The Business Times, 21 November 1997

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c i SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon KL stocks plunge 11% as market braces for more bail-outs
    1089 1  -  Bintfcrit hammered, breaching 2M3J>O level against US doCar tohitßK3J2so By By Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur and Larry Wee in Singapore MALAYSIA'S benchmark stockmarket index plunged 11.1 per cent to 536.62 points yesterday after a government announcement that it would
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    Lock icon No plans to suspend KLSE trades despite falls: Anwar
    120 1 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The federal government does not propose to suspend trading on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange even though share prices have plunged to very low levels, Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said last night The KLSE's 66.87 point drop
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    Asian crisis may be worse than thought: confidential report
    580 1  -  Study will be presented to Apec leaders at their summit meeting From. Anthony Rowley in Vancouver A CONFIDENTIAL report suggesting that Asia's financial crisis couJd prove to be much more deep-seated and long-lasting than generally believed will be presented to political
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    Malaysian govt in shock takeover of Bakun project
    953 1  -  Anwar says govt will assume all relevant um liamimes tor project By\ Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur IN A STUNNING policy reversal, the Malaysian government said yesterday it is taking over the controversial US$5.3 billion (518.4 billion) Bakun hydroelectric dam project from
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      108 1 11 r I MMrts m lift domestic hftld up writ hi OetotMr, rWog 9.5% year-on-year in value terms, P*2 Sesdaq-listed axle manufiacturer Waasall Asia Pacific is keen to diversify and is prepared to fork out up to $200 m for I nr y*,* Yahoo! Co-founder Jerry the firm's US oucc—
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      9 1 More reports on Markets in Turmoil, Pgs 3 4
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      26 1 Apec officials back decision on Asia fund, Pg 4 Ape© meets under a cloud, Editorial Pg ll A crucial test for the Apec summit, Pg 12
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Non-oil domestic exports up 9.5% despite regional woes
      473 2  -  October exports to ■eighbonrs were firm, but semiconductor, disk drive prices fell to Audrey Tan DESPITE sharp price erosion ijtthe key disk drive and semiconductor markets, Singapore's non-oil domestic exports held up well in October, cising 9.5 per cent year-on-year in value
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      Courts clear the way for Cairnhill en bloc sale
      555 2  -  Jndge lifts restrictive covenants on site tendered to Allgreen By- Abdul Hadhi RESTRICTIVE covenants which had blocked redevelopment of a terrace housing estate in Cairnhill have been partially lifted by the courts. The 40-odd unit estate has been a hotbed of
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      HP sales up 30% despite regional turmoil
      283 2  -  By, Annette Pau US COMPUTER giant HewlettPackard has emerged relatively unscathed so far from the currency turmoil in Southeast Asia, but slower sales are expected next year. Sales for the region grew 30 per cent to over US$l billion (551.59 billion) in its
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      Lock icon Leading index up 8.4% in Q3
      356 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Outlook By, Audrey Tan THE Composite Leading Index (CLI) continued its convincing pick-up in the third quarter, growing a strong 8.4 per cent year-on-year, figures from the Department of Statistics show. This follows a 6.8 per cent rebound in Q2
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      SPH, Andrew Lloyd Webber tie up
      244 2 ANDREW Lloyd Webber is giving Singapore Press Holdings the right of first refusal to present his works in Singapore over the next five years. This partnership, initiated by SPH, follows an earlier tie-up between SPH and Mr Lloyd Webber's The Really Useful Company (RUC)
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      Micropolis debts exceed US$45m: US creditor
      341 2  -  By. Jennifer Lien DISK drive maker Micropolis Corp, which is being wound up, has debts exceeding US$45 million (5571.5 million), according to one major creditor. US-based Read-Rite Corp, a maker of disk drive heads, said in a statement on Wednesday it would make a
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Unchanges CPF interest, HDE loan rates
        83 2 CENTRAL Provident Fund Interest rates and HDB mortgage rates will remain unchanged from Jan lto June 30. A joint statement by the two boards —id the status quo was maintained because the savings and 13-month fixed-deposit rates ofthe four major local banks have not
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        Lounds of riverfrout landed housing
        65 2 SINGAPORE'* flrtt riverfront landed housing project called The Riverina spanning 5.7 ha at Paairßis will be soft-launched by the Ho Bee group thie Saturday. Located at Elias Rd, the 99-year leasehold site is being developed at a total coat of $346 million. It erill have
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        Crech-S'pore taxation treaty signed
        55 2 SINGAPORE and the Czech Republic yesterday signed an agreement here to avoid double taxation and evaaion of taxes. This brings the number of comprehensive taxation treaties Singapore has signed with other governments to 39. Finance ministers Richard Hu and Ivan Pilip signed on behalf of Singapore
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        Neta kiosks for tourists with dabit cards
        82 2 TOURISTS holding Visa or MasterCard's new debit cards can use around 5,000 Nets terminals by the aid of next year, Lau Chan Sin, chairman of Network for Electronic Transfers (Singapore) said yesterday. Mr Lau was speaking at a function to launch the use
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      471 2 SECOND CHANCE ENTERPRISES LTD NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND BOOKS CLOSURE DATES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Palms Room, Lion City Hotel, 15 Tanjong Katong Road, Singapore *****0, on the Bth day of December 1997 at 2.30
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      125 2 escape. There's light at the end of the tunnel when you escape into a feeling of comfort, here at Grand Plaza Hotel. For weekend rates of just $120*, you could begin with a stroll through the Cultural District. Followed by a refreshing visit to Saint Gregory Marine Spa, or a
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon Healthy growth data fails to arrest won's decline
      473 3 Hie currency falls to 1439 to the US$, bond and stock markets too take a beating Reuters [SEOUL] South Korean financial markets yesterday ignored both solid economic growth figures and the government's emergency financial measures as the local currency plunged to another
