, experts on Wednesday told the International Population Conference being held here. Although China's
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Korea stocks sink to 4-year low on bankruptcy fears
      503 9 SEOUL Most analysts do not see end to rout unless economy tnrns around fast Bloomberg SOUTH Korea's benchmark stock index took its biggest tumble in more than four years as concern spread that the country's slack economy will push more companies
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      Lock icon S-EA woes show Aussie policies are correct: Howard
      333 9 SYDNEY AFP SOUTH-EAST Asia's current economic and financial problems show that Australia's policies towards the region are correct, Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday. Mr Howard rejected criticism that his government was out of step with the community's views on close links
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      Lock icon Lankan stock market closed after blast
      358 9 COLOMBO Attack unlikely to affect 0% growth target: central bank AFP, Reuters SRI Lanka's stock market was closed yesterday, a day after a huge truck bomb devastated the World Trade Centre which houses the trading floor as well as the central bank, officials said.
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      Lock icon Japan to speed up public works to spur economy
      331 9 TOKYO Bloomberg, Reuters THE Japanese government plans to spend more on publicworks projects this year to boost the sliding economy, according to media reports, a move analysts said will have minimal impact. And the Tokyo stock market's key barometer yesterday shot
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      90 9 Seoul's dim prospects, Editorial, Pg 12 HOW 10 BE A BIG SENDER WITHOUT BEING A BIG SPENDER. 4* 1 i I f 1 B *5 f 1 /ffi f I I H ill ill %-'1 •< It's not the 25 kilos r'. yow can fit into a Value Box that's
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US consumer prices up just 0.2% in September
      546 10 WASHINGTON Data bolsters US bond market as Fed unlikely to raise rates next month Reuters, Bloomberg PRICES charged to US consumers rose less steeply than expected in September, the government reported yesterday, calming fears in financial markets of possible increases in interest
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      Lock icon US markets better equipped to absorb shocks, says Fed official
      325 10 m WASHINGTON Reuters, Bridge News FINANCIAL markets in the US today are better positioned to absorb shocks than they were before the 1987 stockmarket meltdown, Federal Reserve Board member Susan Phillips said on Wednesday. "We are better positioned today to
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      Lock icon Dolled up for Christmas
      54 10 [LONDON] Press photographers crowd to take the first photographs ofa new range of Spice Girls Dolls which were unveiled here yesterday. The figures, which are created in the likeness of each of the members of the British girl group are tipped to be this year's top
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      Lock icon Swiss banks 2nd list of dormant : accounts
      235 10 Swiss banks 2nd list of dormant accounts ZURICH Reuters SWISS banks, accused of hoarding Holocaust victims' money, said yesterday thtey would publish a second list of dormant accounts containing 18 million Swiss fhancs (5519.1 l million), bringing the total found so far to about* 78 million francs. Georg Krayer, chairman
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      Nato seeks stronger ties with Japan
      266 10  -  TOKYO Regular ministerial meetings envisaged, says Nato chief By Anthony Rowley THE secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), Javier Solana, said yesterday that the Brus-sels-based body is "pushing hard" for greater security cooperation with Japan. He is in Tokyo at the invitation
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      Lock icon German growth picking up, but job market remains depressed
      215 10 BONN Reuters GERMANY'S economic upturn gathered pace during the summer, but a recovery on the depressed jobs market has not yet materialised, the Economics Ministry said in its monthly report yesterday. "Germany's economic expansion continued in the summer months. But the
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      Survival of the fattest
      748 10  -  HUBOFBAM TXBW Cross-border merger mania aplenty as single EU currency looivs By Kevin Sullivan EUROPE becomes ever more European, a phenomenon highlighted this week by multi-billion dollar cross-border mergers. Plans are afoot to join the Italian financial-services group Generali with French insurance behemoth AGF; the French
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      111 10 HHHB Cortina's new Paragon store I some of the world's most coveted timepieces, including the Cortina Jubilee Watch by Patek Philippe exclusively (commissioned to mark Cortina's 25th Anniversary, Venue: The Paragon #01-13 Time: 11 am 7 prn T *"s, an( man y ot h ers within the Patek Philippe A
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon NZ govt rethink on immigration
      1055 11  -  Big slump in new migrants, especially from Asia, causing second thoughts about tough policies By 1 David McLoughlin (AUCKLAND] EW ZEALAND is I rethinking its I two-year-old I tougher immigraI tion policies following a big slump in new migrants, especially from Asia. The rethink includes
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      EU on slippery ground with bananas
