The Business Times, 10 November 1997

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    17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/i2/96 :85t SINGA P 1 0 E Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10,1997
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    Foreign funds rope in brokers to sell unit trusts
    551 1  -  Aberdeen Asset Management tapping sales force of nine broking houses By Shiv Taneja (SINGAPORE] Hampered by not having their own distributing networks and the general reluctance of local banks to distribute third-party fends, international fund managers based here are now taking
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    Lock icon Let the festivities begin
    42 1 [LONDON] Mohamed A I-Fayed (left) kicking off the Christmasfestive season here on Saturday. As part ofan elaborate street parade, the Harrods boss filled the air outside his department store with artificial snow as he welcomed Santa Clous. AFP
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    Lock icon Regional stock markets expected to stay cautious and on edge
    488 1 Reuters, Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Regional stock markets are expected to stay on edge this week as Investors assess the slide on Wall Street and Latin American bourses on Friday and watch how Thai coalition politics will play out. Also injecting caution
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    Lock icon Chuan appointed PM, vows to resolve Thai economic crisis
    891 1  -  New grot to work closely with IMF to stabilise bah t From, Harish Mehta in Bangkok IN A dramatic end to a week of horse-trading, Democrat Party leader Chuan Leekpai was appointed prime minister of Thailand yesterday after securing a clear
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      20 1 US equity value stands at 133 of GDP, Pg 20 Markets in turmoil, Pg 3, 4 Market reviews, Pg 24
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Siemens-Nixdorf to expand S'pore plant
      468 2  -  German firm will invest $115 m between now and 2000 to ramp op manufacturing By Raju Chellam GERMAN giant SiemensNixdorf Information Systems (SWIJ plans to invest about $115 million between now and thfc-yea'r 2000 to ramp up its manufacturing facilities in Singapore. "Itfc plant at
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      Mitsui may invest US$200m in phenol plant
      306 2  -  Feedstocks will come from Jorong Island j^tiyhwn By\ Ronnie Lim MITSUI ChemicalSr Japan's second-largest chemicals company, is considering a Itifflier US$2OO million <*****.3 million) investment in a phenol plant here losing feedstocks, from the petrochemical complexes on.«Jucong Island. This is the result of
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Govt studying property market:BG Lee
        70 2 is studying the property market very muaireaay met aeveiopera several times, D#mtyPHme Minister Lee Hslen Loong said on Saturday. He adbed that while the government could not control property trices, it was not its intention to make sure prices, go doni, he told reporters at
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      Lock icon Unpaid card bills hit $954m
      355 2  -  EYE OUt THE ECONOMY Credit standing By i Clarissa Tan GROWTH of credit card "rollover debt" returned to double-digit levels in the third quarter as Singaporeans carried forward some $954.7 million in unpaid card bills as at end-September. The 10.2 per cent jump in rollover
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon Seoul may need IMF aid soon
      726 3 Analysts counting on a devaluation of the won though central bank denies it Reuters [HONGKONG] A savage turn in sentiment towards South Korea could quickly force the country into the arms of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), even though both sides deny help is
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      Lock icon More S Korean conglomerates seen collapsing
      450 3 Seoul's slowdown will worsen region's economic woes Reuters [SEOUL] Denied fresh loans from a banking system nearing crisis, more big corporations are expected to fail in South Korea, raising the spectre of a severe economic slump next year, analysts and economists said at the
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      Lock icon Banks' credit quality will worsen, Moody's warns
      337 3 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Moody's Investors Service warned that South Korean banks' credit quality will worsen because of their mounting bad loans and weakened capital base. "We believe that the underlying financial conditions of most of Korea's largest banks will continue to erode, at
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      Lock icon US should reject bailout demands from Asia: senator
      316 4 He introduces hill to stop US loan of op to USs3b to Indonesia AFP [WASHINGTON] Economic trouble in Asia could unleash a "tidal wave" of bailout demands which Washington should reject, a senior US senator said over the weekend as he urged
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      Lock icon End of honeymoon for Asian banks
      599 4 feeling weight of falling property prices, non-performing loans AFP [HONGKONG] The regional market crisis and falling property prices spell the end of the honeymoon for Asian banks, which have been riding high on a decade of stunning economic growth. Banks across the region are
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      Lock icon Viet State Bank denies talk of devaluing dong
      309 4 Bank official says there are no plans to widen exchange rate AFP [HANOI] The deputy governor of the State Bank of Vietnam has denied rumours that the bank plans to widen the trading band around the exchange rate. "That rumour is groundless
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      Lock icon Too early to tell if HK growth is hit by Asia woes: Anson
      370 4 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong said J over the weekend it was too early to predict the impact of T financial market turmoil on economic growth and government spending. Chief Secretary Anson Chan acknowledged forecasts made in an International
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon M'sian hotels in price war to lure back tourists
      634 5 KUALA LUMPUR Haze advice from embassies, media reports blamed for drop in occupancy AFP A FIERCE price war has erupted among hotels in Malaysia to woo travellers, as the recent haze due to forest fires in Indonesia has led to a
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      Lock icon Chuan's mild style at odds with rough Thai politics
      477 5 BANGKOK But new Thai PM has track record for keeping fractions coalitions intact AFP MILD-mannered Chuan Leekpai, Thailand's new premier, is a political veteran with a reserved demeanour that seems unsuited to the unruly arena of Thai politics. But as the
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      Lock icon Ramos calls for clean politics in '98 polls
      438 5 MANILA AFP PHILIPPINE President Fidel Ramos yesterday called for clean politics at the start of a national convention to search for a ruling party candidate in the 1996 presidential elections. "We have turned away from the usual envelopmental politics and dirty tactics,"
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      Lock icon Soft landing seen for Malaysian economy
      243 5 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S economy remains on track for a government engineered slowdown despite a retreat from some announcements made in the belt-tightening national budget for 1998, analysts said. They said the reversal of a hike in driving licence fees and the announcement of
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      Ginanjar helps win Asian backing for IMF's package
      485 5  -  JAKARTA By I S N Vasuki THOUGH the clout of Indonesia's technocrats is said to be on the wane, one of them appears as strong as ever. Analysts said that the State Minister for National Development Planning, Ginanjar Kartasasmita, played a key
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      Lock icon China VCD maker wins TV ad slot for 210m yuan