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      S Korean trust funds see panic withdrawals
      129 3 [SEOUL] Nervous depositors swamped South Korean trust funds yesterday to withdraw their savings on fears that the industry may collapse. For three hours in the morning some 200 billion won (*****.6 million) was withdrawn from 23 trust funds nationwide, Yonhap agency said. The
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      Lock icon Hashimoto leaning towards bail-out of banks, shares rally
      518 4 Nikkei surges 3%; bail-out measures to come in economic stimulus package Bloomberg AFP [TOKYO] Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto yesterday agreed to consider using government money to bail out the country's lenders, which are sinking under the weight of trillions of yen
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      Ringgit threatens to hit 3.60 as stocks continue to reel
      391 4  -  Heavy selling of currency sparked by 11% plnnge in KLCI By\ Larry Wee [SINGAPOREI An 11.08 per cent plunge in the key Kuala Lumpur Composite Index yesterday sparked yet another day of heavy ringgit selling on Asian currency markets. The
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      Lock icon Jakarta stock index falls below 400-level
      354 4  -  From', S N Vasuki in Jakarta INDONESIAN stocks slumped to a four-year low yesterday as investors liquidated their holdings in anticipation of weak economic growth and anaemic corporate earnings. The JSE Composite Index ended the day below the 400level, 19.52 points down at 396.13.
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      Apec officials back decision on Asia fund
      357 4  -  From Yang Razali Kassim in Vancouver APEC senior officials meeting ahead of the organisation's summit next week have supported a decision by regional central bankers and finance officials to reject a proposed Asian monetary fund that would be independent of the International Monetary
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      Crisis mostly contained: Wolfensohn
      118 4 [BONN] World Bank president James Wolfensohn said yesterday that the crisis in Southeast Asia's financial markets had been largely contained and was unlikely to spread outside the region. "In recent days the situation has been under control," Mr Wolfensohn told a news briefing after meeting German
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon New Thai govt unveils policy to tackle economic crisis
      591 5 BANGKOK It will move to boost liquidity and settle the fete of 58 suspended finance firms AFP THAILAND'S new government unveiled its economic and political policy in an extraordinary session of parliament yesterday, just days after it took the helm of
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      Lock icon KL to set up panel to restore confidence
      373 5 KUALA LUMPUR Stock market is as transparent as it can be, says DrM Bloomberg AFP Bernama MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that the government would set up a "national economic action council" next month to restore confidence in the economy.
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      Lock icon Lufthansa to open Asian base in S'pore
      305 5 BANGKOK Regional offices in Tokyo, Delhi, HE, Bangkok to be closed AFP GERMANY'S Lufthansa is to set up a new Asian base in Singapore, shutting smaller offices across the region, the airline said yesterday. Lufthansa said it will close four regional offices in
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      Lock icon Govt went to IMF too late: Tarrin
      156 5 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND'S new financfc minister said yesterday thi the previous government hai been too slow to go to the Inter national Monetary Fund (IMF) for help to rescue thp country's ailing economy. K Finance Minister Tarritji Nimmanhaeminda told parliament, in a follow-up
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      When media holds justice hostage
      622 6  -  LBTTBR FEOM TAIPBI The lntraslveness of the media In the Taiwan hostage drama puts Its role under scrutiny yet By Bruce Cheesman TAIWAN'S most wanted fugitive took time out from a tense standoff with police to sing a children's song with a TV anchor. As
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      Japan's trade surplus up 140%
      502 7 TOKYO Apec expected to ask Tokyo this week to boost domestic demand and cat the surplus JAPAN'S trade surplus surged 139.7 per cent year-on-year to 1.107 trillion yen (5513.88 billion) in October, widening for the seventh consecutive month, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. Exports in
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      Lock icon S Korea reports healthy 6.3% growth despite corporate woes
      448 7 SEOUL But falling capital investment bodes ill for Korean economy Reuters SOUTH Korea yesterday announced healthy gross domestic product (GDP) growth figures despite a slew of corporate troubles. But the figures announced by the central bank, which showed growth of 6.3
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      Congress threat pushes Gujral to the brink
      598 8  -  NEW DELHI Demand to sack DUE from govt after probe ff ImAifig groop that killed ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi By] Rajendra Bajpai INDIA'S 18-month-old United Front coalition government was on the verge of collapse last night after the Congress Party threatened to withdraw support
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      Lock icon India's industrial output grinds to just 1.7% growth in Aug
      298 8 NEWDELHI Latest figures dismal against last year's doable digit growth Reuters THE gloom of economic slowdown deepened on Wednesday with news that India's industrial output grew a dismal 1.7 per cent in August compared with 10.8 per cent a year
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      Lock icon Aussies brace for sharp drop in Asian tourists
      621 8  -  SINGAPORE Domestic tourism also hit as regional trips become cheaper By I Surinder Singh AUSTRALIA has, for the past 15 years or so, been high on the list of many Asian visitors as a tourist destination. Figures released recently for last year
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      1657 6 CM TELECOM INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) INTERIM RESULTS The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the following unaudited results of the Group and the Company for the six months ended REVIEW AND PROSPECTS 30 September, 1997 as follows:- In the first half of the year,
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US trade deficit balloons to US$11b in September
      463 9 WASHINGTON Unexpected swell due to record imports, fall in exports; China deficit at new high Bloomberg THE US trade deficit in goods and services unexpectedly swelled in September as imports set a monthly record and exports fell, setting the economy on course
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      Lock icon US Q3 venture-backed investments hit high
