The Business Times, 4 December 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MTA (F) 023/12/96 85e SINGAPORE Internet http://www.aslal.com.Bg/blztimes THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Seoul seals biggest ever IMF rescue package of Us$ 55b
    1241 1  -  Sooth Korea will have to cap growth at 3% and open up financial Hffati and hinka By Jennifer Veale in Seoul AFTER much wavering, South Korea yesterday finally secured a US$55 billion (5588.6 billion) bailout package the biggest ever rescue
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    Far East taps buyer-get-buyer scheme to boost property sales
    416 1  -  Owners c&b earn up to $10,000 for referrals resulting in sales By Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Recommend a house buyer who signs on the dotted line for a unit in any Far East Organization project and walk away richer by up to
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    Lock icon Regional currencies keep sinking
    332 1  -  By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The rupiah, the Malaysian ringgit and the baht thudded to new lows against the US dollar yesterday, while the Singapore dollar lost further ground to hit a low not seen in more than four years. The Indonesian unit was sold down almost
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    SM Lee urges China to adopt consistent policies
    592 1  -  Policies most be spelt out and be predictable to facilitate investors From, Loh Hui Yin in Suzhou CHINA needs to be consistent and transparent in its economic policies if it is to continue attracting foreign investors, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said
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      84 1 mamu OMi |aw FAN'S Coke venture in Vietnam has been hit by tarns bad pnea, Pg 17 tin tail i mil tmuESL India's PmtteatKß Narayanan looked set last night to dissolve the lower bouse at parliament and order a mid-term election, PfflO -1 So II mM il«oirflWrOii Mhllim Kwee is
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      29 1 Cm oondoa still offer good value: Pidemco Land, Pg 3 KirfrT—not planning, to cut prices yet, Pg 3 Wbo'a got the lowest home loan rates in town?, Pg 3
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      EDB on track in plan to grow promising local enterprises
      345 2  -  28 PLEs have $100 m uuuud revenues; *aetfcer 10 expected to met Urget in '98 to Carol Eng Singapore's promising lo'•feal enterprises (PLEs) are 'likely to experience slower t jHrowth next year, but the Economic Development Board's $ian to produce
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      SM Lee visits Suzhou projects
      525 2  -  Of tfcft 104 projects CMnmitted, 49 have parted eper&tieiis JYom'. Loh Hui Yin XnJhizkou A PUBLIC housing project patterned along the lines of Singapore's Housing and Development Board's, ground--beeaking of Gul Technologies' {$$36 million (SssB million) plant, completion of water and jiewage plants to serve
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      Lock icon Signs of recovery in F&B industry
      314 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Commerce By Frances Lui AFTER two consecutive months of net closures of food and beverage outlets in July and August, September saw a net rise in the number of F&B businesses. The latest figures from the Singapore Tourism and Promotion
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      ST units, US software firm sign technology transfer pact
      261 2  -  By] David Boey THREE Singapore Technologies subsidiaries sealed a US$lO million (5516.1 million) technology transfer and support services deal with USbased Cadence Design Systems yesterday. This is believed to be the largest technology transfer agreement signed in the Asia-Pacific region outside
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Developers cool to latest URA land sale
      449 3  -  Far East tops bids with $141 psf ppr for Tanah Merah site, $171 for Hotigang site By, Jenny Lam THE latest tender for the sale of two residential state sites in Tanah Merah Rise and in Hougang drew low bids and little interest
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      Kepland not planning to cut prices yet
      509 3  -  Debt-to-eqoity ratio 'very comfortable', no hnrry to sell nnits, says director Bya Ang Wan May KEPPEL Land (Kepland) has no plans to follow First Capital Corporation (FCC) in slashing prices for its 99-year leasehold projects at the moment, said the group's executive director
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      Who's got the lowest home loan rates in town?