      699 12  -  BOTTOKLZME OPINION By Michael Hindley The writer is a Member of the European Parliament FOR such a relatively modest fruit the banana is having a disruptive role in world economic affairs. It is one of the world's most popular fruits, easily digested, nutritious, and
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      104 12 'When you have 99-year-olds riding motorcycles, older people feel they don't have to be dependent on others.' Mariko Fqpwarm research director at the Hakuhado Institute of Life and Living, describing Japan's old people who insist on leading active lives. 'I just feel like I am in your
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      Seoul's dim prospects
      647 12 EDITORIAL THE presidency of Kim Young Sam has been marked by contradictions. Last week's sentencing of his second son to three years' jail for graft coming just a few weeks after several tycoons were pardoned for corruption is yet another in the series. The question for Seoul
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      Lock icon Much ado over Donorgate
      1000 12  -  Hoopla in US capital over Clinton's fond-raising leaves American public cold By. Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent AS US lawmakers were returning to Washington from their districts in early September, following the long summer vacation, the idea that they would have to deal
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      Princes thank Singaporeans for their condolences
      227 12  -  MAILBOX A C Hunt A C Hunt British High Commissioner Singapore AS YOU might imagine, many hundreds of thousands of people around the world have, since the tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales, sent letters of condolence and presents to The Prince of
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      What Mesdaq is and is not
      277 12  -  Shareen Abdul Ghani Shareen Abdul Ghdni Assistant Vice-President Corporate Communications On behalf of Mesdaq (Malaysian Exchange of Securities Dealing and Automated Quotation) Bhd Kuala Lumpur Malaysia I REFER to a news agency report headlined "Malaysia's Mesdaq could start trading by February '98" (BT, Oct
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      131 12 Managing Jakarta's traffic THE Jakarta city administration seems to need new ideas to put an end to the city's notorious traffic jams... Newly installed Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso said after meeting President Suharto on Monday that he planned to abolish the three-in-one traffic policy because it had
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      62 12 DOOHESBURY By Garry Trudeau B.P, I'M REALLY 6UORRJ6P ABOUT GOING BACK EAST. TffOgmmgMr SWEATING MAYBE I mz such a change in rr.Boop- :^mw m rmmmmm? shoulpget CULTURE FROM LA.! ACCEPTME?MHfiT $m kxj'Ll 1 1 g ABREAST IT. I GOTTA 1 FI f 0 PO FINE? 1 REPUCHON. GET A LAWN-
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Stella McCartney pulls off Chloe coup
      450 13 i« FASHION Reuters (PARIS] The paparazzi and television cameras mobbing Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney at his daughter's debut collection for the Chloe fash--1 lon house on Wednesday were •■♦reminder of what the event was really about: star-studded entertainment. Stella McCartney's Spring/Summer ready-to-wear was
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      Orientalism at the gallery
      887 13  -  Le Thiet Cuong presents rural Vietnam while Parfum d'Orient draws on eastern exotica, writes be* mumrob BEN MUNROE TWO exhibitions of art work from the region and the world opened in Singapore this week, one highlighting the work of a contemporary Vietnamese painter of individual style
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      Exploring the many aspects of madness
      860 13  -  THEATRE By\ Ben Munroe [SINGAPORE] Lim Kay Siu has made a second outing as director with Theatre Works, following Ballroom Dancing earlier this year, displaying flair in his choice and adaptation of the script, his direction of the two actresses in Chin Woon Ping's
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      Lock icon Town club membership prices on a downtrend
      547 13  -  Crowded market, sorry state of equities to blame By■ Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Buying a transferable membership in a club just isn't the great investment it used to be. Like membership prices of golf and country clubs, prices of social and recreation clubs (also
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      1586 16  -  Stan Shih of Taiwan's top PC company is sanguine despite talk of poor results and a sinking share price, says mmmmwum KENNETH JAMES IT'S CHOPPY times for the Acer Group. Taiwan's top name in personal computers (PCs) has long been one of the brightest
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      Lock icon Kepfels falls 11% on news it could face US$142m claim
      592 17  -  Kepfels says no sign of snch a claim and even if there is one, it has little merit By] Lee Han Shih {SINGAPORE] The share price of oil rig-maker Keppel Fels plunged yesterday on news that it could face a
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      Small investors get 74% of Penguin offer
      308 17 [SINGAPORE] Mainboardbound Penguin Boat International, whose public offer shares were 12 times subscribed, has allotted the bulk to small investors. At its balloting yesterday, Penguin allotted 73.6 per cent to investors who applied for 49 lots and less. Successful applicants who applied for
