The Business Times, 12 December 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Asian stocks plunge as Korean currency crashes
    1124 1  -  GoQapsing markets in Korea reignite contagion fears By] By R Sivanithy in Singapore and Eddie Toh in Singapore in Kuala Lumpur [SINGAPORE] Fears of contagion from South Korea's collapsing won and stock market sent Asian currencies and stock markets tumbling as investors began
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    Lock icon Dow down 123 points at midday
    96 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] US stocks were sharply lower in midday trading yesterday following renewed turmoil in Asian markets and more earnings warnings by US companies. At 12 noon EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 123.09 points at 7,855.70 after Wednesday's 71-point slide.
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    Vickers forecasts 1.8% S'pore growth next year
    633 1  -  By' Teh Hood Ling [SINGAPORE] Sentiment on the Singapore economy has taken a turn for the worse, with local brokerage Vickers Ballas slashing its gross domestic product growth forecast for next year to a mere 1.8 per cent, the lowest yet among forecasts
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    JTC forgoes $215m income to help tenants cut cost
    575 1  -  Rent rises lowered to 5.7-17.6% with 6-month waiver oo increases thrown in By: Diana Oon [SINGAPORE! Jurong Town Corporation, Singapore's biggest industrial landlord, is forgoing income of about $215 million over the next five years to help its tenants cut costs
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    KL charges 2 firms with short-selling
    557 1  -  From, From Eddie Toh m Kuala Lumpur and Conrad Raj m Kuala Lumpur in Singapore IN AN unprecedented move, the Malaysian authorities yesterday charged two brokerages one in Malaysia and the other in Singapore for short-selling stocks listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
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    Lock icon 120 Mitsubishis, 50 Mercs snapped up after price cuts
    536 1  -  Reduced-price cars sold out; Mitsubishi announces new prices By\ Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Within hours of revising prices downward on Wednesday evening. Cycle Carriage sold more than 100 Mitsubishis and some 50 Mer-cedes-Benzes. Although each sale may not have been as profitable
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      99 1 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnmrnrn ijjLllii investments to China surprising rise of 16.7% in the Jan-Sept period, r reversing a decline in the early months of the year. Bi The Korean won, down is haarttm j South Korea ia reportedly Mi liH the IMF to speed up delivery of rescue Amde, ibir mBmsMSg.I Hsctrmcs
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Singapore investments in China up by surprise 17%
      543 2  -  Surge re verses Jan-Jane decline; China data suggests USs662m flow in Q3 By La Ning TOTAL Singapore investment in China has registered a surprising rise of 16.7 per cent year-on-year in the first nine months, reversing a decline in the early months
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      No renewal for commercial leases that expire alter 2000
      428 2  -  By, Ang Wan May THE government will not renew leases for commercial land that expire after the turn of the century but will instead put such sites up for auction or tender. According to the Ministry of Law yesterday, at least
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      PSB launches new training standard for companies
      394 2  -  People Developer aims to help cat training wastage By] Benjamin Tan AN initiative which will provide guidelines for establishing a human resource development system in organisations was launched yesterday by the Productivity and Standards Board (PSB). The standard, called the People Developer, will
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      Lock icon Slower M1 growth in 3rd-quarter
      338 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Finance By < Clarissa Tan GROWTH of M 2, the most common measure of money supply, hardly budged at the end of the third quarter. But growth of Ml the most liquid measure fell, indicating that Singaporeans could have been doing
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      Aerospace industry set for record $1.8b output
      370 2  -  Growth expected to be despite regional turmoil EDB YEAR-END REVIEW By\ David Boey THE output of Singapore's aerospace industry is expected to soar to a record $1.84 billion this year, said the Economic Development Board yesterday in a review of the aerospace sector's
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      Regional crisis may affect wage rises, layoffs: Boon Heng
      267 2  -  By Carol Eng LABOUR chief Lim Boon Heng yesterday warned that neighbouring countries' economic problems could affect wage increases and retrenchment levels here next year due to reduced trade. "The problems of our neighbours will have some impact on us unless
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Riding Asia's media wave
      761 3  -  Chris Ingrain Associates hopes to help clients operating in the region snare the increasingly elusive consumer in a media-heavy world where fragmentation means ads can easily slip through the crack By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE! CIA is expanding its network across Asia. No, it is not
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      Fewer exhibitors for furniture fair
      297 3 But organiser for March show expects 22% rise in orders [SINGAPORE] Next year's International Furniture Fair Singapore has attracted fewer exhibitors, no thanks to the economic and financial turmoil in the region. But organiser Singapore Furniture Industries Council expects spot order sales to be even
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      Winning the hearts of kids
      349 3  -  Carton Network out to license characters for third-party promotions By< Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] Imagine your favourite cartoons jumping out of the television to shake your hand or just entertain you, live. Well, the closest thing to that is happening right here, courtesy of Cartoon Network.
