The Business Times, 2 December 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85t SINGAPORE Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon FCC first to slash prices by 12.6% for Maysprings
    632 1  -  Cot bringi prices for remaining 196 condo units down to $520 psf from $505 psf By] Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] In what is the first outright price cut since the property market downturn started almost 18 months ago, First Capital Corporation yesterday
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    Lock icon Dow up 123 points at noon
    102 1 AFP [NEW YORK] Blue-chip stocks soared in mid-day trading here yesterday, buoyed by rising markets in Hongkong and Tokyo. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 123.09 points to 7,946.22 at noon EST. On the bond market, the average yield on the bellwether 30-year
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    N-E Line will have driverless trains
    246 1  -  It will be first fnDy-antomated transit system in Asia By< Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] The MRT North-East Line (NEL), which is to run completely below ground, will feature driverless trains the first such mass transit system in Asia. BT understands that the decision to adopt
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    Most local banks follow DBS Bank's prime rate rise
    543 1  -  By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] All local banks, except Overseas Union Bank (OUB), are raising their prime lending rates by half a percentage point from today, following DBS Bank's increase last Friday. Both OCBC Bank and United Overseas Bank (UOB) will
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    Asean emergency fund is not off the ground – yet
    664 1  - Asean emergency fund is not off the ground yet Ministers agree to idea but whether it will actnally be set up remains to be seen From* Catherine Ong in Kuala Lumpur ASEAN flifence ministers yesterday agreed to the concept of a standby fund to help embattled South-east Asian countries which
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      101 1 ■iidb Taiwan's slock market index plunged 5% yesterday in reaction to the ruling Kuomintang's crushing defeat by the Opposition in local elections over the weekend, Pf 10 > &|l|rJ SkUntOiaßee w Five liners, including Hongkong's CXXL, have agreed to form a new alliance serving the main 4 East-West markets, Shipping
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Nutmegs to close in Hyatt's $15m revamp
      549 2  -  Bqp, CUnoiMrie, Branmgans will also pin hotel's upgrade to Grand Hyatt By Jenny Lam THE popular Nutmegs and Ruyi restaurants and nightspots Chinoiserie and Brannigans will be closing soon for good as part of a $15 million revamp to reposition the Hyatt Regency
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      Asia should help shape global policy on Internet issues: Mah
      397 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling COMMUNICATIONS Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday called on Asia to participate in shaping and defining policy and regulatory fi*amework for the global information society. That's one way Asia can get itself counted in the emerging global
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      Lock icon Merrill sees 4.1% growth in 1998
      362 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY GDP By Audrey Tan MERRILL Lynch has cut its 1998 Singapore economic growth forecast to 4.1 per cent as it expects the full impact of the regional financial turmoil to be felt next year. The US investment bank's estimate, revised
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      Lock icon Volatile forex markets boost Citibank gains
      402 2  -  Regional currencies account for one third of the bank's trade By\ Conrad Raj THE recent regional currency crisis may have wreaked havoc and caused many a company to run into financial difficulties, but foreign exchange traders at Citibank here are literally laughing all the
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      30 2 What the prime rate hike spells, Pg 4 FOUND SOMETHING? Locate its owner through Classification 821 (Found). t Simply call CA.T.B. at 1800-737-1166 for this free service. Another CtaaaMod Servto*
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      432 3 l^ sss 1884 CH^NOLJNER Typical of Chronoliner chronographs, the Th* n rider-tab bezel was designed in the early 1980s Dressurizpd anH 1 v w 3 rev( utlo J ar y when Breitling developed the Frecce Tricolori kevlar and nsil :)l ca P mac *e of flying team's new Chronomat wrist
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      What the prime rate hike spells
      687 4  -  TKB PROPERTY COLUMN Higher rates to come for HDBtoara leading to lo« of at least SlTllm in By Lee Han Shih FOR the few hundred thousand families who own Housing and Development Board flats, DBS Bank must seem the one to blame. These families
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      Lock icon Singapore investors eyeing Bangkok hotels
      633 4  -  Strong interest to acquire quality hotels is prime areas weak Thai economy i it,, Frances Lui SINGAPORE investors, including several listed companies,. |ire capitalising on the weakened Thai economy by acquiring high-end hotel properties there. Anthony Carp, a director of hotel broking firm JLW Transact,
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      Cluny Court goes for tender sale
      156 4 CLUNY Court a refurbished conservation property in Bukit Timah which was put up for en bloc sale last month, will now be sold by tender instead. The tender invitee bids for both an en bloc sale and for the sale of individual units. Marketing
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      25 4 If you have found something, you can advertise for free in Classification 821 (Found) to seek its owner. Call C.A.T.S. at 1800-737-1166. Another Classified Service
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      149 5 f lp'' JAm *Mfc» A isfc#' JHjH ljM I Porsche works hard to build the world's finest sports close partners. We work in each other's research centers, we're V cars, and they want people to keep them that way. together at the track, and Mobil's name now appears in a
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      RM falls past 3.58; baht hits new low of 41.35