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      Apollo chief to compensate shareholders
      120 17 [SINGAPORE] Apollo Enterprises chairman and chief executive officer Ng Kim Sium has given an unconditional undertaking that he will compensate the company's shareholders and launch a takeover offer as instructed by the Secu-, rities Industry Council (SICV The SIC said yesterday It had given him
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      Ignore not the pitfalls as IPOs return to the fore
      730 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy WITH turnover in the local stock market drying up and prices heading mainly downward, punters have again focused their attention on a segment of the market that has been rela- tively dormant for a while
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      S'pore-based funds form KL ventures
      480 17  -  Rothschild unit signs MoU; OUB said to be signing joint venture By\ Shiv Taneja, Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Despite Malaysia's stockmarket and currency turmoil, several locallybased fund managers are aet ting up asset manageifent joint ventures in Malaysia to exploit investment management opportunities there. <
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      Smart supermarkets to close as QAF focuses on Shop N Save stores
      325 17  -  By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] QAF's 20,000 sq ft Smart supermarket at Marina Square is closing down at the end of this month when its lease expires. This is part of plans by QAF the listed food arm
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        Eight arrested in HK in fraud probe 'linked to GIC case'
        552 18  -  Directors of HK-listed firms, fond managers and brokers nabbed From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG'S Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has arrested eight people, including four directors of Hongkong-listed companies, in a bribery case which local press reports
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        523 18  -  Its private hankers say SE-A economies still mired in crisis By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] South-east Asia's battered economies could take some time to recover, but meanwhile two of the best stockmarkets to be invested in are Singapore and Australia, senior managers from Deutsche
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        AIG buys 6.6% stake in seafood firm Pacific Andes
        202 18 [SINGAPORE] American International Group Inc (AIG) has bought a 6.62 per cent stake in mainboard-listed Pacific Andes (Holdings). The purchase of 10.13 million shares by AIG was disclosed to the stock exchange by the Hongkong-based frozen seafood distributor yesterday. The purchase
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        230 18 Reuters [SINGAPORE) Singapore Airlines (SIA) shares came under selling pressure yesterday ahead of its interim results expected next week. On Wednesday, SIA Foreign shares shed 50 cents, more than 4 per cent, to end at $11.60 on a volume of over a million
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        STIC buys 16% of Beng & Ooi, with option for majority stake
        390 18  - STIC buys 16% of Beng Ooi, with option for majority stake By, Jenny Lam SINGAPORE Technologies Industrial Corp (STIC) yesterday confirmed that it has bought into healthcare and education group Beng Ooi Medical Services, saying it paid $2.9 million for a 16.2 per cent stake. But STIC will raise its
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        468 18 Offer over 30 times subscribed; shares seen as sore bet Bloomberg [HONGKONG] China Telecom (HK) Ltd, the mobile telephone arm of China's telecommunications ministry, was yesterday valued at HKJ140.2 billion (Ss2B billion) in the biggest stock sale ever held in
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          LC Dev completes Holland Rd deals
          72 18 [SINGAPORE] LC Development has completed its purchase of Spring Court and Chateau De Hollande in the Holland Road area through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hillgate Investment. Remaining final payments of $3.5 million and $2.01 million are due to the owners of Spring Court and Chateau
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          Vikay appoints president
          49 18 [SINGAPORE] Following the resignation of its managing director Jap Kauw Sen on Wednesday, Vikay Industrial has appointed Anthony Genovese as its director and president. Mr Jap resigned to pursue personal interests, said Vikay. Mr Genovese will also remain the chief executive officer of Vikay's US subsidiaries.
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          Cheng Yong Kim holds 70% of LTC
          111 18 [SINGAPORE] Cheng Yong Kim, a substantial shareholder of Lion Teck Chiang (LTC), is now deemed to have an interest of some 70 per cent in the company, after raising 1 his stake in Lion Realty from 14.81 to 15.01 per cent Lion Realty
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          51 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR) Phileo Allied Bhd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Phileo Allied Securities (Jersey), has acquired a Philippine stockbroking company. It said Phileo Allied Securities has acquired the entire issued paid-up share capital erf Corinthian Securities Inc for about 93 million pesos (554.2 million).