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon Won heading for uncharted waters with another 10% slide
      800 4  -  S Korea reportedly asking IMF to speed np delivery of USs2lb in rescue loans From Jennifer Veale in Seoul THE South Korean won continued its plunge into uncharted territory yesterday, fuelling speculation that the ailing "tiger" economy will ask for a
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      Manila mulling over IMF offer of precautionary help
      672 4  -  Proposed programme a'quick access' stand-by facility, says central bank head From, Al Labita ■in Manila THE Philippines is "seriously considering" accepting the International Monetary Fund (IMF) offer of a "precautionary programme", central bank governor Gabriel Singson said shortly after President Fidel Ramos
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      World Bank to extend long-term loans to Asia
      421 4  -  Recovery may be delayed if financial systems not brought back to health: official From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE World Bank will make long-term loans to crisisstricken Asian countries to help them strengthen their financial systems, the bank's chief economist Joseph Stiglitz
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      Lock icon Indonesia rules out new monetary policies
      285 4 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian authorities said yesterday they were considering options to stabilise the ailing rupiah, but ruled out new monetary policies in the near future. State Secretary Murdiono said the government wanted to push the rupiah back to a level where "it is not
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      SET orders 22 closed finance firms to stop trading in shares
      410 4  -  From. Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE bombed-out Thai stockmarket took another shelling as 22 ailing finance companies which the government shut down on Monday were yesterday ordered to also stop trading in securities. However, the Stock Exchange of Thailand
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      Lock icon LDP backs 1Ot yen bond issue to help stabilise banks
      466 4 Nikkei drops 2.6% as won't be adequate Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party endorsed a plan to raise 10 trillion yen (Ssl26 billion) to stabilise the nation's banking system, ranking party officials said. Former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa,
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Economic slump delays launch of Thai satellite
      413 5 BANGKOK Postponement of at least 2 years seen while Shin&watra unit seeks foreign investors AFP THAILAND'S economic crisis has delayed the planned launch of a local communications satellite by at least two years, company officials said yesterday. The operator, Shinawatra Satellite pic (SSA),
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      Lock icon Closure of finance firms shrinks Thai tax revenues
      437 5 BANGKOK Drop makes it tough for govt to keep to 1% budget surplus target AFP THAILAND'S taxman is likely to be one of the victims of the bold closure of 56 crippled, finance firms here as revenue from the shattered financial sector
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      Lock icon US remains cool towards M'sia's EAEC
      265 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFP THE US remains cool towards Malaysia's proposed East Asian Economic Caucus (EAEC), which may be revived at a regional summit next week, a senior US official indicated yesterday. c Asked to comment on the EAEC proposal, John Wolf, coordinator for Asia-Pacific
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      Lock icon Viet economist calls for major reforms
      289 5 HANOI Reuters A VIETNAMESE economist yesterday added his voice to international calls for Hanoi to implement economic reforms and said major changes were needed to ensure continued growth. In a rare case of open criticism of government policy, Ngo Van Hai, an adviser to
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      Lock icon Suharto poses for photos to dispel rumours
      202 5 JAKARTA First photographs since talk that he wu critically ill surfaced Reuters INDONESIAN President Suharto posed for photographers at his residence yesterday for the first time since rumours surfaced that he was critically iIL Mr Suharto's aides called in photographers during a meeting
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      104 5 o MONT° BLANC In times that are changing J ever faster, we need things which preserve the Meisterstiick Reserve de Marche MM? i r THE ART OF WRITING YOUR LIFE MONTBLANC lOUTIQUES SINGAPORE: NGEE ANN CITY #01-32. RAFFLES CITY #01-37 A 1 MIUENIA WALK #01-24 MONTBLANC SHOP-IN-SHOP: DAIMARU MONTBLANC CORNERS:
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China inflation data show economy is stalling
      434 6 BEIJING Economists worried about deflation as retail price index falls for 2nd month Reuters AFP IN A sign that the Asian economic "flu" is taking a toll on China, the country released inflation data yesterday that clearly showed its economy was stalling. The
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      Lock icon Healthy China firms forced to merge: report
      329 6 SHANGHAI Move won't save loss-makers bat may cause profitable firms to collapse, it warns Reuters SOME profitable Chinese companies are being forced to merge with loss-makers in moves that are hitting their bottom lines and damaging the reputation of the merger process, China
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      Lock icon More banks may be allowed yuan trade
      152 6 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA is likely to approve a second group of foreign banks for domestic currency business early next year, a senior central banker said. "I think another group will be allowed early next year," said Di Weiping, executive vice-president of the Shanghai
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      Taiwan exports hit record US$ 11.4b
