The Business Times, 8 January 1998

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    12 1 The Business Times MITA(P) ll<yi2#7 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE THURSDAY, JANUARY 8,1998 85c
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Central banks' moves stem regional currency slide
    907 1  -  Anwar confirms Bank Negara intervention; MAS warns By] Larry Wee, Eddie Toh m Kuala Lumpur CENTRAL bank intervention, both real and rumoured, yesterday helped regional currencies contain their losses on the fourth day of relentless selling in foreign exchange markets since the start
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    Regional markets pummelled yet again
    359 1 Sill has fallen 10.0% since the start of the Dew year [SINGAPORE] Selling momentum gathered pace in the Singapore stock market yesterday, with prices falling by another 4.9 per cent to bring the losses since the start of the new year to 10.6 per cent.
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    Lock icon Drop Suharto, Islamic group urges
    223 1 am 19 praßflluilk OK mMRUM poll: Muhammadiyah AFP [JAKARTA] The head of the country's second-largest Islamic group yesterday urged the legislature not to nominate President Suharto for a seventh five-year term in office, reports said yesterday. "Re-electing President Suharto means we maintain the status quo,"
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    Lock icon IMF faults Jakarta for its failure to revamp economy
    431 1 One possibility is that the Fnnd may bold 2nd instalment of loan Reuters [WASHINGTON] IMF officials on Tuesday called Indonesia's economic crisis worrisome and faulted the Jakarta government for failing td follow through on pledges to restructure the nation's economy, the
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Call to review bankruptcy laws to foster entrepreneurial spirit
      632 2  -  Bwimaw aikfar futer rttoueaf iUti funds Mt aside fcriaamttan By 1 Teh Han Shih, Carel Eag 9ANKRUPTCY laws have to lie changed if Singapore is to treed entrepreneurs and proVote innovation. This was one Of the recommendations put fcrth by a
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      Investment in defence force must continue: Tony Tan
      180 2 SINGAPORE most continue to invest in its defence force, ecoMale slowdowns notwithstanding, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said yesterday. "Bnilding a credible defence force Is a long-term process which requires prudent sad steady investment over many years," be said at a ceremony
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      OAC manager bags Asean award
      164 2 A 29-YEAR old executive of OAC Insurance, Gilbert Pak, was won this year's Asean Young Manager award (Singapore). Law Song Ksng, president sf the Life Insurance Association of Singapore (LIA), yesterday presented the award to Mr Pak, who won on the merit of bis managerial
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      Rear-Adm Teo on need for innovation
      297 2  -  By Carol Eng SINGAPORE must innovate to compete in the 21st century and the regional turmoil underscores the urgency for this need, said Minister for Education Teo Chee Hean yesterday. At the National Innovation Forum, whose theme was "Innovate or Evaporate", he said that
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      Lock icon Pontiac fails to get summary judgement against Lanvin
      462 2  -  By« Jenny Lan PONTIAC Marina has failed in its applteatfcjtflßr summary judgement against former tenant French fsshion retailer Lanvin. The developer of Millenia Singapore in Marina Centre recently sued Lanvin Singapore for rents due foom the remainder of Lanvin's lease at Millenia
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      Lock icon Job ads down 14% in December
      304 2  -  E7EOM THE ECONOMY Jobs By< Audrey Tan THE volume of job ads in local newspapers took a dive in December, falling 14 per cent compared to the same period a year ago. This is the second consecutive monthly drop, as total job ad volume
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      Cabletron of US moving staff from S'pore to China
      318 2  -  Cnnpany sees China market gaiog strag as S-E Asia stumbles By Teh Han Sih IN a reflection of China's strong economy and Southeast Asia's currency crisis, US networking firm Cabletron Systems is transferring staff from Singapore to China, a company executive
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      Samsung to increase output in S Korea, cut back in S-E Asia
      338 2  -  By* Abdual Hadhi SOUTH Korean conglomerate Samsung has officially announced it will be trimming output in South-east Asia. In a statement issued yesterday, the group said: "Production at Samsung's domestic facilities will be, for the time being, substantially
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        S'pore Thai civil servants to cooperats
        51 2 THK coordinating meeting ofthe Singapore-Thailand Civil Service Exchange Programme, which was inaugurated yesterday, has agreed to cooperate in several areas o*bt the next 12 months. Sailor officials from both countries will work jointly on information technology, productivity, and fratnfrny trayfawrw, trade and industrial park
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        Reabok concept store opens
        62 2 REEBOK International has opened a Reebok Concept Store in Suntec City Mall to showcase its proprietary footwear and apparel technologies and equipment. The store was conceptualised by Royal Sporting House. According to Reebok executives and Royal Sporting House, the store will serve as a model for
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        3-year on-site servies for Digital PC's
        49 2 BUYERS of Digital personal computers can now enjoy up to three years of on-site professional service, compared with the standard one-year on-elte and three-year carry-in warranty. The enhanced service warranty, called Digital Service Box, is offered at 1&9 cents a day per system.
