The Business Times, 20 October 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 86c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, OCTOBER 20,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    54 1 fTOCKMOKErmroCEB Week Chaage STII ljm J9 -73.85 BT-SRI ***** -20.39 KLSEOOMP 794.8# 49.21 NIKKEI 17,478.42 4-191.50 HANG SENG 13.***** -672.11 SET INDEX 525.64 -8.91 JAKARTA COUP.—519.68 -15.07 MANILA COMP L88 -10.53 TAIPEI WP1 7,618.45 -843.42 SEOUL OOMP 584.71 -35.52 CLSA CHINA B 1,344.72 -1538 AUST ALL ORD 2,645.6
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    FINANCE
    71 1 EXCHADBE RATES uss ss U8S liM 1.115. IMS DM— I.M .1881 ¥W 0.830 1.288 10 .MB 1.483 IKS 0.123 UN fiAHT i 8.«27„ „».M2 RUPIAH 1M .0.828 IM rem bates SINGAPORE* 144 10)'ALA LUMPUR 3M JAKARTA taw BANGKOK 1«S MANILA. 12.59 HONGKONG B.7& TAIPH Ml SYDNEY Ul 10KYO 3.10
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    Lock icon Soeryadjayas poised to take control of VDH, L&M
    533 1  -  Bailout of Kotjo via asset injection conld lead to general offers for both firms By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Edwin Soeryadjaya, the second son of the founder of Indonesian conglomerate PT Astra, is poised to enter the Singapore corporate scene with two purchases
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    M'sian budget hangover set to put pressure on stocks
    620 1  -  By Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur INVESTORS disappointed by Friday's Malaysian budget are expected to put selling pressure on the stockmarket over the next few weeks, with construction, auto and banking stocks likely to be hit hardest. Analysts said education and
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    Economists expect better trade to propel Q3 growth to 8.3%
    632 1  -  By. Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] A better trade performance in the third quarter is expected to propel economic growth to 8.3 per cent in what may be the Singapore economy's best quarterly showing since the electronics downturn last year. The region's
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    Thanong to bow out as Thai finance minister
    903 1  -  Baht, Thai stocks expected to be hit if new cabinet formed From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAI finance minister Thanong Bidaya dropped a bombshell yesterday by saying he will no longer be in the Thai cabinet after a sweeping cabinet reshuffle this
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      165 1 DHEDH btaHmSakirßai fcfrahs m payments A number of Singapore companies and financial institutions are demanding payments from the Indonesian Sekar group following repeated defaults .(his month on a promissory note by listed PT Sekar Bumi, Pg 16 I I WjWr Hi w. ifm rr» MWICM KK Feng's long-ton vision is
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      18 1 Banks agree to curb credit growth, Pg 3 Rough patch ahead, going by reaction to budget, Pg 26
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      88 1 VDH as infrastructure vehicle, Pg 15 Crown Resort Melbourne, most spectacular new -4 -4 "j entertainment complex in Australia, is ready to thrill y^f"y' and ignite your every sense There's a world of *Ar J rW S \f J 1 entertainment you to including Australia's largest casino, an star deluxe
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Contractors' body to source, train foreign workers
      414 2  -  Company formed by association to set np overseas training centres Hy Siow Li Sen THE Singapore Contractors Association Ltd (Seal) is going into the manpower recruitment business and it will not only source but also train the foreign workers sorely needed by its
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      Lock icon Allgreen Properties aims to be regional hospitality player
      393 2  -  By, Jenny Lam KUOK Group's Allgreen Properties plans to make its new hospitality division a regional player and aims to own at least four to five service apartment projects by the end of the decade. In a recent interview with BT, Allgreen's
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      Lock icon August retail sales growth falls
      293 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Retail By, Jennifer Lien ONE MONTH after the Great Singapore Sale. August's retail sales index was back to its regular sluggish pattern, posting 2.8 per cent growth in year-on-year terms. This follows July s 12.1 per cent year-on- year jump in
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      Lock icon Teo Chee Hean named to head Singapore 21 panel
      571 2 PM Goh says it will look beyond economic, material comforts The Straits Times PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday announced the setting up of the Singapore 21 Committee to look into the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, cultural and social needs of Singaporeans.