      476 7  -  TAIPEI Fall in NTS sees surge in sales by computer and electronics firms Byl Bruce Cheesman SOMEONE has neglected to tell Taiwan's booming hightechnology sector about Asia's stockmarket and currency meltdown. Computer and electronics companies, accounting for a quarter of Taiwan's exports, are setting
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      Lock icon Jiang praises Tung for keeping Honkong stable
      259 7 BEIJING Tang to opto new Bering office for better dmmnmc&tioa AFP CHINESE President Jiang Zemin yesterday met Hongkong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and praised his work in maintaining the territory's stability since its return to Chinese rule. "In the past five months, the
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      Lock icon Gates: piracy still a serious problem
      228 7 BEIJING Reuters CHINA has made headway against the rampant software piracy that hampers sales of Microsoft Corp products, but counterfeiting was still a serious problem, chairman Bill Gates said in Beijing yesterday. "The trend is in the right direction, but there's still very, very
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      Lock icon Pivotal role for Hongkong in China's privatisation
      436 7 HONGKONG Reuters DESPITE the financial gloom over much of Asia, Hongkong is eyeing China's privatisation plans over the next few years as a golden opportunity. Hongkong has been the biggest source of foreign funds for China's modernisation drive and the country's favourite city
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Hashimoto govt defeats 1st no-confidence motion
      311 10 TOKYO Shinshinto move aimed at highlighting Japan's economic woes Reuters THE beleaguered government of Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto yesterday easily survived a no-confi-dence motion submitted by the main opposition party. "The no-confidence motion against the Hashimoto cabinet has just been voted down," Lower
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      Lock icon Aussie jobs out of 2-year slumber
      305 10 CANBERRA Ht*rtntf7oJoojibi muck stronger the expected 15,000 Reuters SURGING economic growth has finally stirred Australia's stalled labour market to life, with data yesterday showing it snapping out of a two-year slumber. Employment leapt 70,900 in November, well above median expectations of a 15,000 rise,
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      Lock icon BJP confident of easy win in 1998 Indian election
      436 10 NEW DELHI It expects big swing in -i- -i, i,Hi*_ fifes, cuums guuaurty is its trump card AFP INDIA'S powerful Hindu nationalists yesterday said they would easily win parliamentary elections early next year. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, Indian People's Party),
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      Lock icon Full steam ahead for A$1b undersea cable project
      412 10 SYDNEY Reuters THE Southern Cross optic fibre cable project, potentially the world's second longest submarine cable, has received strong support from telecoms groups and looks almost certain to proceed, officials said. The over All billion (SSl.l billion) project, to be completed in
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      Lock icon India drops dated govt guidelines for state-run firms
      311 11 BOMBAY ft Mjwfftn ranrftlhtifln of the 606 clauses to help make companies more efficient AFX-Asia INDIAN Industry Minister Murasoli Maran said his ministry has cancelled 696 guidelines governing state-run companies in an attempt to make the companies more efficient. Mr Maran told
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      Lock icon Fred Fintstone's other car
      56 11 [AUCKLAND] Conservationist Tony Woodroofe inspecting his model car at Auckland's Dudders Beach yesterday. The pedal-powered car is modelled on similar lines to the famous Model T Ford, except that it uses foot power instead of an internal combustion engine. The lack of an engine means the
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      Lock icon NZ may witness racial flare-up, says official
      226 11 AUCKLAND AFP RACIAL tension was growing in New Zealand and could see the country facing civil unrest, Race Relations Conciliator Prasad said. His comments yesterday came after a series of anti-rac-ism rallies following racial attacks on minorities and the appearance of white supremacist
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      Lock icon NZ minister defends bullish forecasts
      350 11 WELLINGTON Using current account jipAtoid not worry tamstors, he says Bloomberg NEW Zealand Finance Ministar Bill Birch has defended Treasury's bullish economic growth forecasts and said the billowing current account gap shouldn't worry investors. "A myth has developed in rpcent years that Treasury growth forecasts
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      173 10 4 1 w f ;Wja&K 1 <tPoP A'WR >■ -v" v THE CREAM OF OUR SOCIETY WILL BE SERVED AT THE NEW ORCHARD GUILD HOUSE. The National University of Singapore Society (NUSS) is proud to announce the opening of our third club house in downtown Orchard Road. Built at a
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      2003 12 BAVIMO AVIMO ©ROUP UMHED (Incorporated In Singapore) UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,1997 AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT The board of directors of Avimo Group Limited announces the following results for the year ended September 30,1997: Qroup Company Balance Shoot* lasi laafi Change 1927 IStt Change September 30.1997 SS'OOO SS'OOO
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  • THE WORLD
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      Donorgate: the end is not yet in sight for all involved
      594 13  -  P WASHINGTON I Clinton's foes will dig np new dirt; Gore feces uphill task for 2000 campaign By Leon Hadar THERE is nothing more entertaining to political spectators in Washington than a little in-tra-bureaucratic fighting, such as the recent
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      Here today, here tomorrow?