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      House Hunt
      996 3 Property transactions for districts 11 and 21 (sectors 28 to 30 and 58 to 59) lodged between Nov 10 *97 and Jan 3 "96 Wis? m ""uffl w (SOFT) (SS-OOO) 69 District tl Chancery Court Apt 10/0097 99 2271 1068 470 Chancery Court Apt OW97 99 2034 970
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      Lock icon District 11 landed prices up 4%
      603 3  -  Uptrend is in sharp contrast to the overall 12.4% drop islandwide in landed property prices last year By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Freehold landed property in district 11 bucked the market trend last year when it ended the year with a nearly 4 per cent
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      ERA sales up 24% last year to top $3b
      168 3 DESPITE the property market slowdown, real estate agency ERA Realty Network said yesterday its sales for 1997 surpassed earlier projections to hit $3.09 billion. ERA said its 1997 sales were 24 per cent higher than the $2.5 billion worth of properties
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Rupiah dives to low of 8,400 to greenback on negative reaction
      704 4  -  INDONESIAN BUDGET Muslim leader's call to reconsider re-electing Suharto also dampens market sentiment From S N Vasuki in Jakarta MARKET reaction yesterday to Indonesia's 1998-1999 budget was unremitting, driving the rupiah to a nadir 0f8,400 to the greenback as
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      Lock icon Suharto's kin calls for finance minister to quit
      178 4 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesian President Suharto's half-brother Probosutedjo said on Tuesday that Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad should step down as his policies had failed to address the currency crisis plaguing the country. "Prices of goods have risen, industries have been closed, the unemployment
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      Lock icon Pressure builds to revise IMF targets as crisis deepens
      332 4 Difficulties cast doubt on measures, pose dilemma for IMF Reuters [LONDON] Tough targets set by the IMF for more than US$lOO billion (Ssl73 billion) of Asian bailouts are in growing jeopardy following a disappointing Indonesian budget announced on Tuesday, analysts said.
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      Lock icon Economic chill blows closer to Taiwan
      651 4  -  Gentral bank not rating oat intervention as NTS, stocks slide From, Bruce Cheesman in Taipei ALL eyes are on the central bank as Asia's economic chill shows the first signs of roiling the currency and stock markets of Taiwan dubbed the "Switzerland of the
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      Manila denies peso plunge sparked bank runs
      306 4  -  From. Al Labita in Manila THE Philippines Central Bank yesterday denied rumours that the peso's sharp plunge against the US dollar had sparked bank runs in the country's commercial banking system. The beleaguered peso hit another record intra-day low of 46.55 to the
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      Lock icon Thailand sliding towards debt moratorium: analysts
      609 4 But fire sale of assets may be best way oat of the quandary AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] The weaker baht and a severe shortage of funds have prompted renewed fears that Thailand may be forced to declare a moratorium on its external debts, and a fire
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      Lock icon IMF review sought by Thailand is only fine tuning: Surin
      386 4 Figures need to be adjusted to reflect reality, he says The Straits Times THE review Thailand is seeking of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) US$l7.2 billion (5530.3 billion) rescue package is no more than a move to "fine tune" the
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon HK bans China poultry till hygiene standards met
      493 5  -  HONGKONG Bepreeeetatiiwef other natins briefed on steps taken to contain bird flu From, Loh Hui Yin HONGKONG will allow the import of live chickens from China to resume only when it is satisfied with the hygiene standards here and on the mainland,
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      Lock icon Major political reshuffle expected in Guangdong
      321 5 HONGKONG tetjfktaogripmr its richest province AFP A MAJOR political reshuffle is about to take place in China's booming southern province of Guangdong, according to reports here yesterday. The sweeping personnel changes will be made when the 9th Guangdong People's Congress, the province's local parliament,
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      Lock icon Plan to merge five Shanghai papers to bring them into line
      434 5 SHANGHAI AFP CHINA'S State Council, or cabinet, is planning a merger of at least five Shanghai news organisations, including the national giant Xinmin Evening News and Communist Party paper Wenhui 800, to form a holding group, sources said yesterday.