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  • MALAYSIAN BUDGET
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      Banks agree to curb credit growth
      566 3  -  Central bank says it is unlikely to raise interest rates quickly to cut lending growth By. Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur BANK Negara said it has secured commitments from Malaysia's banks to curb runaway credit growth, and announced plans to reduce industry loan growth
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      Foreign media coverage of budget under political scrutiny
      322 3  -  Heed critical reports, opposition urges, but govt hits out at media By\ Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur FOREIGN media coverage of the budget came under scrutiny by politicians, with the opposition urging the government to heed the message from markets. The Sun
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      M'sia to simplify import, export customs rules
      421 3  -  fat it's unclear if move will help ease Causeway traffic jams From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is to simplify import and export customs procedures but it is unclear whether the move will help ease the massive traffic jam at the Causeway
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      132 3 IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT ONLY THE SKY KEEPS UP WITH YOU. ?sP*£ ■".*-£■-/*«v. $^r -jp±% v 'WW*!Q3?' i—Biiiiiiiiii i flU NflMttfc Sit behind the wheel of the Bentley Azure and you'll simply leave the world behind. At the touch of a button, the Azure's soft-top smoothly stows itself away under the
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  • ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS' MEETING
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      Region's financial troubles take centrestage
      1000 4  -  Key to recovery lies in right policies, ministers say as they seek to restore international confidence Reports by' Yang Razali Kassim [KUALA LUMPUR] ASEAN economic ministers put on their usual cheery front when they met last week at Subang Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur. But the
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      Talks to free financial services stalled
      636 4 THE regional financial crisis has stalled negotiations within Asean to liberalise the region's financial services. Asean members are clearly in no mood to talk about opening up their financial sectors given the recent crash in their currency and stock markets. Asean has been liberalising
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Taiwan minister tries to soothe investors over market's plunge
      492 5 TAIPEI Analysts blame stock market's sharp fall on central bank's USssb defence of NT dollar AFP TAIWANESE Finance Minister Paul Chiu yesterday tried to calm investor fears after a dramatic market plunge which caused the central bank to pay out US$5
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      Lock icon China to ban foreign investors from printing sector
      265 5 HONGKONG AFP CHINESE authorities are to ban foreign investors in printing businesses as it steps up controls on the national media, it was reported yesterday. v The Chinese press and publications administration has ordered all media publishers to work with the public
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      Lock icon New HK$ notes mark July 1
      92 5 HONGKONG AFP CHINA'S central bank yesterday announced it would issue a new series of Hongkong dollar bank notes with a July 1 date to mark the return of the former British colony to China. A statement from the Hongkong branch of the People's Bank
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      Lock icon Jakarta will face tough IMF conditions: analysts
      442 5 HONGKONG Scrapping of national car, tough reforms are likely demands Reuters INDONESIA must brace itself to accept tough conditions for aid as talks go on with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Jakarta, analysts said yesterday. A headline-grabbing sacrifice. most likely of the
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      Lock icon Aussie MP likens Dr M to Hanson
      169 6 MELBOURNE AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was late Saturday dubbed that country's equivalent of Australian race debate MP Pauline Hanson. Accusing Dr Mahathir of running a "functional, operating ignored-apartheid system" of government, Victorian state Liberal MP Victor Perton told a conference on
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      Lock icon S Korea to set up 3.5 trillion won rescue fund
      391 6 SEOUL Ministry to buy opto 45 trillion won of bad loans from ailing financial institutions Reuter SOUTH Korea said yesterday it would establish a 3.5 trillion won (555.9 billion) fund aimed at writing off bad loans by late November to
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      Lock icon Seoul unveils more tax benefits for stock investors
      226 6 M SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea yesterday pledged more tax benefits for individual and institutional stock investors in a desperate attempt to shore up the shaky bourse battered by corporate collapses. In new stimulus measures, unveiled at a meeting of senior government and
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      Lock icon Introducing Lizzie
      49 6 [SYDNEY] The mascot for the Sydney2oooPar Olympic Games was presented in Sydney last Friday. The mascot named Lizzie is a frill-necked lizard, a native of the Kakadu World Heritage Park in Australia's Northern Territory. It will feature the voice of Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John. AFP
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      Lock icon Major Aussie firms call for tax reform
      265 6 SYDNEY Failure will cost jobs, investments, say 25 business groups AFP THE largest-ever gathering of major Australian business groups warned yesterday that failure to tackle tax reform would cost the country jobs and international investment. The weekend meeting brought together 25 business groups
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      Lock icon Uttar Pradesh state govt faces collapse
      342 6 LUCKNOW, India RnlingßJPinthe lurch as partner polls oat over caste dispute Reuters THE government of India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh faced collapse yesterday after one of two parties in the ruling alliance pulled out. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) vice-president Mayawati told reporters
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      70 5 FORD motor credit company U.S. $750,000,000 Floating Rate Notes Due January 17,2002 In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Notes, the interest rate for the period 17th October. 1997 to 20th January, 1998 has been fixed at 5.*****% per annum. The interest payable on 20th January, 1998 will
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  • THE WORLD
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      EMU jitters seen to take a bite of Dow
      703 7  -  NEW YORK Fall will come after index breaks 10,000 mark around mid-'9B, US analyst predicts By. Andrew Marks THE Dow's 209-point slide over the last two trading days could not but remind one of the days leading up to Oct 19,
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      Lock icon Brown's comments on EMU delay surprise UK
      295 7 LONDON Indications that Britain won't join for at least next 5 years Reuter, Bloomberg POLITICIANS and economists were taken aback on Saturday by strong indications from British ministers that Britain will not join a single European currency for at least the next five
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      Jiang hopes to raise Sino-US ties to new level
      440 7 SHANGHAI PREPARING for an ambitious state visit to the US that will begin next weekend, Chinese President Jiang Zemin said that he hoped to raise ChineseAmerican relations "to a new level". In a rare interview with a US newspaper, Mr Jiang
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      Lock icon Euro won't displace US$'s position: Tietmeyer
      240 7 ATHENS Bloomberg EUROPE'S planned common currency is unlikely to replace the dollar as the world's main reserve currency, Bundesbank president Hans Tietmeyer said last Friday, though the euro will present an attractive alternative for investors. "Replacing the dollar as the leading currency is probably
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      630 7 A DREAM A ■piSF" '*F 3 s lit 20 years ago, I was moonlighting for a large Japanese in Jurong. On a starry evening while walking to sft m y motor^"^e suddenly I had a strange feeling. I was B 1 -5 standing empty carpark looking at a ar e
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Invasion of Internet TVs into your homes
      693 8  -  Microsoft, Acer seeking local partners for Internet TV network By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Microsoft and Acer are seeking local partners to provide content for their Internet TV, a new medium which analysts predict will flood homes and hotels in two years. Microsoft
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      Cisco sees over 100 per cent growth in Asia
      601 8  -  Region one of its fastest growing markets From David Boey in Bali CISCO Systems Inc, the world's leading networking company, plans to expand its sales presence in the Asia-Pa-cific market on the back of explosive growth that will see it double
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      No conflict over move, says new MD of Microsoft S'pore
      545 9  -  A great opportunity, and former top NCB official left with Board's blessing My Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] No. he wasn't headhunted. And no, there was no personal call from Bill Gates. Saw Ken Wye crossed the Great Divide from nationIT planner
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      Lock icon Next generation of chips paraded – well in advance
      357 9 Next generation of chips paraded well in advance NYT (SAN JOSE, Californial Think of it as a fashion show for computer chips. Last Tuesday, at an annual trade conference here called the Microprocessor Forum, some of the world's leading computer chip makers paraded features of their latest de signs. It
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    • IT TAKES
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        Serial gets NSTB grant for R&D
        76 9 (SINGAPORE] Home-grown Serial System Ltd has received a grant from the National Science and Technology Board (NSTB) for R&D in three areas: data storage, multimedia and micro-electronics system applications. Serial said it will invest $27 million in R&D over the next five years, complementing
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        Cisco announces ANS initiative
        66 9 [SINGAPORE] Cisco has announced its new network management initiative called Assured Network Services (ANS), which combines the power of the Internet to tie together all Cisco network management applications, knowledge base and network infrastructure devices. The company said the "ANS initiative includes task-based applications, automated agents.