      99 5 BEIJING Bernama A LEADING Chinese video compact disc maker has offered 210 million yuan (5539.64 million) to own China's most expensive television advertisements to be aired in 1998. In public bidding, the Guangdong Idall Electronics Co Ltd outbid 124 rivals
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      Analysts cautious over Chinese economy
      669 7  -  BEIJING Investment and aid money, seen as real motor of China's growth, set to fall By] Peter Seidlitz ON PAPER, China's economy is shining, with a robust growth rate of 9 per cent and inflation at a paltry 2 per cent. Foreign reserves stand at
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      Lock icon Taiwan clarifies Lee's comments on independence
      374 7 TAIPEI Washington Port misunderstood remarks, say officials Reuters TAIWAN officials yesterday sought to clarify what they called a misunderstanding in a Washington Post report that quoted President Lee Teng-hui as saying that Taiwan "is an independent and sovereign country". Officials said the president did
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      Lock icon Japan likely to lift anti-trust ban on holding companies
      175 7 TOKYO AFP JAPAN is considering tax incentives to bolster the establishment of holding companies by banks, a core of its "Big Bang" financial deregulation, a report said yesterday. The finance ministry is expected to lift an anti-trust ban on the setting
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      Lock icon Economic ties to top agenda of Li Peng's visit to Japan
      288 7 TOKYO AFP CHINESE Premier Li Peng arrives in Japan tomorrow for a six-day official visit, with economics dominating the agenda, as both sides seek to advance a thaw in ties after two years of frostiness. Mr Li's trip follows
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      Lock icon Aussies may face early election over land rights bill
      471 7 SYDNEY Howard threatens move if Senate blocks allegedly racist bill AFP AUSTRALIA may face an early election on the divisive issue of race after Prime Minister John Howard warned yesterday that he is ready to go to the polls if a
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      Lock icon A helping hand... and tail
      45 7 fTAIBUS QI, China] Schoolchildren pulling the tail of the Pink Panther, mascot of the Owens Corning building products company at Wumianjing Primary School The US company donated itsfibreg lass insulation to the construction of the school in Inner Mongolia. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Australia woos dwindling Japanese tourists
      225 7 SYDNEY AFP AUSTRALIA yesterday launched a major television campaign in Japan aimed at stemming the decline in Japanese tourists. It is also intended to cushion an expected negative impact on tourist numbers due to economic woes in Asia. Arrivals from Japan, Australia's biggest single source
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      India software exports soar 64.4% from April-Sept
      306 7  -  NEWDELHI By Rajendra Bajpai WHILE Indian exports have slowed since April, as has industrial growth, software companies have bucked the trend and are doing well. The country's software exports grew a record 64.4 per cent between April and September, the first half of
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      Lock icon Gujral expects recovery in second half of FY98
      309 7 NEW DELHI Exports, which have been in recession, rose 11% in September AFP INDIAN Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral said during the weekend that the Indian economy would recover from a slowdown during the second half of the fiscal year to March
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon WTO financial services pact seen within reach
      619 10 GENEVA US understands Asia better now, emerging economies don't wish to scare off investors Reuters TRADE envoys and officials voiced optimism this weekend that a pact to open up the global financial services industry to competition was within reach despite turmoil on Asian
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      Hunter and prey in Picasso's world
      66 10 [NEW YORK) Picasso s Le Chat a I oiseau (Cat Eating a Bird), one painting of the private collection of Victor and Sally Ganz which, London auctioneers Christies announced, will be sold in New York today. Christie's sale of the Ganz art collection, valued
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      Lock icon The gun that wasn't
      163 10 WASHINGTON AFP A FEDERAL marshal in New York City shot a teenage boy after mistaking the silver wrapping of a chocolate bar the teen was eating for a gun, the New York Times reported yesterday. Andre Burgess, 17, was walking by a car of undercover law
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      Lock icon US machine tools orders up 13.4% to US$710m in Sept
      307 10 WASHINGTON Bloomberg US ORDERS for machine tools rose 13.4 per cent in September from the month before as manufacturers purchased the largest number of tools for any month this year, an industry survey said. Orders from US companies for domestic
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      Lock icon Iraq bars US inspectors for 7th day
      173 10 BAGHDAD Reuters IRAQ yesterday banned American arms inspectors for the seventh consecutive day from entering Iraqi sites and said anti-aircraft systems were on alert to shoot down "any hostile target". "Four (UN arms) teams halted their work today after the Iraqi authorities in
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      Lock icon US inflation may have been overstated: Greenspan
      452 10 FRANKFURT Fed chiefs remarks help drive gold prices to new lows Bloomberg FEDERAL Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan helped to drive gold prices to new lows on Friday by saying US inflation may be one percentage point lower than official data showed. The US
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      Lock icon US sticks to global wanning stance
      367 10 UTOKYO Developing nations must join climate battle, says US official Reuters THE US is sticking to its stance that developing nations must join the battle against global wanning, but weekend talks made some progress over how that can be done, a US official said
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Meet the Press turns 50
        73 10 AFP {WASHINGTON! Meet the Press, NBC's political forum which former president John Kennedy called me "51st state" and which has put innumerable politicians on the spot, celebrated its 50th birthday yesterday and became the longest-running television show in the world. Meet the Press, along with
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        Lock icon UK govt to raise £5b from North Sea tax
        92 10 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's oil companies face a windfall tax on their North Sea operations which the government hopes will raise up to £5 billion (5113.28 billion), said the Observer newspaper yesterday. The hinds will be used to finance sharply higher public
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        Lock icon First US President to address gay group
        74 10 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Calling for reconciliation ofthe differences that divide Americans, Bill Clinton on Saturday become the first sitting US President to address a gay rights organisation. But outside the downtown hotel where the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) held its black-tie dinner fund raiser
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Sun's top brass stresses commitment to region
      712 11  -  Chairman McNealy remains gnng-ho, regional chief sees new opportunities From. Kenneth James in Berlin LEADING network computing company Sun Microsystems Inc is "going to continue to invest like crazy" in areas it thinks will continue to have very high growth. And no question,
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      Java show buoyed by enthusiastic backing from industry heavyweights