      745 13  -  WORLD VIEW The SBC-ÜBS merger is a reminder of the need to stay flexible By Kevin Sullivan TWO events have dominated European business this week, each emblematic in its way of larger trends. Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC) and Union Bank of Switzerland (ÜBS) announced that they
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      Lock icon UK Labour govt vows to see welfare reforms through
      256 13 LONDON Reuters BRITAIN'S Labour government vowed yesterday to press ahead with welfare reforms despite an unprecedented party revolt over cuts in benefits to single parents. Prime Minister Tony Blair his image dented by the affair and party managers were expected to
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      Lock icon Global financial services pact in sight: Brittan
      431 14 GENEVA Jakarta submits revised offer said to be significantly better Reuters EUROPEAN Union Trade Commissioner Leon Brittan said yesterday members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) were within sight of clinching a global pact to liberalise the financial services industry. "We haven't quite
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      Lock icon Accord reached on cutting emissions
      385 14 KYOTO Deal faces opposition in US over developing nations' exclusion Bloomberg INDUSTRIALISED nations including the US, European Union and Japan approved a plan to cut by 5.2 per cent emissions of gases linked to global warming. The. US agreed to cut its emissions by 7
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      Lock icon Germany to raise VAT after parties compromise
      350 14 BONN Reuters AFTER a year of talks on cutting taxes, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl agreed yesterday to a compromise with the opposition which raised them. Mr Kohl's Christian Demo-crat-led government and the opposition Social Democrats (SPD) opted to increase val-ue-added tax (VAT) by
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      Lock icon Yeltsin expected to stay in sanatorium for 12 days
      324 14 MOSCOW Reuters RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin, laid low by a cold and a viral infection, rested at a sanatorium outside Moscow yesterday after being advised by doctors not to record a planned radio address. The Kremlin said the 66-year-old president's illness
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Sinn Fein head in London to meet Blair
        108 14 Reuters [LONDON] Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams arrived here yesterday for historic talks at Prime Minister Tony Blair's residence saying he wanted to forge new ties between Britain and Ireland "I think if people reflect on the role of Britain in our
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        Lock icon French state firms seen breaking even
        88 14 Bloomberg [PARIS] The French government said state-controlled companies as a group will break even in 1997 after losing money the last five years. In a report yesterday, the government said dividends it received from these companies and money it would make from selling stakes
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        Lock icon 1998 growth forecast still valid: Paris
        83 14 Reuters [PARIS] French Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn reiterated yesterday that the official French government forecast of 3 per cent growth for 1996 was still valid despite a worrying economic situation in Asia. "The most recent information is that the situation is extremely serious," he
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Much to glean from Sydney bushfire fight
      814 15  -  OPINION THE BOTTOMLDVE By Shahiron Sahari The writer is a Sydney-based journalist SYDNEY had a good glimpse last week of what much of South-east Asia had to endure for months earlier this year that blanket hazard known as the haze. Like the haze
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      101 15 'A hero and poet' jAagalM4|Aa| fJL (IMIA P—«>JII II oescnpuoQ oc tntvruo rruxap, the man who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria thus setting off World War 1, in textbooks used in Serb-controlled areas of Bosnia. 'An assassin trained and instructed by the Serbs to commit this
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      Asean's challenge at 30
      630 15 EDITORIAL AFTER months of battling their own financial crises at home, leaders of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) will finally meet as a bloc to forge a collective response to the region- wide turmoil. They hold their second informal summit in Kuala Lumpur starting
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      Lock icon A matter of perception
      1026 15  -  Asia's turmoil may just be an example of how hype, not data, affects values in the global economy By\ David Friedman The writer is an international consultant and fellow in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Japan Programme LAT-WP STUNNED BY free-falling Asian currencies, real estate and
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      A house is more than a commodity
      637 15 Min.nftT I REFER to the news that our Government will amend the law with regards to en bloc sales (Straits Times, Nov 20). I urge our Government to reconsider the removal of the requirement for unanimity in en bloc sales. Great emphasis have
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      203 15 THERE is no reason why the people of Bangkok and other cities around the world should continue to expose themselves to the miseries of the motorcar. The view often expressed in Bangkok, in particular, is that the government that takes decisive action to rein in the
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      An affordable collection
      593 16  -  Bonhams and Glerum is testing the waters with a new range of Indon paintings, writes bem momboe BEN MONROE SEPTEMBER saw the merger of auction houses Bonhams and Glerum for the Singapore market. Tomorrow, this new joint force will hold a second sale at the Shangri-La, pooling
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      Aussie pro outshines stars at NZ Open
      637 16  -  GOLF The first day of the tournament saw mostly lacklustre performances By] Nicklaus D'Cruz [AUCKLAND] Birdie, birdie, birdie. It was golfs sweet song which Shane Robinson, the South Australian pro who ranks 79 on the Australasian Order of Merit, finished with on the
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      1306 18  -  Brierley Investments chairman Bob Matthew fcßsiia mi quo why Kiwis are prejudiced against business and why he hopes fills will change CATHERINE ONG HEW Zealanders traditionally revile rather thai revere Their egalitarian value*, love fanature and aspiration for the spiritual all make ia sislhsi iitlm awsMlj
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      598 18  -  Performance of the firm's shares iees net necessarily reflect the fundamentals By( Catherine Ong HAS Brierley Investments been a bum deal for die Singapore government ever since it bought stakes in the New Zealand investment holding company and its then subsidiary, Mount Charlotte Investment pic,
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      512 19  -  Creative lead* slide; announcements by fmtn, Seagate add t* worries By* Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] A continued wave of bad news about the electronics sector kept sending electronics stocks southwards yesterday, with its key index shedding 5.14 points or 4.23 per cent
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      Aberdeen Select Portfolios raises just $10m after 5 weeks
      322 19  -  ■edeat start te first •Mi-tndod trust to be seM by brokers By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] The launch of the first locally approved open-ended trust to be distributed by stockbrokers has raised a considerably smaller amount than other recent unit trust launches.