      491 6 [SINGAPORE] The Thai baht and the Malaysian ringgit fell to new lows against the US dollar yesterday on fears of currency trading curbs and Callout from an Opec agreement to raise oil production ceilings, dealers and analysts said. The ringgit,
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      Lock icon National council's top priority is economic recovery: Dr M
      247 6 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said last night the uppermost objective of the proposed National Economic Action Council (NEAC) is to determine Malaysia's recovery from current setbacks affecting the ringgit and the local share market. The NEAC, to be
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      S Korea, IMF in late talks on loans after initial pact flops
      487 6  -  Stocks in fratbll altar grat retracts •arte•fan accord By, Jennifer Veale in Seoul SOUTH Korea and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) resumed talks late yesterday to set terms for rescue loans after an initial agreement failed to make
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      Lock icon Make rules to curb excesses of forex traders: Dr M urges WTO
      400 6  -  ASBAX FDIAIVQB MXMISTERS'MEETUra lrsUnPM also calls for more transparency in currency trading Pronv Catherine Ong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday called for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to formulate regulations to curb the excesses
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      M'sia not seeking IMF aid; Camdessus not ruling it out
      417 6 MALAYSIA said yesterday it was not seeking help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but the fund's managing director Michel Camdessus said he wouldn't rule out any future approach from Kuala Lumpur. "Everything cant be foreseen, and including (what) Prime
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      Taipei expects positive Asean response to funds offer
      446 6  -  Byl Bruce Cheesman in Taipei TAIWAN, given short shrift by Apec in a proposal to set up a bailout fund for South-east Asia, hopes to find a more sympathetic hearing from Asean. The government has made it clear that Taipei, desperate for
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      Lock icon Rupee hits new low of 39.25 to US$
      293 6 Dealers aee unit touching 40 per US dollar floeo Reuters [BOMBAY] The Indian rupee nervously passed the 39 against the US dollar mark yesterday as currency dealers waited for the central bank defence that never came, dealers said. The rupee closed at
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      Lock icon Tsang urges US, Europe to help bail out Asia
      171 6 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Hongkong Financial Secretary Donald Tsang said yesterday that the United States and Europe should take part in regional financing arrangements for Asia which would supplement IMF resources. "We are all in the same boat," he told AFP on
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      Lock icon Nikkei surges on deal to use public funds as safety net
      635 6  -  Govt pledges to protect depositors in svhji fifiifff vfiMt itnntHn' From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TOKYO'S Nikkei 225 stock average climbed back above 17,000 yesterday after it became clear that die use of public money to support the nation's
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Thai govt delays crucial decision on finance firms
      527 7 BANGKOK Finance minister abroad, official says; govt tries te allay mass layoff fears AFP THAILAND'S financial authorities have delayed making a crucial decision on the fate of 58 suspended finance firms. Officials delayed the deadline for making the decision, key to Thailand's
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      Lock icon Water rationing in Manila and a severe drought warning
      324 7 MANILA Reuters THOUSANDS of Manila households went without water for half a day yesterday as the impact of the El Nino phenomenon struck the Philippine capital of 10 million people. As daily water rationing began in parts of Manila, director Leoncio
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      M'sia needs 2 years to absorb property glut
      467 7  -  KUALA LUMPUR Other countries may take longer to find By Eddie Toh MALAYSIA will take up to two years to recover from the property glut which has been further worsened by the currency and stockmarket turmoil, according to property consultancy DMC Brooke
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      Lock icon Bakrie denies saying big firms can use S'pore loan
      320 9 JAKARTA AFP A LEADING business figure has denied saying Indonesia should use standby loans from Singapore to bail out large private companies in the current economic crisis, reports said yesterday. The head of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (Kadin) retracted an
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      Lock icon New Thai court for copyright cases
      195 9 BANGKOK AFP THAI Premier Chuan Leekpai yesterday presided over the opening of an intellectual property rights court designed to clamp down on copyright violations in the country. He said the new court shows that Thailand once notorious as a centre of forgeries of consumer
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Taiwan stocks plunge 5% in response to KMT's poll defeat
      430 10  -  TAIPEI Shares dumped on fears ruling party wfll not move to support market: analysts Bruce Cheesman TAIWAN'S stock market index plunged 5 per cent yesterday in reaction to the ruling Kuomintang's (KMT) crushing defeat by the Opposition in 1 ocal
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      Lock icon HK, S'pore top list of world's freest economies
      424 10 WASHINGTON Strong links between economic, political freedom and wealth, concludes US study AFP HONGKONG'S low taxes, minimal trade barriers and limited government regulation make it the world's freest economy, a Washington-based research group said in a study yesterday. Hongkong was top of
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      Lock icon Beijing ups water price amid drought
      177 10 BEIJING Reuters BEIJING has raised the prices for tap water and sewage treatment to try to curb waste amid a regional dry spell, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The hikes, which took effect from yesterday, raised the price of water for private