      348 11 PROUD daddy Sun Microsystems Inc was determined to make sure that this coming-of-age party for Java, the software darling of the Internet jet set, would be a roaring success. More than 4,000 participants, and some 130 software developers showcasing hundreds of
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      Personal computer market in Asia-Pacific still thriving despite currency crisis
      400 11  -  By Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Although the Asean personal computer (PC) market is slowing down, the Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) continues to be a thriving PC market, said US market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC). "The economic crisis in Asean
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      Silicon Graphics shuffles top personnel following revamp
      344 12  -  No changes expected in Asean operations, says Singapore official By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Silicon Graphics International (SGI), a leading supplier of top-end imageprocessing systems and software, has announced major changes at its helm, following a restructuring operation announced late last year. The company's
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      Lock icon US military developing computerised 'dogtags'
      283 12 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US military, said last Thursday it is developing new computer chip identification "dogtags" to be worn around the necks of troops and containing extensive medical information for battlefield and other use. Army Surgeon-General Ronald Blanck told reporters the small tags, which would
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      Lock icon Here's the EggCam
      47 12 Japan's Matsushita Electric displays an egg-shaped colour camera for video recorders and personal computers, Egg Cam, in an egg basket at the communication tools exhibition, Com Japan, in Tokyo last Friday. The Egg Cam is priced at 23,000 yen (*****) in Japan. AFP picture
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      Geac Computer bullish about long-term IT prospects in region
      326 12  -  By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Despite the currency crisis, Canada-based Geac Computer expects its Asian revenues to double in the fiscal year ending April next year. Geac Computers Asia managing director Leong Yew Poh told reporters last week: "In the short
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      Reuters' global Y2K-compliance effort begins
      463 12  -  Testing of compliant code to start by second quarter of 1998 By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE) Global information and news provider Reuters last week kicked off a six-part programme to make all its products and services year 2000(Y2K)-compliant. As part of its Millennium Compliance Programme (MCP),
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      Lock icon Compaq cuts prices for the holiday season
      238 12 Reuters [NEW YORK) Compaq Computer Corp is slashing prices on its home personal computers, firing up competition for the Christmas season. The announcement by Compaq came just as International Business Machines Corp officially launched its first Aptiva desktop priced under US$l,OOO (551,560), timing
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    • IT TAKES
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        Faster response from Compaq now
        62 12 Compaq's high-end Proliant servers will now come 91th a four-hour onsite response service free for the first ye&r. All Proliant servers come with a standard three-year pairs warranty. The fast response time comes with every nlw purchase of Proliant 6000,6500 or 7000 servers. Compaq said
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        NCS to distribute Internet appliances
        53 12 Singapore's National Computer Systems (NCS) has been appointed by Internet Appliance Inc (IAI) to distribute its Internet Pro line of Internet devices, including the Internet Access Server, for the government sector in Singapore. California-based lAI is a business unit of Connected Computing Corp (C 3),
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        Videojet office in S'pore now
        56 12 Videojet Systems International Inc, a manufacturer of inKjet printers, inks, imaging and addressing equipment, has opened its Asia-Pacific office in Singapore, headed by PC Low, group vice-president for Asia. Videojet said it has more than 70 installations in Singapore "which code and mark products for
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        Software Artistry appoints CSA
        45 12 US-based Software Artistry Inc has appointed CSA Pte Ltd as its distributor, making CSA its seventh distributor here. CSA will sell SA-Expertise application suites for the enterprise support management and customer relationship management markets in Singapore, a Software Artistry release said.
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        Managing the Millennium Bug
        50 12  -  -Compiled toy Raju Chellam A two-day conference on Managing the year 2000 Millennium Bug: Compliance strategy for the telecoms industry will be held in Singapore on Dec 8-9 at the Hyatt Regency. It will be organised by IBC Asia Ltd. For details, fax *****67 or *****12.
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      Cheap Internet calls from any phone to any phone
      508 13  -  Hie on)y snag from this breakthrough small capacity By 1 Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] A Singapore firm is offering cheap Internet phone calls with a difference. Its online phone service, Global Voice, allows people to make Internet calls anywhere from a
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      Lock icon IBM chief tells securities industry the Internet is a must
      485 13 Bridge News [BOCA RATON, Florida] Securities Arms must embrace the Internet, or face extinction at the hands of new, more nimble competitors, IBM chief executive Louis Gerstner told securities industry executives here last week at the Securities Industry Association's annual
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      Lock icon Netscape buys out GE's stake in Actra
      121 13 Reuters [MOUNTAIN VIEW, California] Netscape Communications Corp, continuing its efforts to evolve into a business software company, said last Thursday it had agreed to buy out General Electric Co's stake in their electronic commerce joint venture, Actra, for about US$56.l million (5587.5 million)
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      QAD expects to double sales in region next year
      424 13  -  fiftmpany irgpfl rating network of partners By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] US-based QAD Inc, best known for its supply chain management software, plans to expand 100 per cent in the Asia-Pacific region by the end of this fiscal year. To do that,
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      Novell launches new GroupWise 5.2
      469 14  -  New groupware unveiled amid onslaught by Microsoft By 1 Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Novell's launch of the latest version of its groupware, Group Wise 5.2, comes at a time when people are speculating whether the US software firm can pull out of its troubles and
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      Digital rolls out new lineup for corporate computing
      326 14  -  By] Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Digital Equipment Corp last week announced a range of servers targeted at the corporate markets, with the top-end enterprise model running at 533 MHz. Digital said the top line of its servers will be manufactured at its Singapore
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    • ON THE SHELF
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        InterSolv's DataDirect here
        44 14 US-baaed InterSolv has announced the Immediate availability of DetaDirect, a databaae targeted at organisations involved in HTML database publishing over the Internet, intranets and axtranets. The pricing is server-based and starts at U5|799(551,190) for Win 96 and NT, the company said.