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      Too soon to write off selling of unit trusts by stockbrokers
      722 19  -  lIOCK LOCK SIEW Shiv Taneja WITH Aberdeen Select Portfolio the first ever open-ended unit trust that was mainly sold through stockbrokers having raised only about $10 million at the end of a five-week launch period, it is tempting to
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      311 19  -  The counter was yesterday's top loser, sliding a farther 8.4% By Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Analysts have generally cut their earnings forecasts for Creative whose once stratospheric stock is now on a downspin but most are still fairly positive about the counter's outlook for the next
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      IPC kept German banks informed of plans: Ngiam
      311 19  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Patrick Ngiam I REFER to the article while IPC hits another bump over Hagenuk purchase" in yesterday's BT. We would like to clarify two points in the article. Firstly, a senior executive of Commerzbank in Kiel was quoted
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      146 19  -  Denis Distant I MUST thank Lee Han Shih for that very incisive report on the IPC-Hagenuk saga, "Hagenuk affair may put an end to IPC's telecoms plans" (BT, Dec 10). The timely article has made the whole episode much clearer and so much easier to
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        New terms likely between PT Telkom, consortia
        489 20  -  Indonesian minirtfir acknowledges need to renegotiate dne to economic slowdown From: S N Vasuki in Jakarta THE Indonesian government yesterday indicated that it will renegotiate terms between state-owned PT Telkom and the Ave private consortia which have a mandate to provide basic telecoms
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        Camerlin to close Australian office
        255 20  -  By Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Private investment company Camerlin Pte Ltd (Camerlin), which is controlled by four Asean heavyweights, will be closing its Australian office this month. Sources told BT the closure of the Melbourne office was because "it had become unnecessary to maintain an office
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        STE buys US$14m aircraft repair facility
        243 20  -  By David Boey [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Engineering (STE) has bought a commercial aircraft maintenance facility in the US for U5514.25 million (5523.22 million). The acquisition of Astraea Aviation Services, now renamed DalFort Aerospace, was made through subsidiary ST Aerospace. DalFort is the group's second
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        283 20 But it's still in black in J&n-Oct with HKs3B7m net profit Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Peregrine Investments Holdings lost HK5236.4 million (5549.7 million) on a pre-tax basis between July 1 and Oct 31. But Peregrine said yesterday that it earned after-tax profits of HK5386.7 million for
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          134 20 [SINGAPORE] Shipping and hotel group Hai Sun Hup chalked up a 6.2 per cent rise in interim net earnings to $15.6 million, mirrored by a 6.6 per cent rise in turnover to $193 million. Turnover for the six months to September was boosted
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          Eoon Int'l 1st-half net up 31% to $5,6m
          121 20 [SINGAPORE] Strong returns from its engineering and construction business boosted construction group Econ International's earnings by 31.1 per cent to 15.6 million for the six months ended September. Turnover shot up 56.6 per cent to $206 million. As well as completing larger
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          23% rise at publisher Pan Pacific Public
          137 20 [SINGAPORE] Pan Pacific Public Co's six-month net earnings rose 23.3 per cent to $1.5 million despite a 26 per cent fall in turnover to $16.8 million. The publishing group's textbook division contributed to the strong earnings, and the sale of a subsidiary and
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        Lock icon AT&T, SingTel to help build China-US cable
        237 23 Bloomberg AFP [BEIJING] AT&T and 13 other US and Asian phone companies will build the first undersea fiber-optic cable for transmitting phone calls connecting China and the US, an executive familiar with the agreement said. Singapore Telecom is a partner in the 29,000
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        Lock icon Hopewell borrows US$1.3b for Indon plant
        194 23 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hopewell Holdings Ltd's chairman Gordon Wu said the company is borrowing US$l.3 billion (552.12 billion) from banks to finance the second phase of a power project in Indonesia. Hopewell, a Hongkongbased construction company, has received approval from the Indonesian government to proceed
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        Lock icon Disk drive glut takes toll on US manufacturers
        358 23 Seagate to close Ireland plant, Qnantnm profits to fall short of forecasts Reuters [PALO ALTO, California] The two biggest computer disk drive companies Seagate Technology and Quantum have sent out distress signals confirming that the industry faces a serious glut. Seagate, the
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        239 23 Reuters [BEIJING] Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said yesterday that he saw negligible growth in Japan's personal computer market this year but the slump would not change the firm's strategy in one of its fastest-growing markets. "Due to a number of factors, this year
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        318 23 Shares of Ka Wah and Jardine parent dive on negative report Bloomberg [HONGKONG] More than a decade after China rescued Hongkong's then-ailing Ka Wah Bank, the small, conservative bank is poised to return the favour. By buying a 75-per cent stake in UK-controlled Jardine
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        Lock icon Christies shares gain 11% on news of fresh bid