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      Lock icon Jiang's visit to Mexico to emphasise trade
      455 10 MEXICO CITY Agreements to be signed covering technology, culture And agriculture AFP CHINESE President Jiang Zemin's visit here appears aimed at persuading Mexico that Beijing deserves to join the United States and Canada as a heavyweight trading partner, analysts say. Mr Jiang's arrival
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      367 10 I A WEEKLY SUMMARY OF I HOME NEWS I AT YOUR FINGERTIPS I H n > ®j| m <> if I 11 r The Strait* Tknes Weekiy Editionbrings you a crap summary of iS| 8 n the week'smajorhappenings tnSingapore and si the Asean region. B Cowering k*» from social issues,
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon India looks set for mid-term poll
      692 11  -  NEW DELHI President may make mm if contenders to form grot cant master majority in parliament By Rajendra Bajpai INDIA looks headed for a midterm election within the next few months although two of the country's largest political parties claim they can provide a
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      Lock icon Aussie recovery underway, Asia a concern: survey
      285 11 SYDNEY Bridge News THE Australian economy is growing strongly and "well on its way to recovery", but the economic meltdown in Asia could undermine the improvement, the Australian Chambar of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) said in its survey of business expectations in the
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      Lock icon India claims credit for Suzuki unit's success
      294 11 NEW DELHI It's protected from competition, industry ministry sources say AFP THE Indian government's long-running war of words with Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp flared up again yesterday as New Delhi claimed it was responsible for the success of their joint venture, the Press
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      Lock icon Lawsuits fly as S Korean presidential race gathers speed
      341 11 SEOUL AFP LAWSUITS started flying yesterday as South Korea's presidential campaign heated up ahead of the Dec 18 polls. The first shot fh what was shaping up as tangled web of accusations Involving the local press, was fired by a masscirculation
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Ministers remain in deadlock over post-EMU issues
      524 13 BRUSSELS But some progress seen in proposals aft ending harmful tax competition Reuters EUROPEAN Union finance ntixiisters failed to make headway yesterday in efforts to faftak a deadlock over postEMU policy issues but appeared close to agreeing on a (pound-breaking small step towards
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      Lock icon Samsung's £450m UK investment on hold
      214 13 AFP SpUTH Korean industrial Opop Samsung said yesterday tMt it had shelved plans for a £450 million (Ssl.2 billion) investment in Britain. f But at the same time, it stressed that production increasingly be conducted outside South Korea. Given the financial turmoil at home,
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Raise Iraq oil quota: UN chief
        64 13 Reuters 2, [UNITED NATIONS] Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday recommended increasing the amount of oil Iraq is allowed to sell every six months under a ON > "oil-for-fbod" scheme but proposed no specific figure. Mr j Annan said the change would be necessary "given the
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        Lock icon Nato meets on new command
        88 13 AFP {BRUSSELS} Nato military chiefs met yesterday in a Wdto reach accord on a streamlined conamaad tincture f considered crucial ifNato is to meet new security challenges. But agreement appeared compromised by a V row between Greece and Turkey over control of airspace and an
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        Lock icon Albright on outting emissions
        96 13 AFP V fLONDON] The US will not take on binding obligations at the Kyoto conferenceon global warming without the meaningful participation of developing countries, US I Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said yesterday. Writing in the Financial Times as the conference opened In Japan, she argued
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        Lock icon UK govt wont bail out RJB
        74 13 Reuters [LONDON] The British government yesterday confirmed it had no plans to bail out Britain's biggest coal producer, 3$ RJB Mining, which is threatening to close eight pits because of a fell-off in demand. News of the government's tough stance, despite growing pressure smocg
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      Lock icon Pakistan judges fail to resolve rift in Supreme Court
      278 13 ISLAMABAD AFP PAKISTAN'S senior judges failed to'resolve t? split over ue status of the country's chief justice and contempt charges against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, court officials said. The judges held talks at the heavily guarded Supreme Court building, as the
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      Lock icon UK papers pay Versace damages
      159 13 ■LONDON AFP THE late Gianni Versace's fashion empire yesterday accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over British newspaper allegations that the company was involved with the Mafia. The action followed articles in The Observer and The Independent newspapers in July shortly after the 50-year-old designer was
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      Lock icon Giggling over a deadly serious subject
      62 13 [MEXICO CITY] A woman giggling as she holds a giant condom over a man during an Aids awareness event held in Mexico City on Friday. The use of condoms is still a taboo subject in Mexico and has led to a fierce debate between
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      Lock icon German manufacturing growth picks up pace
      366 13 FRANKFURT Purchasing Managers' Index confirms economy's on road to recovery Reuters GERMAN manufacturing activity grew for the 15th consecutive month in November, a poll showed on Monday, confirming signs that the economy is on the road to recovery. In the largest monthly expansion since