      386 9 PALO ALTO, California Reuters A CONTINUING boom in the high technology sector helped drive US venture capital investments to an all-time quarterly high of U553.57 billion (555.7 billion) in the third quarter of 1997, according to a new survey. The Price Waterhouse National Venture
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      Lock icon Yeltsin strips Chubais of finance minister's job
      193 9 MOSCOW Reuters RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin has appointed a new finance minister to replace Anatoly Chubais, the Kremlin said yesterday. However, Mr Chubais, Russia's top economic reformer, retains his post of first deputy prime minister. Mr Yeltsin, who met Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin
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      Lock icon Buba leaves interest rates unchanged
      201 9 FRANKFURT Bloomberg THE Bundesbank yesterday left its full set of interest rates unchanged and is expected to leave rates untouched at least until the end of the year. The German central bank left its floor discount rate at 2.5 per cent and its ceiling Lombard
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      Too spicy to swallow
      727 10  -  EUROPEAN VIEW There's more money in music, despite the new Merrill-MAM millionaires By Kevin Sullivan THERE will be some Business Times readers who do not greatly care whether or not the Spice Girls remain together. This may, however, be to take a narrow view of what
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      Lock icon Iraq agrees to return of Americans, other UN arms monitors
      324 10 BAGHDAD Reuters IRAQ has approved an accord allowing UN arms inspectors including Americans to return to Baghdad and resume work, Baghdad radio said yesterday, apparently defusing a three-week-old crisis. "Iraq has accepted the return of UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) inspectors,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Transparency only cure for deadly virus
      784 11  -  TBB BOTTOM LIVE OPINION By S N Vasuki The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent THERE is a deadly virus in Jakarta that is touching epidemic proportions. No, this is not the time to call in the health authorities, because the virus does not threaten
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      107 11 There is a whiff of deflation in the air. Today's reports were a confirmation of that: -Marshall Front an analyst, after sales at US retailers unexpectedly fell in October for the second month in a row. 'It's typical. Siemens will sell something off and then buy something
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      Apec meets under a cloud
      621 11 EDITORIAL THE auguries for this year's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit are not good. The time for cost-free grand gestures has passed. This time round, Asia's financial crisis is expected to dominate discussions, instead of the more usual focus on removal of trade barriers.
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      Lock icon Sand in the machine
      975 11  -  There may be call for authorities to curb the excesses of the market using the right tools, of coarse By. Peter Passell NYT The global economy is here, and the consequences can be unnerving. Currency after currency has come under pressure in recent months as investors,
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      Only market should dictate prices
      669 11  -  MAILBOX William Tey I REFER to the letter by Mr Roland Ng (BT, Nov 19), in which he called for the lifting of the 80 per cent limit on bank loans and allowing the use of CPF for the 20 per cent downpayment. I find
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      Not wrong if some developers go under
      173 11  -  Nigel Yeung I REFER to Alfred Lim's letter (BT, Nov 18). What is a price crash? If it is prices returning to 1991 levels then there is nothing wrong with a price crash. What was so wrong with Government valuations some 5-6 years
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  • APEC SUMMIT
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      Lock icon A crucial test for the Apec summit
      1134 12  -  Will there be agreement on an Asian mechanism to supplement IMF? Reports by Yang Razali Kassim [VANCOUVER] CANADA'S Prime Minister Jean Chretien wants to play his part as a good host. He hopes the Vancouver summit of 18 Asia-Pacific leaders next week will
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      Apec may use clout to push for financial services pact
      634 12 But victims of turmoil may be exempt from supporting call to liberalise sector WHEN the first summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation was held in Seattle in 1993, the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Beauties and the best
      1683 13  -  Three cars, six days, one verdict It's a dirty job but Christopher tax does it CHRISTOPHER TAM Deciding the best way to depreciate a quarter million dollars over 10 years used to be simple. The usual names cropped up, with the Mercedes-Benz E2OO making the most
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      Jamaica gets ready for biggest party of all
      528 13  -  WORLD CUP First ever entry by Reggae Boyz will add to ever-richer flavour of World Cup Shahiron Sahari IF Nigeria, and before them Cameroon, were the choice of romantics at the 1990 and 1994 World Cup Finals, then surely Jamaica, mon, will
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      22 13 25 th Anniversary Celebration Free talk for: HRD Practitioners OD Consultants Training Managers Line Managers who function as Change Managers Personnel Managers
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      119 13 STADA Singapore Training and Development Association is an independent, non-profit, professional body for training and development in Singapore, with over 500 members drawn from both public and private sectors. STADA is celebrating its 25* anniversary this year and is organising a free talk on "Managing Change and the Resistance to
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      183 14 U i I .1 The resource of the future is not land nor money. It's information. Through its 13 overseas offices, the NTT Group has been actively With global businesses and nations hungry for information that is timely, promoting Global System reliable and instantly available, Singapore can position itself as
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      169 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 30 Soaks ha ving to perfom exer ciaes (6a) piit back (9) solution 31 Stopping canoeists going 14 Satellites can be so dear it's wrOR B (9) quite absurd (9) KjHQEjEMpEpHH DOWN IS Excessively put out by 10(9) Bel^MAlilAlßlFMußnß 2 This man fared badly when 16 Batman taking
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      1133 16  -  Yahoo! Co-founder is seeking to reprise the firm's US success in Asia eemmetb jambs finds out KENNETH JAMES LENNONand McCartney? Jerry Yang, the affable young co-founder of the business phenomenon called Yahoo!, doesn't bat an eyelid. "It's Yin and Yang," he counters with