        261 23 Bloomberg (LONDON] Christies International found itself back on the block after an unnamed bidder made a new offer to buy the 211-year-old art auction house, sending its shares up 11 per cent. Christies shares rose 31p to 306p on Wednesday after
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        Lock icon JP Morgan warns of poor Q4 after Asian turmoil
        540 24 tanks, securities firms trim forecasts; DMG, Sanwa imit downscalingUSops Reuters Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Money centre banks and securities firms worldwide are signalling that turmoil in emerging markets has hurt profits and many are scaling back operations in unrelated areas as part
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        Lock icon Taiwan firm buys HK unit of Yamaichi
        112 24 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Taiwan's Core Pacific Securities Corp reached a preliminary agreement to buy the Hongkong unit of Japan's bankrupt Yamaichi Securities Co, the Hongkong Economic Journal reported, citing company officials. Core Pacific, one of Taiwan's biggest brokerages, wiU hire all 122 people who
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        331 24 Recent wave of mergers seen as possible factor in move Bridge News [NEW YORK] Chase Manhattan Corp is beUeved to be conducting due diligence on Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette (DLJ), a source at that investment bank said. This source, who works
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        Lock icon Fed okays US$16b sale of Barnett Banks
        244 24 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved Nationsßank Corps US$l6 billion (5525.97 billion) acquisition of Barnett Banks Inc, a day after the Justice Department gave its blessing to the creation of the third largest US bank. The Fed, in a brief
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        224 24 SOKHXReport Reuters [SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen futures weakened yesterday as players kept a wary eye on the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) discussions over a proposal to issue new bonds to support the financial system. Dealers said most participants were unconvinced the plan would actually be
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        154 24  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES -By Perry Gilbert bert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pie Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract fell yesterday on concern over the effect the forecast of Asia's economic slowdown will have on leading industrial companies. The discount to the
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        253 24 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil prices sank again yesterday as fears of a supply glut next year pushed prices to their lowest level in 18 months. The fall followed a wave of bearish news which further rattled the already fragile confidence.
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        277 24 Reuters London The US dollar fell against leading currencies yesterday on sharp losses on Wall Street and as investors awaited measures to stabilise the Japanese financial system. At 1225 GMT, the dollar was trading at 128.61 yen from 128.93 late on Wednesday. Against the mark, the dollar fell
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      2170 25 LONDON In4« striit Bectl Nace 31 Group 504.400 1.400 AB Ports 302 3 AMy National K)39 26 Anted Domecq 523 -9 Amec 129.400 *1.400 Asda Group 173 -2.400 BAT Ind 539 -6 BGPIe 282 -4 BICC 161 -4 BOC Group 990 -39 BR Petroleum 820.400 -18.600 BTR
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      1617 25 AFP Q Nikkei 225 -427J7 SHARE prices ended 2.6 per cent lower yesterday, as selling pressure rose on the deepening crisis in Asian markets sparked by the financial turmoil in South Korea, brokers said. "Concerns over a possible second wave of an Asian market crisis are emerging as Hongkong's
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      1465 26 AFP Q Hug Sag -402J9 SHARES closed down 5.5 per cent but off their lows yesterday, with the key Hang Seng Index tumbling 602.19 points to 10,420.22 on the deepening South Korean crisis. The fall followed a sharp upturn in interbank offered rates on the collapse of the won,
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      608 26 Bloomberg Q Shenzhen B Index -L 59 CHINA'S B shares fell yesterday, as Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical dropped to a 43-month low after a company official warned that the company would report disappointing 1997 earnings. The official at Chlor-Alkali's office said the company's operating profit this year will fall to
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      378 26 AFP Q VP Index -***** STOCKS closed lower yesterday, led by technology shares, as investor sentiment was battered by an overnight dip on Wall Street and the deepening crisis in South Korea. "Local stocks dropped sharply from the outset as investors took a negative cue from declines of US
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      721 26 AFP n&Bpeat>Mg -1183 SHARE prices fell 4.8 per cent yesterday on the weakness in regional markets with no genuine support levels in sight for the beleaguered rupiah. "The whole problem is still a matter of confidence. If s not an isolated problem anymore. It's on a regional basis now,"
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      815 26 Bloomberg □set Index -Hl« STOCKS fell yesterday, led by banks as the baht again tumbled against the US dollar. A weak currency will hurt corporate earnings and lead to the forced sale of assets or bankruptcies, traders said. Substantial asset sales are already planned in the coming year, following
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      284 26 AFP □Manila 4731 SHARE prices plunged 4.9 per cent yesterday on profit-tak-ing and in line with the weakness in Asian bourses due to deepening currency turmoil. The PSE Composite Index shed 97.21 points to 1,875.63. Turnover was 608 million shares worth 1.4 billion pesos. Philippine Long Distance Telephone fell