      420 3  -  By\ Clarissa Tan Siow Li Sen HURRY, hurry, hwnebuyers. Not all home loans have risen in tandem with banks' recent half a percentage point hike in prime rates, but this may not last much longer. Only two financial institutions have yet
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      Exec condos still offer good value, says Pidemco Land
      430 3  -  Buying pattern seen as proof that ECs are hitting target market By Diana Oon EXECUTIVE condos continue to offer good value and will remain attractive, Pidemco Land's senior vice-president, Kee Teck Koon, said yesterday. He was speaking to reporters at the
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Balmoral projects face price pressure
      502 4  -  Some 400 units expected to be launched in the area over the next few years By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] PROPERTY prices in the prime Balmoral area are on a slippery slope as more housing units are expected to come on-stream. According to estimates by
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      House Hunt
      1124 4 Property transactions for districts 09 and 10 (sectors U to 23 and 24 to 27) lodged between Nov 3,1997 and Dec 1,1997. PROJECT NMC/ POOP CONTRACT TENURE RAW HKE PSF STREET NAME TYPE QUE LAND AREA* (SOFT) (SSDOO) 6$) District 09 2B Cplx Apt 30/09/97 FH 678 813
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      Lock icon En bloc sales: the key questions
      1888 5  -  Some important concerns need to be dealt with in the proposed changes to the law relating to en bloc sales, among which is the question of what is a fair Drice By S K Phang The writer is an advocate and solicitor with a
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Japan posts 0.8% growth in third qtr
      502 6  -  More pressure likely for fresh economic stimulus package From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S economy avoided sliding back into recession in the third quarter of this year by registering 0.8 per cent growth over the previous quarter. But the rebound was by no
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      Lock icon Greenspan sees strong world economy following Asian woes
      399 6 Reuters [NEW YORK] The world economy will emerge stronger once Asia's financial problems have been resolved, US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday night. But Mr Greenspan told the Economic Club of New York, a gathering of top executives, that
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      Lock icon Mild devaluation seen for yuan
      250 6 Reuters [TOKYOJ China, fighting a lonely battle to check the rise of the yuan, may eventually join the regional club of currency devaluations in a bid to maintain its export momentum, senior Japan-based analysts said yesterday. But any yuan devaluation would be mild, given Beijing's
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      Lock icon Markets put Hashimoto on 'credit watch'
      308 6 Investors fear PM doesn't see scale of Japan's problems Reuters [TOKYO] Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto has been put on "credit watch" by the markets for his limp response to the loss of confidence in Japan's financial firms which has deepened after a series of
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      Lock icon Korea's Halla Group saved from brink of bankruptcy
      417 6 Banks help out after it fails to honour 400b won promissory notes AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's 12th largest conglomerate, Halla Group, yesterday brushed with bankruptcy before being saved at the last moment, creditor banks said. But despite Halla's narrow escape, analysts warned
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      Lock icon Thai economy in worse shape than imagined: Chuan
      346 7 BANGKOK Full recovery seen Ukiagtkree years bat crisis expected te bettMieatinliixtlis IHT PRIME Minister Chuan Leekpal said on Tuesday that Thailand's economy was in worse shape than he had imagined and vowed to identify those who had led the country to the
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      Lock icon Foreign creditors to roll over Thai debt
      357 7 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND'S economic chief Supachai Panitchpakdi said yesterday foreign creditors had agreed to roll over more than 50 per cent of Thailand's debts due for repayment at year-end. The rolling over of the massive debts is crucial to Thailand's economic recovery, analysts
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      Lock icon Non-performing loans at 4.3% in Oct: KL
      265 7 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters AFP A SENIOR Bank Negara Malaysia official said yesterday non-performing loans in the country's banking system stood at 4.3 per cent of total loans at the end of October against 3.6 per cent a month earlier. "The non-performing loans (on
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Thai govt clears the way for M foreign ownership of banks
      317 8 BANGKOK Other measures aim to improve liquidity in expert sector AFX-Asia THE Thai cabinet has approved plans, based on an agreed criteria with the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which wiU allow foreign investors to hold 100 per cent equity
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      Lock icon Manila central bank chief undecided about full term
      266 8 &EWYORK Bloomberg PHILIPPINE central bank governor Gabriel Singson hasn't decided whether to serve out his full six-year term, or step down when President Fidel Ramos leaves office in June. "Legally, I can continue if I want but that's still not decided on
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      Lock icon Yawning gap in Viet tourist trade
      63 8 [HANOI] A billboard artist yawning as his partner puts the finishing tour-hex yesterday to a poster advertising flights in and out of Hanoi. Vietnam's tourism industry has run into problems following a boom in the early *****. Official figures show an 8 per cent
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      Lock icon Oil deregulation law's out, Manila court reaffirms
      390 8 MANILA Govt now has to craft new statute or provide subsidies AFP THE Philippine Supreme Court yesterday reaffirmed its decision to strike down a law which deregulated the oil industry, leaving the government to craft a new statute or be saddled with costly
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      Lock icon Suharto to question minister over alleged funds misuse
      248 8 JAKARTA AFP PRESIDENT Suharto is to question the manpower minister over the alleged misuse of US$B2O,OOO (Ssl.3 million) from a workers' insurance fund to push for the passage of a labour law, reports said yesterday. Mr Suharto's move "proves that the president