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        Reflection NetApps from WRQ
        69 14 WRQ Software, a developer ofhoet connectivity and software management solutions, has launched Reflection NetAppe, a new intranet access product targeted at IT managers in medium to large companies. The product is specifically created for corporate network* and allows IT managers to extend intranet utilities to end-users.
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        Cisco's new Ethernet router
        51 14 Cisco Systems has announced a dual Ethernet 1106-R router with the Cisco lOS Firewall feature set, targeted at small and medium-aisad (SME) companiee and remote Qpioes that require secure Intranet and Intranet communications. The routers connect SMEs with Ethernet f^ B^T2Sf^ PBft network *^BONs, andare pricedat
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        Lucent's voice/data conferencing
        97 14  -  -OtapMfcr Raju Chellam Lucent Technologies said it will toon announce a software that enables users to set up interactive conference calls from their PCs, allowing up to six participants to talk while sharing the same documents. Called One Meeting Solution, the computer telephony integration software developed by
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      Lock icon IBM and Novell signs cross-licensing pact
      148 14 Reuters [THORNWOOD, New York] International Business Machines Corp has signed a patent cross-licensing agreement with software company Novell Inc covering a broad range of patented inventions used in a variety of products. The agreement also provides a release to Novell for past use of
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      516 14 Come and Celebrate J WITH US AT SALUT! t "Fine Wine Food Affair 1997" f 2nd Labels of Bordeaux 2 A wine and food tasting session featuring only the best of French J ItaHan cuisine paired with five quality g vintages from Bordeaux, France. Date: Monday, 17th November 1997 jjj
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      176 15 CBYPTIC CROSSWORD 20 Mother to hang about waste a doctor's time (8) to I I 121 I I I I 23 Torpedo carriers ordered to 25 Say their disposition is for be safely conscious? (4,2,7) DOWN 1 Showed touching affection 13 The French way to feel regret SATURDAY'S SOLUTION (8)
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      633 16  -  Conflict over professionalism. BBK mujwob has the details BEN MUNROE JUST 20 months into its existence, the Art Galleries Association (Singapore) is facing a serious challenge after the resignation of a member gallery. Gim Ng, owner of Shenn's Fine Art, and one of
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      Should Lyric Theatre stage La Boheme?
      724 16  -  MUSIC Demanding wtrk may be too taxing for fledgling firm staging three operas a year By] P Y Van THIS year alone, the Singapore Lyric Theatre has presented no fewer than three operas Leong Yoon Pin's Bunga Mawar, Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and,
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      Occupancy at Mt E hit by region;s currency problems
      470 17  -  S| i mrrinmtnTTTF regional OTfTOTlcy TtirmOll Is weighing heavily on business at Parkway Holdings' Mount Elizabeth Hospital off Orchard Road, analysts said. Parkway managing director Tony Tan told BT that occupancy at the hospital had indeed been affected by the market
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      Lock icon Kanzen plans to list unit on HKSE
      231 17 MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] Kanzen Bhd, a member of the First Allied Corp Bhd (FACB) group, is seeking to list a subsidiary on the Hongkong Stock Exchange (HKSE). Kanzen's president Chen Lip Keong said the company plans to merge its two divisions in China
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      784 17  -  HAM a SBMO DfSHIHT The peg may be dropped some day, but not in the near fature By Quak Hiang Whai A BANKER friend wants a wager. The Hongkong pegged exchange rate system, he offered, would he abandoned by the end
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        Lock icon Analysts upbeat about SingTel's profits despite monopoly loss
        449 18 Th« only caveat is how the group will take the Belgacom charge, they say Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) may have lost its monopoly in Singapore's cellular market on April 1, but analysts remained upbeat that the company would post healthy interim
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        Inchcape director quits as Asian motor businesses skid
        383 18  -  HK-baaed lan Skeggs slated to leave at end of year Byi Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] lan Skeggs, numero uno of Inchcape's motor businesses in Asia and the Middle East, is leaving the group after a tumultuous era that saw the rise and fall
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        120 18 Reuters [HONGKONGI Hongkong's IPO market is unlikely to see much action for the rest of this year, particularly after a major share placement by China Merchants Holdings (International) Co Ltd failed to spur much interest, analysts said. China Merchants made a
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          Lock icon Sarawak to get 2 more fibre-optic links
          125 18 Bernama [KUCHINGI Telekom Malaysia will install two more fibre-opt ic links in Sarawak from Sri Aman to Sibuand from Sibu to Blntuhi, its chief operating officer, Abdul Rahim Haji Daud, announced at the weekend. He said each link costing 20 million Malaysian ringfft
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          Lock icon Zen Concrete to go public by 2000
          50 18 NST IKUALA LUMPUR] Zn CouxM* Sdn Bhd. majority-owned by Gopeng Bhd and Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB), plans to go public by the year2ooft, tbs company said. Zen estimates turnover to be 80 mflUpn Malaysian ringgit this year and RM7O million next year.
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          41 18 Corrections clarifications SEMBAWANG Marine hm «igrmri a memorandum of agreement with SaiboeOoetrucoas Marttimas to sell to vessel Seaborn /to tht latter fcr US$lB million and not US$2B million as reported in this column on Saturday. We art terry for the error.