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        Lock icon Digital and Compaq beat earnings expectations
        465 19 Digital reports <U net income of USs2sm; Compaq makes USssl7m Q3 net Reuters, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Digital Equipment Corp and Compaq Computer Corp both yesterday reported quarterly earnings that topped Wall Street estimates. Digital's fiscal first-quarter profit of US$O.ll per share reversed a US$O.4B
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        44 19 [LONDON] A small boy trying to take a picture of an upended Touring Bentley on the Rolls Royce stand at the British Motor Show on Wednesday. The on-the-road pricefor the car is just under £200,000 (SS501,000). REUTERS
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        Lock icon Zurich to buy BAT financial units for stock and £1.3b
        362 19 Bloomberg «Jr [ZURICH] Zurich Insurance Co said it will acquire BAT Industries pic's financial services units for shares and £1.3 billion (553.3 billion) cash and assumed debt, strengthening it in the US and UK. Based on Zurich Insurance's current market
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        Lock icon Coca-Cola Q3 profit rises 4.6% to over US$1b
        312 19 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Coca-Cola Co said its third-quarter earnings rose 4.6 per cent, meeting expectations, as its global sales rose more than expected. The world's largest beverage company said net income rose to US$l.Ol billion (551.56 billion), or 41 US cents a share,
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        Lock icon Mitsukoshi chief resigns after report of 34b yen loss
        269 19 Upscale retailer lost 45b yen from failed golf investment Bloomberg [TOKYO] The chairman of Mitsukoshi, one of Japan's most prestigious department stores, resigned after the company reported a net loss of 33.77 billion yen (***** million) for the half-year. Yoshiaki Sakakura,
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        Lock icon India sets early target for shares going paperless
        379 19 All institutions most hand in share certificates by Jan 15 FT [BOMBAYJ India is on the brink of a revolution in paperless share-dealing following a surprise announcement by Sebi, the country's main financial regulator, that all institutional investors must hand in their
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        200 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Hitachi Ltd said yesterday it raised prices for its consumer electronics products in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand to counter losses arising from their weaker currencies. Hitachi put up prices by between 5 per cent and 15 per cent to offset a
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        US phone service provider GTE bids US$28b for MCI
        576 20 Latest offer in bidding war for MCI works ont to US$4O a share in cash, bnt is negotiable [NEW YORK) GTE Corp, the largest US local phone service provider, on Wednesday joined the bidding war for MCI Communications Corp. offering US$2B
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        Lock icon Time Warner slashes Q3 losses to US$35m
        277 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Media and entertainment giant Time Warner on Wednesday reported a 50 per cent rise in revenues and a much smaller loss for the third quarter despite a continued slump in its music unit. Time Warner said it lost US$35 million
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        Lock icon EU nod for Guinness-GrandMet merger
        378 20 Conditions include the disposal of two brands FT [LONDON) The creation of the world's largest drinks company has got the go-ahead from European Union (EU) competition regulators, subject to two disposals and changes in distribution arrangements to reduce the dominance of the combined group in
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        Lock icon Apple posts bigger than expected 4th-qtr loss
        454 20 Computer maker's sales fall 31% from year-ago period Bloomberg [CUPERTINO, California] Apple Computer Inc reported a wider-than-expected loss in its fiscal fourth quarter as sales for the struggling computer maker showed no signs of picking up, falling 31 per cent from year-ago levels.
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        296 20 FT [NEW YORK] Ford Motor on Wednesday concluded the third-quarter reporting season for the "Big Three" US carmakers with record profits. Net earnings rose 64 per cent to US$l.l3 billion (SSI.7 billion), from US$6B6 million. The figures took net profits for
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        Lock icon ING to buy 10% of Siam City Bank for US$35-$40m
        521 22 Deal will help Thai bank meet capital needs, expand ING's business in country Bloomberg [BANGKOK] ING Groep NV will buy a 10 per cent stake in Siam City Bank, the eighth largest Thai commercial bank. ING executive board member Cees
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        205 22 Bloomberg [IRVING, Texas] Exxon Corp and Japan's Mitsubishi Corp acquired a 45 per cent interest in four blocks in deep waters off Malaysia, where they'll join a Mobil Corp-led group that is exploring for oil and natural gas. Financial terms were not
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        Taiwan's Chang Hwa bank sets up S'pore unit
        310 22  -  By i Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] Strong busi- ness potential in South-east Asia has prompted Chang Hwa Commercial Bank, one of Taiwan's Big Three stateowned commercial banks, to set up a regional base in Singapore. At the official opening of the offshore bank
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        308 22 Bank gets flak for rigid anti-poaching clauses in BZW offer Reuters, FT [LONDON] Barclays may look to merge with another highstreet British bank once it has sold its equities, mergers and acquisitions arm BZW and problems with labour unions
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        301 22 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Bank merica Corp and several of the country's biggest banks reported earnings on Wednesday that met or exceeded expectations, largely on the strength of businesses that don't depend on lending money. Bank America, Fleet Financial Group
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        232 22 SEMEXReport Reuters (SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen futures rebounded off their lows yesterday as speculation of a large scale Japanese tax cut was ruled out, leaving the credit market sighing with great relief. Japanese Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka and senior officials of the ruling Liberal
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        Futures at 5-mth low as high-techs plunge
        165 22  -  MS& TAIWAN FUTURES -By Ric Trotta Ric Trotta, Floor Manager, Refco (S'pore) Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract fell to its lowest level in five months yesterday. The October contract fell 15.2 points at 322.3 while the cash
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        Lock icon China firm eyes oil trade with Taiwan
        266 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [BEIJING] Two oil cargoes changed hands between China National United Oil Corp (Chinaoil) and Taiwan's Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC) for the first time this year despite bitter political rivalry between their governments. And the Chinese state oil trader is seeing
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        276 22 Reuters l^nikwi THE US dollar was higher at noon from its morning levels as the market waited for US inflation data due out yesterday. The dollar was up to 1.7567 marks against 1.7455 in the morning and 1.7472 on Wednesday and to 120.20 yen against 120.13 and 121.44.