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      Lock icon Drought-hit food prices send Indon CPI up 1.7% in Nov
      277 8 JAKARTA 40% decline of rupiah against US$ also compounding woes Bloomberg INDONESIAN consumer prices rose 1.65 per cent in November from October, as a severe drought nudged food prices higher, a government official said. The year-on-year rise in inflation accelerated
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      Lock icon Siemens hasn't made new offers for Bakun
      200 8 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama SIEMENS AG of Malaysia has not made any new offers to be involved in the 13.6 billion Malaysian ringgit (Ss6 billion) Bakun hydro electric project, a company official said yesterday. "For this project, financing is very important... and these are
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Taipei's prime office space vacancies at 10-year low
      403 9  -  TAIPEI Staring demand comes from MNCs, ftflfimiyil, high-tech firms: report By] Bruce Cheesman SOARING demand for prime office space by multinationals and Taipei's top financial and high-tech conglomerates has pushed vacancies for downtown sites to aftO-year low. In a further demonstration of
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      Lock icon Tightening asset evaluations
      114 9 BEIJING Bloomberg CHINA wUI only aUow asset evaluations by certified pubUc valuers from next year as the country speeds up the sell-off and merger of state-owned companies, the official Xinhua news agency reported citing an official from the State Administration of State Property. Certified public valuers win
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      Lock icon Hard times for Hongkong's tourism industry
      460 9 ■HONGKONG High cost*, hue, madia burnout blamed for one of its worst tourist slumps LATWP HOTEL rooms sit empty. Commercial flights arrive with plenty of spare seats, and the territory's main air carrier is offering drastic discounts. These are hard times for Hongkong's tourist
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      Lock icon China, Britain upbeat on ties over HK
      155 9 BEIJING AFP CHINA and Britain yesterday hailed a "new chapter" in often troubled ties over Hongkong as they wound up their first talks on the territory since its return to China. "The two governments have successfully resolved the questions left over from history
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      Lock icon China's new WTO offer substantial: US'
      518 9 WASHINGTON Japan, an the other hand, isn't doing euough to open its markets Barshefsky Bloomberg US TRADE Representative Charlene Barshefsky said China's latest offer to gain entry to the World Trade Organization showed a "substantial attitudinal shift" in thinking by the Chinese government. "The
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Earth is like a paper balloon
      62 10 [KYOTOJ Nozomi Yamamoto touching delicate paper balloons set up at Kyoto's international conference hall with various messages and illustrations callingfor care of the earth, as a globcil warming conference continues in the ancient Japanese cqpilal on Wednesday. The balloons are meant to symbolise how
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      Lock icon Aussie growth speeds up, inflation falls
      366 10 ■SYDNEY But economists ask if grwrth will keep op amid Asian turmoil Reuters AUSTRALIA had the best of bdth economic worlds in the September quarter, with accelerating growth and falling inflation, data released yesterday showed. But economists said it renfairis to be seen whether
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      India looks set for new elections to resolve political crisis
      505 10  -  NEWDELHI Caretaker PM Gojral and his cabinet recommend dissolution of lower house By Rajendra Bajpai INDIAN President K R Narayanan looked set last night to dissolve the lower house of parliament and order a midterm election in a bid to
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      Lock icon Japan premium forces banks to pull back from overseas
      377 10 TOKYO Surging borrowing cost comes amid financial firm failures Bloomberg THE "Japan premium", the extra interest Japanese banks are being charged to borrow funds overseas these days, is pushing many lenders to accelerate their withdrawal from foreign business, analysts said. Japanese
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      Lock icon Massive quake coming, Japanese warned
      245 10 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE experts have detected abnormal seismic patterns and have warned that a massive earthquake could strike near Tokyo, a report said yesterday. An area in central Japan has seen an unusually large number of quakes this year and experts say abnormalities in seismic
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Pakistan PM in uphill task to revive ailing economy
      469 11 KARACHI Economy plagued by low revenues, depleted forex reserves, Asian turmoil, among others Reuters THE political crisis that plagued Pakistan for weeks is apparently over but analysts said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif faces an uphill task to lying the ailing economy
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      Ex-spy tells of US govt attack on e-banking
      286 11  -  SINGAPORE Toh Han Shih A FORMER US intelligence officer said here yesterday that the only effective electronic attack on an international banking transaction that he knows of is by the US government. William Church said the current head of the US CIA,
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      Lock icon US service prices up too fast: Fed chief
      412 11 NEW YORK They're moving at pace above 'price stability': Greenspan Reuters FEDERAL Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday that prices for US services were rising faster than price stability. "Service prices which, of course, in the US, are the majority of
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      Lock icon Western finance ministers agree on hard banking reforms
      348 11 SANTIAGO Aim: make markets in Americas less vulnerable to shock Bloomberg WESTERN hemisphere finance ministers endorsed a plan to impose tough banking reforms across the region, hoping to make financial markets in the Americas less vulnerable to shock in the future. The
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      Lock icon Probe into mafia links expanded