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        527 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Despite being badly hit by the regional financial turmoil, the banking sector would continue to be the major contributor to Sime Darby Bhd's profitability in the near term. "The bank's profit may be affected in the short-term but we must
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        340 20  -  Either goods are priced too low or investors are over-optimistic From Neil Behrmann in London BARGAIN hunters abound following recent downturns on Wall Street and other major markets. But a chart produced by Crandall Pierce Co shows that the value
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        149 20 Reuters [DOHA] US energy major Enron Corp said it hoped to conclude an agreement with Qatar soon to set up a US$5 billion (557.9 billion) liquefied natural gas (LNG) venture. "Qatar General Petroleum Corp (QGPC) and Enron had extensive negotiations regarding the definitive
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        81 20 [LONDON] Firkin Brewery licensee Richard Gough, of The Faculty Firkin pub in Birmingham, serving on Saturday the first pint of Dogbalti, a curry-flavoured beer guaranteed to help the poppadums go down, to regular Donna-Louise Bryan. The brew, called the ultimate combination for Britain's reborn "new lads" culture, is
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        287 20 CEO Jobs to announce plan based on Dell's successful strategy AFP (WASHINGTON! Apple Computer chief Steve Jobs will announce later today a new plan to shake the company out of the economic doldrums, and sources said the firm would take
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        Lock icon Starwood Lodging raises bid for ITT to US$10.2b
        162 20 FT [NEW YORK] Starwood Lodging, the US property company, fired on Friday the latest shot in the battle for ITT, the international hotels and gaming group, by raising its bid to US$lO.2 billion (Ssl6 billion), or US$B5 a share. Starwood's offer is
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        409 20 Reuters (NEW YORK] Churning global stock markets have not stopped US investors from pouring money into domestic equity funds, but they have slowed investment in risky international funds, fund watchers and companies said on Friday. AMG Data Services, which tracks flows into mutual
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        406 20 Japan bourse vulnerable due to slow economy, lack of reforms: analysts They warn the market's bearish run may go farther AFP [TOKYO] Gloom is hanging over Japan's stockmarket with analysts saying the sluggish economy and a lack of reform has left the battered bourse vulnerable to further shocks. The market
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        293 20 Bloomberg [BOCA RATON, Florida] New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) chairman Richard Grasso suggested that the Big Board may be ready to change the oftencriticised circuit-breaker rules that halted trading the previous week. US markets shut down twice on Oct 27 after the Dow Jones Industrial
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        543 21  -  Move part of revamp of firm's regional capahilities Shiv Taneja «f9INGAPORE] Broker Indosuez WI Carr will soon roll out a slew of new Asian research products as part of a major re- < wamp of the firm's regional research capabilities. Malcolm Brown, the
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        140 21 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's Barclays pic has made a takeover apof more than £6 billion (Ssl6 billion) to Britain's sec- ond biggest insurance company Legal and General, SunHay's Observer newspaper said. r The report said the move would boost Barclays' life, pensions and
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        184 21 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] A former ana lyst trainee at J P Morgan Co has pleaded guilty to insider trading in the stocks of four banks that were takeover targets. Roy Handojo, an Indonesian citizen, learned of the confidential merger discussions while working in
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        281 21 AFP 4BEIJING] China plans to inject new life soon into its flat *»cerporate bond market with measures that may include a loosening of issue quotas and of interest-rate restrictions, -the China Daily Business Weekly reported yesterday. .Some 30 billion yuan (555.7 billion) in corporate bonds
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        65 21 [KUALA LUMPUR] A display of the gold Buddha statue which symbolises prosperity at a Hongkong booth during the Gold Asia 1997 exhibition in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The 24-carat gold statue is priced at U554,518 (S$ 7,100). Gold purchases in the South-east Asian region has
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        307 21 Reuters [DUBAI] The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Central Bank said over the weekend that reports of the near-collapse of a Dubai-based bank were unfounded. "Regarding Mashreqßank, central bank confirmed that contrary to rumours spread recently, the financial position of the bank is strong and
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        125 21 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] St George Bank, Australia's fifth-largest commercial bank, said its managing director, Jim Sweeney, died on Saturday. He was 51 years old. "The sudden loss of Mr Sweeney is a shock to all of us and our thoughts are with his wife, Margaret, and
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        569 22  -  Weeklyßoundup Any surge would cause flows to poll out of JGBs, causing apullbackin US$-yen Callum Henderson Callum Henderson, MMS International This report does not constitute a solicitation to invest in any currency or Simex product. (SINGAPORE) Sentiment in global equity markets remains extremely bearish and
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        Lock icon Gold prices ease on Swiss govt plans to sell some reserves
        846 22 COMMODITY WeeJclyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Gold prices, which have shown considerable volatility amid turmoil on global stock markets, fell last week after the Swiss authorities unveiled plans to sell off some of their precious metals reserves. Rumours that Australian producers
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        219 23 Market outlook Strait Times Industrial Index has soared 5.37 per cent last week. Trading was quiet throughout the week except on Monday, which was a terrific day for Singapore. The STII jumped more than 7 per cent after Dow Jones' strong gains. Market sentiment was also boosted by firmer
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        130 23 Creative Technology Ltd develops, manufactures and markets sound and video multimedia products for Ksrsonal computers. Its rst-quarter EPS of US$0.55 without exceptional gains was much higher than expectations. With strong bookings coming in recently, Creative's current production volume of 2.2 million cards per month signals another record quarter
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        129 23 Management remains very cautious towards the residential property sector which explains its lack of participation in land acquisition. Houses downgraded projected earnings by about 12 per cent due to slow residential project recognition. The reason is the delay in projects such as Melrose Park and also slower profit
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        263 23  -  Source Analysed by Peter Coker a director of Bridge Int'/ Hrnking RaUthre 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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        714 24 NEW YORK "Job numbers point to inflation threat bnt market turmoil demands rates be untouched Reuters WALL Street revisits the in- terest rate story this week and the odds are overwhelmingly t>n the side of the status quo. The global market
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        885 24 QSydney HjU AUSTRALIAN markets braced for further falls this week after shares plunged 2.2 per cent on Friday to take the edge off a week in which the bourse recovered much of its composure. "Hongkong slipped about 5 per cent in the afternoon and that really took
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        397 24 TOKYO Bow's fall adds to pressure; a bounce could be short-lived due to seasonal factors AFP JAPAN stocks are likely to slip further this week, with few factors on the horizon likely to help the key benchmark rise from its lowest levels in more
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        367 24 HONGKONG Reuters HIGH interest rates were expected to keep Hongkong stocks trading in a range of 11,000 and Friday's test of 9,800 this week, brokers said. "As long as interest rates stay high, we will stay in a range of 10,000 to 11,000,"
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        1874 24 QParis -1% FRENCH stocks could fall in the next two weeks as investors sell exporters like Elf Aquitaine SA and Total SA amid concerns a lower dollar could hurt company profits. They're also concerned that the currency crisis in Asia may worsen, crimping economic growth in Europe.