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      1652 23 AFP Hlfikkri22S ♦***** SHARE prices rallied yesterday on expectations of a sizable tax cut to boost the faltering economy, brokers and analysts said. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 selected issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 376.12 points, or 2.2 per cent, to finish at 17,707.49, while the
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      2120 23 Mistrials Ottw Noc« 34 Group 512 »5 AB Ports 296.400 1.400 AAPay National 964 200 -2.800 AMad Domacq 521 *1 Amac 151 -.400 AM* Group 155.600 .200 ■AT Ind 602.400 1.400 BG Pk 271 unch BICC 208 21.600 BOC Group 1124.600 600 BR Petroleum 926.400 7.400 BTR
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      1616 24 AFP jnj Han* Seng +183.02 SHARE prices rose yesterday in late selective bargain-hunt-ing following rumours of Chinese funds being diverted into the market, dealers said. "Sentiment seems to improve by rumours that Chinese funds are being injected into the market, particularly to prop up the faltering Chinaowned stocks listed
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      653 24 Reuters, AFP PI Shenzhen B Index +L 29 SHENZHEN'S A and B shares ended broadly stronger yesterday, stimulated by reports that Beijing would not quicken expansion of the equity market. The B Index gained 1.29 points to 125.35 on turnover of HK$3B million. The A Index rose 11.98 points
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      406 24 Bloomberg SJWP Index -***** THE benchmark stock index dived to its lowest in nearly five months yesterday. Com-puter-related companies led the way down on concern that demand for their products is slowing in the US, their biggest market. A fall in US stocks, triggered by lower-than-expected profit at Intel,
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      259 24 Reuters □Wellington -MB SHARE prices eased slightly on moderate turnover yesterday, with falls in most of the main stocks being offset by a turnaround in Telecom. At the close, the NZSE-40 Capital Index was down 0.55 of a point at 2,606.14 points on turnover worth NZ569.6 million. Reuters Oct*
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      863 24 AFP n SET Index -4.01 SHARE prices fell in thin trade yesterday ahead of the release of more details about a finance sector reform package to decide the fate of 58 suspended finance companies. The thin volume indicated investors were still largely sidelined on uncertainty about the rehabilitation package
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      413 24 AFP kl Composite Indei -25.49 SHARE prices closed 4.2 per cent lower yesterday, breaking the psychologically-impor-tant 600-point level on concerns over insolvencies, dealers said. "Almost all sectors took a severe beating, with participants rushing to dump shares," a dealer said. The market fell below the 600-point barrier at the
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      612 24 AFP dill Ordinaries -0.7 STOCKS fell slightly in volatile trade between a drop on Wall Street on Wednesday and key inflation data due out in the US later yesterday. "There were big swings. The market sold down significantly this morning and there was a pickup in the afternoon," a
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      703 24 AFP n Composite Index -LB2 SHARE prices closed weaker yesterday in trading that was mostly supported by local speculative buying. "The market is trading with no direction, due to the absence of most foreign institutions. What was happening is only local speculation," a trader said. The JSE Composite Index
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      342 24 AFP n Manila SHARE prices fell yesterday on mild foreign selling as fears of continued currency volatility prevailed. The PSE Composite Index lost 3.63 points to 2,036.48. Turnover was 2.2 billion shares worth 1.6 billion pesos. Philippine Long Distance Telephone rose 10 pesos to 935. Manila Electric Co A
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        Lock icon Shares end mixed on late local support
        290 25 AFX-Asia Composite Index -HISO SHARE prices closed mixed yesterday as late buying support from local funds pared early declines, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed up 0.50 of a point at 802.02 points, off a low of 789.71. The Emas Index rose
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        Southern Bank warrant appealing if not for weak market sentiment
        178 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy LIKE most of the market, Malaysia's Southern Bank has been bashed in the past few months. The underlying shares, which were at a year high of 4.33 Malaysian ringgit, cost RM2.85 yesterday. So perhaps a