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      Lock icon IMF may grant next tranche to Russia
      230 13 MOSCOW Reuters THE IMF may grant Russia its next tranche from its three? year US$lO billion (Ssl6 bil-. lion) loan this month, Russian central bank first deputy.« chairman Sergei Aleksashenko said yesterday after meet- ing IMF officials last week. 1 He told Reuters
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      Lock icon Nazis took US$146m in gold: study
      399 13 BERNE Swiss study claims to be first to track flow of Nazi gold Reuters NAZI Germany took US$l46 million in gold from Holocaust victims and other individuals, according to a Swiss study released yesterday that claims to be the first to track the flow
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      Lock icon Britain's manufacturing growth up
      229 13 LONDON Reuters GROWTH in Britain's manufacturing sector hit a sevenmonth high in November, the latest Purchasing Managers Index from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (Cips) showed yesterday. Buoyant domestic demand boosted order books but the strength of the pound up nearly 25 per cent
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Obsession with Saddam reflects US biases
      769 14  -  THE BOTTOM LOVE OPINION By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent THE anti-climatic conclusion of the US-Iraq confrontation has left the media pundits and the foreign policy wonks in Washington, with a ''post-crisis depression". For about 10 days, since President Saddam Hussein
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      113 14 The mob has never seen a market they didn't like to manipulate.' Jamee KaDstrem FBI chief in New York after 19people were indicted in a stock-manipulation case that illustrates the influence of organised crime on Wall Street. 'We've seen the future and we hate it' William Newman
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      Seoul's second revolution
      655 14 EDITORIAL OVER the past three decades the South Korean economy routinely doubled in size every eight years, courtesy of a growth rate that averaged around 8.6 per cent a year. It was enough to erase all evidence of a three-year civil war which had left the peninsula
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      Lock icon Is rupee next in line?
      1110 14  -  Analysts feel that while the Indian economy is sound, a rupee devaluation cannot be ruled out By Aruna Srinivasan The writer is a Nem Delhi-based journalist who contributed this article to BT THE Indian rupee has come under severe pressure in recent weeks and while
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      789 14 HUfe state in Kyoto THE idea of regulating the world's climate would, until recently, have been thought madness, or at least impious folly. Modern technology has changed this. But the representatives of 150 countries gathering in Kyoto today should remember, as they squabble about details, the
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      Upfront about cancer
      773 16  -  A firm hand on a tight plot draws out honest performances in Breastissues, says bsh mumboe BEN MUNROE SINGAPORE Repertory Theatre's latest production, Breastissues, tackles the difficult issue of breast cancer, not only as a problem for the four women in the script, but also as a
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      692 16  -  BOOKS Amuse yourself with The Simpsons, tickle your palate with The Essential Cookbook By i Christopher Lehmann-Haupt NYT SEERS say that not too long from now, what you now think of as a book will have become a paper thin, flexible, waterproof, lightweight, bright display
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      MAS' purchase of 25 Boeings in the balance
      523 17  -  Carrier defers equity-raising plan, considers ether options By. Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Airline System Bhd (MAS) may be flying troubled skies as it weighs the purchase of 25 new Boeings against funding needs, but analysts say it is looking into
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      ST Capital staying on sidelines till region recovers
      355 17  -  Currency crisis has raised cost of fnnding, eroded credit quality Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] ST Capital, which last Friday announced foreign exchange losses of up to US$l9.5 million (5531.1 millionfc is waiting for the regional economies to turn around before making more
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      Lock icon Datacraft Asia wins US$1m deal
      94 17 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Datacraft Asia said yesterday it had won a US$l million (511.6 million) contract from Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) to build a public Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) communications network. Datacraft said in a statement the network was expected to be operational during December. The
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      Stay tuned but don't hold your breath for STIC's turnaround
      853 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW David Boey HISfIVTH regional econoteeming with bad news, one could quite f reasonably expect comr panies with heavy exposure in the region to play their cards doee to their chests and not draw undue attention to their
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      Lock icon L&M jumps 11% on news of Hong's interest
      249 17  -  By^ Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The share price of specialist contractor L&M Group Investments rose sharply yesterday on news that it was being pursued by architect and businessman Albert Hong. The counter, which is currently controlled by an Indonesian consortium led by President
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      Cosco buying two Shanghai properties for US$25.8m
      209 17  -  Deals cover part of office property and 60 apartment nnits By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Cosco Investment Singapore Is buying two properties in Shanghai for a total of US$25.B million (5541.2 million). Wholly-owned subsidiary Calzona Pte Ltd has signed a deal to purchase
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      IME net profit dives 74% in 1st half