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        ...and halves Ethernet switch prices
        79 9 (SINGAPORE] Cisco has cut prices by up to 50 per cent on its Catalyst 1900/2820 Ethernet switches to enable small and medium enterprises to "transition from basic hub connectivity to intelligent switching technology". The company also announced a new line of Ethernet workgroup switches, the
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        AMD-3D tech for visual computing
        100 9  -  -Compiled by! Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Forthcoming versions of the AMD-K6 processor will come with new AMD-3D technology that will lead the PC industry's move to visual computing and "establish a new world order of alternative MS Windows-based platforms," AMD's chairman W. J. Sanders 111 said
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      Where the bank staff serves you – remotely
      224 9  - Where the bank staff serves you remotely By 1 Toh Han Shih (SINGAPOREI A situation in which banks can offer customers more personal service, yet save on the number of staff, sounds a contradiction in terms. Yet that is what US-based PictureTel is offering with its new videoconferencing solution. PictureTel
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      Big Blue debuts new Deep Blue server, OS
      424 10  -  IBM calls it 'most comprehensive 64-bit Unix solution' By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp last week announced a new, high-end Unix server, a desktop workstation from its "Deep Blue" range and an enhanced version of its AIX Unix operating system.
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      Lock icon Lucent offers Internet telephony in Singapore
      480 10  -  By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Businesses can make phone calls and send faxes cheaply over the Internet, thanks to Lucent Technologies' Internet Telephony Server (ITS), which will make its debut in Singapore by the end of the year. ITS, which is targeted at offices,
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      Windows NT winning the war against Unix
      552 10  -  SAT IT! By Yong Yun Seong The author is BackOffice Product Manager with Microsoft Singapore THE fight is out in the open now. On the one side is Unix, an operating system invented in the 60s by AT&T Corp and still used by
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      Lock icon Net providers look to broadcasting as high-bandwidth demand grows
      1079 10 Financial Times IT IS as if cinema goers had to descend in their millions or billions on Hollywood itself to see the latest dinosaur offering from Steven Spielberg. This unflattering metaphor applies, surprisingly, to the Internet, supposedly that most modern of
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      Hardware, software goodies from Microsoft this Christmas
      399 11  -  Slew of software titles, gizmos, for home, consumer markets By Raju Chellam (SINGAPORE] Software leader Microsoft Corp last week announced it will debut in Singapore a range of software games, puzzles, interactive information titles, as well as a new joystick and mouse all
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        Adobe FrameMaker 5.5 here
        81 11 Adobe Systems' Frame Maker 5.5 (above) is here, with key enhancements for workgroups, automatic authoring and publishing tasks, simultaneous output to print and online media and support of multiple languages. The software is useful specially for creating long, complex business documents for print, CD-ROM and the
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        Print Artist 4.0 Platinum released
        46 11 AASoft International has announced Print Artist 4.0 Platinum, used for designing cards, banners, letterheads, et cetera with a retail tag of $59. This release comes with 9i 32,000 clip-art images, 2,500 layouts, 300 type-styles, 7,000 photographs and 1,000 quotes and phrases.
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        Sharp's 'mobile monster'ready
        65 11  -  -Compiled by Raju Chellam Japan's Sharp Corp is ready with the PC-9820T notebook running Pentium 233 MHz with MMX for mobiles. Sharp said this "mobile monster" (above) is the world's first 32 notebook running Intel's Tillamook processor and is targeted at power business users. The product is
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      Coming soon to a TV near you – the CyberTV
      305 11 Coming soon to a TV near you the CyberTV [SINGAPORE] Acer's set-top box for Internet TV, CyberTV, will be available in Singapore from the end of this month. Users can access the Internet on TV by connecting CyberTV to the TV and phone line. It is about half the size
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      440 8 Coming soon to a TV near you the CyberTV: Page 11 THE IDEAL MOTHERS IN BUSINESS THE TOSHIBA *0 LCD DATA PROJECTORS The Toshiba Mediastar LCD Data projector is the only equipment you will ever need for a business presentation. Being compact and lightweight, the Mediastar is easy to set-up
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      316 9 FPL m UMIK&E wtfel raJfl&Gts; c£sL, ifmwm A high-technology industrial facility located at Woodlands, the Northern hub of Singapore I IWBiaWHI Ready lor occupation: i i nog Entrance lift lobbies finished with polished granite. Covered fclillj ##W drop-off at each entry for tenants and visitors. 310 covered parking lots are
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      165 10 I Master of Science I Awarded by University of London H Commencing February 1998 H his two-year part-time programme focuses on the financial skills H needed at various management levels. H You must successfully complete the following seven subjects: H Macroeconomics Models and Policy International Finance Banking H and Finance
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      18 10 j Make The Straits Times M|pBfj|§? Classified your first pit stop when shopping for your car or motorbike.