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        67 28  -  -If Shiv Taneja KIM ENG Holdings clomd at 90 cents yesterday, down 4.5 cents on a volume of 2.93 million shares. It is cwjtMly trading at the lowest in the last three years. Daily and weekly RSI and stochastks are well below 25. In the days ahead, there
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        Market hit by sell orders from HK, property fears
        669 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY HE selling could have stemmed from fear of fond redemptions; not helping is news that HDB would enforce its five-year ruling strictly By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A sell program probably initiated in Hongkong combined with news of more
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          88 28 IS FAR EASTS Gardenville still the most pricey housing project in the market? When the Walshe Road development was launched a few months hack, the units were said to be going as high as ***** pat Then the price was down to $2,100 psf, and recently $1,800 psf.
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          Red carpet for Li Ka-Shing
          128 28 HONGKONG tycoon Li Ka-Shing has been granted a US$2BB million (***** million) loan by the Japan Development Bank for his huge investment there. The loan, at 2.5 per cent for 2S years, is said to be the lowest ever offered by the bank. Mr Li's
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          Predicting a rebound
          129 28 QUITE a few analysts have predicted that the regional markets would rebound by the middle of next year. But Alan Urn, managing director of Prudential Portfolio Managers, said he thinks it was "an aggressive prediction". In other words, unlikely to come through. "South-east Asia needs to put
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      654 28 BUSINESS Notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF AKAD COMPUTER GRAPHICS PTE LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 51 Newton Road #08-04 Goldhill Plaza Singapore *****0 on 11 October 1997.
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      310 28 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Ng Kim Koon of 4 Jalan Insaf Singapore *****6, have applied for a Beer House, Ist Class Licence in respect of M/s Ping Chuan Eating House located at Blk 557 Jurong West St. 42 #01-385 Singapore *****7, and that this application will be considered
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      404 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 Parauat to Section WK2Xb) PAN ASIA DEVELOPMENT PTE LTD (la Members' Voluntary Winding Up) At aa Extraordinary General Meeting of the aboveaamed Company duly convened and held on 10 October 1997 the following resolutions were duly passed: AS SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS (I)THAT
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      312 29 Bridge News, Reuters FAR East Panamax came close to US$ll,OOO daily for large modern vessels for single trips, brokers said. Following from this, older vessels were also seeing improvements In rates. The futures market took its cue from weaker sentiment in the physical market, with traders noting a
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      277 29 DO i* W CWTOtst LOS -OM t» Chuan Hup OM -0.025 *1 Cosco Irwastmant 0.96 *0.01 87 frMKLMl 0.365 *0.035 S3 GSHotdings 0.515 -0.03 4 Hoi Sun Hup 0.915 -0.025 67 HttacNZosan 0.58 unch 57 IMC HoWngs HK5.60 Jaya Homings 0.73 Shipyard 6.60 -0.30 33 Corp 5.95 -O.OS
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      583 29  -  Shipping lanes still open despite oil spill from tanker; no injuries reported By. Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] A massive clean-up operation was set in motion yesterday following a collision between a supertanker and a ship half its size in the Singapore Strait, causing one of
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      Shipowner must pay damages for inducement of breach of contract
      733 29  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By! Selva Kumar AN English court has ordered a Russian shipowner to pay damages to a competitor after it withdrew its vessel from a time charter when it learnt that the competitor was eventually going to use the
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      Sembawang Wah Kwong's fleet to be expanded
      359 29  -  Plans also to list joint venture eventually, says SML president By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Marine Logistics (SML) is planning to expand its jointventure Sembawang Wah Kwong, with eventual plans to list the company, SML officials said. Billy Lee, president of SML, speaking
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      Hanjin, DSR-Senator sign terminal service deal with PSA