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      404 16 JERRY Yang appreciates that he is in the privileged position of being someone who can make a genuine difference in a medium of growing global importance. But he is determined to ensure that work is kept in balance with other pursuits he deems as, if not more,
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      Wassall keen to diversify, has up to $200m to spend
      445 17  -  It has arrowed firms in ITsia, Indonesia, may mib first boy next year By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-listed axle manufacturer Wassail Asia Pacific is looking to diversify and is prepared to fork out up to $200 million for acquisitions over
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      Aussie resort operator controlled by S'pore's Amoy plans listing
      367 17  -  From Russell Bakar in Sydney AUSTRALIAN resort operator Cypress Lakes Group which is controlled by Singapore's Amoy Property Pte Ltd is planning to list on the Australian bourse just before Christmas. Cypress Lakes, which operates a luxury resort in the Hunter
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      322 17 The Straits Times [SINGAPORE] The insider trading charge against two former Amcol Holdings directors was amended yesterday after the district Judge said there was Insufficient supporting evidence. "There is insufficient evidence on the alleged cash (low problem and the charge will be amended," said
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      550 17  -  tu. Jenny Lam {SINGAPORE) First Pacific I Da vies Holdings, a Hongkong property company controlled Iby Indonesia's Salim family, has tied up with American fit I bbss guru Ray Wilson to set up attain of 100 Ray Wilson Califfrhla Fitness
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      Major choices await S'pore banks in Brave New World
      629 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Clarissa Tan ITS been called a New Deal, a Brave New World, a new paradigm. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's recent speech at the Sesdaq 10th anniversary dinner was nothing less than a heralding of a liberalised
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        SET suspending Tongkah Harbour, Sino Thai
        560 18  -  51 on suspension list so far; analysts say more suspensions, delistings to come /•Yorn Harish Mehta in Bangkok TWO more Thai companies have fallen victim to the economic crisis taking a toll on Thailand Inc. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) yesterday suspended trading
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        Investment manager Aberdeen to list shares on SES
        274 18  -  Group hopes to raise profile through secondary listing By i Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Aberdeen pic, the UK-listed parent of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia, will be the first investment management firm to list its shares in Singapore. Details of the secondary listing on
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        Lock icon Hicom profit rises 33%, Proton up 42%
        270 18 Bernama [SHAH ALAM] Hicom Holdings recorded a pre-tax profit of 543.27 million Malaysian ringgit (*****.6 million) for the first six months ended Sept 30, up 33 per cent. Turnover at RM3.44 billion was up 18 per cent. Hicom's motoring subsidiary, Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional
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        250 18 AFX-Asia [SINGAPORE] Jurong Shipyard Ltd shares were sharply higher in late afternoon trade yesterday on rumours that its parent Sembawang Corp will reduce its stake via a private placement, dealers said. At 4.40 pm, Jurong Shipyard was up 45 cents, or
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        Lock icon Malakoff allays fears of cash injection into parent
        266 18 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Malakoff Bhd, the powergeneration unit of Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd (MRCB) yesterday allayed investor concerns that its cash resources may be used to help its debt-laden parent. "Malakoff has no intention of buying into KL Sentral Sdn Bhd
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        Lock icon Market slide forces Peregrine to cut staff across Asia
        413 19 Downsizing follows move to sell 24J% stake to Swiss giant Zurich Group for USs2oom Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Peregrine Investments Holdings, the Hong-kong-based investment bank whose star has risen with the fortunes of Asia, yesterday said "there will be cutbacks" of staff across
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        Lock icon Daiwa's interim pre-tax profit falls 46%
        378 19 It expects to write off 112b yen in bad debts for the full year AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Daiwa Bank Ltd said yesterday parent pretax profit dropped 46.1 per cent from a year earlier to 14 billion yen (SSI77 million) in the six months to
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        Lock icon Yamaichi said to be mulling deal with foreign firm
        454 19 Shares rally after diving 40% on talk of financial woes Bloomberg [TOKYO] Yamaichi Securities Co, one of Japan's Big Four brokerages, is considering a deal with a foreign financial firm that could go as far as a merger, said a person
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        Lock icon Japan Telecom 1st-half net falls 35% on rate cuts
        274 19 Bloomberg (TOKYO! Japan Telecom Co said first-half net profit fell 35 per cent as the country's thirdlargest long-distance provider cut rates to attract customers. Net profit fell to 8.6 billion yen (*****.7 million), or 20,688 yen a share, from 13.3 billion
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        562 20 Deal will create third biggest fond manager with USs449b under management FT [LONDON] US investment bank Merrill Lynch announced a £3.1 billion (SsB.3 billion) agreed cash offer for Mercury Asset Management in a move which could create one of the largest fund
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        196 20 Bloomberg [SCOTTS VALLEY, California] Seagate Technology shares fell 6 per cent on Wednesday after the diskdrive maker warned that fiscal second-quarter earnings will lag expectations because of more competition and steep price drops. Industry prices are being cut at the low end
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        275 20 It will also pay rival suitor USslsm 'break-up' fee Reuters [DALLAS] Texas Instruments has agreed to buy high-speed modem firm Amati Communications for US$395 million (***** million) to exploit the emerging market for telecommunications products that can turn living rooms into multimedia
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        BIL acquires Butterfield Trust assets in S'pore
        495 26  -  New BIL office to administer USs2oom in Asian assets now managed in Europe By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Banque Internationale A Luxembourg (BIL) has acquired the assets erf Butterfield Trust Singapore (BTS) which closed its offices here a few months ago. BIL is