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        252 24 LONDON AFP SHARES here fell for the third week in a row as continued weakness across South east Asia unsettled traders on Wall Street, and after an unexpected rise in British interest rates. The FT-SE 100 Index of leading shares fell
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        322 25 AFP F1 Composite Index +42.76 THE Malaysian stock market is likely to be surrounded by uncertainty this week after rising 6.4 per cent in the week to Friday, as regional currencies continue to come under speculative attack, analysts said. The Kuala Lumpur
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        216 26  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy PICKING up from where we left off last Thursday, today's feature is another of the latest warrants to be listed here San Teh's new 2002 instrument. Unlike the previous newcomer featured Labroy Marine's warrant San Teh's doesn't seem
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        64 28  -  by Shiv Taneja HOTUNG Investment Holdings closed last Friday at 29.5 US cents, down one and a half cents, on a 4 volume of 1.47 million shares, compared with Us lOday traded average of 6.7 million shares. Investors looking to buy should wait till the counter reaches the
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        Lock icon Market seems set to take a turn for the worse
        669 28  -  THE WEEK AHEAD Bad news on property front; US, European markets sharply down after Tokyo plunge; not helping are HTs fragility and Korean plnnge By R Sivanithy AFTER some respite earlier last week for markets, it looks like things are
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      430 18 THE COMPANIES ACT CAP. M CHAH SING ENGINUBING PTE LTD (hill I jll| II Al Extraordinary General Mcetiag of the n»cwtcii of ike abovenamed company duly convened and kdd al > H 330 Yong Sing Street. Tmctmnj City. Taiwan ROC on the hi) day of November. 1997 at 11.00 a.m..
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      332 18 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that. I Francis Peter D*silva of Blk 49 Toa Payoh Lor. 5 #02-77 Singapore *****9, have applied for a Ist Class Public House Licence in respect of M/s Cafe Hollywood Slam (Toa Payoh) located at Blk 4SO, Toa Payoh Lor. 6 #02-01 Singapore *****0, and that
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      328 18 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai, IVavanelkx Triantafillos Dimitrios of Block 110, #20-122 Bukit Batok West, Avenue 6 Singapore *****0, have applied for a Public House, First Class Licence in respect of M/s The Olea Deli and Restaurant Pte Ltd located at #01-158 Upper East Coast Road, Singapore *****4, and that
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      341 20 BUSINESS \()f WI S Im ,i(l\> i tisr c;ill h)ll tnf ISOO-741 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Tan Chen Yam of 32, Platina Road Singapore *****0, have applied for a Public House 2nd Class Licence in respect of M/s Maclloyd Industrial Pte Ltd located at 31, Sungei Kadut Street
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      324 20 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Eng Fook Hoong of 55, Holland Road, Carlton Terrace #01-19 Singapore *****5, have applied for a Public House, Ist Class (Extended) Licence in respect of M/s Ligero At Coffee Club Pte Ltd located at Levels 5 6,52 Boat Quay Singapore *****1, and that this
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      206 20 In the Matt* of THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) ANO In the Matter of NEXT AGE CAPITAL VENTURES PTE LTD (In Mam ban' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTKE 6 HEREBY OVEN thai purauant to Section 306 of tm Compartaa Ad. Chapter 50, the hnai meeting of la members
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      464 23 BUSINESS 'f 'S I<> ad\l'l tise vail toll-friT ISOO-741 ISS3 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Kam Choo Choo of Blk 342 Clementi Avenue 5 #02-184 Singapore *****2, have applied for a Public House, Second Class Licence in respect of M/s Two Tomatoes located at Tanjong Pagar Food Court, 165
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      1524 28 company ]IMB r I D G E fMR] Attractin 9 Unparalled Attention BRIDOB BUSINESS Xoficrs 1° iid\crtisc cull toll-free INOO-741 INN 3 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Capt (NS) R ajar am S. N. of Blk 872, #05-135, Yishun St. 81 Singapore *****2, have applied for a Beer House,
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      321 28 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Ng Ah Chyc of Blk 148 Tampines Ave S #05-290 Singapore *****8, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s Hup Heng Mini-Market located at Blk 654 #01-439 Vishun Ave 4 Singapore *****4, and that this application will be considered
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      282 29 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE dramatic fluctuation inthe worldwide financial markets seems to have put a break on the recent spate of buying interest in the sale and purchase market. However, enbloc sales continued to feature, though on a much smaller scale than we have seen over
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      245 29 mmup-zt- .if: H* MrT «A- X CWTDW 0-77 009 5f ChuonHup 0.70 *OM2 24S Coocota* 0.42 -0.01 22 MMiMn 0J1 -0.035 270 CSHoMng* O40 unc* a Mtalj* 0.79 *0.02 200 NHWMZMM 0305 -OjM II HKSjSO Jo»QHM«npi OJSS -aoos 39 Jurono Shipyard —7 JO unci) IS MppMCotp 5.15 HMlt
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      New alliance plan may leave OOCL in the lurch
      526 29  -  TheNOL announcement effectively brings to an end the Global Alliance consortium By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) may be left out in the cold in the world of container shipping line consortiums with the announcement by Singapore's Neptune
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      Lock icon M'sia to relax foreign shipping laws
      144 29 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is to amend its merchant shipping law to allow foreign shipping firms to register in the country without having to transfer majority stakes to local companies, a news report said last week. The Star daily on Thursday quoted Transport Minis-
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      Shiprepairers sound optimistic at the strong level of demand
      772 29  -  DOCKYARD By: David Hughes THERE was a definite touch of optimism in the air at last week's Ship Repair Conversion '97 conference and exhibition at London's Olympia. Certainly there were more exhibitors, and more visitors, than ever before in the six