      223 17 [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-listed IMM Multi-Enterprise (IME) yesterday posted a 74 per cent drop in interim net profit to $110,000 from $423,000 in the same period iast year. But provisions for extraordinary items took the retail group's bottomline to a loss of $3.8 million,
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        Lock icon KL stockbrokers brace for long-awaited industry shakeout
        644 18 At least 12 small brokerage firms are in deep trouble, say traders Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] For more than a decade, Nik Mohammed Din, chief executive officer of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, watched with pride as the Malaysian "li stock market expanded to
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        Lock icon Thai Airways profit falls 18% to 2.8b baht
        502 18 Battered baht, sharp downturn in Thai travellers blamed AFP [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International pic said yesterday its profits dropped by 18.3 per cent in the first nine months of 1997 to 2.76 billion baht (*****.3 million) as the country's currency plunged. Thailand's
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        Lock icon Desa Pachi to take over Berjaya unit
        289 18 NST [KUALA LUMPUR] Berjaya Singer Bhd will now see Desa Pachi as its new owner in a proposal somewhat similar to the aborted deal involving Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd. In a statement on Saturday, Berjaya Group Bhd said it was selling its entire
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        187 18 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's financial crisis is slowing down sales of the national car, the Proton, reports said. "We are beginning to see some signs of the (car) market softening," Wira Mohd Saleh Sulong, executive chairman of auto maker DRB-Hicom, told The Star
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        Lock icon Yaohan's bumper sale in HK nets HK$20m
        154 18 AFP [HONGKONGJ A cash-only bumper clearance sale at the bankrupt Japanese-owned Yaohan department chain stores here raised HK$2O million (554.13 million), it was reported yesterday. Police had to be called in to maintain order as more than 130,000 shoppers jostled to buy half-price
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        Lock icon Finance One creditors' plan gets the nod
        105 18 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] Finance One pic said its creditors' plan, one of two supplements submitted to the Thai Financial Restructuring Authority, has been approved in principle at a meeting of senior creditors. The other supplement consisted of a proposal by Credit Suisse First Boston.
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        Tat Hong in Philippine equipment leasing tie-up
        350 18  -  It will pay 37.5 m pesos for 60% stake in Eeppel unit From, Al Labita in Manila SINGAPORE'S Tat Hong International Pte Ltd has tied up with a listed flagship of the Keppel group to pave the way for its entry into the
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        255 18 Reuters [HONGKONG] Peregrine Investments Holdings Ltd chairman Philip Tose said yesterday he expected the investment bank to be profitable in the current year, despite the impact of market turmoil in Asia and an exceptional charge for layoffs. "Clearly we had a very good
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          SES appoints committee members
          114 18 [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore hat appointed these non-stockbroking members to its committee: Chua Kim Yeow, a director of Marina Centre Holdings; Arfat Selvam, partner of Arfat Selvam fc Gunaaingham; Shehzad Naqvi, country corporate officer, Citibank Singapore; Law Song Keng, managing director of Overaeae Aeeurance
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          Lock icon NatSteel unit sells stake in Jurays
          77 18 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel Ltd said yesterday its subsidiary Nat Steel Chemicals Ltd had sold its entire 50 per cent stake in poly bag-maker Juraya Enterprise Pte Ltd to Maya Manufacturing A Trading PteLtd, which held the remaining stake. Juraya would cease to be
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          Lock icon Lion Corp to list Chaina units
          83 18 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Lion Corp Bhd will list its China companies on the Hongkong and Shanghai stock exchangee to raise funds for their expansion in China, "'i Malaysia's Business Times quoted chairman William Cheng as saying. The company is currently in discussions with merchant
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          Lock icon Olympia unit aborts S Africa venture
          57 18 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR) Olympia Industries Bhd said Its unit LC (B VI) Ltd, has decided not to proceed with its proposed resort venture in Secunda, South Africa, in view of the weaker ringgitLC(BVD will also not participate in the subscription of one-third new shares
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          Lock icon Renong upbeat about '98 prospects
          62 18 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Renong Bhd Mid its prospects for the year to June lflflft rmalw m rhalioH^m economic scenario. "For the foreseeable future, Renong will continue to be s front-runner for many other projects in Malaysia that are still on the drawing board," executive chairman
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        Lock icon Japanese giants falter in US home PC market
        369 19 MibigivMip after ft prices itself •at «f market; Stay still sticking it tot NYT [NEW YORK] Two Japanese electronics giants, Sony and Toshiba, have found their early efforts in the US market fixhome computers to be a hum bling experience. Their entry
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        Lock icon Compaq cuts notebook prices
        111 19 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Compaq Computer Corp said yesterday it was cutting prices across its range of Armada brand notebook computers in the Asia Pacific. It said in a statement price reductions, which would place with immediate effect, were up to 34 per cent "The new pricing scheme...