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        258 26  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] The deputy chief executive of the Trade Development Board, Tay Thiam Peng, yesterday called for closer cooperation between marine insurers, shipowners and shippers to soften the impact of cyclical premium rate fluctuations. Such fluctuations are a major factor affecting
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        244 26 FT [TOKYO] Nomura Securities, Japan's largest investment house, has appointed a foreigner to head its international operations. Max Chapman, a US citizen who has worked for Nomura since 1969 and in 1990 became the first foreigner to be named to the board of
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        227 26 SSMELReport Reuters (SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen futures were weaker in moderate trade yesterday as speculation over Japan's possible use of fiscal measures to stimulate its economy fizzled out. "There is now less talk of using fiscal measures to stimulate the economy. The focus is on the
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        Futures dip as players sell electronics shares
        152 26  -  MSCITAIWAV FUTURES By Ric Trotta Trotta, Floor Manager, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd (SINGAPORE) The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract eased yesterday. The November contract feU 1.5 points at 319.8. The cash index lost 12.1 at 7693.3. In the stock market, electronics
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        257 26 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices fell yes terday after Iraq climbed down in a row with the United Nations over arms inspections and prospects were raised that Baghdad might be allowed to sell more oil under its "oil-for-food" deal with the UN.
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        283 26 Reuters London THE US dollar contained its losses against the yen and was down against the mark as dealers waiting for US trade data due out later in the day. At 1305 GMT, the dollar was at 1.7290 marks against 1.7322 on Wednesday. It stood at 126.73 yen
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      1539 27 AFP HmtaigS tlUffj SHARE prices rallied 2.9 per cent yesterday, buoyed by news reports on possible use of public funds to help to assist financial institutions burdened with massive bad debts. Share prices staged a quick rebound following Wednesday's steep decline as news agencies reported Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto
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      1454 28 AFP >QHugSeag -103JB HONGKONG share prices dropped one per cent on fu-ture-led selling yesterday amid worries that commercial banks could raise prime rates to ward off the fallout from the South Korean financial crisis. S "There were concerns over a possible increase in prime interest rates," said a dealer.
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      541 28 Reuters Qshmheoß latex -LBB THE Shenzhen B share market closed sharply lower yesterday, with sentiment hurt by a fall in market giant Bengang Steel Plates. The B Index dropped 1.88 points to 109.72 as turnover expanded to HKJ23 million from HK$l7 million on Wednesday. The A Index lost 3.54
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      362 28 AFP DwPMn -12J1 SHARE prices edged down 0.2 per cent yesterday after paring down early gains as investors locked in profit "With the market opening higher, investors rushed to take profit amid concerns over the continual drops of the Taiwan dollar and the Korean won," said a trader. The
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      235 28 Bloomberg QWeOmgton -MJ> SHARES fell yesterday, as concerns that slowing growth in Asian markets will crimp export sales weighed on paper and forest products stocks. The NZSE Top 40-share Index fell 18.19 points to 2,349.26. Within the index, dec liners outnumbered gainers by 27 to seven. Bloomberg ■w* rmm
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      769 28 AFP □set Meat -mi SHARE prices fell 2.8 per cent yesterday to a new eight-year low amid regional turmoil and news that a large commercial bank planned a massive capital increase, analysts said. Thailand's recession has been compounded by a liquidity crisis since the July 2 float and more
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      380 28 AFP POwnpogitalalg -MJB SHARE prices fell yesterday, with sentiment depressed by the continued slide of the won. Dealers said financial stabilisation steps announced by the government on Wednesday failed to lift the mood. The Composite Index lost 14.18 points at 488.41. Turnover was 56.8 million shares worth 538.2 billion
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      536 28 AFP QAllOrtiMriaß -11 SHARE prices slipped yesterday, reversing earlier gains, as investors grew nervous about the impact of continued volatility in Asian markets. "The whole market is very cautious," said a dealer. The All Ordinaries Index eased 6.6 points to 2,435.7 after spending most of the day in positive
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      666 28 AFP Q Composite hdex -HS2 SHARE prices closed 4.7 per cent lower yesterday on regional market jitters and debtrelated worries which have shaken investor confidence. "Basically, there was no new story. It was an acceleration of regional concerns and the impact on corporate earnings," an analyst said. The JSE
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      294 28 AFP Q Manila ««.7S SHARE prices rose marginally yesterday, dropping much of their early gains, as small groups of foreign investors began to pick up choice blue chips. "There is a trickle of foreign buying coming into the market," said a trader. The Composite Index rose 0.75 point to
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        443 29 AFX-Asia D Composite Index -46J87 SHARE prices closed down sharply yesterday, with sentiment badly undermined amid concerns over the health of some major companies which have been sparked by the Renong/United Engineers (UEM) deal. Dealers said the initial doubts about the deal were not
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        218 30  -  WARRANT WATCH By' Ven Sreenivasan IN THIS column yesterday, we traced the performance of four property stock warrants in the wake of the latest government property measures. The article ended with the conclusion that property warrants do not look attractive at present and it
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        65 32  -  by Shiv Taneja THHP °f92 arf touwr a/ $1.72 on a volume of 1.96 million shares yesterday, compared with Us lOddy traded average of 196 million units. The daily and weekly RSI and stochastics art heavily oversold, as is the daily and weekfy MACD charts. In the near
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        S'pore shares hit as KL market goes into a tailspin
        672 32  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY M'si&n bourse hit by ringgit woes, Ekran controversy and further talk of UEM/Renong-style deals; HK continues to falter By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Stocks extended their losses yesterday as sentiment continued to be weighed down by weakness on
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          Pay your tax dues, or else...