      126 11 NEW YORK Reuters FEDERAL prosecutors are expanding an investigation into whether organised crime has tried to gain a toehold in some parts of Wall Street, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The newspaper said the US Attorney's office in Manhattan is investigating possible connections among
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Gates needs to learn to put up with the abuse
      763 12  -  Tm BOTTOMLDfB OPINION By Robert Reno The writer is a Newsday columnist TO a lot of us slobs, one of the gratifications of being Bill Gates would be not having to whine about paying the taxes on our house. To
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      114 12 'I have decided that the allegations against President Clinton, Vice-President Gore and former Energy Secretary Hazel OXeary do not at this time warrant the appointment of an independent counsel This decision was mine and it was based on the facts and the law, not pressure, politics or
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      Nawaz Sharif's new challenge
      600 12 EDITORIAL PAKISTAN'S Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has emerged the victor in a bruising battle with the country's head of state as well as its judiciary. While that may give the impression he is in total charge, the real lesson from this episode is how pivotal the
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      Lock icon Franco fights for less
      1248 12  -  France's bid to cat work-week from 39 to 35 hoars has vital implications for restoftbeEU By\ Salil Sarkar The writer is a Paris-based journalist who contributes to BT CUT the work-week down, say France's rulers: it will create more jobs and help fight lingering unemployment. The
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      744 12 THE scandal over the allegation that PT Jamsostek paid money to House of Representatives' members who deliberated the manpower bill this year has opened a whole Pandora's box. Many House members now openly admit that such contributions from sponsors are normal, and at times even expected.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Pure style at top speed
      1221 13  -  They're hot, but will we remember them tomorrow? chbxstofhertak reviews three fashion statements CHRISTOPHER TAN COUPES, like other lifestyle models, seem to come in waves. In the past 18 months or so, we've seen no fewer than a dozen entries. These included the Fiat Coupe,
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        Adtranx investing in Asia
        60 13 DAIMLER-BENZ, which makes cart, vans, trucks and buses, is also heavily into trains and rail-based mass transit systems. Its 50 per cent owned Adtrsnz has nine billion ECUs (S$l6J2 billion) worth of projects on hand. Adtranz has targeted Asia as a growth area and will pump
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        New Beerner on the way
        79 13 THIS is the new BMW 3-seriesto be launched in Germany next May. The car is expected to reach our shores later in KM. It is slightly bigger and features a more powerful range of engines. Visually, there are some design elements from the 5-series and
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        Advance Auto on sales drive
        54 13  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan PARALLEL importer Advance Automobile has launched an aggressive direct mail promotion offering discounts of 94,000-98,000 plus a year's free maintenance. The sales drive follows a previous one targeting Cycle k Carriage clients. Advance has also written to Mercedes-Benz owners to promote
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      350 17 [SINGAPORE] IPC Corps plan to turn telecom group Hagenuk into a subsidiary and list it in Europe has fallen through over financing arrangements for the German company. IPC, which in September announced that it was doubling its Hagenuk stake to 75 per cent, said yesterday
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      692 17  -  Vietnamese partner complains to &vt about losses incurred by Coke business By Lee Han Shin [SINGAPORE] Soft drink giant Fraser Neave's CocaCola venture in Vietnam has been hit by some bad press. F&N's local partner in Ho Chi Minh City, the state company
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      737 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Conrad Raj ASIA Food Property's purchase of Mauritiar businessman Roland Mau rel's assets through who! ly-owned subsidiary AFI Land (the former Amcol Holdings; must seem to many as another twist in the long and continuing Amcol saga. On Tuesday AFP,
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      349 17  -  Watchdog concerned about impact of issue of more scrip From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Securities Commission has asked merchant banks to be more selective in the submission of proposals for initial public offerings during the current market turmoil. "This
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      225 17 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Engineering (STE) will be included in the benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index (STII) from Monday, the counter's first trading day on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. The newly-listed defence and engineering conglomerate will also be included in the wider Business
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      SembCorp venture bags Sumatra gas plant deal
      209 17 [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Engineering and Construction Pte Ltd (SembEC), together with a Swedish company, has landed a US$33 mUlion (5153.1 million) contract to build a hydrogen peroxide plant in Northern Sumatra. SembEC, the engineering and construction arm of Sembawang Corp, is tying up with
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        120 18 [SINGAPORE] Shiprepairer Hitachi Zosen yesterday reported a 4.4 per cent fall in interim profit to $5.02 million. Turnover fell 1.5 per cent to $106.77 million. In its unaudited results for the six months ended Sept 30, the company said the falls were due
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        San Miguel, Ayala call off merger talks
        263 18  -  Philippine giants differ on valuations of food nnits From. Al Labita in Manila RIVALS San Miguel Corp (SMC) and Ayala Corp yesterday called off talks to merge their food businesses due to differences in valuations. In a brief joint statement, the two corporate
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        463 18 It will pay HKs4.Bb for mobile phone business Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hongkong Telecommunications Ltd agreed to buy the mobiletelephone business of First Pacific Co for HK*4.B4 billion (Sfl billion), a move analysts say may help Telecom fend off budding rivals. The purchase of