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        Lock icon Citibank booms as Japan banks fail
        220 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Citibank NA said last week its Japanese branches Just had a recordbreaking week as customers (locked to open accounts after the collapse of some of Japan's htm ill financial institutions. Business at Citibank tranches tore surged after Yamaichi Securities Co, Japan's fourth
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        Lock icon Yamaichi unit's staff to be absorbed by EDS
        232 19 AFP [TOKYO] Yamaichi Information Systems Co Ltd, a unit of Japan's collapsed Yamaichi Securities Co Ltd, said yesterday all its 588 employees would be hired by Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS) of tfwt United SM** The move will signal the beginning of
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        Lock icon Nippon Steel invests 3b yen in Oracle unit
        144 19 Reuters (TOKYO] Nippon Steel Corp said yesterday that it has invested three billion yen (5537.3 million) in the Japanese unit of computer software firm Oracle Corp. It said a Nippon Steel official would become vice-presi- dent of the Oracle unit. The move
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        236 19 Reuters (SYDNEY] A private group headed by former TNT Ltd chief executive David Mortimer has made a bid to buy Australia's wool stockpile in a move designed to list a All billion (SSI.OB billion) group on the Australian Stock Exchange. The Australian Wool Group
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        DBS Asset Management to expand funds portfolio
        394 20  -  Its Personal Asset Manager plan will inclnde intl unit trusts from next year By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] DBS Asset Management (DBSAM) will include funds managed by international investment managers in its Personal Asset Manager (PAM) product from next year. Launched this August,
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        Lock icon PW, Coopers partners back merger
        389 20 They predict plans for global tie-ap will create 50,000 jobs in Europe by 2003 FT [LONDON] Price Waterhouse and Coopers Lybrand partners have "overwhelmingly" backed their global merger proposals and predict that if regulators agree to their plans, 50,000 jobs will be created in Europe
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        Lock icon French insurer lost 50b francs: report
        164 20 AFP [PARIS] France's state-con-trolled GAN insurance group accumulated losses of 50 billion francs (5513.5 billion) between 1991 and 1996, the mass circulation dally Aujourd'hul en France reported yesterday. Property deals by the Union Industrielle de Credit subsidiary accounted for some 40 billion francs of
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        Good time to diversify into bonds: DBSAM
        358 20  -  Asian bourses bottoming but limited upside seen By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Asian stock markets may be near their bottom, but the upside is also limited for the foreseeable future, said executive director of DBS Asset Management (DttSAM) Ronnie Teo, making a case for
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        Lock icon Travelers completes US$9b Salomon buy
        326 20 Salomon to cot risk it takes ii trading derivatives 'substantially' Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Travelers Group said it has completed its US$9.3 billion (5114.8 billion) acquisition of Salomon, the largest purchase of a securities firm in the US. Travelers, an insurer and consumer finance company, is
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        Lock icon Euroyen slips on credit crunch
        228 20 SUKBLReport Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures were pressured yesterday by a liquidity squeeze in Japan's money markets, intensifying losses in nearby months. The squeeze, caused by the selling of yen for dollars in the wake of tight liquidity, raises the cost of short-term borrowing to
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        Futures fall on surprise election results
        146 20  -  MBOITAIWAIV FUTURES By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refoo Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Slmex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract slipped yesterday as investors responded to the surprise victory of the opposition (DPP) over the ruling Kuomintang party. The cash index fell 396.6
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        Lock icon Oil tumbles on Opec deal to raise output
        249 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil prices feU sharply yesterday in a bearish reaction Opec's agreement to hike its production ceiling by 10 per cent North Sea Brent crude was down 65 cents at U5518.29 a barrel at 1037 GMT. Opec ministers
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        284 20 Reuters THE US dollar traded within narrow margins at mid-day yesterday after having opened with a rise due to expectations of outflows of Japanese capital and to worries about the East European economies after a drop of the Czech crown. At 1310 GMT, the dollar was trading at
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      1375 21 AFP ****** SHARE prices rallied yesterday as continued short covering in financial and property sectors spread to the broader market, brokers said. The 225-share Nikkei Average rose 371.33 points, or 2.2 per cent, to end the session at 17,007.59. The broader Topix Index was up 2222 points at 1,274.44.