          125 32 BESIDES spies and political dissidents, corporate tax dodgers have apparently beoome the latest addition on the watch-list of Chinese border security guards stationed at airports. The general manager of the state-owned Shenyang Precision Instrument Co learned his tax lesson the hard way. When he
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          109 32 THE local research unit of a New York-baaed Investment bank—arguably the world's most profitable—has an Interesting, if questionable, observation in a recent report on the motor industry. It said BMW Asia's taking over as importer of BMW cars (from Sime Singapore) would probably make Beemer prices more competitive.
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          143 32 A RECENT viait to the Rover car factories in Birmingham by about a dozen motoring industry types from Asia provided the ideal setting for a cordial exchange of ideas and business practices, or so it seemed. While touring Rover's ear assembly line at its Longbridge plant,
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          106 32 HERE'S a new twist to censorship. A Sri Lankan cinema is screening Xama Sutra, a fllo based on India'* angtent *yipnufll, with a "women only" restrict ion. Instead of the usual "Adults Only- tag reserved for X-rated movies. According to an AFP report, The Savoy cinema owner,
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      534 32 l(i ;i(luTtisf mil toll-lriT ISOO-741 INS.* I IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF I AET ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES PTE LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at SI Newton Road #08-04 Goidhill
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      427 32 LUM CHANG HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated m tha RapuMc of Stngapcxa) ANNOUNCEMENT NOTICE OF BOOKS CLOSURE The Directors of Lum Chang Holdings Limited ('the Company') are pleased to announce the books closure dates for(i) the proposed first and final dividend of 3% less income tax of 26% for the financial year
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      130 32 J B RECORDS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Sinaaoore) NOTICE B HEREBY ONBt tw a Final MaeMng of tw membera of tw atxvamarttoned Company wB ba held at 47 HB Skate #06-01, A Induaby Butting, *****9 on Friday Diewßte 1997 al 11 JO am tor tw totowtog
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      337 32 M THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 80 AND IN THE MATTER OP AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL EQUITY (ASIA) PTE LTD (In Mot tow Voluntary LkfuMatfon) NOTICE OF SPECIAL ANO ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS [(Pursuant to Section 290(2)(b)J At an Extraordinary General Meeting at too Company held d Peneng Road 912-00 Part Mai.
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      455 32 company I KHB ridge Attracting Unparalled Attention BWIPQE M THE MATTER OF THE COMPAMES ACT, CAP. SO AND M THE MATTER OF BSTBCHMOLOQY (FE-) FTE LTD NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS Al an Extraordinary Qonarai Mooting of tha mombors of Mm atoowanamod Company duly oorwonad and hatd at 10 Anaon Wood #35-02
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      532 32 INTHEMATTBtOf TNi COMMNKS AO; CAT. M AND MTMMATTCKOf LH BROTHERS OFFSHORE SUfTIY m LTD On Creditors' Voluntary liquidation) Nona Of FINAL MEETING NOTJCI IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant lo Section 306 of the CompanUi Act Cap. 50, tf«e Final Meeting of the Company and die creditors will be hekTat Block
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      393 32 IN THE MATTER OF THE 1 COMPANIES ACT, Ctt* THYE HONG DEVELOPMBfTS PTE. UD. (la Voiwtfary UqaMaNev) I. lee Boon Leong. duly appointed Corporate Represent*™ of Thye Hong Manufacturing Pte Ud holder 1 of the whoie of the issued share capital of Thye Hong Developments Pte Ltd.. a Company incorporated
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      302 33 Bridge News Reuters THE key US Gulf-Japan Panamas grain rates was slashed 50 cents and now stands at US$l9.OO without combination ports for a 54,000-long ton has cargo for December shipment, brokers said. With the spot market for Panamaxes sliding further, the Baltic Freight Index dropped 9 points
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      499 33  -  operator Star Cruises welcomes new entrant Sun Cruises in growing market Zfy Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Both companies may be as different as night and day but Star and Sun Cruises agree on one thing: the pie is big enough for everyone. With competition
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      Arrested vessel not released due to dispute over form of guarantee
      688 33  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By I Selva Kumar A SHIP arrested in Australia was not released by a Sydney court as the judge refused to intervene in a dispute between the parties over the form of the guarantee and the financial
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      P&0 Nedlloyd and Mitsui to upgrade joint service