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        FHTK posts 51% rise in interim net profit
        211 18 (SINGAPORE] The interim net profit of mainboard-listed fruit and vegetable distributor FHTK Holdings soared 51 per cent to $1.6 million. And this would have been higher if not for a three-fold jump in depreciation and amortisation to $3.5 million. Turnover for the
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        225 18 [SINGAPORE] A group of Vikay Industrial employees from around the world have pledged moral support for the management of the troubled Sesdaq-listed firm. The petition sent to BT yesterday was signed by more than 600 Vikay staff from its offices in Singapore, Malaysia,
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        422 19 Primary market set t# beceme battlefield a* underwriters fight new issues AFP Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's main bourse, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, has announced that it will move to Pudong New Area development zone next Monday, a Chinese newspaper reported yesterday. The relocation of
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        168 19 AFP [SUBIC BAY] Acer Group's chairman and chief executive Stanley Shih has tokl Philippine officials that the Taiwan firm may produce its low-cost "XC" computers at its plant here, officials said yesterday. Mr Shih visited the free port north of Manila to inaugurate
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        62 19 [HANOI] Patrick Aronson, South-east Asia area manager for Motorola, is the centre afattention as he explains to curious onlookers how to log onto the Internet using a mobile phone at a Telecom Exhibition in Hanoi on Tuesday. Vietnam's first Internet services became available on Monday,
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        348 19 AFP Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese microchip makers will shift the focus of their memory chip production to 64-megabit dynamic random access memory (Dram) microchips from 16-megabit Dram chips by early 1996, a report said yesterday. The move by Toshiba Corp,
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        499 19 Group may also go into 2 low-cost public boosing projects AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Henderson Group is discussing with a third party to acquire an interest in a telecommunications business in China, director Lee Ka-kit said. Speaking after Henderson China Holdings Ltd's AGM, Mr
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        406 20 C&ntkm favours quality, liquidity, prospects of steadier growth in slow times Reuters [NEW YORK] US investors will pour most of their money into big-cap stocks through year-end, showing caution following October's sellofif and wary of potentially lower earnings ahead, analysts said. The attraction
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        265 20 Its Interstate Hotels takeover is its 3rd largest this year FT [NEW YORK] Patriot American, one of a new breed of acquisitive hotel companies in the US, on Tuesday pulled off its third big takeover this year with the US$l.3 billion (Ss2.l billion) purchase
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        198 20 LATWP [NEW YORK) For the first time, an American tobacco company has begun listing long-secret ingredients contained in its cigarettes directly on the label. On Tuesday, Liggett Group introduced cartons that the company plans to begin using that list the ingredients in its LAM cigarettes,
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        UK banks may raise bad debt provisions for Asia
        503 21  -  British banks'total exposure to East Asia at end-June was a hefty USslo9b From, Neil Behrmann in London BRITISH banks are likely to raise provisions against bad debts in Asia substantially, contend banking analysts. One analyst told BT the provisions could total
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        283 21 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Finex, the financial division of the New York Cotton Exchange, will resume trading futures contracts for the Indonesian rupiah, Malaysian ringgit and the Thai baht tomorrow. The exchange originally began trading the currency futures in July, but later stopped after
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        264 22 Ernst Young faces US$ 4b lawsuit Bloomberg [BALTIMORE] Ernst Young L|,P is facing a US$4 billion (556.4 billion) fraud lawsuit by the bankruptcy trustee of defunct retailer Merry-Go-Round Enterprises Inc, which claimed the accounting firm httrt creditors by letting the company take too long to liquidate. I The damages are
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        446 22 Facing uncertainty, traders gear np for an nnseasonally active year-end Reuters [NEW YORK] Now that December is upon us, the US bond market can no longer just sit back, relax and count its winnings from a rather successful year. That was the way
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        292 22 Investors gamble on chances of big qnake hitting Tokyo soon FT [TOKYO] Japan's financial institutions may have been caught off guard by recent failures, but they're trying to be better prepared for natural disasters. Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance, Japan's largest non-life insurer,
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        231 22 StXEXßeport Reuters (SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures eased yesterday as the credit situation in Japan remained tight after the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) fund operations. The central bank pumped in 900 billion yen (5i11.2 billion) but took back some of the surplus later. The drop
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        162 22  -  MSCX TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert By Perry Gilbert, vice-presi-dent, Rtfco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE) The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract moved sharply higher yesterday with several large institutional buy orders through J P Morgan Futures and ING Futures Options pushing the
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        236 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil prices fell again yesterday after weekly US oU storage figures showed tanks in the consuming powerhouse Ailed to well above year-ago levels. North Sea Brent blend crude oil was down 29 cents at U5517.90 a barrel at