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      Lock icon KL drops plan to freeze pay
      82 5 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters Bernama THE Malaysian government has agreed to withdraw a proposed freeze on annual salary increases for senior civil servants. Abdul Rahman Manan, deputy secretary-general of the civil servants' labour union, said the group was informed of the decision by the Public
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      Lock icon Sonia Gandhi to launch campaign on Sunday
      155 5 NEW DELHI AFP INDIA'S once-dominant Congress party, gambling on the aura surrounding the Gandhi dynasty, announced yesterday that Rajiv Gandhi's widow and daughter will both campaign for the party in upcoming elections. The party said that Sonia Gandhi will launch her campaign at
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      Lock icon China growth seen picking up
      289 5 BEIJING Reuters CHINA'S economy will pick up this year after lower than expected growth in 1997, but a growing army of jobless will be a major problem, a top government think tank said yesterday. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Cass) forecast growth this year
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      Lock icon Taiwan sees sign of thaw in ties with China
      290 5 TAIPEI Taipei negotiator urges Beijing to resume talks AFP TAIWAN'S top negotiator yesterday saw signs of thawing in Taipei-Beijing ties and urged China to resume talks despite disputes between the rivals. "Over the past year, a twist has developed for the
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      Lock icon World Bank loan for Hanoi
      139 5 HANOI Bloomberg THE World Bank said it approved a loan that will enable Vietnam to move ahead with plans to end more than two decades of default on its commercial debts and return to the international debt market. The US$35 million (5161.7 million) loan, though
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      Lock icon Malaysian employers told to plan for deportations
      264 6 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIAN employers planning to lay-off foreign workers have been warned to inform authorities to arrange their deportation or face charges, reports said yesterday. Deputy Home Minister Ong Ka Ting was reported as saying by the New Straits Times daily that
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      Beijing falls back on fixed asset investment growth
      693 6  -  cm* WATCH Tariff exemptions on capital goods imports reflect shortage of govt fands By Lu Ning CHINA kicked off the new year by finally announcing its long-awaited decision to partially restore tariff exemptions to foreign investors for capital equipment imports, effective last
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      Lock icon Japanese put 3.3t yen in postal savings last month
      467 6 TOKYO Collapse of 2 private banks sends depositors looking for safety Bloomberg JAPANESE savers poured a record 3.34 trillion yen (5544.3 billion) into the state-run postal savings system in December as the collapse of two private banks sent depositors looking for
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      Lock icon China plans revamp of drug sector to create big firms
      318 6 BEIJING AFP CHINA is planning a sweeping overhaul of its traditionally fragmented pharmaceutical sector, grouping together smaller firms and picking top companies for preferential treatment, Xinhua reported yesterday. The top 50 out of about 3,300 pharmaceutical enterprises will be selected
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      Lock icon Japan keen to reassure Europe on trade surplus
      376 6 BRUSSELS Tokyo not planning to export its w&y out of stamp: official Reuters JAPAN is keen to reassure European Union (EU) officials worried about its growing trade surplus that Tokyo does not plan to export its way out of a slump, a
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      Lock icon Art or hot air?
      58 6 (SYDNEY) A man looks quizzically at a giant Inflatable statue by South Korean artist Choi Jeong Hwa named The Joke which stands in the centre of Sydney's busy tourist shopping centre, the Queen Victoria Building, yesterday. The 14-metre pillar with a Rubenesque goddess perched on top
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      Lock icon Thais to ask for KL's help against Muslim guerillas
      260 6 BANGKOK Reuters THAILAND plans to ask Malaysia's help in stamping out a renewed separatist campaign by Muslim guerillas in southern Thailand along their joint border that has killed nearly 20 Thais in the past two months. Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwanis to
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon EU set for fastest growth in decade
      182 8 BRUSSELS Bloomberg THE European economy will notch the fastest growth in nearly a decade this year, undeterred by the Asian financial crisis, European Union Monetary Affairs Commissioner Yves-Thibault de Silguy said. Mr De Silguy said the European Commission continues to forecast 3 per
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      Lock icon US, France meet over Total's Iran natural gas deal
      253 8 PARIS Talks come u Iran president is being interviewed on CNN Reuters THE United States and France began new talks yesterday on a US threat to impose sanctions against the French over a US$2 billion (553.5 billion) natural gas deal with
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      Lock icon Battle against inflation not over yet, Fed governor warns
      483 8 CHICAGO Pri€6 increases under control, but tight labour market risks accelerating Reuters US Federal Reserve governor Susan Phillips on Tuesday warned that the war against inflation was not over yet, as she painted a generally rosy picture of the US economy
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      Lock icon US personal bankruptcies at record high
      317 8 WASHINGTON ■any now turn to bankruptcy as first option: Visa USA Reuters PERSONAL bankruptcies are at record levels in the United States despite growing prosperity from seven years of economic growth, a major credit card company said on Tuesday. Visa USA said personal bankruptcy
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      Lock icon Mass suicide?