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      1381 22 AFP PHMgSw< ♦mW HONGKONG share prices roee 2.1 per cent yesterday on optimism that the territory may have seen the worst of the recent financial crisis and on strong gains in the Tokyo stock market dealers and analysts said. "There seemed to be a revival of bullish sentiment of
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      531 22 AFP □aw*wßhi«i -LP THE Shenzhen B share market ended at a new 1997 closing low yesterday, pulled down by overseas institutional selling aimed at market giant Bengang Steel Plates. The B Index fell 1.11 points to 96.65 on turnover of HK$lB million. The previous 1997 closing low was 97.76
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      331 22 AFP DwPhig -3NJB STOCKS took a beating with a 5.1 per cent plunge yesterday as investors were disappointed over the surprise defeat of the ruling Kuomlntang (KMT) in weekend local elections. "Battered by overwhelming selling pressure, the market dropped sharply from the start of trading," said a trader. The
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      223 22 Reuters Q Wellington *3M SHARE prices ended on a slightly positive note yesterday as gains in forestry and Brierley Investments were partly offset by a fall in Telecom shares. By the close, the market was just 3.26 points higher at on improved turnover of NZ$B6.B million. Reuters i *t-
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      728 22 AFP n«TMg -7JI SHARE prices declined 2 per cent in thin trading yesterday because of a drop in the value of the baht and prevailing worries about Thai financial Institutions, analysts said. The SET Index was off 7.91 points at 387.56. Turnover was 72.9 million shares worth 1.5 billion
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      359 22 AFP gcmnrmtthk* -14.70 SHARE prices plunged 3.6 per cent yesterday on concerns that negotiations with the IMF over a bailout package were stalled, dealers said. After a volatile day, the market fell towards the close to breach the 395-point level following news that Finance Minister l.tm Chans-yuel »nH IMF's
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      525 22 AFP HilMhito *483 SHARES closed higher yesterday as Improved Asian markets prompted investors to snap up blue chips, pushing the market to its highest close in almost three weeks. In a late surge, the All Ordinaries Index broke through the 2,500-point barrier for the first time since Nov 13,
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      637 22 AFP DO«p>gte Index -ZM SHARE prices slipped yesterday on growing concerns over the weakening rupiah and poor corporate results. "The market is very quiet The weak rupiah has forced foreign investors to move sideways," a broker said. "I think as long as the rupiah does not stabilise people will
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      266 22 AFP QlUnila ■*&!> SHARE prices rose in thin trading yesterday, as investors nibbled on blue chips. The PSE Composite Index rose 5.10 points to close at 1,777.04. Turnover was 1.96 billion shares worth 854.6 million pesos. Manila Electric Co A shares gained 1.50 pesos to close at 75 pesos
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        Lock icon Shares dip on fears of more curbs
        206 23 AFX-Asia P Composite lain -16J9 SHARE prices closed sharply lower yesterday on concerns that the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange may impose trading restrictions on more brokerages after announcing such moves against Ave houses, brokers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 16.99 points
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        Petronas Dagangan wrt looks underpriced but nobody's buying
        190 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By] R Sivanithy THE devastation created by the crash In the Kuala Lumpur stock market and the Malaysian ringgit means that several warrants which would previously be considered bargains are being shunned. Take for instance the case of Petronas Dagangan's
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        Late buying puzzles market observers
        687 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY News of ELSE'S curb on five brokerages puts paid to hopes of a rally on the strength of rises in Tokyo and Hongkong By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Industrials Index benefited yesterday from a puzzlingly late spot of buying that
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        72 26  -  by Shiv Taneja ASIAN PAC closed 15 emus lower at U cents on a wtfwne Of 1.01 million shares yesterday, compared wtth its 10-day traded average of 1.95 million units. The stock Is trading near its P/»year low, and the daily and weekly RSI and stochastks are well
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          In a spot of bother
          165 26 SEEMS the turmoil in regtonalfinancial markets does not discriminate against foreigners. The Taiwan offics of Bank of America has incurred its first loss in 30 years, according to Taiwaneee newspapers. They recently reported that BoCA's operations there suffered pre-tax losses of some NTBSO million (SI
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          Enjoy the music
          94 26 IN A happier position, however, is Deutsche Bank. The German bank has made record profit from Asian markets this year, and the profit couldn't have come at a better time— its 25th anniversary in Singapore. To mark the occasion, world renowned violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is playing for
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          Business class travel
          100 26 TIBS TAXIS, s unit of listed Tibs Holdings, launched its Mercedes-Benx fleet yesterday with what's currently the lowest rate for an sirport transfer. For $36, you can ride in an India-assembled diesel Merc to ChangL That's |1 end 96 cheaper than similar services offered by CltyCab (the
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          Clear and dry
          73 26 SIXTEEN hotel* in Pahang arm fairing the elements. They are guaranteeing their guests at least four hours of rain-free holiday and an air pollution index of lest than 50. If either or both conditions are not met, the hotels will throw in one nighfs free stay or
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          Different strakes