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Evocative, passionate art
      812 12  -  Canadian painter's first soio exhibition leaves an impression on benbtomroe BEN MUNROE IT TAKES a tremendous amount of courage for any artist to put their works on the walls of a public place, at the mercy of passers-by, dealers and critics. It is an especially difficult process
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      Haze takes back seat to sunny music at concert
      444 12  -  MUSIC Ibert, Debussy's works bring a Spanish flavour to SSO performance ity\ P Y Van THE dull persistent haze that has recently enveloped Singapore and hidden our blue skies certainly did not affect the programming for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra last
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      124 12 Come and Celebrate jj WITH US AT SALUT! I "Fine Wine Food Affair 1997" 2nd Labels of Bordeaux 7 1 2 A wlw and food testing session J featuring only the best of French J Italian cuisine paired with five quality J 2 vintages from Bordeaux, France. J Date Monday,
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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      217 13 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Avoid showing fright when catching the ball (7) 5 To succeed, it must follow her 9 Largely in royal fashion (7) M| tßtf 10 A sitter becoming a performer 11 Give two pounds, nothing —L^J— LbJ— for an 13 Sound director made fun of (5) 15 Make
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  • THE AST ENTERPRISE PAGE
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      Lock icon Xpress Print embraces multi-media
      1250 14  -  The publisher's sights are set on becoming the world's leader in electronic publishing, boss K K Fong tells david boet DAVID BOEY XPRESS Print's affable, fast-talking boss, K K Fong, speaks of his multi-million dollar investments with the same detachment as most of us would our
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      526 15  -  Synergy between groups' various interests expected to benefit VDH, L&M By, Jennifer Lien (SINGAPORE! Indonesian businessman Edwin Soeryadjaya wants to use listed Van der Horst (VDH) as his primary vehicle for pursuing infrastructure projects in Indonesia and the region. If Mr Soeryadjaya's plans go
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      177 15 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Diversified Talam Corp has proposed to form a new group of companies to seek a separate listing on the Stock Exchange of Hongkong. Talam said in a statement on Saturday that the company will reorganise its interest in some
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      846 15  -  MARKET MATTERS No easy task for Anwar trying to trim fat amid uncertainties "a Eddie Toh IT IS tougher than in previous years but not tough enough That's the feedback from the financial commu nity to the latest budget presented by Malaysia's Finance Minister Anwar
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        Indon firm Sekar Bumi defaults on payments
        594 16  -  S'pore note holders demanding payments; Indon group said to have lost millions in US$ forward deals By < Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] A number of Singapore companies and financial institutions are demanding payments from the Indonesian Sekar group following repeated defaults this month on
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        299 16 Reuters [HONGKONG] Shares of China Telecom (Hongkong) Ltd, the Special Administrative region's biggest ever share listing, are expected to post moderate gains when they start trading in Hongkong on Thursday. Despite a lower-than-ex-pected flotation subscription, analysts expect the stock to rise above its issue
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        Lock icon Dao Heng Bank profit up 40.7% to HK$2b, EPS rises 38%
        366 16 Bank has exceptional gains from the sale of 3 major properties Bloomberg {HONGKONGJ Dao Heng Bank Ltd. Hongkong's fourth largest listed bank by assets, said net profit rose 40.7 per cent to HKS2.II billion (*****.4 million) in the year
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        Lock icon Henderson Inv takes 50% slake in China power plant
        381 16 It may be too late in moving into mainland market: analysts Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Henderson Investment Ltd, controlled by Hongkong businessman Lee Shau-kee, will take a 51 per cent stake in a U*****.2 million (*****.7 million) power project in China's western Sichuan
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        218 16 ASIA Pacific Land of Malaysia has started work on a As2oo million (Ss22B million) residential and hotel development in Sydney's Rushcutters Bay. An 88-apartment seven-sto-rey complex is scheduled for completion by August next year while a four-star hotel with about 300 rooms
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        Lock icon Big Four Tokyo brokers expect poor first half
        490 17 Projected falls follow scandal over illegal payments to corporate racketeer Bloomberg Reuters [TOKYO] Japan s Big Four securities brokerages expect to report declines in their firsthalf profits on Thursday, following the scandal over their illegal payments to a corporate racketeer, the Nihon
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        284 17 Biggest US investor raising investments to USs2J>b over 3 years Bloomberg {BEIJING] Motorola Inc. the US-based electronics company, will double its investments in China to US$2.5 billion <553.9 billion) over the next three years to match fast-ris-ing sales, said Shelagh LesterSmith, director of Motorola's communications
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        255 17 Reuter [SYDNEY] Economic turmoil in South-east Asia has hit the bottomline of Australia's largest publicly-listed company, The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd (BHP), its managing director said in a television report yesterday. But although the turmoil was affecting regional operations, it was
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        282 17 Reuter [SEATTLE] Microsoft Corp is expected to report another solid quarter of nearly 50 per cent earnings growth, showing no evidence yet of a slowdown expected later in its fiscal year. The software giant, which will report fiscal first-quarter earnings after the