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        269 22 Reuters T jitiLm THE US dollar was stable as a whole despite German statements making higher German rates seem remote. At 1240 GMT, the dollar was going for 1.7722 marks against 1.7750 on Tuesday evening and for 128.61 yen against Tuesday's 128.66. The dollar did not benefit against
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      1481 23 AFP QKikkaMS -384.78 SHARE prices closed 1.9 per cent lower yesterday, pressured by revived weakness in selected bank leaders amid persistent concerns over Japan's financial system. Bargain-hunting limited the decline but financial and high-tech issues remained under selling pressure, brokers said. "Renewed selling by foreign investors emerged on profit-taking
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      1463 24 AFP QHaagSeog -&77 SHARE prices closed marginally lower yesterday, with the key Hang Seng Index shedding I 8.77 points to close at 11,207.58. Blue chips were supported t through the afternoon as details of South Korea's reported IMF bailout agreement emerged, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index trad- ed
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      566 24 Reuters rlShanhaiß Index ♦221 THE Shenzhen B share market ended higher yesterday as the market staged a rebound after successive losses over the past few sessions. An advance in market heavyweight Bengang Steel added strength to the rally. The B Index gained 2.26 points to 97.19 on turnover of
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      352 24 AFP OWPMa +222J6 SHARE prices rose yesterday as bargain hunters snapped up stocks. Buyers remained active as concerns over the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) victory in the weekend elections eased. Investor confidence was bolstered by the DPP's repeated assurance that its growing influence in political and economic circles will
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      228 24 Bloomberg QWeOmgton +53J> SHARE prices rose yesterday as forestry and pulp/paper stocks gained amid a reassessment of the Asian turmoil's effects on their earnings. The benchmark NZSE Top 40-share Index rose 53.19 points, or 2.3 per cent, to 2,391.94. Trading was valued at NZ$65 million. Bloomberg *b am n.60
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      798 24 AFP Q SET Index -0.7< STOCKS ended off their lows yesterday despite investor fears over a dramatic slide in the baht. Dealers said buying in blue chips late in the afternoon was led by foreign investors and cushioned a further decline in the market. The SET Index fell 0.76
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      348 24 AFP rlCMnpogtelalg +144 SHARE prices rebounded to close higher yesterday as details of an IMF bailout agreement filtered into the market. Dealers said the market bounced back sharply towards the close, with strong buying interest in core blue chips after news of the measures which include the expansion of
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      571 24 AFP FlAllOrtkariM +37J SHARES rose yesterday after resisting the negative influences of Asian markets amid strong interest in blue chip resource stocks. The All Ordinaries Index finished 37.6 points stronger at 2,562.4. Turnover was 389.6 million worth Asl.l billion. BHP rose 47 cents to A 514.61, Rio Tinto rose
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      623 24 AFP Q Composite Index 4JO SHARES ended down 1.2 per cent yesterday, but were off their lows on speculation of support for government stocks such as state telephone monopoly Telkom and mining company Aneka Tambang. "There was some support, especially from state-owned Danareksa Sekuritas for Telkom and Aneka Tambang,"
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      274 24 AFP Q Manila +2<U4 SHARES closed up 1.l per cent yesterday due to bargainhunting in blue chips. The Composite Index rose 20.24 points to 1,799.49. Turnover was 937.9 million shares worth 832.7 million pesos. Manila Electric A shares rose two pesos to 76 while its B shares rose three
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        354 25 AFX-Asia QOMipaitohiiE *1111 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday, boosted by some buying by local and foreign investors. Dealers said Maybank's raising of its base lending rates and the announcement of a lower than expected non-performing loans figure for October led to the buying interest.
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        AFP's shares a better bet than its high-premium, low-gearing wrts
        189 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy SINCE the Singapore listing a few months ago of Asia Pood and Properties (Into which the former Amcol Holdings was injected), APP shares have basically done nothing except head south. Yesterday, they slumped to 25
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        66 28  -  by Ven Sreenivasan CT7Y DEVELOPMENTS is on a rebound after hitting a 53-week k*c af $6 last month. The counter is above its 90day moving average of 7.436 and the technicals suggest the counter has further upside in the medium term. With the monthly RSI still in oversold
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        687 28  -  STOCK MAUBT COMMENTARY KL shares and property counters continue to rise but electronics stocks come underselling pressure By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A thoroughly mixed session yesterday finished with interest in Singapore Telecom and other major local blue chips petering out, the Malaysian
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          125 28 FOR those who are in despair because of the region's financial troubles, here are words of comfort from the Indonesian ambassador to Singapore. His Excellency HBL Mantirl yesterday told a lunch gathering of businessmen at Pertamina's 40th anniversary function not to be afraid of the challenges and gave
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          Ml calling
          96 28 WITH last week's high-profile relaunch of Sing Tel Mobile's GSM 1800 network previously known as PCN—consumers can now expect another round of entertainment in the form of another advertising war-of-words with its arch rival. Ml yesterday fired the first salvo. It placed a prominent ad in The Strata
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          104 28 WHTLE we're on the subject, are handphones hazardous to your health? A recent report says that US researchers have found that handphone radiation impaired the ability of rats to learn simple tasks and may be dangerous to humans. It also highlighted British research that suggests that handphone radiation
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          Role conflict?