      198 33 [SINGAPORE! Mitsui OSK Lines and P&O Nedlloyd Container Line are to upgrade their fortnightly Joint Far East/East Africa service to a fixed-day weekly one. From next month each of the shipping lines will operate one loop in the service with each loop
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      Keppel Philippines' income in third quarter down 22%
      332 33  -  From, Alec Almazan in Manila KEPPEL Philippines Holdings reported a 22 per cent drop in its third quarter income as profits from its three shipyards in the Philippines fell. Keppel Philippines Holdings, which controls the three largest shipyards in the Philippines, is
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      379 33 European Commission and UK govt &llow venture a trial period FT [LONDON] The merger of the cross-Channel ferry operations of Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation and Stena Line was given a conditional, go-ahead for a trial period yesterday by the European Commission and the UK
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      Exam for pleasure craft licence to be computer-based
      94 33 [SINGAPORE] The National Maritime Academy (NMA) said it has replaced its existing Power Pleasure Craft Driving Licence (PPCDL) pa-per-based theory examination with a computer-based version. The exam is held every Saturday at NMA's computer library at Sembawang Camp. Extra Monday sessions win
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      Lifeline for Filipino seamen
      653 34  -  PBZUPXMNE MARITIME INDUSTRY Filipino shipowners agree to help authorities gauge seafarers' competence, comply with STCW From Alec Almazan m Manila Philippine Maritime authorities, short of both funds and trained personnel, have agreed to tap the services of private sector volunteer assessors. In so doing, the authorities
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      231 34 Lloyd's List [MANILA] The Philippines' largest container operator is looking to convert an existing shipyard in Batangas, south of Manila, into an international container port. International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTS) said it was negotiating with Manila-based Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Co for
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        793 49 THIS report, compiled by Cockatt Marine OU Ltd. «how* price rangM la Ui dollar* to•taad of tingle prtcaafcr a mora conprahenilve daacrlptton of the market Price* shown are baaed on average tiaed atom. Market moveaients are lndtcat ad. The Cockatt Bunker Prtoa Intel chance and the
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        208 50 Reuters [DUBAI] Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) said it had received new orders for four aircraft, bringing to 29 the total commitments it has so far received for the planes. "The big new announcement today is that we have an additional four firm contracts,"
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        235 50 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] The European Commission is set to approve 98 million Deutschemarks (5J90.3 million) in state aid to Volkswagen AG, the commission said, after the German government agreed to stop illegal subsidies to the car maker. The commission is expected to announce
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        568 50  -  China is its largest market in region, accounting for 10% of worldwide sales Reports by. Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Airbus Industrie aims to grab 50 per cent of the Chinese market for civil aircraft by the turn of the century. In a market
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        Training and supply centre in China a strategic move
        411 50 [SINGAPORE] Airbus Industrie's US$BO million (*****.2 million) training and supply centre in Beijing is a strategic investment made by the European consortium to place itself right smack in the middle of Asia's largest civil aircraft market. The centre, a joint venture
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        Lock icon BAe in talks to team up with Italian state-run aircraft group
        328 50 FT [MILAN] British Aerospace, the UK aerospace group, is in talks with Finmeccanica over a strategic alliance with Alenia Aerospazio, the Italian state holding company's civil and military aircraft division. If successful, the talks could lead to a broad
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        300 50 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] United Parcel Service of America Inc and the union that represents its pilots will resume contract talks under federal supervision on Jan 12, the company said. UPS' 2,000 pilots, through the Independent Pilots Association, overwhelmingly rejected the company's last
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        175 50 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China Eastern Airlines Corp has been granted approval by China's Civil Aviation Authority (CAAC) to take over a small regional carrier. CAAC's approval of the takeover of Shanxi province-based China General Aviation Co airline is expected to be the
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      18 33 Lifeline for nUpino seamen Filipino shipowners agree to help authorities gauge seafarers' competence, comply with STCW. Page 2