      78 8 [CARACAS, Venezuela] Two fishing investigators measuring the body ofone of over 140 dolphinsfound dead on the shores of Venezuela's La Tortugaisland in the Caribbean on Monday. A navy official said the cause of the deaths was unknown, but the species was uncommon in these waters. He scud three
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Blair confident of euro's successful start
        64 8 Reuters [LONDON] Prime Minister Tony Blair is confident the European single currency can get off to a successful launch during Britain's six-month presidency of the European Union, his spokesman said yesterday. He was briefing Journalists ahead of talks between Mr Blair's government and the
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        Lock icon To a good start for millenium rally
        66 8 AFP [LONDON] A Chinese dragon dancing between s 1932 Aston Martin (left) and a 1936 Bentley (right) in London's Chinatown on Tuesday at the launch of the "Around the world in 80 days motor challenge" for vintage and classic cars starting in April
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        Lock icon East German IG Metall workers to strike
        71 8 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Germany's giant IG Metall metalworkers' union said yesterday the planned strike in the east German steel sector will start on Monday, when 4,000 workers at three steelworks will strike over pay. It will tell workers at three plants in the Brandenburg
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        Lock icon German industrial protection up in Nev
        94 8 Bloomberg [BONN] German industrial production rose 0.3 per cent in November from October and climbed 4.2 per cent from a year earlier, led by rising factory output, the Economics Ministry said. The advance was close to the median forecast of analysts polled by Bloomberg
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        Lock icon British service sector grows faster in Dec
        60 8 Reuters [LONDON] A survey showed Britain's service sector grew slightly Casta- in December, confounding impressions of a Christmas slowdown as monetary authorities began monthly talks on interest rates yesterday. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply's study found new business accelerated last month—its
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      Lock icon Kohl's coalition gives up bid for deal on tax reforms
      344 8 BONN Talks with opposition atandonod; govt falls back an original plan Reuters CHANCELLOR Helmut Kohl's coalition yesterday abandoned its bid to reach a compromise on tax reforms with the opposition Social Democrats (SPD) before Germany's general election this autumn. Leaders
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      Lock icon Call-by-call services popular: telecom rivals
      189 8 FRANKFURT Bloomberg DEUTSCHE Telekom AG's rivals said that, in Germany's first week of full competition, hundreds of thousands of customers are using no-strings-at-tached services that let them pick a new phone company with each call. The handful of companies already offering services, such as Mannesmann
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Investors keep away from India too
      685 9  -  THE BOTTOMLXXE OPINION By Anisha Sabhlok The author, an economist, is a freelance writer based in Singapore INVESTORS, stunned by the unexpected severity of the South-east Asian crisis, are not rushing to explore the vast opportunities in India today. A wait-and-see attitude prevails amidst
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      155 9 'From Viacom's standpoint, this was money well spent It's going to be a gold mine for them.' -Marvin Boftnan president of Roffman Miller Associates on the movie Titanic at USs2oomillion (SS34B million), the most expensive movie ever made which is now expected to make a profit for
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      A rough year ahead
      716 9 EDITORIAL EVEN before the first full week of the new year is out, it's become clear that 1998 will be a rough year for the countries of South-east Asia For some it may well prove to be a lot worse than just rough. South-east Asian currencies
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      Lock icon BHP's fall from grace
      1176 9  -  Plight of Australia's giant miner typifies problems of a country with an economy rooted in resources By Peter Lynch The writer is a Sydney-based journalist who contributes to BT ONCE it was the bluest of blue chips, Australia's largest listed company and known to millions of
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      Sing Tel offers good service at competitive rates
      188 9  -  MAILBOX Ms Foo Kim Leng Corporate Communications Manager Singapore Telecom WE REFER to the letter "SingTel's prospects a cause for worry" (BT, Dec 23,1997). Singapore Telecom has been reducing our IDD rates aggressively since 1994. Even without new service providers in the
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      620 9 "THE prevailing system of international lending is fundamentally flawed." These are not the words of left-wing or right-wing critics of the International Monetary Fund but of international financier George Soros, who understands the system at least well enough to have made billions from it. In an
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      BMW's ultimate driving challenge
      758 10  -  BMWs trainees include VIP protection services and anti-terrorist units out to hone their anti-ambush and defensive driving skills, says dayxd boot DAVID BOEY The writer's winter visit to Europe was sponsored by the BMW Group. THEY don't use L plates at the BMW Driver Training Centre
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      Rover plans to be ready for Asian rebound
      381 10 ASIA'S once-bustling economies represented gold mines of opportunity that saw the Rover group chalk up explosive growth in vehicle sales. Although the ongoing stock market and currency turmoil has since put the brakes on the sterling sales figures Rover had projected for
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      The secret behind the making of a Rover
      670 10  -  Row's test facility sits on a former BAF airfield protected from prying eyes Reports by, David Boey THE Royal Air Force may have moved out of its nuclear bomber base at RAF Gaydon in the British Midlands nearly 20 years ago, but
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      Lock icon VW looks for another round of Beetlemania
      797 10 NYT WHEN Melissa Jess tools around Phoenix, Arizona, in her 1962 Volkswagen Beetle, she talks to it as sweetly as she can. "Please let me drive you today," she invariably says when she starts the car. "Be nice," she says when, as often
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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  • A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
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      Lock icon A self-described maverick lawyer
      1995 12  -  Corporate lawyer Dr Thio Su Mien sees no contradictions in her Christian faith and her material well-being, says jaimbbb JAIME EE TEN years ago, if you wanted to spook corporate lawyer Dr Thio Su Mien, all you needed to do was mention the word of God.