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      383 26 AFP P Composite fadei -2148 SHARE prices closed 5.6 per cent down yesterday on worries that foreign investors will remain sidelined due to the persistent fall of the won. Local investors sold amid concerns over the stability of the financial markets, while foreigners were very slow to buy on
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      583 26 AFP QaD Orimariei -37J SHARE prices fell yesterday in reaction to Wall Street's apprehension over the deepening Asian economic crisis. "There are concerns in the States that this Japanese banking and financial crisis is going to have impacts there," said a dealer. The All Ordinaries Index fell 37.9 points
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      238 26 Bloomberg CI Wellington -3(106 SHARES fell yesterday as bond yields remained at their three-month highs and as continued concern over the impact of slowing Asian growth on commodity prices weighed on forestry stocks. The NZSE Top 40-share Index fell 30.05 points to close at 2,366.07. Bloomberg i v- mm
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        Lock icon Shares slump on fears of bank failures
        459 27 AFX-Asia Q CompositeJndez -47J8 SHARE prices closed sharply lower yesterday following comments from Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad that banks may face serious financial trouble. Dealers said that news of short selling charges against CIMB Securities further dampened sentiment. The KLSE Composite Index fell
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        215 28  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy PROBABLY the best advice that can be given to someone interested in punting —want* in a market as bad as this would be to stay away, and to remain in cash. Failing this, however, die-hard players would probably look for warrants
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        75 30  -  ■*9\ Shiv Taneja THAKRAL CORP dosed four US cents tower at 47 US cents on m volume qf 194 million sharrn yeaterdm, M compared with tts 10-day traded average urate The stock is trading near tts twoyear tow. and both the daify and weekly RSI and stochastic: charts
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        678 30  -  WOCIMAinT GOMM2DVTARY Of parairomt concern Is the continuing Asian currency oplMtv&l followed by a third consecutive drop on Wall Street overnight By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Local stocks had the wind knocked out of them yesterday as investors reacted to a host
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          38 30 NATSTEELsft-athfiromliadnf its electronic arm. Is now tn the maffcrtflor —> I* $100 million. Sources said Singapore's only steel maker has decided not toapproaclir v- same reason). Is likely to iesoe note, to rfliw tn6 shoimj. *K♦
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          89 30 Where did you get that TTIS not eaeytbeee daysttinsaoqngtaria < at American Express Bank, every time you withdrew or depoeit cvah, or mcofe a cheque for $10,000, an officer will eppear fttm behind the counter andfatyw > through an impromptu btfUj# Yea eatod what the payment is tor, who paid
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      316 22 IN THE MATTES OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. AND IN THE MATTER OP NATURE'S HERITAGE MARKETING (S) PTE LTD (la Members Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OP FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act Cap 50 the Final Meeting of the Member* of the
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      671 22 r THE COMPAMES CHAPTER 80 SECTION 290(2Xb) WOTICI OP RESOLUTION TNOMSMAOO. (SMMAPOMS) PTS LTD VOLUNTARY UOUIOATION) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Thoreaen A Co. (Singapore) Pie Ltd held at 8 Battery Road. *32-00. Singapore *****0 on toe Bth day of December 1997, the following spoctal resolutions were duly paaaed:RESOLVED;
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      491 31  -  First tune line has joined a conference on Far East-Europe trade By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] South Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marine is to join the Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC) from Jan 1 next year, the first time it is joining a rate-making group
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      348 31  -  It will now have to wait for formation of new parliament From Rajendra Bajpai in New Delhi INDIA'S shipping and aviation policies have become an unintended victim of the fall of the 18-month-old United Front government in Delhi. Both shipping and aviation
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      725 31  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar A SYDNEY COURT has dismissed an argument that English case precedents are not applicable to decisions in Australia on the release of arrested vessels as the wording of the relevant rules in the two countries was
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      213 31 Reuters [LONDON] New guidelines for medical examinations of seafarers could cut insurance claims, a shipowners' organisation said. The International Shipping Federation (ISF) said the new guidelines recommend governments set up control and approval systems over maritime medical examiners to cut levels
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      259 31 Reuters [BEIJING] China is drafting tougher rules on shipping on the Yangtze River after a recent accident dumped toxic chemicals into the country's biggest waterway, the China Daily said yesterday. "Management of navigation and shipment of dangerous goods on the river will
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      1075 32 AFTERMATH OF TWA FLIOHT 800 World's largest aviation firm makes plans to prevent explosions like the one that caused the crash of the TWA flight NYT IN an effort to prevent explosions like the one that caused the crash of TWA Flight 800, Boeing officials said