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      76 33 Airbus eyes 50% of Chinese market China is its largest civil aircraft market in region, accounting for 10% of worldwide sales. Book Page m l2Jxy\2LJ AGENCIES PTE. LTD. fl I PURE NEUTRAL NVOCC TO: 9 USA HONG KONG PUSAN OTHERS 1 SINGAPORE: MALAYSIA: 120 Tanjong Pagar Road PENANG Tel: 04-*****36
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      224 45 Carrier: MM COUTH LINES, INC LJ V—) BANGKOK: P. KELAMk (03) *****T7 JKT. (21) 6906tQ7 MDH: (61) *****3 ASHPOP USA/JAPAN MV "ZIM HAIFA" V.9BW MV "HJ CHUNGMU" VI6IE ETA SIN: 27-11-97 ETA SIN: 24-11-97 ROTTERPAM/HAMBURG AUCKLAND MV "CHOYANG ARK" VOO2W MV "NYK PROVIDENCE" V.O2S ETA SIN: 24-11 -97 ETA SIN:
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      164 45 hOPEI 2/12 NarVßdrcVAtw/BmivUK I SAMMI FORTUNE 28/11 NanffttnVAtw/BmVUK I I* Loacte EVW Malaysia. Indonesia I I. ■cENTAURUS Hodatdah/Jaddah/Aqaba/Algaria I ■GKDRGOS Dubat/Bahram/DammarVKuwait I ■PAN FORTUNE Hodeidah/JaddatVAqaba/EgyptTnpoii I ■Xl HAI Adan/Hodetdah/JaddaTVAqatWEgypt I ■AKARTHOS CXjbai/AOhabi/BahravVDamman/Ktiwart I "Loada Singapore, E7W. Malaysia. Indonwia I ILoadrg for HoCEAN EVER Loa Angataaflta* OrtaartOiart—lorV I Nortatc/Camdan I ■handy
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      840 46 SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. IM7MIMMO 100KIN6S CALL■ PIBECT LIME: *****41/43 JESSICA/CELIA/MEI CHAM 7 slgs/week W2&HM 3 slgs/WEEK IVESSO. VOY [SIN JAK I VESSEL I VOY sm ISUW SWAP JAVA 966 22/11
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      364 46 NEWARK SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD I 48-A Campbell Lane, Singapore *****1 s CHTITAGONG BOMBAY CALCUITA r g NHAVA SHEVA u COLOMBO A w MADRAS P m DUBAI/JEBEL ALI 0 TimCORIN w COCHIN E »KARACHI MALDIVES ALSO ACCEPTING ICD DELHI, ICD DHAKA CALL: (65) 294 0949 FAX (65) 294. 9396 Agents
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      540 46 PBS SIM PAR EAST 23/11 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 23/11 BANGKOK 24/11 MANILA/CEBU 23/11 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 23/11 PORT KELANG/PENAN6/E. MALAYSIA 25/11 BUSAN 23/11 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 23/11 HONGKONG SIM CHIN* S#±»*D) 23/11 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHEN2HEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU OALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGOAO/HAIKOU SIN EUROPE/UK 24/11 LON/FLX/LVP/SOU ROM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIM USA/CANADA 23/11 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all IPI
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      497 46 Singapore Soviet Shipping a»Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0* BOMBAY voy sin bom pnq pkl HAJ XK>NG HXQO67 22/11 29/11 11/12 13/12 KOTACAHAYA CAMI97 29/11 07/12 19/12 21/12 TRADE FAST TFS2O3 03/12 11/12 23/12 28/12 ORIENT CORO 106N 08/12 18/12 28/12 30/12 REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA VEBBCL VOY
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      777 47 STARTING REGULAR WEEKLY SAILINGS TO with the arrival of oar vessel MSC BUSAN Voy 003 A 1 on 24 Noveaiber LOOK OUT FOR OUR SCHEDULES NEXT MONDAY AcamxsoumtASfAaA MSC inilirßT (SI mUD ML lllMl 37*3433 NUb *0 3 37*543* TT **Xi 3233**7 m WL 11 *****10 NUi *3 31 *****30
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      501 48 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER BAY 583N 24-25/11 29-03/12 07-08/12 I TIGER WAVE 584N 28-28/11 (XW6/12 1112/12 I TIGER ISLAND 586N 01-02/12 o*o9/12 I*ls/12 I TIGER BRIDGE 586N 04-06/12 10-13/12 18-19/12 I TIGER BAY 587N 07-08/12 13-17/12 21-22/12 I TIGER WAVE 588N 11-12/12 17-20/12 25-26/12 IVESSE^^^^vo^^Sl^^CA^^Sl^l XPRESS
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      682 48 FREIGHT UNKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapora *****1 Tal *****66 (60 Linas) Fax: *****33 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg CONSOLID/mON SERVICE ARGENTINA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN BUENOS AIRES 25/11 CAPETOWN 24/11 CHILE ETD SIN DURBAN 24/11 VALPARAISO 26/11 JOHANNESBURG 24/11 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN PIRAEUS 24/11 BARCELONA 28/11
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      903 48 1 —lOOCL (Singapore) he Ltd CFS r^-qoTI 7f Amw Rm4 #21-04 (S) *****4 It 513 #***** I mmtr ,7^|JYI Ql HO 11S7I7MOOON M 777 7127 cdT 3169 U M M 42 Em *****2s "imT NHTIAWWKA OSA/ CAMAOA <\ ■Blßlll' TO USA p» SfO OAK |0« MEM NYC OUTBOUND fsGf' SYO
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      105 49 UMil. R Thunderstorm T«mp«rotvr» »q X\ V Show«r W#oth«r —S Wind fraction wrtti ip««d in knot* Ron Cloudy Sky Wov ho^ht Virfm wM§ indicated by arrwws «Mck wMt tiw wind Cl) On. M ard* rtprMant, coim or bght ond vonat* wind, i-Ontha* fWch. r*pr«Mnt, 5 knots M On# h* fWch.
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      112 50 Bangladesh Shipping Corporation International Freight Tender is invited from vessel owners/ agents/brokers for transportation of 100,000 MT. (5 pct MOL supplier's option) Arab light crude oil from Rastanura, Saudi Arabia to Chittaqong under lifting Laycan Rastanura, Saudi Arabia 19.12.97 on account of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC). Tender schedule (detail terms
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