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  • Companies & Markets
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      Electronics stocks tumble as market continues to reel
      713 13  -  BLOODLETTING OH THE BOURSE Brokers say the heyday for electronics shares is probably over By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Electronics stocks yesterday were beaten down to new lows along with the rest of the market in another wretched day of trading for regional
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      STII's dive reflects blue chips' bruising
      575 13  -  Index at 61-month low; analysts expect more pressure ahead By\ R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Industrials Index's continued dive is only a manifestation of the serious bruising suffered by its component stocks. The market barometer now stands at its lowest since August 1992,
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      Mitsuzuka's curbs on stock manipulation a PR flop
      843 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Anthony Rowley A PUBLIC relations disaster is the best way to describe the way in which Japanese Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka chose to present his ministry's new strategy to prevent manipulation of prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange the
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      S Arabian prince buys 3% stake in Hotel Properties
      345 13  -  By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal is once again buying into an Ong Beng Seng company this time a 3 per cent stake in Hotel Properties. The prince, who also has a stake in Mr
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        All applicants will get TSM shares
        187 14 [SINGAPORE] All applicants who took up TSM Resources' initial public offer will be alfoted at least 1,000 shares. ■rffi Those who applied for up to four lots will receive one lot while those who applied more shares will receive jietween two and 18 lots.
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        Lock icon Peregrine in talks to revise deal
        92 14 Reuters [HONGKONGI Peregrine Investments Holdings Ltd said yesterday it was in discussions with Zurich Centre Investments Ltd (ZCI) regarding a revision of the terms of a US$2OO million convertible preference share issue to ZCI. Peregrine said in a statement the revision was being discussed
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        APP's US$ 1.28b Hainan paper project approved
        405 14  -  Group set to corner a third of Chinese pulp and paper market By Lu Ning [SINGAPORE] Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), one of the largest integrated paper companies in Asia outside Japan, has received the official green light for its plan to build
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        275 14  -  SES Properties Index down 26 points; Parkway Hldgs is worst hit, diving 21% By Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Property stocks bled yesterday amid regional currency woes and interest rate and general economic concerns. The SES Properties Index slipped 26 points to 332.7. In all,
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        Nat Steel and Posco are not direct competitors
        238 14  -  UTTER TO EDITOR Leong Wai Leng Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development, Nat Steel Ltd I REFER to Tuesday's Hock Lock Siew column headlined "Nat Steel's fortunes are tied to Korean giant Posco's plans". The article concluded that if Posco decides to dump its
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        Lock icon Proton sees sales dropping 30% amid economic turmoil
        404 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian national carmaker Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton) said yesterday it expected a 30 per cent fall in sales and, consequently, lower earnings this year due to the economic crisis. Proton reported turnover of 6.2 billion Malaysian ringgit (552.38
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        Lock icon First Pacific hits 4-year low on Asian explosion
        500 14 Analysts say its 1997 earnings could slump by US$l OOm due to forex losses Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Shares in First Pacific Co, which is the worstperforming stock in Hongkong's slumping Hang Seng Index, plunged to a four-year low as investors fretted its exposure
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          Changes at HPL board of directors
          64 14 [SINGAPORE] Hotel Properties Ltd has appointed Christopher Lim Tien Lock group executive director with immediate effect He will relinquish his position as en alternate director to Ong Beng Seng, who is HPL managing director. Robert Foo Siang Mong has been named chairman of wholly-owned
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          Paul Tong quits as PCRD director
          41 14 {SINGAPORE] Paul Tong Yuk Lun has resigned as a director of the Pacific Century Regional Developments with effect from Jan 1. Dr Tong resigned as chief executive of the firm on Aug 29 last year.