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        233 17 Bloomberg (TOKYO] Takashimaya Co said its first-half profit fell 9 per cent due to the cost of opening a massive store last year in Shinjuku. Tokyo's busiest shopping district. Japan's biggest department store chain said profit also declined because of a discount system it
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        352 18 Strong US$, tepid US sales blamed; company expects trend to continue Bloomberg [OAK BROOK, Illinois] McDonald's Corp, battered abroad by a strong US dollar and suffering from less-than-stellar US sales, said its thirdquarter net income rose 1.9 per cent, less than expected. McDonald's reported
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        153 18 Bloomberg (PARIS) L'Oreal SA, the world's largest cosmetics maker, posted an 18.3 per cent increase in third-quarter sales, helped by the rise in the dollar and acquisitions. The maker of Lancome and Maybelline cosmetics said nine-month sales were 51.16 billion francs (5513.4 billion), indicating
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        381 18 Talk of World Com, GTE planning to raise their bids FT [NEW YORK) Two sets of tripartite talks involving the companies bidding for MCI Communications are due to begin as early as this week amid speculation that two of them World Com and GTE
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        243 18 Bloomberg [PALO ALTO, California] Sun Microsystems Inc's shares fell as much as 14 per cent after the computer maker reported fiscal first-quarter earnings that failed to meet expectations. Sun shares fell 6 to 36 5/16 in trading of 24 million shares. Several analysts who
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        488 18 Han who made Coke a global symbol was suffering from cancer LATWP [ATLANTA] Roberto C Goizueta, the Cuban-born chemical engineer who helped put Coca-Cola in tiny villages and big cities the world over, making its red-and-white logo a global symbol of American style and affluence,
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        261 18 NYT [NEW YORK] The AT&T CoTJ plans to wrap up its threemonth search for a new chairman and chief executive today by tapping C Michael Armstrong, the head of the Hughes Electronics Corp, for at least one of the high-profile posts,
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        553 19  -  Analysts divided over whether rise marks move by MAS to hold interest rates steady Siow Li Sen {SINGAPORE) Government deposits in the banking system grew in August after falling in the last 18 months. But economists polled by BT
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        442 19 Currency crisis offers good chance to widen coverage, bank says Reuters fMELBOURNEJ The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd said on Friday it was considering expanding into Thailand and Malaysia by acquisition, seizing on the financial turmoil in the region
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        449 19 Access to 24-honr banking services with just one account Bloomberg [LONDON] Virgin Group Ltd and Royal Bank of Scotland pic will form a joint venture to offer banking products over the phone, combining the Virgin brand name with the Scottish company's
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        274 19 AFXAsia [SEOUL] South Korean banks, hit by a string of major corporate failures, may face a major crisis unless they make unprecedented structural adjustments quickly, analysts say. Without the change, they "will eventually be weeded out in the upcoming era of market-opening", warned
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        556 20 SnVTRX Weeklyßoundup Buba unlikely to tolerate further mark weakness; long US$-yen a better bet [SINGAPORE] US$-mark rallied on Friday above the 1.7600 level, but how convincing is this? After all, it came in thin conditions and in the face of sharp falls in the Dow and
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        856 20 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] The oil market cooled down last week as dealers predicted that the United Nations would renew its oilfor food deal with Iraq despite the recent build-up of tensions in the Gulf region. The price
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      1729 20 SICOM FUTURES Oct 17 KUBtCR (Mum doting at MSJOfa) RSS1 CONTRACTU CMti/k|) ClOM iotum Open Mowtti Htfh U« Sett (toawt) tatemt Nov 97 04.90 134.00 134.00 ISO 100 DfC 97 137.00 135.75 137.00 550 1250 Jan 98 140.00 2145 Feb 98 143.00 2145 Mar 96 140.00 2145 Apr/Jwi
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        90 21 Contrary to general belief, regional currency turmoil has little impact on the company. SLA derives 90 per cent of its revenue from non-Asean customers who pay a mixture of currencies from US$, yen to As. Despite capacity increments on both passenger and cargo fronts, the airline still chalked
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        84 21 Being diversified and having a large cash hoard, this conglomerate warrants a re-look. Property earnings are derived from here and abroad while its trading activities are spread over six other industries. It also sells the top-end car brands, like Rolls Royce, which are less vulnerable to drop in
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        193 21 SES Singapore stocks plunged in the middle of last week, as the negative sentiment in the region prevailed with the Asia currencies declining. The lack of foreign buying interest and large sell orders in Singapore and Malaysia from the US weighed on the market. On Thursday, Singapore shares
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        263 21 Source: Analysed by Peter Coker, a director of Bridge Int'l Broking Relative Strength Index RSI measures the rate at which prices move. As a rule, an RSI above 80 indicates an overbought condition while RSI below 20 indicates an oversold market. RSI is more effective in detecting
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        666 22 NEW YORK Investors sell shares despite some earnings surprises on the npside FT SOME people are never satisfied. Corporate America has been releasing its results for the third quarter last week, giving the market a comprehensive update on its progress. The trend