          94 26 WHILE we're mi the subject, the Singapore Tourism Board yesterday confirmed that the base would be a major factor contributing to the expected zero growth in tourist arrivals to Singapore this year. But ifi nice to know that not all travellers were put off by the smog. One
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          A small dese of discount
          81 26 UNITY NTUC Healthcare, the pharmacy shop, has given out discount coupons to its 4 shareholders. With the coupons, shareholder-customers are entitled to a 5 per cent discount. But there is a catch the discount does not apply to medicinal products, health and fitness equipment, gifts,
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      324 27 Bridge News, Reuters Reuters RATES for Panamaxes in the Far East remained at very low levels in a slow end to the week, brokers said. The Atlantic market has been more upbeat for Panamax owners, but in all it has been a difficult week. The Baltic Freight Index
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      381 27  -  Hapag-Lloyd, NTK, OOCL, P&O Nedlloyd and nSG join forces By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] Realignment and switching of partners in container shipping line groups took another turn yesterday with the announcement of the creation of another new major alliance. Five liners, including
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      464 27  -  It will charter handymax bulk carrier from Golden Aquarian Co By] Lu Ning [SINGAPORE] The main-board-listed Cosco Investment (S) Ltd announced yesterday that its wholly owned subsidiary Cosco (S) Pte Ltd has entered into a bareboat charterparty with Golden Aquarian Co of Liberia for
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        109 27 Anex-Antara (JAKARTA] The Transportation Ministry has revoked the licences of 14 shipping companies for failing to submit an annual report to the Directorate-General for Sea Besides, their ships no longer fly the Indonesian flag, breaching government regulations and the Transportation Minister's decree, the Directorate
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        98 27 AFX-Asia [SHANGHAI] Tientsin Marine Shipping Co Ltd said it has agreed to buy an 80 per cent stake in three shipping units from Tientsin Marine Shipping Group Co Ltd for US$6O million (5985.4 million). The sole assets of the shipping units, Top
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        116 27 Reuters [LONDON] British shipping group Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co said it had agreed to form a Joint venture with Italy's Gruppo Investimen t i Portuali SpA (GIF) to develop GlP'a terminal and intermodal businesses. Under the terms of the agreement,
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      309 27 [SYDNEY] The Sydney Ports Corporation announced strong financial results with revenue increasing by 4.8 per cent for the 1995/96 year, because of strong shipping activity. Ship visits for the year were up 5 per cent on the previous 12 months.
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      223 27 Bernama [PETALJNG JAYA] Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik yesterday urged Malaysian exporters to utilise the facilities in Port Klang to help turn the country's main port into the world's fifth largest. "If we can bring back all the Malaysian cargo to Port
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      922 28 IBUOH FOR ALTERNATIVE HEAVY-CARGO TRANSPORTER The German-led Cargo Lifter group plans to revive the airship as a heavy-freight carrier in a 240m-mark venture Bloomberg Cargolifter, a German-led group, said It taplanningto stir up the heavy freight transportation business by bringint back the airship. More than
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        449 42  -  Rail specialist to set 19 corporate centre in S'pore to prepare for regional growth By< Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Rail specialist Adtranz, a two-year-old venture between Asea Brown Boveri Ltd and Daimler-Benz AG, expects its share of projects in the Asia-Pacific to
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        275 42 AFP [CAIRO] National carrier Egypt Air is to slash fares on its internal flights by 50 per cent in a bid to counter the slump in bookings, Tourism Minister Mamduh al-Beltagi said. The move is the latest in a series
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        200 42 Assaults against staff has increased: airline association AFP [MANILA] Asia-Pacific carriers are to fight back against unruly passengers, an airline association said here yesterday, citing an increase in assaults on staff. The Association of Asia Pacific airlines "will not tolerate any unprovoked assault
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        380 42 Bloomberg [TEL AVIV] El A 1 Israel Airlines reported third-quarter net income more than tripled, bringing the state-owned carrier into the black for the nine months. The company said in a statement that it will "have difficulty" breaking
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        227 42 AFP [SHANGHAI] The days of continuous horn-blowing may be over if rules which come Into force yesterday in China's commercial capital succeed in keeping pedestrians, cyclists and motorists in line. Shanghai's mayor Xu Kuangdi went on television on Sunday exhorting the city's more than 13
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      431 27 Adtranz expects share of Asia-Pac market to double Rail specialist to set up corporate centre in S'pore to prepare for regional growth. Ba«kPaf» Federal Express 1 chief executive officer Former US Frederic Smith has been appointed Defence Secretary chairman of the International Air Transport WMamJParry Association's (lata) board of governors,
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      113 41 LIGCHD; R Thunderstorm •<, A V Shower Weather Wind dvection with speed in knots Ron U Cloudy Sky Wov h^h Serftece *m+ ere wdicet.d by err—rs wfcidi wttk tfce wind One hM circle represents cotm or fight and variable winds U.OrwMf fteche represents 3 knots L— On* M Heche represents
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      242 42 FAR EASTERN FREIGHT CONFERENCE BUSINESS PLAN 1998 The Principals of the FEFC Lines met in London today to review the market in the light of the rate restorations previously announced for 1.1.98 (USD 100/200 per 20/40' Westbound and USD 125/175 per 20/40' Eastbound). Volumes moving Westbound are now the highest
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