          102 28 DID Vikay Industrial Ltd realise, when it filed for the company to be placed under judicial management, that a conflict of interest may possibly arise between its current auditor and its potential judicial managers? The flnancialS ttoSbled company announced on Tuesday that in the Interest of all its
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          95 28 UK's Barclay's Bank has been running an sd featuring a bold headline that reads: 'Blessed is the bank that promisee more." For effect, a few words and letters are blacked out so as to leave the headline reading; "Less is more", which rather conveniently fits in with
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      128 22 JOHOR BAHRUapM FACTORY FOR SALE N\—£ 1 OFF JALAN TEBRAU AREA 61,000FT 2 BUILT-IN AREA 100,000FT 2 I iJJ—J l LiT**| i L I |l I f f i -L I TARGET COMPLETION DATE: Registration No.: S9 KM/16/04/04 (Pel.in bil IA-1 J) DECEMBER 1997 CALL 745 4111 ex* 27 MgSJIM
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      612 28 t .tdxmist■ C.ill 1011-lrtf I SIM >-741 INS* IN THE MATTES OP THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 91) AND IN THE MATTES OP NISSIN PSINTCBAFT PETVATE LIMITED f--- f Tiigapm i) (toVili mm j 1 Igaddartia) Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of Nissin Pnrncraft Private Limited duly convened
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      176 28 GENERAL AUDIO PTE LTD (la Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OP PINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 30* of the Companies Act (Cap. SO) dial the Pinal Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company will be held on 3th January 1998 at 3001 Beach Road *07-10. Golden Mile
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      249 28 IN THE MATTER OP THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. S8 AND IN THE MATTER OP HONSHARE PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordiaary General Mealing of the abovenaiacd Company held on the 26di day of November 1997 the following mecial resolution was duly passed "That HONSHARE PTE LTD. be wound
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      224 28 ADVERTISEMENT FOR CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OP THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 98 AND IN THE MATTER OP SHELL SEEAYA PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the CREDITORS of de above-mentioned company, which is being wound ap voluntarily, are reqmred oa or before the l*h day
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      289 29 Bridge News Reuters A RUMOUR circulated that a first-half January, Panamax grain cargo was fixed on the key run from the US Gulf to Japan in the high US$l9.OO range, but otherwise new business was slow to emerge. Futures lost some ground but not as much as they
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      95% of Bimco members will meet ISM Code deadline
      448 29  -  70% of ships expected to comply with codebyJolyl next year: IMO By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The Baltic and International Maritime Council (Bimco) said at least 95 per cent of tonnage controlled by its members will be able to trade after June
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      Lock icon Help at hand for storm-tossed ship
      56 29 [CHERBOURG, France] Cypriot cargo ship MSC Rosa M aground in the cove of Becquet, on Tuesday near Cherbourg, as salvage vessels wait for the weather to calm before attempting to pump out the ship and refloat her. The wind wasgusting to about 96 km
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      119 29 Reuters [WELLINGTON] The New Zealand government is to hold a shipping conference in May on the state and future of shipping services in the country, Transport Minister Jenny Shipley said yesterday. But the president of the New Zealand Shipping Feder- *•> ation, Rod
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      298 29 Cooperation needed to solve problems, conference told Reuters [ATHENS] Greek merchant marine minister Stavros Soumakis said that world ship* ping could not rely on "old recipes" to meet the challenges of the next century. Opening an international shipping conference in Athens
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      224 29 Reuters [ATHENS] The inability of multi-national crews of merchant ships to communicate has led to accidents at sea, claims Alastair Couper, director of the International Research Centre for Seafarers Safety Occupational Health at the University of Wales. Speaking on Tuesday at an international shipping
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      Lock icon Sale of Danyard stake to Malaysia's PSC called off
      461 29 Owner Lauritzen disappointed it did not get any part of a ITsiangovt order Reuters AFP [COPENHAGEN] Danish shipping group J Lauritzen Holding has scrapped a deal to sell a stake in its shipyard to Malaysia's Penang Shipbuilding and Construction (PSC) as
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      Lock icon Hutchison challenges Subic port rebid
      185 29 Reuters [MANILA] Hutchison Ports Philippines unit of Hongkong's Hutchfcon Wham poa, has challenged In the Philippine Supreme Court rebidding for the privatisation of Subic Port, HTMfr f\tf" ments released showgl The petition filed last Friday asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order to
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      Still enthusiastic after 17 years in logistics business