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        224 22 HONGKONG Reuters RED chips will likely lead the Hongkong stock market in the coming week, getting a boost from China Telecom, Hongkong's largest ever listing, analysts said. "I belive red chips will lead the market in the week." said Alex Tang, head
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        374 22 TOKYO Govt's poor response to lift the economy has already hit index Bloomberg, AFP JAPANESE stocks will likely fall this week on expectations the government won't take effective measures to stimulate the economy. The economy, particularly domestic spending, has
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        334 22 LONDON Reuters, AFP BRITAIN'S FTSE 100 looks set for a volatile low volume week as the London Stock Exchange (LSE) introduces the biggest reform to share trading in more than a decade, dealers and strategists said on Friday. Investors and traders
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        850 22 n Sydney -LB% AUSTRALIAN investors are looking forward to a recovery this week after closing down in the past seven trading days, with the market set to benefit from liquidity brought on by the public offering of telecommunications carrier Telstra. A paucity of any major Australian economic
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        1929 22 fl Paris +&91 French stocks are expected to fall in the days ahead, hurt by prospects for higher US and European interest rates. Investors said financial stocks such as Cie Bancaire, Worms Cie and Paribas, which have soared amid takeover talk, could lose the most ground. On
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        339 23 AFP C 3 Composite Index -39.21 THE Malaysian stock market is likely to rebound and move above the psychological 800-point level after slipping 4.7 per cent over the week as investors take note of the new fiscal measures, analysts said on Friday. The 100-share
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        195 23 M*Ct W.747,000 CmNhr«M RJ02.000 ttayfemk 47.104,000 UntMrtl SMT7.000 RM8 Capita M.MS OOC A**® 14.2*4,000 und&Gwwral 27,074.000 ItonanqaMSOC XftJM.000 ZL.2j123.ooo r.»nt«v. w soe.ooo M-ite Pacific Land 77,672.000 is it HmtTH IMOO 900 Ayar Motok >390 47S Panearan hrak l«70 260 Omaoa* 9» 2SS MCl fcofp 4429 290 Hospital Panta* 2070 210
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        8700 23 INDUSTRIALS Coflsuntr pfo4vctt 1997 Last Vol Woo* Net Cap Low Company Solo OOO High Loo P/C )mH 790 400 A|inomoto 440 24.4 178.3 448 231 Anglian 278 -2 141 299 275 8.2 409 9 905 370 Apollo Food Mlg 540 5 62 545 520 15.7 216.0 765 372 Benaya Land
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        200 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy HOTEL stocks have not been doing well recently, and most forecasts are that the sector isn't going to turn around in a hur ry. But this doesn't mean that trading in this segment should be ignored,
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      2557 24 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Cr Gr 1997 Last Vol WHt Last Ouot. Olv Dtv YM Nat M Cap High Low Stno Company SaM COOO) High Law Buyar Saftar H C'vr P/t Jm* 478 147 m s 5000 AISB 50c 180 Cd -10 134 196 180 181 182 SO 3.3 0.7
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        1472 25 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) MUl CH> Ttl Mate 0»» Tot* MduitrtM 296.307 75.067 37X394 644.699 83,552 926.251 FfeMIK* 52.326 43,401 95.729 366,230 74.432 440,663 HOWS 12.655 7.366 20,221 23.630 7.237 30,667 Proport»» 52,649 17.392 70.241 245J35 1X345 256.600 Plantation <■ 11.955 11.955 14,534 14,534 MMng 541 541 659 659 •LW
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        5347 25 Week Ended: Oct 17 Cr Gr 14 Kt 1997 Last Vol Week LMt Ouote Olv Dlv VM Net Cap A»g High Low StNo Company Solo COOP) NlfH Low Buyer S—c C'»f H Ht SmU Price —ttiwim 157 70 0 1020 ACE Dynamics60c 76 -2 57 77 70 71
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        60 26  -  Shiv Taneja OVERSEAS UNION BANKS Foreign tranche, which has been battered over the past couple of months, closed last Friday at $6.45, up 20 cents on a volume of 3.35 million shares, compared with its 10day traded average of 1.9 million. The daily and weekly price charts suggest
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        432 26 Source: Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Research Stocks VotiMM Nat Elec 10c 62,738,000 Transit 15c 26,342,000 •RHB Cap Wt99 22,343,000 HK Land USIOc 18,051,000 NatSteel 50c 17,801,000 SingTel 15c 16,916,000 Penguin 10c 15,759,000 •Rekapacific Bh 14,725,000 *M8f Capital 12,884,000 •Pub Bk Foreign 12,526,000 Stocks Nat Elec 10c 152,709,538 UOB Foreign 102,349,889 0C8C
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        728 26  -  THE WEEK AHEAD Meanwhile, earnings jitters in US and rising oil prices add to investors' growing list of worries Bu R Sivanithy THERE'S little doubt that the debate over the Malaysian Budget's effectiveness will carry on well into this week. The
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      281 18 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Ng Kia Jin of Blk 5, #08-52 Farrer Rd Singapore *****5, have applied for a IstClassßeerHouse Licence in respect of M/s Kia Hiang Grand Restaurant Pte Ltd located at 81, Clemenceau #03-15/18, United Engineers Sq„ Singapore *****7, and that this application will be considered
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      643 18 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that. I Lee Keong Sang of Blk 888 #02-1098 Tampines St 81 Singapore *****8, have applied for a Beer House, First Class Licence in respect of M/s Goldhill Hakka Restaurant 1997 located at 299 A Changi Road Singapore *****7, and that this application will be considered
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      329 26 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that. I Chng Hun Chin Alex of Blk 830 A Jurong West Street 81 #12-266 Singapore *****0, have applied for a Public House, Second Class Licence in respect of M/s Cafe Cartel Pte Ltd located at 16 Collyer Quay #02-07 Change Alley Singapore *****8. and that