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          Lock icon LJM wins Indian expressway deal
          49 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian construction and piopgty firm LJM Corp Bhd has been awarded a ISO million Malaysian ringgit (5155.6 million) contract to build a 13km expressway in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The company has formed a Joint-venture with India's Satyam Constructions Ltd.—Reuters
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          Lock icon Ayer Hitam scraps rights issue
          71 14 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Ayer Hitam Tin Dredging Malaysia Bhd, which earlier propoeed to make a one-for-one rights issue of 61.6 million shares at 2.70 Malaysian ringgit a share and an employees' share option scheme (ES08), has aborted both proposals given the current market condition. But
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          Lock icon Belgacom rings in more cell-phone users
          47 14 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] Belgacom, the Belgian national phone company in which Singapore Telecom has a stake, said its Proximus unit has 700,000 mobile-phone customers, up from 401,000 at the end 0f1996. The company said it added 66,000 customers in December alone. —Bloomberg
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        Corrections & Clarifications
        60 14 Corrections Clarifications IN our Jan 1 story, "Stock market value down $39 billion despite 35 new listings", it was reported that Genting was Clob International's worst performer in 1997 with a 95.21 per cent loss. This is not correct as Genting has pointed out that an adjustment should have been
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        Lock icon Apple expects US$45m gain in Q1; shares jump
        482 15 Qnick return U profitability tie to higlior CtBtUlM CtSt culling Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Stock in Apple Computer Inc jumped 90 per cent on Tuesday after the computer maker said it expects to report a profit for its most recent quarter, a quicker
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        Lock icon US bank shares fall on fears of lower earnings next year
        395 15 Dedming trading reverae, rising credit CMtsc&ue concern Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Citicorp, Chase Manhattan, Bank America and Bankßoston shares fell on Tuesday on concern that dedining trading revenue and rising credit costs could reduce earnings next year. Merrill Lynch analyst
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        Lock icon C&W gets nod to lift stake in Israel telecom firm to 20%
        229 15 Bloomberg [LONDON! Israel cleared Cable Wireless to lift its stake in state-controlled telecommunications provider Bezeq Ltd to as much as 20 per cent, C&W and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said. For C&W, the move will advance a
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        Lock icon Adviser rejects call to disqualify himself: Microsoft
        250 15 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Microsoft Corp said that Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig has rejected its request that he "disqualify himself* as a special adviser to the judge in the Justice Department's case against the computer giant US District Court Judge Thomas Penfteld Jackson appointed
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        Lock icon Unisys to stop making PCs, take US$1b charge in fourth quarter
        315 15 It w3l etaewtrate tn corporate computer, Reuters (PHILADELPHIA] Unisys Corp said Tuesday it would stop making personal comput era, take a US$l.l billion (Ssl.9 billion) charge against fourthquarter earnings and concentrate on its lucrative corporate computer and services businesses.
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        Lock icon Seating the Dow' goes to the dogs
        398 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Investing in the "dogs of the Dow**, a strategy billed as a simple way to beat the market, lived up to its name last year It was a dog. The Dow dogs the 10 highest-yielding stocks in the Dow Jones
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        Lock icon Options exchanges say they can protect investors
        462 16 US marketing Mitz aims to sell options aa insurance against fall (s stock prices Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Leaders of the majot options exchanges are prompting themselves as insurance against a possible decline in stocks this year. just seen six years of gains in
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        People's Insurance gets strong US partner
        317 16 Hartford Rn&ndAl Services Group buys 49% fUke in PIC «j. [SINGAPORE] People's Insurance Company (PIC), strengthened by the entry of a strong partner from the United States, plans to introduce new products and services in the ftiture.': The plans include the long-term possibility of
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        Lock icon Gold demand in Dubai jumps
        55 16 [DUSAI] A shopper looking at the selection of gold chains on Tuesday at a shop here, where a surge of regional demand boosted imports ofthe precious metal to an all-time high. Dubai remained the world's top gold trading centre in 1997 as gold purchases jumped
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        Lock icon US giants rushing out bond issues to ride rally
        269 16 Reuters [NEW YORK] A new-year bond rally has prompted IBM and other US giants to take advantage of record-low interest rates by offering more than US$5 billion (SsB.7 billion) in new, investment-grade debt in the first few days of 1998. On
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        365 16 Prfetwarontegtin market share; best dealt on the Net NYT [NEW: YORK] Wall Street is not W&Mart, but some stock brokerages are offering certain consumers big discounts on commissions. It*« nothing less than a price-war, and if you trade electronically by phone, by computer or on
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        Lock icon China sets practice goals for banks