      786 29  -  By] Felix Chan POR a person with 17 years In the logistics business, Cyril Rodrigo still speaks of the Industry with the same enthusiasm and wide-eyed wonderment as a fresh graduate three months into his dream Job. In an interview with Shipping
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      951 30 bOBPOSATE AVIATION ZM BRIT AIM Swiss-based TAG Group aims to make Farnborough, home to Britain's biennial airshow, a business aviation facility Bloomberg OIL giant Royal Dutch Shell keeps three private jets parked at London's Heathrow Airport, ready to spirit its executives off to any corner
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        194 43 Dm 5 Ghana Thailand: H.M. The King's Birthday. Dm I Finland, Spain Dm 7 Cuba, Italy (Milan) Dm 8 Argentina, Austria. Brazil (some cities), Chile, Colombia, Italy, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland (some areas) Dm 10 Thailand: Constitution Day Dm 12 Kenya, Mexico, Russia Dm IS Sri
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        829 43 THIS report, complied by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. ahowa price range* la US dollar* Inataad of tingle pricea fbr a more comprehenehre description of the market Prioee ehown are baaed on e verage-eiaed atem. Market movement* are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        227 44 Bloomberg News [BEIJING] Daimler-Benz AG, Germany's largest industrial company, expects sales in China to double to about US$l billion (S|l.6 billion) next year even though economic growth in the region is set to slow for the sixth consecutive year
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        197 44 Bloomberg {WELLINGTON] The New Zealand government and the Wellington City Council have Caken the first step towards the sale of Wellington International Airport Ltd. The two governments have called for proposals on the "fuhire ownership" of the North Island airport v The national
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        Lock icon Laker suit thrown out of US court: British Airways
        298 44 Suit 'suffers both a procedural and substantive defect', carrier quotes judge Reuters [LONDON] British Airways pic said on Tuesday a US court in Florida had thrown out a legal suit brought against the airline by Laker Airways Inc and its owner
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        384 44 Star Alliance, pact between Delta, Sabena, Swissair and BA-American tie-np being studied Reuters [BRUSSELS] The European Commission is expected to take a draft position on the alliance between British Airways and American Airlines, and on two other global air pacts,
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        361 44 Reuters [WELLINGTON] Air New Zealand plans to start flights between China and New Zealand in 1996 to cash in on China's approval of New Zealand as an official tourist destination. "We're well advanced with plans to initiate services between China and
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        303 44 AFP [WASHINGTON] South Korea's Daewoo has announced plans to enter the US car market, but will face not only tough competition but an atmosphere of increased tension between Washington and Seoul over car trade. Daewoo Motors America, part of the huge
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        136 44 AFP [MANILA] Two drunks stole a passenger train here and drove it in reverse, flattening a sedan and four houses before they were stopped, police said yesterday. The two suspects climbed aboard late Tuesday after the Philippine National Railways coach swiped a
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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        Emirates' S'pore team wins award
        91 44 [SINGAPORE] Emirates airline's Singapore passenger sales team has clinched the airline's Most Outstanding Sales Achievement Award for 1996/97 for the West Asia and Pacific Region. Emirates said that the Singapore team's exceptional performance was achieved despite unfavourable market conditions. Emirates Area Manager (Singapore and Brunei)
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        226 44 Reuters [LONDON] Privatisation of the holding company for Berlin's new international airport should take place by the end of 1998, Schoenefeld airport operations director Andreas Deckert said. The new Berlin-Branden-burg International airport (BBF) due to be completed by 2007 will
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      108 31 APT 1 ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED UEL (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) —> WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE VESSEI VOY SINGAPORE BOMBAY VESSEL VOY BOMBAY SINGAPORE ALBERT BRIDGE 006 05/12 14/12 ALBERT BRIDGE 007 26/11 06/12 NORDKAP 420 08/12 17/12 NORDKAP 419 26/11 06/12 3NARTOBA 220 12/12 21/12 SINAR TO6A
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      616 32 <CT DSR-SENA TOR jBBm Round the World Container Services QQ®\W £\@3aKTQK]@ i MONTREAL AND TORONTO VIA VANCOUVER, B.C. NEWSffIP AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE: TEL: BMIBIO FAX: BMIB3O TLX R8 4*286 FOR ENQUIRY/BOOKINGS: JENNY/LAY CHOOCATHERINE PORT KLANG: BINARAN MALIM SDN BHDIIL K4MM (5 HUNTING LINES) FAX: OS-33M7H FOR ENQUIRY/BOOKING 8: MB
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      66 44 MV "LUCKY EMBLEM" V 7 ARRIVED 22 NOVEMBER 1997 MV "EXCEED 2" V 2 ARRIVED 27 NOVEMBER 1997 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessels are hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the 5 DECEMBER 1997 9990-1200 HOURS AT PT9. No further survey will
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