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      287 27 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE market continues to be firm in most sectors with interesting sales coming to light. There are many active buyers whose names are constantly being linked to fresh inspections, especially those from the Greek market. The constant demand for 1980s built panamax bulkers
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      309 27 SIS '000 «rt 17 g *f- 9* CWfTWlI 103 -002 60 Chuan Hup 0.86 *0.02 136 Cosco Invastmant -.0.96 unci) 38 FrrioM Links 0.355 -0.03 30 GB HoWlngs 0.51 -0.005 12 Hai Sun Hup 0.915 unch 144 Hitachi Zosan 0.59 *0.01 5 IMC Holdings HK5.60 Jaya Holdings 0.735
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      589 27  -  Clean-up process enters next phase where emphasis is on recovery of oik MP A By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Singapore's biggest ever oil spill, resulting from the collision of two tankers on Wednesday night, could cost about US$lOO million (Sslss million). The
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      Questioning the motive behind Evergreen's big order of 25 ships
      668 27  -  LDIER SCENE By\ David Hughes IF YOU are a liner shipping company executive just about the last thing you want to read about in the newspaper over breakfast is Evergreen chairman Y F Chang announcing that he is going to
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      US optimistic about progress made in talks to resolve row
      275 27  -  US-JAPAN PORT DISPUTE hYom Leon Hadar in Washington US and Japanese negotiators made "significant progress" in Washington over the weekend to try to resolve a dispute over access to Japanese ports, according to White House Press Secretary Mile McCurry. The
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      121 27 Reuters [LONDON] A Greek-owned cargo ship was drifting helplessly 500 nautical miles off the west coast of Scotland after the crew extinguished an engine room fire, coastguard officials said. A coastguard spokeswoman said a Royal Air Force Nimrod naval patrol jet was monitoring the
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      659 28 JAPAN-US AZR TALKS US, Japan are close to a four-year 'transitional' agreement that sets aside contentious issues Bloomberg THE US and Japan are close to agreeing on a four-year "transitional" aviation agreement by setting aside the most contentious issues between the two, according to a
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      250 28 AFP [BEIJING] A joint project to build a 100-seater airplane "is in danger" of failing if its Chinese. European and Singaporean partners do not soon agree on a division of work, a Chinese official was quoted yesterday as saying. "Certain issues
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        661 43 V SJ *oy No Barth Arrival Dapartura Jvrong Part •Biedelnisman X) J04 alongside 19.10/1200 L,ly 01/97 J09 alongside 1910/0800 wMhvkimi *9705 J03 alongside 19.10/1700 AsaUpress 55* J15 alongside 1910/0800 J15 alongside 1910/1400 f* 0 WB JI2 alongside 1910/1700 Bt Hap Put 7 1A1097 J01 alongside 1910/1900 (astern Hero
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        190 43 Oct 23 Thailand .Chulalongkorn Day. Oct 29 Taiwan Taiwan Retrocession Day. Oct 27 New Zealand: Labour Day. Oct 30 Malaysia: Deepavali. Singapore: Deepavali. Oct 31 Taiwan Birthday of President Chiang Kai-Shek. Nov 1 Belgium: All-Saint Day. France: All Saints Day. Philippines. All Saints Day. Sweden: All Saints Day.
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        882 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive de script ion of the market Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index chance
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        367 43 C.rton 180 Mm 993.9 j.0 17 J 010 56 0 04 22JS Dwrity W«t* HiHut Art AlyWw SHlwwrt No tbon £25 2 0 3 0 0 0 H/M 380 Aw 986.4 0.3 0.1 0.07 33 0 02 W7 °j 7 oo i 1 oo s ISO/CHMt
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        Lock icon PAL to comply with order to roll back fare hike
        226 44 AFP [MANILA) Government regulators said they had ordered Philippine Airlines (PAL) to roll back a 35 per cent increase in fares, arguing that the country's air fares were not liberalised as the airline contended. Civil Aeronautics Board executive director Silvestre
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        Lock icon India's largest truck maker expected to post lower net profits
        262 44 AFP [BOMBAY] India's largest truck maker, Tata Engineering and Locomotive Co (Telco), is expected this week to report a 40 per cent plunge in net profits for the six months to September, analysts forecast yesterday. Telco will announce its financial
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        Lock icon Privatisation trend may result in airport networks
        304 44 Airports following pattern of airlines forming alliances, conference told Reuters (VENICE) Airport networks may emerge in the same way that airlines are forming international alliances, Jacques Auger, former head of the Montreal airports, told a conference here. Civil aviation is one of the
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        Lock icon Vietnam Airlines to lease five new aircraft
        171 44 AFP [HANOI] Vietnam Airlines plans to augment its fleet by leasing five new aircraft for its domestic and international routes, the flag carrier said. "The project has received government approval and we will lease five new aircraft by the end of 1998," said
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          92 44 AFP [TOULOUSE, France] "World's biggest aerospace company seeks engineers," reads the advertisement. "Jobs offered on the spot in Toulouse." The biggest aerospace company in the world is Boeing of the US and Toulouse happens to be the headquarters of its main competitor in the manufacture of
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          Lock icon China car output seen hitting 450,00
          68 44 Reuters [BEIJING] China is expected to meet its official target of producing 450,000 passenger cars this year, an industrial official said. "Output this year is expected to fulfil the government-set target," Yin Qin, vice-president of the Beijing United Automobile-Motorcycle Manufacturing Corp, told a seminar.