      320 29 [SINGAPORE] Hanjin Shipping (Singapore) and DSRSenator Lines have entered into a long-term Terminal Service Agreement (TSA) with PSA Corp. The TSA, a long-term agreement between PSA and its customers for the use of terminal facilities, guarantees a customised package of services and
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      251 29 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Workers at Amsterdam port will continue their industrial action following a 24-hour strike which halted activity at the port from Tuesday morning, a union spokesman said. "We will be staging a series of surprise actions for limited periods of time," said Bert
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      991 30  -  SALE OF APL TO NOL Business and political leaders and even union members support it although pro-US Daggers don't By' William Roberts Journal of Commerce THE proposed US$B25 million (551.27 billion) sale of Oaklandbased APL Ltd to Neptune Orient Lines has drawn mostly positive reaction from
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        182 45 OetSS Thailand: Chulalongkorn Day. Oat as Taiwan Taiwan Retrocession Day. Oat *7 New Zealand: Labour Day. Oat SO Malaysia: Deepavall. Singapore: Deepavall. oata Taiwan Birthday of President Chiang Kai-Shek. Notl Belgium: All-Saint Day. France: All Saints Day. Philippines: All Saints Day. Sweden: All Saints Day. NMS Japan: Culture
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        908 45 THIS report compiled by Cockatt Marine Oil Ltd, shows price rang** In US dollars Instead of single prices for s more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown art based on avarate-eiaed stain. Market movement* are Indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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        165 46 Reuters [FRANKFURT] German airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG said it would expand its electronic ticketing service from Nov 1 to include more European and US destinations. From that date, passengers on flights to Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Rome, Istanbul, Milan, Madrid, Manchester, Prague, Vienna and Warsaw
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        76 46 [SAO PAULO, Brazil] A single-engine plane sits upside down on one of Sao Paulo's busiest highways after making an emergency landing. The pilot, who survived with minor injuries, slammed into a lamp-post, lost a wing and hit two cars before coming to a halt, 4.8
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        283 46 Reuters [PRAGUE] Volkswagen AG's Czech car making unit, Skoda Automobilova AS, said that it was conducting a feasibility study on building a car production plant in India, despite earlier setbacks for an Indian project. "A project is being prepared, but
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        247 46 Reuters [NEW YORK] A new radar system failed to track a small plane flying in the path of a Swissair Boeing 747, forcing the jet to take a steep dive to avoid a collision over New Jersey, Newsday
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        TNT aiming for 30% revenue growth in region
        490 46  -  Group still bullish despite currency turmoil; it will open more offices in China By] Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Despite the recent turmoil in the region's economies and currency markets, TNT Express Worldwide remains bullish about its prospects and is gunning for 30 per
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        184 46 AFX-Asia [DETROIT] Mazda Motor Corp expects restructuring, a new corporate identity and several redesigned vehicles to improve chances of a recovery in the US and Canada, North American head Richard Beattie said. "Mazda is a fundamentally different operation today than it was at the
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        285 46 Reuters [NEW YORK] Airline traffic at New York metropolitan area airports was snarled on Wednesday after traffic controllers at a regional facility became sick and were forced to leave the control room. A project to replace ceiling tiles in the air traffic
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        386 46 South Korean plants are more efficient than those in west Europe Reuters [LONDON] Japanese car plants continue to top thefelobal productivity league but South Korean makers are catching up and are already ahead of most European factories, according to a new survey of
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        Lock icon HK air cargo up 12.5%
        150 46 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] September air cargo throughput amounted to a record 151,340 tonnes, a rise of 12.5 per cent year-on-year. according to Hongkong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd. HACTL said in a statement that export cargo totalled 77,074 tonnes, a rise of 12.2 per cent over that