        258 16 AFP [SHANGHAI] The People's Bank of China (PB0C) has set the goal of integrating Chinese financial institutions with international banking practices by early next century, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Shanghai Securities News daily reported that the PBOC urged local financial institutions to strive
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        Lock icon Euroyen firms but JGBs slip
        219 16 SSMEXReport Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures rose yesterday as the Bank of Japan (BOJ) left an ample surplus In domestic money markets, but Japanese government bond futures (JGBs) were reined in by supply concerns. •Technically, the Euroyen looks like a sell. But the BOJ operations
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        Futures fall on regional currency woes
        147 16  -  MBCI TAIWAN FUTUKBS By Perry Gilbert, Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures saw a farther fall in the January contract yesterday as investors remained perplexed with Asian currency problems. The US market's overnight Gall also
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        254 16 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] PragUe world oU prices staggered to fresh 30month lows yesterday as Iraq moved to restart oU exports and Kuwait raised output to its new Opec quota. Traders, swamped by a growing number of bearish factors, struggled to identify
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        260 16 AFP Reuters THE US dollar steadied above session lows against the marie and yen at midday Europe as the market trimmed its overnight highs amid heightened speculation of concerted intervention to support the yen. The market was taking a cautious approach to yesterday's meetings in Washington between Japanese
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      1348 17 Bloomberg H«kkaas ****** JAPANESE stocks gained for the first time this year, as the yen traded at a flve-and-a-halfyear low against the dollar. The dollar recently bought 133.29 yen, its highest since May 11, 1992, on concern Japan's economy would not improve anytime soon. Earlier yesterday, the dollar bought
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      1395 18 AFP □HMgSwg -SMJt SHARE prices plunged 5.9 per cent yesterday, with the key index foiling below its psychological barrier of 10,000 points amid the collapse of regional currencies, dealers said. "The market fell on continuing weaknesses of currencies around Asia in general and also further falls on those stock
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      614 18 Reuters [IShaAaßhiii -480 SHENZHEN'S B Share Index closed sharply lower yesterday, with sentiment severely bruised by crushing losses in Hongkong stocks. The index tumbled 4.80 points, or 5 per cent, to 91.67 on turnover of HK)2B million. "Heavy losses in Hongkong-listed shares sent B shares tumbling," said an analyst.
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      370 18 AFP □wpbtei -13CJ2 STOCKS fell yesterday as investors moved their funds into US dollars amid fears the local currency could weaken further in step with ailing regional currencies. "Investors rushed to buy US dollars, sucking funds from the bourse to the forex market," said a dealer. The TSE Weighted
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      240 18 Reuters Q Wellington -IIM NEW ZEALAND'S share market closed softer yesterday, weighed on by leading stock Telecom which shed 12 cents to NZ$B.lB. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended a reasonably quiet session 11.24 points lower at 2,329.31, with the leader board mixed. Reuters j»t it rw» ANZBtnktnf H40 unch
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      794 18 AFP HSEThto *M 4 STOCKS closed up 0.01 per cent yesterday in thin trade as investors digested news that Bangkok would request a review of its IMF package. The SET Index rose 0.04 point to end at 370.31. Turnover was 179.4 million shares worth two billion baht "The market's
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      386 18 AFP QOupoaite Index +3JB SHARES rose marginally yesterday on improving foreign interest but profit-taking capped the gains. Dealers said institutions took profit on financial issues and large-caps, which have registered solid gains on the back of growing foreign investor interest. The Composite Index rose 3.06 points at 409.42. Turnover
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      564 18 AFP OinOrttoriM -38.4 SHARES fell yesterday as the local dollar sank further against the US currency and raised anxiety among domestic Investors, brokers said. "Stocks with exposure overseas, earning other currencies, were strong. Stocks with Australian exposure were weak," said a trader. The All Ordinaries Index fell 38.4 points
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      652 18 AFP -BJ3 SHARE prices fell yesterday, but ended off their lows on the back of investors trying to cover their short positions. "Most people were expecting the market to react negatively to the budget, but it didn't happen this morning because some foreign houses were staying on the buy
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      Lock icon MANILA
      307 18 AFP Qlub -T3M SHARE prices closed 4 per cent lower yesterday amid the relentless turbulence in Asian currency markets. "Basically, the local equities market is being dragged down by the uncertainties in the region," said a trader. The PSE Composite Index shed 73.26 points to close at 1,747.34. Turnover
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        Lock icon Bank Negara intervention stalls slide
        387 19 AFX-Asia n Composite Indei -4.74 SHARE prices closed off sharp lows yesterday after Bank Negara's intervention in the foreign exchange market to support the Malaysian ringgit. Dealers said said foreigners were seen aggressively buying blue chips following the ringgit's slight recovery. The KLSE Composite Index
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        G K Goh wrt: conversion premium high but not prohibitive
        185 20  -  WARRANT WATCH -Byl R Sivanithy SOMEONE yesterday said that more than 270 Singapore stocks have sunk to new year-lows. This Is hard to verify but may well be accurate. And one of the victims must be the G K Goh
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        MAIN BOARD