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          Lock icon Jet Airways to buy back stakes
          82 44 AFX-Asia [BOMBAY] Jet Airways said it will buy back a 20 per cent stake in its holding company Tailwinds from Gulf Air, and a 20 per cent stake in Tailwinds from Kuwait Airways, the Business Standard reported. The report, quoting Jet Airways chairman Naresh
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          Lock icon EVA Air to fly to Osaka from Jan 15
          104 44 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] Evergreen Marine Corp (Taiwan) Ltd unit EVA Airways Corp is scheduled to launch flights to Osaka from Jan 15,1998, the Economic Daily News reported. The report cited officials from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications as saying representatives from
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        Lock icon Tokyo Motor Show this week will go electric and hybrid
        387 44 AFP [TOKYOJ Move over, sciencefiction cars. The Tokyo Motor Show opening this week is going electric and "hybrid" to keep abreast of the age of global warming. Manufacturers of supercompact cars with high fuel economy are wooing Japanese who have
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1681 44 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD LH773 2310 S0174 V4T5 Hi PMM 0«5t ITB 0M57 2020 UffT2 1725 Amsterdam KL843 0455 GA892 0030 HongKoi* SOI 1125 UA806 0700 S0343 0745 GA896 0030 CI7I7 1235 CX7» 0840 *1837 1455 *1838 2300 CK65 1420 S0860 0915 S0328 2330 S0857
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        Lock icon Baggage handler for a fee
        60 44 [BEIJING] Uniformed baggage handlers, a recent addition to the departure terminal at Beijing's Capital Airport, waiting for business yesterday. Beijing is spending millions of dollars on the terminal in a bid to upgrade facilities for passengers arriving and departing from the airport. The fee for
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        396 44 M2l sports coupe launched at Sydney Int'l Motor Show Bernama [SYDNEY] Proton recorded a significant growth in sales in Australia during August and September, Proton Cars Australia Pty Ltd (PCA) general manager Tony Eagleton said at the public launch of Proton's M2l sports coupe
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      1711 31 CARGO TO/FROM 1 SHIKOH HUANGPU I WIIKLY DIRICT SARINS J I" SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHENTON WAY Til: 226 1900 TAX *****08 OUTWARD (l/l) COSTAR SNIPPING PTE ITD 17-08 MS lIDG SALfS/BKGS 4205M1/43 INWARD HPT (D/ 0) *****1S COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD CRNftIITSTWOOOOM TOWtR TWO (OOM+) COWVINTKHUI *****50/SS T/SHPMT
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      380 40 Singapore Soviet Shipping aj» Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0 M BOMBAY/COCHIN vessel voy sin bom pno pkl HAI XIONO HXQO66 24/10 01/11 13/11 18/11 DIANA 106N 30/10 08/11 22/11 24/11 KOTACAHAYA CAHIO6 04/11 12/11 27/11 28/11 TRADE FAST TFS2OI 10/11 18/11 30/11 02/12 REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA
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      89 41 BREAKBULK CONTAINERS DIRECT SERVICE FROM S PORE TO KARACHI vmn votaci m sihgwhh n* (otowio tu iuuiachi tUKUK IMHW 14/10/17 ?4/l 0/f 7 lOU* I7IHW n/mi Q4/11/T7 ISUMtIiD ru 12/11/97 71/11/97 ALSO ACCEPTING FULL CONTAINERS FOR DRY PORT LAHORE, SIALKOT, RAWALPINDI AND RESHAWAR SEA-PAC MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD. _rtr» 3 Maritime
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      215 41 For Booking Pleas* Call T j Esitoa/Zmrina: (OS) 222 7Q22 4 '^PMM^QpP^^fIHV9MNMKPBHPVPPOHPHHfI^H Changzhou Shanghai Foshan Shantou Fuzhou \L Shenzhen 3 3 Guangzhou Tianjin r. \l Hangzhou \l Wuhan <1 Huangpu <£ Xiamen h\L Qingdao \L Zhongshan J\L San Shan \L Zhuhai N OUR NEXT SAILINGS R MV. 'HYUNDAI STRIDE" V.OOIN
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      510 42 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER BRIDGE 574N 20-20/10 25-29/10 03-03/11 I TIGER BAY 575N 23 24/10 29-02/11 06-07/11 TIGER WAVE 576N 27-27/10 01 OS/11 09-10/11 I TIGER ISLAND 577N 30-31/10 04 09/11 13-14/11 I TIGER BRIDGE 578N 03-03/11 08-12/11 17-17/11 I TIGER BAY 579N 06-07/11 11-16*11 20-21/11
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      832 42 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapore *****1 Tel *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 E-mail flesin@singnet.com.sg CONSOLIDATION SERVICE ARGENTINA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN BUENOS AIRES 27/10 CAPETOWN 26/10 CHILE ETD SIN DURBAN 26/10 VALPARAISO 22/10 JOHANNESBURG 26/10 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN PIRAEUS 28/10 VALENCIA/BARCELONA 27/10
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      104 42 AS MUNAGaS fOK YAMOOH UNI SJL MM YAM6ON MUMBAJ (Karachi/Colombo subject inducements) V*SSOS YANOON MUMBAJ ITA I HP np TiN-1 15-20/10/1997 Wi-i M-WWIW"" FOR ENQUWKS/CAXGO BOOMNGS axwawi—— ihß mm vm/mm jupy MADRAS BOMBAY CALCUTTA ALSO SWVtCE TO COLOMBO, NKAVA ftMCVA, COCHIN, HW Mlftl, OWmOONO Accspling FQ. A LCI >o wortd
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