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        190 47 Dm 12 Kenya, Mexico, Russia Dm 13 Sri Lanka Dm It Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, S. Africa Dm 28 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. DM 24 Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovakia Sweden: New Year's Day. Switzerland: Christmas Eve. Dm 2B Albania, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Austria Australia: Christmas
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        877 47 THIS report, compiled by Cockatt Marine OU Ltd. ahowa price range* In US dollar* Inatead of single price* tor a mot* comprehensive daacrtpUon of the market. Prtcea ahown are baaed op avei *t il**d (tern Market movement* are Indicated. The Cockatt Blinker Price Index chant* and
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        342 47 Carto ISO Hu 9919 U 17J OM 56 0 .04 rw i DwnltT Mar IhMh tit AtoMaa Satoart HotoWl2S 2 1=2 380 AM 905.1 OJ 01 OM 34 0.02 MO to 997.0 0.9 IU WO 0lO» »to %M/li W < l» tow 635 6 0 0
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        619 48 TWA CRASH ENQUIRY Chances of terrorist bomb or a meteorite being the cause of crash discounted Reuter [BALTIMORE] Investigators trying to find out what caused the crash of a TWA Boeing 747 near New York last year are examining electrical faults connected
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        272 48 A 340-500/600 will be powered by new version of Trent turbof&n engine Reuters [LONDON] Rolls-Royce pic said that the industrial launch of the Airbus A 340-500/600 was worth up to US$4.O billion (556.4 billion) for its engine business. Earlier, the Airbus Industrie consortium announced
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        63 48 [PARIS] The new French high-speed Thalys train was inaugurated on Wednesday by Belgium's royal couple, King Albert II and Queen Paola. The train will provide a new service from Paris to Cologne via Brussels and Liege starting on Sunday, reducing the time to
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        286 48 [WASHINGTON] The US Department of Transportation likely will not charge any airline with anti-competitive conduct, at least until after regulators issue new guidelines on the subject, a DOT official said. A preliminary version of the guidelines is slated for
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        202 48 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Daimler-Benz AG said it's "unlikely" to increase its stake in Ssangyong Motor Corp following Daewoo Group's acquisition of a majority stake in the South Korean carmaker. Juergen Hubbert, a member of Daimler's management board, responded to Korean newspaper reports
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        65 48 [BEIJING] A worker unlocks the electrical box of a space age-looking light fixture before it is raised at the Beijing Capital airport yesterday. The airport's 9.2 billion yuan (Sfl.B billion) expansion is now in its "key phase" and will be completed by October 1999. The
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        434 48 US Justice Dept prepares charges for legal appeal Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] McDonnell Douglas Corp and General Dynamics Corp consistently mismanaged development and production of the A-12 attack plane before the project was cancelled in 1991, the Justice Department charged in a court filing. Government
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        306 48 DHL sees UK sales revenues in 1997 rising 21% Reuters [LONDON] Express operator DHL International (UK) Ltd expects sales revenues to rise 21 per cent for 1997, following a slowdown from the 30 per cent growth seen in the first quarter, managing director Nick Butcher said. "For next year I
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      40 41 To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... Ste^74o-6000^^^^^^^ the port ''Wcnter your Step key in the four number digit code Key in vour Example: r-L» fax number To NEW YORK (NYC) 2275 United States for calls within Singapore
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      912 44 SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 mJmmm TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL IM f'jyTHß,Jrtfi'iAiWfgMi 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK ucggpi IVOY TSR JAK IVtWFI VOY m amftTlMUft 945 id/iaffUE) IumosoEXPRESS 1000 13/12(SAT) 16/12(TUE) LALAZAR 991 13/12 (SAT) 16/12 (TUE)
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      371 44 r\_> NEWARK SHIPPING I AGENCIES PTE LTD 48-A Campbell Lane, Singapore *****1 s CHTTTAGONG it BOMBAY 1 CALCUTTA NHAVASHEVA W% COLOMBO A w MADRAS P DUBAI/JEBEL ALI 0 TtmCORIN a- COCHIN E m KARACHI MALDIVES ALSO ACCEPTING ICD DELHI, ICD DHAKA CALL: (65) 294 0949 FAX (65) 294 9396 AgMft
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      470 44 SIN FAR. EAST 14/12 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 14/12 BANGKOK 15/12 MANILA/CEBU 14/12 JAKARTA/BE LAWAN/SURABAYA 14/12 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 16/12 BUSAN 14/12 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 14/12 HONG KONG SIM CHINA B#±»*0) 14/12 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/OINGDAO/HAIKOU SIM EUROPE/UK 15/12 LON/FLX/LVP/SOU RDM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIN USA/CANADA 16/12 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all
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      476 44 Singapore Soviet Shipping jGkCo. Pte. Ltd. Cft NO: **********0N BOMBAY VESSEL VOY IBM I BOM PNG PKL HADOONQ HXQOOe 18/12 2V12 04/01 00AM TRADE FAST TFS2O6 27/12 04AM 10/01 11/01 ORIENT COM) 107N 02/01 ICVOI 22AM 24A>1 KOTA CAHAYA CAHIOO PHASE OUT REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA I VESSEL
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      707 46 I FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapore *****1 Tal: *****66 (60 Unas) Fax: *****33 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg CONSOUD/OTON SERVICE ARGENTINA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN BUENOS AIRES 17/12 CAPETOWN 16/12 CHILE ETD SIN DURBAN 16/12 VALPARAISO 18/12 JOHANNESBURG 16/12 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN PIRAEUS 15/12 BARCELONA
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