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      17 29 Saleof APLtoNOL wins American backing Business and political leaders and even union members support it. Page 2
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      70 29 TNT aiming for 30% revenue growth in region Group still bullish despite currency turmoil. Back Page SEL® I p CJ\y VIJ AGENCIES PTE. LTD. I 1 PURE NEUTRAL NVOCC TO: I 1 USA HONG KONG PUSAN OTHERS 9 SINGAPORE: MALAYSIA: 120 Tanjong Pagar Road PENANG Tel: 04-*****36 (10 Lines) Mac-Nels
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      543 30 ljn s 4 represented [fUSWN M rlb fs Registry of Members o» *>• \WjsW/ Accredited Shipping Agents. Sngapor* Fretght Forwarder* »y S'pore National Shipping Assoc Association o^lii Speedy C and Quality T ciu«mJV Service to; CALCUTTA MIMBOB Of 1111 *14.11 17.H H.ip UK 17.W ||.M 11.11 fjji j£jj m 22J1
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      302 33 1 CAR UNER, LTD. |Ai KL (SINGAPORE) HI LTD SPtdAIIZI IN RORO A HEAVY LIFT UPTO 122 TONS 1 ECi (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD LOADING FOR PASIR GUDANG/PORT KLANG I PORT KLANG/ PENANG MV -COSMK CHALLENGER" V.55 MV "KOBE QUEEN" V.J ETA SIN 24/10/97 ETA PGO 26/10/97 24/10/97 fTA PKI 28/10/97
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      592 35 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES IW 80 ROBINSON ROAO, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 Jy HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) WEB PAff ADDRESS:- Mfww.tß«Btß.coßLH frMJUL ADOHESB:- acMn@fantln.coii.n WE PROVIDE DIRECT CONSOI to DAVAO CITY Next Available Sailing: 22/10/97 call us for details 2 *****3 Sharon low _R_KLANGPK (20 UNES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 UNES)
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      54 36 0 HANGLI SHIPPING WRECT REGULAR SERVICE JAKARTA SURABAYA JAKARTA 21/10 22/10 P. JMMA 30/10 31/10 P. SUMATRA 01/11 09/11 P. mft 12/11 13/11 P. KALMANTAN SWABAYA M PORT 20/10 SHANRJRYU 28/10 29/10 SHAfMON EXPRESS 03/11 04/11 SHANFURYU 10/11 11/11 SHAfMON EXPRESS Owners: UNITED SHIPPING ORGANISATION PT. INDONESIA SHANNON SHIPPING CORP.
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      355 41 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING f 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE fSINOTRANSI S— V S (*****7). TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX X^i^Z SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SINGAPORE ETA HONGKONG ETA SHANGHAI CHANG YING 9702 19/10 24/10 30/10 JNYU 9Z52 Ml 29/10 02/11 JIN FU 9754 31/10
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      172 41 S'powPXetoigToadligFo^^^^^^* ■LUCKY WEALTH 20/10 NarVRdnVAtwAJK I ■OELFINI In Port Nan/Rdm/Alw/BnWUK I ■OCEAN JADE 28/10 Nan/Rdm/Atw/BnWUK I ■SAMMI FORTUNE Ofirtl Nan/RdnVAtw/BrrWUK I Loads E7W Malaysia Indonesia I p AN CRYSTAL Dubai/AOhab«/BahrairVDarnrnan/Kuwait I ■GLOBAL JANE Dubai/Doha/BahrairVDammarVKuwait I ■EVA MARIA Oubai/Doha/Bahram/Damman/Kuwait I ■pan FORTUNE Hodeidah/JeddaiVAqaba/Egypt/Thpoii I ■CHIAN MARINER Hodeidah/Jeddah/Aqaba/Egypt/Tripoli I 'Loads Singapore, E7W
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      1812 42 MY ANE MIME I IMF YML Internet Web Site http: //www.yml.com.tw E-mail Address: csohp72O.yml.com.tw il, TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY I.'.IJ.IrH ARRIVAL FIXEO DAY-MONDAY VESSEL VOY SIN CMB RTM HAM FXT lEH ANR VESSEL VOY LEH FXT HAM ANR HFA I SIN I GIBRALTAR BRIDGE A74IW 17/10 21/10 08/11 06/11 05/11
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      622 42 SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 IFt *****81 3 FA *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********00 BOOKIIieS CALI. DIRECT JESSIC*/CELIA/MEI CHAN 7 SLGS/ WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK VESSEL IVOV \S»t JAK [VESSEL VOY SW |SUW 18/10 (SAT) 21/10 (TUE) LUMOSO EXPRESS 992
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      370 42 Singapore Soviet Shipping a&Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: 100S*****00N BOMBAY/COCHIN VESSEL VOY SIN BOM PNG PKL HAJ XIONG HXGOS6 24/10 01/11 13/11 18/11 DIANA 106N 30/10 08/11 22/11 24/11 KOTACAHAYA CAM 195 04/11 12/11 27/11 29/11 TRADE FAST TFS2OI 10/11 18/11 30/11 02/12 REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA VOY
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      719 44 I FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS I 62 Joh 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 20/10 CAPETOWN 19/10 CHILE ETD SIN DURBAN 19/10 VALPARAISO 22/10 JOHANNESBURG 19/10 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN PIRAEUS 19/10
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