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      Lock icon Too much of a burden to bear
      59 29 [BOURGAS, Bulgaria] The Turkish cargo ship Mehmet Asian lying on its side with her funnel resting on the quayside after it capsized late on Friday in Bulgaria's second biggest Black Sea port of Bourgas, some 450 km east of Sofia. The ship capsized
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      Lock icon 70% ships to abide by safety code
      491 29 New IMO rules on safety and pollution to take effect in July Reuters [LONDON] About 70 per cent of ships affected by new safety regulations coming into force next summer are expected to comply with the new rules, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
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      Lock icon Falling freight rates will bring in fewer lines, bigger vessels
      431 29 Only 5-10 Asian firms seen surviving in key east-west trades SCMP [HONGKONG] The number of global shipping lines will shrink while the size of container vessels will continue to grow due to falling freight rates, according to a shipping industry
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      Bid to boost Shanghai's shipping capacity
      225 29 [HONGKONG] The recejafc set up Shanghai Joint Poitfta;thority aims to make Shanghai an international shipping centre within 20 to 30 ye£y& using a three-stage plan. The authority will haflflW planning, construction and coordination of deep water am tainer ports in Jiangsu and Zhejiang prtit
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      Lock icon Falcons clear the flight paths
      797 30  -  MEW TORS AIRPORT Authorities use the trained birds of prey to scare off birds such as pigeons and seagulls that pose dangers for aircraft By] Hagar Scher Reuters THE ancient tradition of falconry is finding a modern use at New York's Kennedy International Airport, where
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      365 30 PACE Exponent M AMI 3 W AM* 16 FL Bright 6 Accord 8 Ahrenkiel 14 Farwlde H AppensMp 3 Astro 3 Frot Austral 9 Frt Links 16 A,ant 6 Frt World M B'tang Mis I CL,nk BSA 7 Gcnurtrans '3 BTL 16 Bangladesh
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
      19314 38 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyege Tslephone SIN Oest n Neme Name N«mt«r Number SIN Name Neme Number Number H/T! 2*/l CCM TOUR COM RACINE PR1**7 *5-22*5*12 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 To (BUN) 2059 Ivory Coast, Cote D'lvoire Colombia m 8/B
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        605 45 ¥•«•< V«y No Berth Arrival Departure JM|M ChcM San ZlSSb J02 alongside 09.11/1730 Oaeto Gemma Uc54 J23 atonqside 09.11/2359 It Offshor 7 71 JB alongside 09.11/2300 Nk 1 0M97 J15 atonqside 11.11/0700 Ivory Act MA J05 alongside 09.11/2200 InG 1 J09 alongside 12.11/2300 Km Jyo 18 J09 alongside
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        170 45 Nor 10 France, Panama Not 11 Angola Belgium: Remembrance Day. Canada: Remembrance Day. France: Anistice Day. United States (banks, govt offices) Veteran's Day. No* 12 India Taiwan Dr. Sun Yat Sen's Birthday. Nov 14 Iran, Jordan, Sri Lanka Nvr IB Brazil Nov 17 Azerbaijan, Colombia NevlS Latvia, Morocco.
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        837 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine OU Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehen sive description of the market Prices shown are based on averageslsed stem. Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        479 45 iao Mu 993.9 1.0 17J 0.10 56 0.04 0*wltr ggw >wMw Art Umktm TiWart No atow £25 2 0 3 0 0 0 «*M 300 Aw 906.0 0.3 U.4 0.07 33 0.02 (ma 300 Mai 993.8 0.8 16.7 0.09 91 0 06 »t/» %U» %V> if
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        Lock icon French truckers end strike
        510 46 Blockades lifted as mjyornnioti agrees to new wage pact and smaller ones demur Bloomberg [PARIS] French truck drivers ended their six-day strike and dismantled roadblocks that shackled commerce and crimped economic growth. The blockade, which caused fuel shortages throughout France and stranded foreign truckers at the
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        Lock icon Boeing expects to win more orders from China
        193 46 AFP [CHICAGO] China's US$3 billion (554.7 billion) order for 50 Boeing aircraft last week is only "the tip of the iceberg" and Boeing expects to win more lucrative contracts in coming years, a company official said here on Friday. "Last week's sale
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        Lock icon India's East West Airline to return
        261 46 AFP [NEW DELHI] A private airline, grounded after the assassination of its owner two years ago, will begin operations early next year, a spokesman of the company said yesterday. The East West Airline is negotiating with foreign companies for leasing two Boeing 737-400s "to
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        Lock icon Forty years of Trabant
        53 46 (ZWICKAU, Germany] An unidentified couple looking at a Trabant "Trabi "carpainted with a picture of the Brandenburg gate during an exhibition called "40years Trabant" inside a former Trabant factory here on Saturday. Several events in Zwickau are taking place to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the
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        Lock icon Ford gadget snoops on driving habits
        411 46 Test vehicles help collect key data in various countries AFP [DETROIT, Michigan] Little on-board boxes on some Ford vehicles are helping the world's No 2 carmaker snoop on how some motorists drive in the United States, Europe, Japan and South Africa. Since August, Ford
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        Lock icon UK airport operator's earnings seen edging up
        386 46 Financial charges may dilute BAA's lst-half performance Reuters [LONDON] British airports operator BAA pic is expected to talk of a strong underlying performance when it announces first-half results today. But the headline rise in profits will be held back by various financial changes,
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        Lock icon Toyota-Astra sales up 21% in Oct
        173 46 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Sales at PT Toy-ota-Astra Motors, the PT Astra International unit that makes Indonesia's most popular car, the Kijang, rose 21 per cent in October from the same month a year ago, the company said. Total sales rose to 8,605 cars from 7,139
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          Lock icon Boeing 737-700 gets FAA approval