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        HOT STOCK
        59 22  -  by Saiv Taneja METROPLEX closed unchanged yesterday at 35.5 cents on a volume of 3.49 million shares, compared with its lOday average qf 609,800 units. In the near term there is more downside, though the counter is already near its 2'/t-year low. Longer term, however, the outlook is
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        No let-up in selling amid relentless currency attacks
        704 22  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY STH's 5% fall lends support to theory that S'pore is playing 'catch-up' with the rest of the region because prices here did not fall as badly as others last year By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The regional currency crisis worsened
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          Becks for success
          115 22 WE RECEIVED a newsletter from Jim Slater of the Haw Par infamy on his 1996 investment reading programme. In there, he wrote: "I strongly recommend these 16 books to stock market investors. They are set out in suggested order of reading. I have no doubt that if
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          S'pore top Indon choice
          83 22 TWO in every three Indonesians travelling around the region headed for Singapore in the first half of 1997. According to a Singapore Tourism Board study, 65 per cent of the 900,500 Indonesians who visited the Asia Pacific region came to Singapore, making the island the largest
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          Support levels and bras
          58 22 ON TUESDAY, analysts were saying the support level of the Straits Time Industrials Index was 1,400. After STII fell through 1,400 yesterday, some adjusted their call and said support level could now be 1.250. On hearing this, a BT lady reporter quipped: "Luckily support levels are
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          Time to switch?
          128 22 ALTHOUGH American Express Bank's interest rate of 6.5 per cent for a Sings one-month time deposit (minimum amount $250,000) is higher than the interest rate for US dollar deposits of between 4 and 4.25 per cent, it is not enough to convince some people to remain in
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          Gender bender
          104 22 AMERICAN EXPRESS is supposed to have this wonderful database on expenditure pattern of its millions of members and has been raking in big bucks on selling the information to direct mailing companies and retailers. But a letter received by a male Amex member has created doubt on the
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          Safe to use handphones?
          153 22 REMEMBER in March last year researchers here said it was safe to use handphones? Two of them, from the Nanyang Technological University's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, conducted a study and concluded that whatever electromagnetic waves emanating from handphones were unlikely to fry the users'
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      240 23 Reuters MOL in China freight HBAft [FRANKFURT] Japan shinties firm Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has set up a Chinese freight forwarding joint venture, German transport newspaper Deutsche Verkehrs Zeitung reported in its latest issue. V The new firm, Shanghai Longfei International Logistics Co Ltd, will operate in the
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      Lock icon PSA likely to have surpassed 14m TEU troughput in 1997
      552 23  -  Figures to be released soon; growth for first 10 months of last year was 9.2% By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] If its performance over the last 10 months of 1997 is anything to gdUy, PSA Corp, which should be releasing its
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      155 23 [SINGAPORE] Senior executive?of German terminal ojiehu&r BLG, Hapag Lloyd Shipping Lines and brewer Beck and Co have reason for cheer despite the cold winds of a chilly European winter. BLG's container division at Bremerhaven celebrated creaking the million containers per year mark with a container
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      203 23 L Louds List [LOS ANGELES] US federal agents are reportedly investigating allegations that former Port of Miami director Carmen Lunetta conspired to channel port money to favoured associates and port vendors. It is understood the US Attorney's office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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      272 23 Princess Cruises expanding to meet strong demand Bloomberg [LONDON] Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Co's Princess Cruises division ordered two cruise ships for US$B5O million (Ssl.s billion), adding to the three already under construction to help it meet growing demand. The two 109,000-ton
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      183 23 Bloomberg [LONDON] Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co said its P&O Australia Ports Pty Ltd unit agreed to sell its 36.5 per cent stake in Terminates Rio de la Plata SA (TRP) for US$3B.B million (5567.3 million). P&O, one of the world's largest container
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        218 38 AFP [TOKYO] Toyota Motor Corp hopes to sell a record 5.06 million vehicles on the world market in 1998, up 220,000 from last year, company officials said yesterday. The top Japanese carmaker is aiming to sell a total of 2.92 million vehicles
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        145 38 Reuters [CHICAGO] United Airlines said its passenger load factor in December rose to 69.3 per cent from 69 per cent in the same month a year ago. Traffic in December increased 3.5 per cent over last year to 9.82 billion revenue passenger
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        418 38 They argne that none of the USs3oom will go to attendants Bloomberg [MIAMI] Some airline attendants who claim they were made sick by passengers' smoke are challenging a US$3OO million (Sss2o million) settlement of a nationwide class-action lawsuit, saying none of the money will
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