          78 46 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co Mid it received government approval for the new model of its 737 line of airplanes from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The certification recognises that the Next Generation 737- 700 has passed the PAA's testing requirements and will he ready to
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          Lock icon Toyota to launch luxury car for Europe
          75 46 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor Corp alms to launch a luxury car for European markets within two to three years, reports said on Saturday. The car, with an wnyiiw 'ttfpliyrTnrnt Tf up t*T 2.ITW fff. is designed to compete with BMW
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          Lock icon China airport completes expansion
          64 46 AFP [BEIJING] China has completed an expansion which has more than doubled the capacity of Waisha airport in the southern ctty of Shantou, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The airport which serves a special economic zone in Guangdong province, is now equipped to handle three
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          Lock icon GM's Delphi unit to expand in Poland
          97 46 Reuters IKROSNO, Poland] The US Delphi Automotive Systems, a unit of General Motors Cerp, plans to buy two or three Polish automotive part makers next year and invest in its existing subsidiaries "We are interested in buying sutomotive sector firms in Poland, which
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1495 46 CUT FU6HT CM FU6HT CTO *W740 MB AtaOMt 0K156 1725 NP92 1*35 (tat Y«l T6407 1540 ***** 1645 WBT IPS WW 280 mm bb km*r4tm KLS43 0550 6A994 0200 MM! *T097 M50 *7090 2135 $0343 0755 MW2 1935 MfcMM S0977 1720 SQ970 QMS BJ37 1540 $0320
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      539 30 UnM 1 MntoM reprwenled .flfSsnilt** M^lb r *<**•«*o**Y°< Msmbwsofttw \l\j§ij *ccnt*mi Shipping Agents. Singapore Frwgrt Fonwnlara Mrtlonal Shipping Anoe A»oci«ton. Send out 48,000 copies of your sailing schedules around Asia. 'MpjESlgßHp Place an ad in... Shipping Times Just talk to 08 •Iris Urn 740-2044 Jarrod Leong 740-2089 EXPORT 3 x
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      1007 31 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE Irasa iot sm in m m sou iTllvcsa m m ma m so m n sm TNAMfS S4S7 11/11 M/ 11 M/1J M/ 11 HNMNUM MS7 M/Mll/1# M/ 14 M/ 14 M/ 11 mm 1457 14/11 M/ 11 12/11 M/ 11 M/ 11 MMM 4417 M/
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      88 31 ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED IWJ. (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING UMITED) vpsa voy smsATou mm vtssa wt ww mmm ACHIEVER 002 10/11 19/11 ALBERT BROGE 006 05/11 14/11 AIBERT BRPGE 007 U/11 23/11 NORDKAP 418 06/11 17/11 NORDKAP 419 17/11 26/11 OOQ ADMIRAL 006 15/11 24/11 SNARTQBA 219 21/ll 30/11
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      1133 32 <JT DSR-SENATOR Mil Round the World Container Services KSS& |w»T Ml WTM OUT WW WW ~FU ~LW» [|<«««a. Wt LHA IFU HTM RW HwTmTI CHOYAMB CHANCE WF74I IMI 2111 M.ll *11 *112 Ml 2 Ml 2 MRWSTOCI Ef747 lilt Mil Dll 24 11 mIT tOVCOMFIOT SENATOR WF74I 1111 1712 Mil
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      334 41 SINO IXPRISS SHIPPING 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE iSINOTRANSI J 8 (*****7 J.TEL: *****00 FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SNANONAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) YRSfI YOYA6E ETA SIMGAfOKt ETA HONGKONG ETA SHAMSHAI ■HWYU J754 14/n IS/n 23/11 jam 21/11 26/11 30/11 6000 wni iZ2 2S/U 03/12 07/12 JCQI W ffll
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      1059 42 SHIPPING LINE LTD I ■"BP™ 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S PORE *****5 ■■H TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR M. IM7MMMM BOOKIHQS CALL DIRECT LIME: *****41/43 JESSICA/CELIA/MEI CHAR 7 SLGSWEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK VESSEL [W [8M pAK Ivttte. !v6Y|SW |«UW SSBHSOBN 9746 IN PT 12/11
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      398 42 NEWARK SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD I 48-A Campbell Lane. Singapore *****1 s m CHTTTAGONG BOMBAY CALCUTTA J! NHAVA SHEVA U WW 1 COLOMBO A w MADRAS P DURAI/JEBEL ALI O TUTICORIN w COCHIN E KARACHI MALDIVES. AUSO ACCEFTtNG KD DELHI, KD DHAKA CALL: (65) 294 0949 FAX (65) 294 939S
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      387 42 SIM FAR EAST 16/11 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 16/11 BANGKOK 17/11 MANILA/CEBU 16/11 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 16/11 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 18/11 BUSAN 16/11 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 16/11 HONGKONG SIM CHINA 16/11 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/OINGOAO/HAIKOU SIM EUROPE/UK 17/11 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU RDM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIM USA/CANADA 16/11 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all IPI points 17/11
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      437 42 Singapore Soviet Shipping j&Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY vessel voy sin bom png pkT ORIENT CORO 100N 18/11 VUII 06/12 07/12 MAI XIONO HXQOS7 20/11 SS/11 10/12 12/12 KOTACAHAYA CAMI97 27/11 06/12 17/12 10/12 TRADE FAST TFS2O3 02/12 10/12 17/12 I*l2 REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA [vessel
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      65 43 I CONFER (S.E.A.) I [j£n SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL: *****68 FAX: *****45 MIICCT CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO CHITTAOONO VESSEL SIN CTG AL MUZTUBA 10-12 NOV IS-20 NOV DMBCT PCtACUCONVIimONAL MRVICIt TOvtoOan Sub-Conanert MMa Calcutta Bombay Karachi COontn CNnagong Tycoon Cochin FarEaal Mo Q* Mmh Mantfa Bangkok Buaan Auabafca Sydney Maftoume Europa
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      478 44 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN T)GER BAY 579N 10-10/11 14-18/11 23-24/11 TIGER WAVE 580N 13-13/11 18-22/11 27-27/11 TIGER ISLAND 581N 16-17/11 21-25/11 30-01/12 TIGER BRIDGE 582N 20-20/11 25-28/11 0404/12 TIGER BAY 583N 23-24/11 2802/12 07-08/12 TIGER WAVE 584N 27-27/11 02-08/12 11-11/12 I VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN TIGER SPRING
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      634 44 I FREIGHT UNKS EXPRESS~I 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapora *****1 T#l *****66 (60 Unas) Fax: *****33 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg EEOUIAB LCL A FCL SERVICE SPAIN St EGYPT Barcelona/Valencia Weekly Alexandria Fortnightly For Enquiries, Contact: Adrian Chia at Din 665 3137/ E-mail: odrianOflosfei. com.sg Soh Chong at Din 665 3371/l-moH: nccOfUrin.coai.sg CHINA
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